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Evening star., 1916-09-17
PUBLIC HEALTH CAR
WILL GO EVERYWHERE
Examination of Source of Water Sup
piled to Railroads Is First Pur-
pose of Enterprise.

A railroad car, equipped with a mod
ern laboratory and living quarters for
public health service officers, soon will
be put into commission by the govern
ment and sent over the country to ex-
anime sources Of water supplied by rail-
roads or other Interstate common car
riers to passengers.
This announcement was made yester-
day by Acting Secretary Byron r. New
ton of the Treasury Department, who
said that the railroad managers have
been cooperating with the public
health service for the past two years in
improving sanitary conditions of cars
and passenger stations. Acting Secre-
tary Newton said the car would be used
also in case of epidemic at points
reached by railroads where laboratory
work is required.
The public health service has found
that, because of the vast amount of ter
ritory to be covered and the limited
number Of experts available, it could
not take care of all the requests for ex-
Evening star., 1916-09-17
TO REST IN ARLINGTON.
Funeral Services for William a
Cannon to Be Held Tomorrow.

Funeral services for William A. Gan
non, who died yesterday. will bo held
at Mount Vernon Place NJ Z. Church
South at 1880 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Interment will be in Arlington
cemetery.
Mr.. Cannon. for a number of years
an employe of the pension Office, was
born in CASTLE, y. Y. in ls4s. IN
1862 he enlisted in the Sd Pennsyiva
MIA Cavalry and served throughout the
civil war. being mustered out Of the
5th Pennsylvania Cavalry at its close
In 1870 he went to Texas, where he
was married, and lived there until
1892. He then came to Washington
where he secured position in the au-
ditor's office of the Treasury Depart
ment. Several months later he went to
the pension office, where he remained
up to the time of his death.
During his residence in Washington
Mr.. Cannon was affiliated with the
Mount Vernon Place Church, taking an
active part in all church work
His wife died about thirty-fivo years
ago. He leaves only one sor, Lieut.
Commander Sinclair Cannon, L. $ n
attached at the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Md
Evening star., 1916-09-17
GERMANS DENY BELGIAN
BANK CASH WAS TAKEN
Statement Explains That Reichsbank
Notes Held in Belgium Were
Transferred and Credited.

BERLIN. September Is. by wireless
to Sayville.-The report from entente
quarters that the German government
had seized the entire cash holdings of
the Belgian National Bank, amounting
to eoo,oo0.oo0 francs, was denied In A
statement issued today by the Overseas
News Agency.
There has been no seizure at aIl,"
says the agency statement Several
months ago negotiations were opened
with the Belgian National Bank and
the Societe Generate de Belgique.
which are now completed, according to
which the German Reichsbank note.
held by these banks were transferred
to the Reichsbank and there credited
to the Belgian institutions. The banks
agreed to the transaction and the
Reichsbank is equally responsible for
these accounts as for Its bank notes.
Gree From Coercion
"It is also untrue" adds the state
ment, that the arrest of NJ. earlier
manager of the Belgian National Bank
is connected with this transaction. IT
is likewise untrue that the assets of
both banks will be used for subscr,n-
tions to the NTH German war Ioa,
subscriptions to which are as free from,
coercion as in the case Of tho preced
ing loans"
The Beigisch Dagblad was quoted
In . dispatch from Tho Hague on Sep
tember II as announcing that the Ger
man authorities had seized ESQ. 900, 900
placed in tho Belgian National Bank In
moratorium. the Germans Offering to
pay per cent interest and return the
money two years after the close Of the
war. In a statement at Havre on Sep
tember IA, Alloys Van de vyvere, Bel
gian minister of finance, expressed be-
lief in the truth of this report, and de-
clared that NJ. earlier, one Of the di-
rectors Of the Belgian National Bank
had been arrested and confined after
the refusal OF the directors of the bank
to comply with q demand from the
German government for the transfer Of
the cash In the bank.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
MRS. E. H. THOMAS DIES.
Was Widow of Late Corporation
Counsel for the District.

Mrs. E. II. Thomas. widow OF e. n.
Thomas. formerly corporation counsel.
and prominent in legal circles here.
died suddenly at her home. 3225 18th
street northwest, yesterday. Mrs. Thorn
as had been in ill health for some
months, but early yesterday she was
stricken with acute neuphritis and her
death quickly followed. She had re-
turned eight days ago from visit to
her son, Frank W. Thomas, at Colorado
Springs. Col. II
Mrs. Thomas was a native of Boone
vile, n. Y, where she was born fifty
nine years ago. She is sur''' ID by two
sons and two daughter. y yard W..
Estelle w. and Edith ". Ali If whom
live in this city. and F. ink ". of Colo
rado.
Funeral services will - h"'A at her
late residence tomorrow "a ioon at
a:S0. Interment will be u 'iienwood
Evening star., 1916-09-17
TO C0Mr4E1E sea WALL.
Dredge Atlas Again on Job Opposite
Lincoln Memorial

. ,bc1t l.Ioo feet Of the stone sea wall
. beng built from Easily point in front
Of the Lincoln memorial by the United
States engineer service was completed
: before the combination dredge and
: holster Atlas. belonging % the army
engineer service. was taken to the
/. Eastern branch for sea wall building
. work along that waterway.
The work. She is doing in the Eastern
branch is about completed. The Atlas
: Will be brought back to the Virginia
b channel to resume work on the sea wall.
About 1000 feet remain to be COM
pletsd. When done IL will extend from
Easily point 70 within few hundred
FEET of the Tidal basin inlet.
About 100000 square feet of ground
VIII be added 10 the park between the
= river and the Lincoln Memorial. This
will be laid out In walks and drives,
and will give proper setting to the new
marble structure now showing high
: sDove the ground.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
RETURN GOODS, DEBATE.
Retail Merchants to Discuss Abuses
at Meeting Tuesday.

Plans for correction Of the abuses
incident to exchange and return Of
rnerchand ndise. are 10 be discussed By a
special committee OF the Retail
Merchants Association, Tuesday even
ing. in the rooms of the organization.
These abuses have not only been
taken up in WAshing gton. but are being
discussed BY merchants throughout
the country, according to q statement
given out by the local organisation
last night
IT 10 explained that the movement "a
designed not only to ase1st the mer-
. chant in the legitimate conduct Of his
business, but to protect the buying
public from dangers that are serious,
.uci. az the communication Of conta-
Sious diseases.
Dr. W. c. Woodward, the District
health officer. yesterday. tn conversa-
ton with Charles j. Columbus, secre-
tsry Of the association. said that many
diseases, such as scarlet fever dtph-
iberia and numerous skin troubles
may thus be carried.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
CLAIMS TREATY RIGHTS.
Indian Tribe Appeals From Opera.
ton Of Virginia Game Laws.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, September ls.-
Pamunkey Indians are much concerned
over tho issue as to whether they will
be subject to arrest In case they ex-
ercise their treaty rights and hunt
on their reservation ana the adjacent
lands. They have been told by soma
that the game wardens will get. them,
and they have horror of going to
court. They claim that under treaty
made when they were assigned the
reservation they have the right
to hunt and fish without paying any
license, and they have appealed to the
game commissioner for relief.
For more than one hundred years
they have been bringing annually a
tribute of game, fish and fowl to "the
grea. white father of Virginia. de-
claring that such is part of the treaty,
and they have complied with it steadily.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
NOTES OF THE CAMP.

Private Perron OF the field hospital
camp defeated Private Powell of the bat
terry in a wrestling bout Saturday night at
the open-air theater IN Lowell. Private
Perron is well known in the wrestling
circles Of Washington.
Private Henratty of the Signal Corps
had an experience yesterday that may
make him shy Of butcher knives forever.
While slicing lemons his knife slipped
and he nearly cut of the forehnger of
his left hand. Lieut.. Pelzman took sew
eral stitches fp the wound.
Lieut.. MacLennan Of the Signal Corps
says this is small world, after all He
was having dinner with Col. Noble in the
regimental officers mess the other day.
wher the conversation turned to family
names. Lieut.. MacLennan remarked to
Col. Tillson. commanding officer of the
22d. that he was born near a little town
IN Ontario. Canada. called Tilsonburg. He
said that a number Of persons named TIL
son lived in the locality
Col. Tilson replied that he was related
to the family of Tilsons who settled in
that locality and who gave the town its
name. He explained that his branch of
the family had added another ~ to their
name, but that the Tilsons and Tillsons
were all the same family.
Supply Sergt. Crandall of the Signal
Corps has his hands full these days.
report as to the approximate weight
of the equipment in the possession of
the company. This means that a score
or more of heavy boxes must be packed
and weighed.
Chief Mechanic Keefe of Battery B
says he wants letters from friends or
strangers. He wants to hear from
his home town. If his friends won't
write him. he will be pleased to hear
writes him just so he receives a letter
now and then.
Mechanics We'll and Bernau of the
battery went hunting yesterday and
shot two rabbits and a wild dove.
The Signal Corps camp has an incin-
orator. designed by Capt. Terry. 1t has
been found that the incinerator uses
less fuel than many of the others in
camp and yet does more work. Several
other companies contemplate copying
the new design
Maj. Charles H. Bowker command
ing the field hospital unit. is to deliver
an address at a banquet to be held at
the I. NJ. c. A. in Bisbee tomorrow
night. His subject is to be THE Y.
NJ. c: A. as Observed by an Officer of
the National Guard"
Accompanied by Capts. Dollman and
Began and Lieuts. Sawtelle and Pelz-
man. Maj. Bowker. commanding the
field hospital unit. rode down to Naco
the other day to call on Maj. Walker
and other officers of the 1st Separate
Battalion and to see the points of in
terest in the border town. 1t was their
first visit to Naco.
Sunday morning Capt. Dollman ac-
companied Capt. Lincoln and Lieut.
Blummel of the 22d Infantry on ride
to the top of Sacramento hill. between
Bisbee and Lowell. Sunday afternoon
Lieut.. Landis of the Signal Corps was
the guest of Capt. Greenway on an au-
ride to Douglas. Others in the
party were Col Noble and Lieut.. Col.
Webster.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
BERLIN LOWERS BREAD PRICES.
Reduction of IA Pfennigs Announced
by Lord Mayor,

BERLIN, september is. via London
Replying to the socialist resolution in
troduced yesterday in the Berlin city
council. demanding reduction in the
maximum prices of staple foods, Adolf
Vernuth. lord mayor of Berlin, an
nounced today that in few days the
price of the largest size rye loaves will
be reduced from IS to 81 pfennigs, and
the smaller wo-pound loaf. from IL to
"a pfennigs: also that cheaper beef and
veal were matter of tho immediate
future.
poorer portion of the population, that
eats rye bread exclusively, will be OFF
set, it was explained, by an increase of
a half pfennig i'll the price of part white
rolls.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
NEW MAILING ADDRESS
FOR D. C. MEN ON BORDER

Hereafter mail for members
of the three units of the Ma
tional Guard Of the District OF
Columbia, stationed at Warren,
Ariz., should be addressed as
follows:
Camp Corta.
Military Branch,
"Bisbee, Ariz.'
A branch post Office has been
opened adjoining camp, and
civilian clerk placed in charge.
Corta is the name of flag
station on the branch railroad
leading from Osborn to Bisbee.
1t is about a quarter of mile
west OF camp.
Heretofore mail for the Dis
trict militiamen was addressed
to Warren, Ariz.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
IMPRESSED BY COWBOYS.
Maryland Guardsman Writes That
They Surpass Youthful Dreams.

Texas cowboys are the real thing"
much more interesting than youthful
dreams ever pictured" according to
Private W. Brooke Hunter. jr., of Com
pany F, 1st Maryland Infantry, sta
toned at Wind Mill Ranch. Texas In
a letter to his parents at HyattsvilIe.
Md, young Hunter says that the cow
boys have made an impression upon
him that Will last for life.
Private Hunters father, w Brooke
Hunter. sr., besides having a grand
father. Mai. George Hunter Terrett, in
the Mexican war. had three great
uncIes, Washington. Burdette and John
Terrett. in the same conflict. The last
named was killed in action.
Evening star., 1916-09-17

RI And the Somme. after the artli-
/ - had reached its highest intensity.
: Following upon hot nghting we Were
:forced back through the vliages OF
si'ouroelette Martinpuich and Flers
.i,ombles was held against strong BIN
:ssh attacks -,
:. "r urtler south to the Sonlns all at
,fscis were repulsod with san&unAIs
losses in some instances ai.er naho-
,hand lighting. South Of the somme, from
Sa.leux to Deniecourt french attachS
,kiso were repulsed. Fighting stili con-
stinues for possession OF some sapneaas' =
-E:x enemy aeroplanes were shot down;
.snc,udins one BY Lieut. Wintgens and
5put ,Wenty-six aeroplanes out of action
!. Grown Prince FREDERICK WiliianiI
: Apart from a few fruitless French hand.
grenade attacks fighting activity east OF
iihe Meuse was kept within moderate
iSounds.''
:Resistance 1mpresses Won Hindenour
= BERLIN September 1e. by wireless to
=. .SayrilIe-A German war correspondent
,at the general headquarters on the east
Sern front telegraphs that Field Marshal
. ,ou Hindenburg. chief Of staff has Just
I returned from his inspection Of the west
ern front, having been profoundly I'm.
pressed by the ''unshakabie resistance OF
J the German troops On his way back to
The eastern front the field marshal con-
ferred with King Ferdinand Of Bulgaria
and Enver Pasha, Turkish war minister
Evening star., 1916-09-17
Hindenberg May Not
Shorten Western Line:
German Blows Tardier

LONDON September 1s.-Will Hind
ea5e-g shorten the western front?
This question is arousing ever in
craasiug interest as the allies demon
ssrate their growing superiority and
fall fast approaches.
~ IS soon or never" according to
1he best military observers. but they
thinI. it will be never. On the other
hand, some hold that Hindenberg was
placed in supreme command for this
vary thing. and must attempt it despite
tks !naeniture and difficulty OF the
NOV ement, which is doubly So as the
allies for the moment have an immense
supariority over the German aviators,
their aerial reconnaissance furnishing
details of the minutest movements be-
hind the line. So far the Germans have
given no indications of a general re-
treat. their counter attacks being
launched with great vigor. bug as the
battle progresses the enemys counter
IllIuStS grow.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
ACCUSED OF HITTING WIFE.
Harry Louden Alleged to Have Used
Brick as Weapon.

Harry Louden, thirty years old, SPAS
Grace street, was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Policeman Hunt of the
seventh precinct and charged with as
sault with dangerous weapon. 1t is
alleged that early yesterday morning
he struck his wife on the head with a
brick that was tied in the dress of his
young child.
Mrs. Louden said she was assaulted
by an unidentified man. but the police
say she later changed her story and ac-
cused her husband. He denies the
charge.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
WARsH1P FOR DIR. NUNEz.
Cuba Pays Honors to Sanitary Ex
pert Who Died in New York.

NEW YORK. September 1s.-The
body Of DR.. Enrique Nunez. secretary
Of sanitation for the republic Of Cuba
who died here last night. will be taken
to Cuba for burial
A special train leaving here Monday
will convey It to Key West. where the
funeral party will be met by Cuban
warship.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
Several Private Concerns in
Chicago Due to Suspend,
Says States Attorney. s..
RUN MADE UPON ONE
FORCES CLOSING OF DOORS
Will Reopen, However, to Pay De-
positors-Police Are Called in
Foreign Quarter

CHICAGO, September 1s.-Another Of
Chicago's private banks was closed
tonight. and there was run on still
another.
The bank of NJ. Ginsburg & Son. on
West 18th street. in the populous for
eign quarter. failed to open at its usual
hour for Saturday night business A
crowd of depositors gathered at the
doors and police were summoned.
Failure of the Ginsburg bank was
followed by run on the private bank
of V. Braslawsky & Co. a block
distant. Braslawsky's depositors were
paid $4,000 within two hours. Funds
then ran low and the doors were
closed Braslawsy announced, however,
he would reopen the bank Sunday and
pay all depositors who wish to with
draw their accounts.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
GERMAN GUARDS WITHDRAWN.
Belgian Refugees Stream Across
Border Iato Holland.

LONDON. September 10. s=3S pn.-A
dispatch to the Evening News from Am
sterdam reports that German guards
along the Dutch frontier toward Bel
gium and Germany have been with.
drawn.
: From Belgium. adds the dispatch,
numbers Of Belgian families, who for
months had appealed for permission to
eu'"r Holland, are now streaming
acroaa the limo at various points. with
the.r belongings piled On every kind Of
COW c! ance.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
Robins Has Steam Up for Hughes.

CHICAGO. September 1S.-Raymond
Robins. now campaigning for Hughes and
Fairbanks. will make a speaking trip
through Indiana, beginning at Indianapo-
lis. Friday. September 22 Medin McCor-
mick will speak from the same platform
with Charles E. Hughes at South Bend,
Ind, September %.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
Freight Steamer Damaged by Fire.

HAVANA. September 16-The Munson
line freight steamer Berlin. which left
here for Philadelphia in ballast at noon
Friday, returned to port on fire at
o'clock this morning. Two tugs went to
the assistance of the Berlin and extipe
guished the blaze. The holds in whiG
the fire occurred were badly damaged.
Evening star., 1916-09-17

Announcement has been made by
Rev. p. =. Conniff, S. J.. pastor of st.
Aloysius Church. of the appointment of
Rev. Edward J. Sweeney, S. j., as mod
orator of the Aloyetus Club. which or
ganization Is ahlliated with ST. Aloysius
Church.
Father Sweeney comes from a well
known Washington family and was
born and educated here. He was the
first major of the Gonzaga College Ca
diets. when the cadet corps and band
thrived some years ago. In addition to
his duties as moderator of the club,
Father Sweeney will be a professor at
Gonzaga College.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
Had Clean Bill of Health.

Braslawsky's bank was one Of the
first Investigated by States Attorney
Hoyne, and it was given a clean bill Of
health.
These developments tonight came as
sequels to the surrender today OF
Michael A1ichniuk. private banker.
whose institution closed early in the
week. Michniuk and two Of his sons
conducted the bank, which had about
$4,000 in deposits. 1t was started on
500 capital few years ago, officials
said.
Two other bank failures severak weeks
ago prompted the general investigation
by Hoyne.
Several more private banks in Chi
cago are due to close their doors
shortly. according to a statement to-
day by States Attorney Hoyne, who
declared he knew of number of such
'onehorse. one-man institutions.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
Seth Lows Condition Worse,

NEW YORK. September 16s-The con-
dition of Seth Low, former mayor of
New York and one time president of
Columbia University, who is i'll at his
country place in Westchester county,
was reported as serious tonight.
Evening star., 1916-09-17
Offers Unusual Advantages to
Students in All Lines of
Education.
MANY SCHOOLS ALREADY
OPEN FOR CURRENT YEAR
All Institutions Expecting Record
Enrollments-Government Depart
ments Cited as Aid to Research.

Washington's educational season is
again at hand.
That statement. il may he said, holds
deep significance. for Washington is
widely acknowledged as the educa
tional center of the United States.
Hardly a year passes but that some
new educational Institution Is opened
here. probably never year but some
new building is erected
Many of the private educational in
stitutions of the District, including
those devoted to music, already are
Open Others are to open this week. and
still others have followed the ample
Of the public schools and will not be
gin until October >.
Washington has an unusually large
number and variety of private educa-
tional institutions. It would be diff
cult to find a need that cannot be met
by at least one of them. Not only are
all of the regular academic. scientific
and modern commercial courses given
in schools here. but many of the more
remote fields of study are entered in a
number Of institutions
Evening star., 1916-09-17

ladies' of the .ad United States Infantry
the officers Of the District militia units
attended q reception held at the War
rem Country Club Saturday night to
meet Col. John c. F.. Tillson, the new
commanding offlcer OF the regiment.
Following the reception there was a
dance. the music being furnished by the
band Of the ED Regiment
Evening star., 1916-09-17
Studied European Method.

In 1907 he went abroad to make a
study of the supply systems of the
British, French and German armies.
Since the consolidation of the pay, sub
sistence and quartermaster departments
into the Quartermaster Corps. which he
was largely instrumental in bringing
about, he has been an assistant to the
quartermaster general at Washington.
and was acting quartermaster general
for nearly a year previous to his pres
ent appointment to the chiefship.
Translation from the French of
books dealing with subjects of pro-
fessional interest have been made by
him from time to time. He has writ
ten a number of books on the subject
of supplying armies. One of them,
The provisioning of the Modern Army
in the Field" is now used by supply
officers of the British army, and it is
also employed in the course of instruc-
ton in the great military school at
Aldershot. England.
An essay on the subject of subsisting
an army in the field. as exemplfied
during the civil war. won him the gold
medal prize offered by the Journal of
the Military Service Institution of the
United States.
Born at Kingston, n. Y. in 1858, he
he is descendant of one of the old
est families in the state. His father
vas Gen. George H. Sharpe. who served
during the civil war on the staff of
Gen. Grant. and was in after life his
intimate friend. and political leader
in New York state.