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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16

The Octagon Club is giving an all
day tug party today down the Poto-
mac. having chartered two tugs. and
about thirty young couples will be on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16

DIR. and Mrs W A. Apologize have had
as their house guests for the past week
Mrs. II. b. Wilson and Miss katherine
Wilson of Chattanooga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16

After q visit to friends in Washington
Mrs c. Seton Fleming has left for her
home in Jacksonville, Fla She was ac-
companied home by her sisters. Misses
Ruth and Marie McEachern, who have
been in Washington for some time past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16

been included in Senate document -,
and was not included in that document
No fault can be found with mo or
Nth anybody else for leaving 1t out;
no diScredit can be brought upon Sem
ate document % for leaving out what
is known as the Elliott circular
Every one will conc~de that when
mention the fact that when that circu-
lar was brought to the attention Of the
Secretary OF Agriculture, not by land
companies. not by people exploiting the
Everglades or other lands in Florida.
but when that circular was brought to
his attention he disclaimed any knowl-
edge OF 1T, and when it was shown
dered that it be not printed or circu-
to him he condemned it and or
lated. He lid this on the ground that
1t did not :.urpOrt to give data based
upon seize. life information; that it
purported No express some opinions
more or LIS relevant to the subject
in a gener( way. but it did not give.
what the SECRETARY very property con-
ceived to II the only duty OF that de-
partment tx give, the results Of scien-
tific resear.3l and scientific data. The
Secretary therefore ordered 1t not to
be printed. tand ordered It's circulation
to be discontinued. That is the cir
cular whici3 according to the comment
that has BIZ Ten INDUCED in, was not in
cluded in sznate document SO, and be-
cause the SOcument does not contain
that circular. condemned, denounced,
and suppress ed by the official head OF
the departEsent, it is sought to dis
credit to sot,,e extent the document or
dered printed by the Senate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
DECLARES KNOX IS SAFE.
Nicaraguan Minister Says He Sees
No DANCED in Central America.

PANAMA. February 16.-Manuel E.
Velasquez, the minister of Nicaragua,
who also acts as a consul general for
Honduras. is of the opinion that there is
no foundation for the report that State
Secretary Knox will run any risk during
his visit to Central America.
He affirms that both in Nicaragua and
Honduras there exists a friendly feeling
toward the United States. and its distin-
guished representative will be received
with pleasure by all social and political
circles.
Secretary Knox will not board the
cruiser Washington to begin his proposed
Latin-American tour until February %,
Washington's birthday. That announce
ment was made at the State Department
today. The Washington will sail from
Norfolk Monday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
fourteen ARE ELECTED
TO COMMERCE CHAMBER
Membership Committee Of the Or
ganization Is Planning
Active Campaign.

Fourteen new members of the Cham
Der OF Commerce were elected at a
meeting of the membership committee
this afternoon. They are John NJ
Cherry. w. r. Humphrey, jr., Edmund
II. Parry. Milton Kronheim, William
NJ. Davidson, NJ. e. Smith, II. NJ. T.
Cunningham. f.. r. Lipshutz, Norman
s. Bowles, Charles Colvin, George w
Offutt. Max Pasternak. d. \. Binker,
and Granville C. Bradford.
The membership committee, headed
by George Y. Worthington, is planning
an active campaign to increase the
membership Of the chamber. Subcom-
mittees will be appointed, to which
will be assigned certain residents OF
Washington to be approached.
President Oyster today announced the
appointment Of the following stand
ing committees Of the chamber:
Publicity committee-Isaac Cans, chair.
F. Sudwarth. NJ. A. Winter. F. r. Cor
don. E. c. Reed. w. H. Conant, R. Z.
Heater. p. H. Hill. A. Sigmund. e. S.
Johnston. ]. A. Staffer, r. L. Montague
Thorn. L. NJ. Thayer. 8. s. Richard. D. B.
Atherton. c. |. Evans. j. Zee Bost. f. c.
Graham, w. F. Matteson. NJ. e. Smith. ].
w. Rowland. Washington Topham. T. B.
simms, G. ". Chase, F. w MacKenzie
G. c. Jordan, Frank Jelleff, w. B. Hardy
TRANSPORTATION and freight rates com.
mittee-P. T. Moran. chairman: J; "
Hunt. A. II. Rogers, o. c. Strawn. y. g
Coldren, Levi Cooke. q. P. Killian. w. s
Knox. Thomas someryille, w. r. Rose
r. p Andrews. r. w. Plugge. w. w
Bowie. A. D. v. Burr. B: B: Earnshaw
w. w. Grifith. G. H. Judd. F.. 8. X
Smith. J. R. Morris, oliver Merzerott. j.
M. Kenyon. s. S. Richard, D. B. Ather'
ton, D. E. Stephan. ]. c. Malcolm. r. H
Mcneil, P. ]. Ryan. c. p. Ravenburg
T. B. Simms. L. Hopfenmaier. 7: B
Simms. William M. Marche. Harry King.
F. r. Jelleff, B. W. Guy. II. F. Clark,
G. P Sands, Rosa F. Downing and j
D. Sullivan.
Additional members Of the school COM
mittee were appointed as follows:
Chaplin Brown. Norman L. Sansbury.
Ralph Lee, G. NJ. Hunt. Conrad III. ,Syme.
Charles f. Carusi, N. ]. Jones, w. G.
Balderston. HI. wilkins, w. 4. John
st9n: George Altemns. 2. .: gackistone.
H.Olay Browning. A. e. Burklin. Charles
W. .Darr. Burr n. = Edwards Joseph
strasburger. Grant Leet. 2 G.s Meyers,
w. w. Norman, 4. C. II. Vance, George
Z. Walker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
RESUSC|TATED BY USE
OF THE PULMOTOR
Workman Overcome by Gas in
Street Trench Is Quickly
Relieved.

g. Gross. an employe of the Washing
ton Gas Light Company. overcome by gas
this morning while repairing leak at the
east station. 18th ami NJ streets southeast,
was resuscitated by use of the pulmotor,
device which has just been installed by
IN" gas company for such cases Three
of these pulmotors. which arc carried in
box about the size OF a suit case One
been obtained by the gas company. One
% them will be kept at the main office on
10th street. one has been placed at the
east station and a third at the west sta
ton. 18th and CT streets northwest
Gross was completely unconscious when
he was lifted out Of trench in which he
had been working this morning The new
Instrument was brought into play immedi-
ately. and in seven minutes Gross was re-
stored to consciousness, and later was
q ia, To walk IN his homo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
Southern Lehigh Club Banquet.

The annual banquet of the Southern
Lehigh Club will be held tomorrow night
in the Shoreham Hotel. Among the in
vited guests are DR.. Henry 8. Drinker,
president, and Prof. William Thayer Of
the faculty of Lehigh University: DIR. Har-
vey w. Wiley, DR.. Joseph A. Holmes,
Commissioner Judsona and Eugene G..
l,rau Ralph p. Barnard will be toast
master. The officers Of the club are L. n.
ellis, president: T. G. ]. Baily, vice
president, and Albert Draper, secretary
treasurer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
Used in Drowning Gases.

Ey the pulmotor oxygen is forced into
mans lungs through one pipe. and
through another the poisonous air ana
gas which he has breathed in is drawn
out. The pulmotor compels regular in
fiation and deflation of the lungs. 1t may
be used i'm cases of drowning to bring
back life. just as in the case OF gas po;s-
oning.
President Letter of the gas company
very glad to have the pulmotorS owned
by the company used In any emergency
case of gas poisoning, when notified by
the hospitals.
& A dispatch from Chicago today states
that the new device had been used there
successfully in four cases of gas poison
ing The pumping or oxygen into the
lungs may extend from half an hour to
-three hours. il so long a time Is needed
10 resuseitate the patient. The new ma
chlne VIII be tried out In pneumonia cases
also, IL is said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
WANT RAILROADS LIABLE.
Delegation Before Senate Committee
on Bill of Ladiue Measure.

The campaign fer greater railroad aa-
bility in bill OF lading matters was re-
newed in the Senate committee. on inter
state commerce today. when delegation
representing the American Bankers As
ISOLATION and a large number Of mercan-
tile organizations In the east urged
prompt action. Daniel Wilhston law
professor at Harvard University, speak
ing for many New York commercial or
ganizations, argued from their point Of
view He commended that when a railroad
employs men to issue bills OF lading 1t
must stand back Of these -iadings. whether
the employee issued them rightly or
wrongly. ~;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
Sentenced to Twelve Years.

William Gray. coiored, who pleaded
guilty to an assault with intent to kill,
was sentenced today by Justice Anderson
TO twelve years in the penitentiary. The
indictment charged that November = 30
last he hit an elderly woman over the
head with a chair The court told the
prisoner th4t he narrowly escaped a
trial for murder. g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
Will Address True Reformers.

, The new grand worthy master of the
United Order of True Reformers. Floyd
Ross Of st. Louis, No., now in charge OF
the ONCE or the Grand Fountain at Rich
mond, Va. Is to address meeting OF the
order at True ReformerS' Hall this even
ing at 8 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
TOO MUCH CHOP SUEY,
HUSBANDS COMPLAINT
William B. Creecy Answers
Suit Brought by Wife for
Maintenance.

Too much chop suey was but one of the
things whichs drove William B. Creepy to
desperation.s according to Creecy's answer
to Mrs Cree.y's suit for maintenance. re-
Gently fled: Mrs. Creecy is nineteen
years old and Is a bride of less than
three month";. Her husband declares she
thought so fnuch Of Chinese restaurants
that she would refuse to get dinner at
home en- tinae. and being driven out of
doors by hunger. the wife is charged with
leading the husband to the lair Of the
chop stick and yet go MAN,
The husband says In his answer that his
bride became "cafe crazed'' and that her
mania for eating dinner to music plunged
him beyond his financial depth. When
he could spend no more money in that
way, he says. his wife became dissatisfied
and quarrelsome and nagged him almost
to desperation
He denies the charges of intoxication
and cruelty, but admits he used harsh
language to his wife when provoked by
her aggravating conduct. Shortly after
his marriage, Creepy says, he lost his
employment and found himself unable to
pay $50 monthly board agreed on with
his wife's mother.
Her Mother Objected to Northeast.
HIS parents offered them a room in
their home, 1881 II street northeast,
board free until the husband could secure
employment. This the wife declined, &C.
cording to the husband who says his
mother-in-law refused to let her daughter
live in the northeast section Of the city.
January % last, young Creecy says. his
wife told him to get out of her mother 8
house and not return, remarking she
did not intend to be a wife to him."
Since his marriage. the husband tells
the court. Mrs. Creecy has persistently
refused to do her household duties, neg
lected to arise until late in the day and
stayed out 50 late in the afternoons thai
it was necessary for them to go to
restaurants fors dinner. Creeey says he
has frequently had TO clean up he'apart-
wife neglected t&do so.
Money spsptin Ampssmeuts. !.
Money given the wife for anecessaries,
. the! husband charges, was apent by her
in Chinese RESTAURANTS and in amuse-
ments. He also charger she Is fiirtatious,
CURED on the automobile ride Of January
q, mentioned in the wife's petition as a
two-hour ride Of abuse.
The husband says his bride "unblush-
ingly fiirted with a. man on the street,
which provoked him beyond measure"
On one occasion, the husband declares,
his Wife INDUCED In strong drink at a
cafe and conducted herself in such man
ner as to humiliate him. He says she re-
fused to go home with him and he re-
turned alone. Later. he alleges. Mrs.
Creecy was brought home In a carriage
by one of the men who had been in
party at the cafe.
Justice Wright will hear the testimony
in open court and has set February y
for the hearing In Equity Court No. =.
C. Albert White represents the hus-
band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
Pleads Guilty to Theft.

Clement T. keywerth today entered
plea Of guilty to an indictment charging
him with taking SIS from James r. Byrd
August 81. 1909. Justice Anderson i'm
posed the minimum sentence OF one year
and one day In the penit0 hillary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
will buy the labeled goods. the league
loadorS docloro

A local storekeeper recently argued that
a woman would buy goods at a bargain,
no matter where they were made In re-
ply to this statement, a member of the
fair to women who have never been in
formed of the vicious and death-dealing
methods OF the Sweatshops and tenement
house labor to charge that with all the
facts before them they would buy these
goods even at a slightly lower price than
goods which are guaranteed to have been
made under fair and healthy conditions.
Proposed white List
The establishment Of minimum wage
boards and the enactment of laws cur
failing the hours of labor of women and
children. are on the program Of the
league. Here in Washington, where the
work is Just beginning. the league is
looking to the welfare Of the girls and
women employed in the retail stores as
well as those In the factories.
Information has been given the league
by working girls that they are forced
to work in many instances twelve or
fourteen hours day; that their wages
in many cases are away below 81 a
week. 1t is impossible for them to live
on such wages or to keep their health
at such hours, they say. The, members
of the league are seeking as much in
conditions of the employees as they can
obtain. so that they may establish a
white list" of stores. This white list"
will show the consumers of Washing
ton Just what stores pay their en-
ployes fair wages and compel only fair
working hours. There is no attempt
on the part Of the league to blacklist.
but consumers are permitted to draw
their own conclusions In regard to the
stores which are not on the white
list"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
MADE FOR P|TTANCE
Exhibit of Work From Sweat
shops and Tenements.
SEEKS BETTER CONDITIONS
Consumers League Strives for Wei
fare of Working Women
and Children.
SEEKS BETTER CONDITIONS

AS a part Of it's campaign to better the
working conditions of women and chill
dren in Washington, as well as the mil
lions Of women and children employed in
factories. in stores and in their homes
throughout the country, the Consumers
League Of the District Of Columbia has
opened an exhibit in the parish hall Of
the Epiphany Church on G street be-
tween 18th and 14th streets northwest.
The exhibit is open all day, and con-
staItiy there is a member of the league
on duty to explain the work of the or
ganization. The exhibit will close tomor-
row night.
Dainty pieces of lingerie. pretty babies
dresses, artificial flowers, jabots of the
finest make are displayed, and with each
article the league has placed a placard
showing that 1t was made for pittance
in sweat shops, in the tenement homes Of
the poor, by women and little children, by
men too Ill with consumption or other
disease to seek employment outside.
These are the goods, say the members
of the league. which are being sold across
the counters Of the retail stores in Wash
ington and throughout the country. Tney
are paid for by the companies which fur
nish them to the stores at the rate of
IS cents for q dozen jabots, or finely
made collars. There is no limit they say,
to the extent to which the prices paid
the poor workwomen and children are
pared.
Twofold Aim Of the League.
The desire of the Consumers League is
to do away with this sweatshop and tene-
ment labor: not only to aid the workers
by compelling the manufacturers to have
the work done in sanitary factories at Hv-
ing wages, but also to safeguard the con-
sumers from the danger of disease which
they incur when they carry into their
homes goods which have been made
under squalid and insanitary conditions.
The babies which are clothed In the finely
made caps and dresses made in sweat
shops are In danger Of being infected
with consumption or other disease. The
artificial flowers which q debutante may
use to decorate her dress may be filed
with deadly disease germs.
Label Denotes Fairness.
By the use Of a label adopted by the
Consumers League. which guarantees
goods manufactured under sanitary con-
ditions at fair wages to the workers,
the league is gradually lettering condi-
tons. Sixty-five factories have adopted
this label. after satisfying the Con-
sumers' League that the conditions In
the factories We're proper, and goods
bearing these labels may be found to-
day in the stores of Washington.
The District branch of the league, the
youngest OF the half hundred branches OF
the national organisation, is working to
ticularly the women. to ask for goods
bearing the league label when they make
their purchases. II the demand ID great
enough and constant, the storekeVpers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
NO ONE IMPLICATED
Coroner's Inquest Into the
Murder of Sam Hing.
CUlPABILITY NOT FIXED
Slain Chinaman Will Be Buried in
Congressional Cemetery
This Afternoon.
CULPABILITY NOT FIXED

The police are at a dead halt in eff
forts to bring to justice the murderer OF
Lee On, known as Sam Hing to the
patrons Of his little laundry shop at
$3.50 14th street. where he was struck
down Tuesday night with blows from a
blunt instrument. and his money drawer
and his pockets ransacked for money.
The absence Of any clue pointing III
any direction for the solution of the
mystery was made evident at the inquest
this morning into his death.
Precinct Detective Weber stated to
Coroner hewitt that no evidence had
come to the knowledge of the police
duplicating any one in the crime. The
verdict of the cOrOner'S jury was that
the man came to his death by blows
delivered with murderous intent with "a
blunt instrument by person or per-
sons unknown.
The proceedings at the inquest were
brief The coroner was a half hour
late. due to his attendance at a session
of the Senate District committee, and
did not take his seat until after 1850
o clock. The jury had given its find
Suspicion Not Directed.
The physician at Garfield Hospital who
attended the dying Chinaman. the police
man who found him cropping about his
shop in dying condition, a citizen who
teStlned that the laundryman was not
impoverished as generally believed, and
the precinct detective who has been in
vesugating the case were the only wit
nesses. No one appeared To give testi-
mony that would direct suspicion in any
general or specific course.
1t was developed, however. that the
wounds in the skull Of the Chinaman
were made by at least four blows. AL
though the top of the head as discovered
at the autopsy, was nearly knocked off
by these blows, the fracture could not
be determined by the hospital physician
when the Chinaman was in mis- charge.
He died unconscious. just as 1t was de-
cided to operate upon him. The only
articulate expression from his lips was
a complaint Of feeling cold.
Burial This Afternoon.
Sam Kings body will be inferred in q
grave in Congressional cemetery this
afternoon, according to arrangements
made today with local undertaken His
body was taken from the morgue to the
establishment early this
afternoon and prepared for burial.
Under ordinary circumstances the fu-
neral would take place tomorrow, but as
tomorrow will be the Chinese New Year
relatives and friends of the murdered
man decided TO have the interment hur-
RED -
bad luck to bury on New Year day
,aid a celestial friend. of the murdered
man, He added that the tragedy would
observance of the day by the members
If the Chinese colony tomorrow.
Sam was a good man., he said, but
he's gone. We are very anxious to catch
he man who killed him. Tomorrow We
must forget trouble"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
Won in Six States.

Heroic men already have won full suf-
frage for women in the states of Wyo-
ming, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Washington
and California
After pointing out that the proposed
amendment to the Constitution providing
for the direct election Of senators will
not allow women to vote for senator's
except in the few states where WOmen's
suffrage prevails at the present time, Mrs
Bennett continued:
I'm view of this fact the congressional
committee Of the Equal Rights Associa-
ton Of Kentucky has had q memorial
presented to Congress by Senator Paynter
and Representative Helm, which petitions
the members of that honorable body to
alter the wording Of the aforementioned
proposed amendment OF our federal Con-
stitution, and have 1t confer upon women
legal right to vote for United States
senator's along with men in every state
OF our Union by making 1t say: The
Senate OF the United States shall be COM
posed OF two senator's from each state
pie thereof as are tWenty-one years old
of sound mind. and unconvicted by law
of any crime.'
IF the proposed amendment OF our
federal Constitution uses these words it
will confer upon white and black women
legal right to vote for United States
senators along with white and black men
In the several states Of this Union, and
yet leave each ono of these states in pos
session OF a constitutional power to pre-
scribe male as one OF the qualifications
requisite for the electors Of its state
county and municipal officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
Circular Not Omcial.

Il do not know who prepared that
circular" Mr.. Fletcher said. TN all
the matter that has been printed on
the subject 1t has obtained the name
OF 'Elliott's circulaS.' Whether Mr.. Ell
lott prepared it or not, do not know
but this do know: That it was an un-
authorized circular; that 1t was never
an official document: that It has no
place in any document that purports
to give the public records and the OIL
cial documents bearing on any subject
and that it therefore ought not to have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16

OF congressional investigation. The
officials of the War Department are not
deeply concerned over the matter, taking
the ground that the President. AS COM
mander-n-chief of the army, Is the only
constitutional authority competent to deal
with the issue presented in the Ainsworth
case. No congressional interference Will
be tolerated. IN the exercise of the power
thereby conferred upon the President, In
that case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-16
81 .48

Misses and Big Girls
81 and some $50 Pat
ent Colt and Gun Metal
Calf High Cut Storm
Boots-siZes 111s to ).
Z styles Boys 81 Value
Box Calf. Gun Metal
Calf and Stout Kid
Laced and Button Shoes
sizes to ~.
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ST .69

Misses and Big Girls
"R I T EFF 0 r NJ" and
other $40 and some So
Grade Gun Metal Calf
and Wei Kid Laced and
Button-sizes liz to 3.
Child's "RITE-FORM"
81 Value Gun Metal
Calf BOots-sizes 81. to
IL.