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new set of papers and books at head
quarters. Whenever property is issued.
the company commander. will receive
a duplicate slip and Headquarters will
retain the original
account or property returned will be kept
on slip of different color. and all these
Slips and their contents will be entered in
d pooK al headquarters, so that by taking
headquarters will be able to tell at any
moment just what each company should
have on hand. 1t will be a simple STYLE
or bookkeeping, which sounds very eff
fective 1t is already in use in some mill
tary establishments, and Capt James r.
Allison. late inspector instructor. is I'M
derstood to have warmly recommended
its adoption here
4 = =
Reports from the federal inspectors,
Capts- Love and Allison, have arrived
at headquarters, and Col. Parmerter is
busy going through them, with a view
to informing various officers of the criti-
cisms and concentrations. Every officer
Is fairly well informed of the views OF
capt. Allison, especially in regard to the
obedience of orders and in such things as
the appearance of troops at drill in nom
descript uniform. Some of the criticisms
in the reports will scarcely have any
effect until "a new armory is provided
for the District of Columbia.
= x =
Lieut. william Il. Duvall, superintend-
ent of the armory, Is busy on the annual
checking up of property on hand. More
than hundred thousand dollars worth
of material has TO be handled by him. in
preparation for the fall issue OF necessary
military articles.
* x X X
Resolutions of sympathy following the
death OF Corp. Albert J. Ketner of
Company d, LIST Infantry. were adopted
after drill by that company last Wednes-
day night Corp. Ketner's death oc-
CURED September II, and the resolutions
were adopted on the reassembling of the
company after the annual months rest
in September. He was one of the best
known and most popular non-commis-
stoned officers in the regiment. His COM
pany gave him military funeral, and
taps were sounded over his grave by
Musician James l.. Taylor.
The committee which signed the reso-
lutions was composed of Capt William
4. Pennoyer. Sergt. Louis Rosenberg,
'Serst. George F. Pennington, Corp Walter
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NEW system of accounting for
~ property in the possession of
"a companies of the National
Guard OF the District of CO.
lumbia may be put into effect
December /. The scheme as outlined in
a conversat ion with Col Parmerter. the
adjutant general. District of Columbia
Militia. puts the burden of paper work
on the clerical force at headquarters
and relieves the company commanders
considerably. No definite announce
ment of this change has been made, 1T
should be understood but q discussion
OF it's effects is not untimely.
AS is we'll known to every company
commander. the present method of &C
countability for military property CEN
tiers on the return" This bit of mill
tary paper work amounts to a terrific
nightmare to some company command
cTs. who have a natural bent toward
the practical side of National Guard
work. but who do not take easily to
the bookkeeping side of war. AS an
ILLUSTRATION. il may not be amiss to
mention that some of the returns
which should have been in headquarters
last November have just arrived for
the scrutiny of the brigade officials
III course, IN the service or the united
States Army any officer who is a year
late on his paper work would probably
have a stin reprimand long before the
year had expired. but in the National
Guard conditions are not exactly par
allel to the regular service. AS one
army officer has expressed ii. 1T Is a
bad thing to order man to do a
thing If he has no intention of follow
ing orders and there is no good way
of enforcing it, Better by far would 1t
be never to issue the order"
Therefore, the proposition to make a
change in the property accountability
has grown up out of the inability or
company commanders a whole to live
up to the service standards. III the con-
ferences now going on between Col.
Iarmerter and Mai. Robbins. quarter
master. terminate as promised. the new
system will go into effect about the
time the present inventory is completed
and the new fall issue of property is
under way or completed.
The new scheme viii necessitate
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Variety for the Dinner Table.

From the Cincinnati Tfmes-Star.
The American dinner table has often
been criticised because 1t lacks variety
1t is asserted that the American palate
misses something and the American
pocketbook loses much because we de-
mand substantially the same kinds of
food-generally the most expensive-day
after day.
There may be soma basis for this crit
icism, yet few Of the suggestions offered
for adding the needed variety are ever
likely to meet with popular approval For
example, it is stated that the Japanese
have found it economical to add whale
meat to their list of table delicacies. A
whale steak. done to turn. may have
its good points, but before the American
appetite can be educated to the point of
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the Marine Corps rifle range at Winthrop,
Nd. Notification of this fact has been
sent to them. These two riiemen were
unable to finish their qualifications as
expert rifiemen on the Congress Heights
range this year. because of the early
c,osing of that range. They visited the
Marine Corps range. where their scores
were testified to by Lieut.. B. L, Smith,
Y. S. NJ. c.. officer of the range. Lieut..
Gardner made AZ at 800 yards and "A at
900 yards. Private Sniffins scores were
% in the skirmish and A at 800 yards.
y X X
Honorable discharges have been order
ed for the following enlisted men of the
National Guard of the District of CO.
lumbia on their own applications:
Sergt. Henry A. Cumberland, Company
3. LIST Infantry Sergeant Logan j. Muir
SWANS Mate w. II. Wilmington {second
class, Sd Division. Naval Battalion. and
Apprenticed Seaman Eustace J. Lancas-
ter. 4th Division. Naval Battalion:
Because of removal from the District
honorable discharges have been ordered
for Prvates John j. Goodwin. Robert
L. White and George Marquardt of Com
pany B. LIST Infantry and Corp. Claude
II. Engle. Company f. I'd Infantry.
Discharges without honor have been
ordered for Private Harry Smith. Com
pany r, LIST Infantry. and Private Richard
A. Garrison, Company T.. I'd Infantry. The
reason given in the order is that the men
named have been continuously absent
from their commands without leave for
more than three months.
x x x x
Company +, ID Infantry know n
throughout the brigade as 1.-The high
school company has started the fall
and winter season with more enthusiasm
than usual even for this bright and hus-
thing organization. According to recent
"a ma q
place numerically in the regiment. as it
is number two in size, and if possible fill
its ranks so that by the next annual en-
campment it will he number one. 1t al
ready holds that coveted position in it's
own battalion. When the company re-
assembled last week for the beginning of
military duties for the fall. Maj. Clarence
V. Sayer and Capt. William II. Beck
stein delivered interesting talks to the
men.
officers for the social and business side
of the company's affairs have been elect
ed as follows:
Capt. William II. Beckstein, treasurer;
Corp. j. Sayer. financial secretary; Pri-
vate Charles Sniffins. clerk. The commit
tee to arrange the social events is COM
posed of First Sergt. NJ. j. Landvoigt,
chairman: Sergt. r. Bender. Corp J..
Sayer and Corp. w. Rathbone.
The company has requested the quarter
master department to allow larger quar-
tiers. and the purchase of a piano is
pending. In the words of the vaudeville
artist, "Oh, You Rag-time Soldier Man.
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1t pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
hlled through them.
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Lieut. c. G. Gardner and Private C. d.
Sniffin, Company +, I'd Infantry, will be
a. lowed to preserve the continuity of
their qualifications as expert rifleInen by
use of the rifle scores made by them on
Evening star., 1912-09-04
EXCURSION SEASON OVER.
Labor Day Marks Close Of Down
River Pleasure Resorts.

Labor day, whether ii comes on the lst
Of September or on the 9TH, the latest IL
can come. marks the close of the excur-
sion season on the Potomac, and the
steamers that since early in last May
Rave been carrying large throngs up and
down the river prepare to lay up for the
fall and winter and until the warm days
OF spring causes desire to again enjoy
the river breezes.
Old excursion men are unanimous In
stating that no matter how hot the
weather may be in September paying
business cannot be kept up much after
that date, and to attempt to keep the eX-
cursiop steamers in commission even until
the middle of September is to court
financial loss. The steamers plying on
the Potomac in the excursion trade are
now making their final trips of the sea-
son. The steamer st. Johns has been with
drawn from the Colonial Beach service,
but will make a number of evening trips
on the Potomac before she is laid up.
The steamer Charles Manchester on her
trips to Mount Vernon for the tourist
trade will make Marshall Hall her ter
minal, so that those who wish to visit the
resort can still do, and will also make
a few evening trips.
The steamer Angler, employed in the
colored excursion traffic, has still a few
trips to make to Washington Park and
will then be withdrawn from excursion
work. 1t is said she will probably be
placed on a freight route on the river as
soon as she can be overhauled and
painted.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
FUNDS FOR CONVENTION
Citizens Contribute S687 for
Entertainment of Delegates
to Hygiene Congress.

Contributions to the fund for the enter
tainment of the delegates to the Interna-
tional Congress on Hygiene and De-
biography, which is being raised by the
joint committee Of the Board Of Trade
and Chamber of Commerce, were an
nounced last night. Forty-three contri-
buttons have been made, amounting in
all to $6S7. The committee is anxious to
raise much larger fund to help enter
tain the thousands of delegates and Wis
itors expected to attend the convention
The list of contributors, announced by
Acting Chairman E. S. Wolfe Of the
finance committee, is as follows:
Huntington Wilson, 500; Christian
Heurich,. 500; Woodward & Lothrop.
$50; w. ]. Boardman. s25; Ellie Sheetz,
$25; DR.. Richard Kingsman, SIS; j. H.
Small & Sons. s25; Charles j. Bell. 500;
Dulin & Martin Company, 500: Charles
Rauscher, $50; DIR. Willis c. Rives, $40;
William c. Baldwin, $50; W. H, Bald
win, $50: DR.. William Gerry Morgan. SIS;
DR.. Charles w. Richardson. SIS; George
Rudolph & West Company. $40: Emil G.
Schafer, SO; Col. Myron NJ. Parker. $40;
J. b. Nichols, $40; DIR. William c. Wood
ward, SO; Cuno H. Rudolph. SO: Dr.
James ID. Morgan, $40: A. j. Brylawski,
$40; National Electrical Supply Company,
$40; A. L. Bliss, SO; H. K. Simpson, $5;
w. A. Wimsatt. So; DR.. d. K. Shute. S5;
Robert Middleton, $5; Walter NJ Brown,
So; H. F. Blount. S5; DIR. George w.
Boyd, So; Byron Wallerstein, $5; Federal
Taxicab Company $5; DR.. D. w. Prem
tiss, s.; DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. IS; DR..
E. w. Bradford 81. and D. ]. Schneider,
ST.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
HORSES WILL BE GUARDED.
Humane Society Agents to Keep
Watch on Transfer Outfits.

John S. Heap, secretary of the Wash
ington Humane Society. has issued in
structions to the ten agents Of the So
ciety, directing them to report all in
stances where express or transfer COM
panies in the city use only one horse in
hauling heavily loaded wagons.
At this season of the year, when Wash
ington residents are returning from their
summer vacations. express companies
are rushed to handle the large number of
trunks and other pieces of baggage, and
numerous instances have been reported
to the Humane Society where single
horses have been compelled to draw
wagons loaded to the limit OF their ca
pacity. Drivers have been warned re-
peatedly it is declared, but without re-
suit.
The society now purposes to go after
the concerns or the owners themselves.
in the effort to compel more humane
treatment of the horses Drivers will be
warned, and the owners of the companies
or the wagons will be interviewed. II
this method Of procedure Is not effective,
Humane Society agents will arrest all
offending drivers and prosecute them and
their managers.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
REPAIR WORK TO VESSELS.
One Schooner and Two Lighters on
the Ways.

The two-masted schooner Nettie, be-
longing to William Graves of Alexandria,
which has been employed in freighting
work on Chesapeake bay for tie past two
years or longer, is at Davis shipyard at
Solomons Island, Nd. to repair damages
received In a collision. it is stated, with
tug of the Southern Transportation
Company. The vessel will be out of serv-
ice At the shipyard for several days.
The big brick and clay carrying lighter
belonging to Miller & Co., which has
been rebuilding at Benefits boatyard for
several weeks past. was put overheard
yesterday afternoon ready for service.
The vessel is now practically a new craft.
as but few timbers of the old lighter re-
main.
As the vessel was being launched the
cradle Of the railway jumped the track.
IL will be replaced in position at low
water today and another of the Miller
lighters will be taken from the water.
This lighter ii is stated, is comparatively
a new craft, and the work to be done will
consist Of calking and other minor re-
pairs. 1t will be ready for launching In
"a week or ten days.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
ANACOSTIA.

BY direction of the Ladies' Aid Society
Of the Anacostia Methodist Episcopal
Church several improvements have been
made to the interior of the new hall, i'm
mediately back of the church on 14th
street.
Anacostia Council, No. 16. Junior Order
Of United American Mechanics. started Its
fall work last evening at a meeting held
in Masonic Hall. The increase in MEM
bership for the past few months encour-
aged the older members of the organiza-
ton to believe that many more Will be
added.
The choir Of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church will resume it's rehearsals tonight
i'm the choir room of the parish on V
street, and next Sunday will make it's ap-
pearance in the services. Arthur l.. Simp,
son, who was leader of the choir last sea !
son, will again assume charge this year.
and Mrs. Arthur l.. Simpson will play the
organ.
Charles T. Graft of Minnesota avenue,
who was responsible for the bill intro
duced in Congress the past session for
So, 600 to improve Minnesota avenue. will
again endeavor to have this amount ap-
propriated. The original bill received an
adverse report of the Commissioners. but
it is believed that this can be overcome.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
DEM0LIsHNG OLD HOTEL.
The Arlington Expected to Be Level
With Ground in Another Month.

October 1. 1t is expected, will find the
old Arlington Hotel building level with
the ground. The work Of destruction. SO
long delayed. has begun. A hundred
wreckers, a force that Will be augmented
within few days to $50 men, are at
work. \ month of steady demolition
should dispose of the last stone, the last
brick. the last piece of woodwork.
Already the building is a skeleton. All
the fixtures, plumbing heating. gas and
electric appliances and devices have been
removed The framework of doorways,
windows and wainscoting has also been
torn out. The stone cornice which tops
the structure has begun to crumble away
under the hands of the wreckers.
The top story will be first taken of
the building. Then, floor by floor, the
building will shrink until nothing re-
mains but the foundations. These in
their turn must give place to a new
construction when the new building
starts to go up.
The demolition of the old Arlington
began last Friday. Superintendent of
Construction w. +. Summers is in charge
of the work for the Thompson -Starett
Company, the contractors who are razins
the building.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
CLUB MAKES APPOINTMENTS.
Washington Ad Men Are Placed on
Important Committees.

A number Of important committees
were appointed at meeting Of the
Washington Ad Club last night in the
clubs headquarters. 513 18th street. One
of the most important is that which will
aid the Baltimore Ad Club with it's plans
to entertain the Associated Ad Clubs OF
America at the 1913 convention, which Is
to be held in Baltimore.
President Walter Mcdonnell announced
the appointment of the committees as
John E. Shoemaker. chairman; Charles
j. Rogers, Fred McC. Smith. Granville
M. Hunt Henry Morton. Thomas Grant,
Charles p. Hancock. William j. Eynon,
Charles p Brook. George Dugdale and
II. Kirkus Dugdale.
Membership committee-Fred McC.
Smith, chairman: Charles H. Brook, T.
NJ. Weir and Earl P. Hopkins
Publicity committee-George o. Rip
pard. chairman; J. William Jay, Frank
j. Kraus. Charles P. Hancock, T. NJ.
Weir, j. Harry Cunningham and Charles
Educational committee-George Dug
dale. chairman: Evart c. Palmer, Earl P.
Hopkins, II. Kirkus Dugdale. George Os
termayer and Gerald Rickard.
House committee-E. E. Henderson.
chairman; w. P. Hartley and H. A. c.
Fay.
Entertainment committee-H. Kirkus
Dugdale. chairman; Edward F. Roberts
r. Edwin Joyce. John Dolph and George
P. Killian.
chairman r. Edwin Joyce. j. A. Finne-
gan. p P. Finnegan, Fred McC. Smith,
John F. Robb and Frank Rodgers
Auditing committee-Evart G. Palmer,
chairman: Valentine B. Holman. Gran
vile NJ. Hunt and c. E. Henderson.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
CALLED TO ANOTHER FIELD.
Washington Minister Invited to
Serve Church in Knoxville, Tenn.

Rev. j. Luther Frantz, pastor of st.
Marks Lutheran Church, has been called
to the pastorate of st. Johns Lutheran
Church at Knoxville, Tenn. He has the
call under consideration and will not an
nounce his decision in the matter for
some days.
The congregation of the Knoxville
church expects soon to move into new
edifice which is now approaching COM
pletion 1t is being built by woman
member of the church as memorial to
her late husband, and when completed,
it is declared, will be one of the hand
soonest edifices Of the Lutheran denomi-
nation in the entire southland. 1t will
be ready for occupancy about Decem-
ber /.
Rev Mr.. Frantz has been pastor of the
local church for the past ten years. COM
ing to this city from a Baltimore pas
torate. The congregation of st. Mark $
church has doubled since he took up the
paStorate,
Evening star., 1912-09-04
TOURNAMENT AT SEABROOK,
Labor Day Is Celebrated Under Aus
pices of the Jr. O. u. A. M,

'-pt'idi correspondence or Inc star.
SEABROOK, Md, September 4, 1912
Labor day was celebrated here by a
tournament, the first held in twenty
years. The celebration was under the
auspices Of the Remember the Maine
Council J. o. U. A. M. All day and at
the ball held in the evening the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor Band sun
piled music
In the professional class at the
tournament ]. F. Love, the knight of
Prince Georges county, was the winner.
He crowned Mrs. j. F. Love queen of
love and beauty. Lucien Love, the
knight of Maryland. was second in the
contest. He crowned Miss Grace Mar
low of Montgomery county first maid
of honor. Nelson Fisher. the knight
OF Washington avenue, and Page
Bowie, the knight of Mount Oak, fin
ished in the order named.
Among the amateurs. Samuel p.
Hyatt. the knight of Bungalow, was
judged to be the winner. AS a reward
he crowned Miss Nettie Hardesty queen
of love and beauty. James H; Hamil-
ond. He crowned Miss Helen Willis
of Glendale, Md, first maid of honor
Page Bowie, the knight of Mount Oak.
was third in the tournament, and next
TO MIN In OrOer OF merit was LIE Roy
Hopkins, the knight of Weeping Willow.
William Holmead acted as marshal
Of the tournament, assisted by Eugene
Milliken. The judges were Judge c. c.
Magruder. Ives Mason Ford and How
ard Fabler. Representative Thomas
Parran of the fifth congressional dis
trict of Maryland made a speech in the
afternoon, and Frank o. Smith, demo-
cratic candidate for Congress from the
fifth district, delivered an address in
the evening. Both speakers were in
troduced by Judge G. c. Magru6er
A heavy rain about 6 o'clock in the
evening forced every one indoors, and
the dance was held in Hardesty's Hall
instead of outdoors, as had been plan
ned.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF.

Prevent falling hair. remove crusts and scales,
and ailay itching and irritation of the scalp,
frequent shampoos with Cuticurs Soap, assisted
by occasional dressings with Cuticurs Ointment
AFFORD the specdiest and most economical treat
ment. They assist In promoting the growth and
beauty Of the hair by removing those conditions
which tend To make il dry. thin and lifeless
often leading TO premature grayness and loss Of
hair Cuticurs Soap f25c} and Cuticura Ointment
fsocl sold by druggists and dealers everywhere.
Liberal sample OF each mailed free. with 32p
skin Book. Address postcard "Cuticura, Dept
T, Boston.
DTsnder- faced men should use Cuticura Soar
Shaving Stick. 25c. Sample nee.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
RACIAL PROGRESS THEME.
Women's Congress to Take Up I'm
portant Question in Sessions Here.

The committee of arrangements for the
Women's Congress to be held September
IS, under the auspices of the Emancipa-
ton Commemorative Society, held a
meeting last night at the residence of the
chairman, 1179 New Hampshire avenue.
Mrs. Julia West Hamilton, secretary.
reported that a full supply of flags had
been obtained for decoration. Mrs. ]. B.
Isabel reported the loan of palms. which
will be delivered at the Nineteenth
Street Baptist Church, where the women
will discuss different phases of racial
progress in fifty years. Mrs. DIR. S. l..
Singleton and others pledged donations.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
GETS MORE TIME FOR BRIEF.
Mcneil Must Set Forth Trolley Line
Complaint BY September Is.

Attorney r. H. Mcneil. representing
residents of Cleveland Park. Ten'cytown
and other suburban sections along the
Wisconsin avenue line Of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company in the
recent hearing before the District cleo
trio railway commission to force the rail-
way company to give through car serv-
ice from the sections in question to Union
station and return, has been grained
case.
At the close of the hearing Chairman
Marble of the commission gave Mr.. Nc
Neil until September 3 to file the brief.
On account of business which has kept
him out of Washington and from finish
ing the brief, he made application for
more time. Attorneys for the railway
company will file their briefs later.
Evening star., 1912-09-04
DISTRICT WILL MEET
MARYLAND HALF WAY
State Commission to Plan for
Disposal of Sewage Along
Rock Creek.

Should the state of Maryland within
the next two years provide sewage dis
posal facilities for the communities that
drain into Rock Creek valley the Dis
trict of Columbia will be ready to re-
ceive the sewage at the District line and
provide for its ultimate disposition.
Gov. Goldsborough of Maryland has
appointed committee to consider the
sewage problems confronting the COM
munities that drain into both Rock Creek
and Anacostia valleys. and the local gov
ernment plans to be in a position to CO.
operate with the state authorities by
building main interceptors up both val
leys to the dividing line.
Appropriations Are Authorized.
Appropriations already authorized by
Congress will carry the Rock Greek in
terceptor beyond the Geological Park,
and the Anacostia interceptor past Twin
ing City, and the estimates Of the Com
missioners for next year will include
items for continuing the work In both
valleys. The Rock Creek interceptor will
be the first to reach the District line.
and, II occasion demanded, this piece Of
work probably could be finished within
two years.
munities cannot be provided until a plan
has been worked out by Gov. Colds
borough's commission and submitted to
the legislature at its next session. 1t Is
expected that the arrangement to be de-
cided on will be a cooperative one where
by the Maryland authorities will provide
for the conveyance Of the sewage to the
District line, where IL will be received
into the Districts interceptors and car
ried to its ultimate destination