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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-01
Will Aid Britain to Utmost.

MELBOURNE. Australia. December l.
On the resumption Of the sessions of the
federal parliament yesterday. the premier.
William Morris Hughes. announced that
notwithstanding the CONSUMPTION refer
endum, the government would continue
its utmost efforts with regard to men
and commodities to aid Great Britain and
her allies. An opposition motion of no
confidence in the government was defeat
cd 46 to q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-01
INQUIRY ON Armor Plant Site.

/. Secretary Daniels today informed
Senator Swanson of Virginia that the
question of the location of the pro-
posed government armor plant hasJ
been referred to the general board of
the navy for n report on that provision
OF the law requiring that the plant shall
be established at y place of sacety
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-01
Sues for $4,000 Damages.

Thomas c. Midget has filed a suit in
the District Supreme Court to recover
100000 damages from Louis Mandes
and John Suraci for alleged personal
injury The plaintiff says an automo-
bile owned by one Of the defendants,
and driven by the other. collided with
him at Rhode Island avenue and 18th
street northwest. September 0 last and
seriously injured him. He is repre-
scented by Attorneys w. Gwynn Gardi-
ner. Blaine Coppinger and Harry w.
Brtmer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-01

I in time of war; Senator Swanson ad-
vocates the establishment of the plant
at Alexandria or some other Virginia
city.
| The question of the location of the
experimental laboratory also awaits
final action by the Navy Department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-01
Files Petition in Bankruptcv.

Charles B. Bowles. who describes him
self as a wage-earner, has filed a petit
ton in voluntary bankruptcy in the
District Supreme Court He lists his
debts at s2.s66.s2. and says his assets
are 1902. Attorney Fred S. Swindell
represents the petitioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-01
Mako Idol of Peasants.

"Typifying the love in which Mako is
still held by the Serbians. 1t is related
that some years ago = historical play was
announced for production in a little thea
ter in Belgrade As upon all such occa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-01
WEATHER..
Fair Tonight and Tomorrow, With
out Decided Temperature Change.


For the District of Columbia and
Maryland. fair tonight and tomorrow,
without decided temperature change;
temperature tonight slightly above
freezing: gentle to moderate winds,
mostly southwest.
For Virginia. fair tonight and tomor-
row, little change in temperature;
gentle to moderate shifting winds.
For West Virginia, fair tonight and
tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight in
west portion.
Low pressure prevails generally over
the northern portion of the country
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but
there was no precipitation of conse-
quence except in the Atlantic states.
1t Is considerably cooler in the Atlantic
and east gulf states and generally
warmer elsewhere, with temperatures
above the seasonal average.
With the exception of rain or snow
in northern New England. generally
fair weather will prevail tonight and
tomorrow east of the Mississippi river,
without temperature changes of con-
sequence.
The winds along the New England
coast will be moderate northwest, be-
coming variable; on the middle Atlantic
coast moderate. mostly westerly; on the
south Atlantic coast moderate north
and northeast; on the east gulf coast
gentle to moderate northeast, becom-
ing variable.
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have moderate north
west winds, becoming variable, with
generally fair weather to the Grand
Banks.
Small craft warnings are displayed
from Cleveland to Oswego.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey.1
Today-Low tide. 7:13 am. and 7:42
D. M; high tide, 1928 pm. and 1:01 am.
Tomorrow-Low tide. $40 a. m. and S:46
pm; high tide. 1.23 am. and 2:02 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose. 7:os am; sun sets.
4:46 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:08 Am; sun
sets. 4:46 pm.
Moon rises. 1908 pm; sets. 1858 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one-half
hour after sunset.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the tWenty-four
hours beginning at 2 pm yesterday:
Thermom et4r-Yesterday, pm, 50:
8 pm. As; II midnight, 40; TODAY. 4
| am, 81: s am. 33. Maximum. So. at 4
pm. yesterday; minimum. 80. at s am.
today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. Al; minimum. %.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pm, 1896,
pm. 3o.0a IL midnight. 30.O5 today,
am, 1905: am. 30.09.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
| at 8 am. Great FalIs-Temperatur
40: condition. rs. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature. 40; condition at north
connection. 80. condition at south con
nection, 10. Georgetown distributing
reservoir - Temperature, 40; condition
at infuent gatehouse. 8; condition at
| effiuent gatehouse. Z.
| Waafher In Vardnrs Cities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-01

The American Racing Union has OF
fered the United states government ~
900 homing pigeons for army use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-01
IMPORTANCE OF PR|LEP,
SERBIA, DUE TO ROADS
Strategic Value of Town. Now OBJ
jective of Allies, Cited by
Geographic Society.

Concerning Prilep. toward which the
are pressing after having retaken
Monastir from the Germans and Bull
garians. the National Geographic So
ciety issues the following war geog-
raphy bulletin:
Situated at the head of the Pela-
CONAN plain. twenty five miles north
east of Monastir-a long six hours
journey over a rough road before mill
tary necessities brought about an i'm
provement of the highway-Prilep,
also called Perlepe, is an important
strategic point whose capture by the
Serbians would be a material step in
the retaking of their homeland.
"Circling the town to the north and
east are the rocky Babuna hills. and
over these to the north lies the city
of Uskup, some forty miles distant.
Prilep's Military Value.
"Prilep's value from military stand
point is due largely to the fact that in
this railroadless country even indif-
ferently good dirt roads are scarce,
and at this point five important high
ways converge. The most important
of these, of course, leads to the south
west to Monastir. across the Pelago-
Man plain: another strikes due west
to krashevo. high up among the hills
fifteen miles away; a third follows a
stony and meandering northwesterly
course to kostovo, a town situated at
the source of the Nardar river: the
fourth mounts the Babuna range of
hills and leads to Koprili, about thirty
miles to the northeast a station on
the Saloniki-Uskup railway; the fifth
strikes east and then northeast to
Rosoman. following the bed of the
Rajec torrent, tributary of the Cerna
river.
"Prilep is dear to the hearts of ali
Serbian peasants, for around it cluster
countless stories of one of the nation
most popular legendary supermen-
| Mako kralievitch, otherwise King
Son Marko.
The ruins of the Castle of Kings
Son Mako overlook the town, and il
the visitor proves to be a sympathetic
out to him, in the slabs of rock which
the indelible footprints of the master
favorite steed Sharatz. And if you
should happen to be in Prilep on the
anniversary of Marko's festival OIL
'slava,' you can prove to your own sat
iSfaction whether there is any truth ir
the widely credited peasant legend tina,
at midnight the doors of the castle
chapel burst open and the hero, fully
armed, rides in on his piebald charger
although the Mako of the flesh has
been dead for 500 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
LIFE DECLARES FOR
PRESIDENT WILSON

New York, Sept. 29.-Life, the fear
less, talented and clever oracle of so
ciety, once an unsympathetic critic of
President Wilson, has seen the light
In the current issue it ventures the
opinion that Mr. Wilson is the great
est American progressive since Thorn
as Jefferson 1t says: He is perfectly
willing to use the rich 10 beat riches
and aristOcracy-"
Jefferson fought the federaIists, in
Guiding most of the rich and respect
able people in the country; Jackson
fought the United States bank; Lin
coin fought the slave-holding arts
tocracy and its allies; Roosevelt
fought here and there the trusts, the
railroads. the bankers, off and on, but
Roosevelt is an aristocrat and has
compassionate bowels for his own
kind.
But Mr. Wilson is not an aristo-
crat. He has fought, according to his
lights. against the exploitation of the
bodies and energies Of the common
people to defend the interests and in
vestment of the prosperous. At the
start he would not fight to defend
American investors; he would not take
sides with Rockefeller in the Colorado
strike; he helped reduce the tariff; he
alleviated the domination Of the money
trust; he would not get us into the war
even after the Lusitania, though he
did risk doing so, and though all so
ciety' wanted to get in, and he would
not side with the railroads against the
brotherhoods.
This man is for the mass OF the
people. He really is a great demo-
crat. He is a good hand to nip the
tariff cobra, the banking adder, the
railroad boa constructor, when that is
necessary. 1t is his nature 10 fight
these creatures It was not RoOse-
velt's nature TO fight them. He could
slash around among them on occa-
sions. but he enjoyed their society
His notion Of government was always
government by aristocrats."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
MYSTERY OF LOVE
TRAGEDY DEEPENS
Possibility Of Third Woman Having
Taken Part in Hotel Affair Is
Pointed Out.

Chicago, Sept. 29.-Possibility that a
third woman may have figured in the
triple hotel tragedy in Philadelphia,
which ended in the shooting OF Mrs.
Joseph c. lie Due Of Chicago, the muir
der of Joseph G. Grayeur of New York
and the suicide of Mrs. Margaret Bel
ger of New York. who did the shoot
ing, developed today.
lie Due. in a telegram sent to Chi
cago bearing out this theory, main
tanned that his wife was not the wom-
an with whom Graveur had registered
at the hotel He declared that it pos
sibly was Mrs. BelZer or some other
woman Graveur expected to Join Him
there.
Philadelphia. Pa. Sept. 29.-Mrs. lie
Due was today reported as improved.
Hospital physicians said they may
soon perform an operation to extract
the steel tacketed bullet lodged be
tween the ribs on her left side. Joseph
e. lie Due, the injured woman's hus-
band, said today that he had received
many kilograms commencing him for
the stand. he had taken In upholding
the honor of his wife.
Relatives of Mrs. Harry Belzer, who
did the shooting. are still making ef-
forts TO prove that Mrs. Belzer was a
woman of honor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
Find Woman
Dead as Fire
Ruins Home

Mountain View, N. H., Sept. %
Mrs. Frederick L. Small, wife of
Boston real estate broker, who was
burned ina fire which destroyed the
Small summer home at Lake Ossipee
last night, was murdered, it was dis
covered when her body was taken
from the ruins. She had been beaten
over the head and strangled by rope
tied around her neck.
The police believe the fire was set
to cover the crime.
Mr. Small, who had left his cottage
on a business trip to Boston six hours
before the fire was discovered, hurried
back today to assist the police in their
investigation. He said his wife was
alone in the cottage when he departed.
Sheriff Chandler of Carroll county
took charge of the investigation. On
his own authority Sheriff Chandler
placed Small under arrest.
The agent of a life insurance COM
pany today made known that in Janu-
airy last he had written joint policy
on the lives of Small and his wife, Mrs.
Arlene Small, for $4,000. He solicited
the business, he said.
Before his arrest Small had an
nounced that he would give 81 900 for
the discovery of the person who killed
his wife. After his arrest he refused
to make any statement.
In 1909 Small sued A. H. Soden,
widely known as one of the three own
ers of the Boston Nationals, for $4,000
for alienation of Mrs. Smalls affec-
tons. He was awarded $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
LONG LOST Child
FOUND is BELIEF
FOUr-YPar-0Id "Jimmie,- kidnapped
Son of James Glass of Jersey City,
Located in Quincy.

Quincy. Ill. Sept. 29.-That the four
year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Glass of Jersey City, n. j., who was
kidnapped in May, 1915, has been
found in little Edward Cossart, living
with a family named MCGEE near Pay
son. south of this city. is the belief OF
Probation officer Nolan.
Several months ago the little boy
was taken from a woman who had
been arrested on charge of immoral
ity and was given into the care OF the
MCGEE family. Several days ago while
CHANGING over a circular describing the
lost Glass child, officer Nolan was
struck by the resemblance to the lit
tie fellow whose supposed mother was
named Cossart.
He wired for further details, and to-
day a photograph of the missing Glass
child arrived which is veritably pic
ture Of the little Cossart boy. In ad-
dition Identification marks have been
found which would seem to clinch the
child's identity as the missing Jimmie
Glass. The father of the child is on
his way to Quincy to make the identif1-
cation certain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
WAR FUND ARE HUGE

Washington, Sept $50 many
contributions for relief of European
war sufferers have become known
since the Carnegie peace foundation
last week reported the total American
contributions at nearly $29, 900, 600
that the foundation has ordered new
compilation which will be made i'm
mediately.
During the last week there have
been received scores of letters from
individuals and organizations telling
of contributions hitherto unreported
and forwarded through other chan
nels than the go principal war relief
societies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
THE WAR TODAY

Additional ground on the SOmme
front has been captured by the al
lies.
The French gain was effected be-
tween FregicOurt and MOrVaI, on
the PerOnne-B apaume road norm
of RancOurt. where the wedge De-
ing driven into the German lines
between Bapaume and Per0nne Is
almost mt its sharpest point
The new ground won by the Brit
ism lies something more than n
quarter of "A mile southwest OF lie
Sars on the P0ZieTeS- Bapaume
road northeast of COurcelette. lie
Sars Is about three and One-halI
miles from Bapaume toward when
the British in this sector are de-
ierminedIy pressing.
On the Macedonian front the
BuIgarians have resumed their e.
forts I'd drive the Serbians from
their kaimakcalaB position near
the Serbian border In the region
north of Lake Ostroy0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
CARRANzA EDICT
HOLDS MINELAND
Puts Owners in Position to Consider
Them Only Renters With Mexico
the Real Proprietor.

Ell Paso, Sert 29.-"Private owner
ship of mineral property in Mexico is,
in fact, nothing more than a species of
rent of the subsoil, for which the
title holder has to pay the nation, the
true proprietor of the subsOil."
This extract from a public state
ment by Mexico's secretary of finance,
received here today by the Mexican
consulate, presents the official attitude
of the Carranza government toward
owners of Mexican mines whether
Mexicans or foreigners.
The statement is issued in defense
of Carranza's decree of May l of this
year which, under penalty Of confis-
cation, lays impOsts and working con-
ditfOns on the mines that have caused
foreign owners to make strong repre-
sensations to their home governments.
These complaints have been carried to
New London where the joint commits
sion is sitting.
The statement makes clear that the
CarranZa government will not consld-
er special pleas to escape the effects
of the decree and adds that the title
to mineral lands does not grant an alb
solute right, but a limited proprietor
ship revertible to the state"
The theory of the law. according to
the statement, is that title is condi-
tional on the payment of imposts or
merely grants OF privilege to exploit
land which primarily belongs to the
nation"
Annullment of title is excused as the
only efficacious way of dealing with
owners who fail to comply with the
decree or to operate their holdings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
MORE DETAILS OF
IOWA PLOT GIVEN
Manner in Which Scheme Was 0perat-
ed to Get $4,000 from Rich
IOwan Is Told.

Chicago, Sept. additional details
of a scheme whereby a wealthy Iowan,
referred to as "a leading citizen of his
community" was compelled TO pay
SIS, 900 to band of so-called Mann act
blackmailers became known here to-
day when III. G.. Clabaugh, investigator
for the department of justice, prepared
to hold a conference with G. e. Vince
Ter and w. n. Jay, attorneys for the
Iowa victim and one of the two girls
alleged to have been the lures" In this
case.
The Iowan, It is said, was introduced
to one of the lures" by client in his
home town~who said she was the girls
aunt. Later he came TO Chicago alone
and visited the apartment at which the
girl he had met in Iowa lived with an
other girl. While the girls were show
ing him through the fiat, the bell rang
and in going to answer it one OF the
girls locked the Iowan and the other
girl in a bedroom.
The visitors, two men, proclaimed
themselves lawyer and detective, re-
spectively and accused the Iowan OF
violating the Mann act. Under the
combined pressure of the girls and the
two men-the former pleading that he
save them from shame and threatening
publicity-the Iowan paid the men $500
on the spot. Followed to his home
town and again threatened with tex
posture" the victim paid the gang $4,000
more in cash and $4,000 more In notes.
The lures" and their accomplices
took trip to California and upon their
return were betrayed TO federal au-
thorities by the abandoned wife Of one
OF the men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
GREEK Revolt IS GAINING STRENGT H
King ofAces
Drops Three
EnenyAeros

Paris. Sept. %, (5:15 a. m.)-Three
German aeroplanes brought down in
two minutes and thirty seconds by a
stop watch is the latest exploit of
Second Lieutenant Georges Guynemer
incidentally Lieutenant Guynemer,
who is known as king of the aces"
fell 10000 feet but escaped unhurt
a cOmrade who was hard pressed by
five German machines. He brought
down two of them within thirty sec
ands and then rising overlook a third
which he shot down two minutes lat
er. He was looking for the remain
ing two German machines when a
shell burst beneath him and stripped
the left wing of his aeroplane of every
stitch Of its covering. He plunged gid
Oily earthward.
Il gave myself up for lost" he said.
but after falling 5000 feet I thought
I would struggle all the same The
wind blew me over our lines. l con-
tinued to fall and the levers wouldn't
bulge And then ! saw the field toward
which ! was dashing down. Suddenly
something happened and my speed
diminished. Then there was a re
sounding crash and violent shock
When ] recovered my wits | was in the
midst Of the fragments Of my machine
and practically uniniured. How am |
still alive. I asked myself l believe
it was the straps which held me to my
seat which saved me-
On Sept 16 Lieutenant Guynemer
was officially credited with his 18th
enemy aerOplane. A week later he
was reported to have brought down his
18th and 18th. He was wounded in a
fight in the air last March and in a
subsequent flight was forced to de-
scend between the French and Ger
man trenches but escaped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
Failure Not
Admitted BY
UnjonHe0ds

New York, Sept. 29.-Labor union
officials who attempted to organize
general strike here and in West Ches-
ter county in sympathy with the strik-
ing street car men refused today to
admit defeat and still claimed that
nearly 200, 600 workers had quit. They
announced, however, that efforts to
call out others would be postponed I'M
til next Monday.
The allied building trades, with a
membership OF 100000 and the team
sters' union of 10000 members have
postponed a decision on the strike is
sue. The strikers in trades outside
the street car men include about TO-
600 brewery workers and machinists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
FILES SUIT TO GET
HIS TIP MONEY BACK

Chicago. Sept. 29.-An idea Of the
amount of money involved in the tip
ping system is said to be given in the
praecipe of a suit filed here by Phillip
p. Rouse
The complainant, who is now on
farm with relatives near Galesburg,
Ill, alleges that in the last year while
head of the checking department of
big Chicago hotel, which is named as
defendant, he collected $4,000 in tips
which he turned over to the manage
ment. He seeks in his suit to recover
this on the grounds that under the Hi
nois anti-tipping law the employe is
alone entitled to the tips.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
OFFICERS ARE TO BE
CHOSEN BY BANKERS

Kansas City. Mo. Sept. 29-Dele-
gates TO the American Bankers asso-
citation were expected 10 end the an
nual convention today with the choice
OF next years meeting place. after
hearing addresses by Paul NJ. Warburg,
vice governor of the federal reserve
bank, and Joseph Illrsch OF Corpus
Christi. Texas.
+. w. Goebel OF Kansas City. Kas..
the present vice president. Is without
opposition as the successor 70 James
:. Lynch of sart Francisco. retiring
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
To Meet to Decide Road Route.

Pontiac Ill, Sept. 29.-Whether the
route of the Burlington Way, marked
trail from East st. Louis northeast
through Illinois shall go through Peo-
ria or Bloomington on it's way north,
is expected 10 be decided at a meeting
Of the association members here to-
night. It IS probable 500 persons viii
come here tonight by automobile
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
MACHINE RECORDS
HEART BEATS, CLAIM

Chicago, Sept. PA machine which
records every motion of the heart was
exhibited today before the convention
u the American X-Ray society. u IS
-alled an electrocaTdiograph and By
Is use, II was explained. physicians
nay obtain records which are exact
md which may be compared later with
rher records in preparing a diagnosis
F tesrt disease
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
DUNNE PLURALITY
IN COOK COUNTY IS, 255

Chicago, Sept Ex-Governor Edward
r. DUNES plurality in Cook county
over william p. BTinton in the recent
primary for the democratic nOmina-
ton for governor was 65,255 according
10 the ofic canvass. results Of
which were announced today
Frank q Lowdens plurality for the
republican nomination was 20,4s9.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
JAP FINANCIER IS
VISITING AMERICA

Washington. Sept. 29.-Baron Yo-
shira Sakatani, former Japanese min
lister of finance, who had charge OF
Japan's financial reconstruction after
the Russo-Japanese war, arrived here
early today for two days visit to Of
ficiaIs and friends. He is en- route to
Japan from the recent economic con-
fereuces at Paris looking to CONNER
cial campaign after the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29
THE WEATHER
Forecast TIL r. VI. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island. Davenport Moline
and Vicinity.

Fair tonight and Saturday, rising
tenn erature.
Temperature at Z a. m. 80. Highest
yesterdal So Lowest last night So
Velocity of wind at a. III. miles
per hour.
Precipitation OF inch.
Relative humidity at p. m. IS. at
: a. m. Sc. at ] p. m. today 81
Stage of water Is. a rise Of . in
last "a hours
j. ii. SHERIER, Local ForeCaster.