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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-28
Organdie.

The Newly Artistic
25c French Organdie,
unusually sheer and in
beautiful designs and
cOlors. Special I'M
sale price. .......... u ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-28
Legislation Recommended.

ITO fill the vacancies caused by the
failure of senators and representatives
to make appointments We would recon-
mend the following legislation to be in
serted in the Military Academy esti-
mates:
Hereafter any vacancy existing in the
corps Of cadets of the United States
Military Academy not filled by the an
nual entrance examination may be filled
by the President by appointing to II any
candidate from the state in which the
vacancy exists who have passed snch
examination.
IF this provision is lacted it offers
another incentive for candidates to take
the examination. and thereafter every
state should have it's full representa- ton
both in the corps of cadets and In the
graduated officers of the army"
The number Of vacancies would also be
reduced if the candidates who, succeed
in passing the examinations were better
prepared in their studies and had a clear
er knowledge Of what Is expected of them
as cadets. There should be an official
preparatory school connected with the
academy. where candidates designated by
the President and by senator's and rep
resentatives in Congress could spend a
year on probation. 50 as to develop their
moral. physical and mental qualifca-
lions for the military service before they
are admitted as cadets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-28
NaimsOOk

12-yard pieces to be
SLIGO instead of So0a.
Longcloth. standard at
Sl.2J. S1.50 and s2.J Is
only Sl.19. en- An
$1.39 and. W sVI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-28

The latest examination, held in Janu-
AIRY last. which is the first under the ad-
ministration of Gen. Thomas III. Barry,
who became superintendent last June.
showed no better results, for only 100 candi-
dates succeeded in passing the examina-
tious for sol cadetships TO be filed. leay-
ing 132 vacancies.
Another examination will be held the
ID of May to complete the list, and
Young men who desire appointments
should apply to their senators and the
members of the House of Representatives
from their districts Immediately in order
that they may have plenty of time to
prepare for the examination.
Each state is allowed two cadets at
large, who are appointed by the SEN
ators. and one for each congressional
district. who are appointed by the rep
resentatiyeS. ! am not able to obtain
list of the cavancies. The senators
and representatives having these APP
pointments to make do not want the
fact advertised because it would pro-
woke so many applications and make 1T
necessary for them to write many
letters. But the appointments do not
belong TO them. They belong TO the
Young mon OF their districts, who are
entitled to the opportunity to make
their claims known and to compete for
the honor if they desire to do So Each
right - designate how the selection
shall be made. He can give the ap-
pointment to personal friend or to
any boy who is recommended to him,
cor. as is frequently done. lie can make
il a prize to be competed for by all
the young men in his district, who
have an ambition to become officers of
the army or obtain the thorough edu-
cation which is furnished at West
Point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-28
Total of Reflections.

At the January examination. 1910. 30
were rejected on mental examination,
g. on physical examination and
only 1O5 succeeded in passing both ex-
aminations out of total of $50 candi-
dates. The remainder did not even re-
port, and that left 195 vacancies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-28

White India Linon.
sheer and free OF
b o I C h e s: unusually
good value at 12kyc
yard. Special sale NJ
price,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-28
Wolfe.

Real French Wash
Wolfe. in plaids. checks
and stripes. Extra good
value at PC yd. DMr
Special sale price ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-28
Record of Alternates.

IS. OF 1914 alternates appointed IS failed
to report. OF 116 that reported only 81
passed both physical and mental examina-
tions.
-. OF PA candidates that reported &C.
or 13 per cent, failed to pass the physical
examination.
"In examining the statement above
given it would appear that to increase
the number of admissions some steps
must be taken to increase the number OF
candidates that report for examinations.
For this purpose 1t is recommended that
hereafter no principal be named but that
the precedent set by the President be
adopted and that each senator and con-
gresham be requested to name three can
didates. who shall compete for the va
cancy at the entrance examinations.
In order that the candidates may have
sufficient time to prepare for the mental
examination. it is recommended that a
letter be drawn up for submission to the
adjutant general. which shall go to each
he is notified that there is a vacancy in
his district. This letter should state
briefly the subjects of the entrance ex-
animation and give the reasons why a
prompt appointment is necessary. 1t
will also serve as guide for those con-
trolling the competitive examinations in
the district
"A1l candidates should be examined
physically at some military post soon
after their appointment. 1t is unjust to
put the physically disqualified to the
trouble and expense of prepa ring for the
mental exaninatio
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
WALDO.
-
DAI DINO

BRANCH MILLS--A Christmas tree
was much enjoyed by the children of
the Branch Mills school, Friday aft
ernoon. The program was a follows:
Song christmas Welcome" school;
recitation, Olive Cove; exercise,
christmas in Other Lands" Dorothy
Dinsmore, Alta Doe Celia Tobey Dor
is Young and Clara Rowe; Long
fellows Life" Stanley Estes; THE
Quaker Poet" Ruby Tobey; song,
Mathilda Fcrten; recitation. Celia
Tobey; Christmas Acrostic, nine
children; recitation, Two Stockings"
Marguerite Misho; The Best Day of
the Year" the whole school took part
in this exercise. Some of the charac-
ter We're Father Time, Andrew Hurd,
Herald, Stanley Estes; Valentines
Day. Arthur Hurd; Summer, Louise
Haskell; Winter, Celia Tobey; Spring,
Olive Cove; Autumn, Clara Rowe ;
Night and Day, Alta Doe. Doris
Yonng; Christmas Day, Rubie Tobey;
Washington's Birthday, Marguerite
Mishu; Rain. Laura Rowe; Sun
Shine. Marcia Hurd; April Fools
Day, Edmund Dove.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
Dependency of Turkeston viii Be Cut
Off from China.

Pckin, Dec. &-(226 A. M).-Mongolia,
which almost equals China proper in
size, viii be proclaimed Independent, to-
morrow simultaneously the vast depen-
dency of Turkestan viii be cut off from
China.
Both will pass under the Russian in
huence and will practically become Rus
sian proteetorates. Russia Will at any
time be able to annex them. \ Grand
Khan will be chosen monarch of Mon
golia. The construction of the Trans
Monaghan Railway, for which Russia
has long sought permission from China.
will now be but a matter of time, and
Europe will thereby be brought nearer
Pekin by three or four days.
Russian influence will perilously flank
the Japanese sphere in Manchuria and
Japanese alliance for the sake of pre-
serving Japanese interests may sooner
or later be expected Russian officers
and officials, if not the Russian govern
ment proper have influenced this action
in Mongolia
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Hamburg American Line has Or
dered a third $4,000 ton liner for the
transatlantic service She will be con-
structed by Blohm & Voss in their pri-
vate yard at Hamburg and will be a
sister ship of the liner Imperator, whicn
has length of $50 feet and a 90-foot
beam. The Imperator, which is to go into
service in the spring of 1919, viii provide
accommodation for 5000 passengers of all
classes.
A visitor at one of the hotels in Bres-
lau, Germany, who Is said to be an
American citizen but whose identity has
not yet been ascertained. after firing a
number of shots. Wednesday morning,
at the hotel porter, barricaded himself
in his room and defied detachment of
police for an hour and half. 1t was
not until he was disabled by shots in the
arms and one of his legs that he was
captured. He is evidently demented
One policeman was wounded
In the dense fog that hung over the
bay, Wednesday, three military prison.
ers of Governors Island, New York,
broke from a squad of prisoners in
charge of armed guards as they We're
about to board the ferryboat and, dodg-
ing the bullets fired at them, leaped
into the rowboat of the Lieutenant
Cheney, General Grants launch, and
rowed to the Brooklyn shore Two of the
three, John Gallagher and G. w. Clarke,
were recaptured by Policeman Higgins
as they were about to land. but the third
man, said TO be Andrew Brown, escaped.
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RESEARCH WORK 80 .s
FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

units composing 1t. Each child in the
public school has historic heritage
which influences him unconsciousiy in
what he does or says and has deter
mined his environments. They COM
prehend their relations to the past
and are anxious to know more about
it. They can study the history Of
their own family and discover what
their ancestors did in establishing the
country. 1t is not essential that these
ancestors fought in any of the wars.
The pioneer who established home
in the early days performed his part
in the founding and developing Of
mighty nation.
Work for the Children.
Let the children get UP the history
of their own families. Trace them
back to their origin. Learn all they
can about their founders Look up
what they did and how they did IT,
Arouse their pride in their ancestry
and they will collect a mass of valu-
able information regarding families
which can be obtained In no other
way.
The Atlantic coast. the Lake region.
the Mississippi valley. the south and
the Pacific coast have each. their In
dividual histories and developed In
their own way. California, for exam
pie, has no revolutionary history, but
it has the romance of Spanish mis-
sions and the glanlor of a wonderful
development following the discovery
of gold. The history OF the Mississippi
river goes back to DeSoto. And each
section of the country has its own
history and It's own romance, develop
ing along local lines and Offering rich
resources for the worker who takes
sufficient interest to search for the
facts.
In the experiment mentioned the
children obtained their first impress
sion from books. Then they went
over the society's records, following
this by. the examination OF public
records. and supplemented it all with
family records diaries and letters.
They worked always under the guild
ance of their teachers, and the essays
in which they embodied the results OF
their researches were marvels of ao-
curate information. Further. they
added to the knowledge of the public
in collecting and compiling the his
'toric data which has been buried for
generations.
Another purpose was served. quite
unexpected in its manifestation and
results. The teachers were interest
ed too, and they taught history with
| a keener zest and with deeper un-
derstanding Of the relations between
the present and the past
Here, then, Is solution of the prob
lem of saving the fast disappearing
records of the early days, Set the
children to work. Perhaps you can
not interest everyone or develop a
group of trained searchers everywhere,
but you will obtain much valuable In
formation respecting families and
places and you will be able to put
| this in proper shape for preservation
| and use.--Atlanta Constitution.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The inquest held, Tuesday evening,
at Richmond, by Coroner j. Clark
Flagg TO investigate the death of the
man whose body was found on the
Maine Central tracks, Sunday morn
ing, found that the railroad and its
agents were in no way to blame for
his death. The body was identified.
Tuesday. by Mrs. Edward Small of
Gardiner as that of her husband, who
left home, Saturday night, to go to
Bath. A man named Lewis accom-
panied Mrs Small to Richmond and
testified that he and Small left Car
diner late Saturday night, on a freight
train. Small was on "a lumber car and
Lewis WAS on car ahead. When
Brunswick was reached Lewis went
back for Small and discovered he was
missing. Both men are laborers.
Small has recently been working for
the Electric Light Co.
Richard Hayden. a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred l.. Hayden of Portland. put
on a Santa Claus costume made of
red flannel ana a beard of cotton,
Tuesday, to show how Christmas
tree was unloaded of it's presents, last
fire, and he was very badly burned
about the head and face. He would
have been fatally burned had it not
been for a neighbor, Mrs. Goud, who
was in the house, and was the first
TO hear his cries She caught him up,
and at the risk OF her own life. wrap
ped him in her dress and put out the
fire. A few moments later Mrs. Hay
den went to the room and found that
q rug was in flames. With consider
able presence of mind she threw it out
of the window. Tuesday evening, the
little fellow was reported to be out
of danger.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Crowley cele-
brated the 50th Anniversary of their
wedding. Tuesday at their home in
Bangor. An all day reception was held
and several hundred guests called.
leaving many handsome gifts. Mr..
and Mrs. Crowley both came from
County Galway, Ire, and were mar
ried in st. Johns Catholic church rec
tory, Dec. IS. 1861. Mr.. Crowley was
then % wears old and his bride 70.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Henry GilIen. One of the guests
Tuesday, was Mrs. Margaret Ford
Madden. flower girl at the wedding
She presented the couple with d gold
loving cup. The 18th wedding ami
Versary of one of their daughters. Mrs.
Mary G. Farrell. also was celebrated,
Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28

do you think that the delayed cold
weather will affect the price of ice,
next SUMMER Mr.. Oler was asked.
Pm not u prophet. That is some
thing that neither l nor any one else
can tell at this stage"
What do YOU think of the move
ment started in different parts of the
country for municipality owned ice
houses, At Lewiston, Me, for in
stance, where the city has leased an
icel house at 500 a year and viii cut
ice on the Androscoggih river and,
mex. summer viii sell it at COST
Mr.. Oler smiled. why don't they
staff municipal grocery store? What
reason is there, if we are going III for
Socialism, to start with fceY + have
seen it tried in many places but /
hate never known it 70 be success
yet"
lanes II, Scarf, district forecaster
for New York. At No. Il Battery place.
sniilingly promised cold weather. by
Thursday night-''weatiier perha ps
cold enough to freeze brass mon
key" hut, anyway, cold. The fore
cast sent out, Tuesday" he contin-
uel," indicated rain for that night
and Wednesday" with moderate east
to south winds, probably followed by
colder weather. Thursday"
According to weather bureau re-
ports this has been the warmest De
cember in 20 years. the average tenn
perature for the present month to date
being 40 degrees.
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MARRIED..
AROOSTOOK

Presque Isle--Dec. IL. Ebenezee G. tInn-
ter and Georgia Grouse, both OF wash
Seaa prs ana h nSss FOWL g. Mas
Hin; Dec: 10 Samuel Gartiey and Miss
HoultonmDs sss' e. aiphonse n Perkins
Of PRINCETON and Miss GENEVA NJ Por-
Fort FairileId -pec 20. Augustus Bean
CUMBERLAND.
PortlandrDec. ia. D. Twitehell aud
Mildred Dunbar Dec. Is, John Henry
Brewer; Dec. 20. Frederick Pierce Brools-
ings and Jennie Gertruds Clarke, n
Franklin-Dec. ii is, Miss one Mae WHITE
Of North Sullivan and Roy John Slower
of Sorrento.
E. Baldwin and Gerald K. Stanley. both
of Cranberry Isles.
Elisworth-Dec 2. Mrs. Cora M. Fra
I II, of Trenton and Alphonso F'rasier Of
Bluehill-Dec. II. Mrs. Ruby r. West
and Edgar Stevens. !,
Deer !sle-Ernest L. Scott and Miss
KNOX. W Ass' Z
D R Roc ND 10. Willard E. Rowe ana
80 ~ OXFORD. A
Rumford-pee; 10, Charles. e. Patter-
son and Maud Kenney
tbs and Ruth Gertrude Kneeland. NJ *.
i. Hebron-Dec. Is. Felix Lovely and Mil.
bred Delaware of Portland
80 i-ilit PENOBSCOT. at A6
Bangor-rDec. II. Talbot Ifackett Of
Winterport and Miss Effie NJ, Martin OF
Bangor; Dec. 20, William II. BlaisdeLl
anu, Miss Bessie f'arrett. both or Els
worth: Dec. 20. Charles u. Morrison and
Miss May l.. Wilcox; Dec 10. Thomas a.
Jones and Miss Sarah A. Stevens.
Eddington--Dec. Is, John Henry Perry
and Eva Laura Dearborn. both Of
Brewer. ~ 81 arI
West Enfeid-Dec. 6, Guy w. Boynton
and Miss Blanche F. Falcon. both OF
Rowland
Old Town-Dec. 90 Wilbur Judkins and
Mrs. Gertrude Lovejoy both OF Alton;
Dec. 10, Arthur r. Hartman and Miss
Clara e. Adams, both Of Greenbush.
SOMERSET
F North Anson-Dec IL. William Hooper
and Miss Bernice Skillings
Iittsfield-Dec. 20, Augustus I.add OF
Palmyra and Miss Lydia NJ Fernaid OF
Exeter.
WALDO.
Belfast-Dec. 10, Frederick K Hodgden
and Eva B.. Small Nealley,, both OF
Stockton Springs. -
WASHINGTON
Bar Harbor-Nathan r. Grindle and
Milbrdge-Dec. IS, AIonzo Stevens
Wallace and Miss Marjorie a. Strout.
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ENGLiSHMEN AND iNDEPEND-
ENCE DAY.

Such a spectacle as is seen twice
honoring Washington's birthday and
celebrating Independence day would be
fatty impossible anywhere else. DO
you ever hear of Austrians banding to-
gether to celebrate kossuth's memory?
Are Cavour and Garibaldi honored
names in Vienna? Is Walewski one of
the national heroes of Russia? Does
Madrid commemorate the birth of
BoliVer? A hundred years hence will
Aguinaldo and Gomez rank higher in
Spanish judgment than Canovas and
Sagasta? Have the French yet moved
the ashes of Toussaint POuverture to
the Pantheon? Is there an agitation in
st. Petersburg for making a holiday
of the anniversary of Mukden or en-
shrining the rnikado in a Russian hall
of fame? Such questions sound absurd.
And yet just consider what it signifies
when Englishmen make a feast day of
July the Fourth and deliver public
eulogies on Washington. 1t means in
the first instance that they are cele-
brating the most tragic bIunder In
British history; and in the second, that
they are honoring the memory of the
man who brought Great Britain to her
lowest depth of humiliation and i'm
potence. 1t has come to be a sort of
annual penance. Year after year this
.old and naughty nation" dons the
white sheet and through the mouths of
her most illustrlous sons expresses
public contrition for her share in the
American revolution. II Englands mis-
take was great, she has at least amply
and handsomely admitted it, | know
that, as a schoolboy in England, | was
brought up to u reverence for Wash
ington and an indignation against Lord
North such as pupil in any Kansas
school might vainly envy / could null
tiply instances by the hundred to prove
the completeness of the national re-
pentance; but one will be enough. In
the visitors room at one of the great
est clubs on Pail Mall, hanging over
the mantelpiece, is a facsimile Of the
Declaration of Independence, with
above and around it of
Washington, Lincoln and Grant. There
is, as it seems to me, something fine
in a people who can thus .candidly pub
fish and acknowledge the most APP
palling and costly error in their an
nals.-The Forum.
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LINCOLN.
WAL DCBORO.

Dudley Hovey of Boston spent Christ
mas with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs., Fred
Hovey. in town.
Miss Marguerite Wade. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Wade. was operat-
ed upon, Thursday evening. for anpendi-
citts at her home on Friendship street.
Prof. Allen r. Bennerg OF Audover,
Mass. Is In town for the holidays
Misses Clara and Dora Gay OF Boston
are spending their vacation In town, tha
guests of their brother. John r. Gay,r Jr.
Miss Jessie Coombs Is teaching the
East Primary school on Main street :.
The children of the Methodist Sunday
school enjoyed Christmas tree. 6atur-
day afternoon. In the yestry OF the
church.
Maynard Kulen Is at home from Bow.
doin College for the Christmas recess
Miss Carrie Stahi Of Portland Is yiGit-
ing her parents. Capt. and Mrs A. r.
Stahl, for a few days. gsss 40
Miss Lila Haskell of New York IL the
guest Of her father. L. p. Haskell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
Hopes for a Night Train
Are Again Revived.
Humane HORSEPOWER Gives
Animals Christmas Holiday.
Belfast Bowling Team Now Ready
To Meet All Corners.

Belfast. Me, Dec. z7.-(SpeciaD.-
George 5. Hobbs, I'd vice president of
the Maine Central, with General Traf-
lic Agent Sanborn We're in Belfast re-
Gently and met committee of the
Belfast Board of Trade. The matter of
putting on a night train out of Bel
fast te connect with the Bangor Pull
man was discussed and it was prom
Used that the petition from Belfast
business men asking for such a train
would lie taken under consideration al
once. The matter of filing in Puddle
dock, as the unsightly duck pounds
on the north of the railroad tracks
are called. was also discussed.
William g. Preston, one Of Belfasts
stable proprie.ors, observed Christmas
by giving his horses u holiday. The
day before Christmas he told his men
that under no circumstances We're the
horses 10 be let out on Christmas day.
The day was his Christmas present to
the animals. Although opportunity to
LEI them occurred many times during
tho day. the horses were left alone to
enjoy their Christmas dinners and 1t
is safe 10 say they appreciated their
masters gift.
The Belfast bowling team is ready
to I4eet all corners and has games
booked with Newport, the Ticonner
sGirh md Y, NJ. G. A. of Waterville.
Return games will be played i'll Bel
fast. The team is made up of Matt
rice French, Leon Gaylord Frederick
. G,ipnev Iobn FLYNN and JuUu
Sylvester. Gaylord and French met
Staples and Hall, Tuesday night, i'll
scven-string match and upheld their
reputation as champions of Belfast,
defeating their opponents by 20 points.
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Hudson River Operators
Are Just Now Guessing.
Pres. OIer Of knickeTbocker
Ice Co. Talks About Prospects.
Were Harvesting Ice al This Time,
Last Winter.

New York. Dee. 2.-The New
York World of Dec. u says
that the ice man and the coal man
are studying the weather signs these
mornings, one because cold weather
does not come to make ice up on the
Hudson and the other bec4use it does
not come to sen coal. If mild weather
continues much longer lit mag make
a scarcity of ice and increase the price,
next summer.
This is-a very remarkable Deem
ber." said Wesley NJ. 0ler, president
of the, Knickerbocker Ice Go. There
isn't particle of ice i'll the Hudson
river yet, the lakes upstate are OPEN
the Hudson river shipping is uninter-
rupted. Last year, at this time, we
werv harvesting ice. The weather bu-
reau promises ice making frost with
i'll 10 days.
THE farmer plants his crops with
faith, and the ice man gets ready to
harvest on the same principle. Ac-
cording to weather REPORTS Canada
is having some cold weather, and that
generally brings it down here. The
conditions in Maine are about the
same as here, but one thing is GER
tain, that If we don't get ice from the
Hudson we shall get it Somewhere
and there isn't any need to worry.
Il was going over this, matter, this
morning. and according TO our records
there has been but one winter since
1880 when the Hudson remained open
all winter and no ice was cit on it,
That was the year 1890. Here is a Ia
Bile | had complied. this morninii, for
our use which shows when the river
closed every winter and when ice cut
ting began. You will notice that the
year dates at the left hand are really
for the winter. the last of one year
and the first of the next. Thus under
1881 Is included the winter of 1850 and
1851. and the last date. 1911, is for the
winter of 1910 and 1911, or last win
ter: