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m fhelfeghfnjtot timfi WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonight. ' (Full Report on Pago Two.) HOME EDITION NUMBER 8626. WASHINGTON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1015. PRICE ONE CENT. NO RELIEF FOR OF TO BE OFFERED Practice of Standing Between Seats Not Common, Says Railway Company Every Car Already in Service. Public Utilities Commission Has Not Time to Hold Hearing This Summer and Asks Peo ples' Co-operation. There will be no relief this sum mer for those forced to ride sand wich fashion on open street cars in Washington. That was decided today by the Public Utilities Com mission. Besides, the practice of standing between the seats on open cars is not very common in Washington That is the opinion of the Wash ington Railway and Electric Com pany. Just what the public that has to do the standing up on the open cars will think or say remains to be seen. An adjustment ot conditions win be undertaken by the Public Utili ties Commission prior to the begin ning of the-operation of open cars next springs In the meantime the co-operation of the public in eliminating the practice is requested by both the commission and the traction companies. REASONS FOR DELAY. Statements from the railway compa nles that they are using their full quota of open cars, together with lack of time In which to hold a public hearing and decide as to the necessity of an order prohibiting the ocupancy of the space between the seats. Is given by the cora mlcslon as Its reason lor delayed ac tion. The law requires that ten days' notice of the hearing shall be given. As thero la an Important hearing on the relations between the Washington Railway and Electric Company and the Potom.ic Electric Power Compa-ny scheduled for August 25 which may consume several days, the commission will not be in a position to consider the question of the standing room until September 1 or later. It was pointed out also that the com mission cannot with Justice order the purchase of additional open cars until the completion of the valuation of the traction companies" properties. The present "open car" season probably will oe over before the commission can act. The commission today received from the Washington Railway and Electric Company the following letter: "It should be taken into account that the operation of open cars is expensive, in that It requires equipment for winter as well as for summer, and If additional burdens are required In the operation of open cars, their abandonment might result, the mere suggestion of which would not meet with the favor of our patrons. ' "We have observed that passengers will frequently allow a closed car to pass and wait for an open car. "We have mado careful observation of the number of passengers standing between the seats of open cars and have found comparatively few In stances. We believe that occasions where passengers stand between the seats In open cars are so rare as not to cause any gr?at amouna ot annoy arce and that any requirement which would make the opeiatlon of open car impracticable would causo general ais satisfaction. "Wo would respectfully suggest that the present arrangement be continued, and more time given the company In which to make further efforts toward thn elimination of standing between the seats on open cars, for we believe more can be accomplished In this respect when the public understands the Im portance of co-operating In the matter." CONCESSIT FOR SPRING-RICE'S SAFETY It was learned at the Treasury De partment this morning that Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, Biltish ambassador, had received threatening letters which caused great concern as to his personal safety. The prcse nature of the communica tions was not divulged, but they are understood to emanate from the same source that the "Holt" and "Pearce" lelteis came from It Is recalled that letters written sub sequent to Holt's suicide In prison called "Mention to the fact that Sir Cecil Spring Rice was with J. P. Morgan when Holt shot Morgan, and that they also stated that no effort would be spared to "get" Spring-nice. CROWDING OPEN AR Turk Poets to Seek Inspiration at Front War Minister Wants Wave of Patriotism to Sweep Through Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 14. Un der orders from Knver Pasha, war minister, all the lAnrilntr nnl unit literary men of Turkey are to be taken on a tour or the Turkish battle front at the Dardanelles. The plan Is to give the writers Inspiration by which they may send waves of patriotism sweeping through Turkey. The success of the Italian poet d'An nunzio In stirring the people of Italy to action suggested the expedition of Turkish literary men. They are to spend several weeks In the trench country anJ to visit the Turkish forts on both the Asiatic and European side of tho strait. Detectives Said to Be Searching for Witnesses Whose Testi mony Is Material. When the grand Jury convenes Mon day It Is possible flint more wltnesres will be on hand to testify In the In vestigation of tho nlleged graft in the Police Department, although the Goernment prosecutors may delay the submission of further testimony until later In the week. United States Attorney John E. Las key and his assistant, s. Mnfnmn. Hawl'cn, were unwilling to say today Just what state the Inquiry had reamed with respect to the accusa tions against the men higher up," but it is known that diligent efforts aro being made to corroborate testi mony which Is said to Involve officers abovr the rank of patrolman. Det6c.tlves ore understood to he searching for certain witnesses, whose testimony is believed to be material to the prosecution of ac cused officers. The Investigators re fuse, to any whether the witnesses 'anted were formerly women of Washington's undorworld. Major Pullman la anxious to bring the Inquiry to a close at the earliest possible moment, as hi believes that a peedy lifting of tho accusations iH.?Pi;.Ju',tice t0 t,1s e"ral hundred faithftU nnd efficient oftlcers on the force. Prolonged agitation and con tinual uncertainty, he believes. Is nn undeserved reflection on the depart ment. Detective Raymond O. Kllendlenat. who was twice Jointly Indicted on Thursday with Policeman Wan en E. Jrlmca oti charges of extortion, com pounding of a felony anil misprision of n fnlonv as a result .-f statements made by Mrs. M.irararet Stout, will ap penr before Justice Gould In Criminal Court No. 1 on Monday and furnish bond, former Justice Daniel T. Wright and T. Morris Wampler, counsel for the Indicted detective, made this arrangement today with United States Attorney Laskev. Proiccutor Haw ken examined a number or witnesses todKy and sum- I mnnn werA laaiiArt fnv a.ii .... I and women to appear Monday to tell i what they know about certain phases wi nm inquiry. E OF POLITICS BY BANKS In Withdrawing $3,000,000 From Depositories McAdoo Warns Against Protest. Withdrawal of $3,000,000 of Govern ment deposits from the national bank depositaries of the country, Is being made by the Treasury Department A portion of the withdrawal Is being taken from Washington banks. In a letter of notice of the withdrawal, the banks aro given forceful and pointed warning that they must not bring po litical or other"1nfluenee to bear to prevent withdrawals ordered. The money withdrawn Is to be de- j poslteo In tho twelve reserve banks ' tuumrj iu lurwiy tnese insti tutions A nnrtlnn et fVn. ..ik.f i wai made August 10 and the balance of the ts non non rnnrt k. h.j ' In August 25. This deposit will be the second large one made by the Treasury Department In the Federal reserve hnnlra in uA ....... ! few months. Six million dollars was taken out of the national banks and deposited In the reserve banks three months ago. 10 KILLED, 60 HURT, IN ENGLISH WRECK Irish Mail of London and North western Road Is Derailed Near Stowe Tunnel. NORTHAMPTON. England, Aug. 14.-. Between six and ten persons were killed and sixty Injured by the derailment of the Irish Mall of the London and North western railway near the Stowe tunnel today, according to best available In formation received here this afternoon Earlier icports, tho railway officials sai'l, overstated the number of victims Three trains were piled up In col lision. The Irish mall, running In two sections, was carrying holiday makers avvny from London The first section lii " ... w...M..LM vimiiiu ui u 1 southbound train whose piston rod had t Etianni1 The neenn inftllnn fr1l...i Immediately behind, charged Into the wreckage Among the victims was MMal soldiers. SEEK NEW EVIDENCE IN POLICE IHQUIRY TREASURY BANS US FORTS ARE DOOMED BY FIERCE FIRE OF Russian Center Is Giving Ground With Little Resistance in Its Retreat Before General von Hindenburg. Mackensen Is Pressing Slowly Northward Upon Brest Litovsk, Dealing Blows to Left Flank. BERLIN Cria wireless to London), Aug. 14. General von Hindenburg'g forces, attacking the fortress of Kovno, have stormed and captured the forti fied forest of Dominikanka, in front of Kovno. "North of Novo Georgievsk," said this afternoon's official statement, "we stormed and captured n strong outpost posi tion, taking 1,800 prisoners." BERLIN (Via The Hague), Aug. 13. The second phase of the campaign on the eastern front is drawing rapidly to a close the Russian center giving ground with little resistance in its retreat to the Kovno-Brest Litovsk line. Attacking the Russian wing are von Hindenburg and Mackensen, the two greatest-generals Germany has produced in the world war. Kovno is being subjected to ter rific assault under the eye of von Hindenburg and there is not the slightest doubt here that the fortress must soon succumb. Mackensen is pressing slowly northward upon Brest Litovsk, dealing heavy blows at the Rus sian left flank. SEE EARLY FINISH. Military critics here believe the oper ations against Russia will be entirely completed within a few weeks. They do not expect to see any march on Petrograd. despite the fear of a drive on the Russian capital felt In the al lies capitals. The general opinion here Is that Rus sia already has been dealt a blow from which she can scarcelyrecover before the allies are forced Into peace nego tiations. The popular demand Is that Germany shall wheel her armies Into a new campaign on another front. The von Hlndenburg-Mackensen move, ment will not be halted until Kovno Is pounded to pieces and all the fort resses of the Kovno-Brest Litovsk line have fallen before the German attack, military men here believe, those vic tories constituting the final phase of the stupendous Austro-Qerman cam paign In the east. With Brest Litovsk and the Kovno fortress line held by German troops, no serious offensive on the part of Rus sia Is anticipated for the balance of the war. The fall of Warsaw left to the Slavs only Brest Litovsk to be surrendered to the Austro-Germans, the Grand Duke's armies will be scattered forces operating from separate bases and un able to concentrate effectively In any great offensive negotiation. L Association Charges to I. C. C. That Companies Have Made Practical Increase in Rates. Complaint against the Baltimore and Ohio, the Pennsylvania and all of the other railroads In Eastern classification, embracing all of the territory north of the Potomac and cast of Buffalo and Pittsburgh, for alleged Increase In rates on oysters, by withdrawal of free Icing, was filed with tho Interstate Commerce Commission today by the Oyster Grow ers' and Dealers' Association of North America. The oyster men aver that up to March 20 last the railroads made no charge for iclnw their product shipped in shells, or shucked, but absorbed the charge In the regular rates. Since that time they have charged the cost of lee to tho oyster men. It Is alleged that this Is In effect nn Increase In the rates. In addition to the 5-cent general Increnso recently allowed the carriers In this territory. The complaint Is signed for the asso ciation and more than 160 members largely In the Chesapeake and Long laUnd producing territory. KOVNO INVADERS OYSTER WEN ACCUSE EASTERN RAI ROD BORDER RAIDS BY AMERICAN "INTERESTS" TO FORCE U. S. IN MEXICO LATEST PHOTOGRAPH. OF CZAREVITCH, WITH FATHER, AS ARMY OFFICERS a yyy' i m iii I., i kWWwkWWmkimmm ' ' i "mj "T BUBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIK. m a. V jaL ' i jiH i aBBIIIIIIIIIIV i jlllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHBijillillllllllK-JfftuJ ! HPLmmmmmmmWlS' ' " Ao tfc''V r" -IQkTaialllllialllllllllllllllllM k P;1 7, ? 7 t m' saliaHialllilllllllHillMv -'; x'-i -- -R :i sallllllllllllllllllllllillV i-kv ' -- V? 7tvJA-kwtk - wMf:$f?kwk LEPER EMIL MAKES HIS ESCAPE Leaves Detention Camp on Banks of Eastern Branch. Alarm Is Sent Out. Emll Orable. alleged leper, escaped early today from the District's deten tion camp on the banks of the Eastern Branch. A general alarm for the ap prehension of the man, who has been under quarantine with John Early since December 10, 19H, was sent out by the Health Department and the police with the discovery of the escape about 6 o'clock this morning. Xo trace of Grable has been found In the District. In the opinion of Dr. Will iam C. Wodward, District health of ficer, Grablo may have escaped from the camp between 7 and 12 o'clock last night. W. M. Chase, the watchman In charge of the lepers during that period, took up a position near the exits of the Institution, which gave him a poor van tage. Chase declares he conversed with Grable shortly after going on duty nt 7 o'clock. The leper appeared In his usual spirits, the watchman stnted today. Grable was poorly supplied with funds. In the opinion of the health au thorities. He la known to have receiv ed a letter from a sister in Idaho sev eral days ago. but this missive con tained no money, It Is declared. "Grable, prior to coming to this city, was a railroad man, either a conductor or brakeman In the West," said Dr. Woodward today. "It Is possible that he walked out of the camp and mado for the railroad tracks running along the river shore. Jumped a freight, and left the city. "Then again It Is possible that the man may have ended his life In tho river. Grable had tits of melancholia over his fate. Ho refused treatment for the disease, saying that if the doctors were not sure that they could cure him, why prolong his miserable existence by medicine?" Grable became a charge of tho Dis trict when he walked up to a crossing policeman In December, 1914. and In formed the latter that he was a victim of leprosy. He came hero from St. Louis. GRABLE RUSSIA PAYS HOMAG TO ITS RULER-TO-BE Czarevitch Visits Concentration Camps as Officer, Receiving Tribute From Whole Nation. PETROGRAD, Aug. 14. All Russia Is at the feet of the hetr-apparent to the throne. The little Cxarevltch. who now seems to have recovered from the Invalidism which saddened the whole nation while he was a baby, takes the greatest In terest In things military, and, although he is not allowed near the front, Is a constant visitor at concentration camps. The sturdy little fellow, who wears the uniform of an officer of the line with a truly military dash. Is a familiar figure now to almost all of the soldiers of the Czar. Of course, the father usually accom panies the youthful prince on his visits, but it is not to him that the greatest homage is paid. Russia respects the Czar. It honors tho Grand Duke Nicholas but It loves the Czarevitch. if M Is Commander McNamee, of the Sac ramento, to be chastised? This is the Interesting question which Is floating about tho Navy Department and official quarters. McNamee Is the officer who was In command .U Vern Cruz until recently. He sent to tho Navy Department re ports showing the antl-fprelgn situation there was serious. On the strength of these reports three big battleships are heading for "Sauth crn waters." Since tho rumpus was stirred up over the situation at Vera Cruz, Commander McNamee has left Vera Cruz. His ves sel Is carrying the Brazilian and Quate malan ministers to New Orleans. It wbb supposed he would hurrv back from Now Orleans to Vera Cruz. To day, It developed the Sacramento had been ordered, after waiting a day or two at New Orleans, to go to Galveston nnd take part In the opening of the Houston ship canal August 1ft. IS M'NAMEE B FOR ASKING FOR I? INSTIGATED AM MM HAD CONQUEST PUU1 Prisoner Asserts First Chief Would Recover Land Taken From Mexico in 1847. BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. Aug. 14,-Car-ranza modestly plans to reconquer from the United States all that tarltory lost by Mexico In 1847. If a written statement given to officers by a Mexican-made prisoner in a border raid may be be lieved. Manuel Rlncones, who made th'.? state ment to Sheriff Vann, of Cameron county, and Captain Anderson, of the Twelfth Infantry, says that about half the gang of fifty bandits who attacked Norlas last Sunday came from Mexico. "The attack on Norlas," he stiUcd. "was for the purpose of getting tools with which to remove a rail and wreck a train. Tho object In heading for tho Rio Grande was to secure re-enforcements. At Nopal the chief took a paper from his pocket and read that the ob ject of the expedition was to reclaim the land taken from Mexico by the United States. It was ordered In the name of Carranza. and tho officer stated that it emanated from him." Citizens of Brownsville are apprehen sive of an attuck by the Mexican garri son at Matamoras and fear that a gen eral uprising will take place in this section if United States marines land in Vera Cruz. Governor Ferguson stated at Rock port today that the border situation had Improved to such an extent that he would not call out the State troops. His decision followed a conference with State officials last risht. Largest Payment Yet Made in Plaza Awards The plaza commission today made a slnglo payment of $133,030 to James R. Ilrevoort for nine lots In square 6S3, which were acquired by the Govern ment In connection with the plan for extending Capitol Park to the Union Station. This is the largest single payment to be made to a property owner In the plaza district. The commission also mailed a check for U.tW to the Wash ington Cltv Orphan Asylum for lot 11, la square 654. WILSON BUS PLOT TO T Identity of Conspirators Not Public Property Yet, But In quiry Is On. VERA CRUZ REPORTS FALSE Agents Simply Succeeded in Throwing Panic Into Naval Officers, It Is Said. LAREDO. Tex Aujr. 14. Eighty Mexican bandits, under a leader named Cabrera, are concentrating between Zapata and Rio Grande City, ninety miles from here, according to an American reaching here early today. He said the Zapata county cowboys are preparing to aid the Fourteenth Cavalry detachment stationed at Zapata in giving the Mexicans the hottest kind of reception if they make an at tack. The recent Mexican flurry was a plot to stampede the United States into war. President Wilson has uncovered it. Three hours after his arrival in Washington the Mexican excite ment petered out. The identity of the plotters is not public property as yet, but .'n- vestigation is under way, now, in Washington and in other cities, to discover what interests were bo hind the flurry. These facts stand out: When Secretary Lansing met the South American diplomats in New York to discuss the note to the warring parties in Mexico, the plotters felt that the time for action had arrived. WANTED BORDER TROUBLE. Part of their scheme was to make trouble on the border. The White House knows that, for several years, certain Interests In the United States hava offered sums to certain "bad men" along the Texaa border, If these "bad men" would organize "armies" of American Mexicans, lead them Into Mexico and then, turn around and march back Into the United States, killing Americans and destroying property and making the American people believe that Mex icans from Mexico were marching on the border states. The present border troubles bear all the earmarks of such a campaign. The interests that advance such a campaign as this may be considered guilty ot actual murder. The White House knows the name of at leaat one prominent Western charaot ter who has boasted for many years that he had a standing offer of a large sum of money from certain American Interests, who might possibly be backed by foreign Interests, to organize a faka Mexican army of Invasion. At the same time the border scare was worked up the same plotters suc ceeded In working up a scare at Vera Cruz. The White House has learned that at no time were foreigners In dan ger in that port, but. In some manner, the plotters stampeded a few of the less cool heads In the navy, and shlpa were headed for "Southern waters." That there are certain Interests In the United States who are determined to get the United States Into war, at almost any cost, has been clearly proved by the recent Mexican flurry. If possible, these Interests aro going to be uncovered. Intervention In Mexico Is aa far away as ever. Carranza Prepared To Resist Intervention To Last Cartridge To the last cartridge and the last man, Venustlano Carranza will resist anv effort on the part of the United States to resort to armed Intervention In Mexico. This Is the latest defl hurled forth from the Carranza camp In Washing ton. Administration officials hope It will be the last. Although not Issued in any formal way from the constitu tionalist agency, it was stated by mem bers of the agency with all the em phasis that the lataat information from BRING ABOU INTEH1N