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Red Cross Christmas seals are now on
sale in practically every part of the
United States and in several of the coun-
try's insular possessions. as we'll as the
Canal Zone. The sale will continue until
after the Christmas holidays, and it is
hoped that at least S4OOOOO will be real
lied by the sale of the little stickers. The
money brought in for the $1,000, 900 seals
that have been provided will be used in
the campaign against tuberculosis waged
by the National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of tuberculosis.
Booths in several of the large down.
town department stores report a brisk
business in the seals, and additional
booths were opened today in outlying sec
tons of the city, at which the seals will
be on sale
Booths in Georgetown.
In Georgetown ten booths were opened
today, the sale in that part of the city
being under the direction Of Mrs. J. Win
ter Graves. The seals are on sale at the
following places:
O'Donnells drug stores, at sd and NJ
streets and at Wisconsin avenue and p
street; w. r. Hill. 1896 NJ street; Nor
gan's Hotel, Stohlmans bakery and con-
fectiOnery. Graham's newsstand, Georges
market, 144 Wisconsin avenue: BOgley &
Fawcett's, Braces drug store, Both and
M streets, and at station A, where the
seals will be sold during the busy hours
of the day.
Other booths will be opened as rapidly
as possible in various parts of the city.
and an effort will be made to establish
new record for sales of Red Cross seals
in Washington this year.
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Treaties Are Discussed.

Admiral Chester entered into a compre-
hensive discussion of all treaties or parts
of treaties between Great Britain and the
United States bearing upon the canal it
self. or upon the conditions of transpor-
tation, commerce and shipping as regards
both countries, and characterized the
latest enactments Of Congress relating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30
|DR. SMITH PROMINENT
IN SOUTHERN EDUCATION
Head of RandoIph-Macon Sys-
tenn of Colleges Was Close
Friend of Wilson.

IYNCHBURG. Va. November 3O.-Dr.
William Waugh Smith, chancellor of the
Randolph Macon system of colleges,
former president of Randolph Macon
Woman's College of Lynchburg. and
founder of the Womans College and
Randolph Macon Academies at Bedford
City, Va, and Front Royal. Va. who
died here yesterday after lingering ILL
ness. was a prominent figure i'm the
warm personal friend of President-to-
be Woodrow Wilson.
Smith was born at Warrenton. Va.
Prof. Richard Al. Smith His moth
er's maiden name was Ellen Black
well. DR.. Smith enlisted i'm the Confed-
crate army i'm 1867 and served to the
close of the war. being twice wounded in
battle. After the war he went to Ran
dolph- Macon College. Ashland Va, where
he took the A. E. degree in 1871. From
1871 to 1878 he was associate principal
and principal of Bethel Academy. From
1878 to 1885 he was professor at RAN
dolph Macon College. being elected to the
presidency of that college in 1856. which
position he held until he became chan
cellor of the Randolph Macon system of
colleges and academies, which position
he held until his death.
In 1891 he set to work looking to the
organization of the Randolph Macon
Woman'S College here. which he opened
I'm 1Sa; with thirty-eight pupils. Today
the enrolment is SO: the college property
is valued at x5OO.OD and the school Is
known as the "NasSdr of the South.
nearly all of which has been accomplish
ed through DR.. Smiths efforts.
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In the early days of this country the
fishing industry of the south had a hish
value because of the variety and quality
of the fish taken. AS commerce increased,
however, the value of the southern fish
cries decreased. chiefly because, owing to
commercial inactivity for period. there
was a lack of facilities for Transports
the fish to market and lack of ice to
preserve them in proper condition.
During the past few years these difficult
ties have been largely overcome. and with
the cooperation of the United States
bureau of fisheries each Of the southern
states is actively endeavoring to increase
the value of it's former fish products as
we'll as to develop new ones.
In the palmy days "befo' de war the
fish markets of New Orleans were the
finest fresh-fish marts in the world and
were noted for the variety and quality Of
the sea food on sale as we'll az the taste
full manner. in which it was displayed.
Then the principal market fell into COM
parative disusc Now an up-to-date build
ing is being erected for the accommoda
ton of the French market. in which the
latest ideas of refrigeration are to he in
operation The partitions will be of white
tiles. and imitation marble pillars will
support the roof. Thus sanitation and
Bowling displace the picturesque and
Bienville.
One of the most important accomplish
ments in the development of the southern
fishing trade, aside from the oyster indus
try. which forms story of itself, is the
introduction of shad into the waters of
the southern rivers. 1t is nearly ten years
since a consignment of over 1:,.G0O., 70
young shad We're placed I'm the streams Of
eastern and western Florida:
While their Introduction into the waters
emptying into the gulf does not seem to
have had any permanent result. the riv-
ers of eastern Florida are now Well
stocked with this fish. which furnishes an
appreciable addition to it's market re-
sources. In both North and South Caro-
lima the shad has been planted in the
same manner. and the markets at
Charleston and Savannah depend chiefly
upon the local supply of this fish, which
was formerly shipped in from other
states.
mt
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Waste From Pulp Mills.

NO chemicals are used in the most
common method of pulp production, SO
that there are no liquid wastes to pro-
duce noXious effects on streams and
lakes, but the shavings and the finest
fiber that escape cause bitter complaint
They soon become water-logged and sink,
accommodating rapidly on the bottom of
the stream, with the result, as one old
fisherman aptly put it, that the bedding,
feeding and breeding grounds of the fish
are destroyed The effect on the spawn
is particularly bad. for the motion Of the
water rolls the material over the eggs
and smothers them. Besides, in time the
mass begins to rot and then certain gases
are liberated, which also may have a
harmful effect on fish life.
1T is wholly unnecessary to dispose of
the shavings in the streams. for they can
be burned at no great expense, and the
laws which prohibit sawmil pollution
should be extended to cover mechanical
pulp mills.
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Pollution From Gas Works.

Coal gas is made by the destructive
distillation of bituminous coal The by
products of the process are ammoniacal
liquors. tar and coke. In large plants
the first of these is sold to ammonia
works; the second to works for recovering
coal-tar products. and the third is used
for fuel in the plant or sold for domestic
consumption. Small works are compelled
to waste the coal-tar products and the
ammoniacal liquors into the nearest
watercourse. unless they are sufficiently
near to recovery plants to make it profit
able to ship them.
MANY small plants scattered about the
country find it impossible to ship these
products at a profit and therefore they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30

Homer Ellis a deaf mute was run over
and killed by a train at his home At New
Martinsville, w. Va.
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turn them into the nearest watercourse'
where they produce highly Objectionable
state of affairs. The light tars float as an
oily iridescent film on the surface OF the
water giving it disgusting appearance;
The heavy tars sink to the bottom and
foul the bed of the stream. The effect OF
the ammoniacal wastes is not visible, but
ammonium salts are good food material
for bacteria and microscopic organisms
and therefore the tendency of such wastes
would be to foster their development.
Moreover. gas wastes are believed to De
very fatal to fish and even when present
In quantities insufficient to kill the hardy
varieties, they impart a flavor of gas to
the flesh which compels their abandon
ment as food.
Waste From Wool Mills.
Before raw wool can be manufactured
it must be freed from the impurities
which constitute 30 to so per cent of Its
total weight. They consist of the vol <
and STUNT which exude from the body of
the animal with the perspiration, and the
dirt and dung mechanically mixed with
them. The yolk is made up of fatty or
waXlike bodies which are not easily sa-
poniied with alkali. but which can be
emulsiied with soap solutions and thus
easily removed from the fiber.
THE wool is then taken out and dried.
while the foul-smelling. dirty-brOwn liq-
uor from the first machine is sometimes
drawn off, evaporated and calcined to re-
cover the potassium salts, which amount
to 1 to per cent of weight. In this
country the potassium salts are rarely
recovered. it being customary to run
the entire waste to the stream. Some of
the largest mills now remove the fats by
gasoline process. and afterward wash
the wool to free it from dirt. The fats
thus saved are valuable by-products
Daf,,ca Tro,,, nvo WorkS
1.-THE amount of organic matter con-
tanned in dye wastes is as a rule SMALL
so that apparently they hurt the streams
chiefly by discoloring the water. In
places this may be a serious nuisance
while elsewhere it may be a :rif1ing mat
ter. The extent of the injury is deter
mined by the use to which the water that
receives these dyes is put. In some proc
esses Of dyeing much organic matter is
washed from the CLOTH and. then the pol
luton assumes "a new character and be-
comes important.
1.-The waste in the manufacture of whis-
ky is the exhausted mash and residue
from the stills. In many cases 1t Is dis
posed of by feeding it to hogs and cattle.
These animals are often herded under the
most disgusting conditions. and the nui-
sance they create is almost greater than
that which would result from turning this
highly putrescible waste into a small
watercourse. Sometimes the animals
raised on the waste are disposed of to
packers at favorable prices, and as often
they are sold at a loss, so that from both
a sanitary and a financial standpoint this
method of disposal may be considered a
failure.
1.-The exhausted mash is valuable food
material when properly dried, and many
works are recovering it and placing it on
the market as cattle food
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Use of Potomac Water Power.

Hardly river basin in the country is
of more Importance from the point of
view of the utilization of water resources
than that of the Potomac The water
power developed in this area drives the
wheels of many mills. and the waters Of
the streams are used in the processes of
diverse industries. The beauty of the
streams and the supply of fish have made
a large portion of the basin recreation
ground for thousands of people. while
the Potomac itself furnishes drinking wa
ter for the National Capital. In order to
obtain definite information on the charac-
ter of the water supply. an extensive in
yestigation was undertaken jointly Dy
the geological survey, the bureau of for
estry and the bureau of fisheries. The re-
suit of this work is the present paper"
The principal products and industries Of
the Potomac basin are leather tanning,
the manufacture of tanning extracts, the
manufacture of wood pulp, the manufac-
ture of Illuminating gas. the manufac-
ture of ammonia, wool securing. washing
WOODEN cloth dycing and the manufac-
turc of whisky.
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PILES CURED IN @ TO II DAYS.
Your druggist will refund money IL PAZO ONT
MENT fails to any OF Itching Blind.
Bleeding or Protrudng Piles In 6 to IA days. soc.
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POLLUTION Of RIVER
archaeological Examination of
Watershed to Be Made.
DR.. MCLAUGHLIN IN CHARGE
Sanitary Engineer to Assist Him Is
Sought.
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE PLAN
Mass of Interesting Information in
Report by the Geological Sur
vey Several Years Ago.

1T was announced today by Dr. Rupert
Blue. chief OF the public health service,
that he is casting about to find SAM
tary engineer in private practice to assist
III the work of making a meteorological
examination of the Potomac river water
shed. which the Treasury Department de-
cIded upon few days ago.
DIR. Blue also announced that he has de-
cided to place in charge of the eXamina-
ton DR.. Allen Mclaughlin. one of his as
Slstants, who has had extensive expert
ence in such work, he having made an ex-
animation of the pollution of the great
lakes and number of the middle western
rivers for the government
The work on the Potomac river water
shed will be begun almost Immediately.
In the meanwhile the government scien-
fists are interested in a report. published
by the geological survey several years
ago. after an examination of the Potomac
river basin, which deals with it's geo.
graphic history. and the subjects of rain
fever and character of the water the re-
lation of soils and forest cover to the
quality andequantity of surface water and
the effect of industrial waste along the
Potomac on fishes.
Thereport was prepared by Horatio \.
Parker. Bailey Willis, r. II. Bolster. w.
w. Ashe and Nj. c. Marsh. In this report
it is said:
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Miss Marguerite T. Nusbaum of LES
Harvard street left Thursday to spend
some. time with; relatives and friends in
Baltimore.
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Miss Gertrude Fosbender of 1919 Euclid
street northwest. who is i'm Philadelphia
to attend the Army-Nayy game. is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Pole OF
West Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30

Miss Roberta Amies returned from An
napolis yesterday, where she attended
the Thanksgiving hop at the Naval
Academy. She left for Philadelphia to-
day for the foot ball game and other
festivities and will return the first Of
next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30

Miss Bertha and Amelia Alexander
have gone TO Philadelphia to attend tile
Army and Navy foot ball game.
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Pollution From Tanning Industry.

Referring to the pollution of the Poto-
mac from the tanning industry, the geo.
logical survey report says:
THE 'putrid soak and the liquor from
the washings of the green and sailed
hides are uniformly discharged into the
nearest creek, being regarded by the tam
ner as much dirty water and nothing
more. AS II matter of fact. this liquor
contains much salt and organic matter.
The p,Itrid soak may also contain cresol
or other personalities. which are some
times used in conserving the dried hides.
The soak liquors may be the means of
spreading anthrax. An outbreak of this
disease occurred in Pennsylvania in the
spring and autumn of 1897 and was invcs-
tiSated by RaVinc1. Three tannerieS op-
Grated by the United States Leather Com
pany We're involved. Il was found that
each of them had received a part of u
cargo of hides from Chicago, and it was
believed that they We're the fOmites
which spread the disease. In one of the
tanneries twenty-four cases of 'malig-
nant pustule' developed. one of which
proved fatal. Below this tannery twelve
head of cattle died, some Of the deaths
stream. In all, twelve men and sixty
head of cattle died near the tanneries
The men were without exception opera
tives, while the cattle We're on pastures
Watered by the streams carrying tannery
etfiuents.
meteorological experiments were con-
Quoted which led to the conclusion that
the process of tanning as ordinarily car
ried out does not in any way protect the
operative from infection by the anthrax
germ.
Rivers of Ink.
TO sum up the wastes from the
processes of tanning, most of them are
putrefactivc and therefore add materials
to the stream which make it capable of
sustaining bacterial life, and for this
| reason their presence is objectionable
Moreover, when all the wastes are turn
ed into a stream, unless it is a very large
one, they dlScOlor 1t. making 1t unsightly
and a.sO cause d great nuisance by the
odOrs of decomposition which rise in the
stream and in the vicinity of the tan
merry. Where tannery effiuents are dis
charged into streams polluted with mine
waters large quantities of tannate of iron
are formed, thus literally converting the
waters into rivers of ink 1t is needless
to say that this condition is vigorously
resented by all who are unfortunate
enough to be brought into contact with
it
In regard to tanning extracts and other
sources of pollution, the report says in
part:
Tanning extracts are made by teaching
various finely ground Mountaineering
materials, such as sumac and chestnut
oak wood, in water and then evaporating
the solution to a thick s.rup. 1t is per-
fectly possible to manufacture the ex-
tracts without offense but leaky watts
produce extensive discoloration of the
streams into which they discharge, and
in certain places this causes much COM
Dlaint.
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Attacking both the Monroe doctrine and
the proposed schedule of tolls for foreign
shipping passing through the Panama ca
nal. Rear ADMIRAL Colby NJ. Chester, L.
s. N. retired i'm lecture before the Ma
tional Geographic Society at the New Ma
sonic Temple last night enunciated what
he styled revolutionary doctrines. de-
nounced the established South American
policy of the United States and took issue
with practically every American states
man from President James Monroe to the
statesmen of today.
Admiral Chester challenged the moral.
ethical or legal rights of the United
States, .nder former and existing trea-
ties with Great Britain, to levy tolls of
any kind on forcign-built vessels passing
through the canal and declared that the
enactment of Il law assessing foreign
shipping that passes through the canal
would he a violation of national honor.
He took direct issue with IIannIs Tay-
Tor. former ambassador to Spain. who
has taken the stand that the nited
States may legally and with perfect just
tice levy such tolls will cqualiZe trans
portation conditions between American
and foreign shipping, and said that if
Mr.. TaSlors views shall he accepted as
correct in principle such acceptance will
amount to no more and no less than ma
tional qualification.
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represent an investment of over $1,000. 600
in capital, of which Florida and Missis-
sippi make up one-half. Their combined
products amount to considerably over
81 600 900 in value annually. and are in
creasng all the time. the gain since 1897
being over 75 per cent in quantity and
over 53 per cent in value.
The greater part of this increase has
been due to the development of the oyster
industry chiefly through the efforts and
cooperation of the bureau of fisheries.
The west shore of Florida presents a
longer coast line than any other of the
states, it being 2.S1O miles in length. in
denied with many bays. sounds and la
goons which furnish good harborage for
the light draft fishing vessels. There are
a large number of rivers entering the
gulf, but there is little commercial fishing
in any of them excepting for sturgeon in
the Apalachicola river
The lack of shipping facilities has been
a serious drawback. The wholesale dealers
from Tampa. Cedar Key. st. Petersburg
and Punta Gorda have for years operated
a fleet OF transporting vessels which
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Unusual Animals in
Southern Waters.


At Beaufort, N. c.. where one of the
marine laboratories Of the United States
bureau of fisheries is erected upon land
donated for the purpose by private in
dividuals, a curious fish," which was not
d fish. was captured last month by an
old boatman.. 1t is known as a cowfish,
a variety almost extinct, and is ma
rine mammal, similar to whale. 1t was
nearly twenty feet in length and weigh
ed over ton. 1t came up in shallow
water and beat itself almost to death
upon the shoal. 1t is intended to have
it preserved, if possible, in the National
Museum.
a forty-pound devilfish recently cap
tured near Gulfport, Miss, is described
in a local paper as having "a tail like
rat wings like bat and two mouths,
while its back was 1ncrusted with hard,
horny shell" The fish was brought to
the surface of the water in net and
shot with a pistol by a couple of men
who We're in quest of food fish.
The fish and game commission of Texas
has secured the widest announcement in
its effort to increase the fishing resources
of that state.
The fish and game commission Of Texas
meeting held in Austin last month, that
he had received about forty propositions
from different sections of the state for
the establishment of state fish hatcheries
since he announced his intention of es-
tablishing some The proposition came
from commercial organizations Of towns
located upon different streams.
1t has been decided to establish four
hatcheries for the present, one each in
the eastern, southern, western and north
ern parts Of the state. The requirements
for a hatchery include the supply of at
least 100000 gallons of pure water per
day and satisfactory railroad facilities to
insure the transportation of the fish,
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Miss Louise Hoover and Miss Gertrude
Eickhorn and party of friends have
gone to Philadelphia to attend the Army
Navy foot ball game.
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Attacks Monroe Doctrine.

Attacks Monroe Doctrine.
Speaking of the Monroe doctrine. Adj
mral Chester declared that that unwrit-
ten law has outlived its usefulness. and
that. while he does not stand for the
abolition of its basic principle, he is firm
in the belief that the doctrine must be
put into treaty form and SO changed as
TO give to the countries of Central and
South America not tho sense of repreS-
sion or oppression it now CAUSES, but all
actual responsibility.
1.-The original document enuncated by
President Monroe regarding our foreign
relations is as obsolete today as was the
ClaytOn-Bulwer treaty at the time it was
amended and no more fits the present
condition than that does" declared Ad-
miral Chester. 'It was designed ostensi
bly, i'm the interests of both the United
States and England. which was in Isl
the only constitutional monarchy in F.u-
rope to guard against the forcible inter
ference of the holy alliance between
Spain and South America: but now that
practically every country in the world is
on a constitutional basis there is no more
need to protect our neighboring republics
from a purely monarchical form of gov
eminent than there is to interfere with
the controversies between themselves.
Can Engage in Entente.
LAS far as the basic principle of the
Monroe doctrine is concerned. the right
of seIf-defense is automatic, and it is no
more necessary to continue to pay the
enormous price that We have done in or
der to maintain our rights in this respect
than il is to buy the privileges of
erecting Notifications on the istfIrnuS. We
cannot. with propriety, however. form an
alliance. for that word has been tabooed
by an unwrtten law of the land but We
can engage in an entente. fore. gners
call IL, with the republics OF South Amer
lea that will give them share in the re-
sponsibility of maintaining the policy
which looks TO the general good of all
parties concerned. and will at the same
time benefit the political and commercial
interests of all the American peoples
IF the South American republics do
not wish our assistance in maintaining
their. sovereignties, there is no use in
forcing our addresses upon them only in
so far as ii Will protect our own inter-
ests, and whether those interests be af-
fected or not cannot be determined until
the question arises, and then only on the
principle of self-defense.
An announcement such as was recent
~ made in congressional resolution pre-
scented by Senator Lodge on the subject
of Mexico will answer the purpose