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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
WILLIAM H. AYLER DEAD.
Had Been Employed at Navy Yard
for Nine Years.

William II. Ayler, an employe of the
Washington navy yard. died at his resi-
dence. 1906 G street southeast last night
of pneumonia.
Funeral services will be held at his late
residence tomorrow morning at $50
o clock. Burial will be in st. Marys ceme-
terry, Baltimore. Md.
Mr.. Ayler had been a machinist for the
last nine years in the breech mechanism
shop at the navy yard. Prior to that he
was for eighteen years master mechanic
for a manufacturing concern in Balti-
more.
He is >survived by the following chill
dren. his wife having died eight years
ago. John S. and Thomas f. Ayler and
Mrs Ella II. Hunt of Baltimore, Henry
f. Lila Y. and Rose E. Ayler of Wash
ngton. DR.. Amos f. Ayler Of Greencastle,
Ind, ard DIR. William L. Ayler of Hous-
ton, Tex
Mr.. Ayler was a member of the Ma
sonic fraternity. being past master of
Pickering Lodge No. 146, A. F. and A NJ.
of Baltimore, Md. He was seventy-four
years old.
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Ban on Word Telegram"
MARYLAND and Automobiles.
Editor of The Star


Suppose you were apl reaching a village
I'm your automobile. and saw a sign which
read thus: ."'Please respect our ordf-
nances, and drive slowly through town
wouldn't you instinctively cut off the
power through inherent respect for gen.
tlemen who expressed their wishes in such
courteous terms? 1 did; though, when
saw it for the first time, sheer astonish-
ment at the unusual phraseology may
have had something to do with it, And
another surprise accompanied it, though
you didn't discover it until driving out of
town. for on the back of a similar sign
you read: Thank YOU
The brain that conceived that sign had
a keener knowledge of human nature
than is usual among town fathers. And
the series of beautiful villages which
adopted his scheme along a certain road
in northern New York state 'builded
wiser than they knew" perhaps, for. aside
from winning respect for their speed reg
ulations, they called attention to them
selves, and the passing visitor carried
away with him vision of well-kept
lawns, clean streets and hospitality
L have toured largely over the United
States, and from ocean to ocean, and
find that every state, with the single eX-
ception of Maryland, has PASSED the word
along that it isn't good business policy
to graft on the visiting neighbor.
this: State line. Change tags here. -
While now and then one still stands, they
are obsolete. for the idea itself is obso-
lete. New Jersey stood out against her
neighbOrs the longest. but when Woodrow
Wilson became governor the states atti-
tude changed, and now Maryland is abso-
lutely the sole remaining state which
d;sgraces herself by requiring her neigh.
bors to buy $40 admission ticket to visit
within her state lines.
Just why Maryland should think she
is deceivinS any one is hard to under
stand, when every other state has admit
ted that this class of laws was passed
by the politicians to provide a source OF
local graft as payment for activity in
election campaigns. and has either
changed or abolished the laws, or passed
the word down the line that there's
nothing doing
1t is obvious that firmly fixed
swinging sign doesn't jeopardize the lives
of pedestrians. Therefore there must have
been other reasons. OF course it is only a
matter of time until Marylanders will be
ashamed of the unsavory publicity, and
it isn't to her credit that she's the very
last to abolish this legalized hold-up
game. c. FRANCIS JENKINS.
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1915 IF Street

in Browns court to extend the greeting
of the day to her mother and friends.
Sarah, in answer to a question of At
torney Kicks whether she was not in.
toxicated. said she had one drink of gin
and q glass of wine.
She told the court that Dyson started
trouble and assaulted her. A friend of
Sarah's testified also of the alleged as
sault. The friend said Dyson had a fiat
iron with which he was endeavoring to
hit Sarah's head. The friend interfered
and took It away.
Yes. she took 1t away" spoke up
Sarah's mother, but she did never bring
il back"
Sarah's mother told Judge Mullowny
that the stories told by Sarah and her
friend Of the alleged assault by Dyson
were not true Both of them were full, -
said the witness, land the only trouble
was what they did"
The court dismissed the charge and
Dyson departed from the court In COM
pany with Sarah's mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
PRIVATE WIRE INQUIRY
Investigation Begun Into Con.
tracts for Telegraph and
Telephone Service.

Inaur, was begun by the interstate
commerce commission today, on its own
tiative. into contracts for private tele-
graph and telephone wires. and into the
rates and regulations of such service.
The American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. Western Union Telegraph
Company and Postal Telegraph Ca bic
Company were made respondents. No
time was fixed for hearings.
Complaint was made to the commission
that under the terms of private wire
contracts of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, use is made of its pub
lie wires at less than published rates, and
that persons other than the parties to
the contract frequently use the private
wires of lessees for the transmission OF
private messages free of charge, in vio-
lation Of the act to regulate commerce.
This complaint was made the basis for
the order of inquiry.
Ban on Word Telegram"
TRENTON. n j. January 1.-THE
public utility commission rendered q de-
cision today requiring the New York
Telephone Company to discontinue the
use of the word telegram as an ex-
elusive call name or number for Western
Union telegraph offices.
The decision further says that in sd-
dition to having call numbers the same
as other subscribers. the word Postal
shall be recognized as a call name for
the Postal Telegraph and Cable Com
pany and the words Western Union" as
a call name for the Western Union Tele-
graph Company.
The decision is in line with similar de-
ciSions> by the public utility commissions
in New York and Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
Meets japanese Party.

I'VE met the Japanese expedition early
in the year. and we met Capt. SCOTS ves-
sci coming into the Bay Of Whales Feb
ruary f. Summer returned, after our WIN
ter of preparation. and August "A the
sun came back. We had all in order and
were ready to start. In the beginning of
September the thermometer raised and
on the Sth it was only "a below. There
was a drop of a few days to 30 below.
however. and We waited. October 2S We
prepared again for start.
THE original plan that all should
march south was changed. Without risk
We found that We could start two parties
out three men east to King Edward VII
pole The last-named party did start De-
tober %. with four sleds and fftytwo
dogs. At our three depots we had provi-
sions for 40 days. We reached them in
turn, so. 81 and 50 degrees. and there. at
each. gave our dogs a good rest and as
much as they could eat.
November we started from So. At
IS we saw what could only be Victoria
Land-land for the first time, as shown
by Shackleton in his chart. In 81 We dis
covered new land, q large mountain range
running toward the northeast. November
II we reached the spot where the great
ice barrier and land conjoined-at IS de-
grees Z minutes. Hero We left provisions
for thirty days, and started for high in
land plateau. We met short. steep gla-
ciers. We had to harness twenty dogs to
a sledge. the glaciers were so steep.
"The first night we camped 1900 feet
above the sea level, the second 1900 feet.
Then we descended. being surprised by a
great glacier straight across our path.
Four days after we commenced to climb,
and reached 5000 feet above the sea
level. We camped in very picturesque
surroundings and saw two mountains
1900 feet above the sea level.
Hampered by Storm.
"Then the time came when We were
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Mrs. Ada Clevenger Dead.

Mrs Ada Clevenger. widow of Benja-
min S. Clevenger, died last evening at
her home in Philadelphia. She was a
sister of Miss Virginia RoXbury Of this
city and was a former resident of this
place.
What a Man Did for His Brother"
will be the subject of a sermon to
be delivered by Rev c. Kelly Hobbs.
pastor of the Second Baptist Church,
at the services at that church tOmor-
row night.
Rev. DR.. J. l.. Allison. pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church, will take
for his subject at the morning services
tomorrow, The Divine Sufficiency."
There will be evangelistic services at
night.
The marriage of Miss Mary Ethel Rod
gers and Floyd l.. Gilmore, both of this
city took place at o'clock last night at
the parsonage of the Methodist Protes-
tant Church. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. G. r. Strausburg. pastor.
The funeral Of Robert E. Gordon. who
died several days ago, will take place at
|2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from De-
names undertaking chapel. Services
will be conducted by Rev. L. f. Kelly of
ST. Mary's Catholic Church.
Mount Vernon Council, Daughters of
America. held a meeting last night and
transacted considerable business Of a
routine nature.
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CONvICTS TO SEEK RELEASE.
Prisoners at Leavenworth Will Ap-
ply to Board of Parole Monday.

LEAVENWORTH. Kan. January IL
One hundred and fifty prisoners in the
federal penitentiary here. among them
five bankers. will apply for release at the
quarterly meeting of the federal board OF
parole of the prison next Monday. Appli-
cations from the following bankers will
be presented: Paul C. Gall. indianapolis;
Jesse Sierahowski, Pittsburgh; c. L. Bill
Kingsley, Gutherie. Okla: w. a. Allen
and E. I. Cook of Paris, Tex.
Since the federal parole law went into
effect more than 200 prisoners have been
released through its operation and only
four have been returned for violation.
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c0NTRADICTED BY MOTHER.
Sarah Carriers Charge Against John
Dyson Dismissed.

You and your sister amt nothin' no
how" John Dyson. colored. was alleged
to have remarked to Sarah Carter. also
colored, Christmas morning. This result
ed in trouble and the former was ar
raigned in the Police Court today on a
charge Of assault.
Sarah told Judge Mullowny she lived
I'm Madison alley southwest. Christmas
morning she went to her mothers home
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PINEHURST GOLF.
Hunter and Slater in Finals of Mid.
winter Tournament.

PINEHURST. y. G. January 11.-Rob-
ert Hunter, Veeburn. and Harold Slater.
Fox Hills, will meet here today I'm the
final round of the tenth annual mid
winter golf tournament.
Both Of yesterdays matches i'm the first
set were decided on the home green.
Hunter defeated c. l.. Becker. Woodland,
and Slater disposed OF l. :. Robson.
Oakhili In the consolation round F. h.
Robson, Oakhill. will meet Edwin F..
Freeman Dyker Meadow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
BANQUET of "The Bereans.

The annual banquet of 1.-The Bereans'
will be held at the Ninth Street Chris.
tan Church. 9th and d streets northeast
next Wednesday. The class was organ.
lied in January, 1901. The banquet II
the only social feature Of the class fol
the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
C0tter T. Bride Sues B. & o. K. X
COMPANY for $4,000.

Cotter L. Bride has filed suit to recover
$4,000 damages from the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company for alleged per-
sonal injury. According to the declara-
ton filed by Attorneys w. W. Bride and
Howard Boyd the plaintiff says he was
a passenger en- route to Baltimore June
% last. when the sudden lurching and
stopping Of the car threw him against a
seat and inflicted serious and permanent
injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
Mrs. Louise Houghton to Speak.

Mrs. Louise Seymour Houghton of New
York will address the meeting Of the
Washington Auxiliary of the McAll Mis-
sion In France at the First Congregation.
al Church. 10th and q streets, at II
O'clock Monday morning.
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Taken to Atlanta Prison.

A. Randolph Howard and II. Linden
Wheatley yesterday afternoon were con-
veyed to the federal penitentiary at At
lanta, Ga. where they will serve terms
Of five and two years, respectively. The
prisoners We're in charge of Deputy Mar
shall West of Norfolk and d. f. Robey, a
special deputy, of this city. Howard re-
Gently pleaded guilty to embezzlement
from a bank in Fredericksburg, where
he was cashier. and Wheatley. who was
a mailing clerk in the local post Office,
was convicted of rifiing decoy letter.
"A week Of prayer services. begun Mon
day last. was concluded last night at the
Methodist Protestant Church. when a
sermon was preached by Rev. G. A. Lut-
trell, pastor Of Trinity NJ. f. Church.
j. T. O'Meara, district deputy grand
master of Odd Fellows, last night in
stalled the recently elected officers of
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows. He
was assisted by the past grands of
Sarepta and Falls Church lodges in the
work. Members of Canton No. l, Alex
andria, acted as an escort
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these brave companions twenty-1our nao
to lose their lives. We remained at this
spot four days because of the weather.
We left this camp November %. having
but ten carcasses left, which we ate. A
storm hampered us with dense. drifting
snow When the gale finally saackeneo
and the sun shone we found ourselves IN
an absolutely new country. Ahead or US
and across our course shone huge
glaciers. There was mountain range on
the east as far as / could see.
I'VE knew we would have to climb
again. We did and December 1 had left
the glaciers behind. with their bottomless
above the sea level. and this day we
reachd IS degrees 3 minutes, Shackie-
tons point farthest south, and there we
foisted our ensign in honor of Sir Ernest
and his brave companions.
The last days of our march the sun
shone brightly and we got observations
easily. December Is we got to SD degrees,
81 minutes and we calculated that We
would reach the goal the next day, De-
cember IA.
The weather was beautiful. There was
brilliant sunshine and a gentle breeze. we
had attached to each sledge meter, by
which We could tell the distance we had
Travelled. l told the dog drivers to be
careful. and watch the meters and be
sure Of their distances.
Reaches His Goal.
Il was walking ahead, leading the
small caravan l don't know just what !
was thinking of-probably nothing. Sud
denly l heard cry from the dog drivers.
knew what it meant. | turned around
and glanced about me. Well the last
problematical place in the polar regions
was reached! 1t was untrodden by the
foot of man. There were no signs or
marks. 1t was moment of solemnity.
December IA, 1911, five men stood at the
end of the earths axis, planted the Nor
wegian flag there and named the region
after the man for whom they all would
gladly have offered their lives-King
Haakon VII. Thus the veil was torn
aside for all time, and one of the great
est of our earth's secrets had ceased to
exist"
Capt Amundsen concluded his descrip-
ton of the trip to the pole by saying that
he spent three days there, taking obserV-
ations, and that these observations have
been calculated by the same man who
has calculated the observations of all
Norwegian explorers of modern times.
December II he and his companions
started back to the Bay of Whales with
two sledges and sixteen dogs.
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INSIST ON
MUNYON'S
COLD REMEDY
IT WILL CURE

Munyon's Cold Remedy relieves the head.
throat and lungs almost Immediately. Checks
Fevers. stops Discharges Of the nose, takes
away all aches and pains caused By colds. IL
cures Grip and obstinate Coughs and prevents
Pneumonia. Price. sc. All druggists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS.
Your druggist will refund money IL PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any case Of Itching. BlindA
BLEEDING OF Pro1udtpg Piles In 8 to IL days. tOcs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
Entertainment at School.

An entertainment was held last even
ing at the Mount Vernon Avenue School
for the benefit of Emmanuel Chapel 2. r..
Church Of Braddock Heights. Alexan-
dria county. The program was Il varied
one. Rev. George Buckler of Braddock
Heights gave d number of Shakespearean
readings. Other numbers OF the program
were given by Mrs. Mae BuckIer Eldridge
of Washington, Mr.. Dixon of Washington
and Miss 4Annis Salisbury of. Virginia. A
little sketch was given by Miss Edna f..
Buckler of Braddock Heights, she play
ing the leading part. Her sister, Miss
Ruth Buckler, took the part of a maid,
and Mr.. Maddox of Washington acted the
male role. The sketch was well received
The case of +. l.. Sinclair against Fair
fax & Co. which was begun in the circuit
court for this city yesterday. will he giver
to the jury this afternoon. The object oil
the suit is to recover $4,000 representing
the purchase price of forty barrels OF
liquor. which Fairfax & Co., refused tt
accept on the ground. it is alleged, that
1t did not come up to specifications.
The annual banquet OF the Bar Associa-
ton of the sixteenth judicial circuit Is
being held this afternoon at the Hote
Rammel. A large number of lawyers arc
in attendance.
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Hampered by Storm.

"Then the time came when we were
obliged to kill some Of our dogs. OF
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ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Plans for Second Trial OF
H00ff.
BEGINS TUESDAY MORNING
Entertainment Is Given at Mount
Vernon Avenue School for
Benefit Of Church.
BEGINS TUESDAY MORNING
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA. Va. January II. 1913.
All is now ready for the second trial
of Lewis Hooff, former secretary and
general manager of the defunct Mercan-
tile Railway Building and Loan Associa
| ton. which will begin in the corporation
court Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Judge l.. c. Barley presiding. Hooff will
be tried on several indictments in con-
| nection with the collapse of the concern.
| A jury of twelve from Fredericksburg
Va. will sit in Hoeffs case. a venire of
twenty-five from which to select the jury
has just been summoned by Deputy City
Sergeant B. B. Smith They are Duff
Green, George p King, W. II. Bell, John
+. Rodgers. j. w. Cox, J. Fred Brown,
+. J. Embrey, y. B. Mussleman, II. l..
MCGEE, sE. A Solan. r. L. Bscoe, ]. ].
Garner. George w. Hef1in. John \. White.
L. l.. Jones. II. G. Willis. jr.: J. r. Leitch.
j. w. Genther. J. Fl. Middleton, -. j.
Boulware. s. Fl. Beale. J. E. Timberake,
y. r. kinsey, A. r Bauman and l.. T..
Mayton.
Hooff will be represented by Attorneys
Il. II. Machcn. this city; John j. -Jeffrfes.
Norfolk, and J. L. Lee, Lynchburg. while
the prosecution will be conducted by Com
mOnwealth's Attorney s. G. Brent.
City council last night was criticised
by the members of the Relief Hook and
Ladder Company. at its annual meeting.
for its failure to erect a modern house
for the fire company. The present struc-
ture was declared to be entirely made
quate for the present needs of the com
pany. The question of the erection of a
new house for the company is now in
the hands Of the committee.
The company elected the following Of
fcers for the ensuing year: J. Fl. Trim
yer, president: F. G.. Spinks. first vice
president; J. Edward Shnn. secretary: f..
Steuart Smith, treasurer; r. NJ Latham.
ca plain; F. G. Wildt. first lieutenant:
John II. Webster, second lieutenant.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
James e. Carter and Samuel ]. TiIden
Written expressly for The Washington Herald)
BY e. ,. EDWARDS.


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The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Democrats Do Not Like 1t.

1t is putting the case mildly to say
that the Democratic Congressman do
not like the proposition which they
are up against.
A few days ago a certain Repre-
sentative received a letter from the
chairman of one of his counties de-
claring that not one Democrat in the
county would take the examination,
which is to be held next month. The
chairman was quite wrathy and in
dignant. He told the Congressman
that II this, administration could not
generously distribute a few little
fourth-class postmasterships among the
faithful ones, it could keep all the Re-
publicans in and take the consequences.
The Representative sent back a con-
ciliatory letter, but it looks as if all
the incumbents in that county would
hold fast to the jobs.
Postmaster General Burleson has
sdded fuel to the FIRE by bis repeated
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Both a Comedy and a Tragedy.

There is both comedy and tragedy
in the. situation. The humor is in the
fact that after president Taft, seeing
Republican defeat staring his party in
the face, had issued a blanket order
covering all the fourth-class postmas-
terships into the civil service, the Dem
ocratic administration should swallow
it all, hook, line, and Sinker. They
did not have the nerve to revoke the
order, although they did insist that the
postmasters must prove themselves to
be competent. No wonder that the Re-
publicans laugh in their sleeves.
And the tragedy is that thousands
of Democrats in villages and at cross
roads who thought that they would,
at least get the post-ofices are now
either making faces at the Republican
incumbent or else are. burning the
midnight oil over long-closed school
books to learn how to add, multiply.
divide, and subtract decimal fractions.
For these faithful ones who have toiled
and strivcn in the hope of substantial
reward after victory it is bitter
night!
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Forty Thousand Ofieehold.rs.

There are between 10000 and 10000
of these fourth-class post-offices. The
question whether this large number OF
Democrats can get places is a political
problem of no small magnitude.
Already examinations have been or
dered in thirteen States and the DEM
ocratic Congressman are wondering
how they are going to result The
interesting and important fact is that
the positions, when once secured, are
practically for life Ii may happen, of
course. if the Democrats are generally
successful, that some Republican Pres
ident in the future will have the hardi-
hood to revoke the civil service order
and go back to the old system. The
Republicans never had any compunc-
tion about throwing out Democrats.
They never were thin-skinned on the
question of partisanship, except when
the partisan was Democrat. Unless
the order'is revoked, however, the sue
cessful applicants under the approach
ing examinations will stay in until
they die or resign This is the fact
which gives some anxiety to the DEM
ocrats who think that the Offices should
g. to the followers of their own po-
litical faith.