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Evening star., 1917-09-09

Mayor Mollman, says the report.
~must be judged by his actions as
proyen by the evidence. If his failure
to give directions to the militia and II
his failure to call upon the sheriff and
To deputize citizens who offered their
services Were the result of lack of
ability or of fright, the office should
be taken from him and given to an
efficient person
IF his failure to act was because hls
sympathies were with those VINO
sought to drive the negroes out OF East
St. Louis he should make room Tor
chief executive who is in favor OF en-
forcing 100 per cent of the laws.
The law-abiding citizens and lndus-
tries and the respectable laoorlnR men
should unite and demand the reslgna-
ton of the mayor as the greatest good
he can do his city
Charge Is Malfeasance in Office.
The specific charge against the
mayor ismalfeasance in office. based on
his alleged negligence at the time of
the riots The charge against the
mavor's secretary is that of conspiracy
with the rioters in that he ordered the
police and militia to destroy cameras.
thus preventing moving picture men
from photographing the mobs.'
NO man. says the report, gave
greater assistance to the rioters ana
assured them more safety from prose-
cution than did Ahearn when he or
Evening star., 1917-09-09
TO BE DECIDED TOMORROW.
Campaign for Woman's Suffrage In
Maine Closes With Parade.

PORTLAND, Me. September s.
The campaign for equal suffrage for
women in this state care to close
tonight with parade and rally here
at which Gov. Carl + Miiilken ana
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president
of the National American Woman suf-
frape Association, were the principal
speakers. on Monday the voters VIII
vote on the question at special eiec-
ton. ~
while the rally of those in favor OF
suffrage was being held in the audi
torium of city hall their opponents held
a meeting in the city council chamber.
Although the campaign mas peeii "a, =,
the last six months. neither side makes
strong claims of victory and vote or
less than 10000 is expected. The nor
NAL vote at a state election IS loo'ooo.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
FATAL TO THREE BOYS.
Several Kegs Of Powder Explode in
Abandoned Power House.

LOCK HAVEN, Pa, September s.
One boy was instantly killed and two
others died of their injuries when sew
eral kegs of powder exploded today in
an abandoned power house of the Belle
fonte Lime and Stone Company. at
Salona, near here. All were badly
burned and mangled. The police be-
lieye the boys struck a match on en-
tering the building and accidentally ig-
nited the power.
William Snyder, one of the boys
killed, was the son of former County
Superintendent w. A. Snyder and
cashier of the Mil Hall. Pa. National
Bank.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
CAN'T DRAFT JAPANESE.
Member of Yellow Race in New Ter.
sey Anxious to Fight.

TRENTON. N. ], September s.-In-
structions not to draft Japanese were
received here today by the adjutant gem
erals office from Provost Marshal Gen.
Crowder result of the action of the
local conscription board at Plainfield.
n. j.. which had accepted and certified
one young man of that race
The conscripted japanese had made no
claim for exemption and appeared graft
fed at being accepted for the National
Army, saying he would be glad to serve.
Protest, however, was made by the jap
anese amba ssador and Gen CroWder
called the attention of the state authori-
ties to the fact that Japanese may not
be called.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

dered that photographers be denied
their free rights to take pictures
About a month and half after the
riot of July ." says the report. in con-
clusion, "a new police and fire COM
mission took charge of the police. com
posed of three of the strongest and
most reputable men in East st. Louis.
They have courage and ability. Our
evidence shows that the coterie of cor
rupt politicians who have been the un-
doing of the mayor will be able to
hamper the fire and police commission
as long as MIR. Mollman retains the
office of mayor.
Wants Investigation Continued.
I'VE have not been able. because of
lack of time, to apprehend and indict
cent riots in East st. Louis"
the new grand jury. which assemblies
September II, continue the investiga-
ton of the race riots. The grand jury
also renews it's former recommendation
that a state constabulary be organized
Circuit Judge George A. Crow. in
thanking the grand jury for its work.
expressed the hope that the petit jury
that tries the men named in the indict-
ments be equally courageous and thor
ough.
One hundred and five men were
named in the indictments returned
few weeks ago as connected with the
race riots. If all the thirty-nine in
dicted today are men not previously
named the number now under indict-
ment as result Of the riots is IA.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
STRONG GERMAN FLEET
is HEADED UP BALTIC

STOCKHOLM. September st Is re-
ported by the Svenska Dagbladet that
German naval forces of considerable
strength have been observed in the
southern Baltic, taking a northerly
course.
The leading squadron, 1t says, con-
sists of submarines and torpedo boats.
with cruisers following them. It IL
believed to be the German Baltic fleet,
reinforced by part of the high seas
fieet A great naval attack on Ruaaian
Baltic coast towns is expected. -
Evening star., 1917-09-09
COUPLE SHOT IN FEUD.
Mississippi Farmer Probably Fatally
Wounded: Bullets Hit Wife.

HATTIESBURG, Miss, September s.
C. l.. Mcdonald. a farmer of Morriston.
Miss, was shot and probably fatally
wounded and his wife slightly wounded
late Yesterday at a community well near
their home Both were brought to a
hospital here today for treatment. w.
b. Morgan, ne!ghbor. is under arrest
and held in the county Jail here. charged
with shooting the couple.
1t is reported that family differences of
long standing came to a crisis when the
two families met at the well. load of
buckshot entered the shoulder and lungs
of Mcdonald.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Pawning of Bracelet Traps
Runaway Marjorie Thompson
I'm Glad You Found Me-" Washington Girl
Sought Film Career; Gets Place in Store.

Marjorie hoped. Her funds began to
run low, and she soon found out that
her salary as a cashier would not allow
her to have the fine clothes she had
been used to. Bit by bit her saving
disappeared until finally she was forced
to pawn the gold bracelet. which led to
Ter capture. This bracelet was pledged
in a shop at 18th street and Columbia
avenue, and when Marjorie took the
money the pawnbroker handed her she
gave the name of Margaret Armstrong.
In the meanwhile thorough search
was being made in this city for the
girl Her picture was daily being
out the city. Detectives. armed with
her description, were hunting in hotels
and furnished room houses for the little
runaway. Finally they learned through
their pawnbroking system that her
bracelet had been pawned in the upI
town shop. They quizzed the pawn
broker and obtained the description of
Marjorie.
Detectives Find House.
borhood in which the pawnshop was
located and finally they found the
house where the girl roomed
The detectives waited in this house
Friday afternoon until the girl. her
work of the day DONE walked in. They
told her who they were and what they
wanted, and Marjorie drew in her
breath sharply and said simply: I'm
glad that you've found me. Take me
to my mother
She was taken to the house of de-
tention and her parents were notified
in a telegram that brought the mother
on the next train.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
"Lack of Ability or Fright, Grand Jury
States, Charging Maleasance
In office.
Says He Should GiUe Place to Executive Willing
to Enforce 100 Per Cent of
the LaW


BELLEVILIE. Ill., September s.NIayor Fred Moman of East
his private secretary Maurice Aearn indicted
East Louis.
Indictments returned against thry-sev other persons
in connection their available
the capases for their arrest had not been issued
grand jury submitted report scoring the mayor tor his
alleged taking curb the rioters who took
part in the Staying negroes July and recommended that he be
Evening star., 1917-09-09
CUPID MAKES CAPTIvES.
Washingtonians Principals in Mat
rimonial Events at Rockville.
Suecial DisDatch to The Sta,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, September S.-Miss
Rosa Ella Jordan. thirty years old, of
Washington. and Julian H. Carter.
twentyfour years Old of Fort Myer.
Va. were married in Rockville this aft
ernoon by Rev. J. w. Duffey, pastor of
the Methodist Church. the ceremony
taking place at the home of the min
lister in the presence of several friends.
by whom they were accompanied.
Miss Bessie Shields, twenty years old.
and John Chapel. aged twenty-one. both
of Washington, also were married in
Rockville today, leaving for Washing
ton Immediately after the ceremony.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
CARPENTER AND NAVARRO
NOT COMING TO AMERICA
CabIesram to The Sunday star ana
New York World. Copyright, 1917.

CabIesram to The Sunday star and
New York World. Copyright, 1917.
PARIS, September S.-The rumor
that Georges Carpenter and Navarro
are going to America as "tioi' III
structors is unfounded.
Carpenter said today that he knew
notbing about the proposed trip.
II have not heard anything myself.
he said Il have tried by all means pos
ihia to find out how the rumor origi-
mated and what there was in 1t. but
have not succeeded"
The correspondent was unable to
interview Navarro, but TRENDS OF the
AVIATOR in Paris doubt the truth of the
runor and think that Il trip to the
United States by Navarro is very I'M
probable.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
VIRGINIANS WAIT BOMB LIST.
Anxiety Felt at Winchester Over
Three Persons in HospitaI Service.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, September s.
Relatives feel great anxiety for local peo-
pie known to be in American hospital
camps bombed by German airmen in
France.
Dr. Hugh Mccullough formerly of
Washington University, st. Louis. went
abroad with that unit He is a son-in- law
of William c. Marshall of Winchester and
his wife is with her parents
Miss Anne Carson, Winchester. and
Miss Bella Carson, Richmond. Va. sis
ters. are Red Cross nurses in that district
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Teuton Messages in Code
Bearing Name of Swedish
Minister Sent Broadcast

LONDON. September s.-Intense in
terest has been aroused in diplomatic
and political circles here by the Wash =
ington dispatches announcing that the
state Department has proof that
Sweden has been acting as intermedi =
airy for transferring German messages
from the German charge d'affairs at
Buenos Aires by way of the Stockholm
foreign office to Berlin.
The Associated Press learns that the
foreign office at Stockholm has been
acting as telegraph office for the
German government. and for the last
three years has regularly or contin-
uously transmitted cables in German
cipher under the guise of Swedish gov
ernment messages.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Changes in German Cabinet.

AMSTERDAM, September S.-Accord-
ing to the Neueste Nachrichten of Leip-
sic important changes in the cabinet ex-
pected shortly. The new men it is indi-
Gated will be selected with a view to their
acceptability to the reichstag.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Free Communication With Berlin

Cipher dispatches bearing the sigua-
ture of the Swedish minister of foreign
affairs and addressed to the Swedish
legations in certain foreign countries
have been handed by the Swedish lega-
ton to the German legation in the
country to which the messages were
addressed, the messages being in real
ity in German code. In the same way
the German ministers in various for
eign countries have been in free teIe-
graphic communication with Berlin by
handing their cipher messages to the
Swedish minister. who signed and dis
patched them as Swedish government
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Member Of the Associated Press

The Associated Press IL exclusively entitled
to the for republication of all news credited
TO it or not otherwise credited in this paper and
also the local news published herein.
All rights Of republication Of special dispatches
herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy. continued cool today
and tomorrow; gentle northerly winds.
Temperature for twenty-four hours end
ing at noon yesterday: Highest. 64; low
est. 81.
Full report on page 3.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-22
Our Vulnerable Coast Line.

The combined coast line of the United
States is more than 5000 miles long. To
protect the portion that constitutes the
Atlantic coast we have number of
naval stations, but they all lie within
an airline distance OF 500 miles. w. l..
Cathcart, naval engineer, of Philadel-
phia, in a paper pronounced by Rear
Admiral Edwards as one of the strong
est IN the last decade, declares many
Of these are in such defenseless state
that they could easily be seized. III
an enemy should gain possession OF
these 500 miles of coast he says, 'oul
dreadnoughts would be homeless unless
the fleet could flee TO the Bay of Pan.
ANA. According to Rear Admiral Ed
wards there is not a dry dock on the
South Atlantic and Gulf coasts which
could take any of our superdread
noughts. Neither is there single crane
on these coasts that could remove OF
install in battleship either modern
turret gun, a Scotch marine boiler Oh
an assembled low pressure turbine OF
the kind now fitted on our larger navaI
golfers, tankers and battleships. In
every respect the first line of the ma
tlon 5 defense calls for immediate anC
enormous upbuildng. National insur
ance presents precisely the same fea
lures as private Insurance. With untolt
billions at stake, what are $4,000 .00C
or s50o,o00,o00 as premium paid for
protection? The coast lines OF England
and Germany are not to be compared
with our stretch of 5000 miles. Yet
England has recently spent So 900 ,00l
70 build naval stations for protection
against Germany, and Germany la,
spent So, 100000 at Wilhelmshaven an,
$l25,O00,0o0 at Heligoland for estaD
fishing similar stations In praisins
Germany $ foresight in this respect
Rear Admiral Edwards said, ~ want I,
tell you now that Wilhelmshaven ane
Heligoland have been the salvation o.
Germany in the present trouble.'' -
Thomas F. Logan in Leslie s.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-22
What Graham Wants.
st. Albans Messenger.l

Government, like q corporation, MAJ
may be poorly organized and badly
administered. In order that there NAV
be good government thcre must be cf
iiciency in both men and methods
Good men cannot pet the best results
ont OF bad methods. If there is no
syStematir plan of government, if each
department is conducted rs an indie
, ndent enterprise, 50 that its aetivi-
ties are not correlated with other ae-
Invites in other departments, then the
governmental machine Is looseiy pat
together, there is lost motion with the
inevitable result that efforts are du-
plicated, labor is multiplied, and ex.
renses are neeliesslv increased
These indisputahlc facts become
more apparent as the state takes on
new functions and invadcs the realm
of activity formerly held by the indi-
yidual John Mahrv Matthews, as
slstant professor Of political science
in the University Of Illinois. makes
the following comment on this phase
Of government. 1.-The administrative
functions which modern conditions re-
quire that American states shall under.
take are OF such increasing extent, va
rictv, and complcxity, that the state
can scarcely afford longer to remain
without q more unfit a. concentrated
and efficient type Of administrative or
ganization.
This same student Of a,rmentaI
affairs believes in giving governors in
creased authority that they. in return
may give the public sound and Ell
cient administration. He writes, 'sit
the governor is TO b, held responsible,
for the execution of the laws and foi
the fulfllment Of his oath to support
the constitution, then il follows thai
he ought to have full control over til,
selection and the official acts Of thos,
agents who are til farms Of the GOV
Cruor' and upon whom he must trus
20 large extent for the enforcement
Of the laws In other words tht
heads Of departments should be effec
tive instrumcntalties of the governor
not indep tndont executives. answer
able to no one except on election dav
and then only in the most genera
way, as is now the case.
II is to give Vermont n modern
government that Governor Graham ha
appealed to the legislature. He wou,,
replace an inefficient organization Will
an efficient one, would Danish an
tiquated methods and supply adequat
ones in their place. His attempt j
being watched with interest all owe,
the country because there is genera
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-22

recognition that such move must
soon be taken b. all states, and it is
from the common sense of Vermont
that il is now expected substantial
advance in the science of government
will originate. The theory on which
the governor bases his recommended
tons is sound That it win prove
equally sound in practice there is no
reason to doubt, for from Il years OF
observation as state auci5o-. Mr.. era
ham has had an unparalleled oppor-
tunity to put his hand en- definite du-
plications OF effort and needless ex.
pense Sufficient time has elapsed since
the message was given to the public tc
gauge Of popular opinion aud il is un
doubtedly the desire Of the people OF
Vermont that the legislature follow the
governor s lead in these proposals look
ing for better administration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-22
PRICES AFTER THE WAR.
Predicted by French Economist-w-hat
Happened After Other Wars.

Cabling to New York, this week, his
impressions of the course Of prices af-
ter the war, the well.known French
economist, Yves.Guyot, says, according
20 the New York Evening Post:
=" Probably there will be o rise IN
the prices of all stocks, except muni.
tions, and q rise in the prices of all
rnw materials and manufactured arm
clcs. These movements have followed
al modefn wars and have been fol.
lowed by reaction. After the war of
1870 there was an increase in prices I'M
Ill 1873, when they reached the maxi
num-
The statement is interesting, but not
altogether convincing. II was true or
the aftermath Of the Franco Prussian
war, for which the London Economist s
"indcx number Of average prices,
using the figure Of 1s45.50 as 100, gave
lis % 1871, 100 for 1872, and 1874 for
1873. The average OF iron alone rose
from 81 TO ~. But the same result
did not follow return Of peace i'll our
Civil war, for the average of LIP in
500 (the highest Of the war period
dropped 60 l63 in 1866, to 100 in 1861,
and l31 in 1869. Ii is true, however,
that many of the metals rose violently
in the period; the average general de-
cline being largely due to the heavy
fall in wheat and cotton.
After the two.year Crimcan war,
which ended in March, 1856, the aver
age Of all prices for tho full year 1856
went 10 1913, as against 1ls the year be-
fore, and got up 10 1872 in 1857. This
rise was almost wholly due 10 the met
ais. 80 complete record has been kept
Of the aftermath to the Napoleonic
wars; but the economist Tooke, writ
ing on the basis Of contemporary price
lists figured ont, for the first II
months after Waterloo, in June, 1915,
an average fall OF 80 per cent in typi-
cal English commodities This decline
followed hcavF break in the last year
of the war. due 10 overinhated specula.
tion, and 20 talk Of peace, and was it.
self followed h@ several years of com
morcial hardship.
Yet economic parallels of this kind
are hazardous. One influence suggested
by ivcs-Guyot. in addition TO the Of
ten.discussed demand for material for
reconstruction of damaged cities,
bridges and property Of every sort, is
that call over Europe, after this war,
railways will have 70 be built and re-.
built, and they will absorb millions in
capital.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-22
Set a Flirt to Catch q Crook.

The Waldorf Astoria hotel now has
professional firts They are the
newest equipment Of a modern hotel.
They are good looking. They wear won
derful clothes Of the latest Partisan cut
and outpeaeock the proudest bird that
ever strutted IN the famous peacock
alley. Their duties, however. are not
simple. They must not firt themselves,
but only be flirted with, and woe to
the man who does the flirting. After
two smirks and couple of. winks IT
is the professional firt - duty to
cali house detective. He does the rest
the rest meaning rapid exit into
Thirtyfourth street
Every year since Joseph Smith. now
superintendent of service in the hotel.
took charge Of the detective force there
has been an annual clean up. A pc
culiar condition exists this wear. ac-
cording to the house detectives of lead
ing hotels. The European war has rid
ded the countries abroad of the profes-
sional Smasher of the Paris baule-
ward, the German count and Rus
sian nobleman, the shirkers and
slackers. professional gamblers and
high class confidence men. = and New
York city has been their refuge. In
addition, there is still the regular sup
ply of lobby haunters who always have
excellent propositions for the
credulous
All OF those undesirables are usually
very susceptible to feminine charms
and Mr.. Smith believes that the "pro-
fessional firts viii rid the hotel cor
ridors of them more quickly than any
ordinary detectives could-New York
Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-22
How j. o. Armour Manages His Men.

j. o. Armour is considered a great
employer. I'm an article about him
written by Merle Crowell for the Feb.
ruary American Magazine, this Incl
dent occurs:
Three years ago Mr. Armour de-
cided 20 call in his statesmen for a
'gct.togcth2r' meeting. They came,
puzzled az the request and wondering
what lay behind it,. When the call
was repeated the next year their per
plcXitv had passed; 50 they spent most
Of their time in rritieizing. Lots OF
kicks can bc stored up in the course OF
q year.
q" Last winter thcg were called in foi
the third time. Before the meetings
had fairly got under wa it was mani
fest that new spirit had been born
the spirit of which their captain haG
dreamed in sounding the call. The
whole affair developed into nothing
but q big family reunion. in which
ideals were lifted above ideas, and 9
symphony OF service replaced the ca
corhory Of criticism. As the last con
ference was breaking up, -. o., hi,
face glowing. turned to the eXecutiv,
beside him and exclaimcd:
90 That 3 the thing that makes my
job worth while,
4" That's the thing Mr.. Armour,
replied the executive. that makes al
our jobs worth while. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-22

work Saturday for Mrs. A. ". Barry and
has gone to help at II. c. STATIONS in
West Townshend. Mrs. Barry is much
improved in health
Mr. and Mrs Frank Churchill, who re-
Gently moved from Sioux Falls, $ D., have
been guests the past week at f. +.
Knapps, H. Il. Holbrooll's, E. b. Batch
elders and with Other friends They for
merry lived on the farm now owned by
Rockwell Davis going from here to the
West about p years ago. They have not
decided where they will settle in the East
and have stored their goods lat Brattle-
boro.