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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS
MADE WITH BLACKBERRtES
Department of Agriculture Finds
They Can Be Raised With
Flavor of Huckleberry.

While the Department of Agriculture
has not vet raised any blueberries the
size of tomatoes it has them approaching
cherries in size. and has the common or
garden gooseberry easily ecliDsed
The trouble with the BURBERRY. which
is a close connection of the huckleberry
of this region, is that it has heretofore
been misunderstood. " hat it needs is
an acid soil. like that in "a good many of
the WORKOUT farms around Washington.
These farms need to be heavily lined be
fore they win grow ordinary crops, but
that would make fodder corn get up and
move into an adjoining county.
The department has been expert
menting with blueberries recently and
finds that they can be grown SO that
they have all the attractive havors of
the huckleberry and with only few
seed The matter of seed has prevent
ed the huckleberry from becoming
popular. Even people who like its
flavor do not want to exploit them
selves as human stone crushers and
the seeds are too much in evidence
even to make satisfactory pie. But
trained, develops all the desirable
qualities of the -huckleberry with none
OF its disadvantages.
1t has been found that the berry has
q satisfactory range from North Carolina
10 Nova Scotia, and that if culled and
properly packed ii will ship we'll and
can be kept on the Washington market
from May until November. Just how
much money it will produce to the acre
depends on how the buyers have been
trained to pay for it, The department
has just issued bulletin telling how 10
plant and care for the berry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS
MAY COME TO CONGRESS
Prohibition in Constitution Does Not
Apply to Case of Maj.
Bigelow.

Army officers are interested ina the case
IF Mai. John Bigclow. ir l. : A. re-
tired. who is the democratic nominee for
York. There was some question At first
As Ia his eligibility. II was held hN some
that under the Constitution of the 4 nited
States no person could bc q senator or a
representative while holding a commission
in the army. Section q of article I o.
the Constitution provides that no person
hnlding all office under the United States
shall be a member Of either house during
his continuance in Office" Ii is main
tanned that an officer OF the army ON the
retired list is am officer of The United
States
That question was thoroughly consid-
cred a the time Gen. u. T.. Siclles ire
tiredn represented one of the New York
districts i'm the House of Representatives
II then was cofltended thar a retired Of
iicer Of the army 81 navy did NOT hold
an office. but WAS to all intents and pur-
poses. pensioner While the matter was
under consideration Congress enacted the
law of July 81. lSls., which provided thai
the prohibition should not apply to re-
tired officers ~ the army or navy when
they may he .lecte. To public Office o.
whenever the President shall appoint
them 10 offic" 10y and with the advice
and consent Of the Senate. Their. are :.
number of instances of retired officers ol
the military and naval services holding
goVernlneut office under that clause.
Mai Higelow. therefore. viii encnunte.
no constitutional objection to- holding a
place in the House of Representatives IL
liz il elected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
ARMY OFFICER SCORED
AND COURT CRITICISED
Brig. Gen. r. D. Potts Denounces
Conduct of Lieut.. Col. Ames in
Reviewing Court-MartiaI Case.

Ii is said at the War Department that
seldom has an officer of the army been
more severely reprimanded than was
Lieut.. Col. Robert f.. Ames Of the Eth
Infantry by Brig. Gen. II. ID. Potts, conf
handing the Department of Luzon in the
Philippines. Col Ames was convicted by
court-martial of the charge of conduct
to the prejudice of good order and mill
tary discipline, and sentenced TO the loss
If twelve numbers in lineal rank.
In reviewing the case Gen. Potts eN-
pressed the opinion that the action Of
the court lis responsible for d serious
miscarriage OF justice"
1.-The sentence is approved, said ne,
in order that the accused may not es-
cape punishment and will be duly exc
cuted
violations of quarantine reeulati tons,
admitted by the accused, and scandaious
conduct with the wife of a young subal
tern seem not to have impressed the
helpless intoxication in the presence OF
military interiors and F'ilipinos is not
condemned as unbecoming AN officer and
gentleman. 1t is matter for regret that "a
representative body of officers should fail
to stamp with their disapproval such acts
as the evidence clearly shows to have
been committed. The effect of such fail
ure upon the military service must of
necessity be bad. and to the public at
large it must appear as conformation OF
moral iooseness and laxity I'm the service.
The fact that the accused goes practical
" unpublished for acts opposed TO all the
best traditions of the army may we'll
prove AN incentive for others to do like
wise and the result will be laid at the
door of this court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
Law Students Elect Officers.

The senior class of the Georgetown Law
School has elected the following officers:
Thomas j Fitzgerald. New York, presi-
dent: Richard ID. Daniels. District OF Co
lumbia first vice president; Samuel O..
Hargis. Missouri. second vice president:
Michael a. Rattigan, Rhode Island sec
retary: Robert r.. Curran. Maine treas
urer; Albert y. Freeman. North Carolina
sergeant -at arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
May Be in Washington.

ne police have been asked TO assist in
a search that is being made for Maria
Rose PoVola, thirtyfour years old who
Is reported to have disappeared from her
home. 1927 North 9th street. St. Louis.
ten days ago. Mrs Povola is described
as having dark hair and eyes. a full'face.
small mouth, good teeth and a mole back
of her left ear. When she disappeared
she wore black suit and tan shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
Loses Hundred-Dollar Bill.

Detectives OBrien ana SprinSmahi
are investigating the theft or one
ndred dollar bill belonging to Grimm
l.. johnson Of iGS Louisiana avenue
Johnson told the detectives that the
money was taken from the pocket OF
his trousers. the garment having been
left in his Office Friday night. Two ar
rests We're made by the detectives IN
connection with the loss of the money.
but the bill WAS not recovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
Delegates to Money Conference.

To represent the Washington Chamber
of Commerce at the national monetary
conference in New York, November III
and l., President W. T.. GUIDE of the
chamber last night appointed the follow
ing delegates: George w White, Charles
j. Bell. J. Selwyn TAFT. r. A. Walker
and Julius j. Peyser. They are all Wash
ington bankers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

Of the entertainment the changes which
can he made are usually of superficial
character so that the task of regenerat-
ing an unsuccessful play * generally
hopeless proposition
Before a theatrical entertainments can
prove a profitable venture in the smaller
cities of the country ii must have had
New York hearing and must hear the
stamp broadway success. Plays which
visit cities adjacent 10 New York befor"
their metropolitan run are disreSard~d.
The same plays returning to these cities
after a siX-mouth enga cement ON Broad
way do - land office business. IL is
sential To the manager. therefore. that
his play should go into New York under
the most favorable auspices. Hence the
custom of trying it on the dog'-that il.
giving few trial performances in the
smaller communities so that author and
stage manager may see what points may
be strengthened. what lines eliminated.
what actors replaced. Weeks before the
opening on Broadway the binboards and
the newspapers of New York announce
the coming attraction. Anywhere from
$1,000 to S'.Sb is spent on advertising a
play before its first performance in New
York. After the srst night. if the mate
rial seems promising and the need for AN
initial impetus is discovered manager
Will spend much as 81 900 Tor a page
write-up in single New York newspa per.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
THE THEATRICAL SEASON.
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

The theatrical season of l910-ll now
fairly under way. gives promise of being
one of the most important in the history
of the American Stage. The recent DE-
velopments in the internecine strife be-
tween the So-caled theatrical syndicate
unusual activities on the part of pro-
Iucing managers i'll order to supply the
theaters with attractions which will keep
the local managers loyal 10 the interests
present season probably will see new
record established for the number of new
plays produced. This will he in striking
contrast To last years record. when the
smallest number of new plays in five
years was placed before the public.
This does not mean, however. that last
year was season of disaSte" for the
theatrical business. ON the contrary.
there was more phenomenally successful
PLAYS produced last year than in ans
previous year. in spite OF the compare
lively small number tried out. There
We're fortysiX plays that ran for more
than fifty nights III the metropolis. while
the best previous record was in Esb''-6.
when there were fOrtY-four that achieved
this distinction. Seven PLAYS last year
ran for more than 2n nights III NV
y ork. with the best previous recor j.
being in 19'6-1 and 1.s,S-a. when each
had five plays to reach the two-century
mark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

In producing musical comedies the same
general principles apply, the chief diff
ference being
Musical Comedies larger expense
The most I'M
Cost Much More. pretentious of
musical comedies costs the producer from
49, eco To $40 600 while the more elaborate
ones represent an expenditure of .S6ooV.
The expense of maintaining a large COM
nanv and transporting ii over the couh-
trv is also much heavier. so that the
Profits gained in this field of theatrical
endaayor are seldom as large as In
dramatic success In answer to the nat
ural inquiry why all producers do not
bend their efforts toward dramatic pro,
auctions, it may be said that a musicai
comedy failure or 'fiiNVer Is SeiuoHl
homeless 1t can be made over, uoctoreu'
revamped the jokes culled and rewflt-
ten new musical numbers incorporated
comedians changed and attractive dances
added Any or all OF these first AIDS
NAV be applied and seemingly hopeless
disaster turned into "a great money maker-
Several years ago musical comedy call
ed "A Knight for "a Day was produced
on Broadway, and was one of the big
musical comedy which had failed three
times previously under different titles.
With the drama and the comedy the case
is different In these plot and situation
are vital. and as they are the foundation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
Theaters in America
Number Four Thousand.

the patrons of these playhouses enlists
the services Of more than 3D,Wn people.
I he theater viewed from business
standpoint. is one of the most profitable
and at the same time one OF the most
precarious of modern enterprises. A sin
gle success often means fortune TO pro-
ducer. playwright and actor. whereas
dozens of fortunes may be swallowed up
in the futile quest for d play which sat
isfies the demand of the public. What
the public wants" is an unknown and I'M
predfctable quantity until the play is pro-
duced. Paul ARMSTRONG one OF the most
successful OF the younger American play
wrigits, in recent statement declared
that one success in six is liberal esti-
mate of the odds against prod ucer aiIi
playwright And Vet each OF the FAILURES
represents large an initial outlay on
the part of the manager. as much labor
and as many brain throbs for playwright
and actor as the one success.
\ drama a farce comedy VIII cost
the producer anywhere from $4,000 to
$50. 600 before the first trial perform
ance. In recent years the public has
become very eXacting in the matter OF
stage settings. The canvas door, the
dummy mirrors, the bookcases painted
on the back drop" are no longer toll
Grated in the first class theaters. and
the properties" for the most UMPIRE
tentiouS of plays mount into thou
sand or two dollars. In the matter of
costumes. the gowns worn by the wom-
en- in a society comedy represent
small fortune to the producer
In storehouses in New York are seen
cry and properties for many plays that
have failed TO please the public. Some
of these are absolutely new, for many
a failure has not lasted more than six
DAYS From these Storehouses fire.
quently come second hand stage set
tings for plays about which a producer
is not optimistic. In such cases, or
course. the cost of production is mate
rally decreased. There was a case on
record last season where a young man
ager, who possessed great energy and
no capital. was able to try out new
play at a cost of $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
Earnings of Playwrights
on q Sliding Scale.

receives, but his profit does not entail
the same amount of worry and the har-
assing details Of managing a company
Of highly excitable and high strung peo-
pie.
4 young Playwright without repu-
tatiOn receives anywhere from 3 to 6
per cent of the weekly gross receipts
of the box office as Il royalty, while
dramatists who are in a position to
dictate terms with the producers often
receive as high 10 per cent Of the
proceeds. The sliding scale for royal
ties is becoming UNIVERSAL small per-
centage on the first few thousand dol
lars per week, d larger percentage for
greater drawing power and. finally.
princely royalty if the play makes
$1,000 or $1,000 a week.
These possible profits are the lure
which floods every managers office with
hundreds of thousands of worthless
manuscripts each season. And every
one of these producing magnates en-
ploys corps of competent play
readers to winnow the tons Of chaff
in search OF the annual crop of not
more than fifty grains of dramatic
wheat.
TomOrrOw-'The Y. VI. &. 4. COnyen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23
Players Not Paid
For Rehearsal Period.


preparation runs from six 10 ten weeks.
the latter requiring more time on ac
count OF the intricacies of groupings, OF
ensemble dances and Of mastering scores
as well as lines. During these periods OF
rehearsal neither the stars nor support
ing players receive any salary. Only the
stage manager and the musicians receive
money for the preparatory la bors. and. OF
course the stage hands. As rule the
rehear>als are conducted in halls and
over stores. and there are no stage hands
To be paid until the final days OF work i'm
the theater Until short time ago
producer could engage men and women
for his musical show and have them re-
bearse up to the very day of the first
performance and then dismiss them with
for the parts. Recently. however. this
condition of affairs has been improved
for the actors. Now producer or his
stage manager must decide after four re-
hear*als whether he considers man or
a woman desirable After the fourth
hearsal' the star of the company or the
most humble ''broiler chorus girl has
the legal right to expect to take part in
the first performance. IL the producer
discovers 100 late that a member OF the
east is not suited TO the part he can
discharge that member but only by pay
ing the unsatisfactory one two weeks
salary.
In still another way has the law taken
steps TO protect the members Of a the
atrical company. \ few years ago the
great club held over the heads of the
chorus girls was the fine Five minutes
late at rehearsal might mean anything
from one 10 ten dollars fine. while
hole in ones stocking al a public per-
Torrance, a rip in skirt a giggie
while on the stage might mean a five
dollar deduction from the eighteen or
twenty-five dollar weekly stipend. These
measures were taken at the direction
of the stage manager. Today the courts
have held that a mangaer may fine the
members of his company, but the money
is not lost permanently to the offender.
1t must be kept in the companys safe
and at the end of the season or when the
fined member leaves the organization a
demand upon the treasurer for a return
of all moneys with held must be complied
with. Thus the fine is nothing more than
a savings account for the players.
The playWright's outlay in brains does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

In the preparation OF dramatic offer
ing from two To three weeks rehearsal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

There. are approximately ~" theaters
II America. exclusive of the moving pie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

The playwright's outlay in brains does
not bring him SO large a monetary share
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

GATLIN.
All officers and members If III. Ladies' r.
liable Immediate Relief Society are rrqucS 81 -,
to attend the funeral " our deceased sister Mis-
SUSAN GATITN. sunday October - 1910 =
1 o'clock. from the Metropolitan 4 NJ. q
Church. VI street between l5th and l6ih street
northwest. Order of the president. Mr.. ~ IL
NJ. LAYTON. ADDlE CHASE GREEN, Record
ing Secretary
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-25
GAYS INFIRMlTIES
BRAVELY SURM0UNTED

Portland. or. Nov. 2s,--That success
can he attained even when handicapped
BY the greatest possible difficulties Is
shown by the life or j, II, Gay. a Gl-year-
old homcsteadcr OF the Washington bor
der, Just across the Columbia river from
Oregon.
Although wholly blind and living alone,
cleared 10 acres of cumberland on which
he has developed Il superior variety of
potato. which he has named Gays White
Hebron,
Mir Gay lives n lonely life three miles
from the little town Of Wahkiakus, Wash.
Four years ago he filed on his home
stead and, with his family. consisting of
II VITO and daughter, started In 10 i'm,
prove his property During tho first year
his wife and child were burned to death
In IL hotel fire while returning from n
visit To Spokane
Later, cataracts formed on his eyes and
he was gradually blinded. But, despite
his msfortunes. he has cleared up "A part
of his homestead aud grown good crops.
This. year he will market several hum
tireh bushels OF fine potatoes,
Mr., Gay bears his il-luck with FORTH
that had his family been spared he would
he quito content, though Blind. BY thrift
and economy, he has succeeded financial
Is during the foui. years he has spent on
his homestead and recently was able TO
loan Y sum OF money to neighbors NJ In
tercst. After remaining on the home
stead another year he Will receive Il
patent and he expects TO lease tho land
living on the proceeds,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-25
STATISTICS ON HABlTUES
OF CHICAGO BRIDEWELl

Chicago, Nov. 25,-Therc are rs wom-
en- in Chicago who have been in the
Bridcwell prison house of correction
perhaps 20 times There are a who
have been imprisoned there 30 times.
There are II who have served sentences
in that institution ut least 100 times
AS for the men, there are only Is who
have been locked up there more than so
times. and only three who have beeen
committed to that institution more than
100 times.
Supt. John l. Whitman Is unable to
account for the contrast between the
records of the sexes, but he published
them yesterday in the annual report OF
the Bridewell for 1909. He also IN
cludes other statistics, showing the
great majority of women gave as their
occupations th2 different branches of
domestic employment, with domestics
In the first rank These figures were
based on the statements of II 09S male
prisoners and 1,i51 femade prisoners
during the year.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-25
PLAN FOR REPRESENTATION
OF ALL CHINESE

Portland. Or. Nov, 25.-That meas
ure requiring an immediate re-registra-
ton Of all Chinese now within the
United States is to be considered at
the next session of Congress was the
announcement of Daniel ]. Keefe, COM
missioner general of immigration in the
United States, who was in Portland
yesterday.
Mr.. Keefe declared himself in favor of
radical exclusion measures. He adj
vocates the giving of authority to his
department to deport, without reference
To the federal courts. any Chinese
found in the country without u CERT
ficate after the new registration shnil
have been ordered.
Mr.. Keefe regards the proposed law
as the only successful solution of the
Chinese coolie labor question
"While the number of Chinese de-
parting from the country is much larger
than the number who find their way
into the United States. our informa-
ton Is that so per cent OF those now
here are here illegally.
Since the last registration, Chinese
who were boys then have grown up
and do not AT present resemble pictures
taken at that time.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-25
Chihuahua. confirming DR.. Pearson's
information.
ALL QUIET BETWEEN Ell
l'ASO AND MEXICO CITY

El Paso, Texas, Nov. 25.--All was
quiet between lei .paso and Mexico City
wnen the rain came through wnicn
reached lcl Paso from Mexico city this
morning, according to the passengers.
All the telegraph wires are in operation
and there was no fighting.
Passengers VINO came from Parral
this morning declare there was no
lighting there yesterday and that the
troops reported as passing through Tor
reOn ITO quell rlotlng ut Parral," were
merely rclnforcenents ana were not
FOR maintaining order at Parral
These passengers bring the report
that an american named Storey wa,
wounded in the ParraI lighting Mon
day at the same time tnat Thoma.
Lawson, an American was accidentally
killed
Information to the Ell Paso Herald
this morning from along the border OF
Sonora is that Hermosillo, Guaymas
and MaZatlan are quiet a message
from Cananea says that quiet prevails
there, where So soldiers are considered
sufficient, forty of the garrison of 1875
having been sent to Naco. Arizona.
The story of revolutionists of
Cananea furnishing arms and am
munition to Yaqui Indians Is nothing
but hoax declared the Herald cor.
respondent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-25
.EX-OFF|CIALS OF I'LL.
CENTRAL INDICTED
For Frauds Said to Have Been Prac-
tiscd Against the Railroad
Company.

Chicago. Nov. 25.-F'rank Il. Harri-
former officers and employees of the
Illinois Central railroad and Joseph Il.
Buler,. We're indicted today BY tho
Cook county grand jury for conspiracy
in connection with frauds said to have
been practised against the railroad.
Two counts in the blanket indictment
also charge operation Of a confidence
game.
Each defendants bond is fixed at $780,
900.
A total Of $i,s25G5O, it Is charged,
was Illegally taken from the Illinois
Central railroad By four men named. in
company with the Osterman Manufac-
turing company, the Blue Island Car
and Equipment company, the Memphis
Car company and the American Car
and Equipment company. which also
are mentioned in the Indictment
The loss by alleged fraudulent deals
estimated by the present railroad off,
cials was Sl,500,G00 but the whole
amount Of transactions with the car
repair companies since 1906. twhen the
alleged Illegal conspiracy is declared to
have been conceived) is named in the
Indictment.
Buker. who escaped prosecution when
arrests first We're made, was indicted
on the testimony of Henry Osterman
president OF the Osterman Manufacture
ing company, who testified that Buker
was the go-between who carried the
alleged illegal money gained by padding
expense bills to the former railroad OFF,
Gals named
Osterman also said the four men in
dicted were stockholders or received
salary as "a dividend from his COM
pany. Hartman formerly was general
manager of the Illinois Central railroad.
Taylor was general storckeeper and
Ewing was general superintendent. AT
the time the alleged repair bill padding
was done. Buker was superintendent of
machinery, remaining in that position
until last April.