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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-29
Scott Had Recently Re-Enlisted.

Corp. Frank s. Scott had served several
enlistments in the army and had recently
re-enlisted. joining the Signal Corps in
order to be in company with some of his
personal friends among the enlisted men.
The hydro-aeroplanes at the Washington
barracks We're flown as usual yesterday
afternoon. the officers there not knowing
of the accident at College Park until
some time after it had occurred. Lieut..
Harry II. Arnold made a long flight in
the Burgess Wright, starting from the
barracks soon after o'clock. At times
he attained an altitude Of Zoo to 800
feet and circled around the water front
of the city. making "a gentle landing on
the water
Lieut.. Harold Geiger rose in the Curtiss
machine at the barracks just as Lieut..
Arnold was returning from his flight.
Lieut.. Geiger flew some distance down
the river. On returning he kept his
power on and made Il skillful landing on
the incline where the hydros are launched.
Both officers made other flights. Lieut..
Arnold carrying an enlisted man as pas
Senger. On his second fight Lieut..
Geigcr had some engine trouble, which
forced him to make a landing on the
water. after which he was towed back to
the shore.
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CRIPPLE TO GIVE LEG
TO SAVE GIRLS LIFE
Amputation and Grating
Operation Will Be Per-
formed Today.

CHICAGO, September oS. = William
Rugh. a crippled newsboy who volun-
teered some days ago to give his useless
leg that it's skin might be grated to save
the life of Miss Ethel Smith. will make
the sacrifice tomorrow Rush and Miss
Smith will lie on adjoining tables in the
operating room of the Gary. Ind. hos
pital while the young mans leg is am
putated and the still living cuticle is APP
piled to the burns on Miss Smiths body.
The sacrifice of limb in such a case is
said to be without precedent in the an
nails of surgery. Fifty per cent Of the
skin was burned from Miss Smiths body
in an explosion of gasoline in motor
cycle accident several weeks ago.
The burns were SO extensive that heal
ing would not start. and 1t became known
that Miss Smith would die. Rugh imme-
diately offered his leg. but it WAS only
today that Miss Smiths parents and ply
sicians consented to accept the sacrifice.
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SAMUEL McR0BERTS ELECTED.
Made Director of Chicago, Milwaukee
and St, Paul Road.

MILWAUKEE,. September 2S.-Samuel
McRoberts of New York was elected a
director of the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railway Company at the an
nual meeting today, to succeed Frank S.
Bond, deceased.
Donald G. Geddes. Roosevelt Miller, Will
liam Rockefeller and John A. Stewart,
all of New York. whose terms as di-
rectors had expired. were reelected.
A. c. Hagensick. who has been chief
clerk for the last fourteen years. was ap-
pointed assistant secretary. All the old
officers were reelected.
Eighty per cent Of the shares were rep
resented at the meeting, being the largest
representation at any annual meeting in
the history of the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-29
PASSING OF THE NIPSIC.
Historic Wooden Frigate Will Be
Put on the Block.

The historic wooden frigate Nipsc, one
of the survivors of the disastrous ty-
phoon in the harbor of Samoa in 1882
and a product of the Washington navy
yard. has outlved its usefulness as a
warship and is to be sold to the highest
bidder for conversion into junk. After
six years labor the Eipsc was launched
at the local yard in 1879. Since then she
has cruised in all parts of the world,
mostly in the waters of the Pacific, and
has rendered creditable service. She was
caught in the great storm in Samoa
which wrecked the Trenton and Nandalia
Of the United States Navy and the Saed-
Ter of the German navy with great loss
of life. For many years past she has
been tied up at the Bremerton navy yard
and used for a prison ship for naval Of
tenders.
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MRS. HAMMER ARRAIGNED.
Woman Accused of Shooting Hus.
band Pleads Not Guilty.

/ NORTH TONAW-ANDA. y. Y, Septem-
Der 2S.-Mrs. Mary NJ. Hammer WAS ar
raigned In city court this evening on q
charge of shooting her husband, George
Hammer, with intent to kill. She pleaded
not guilty and was remanded To Jail. Her
case will be presented To the October
grand jury.
Mrs. Hammer is still suffering from tho
wound i'm her knee inflicted at tile time
her husband WAS shot. The shooting &C.
CURED on the night of September l..
while Hammer and his wife We're passing
through North Tonawanda on their way
from Niagara Falls to Buffalo in an au-
tomobie
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FAIL TO SMUGGLE CHINESE.
Celestial. With Two Countrymen,
Arrested at Erie. Pa.

ERIE. Pa. September 2S-An attempt
to smuggle Chinese into this country was
blocked tonight by the local police
Quong Ohtong is under arrest, charged
with bringing two cOuntrymen, Lee Oha
ney and Quong Louis. across Lake Erie
from the Canadian side. The Chinese
when arrested at Union station had 500
in Canadian money, tickets to New
York and had obtained sleeping car tick
etc for that city.
Capt. Welsh of the police hsd called
Deputy United States Marshal Firman
into the case, and it is expected the au-
thorities will make several other arrests
before morning. The police here are of
the opinion they have discovered one of
the most important routes used in SNUG
Cling foreigners into the United States.
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BUILT OF STEEL.
Two New Vessels Launched From
Great Lakes Shipyards.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, September 2S.-Two
new steel vessels were launched from two
great lakes shipyards today The six-hun.
dred-foot freighter James A. Farrell
named for the president of the United
States Steel Corporation and built for the
Pittsburgh Steamship Company, slid off
the ways at Lorain, and the 261 foot
coastwise vessel George Hawley, owned
|by the Boston and Virginia Transporter
ton Company. took the water at Ashta-
bula, Ohio.
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Nonsence. He Declares.

4 THE proposition advanced at one of the
sessions on eugenics. when a speaker de-
clared that environment. and not hered-
ity. determines the character of the child,
Is. OF course. arrant nonsense. Such
propositions are advanced at all gather
ings of this kind, and they never receive
the support of any one but the person
who advances them. So far as l can
learn, no delegate to the congress just
ended gave more than an amused thought
to the pronouncement of this delegate;
because if there is one single thing that
science knows positively, 1t Is that like
will produce like and that heredity rules
in human development. Another foolish
statement advanced was that of the
speaker who advocated the establishment
or "A system of polygamy to do away
with certain evils that are sapping our
social system. 1t is true. L believe. that
the figures of the latest census show that
there are about million more women in
the United States than there are men.
But am not prepared to admit that even
the most hopeless old maid in all this
sanction a condition which. while it
might remove her from her state of sin
gle loneliness, would compel her to share
husband with several other women,
with some OF whom she might not even
be on speaking terms. These and SINH
lar ideas advanced at the sessions I con-
slider to be simply the cerebrations of
haif-baked scientists who, in mental de-
velopment are several centuries out of
step with the trend OF todays knowledge.
They are to be expected wherever and
whenever scientists foregather. and
they are to be smiled at and passed
over, as are the WITNESSES Of pre-
cocious children who have strayed into
company of ser1ouS-minded adults
and who try to participate in delibera-
tions of which they have no adequate
conception. These are the things we
must pass over. while we winnow out
the golden grains Of knowledge, which
in this instance. are far in excess Of
the volume of chaff that might have
been expected"
The health exhibit. housed in the
Red Cross building at 18th and h
streets northwest. will be open to-
day between the hours OF 10 o'clock
am and 4:3O pm. Tho exhibit will re-
main open each day and evening next
week. closing October S. A new pro-
gram of lectures and motion pictures
has been arranged for the coming
week. and number Of interesting
topics will be presented, the most Of
the lectures being illustrated with both
motion pictures and colored slides An
nouncement OF the lecture program will
be made from day TO day during the
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-29
PURITAN LEAVES NORFOLK.
Repairs to Monitor Will Be Made
at Charleston.

NORFOLK, Va. September 2s-The
United States monitor Puritan left the
Norfolk navy yard early today I'm tow OF
the tugs Potomac and PatuXent. and un-
der convoy OF the naval auxiliary Caesar
for Charleston. :. c., where she goes to
be used as a practice ship for the ma
chinists school at that place.
The Puritan is the vessel that was
blown up on the Newport News middle
grounds. and raised after lying for sew
eral months on the bottom. She has been
repaired with woodwork sufficiently tn
get her to Charleston, where the young
apprentice naval machinists will UNDER
take to put her machinery in proper
condition.
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MAKE CLOSE INSPECTION.
Hartman Estate Investigated by
New York Tax Appraisers.

GOSHEN, y. Y. September "a hear
Ing i'm the transfer tax appraisal of the
estate of r.. III. Hartman was held to-
to ascertain whether Hartman had
made any gifts or transferred To MEM
bers of his family property that should
be included in the tax appraisal of his
estate. -. - ~
Mrs. Hartman and her daughters. Mrs.
Charles q. Rumsey and Miss Carol \.
Hartman. testified that Mr.. Hartman
previous to his death had not made any
gifts to his wife and daughters that
should be looked into by the controller 8
Office. The testimony of the other chill
dren Averill and Roland. who are at
tending college. and Mrs. Robert l.. Ger
~ will be taken later.
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never attempted any snowy aerial per
formances. but confined himself tc
straight flying and had expressed an am
bition to do something worth while IN
crosS-country work.
He had been flying the old Wright
machine, now known officially as NO
T." and Friday flew this machine from
College Park to the Speedway by way
of the Eastern branch. being among the
aviators who had been detailed to fly
for the entertainment of the delegates to
the International Congress on Hygiene
and Demography.
Lieut. Rockwell was twenty-eight years
old. born in Ohio. November %, 1854. He
was appointed a cadet in the Military
Academy at West Point June Ii, 1908
He received his appointment as second
lieutenant in the regular army June a.
1907. At first Lieut.. Rockwell was de-
tailed to the Sd Infantry. but was trans
ferred to the 10th unfantry. December 2
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MOTOR TRUCKS FOR REFUSE.
New York to Try Experiment in Col
Letting Garbage.

NEW YORK. September 2S.-The New
York street cleaning department will
next year try on a large scale the ex-
pertinent of collecting garbage in motor
trucks. Thirty-five specially constructed
automobiles of large capacity are to be
purchased at a cost of about 100000.
Commissioner Edwards Is convinced that
each Of the new trucks will be able to do
the work of ten or twelve of the present
horse-drawn carts Their operation will
cost $40 day. as compared with s. a day
for the horse carts.
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BRIDE IN POLICE COURT.
Her Love of Finery Causes Her t.
Leave Her Home.

CHICAGO, September 2S.-Love of fin
cry caused nineteen-year-old Alice Muir
ply, bride of few months. to
leave Steger, ILL.,, and come to Chicago
Her adventures terminated in an I'M
usual scene in Municipal Judge Wallis
court today, when bailiffs and detectives
contributed money to send her to her
home after she had been freed of a
charge of disorderly conduct
Il have always been poor testified
the young woman. "A week ago | want
ed feather for my hat and my hus-
band told me l couldn't get it, We quar-
relied and | ran away.
II tried to find work here but couldn't
Then / met a girl on the street and she
told me ! could make money easy. We
went out together yesterday and then
we were arrested
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COLONEL AT FOOT BALL GAME.
Roosevelt Gets Interested in Contest
at Macon.

MACON, Ga. September 2s.-col.
Roosevelt blew the whistle for the be-
ginning of play in the foot ball game be-
tween Mercer and Gordon universities
here today.
After the teams got well into the bat
tie the colonel was told several times his
time was up and that the party should
go back to the train for the trip TO At
lanta, but his only answer was Wait a
minute" He watched the game for some
time and applauded good plays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-29
ENGLISH AVIATOR KILLED.
Former British Army Officer and His
Mechanic Fall at Hampstead, N. Y.

Hampstead. n. Y, September 2S.-
John l.. Longstaff, d former English army
officer. was mortally injured this evening
and later died at Nassau Hospital while
flying in Farman biplane with his
mechanic, Pierre Chavellier. When seven
ty feet in the air wire became damned
and the machine instantly overturned and
fell.
Longstaff was caught in the debris.
Chavclier. who was thrown clear of the
wreck, is seriously. but not MORALLY. in
jured. He will probably lose his left eye.
Longstan held a pilots license from
the Royal Aero Club of England, and was
we'll known on the continent. He had been
flying as a scout with the insurgent army
in Mexico until recently.
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STOCKHOLDERS TO ARBITRATE
San Juan, Porto Rico, Men Agree
to Adjust Differences.

SAN JUAN, +. r., September 2S-F'u-
ture differences on the San Juan Produce
and Stock Exchange are to be submitted
to arbitration. according to an agreement
signed today by the wholesale merchants
and rice importers.
Any refusal to abide by the decisions
of the arbitrators will result in expul-
sion from membership
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-29
MOVE TO SAVE CROCKERY.
Harvard Visitors No Longer Stand
at Meals in Memorial Hall.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, September 2S.-
NO more will visitors be permitted to
stand at mealtme in the galleries of Me-
mortal Hall, the dining place of 1000
Harvard students. The diners have been
accustomed 10 greet visitors, particularly
feminine visitors. by pounding on plates
and saucers with their knives and forks
The management has found that its
crockery bill increases in direct proper
ton TO the number of visitors, and has
decided to economize by locking up the
galleries during meal hours.
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SAYS METHOD IS INFALLIBLE.
Electrical Expert Tells How to Kill
Germs in Oysters.

ROCHESTER,, n Y, September os.-
An electrical expert here, as the result
Of a long series of experiments believes
that he has discovered an infallible meth
Cd of preventing the danger of typhoid
fever being conveyed through oysters.
His method consists simply in passing a
powerful electric current through the
tubs of water in which the oysters are
kept.
He declares that this destroys all the
germs by electrOcution.
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Birthday of Chinese Republic.

SAN FRANCISCO. September 2s.-
Chinatown celebrated today as in
dependence day, the birthday of the new
republic. There were orations, parades,
banquets and bunting. but no firecrack-
ers. Modern to the minute. all enthu-
siasm was as safe and sane as a de-
natured Fourth of July.
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MAY BELONG TO BOTH.
Molders' Union Refuses to Bar Civic
Federation to Members.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, September Is
After a prolonged discussion, the Interna-
tiOnal Molders' Union of North America
today voted down the resolution which
forbade members from being connected
with the National Civic Federation.
Similar action was taken on a resolution
that no member could be affiliated with
the Militia of Christ for Social Service.
Roman Catholic organization of union
men opposed to socialism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-29
.AEROPLANE KILLS WOMAN.
Unidentified Machine Swoops From
Sky to Field in Austria.

AUSSIG, Austria. September 2S.-An
aviator. while making an exhibition
flight near here today, was compelled to
make a sudden landing in field
The owner Of the field and his wife were
watching the aviator when the aeroplane
swooped. the propeller striking the wom-
an and killing her instantly. Her husband
was seriously injured
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KILLS MAN ON RESCUE TRIP.
Police Automobile at Salt Lake City
Proves Death Machine.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, September oS.
In it's haste today to reach the railroad
yards where Robert Johnson, aged nine,
had been cut in two by a car a police au-
tomobile killed Finley Martin, fifty-ffve
years old. travelling from Sioux City,
Iowa, to California, and fractured the
skull of James II. Scanlon. jr., Roxbury,
Mass,
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COMMISSIONERS ALIVE
. TO FAIRGROUNDS NEEDS
Increase in Supervisor Mar
tins Salary Also to Be Urged
in Annual Estimates.

Liberal treatment has been accorded the
needs of Washington's Fairgrounds by the
District Commissioners in the preparation
Of their estimates for the next fiscal year
Besides including items in the estimates
for the construction of Fairgrounds at
the Georgetown, ROsedale and CORDOBA
Fairgrounds, the District heads, it is UNI
derstood, have requested an appropriation
Of about $4,000 to be used in purchasing
ground to square off the now irregular
plot comprising the juvenile recrea ton
park in GEORGETOWN
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Rev. J. r. Verbrycke Resigns.

The resignation of Rev. J. Russell Yer
brycke, grand chaplain of the Grand
Lodge. was rendered. because Mr. YER
brycke has accepted call outside ths
city. The resignation was accepted With
expressions of regret and a COMMITTEES
was ordered to prepare and convey to
the retiring grand chaplain a testimonial
of appreciation by the Grand Lodge OF
his services.
The resignation Will take effect at the
close of the present Masonic year, 81.
Johns dar. December "a e3.s
The Grand Lodge also provided for this
discontinuance Of the communication oc
the Grand Lodge usually held fu- Sep
tembcr.
Other business was transacted before
the body closed until its next meeting,
December ~.
1t Is believed that the approval given
Past Grand Master Ginn's proposition tn
raise the funds for completing the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star home assures the
success of the project
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Higher Salary for Supervisor.

An increase in the salary paid
Supervisor of Fairgrounds Martin also
is provided for, it is understood. The
amount now paid this official is s1.159.
and the Commissioners believe it should
be increased to $2,400.
1t Was announced yesterday that the
Commissioners will give hearings To the
board of education October 4, the board
of Public Library trustees October . and
the board of charities October Z.
After the charities board hearing the
real pruning of the estimates will begin
SO that the total appropriation requested
may not exceed the amount of estimated
revenue plus an equal amount to be pro-
vided by Congress under the half and
half plan.
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Rockwell Recently Assigned.

Lieut. Rockwell was attached to the
aviation squad last spring. He won his
civilian pilot license about three weeks
ago, and since then had been experiment.
ing with some of the hydroplanes a
Washington barracks. He was regarded
as a careful and conservative flier, and
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To Proportion Contributions

There are, 5000 members Of our lodges
and about 5000 members OF III, Eastern
Star chapters. About S:'o..S is necessary
TO complete the building. OF this amount
S13.WH is I'm hand. Briefly il is proposed
to raise. in any manner the several bodies
may deem best. an amount equal Ia <;
per capita on our total joint membership
of 12.Hn. Ia be proportional among the
several lodges and Eastern Star chapters
on the basis of membership. This plan
was almost unanimously approved by
those present at the preliminary meeting
last Saturday evening and committee
was appointed to draw up a circu;Sr OF
Information to be placed I'm the hands OF
the masters and matrDns. 1t was decided
to assemble again the last Saturday in
October. when reports could be made and
more definite plans arranged"
The grand master then read "A resou-
ton that had been adopted at the com
munication of Temple Lodge, No -
Thursday evening, wherein the lodge APP
propriated a sum equal To s.; for every
active member of the lodge and COM
by the fraternity to complete the home.
He added that this sum WAS in addition
to individual contributions that would he
made by the members of the lodge.
At the conclusion of the grand mas
ters address the Grand Lodge voted To
indorse the grand masters view upon
the subject and the plan proposed by
Past Grand Master CHM.