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No. 20,373. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916-TWENTY PAGES. ONE CENT.
BRITISH NOW
IN SEVERES
OF THE GI
T\ j f
' Darning uesperaieiy
Positions Level V
by the French
EXPECTED SOON TO I
OF ENFILADE
French Building Railroads for M<
Sweep German Trenches?He
gr Front Along t
LONDON. July 8.?With the ;
of infantry, the British army cont
' effort to bring the front line betwe
level with the French line farther
farther ahead than their allies.
This effort on the part of the
fighting in which the British tri :< >;
of the German army has been br.
guns and ammunition are being u
BELGIUM IS DENI
According to reports from lb
of German soldiers to meet the Ar
way stations, even in the larger
reservists.
In London the reports of t:
Douglas Haig, are awaited etige
wounded tells the price which is
nfiv? of the small stains is beinsr
Notwithstanding the enormous t
hattle in Picardy.^the German ero
-i ve at Verdun, and yesterday m
Tniaumont work without meeting
The operations of the British army i
on the Somme front between the Ancre j
and Somme rivers has again been impeded
by unusually heavy rain, the war
announced today.
1 oaring the last few days the Britt&<
hVve captured twenty guns and
fifty-one machine guns.
The announcement follows:
"A very heavy rain which fell on the
aliernoon and evening of yesterday ?
impeded operations, and between the j
Ancre and the Somme the night was *
chiefly spent in improving the forward j
positions gained in yesterday's fight- :
ing.
"In the neighborhood of Gommecourt '
we bombarded the enemy's trenches j
with field guns and trench mortar:-.
I
Germans Explode Mines.
"Near Neuville St. Yaast (in north- j
ern France southwest of Lens) and j
north of Roclincourt the enemy showed I
some activity yesterday. He exploded i
a mine northeast of the former place j
without doing any damage to our line. }
The enemy also exploded a mine i
among the existing: craters near the \
Hoherizoilern redoubt without gaining i
any advantage. Northeast of Hulluch
we sprang a mine to destroy a hostile
gallery.
"Despite unfavorable weather our
aeroplanes rendered valuable service.
In addition to active co-operation wit.li
the artillery and important reconnais- ,
.sance work, they bombed a hostile j
aerodrome at Douai. completely wro-k- !
ing the hangar and doing other mate- j
rial damage.
"In the last few days we captured j
twenty g'ins, fifty-one machine guns, i
a large number of automatic rifles. ?
trench mortars, mine firers. canister J
throwers a id searchlights and a mass ,
of other war mater.al not yet sched- ;
uled."
French Make New Advance.
PARIS. July p.m.?The !
French made a further advance la.-t i
ni: "nt or. the Somr.-." front in tii?- vi- j
ciaity of Beiloy-en-Lsanterre and Ks- j
trees, the war off;*-*- announced today.
The gams as a w hole in this sector j
v.*re not large, operations being hin- '
dered bv bad weather. Several b in- |
dre.j tierrrnns were ' hi tn-'l,
On the Verdun fror.t t - re were vio- j
lent artillery emragen,' -its. r arti- u-!
larly in the districts of Ii?i 1 lis .-:
and Souvjlie.
The tevt of the statement follows
"Bad weather hindered 'he operations;
on the Somrne front >? i-terdny aft* i
oon ami la:-1 night A surprise att-.- k i
delivered by th< F?< k >-< :-1 .
evening " the vi'vnity of liello- -
Santerr*' was in all r- fts : uc<*'*
ful We raptured "?? pr: *ie>y To.
the east or K:-r r e?-- our troops i.ni-progress
with hand gror.i< i:i thej
communicating trench. < of : he
fifty prisoners were taken 1- us.
"North of Lastugny a der< hrm-nt of
the enemy which was en.;. yr:r g to
oecupj one of "ur n inor p .
persed by infantry fir.
"f ?r? the f r .. - r> <. V? ? f ?. ,
ha> been violent arrij'. r . .
I'urti- ulai!y irt the 5* 'or: *f liii:
Ksne;-. Souvilie and r th- Ij.mm.oup
BRITISH ATTACK
MEETING A STl
LONDON. July fc -Hiitish correspondents
at the p ' < camp, Pritish
army in France, s-nd *}. following account
of Friday's off?o iv
"Hard fighting started today as soon
as dawn broke, and ir still continuing.
Home of our troops made a brilliant attack
on Contalmaison and succeeded in
capturing about ."00 prisoners. The
entmy counter attacked with five battalions
of the 3d Prussian Guard division,
who suffered great losses. Home of
these men, who fell into our hands,
commented on the accuracy and intensity
of our artillery fire.
"in a separate attack we obtained a
fooling in Mam en wood. On the left of
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ENGAGED
T FIGHTING ,
SEAT "DRIVE"
to Advance Lines to
f\th Those Gained
Farther South.
HAVE BENEFIT
FIRE AGAINST ENEMY
jvfng Huge Guns Into Position to
:avy Rains Impede Operations
he River Somme.
aid of innumerable gams and waves j
innes to make slow progress in its
en the Ancre and Montauban on 3
south, the French having pushed
I'.ritish has led to the most furious
is have been engaged. The flower
tight forward to oppose them and
sed lavishly.
JDED OF TROOPS.
Aland. Belgium has been denuded
iglo-French offensive, and the railtowns.
are guarded bv the older
I
he British commander, Gen. Sir
rly. and although the arrival of
being paid for the advance, the
received \vith_ quiet satisfaction.
:all on German reserves for the
\vn prince has resumed the oftenade
further repeated attacks near
any success.
battery. There were, however, no infantry
fncapements.
"In Lorraine we cleaned up with hand
grenades a German post near Bezange
and brought back a few prisoners."
Guns to Enfilade Germans.
The French are watching with admiratton
the fight of the British troops in
the sector north of the Somme river.
The great natural and artificial difficulties
with which they have to contend
are realized and all agree that they are '
doing as much as humanly possible.
French military opinion is that the
German positions are so strong and so
v-el! furnished with lines of communi- .
cation that the British will be able to
accomplish little more until the heavy
French guns are installed inside the
French salient, whence they can enfilade
the German positions opposite to
the British. As these guns of 305 and1
millimeters are mounted on railroad}
trucks, time is required to lay the,
tracks for their movement, which has!
he done carefully. The French are;
.- > solidly established that work soon I
v. ill be completed, and it is asserted!
th;.r the gu:e will not be long in rr.ak
ing their influence felt.
Berlin Lacks Late News.
BERLIN. July S, via London.?Today's
news from the western front throws
little- light on the fighting during the
last twenty-four hours, but the advices
.- w that The fighting ii: the period immediately
preceding was most intense
three points, at Thiepval, around
Hen- and the region, eight to ten miles
so ith <>f tin- Somme river.
lr; the Tri'-pval sector there was a
rucce; :;ion of bitter attacks and counter
ot'aek'o The British several times
succeeded by violent assaults in obtainin:;
a foothold iii Thiepval, but each
rime were ejected from the ruins of
?he village. Their losses are described
a. "extraordinarily heavy."
The only British success, and thfs is
declared to be unimportant, was the j
capture of a salient of German trenches
cast of \jh Boisselle, only a short dis-j
tare east of the original German line. '
From La Boisselle southward the fight- j
ijig was of a local character.
The Germans have thrown a strong!
darn around the British flood wave ami |
isolated attempts to break the darn j
have been unsuccessful.
J
Better Fig-hting- for Hem.
The capture of the village of Hern
was accomplished by the French only
after three desperate attempts. The
first two onslaughts, although deliverer!
with great force and determination.
were repulsed. The third assault
rave them possession of the village and
t cabled them to straighten out their
:l ti?- between ''orlu and Feuillers.
Tim fighting at Estrees and Belloy<r-re
also was of a house-toand
of a hand-to-hand character,
:']i" wave of battle swept back and!
forth, -ith both Kr?-nrh and Germans)
r'-sor'iiig chiefly to the i.se of the 1 av- j
onct at,<| hand grenades, and fighting
v. ith the utmost deliberation. The
! : v -. as to be expected in this sort of
lighting, were very heavy. The French
1 .aiiy remained masters of Belloy.
Ti" German c<?mrnanders have pre!
ar<-'l for attempts by the French or
British to extend the front of the offensive
or for a renewed attack at
row places on the long front, but as
? no serious endeavor in this direcf'on
has been reported.
IN DAYLIGHT,
JBBORN DEFENSE;
I this at ta<-k our troops made an advance'
i*i th? neighborhood of Ovillers and La'
FJoixsoll and much improved our post|
i ions.
j "On the northern part of our front
the enemy heavily bombarded some
I trenches held by Canadians, arid their
. .runs were also active about Loos."
Lull on French Front.
; A Paris account of yesterday's situ!
;<tion on the French front says:
"The battle was suspended alon# the
French section of the l!r.c in Picardy
1 today. The Germans were too badly
i hammered yesterday to be in a posij
f ion to continue counter attacks, and
th?- French were left unmolested to
' make yireful preparations for the :sec(Continued
on Second Page.)
TRIUMPHANT RUSS
ARMIES CONTINUE
TO PRESSTEUTONS
Petrograd Reports Further
Gains and the Capture
of More Prisoners.
ENEMY GIVES WAY ONLY
AFTER FIERCE RESISTANCE
Russians Admit That Huge German
Guns Work Fearful Execution
in Their Ranks.
FALLS BACK FROM LEMBERG
Gen. von Bothmer Expected to Make
a Stand on Stanislau-Halicz
Line. Sixty Miles to
the South.
PETROGRAD, July 7, via
London, July 8, 12:30 p.m.?The;
Russian advance in the Czar-j
torysk region, in which the attacking
German troops were
thrown hack yesterday, has been
pushed further.
The war office tonight an
nounced the capture of the villages
of Dolzvca and Gruziatyn. j
J I
The number of German and Aus- j
trian prisoners continues to in- j
crease. I
Enemy Routed With Bayonet.
The announcement follows:
I ;
"Our troops continue to develop their j
successes in the region west of the j !
Czartorysk sector on the River Styr. , J
Following the capture of the village of j
Grady and after a hot bayonet encoun- I!
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ter. the village of Dolzyca, on the main ^
road between Kolki and Manevitchi, and j
the village of Gruziatyn were taken. 1
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The number of German and Austrian {i
prisoners continues to increase.
"On the front south of the ^tolcfiod ; 1
river the enemy Is maintaining a very j
violent fire in numerous sectors. North j
of the Rower Eipa, under cover of artillery
fire the enemy attempted to
take the oeffnsive in the region of Sehke
tin and Bubovya, but was repulsed.- The
artillery fire continues.
Germans Retake Trenches.
"On the Galician front there were artillery
duels at many points. In the
region east of Monasterzyska, on the
Xoropiec river, our troops continue to
press back the enemy. West of the vil- j
lage of Sadsavki, east of Delatyn, we I
captured a position of the enemy and !
took prisoner some Germans.
"Southeast of Lake Xarocz (south of '
the Dvinsk) the Germans made a fierce'
counter attack and reconquered part of
the trenches they lost yesterday. The
fighting continues. On , a considerable
part of the front between the Upper j
Niemen and the Pinsk marshes there i
were violent artillery duels. East of
Baranovichi, in the region of the village
of Od'hovtchi ria, the Germans
pressed us back slightly as a result of
a violent counter attack, but our concentrated
fire compelled the Germans to
withdraw:. In the Baranovichi region '
our mat-bine guns engaged in duels
with German machine guns in the
course of several night attacks, and re- '
din ed them to silence.
"In the recent fighting the machine
gunner. Aioda. particularly distinguished
himself. Although wounded in the head
and bruised by splinters, he did not
desert his post, and he inflicted enormous
losses on the enemy."
German Position Untenable.
The retirement of Gen. von Bothrner's
army westward from between the Stripa
and Zlota Eipa rivers has begun. With
the occupation by the Russians of the
east bank of the Koropice river, which
parallels the Stripa twelve miles to the
west, and a further advance by Gen.
between the Dniester and the
Pruth, von Bothrner's position became
untenable.
According to Col. Shumsky, the military
critic of the Bourse Gazette, von
Bothmer is hurriedly moving his troops
in the direction of Stanislau, the important
railroad center, sixty miles
south of Bern berg. Col. Shumsky believes
that the German general proposes
to make a stand <>r? a line from
Stanislau' to Halicz. Military critics
doubt, however, his ability to maintain <
this line. 1
In the region of Baranovichi few
changes of importance have occurred,
but the fighting has been marked by
fier'-e attacks by the enemy, which re,sulted
in heavy losses for them. (
Commenting on the battle on the
Kolki-Czartorysk front, where the Rus- '
sians yesterday captured 2,300 prisoners,
Col. Shumsky savs: ]
"This is the first time that a large
rorce or tiermans nas noen put to
flight." He gives as one reason for this
the fact that the Germans have been
driven to employ young and unsea- <
soned troops and officers.
The large percentage of Germans
among the last hatch of prisoners? '
4,000 out of a total of 11,000?is worthy ,
of note. The Russian soldiers have dubbed
the Austrians "noble enemy," due
to the fact that they have surrendered
In such large numbers.
Guns Do Fearful Execution.
LONDON, July 8. 4:51 a.m.?"Fighting
on the Lutsk front continues day
by day, with little variation," says a
dispatch from that city to the Times.
"It is true, however, that the heavy
guns of the Germans create great losses
and enable them frequently to take
Russian positions, which are virtually
without exception retaken by Russian
counter attacks," the correspondent
continues.
"Probably the heaviest fighting has
been near Rojitche. where the Germans
had eighty heavy guns so placed
as to bear on any point of the Russian
line. The battles here continue without
intermission, heaping up thousands
of (ierman dead daily, but having no effect
on our lines. There are indications
h.jjf tb'- enemy is unable to support this
oectvr fc??vViwith relnforctmjnts and
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on his artillery superiority, without
A'hich we should probably sweep him
jack rapidly. i
"The Germans appear to maintain an f
extraordinary morale in spite of their
osses. One sees extremely few prisoners 1
ind the Germans fight until the last. i
"Austrian prisoners are unanimous in f
statements that Austria is finished and
hat the entire nation is united in de- ?
manding peace at the earliest possible _
noment."
ORPET'S LAWYERS STILL
PURSUE SUICIDE THEORY
Effort to Show by State's Witness
Cause of Marion Lambert's
Death.
WAUKEGAN, 111., July 8.?Further
fefforts are to be made today by the attorneys
for the defense in the trial of
Will H. Orpet for the murder of Marion
Lambert to get Dr. Ralph Webster,
the state's witness on the cyanide potassium
feature of the case, to make
innitionai admissions wnicn wiuiu ne.p
the defense's theory that Marion committed
suicide.
Toward the close of yesterday's session
Attorney Potter for Or pet. had
succeeded in obtaining several statements
from the witness which contradicted
previous statements in the ex- \
umination-of several days ago. These
related principally to the cyanide
which Orpet's father used in his gardening
work and in them the witness
admitted that he was not prepared to
say that it was not sodium cyanide, as
claimed by the defense.
Miss Youker's Letter Made Public.
In connection with the testimony of
Mrs. Claude Youker, sister-in-law of
Miss Celestia Youker, Orpet's reputed
fiance at one time, and sister of Miss
Dorothy Mason, who testified for the
defendant several days ago, what purported
to be the substance of Miss
Youker's letter to Orpet while he was
in jail here was made public today. In
this letter Miss Youker declared that
she had remembered that Orpet had
threatened to kill any one who might
come between them and that this convinced
her that the tragedy had been
for her sake. She then urged Orpet to
make confession, but he declined in
rather forcible language.
It is expected the state will finish its
rebuttal testimony before adjournment
tonight. In that event the argument
will begin Monday.
MR. LANSING ON VACATION.
Secretary of State to Spend Month
at Henderson Harbor, N. Y.
WATRRTOWN'. N. Y.. Jufy 8.?Robert
Lansing", Secretary of State, arrived to- j
lay at Ws summer home at Henderson j
Harbor for a month's vacation. ;
Asked if the Mexican crisis was '
passed, Mr. Lansing vaid: ;
"I don't know as to that. It looks
better." |
John V. Sieger's Estate. S3.CC0.CC). !
CHICAGO, July 8.?Property valued j
at $3,000,000 is disposed of in the will j
of the late John V. Steger, piano man- \
ufacturer, which has- been filed forj
probate. The will provides a trust
fund of $50,000 for the erection of a j
non-sectarian hospital to be operated J
free of charge for the benefit of all ;
inhabitants of Steger, 111., and $1,000 to.'
be set aside annually for twenty-five j
years to provide a college education J
for children of the company's employes.
Bequests to employes and relatives are
included.
Orders Issued to Facilitate Muster.
Army departmental commanders have
been instructed to muster into the federal
service officers and enlisted men of
states which have adopted the standard
medical examination prescribed for
the regular army, without further medical
examination previously to the
muster. After the muster, however,
there will be a federal examination,
and those found physically unfit for
military service will be discharged immediately.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 8.?One man
"as killed and seven seriously injured,
some of whom may die, when a work
rain on the Cleveland and Youngstown
ailroad went through a trestle while
naking a fill near East 51st street in
his city today.
TOMORROW
"GUATEMALA-MEXICO BORDER
IS ALSO AFLAMEby WIN- ^
i Grove BATHON ? Twenty 1
j thousand Guatemalan troops are
j patrolling the boundary against.
! Mexican raiders. j
i "YOU KNOW WHAT T MEAN." j
! by GEORGE PATTULLO ? A I
story of two charming xoonven. J
; 4 TO T'NITE SIX MILLION MEM- |
BERS OF M E T If O I) I S T !
CHURCH"?Bishop Earl Cran- '
ston is leading movement to j
brnig together again the
churches of the north and the J
] south.
' TITUS THE TRADERby FOR- !
It EST CRISSEY?The story of '
f a man v:ho struggled against \
| great odds.
! "RUMOR OF A SEPARATE REPUBLIC
IX LOWER CALIFORNIA."
by CHARLES M.
PEli'ER?Is the peninsula to
become another Texasf
! THE GOVERNMENT WILL
GIVE YOU .1 JOB"?Simply
v: rite to T'nelc Satrifs Em;
p lay m e n t R urea u.
"PIXEY r. RANCH PARK A
C E N 7 F. R OF f, A R DEN
RE A UTY" ? Vine-clad homes,
abundance of floorers and the
songs of bride greet one on
j every hand.
I -Gmr.s who movie h vp"~a
j two-page spread of beautiful
women who hare become
' movie stars.
I
' "H U N I) R E D S OF I N S E C T S
WHOSE STRUCT!' R AL I'ECJ'LIA
RI TIES P UZZ L E NA TJ'R
A LISTS"?For exa mple. tlie
water boatman and Ills feathery
oars.
1 "TWO MUMPERS OF DISTRICT
MACHINE G UN COMPANY
FOUGHT IN EUROPEAN
WA R" -.4 story of adventure
| as thrilling as fiction.
' "NO MORE TEARS FOR TEARS"
I - - The st.or" of a Mind-YourMending
shop
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'THE R AMBLE If writes of Capitol
Park. 4 |
PIG PROFITS IN THE YUKON
1SL * NO r i r.MS OF LASKA."
bv ER.\NK G. CARPENTER?
Chicken Filly and his ten-thousand-doUar
potato patch.
"PRO'-'ITS A NO EXPENSES
WITH AMERICA'S GRAND !
PRIZE"winner of this {
year's presidential rare will be j
entitled. to four times the J
money Washington eould draw. j
"/ HAVE A FEW HUNDRED .
DOLLAFSf by ALBERT W
ATWOOD?If you, have and !
want to kno w fust where to J
place it to bring the best results
read this article.
./ . I *r TJ,'f\\T A AT Til 4 \r\Twn I
"AM I'l IT1 * -1 i V
/;/(7 WAR FAIR' IN LONDON
FOR wo I' XPF. n A FLIES" ?
Five miles of booths at "jumble
salr," I'-hrre fill sorts of articles
u>ere sold to rich and poor.
"WOMAN LA OF EXPERT TRYING
TO FORM AN ORGANIZATION
OF ALL LACE /,OVERS"?VSork
of a woman who
probably knows more about fine
lace and its makinp than any
woman in this country.
"DIFFERENT S P E C I E E OF
BIRDS CTjIXG TO A TRADITIONAL
TYPE OF NEST"'?
Various styles of architecture
used by bird builders in Washington
and vicinity.
"THE LAND OF THE FIGHTING
CHANGE" and "HIS PLACE
IN THE SI X" and "A BRAND
FROM THE BURNING," by
Herbert Kaufman.
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MEET FOR CONVENTION i
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Hotel Eeservations in Baltimore for v
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About 10,000 Out-of-Town
Guests. Jj
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BALTIMORE, Md., July 8.?afore than
a thousand Elks and their families v
have arrived here to attend the con- n
ventlon of tho Grand Lodgre of the order, t>
which will begin next Monday and last L
until the following Saturday. Hotel a
reservations have been made for nearly ?
e
10,000 out-of-town guests, and it is ex- ,1
pected that there will be a rush to f*
this city tonight after the dedication a
exercises of the National Home for
Elks at Bedford City, Va., which takes n
place today. ?
Two Candidates for Exalted Ruler. J.'
The two candidates for grand exalted tl
ruler?Lloyd H. Maxwell of Chicago
and Edward O. Righter of New Orleans?have
established headquarters
here, and one of the liveliest contests
ever waged for the chief office is in n
it
prospect.
A unique feature of the elaborate
downtown decorations is the conversion
of the big plaza fronting the b
courthouse into a garden with an or- t{
namental bandstand in the center.
Grass has been planted on the street a
about the plaza and flower beds and A
fountains arranged throughout the b
area- Every afternoon and night dur- S
ing the convention a band will give P
concerts in the garden. v
HOWARD P. TAYLOR DIES. j*
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Dramatist and Playwright Widely "
Known Generation Ago. ' ir
NEW YOHK. July 8.?Howard P. Tay- C
lor, dramatist and playwright, whose ia
works were widely known to playgoers c?
of a generation ago. has died at his home P;
here at the age of seventy-eight years. U]
He had been suffering for nearly six b<
years with rheumatism. h<
His first venture into playwrighting ^
was "Snow Flake," in San Francisco. His1 ?
next great success was "CaprioeJ' which
Minnie Maddern Fiske played for seven
years. He was the author of "Little
Puck." made famous by Frank Daniels.
His last play was "Pretty Miss Nobody."
first produced about eight years ago. and
still playing.
Centenary Committee Entertained.
LONDON, July 8.?The British-American
peace centenary committee, having
charge of the plans for the celebration
of the 100th anniversary of the
signing of the treaty of Ghent, December
24, 1814, which marked the conclusion
of peace between Great Britain
and the United States, was entertained
yesterday by the American Luncheon
Club.
It was decided late in 1914 to postpone
the celebration, planned to be
held in Gheht. Belgium, in that year.
il offor tho clnufl n f Hie r.nrnnaan
war, because Ghent was unavailable
for the event, being' occupied by the
Germans.
OFFERS LAND FOR ARMY.
Acceptance of T. F. Ryan's Proposal
to War Department Recommended.
Several hundred acres of his great
estate near Charlottesville, Va., have
been offered to the government by
Thomas F. Ryan, the New York capitalist,
to be converted into a remount
station, an aviation field or army stock
farm. A nominal sum under the federal
law would have to be paid if the
offer should be accepted.
Army officers, constituting a board
recently designated by Secretary Baker,
visited the grounds. Their report has
been submitted to Maj. Gen. Scott, chief
of staff. It Is understood to recommend
acceptance . .
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:AKE AUCTION BILL
NOW BEFORE HOUSE
/leasure Is Favorably Reported
From Committee on District
of Columbia.
)ESIGNED TO ELIMINATE
CROOKED'BUSINESS FIRMS
Washington Seems to Have Become
Mecca for Fake Auctions."
Report Declares.
The "fake auction bill," designed tc
revent fraud at public auctions in the
)istrict of Columbia, was favorably
cported to the House today from thf
ommittee on the District of Columbia
i'he bill is aimed at the notoriously
crooked" auction establishment
inhere every variety of cheap plater
ewelry has been sold by wily aucioneers
to credulous customers.
The necessity for such a law hat
een impressed upon Congress by committees
of business men, particularly
etail merchants, who have been ir
onference with Chairman Johnson ol
he District committee on several ocasions
for the purpose of perfecting
he bill. Laws relating to auctions, at
ar as present statutes are concerned
/ere not drawn to cover the fake aucion
of today, ag that pest of the merantile
world had evidently not mad?
ts appearance at the time the regulaions
on the subject were drafted.
IThder the proposed law, as representd
in the bill favorably reported toay,
no auction can exist in the Disrict
-of Columbia without a permit
com the Commissioners, who must
rst ascertain the nature of the aucion.
If brass watches are being sold
d credulous purchasers under the guise
f gold ones, or glass stickpins are
oing under the hammer at diamond
rices, or if any other of the many
ricks of the fake auction are in evience,
the Commissioners would have
he right to refuse the license and
revent the fraud from existing.
Ordered Reported in May.
The "fake auction bill" was ordered
avorably reported as long ago as May
nd would have been before the House
efore now had not Chairman Ben
ohnson of the District committee gone
o his Kentucky home for a rest. H<
irected that the report be filed
'hrough a misunderstanding the reort
on the bill was not prepared unti
esterday.
The report itself is brief, containing
he ordinary recommandation that th<
ill should pass, and also the following
iaragraph:
"Washington seems to have becom<
he mecca for fake auctions. Not onlj
Deal residents, but thousands of visi;
ors from the states are made theii
ictims. It is believed this bill wil
linimijje if not entirely put an enc
o their vicious operations in the Disrict
iof Columbia."
The bill makes it unlawful to hold a?
uction of stocks of merchandise with
ut the permission of the Commission
rs, who are authorized to issue a per
lit for a public sale not over twelve
lonths in duration- The bill stipulate!
lso that the goods must not be falselj
dvertised. A fee of not more than $5<
or each permit is to be charged. Th<
lerchant desiring an auction permii
lust make his application in petitior
orm, setting forth in detail the goods
> be sold and what statements or repesentations
are to be made concerning
iese goods, and any other "Hiformatior
tie Commissioners may require.
Right to Suspend Permit.
After the permit is issiled the Comlissioners
have the right to suspend il
' the auction turns out to be a "fake.'
The bill specifies further that there
hall be no public auction of jewelrj
etween 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. from April 1
y September 30, nor between 6 p.m
nd 8 a.m. from October 1 to March 30.
long with jewelry in this section the
ill prohibits sales at these houses ol
old and silver plated ware, statuary
orcelains, bric-a-brac or articles ol
irtu.
An auctioneer who makes a misrepremtation
of the goods he is offering
liable to prosecution in the Police
ourt. Fines are mentioned in the
ill running from $10 to $200, with
nprisonmant of not more than
xty days, or both fine and imprisonlent,
at the discretion of the Police
ourt judge.
Under the terms of the bill no permit
; required for the "sale of any wagon,
irriage, automobile, mechanics' tools,
sed farming implements, live stock,
icluding game, poultry (dressed or
ndressed), vegetables, fruits, melons,
erries, flowers, or for the sale of used
ousehold furniture and effects, when
eing sold at the residence of the
ousekeeper selling them."
)
Question and Answer
Why did the Washington
merchants buy more advertising
in The Star again
yesterday than in all the
other Washington papers
combined ?
Simply because they have
found that The Star is
worth more to them than all
three of the others combined.
Yesterday's Advertising
Local Display
Xiines
The Evening Star 17.346
2d Newspaper 8,515
3d Newspaper 5,016
4th Newspaper. . 3,680
17,211
Readers and advertisers
appreciate the genuineness
of The Star's circulation and
advertising.
4
FEDER AL EXPERTS
COMBAT EPIDEMIC
Assistant Surgeon General
Rucker Directinn the Work
Being Done in New York.
OTHER STATES ALERT
TO EXCLUDE DISEASE
Children Barred From Libraries and
Picture Shows?Fewer New
Cases Are Reported.
, NEW YORK. July 8.?Asst.
Surgeon General W. C. Rueker of
the federal public health service
. came here today from Washington
to confer with the local health
i office and direct the six experts
assigned by the national govern,
ment help combat the epidemic of
infantile paralysis. The federal
| experts will concentrate their efr
forts upon preventing the spread
" of the disease to other states.
' "These inspectors from.the public hoe'
pital service," said Dr. Haven Emerson,
' the city health commissioner, "will not
take over our administration. They are
empowered to go anywhere and adopt
! any measures not allowed the experts
of our department. We cannot go beyond
the city limits."
Dr. Emerson declared it would be Impracticable
to prevent parents and children
from leaving the city, even though
they came from infected districts. No
known cases may be moved, however, and
none will be permitted to leave New York
I city, and all persons in contact with the
disease must remain here.
i Although this was the hottest da^
1 since the beginning of the epidemic
' there were fewer fatalities from the
disease than yesterday. During the
twenty-four hours preceding 10 o'clock
i this morning the disease killed eighteen
children in the greater city, thirteen
of this number dying in Brooklyn.
l wcner states Are Alert.
The health officials attached little sig?
niflcance thus far to reports of isolated
i cases in other parts of the country out>
side New York state. Advices from other
> states, however, showed that state and
municipal health officers were dh their
ground and taking precautions.
1 The epidemic here has cast its shadr
ow in -many places. Children under
e sixeten have been barred not only
? from reading rooms of libraries and
a moving picture shows, but from all
7 the amusements at Coney Island except
s those in the open air. Sixteen playr
ground streets were closed today and
I the opening of thirty-nine more was
I delayed. The children's rooms in the
. public libraries and all playgrounds
and lots were closed.
i Oil will be sprinkled on the surface
_ of the park playgrounds to make them
. as dustless as possible.
One death, the second this week;
; two new cases, making eight this
5 week, and two suspected cases is this
T morning's report of the infantile pa)
ralysis outbreak in Newark. The child
; whose death is reported today was
{ stricken yesterday.
j Health authorities of New York de5
cided late last night to abandon for
. the present at least a plan decided
; upon in the afternoon to appeal to the
i American Red Cross for nurses to aid
in stamping out the scourge which.
since June 1, has caused 196 deaths
am&ng children. Health Commissioner
Emerson said he was now of the opinion
it would not be necessary to ask
for outside aid, as the hospitals of this
city have agreed to extend their help
freely.
Fewer New Cases Reported.
Some encouragement was found In
the fact that fewer new cases were
i reported yesterday than Thursday and:
! Wednesday. All the medical men
agreed, however, that only by unremitting
vigilince and the strict enforcement
of every known sanitary precaution
could the epidemic be kept
: within bounds.
Dr. Emerson declared that one of the
! steps he had decided upon was the
prosecution of physicians who have failed
to report cases of the disease they
have attended. Court actions would fce
begun, he said, Wherever the necessary
evidence could be obtained.
Another serious phase of the situation
was reported by the Association for
Improving the Condition of the Poor,
which has found that in the congested
districts of the city frightened mothers
have interned their children in their
tenement homes, in many instances
with windows closed. Such action, it
was pointed out, is likely to have serious
effects not only on the children but
on adults as well.
Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury Department
informed Mayor Mitchel that
afrer a conference with Secretary
Houston of the department of Agriculture
the latter had agreed to do everything
in his power to facilitate the entry
into the country of shipments of
rhesus monkeys from the Philippine
Islands, which are urgently needed for
research work in connection with infantile
paralysis.
Fresh Air Work Being Done.
Fresh air work for the children of the
city, it was said today, was being
done in close co-operation with the
city and state health departments. Before
children are sent to" the country
they are carefully examined by two
physicians, and regular visits are made
by doctors and nurses to fresh air
homes. m
Dr. Emerson frankly admitted that his
department had been unable to determine
the actual cause of the epidemic.
All theories which previously had been
held apparently have been disproved,
he said. Troper isolation of the cases
seems to be the only hope of preventing
ihe spread of the disease, he declared.
r?:i: n I_ x; -
uues beware uuaraounes
Against New York Children
as Result of the Epidemic
SPRINGFIELD. 111., July 8.?As a precaution
against the bringing of new/
cases of infantile paralysis into the
state from New York city, the Illinois
state board of health has ordered all
railways entering the state from the
east to report the names Af exact desU*
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