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Near Police Headquarters.
FEWER DIAMONDS IMPORTED.
Big Falling OFF Also in Receipts Of
Foreign Champagne.

Only $50, 100000 worth OF diamonds
were imported into the United States
during the eleven months ending May
81 last as against $37,250,000 worth
for the same period of the preceding
year The imports of champagne. too.
during the period fell from $6.000.00o
to $4,000 silk laces from $6.0o0.ooo
to $3,5O0.0O0 and dressed furs from
$40, 0OO,OO0 to 100000. Works OF art.
however did not suffer from the wave
Of economy which seems TO have
swept over the country. for the imports
in art increased in value from $2o.S33.-
333 to S21.600.000.
Notwithstanding the reduction In
value Of the foregoing articles. the
imports generally increased by more
than $145.0OO,O 900 as compared with the
same period in 1910.
The exports amounted for the period
to $57350O, 900. an increase OF $145.S00,-
600 as compared with the preceding
year period OF eleven months. Cotton.
as usual. heads the list, but illuminat
ing oil fell OF from $50, AGO. 900 for 1910
to $51,900,000. But meats and dairy
products jumped from $3.50, 100000 for
the eleven months OF 1910 to 35.40o.-
600 for the corresponding period this
year, and copper took q jump from
SIC, 400, 900 to $50, 100000
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NEWS OF ROCKVILLE
AND THE COUNTY
Two Washington AUTOMOBILE
lists Deny They Were Arrest
ed for Speeding.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

ROCKVILLE. Nd, June 81. 1911.
Although a deposit of $50 is in the hands
of the Rockville, Md. authorities for their
appearance in police court today on
charges of violating the speed law.
Charles d. Cugle and K. w. Mollahan,
both of Washington. declare they were
not arrested yesterday and that the for
felt of the collateral will not fall upon
them.
Sheriff William E. Viett of Rockville
yesterday afternoon took into custody five
alleged offenders of the speed 1aw-three
automobilists and two motor cyclists-all
claiming to be from Washington. The
names given the sheriff were those of Mr.
Cugle, who is president of the Washing
ton Rubber Company; DR. Fl. A. Fowler
of the Cumberland apartment house, and
f. w. Mollahan of 4O1 Sd street north
west. composing the automobiles. and
C. p. House of % eth street northeast
and A. H. Walters of 1907 Madison street,
the motor cyclists.
According to Mr.. Cugle. he was motor
ing in Maryland yesterday. but was net
arrested He denied any knowledge of
the charge that had been placed against
him and said that it was not he who put
up the collateral
Mr.. Mollahan declared that his ma
chine mad not Deen Out VI tuc Sdiosc
all day. He said that he had sold an
automobile to a Maryland buyer some
time ago, and suggested that the names
might have been confused on account OF
the license numbers
Dr. Fowler admitted having been ar
rested None Of the motor cyclists could
be located today. The entire collateral
deposited as the result OF the FIVE arrests
was SloJ, or 800 for each offender.
The plan followed by Sheriff Welt was
to pace the machines from the Gathers
burg end of the pike into Rockville. and
to hold them up as they slowed up maxi
ing the turn entering the town.
Within the last few days State Auto
mobile Commissioner George has been in
communication with Sheriff Viett, and
has insisted upon strict enforcement or
the automobile regulations. and has d.
rected that leniency be shown to none.
Sheriff Welt has announced his intention
of arresting all who violate any of the
laws provisions.
Miss Addie May Cunningham and Harry
Clinton Dill both of Baltimore, were
married in Rockville Saturday afternoon
by Rev. :. X. White, the ceremony talk
ing place at the minister's residence. The
age Of each was given at twenty -one.
They left for Washington Immediately
afterward.
A large number of the members of the
Rockville Lodge of Masons attended in
body services in the Rockville Baptist
Church yesterday morning, when the pas
tor. Oscar w. Henderson. preached spe-
cial sermon Pentalpha Lodge of Gathers
burg attended special services in the
Ba ptist Church at Germantown yesterday,
the pastor Rev. Frank 3. Cowell, preach
ing
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NAVAL ACADEMY CHANGES.
Recommendations Made by the
Board of Visitors.

An urgent recommendation is made by
the board of visitors to the Naval Acad-
envy. in its report just submitted to the
Secretary of the Navy. for the prompt
enactment OF legislation by Congress
to provide for the commissioning of
midshipmen as ensigns Immediately
upon graduation. This recommendation
has been made for several years by
boards, but without result.
The board of visitors made a number
of other recommendations 1t Endorsed
the recommendations Of several previous
boards that the members of the board
visit the academy during the year. when
the work is not interfered with by the
ceremonies of graduating week The term
aptitude" brought into use by Capt
Bower, former superintendent, was
given approval. 1t Is also recommended
that a dairy be established at the acad-
envy as a means of preventing typhoid
fever.
The administration of Capt. Bowyer was
highly commended.
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ACCEPTS CALL TO CHURCH.
Rev. ]. A. Campbell Of Washington,
Pa. Coming Here.

The Rev. ]. Alvin Campbell of WASH
ington, Pa, has accepted the call re-
Gently extended to him to become pastor
of the First United Presbyterian Church.
Georgia and New Hampshire avenues and
Rock Creek road. according to an an
nouncement made by officials of the
church. He will fill the vacancy caused
nv the resignation of the Rev. DIR. W. w.
Logan. which occurred last winter
Mr.. Campbell was in Washington three
weeks ago and preached at the church.
He is thirty-hve years old and a grad
uate OF the Allegheny Theological Semi
nary of Allegheny, Pa. He will assume
the pastorate July !.
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MISSING FROM HOMES.
Woman and Girl Cause Uneasiness
to Their Friends.

Mrs Mary S. Elliott is reported MISSING
from the house of Mrs. Alice L. Hunt,
Tenleytown, since Saturday morning. The
police We're told she had complained OF
being i'll. and her friends thought she
had probably gone to hospital, but her
name does not appear on the records of
such institutions.
Fronie Poole has also caused relatives
uneasiness by her absence. She left her
home at IL. street northwest last
Thursday 10 go to Boyd, Md, but. the
police are told. she failed to reach her
destination. She carried a suit case
filled with clothing when she LETT her
mother.
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ODDITIES IN DAYS NEWS.
Strange Stories From Various Parts
of the Country.

SARANAC LAKE. n. Y. June 26.-J.
r. Tall and Charles Shendlekn hooked
a strange kind Of crayfish while angling
Saturday night 1t was the claws. tail,
legs and long smellers and is the color of
a lobster 1t is young one, and has at
tracted much attention because it is the
first of its kind ever caught in the fresh
waters of the Adirondacks.
Boston authority declares the find Is
a lobster, the first ever known to be
found in fresh water
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Resolutions Laud Mr.. Doyle.

Resolutions expressing the sorrow OF
the members of the contest division OF
the general land Office at the death OF
B. NJ Doyle who had been an employe
in that division many years. were adopted
at a meeting of the members Saturday.
Mr.. Doyle died recently and Friday his
body was sent to his old home in Ken
lucky for burial. A copy Of the resolutions
will be transmitted to the mother of Mr..
Doyle They recite the fact that Mr..
Doyle was held in much affection by his
CO. workers, and that his service for the
government had been meritorious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-26
LEG BROKEN; CRAWLS Is MILES
Mining Engineer Makes Painful
Journey Across Desert.

SAN BERNARDINO. Cal, June u
Peter Holyoke. a mining engineer, for
mmerly of Boston, with his right leg
broken in two places. crawled distance
of fifteen miles through a rough noun
tain and desert region before being res
cued by teamsters Saturday. Holyoke
was prospecting. In crossing a ridge lie
stumbled and fell into guich
Holyoke does not know how long ne
Law unconscious. Managing to crawl to
the top of the ridge again. Holyoke took
his bearings and started to crawl to the
nearest water hole. The teamsters who
came up with him lifted him into their
wagon and hurried him to Dagget.
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Appointed Assistant Pastor.

II was stated in The Star Saturday that
Rev. John r. Eckenrode of the Shrine
OF the Sacred Heart. this city. had been
appointed assistant pastor OF ST. PauIs
+, 'athcEc Church. Baltimore. The error
was due To- "A similarity OF names. the
aupo.ntrnent having been given to Rev.
John H. Eckenrode. who recently was
graduated from Mount ST. Mary's Col
lege. Rev. John r. Eckenrode remains
al the Shrine OF the Sacred Heart
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able statement that he constantly had
vision of the spires of the Cathedral OF
Notre Dame as If they were close at
hand. though he knew them to be hun
dreds of miles distant.
1t is to be hoped that aspiring avn
ators will regard sensations of discom-
fort and illness not as a matter to be ig-
nored or regarded with a hero's disdain.
but as grave warnings from nature that
there are fixed limits to the adaptability.
and especially to the possible speed Of ad-
justment of the human mechanism. Won
derful as that mechanism is.
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Southern Recruits Bowlegged.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 26.-The local
naval recruiting station is closed because
majority of the applicants were bow
legged and therefore barred from the
service. The men hailed from Arkansas.
Tennessee and Mississippi Over 90 per
cent of the men who applied within the
past two months lacked straight legs.
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Hens Law Purple Eggs.

COLUMBUS. Ind, June CITIZENS on
the farm of H. l.. Rost, near here, are
laying purple eggs. Rost says that null
berries are responsible. He says that
the wind has blown at least twenty-five
bushels of the berries from the trees
within the past week. The chickens re-
fuse to eat anything except mulberries.
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Wants a Homely Bride.

LOS ANGELES, June 26.-G. l.. Stew
ems, a ranch owner, has appealed to the
Los Angeles county marriage bureau. He
says he wants a wife, but she must be-
homely-ugly, in fact, he insists. He de-
sires also that the woman be industrious
and live on the farm. but she may go
to the city once a week and any place
else on Sundays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-26
GIRLS DRAW HUSBANDS
AT 10 CENTS A CHANCE
Churches in Philadelphia
Adopt Novel Method OF
Raising Money. u.

PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-lt IS
quite the thing now in Philadelphia Tor
q girl to take chance in husband
That sounds as if il were not new. but
the fact is that a girl, at fair. can
put her hand in a grab bag and pun
out a husband if she is lucky.
Miss Mary Doyle did almost that at
the fair for the benefit of st. Gregory's
Roman Catholic Church Saturday
night. She and several thousand young
women bought tickets in a lottery for
a husband whose identity was care
fully hidden. ST. Gregory's rector
vouchsafed that the prize would make
a good husband. and announced that
he would perform the marriage cere-
mony gratis AS an additional IN
ducement a diamond ring was thrown
in with the husband.
The drawing was held on the porch
Of the headquarters OF the cnurcn
fair committee. Miss Jennie Woodhouse
held box full of numbers. Miss Mary
Murray. blindfolded. thrust her hand
in the box and drew forth number.
The girl who held that number was
the winner.
mo. 1869 wins announced Miss
Woodhouse.
Prize Behind a Screen.
After much further iuttering it was
discovered that Miss Doyle held number
1869. Her envious co-gamblers in the
game of love thrust her forward and
she was directed to step on the porch and
discover her winnings" who was hid
den behind a SCREEN
An orchestra placed the wedding march
from ..Lohengrin.' With a pretty petu-
liant gesture Miss Doyle knocked down
the screen.
There stood William Bowers. known
TO all the girls of the church as the
bashful bachelor" He was blushng flu
riously. Besides. he wore evening clothes,
except that he had on a green necktie.
"Pshaw.'' said Miss Doyle in tone
that made Bowers blush a deeper GRIM
son, Il know Mr.. Bowers is very nice.
but / don't want a husband that costs
me only 10 cents
She gave up the diamond ring, too.
Bowers will be ratified off again. next
time to buy a new organ for the church.
Changes Her Mind.
Miss Doyle may change her mind again.
Miss Catherine y. Flanaga did this aft
ernoon. Pity. as well as budding affec
ton. seems TO have inspired Miss Flana-
gan. for she said:
Nobody loves a fat man. SO I'll marry
him She held the ticket that won
Thomas Skelly az a husband at the fair
OF the Church Of the Immaculate Con-
ception. Sicily is six feet tall and weighs
80 pounds. His identity. which has
been a battling mystery for a week. dur
ing which the fair has been in progress.
was disclosed simultaneously with the
announcement that he belonged to Miss
Flanagan il she wanted him.
Skelly mounted chair and said lie
Lad entered the affair in a spirit of fun
hut since he had seen Miss Flanagan
ne was willing and anxious to reinquish
his bachelor life. Miss Flanagan blushed
prettily and IL was agreed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-26
AIR SICKNESS NOW
Attest Illness of Mankind Due
to Aeroplaning.
TWO CAUSES ASSIGNED
Exalted Nervous Tension and Sud-
den Changes in Altitude Produce
Physical Phenomena.

From the Scientific American.
A factor often overlooked is the illness
or sickness" which has been attendant
on all efforts Of the living organism to
adapt itself too hastily to different
milieu. Thus we have sea sickness
mountain sickness and air sickness mas
recently been added. The subject mas
heen attracting much attention OF late,
particularly in France, and two phF-
sicians. Or. Rene Cruchet and Dr. Mou-
liner. have just presented to the Acad-
emie des Sciences highly interesting re-
port of certain experiments anu Huuhis
conducted by them.
Air sickness does not seriously aHect
those who fly al moderate heights. 1t
reserves its terrors for those daring ani-
.tors who seek to attain exceptionally
high attitudes
To some extent the mountain climber
and the aviator seeking loity aitituoes
work under similar conditions
mt i'm the case Of the airman there
are two specific factors of great sig
nificapce. he.y;er
than-air machine necessnaies d opn aantal
effort and this under conditions "hlcn
render the slightest relaxation OF grave
peril to life and limb. thus producing On
exalted state of nervous tension. ,hieh
there is the extreme rapidity win whISn
nhysical conditions are changed ana tile
corresponding inability of physloiosical
conditions to adjust themselves III nc
10 avoid violent disturbances. II Is .nis
factor which the phss,caaniH n a tbe produc
ton of the specific symptoms OF ar SICK
ness. ,. ,ya dura
| ton Of forty five minutes az n NOS, AZ ~
assa.he in from thirty to forty min
utes and the descent is. OF course even
more rapid. occupying usually irona
| five to seven minutes. bipiahes are
snmewhat slower of ascent than mono
sInnes hut on the other hand. they
rrannire more labor from the pilot
Thus we have conditions in all alt1-
| tude flights of rather rapid ascent ana
vertiginous descent, these condltlons
$500 the character of the biological
| action.
Respiration Becomes Quicker.
purinp ascent the respiration be-
| comes quicker at about 5000 feet ana
tho heart beats faster. but usually
without palpitation. Nausea and the
| ssnse Of imitation Of the stomach ex-
nerienced by mountain climbers are
usually absent, but there is slight
feeling Of malaise or discomfort which
Morane attributed partly to the over
| nnwering sense of intense solitude.
| TTh. hnZzinp of the ears was not noted
nv Morane until nearly 5000 feet OF
Elevation. but novices observed 1t at
about 1900 feet, and even the former
is considerably lower than the height
| a. which mountain climbers are at
fected.
| Morane states that the sight is al
| WAYS clear What makes it seem not
| with which objects diminish and re-
| cede." He remarks, moreover. that
when the day Is fine but with slight
mist the sun Is reflected from the sur
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Beoueaths $500 for Parrot.

OKLAHOMA CITY. June 26.-Thomas
Billingsly has had will drawn in which
So, 500 is left his pet parrot, about TWEEN
ty-six years old. The fund may not be
expended for any other purpose during
the lifetime of the bird.
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MASKED MAN HOLDS UP
TREASURER Of CHURCH
Enters Sacred Edifice During
Service and Gets $28 From
Collection Plates.

WHEELING, w. Va. June 36-The
boldest robbery that has occurred i'm
Wheeling for years took place yesterday.
when two masked highwaymen held up
and robbed Brook Adams, treasurer OF
the First Christian Church. while he was
counting the church collection i'm a room
of the church while services were in
progress.
The collection, amounting to $2S. had
been taken up at the morning service and
was turned over to Mr.. Adams. He re-
tired to a downstairs room to count 1t.
and was busily engaged in his task when
a rear door opened. and a tall, powerful
man. wearing a red handkerchief for q
mask, entered. and. leveling big revolver
at him, ordered Hands up"
Adams Obeys Promptly.
Mr. Adams Immediately obeyed. and the
intruder gathered up the money aud
backed out of the door. warning Mr..
Adams that IL he attempted to follow hs
would be killed He then disappeared
down an alley i'm the rear Of the church.
where he was joined by confederate.
who had been on guard The alarm was
given, but the two thieves made their es-
cape over the hills surrounding the city.
Near Police Headquarters.
The robbery took place within 2Oo yards
Of a ward station, which is also a local
police headquarters. The church is To-
Gated in the very heart Of the city. The
streets were well filled I'm the vicinity.
The police are working on the case. but
so far no arrests have been made. Tho
general impression is that the highway
men were part OF a gang OF thieves that
have been operating successfully in this
city the past few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-26
PRESIDENT TO WITNESS
MIMIC MINE EXPLOSIONS
Secretary Fisher Also Will At
tend FirSt-Aid-t0-the- In
jured Field Meet.

President Taft and Secretary Fisher of
present and deliver addresses before the
first National Ffrst-Aid-to-the -Injured
Field Meet which will be held in Arsenal
Park at Pittsburg September rs. with the
object of showing the advance made in
dealing with mine accidents by the United
States bureau of mines. DIR. j. A. Holmes,
director of the bureau. also will attend
and deliver an address The bureau will
have the cooperation of the PittsburS
Coal Operators Association and the
American Red Cross. 1t is expected be
tween 2p,0o0 and 10000 miners will at
tend the meet.
Mimic mine explosions. with dramatic
realism will be one OF the features OF
the meet. One side of the gallery III
which the explosions will he set of Will
be covered with glass through Which
spectators NAV view the mimic disas-
tiers.
Will Be Realistic.
The scenes will he rendered more vivid
nv the presence of tirst-aid crews from
the mines throughout the country ana
the rescue men from the bureau of mines
and the American Red Cross, who VIII
render first aid" To the "entombed
miners Practically everything incident
to a mine explosion, except actual IN
iury or loss of life, will be enacted De-
fore the eyes of the spectators.
IL Is estimated that between o.US ana
SoOO miners are injured in the mines OF
the United States each year The frst-
aid" teams are organized to PROVIDE
emergency treatment that Will reduce the
number of fatalities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-26

Lining Up With Lady Ann Shorty
McCabe tale in Sewell Ford's best vein.
SEQ our next Sunday Magazine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-26

our Illustrated Song No. II is THE
Star Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott
Key. See our next Sunday Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-26
Patrolled the Frontier"

The 1st Infantry was more fortunate
than the I'd in the matter of rain. A
steady drizzle fell TO the lot of the men,
but there was no tremendous downpour.
After reveille yesterday morning Maj.
McCathran. commanding in the absence
of Col Ourand, who was ill, strung his
men out in a three-mile line and patrolled
the frontier
Lieut.. Col. Samuel E. Smiley, L. S. A.,
adjutant general District of Columbia mi
litia paid the camps an unofficial visit
Yesterday morning. Maj. c. Fred Cook,
adjutant general, District of Columbia
National Guard. and Maj Leroy Heron.
inspector general made official inspec-
lions of each camp.
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TROOPS GUARD
WASHINGTON SUBURBS
Two Regiments on Duty Yes
terday on Approaches to
the Capital.

Washington was guarded east and west
by two regiments Of infantry of the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Columbia
Yesterday the 1st and I'd Infantry being
in camp near Deanwood and Cabin John
bridge. respectively. \ twenty-acre field
on the Magruder farm near Deanwood
WAS the site of the LIST Infantry's camp.
while the I'd Infantry selected cleared
space surrounded by pleasant woods
near the canal, within few minutes
walk of Conduit road.
Under Orders From Headquarters.
The regiments marched from the armory
Saturday evening. Orders from militia
headquarters placed the entire camp. the
work. the sites and everything else in
the hands OF the regimental commanders.
The men carried shelter tents. which
proved to be ample protection from the
heavy rains of Saturday night.
The I'd Infantry at Cabin John bridge
spent yesterday morning in exercises in
outpost work and also divided forces into
the advance guards of opposing armies.
with cavalry patrol. and went through
all the maneuvers OF battles pre-
liminaries up to the actual point of con-
tact. After the military exercises had
been concluded and the canvas had been
taken down the I'd Infantry watched a
ball game between two mines recruited
from the ranks.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-09-22
ORIGIN OF OUR CALENDAR
Story Of tho Year and Its Days, ~
Now Constituted, Told
Once Moro.

The Julian year consists Of 1854
days and exceeded by II minutes 1895
seconds tho solar year Of 366 days
hours 48 minutes 46 seconds. In con-
sequence of this, the equinox In the
course OF few centuries fell bSck con-
sid0rably. In the time OF Julius Cae-
sar. 1t corrssponded to March Is.
and by the sixteenth century 1t had
retrogarded to March II. 1t was at
this time that . physician o; Verona
named Ghiraldi proposed \ plan for
amending the calendar. He died be-
fore he had opportunity to carry 1t
forward. but his brother presented 1t
to Pope Gregory Kill, who assembled
. number Of learned mon to discuss It
1t was passed upon favorably and
adopted, and thus was given to the
world what has since been known as
the Gregorian calendar. In 1882 Greg.
DRY issued a brief. apolishing the JULIAN
calendar in all Catholic countries. and
Introducing the reformed one.
The reform Of the Gergorian Ut new
on the Julian or old. consisted In
dropping ten days after October 4,
1888. 80 that the 18th was reckonsd
Immediately after the 4th. Every one
hundredth year. which, by tine o.d style
was a leap year. was to BIO a common
year. the fourth century. divisible by
four, excepted; that 10. 1900 was to re-
main a leap year. but 100. 1900 and
1900 we're not to DO reckoned as such.
while 1000 was to be reckoned.
In this calendar the length Of the
solar year is taken to be 265 days 5
hours 40 minutes and II seconds, tho
difference between which and tho true
length IL immAtorial.-The Christian
Herald.