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. HOLLAND REPORTED TO BE MAKING READY TO ATTACK 1 KAISER; WAR READS MEET I SLAVS LOSE 140,000. I 4 ♦ 4 Berlin, (by wireless to Say- ♦ 4 ville), April 1.—Russian casual- ♦ 4 ties in the recent offensive on ♦ 4 the northern part of the line ♦ 4 were not less than 140,000 men, ♦ 4 the German war office esti- ♦ 4 mated today. ♦ 4 The statement says: ♦ 4 Eastern front: There was no ♦ 4 developments of importance. ♦ 4 The Russian offensive apparent- ♦ 4 ly is exhausted for the moment. ♦ 4 “From February 28 to March ♦ 4 28, the Russians attacked large 4 4 sectors of Field Marshal Von 4 4 Hindenburg's front with 30 di- ♦ 4 visions or more than 500,000 ♦ 4 men, and with such an expend!- ♦ 4 ture of ammunition as until now ♦ 4 had been unheard of on the ♦ 4 eastern front. Thanks to the ♦ 4 bravery and tenacious endur- 4 ♦ ance of the German troops, the ♦ 4 Russians have had no success at ♦ 4 all. ♦ 4 “The Russian casualties, ac- 4 4 cording io cautious calculations, 4 4 were not fewer than 140,000 4 4 men.” ♦ r + ZEPPELIN RAIDER Five Dirigibles Drop 90 Bombs Over England—Damage Is Great—28 Persons Killed and 40 Hurt. Dispatches From Dutch and German Sources Indicate Prepar ations Are Under Way For Eventualities—Parliament Re ported to Have Been Called — Railways Requisitioned and All Leaves of Army and Navy Officers Cancelled—Sinking of Steamships May Lead to Crisis. GERMANS ADVANCE STILL CLOSER TO VERDUN Renewed Furious Assaults Have Carried the Crown Prince’s Troops Into Village of Vaux Which Former Efforts Have Failed—Much Booty Reported to Have Been Captured— Deluge of Shells Clears Way For Advance at Malancourt Where French Were Outnumbered 20 to One. Berlin, (via Sayville), April 1.—“German newspapers comment with the utmost reserve,” says the Overseas New Agency, “on the report from Holland that soldiers on furlough have heeu called hack, and that other military measures have been taken.” London, April 1.—Private dispatches received in Copenhagen from Rotterdam, and also messages from German sources, say that considerable uneasiness prevails in Holland, and that the Dutch mili tary and naval authorities are taking various precautions. All leaves for naval and military officers have been cancelled, railway cars which were placed at the disposal of the military authorities on the outbreak of the war and subsequently were released temporarily have been requisitioned. There have been significant meetings of those high in command in the army and navy. One report says both houses of parliament have been summoned. The dispatches do not disclose the cause of the feeling, but it pre sumably is connected with the sinking of Dutch steamships. Telegraphic communication between England and Holland is still interrupted. Should Holland enter the war on the side of the entente allies It would force a quick change in the German military policy as it would lea%’e her line of de fense stretching from Ostend to Ver dun open to attack from the rear and might result in the retirement of the Germans from their positions. At any rate it would compel the Germans to throw' a strong defense army along an unprotected border. The entrance of Holland would be a trump in the hands of England, as Great Britain is reputed to have up wards of 3,000,000 reserve troops she could send into Holland to attack Ger many from a hitherto inaccessible point. The Holland-German border is not defended by fortifications. The im portant positions of Kiel, the naval base, and several Important German harbors would be open to attack from the rear, through Holland. Paris, April 1.—German forces de livered two heavy attacks last night in the Verdun region east of the Meuse The war office announced this afternoon that one attack gained the Germans a footing in the village of Vaux. The other attack was repulsed. West of the river there was a violent bombardment In the region of Malancourt. A single battalion of French infantry held the salient comprising the village of Malancourt in the Verdun region of HOSPITAL VESSEL Total of 114 Lives Lost, In cluding Red Cross Nurses— Black Sea Disaster Ap pears Deliberate. Petrograd, (via London). April 3.— The sinking of the Russian hospital ship Portugal in the Black sea is thus described in a dispatch received from M. Golubeff, delegate general of the Red Cross with the Caucasian army: "At 8:30 last night near Shatie our hospital ship Portugal at anchor, was sunk by an enemy submarine which fired two torpedoes from a range of 60 yards. After the second torpedo the ship sank in less than a minute. “Trawlers and a torpedo boat rescued 11 of the 26 sisters of charity, who were aboard. They also saved three com manders, including the French com mander, Duvent, and two doctors, one priest, 123 men of the Russian medical corps and 13 men of the French crew. “The missing included Count Tatis cheff, delegate of the Red Cross, a doc tor, the senior Sister of Charity; Baro ness Meycrndorff, and 14 other Sisters of Charity; 50 men of the Russian med ical service and 29 of the French crew. “According to the commander the Portugal had 273 persons aboard, of whom 158 were saved. “On receiving news of this outrage I proceeded to the spot and interviewed the survivors at the Red Cross hospital on shore. “The Portugal carried the usual Red Cross signs prominently displayed.” GERMAN AIRMEN DROP BOMBS ON SWISS TOWN Geneva, (via Paris), April 1.—The Swiss government says in a public statement that it seems proved that the two aviators who dropped live large bombs last Friday on the Swiss town of I’ortentury, near the French fron tier were Germans, for attached to bombs which failed to explode were found instructions for using printed in German. The federal counsel has in structed the Swiss minister in Berlin to protest strongly against this fur ther violation of the neutrality of Swit zerland, and to demand prompt and complete satisfaction, punishment of the aviators and payment of indem nity for the damage caused. the Meuse against German forces 20 times their number in the attack of Thursday night until surrounded on three sides they were compelled to choose between retirement and capture. One Brigade Devastated. Three German brigades attacked just after dark. The column attacking in front met with such sustained fire that it was thrown back before reaching a house of the village. The assaults were renewed repeatedly at Intervals of a few minutes, the German ranks growing thinner with each rush. At about 11 o’clock the Germans brought up a fresh brigade and at tacked furiously on all sides, but were again thrown back by rifle fire and bayonets. Ac 1 o’clock another charge was made. It was directed principally against the flanks and the column op erating on the left after being repulsed several times succeeded in making a breach in the defensive line of the French. Being reinforced with more fresh troops the Germans were able to hold the ground. The French battalion still held out and fought from house to house until dawn. Then the ever increasing Ger man reinforcements overwhelmed what remained of the defending force. By that time nothing was left of the village but a pile of smoking ruins. The Germans remained quiet along that part of the line during the day, but made heavy attacks against the advanced French positions in the re gions of Dead Man's hill. After prep aration witii a veritable storm of shells, German infantry attacked in massed formation and penetrated the first line of the French trenches at some points. French infantry counter attacked with the bayonet and drove back the Ger mans in disorder. London. April o.—Twenty-eight persons were killed and 44 injured In last night’s air raid, according to official figures given out today. It was officially announced this afternoon that the dirigible balloon which fell into the sea was the p, L-15. London, April 1.—-One of the five Zeppelins which visited the eastern counties of England during the night, dropping some 90 bombs, was damaged presumably by British aircraft guns, and came down off the Thames estu ary. It surrendered to British patrol boats. The crew was sated but the airship broke up and sank while being towed in. The raid of last night was the 22nd of the war. The lost Zeppelin was the third of her class to come to grief in these raids. Details of the attack have not been published by the authorities. From un official sources it is learned that many of the bombs were dropped either into the sea or in places where no damage was done. It was an ideal night for the raid. Everything was in favor of the Zeppelins, including the atmospher ic pressure and the lightness of the wind. The dirigibles came in over the coast early in the evening and, sailing high, divided their forces. Those who saw them say they were larger than the derigibles used on previous visits. They kept at such a height that they were out of range of antiaircraft guns as thev passed inland. During the evening Zeppelins were reported at various points. It was not until after midnight that announcement was made of their departure. Dispatches received from points on the southeast, the east and the north east coasts and in the eastern counties indicate that last night’s Zeppelin raid er raids—for there were apparently separate ventures north and south— were the most extensive yet under taken. A witness tells of seeing one of the Zeppelins which appeared to be of a larger type than that of previous visi tors, flying at a considerable height. The searchlights illuminated the raider and shells from the guns that opened fire could be seen bursting all around it. One gunner claimed a hit, the Zeppeline thereupon being seen to turn around and proceed towards the coast apparently damaged. DELUGE OF SHELLS OPENED THE WAY TO MALANCOURT Berlin. April 1.—The main quarter’s correspondents of the Vosslsche Zei tung send the following report on the advance of the Germans at Malan court: “The thunderous work of the artil lery again furnished the prelude to a successful resumption of infantry ac tivity west of the Meuse. Continuous artillery fire suddenly increased to gi gantic violence and like an Immense thunderstorm the explosions rattled unceasingly across the rolling country side. They sounded as If a huge depot of ammunition had exploded, detonat ing thousands of shells in apparent endless series. “After several hours the terrible mel ody suddenly ceased and the assault was made successfully with but slight loss to the Germans. The German po sition west of Verdun was improved by this advance at Malancourt. Tho Germans were able to press into the village itself and to reach the first row of houses on the northern side, which wore the most strongly fortified. "I had an opportunity today to in spect the booty so far taken in the Verdun battle. The quantities of weapons, munitions, uniforms and sup plies of all sorts which were accumu lating here are incalculable.” —♦— S00 BOMBS DROPPED ON GREEK PORT OF SALONIKA Berlin, (by wireless to Tuckertdi), April l.—A Bulgarian offl la 1 com munication from Sofia made public by Overseas News Agency says: “A German air squadron composed of 15 aeroplanes on March 27 dropped 800 bombs on the port of Saloniki and the Anglo-I'reneh camps. An explosion was observed in a shed near the rail road station and on an enemy’s ship. Enemy aeroplanes attacked the Ger mans but without success. Four of tlie enemies' aeroplanes wore forced to land. The rest withdrew.” —— ITALIANS RECORD GAINS. Rome, (via London). April 1 The following official statement was issued < today by the war department: “In the Dalorie valley during an en counter between small detachments or the slopes of Mount Melino on Wednes day the enemy was put to flight and abandoned arms and munitions. "On 11 to Isontso front intermittent ar tillery actions were hampered by the driving rain. “We took by assault about 150 me ters of enemy fortifications. After re pulsing violent counter attacks, our sol. tilers resolved at any cost to take the I whole fortifications and they succeed. I ed. They ruptured many prisoners uu4 l Important booty.” It Recommends That Judiciary Body Favorably Report His Appointment to Senate For Supreme Court. Washington, April 3.—By a vote of three to two the Senate Judiciary sub committee considering the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis for the supreme court today voted to recommend con firmation to the entire committee. Those voting for confirmation were Senators Chilton, Walsh and Fletcher, democrats, against Senators Cummins and Works, republicans. The full committee is understood to stand prac tically even. Each member of the subcommittee will submit a separate report to the entire committee, setting forth the grounds upon which he reached liis conclusion. It is not expected that the committee will vote on confirmation on its next meeting Monday. NORWEGIAN SHIP SUNK. London, April 1.-—Lloyds reports the sinking of the Norwegian steamship Memento, of 1,076 tons gross. All the members of the crew were saved, ex aeat one man, who was drowned. ^t?▼▼▼▼▼▼▼TtxTTTTTTTTTtTT^ + WHY AMERICA LEANS ♦ 4i TOWARDS THE ALLIES ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦+->» + ♦»<+♦♦> ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦++♦♦+♦* S. $£. McClure In tl>e New York Mall. I am departing from a good and almost universal custom by writing a signed edi torial. I doing this because 1 need to draw upon my own observation to a cer tain extent. In a letter to the Times B. Horowitz, associate professor In Columbia, says: "If. then, one asks the question, why Is it that so many Americans are ardent sup porters of the allies, w*e may answer that the primary reason is the existence of a common bond of sympathy for England and what It stands for—its people, Its his tory, Its culture." Where was the common bond of tradi tions. history, literature, etc., in this coun try in 1861 us between the northern and southern states? Such a common bond as Professor Horowitz refers to did not pre vent one of the most terrible wars in his tory -the American civil war. Further more, every generation of American youth was brought up to regard England as the enemy. The war of the revolution was followed by the war of 1812, and, to still further embitter our people, the nets of England during our civil war brought feel ings. of hostility to a white heat. How ? very body felt then many of the old timers feel now. Ask General Horace Porter! Our history text books implanted these feelings year after year In our country schools and city schools. The response of the people to Cleve land's Venezuelan message was Indicative 3f this unanimous feeling. During the Boer war the feeling of dislike to England was Increased. The natural tradition of -he American people for more than 100 years was instinctive hostility to England m«l instinctive friendship for Germany. All American sympathy was with Ger many in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 H. The old emperor and Emperor Fred rick were admired and beloved generally n America, and Von Moltko and Roon :ook their places beside Grant and Sher Tiun In the popular mind. The present •mperor grew continually and generally ti the admiring affections of the Amcrl •an people. Such was the condition up to '.he very close of the Nineteenth century. More and more American professors bud ?t tidied In German universities. Few men commanded a greater affection of all our vublic men than Carl Sehurz. Are the American people the Idiotic vic tims of an Insidious propaganda on the part of Great Britain, and is the talk of the American press stupid and venal? England and the English press were re garded by the American people with a calm and contemptuous hostility. The change came at the time of the Spanish Ameriean war. One morning New York ■ity was amazed to read a short editorial In the New York Sun speaking of England In an admiring and friendly manner. Gradually this feeling of friendliness grew, until much of tin* traditional hos tility disappeared. Public opinion In the United States In regard to the war was created by the unfolding sequence of events. A Balkan Paderewski. Demetra Vaka, In the Century. "People will tell you in the Balkans that a gypsy camp is to be avoided; yet I used to hull them with pleasure. They added to the wildness and sav agery of the nature about us. One day, several miles from Uskup. our horses raised their heuds and listened to something we could not hear. At first we thought they were smelling hu man blood: but we came to the con clusion that something different caused their interest, since no tre mors of fear were passing through them. Reining them in, we listened, but, hearing nothtng, started to ride on. After a while a sound like a faint moaning of a torrent came to us. The effect on our horses was very peculiar; they seemed to have forgotten their fatigue, and were sidling along In a way that made me nervous. “Finally we made out that it was weird strains of music that reached us. “ ‘We are nearing a gypsy camp,’ my brother said with relief. ‘Some one is playing with more fire than usual.' “Within sight of the camp, the music came to us in its full beauty or Its full horror, I do not know which. Since then I have heard many great masters play; but such music as that I have never heard. It was heavenly; It was hellish. Our horses were as much af fected as we: they pranced as if they were steeds of the great mettle, in stead of poor, scrawny, Balkan ponies. As for me, I began to dream of things unheard, unknown, only dreamable. “Sitting on a wagon, n youth was hanging over his violin, playing—play ing like mad. Presently, without In terrupting his music, he sprang from the wagon and paced back and forth, still playing torrentially. We sat fas cinated both by the player and his playing, trying all the time to quiet our horses. “At last the music seemed spent; the boy let his violin fall to the ground, whero he. too, threw himself, and the music was succeeded by heartbreaking sobbing. His weeping, like his music, was as torrential as a storm. Like It, it ceased when it had reached Its cli max.” “Boy Farmers." From the Farm and Fireside. "The boys' corn club work Is worth the study of the men. We have all heard arguments, In days gone by, as to whether or not It is possible to pro duce a hundred bushels of corn to the acre. It has been done in most of the states in which corn is‘grown at all— not only by men, but by boys. “A statement is before us showing the results of the work of the corn club champions in the state of Min nesota, Indiana, Vermont, Massachu sets, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New Jersey, Illinois and Iowa. There are 21 of these acre champions, whose fields are equal to one 21-acre field. On this area these boys grew 2,238.12 bushels of corn, at a cost of $525.58, or 23l/n cents a bushel. “The average yield is 10G.1 bushels an acre, the lowest yield 62.5 bushels. The lowest yield for champion is in Massachusetts, and the highest in Pennsylvania, where Frank Rimel grew 148 bushels to an acre, at a cost of about 26 2-3 cents a bushel. “Other Massachusetts champions grew over 100 bushels. “These being club champions, not state champions, the results are re markable both as to yields and costs. There was a good profit on all the plots, as labor is counted in as a par* of the cost.” The Acid Test. A St. I.ouis woman advertised for a hus band who doesn't use liquor or tobacco arid doesn't swear. It's a tough test to out advertising to. _ Importanco of the Corn Crop. From a Rectum by P. G. Holden. Corn is king of all the crops. More than 20 per cent of all the improved farm land In the United States Is annually de voted to the growing of com. In 1914 106, 000.000 acres were planted to corn In this country, producing 2,700,000,000 bushels, which brought the growers $1,900,000,000. For nearly 50 years the land planted to corn has been equal If not greater than the acreage of all other cereal crops com bined. Corn from a standpoint of acreage yh ld and value exceeds every other crop. Wherever corn Is grown, ttiere you find high priced land and prosperous people. No other crop can replace corn, but corn can readily take the place of any other gruln crop. Corn Is put to a greater number of uses than any other crop that grows. There am greater possibilities for Im provement. yield and quality of corn than any other crop. 44,4 4♦44 4♦♦4 4 4 44 4 44444 4 4 4 +X444-44444-4-4XX44444444444444 : Auto Makers Forming Company { to Buck Great Gasoline Trust t 4- 4 4 -. 4 4 Manufacturers Organizing Corporation to Produce Pe- 4 ♦ troleum Products and Bring Down Prices In Order ♦ to Protect Their Own Business. * £ 4 X 4 New York. April 1.—Manufacturers of automobiles connected with tlio X 4 National Automobile Chamber of Commerce announced today their de- T 4 vision to incorpoorato a company with an "ultimate capital of from $5,- X 4 000,000 to $10,000,000" to produce gasoline and other products of petrol- X 4 eum, with the purpose of "demonstrating that gasoline can bo pro- 4 4 duced and sold at a profit at a price somewhat lower than that now X 4 prevailing and within the means of all users of automobiles and motor T 4 boats." T 4 A statement given out at the offices of the Automobile Chamber of X 4 Commerce today said: X 4 "The forming of this corporation wo regard as the only real rem- 4 4 edy for existing conditions. We shall at the very least demonstrate that X 4 no further Increase In the price of oil Is necessary and so protect the T 4 business of the automobile makers and their millions of Invested cap- X 4 ital." X 4 4 GERMAN REICHSTAG VOTES . TO GONTINUEJJ-BOAT WAR Action of Lawmaking Body Refuses to Surrender Principle In volved In Use of Submarines, But Leaves Their Dis position to Discretion of Military Heads. Amsterdam, April 1, (via London), April 3.—A dispatch received hero from Berlin says that the resolution regard ing submarine warfare, which was adopted by all parties In the relchstag except the recently created socialist minority group Is to be presented to Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg. The resolution stands in the name of MaJ. Ernst Busserman, leader of the national liberals, and 12 other mem bers of the relchstag. The text of the resolution as re ceived hero is in part as follows: "Seeing that the submarine 1ms proved to be an effective weapon against English methods of warfare, based on the starvation of Germany, the relchstag expresses the conviction that It Is necessary to make such use of our submarines as of all our mili tary means, as will guarantee the peace and safeguard the future of Germany." The foregoing translation of the first part of the resolution places a differ ent construction on the attitude of the relchstag than that Implied In the translation of the resolution sent by wireless last night from the Overseas News agency of Berlin. Tho wireless veslon contained these words: "The reichstag expresses certitude that it Is necessary to use all military means, exclusive of submarines. In such a way as to Insure a peace which guarantees Germany’s future.” Berlin, (via London), April 1.—Now that discussion on the submarine ques tion In the budget committee of the relchstag has been concluded and the results published, It Is upparent that the conservatives are not wholly satis fied. While accepting the compromise agreement embodied In the resolutions POSTOFFICE BILL TOTALS $350,000 Congressman Steele Introduces Revised Bill on Sioux City Building—Committee Re ports Favorably. to be presented to tho reichstag. the conservative press shows a spirit of, resignation that is not wholly resigned., Count von Keventlow, naval critic, Is outspoken in expressing dissatisfaction^ with regard to the resolution and re-, grets that it is impossible publicity to! explain why. He complains that that resolution leaves entirely in the dis-! cretlon of the government the manner1 of employing submarines. He adds that only the principle of; the free use of submarines is saved,' whereas there is no guarantee that the will exists to employ them. Washington, April 1. — Ambassador; Garard cabled the rtate department today that he had been informed by1 the German government that nothing! was known officially there of the at tack on the steamers Sussex and Eng lishman, but that an investigation was», being made. He said the German gov- ‘ ernment informed him they had only. newspaper reports on the two cases up to the present. The contents of Ambassador Ger- i nrd's dispatch, the first received from i him since inquiries about two ships | were forwarded to Berlin several days ago, were immediately sent by wire less to President Wilson, who is taking a week end trip down the Potomac1 river on the naval yacht Mayflower. The investigation promised may take a week or two. Submarine command-; ers at sea will have to report before the German government will be in a' position to say definitely whether one j of its submarines attacked the Sussex or Englishman. Officials take for granted that the' ] Englishman was attacked by a Ger man submarine because of reports that ‘ warning shots were fired at her before • she was torpedoed. Claimed They Had Plotted to Capture Another Steamer Due to Sail For Russian Port Today. I New York. April 3.—Accompanied by I a detective, Ernest Schiller, the Ger man stowaway who. unaided, took' || possession of the British steamer Ma- . H toppo lust Wednesday night, arrived H at police headquarters today from Jj Lewes, Del. Schiller was questioned by m police officials regarding the identity iSS of the four men who he said were to, Npf have assisted him in an alleged plan ^ to capture the freight steamship. City E of Sparta, scheduled to sail late today. * fa for Vladicostok. 9 Statements by Schiller that the City IK of Sparta was to carry a large amount fjai of money were denied by the Capt. J. H McKellar, who said he never heard of: Hr Schiller. "As for those four German' K friends of his,” added the captain,. Ip “they must be masquerading as China-' Kj men, as I have nobody but coolies in wf my crew.” HP Fearing that attmpts would be made Sfi to rescue Schiller, detectives last night P53 took Schiller from uls cell at Lewes H and hurried him by automobile to. nj Harrington, from where he wus taken' Ip by train to New York. fln The detectives declared that they. Rff had received positive information that |§g attempts would be made to rescue the prisoner and with the consent of the. local authorities they decided that he By would be safer in New York. Schiller jpa himself readily consented to go, saying [fc? that he would do anything to keep out of the hands of the British officials. Schiller said he was uncertain ^E whether the four men he had picked to Ml accompany hint hud abandoned the en- l|| terprise. S0 "They were not Germans," Schiller declared. "I was the only German con- K| cerned, and only for my hard luck I E*jf would have turned a be*er trick than- B*j tile Moewe did when she captured that Ef* Appam. I was terribly handicapped! Ejj by depending on bums and crooks to - assist me." aSS Learn of Other Plots. IjM The police stated they desired to ^Ej question Schiller also regarding an al- B? leged plot to blow up a Cunard line IgB steamship in New York. This plot they believe was formulated in a Ho boken, N. J., resort, which they said had been visited by Schiller. Schiller was in a cheerful mood .when B he arrived at headquarters. Ejfl "Wliy the captain seemed to have the idea that I was a ferocious giant.” he H explained, laughing. "When l met the E||£ captain 1 simply pointed my forefinger EH at him and said, 'sit down.’ He sat *3|f down very suddenly. I did not show Hr? my pistol to him or to the mate, who cuine in afterward." ^Hj Schiller turned over to the police the Efc Matoppo's papers and $G0 In English Eatl money which lie said he had taken from HR tlie captain. Ho frankly admitted, according to HT1 the police, that he was leader of a plot EKf to blow up a Cunard liner. He as- ME scried that he had persuaded four men III' to join him. and that they pinnae' liiKj hoard the ship, take possess.'on of her H9 at sea and destroy lie; Sum Washington, D. C., April 3.—Repre sentative Steele has introduced a re vised bill for the additional construc tion site for the Sioux City postofflce. The bill carries a total of $350,000. Much to the gratification of Mr. Steele and considerably to his surprise, the treasury department has reported to the House committee on public j buildings and grounds In favor of all that was contemplated in the original bill for $250,000, and more. The treasury department estimates that an expenditure of $335,000 Is need ed for the enlargement of the Sioux City public building and purchase of 58 feet of additional site. This means about $275,000 for the construction of the addition to the building. In the report to the public buildings committee, the treasury department sets forth figures showing the rapid growth of Sioux City and growth of its postal business. It considers that in view of the expansion in recent years and the expected expansion in a reasonably short period, the building of a large addition would be good business. It was anticipated the treasury would favor the addition but not so large an outlay. Mr. Steele took the matter up with Chairman Clark, of the House committee on public buildings and grounds. Indications strongly point to favorable action by the com mittee. In a short time, Mr. Steele will appear before the committee. Mr. Steele in revising the bill put the figure at $350,000 as a close approximation to the treasury estimate. Root, Lodge, Bacon and Wood Dine With Teddy — “Pre paredness” Talk May Be of Two Kinds. Washington. I>. April 3.—Nothing political has stirred up so much talk here in weeks as the Roosevelt-Root - Bodge-Bacon-Wood luncheon in New York yesterday. Though declared to have been on “preparedness." no one here takes that seriously. Roosevelt and Root have been get ting into touch more closely for some weeks. The belief here is that Root ' and probably Bodge and many of the ’ eastern republican leaders are getting! ready to support Roosevelt for presi- j dent. Bull moose leaders here are Jubilant. .