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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Urge Passage of Curfew Bill.

A movement to agitate the passage of
the Thomas curfew bill in the present ses-
sion of Congress, a measure requiring all
children to be in their homes at o'clock
during the winter and o'clock in the
summer months. will be held at the home
of Mrs. G. T. Smallwood, 21O7 s street,
at O'Clock tonight.
A committee Of 100 business men and
women has been organized by Mrs. Small
wood to direct the campaign in favor of
the bill. 1t is expected reports will be
delivered at tonight's meeting on progress
of the work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Thinks English Laws Better.

The laws Of England are much better
in many respects than the laws of this
country, according to an address made by
Rev. Zed H. Copp. before the students
Of the Business High School night classes.
last evening. The reason. the speaker de-
clared. was that the English laws had
lately been revised, while the laws of
this country, although based on the old
common law Of England, had never been
revised He gave the history of laws
from the beginning of civilization to the
present day. Suffrage for women was adj
vocated by Mr.. Copp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Housekeepers' Alliance Meets.

meeting of the 4iousekeepers' Alli-
ance was held this afternoon at the resi-
dence of Mrs. II. B. F. Macfarland, 1908
18th street. This winter the reference
circle committee has established a bu-
reau of auxiliary household workers. The
lists. which are open to all members Of
the reference circle, contain the names Of
men and women competent to assist as
extra helpers in all branches in the
household. The committee secretary made
q report of the work, and the topic was
discussed by several members OF the ALL
ance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Funeral Of Mrs. Hunperford

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth G.
Hungerford. wife Of Thomas w. Hunger
ford. were held this afternoon at her late
residence, 222 y street northwest Rev.
David Barr ofiiciated, and the pallbearers
were Capt III. III. Marlnaduke, William A
Gordon, Magnus 8. Thompson, Leigh
Robinson, Robert NJ. Narrower and Mai.
Albert Akers. all Confederate veterans.
Mrs. ITungerford having been member
OF Stonewall Jackson Chapter. United
Daughters of the Confcderacy Interment
was in Glenwood cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Surgical Operations
They Failed to Cure Painful Ulcers

IL. L. Boardman, Yonkers, n. Y, writes
II suffered from severe pains in my eyes,
caused by ulcers. and doctored great deal and
underwent three operations but failed to get
permanent relief till tried Hoods Sarsaparilla
I cannot too highly praise this remedy. 1 recon-
mend 1t heartily to all who are troubled with
impure blood
Hoods SarsaparIla eIpels all bumors and
builds up the system.
Get 1t today in usual liquid form Or chccolated
tablets called SARSATABS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Arranging Indoor Meet.

Plans for the interscholastic indoor
meet, to be held here March II, for the
colored students Of this city and students
OF the eastern and northern states. are
we'll under way and the local committees
I'm charge of the meet are hard at work
making the final arrangements. Many
outside clubs have signihed their infen.
ton of participating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Tug Rosale towing lighter laden with
oak lumber from Aqua creek, at AleXan-
dria: scow John Fisher, cord wood from
Bryans point for L. A. Clarke & Son:
schooner Mary Chaplin, oysters in the
shell from a Potomac bed for the market
here: fiattie Jumping Jack, from a down.
river point. at Alexandria,; tug j. T. Sc
iectman. towing sand and gravel laden
lighters from Motley Hall; schooner James
o. Wright, oysters in the shell from Po-
tomac beds, at 18th street wharf.
Departures.
Schooner Mary and Rebecca, light, for
the lower Potomac to load oysters for
The market here: United States Army en-
gineers' tug Warren. for Occoquan, tow
ing lighters of material for new work
house of District: schooner Sidonia Curley,
light, for Alexandria schooner Eleanor
Russell. light, for a lower Potomac point
TO load back to this market; tug Ca
milla, light, for down-river points seek
ing tow; tug Powhatan. with tow or
lighters for Piscataway creek; tug Car
ter, light, for Cabin Branch mine pier,
Quantico, Va, after lighter laden with
iron pyrites for Alexandria Chemical
Company.
Memoranda.
Schooner Sidonia Curley is chartered to
load bottles at Alexandria from Old Do
minion glass works. for Berkeley, Va:
schooner May and Annie Beswick has
sailed from Bermuda Hundreds, James
river, Va, for this city with lumber for
Johnson & Wimsatt; schooner Oscar is at
. Potomac point loading cord wood or
lumber for the dealers here; schooner
Carrie Revell is In Mattawoman creek
overhauling for spring work; schooner
Grace c. Bennett has sailed from New
Bern. N c.. for this city with shingles
and lumber; barge Wicomco is in Aqua
creek loaded with poplar wood for paper
mills at Elkton, Md; schooner Maine is
At Norfolk to load lumber schooner Lily
w. Owings Ms at West Point route to
. Virginia point to load lumber; sloop
Enola is at Potomac point loading oys-
ters in the shell for the market here;
schooner Mary Francis is out Of service
at 18th street wharf to overhaul: schoon-
er a. ii. Quinby is in Bretons bay. Nd,
loading lumber for this port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Would Warn Farmers of New Law

Oficers of the Northeastern Suburban
Citizens Association have been elected as
follows: DR.. Willis w. Jones, president.
John George. vice president, Charles
Wesley. recording secretary: III. II. Short
er. corresponding secretary: J. p. Payne.
treasurer. and Henry Straugher, chaplain.
At the latest meeting of the association
il was decided to ask the Commission
ers to place signs along all roads leading
into the city. so that the farmers might he
warned of the vehicle light law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Lookout for Missing Man.

The police have been asked to look out
for John Wiesner of Ceilings. n. j., who
has been missing from his home in that
city since last Sunday. Inspector Board
man received word from the missing
mans wife yesterday, stating that she
had received a letter from her husband
dated in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
LONG TERM IN PRISON.
Judge Severely Lectures Walter
Sesco Before Passing Sentence.

You arc a menace to society and the
only proper thing To do with such mon
as YOU is 10 put them away for as long
time as the law permits" said Justice
Wright in Criminal Court No. | when
sentencing Walter Sesco, colored, Is
spend the next ten years of his life in the
penitentiary.
Sesco was convicted of striking Peter
Carter with a brick. causing the loss of
an eye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Funeral of Mrs. Mary Schafer.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Schafer,
who died Thursday, were held, under tho
auspices Of the local chapter of the East
ern Star. at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. Benjamin Thlfeder, Langdon, II. C.,
at ! o'clock this afternoon. Burial was
mare in Glenwood cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Discovery Conceded to Pythagoras
Most Famous of Problems.

The Encyclopedia Britannica speaks of
the Pythagorean theorem as the most i'm
portant and famous of geometrical prob
lens, and in the twenty-four centuries
since its discovery there have been de-
vised, from all sources, twenty eight So
buttons, probably no mathematician de-
vising more than two. The solution by
Pythagoras was later and independently
discovered by the Hindu. Bhaskara. in the
eleventh century and also by an English
man, Wallis. President Garfield origi-
mated Il beautiful demonstration, which
was published in the New Eng and Edu-
cational Magazine in 1875.
The fact that there can be, in all. sew
enty solutions of theorem concerning
a three-sided figure demonstrates afresh
the richness of mathematical science The
practical versatility in the nlarshaling of
elementary principles to the solution of
an involved problem. as shown in these
new solutions, gives the mathematician
as well as the student a new command
and greater power over geometry, which
is logic in graphic form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
FORTY-TWO SOLUTIONS
OF FAMOUS PROBLEM
Arthur r. Colburn Presents Many
New Demonstrations Of the
Theorem Of Pythagoras.

To a resident of Washington belongs
the credit Of writing a new chapter in
the interesting history of mathematics;
this consists of new demonstrations of
the theorem of Pythagoras that the
square of the hypothenuse of right
triangle is equal to the sum of the
squares on the other two sides. Arthur
r. Colburn LII. NJ, of the District of
Columbia bar, as a means of self-en-
tertainment, since the list of January,
1910, has devised forty-two solutions of
this knotty problem, the first eighteen
Of these being published in full, with
diagrams. in the Scientific American Sup
plement of December 3 and 10 last. which
were all he had at the time the space
for that article was allotted Mr.. Col
burn studied geometry under Prof. Eng
lish at the Central High School in this
city, using Wentworth's Geometry, and
knew of only the two solutions therein
given, those by Pythagoras and Euclid
until he had devised some sixteen of his
own.
Discovery Conceded to Pythagoras.
Some writer's say that Thales was the
discoverer of the fixed relation between
the two sides and the hypothenuse of the
right triangle, but it is generally con-
coded to Pythagoras. whose solution,
though somewhat in doubt, is considered
to be that one containing a perpendicular
drawn from the right angle to the
hypothenuse, and solved by proportion of
sides. Euclid gives only his own solu-
ton Of this theorem, which is now called
the Pons Asinorum-the Bridge of Asses
nf
could not cross this bridge when they
came to it. This designation, however,
was originally applied to Eucld's fifth
theorem. but since a better modern DEM
Onstration has taken its place that popu-
lar designation now clings to hts forty
seventh OF Book L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Message From Cousin Janet.

Hello, Central; this is Polly Please
call up the little girls of Washington and
notify them that Cousin Janet at the
rink will be here early Sunday morning
in The Sunday Star. Thanks. Good
bye"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
LOCAL MENTION.
TONIGHT.

National-Otis Skinner in Sire" s16
pm.
,BeIasco-'The Chocolate Soldier" SIS
pm.
Columbia-"The Travelling Salesman"
S:I5 pm.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville, S:15 pm.
New Academy-Beulah Poynter in The
Little Girl That He Forgot" S:15 pm
Gayety-Fred Twins Majestics, Sis
pm.
New Lyceum-"BroadwayG aiety Girls, "
S:15 pm.
Casino-vaudeville and moving pic
lures, 12:45 to $50 and 6:45 to IL Pm.
Majestic-vaudeville and moving pic
lures, els and Sis.
Cosmos-Vaudeville and moving PIC
lures. 1 pm. to IL pm.
The Arcade-Dancing and roller skating.
The Avenue Grand, eth street and Penn
syIvania avenue southeast-Vaudeville
and motion pictures, pm.
Convention Hall-Royal Adams In
door circus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
SMOKE FROM BASEMENT
|MPER|lS SEVERAL LIVES
Fire Department Called Out
Early This Morning by a
Number of Alarms.

AS result of fire in the basement OF
house 1914 street southwest early this
morning Mrs. Mary A. Carter her three
daughters and three sons-in-law were
nearly overcome by smoke.
Shortly after 1 o'clock Mrs. Carter.
widow of James 0. Carter. was awaken
ed by smoke. She left her bed and.
making an investigation. discovered that
the smoke was rising in q volume from
downstairs. She ran to the bedrooms
occupied by her daughters and awakened
them. Hastily dressing, the members Of
the family left the house. An alarm was
sounded from box 431 to which engine
companies 13, Is and and truck COM
pany No. responded
When the firemen reached the house the
flames had burned q hole through the
floor in the parlor. In a sort time the
firemen succeeded in extinguishing the
blaze after about 800 damage had re-
suited. The fire Is supposed to have been
caused by on overheated furnace.
Other Early Morning Fires.
An oil stove caused a slight blaze in
the home Of Peyton Sayles, 752 Howard
road, Anacostia, shortly after 3 o'clock
this morning. An alarm was sounded
from box 96. The firemen extinguished
the blaze after about S. damage had re-
suited.
No. 10 engine company was called out
on a local alarm at 4:50 o'clock this
morning to extinguish a fire in the base
ment OF the home of Florence Watson,
1341 III street northeast. The flames re-
suited from hot ashes. No damage re-
suited.
Three Sheds Destroyed.
Three sheds in the rear Of 1907, 1900
stroyed by fire shortly before 3 o'clock
this morning. The loss is estimated at
$4OO. The flames, which were of un-
known origin had gained considerable
Roadway before they were discovered.
When the firemen reached the place In
response to an alarm from box 2l2 all
of the sheds were on fire. a horse and
wagon and some furniture in the shed at
1907 9TH street were burned up. some
chickens and geese In one of the other
sheds also lost their lives in the names.
Fire in a Storage Building.
Fire Of unknown origin. which resulted
in about $2,NU damage, occurred late
yesterday afternoon in a storage building
at 511 and 513 New Jersey avenue north
west, occupied by Edward Trundle.
When the fire department arrived the
flames had spread to all parts Of the
building and the firemen had considera-
BILE difficulty in getting water to them
Owing to the vicinity Of residences a
second alarm was sounded, and with the
arrival Of the additional engines the
flames were soon under control. 1t was
several hours later, however, before the
flames were finally extinguished. The
interior Of the building was Quilted.
No. . engine company was called out
on a local alarm late yesterday after
noon to extinguish fire in q stable in
the rear of 1914 18th street northwest.
No damage resulted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

Best Service to Calif0rnia,
Standard or tourist. Latter personally
conducted. without change. via Washing
ton-Sunset route. Berth, 50. A. j. Pos
ton, G.. A., 9O5 F. st., 7O5 18th st.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

S1.25 to Baltimore and Return
Saturdays and Sundays via Pennsylvania
railroad. Tickets good to return until
Sunday night. All regular trains except
the Congressional Limited '-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

to your guests rest assured your posi-
ton as an entertainer will not suffer. All
Judges pronounce them purcst. olde PSI, best
= doz. Marezen or Senate. s1.15: = dog. La
ger. 81 80: bot rebate. J0c. Phone w. 16O0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
CITY ITEMS.

In the Capitals Best Homes
no other table beer enjoys such steady
popularity AS Heurich's 'Maerzen." The
purest and oldest Of its type Grocers or
phone West "a. Arlington BottlinG Co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Old Criterion Rye,

only Sl.00 full quart. the best for all pur-
poses. tonic in case OF grip and de-
licious drink. High grade wines ana
WHISTLES OF all kinds imported and do
nestle ! also carry select line OF
cigars and cigarettes. Mail orders so
licited at city prices and prompt atten-
ton 10 phone orders.
John r. Crowley.
S3i l4th st. NV.
Phone Main 1914
1911 Model Davis Sewing Machine For
embroidery as we'll as plain sewing. 9l3 Sn
Big Cut In Price OF Latbs.
Bargain figure on lot yellow pine stock.
Order early Eisinger Bros. 2l09 9Th NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

Those Who Entertain Depend on Small
for flowers and decorations. Finest speci-
mems and effects j. H. Small & Sons, 18th e.
6, Waldorf-Astoria & 1853 Broadway, N Y.
-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
II You Have wsata

II YO0 Have W00tA
The Star has opened another branch for
the CONVENIENCE Of West End want ad
patrons with Mr.. X. L. Quigley at HIS
drug store. 2lst and G streets northwest
Same rates as at Star ONCE. Wants, /
cent q word.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Fire in a Storage Building.

TTCO Taxicabs Are the Approved Car
riages for weddings. receptions. dances.
etc. Rates only So hour Phone n. 1912.
-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
keeuinx Money Idle Is Unsafe

and Improbable. Deposit your surplus
in the banking dept. of Union Trust Co.,
18th & II. Interest paid on all accounts
deposits subject to check. Govt. control
-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

Frank Libbey 4 CO., 9Th 4 N. Y. Ave.
During winter months nothing much
doing I'm the lumber and millwork busi-
ness, but to keep things moving we make
big cuts. especially in flooring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

Finest Carriages for All Occasions.
Best service reasonable. Downey's, 1920 l.
-Adyt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21
Chorus Singing.

Songs of the south. old Scotch airs
love songs Of 6ther days and patriotic
anthems were sung in chorus. The men,
bers of the chorus are Tucker Hum
phreys, Sheridan Holland, Howard Drap-
CT. John Wolf, Mildred Wolf. Mary Truss
Ter. Douglas Seely, Percy Hickling
Priska kaspar, Amelia Sudsberger
George Mills. MARJORIE Stuart, Florence
Hospital, Margaret Kelley, Katherine
Livingston. Loren Fryer, Prentiss Clark
Louis Clark, Jean Stuart, Mary Hospi-
tai. Celeste HILL Helen Meade, Margaret
Taylor. Dorothy Hungerford. Mary Card
ner, Elizabeth Sabin. Elizabeth Dayton,
Thelma Smith, Thomas Keller. Muriel
Keller. George Cole, Mary Cole. Francis
King, Crystal Matthews, Louis Turner
Dorothy Waller, Dorothy Chappelear, Fay
Chappelear and Katherine Dudley
Miss Flora Jackson, choir director, was
in charge of the concert, assisted by Miss
Harrison, pianist, and Miss Baker. choir
assistant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

Money to loan at ) and so on real estate
Frank T. Rawlings Co. 1906 Pa. ave-
Advt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

Wm. Cannon's Purissima Rye Praised
by physicians and connoisscurs for me-
dicinal purposes. II promotes strength.
1905 9TH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-21

$500, Now &2.75.
One lot Large Gas Radiators.
,16 I2th-C A. Muddiman G. Co.-124 u.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-06
POOR IMITATION
OF THE ROUNDUP

That the imitation of the Round
Up held in connection with the Spo-
kane Interstate Fair under the name
of Pioneer Palouse Days is tame and
far from being in the class of the To-
cal show is the opinion of Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. Cooper, who returned
this morning from an attendance of
several days at that fair, They stat
ed that the Roundup characters,
Buffalo Vernon and Jason Stanley,
are the big features of the show and
that, aside from their performance,
the frontier program is devoid of
much interest. A wild horse race is
attempted each day, they say, with
the same five horses used throughout.
While in Spokane they We're greatly
amused by the declaration of natives
that the wild west show there was
practically the same as the one given
at the Roundup. The show is held
al night under artificial lights which
deprives the show of natural setting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-06
COMET VISIBLE
IN PENDLETON

Brooks Comet, said by astrono-
mers to be a newly discovered celes-
tial wanderer deriving its name from
its discoverer who located it early in
July of the present year is visible to
Pendletonians and has created some
local interest.
The comet was located Thursday
evening by local people and is visible
to the naked eye, while with the aid
of a pair of ordinary opera glasses,
or better still good pair of field
glasses, a good view may be had of
the frey body
To locate the phenomenon on a
clear night is easy by using the fol-
loving directions:
Locate the Big Dipper" in the
northern sky. Follow the handle of
the clipper from the double star
"Mizar''-at which point the dipper
handle crooks-westward to the last
star of the "dipper handle" Then
follow a line, to the right or toward
the northwest horizon, a distance of
probably five degrees, where the COM
ct appears as a hairy star of the
fourth or fifth magnitude.
The searcher should look for the
comet with the first actual shades Of
night-between $50 and : o'clock in
the evening, as the early moon will
shortly after offset its brilliancy and
it sinks below the horizon about 9
o'clock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-06
new BRIDGE IS
FORMALLY OPENED

The new Main street bridge is now
open for traffic and northside dwell
ers are breathing a sigh of thank
fulness. At SIS last evening Mayor
Murphy ordered City Street Commits
sioner John Heathman to take down
the barriers which barred the way of
vehicles This order complied with,
the mayor, in the automobile of c.
+. Roosevelt made his way across and
back, thus formally opening the
bridge.
George Stanger, we'll known dray-
man, has the distinction OF being the
first driver Of team and wagon
across the bridge while Gerald Gar
ret, an East Oregonian carrier boy on
the back of John Luck's race hors e,
was the first horseback rider to make
the passage.
The only objectionable part of the
structure is the lack of proper APP
proaches but this deficiency will be
overcome in the near future. There
is also some discussion among the
city authorities about connecting the
foot bridges to the walks on the north
side with cement walks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-06
ITALY CON. INES
WAR TO TR|POL|
HEEDS DEMAND MADE BY
AUSTRIA
Government Orders Naval Command
ers TO Cease Operations i'm Adriatic
See.

London, Oct. 6.-The strained re-
days between Italy and Austria, and
which threatened for a time to lead
to the latter nation taking a hand
in the Turko-Italian war, were reliev-
ed today when the Italian govern
ment issued an order to its naval COM
manders to cease all operations along
the Ardiatic sea coast, as demanded
several days ago by Austria.
This means that the Italian govern
ment will confine her war operations
to the occupation of Tripoli, unless
the Turkish force becomes aggressive
in other waters - territories.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-06
BATTLESH|p OREGON
1ST THROUGH CANAL

That the old battleship oregon fa-
nous for its trip around the Horn
during the Spanish American war,
will be the first vessel to sail through
the Panama canal when it is COM
pleted if their efforts can secure the
event, is the substance of communi-
cations just received by Secretary
Jack Keefe from all of the members
of congress from this state.
Some time ago the Portland Com
mercial club started movement
having for its purpose the honoring
of the grand old battleship of the
late war with the first passage of the
canal and the local commercial as
sociation seconded the efforts of the
Rose City orgngation by sending
communications to the senators and
representatives from oregon at Wash
ington. The letters just received
are in response and, besides declaring
their willingness to help in the cause,
the solons express hope that the gov
ernment will grant the request