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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
HELD AS AN ASSAILANT.
Colored Woman Accused of Attack
ing DR.. J. S. Tyree.

jamie Brown, colored, twenty-seven
years old, living in Wylie court, was
locked up at No. police precinct yester-
day afternoon, charged with assault on
DIR. ]. 8. Tyree, a druggist at 18th and II
streets northeast
The alleged assault occurred last Tues
day night. DR.. Tyree states that he was
going home after closing his store, and
at the corner OF 14th street and Mary
land avenue passed group of colored
men and women, who were making con-
siderable noise. He states that he stop
ped and warned them that a continuance
Of the disturbance would probably result
in the arrest of the party when, accord
Ing to his statement, the entire crowd at
tackled him. giving him a severe beating.
The Brown woman is the first of the
number to be arrested, though the police
have the names of others of DR.. Tyree' S
alleged asSalants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
SAYS FRIEND SLASHED HER.
Thomas Eskridge Arrested for At.
tack on Bessie Corbett.

Bessie Corbett, colored. residing at $50
ONeal court southwest, has been notified
to appear in the Police Court tomorrow
and relate the story of an alleged attack
made on her last Tuesday night by Thorn
as Eskridge. Prior to Tuesday night, the
woman stated to the police she and Esk-
ridge were friends, but following their en-
counter that night it was necessary for
surgeons at Emergency Hospital to take
three dozen stitches to close cuts across
her body.
Following the trouble with his friend,
1t is said, Eskridge left South Washing
ton, and the police thought he had gone
to some other city, but he obtained work
on F street, and was found there yester-
day afternoon by Detectives Kleindenst
and Harvey of the fourth precinct.
"Well.'' said Eskridge as the policemen
approached him, you got me-"
The prisoner, the police say, admitted
he had cut the woman with a knife, and
surrendered the weapon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
CONFESSES BOOK THEFT.
Samuel E. Mackey Sentenced and
Placed on Probation.

Samuel E. Mackey, who was arrested
Friday afternoon by Detectives Pratt and
Hewlett pleaded guilty in the Police
Court yesterday to four charges of taking
valuable art books from A. L. Cross of
316 9th street northeast.
After Mackey had told Judge Mullowny
he took the books from the Cross home,
where he resided with his wife. and sold
them for small sums at a second hand
book store, the court imposed sentence of
eight months in jail and placed him on
probation for one year.
1t was explained that two of the books
relating to French art subjects had been
sold by the book dealer and could not be
recovered. The detectives, however, are
endeavoring to locate them, as Mr. Cross
declared they were of much value to him.
Mackey is to reimburse the purchaser of
the books. if the detectives are able to
locate him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
CHARLES E. COFFIN DEAD.
Former Congressman Passes Away at
Muirkirk, Md.

Charles f. Coffin. formerly a repre-
sentative In Congress from Maryland,
died yesterday at his home in Muirkirk
Prince Georges county, at the age OF
seventy lone years. The funeral services
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4:3t
o'clock, in st. Johns Episcopal Church.
Beltsville. Md.
Mr.. Coffin was born in Boston and re-
ceived his education in the schools of that
city. Removing to Maryland in 1863 he
founded the iron works at Murkirk the
following year. He was elected to the
Maryland house of delegates in 1884. and
in 1890 was elected a member of the
state senate. serving for four years. He
was elected to the Fifty-third Congress to
fill the unexpired term of Barnes Comp
ton. resigned. and was reelected to the
Fifty-fourth Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
STUDENTS GIVE RECITAL.
Artistic Affair Conducted at the I'm.
maculata Seminary.

Eighteen Of the young woman students
at the Immaculate Seminary. Mount
Marian, Tenleytown, took part in the
schools annual year-end recital Friday
afternoon, the affair being one of the
most artistic and delightful ever given
at the school. The program consisted OF
thirty three numbers and included the
work of the old masters of classical mu-
sic, as well as the productions of more
modern composers.
The young women participating in the
recital were: Misses Marguerite Kennedy,
Eleanor Brophy, Winifred Buck, Marie
Simon Mariana Foley, Rebecca Stone
sifer Frances Moroney, Ruth Ramsay,
Bogley, May Kengla.. Lillian Kennedy,
Elizabeth Redmond. Helen Maxwell and
Zita Wallace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Mary Ann Shea, cord wood
from a Potomac point, at an Eastern
branch wharf, for l.. A. Clarke Son:
power boat Mckinney, shad from the
river nets for the market here; schooner
Ella, cord wood and grain from Upper
Machodoc creek for the dealers here:
schooner c. A. Prior, at Alexandria from
a river point, with cedar posts for dealers
there: S. o. Company tug No IL, towing
tank barge No. 80 from Baltimore with
oil In bulk; L. S. Army tug Castle, nj
engineers wharf, from a short inspection
trip; A. c. Company covered lighter. al
Alexandria from Quantico. in tow of tug
Captain Toby, laden with iron pyrites
for Alexandria sulphuric acid making
plant: tug George w. Pride. with a TOW
of lighters from a down river point.
Departures.
Schooner Maud S., light, for Maryland
point to load cord wood back to this city;
schooner Elizabeth Clark, light. for the
st. Marys river to load lumber for rhe
Washington market; schooner Edith Yer
rail-, light. for Nomini creek to load for
the dealers here; schooner Silver Star.
light, for Quantico to load lumber or
wood for this port; steam yacht Gaivots.
Capt. Keen. on a pleasure cruise to the
mouth of the river; tug Captain Toby.
towing PENNSYLVANIA railroad pile drive,
from the Eastern branch for Quantico:
scow John Taylor light. for a Maryland
point to load railroad ties; tug Camilla,
light. for the mouth of the river after
c. c. Company barge No. 15. light, from
Boston for Georgetown to load coal for
New England point; power yacht Da-
Gotta, for a short trip on the river: tug
ID. Nj. Key, with barge Venus in tow TO-
Georgetown; sloop Daisy. from Alex
andra with merchandise for Pennington
Nd; tug Rosalie. with a tow of lighters
for digging machines down river.
Memoranda.
Barge Clara Brooks will go TO Deco
guam, Va, to load railroad ties; canal
boat Canal Towage Comany, No 81 is
loading lumber at 10th street wharf for
Cumberland, Md; schooner ]. p Rob-
inson is to load cord wood in Upper
Machodoc creek for this city: schooner
Henry S. Little sailed from Boston May
. for the kennebec to load ice for Alex
andria, schooner Eleanor Russell has
arrived in Chicomuxen creek from This
city to load: schooner Norma Is at Bait
more from the Rappahannock river vita
lumber; schooner Maggie Marshall is at
a river point to load ties or wood for
Alexandria. schooner Grace G.. Bennett
is loading lumber at Newberne. N &.
for this city: scow Bush and scow John
Fisher are at river points loading rail
road ties for Alexandria: schooner Clara
Leonard is in Nomini creek loading for
this city.
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nber years the usual entrance has been
at the left OF the field behind third base.
Officers of Cadets.


Regimental and battalion staff Off
GERS are: Colonel, H. Burton Lowe
of Eastern High School; major
first battalion, r. B. Ransom. Cen
trail High School, major second
battalion, Sterling Taylor. Eastern High
School; major. Sd battalion, r. c.
Keefer, Mckinley Manual Training
School; regimental adjutant, III. F. Van
derwerker: regimental quartermaster. r.
M. Baker: battalion adjutants, Humph-
rey Sydenham, H. p. Ramsay. and L. w.
klopfer; battalion quartermasters. w. F.
Hutchinson and T. A. Miller. The posi-
ton Of lieutenant colonel, left vacant
by the graduation Of r. L. Nash of Bus
mess High School, February 1. was never
filed.
Names of the commissioned officers OF
the companies follow:
Business High SchooLCompany e,
captain, r. e. Glessner: first lieutenant.
W. 8. Lyons; second lieutenant, c. J.
Bigham. Company G. captain, l. F.
Cooper; first lieutenant, J. H. Molineu;
second lieutenant, c. G. Hines.
Central High School-Company A, cap
tain. H. d. Gordon; first lieutenant. r.
P. Hollingsworth; second lieutenant. P.
o. Potts. Company B. captain. R. Sex
ton; first lieutenant. H. Sydenham; sec
ond lieutenant, K Metzerott. Company
I. captain, NJ. A. Martin; first lieutenant,
A. Bradshaw; second lieutenant r.
Stein.
Eastern High School-Company F. cap
tain, J. Dorland Cremer, jr.; first lieu
tenant, Ray p. Whitman; second lieu
tenant, e. Clarence Rice, jr.
Mckinley Manual Training School
('Tech' )-Company C. captain, r. E.
Coughlin; first lieutenant. c. b. Lauden-
slayer: second lieutenant. r. W. Smith.
Company D. captain. w: L. Saunders:
first lieutenant. E. D. Hafnes; second
lieutenant, NJ W. Sandmeyer. Company
X, captain, M. J. Whitney: first lieu
tenant, c. d. Gibbons; second lieuten-
ant, r. W. Wilson. Company L. cap
tain. l. e. VIII: first lieutenant. S. c.
Cousins; second lieutenant, NJ. e.
Miller.
Western High School-Company H.
captain, Burnett Olmstead; first lieu
tenant, Colin Campbell: second lieu
tenant, Julian Dowell. Company NJ,
captain. Herbert Kimball: first lieuten-
ant. Warner HARDWOOD; second lieutenant,
Theodore Kelley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
FOR PROTECTION OF SUBURBS.
Engine House at Connecticut Ave-
nue. and Grant Road Wanted.

The establishment Of a fire engine house
at the intersection of Connecticut avenue
and Grant road, to be equipped with an
automobile chemical fire engine and hose
reel. is proposed in a bill which Senator
Smith of Maryland introduced yesterday
The bill proposes an appropriation of
$45 O0O for the purchase of the site, cree
ton of suitable building and purchase
of the equipment 1t was referred to the
Senate District committee. of which the
sponsor of the bill is a member
The measure is understood to have been
introduced at the request Of members of
the Connecticut Avenue Citizens Associa-
ton, in response to a resolution adopted
at the last meeting. They will urge
prompt action by the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
NEW DREDGES FOR CANAL.
Those of Scoop Type Will Be Used
on Cape Cod Work.

The Furst-Ciarke Dredging Company
of Baltimore. the contractors for the dig
sing of the ship canal through Cape
Cod Mass. to connect Buzzards bay with
Cape Cod bay, has recently purchased
two new scoop type OF dregres. which
will be put on the work and which are
expected TO help finish the cut within
the next year. The new machines
large and modern mud diggers in
every respect and cost about $15O,OOU
each.
one Of the machines has been named
Gov. Warfeld, after former Gov Edwin
Warfeld of Maryland. and the other
Gov. Hfrrick. in honor Of the former
chief executive of Ohio, who for several
years has been director Of the dredg-
ing company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

AERO DEMONSTRATION
Planned by Railway Relief Associa'
ton for Their Outing June q,

The committee on amusements of the
Washington Railway Relief Association
has tentative arrangements in hand to
have an aero demonstration at Chesa
peake Beach Thursday, June p, when the
association gives its annual excursion for
the benefit of its sick and relief fund.
The committee is considering proposal
from a promoter of flying machines to
give an exhibition of the practicability of
aeros on land and sea 1t is proposed TO
have vessel stationed off the resort to
which the aeros will fly with supposed
war messages. and return to land with
dispatches for land forces.
The amusement committee also is ar
ranging for athletic events for men,
women and children of all ages. There
will be prizes for the winners in all
events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
RUN OVER BY HAND CAR.
Laborer Falls Between Tracks and
Receives ONLY Bruises.

Carmais Pught. Baltimore and Ohio
railroad laborer, was at the wrong end
of handcar yesterday when ii was
given start. He was knocked down.
but fortunately fell between the tracks,
the trucks infiicting only bruises as the
car passed.
The accident occurred on the tracks
near the Aqueduct bridge.
The police took Pught to Georgetown
University Hospital in the patrol wagon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
HE last lap Of the race Is on.
Less than q month remains
before vacation, and the time
between now and the end Of

Less than q month remain:
before vacation, and the time
between now and the end OF
the school year will be filled
every minute with activities of various
characters. Tomorrow and Tuesday the
annual competitive drill of the white
High SchoolsCadets will be held. Wednes-
day .wnl be devoted largely in the high
schools to celebrating and getting over
the drill.
Thursday and Friday will be holidays
as Decoration day falls on Thursday
Friday and Saturday evenings will be
devoted to the interscholastic indoor rifle
shooting tournament at the Center
Market Armory range Of the District
of Columbia National Guard.
Following in quick succession will come
cursions. Then will arrive graduation
time with its class nights and presenta-
lions Of scholarships. Then-vacation.
1.-THE Superior Sex" a little farce, was
given at Business High School Friday
evening for the benefit Of the girls ath-
letics. Folk dances and a musical pro-
gram were also given.
The Boy Scout movement and the Camp
Fire Girls movement were explained at a
meeting Of the Capitol Hill School-Home
Association. held at the Wallach School
Tuesday evening. This association COM
prises teachers and parents Of pupils OF
the Brent, Dent, Towers and Wallach
schools, and was organized last October
Edgar S. Martin, scout commissioner
OF the District, explained the Boy Scout
organization, telling what principles II
fhA n W
members were trained to become handy
boys 1.-The boy who is not handy and
who does not know how to do things
nowadays soon realizes that he is far be-
hind his fellows said Mr.. Martin. Per
haps the best thing about the handy boy
is not so much his ability to do things
but the power this gives him to be OF use
to himself and others; to meet emergen-
cies; to fulfill this need of various sorts
in word, the best thing about the handy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
ARRESTED AS BOOKMAKERS.
Clarence Haislip, Thaddeus Fairfax
and w. L. Davis Out on Bonds.

Following recent convictions of hand
book makers in the Police Court, police
men of the first precinct Friday ar
rested three men on charge Of making
handbooks.
The defendants gave their names as
Clarence Haislip of 1917 9th street north
west. Thaddeus Fairfax Of 616 Lamont
street northwest and Walter L. Davis of
9Th and streets northwest. Their cases
were continued indefinitely in the Police
Court yesterday. They are at liberty
pending trial on 81 900 bonds each.
The arrests were made by Detectives
Howes, Simpson, Sergts. Lehman and
Lee and Policeman Wheeler
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
Lectures ON Drug Plants.

The May meeting of the Washington
Branch Of the American Pharmaceutical
Association was held yesterday afternoon
at the experimental farm of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, at Arlington. DR..
Rodney True of the department lectured
on the work being done on the farm, and
especially the investigations being made
with drug plants. About forty physicians
and druggists were present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
STREETS TO BE CONNECTED.
Work on Wall and Steps to be Be
gun Tomorrow.

Work will start tomorrow on the con-
struction of a sixty-foot concrete wall and
granite steps for an outlet from Belmont
street into 18th street northwest. Con-
gress appropriated $1,000 for the improve
ment, which also will include the building
of roadway connecting the two thor
oughfares
So, 200, while the land that has been con-
demned for the purpose of the roadway
has cost about $1,000. The improvement
will be finished, it is expected, by the lat
ter part OF July.
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Wife of Admiral John v. E. Blocker
Dies Suddenly.

Mrs. John V. B. Bleekeer, wife Of Rear
Admiral Bleecker. U. S. N, died sudden
ly of heart failure Wednesday evening
at the residence of her sister, Mrs.
Charles Cole, at Morristowsn. N. j.
Mrs. Blocker was Miss Elizabeth
Stearns, daughter OF John Stearns of
Boston. Mass. She is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Earnest Weymouth, wife
of Maj. Weymouth, r. A, Of England,
and by son. John Blocker. jr., Of
Columbus, Ga.
Admiral Blocker will visit his son at
Columbus, Ga, for the present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
CADETS GALA EVENT
Annual Competitive Drill to Be-
gin Tomorrow.
CONTINUES ON TUESDAY
Twelve Companies to Fight for the
Flag Trophy.
PLANS ALL IN READINESS
Weeks Spent by School officials in
Completing All the
Details.
Order Of Company Drill.
First day, Monday. May AZ:

FIRST day, Monday. May Al:
Company K. Mckinley Manual
Training School.
School.
Company C. Mckinley Manual
Training School
Company L. Mckinley Manual
Training School.
Company III, Western High
School.
Company D. Mckinley Manual
Training School
second Day. Tuesday, May 2s:
company G. Business High
School
School
Company I. Central High School.
company E, Business High
Company F, Eastern High
School
Company A, Central High School.
Time: $3.50 pm
Place: American league bali
park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
Return From Western Trim.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Landsburgh
Charles Goldsmith and A. n. Prince have
returned to Washington from a four
week trip through the west They at
tended the Shriners' convention in To-
Angeles and, returning, visited the large
cities and places of interest en- route
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
To Discuss oficial Control.

The evening session of May 30 will be
devoted to discussion of ideas developed
or brought up in the reading of paper
on the subject Should the prevention of
tuberculosis be exclusively under official
control?' by Charles o. Probst of
Columbus, Ohio, while the sociological
section of the association will discuss,
under the direction of Frederick Hoffman.
LII. D.. Of Newark. N. j., the topic The
physician, the health official and the lay
man in the anti-tuberculosis campaign"
The program for the second day of the
meeting will include a dozen or more
papers by internationally known investi-
gators, the papers being supplemented by
a general discussion developed around the
central theme Some essentials in a pro-
gram for the prevention of tuberculosis"
Leaders of this discussion will be DR.. B..
H. Waters, New York; Miss F. Elizabeth
Browell. New York, and DIR. H. E. Dear
holt, Milwaukee.
The session of the two-day meeting
will be held in the New Willard, the
opening session of May 30 being called to
order at $50 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
BAND CONCERT TOMORROW.

At the Bandstand. Monday after
noon. from to so o'clock, by
United States Soldiers Home
Band, John S. M. Zimmerman,
director.
March, ''Taft's Inaugural"
Zimmerman
Overture, THE Four Ages of Man.
Lachner
Idyl, 1.-The Voice of Chimes
Luigini
Selection Faust" .......... Gounod
Dance, I'm the Shadows" =. Finck
Excerpts from Loves Lottery"
Edwards
Waltz suite, Birds Voices
Vollstedt
Finale, "Brooke's Triumphal."
Seitz
THE Star Spangled Banner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
PLAN PHTH|S|S WAR
Association for Prevention to
Meet Here Thursday.
NOTED DOCTORS TO SPEAK
Various Phases of Disease and It's
Effects to Be Discussed at
Two-Day Session.

The program Of the eighth annual meet
Ing OF the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis,
which meets in Washington next Thurs
day and Friday. has been completed, and
the committee in charge OF the prelim-
mary arrangements for the conference
reported yesterday that the responses re-
ceived from all over the country indicate
that the coming meeting will be the most
important and interesting, as well as the
most largely attended, in the history OF
the association.
Many of the countrys best known in
vestigators OF tuberculosis and the meth.
DDS for it's prevention will be in Wash
ington, and papers on various phases OF
tuberculosis as the disease affects the
sanitary and industrial conditions of the
country will be read by score or more
Of scientists Of International reputation.
Topics for Convention.
Among the topics to be discussed are
the following, which will occupy the at
tention of the visiting scientists during
the first days session:
The Value of Institutional Treat
ment, by DR.. Herbert King. Loomis
~ - employment OF Patients After
Leaving Senatorial DR.. w. ]. VogeIer
Yonkers, n. Y: A Revised Estimate OF
the Economic Cost of tuberculosis" Iry-
ing Fisher. New Haven. Conn; The
Injustified Prejudice of Tuberculosis
PATIENTS Against Entering Sanatoria.
Adolphus knopff. New York: "The Chi
cago Plan of Fighting tuberculosis" Dr.
Theodore B. Sachs, Chicago; The Uses
Of Water in tuberculosis DR.. Simon
Branch. New York; The Diagnostic Use
OF Iubercuiin, DR.. William L. Dunn,
Asheville. n. c.; The Present Status
OF the Therapeutic Use of TubercuIin. .
DR.. Ladrason Brown. Saranac Lake, n
Y; THE Value OF Reactions in the
Therapeutic Use of Tuberculin,' Drs
William White and H. K. Van Norman
Pittsburgh; The Mortality From Tu-
berculosis in Large Cities" DIR. Herman
NJ. Biggs. New York, and Induced Pneu-
mothrax in the Treatment of Pulmonary
Diseases" DR.. Louis Hamman, Baltimore
In addition to these papers, an interestine
report will be read by Dr. Mary E. Lap.
ham OF Highlands. N. c.. on twenty-four
cases of tuberculosis treated by compress
sion of the lungs, according to the meth.
cd OF Forlanini Murphy and Brauer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

1920 to Atlantic City and Return.
Baltimore and Ohio, June ! to 3-valid for
return until June 10. Consult agents.
Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

Weddings and commandments.
For the choicest flowers and most artis-
tic decorations, consult Guide. 1914 F.
-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

Important Change OF Schedule
and greatly improved train service or
Baltimore and Ohio effective today. SET
time table this paper.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

Order Flowers for Memorial Day
-as early as possible. Shaffer. 18th & l.
Advt.
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What He Has Accomplished

Among the specific things accomplished
by President ThirkieId, DR.. Parks points
out, is that he has comprised the acqui-
sition Of two library buildings, with their
shelves filled with books, a science hall,
a manual arts building. a central heating
plant, as an adjunct to Freedmans Hos
pital; immensely increased equipment, es-
pecially for the medical department. and
also for the science work, the engineering
school and for the manual arts work.
In the National Capital Dr. Thirkield
has taken an active part, outside of his
educational duties, In the religious and
moral life. He has filled many pulpits.
and was a director of the Young Men 8
Christian Association and a member of
the educational committee and the COM
mittee on branch for negro men. He Is
also member of the Federal Schoolmen s
Clubs, Ia Mason, frater of the Beta
Theta Pi and the Phi Beta Kappa fra
ternities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
LOCAL MENTION.

Get q Good Lawn Mower.
Light, easy-running, reliable makes at
reasonable prices. Best garden tools of all
kinds. p. Mann & Co, 100 7th