Evening star., 1917-02-26
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.

Decided increases in the Mexican ex-
port duties on crude oil and its prod
ucts are provided for in a decree out
lined by the department of fomento and
now awaiting the signature of Gen
Carranza. According to the decree. the
tax will be graduated according to the
specific gravity of the oil.
The cartridge-making machinery pur-
chased by Mexico from Japan has been
unloaded at Manzanil1o from the steam
er Kotchiro Maru and will soon be put
in operation. Two hundred Japanese
experts accompanied the shipments, in
order to set up the machinery and op-
crate it.
The British steamer Quernmore, sis
ter ship of the Vedamore, which was
torpedoed several weeks ago, arrived at
Baltimore yesterday, armed with a five
inch gun. This is the largest gun
mounted on any ship coming to Balti-
more.
The Greek steamship Calimeris has
been detained at Boston several days
with a cargo of grain consigned to the
Greek government at Piraeus, because
of the fear Of sailors to enter the sub
marine zone. Twenty members of the
crew that brought the steamer to port
have deserted, according to Capt. Strach-
tapoulos.
The Spanish naval submarine Isaac
Pera1, now at New London. is expected
| to sail today for CadiZ. Spain. The
Peral is in command of Capt. Fernandez
}Carranza and carries a crew of twen-
ty-three. The submarine will be con-
voyed by the steamer Claudio Lopez
! The Goth New York Infantry left Nc
Allen, Tex, yesterday for it's home sta
| ton. A stop will be made at Wash
ington for the Inauguration ceremonies.
Robert Carter. alias Robert Hutchin-
son, has been arrested in Albany on a
warrant issued in New York. charging
him with embezZling about S25, 900 from
the Midvale Steel Company. Carter, it
was said. was former traffic manager
of the Midvale company.
Aubrey Murray, editor and publisher
OF the Southern Buck. magazine de-
voted to the interests of the Order of
Elks. has died at his home In New
Orleans, aged seventy three years. Mr.
Murray formerly was New York
newspaper man. He was born in Edin-
burgh, Scotland
According to figures given out by the
Overseas News Agency. deposits in
German savings banks increased $780,
900. 900 marks in December. The in
crease in 1916 was 2,430.000,000 marks.
Atlantic Coast line passenger train No.
5S was wrecked at Pronto. Ala, last
night. Engineer Harry Waddell, Fire
| man Nathan Moore. negro; two posta'
clerks and four passengers We're in
jured, but thought not seriously.
In a raid by city police officers late
yesterday four dope fiends were ar
rested in the basement of the First
Presbyterian Church, one of the big
central churches Of Nashville. and the
negro janitor of the church was locked
up on suspicion of running a Joint"
beneath the church.
In the biggest series of raids ever
pulled off in Norfolk, Va. the police
department last night entered eight
different houses, securing a large guam
tity of bottled whisky and rounding
up 100 offenders. A score of women
are among the arrested, charged. the
police say. with operating Illegal
, houses, as well as running blind
tigers" the police allege.
A standard safety code, devised to
safeguard the lives of thousands of
| workers ensG ed in the manufacture
of explosives - various parts of New
Jersey, has been adopted by the state
labor department and will become ef-
fective April l.