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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
|FAVORS CONTRIBUTION
| BY COLONIAL DANES
Recommendation Made That
Each Give ST for Titanic
Disaster Memorial.

That each member Of the National So
ciety Of Colonial Danes Of America con-
tribute 81 toward the fund being raised
ed at the final session today Of the So
ciety, held at the Arlington Hotel AS
there are about $500 members of the ma
tional society and each member Is ex-
pected to make q contribution, the dona-
ton would be q substantial addition to
the fund.
Mrs. William Ruflin Cox. president, was
reelected and the following other ON
GERS were announced today: Mrs. Joseph
r. Lamar, Mrs. Frances W. Goddard of
Colorado. Mrs. E1ihu Chauncey Of New
York. vice presidents: Mrs. Charles r.
Miller. secretary; Mrs. John Y. Taylor.
assistant secretary: Mrs. Alexander j.
Cassatt. treasurer: Mrs. Franklin Dexter,
registrar; Mrs. Albert Sioussat, historian.
Thanks to Delegates.
Thanks were extended to all delegates
who contributed papers or reports at the
council and the society adjourned to meet
again IN Washington for its next biennial
council.
1t was announced that a large bouquet
OF movers ha0 Deen received from the
Manor House. the old Van CORTLAND
home on the Hudson river, In memory OF
Mrs. Howard Townsend. second president
Of the society.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
Mrs. A. ]. Robertson Of South Carolina
presented to the council the seal OF the
national society. She also gave the
council q rubbing from q brass subscribed
to Lawrence Washington. the ancestor of
George Washington. in the parish church
ot Su1
Special services will be held for the
delegates who remain over in Washing
ton tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at
Bethlehem Chapel, Cathedral Close.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Lighthouse Aids to Navigation.

A notice regarding aids to navigation in
Virginia waters Of the fifth district has
been issued by the lighthouse authorities,
as follows:
Chesapeake bay-Main channel to Bal
timore: Thirty five foot channel gas buoy
No. IL. found extinguished. has been re-
lighted. Thirty-five-foot channel upper
end gas buoy, No. 16. found showing q
white light. had its characteristic restor-
ed Hampton roads: Sewall point shoal
gas buoy. No. 3. reported extinguished
April %. has been relighted. Elizabeth
river: Elizabeth river entrance gas buoy,
No. "a, reported extinguished April "a
was relighted April 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
A HARD LIFE.
Base Ball Hero Up Against It, Ac-
cording to "Mr. Dooley."

Il asst him about tn science Nv bat
tim" Mr.. Dooley. the inimitable Irish
philosopher is speaking of q hero Of
the great American game. He said
1t was In hittin' on'y tn good vans
His idee Nv tn mathymaticks Nv fieldin'
was niver to thry to catch q ground
ball with tn ankle. or q fy bali with
tn nose. 'Whin.' says /. dye pitch
bestr "A day or two says he. 'befvre
sign me contract he says.
Il asked about his thrainin' It Is
simple but severe. Afther breakfast he
goes to dinner. His dinner ID usually
Uninterrupted in tn middle Nv the NTH
pie be tn summons to tn game. Afther
tn game he goes to supper Afther
supper he sets In Q rockin' chair in
front Nv tn hotel till tn manager goes
to bed. whin he an tn other athleets
soJourn to rathskellar.
He 10 invariably In bed befure tn
manager gets up. In return fr all
their sufrrin'. these hayroes ARE
threated like white slaves. His salry
is only nine thousand dollars . year.
an rr this he 10 often compelled to
pitch ivry other week." Watch for
mr.. Dooley on the Higher Base BALI
in the special feature section Of The
Sunday Star.
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Army Cooking Test.
From the Army and Navy Journal.


The existence Of the provisional regi-
ment for the purpose Of conducting GER
tain work with that organization will at
ford the opportunity Of the commissary
general TO have some important compare
tive trials with various systems OF pre-
pairing food for troops in the field
Among the tests will be that with The
held cooking range No. I. equipped with
three different attachments one being
known as the Alamo attachment de-
signed by Capt. Oscar T. Charles, nth
infantry, stationed at Fort Mcpherson.
Ga. which has a means of doubling the
boiling surface Of the range: another be.
ing field cooking device designed or
proposed by Capt A. w. Bjornstad, 18th
Infantry. of the general stan: the third
being a modified form Of the field-cooking
device for the Philippine scout companies,
also proposed by Capt. Bjornstad -Four
companies will try the first attachment.
four other companies the second, and
another four companies the third, so that
there may be a comparison Of results
II Is also proposed to try some bakery
unit or two units to see what may be
provided In the way OF field bread
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Those About Titanic Memorial
Not to Be Destroyed.
OTHERS JOIN Committee
Mrs. Fairbanks and Mrs. Underwood
Among Those to Accept.
OFFERS TO MAKE CANVASS
Lexington Chapter, d. A. R., OF
Lexington, KY, Anxious to
Help Raise Fund.

The thousands Of letters received by
the chairman and secretary Of the
woman's Titanic memorial organization
from women In all parts of the United
States will not be destroyed when the
memorial fund is completed, but will be
preserved and built into the memorial
arch itself, so that the words Of the
woman contributors to the fund will be
come a partsof the memorial which that
fund provides.
The greater number of these letters, ac-
companying contributions, contain senti-
ments that have been deemed worthy Of
preservation. The vast bulk OF the cor
respondence makes it impossible to col
lect the letters in printed form or in any
kind Of bound volumes, SO the headQuar-
tiers officials have practically decided to
have the letters compressed into as small
a bulk as possible. and to seal them in
an air and moisture proof crypt, to be
built into one Of the bases Of the
memorial arch, there to remain forever.
More Accept Invitations.
Acceptances Of invitations to become
members of the general committee of
100 are coming in at a gratifying
rate those received yesterday being
from Mrs. C. w. Fairbanks Of Indian
apolis. wife of the former Vice Presi-
dent: Mrs Theodore Marburg of Balti-
bama, wife Of the majority leader in the
House Of Representatives; Mrs. julius
Kahn, wife Of Representative Kahn of
California; Mrs. Anna Kelton Wiley.
D. Rockefeller. jr.. Of New York.
Mrs. Edwin Muller, regent Of the Lex
ington, KY. Chapter of the d. A. r.,
has written to Mrs. John Hay. honorary
chairman Of the memorial, her letter
reading:
Ready to Begin Canvass.
THE Lexington Chapter. D. A. R..
wishes to assist the movement for a
woman's memorial to the men Of the
Titanic. and. If agreeable to you, will
canvass Lexington for 81 subscriptions
for this fund.
please let me know at your earliest
convenience IL this is satisfactory to you.
We would like to begin the work Of can
wasting at once. and are much in SYM
pathy with the movement
While the fund for the erection Of the
memorial is to be donated wholly by
the country are taking an interested
part in the movement. Mrs John Hays
Hammond has received letter from
Rev. Father w. T. Russell Of st. Pat
rick's Catholic Church, Washington, in
which he says:
II received your letter and shall be
very glad to cooperate in this grand
work. 1 am sure that every woman in
our country will be proud Of this op-
portunity Of showing to the world at
large her appreciation of the heroism Of
the men Of the Titanic, and I truly be-
eeve that she will need no urging to
make this arch worthy Of the deeds
which prompted 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04

First Caynon. br. g.. and Gallant Lad,
CHI. g., owned by Col. r. NJ. Thompson.
cup: second. King George. CHI. g., and
Julian Norris cup.
Class 59-Model hunters. shown in hand.
First. Algoma. b. g.. owned by w. r.
Abel. $50; second. Pagan Kin. CHI. g..
owned by Brandywine stables. $50; third.
Mavourneen. br. m, owned by Charles
Wheeler. SO: fourth. Irish Nora. ch. m.
owned by Richard Wallach. mgr. ribbon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
FAVOR SUGAR REDUCTION.
Senate Finance Democratic Mem.
bers Agree to l-3 OF.

Democratic members of the Senate COM
mittee on finance practically agreed to-
day to favor a reduction of 80 l-3 per
cent from the present tariff on sugar. and
voted to abolish the Dutch standard and
differential on sugar. This Will be car
ried out In a provision which will be Of
fered as an amendment to the demo-
cratic House free sugar bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
IMPORTANT
without alco-

Without alco-
hol or poisonous
drugs, F . I b er
Johns Medicine
cures throat and
lungs, builds up
the body and
makes strength.
It drives the
impurities out OF
the system and
strengthens each
organ OF the
body. enabling
each to do its
work properly.
Father Johns
Medicine Is the
best remedy ever
pr e s cribed for
building up the
medicine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
CAMPAIGN for Funds Succeeds.

Tomorrow marks tho close Of tho rally
by the men and women Of Shiloh Bap-
tist Church for removing the debt upon
the church. From Indications the amount
Of money raised will prove satisfactory
to the pastor. Rev. ]. N. Waldron, and
the oficera William H. Henderson and
John A. Miles led the mems rally and
Mrs. EAmonia Smith and Mrs Pocahon-
tas Donaho led the women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Famous Rock Falls.
From the Chicago News.

NeWs
Argentina's most notable natural phe-
nomenon. the famous ''Piedra Movedisa."
or oscillating rock. near Tandil. has
fallen down. The huge rock lay upon
another rock near the edge Of a cliff.
1t swung to and fro on being touched by
the hand, but the hercest hurricane haA
been unable to dislodge It. The cause
Of It's collapse after so many hundreds
Of years il o mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04

profitable Matchmaking, and the gang did
not miss their opportunity. One lady has
been SO much talked about that her do
nestle happiness was completely broken
up. and she soon afterward went abroad.
She was induced to institute proceedings
for divorce from her husband. who would
not let her give money to the scoundrels
who were the cause Of all the trouble.
Ancient Papyrus Discovered.
Two brown and tattered sheets Of papy-
rus covered with strange characters in
faded ink have just been placed among
the oriental manuscripts in the King
Library at the British Museum. They
represent the museums newsstand at
the same time oldest-biblcal treasure,
the 'Coptic Biblical Texts in the Dialect
of Upper Egypt"
last year by the museum trustees. the
secret has been 80 we'll kept that only
now, after q thorough examination by ex-
perts. has any outsider become aware OF
its Importance. The codex, which con-
sists of 100 leaves. is by far the Oldest
known version in Coptic OF any portion of
the Scriptures. and contains the greater
part Of the Book of Deuteronomy. the
whole of Jonah, and nearly the whole of
terest lies In the proof 1t affords that the
Egyptian Christians possessed Bible In
their own tongue before the end Of the
fourth century.
Authorities on the subject of biblical
manuscripts regard the discovery OF the
book as mysterious. All that is told is
that it was not found by European ex-
cavators, but was traded in by certain
natives OF upper Egypt, who had prob
ably found 1t either in a grave or ruined
church The former place il the more
probable, as tho size Of the book-ll
inches by 6-the curious selection OF pas
sages and the frayed condition OF the
leaves suggest that 1t was made for per-
sonal use rather than to stand on a lee
tern.
whatever the use to which 1t was
put" said the authority In question.
there can be no doubt that the manu-
script is between 1900 and 900 years
old That means 1t Is as old as any YER
sion of the Bible we possess, and COM
parable only with the Codex Vaticanus
or Codex Siniaticus. It's value to tex
tual critics must be great, but 1t will not
lead to any sensational revision OF the
accepted text. The version simply offers
fresh proof Of theories already held by
most competent scholars.
The task of reading the manuscript was
one of some difficulty, for. though the
papyrus sheets were in good condition.
the slightest bending caused the brittle
ink to dy off. The book was, therefore,
taken to pieces. and each OF the 100
sheets mounted between two pieces OF
glass. One Of the chief aids to assign
ing q date to the codex 10 afforded by
passages written in cursive Greek upon
the reverse Of some Of the sheets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04

Bishop John Gardner Murray Of Balti-
more will deliver the baccalaureate SER
mon before the graduating class Of ST..
Jonn College In st. Anne's Protestant
Episcopal Church, Annapolis, June 16.
commencement ceremonies at the college
viii be held in that week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Mounts Fail at Hurdles.

when their mounts failed to take the hur-
dies characterized two Of the hunting
events yesterday. Miss Jeanette Allen,
daughter Of Maj. Henry T. Allen, re-
ceived q bad fall while riding The Dargle
In the class for green hunters. The
Dargle took the first jump easily. but
missed the second. crashing into the
fence and falling heavily to the ground.
Miss Allen threw herself quickly 70 one
side, escaping q fall under her mount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Scandal Whispered in Society.

It seems probable now that . scandal
which has been so much talked about in
certain circles Of society may be kept
out Of the courts. after all. Powerful
influence has been brought to bear in
certain quarters. and some sort Of recon-
Citation has been effected between the
parties.
For some time past q gang Of so-called
Theosophists have been operating In the
West End who have no connection with
the Theosophicai Society. which 10 an
esteemed body Of people. This gang have
been conducting what they are pleased to
call religious rites in private houses late
at night. For a short time they hired q
hall, and charged a half guinea to their
dupes for admission to ceremonies OF q
very peculiar nature. until the owners OF
the hall learned the character OF the
rites that went on. when the gang were
promptly turned out of the premises.
At these gatherings an imitation OF
some Of the ancient rites connected with
worship Of certain Egyptian and Greek
deities was practiced. and the ceremo-
MES were largely conducted In total
darkness. Some of the ceremonies are
said to have been grossly improper.
The gang got q hold over several
wealthy women. who had thus let them
selves be identified with things which
they dared not allow to be made known.
Here was the chance Tor some very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Y. W. c. A. Fund Subscriptions.


The following subscriptions have been
made to the Y. w. c. A. fund: Business
mems committee. Eldridge e. Jordan,
chairman-John Poole, $1.770; C. j.
Gockeler. SOL; C. L Harding, $1,025;
Paul sleman, $40; H. Ralph Burton,
$115; William Knowles Cooper. $1,000;
total, business mems committee. $4.441.
Mrs. Bayly. $2.547.50; Mrs. Bryan. $l75
Miss Chickering. $1.22925: Miss Fox.
$9Os50: Miss Brandin. $182; Mrs. john
son. SIS: Miss Pierce, $215; Mrs. Roberts,
ans committee. So. 423 IS: previously re-
ported. $685. 600: grand total. $73,3S4.26
The large subscriptions reported today
were: James Sharp. $500; Lawrence r
Lee. $500: F. T. Nesbit & Co.. $500:
X. Fox. $500: s. KAnn & Sons, 81 600, and
William III. Slater, $1,000.
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Thomas j. Fisher & Co., Inc.
General Sales Agent

She was at The Dargle's head in an
instant and remounted. The horse re-
fused to take the jump. however. and
Miss Allen finally was forced to give up
and ride away.
Victor Mather of Philadelphia. whose
fall Thursday gave the spectators a
thrill, agaip was the principal in an
even more serious accident yesterday.
Pagin Kin, the same horse which fell
with him before, crashed into the wing
of the in-and-out hurdle, throwing Mr..
Mather to the ground. The rider was
considerably bruised, but he was not seri-
ously injured.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-11
WANTS TO BUY FRANCHISE
Company Seeking Right to Put in Light Plant at Little Rock
 Offers Low Rates.

Little Rock, April 3.-There is a proposition under consideration by the city council to provide compe- tition in the furnishing of commer- cial lighting for the city, now ex- clusively in the hands of the street railway company.
 The Arkansas Cold Storage Con- pany has applied for franchise for 30 years, at $500 a year paid to the city, proposing to have it's plant in operation in nine months, and to supply electric current at not more than 10 cents per kilo-watt hour. as compared with the present rate of i5 cents.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-11
ANOTHER NOTED FLYER TO DEATH
Cal Rogers, First Man to Fly Across Continent, Lost Control of Ma chine While Sporting With
 Sea Gulls on Pacific Coast

Long Beach, Cal, April i.--Cal- braith P. Rogers, the first man to cross the continent in an aeroplane, was killed here almost instantly at 5:i5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when his Wright biplane in which he had been soaring over the ocean fell from a height of 200 feet and buried him in it's wreckage. His neck was broken and his body badly crushed by the engine of his ma chine.
 Rogers for a week past has been making daily flights here and has taken up many passengers, men and women. Today he started from his usual place and scared out over the ocean. Crossing the pier, he then returned and dipped close to a roll CT coaster in an amusement park. Seeing a flock of sea gulls disport- ing themselves among a great shoal of sardines over the breakers, Rog- CTS again turned and dived into them, scattering the fowls in all directions. Highly elated with the outcome of his dive, Rogers then drew farther out to sea, all the time gradually rising, until he reached a height of about 200 feet. Making short turn he started at full speed for the pier, then sud- denly dipped his plane and his ma- chine began it's fatal fall.
 The wreck landed just inside the breakers on the beach, not 300 yards yards from the point where the birdman had sailed down when ending his glorious cross-country flight.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-11
STRIKERS AND
 OFFICERS MIX
Silk Mills at Garfield, N. J., Are Scene of Exciting Scrap With Mob--Some Women Re-
 ported Injured.

Passaic, N. J., April 5.--A battle between several hundred strikers of silk mill operatives and 40 ofli- cers occurred outside the Forts mann & Huffman silk mill at Gar field, the strikers raining bricks and stones at the guard, the latter using clubs and revoivers. The deputies fired over the heads of the strikers, dispensing the crowd. Six were arrested. Women aided the strikers.
 Among the injured are a do women.
 The strikers gathered outside the plant at Garfield and jeered the employees in the mill until ordered to disperse, when Charles Rothfish- CT, one of the organizers of the In- dustrial Workers of the World mounted a box, told the crowd the deputies had no right to enforce their order, and a general fight fol- lowed. Henry James, a deputy, was struck in the face by a brick and knocked down. One of the strikers was found unconscious with blood flowing from a cut in his head.
 Rothhsher was among the six ar rested.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-11
0fT fR SH TRAIL
Report Says That Sidna Allen Came Out of Mountains for Food and
 Posse Takes Dogs to Scene.

Mount Airy, \. C., April 5.-Sidna Allen was seen again last night in the mountains, i2 miles from this city. sheriff C. II. Haynes Of Sur rey county. with detectives and bloodhounds started on the trail early today.
 "shung" Smith, a reputable resi- dent of the mountains, telephoncd t0 Sheriff Haynes that Sidna Allen was at his home last night for food. He told the sheriff to come immediately with the bl0odhOunds. Smith lives between Ward and Wil- lis Gap, in the section where Allen was last reported four days ago Smith did not inform the sherin whether he had gone back into tho mountains to his hiding place.
 The detectives believe Mesle, Edwards. tho other fugitive. is wiil Allen in the mountains and the, hope io round them up today.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-11
WISCONSIN WIPES
 OUT SOCIALISM
Mayor SeideI and Entire Adminis- tratiOn Swept From Office by Non-partisan Vote-LaFOl-
 lette Swamps Taft.

Milwaukee. Wis, April 3.-With a flood of non-partisan votes, Mil- waukee voters today swept from office the city's Socialist admins tration, installing a non-partisan mayor, board of aldermen and county board of supervisors, and probably eliminated every national political party from participation in future municipal elections in the state of Wisconsin-because as a result of a non-partisan victory in Milwaukee the state legislature, at special session soon to be con- vened, is expected to pass dis tinctly non-partisan city election statute.
 The Socialists defeated such a measure at the last session of the legislature, but today's vote is said practically to have killed Socialist strength in the state general assem- bly,.
 pr. A. G. Badlng, nOn-partlsan candidate for mayor, defeated May or Emil Seidel, Socialist incumbent, by a total vote of 43,i77 to 30,20O.
 Of the B aldermen elected today, 26 were non-partisan and seven were Socialists. Four Socialist al- dermen were held over.
 The widespread interest in the fight to unseat the Socialist admin istration was indicated by the heavy total vote of nearly 80,000. The highest previous total vote cast in a municipal election was 59, iS4 at the time Mayor Seidel was elected two years ago.
 Although available returns were scattered, E. L. Phillips, manager of President Tafts primary cam paign in this state, conceded to Senator LaFollette 23 of 26 dele gates to the Republican national convention.
 Woodrow Wilson's lead on the Democratic ticket apparently equaled that of Senator LaFolette on the Republican ticket.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-11
DROPS DEAD ON STAGE
Governor Aycock of North Caro- lima Collapses While Addressing
 Alabama Educators.

Birmingham, Ala, April 5.-While speaking to the Alabama Educa- tional Association last night, former Governor Charles Aycock of North Carolina, collapsed and died before he could be removed from the stage of the Jefferson theater.
 Gov. Aycoek had been in poor health, and had only recently re- turned from a sanitarium. He was about to begin strenuous canvass of his native state for the nomina- tion for United States senator.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-11
English Miners to Continue Strike.

London, April 3.-All miners in the northern counties in England and a portion of those in Scotland have followed the fighting lead of the miners in Lancashire, who have declared against a resumption of work in the pits until the minimum rates of wages have been definitely fixed. This will give a majority of the miners in the United Kingdom in favor of continuing the strike, but 1t is expected the federation will nevertheless declare it to be terminated.