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SATUKDAY, JANUARY 23, 1915.

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CALIFORNIA VOLCANO AGAIN IN

EARTHQUAKE FOLLOWS FRESH

MUTINY IN TURKISH

ARMY IS PUT DOWN;

71 AGITATORS SHOT

LONDON, Jan. 23. Dispatches from Odessa say

there has been a serious mutiny in the Turkish army, and

that Enver Pasha, minister, has had many of his personal

enemies shot, including seventy-one officers who won fame

by distinguished bravery during the Balkan war.

It is said that the dissatisfaction in Constantinople, oc

casioned by German interference with Turkey's affairs, is

growing. The peace party under the crown prince, Yous

touf'Izzeddine, with strong supporters, is meeting deter

mined opposition from Field Marshal von der Goltz, who

has effected the arrest of many prominent Turks.

Petrograd reports that the movement in Constanti

nople in favor of concluding peace speedily is rapidly gain

ing ground. Many influential Turks have joined the Otto

man Society, which was organized for the purpose of prop

agating the peace idea, which the Germanophile clique at

court is opposing energetically.

Although the Turks claim that the whole Russian of

fensive in the Caucasus lias ' i brought to a standstill

Petrograd advices assert v position of the Turks on

that front is absolutely lio . Four entire Turkish div

visions have been wiped v hi in two weeks they have

lost eighteen batteries' 6f cu.t'k-Wmg guns and ten machine-

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Allies Wreck J

Across i.i.

PARIS, Jan. 23. French shells have

Wrecked portions of the bridges across

the Meuse at St. Mlhlel. Violent can

nonading Is making the Gorman posi

tional oaf the west bank.pf the Meuse

an Wn"nfortablo one, and the French

are preparing to resuma their drive

against the German wedge, whose point

rests on St Mlhlel.

This was tho substance of official

claims today, flatly contradicting the

German official statement yesterday

that "the enemy has been cleared from

the front of St Mlhlel."

That the French were forced to

evacuate trenches In the St. Mihiel re

gion Is admitted here, hut tho retire

ment was for a distance of less than

203 yards, according to the war office

The position of the French guns has

not Deen apprecamy suiuca una mo

bombardment of the approaches to St.

Mlhlel Is becoming more effective.

Furious Fighting In Alsace.

Severe fighting In the hills near

Sautmannsweller, In lower Alsace con

tinues, the Avar office announces. The

Germirs aio making repeated bayonet

charges In an effort to drive the Ftench

from their lntrenchmeiits on the hills.

Possession o these hills, commanding

a wide teii'tory in Alsace, is retained by

tho French.

A gain of 100 yards along tho highway,

near Lombaertzyde in the Nieuport

legion, wheie infantty engagements

have been In progress for three days,

Is officially claimed. An Infantry en

counter is in progress In the Argonne

near St. Hubert, but west of the Ar

gons the riflemen are devoting their

time to repairing damages done by tho

recent floods.

Tho Germans are bomburdlng, Bei ry-au-Bac.

Cannonading In the lenlon

south from Ypres, through Arras and

Albert, to Roye continues, with the

French having the advantage, tho

official statement says.

Tho var office today had no con

firmation of unofficial reports that l.a

Bassec, southwest of Lille, the scene

of some of the bloodiest lighting of the

Ghent and Zeebrugge Raiders

Pursued by German Aviators

BERLIN, Jan. W. Hostile aviators

threw several bombB upon Ghent and

Zeebrugge, held by the Germans, with

out doliitr material damage, the German

war office announces this afternoon.

Gcimun ulimcn pursued the, raiders and

engaged them in a rlflo action at a

gieat height, but they escaped.

French Infantry attack near Souain

and Perthes, east of Rhelms, weie re

pulsed with tho enemy suffering se

rious losses, it Is officially announced.

"The enemj's troops dashed from

their trenches and came on tho run

toward our earthworks," official dis

patches said, "but the attack broke un

der our fire. The French were forced

to return to their own trenches."

, Capture of a French position in the

Argonne is otllclully announced. The

Germans captured three officers. 245

men und four machine guns.

The German offensive northwest of

Pont-a-Mousson continues to sweep

back the French army that essayed an

advance toward Metz. The recapture

of "our trenches lost since Januarv 51."

Is claimed. The French lost seven can

non and one machine sun.

liar if j near uartmaaziaweller

JBridges

,iiWhat St. Mihiel

war, had been retaken by the allies.

Officials were not inclined to credit tho

report.

Cossacks Retire Under

Murderous German Fire

PETROGRAD. Jan. 23. Sanguinary

encounters between tho Cossack ad

vance guard of the great Russian army

now menacing the German fortress of

Thorn and German forces southeast of

Klkol, wero reported in dispatches from

the front today.

Under a murderous Are from a Ger

man Infantry regiment, tho cavalry was

forced to retire. It is admitted here. The

Germans wheeled light artillery into

position to support the rlflemon. The

Cossacks weie pertnlttod to advance to

within a short distance from tho Ger

man intronchments. Then a galling

rifle and gun ,tlrc was poured into their

ranks

The outposts having clashed, Petro

grad confidently awaits news of the

beginning ot one of tho greatest battles

fought In noi thorn Poland since tho

beginning of tho war. Earlier in tho

week tho Russians were sweeping

towaid the Prussian frontier without

meeting any seilous resistance. The

Germans will make a stand near Klkol.

about twenty-three miles southeast ot

Thorn, It Is now believed, end a gen

eral engagement all along tho forty

mile battle line will begin there.

Russian scouts today reported that

the army ot General Francois, moving

from tho Mlawa region to attack tho

rtar of the Russian army moving on

Thorn, Is making slow progress. Heavy

ro-enfoi cements, however, nr coming

to Fiancois' aid, and It la thought pos

sible he is awaiting the arrival of these

fresh troops before moving his main

bodies.

Unfavorable conditions In Bukowlna

continue to interfile with operations to

the east, the war office declares.

In Lower Alsace were unsuccessful.

Repulse of Rustsan attacks at sev

eral points, in Poland, particularly near

Przasnyaz, fifty miles north of Warsaw,

is also claimed. The Russian offensive

at this point is made up of the arm

that advanced on a straight line north

trom Warsaw.

Allied Aviatof Makes

Damaging Visit to Bruges

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 23. Crossing the

lines without being detected, an aviator

of the allies flow over Bruges, Belgium,

held by the Germans, and dropped sev

eral bombs, according to dispatches le

celvcd hero today.

Mardi Gran, New Orleans, Mobile,

Pensacola, Feb. 11-16. Very low re

duced round trip fares via Southern

Railway. , Four daily through txaina.

Consult Agents, 705 16th and 905 F sts

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Revival of Rumor Causes Wide

Interest Possible Successor

of Police Head Discussed.

HAS BEEN IN ILL HEALTH

Report Persists That Superin

tendent of Department Will

Step Out Next Monday.

There was a general, as well as per

sistent revival today of the report that

Major Richard Silvester is to resign

as Superintendent of the Metropolitan

Police Department.

The report this morning came from

several sources, several of which ap

peared well authenticated, that the

major's resignation would be in the

hands of the Commissioners before

noon today. The resignation, however,

was not tendered, and Major Sylvester

this afternoon emphatically dented that

he had any Intention of resigning.

In connection with the report that

Major Sylvester is to quit in . few

days, the question aa to who would

succeed him In such Instance la being

widely discussed In police circles.

Capt. Charles Peck, of No. 1 precinct,

and Capt. Robert E. Doyle, of No. 8,

have both been prominently mentioned.

Captain Peck has had much experience

at headquarters, having been In charge

of the detective office at night for a

number of yeurs.

Boardman Ranks Next.

Should promotions be made strictly ac

cording to rank. In the event of the ma

jor's resignation, Inspector Robert If.

Itoardrnan, chief of detectives and as

sistant superintendent, would succeed

him.

Report of Major Sylvester's resigna

tion spread rapidly in the business sec

tion of the city and also at the Capitol,

and was widely discussed. There were

a number of inquiries at the District

building shortly after 12 o'clock by per

sons who wanted to know If the Major

had resigned.

In spite of the fact that the major

made positive denial of any intention

to nuit thft nolirfl fornn tho ptlmnn nf

i his resignation would not down, and this

anernoon mere was a wiaeiy-clrcuiatca

reuuri inui ne is 10 resign on .Monday.

When seen at his office. Major Sylves

ter said that he had no statement to

make, except to say that he was not go

ing to resign. He seemed much nter-

ested, however, in the revival at the re

port of his Intended resignation. Rumors

that Major bylvester was to quit have

betm In circulation for nowe time. To

day, however, la only the second time

he has seen fit to Issue a denial.

Reports of his resignation have been

very distasteful to Major Sylvester. He

has frankly told his friends that he

did not care to discuss the reports. At

first he said ho would not dignify such

reports by discussing them for publica

tion. Major Sylvester has been in p.qor health

for the last year, and at intervals has

had to be away much from his office

because of his physical condition.

Major Sylvester is president of the

International Association of Chiefs of

Police", which office he has held for

fourteen years.' He Is one of the best

known men in his profesion in the

world, and has written extensively on

police and municipal subjects.

Airship Is Wrecked Far

From Land in North Sea

ROTTERDAM. Jan. 23.-Flshcrmcn

nrrlving at Noordwyk today reported

that they saw an airship founder In the

North sea, far off tho coast.

It is believed the wrecked craft was

one of the Zeppelins supoaed to have

raided the English coast

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S- Seymour Thomas Portrait of the President.

S. Seymour Thomas Delivers Portrait Started During

Life of President's Wife Expected It Will Be

Eventually Purchased by Government.

President Wilson's portrait waa hung

today In the main corridor of the Exec

utive Mansion. A striking likeness of

the Chief Executive, the portrait was

painted by . Seymour Thomas, an

American artist.

The portrait Is the personal property

of the President, although It Is ex

pected that at the expiration of his

LAST MINUTE NEWS

KILLS WEALTHY FATHER-IN-LAW.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Samuel Capaccio, forty-two, a wealthy pro

duce dealer of Long Island City, waa shot and killed today by his son-in-law,

Joseph Esposito, twenty-four. Capaccio'B sixteen-year-old son,

Joseph, also was shot by Esposito and is dying in St. John's Hospital.

DR. WILLIAM W. KNOWLTON DEAD.

CAMDEN, N." J., Jan. 23. Dr. William W. Knowlton, aged forty

four, chief surgeon of the Homeopathic Hospital, died here today of

Bright's disease.

PENNSYLVANIA' JUDGE DEAD.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23. Judge John Lippincott Kinsey, of the

court of common pleas, died here today at his residence. Death was

the result of complications following a heavy cold contracted -three

months ago. Judge Kinsey was a well known figure in the State politi

cal circles and has held various political offices here.

THREE TRAINMEN KILLED IN WRECK.

SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 23. Three Erie trainmen were killed early

today when a westbound extra coal train ran over the derailing switch

in a Biding at Brandon, eight miles west of Lackawaxen, and the engine

and several cars went over a high embankment into a creek.

DIES IN UNDERTAKER'S SHOP.

NEW YORK, Jan 23. Feeling faint while returning from Manhat

tan today, John H. Montgomery, lawyer, entered an undertaking estab

lishment on Amity street., Flushing, Long Island, and died sitting in a

chair. He was fifty-fovr years old and member of an old Philadelphia

family.

ARREST UNION AGENT AS FUGITIVE.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Arthur J. Dunn, business agent of Plumbers'

Local, No. 1, was taken before Magistrate Walsh. In Adams street court,

today, charged with being a fugitive from justice4. He is wanted in Phil

adelphia on a charge of attempted extortion involving $2,600.

SOCIALIST HELD FOR THREAT.

DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 23. J. B. Goode, Socialist candidate for Con-gressman-at-large

in the last election, was arrested today, charged with

sending Mayor William Holland a letter on unemployment, in Dallas,

threatening to blow up the city ball. He was indicted by the Federal

grani jury yesterday.

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term of office the Government will en

deavor to buy It for tho permanent

"White Houso collection. A copy of

the painting, made by Thomas himself,

was recently exhibited at the State

house at Trenton, N. J.

The portrait was begun while Mrs.

Wilson was still alive, the President

consenting to have it made at her earn

est request. Several sittings were held

at the White House.

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URGES

COMMISSION

TO RX D. C. TAXES

Majority Leader Makes Plea as

Budget Is Sent to Confer

ence by the House.

DEADLOCK NOW IMPENDING

Five Items in Appropriations Bill

Are in Dispute and Separate

Vote Is Due.

A commission to Investigate and re

port upon tho fiscal relations between

the Federal and District governments

was openly advocated In the House to

day by Majority Leader Oscar W. Un

derwood prior to action sending the

District appropriation bill to confer

ence. Mr Underwood held that there will

always be controversy over the Justice

and the existing half-and-half arrange

ment until an Impartial investigation

and report Is made.

With the assurance of Congressman

Page, In charge of the measure, that the

House conferees will not agree to sev

eral controverted Items until the House

has had opportunity to vote direct upon

them, the budget was finally sent to

conference. Speaker Clark named as

House conferees Congressmen Page,

Blsson and Davis, and a long deadlock

In conference Is in prospect.

Items In Dispute.

Tho Items upon which the House will

later have separate votes are as fol

lows: The Senate amendment for a munici

pal hospital, to cost J150.000.

The Senate amendment striking out

the Johnson rider attacking the half-and-half

principle.

Senator Kern's amendment providing

that tho brick and other building ma

terial products of the Occoquan work

house shall not be sold to tho District

or Federal governments In competition

with free labor products.

The Item calling for a public comfort

station, to cost J18.000. at Fifteenth and

Maryland avenue and H street north

east. Will Not Be Accepted.

To avoid extended debate and roll

calls In the House today. Congressman

Page assured members that these four

Items will not be accepted by the con

ferees of the lower body until the

House shall have approved them. This

assurance satisfied Congressmen Ben

Johnson, Carlln, Foster, and others, and

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New Hampshire Court Turns

Slayer of White Over to New

York Officers.

CONCORD. N. H.. Jan. 23. Harry

Kendall Thaw is on his way back to

New York and the Tombs prison, fol

lowing his sensational escape from

Matteawan asylum nearly a year and

a half ago.

The Blayer of Stanford White was

brought to this city from Manches

ter by Sheriff Holman A. Drew, his

custodian, assisted by a deputy, ar

riving here shortly after 11 o'clock.

Court convened at H:35 o'clock and

William Traycrs Jerome, special pros

ecutor for the State of New York In

the case, handed the mandate of the

Supreme Court of the United Btates.

vacating the writ of habeas corpus,

to the New Hampshire representative.

The mandate was read anJ Judge

Edgar Aldrlch, who granted Thaw

the hubeas corpus writ, handed down

a receipt, reversing his former deci

sion, and returning Thaw from the

custody of Holman A. Drew, custod

ian, to the custody of Sheriff Drew,

of Coos county.

Following this proceedlnK tho pris

oner was turned over to Sheriff Fred

Hornbtck. of Dutchess county, New

York, under tho extradition papers

signed by Governor Kelker in 1913.

Pastor Russell Will Allow No Col

lection when he preaches on "To Hell

and Back In the Bible Way," a: the

New National Thtater tomorrow at t

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CELL IN NEW YORK

ERUPTION;

VIOLENCE

NEW CRATER FORMS

ON MOUNT LASSEN

ON ITS EAST FLANK

REDDING, Cal., Jan. 23. Mt. Lassen was in violent

eruption early today. A slight earthquake tremor was felt

in the neighborhood of the volcano at the time.

The eruption today was apparently from a new crater

on the east side. Rumblings which preceded the eruption

for an hour were heard at Volta, twenty-two miles away.

Mt. Lassen has been active at intervals since last May,

when its rumblings and discharges of steam and gases at

tracted adventurous sightseers from many miles around.

It was then feared that a large section of the surrounding

country would be devastated.

On May 30 last ten tourists were trapped on the edge

of the volcano, and narrowly escaped asphyxiation in a

blast of gas suddenly belching from the crater. There have

been minor disturbances since.

INSIST

WILL

SAIL THIS AFTERNOON

Clerical Work Given as Reason

for Delay in Leaving of Ship

at Galveston.

GALVESTON. Tex., Jan. 23. The

steamship Dacia will sail this after

noon, her agents announced today.

Clerical work delayed, her departure,

according to the agents.

A heavy northwester, accompanied

by driving rain, also threatened to

keep the former German steamer in

port, but the pilots stated they could

take her out.

Capt. George McDonald Intimated

today that he would attempt to elude

the British cruiser reported lying In

wait for the Dacia in the Florida

straits.

Several newspaper men wanted to

sign on the crew today, but were re

jected. The thirty-one American sailors

who will take the ship out of Gal

veston will be re-enforced at Norfolk,

whero the Dacia is expected to stop

for coal.

OFFICE ON TUESDAY

Louis Brownlow, who has been con

llrmed ns District Commissioner, to

succeed Frederick I Slddons, will take

the oath of office as Commissioner at

11 o'clock on Tuesday morning.

A number of officials of the District

government and friends of tho now

Commissioner will witness his induction

Into ottlce.

House May Vote

By Electric Device

Committee On Accounts Adopts

Resolution to Do Away With

Tedious Roll Calls.

Tedious roll calls in tho House of Rep

resentatives, with a membership of 435,

will be eliminated if that body adopts

a resolution agreed upon by its Com

mittee on Accounts today providing for

the installation of an electric voting de

vice. With the Installation of such a devico

each member would nieiely punch a

button, and would record his vote on a

big board p&red against one of tho

wells f thn chamber. Congressman

WfcHli ( 1M' Jersey, inventor of tho

KpM alen, says no i oil call would

require more than ten minutes. Tho

actual call could be made In sixty sec

onds, but u few minutes would be al

lowed members to Bet to tho Houso

trom the ofllce building.

Mr. Walsh estimates that two months

wero consumed in the Sixty-second

Congress in calling the roll. It now re

quires forty-live minutes for the clerk

to drone out the names of members and

record their rebponses.

Tho Accounts Committee will recom

mend an appropriation of J3O.GO0 to In

stall an electric voUng fcystem and tho

resolution probably will be called up

next week.

BROWNLOW TO TAKE

FEDERAL LEAGUERS

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Prove Organized Baseball Con-v

tracts Contain Renewal

Clause for Players.

CHICAGO. Jan. 23.-The Federal

League drew first blood today In the

dissolution proceedings It instituted

against organized baseball when Ellis O.

Ktnkead, organized baseball counsel,

admitted that the new 1915 contract con

tained the renewal clause, as charged

by Federal attorneys.

Challenging the statement made Fri

day that O.'B. players were only bound

by the reserve clause for one year more

than the contract term, which he sold

was limited to one year, Qulncy Myers,

Federal League attorney, charged the

players were forced to sign a renewal

clause contract every year. Counsel

Mllkr, for the organized baseball con

tingent, challenged his statement.

Federal Attorney Addlngton presented

a 1!J5 contract submitted to Player

Konetchy by President Dreyfuss, of the

Pittsburgh Pirates, which, he asserted,

contained the renewal clause. He de

manded that organized basebll produce

contrcts signed by Ray Caldwell, Ivy

WIngo. nd Walter Johnson, and re

quested that the Konetchy contract bo

mado part of the record.

Every O. B. lawyer In court entered

the tray, contesting the right of Federal

attorneys to enter the 1815 contract aa

a part of the court record. For the

first time In the hearing. Klnkhead and

John Galvln, of Cincinnati, and Georgo

Williams, of St. Louis, took the tloor.

When Addlngton demanded that Ban

B. Johnson, August Herrmann, and

John K. Tener be placed on the stand

to determine whether the new 1915 cop

tract was different from former con

tracts, Attorney Miller offered to make

admissions that the Konetchy contract

was the same as those signed by Cald

well, Wlngo, and Johnson. Atorney

Klnkead, who said he had seen the

contiacts of Wlngo and Caldwell, made

the admission.

When Addlngton presented the mo

tion for tho producing of the Walter

Johnson contract. Klnkead objected, be

cause "there might be certain terms In

the contrnct crgardlng the salary that

the Washington team might not want to

bo made public.

Xddlngon retorted that he had served

notice on the defensive lawyers Janu

ary 16. asking to see the new form of

contract. Counsel Miller admitted this.

Finally Judge Landls abruptly halted

what he termed a "debate between the

lawyers" and recessed court.

"We made a homo run, and It was

our best, inning." said President Gil

more, of the Federals, at recess.

May Hold British Collier

In Harbor of San Juan

Instructions were sent by the Stat

Department today to customs officers aft

San Juan, Porto Rico, to give notid

that the "K. D. 3." the former Brltis

collier Farn, would bo interned in the

harbor there unless the vessel departs

within twenty-four hours. The Farn

was captured by the Karlsruhe and a

prize crew put aboard.

Federal repiescntatlves in San Juan

were notified that prize officers und the

prize clew of Chinese ihould be re

leased, The Immigration service has

been notified to look after the disposi

tion of theie foreigners.

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