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The Washington times., 1912-11-05
WOMEN'S CLUBS
ARE INVITED HERE
District Federation Urges General
Council to Meet in
Capital.

The Federated Clubs Of the District
Of Columbia and other clubs affiliated
with the General Federation have unit
ed In an invitation to the Women's
Council OF the General Federation to
meet in Washington next April. Vari-
Gus committees, consisting OF the board
of directors, the State presidents. the
State general federation secretaries, are
now planning for the entertainment of
the Countil.
The Maryland Federation of Women s
Clubs Is also to cooperate with the
District Federation of WOmens Clubs
In entertaining the council. which will
consist OF about one hundred women.
most prominent in the affairs of the
General Federation. from all parts OF
tn" United States.
Mrs. William l.. Andrews, president
Of the Federated Clubs of the District
Of Columbia, desires the earnest CO.
operation of all the women of the Dis
triCt regardless of club affiliations. tO
make this general council a great sue
cess. She, as well as Mrs. Percy V.
Pcnnybacker president of the General
Federation. desires to make the work
Of this council memorable in the annals
OF the general federation. A large at
tendance is expected from all sections
of the United States.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
Extra Policemen
Will Be on Duty
Downtown Tonight

Forty extra policemen will be on duty
In the business section OF the city to-
night to handle the crowd which. 1t Is
expected. will be the largest that has
ever been on the streets here on an
election night. Details OF uniformed
men will be on duty I'm front of the
newspaper offices and other places
where large crowds are expected to
gather, while plain clothes men will
mingle with the throngs and aid in pre-
serving order.
Extra reserve duty will he required
of all members of the force, so that
adequate protection can be given the
residential and outlying sections OF the
District. Extra bicycle men will pa
trol these precincts from dark until
after midnight.
The police have also warned residents
against leaving their homes unoCcupied
tonight. In view Of the fact that there
will be thousands of persons down
town, the police realize that this may
he interpreted as an invitation to sneak
thieves and others to take advantage
Of the absence of householders.
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D. A. R. WILL HAVE
POLITICS TO TALK

Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton will have some politics OF their
own to discuss in few days. for 1t Is
announced that Mrs. William Cum
ming story, of New York, is coming
to Washington on November IL. Mrs
Story Will be here to give tea in
honor of the president Of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, Mrs.
Alexander b. White. of Paris. Tenn.
at the New willard. but her coming
to the city will be the signal for the
rallying round her of her many sup
pCrters among the District Daughters
of the American Revolution.
All the delegates to the United
Daughters convention. and Mrs
Story's friends here will be invited so
that the hotel reception room will see
great gathering of both kinds Of
Daughters. and the likely uDshot will
be that Mrs. Story's candidacy for the
presidency general Of the Daughters
of the American Revolution will re-
ceive a great impetus.
During the Confederate Daughters
convention, the president of that or
ganization will have seven personal
pages. three of whom are Washing
ton girls. Miss Anne Seymour Jones,
Miss Olive Willis and Miss Darling
ton. The other four are to be Miss
Mildred White, of Paris, Tenn: Miss
Nora Randolph, Richmond. Va; Miss
Marie u. Talbot, Paris. Ky, and Miss
Elizabeth Sloan, Sloan. Ark.
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ficapons. II was said, are able to get
sufficient provisions from Constantine
pie barely to keep life In their bodies.
scattered groups OF the sultan's broken
force to a total running high into the
thousands are still wandering among
In the hills between the Bulga rian from
tier and the Turkish capital, however.
The retreat Of these parties toward
Constaniinople is cut OF by the Bull
garians. They either will not or fear to
surrender Many of the fugitives are
desperately wounded. Most OF them
have been without food for days. Some
have shot and eaten the Pariah dogs
which roam wild throughout most OF
Turkey, but not many have any am
munition left.
Hunted like savage animals by the
enemy and suffering from neglected
wounds, foodless and half naked, they
are dying by wholesale according TO
Bulgarian officers who have returned,
invalided or on military business from
the scene OF hostilities to Sofia.
Unless the Balkan allies and Turkey
together ask the powers to intervene in
the Near Eastern struggle foreign min
lister, Sir Edward Grey. stated in the
House of Commons today. no nation is
disposed to question the allies right to
make their own terms with the Sultan
when and how they please.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
Vow to Massacre
Every Christian

LONDON. Nov. 5.-A Constantinople
dispatch to the Chronicle which was
received by an indirect route declares
that the situation In the Turkish cap
ital is grave. The hostility to Euro
peans is increasing and displayed ar
rogantly.
Some of the workmen's guilds, tho
dispatch says, boast that they have
taken Ii sacred vow to massacre every
Christian should the Bulgarians enter
the city. Fanatics have sworn a ter
rible vengeance on the inhdel for Turk
ish defeat, while theological students
preach indictments to the mob in OBJ
sCure masQues.
on Sunday night mob. armed with
swords and rCvolVers, marched against
the European quarter, but the police
intcrfercd and arrested many OF the
demonstrators, who will be court-mar-
tailed.
The patriarch of the Greek Church
has received information of massacre
by Bashi- BaZouks at ROdosto.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
TRIES TO SEE TAFT:
FOILED BY WOMAN

CINCINNATI. Nov. 5.-A man who
Insisted on seeing President Taft early
today was removed by the police from
the doorstep OF Charles p. Taft's home,
where the President is awaiting the
verdict OF the people.
The mans ring at the door bell was
answered by a maid, He tried to push
past her. but she succeeded In closing
the door against him.
Il served in the civil war and ] was
never mustered OUT he said. And
Tafts the man who can do It."
Two policemen put the Visitor off the
grounds. The man claimed to be the
son OF a former mayor OF Cincinnati.
The fact that the crucial day OF his
career was at hand did not seem "a
disturb President Taft, who slept
late, ate good breakfast, smiled
pr"fuscly and acted generally as
though some sixteen million men
We're not voting on the subject of his
political fate.
Taft was scheduled to go to his
polling place on Madison road, wal
nut Hills, at IL a. m. to vote. Ii,
viii receive the election returns over
a special wire at his brothers home
C. +. Taft's house is completely
SURROUNDED by Gordon OF police
city detectives and Secret Service
men.
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THIS IS BIRTHDAY
OF EUGENE V. DEBS
Socialist Presidential Candidate
Fifty-seven on Elec-
ton Day.

Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate
for President OF the United States. is
celebrating his ffty-seventh birthday
on the day when he Is asking the
vote of the people. lie was born at
Terre Haute. Ind, November 5. 1855,
and started life as locomotive fire
man. In 1873 he became a wholesale
grocery clerk. and four years later
was city clerk of the city of Terre
Haute.
He was a member of the Indiana
legislature in 1885, and was grand
secretary and treG of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen for
thirteen years, from 1880 to 1898
While managing a strike on western
railroads in 1894, he was charged
with conspiracy, but was acquitted
He was then tried for violation Of an
injunction and was sent to Jail for
six months for contempt of court. lie
was candidate of the Socialist party
for President in 1904 and 1908 as well
as the present year.
The Rt. Rev. John S. Foley, the ven
cradle bishop of the roman Catholic
Church, Is celebrating his seventy
ninth birthday today, and Ida NJ. Tar
bell, the well-known magazine writer
Is fifty-flve years old,
Former Secretary of the Navy Tru.
man II. Newberry is forty eight years
old, and Congressman Augustus Pea.
BODY Gardner. of MASSACHUSETTS,, ha.
reached his forty-seventh year Con.
gressman Nicholas Longworth, oi
Ohio, is celebrating his -thirC
birthday today,
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
Gets Heavy Sentence
For Taking Fittings

In spite Of an attempt to prove an
alibi, on the part of his wife and land
lady, Charles West. colored. charged
with the theft of brass fittings from
the Washington Terminal Company.
was sent to Jail for three months by
Judge Mullowny OF the United States
branch of the District Police Court to-
day.
An employe of the Terminal Com
pBny stated that he saw West take the
tttings and a number OF other employees
stated that they chased West for sew
cral blocks but that he distanced them
all.
West called his wife and landlady to
the stand. who declared that he had
spent the whole day Saturday, which
was the day OF the theft. In the house.
In spite OF the effort Judge Mullowny
held that West was on the spot when
the brass was taken and he was sent
Up,
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
WILSON SWEEPING
WHOLE Of NATION,
DECLARES M'COMBS
Senator Dixon Insists Pro-
gressives Will Win Even
If They Lose.


NEW YORK, Nov. Sat noon today
Chairman Nccombs. of the Democratic
na,,onn, oar,,,,,,,ao ,ss,od . statouont
a,o"ai 'o"'i'''ee' ''ou y.
declaring that his adVices from all over
the country showed that Wilson and
Marsbau wer. sween,nx everythinp he-
Tora Ia, -, -, s,ato IN ,ho Ifn,on
iore them III ever! o'a'e /" 'he oh'oh
He declared that when the complete re-
turns are in tonight II will be shown
that tho Damocratic victory was th.
NV - -. ~
sreatest III the his'ory vi 'he party III
the United States.
Chairman Joseph NJ Dixon, of the
Progressive marty said that he saw No
~ - 49, nV
reason 10 chahBe any oi ME original
predictions.
Hut even II we lose we win," he said, J.,
'b, cause we are sure to he second. thus
,,,at,i,, 40 dominant ro,,tioa, ,,ar,y ;"
''aA'E .o i' pa
lie SAID 'hat ne had received no "oru
as to how the battle was progressing
throughout the country. Dixon, with
Governor Johnson or Caltornia: Q. *.
Davis, George W. Perkins. ana FRANK
Muhsey. VIII receive 'he returns at
heanauarters; ,,,,
NatiomaI chairman lilies dld not put
III an appea,a aLse al hepuDiCan nedu-
quartz StuaI'ers ,h ana nr,Ir .neLe VIZ ,r ohy 'Wq OF
t.,Is u VIZ NJ tnv,e' '.c o,neI'
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
Thousands of Turks
Starving to Death
In War Territory

LONDON. Nov. 5.-Thousands Of
Turkish soldiers are literally starving
to DEATH 1t was stated in dispatches
today from the Balkans.
From the very beginning of the cam
paign the ottoman troops were on short
rations. with the defeat at Kirk Kilissa
the food supply dwndled to almost
nothing. During the retreat from Lule
Burgas to Chatalia the men were de-
pendant wholly on what they could
forage for themselves.
Foragng in Eastern Turkey for the
past week has been like licking tin
plate. The country was swept entirely
clean OF everything eatable during the
first few days of the campaign.
The defenders OF the Chatalja forti-
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
GOES DOWN RIVER
IN HYDR0AEROPLANE
Lieutenant Ellyson Expects tt
Make Another Trip This
Afternoon.

Although the army aViators have dis
continued hydrOaerOplane flights on the
Potomac river lor the winter, Lieut..
Theodore Ellyson, of the United States
navy aviation school, made several
trips down the river this morning, and
If 1t Is not too cold this afternoon, he
will probably fly in his Curtss hydro
aeroplanc as far as Alexandria.
Lieutenant Ellyson has been at the
navy yard with hydroaeroplape al
most three weeks and has made many
tine flights on the Potomac. Since he
made his first flight there considerable
interest in hydroaeropane flying has
been manifested by the officers at the
navy yard. BY making flights on the
Potomac river where naval officers sta
toned in Washington can see them
many converts to the cause Of aviation
have been won.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
False Fire Alarm
Causes Excitement

The ringing OF the fire alarm gong
in the apartment house at 1870 Rhode
Island avenue northwest caused much
excitement among the occupants OF the
building early today. The alarm sum
moned No Engine Company. hut when
the hremen arrived 1t was found the
alarm had been sounded by a short
circuiting OF the wires.
The continuous ringing of the gong
caused many of the occupants to dress
hurriedly and D cparc leave the build
ing, while others rushed to the hall
ways In their night clothing The fire.
men. however, assured them that there
was no danger and quiet was soon re-
stored.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
Greeks Extend Blockade
Of Coast to Epirus

The blockade established by Greece
on the Turkish coast has been extended
as far az Santa Quarante. on the coast
Of Epirus. according TO information re-
Ccived by the state Department today.
The blockade maintained against Cas-
tro on the Island OF Lemnos has been
raised.
SO far. with the exception OF destroy
ing Turkish gunboat with torpedo.
III" naval force Of Greece has been en-
ploNcd In maintaining blockades against
various ports on the Turkish coast.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
CORRUGATED SHIPS
ARE TO Be TESTED
BY NAVAL EXPERT
English Models Said to Have
Advantages in Many
Ways.

Corrugated battleships will be the
subject OF tests this winter by Naval
Constructor w. ID. Taylor. of the
Bureau OF Construction and Repair. in
the big naval testing tank at the Wash
lngton Navy Yard.
Four vessels have been built in Eng
land on this plan Two outward curves.
twenty-three inches deep, run the
length Of the ships between the load
line and the bllge. Between the con-
equal depth. This partial application
Of the tube principle greatly increases
the strength OF the hull. SO much
strength Is added that the stringer
plates may be dispensed with. This
increases the space available for bulk
better rating by Lloyds'. For CONNER
cial vessels this is said to be the chelf
consideration.
Hull Saves Fuel.
In addition, however. II is said that
the corrugated hull saves fuel. lessons
the effect of waves on the steadIness
Of the ship. and permits the heavy
frames to be spaced half farther
apart.
English reports indicate that cor
fuel over the cost OF driving u smooth
hull of equal displacement
Two models. Of equal weight and di.
mensions, each about twenty feet Ions
Will be constructed here, one with u
corrugated and the other with a plair
hull Each will be attached to til.
travelling crane which spans the ex.
perimental tank at the Washington
Navy Yard. and the resistance of ths
models to the water when pulled at n
given rate Of speed will be accuratcl,
reg glstercd on the delicate gauges at.
tached to the crane.
Gauges Will Tell.
II the corrugated hull presents less
resistance to the water the fact viii
he instantly indicated on the gauges
No vessel Of this type has yet beer
constructed in this country. The frs
corrugated" vessel was built in Ing
land In 1909. and three have been con
structcd on similar lines since then.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
DIES In AMBULANCE
ON WAY TO HOSPITAL
Miss Annie Eastner Overcome BY
Gas At Boarding House, and
Relief Is Too Late.

Miss Annie Eastner, about forty years
old, died at 9:G0 o'clock this morning in
an ambulance on the way to the Emer-
gencv Hospital. as the result of being
overcome with gas at her boarding
house, 796 Tenth street northwest.
Shortly after o'clock the odor Of gas
was discovered coming from the room
occupied bv Miss Eastner. Policeman
o. c. Clay, who was at Tenth and G
streets. was called in. An ambulance
was called. but relief was too late.
The police have not yet reached any
conclusion from their investigation into
the circumstances surrounding Miss
Eastncr's death.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
Gauges Will Tell.
OBITUARY NOTES.
MAI. GEN. ROBERT OREILLY.

Funeral services for Maj. Gen. Robert
Maitland O'R.illy We're held at u
o'clock this morning at ST. Patrick g
Catholic Church. with Mgr. William 7.
Russell officiating. The body was ac-
Companicd to Arlington by an escort of
cavalry from Fort Myer, Va, and the
honorary pallbearers were Assistant
secretary OF War Robert Shaw Oliver,
Surgeon General George II. Torney,
Gen. james a. Buchanan. retired. iSIls.
Gen. James Allen. chief of the Signal
Corps. Col. jefferson r. kean, Col.
Walter ID. McCaw. and Major Francis
A. Winter. of the medical department,
l. S. a., and Gen. q. W. Davis, re-
tired.
The intcrment was at Arlington with
fun military honOrs
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
MISS NELLIE KRAEMER.

When in a G street store yester-
day afternoon. Miss Nellie Kraemer.
thirty-nine years of age, was
stricken with heart trouble and died
within few minutes. She was en-
ploycd at 2Ol3 Columbia road north
west as a domestic. The funeral ar
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
Turkish Powers
Fail to Ask for
Uncle Sans Aid

The United States was not included
In the list OF powers to whom Turkey
has addressed n plea for Intervention
and II Is highly Improbable that this
country will take any part in the de-
libcrations which may mark the Grad
ication of the Turk from Europe.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
MRS. MARTHA A. TRAMMELL

The last rites for Mrs. Martha A.
Trammoll who died sunday at the
age OF nincty-one years, were held
at II o'clock this morning at her
home. 1888 street northwest. the
Rev. c. Herbert Reese, of st. Thomas
Episcopal Church. officiating. The
intermcnt was in Rock Creek ccn4c-
tDTN.
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ALEXANDER A. BROWN.

The funeral Of Alexander A. Brown,
who died yesterday at his home, 1888
Kramer street, was held at o'clock
this afternoon at the chapel OF the
Nativity, the Rev. Enoch Thompson
officiating. The interment was in
Glenwood cemetery.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
MRS. MARY LOUISE X. HARE

The last rites for Mrs. Mary Louise
Kenadav Hare were held at o'clock
this afternoon from the Church of the
Epiphany, the Rev. Randolph H. Nc
was private. was in Rock Creek Gene
terry.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
CONTEST
EXPECTED TODAY
IN MOTOR RACES
Election Day Derby at
Brighton Beach to Be
Exciting Event.
BY HARRY WARD.

The most bitterly contested race ever
run on a mile track is scheduled for de-
cision today. when a 00-mle race will
be run on the track at Brighton Beach.
II is STYLED the ELECTION Day Derby"
and is n free-for-all open affair. In ad-
dition to the prize OF 500 to the winner,
there are awards also for drivers who
finish in second, third, and fourth
places.
That the worlds 1CO-mlle record for
mile dirt tracks will be shattered is a
foregone conclusion. The record. which
now stands at l:iO:5l. is held by Spencer
Wishart. who established this mark last
August at Columbus. Ohio. wishart
will be in the race today. and will de-
fend his record.
Three Sprint Events.
In addition to the century" race there
VIII be three sprint events. a ten-mile
iree-for-all handicap. a five-mile handl-
cap for cars OF 3Ol cubic inches piston
displacement and under and a ten-mlle
race for cars under go cubic inches, all
OF which the bound to produce unusual
speed.
Spencer f.. Wishart. who carried off
most OF the honUrs at the last Brighton
Beach meet, will drive Mercer cars.
Wishart was formerly an amateur, and
as such Won numerous races. He
turned professional. much against his
Will, at the time the American Auto
| mobile Association passed the rule fore
| ing amateurs to turn professionals II
they competed with professionals. lie
.s one OF the youngest race drivers, and
whcn he first began competing in races,
In 1897, he was the youngest-his age
| then being sixteen.
Started With Mercedes.
In 1905 he made a creditable showing
| in the Vanderbilt with a very old Mer-
cedes car. Later he won numerous
track events, was third in the 1911 in
| tcrnatonal 5OO-mile race, third In the
1911 Vanderbilt cup contest. and third
in this seasons Vanderbilt. One of his
| most notable victories was his capture
of the @oO-mile race at Columbus. Ohio.
this year
( Another star is Ralph X. Milford.
| who Is, perhaps the greatest all-around
driver today. He won numerous
| twcnty-fOur-hour races at Brighton
Beach and elsewhere several years ago:
captured the 1910 Elgin road race, the
| 6NO-inCh class in the 1911 Fairmount
| Park race, and others. while his most
! famous victory was that which he
scored in last years Vanderbilt cup
race. He is one OF the few sensational
drivers who seem to be equally good
on track and road. MulfOrd will drive
National car at Brighton.
/ Whalen Drives National.
I Nell Whalen, who won the feature
event at the last meet, twenty-five
mile affair. with a National. will be at
the wheel of the same machine today.
! This Is the car that Zenglc drove home
a winner in the 1911 Elgln road race.
Other pilots entered include Ray How
ard. with the devlish red Buick Bug"
and the famous Pope Hummer" Ar
mOur Ferguson in his Mercer; Mort
Roberts, Mason: Bill Chandler, EMF.
T. G. Thebaud. q. J. G.: Leland Mitch
ell. Mason and Mercer: +. L. Wood.
/ Mason. and dozen others. BY the
time the entry list closes. 1t is expected
that the largest field ever seen at a
| matinee race meet will be got together
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
Young Estate for Widow.

The will of Admiral Iucien Young,
who d'Cd In New York On October >,
was filed for probate yesterday. 1t leaves
his entire estate to his widow, Mrs.
Belle Parker Young, and names her as
executrix.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
RICHARD RATCLIFF.

Funeral services for Richard Ratcliff
were held at 10 o'clock this morning
from the residence OF his daughter.
Mrs. Bernard WeyriCh. l35 Florida ave-
nue. northwest Interment was in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
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Head of Transportation
Committee Is Appointed.

What Mr.. Cans doesn't know about
getting up theatcr parties and other
things isn't worth knowing. He reg
ular Mr.. Aladdin himself. when It comes
to making other peoples wishes come
true, and he will take all the respon-
siblity Of transporting the children
20 the Columbia Theater upon his own
strong shoulders.
So nothing remains except to hear
from other OWNERS of cars who wish to
boost along a good cause by loaning
their machines for an hour or two. A
card addressed to Miss Murdoch, at The
Times office, or to Mr.. Cans, at the
Saks Company's stores. Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue, will receive
instant acknowledgement and the
thanks OF countless numbers OF little
unfortunates. JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05

And Just now came another letter
which was addressed to Mr.. Cans: 1t
said:
Dear Mr.. Cans:
I'VE note with pleasure that you are
again In the front ranks in the hcn"No-
lent work IN Washington with which
you have 40 long been closely ariliatcd.
We have noted in The Washington
Times that automobiles Will be n"ces-
sary to make the orphans and crippled
Children's Benefit "a success at the CO.
lumbia Thcater on November u. We
will be very glad TO put at your dis
posal one Of onr fivc-passeng"r auto
mobiles on November l3. at anv hour
and for SO long a time as may b" need
full. We will be very glad. indeed, to
be of service in such meritorious
work.
with kind personal regards. we are.
yours very truly.
NORMAN 4 ROBlNSON. Inc
'W. X. ROBINSON.
Secretary ana treasurer. Norman q
Robinson Company.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
I,4oo Little Guests
Will Be Made Happy.

But even with all the autos that have
been promised there will not be nearly
enough to take all Of the l.i1 littl"
people who are to be the guests of
The Times and Miss Taliaferro that
afternoon. Miss Murdoch will be glad
to hear from any other owners who
will help along this worthy cause by
loannG for short time on the after
noon of Wednesday. November 49, their
car. no matter how small, to convey
one or more OF the little crippled or
phan girls to the special matinee Of
"RebeCca of Sunnybrook Farm" In
view of the large amount of work that
will be necessary before arrangements
are complete for transporting the chill
dren from the various Institutions and
homes to tn" Columbia Theater. Miss
Murdoch has appointed Mr.. Cans chair
man of the automobile committee Of
The Times theater party.