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SPECULATION AS TO NEW
HEAD OF NAVAL ACADEMY
Number Of Names Mentioned as
POSSIBLE Successors to Admiral
Eberle After June.

mere is considerable speculation in
Navy circles as to the officer who mill
be detailed as superintendent of the
Naval Academy upon the detachment
OF Rear Admiral Eberle That officer
mas asked to be relieved at the end
OF the scholastic term in June and
given suitable command afoat.
y number of names have been mem
toned as possible successors to Ad-
mirai Eberle. Among these are Rear
Admiral ]. A. Hoogewerf, Rear Ad
miral Clarence S. Williams. Cant n W
Wurtsbaugh and Capt. Samuel S. Robi-
son
The duties of the superintendent of
the Naval Academy are especially i'm
portant in time of war, where every
effort must be made to train and edu-
cate young officers in the shortest Dos
sible time Heretofore it has been the
policy to select for superintendent of
the Naval Academy an officer of flag
rank or one who would normally attain
SUCH rank during his tour of duty as
superintendent Admiral Hoogewerf
Was recently promoted from the com
mand of flagship of the commander
in-chief to the command of a division
OF the fleet. Admiral Williams has
served more than a year as chief of
stan to the commander of the battle
feet.
Capt. Robson recently commanded a
vessel in the battle fleet and now has
an important assignment atioat. Capt
Wurtshaugh recently, served as aid to
Secretary Daniels. Since then he has
served as executive officer of the bat
tleship Texas. and now is commander
OF the cruiser Des Moines.
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Mr.. HOOVER APPROVES
Furnishing LUNCHR00MS
81 Places of Business in New York
to Be Closed a Day for Violat-
ing Food Regulations.

NEW YORK. March 11.-Federal Food
Administrator Hoover, it was announc-
ed here today, has approved the local
food boards suspension for one day of
the business of ffty-seven lunchrooms
and restaurants found guilty of violat-
ing the regulations providing Tor
.'beeness' and "porkiess" days
The order closing the eating places
for twenty-four hours will go into eff
feet at midnight tonight.
All the restaurants will be visited at
least three times by federal agents to
see that the regulation IS being
obeyed. ,-,.
Retail food dealers throughout the
city and state are also warned that the
5000" rule will be strictly enforced.
This means that grocers must sell an
equal amount of wheat substitutes, IN
Gliding potatoes, with every sale OF
four. Violators may be penallzed by
having their licenses revoked or sup
plies cut oil.
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CALLS LICENSING PACKERS
EQUAL TO PRICE-FIxING
Wool Growers Secretary Tells SEN
ate Committee Packers Are Great
as the Government.

Sheep raisers are under the impres-
sion that the packers have been told by
the food administration to fix a maxi
mum price for lambs and not pay pro-
ducers more than a fixed sum, accord
ing to testimony before the Senate ag-
riculture committee today by s. w. Nc
Clure Of Salt Lake City. Utah. He de-
clared the order of the food administra-
ton licensing the packers is equivalent
to price fixing.
We may as well admit that the pack
ers are as great as the government"
Mr.. Mcclure said.
One of the purposes of these hear
ings, observed Senator Gore, the chair
man Of the committee, lis to determine
whether the food administration is run
ming the packers or whether the pack
ers are running the food administra-
ton"
Mcclure is secretary of the National
WOOL Growers Association. The COM
nittee plans to go farther into the rn.at
and wheat production question tomor-
row and has called j. y. owen of Min
neapolis, MINI; +. l. Burke of Omaha,
Neb-, and Henry Wallace of Des Molnes,
Iowa
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SHOT THROUGH CHEEK:
CONDITION Is SERIOUS
Ernest Downs Taken to Casualty
Hospital, While Robert David
son, Colored, Is Arrested.

shot through the right cheek while
in the rear of a house at 20 3 street
southwest about noon today. Ernest
Downs, thirty-six years old. 724 L street
southeast, is at Casualty Hospital in
a serious condition. Robert Davidson,
colored, who resides at the b street
house, is being held by the police
pending the outcome Of his injuries
shortly after noon the police of the
fourth precinct were notified of the
shooting and Policeman Jackson went
to the house and arrested Davidson.
Downs had been removed to the hos
pital in the ambulance.
At the police station Davidson who
is employed as a night Waterman at
the Botanic Gardens. the police say,
stated that Downs was trying to force
his way into his home when he shot
him.
At the hospital DR.. \. N. Mcdonald
stated Downs declared; He shot me
for nothing. DR.. Mcdonald stated
several Of Downs teeth had been
knocked out by the bullet. and that
he was suffering from hemorrhages of
the nose and mouth, and that his con-
dition IS serious.
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RUSSIAN RED GUARD
HAS INVADED PERSIA
Force Of 400 Plans Advance on
Teheran, Advices
State.

Invasion of Persia by small detach-
ments of the Russian Red Guard was
Indicated to the State Department to-
day in telegram from Teheran- Ac-
cording to the report there. the force,
which is not more than 400. is said to
be planning an advance on Teheran.
The concern with which the Swedish
people regard occupation of the Aland
Island by the Germans was reflected in
a Stockholm press report received to-
day at the department According to
that report the German commander ex-
planned that the landing had been
made in conformity with the wishes of
the Finnish people. A motive for in
tervention in Finland, the report said,
was the desire TO supervise the evacu-
alton of the bolshevik troops, the
claim being made that the boisheviki
had agreed to withdraw.
Disbelief of the report that AmbaS-
sador Francis and the Japanese am
bassador are being detained at Nologda
was expressed by State Department Of
fcials. The last report from Mr.. Fran
els, however, was on March 6.
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service may not be altogether sufficient
to meet the conditions created by the
sudden influx of population, and there
fore and necessarily. on some of its
lines during the rush periods has not
been entirely satisfactory to its pa
irons. it feels, however. that every rea-
sonable step has been taken by II
during the past yearly STUDY OF
the situation by addition to the num-
Der of cars operated. by twice increas-
ing the wages of its employes-to 1uf-
nish the best service possible under tne
trying conditions imposed upon us Ihe
company further is of the opinion that
with the advent of spring weather ana
the relief from large part of the de.
lays to its cars. the return to WORK OF
it's trainmen who have been SICK ana
the Improvement which Will surely 1oi-
low the suggestions of the commits
sion's expert, Mr.. Beeler, 1t will be able
to take care of the traffic as well as
can be done with the present track IA
cilities.
"In anticipation of need for in
creased track facilities. on March l.
1915. this company requested author
ity to build al extension on 1Ith street
from u street TO Pennsylvania avenue
and on II street east To 18th street
Conditions existing in Washington to-
day could not have been forcseen when
this application was made, and the i'm
mediate need of the extensions was
not sufficiently apparent to the COM
mission 10 warrant their granting the
authority asked. If present conditions
could have been foreseen and the eN-
tensions then urged by US permitted.
the congestion now so apparent would
undoubtedly have been mitgated.
The company desires to express its
appreciation of the value of the Beeler
survey SO promptly ordered by the
commission and to reiterate its desire
to Cooperate with the commission in
all well directed efforts to meet and
overcome existing difficult conditions"
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C. OF C. COMMITTEE NAMED.
Body on Police and Fire Protection
to Meet Tomorrow.

The newly appointed committee on
police and fire protection of the Cham
Der of Commerce viii hold its first
meeting at noon tomorrow and prepare
reports on several matters to be pre-
scented to the meeting OF the full cham
her Tuesday night. The membership Of
the committee was announced by \.
LeftWich Sinclair. president OF the
chamber. yesterday. as follows: VII
liam +. GUIDE. chairman: William =.
Hardy. vice chairman, and George II.
Brown. Morgan Bradford, II: A. Bry-
lawski, Henry c. Breuniuger. pr W.
F.. Buchanan, jr.; George II. ChaudIee.
NJ J. Cook, A. u. Cressler, George 4.
Finch, W. r. Fosbender. Charles W,
Gill. Meyer Hanlein, A. Il. Hermann.
Capt Thomas Judge. A +. Jorss, George
Wallace Jones, Clarence ). Kessler.
John Kolb, Joseph d. kaufman, Harry
King. William J. Latimer. Robert Il.
Mann, Joseph c. MattingIy, John J.
Noonan. Capt. Edward O'Connor, Mai.
Raymond W. Pullman. Max Rich,
Joseph Y. Reeves, William r Reed,
Charles L. Smith. c. Melvin sharpe,
Mark Stearman, George G. Seibold, +.
c. Stewart. Z. L. Tucker. Capt John
II. Virnstein, Martin Wiegand George
S. Wainwright, John II. Wilkins and
Arthur b. Walker.
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Resolution introduced by Senator
Jones of Washington February II, ask
ing for information on the District
street railways:
Resolved, That the public utilities
commission of the District of Columbia
be directed to furnish the Senate the
following information:
First, How many new cars have the
electric railway companies in the Dis
trict OF Columbia put on during the last
two years.
Second. Have they put on any new
cars during the last year. and if so, how
many?
Third, Are they making any provision
now for adding new cars to their equip
ment; and If so. how many. and when
are they to be put on?
Fourth. What other steps are being
taken by the electric railway COM
panies to meet the congested traffic
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ASKS UTILITIES COMMISSION
FOR REPORT ON D. C.. RAILWAYS

conditions of the present and the fu-
ture?
Fifth. What steps has the public utili-
ties commission taken TO meet the
present street car traffic congestion in
the District?
Sixth. Is the existing railway track
age adequate to meet 1.-THE traffic re-
quirements as they are now, and as
they are likely to be for some time TO
come, and If not. what steps are being
taken to increase such trackage?
Seventh. What action has the commits
sion taken under the authority given it
to secure adequate service by the
street railways of the District of Co
lumbia?
Eighth. What action has the commits
sion taken under the authority given it
ito require and compel the street rail-
ways of the District of Columbia to
comply with the provisions of law
looking to the furnishing of adequate
service by such companies?
Ninth. What suggestions has the public
utilities commission to make to Con-
gress for meeting the present congested
conditions of traffic on the railways OF
the District of Columbia?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
AMERICAN VICTIM TELLS
OF COSTA RICAN TROUBLE
Passenger Train Fired On in Revolu-
tionary Disturbance-Six Killed,
Many Wounded.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, March IL
Michael Ryan, an American victim Of a
Costa Rican revolutionary disturbance
arrived here today on an American steam
shin and confirmed stories of an attack
made on a passenger train between san
Jose and Port Limon late in February.
Ryan returns home with his left eye de-
stroved and bringing a suit Of clothes
containing twelve bullet holes.
Six passengers were killed and a great
number wounded. Ryan said, by bullets
fired from machine gun. A train on
which he was returning to Port Limon
had taken to siding to allow another TO
PASS AS this second train came up men
on il believed to be government troops
opened fire with the gun. A number of
Americans were in the car with Ryan.
The latter was removed to Port Limon
hospital.
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CONSIDER DEBT BURDEN.
French Economists Encouraged by
Revenue Statement for 1914.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 2S.-French econ
omists studying how the nation may
raise the revenue necessary to carry
its debt burden and meet current ex-
penses on the basis Of a budget of
17.000,o0o,GG0 francs annually. at the
end of this year. have arrived at an
estimate of 10000 000, 900 francs as the
net annual revenue of the French
people in 1914.
Economists. who were frightened at
the end of the first year of the war
by the growing war debt. appear now
to consider the solution of the problem
AS less difficult than they had dared to
hope, though there is sttll an uncertain
element in their calculations arising
from the effect the war VIII have had
upon the producing capacity of the
country.
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Shortage of Men. Not Cars.

The Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company states that, up to the
present time, it has not suffered from
lack of cars, but. as is the case with
other companies. have suffered from
lack of men 20 maintain and operate
the cars. 1t attributes the shortage of
motormen. conductors. shopmen and
carhouse men to war demands and war
prices for labor. Severe weather con
ditionS and shortage of coal prevented
many employees from reporting for
work by reason of sickness, ii is stated.
After referring TO the fact that the
placing in service of summer equip
ment should lead TO an improvement OF
conditions and that the company is CO.
operating in the Beeler survey, the
question Of a permanent solution of
the street car situation is taken up
The company expresses the opinion
that proper development OF public
utility facilities to meet the inevitable
growth of the city is dependent upon
two things: First. upon authorization
by Congress of a comprehensive and
reasonable plan of financing. which is
now lacking" it states, and second,
upon the consolidation of the two prin-
cipaI street car systems operating in
the District.
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MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE AND
FIVE DEATHS IN OHIO STORM
MISS PEGGY BAKER,

COLUMBUS. o, March 11.-While re-
ports continuing to dribble In show
that Saturdays tornado wrought per
haps more than a million dollars dam
age in Van Vert and Paulding counties
Ohio, where it did its greatest destruc-
ton, it is thought today that the num-
Der of deaths will not exceed six or
seven. Five are known to be dead and
there are several injured who may die
Details of the havoc are not yet fully
known because Of wrecked telephone
and telegraph systems and blockaded
highways. The storms path. which
contains much evidence that the wind
was a "twister" was as narrow as fifty
yards in some places. while in other
places it spread into a windstorm miles
wide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11

Apparently its first fury was felt in
the nefghborhood of Conway, Ohio west
of Van Vert. Wreckage shows it
jumped Van Vert and then swept dow
upon Middlepoint, to the east It then
Yeered north. striking Miller City in
Paulding county. Where the tornado
itself did not strike & terrific windstorm
DID great damage. blowing down build
ings, trees and damaging orchards
That greater loss of life and a more
imposing loss of property was not left
IN the wake OF the wind is due to the
fact that it did not hit any larger
cities. Van Vert county felt the effects.
as did Lima, Ottawa and Tiff,n. Con
voy. Miller City, Continental, Hamler.
Deshler and Napoleon suffered the most,
kurai districts between the places bore
the brunt OF the winds force. There is
no estimate of the number of farm
houses and outhuildings wrecked, but
there were scores
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NUTS, FOR WAR WORKERS
Y. M. C. A. Plans Form of Enter
tainment Near Industrial Plants.

NEW YORK. March IA nation
wide plan to preserve the morale of
workers in war industries by providing
them the same social opportunities af-
forded American soldiers here and in
France has been announced at the IN
ternational headquarters of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
According to this plan, Y. NJ. G. A.
huts will be established, within six
months, near most of the munitions
plants and Shipyards of the east, and 1t
is expected that before the end of the
wear huts will spring up over the en-
tire country. Moreover, the y. NJ c. a.
will offer to put trained secretaries in
every large industrial plant.
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BRITISH ADVANCE
ON NEW SECTOR
Field Marshal Haig Reports
Activity on Line South
of St. Quentin.
BRITONS WIN LOST POSTS

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. March ia successful
raid. in which several of the enemy were
killed or taken prisoner and two machine
guns were captured. was carried out by
us last night south of st. Quentin" says
the official statement from Field Marshal
Haig today. "A party OF the enemy
which approached our lines northwest of
La Bassee was driven of by artillery
and machine gun fire
There was considerable artillery ac-
tivity on both sides early this morning
southeast of Ar1nentieres-''
(This is the first report Of any British
activity on the line south OF St Quentin
since the British took over the sector from
the French several weeks ago. Previously
the British front had extended only to St
Quentin
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RANGERS GET" MEXICANS.
Several Ranch-Raiding Bandit
Slain by Troopers.

LAREDO, Tex, March 11.-Between
five and ten of the Mexican bandits who
raided East ranch Thursday night were
killed by Capt. Ryans company of
rangers, according to Sergt. Willis. who
was one of the posse in pursuit of the
band.
Willis. WHO returned to Laredo last
night, reported that it was believed
eight of the bandits escaped by scat
tering through the brush.
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Wants Higher Street Car Fare.

To the above should be added, claims
the company, a higher rate of fare. The
report then concludes:
"A higher rate Of fare. the necessity
for which has been recognized in other
cities by approval of many public
utility commissions. is now manifest in
this city in view of the enormously
increased costs of labor, equipment and
supplies while the rate of fare here
remains the same as when established
more than twenty years ago. when
costs were low and the demand on serv
ice much less than now.
with proper financial plan the con-
solicitation of existing street railway
systems and an adequate rate of fare
the foundations would be laid for the
development of the transportation
facilities to meet the demands of the
future growth Of the city, without
wasteful duplication of investment,
permitting economical and efficient
operation Of the properties. with the
best possible service to the public.
equitable transfer arrangements. high
er wages to employees and a reasonable
return to the stockholders"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
W. LEE HOUCHINS ARRESTED.
Charged With Selling Worthless
Stock-Taken to Fiucastle. Va

W. Lee H6uchins, thirty-seven years
old, financial agent. was arrested this
afternoon by detective O'Brien as "A
fugitive from justice. Houchins was
turned over by the local authorities to
Sheriff W, J. Booze of Fincastle. Va,
who charged Houchns with selling
worthless stock. Seriff Booze left for
Fincastlc with Houchins this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
U. S. IMPORTS DECLINE.
Merchandise Bought From Other
Nations Takes Bic Drop.

Less than half as great value of rner-
chandise was imported from Europe last
January as i'll the same month Of 1917.
causing a decline IN total imports for
the month. The Department of Com
merce has announced that the total i'm
ports were $233.94e.0Sl. as compared
with s241.793,2S2 in the same month
last year.
Imports from South America also
showed L decrease, but those from
North America, Asia, Oceania and Africa
increased
Value Of goods received from Norway
decreased from $3.50. 0S7 to $S21Ol: Swe-
den. $3404304 TO slO2.s26: Netherlands,
s4.079,2SS to S721,793, and Spain, $3.50
SO TO SfN4Ie74.
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Progress on Overman Bill.

Some progress on the Overman bill,
giving President Wilson more power to
reorganize government departments
was made today by the Senate judiciary
committee. An amendment by the sub
prohibiting the President
from creating any new agencies in the
process was adopted
but virtually all of the contested points
were left for further discussion We'd
nesday.
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Dead Majors Wife Thought Suicide.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. March IL
During the voyage of an American
steamship which has arrived here from
Bermuda, the wife Of a Maj. Thompson.
who was killed in action while fighting
i'll the British army IN Europe last
year. is believed to have jumped over
board. She WAS last seen at midnight
March >, the day the vessel left Ber-
muda, and the next morning she was
missing. Her friends said she had suf-
fered from melancholia.
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Original Dick Deadeye" Dies.

SoMERNILLE. Mass. March 1.-THE
original "Dick Deadeye" of the Ameri-
can stage, James Gilbert, has died at
his home in this city at the age of
sixty-six years He was the first
actor in this country, it is claimed, 10
play the part of Dick Deadeye" in
Gilbert & Sullivan's opera Pima fore"
For many years he toured the country
with comic opera company of his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-11
shipyard Problems Before Board.

REIMBURSEMENT of wage scales and
working conditions in all the shipyards
of the New York and New England dis
tricts was taken up today by the ship
building labor adjustment board. Rep
resentatives of employers and employees
in the New York district were heard.
Discussion of conditions in the Bos-
ton yards will begin Thursday and in
the wooden yards of Maine next Mon
day,
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did Not Have information"

Mr. Treadway of Massachusetts, ask
ed Mr. johnson If he had been correctly
quoted as saying that he could not be-
Iteye The uue-hundredth part Of what
mo real estate brokers said. Mr.. john
son REPLIED that he would qualify it
now nv saying the brokers association
did not have the information.
Mr.. Treaiway said that the brokers'
association represented properties that
Maid rentals of 100000 a month. and
mat there had been an increase OF less
than / per cent in these rentals since
Sentenber, 1916. The profteering had
been done by others than the original
owners of the property.
There was a tremendous demand for
nroperty and for commodities in
cities other than in Washington He
did not think that Congress should
force an impracticable and impossible
law on the District simply because it
has the power to do so
Mr.. Howard of Georgia said that the
solution of the question here is tho
by the government OF
temporary buildings for the clerks TO
be rented to them at nominal cost.
Otherwise il will soon be impossible
TO get sufficient help in the depart
ments because the clerks cannot come
here at salaries of $1,1o0 and $1,000 a
wear and pay the enormous cost of liv-
ing out of that income He thought
the pending bill was q dangerous
measure -.
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Oil Men Come to Confer.

Oil well supply men came here today
from all parts of the country on a pro-
gram of close cooperation with the
oil division of the fuel administration.
The meeting was the outcome of an
earlier conference between NJ l. Requa,
director of the oil division, and several
representative supply men. who suggest
ed a general conference and the sub
mission of questionDaires TO the trade
ito develop information of the industry