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Evening star., 1912-11-09
ADJUSTMENTS.
Semhrich Concert.

Perhaps none OF the great singers who
come TO Washington so easily draws a
representative and enthusiastic audience
as Mime. Marcelia Sembrich, with her
able accompanist Frank La Forge. And
certainly none is more gracious in re-
sponse to hearty appreciation of her
splendid voice and the rendition OF her
songs AS If to emphasize this generos-
ity of her nature. Nine. Sembricb at the
National Theater yesterday afternoon
gave her Washington admirers. an agree
able surprise In the introduction of Mr..
Gutia Casini mere youth, but one OF
the hest celists that ever charmed
Washington audience
The program disclosed discriminating
selection of exquisite musical numbers,
singer with those of Mr.. La Forge and
Mr. Casini so delightfully."- that the con-
cert will long be remembered.
Among the numbers OF Nine. Senbrich,
Dalcroze's 'L'oiseau bleu" and MIR. La
Forge's composition for her. Before the
Crucifix.' We're strongly impressive and
both were repeated in response to in
slstent applause. Her Grieg song, I'm
Kahne," and The Lass with the Deli
cate Air" also aroused much enthusiasm
the latter bringing as an encore Aren
sky's But Lovely in Dance, l Thee EN-
brace" with an exquisite cello obligato
But II seemed only necessary for Nine
Sembrich TO sing in order to arouse en-
core-compelling applause.
Mr. Casnis opening selection was
Dayidoff's Fantasy on Russian Songs.
but II was with Chopin's 'Nocturne ant
klengers '.Scherzo." the latter especially
that he convinced his audience OF hi:
fine talent and spirit of Interpretation
MIR La Forge. as always, was delightful
. both IN his solo numbers and his accom-
paniments. but MS own composition
..yalse de Concert" was easily his sta
number His encore to this number Wa
a nocturne in + sharp major, by Chopin.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
WILL CHASE MONEY DEVIL
House Inquiry Under Pujo May
Be Resumed About
November 20.

Pursuit of the money devil will be
resumed by Representative Pujo, chair
man. of the House committee on banking
and currency, on or about November 20
according to present plans Chairman
Pujo wired the clerk OF the committee yes
teriay that he would be in Washington
within ten days and that Samuel Inter
myer of New York. one of the attorneys
Of the committee. would be here at about
the same time.
Mr.. Pujo indicated November 20 as the
probable date for the resumption Of the
inquiry. No list Of witnesses has been
made public, but there is much talk Of
]. P. Morgan. William Rockefeller,
George W. Perkins and other financiers
of similar influence.
Representative Pujo will not return to
the next Congress and there Is considera-
BILE speculation as to who viii be the
chairman Of this committee. Democrats
in the House are at present divided as to
the methods which should be used In pur-
suing the inquiry. A radical element has
been urging methods which have been
termed sensational by more conservative
more than likely that the radical wing
will try to have one Of it's own men,
bers appointed at the head Of the COM
m!ttee.
Other legislative plans covering the en-
tire work of the short session will begin
to be formulated when Speaker Clark re-
turns to the city within ten days. Com
paratively little legislation beyond the
passing of the usual appropriation bills is
expected.
Six members of the House appropria-
tions committee are now on their way to
Panama to get a first-hand view Of the
needs of the canal, and the clerks of the
committee are building the framework
nf hills ub will ha ted n
the House.
The next Panama canal appropriation
bill may be the last one needed for finish
ing the work.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
GREEKS LOVE ROYAL NURSE.
Princess Andrew Alleviating Suffer
ings of the Soldiers.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. November 9.--Among the sew
eral royal women who are doing their
best to alleviate the sufferings of the
soldiers now fighting in the Balkans none
Is Better known here in Paris than
Princess Andrew of Greece, daughter of
Admiral Prince Louis Of Battenberg. who
has gone to the front as an ordinary
nurse.
The princess is enormously popular in
her own country, and her recent appeal
for aid for the wounded and the offer
of her own services as a nurse have
naturally made her more Of heroine
In Greece than ever. She is great
favorite with King George Of Greece.
Princess Alice was married when she
was only eighteen to Prince Andrew Of
Greece, and her husband also is taking
part In the war. The princess is no anna
teur nurse. for she has always been very
domesticated, and has studied nursing in
most of it's branches. Although some
what timid and retiring In ordinary. life,
she has very strong will, which will
enable her to witness the horrors of war
without f1inching from her sad duties.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
BIG HATS CASE IN COURT.
Decision as to Use in Berlin Thea
ters Awaited With Interest.
Special Cablegram to The Star,

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN, November 9.-The Berlin
courts are shortly to be the scene of
diverting litigation over the question of
big hats in theaters. \ burgher is suing
a we'll known playhouse for recovery of
money paid for seats. on the ground that
his partys view of the stage was obstruct-
ed by hats worn by women in front of
them. The women declined to remove
their headgear because only a few days
before the courts had repealed Police
President Won Zagows ukase making it a
mfsdemeanor to wear hats in boxes.
The decision in the case now Instituted
Is awaited with .breathless interest by the
German feminine world and millinery
trade The latter assert that if ladies
cannot wear big hats in theater boxes
the demand for them will vanish.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
Early Diplomats to Turkey.

From the London Chronicle.
Some of the early diplomats accredited
to Constantinople had unpleasant expe-
riences even in times Of peace. In 1913
the grand vfzier, having intercepted some
French dispatches. tried TO borrow the
cypher of the embassy. Delahaye. the
first secretary. who refused to accede to
this request was tGrown into prison,
where he was bastinadoed and all his
teeth We're broken. Louis XIV was then
at the height of his power, yet no re-
prisals were made for this treatment of
his representative.
Until the middle of the eighteenth CEN
tury the foreign ENJOYS in Constantinople
We're under close supervision. They We're
forbidden to visit one another's houses
or TO meet elsewhere. When q protest
was lodged against this restriction the
Grand Vizier Sokoli replied. "You can
jabber together as much as you like
when you return to Christendom, but we
will not have you plotting among your
selves here"
Evening star., 1912-11-09
new DESIGN IS SHOWN
FOR BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Doubtful if It Will Commend Itself
to Either Lay or Profes-
sional Opinion.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON, November I. 1912.
Sir Aston Webb's design for the new ia
cade on the front Of Buckingham palace Is
shown at the royal commissions house. It
is development of the facade suggested
in his scheme for the laying out of the
Queen victorfal memorial. Portland stone
is to be used, and the size and positions Of
the windows are not to be altered. One
Of the chief objections to the present
front is the arched opening over the CEN
trail feature. which gives a restless back
ground to the white, soaring Victoria
memorial.
Sir Aston Webb has attempted to make
the new facade quieter and more dignl-
fed in outline and to crown the building
with long uninterrupted cornice. rais-
ing the height Of the facade suff1clentiy
to hide the general roofs and CHIMNEY
stacks. He has sought to give quiet
English renaissance feeling which 1t is
hoped will bring it more into keeping
with NaSh's work in the remainder of the
palace. and suitably express the charac-
ter and purpose Of the building. These
remarks are from an official statement.
1t is hoped that the work Will De nm
ished by next october.
"March of the Orders"
What strikes one first about the design
Is that the architect has Joined the
march, Of the orders which is proceeding
all. over the considerable new buildings
of London. The pilasters, except in the
center and two side bays, have plain
surface below the balcony on which they
stand, and SO seem to be bearing down
on rather feeble base, while the little
oblong windows on the meZzanine 11oor
emphasize this, as they seem to be about
to be squeezed out Of existence. Then
the tremendously attic story. which ruins
the domestic character of the rest of the
building. seems to be pressing the whole
edffice down into the earth.
Criticism would chiefly be directed on
this heavy attic story and on the poverty
of invention shown In the three bays,
which are almost replicas of one another.
One possibility would have been to con-
centrate the attention on the two end
bays and to have connected them with
q long simple screen. which would thus
have offered the most effective back
ground to the memorial 1t is very
doubtful If the new design will commend
itself greatly either to lay or profess
sional opinion, although it Is unfair to
say-as one architect put 1t today-that
1t confirms our worst fears"
Evening star., 1912-11-09
OLD PLAN IS REVIVED
TO CROSS THE CHANNEL
Time Between London and
Paris May Be Reduced to
Three and Half Hours.
Special Cablesram to The Star.

Special Cablesram to The Star.
LONDON. November 9.-The American
who, some time ago., when asked to say
what he liked best about London. with
out a moments hesitation replied that
what delighted him most was that you
were able to reach Paris in seven hours,
will be still more delighted to hear that
before many months pass he will be able
to make his way from gloomy London to
ia Vile lumiere' in half that time. for
two schemes are now being debated here
with considerable iveliness.
One is the channel tunnel and the other
the channel train ferry, which takes
whole train on board, steams across the
water and passes it onto the railway on
the other side. This system has gained
prominence recently owing to the great
success which has attended it's introduc-
ton in various parts of the world. The
ferry between Sweden and Germany car
ries trains more than sixty miles across
the Baltic
The Channel Ferry Company will have
an influential directorate, and certain of
the directors of the railway companies
interested are likely to be on the board
should the railways view the scheme with
friendly eye. It is agreed that the
great increase in traffic which, 1t has
been proved, results from the construc-
ton of such ferries will lead them to
encourage the scheme and give it imam
cial support.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
URGENT NEED OF FUNDS
BY AMERICAN RED CROSS
Miss Boardman Issues Appeal
for Aid in Work of Relief
in Turkey.

Miss Mabel Boardman, resident director
of the international committee of the
American Red Cross, today issued a sec
ond urgent appeal to the citizens Of the
country for funds to aid in the relief
work in Turkey. The American Red
Cross several days ago issued general
appeal to the country for contributions
10 the relief fund. but Developments since
that time have been so rapid as to make
additional funds necessary
In a communication Miss Boardman
saws It is not generally known that dur
ing the Spanish-American war the Red
Cross societies of European countries con-
tributed funds for the relief OF the wound
cd in that conflict.
Money Americas Agent.
we are too far away from the scene of
the present war to send doctors. nurses
and hospital supplies" said Mss Board
man. but we can send money to pur-
chase the needed supplies. Let the people
of this country give generously, both for
humanty's sake and to show our graft
tude for what was done for us
Adyices have been received at the head
quarters of the American Red Cross that
the money sent by the organization, as
we'll as that contributed by Americans
in Constantinople. is exhausted. and that
money Is urgently needed for lie relief or
the thousands of sick and wounded SOL
diers on both sides in the war.
The International. Red Cross committee
at Geneva, Switzerland, and the Red Cross
societies of Bulgaria. Servia. Greece and
Montenegro. as wen as the Red Crescent
Society of Turkey, have Joined in world
wide appeal for aid. the organizations In
Europe having already sent large quanti-
ties of hospital supplies and numbers OF
surgeons and nurses.
Action by State Department.
At the request Of Miss Boardman, the
State Department has cabled the Amer
ican ministers in the foreign countries
engaged in the war to gather as nearly
as possible the number of sick and
wounded soldiers OF each nationality who
need attention The desire Is TO divide
the funds sent by the American Red
Cross SO that they will be given according
to the needs of the sufferers.
Contributions should, it is stated. be
sent to the American Red Cross, or to
Howard s Reeside, American Security
and Trust Company. Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
TWO ACCIDENTS REPORTED.
Auto Strikes Bicyclist and Street
Cars Collide,

Reports OF two accidents at Pennsyl-
yania avenue and 9th street northwest
we're made by the police of the first pre-
cinct last night. About $50 O'Clock in
the afternoon an automobile belonging 10
t,eorge Boyd, Pan-American building.
struck a bicycle ridden by Elmer Parks.
The bicycle was damaged, put faIhs
'e.can ned injury Five hours later two
streef cars were in collision on the cross
,n: and kyere slightly damaged.
Evening star., 1912-11-09

join the Northern of France, which
would be electrified up to that point.
The tunnel will consist of three tubes,
the spare one being used to enable the
efficient maintenance of the other two,
with which 1t will connect at frequent in
tervals. 1t will be lighted by electricity
and we'll ventilated from the top of the
Downs, the air being filtered and ozonized
Electric trains will run at a speed or
seventy-fi miles an hour, reducing the
time of passage between London and
Paris to three hours and a half.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
Seeks Lower Freight Rates.

The Proprietary Association OF America.
comprising drug interests in New York.
argued before the interstate commerce
commission yesterday for freight tarin
from the New York Central and other
roads on almanacs for free distribution
Evening star., 1912-11-09
Grandest Statue in Hall.

The battered king statue is the grand
est one in the hall. Below him is the
gnostly row of kings done with the petty
realism of the modern age. Immediately
under his blind majesty's gaze Is the
broad face, cynicallX furrowed. of the
Merry Monarch The unknown king
towers over these people like a visitant
from ampler times The policeman who
tries 20 keep cheerful whil pacing the
vast hall was asked for his opinion of
the statue. "Oh, a decent sort Of old
thing!' he said.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
WILL NOT LICK STAMPS,
THEREFORE PAYS FINE
British Peer Refuses to Comply
With New Insurance Law Enact
ed by Parliament.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, November /, 1912.
The first lordly victim of the new in
surance act is Lord Mowbray, Segrave
and Stourton. in Yorkshire, who has just
been fined $50 and costs because he won t
lick stamps He has a lot OF men
working on his place and when the first
quarter expired and the time for return
ing workmen's cards arrived not one OF
his men had any stamps on the cards.
Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton de-
clared in court that he objected to being
made a tax collector for the working
people of the country. 1t is singular
thing that one of his ancestors was re-
warded a couple of hundred years ago
for the service he objects to.
Title Is Three-Decker.
His lordship's title is three-decked; he
Is the twenty-fourth Baron Mowbray and
the twenty-fifth Baron Segrave and the
twenty-first Baron Stourton. AS Mowbray
he claims to be placed premier baron
Of England. He also claimed the earldom
Of Norfolk six years ago. but the COM
mittee of privileges of the house OF ioros
decided against him.
He is Roman IdluOilc, anu tilc 1ou6
roll Of his family has unhappier events
than being fined inscribed upon 1t. Baron
Mowbray No. > was executed at YORK
in 1882 for joining the Workman rising.
The seventh baron was beheaded In the
same city for joining Scrope's rebellion
against Henry " No. IL in the line be-
came Duke of Norfolk and was killed at
Bosworth Field. and the fifteenth Now
bray was executed for high treason.
Belongs to Anti-Tax Society.
Two years ago the present peer ac-
cepted the presidency of the West Rid
ing Land and Property Owners Defense
Association, whose object is s,primaTy the
protection of it's members Against the
taxation imposed by the finance act OF
| 1910" AS bearing on his objection to act
as tax collector. it is worth noting that
| it was his ancestor. Edward, the sixth
\ Baron Stourton, who was appointed by
act of parliament a justice of the peace
for assessing and collecting E16S.O0O by
| poll tax.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
Convenience to Passengers.

To passengers the advantage Of the arr
rangement is that they are not turned out
of the train to the ship and then from
the ship to the train again, while natur-
ally much time is saved in the absence
Of the transference of baggage.
The revival of the channel tunnel
scheme emphasizes the enormous advance
made In railway working of late years.
One of the great difficulties which for
merly had to be faced was the matter OF
ventilation and the disposal of smoke.
This problem has been solved by the per-
fecting of electric traction and by the
advance in the science of ventilation, by
means Of which ozone is electrically dis
charged into the air.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
Plan New Railway Line.

The new tunnel scheme involves the
building Of new line on this side of
the channel from London to Dover, the
construction Of the tunnel. and line
from Calais to Amiens, where 1t would
Evening star., 1912-11-09

lower than the freight on publications not
for free issue. 1t contended that the al
manacs were designed to create business,
with resulting freight traffic. The COM
mission reserved it's decision.
Evening star., 1912-11-09

The Baltimore Roofing and Asbestos
Manufacturing Company is preparing To
erect a large factory near the Finksburg
station. Md, of the Western Maryland
railway in Carroll county.
Evening star., 1912-11-09

| "I wish that old codger would give me
! a tip on the stock market" "If he
| should do SO, you'd next be wishing you
| knew whether the tip was straight or
| not."-Louisvilile Courier-Journal.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
Newspaper Waits.

From the Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Knagg-You always act like a
fool.
Mr.. Knagg-wel. always follow. your
advice, don't I?
Evening star., 1912-11-09
WSCOUNT PEEL'S DEATH |
REMOVES NOTED FIGURE
Last of OF d0rder of Speakers
That Ruled Commons With
Rod of Iron.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


LONDON, November 1, 1912.
The death Of Viscount Peel removes the
last Of the old order of speakers who
ruled parliament with a rod OF iron.
Those who were members of the house of
commons during Mr.. Peers speakership
never ceased to regard him with awe. His
dignitied and rather stern appearance,
his high sense of the greatness of the
house and of his own position, his anger
about breaches of order and the severity
of his rebukes produced upon members
a wholesale and useful feeling. and it
clung to them after he left the chair and
went to the crimson benches.
If Mr.. Speaker Gully ruled by law and
Mr.. Lowther rules by tact and humor.
Mr.. Feel ruled by certain austere i'm
presSiveness. He was immensely pic
turesque in figure and demeanor. with
the dark face against the wig. Parlia-
mentarians with long memories can recall
few incidents SO thrilling as his call to
the chair in 1884. To members of the 1850
parliament he was little known. for he
had been only short time in Mr.. Glad
stones second government and his voice
was unfamiliar. But when he stood on
the steps of the chair, tall and stately,
and in sonorous voice expounded lofty
ideal of what speaker should be- he
took the house by storm. From the first
he established his authority, and main
tained it to the last.
The eleven years during which Mr.
Speaker Peel occupied the chair We're
years of political storm and of revolution
in the house of commons. His firmness
and fairness We're tested in many passion
ate debates and noisy scenes associated
with the Irish resistance to coercion and
the struggles of the liberal unionists and
Mr.. Gladstone's followers. The closure
was perfected during his speakership
and he saw the "guillotine introduced
by w. H. Smith.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
Puzzles the Experts.

The experts are puzzled over his his
tory. He stood in Westminster Hall for
many centuries side by side with other
stone kings. and all were udied away
by the government in 1885, when the
Architectural Association petitioned to be
allowed to exhibit them In their museum.
Recently it occurred to Lord Beauchamp
to try the effect of bringing them back.
Several Of the beautiful Gothic windows
are blind, forming inches suitable for
statues, and all the old forgotten kings
may take their place in them.
This first one is beautiful parsonage.
No one knows what king he is or whether
we see merely an ideal figure of mai
esty. but it is certain that the statue
is the work Of some fine fourteenth CEN
tury craftsman.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
Needed Strong Man.

A man of exceptional character was re-
quired to rule the house in those times
of fierce excitement and to assure all
parties Of the absolute impartiaHty of the
chair The relations between Mr.. Glad
stone and the son of the great Sir Robert
were of an almost affectionate character,
but Mr.. Peel, with all his respect for the
liberal chief, sharply called even him to
order.
Once or twice the liberals complained Of
his rulings, but they never lost con-
fidence in him. The completeness of his
authority was proved on that riOtous
night in 1893, when members used their
fists against each other. The house had
passed out of the control of the chairman
Of the committee and had become so dis
orderly that the strangers in the gallery
Kissed their representatives, but when Mr..
Speaker Peel arrived and cast an angry
glance on the scene members settled in
their seats and silence fell on all That
was remarkable triumph of the moral
power of Mr.. Peel.
Lord Peers two daughters are con-
elder daughter married Rochfort Ma
guire, sometime a nationalist member of
parliament for North Donegal. Their
house in Cleveland square. off st. James
street, is one Of the most sumptuous So
cial centers in London. The second
daughter married C. Sidney Goldman, the
unionist member for Penryn and Fal-
mouth. Their London home is that beau
tiful Queen Anne house in Chiswick Hall
where Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree used to
live.
Evening star., 1912-11-09
STONE STATUE OF KING
IN WESTMINSTER HALL
Placed in Gloomy Niche High in
Wall Above the House
Entrance.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON, November /, 1912
Members showing constituents the
lions of Westminster have now a new
wonder in their program. Pausing half
way down Westminster Hall, they direct
attention to a gloomy niche, high in the
wall over the private entrance to the
house. In that niche. dimly deserted,
is gray stone statue Of a king, which
has just been taken out Of the Architec-
tural Museum on Tuition street and
perched aloft. There is a heavy crown
upon his head. over long flowing hair; the
beard is rippled and majestic. In his left
hand he holds the orb, but the sceptre
hand Is gone. The old king broods over
the hall of kings.