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nually on the half-and-half plan. He
added that there was nothing whatever
to limit the government in its appropriations
for improvements in the District
under existing law if Congress
desired to make larger appropriations
for national objects here.
National "in a Sense."
"Is not every. appropriation for the
District really for a national object?"
asked Senator Works.
"Yes. in a sense." replied Mr. Macfarland.
"but there is a municipal government
here for which appropriations
must be made, such as streets, schools,
etc."
Mr. Card asked how the present appropriations
made by the government
are applied.
"To all the expenses of the District,"
said Mr. Macfarland.
"You speak of a* municipality here.
Mr. Macfarland," said Senator Works,
"but is not the municipal government
a mere shadow?. It has no authority."
"Of course the municipal government
is under the direction of Congress,"
answered Mr.'Macfarland. "I was mere
ly speaking: 01 it in orner to uisun- i
guish the expenditures which are municipal
in nature from those of the j
federal government for national monu- I
ments and national buildings."
Representative Rainey asked who
pays for the grading of streets outside
of the old boundary of the city, and
Mr Macfarland replied that it was
taken care of under the half-and-half
plan unless the owners of property
paid for it themselves. He spoke of
many real estate developments wherein
the promoters of the property paid for
the opening of the streets, grading,
etc.
Further Interrogation.
In response to a question from-Representative
Cooper. Mr. Macfarland
brought before the committee clearly
the point that with very slight exceptions
the half-and-half plan had been
followed unfailingly since 1878. He
said, however, that there has been a
change of the policy of acquiring small
parks, and that recent acquisitions
along this line had resulted in the assessment
of neighboring property owners
for benefits.
In this connection, he mentioned the
Borland amendment, recently enacted,
by which property owners share with the
T'istrict and United States governments
the burden of the cost of street paving.
"The trouble with the Borland amendment."
said Mr. Macfarland. "is that it
does not provide for a general plan of
ucvcriirjfiMeii u in IIIC nucicai ui mc
whole city.''
"It is also a matter of compulsion,"
said .Senator Works.
"There are injustices," said Mr. Macfarland.
Further on Senator Works suggested
that there should not be any limitation
on the government's power to appropriate
for the District of Columbia.
"There is nothing in the acts of Congress."
replied Mr. Mae far land, "pre- .
venting the United States from paying
more than 50 per cent for the cost
of maintaining the District. It is merely
limited to appropriating no less than
50 per cent."
Just before the close of the morning
session Senator Works suggested that
the committee should summons several
senators and representatives who are
known to oppose the half-and-half
plan, presenting a list to Senator Chilton
containing the names of Senators ,
Kenyon and James and former Senator
Hlackburn, and Representatives Page. 1
Crisp. Ren Johnson and former Repre- I
Tentative Proutv. j
Mr Macfarland's statement to the
committee is published elsewhere In
The Star today.
Senator Works' Plan Makes !
U. S. Wholly Responsible for j
Maintenance of Capital City !
Senator Works' suggestion, drawn up
in the form of a proposed resolution, provides
in the ttrst paragraph that the Com
missioners convey to the United States all !
property of the District of Columbia of
every kind and nature, and that in consideration
thereof the United States government
"does hereby assume and will
pay all the debts of every kind and nature
of the said District of Columbia."
Further, the suggestion reads :
"2. That the municipality of the District
of Columbia shall upon such conveyance
of its property be. and It is hereby,
abolished, and its powers, duties and obligations
transferred to and vested in the
United States, and the District of Columbia
shall become, and the territory now
constituting the District of Columbia shall ,
hereafter be known and designated as
the city of Washington, and said city of .
Washington is hereby declared to be the
capital of the United States, and under
the direct ownership, control and supervision
of the government without the in- j ;
terventic-n of any municipal corporation
or body. <
"3. Thar until otherwise provided by
act of Congress the officers of the Dis- i
trict of Columbia shall be and continue <
as the officers of the national government,
and shall perform for the government the 1
same duties now performed for the District
of Columbia, and be subject to all
la v- and rules and regulations now in
i jrre as to tneir appaintmeni, terms of
office and removal.
Taxes to Go Into TJ. S. Treasury.
"4. All privately owned property,
trades, franchises, licenses and the like
* In the District of Columbia, hereafter
to be known as the city of Washington,
shall be subject to reasonable and just
taxation to be levied, assessed and collected
by the government without regard
to the expenses of governing and j
carrying on the business of the capital, i
and all taxes collected shall be paid j
Into the 1'nited States Treasury for the ;
use of the government.
All expenses of the city'of Wash- i
Ir.gton shall be paid by the government
out of its Treasury by appropriations
made by Congress, without regard to
any taxes collected . from privately
owned property, and the property owners
within the District shall not be responsible
therefor, the purpose and intention
of these resolutions being to
constitute a District of Columbia, herea'rer
to be known as the city of Wash:rton.
the capital of the ration, and to
] - th' government wholly and alone
oorsible for its government, main
. upbuilding and beautification,
d to relieve the municipal govern
r:t from all control over the same
, relieve the property owners and
cnts of the District from all such
p?, t:sibilit v or control except for the
,.ent of such taxes as may be lawassessed
against them or their
operty.
DiEerent Basis foT Taxes.
Until otherwise provided by act
C' Congress. taxes shall be levied, assessed
and collected as now provided
by law, except that the same shall not
based upon the estimated expenses
of the District, or the on.half thereof,
?ut upon a reasonable and just estimate
of ic- obligations of property owners
cue residents of the District, as compeiij>atioti.
for the benefit* and advantages
resulting to them from the maintenance
and support of the capital by
the government, in which they live and
own property."
THOMAS CONWAY DIES.
Employe of the G. P. 0. and Union
Civil War Veteran.
Thomas Conway, eighty years old. an
employe of the government printing: office
since 1887, and a Union veteran of
the civil war, died today. Funeral services
ar?- to be held Wednesday morn
4nu at 8:30 o'clock at the residence of
his nephew, Thomas McGrath, 839 4th
street northeast, thence to St. Aloyslus
Church, where mass will be said at 9
' clock.
Mr. Conway was a native of Ireland,
having been born December 22, 1835.
Coining to this country some years before
the civil war. he enlisted as a member
of Company D. 3d United States Infantry,
serving therein until 1862.
ne was appointed to a position in
?he government printing office from the
District of Columbia in 1887. In 190? he
vas appointed a member of the watch
force, which position he held ut the time
of his death.
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E. S. MARLOW DIES
AFTER LONGJLLNESS
Was an Official of Potomac
Electric Power Company
for Many Years.
HAD WIDE ACQUAINTANCE ,
IN ENGINEERING CIRCLES
Was Born in This City August 23,
1864, and Educated in the City
Schools?Funeral Wednesday.
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EUV.IX S. MABLOW.
Edwin S. Marlow, manager of the j
commercial department of the Potomac
Electric Power Company, and one of '
the prominent business men of Washington,
died shortly before 7 o'clock
this morning, after an illness of several
months, at his home, 3172 17th street *
northwest. c
Funeral services, arrangements for
which have not been completed, are to r
be held at St. Thomas' Episcopal i:
Church at 10:30 o'clock "Wednesday a
morning. Rev. Dr. C. Ernest Smith officiating.
Interment is to be In Con- r
gressional cemetery. d
Mr. Marlow died as the result of com- t;
plications of the liver. East January t
he was operated upon at Garfield Hos- 0
pital, where he was confined until about
the middle of April. For several months ^
he was able to be about and resumed 8
his duties with the electric light com- p
pany. A recurrence of the complaint,
however, necessitated his removal to
CJarfleld Hospital early in September
for a second operation. At that time it
was realized that Mr. Marlow's condi- t
Hon* was pxtremelv serious, and that v
his chances for recovery were practi- ^
sally hopeless. Slightly less than two
weeks ago he was removed to his home. r
He was unconscious all of yesterday, o
More Than Thirty Years' Service, q
For more than thirty years Mr. Mar- *
low had been engaged in the electrical
business and he had a country-wide ac- c
quaintance in engineering and commer- t
cial circles. J;
He started to work as an office boy ^
and assistant bookkeeper for the
I'nited States Electric Light Company,
predecessor of the Potomac Electric
Power Company, in the days when the
opportunities for the sale of electric a
current were limited. He served in .
various capacities in the company,
eventually being made manager and 8
treasurer, positions which he held at c
the time of the consolidation with the t
Potomac Electric Power Company.
Since that time Mr. Marlow had been
manager of the company's commercial a
department. r
He held a position that was unique n
in electrical circles. Serving in a
comunity in which manufacturing v
plants are practically unknown, and in 1
which, therefore, the sale of electricity t
?s necessarily limited. h!s efforts were r
directed to the extension of business t
among: other classes of customers and
in this work Mr. Marlow was particu- a
larly successful. 1
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Promoted Electric Vehicles.
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Mr. Marlow was to a large degree re- j
sponsible for the establishment in this d
city of a section of the Electric Vehi- d
cle Association of America, and he *
served as chairman of the section until
recently, when succeeded by R. B. Emerson.
Washington is among the foremost
cities in point of electric vehicles A
in use. particularly of the passenger ii
variety, and this record is due to the c
activities of Mr. Marlow and his associates.
He took a leading part in the
organization of sociability runs and in a
numerous other ways gave impetus to s
the electric automobile in the National c
Capital. He was chairman of the re- v.
ception committee of the Electric Vehicle
Association and a member of other c
national committees of the organization.
j
Mr. Marlow was widely known in illumlnating
engineering circles of the
r-ountry. He was a member of the Na- *
tional Electric Eight Association and <5
of the Illuminating Engineering So- f
eiety. He served as chairman of the
general convention committee, which
had charge of the convention of the 3
Illuminating Engineering Society, held c
in this city recently. c
Member of Many Organizations. i
He was a member of many local or- \
ganizations and always was an en- t
thusiastic participant in their actlvi- 1
lies. He was a member of the Board
of Trade and Chamber of Commerce,
the Commercial Club, the Rotary Club.
Columbia Country Club, Blue Ridge
Rod and Gun Club, Temple-Noyes '
Lodge. No. 32, F. A. A. M.. and was also
a Snriner. Mr. Marlow was a charter
member of Temple-Noyes Lodge and
one of its most active members. s
Mr. Marlow was born in this city Au- 1
gust ! ' He was educated in .the t
Washington public schools. He was t
employed at the Second National Bank
for a short time before entering the c
employ of the United States Electric c
Light Company. Mr. Marlow was mar- j
ried twice, his first wife, who was a
Miss I*ett!t before marriage, having
died a number of ysara ago, leaving a X
son, Leroy Marlow, who is employed in 1
the office of the Potomac Electric c
Power Company Mr. Marlow is Hur- r
vlved also by his widow. Mrs. Katherine
H. Marlow, who was a Miss Neely r
before marriage, and two children, 5
Jeanette, aged five, and Edwin S. Marlow,
Jr., aged three. 4
DIES WHILE ON TBAIN. 1
Mr*. Ada Boiling of New Orleani
Victim of Heart Disease. t
Mrs. Ada Boiling, thirty-eight ye*rn i
old. wife of James Boiling, 126 North 1
Oesmore street. New Orleans. La., died 1
in a Pullman car while on her way to 1
this city this morning. Her husband
found his wife dead about the time the
train left Alexandria.
The body was brought to this city ,
and taken to an undertaking establish- I
ment. Coroner Nevitt made an investl- 1
gation and gave a certificate of death 1
from heart disease. It is probable that t
the body will be taken to New Or- a
iOajM. ?
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RUSSIANS WINK
SOUTH OFDM
Petrograd Reports Continuance
of Successes Along
an Extensive Front.
HEAVY FIGHTING AT RIGA;
VICTORY IN THE BALANCE
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ii^iuu uuvuna Mail xaavu
Offensive on One Part of
the Line.
BERLIN, October 25, by
wireless to Sayville, N. Y.?
Heavy fighting is still in
progress for possession of
the Baltic port of Riga. The
official report given out here
today mentions no further
progress for the Germans,
and indicates that the Russians
are now on the offensive
on one part of the Riga
front.
PETROGRAD, October 25, via
London, 2155 p.m.?Successes for
the Russians are continuing along
the entire front south of Dvinsk,
while the energetic efforts being
made by the Germans in the
cicinity of Riga have not suc:eeded
in shaking the position of
the Russians along that part of
:he front.
The military authorities here
egard the situation around Riga
miite satisfactorv at nresent.
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Hard Battle Near Dvinsk.
They declare also that the capture of |
lloukst by the Germans has not altered I
ondltions at Dvinsk, the position of
vhich city remaining: strong: in spite of a 1
enewal of the battle with furious energy l
n the immediate vicinity to the north j
,nd south.
However, it is semi-officially comnented
"it is unwise to venture a pre- ^
liction, since the future may bring:
mexpected results and even change
he entire position through a break on
>ne side or the other. Everything detends,
of course, on how the position
hapes itself during the fighting now in
rogress."
Think It Final Spurt.
LONDON, October 25.?Fighting on
he Riga-Dvinsk front has broken out
vith renewed intensity. Though the
Germans apparently have been losing
leavily, they have captured the village
>f Repe, southeast of Riga, and have
aken IUonkst? northwest of Dv?nsk.
'he tone of dispatches from Petrograd,
kowever, is hopeful, and while it is
ieen that Riga may fall, the belief is
ixpressed that there will be no re:urrence
of the familiar dashing Teuon
advance. The general view is that
he Germans are planning a final spurt
>efore settling down in winter quarers.
Views of Russian Staff.
The following statement from a high
luthority, representing the views of
he Russian staff regarding the Rub
ian military situation, has been revived
here from Russian headquarers:
"From May till October the Russian
.rmv has been subjected to uninterupted
blows along: a front of 700
titles. The Austro-Germans have applied
every possible means, not exceptng
such as are forbidden by internaional
treaties, in order to increase the
ressure against us. Masses of their g
roops were flung against this front
nd sent to destruction regardless of j
osses. Military history does not afford
nother example of such pressure.
"During these months of continuous f
nd prolonged action the high qualties
and the mettle of our troops un- p
er the difficulties and arduous con- Tr
itions of retreat have been demon- c
trated afresh. a
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Army Betains Morale. ir
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"Notwithstanding his obstinacy in
ghting and his persistency in carry- t<
rig out maneuvers, the enemy is still Jj
onfronted by an army which fully ^
etains its strength and morale and its t<
.bility not only to offer stanch and Jr
uccetsisiui reaiaiicuce, uui 10 asnuinf me
ffensive ai.d inflict blows which has r
>een demonstrated by the events of re- n
ent days. E
"This affords the best proof that the ^
^ustro-Germans have failed to detroy
or even disorganise our army. S
ieeing that they failed in that effort *
luring five months which were most
avorable to them, it would be impos- ^
ilble for them to repeat the Galician h
tnd Vistula exploits now that the sue- F
:esses of the allies in the west have h
lomplicated the strategical position. b
"The crisis has passed favorably for ^
is. We issued safely from a difficult
josition in the advanced Vistula the- ,
iter, where we were enveloped on I
hree sides, and now stand based upon I
he center of our empire unexhausted J
>y war."
OUTPUT OP COTTON GINS.
rotal of 5,713,347 Bales of the
Growth of 1915.
The third cotton ginning crop of the J
eason, compiled from reports of census
>ureau correspondents and agents
hroughout the cotton belt, and issued ti
oday. announced that 5,713,347 bales b>
>f cotton, counting round as half bales, P
f the growth of 1915 had been ginned **
>rlor to October 18. This compared
vith "7,619,747 bales, or 47.9 per cent of d<
he entire crop ginned prior to October
8 last year; 8.978,518 bales, or 89.9 per pi
ent, In 1913, and 8,874,808 bales, op ?1.0 "
ter oent, in 1912.
Included In the winnings were 54,422 r
ound bales, compared with 15,239 last
-ear. 49,030 In 1913 and 41,745 In 1912. ?
Sea Island cotton Included numbered 0
0.257 bales, compared with 80,078 bales c,
o October 18 last year, 11,199 balsa In
913 and 15,960 bales In 1912. u
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P:s;ident Pay? Tribute to Poet. \
President Wilson today consented to (1
>erome a patron of the movement to 1
purchase the birthplace of the poet, S
lenry W. I.onjfellow, at Portland, Me. !
!e already Is honorary president of the c
nternatlonal Ixpnafellow Association.
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Church Conference Change. ?r
The neat session of the Baltimore *
1. M. B- conference will be held at
detropolttan A. M. E. Church, Wash. t]
ngton. Instead of Bethel Church, Bal- t?
lmore, a change having been made by
Igreement. The conference bag net t<
net here since 1909, 1}
PARADE OF NEW YC
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1NEY PLEADS GUILTY
rO ATTACKING SCHNEIDER
demanded to Jail to Be Sentenced
jjollowing Trial ot Carlisle
and Bowers.
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TOM G. FORNEY.
peoial Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 25.?
'homaa G. Forney, ho is indicted in
onnection with the attack mane upon |
Franklin Schneider of Washington, i
. C., in the Hotel Anderson, June 24,
leaded guilty in criminal court this
lorning before Judge L. L. Davis to
harges of felonious assault and battery
nd conspiracy, and also entered a plea
f nolle contendere to a charge of enterig
a building with intent to commit a
slony.
He was remanded to jail, to be sen>nced
following the trial of H. C. Carsle
and William Bowers, who are
sted for trial tomorrow. George Mc[enry,
another of the alleged conspira)rs,
has already pleaded guilty, and is
i Jail awaiting the final disposition
f the other cases.
District Attorney R. H. Jackson repesented
the commonwealth and Attoreys
John S. Robb, jr., and William L.
I. Goullon were there in behalf of the
efendant. He made no statement to
*e court.
According to McHenry's story,
chnelder was struck over the head
rlth a hammer as he was emerging
rom his room in the hotel. McHenry
t V, V. .. .1 ,>1, tko
fith the hammer, but declared that he
ad been hired to commit the deed by I
'orney, whose motive it is believed to
ave been his desire to get possession
y inheritance of his father-in-law's
wealth.
AMES L. CURTIS NAMED
MINISTER TO LIBERIA
President Wilson today appointed
ames L. Curtis of New York as nainiter
resident and consul general to
Tberia. The appointment is the flrst
a be given to a colored man in a long
me. The presumption is that the Lierian
post being especially approbate
for a colored man. the appoint- .
lent will not be fought in the Senate. |
enator Vardaman of Mississippi and
?veral other southern senators have
eclared their intention to prevent the
>nflrmation of any colored man to a
osition of prominence in the governlent
service. ?]
The Liberian post, which has always *
one to a colored man. was offered to
ishoD Walters of New Jersey, of the
. M.'E. Church. He could not accept!
le place and recommended Curtis, |?
ne of the most prominent colored demorats
In the country. I
Bishop Walters has been strongly]?
rging President Wilson for some time].
0 stand by his promise to give the;
osition of recorder of deeds in the'
)istrict to a colored man, and he is ) I
rmly convinced the President w-ill do
his, in spite of Mr. Wilson's recent inlination
to give the appointment to a J
Mstrlct white man as a concession to *
he "home rule" plank in the Baltimore :
onventlon platform.
The President realises that his setctlon
of a colored man to be recorder
f deeds would precipitate race feeling
1 the Senate, and he would like to
void that. I
If he felt that the selection would be ?
pproved without too much bitterness
a would quickly make it, according {
> Information. I
The President has given little at- j
ntlon to the recordship problem late- t
It is said today. ]
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FOR WOMEN.
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BULGARS DEFEATED |E
BY FRENCH TROOPS:
SERBS LOSE USKUP *
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held up on the northwestern front, on
the Save and Danube. Military circles
here believe that the Austro-Germans
will not resume the offensive in the north
until the Bulgarians, by gaining a definite
success, are able to effect a junction
with them."
Failed to Cut Bailway.
ORADEK, Serbia, Octobla 23. via Sa- stj
loniki and Paris October 25.?The dou- de
ble attempt of the Bulgarians to cut th
the railway at Veles and in the Volan- th
dovo sector has been completely de- Pa
feated. Pr
Yesterday (Friday) the attack on tic
Veles was given up and the entire tn
available Bulgarian strength was di- st.
rected southward from Istip along the jQ
Gradeskar river, spreading out over a
five-mile front and comprising the vil- 4 L
lages of Rabrovo, Volandovo, Pinaud, Ar
Veszel, Kalkova, Kachova and Hodova, vii
with its objective a short stretch So
where the railway, running along the
east bank of the Vardar river between p
two bridges, is most pregnable at the de
Strumitsa station. St;
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French Left in Possession. ba
The attack, although furious, imme- pa
diately developed the inferiority of the de
Bulgarians in contact with the expe- 3
rienced troops of France and England, ha
Heavy losses are reported along the foi
entire line. The Bulgarians are withdrawing
up the Gradeskar valley, leav- on
ing the French in victorious possession f0]
of the railway from Saloniki to Nego- t
tin. beyond which point the line is not
threatened. C,N
The French losses were slight. Gen. An
Serrail, the French commander-in- an
chief, in a statement to the Associated
Press characterized the Bulgarian re- vvj
ports of their advances as fantastic. ?G
Nowhere, he said, have they advanced
beyond a few undefended points of no trJ.
military value close to the frontier. re'
An offensive movement by the allies gpi
seemg imminent. The Greeks seem to p*
be profoundly impressed by the rapidity
and success of the French move- wr
ment. un
Bombardment of Dedeagahatch. ***
The bombardment of Dedeagahatch prj
caused the death of ten civilians and wover
a thousand soldiers, and there r v
also were a large number of soldiers ma
wounded, says a dispatch to the Ex- rechange
Telegraph Company from ^
Athens. wo
A large proportion of the military a ]
casualties, the correspondent adds. wb
were in the barracks which housed ne:
the 40th Bulgarian Regiment. The barracks
were crowded with soldiers, who wil
were preparing for their meal when ev<
the bombardment was opened at 1 11 !
o'clock* with accurately aimed shells.
which demolished the barracks, bury- he1
ing the occupants In the ruins. ^
No News of British. all
Ge
If the British forces have left Sa- Ita
loniki, no news of their movements has co1
been disclosed. Reports from various
sources say the entente powers have
revised their original plans and now
purpose to land a tremendous contln- ^
gent at Saloniki. This would serve
the double purpose of meeting the de- Dr
mands of Greece and of giving effective
assistance to Serbia.
Athens reports that the Greek crown S>
prince has gone to Saloniki, where he par
will view the impouring stream of mj,
French and British lighting men. It is
thought here that the strength of the l rol]
forces ultimately landed may decide his
whether Greece will throw her lot with sioi
the allies. ten
ATHENS ENTEBS A DENIAL. Sch
_j; sen
do Understanding Exists Between
Greek and Bulgarian Governments. anc
PARIS, October 25? An authorized and
tatement made public In Athene, says <^n
he Havas News Agency, denied cate- to '
rorically the reports current in the Bal- dev
[an capitals that an understanding exists live
tetween Greece and Bulgaria. The Athena lv .
[overnment alao denies that it ia occu>ylng
any.J^ftl_?n_of. Serbian territory Z
QT III" j?M* ?"/<?** VI yruiecung saiomtti. |
A dispatch from Rome says a cabinet era
risis in Rumania is imminent, owing: to |?
he resignation of several of the ministers 1
vho oppose Rumania's intervention in the
var.
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Baron Von Wangenheim Bead. Th,
CONSTANTINOPLE. October J5, via Nor
amdon, 2:22 p.m.?Baron von Wangen- bot
jelm. German ambassador to Turkey, imc
lied today. Baron von Wagenheim was cieE
-enerally credited with having boon a lng
iotent influence in bringing about the In- gre
(mate relation* between Germany and and
Turkey. - Stai
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DEMOCRATIC POLICIES?
nator Bourne Declares "Europe s
Will Not Decide the Presidency
of the United States." t
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epubllcan Publicity Aacnpi at) rm h
Says Administration Ha'fe Vio- o
lated Pledges to the People. ?i
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Uthough republicans admit that the P1
aropean war has the center of the
ige and that they believe the
mocrats will take advantage of
e situation to confuse political issues, p;
e G. O. P. leaders assert that by cam- a'
ign time the soup kitchen will take T
ecedence over the diplomatic situa>n
between this country and the cenil
powers of Europe. According to a p
itement sent out by former Senator [i
nathan Bourne from the Republican **
iblicity Association. "The trenches of
tois will recede from the American
iion as winter approaches; and the
up kitchen of New York will loom
bigger than ever. Europe will not
cide the presidency of the United
ates. We shall decide that matter M
r ourselves, and the decision will be
sed on a full consideration of which
rty is the better under a complete
sire for "America first.'
dr. Bourne declares the democrats
ve violated pledges, and specifies as
Hows: g]
Reduction of the cost of living, econ- m
ly in administration, free canal tolls
r coastwise American shipping, main- n<
nance of the merit system in the Sl
*il service, protection of the rights of C?
nerican citizens abroad and avoidce
of legislation inimical to legitiite
business interests. Every citizen tc
10 reads either the newspapers or u?
vernment reports knows that this cj
ministration has been the most exivagant
in American history; that it
verted at every opportunity to the fi
oils system, which the republican "
rty overthrew, and that it enaeted ^
iff legislation which was bringing Jj
eck and ruin to American industry
ux me nuropean war served par- r.
lly to check the further importation f?
products of foreign labor and enterse.
I am well aware that the democrats ,
II seek to avoid such comparisons as .
?ave made, and that they will try to r1}
ke the campaign for Mr. Wilson's
election turn upon his management
our foreign relations. The men
10m his policies have kept out of Ja
rk will not, however, be cajoled by P?
ilea that he has kept them out of a J?11
r in which we never had any busi5g
to be, anyway. 1
Nevertheless, the republican party
11 not hesitate to accept this issue,
in if we are not willing to say that th'
shall have first place. We are entirely in,J
lling to contrast the diplomacy of 3
ward and Blaine and Root and Hay t0<
th that of Bryan and Lansing and
lson. We are willing to put in par- It
el columns Mr. Wilson's notes to &
rmany and Mr. Blaine's notes to ca.
ly. We do not regard a 'strict ac- It
intability,' which was not enforced, Sh
equal to a 'Perdicaris alive or Rai- in
ili dead,' which produced results." at!
? an
ETTTRNS TO INTERNED SHIP. re'
. W. H. Schler Only Went to Johns Zl
Hopkins Hospital.
ecretary Daniels of the Navy Detment
today received from Rear Ad al
Beatty, commandant of the Nor- Al
Ic navy yard, notice of the return to
ship of Dr. W. H. Schler, a commianed
officer aboard one of the inned
German vessels at Norfolk. Dr.
,ler had been granted leave of ab?
ce, with permission to go to Johns T
pkins University to take a special wl1
rse. However, after the disappear
e of two other commissioned officers ina
[ six warrant officers Dr. Schler was ra*
acted to return. He did not respond
the first telegram, and investigation be
eloped the fact that it was not de- ^ec
red to him. He returned immediate- ^
jpon .the receipt of the second tele- 3***
m sent him. Pre
scretary Daniels, however, said that oil
s probable that Dr. Schler will be ish
nted permission to return to Johns o
>kins to complete his course.
T exc
Death of Mrs. Ella N. Cross, for
ord has been received of the death
irsday in Brooklyn of Mrs. Ella S1ri
beck Cross, widow of Samuel Cross, Am
h of whom at one time were well out
>wn in local musical and social ciri.
The body was brought to Wash- by
ton and placed in a vault in Conssional
cemetery by a son-in-law If
daughter, Mr. gnd Mrs. L. Macy ma]
rbuck. and
A
MER OF GIRLS
TRAPPED BY BLAZE
)nly Ten of the Thirty-Two in
Burning Factory, Pittsburgh,
Are Accounted For.
PITTSBURGH, October 26.?Fire this
.fternoon In a feed store on the North
!ide spread to a bo* factory where a
argre number of girls were employed.
As the flames rushed upward through
he building frightened girls ran to
he windows and without hesitation be:an
jumping to the street. In an turedibly
short time the entire structure
ras wrapped in flames, and gathering
rowds in the streets heard the screams
f those unable to reach the windows.
One Death Results.
Seven women were quickly gathered
rom the sidewalk and hurried to a
learby hospital, where one died soon
fter being admitted.
The factory was operated by the
"nion Paper Box Company, and officers
aid thirty-two girls were at work
rhen the Are broke out. Seven of them
umped and three were taken out by
Iremen before the building collapsed,
eaving twenty-two unaccounted for.
/ENICEllBARDED
BY EM AIRMEN
Ihurch Roof Crushed and
Bomb Falls in St. Mark
Piazzetta.
ROME, October 25, via Paris, 4:25
.m.?Teutonic aeroplanes last night
iade two separate attacks with inendiary
bombs on the city of Venice,
ccording to an official announcement
iven out here today.
One of the bombs fell upon the roof
f a church and crushed the ceiling,
rhich was ornamented with sculpture,
nother missile fell upon the piazzetta
f the Cathedral of St. Mark and in
-ont of the Ducal Palace.
Official Announcement.
The text of the statement follows:
"Enemy aeroplanes made two attacks,
eparated by a short interval, upon
enice last night, throwing many
omhs, some of which were incendiary,
he first attack was at about 10 p.m.
"One bomb fell on the roof of the
hurch Deglie Scalzi. It crushed the
eiling, which was ornamented with
eautiful sculptures of Tiepolo. An in;ndiary
bomb fell upon the piazzetta
f the Cathedral of St. Mark, in front
f the ducal palace, without doing
ny damage. Five other bombs fell
ther in canals or upon places in the
ty, where only slight damage was
roduced.
No One Injured.
"The aeroplanes returned at about 11
m. One bomb fell in the court of an
Imshouse and set fire to piles of wood,
wo other bombs exploded without doig
any damage. No one was hurt."
IR. WELLINGTON K00 TO
REPRESENT CHINA HERE
famed to Succeed Kai Fu Shah as
Chinese Minister to the
United States.
PEKING, October 25.?President Yuan
hl-kai today announced the appointent
of Dr. Wellington Koo, minister
i Mexico, Peru and Cuba, to be Chisse
minister to the United States in
lccession to Kai Fu Shah, who is reilled
to Peking.
ur. jvoo came to wasmngton recently
i get information on the Mexican sitition,
prior to departing for Mexico
ty, to which place he had been named
5 the Chinese minister. He was enrtained
by Secretary Lansing and of?ials
here. Although there was no
mfirmation at the time, a report was
irrent that Dr. Koo would be named
ninese minister to the United States
id Kai Fu Shah recalled because of
s alleged failure to report comprejnsively
on the state of American
lblic opinion during the Japaneselinese
negotiations.
Dr. Koo was an under secretary in
e Chinese foreign office until recent,
and as such was a member of a
plomatic commission which conductthe
negotiations in Peking with the
panese minister. He speaks English
rfectly, and is a graduate of Columi
University, where he received his
ctorate.
Dr. Koo is a close friend of President ,
lan Shi-Kai. and said to be strongly
mpathetic with the latter's plan for
e conversion of the Chinese republic
to a parliamentary monarchy.
Minister Shah was without advices
lay concerning his recall and the
pointment of Dr. Koo as a successor,
was said at the legation here that
rumor regarding Minister Shah's re11
had been heard late last week,
was said at the legation Minister
ah's name had not been mentioned
connection with any other post and
.aches said they were ignorant of
y reason why the minister should be
:alled.
EALANDIA IS LOCATED
AT A MEXICAN PORT
. c
nerican Steamer Suspected as Fit- [
ting1 Out as a German Balder
Has Cargo of Rosin. ^
(
he American steamer Zealandia.
itch has been under Investigation
customs authorities on charges
,t she had fitted out as a German sea *
der when she sailed from Pensacola, .
ober 7, for Tampico, Mexico, has
n located by British agents at Cam- a
he. Mexico, with a cargo of roiin. n
he Zealandia was one of several s
ps suspected by British agents of J
paring to raid tank ships carrying n
from the Mexican fields to the Brit- tl
navy. r<
ffteials here see nothing Irregular in n
Zealandia carrying a cargo of rosin,
ept that there is no use whatever
that commodity in Mexico, but it
used for making shrapnel and for r,
)ke-burning shells.
he Zealandia is said to have had the r<
erican colors on her hull painted M
and to have hoisted the German P>
; while at sea, but that was denied w
her owners. Y
. tc
tv
i the French army are 1,027 Ger- th
ns, 1,369 Austrian, and Hungarians cc
: 592 Turks. E
TUSKEGEE SCHOOL
SHOWS PROGRESS
Dr. Booker T. Washington
Submits Gratifying Data
n a
in nepori.
COTTON-GROWING SECTION
HAS TRYING EXPERIENCES
t Annual Statement for Year Ending
May 31. 1915. Telia of Important
Work Done at Famous Institute.
Gratifying: progress along all lines in
spite of the hard conditions in the
south during the past year, and in the
face of a destructive fire at the institution,
is indicated in the annual report
Just Issued by the principal, L>r. Booker
T. Washington, to the trustees of the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
The report is for the year ending
May 31, 1915.
"During the past year this part of
the south," writes Dr. Washington, in
part, "especially the cotton-growing
section, has been passing through one
of the most trying experiences since
the civil war. Conditions have been
serious among both white and black
people. The institution has been doing
an unusual amount of work in trying
to teach the people how to overcome
them by planting something to
eat. I have devoted considerable time
both in the state of Alabama and in
other portions of the south in urging
the negro people to diversify their
crops and get away from the hard
conditions always to be expected when
a race or section is more or less dependent
on one crop for its sustenance."
| Tuskegee has never passed through
a year when so much interest in what
it is trying to accomplish has been
| manifested by the white people of the
south, according to the principal, and
individuals representing nearly every
part of that section are constantly
visiting the school. Only a few weeks
ago there was held on its grounds a
meeting of the university commission,
composed of a member of the faculty
of each of the state universities of the
south.
National Health Week Promoted.
A matter given special emphasis by
Dr. Washington as an illustration of
the work done by the school away from
its grounds is the promotion, jointly
with Hampton Institute, of a national
"health week" in order to bring about
better health conditions among the ten
millions of the colored race.
Although conditions in Europe Just
preceding the opening of the school
term led those in charge to fear a
great falling off in attendance, this,
happily, did not materialize. The term
began with an enrollment in excess of
September, 1913, and the total enrollment
of the year has been about the
same as for the previous season. There
are 907 boys and 630 girls, representing
thirty-two states and territories
and nineteen foreign countries and
colonies. This does not include the 200
in the practice school, called the
"Children's House."
"Through our extension department."
says the report, "we have been aiding
this year, as last, in building rural
schools, the people themselves contributing
a certain amount of money.
We hopei during the present year to 1
build and equip at least 100 scnoolhouses
throughout the south."
New trustees elected to the board, of |
which Seth Low of New York is chairman,
are George McAneny, president of |
the board of aldermen of New York
- ' ? "J ? A T^> .. . 1 11 M
city; ij(iK<tr A. oanvivii. . c.? w?i.
sel of the International Harvester Company,
Chicago, and Rev. Alexander
Mann, rector of Trinity Church, Boaton.
The largest and most important single
piece of work ever done on the
school grounds?the central heating
plant?says Dr. Washington, is well on
its way toward completion. This plant
includes power distribution, rewiring
of buildings, building for new power
plant, boilers, chimney, engines, generators.
electric wiring, transformers,
power piping, steam conduits, sewerage
system and disposal plant, ice
plant, cold storage plant and railroad
extension. The principal calls attention
to the importance of making provision
for the completion of tho cold-storage
plant and sewerage system.
Among gifts mentioned is the donation
by C. B. Cottrell &. Sons' Company
of Westerly. R. I., and Chicago, In., of
a four-roller, two-revolution printing
press to the school printing plant. This
press, says Dr. Washington, supplies a
genuine and long-felt want.
In order to overcome the difficulty experienced
by graduates in acquiring
farms which they may work William
G. Willcox, one of the trustees, and a
number of other friends of the school
have purchased 1,S00 acres of land nine
miles from Tuskegee; and are giving
opportunity to a selected number of
alumni to purchase forty-acre tracts
thereof on a long-time plan of payment.
Already nine families have settled
on this tract.
School Has Heavy Fire Lobs.
"Since my last report we have experienced
the most disastrous fire in
the history of the school," says the
report. "The burning of a portion of
our horse barn caused a money loss of
$11,432 and the loss of twenty-eight
animals. We have received from insurance
on both $6,312, leaving the
net loss $f?,120."
The trustees, states the principal, ala
hnricr#?t for exnenses and 1m
provements of $288,303. The budget for
current expense? was overspent, but
:hat for improvements was underspent,
he net overexpenditure being $7.4g2,.
This everexpenditure is due not to
carelessness, says Dr. Washington, but
:o the fact that a large proportion of
he school's industrial and extension
operations are of such a nature as to
prevent definite estimates of cost. The
?ifts to the endowment fund for the
rear amounted to $28,102, making the
otal fund stand at $1,970,214.
"Some of our present and most urgent
leeds," concludes the report, "are the
ollowing: $1,200 for permanent scholirships,
$2,000 each for four teachers'
ottages, $40,000 for a building for reigious
purposes, $16,000 to complete
he boys' trades building, $50,000 for a
>oys' dormitory and the same sum for
i girls' dormitory. Special needs include
horse and cow barns, silos, pigrery
house, feed and supply house,
toultry houses and a meat house."
HALLORY LINER ABANDONED.
3rew Rescued From Burning Craft
Carrying Cotton Cargo.
CHARLESTON. S. C.. October :5.?The
iallory liner Colorado, which sailed
rom Charleston last night with cotton
or New York, caught Are and was
bandoned, according to a wireless
lessage received here today from the
teamer Suwanee. The Suwanee reorted
the burning vessel had been
[ghted off Cape Romaln, thirty miles
orth of here. Another report was
hat a Merchants and Miners' ship had
escued the crew. The Colorado did
ot carry passengers. i ^^
Washingtonians in British Army.
Efforts are being made through the
epartment of State looking to the
iturn to his home in this city of
ilton Payne, son of F. D. Payne, prorietor
of a Washington restaurant,
ho is serving with the British army,
oung Payne, with another Washing n
boy, was one of a group of some
yenty-odd Americans who enlisted at
le same time. He is at present re>vering
from an injury in one of the
nglish hospitals.