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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
DELIGHTFUL DINING
The Best, Well Within Ones Means, at
Hotel St. Regis, New York.
FAMOUS RESTAURANT

One Of the most inviting OF New York restau-
rants is that in the Hotel ST. Regis at oth
avenue and 55th street A visit TO this sump-
tuous dining room OF evening, with its fault-
lessly set. fower-een, cred tables. surrounded by
beautiful women and well-groomed men, and an
a,l.pervasiv. atmosphere of good Fellowship. is .
pleasure which no visitor 10 New York should
miss. In the grand dining hail OF the St. Regis,
easily the mos; beautiful room OF its Kind in the
world or for that matter, in any one Of the nu-
merous smaller dining rooms here provided. you
will realize the fact that 81. Regis cookery
tempts and satisfies, while ST. Regis prices bring
the meal well within reach Of those who must
consider the cost. the restaurant charges being
no higher than at other hotels of the first class.
But the St Reggie restaurant. superior as il is.
is only one OF the numerous attractions offered
hv This leader among tho great hotels of the
world In every detail that makes for comfort.
safety and heaItbfuness. this perfectly built and
equipped hotel is pre- eminent A beautifully
furnished fer - day, or the same with
la h for S. a day ,$6 per day for two people,, -
parlor bedroom and bath for &12
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
933 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
HONOR PATRON SAINT
PLANS OF HIBERNIANS AND
OTHERS FOR CELEBRATION.

At meeting of the st. Patrick day
committee of arrangements held last
evening final plans were made in accord
ance with the program in The Sunday
Star. The members and their friends
will assemble in New Carroll Hall. G
street, at 1915 o'clock and solemn high
mass will begin at II o'clock. 1t is ex-
pected that more than 300 persons will
attend the banquet tomorrow evening.
St Patrick the patron saint of Ireland
was glorfied at A. meeting of Division
No =. Ancient Order of Hibernans. yes
terday afternoon in Eagles Hall. Presl-
dent P j. Haltigan presiding. In addi-
ton to exercises in honor of the day the
members OF Division No. received as
the guest of honor Rev. William r. Rus
sell pastor of St. Patricks Cathoflc
Church who delivered an address.
Others who spoke were John V. Cough
lin of the Department of State. Rev. Eu-
gene Connolly of the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception. Rev. George Dough-
erty Of the Catholic University and Ma
tional Director p. L. Moran.
p T. Moran. national director Ancient
Order of Hibernians. will depart this
evening for Wilmington. Del. where to-
morrow he will participate in the ,t.
Patricks day celebration In that city he
Duet in the evening under the auspices OF
the United Irish Societies of Delaware.
Patrick J. Halitigan, editor of the ofnclai
organ of the A. 0. H.. will spend the day
in bridgeport Conn. where he IS sched-
ued to deliver lecture
The Gaelic Society of Washington Is
to hold an open meeting this evening AT
Carroll Institute at : o'clock. in celebra-
ton of St Patrick s day. President James
Mooney has announced that the paper OF
the evening will be by DR.. +. j. LennoN
of the Catholic University of America, on
The Agricultural Problem in Ireland
In honor of Ireland's anniversary spe-
ciaI musical proGram-lrish. Scotch and
Welsh-will be rendered. to include Gaelic
chorus and recitation. vocal solos. piano.
violin. harp. cornet and the Irish pagplpe
An Invitation has been extended to the
public to be present.
The solemn high mass tomorrow in
ST. Patrick's Church. in commemoration
of the feast of St. Patrick. will be cele-
brated at IL am. by Rev. Father r. \.
McKenny. S. s.. president Of ST. Charles
College, Ellicott City, Nd. the papal dele
gate assisting. The sermon will be by
Rev. Thomas J. Shahan. s. T. D., j. I.
L. professor of church history and
pathology in the Catholic University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
SCHOOL CHILDREN FED.
Londons Hungry Little Ones Are
Provided For.

Snecial Cabegram to The Star.
LONDON. March 16-Althoush much
criticism has been applied to the adoption
of the voluntary system for supplying
Londons hungry school children with
free meals. the most uncompromising
champions of rate aid are bound to ad-
nit that never before have SO many met
ropolitan children been regularly fed as
at present There was issued from the
offices of the London county council this
week a return which showed that during
last week no fewer than 44,SdO children
were provided with meals on an average
of four days a week in Az schools. That
is an increase of over 14COO children fed.
as compared with the corresponding week
of last year. and the number of schools at
which the feeding arrangements are in
operation has been increased by 100. For
the first time in the history of the move
ment every school reported as having
necesstous children also reported that
means were provided for feeding those
children. The formation of childrens
care committees in every district In Lon
don was also reported as working most
efficiently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
TO LEGALIzE cH1RoPRAcT1c.
District Commissioners Will Submit
Bill to Congress.

After holding out for nearly a year
against TIE legalizing of chiropractic in
the District of Columbia the Commission
efs announced today that they have de-
,Idad to submit bill 10 Congress for en-
actment which will regulate the treatment
In question. Corporation Counsel Thoma 5
has drafted a bill covering the matter TO
serve as a substitute for the bill recently
Introduced by Representative Livingstone
"f Georgia. referred to the Commissioners
for report more taian three months ago.
The bill provides for the appointment OF
a board of examiners. TO be composed OF
chircprac:Ors. who Will regulate the pro-
f'ssion and examine all applicants for
ttceDssS TO practice here. This board will
determine the moral ard mental standing
"f all applicants and prescribe the neces-
Sary questions In he used i'm an cXamina-
ZION. This board will serve under the SUI
pervision Of tho board of medioa super
NlsorS.
chiropractic is explained the scientific
ma nipula tiou Of the spine and muscles.
especially in the trea tment of nervous dis
eases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
BUSY WEEK IN GOTHAM
WHITE HOUSE RACE MOVES
INTO TOWN TODAY.
Weeks Political Calendar.

Monday Night.-Secretary Taft will
speak on the negro question in
Plymouth Church. Brooklyn.
Tuesday Night.-Gov. Hughes speaks
to the West Side Republican
Club
Gov Hughes and Secretary Taft
deliver addresses at the banquet
o. the Friendly Sons of St. Pat
rick.
Meeting democratic state
committee. Meeting republican
county committee Gov. Fort of
New Jersey speaks to the alumni
of the New York University Law
School.
Saturday Night Gov. Cummins OF
Iowa and Gov. Hughes address
the Iowa Society at the Hotel
Aston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
Banting the British Lion.

LONDON. March 16.-The British lion
has been engaging the attention of King
Edward. Mr.. Walter Crane. the artist.
has been pointing out that on the Royal
standard the British lions look ike
stuffed specimens They are sorry
beasts. looking like pudey eats. King
Edward. who is an expert on such mat
ters has however. done something 10 i'm
prove these lions. He employed artists
who gave them symbolic suggestion OF
strength. with prominence of teeth and
claws sinewy length of limb and great
breadth of chest. All the new standards
are to have the beasts In this improved
form. and they have already appeared
on some Of the new coins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
Sermon at st. Patrick's Church.

examination of Conscience as an Es-
sential Requisite in Preparation for a
Good Confession was the subject yester-
day of one of the series of sermons on
the sacrament of penance being delivered
at ST. Patrick's Church by Rev. Father
Russell.
"Penance'' was the subject last Sunday
for the opening discourse. and -'Contribu-
ton will be the theme for next Sunday
the third of the course.
Father Russell gives brief medita ton
every week day after the O'Clock mass
on the gospel of the day. and mass is
said at $40 each morning for the con-
venience of those in office and for bust
ness men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
German Emigration Declines.

Special Cablegram< 10 The Star.
LONDON. March 16.-There WAS re-
markable decrease in German emigra-
tan via Hamburg and Bremen in jan
uary and February as compared with the
same months increase since 1905.
Through Hamburg in January and Feb
ruary, 1905 19.C2o cmigrants passed: q
46l in 1906: 5000 in 1907. and only 5000
in 1905. Through Bremen the numbers
were. respectively. :t,.9.9 - fn. :S.0a1
and 1913. The decrease is attributed BY
some to the recent crisis in America and
by others to the increasing prosperity of
industrial Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
Corners Against Bryan.

BUFFALO,. n. Y. March 16.-William
j. Corners, chairman of the state demo-
cratic committee. spent several hours in
the lobby of the Hotel Iroquois Saturday
night talking to democratic leaders Of
Erie county.
Informed that headquarters for Gov.
Johnson of Minnesota would be opened in
New York. Mr.. Corners said:
II found considerable sentiment for
Gov. Johnson in the east l am of the
opinion that either Johnson or Harmon
would make a stronger run i'll New York
state than Mr.. Bryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. March 16.-P. b.
Garter of Chattanooga. Tenn. and j. b.
Barry of Louisville. Ky. travelling sales
men. shot from ambush by negroes near
Dixon. Ky. and confined in an Evansville
hospital. are in a critical condition.
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. March 1G.-The
convention Of the United Mine Workers of
America held short session today and
adjourned until Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock when it will hear the report OF
the scale committee To which has been
referred all matters of policy and wage
demands.
DYERSVILLE. Tenn. March Thames
R. Harrison and Mrs. Ora Ferguson I1ar-
rison are both dead here by their own
week ago. Mrs Harrison Thursday
last shot herself through the lung. No
cause was assigned for her act. Her
husband was so overcome by the death.
which occurred yesterday. that he took
prussic acid last night which caused in
slant death.
PARIS, March 16-A dispatch received
here from Gent d Amade, commander OF
the French forces in Morocco. says that
upon the arrival of his column before
Settat the notableS of the MZab tribe
came out and surrendered. Gen. d Amade
will return to Casa Blanca TO confer with
Gen. Lyautey leaving Col. Boutegard In
command of the French troops in the
Chaouia district.
PHILADELPHIA. March 16.-After
fighting extradition through all Pennsyl-
vania courts for more than year and a
half. Richard G. Flower. by decision OF
til. state supreme court today. must return
ta New York where he is wanted by the
authorities on the charge of grand lar
ceny Flower. wnen arrested here, re-
sisted eXtradition on the ground that
prosecution was inspired by improper
motives and that eXtraditiOn papers were
not obtained in good faith.
LONDON, March .16.-The suffragettes
who were released from Holloway Jail
recently state that the treatment OF pris-
oners has improved considerably since
| their frequent Incarceration. The food
was better and the clothing less coarse.
| The boots were less painful to wear and
| the W. rdresses were more co1siderate and
| kinder
| LONDON. March 16.-lncredibla as it
may seem. more unpublished letters OF
| Robert Louis Stevenson are still in eX-
| istence. and two English missionaries who
knew the celebrated writer in Samoa in
| tend publishing them to show that Mr..
Stevenson. although at first prejudiced
| against missions and missionaries. was
afterward great defender and sympa-
t thiZer with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
Funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Grant.

Mrs. Mary E. Grant. eighty years OF
age, who died last Saturday night at
her home. 92J Rhode Island avenue was
the widow of Talbot NJ. Grant Her four
sons. Detective Clifford L. Grant. Jesse F..
Grant c. l.. Grant and Edward Grant
and her daughter. Mrs. Ella R. Luton,
wife of Police Sergeant Luton were with
her at the end. Rev. ". j. Houck pastor
of the United Brethren Church. will Of
ficiate at the funeral tomorrow afternoon
The intermcnt will be in Congressional
cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16

The body of John Strauch. one Of the
most prominent business men of Gre slime
Ohio. was found hanging in his barn
OF suicide. though no mstive is known
He was thirty-fivc years old and we'll
Ltb-do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16

Attorney George g kohler son of for
me-: state Attorney General j. \. koliler
of Ohio committed suicide Saturday by
shooting himself in the temple while sit
tins in "A chair at his hom". kohler is
said 10 have been heavily involved finau-
ciaily ana To have lost money In invest
men,s. He was a leading member of the
local bar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
Speakeasy Raid in Kansas.

While the prohibitionists We're raising
a hubbub here last week" Mr.. De Nedrey
said the police raided a speak easy in
the state capital of prohibition Kansas
Topeka. The difference between whisky
in Maine and the District is 70 cents. 1t
costs - cents a pint In the prohibition
state and ~ cents here. The empty jug
trade of Representative Sims state-Ten-
nessee-would make any man rich in a
short while if he had monopoly of II.
The express companies that enter Ten
nessee have had to increase their force
of employees in order to handle the jug
prohibition laws
Rev. Father Schmitt. pastor of ST. Jo-
sephs Church. began his address by de-
claring that experience had shown pro
hibition does not prohibit. ''So-called pro-
hibitiOn is snare. a fraud and injustice.
II have been in the priesthood forty
years and have had experience with all
classes of people" Fathe- Schmitt con-
tinued. Before | became a minister
served a soldier in the Union army in
the civil war and was participant in
some OF the severe fighting. 4 man has
the natural right to eat and drink what he
pleases. While in the mining region /
was the leader of temperance society.
and used a big stick to make the mem
bers observe the rules. So | employed the
big stick before Teddy Roosevelt did. Tenn
perance is a virtue and is not, therefore.
a subject for legislation. More people die
from overeating than from overdrinking.
The Lord had wine at His last supper,
and it was not unfermented wine GER
tain fanatics claim. either. The Lord
performed miracle and turned water
into wine when the people wanted it. or. as
the poet has prettily said. When the
water saw its Lord it bushed.'
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Death to Business Activities.

In conclusion Father Schmtt said that
while Cardinal Gibbons is a most abstem-
ious man. he is not temperance crank"
He added that wherever prohibition has
been adopted there has come over that
place d blight and death TO business &C
tivities.
Miss Bessie V. Winchester secretary of
the Womens Amy Canteen Club, read
an address 10 the meeting from that or
ganization. 1t urged the women who are
opposed ito the efforts that are now being
made to impose unjust prohibition laws
on the people OF the District of Columbia
at the instigation of minority of men.
women and children here to visit the
United States Capitol on the dates of the
hearings before the House District COM
mittee on the proposed prohibition laws,
and by their presence lend a silent yet
forceful protest against such legislation.
Wear on your bOSOms yellow badge
the color of the Canteen Club-and let
IL be seen by our lawmakers that not all
the women of Washington are swayed by
sentiment against justice and fair play
Mrs Inez Seymour Mcconnell sang
Dreaming and responded to encores.
Barrier Against "Frenzied Fanati-
cisnl."
Charles w. Darr of the local bar and
superintendent of St. Paurs Sunday
school was the next speaker He said he
is proud of the fact that he is officer
of the Personal Liberty League. which or
ganiZation stands as barrier against
.frenzied fanaticism." sometimes termed
prohibition. He said to argue prohibition
from an economic standpoint is absurd
Il want to say right here" Mr.. Darn
said that while MIR. Shoemaker may rep
resent 5000 persons, | have the honor to
speak for 19Oo0.Oo0. And | appear here
not only i'm that capacity but as tax
payer in the District.
This Is not a question of prohibition
prohibiting, but an economic one. Prohi-
bition is led by the short-haired women
whom do not pay taxes. and will not If
they live hundreds of years."
Re.erring to the efforts OF the ministers
in the prohibition fight. Mr.. Darr asked
Ii the ministers willing TO pay tax
on their churches of $500
Reference to Ministers.
1t is easy-to say take away the $4,000
taxes paid by the distiiler, brewer and
saloon man. But will the ministers make
up the deficie0ey? We want the minis
tiers to stay amoOg us, but We say ia
them in all earnestness. Stay in the pull
pit -
Mr.. Darr asserted that fully % per cent
of the .speakcasy" cases that are tried
in the Police Court came from the So
called prohibition districts of the city,
those beyond the mile limit.
II know man who always breaches
prohibition in this town. When | asked
him why. he told me he owned dyna-
mite factory" Mr.. Darr said
Temperance in all things should begin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
THE SUNDAY STAR.

Including the Magazine Section
By Mail, $3.50 a Year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
OPPOSE PROHIBITION
Speakers at Mass Meeting
Express Their Views.
.CL AIM PERSONAL LIBERTY
Organization Barrier Against
"Frenzied Fanaticism.
WOMEN MAY VISIT CAPITOL
Adoption of Resolution Protesting
Against Any Change in License
System in District.

Men and women of Washington WHO OPP
| pose the passage OF the prohibition bills
| pending i'm Congress, or any change in
| the present license system of the District
| of Columbia. attended mass meeting
| and rally at Masonic Temple last evening.
The gathering was under the auspices of
the District branch of the Personal Lib
erty League. and the auditorium was
filed to its capacity 1t is estimated that
at least 5000 others were massed in F
street unable to gain admttance. So
great was the crush on the street and in
| the corridors of the building that 1t be-
came necessary for Serst. K. f. Lee of
the first precinct To bring to his assistance
the reserve policemen from the 18th street
| station house.
| In the audience were representative men
| and women of this city. while seated on
| the stage were Rev. Father Valentine +.
Schmitt and Rev. l. Fealy, representing
thea ministry; p. T. Moran and Anselm
| Neuberger. representing the business
world: Gen. Andrew S. Burt L. S. A..
and Capt. John j. Strain. representing the
military and patriotic societies: tharles
! W. Darr of the legal fraternity, Dr.. +. f.
Lee OF the medical profession. Sam De
Nedrey, representing organized labor. and
the officers of the Womens Army Canteen
CLUB
Display of Petition.
Suspended from the front of the stage
was long petition TO Congress opposing
any prohibition legislation. 1t was signed
by 1000 men of voting age, and Chairman
De Nedry said it was the work of enc
anti-prohibitionist. The resolution to the
Senate and House against any change in
the license system of the District was
unanimously adopted by a rising vote.
Music was furnished by Pistorios band
and by several soloists.
In calling the assembla2e to order MI
De Nedrey said he esteemed = Il great
honor to be president of the Personal
Liberty League. which organization stands
for the fullest liberty of the citizens in
everything that is lawful and right
Speaking Of the prohibitionists. he said
if some Of them had been present at the
creation of the world they would have. no
doubt. informed the Creator how He
could have made a better job of II. He
added that fanaticsm and bigotry are two
of the greatest evils known to mankind,
and suggested as a cure for the prohi-
biton habit education and series of
heart-to-heart talks with the misled ones
Mr. De Nedrey emphasized the state
ment that prohibition does not prohibit.
and said in his state. Iowa. the prohibit
ton laws delIsiOn and a snare. and
made many persons perjurers and crlmi-
nails who would not otherwise be so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16

EVANSVILLE, Ind. March 16.-P. b.
Garter of Chattanooga. Tenn. and ]. b.
Barry of Louisville. Ky. travelling sales
men. shot from ambush by negroes near
Dixon. Ky. and confined in an Evansville
hospital are in critical condition.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-31
LABOR LEADERS SENTENCED
Prison for Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison, Who Appeal.

Washington, Dec. 25. - Twelve
months in Jail for Samuel Gompers,
PRESIDENT; nine months for John
Mitchell, one of the vice-preside
and six months for Frank Morrison,
secretary, all of the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor, was the sentence i'm
posed by Judge Wright, OF the SUI
preme court OF the District of Co.
lumbia yesterday for contempt of
court III violating an order enjoining
them from placing on the unfair or
I'VE don't patronize' list the Buck
Stove & Range company, Of St. Louis.
All of the defendants were in court
when sentence was pronounced and
notice Of an appeal to the District OF
Columbia appellate court was filed,
Gompers being released on $4,000
bond, Mitchell on $4,000 and Morri
son on $1,000.
Judge Wright's decision, which con-
sumed two hours and twenty min
utes in reading, was scathing ar
Everywhere" the court
said, all over, within the court and
out, rampant, insolent defiance is her
aided and proclaimed; unreiined in
suit, atfront, vulgar indignity, meas
ures the litigants' conception of the
tribunals duty wherein his cause still
DeD1S