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The Press., 1912-09-25

A Ia Court of Probate holden at Tol- "A. land within and for the district of Holland, on the 18th day of September, A. D. 1912.
 Present, EDWIN s. AGARD, Judge. Estate of Elizabeth Apitz, late Ot Holland, in said district, deceased. 19'.'.' '.. >"i - .'"
 The administrator having made written ap- plication to said Court, In accordance with the statute, for an order of sale of the whole or part of the real estate described therein, 1t is
 Ordered, that said application be heard at the Probate once in Holland, on the 3Oth day of Sept, 1919, at 10 o clock in the forenoon, and that notice thereof be given, by inserting a copy circulation in said district, and that return be made to this Court ..,.
 Attest EDWIN S. AGARD, Judge.
The Press., 1912-09-25

NrANTED-A woman to assist in
 w housework. Apply to BCsKIBK, the Jeweler. ''
The Press., 1912-09-25

| Osf. last Thursday, between Gold \ I st, and Afnold's meat market pnek ct book containing about Fp Finder will loo te warded by notifying LUTHEH HAltDNBlt, ti D, 2, stafford Springs, 'lw
The Press., 1912-09-25

NOOD HORSE for sale cheap. O P.J. HANLEY, Orcuttville.
The Press., 1912-09-25

OFFICIAL SALE. September, Assort O ment B, F Good POST CARDS, all different 10 cents AVON NEWS CO.,, Avon, Conn.
The Press., 1912-09-25

4 GENTS wanted to handle well-known A high grade line Of vacuum cIeaners~~ Very smaH Investment required. Easy sales, good profits Write for particulars. 1 . ..
 THE REGINA co, GS ". 25th St. Kew York.
The Press., 1912-09-25

H. W. and.Frank Mercy, in filling their silo, :used corp measuring 13 feet. ..,
The Press., 1912-09-25

TOR SALE-A desirable lot, 100 fee k water front, on east side of Crystal Lake.
 Inquire of FRED WILDEY.
The Press., 1912-09-25

MEN and Boys can make big money WI selling Post Cards and Campaign Buttons at the fair. Join our agency and sell goods for ua. Samples and full Information ioc. United Sales Agency, lGs Bridge st., Springfield, Mass.
The Press., 1912-09-25
Mashapaug.

Miss Elizabeth Martha Moore,
 daughter of Lyman Moore, was mar ried in Hartford last Thursday. toI Harrison G. Royce of Springfield. After short wedding trip MT. and Mrs. Royce will make their home in. Longmeadow.
The Press., 1912-09-25

VOWS and PIGS FOR SALE.
 O 20 VIM. BOWLER, West Wilmington.
The Press., 1912-09-25

TOR SALE-One Brocket & Futile 1T phseton, very light and easy running.
 }sC. E, HAYWOOD. ;.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
Hitchcock Explains
Workings of the
New Postal Order

The actual effect of the Congressional
ban on Sunday delivery of mail is
viewed as of relative unimportance in
a statement issued by Postmaster
General Hitchcock last night in which
he attempts to clear up whatever mis-
understanding may have existed re-
gardirR the actual method of putting
into operation the new act. The Post
master General said:
AT present most OF the mall received
on Sunday for delivery py carrier Mon
day morning Is worked after midnight
on Sunday. and therefore the law will
not affect this mail. 1t Will be delivered
as promptly as hitherto. Mail received
UP to midnight on Saturday for lock
boxes will be distributed to the boxes
and will be available TO boxholders on
Sunday as usual.
There Is at present no street delivery
Of mall by letter carriers on Sunday and
therefore the law makes no change in
this regard. In short, the only mail that
will be affected under a reasonable con-
struction OF the new law Is that re-
ceived at the postoffices on Sunday
and hitherto sorted on that day for
distribution to lock boxes"
opening of a terminal branch of the
Washington postoffice in the Union
Station. This will handle outgoing
| mail from the Government Printing
Office and from the northeast section
of the city. w. b. Barclay will be In
Minority Leader Mann Is given credit
| for making the suggestion which re-
suited in the anti-Sunday delivery
| clause. The curtailment of service
permits some, economy. the ideal OF
the Democrats. while its suggestion
came from a Republican, who asserts
| that the Democrats nowhere ap-
preached their ideal.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
DEGREE CONFERRED
/. ON WOMENS CLUB
BY ALMAS TEMPLE
The Garter Rite" Causes
Much Fun at Shrin-
ers' Outing.

Members of Almas Temple of Mystic
Shriners have good size sum toda-'
to add to their fund for Christmas
baskets for the poor, as the result Of
the excursion held at Marshall Hal
yesterday.
Tickets were sold for soc each, 25c
more than ordinary excursion tickets,
but this did not keep The people away.
William Hamilton Smith, potentate
Of the temple. fooled 500 women on the
exemplific ication OF tho Garter rite"
Several men were dressed as women
and were placed upon a stand erected
In the dancing pavilion. Six pretty
young women were invited to get upon
the stand and participate in the solemn
ceremony. The men dressed as women
kneeled and were crowned and given
the secrets Of the order. The rite
was then finished by the placing of a
silk garter on the right leg of one OF
the women" When the real women
who had been selected to receive the
, rite" saw what occurred they rushed
from the stage and tried to get away.
The guards halted them and brough-
them back TO the stage. and while they
were screaming the garter was pdaced,
not upon the leg, put upon the elbow.
There was a roar of laughter.
The women were all given pairs OF
silk garters as souvenirs of the occa-
sion.
During the afternoon a baseball game
| was played between teams from Orient
Commandery, knights Templar, and AL
mas Temple. The real score was 10 to
5 in favor of the Orients. although diff
ferent versions of the game were told
| in the city. Some had II to 2 and
others to 5. The game was witnessed
by 300 persons. The features of the
game were the playing of William F:
Holmes IT shortstop ard Robert j. Bell
at first base for Almas, and the pitching
of Joseph Milans and the playing of e.
p. Hazleton at first base for the ORR
ents.
! Miss Madolin Smithson's class OF
| dancing pupils gave an exhibition of
| fancy dancing and singing. More than
| 500 persons watched the little tots dance,
| and Miss Smithson was congratulated
| on the clever manner in which her pu-
pills carried out their program.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
ONLY HOLDERS OF
LOCK BOXES TO GET
LETTERS ON SUNDAY
New Law Expected to Aid
Delivery Boys, Who Are
Paid by the Trip.

Persons having lock boxes at the
postoffice can get their mail next sun-
day. Mail win be distributed to no
one else. Those renting lock boxes will
find only the mail received and distri-
buted up 70 IL 2sotlock on the previous
Saturday night.
This decision has been reached by
Postmaster A. N. Merritt regarding the
enforcement of the act OF Congress
which states: "That hereafter post
Offices of the first and second classes
shall not be open on Sundays for the
purpose Of delivering mail to the gen.
eral public, but this provision shall not
prevent the prompt delivery of special
delivery mail"
II think this regulation will conform
to the act" said Postmaster Merritt to-
day. Eve will not distribute mail after
midnight Saturday night. Persons hav-
ing lock boxes will be free to get wha;
mail they find Sunday. There will be
no further distribution of mail in OF
out of the office on Sunday"
The non-delivery act becomes effec.
tive next Sunday.
the delivery of special delivery letters
Is problematical 1t may or may not
| increase This class OF business, as the
| postmaster looks at II.
Special delivery letter messengers
are paid 8 cents for each letter they
deliver. The new act may result in
harvest for these boys. At present
their average wage per month Is $35
Some of them have made as high as
$50 during the Christmas season. The
new act may make a miniature Christ
! mas season of every Sunday, in which
event the boys will be materially ben
efited.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
WILL
FOLLOW IF HERD|CS
ARE NOT CLEANED
Owners of Line to Be Hailed
Into Police Court, Say
Officials.

In accordance with an ultimatum Is
sued by the Commissioners several
weeks ago. the Metropolitan Coach
Company, It was said today by District
officials, will be brought to trial in the
Police Court within the next few days
unless in the meantime improvement is
made in the sanitary conditions Of its
herdics.
Inspection OF the coaches was made
yesterday by H. G.. Dawson, hack in
spector, disclosing. it is stated, that
they are in little better condition than
on the occasion of the first inspection,
when they were described by Inspector
Dawson as 'incrusted with dirt half
an inch thick under the entire line of
seats, the entire vehicles presenting an
unsightly appearance"
Before the issuance of a warrant for
the manager of the company, the We
hicles will be inspected by a representa-
tive Of the Health Department in order
that there may be presented to the
court testimony in support of that OF
Inspector Dawson's.
Ample authority to improve the serv-
ice is conferred on the Commissioners
by the bill recently passed regulating
the Metropolitan Coach Company. which
becomes effective six months after its
enactment.
In view of numerous complaints from
the company's patrons. coupled with the
report of the hack inspector, the Com
missioners decided to demand an imme-
diate improvement under threat OF
prosecution under the police regulations
which provides that vehicles for the
conveyance Of passengers for hire shall
be kept in a "clean. safe, and whole.
| some condition"
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
ROOT GETS HONOR,
BUILDERS SEEK PAY
War College Tablet Expenditure
Puzzle for Treasury
Department.

Senator Elihu Root, former Secretary
OF War, is certain to be remembered
as the founder Of the War College. a
granite tablet marked with bronze let
ters now standing in the corridor of
the main building. but, in the mean
time, there is speculation as to how
the men who erected the monument
are to be paid.
Two vouchers, calling for the payment
of $645 to Z. c. Bairstow and $500 to
John Williams. Inc, were drawn against
the barracks and quarters appropria-
ton. The Treasury Department, in an
opinion fled today upholds the auditor
in refusing to allow these claims, stating
that the barracks and quarters appro-
priation is not to Deused for this pur'
pose. In 1908 a ruling was made that
the money could not be paid from the
maintenance fund. There seems to be
no other fund available.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
Colored Man Caught
Stealing Newspapers

T. G. wrenn, newspaper route agent,
has been playing detective for several
weeks to catch the person or persons
stealing papers after being delivered to
subscribers. His efforts were rewarded
today when he caught Daniel Cooper, a
colored man of 1913 Twenty-seventh
street northwest, taking a paper from
3107 N street northwest Wrenn took
Cooper down to the Seventh precinct,
where he put up IS collateral but fail
ed to show up in Police Court this
morning for trial. forfeiting his bond.
A number of boys have been arraign-
ed in Juvenile Court lately on charges
of stealing morning papers. The police
are determined to break up the thefts,
and the men who are caught will be
tried in Folice Court, while the boys
will be arraigned before Judge William
H. DeLacy in Juvenile Court.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
CRITICISM BRINGS
PUBLIC TO FRONT
WITH NEEDED CASH
President Oyster, of Cham
Der of Commerce, Arouses
Conventions Interest.

Thomas Grant, secretary Of the Cham
Der of Commerce, and William John
Eynon secretary of the Board of Trade,
today are drafting letter to be sent to
the members of their respective organi-
cations calling upon them for subscrip-
tions to the entertainment fund for the
delegates to the Fifteenth International
Congress on Hygiene and Demography
and the convention of the American
Public Health Association, which meets
here next month.
Explanatory of the purposes and scope
OF the congress-, another letter Is be-
ing drawn by DR.. William c. Wood
ward, District Health Officer. Both let
ters will be sent to the membership of
the two civic and business organiza-
tions. third letter is to be written
by DR.. Harvey w. Wiley.
Criticism Brings Results.
This action is being taken as a result
Of the criticism by President James F..
Oyster of the Chamber of Commerce,
at Mondays committee meeting, who
confessed that he was not properly in
formed about the importance of the
congress, and that other Washington
business men, he thought were in the
same position.
BY those and other means the two
organizations are planning to back up
their joint committee On arrangements
for the two health conventions. The
finance committee, of which Edmond S.
Wolfe, cashier of the District National
Bank, Is acting chairman, will continue
its general campaign for funds The
program Of entertainment, which is In
charge of DR.. Frank Z. Gibson, will be
completed as soon as the committee
knows how mucn money 1t will have
for this purpose.
German Societies Busy.
Special entertainment of the party OF
$40 Germe ms who are coming in a bod.y
is being planned by the United German
societies of the District. They have
requested President Oyster to have the
Chamber assist in this entertainment
but the Chamber is expected {, limit
itself to is efforts in behalf Of the en-
tertainrnent Jointly with the Board oI
Trade of all the delegates. Thirty-twc
foreign countries have named orilcia
delegates to the congress.
Japan Is the latest to forward its lls
OF delegates. Ambassador Chinda ha,
Just informed the officers of the Con
gress here that his government has ap
pointed the following official delegates
Seiji Tsukamoto, counsellor of the De
partment of Interior; Tadahiro Noda
engineer of the same department; Yos
hiyuki Okada, engineer of the Formosar
government, and Norikiyo Murata, en-
gineer. of the Kwan Tung government
All will be present at the congress.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
DRIVER, WAGON, AND
GROCERIES DISAPPEAR
Police Seek Missing Delivery Out
fit of Ninth Street
Dealer.

washington's police force is baffled
by a peculiar disappearance case. A
horse and wagon, a load Of groceries
valued at s62.10, and Robert Brown,
driver of the wagon, have disappeared
as completely as If the earth had
swallowed them.
Brown drives for P. K. Chaconas &
Co., Ninth and Louisiana avenue. Yes
terday Brown started out with a load
of orders to be delivered. He has not
been seen since. Employees of the Cha
conas firm had just begun to wonder
what had become of Brown, when GUS
toners began pouring IN queries as
Unable to furnish the answer, the Cha
conas firm called upon the police.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
WOMAN KILLED; TWO
HURT IN MOTOR CRASH
Machine Going Sixty Miles An
Hour Wrecked In New
York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s,---One woman
was killed and two other persons injured
early today when an automobile con-
tanning a merry party homeward bound
from a gay dinner skidded and over
turned near Rye, N. Y. The woman
was Miss Lillian Lette, 252 Washing
ton avenue, New York city, who was
crushed to death.
The injured were men whose names
were not revealed by the police.
The chauffeur was arrested charged
with reckless driving. The automobile
Is said to have been going sixty miles
an hour when 1t struck a buttress OF
a trestle and overturned.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
Sues Estate for S12,977.

A suit to collect sl2,9T from the es-
tate of Amelia Lyle has been filed in
the District Supreme Court by James
o. Gorrell. The claim is for board.
board for friends, drugs and nursing
Samuel A. Drury, executor of the
estate, Is named as defendant
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
Police Asked to
Find Missing Girl

The police have been asked to find
Gertrude Hurley, fifteen years old, who
has been missing from her home at
AIS Thirteenth street southeast for more
than a week. Relatives of the girl say
that she has been seen in different sec
tions of the city, and that they believe
she has obtained employment in an ef
fort to support herself.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
Address on Surgery
By DR.. w. A. Warfeld

An address on surgery will be given
by DR.. w. A. warfield, surgeon-in-chief
of Freedmen's Hospital, before the
annual meeting of the National Medi-
cal Association. which opened yester-
day by Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
PellagIa will be discussed by the
great medical authorities. and an in
teresting series of clinics has been
arranged.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
Money Washers for
Seven SubtreasurieS

Following the passage of a $4,000 APP
preparation by Congress for ten new
money-washlng machines, Secretary
MacVeagh, of the Treasury, has ordered
purchased for the subtreasuTies the fol-
lowing: Four for the subtreasury al
New York city and one each at the
following cities: Boston, Chicago
Philadelphia, Baltimore, st. Louis, and
New Orleans.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28

Elliott. rhe sixteenth birthday ami
versary of Miss Elliott was the occa-
sion Of the celebration.
A company of young people was en-
tertained last evening by Lewis Thomas
at the romc of his parents, MI ana
Mrs James X. Thomas, 2l2s Thirteenth
street. Among those contributing to
the musical program were Misses. Alice
Scott, Jacqueline, Warren, Dessa Arnold
and Joseph BARLEY, Frank Hagan and
Charles Warren. Games were enJoyei
aFH Those rs,'gSns'' present we're Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Misses Agnes Reagan, Susie
Thomas, Dessa Arnold, Vesta Gator,
Jacqueline Warren, Alice Scott, Mar,
Messrs. oscar Fordin, Wallace Thomas
Haran, Finley McPherson, Joseph
BARLEY, John Thomas, John Cook and
Charles ]. Warren
improvements are being made to the
parsonage Of the East washington
Heights Baptist Church. at Bowen and
Branch avenues.
The Rev. James w. Many. pastor of
the East washington Heights Baptist
Church, will discuss Labor Day and the
status Of the laborinR man next Sun
day.
The East Washington Heights people
who are circulating the petitions for the
relief of the family Of Charles fudge,
whose residence was destroyed by fire.
are receiving subscriptions rapidly.
There has been a demand on the part OF
the community to assist those whose
home was destroyed, rather than any
request to contribute from the commit
tees.
Mr.. and Mrs. George EmieRh and son
are here from Brooklyn. N. Y, visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. PeZold 2023 Fourteenth
street. They will remain several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Burr, of 1914
Valley place, have as their guest L.
NJ. Stewart, of Philadelphia.
Irving s. Hail. chairman of the good
Of the order committee of Anacostia
Council, No. 16, Junior order of United
American Mechanics, who has been on
vacation at Cumberland, Harpers Ferry
and Sheperdstown. has returned.
The Rev. Merritt Earle and family.
| Of the Congress Heights Methodist de-
| nomination, have gone to Bluemont,
Va, for a brief vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel R. Campbell. OF
Mt. View place. are visitors in Iron
| Hill, Md, where Miss Marguerite
| The Rev. George NJ Cummings, pas
| tor of the Garden Memorial Presby'
! terian Church, will return home from
! his vacation. which he Is spending ir
| Baltimore county Md, in time to take
| charge of next Sundays services in the
church.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,


Plans for the indoor fete Of the Ana
costa Masonic organizations, which
will be held in the Anacostia Masonic
Hall on October 16, II, and IS, are be-
ginning to assume shape. The event
will be under the auspices of Anacostia
Chapter, No. II, Royal Arch MasonA
and Anacostia Lodge, No. q, II. A.
A. NJ.
A meeting of the general committee,
of which Milton ]. Fillius Is the chair
man, was held on Monday night In the
Masonic Hall and many of the details
of the bazaar were gone over. The
location and designation of seven fancy
booths were agreed upon. The Masonic
Hall in Anacostia has been equipped
with electrical devices recently, and 1t
was explained that many attractive
effects In the way of illumination will
be arranged.
There will be committee meetings
regularly henceforth until the date of
the fete, which will be the first one
held by the Masonic bodies here in a
number, of years. Social diversion,
more than financial return, is sought
by the fraternity in the holding of the
fete.
Anacostia Lodge, No. q. f. A. A. M,
the regular meeting OF which falls on
next Monday, which Will be Labor Day.
has postponed its meeting until
September 16. Anacostia Chapter. No.
IL, Royal Arch Masons, which has
given up Its meetings during the sum-
mer, will resume on September 9. The
meeting place of Anacostia Lodge has
been equipped with new furniture.
The decorations for the grounds and
buildings of the German Orphan Asy-
lun. in Good Hope road. In honor Of
the Labor Day festival of Monday.
next, are being put IN place today.
before and Supt. Oscar Priel and
Mrs Priel will supervise the work. The
picnic grounds will be in gala dress and
the main building, both inside and out.
will be draped with flags, while the
statue of Steuben. at the entrance,
will be appropriately decorated. Ar
rangements have been made for a bus
line to operate for the visitors be-
tween Anacostia and the grounds.
Miss Louisa Elliott was given a BIRTH
! day party by John Elliott, of Washing
| ton, her father, at the German Orphan
| Asylum last Friday evening. Mr. Elliott
| invited all the Juveniles who make their
| home at the institution to be present
| and fifty merry youngsters took advan-
! tage of the offer.
There we're games and music to en-.
| was served with refreshments. IT. thc
| course CT the evening an address &c
the yourg folks was made by Mr.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
MARYLAND SCHOOL
TEACHERS TO HOLD
CONVENTION HERE
DR.. Stewart Will Deliver Ad-
dress of Welcomein Busi-
ness High School.

HYATTSVILLE, Nd, Aug. 2S-Dr. NJ.
Bates Stephens, State superintendent of
public instruction, has announced the
program for the annual joint institute
Of the public school teachers of Prince
George, Montgomery, Charles, and St
Mary counties. The institute will be
held in the Business High School build
ing, Washington, D. c., on September Q,
3, 4, 6, and g. with morning and after
noon sessions each day.
1t will be in charge of DR.. Stephens,
| B. KS Purdum, assistant State SUPER
intendent, and Superintendents Freder-
ick Sasscer. of Prince George; Earl B.
Wood, OF Montgomery; George w. JOY
of st. Mary. and M. r. Rose, Of
Charles
The address of welcome will be de-
livered by DR.. A. T. Stewart, of Wash
ington, and the response will be by
Prof. George w. Joy, of st. Mary
county. Among others who will address
the gathering will be Miss Ethel JOY, Of
st. Mary county.
| The Salvation Army will hold a camp
meeting at Jackson Grove, near Oden-
| ton, between Washington and Balti-
, more, on the Pennsylvania railroad,
from August "a. to September 2, in
elusive.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Roy Roseberry and
children have pitched their camp near
| West river, and will enjoy the simple
life for the next two weeks.
At recent meeting of the board OF
| trustees of the Maryland Agricultural
College and Experiment Station a spe.
cial school of horticulture was provided
for. This organization will coordinate
the extension work in horticulture and
greatly increase the staff of instructors
In this subject at the college. The plaI
| VIII enab BILE the work to be done by 9
higher class of men and make 1t more
permanent, as their services will bt
more continuous.
Mayor and Mrs. Harry w. Shepherd
and children have returned from 6
weeks stay at Hill Top House, Harpers
Ferry.
Mrs. Dora ]. King, of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil, who has been visiting at thu
home of ]. L. King, Cedar street
has gone to New York, from where sht
will sail for her home.
Clifton r. King has returned to hi,
home on Cedar street after severa
months visit to relatives in Ohio.
The choir from the Episcopal Church
at Mt. Rainier will render the music a
the Pinkney Memorial Church her,
next Sunday morning.
The Washington times., 1912-08-28
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