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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
BR|TTEN MAKES ATTACK
ON NAVY DEPARTMENT
Illinois Lawmaker Criticises Alleged
Lack of Speed in Building
Submarines.

\ severe criticism of the admIniStTa-
ton of the Navy Department was made
on the floor of the House today by Rep
Yesentative Britten of Illinois, who
made pointed reference to the pres
ent international tangIe, and the press
ing need for submarines in the United
States Navy Representative Britten's
speech opened the ban for the repub-
Iican side on the naval appropriation
bill
He declared that while submarines
ought to be constructed in SIN months.
not one of the undcrsea boats author
tied under President Wilson'S two
Congresses" viii he placed in commits
sion under the present administration.
He said:
1T is almost q year since tine I'reSi-
dent said the government of the United
States could have no choice bGl to sew
er diplomatic relations with Germany,
unless that country Immediately aban-
don its then method OF submarine war
fare against passenger and froi"it
carrying vessels, This means war, and
with il must come the knowledge of
the preparedness Of our navy to de
fend the nations honor. unless we %"
they back down.
Representative Rritten continued:
Including the amount in the present
bill, the Wilson administration VIII
have appropriated 1851 COO GOO for naval
expenditures DURING period OF tn"
worlds greatest unrest, when the
United States has been poised on the
brink Of a preciP ee Of friGhtfu'ness.
where II stands today QIiverirG he
tween a declaration OF war and the re-
sumption Of an apparently fruitess en-
deaVor for world peace
Representative Bitten said that Of
nfty-nine submarines authorized al
ready under the present administration
not one is completed; that the Nj was
rs per cent complete .JaauaTy 10 and
VIII not be ready for sea duty with u
trained crew "a year from now" at the
present rate of progress.
He gave the details of the progress of
Construction on other ships The LIS
authorized under President Taft, he
said. is being built by the Navy De-
partment. and is only IS per cent com
plete in more than five years. He con-
rrasted this with the record Of American
Shipbuilders who have flashed twenty
CUBS" for England IN five months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
DENIES U. S. INTERFERENCE.
Havana Paper Says Statements tt
That Effect Are Untrue.

custom this afternoon denies intima-
lions published in Cuban liberal news
papers that William E. Gonzales, the
American minister at Havana present
ed during an interview with President
MenoCal a document from Washington re
garding the political situation in his coun-
try.
La Discussion SAYS the liberals asked
President Wilson to intervene in the
partial re-electionS to be held this
month. but that the Washington gov
ernment refused, demonstrating once
more the decided policy of the executive
of the great republic not to participate
i'm t'uba'S interior problems"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
SWEDISH SHIPS TIED UP,
German Blockade Affects Hundred
Vessels of Sweden.

STOCKHOLM via London, February
-.-Sh.rping companies in Sweden.
which learned Of Tie blockade Wednes-
day evening. recalled all their ships at
sea. wherever possible, ana detained
others in ports. Many ships are stin
N their voya gcs. and it has been i'm
possible to warn them in time. 1t is
said that more than hundred vessels
plying between Sweden, Great Britain,
rance and Italy must be laid up if
he blockade is carried through ruth
Nessiy.
Cermauy's proclamation was not al
together unexpected here where ru-
uors had been i'll circulation lately
lHaJ such measure was coming. The
Associated Press was informed two
weeks ago by a Swedish naval officer
hat ne h2d been told by a Ger
man naval officer that 500 new large
ubmariues were then in readiness.
JUNIORS here have generally named the
same number.
The newspaper comment points out
The gravity of the situation and the de-
slrubilty 10. joint action by the Scan
1iuayian countries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
BOSTON MAN 0VERTAKES
RIVALS IN DOG RACE

ST. CLOUD. Mimi, February Fired
Hartman of Boston overlook the four
other remaining competitors in the
winnipeg-st. Paul dos race here at
7:30 this morning. driving three dogs
and with one dog. seriously i'll, riding
on the toboggan. To some of the peo-
pie who We're out to greet him, despite
a temperature of so degrees below zero,
Hartman said he had given up hope OF
winning the race. but would finish
The trail from this point to the finish
line is said to be the BEST the drivers
have encountered, and the speed OF the
dogs will be tested during the day. The
Campbell brothers, GraySOn and Met
calf have succeeded in keeping all their
DOGS pulling.
Hartman was suffering severely, his
face and both feet being rost-bitten.
Veterans OF the north " GODS dey.ar ii,
after seeing Hartman here, that his
chances for reaching st. Paul We're
slight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITAL.
Fine Arts Society to Hear Officials in
Charge of Work.

"The Artistic Development of Wash
iugton" Will be the general topic of
distin guished speakers at q special
meeting of the Washington Society of
the Fine Arts to be held at SIS O'Clock
on the evening of February s, at the
new Central High School. 18th and
Clifton streets northwest.
The speakers will include Secretary
of War Newton d. Baker. who has the
Potomac river and harbor work under
his direction: Col. w. ". Harris, SUI
perintendent of public buildings and
grounds: Representative James l.. Stay
den of Texas, chairman of the library
committee of the House. which COM
mittee has jurisdiction over monu-
ments. sculpture, paintings, etc, and
Commissioner Oliver L. Newman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
VALUE OF COOPERATION
BY THE HOME AND SCHOOL
Subject Discussed in a Circular Let
ter Issued by U. s. Bureau of
Education.

Benefits to he derived from and the
necessity for cooperation between the
home and the school are discussed in
circular letter sent out by the United
states bureau OF education today. This
IS one Of the features. it may he noted.
which has been strongly emphasized by
the present school administration of
Washington, as indeed it was empha-
ized by the preceding ones.
Subject matter in the statement sent
out BY the bureau Of education was
contained in q letter received by that
branch Of the government FROM Frank
lin B, Dyer, superintendent of public
schools of Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
WILLS FILED FOR PROBATE.
Estates of Westinghouse Are Left
to Relatives.

The will of Michael p. Finn, dated
August IL, 1916. has been filed for pro-
bate He leaves $50 for masses and di-
reefs that his daughter. Mrs. Mary
O'Leary, be recompens2d ut the rate of
$50 per month for her special nursing
of him from August 3, 1905. The re-
manning estate is to be distributed
equally among his children. Kate Con-
nor, Mary oLeary, Anna O'Brien. Julia
Pitcher. Margaret Finn and John Finn.
By the terms of the will of Clement
Dorsey, dated January y, 1871, his en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
BAN ON DECORATIONS.
Government Not to Send Back
Aliens Pending German Crisis.

Immigration officials of the United
States have been ordered by Secretary
Wilson of the Department of Labor to
suspend all deportations of aliens I'M
til further orders, on account of the
disturbed conditions arising from the
crisis in foreign relations.
The order largely affects the port of
New York, where scores Of aliens from
ali foreign countries are waiting de-
portation daily on account of iuabil-
ity. to meet the requirements Of the
Immigration laws of the United States
Officials of the 'immi grafton service
here were unable to state how long the
order would be in effect declaring that
the length Of the ban on deportation
would depend upon eventUaIities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
MRS. BYRNE IS RELEASED.
Birth Control Advocate Taken From
Prison to Hospital.

NEW YORK. February Mrs. Ethel
Byrne is in hospital today recovering
from the effects of the hunger strike
She undertook as d protest against a
sentence Of thirty days in prison for
disseminating information about birth
control. Mrs. Byrne was released from
OF Gov. whitman.
Although she did not personally full
fill the condition Of the governors par
don and promise to obey IN future the
laws regarding birth control propa-
eanda. her sister, Mrs Margaret SAN
ger. Vouched for her in Lhis particular.
Mrs. Sanger said that Mrs. Bylne was
very weak and that If she had STAYED
in prison under forcible feeding for two
days more she would not have survived,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
School Children

The standing. OF each
school, showing the total
number OF pounds of old
newspapers and magazines
collected for the PLAY
GROUND FUND, will be
printed in Sundays Star.
Each school will gets its
share OF the 100000 that
has already been collected
Tor the school Fairgrounds
IN proportion to the amount
OF papers the children bring
to their own school.
See how your school
stands in the list and then
work hard to put it nearer
the top.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Dr.. Woods Accepts Maryland Post

Special pisnafch to The star.
BALTIMORE, February president
Samuel NJ. Shoemaker of the state ag-
ricultural board has received tele-
gram from DR.. Albert F. Woods accept
ing the presidency of the Maryland
State College Of Agriculture land the
position Of executive officer of the ag-
Iicultural board Or. Woods was elect
ed to these Offices at the meeting of the
board Tuesday afternoon. He Will as
sumo his duties about July l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
HARRY J. SPANIEL ACQUITTED.
Not Guilty of Killing Wife, But to
Be Tried for Death of Col. Butler.

SAN ANGELO. Tex, February .
Harry ]. SPANIEL was found not guilty.
in district court here yesterday. of the
killing of his wife. Mrs. Crystal Hol-
land Spaniel He was granted change
of venue TO Coleman county on the
Indictment charging him with having
killed Lieut.. Col. NJ. G. Butler of the
United States Army. and was released
on $1,000 bond
1t was stated that Spaniel proba bly,
viii be placed on trial al Coleman in
May for the killing Of Butler. VINO as
shot to death at the same time Mrs.
spaniel was killed. during an autono-
bile ride with Spanen near Alpine,
Tex. last July.
MRS RYRNE Is RELEASED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
Oppose Use of Whipping Post.

That Nirginians are opposed to a whip
ping post in any part of their state was
the sense Of resolutions passed at an lin
oianation meeting" held at Foliansbee
Hall in Clarendon, Va, last evening, to
cotest against the whipping of a thir-
teen-y ear-old hoy by court order at For,
liver Heights January %. The meeting
vas addressed by Messrs. Crandai
.Iaclley, Frank Lyon. r. G. L. Moncure
: nd others, ard near the close passed the
/ esOlutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
$1.5O Pair.
THE EXCELLENT ASSORT-
MENT OF $1.O0 SILK HOSE

embraces a remarkable range OF
splendid colors, such as gray cham
payne, bronze, suede, various shades
OF blue and brown, all white and
all black. These Hose are very
well made of good quality silk, and
have Isle soles and garter tops.
Many novel embroidered and striped
effects are in the collection.
Main floor, street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02
GLOVES Have Become a
Treasured Luxury.

The latest reports from the
French centers announce that
the glove situation grows more
and more acute, and the ire
mendous increase in the price Of
skins not only increases the
prices, but dininishes the guam
titles.
With every care and fore
thought, we are endeavorirg to
keep Our stock as complete
possible, and although we can
nor o1lcr complete ranges Ii
every style and make, we hav,
all sizes in different styles.
A new shipment of WASH
ABLE KID CAP [ S XII
GLONES-one-clasp-in white,
pearl, tan, putty, battle gray and
ivory-self and two-tone fancy
embroidery, has just arrived in
complete line of sizes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-02

tire estate is devised to his wife. Emma
r. Dorsey. She is also to act as exec
utrix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-04
TRAINMEN ON ROCK
ISLAND SOUTHERN
STRIKE; CARS RUN

Selecting che of the busiest days Of
the year 3 tratnmen Of the Rock Is
land Southern walked out this morn
ing They demanded q rs per cent In
crease IN wages. according to O. W.
Quackenbash. assistant general man
ager az The company, Service on the
line today Fl seriously crippled but
officials are making every effort 80
keep the cars In operation
Ioformeu and conductors of tae
electric cars and engineers freuen
and bTakenen of the steam trains are
demanding the raise II was run0red
that more than twenty-five struck but
officials said there we're no more than
81 They said. however. that every eff
fort is being made 70 come 70 an agree
ment buf inferred thar tine company
could not possibly come 70 the terms
demanded By the strikers.
The trainmen took vote At 3
O'Clock this morning On the matter of
walking OUT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-04
STEAMBOAT BILL GOT
ON THE WRONG BOAT

William Kelly. Steamboat Bill" a
sailor on the Mississippi, left his
craft last night and sought the main
land He sailed through several oF
the local bars and handled acboon ere
with great ie1terity and also acquired
a considerable load of hard liquor OFT
his return he clambered aboard the
wrong boat The Waterman an sail
boat put Bill Oft and called the patrol
wagon This morning Bill was take3
before Magistrate Smith and was as
sessed fine nf SIS and costs. which he
paid Bill il employed on one of the
government boats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-04
ALLEGED THREAT
MET WITH SC()Rn
rhrfrehnenya Federation to Push Cam
pafgn with Federal Authorities
In Clean City.
pAY NO HEED TO CARD MESSAGE
President Of Organization States Lo~
operation Is Assured Associa-
ton I'm work.

That certain city officials have de-
clared that there are Just as many
guilty men ID the federation az there
are out or It'll that they intend to throw
out a dragnet and catch every one q
them, expose them 70 publicity, ana
show them mp" before the community
vas the substance Of card message
handed TO President e. g Taylor q
me Rock Island CbBrChmen. 3 fedora
tion during its fourth monthly pan
anet last evening at Inc Young Men
Christian association and read by him
for the information RI the members
and their guests Rev l. ~. Coffmans
pastor Of the First Presbyterian
church Of Davenport. vas the first
speaker Of the evening, taking for his
topic The Principle and The Life ut
the Business Man"
You need have uo fear from any
threat Of the kind that has Just been
read /" asserted the speaker. provided
your life has beer and is actuated ny
the right principle as aEeup}theG ~
the careers If Joseph. prime minister
and food dictator Of Egypt. and mis-
more modern successors. Luther
Cromwell. Washington. Lincoln, Lee
Dow. STR George Williams. and oth-
ers" The address was "a plea tc foil
low the path marked out bv these stall
var elshI pi11'7 = II .',4l -..-rg
fnehta @ stress as,4 49, 49, 4-lsg
apie 70 iltaEe SA.' R-s5g. u-sr-f
IONS peeaaa8 g ta'@ t51Ais >l''i. 5--t+..
ole 81 fheif mora aat4 SIR 7l ..-'.-+E
nurtured from theif #oHLA. o4 81
engaged la 2 Rfeaf ara t2'3l Il .s s.'lig
work, continued 1T. 9i43llaH' 211
are bound to succeed = YOU cont A+e
II along the wise Hhea ma nave -y94
trapped out ! an hol q lFl.' '''rl. III
! am NoetFa1 PIea-.le a1'.- f
earned haGh ifoA "t7e, a'i1". "'1'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-04
Is QUIET ON
EVE OF THE FOURTH

Considering the great number Of out
0E town visitors tn the loop the police
spent a generally quiet night last
night according 10 reports from the
station today No trouble Of q SER
ions nature resulted any place In the
CITY Quite few DRINKS were
rounded up bat the majority of the
cases taken up in the grist In police
court today were for minor otfensez.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-04
WILL
HOLD CONVENTION
Joliet 10 Entertain AHBuai state Meet
ing of Supervisors. tounty aud
Probate Clerks.
on A COMMITTEE
Rock Island Man Has Important
Place in Legislative Work 81
Organization.

Three hundred Illinois county Off
riaGs viii meet in Joliet Oct 6. 10 and
II al the 51st annual convention oF
the supervisors. county commission
ears and county and probate clerks
association of Illinois The dates for
The meeting were set recently At
meeting Of the executive committee
held in the Association of Commerce
rooms in that city
Tentative plans for the program
we're outlined at the meeting, u Us
planned to make the convention one
Of singular import in the questions
To be taken up and decided regarding
the welfare OF county Offices. Leg
isIation viii be proposed ana plans
made to carry II through the general
assembly County Clark FL b. Hub
bard is 8 member Of the legislative
committee which is the most import
ant OF the organization.
Graflund Present.
Among the officials of the assocla-
ton present alt the meeting were
James II Foster 5f MaComb, prczl
dent Of the association Charles II
Byers. Springfield secretary " S-
BInus Of PttrsfeId. treasurer r. C-
Parks Of NouItria Supervisor Fred
GrarIund Moline. and Edwin G.
Young. county clerk, and Henry
Schmidt. probate clerk of VIII
county County Clerk Hubbard and
Probate Clerk Leo J. DeisenToth eE-
Deet to attend the convention as well
AS q committee from the board Of sup
eryisors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-04
ASSESSMENT ROLL
FOR JOB APPROVED

Assessment roll fer the paving Of
thirteenth avenue from Twenty-ffJh
10 Thlrtaeth street was approved BY
HSudEe a Larson - county court
yesterday afternoon. after objections
had been withdrawn The roll totals
s44s45
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-04
EAST MOLINE MAN
FINED BY LARSON

Peter Portpappas East Moline. was
fined $25 and costs in county court by
Judge =. "A. Larson yesterday after
noon for selling liquor without Q IL
oense, the total bin figuring @46.55.
Information mas also been filed
against Nelko BohIitz for selling liquor
En Hampton which is dry territory
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
new TREASURY LOAN
IS OVERSUBSCRIBED
Offering of s25O.OOO.OOO Brings
l20 Per Cent Response.

The Offering OF $50, 900. 600 in Treas.
ury certificates OF Indebtedness was
oversubscribed approximately 20 per
cent when the subscriptions closed at
noon yesterday.
When Secretary McAdoo issued his
statement. only partial reports had
been received on the subscriptions.
Full reports may show even a greater
Oversubscripion. The subscription
was handled through Federal reserve
banks.
The weekly bank statement OF the
Federal Reserve Board shows relative
ly small variations in total resources
and liabilities. with considerable
shifting of funds, Offset in part by
compensating movements Of other ac-
counts.
During the week aggregate with
dTawals by the New York bank from
liberty loan repositories amounted to
Sl1O 10000
During this time there were paid out
to foreign governments and deposited
in national banks SO, 900, 90 for France,
5000, 900 for Great Britain, and $500
COO for Russia. The sum of $500. 900
was paid to representatives Of Bel
gium
The total borrowing Of allied ma
tions was 800, 100000. Large offsetting
gains were made through an increase
in nonmember banks clearing ac-
counts.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

gether. None OF them is ready to pay
her fine and obtain a release.
Payment of the fines for some of the
women will occasion no great surprise,
il made within the next rev days.
The prisoners are all gentlewomen
and the confinement of the work.
house, although softened by some con-
cessions, such as bathing three times
a week, has undermined their health
and it is believed that their relatives
will pay their fines and force them
to leave Occoquan.
Matthew E. O'Brien, counsel for the
six pickets arrested Friday, was on
his way to Falmouth last night. Some
word is expected from the Mas
sachusetts seaport town tomorrow as
to what disposition Judge Robb, or
the Court Of Appeals, has made upon
the motion for a new trial.
In the meantime, the pickets are
preparing for another demonstration
before the White House that will COM
bine new banners and new features.
Women volunteers who are new to the
sentinel work are expected to display
the banners.
Senator ]. Hamilton Lewis will visit
the six suffragists today at Occoquan.
having been appealed to in behelf of
Mrs. William Upton Watson and Miss
Lucy Ewing. both Chicago women.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
believe SPY
RIFLED OFFICE
Room of Senator Simmons
Twice Ransacked at
Capitol.

Department of Justice agents are
working to find out who rifled the Of
fice of Senator Simmons, chairman Of
the Senate Committee on Finance and
stole valuable statistics regarding the
5000, 900 additional revenue bill.
so far as l have been able to de-
termine," Senator Simmons said last
night. whoever entered the office was
eager to secure testimony from army
officers and government officials. re-
garding how the government proposed
to spend the additional 5000. 900. 600
sought by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury."
I'VE had a number of War Depart
ment officials and men high in au-
thorlty before us and they gave testi-
mony as to how this money was to be
spent. Only a few copies OF this tes-
timony were made and they are all in
tact. Some statistics and figures are
missing but nothing Of material con-
sequence"
Two attempts were made TO secure
the papers. On last Tuesday night the
office Goor was jimmied and on Thurs
day night, the thieves entered by
means of skeleton keys.
Senator Simmons Immediately re-
ported the matter to the Capitol po-
lice and the guard around his Offices
has been doubled.
The news of the entry into the Of
fee created considerable consterna-
ton about the Capitol and the police
officers, surrounding the building,
have been notified to be particularly
vigilant for suspects.
The work is generally considered to
be that of a German spy, anxious TO
learn the governments war plans as
disclosed by the testimony Of the army
and navy officers. So far as is known,
the attempt was unsuccessful since
none OF the testimony was secured.
There was plenty of evidence. how
ever, that the papers in the Senator S
Office had been carefully scanned.