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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS UNDER
TEST IN CHEVY CHASE, MD.
Connecticut Avenue Between District Line
and Bradley Lane to Be Scene OF
Series Of Experiments.

One OF the most interesting experiments
In road building that ever has been at
tempted either in the District of Column
bia within its immediate vicinity is
now in progress at Chevy Chase. Md,
and when il is completed the suburb Just
beyond the District line will have more
different kinds OF roadbed on one short
stretch OF highway than ever before have
been placed on equal area anywhere
in the country. The experiment is being
conducted on Connecticut avenue. the
most Travelled thoroughfare in Chevy
Chase II will embrace the entire length
of the avenue in Chevy Chase proper,
from Chevy Chase Circle at the District
line. TO Bradley lane, beyond the prop
erty of the Chevy Chase Club
In the conduct of the regular work OF
it's office the bureau of public roads OF
the Department of Agriculture naturally
is interested in anything which has TO do
with highway Improvement, and TINS par
ticulag enterprise in Chevy chase IS
directly in charge of the officials OF the
bureau The science of road building was
a much simpler proposition In the days
before the vogue of the automoDile. put
at the present time every roadway I'M
provement must be planned with a view
to it's permanence under the stress OF the
rapid travelling of the multitude O. auto
owners and drivers.
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Insects Cats.

From til" BOSTON Globe.
Scientists announce that the centipede
is a PAGER. moving all his legs on one
side at time: the milliped. on the other
hand. is a trotter, and the cool old nea
still remains in. the jumpers class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
HOrneSeekerS

We will give You title to a lot
worth 100000 for $500. enabling
YOU to raise funds from building
associations or banks on the first
mortga &c. we taking second NOR
gage for the cost of the lot. proyid-
ing you will build 4 home at cnce
Lots situated in convenient, de-
sirable northwest section of the
District. Write for particulars.
BOX 100. STAR OFFICE.
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Opportunity for Department.

Many bituminouS products have been
put on the market with view to over
coming the various evils of dust. but the
officials of the Department of Agriculture
never before have had SO convenient an
opportunity of testing the actual merits
of the various road oils.
First of all Connecticut avenue is TO
be macadamized in the regulation way.
and then the stretch between Chevy
Chase Circle and Bradley ZANE is to be
divided into sections. The total length
of the avenue to be involved in the eN-
pertinent is Of an average length of 3 400
feet The width of the roadway outside
Of the trolley tracks is seventeen feet.
Thus each of the eight oils will be
sprinkled. or poured, on section some
what over 500 feet in length.
A prepare ton termed tarvia will be
tested on the avenue just west and north
of Chevy Chase circle. Next in order.
on the same side. will be the product of
the Barber Asphalt Company. and next
to that will come the oil Of the American
Asphalt and Rubber Company. On the
south and east sides of the avenue
rounding Chevy Chase Circle will be the
product Of the Indian Refining Company.
next to that the oil of the United Gas
Improvement Company. and next in or
der a product termed '.asphaltoilene.' \
stretch somewhat over 200 feet in length
on both sides of the avenue will be
turned over to the Standard Oil Company,
and finally in the end nearest to Brad
ley lane, will be stretch of 400 feet on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
Similar Tests in Bradley Lane.

Experiments somewhat similar In cnaf-
acter have been conducted for some time
past in Bradley lane. and only this week
corps of government experts has been
engaged i'm securing series Of films Tor
moving pictures. by the use Of which IT
is proposed to show the relative amounts
Of dust raised by automobiles travelling
over limestone roads at different speeds.
In Bradley lane a newly laid section of
roadway was used for the tests. and the
pictures were. taken of an auto moving
through the lane at speeds ranging from
five TO forty-fve miles an hour. One
obvious result Of these tests was that the
faster the automobile travelled the great
er the amount of dust raised And dust
raised BY the automobile naturally was
carried over surrounding fields by any
prevailing breeze.
AS a matter of fact it is only since the
vogue of the automobile has reached its
latter-day proportions that the ecessity
became evident of laying the dust. This
is true in Chevy Chase as we'll as in other
parts of the country. but citizens of the
Maryland suburb were so particularly in
terested i'm the government experiment
which was proposed a short time ago that
they not only turned over a section of
Connecticut avenue but agreed to bear
portion of the expense Of conducting
the tests.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,"
fr'rorn Tho Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington. April G.--Mrs. Taft Was -.
guest of Mrs. Norman Williams at a mys
cal at her home tonight, when MaA.--
Iinkovska. the Russian singer, and MI.
Deter, yiolinist, gave an especially A.,
ranged programme. There were only q,
guests, among the number being the a..
reiary OF the Treasury and Mrs. Macve,,.
and other members OF the Cabinet, a n,
nembers Of the diplomatic corps ana a.
resident and Official society
Mrs Julian James entertained a num..
OF guests at luncheon to-day IN eomnu-
ment to Mrs. Ira Davenport, Of New Yo,,
who Is visiting her brother-in-law and ~.
fer. Brigadier General and Mrs. Henry a
Sharpe.
Huntington Wilson. Assistant S.cset.,,
Of State, returned to the capital so.d.,
from a. short visit 10 Aiken, S. g.. vhs,.
Mrs. wilson will remain through the spr,.s
season.
SIR. and Mrs. william J. Boardman h,,.
returned to their Washington home from
southern Georgia, where they spent n.
winter
Mrs. Frederic Van T.ennep. Of Now Var,
who IS the house guest Of Mr.. and Mrs
John jay White. was entertained at lunch.
con to-day by Mrs. Austin Stickney, aM
this afternoon met number Of Wash.r,
ton people at tea given By her hostsss
Mr.. and Mrs white entertained az dinns,
last night for Mrs. Van Lennep, inviting,
among others, the Minister from the Meth.
erlands and Madame Loudon and the Mn.
lister from Norway and Madame Bryn
Mrs. Roscoe g. Bulr1er accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. E6son Bradley 10 New York to.
day, and will he their guest for a few day,
Major william T.. Horton Is planning 70
take a party of young people for riding
trip through Rock Creek Park on SUNDAY
and will entertain them AT the old Pier.
Mill. i'm the heart of the park tho gath~.
ing place for many luncheon and tea pa.
tiss
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07
THE CORONATION O41H

The oath is the most essential part Of
the royal coronation service which viii
be performed at Westminster Abbey on
June %, though there are various other
features Of the ceremony which are sig
nifcant and important 1t Is an I'M
pressiye thought that its essential prin-
ciples date back. practically unchanged,
twelve centuries. Reformation. Restora-
ton. Revolution, lIan0yer;an Succession
and other epochal events have placed
their marks upon II, but only marks.
In vital essence It is still what it was
Indeed. its origin was far back Of them
in the ancient Teutonic elections and
tie pledges Of the sOvereigns and in The
elections of Roman emper0rs. As for the
"Stone Of Destiny" upon which the King
i, seated during most Of the service.
imagination is wearied with contpmpla-
tion of it's possible significance. From
Scone II certainly came, and probably
from Iona, and if before that il came from
Tara lien I'm truth ii is. as Dean Stanley
said. n primeval monument which binds
together the whole empire" That to Ire
land i, came from Spain. TO Spain from
Sicily. To Sicily from Egypt and to
Egypt from Bethel, where r. served rs
Jacobs pillow. can neither he proved nor
disprOved but the widespread belief in
that migration is a factor which is not
10 he ignored.
The oath. however. and the royal style
and title as recited in the prelateS' hon-
age. are n once ancient and novel. In
Stuart days the sovereign was addressed
as king Of England in Georgian times
as "of Great Britain and from William
" TO Edward VII as "of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
while now it Is rs "of the United King
"dom Of Great Britain and Ireland and
"of the British DOminions Beyond the
Seas. Defender of the Faith. and En-
'pcrOr Of India Before William and
Mary the oath was designated with the
words usually taken by your predeces,
sors." but these were In their case omit
ted. and references were introduced TO
statutes in Parliament agreed OH, and
"the laws and customs Of the people Of
this Kingdom aud to the true prolcs-
sion Of the Gospel" and "the Protestant
reformed religion established by law"
George pledged himself TO preserve
"invioably the settlement of the Church
"of England within the Kingdoms of
England and Ireland, the Dominion If
wales an interesting title-''and the
town of Berwick Oh Tweed
IN its present form the Coronation
Oath remains as intensely and unequivo'
cally Protestant as ii ever was but there
is no trace in i; of bitterness against ~
denuuciation Of other forms of religious
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07

faith. nor does IT contain word "ipcn
should wound The suscepfiDiDtles Oh
those who embrace the latter. II Is de-
manded of the King:
VIII YOU to the utmost ~ your power
maintain the Laws OF God. the true pro-
fcssion of the Gospel, and the Protes-
tant Reformed Religion established py
law? And Will YOU maintain ana pre-
serve invioably the settlement OF lle
church of England. and thc uoc,rine,
worship, discipline. and government
thereof. as by law established III Ens
land? And viii you preserve unto ''e
Bishops and Clergy OF England ana w.
the Churches there committed 10 tneii
charge. all such rights ana pr''leees'
as by law do or shall apperta'n TO 'he'''
or any of them?
This the King promises to do. 1t is Il
nrom,se of assurance To many ana Wl'h-
out offence to any With the amehueu
form of Queen Anne's Declaration. when
the King signed on February last' II
indicates the final passing ava! vi
the violent animcsiiies, suspicious anu
hatreds which once distorted the re'ls-
ious life Of the kingdom.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07
WORK FOR LABOR UNIONS.
Source from Which Better Fire Protec
tion for Workers Should Be Drawn.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The recent fire in Washington Place
is a sad commentary upon our slavish re-
lance on official action. which IS becoming
so characteristic Of American life We
have three or four officials each one try
ing to shift the blame from himself to
some one else we have three or four COM
mittees or boards who are Investigating"
we have three or four Statesmen in the
LEGISLATURE who have introduced bills bear
ing on the subject and they have not the
slightest hesitation In diagnosing the dis
ease and prescribing the remedy. | have
little faith IN any OF these remedies.
The most hopeful sign IN this discussion
has been the statement tnat the labor
unions are interesting themselves In Il.
Their members are the ones most affected
and they are b st qualified 10 apply the
proper remedy. People are best cared for
when they care for themselves. and II one
girl in a factory dares not complain of an
unguarded machine or locked door the
union can and should do H. The main ef-
fects OF unions In the pas, seem to have
been devoted To getting the greatest
amount Of pay for the least amount oi
work II they can use their power for the
protection II workers and the betterment
of working conditions they VIII hc doine
a better work.
! believe that the most effective way I,
guard against such disaster is the ir,
drill. BY II men and women know jus
what TO do when the alarm Is given, eacl
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07
=.
"SOTE1L ROOkS.' y

No good reason exists for the police
custom of suppressing information about
complaints of crime. The police author
tiles maintain that it is done so rs not
to warn criminals and 10 make their ap-
prehension easier. But. as Magistrate
Corrigan said the other day, criminal
invariably knows when he has COM
mittcd Il crime. and in most cases he
knows whether his victim is aware OF IL
or not. The fact that n complaint re-
garding it is not published does not mis-
lead him into thinking that 1T has not
been reported TO the police.
Secret crimes like forgery or cmbezzle'
ment are not usually discovered at once,
and I'm the case Of such crimes it Is an
undoubted advantage TO lead the crimi-
nal ~ suppose that his act is not known
TO the police. But ordinary crimes or
violence against life or property, burg
larry, highway robbery and the Ike, are
promptly discovered, and the criminals
who commit them do not 60 about In the
false hope that their commission Is
known only TO themselves. II has not
been found necessary 10 suppress the
news of murders in order 10 apprehend
murderers. The gravest crime of all is
at once published TO the world; yet even
the grand jury has had difflculty IN
learning from the police how many com
plants of ordinary and even trivial
offences have recently been received.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07
MRS. YERKES LEFT s2,oO0,oo0
Bulk Of Estate Goes to Sisters and
BrotherS-No Mention OF Hospital

The VIII Of Mrs. Mary Adelaide Nerkes.
widow OF Charles Il. Yerkes, who died on
April ,. was filed YESTERDAY The bulk of
the estate, which may reach 100000, was
left to members OF the family OF the tcs-
tatrIx. Mrs. Yerkes made no mention in
her will, which was executed on May 20.
1910, of the project proposed by her late
husband in his viii for "A hospital in The
Bronx, to be named for him, and she made
10 public bequests.
The chief beneficiary was Mrs. Anna
Hurlock Sims. OF Bronxvilie, N. Y, a SIS
ter OF Mrs Yerkes. to whom she left a one
ninth share of the residuary, Sl0o 900 and all
her jewelry, laces, furs, portraits, books
and wearing apparel The testatrix ordered
that all of her pictures, statuary. tapestries.
silver watches and miniatures be sold.
To seven servants Mrs. Yerkes gave 81 900
each. A faithful friend, William Savory
Lower received 5000 and katherine
Namak and Nellie Jane Smith Wilkip $4,000
each. The residue is to be divided into nine
parts. going Ia sisters and brothers OF Mrs
Yerkos, and one part 10 be divided between
a niece and a nephew when they reach the
ages OF twenty-one yedrs and twenty five
years, respectively. Any iegatee objesting
10 the probate OF the will is To be barred
from any interest In the estate
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07

isfied The moral sense and Judgment
of the world would not countenance then
in continuing the conflict on purely per-
sonal grounds just for tbe~sake or try
ing to humiliate and drive from oilice
the man who. whatever bis faults. mas
been the best head Of the state th't
Mexico has ever had and has done more
for the permanent welfare Of that couh-
try than any other since the days oi
Cortez. A revolution against the policies
of Diaz is comprehensive. \ persona
revolution against Djaz himself regard
less Of policies. would not he creditapie
10 Mexico.
With the desire which is attributed 10
Mr.. Madero to save his face II Is easy
10 sympathize. In fact. quite apart from
his personal feelings and credit 1t Is de-
sirable that his prestige shall not be ihi-
haired. There is danger that after tne
insnrgent leaders have made terms WIN
the government some Of their followers
will take to the woods and maintain an
irregular warfare for purposes or loot'
The more Mr.. Madero's prestige is main
tanned and his influence over his men
kept unimpaired the less that danger
will Ec.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07

hc has ever been. If he is capable OF the
craftsmanship necessary to make the
most of the Dcmocracy's present op-
portunity. the hour has now struck TOT
him TO display IT. No real statesman
can be killed off simply by relieving MN
of responsibility for parcelling out com
mittee honors. Great Senators or Rep
resentatives have been great not be-
cause they have acted as patronage brok-
ers. but because they have brought IN
dustry, zeal and breadth of mind TO 'he
discussion and settlement of serious po-
litical questions.
The real power of Speaker IS not III
his material but in his moral influence
If he is capable of leading his party. he
will lead it independently Of the pre-
rogativc of withholding or bestowins
favors and spols. We do not see that
Mr.. Clark by accepting the Speakership
has disqualified himself for further dis-
tinction or further usefulness.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07
THE IOPJUUR CASE.

It looks as If the Senate would De
obliged to reopen the lorimer case Inc
new charges made before an fnvestlga'-
ing committee of the Illinois State Leg
islat,lre come from responsible source
and must be taken seriously. The ale
CATION that an attempt was made to COL
lect fund of 100000 I'm order to re-
imburse certain persons in Chicago VINO
'underwrote" Mr.. IOrimer's election Tor
that sum is startling in its specifications.
4 new line Of inquiry has been opened up,
and the Senate cannot afford to ignore
the possibility Of unearthing additional
evidence which may prove key to some
of the more stubborn mysteries VI a sun
puzzling case.
Mr.. Lorlner and his supporters can
not take refuge behind the contention
that he ought not to be tried twice on
the same charge. That is not the situa-
ton. II was one of tho unfortunate feat
ures of the Jorimcr defence that it did
not try TO dlsprove the fact that bribery
was practised ut Springfield. The cor
rupt use Of money was admitted, but u
was argNed that Mr.. Lorimer bimself
did not furnish the money or know OF IFS
use. and. further, that lie would still have
been elected Senator if the admittedly
tainted votes cast for him had been sub
tracted from the poll. The Illinois SEN
ator's opponents contended that he could
not have been elected if the admittedly
tainted votes had been withdrawn from
him and east for any other candidate.
The verdict reached by the Senate mere
~ expressed the view that not enough
corruption had been proved to tnvalidate
the election. 1t did not pretend to close
the case or to dismiss The possibility that
wider qualifications of bribery might be
discovered.
Mr.. Lorimer asked for an investigd-
ton of the original charges. II would
be becoming on his part to concur
promptly now in the suggestion that the
Kohlsaat-Funk charges he taken UP by a
Senate COMMITTEES. II might be advan-
tageous 10 name a special committee Of
newly elected Senators 10 make the in
qury-as Mr. la Follette's resolution
provides the ground that the hold
over members Of the Committee on Priv
ieges and Elections are likely 10 be en-
barrassed by their previous arguments
and votes. Bat that Is a question Of
detail for the Senate itself TO settle. The
last Investigation produced the general
impression that corruption in the Illinois
Legislature was much more widespread O
than the attainable evidence showed it
to- have been. In spite Of The vote in
his favor cloud was left on Mr.. Lori
mpr's title The new charges make tha {
cloud denseT. and Mr.. Lorimer and his
friends owe II 10 the Senate and Ia the
country 10 interpose no obstruction TO
the conduct Of a further inquiry into the
circumstances under which the election
of May 26, 1899, was effected.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs. Clarence -. Mackay gave dlnna,
followed by music. last evening a. h1
house. on Madison avenue. The table va,
decorated with spring flowers. pink roses
and mimosa and the rooms were al;
iractively arranged with these fower
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs VIII
lam Douglas Sloane, Mr.. and Mrs ". 3
Osgood Field. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip VI. L.
dig. Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Nills. Mr. AZ
Mrs. George Jay Gould. Mr.. and Mrs Egg,
ton l.. Winthrop, Justice and Mrs. Janr
w. Gerard. Mr.. and Mrs w. Bourke cect
ran, Mrs. Amos r. Emo Pinchot. Mrs Et
ward r. Thomas. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rens
s,lser, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney Ms
Dorothy Whitney, Miss Beatrice Benz
Miss Caroline Duer, w. *. Vanderbilt, \,
Francis W. Crownlnshiold, Dr. Joseph
Blake, Dr. George Huntington, Or. W. c.
MacCallum. John Cadwalader. Louis 7.
Holbrook Betts and David Gray Aft.
dinner Ricardo Martin sang. Mr.. an
Mrs Mackav Will leave town to-day IN
their country place. at Roslyn, Long Island
% remain until they go 10 Litchfeld. Conn
az the end OF next month, for the summer
Mrs. Harry S Lehr gave dinner lar
evening at her house in West 18th stree,
The sewing class that works for ~
Nursery and Childs Hospital will NEE
this morning az the house OF Mrs. Frs:
eric y. Goddard. and the class organic.
by Mrs Charles Emory Smith and Nm
J. Duncan Eminct that sews for the Jesg.
Italian Mission will meet AT the Hct
Gotham.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Is booked tn sail fc'
Europe on Saturday, 70 spend ssyrs
months abroad.
The wedding of Miss Sophie Z rangdr
and the Roy. Barrett T. Tyler VIII tan
place on Thursday. April %. at the hon
Of tho brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wcc'-
bury @. Lsngdon, No. 7ls Fifth avenr.
instead Of st the Church of the Incarrs
ton, as originally planned. Only relative
will he present az the ceremony. whc
will be performed by the Rev s. Hov
Tyler, 2 brother of the bridegroom, sr
= small reception viii follow Miss Hss
NJ. Lansdon will be her sisters maid 4
honor and Dr. George T. Tyler vii ar
rs his Brothers best man.
Mr.. and Mrs. W Goadbv Loew left t.
city Yesterday for their country place, .
Hampstead, Long Island. where they VI
spend the remainder Of TN. spring.
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock and her 81
Francis y. Hitchcock. viii return 70 tor
from Aiken, &. g.. on SUNDAY.
The Duke and Duchess of Msnch~'
and Mr.. and Mrs Frederick ". Nanc1r
bilt are booked 10 sail for England II
April TO- The duke and duchess Rave
turned from the South. and are now o.
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt AT 'nN
house, on Fifth avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert VI. Hartman |"
booked 10 sail for Europe on April u v
remain abroad for six weeks. on thef
turn they will go TO Newport for the s'1
mer. They have rented their country rs'
OF Lons Island to Mr. and Mrs. cna"
cary Rumsey.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-07

drops into his appointed place and tne ",H'
precious miuutes are utilized at once w
stead of being wasted.
The next thing is TO keep the stairs ope"
and unobstructed. There is hhruiy
ing which cannot be emptied III
minutes II the stairs are available anu '"'
people use them properly; and. hnany u u
few fire buckets. with water IN then', WIZ
enable one person to put out small o'a%e
at the very beginning
have no faith in fire escapes OF !" '"s
automatic sprinklcrs. fire escape IS goo"
enough for saving few persons, but u %
quite Inadequate as means Of speedy exit
for even hundred persons from the 'eh'''
story OF building. Automatic spiinkiers
are useless. because II is the smoke. not
the flames. which kills people or driVeS
them to panic. and long before the neat
could bring the sprinklers into action TIE
smoke would become unendurable.
New York, April 2, 1911. a. H. ~