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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
TWO SMALL FIRES.
One Blaze Caused by Oil Stove,
Another by Gas Jet.

The overturning of an oil stove caused
small fire Yesterday afternoon in the
home of Charles l.. Gates, 1929 Prospect
avenue. Occupants Of the house formed
a bucket brigade and firemen finished
the smothering of the blaze. The DAM
age was slight.
A small fire in the basement at the
home of DR.. Merton E. Twogood. 34lT
18th street northwest. yesterday after
noon. resulted in a call for the fire de-
partment The blaze was caused by
lighted gas jet coming in contact with
the ceiling in the basement. The dam
age was estimated at 50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
WINNER OF GOLD MEDAL.
Dr.. Scott D. Breckenridge Bests 0p
ponent in Fencing Bout.

DR.. Scott d. Breckenridge won the gold
medal in the competition with dueling
foils at the Washington Fencing Club on
E street northwest yesterday afternoon.
He lost none of his bouts.
Lieut.. a. c. Cunningham OF the navy
and Lieut.. 0. ID. Sohlberg of the army
each tied for the silver medal. with two
bouts lost, and in the concluding bout
to decide the tie the former was the
victor. Lieut.. Sohlberg, as the loser.
took the third prize. bronze medal.
r. l.. Macneil lost three bouts. while
Sidney Page lost similar number, and
Victor Mindeleff lost five.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Distribution Of Population.

Concerning the population of the Dis
trict, its age distribution and effect on
the mortality rate. the report says:
1.-The ratio Of adults to children. 1.S to
/: although not higher than that for the
District as a whole lin which the adult
population includes inmates of homes
for the aged, the Government Hospital
for the Insane, the National Soldiers
Home. and such like institutions) is I
believe, unusually high for a purely
residential section made up as this one is.
almost entirely of families of the work
ing class. This is further demonstrated
by the size and composition Of the aver
age family of this section; adults 90.
children Ia. This last ratio Of nearly
two to one in favor Of the adults as
component factors of the family Is.
believe, mo figures available for COM
parison), considerably higher than what
prevails for the city generally.
"As to the cause for this small percent
age Of children In the population, it Is
my opinion that two of the most prom
inent causes are as follows:
"A decreased birth rate Figures are not
available for this district, but for the
District Of Columbia as a whole the rates
for the past three years have been as fol-
lows: Nineteen hundred and nine. 20.49:
1910 1902: 1911. 1850. which Is q sequel
of the Increased cost of living.
AN abnormally high infantiIe death
rate. as shown In the first section OF this
report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Systematic Study of Conditions.

Speaking Of the work inaugurated by
the department for joint study of sta
tistical data with that of field work in
connection with housing and sanitary
conditions, Dr.. Murray yesterday said
that the studies are conducted by a sys-
tematic house-to-house inspection of all
premises of the territory embraced with
in a particular section.
Conditions such as unimproved prop
erty. its cleanliness and drainage also
receive attention during the investiga-
tons. he said Violations of any of the
regulations in the District are noted and
notices served for their prompt abate-
ment All other conditions detrimental
to health are remedied SO far as lies in
the power of the health department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Discussion Ends in Fight.

Brice Digss. colored. twenty-four years
old, and Robert Diggs. his older brother.
had a discussion at their home. 1924 w
street northwest, yesterday afternoon.
The police took Rfice to Freedmen's Hos
pital for treatment for a scalp wound
and arrested Robert on a charge OF
assault
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Edwin NJ. Stanton Theme of Address.

A. S. Worthington will deliver an adj
dress on Edwin NJ Stanton at a meet
ing of the Ohio Society tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock at Rauschers. There will
also be a musical program and supper.
Justice Day Of the Supreme Court rs
president Of the society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Drawing the Line.
From Tit-Bits.

From Tit Bits.
Mrs. Homer-You don't seem able to
keep q girl, Mrs. Baxter.
Mrs. Baxter-Yes, I can; but when it
comes to half-keeping two or three police
men along with her. I won't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10

Unusual interest attaches to the report
for the reason that, SO far as is known.
the District of Columbia is the first
municipality to apply the study of vital
statistics to sanitary conditions 1t is
announced that premises in Georgetown
will be the next to be inspected by the
department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Predisposition to Disease.

another feature Of this age distribution
is that among the larger proportion Of the
population, the adults. the predisposition
to tuberculosis. pneumonia. typhoid fever
and many Of the diseases peculiar to mid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
SUNDAY WASHINGTON, D I

die age and old age, as diseases Of the
kidneys, heart, vascular system and senil-
ity, would naturally be greater. A re-
view of the vital statistics will at least
bear this out:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Instances Enumerated.

Prominent among the above cited con-
ditions may be mentioned:
'"Thirty-five houses in such condition as
to render necessary their reference to the
board for condemnation OF insanitary
buildings.
Fifteen obstructed sewers permitting
liquid wastes to accumulate in and about
the premises.
six leaky sewers, five Of which per-
mitted sewage to leak into the cellars.
''Twenty-seven effectively drained
yards, many of which permitted the
yard drainage to pass beneath the house
OF into the cellars. causing dampness.
"Sixty-four leaky roofs, contributing
considerable dampness to premises.
:One hundred and thirty-one defective
downspouts. causing damp walls In a
number of cases.
"Fifty-three defective roof cutters,
causing damp walls in many cases
"Seven hundred and seventy-six prem
Uses not provided with proper garbage re-
Lceptacles. which not only contributed to
the f0uling of the premises by failure to
place the garbage in any receptacle. but
In many instances when it was placed
in open and exposed containers 1t was
later distributed over the yard by neigh
borhood cats and dogs. Another feature
Of the lack OF lawful garbage recepta cles
is the great contribution the open and
exposed type must make to the fly pOpu-
lation Of this section during the warm
weather, by providing most excellent
breeding places"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Total Population {, O69.

The adult portion Of the population OF
this section, the report states, was found
to be 1914, whereas the juvenile portion
was 2, 125. bringing the total population to
600.
The death rate for the section is shown
to be $3.50 per 1000 population, as COM
pared with 1886. the death rate for the
District as a whole. The death rate
for infants under one year Of age is also
abnormally high, 4.9S being the rate for
district IL. as compared with $50, the
rate for the entire District Of Columbia.
For such diseases as tuberculosis, pneu-
monia. bronchitis. pulmonary congestion,
diphtheria, typhoid fever and malaria
the death rates are higher in the section
named than those for the District as q
whole, one exception only being noted,
In the case Of scarlet fever.
In discussing the causes contributing to
these increased mortality rates the re-
port refers to the distribution Of families
among the premises. While more than 20
per cent of the houses in this district
are Of the five-room and six-room type
for the occupancy of one family. it is
stated, % per cent Of 1905 occupied
premises accommodate two families each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Persons in Close Contact.

This joint occupancy Of one small
house by two families" the report states
although not necessarily causing over
crowding. brings together. in close con-
tact, all the occupants Of the premises
and affords greater chances for the
spread Of disease than would be the case
should each family occupy an equal
amount Of space in a distinct and sepa-
rate apartment"
Household wastes from such prem
ises." continues the report. are naturally
increased in proportion to the number
Of families keeping house independently
thereon. and tends not only to an in
crease in quantity, but also often to a
lack OF adjustment as to responsibility
for its natural disposal.
THE maintenance Of the premises Of this
district. both by the tenants and by the
owners undoubtedly in no small way con-
tributes to the mortality period. Such
conditions as have already been cited in
connection with the nuisances and viola
lions Of the various regulations Of the
District of Columbia found during this
investigation tend in many ways to re-
duce the salubrity of this district.
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AMUNDSEN STILL
REFUSES TO TALK

Continued from First Page.)
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limits Of the known world only to be
subjected to the indignity OF an indef1-
mite political status
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
ALEXANDR|AAFFA|RS
interest Already Being Shown
in MayoraIty Fight.
ONLY TWO CANDIDATES
Four-Day Campaign Of Men and
Religion Forward Movement
Will Begin Today. -
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,. Va, March 3. 1912.
With spring practically at hand, in
terest now begins to center in the
mayoralty fight. which will take place
early in June. There are only two
candidates. Hubert Snowden. president
or the common council. and \. d.
Brockett, former president of the
chamber OF commerce and now MEM
Der of the city council from the third
ward
Already both of the candidates have
made partial canvass among the
voters in the city. That they will have
the situation pretty well in hand long
before the time for the primary there
seems to be but little doubt.
Friends Of each candidate assert that
he will come out victorious and the
indications are that it will be a hard
fought contest
1t is expected that at meeting of the
city council Tuesday night the finance
committee will report favorably on the
resolution to borrow $4,000 for the pur-
chase OF the property at the northwest
corner of Cameron and West streets,
which the city will buy as site for the
proposed high school building. There are
eight and one-half acres OF ground in
the strip.
Several other matters also will be pre-
scented to the council for considera ton
among them being estimates for work on
street improvements which it is pro-
posed to do this spring and summer.
The cost OF grading the square on Pey-
ton street, between King and Cameron
streets. which the city proposes to open
VIII also be reported on. 1t is expected
that in the near future an appropriation
Will be made for the work.
ni0nr1fo nuor Hnor Gale
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-26
THEN AND NOW


With patient pony. rein in hand, l
traversed once a desert land,
Where lack of water made US take
the winding canyon of the Snake,
Where blist'ring sand and grizzled
sage, alone survived a sun-scorch-
ed age,
No living thing, nor sound was there,
to jar the breathless desert air,
Save wheeling buzzard and the owl.
Anon, the lone coyotes howl
Rang out against the coulee wall, to
pierce the silence of ii all
A desert sunset, red and clear, or des-
ert moon, with stars so near,
BY starlit night, or cloudless day, a
lonely dreary, desert way
We came again, Pinto and /, to ride
beneath the same blue sky,
But where that dreary desert view?
The scene is changed and all is new.
Transformed the desert We had seen,
to one vast paradise Of green,
And waving fields of golden grain.
survive the cacti and the plain.
No better place than this to rest, in
this great garden of the West,
And work amid the hum of bees, be-
meath the flower laden trees;
For tiny streams surround each
field, and bid the fruits and flowers
yield
For Him who ever is all wise-whose
will rewards mans enterprise.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-26
A Dictionary of
Wild West Terms
Edited For the Edification of the Effete

the spectator can see between rider
and saddle.
HOBBLED STIRRUPS - Stirrups
tied to each other by leather thong
running under the horses belly. with
stlrrups hobbled, II is almost the
same as II the rider were tied In the
saddle as there Is no play to the STIR
rups. Hobbled stirrups are not al
lowed in bucking contests except that
some women riders are allowed to use
them If they choose.
LOCKED SPURS-Spurs which are
so locked that the rowels will not roll.
These also are barred.
SLICK HEELS-Riding without
spurs.
STEER Popular name
for steer roping single handed
HOG TYING-The tying together
of the two forefeet and one hind foot
Of "A steer after 1t has been roped and
thrown. The process must be quick
one to prevent the steer from rising
before the last hitch is thrown.
BITING THE DUST-The cowboy
name for being thrown from a buck
ing horse. II Is also sometimes spo-
ken Of as getting your face dirty"
TAKE HIM UP-A cry given by
the judges to mounted helpers after
a horse has bucked itself out and
meaning to overtake and catch the
animal so that the rider can dismount.
MOUNTING PONY EXPRESS
Mounting to the saddle without the
aid of the strrups Consists in the
rider grabbing the horn of the sad
die, starting his horse on a gallop,
bounding two or three times by his
side and leaplng over the cantel into
the seat. SO called after the fashion
OF pony express riders in mounting to
save time.
RUBBER CINCH-An elastic cinch
used in relay races to save time. 1t
fastens with a snap.
LET 'ER BUCK"-The slogan of
the Roundup.
TENDERFOOT-That's what you
are If you don't understand these
terms without reading this dictionary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-26
Dramatic Critic

Edith-That Mr.. Phan is conversa-
tionally impossible.
Ethel-Why so?
Edith-We were talking about the
theater and when / inquired what
was his favorite play he said II he
had any favorite 1t was seeing man
steal second.-Boston Transcript.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-26
AN EPISODE.
by Louis Heilgcrs.


"Esme, come home" he said.
The woman looked up at him with
a hard little laugh.
Presently" she said, and swung
her fan.
The lines deepened about his mouth
Now" he said, peremptorily. She
turned from him with a shrug of her
white houlders-turned so that he
could not see her face, but only the
coll of auburn hair lying loosely
knotted at her neck you were say
irg?" she said, with airy insolence, to
her partner.
When she looked around again, her
husband was gone. Vernon is really
too tiresome," she said then to the
man who lounged beside her. He
thinks marrying a woman means shut
ting her up in a cell"
Well" isn't matrimony penal servi-
tude Of a kind?" asked her companion
lazily "Not that I would mind it
with you for a fellow convict" he
wound up, with a sudden ardor
He leaned over her. his eyes ardent.
You will come for that motor tour.
won't you?" he urged. you can fix
Vernon somehow"
"Vernon's all right. He'll be away
next week. There's no need to tell
n husband what he doesn't know Ig-
norance is the best wisdom some-
times"
THE only wisdom" he whispered
little girl is love"
She was young and vain and fool
1t was the end of all when she sat
In the stuffy gray court room. with
her hands clasped together in front
of her, her face burning behind her
Neil listening to the smooth voice of
the man who said such vile things in
honeyed tones
1t could not be Of her he was speak,
ing. She wasn't a faithless wife. re-
ally 1t wasn't her fault the car had
broken down, and she had had to
spend all night at the hateful inn.
She had not done anything wrong.
She stared aghast at the house of in
trigue the lawyer built.
She looked across at her husband.
He was staring down at the floor.
She noticed there were gray threads
in his hair gray threads that hadn't
been there few short months ago,
lie thought she was guilty, too.
whereas no man had ever counted to
her as a man save Vernon. She was
his wife.
A wonderful thought came to her
suddenly on gleam of sunshine that
drifted suddenly into the dusty court.
All this was a dream. She was with
Vernon on her wedding night. His
arms were around her, her head on
his breast. Until death, my wife"
he said, and kissed her fiercely. He
hadn't known then that thing more
cruel than death would part them.
Il submit, your honor, that this
woman" She came back to reality
with q start.
She came away from court. She
was a poor thing and ashamed, she
crept through the streets, fearing to
look at mems faces lest she should
read in their eyes their condemnation.
Near the hub OF Piccadilly she
paused and stared blindly at the
swirling traffic. Some one stood sud-
denly beside her.
She looked up, her senses reeling.
"Esme, come home" he said-San
| Francisco Examiner.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31
"Under the Horror of Moment Strength

cares for me, maybe she will give
me another chance to recover my
self financially. OF course, she will
never know that ! did this and per-
haps-perhaps-" My voice broke and
| choked as | vainly attempted to
finish my sentence. | heard the click
of lock and felt the handcutf fail
from my wrist.
You have something more to learn
which 1t hurts me to tell you, but
which you must know. | have taken
it into consideration in deciding to let
you go. 1t is a part of your punish
ment, and while it will be bitter you
must bear it like man. You will
hardly see Mrs. Dace again. Richard
Mackay has left the city for parts
unknown. deserting his family and
taking Mrs. Dace with him. The yel-
low evening papers are full of it,"
With the floor beneath me heaving
like the deck of a reeling ship, | stag
gered and fell upon my knees before
the bed, burying my face in it. I'm
der the horror of that moment all
strength left me and l sobbed
brokenly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31

ings Of others provided she gained
her own pleasures. The only fear
have of ever again committing
crime is in case | should happen to
run across that black scoundrel Mac.
kay. If I should see him am afraid
might run amuck.
Bruce and Glare are married and
are happily spending the money OF
dead Uncle Abner, who cut me of
with shilling, And that brings me
to the reason for writing this contes-
sion Uncle Abner having passed
into the great beyond, no longer have
any fear that l will be prosecuted.
and never would be able to feel that
| had made my fullest reparation un-
less | cleared Bruce. For in some
way a few things leaked out, and
while his friends have clung to him
with the greatest loyalty, there are
others who have always looked upon
him with more or less suspicion since
the night of the robbery. And l
know that the consciousness of this is
a cloud that forever hoyers upon the
horizon of their otherwise bright
lives, and it is, therefore, my moral
duty to dispel It, AS for myself, 1t
makes little difference if the truth Is
now known. as none of my former ac-
quaintances know where I am and
shall never return to my old home.
Nor do | ask forgiveness or make
apology beyond this statement. Twas
not a thief by nature and am thor
oughly repentant. But l was young
and madly enraptured with the most
beautiful woman have ever seen, and
took desperate chances to gain her.
And my love for her, though passion
filed, was pure. | wanted her for
my WIFE AS | stole for her, so would
| have slaved for her; fought for her;
died for her. Therefore l only ask
that you Judge me as you would be
Judged had you been in my place.
Caught helplessly in the maelstrom OF
love and gaming. went down In the
vortex.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31
CHAPTER XVII.

There is little more to tell. In the
few following days | managed to
scrape enough together to take me to
beginning life over, and have prob
ably weathered the storm as well as
could reasonably be expected. But of
course | will never again feel just as
| used to- and | don't believe that
will ever fall in love with another
woman. In business way | have
done fairly well. having worked con-
scientiously for the last three years.
and being once more on the road to
moderate success. | have never seen
or heard from Mrs. Dace since the
time | left her shopping in the store
upon the day when | stepped from
paradise into hell at single stride.
She is probably floating down the
Nile or yachting on the Mediterranean
with Richard Mackay; enjoying her
self to a greater or less extent. and
! have no doubt thinking quite often
of me. The thought OF 1t still gnaws me
most of the time, but of one thing |
am confident to this day. And that
is that she was really very fond of
me and would, as she herself said,
have preferred to spend her life with
ME rather than anybody else had |
possessed sufficient money. There
fore she wanted me to succeed and
encouraged me to desperate chances,
knowing as / myself did that it was
the only chance of achieving fortune
quickly; she not being one of the
kind that is content to wait for what
possessed suffi cient money. Had won.
have no doubt that she would have
married me and that we would have
been happy had the money lasted. And
l also believe that she was upon the
verge of ccnsenttng to our immediate
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31

sf6Cration upon the part OF your uncle.
and ought to keep as far away from
him in the future as you reasonably
can. 1t seems to me as If there is
but one thing for you to do. and
want you to do 1t. Go away and make
q new start somewhere else where
everything you see will not be re-
minder of this period in your life. You
will be able to do better work, and
more hopeful work. among other sur
roun6!ngs. Your secret will be safe
with me. ! will tell your uncle that
| have been unable to recover the
money and will throw up the case.
Will you agree to do as l have sug-
gested If l release you?"
1t was my only way of escape, and
the wisdom of the advice seemed to
beyond doubling With my bosom al
most bursting, and staring straight
ahead through dimmed eyes. | assent
ed. II will go almost Immediately.
But there is one thing which | must
do before leaving. l must first see
Matie-Mrs. Dace, | mean, and have
long talk with her-perhaps several
of them-and that may delay me for
few days. l love her better than
all else in the world, and If she really