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ROADS PREPARE ULTIMATUM
Expect to Show Country Rate In.
crease Is Necessary.
Four Committees Drawing Up a
Memorial to Be Given Publicity
at Early Date I'm Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. -Four committees OF
Western railways are drawing Up for
the doubling government memorial
which, they say viii bring the question
Of government ownership Of the nation s
railroads squarely before the federal au-
thorities and the people
Western railways. according TO officials.
will join in preparing an ultimatum 70
the Interstate Commerce Commission up
on which their existence must stand or
fall.
This memorial will be ready August p
or % It VIII be presented in Chicago
10 an examiner delegated by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. II VIII say
that increasing expense OF operation de-
mands proporuonate Increases in freight
rates
If we cannot demonstrate 10 the In
terstate Commerce Commission" says a
traffic official, that an increase in rev
enue is imperative-if the growth in ex-
penses is to exceed the growth IN income
from trafiic-it IS the end. I know Of no
resource we shall not have exhausted
Ny road may as well, II no remedy Is
offered, prepare for delivery into the
hands OF government managers, and re-
sign from a struggling position in the
business world.
The memorial by Western railroads is
prepared by conferences held almost
daily in Chicago offices. Four commit.
tees-one composed Of the legal advisers
one Of traffic chiefs. ore Of operating
chiefs. and one OF accounting chiefs OF
all Western railways-are getting up the
ultimatum Of the carriers.
The decision by the Interstate Com
merce Commission viii be given during
the fan, after they have considered the
pleadings and figures submitted in the
memorial Shippers have advanced ar
estimate that the net earnings Of al
roads IN the country during the fscal
year ended June 30, 1910, have increased
100000 over the preceding year. Rail
road men assert that a large proportion
Of this increase has been taken up by
Increases in expenses.
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desired the same effect as would follow
breaking a back al the waist.
II It is so that the erosion that has car
ried away much OF the eastern edge Of
Central America seems stayed by this
rocky spine. what giant force will be
freed when the oceans are married is yet
TO be seen.
We hope for the best. but some Of US
are glad we live quite a ways from the
scene OF the experiment
Commenting on the dedication OF the
Pilgrim Monument and its ornate top, an
old lady was expressing thankf illness
that our great shaft 10 Washington was
a case Of second thought being best. The
original design called for a circle OF
columns around the base Would they
not have been insignificant and -tacl1y''
compared 10 the simple grandeur OF the
memorial as II stands now?
Somehow. the monument is also re-
hinder of Dolly Madison. in that she
helped lay the corner stone. Mrs. Alex
ander Hamilton also was present Then.
long years after. just before the top was
reached. the little daughter OF Presi-
dent placed a stone in position. Nelly
Arthur was only twelve. and the stone
weighed about two tons. but science
made the task as easy as was Mrs.
Madlson's
"Our Alice" should not mind the mean
folk who are saying things about her
little cigarette, for the always charming
and most correct Mrs. Madison used
snuff and had a pretty fancy in SNUFF
boxes. Il helped Yirginia's staple prod
uct also.
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Wise is the girl who sizes up a social
affair and deports herself accordingly.
At dance. she is sweetly girlish. On a
camping trip, she is frankly athletic. She
can adapt herself 70 occasions. fall in
with the spirit OF whatever is on hand.
and consequently she is invited 10 all
sorts OF affairs. The girl who can't do
this is apt 20 miss many pleasures, be
cause a hostess, when planning a party
mentally reviews the girls of her ac-
only be a drag on the function in hand
though they might be a distinct addition
TO some other sort Of affair,
A girl of this sort was under discus
sion by a little party of men and wom-
en- planning a very informal rough-and-
ready weekend party on the camping
order. The girl was a friend of several
of them, and at party given by one OF
them a few weeks previous had been
quite the belle Of the evening. She was
decidedly pretty and, in a white dress.
blue sash. and pink roses. had been &
picture that won all eyes But her dress
was typical OF her. She was decidedly
babyish. helpless. Her infantile ways
were rather amusing for few hours. The
men surrounded her and petted and
teased her. much as they would child.
But when discussing her as one for this
trip they all decided she would be ex-
ceedingly tiresome for several days. Her
most open adrllrer the evening past was
her most outspoken critic for this affair.
The general conclusion was that there
was nothing to her but her kttenish man.
ners and her doll face. She was cut out
Of the pleasure Of this outing because
she could not nj into it, She probably
could not have walked more than half
a mile without being tired She would
have wanted the men to carry all her
things. Her idea Of good time was q
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autumn with there young son. Mrs.
Brooke was a great belle in Washington,
as Miss Marie Barnes. She was married
to Capt. Brooke the year after she made
her debut.
Miss Anna B. Phelps. Of this city. Is
on an automobile tour of New England,
with Mr.. and Mrs Howard Caswell
Smith. The party spent the weekend
in New London, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin A. Knapp. left
Washington Saturday, for tour Of New
England in their automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Phillips, and their
infant daughter. are spending the summer
near Silver Spring. Md, occupying the
old home of Mr.. Giss Blair.
Miss Eva Mae Crump, of this city. Is
visiting relatives in her former home.
Petersburg, Va.
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CONCERT REALIZES $500.
Gown Worn at Sutherland House
Worthy OF Description.

London. Aug. lover $500 was real
lied AT the Duchess Of Marlborough
concert at Sunderland House. given in
aid OF the National Physical Recreation
Society.
Every one Of Importance in the social
world seemed TO be present in the beau
tiful ballroom. the rich gold decorations
Of which made a perfect background for
summer hats and dresses. The duchess
received at the top Of the great branch
ing staircase, and looked charmingly
pretty in a gown Of mist-gray ninon.
made with one Of the new waterfall
backs over an Underdress Of old rose
patterned in dark colors. A broad band
Of fine black lace was laid across the
front OF the overdress. and there were
touches Of cream lace about the softly
draped and deliberately embroidered bod
ice
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MT. ST. J0SEPH'S COLLEGE.
MISS ELKINS MAY WED.
Announcement Again Expected of
Engagement 10 Abru1zi.

Paris, Aug. "A dispatch from Rome
TO the Republicque Franchise says that
an official announcement Of the betrothal
Of Miss Catherine Elkins and the Duke
Of the Ah"Uzzi is only matter OF a few
weeks t.aie.
The correspondent asserts that the op-
p iJicr 20 the marriage on the part OF
tie al family has ceased
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MARRIED BY PROXY.
bridegroom i'm JavaJ Bride on Way
to Him from Holland.

Amsterdam. Aug. IA Dutch marriage
apparently does not require the presence
Of bride and bridegroom as absolutely
essential At any rate, Heinrich Vrolyk
and Johanna Renses have been married
at Utrecht. and neither bride nor bride
groom was even in Holland.
The bridegroom is in Java. where he
holds an important post, while Miss
Renses is on her way out to him. The
couple were represented at the ceremony
by their fathers, who exchanged pairs
OF gloves, and then signed registers and
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MAN HURT IN DIVING.
Sustnins severe Injuries TO Neck in

SustninS severe Injuries to Neck in
Shallow Water.
While in bathing with a party OF
friends az Chesapeake Beach yesterday
afternoon, Robert Payne, twenty-five
years old. OF IS Rock Creek Church road
dove into shallow water. sustaining an
injury 10 his neck.
He was taken to Washington on the
first car. When the car approached the
city. Payne was suffering so severely
that the Emergency Hospital was uoti-
fed. and an ambulance met the car at
Fourteenth street and New York avenue
Payne was almost unconscious, but at a
late hour last night was reported better
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Paris Transfer Pattern No. SCOT

Design for combination eorset-corcr and
skirt to be worked either IS eyclets or solid
embroidery on nainsook. bafistc. cambria.
long-cl0th. or soft linen. The pattern
contains A yards Of rutAing for the skirt.
az yards scalioping for the neck and arm
holes and the spray design for the front
Of the eorset-eover- These undergarments
are also made in China silk or dirnity,
crosSbarTcd muslin IS also used 70 a great
extent and IS particularly pretty when
worn under thin material that shows the
cross bars
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TRANSFER PATTERNS.

Upon TeSeipt Of this pattern. ordered 90 coupon
below place the rough glazed SIDE Of the pattern
down on material 10 be stamped. then press hot
fatiron on the back or smooth side Of the patteru
Be CAREFUL lot 70 let pattern slim
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documents making their children man
and wife.
This is probably the first instance on
record Of a marriage by proxy in which
neither OF the parties was present.
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WOMAN A B0OKMAKER.
Former Actress, Widow of sports.
man, Appears In New Role.

man, Appears In New Role.
London, Aug. The surprise Of the
Sandown Park race meeting was the first
appearance in the members Enclosure OF
the woman bookmaker. who has hereto
fore been read about but not seen.
The pioneer OF this new career for wo-
men was at one time a shining light in
the theatrical world. and subsequently
married a prominent sportsman. now
dead.
She seemed TO greatly enjoy her ex-
perience when she stood on the asphalt
between the members stand and the
lawn, and did a Aourishing trade. wo-
men surged around her and made their
bets, and a few greatly daring men haz-
arded to approach her
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Ocenn steamships.

New York Aug. ARRIVED: Iapland from Ant.
Werp. July 20; Celtic from Liverpool. July 90.
Arrived out: Friedrich der Crosse a. Chcrbourg
kaiserin Augus,e Victoria az Cherbourg
Sailed: Lustania from Queenstown; Kroontand
from Dover; Cedric. from Queenstown.
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London, Aug. THE recent appoint
ment by the metropolitan water board o.
three additional inspectors Of empty
houses. making five in all, calls attention
to the large number Of "empties" in tn,
area controlled by the board OF III,
million odd houses with which this au
thority is concerned, between 10000 ant
10000 were unoccuDied during the half
year ended March 81. 1910
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In THE SOCIAL WORLD
Minister and Nine. Loudon
Are Now at Bar HarbOr.
M. DE BEAUFORT IN NEWPORT

He VIII Be Guest Later Mt Neither
lands summer Observation-Disclosures
Minister Buisseret Sails for Home.
Harris-Ray MRrriags Announced.
Mrs. L. z. Letter Visited by Son.
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openwork designs are the general IA
vorites in embroideries, maderie and eye
let designs leading.
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The Minister from the Netherlands and
Nine LoudOn. who spent a few days in
Washington last week on their return
from Europe, left on Saturday for Bar
Harbor. They were accompanied by the
first secretary. Mr. van Weede. and will
be joined there later, by NJ. de Beaufort.
who IS now visiting in Newport The le-
cation will be located IN Bar Harbor for
the next six or eight weeks.
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Long gloves will be worn for afternoon
and evening functions this fan
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Continuation Of August
Sale Of Bed Blankets.

n n ANUFACTURERS' seconds Of Fine, Fluffy Wool
IWa Blankets at average saving Of quarter to
third the regular prices.
The goods from Of the reliable makers in this
country being made of hghgrade woods and finished by the
best methods The mperfecons consist of either oil spots
small snags made cardng which very slight and less
noticeable than and which any careful housekeper
repair with very little effort.
Sizes for single beds theequarter beds double beds
wide beds twin BEDS and cribs, white red gray and blue
andwhite plaids
1O-4 Blankets, $1.75 to $425 pair.
Regular prices, $3.50 to $5.75
la Blankets, $175 to $500 pair.
Regular prices, $3.50 to $3.50
1874 Blankets $3.50 pair
Regular price $3.50
36x50-inch Crib Blankets, $1.75 to $275 pair
Regular prices, $2.35, $500, and 1915.
Second
WOODWARD & LOTHROP.
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Mrs. Meyer. wife OF the Secretary OF
the Navy. and the Misses Meyer. have as
their guest In their summer home at
Hamilton. Mass. Miss Edith Deacon. Of
Newport who will be married in Sep
TENDER to Mr.. George l. Peabody. at the
home Of her grandmother. Mrs Baldwin.
in Newport.
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The Belgium Minister. Count de Buis-
seret. who spent last week at the lega-
ton in Washington. sailed Saturday from
New York for Belgium TO Join the coun-
tess and their children at their chateau
/ in the mountains. They will not return
10 Washington until early next season.
Mr. Symon. who is charge d'anaires in
the absence Of the minister, probably
! will leave Washington some day this
week for Northern resort.
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Mr.. ArOsemena, Minister from Panama.
will leave Washington this morning for
New York and &c later to Seabright.
n. J.. where he will be the guest for a
few days of Mr.. Cromwell. Az the end
OF this week, Mr.. Arosemena will go up
TO Camden, Me-, to be the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. S. c. Neale at their summer
home. He will return 10 Washington
August .. and leave August 81 for Mex
leo. where he will represent his govern
ment at the centennial celebration.
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the heated term store closes at o'clock except Saturdays
at l.
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Mrs. Donald Mclean, and her daughter
Mrs. William A. Dallam. have arrived
in Atlantic City. and will spend the rest
OF the summer at the Chelsea. Mrs Nc
Lean went to San Francisco last month
TO meet her daughter on her arrival there
from the Philippines. where she and
Lieut.. Dallam had been for more than
"a year. Mrs. Dallam had been very IN
there, and it is hoped that her stav IN
Atlantic City will complete her recovery
Mrs. Walter Mclean and Miss Elsie
Mclean. wife and daughter Of Cant.
Walter Mclean. U. S. ~, who is AT sea
have taken a cottage at Oakland. Md
for the summer. They wifi have with
them Mrs. McLean's brother. DR.. Jarvis.
who has been seriously i'll.
Former Senator and Mrs. Foraker. are
spending the late summer at Poland
Springs, Me.
Capt. and Mrs. Mark Brooke. will
spend this week with the Brooke's mar
ents, Or. and Mrs. Francis NJ. Gunnell.
at Atlantic City. Dr. and Mrs. Gunnell.
recently visited them at Capt. Brooke's
quarters, at West Point where he mas
been stationed for some time. He has
recently been appointed assistant Engi-
neer Commissioner Of the District. and he
and Mrs. Brooke will come here in the
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Brig. Gen. Crozier spent last week
at Beverly, and, with Representative
Gillett Of Massachusetts. with whom
he keeps bachelors hall in Washington
in the winters. dined with the President
at the summer White House last Wednes-
/ day evening
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Mr.. Seiichi Takahashi, third secretary
OF the Japs nese embassy will leave this
week for the summer embassy al Beuna
Vista Springs, where the Ambassador
and Baroness Uchida have been all sum-
mer
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Nine. Pastor, wife OF Senior Don Luis
F. Pastor, Spanish Minister to China and
former first secretary OF the legation here
made recent visit 10 her uncle. Mr.
Archibald H. Taylor in Baltimore. Nine
Pastor is spending her summer AZ Canon
Springs with her mother. Mrs. Cazenove
Lee. OF Baltimore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
Praise Service at St. Paul's.

praise service, out of gratitude for
the contributions TO aid in the erection
of vacation house for the business
girls of Washington, will be held at 4
o'clock this afternoon in 6t Pauis Luth-
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ROD AND REEL.

Both rivers muddy at Harpers Ferry
was the discouraging news received by
scores of anglers who had arranged trips
to noints between this city and the
mountain resort last week All they did
was to make the arrangements, now
ever. for the reports of water condi-
tions dampened their ardor and caused
them to change their minds about goins
up the river
Fishermen were happy when the RAIN
kept the upper river muddy during the
closed season, feeling that the muddy
water was a protection to the bass, but
now that the season is open they are
anxious for the water to clear so they
NAV be able to try their luck.
I'VE know there are bass in the river,
said John W. Hurley, after he had seen
his friend, T. M. Conner of Harpers
Ferry.
Theo Conner was here the early part
of the week. He saw several of his
angler friends and told them of the bass
that have been caught in the vicinity
of Harpers Ferry since the opening Of
the season.
Not a great many have been caught"
he stated, but that is because the num-
Der of persons on the river has been
small. Prospects for good fishing sea-
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The Baby's Father.
Editor Of The Star.


An article published in The Star Of
June II gave an account of the finding
of an infant in Iowa Circle the night of
June {. The young mother, little more
than child herself inexperienced, in
heartbreaking despair over what she
felt would be lifelong disgrace. sought
cealing that disgrace a place to put her
baby where she hoped some one would
find and care for it. Her trouble had
been so hard to bear she had not per-
mitted the mother love- in her heart
to help her find way TO keep and care
for her child. Consequently, her act has
been published to the world, and her
name given to the public, who will pity
Or condemn. as they feel. AS the
article states she gave the name of the
man who sent her to the hospital. but
1.-The police will not take any action
against him until they are certain they
are on the right track" Will the proper
action against him and see to it that
he is made TO suffer the consequence
of his own wrongdoing, and share the
burden of the poor young mother, who
has mad to bear it all. and alone? Isn't
1t about time that affairs like this should
cease to be so one-sided? In this case,
why not give the name of the man to the
public as we'll as the woman's? OF
course. it is true he did not abandon
his infant but then he did not have to:
that was left to the girl-mother to do.
After months of mental as well as phys
zeal suffering. 1t was she who had to find
some way to hide the result of his
wrongdoing as well as her own. In con-
sequence, a warrant has been procured
for her arrest. Why not, in justice.
procure one for him also?
MRS. l.. M. ESTABROOK
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bought piece OF bologna sausage and
baited for Mississippi catfish. He hac
been there but a few minutes before he
landed big fish The fish was cleaned
and. declares the angler, pigs foot was
taken from ii.
Two years ago John Trammell made ar
interesting catch AT Minnie Island lie
put out a line over night expecting 10
catch a few turtles or catfish, and wher
he looked over his line i'm the morning he
discovered a large small-mouth bass had
taken one of the hooks.
II turned out that a large eel had taken
the turtle bait and the bass had swallow.
ed the eel. the one hook holding both the
eel and the lass
1t is probable that but few anglers
will go to the upper Potomac today
and make an effort to catch fish i'm ths
muddy water The muddy condition OF
the upper river will send the anglers liz
the direction OF salt water. Chesapeake
Beach, Colonial Beach and Annapolis
probably will prove attractive places 10
many of them.
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e: s e. s:::! 10c $50 Csc e:
son are as bright this season as they
have ever BEEN

son are as bright this season as they
have ever BEEN
Dr. Randall Parsons, d Tiscatorial EN-
thusiast enjoys rock and perch fishing
better than he does angling for bass, and
this season he has had remarkably good
luck.
This is the best season we have had
for rock in about twelve years. he re-
marked to a Star reporter, land 1 at
tribute the good season to the early run
of shad and the late run of rock. The
early run of shad was followed by talk
ing the big nets from the lower river
before the arrival of the rock, and the
result is that the rock have been able
to get all the way up the river:
Last year the season was fairly good
one, but this year it is remarkably good.
although / fear there will not be much
doing until the water clears
Henry Tharle. a Baltimore friend of DR..
Parsons, has enjoyed the sport on the 20
tomac several times this season. first
angling for perch and later Tor rock One
days outing Melted the two hshermen
dozen rockfish, the fish running from two
to three and a half pounds each, while a
week later they landed seventeen fish, the
largest weighing narly four pounds. They
find fishing better at Rock eddy and Edes
mill than at other places.
Information received from Knoxville.
Nd, two days ago by John w. Hurley
was to the efftct that the river was very
muddy and that ii had recently risen
about three feet The high water had
affected the lowlands along the river and
played havoc with the fish traps In the
river. washing away the stone from sew
eral of them
Anglers along the upper river believe
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CUT IN RAZOR DUEL.
Colored Participants Both Require
Attention at the Hospital.

Edward Conway and William Giles,
colored, engaged in razor duel in front
of Conways home, at 1221 Half street
southwest last night. AS a result one
of Giles ears was nearly cut off and
Conway sustained a seven-inch cut in
his throat and a fourteen-inch cut on his
left arm.
Both received surgical treatment at the
Emergency Hospital. Later Giles was
transferred to a cell in the fourth pre-
cinct station house and Conway was
moved to ward of the hospital. where
he will be confined several days.
The quarrel between the men started
while they were crossing the NJ street
bridge, over the James Greek canal; but
neither was able, after the affray, to tell
the cause.
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