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WASHINGTON,' TUESDAY. EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1915

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HOLDS LEGAL

LICENSE LAW

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Automobile Owners of District

Must Continue to Pay An

nual Fee, According to Decision.

Hendrick Case Decides State

Has Constitutional Power to

Impose Tax on Residents of

Washington.

VOWS TO LEAD PHILADELPHIANS TO HEAVEN

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5. "HI get you yet! In two weeks

I'll have this city on the bottom rung of the ladder to heaven,"

declared "Billy" Sunday early today, addressing a crowd that

hovered in front of his headquarters.

Already city-wide movements are afoot to aid the evangelist

in purifying the city. Bishops and ministers have joined in prais

ing Sunday. All agree the revivalist has gripped the city, and

success of his campaign is assured.

Sunday will preach today in the Tabernacle on "The Need of

Revivals," after which he will be the guest at a reception of the

Y. M. C. A. He will preach a second sermon tonight at die Tabernacle.

DEWED ILLEGAL HAS (910 LOSS

Petition Filed in United States

Court Asking That National

Commission Be Dissolved.

ATTACK ON WHOLE SCHEME

Gilmore Says Agreement Under

Which Tribunal Operates Is

in Violation of Law.

Washington automobile owner who

wish to use Maryland roads must con

tinue n niav mi annual llconsc fee. The

United States Supremo Court, In an

opinion handed down today by Justice

McReynolds, held the Maryland auto

mobile license law was constitutional.

The case was that Of J. TUghrnan

Details of Baseball Evangelist's Expected Visit Will

Be Worked Out by William Knowles Cooper, Who

Was Told by Revivalist to Confer With

Him in Philadelphia.

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Billy Sunday is to spend a day in Washington-within the next

month.

That is the practical assurance religious leaders in Washington

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Uriok. t a Washlpgton motor car v tvuay, aiuiuujpi tuuuay i

not Maryland has tho constitutional William Knowles-Cooper general'secretary of the Washington-

right to impose a license tax upon au- y. M. C. A., was m Philadelphia yesterday in the hope of clinching

ttfraoblle owners of the District at Co- .. nrpanDemf tn haw t(l hochall ouanoMiat mak . fh,;n '

use tho Maryland high- B ' ..

to the Capital. But, for once, Sunday was pretty nearly exhausted by

the whirlwind opening of his Philadelphia campaign and his friends

had .persuaded him to take a complete rest.

SENT TELEGRAM TO MR. COOPER.

Establishment of B. S. Adams

Suffers From Early Morning

Fire of Unknown Cause.

PRINCE OF WALES SHARES I irQ flAUT

DANGERS UPON FIRING LINE HLLlLO mftlVL

TRAFFIC LONG TIED OP

Thousands Delayed From Work

as Car Service Is Stopped by

Fire Lines.

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It waa. claimed by Hendrlck's attor

neys 'that the Maryland law waa an In

terference with Interstate commerce and

attempted to regulate something which

was subject only to regulation by Con

gress. Alleged Discrimination.

The main contention of Hendnck's

attorneys was that the Maryland act

waa a discrimination agalnot tho Fed

eral District In favor of States, in that

residents of tho Statea In the Union

were not assessed for the license fee

when they used the Maryland high

ways; whereas motor car owners of

the District of Columbia arc. They

also contend that the act Imposing a

charge upon District motorists Is a

regulat'ou of commerce beyond the

jurisdiction of Maryland to Impose.

They inBlbted the Maryland law Is a

revenue act and that It Is not within

that class of laws under which States

are allowed to demand compensation

tor tho use oC works of public lmpiovt-raent.

This follows, It was contended, wince

h tax on the District motor cars is lm

posed without regard to the extent ofi

the use of the improvements, u

pointed out that there are 10,000 motor

ears In Washington, 6,000 of which tre

barred from going Into Maryland by

the license tax.

It was also charged that the chief

Durpote of the tax on District motor

ists was to help pay bis t-alaries to the

members of the Maryland motor car

comrn'ssion. , , . ,. . ,

Justice McReynolds. in handing down

the decision, said that It had not been

shown that there had been any dis

crimination against the c tlrens of the

District of Columbia, because it had not

for permission to use the Maryland

been shown that Hendrick had app led

roads for the free per odB. JusUce

McReynolds further said Maryland had

the right to determine cnarges to be

imposed to build roads and maintain

them.

Origin of the Case.

The Hendrck case originated In July.

1910. when J. Tllghman nenarica, in

order to make u test case, caused him

self to be arrested on the Wushlng-ton-Baltlmoro

boulevard without u

Maryland license tig attached to hla

car. The case was decidpd against him

in tho lower courts, and ilnally, dur

ing the early part of November tlio

J-ase was brought to the United States

Supreme Court. ,,

Hendrick'a attorney were Jackson H.

Ralston, of Washington, and Obbonic

I. Yellott. counsel of the Automobile

Club of Maryland. Tho State's attor

neys were Attorney General Poo and

-. 8. Stockbrldgc. It la understood

fund was collected from Washington

motorists to bring the case to the high

est court in the country.

At the hearing. Attorney General Poe

nmlrmA tYta .vtiirt n tnkft 1UdlC 81 nOUCA

of the geographical location of the

District of Columbia to the borders of

Maryland: that the District contains a

large and populous city; .that It Is

Dm ted In area, and that, therefore,

users of motor cars necessarily are

.forcM to go frequently Into the ad

joining States.

Attorney Ralston. In his argument,

assured the court that thete was noth

ing In the law to sustain the claim of

Attorney Genet. il Poe that tho Stutc

has the tight to make a special d'n

crimination against tho District because

jf its proximity. He argued that such

a premise Is w'thout valid foundation,

as Jt Includes all Federal dlttrlctr and

Mr. Cooper will go to Philadelphia

again to see the evangelist. -His will

ingness to come to the National Capi

tal was Indicated In a telegram he

sent to Mr. Cooper, Inviting him to see

htm in Philadelphia, and talk over his

proposed Washington visit

The first news of his possible visit

came to The Times In -a letter from

& Washington enthusiast who is at

tending the revival In the Quaker City.

In telling of Mr. Sunday's verbal prom

ise to come, the writer suggested that

a subscription, to obtain a suitable

bulldin for him, be taken tip, and he

pledged $S himself as a starter.

If Sunday comes to Washington It

will be on a Monday. His practice has

been to hold no meetings on Mondays

In tho cities where he conducts re

vivals. This arrangement waa made

to give himself and his party a rest.

But Sunday's "rests" on such occa

sion:, usually have consisted ot trips

to nearby cities. Ho already has ac

cepted dcfln'tely an invitation to speak

before students of Johns Hopkins Unt-

CUICAGO, Jan. 6. The Federal

League today tiled suit In the L'nlUd

States court beforo Judge Kenesaw

Landls asking that the National Base

ball Commission be declared Illegal and

void.

The p-pr was filed In the namo of

tho Federal Lsua of Professional

'Baseball Clubs against the ".National

League of Professional Baseball Clubs,

the American League of Proteseional

Baseball Clubs,1 August Herrmann,

Bancroft B. Johnson, John K. Tener,

et al."

' The petition also ask that the na

tional agreement, under which, tbo tta-

tlonalComttla4lon operates, ao,bele-

mmsssmm't

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verstty In Baltimore on some MonUa

yet to ue nxed.

Sunday's coming to Washington In

volves ho expense beyond engaging i

place for his meetings. He makes the

side trips gratuitously, and usually

holds three meet'ngs, one for women

and one for men, both In the after

noon, and a mass meeting In the eve

ning open to everyone.

Besides his telegrams to Mr. Cooper

he has assured other Washington vis

itors In Philadelphia or his willingness

to come to Washington.

"Philadelphia is more deeply stirred

than I ever knew It to be," said Mr.

Cooper upon his return today. "I

lived latere for years, and I have nevr

witnessed any event which created such

excitement as the opening meetings of

the Bunday campaign.

"Yesterday I had luncheon with a

number of prominent business men of

the cit and they told me the con

tagion of the Sunday enthusiasm al

ready had reached to every strata of

the city's life, and bus'nesa and pro

fessional men are deeply Interested In

his campaign."

CAPTURE GANG 0

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SMUGGLING

CHINESE

Federal Officers Arrest Party

After Perilous Ride Over

California Mountains.

HATTERS WUST PAY

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Tiio suit asks that the defcnda.vU) bo

declared as constituting a "combina

tion! conspiracy, and monopoly In viola

tion of the common law, In contraven

tion of the anti-trust and monopoly

tatuteB, and in restraint of trade and

commerce In and among the several

Stated, In derogation of tho constitu

tional right of contract" It Is further

asked that the defendants be enjoined

from "further continuing to do business

as a part of or in connection with said

combination, uonsplracv and monopoly."

' ''! in ""ft-it detnl' rciinrdlnsr

baseball us a business and explaining;

.... li ..v n-siiect.w owners

of t'ne Kcderul League club. tUc peti

tion, filed by the law firm of Myers &.

Gates, points out that the National

Commission dominates ine American

and National Leagues, "but not the

Federal League." Through domination

of those two leagues, the petition

charges the National Commission has

under Its domination and control ap-

Kriccimately 10,000 "professional base

all players of varying degrees of ex

pertness." Thre hundred are under

contract to the Federal League.

Controls Minor Leagues.

It Is explained that "at all times

heretofore the supply of expert base

ball players has been unequal to tho

demand of tho various major leagues,"

nd that auch demand must be sup

plied front minor league ranks. Under

tho nat onal agreement, the plaintiff aa

Berts, players In the minor leagued are

dominated by the National Commission

by alleged Illegal contracts wh'ch pre

vent the Federal league from having

access to this supply of young players.

$252,000

DAM

Supreme Court Sustain Lower

Tribunal in Long-Fought

Danbury Case.

t IN CONGRESS TODAY.

Fire today caused 19,500 damage to

tho printing plant of Byrolt 6. Adams.

512 eleventh street northwest The

damage to the building waa about

51,500. whllo stock and machinery were

damaged $8,000.

The tire occurred at u time wheis

thousands or Government employes

and others were on their way to work,

and a great throng: soon gathered in

front Of the burning building.

Five engine companies, two truck

and the water tower responded to the

alarm and the efforts to confine the

blase- to the Adams plant were sue-.

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Origin. Unknown.

The origin of the fire is unknown.

John Kynon, manager of the- printing .

plant, said tho stock was a total lets, i

The damage to machinery could not

be estimated. Insurance covers the

loss.

Work of clearing away the debris

already has started by the eeventy-flvo

employes of the company, and the con

cern expects to resume work on its cr-!

ders within a short time.

Smoke coming from the upper win

dowM of the Adamt. plant attracted a

passet-by nt 7:) o'clock, and a local

alarm was sounded. This waa fol

lowed by a box alarm. ICnglno Com

panies 1, , C, II, and 1C, and Trucks 3

and 4 responded, with Deputj Chief

Sullivan in command. Five streams of

water were played on tho tire, which

offered a stubborn resistance.

The blare is holleved to havo origi

nated in the stock room in the rear

of the basement, and it made rapid

headway when draught waa supplied

when tho windows and doors wers op

ened by the firemen.

Tho watchman ot the bulldinj;, who

leit at 6:30 o'clock, said that wvcry

thing waa In Rood order when he quit

work. When the porter arrived shortly

more than an hour later the firs was

under wa..

The office in the first floor 'ront was

the only part of the building that was

Baved from much damage, except from

water. The machines In the press room

In the tear of the firt floor were par

t'all damaged by tire, and the com

potting and proof room on the second

floor suffered considerably from Are

and witer. In the bindery on the third

floor great loss ulso was entailed.

Commissioner of Immigration Caml

nettl tpdav announced the at rest of

alleged members of a noto.iou.j gang of

smuggler operating In the United

Satcs, and the frustrating of n plot

for tho wholesale gmuggliiu; of Chinese

cool'ea Into Calif omit ftom Mexico.

Five arrests were mad'), Mrs. Joe

Bruno, wife of a former smuggler, and

tho alleged "Queen" of tho wing; JCIng

Lop und Hum Chew, t.'o prominent

Chinese merchants of Han Diego and

San Pedro. Cnl., John B Miller, a

ranchman, who rebldus near Tia Juana.

McnIco. and n Me:.icati whom name the

federal authorities decline to dlFcloHe.

but who Is reputed to be :i hlijh oillclal

in one of the recent inau-iwto move

ments In Mexico.

The nvi wero capiurud, f omnilsmonor

Camlnettl said, utter a pc.-llom: luO mile

ride over the mountains, while attempt

ing to convey the Chnetn by automobile

from the international boundary to

San Francisco, a dlstitiio of M0 miles

Attempts flirt were made to land llw

Chinese on the southern California

coast. An automobile, equipped with

wlioU"s was uij.'d by the smuggle! e on

shore to communicate with the ship

bearing the toolkb. Owln.-? to severe

torms this plHu was s'.'t.n up and i

landing was made In Mlco.

With the puinils-e of a navmont of 1500

for cHch Chlncpo smuggled into San

Francisco the smugglers chartered tev

eral automobiles and started overland,

traveling at n'sht to avoid the warring

Mexican facuoas-

Damapes amounting to tSuS.OOO

must be paid to 1). K. Loewe & Co..

or Danbury. Conn., by tho United

Hatters of America, under u decision

of the Supreme Court today.

The court sustained the decision of

the United Rtatew Circuit Court of

Appeals for the Second Circuit, which

llxcd the damages under tho anti

trust act of IS'jO, which urovided for

treble damages to the person dam

aged by conspiracy in restraint of

trade.

Tue case is lamous as the "Dan

bury hatters'' caae. All members of

Organized labor have contributed

funds to flwht the caie through this

courts for years. IMuht of the use of

the boycott' v. as directly involved

also the cftectlvenest. of the "treble

damages" clause of the Shorman act.

District Budget Bill

Again Meets With Delay

Further delay In getting the District

appropriation bill reported to tho Btnalc

I exulted todnj-ri The Appioprlatloiis

Committee, which wad to have met th'3

niornliir, wus prevented from meeting

until this uftcrnoon.

The committee hope to be able to dis

pose of tho bill, a. reported from sub

committee, late this afternoon vnri then

teport It to the Senate.

SENATE.

Met at noon.

Committee on Phlllppinee continued

hearings on Philippine bill.

Senator Works addressed Senate on

Christian Science and Public Health

Service. Denounces medical mo

nopoly. Public Lands Committee continued work

on water power bill.

Patronage row between President and

Senate became more intense.

Commissioner 8lddons before subcom

mittee of Judiciary Committee.

Appropriations Committee again took up

District bill.

HOUSE.

Mot at noon.

Resumed debate on Indian h'll.

Appropriations Committee heard Col

onel Gcothals on Panama canal needs.

Foreign Affairs Committee continued

hearings on resolution to put em

bargo on shipments of war materials.

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ALONG K

NEAR NIEUPORT

Advance on Muelhausen Con

tinues After Repulse of Ger

man Assault at Cernay as

Homes and Forests Burn.

Belgian Artillery Checks At

tempt of Sappers to Mine

Trenches Near Lens Ex

pect Attack on Ypres.

WHEAT PRICE SOARS

REPORT CARDINAL

IS HELD PRISONER

AMSTERDAM, Jan.. 5. News

papers here state that the

Germans have arrested

Cardinal Mercier because

he issued a pastoral letter

telling the Belgians that

they were not morally bound

by orders issued by Ger

man officials.

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den Liverpool Rise Given as

Cause for Jump.

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KDWAKD ALBERT, Prince of Wales.

PRINCE OF WALES IS

MADE EMISSARY

Superiors Recognize Daring and

Coolness by Making Him

Dispatch Bearer.

CHICAGO, Jan. 3. A sensational rise

In spot wheat at Liverpool and de

plorable conditions in the European

market were given as causes for tho

Jump wheat took at tho opening of

the local market today.

Wheat was up 2 to ?s centd over

yesterday's close at the start, mark np

?1J7 for May and $1.24 for July options.

Towuid the end ot the flifct quarter

hour the prices receded i to t- from

the opcnlns.

At the end of thu rim half hour of

trading pi Ices had receded still farther

to Sl.SO'i for .May, and 1.233i for July

futures.

Corn and oats followed In the wake

of tho wheat rise.

Wilson Denies Sending

Peace Envoy to Vatican

Pie&ident Wilson denied today as

"ridiculous" the repot t printed this

morning under a Home date line to the

effect that Ue had sent a special emis

sary tc the Vatican, to discuss with the

Fopc the prospects for early peace In

the Hutopean iar. Tlic Prrklclent ex

preFKrt the belief the dispatch orlri

nated in Washington, and was never

'sest from Ilomt,

BUDAPEST EXCITEO

OVER SUV ADVANCE

Revolutionary Spirit Spreads as

Czar's Armies Sweep Down

Through Hungary.

LONDON. Jan. 5. The Prince of

Wales, who has been one of the lcad'mr

spirits In the trenches of the allies, has

been made a dispatch bearer.

Having earned n name for himself by

his coolness and darlm? since the war

began, the young prince announced that

he waa desirous of becoming a d.'spatc'.i

bearer, and tho request was promptly

granted. So great has Kdward Albert's

enthusiasm been that he has placed his

life In Jeopardy numerous times.

The prince, who Is Just twenty-one

years old. is a gicut favorite, not only

with the men in hl on r-g'mcnt. but

with the British soldiers generally. Ho

lights xhouldur to hhouldcr vrith tlicm,

eats, sleeps, an3 shares all the natd

shipe vith them. Mini lms done much

to raise the "morale" of the troops.

Bengali Scientist to

Lecture at Cosmos Club

Dr. Chunder Dose, of Bengal, indi.

is to deliver a lecture tonight at S:'10.

at the Cosmos Club on "Thu Tie

sponse of Plant." Dr. KoAe. who Ik n

botanist of distinction In his nMle

country. httt with him Interostinff

specimens of plant life, in India and

will show, in his Kctttro tosilslit, the

effects of certain chemicals on tho

different plant

The lecture will bo Rlwn opnder tho

auspices of the WaMiinKtOti Academy

of Sciences and thu AVanhlnston He

tanlcal Society. All jidentli'ts and

n(hM- ititerectuci In the suWcct are

invited to attenfl.

TIOMK. Jan. 5. Advices ,trom Vienna

brought by ms"ngcr to escape tne

censor Indicate tho Russian advance

into Hungary is rapidly saining

stt ength.

Already more than COOOW Russians,

lucludliH all clasps of troops, are re

ported to have penetrated the Car

pathian pabses and to be following tho

ruilwav wtd lilghwayj southward

toward Budapest.

Tli Hungarian capKul is declared to

be areatl excited over this latest de

velopment, und many Hungarians are

urging u revolutionary movement to

alrt the Russians on the ground that

tho Slavs should protect themselvea,

and that, inasmuch as Germany

has liii ot no rca aid to the dual

empire, the latter chouiu make Inde

pendent peace terms, and thus prsvent

ltd until e uniUli!latton.-j-

As u result it i otttud that hundreds

of urteetK hao been made of persons

Known to entettaln revolutionary lean

Inffs. Tho Hungarian troops hae been com

pelled to bear tho brunt of the light

ing in southern Oalicla with the poor

est sort of equipment. The latent

levies to join the army, the reports

reaching here nay, cannot be equipped

and citoits are lining made to bring

to the conct-ntratlon camps the equip

ment taken from soldier Killed f-i bat

tle to by ulcd for this purpose

Cotton Company Fails.

NEW or.K. Ian, u.TI)c American

Round Uah Pre., Ootrpany, fJilvh

ov. he cotton plant tlottH throughout

tho South, today filed In the Federal

Court hi-rc a petition in voluntary

bankruptcr.

BERLIN. Jan. 5. German aviators at

tacked the British ammunition bases

at Couderkerqtie and RoaenSael,

suburbs of Dunkirk, destroyed Urge

quantities of munitions, and sot fire to

Couderkerque.

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PARIS. Jan. B. FUmes free? ttoburtfr

Ifhlf 6o1hs.bfCrny tW,.esrtr X,.

for a -fierce attack last night of the

German troops upon the French brig- y

ades advancing through upper Alsace.

Fighting was In progress throughout

the night, and as dawn approached the

German forces retired rrlth heavy

losses. Tho French assault was pushed

with vigor and a distinct advance to

ward Muelhausen has been made.

1 The German artillery set fire to a

' large building used as a temporary hos

pital between Aspach and Jlischelbach,

juat south of Cernay, but the patients

were removed before the flar.ies had

gained much headway.

Heavy losses for tho Germans are In

dicated In the series of cotintcr assaults

designed to drive baclt the French in

vasion of the "lost province." Fightlna

has been desperate In the vicinity ot

Altkirch. following the bombardment

by the heavy French artillery.

Set Fire to Village.

The German night assault was pre

ceded by bombardment of Cerney, whloh

had been occupied by the French. The

helling set fire to the village, said tne

columns advanced under the glare of.

flames, which lighted up the surround

ing territory. Tho assault was Intended

to reaaln the territory taken by the

French last night.

The French artillery responded by

shelling the German infantrjf. killing and

wounding many.

Advices from Basle say that, the ru

mor lhat Altkirch had, been Ared is un

true, although fighting Is In progress

there. ,

Jn tho vicinity or dimiiomb. iv

tlons havo teen taken and retahen as

many as hsJf a dozen times. The lat

est reports received Indicated a, sub

stantial gain for the French troope.

However, both sides are being strong

ly re-enforced and' there are indica

tions that tho fighting in this vicinity

hheVnyteW"cold weather ilnter-

ats

a. a Hvniinv

4aiiiT. most. Ul ItUV &'

conlined to infantry encounters.

On Heights of Meuse.

Along the heights of the Meuss the

artillery duel continues without In

terruption Both sides are so strongly

intrenched that frcnUl assaults by

Infantry are out of the question

Although tho weather Is improving

there has been only minor righting

along the northern batUefront

Latest reports Indicate the Gernmc

are concentrating for a new orfonslvj

to the cant and southeast of pres :u.

at I-a Bassec . . ... ..

Fresh troops have been brought up.

supported by artlllety. and It Is bo

lleved as Mon os the Inundated arett

freeics solid that a forward move

ment will r-e attempted.

Occupation of a new position hi Al

sace and Important gains of territory

in the north by taking advantage of

the unprepareoness or ine jen5 w..w

were not expecting an offensive move

ment while the weather continued bad.

were announced here this afternoon. At

the same time it became known that tn

'Belgian artillery, which has been reor

ganised, "as acaln in action.

The gains in the north are important.

Tlfv ransed from CW to W0 yards on

the"Juiies at N'ieuport and eakt of Bt

Georges. The Belgian artillry has

been u.iod to sllcnco tho German guns

In this Mclnlt;.

Determined attempts on the part or

the German sappcra to mine the Frencr

poilttons to the west of Lens wett

prevented by entiling the Oenww no

.