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DINNER CONVENTION FEATURE
Civil Retirement Association to
Have Prominent Men as Guests.

Plans have been completed<by officials
of the United States Civil Retirement
Association for a banquet to be held at
the Ebbitt House May 10. That is the
closing date of the sixteenth annual con-
vention of the organization.
More than 300 members and promi.
nent men in government service are eX-
pected to attend. The banquet COM
mittee is composed Of David ID. Caldwell.
u. w. Beach. Clifford Hastings. Charles
r lpu Bois. Mrs. Jennie l.. Monroe. Mrs.
+. l.. Watkins. T Il. Carter. l.. 4. Mer-
ritt and Il. Janson.
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WEATHER.
Showers This Afternoon; Fair and
Cooler Tonight and Tomorrow.

For the District of Columbia. Della
ware and Maryland, showers this after
noon. fair and cooler tonight and to-
morrow; strong westerly winds.
For Virginia. fair tonight and tomor-
row: cooler: strong westerly winds.
For West Virginia. fair tonight and
tomorrow; cooler tonight
A storm of considerable intensity has
developed over the region of the great
lakes. and this morning it's center is
over Lake Ontario. 1t has been at
tended by rains in the region of the
great lakes. the middle Atlantic states
and the Ohio and middle Mississippi
valleys. y AS the storm will increase
further in intensity. storm warnings
from Norfolk. Va, to Boston. Mass.
Rains were also reported from the
southern plains states and the north
Pacific coast.
Warm weather continues in the At
lantic states south of Maryland and in
the gulf states and the northwest.
Cooler weather has overspread the
southern portion of the region of the
great lakes. the Ohio and middle Mis-
sissippi valleys. and the plains states.
The temperature will be lower tonight
in the Ohio valley and Tennessee. and
tonight and tomorrow in the middle
Atlantic states. and in the interior of
the south Atlantic and east gulf states.
Along the New England coast there
will be strong shifting winds. becom-
Ing fresh>westerly gales: on the middle
Atlantic coast fresh westerly gales, on
the south Atlantic coast moderate to
fresh westerly winds: on the east gulf
coast light variable winds.
Tide Tables.
Toda y-Low tide 11:42 am and II: :5S
PM: high tide. 4:56 am. and 5:16 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1929 am: high
tide, 5:45 a m. and 604 pm. -
The Sun and Moon. @
Today-sun rose. 5:2S am: sun sets,
6:36 pm. Tomorrow-Sun rises. 5:24
3:19 am.
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 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yest esterday. pm, 65:
pm, Sc: ~ midnight. 81: today, 4
am. so: s am, 81. Maximum. 81, at
midnight; minimum, 81, at am. to-
day.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. so: minimum. IS.
Barometer-Yesterd 4 p.m 1855:
pm, 1886: II midnight. 1881; today,
4 am, 1853; 8 am, 1880.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at 8 am: Great Falls-Temperature
So; condition. 40. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature, So: condition at north
connection. 20: condition at south con-
Inection, "a. Georgetown distributing
acknowledgements So: condition
at influent gatehouse, 80; condition at
effluent satehouse, 26.
Weather in Various Cities.
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In Giving Version ofFight, Uses Incident
as Reason for Immediate With
drQWQl of u. S. Troops.
Detachment of Thirteenth Cavalry, Under Maj
T0mpkins, Fired Upon by Civilians and
in Resisting Assault Kill and
Wound Manu- MexicQns.

In his dispatch announcing the attack the American
Parra the first between United States soldiers and
Ambassador Designate
incidents than that Parral be
the ambassador
of that for American
remain longer soil He tells the ambassador that such grave
incidents must be avoided at all costs.
The fight between the American and the natives Paa
occurred the Carranza urging the withdrawal of the
OF the United
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Marine Corps Orders.
Alumni Society Chooses Secretary.

Miss c. l.. Hastings was selected as
recording secretary of the Alumni AS
sociation of the Mckinley Manual
Training School at meeting held last
night. Miss Hastings fills the position
left vacant by the resignation of Ierrel
Parker. Plans were discussed for the
ANIMAL alumni excursion to Marshall
Hall June 5.
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HonCrs in Oratorical Contest.

First honors in the annual oratorical
contest under auspices of the Leo NIII
Lyceum at the Catholic University last
night went to Warren Maxwell, is, of
Connecticut. His subject was The
New Internationalism." John NJ Ter
hey. 10 of Pennsylvania took second
prize with The Stage and Its Decline"
as his topic.
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Carranza Version of Fight.

Carranza Version of Fight.
Wednesday night. while Gen. Car
ranza's note was on it's way to Wash
ington, troopers of the 18th Cavalry.
under Maj. Tompkins. were fired upon
in Parral. Villa stronghold in west
ern. Chihuahua; were pursued to the
suburbs. while the Carranza garrison
took a doubtful part in the affray, and
were attacked again during the night.
One version of the attack upon them
is told in the following dispatches to
the Carranza embassy here:
"Queretaro. April Il. 1916.
Mr. Eliseo Arredondo. Mexican En-
bassy, Washington, D. c.:
"Please confer with the honorable
Secretary Lansing and inform him that
today at i pm. a column of $50 AmerI-
can soldiers entered the city of Parral.
THE mayor of the CITY,. Jose de La
Luz Herrera, Immediately called the
attention of the commander of this
column to the Inconvenience of his en-
tering the city, his soldiers immedi-
ately withdrawing: but when they
were leaving the people protested, and
the mayor and military commanders
tried to control them with their ap-
peals in order to prevent friction. but
owing to the imprudence of a civilian.
who fired shot, general disorder
followed, in which one American SOL
dier was killed and several civilians
were wounded by shots from the Amer
lean soldiers.
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Report of Gen. obregon.

Gen. Alvaro Obregon. Mexican min
lister of war. has telegraphed Gen.
Gabriel Gavira. commander of the
Juarez garrison. the Carranza version
Of the shooting of American soldiers by
citizens Of Parral. Gen. Obregon's dis
patch. dated Queretaro. April u. says:
My department. desiring to bring to
the knowledge of the army the lament
able incident occurring yesterday in the
city of Parral. Chihuahua. between the
people of that city and an American
force belonging to the troops engaged
in the pursuit of Villa. communicates
this to you in order that you in turn
may make. II known to your subordi-
mates and give it also to the press. so
that the people may know the facts as
they are.
AT o'clock in the afternoon an
American force composed Of $50. men
entered that city and the authorities of
the same notified the commander of
the said force that the Americans
should vacate il.
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Garrison Checks Mob.

Military commanders succeeded in
checking the mob at Maturana to avoid
them from following American troops,
forming a Gordon Of constitutional SOL
diers. In this connection the Mexican
government warned the government of
the United States from the beginning that
it would be unadvisable for American
troops to pass through cities. due to the
impossibility of avoiding friction between
them and the people and our forces at
an unexpected moment.
The American government, to that ef-
feet agreed to give the necessary instruc-
tions to it's troops to have them abstain
from occupying any towns. The Mexican
government deplores the occurrence, but
it was beyond its efforts to prevent 1t,
and insists with the American govern
ment on the necessity Of withdrawing its
troops from our soil in order not to give
room for the alteration of the good and
cordial relations which both countries are
obliged to preserve. AGUlLAR.
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Attacked While Withdrawing

The comma nders Of the Americans
began to carry out the wish of the
authorities when the people of the city
organized meeting of protest against
the entrance into the city of the Amer
lean troops without permission
The civil authorities tried to avoid
conflict. but their forces were not
sumcfent to handle the situation. In
the friction which resulted one Ameri-
can soldier was killed and several citi-
zens were wounded. The municipal
president, Jose de la Luz Herrera, and
the constitutionalist generals, Garcia
Eozana and Hernandez. with some of
their ofhciais and troops. tried to calm
the people and succeeded. thus in avoid
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Ing an incident that might have taken
very large proportions. The American
force left our city.
Il have Informed the first chief of
the occurrence"
Secretary Baker Without Details.
Secretary Baker conferred with mem
bers of the general staff at the War
Department last night. Later he made
this statement:
Il wired Gen. Funston summary
of the statements given out at the
Mexican embassy. / directed him to
take all necessary steps to protect our
people, to prevent further trouble and
to wire all details he-can get as fast
as possible. Unfortunately we have no
facts yet. 1 hope the reports of the
incident are exaggerated and that it
is only local affair.""
The Secretary declined to state whether
Gen. Pershing had orders to keep his
troops out Of Mexican towns in the fu-
ture. He pointed out that when the ex-
pedition reached Casas Grandes. the
question arose with the de facto gov
ernment as to the Occupation of any
Mexican towns by the American troops.
and orders were given not to occupy any
town. Mr.. Baker indicated. however, that
these orders did not preclude the Amer
lean troops from passing through such
towns when necessary, and that he did
not consider that the entry of $50 soldiers
into Parral, with it's $1,000 inha bitants
could be construed as an "'occupa ton"
Difficult to Pass Round Parral.
Gen. Funston made clear in his dis
patches that Parral is so physically sit
uated that it is difficult to pass around
it and almost necessary to pass through
1t to proceed south. That probably was
responsible for the cavalrymen entering
the town and officials noted that all the
Mexican reports agreed that they retired
at once when the local officials protested
against their presence.
The War Department investigation
will clear up how they came to enter.
The situation at Parral was unexpect-
ed. If official reports from Gen. Per-
shing bear out the Mexican advices, it
seems likely that the conduct Of the
officer in command of the troops will
be subjected to close scrutiny
Parral is described as lying at the
base of rugged mountain on the bank
of a river and fianking the stage road
1t is thought possible by some officers
that the commander of the American
column merely sought to pass along
the road, which would lead him through
the outskirts. The fact that Mexican
messages say he reversed his march
Immediately when objection was made
by town officials was taken as proof
that no attempt at occupation of the
place was intended.
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Charleston.
Gunner a. J. Holton. to duty on the
Saturn in connection with Alaskan ra-
dio expedition of 1916.
Machinist w d. Dadd. from the Buff
falo to the Maryland.
Marine Corps Orders.
Capt p. f. Chamberlin. from Marine
barracks, Mare Island. to command
naval prison. Mare Island
Capt ]. Nee. Huey, from Marine bar
racks, San Diego. to command Marine
barracks. Portsmouth. n. H.
Capt. Giles Bishop. jr, from Marine
barracks. Philadelphia. to command
marine detachment on the New York
First Lieut.. p. II. Torrey. from the
New York to Marine barracks. Norfolk
second Lieut.. q. w. Van Hoose from
Marine barracks, Norfolk. to the Utah
Second Lieut.. II. G. Pierce. from the
Utah to command Marine barracks. In
dian Head, Md
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Bananas can he ripened in a room
kept at ITO degrees.
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Naval Orders.

Ensign ]. T. Mathews, from Baltimore
to radio censor. Miami. Fla.
Surgeon L.. W. Bishop, from receiv-
ing ship at New York, n. Y, to the
Texas.
Surgeon w. S. Pugh. jr. from nav,
yard, New York, to receiving ship al
New York.
Surgeon Allen Stuart. from navy re.
cruiting station. Lowell. Mass. to navy
recruiting station, Providence, r. l.
Surgeon J. B. Dennis. from the Texas
to naval dispensary, Washington, D. C
Assistant Surgeon John Harper, from
Naval Medical School, Washington, d
c.. to navy yard. New York.
Boatswain William Martin, to the
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Expects Other Clashes.

PLEASE cause the Secretary of State
to see that it is unwise for American
troops to remain any longer on our soil,
as more serious incidents than the
present one, which we must avoid q. all
costs, may develop Please make use
of any arguments YOU may deem ad-
visable to put an end to the Situation
created by the presence OF American
troops in our territory. 1 will keep on
advising you through the foreign office
of any further incidents.
". CARRANZA.'
Ell PASO. Tex, April 113.-Gen.
Gavira informs me that last night
enter Parral. The people protested.
and il appears that the garrison did
also. Several persons were killed on
both sides
"ANDREAS G. GARCIA"
Evening star., 1916-04-14

Boiler. 1lth Infantry: First Lieut.
Charles L. Coates, 1th Infantry.
The resignation of First Lieut.. Harry
d. kneedler, Medical Reserve Corps, Is
accepted by the President, to take ef-
feet April ~.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted First Lieut.. Halvor q. Coulter
Coast Artillery Corps.
Each of the following named officers
is assigned as indicated:
Maj. John NJ. Jenkins. inspector gen.
eral, to the 11th Cavalry.
Capt. Edmund r. Tompkins. Quarter
master Corps. to the 5th Cavalry.
First Lieut. George Grunert. to the
Sd Cavalry.
Second Lieut.. Paul L. Ferron. Coas,
Artillery Corps. is attached to the
Aviation Section of the Signal Corps as
an aviation student and will proceed to
San Diego. Cal. for duty.
First-class Private Thomas l.. McNiff
Company c. 1st Battalion of Engineers
Washington barracks. is transferred as
private to the army service detachment
at West PoiAt. n. Y.
. Capt Harry r. Mcclellan, Medical
Corps is relieved from duty in the Ha-
waiian Department and will proceed to
the Philippine Islands for duty.
Master Signal Electrician Milton n
Williams. Signal Corps, is placed upon
the retired list at Fort Wood. n. Y. and
wilL repair to his home.
Lieut.. Col. Charles r. Mason. Medical
Corps. lis relieved from further duty
with the Panama canal.
Capt. Henry G. Maddux, Medical
Corps. will proceed to Fort Bayard, n
NJ, for duty.
First Lieut. Harrison W. Stuckey
Medical Reserve Corps. in New York
city, is relieved from duty at Fort
Rosecrans. Cal, and will report at Fort
Hancock n. J.. for duty
First Lieut.. David H. Bower. ED In
fantry, is detailed for service in the
Signal Corps. vice First Lieut.. Nicholas
w. Campanole. assigned to the 9Th In
fantry. Lieut.. Bower will proceed to
Columbus, n. NJ, for duty.
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Many Deaths Reported.

"Queretaro. April II, 1916.
'Eliseo Arredondo. Mexican Embassy.
Washington. D. c.
After message sent you by Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs Aguila-, the
secretary of war received a message
from Gen. Gutierrez. dated at Chihua-
hua, informing him that it had been
impossible for military commanders TO
check the mob agaist American troops
who entered Parral. and that this even
ing the fight had continued between
our people and the American forces
that many deaths had occurred on both
sides.
Gen. Obregon has already given or
ders to prevent the continuation OF
battle, hut the excitement is so grea,
among the people that j fail to know
whether the struggle can be stopped
Cali on the Secretary of State and ad-
wise him that the occurrence is due tc
| the unwise action of the American
commander in having entered PARA,
without the permission of the author
tiles. violating the orders of that gov.
ernment. forbidding the occupation OF
towns by American forces.
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Ing an incident that might have taken
very large proportions. The American n
force left our city.
Il have informed the first chief of
the occurrence"
Evening star., 1916-04-14

Hundreds To select from made Of
all-wool gahardines. fine poplins
shepherd checks. whipcordS and waf
fie rrcpes in pretty shades Of gray.
green. tan. blue. wistaria and black
Stunning fiarcd effects that ripple in
back: belted models with flowing pep
lums. also strictly tailored models.
Evening star., 1916-04-14

81 Girls Best 81 White Dresses. in g to IA
sizes: made of splendid quality lawn with
entire waists and skirt rufies of nice quality
eyelet embroidery houncing: pretty styles.
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-30
~ n DTrNANN
V. U. UUNANINi Passenger Traffic Manager. san Francisco. Cal, June 9th, 1916.
A W0RD TO you. SONNY

You little twelve or thirteen year old boy who is smoking cigarettes on the sly. What do you want to be when you grow up-a healthy vigorous. broad-shouldered man, or a little. puny, measly, no count, weak-minded dude?
 If you want to be a man, strong like a man. with hair on your face, brains in your head and muscles on your limbs, you just let those cigar cites alone
 If you want to be a thing, pitied by your folks despised by the girls and held in contempt by the fel- lows. keep right on smoking them.
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-30

been able to attain a deeper level than 61OO it. with profit. The Paruchowitz mine in silesia Aus tria. has reached a depth of 6O99 ft and suspended operations be- cause of inability to work profit ably One of the Lake Superior Copper mines has reached a depth of 4575 it., the schadeloch mine near Merseburg, Germany, is down 552S 1t. and several mines in the Rand district of South Africa are deeper than 4OOO 1t. and it may be that with improved mining and treatment methods that a greater depth than 61OO 1t. will be at tained. Alaska Mining Journal.
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-30
OFFICIALS ARE
 MUCH PEEYED
Report That Pacific Coast S. S. Co. s Steamers Will Be Sold Is
 Vigorously Denied

To Employees of the Passenger De-
 partment, Pacific Coast Steam
 ship Company
 From time to time for the past two years. persistent and malicious falsehoods have been circulated, seemingly originating at Seattle Wash. that the Pacific Coast Steamship Company or Its principal vessels. the Congress. President and Governor. were about to be sold to or acquired by the Pacihc-Alaska Navigation Company.
 These stories, which. in spite of continued denials, are periodically renewed. found their latest publi- cation on June list, and were wide ly copied by various newspapers. No doubt you have seen the arti- cles.
 We are advised by MT. William M. Barnum. president of the Pa cifc Coast Company New York; and also by the president of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company Mr. J. c. Ford. and its yice-presi-
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-30
W0RLn,S nEEPEsT MINEs

Considering that the diameter of the earth is 5000 miles we can on- ly hope to scratch the surface. With the heaviest and most modern equipment. mining men have not
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-30

dent. Mr. h. c. Ward, that there are no negotiations now pending with tho Pacifc-Aleska Navigation Company. nor have there been either with that or with any other company. looking toward the sale of the President. the Governor or the Congress. or contemplating any change whatever in the ownership, operation or control of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company
 We are instructed to give the ut most publicity to vigorous and absolute denial. You are, there fore. authorized and requested to Aatly and absolutely deny such false rumors and to use your utmost ef- forts to ascertain and report to us their origin.
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Douglas Island news., 1916-06-30
ISLAND FERRY co.
GENT

Coles Dock. Juneau. City Dock, Douglas
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
District Courts

John Mccormick is left 81 by his wife,
Alice L. Mccormick. in her will, filed for
probate yesterday. The remainder of the
estate is left to a sister. Mrs. Virginia c.
Mitchell, who is named executrix.
The will of Clara J. Chase, filed for pro-
bate yesterday. leaves the bulk OF her
estate to four nephews and nieces. Frank
c. Somes, Joseph R. Chase, Hattie c.
Gordon and Lille c.. Knowlton. The Hos
pftal Association. Home for the Aged and
the Congressional Society, all OF Laconia,
N Y, are left $500 each.
Suit for absolute divorce was filed in
the District Supreme Court yesterday by
Ethel V. Lanston. wife Of Aubrey Ian
ston. of New York. The defendant is the
son of the late Tolbert Lanston, inventor
OF the typesetting machine. Mrs. Ian
ston alleges misconduct.
The American Security and Trust Com
pany is name co-defendant, as trustee OF
the will of Tolbert Lanston, in order to
have ratified a former decree Of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, which gave the wife
three-fifths Of the income of her husband
from his fathers estate.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
FUNERALS

Funeral services for Charles F. Purdy.
who died on Friday at his home, 100 Ala
hama avenue. will be held today at 3
o'clock at the Congress Heights Baptist
Church. Interment will be IN Glenwood
Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Hen
negan Hodge, who died in Philadelphia
on Thursday, will be held at the Mount
Airy Baptist Church at o'clock today
Funeral services for William Twine
who died on Friday at his residence, 11l9
Twentieth street. will be held at the
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church at
o'clock today.
Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa s.
Hazel. who, in her seventy-seventh year,
died at her residence, 1a2 Euclid street
northwest, on Friday, will be held at
Oak Hill Cemetery tomorrow at 10
o'clock. ..-~. 20
Funeral services for Miss Sarah E.
Moore, who died on Friday. will be held
at her residence. 2101 Second street, to-
morrow at 10 o'clock.
Funeral services for Edwin Forrest, So
years old, who died on Friday at his resi-
dence, 1888 N street northwest, win be
held at Holy Trinity Church, GEORGETOWN,
tomorrow at 9 O'Clock.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
BUSY WEEK in
REALTY REALM
Brokers Close l54 Transac-
tons, Involving 2l8 Lots
= and Parcels.
OUTER SUBURBS LEAD
Purchase of Bank Property at l4O5 G
Street Northwest Is Principal Fea-
ture-Kelwood Is Sold.

The third week Of April was busy one
on the local real estate market, brokers
closing 154 transactions. involving Zs
lots and parcels of real estate. These
figures show an average daily increase
Of two sales over the second week or the
month Thursday was the banner Gay OF
the week. with forty sales recorded. This
Is only two short OF the daiy recoru
for 1916 OF forty-two.
The outlying suburbs led the Market
with sixty-three of the total number OF
sales made during the week The near
urban and northwest sections ran close
seconds, the former figuring In nfty-nlne
deals and the latter hfty-three There
were twenty-five lots transferred IN the
northeast, twelve in the southwest anu
nine in the southeast.
The feature Of the week was the pur-
chase of the banking property at l4O0 G
street northwest, by Harry A KITE from
Clarence c. Calhoun at a price indicated
bv the revenue stamps and encum-
brances to have been $4,000. Mr.. KITE
turned over to Mr.. Calhoun at a reported
value Of $4,000, the Lee Building, % 10
~ Tenth street northwest, which he Sc
c,,rad earlier in the week from Daniel
Loughran.
AT a price indicated by the stamps to
have been $4,000, John A. Luttren took
over from Lille V. McCullum property
in Girard street, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets northwest
KeIwoOd Apartments sold.
Harry wardman and Thomas Bones
transferred the Kelwood apartments, 1873
and 1921 Corcoran street northwest, to
Thomas W. Hungerford- The price Is
said to have been $4,000.
Mr.. Hungerford conveyed to John H
CLANCY the residence at I7ls De Sales
street northwest for 5000.
The Tuxedo apartment house. just
completed. at 1888 T street northwest
was transferred during the week by
Harry wardman to the Frank Walter
estate. The Tuxedo is a four-story build
ing. In exchange Mr.. Wsrdman took
over the building at 1S43 F street north
west, occupied by the Arthur Burt Shoe
Company, and a store at 6H Fourteenth
street, the two valued at $4,000.
The new annex to the Cordova apart
ments, 1909 Twentieth street northwest,
has been sold for Davidson & Davidson
through the L. w. Groomes real estate
ONCE.