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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15

assistant. Wheatley School.
Miss l.. F. Heckinger, teacher OF sec
ond grade. Morse School.
Miss Il. N. Kirby. teacher OF first
grade Cooke School.
T.. A. Rich, janitor of Powell School
Thelma Raymond, caretaker OF LIN
coin Cooking School.
The following substitute teachers:
Graded schools-Miss Annie wilkins.
Miss Evelyn Schrigley. Miss Louise King.
Miss NJ. II. Dayly, Miss NJ. l.. Morrison.
Miss NJ n EX sisia Ss E Miss sS SSns
O. Brien. Miss NJ. ID. Richards. Miss &
V. kenealy. Mrs. W. W. Davis. Mrs. ].
F. Csrmody.- Mrs. NJ. c. Holden, Mrs e.
Lula Moo. Lilard, Miss Louise 3. SAL
ter and Miss b. o. Woodward.
High schools-Miss BERTHE Warner.
Miss Helen Sunny. Miss Cecilia Todd.
Miss Helen Taffany and Miss NJ. lson.
Promotions-Miss +. \. Hayden, sixth
to seventh grade. Weightman School
Miss S. u. Holland. fifth to sixth grade.
Force School TO Weightman School
Miss NJ. f. Yoder. fourth to fifth grade,
Weightman School to Force School
Miss VI. F. Keller. third 10 fourth
grade, Towers School to Weightman
Miss NJ. r. Maloy. first to third grade.
Maury School to Towers School
Miss r.. NJ. Oberly, physical culture
teacher in Normal School No. i. class
to =
Miss {. c. Dessez. fifth to sixth grade.
Ross School to Monroe School.
Miss J.. NJ Brown. fourth to fifth
grade. Johnson School to Ross School
grade, Lenox School TO Johnson School.
Miss 3. II. Pyles, first to third grade,
Ketcham School to Lenox School.
Miss NJ. II. Craig, third 10 fourth grade,
Seaton School to Emery School.
Miss a. p Ortlip. second 20 third grade,
Brookland School to Seaton School.
Miss &. +. Challice. third to fourth
grade. Morse School to Twining School.
Miss Mae Deming, second TO third
grade. Morse School.
RESIGEATIoNS--Miss N; IN. Duvall.
teacher Of first grade. Threlkeld School.
Miss NJ. r. Ciarkson. teacher OF first
grade. Tyler School.
Miss Phoebe Holmes, now on leave Of
absence. 10 take effect March 81.
Miss L. NJ. Willis. kindergarten assist
ant. lexington School.
s. T. Highfield. janitor OF Powell
Miss ". VI. King, teacher OF fourth
grade, Emery School
W. II. Herbert, janitor Of S. ]. Bowen
School
Miss Kathryn Wright, kindergarten as
sistant, Wheatiey School
Transfers.-Miss III. X. Byrn, teacher OF
sixth grade. Monroe School to Brightwood
School
Miss G. I. Curl. teacher of first grade,
Cranch School TO Threlkeld School
Leave of absence-Miss E. c. Hender-
son, teacher of second grade. Force
School. to end of school year.
W. f. Nelley. teacher of sixth grade,
School. without pay, to end
of school year.
Miss C. l.. Wilson. teacher OF seventh
grade. weightman School, without pay.
Miss c. A. Patterson. now on leave OF
absence, for remainder of school year
Miss 4. E. Douglas, without pay for
two months.
Miss l.. F: Fiannery, without pay. to
end of school yeax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
BABY'S
VOICE

Every woman's heart thrills at the
cooling and prattling OF baby, and
motherhood is her highest and purest
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this great contamination OF her life's
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
Boys as Competitors.
Plans for Reciprocity Bill.

The Canadian reciprocity bill will be
passed by the House next week 1t was
formally brought before the House by
Chairman Underwood of the ways and
means committee just before adjourn
ment late yesterday afternoon, and gen
eral debate will continue for about three
days. Representative Dalzell Of Penn
sy!vania will lead the opposition to the
measure. Mr.. Underwood announced that
he would yield five hours of his own time
to Representative Mccall, who introduced
the reciprocity bill passed by the House
last session, and which failed in the
Senate. Mr.. Mccall will divide his time
among the republicans friendly TO the
bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
MAY LOSE HIS RANK
Lieut.. Col. Lohr, School Cadet
Corps, Already Suspended.
TROUBLE OVER FRAT BALL
Would Break Up Mckinley Play, as
Dates Conflict, It Is Said.
BOARD REQUESTED TO ACT
Principal Myers Wants His Commits
sion Suspended for Remainder Of
Year-Graduation Dress.

A fraternity dance at Mckinley High
School has split that school wide open.
and the board Of education was asked
yesterday to deprive Lieut.. Col Lenox
Lohr Of his commission in the cadet corps
for the remainder of the year as pun
ishment FOR what Principal George Myers
terms pointed opposition to authority.
Lenox Lohr has already been suspended
from school, according to Mr.. Myers. The
board was not quite ready to take such
action without little more investigating,
and the matter will be studied by a COM
mittee.
Behind the story Of Lenox Lohr's at
tempt at manipulation Of fraternity ana
high school politics is the picture OF
pretty high school girl. who is fretting
because the lieutenant colonel: one of'the
heroes of the high school student body
of the city, has invited her to an ex-
elusive frat dance May ), and she Is
scheduled to appear in a high school play
the same evening.
According to the story as reported to
the board Of education meeting Eester-
day afternoon, there is disgruntled feel
ing among the members OF the fraternity
which has incurred the displeasure OF the
principal The name of the fraternity
was not given. and owing to the Easter
holidays no one. could be found who
knows the terrific com bination OF Greek
letters which is supposed to be defying
high school discipline. The boys in the
frat" had arranged dance, with real
flowers. three kinds Of ice cream and
walters, to say nothing OF a string or
chestra. 1t was-and perhaps is veto
be the best thing in the way Of dance
that the McKinlay School has seen in a
long time.
Easter Play Interferes.
But along comes the regular Easter
play. sanctioned by the facility and the
board Of education and recommended by
Supt. A. 7. Stuart. They very young
lady whom Lenox Lohr had invited
to the dance is in the cast. Now,
would a girl rather work on the stage
for the benefit of the athletic fund-or
would she rather have her program
dotted here and there with cross marks.
each cross mark representing the lieuten-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
AUSTRIA HAS 51,30O,OOO.
Big Increase in Population in Last
Ten Years.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star
VIENNA. March 80. 1911.
The provisional results of the census
taken throughout Austria-Hungary are
published The total population of the
dual monarchy is we'll past the fifty-mil-
lion mark, tie provisional numbers being
more than 5l,3OO.OO0. an increase of near
IS five millions during the last ten years
The population of Austria. estimated at
2st9.sO. has increased 3D. per cent, and
That OF Hungary-nearly 21.OUO 00O-by S.3
per cent. The population Of Bosnia ex-
ceeds 10000, an increase of nearly 81
per cent.
The rate of increase i'm the previous
decade was somewhat higher, except in
the case of Bosnia, and the falling off in
later years is due TO a loWe- birth rate
aad an increase of emigration.
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New York

| barge act The girls used to look for
ward to fine silk party dresses for thai
one night--but there is now a sentiment
among the really puritanical girls of the
high school to do away with gloves and
silk slippers.
When this report was read, Mrs. W. ii.
Hoeke. member of the board. said:
IF our girls are TO be held down to
not to be permitted to wear hobble
skirts"
"Or harem skirts said a man who
hid behind a paper.
than a lot of other things girls wear
volunt eered one Of the woman members.
William d. Hoover chairman of the
committee on sites and buildings. report
s ed one u on or s Sss co..
ored high school, on LIST street northwest
between n and o. containing 6S,1:
square feet of ground. The other is for
a school in Randle Highlands contain
ing. nearly three acres OF land. and is
to be donated by Col. A. r. Randle. The
board approved the recommendation in
both cases and the matter will go to the
Commissioners.
Fresh-Air Schools Beneficial.
4 report from the recent ''fresh-air
school experiment was presented to the
board. 1t is several thousand words in
length and will be printed 1t was shown
IN the report that the physical develop
ment OF scholars in an open-air school
has been far greater than those in the
ordinary schoolrooms.
The board sanctioned entertainments by
the Eastern. Western, Central and Nc
Kinley schools for the benefit Of athletic
funds. Permission was granted DIR. VIII
liston S. Hough. dean of Teachers Col
lese. George WASHINGTON University. TO
Itch 0ni, VIen Mo-,
81 for an address by DR.. John Dewey OF
Columbia University.
The end of the meeting was enlivened
by a controversy between r. r. Horner
production of a copy of the record in the
case Of E. L. Webster. a substitute mill
tary instructor. Mr.. Horner protested
that a copy Of the record is not the cor
original papers be presented. After much
discussion Supt. Stuart offered to
straighten the matter out.
Changes in the Schools.
The following changes in the schools
were approved:
APPOINTMENTS
Miss A. L. Pendleton. kindergarten
assistant. lexington School.
Olaf Saugstad, drawing teacher, Nc
Kinley Manual Training School.
Miss Elsie Bret. teacher of first
grade, Tyler School
Miss nv. Stone. teacher of first
grade, Cranch School.
Miss g. A.. Strong, teacher of second
grade Force School.
Miss Marguerite Donnally. teacher Of
hrst grade. Maury. School.
Miss Ada Burgdorf, teacher Of first
grade. Ketcham School.
Miss 3. z. TAYLOR, teacher Of second
grade, Brookland School.
Margaret Chapman, caretaker OF
Payne Portable School.
J. B. Anderson, janitor Of S. j. Bowen
School.
Miss Mary Petingale. kindergarten
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railway, has very gravely affected Bri-
tain's position in Egypt.
There is probably no soldier living who
understands the military geography of
the near east from Khartum to Bagdad
as Well as Lord Kitchener Long years
or life, from the exploration of Palestine
to the final triumph at Omdurman, were
spent in close touch with its problems.
The government. therefore. could not
have a better adviser at the present juno
ture. and already certain steps have been
decided upon from preliminary observa
tons which the general has sent home.
Garrison to Be Increased. +.
The garrison of Cyprus is TO be largely
increased. in spite of the fact that it is
always an expensive one to- maintain on
account Of the heavy outlay entailed by
the necessity of moving all the troops
from the plains into the mountains in
MAY. But the position Of Cyprus is one
OF immense Importance, for it places this
country right on the flank of any move
ment through Palestine upon Egypt and
faces the outlet of the branch line whic;,
the Germans now propose from the Bag
dad line TO the port Of AleXandretta, at
the junction of the Syrian and Asia
Minor coasts.
In addition. Information from Egypt
mas ItdCheu " ilteldli 10 TIE erect that,
as result Of Lord Kitchener's tour the
sarriaons of Cairo and Khartum will be
considerably strengthened in the imme-
date future. The reason for this step is
that Great Britain's position as world
power has come to be pivoted on Egypt
and on her future ability to hold il
against all corners the continuance of he,
empire wholly depends. Egypt has be-
come the vital Joint in her imperial verte-
brae and the hold upon this double gate
Of Asia and Africa is supreme condition
Of her imperial existence.
Doubt as to Control.
Hitherto, circumstances have favored
the continuance of British control. But
it is worth noting that foreigners have
frequently expressed doubts as to Eng
lands ability and to her right to remain
in possession of this tremendous central
position.
At the present moment the strategical
position Of Great Britain, pivoted upon
Egypt and backed by her great military
stronghold at Khartum, with the trunk
line pushing up from the cape, is inconi-
parable. Extending from Alexandretta
through Cyprus to the Anatolian and
Syrian coasts. it dominates the near east
ern question. and is still further forti-
fed by reaching eastward toward India
and Austraiasian resources.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
K|TCAENER'S QUEST
Sent to Egypt to Study the De-
Tense Problems There.
is KEYSTONE OF EMPIRE
Regarded as of Prime Importance
That Ascendency of British
Should Continue.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, April 6, 1911
The long exile OF Lord Kitchener in
Egypt and the Sudan has been the sub
ject of constant comment and frequently
angry criticism in this country. This
feeling o: irritation has been accentuated
by knowledge that the war Office pre-
ferred this strong mans room to his
company. and that. too, at a time when
the increasing inability of the British
military system to meet its liabilities
clamors for master hand at head
quarters.
But Lord Kitchener, who is returning
to take over the command of the corona =
ton troops, has not been in Egypt merely
for his health or for the convenience OF
mediocrities at home. He is. in fact,
charged with mission which has n most
important bearing upon the permanence
of Britains position as a world power,
based on the Suez canal, and he will
shortly deliver to the government an eX-
haustive report on the changing con-
ditons affecting the retention of the
Egyptian key to the British empire.
Center Shifted From Malta.
What this means is that the strategical
center in the Mediterranean has been
shifting from Malta to Cyprus. and Egypt.
This has been caused partly by the re-
newed activity and ambitions of Turkey,
which is not only pressing on the Persian
frontier. but through Palestine. along the
Arabian coast of the Red Sea. with an
increasing pressure upon the Egyptian
frontier on the peninsula of Sinai.
This, however, would not affect the
But the certainty that the new Ottoman
policy is engineered by a very clever
German ambassador at Constantinople.
while Germany herself is steadily push
ing her way to a dominant position in
Asia Minor along the line of the Baedad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
TAKE THAT AIR TRIP
Opportunity for Experience
Open to Competition.
THREE CHANCES AVAILABLE
Sunday Star Will Contain Coupon
Representing Ten Votes.
FLIGHTS AT JENNINGS MEET
Skilled Aviators to Have Charge.
Features Of Interest Scheduled
for May ST.

Want to ride in an aeroplane? Then
buy The Sunday Star and find out how it
can be arranged. Possibly it is not worth
while to prolong the suspense till then.
The fact is that the Sunday Star will con-
tain a coupon that represents ten votes
for one of three people who will take
such a ride at The Stars expense.
There will be an aviation meet at Ben
ning's race track May ), . and Z. This
will be given by the Curtiss team of avia-
tors under the auspices of the National
Aviation Company of Washington. Three
Of the best flyers of the Curtiss team will
participate in the exhibition. They are
j. \. D. McCurdy, Lincoln Beachy and
II. A Robinson. There has been SO
much competition in Washington for a
chance to ride in an aeroplane that The
Star has arranged for three people to
take a ride.
Coupon in Sunday Star.
There will be a coupon printed in The
Sunday Star each issue from now till the
aviation meet commences. Each coupon
presented according to the instructions
printed Herewith is good for ten votes
A bona fide annual subscription to The
SuuOdN StdI Will Ue SOOu ICi Icv NotSS'
The three persons turning in the highest
number of votes will lie awarded the
three rides.
McCurdy is the oldest aviator in point
Of experience in the country. He was a
member with Lieut.. Thomas Selfridge or
DR.. Alexander Graham Bells Aeronauti-
cal Experiment Association. and built and
flew the second machine that association
ever produced. This was the third power
driven machine ever flown in public in
10 ha a
for himself in sustained Nights. The
flights for The Star readers will be not
less than five minutes, at height TO be
determined by all the conditions at the
time.
Curtiss Expected Here.
1t is probable that Curtiss himself will
be in Washington during the meet. and. if
so, probably will take part in the flights.
He is on his way back to New York now,
and is due in Washington about that
time.
There will be number of other features
Of interest at the meet One OF these Will
be fights OF models for prizes. These
will be under the direction OF Arthur &.
Wells, who has managed similar compe-
titiOns at Belmont Park and other ava
ton centers in this country. There will
be number Of competitions, one fer eX-
cellence Of Workmanship in a monoplane
model, another for the same in a bplane,
another for length of fight and another
for altitude.
Boys as Competitors.
The competition in each case will be
confined to boys between twelve and
| eighteen years old. The prize in eacl,
! case will be a cup that VIII become the
| personal property Of the winner.
There have been q number of these
| model flying compe titions. especially in
! New York, the record for sustained fight
| being 127 feet. 1t is possible that this
may be exceeded in the fights at Ben
ming. Any of the local aspirants are
welcome to try. at any rate.
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Doubt as to Control.
Ambassador Receives Credentials.

The credentials Of the new amba ssa dor
from Mexico, Senior Manuel de Zamacona
G In,lan. were received in Washington
today and it is expected that the ambas-
sador will be formally presented to Presi-
dent Taft early next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
Embargo on FLUFFY RuMes.

The veto has been put on the following
features Of feminine dress:
Low neeks; elaborate, headdress. in
Guiding false puffs, elaborate and expen-
sive trimmings and expensive silk gowns
for class night.
Class. night restrictions IL one OF the
new features of the fashion plate en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15

Dr. John Jacob koser. a prominent
physician. died Thursday at his home in
Shippensburg, Nd, aged fifty-five years.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

most incredible that bird species WHICH nun
bered its individuals almost II woulo appeal ~
the million millions could ever oisappeo' iio ~
face of the earth. -.
The account Of the great pigeon hocks when
is most familiar to the people OF the country -
that written by John James Audubon the naturaf
ist. 1t seems from Mr.. Wright's paper, however,
that century and a half before Audubon was
born records were made of the immense numbers
of the birds which were seen In America Inc
earliest writer's called them turtle doves. H"i'
Wright quotes from the Jesuit father, LIE Jeune
who In the year 1887 likened the American l0di-
ans to the pigeons Our savages are always saw
age; they resemble the migratory birds OF tneir
own country. In one season turtle doves are some
times found in such abundance that the emo Oh
their army cannot be seen when they are nyine
in body"
Mr. Wright found another reference to the I'M
sense numbers of the pigeons In the writings OF
another Jesuit father in the year 1911 Inc ODD
servation was made at Cayuga lake IN new forA
state. -Four leagues from here saw by the SIDE
of a river within a very limited space eight or
nine extremely fine salt springs. Many snares are
set there for catching pigeons, from seven to eight
hundred being often taken at once" Another IA
ther of the church In the latter part or the seven
teenth century writes of the passenger pigeons OF
the ST. Lawrence country: Among the birds OF
every variety to be found here 1t Is to be noted
that pigeons abound in such numbers that this
year one man killed 1872 at single shot"
Within the last five six years reports have
come OF the temperance OF the pigeon IN Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Illinois, Wisconsin. Michigan,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia and
perhaps from some other states In no instance
has proof been adduced that the real passenger
pigeon, the bird of the old time, was the species
seen. The disappearance Of the hocks which once
covered the sky as with cloud is one of the mys-
teries of nature. Mans persecution of course had
much, IL not everything. to do with the annfhila-
ton of the species, but 1t would seem that some
ting else disease perhaps must be held account
able at least in part for the dying out of a noble
race of feathered game.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-15

Chicago, to look for migrating birds which had
dropped down into the pleasure ground from
their night fight in order to rest and feed. had
just entered the park when my attention was
attracted to large bird perched on the limb Of
a maple tree and facing the sun, which was just
rising out of Lake Michigan. My heart gave
a sort of leap. for recognized 1t instantly the
passenger pigeon, a bird Of which ! had not
seen a living specimen for at least twelve years.
Then instantly began to doubt and thought
that my eyes must be mistaken and that the at
mosphere was magnifying the bird and that what
was before me was really mourning dove. l
drew closer and then knew there pos
sibilty Of deception. Before me was beautiful
specimen of the male passenger pigeon with the
sun striking full on the FURNISHED feathers Of
his throat. l stood within 15 yards of the bird
for fully half an hour and then it left the maple
and went in arrowy flight down the lake shore
drive toward the heart of the city. l have often
wondered since what was It's fate.
Theodore Roosevelt is deeply interested in
the outcome Of the search for surviving mem
bers If such there may be- Of the passenger pigeon
tribe. Mr. Roosevelt knew the bird when he
a boy and in his trips afeld he always has kept
a watchful eye open for a possible sight of
specimen Of the species now feared to be extinct.
When Mr. Roosevelt was president of the
United States he occasionally went to a wild
spot in Virginia where he owned cabin. He
called the place Pine Knot. While there one day
he saw what he believed to be nine wild pigeons.
1t would be perfectly proper today for man
who saw as many pigeons this together to
shoot one of them-one only-in order to prove
beyond peradventure that the tribe still has ex-
istence. When one simply reports the appear
ance Of a pigeon or of flock of pigeons every
one doubts very naturally the truth of the tale,
holding that the mourning dove has been again
mistaken for it's cousin bird.
President Roosevelt did not have a gun with
him on the occasion Of his meeting with what
he thought were wild pigeons. II he had he
probably would have shot one of them. He told
no one except few scientists and few friends
of his discovery. He knew well as anyone
else did that in the absence of the proof fur
nished by bird in the flesh 1t would be said at
once shat he made the common error. No one
knows positively today whether the nine birds
which the president saw we're not pas
senger pigeons. Every time that Mr.. Roosevelt
has been 10 Pine Knot since he has hoped for
another sight of the birds which made him glad
some years ago.
John Burroughs heard from his friend, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, that the nine pigeons had been
seen in Virginia. Burroughs believed the story
because he knew how accurate observer Of
nature his friend the president was and is The
stories Of the pigeons in Virginia led Mr.. Bur
roughs TO make inquiries at once In the counties
In New York state west of the lower Hudson
lying in the old line Of fight Of the migrating
pigeon armies of years ago. There the farmers