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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
ITALIANS OCCUPY OASIS.
Turks and Arabs Retire From Small
Coast Villages.

TRIPOLI. December 1.-THE Italian
troops took possession yesterday Of the
oasis of Tadjura. consisting of several
small villages about eight miles along the
coast to the east of the town of Tripoli.
The Turkish troops and the Arab ir-
regulars retired before the arrival Of the
Italian column and the inhabitants Of
fered no resistance.
1t is believed that the Turks have join
ed the main body farther inland. but pre-
cautions have been taken by the Italian
commander to prevent a surprise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
BAKED BEANS HIGHER.
Rates Raised on Boston's Favorite
Dish.

BOSTON, December 14.-Boston baked
beans may soon be luxury In their own
home city. Today practically all the To-
cal restaurants raised their rates 90 per
cent for the city's favorite dish. Patrons
are up in arms. but the managers say
the raise was forced by higher prices Of
the ingredients. Some Of the restaurant
men are willing to put the price back at
the old rate If purchasers will forego the
customary portion Of tomato ketchup, but
this idea does not appeal to Bostonians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
Navy Collier Is Floated

NORFOLK, Va, December A. - The
navy collier Sterling, beached inside Cape
Henry December 3. following a collision
with the steamer Dorothy i'll lower Chesa-
peake bay, was successfully foated by q
wrecking company early today and towed
TO the Norfolk navy yard. where she was
locked for 4epairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14

Poor Jane is in despair"
- What's the matter with jane
why, she has just begun to realize that
mes too fat for an actress and not fat
mough for prima donna."-Cleyeland
Plain Dealer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14

from the Boston Transcript.
Teacher-Tommy, where is Mexico?
Tommy-On page 10 Of the biography
miss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14

Uncle Ezra-Then what do you think
is the matter with the world nowadays?
Uncle Eben-Just this: There's too
much business in religion and not enough
religion In bueiness.-Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
Urged for Federal Bench.

Dx-Representative Graft of Illinois. and
a delegate from that state. called on the
President to ask that he nominate Will
liam r. Jack, a prominent lawyer of
Peoria, as a federal circuit judge for Illi-
nois to succeed Judge Grosscup.
Senators Bacon and Smith and Repre-
sentatives Edwards, Hughes and Bartlett
of Georgia called on the President with "A
delegation OF Savannah citizens to invite
him to attend the centennial of the HI
bernian Society of Savannah March II
next The President deferred action on
the invitation.
1t was stated at the White House today
that it had been found necessary TO
change the date Of the Supreme Court
dinner from Tuesday. January 30, to
Wednesday, January 81.
Lieut.. Z. st. John Greble of the. Field
Artillery. formerly stationed at Fort
Riley, Kansas. has been detailed as
junior aid at the White House, succeed
ing Capt. Lyon Johnson. who has been
sent to Manila Lieut.. Greble is a son of
Col. Greble. now on duty with the general
staff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
Power to Order Changes.

The new bill also would give the com
mission power To order changes or i'm
provcmentS in the plant or equipment
80 public utility 10y providing:
Whenever the commission shall be of
opinion. after hearing had upon its own
motion or upon complaint. that repairs.
improvements or changes in any street
railroad. gas plant. electric plant, tele-
phone line, telegraph line. pipe line. wa
ter-ppwer plant the facilities of any
common carrier ought reasonably to be
made, that any addition OF service or
equipment ought reasonably TO be
made thereto. or that the vehicles
.,r cars OF any street railroad or
.oWr1p1 carrier are unclean. inSanItary
liucpuiforta BILE. announcement or improper
s. equipped. operated. or maintained, or
are il need of paint. or unsfghtly in APP
pearalCc. or that any addition ought
rea sonabIy To be made thereto, in order
20 promote the comfort or convenience of
the public or employees. or in order to
secure adequate service or facilities the
commission shall have power to make and
serve an order directing that such re-
1airS improvements, changes or additions
10 service or equipment be made within
q reasonable time. and in a manner to
L. specified therein, and every such pub
lie utility is hereby required and directed
to obey every such order of the commits
-:o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
STORY OF THE FRIENDSHIP
Astonishing Revelations Concerning
Great German Statesman.
FRANKNESS CAUSES SENSATION
Their Intimate Relations for Nearly
Forty Years Told Of With
out Reservation.
BY CARL WALDEMAR.
m Correspondence of The Star.

forelgn Correspondence Of The Star.
BERLIN, December 4. 1911.
frlnce Chlodwig Hohenlohe,s memory
mas been revived by a literary indiscre-
ZION even more startling than the publica-
ZION OF mis- memoirs" five years ago. In
pohtlcal and society circles it has long
peen Known that the third German chan
ceiior was for the last thirty-eight years
OIL MS life united by the most intimate of
ihteliectual and emotional bonds to a
certain Baroness Won Hedemann This
idoy' In a book, of which proofsheets
nave been obtained, now takes the public
into her confidence, and relates the story
Oh thelr friendship and their love. 1t is
remarkable and romantic tale which
she mas to tell, and once more shows the
world how little it knows Of its great
men and Of the hidden influences that
contribute to the facts of history.
me authoress of ~these intimate revela-
tionS Is the daughter of a Baron Won
Hedemann. who held a high position In
the SlieSlan forestry service The cir
cunstanceS of her birth were somewhat
sinister Shortly before that event it had
become necessary to remove her mother
TO an asylum. and in this grim milieu the
enid first saw the light. Sixteen years
elapsed before she again set ewes on her
mothers face. Her father had mean
while obtained divorce, apparently on
the grounds of his wife's insanity and
had married again. These untoward do
mestlc circumstances deprived the child
or the advantages Of a real home, and
she passed her earlier years as a nomad
pitching her tent. at the house first OF
one and then of another Of her numerous
relatives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14

It pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds Of situations are
filed through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14

Messenger-whos the swell guy We was
talkin' to. Jimmie?
Newsboy-Aw him an mes worked to-
Redder fer years. He's the editor o. one
O. my papers.-Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14

formation as to show, in ftenized detail.
depEeciation, salaries and wages, legal
expenses, taxes and rentals, quantity and
value OF material used, receipts from
acknowledgements services or other
sales total and net costs, net and gross
reserve prices paid by consumers and
other items as the commission may spe-
cifv so as to SHOW completely and IN
detail the entire operation of the public
utility i'm furnishing its product or service
Ia the public This was covered only
Prohibition of Mergers.
Tile new bill also contains a specific
Prohibition against the purchase by one
utility company of stock of another en-
SaEed i'm the same or similar business, ex-
cept by law or permission of the COM
mission Tie provision is:
III shall be unlawful for any street
iailroad corporation, gas corporation,
electrical corporation, telephone corpora
ton telegraph corporation or other
public utility corporation. directly or in
directly. to acquire the stock or bonds OF
any other corporation Incorporated for
or aged in the same or similar business
as II is unless authorized by existing law
or as it may be authorized in writing to
do 50 hV the commission. and every con-
tract transfer agreement for transfer or
assignment of any such stocks or bonds
without such statutory or written author
ity shan be void and OF no effect.
In connection with the provisions Tor
punishment for violating the provisions
If the act or the orders of the commits
sion the new bill inserts the words
knowingly O" willfuily before the oe-
srriptiun of 1.-THE OffenSe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
Talking g. A. r. Pensions.

The pension committee OF the Grand
Army of the Republic talked with Presi-
dent Taft a long time today about in
creasing the pensions Of the Federal vet
Grams of the civil war. The President did
not commit himself but gave the commit
tee the impression that he sympathized
with the general proposition that the pen
sions should not be Increased.
I'VE did not refer to the dollar-a-day
pension bill passed by the House." said
a member of the committee. and neither
did the President. We did not ask him
to sign that bill If it becomes law, and
he did not say whether or not he would
do so. We merely went into the justice
of increased pensions
The committee is composed of Past
Commanders Ell Torrance and S. S. Bur
dett, John L. Gilman, misrepresentation
Washington Gardner. Henry S. Redman
and American Wheeler, with Harvey NJ
Trimble the new national commander, as
ex-officio member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
Swore Compact for Life.

At subsequent interview at Munich
the pair swore a compact for life, and
from this time forward, says the baron
ess:
THE prince as Bavarian minister, pre-
mier, member of the reichstag, Viceroy
of Alsace-Lorraine and imperial chancel-
Ior took no political step and made no
speech without consulting me. the once
desp sed''
When the prince and the baroness were
not together they kept up q regular cor
respondence, in which all the political
occurrences in which he was concerned
were discussed. Her house at Munich
was frequented by persons playing i'm
portant parts in public life. Bismarck
she tells us, was on more than one occa-
sion her guest, and she states that 1t was
at the instance of the iron chancellor,
who afterward expressed to me person.
ally his warmest thanks" that she was
dispatched to Vienna with the secret mis-
sion of obtaining q new minister of the
interior for Bavaria.
1t is loss to history that the baroases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
Prohibition on Commission.

There is also. in the new bill. a prohibit
ton that members of the public utility
commission shall not own any stock in
any public utility company. 1t is speci-
led:
''No commissioner shall be directly or
Indirectly interested in an. public utility
Or in any stock bond. mortgage. security.
Or contract of any such public utility: and
f any such commissioner shall voluntar-
ly become so interested his office shall
.pSo facto become vacant; and If any
such commissioner shall become SO inter
ssted otherwise than voluntarily he shall.
within reasonable time, diveSt himself
Of such interest, and if he fails SO to do
MS office shall become vacant.
Before entering upon the duties of his
office each commissioner, the secretary
If the commission. the counsel of the
commission and every employe of said
commission shall take and subscribe the
Constitutional oath of Office. and shall
n addition thereto make oath or af-
irmatiOn before and file with the clerk
IF the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia that he is not pecunlarily In
crested. voluntarily or involuntarily. in
any public utility in the District of Co
.umbia or elsewhere.
A provision of the Old bill, allowing the
commission To revise and readjust the
assessments of the public utilities COM
panies IS omitted from the new bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14

considers it. owing to the memory Of her
friend. that she should repeat very little
of his political condolences. either episto-
larry or oral. The emotional side of their
relationship. on the other hand, she re-
CARDS as her own property. and she prints
q number Of intimate letters and say
ings Of the prince. which deal even with
such private affairs as the birth of their
two children. Sets of amatory verses
which he addressed to her also find a
place In the book. Naturally. their re-
lationships caused a certain amount of
scandal and at one juncture were used
ponents. Here King Ludwig intervened.
and on his advice the baroness left
Munich for a time.
Surprised by the Princess.
Her happiest seasons, as she describes
them, were in the late summers, when
the prince was at his hunting lodge Of
Aussee and she resided at g. house in
the neighborhood. They were. won't to
spend long days riding through the woods.
side by side. She even visited the prince
at schiilingsffrst during the absence of
occasions she rarrates the following
episode:
I'VE were sitting in the princes study.
and were In the middle of lively CONVEX
sation, when We heard the rattle of
wheels, and, to our great establishment,
saw through the window that the princess
was stepping out OF the carriage. She had
come back Unexpectedly from her jour-
ney. should like to leave the Schloss
as quickly as possible 1 said, somewhat
perturbed. No. you must stay: you
can't go now" was the firm answer.
whereupon he left the room and returned
few minutes later with the princess.
Allow me, my dearest Mary, to intro
duce our guest, Baroness Won Hedemann.
After the usual banal phrases, Princess
HohenIohe. with enchanting anna bility,
invited me to dinner. 1 tried to find an
excuse to get away, but the princess
would not permit IT."
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HOW TO GET THIS BOOK

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
Public Utility" Defined.

In the definition of public utility the
pill omits storage companies but in
cludes waterpower and pipe line COM
panies. The definition of public utility
n the new bill is that it shall mean and
embrace every street railroad, street rail-
-Uad corporation, common carrier, gas
9Iant. gas corporation, electric plant, cleo
uicai corporation, waterpower company
telephone corporation, telephone line, teie-
graph corporation, telegraph line and pipe
Inc company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
owen BILL ENDORSED
Southern Surgeons Favor De-
partment of Public Health.
DR.. FINNEY NEW PRESIDENT
Luncheon to Members at the Shore
ham-Convention Ends
This Afternoon.

RESOLUTIONS were unanimously adopted
at this mornings session of the South ern
Surgical and genealogical Association.
In the Shoreham Hotel, declaring in
FAVOR OF Senator Owens bill, providing
for the establishment of national board
OF health, to be directed by a cabinet
officer, to be known as Secretary of Pub
lie Health, or the enactment of any sim
liar measure which would effect the ex-
tension and broaden the scope of the
medical and surgical work of the public
health and marine hospital service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
Grandniece of Humboldt,

Among those who for some time stood
to her in loco PARENTS was her grandun-
Gle and godfather, the famous savant,
Alexander Won Humboldt. While yet a
schoolgirl she betrothed herself to a
young man named Scheffer, but as he
was without means and her father soon
arterward lost a considerable portion OF
MS fortune, the idea of marriage was
eventually abandoned. The episode was,
however, destined to have decisive infiu-
ence on her future. Before very long
she submitted to the counSels of her eld-
erS and, making choice Of the alternative
sutors submitted to her, was led to the
altar by banker named ErZberger.
tWenty-four years her senior. Three chill
dren were born, but the union was never
a happy one, and chance brought Herr
Scheffer into the circle of their acquaint-
ances at Augsburg. In the authoress'
own words, What had long been predes-
tined happened and, as she admits with
an extraordinary candor that pervades
the whole book, she was pronounced the
guilty party in the consequent divorce
suit.
From the recollections of this crisis she
took refuge at Munich. For some time
she kept up her connection with Scheffer,
to whom she bore a son, and the practi-
cability of d legal union was discussed
Obstacles, pecuniary and religious, how
ever, opposed themselves to the plan, and
a promise extorted by her father on his
deathbed dealt 1t final blow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14

TEf1 FRAN, Persia. December 14-W
Morgan Shuster Still retains his position
as treasurer general of Persia The cab
met cannot dismiss him without the con-
sent OF the national council, which has
not been given.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14


took refuge at Munich. For some time
she kept up her connection with Scheffer,
to whom she bore a son, and the practi-
cability of d legal union was discussed
Obstacles, pecuniary and religious, how
ever, opposed Themselves to the plan, and
promise eXtorted by her father on his
deathbed dealt it final blow.
Dark Days Followed.
Dark days followed, in which she tells
that she often had no other nourishment
but bread and coffee, but she was ever
fated to encounter adventures. and she
narrates how she was accosted by that
unhappy monarch, Ludwig II, who never
saw in the charms of woman more than
a beautiful picture. and how he visited
her for the sake Of her brilliant CONVEX
sation; At this period she also sat as
a model to the famous painter Piloty.
Meanwhile, the divorce proceedings
and a pamphlet which had been publish
ed about her at the instance OF her hus-
band had made her a general topic Of
conversation in Bavarian society, and 1t
was through this that she formed the
acquaintance of Prince Hohenlohe. The
immediate occasion of their first meet
ing is described by her in the following
passages:
Tell me. my dear fellow. who is this
Frau Erzberger, Of whose beauty the
whole town Is talking. and who is so
shamefully pursued with hatred and
calumny?' 1t was Prince Chlodwig
Hohenlohe who spoke thus to Friedrich
Won Bodenstedt. during visit he was
paying the poet. viii your serenity
step on to my balcony?' said Herr
Bodenstedt. There in the window of
that house, vis-a-vis. stands the most
beautiful woman in Munich, with brown
hair that must reach to her ankles, and
wonderful eyes Of the color Of the forget
me-not.' -
The baroness tells how the prince made
eager inquiries about her, and continues:
Sent Her Flowers Anonymously.
"One day-how astonished I was?-a
messenger brought me a garland of flow
ers, next morning the Same floral greet
ing. and SO on, always anonymous and
mysterious. till at last I found in the
cup of lily slip of paper with the
humble petition of an admirer to be al
lowed to make my acquaintance. Half
curious, half Disguised, l did not know
what to do. and kept silence. But as
was racking my brains over this mystery
and the attitude 1 should take toward It
the bell rang and q gentleman entered.
Pardon my intrusion. 1 am Count Won
L, and have ventured to write to you.
/ have heard so much about you that an
overpowering desire to make your &C
quaintance silenced all considerations OF
reason in me- If my presence is disa-
greeable to you am ready to Withdraw.
He remained and he came again"
For long time the real identity Of her
new friend remained hidden from her.
1t was revealed with dramatic sudden
ness.
In the summer Of 1853 I was invited
by friends to Salzburg. 1t was q recep-
ton day and we were assembled in the
salon. Guests came and went. Prince
Chlodwig Won he-Schillingsfurst,
announced the servant at the door. Be-
fore the curtain appears my friend Count
L, on his arm lady who is intro
duced as his wife. l stare at him speech
less and confused. When he approaches
me I am able to whisper: rs t you, my
friend my father confessOr? But why
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
PHYSICIANS HOLD BANQUET.
Ophthalmologists and biologists
Give Dinner.

The Society Of Ophthalomogists and
biologists Of the District Of Columbia
held it's annual banquet at the Arlington
Hotel last night. It was largely at
tended by members and guests of the
society. The principal address of the
evening was delivered by DR.. George E
de 9chweinitz Of Philadelphia, professor
Of ophthalmology at the University of
Pennsylvania
The local society was formed about
fifteen years ago. Its present officers
are DR.. w. H Wilmer, president; DR.. S.
B. Muncaster. vice president, and DIR.
Robert Scott Lamb, secretary and treas
urer.
present: DIR. G. E. de schweinitz. w.
H. Wilmer. Surgeon Gen. Torney. U. S.
A; Surgeon Gen. Stokes. U. s. n; our
geon Gen Wyman, M. H. S.; Maj.
ireland. u. s. A; Admiral p. M. Rixey,
U. s. N; Surgeon e. NJ. Schipp, U. S.
NJ: Surgeon ]. c. Pryor. L. S. N: Drs
Atkinson. A. B. Bennett. jr.. w. S. Bow
Ter, John Burke. NJ. A. De Laney. w. T.
Davis. vIrginius Dabney. H. 8. Dye, H.
B. Deale, Dulaney, III. A. Fowler, w. J.
French, w. H. Fox. S. H. Greene. jr., l..
s Greene. J. A. Cannon, Carl Henning.
c. NJ Hammett J. Healey, Virgil Jack
Kober. A. F. A. King. r. 8. Lamb. c.
R Luce, H. w: Lawson, w: L. Lewis.
r. N. Mclaughlin. NJ. e. Miller, O. A.
NJ. McKimmie. W. p. Malone, w. D..
Mallory. 8. B. Muncaster, Mead Moore.
william Newell. T: A. Poole. H "A Par
w. Richardson. ]. J. Richardson. W. L.
Robbins, e. G. Seibert. N. K. Shute. w.
M. Sprigg. e A Taylor. w. A. Wells,
c. A. Weaver and r. r. Walker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
WANT GAS REDUCED.
Hyattsville to Ask Public Service
Commission to Investigate.

EVANSVILLE. April Sat special
meeting of the town council to be held
Monday evening, Councilman E. A. Fuller
of the third ward will introduce a reso-
luton asking that the public utilities
commission Of Maryland make an in
vestigation of the condition of the hy-
attsville Gas and Electric Lighting Com
pany. with a view to determining whether
or not the company can reduce the price
of gas from $I5O per thousand cubic feet
and still make a reasonable profit.
Councilman Fuller declares that the
object of the inquiry is not in the nature
Of a complaint against the company. but
in view of the low price of gas pre-
vailing in other places. compared with
the rate charged by the local company.
it would seem proper that the true facts
be ascertained. The mayor and common
council of Mount Rainier have taken SINH
lar action, and the citizens associations
of Riverdale and Brentwood will, it is
understood, join in the request for an
investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
LOSES THREE FINGERS.
Boy Painfully Injured While EN-.
ployed on Machine.

With three fingers torn from his hand
Herbert Stewart, a sixteen year old boy,
walked from 800 18th street northwes,
to Emergency Hospital yesterday after
noon, and although suffering terrific pain,
calmly asked that the doctors do q little
something for his hurts. He said he
had caught his hand in some machinery
while working at the 18th street address.
The surgeons at the hospital gave him
prompt treatment and later he was able
to go to his home, 412 Virginia avenue
southeast.