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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
CROWD WAS DISAPPOINTED.
Failure of Rex Smith Biplane to
Make Flight the Cause.

Magnetic trouble was responsible for a
failure Of the Rex Smith biplane to fly at
Potomac Park yesterday afternoon. The
machine had been brought to the tent
hangar at the foot of 18th street the
previous night, and was tuned up for a
flight
The news that flight was to be at
tempted had been generally circulated,
and at ; O'clock yesterday afternoon, when
,&he weather was favorable. there was a
Arge crowd present. There were many
automobiles on the Speedway and more
people on the polo field
The machine was run out and at first
everything went we'll. The biplane rose
for hop of something over 100 feet at an
elevation of about five feet. Then the
magnetic Jared loose from it's cradle. and
with only the batteries there was not
power enough to get the machine off the
ground.
Several runs up and down the field were
made. but 1t was found that the machine
would have to be returned to the hangar
for readjustment and the attempt to fly
was abandoned for the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
COAL FOR PACIFIC FLEET.
Contract Awarded for Shipping
10000 Tons to the Coast.

Bids for the transportation of from
ten to thirty thousand tons of soft coal
from ports on the Atlantic coast to the
naval coal depOts at either Tiburon,
Cal, or to the Mare Island navy yard.
were opened Friday in the bureau of sup
plies and accounts of the Navy Depart
ment, and the bid Of the United States
shipping Office of New York to furnish
two jO00-ton vessels was accepted. The
remainder of the fuel will be shipped in
American vessels later.
To move all this coal seven or eight
vessels will be required, and the total
tonnage is to be taken in vessels OF
American registry, in conformity to an
act of Congress passed April. 1904. The
coal is to be New River, Pocahontas or
Georges Creek, and is to be supplied by
the government. The cargoeS are to be
loaded between May 20 and June %. at
option of carrier, or earlier dates salts
factory to the bureau officials.
In consequence of the difficulty of OBJ
tanning vessels flying the American flag
to carry coal .cargOeS to the Pacific at
what the department considers reasonable
figures, large proportion of the coal
sent from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
port News and other Atlantic coast coal
ports to the Pacific naval stations have
been III vessels lying foreign flags. Re-
Gently, however, several cargoes have
been shipped in American bottoms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

A dinner was rendered to P. c. j.
Treanor at Rauscher's last night by sew
eral of his friends. Mr.. Treanor leaves
sumo the position of assistant to the gen.
eral manager of John Wanamaker's es-
Enlistment
Mr.. Treanor is widely known through
out the city On account of his long as
ISOLATION with local department stores
and his activities among social, literary
and musical organic tons.
He removed here from Albany in 1880.
He was first associated with W. NJ.
Sinister & Sons ard later with Wood
ward & Lothrop. He held the position of
general superintendent in this establish
ment for many years. Shortly after the
firm was incorporated he resigned and &C
copied a responsible position with S.
Kann. Sons & Co, from which place he
recently resigned.
Mr.. Treanor was a member of the
board of directors of the Carroll Institute,
Washington Choral Society. Capital Glee
Club. Damrosch Club, ST. Cecilia Society
ciety. He is member of the Columbia
Country Club.
Among those present were Arthur l..
Bryant. James A. Cahill, John J. Con-
molly, John T. Crowley, Thomas Z. Fin
nan, William J. Hughes, p. j. Haltigan,
l.. J. Kearney. DR.. Edwin S. Lothrop, Dr..
]. F. Moran, DR.. Thomas +. Mallan. John
J. Nolan William P. Normoyle, NJ. A.
Purcell. Charles Rauscher. Alfred j.
Smith, Thomas V. Smith. James f. Shea,
n. III. Shea, H. W. Sohon. W. L. Soleau
and John ]. Walsh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Camorra, Malta and Black Hand.
, the Editor of The Star:

TO The Editor OF The Star:
To my surprise there recently appeared
IN The Evening Star, so generally fair
and well informed, an article headed in
large type The Camorra Terrorizing All
Italy"
As a matter OF fact. the Camorra is not
only not terrorizing all Italy. but not
even that part of southern Italy where
alone it exists, and even there its ex-
istence is only nominal and fast disap-
pearing. In confederation OF this state
in the Century Dictionary.
The trial of the thirty-six members of
this society at Viterbo will in all proba-
bility entirely break up the organization
The crime for which these men are being
tried was committed at Naples but the
trial is conducted at Fiterbo. 200 miles
from Naples, TO better insure the ends of
Justice and to put an end TO this vile
band of malefactors who aim to live in
idleness by eXtorting money from those
who work and are too timid to resist
A similar society called the Malta ex-
lists or existed in Sicily, but neither the
Camorra nor the Malta has any connec-
ton with the notorious Black Hand.
which has no organization and is. in
fact. no society at all and would be of
little consequence in this country, where
alone il exists, were it not for the inn
mense amount of free advertising given
to il by the American press in aScribing
to it almost every crime and outrage
committed in the country.
Il. c. GALLUP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
ANACOSTIA.

Orders have been issued by the District
Commissioners for the establishing of
forty-five forty-candlepower lamps in
Twining City and on the Pennsylvania
avenue bridge. Twenty-six will be placed
on either side of the bridge and two sus-
pended over the center to accommodate
night travel Seventeen will be placed
on wooden poles. east from the bridge to
Minnesota avenue.
Final arrangements have been made by
a committee of Anacostia Lodge, No. II,
F. y. A. NJ, for the annual entertain
ment Of the officers and members OF the
Grand Lodge. who will visit the local.
lodge tomorrow evening. Charles r.
Roberts. Adolphus Guide and Samuel w.
W. Humphrey have charge of the pro-
gram which will be presented
Arthur +. Suit. superintendent OF the
Sunday school department of the Ana
costa Methodist Episcopal Church. VIII
conduct rally at a meeting of the school
today. Several addresses will be made
and special music rendered.
The younger members of the board of
stewards of the Congress Heights Metho-
dist Episcopal Church are making plans
Tor an entertainment to be held soon for
the benefit Of the church. The Sunday
school department has reached and pass
ed the goal set for attendance this year
100 The mark is now set at 10. Al a
meeting held last week the following OFF,
GERS were chosen to serve during the com
ing year: Philip Magruder, Superln-
tendent: Rev. James NJ. McCauley. as
sistant superintendent; Herbert Talbert,
secretary; Miss Rachel Joyce, assistant
secretary; Walter Ballard. treasurer: Al
bert Fowler librarian; Charles Joyce as
sistant librarian: Miss Summer Wright.
organist: Miss Madaline Hoag. assistant
organist: Miss Rachel joyce, missionary
treasurer: Mrs. Edward Slocum. birthday
treasurer: Mrs Philip Magruder. superin-
tcndent primary department: Mrs. Ed
ward Slocum. assistant superintendent
primary department: Mrs. Blanche Bal
lard. organist primary department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
WORK ON GRANDSTAND
WILL BEGIN TOMORROW
Believed That New Structure at Ball
Park Will Be Practically Com
plete When Season Opens.

Plans for the new steel and concrete
grandstand for American League Park
have already been started. An architect
and expert from the Osborne CONSTITUTE
ton Company of Cleveland is in this city
and the drawing of the first draft was
started yesterday. The Osborne Con-
struction Company designed and built
the steel grandstand at the Cleveland,
Ohio, park.
The Fuller Construction Company will
start the actual building tomorrow. Aft
er clearing away the debris the first posts
will be driven home and the foundation
will be started.
1t is expected that no temporary seats
will be needed. After consultation yes
terday officials of the Washington club
felt sure that April II would see prac-
tically a complete grandstand. They do
not expect to see the entire double
decker which will eventually take the
place of the destroyed wooden stand, but
they do expect that one tier will be SO
nearly complete that the first day
crowds will be able to take seats the
steel and concrete structure rather than
on set of temporary seats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
DINNER TO MR.. GALLINGER.
Commissioner Rudolph to Preside at
Complimentary BANQUET.

Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph will
preside at the dinner which will be
rendered Senator Gallinger, chairman
OF the Senate District committee, at the
New Willard Hotel. March IS by the
citizens of the District. Former Com
missioner Henry B. F. Macfarland will
make the address to Senator Gallinger
on behalf of the citizens. B. II. Warner,
chairman of the general committee on
arrangements, will act as toastmaster.
Although the President has signified
informally his intention of being pres
ent, if public business permits, the COM
mittee on invitation, of which A. T..
Hensey is chairman. will extend him a
formal invitation tomorrow.
From present appearances, the attend
ance will be very large. and the oc-
casion promises to be one of the most
emphatic and notable evidence of ap-
probation ever given a public man In
the District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
OYSTER TAKING SEASON
DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Catch From the Potomac Has
Been Far Superior to That
of Chesapeake Bay.

The oyster-taking season is drawing to
close on Chesapeake bay and it's tribu-
taries, the dredging season having ended
in the past week, but the season for TAX
ing the bivalves with tong will continue
until April ~.
The Potomac river has been furnishing
the best grade of oysters on the market,
and while they did not rank as the finest
the first part OF the season, that stock
has steadily improved and is now sought
by the packing houses at Baltimore and
elsewhere 1T is very hard to explain
why oysters are thin one season and tat
the next" said the captain OF a runboat,
but do know one thing and that is that
there are still plenty of oysters left on
the beds to mature for next seasons
catch.
The masters Of the runbOats that
brought the biyalves from the lower
Potomac beds to this city state that in
the early part of the season they MADE
some money, but since about the nrst OF
the year, when the ice left the river
they have been fortunate if they broke
even Oysters at the 18th street wharf
have sold through much of the season at
about the same price as was paid LOT
them down river
One Of the features of the present sea-
son is the remarkable Qudntlty anu idPu
development of the oyster in upper
Chesapeake bay on what is called the
Tea Tables and Jumps" While the
oysters in that locality never grow to
selects for the raw trade they nave
been of good quality and desired by pack
erS for Steam1ng. :
There was fair supply of oysters in
the shell on sale at the wharf market
yesterday evening and they were selling
at from 80 cents to 30 cents bushei.
Those who are acquainted with condi-
tons in the oyster trade state that the
season just closing has been for below
the average in quantity and quahty OF
marketable stock from Chesapeake bay.
Throughout the season the Chesapeake
oysters have been poor in quality and the
yield Of good raw stock short. The catch
of steam stock, however. has been fair,
but prices have been low, and those en-
gagged in the business claim that the sea-
son has not been as remunerative as In
the past.
The general opinion among the oyster
men in that there is no dearth of oysters
in the Chesapeake bay, and rigid enforce
ment of the existing Gull laws on the oys-
ter rocks would materially aid In bring
ing back the former prestige of the
Chesapeake bay product.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
PETITION FOR RECEIVER.
Proceedings Instituted Against Firm
Trading as Auto Station.

Proceedings for an injunction and re-
ceiver have been instituted by the Frank
G. Tickling Company against Arthur r.
Parker and H. Milton Berry, trading as
The Auto Station, at I'LL 18th street
northwest.
Justice Stafford. at the request Of At
torneys Henry E. Davis and Edward B.
Kimball, signed temporary injunction
and issued a rule on the defendants to
show cause next Friday why a receiver
should not be appointed.
The Tickling company claims to be a
creditor of the defendants and charges
they have abandoned their business of
the above location. and have no assets
except outstanding accounts, which the
proceeding seeks to have a receiver col
lect and distribute among the defendants
creditors.
The court is asked to enjoin the de-
PENDANTS from collecting the bills pending
an appointment Of receiver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
HEAR IRISH MUSIC.
St. Patrick's Literary Association
Spends ENJOYABLE Evening.

Under the auspices Of ST. Patrick's
Alumnae and Literary Association. an
evening of drama and Irish music was
enjoyed at Carroll Hall Friday night. Up
to Freddie. a farce in two acts, was pre-
scented by the following: Eunice c. Des-
seq. Gertrude J. Burns, Catherine T. Sui
Ivan, Marie NJ. Joyce, Alice Lucas. Jo-
anna Gloetzner. Denis E. Council, John
O. Allen and Paul A. Hines.
ST. Patrick's String Orchestra gave
number of selections. The personnel of
the orchestra is as follows: Hobart III.
Ramsdell. director: George w Skilton.
Gisela Gloetzner, Miss Ruth Norris. Miss
Ethel Lee. Paul Ramsdell and Miss Dor
othy Megrew.
Others who took part in the program
were Mrs. L. Deeds, Estelle Murray,
Maize Lyons, Mrs. f. Rice and Miss NJ.
Howard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
LETTER CARRIERS UNIFORM.
Contract Awarded to Maher Broth.
ers of Utica, N. Y.

The contract for supplying local let
ter carriers with uniforms for the COM
ing summer has been awarded to
Maher Brothers of Utica. " Y. who
agree to furnish Worcester wooden
mills summer cadet gray cloth in coats
for $l.20 each, trousers for s4.75 and
vests for 81. No award was made for
furnishing the straw hats which the
carriers have decided to wear next
summer. nor for the blouses. as but
one bid was received for each and II
was irregular in form.
The other bidders for the uniforms
were Fechheimer Brothers Company.
Cincinnati. Ohio. and Jacob Reeds
Sons. Philadelphia.
The award was made by a committee
of letter carriers composed of G. r..
Wiukelman. r. =. Ashford and c. A L.
Farquhar. representing the main post
office: Frank Fauth. representing sta
ton y: Joseph s. Wasney, station r;
John p. Donovan. station r, and w
Howard Douglas, station 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Street Car Manners.
40 the E,iitor of Inc Scar:


l notice by yesterdays Star that it is
proposed to teach manners in the public
schools. While i am not very strong on
these new-fangled school methods,
think this is an excellent idea Making
due allowance for youthful ebullition the
children of Washington are probably as
well hammered a set could be desired,
but the proposed course of instruction
would be valuable for the effect 1t would
probably have on their parents-partic-
ularly their mothers, grandmothers. aunts
and grown-up sisters and cousins. 1t is
notorious fact that the average Wash
ington woman when she puts her foot
outside her door leaves her manners at
home. How many times have YOU and l
seen d string of women scattered along
the side seats of the street cars stare
standing women out of countenance
rather than move up an inch or two to
make room for them? 7 have seen a bevy
of fair young things permit a helpless
man to step off sidewalk into the snow
and S,ush rather than close up and make
room for him to pass. But il is their
street car manners in which women are
especially offensive. OF course. we never
expect now to see the slightest acknowl-
edgnent OF the small courtesy OF surren-
der!ng our seats to them, but some syS-
tenn should be devised To teach them TO
make room for each other.
Mrs. Pope went home yesterday after
noon on one of the longitudinal seat cars
in which d lone, fat man, among about a
dozen women, failed TO make room for
her. and she had 10 stand until she las
good as asked one of the women to make
room for her. Ordinarily. Mrs. Pope
possesses a fine sense of humor. but this
time i had to draw her a chart Of the
laugh j gave her when she expressed her
anger at the poor. lone man, Every wom-
an will admit the truth of this Indictment
in so far as IL relates to other women,
but not as to herself-no. never, / there
fore suggest that the proposed instruc-
tons contain special course for the
girls on street car manners. 1t won't
he long before they can use it and by
reflex action IL may help some now.
Z. CARTER POPE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Entertainments for the Blind.

The following is the program for volun-
teer readings and music in the lecture
hall of the Public Library for the enter
tainment of the blind on the dates given:
Tuesday, March u, 8 pm, DR.. j. T..
Clayton will give a reading on the Or
ganic Unity of the Bible
Thursday, March 23, pm, musical.
Miss Adelne Emmert, piano; Miss i.
TOmIinSon mandolin.
These readings and musicals are pri-
marily for the benefit of the blind. Other
persons will be admitted to the seating
capacity Of the room, which will accom-
modate $50 persons.
Children will not be admitted except as
escorts for the blind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
OYSTER BOAT STUCK.
Schooner Hattie and Francis Ran
Ashore Near Fort Hunt Wharf.

The two-masted schooner Hattie and
Francis, Capt. William Stanford, while
on the way up the river yesterday morn
ing with a cargo of oysters for this city,
ran ashore on the flats near the old long
wharf at Fort Hunt and stuck hard and
fast, though it is reported that only her
bow is in the mud Her crew made sew
eral efforts to float her yesterday. but she
refused to bulge and late yesterday
afternoon the tug Capt. Toby, Capt
Kintz. was sent from here to give her
aid
Where the vessel went ashore is soft
mud and it is not thought that she will
be seriously damaged This will be the
first visit the Hattie and Francis has
made to this city with oysters aboard
this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Designs Informally Discussed
Mcmillan Park Plans.

1t was arranged that the membf of
the art commission should make s;GASs34er
personal study of the plans Of T.
MILAN Park commission for the deve,o
ment of the park system of the DistrSt
especially with reference to the connection
of Potomac Park with Rock Creek Park
through the Improvement of the valley of
Rock creek between its mouth and the
Connecticut Avenue bridge. Owing to the
extensive use that has been made of the
plans of the Mcmillan commission in
various cities of the country, to which
they have been loaned during the past
few years, they have become somewhat
worn and indistinct. Because Of the i'm
pOrtant part they will play in the future
work of the art commission it was de-
cided to reproduce them in a clearer man.
ner. These plans. together with series
of accompanying photographs. have just
been returned to this city from London,
England. where they were sent, by re-
quest, for the benefit of the local au-
thOrities in connection with projected park
improvements. At the request of the citi-
Zens' committee of Philadelphia consider
ing civic improvements, it was decided to
permit the exhibition of the plans and
photographs at the exhibit of city plan
ming to be held in the Quaker city May ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Personal Notes of River Men.

Capt. r. T. Fowkes has returned to the
tug NJ. NJ Davis at Norfolk. Capt. Frank
Taylor will return to this city.
Capt Albert Curley is at Solomon's
Island. Nd, experimenting the rebuild
ing of the schooner Isabel.
Frederick Mertens. president and gen.
eral manager of the Mount Vernon and
Marshall Hall Steamboat Company. who
has been quite i'll at his home in Cunber-
land, d., is reported convalescing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Accused of Stealing Eggs.

Christina Bates and Jennie Watkins
colored. were locked up at the fourth pre-
cinct police station last night TO answer
charges of theft. 1t Is alleged that they
took nine dozen eggs from the wagon OF
Edward Ricketts, of Potomac Md. al the
Center Market, yesterday. The eggs were
recovered in a house in Willow Tree al
ley, where, it is charged, the defendants
left them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
RAILROADS.
SeabOard Air | line Rv.

1926 AN. DAILY - ''Seaboard Fast Mail"
Through coaches and Pullman sleepers to Savan.
nah and Jacksonville. Parlor cars Jacksonvills
to Tampa and Washington TO Pinehurst. Through
sleeper TO Atlanta. Dining car.
500 p. NJ. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY-"Sea-
hoard Florida Limited Solid Pullman electric
lighted train, with club, dining compartment
and observation cars to Jacksonville, ST. Angus
tine and Palm Beach. with seepers to Miami
and knights Key flor Havana). Parlor car
Jacksonville to Tampa
S:15 PM. DAILY-'Seaboard Express. Elec-
trically lighted sleepers and observation car.
equipped with electric fans. Through service to
Savannah. jacksonville, Tampa, Atlanta, Biz
mingham and Memphis; also through sleeper 10
Pnehurst. Dining
Ticket office. 14lS New York ave. NV.
L. A HARDWOOD, eta. g. H. PHILLIPS. D.P.A.
G. Il RYAN q. p. A.. PnrtsmOuTh. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Lives Ennbittcrcd
BY Skim TROUBLES

Many estimable lives have been embittered by
skin affections, due, in most cases. to neglect in
infancy and childhood. Delicate skins readily
become irritated and erupttons develop.
Then treatment after treatment is tried and
found wanting until life becomes nightmare
OF torture and Disagreement. imposing fearful
handicap in the fer business social adj
vancement. Yet this physical and mental suffer-
ing might have been avoided or mitigated By .
timely use of Cuticura soap and ointments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Monuments and Statues.

Other questions considered at yester-
days meeting related to monuments and
statues in this city, as well as to the pro-
posed Indian statue in New York harbor
and the proposed revolutionary monument
at Valley Forge. No final action was
taken in respect to these monuments. 1t
was decided. however, to secure colored
photographs of all the monuments and
statues in the District of Columbia The
commission will meet again In a few
weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19
Southern Railway.

" B.-Followine schedule figures published only
as information and are not guaranteed.
For Atlanta. Birmingham. Mobile. New Or
leans, AshevilIe. 800 am. and 1o:4a pm. daiy:
900 a. daily for Chattanooga anu memphis
Dining
For Roanoke Knoxville. Chattanooga; Birming-
ham. New Orleans 1910 pm. daily. Dining cars
phis, Nashville A:1o am. daily sleeping car
caAn -.s..er 40 PM Dining cars.
ton Birmingham AIS pm. daily. Dining cars
Tourist cars for California Monday. Wednesday.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 4:t5 pm.
For Greensboro, Durham. Raleigh, Charlotte.
Columbia. Charleston, Aiken, Augusta, Savan-
nah. Jacksonville and Florida points, so ,. IN.
daily. Dining cars.
Local for Harrisonburg $50 am. daily. 3:35
p. and 4:30 pm. week days: for nnnvfIle.
7:3O am. daily and for Charlottesville. I'D
am and $3.50 pm. daily; for warreDton, 4:so
p. m. daily and ass p m. week days. Frequent
trains to and from Biuemont
L. S. BROWN. General Agent