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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
Operation of Line Approved.

Application of the Florida East
Coast and the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
roads under the Panama canal act to
continue the operation of the Peninsu-
lar and Occidental Steamship Company,
whose vessels ply between Tampa,
Key West and Miami. Fla, and Havana
and Nassau, were granted today by the
interstate commerce commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
Idle Railway Men to Get IS a Week,

Each locked out member of the
Virginia Railway Com
pany Is TO receive IS week for an
indefinite length OF time from a pay
roll received by A. Rosenbaum, presi-
dent OF the local branch of the Street
and Electric Railway Workers OF
America. from the headquarters OF the
organization in Detroit. The local
branch is composed of members of the
Washington and Old Dominion Rail-
way Company and the Warrington
Virginia Railway Company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
SPLIT ON BILL RAISING
MONEY LENDERS RATE
Vote of Senate District Committee
6 to 6, Preventing Report in
Favor of Measure.

An attempt to get a favorable report
on the Smith bill increasing the rate
which may be charged by pawnbrokers
and money lenders in the District to
per cent a month in the Senate District
committee failed today. The vote was
a tie, six senators voting for the bill
and six against it. The result was to
prevent action on the bill. 1t may be
taken up again, however, at another
meeting of the committee.
The bill, which is supported by a
number of prominent citizens of the
District. is designed to make it pos
sible for poor borrowers in the District
to obtain loans at a. less rate than at
present, although the legal rate here
is only per cent a month.
Supporters of the bill pointed out that
pawnbrokers and money lenders have de-
clared 1t impossible to do business here
on per cent a month basis, and there
fore they have gone out of business. At
present it is only by doing business with
concerns located on the Virginia side of
the Potomac that the poor borrowers
can obtain money, and for II they must
pay from per cent a month UP.
Unwilling to Legalize Charge.
The senators who opposed the bill
said that they were not willing to
legalize q charge Of per cent a month
on loans in the District.
Those who voted in its favor were
Senators Smith of Maryland. James.
Dillingham;, Martin, Sherman and Hol-
lis. Those who voted against the bill
were Senators Pomerene, SALISBURY,
Jones. Kenyon. Sterling and Works.
The committee ordered favorable
report on a measure offered by Senator
Swanson of Virginia to increase the
rank Of detectives on the police force
from sergeant to lieutenant, and to give
them the pay of lieutenant. This
measure had originally been offered as
an amendment to the bill increasing
the pay of the metropolitan police,
which was passed by the Senate re-
Gently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
HEARINGS ARE CALLED ON
EAST WASHINGTON ROAD
Utilities Board Also Submits Report
in Answer to Cary Bill on
Gas Issue.

Tentative valuations established by
the public utilities commission on the
properties of the East Washington
Heights Traction Railroad Company
and the Union Transfer Company will
be considered at public hearings to be
conducted by the commission juno s
and z. Notices of the hearings have
been sent to the various citizens as
sociations, trade and labor bodies.
Tho railway company operates the
line from 18th and Pennsylvania ave.
nue. southeast to Pennsylvania avenue
and Minnesota avenue southeast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
German Statement.

An oficial statement issued today at
the German army headquarters says:
"As the result Of fights in the region
east of Vermelles. forty-six English
prisoners. including one captain. were
taken, and two machine guns and one
mine thrower were captured. In the
Meuse region there was no change in
the situation.
The regular Smelling of places be-
hind our front. namely, Lens and its
suburbs. and also numerous villages
south of the Somme and the town of
Roye, has increased during the past few
weeks Casualties among the civilian
population, especially women and chill
dren, have been caused. The number of
the killed and injured will be published
in the Gazette des Ardennes.
After an aerial fight one enemy aero
plane crashed to the earth west of the
Mouse over Bethelainville. another
near Very and a third machine was
brought down by our anti-aircraft guns
near Frapelle. east of st. Die.
"A German air squadron dropped
bombs on the barracks and railway
buildings at st. Menehould.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28

Frederick Imhof, eighty-seven years
old. founder and president Of the Ger
man Orphan Asylum and one of the
most honored German Americans in the
city, died Wednesday night at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. William L. War
ner, 18th street and Florida avenue
northwest, following a brief illness.
Funeral services are to be held to-
morrow afternoon at 2:15 o'clock, at
the residence, to be followed at 3
o'clock by services at the Concordia
Lutheran Church, goth and G streets
northwest. Rev. Paul Mcneil will Off
ciate. Interment is to be at Prospect
Hill cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be Henry
L. Alschwee, J. r. Ingraham, Martin
Wiegan, William Stiebeling. Charles E.
Rogier, Simon Wolf, William Brodt.
William F; GUIDE, Louis kettler, George
Bressler, Martin Croft, Lewis Sivers,
Charles Bauch, Hugo Worch and Harry
Dunkhorst.
Grandsons to Be Pallbearers.
Active pallbearers will be seven grand
sons. Frederick G. Stein, Henry c. Stein.
John c. Stein, Fred Schneider. John
Schneider, Raymond Coomes and Sheldon
w Hiss, anu d SdIl
Stein.
Mr. Imhof was born at Schwarzenan.
Westphalia, Germany, April %, 1929 AS
youth he came to America, coming di-
rectly to Washington, where he estab-
lished himself as a merchant tailor, in
which business he continued until about
twenty years ago, when he retired
Mr. Imhof had been active in church
and charitable work since his youth
He was one of the founders of the German
Orphan Asylum of this city. and had been
president of the institution since it's
founding. For many years he had been
president of the vestry of the Concordia
Church. 1t was largely due to Mr.. I'm
hof. 1t is said, that the Rupert Home
was founded. He was president of the
Prospect Hill Cemetery Corporation. He
was a member Of the Association of the
Oldest Inhabitants and Of Franklin
Lodge, No. 2, knights of Pythias.
On the anniversary of his eightieth
birthday in 1903 friends throughout the
city united in the celebration, which
was held at the Saengerbund Hail. un-
der charge of the board of directors of
the German Orphan Asylum.
Four daughters are living. They are
Mrs. William l.. Warner, Mrs. Charles
S. Coomes. Mrs j. F. Schneider and Mrs
William Linwood WilliSs. Fourteen
grandchildren and nine great-grand-
children are living. A son, Fred Inn
hof, jr., was killed last year by grasp
ing a live electric wire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
Has No Jurisdiction.

In an opinion sent to Congress today
the utilities board holds that the fur
ntshing outside the District of gas
manufactured in the District is a mat
ter over which neither the District
Commissioners nor the commission
have jurisdiction. The report is in an
swer to the Cary bill directing the COM
mission to report whether this practice
Is in violation of the charters Of the
local gas-manufacturing companies.
According to the commission. the
Washington and Georgetown Gas Light
companies OF the District sell gas to
the Washington and Georgetown Gas
Light companies of Montgomery coun-
ty. Nd. the latter concerns distribute
ing 1T to Maryland consumers. Whether
this is done with or without authority
IT Is matter over which the commits
sion has no control, it Is stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28

Mother never told me about the
bogey-man' or to be afraid of the dark -
This was the legend borne by one OF
the better baby" posters entered In
the prize contest held recently in an
eastern city in connection with Its
"baby-week" campaign, and arranged
along the lines of the prize poster con
test which is now being staged by The
Star. and which will be one Of the fea-
lures of Washington's baby week,
May GLIB, inclusive.
And who shall say that this phrase
and the appropriate picture of happy
fearless youngster that went with II, is
not as pertinent to the better babies
idea as any propaganda regarding
nursing, clothing or sanitation? Ger
tainly calm and unafraid minds make
better babies, and the child who Is
never taught that the dark is some
thing to dread or that 1t 10 peopled
with malicious beings has better nerves
and better health to resist disease
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
Claims Damages for Mothers Death

Catharine EVERY. Administrative OF her
mother, Margaret T. EVERY, who was run
over and killed March % by an automo-
bile near 9Th street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court to recover $4,000
damages from Michael j. McCsoe, owner
of the machine. Attorney Mark Stear-
man appears for the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
British Communication.
Falls $4,000 Feet.

The communication closes with an
account of the aeroplane activity, in
Guiding description OF fight between
German ''two-seater" and a British
"one-seater'' which resulted in tho
death of both German aviators and
the destruction of the machine. which
fell from a height of $4,000 feet.
OF the work OF the Irish regiments
on Thursday the communication says:
This morning the enemy discharged
gas from trenches south of Hulluch
and at the same time put artillery bar
rage on our lines north of Loos. Later
second gas cloud was released from
about the same place. and after a heavy
artillery bombardment the enemy
gained a footing in our font and sup
port lines east-northeast of Loos.
"A counter attack by our Irish troops
took place within half an hour. and
the enemy was driven out, leaving
many dead in our trenches.
1.-THE enemy also advanced from
trenches just south of Hulluch. but
this attack was enfiladed by our ma
chine guns. and many corpses were
left in front of our trenches. A few
Germans reached our lines. but were
driven out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
GERMAN NAVAL HEAD
CONFERS WITH KAISER

BERLIN, April %. by wireless to Say
ville.-Vtce Admiral Edouard Won Ca
pelle, the naval officer who succeeded
Admiral Won Tirpitz last month as min
lister OF the navy, left Berlin on We'd
nesday to confer with Emperor Will
liam at the German army headouar-
terS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
Mental Aspect Of Problem.

The mental aspect Of baby-saving is
just as. important as the physical, and
who could ever trace the untold harm
that has been done In the past by the
perhaps innocent but none the less
wicked poisoning of receptive and
imaginative little minds by nurses and
BY parents? This example is given as
q hint to entrants in The Stars contest
whose artistic ability may lack a
theme to work on.
The judges who will make the awards
are Miss Esteile Wheeler, superintend-
ent of the infant welfare stations Of
the Washington Diet Kitchen Assoeia-
ton and also chairman of the commit
tee on program for the baby week"
C. Powell Minnigerode, director of the
Corcoran Gallery Of Art. and c. K.
Bergman. 'cartoonist and chief of the
art department of The Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
Awakening in the East.

Mr.. Eddy spoke of the great moral
and religious awakening in the east.
He reviewed the conditions of twenty
years ago in Turkey. China, India and
Japan, as compared with the conditions
today. Turkey and the near east, he
said. will be reconstructed after -
present war and its doors will be open
Asa, he said, has been undergoing
radical reconstruction. and its great In
tellectual awakening lie tenfold greater
than that which took place in Europe
five centuries ago.
John p. Jones of the Hartford School
of Missions said that no land needs the
gospel more than does India which has
always held the leadership of Asia in
all deep things OF the soul. To win
India for Christ, he said is to strike at
the heart of Asia.
James L. Barton. S. Harrington Litteil
and Francis J. Mcconnell spoke yester-
day afternoon, on the Present Day
World Appeal to American Laymen."
meeting BY for ,S womsn ony w be
Christian Association Sunday afternoon
at $3.50 O'Clock in the First Congrega-
tional Church. 10th and G streets.
The association quartet will sing. ].
NJ. Clinton of the foreign work depart
ment of the international committee OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. will deliver an address.
Luncheons to Be Held Tomorrow.
The following UNCONVENTIONAL lunch
cons will be held tomorrow: Baptist.
Emmanuel Baptist Church. 18th street
and Columbia road: Episcopal, Church
of the Epiphany, G street near 14th
street; Lutheran. Hotel Raleigh; Meth
odist Episcopal South, Hotel Powhatan;
Presbyterian, U. s. A., New Corcoran
u ofr
L. s., Hotel Raleigh, 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue; Reformed in L.
S. A. Grace Reformed Church. 18th
and o streets northwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
Elise E. G. Windsor Asks Divorce.

Elise e. G. Windsor has hled suit in
the District Supreme Court for an alb
solute divorce from Robert N. Windsor.
They were married September II. 1911,
and have no children. This wife charges
cruelty, assertion and misconduct with
an unknown correspondent Attorney
e. L. GieS appears TOR the wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28

ment when a solution is being sought
: of the tense situation between the
United States and Germany, what inn
preston news of the disturbances in
Dublin will have on millions of Irish
men in North America. We must wait
to see what attitude they will take
toward President Wilson's demands
and how far their in luence extends on
the parties which must reckon with
this factor in the elections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28

nounces that three German aeroplanes
yesterday dropped thirty-one bombs on
the Russian battleship Slava. Several
of the bombs are said to have taken
effect and fire on the battleship was
distinctly observed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
BRITISH BEARING
BRUNT OF ATTACKS
Teutons Believed on Eve OF
Launching More Deter
mined Offensive.
.LULL AROUND vERDUN
PARTICULARLY MARKED
Even Artillery Shows But Intermit-
tent Activity@Several Aerial
Combats in West.

LONDON, April 2s.-German efforts
for the present seem to be directed
against the British along the line in
London reports activity that seemed to
indicate that the Germans might be
about to launch an offensive as deter
mined as that directed against verdun.
For the first time in many days the
French official statement mentions no
notable activity, even by the artillery,
IN the Ferdun region. Only an inter-
mittent bombardment in the vicinity of
Avocourt and Esnes, to the west of the
Mouse, is recorded. Along the rest of
the French front there were no events
of importance.
Tells Of Aerial Combats.
Several aerial combats are reported,
In the course of which q Fokker plane
was driven to the earth in the enemy's
lines in the region of Nesles-Chaulnes
Today's statement reads:
Last night witnessed no event of i'm
portance with the exception of an in
termfttent bombardment in the regions
OF Avocourt and Esnes, and a certain
N.ieS VII tHC part OF our trench guns
IN the sector of Regneville, west of
Pont-a-Mousson.
During the day of Thursday French
aviators delivered numerous aerial at
Jacks. An aeroplane of the enemy was
brought down in the region of Frome-
zey: Two other German machines at
tackled by French airmen were COM
PEELED to land seriously Injured, one
near Douaumont and the other in the
wood Of Montfaucon.
In the region of Nesnes- Chaulnes a
German Fokker plane reached by the
French fre was seen to fall head first
within the German lines. During the
day of the 9th a French air squadron
In the Woevre bombarded the railroad
station at La Marche, throwing down
eighteen Shells"
British Communication.
The British communication issued
last night is the longest ever sent out
from British headquarters. To the ex-
tent of nearly 500 words it describes
the great increase of activity on the
British front. where many observers
have been predicting that the Germans
were ABOUT to launch an attack as de-
termined as that against Verdun.
The new German activity has shown
ltSelf at more than score of points.
with the principal fighting apparently
around Hulluch and Loos.
The Irish regiments get special men
tlon Tor bravery in counter attack
which drove the Germans out Of a sec
ton of trenches where they had gained
footing with the help of gas and an
artillery curtain of fire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
German FIiers Drop
Thirty-0ne Bombs on
Russ BattIeship SIava

BERLIN, April IS, by Wireless to
Tuckerton.-An official report issued
today by the German admiralty an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
ARE URGED TOG|VE:
MONEY TO CHURCH
Business Men Asked to Use
Surplus for Extension of
Christ's Kingdom.
TOPIC BEFORE NATIONAL
MISSIONARY CONGRESS
Seven Denominational Luncheons
Scheduled to Be Held
Tomorrow.

Pleas for business men to come for
ward and give of their surplus prop
erty for the extension Of Christ's king
dom were made today by speakers at
the meeting of the National Missionary
Congress in Memorial Continental Hail.
The general topic for discussion was
Practical Ways in Which Laymen Can
Best Use Their Property for the Ex-
tension OF Christ's Kingdom" Con-
crete examples were given of business
men who turned from the management
of their business to devote their time
to the extension of Christ's kingdom.
The meeting opened with devotional
exercises conducted by Lieut.. Col. E.
w. Halford, U. s. A.. retired. DR.. J.. b.
Wolf of Baltimore. lead in the reading
of Scripture. The morning session was
presided over by ]. Campbell White,
president OF the Wooster College, Ohio,
Use for Surplus Money.
Surplus money. that is, money not
needed in the home or TO run a business.
should be devoted to the extension of
the kingdom of God. George Innes, a
layman who gave up the active man
agement of large business interests to
devote his time to missionary work.
told the delegates. He said there was
no fixed percentage which could be set
aside. No one could fix an exact
amount which should be given to God.
1t Is just as effective for a man to
turn money back into his business IL
that business is dedicated to Gods
work, he said. if it will help him to
increase it. Later, he said, the income
from the business could be used as an
endowment for the time spent by the
man in going around and counseling
with others in Gods work.
The greatest business of the universe
is that of fastening the kingdom of
God, said John F. Goucher. founder
of the Women's College, Baltimore. He
urged the delegates to be loyal to
the church and to make contributions
to its activities in order to insure it's
permanency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
Would Join Trade and Missions.

combined and trade must be harnesseJ
to the chariot of the Lord, A. j. Wal
lace, former lieutenant governor of
said there were some places where
commerce has not helped and where
the boosted civilization seems to fall.
1t is in the far-distant lands where
many dealers show a looseness of
morals and a disposition to do" the
people. The native does not discrimi-
nate anu the samples seem to fall be-
low the standards of teaching, he said.
The missionary, he said, is the adj
vance agent of big business. He cited
China and Japan as an example Of the
missionary's leadership. The govern
ment, he said, decided to pay more at
tention to trade and established a De-
partment of Commerce, and every mis-
sionary board should have a bureau
OF commerce. to study trade move
ments. develop the differentiation of
commerce and missions. get advance
information Of all kinds of business
mems sailings to non-Christian lands,
train missionaries at home to an in
telligent understanding Of commercial
matters, and require missionaries to
cultivate and know business men and
affairs of their mission areas, and to
do this even when it is quite difficult.
Protest Consular Reports.
Protest against consular agents of
the United States revealing foreign
markets for drink was made by Amos
P. Wilder. former United States consul
general at Hongkong and Shanghai. He
said there was room for protest against
this by the Christian church.
The consular representatives of the
United States, with only an occasional
exception. he said. are men Of sobriety.
dignity and right life. In the orient
the relations between the officials and
missionaries are not only friendly, but
often intimate. Christianity, he went
on. Is on the defensive in the east. For
what Christianity is. you and look to
the Christian: the oriental Looks for his
definition to the foreigner. especially to
the foreigner in authority"
Describing results of missionary
work, in which he participated, both
mems secretary. Disciples of Christ,
said that it was his opinion that Chris
tian men should invest heavily of their
lives and money in the sorrowing places
of the earth.
Christian Use of Property.
Discussing the Christian use of prop
erty. E. NJ. Poteat. president Of the
Furman University. Greenville. s. c.,
said that christianity says the King
dom of God must absorb by far the
larger proportion of the wealth pro-
duced. for the reason that God sup
piled all the primary capital and
society supplied the opportunity for
wealth. to become wealth and for the
of wealth into holy
character. How much may the indi-
'vidual have? Nothing as reward for
m
usefulness he may have as much as
is necessary to maintain him in full
efficiency, as servant of the general
good
Last nights meeting was devoted
to discussion of the 'Christward
Movement in the Nom Chritian World"
on which W. F. Oldham, organizer and
founder of educational institutions in
Malaysia, and former bishop of south
ern Asia. and George Sherwood Eddy.
secretary for Asia for the international
Y. M. C. A. spoke.
Mr.. Oldham pointed to India not only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28

as an illustration. but an absolute
demonstration of the thrust Of Chris
tiaMty toward the masses. There, he
said. the social order. cemented by re-
ligion. has kept the masses in almost
abject servitude through centuries. But
most amazing movement Is begun
among the fifty million or more, and
nearly half a million of these have been
openly baptized in the Christian
church in the past four years. and were
adequate provisions made this number
could be quadrupled yearly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
COM N ENDED
FOR AID IN
! Rate FIGHT

Chairman c. A. Reynolds, of
the public service commission,
yesterday publicly thanked the
Scripps Northwest league Of
newspapers, Of which the Tacoma
Times is member, for their
active interest and work in aid
ing him in the fight against the
Hartman tourist monopoly.
Speaking before mass meet
ing in Seattle, Reynolds~tlenoune-
ed Kenneth Kerr, editor of the
Railway & Marine News, which
he claims is the official organ
behind the Southern Pacific rail-
road.
"FOr more than 30 years
the Northwest has been held
back by discriminatory rates
to California" said Rey-
nOlds. ut Is time the citi-
zens come to the front and
demand their rights.
There is no doubt that this
rate exists. There are POI COM
panies who have been made de-
PENDANTS in suits to eliminate this
rate, yet none of them have de-
MED that 1t existed"