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The Washington times., 1912-07-14
HOUSE MAY PROBE
CHARGING OF FEES
AT POLO. ]. GROUNDS
Motorlst Who Refused to
Pay Will Sue Col. Cosby
for False Arrest.

Declaring that the statements given
to papers by the War Department re-
garding the right OF the police TO ar
rest Orville B. Brown at the Polo
grounds. Friday, was a weak attempt
at defense, Mr.. Drown and his attor-
neys. william b. Bride and Enoch A.
Chase, today reiterated their intention
Of carrying out the investigation to the
limit.
The next step, according to Mr..
Bride. will be a civil action for false
arrest, false imprisonment, or some Sim
liar charge involving the officers who
made the arrest, Colonel Cosby and
Secretary Stimson, of the war De
partment. This he expects to do at
once. ..'t 49,. -
Mr.. Bride said that the Congressman
vestigation has sent Secretary stimson
a letter asking that he cite the law
giving his authority to allow charges to
be made for contests on public property.
House May Investigate.
A reasonable length of time will be
allowed for the Secretary to answer
the letter, and in case he does not an
swer or the answer is not satisfa ctory
the Congressman has said that he Will
at once ask the House to make an in
Mr.. Bride does not intend to deliver
his client over to the police and then
ask for a writ OF habeas corpus, as was
considered yesterday. He prefers TO
place the matter In civil court fby the
false arrest procedure.
With regard to the statements sent
out from the War Department. Mr..
Bride said that two separate lines of
defense we're set up by the department,
neither of which are correct.
Authority Questioned.
TN one statement" said the attor-
ney they seek TO justify their action by
claiming that the appropriation for
| maintenance Of parks is not enough.
| What we want to know is where the
Secretary. Of War or Colonel Cosby get
their authority to increase this apprO-
priation by charging for space in the
grounds. The appropriation Is made by
Congress and no authority Is vested in
anybody to increase II in any way"
The other line of defense, he said
| Is that the polo tournament is official.
I'm this case said Mr.. Bride. I'VE
| claim that Cosby overstepped his au-
thority in charging for the parking
| privilege in order to meet the expense.
| Both Messrs. Drown and Bride stated
| that 1t was their opinion that an effort
| is being made to exclude TO ''hoi polloi
from the park. and that the arrest OF
Mr.. Drown involved far more important
questions than a mere personal matter
The Washington times., 1912-07-14
BILLION DOLLAR
ACTION PLANNED
BY UNCLE SAM
Federal Government Will
Sue Oil Producers in
California.
Continued from First Page.)


preliminary work done. We have not
had an army of men at work, but there
have been a great many. Abstracts
owner who had bona fide rights on the
land ordinarily had his abstract in good
shape.
Besides, of course, every bit of the
land involved had to be examined to see
whether or not IL contained OIL or min
eral. This was necessary In order to
distinguish the owners or claimants who
were to be made parties to the contem-
plated suit from those who have bona
fide rights.
'fThe abstracts alone cost 5000, and
this Is only a small part of the cost.
The work has been going on for about
two years" e..
Worth SI5,ooo,ooo.
The Southern Pacific case, now in the
courts, is supposed to involve lands
worth about s15,O00,0 900. The new cases
dwarf this sum. The value Of the
lands is uncertain, but there is no ques-
ton that It runs in hundreds of mil
lions OF dollars, and the billion dollar
cognomen may be entirely proper.
Special Attorney B. ID. Townsend will
not return to Washington until after
the suits are filed, it is stated, and his
itinerary then will depend in large
measure on the progress of the litiga-
ton.
''It is certainly right that suit should
be instituted" said Commissioner Den
nett, for the value of the product
taken from the land II the producer had
no bona flde rights either to the land
or its products"
The Washington times., 1912-07-14
BEAUTIFUL HANDS
AND ARMS
A FAMOUS BEAUTY GIVES
HER SECRET TO THE
WORLD.
A Free Prescription You Can Prepare
At Your Own Home.

Many women take perfect care Of their face
and clothes. yet neglect their hands. Rougn
red hands are almost as unattractive as Ill
kept teeth.
1t is a simple. easy matter to keep your
hands smooth and beautiful. The following
prescription. which you can compound at
your own home is famous for the marvellous.
instantaneous result II gives:
Get from your druggist one ounce of Kulux
Compound. Put 1t in a two-ounce bottle. add
quarter of an ounce of witch hazel, NIL with
water and shake we'll.
You will be surprised at the result when
applied to your hands, arms or neck Blem-
ishes Of every kind disappear as II by
magic Freckles, tan, rough skin. coarse
pores yield instantly to this application.
This is the private prescription of a famous
Partisan beauty.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14
Sick Man Quarantined
In Shack in Cemetery

,DUNKIRK, N. Y, July H-Consider-
able comment is current here over the
action of the town board of Sheridan in
allowing the authorities Of Sheridan to
quarantine a person by the name of
Brooks in a shed hastily built for its
present use in the town cemetery.
Brooks is suffering from diptheria and
his environments are such as to be of
severe handicap to him In his battle for
life. On all sides of the imprisoned un-
fortunate human being stand tomb
stones and grave marks.
No family could be found in the
township whose members would consent
to allowing the sick man to be taken
into their homes.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14
Girl, Eighteen, Makes
New Swimming Record

PITTSBURGH. July 14.-Miss Bessie
Schoedel, aged eighteen, last evening
made a new swimming record In west
ern Pennsylvania and won the Hoyland
Cup trophy, which has been sought for
years by women swimmers Of this sec
ton.
Miss Schoedel swan from the Herrs
Island dam, in the Allegheny river to
the Davis Island dam, in the Ohio river.
a distance of six and one-half miles,
without a rest and finished in good con-
dition.
Her swim was greatly hampered by
head winds and the changing currents
and by the swell of passing steamers:
Allegheny and Ohio rivers she was
Joined by several men swimmers but
easily dtstanced them after few hun
dred yards had been covered.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14

daughter. Miss Margaret Wing, to Maui
rice Healy, OF Washington.
Miss Katherine Sharpe, Of East Capt.
tai street, is spending the summer with
friends in Pleasantville, Ohio.
Mrs Green T. Dodd, of Atlanta, Ga.
has cards out for the marriage of her
daughter, Miss Mary Chapman Dodd to
Aquilla Turner Robinson, of Washing
Ascension Church, in Washington. Au>
gust 8. After August Is, Mr.. Robinson
and his bride will make their home at
the Highlands.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14
Killed in Toledo.

TOLEDO, Ohio, July A.-Fred Hum.
nell, bartender. was murdered at
Dead Mans Crossing here today in q
Polish ulen. John Qusa Is arrested
charged with killing Hummell Hum
nell was shot through the head.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14
Wed in Virginia.

Miss Mary Belle Shackleford and
Frank Hayward. both of Colonial
Beach, were married at Oak Grove. Va,
last night by the Rev. r. r. Phelps
The young couple made the trip to Oak
Grave in an automobile, accompanied
by DR.. w. f. Marshall and DR.. &.
Blight Harrison, both Of Colonial Beach.
They are we'll known in Washington.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14
LOCAL MENTION.

Eastern Shore and Washington now con-
nected direct. Fast service Easton,
Ocean City, Cambridge, oxford, and all
points. See W., B. & A. Electric Rail-
way.
Cambridge now only five hours from
Washington; fast day service. No night
trip now necessary. See W., b. & A.
Electric Railway.
Sensational Rescue Under Water.
''The Mystery of Souls"
! Virginia Theater.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14

Mrs. Ralph N. Ellis, Of New York,
formerly Miss warder, of Washington,
is visiting MRS. Cornelius Vanderbilt at
Beaulieu, Newport.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14

Passed Assistant Paymaster F. w.
Holt, U. s. N, and Mrs Holt have
gone to Key West, Fla, where Mr..
Holt was ordered upon his return from
Yokohama, japan, several weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs Peter Geolet Gerry have
taken a cottage at Bar Harbor for the
remainder of the season. They will have
with them for the summer. Mrs Gerry g
mother Mrs. Richard Townsend. who
will close her Washington residence on
Massachusetts avenue in a day or two.
The Washington times., 1912-07-14

Miss Genevieve Clark accompanied the
Speaker to Seagirt. yesterday, on his
visit to Governor Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
LIGHT DEMAND FOR OYSTERS.
No More Cargoes Probable Until
River Ice ThaWs,

The demand for oysters in the shell at
the 18th street wharf has been very light
for the past two weeks, ever since the
last two vessels arrived at the wharf
with their oyster cargoes. Aboard the
vessels now lying at the wharf there are
still several hundred bushels of the BIZ
valves. but the dealers uptown are get
ting shucked stock from Baltimore, Nor
folk and elsewhere for their trade, and
this has killed the demand for oysters in
the shell. AS a consequence prices have
dropped and oysters could be bought at
the wharf this morning for 20 cents per
bushel. where they were selling at the
beginning of the freeze at 81 a bushel
and even higher.
1t is probable that owing to the condi-
tion of the market and the high prices
that have to be paid for oysters on the
dredging ground no more oyster-laden
vessels will be brought into port until
after the thaw comes and vessels can
sail the river.
The oysters aboard the vessels at the
wharf are in good condition, the oyster
men say, and, contrary to the general
opinion, have not been frozen, as the
boatmen have kept oil stoves burning in
the holds of their boats throughout the
freezing weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Still Same Old Two-and-Sixpence,
Saws "Mr. Dooley,"

WELL said Mr.. Dooley, "L.arkin, me
frind. We make tn heart in me glad. I
was gettin' world about tn dimmycrat
party I was afraid it was changin' it's
charackter. But / see by tn cam, dis
pass'nate way he spake iv our most
thrusted leaders that it's tn same Oh
lend me "a brick Mike-here-comes our-hero
party that I've been goin' down to a
gloryous defeat with nearly ivry time
I've poked me nose into a barber shop
to vote FIR these forty-Od years.
It's Boys. reminder we're all dimmy-
Gratis an gint.emen. Don't lave us fight
in tn house. Lave us have it out in tn
sthreet.' It's Who's our strongest pos
sible candydate? Let's all jump on him
at wanst.'
Five months before tn con-vintion
meets We've made all tn mateeryal about
ourselves that tn republicans need fr
their campaign. IT'S not till about week
befure tn. iliction that tn nearest frind
iv tn candidate We nommynated can
speak a kind wurrud f'r him befure tn
polls without bein' arrested as an accis-
sorry"
Who is Mr.. Dooley? Well, well-why,
there's only one Mr.. Dooley and he is the
inimitable creation Of Finley Peter
Dunno! Yes, it's the same one and only
Mr.. Dooley' back again. Watch for the
special features section of tomorrow
Sunday Star. You'll find there the first
of new series of articles on current
topics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
REPAIRS TO TUG PRIDE.
New Tubing for Boiler, and Other
Needed improvements.

The tug George W. Pride of the Po-
tomac sand and gravel company fleet has
been brought from the Eastern branch to
the wharf of Webber & Thomas to have
her boiler retubed and for other repair
work in preparation for the busy spring
season. The Pride will be ready to go
into commission about the first Of the
coming month. Capt. Frank Kintz will
be her master when she does so.
The tug William H. Mohler, which was
formerly owned at this city, but which
was sold to Baltimore about five years
ago. was damaged by the ice in Balti-
more harbor Thursday. The tug was
breaking one of the Standard Oil Com
pany's tank barges out of the ice at the
works of the company at Canton, when
a hole was knocked in her hull by the
heavy ice. The opening was a big one.
and it was all the steam pumps of the
vessel could do to keep her afloat until
she could be run into shOal water. The
leak has been stopped temporarily, and
the Mohler will be taken from the water
for permanent repairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
AIDS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL.
Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury Makes a Con
tribution of $4,000.

A gift of $4,000 to the Emergency
Hospital by Mrs. f. T. Stotesbury, for
merly Mrs. Oliver Cromwell of this city,
was announced at a meeting of the
board of managers of the hospital last
night. Mrs. Thomas T. Calf, a member
of the board. made the announcement,
adding that $3.50 of the amount is to
be used for an electric ambulance.
The gift coming at the time when the
Emergency Hospital is fighting to obtain
from Congress 100000 to aid in con-
structing a two-hundred- and fifty-thou-
sand-dollar building, since it must give
up its present quarters to the govern
ment, has added impetus to the move
ment for the hospital. A petition signed
by more than 200 of the representative
men of the city, favoring the aid of Con-
gress in continuing the Emergency
Hospital. was presented also This petit
ton will be forwarded to Congress.
The board of charities has recommend
ca that the appropriation for the Emer-
sency be not allowed. and that a three
hundred-thousand-doll municipal hos
pital be erected where all the emergency
work of the District may be done. This
plan has been vigorously opposed by the
Medical Association of the District, and
also by the Chamber of Commerce and
other organizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
NOT DIR. WALKERS PIN.
Looks Like the One She Lost. But
Is of More Value.

In an interview with a Star reporter a
few days ago. DIR. Mary Walker spoke of
the loss OF a pin with yellow set. Yes
terday she received through the mail
pin, with the following note:
Last December I picked up this little
pin on + street In front Of the Ebbitt
House. Last night 1 read an account of
an interview between yourself and a re-
porter. in which you said you had at one
time lost little hah-inch pin with a
yellow stone II just answered the de-
scription Of the one found. and SO
send it to you, thinking thai. if it is not
yours. yet you may be pleased to have il
in place Of the one You lost. IL
YOU will kindly acknowledge the receipt
of II through the columns of The Even
ing Star I shall feel amply repaid for
my trouble.
THE pin is not the one ! lost" says
DR.. Walker. 1T has. besides the yellow
center stone. q setting of brilliants around
1t. and is more valuable than mine.
shall be pleased to return it to the one
who lost il, II the loser will call at my
home. 6O2 9Th street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
JURY ASSESSES DAMAGES.
Condemnation in Interest Of Balti-
more Washington Boulevard.
.ial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LAUREL, Nd, February 10. 1912.
A jury Of condemnation, summoned by
Sheriff A. B. Suit met yesterday for the
purpose of assessing the damages for
about one and a half acres Of the Diven
property. near Contee station, about three
miles south of Laurel. for the use Of the
Baltimore and Washington boulevard.
After going over the ground the jury
adjourned to the Citizens National Bank
and. after hearing the evidence, awarded
the niven heirs the sum of $40. The
jury consisted of Thomas NJ. Baldwin,
Gustavus B. Timanus. George E. French
E. B. Carr, Calvin w. Donaldson. Alton
E. Donaldson, 8. J. Athey, L. Clinton
Donaldson, Frank Thies, Marcellus Lei
GEAR. John r. Jones and Clarence A.
Frost, all residents of Laurel. Charles
H. Stanley and Carville D. Benson rep
resented the state roads commission, and
James F. Curley the Diven heirs.
This completes the right of way for
road between Baltimore and Washing
ton over the boulevard, and as the con-
tract has been let the work will begin
at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
CHANGES IN BUOYAGE.
Notice Issued by Inspector Pound
stone in Fifth District.

A notice regarding buoyage in the fifth
district has been issued from the office
of Inspector Poundstone, in charge Of the
district. as follows:
Virginia Seacoast - Winter-quarter
shoal gas and whistling buoy. No. 6,
WQS, found not flashing correctly; the
proper characteristic has been restored.
Black Fish Bank buoy. BIB. first-class
can, reported missing December 30, has
been replaced
Seacoast-The following buoys, found
out OF position, have been replaced:
Third buoy. PS. third-class can.
Fourth buoy. PS. third-class can.
Chesapeake bay-main channel to Bal
timore-Thirty- five-foot channel gas buoy.
No. 1 A. was reported damaged and
showing fixed light. February ); will be
replaced as soon as practicable.
guished February 3. and will be relighted
as soon as practicable;
York river-The following buoys were
reported February 5. dragged out of po-
sition by the ice. and will be replaced as
soon as practicable:
Tus Point shoal buoy, No. 3, second
class can.
Sandy Point shoal buoy. No. I, second
Upper middle ground buoy, No. II, Sec
Ond-claSs can.
Lower entrance cut buoy, No. 8, second
class can.
Acknowledgement INSTRUMENTATION
being closed by ice, Benedict light and
Polk shoal light will be temporarily dis
continued until the reopening of navigs-
ton.
North Carolina-Seacoast-Th British
steamship ConsOls was reported February
4 sunk about ten miles northeast by east
three-quarters east (magD from Curri-
tuck beach lighthouse; the masts are
probably standing. forming an obstruc-
ton to navigation; mariners should use
caution.
Pamlico sound-Pungo river light-The
structure supporting this light was car
ried away January % and the light will
be temporarily discontinued.
Pamlico sound-Adams creek-Adams
creek entrance buoy. No. l. spar. was re-
ported adrift February e. and will be
placed as soon as practicable.
Albermarle sound-Reeds point light
This light was reported extinguished Feb
ruary l, on account of the ice, and will be
relighted as soon as accessible.
Albemarle standardization river-Mid-
die ground buoy, No. 1. second-class can.
reported missing January p, has been re-
placed.
Great shoal buoy, No. ., spar, found
missing, has been replaced.
Stag Hotel now open. COS 9th. Call M. 81OS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
TUG CALVERT ON DUTY.
Goes Into Commission in Charge of
Can't. John Powell.

The new steel hull tug Calvert. which
was built at Baltimore shipyard and
purchased on the stocks by John T.
Donohoe, has gone into commission under
the command of Capt. John Powell. The
first work given her is of a nature to
test her powers as an ice boat, as she
has been sent from Baltimore to the st.
Marys river, tributary of the Potomac
in lower Maryland. to release two of the
tugs and a tow of barges belonging to the
Southern Transportation Company, which
were caught there by the ice, and are
held prisoners.
The Calvert is to be used in barge-tow-
ing work on Chesapeake bay and the
coast, and will bring lows of barges from
Baltimore and Chesapeake City to this
port and Alexandria. 1t is stated that
she will come to this city with the
barges after their release from the ice in
the St. Marys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
ANNUAL MEETING HELD.
Alexandria County Sunday School
Association Officers Elected.

At the annual meeting Of the Alexan-
dria County Sunday School Association
held in the Methodist Protestant church
at Cherrydale last night, the following
officers were elected for the current year
President s. w. Phillips. Cherrydale
vice president, w. A. Mattingly. De-
Ray; secretary and treasurer. Mrs. T.
B. Young Mrs. Young was also elected
delegate to the state Sunday school con-
vention, with 8. A. Woodland as al
ternate.
At the roll call of the seventeen Sun
day schools in the district encourag ing
reports were made and definite progress
was noted In practically all the schools,
many reporting that their membership
had almost doubled in the last year.
Music was furnished by the Alexandria
county choral choir, under the leadership
of Mrs. A. L. Powell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
LEAGUE DINNER TONIGHT,
Opening Event of Republican Clubs
CAMPAIGN of 1912,

With long list of distinguished guests
and with the anticipation of timely and
enliveping speeches, the dinner commit
tee of the League of Republican State
Clubs announced today that everything is
in readiness for tonight's banquet at the
New Willard. In order to give plenty of
time for speeches, the dinner will be
served promptly at 7:3O o'clock, it was
announced today by Henry M. Camp, in
charge of the league headquarters.
The demand for tickets has been ex-
ceptionally large, exceeding the expecta-
tons of the executive committee. The
list of guests represents the most dis
tinguished gathering ever assembled at
a league dinner; and in view Of this fact
the executive committee feels today that
tonight's affair will be the most success
lul one of the kind the organization has
ever held.
The dinner will mark the opening of the
leagues work for 1912. The political ac4
tfvity assigned to this organization con-
sists mainly in arousing enough interest
among the republican voters of various
states who are temporarily residing in
the District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
TWO SMALL FIRES.
Department Also Called Out by False
Alarms.

- No. II engine company responded to an
alarm yesterday afternoon about 4:30
O'Clock and found blaze in room on
the second floor OF unoccupied house 1922
Quincy street northeast. The fire was
caused by spontaneous combustion, the
firemen say. some oil-soaked rags having
been left in the room by workmen. About
$50 damage resulted.
Fire of unknown origin caused about
So damage last night in the printing
Office Of Israel Friedman, 613 New York
avenue. The blaze was eXtinguished by
1iremen who responded to an alarm from
box %.
Two false alarms called out fire depart
ment apparatus last night. Shortly after
Z o'clock an alarm was sounded from
box SIG. located at Sd and B streets south
east. Twenty minutes later a call was
received from box 30, LIST and Carroll
streets southeast.