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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDBR JOHNSON.
A Transposition.

There is one thing I cannot under
stand" said the student Of theology.
What Is that" inquired the professor
why Moses, the lawgiver. should be
called the meekest of men, while Sol
ONION, with hundreds Of wives, was called
the wisest.''
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MI. Hitchcock may feel impelled to
put forward another government own
ership suggestion in order to keep
peace between the telegraph COM
panies
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fine large canal through the 18TH
mus ought to suggest the propriety
Of having enough American battle
ships to make it appear useful in an
emergency.
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Secretary Knox has an opportunity
to demonstrate that as promoter OF
friendly relations with the smaller
American republics he Is well up in
the Same class with Mr.. Root.
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The attitude Of Mr.. Bryan IL that Of
a great editor who feels grateful that
he may support any democratic candi-
date without bein1 called on.
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Rebellion develops 80 frequently In
Mex1oo that 1t may be difficult for the
rebels to avoid being on both sides Of
every public question at one time or
another.
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Admiration.

why are you talking with such con-
tinual admiration of the Mona Lisa"
Because" replied the man who is tired
Of paying alimony. "she was SO easy to
lose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25

Mexico shows signs Of determine
ton to shove the doctrine OF rotation
In office into high speed whether 1t
skids or not
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01n order 10 avoid delays on account Of
personal absence letters to THE STAR should
not be addressed to any individual connected
with the ofaoe: but simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial or Business Department, according
to tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25

The hat that Mr.. Roosevelt threw
into the ring Is absolutely unrelated
to the cooked hat mentioned by Mr..
Wilson.
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The Italians and Turks continue to
exist in absolute indifference to the
fact that there is such bird as the
dove of peace.
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That houn' dawg Missouri Is singing
about has almost as hard a time as the
st. Louis ball club.
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The Tea Problem.
"Is tea harmful"

Sometimes it drives man from
home.' replied Mr. Cumrox. solemnly. 1T
all depends on whether your wife Is con-
tent to drink 1t or insist on giving one"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25

Mr.. Shuster cannot help admitting
that Russia did a rather smart thing
in getting him out Of Persia
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erecting a medical hall which
Building should contain necessary meet
n4 ing and social rooms. and. es-
IIOJcct' pecially. library. AS far
back as 1865 such q building was con-
templated, at least, by DR.. ] M. Toner.
who, in an address, spoke Of the need Of
a medical library and museum. He pro-
posed to raise $4,000 for the purpose, and
a committee was formed to consider the
matter Nothing definite was done. how
ever. until the following year, when a
stock company was formed. Nearly
$35, 600 was raised. Ground was purchased
at the corner of 10th and r streets. In
January, 1860, the building had been erect
ed, and the hall was inaugurated. Unex-
pected complications arose, however, and
tho building was transferred to the stock
holders. Then In 1893 the matter was
again brought to the attention Of the
society. It was again proposed to form
q stock company, and the matter went
as far as raising some Of the money. It
was not enough. however. and again the
plan was abandoned. The desire for q
hall. nevertheless, was not dead. and
there is now a movement on foot to Sc
cure the long-cherished medical hail."
A fund Of GOO is being raised, which,
it is hoped, will eventually result in Sc
curing what has been attempted these
many years.
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The 9th Of July, 1700. the Congress Of
the United States passed law establish
Ing the seat OF the national government
on the banks Of the Potomac
Oldest river. The 10th Of the same
c.o:.4~r month the law was approx
SA~SS' ed by President George
Washington. September 10, 1893, Presi-
dent Washington laid the corner stone
Of the United States Capitol, and the
third Monday In November, 1900. Con-
gress began tts first session in the "city
Of Washington
Washington, the National Capital, had
been born. From that time on the va
rious professions. trades and institutions
which go to make q city began to grow.
In 1915. according to one authority on
the subject, there were but nine physi-
clans and two apothecaries in the city.
And yet two years later sixteen men
met together to form what Is today the
Oldest scientific society in the city-the
Medical Society OF the District Of Co
lumbia.
Ninety-three years old. this society to-
day numbers nearly six hundred MEM
bers. and Is one of the most powerful or
ing the men who will stand at the head
of the society for the year were elected,
as follows: j. B. Nichols, president; J..
r. Wellington. first vice president; w. M
Sprigg, second vice president: H. c. Ma
catee, recording secretary: I. c. Smith,
corresponding secretary; c. w. Franzoni,
treasurer; G. Wythe Cook, delegate to
house Of delegates, American Medical AS
ISOLATION.
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Better feeling prevailed. however,
couple of years later, and the meetings
were held regularly and
Forfeiture active work UNDER
c taken. But in 1888
VI OAIeaA case came up involving
the powers and privileges of the society,
and then it was learned that the charter
had been forfeited through neglect of
duty. At that time all but seven Of the
original incorporates were dead or had
left the city. Those. however, that re-
manned, with fourteen others who had
Joined the society. petitioned Congress
for revival of the charter with amend
ments. This was granted, and on July Z.
1888, was approved by President Van
Buren,. The second charter was largely
similar to the first. Since that time the
society has not failed to meet. to elect
officers, with the possible exception OF
those years during the civil war.
During its existence the society has met
at many different places. Following its
incorporation 1t met at Strother's Hotel.
the present site Of the New Willard HO-
tel. Later the society went wandering
about, and met wherever 1t could find &C
commodations" That state of affairs has
practically existed throughout its exist
ence. the meetings being held at the pres
emf time at the medical department Of
George Washington University.
The local Medical Society has always
taken al important place In connection
with national and international societies.
As early as 1919 delegation from the
society was elected to a convention OF
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To Fight
Fakes.


clans themselves. Consequently, those
who attended that first meeting resolved,
that the physicians attending this meet
ing deem 1t important and expedient to
organize at once a society in the Dis
trict for the promotion of medical
science"
A committee Of seven was selected to
draft q constitution and bylaws In a
little less than two months the committee
reported, and after amendments and
changes the Constitution was adopted
The first officers were elected January 5,
1918. AS far as professional improve
ment was concerned, the expectations of
but the expected relief from charlatans
did not come. And SO the conclusion was
finally reached that some law must be
passed prohibiting any but competent
physicians from practicing. Accordingly,
twenty-one members applied to Congress
in 1878 for charter. This was granted,
and approved by President Monroe Feb
ruary 16, 1919. It is from this date that
the Medical Society counts its beginning.
But even after the granting Of the char
ter trouble arose. This was a dispute as
to the need Of licensing body, as the
charter had provided that the diploma
from medical college was all that was
required in order to practice This state
of affairs did not prevail, however, until
the early twenties. while from 1925 to
1880 an effort was made by some of the
physicians to organize another medical
society. The effort failed, but not be-
fore It had affected the real Medical So
ciety. This Is shown from the fact that
for two years the attendance was SO
small that not even an election OF Off
GERS took place.
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Object of
Organization.

6Non' lateral branches Of the
science" But the actual work which the
society has done Is far broader than the
field thus Indicated, as many of the most
important movements in Washington have
been aided by the organization From
the struggling few back there In 1915 the
number Of physicians today registered at
the health office exceeds 1,5OO. while near
~ 100 dentists and over 600 pharmacists
also carry on their trade here. And in
all the movements which have arisen
from this growth the Medical Society has
taken an active interest.
As for that first meeting in 1917, when
the Idea was born. it can best be told in
the words of DR.. w. w. Johnston, one OF
the historians Of the society.
In small hotel or tavern" he says.
called Tennison's, situated on Pennsyl-
vania avenue near 14th street, on the
morning Of September %, 1917, at IL
o'clock, there were gathered sixteen men.
They formed an interesting group
as they sat there. They were the
descendants Of that better class of
settlers who came to America, some in
the spirit OF adventure (the old world
being too narrow for their ambition),
some for conscience sake, seeking a
new home from political or religious
disanection. but bringing with them
the tastes. the courtesies and much of
the wealth of the old European life.
Their names, too, tell us Of what stock
they came-Worthington, Warfield,
Henderson, Blake, McWilliams, Nc
Mahon. are the same race which has
emergency in Europe or America"
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The death Of Count Alois Leka Won
Aehrenthal Austrian minister Of foreign
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Entered second-class mail matter at the post
Office at Washington d. G..
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It will be borne In mind that the reict
stag is only a consulting assembly an
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President Lincoln's second son. William
died the Goth Of February, 1852. Of ty-
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The Senate having passed the Washing
ton and Georgetown street railway bill,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-07
SPORT.

The Colorado School of Mines foot
ball team defeated Pomona college by
13 to 0, at Pomona, Cal
Richard Frayne, an aeronaut, fell O.
900 feet at Jacksonville, Fla, and was
instantly killed. Three thousand per-
sons witnessed the accident.
Sir Thomas Johnstone Lpton-the
Irish yachtsman, three times defeated
in the race for Americas cup, still as
Lires to lift the trophy for England
from whom it was wrested over half
q century ago. \
The pennant-winning Grizzlies made
more hits than any team in the West.
srn league during the 1912 season.
They also went to the bat more times
than any other club with the exception
of st. Joseph. The Bears got 129 three
base hits, which was twenty-five more
than any other team in the league.
The players on the Denver team con-
nected 1853 times, fifty-four of the hits
being good for home runs, which was
the greatest number made by any team
in the Western league during the 1912
season.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-07
WASHINGTON.

President Taft has appointed George
D. Rockhold postmaster at Dallas,
Tex, to succeed Sloan Simpson
Constitutionalty OF the newspaper
publicity" section of the 1912 postal ap-
propriation act was up for oral argu
ment before the Supreme Court.
Decisions in many OF the one hun
drod and one cases which are under
consideration by the U. S. Supreme
Court are expected to be announced
soon.
The first bill introduced in the
House was one by Representative de
Forest, New York, to pension former
Presidents and widows of former
Presidents.
With its recent defeat at the New
York Horse Show fresh in mind, the
United States army will begin active
work in bettering its mounts by sci
entific breeding.
Estimates for running the govern.
ment during fiscal year of 1914 sub
mitted by secretary of the treas
ury aggregate sS23,415,455, an in
crease Of s72,07S,24s over 1913, and in
ciude s56,766,692 for river and harbor
improvements.
To President-elect Wilson will be
left the task of determining whether
the tariff alone is to be considered at
the special session OF Congress next
spring or whether special legislation
shall be taken up or whet ther the tariff
is to be revised as whole in sin
gle bill, or by schedule, one section
at a time.
Schaefelysky De Mukkadel de Cas-.
tellane Seymour. a relative of the IA
nous Castellane family of France. lit
terateur, cosmopolite and one-time
dentist to his highness, the Bey of
Tunis, has arrived in Washington In
search of an American wife, with
whom he says he can win a fortm. e
Of s150,000 On Jan. l next.
/ When the Senate reconvened Mon
| day for the short session, several IA.
miliar faces were missed. Vice Pres
ident Sherman. Senator Isidor Rayner
and Senator Hepburn have died.
! The shaouw of death hung over the
Senate when 1t convened to begin the
/ final session Of tbs present Congress.
Out of respect to the memory OF Vice
President Sherman, Senator Rayner
| and Senator Hepburn, all of whom
dled during .ne brief rece SIS, adjourn
ment was ,aken almost Immediately
after Senator Bacon, the presiding Of
I ficer. called the chamber to order.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-07
RESERVOIR
FILLED FROM CANAL FIVE MILES
IN LENGTH.
Covers $500 and Will Reclaim $4,000
Acre@Cost About $7,oooooo.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Merino, Colo-By the completion OF
he Prewitt reservoir, four miles south
Of here, a part of Logan county VIII
be watered which in time will be rich
igriculturally. Following acceptance
Of the reservoir by the Prewitt Land
& Reservoir Company. subsidiary or
The Great Western Sugar Company,
he waters of the South Platte river
were diverted into the intake canal
and in less than five hours time water
was gushing upon what had been an
arid tract. The reservoir is expected
20 be filled for service in 1913. The
Prewitt reservoir will reclaim more
han 100000 acres. 1t is filled from
he South Platte through a canal five
miles in length. The reservoir covers
2,300 acres and was built at cost OF
about 100000. The district is well
settled and the land in it worth s85
to $50 an acre, making the bonds the
choicest of irrigation securities.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-07
FOREIGN.

A formal armistice for a fortnight is
now within sight. according to an Of
fical announcement made at Constan-
tinople.
War between China and Russia may
be expected to break out any day, it
was asserted by well informed foreign
ers at Pekin.
The meetings of the peace delegates
Lave been held near the bridge span
ming the river Karasu. between Cha
talja and Hademkeui.
Crown Prince Danilo of Montenegro
has been seriously wounded, according
to a Rieka report to the Matin. He
received his wounds in an assault on
the Turkish position dominating Sou
tari.
The one salient feature of the Bal
kan situation is the statement OF Beth
mann Hollweg, the German chancellor,
to the effect that Germany is back of
Austria and that any attempt to de-
prive the dual kingdom" OF Justice
means war with the battalions of the
kaiser backing Francis Joseph.
The Turkish harems have been con.
siderably depleted since the Ottoman
capital has been threatened by the
Bulgarian army. Many Of the educat-
ed women belonging to the establish.
ments of Turkish personages of high
rank have taken advantage of the un-
settled conditions in Constantinople to
escape from the harems and proceed
to western Europe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-07
Minor Mention.

! Minor Mention.
Ex-Governor c. S. Thomas delivered
an address at Boulder.
Clyde NJ. Blanchard, OF Fowler, died
from morphine poisoning.
A meeting Of potato growers will be
held in Denver on January %.
The law prohibiting the sale OF al
grettes became effective December /.
| A forest fire is raging on Mount
Harvard. eight miles west of Buena
| Vista.
The Denver lodge. No. Al, Knights
of Pythias. held its annual ball at Ell
Jebel Temple.
/ The public schools OF Walsenburg
have been closed on account Of an epi.
demic of scarlet fever.
Postoffice Inspector w. E. Cochran
has been called upon to settle a. fight
rora.
James II. Conklin was the victim of
a peculiar accident at Grand Junction
when he pulled off his coat and broke
his collar-Done.
w. B. Bamberger of Baltimore, Nd,
has been informed by City Clerk Otto
Thum that in Colorado man cannot
marry his sisters daughter.
Word has been received that W. II.
Williams. wen known in Denver. who
was stricken with heart trouble at
Ardmore, Okla. die as result of the
attack.
A call has been sent out for the
third annual convention Nof the Colo
RADIO Good Roads Association, to be
held in Denver during the second
week in Januar.
While working in laundry at Eaton
Mrs. A. Baker and Miss Anna Rhoades
were overcome by gas fumes and but
for the timely arrival of a doctor
would have died.
Word was received in Denver of the
death of Samuel A. Wolcott, father of
Roger II. Wolcott and brother OF the
late Senator Edward o. Wolcott, at
his home ic New London, Conn.
Mrs. II. D. Patrick of Denver, re-
ceived a letter from her son, Albert
T. Patrick, the first since his release
from the New York prison. In this
letter Patrick declares that he will
see his mother soon.
Miss Dorothy Londoner. 10. of Den
yer, although of legal age under the
laws of Colorado. must have a guar
dian to act until she reaches the age
of 21 in order that she may share in
the benefits of the 100000 insurance
left by her father, the late Wolfe
Londoner.
An unconditional pardon was grant
ed Roscoe Sheldon by the governing
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-07
W WESTERN.

Fletcher Preston, who claims Salt
Lake as his residence, was arrested
after offering, in the presence OF Two
detectives, to put away Alfred oor-
enson for 5000.
William ]. Burns story of his pur-
suit of the McNamaras and ortie Z.
McManigal after the Los Angeles
Times explosion was told by him at
the dynamite conspiracy trial at In
dianapolis.
James Burke, partner OF James Mar
shall, who first discovered gold in Cal
ifornia and said to be the last of the
party that was with Marshall, died at
his home south of Reno, New, aged
eighty-two.
The constitutional amendment pro-
viding woman suffrage in Michigan
was defeated by 594 votes, according
to figures compiled in the secretary of
states office at Lansing from every
county in Michigan
Judge William W. Morrow of the
United States Circuit Court OF Ap-
reals. announced at San Francisco
that he will retire from the bench on
his 10th birthday, next July. He came
to California in 1859.
This is not my farewell to your
beautiful America" were the words of
Sarah Bernhard as she stepped off La
Savoie from Europe. with her com
pany, at New York, for vaudeville
tour of the United States.
The highest price ever paid for
steers in the open market was reached
in Chicago when ten Angus yearlings
were bought in at $l2 per 100 for the
Eastern trade. The highest previous
price was $1105 on October %.
A telegram of congratulation from
Mrs. John Jacob Astor was received
by Mrs. Adele Nazrallah of Cleveland
Ohio, a humble member OF the loca
Syrian colony, who was widowed by
the Titanic disaster, and who has just
become a mother. Hers is the third
Titanic baby. 1t is girl.
A mystery which bids fair to equal
the famous Kimmel case is that OF
Fred Fisher of Homer. Mich, who dis
appeared in Chicago about three years
ago. A man has come forward claim
ing he is Fisher and demands the
property which is awaiting for Fisher
or his heirs. Another point in com
mon with the Kimmel case is the fact
that the home Of Kimmel was in Niles
Mich, while the man who SAYS he is
Fisher is also located in that city.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-07
SNEEp AND WIFE RECONClLED.
Man Acquitted Of the Murder Of A. G.
Boyce Visiting at Calvert.

Fort Worth, Tex.-John Beal Sneed,
acquitted of the murder of A. G.
Boyce, has become reconciled to his
wife, whose elopement with AL Boyce
brought about the killing of the
Boyces, father and son. Sneed and
his wife have left for visit to Cal
vert
j. d. Crane. foreman of the jury,
said, regarding the verdict: We freed
Snse1 simply because this is Texas.
In Texas. We believe in the protection
of the home at any cost-even il
killing the person responsible for
the wrecking of a home is nee
essary"
Ii was learned that the verdict of
acquttal was reached on the second
ballot On the first ballot it is said
that eleven jurors voted for acquittal
and but one for conviction.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-07
GE N e RAL.

Mail for Santa Claus is already pit
ing up in the New York postoffice,
over 100 letters of this character hav-
weeks.
Half a dozen slim, graceful, beard
less and small-footed detectives were
selected at Chicago to be dressed up
in women's clothes with muffs and
tempting looking purses. to decoy the
army of purse-snatchers that have de-
scended on that city.
The new parcels post law will be ef-
fective January /, 1913. 1t divides the
area to be covered into eight postal
zones, the parcels rate to each Of
which will vary according to the dis
tance 1t also will increase the weight
limit from four to eleven pounds.
The young man who Is oscillating
regarding the selection Of a vocation
should seek the solution in his pros
pective mate, according to Professor
w. c. Bagley OF the University Of H.
linois, who sets greater store by influ-
ences Of environment as the measure
of mans success in life than physi-
cal or mental taste.
From the day George Washington
was inaugurated the first President of
the United States only seven Presi-
dents have been inducted into office
on March 4th under favorable weather
conditions. They are: Adams in 1897;
jefferson in 1901; Madison in 1909:
Jackson in 1929; Van Buren, in 1897;
Buchanan in 1857 Mckinley in 1897.
In all other cases the weather has
been disagreeable, mostly rain and
snow.
The battleship Wyoming was pre-
sented with a handsome silver service
by Governor Joseph NJ. Carey of Wyo-
ming on behalf of Governor and Mrs,
Carey at New York.
H. w. Parker, former cashier of the
Bank of Commerce, Winnebago, Mimi.
in signed confession at West Point.
Ga. admitted shortage of $4,000 in
his accounts. told of his flight from
the Minnesota city where he left a
wife and three children, and of his
marriage in Georgia to Miss Florence
Bauer, Cleveland actress, and later
ATTEMPT at suicide.