davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27

Baltimore, and the Pacific coast would
afford vulnerable points of attack from
an enemy fleet He said the thing to
fear was not attack by one country. but
by combination OF countries, and that
Americans must assume that the next
attack on this country would be by
one or more first-class nations for the
first time.
He said a powerful enemy could east
ly land on the New England coast and
that the same conditions Of easy at
tack would apply to both the Atlantic
and the Pacific coasts. though on the
Pacific coast" he added, "there are not
quite as many good harbors for land
ing, except at San Francisco and San
Diego"
There's no difficulty in landing
troops" he said. once our control of
the sea is lost"
He pointed out that the government
had found that an enemy fleet could
lie at Far Rockaway and drop missiles
into 14th street in New York city and
that similar fleet attacks on cities could
be made on the Pacific
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
MR. FAIRBANKS COMING.
70 Make Address on Mckinley
Before the Ohio Society.

Former Vice President Charles w.
Fairbanks will arrive in Washington
tomorrow afternoon for two-days'
stay. Saturday evening. at the annual
meeting at Rauscher's of the Ohio So
ciety of tho District of Columbia. held
on William McKinley's birthday ami
versary. he will deliver an address on
the Life and Character of Mckinley"
Justice william r. Day is president Of
the society.
Senator Harding of Ohio will intro
duce the orator of the evening to the
audience, and will himself speak brief
ly, touching on his own intimate rela-
tions with the late President. A pro-
gram of vaudeville and . buffet supper
will constitute the second part OF the
evenings entertainment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
RUN DOWN BY CYCLIST.
Mrs. Reed Rendered Unconscious and
Taken to HOSPITAL Rider Held.

Mrs. May Reed. 307 E street north
west, was knocked down by bicycle
yesterday afternoon while crossing at
7th and H streets northwest, and SO
greatly shocked that she was uncon-
srious when taken to Casualty Hos
pital: She regained consciousness. it IL
reported. at the hospital last night,
and probably will recover.
During the excitement following the
accident, two ladies complained of
losses of cash from their handbags.
One of them, Mrs. Mary Kisseleff, 2824
Georgia avenue. told the police she lost
50, while Mrs. r. L. Phillips. 29th and
Franklin streets northeast, said that 81
disappeared from her handbag.
Tony Mandara, seventeen years old.
902 9Th street northwest, rider of the
bicycle that knocked Mrs. Reed down.
was arrested and charged With
colliding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
PRESIDENT EVADES
SUFFRAG|ST QUIZ

CONTINUED from First Paxe)
ing up of principles. We believe in
peace. but we also believe in justice,
These are very responsible days and
in this tense atmosphere only truth
should be uttered. We should not look
at questions from partisan view
point"
The Presidents address was marked
by frequent applause.
Neutrality Matter Of Conviction.
The President declared that the neu-
a merely formal matter, but that it has
been a matter of conviction and Of the
heart He said that in his efforts for
peace he had been conscious of repre-
senting the spirit of America and no
private convictions merely of his own.
America" he added, has always
stood resoluteiy and absolutely for the
right Of every people to determine its
own destiny and its own affairs"
The President illustrated the attitude
Of the United States toward weaker
nations by his Mexican policy
He was given a formal vote of thanks
by the clergymen for his efforts in
behalf of peace.
Crowds filled the streets SO densely
when the President left the hall that
his automobile was forced to stop
while he leaned out and shook hands
with the people.
Preparedness Speech Tonight.
The main purpose Of tho Presidents
visit is to deliver before the Railway
Business Association tonight the speech
which Is to open his campaign for pre-
paredness. the first of a series of
speeches on that subject which he will
make while on a trip through the mid
die west Although only 1879 seats
are available for the dinner at which
| he 10 to speak. more than 5000 appli-
cations have been received by the COM
mittee in charge.
After addressing the railway men the
President has arranged to speak at Q
banquet Of the Motion Picture Board
Of Trade Of America Mr.. Wilson ex-
poets to leave New York for Washing
| ton at midnight tonight and to leave
| the capital tomorrow night for his
I western tour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senates

Met at noon.
Petitions bearing a million
names and protesting against
war munitfon shipments were
presented and resulted in vigor-
Gus debate.
Debate on Philippine indepen-
dence bill was resumed.
Military committee continued
its hearing on army bills.
HOVses
Met at noon.
Admiral Griffin, chief Of navy
engineering bureau. testified be-
fore naval committee.
Gen. Wood told military COM
mittee army should be recruited
to full strength before q reserve
is enrolled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
2O-KNOT SUBMARINE
FAVORED BY GRIFFIN

While the Navy Department feels
that it has prepared plans for twen-
ty-five-knot steam-driven submarine
the abandonment Of the construction
of such boats in favor of a twenty
knot oil engine submersible is being
seriously considered.
This was disclosed today before the
House naval committee by Rear Ad-
miral Griffin, chief engineer of the
navy. who said that the problem of
submerging the big 1,200-ton twenty
five-knot craft in the brief time she
might have to escape an enemy still
presented difficulties.
The twenty-knot submersible Of the
Schley type. Admiral Griffin said, would
do the work required of it without
doubt, and he thought it probable the
department would order two more of
these instead of building the two
twenty five-knot boats authorized by
the last Congress and bids for which
have been advertised.
The Schley, he said, would be faster
than any foreign submarine so far as
known. and he placed the probable top
speed of any submersible now in serv-
ICE dl ITOHl SlAteeIl " seventeen
He did not believe press reports as to
the high speed of recent German or
British boats.
No Justification in Criticism.
1t would probably take from five to ten
minutes, Admiral Griffin thought. to sub
merge the steamboats,, because of the
necessity Of housing the smokestack This
would leave time for a swift enemy de-
stroyer to get within gun range. he said.
If the submarine was sighted at sea.
Conflicting reports have been received
as to what England and France are doing
as to steam submarines. the witness said.
The departments plans for such YES
sells, he added. had successfully dis
posed Of the heat problem, as the fire
room would be locked on submerging
after the fires had been extinguished
Experiments had shown, he said, that
the heat in the boat would then not
reach a dangerous point.
The witness thought there was no
justification in the criticism which has
been directed at American submarines
Foreign powers, he said, do not ad-
vertise their trouble as we do" He
believed nothing had been accom-
plished by German U-boats which could
not also be done by present American
boats and insisted that every effort
had been made to keep more than
ahead Of the submarine development
abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
Talked With Miss ormsby.

The Monday before the shooting Mrs
Mohr admitted she talked over the tele-
phone with Miss Ormsby, telling the
latter she was as bad as Miss Burger"
She denied. however. that she said. IF
you go with the doctor in the machine
you'll have to take the consequence
I give you fair warning"
Did you tell Constable Wallace that
you loved the doctor, that he was the ia
Their of your children, and did Wallace
say the doctor was a scoundrel?
Mrs. Mohr was sobbing as she replied
"Yes."
She admitted talking to George
Rocks.
"Did you express yourself to him as
bitter toward your husband.
NO. 1 appealed to him to help me
keep Miss Burger from my husband"
IBID you say to Rocks that you could
hire a couple of thugs to kill the doc
tori"
NO"
Mrs. Mohr explained how she came
to meet Rocks.
when met him." she said. 'he In
vited me to luncheon. I said, No. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27

After a debate lasting more than an
hour on his appeal from the decision
Of the chair Senator Stone withdrew
his appeal. Senator Hitchcock then i'm
mediatsly asked unanimous consent to
withdraw his motion to send the petit
ton to the committee on commerce.
Amid considerable laughter among the
senators this consent was granted The
Vice President referred the huge petit
tion to the foreign relations committee.
and the discussion ended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27
ARMY RANKS LESS
THAN HALF FILLED

The United States Army is SO short
Of officers and men. Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood commanding the Department of
the East. today told the House military
committee. that were it ordered to in
wade Mexico at the present time, in
fantry. cavalry and artillery would
take the field at less than half their
full strength. The standing army. he
continued, should consist of 100000
men.
Before a reserve is enrolled" Gen.
Wood said. the army should be
brought up to it's full strength"
Powerful invading forces. he con-
tinued. would find it easy to land on
either the Atlantic or Pacific coasts.
He urged the adoption of enlistment
terms which would attract a higher
grade of men to the army, and said
IL the United States became involved
in war with a first-class nation it
would have to put in the field 100000
men.
Need Of Strong Navy.
DO you regard the Philippine Islands
as a source of military weakness for
this country?" asked Chairman Hay.
Yes, and no. 1t depends on the
strength of the navy. Without a strong
navy We might lose our garrison forces
there"
Cen Wood said that with a proper
form of enlistment, including a maxi
mum enlistment term of two years. and
with qualification for. military service
as the basic consideration, there would
hn in hn OF lin.
army of 100000 that the United States
should have.
IF a man cannot become a soldier in
six months training, he's not worth
having" he said.
Could Not Wait Six Months.
I'm case of war we could not wait
six months to train our soldiers?" he
was asked.
"If we spend six months time to
train 'em, it would be because the
enemy has gone to sleep"
The Swiss system Of military train
ing, If adopted here, should produce an
army of 100000 trained men, the
Senate military committee was in
formed by Capt. Theodore Christian of
ficer. The system, described in detail,
was said by Capt. Christian to work
no injury to Industrial or civil life,
but on the contrary. Increased effici-
ency for civil service and augmented
national patriotism.
Opposes Continental Army.
Gen. Wood opposed the idea of a con-
tinental army. II can't see anything
but disaster in starting a new force
to stand around in the military fore
ground struggling for money" he
said The continental army is merely
a stopgap and makeshift. ] believe
the National Guard officers and men
have done all they can do under q
vicious system. But all these schemes
are an evasion OF the issue that all of
US owe service to our country.
you can play with the continental
army and with the National Guard
| I'm for the continental army II you
drop federal assistance to the National
Guard. But why build up a new force?
Give us the National Guard. body and
soul, without shadow of state con-
troll: 1t would be an efficient army
nucleus" He advocated building up
an adequate regular army and ade.
auate army reserve alone.
Gen. Wood said it was nonsense to
say that it would be difficult for ar
enemy to send an overseas expedition
against the United States.
He said the New England coast would
] be sought out by the enemy. and the
Atlantic. all tho Way from Boston to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
LIGHT PRACTICE FOR COLUMBIA.
Field In NJ Condition for lame
with CuhRU StRrs.

The poughkeepsic cuban stars were
on hand to play their p~ractic. game with
Columbia yesterday afternoon, hut South
Field was in such bad shape that they
had to content themselves with r little
warm up around the border or the field
Coach toakley was anxious to get his
r~eorganlzed iniield In condition for the
gam. with Yale at New Haven to-mor-
row. but couldn't do anything but try
a little batting practice.
Zig George Smith worked out for half
an hour and Is pretty well groomed for
his tussle with the Ellis. Smith has
never pitched against Yale. Eve years
ago "A fractured knee kept him out OF
the game and last year his father died
a few days before the Yale game, II
has been several years since Columbia
has been able to down the New Haven
colleClans, hut Coach Coakley feels con-
hdent that his men will break the spell
this season. The loss OF Mike Buona-
guro, III" freshman shortstop who has
been hitting like n Cobb, will weaken
the team considerably. smiths pitching
will have to work overtime to make up
for the loss of the youngsters batting
prowess.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
HILTUNEN FAST ON THE MAT.
Ea Decision Over SchussIer u
WrestlinE Tourney.

J.. Hil,unen. n Finn belonging to the
Kaleva Athletic Club, thrilled the spec
tators with his performance in the pre-
liminaries OF the l45 pound class Of the
amateur wrestling championships OF the
Metropolitan Association at the Greek
American Athletic Club last night. He
grappled with A. Schuszler OF the Hun
garian American Athletic Club, and after
ten minutes of work was awarded the
decision On ponds.
The Finn gained a fall in the first
two minutes, but the referee did not see
it. Therefore SchWszler continued until
time expired. The feature OF Hlltunen's
work was the easy way he bridged,
Hiltuncn was the runnerup In the Olym-
pie games at Stockholm in 1912.
|. Nelson Of the Norwegian American
A. c.. tho champion. had his hands fun
scoring over ]. Healy Of the East Side
Y. NJ. G. A. In the 1853 pound class. The
latter came mighty ear putting the title
holders shoulders to the mat In the
first minute of the struggle. but the for-
mer managed to work himself out OF a
dangerous grip and too the aggressive,
In this class Carl Johnson Of the New
York Athletic Club, the former Las
pound champion, threw s. Gumstad OF
| the Norwegian American A. c. In 4 min
! utes 20 seconds with q body hold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
SQUASH TOURNAMENT
BEGINS AT YALE CLUB
Matches in Glasses 4 and b
Are Played-Rcsults on
Other Courts.

Eleven matches were played in the
Yale club class n squash championship
tournament, which began yesterday. j..
C.. TomlinsJn. Y. Stevens and +. Me-
CURE each was returned a double win
ner. Tomlinson. in the first round. won
from v. Il. Green at 15--9. l5-l3. and
In the second round defeated II. Sproul
after All extra set at Its. l5-i2,
l5-l2. Mcclure defeated !. : SPEAKER
and J. ORourke. while Stevens was u
winner over Victor and Prentice. Tn.
scores
First Round-J g Tom!inson defeated
V ~ Green. ii--s: l5-l3
II 'e sproni h0n M@is, , IS Tom',H9. % detr''fd
Dodge defeated } l. Wa,rou,, i.-lS.
iyI,r c,S Il J s,oyNn' aGtss.'d : II,
II ''i srain.,nsia ia fLeins,'er ""t,..,'Iri
Mcclure defeated J :. spraker Is.
l3-l?. j : o'Rourke. Jr'. defeated j.
?. ForT'r'' iSniG; i3--s. : r corHe.'
L Bradford defeated T. $ strcnr, La
Third Round-McGuire defeated oRourko.
tics. '5-5, ti-e.
The class e squash championship tour
nainent also got under way Yesterday
afternoon. +. I. Makspeas Was tho only
one To play in two matches. and tri-
umphed in each. In the frst round NE
downed NJ. Sicard al l5-i3. IL. and
in the second round defeated G. + Ian.
ders al ls-l3, l5--a. The scores
FRS, Round-F. y Makspeas dei"a,eI
y sisard' liza, l5;' l. commiTk d..
Wells. i5--s. SIS. i5-3. i. A Tfo"
bridge defeated c, i, cooney. I5--s, -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
BIG ENTRY FOR N. Y. U. GAMES.
ThIrtS-hve SrhOOls VIII BE Repre-
sented by Teams.

The first part OF the New York Uni
versity preparatory day festivities Will
begin tonight when over 400 secondary
school men will gather at University
Heights as guests OF the students 10
witness the annua, freshman-sopho-
more basketball game and a series of
cane sprees between representatives
from the two lower classes. The guests
are expected to. arrive about supper
time. After the supper and the events
In the gymnasium the fraternities will
hold open house and act AZ hosts to
the visitors,
Tomorrow morning the varsity base
ban team will meet stevens Institute
on Ohio Field and In the afternoon
comes the annual track meet.
The entries this year are the largest
in the history Of the institution. Thirty
five schools will send teams. making
the total Of individuals about 900.
| rra ctically all the local and suburban
| high schools viii be on hand MERGERS.
/ burg, last years winner, will b repre-.
' scented by a big team.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
WHITNEY AND SANDS WIN
IN COURT TENNIS DOUBLES
They Score Hollow Victory Over Stockton and Rhodes,
of Boston, in First Round of National Tourna-
ment-Illness Prevents Two Matches.

The opening days play In the tourna-
ment for the national doubles court ten
mis- championship yesterday at the Rae
puet and Tennis Club was Unexpectedly
disappointing, owing to the fact that
Two OF the tea ms had 10 be Withdrawn
because Of the illness Of the players.
The game in which Jay Gould and w.
II. T. HUM of Philadelphia. the cham
pions. were to meet W. u. Dinsmore and
;. c. Mortimer Of Tuxedo in the morn
ing was called of through Dinsmore's
inability to play. The match was de.
faulted to the champions M the fol-
lowing contest. in which Wilson Potter
and II. l.. Hutchinson were to compete
against Lawrence Waterbury and G. s.
Cutting OF New York. was defaulted
to the local pair because OF Potter's
Illness.
As a result. only n match was
played II that resulted In q hollow
victory for Payne Whitney and Charles
:. Sands of this city over p. Stockton
and II. +. Rhodes Of Boston. The local
team won in three straight sets at SIS.
81. 50. Whitney and Sands seemed
to get stronger as the play progressed.
while their opponents became weaker.
The stroke scores. ~favoring the local
combination at 30-2l. fill. 25-S.
show even better than the game scores
how the visitors Jared. They won only
four games to the home club teams
eighteen. and scored a total OF only Al
points to So.
1t was a great day for both whitney
and sands, Each one OF them was at
tho ton Of his form and would have been
a formidable rival for any team In the
tournament not excepting the champion.
ship combination OF Gould n HUM.
Unfortunately, from the viewpoint OF
the spectators. Stockton n Rhodes
were at their worst.
The losers made their only good show.
ing in the early games of the opening
set. After Whitney and Sands had taken
the first game the Boston team carried
off three in rapid succession. and 1t began
TO look as If the visitors were going to
be very much in evidence by the time
The finish was reached
Their success in this trio Of games was
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14

due partly to some erratic play by both
Whitney and Sands, but mostly to bril-
liant placing by Stockton. OF the twelve
points scored by the visitors In those
three games. six were clean aces by
stockton. three In the dedans. two place.
ments Of the tanrbour and n sizzler
into the grille. The half dozen others
were counted on errors by the local pair.
W nets and a Doubt fauk by Whitney
and I'VE nets and an out Of court shot
by Sands.
Those three games served TO rouse the
New York players from their lethargy,
n thereafter the match became a pro-
cession. Sands and whitney finished
the opening set by winning five straight
games. in which they lost only eight
strokes. The visitors came to life long
enough to win the first game Of the Sec
ond set. but after that seemed unable to
handle the vicious driving OF the home
talent and lost twelve consecutive games.
In the final set the visitors were
weaker and wilder thar ever. scoring
only nine points. Four OF the nine were
the result OF low drives, two by Whitney
and the same number by Sands. which
went into the net. Stockton scored two
placements and Rhodes three. all of the
tambour. for the remaining tallies.
This morning Gould and HUM will
meet cutting n NateTDuTy, anu III
the afternoon Sands and whitney will
play against Joshua Crane and George
X. Fearing OF Boston in the semi-final
round. The summaries:
National Court Tennis. Championship
Doubles. First Round-Iay Gould and w.
u. T HUM. Phiiadelphis. won from W.
r. Dinsmore and s. q. Mortimer. Tuxedo,
by default: c. s Cutting and Lawrence
Potter and d. l.. Hutchinson. Philadelphia.
by default: Payne whitney and Charles y.
Sands, New York. defeated p. Stockton and
d. p. Rhodes. SIS. 81. SO.
The whitney and SandS-Stockton and
Rhodes point score:
FIRST SET.
whitney and Sands. t?2itttst-3o-
Stockton and Rhodes I'll
SECOND SET.
stockton and Rhodes. sill
THIRD SET.
whitney and Sands. ...... ttltts-25-t
Stockton and Rhodes. e?0l3 5 pc
Totals-wht,ney and Sands. sets; IL
games; 81 points. stockton and Rhodes
Q sets, VI points; 4 games.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-14
7wo Matches Go by Default in the National Court Tennis Doubles Championship
WHAT THE SCHOOLBOY
ATHLETES ARE DOING

Adelphi Academy has suspended three
OF its best athletes because Of scholastic
deficiencies. They are Manager Herbert
Glover Of the baseball cam. Harry
O'Brien. recently elected captain Of the
football team. and Jim M~oneypenny.
who starred on the baseball. football
and basketball teams of tho school.
M%oneypenny and O'Brien fell behind
In their studies a month & and were
barred from playing until the ban was
raised by the faculty. They competed
against Curtis a week ago last Saturday,
however. n their dismissal followed.
Glover was expelled because as nan
ager OF the team he allowed the dis
qualified athletes to play. The three
are expected TO enter other schools.
Morris called off It's game scheduled
for to-day against Mount Vernon High
School. With the exception OF Norman
Meany the Morris pitchers a not as
yet rounded into form. Manager Silver
wishes to save the giant hurler for Sat-
urday's game against Railway.
These three scholastic games are
scheduled for to-day: Jamaica VS..
{. {. n. Y. freshmen. at C. {. y. y.
Alumni VS.. Horace Mann. at Horace
Mann. and st. Francis Prep vs.. Ford
ham Prep at Fordham Field.
The police prevented the finishing OF
the game between Hamilton Institute
and Manual Training at the parade
grounds yesterday. According to Dr.
Vincent Aldridgc OF Manual, the teams
had until 5:i5 TO end their game. At
o!So. lie says, a young policeman or
dered them off the grounds. AT tho time
Hamilton was leading by a score of
> to .. Manual was short its half Of
the fourth inning. The score:
Hamilton Institute. .........O q SIS
siahual training. ...........l i 0 -
Observation-Disclosures and Crovat: Sheri-
dan and McInnes and Swain.
Thu st. John 9 College Athletic Asso-
citation has received a sanction from the
elementary schools games committee to
hold a $50 yard relay race. 50 pound
class. closed to elementary schools at lis
games on Saturday afternoon, May 10.
The high school outdoor champion.
ships and novice relays will be held a,
the Brooklyn Athletic Field Oh Mas -.
The application OF c.. G. y. Y. to hold
a nifty yard swim for elementary
schoolboys has been passed upon favora,