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Evening star., 1909-03-06
thing about the matter, too, is that h
is accomplishing 1t.

thing about the matter, too, is that he
is accomplishing 1t.
Everybody knows that oxygen in our
air is a good thing. 1t is possible to get
too much of 1t, like other good things.
but there is comparatively little suffering
caused among members Of the human
race, just at this stage Of the worlds life,
by a uperabundance of this particular
desirable In fact. sometimes it seems
as IL many of US were trying to see how
little of it we can assimiate, without ac-
tual asphyXiation, instead Of enjoying a
full measure as one Of the luxuries Of eX-
istence. But 1t isn't always our own
fault. 1t seems. and that's why the Ber-
liner Dr. Fischer by name, member of
the faculty of the famous Berlin Univer-
sity, has produced his invention.
1t is no news to the world that the oXy-
gen in our air is capable of being changed
into thing called ozone. a mighty enemy
of bacteria and other things inimical to
human lungs and human blood, destroyer
of bad smells and powerful purifier in
general Sunlight itself, by constantly
producing the stuff in dilute form, disin-
fects daily and hourly. to degree, the
air We breathe. The trouble is that we
have too little sun, because OF our smoke
and our dust and our roofs, under which
we stay too large a portion of the time
when the ozone-producer is working.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
LOST ITS BUFFET CAR.
M. and M. Association of Baltimore
Returned Home Hungry.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, March 6-Members
of the Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation who attended the inauelIra ton
came back home hungry and disguised
They had provided buffet car to be at
tached to their train, which was schedule /
to leave Washington at I o'clock m on
the return knowing that this was fully
stocked with good edibles. few of them
provided meals in Washington
Great was their disappointment when
they boarded the special, some time after
4 o CLOCK. to find that the buffet car was
not attached. Robert T. Beacham the
assistant secretary of the association, who
had charge of the party, Immediately
went on hunt for the missing delicacies
Not finding them within an hour, and the
railroad men being unwilling to hold the
train longer, it finally headed toward Bal
timore. but without anything to eat or
drink aboard.
Mr.. Beacham remained in Washington
searching for his missing car. At 3 a m
he found ii, with the aid of the yardmas-
ter, on the New York avenue track The
car was unmolested and the food was still
there, but the members had gone home
disSusted and hungry.
Mr.. Beacham had the car attached to a
train leaving Washington at > am He
came over with it, but could not eat all
Of its contents.
The edibles were distributed yesterday
among the hospitals of the city, the bulk
going to the Little Sisters of the Poor
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Fish Commission Uses Mercedes.

The power launch Mercedes. recently
fitted with gasoline engine and changed
from a steam to a gasoline power pro
PEELED craft is in service at the BryanS
point station OF the fish commission.
The Mercedes. on the trip from this city
to Bryans point on the day the boat
was completed. with a new and stiff
engine, made the run from this city to
Alexandria in twenty-five minutes, ind
eating her speed to be about twelve miles
an hour. The managers of the Bryans
point station are more than pleased.
The boat Is used daily in the work of
gathering the eggs of yellow perch. pre-
paratory to their being Matched at the
station. On the completion OF the sea-
sons work. when the Matching Of the
shad eggs is over for the year the launch
will be returned to this city and will be
fitted with neat and comfortable hunt
ing cabin. with A deep cockpit and will
be made available for service in cold and
stormy weather.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
MAKES FINE RECORD.
s5th Co., Coast Artillery Corps,
Earns Commendation.

One of the highest figures of efficiency
ever made I'm target practice has been
reached by the S!th Company. Coast Ar
tillery Corps, at Fort Casey. Wash. ac-
cordins to n statement given oIt by the
War Department. This company made
100 per cent of hits at IoXf0-foot target
moving at tie rate OF GS miles an hour
at Il mean range OF 6.io0 yards. The
practice was held at a battery Of ten
inch rifles mounted on disappearing car
Tiages. The series of four record shots
was fired from two guns in the total
elapsed time of minutes and - seconds
AS showing the company'S general eff
cheney. the department states that N
company has made nine out of ten record
shots fired this year a Il moving target
and only one other company assigned to
ten-inch rifles has made higher figure
The chief of coast artillery is gratified
over this excellent record. and has rec
commended that Maj. Andrew Hero, jr.
who commanded the company in practice
and the officers and men of the company
be commended
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Dissipation and Poetry.
From Current Literature.

rom current Literature.
Apropos Of the Poe centennial celebra-
tions, the question may be raised whether
a considerable part of Poe's fame is not
due to the pathos of his life, independent
ly Of the literary quality Of his verse. 1t
is generally assumed by his eul6gists
that the stories Of his moral lapses are
attacks upon his literary standing. 1t
seems TO us. on the contrary. that these
stories have helped to make him a figure
of world interest, and that his worshipers
are dimly aware OF this fact. and that
they are the ones who insist on keeping
the stories to the front The note of pas
sion which his verse lacked Is in q meas
ure supplied by the pathos Of his life. and
what we fail to find In the lines we seem
to find between them. The same thing
may be said OF many bards. The dissi-
patton of Verlaine. the drugged poverty
Of Francis Thompson, the atheism of
Shelley, the assaults OF the critics upon
Keats, the contemporary neglect of Walt
Whitman the wickednesses Of Byron
these things have been made more of by
the friends than by the detractors of the
poets. and their poetry is in consequence
haloed by certain charm and an emo
tional glow to which it is not entitled on
strictly literary grounds.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
REDUCING THE DRINK BILL.
Sweden's Experiment in Controlling
Liquor Traffic.

From McClure's Magazine.
The novel features of the new Swedish
law consisted in the provision that local
companies or committees might be form
ed in various communities, to conduct
the liquor traffic in such a way as to
eliminate all private profit: any gain
that might result from the traffic being
directly applied to the promotion Of pub
lie utilities calculated to serve as coun-
ter attractions to the saloon Thus was
laid the foundation of what is believed
by many competent observers to be the
scientific solution Of the liquor problem.
AT the time when the new method was
inausurated, half a century ago, there
were more than twenty-three thousand
distileries in Sweden. and it was said
that liquor could be purchased at almost
every hut in the kingdom. When the
new law had been in force six years, the
number of distilleries had dropped to less
than six hundred. In 1898 there remain
ed but 13a. Meanwhile the saloons
shrank away SO rapidly that in 1859
there was but one for SU2S of the popu-
lation; and eleven years later only one
for 134J0 Observation-Disclosures that gain
clear significance If We reflect, by way
of contrast. that Jersey City, for exam
pie. has a saloon for ev.ry thirty-five
voters. The per capita consumption of
spirituous liquors decreased in Sweden
from - liters in 1851 to IL liters in 1e,o.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
ASKS FOR LIBERTY OR DEATH.
Lawyer Patrick Makes a Spectacular
Plea to the Court.

NEW YORK, March 6.-Albert 7. Pat
rick continued his fight for his freedom
be fore the appellate division of the su-
preme court in Brooklyn yesterday after
noon. Handcuffed to State Detective
Jackson. he was brought down from Sing
Sing prison yesterday and was taken at
once in the subway to Brooklyn, where he
was given an opportunity to confer with
his attorneys. Patrick will make his own
argument before the court. He claims In
his briefs that Gov. Higgins had no con-
sttutional right to commute his sentence
to life Imprisonment. The real point at
issue. however. is what effect the decision
of the court in his favor would have. He
contends that he must be given new
trial and believes that if he was to get
new trial at this late day he would
surely be acquitted.
On the part of the state. however. 1t
was urged that if Patricks commutation
is declared illegal he must be remanded
back to the death house in Sing Sing
prison and the court of appeals fix an
other date for his execution. The argu-
ments on the several points of law raised
consumed most of the afternoon.
In opening his argument Patrick said
that he disliked to come into court as
matter of personal pride, knowing the
bit,-r. revengeful and contemplate hatred
that most persons feel for the person
convicted of crime. He declared that his
conviction was colossal conspiracy on
the part of the presiding judge at his
trial and the state authorities who prose-
cuted him; that District Attorney jerome
and his assistants, Garvin and Osborne,
in connivance with Recorder Goff, had
railroaded him to prison.
With increasing excitement he asserted
that he never had a fair trial, and that
he was innocent of the crime charged
against him. Imprisonment for life, he
said, was a greater and more horrible
punishment in this state than the death
penalty. and he asked the court to free
him or send him to the electric chair.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
WANTS TREATY TERMINATED.
Pouren Defense Committee Asks
Senate to Notify Russia.

NEW YORK. March 6.-The defense
committee in the cause of Jan Pouren.
the Russian refugee whom the Russian
government has been seeking to extra
dite, sent to the United States Senate
yesterday a petition asking that due no.
tice be given to the Russian government
of the termination of the extradition
treaty made between Russia and the
United States in. 1888 The resolutions.
according to the committee will be pre-
sented by Senator La Toilette of Wis
consin at the extra session of Congress.
The petition says that under the pres
ent treaty Russia may require America
TO hold Russian refugees by the mere
presentation OF documents not even
sworn to. 1t sets forth that Pouren has
been imprisoned under the treaty for
more than a year, pending a decision of
his case on unsworn evidence which
would be thrown out as incompetent in
our courts. 1t is expected that the
United States commissioner will decide
on the new evidence offered by the de-
fense conference.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
The Pedigree Of the Shirt.
From the Atlantic Monthly.


Why does the being we call gentle
man" wear around his neck a band Of
spotless whiteness and unbearable stiff
ness, at his wrists similar Instruments OF
torture and before his chest a rigidly
starched linen plate? No one outside or
a madhouse would call these articles OF
apparel agreeable. There is for the Gus
tom no reason al all drawn from comfort
hygiene or usefulness. There is, however
the ghost Of dead reason. Once upon a
time gentleman" was presumed 10 do
no work, and he dressed to show this by
putting these visible signs that he
never soiled his hands. sweated his neck
or bent his noble back 1t matters not
that we no longer believe in this defini-
ton of gentleman; We did believe it
once. its ghost rules OH. No man is bold
enough to appear in society without this
impossible harness Only a professional
humorist like Mark Twain. or some one
who wishes TO pose as a mild lunatic
dares rebel. Addison said that the man
who would clothe himself according to
common sense would find himself in laiI
within a week.
Evening star., 1909-03-06

versity raising part of the money. This
condition has been fulfilled. The library
is a structure badly needed by the uni
versity and construction will be begun
as soon as possible.
\ committee. of which Chief Justice
Peelle was chairman, employed the firm
of Whitfield & King of New York as
architects. The preliminary drawings
have Just been submitted to permanent
committee on the construction of the IL
brarv, consisting OF President Ihirkield
of the university, Justice JOB barnard
DIR. Booker r Washington. Mr.. Cuno II.
Rudolph Mr. w. V. Cox. DR.. John X
Francis and DIR. J. T.. Mooriand. Hy
unanimous action they have accepted the
plans. and the complete specifications are
expected to be in hand by April l, When
they will be given out to several buildlns
firms for bids. 1t is expected that sLouho
will be broken before April IL and tne
corner stone of the new library VIII De
laid during commencement Weekday %
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Spectators Voice.

From Ertrybody's Magazine.
AS rule great nlanipulators have
high, thin voices and take a distrustful
view Of securities. Their vocal pecu-
liarity must be left as an arbitrary fact:
as to their bearish slant OF mind. it is
easily accounted for. 1t comes of the
fact that their services are more often
solicited by men having something to
see them by men wishing to buy-in the
ratio of about five to one. Nevertheless,
there is no instance of bear manipu-
lators having died rich. 1t is a bulls
country.
Evening star., 1909-03-06

The new building will measure % feet
in length by ~ feet in depth, exclusive OF
the stacks. On the first floor, beside the
entrance hall and delivery desk, there
will be two large reading rooms capable
of accommodating several hundred read
ers: also room for librarian and space Tor
cataloguing On the second floor will be
a large museum room. and the office OF
the president will be placed there tempo
rarily. In the basement. besides news
paper and other rooms there will be an
assembly hall seating 2,O people.
This building will meet imperative needs
of the university. The old library rooms
are on the third floor of the main build
ing. On account of the weak walls nearly
half of the $4,000 volumes have to be
stored in the basement. The present read
ing room measures 20 by 2o feet, which
has to accommodate the 100 students
now in attendance.
The building will be located on the
beautiful elevation just opposite the
chapel and will make a part of the great
quadrangle.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
MRS. CLEvELAND's MAIL FREE
Order Signed Making Act of Con-
gress Effective.

One of the last official acts of George
Won l.. Meyer as Postmaster General was
the issuance yesterday OF an order di-
rectiug that all mail matter sent by
Frances +. Cleveland, widow of the late
President Grover Cleveland. and by Mary
Lord Harrison, widow Of the late Pres
dent Benjamin Harrison. under their
written autograph signatures, shall here
after be conveyed free Of postage during
their natural lives. The order carries
into effect an at of Congress passed Feb
ruary | last.
Only three other widows of former
Presidents of the United States have been
granted the privilege Of sending their
mail free of postage. they being Julia D.
Grant. LuCretia Garfield and Ida S. Nc
Kinley.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Quits Wife and Babes for "Blues, ::

ATHENS, Ga, March 6.-Leaving a
note directing friend to sell his horse
and to take $50 in cash which he left
in the cash drawer. G. NJ. Norton. a loca Il
retail grocer. disappeared Thursday. and
no trace of him has been found. He said
in the note: Il have the blues and can't
stand il any longer" He leaves a wife
and three small children. and these he
promised TO send for some day" Mr.
Norton's business affairs are in good
shape and his domestic elations have
been extremely plea SAINT.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Quickly

shaped. which approximately fits the
head. This cap is formed of number of
circular corrugations, and is lined with
felt.
A similar cap. but of greater diameter,
is also used. After the smaller cap has
been placed on the head the hair is
thrown up over ii. The larger cap is
then heated and passed down over the
first cap. The heat impaired to the hair
between the corrugations of the two
caps will cause 1t to form into permanent
wavelets. The primary cap has an open
ing at the top in which the surplusage of
hair is tucked. The heating cap is ma
nipulated by a suitable non-conductive
handle. This device should prove of eco
nomic advantages to the fair sex. saw
ing much time in trips to and from the
hairdressers. In addition, the whole OPP
Grafton can be performed in a few min
utes
Evening star., 1909-03-06
THROUGH TO BRIGHTWOODD.
Efforts of Park View Citizens Sue
cessful-Oficers Elected.

The Park View Citizens Association
heid~its annual election of officers at a
meeting last night. George II. Russell
was made president. J. G. ALcGrath.
first vice president: ]. Frank Culverwell
secretary, and William Schultz. treasurer.
Members elected to serve on the execu-
tive committee are: Charles W. Bridwell
Charles DreXilius, Theodore l.. GatchelI,
Sidney II. Kent, ID. A. Teller, F. J.. Tenn
pleton, Arthur l.. Webb and James L.
Wilmeth.
Announcement was made that as the
result of efforts of the association MEM
bers through cars on the Brightwood line
Will be operated beginning May ]. The
loop on 9TH street near Florida avenue.
where ii is now necessary To- change
cars for Park View Heights. by the way
of the 9th street line. will be done away
with after the through line is put in
operation.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
DIES IN GAs-FILLED ROOM.
Suicide of Young Peruvian Protege
of George J. Gould.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, March 6-Carlos Es-
pionesa Saldana of Lima, Peru, was
found dead here yesterday in a gas-filled
room. following the receipt of letters and
kilograms telling of the loss of his
fathers fortune in South America. Sal
dana, who was twenty-five years old was
formerly student at Columbia I-niver-
sity, where the Peruvian government is
said to have paid his tuition
At college he was a roommate of King
don Gould and . member of the Delta
Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
He came 20 st. Louis several months
ago as craftsman for the Missouri Pa
Cific railroad. the position, il is said, hay-
ing been obtained for him by George J.
Gould.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
KIER HARDIE CRIED DOWN.
Oxford Undergraduates Raise Dis
turbance at Meeting.

OXFORD, England. March 6.-At a
meeting of the University Fabian Society
IL the town hall here last night. James
kier IIardie. the socialist member of
parliament, who was to have been the
principal speaker. was unable TO gain a
hearing owing to the hostile demunstra-
tions of the underGra duates.
Amid scenes of the greatest disorder
firecrackcrs were exploded, automobile
horns were blown, there were shouts and
bursts of song by the students, eggs and
oranges were thrown and the platform
was stormed. Many free fights occurred
during the demonstration.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Newspaper Man Not Amenable.

MEMPHIS Tenn, Ma rch 6.-ContendinG
that newspaper man is not amenable to
the laws governing persons plying their
Vocations Sunday, City Judge Floyd has
dismissed three misdemeanor charges
against the press representative of To-
cal theater. arrested with other attaches
OF the playhouse for violating the Sunday
law when performances We're given. Other
employees of the theater were fined
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Where Friendship Ceased.
From Illustrated Bits.

rom IIuStratcu BIls.
Never heard what broke up their
friendship? Dear me. i thought every
one had heard that Brown is engaged.
you know"
'Ohi yes. I've heard that. vas White
in love with the same girl?"
mo, no. Not at all. But White saw
her portrait in Browns room and asked
whose it was.
Its a picture of my fiancee," said
Brown.
white examined Ii critically. and then
put 1t down. with the remark that she
must be very rich. l don't know what
happened after that. but White was taken
home I'm a cab. and neither Of them wa5
seen out of doors for week"
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Serious Charges Not Sustained.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 6-Holding
that the charges were not sustained, the
grand jury has returned "A mot true" bill
III favor of G.. y. Wisner. former president
of the Lancashire Compress Company of
this city. who was arrested in New Or
leans several DAYS ago on a warrant
charging him with fraudulent breach of
trust and cmhezzlement. 1t was charged
that he had disposed of the property of
the concern To the extent OF several thou
sand dollars and converted the money to
his own use
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Dogs Persona Non Grata" In
Panama

Dogs on the Canal Zone are hereafter
to be classed as persona non srata"
with the American government. Chief
Sanitary Officer Gorgas has issued an
order against unmuzzled dogs being al
lowed at large. This applies to the en-
tire zone. The offense committed by the
canine tribe which called forth this re-
striction of liberty is not stated in the
communication to the War Department.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
No Uttered Sidewalks.

happy combination of convenience and
economy. This case is so constructed
that the back. sides, top and bottom are
in sections and can be taken apart and
put together at will When not in use
the case can be taken apart and the
boards stood along the wall out of the
way or place on shelves in a convenient
location. When together it forms a neat
and sturdy case that will bear A lot of
rough usage. Along the edges OF the
various parts at the points Of juXta-
position are spikes which tit in holes in
the piece corresponding, and locking de-
vices keep the whole firm.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Pure Air Made to Order

From Technical World Magazine.
A man of science in Berlin has taken to
running ordinary air through a machine
to make better stuff to breathe of it. Not
satisfied that the atmosphere which ma
ture furnishes for the purpose is all that
it should be, he has undertaken to make
Of it a more acceptable and useful and
valuable human asset. The only queer
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Children'S Masked Ball.

The children's masked ball, under the
auspices Of the Ladies Auxiliary Society
of the ii Street Temple. will be held in
old Masonic Hall Monday night. Appro-
pirate prizes will be awarded for original
lty in and the costuming of characters.
Refreshments will also be served
Evening star., 1909-03-06
MARcoNI TALKS WITH KING.
Expects to Have Direct Wireless
Contact With America Soon.

ROME, March 6.-King Victor Emman-
uel granted a private audience to William
Marconi today. and afterward entertained
the inventor at dinner. His ma jesty con-
graduated his guest warmly on the results
accomplished by his system of wireless
teiegraphy Mr. Marconi explained that
by the erection OF an extra powerful plant
at Coltano. near Pa. he expected within
twelve months to have direct wireless
communication with America.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Want Mules for Canal Work.

Owing To the placing on the retired list
of number OF mules used in the 18TH
mian canal construction an order has
been given in the United States for the
purchase of fifty of these animals to as
sist in the engineering project. In con-
uection with the retirement IL is eN-
planned by officials of the Canal Zone
that nearly half OF the mules now in
service were purchased prior To Septem-
ber 1898, ''and have put in. therefore
over five years of work..
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Tongue Twisters.
From the London Chronicle.


Among brief tongue-twisters the fol.
lowing are hard to beat: THE sun shines
on the top signs: She says she
shall sew a sheet: THE sixth sick sheik'
sixth sleeps sick Some of Shakes
peare's lines offer pitfalls to the rapid
speaker In "Midsummer Nights Dream
We find. when lion rough in widest rage
doth roar and in the same play:
Oh Fstes. come. come.
Cut thread and thrum:
Quail crush, conclude and auclI.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Charter for Southwestern Road

BEAUMONT. Tex, March 6-The char
ter OF the Lake Arthur, Jennings and
Northern Railroad Company, capitalized
at 81 100000 was yesterday filed at Lake
Charles. La. The object OF the corpora
tion Is TO construct d railroad from Lake
Arthur through Jennings to connect with
some point the Colorado Southern
New Orleans and Pacific railroad