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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
MINERS MAKE DEMANDS.
Coal Workers in South Wales Are
Dissatisfied.
Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON, October l, 1911
The miners of South Wales are still
hankering after the general strike Their
latest demand is that the coal owners
should employ no one except members of
the Miners Federation. At Aberdare a
mass meeting passed resolution urg-
ing the executive council to proclaim a
general stoppage In order to get every
man into the unions The men also de-
cided to ask the owners to employ no
one except federationists, and, falling
their doing So 1t was suggested that the
executive council should smash up the
Cancellation board.
All that the South Wales miners need
to bring about general cessation of coal
mining is the cooperation of the English
miners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Cut A a.:s Darling's
Down Work
Your 4n4 9th At
Printing Painaess
Bills. t sseI n Of Prices.


verdict Of accidental death was rem
dered by a coroner's jury at the morgue
this afternoon in the case of Daniel +.
sullivan OF i4i4 street southeast. who
was Killed as the result of a pulley fall
ing from crane at the navy yard Satur-
day night. The verdict sets forth that the
cause for the falling OF the pulley was
unknown to the jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Will Investigate Collision.

Confirmation Of the report OF a collision
between the battleship New Jersey and .
barge during a heavy fog and rainstorm
of Thimble light last night was received
at the Navy Department today.
The war vessel. which was en- route to
Hampton roads. Is reported to be APP
parentiy little damaged. An Investigation
win be instituted Immediately aboard the
vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
WALTER TOWNSEND DEAD.
Widely Known Maryland Politician
Stricken in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. Nd, October 9.-Walter
Robey Townsend. one Of the best known
men in Maryland. who. for a number of
years had been prominently identified
with democratic politics OF Baltimore
county and the state, died suddenly at
$50 o'clock last night from acute indiges-
ton at the Rochambeau. Charles and
Franklin streets. where he had apart
ments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Regret Mr.. Zevely's Death.

Resolutions Of sorrow because of the
death Of Douglas Zevely have been
adopted by the State, War and Navy
Council Of the National Union, of which
Mr.. BEVERLY had been fnan-
cial secretary for thirteen years. He was
also a member of the National Union
Club and treasurer OF the Navy Depart
ment Immediate Relief Association for
many years. He was an active member
Of the Columbia Historical Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

"A Love Test is the subject Col ]. f.
Margetts of the Salvation Army will dis
cuss at the meeting to be held at the local
headquarters of the army on Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest this evening at .
o'clock. Col. Margetts is national secre-
tary of young peoples work in the Saliva
ton Army district lying east of Chicago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Opposition to Change.

The special committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce to outline a campaign
against the proposed change in the or
ganic act of the District. so far as the
share to be contributed by the federal
government in the support of the Ma
tional Capital is concerned, will meet
Wednesday afternoon, October 18. at
$40 o'clock at. the Chamber of Com
merce. The call for the meeting was
issued today by President Oyster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Promoting Postal Savings Bank.

A new way of helping to- promote
business and at the same time booming
the new postal savings system is re-
ported by the postmaster at Greenwich.
N Y. That Official states that a local
dealer 10 Swing a postal savings card,
worth 10 cents. to the purchaser of every
pair of shoes sold by him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
TO RECONSIDER PLAN
FOR LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Matter Will Be Discussed To-
morrow Evening by Cham
Der of Commerce.

The regular October meeting Of the
Chamber of Commerce Will be held to-
morrow night at o. clock at the cham
ber's headquarters in the Brentano build
ing. Since the last regular meeting OF
the organization was held the offices nave
been moved from the third to the second
floor.
Among the matters of Importance
which will come up for consideration is
a proposition to indorse. as the proposed
Lincoln memorial, splendid highway
from Washington to Richmond, Va, in
stead of the other projects for the me-
mortal. including the monument suggest
ed by the Mcmillan park commission to
be erected in Potomac Park.
May Change Endorsement.
The chamber previously has gone on
record favoring the park commissions
plan, and a warm contest over the mat
ter is expected tomorrow. The sup
porters of the Washington to Richmond
highway plan point out that at the time
the chamber voted to support the park
commissions plan for the development
Of the city no suggestion had been mace
for Lincoln memorial highway to Rlcn-
mond, and that therefore the chamoer
has a right to pass upon this matter
again and amend its former action If 1T
is considered wise.
Two amendments to the constitution
of the chamber will be voted upon. one
providing that officers and directors OF
the chamber shall not occupy similar
offices in any other organization hav-
Ing similar aims, and the other cur
failing the power of the board of di-
rectors so far as the trial Of members
accused of misconduct Is concerned,
and placing the sole power In the
hands of the chamber itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
FOR RENT

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The Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

Mrs. Dennie Gibson Woodson. aged
forty-eight years. wife OF J. c. Woodson.
q real estate agent Of Lynchburg. Va.
died Thursday night 1T 1t. Andrews
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

Another star number OF our Sunday
Magazine will be the next issue. Prize
entries by Ella E. Peattie, Joseph A..
Altscheler, Tudor jerks and H. d. Cou-
Zens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
SKULLS RESIST BULLETS
AND REAR FOOT OF MULE
Hard Heads of Negroes Prove Life
Savers in Two Notable
Instances.

PHILADELPHIA, October 9.-All
stories about the hardness of negroes
skulls were put into the background by
two happenings yesterday
Following an alteration over a woman
at a party given In the home of Henry
Lewis. colored, thirty-six years old. No.
2f02 North Alder street, Lewis was shot
four times in the head at a range of less
than five feet. After penetrating the
flesh the bullets flattened and dropped to
the floor
The man was taken to the Samaritan
Hospital, but was soon permitted to go to
his home. His assailant escaped.
Hard on the Mule.
While Harvesting a mule in a stable at
No Alb East RittenhOuse street William
Piffen, a negro thirty-three years old. of
the same address, was kicked in the head
and knocked down. Getting to his feet,
he discovered the mule lying on the
ground. Examination showed that its leg
was broken. Piffen was taken to the
Germantown Hospital. where six stitches
were taken in his scalp. The mule was
shot. <a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

Mrs. BENJAMIN Byerley.s eighty-two
years old. of Harrisonburg. Va. Thursday
night retired In. her usual health and
Friday morning was found dead in bed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
HOMESEEKERS

We will give you title TO lot worth
81 coo. 90 for $500. enabling you to raise
funds from building associations banks
on the first mortgage, we taking second
mortgage for the cost OF the lot. provid-
ing you will build home at once.
Lots situated in convenient, desirable
northwest section OF the District. Write
for particulars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RABIES GERM
Date Set for Hearing in De-
funct Corporation Case.
EXCEPTIONS TO REPORT
Nine.Year Sentence for Second De-
gree Murder-Funeral of
John T. Slower.
S.a,o, currosnor,1ence Of The Star

special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, October o. 1911.
In the corporation court today Judge
Barley fixed upon October IL next as the
date for hearing the exceptions of the re-
ceivers, j. X NJ. Norton and Howard w.
Smith, to the report of John NJ. Johnson,
special commissioner of the defunct Viz
ginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
On the same date the court Will also hear
the exceptions to the report filed by the
Second National Bank of tulpeper.
The court today confirmed certain sales
made by the commissioners of property
in Culpeper turned over to the corpora
ton by G. Jones Rixey, following the col
lapse of the institution. These sales We're
made recently and approximate $oO.op.
This practically ends the sale of property
of the defunct concern.
The receivers WILL it is expected. soon
apply the money to another dividend,
which will be paid out to the depositors
of the trust company. The depositors
have already received dividend of ~ per
cent, which was paid last August.
The court docket was called and a num-
Der of cases set for trial prior to adjourn
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
HEALTH OFFICE DOCTORS
WILL SEEK FOR CAUSES
Typhoid Fever Appears in
Eleven Families Getting
Milk From Same Dealer.

The appearance of typhoid fever in
nished with milk by the same dealer is
the cause of an active investigation by
the District health department today to
locate the source of the disease.
Five physicians. composing the entire
staff Of veterinarians connected with the
department. were ordered to make an
inspection today Of all the dairy farms
from which the dealer obtains his milk.
The department has not made public the
dealers name.
Theory Of officials.
1t was stated by officials of the health
department that the dairy farms are To-
Gated both in Virginia and Maryland. An
investigation. they believe, will disclose
the fact that typhoid fever has developed
in the family of one of the dairy farm
employees. If this should be the case the
farm Immediately will be ordered closed
There is a probability that the eleven
typhoid cases were contracted through
different sources and that it merely is a
coincidence that all the patients have
been receiving milk from the same dairy
man.
Will Examine Conditions.
To detect the presence of typhoid
germs In milk by microscopic or any other
method Of examination practically is an
impossibility. said an official of the
health department. 1t is as difficult as
the detection of tubercle germs in milk.
Consequently, the health department S
examination Of the present situation will
be an examination largely of conditions
on the dairy farms and any possible
means by which typhoid germs could
find their way into the milk rather than
a test of the milk itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Many Specimens Unmarked.

There is but one criticism heard. Many
of the articles in the cases are not
marked. The visitors took a great inter-
est. for instance. I'm the well arranged
articles in the ethnology corridors. A
case full Of specimens from Africa at
present is simply marked as such. The
identity of individual articles in many
cases Is left to the imagination Of the
visitor. Many a person was heard to
wish that each article could be marked
with it's correct name and use, with. per-
hans. some slight history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Belief That It Exists in Brain
of Mad Dogs.
RESEARCH BY SCIENTISTS
Work e. Bureau of Animal Industry,
Department Of Agriculture.
DETERMINATION OF MALADY
Heads Of the Suspected Animals Sub
United for Examination-Hun-
dred Cases Annually.

The victims wounds were cauterized
and the dogs head was sent to the De-
partment of Agriculture
This was what the average citizen read
In an account of mad dog scare few
score times, and probably wondered what
the Department Of Agriculture does with
the dogs head. Only the attending ply
stefan and the parents. If the victim was
a child, bother to follow up the examina-
ton of the dogs brain.
But now that rabies is such a common
disease and there are so many cases OF
dog bite that may or may not be the
groundwork for a case of hydrophoDla
1t is interesting to know that there Is a
court of scientific last resort where it can
be and is definitely determined whether a
dog that has done any biting is rabid or
not. So far as Washington is concerned.
the Department of Agriculture is the
court and DR.. F. NJ. Webster is the judge.
DR.. John AIohler directs the division of
pathology in the bureau Of animal indus
try, where the cases Of the supposedly
rabid dogs are sent. but DR.. Webster is
the scientist who does the work of actual
determination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Unable to Discover Germ.

Many efforts have been made to isolate
the specific germ of rabies, for 1t is sus-
pected there is such a germ But the eff
fort has been unsuccessful. Virus bearing
the germ will pass through Birkenfeld
filter, but it will be stopped by the finer
texture Pasteur filter. So the size Of the
germ must be between the two. However.
the Negri bodies are the evidence of the
disease, and in the absence of a germ
they are the things looked for
The department has been called on to
pass on several hundred cases of sus-
pected rabies in the past three or four
years. In 1908 there were nearly ECO dog
heads sent in for examination. OF these
121 were positively identified as rabid.
In 1909 there We're 153 cases and 1O4 pos
tive identifcations. In 1910 there were
116 cases and % identi1cations.
This would indicate that the disease
was on the decrease But the authorities
say this decrease was due only to the
muzzle law and the activity of the dog
catchers. who In a single season cap
tured over 1900 dogs-twice SIS many as
in the preceding year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
PALMISTRY

AIR DAOUD. THE WELL KNOWN PALMlsT
His reading of your hand gives you such val
liable advice that might save you serious mis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

massage and all branches for rheuma tism an
moor circulation: also cabinet baths and alcoho
& oil rubs. APPOINTMENT by phone. North 46yS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09


We have moved to our new Office, 912 Eye
st. NV: phone Main 14SS. Hoping to be IA.
yored with your further fayors, we are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
spECIAL NOTICEs.


WHEN YOUR HOY Is 81 YEARS OLD THERE
viii be sIJ1i2u to his credit in the Mer-
chants ard Mechanics Savings Bank II you
deposit ONE dollar at the time OF his birth
and ONE dollar each week thereafter. The
deposits win amount TO f1.052 and our SO
compound interest will amount to $422 20.
CHAS. H. TURNER LATE ASSISTANT
United States attorney. desires TO announce
that he has opened Offices for the general prae-
tIce of the law at rooms J0l-2 COLUMBIAN
bldg, fI6 18th st. NV. 10
RECfABFTES ALE REQUESTED TO ATTEND
funeral Of Past High Tent Chief Ruler John
W. Jackson. 92O q ST. Sc Tuesday, October
10, $50 pm Fly order III. T. c. Il.
JAMES III. DONY. II. T. s.
THE CHINA SHOP REMOVED TO s21h NEW
York All materials for china painting.
Special sale OF white china. Lessons in natu-
Taistic and conventional design
FINE SENEN-ROOM HOUSEKEEPING
apartment In the 0ctavia can be leased for
$50: beautiful location; well heated: cafe:
elevator. GEO. W. LINKINS, 500 18th st.
The Southern herald., 1911-05-19
NORMAL MIND WITH BIG FEET
Thst lsaGbndltIon Found In France,
While Exant Opposite Is True as
80. Applied to Women.

Paris.-That the majority Of nor.
mat'mfhded men have big feet and
most normal minded women small feet
Is the latest scientific discovery an.
,hothced ITO the world by the Paris
Acadahy' Of Sciences. 1t emanates
from Prof MacAuliffe and Marie, who
for several months havs' been meas
uriAg the feet Of French people in all
walks Of life. @
|. They found that only eighteen out
Of every hundred soldiers we're small
footed and only twentyfour Of every
hundred weak minded men big footed.
On the other hand, they found that
'only twenty-three of every hundred
normal women were large footed,
while only eighteen Of hundred weak
,witted women we're small footed.
This is considered to confirm the
ancient theory that woman is mans
equal, for the reason that she is his
exact opposite.
The Southern herald., 1911-05-19

WASHINGTON.-senator Cummins
W Of Iowa. as chairman Of the com.
mittee on civil service and retrenchs
ment, proposes to push the consndeEs,
tion OF a comprehensive civil. service
me2sure-one that win provide for
the designation b. law OF al places
under civil service .classidcatiop, IN
stead OF leaving. them. to executive OF,
der, and. which win regulate promo,
tions and retirements. - - ~
As a member Of the committee on
interstate commerce he already has
done some work on bit to redfkah.
fze the interstate commission, hi
creasing its membership and, dividing
1t into hve parts. these parts to have
Jurisdiction respectively over seetiofisl
OF the country Correspondents: 70 the
traffic divisions as designated sbx the
railroads. - :
: 1t 'is mot certain that the. scheme
for reorganization Of the Interstate
commerce commission will be afl
vanced beyond the preliminary stage
at this extra session. .. 4sf,afs 4
With respect to the subject first
mentioned. however, II is the intefi-
ion to introduce a bill witnin'a short
The Southern herald., 1911-05-19
NaturaIists Busy on Canal Zone

ENCOURAGING reports are being re.
A. ceived by the Smithsonian 1nstitu.
tion from the naturalists who are TAX
ing part in the biological survey Of
the Panama canal zone, which was or
ganized by the institution last winter.
The principal branches Of natural his
tory are represented in the party,
which includes seven experienced field
naturalists, nearly all Of them from
the scientific bureaus Of the govern.
ment.
Naturalists throughout the world are
greatly interested In this biological
survey, because when the canal is
opened sweeping changes probably will
take place in the distribution of the
animals and plants. A part Of the
fresh water streams Of the isthmus
now empty into the Atlantic ocean and
others intothe Pacific.
It is known that certain number
Of animals and plants in the streams
on the Atlantic side differ from those
OF the Pacific side, but as no biological
survey has ever been undertaken the
.extent and magnitude Of these differ
Snces have yet to be learned
The Southern herald., 1911-05-19

1t also is Of great Importance to
science to determine the geographical
distribution OF the various .organjsms
inhabiting these waters, as the 18th,
mus is one Of the routes BY which the
animals and plants of South America
have entered North Americs and Ica
versa.
When the canal Is completed the
natural distinctions. how existing will
be obliterated, while. by the ,construc.
tion Of the Gatnn dam vast flesh wa.
ter lake viii be formed; which win
:driye away or drown the majority Of
the animals and plants now inhabiting
the locality and might exterminate
8 'me Of the species before the scien-
t,ac experts had chance to STUDY
them
The Southern herald., 1911-05-19
l0nS Knott Bbes Not Agree with
lsh. '.eDr!r Hutchinson. III (
Hlghest Living Authority on Subject
'ebtalns'l 3controvsrtible Evidence
sl.e.. Of .tfwenty-Two Living j /.
it sa..dl centenarlans.

New .Yofk.-Dr. John Knott Of Dub
'6h, kehykhown as a writer Of medical
ihisthrRs mas contributed an article on
!. ..gepteaariansP tosthe New York Ned
leaf Journal, in which he takes an ,op-
bGsite zftew to that EXPRESSED W DIR.
MdGdRJl Hutchinson, who maintains
that there are only something Ike
fbsg authenticated instances Of per
Aliying more than 100 years,
I. nit Is now some years ago." DR..
Knott writes, that a special notice
Of the death of a. lady resident at
Richmond, in this county. of Surrey,
England. appeared In the leading med
,ical journals Of Great Britain. The
authenticity Of her. record was abso-
4utely unquestionable and her age at
the close Of life was one hundred and
eight years and four months
4 The announcement and. resulting
comment hsz, the effect of seliciting
ftom TIE. Young Zone Of the highest
living authorities on the subJect) a
paragraph Of printed comment which
Informed the reader that since the
publication Of his well-known book on
the subject dn 1897 he had obtained
sincontrovertible evidence Of the eS-
istence Of % individual cases.
"A very curious fact, which is ide.
'hiably associated with the generaliza.
.sion Of centenarian biography. ID also
The Southern herald., 1911-05-19
MANY AGED PEOPLE

one which should surely tend to limit
the confidence Of assertion that char
acterizes the aggressive scientific dog
mqtism which grew to, so gigantic pro-
portions in the course Of the latter
half Of the nineteenth century. We
refer to the absolute proof which has
been furnished by the collection of the
data Of all the authentic experiences,
that persons Of all habits and occupa-
,tions, even the most unsanitary and
the most dangerous, arctic be found
enrolled on the list OF centenarians-
,and that, accordingly, no Procrustean
'Tu1e 'tsg suitable to the attainment Of
record-breaking longevity. any more
than to that Of any other Of the cardi-
nal virtues Of our physical existence.
I'VE learn, on creditable authority.
that Lady Lawson, who died at the
age Of one hundred and sixteen never
practiced ablutions OF any kind. or
hardly in any degree, because, as she
alleged, those persons who washed
themselves were always taking cold
or laying the foundation OF some
dreadful disorder And, moreover we
find that her apartment was only oc.
casionally swept out, but never
washed; the windows were so encrust.
ed with dirt that they hardly admitted
q ray. Of light
I'm the presence of such facts our
sanitary dogmatists can surely afford
to be little more modest than they
sometimes seem disposed to bel"
The Southern herald., 1911-05-19
VIcEPRBsIDENT 5 sHRRMANi Is

ViCEPRBS1DENT HERMAN Ks
" fondness for mixing with the
crowd, talking politics with his old
cronies in the house and a general
dislike for formality, especially when
the formality is a prolonged. affair,
almost disarranged the White House
plans for the New Year reception
Mr. Sherman was the first man re-
ceived by the president, The vice
president then became member of
the president'ssrecefting party. The
presiding officer of the senate contin-
ued to bow sweetly as long as pos.
sible, and then quietly stepped. into
the line Of guests which had already
passed the president and walked ont
to the east room. where. there were
hundreds Of politicians Of various
brands. The vice-presldent was hav-
Ing a fine time when he 1as inter.
rupted by Capt, Archibald Butt, the
presidents military aid
Mr.. Vice President,| said Captain
Butt, you have been missed from the
receiving line. Permit ne. 70 escort
you back in time to receive the diplo.
mats"
$50 long, boys" said the yice-presi:
dent, waving his hand tolhis old cro-
nies in the house. See you later."''
Diplomat after diplomat passed the
president, and behind them the Wee.
president saw an endless line of gold
braid adorning the breasts Of count
less officers Of the army and navy sta
toned In Washington.
Those fellows don't want to see me
for anything" said the viCe-president.
as he slipped back ihtothe east room.
Half an hour later, while the vice.
president was exchanging the compli-
ments Of the season and telling and
hearing stories, he was again .accosted
by Captain Butt. -
Il have been looking all over the
White House for you" said the mill
tary aid.
well, here l am" remarked gSun.
ny jim" slapping Butt on the back.
What do you want this timer"
president Taffs party.is ready. to