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property. the sunners say, they made
no attempt to shoot quail.
But the fishing was great. says
Boyle I'VE caught chiefly rock fish an 1
some of them weighed as much as ten
pounds"
th.s season. The recent good weather n
duced many anglers 10 get out their res
and lines that had been put away for tle
season and those who made the effort
were more than satisfied with what the, :
caught.
W. q. Kent went alone last Sunday TO
Point of Rocks and gave the bass d Trial,
and when he returned and showed the
five bass he had caught he made the
Stay-at-homeS envious.
The biggest fish he caught weighed a
little short of five pounds John ". Hur-
ley was among those who tried their luck
after there had been ice about the i'll
water up the river, and while he d d no
get many fish. he states he was well salts
fled with his trip. lie landed two IS /,
one weighing three and one-half pounds
and the other one and one-half pounds.
Maj. +. II. Neumeyer and George Doane
returned from RiIcyvllle. on the Shenan-
doah. with fish stories enough to enter
major says he and his friends went TO the
country for d rest. and that they did not
count all the fish they caught during
their eighteen days stay.
1t is an easy matter for him TO recall,
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TROLLEY CARS IN WRECK.
Three Passengers Injured at Clark
on Falls Church Line.

one man was painfully hurt and four
others slightly infused when d work car
OIL the Falls Church line crashed into the
rear platform OF an east-1ound passenger
car at Clark station about o'clock this
morning. George Bow beer OF Ballston,
Va. received the most serious injdrles
beng cut deeply behind one ear, and sus-
aiming injuries 10 his back. He is at
Emergency Hospital
Two other passengers, William -. Rest
of Of Clarendon, Va. and Benjamin
Thompson OF Queen City, Va, received
slight injuries, which were attended to at
tie hospital Two men on the work
car whose names were given as Cook
ana Macdonald were hurt, Duj not seri-
ousiy enough Tor hospital treatment. The
Iuotorman OF the work car escaped by
jumping
AZ the hospital George Bowbeer said
that he was standing Oh the rear plat
form OF the passenger car when il stop
ped At Clark station, and that the Work
car CRASHED into the platform just %.
The passenger car started Bowbeer Was
thrown mo the car and rendered uncon-
scious- Several other passengers received
minor cats and bruises
There is u steep grade at Clark sta
was such that the vestib, les of -
cars were smashed into kindling- Traffic
was delayed for some time, II be Rg
necessary to transfer passengers around
the wreck.
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FALLS CHURCH POULTRY SHOW.
Exhibition Will Be Held in Odd Eel
lows Hall Next Week.
-espoudence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va, December ., 1911.
The Falls Church Poultry Association
has bee, organized for the purpose of
presenting a show TO exhibit the birds for
breeding and raising.
The officers of the association are: a.
II Barber. president; =. T. Hutton. vice
president: II. r. Demarest secretary, and
r c. Rich, treasurer, and v n Zahn.
superintendent
The first exhibition Will be held at
the Odd Fellows Hall Falls Church,
Va. December II, Is and II. The asso-
citation has engaged Charles T. Cornnan
of Carlisle. Pa to act as judge.
Four hundred birds entered to December
/. the day of closing entries.
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HEARINGS ON CONTEMPT BILL
House Judiciary Committee to Con-
duct Them Indefinitely.

Hearings on the Clayton bin defining
Contempt of court will be continued in
definitely 10y the House Judiciary com
mittee, which has the bill in charge.
Representative Wilson Of Pennsylvania.
chairman of the committee on labor. haS
urged a favorable report on il. par
ticularly that section relating to jury
trial in cases of indirect contempt II,
questions the right of any judge to
punish "A man without a jury trial ia
cases OF contempt committed outside
the presence OF the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09
War Declared
Cafarrh Germs Must He Conquered OF
Health viii He Destroyed.

IL you have catarrh you must van1ulsh an
army of persistent. destructive microbes before
you can get rid Of il.
You might az we'll choose your weapons, de
clare war and annihilate this army OF catarrh
germs right now.
Stomach dosing won't Kill them neither VIII
sprays douches.
HYoIIEI. pleasant. antiseptic, ScTmdestroy-
ing air breathed over the entire membrane VIII
nut catarrh germs ont OF business in short
order.
HYONEI pronounce II Higho is Guaran-
tecd to end catarrb- asthma. coughs, co DIS and
Group OF money back II YOU own little H1o-
Mel hard -rnlJ,cr pocket inhaler You can get a
separate bottle 81 IIYOMEl fer ouly 20 cents
IL You haven !uhalcr bay complete outfit
that only costs 500. Sold Nv Henry Evans
and James O'DonurlI aud druggists evcrywher"
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tween this country and Japan, President
Taft spoke follows:
Those of us who are gathered here 1
am sure are not wild enthusiasts in re-
Spect to this movement, and do not hope
for something that never can come about.
think we are practical people. We don't
expect that war is going to be abolished
tomorrow morning. or that the millen-
MUM is coming just after breakfast. We
know that movements of this sort must
progress slowly. But on the other hand,
we ought to have foresight and intelli-
gence enough to recognize real step OF
pl ogreSs when it is taken We will never
dispose of the movement toward arma-
ment and toward increasing armament
until we satisfy the nations. who are
carrying on this movement merely for
lf-defense and for the protection OF
their integrity. that there is some other
means upon which they can really rely
Tor the settlement of international con-
When they find that means,
and can certainly reiy on it, then they
will give up armament. 1t is not with
pleasure that they are pursuing the pol
lev of appropriatins 100000. 900 or $500
ouoCuO or half a billion dollars a year i'll
order that their armament may Increase
If they can count on some practical
means by which that can be avoided
against which the armament is to be
protection then we can be certain that
will be given up.
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Mrs. Taft in Audience.

President Taft entered the hall accom-
panied by Mrs. Taft and Mai - cnibaId
Butt. aid to the President. Mrs. Taft
took Aer seat among these Reserved FOR
members of the Olplon attic corps and fire.
quently Joined IN the applause that
greeted the utterances of the speakers.
After referring to the address Of Mr..
ShiInadd and the friend: Zip existing be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09
The Great Questions at Issue.

Now the question is whether we have
ingenuity enough, whether we have per
ception enough, whether we have self
restraint enough, whether we have COM
mon sense enough to come together as
peoples OF this world and make an ar
ranGement by which We shall settle CON
trONersics that arise i'll some more hu-
man. in some more logical. in some less
brutal and unsatisfactory way than war?
1t has fallen TO this country to lead
in this matter, and that is because we
are 50 situated. without cntanGling "a
lianceS, and 50 strong. WlthOU. the =! ca =
est army and without the create raw,
that nobody would charge It's with co -
ardice on account of trying To find me
other method Of settling international
controversies than by Wal Evt ~ Oh :
knuWS--Wc know and all the nations o:
the world would he willing To admit--tha
Ne arc not a cowardly nation. There r.
We are not III position where our III =
lives can be misunderstood We are in
position of comfortable isolation wno {
We don / have To keep up our armament
IS other nations do who live as q sell
az they do in Europe. The common PEG
pie OF Great Britain. Of Fraace. of Ger
many and of the entire continent of E.lI-
rop" look To Us la lead in the ca 80 81
peace Are We going 10 turn upon II csc
people after we have made this STEP Ar
We going to take the flavor out o
the step that we have already taken
Are We going To turn back on TINS
movement and say. Well. We are yer
sorry, We are very sympathetic with YOU
We hope you Will get along well bu
there Is something in our Constitute I
that prevents us from assuming any obi
saticn in respect to the future decisi u
OF an arbitral COURT | hope not and
am not going to make 1t any less prob
able 10y saying any more"
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America Japan's Best Friend.

CARDS the. United States as its best friend
country ar this time, Is to increase the
feeling of friendship that has existed ne
tween the two nations for fIty-elSht
yeaIS. tie asserted has pellet that Great
britain and france. under the leaders II y
OF r-reS.uent ialt. VIII nFouSut Into
eVeriaStin-, peace.
1t Is my nope ne said, that in this
great IederatIon TOR peace japan VIII ne
BE. mitted 10 enter / am gong back to
I,,e .,a,anesc people ami ten Them of thtS
srttat movement, 80 mat, Wnen the INN"
comes ior ii i ora federation, my coun-
1rV Will be prepared to enter INTO it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09
Calls Attention to Building.

Special attention is invited 60 the Pan
of the grounds surrounding it. When the
present construction and landscape work
is completed the buildings and grounds
will represent Il cash investment of
81 100000. OF this Andrew Carnegie CON
tributed 100000 for the building and
100000 for the beautificat. on of the
grounds. The United Sta,es bought the
land with an appropriation of $1,000
and the twenty South American republics
contr. puted per ratio of population about
$4,000. Ten thousand persons registered
and inspected the building during the
past year.
ID rec.or Barrett asks for II special and
regular annual Appropriation of 1900
to cover expenses OF maintaining the
care of the bui ding. The fix d annual
income, when all paid in. is $12JCU3.
Director Barrett calls attention to sew
craI noteworthy things accomplished by
the un on. Among them, ii has inaugu-
rated the teaching of Spanish in numer-
Gus inst tutionS of learning; it has added
materially to the increase of travel be-
tween North and South America; il has
told cap tn isis and INVESTORS concerning
opportunities for develop ng resources,
build ng railroads and staring new in
dustres: it has held commercial confer
ences for the advancement of Pan Ameri-
can trade: il has started and accelerated
the NOV men: among commerce al organi-
cations and other compan es to get
ready for the Panama canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09
Howard Alumni to Meet.

\ meeting of the General Alumni As
sociation of Howard University has been
called for this evening at 40 O'Clock.
The meeting VIII be held in Rankin Nc
mortal Chapel
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Great Capital Required.

Mr.. Willard continued in part as fol-
lows:
To-day the presence of a surplus above
interest and dividend requirements as the
result of a years operation is looked
upon in many quarters as evidence of
such a degree of prosperity as to justify
reduction of rates. or an increase of
wages, or both, and it has come about
that the ra lroad is well nigh unable to
effectively resist either.
"The capital requirements for the next
five years Will not be less than $4,000,
600 a year and we have most excellent
authority for believing that they may
approach the enormous sum Of 81 900
5000 per allnum.
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PACT WITH JAPAN
World Arbitration Given I'm
petus at Peace Meeting.
ADDRESS By PRESIDENT
Mr.. Taft Compares Modern Warfare
to the Code Duello.
MESSAGE FROM THE FAR EAST
Member of japanese Parliament De-
clares Friendship for America.
Many Diplomats Present
MESSAGE FROM THE FAR EAST

The foundation for new peace pact
between this country and Japan, similar
to the arbitration treaties with Great
Britain and France, now awaiting ratifi-
cation by the Senate, may have been
laid in addresses delivered last night by
President Taft and :. Shmada, member
of the Japanese parliament at a mass
meeting held under the auspices of the
american Peace Society in the Pan
American Union building.
Although the object of the meeting was
to arouse interest i'll the arbitration
treaties with Great Britain and France,
the part that the United States and
Japan may take in negotiations of Il
similar nature in the future was injected
as an unexpected feature of the proceed
nSs, and produced enthusiastic applause
from the audience. which taxed thu seat
ing capacity of tn, hall.
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Need of Augmented Equipment.

President Willard warned that there is
a possibility that the next period of great
industrial activity in this country may
find the railroads, because of lack Of
equipment and new mileage. utterly I'M
able TO carry the greatly augmented bur-
den imposed upon them. and that their
partial failure to meet the situation in
1896 and 1907 has furnished sufficient
foretaste of what such condition would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09
WEATHER.
Rain late tonight and Sunday warmer tonight.
CONDITION OF THE WATER

Temperature and condition OF water at am: Great Fails
Teupeatre 49, condition.
south
Georgetown distributing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 40;
condition efuent gatefoue
UP-RIVER WATERS.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, December 9-Poomao and
Shenandoah both clear.
TOMORROWS TIDES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09

George P Buckley, eighty years old,
Thursday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09
Piles Cured in to IT Days.

Your druggist viii refund money if Pazo Oint-
meat falls to cure any of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding Or irotrudinS Piles III to ii days. 5oc.
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Plan of Arbitration

''\oW, ultimately, of course, we all look
forward to an arbitral court, into which
one nation may summon any other nation
and make that other nation respond to
a Judgment OF that court. 1t may be
that the nation will come i'll unwillingly,
but it Will originally have made a treaty
by which ii aAreed to abide the lud. nent
of that court and then, the Judgment
having been rendered, il will be enforced
either by pubic opinion of nations or, II
necessary. by an in irrational police
force. Then we shall have something
upon which we can count Now let me
ask YOU whether we are ever going TO
get 10 that court, if it is. impossible for
the Senate of the United States to agree
that are bound o go into that court.
whether the Senate likes il when the case
comes Ur not? If that is the linn .tatiOn
upon the power of the Senate, we might
just as well give up going into court a q.
al OF the hope that we will ever have
such an urbitral court. We have got to
surrender something, as Mr.. Foster says.
We have got To surrender something of
our Independence if we are going to ac-
complish anything in the way of bring
ing about an adminiStra ion of justice to
which We are all subject internationally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09
Other Speakers.

Speaker Champ Clark. in the course
of brief speech said that in his
judgment the railroads have got to dou-
BILE land perhaps treble their facilities to
meet the enormous freight business of the
country. or the rivers must be put in
navigable condition to assist in transporta-
ton. And he added. probably both of
these things must come TO pass.
Representative Oscar w. Underwood of
Alabama said that he had one thought to
suggest to the chief executives of the
states and the business men who repre-
sent the industrial growth of the coun-
try-progress along conservative lines.
IF we move with conservatism, said
Mr.. Underwood, I'VE move with safety
If we move with radi> aliSm, we move
with danger
Other speakers at the banquet were Sec
rotary Of Commerce and Labor Charles
Nagel. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral T. V. De Graw, the Maryland SEN
ators, Messrs Rayner and Smith. and
many Of the visiting governors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09
Peoples Responsibility.

There Is little if any ground under
existing cond tons for hope of large re-
ward in connection with railroad invest
ments and even the stability of moderate
returns is frequently questioned. When
the people decided to exercise their right
to regulate--by law prov ded--they took
upon themselves 1T the same time the re-
sponsibilities attending the exercise of
that right There can be no evasion OF
the responsibility accompanying the exer-
cIse of power.
The men in charge of the railroad
properties appreciate fully the Opportuni-
ties afforded them by their position to
be useful to the people and communities
served by the properties with which they
are connected. But who can blame them
who can criticiSc, If in view of all !
have said, they hesitate to recommend eX-
penditures which would add largely to
CAPITAL Tia biities, while feeling uncertain
about their ability to meet the increased
charges? The remedies ] have in mind
rest OH 40 other Foundation than the in
herent fairness of the American people.
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Urges PENSION PLAN ASKS FOR FAIRNESS
Jarrett Would Reward Pan President Willard Speaks in
American Union Employees. Behalf of Railroads.
1AKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT TALKS TO THE GOVERNORS
immense Amounts Needed In
Trade n South crease Equipment
HIS VIEW OF RIGHT POLICY
director general of
o.
of Emp and Redu
be si1erc1l by the
Ulcers
President Willard Speaks in
Behalf of Railroads.
TALKS TO THE GOVERNORS
immense Amounts Needed to In
crease Equipment.
HIS VIEW OF RIGHT POLICY
Effect of Pressure to Increase Wages
of Employees and Reduce
the Rates.

BALTIMORE. December 9.-At the din
ner last night to the visiting governors
and transportation managers welcoming
addresses We're made by Mayor Preston
and Gov. Crothers. President Daniel " IL
lard of 1.-THE Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
as the spokesman of the railroad officials,
delivered an address, in which he referred
to the differences that existed between
the public and railroads. and called on
the governors of the various states to
make investigation of conditions and act
as 'peacemakerS.
Fifteen western and southern governors
were i'm Baltimore yesterday. The south
erners held conference on the question
of immigrati ton to the south, and the
wcsternerS came to exhibit the aSricul-
tural and mineral resources of their
states.
An elaborate program of entertainment
for the visitors was provided, eliminating
in the dinner last night. Gov. JudSon
Harmon of Ohio was here as one of the
guests, but he was Obliged to leave in
the afternoon to keep an engagement III
Wa Shingt ton,
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Realizing the Situation.

The people, believe, are beginning TO
recognize that policy based upon am
pie and efficient transportation facilities,
with such rates and sni;.''tions as will
permit the roads To p.4rSue liberal but
not eXtravagant program of maintenance
and expansion, is much better for the
country as u whole than a policy which
is bound to result eventually in lack of
facilities and all that the term implies
Speaking to the governors Mr.. Willard
said:
Il submit there is no more important
duty confronting a chosen servant of the
people than that vi informing himself
con -crning all the facts, and then using
such influence he may possess to bring
about such all understanding as Will al
lay the fee. ing of doubt and uncertainty
which rests upon the railroad managers
today. and which serves to chill initiative
and discourage enterprise.
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The Old Wager of Battle"

Now there was a time in the history
of the English people-not so long ago
when, If an Englishman was sued in a
court of justice-sued on a bond, it may
be-he was brought in, and being little
short of evidence. he demanded wager
of battle on the issue whether he ever
made the bond Then the learned judges
pull ed out two long swords, arranged a
ring and let the defend
ant and plaintiff get at each other with
those swords.
IF the defendant cut off the head or
the arm of the plaintiff and knocked him
out that established as a matter Of law
and fact, in THAI court of justice that he
had never made tie bond, or, If he had,
that lie had paid it. That was what they
called wager of battle. | ask you if it
does not seem as ridiculous as possible
Can it be that that was the case 30
years ago in the courts of justice of Eng
land, To which we look now for all the
perfection possible i'll the principles of the
administration of justice? Well il is so
historically. And yet, as | say, it awakens
the ris- bles, and ought to, Of every civi-
lied persons that hears ii today. | would
like 10 have Eou tell me in what respect
the SO Element OF international controvcr-
sizes today differs III the slightest from
the wager Of battle in the courts of JUS
tice of England 80 years ago
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The Code Duelln.


gives me less trouble than anything else
III tile controversy, because We have be-
fore us the history of individuals and
we know what that is, and we know
what quarrels are that involve honor, ami
We know that we have lived down The
barbarous way of settling them. To sa.
that YCu cannot satisfy Your honor witt
out shedding little blood is 10 go back
to the dark ages. When is it that 20.
ought to have somebody to intcrN enc and
reach Il common sense conclusion eAc>p.
when Your honor is involved, and tnu
those traits OF your character ale di aw.I
INTO the controversy so that your amer
Is reused and you are not in Il p SitlOn
to look at the issue calmly ana VITA
judgment? 1t is just at that time that
you want to call in somebody who is
calm. and VINO is not affected by those
things that move a man with gOO1 lie
blood as it is said. You then want to
call i'll somebody who can adjudee as
between YOU and the person VINO has in
frnsed what YOU regard as your nonor.
to say what the facts are. If there eve
Was q thing that ought to be adjud ed it
is "a question of honor. The truth is ia.
there is nothing so humorOus-anI that j.
one of the saving graceS of the Amefi-
can people-notning SO humorous, a 70
look back in the history OF the E..g is
and the American people, this meIho
of settling disputes about honor-tne
idea that when man has insulted me
the only way by which can wipe out
that Insult * TO invite him out INTO a
ten-acre lot and stand myself up as IL
target at forty PAGES to see whether he
can hit me OF not.
You Will understand that the kind of d
target ] make impreSses me with the
force of that argument. OF cou Sc, if /
am Il good marksman, and he is d fairly
good target, and have the right. under
the code dueilo, to hit him if | can, and
If ] do and he misses me, | go home
with that satisfaction with respect to
conditions as they are that those who are
situated comfortably in life usually have.
But if he hits me. and L escape death and
take d convalescence of two or three
months, I have to have good deal sub
tier brain than | now have to reason
out any way by which that result salts
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UP-RIVER WATERS.
TOMORROW'S TIDES.

LOw-5: ~ am. and 5:57 pm.
Hight 81 am. and 81 pm.