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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-16
Must Apply to Board.

All applicants for admission or for ad-
vanced standing in the Central. Eastern.
Western and Business high schools and
the Mckinley Manual Training School.
other than those who attended the eight
grades of the District of Columbia IL is
announced, must report to the high school
admission board at the Franklin School
Thursday. Friday or Saturday. Septen
Der 10, 10 or -, between the hours of u
and Il m. and - and . pm. The board
will assign pupils to the examina lions.
Examinations for admission to the first
year of the high schools will be given
Tuesday, September II. at . am. at the
Franklin School.
Examinations for advanced standing in
all subjects will be given Wednesday.
September %. at am, at the Franklin
School
For admission to the first year pupils
must be prepared to take examinations
IN English. grammar and composition.
algebra Thorough factoring, arithmetic.
United States history. Constitution and
geography. All applicants must present
proper certificates or records OF all work
completed in other schools, otherwise
Examination may be required, but credit
may be given for some of the work
done in other schools, If certificates
are satisfactory. Pupils who have been
ATTENDING the eighth grade of the Dis
trict of Columbia, not regularly pro-
NOTED, desiring to enter the high and
manual training schools. must present
|eighth grade last attended, countersigned
by the supervising principal of the di-
vision to the high school admission
board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-16
Colored High Schools.

All candidates for admission to the
NJ Street High School or the Armstrong
Manual Training School, not transferred
from the eighth grades of the District
of Columbia, will confer with the prin-
cipal of the school they desire to enter.
Teachers meetings have been called
for various days this week and next. The
director of kndergartens viii meet all
OF her teachers in the Thomson School
building Monday, September -. at 2::Sab
O'Clock p m. Miss Elizabeth Brown. director
of primary instruction, will meet all first
and second grade model teachers at TIL.
Franklin School building Friday, Septem-
Der 20, at O'Clock pm. She will also
hold meeting for first and second grade
teachers who have been appointed since
September, 1912, and all recently promot-
ed third and fourth grade teachers at the
Thomson School building Saturday, Sep
TENDER II, at 2:3O o'clock pm.
Supervising principals of the white
schools viii meet teachers of their re-
spective divisions in their office buildings
Saturday, September II, at 1890 o'clock
al
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
TEACHERS IN NEW LEAGUE
Insurgents from Heads Of De-
nartment Association Organize.

A new teachers association. tentatively
known as the Association of Assistants to
Principal OF the City of New York, was
formed yesterday afternoon at Grant Hall,
No 4S9 Washington avenue. Brooklyn. The
meeting as held under the auspices of five
insurgents of the Brooklyn Heads of De-
partment Association, Of which Miss May
Vail is president
The association recently refused to listen
to an address from Miss Grace c. Strachan'
the District superintendent of Schools
Five members demanded a special meeting
for the purpose, without results They
then took matters in their own hands and
called yesterdays meeting. All the SSt
heads OF departments of the city were IN
vited TO be present, and more than TWO
hundred responded. Miss Sara l.. Rhodes,
one Of the insurgents, presided, and an
other, Miss Mary A. Hawxhurst, acted as
secretary. These insurgents were later
made temporary president and temporary
secretary.
Miss Strachan told her story Of the fight
for the equal pay measure that became law
few months ago. She took issue with the
Heads of Department Association for MR.
ing a lawyer to look after their interests
after she and her co-workers mad done
practically everything there was to do.
When she had finished. vote OF thanks
was passed and It was decided to give her
a dinner IN February.
Then Miss Rhodes proposed that city
organization OF heads of departments be
formed. one teacher protested that it
would be unfair TO organize with Miss Vail
absent, but the others decided that the
chance was too good to lose. MISS Rhodes
picked out committee OF seven 10 pre-
pare bylaws and a plan Of organization.
The meeting adjourned till February H.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
SCHOOL CHUMS EL0PE
Boy of 16 and Girl of is Will
Have Parental Blessing.
fBy telegraph 10 The Tribune. ]


Trenton, n. j., Jan. 25.-A love Of long
standing eliminated yesterday in the elope-
ment Of Albert Tams, jr., sixteen years old,
and May Lechman. fifteen years old, class
mates at the Centennial School. The chill
dren, who are of prominent Trenton fami-
lies, started for school yesterday morning,
as was their custom, and disappeared.
The police Of all Of the cities of the East
have been told to be on the lookout for the
youngsters. 1t is even thought that they
may have persuaded some one to marry
them, and II this has been the case the
parents have announced that the parental
blessing awaits their Homecoming.
By trolley conductors they were traced
as far as Camden. and II was supposed that
they were on the way to an uncle of the
lad who lives In Atlantic City. Ernest
Miller. however, another uncle, said to-
night he saw the boy and a girl to-day in
New Brunswick. -
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
LEGISLATURE DOES LITTLE
Bill Aimed to Prevent Hung
Juries Being Drawn.

Albany, Jan. 25.-Beyond the introduction
Of bills and a brief Assembly calendar, no
business OF Importance was attempted in
either house of the Legislature to-day.
Two civil service bills were introduced
by Senator Loomis. One Of them gives mu-
nicipal service commissions the same pow
ers of investigation and enforcement OF
rules that are exercised by the State Civil
Service Commission. The other forbids the
removal of those i'm the classified service
without specifically setting forth the cause
in writing, and in case such an employe
should be laid off by reason OF the discon-
tinuance of the work It is provided that he
may be held on a waiting roll for at least
year.
Assembyman Brooks introduced a bill
making it q misdemeanor TO publish any
statement in substance or to the effect that
any person is an ex-convict or has been
convicted of a crime, even If this is true
and one requiring device on all telephones
TO register the number OF calls.
A three-fourths vote of jury would suf-
flee for conviction in any case tryable by a
jury if a constitutional amendment to be
introduced by Assemblyman Adler, OF
Rochester meets the approval OF the peo-
pie. Mr.. Adler said to-day that the rat
ifCation of the amendment would prevent
hung jures," would stop attempts at brib-
ing a single juror TO hold out for a certain
verdict and would prevent innumerable
mistrials.
THE need Of a unanimous vote Of jury
for a verdict results in many compromise
verdicts," said Mr.. Adler, and is only
survival of the oldest traditions This is
especially so in civil cases"
Other bills in course Of preparation for
Introduction include one by Assembyman
Coffcy putting private water companies
under the jurisdiction Of the Public Service
Commission and one by Mr.. Merrill, the So
cialist member, OF Schenectady, aimed to
prevent discrimination by employers
against employees whose wages are gar
uisheed.
Usually" said Mr.. Merrill. IF a mans
wages are garnisheed, it means 'goodby
job.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
CARTOONIST OPPOSES SUIT
Homer Davenport Says He Is Not
Responsible for Wife's Debt.

Homer Davenport. the cartoonist, applied
yesterday to the Supreme Court to have
set aside an order for his examination in
supplementary proceedings on a judgment
obatined against him by Lord e. Taylor for
sl,S24 for merchandise purchased by his
wife. Tho defendant based his motion on
the allegation that he had not been served
in the suit which resulted in tho judgment.
Mr. Davenport said that he was an init
mate friend of the late Edward p. Hatch,
who was the senior member of the firm OF
Lord &c Taylor.
Mr. Davenport said also that 1t was un-
derstood that he would not have to pay for
the merchandise, and that he had notified
Mr. Hatch that Mrs. Davenport was not TO
buy goods on his credit. Among the papers
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
SEEK BUTTER-EGG TRUST
Grand Jury Calls Mercantile EX
change Members.

Five members OF the New York Mercan.
tile Exchange. of No. Harrison street,
have been summoned TO appear before the
grand jury next Tuesday and testify in
the investigation into the present high
price OF butter and eggs. The witnesses
will be r. Il. Martin president; S. NJ.
Knopp, secretary; w. G. French, treasurer
of the Mercantile Exchange, and Patrick
Quinn Foy. of No. 266 Washington street,
and L. Frank Barry. of the firm of Urnay
& Barry, No. 175 Washington street.
The investigation is to determine whether
the New York Mercantile Exchange its
officers, agents or members have been
guilty Of violating or are guilty of vioat-
ing the provisions of Section 3i OF the
business law Of the State OF New York. lor
of Section $50 of the penal law of the State
of New York. The witnesses will bring
with them before the grand jury the orig
inal certificate of Incorporation or a copy
Of the charter, also books and pamphlets
containing the bylaws and rules of the
Mercantile Exchange that were in force
during 1910 and 1911.
All books of record showing the guam
titles Of butter and eggs offered for sale
by the exchange during the year 1911 and
January, 1912, will be produced, as we'll as
the minutes of the meetings of the stock
holders and the directors. at which divi-
dends have been declared. According to
dealers in the city. the prices OF butter and
eggs are not wrongfully controlled. They say
prices are made" daily by a statistician.
who is not a dealer. after study of the
market all over the country. Butter was
Ss cents yesterday on the exchange. they
say. and was ~ cents at retail The re-
taller they say, must pay premium of
about IA cents a pound to the commission
houses.
william 4. De Ford, the Assistant Dis
tIict Attorney who prosecuted the live
poultry trust. will conduct the present in
vestfgation
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
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SIX MILITARY BILLS DRAWN |
Garry Out General Verbeck S
Ideas of Guard Reforms.
GRv Telegraph to The Tribune.

AIbanv Ian. 3.-Assembyman Brooks.
chairman OF the Committee on Military
Affairs. to-day introduced six amendments
IN tba military law which were drafted by
Adutant General Verbeck. The adjutant
general had announced that he would not
recommend any new military legislation,
and when asked about the Brooks bills
he said that they were merely to correct
the present law or carry out legislation
introduced last year.
One of the bills gives military court OF
the national guard the same power of gen.
eral or garrison courts martial TO SEN
tence and punish as is now exercised by
similar courts In the United States army.
except that no sentence of confinement
shall be for a longer term than to the
expiration OF the tour Of duty of the or
ganization of which the prisoner is a MEM
Der. These courts now have the same pow
ers that United States army courts had
prior to the passage of federal statutes
forming summary courts. The other bills
in brief follow:
Providing that machinists and electri-
clans of ratings In the naval militia may
be enlisted as such.
That an enlisted man taken up by the
national guard after once being dropped
must pass the same physical examination
as is required on enlistment.
That no body of men shall receive n
certificate of incorporation under any
name that might mislead any person into
the belief that the corporation Is con
nected with the national guard.
Striking out the provision that no claim
for pay and care when injured or disabled
in service shall be allowed unless the
claimant within thirty days notifies the
adiutant general in writing of his inten-
tion to make such a claim
That TO each ambulance company there
shall be allowed annually $1,000 to be ex-
pended for mounted drills and parades.
and for the feed and shoeing OF horses S2oO
additional.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
CURED" CONVICT FREED
Alienists Interested in Experiment on
Forger's Skull.

Albany, Jan. 25.-Alienists nave oeeh
much interested in the case OF Edward r.
Grimmeu of Buffalo. recently released
from clinton prison by the State Parole
BOARD. Grimmells skull was fractured
when a boy OF fourteen during a quarrel
with q playmate, and the claim was made
that the injury was potent factor in de-
Welcoming his criminal career. In March,
1909 the mans skull was operated on with
the idea OF correcting his criminal tenden-
cies.
I'VE are not running any great FISK IN
releasing GrimmelI." said Colonel Joseph +.
Scott. Superintendent of State Prisons To-
day "for he will continue under the juris-
diction of the board and will not be per-
mitted 10 leave the state.
Governor White. who comnuted MS sen
tence. recommended that he be paroled TOT
an unusually long period, so that his case
might be carefully observed. II he re-
sumes evil practices he will be taken
hack TO the prison. II he does not so much
the better. If he becomes a forger again,
nrobably we will not be under pressure for
Quite a while to have conyicts' heads oper-
ated on in an attempt to change their
moral natures
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Forccast.-Washington.
| Jan. 25.-There has been a general lal. In
| pressure. except in the Northeast. The north
! Pacific disturbance has moved east to Western
| North Dakota, and another is approaching the
| Oregon coast. There are also moderate deprcS-
slons over the CaBolinas and Northeastern Texas.
| There was. however. precipitation OF con-
| sequence the country. except in the north
Pacific states. where rains continued. and in
Western Montana, where there were rains and
SHOWS
Low temperatures continue from the lake
region and upper Ohio Valley eastward, but
elsewhere. except in the south Atlantic states.
they fave risen generally. and in the plains
| states the Rocky Mountain and plateau regions
they are from 10 TO 25 degrees above the sea
sonal average. Owing to the tendency toward
falling pressure over the country, the weather
is likely to be unsettled during the next two
DAYS. except In the Northeast. with local SHOWS
and rains over the interior districts, except the
central Rocky Mountain region and the South
west.
II will be warmer Friday over the eastern
half OF the country and warmer Saturday in
the lower lake region. the middle Atlantic states
and New England II will be colder Friday
night and Saturday in the Northwestern States.
The winds along the New England coast will
be moderate north; middle Atlantic coast mod
crate north and northeast south Atlantic coast
moderate variable, except the North
Carolina coast; Gulf coast, moderate south
on Lake Michigan. moderate southeast and
south.
Steamers departing Friday for European ports
viii have moderate north winds. with fair
weather. to the Grand Banks.
Forecast for Special Localities.--For the Dis
triet sof Columbia and Maryland, unsettled to-
day and probably Saturday; somewhat warmer;
light variable winds.
For Virginia, unsettled to-day and probably
Saturday: slightly warmer to-day in eastern Dor
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
COLD DAY FOR SUFFRAGE
Hurdy- Gurdy Engaged by Wom-
en- Fails to Draw Crowds.

me Woman'S Political Unions hurdy-
euroy trip down Third avenue yesterday
WIN which 1t fondy hoped to advertise
@ tie pan II is going to give at the Murray
mn Lyceum, proved a cold, cold frost. The
"eather was cold, the public was cold
anu francesca, the hurdy-gurdy woman,
was extremely cold. Even the fires Of
No'es-lor-women enthusiasm which kept
MIS- John Rogers. jr., Miss Eleanor Bran
man, MISS Caroline Lexow and Miss La
Vlhla L. Dock busy every minute handing
out purple. green and white announcements
OF lhe ball to passers-by too cold to re-
celVe them, didn't serve to infuse any
warmth into the affair.
in vain did Francesca grind out "Therell
Be hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" ="
1t was a cold time in that part of the old
town where four valiant women were la
boring for "the cause" and not all their
valor could disguise the fact.
The party, consisting of the four women,
Francesca and the hurdy-gurdy and a
corps Of reporters and photographers,
started from the union Headquarters. at
No 46 East 29th street at $50 o'clock.
Francesca's main idea of earning her
money being to streak ahead, stop an /
streak ahead again, the consequence was
that the suffragettes and the hurdy-gurdy
they had hired to collect crowds were gen
orally about two blocks apart Stin, 4.
didn't really matter. because the public
simply wouldn't collect even when the
hurdy-gurdy stopped and played a tune.
The public was cold and wanted to get
home and what did a hurdy -gurdy mat
ter even if 1t did have purple, green ana
white thing Tapping around It, with let
ters on it?
At 25d street the reporters and photog-
raphers, who for some blocks had been
growing more and more disabled with
frozen toes. dropped out. But the four suf-
fraGettes kept nobly on, pressing purple,
green and white leaflets upon the hurryins
passersby, with Francesca, the feet-footed
grinding out THE Marseillaise" far in ad-
vance.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
WOMAN, FALLS FOUR STORIES
Widow of Lieutenant E. T. Pierce In
jured at Her Staten Island Home

Mrs. Mabel r. Pierce. widow of Lieuten-
ant Edward T. Pierce. y. S. A., was seri-
ously injured by falling from a window on
the fourth floor of her home at Richmond
Terrace and Rork street, New Brighton.
Staten Island. She was taken to the s. r..
Smith Infirmary, where ii was found that
her left leg was broken and that she was
suffering from internal injuries. The sur
cover.
SO far as could be learned, Mrs. Pierce
was raising the window sash when she
lost her balance and fell to the sidewalk.
The only person i'm the house with her
was her little son. His cries attracted the
attention of some of the neighbors, who
called an ambulance.
Mrs. Pierce is thirty-eight years old and
Is a daughter of Stuart Taylor, Of Man.
haitian, He and her sister went to the
hospital soon after the accident,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
MAY INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK
Lawyers Mortgage Company Expected
to Offer Melon" to Stockholders.

The directors OF the Lawyers Mortgage
Company, OF which Richard VI. Hurd Is
president, are expected at their next meet
ing to recommend to the stockholders an
increase I'm the capital stock, which is made
necessary by the growth Of the company's
business.
The present stock, upon which u per cent
dividends are paid each year, is 100000
and there is a surplus OF s2,5O0000. The
stock has recently advanced in marke.
price from 2eO to 29O, and it is the under
standing among the stockholders that the
new shares will he offered FOR subscription
at figure which will represent a hand
some "meon" for them.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
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New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Brockway Suggests Ending Civic
Life Instead.

Albany, Jan. 2.-Zenas r. Brockway'
former superintendent of the State Re
formatory at Elmira, agrees with Governor
Dix and Colonel Joseph +. Scott, Superin-
tendent of State Prisons, that capital pun
ishment in this state should be abolished.
Mr. Brockway goes further and suggests
that the civic. rather than the physical
life of murderers be obliterated.
Senator r. u. Sullivan, who has INTRO
duced a bill to abolish capital punishment
saws he will ask for an early hearing on
The measure.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
MORE STATE PATRONAGE OPEN
Governor Approves Exemption of Sew
eral Good Places.

Albany, Jan. Ex-Governor Dix to-day ap-
proved a resolution adopted by the State
Civil Service Commission placing four of
the eight supervising factory inspectors
created by an act of the Legislature last
year in the exempt classification and the
other four in the competitive schedule
The Governor also approved the action
of the commission in placing in the exempt
class four barge canal terminal division
engineers in the State Engineers Office and
several minor positions.