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12 i fc THE jWASHINGTQN TOST FRIDAY JTANUARY 2 1916 PAGE HAS SCHOOL PLAN1 Urges Law Stand Except as to Naming of Superintendent COMPROMISE IS EXPECTED Justices Favor Taking Duty Frotfi Court Lloj Suggests Lodging Authorltj VTltH President Lancaster Petition Rejected as Unfit for Publication DISTRICT IN CONGRESS HOUSE The Lloyd subcommittee of the District committee concluded hearings on the commissioners bill to centralize all local school authority in the commissioners The District items in the urgent deficiency bill were adopted by the House sitting as a committee without objection Representative Cary of Wisconsin introduced a resolution to place the sale of all beverages brewed or distilled under the Jurisdiction of the excise authorities making it necessary for dealers to obtain licenses the same as saloons Representative Barkley of Kentucky introduced a prohibition bill for the District its terms being identical with those of the Sheppard bill pending in the Senate There was a reneral feeling among Interested parties last night at the close xt a two dars hearing on the subject that the Lloyd subcommittee of the House District committee will seek a middle ground upon which to base its recommendations with respect to the proposal to concentrate all local school authority In the commissioners The most probable solution It was thought If any change Is to be made at all was that suggested by Representative Robert Page of North Carolina who Is chairman of the appropriations subcommittee in charge of framing the District budget Mr Page proposed that the power of appointing the members of the board of education be transferred from the Justices of the District Supreme Court to the commissioners and that no other changes In the present system be made whatsoever Suggests President Name Board Earlier in the day Chairman Lloyd remarked that a good suggestion for a compromise would be to vest the power of appointing the board in the president He did not couple with the suggestion however any kind of a statement Indicating that he would urge Its acceptance by the other members of the subcommittee On the contrary Mr Lloyd judging by his statements and his queries to witnesses feels that the present system should not be disturbed Right at the end of the hearings It was brought out with considerable force that the justices of the supreme court are quite willing indeed anxious that the appointing power be taken away from them Not Judicial Function Mr Lloyd himself stated that he conferred for an hour with ope of the Justices Wednesday night and gained the information that the members of the court do not feel that the appointing of the board of education is a judicial function The Interest of the District school teachers most of whom are obviously opposed to a change of any kind did not lag yesterday They were present In numbers almost as large as on the opening Jay Practically all of them were women They did not miss a word of the various arguments and now and then they fractured not seriously however the congressional rule of silence at committee hearings The petition prepared by Lancaster in behalf of the Northwest Clti aens Association which provoked a discussion on the opening day of the hearing was excluded from the subcommittees records yesterday as a thing unfit for publication Scorned and Spurned Representative Ragsdale of South Carolina made the motion to exclude He said the references of Col Lancaster were an Insult to the teachers and pupils of Washington schools Representative Ftocht of Pennsylvania rose and asked If there was any person In the audience representative of the clti senship of the District who cared to disavow the Lancaster petition Before however any one had a chance to fulfill his request Mr Focht decided to take the matter In hand himself He said he wished to make his denouncement of the petition very emphatic We said he speaking for the subcommittee scorn spurn and repudiate it Applause From Teachers Then the subcommittee perfunctorily and unanimously voted to return the objectionable document to its writer Mr Lancaster was not present The proceedings in this connection were punctuated with applause from the school teachers mostly women who were present Short concluding speeches were made by President Blair Commissioner Newman and Corporation Counsel Syme Before the speeches were made however Chairman Lloyd presented for printing In the record all of the petitions and memorials which have been received by the subcommittee from organisations societies and cltlsens The Lancaster petition was not among these It lay on the table and was pushed about by the members of the subcommittee until the hearing was adjourned and then Representative Johnson asked a clerk to mall it to its author Newmans Final Plea Mr Newmans final plea for legislation to centralize the control of the school establishment in Washington dealt chiefly with arguments presented by the opposition during the two days of the hearings He said that many of the witnesses had asked for a retention of the present system on the theory that It was well to let well enough alone He decried such a principle as not conducive to the best there is In governmental activity He said It was not a good rule to follow closely under any conditions for it would be an absolute bar against advancement It was his understanding he said that the present judges of the District Supreme Court were anxious to divest themselves of the duty which makes it necessary for them to appoint the members of the board of education Interrupted by Lloyd Chairman Lloyd Interrupted to say that he Mr Lloyd had talked for an hpur last night with one of the justices and was impressed that the Justices though they did not care to appear in II I ZZrJZ7r 1 ZZm be ready There is no expecta be lodged elsewhere He said he did BUILDING TO END WAR i Secretary Daniels Expects to Be Able to Lknit Armament WARS CALL IS SUDDEN Instant Readiness Is Necessary Gen Carter Tells Senators MUST ITBST GET HT POSITION International Conference Could be Called When War Is Over He Tells House Committee Constructing At Rapid Rate This Nation Would Then Get Attention legal fraternity whether or not the school board members could be removed The answer invariably has been that there Is no way to remove them That being true I submit that the condition tends to bad administration There should be no body so constituted that is charged with the expenditure of any sum that can not be renoved by established machinery System Bad Says Page While I know of no instance in which any member of the present board should have been removed nor have ever heard a removal aavocatea i think this condition is administratively bad Furthermore I do not believe It conducive to goodadmlnistratlon that any branch of governmental activities should be so divided Where responsibility Is lodged there should be given authority The bill under consideration does not meet my views but I have a very definite proposal It Is simply that an amendment be made to the existing school law transferring to the commissioners the appointment of the school board I cannot see that it would In the slightest degree affect the adminis tration of the school board and yet It would form a link between the District and the school board and places author ity where responsibility is given Cant Eliminate Politics In the sense that politics has been referred to in these hearings my mind cannot grasp an organization that Is not susceptible to political Influence under our form of government You may make the school system more susceptible or you may make It less but the danger will abide as long as our present form of government lasts A committee representing the Board of Trade was before the committee yesterday in opposition to the commissioners recommendations The committee was headed by Frederick Fennlng Julius Peyser and Crandall Mackey supported the proposed change Citizens Before Board The following appeared either in their individual capacities or as representatives of citizens organizations Judge Charles Bundy Columbia Heights Cltlsens Association Thompson South Washington Citizens Association Dr Charles Emmons East Washington Citizens Association Charles Langenbech Henry Cooke Parents Association Mrs Bayles Carberry Parent Teachers Association Mrs William Hardy seventh division Federation of Home and School Mrs Ada McKInley Peabody Home and School Association Mrs Ellen Molster Brookland Parents Association Mrs Darton Mothers Congress Mrs Charles Duval Wallach Home and School Association Mrs Lyman Kebler Parents League Mrs Ran some Collegiate Alumnae Association and Mrs Martch The United States with an established naval building program of adequate proportions will occupy a po sition at the end of the European war to call an international conference for limitation of armament Secretary of the Navy Daniels informed the House naval affairs committee yesterday Representative Thomas Butler of Pennsylvania who believes that It would be well to wait until the end of the war before deciding what Increases Mr Daniels as to the reason for the proposed immediate increase Hopes for Brighter Day In the present state of world madness said Mr Daniels when we are at peace and all the rest of the world is at war I should say even If we are not In actual danger we ought to inoculate against the germs of the disease We hope to see the day come when we can stop the competitive building of naval armaments When this war ends we hope to be able to Invite all the nations to come together and agree to stop building The fact that we are building at a rapid rate and are big and strong will enable us to appeal to these other nations and show them the futility of keeping up this race Why cant we wait until this war is over and then decide what is the best policy If we could build ships in a few weeks I would prefer to wait said Mr Daniels but that cannot be done The Secretary said he was in favor of Improving the efficiency of the ma rlne corps and thought It would be well If the officers of the corps were proficient In navigation and other sub Jects In which a naval officer of the line receives instructions Asked by Representative Ernest Roberts of Massachusetts as to the number of dreadnoughts in commission he placed the number at seven This disposes of the controversy raised as to whether the Michigan and South Carolina belong In the dreadnought class They are definitely excluded ISroA COMPTJISOEY SEEVICE Thinks Young Men Should Be Given Opportunity to Volunteer However Big Regiments Like Those of Europe Unsuited to Conditions In However He Adds Any military policy adequate to the nations needs must recognise the fact that wars come suddenly and there must be Instant rsadlness to meet the attack said Maj Gen William Car ter reentry retired in a statement yes terday before the Senate military committee 4 War is a condition which may be forced upon us aiy day through diplomatic notes he said without action by Congress Great Britains declare there should be In the navy questioned tion of war against Germany and the Japanese auacK upon Kussia were cited as illustrating the possibilities Mobile Force of 181500 General Carter laid before the com mittee a report submitted by him to the Secretary of War last April before his retirement and while he was commander of the department of Hawaii Gen Carter recommended increasing the standing army to such an extent that a mobile force of 131500 men would be available in the United States that the Federal volunteers be organized and trained on the basis of an infantry regiment to each congressional district and that additional appropriations be made for toe militia He did not believe however that a period of intensive training for Federal volunteers could be accomplished Instead he proposed that a colonel for each volunteer regiment be appointed from the regular army and also a non commissioned staff that the troops be enlisted for two years and trained In such ways as might be found practicable in each district In that time he said about the same amount of instruction could be given as in six months of intensive training For Compulsory Service LJke all other regular army officers who have appeared before the military committees Gen Carter thought compulsory military service was the only means of fully insuring the nation against attaok though he believed it unwise to attempt to enact such a measure at present saying that the young men of the country should be given an opportunity to come forward as volunteers No Trench Warfare Here The huge regiments of several thousand men used in some European armies he said were wholly unsuited to American conditions and he dismissed as not worthy of consideration the suggestion that 16 lnch howitzers would be needed for the mobile troops The general offered and Chairman Chamberlain accepted his services In aiding the committee In drafting Its military bills He had much to do with writing the organization law under which the army now operates UNITE FOR PROGRESSIVE La Follette and Cummins Republicans Hope to Rule at Chicago NO CONTESTS BE BETWEEN THEM Little Private Dinner to Arrange Matters Attended by the Factions in Congress Borah Clapp Sterling Morris Polndextery Works and Kenyon Among Others There GREECE GALLED ALLIES CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE JOINS FIGHT ON LIQUOR HERE Representative Barkley Offers Bill to Make District Dry In the House as well as in the Senate there is now pending a bill to make the District dry Representative A Barkley of Kentucky is author of the House measure He introduced It yesterday The bill is In the precise terms of the Sheppard bill presented to the Senate several days ago Both would make It unlawful to manufacture or sell Intoxicating liquors In the District after November 1 1916 It was regarded as somewhat novel that a member of Congress from the State that produces more whisky than any other Commonwealth In the Union and that now has three fifths of all the whisky in the United States In Its bonded warehouses should blossom forth as a champion of prohibition Representative Barkley said it Is his Intention to push the bill to turn the National Capital dry He said it is a mistake to accuse Kentucky of being a whisky State for 114 out of Its 120 counties are dry SENATE DONE TILL MONDAY not understand the justice with whom hetaiked to say specifically that this power should be gien to the commissioners Mr Newman said he had talked with a member of the court and remembered distinctly that the justice had said that the power ought to belong to the commissioners Did he give you his reason for desiring the change asked Mr Lloyd I dont remember that he did was the reply I can give the reason of the one with whom I talked said Mr Lloyd He said it was not a judicial function Thinks Critics Unjust Mr Newman then spoke of the political phase of the discussion He said his feelings in this respect hardly amounted to resentment but he did consider it an injustice on the part of those who urged the danger of political Interference to assume that the present commissioners did not have the best interests of the public schools at heart and that they were bent on Tammany lslng the school establishment Representative Page appeared before the committee at the request of Mr Lloyd am not here to advocate this legislation said Mr Page I do not think such radical legislation Is wise But I vn satisfied there should be a change In the law as to the administration of the schools of the city of Washington Adjournment Taken to Permit Committees to Do Their Work In order to permit the committees to work steadily on the preparation of legislation the Senate adjourned last night until Monday This course was decided on at a conference of administration senators The Philippine bill will be taken up Monday and a vote probably will be reached within a few days By that time It Is hoped that conservation measures and the rural credits bill tion of national defense measures be ing reported for many weeks Senator Johnson Hurt at Home Senator Johnson of South Dakota is confined to his home by injuries from falling downstairs Several ribs are believed broken KING ACCUSES ENTENTE CONTINUED rBOM FIRST PAGE I nave asked several leaders af the MercaU of the first comer Salonikl is Greek I propose that It shall remain Greek Cannot Conquer Germany Does your majesty believe that Germany can be victorious asked the correspondent That depends replied the king on what Is meant victorious If you mean take London Paris and Petrograd probably not But I believe the Teutons can defend themselves where they are for a very long time If economic exhaustion does not force Germany to sue for peace I believe It will be very difficult if not impossible to conquer her In a military way Then what does your majesty think will be the outcome of tne war The king replied A draw dont jouT By royal order the above interview was countersigned by Court Marshal of other considerations mentioned further on Is the consequence of a long war characterized by the ruin of srrfall peoples by Germany The king declares that the allies have occupied Greek territories without his permission There is no question of an occupation properly speaking but of temporary use of certain portions As regards the Islands referred to the entente powers made use of them provisionally because Turkey had always refused to recognire Greek possession of them a use made with the facit consent of Greece which only protested for forms sake which negotiated on the subject with the allies making certain stipulations as to methods for the utilization of the islands and receiving in exchange for mal promises as to their purely temporary use as to compensation for all possible damages and even other promises not unconnected with Greek foreign policy Went at Greek Request As to Salonikl the case Is still far otherwise than King Constantlne avers The allies only went to Salonikl In order to succor Serbia Greeces ally and as an answer to the mobilisation by Serbias traditional enemy Bulgaria Serbia attacked on two sides was not In position to obtain from the Greeks the 150000 men stipulated for in the treaty of alliance It was to replace these men that the allies went to Salonikl at the request of the Greek government which otherwise refused to mobilize Greeces Benevolent Neutrality Greeces neutrality has from the beginning been a benevolent one toward the allies This has been declared to them officially not only by Ventzelos but also by his successors several times yet during recent months the Greek government has permitted Germans and Austrlans to violate Its neutrality by using the Greek coasts and islands as a base for provisioning their submarines The fact that no one has been able to locate this base exactly proves the cleverness of the Germans but their fury At the presence of the allies at Castellorlzo Corfu and other well known submarine nests shows the reality of the organization How then since that time can one invoke even the neutrality of Corfu where on the very eve of the French disembarkation there was a complete German staff How can one invoke this neutrality which was established as the condition of a gift made by England to Greece and not In the interest of Greece but in that of Eng land As to the violent epithets the king applies to the policy of the allies they cannot change the truth The Greek government was so little convinced that the Galllpoll enterprise would be a failure that they tried by every means to take part in it and it was only their exaggerated demands that caused their iniineratlon to be refused If th entemrise has been a failure and the Serbs have been crushed the fact is due to Greeces declining to fulfill her engagements as an ally toward Serbia and allowing her territory to be surrounded by the armies of her bitterest enemy Lesson of Elections 4 RUSSIAN ARMIES CLAIM GREAT GAINS CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE As to the sympathies of the Greek people it is enough to examine the figures regarding recent abstentions at the last elections to see what they mean or to recall the fact that a while ago Venizelos the friend of the entente was cheered by thousands of people The king declares he cannot demobilize He falls to add that the allies continue at his request to advance money to Greece for Its mobilization He is afraid Salonikl will be no longer Greek If the allies are driven from it Then why does he want to persuade the allies to go and why does he not take his place beside them Concerning his opinion about the result of the war it is pleasant that a sovereign so much impressed by Germanys power publicly avows that she cannot be victorious This shows how right an impartial people are in proclaiming that she will be crushed 24 CONVICTS ESCAPE Cut Through Plank Eight Inches Thick at Cummins Ark Little Rock Ark Jan 20 Using a saw made from a knlfeand cutting through a plank 8 inches thick 24 white convicts whose terms ranged from one year for minor felonies to life imprisonment for murder escaped last night from the State convict farm at Cummins Ark and are still at large Cartorysk two German columns melted so rapidly under the fire of the Russian artillery that their armies in that theater Tqavo been forced to remain supine ever since At Olyka the Austro German counter attacks were so costly that the storming columns eventually fell back to the second line without the slightest pressure by the Russians Hand to hand fighting of an Increasingly violent character and on an extended scale marks the campaign on the Bessarablan frontier The Russians have fought their way Into the Austrian trenches time after time only to be repulsed with heavy losses according to the Austrian official report Both sides have been heavily rein forced At present the Russians are the stronger In number and a dispatch from Bucharest states that some of the Teuton regiments who fought In Serbia and Montenegro are being hurriedly returned to the Gallclan front The czar has left Petrograd and according to a dispatch from the Russian capital is proceeding to the front near Czemowits It is at that point that the ganeral engagement is developing on which the success of the great flanking movement now under way Is believed to depend Vienna Tells of Violence The Austrian official report says A new battle on the Bessarablan front is Increasing in violence Tenacious attacks by superior Russian forces at several places between Topo rutz and Boyan were repulsed principally by Budapest and Honved The Russians several times during the combats entered our trenches but were always repulsed following hand to hand fights which resulted in heavy losses to them At one place the Sixth and Thirtieth Honved regiments made vigorous counter attacks The grounl in front of the trenches is covered with dead Russians In certain districts the dead number between 800 and loou Artillery duels are taking place in East Gallcla Turks and Persians Lose By the Associated Press London Jan 20 A Reuter dispatch from Teheran says that a Russian column has completely defeated a band ot 1000 rebels which was terrorizing the people in Enzell and Resht districts Persia and threatened the communl Republican progressives in the Senate and Hodse are organizing wltn the purpose in vieW of forcing the Republican national convention to name a progressive member of the party as its candidate and to adopt a genuinely progressive platform They also propose to work as a unit in both houses of Congress for progressive constructive legislation Their plans have been so well formulated that an agreement has already been reached by which progressive Republicans will not contest with each other in the same State for delegates to the national convention In States where two or more progressive Republican candidates are making a fight for delegates the friends of the contestants are to confer and determine who shall remain in the field and who shall withdraw Strongest Man to Ron This is to be determined upon the showing of strength made at these conferences the object being not to divide the progressive Republican vote in the primaries and to insure as many delegates as possible pledged to some progressive candidate The initial steps in this organization were taken last Saturday night at a private dinner given at the Capitol Park Hotel near the Capitol building There were present at this dinner either by person or by proxy the following senators Borah Cummins Kenyon Gronna La Follette Clapp Sterling Norris Works Polndexter and Jones Senator La Follette was out of the city but his personal representative was present and spoke for1 him authoritatively-Another dinner is to be held at the same place tomorrow night It was said last night that probably twice as many members of the House as the number of Senators indicated were In the organization Cummins and La Follette Agree One of the chief objects of the organization being to effect thorough cooperation with respect to the presidential nomination North Dakota will furnish the first Instance of the effect of the agreements that have been reached In this State where the primaries are among the first to be held both Senators Cummins and La Follette have strong friends and the fight already Is on for delegates At the dinner last Saturday night It is said a cast iron agreement was made that these two aspirants for presidential honors would not split up that field There Is to be a showing of strength and to whomever at the conference to be held is able to show the larger measure of support will be given the field Cummins and Roosevelt Too In this way it Is hoped a majority of delegates may be chosen to the Chicago convention pledged to support a progressive candidate but not unalterably tied up to any particular man It was said yesterday that Cot Roosevelt recently told his friends and followers that Senator Cummins was one of the men whose nomination would be acceptable to him This attitude on the part of the colonel however may be due In some degree to a statement the Iowa senator also Is said to have recently made This was to the effect that if he Mr Cummins saw that he could not be nominated he would not attempt to boldhls delegates hard and fast but would permit them to vote for Roosevelt THE LEGALREGORD THURSDAY JANUARY 20 MIC UnitedjStates Supreme Court Present Mr Justice MeKenna Miv Justice Holmes Mr Justice Hashes Mr Jostle Tan Durante Mr Jostle Pitney and Mr Jostles McReynolds Luther Bower of Atlanta Oa Samuel Nes bltt Zrias of Atlanta Oa Robert Shipp of Moultrie Ga Hudson Moore of Atlanta Ga Sheperd Bryan of Atlanta Oa and Urals Jena wits of New Tote eity were admitted to practice No 187 Powhatan Causey appellant vs Th United States paised temporarily on dmh tton of Mr Miller for the appellant No 208 The Chicago and Alton Railroad Company appellant ti The United 8tates and No 320 Th Taaoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company appellant ti The United BUtee passed temporarily on motion of Mr Solicitor General Darts for the appellee No 206 A McClelland a Bute auditor of the Stats of Oklahoma et aL appellants vs Missouri Kansas and Texas RaQwty Company appeal from the dletrlet court of the United States for the Western district of Oklahoma dismissed with costs pursuant to the tenth role No 206 Southern Railway Carolina dlrtslon plaintiff in error ti Fannie Driggs et aL and Mo 209 Southern Railway Carolina dlTlslon plaintiff in error re Hubert Driggs by hla guardian Ae paaaed temporarily No 104 Illinois Central Railroad Company plaintiff in error vs Fulton II Skaggs argument continued by Mr 8 Horton for the plaintiff in error by Mr Humphrey Barton for the defendant In error and concluded by Mr 8 Horton for the plaintiff in error No 189 Brousaard plaintiff in error re a Baser rnier or police or ue city oi Beaumont Tex submitted by Mr Frederick Tyler for the Dlalntlff In error no aDDearance for the defendant in error noa 20B and 204 Carolina GUaa Company plaintiff in error tb William Murray et al Jo uarouaa UUn company piaintin in error vs William Murray chairman et al and No 12 The Carolina Glaae Company plaintiff in error ti The State of Booth Carolina argued by Mr William tries for the plaintiff in error and by Mr Benjamin Llndaey Abney for tne oeienaanta la error No 207 The County of Sioux Nebr Dlalntlff in error vs Newton Hole aubmltted by Mr Allen Fisher for the plaintiff In error no brief died for the defendant In error No 190 Rebecca Loth et al nlalotlffa In error tb The City of 8V Louli et aL in error to the supreme court of the State of Miaeouri dlamlaaed with coats on motion of Mr DaTld Goldamith for the plaintiff in error Aojonrnea until tomorrow at 12 oclock The day call for Friday January 21 will be I follows Nba 211 171 180 193 207 214 216 218 and 219 Supreme Court District of Columbia EQUITY DIVISION 1 Mr Joatlce Anderson Gardner rn Brace order of Dnbllcatlon Plaintiffs attorney Stewart 8chladt ti Sehladt rule returnable January 28 Plaintiff attorney Hilton Jackaon Doreey ti Doner rule returnable January 28 PlalaUff attorney I Hltt and Erani Robinson re Johnson order ratifying eale Plaintiff attorney Mlllnn A Smith defendant attorney Richardson A Shlere and Fred 8 Swindell Brockett Rover decree auletlnr title Plalntlft atorneya A Maedel and WlUlama In re aaaignment of laaac Miller order to file report In bankruptcy proceeding Attorney Mark Steannan April ra PMmpa pro confeoeo ordered and reference to Shipley examiner Plain uiri atorney ueorge uertman OCEAN STEAMERS FLORIDA TOUR Personally Conducted From Baltimore Friday February 18 7 ra slement nin S9000 cald Attorney Vf Lambert I United States vs Joseph Jennings murder aay trip Including necessary apMaes ISO second decree Jury respited nam Monday At Meals and room on steamer betels ante trips Adjourned snuX Monday January 24 PISTRICT DIVISION Mr Justice Slddoue In rs small parks jury sworn sad Tasarlsg set foe March 23 11 CRIMINAL DIVISION 2 Mr Justice Slddons Sanders TSTbbln dismissal vacated and eas et for trial January 24 Plaintiff attorneys 8 Oleiy and SolUran defendants attorneys John Rldont and Dtckey Ward vs Gray bill of exceptions submitted Plaintiff attorney Testman defendants attorney Got Ids McGee vs MeDearaon Judgment for retort of Property OT in Hen tin wftlvm Interest Plain tiffs attorney Louli Ottenberg defendants St torney A OSbea 1 earner Koss ts ODea verdict for plaintiff for 18088 Plaintiff attorney Sholei defendant attorney A OShea Lunacy bearings la afternoon Assignment for today No 107 Wooton vs Leet Attorneys Handy Lester No 68 Peeks ts Collins Attorneys Richardson Shrere Lester wo Collin ts Peske Attorneys Lester Attorneys Oardloer Attorneys Richardson A Shrere No 94 Clffo ts Byrne Hamby Lans In re estate of Benjamin Andrews Lambert Olaaaie No 92 Grades ti Grades Attorney Steer man No 104 Rosenthal ts Barnett Attorneys Ottenberg Gardiner No 108 CoUlnan vs Cuib Attorneys Padgett Hogaa No 10f Waits ts Smith Attorney Daisy BANKRCPTCT DIVISION Mr Joitlce Anderson In re bankruptcy of Isaac Miller report of assignee referred to referee In re Stelzer reference to special master In re A Schneider adjudication and reference to Qulnter In re Max Berman rule on alleged bankrupt returnable January 31 PROBATE DIVISION Mr Justice MeCoy Estate of Estella GartreU will dated December 11 1918 filed Estate of Joseph Johnston petition for letters of administration filed Attorney A Johnston Eitate of JosenhR Lamar order for rom mlslson to Isaac Attorneys McEenney A Flan nery Eitate of Ellis Sheaff commission ordered to Issue Attorney Leon Shore Estste of Ann Jeffries order to accept fJOO for clslmv Attorney Gerdlner Estate of Marie Schmidt order to transfer ttock Attorney A Maedel In re Annie Tyrrell order to lnrest In note Attorney McGlue In re Armlstead Peter order to purchase bond Attorneys Gordon A Gordon Estate of Mary Imnnlngton will admitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Abner Dunnington bond i600 Attorney Besll Eitate of Hampton Wilson win admitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Florence Smith bond 300 Attorneys Lang Fred Beall and Mardonald Estate of Greenberry Rowsee will admitted to probate and letters of administration a granted to William Hollowsy bend 4000 Attorney Holloway 1Tatf a UMMt A jwiVa will sdmltted to probate and letters testamentary granted to FOR DErLLSIN POTOMAC PARK In re lunacy of Albert Wood order an I Ella Molr bond 400 Attorneya Rlc pointing Wood committee Dona tzouu Hnrere Motions ror today No 1 Kenyon ts National Barlnga and Trust Company Attorneya Gatley Tucker Darlington No 2 Edelln ti Dlitnct of uramma At torneya Gertman Syme No ETerhart vs BTtrnarr Attorneys Coombe Colbert No 4 In re Bi Flnklesteln Atorney Stein No 5 Strang Electric Compasy vs Pennock Attorneys McNeill Hinton No Cooper ts Cooper Attorney Curtis Drew No 7 Warren ts Warren Attorneya Col Ilna Gasklns Reed ts Reed Attorneys Collins Gssklns No 9 Mnrdock vs Murdoek Attorney Al binson No 10 Brooks ts DSTtdKMi Attorneys Wright Woodward Glttings Sleman Msckall No 11 Rldenour ti Ridenour Attorneys Leeter Barnard A Johnson Glttings Drake No 12 Brakhagen Commercial National Bank Attorney Mlllan A Smith Baker Swin delL granted 1 rhardson Ice Grand opportunity to visit Land of Son suae ana riowera neguiar samags to 8a Taansh and JacksonrlD every Tuesday and Frt 8end for Itinerary and particulars MERCHANTS ANT MINERS TRAH9 CO Turner A Baltimore Trld Cvraaralt amy ticket or twmrlst aa eat fsF lAltaAJ03BUWUBrODfJAWrjmx aTi kmoeTomVTOeoAWDeraW re 3W AIB13 sasTTl sTl I IliMniaN mil LAMFOm fiHOLT LINE ttsgaur samngs or laaarlwis BJOs Ssr i I DwelmllrT AmminmA fe Im hwn Bjaxn4jriiLsOJrfraAgtaiBroeMlwayhrrV Hicks ISM St IV XV WASHINGTON HOTELS THE DEWEY HOTEL 1330 st nw bet 13th and 14th Stltes of one two and tare rooms with hath Rooms with running water doable er single Attrsctlre rates on the American or European Plans Satisfying table and excellent errtc Personal Usneetioa inrited A Pat tee Mgr Georg 0 Patte Propr Lincoln Hotel 10th Sts NW American Plan 150 to 2 a day European TSe and 1 a day Centrally located Running water Bath In Urge rooms Ja21 tf HOTEL STRATFORD 14TH AND MONROE STS Pleasant sunny rooms with priTate bath doable and alngl rates reasonable steam beat sun parlor NEW OXFORD HOTEL 15ti and PannsyTmaia Are NW American and European plana Opposite White Bouse ground and Treasury Too only hotel property in Wsshlngton owned by TJ goTernment Ronnlng hot sod ceM water in yrj room KeasonaDio rates a wearer i Manager noZVASt HOTEL CAIRO ST BETWEEN 16TH AND 1TTH A quiet family hotel In EleTated Northwest residence section moderate rates THE NEW BANCROFT AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN Large and small eomfortibte rooms tng1e or en nte ltfi nw I MAT Po FLORIDA RESORTS Florida East Coast Th ealy plies spend tae winter au eta Ansae Slew Tars LEGAL NOTICES ROSEA EGA HOlLTOV attorney SUPREME COCRT OF THE DISTRICT IF Columbia Holding Probate Court No 22339 Eitate of Clsra Henkle letters of ad b1k4k a A iri minlitration granted toJullet Cox and Mary talned frem the Probate Court of the District A Hanney bond 5000 Attorneys Clepbane of folnmbJe letters iMimim tv A Clepbane I of Velinda Chapman late of the District of Estate of Frederick Kingman lteri of i Columbia deceased AH persons baring llm administration grsned to Dsn Kingman Mlnt th deceased are hereby warned to bond 900 Attorney Koones bibit the same with Touchers thereof legal Estate of Carrie Griffin will admitted to authenticated to the aiibscriDer on or before probate and letters testamentary granted to tne jth DAT OF JANPARY A 191T oth erwte tney may by law be exclnned from probate snd letter testsmentary granted William Richards bond S00 Attorney Richard Estate of Hnston will admitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Stewart bond 900 Attorney Stewart Estate of Lerenla Hillman petition for letters of administration filed Attorney John Rldoot Estate of Frank Stanton petition for letters of administration filed Attorney Quintan Eitate of John Hobtltxell petition for letters of administration filed Attorney Baker I Estate of Henry A Edwards petition for EQUITY DIVISION 2 Mr Justice McCoy letters of adminletntlon filed Attorney Dante ts Hot chin time to settle statement I Loclrwond of erldence extended to March 1 and to file I Etate of Flisabeth ODonoghue petition for transcript to March 15 Plaintiff attorney Brandeb Edwin and Clifford Grlffln bond 500 Attorney 1 A Maedel i benefit of said estate Giren noder my Sand MU ruju rnis in nay ot Jinnirr iitL William THOMPSON 819 Ksndolpn tret northwer Attest Seal JAMES TANNER Register Wllla for the Diitrirt of Columbia Clerk the Probate Court Jal4 21 2 LEO A ROVER Attorney Etate of Flisabeth ODonoghue letters fit artmlnlatra tinn flier Rranrienbarr defendants attor Charles Rlordan JounsoD is re wage weincs oraer appointing lis JV Welrtck guardian bond 50O Attorney Bryan neyi Gltttnga A cnamberlin i Frank Hogan and Merillat Gen Harvey Asks Use of Part of Big Plot for District Militia Brig Gen Harvey commanding the District National Guard has requested the War Department that his troops be allowed to use a portion of Potomac park east of the railway embankment for cavalry and artillery drills on certain days of the week and the department has the matter under consideration It Is understood that CoL Harts superintendent of public buildings and grounds Is opposed to the use of the park for military purposes especially by artillery and cavalry requiring as they do a great deal of ground for maneuvers He is said to have expressed the opinion that the development of this portion of the reservation Into a public playground would be seriously Interfered with by such usage DEEDS OP TETJST Solllman ts Spillman decree for ule Plain tiff attorney George Gertman Gottichalk Company ts Claspy recelrer authorised to accept offer Plaintiffs attorneya Leon Tobriner and Graham Whitfield ts Whitfield on hearing Plaintiff attorney Sohon Andrew Wilson and Hnghee defendants attorney ODonoghue and Frank Hogan Rees rs Friend rule returnsble Jsnuary 28 Plaintiff attorney Colladay Motion for today No 1 In re estate of Stanhope Prerost Attorney Wilson Hutdekoper A Lesh Hsckett Baker Dennis Taylor No 2 Burgdorf ra Edwards Attorney Gardiner HsmbT Rldout Edwsrds No 8 London ts Karrick Attorneys DstIs Maedonald Merillat No 4 Ball tb First CooperatiTe Building Company Attorneys Whltford Colbert Dsr llngtoa Snlliran No 5 Goff Tuekerman ts Mearni Attorneya Macfarland Tucker Douglas Ruffln A Obear No 6 Murphy ts Murphy Attorney James Easby Smlth No Bryan tb Bryan Attorneys Whest ley Erana No 8 Carter tb Jackson Attorney Ah it Jones Turner Wilson No 9 Crowe ts Nstlonal Stoker Company Attorney Tucker Kenyon A Macfarland Mitchell No 10 Ktrkbam ts Klrkham Attorneya Erana Forreat Colladay Jeffordi No 11 Freai ti Harei Attorney Rldout Perkins Wldmsyer Williamson No 12 Duffy ts Cosgrore Attorneys Rid Out Proctor No IS McLarren tb McLarren Attorneys Metiger Wallace Coombe Williamson No 14 In re eitate of Clara Barton Attorneys Rldout Morlarty Fencing Gordon No 13 in re estate or William mock well Attorneya Byrne Stephen Ho 18 Siett ts SIsti Attorney Patterson Neale A Bramhall No IT Southern Soda Fountain Company tb Lady Fairfax Candy Company Attorneys Williams Rldout Sbeehy Hamby No 18 Klser vs Kiier Attorney Mc Na mara Bilbrey No 10 Reel ti Friend Attorney Colladay No 20 Fendler ti Fendler Attorney DeLacy Newmyer Morlarty No 21 In re estate of Elisabeth Lelsch Attorneys Lambert Richardson Lawsuits SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF Columbia Holding Probate Court No 22342 Administration This is to gire notice that subscriber of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the Dt trlet of Columbia letters tctsmentary on the estate of Amelia Tonn late of the District of ColnmMa deceased All persons sarinx Uira against the deceased sre hereby wsrned to ei hlblt the same with the toui hers thereof legally authenticated to the anhecrlbr on or before th 11TM nY HP llvriRT A in Attorney otherwise they may by law be exrluded from all oenent or said estate uiren nnder my hand ibis TOR Third street northeast Attest rSeel JAMES TANNER Register of Wills for he District of Columbia Clerk of the Probsts Coort Ial421 28 By an error In the typesetting yesterday the suit of Maria Wells igitnet the Juelg Piano Company waa made to read 55600 damages when it should hare read I3S00 No 58778 Joseph Crown ts Capital Traction Company damagea 10 000 Plaintiffs attorney Leraoel Fogitt No 58778 Dora Waller Albert Landrolgt damsa es 2 000 Plaintiff attorneys Smith and Townsend Bankruptcy Petition No 1075 In re Albert Schneider architect roluntary assets 3750 liabilities 10 464 11 Attorney Drake Equity Suits No 34032 Sarah chlsdt maintenance Jack Sehladt ts Joseph Plaintiff attorney No 34033 Pearl Joachim rs Aloysius Joachim dirorce Plaintiffs attorneys Perkins snd A Wldmayer No 34034 National Sarins snd Trust Company ts trustees in bankruptcy of Lewi Johnson A Co et al for recelrer Plaintiffs attorney Darlington WILLIAM II SHOLES Attoraey BUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF ColnmMa Holding Probate Court No 12052 Administration Docket 32 Estate of Domlnhk Glddings deceased Application oaring beea made herein for re probate of the last win and testament of said deceased and for in or1r confirming the order heretofore made on Man 21 1904 admitting said will to probate oa Mid estate by Aaron 3 Garwood executor It li ordered this 12th day of January A 1916 that John Henry Gtddlng and all others concerned appear in ssid eoart on MONDAY the 21at day of February A 1916 10 oclock a to show csuse why such application should not be granted Let notice hereof be published In the Washington Law Reporter and Washington Post once in ea ef three successire weeks before the return dsy herein mentioned the first publication to be not less than 30 days before said retarn dar WALTER I McCOY Justice Attest Seal JAMES TANNER Regiater of Wills for lie District of Columbia Clerk of the Probate ouri Jal4 21 23 ANNOUNCEMENTS REAL ESTATE TEAHSPESS SQUARE 1036 George Nan et nx to Charlea Mllburn and William Walah to secure Francli A Byrne 650 2 years per cent semiannually lot 62 BRUCE PARK STONY HILIi CONCLUSION AND BAYLEYS PURCHASE Rery Jackson et ox to Christian Gockeler and John A Msule to secure Robinson White I rJ Jully tb Hammona jury respttea CIRCUIT DIVISION 1 Mr Justice Gould Carpenter ts Harrison rerdlct for plaintiff for 15000 Plaintiffs attorney A A Blrney Smith tb Allen time to file subatltute affl darlt extended to January Plaintiffs it torney 8 Bailey defendant a attorney 180 monthly payments 6 per cent part of said tracts SQUARE 6153 Hiram Haywood to Edwin Barr and Harrey Winfleld to secure Municipal Realty Company 800 8 years 6 per cent semiannually lot 102 Same to same to aecure same 1050 6 to 66 months 6 per cent ssme property SQUARE 861 Frances Hill to Morton Luchi and Clarence Welch to secure Eugene Drnry 400 1 to 12 months 6 per rent lot 141 WOODLBY PARK Harry A Kite et nx to Francis Saul and Percy McGIoe to secure John A Petty 2600 I to years 6 per cent semiannually lot 43 block 19 cations of the Russian expeditionary SQUARE 20JBronson 0 Doan to Arthur Carr attorneya Gittlngi attorneys McKenney HooTer Plaintiff Cnamberlin defendant Flannery and George force The Russians secured many prisoners and Important booty The operation was difficult and entailed an arduous march by snowbound passes A Petrograd official report received tonight says Caucasus front Our troops continue their pursuit on the center of the Turkish army Despite the great strength of the Turkish forces and the excessively difficult local conditions our troops developed considerable success from their coup The enemy was thrown from his positions and retired suffering severe losses nor only In men but In war material of all kinds According to latest particulars captured at the town of Koprukeul near Erxerum guns munitions artillery and prisoners The emperor hearing of this blow against the Turks has ordered his sincere gratitude to be expressed to the gallant troops for their exploits and their self sacrificing services 1037 BRITISH SAILORS EAD KHJed on Merchant Ships bj Sub marines or by Jlines Special Cable to The Washington Pest London Jan 20 Prom the beginning of the war until November 30 1815 a total of 10X7 British seamen have been lost on merchant vessels which were torpedoed by submarines or blown up by mines Undersecretary Pretyman of the board of trade informed th house of commons this afternoon and Marrln A Custls to secure Perpetual nnuoing assoeiauon tsisuo lots ana iu SQUARE 195 Kate Smith and Harry Shepherd et nx to Jackson Balaton Jesse Adklns and Joseph Cox to secure ODonoghne Richardson and A Leckle trustees 14650 0 2 and 3 years 0 per cent semiannually lot 106 and part lot 67 SQUARE 786 Ola Grimes et Tlr John to Pierce Boteier and Bran Tucker to se cure Samuel Incker Jr 1800 monthly payments 6 per cent lot 60 WEST ECKINGTON William Peters et nx to Chapln Brown and Henry Bcrgmann to secure Oriental Lnllding Association No 6 2600 lot 80 suuare 7 CONGRESS HEIGHT Andrew McKay et nx to Ernest Schmidt and George Emmerich to secure German American Building Association 1600 lot 1 block 8 SQUARE 460 Mary Collins to Washington 1 Loan and Trust Company to secure Equit mti3m lMOTrerlve KnlUlnr AuMrfHMi 1000 part original lot 24 I CIRCUIT DIVISION 2 Mr Justice Stafford Diggs Vs Shoemsker bill of exceptions submitted Plaintiffs attorney Peyton Gordou defendants attorney Johnson Ktnley ts City and Suburban Railway Company jury respited Plaintiffs attorneya V4 McNeill and Moss defendants attor ney John 8 Barbour In re habeaa corpus of Stanley Be ran bearing continued to February 2 Attorneya Leckle Cox Kratz Aisignment for today No 114 Miller ts Washington Terminal Company Attorneys HarelJ Hamilton Yerkea A Hamilton NO 64 Ctereland National Fire Insurance Company ts Klrtlaad Attorneya LoTlng Taylor I No 168 MeKenney vs Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall bteamboat Company Attorneya Horan Kaufman Woodard PurcelL i No 172 Union Lumber and Manufacturing 64 Company tb Price Attorneys Tucker Kenyon Macfarland OLeary Hudson No 176 Wilkinson ts Nstmnal Laundry Company Attorneys Gardner Hamby Baker Oaterman No 184 Cogswell ts Capital Traction Company Attorneys Gerrlty Frslley Hogan No IM Saunders vs Donna Attorney Gardiner Bamby Ellis Donaldson No a00 York Trust Com pan ts Nerins Attorney Brandenburg Brandenburg Mather CRIMINAL DIVISION 1 Chief Justice Corlng too United States ti George Lockhart gaming table sentenced to penitentiary for IS months and fined 100 sentence suspended line SQUARE 4250 Omar Ntfh et nr to Fred McKee and Arthur Bishop to secure Bateman ti0O one year 0 per cent enrri in ttrrV ni I Attorney Pope fsin FTTFmZ jsrSrUriMSS Called States ts Joseph McCanlly house ds Saul and Wrlley Jacobs to secure fcw in utrMKi to nnw Zni TT BtSIt fornTyear for larceny ntenced topeolun tiary lor 6 years on Dooseoreaxmg Attorney years per cent lot 77 Same to same secure same like debt lot 78 PETWOBTH Dwlght Partello et nx to William Edmonstoo and Louis Peak to secure AL Marr 700 years 8 per cent JT A rVKhea United States ts Susan Braxton grand larceny plea not guilty Attorney 8 Will lams United BUtes ya William Toler murder semiannually lot 86 Mock 88 Same to I cenrrnlannnlSrbliar SaSS J1 pl AttorB to same to secure same 2800 years HDCSSft RUtea ts TbomaaCarter 0r rf Vnllrr Atrorner A Cok rUAIvlXiUiB JUHI rrtawa was nurla Iaw rlrltw VAUrtac UMt waaaawer uinvue ONY ra i HIIT HATLFTS PTTRfiTtaRll XTHT iwuivr TOR TONE NLARGED ReT7 ML Jackson I HI Z2 yrJ FrZZZ it TWes Walker A fTlr FrYJ 5T i De Velle to secure LflTlnlaCDe Velle 4A0 1 snd 2 months per cent part of tracts described FERKLNS I BON YOTJ United States FldeUty Gauumaty CW JPameHS13 uUerra Bids United States vs Leslie Taylor house breaking plea not guilty Attoraey Bruce Baird United States ts AUsntls Graul bawdy boose recognizance 2000 taken with Samuel Walker surety Attorney Alfred Smith United States ye George Halt forgery rer diet not guilty Attorneys Msngan and JJ Buckley United mates ts Frederick Dudley non support bench Jwsrraat Issued ballad SUtsa vs Samoa Masters smbos ECKINQTON Francis Carmody et nx to Suzanne Bartlett lot 26 block 4 10 itimp 60c WASHINGTON HIGHLANDS Mary Blrens to George and Clara Hnnt lot block 8 10 sump We BLOOMINGDALE Milton A Fiedler et nx to Louis Ostermaytr lot 5 block 4 10 Louis Ostermayer conveys same property to Milton A and Lula Fiedler 10 BARRT FARM Walter McKenxle et nx to John Thomas lot ISO section 8 10 Itimp SOc BARRY FARM John Thomas to Walter Mc Keniie lot 131 section 8 10 stamp 60c 1842 CMON STREET SOUTHWEST Chsrles Kchafer et at trustees to Charles Llght bown lot 91 square 503 10 stamps 2 HAMPTON PARK Municipal Realty Company to Hiram Haywood lot 102 square 9153 10 stsmp SOc ELOOMSBURG PARK Charles Shank trustee et ux to Nelson Langborne lots 6 and 7 squsre 5143 10 itsmp 50c 1412 FIFTEENTH STREET AND 152 STREET NORTHWEST William Richardson et al trustee to Kate Smith and Harry ghepberd lot 106 and part lot 67 square 193 Istampe 5 Kate Smith and Harry Shepherd et nx convey same property to Joeepb Boeder 15 SIXTEENTH STREET SOUTHEAST between and streets Francis Saul et al trustees to Fred Holtzmsn lot 68 square iv is so 147 HECKMAN STREET SOUTHEAST Samuel Tneker Jr to 01a Grimes lot 56 square 786 2 400 12C HECKMAN STREET SOUTHEAST Leopold Lucbs et ux to Albert Lucbi lot 83 square 786 10 CONGRESS HEIGHTS Edward Criemood trustee to Andrew McKay lot 1 block 3 10 stamp SOc STREET SOUTHEAST between Half and First streets President snd Directors of Georgetown College to Francis Richards lots 35 to 39 square 703 10 STREET SOUTHEAST between Half and First streets Francis Richards et ux te Mattie Slater lots 3 to 89 square 703 and part lots 41 and 42 squsre 702 10 stamp 60c RHODE ISLAND AVENUE NORTHWEST The Bloomlngdale Benjamin Talbott trustee to Frank Darle lot 54 block 6 Moore A Barbours Addition 10 stamps 2150 INDOLENCE Charles Walker et nx to Emma Becker lot 21 square 2702 10 stamps 250 610 STREET SOUTHWEST Michael Colbert executor to Mary Collins part MIRRORS 10 years Fun length mirrors for doors 7SO np THE UIKKOS SHOP 786 11th St Tel Main I860 BPFFALO A SOLD BT CHAS 431 7th at sw 0 PAINTS 3 CHURCH Msln Tn noll tf PAINTING AND PAPERHANGING ROOMS papered prices Chas Main 429T 2 up borne painting loweat A Carlisle 815 th at nw TYPEWRITERS TRTS art of typewriting is easily acquired en is Underwood Why not rent one aad isre time and money Underwood 1203 it nw Mala 6428 WALLPAPER ROOMS PAPERED S3 AND UP HOUSSt PAINTING NASH CO Phone Main 8415 tMKoit 1 WINDOW CLEANING HOW ABOUT THOHB DIRTT WINDOWS CaJisrSsi Aesne Wtanfow CTleaalas Serrte 921 ST NW MAIN 7VW seH not LANDSCAPING AND FORESTRY HEDGING EVERGREENS AND SHRUBS Lawns made pruning season now Redaas 408 lltb st ae Ph 1961 Estimates seS OOt MATTRESSES AND BOX SPRINGS SPECIAL for this eason hair and felt mtU fr tesses remsae ano renorstea au sues called for and dellrered 1 only Eagle Bedding Co 1J0I 7rh Phrme 5210 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES New Class For GoTcrraaneaf All Sak Jecxa isrsl UalTeralMe Begin February 2 Emerson Institute 1740 St Day School Night School FOUNDED 1832 A New Class la Spaalsk Csaversatissi Offered for the Ftrrnt Tisna Phone North 1045 RANDOLPH 1 A CRAWFORD Principals STREET NORTHWEST Jennie Douglas et I al to Richard Horner and Joseph IL Stewart truitresMot 156 squsre 271 and lot 85 block 1 Le Droit park 10 WEST HOLMEAD MANOR AND CHEVT CHA8E I nmivr WIlMim A RlwIllIM tA WmmAmm Rawllngs lot 46 square 2827 sad lot rarawnon ny imj leacner reoaaareatsry square 10 Dresden Oerssaay Weekly class In Har aivajt irve mpwnui gireu ilea inner txken Terms reasonable French and Oersua taagbt Mrs Oraat 517 6th aw SOM jas aot EXCURSIONS Old Point Comfort NORFOLK VA ALL POINTS SOUTH Special Tasrra ta Caaaaaerlla Hates New York and Boston By Sea Dally Sen lee Modem Steel Steamer City Ticket Office Woodwar4 Balldlnart 731 lSta St I Vf NORFOLK WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT CO kTRAJTERS RCSINX8S COLLXCE Old Itasoale Tempts sts aad eta I Da and night school all the year CsJL write or phono 3430 for eatalogns WASHINGTON BUSINESS AND CIVIL SERVICE SCHOOL 1OT Are Mala 4304 fOTEET FrlaelpaL SINGING ELOCUTION XXS aUXT TKECa BASJTES J43 11th if as Psoas line 1T3 tsesday aad ITVdaye 2314 lath at aw HHI THESONDAY post Br Mall 150 Fer Tear.