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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
MOTHERS CLUB MEETING.
Union Had Charge Of
Program for the Day.

The January meeting of the Mothers
Club of the W. c. T. U. was held We'd
nesday evening at headquarters, sd 9th
street northwest. with the president, Mrs.
Edward L. Richardson, presiding. Mrs.
Runyan of LIE Droit Union conducted the
devotional exercises. Letters of condol-
ence were ordered sent Mrs G. L. Lou
denslager and Mrs j. w. Allison.
Southwest Union, with Mrs. w. P. Fow-
Ter as hostess. was in charge of the pro-
gram. and Mrs Louise III. EARL, superin-
tendent of social and red letter days OF
the District. explained that the cluD was
in this way remembering Nine. Willard s
birthday. Mrs. w. l.. De Riemer, the
founder of this Mothers Club. gave In
teresting remarks. as also did Mrs. Ellen
A. vinton. president of Collegiate Alum
nae Association. Mr.. Crawford, pastor OF
the Gorsuch NJ. f. Church, was another
interesting speaker.
Mrs. Nellie Savage read selection and
the program closed with a piano solo by
Mrs. Donaldson.
A question box added much to the after
Moons enjoyment Refreshments were
served by Southwest Union
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
JACKSON DAY BANQUET
TOPICS ARE ANNOUNCED
Chairman Mack Will Open
and Mr.. Bryan Close
the Speaking.

The subjects to be discussed by the
speakers at the jackson day banquet
next Monday night at the Raleigh Ho-
tel were announced at meeting Of the
banquet committee last night as follows:
Chairman Norman f. Mack Of the ma
tional committee, "A Word From the
Chairman: Representative James T.
Lloyd of Missouri. THE Democratic Con-
Committee; Judge Alton B.
Parker of New York, Some Conditions
Of Success; former Gov. Joseph w. Folk
of Missouri. "Transmississippi Democ-
racy"; Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey. Democracy, Past and Future:
Senator John w. Kern of Indiana, Jack
sonian Democracy; William r. Hearst
of New York, 1.-The Beauty of a Demo-
craft; Speaker Champ Clark. Demo-
cratic Success and How to Achieve IT,;
Senator Charles F. johnson Of Maine,
New England Democracy: Senator At
lee PomeTene of Ohio. Buckeye Democ-
racy"; Senator Robert L. Taylor, .'Old
Senator Francis B. Newlands,
Constructive Democracy: William J..
Bryan. THE Passing of Plutocracy''
committeeman from the District, will
welcome the guests, and Senator OGor-
man Of New York will be POSTMASTER.
Mr.. Newman, chairman of the dinner
committee, said that Mr.. Bryan had been
placed last on the list OF speakers be-
cause he was q drawing card and that
undoubtedly all of the persons at the
banquet would remain until the end in
order to hear him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
CHORISTERS' CLUB ELECTS
st. Paul's Catholic Church Organiza-
ton Aids Needy Bows.

The Choristers' Club. an organization
of boys. who are members Of the chancel
choir of st. Paul's Catholic Church,
held it's quarterly election of officers
last evening in the chorister rooms. with
the following result: President ex-
officio. Mgr. James F. Mackin; modera-
tor. Rev. Thomas A. Walsh; president,
Joseph McGarraghy Fourth term; vice
president, Edward H. Roach; secretary.
Aloysius Burlington; treasurer, Andrew
McCallum; librarian. William Cross:
chairman (honor committee). Oswald
Lehmann; entertainment, Daniel Nc
Callum; members. Masters Malone.
Cullen, Beck, Cross, Golibart, Ahearn,
Lehman. Cameron, Darling. Roach. Bah
bington, Howe, King. McCallum. Nc
Donnell, Roberts. Won Culin, Michigan,
Sullivan. The object of this club Of
boys is to maintain a fund. by weekly
contribution Of dues. which shall be
open for the relief of poor and needy
boys who may apply for assistance
through the pastor. The second object
Of the organization is to further the
interests of the choir in every possible
way Each boy makes public renewal
of his promise to be faithful chorister
at each of the weekly club meetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
TO MEET IN MILWAUKEE,.
Arranging for Annual Conference Of
the American Bar Association.

The next annual conference Of the
American Bar Association will be held
in Milwaukee. Wis, August q, % and %.
Arrangements for the meeting were COM
pleted at a meeting of the executive COM
mittee last night at the New Willard Ho-
tel.
William Ram Kennedy. lord justice on
appeal, and recently president Of the In
ternational Law Association of London.
England. has accepted the invitation to
make the opening address before the as
sociation.
The committee consists OF .tephen s.
Gregory of Illinois. president; Frederick
e. Wadhams of New York, treasurer;
George Whitelock of Maryland, secretary
W. Thomas Kemp of Maryland, assistant
secretary; Edward H. Farrar Of Louisi-
ana, Hollis r. Ba ley of Massachusetts,.
Lynn Helm of California, John Hinkley
Of Maryland, Adds B. Browne Of the Dis
trict and Ralph w. Breckenridge of Ne
braska.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
IMPROVING THE DULL SEASON.
Owners Of Tugboats Having Their
Crafts Overhauled.

Owners Of tugboats are taking advan.
tage Of the dull season to give their boats
an overhauling in preparation for effec.
tive service when the busy season be-
gins.
The tug Walter F. Meade, one of the fee,
fleet Of Columbia Granite and Dredging
Company, is out on the marine railway al
Alexandria for such hull repairs as may
be necessary. and also for boiler and en-
CINE work. It is expected that the work
on the tug will be completed this week.
and she will return to service
The tug Martin Dallman of the Miller
feet, which was fitted with a new pro-
peller at Benefits boatyard. and which
was kept on the railway by low water.
was put overheard late Tuesday evening,
the tide having come back enough to al
low her to be launched. She will return
to service towing lighters between this
city and Little Hunting Creek, Va
The tug E. S. Booth, belonging to Vivian
Phillips at Baltimore. which was employ
ed for several months as tender to the
dredging machines employed in the river
improvements Off Alexandria, has been
hauled out at Baltimore shipyard for
hull and machinery repairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
OYSTER SUPPLY SOLD.
Temporary Shortage Causes the Price
to Advance 10 Cents q Bushel.

Late yesterday afternoon it looked very
much as If there was going to be
shortage in the oyster market, at the 18th
street wharf. and as consequence prices
jumped about 10 cents a bushel, the BIZ
valves selling at from 90 to So cents
bushel. Practically every vessel at the
wharf was sold out. and beyond two
vessels at the mouth of the river the
dealers at the wharf did not know Of any
vessels coming. About the time that the
last bushel was being moved from the
wharf the little schooner Nellie White,
with several hundred bushels Of oysters
aboard, was brought into port by the
tug Capt. TOBY. and later the schooner
D. p. Milford was towed up from Alex
andria, where she had been lying. The
arrival Of these boats saved the situation
and gave the market supply until the
tug Camilla arrived with several oyster
laden craft IN tow. Prices this morning
were back to from 30 cents to 20 cents
bushel The outlook is for good supply
of oysters before the end of this week.
Oyster boats have had difficulty In get
ting cargoes. due to many of the oyster
tongers and dredgers taking holiday from
before Christmas until after New Year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
J. H. KENNEDY ACQUITTED.
Saloonkeeper Thought He Had Right
to Buy Soldiers Shirt.

John III. Kennedy. a saloonkeeper, was
acquitted yesterday by direction of Justice
Anderson in Criminal Court No. l of a
charge of buying United States military
property unlawfully. Kennedy bought a
shirt from an enlisted man.
The soldier on the witness stand. under
the cross-examination of Attorneys
Charles III. Turner and Mark Stearman,
admitted he had told Kennedy the shirt
was his own property, and the saloon
keeper thought he had the right to sell it.
When Assistant United States Attorneys
Hawken and Smith heard this. admission
they abandoned the case. and announced
to Justice Anderson a willingness to have
the jury instructed 10 acquit. The gov
eminent had proceeded on the theory that
the soldier had informed Kennedy that
the shirt was government property, which
the enlisted man might not sell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
LUMBER sCH00NERS ARRIVE.
One of Them Took "a Days to Come
From Newbern,, N. G.

Four lumber laden schooners, the Mabel
& Ruth, Edwin G. Maud, Grace q. Ben
net and Ella r. Hill. from points on the
North Carolina sounds, which have been
from three weeks to a month on the trip,
were brought into port late yesterday
afternoon in tow OF the Phi ladelphia tug
Asa w. Hughes. and locked at their
wharves to discharge. Contrary winds or
Gains are responsible for the long-drawn-
out trips. the longest Of any the vessels
have ever taken for the run between New
bern and this city. The schooner Mabel
& Ruth has been thirty-four days on the
trip that ordinarily takes her less than
two weeks to make, and this in spite Of
the fact that she was towed from Nor
folk here. The fleet arrived at Norfolk in
the latter part of last week. and seeing
no indication that the wind was com ng
from any quarter that would give them
chance to sail up the bay and river,
they obtained the services of the tug and
paid her captain a good, big sum to de-
liver them at tn port. The schooner M.
& A. Beswick, the fifth vessel Of the
fleet that was loading for this city In
North Carolina, has not yet passed
through the canals connecting the Caro-
lima sounds with the Elizabeth river and
Norfolk. and the time of her arrival here
is problemat.cal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
Personal Notes Of River Men.

Capt. Samuel Larmore. master Of the
schooner Grace G. Bennett. I'm port here
with lumber. has gone to his home at
Tyaskin. Nd, to spend few days with
his family while his vessel is discharging
lumber.
HRS. Riggin. wife Of Capt Bob Riggin
Of the schooner Edwin and Maud. arrived
here this morning from Bethel, Del, and
will spend some time aboard the schooner
while cruising on Chesapeake bay and its
tributaries.
Capt. Ned Corbin mate Of the schooner
Mabel and Ruth. left here aboard the
tug Asa w. Hughes to pilot her back TO
Norfolk after the tug brought q tow OF
lumber-laden vessels from Norfolk here
He will return to this city this evening
Capt. Frank Posey. master Of the
steamer Trenton. who spent the Christ
mas holidays on cunning trip to
Charles county. Nd. has returned to his
home In this city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
DECLINE IN TYPHOID.
Also Fewer Scarlet Fever Cases Re.
ported for Last Week.

decline in typhoid fever and scarlet
fever cases i'm the District marked the
closing week of the old year, according
TO the health department report. The
situation with res:uee. to these diseases
is declared to be unusually satisfactory.
Although thirty-two dairy farms in the
District. Maryland and Virginia were in
spected last week, no concentrations were
found necessary. the report states. Con-
formations OF food included IL pounds
of mutton, 80 pounds of fish, 81 rabbits
- pounds Of pork. II pounds of liver. -
pounds of beef. : turkeys, Is chickens, =
pigeons. l goose, = pounds of kidneys, =
gallons of sauerkraut, ! pie. 4 gallons OF
oysters and 4t0 heads of lettuce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE
TAUGHT FIRE DANGERS
Proposal to Introduce Text
Book for Teachers in
the District.

Should the subject Of the prevention of
fire be studied in the public schools of the
District?
That Is a question which several of the
officials Of the school system are debating
today. At present the tendency is to IA
vor teaching the ch ldren q little about
the dangers Of playing with fire. starting
fires with kerosene and gasoline, and do
ing other similar things which often re-
suit in great damage.
One school official said today he believed
the children should be given brief talks
once in while on common sense fire pro-,
lection rules, but that it would be pos
sible to give these only at various times,
as the school curriculum is already rather
crowded. He thought the subject night
be brought to the attention of the children
following fire drills. The teacher could
talk to the children, he pointed out and
at times could read from a little book on
the prevention Of fire, which the school
officials are now contemplating adopting
as a supplementary text book
Favored by Mr.. Stuart.
A. T. Stuart. director of intermediate
instruction, expressed himself as being
much. in favor of occasional instruction
in how to prevent fires. Children should
be taught to avoid carelessness with fire
just the same as they should be taught
good morals and good manners. Like
these, however, 1t would not be possible
to provide any set course. This little
book which we have now may be used as
a teachers desk book, and the teachers
can read from it from time to time. In
fact, it could be completed In two or
three periods.
ut would mean a great deal to do
something toward the prevention of hre.
This book states that the losses by fire
average $500 per minute throughout the
entire year; also that two-thirds OF the
fires are caused by carelessness. Just
few days ago we had small fire in the
Wallach School 1t started between the
floor and the metal ceiling of the base
ment. There were no electric wires nor
stovepipes near which could have caused
it, and the only conclusion we could
reach was that it was started by match
some mouse had dragged in. The match
might have been dragged in twenty years
ago, for all we know, but it was proba-
bly, found by the mouse, whenever it was
found, where some careless person had
dropped it. Mice don't make a practice
of opening match boxes"
Several other officials have expressed
themselves as favoring some instruction
in the proper use of fire and combusti-
bles. Fire drills are held in all the schools
at short intervals, according to the laws
of education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
INFORMATION TO PUPILS.
High School Entrants Advised Of
Courses Of Study.

Circulars giving Information regarding
the several high schools are being dis
tributed by the board Of education to
eighth grade pupils who are about to
enter the higher institutions. Every
year many pupils find that they are in
one high school when they should be in
another to study for the positions which
they expect to occupy through life. The
result is that often pupils waste much
time studying subjects for which they
have no real use..
Therefore, the circulars have been
printed advising what school should be
attended for the study Of certain sub
iects and to train for certain positions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
Washington Aerie's Annual Dinner.

Washington Aerie. No. 125. Fraternal
Order of Eagles, gave its annual dinner
followed by a smoker, in connection with
the installation of it's newly elected OFF,
GERS last evening at its hall, 9Th and E
streets northwest A section of the Ma
rine Band furnished the music, and the
smoker was still further enlivened by
contributions from talent from the Ly-
ceum, Gayety and Casino theaters. r. l..
Montague, District deputy grand presi-
dent, installed the following officers: Will
liam III. Clark. worthy president: Joseph
Cosgrove. worthy vice president: S. T.
Montague. worthy past president: S. Il.
Tawkes chaplain; James Feeney. treas
urer: j. l.. Britt. corresponding secretary
o. NJ Haas, financial secretary, and j
III. Hazelton, inner guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
PERHAPS SCHOONER CooNEY.
Specializing as to Vessel That Hit
the Warrington.

The schooner which ran into the tor
pedo boat Warrington. about q week ago.
and which sank about twelve miles north
Of Hatteras. is supposed to be the Made
line Cooney. formerly a frequent visitor
to this port. All the marks showing on
the sunken craft correspond to those of
the Cooney and she was known to be
somewhere in the vicinity Of Hatteras
about the time the collision occurred. 1t
was at first thought that the sunken vessel
might be the schooner Edward G. Hight.
another well known trader here. but her
arrival in Cape Lookout cove removed all
doubts as to her safety. The Cooney
was bound from Baltimore to Savannah
and was under the command Of Capt.
Charles Wickersham and carried q crew
Of four men. Nothing has been heard
from them since the accident. The Made
line Cooney is q vessel Of 100 gross tons
register and was built at Waldoboro. Me-,
in 1891. She is owned at Pleasantville.
N. j. The revenue cutter Onondaga,
which left Norfolk early In the week to
blow up the wreck, will probably ascer-
tain the name of the sunkcn vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
HEADS YALE ALUMNI.
George K. McLanahan Chosen a.
Successor Of Lee McClung.

George x. McLanahan was elected pres
ident Of the Washington Yale Alumni As
ISOLATION at the annual meeting Of the
association yesterday afternoon in the
directors room Of the Union Trust Com
pany. Mr.. McLanahan, who has taken a
prominent part in matters Of interest to
Yale and Yale men, is a member of the
class Of 1895. and succeeds Lee McClung.
treasurer of the United States, as pres
ident Of the organization.
Other officers were elected as follows:
BENJAMIN s. Cable. '95. first vice presi-
dent: C. c. Tyler, II, second vice resi-
dent; J. Upshur Moorhead, 'OS. secretary,
and F.. II. Brooke, 90. treasurer. The
following were elected members of the
executive committees: Hugh Smith Knox.
OF; Walter D. Wilcox, 80: John Ball
Osborne. 80; F. J. Woodman, 76, and
Charles C. Glover. jr.. 10.
Reports were presented covering the
activities of the association during the
last year. which was declared to be the
most prosperous Of its history. Plan
for a banquet and other meetings were
left to the executive committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
AIDS TO NAVIGATION.

The light buoys in the Potomac river
marking the upper end of. Kettle Bottoms
shoal, Maryland point channel. Smiths
point channel, ChicomuXen creek shoal
and Brent shoal will in the coming week
be removed for the winter and will be re-
placed by spar markers. These changes
are made to protect the buoys from
drifting ice.
A notice to mariners regarding these
changes and others on the Potomac and
on Chesapeake bay and its tributaries
has been issued as follows:
Potomac river-Winter buoyage.
Coan river gas buoy, No. ga spar
marker, similarly colored and numbered
will be placed alongside for the winter
about January 10.
The following named gas buoys will be
withdrawn for the winter about January
10, and replaced each by spar similarly
colored and numbered:
Kettle bottoms shoals upper gas buoy
PS.
Maryland point channel gas buoy. No.
So
Smith point channel gas buoy, No. A.
Chicomuxen creek shoal gas buoy, No.
81
Brent shoal gas buoy, No. So.
Virginia-Elizabeth river, channel buoy
IS, spar, found adrift, was replaced De-
cember 81, 1911.
Chesapeake bay, Maryland-Main chan
mel. to Baltimore (wfnter buoyage)-Spar
markers, similarly colored and numbered,
were placed alongside the following
named buoys for the winter, December
$3.50:
Cutoff channel buoy. No. 10. frst-class
can.
Brewerton channel buoy. No. II. second
class. can.
Beaverton channel bell buoy, No. 10.
Beaverton channel buoy 1917 cable, Sec
ond-claSs can.
Brewerton channel buoy, No. 30, sec
ond-class nun.
Turning buoy, No. 81, second-class can.
Fort McHenry channel buoy, No. 4,
second-class nun.
Chesapeake bay (easterly side), Mary
land-SWan creek-Entrance buoy, No. 1,
second class can. was withdrawn for the
winter and replaced by spar similarly
colored and numbered December %, 1911
Chesapeake bay, Acknowledgements
channel approach from eastward to up
per end of Cutoff channel-Nine-fo
knoll buoy 1B, second-class can. was
withdrawn for the winter and replaced
by a spar similarly colOred and numbered
December ., 1911.
Chesapeake bay, Virginia-Main chan.
mel to Baltimore-Tangier Island shoal
lamp gas buoy. No. 12TL. was reported
extinguished January 1, 1912. and will be
relighted as soon as practicable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
Marines Held for Trial.

Albert Doll and John S. Shepherd, pri-
Yates of the Marine Corps. arrested about
"A week ago. charged with hittslg Edward
X. Gillette, navy gunner. on the head
with hammer and fracturing his skull
during a fight Christmas night, were held
for the action of the grand jury by Judge
Pugh in the Police Court yesterday. AS
sault with a dangerous weapon was the
charge. They We're committed TO Jail
in default of 500 bond each.
II am suggesting "A low bond, antici-
pating that the case will be dropped
The complaining witness apparently does
not want TO prosecute" Assistant United
States Attorney Ralph Given remarked
10 the court
Gillette was in the Naval Hospital for
several days as a result of the hammer
welding. For a while his condition was
regarded as serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
LOCAL MENTION.
TONIGHT.

NationaI-Dustin and William Farnun
in "The Littiest Rebel" Sis pm.
Beiasco-Rupert Hughes farce, Excuse
Me-" $50 pm.
Columbia-Julian Eltinge in The FaS-
cinating Widow" Sis pm.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville, S:1o pm
New Academy-Harry Kelly in His
Honor the Mayor" SIS pm.
Imperial-Refined vaudeville, S:15 pm.
Gayety-The Behman Show. S:15 pm.
New Lyceum-Zallah's Own Company,
SIS pm.
Casino--vaudeville and motion pictures,
2:15, 3:45. 7:1J and pm.
Cosmos-Vaudeville and motion pictures,
] pm. to IL pm
virginia-Motion pictures and illustrated
songs.
The Arcade. 18th street and Park road
Dancing. skating and other amusements.
Convention Hall-Roller skating. to
40 and 7:45 to 1915 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-05
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.


Schooners j. X. Dixon and Willie CIar-
ance, oysters in the she'll from the Poto-
mac beds, at the 11th street wharf for
the market: Standard OIL Company tank
barge No. 81, oil in bulk from Baltimore:
tug Capt. Toby, towing lighter from
Broad creek to the Eastern branch;
schooner Halle K, oysters from the WI
comico river. at 18th street wharf for the
market here; tug Powhatan, towing light
ers from Piscataway creek: tug Camilla,
towing loaded barge from Point Lookout
to Georgetown; schooner Water Lily,
oysters from the Blackistones Island
beds, at the 18th street wharf market.
Departures.
Tug Asa w. Hughes, light, for Norfolk
after a tow for Philadelphia: schooner J.
r. Dixon. light, for a lower river point
to load oysters for the market here: fiat
tie Rafting Joe, light, for a Potomac
point to load back to this city; power
boat Bailey. for a Mary and Pc mt to
load; tug Engenia, light. for q river point
with lighters in tow: schooner Annie,
Memoranda.
Schooner Mabel and Ruth is chartered
to load merchandise at Norfolk, for New
bern, N. c.; schooner Nicholas is at q
Potomac point to load oysters in the shell
for the market here: steamship Ragnarok
has sailed from Norfolk for Santiago,
Cuba, with coal: schooners Sallie p. Bes-
wick. Sandy Hook and Eva D. Rose are
at Norfolk waiting winds that Will take
them to Chesapeake bay p0inls; schooner
Belmont will return to Potomac point
to load cord wood back to this city;
schooner Carrie is at West Point, Va. to
load lumber; schooner Golden Light is at
a Potomac point to load back to this city;
schooner Ella has arrived In Upper Ma
chodoc creek with merchandise from
Alexandria; schooner Mildred has sailed
from Bretons bay, Md. for this city with
lumber and railroad ties: schooner Ella
Hill will go to Norfolk to load lumber:
schooner Five Sisters is out Of service at
a river point.