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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Reunion of G. U. 1912 Law. Class.

Tho first quadrennial reunion of the
class of 1912 Of the Georgetown Uni
versity Law School is to be held at
the University Club on the night of
March 6, and 1t is expected that every
man in tho class will attend the re-
union. The committee in charge of the
affair is as follows: Paul B. Cromelin,
chairman; William e. Leahy, Arthur L.
Iansdale, Frank I. Brown, Bernard l..
Berger, Joe c.. Brown, Leo D. Loughran,
7. Forrest Reilly. J. w. Whitney Harry
J. Gerrity, John NJ McLachlen. Hubert
r. Ouinter. J. c. Allicote, R. c. SheIse,
L. L. Korn. Monte Sanger and A E.
Myers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
William F. Ham a Delegate.

William F. Ham. vice president of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. is among the 700 delegates
offending the mid-year meeting of the
American Electric Railway Association
IN Boston today. Two years ago the
meeting was held In Washington and q
movement has been started by Mr. Ham
to have next years session again held
in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Juvenile Court Bill in Conference.

The House today sent the Tinkham
Juvenile Court bill to conference. there
being seventy-six amendments in the
bill as the Senate passed it. The bill
provides for an entirely new code of
law for the Juvenile Court and has been
approved by the persons most interest
ed in that institution. The conferees
for the House are Representatives
Johnson of Kentucky. Hilliard of Colo
RADIO and Tinkham of Massachusetts,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Barroom License Granted.

Bernhard Endres today was granted
q barroom license at 1918 1 street
northwest. At the same time the ex-
else board announced that it has re-
fused the application of John ]. Dom
nellan for transfer of barroom
license from 625 D street northwest to
300 New Jersey avenue northwest The
license to Endres was granted with the
understanding that no drinks be served
to women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16

and on the Ypres sector. where We
caused another explosion in the enemy's
lines.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights
bombs were dropped on a number of
places of military Importance behind the
enemys lines. One German machine was
destroyed in air fighting and two were
driven down damaged. One of ours also
was brought down. and two are miss
ing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
To Discuss A. F. of L. Refusal.

Members of the Stenographers, Type
writers, Bookkeepers and Assistants
Union are to meet February 81 to con-
slider what action the union Shall take
relative to the answer of the executive
council of the Federation of Labor in
partly refusing the unions demands
made relative to wage increases The
meeting was postponed from last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Burial of Mrs. McElroy.

Mrs Margaret McElroy, who died last
Tuesday night at her residence on Capt.
toll Hill, will be buried in Congressional
cemetery this afternoon. Mrs. McElroy
was the widow of John McElroy and Is
survived by five daughters-Anna, Mary
and Isabel c. McElroy, Mrs. Samuel H.
jacobson and Mrs. Lemuel B. S. Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Hurry Plans for Inspecting
Ocean Shipping at Halifax,
to Benefit u. S. Commerce

Details of the arrangements for ex-
aiming eastbound transatlantic ship
ping at Halifax, n. s., instead of at
Kirkwall, are being worked out rapidly
through exchanges between the British
admiralty. the Canadian authorities
and the British embassy here
Robert Spear Hudson. third secretary
of the embassy, now is in New York
consulting with the British consul gen.
eral and with representatives of Shin
ping interests, preparatory to going to
Hai1faX, where he viii act as the agent
for the embassy in arranging for the
examination of shipping
The comparatively small force of in
spectors already assembling at Halifax
to search the passengers and cargo of
the Danish liner Frederik VIII upon
which Count Won Bernstorff and his
party are travelling, is said at the en-
bassy here to be inadequate for exami-
nation of the total volume of shipping
expected to pass by way of Halifax and
1t viii be necessary practically to du-
pMcate the elaborate machinery at
kirkWall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Tells What She Said.
NAMES WEST POINT CADET.
Representative Mudd of Maryland
Designates Edward Worth Shouts.

Representative Mudd of Maryland has
designated Edward Worth Shouts, who
was graduated with the February class
of the Central High School, for West
Point.
Mr.. Shouts was active in the high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
British and Germans Raid.

LONDON, February 16-The British
official communication issued last even
ing says:
The enemy blew mine this morning
south of Bouchavesnes. No damage was
done to our position. We carried out a
successful raid last night on the Somme
front northeast of Gueudecourt and
brought back several prisoners.
Last night hostile raiding parties
north of Loos and west of Messines
were caught by our artillery and ma
chine gun fire in No Mans Land and
dispersed. A third party succeeded in
reaching one of our posts northeast of
Ypres, but was driven off with losses.
Considerable artillery activity has
continued during the last twenty-four
hours at number of points along our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Powell Bassil Under $1,000 Bonds.

Powell Bassil. colored. was held for the
action Of the grand jury In $4,000 bonds
today in the Police Court on charge
of assault and attempted robbery. Miss
Mary q. Miller Of s640 New Hampshire
avenue testified that Bassil attacked her
as she was about to enter her homo
Tuesday night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
TAKES HOUSE MILITARY
COMMITTEE TO TASK
Secretary Of Army League Complains
of Failure to Enlarge
General Staff.

Refusal of the House committee on
military affairs to give Secretary
Baker in the present emergency the
number of military advisers he said he
needs is criticised by George Hewitt
Myers. secretary of the Army League.
in discussing the army appropriation
bill now pending before the House. He
also charges that another backward
step in the movement to strengthen the
nations defenses has been taken by the
committee in provisions reported out
This is what he calls IAN effort to re-
duce the strength Of the army below
that authorized by the national defense
act passed at the last session of Con-
gress."
Voicing his reproof to the committee
for ignoring Secretary Bakers recon-
mendation, Mr.. Myers says:
Asked for Ninety-Two Members.
1.-THE Secretary of War asked that the
strength of the general staff be fixed
at ninety-two members, as was provid-
ed for in the defense act when it pass
ed the Senate. He also requested that
restrictions as to where the general
staff should be stationed be repealed.
Under the existing law only one-half
of the thirty-eight members of the
general staff are permitted to serve in
Washington. The committee inserted
into the bill an amendment that in the
time of war or great emergency the
President can call the other members
of the general staff to Washington.
There were about 1,400 officers on the
French general staff at the outbreak of
the war. To the general staff was In
trusted the safety of the republic. The
same policy was followed by Germany.
Yet the House committee refused to
give the Secretary the number of mill
tary advisers he asked for in defense
of the nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Of Interest to Cotton Shippers.

OF particular interest to cotton ship
ping points and all South Atlantic and
gulf port cities is the fact that there
is under consideration a proposition to
open a station of the South Atlantic
coast and adjacent to the principal
shipping ports to serve as a place of
examination for American carsoes
thereby relieving some vessels from
the necessity of making the long de-
tour to Halifax. The matter is still
unsettled, but examination is being
made of the availability of nearby Brit
ish insular ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Wife Denies Allegations.

In an affidavit in support of her claim
for the maintenance of the children the
wife takes occasion to deny the charge
that her parents intermeddled in her
domestic affairs.
On the contrary, she says, when her
husbands alleged abuse had become
intolerable to her, on her complaint to
them, the parents sought to have her
try to bear it. The wife says the hus-
band not only treated her cruelty, but
was unkind to the children, and some
times whipped them when their baby
cries disturbed and provoked him.
Mrs. Minnie S. Perry, mother of Mrs.
Sanford. corroborated the affidavit of
her daughter in a sworn statement con-
corning the alleged cruelty of the hus-
band.
Tells What She Said.
When her daughter complained and
others advised that she leave Mr.. San
ford, the mother-in-law says she stated
in substance that when Eleanor could
no longer stand Warren's treatment her
fathers doors were open to her"
She asserted. however, that she would
not advise her daughter in the prem
Uses.
Attorneys II. A. Heitmuller, George
L. Sullivan and Walter c. English rep
resent the wife, while Attorney H. VIM
ship Wheatley appears for the husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
French Communication,

PARIS. February 16.-The official
communication issued by the war office
last night reads:
I'm Champagne two surprise attacks
on the German trenches. one to the
south of st. Marie-a-Py, the other west
of Butte du Mesnil, enabled US to bring
back twenty-six prisoners.
The enemy artillery energetically
counter shelled, violently bombarded in
the course of the afternoon our posi-
tions in the sector of Les Maisons de
Champagne and on the right bank of
the Meuse. The artillery fighting was
quite active in the regions of Hardau-
mont and Vaux. A German attempt
against one of our advanced posts at
Bezon VauX failed under our fire.
I'm Lorraine our artillery carried out
effective fires on the enemy organiza-
tons at Lonvigny, Coincourt and Be-
zange.
"A German airplane was brought
down yesterday near Beaumont (Meuse)
by the fire of our special guns.
Belgian communication: AT two
places south of Dixmude German par
ties attempted surprise attacks last
night against the Belgian posts on the
User. The enemy was dispersed by in
fantry and artillery fire. During the
day artillery fighting continued along
the whole front
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
WARREN SANFORD TO PAY
FOR CH|LDREN'S SUPPORT
Justice Stafford Fixes Amount at $40
a Month, Result of Court
Hearing.

Warren Sanford, a clerk in the water
department of the District govern
ment. was directed today by Justice
Stafford of the District Supreme Court
to pay $50 monthly for the maintenance
of his two children. The custody of
the children was awarded to the wife,
to the father to visit them.
Mrs. Sanford recently sued for the
custody of the children, after her hus-
band had brought habeas corpus pro-
ceedings to secure them. Mr.. Sanford
then sued his wife's parents for aliena-
ton of her affections. Mrs. Sanford has
been awarded a divorce in Seattle,
Wash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16

Representative Simeon d. Tess of
Ohio will be the principal speaker at
the annual reception and banquet OF
the Methodist Social Union at Baltimore
February &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16

one of the two Central High School
battalions at his graduation. He stood
high in his classes. He is a resident of
Riverdale. Md, and is the son of E.
Shouts of the War Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Difference to U. S. Commerce.

In consideration of conducting the ex-
aminations on the western side of the
Atlantic, which British officials here de-
clare is entirely in Difference to the
needs of American commerce, American
ship masters are expected to cooperate
and avoid any attempt to make their
way across the Atlantic without inspec-
ton.
Instead of abandoning the practice of
issuing letters of assurance" to Ameri-
can exporters to facilitate the handling
of their goods in transit, the British au-
thorities now state that this practice
will be made general, and all exporters
will be required to produce such letters
of assurance"
Failure in that respect or attempt of
shipmasters TO avoid the inspection
either at Halifax or Kirhwall, it is de-
clared. will result in taking goods and
ships to the British prize courts
Extension of the Halifax examination
to westbound traffic now is under con-
sideration by the British authorities,
and it was said at the embassy today
that some announcement on that sub
ject soon will be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16

Cocoa shells are being fed to cattle
in course Of experiments by French
dairymen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16

Joseph BattelPs bequest to Middle
bury College. Middlebury.Vt, amounts
10 almost half a million dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
REPORTS RAILROAD
BILLS TO SENATE
Interstate Commerce Commit
tee Urges Passage of Me-
diation Measure.
REASON TO REPLACE FORCE

Railroad labor bills. similar to those
pending in the House. were reported to
the Senate today by the interstate COM
merce committee. They propose to add
a representative of the railroads and a
representative of employees to the fed
,ral board of mediation for investiga-
zion of railroad labor disputes, but do
not provide against strikes or lockouts
during the period of investigation, as
was first asked by President Wilson.
The substitution of reason for force
in all contentious between railroads and
Their employees is strongly urged by
senator Newlands, chairman of the
committee, in report filed today on
the bill
Senator Newlands pointed out that
while the majority of the committee
was opposed to enacting a law to sus-
pend strikes and lockouts pending an
investigation by the government of all
facts IN the controversy, some of the
committee, including himself. favored
such law. While the committee de-
cided against suspension of the right
TO strike, he said, it determined to
place in the bill a stringent provision
making it misdemeanor to interfere
with interstate trains in any way.
Penalty for obstructing Trains.
The bill provides, he said, that any
Person who, alone or in concert with
another or with others, shall by physi-
cal force or threats or intimidation OBJ
struct or retard the passage of the
mails or the orderly movement of in
terstate or foreign commerce, or the
orderly makeup or movement of any
train, or the movement of any loco
motive engaged in interstate or for
eign commerce, or any employee en-
gagged in a strike who shall trespass
upon the property of the railroad whose
employment he has quit, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and for each offense
shall be punishable by a fine of not
exceeding 500 or by Imprisonment for
not exceeding six months, or both.
Friends of the bill believe that this
provision, which will put strikers in
jeopardy of fine and Imprisonment in
the federal courts, will be an effective
weapon to prevent disorders at the
time of railroad strikes.
1t has been predicted that the labor
unions will fight this provision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
GERMANS MAKE
BIG GAIN IN WEST
Capture Ground Half Mile Deep
Over Front of One and One
Half Miles.
SUCCESS IN CHAMPAGNE

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN. February 16. via London,
4:So p.m.-The Germans began an at
tack in the Champagne yesterday. The
war office announces that they cap
tured ground half mile deep over a
front of one and one-haIf miles and
took S5S prisoners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
Zone System Proposed.

Before the point of order was made
Senator Norris proposed an amendment
TO second-class mail, with charge of
one-half cent a pound for the first $50
miles and 3i5 cents a pound over 1900
miles Senators Bankhead and Hoke
Smith proposed somewhat similar
amendments. but they all went out on
the point of order.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
In Fairness

Mr.. Hearst's American" says: why
should not Canada have CONSUMPTION and
Australia and New Zealand and the rest
of the English colonies? The United
States is in this war to protect the prln-
ciples for which England and the English
colonies are fighting, and those colonies
ought to be willing to make as much of a
sacrifice for the cause as this country
The man who cheats at cards or hides
behind the skirts of woman has the
standards of a sportsman and gentleman
compared to the standards of fair play
that could produce this gem on page de-
voted, according to its printed word, to
Truth. Justice and Public Service. We
comment on it only so that we may as
sure our Sister of the Shows that there is
not lacking in this country an apprecla-
ton of all she has done, of all the ire
mendous sacrifices she has made. We
know that before we can equal her rec
ord we shall have to have more than .
per cent of our population under arms, or
an army of more than 100000 men. We
know that seventy days after the war be-
gan she had embarked an army of $4,000
men. We know that on February /, 1917,
she had contributed to the Belgian relief
fund an amount equal to Is cents per
capita, while at that date we had given
but 8 cents per capita, and we know her
wonderful record of production from field
and factory.
We have much TO be proud of, but at our
present rate of progress we can only hope
that some day we may be able to equal
the pace set by our brave and heroic
Northern neighbor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
The Southern View
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There is nothing more entertaining
to Southemer than a Connecticut Yankees
solution of Southern problem The column
which a Mr.. Lewis filled in your Friday issue
concerning the reasons "Why Negroes Leave
the South" is divertng.
One reason why negroes leave the South
and think you may open and close your list
of reasons with this one-is that there are
Northern agents in every state and city south
OF. Mason and Dixon's line offering every in
ducement of high wages. steam heated"
houses free of cost to occupants) and social
equality TO the negroes. These agents even
work on chaufeurs Of private cars drawn up
before the doors OF shops on our principal
shopping streets. The negro in the South
knows that as long as he behaves himself the
South is his best friend-but he is not proof
against the inducements offered by the
Northern agents. {. RYLAND.
Richmond, Va, June 4. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
Land Awaiting Iillers

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue OF May 80 Mr.. Wild
den Graham offers to find workers for land
whose owners will allow it to be worked on
payment of the tax on il. fear Mr.. Graham
has ventured into a field wherein he is
strange. He asks, "Who are the land owners
and where is their land?'
| inclose herewith a list of parcels o.
land and their owners in the Borough OF The
Bronx, which Park Commissioner white has
been kind enough to make out for me- There
are about 200 parcels, running from single
lots to tracts of 30 acres, 60 acres, 1872
acres and others These plots may be cul-
tivated for nothing, without the payment of
even taxes. There are similar conditions in
the Boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn and
Richmond. Information Of them can be had
from Park Commissioner Weir of Queens,
Park Commissioner lngersoll OF Brooklyn or
Park Commissioner Ward Of Manhattan and
Richmond.
1t is evident TO any one who has travelled
about the city or about any city in the State
of New York that a great many plots are
being cultivated and many of them donated by
the owners for the purpose. If these parcels
are not sufficient for Mr. Graham, | should
be glad to let him have tract of my own
without the payment even of taxes.
CYRUS c. MILLER
New York, June 5, 1917.
THE Tribune has forwarded the list of
plots to Mr.. Graham.-ED.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
Animal Relief Work

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In a recent newspaper article Ida
Tarbell is quoted: do that which is nearest
at hand =. But the only way e. is to find
out what others are doing . that there
shall be no waste e. in coherent, flexible
organization" She characterized these words
as the "gst of the message sent out by
the United States government through the
Woman's Committee of the Council of Ma
tional Defence.
She says every woman is willing and anx-
ous to do if only she knows what. In the
list Of agencies recruiting volunteer workers
she omts the recently organized American
Red Star Animal Relief for army animals,
whether at home or in war; II needs workers
to produce almost such equipment as is sup
piled the Red Cross. for the relief Of APP
proximate suffering and 70 obviate waste
and loss of living material. The animals,
horses especially, and mules not much less,
are an important asset of any American de-
fence plan
Secretary of War Baker solicited the for
nation of this American Red Star, at which
time he wrote: "Such assistance would be
gratefully received by the War Department
. and it will be glad to cooperate" II has
been Endorsed by William II. Taft, Major
General Franklin Bell, Major General Leon
ard Wood, Senator Chamberlain chairman Of
the Committee on Military Affairs; Major
General Scott, Theodore Roosevelt, Samuel
Gompers. United States Senators. clergy
men. war correspondents, humanitarisns.
economists.
Dr. W. o. Stilman, Albany, is its presi-
Gont, and will furnish detailed information il
desired. Mrs. James Speyer is chairman of
the New York branch. She has extensive
experience in many kinds of relief work, and
her trained judgment is well known and
trusted.
Many humanitarians in considering food
emergency will realize that even this branch
OF effort has direct application to the most
intelligent utilization of our horses and mules
and the humane relief Of their many miseres.
because they know these animals will serve
whether or no. and suffer additionally II
their bulky rations are delayed, as is too
often the case BE. STORRS.
New York, June 4, 1911.