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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
WAR ENGINEERS DINE,
AND 10Y IS UNCONF|NED
Literary and Musical Enter
tainment to Amuse
Them.

LET jos be Cnconfined." was the mot
to heading the program of the tenth
annual dinner of the Engineer Depart
ment Banquet Association. made UP of
engineers OF the War Department. given
at the f.bbitt last evening. Before the
event had come to close all We're ready
to admit that the party had lived ~ to
it. Covers were laid for seventy-five.
President Frank 5. Holiser OF the
association led OFF as after-dinner
speaker with short address in which
he rehearsed the aims of the orSaniZa-
tion to bring engineers OF the depart
ment into closer social rela tionsilp
A literary and musical program fol-
lowed which included: \ tenor SOLO By
Charles r. Myers: piano solo, l.. \ Pot
ter. jr.: song :. 7. Hind: piano solo Je-
rome Williams: violin solo, Louis G. La
Chance: etphonium SOLO Charles II.
Henney: poem. by Miss Mary Maitland
craiShead. H. l.. Davis: character imper-
sonations. Victor v Martin: Original
Skit." g. NJ. Eiseman and Y. V Martin
song. Hcrndoa Morsell: recitation Tine
Automatic Mind Reader Fl l.. BUell
solo. The Song That Reached Ny Heart :
Charles +. Myers.
The diners included:
Hugh NJ. Adams. Paul ARMSTRONG; Gus
tave Bender. Chester l.. Benson Jacob
NJ. Borochof. Bert III. Brockway. Paul
Ii. Brosi2. HeiDert l.. Buell. Edward c.
Burch. Kenneth Camp, Patrick j. Caul-
field. Thad. s. Clark. Herbert l.. Davis,
Phineas j. Dempsey. Pickering Dodge,
Edward j. DUTIES. Edwin G. Dutton, John
T. Eiker. Gilbert NJ. Eiseman Frank D.
Fletcher: John X. Frederici. Harry l..
Freer. William L. George, Harry c.
Gould. Ohm NJ. Grahame. Charles H.
Hcnney. Samuel r. Hind, Francis Hol-
ieran. Frank :. Holliger. Charles Nj. Ire
Ian. Otho +. James. George W. Koonce,
Louis G. Ia Chance. Fred L. Law.
Marcus W. Lewis. Victor V. Martin. s
\. Mccarthy. J. III. McGann, William c.
McGowan, Edward r. MOriar;y William
a. Mprsell. Charles f.. Myers. Charles A.
North, Allen O'Leary. James c. Parker,
Reuel q. Phelps. Harley 8. Pitts. Louis
n. Potter. jr.: Max W. Rhody, L. Newton
Rollins. Fred j. Rose. Samuel Rosenberg
0rrin T.. Rowe. ]. G.. Scrivener. Writ r.
Spcngler. Earl Taggart. NJ. p. Twitcheli.
William II. Watson, jerome Williams and
Albert r. Zinns
The officers are: Frank = Holliger.
president: Fred j. Rose secretary. and
Harry l.. Freer. treasurer. The executive
committee is made mp OF George w.
koonce. chairman. Herbert l.. Davis r.
r. Holleran. W. i. George. John r. Eiker
e NJ lrelan. III. NJ adams. Gustave Ben
der, NJ w. Lewis and = T. Hind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
UP TO THE STANDARD.
Tug Toby and Steamer Wakefield
Officially Inspected.

The tug Capt. Toby. one of the smaller
towboats of the Taylor fleet, underwent
her annual inspection by the United
States steamboat inspection service Off
Gals yesterday, while lying at the 10th
street wharf. The tug was put through
all the tests required by the inspection
regulations and was found up to all re-
quirements. and her license as a towboat
on the river was renewed for another
year.
The inspectors also visited the steamer
Wakefield of the Potomac and CheSa-
peake line to complete an examination
of the vessel started several days ago.
She was also found up to all require
ments, and her license for passenger and
freight service on the river will also be
renewed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
ALLOWS DISEASE TO SPREAD,
Minnesota Physician Scores Govern
ment for Treatment of Indians.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. March 2.-Roundly
criticising the federal government for its
treatment OF the Indians in SO far as en-
deavoring to prevent the spread of in
fectious diseases is concerned, DR.. ii. Nj
Bracken. secretary of the Minnesota
board of health, has written Gov A. O.
Eberhart that the board will use all the
means at its command to prevent
trachoma being carried from the White
Earth reservation to Minnesota citizens.
so long as the Indians are wards of
the federal government" DR. Bracken
wrote, 1.-The state can do nothing with
them.
The government has rigid laws
against emigrants suffering with this
disease, yet it is allowing trachoma to
spread in our own country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Chicago Cattle Receipts.

CHICAGO. March 2.-Cattle-Receipts
300 head: market steady. Beeves 4.9Oa
$50: Texas steers, 4.6Oaj.90: western
steers 5.O3a7.OO; stockers and feeders,
4sOa6.20: cows and heifers. 2.l5a665;
calves, 5.15a5.S0.
sHogs-Receipts. 1000 head: market &c
higher than yesterdays average Light
G. 1saS 80; mixed, 6.25a655: heavy, tia
G,5o; rough. 6.a5a6.35: pigs. 4.65a63o; bulk
of sales, 6.40a6.5O.
Sheep-Receipts, 40, heads; market
steady. Native, 3.a5a4.s5: western. 3. I5a
90. warnings 4.J0a5. %; lambs, native,
A. ca7 co; western. 5.00aI.1O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Public Opinion Against Miners.

Their refusal even to negotiate the ques-
ton has largely alienated public opinion
as expressed in the newspapers. but wha,
is apt to prove far more effective is the
pressure that will be brought to bear
upon them by the vast army of workers
in other fields thrown out of work and
faced by hunger and restitution.
No violence has yet occurred. and n0
troops have been moved. but orders were
issued at Aldershot tonight that tho
troops make ready to entrail immediately
IL sheir services arc needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
BIG SAVING IS MADE
Economy of New Equipment
in Interior Department.
CENTRAL HEATING STATION
Light and Power Furnished to a
Group of Buildings.
GOVERNMENT MAKING ICE
Product Manufactured at One-Sixth
of the Price Offered by Bid
ders-Ofices Redecorated
GOVERNMENT MAKING ICE

Extensive repairs. additions to the
equipment and new decorations have
been made in the past few months IN
several buildings OF the Department OF
the Interior. These changes. which have
been made under the direction of Chief
Clerk Clement s. Ticker, superintendent
OF buildings. and J. :. Hill, chief en-
2ineer and assistant superintendent, in
clude the installation OF an ice manu-
featuring plant. central heating sys-
tenn central electric light and power
plant. and the .remodelinS, redecorating
and refurnishing of large number of
the offices in the patent office building,
the former Post Office Department build
ing, now used by the general land office.
and the pension bureau building.
The most important of the changes
perhaps is the installation of central
heating plant. which has been for some
time in operation. This plant furnishes
heat for all the buildings mentioned. new
court of appeals building, the city hall
and the bureau of mines. which is locat-
ed in rented quarters on q street.
Passes Severe Test.
During the cold weather OF the present
test. and operated in an absolutely sat
isfactory manner. Steam is driven from
this plant. located in the basement of
the old post Office department building.
TO the farthest corner of the city hail. a
distance of more than 2,1O0 feet, or more
than half a mile: and occupants of the
Offices in the City hall say that, In the
bitterly cold weather of few weeks ago
the rooms were comfortably warm, for
the first time in the history of the build
ing.
Through the installation of this central
heating plant and automatic stocking de-
vices which make it possible 10 use soft
coal without producing any smoke what
ever. the Interior Department has been
enabled to make a saving of between
leo and 1900 tons of coal a year
The central electric lighting plant is in
full operation and though the dynamOs
in the engine room at the heataing plant
supply light and power for the new ele-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

vators in the pension bureau, as we'll as
the new elevators. of the latest improved
type. in the other buildings. it is proposed
eventually to furnish electric current.
both for power and for light in the court
buildings. At the present time electric
light and power are furnished to the land
Office bureau of education. the patent Of
fee and Interior Department, bureau of.
mines and the pension bureau and bureau
of Indian affairs. Figures given by
Chief Engineer Hill show that this cur
rent. generated by means of the exhaust
steam of the heating plant and engine
room, costs from "a of a cent to l cent
per kilowatt hour. The price charged IN
to private consumers OF
electric current, is 10 cents per kiioWattr
hour, while the government, under con-
tract has paid cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
MILLION MINERS STRIKE,
BUSINESS IS PARALYzED
industries in England, Scot
land and Wales in Grasp
of Labor War.

LONDON. March 2.-Although this was
only the second day of the coal strike,
it's paralyzing effect on other industries
is being keenly felt 1t is computed
that by Monday 100000 workers outside
of the coal mines will be idle. and eacn
successive day the strike lasts will add
to this number. More than 100000
miners in England. Scotland and Wales
are out.
Shipping at many ports is approaching
d standstiIl and steam trawlers are
laying up. That source of cheap food
will soon be cut off. Many foundries
are already closed. and many others are
preparing for Il speedy shutdown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Eight Hundred Miners Strike.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, March Eight
hundred miners employed in the Jumbo
mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company at
Mcdonald, Pa, struck today when order
ed TO use locked safety lamps, under a
regulation Of the state mining depart
msat. There was no disorder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Mill Workers Affected.

Three or four days will suffice to cause
a stoppage at most of the Sheffield stetl
works. and within week, il the col
.ieries do not resume, more than mil
lion employees in the cotton mills and al
lied trades in Lancashire will be without
work.
As long as the National Miners Fedora
ton adheres To the determination that a
schedule of minimum wage rates. drawn
up by themselves. must be conceded be-
fore they will enter into further negotia-
lions, there appears not the slightest hope
of settling the strike. The owners may
be coerced 10 pay a. minimum wage by
legislative enactm@t but this method
cannot force the miners TO accept and re:
turn to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03


Bottle making is one of the most im-
portant features of glass manufacture
and many new devices are
Bottle being used for these use
full articles. Lately a de-
Making. mand has come up for a
bottle which could not be refilled after
it's original contents have been removed.
This is a protection against substitution
of inferior goods in a bottle of estab-
lished recognition. 1t is In demand for
certain advertised brands of liquors and
patent medicines. The bottle industry Is
SO important that i'm one report OF the
glass-making industry recently made by
the commissioner Of labor. there We're lO1
factories of the 179 visited devoted ex-
clusively to the manufacture of bottles
and small jars. The production OF tum-
blers Of different kinds is also enormous.
There were II, 6S7 .O36 dozen jelly tumbelrs
and goblets made in this country last
year besides 9,1S2 O80 dozen blown tum
blers and other bar goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Movements Of Ocean Steamers.

NEW YORK, March ARRIVED. steam
er Campania. Liverpool and Queenstown
Sailed. steamers, New York. Southamp-
ton: Berlin. Algiers krooniand, Ant
werp: Carmania. Madeira; Rochambeau.
Havre Cleared, Oceania, Naples.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Gaining Much Space.

In all of the buildings mentioned, much
additional space has been gained by
tearing out old filing cases and sub
shutting for them new and modern ill
ing devices Tons of ancient records, of
no value except for occasional reference,
have been taken out of the files. stored
in attfcs or basement storage rooms, and
the space left vacant has been used for
other purposes In this way several adj
dftiOnal rooms have been made avail
able for Office purposes. The new Stag
roof which has been put on the patent
Office. building-the first roof of this kind
to be tried by the government-is an
other big Improvement of which the
general public sees little. The old roof.
of copper sheets. has been torn off, as
1t was in a bad condition and leaked
in many places. The old copper. sold
at auction, brought a little more than
$4,000.
The property value of the buildings
included in the extensive program of re-
pairs and improvements is in excess of
$4,000 600. For the upkeep of this prop
erty Chief Clerk Ticker is allowed
$4,000 year Until the present fiscal
year, when it was increased TO $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
WANT FOREIGN NATIONS
TO SEND DELEGATES
Action on Resolution Relating
to Congress of Chambers
of Commerce.

In q resolution adopted at a meeting
of the law and legislation committee
of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday
afternoon, Congress is urged to pass
Senate joint resolution -, authorizing
the President to invite the governments
of commercial nations Of the world to be
represented officially at the fifth Inter
national Congress of Chambers of Com
merce and Commercial and Industrial
Associations, in Boston, Mass. September
81 to aS.
The Senate resolution also authorizes
an appropriation of $4,000 for the neceS-
sary expenses OF the convention. in
Guiding a tour by the foreign delegates
of the principal commercial. industrial
agricultural and social cente-s OF the
United States.
The law and legislation committee.
whose chairman is \. Lef;wich Sinclair.
also went on record in favor ot :. blu In
troGuced in the House By Representative
SuZer Of New York. TO establish stand
ard packages and grades for apples j..
NJ. Merr:ck. II local commission me: chant.
appeared before the committee and cX-
planned the purpose OF the measure. -Ac-
has no standards of weight and meas
ure FOR fruit and produce at present. The
bill aims 10 prevent fraud as to measure
and quality of the apples sold and ship
ped in packages.
To Consider Excise Changes.
On motion OF +. ]. Ryan, q member OF
he committee, the chairman was au-
thorized' and directed 10 appoint IL sub
committee. OF five members to. consider
.he question Of whether the changes in
he excise laws OF the District proposed
IN bills now pending before Congress
.auid lie in the interest OF the people OF
III. District.
The chairman Informed the committee
that lie had recently appointed two sub
committees. one to consider the true con-
sideration bilI' now pending in Congress-
which was recently referred by the cham
Der TO the committee for consideration
and report; the other to consider and re.
port on a bill to authorize the pistric;
Commissioners to open streets ana high
ways in the District whenever the public
interests in their judgment required it
(which was referred to the committee 10y
the board of directors upon receipt of .
letter from John Ridout protesting
against the measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Departments Ice-Making Plant.

The Interior Department contains the
first ice-making plant ever installed by
the government Other departments. after
watching the. operation of this plant, in
stalled ice-making machines of their own,
but the one in the Interior Department,
installed and first operated November
.,,22. 1863. led the way. The plant has
daily capacity of five tons The plant
is of the latest improved type, the ice
is made from distilled water. under alb
solutely sanitary conditions. and the cost
"A ton for the manufactured ice is tribe
less than 81. Ice from this plant is sold
to all branches of the Interior Depart
ment at 81 ton.
The installation of this ice-making
plant under the administration of Chief
Clerk Ticker came as the result of a
combinatio among ice manufacturers
who were bidding for the contract to
furnish ice to the department. The first
bids We're Sc Il ton. As the same manu-
facturers were selling their product to
retail dealers at 81 "a ton the bids were
rejected and new bids were called for.
The new tenders were the same as the
first, So ton being about the lowest
figure. Then Chief Clerk ECKER assumed
the responsibility of installing ice-mak-
ing machinery. Congress put it's o. *. on
the project and the department is making
all its own ice besides having a surplus
which may be sold to other departments
and an excess supply which is stored for
use in case of a possible breakdown. and
the ice costs a little less than 81 ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Offices Made Brighter.

In the effort to make the dingy rooms
of the several buildings more attractive
and at the same time to give them more
light, experiments were made extending
over several months, with the object of
determining just what sort and what
tints of paint possessed the best refrac-
tive power AS result of these expert
ments the dinGy tinted lime washes that
for years had made the walls of the Of
flee rooms resemble those of dungeons
have largely been replaced with new
kind of paint, which adds to the general
appearance of the rooms, and renders
them far lighter. Tints of pale buff or
pale green have been used, Rlnd the re-
suit has been that there are no more
dark corners in any of the office rooms
that have been repainted. Wall and cell
ing decorations, all done by painters reg
ularly employed in the department. give
an artistic finish. New electric light fix
lures have been installed. the newest
type of incandescent bulb being used.
and these lamps furnish a far brighter
light. with less current, than either the
old style incandescents with carbon fila
ment or the gaslights.
In a great many of the offices in the
main building of the Interior Department,
the pension bureau, Indian office and
land Office the old furniture has been
abolished and new and sanitary desks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

II pays to read the want columns OF
The Star Hundreds Of situations are
filed through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON. D. G. MARCH

have been substituted. These desks are
one drawer shallower than the old style
and stand up from the floor the depth OF
this drawer space, thus permitting the
floors to be swept and cleaned under the
desks. New floors have been laid in many
of the Offices these floors being of first
class hard pine flooring. laid edgeWise,
planed, SinoOthed and Vanished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

the life of lamp chinlneys, which in some
households are considerable item of ex-
penSe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

Bottle making is one of the most I'M
portant features of glass manufacture,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

Originally glass making was purely a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Special Sale of Lace Curtains

They high grade and exclusive--Irish
Points. Nottingham, Cluny, Marie Antoinette,
Soutache. Tambour. Scrim;+ French Lacet, etc.
In every instance the prices materially below
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

being used for these use
full articles. Lately a de-
mand has come up for 4
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-21

tons intended TO simplify involved
meanings"
Discussing his departure from the
Titanic, Mr.. Ismay said:
I have searched my mind with
deepest care. / have thought long over
each single incident that / could re-
call. / am sure that l did nothing that
l should not have done. My conscience
is clear and(I have not been a lenient
judge of my acts.
i tell you that if I thought that in
the slightest way 1 had done anything
wrong ! would never have another
happy moment I took the chance of
escape when it came to mel did not
seek it. Every woman and child hal
been cared for before I left the YES
sci.
And more. all the men within reach
had been taken care of before I took
my turn. And why shouldn't I take my
turn? There are only two classes ON
4 ship-the crew and the passengers.
l was a passenger.
1T is true I am president of the
company, but I did not consider my
self any different from the rets of the
passengers. took no other mans
place"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-21
NEGRO CHARGED
WITH ASSAULT
FATE GRIssuM is ACCUSED OF
KNOCKING CLARENCE MINIS,
ANOTHER NEGRO, IN THE HEAD
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

Fate Grissum, negro. was arrested
early yesterday morning on the charge
of assault, 1t being claimed that he is
the negro who knocked Clarence Minis,
colored, in the head night before last.
He is held at the station, his bond
being fixed at $3.50.
Clarence Minis was found near the
yardmasters Office of the L. & n. late
Fridaynight, where he had fallen after
being knocked in the head and an ex-
animation at police headquarters, where
he was taken, showed that he was in
a serious condition. At first he said
he did not know who had struck him,
but later he told the officers that it
was Fate Grissum.
The case was continued yesterday
morning because Minis, who is still in
the sick ward at the police station, was
not able to attend court.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-21
A STRAW BALLOT IN
WHICH LADIES PARTICIPATED
Special to The Journal,

SpGCidi 10 uC JOdFnais
Bluff Springs, April 20-A straw
ballot, in which some ladies partici-
Lated was taken here recently and
resulted as follows:
The moral character of any officer
from dog catcher to president should
receive our consideration. The vote
resulted as follows: =
President-Wilson So, Underwood 4.
observation-disclosures 8, Milton 1,
Sample none, Watson none, Trammell
2S.
Congress-Flournoy none, Mays II,
Emmett Wilson 80.
Sheriff-Cary Ellis SO, Sanders 4,
Van Pelt 81.
States Attorney-Jones 9, Stokes SO.
Judge Criminal Court-Beggs 8,
Monroe ~.
Superintendent Public Instruction
Cook 6, Edwards 81.
Commissioner. 5th District-Mc-
Curdy 81, Baggett 10.
Justice of the Peace-Mitchell 81.
Hurry 2. Pritchett 2
Legislature-Blount 8, Clopton 2I,
Harper none. McHugh 5.
Harbormaster - Abercrombie %,
Rocheblave none, Zelius 8.
Treasurer-Frater I. Williams 81.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-21

CONTINUED from First Page.)
was questioned by Senator Smith to
discover whether any official sought to
keen back news of the Titanics dis.
aster.
Gotham declared he reported the en-
tire matter to the steamship Baltic "a.
1890 o'clock Monday morning. He
denied he sent any messages that al
passengers had been saved or that the
Titanic was being towed to Halifax.
He denied he knew any such reuorts
were being published to the world.
DENIES SENDING MESSAGE.
He declared he had not sent the
information on which might have heen
based a White Star line message 10
Representative Hughes of West Viz
GINA, reading:
Titanic proceeding to Halifax.
Passengers probably will land there
Wednesday. All safe
Nor do you know that the White
Star line obtained such information
from any other OPERATOR asked
Senator Smith.
No
Gotham said he was at work Mon
day and until Wednesday.
Gotham was asked when Bride (an-
other wireless operator) was on
duty.
He tried to hgure this out, then ap-
parently cleared the situation at which
questions were aimed, by declaring
emphatically that neither he nor Bride
had sent any messages saying that the
Titanic was being towed into Hall
fax.
Phillips asked if he wanted to send
a distress call The captain said he
did. / could read what Phillips sent
&c. q./d."
How long before he got a reply %
''As far as l know, Immediately.
could not hear what he received, how
ever"
The witness told of previously in
tercepting a message from the Cali
fornia Intended for the Baltic which
told of the presence Of three huge