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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
HYGIENE CONGRESS
PROGRAM ADOPTED
Reception, Concert and Sight
seeing Part of Entertain
ment of SavantS.

A tentative form Of program Of enter
tainment for the delegates to the Ameri-
can Public Health Association convention
and the fifteenth International Congress
Of Hygiene and Demography. to be held
in this city in September, was decided up
on today by the joint committee OF the
Chamber Of Commerce and Board OF
Trade
1t Is proposed that ON September Is a
reception be given tho delegates to the
American Health Association at the New
Willard. President Taft will receive the
delegates to both congresses at the White
House on the afternoon OF September ~
at $3.50 o'clock. A reception will be held
that evening at the Pan-American Union
building.
The following day the women accom-
panying the delegates will be taken on
sightseeing trips around the city. Dur
ing the afternoon and evening time will
be set aside for the entertainment Of
delegates by private individuals.
Plan Visit to Mount Vernon.
Wednesday. September Is. tho dele
gates will visit Mount Vernon at 2:3O
tho use OF government boats to carry
the delegates to Mount Vernon. Weather
there will be exhibition
flights by the army aviators at College
Park for the benefit Of tho delegates.
The following evening there will be
a concert at one Of the theaters or IN the
D. A. r. Hall. There will be a public
reception at the Museum building the
same evening. Friday. September n.
special drills will be held by the cav
airy and artillery stationed at Fort Myer,
Va, for the benefit Of the delegates.
1t is estimated that So, 500 will be needed
to entertain the delegates. The raising
Of this money is being handled by
finance committee Of which W. T. CALI
her Is chairman. Two Thousand letters
asking subscriptions to the fund were
mailed to business men and citizens Of
the city today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
STEAMSHIP STILL AGROUND.
Cruiser Denver and Tank Steamer
Standing by the Pleiades.

SAN FRANCISCO. August ia radio
gram sent out by the steamship Pleiades.
aground on the lower California coast.
indicated early today that the vessel
could not be foated until part Of its
cargo had been discharged. Tho cruiser
Denver and the tank steamer Washte-
nav have been standing by the Pleiades.
SAN DIEGO. Cal. August l9.-The
Point Iona wireless station reported
early this morning that 1t was unable to
pick up any messages relating TO the
wreck Of the steamer Pleatdes near Mag
dalena bay. Atmospheric conditions were
bad all day Sunday. Nothing has been
when messages rep orted tho Denver and
Washtenaw fastening to the scene Of the
wreck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
CALLS ACCIDENT UNAVOIDABLE
Contractors Not Blamed for Death
Of J. w. Green.

reached by q jury OF inquest at . hearing
at the morgue this morning over the body
of James Walter Green. negro steel
worker. who was killed at the new bN-
reau Of engraving and printing building.
at tho foot OF 14th street southwest, Sat
urday. It was in evidence that q num-
Der Of workmen were moving . derrick
when the floor fell
Witnesses testified that there were
props used to strengthen the door. but
the weight Of the derrick was too much
for 1t and tho accident resulted. Green
was married and resided at 821 K street
southeast An undertaken took charge
OF his body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
TWO KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Bolt Injuries Two Others, Starts Fire
and Causes Panic IN Church.

MACON. Ga. August 1s.-Violent
lightning which conferred about Mercer
University at Talnau Square yester-
day caused the death Of two persons.
the injury OF two others. damage to
many buildings and a panic In q Pres
byterian Church directly across the
street from where q bolt had set IRE
to the building.
The dead: Mrs. N. A. Crawford. hfty-
hve. and granddaughter. Flora 6ulli-
van, five years old. Of Cordelo.
The injured: NJ. A. Crawford, sixty
nine. retired planter Of Cordelo and
his granddaughter. Virginia Sullivan.
ten years old.
Crawford has little chance to live.
The Sullivan girls are orphans. The
Crandals came here Friday to visit
their children. While crossing from
one yard to another during the cleo
trical display they were felled as IL by
q bullet. Mrs E. H. Campbell, who
saw the four persons as II dead. be-
came insane. She has not recovered
her normal senses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
ESCAPES FROM ASYLUM.
Mrs. Ogden, Arrested Here, Will Be
Returned to New York.

The Washington police received word
from New York today that Mrs. Emma
Ogden, who last week was arrested and
sent to the Washington Asylum Hos
pital after she said that she was the
sole survivor OF an earthquake that had
destroyed New York city. was recently
a patient at Manhattan Hospital. Wards
Island. N. Y. Mrs. Ogden, the police
were also told. escaped from that hos
pital. It is probable that she will be
returned to Manhattan Hospital
sister of Mrs. Ogden. the police ara
told. resides 1t ISL Riverside Drive.
n Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
LOST IN WILD COUNTRY.
Attorneys Wander From Outing
Camp-Trailed by Bloodhounds.

WALIAA WAIIAA. Wash. August 49,
Trailed by bloodhounds from the state
prison. Wilbur Toner ana Frank Grove,
local attorneys. lost In the Blue noun
tains since Friday. were found last nie't
on Salmon river, fifty miles from Waila
Walla- The young men. almost exhaust
ed. were making their way slowly down
the river through the widest country in
the range.
Toner and Grove Left their camp to
hunt hucklberries. After they had been
absent thirty-six hours other members of
their party notified the officers. They had
wandered twenty-five miles from their
camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
WILSON TO MEET LEADERS.
Plans for Conference Tonight in
New York.

SEAGIRT. N. J., August 1s.-Gov.
Wilson expects to leave Seagirt this
afternoon for Union Hill, N. J.. where
at o'clock he is to address tho Plat
Deutscher volkfest Verein. Tonight
he plans to go to New York to meet
Rolla Wells. treasurer Of the national
committee. and Henry Morgenthau.
chairman of the finance committee. It
will be the first meeting between Gov.
Wells and Mr.. Wells since the latter
was chosen treasurer.
Charles II. Grasty. editor Of the Bal
timore Sun. conferred with Gov. WILL
son today. He brought q report Of
political conditions In Maryland, Vir-
ginia and tho Carounas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
STUDENT FINED FOR TOAST.
German Drinking to Prosperity Of
France Hailed Into Court.
nee Of The Star.
BERLIN. AuRust 1,

BERLIN. August 10. 1912.
At q students supper party at Got
tingen ono OF tho students In the
course Of the post-prandial proceed
ings asserted that France was not the
most dangerous enemy OF the father
land. and. raising his glass. he drank
70 the prosperity Of tho French nation
His action was denounced as unpa-
triotdo. and tho sherifns court has now
fined him IS on tho ground that in
drinking to France he had thrown q
slight on the feast Of the emperor
proposed By his comrades The case 10
to be taken to the court Of appeals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
LEAVES HER IN DISGUST.
Swiss Mechanic Abandons Mother
in-Iaw to the Rhone.


GENEVA. August Z, 1912
At Bellegarde the other evening q young
mechanic named Dubois was returning
home from work along the bank Of the
Rhone, when he heard cries Of distress,
and seeing a woman. struggling In the
swollen stream he plunged in and SWAN
toward the bank with her.
AS he gained a footing Dubois discov-
cred that he had saved his mcther-in-la law,
with whom he had been on bad terms
for q long time and. without rejecting
upon the seriousness Of his act. indisgust
threw the woman in the water again.
and walked away swearing. without TAX
Ing any more notice Of her.
Fortunately. at the first cries for help,
a boatman had put out into the river.
and he picked up the woman. who other
wise would have been drowned. and her
son-in-law would probably be in prison
on the charge Of granddaughter.
The tragic comedy, however, will not
b brough before the court, - the wom-
IN has recovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
DIES AT SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Paymaster's Clerk Colville Victim OF
Scarlet Fever.

Paymaster's Clerk Francis c. Colvtlle
Of the navy died at Shanghai yesterday Of
scarlet fever according to q cable mes
sage received at the Navy Department
today. Colville was from New York. and
served as an enlisted man In the navy
for seven years before he was appointed
q paymaster's clerk in January. 1907
Since then he served on the u. 8. 8. Ia
coma, Montana and Helena He was at
tached to the Helena 1t the time Of his
death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
AGREE ON CLOSED SEASON.
Senate and House Set Five Years to
Protect Alaska Seals.

A closed season Of five years for fur
seals on the PrIbilof Islands was agreed
on today by the Senate and House con-
ferees on the bill carrying into effect the
fur seal treaty with Russia, Japan and
England. Tho House provided for one
year and the Senate raised It to ton. The
hve-year agreement was Q compromise.
The conference report was presented
to the Senate by Senator Lodge and
adopted without dissent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
HOUSE FAILS TO ACT ON BILL.
Measure Prohibiting Clerks From
Voting at Conventions Goes Over.

The House today failed to act upon a
bill which prohibits any appointive gov
eminent employee from being an accredit-
cd delegate TO any national convention
for the purpose Of choosing nominees
for the Office Of President and Vice
President
The bill came mp on tho unanimous
consent calendar, which had the right Of
way In the House. Representative Moore
OF Pennsylvania. however. objected to its
consideration. which was SUFFICIENT to
cause the bill to be passed over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
CHIDEs OFFICERS OF HOUSE.
Representative Mann Cites Flags
Contain Too Few Stars.

Republican Leader Mann chided the
officers of the House today because the
flag behind the Speakers chair has only
forty-five stars instead Of forty-edght.
Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico not
being represented
Whenever I look up and gaze on the
charming countenance of the Speaker
see behind him a flag that II Illegal" said
MIR. Mann.
The flag over the House. he declared.
had only forty-six stars. Arizona and
New Mexico not being represented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
WAR GAME IN KANSAS.
Reds" to Oppose Advance of the
Blues" on Fort Leavenworth.

t-ANSAS CITY. Mo-, August 1s.-Active
,rrations in the Kansas war game be-
today The Blue" army, composed
$500 men, which concentrated at
erriam, started to march to Fort
wentworth.
s the same time the Red" army
ich has been gathering at Lawrence.
1sed to intercept the Blues and pre-
mt the execution of their plan of going
the relief of the threatened" fort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
STING IN CANAL BILL
Representative Moore Points
Out Menace to Labor.
VICTORY OF FREE TRADERS
Ten Thousand Laborers Affected, He
Says, by Free Admission of
Ship Materials. |
VICTORY OF FREE TRADERS

That the enactment into law or tho
Panama canal bill in its present form as
agreed to by the Senate and House would
De virtual overthrow OF the protective
tarin and victory for free trade was
the declaration made today by Repre-
sentative j. Hampton Moore of Pennsyl-
vania in an interview. Mr. Moore was re-
ferring particularly TO that provision in
the bill for the free admission OF all ma
terials which go into the building and
equipment OF ships engaged in coastwiss
trade contained in the bill.
I'VE are looking at the bread and butter
side OF the matter" said Mr.. Moore. II
the bill becomes law Il may mean the
throwing out OF work OF 10000 employees
OF shipbuilders in Philadelphia and across
the river. Probably 5000 persons are
supported by the wages earned by these
employees
But the trouble would be more far
reaching than that. This leather
striking the covering OF chair upon
which he was sitting, those curtains
by the window. foodstuffs. everything
in fact. that one can think of. goes into
the construction and equipment OF
modern ships. Think what that means
to American labor ~ this bill becomes
a law.
Constitution Defied.
This bill was reported by the con-
ferees under a rule which forbade
points of order being made against any
OF its provisions. in open defiance or
the Constitution. I should have made
a point Of order against this particular
provision and 1T would have been sus-
tanned by the Speaker, but the aGcp-
ton of the rule prevented my making
the point
This bill is for the purpose OF open
Ing maintaining and governing the canal,
yet we have a tariff amendment added 10
IL Of the greatest Importance.
1t Is believed that the President Will
give this part of the bill his care full con-
sideration before deciding whetfe r or not
to approve the measure.
Veto Means No Legislation.
Chairman Adamson OF the House inter-
state and foreign commerce committee.
which has had. the bill in charge, is re-
sponsible for the statement that If the
President fails to approve the measure,
as finally passed, there will be no Pan
anna canal legislation at this session or
Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
WAR ON OPIUM TRAFFIC.
Stringent Regulation Against Snug
Cling Originates in California.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 10-In an
effort to check activities Of the SNUG
gIers Of opium from the orient. United
States District Attorney McNab Is work.
ing upon the draft Of a new law which
he will seek to have the United States
Treasury Department sanction.
The present statute provides fines for
the captains Of vessels on which opium
is found. McNab proposes q statute that
will impose a fine equal to the market
value of the contraband drug. not upon
the captain. but upon the steamship COM
pany operating the vessel
The finding Of opium aboard ship, the
statute will provide. shall be prima facia
evidence Of negligence on the part Of the
steamship company, and the fine shall be
imposed at once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
Commissioner Rudolph to Go Fishing

Commissioner Rudolph ID planning .
trout fishing expedition In tho noun
tains Of Virginia, and will leave the city
tomorrow. The remainder Of his vaca-
tion he will devote to playing golf At
Hot Springs. Mr.. Rudolph win remain at
Hot Springs for the early fall season
after tho Commissioner returns 70 wash.
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
HEARS
MEMBER CLEARED
Letter From Thomas L.
Hume's Attorneys Read
at Noon Meeting.

In an unusual proceeding at the noon
meeting today Of the Washington Stock
Exchange a letter was read from the
law firm of Douglas. Baker, Ruf11n &
Obear. attorneys for Thomas l.. Hume. a
member OF the exchange, in which the
statement was made that investigation
has proved the recent indictment Of Mr..
Hume by the grand jury on charge of
embezzlement would not have been
brought had all the facts been known.
The letter also outlined the plan proposed
by which it is intended to call the true
state of affairs to the attention OF the
District attorney. and the prediction was
made that the formal exoneration of Mr..
Hume from all charges and the quashing
OF the indictment will follow in the
natural order of events.
Mr.. Hume's Statement.
The attorneys also submitted other
correspondence bearing on the case. and
after the reading OF this record before the
members Of the exchange Mr.. Hume
made the following statement:
THE entire affair was a grievous and
damaging injustice to me. 1t was the
greatest surprise and shock of my life.
whatever. Under the conditions I did
not consider such process was possible.
nor could any one have anticipated 1t, for
adjusted the matter with the complain
ant by agreement made with her in Feb
ruary. 1910.
''So far have RETAINED from making
public utterance IN my own behalf. for
believed that denial Of the charges
would be made by the complainant 8
counsel as soon as all the facts in the
premises were made known to him. which
would give me the cleanest and most ef-
fectual exoneration. I have therefore
contented myself by saying to my friends
that 1t is all a mistake. It has so proven
to be-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
Crew Of Five Heroically Rescued.

Life savers Of the now Green Hin sta
ton. R l.. made heroic rescue today
Of tho crew Of ave mon Of tho schooner
r. L. Tay. lumber-iaden. from Bangor.
Me-. for New York. and wrecked of the
Rhode Island coast The Green Hill sta
ton was opened August L
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
RID SOUTH OF FEVER
Can't. C. F. Craig Heads New
Malaria Commission.
THOROUGH FIGHT PLANNED
Disease Centers to Be Mapped and
Preventive Measures Taken
Throughout Section.
THOROUGH FIGHT PLANNED

Capt Charles r. Craig Of the Army
Medical Corps of this city has been
named as chairman of the commission
for the study and prevention Of malaria
in the south. The commission Is pre-
pairing to gather information from all
available sources In regard to the chief
centers Of malaria in the southern states.
the number Of persons affected and the
best means Of fighting the disease. The
commission, which was authorized at a
meeting Of the Southern Medical Asso-
citation at Hattiesburg, Miss. last No
vember, and which recently has been Sc
lected by Dr.. J. NJ. jackson. president Of
the association, is composed of the fol-
lowing:
Dr.. Charles F. Craig. captain. Medical
Corps, u. S. A., chairman; DR.. Graham
E Benson. Crescent City. Fla. secretary:
DR.. r. H Won Ezdorf. public health serv-
ice. Mobile. Ala: DR.. William Krauss,
Memphis. Tenn: Dr.. Creighton Well
erick. Mariana, Ark; DR.. w. S. Thayer.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore: DR.. Scale
Harris, Mobile, Ala, and DR.. c. c. Bass.
New Orleans.
Information to Be Obtained.
The commission will at once begin the
work Of obtaining and tabulating infor-
nation from the entire south, the points
to be covered being: What proportion
of the so-called malaria Of the south Is
really malaria, and what are the other
fevers that simulate 1t; what varieties Of
malaria are prevalent, and where Is each
variety most prevalent: what means OF
prevention are most economical and ap-
plicable In each infected district. and
what means Of prevention are now being
used in such infected districts.
When sufficient information is received
a malaria map Of the entire south will
be prepared, showing each infected dis
trict and the types and forms Of malaria
present in each.
Medical men recognize the fact that the
various malarta1 fevers are among the
most important diseases. economically.
with which the south has to contend, and
physicians throughout the south express
the belief that a campaign which will re-
suit in stamping out or adequately con-
trolling the disease. locate and apply
proper sanitation to all discoverable
sources, and. in short, handle the disease
in the same manner as yellow fever,
typhoid and other communicable diseases
have been handled, will prove Of material
aid in the commercial development Of the
entire south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
GREETING IS WARM
American Teachers Welcomed
in Germany.
TRIP IS PROFITABLE ONE
Party Investigating Educational
ods-Speakers at Congress
Held in Berlin.
Special CabIesram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN, August I9.-Three hundred
and fifty American teachers are Ameri-
canizing Berlin. This week Prof. ii. III
Flick Of Cincinnati. president of the Ger
man American Teachers Association. In
der whose auspices the teachers are trav-
cling in Germany. is enthusiastic over
the reception of the party everywhere in
the Fatherland. The majority OF the
party will sail on the Grosser kurfurst
August D. Prof. Flick said
Everywhere our German hosts gave US
a magnificent welcome. All halls were
decorated with the American colors. On
the banks Of the Rhine enthusiastic
crowds waved hearty greetings and can
non fired salutes. In some of the cities
hundreds of school children welcomed
the visitors. The children were all dress
other cities practically the whole poplla-
ton turned out to greet US
The party has learned much from the
Investigation of German educational
methods and conditions, and We realize
that German education must be our
model In discipline. thoroughness and
concentration. The tests Of German boys
and girls revealed that their learning COW
ers a far wider field than the American
system All remembered last years
work. which cannot be said OF Amerf-
can children. Concentration and atten-
ton were everywhere noticeable in the
German schools.
Teachers Should Be Pensioned.
Prof. Flick believes the Prussian system
Of insuring a retired teacher at least 60
per cent OF the entire salary and some
times 50 per cent. Il q good plan. az II
qualities discrepancies In the German
pay roll tends to keep teachers In the
profession and develops higher type OF
instructor
Among the American speakers at the
teachers were DR.. Busse Of New York.
on The Training OF Teachers IN the
United States" Director Joseph Winter
Of New York on Tho Future OF the Ger
man Language in the Urited states
and Prof Emil Cramer OF Cincinnati on
'.Coeducational Schooling In America
At an informal dinner in the Kaiser
saal Geological Gardens. Miss Ella heiiy
of Brooklyn spoke Of the necessity OF
teaching German In all American public
schools.
Physicians Coming Here.
Germany is to return the visit by send
ing a number Of German physicians ana
surgeons next fall TO attend the congress
of hygiene in Washington and to take
a study tour of the larger cities. The
whole first-class cabin has been reserved
on the liner Cincinnati. sailing Septem-
her z. For tho grst time. women will
accompany the doctors on the tour. Fifty
German surgeons are to leave earlier to
meet DR. Ochsner In Chicago. and thence
proceed to Rochester, Mimi, where
operations will be performed by the
famous Mayo brothers for their benefit.
invitations from American
mayors have been received in Berlin. and
also from medical societies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19

The Speaker assured the committee
that Mr.. Young will be recognized just
as Mr.. Jackson would have been, being
entitled to the thirty-second place on
suspension day. AS no action has been
taken on the discharge calendar for
more than a year. no great encourage
ment is felt on account Of this assur-
ance.
A letter has been received by the
union from w. p. Sheperd. president
of the Alabama Christian Endeavor
Union. pledging that body's support in
any work needed to secure the support
Of Alabama members Of Congress for
the Jones' Works bill.