Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
Desperate Combat the Result
of an Old Feud.
PUPILS ART EXHIBIT
COMPLAINT MADE OF POLLUTION
OF POTOMAC RIVER.
New Church to Be Built by Mt: Tabor
egation-General and
Personal


hand encounter on M street between Pros
pect avenue and SD street yesterday aft
ernoon. Blood was shed and the combat
would doubtless have ended even more dis
astrously for the belligerents had not the
police interfered. The participants in the
ARRAY gave their names to the police as
August Goble, a clerk, about twenty-one
years of age, and Julian F. Boucher,
brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, twenty-five years old
The fight resulted, it is said, from long
existing grievances. When the men met
yesterday in front of an M street saloon
they decided to settle their differences No
attempt to use weapons was made but the
races of the combatants were severely
bruised and battered. Detective E. w.
Brown OF the seventh precinct accompa MED
py Policemen Strobel and Grove, put AN
END to the melee and took the disturbers OF
the peace into custody They were taken
70 the station house, but were afterward
released on collateral for their appearance
in Police Court tomorrow morning
Art Exhibit by School Pupils.
Under direction of the principal. Miss
EG1th Wescotr, a fine art exhibition was
given at the Western High School during
the past week, when many drawings and
WV o'Spidyeu, tHt WOTR OF the
pupils of the school who attained excel
renee IN the art department. The work Of
TOUR pupils come in for honorable mention
L, Inc names of those pupils Edwin Jones'
Williams. Edwin Jones' a first-year stu
dent, displays a number of pasteIs which
are regarded as the finest in the exhibition
his poster work was also warmly COM
mended by the management His portrait
OF Baby Rose Rockwell" the godchild of
Miss Wescott was said to be the best dis
prayed. Tom Benton's drawings of Indians
were particularly fine, and were taken from
lie. the young man having spent several
years among the Indian tribes on the plains
with his father. Representative Benton.
The portrait work of Miss Williams and
Miss Osgood was considered excellent.
Complain Of River Pollution.
Oarsmen along the Potomac river are
registering repeated complaints regarding
the pollution of the river with gas tar and
other deleterious substances from manu-
featuring establishments located on the
banks The boating season is getting under
full sway and oarsmen who have fitted out
their crafts at great expense feel that the
present nuisance should be at once abated
The complaints that are Leard from df-
ferent sources are not entirely new Deter
mined efforts have been made heretofore
from time to time to prevent the discharge
of gas tar into the water. 1t is urged that
there should be prosecutions of those who
are guilty of violation of the law The
principal objections lodged by the boats
men is that the gas tar and other sub
stance which allowed to float into the
river causes discoloration of their boats
and entails other additional expense to the
owners of the craft in keeping the boats in
cleanIy condition. The authorities have
been urged to be more vigi.ant. and it is
stated that y csecutions Will follow future
violations
New Church Contemplated.
The building of a new editce for the con-
gregation of Mount Tabor Methods Church
is now being discussed, and is regarded as a
certainty. Though nothing tangible has been
done toward actual construction. a large
building fund is being raised, and 1t is pro-
posed to expend $50, 600 upon the new church,
the site upon which it is to be located
belonging to the church The congregation
is said to have the sum of $4,000 in hand,
and but little more needs to be added be-
fore the work can be commenced. The
frame building now occupied by the
gregation has become inadequate. Rev. Mr..
Litsingcr, who was returned recently a sec
ond time to the pastorate of the church. is
enthusiastic in the project of putting the
church upon high a plane of excellence
possible. In addition to the plan of in
dividual subscription the ladies of this
church hope to augment the fund through
Open-Air Services.
The open-air services which are being held
on the Cathedral grounds every Sunday af-
ternoon have proved to be successful They
are held under the direction of Chaplain
Pierce of Fort Myer and a committee Sc
lected from the clergy and laymen. The
services on the Cathedral grounds of the
Mount st. Alban reservation were inaugu-
rated several years ago. and a feature
during the summer months The meetings
will continue until late In the fall In order
to accommodate the largely Increased
crowds the Tenleytown car line has added
special cars to its facilities for carrying
passengers.
Tribute to Edgar Allen Poe,
Miss Lois A. Bangs and Miss Wilton, CO.
principals at the National Cathedral School
for Girls, in recent letter to President
Alderman of the University of Virginia
offered to place bronze memorial tablet on
the door of Edgar Allan Poes old room at
the University of Virginia, known as room
13, in the west range. The memorial tablet
Will be 36x15 inches, with a two-inch Dor
der, and will bear the following inscription:
Edgar Allan Poe, MDCCCXXVI
DR.. Alderman, on behalf of the university
has notified Misses Bangs and Wilton of
his extreme pleasure in accepting the gift
and arrangements will be made in the near
Bangs recently attended the university
commencement. when she visited the cele-
b1ated poets room in the dormitory and
was interested to the extent of presenting
the memorial tablet.
Freight Over Canal.
Several boat loads Of coal, as well as
large shipments of wheat and other grain
are reported to have come down the Ches-
apeake and Ohio canal during the past
week from West Virginia and Maryland
The business which is being handled at
present is said to be all the canal forces
can care for, and the officials regard the
outlook as most encouraging. General
Manager Nicholson, who has just returned
from Cumberland and other points along
the waterway, says practically little dam
age resulted from the breaks in the canal
which occurred recently, and that the
trouble quickly remedied and caused
a stoppage of traffic for short time only.
Along the waterway there still remain sew
eral Instructions due to the construction
work of the Wabash railroad. but the de-
lays resulting from them are not of Sc
rious nature.
Arrest Of Alleged Offender.