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Evening star., 1912-11-10
CHANGE FOR MILITIA
War Department Plans Ma
tionaI Guard Divisions.
SIMILAR TO THE ARMY
Capt. Mosely Tells of Scheme at
Company K Dinner.
CITES EUROPEAN STRENGTH
Features of Foreign Military Can
Be Adopted in America, He
Declares.

War Department plans for an entirely
new arrangement of the National Guard
organizations of the United States We're
explained briefly by Capt. George V. II.
Mosely. L. S. A, speaking at the dinner
of Company X, I'd Infantry. n. G. D. c.,
held at Freund's last night. Capt. Nose
ly is detailed on the general staff of the
army and spent considerable time in Eu-
rope this summer as an observer of the
German, French and English maneu-
vers.
He told the officers and men of the
company that orders already had been
drafted at the War Department to form
twelve National Guard divisions, six in
the east five in the middle west and one
in tLe west, all of them to be similar to
th< three grand divisions of the regular
Amy.
The military economic feature of this
change would mean that mobilization
could be effected with considerably more
speed and smoother action than at the
present time, with the War Department
having to deal directly with great many
separate National Guard organizations.
Compares Various Methods.
Capt. Moselys parallels between the
armies of France, England, Germany and
the United States We're extremely inter-
esting. He laid great stress upon the
Germans ability to march and to deploy
with mechanical perfection, on the excel
lence of the French field artillery, and
on the decreasing efficiency of the present
day Tommy Atkins of the English army.
He also expressed the emphatic opinion
that as small as the American military
establishment is in comparison with the
foreign armies, there is no reason why it
cannot take the best features of foreign
armies and adapt them to American ter
rain and conditions.
Col. r. D. Simms. N. G. D. c., retired.
one of the veterans of the brigade, talked
to the boys on past recollections His
stories started with the days of the old
light battery, and the time when they
tried to mess 800 men at one table,
with the consequent disorder and dis
satisfaction, and his "reminiscences were
brought down to very recent days. ~
Evening star., 1912-11-10
PLEDGED TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Many Members of New York Legis-
lature Promise Support.

NEW YORK, November 9.-Mrs. Har-
riet Stanton Blatch, president of the
Women.s Political Union, announced to-
day that eighty-three assemblymen
and forty-three senators-elect in this
state have pledged themselves to work
and vote for an equal suffrage bill in
the next session of the legislature.
Mrs. Blatch said that the pledges and
assurances of assistance which were re-
ceived in response to letters sent out
before election made it certain that
the legislature will act favorably on
the suffrage bill. for which New York
women have been working for four
years.
Evening star., 1912-11-10
ENTERTAINMENTS FOR BLIND.
Program for This Week Is An.
nOunced.

The program of entertainments for the
blind at the Congressional Library for
this week was announced last night as
follows: Tuesday, November Il. at 2:3O
m.-Reading Miss A. c. Laws of the
Library of Congress; Friday, November
10, at p.m.-Musical, Miss A. E. Bent
ley of the music department of the Wash
ington public schools.
At these entertainments seats will be
reserved for the blind and their escorts.
The remaining space is open to the
general public. up to the capacity of the
room.
Evening star., 1912-11-10
OBJECTS TO REPORT
Connecticut Avenue Citizens
Body Discusses Merger.
DR.. SIMON GIVES VIEWS
Thinks People of District Should
Urge Passage of the Public
Utilities Measure.

The Connecticut Avenue Citizens AS
sociation last night took issue with an
unofficial report of +. G. Graham, chair
man of the public utilities committee of
the organization. to the effect that the
proposed $40 opo,o0o corporation was not
of interest to the mmebers because ii
does not contemplate the absorption of
the Capital Traction Company. In the
absence of Mr.. Graham. David l.. Selke,
president of the association, reported un-
officially for the chairman of the commit
tee
Several members said that in view of
the fact that the District Commissioners
had asked the corporation counsel 10
look into the legality of the formation of
the merger it necessarily was a question
of interest to the community as a whole,
and that it should be discussed by the
association.
that. regardless of whether the merger
would be beneficial or detrimental to the
interests of Washington, it would be
most advisable for the people of the Dis
trict to urge the passage of the public
utilities bill before the fifty milfion- dollar
enterprise is consummated.
1T looks" said DIR. Simon, ''as if some
vested powers We're interested in defeat
ing the public utilities bill introduced into
Congress on the suggestion of the Dis
trict Commissioners. If this be true only
partially, 1T becomes clear that the pro-
posed merger cannot be detached from
the question of the present local traction
companies. The merger. in itself, may be
desirable but our duty at present is to
see that 1t does not become submerger
1t Is possible the bill was sidetracked with
the merger now in question in view.
Evening star., 1912-11-10
College Men in Parade.

The mems division was not the least
interesting to the spectators. Led by the
Mems League for Woman Suffrage. the
large compact body of male believers,
wearing yellow chrysanthemums, was
notable for the big representation of col
lege men it contained. The man paraders
wore lanterns in their hats.
Altogether the spectacle was an event
unique in history of the city parades.
There was no reviewing stand, with dis
tinguished persons to greet the marchers,
as at most New York parades. But the
thousands who packed the streets from
start to finish of the pageant We're en-
thusiastic reviewers. Their applause and
cheers We're practically constant in APP
probation of the spirit the women We're
showing in their fight for the ballot.
Evening star., 1912-11-10
Want Definite Report.

Following the remarks of DIR. Simon, a
resolution was unanimously passed in
structing the public utilities committee to
make a definite report on the merger sit
uahon and it is probable that resolutions
favoring OF against the proposed merger
will be passed at the next meeting. 1t
seemed to be the opinion last night that
it was advisable to thwart the merger as
far as possible at present in the hope of
having the utilities bill become a law and
then have the merger looked into by the
commission that the law would create.
Following the routine business, DIR.
Simon addressed the gathering on Civic
PRIDE He characterized the economical
doctrines of the last democratic House
as being "parsimonious' when ii came to
District affairs and said that despite all
of the talk of the democrats in regard to
economy, the figures showed that the last
Congress was a billion-dollar one.
rs there to be any hope for the Dis
trict i'm the future" said he with a
democratic House and Senate backed up
Evening star., 1912-11-10
UNDER CIVIL SERVICE
Employees of All Navy Yards
to Be Listed Soon.
TAFT is EXPECTED TO ACT
Assistant Secretary of Navy Win
throp Authority for Announcement.
MEN WELCOME THE PROPOSAL
Difficulty of Framing Rules for
men Expected to Be Surmounted.

lt Is expected that before President
Taft leaves office h will sign an order
placing the clerks. mechanics and other
employees Of tine Washington navy yard
and all other navy yards OF the country
under civil service. This statement was
made last night by Beekman Winthrop
assistant secretary OF the navy. who has
direct charge Of the navy yards.
This change has been contemplated
and discussed for some time. Mr.. Win
throp said last night to reporter for
The Star, "and II seems likely. now, that
Il viii come to pass. The men Of the
navy wards want it, as expressed by the
supervisory force of foremen the civil
service commission wants II. and the at
tiiIde Of the President is said TO be fa-
Vora ble toward il. / hardly think there
is any doubt that he Will approve of the
order
There i a difficulty however. in the
way Of carrying out the plan at once or
in the very near future, for the reason
that IL Will be difficult TO frame rules Tor
the conduct Of the yards under the civil
service. There are SO many different
classes Of men q take into consideration
such as clerks, macbinists pattern max
ers. plumbers, boiler makers and others.
that much thought will be necessary in
OTiEf 10 tNpNS some sort OF rtSuId-
tion that will insure new men coming
into the yards being perfectly fairly
treated.
Spanish War Veterans Favored.
AS il is now they are put on the lists
with a sort of first come first served
method, although the Spanish war vet
Grams under the law are given the first
chance at vacancies. Under that law it
viii be necessary to continue 10 give
these veterans the first chance at vacan-
cies, but some regulation Will have to be
framed TO place the best of the new
men applying for vacancies in a position
where they also will be among those TO
have first chance"
The commandants of all the navy yards
of the country gathered In Washing ton
about two weeks ago for a general con-
ference on the subject of navy yard ad-
ministration. and Mr.. Winthrop discussed
with them at that time the subject OF
civil service for the yards He also has
held conferences from time to time with
Evening star., 1912-11-10

Pohn II. Scible. sixty-tree years old,
for several years ba.iiff of the Anne
Arundel circuit court at Annapolis, Md,
and a truck farmer, died Wednesday
night in Emergency Hospital, Annapolis
Evening star., 1912-11-10
Divisions Distinctive.

Each division of the procession was
led by representatives of a suffrage So
ciety or a political organization. Each
had its distinctive style of dress and col
or. Each chorused or chanted some sem
timent advocating equal suffrage.
-Four, four-four states more!" cried
one division in a single voice, and the
crowd upon the sidewalk joined in this
refrain.
THE world moves on. Wake up, New
York, and give your women votes, sang
a chorus of POO men and women march
ing nine abreast, the men in black SUR
pliceS and the women in white The bat
talon was one of the most impressive OF
the parade.
Evening star., 1912-11-10

representatives, of the navy yard men,
and the latter well acquainted with
the difficulty of framing a regulation that
will insure to the government the oppor-
tunity to obtain the services of the best
workmen before vacancies are fillled
with Workmen not. so good
The men, however. of the Washington
yard believe that the framing of this
regulation will be merely a matter OF
time This opinion was expressed last
night by q. q. Robinson. general master
mechanic of the Washington yard.
The men of the yard are very much in
favor of the proposed civil service, Mr.
Robinson said. "Ali of the unions-ma-
chinists. molders. patternmakers, forg-
ers. steamfitters and plumbers, cleo
tricians, boilermakers and others have SO
expressed themselves. In fact. the men
asked for the civil service. We believe
that there will not be a great amount of
difficulty in the framing OF the re"ulat ton
SO that no partially will be shown.
Evening star., 1912-11-10

If you want work read the want col
umnS of The Star.
Evening star., 1912-11-10

scriptions. Il voted an hour before leav-
ing my state, announced a banner car
ried by DIR. Maud Parker of Seattle.
Evening star., 1912-11-10
Gratifed at Prospect of Change.

we do not know, of course, how the
plan to fill vacancies with better work
men before workmen not so good are
taken on might work out, but something
can undoubtedly be devised to suit every
one. The civil service has worked out
very We'll in the government printing of
flee, the bureau Of engraving and print
ing, the army arsenals and in other
places where the government employs
mechanics. SO there is TO reason why
it should not work out we'll in the navy
yards. 1t Is only matter of time. We
are very much gratified at the near ap-
proach of the change"
The comnandants of the navy yards
yesterday submitted the recommendation
decided upon that the employers of the
yards be placed under civil service The
recommendation was unanimous.
In view of the fact that the civil sery-
Ice commission also favors the change,
there Is said To he little doubt that Sec
retary Meyer also will recommend the
change TO President Taft, il having been
approved of by Mr.. Winthrop and ii being
in line with President Taft's announced
policy in regard to placing as many gov
ernment employees as possible on the list.
Evening star., 1912-11-10
Trumpeters Lead Marcn.

A score of woman trumpeters Drawing
the chill night air, wore sweeping white
robes instead of furs and long coats and.
sounding the strains of the triumphal
march from Aida" led the long line
Only few of the suffragists, the very
elderly among them, rode in carriages.
Nearly every nationality, not excepting
China. was represented.
Each marcher carried at canes length
vermillion lantern. In their light
thousand yellow flags fiuttered. Votes
for women each read in black letter.
ing. Hundreds Of banners bore other In
Evening star., 1912-11-10
Women Make Speeches.

When the parade was over women
mounted platforms and soap boxes in
Union Square and for several hours made
speeches for 1.-The cause" Thousands of
persons crowded about to listen. Several
hundred thousand others had lined 9Th
avenue to watch the marchers.
Four floats and a half dozen golden
chariots drawn by white horses driven Dy
white -gowned women with yellow sashes
featured the parade. Each float and
chariot represented one of the ten suf-
frage states Floats representing Kan
sas, Michigan, Oregon and Arizona. where
the right to vote was given women at
the recent electins We're in front Kan
sas for Liberty read n transparency.
Michigan for Cooperation" Oregon for
Freedom and Arizona for Justice were
other texts.
Evening star., 1912-11-10
VOICE Joy IN PARADE
Suffragist Host of $4,000
Marches in New York.
CELEBRATE RECENT GAINS
Stream of Flaring Vermillion Lights
Flows for Miles.
THRONGS CHEER MARCHERS
Men Participate in Unusual Demon
stration in Behalf of Votes
for Women.
THRONGS CHEER MARCHERS

NEN YORK, November 9-Fifteen
thousand cheering and singing women
and men celebrated with Il brilliant pa
rade in this city tonight the recent ad-
ditiOn of four stars to the woman suf-
frage flag.
Through broad 9TH avenue lighted
canyon of hotels, restaurants and clubs
a stream of faring vermillion lights
flowed for miles its course guided by
ardent votes for women enthusiasts
from all sections of the country. Each
of the ten suffrage states was repre-
sented by woman leaders in the equal
suffrage movement there. "Ohio, the
eleventh" read transparency at the
head of one of the divisions
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-05
The Home Rule lIili.

The London Daily Chronicle pub
fishes = forecast OF the home rule bill.
This provides that the Irish parliament
shall have full control OF customs and
excise, and provision will be made for
the continuance OF complete free trade
between EngIand and Ireland. Ireland
Is 10 receive for fifteen wears an annual
imperial subsidy OF SIC, 900, 900, after
which she will make contributions TO
the imperial expenditure, based on a
percentage OF her revenues.
The Irish parliament will consist OF
two houses-a legislative council OF
about 50 members, and legislative
assembly OF l03 members. The coun-
Gil will have suspcnsory veto on leg
islation. In the event OF q disagree
nuent between tho two houses, after the
second rejection OF q 6isSby thercoun-
Gil, it Sill he Submitted to the two
houses deliberatins and voting together.
and adopted or rejected, according to
the decision OF the majority.
Ireland will continue to be represent
ed in the imperial government, but in
greatly diminished numbers.
The Irish parliament shall have no
control with respectto the navy, army,
or militia, foreign policy, coinage. mil
i.ary camps, or coast lighting, and will
be forbidden 10 establish or endow any
religion or deal with any religious mat.
ter.
According to the forecast it is under
stood that the Irish constabulary will
be controlled by the imperial autho,i.
ties Tor a period OF twelve wears.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-05
SHOWER or EPiGRAMS.

Reckless and ill-considered mar,
riagcs we're denounced rs being largely
responsible for the handicap placed
upon q large percentage Of the M tion's
Young by Father Bernard Vaughan.
OF London, England, in Z lecture last
night in the Belasco Theater, Wash
ington on the subject, Character, The
need OF the day" A large and repre-
sentative audience listened 10 The noted
Jesuit priest and orator.
Father Vaughan declared that great
ness Of state or republic WAS not 10
be measured IN term OF acres Of
wealth. but il Terms OF charactcd.
Hr then vent into Il description OF the
forces going to make character, and
said that the rising generation vas
we'll trained hut badly educated. He
declared that in was n wrong idea 10
cram boy with all sorts OF facts ind
statistics. as though he we're an cx-
press delivery van, to be emp,Ied as
soon as possible OF it contents.
The lecturer further stated that moth
ing was giving such An impetus 10
socialism in all its hydra headed phases
as greediness, the cradlelcss nursery.
the pleasure bound life and legalized
prostitution.
The following epierams are peril
nent, and there is 4 volume in each.
Ride straight to the fence Of duty
aud take ii, irrespective OF conse-
quences.
Education begins in your mothers
arms and ends when your own arms
ore folded in death.
You cannot live on whipped cream.
nor can YOU build character on sun
shine.
There is no funicular trackway to
heaven, but any amount OF tobosgan.
ing 10 hell.
CIT matters but little whether it be 4
hempen rope or silk thread that
tcthers you to earth: till it is cut you
cannot swing into the blue and gold.
TO educate the rising generation
without religion is to arm Il mob and
net to drill an army.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-05
BIRTH Of THE
CHINESE REPUBLIC
Before Edict DOwager Empress and
Prince Chun Pray at TOmbs
- Of Ancestors. =,
KUNC WILL NEVER SUBMIT.
tic ProphesifS That History viii Repeat
Ii>ell1 and the TariarS WIN Aga in
Uyrrrun ManrlIurla.

! Shanghai, Feb. With the Manchu
throne practically in the discard, there
swept over China today growing feai
! that anarchy wonld result before the
country could readiust itself to the
change OF political conditions.
| Banks were especially nervous.
Messages from all OF the large cities
said that bankers had employed large
numbers OF Europeans and Americans,
whom they had armed with carbines
and instructed 10 guard their vaults.
Much fear vas also felt in the foreign
quni ters. The foreign police were re-
doubled and every officer WAS armed.
Although there had been no out
breaks reported up to this evening
there WAS noticeable uneasineas
among those who have closely followed
political conditions.
Pekin. Feb. 1.-The oldest empire
in the world today became the Young
est republic.
The signed edicr. announcing the
abdication OF Emperor Pu Wi was in
the hands OF Premier Yuan Shi kai,
who it was announced. would make il
public as soon as final negotiations
had been closed with the provisional
government headed by Or. Sun Vat
Sen.
Prince kung. who headed the fac
tion which opposed abdication, de-
parted for Manchuria, vowing that
he would never submit TO dictation
by the southern Celestial and declar-
ing that history would repeat itself
in The near future when the Tartars
from the north would again sweep
down upon the Chinese. -
1t was generally believed today
that the republicans at Nankin would
agree to permit Dr.. Sun and Yuan
Shi kai to act jointly in governing
China until after Il national conven-
ton had been held TO draft a consti-
tuition and elect 4 president.
The fact that the empress called
on Yuan to establish Il republic when
she handed the abdicalion decree to
him was interpreted here TO mean
that she had received assurances
that the premier would be elected
president. The royal family. despite
the charges of treachery il has hurled
AT Yuan. believe he is the strongest
man in China.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-05
MARINE DISASTERS
Steamer and Schooner Burn at Sea.
Grew Rescued an Brought to
Norfolk.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 1.-The steamer
ConsoIs, bound from Galveston Il
Hamburg with cargo OF cotton seed
cake, and which was being towed
toward Hampton Roads in IN attempt
10 save at least part OF her cargo after
fire had ragged in her hold for many
hours, was burned TO the water edge.
and sank Just before daylight yesterday
morning. The cargo was very valu-
able. Tine crew was rescued, and has
been landed. Inc Consols went down
ten miles southwest by west and three
quarters west. off Currituck light in
fourteen and One-haIf fathoms OF
water.
The schooner Frank NJ. Lowe, on
fire and 1T the mercy OF terrific north
west gale for many hours, burned to
the waters ellge late Saturday night.
The crew took to the small boats. and
were picked up by the steamer Sewanee
and brought to this port last night. Two
OF the crew we're unconscious, and
would have died in short time. The
other members OF the crew suffered
terribly from exposure.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-05
Escape from Burning Houses

Baltimore, Md, Feb. 3.-Driyen
from their beds into the irigid air, Il
rersouS--men. women and children-
attred only in their night robes, es.
capped from their burning dwellings in
Brooklyn, Anne Arundel county, early
thus morning.
For 4 while the fire threatened to
wipe out the eastern section OF that
suburb, and before ii was extinguished
had destroyed four houses, grocery
and q large assembly hall.
Four Baltimore tircmen. members
OF An engine company sent to assist the
Brooklyn fire fighters, had narrow
escape from death when roof on
which they were on ut work caved in.
William Dehon who Owls the grocery
store and dwelling 10 which the blaze
started. had placed 1900 under m
ice box in his store and was unable tc
save the money when driven from his
home by the fire.
The loss is estimated ut $25 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-05
NO TRACE Of THIEVES
Parties Who Robbed W. P. Woolls's
Store Last Friday Night Still
al Large.

{, Az was stated Saturday, Chief Goods
| Of the poles force, has offered re,
! ward OF so5 for the apprehension and
iconyiction of the parties who robbed
the store OF w. F. Wooll7. at the
northwest corner of Queen and Henry
streets last Friday night. This the
! eccond time the store has hcen robbed
during the past two weeks. On The
frat OCCASION the thieves got away with
several bottles OF whisky and some
miscellaneous articles. On the lasl
raid, however. 40 inventory shows that
nearly 200 gallons OF liquor we're car
rled off, and that in order to accom-
plish this bold act many dcmIiohns
must have heen used and probably \
horse and wagon brought into repui.
sition. Whisky. gin, ETC., were drawn
from barrels into receptacles, and
when an investigation was made it
was found that most OF The barrels in
the store we're empty while 10 some
cases, liquor was allowed 10 run OUT
on the floor.
Chief Goods has searched y mum Der
Of places into which ne suspected the
plumber had been taken, but, so far
he has been unable 10 meet with any
clue by which the thieves can he iden
titled. Hn will continue his search
howevhr, and do all possible 10 bring
the thieves to Justice.