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Evening star., 1917-05-12
OBJECTS TO ADVANCING CASE.
Mrs. C. A. Snow Sees No Reason for
Fastening Divorce Trial,

Mrs Adds II. Snow yesterday, through
Attorney Henry E. Davis, opposed the
motion of Chester A. Snow, millionaire
patent attorney. to advance for trial
her suit for absolute divorce because of
his advanced age and the desire of his
son, Chester A. Snow, jr, to sail for
France to enlist in the Franco-Amer-
lean aviation corps.
Mrs Snow says the sons testimony
can be taken by deposition before his
departure and asserts that her hus-
band, although seventy three years old.
is of robust health and vigor, and not
threatened with any intirmity that may
shorten his life before the case is
reached on the court docket.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA
URGES ALL TO HOLD OUT

AMSTERDAM, May 12, via London
An exhortation to the Austrian people to
hold out until the new harvest gives re-
lief is made by Emperor Charles in an
autograph letter to Premier Clam Mar
tinic of Austria, which is published in the
Zeitung of Vienna The emperor writes.
THE third war winter with all it's hard
ships, is behind us, and though there still
is many month before us until the grow
ing seeds give US food. We may expect
that spring will bring us relief. Until
then we must hold on, and in this we shall
doubtless be successful, though encoun-
tering great hardships.''
The emperor praises his people for all
that has been done and appeals to them
to continue to do their utmost for the
welfare of the empire.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
SHIPPING BOARD GETS CRAFT.
Three Vessels Transferred From the
Navy for Merchant Fleet.

The old cruiser Boston, the gunboat
Princeton. the naval tender Iris and
the training schooner Rainbow have
beea transferred from the navy to the
shipping board to be used as cargo
carriers or other purposes in connection
with the merchant fleet
The Boston was attached to Admiral
Dewey's fleet during the Spanish war.
The Iris has been used as a tender for
torpedo craft on the Pacific coast
The Rainbow is steam schooner
built in England, used as a schoolship
at the naval training station, San Fran
cisco.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Rehearsal Of Mrs. Hemmick's plav

Mrs. Christian Hemmick has returned
from New York to conduct personally the
Drama" for the National Sylvan Theater
performance, June l. Those who will an
pear in the first part of this plav In.
clude Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, Miss lee
the singer; Paul Swan. the dancer: Mil.
dred Anderson and Miss Hitchcock. Nine
Louise Homer will take the part of Ornhe.
us, and in the third part of the play r y
Mclean and Odette Tyler-Mr. and Mrs
Shepherd-will appear. Many others are
to appear In the cast, which has not vet
been completed
Evening star., 1917-05-12
LEAVES ARMY LEAGUE.
Col. Roosevelt Resigns as Honorary
Vice President.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt has resigned
dent of the Army League of which
Joseph Letter is president, because
the latter opposed the army bill amend
ment to permit the recruiting of Mr..
Roosevelts volunteer divisions. This
Information comes from correspondence
between the two men lust made pubIic
by the league
Referring to the fight on the amend
ment. Mr. Roosevelt wrote Mr.. Letter:
SO far as the opposition is not due
70 mere puzzleheadness. it can only be
due to politics. You are, therefore. as
its president, using the Army League
to the detriment OF the army"
Mr.. Letter replied that the resiena-
tion would be referred to the leagues
executive council.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
UNION OFFICIAL GIVES BAIL.
Frank O'shea, Accused in Car
Wrecking Case, Deposits $1,000. !

Frank o'shea, president of the Buff
faIo IN. W division of the Amalga-
mated Association of Street and Elec-
trio Railway Employees, who was in
dicted Thursday with strikers and SYM
pathizers in connection with the wreck
ing of car on the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company line yesterday
deposited $1,000 cash bond in Criminal
Division 1 for his appearance for trial.
Mr. OShea was in Cumberland, Md,
when the grand jury's report was filed
and came to Washington at once.
Attorneys Michael +. Mangan and
James II. Vahey appeared for Mr..
O'Shea.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
URGED TO PLANT MORE CORN.
Agriculture Department Appeals to
Farmers to Aid Food Situation.

PLANT corn as the iost effective way
of meeting the threatened wheat short
age" urged he Department of Agricul-
ture today in an appeal to the farmers
of the United States. Scarcity Of other
grains, said the statement, will compel
a more general recognition of the value
of corn as human food. Wider use of
corn meal in the diet is strongly rec
commended as the best available sub
Stitute for wheat flour.
The department called attention to
the fact that the normal production of
corn in this country is three or four
only about or 10 per cent, or 200,-
100000 bushels a year. has been used
for human food. "A relatively slight
increase in the corn acreage" the
statement says. will place many mil
lions of bushels more of human food
at the worlds disposal"
Evening star., 1917-05-12
WASHINGTON HAS GIVEN
RED CROSS s157,O6S.91
Amount Contributed by $500 Per-
sons, and $32, 500 Goes to WASH
ington Ambulance Company. !

Washington has now given 3167.--
06S.91 to the Red Cross war relief fund,
with $119,750 already paid in. This
represents gifts from $500 persons. OF
this S32.500 has been appropriated for
the Washington ambulance company
for hospital and other supplies and for
dependents of District of Columbia
guardsmen. and $4,000 will be given
war orphans of France. The rest Is
available at once for the requests that.
are coming from the national organt-i
cation.
At the Washington Rotary Club meet
ing yesterday 1t was stated that addt-
tional subscriptions of over $4,000
would be sent to the finance COMMITTEES
within a few days, and other commit
tees and organizations are also en-
couraging.
The celebration of mothers week by
gifts in honor of mother is expected
to produce large amounts. The clergy
will announce the. celebration tomor-
row of mothers day. The special COM
mittee, Miss Frances Moore, chairman,
will open the headquarters. 1908 F
street. Monday morning, and with their
assistants will receive visitors all day
and each evening until Saturday night.
Each contributor will be given a sou-
yenir. Nineteen paintings by emf
nent. Washington artists will be ex-
been made.
Contributions. Announced Today.
Mrs. Alexander Mackay-Smith. $500;
Justice Walter I. Mccoy, $40 month:
Mrs Delos A. Blodgett $500: Mr.. and Mrs.
| Frederick Atherton. 500; Miss Amaryllis
Gillett. 500: Rev. William Tayloe Snyder.
| IS: children of the Jewish Foster Homo
| in honor Of their mothers, IS cents: J. F.
| j. Club, Helene G. klawans, secretary.
$4.25; Washington Hebrew Congregation
Sunday school (second contribution). So:
| l.. e .Breuninger, $50: w. J. Pilling, $5:
John O. Allen. So: John o. Waters, 81:
Robert l.. Drake, s12; ID. c. Lawton. $l2:
George w. liver. $26; Joseph Sperling. IS:
District Of Columbia Chapter. D: a. R..
$1.55; widow of soldier OF the civil war.
IS; Frank Hume, Inc. $50; employees Of
J. A. Whitfield Company, $52: Harry
A. Kite. $25; Arthur Carr. SO: Rev.
and Mrs. Curtis White. $50: through s. J.
Prescott-E. o. Whitford. SIS; Somerset
R. Waters. $40; employees Of Rudolph e
| Through Markward and Pitt, s240.
| Through w. w. Bowie Fourth re-
port, in all. $1.722.50), $267, as follows:
Sc. H. ]. Burbage, r. e. Lanham. F.
Howard. G. H. Ball, j. v. Wyatt. y. ".
Curtain, A. T. Gray. w. A. Duvall. e.
Lawler, J. R. Minor, F. E. James. S. NJ.
ridge: $12. E. F. Wood. c. r. Phillips.
C. NJ. Wood, J. e. Green. Frank p.
Holmes, w. F. Phillips; S., j. w. Kid
well, Leon Arnold; So, ]. w. Meredith.
F. S. Hayden. r. A. Compton. Howard
S. Abbott, H. A. Hopkins. Walter G.
SO: c. M. Woolf & Co: 81. w. T. May
hugh; Sc, w. D. Lucas, Guy Meredith.
A. Prettyman, c. D. Thompson, F. E.
Rose, w. F. Anderson, F. Rich, J. S.
Lindsey. Thomas Smith. E. c. Whitaker
J. e. Harding.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Rites for Senator Foraker.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 1.-THE fu-
neral Of Senator Foraker will be held
this afternoon from his late resi-
dence Rev. Daniel McGurk of the
Walnut Hills NJ. E. Church, of which
the senator was a member, will Off
cfate. Interment will be in Spring
Grove cemetery, this city, personal
friends, representing the Cincinnati
bar. Loyal Legion. G. A. r.. the Blaine
Club and Business Mems Club, acting
as honorary pallbearers.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
schumann. .Heinke Sues for $4,000.

the operatic contralto.
has filed suit for $4,000 against the
United Railways of st. Louis for in
iuries sustained when taxicab in
which she was riding was struck by a
street car February %. Three ribs Of
the singer were fractured in the acct
dent and she was forced to cancel MANY
concert enga gements. In her petition
she says her health was permanently
impaired and that her ability to earn a
living was lessened.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
TOMORROW IS MOTHERS DAY.
To Be Observed Throughout Country
by Wearing of Carnations.

Mothers day is to be observed
throughout the United States tomorrow.
1t will be marked by the wearing of
carnations by individuals. the display
Of flags on homes and public buildings.
while pastors of many churches plan
to preach appropriate sermons on that
day.
Mothers day was officially noted for
the first time in 1914. when Congress
adopted n resolution presented by Rep
resentative Thomas Hefiin. This reso-
luton authorized the President of the
United States to issue a proclamation
calling for appropriate observance of
the day.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
WOMAN'S LAND ARMY,
Organization Will Lend a Hand on
Farms This Summer.

Organization of a national "woman's
land army to help on farms this
summer. especially in the canning of
foodstuffs. has been announced by
the Department of Labor The work
of enrolment of women will be done
under the direction of the federated
councils of women, cooperating with
the women and girls division of the
United States employment service
An eighty-acre farm, belonging to
Mrs. kensman. at Burnt Mills, near
Sandy Spring, Md, will be available
for the use of local women this sum
mer. as will be perhaps 100 acres of
land near Hyattsville, Md.
Enrolment of shopgirls and others
to take part in the work will be begun
here next Wednesday, when fifty girls
from Lansburgh,s and Goldenberg's de-
partment stores are expected to enlist
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Beats Age Limit by $40 Hours.

Through prompt cooperation of tho
President, the Senate and officials of
the Navy Department, Earl l.. Bailey
one Of the bright bluejackets in the
naval radio service. was enabled TO
obtain commission as al assistant
paymaster in the navy just five and a
half hours before he would have passed
the age limit. Bailey passed a good
examination, but would have been in
eligible for appointment on account of
age If his case had followed the usual
course of procedure.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Negro Episcopal Bishop for Arkansas

nofE. ARK, May 1.-THE first negro
suffragan bishop in the United States
was elected by the Episcopal council of
the diocese of Arkansas here yesterday.
He is Archdeacon K. A. Russell of Law
renceviiie. Va. His election must be in
dorsed by every Episcopal bishon in
the United States before it becomes
effective. but it is said that this is
practically assured, as the proposition
to elect a negro suffragan bishop was
church in ST. Louis last year.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
152.181 Visit Mt. Vernon in Year.

During the year 152,1S1 persons yis-
lied Mount Vernon, according to the an
nual report made by the superlntend-
ent to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Asso-
citation. now in session at Mount YER
non. This is the largest number, ex-
cept in i3o7-19oS. during the James,
town exposition. A number of inter-
esting relics were acquired by gifi or
purchase this year by the association
The board of visitors appointed by Gov
Stuart will make their pilgrimage to
Mount Vernon today and inspect the
grounds and mansion.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
CALLS LABOR CHIEFS.
Mr.. Gompers Summons Committee to
Discuss War Problems,

Samuel Gompers chairman of the ma
tinoal defense councils committee on
labor. has called a meeting of the COM
initee for May Is to confer with labor
representative or Great Britain. Can
problems.
The committee membership consists
of about 200 labor leaders and en-
ployers' representatives. British labor
men are already in this country. The
Canadians and CubanS are expected
soon. The time of arrival of the French
is uncertain.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
AMERICAN ENGINEERS
IN LONDON TO AID U. S.
Offer Services to This Government
and In Meantime Will Devote
Attention to Russia.

LONDON. May 12.-American engineers
in London have formed a committee for
the purpose of suggesting to the Ameri-
can government plans which may be use
full in conducting the war. and to offer
their services for consultation and ADVICE
to representatives Of the American gov
ernment should this be desired. The com
mittee. which has been designated as
''the American committee of engineers In
London" is composed Of men who have
had experience in all branches OF engi-
neering in many parts of the world
At the moment the committee Is devot-
ing its energies to plans for rendering as
sistance to Russia. 1t is felt that this
Is where American aid is needed most
and that it should be given Immediately
providing the Russian government Will ac-
cept.
The committee proposes that the Unit
ed States send several thousand railway
men. who will be competent to take
charge, wherever the Russian government
desires and to direct railway operations.
An example OF the present state at al
fairs in Russia is seen in the fact that
10000 railway trucks have disappeared
from service since the war began Ihe
committee proposes to reclaim these
trucks and. to put the rest OF the rolling
stock in shape SO that the congestion at
Vladivostok and in other parts of the
country may be relieved.
Plenty of Supplies in Russia.
Russia has plenty of supplies Of most
things, but no way Of getting them
transported. A feature Of the railway
scheme will be to assist in the construc-
ton of short lines at the fighting front
similar to the entente railways in
France.
Another proposition Is for the United
States to send engineers and ship
builders to construct large numbers Of
standard ships along the Amur river
and in various other harbors near the
mouth of the Amur and in western
Siberia
In connection with the need of food
stuffs throughout the world. 1t is de-
clared there are 15,000.0O0 acres Of fine
rich soil in the Amur district capable
of cultivation. This district is accessi.
BILE by the adivostok-Petrograd rail
way and by steamers on the Amur river
| which is navigable from May to Sep
tember, inclusive.
Traction engines would be needed
from the United States. and the results
of cultivation would not be felt before
next year.
The committee believes that assist
ance of this sort would do more toward
breaking the German spirit than tht
| sending of large American forces tt
the fighting front in France.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
RAG BAG COLLECTION MONDAY.
Auto Trucks to Gather Waste for
Four Local Charities.

Grandmother's rag bag" has re-
turned to Washington. in the interest
of Friendship. Noel, Neighborhood and
Colored Settlement houses. More than
10000 bags have been distributed to
homes of the city. and when filled with
waste will be collected. The proceeds
of the sale of the waste go to the four
settlement houses.
Work of collection will begin Mon
day. when automobile trucks, accom-
panied by buglers, will go through the
city collecting the bags. The trucks
win pass through each street once
only, 1t is announced. SO each house.
wife is asked to put the bag filled with
waste on the front door step when the
bugle is heard.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
PHILADELPHIA Pupils Visit Capital.

Students from the Philadelphia High
School for Girls and from the North
east High School for Boys. Philadel-
phia. are in Washington on sight
seeing trips Both parties arrived
Thursday and are to return this
evening The boys are stopping at the
Netropolitan Hotel and are under the
leadership of Prof. j. l. Robb. The
girls have their headquarters at the
Hotel Gordon and are in charge Of Miss
Mary A. Boyle. The girls number 1S3
and the boys 20.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Tickets for Shad Bake All Sold.

All of the 500 tickets for the annual
shad bake of the Washington Board of
Trade. to be held at Occoquan. Va,
next Saturday, have been sold. The fifty
which remained yesterday were sold be-
fore o'clock this morning. Scores of
late comers were disappointed when they
found out that the hour set for the close
Of the sale. noon today. the last ticket
gone.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Investigation Leads to Arrests.

Following an investigation made by
the police of the alleged wrongdoings
of Raymond Clancy AS K street, who
escaped from the Districts reformatory
at Occoquan, Va, the police arrested
Herman Rostein, Chester, Pa, and
charged him with housebreaking. They
also arrested Mrs. Nora Shugrue. a sis
ter of Clancy; Laura e. Potts, S11 West
Virginia avenue. and Charles Reuben
Rose, 703 Kentucky avenue, and
charged them with receiving stolen
goods. The cases will be heard in
Police Court next week.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Colored Boy Seriously Burned.

Raymond Willis, colored, four years
old. 1925 K street. this morning about
6:45 o'clock was seriously burned about
the body when his clothing caught fire.
His mother left the house and was at a
neighboring store when the child went
too near the stove in which there was
a wood fire and his clothing ignitsd.
He was taken to Georgetown Univer-
stty Hospital.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
RESTRICTS LIQUOR SALES.
Sweden to Abolish Private Saloons.
Passbooks Necessary for Buying,

STOCKHOLM, via London, May 12-
Sweden has taken further step in the
restriction of the sale Of alcorolic
beverages. Under a law adopted by the
present system of selling distilled
liquors is extended to cover wine and
beer. This means that every consumer
will have to be equipped with a pass
book in which his purchases will be
entered. Private saloons will also be
abolished. and all private trade in beer
and wine and the importation of wine
by individuals are forbidden
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Increase in U. S. Exports to Europe,

American exports to Europe increas-
ed $27,00o.0oo in March. despite the
submarine campaign Department OF
Commerce figures show that the March
exports were s90.000,00O less than In
January. however. April statistics
faye not, been compiled. Total ship
meata 10 Europe in March are put at
'esA e00;aeo. and to the whole world,
S553. 100000. -.,.,..
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Rev. DR.. Samuel R. Calthrop Dies

SYRACUSE, N. Y, May 12-The Rev.
DIR. Samuel Robert Calthrop, aged
eighty-seven. for more than forty years
pastor of May Memorial Unitarian
Church and pastor emeritus for some
time past. has died. He was born in
Lincolnshire. England. and was grad
nated from Trinity College, Cambridge
He was regarded as one of the fore
most orators, writer's and thinkers of
the Unitarian Church,
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Sioux Falls Has Big Fire.

SIOUX FALLS. S. D., May 12.-F'ire of
unknown origin last night Destroyed
the international Harvester Company's
office and warehouse building here. The
loss is in excess of million dollars.
The warehouse was heavily stocked
with farm Implements and machinery
repairs.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Names Raw Materials COMMITTEES.

The council of national defense has
announced appointment of subcom-
mittee on chemicals of the committee
on raw materials, with Dr. William IL
pany. New York, chairman. The new
committee will maintain offices here,
Evening star., 1917-05-12
agreement Unusual Contract"

Mr.. Newman characterized the agree
ment as a very unusual contract.
In reply to questions by Senator
King MIR. Newman said that he thought
approximately three-fourths of the
trainmen of both roads were members
of the union a that time. He read the
contract OF agreement. The Commits
sioners, he said, did all they could to
see that all the employees of the roads
were admitted to the hall to vote.
$50 far as we could tell,'' he said,
"only handful of non-union men came
to the hail.
1.-The members of the committees who
were elected and signed the agreement
were all union men, were they not?" ask
eu senator Jones'
YES" said Mr.. Newman. In reply
to a question by Mr.. Hoover as to why
the meeting was confined to trainmen
Mr.. Newman replied that the men
feared the company would pack the
meeting if employees other than train
men were to be admitted.
Don't you know said Mr. Hoover,
"that If the other employees of the COM
panics had been admitted the trainmen
who were members of the union would
have been outnumbered and outvoted?'
Mr.. Newman said that was not the
reason assigned for confining the meet
ing to the trainmen. He said that it
was later decided by the Commission
ers that the contract of agreement ap-
piled only to trainmen. mi
Evening star., 1917-05-12

Had they ever complained Of your rul-
ings?- asked Mr.. Hoover.
MIR. Newman answered that they had
not SO far as he knew, but that the
provision for body to arbttrate con-
tained in the demand of the men was
the usual form"
Evening star., 1917-05-12
DR.. David Walker Dies at Age of 81.

PORTLAND, Ore. May 12-Dr. David
Walker. last surviving member of the
McCintock expedition sent to find Sir
1857. has died here at the home of his
daughter, aged eighty-one. Heart trou-
BILE was the cause of death.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
'CR0SS-EXAM|NATON
Of Mr.. newman IS ON
District Commissioner Questioned
Closely by W. r. and E. Co. At
torney Hoover.

Cross-e1amination OF Commissioner
oliver p. Newman before tho Senate
committee investigating the strike of
tho employees of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company was begun today
by George P. Hoover of counsel for the
railway.
The examination of Mr.. Newman was
hardly well under way when the commit
tee was forced to take recess until
o'clock tonight in order to attend ses-
sion Of the Senate.
Mr. Newman explained to the commit
tee that he had received his orders to
attend the training camp at Fort MEer
for men seeking commissions in the OF
ficers' Reserve Corps, and that he regard
ed it as of great Importance that he Join
the camp Monday morning For that
reason the committee determined to
meet tonight to permit the conclusion
of Mr. Newmans examination.
Mr. Hoover's questions and the an
swers of Mr.. Newman developed the fact
that the Washington Railway and Elec.
trio Company and the Capital Traction
Company, at the time of the strike in
1916, had persi stentely refused to recog-
ME or have any dealings with the Anal
gamated Association.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
Sir Robert Graham Dies in BROOKLYN.

NEW YORK. May 12.-Sir Robert
James Stuart Graham. tenth baronet Of
an English baronetcy created In 1929,
but who had lived in Brooklyn for
forty-five years. died suddenly Thursday.
He lived as plain Robert Graham and was
in business as an accountant
Evening star., 1917-05-12
.RIDERLESS HORSES BEAR
AN APPEAL FOR RECRUITS
"Can't Talk, But Can Fight" One
Message Displayed in Street
Demonstration.

Thirty fully equipped. hut riderless.
cavalry horses. bearing placards read
ing: II wear Uncle Sans clothes; why
don't your Il can't talk, but l can
fight" and like expressions, were led
about the business section of the city
this afternoon in unique effort to get
recruits for Troop A. n. q. d. G.
Leading each of the horses was a
member of the troop riding his own
horse. and at the head of the column
was Lieut.. Langdon Moore Troop a
needs forty men to bring its ranks UP
to full strength. 1t lost about that
number recently, when almost half of
its members were given their dis
charges so that they might accept COM
missions in the Officers iteserve Corps.
The troop was organized little more
than a year ago and has for it's COM
mander Capt. James II. Washhurn. who
has had sixteen years regular army
experience. The troop went to San
Antonio. Tex, last October and re-
mained there until the latter part of
February, and during it's stay made an
excellent record for itself.
The organization has opened re-
cruiting station at 1927 F. street north
west. where officers are on duty at all
hours