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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

We never see em around the boathouse
after they take this step.
X
Dutch Mueller had his single out last
week, and he says that he will enter the
Junior event at the American Henley this
sprjng If the club decides to support the
regatta.
For the benefit of the swimming con-
tinxent the officials of the club are 60
ing to erect a spring board on the down
river end of the landing as soon as the
concrete work is finished.
X x *
John Mckinney. who rowed with the
Potomacs way back in the 'I0s, brought
an old sweep down to the house last Sun
day for decorating purposes. with which
he estimated that he had helped to win
at least twenty-five races. The oar is OIL
unique design. having fin Attached 10
would be no slippage or lost water when
taking a stroke, and MIR. Mckinney said
that the device was used with great
deal of success until the sliding made il
impossible to handle.
The High Island Canoe Club Ray Gar
ret commodore will hold the annual cleo
ton of officers next week at the club
house Just above Little Falls. Mr.. Gar
ret is also vice commodore or the Wasf-
ington Canoe Club. and with his racing
partner Cleveland Skinker, has never lost
a padding event There are only eight
members of the High Island Club at pres
ent but the organization has always en-
tered every canoe regatta held on the i'o-
tomac. and intends to be represented In
the Washington Canoe Club races next
month.
The latter outfit seems to hc very en-
thusiastic about sending Il crew to the
American Canoe Association regatta at
Thousand Islands this summer, and at Il
board meeting held last Tuesday night
the feasibility of the project was dis
cussed. On the same evening Commodo e
Rogers formally presented the club with
the swimming float donated by subs6rip-
tion and the board drew up formal vote
of thanks. which will be sent out to every
member responsible for the gift.
Several members Of the Canoe Cldt
seem to have taken some little interest in
the marathon race which the Blooming
dale club will make feature of its next
annual excursion to Marshall Hall, but
if any Of the fellows decide to enser they
will have to do SO as outsiders and not
under club colors, as the official staff will
not approve of its racing men "killing"
themselves in this way.
Such contest has too many bad fea-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

There are so many power boats around
Washington that are rather poorly de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

TAI yachtsmen are very much pleased to
roster.
1t is rumored that John F. Wilkins is
negotiating with the Racine representa
tive in town for one of that company S
thirty -six-foot stock cruisers. such as Vice
Commodore Chandlee owns. Mr.. wilkins
order calls for shipment in thirty DAYS.
DR.. W. W. Greer will return from Florida
some time during the coming week and
work on the Javalin will be started at
once. The popular ex-cOmmodore has said
the final word in being weaned away
from halyards and sheet ropes. He
OF witnessing the Palm Beach speed boat
races.
The opening was a bowling success in
most ways and the entertainment COM
lnittee in charge of K. Clyde Cruit de-
serves a deck load of credit.
X X
The Potomac junior bunch certainly
looks promising and they will undoubt edly
be heard from before half of the summe.
is gone.
Supt. Bromley is at work on the George
town shell which will be used in place
of the more obsolete Fights which the
club owns and the craft will be fully rig
ged and fitted today. Thursday morning
lie succeeded i'm rereeving the flag hall
lizards on the small corner poles and 1t
was a feat well worth watching.
When he reached the top of one staff he
almost had spasm as the slender stick
began to sway beneath him. but the job
was finished without mishap and it will
now be possible to replace the brooms Ga
signal Of clean sweeping victory if the
boys will only fight for trip to Phila-
delpilia on the 3Oth of May.
*
So Dick Babcock is married. Well
good luck to you. Richard. and goodbye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

So Dick Babcock is married. Well
good luck to you. Richard. and goodbye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

lures. It is safe to predict that the ma
jority of participants will never cross the
finish line. The man who wins such q
grueling race will have to allow himself
a gait of less than two miles an hour 1T
order to last. and even al that slow pace
the best man in the District would ruin
himself for future racing this season un-
less trained down for the event.
Four men in each boat, working in re-
lays. looks like the only feasible manner
of attempting such a run.
What to do to prevent an accident on
the water and what not to do after one
has happened should be drilled into ca
noeists.
The recent accident above Little falls
is still fresh enough in the minds OF
many to make one last appeal to follow
ers Of the sport in view of the fact that
an enterprising boating writer has laid
particular stress on met hodS OF reSuScita-
ton when these things occur. There is
but one motto that should be hung
around the neck of every devotee of the
sport, and that one consists for the most
part of the words, ounce, prevention and
cure
There are a few "don'ts" that any fell
low with ordinary intelligence should
hardly need schooling in. such as drink
ing when afloat or before leaving the
bOathouse and attempting to walk around
in Il canoe, SO We VIII pass tneSe tninSS
by for a few rules which, If followed re-
ligiously. might mean your ability to give
danger a wide berth. Become thoroughly
familiar with canoe before taking either
a masculine greenhorn or a woman up
the river
To acquaint yourself with these boats
means that you must know how to get
in and out of them, balance them, take
a tugboat swell in the proper manner
and discover every little popularity of
a craft with only about eighteen inches
beam. Don't let the fair ones paddle
bow unless they are wise" for You
place them in a fair position to get
ratified in an emergency and cause an
upset when-to them it seems easy to
ward off an impending collision or sud
denly TO turn around and attempt reach
ing lost paddle. Shun swift water like
fire. Don't try to cross a power boat s
bow. Never try to change position with
out going ashore. Keep your wits within
calling distance and don't show off" and
it will not only be unnecessary to be a
Frank Daniels in the water, but rules
for resusctating a person need never be
learned. canoe may be likened to a
stick Of dynamite. 1t is safer in the hands
of a careful and experienced person than
an automobile. but so long as fools play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
Canadian Pacific Strike Likely.

WINNIPEG. Manitoba, April s.-A con-
ference between the Canadian Pacific
railway and its mechanics to discuss
wage schedules and working conditions
was broken off today and indications
point to strike. The points affected
are from Port Arthur to Vancouver.
About 1000 men are involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
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Jacob III. Cookus. a member of one of
tie oldest families OF ShepherdstowH
W. Va, died Friday after lingering i'll
ness OF Bright's disease. in his seventy
second year.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
From Another Point of View
In other words. ooed westgate isn't ajar.

obed westgate isn't ajar
patience brother city gardener they may come up yet
a eruption Probably Diaz sympathher
arriving Ohio Indiana and other
in
interest
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fol once time
Crows Nest British
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The Detroit times., 1911-06-14

FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY and all of them Were
high-class athletes.
The race was witnessed by
hundreds of thousands of people,
who lined the sidewalks from
the point where the race started
until the finish.
It would seem as though all
New York knew all about the
race.
Now, HOW DID ALL OF
THIS INFORMATION REACH
so MANY PEOPLE, when it is
known and conceded that The
Evening Mail has only a little
over 100000 net paid circula-
ticn?
This goes to prove what |
have often said, that THE IN
FLUENCE OF A GOOD NEWS
PAPER in a community is FAR
GREATER than its circulation
would indicate-that a news
paper, no matter where printed.
that has the faith of its readers,
is a TREMENDOUS FORCE.
Many of the newspapers print
ing these Advertising Talks
have a circulation less than that
of The Evening Mail, and some
iof them have more, but they are
all as STRONG in their respec-
tive communities as The Even
ing Mail is in it's community.
That is why this whole chain
of newspapers together is able
to do great work for a manu-
facturer who wants to sell his
product in several cities-they
can WELD FOR HIM A WON
DERFUL SELLING FORCE
BECAUSE OF THE FAITH
THE READERS HAVE in the
advertisements these newspa-
pers print.
Don't ever underestimate
the power of a newspaper which
is held in HIGH ESTEEM by its
readers.
ITO be continued
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
PRESIDENT TAFT ON WAR.

Like Premier Asquith. Presioen.
Taft, In discussing Insults" as
cause of war, reminds US OF the days
of private feuds and duels. when II
required superhuman courage to avoid
the field OF honor" II. he asks, gen.
tlemen no longer fight over questions
of honor and vital interest, why should
civilized nations fight over them
Where IL the Humiliation involved
In agreeing to settle any and all In
ternational disputes by judicial arbi-
tration?
What, after all Is war-war with
out gloss, vainglory and excitement!
Mr.. Taft gets down to prose and real
ity when he says that war Is whole
sale slaughter, anguish, pillage, de-
struction. staggering burdens.
True, there Is discipline In war and
preparations for II. and certain virt
tues are revealed or fostered by 1t.
But. as the late Professor James
showed, there is moral equivalent
of war.-T There are many callings and
tasks In industrial and civil life which
call for discipline, self-denial, rough
and hard work. endurance, opedi-
ence to chiefs. cooperation. To sub
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
LAWSON PURDY COMING.
New York Tax Expert To Address
Board Of Commerce.

Next on the Board OF Commerce
program OF entertainment Is a lunch
con for Lawson Purdy. president OF
the tax commission OF New York city.
This will be held In the Newcomb-
Endicott cafe on Thursday, June p.
Mr.. Lawson is PROFESSIONALLY one
OF the greatest authorities on taxation
matters In the United States. His rep
utation as a speaker Is OF the best, his
speciality being dealing In facts with
wonderful ability OF getting them to-
gether In attractive ways.
During the time the state constitu-
ton was being revised Mr.. Purdy Wis:
tied Lansing and gave some excellent
ideas TO work upon.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
MAKES MAIDEN SPEECH.
Victor L. Berger, Socialist Congress
man Raps Protective Tariff.

WASHINGTON. June i4.-With the
hall filled the house representatives
today heard-and cheered-the first
enunciation OF the national principles
OF socialism ever delivered on the
floor. when Rep. Victor L. Berger. OF
Wisconsin. was accorded a reception
and a hearing that has seldom been
equaled.
Berger pledged his support TO the
Democratic wool revision bill. BE
cause II was In line with social and
political evolution, because IL tended
10 destroy the old tariff superstition
and break down the barriers between
nations"
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
~ single, Speak Up, Mr.. Stanley.

The police received letter, We'd
nesday morning, from Glenmont, o..
with the request that man whose
last name Is Stanley, be located. He
Is said to be amout 40 years old. II
Mr. Stanley has not married, he has
a small fortune coming to him, ac-
cording to the letter II he has mar
ried, there is no need of him making
himself known, as the fortune will go
elsewhere.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
QUACKs EXPOSED BY
TIMES ARE FUGITIvES


tenticn TO a case that he knew OF IN
Hillsdale and asked me to see whai
l could do about II. Here 10 q let
ter that came day or so ago:
Finance-Your quack doctor
over on Broadway succeeded
In inducing a gentleman from
Hillsdale to pay $50 In adj
vance on his treatments and al
SO guaranteed TO cure him. l
have spiked any furthes pay
ments and | think an effUit Will
be made to recover the $50 al
ready advanced. You are At lib
erty TO use this Information in
anyway you desire. and | think
you can render good service by
putting him out OF business. II
Gun secure permission tc use
the name of the Hillsdale man
will advise you Immediately.
believe that II his testimony
Is essential for the use OF tie
prosecutor. that he will be will
ing 10 stand up 10 the -rack.-lIa-
is an old gentleman. II years
of age. | think IL Is a crime for
quack like the radium cure
man TO play upon his glliibili-
ties
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
WOMAN SLAIN; HUSBAND HELD.
Victim 10 stransled With Towel and
Pillow case.

WHITE PLAINS, N. j.. June IA
William Simon, a night engineer on
the New York Central railroad, Is UNI
der arrest here today pending an In
vestigation OF the alleged homicide
Of his wife.
The woman was found dead in bed
yesterday by her six-year-old daugh-
ter. A towel and pillowcase were
tightly bound around the neck and the
coroner declared that she had been
strangled TO death. There were marks
indicating a struggle,
The woman's prayer beads were
clasped in her hands and the police
believe that she was kneeling at her
bedside when the assailant approach
ed from behind.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
Would Set Aside Stock Transfer.

Suit to set aside the transfer OF
stock from the old Grand Rapids.
Holland & Michigan railway. which
collapsed in the panic OF 1902, to the
newly organized company, the Grand
Rapids, Holland & Chicago railway.
and TO give her a share In the com.
pany's property, was begun In Judge
Murfin's court, Tuesday morning, by
Mrs Hattie A. Smart, who alleges
that she was not fairly treated when
the new company was organized.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
COURT AGAINST UsURY.
Judge Phelan Praises William Nieder
pruem for Catching Plckpocket.

Special Officer William Niederpruem
was handed a fine compliment by
Judge Phelan. Wednesday, when the
court sentenced Charles Connolly,
charged with picking mans pocket
on Cadillac-sq., to six months In the
House OF Correction. Niederpruem
saw Connolly In the act of robbing his
victim and after hard chase down
Cadillac-sq., captured his man.
Such attention to duty deserves
commentator" declared the Judge.
III this officer had not been wide
awake and attentive to duty, you
would have robbed that poor fellow OF
all his money" said the court.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
Girl shopIlfters Flned.

Anna Miller and Coda Wilson. the
two girls charged with shoplifting,
who were arrested in Crowley, Mil
ner & Co.'s store last Saturday, were
fined SIS each. by Police Justice JEFF.
fries. Wednesday morning. The VIII
son girls mother was in court and
strenuously denied that ger daughter
is cocaine fiend.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
Sincerely yours,
NORMAN FLOWERS

In conclusion, wish TO state 10
the readers of The Times laat my
campaign against these quacks bears
me out in my report TO the adyertis.
ing department of this newspaper that
the claims Of the Advanced Medical
Science Co.'S advertising were abso-
lutely impossible.
This report resulted In the turning
down Of an advertising contract for
$654.5o, offered by the doctors" for
which services have been duly
thanked by the publishers with the
departure of the pair OF fakes.
Here terminates one more fgnt by
The Times in the interest OF the
health and pocketbooks OF the people
OF Detroit and Michigan
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
Convicted Of STEALING Auto Tires.

Addison Kuhn. 20 years old. was
found guilty in Police Justice JEFF
fries court, Wednesday. OF stealing
auto tires from the Chalmers plant.
He was fined $25. with the option or
spending 80 days in the House OF Cor
rectioh. ABE" Shiffman. Junk deal.
er. accused of receiving the property.
was discharged.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
Lawrence w. Smell sued.

Gustav Wangot. living in Oakland
county, began suit here, Wednesday,
against Lawrence w. Smell. alleging
that on May z, 1911. he was struck by
an automobile owned by Smell at
West Jefferson-ave. and Morrell-st.
He asks for $4,000 damages
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14

stitute arbitration for war is not to
make life a soft snap for all and to
imperil the vigor Of the race. II is
simply to divert our best energies
and virtues into constructive chan
nels.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
III LittlefieId Needs
Ihe Help Of Citizens To
Save the Auto Ordinance
NJ obIsctIon Puts Substitute
Measure over and Those Who
Approve Of Full stop Have
One Week In Which
TO Tell Their Aid

srmsn 40 .,... 49, - l., 81 ns,..n
The proposal modify passed weeks and sub
provision half speed went over
week meeting council the objection of Aid Lit
nd alone being sufficient bring this in behalf of the
publc's safety.
AID Ieaeld knows that the odds are against his plan calling
lsr the fun stop
speeds among members Of the common
council successfully.
only hope that hope that during
coming citizens the Oroughares Detroit
ads safe and kept SAFE WILL DO SOME LOBBYING THEMSELVES
question the prepOnderanc sentiment
Detroit today among is for the Mttehed
question knowledge Of this fact
s big majority by which present ordinance passed
long accidents of them fatal and
there great indignation the part Of the people
SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE NEW ORDINANCE THERE HAS
rot BEEN ONE FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT IN DETROIT
people apathy and the drivers
bo want to burn up the taking advantage
In other words law working against it
zieht at this
there was reason and necessity ago.
reason and necessity for it today
And The Times hopes stand providing there
n anything display Of interest the part Of those whom is in
tended to benefit
when the Iitehe plan operation about week. the
writer asked cs legal department what he found the
sentiment Of the city to be.
His reply majority Of the automobile drivers opposed
il and left nothing would make the fact known
Those protected by the ordinance he said while un
doubtedly in favor kept the fact to themselves
And that is the trouble government from that Of the
smallest hamlet that Of the nation
Those who good laws those whom good laws hit GET
busy with the lawmakers they them out them face face
ana drive their arguments
Al result good killed when bad laws passed it
s. not entirely fault Of the lawmakers
They hear only side and for all they supposed know
His may be the only side
In the the motorists have not only been busy
msves had the Of three the Free Press
una and News have automobile interests
der.
Unless the citizen dodge and jump gets busy
mere going hearing his side and the ground which has been
ruined for win be lost
This appeal by Times the people to get busy with
HEIR aldermen
This i second reminder your ward YOUR
hired man.
suggestion you that he COMPELLED do your
Gddmg; to represent YOU, under his oath Of Office
interested SEE HIM and tell him what YOU want HIM
Do.
Aid IiteAd the only real and earnest
pntatve Of his constituents the committee
the Of the public for the zeal he has displayed
the face almost hopeless odds
Hopeless mean people themselves rally his support
Hopeless by the people win wake and support him
an win you, Of the people do your partf
Tell the ordinance suits who
Ia arms m and protect he fails
\ yoe the way you want him to.
gig back their original attitude in this
tr VIII be tabled giggng
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14

Judge Donovan granted new trial
Wednesday, in the case OF John G.
Weadock vs.. James II. and William
C. Swartz, owners OF the Cadillac ho-
tel. Weadock, who is New York
attorney, is suing for damages. alleg-
ing that while he was a guest in the
hotel, his room was robbed ard he
lost a gold watch and some JeSelry
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
COURT CoMMENDs OFFICER.
Orders Loan Clerk To Give Up Ring
Held tor Exorbitant interest.

Orders Loan Clerk To Give Up King
Held FOR Exorbitant interest.
Alfred Good, charged with the lar
ceny of ring from Anna Bears, was
before Police Justice Jeffries We'd
nesday morning. and was ordered to
return the ring, following a wordy
war between the court and Attorney
Charles Englehard, representing
Good.
Good was formerly a clerk for a
local loan agency, TO which Miss
Bears applied for financial aid. He
loaned her S. on the ring ond she
paid him back all the money but
$3.50, OF which Sc represented the
interest. The judges ruling Was that
II the woman paid Good so cents,
he would be required to return the
ring.
Englehard maintained that his
client wasn't getting fair show, but
the court declared that Good had no
right to insist upon a usurioLs rate
of interest Englehard was required
to leave $25 with the court, to cover
the cost OF the ring, pending the set
Element Of the case, which Engle-
hard says he intends to fight.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
Tax Rate VIII Be Known This Week.

Detroit's 1911 tax rate viii be
known this week. probably Friday.
Clerks In the city assessors office
have been busy several days. check
ing up the totals OF the personal asses
ment books with the totals as COM
puted in the general assessment
hooks. after the personal items have
been added to the real estate items.
II the books tally, the result will be
known by Friday morning. Ii they
do not. II may be necessary to check
over entire wards for errors. Only
three wards remain to be computed.
but as these are the First. Second and
Seventeenth, the three having the
highest valuations, no figures are be-
ing given out. Assessor Nagel pre-
diets that the assessments will be
high enough to bring the tax rate
down we'll below the $3.50 figure
previously set
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
Widow Sues for Husbands Death.

Widow sues Tor Husbands Death.
The suit of Isadore Bommarito,
against the Michigan Central railroad
for $4,000 for the death OF her hus.
band, Veto, killed by a locomotive
while employed by the company, be.
gan in Judge Colds court, Wednes-
1axy
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
SOME FACTS ABOUT KANSAS.

There are a half million young men
and women in Kansas over twenty
one years OF age who have never
seen a saloon In that state; there is
not Kansas newspaper which pub
fishes liquor advertisement; one
third OF the counties OF Kansas have
not prisoner In their jails nor pau
per In their poorhouses; one-half the
counties OF Kansas did not send con-
Wet to the penitentiary last year;
Kansas stands first In the per capita
valuation OF assessed property.-The
American Patriot.
CHICAGO-The bed of William
Ringland. run down by q motorcycle,
was placed alongside the bed OF Miss
Rose Stromer, appendicitis victim, In
Washington hospital, and Rev. G.. s.
Obsiund, In an invaiid's chair. mar.
ried them. All will recover
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14

There is Just one weeks time FOR
the citizens Of Detroit, pedestrians,
sane drivers of automobiles and the
thoughtful manufacturers of the ma
chimes to give the common council
to understand whether they favor
the stopping Of automobiles when
street cars bound in the same direc-
ton stop to take on or let of passen-
gers.
The Detroit times., 1911-06-14
ADVERTISING TALKS
(Continued from page -.

FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY and all of them were
high-class athletes.