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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
HEARING TO BE SENSATIONAL.
Will Be on Separation of Signor
Toselli and Ex-Crown Princess.
Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
ROME, February Do. 1912.
The hearing of the proceedings for
legal separation in the case of the pianist.
Signor Toselli, and the Countess Mon
tignoso, the .ex-Crown Princess of Sax
ony, has been fixed for March 8, at Flor
ence 1t is said that the evidence will be
of such a sensat ional character as to
Justify its hearing behind closed doors.
The countess has petitioned the court
to grant separation in her favor, and
to allow her the custody OF the child
until it's seventeenth year. She charges
her husband with incompatibility of tenn
per and with misappropriating her money.
which, she says. he spent in indulgence
and vice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
SHOT THROUGH THE BACK.
Body Of Man Found in Ditch in
Paris Fortifications.
OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
PARIS. February -, 1872.
The body of a man who had been shot
through the back was found in the ditch
at the foot of the Paris Notifications at
the Bagnolet gate the other morning.
Papers found on the body bore the
name Of GiEaert Lecureux. At first the
police Thought his death was due TO nat
ural causes. for they found no traces of
violence. but when they undressed the
body they found that while the dead
mans coat, waistcoat and overcoat had
no holes in them his shirt and underlinen
had bullet hole in the back.
The theory is that after the murder Le-
cureuX had been dressed and thrown
where the police found him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
JOURNEY FOR ARCHDUKE.
Karl Franz Josef to Take Long Tril
to Asia.
Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF I nc star.
VIENNA. February N. 1917.
1t is stated in court circles that the
Archduke Karl Franz Josef, the second in
the line of succession to the Austrian
throne. will go on a journey to Asia some
time this month. The archduke will have
an opportunity offered him Of seeing the
world in the same manner as the Arch
duke Franz Ferdinand, the. heir to the
throne.
The archduke's journey will be Of an
official character. Extensive preparations
have already been made, as horses for
hunting will be taken on the journey. 1t
is expected that the Archduke Karl
Franz will spend many months on the
trip. which is intended to play an i'm
portant part in his education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
SPRING STYLES DISPLAYED
AT KINGS PALACE OPENING
Whole Store in Gala Attire With
Decorations and New
Merchandise.

In contrast to today's touch of winter
is the beautiful advent Of spring styles
at Kings Palace.
The whole store is in gala apparel
decorations and merchandise alike evil
dencing the h.A yht of good taste.
The military department is blaze
of color. with harmony as the keynote
Overhead airy trellis work, entwined
with evergreens and garlands, lend a
sylvan setting to the hats display.
One fact is instantly noted-there are
hats of all sizes-no arbitrary edict, as is
sometimes the case. Piquant, caplike
turbans, flower covered with perky up
right cockades, catch the eye Immediately.
A variation of this style is the new tur-
ban with immense maline bows.
The larger French shapes. from thu
ateliers of Georgette. Suzanne, Poiret
Marie Louise and Caroline Reboux, are
represented with lace, upright ostrich
plumes and aigrettes. Among the models
shown is a hand-painted hat, simple yet
with an indescribable refinement and
richness. Continental hats, too, with 9
fresh grace, somewhat more effective
than in former years, are exhibited.
Stylish Tailored Hats.
Tailored hats occupy prominent place
in the Kings Palace collection. They are
becoming to most every woman, and
match any style of street costume
Not whit behind the imported hats
are those developed by the Kings Pal.
ace staff of milliners. They show all the
exclusive style of the foreign hats: but
with the advantage of distinctive touches
that appeal especially to American WON
en-; and they are shown at very moder-
ate prices.
Among readyto-wear garments the ele-
CANT whipcord suits stand out in relief
and these are shown in every good 1917
style and color.
Dress fabrics of silk, wooden and sheer
cotton materials are displayed On a prod
igal scale: as also are the new b-ouses,
cOrsets, undermuslinS and the novelties In
dress trimmings and women's furnish
ings. The opening will continue tomor-
row and Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
RUGS FOR TAXI PASSENGERS.
Berlin Police Chief Asks Owners Of
Vehicles to Provide Them.
aspondenee Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
BERLIN, February 10, 1872.
Herr Won Jagow. head of the Berlin po-
lice. determined that the citizens shall
not catch cold during the present change
able weather. has sent the following note
to the proprietors of taxicabs:
1T has again come to my knowledge
that the public is complaining OF the ah-
sence Of rugs for. wrapping up persons
drawing in staxicabs. beg the proprie-
tors, In their own interest. to provide
such rugs, as almost at any time OF the
year it is necessary to have them in
readiness for USE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
COL. SN|UTHERS' IDEA
Pays Respects to Progressives
in Sarcastic Manner.
FLING AT CRAFTSMANSHIP
Questions knowledge of Some West
srn Members Of Congress-
ALSO SHOWS SOME DISTRESS
Cannot Understand Why a Prosper
Gus Section Of the Country Should
Have Hard-Luck Stories.
FLING AT CRAFTSMANSHIP
ALSO SHOWS SOME DISTRESS

4 am thinking. sadly thinking" said
Col. Jim Smuthers, replacing tall glass
on the mahogany counter, what a sue
cess the United States would have been
II Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall Ben
Jamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton
and George Washington had known as
much about government, the Constitution
and human rights as Col. Roosevelt,
Arthur Roscoe Stubs, Jack Alternately,
Seth Bullock, Bat Masterson and Sena-
tor La Toilette. These gentlemen point
out to us the iniquity of the institutions
under which We live, and make clear to
us that the founders Of the republic had
only a nebulous notion of what a real
republic ought to be: that they were
probably in the employ of Wall street
and that they lacked that fervid love for
the people which reaches it's richest
fruition where the jackrabbit hops and
the coyote bowls.
the common people, might not know OF
the sufferings We suffer and of the black
wrongs done us by successful men. But
for them we could not feel the proper
vengeance against men for making
money we tried to make. They give us
the beautiful consolation of making faces
at the fellows who have beat us to it.
They cheer US In our poverty by showing
us the vice of wealth. They point out to
US the contrast between our patched
pants and the purple and fine linen Of
other folk. They give us soface for our
unthrift and balm for our incompetency
by showing that the other fellow made
his fortune by dishonest means. They
show us that failure is virtue and
success immoral. But for the sagac-
ity of the progfessives we might now be
happy and content in the laundering be-
lief that this is great and good coun-
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Fill Their Purses, Just the Same.

There is just one thing which disturbs
me, though I have no doubt of the purity
and philanthropy of progressives." said
Col. Smuthers. setting down another tall
glass and gazing reproachfully at it's emp
tiness, land it is that these enemies of
wealth and privilege never seem to over
look any bets themselves. They seem to
hang on to their mileage graft and get
public offices for their relations just the
same as less yirtuous men.
TT was one Of the piteous mistakes of
history that our American Constitution
was framed by SUCH reactionaries as Rog-
err Sherman. William Livingston, Robert
Morris, Daniel Carroll and the rest, and
not by alkali patriots and sage-brush
sages. II those feeble-minded fathers
could have had the advice of intellectual
men from the Kaw valley. the Platte
country. the Black Hills, the Bad Lands,
Jackson's Hole or other places of classic
note. the results would have been differ
ent. But 1t was not then known In the
benighted and untutored states Of Mas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
Sacred Relic for Moslem Mosque
cnrrespondcncc of The star.

SAIIONIKI, February IL. 1872.
The Moslem mosque at Vplchetrin. a
little township in Macedonia. is to re-
ceive a sacred relic, hair Of Mahomet's
beard. Such relics can be obtained only
after the PRONUNCIATION of a special decree
by the sultan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04

The new Pennsylvania railroad depot
at williamsburg. Nd. Is nearing com.
pletion. 1t is south of the railroad track
and directly opposite the old building,
which the company has used as depot
during the forty years existence of the
Cambridge and Seaford branch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
ACTIVITY OF MORMONS
IN NORTH OF ENGLAND
Missionaries From Salt Lake City
Among Those in Campaign to
Secure Converts.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, February 23. 1912.
The Mormons are planning an active
campaign for converts in the north OF
England, where they now have twenty
six missionaries at work. They have
just established new headquarters at
Sunderland, and are beginning a series of
hOuse-to-house viSitations with q plenti-
full distribution of Literature.
Many Of the missionaries have arrived
recently from Salt Lake City. and they
propose not only to carry on campaign
in England, but to make more converts
in Scandinavia, where they have baptized
!, 146 persons in the last three years.
Inducements to Emigrants.
The Mormon plans show that an ex-
tensive organization is being built up all
over the country to win converts and OBJ
tain emigrants to Utah. England has
been divided into q dozen districts or
Conferences There are centers at Bir-
mingham, Bristol, Hull, Leeds. Liverpool.
London. Manchester, Sunderla9d, Nor
witch. Nottingham. Shef1eld and Liver
pool.
Apostle Rudger clawson. who directs
the whole organization. lives i'm Liverpool.
From fifteen to forty missionaries are
working in each Of the towns and cities
named.
Last year the Mormons in the United
Kingdom included apostle. higi,
priests, 800 elders DO priests and rs
deacons. i'm addition to the general body
of members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
Favors the Recall of Judges.

"The recall of judges is one of the best
plans for strengthening the judiciary in
the affections Of q grateful people. 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04

The paragraph with reference to the
use of steel cars provides that after the
passage Of this act no contract shall be
entered into for the construction of any
thing but steel cars for the use of the
railway mail service. Not less than 70
per cent of new equipment must be put
into operation annually after July, 1919,
and ali the equipment must be of steel
DIV July. 1917.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
Initiative and Referendum.

There is no doubt that the initiative
and the referendum, the direct primary
and the recall are essential to human
uplift 1 am puzzled why the United
States has kept on growing without
them. Spring has followed winter.
tulips have peeped out. violets have
come to scent soft airs with their
sweet perfume. peach trees have burst
into pinkest bloom, harvests have been
reaped, men and maids have wooed and
wed, children have lisped Aand passed
along life's way till gray hairs came,
humanity has been flowing on from
cradle to the grave and the old world
has kept on turning round and round
all-all without knowing blamed
thing about referendums and recalls.
these things are needed-especially in
parts of the wesl. Having visited the
Capitol 1 sympathize with some of the
western people in their laudabie desire to
limit the authority and power of their
representatives The direct primary is
also great thing. 1t creates more ex-
elusive and expensive set of nominees,
because 1t sometimes costs more to buy
UP a statewide primary than party
caucus, and, besides, there Is a more gen.
eral and equitable distribution of the
dough. The primary system also affords
q splendid opportunity for gentlemen who
do not know anything about politics but
who need job. It Is more difficult to put
one over on bunch OF practical gang
STEERS assembled in convention than, with
a beautiful collection of words and exhibi-
ton of mellifluous phrases, to bunco large
and enthusiastic crowds OF intelligent fell
low citizens-some Of whom can read and
write.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04

27-inch Swiss Embroidery Flounc-
ings. eyelet, blind and Irish crochet
effects. Values to $3.50 O2c
ydTu
27-inch Swiss Eyelet Embroidery
FlOuncing: 500 values for 92c
4Sc, and 75c values for. ..... WV
45-inch Swiss and Batiste EN-
broidery Flouncings: deep Irish cro-
Chef and cl,iny effects; $500 60 MQ
value %6e|O
45-inch Swiss Eyelet En-
broidery Flouncing: sI0O mMr
NdIue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
CONTRIBUTION
PROBE NOW FAVORED
Col. RooseveIt's Announcement
$500.
Changes Attitude of Com
mittee of Senate.

The announcement of ROosevelts can
didacy for the republican nomination Tor
President is thought to have changed the
attitude of the Senate committee to au-
dit and control the contingent expenses
of the Senate toward the Culberson reso-
luton for an investigation of the cleo
ton contributions and expenses of 1904
and 1908.
This resolution was considered some
time ago, and it was announced that the
committee would make an adverse re-
port on the inquiry proposal. The COM
mittee took it up today. again. however,
and decided to report it favorably.
1t is said to be the aim of the demo-
Gratis and regular republicans to show the
large contributions to the Roosevelt cam
paign in 1904, and to get a. list OF the
contributors, in the hope OF showing
street men supported the colonel at that
time.
Money Enough for Inquiry.
In deciding to report the resolution, it
is explained. however, the committee
simply says there is money enough in the
contingent expense fund to make the in
vestigation. but that it is UP to the Sen
ate committee on privileges and elections
to decide upon the advisability of pass
ing it.
The scope of the inquiry, too, was some
what narrowed. As originally introduced,
the resolution provided for an inquiry into
the activities of practically every COM
mittee of all political parties. AS amend
ed by the committee. the inquiry would
only be made into the operations of the
ma tional committees that managed the
presidential campaigns and the congress
sional committees that managed the cam
paisns for members of the House in
1904 and 1908.
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limited rural parcel posts experimentally,
at least.
We do not believe that 1t would be wise
| to establish general or unlimited parcel
post on the lines suggested until there
has been information Of such definite and
certain character as to justify us in TAX
ing a position SO important and neces-
sarily effecting the revenues to the ex-
tent that 1t will"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
MAI. WR|GHT'S LETTER
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Witness Identifies Statement
That Engineer Expected
Stock in Land Project.

The CONNECTION of J. o. Wright, chief
drainage engineer of Florida, with
swamp land negotiations in North
Carolina while he was a government
engineer in the Department Of Agri-
culture was described by John Seipe
of Chillicothe, Ohio. to the Moss invest
tigating committee today.
The testimony is intended to discredit
Mai. Wrights report on the feasibility of
draining the Florida Everglades. The al
legged suppression of this report by Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson has brought
on the present investigation by the House
committee on expenditures in the Depart
ment of Agriculture
Wright Letters Identified.
Mr. Seipe identified letters from Maj.
Wright to himself, in which Wright ex-
planned that he expected to receive $4,000
in stock in North Carolina swamp land
project in exchange for Ibis ability as an
engineer and theainfiuences he could bring
to bear ON capital" Other land deals
were described in the same correspond
ence.
Chairman Moss made it plain to the
witness that Wright was in the govern
ment service at that time and that his
knowledge of the draining projects in
North Carolina was gained while detailed
on government work.
Already in the Record.
References to Representative Small of
North Carolina and to Assistant Secre-
tary of Agriculture Hayes were made in
some of the letters which have already
been put in the record
No cross-examination of the witness
on these references was undertaken by
Chairman Moss at the morning session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
Guaranteed Sewing Needs
Full Count. Non-rusting. Ample Strength.

Sterling Silver Thimbles; all
sizes Value csc each. Sale 16N<-
price
Best Coat Fronts. Value. 25c pic
each. Sale price ............
Best Dress Weight Tape. II
Value 10c yard. Sale price,.
Grear's Shoulder Pads. VAL nSc
ne 19c pair. Sale price.
Oscar De Longs New Perfect
Hooks and Eyes: rust-proof; best
brass wire. Simplest, strongest, best.
Value 1Oc card. Sale Mc
Button and Buttonhole Strip, Il
inches long. Reversible. Value Sc
10c strip. Sale price. ........
Silk Dress Shields. every pair
warranted. Value 25c and 30c &c
pair. Sale price. ..........
Laundry Wax, long handles; best
quality. Value 12c dozen. &C
Sale price 1855.
Asbestos Iron Holders. Value RI
SC each. Sale price,
Pin Cubes, full 100 count; all
colors. Value 10c each. Sale &c
price ....... ......-....-.
English Pins. best quality, all
sizes; full count. Values 1Oc zc
paper. Sale price ............
Tomato Pin Cushions; large size.
Value 10c each. Sale Sc
price
Clark's o. N. T. Darning Cotton.
Value Sc spool. Sale price, ) SC
spOols for
Hose Supporters, with large satin
pads Value soc pair. Sale Roc
price
Frilled Silk Garter Elastic, all
shades. pretty patterns. VAL Or
ne CSC length. Sale price
White and Black Hook and Eye
Tape Value 15c yard. Sale DC
price ........'..
Nero Skirt Braid, black and
colors: 5-yard pieces. Value dc
15c Sale price
Bias Seam Tape. 6-yard pieces.
Value 10c piece. Sale &c
price ...........
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
Sample Strips of Embroideries- Prizes.

45-inch Swiss Eyelet All-over En-
broidery, floral designs. round, square
and diamond patterns: used for max
ing tunics AND all-over 60 nm
waists: $500 values 49,. p4eWV
Cambria Flouncing, for petticoats.
heavy embroidered edges. in eyelet
and blind embroidery; to IL De-
inches wide. Values to soc, for 60S
Swiss. Batiste, Nainsook and Cam
brlc Embroidery MedalliOns, in
round, square, diamond, lis.
bow knots. crescent and floral
designs; all sizes; 10c to 81 7Ec
values. sc to. IOS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04

Dress Trimmings and Buttons.
Lace and Embroidery Departments adjo section But
lew steps TO the sewing needs and notion departments which
located in the section All on first floor See he
low for six hints of good values Trimming Department
Badsan Trimming
and
o
Crochet Bal rmmn Two
rows az Blu fiat half
en- INN ball and ball
n black all COL CRYSTAL
. Fer O sew 2
s ~A'~> %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
A List of Prizes
A SIS Prize.

It's a chiffon tunic. ex-
quisitely hand embroidered
and braided, positively worth
5000. To be seen in Lace
Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
$5.o8 Prizes.

Several Of these prize
tunics, daintily embroidered
and trimmed with fringe. All
colors. $1,000 values at only
$500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04

sachusetts and Virginia, Maryland and
pennsylvania. New York and the Caro-
linas that all wisdom. all innocence. all
the graces. and all love of justice, fair
play and square deals were to be found in
the regions lighted by the golden rays of
the descending sun.
"Ah. my friends and fellow loungers in
this far-famed temple of tipple. if those
nncouth statesmen of the long-gone days.
those fat-headed standpatters who wore
small clothes, silver buckles, ruffled shirts
and cooked hats, those low-brows who
wrote Constitution laboriously and de-
liberately. using a quill pen instead of
debating 1t to typewriter, / say, gentle
men of this foamy retreat. kindred spirits
all. sir knights of the Crystal F1agOn,
that If James Madison, Rutledge and the
Pinckneys had known as much about gov
eminent as the statesmen of today, jur-
isconsults in cowhide boots with lariat
and six-shooter by their sides. how differ
ent now would be the condition of our
poor and unhappy country!
Complaints From the West.
"There is one thing that distresses
me-" said Col. Smuther% picking up a
tall glass from the mahogany counter
and soon thereafter setting it down.
1T Is that while the west is the most
prosperous, most bounteous, most
golden and most glorious land of
promise for all downtrodden men. yet
it is the section which sends more hard
luck stories and hard-luck statesmen
to Washington than any other section.
In spite of the fact that all western
farmers ride in automobiles, have
pianos in their barns. go to the opera
and cut seven tons of alfalfa. per acre.
perhaps, this splendid empire sends
most pitiful pleas for justice, bowls
for fair play and clamorous calls for
help against US, the plutocrats of the
east They fill the air with dire threats
against us. their oppressors. This is an
inconsistency that gets my goat-to
use the elegant phraseology Of my
friend. Henry Cabot Lodge.
IF the people Of the empire of the
west ride in autos. cut 'steen tons Of
alfalfa per acre and sell gold mining
stocks to eastern suckers. why talk
of oppression? If the people of Kansas
and Idaho cannot make a living because
of the railroads the harvester trusts.
the binder lruSr> and SO forth, why
don't they move east, get themselves
naturalized, adopt the ways of civiliza-
ton and live happily ever after?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
Rural Parcel Post Proposed.

Speaking OF the rural parcel post
feature. the committee says:
The same conditions do not exist
and therefore the same reasoning does
not apply to the strictly rural parcel
post confined to matter Of the fourth,
class arising and for delivery on each
specific rural free delivery route. These
routes are already established All OF
their machinery is in full operation.
The additional burdens on the carrie,
are slight and additional slight compen-
sation Is provided for In this bill The es-
innate Of the department is that a change
in equipment will be necessary as To only
ID per cent of the routes. We have there.
fore provided for limited rural route
parcel post with postage rates at
cents pound for the first pound and
cents per pound over one pound and for
fractions Of pounds to an eleven-poun(
limit as an experimental proposition This
experiment will last for two years on ali
of the routes in the United States. II i,
shall prove to be unwise. it can be repeal.
ed or expire by Limitation.
We think IL will be q combined advan
tage to the farmer and to the country
merchant and of no possible injury to
revenue from this source is from 1900. COX
We feel that 1t IL the duty OF Con-
eress, in response to the almost universe
demand from the people residing In the
rural agricultural districts of the United
States. to inaugurate this system on