St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 30, 1915

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aes) _ Goethals, builder _ ‘©anal, was to blame for the failure ad thorities might not have gucceeded in ae em reference to his office was ex-. IN BEAUTIFUL GOW NS— -‘IaBesnttl Next Sunday's Post- Dispatch Picteres Only Evening Paper in St. Lous With Associated Press News Service. T.LOUIS POST-DISPA 3000 Home Offers in the Want Directory VOL. 67. NO. 253. PRICE ONE CENT ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1915—24 PAGES. GURGAS SAYS ALS ORDERS HANDICAPPED HIM teeed Up Diesen Holds Chairman of Pana- ma Commission Responsi- ble for Failure to Eradicate Malaria From Canal Zone. ’ “DECLARES WORK WAS _ ‘TAKEN OUT OF HIS HAN ‘ Charges Made by Noted Sani- tary Expert in His Address in I Dedieation Exercises of ‘Washington University Medical School. oa Dr. William Crawford Gorgas, sur- ere weneral of the United States Army, noted for his sanitary work in Cuba and Panama, speaking this af-\ “ternoon at the Washington Univer- ‘sity Medical School dedication exer- ciges, declared that Col. George W. of the Panama = the Canal Zone’s sanitary authori- to do away with malaria there. ; ‘Indicated his belief that, if Col. Goethals had been in full control in the three years before 1907, as he ‘was after that time, the sanitary au- “doing away with yellow fever. _ . ol. Goethals was not mentioned by name in Dr. Gorgas’ address, bu: Aig Gorgas told of his, suc- in Havana, in abolishing ‘first fever and then er and Ge tall ot i905, he said, the. last case of yellow fever occurred in and from 1906 to 1907, the in Hav avana. Then he stated ls ‘for the partial failure in regard SS - _—— ISTARKLOFF SAYS Z00 MENACE TO PUBLIC HEALTH IS Many of Animals and Birds Have Died From Tuberculosis, He Reports, and Says Disease Is Easily Transmitted. A repert that the zoo in Forest Park, under present conditicns, is a menace to the health of all persons who visit it because of the danger of contracting tuberculesis from the arimals, was nade today by Health Commissioner Stark- loff to Mayor Kiel. Dr. Starkloff told the Mayor that 35 animals and birds have died in the zoo during the past two years of tuber- culosis, that it is probable that many other animals have the disease and that tuberculosis can be transmitted from animals to persons. He recommends that all animals and birds be subject- ed to the tubercular test and that, if it is deemed advisable, the public be ex- cluded from the zoo until conditions improve. Dr. Starkloff first presented the subject: in a conference yesterday with Nelson Cunliff, who will be- come Park Commissioner Monday. He said that post mortem examina- tions have showed that the following deaths among animals and birds in the St. Louis Zoo were due to tuber- culosis: an aoudad, two elk, two buf- falo, two Virginia deer, a mule deer, a coyote, a llama, three white swans, a crane and 21 monkeys. Disease Ig Transmitted. The only animals which have died within two years from other causes, he said, were an ostrich, a camel, two lions and a llama. Dr, Starkloff said the great num- ber of deaths among the animals from tuberculosis indicated the dis- ease was transmittedasfrom one _ to another, and that visitors to the zoo could just as well contract it from the animals as other animals could. He said that an animal with tuber- culosis frequently rubs its nose against the wires of the fence or cage which confines it, and that pretty soon some person rubs his hand against the fence, or a small child presses its face against the fence. He described a llama suffering from tuberculosis as being probably the great- est menace of any of the animals be- cause of its jabit of sneezing. Condition. Not a New One. Dr. Starkloff said the condition in the St. Louis Zoo was not a new one, and that Denver now is isolating all animals suffering from tuberculosis, and moving the healthy animals into new quarters, leaving the afflicted to die in the old quarters. His recommendation to the Mayor was that if the animals now in the zoo are found to be suffering from the disease, the healthy ones be separated from the others and moved to new quarters, and if the condition is found to be very bad, to prevent the public from visiting the zoo until conditions improve. After receiving Dr. Starkloff’s report, the Mayor said he would consult the other members of the Zoological Roard regarding the matter. He said Dr. Starkloff had told him that it would be a mistake to build a new animal house and place tubercular animals in it with healthy animals. The plans for a new animal house will not be carried out until the subject hag been thoroughly considered by the board, the Mayor, said. Dr. Starkloff is considered an ex- pert on tuberculosis. Twenty years ago he attempted to have adopted an or- dinance requiring the registration of persons suffering from tuberculosis, and providing for special treatment on the theory that the disease was communicable. His ordinance failed because of the opposition of physi- clans, who had not yet accepted that theory. Since that time nearly all cities have adopted the views then expressed by Dr. Starkloff. GRASS WIDOWS ARE BARRED FROM OBTAINING PENSIONS of 160 Beneficiaries in Medison Ceunty, I11., Nearly All Are Sep- From County, Ill, by a ruling today of Jo- séph Hermann, widow‘s Pension Ex- Grass widows will be barred from re- SHOWERS DUE TOMORROW; TEMPERATURE ABOUT SAME THE pense tee ors den sang : 12 (oon). 20242005758 Yesterday's Fomplgatense, High .74 at 4 p.m. Low.60 at 7 a. m. ne CIRCUIT ATTORNEY FINDS NO FELONY IN ROWE CHARGES — Harvey Says if There Was Any Offense in Reedy Home, It Was Common Assault. GIRL REPEATS HER STORY Reedy Explains Occurrences in His Home When He Says Rowe Became Enraged. - The complaint of Lelia Willoughby, 16- year-old maid in the home of William Marion Reedy, editor of the Mirror, 3805 West Pine boulevard, who accused Henry Rowe, lawyer, 3736 Delmar bou- levard, of attacking her in the Reedy home, Tuesday night, was presented to Circuit Attorney Harvey this morning. After questioning the girl and getting the reports of physicians who exam- ined her at the city hospital yesterday, the Circuit Attorney said there was no evidence that a felony had been com- mitted. If there was any offense at all, he said, it was common assault. There was nothing to prove a burglary of the Reedy home, as a wihdow was open and nothing was stolen, so that anybody who did enter was guilty only of tres- pass. He advised the police to take the case up with, Prosecuting Attorney Side- ner. Conflict as to What Girl Said. The Circuit Attorney said he asked Miss Willoughby when she had first mentioned Foowe’s name in connection with her story of the attack by a mys- terious assailant. She said it was to policemen. Asked if his name had been suggested by the police, she replied that an officer had said to her: “If it was Henry Rowe, tell :he truth, and you'll be protected.” Police Capt. Johnson of the Laclede Avenue Police Station, denied this. He said the girl had first volunteered the statement that she was attacked by |.Rowe, Capt. Johnson said he would take the ase up with Sidener in the afternoon. .. Capt Johnsen, who was sued yesterday for $20,000 for causing the arrest of Rowe, declared today he expected to be able te disprove an alibi, in behalf of the IMRS. BURKHAM SHAKES FIST AT LAWYER OTTOFY Makes Gesture in Court Toward Représentative of Campbell Will Contestants. PHYSICIAN AIDS ATTORNEY Dr. L.. C. McElwee. Acts as Coach in Questioning Nurse Who Attended Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. Lois Ann Burkham, whose par- entage is at issue in the James Camp- bell will contest, broke down and sobbed in Judge Kinsey’s court today when Mrs. Graham Frost, a witness for the defense, was telling about the delight which Campbell took in the hour which he reserved at the end of each day for association with Lois. A little later Mrs. Campbell, under a bitter attack of L. Frank Ottofy, attor- ney for the contestants, also lost contro! of herself and sobbed so violently that she had to be assisted from the court- room. : Earlier in the day, wien Attorney Ot- tofy was cross-questioning Miss Martha Alice Alexander, the nurse who attend- cd Mrs. Campvell at the Grand Hotel in March, i895, Mrs. Burkkam, in another mood, doubled her fist and shook it in the reneral direction of OUttofy as she turned to make a conument to her mother. Campbell’s Love for Lois. Mrs. Frost, who is the widow of Con- gressman Frost, lives at Ferguson. She has sat with the Campbell party in the courtroom throughout the trial. She tes- tified that for 16 years she had been on intimate terms with Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and Lois. She had never, she said, seen anybody so affectionate as Campbell was to Lois. She had never known anyone to have such joy in the presence of another. When she entered a room where he was, his “face lighted us as an electric bulb is when the cur- rent is turned on.’’ When Mre. Burkham Broke Down. evening which he reserved for Lois anti which he had spoken of as’ “the sweet- est hour in the day to him,’’ when Mrs —— New York Lawyer’s Widow Who Testified in Campbell Case _—_ a ; — MES. MARIE MEAKIM O’REILLY. BUATMAN FOUND ~ DEAD INLAGOON EFIOENCY BOARD German offen*ive more is under way along the entire Ruasian border from Tilsit to the Vian. | The German advance this time cvidently is aimed at the Baltic © tula River. provinces which are rich and other food supplics. reportcd numbcr of German cruisers were pre- paring to assist the contemplated ad. vance of the land the offensive has consisted mainiy of heavy artillery fire and rapid cavairy advances without infantry support. INTO RUSSIAN. PROVINCES ON BALTIC. BEGUN Kaiser’s Troops Reach Rail- road, 130 Miles P.orth of — the East Prussian Border, Connecting ete and Libau. German Shells in Dunkirk —British Deny German Ships Bombarded City. Turks Clear Asiatic Side of Dardanelles of French, but Admit British Hold Tip of Gallipoli. By Agescriated Press. PETROGRAD, April 30.—A generai movement in crops From Polangen, in Courland, it was today than an increated forces. Thus far - + PARIS, April 20.—German warships have been seen off the Belgian coast, out in Paris today, esp Avan Nineteen heavy sities” have ~: thrown into k, which is then ernmost town on the French 66% strongly fortified place with a } tion of more than 60,000, The statement issued Office says: ~- a epee by the War uf Twenty Persons Killed by~- once .... according to an $fficial statement pee | aminer. In future, pensions will bé paid only to women whose husbands are dead. An investigation by Hermann has dis- closed that nearly all of the 160 women receiving money in Madison County un- der the Illinois widows’ pension law are either separated. from their husbands |. or are divorced. Hermann recently investigated an ap- plication for a pension by a woman in Glen Carbon who said she needed the pension to support her 13-year-old son. She gave her age as 60. Hermann’s in- vestigation of the case showed that her husband recently died at the age of 93. PRESIDENT LEAVES TONIGHT FOR CHRISTENING OF HIS GRANDSON Miss Margaret Wilson Will Accom- pany Him; to Return to Wash- Official fore~- east for St. Louis and vict- Fair to- night, , showers tomorrow; not much chatge in temperature.. | Missouri: In- creasing cloudi- ness,probably with showers in west portion tonight or tomorrow ; not much change in temperature. Illinois: Fair to- night and tomor- row, probably be- coming unsettled in south portion by tomorrow _ Disappointed in Panama. “ME was much disappointed,” he said, “that we did not get rid of malaria _ ®n the Isthmus of Panama as we did a at Havana. I had fully expected to | do 80, and when we went to the Is- we put into effect the same a rial measures that had been sO successful at Havana. These mea- _ gures were vigorously pushed for the ee ; four years, At the end of our four years of work, May, 1908, small * ms, such ag Ancon, had been com- ek. eo freed of malaria as had been 3 ‘The malarial rate had been from 821 per thousand to 282 Burkham covered her face with her hands and wept. Sobs, heard through- out the courtroom, shook her body and it was several moments before those gathered about her could comfort her. After she had regained a measure of composure she broke down again and wept, but became calm presently, and did not leave the room. | Ottofy, in beginning the cross-exam- ination, asked Mrs. Frost if she were not Mrs. Campbell’s seécrétary. Mrs. Frost denied it, but said she had tak- en several trips with Mrs. Campbell and repeated that she nad been on very in- timate terms with the family. Ottofy suddenly asked ‘her if it was not a fact that Willard Taylor, son of Mrs. Campbell by her first marriage, was an imbecile and in charge of a keeper in 1892. Attorney Morton Jourdan was instant- ly on his feet objecting to the ques- tio” lawyer. pee. THE MAYOR THINKS Declares Only a ‘Nut’ Could Answer Some of Them; Dis- pleased With Methods. NEAR ART HILL Body of Walter Worden, 20, Discovered After Seining y Water for About 2 Hours. WILL THEY SEND TEDDY TO THE. BARNES HOSPITAL ? “German warships have reported | at large off the coast of Belgium. - “Dunkirk yesterday received 19 shells of large caliber. Twenty persons were killed and 4 woundsd. Some houses were destroyed.’ Members of the Rowe family, espe- cially the father, Thomas J. Rowe, also a lawyer, assert Henry Rowe was at home in bed at 11 o’clock last Tuesday night when the girl says she was at- tacked in the Reedy home. Patrolman Wi::iam D. Jones, 6115 Ella street, told a Post-Dispatch re- porter that he was talking with a police sergeant at Grand avenue and Olive street between 10:40 and il o’clock Tuesday night when Harry Rowe and his brother, Thomas Rowe, and another man passed them. He said he knew both the Rowes and that he greeted Thomas. Capt. Johnson said he expected two other witnesses to corroborate the patrol- man’s story. Capt. Johnson said he was not in any way deterred by the damage § suit from pursuing the inquiry. He said nity: BERLIN, April #, by wireless to Sa¥- ville, N. Y¥.—The report from German army headquarters today says: “The fortress at Dunkirk Was shell yesterday by German artillery. The body of Walter A. Wordin, 26 years old, an employe of a boathouse ‘3, Forest Park, was found in the lagoon at the foot of Art Hill in the park at li o’clock today. Wordin was employed by Fred Zim- mermann of 5712 Prescott avenue, who has charge of: the’ boathouse.’ He slept in the building at night and Zimmer- mann says he left him there at 11 o'clock last night. When Zimmermann reached the house at about 8 o’clock he found the door epen and Wordin gone. He noticed an Mayor Kiel announced today that he was dissatisfied with the methods of the Efficiency Board, established “Aviators have been active on the@e under the new charter to examine ap- | coast; at Ostend houses were damaged,”* =& plicants for city positions, and that “ . oa he would call the board to his office| There have been several dispatches tm] within a few days for a conference.|the last week. indicating that German — His remarks indicated that the board, | warships were at large in the North Seas) at this conference, would find itself}evidently having evaded the J “on.the carpet.” men-of-war which for many i The Mayor was displeased with the | have been doing patrol duty in front of announcement that the board intended | the German naval bases on the eastern™ tc employ a detective, to visit the neigh- | side of the North Sea. borhoods where applicants reside, and Pra tiul Me in Sree “In 1907 a new commission was placee __--_—siby ~‘the President in control of the isth- __ + mus, and in 1908, all power on the isth- * «mus was concentrated in the hands of : man, the chairman of the com- This officer thought it advis- \i iN 75 feet out in of sanitation. These changes, seed the chairman, took execution . of the sanitary authorities and them in the hands of men who ington Monday. WASHINGTON, April 30.—The itiner- ary of President Wilson’s trip to Wil- liamstown, Mass., to attend the christen- ing of his grandson, Francis Sayre, was made public today. night: cooler in northeast portion to- night. Stage of the river, 13.6 feet, a fall of 2 of a foot. he would ask for a warrant charging Rowe with a crime. Before she was taken to the Circuit Attorney's office, Miss Willoughby again related her experiences to a Post-Dis- patch reporter in the matron’s room at Motive for a Daughter, Ottofy retorted that Jourdan had in-’ troduced the deed by which Campbeil had adopted the boy and hc had a right to ask the question because he charged a party, overturned canoe about the lagoon and at a point where the water is seven feet deep. In another boat he saw Wordin’s hat. Zimmermann notified the police and headed by Phillip Kopplin, iwok up their personal standing. He said. he failed to see the propriety of such a course. He also declared that, in his opinion, the man who could an- swer. some of the questions asked in Sz. The latest report along this line was © brought in by Capt. steamer, who declared that he had seen Scott of a Swedish in the North Sea a German fleet nume- bering no less than 68 tessels of ail classes from battleships to torpedo boats, Dunkirk is on the northern coast of i oon special knowledge of anti-ma- - Jarial work. argued against these changes as - toretbty as I could, but to no avail. back over my 15 years of that the motive for the pretended birth of a daughter to Mrs. Campbell was that the boy, the heir of the family, had become unbalanced and it was necessary for her to have another heir the board's examination papers would be “a nut.” Dislikes Wooden Methods. The Mayor sald he was one of the ad- vocates of the Efficiency Board plan, superintendent at Forest Park for the Missouri State Fish Commission, be- gan seining the lagoon. After about two hours the body was recovered. Zimmermann said Wordin rowed He will leave here tonight, going by way of New York and_Albany, and arrive at Williamstown at 4 p. m. Sat- urday. He will leave Williamstown at 4 p. m. Sunday, arriving here at 9 a. m. T. R, WILL VISIT NEW ORLEANS: Southern Bull Moose Leader to Take | Roosevelt Tarpon Fishing. police headquarters. Chief of Police Young was present at the interview, an unusual proceeding, which the Chief ex- plained was due to the damage suit filed against Capt. Johnsen. The au- France within a few miles of the Belk gian frontier. It is at the northerm entratice of the English Channel and &# to the east of Dover and to the west a "experience in tropical sanitation, I be- ‘sc that if I could have continued at the same methods that I had 1 ot e been the same as at Havana, and : tanal workers would have been as that if our chairman of 1908 - haa ben able to put Into effect in 1904 ld not have accomplished the : success et Panama which we " gaecomplished pricr to the year ae Goethals Appointed in 1907. Col. Goethals was appointed chairman the Canal Commission in ‘1907 by € mt Roosevelt and continued as r chief engineer and Governor » Canal Zone until the completion work. book by Col. Goethals on ‘“Govern- ant of the Canal Zone,” published by rinceton University Press, appeared “ week, Dr. Gorgas’ name is not ned in this book and the state- t is made that the sanitary work the isthmus involved no new and merely followed the meth- i by Sir Ronald Ross in Egypt Tndis and those used in Cuba, under } formulated by “Reed, Lazear and EF aeceas’ announced topic was ry work at Panama in its Re- m to the Development of Tropical jes." He said the anti-mosquito n¢ on the isthmus cost about Sikes yok cebien Ste the tot jon. “This is a very moderate "he said, “and can be afforded general, he said, the eee wale mes to Monday. The President will be accompanied by Dr. Cary T. Grayson, his naval aid: Miss Margaret Wilson, his daughter, and Miss Helen Woodrow Bone, his cousin. The christening will take place Sunday. $200 REWARD PAID TO WOMAN Mrs. Brookshire in Auto Helped Cap- ture Duenweg Bank Robbers. CARTHAGE, Mo., April 30.—Reward money to the amount of $1800 for the capture of the three men who robbed the State Bank of Duenweg, Mo., on Feb. 17, was distributed today among seven claimants, including a woman, Mrs. W. H. Brookshire. The robbers, row in the penitentiary, were captured three hours after they had locked the cashier in the safe and fled with $2000. Mrs. Brookshire drove a motorcar within a few hundred feet of the flee- ing robbers, notwithstanding the fact that they fired at her several times. She wes given $200, while Frank and Earl Elliott, brothers, who actually caught the robbers, got $1025. The re- mainder of the money was divided among others who aided in the chase. The money was paid by the Missouri Bankers’ Association. CABLE FROM ENGLAND TO RUSSIA ABERDEEN, Scotland,- April 30.—It has become known that a direct cable has been laid between England and Russia for governmental purposes Starting at Peterhead, a seaport on the most easterly side of Abderdeenshire in Scotland, it runs across the North Sea, along the coast of Norway, around the North Cape and into Alexandrovsk in the White Sea. The cable is said to be longer than the Atlantic cable between England and America, and it is said to have been completely laid in 11 days. NEW ORLEANS, April 30.—Theodore Roosevelt will come to New Orleans June 1 as the guest of John M. Parker, the Southern Bull Moose leader. They will spend a week on the Gulf Coast, fishing for tarpon. thorities were taking extraordinary pre- cautions to supervise all visits to the girl before she had seen the Circuit At- torney. A detective was sent with Continued on Page 2, Column 7, —eeecans ae aa —~- —— — ee ee —_ — —- = = ee megs oe Same c— Better Yet! Utilize the big engines the Post-Dispatch a line, or any number For Years sive choice, 26,600 Agate Lines than all four COMB ‘Don’t wait for your ship to come in— Row out to meet tt.’’ to PULL YOU TO THE PORT OF PROSPERITY. The Post-Dispatch is already assisting all of the big. gest business barks and would be glad to throw you take a prominent position in the mercantile battle, making a profitable venture for both. the Post-Dispatch has been the first and often exclu- and yesterday, . Thursday, merchants had us cast them telling about their bargains—4700 agate lines MORE its 3 nearest competitors added together. TWENTY- TWO columns EXCESS over three out of Moral: Hitch on! Circulation Last Sunday...............360,854 Average for week ending April 25....... “First in Everything’’ esha of the advertising columns of of agate lines, that you may our local 206,952 | of the attorneys, suddenly crumpled in her thair and gave way to violent weep- Grand Hotel in New York in March, JV“ Coatiquea on Fale = Column : to the Campbell millions. The fact that her son had become an imbecile, Ottofy declared, made Mrs. Campbell afraid to have another child and this had led to the pretense of the birth of a daugh- ter. Jourdan, as soun as Ottofy had ceased bis speaking, protested that the remarks were outside of the license allowable to an attorney and asked that Ottofy be rebuked. Mrs. Campbell, who had been listening ir a tense attitude to the angry colloquy ing. Still sobbing loudly, she was as- sisted from the courtroom. After further argument the objection to Ottofy’s question was sustained. Mrs. Robert Alexander, who Hves sev- en miles from Belleville, a sister of Miss Martha Alice Alexander, the nurse, who attended Mrs. Campbell at the 1893, testified she was living in, New York at that time and called at the hotel geveral times to see her sister, and saw Mrs. Campbell and the baby. When the cross-examination of Miss When the cross-examination of Miss Alexander, the nurse, was resumed this morning by Ottofy he had _6sit- ting at his elbow Dr. L. C. McElwee of 1221 North Grand avenue. Dr. McElwee’ coached him through a minute inquiry into the condition of Mrs. Campbell when she came under Miss Alexander’s eare about three days after the pur- ported birth of a child. The persistence of the attorney caused Mrs. Burkham to turn to Mrs. Campbell ond shake her fist in Ottofy’s direction. Miss Alexander, in answer to Ottofy’s questions, reiterated that the child had not been nursed by Mrs. Campbell. The question of nursing herd been settied befdve Miss Alexander's servicce were called upon snd she wes not informed what the reason was. She testified that she took the usual ——— a ama. overturned when he was doing this. Chouteau avenue. He is survived by ' pen er ame we 2 ee about the lagoon every morning look- ing for boats which might have slipped their ropes in the night, and he thought Wordin’s boat might have Wordin formerly boarded at 2204 a sister, Mrs. Eleanor Mora of Wash- ington, D. C., and an aunt, Mrs. Lucy Brewer of 2101 Chouteau avenue. PRESIDENT WILL SPEND MOST OF SUMMER IN WASHINGTON Will Take Only Brief Trips to Cornish and Keep in Touch With’ °* Big Questions. WASHINGTON, April 30.—President Wilson plans not to establish an office at Cornish, N. H., but to spend most of his time in Washington. He will make several brief trips to Cornish and short cruises on the yacht May- flower. It was said at the White House to- day that those plans were made not because the President looks upon the European situation as especially critical, but because he thinks it his duty to keep in close touch with public ques- tions. The President has feund it necessary to decline invitations to speak in New York and Philadelphi.s = month. BRITISH ~~ GENERAL 1S Kil Grandson of Charles Darwin Also Falis ta Battle. LONDON, April 3@.—Included in the iatest list of officers killed at the iront/ are the names of Brigadier-Geperal Rid- dell, commander of the Northumberiand Fusilliers’ Brigade; Second Lieutenant Darwin, a grandson of Charles R. Dar- win, the famous naturalist, and Second Lieutenant Rhodes Moorchouse, who died Tuesday of wounds suffered when ; power; when’ the new charter was before ‘the voters for adoption, and that he fre- quently assured voters that the Effi- clency Board would apply tests which would determine actual fitness, and that it would not follow the so-called wood- en methods sometimes used in the past by United States Civil Service Com- missions. But when he looked over the Board's list of questions in its exam. ination for deputy assessor, he said, he began to fear he had been mis- taken. He cited a ‘few of these questions, to show the ground of his objection. One of the questions, he said, follows: “What approximate value would you give on the following: (a) Gas holder, per cubic foot; (b) engines, per horse- (c) bollers, brick setting installed, per horsepower; (d) coal gas plant, per million cuble feet capacity per day?" “Any man who would carry all that information areund in hia head,”’ re- marked the Mayor, “would be a nut.”’ Thomas H. Rogers Chairman, The Mayor is also known to have been displeased with the result of the board’s examination forthe position of medical examiner for the board. In this examl- nation the high percentages were won by recent graduates in medicine, and experienced physicians* made compara- tively low percentages. One of those who failed to get a high percentage was Dr. Gus Wichmann, an experienced med- ical examiner. who served in that ca- pacity fur yeara in connection with the Fire Department. Dr. Wichmann is a brother of Dr. H. L. Wichmann, who was formerly the Mayor's brother-in- was as "Thonbes H. Rogirs is chairman of the wifieiency Board, and the other mem- Lers are Patrick F. Cook and Harry G. Clymer’. Rogers was fermerly the Mavyor’s private secretary. ne Moet- -Omenien. ob tHe ante dropping bombs cn Covurtrai the pre- viets day. — ee? Made ee. : po BE Rg og nat receives | ~~ | renee he the 4000s" of Ostend. a GERMANS GET 100 — “MILES INTO RUSSIA Advance Guards Reach Railroad Running From Dueiraburg to Libau. BERLIN, April 3).—Today’s statement from the War Office speaks of the of- fensive begun on the East Prussian border as follows: : “In the eastern arena of the War the vanguards of the German forces advitge- ing into Northwestern Russia reache? “esterday the railroad running fom Duenabure to LAbau. The Russian forces did not offer serious resistance. Fight- ing is now going on near Szawle afd Kalwarya (in Russian Poland, north eo Suwalkl). (‘Duenaburge ‘s about 2% miles to the a east of Libau. It is an important Mant rs ae facturing city and it is deserited as a great depot for the Russian artillery, The railroad line between these points — runs east and west through the Provinme of Kovno and it is, roughly 19 miles to the north of the boundary — line between Kovno and Kast Prussta.) “Strong Ruselan uttacks on our posi. tions failed with heavy losses. Goma 1 troops took prisoner five officers « 790 unwounded Kuesian soldiers. *, “Further to the south, between | warya and Augustowo, Russian © falied.’"’ aa Qa oe FRENCH DRIVEN — OFF BY TURK. CONSTANTENOPLE, proms } fictal statement issued bey the allied forces (2 rench |