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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
REPAIRING REVENUE CUTTER
The Mohawk Now at Arundel Cove.
Nd, for Overhauling.

To receive necessary repairs, the reve-
nue. cutter Mohawk, which has been
doing temporary duty on the Norfolk sta
ton, has gone to the repair station of
the service at Arundel Cove. Md. She
will be in the hands of the mechanics for
several days. On the completion of the
work aboard the ship she will go to her
regular station at New York. The re-
pairs now being made to the Mohawk
are in preparation for the coming of
the winter cruising season. The Mohawk
was at this city about ten days ago
when she took delegates to the congress
on hygiene and demography on trip
down the river
The big suction dredge Cape Fear. be-
longing to the United States army engi-
neer corps, which has been employed in
harbor improvement work in the vicinity
Of Wilmington. N. c., is to receive ex-
tensive repairs. and in preparation for
the work is at Baltimore. The dredge is
to be locked, calked, have hull repaired
and remetalled and, in addition. her
machinery will be overhauled. The Cape
Fear is a self-propelled craft. and was
built at Philadelphia in 1895. She is val
ued at $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06

Iu!l or safe and sane ambitions, but
Bill was crazy, after the manner Of
your doggOne bridegrooms. He thought
ne was doing something chivalrous and
noble when he told her that he didn't
marry cook; he'd never ask her to put
her hand to greasy old skillet All
sne mad to do was to be his prin-
cess. and wear handsome rags and go
driving with him in the evenings
'Loaf1ng is habit that women con-
tract as easily as men, and they de-
teriorate under it faster than men,
There is nothing so useless under the
sun as woman SO lazy she can't get
out of a chair without weeping. and in
few months Mrs. Gordian was af-
hicted that way. She used to be full
OF vim and was as clipper as a grass
hopper. but the idle life spoiled her
completely. She got So lazy she hated
to. draw her own breath and wanted
her husband to do 1t with corkscrew
Eating was about all the exercise she
had. 1t wasn't her fault, mind you.
Well, woman who has nothing to do
but eat and sleep gets to be disagree
able in a good many ways. and Mrs.
Gordian developed a temper and her
husband always did have one. They
began wrangling and throwing shoes
and things at each other, SO that sew
eral 1andladies invited them to move.
when it was too late Gordian con-
cluded that their only salvation lay in
housekeeping SO he rented shack
down the street, and filled it with
furniture and they moved in. Had he
done that in the first place the two of
them would be happy and prosperous
today. But Mrs. Gordian had loafed for
a year and a half, and the idea of do
ing homework gave her the fantods.
She loafed around reading Robert
Chambers novels, and had hired girl
to Co the WORK. and that hired girl
used to boil beefsteak and fry things
that should be stewed.
ok I, 20
good grub, and the sort of victuals he
got at home went to his head and he
was hardly responsible for his actions
when he turned the hose on his wife
and the hired girl. And now they're
going to be divorced. and all because
there was no Dutch uncle present
to give them a pointer right after the
marriage ceremony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
LIEUT. COL. FITCH TO RETIRE.
Has Served More Than Thirty. Years
in Corps Of Engineers.

Lieut.. Col. Graham D. Fitch. Corps of
Engineers. will be retired next Satur-
day on his own application after more
than thirty-one years service
A native of Illinois. he was graduated
at the United States Military Academy in
1882. After one years service he was
transferred to the Corps Of Engineers
and reached the rank Of lieutenant col
onel in that corps In August 1903. Most
Of his early service was with the AIissis-
sippi river commission. During the
Spanish war he was attached to the 5th
Army Corps in Cuba and took part in
the operations which eliminated in the
capture Of Santiago. Since then he has
served with the Missouri river. commits
sion and had charge of public works on
Lake Ontario, the ST Lawrence river and
elsewhere.
Recently he has been in charge Of river
and harbor improvements in Georgia,
Florida and Alabama. He also was a
member Of the national land defense
board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE NOTES.
The Tenders Orchid, Maple and
Holly on Supply Trips.

From visit to the lightships on the
Diamond Shoal and Cape Lookout sta
tons on the North Carolina coast. during
which she supplied them with fuel and
stores, the tender Orchid. Capt. Amy,
has returned to Portsmouth, Va. station
to take aboard supplies preparatory to
visiting lights on the portion of the
coast section Of the fifth district, above
Cape Charles.
The tender Maple is reported preparing
at Baltimore for cruise along the
lights in the bay. in conformity with the
usual fall plans of the lighthouse author
tiles to equip the lights on the bay with
adequate supplies of fuel and stores in
preparation for the coming of the cold
weather this fall.
The tender Holly is in the North Caro-
lima sounds on a supply expedition. She
was at Newborn the early part of the
week, and from there was to continue
to the southern part of the sounds.
Changes in buoyage in North Caro-
lima waters have recently been made as
follows:
Seacoast-Station Whistling buoy. Il,
temporarily discontinued September D,
when found in sinking condition, was
replaced.
Pamlico sound: Cedar Island bay
Cedar Island bay light was reported car
ried away September 2S, and the light is
now being shown on a temporary struc-
ture. 1t will be rebuilt as soon as
practicable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
OYSTERS GO BEGGING.
Warm Weather and Light Demand
Keeping Prices Down.

Five OF six boats with two or three
hundred bushels of oysters aboard each,
were lying at the oyster wharf yester-
day afternoon, but the market seemed to
be dead and buyers are few, though one
or two Of the vessels brought here es-
pecially fine stock. from the eastern
shore Of Chesapeake bay.
The warm weather Of the past two or
three days has completely upset the
market and the oysters are selling at
very low prices. Yesterday good Poto-
mac oysters could be had as low as 30
cents per bushel and from that prices
ranged upward to 20 cents per bushel for
Pocomoke oysters, which, in cold wealth
err, would Sell for at least dollar per
bushel, il not more. The stock being
brought to market has not yet the per-
lection of midwinter, but still 1t Is
in good condition and of excellent flavor.
In the oyster market on the wharf.
rock, trout, catfish and some varieties OF
smaller fish are plentiful and are selling
unusually low. Mackerel. blue fish,
spot, butterfish and croakers are not SO
plentiful, but the abundance of other
fish keeps them from going very high in
price Like the oyster market, the warm
weather is said to he having depress-
ing effect on the fish market
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
SCHOONER MARIAN SINKS.
Revenue Cutter Pamlico Goes to Aid
of Crew in Camp.

After his schooner had sprung a leak
and had sunk under him, Capt. John w.
Potter and his crew of two men Of the
North Carolina schooner Mariah went
ashore and went into camp near their
sunken ship to await the coming of aid.
The vessel, partially loaded with bagg1ng,
was near Point Of Marsh, Pamlico sound,
N. c.. not far from the mouth Of the
Neuse river. when she started to leak.
Realizing that they could not keep her
afioat the men put provisions and bedding
in the yawl and went ashore There
Keeper Quigley of the Point of Mash
beacon light, discovered them when he
went to look after his lights and he sent
the facts to the lighthouse authorities at
Baltimore. Capt. Quigley invited them to
stay at his station, but they declined. and
he supplied them with gasoline for their
launch, the only thing they wanted. Ac-
cording to adv1ces the vessel sank Sep
TENDER %.
The Marian is twenty-eight gross and
twenty net tons register, f1fty-five feet
long, 20.6 feet beam and four feet deep.
She was built in 1893, at Straits. n. G..
and halls from Newbern, n c., and it ia
believed can be easily fioated The rev
enue cutter Pamlico, stationed on the
Carolina sounds, has gone to aid the shin
wrecked crew, and will float the vessel
If possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
Sales Of Vessel Property.

Sales Of vessel property employed in
service on Chesapeake bay and it's trib-
utaries, recently made, were recorded in
the custom house at Baltimore in the
past week as follows:
Schooner G.. A. Somers, five tons: from
Goodman w. Bramble to Michael Fahey.
trustee, $500.
Sloop Sea King, six tons; from William
G. Smith to Charles L. Faulkner. $3.50.
One-quarter of schooner Sallie Purnell
Beswick. 10 tons; from Clara E. Bram-
BILE to William B. Bramble. $1,000.
Steam tug Calvert, ninety-one tons:
from John T. DonOhue to Eastern Trans
portation Company, So
Steam tug Cecil. forty tons: from
James s. Hooper to Chesapeake Lighter
age and Towing Company, SO.
One-haf of sloop Adelaide nine tons.
from William F. Applegarth to Eugene
Mills, S..
Schooner Amanda F. Lewis. thirty-
three tons; from Jacob H. Robbins TO
Warren Robbins, $1,000
Sloop Henrietta, eight tons. from
James b. Harris to Joshua E. Lloyd. ST.
The schooners Sallie Purnell Beswick
and Amanda Lewis. which were among
the vessels transferred, are well known
at this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
STEAM HOLSTER REPAIRED.
Has Had Boilers Retubed and Is
Again at Work on River.

The steam holster belonging to the Dis
trct, used in unloading sand and gravel
laden lighters at the sand wharf, foot of
9th street southwest, has been repaired
and is again in service. Several weeks
ago the boiler tubes in the holster be-
gan to leak so badly that the District
officials decided that retubing Of the
boiler was necessary in order to get effec-
tive work out Of the machine. and it was
laid up for repairs The placing out of
service of the holster crippled the wharf
and made the handling of the sand and
gravel a difficult task, so that there has
been but little Of the material handled
at the wharf in the past month. Yes
terday, however, everything was BOOM
ing at the wharf. Scows were being I'M
loaded, teams were taking on loads of
sand and gravel to be used in public i'm
provements about the city and everybody
working at the wharf looked happy, even
II they were not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06

River Steamer Will Be Ready for
Service BY Tuesday,

In preparation for resuming service on
the Potomac early this week, the work Of
cleaning up and painting the steamer
Wakefield of the Potomac and Chesa-
peake Steamboat Company fleet is being
pushed and, it is stated. she will be
ready for service by Tuesday The
Wakefield will take up the route be-
tween this city and Colonial Beach and
Mattox creek. relieving the steamer City
Of Milford, which Will be laid up at her
pier, foot of Sth street southwest.
The Wakefield about a week ago re-
turned from Baltimore, where she had
been for several months having her boiler
rebuilt and other work done to put her In
trim for active service during the fall
and winter months. She was withdrawn
from service about nine months ago and
except for the trip to and from Balti-
more has been lying still. with mechan-
les aboard her the greater part OF the
time The City of Milford. when she is
laid up, will be overhauled and put in
condition for service should It be nee
essary to relieve any of the other steam
ers Of the line employed in work on the
Potomac Capt. Will Davis will take
charge of the Wakefield when she goes
into service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
ANACOSTIA.

A committee of the Public Improve
ment Association of Congress Heights,
consisting of Edward Blaine. chairman
Charles Purdy and Charles ]. p. Weber,
will hold a conference shortly with offi-
Gals of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, with the view OF ar
irving at some amiable decision regard
ings the street railway service in that
suburb. The citizens feel that they are
not yet given adequate service. and es-
pecially will they complain of the few
cars operated through to the Heights.
They will make a request that all of the
cars on the 18th street line of that COM
pany be operated through instead of be-
ing turned back at Talbert street, in Ana
costa.
Failing in this, the officials will he
asked to operate longer schedule each
day, and particularly to begin the opera
ton of the cars at an earlier hour in the
morning.
Rally day exercises will be observed to-
day in the Anacostia Baptist Church,
for which elaborate arrangements have
been made by those in charge. There
will be three special programs during the
day. The object Of the special observance
is to interest the children of the Sun
day school in their work and to start
the new year in earnest. Norval w.
Greer. superintendent of the Sunday
school. is in charge of the arrangements.
An agreement has been reached between
the board of directors of the German
Orphan Asylum and the school author
tiles in Anacostia whereby the children
of that institution will be sent to the
schools in Anacostia hereafter in place
of to the Stanton School. at Good Hope.
which has been the practice since the
home was founded. Supt. Oscar w:
Priel of the institution. after a careful
study of conditions, advised the directors
that. because of the steep hills which 1t
was necessary for the children to climb
in the bad weather to reach the Stanton
the roads. he thought it best for their
welfare that they be sent to the Anacos-
tia schools. AS a result forty-three
children of this home are attending the
costa.
The Washington Railway and Electric
Company is causing large signs reading
Cars Stop Here" placed at different
Intervals in the suburb of. Of Congress Congress
of that community and the general public
The present condition of the streets
makes it almost impossible for those de-
string. to board the, cars to know the
signs by the railway company will elm
mate any future difficulty along this line
An effort will be made by the mem,
bers of the Guiding Star Mission Band
of the Garden Memorial Presbyterian
which is awarded each year by the Pres
bytery OF Washington to the band which
most substantially increases it's onerlng
for the year over the one made the past
year. The local body came close to Win
ming the prize last year and the men,
beers feel that they have a better oppor-
tunity this year. Miss Laura Sower-
butts is superintendent of the local band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
NEW CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
West End Residents to Form Perma.
nent Organization Next Week.

The West End Citizens Association is
the latest addition to Washington's al
ready long list Of citizens associations.
The limits Of the association will en-
brace the territory between Rock Creek
and 18th street south of N street.
At meeting held Friday night at the
residence of Capt. James p. McCrink,
1115 New Hampshire avenue. temporary
officers for the association were selected
w. p. Herbst was chosen temporary
chairman, Capt. McCrink vice chairman
and Adam J. Dickllaut secretary.
The first regular meeting OF the associa-
tion will be held next Friday at 1923
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, when q
permanent organization will be effected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
PLEASURE BOATS ACTIVE.
Good Weather Results in Many
River Excursions.

Pleasant weather is making the owners
OF the pleasure craft think summer has
returned. and yesterday half a dozen o.
more boats left here for over-Sunday
trips on the river. They will be followed
today by practically every power boat on
the river, and trips to Marshall Hall.
Gunston, Glymont, Mattawoman and
Chicamuxen creeks will be made for the
day. The boats leaving the harbor yes
terday afternoon were the Margaret H..
with Capt. Bert Harlan and his family
and friends aboard: the Mercury. Arthur
Mills. Robert Smith and others: Billy.
Capt. Evans: Louise K, Prof. Kubel. and
the Grace H. They VIII go to points be,
low Glymont and some Of them may 90
as far as Colonial Beach. but all are exc
pected to return to port by tomorrow
morning.
The return of warmer weather is having
an appreciable effect upon the passenget
lists Of the steamers. The steamer leave
ing here yesterday afternoon for river
points and Baltimore was well filled and
the Norfolk and Washington line carried
large numbers to Old Point and Norfolk
last night.
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AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW.
THE IDLE LIFE.
BY WALT MASON.

Il understand that Mrs Gordian is
about to sue for divorce" said the re-
tired merchant. Both she and her
husband are tired of their bargain, I
believe. When they were married two
years ago everybody thought it was a
love match
So 1T was" declared the hotelkeeper.
And If Bill Giordian had had as much
sense as gander the two might hav.
lived happy ever after His wife was
a good girl. She lived with her parents
and did most Of the housekeeping. She
was a wonder with a sewing machine,
and she was a good cook and she
thought it no disgrace to- wash the
dishes or chase COW out of the yard
She was as promising a damsel as
you'd wish to see. and If hadn't
Deen 1ncumbered with a wife I'd have
married her myself.
well. Bill GOrdian married her, dog
gone him, and they went on their we'd
ding trip, and when they came back
they began boarding instead of house
Keeping. That was fatal mistake,
and hundreds Of young married luna
tics are making it nowadays. "A man
shouldn't marry unless he can take his
bride to a vfne-covered cottage after
the wedding festivities. OF course,
I'm talking about the man who earns
his living. not about the idle rich. Any
bride who is worth the powder to blow
her down an alley wants home Of her
own, and the bridegroom who leads
her into a boarding house. saying it's
just as good, is laying up trouble for
himself The well regulated married
woman gets more pleasure out of doing
her own housework and bossing her
own ranch than any stall-fed female
ever had in.athis- world.
ut can be. said to the. credit of Cor
dams wife that she didn't want to
camp down in a boarding house. She
wanted little shack of her own, with
two or three chromos on the wall She
wanted to have new cook stove with
a patent damper and a hot-water reser-
voir She wanted to own nice new
kitchen cabinet with a lot Of little
drawers to hold cinnamon and cloves
and cigars and other spices. She was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
WANT LIGHTS RESTORED
Resolution Adopted at Meeting
of WOODBURY. Citizens
Association.

The first fall meeting Of the Wood
burn Citizens Association was held
|'Friday night at the OHare home at
Chillum Castle Heights. Fred Heine,,
F. ]. Wheeler, D. F. swab, William E.
Fowler. Albert Fonfred. L. G. Kelley.
DR.. E. B. kfllinger and Mr.. Embry were
elected new members.
A resolution was adopted requesting
the District Commissioners to restore
the lights on Blair road, Shepherd
read. Riggs road and Sligo Mill road.
Another resolution requesting the Com
missioners Of the District to approve a
plan to open and pave Longfellow
street from it's present terminus at 9Th
street to Blair road was adopted The
Commissioners were requested to pro-
vide for the resurfacing of Blair road
street and Sligo Mill road from Blair
road to the District line. The traffic
on these roads in the last year has
been greater than ever before, and
they have become badly cut up.
Want Temporary School Moved.
A resolution also was adopted re-
Questing the removal of the temporary
colored school on Blair road near Rift
tenhouse street, and that the students
Of this school be transferred to the
school at the Soldiers Home ground,
which is now idle.
Theodore J. Morgan was elected sec
rotary Of the association for the COM
ing year. The citizens Of this COM
munity look forward to- considerable
improvement in the section this fall
and spring. as many houses are being
erected and large number of people
are purchasing property.
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DEXTER GOES INTO SERVICE.
Two-Masted Schooner to Ply in the
Chesapeake Bav.

Having been given thorough over
hauling at baltimore shipyard, the twdH
masted schooner Dexter which recently
changed owners, has gone into service in
the trace between Chesapeake bay points
and those on the North Carolina sounds
She will load general cargo at Balti-
more for Elizabeth City. Newborn and
Beaufort. and. after d charging these,
will load lumber at Newborn for this
city or Baltimore.
The Dexter is we'll known at this port
where she has been a frequent visitor
with cargoes from Chesapeake bay
points. She is a vessel Of scventy-eight
tons register and was built at Green's
borO. Nd, for the Chesapeake trade in
1871. She has been kept in good order by
her owners and is good for many years
of efficient service. Capt s.. L. Gillikin,
the new owner Of the Dexter, will be her
master in her new trade.
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Personal to River Men.

Capt. G. H. Croswell has succeeded
Capt. A. W. Bussels in command Of the
bugeye A. Won Nyvenheim. the largest
vessel of her class afloat, and one that
comes to this city frequently with lum-
Der from Norfolk and North Carolina
points. Capt. Bussels had been master of
the Won Nyvenheim since she was built
at Champ. Nd. in 1906. and has many
friends at this city.
Capt. William G.. Quillan. master of
the schooner Laura c. Anderson, Is at
Baltimore on business in connection with
the raising of the Sunken schooner Her.
bert G.. Maxwell, on which wreckers are
now working. The Maxwell was sunk in
q collision with a steamer in March last
in Chesapeake bay, near Thomas point.
1t is expected that she will be raised in
about two months.