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Arizona republican., 1913-01-05

3 The coaches of the losing universi- ties of last years football season are again tinkering with the rules These rules will be mended so much and amended so much the ordinary foot ball fan will know next to nothing about the game in the course of a year or two.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-05

Johnny Kilbane. the feather champ weighted a few more dollars with his
Arizona republican., 1913-01-05

There has been some cessation of that talk of the Vernon baseball team coming here next spring for the opening training And that ain't all We hear no more of the stuff about Vernon owning the Los Ange- les cluh franchise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
URGES COURSE OF STUDY
IN LITERATURE OF MUSIC
Federal Bureau of Education Makes
Suggestion for High Schools
of the Country.

Tie federal bureau OF education in a
report made public today urges that
strong courses Of study Of great musical
literature be offered in the high schools
OF the country. Such courses ii Is de-
clared could be made OF inestimabla
value to students.
The report was prepared by Prof. viii
Earhart of Pittsburgh. who heads "A COM
mittee which is endeaNoring to reorsan-
ize secondary education in music Mus
cal appreciation, says the report -
particularly appropriate FOR third and
fourth year students. The courses
should include the study Of musical his
tory, lives of famous musicians. forms OF
musical composition, esthetics Of music.
etc"
The report also suggests that the in
struction be based on a large number OF
selected compositions. both ancient anu
modern; that the various means of must
cal expression he considered. such as the
piano. orchestra, etc. and that only thu.
best and most characteristic works o.
composers he studied.
The report raises no objection To can
ned music In fact ID urges that a
course in musical appreciation is now
much more practicable than formerly be-
cause OF the great strides made in me-
chanical devices for reproducing music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
American Inventions.

One OF Americas most important con
tributions to progress in the use of steam
appliances to navigation was the inven
ton by Frederick E. Sicl1les in 49, OF
the steam steering apparatus, represent.
ed in the museum collections by the
model, and the original machine which
was operated for two years on the steam
er Augusta. running from Savannah, Ga.
to Fernandina, Fla, between 1855 and
1860
"A recently arranged exhibit in the
museum shows the advance in paddle
wheel and propeller design. from the
early inventions of Hooke in 16S1,
Bramah in 11S5, Lyttleton in 1874, and
Stevens in 1904, down to the most recent
design Single. double. triple and four
biaded propellers are shown. and single
and double continuous screws
Besides including models of nearly all
the early ships driven by steam power
there are also later models in the
museum, among them representatives OF
both freight and passenger ships OF to-
day. and an extensive series of battle
ship. cruiser and monitor models of the
United States Navy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
How Chatterer Had Fooled
Peter Rabbit.

Chatterer the Red Squirrel is scamp
himself and not TO be trusted. Nobody
in the Green Forest or on the Green
Meadows trusts him. And people who
cannot be trusted themselves never trust
any one else. Chatterer never does. He
is always suspicious. So when Peter
Rabbit had said goodbye and started for
the dear Old Briar Patch without know
ing where Chatterers new house was
Chatterer had made up his mind right
away that Peter would never be satisfied
until he knew. or thought he knew where
that new house was. You see, he knew
all about Peters dreadful curiosity. Be
sides, not being honest himself, he didn t
believe any one else was honest
He watched Peter out of sight. then he
slipped down out of sight between the
stones of the old wall. II know what
Peter will do said he TO himself Peter
will come sneaking back and hide where
he can watch me and SO find out where
my new house is. Ill just stay here long
enough to give him q cnance to hide and
then I'll fool him..
You see, Chatterer knew that IL he had
been in Peters place he would have done
lust that thing. So he waited a little
where Peter had left him. There he sat
and pretended to be looking in the direc-
ton in which Peter had gone as if to
make sure that Peter was really on his
way home But all the time Chatterer
was watching out of the corners of his
eyes TO see If Peter was hiding anywhere
near He didn't see Peter. but he didn t
have the least doubt that Peter was
somewhere about
After a while he ran over to- 2 hole be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Lanclott, at 10th street wharf
from Maryland point with lumber for +,
NJ Hall: schooner hottie Thomas, oysters
street wharf for the market; schooner
Richard Tall, in the Eastern branch with
cord wood from Machodoc creek: lighter
Bryant, at 18th street wharf to load
oyster shells for the crushing plant at
Alexandria; Unitfd States public health
service launch Bratton, at 18th street
wharf from Colonial Beach: barge Cecil
at Alexandria from Baltimore, with fer
tilizer material: barge Hudson, at South
Capitol street wharf with stone dust from
Havre de Grace, Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

tween the stones of the old wall and pre-
tended to be very busy there just if
ii really were the new house he had
found. He kept, popping in and out and
looking around as if afraid that some
one was as watching him a, He .na even l got
as if to make a bed. All the time, al
though he hadn't seen a sign of Peter,
he didn't have the least doubt in the
world that Peter was watching him.
When he grew tired a new idea popped
into his shrewd little head He popped
out of the hole and sat up the wall.
Then he said aloud that verse which
had made Peters ears burn SO. lie had
meant to make Peters ears burn. He
said that verse just as If he really did
believe that Peter was not spying on him
and was glad of 1T. When he had finished
he whsked out of sight again to give
Peter a chance to get away. But this
time Chatterer did some peeking himself.
He hid where Peter couldn't see him. but
where he himself could see both ways
along the old stone wall, and SO it was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
GO-TO-CHURCH DAY PLANNED.
All Chicagoans Will Be Invited to
Services February l.

CHICAGO. December 20-Every adult
in Chicago will be asked to attend church
Sunday, February j. The .'Chicago-Go-
to-Church" movement was begun by the
Christian Endeavor Union and will be
taken up al the various ministerial meet
ings next Monday.
Squads of workers Will go to police and
fire stations and ask the employees there
to attend church and committees will
make house-to-house canvass of the
city. Leaders of the movement hope to
fill every church in the city on "Go-to-
Church day. when appeals will be made
that the observance of the Sabbath be-
come a weekly instead of an annual event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
PLAN FOR CONFERENCE
ON RACE BETTERMENT
Hygienists and Eugenists to Join
Theories and Efforts at
Convention.

BATTLE CREEK. Mich, December 70.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the holding of the first national con-
ference on race betterment here from
January to l.. 1914. AS the name inn
plies the object OF the conference is to
point out a way for general improvement
Of race conditions. Careful attention will
be paid to the assertion that the birth
rate is being reduced at an alarming rate,
while vice and insanity are increa sing.
The suggestion for this meeting came
from the Rev. Newell Dwight Hills of
Brooklyn.
HygienistS who believe i'm improving
living conditions to favor the individual,
and eugenists who believe in upbuilding
the individual to withstand unfavorable
living conditions. have for the time being
submerged their differences and will join
theories and efforts in order to produce
better race of men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

was forced TO await a breeze, and did
not anchor I'm the Liverpool harbor until
June -. twenty-nine days and eleven
hours out, of Savannah. The trip was
successful In every way, and was the
first transatlantic cruise OF "a steamship
although steam was only used eighty
hours out OF the total 100. the wheels
being detached In rough weather.
There are In the National Museum at
Washington several historical mementos
from the Savannah, including the log
book kept by her sailing master. Stevens
Rogers; n model Of the ship. a cane made
from one OF her timbers. silver coffee
urn presented to the captain by Lord
I.yendock, who was passenger from
Stockholm to ST. Petersburg on her
maiden cruise: a cup and saucer. and a
miniature Of the commander.
"A model Of the r. F. Stockton, which
crossed the Atlantic ocean In 1880 Is ais }
on exhibition. This was the first iron
ship with a screw propeller to accom-
plish this feat the machinery being the
invention Of John Ericsson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Race Survey to Be Made.

During the conference series of ply
steal and mental perfection tests will be
made among the school children and
adults of the city. This will constitute
a race survey to the extent of one com
munty to obtain something in the con-
crete for the consideration of the confer
ence in its discussion of ways and means
for betterment.
Stephen Smith of New York is presi-
dent of the conference. The vice nresi-
dents include Irving Fisher, Yale: Rev
Newell Dwight Hills. Brooklyn; Dr. j
y. Hulty. Indianapolis. and United States
Senator Owen of Oklahoma. 1t has beer
announced that efforts have been made
TO obtain the services of the following
speakers: Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Denver
Jacob A. Riis. New York; r. TAFT Me-
henzie, University of Pennsylvania: Dir
W. y. Evans and Dean w. T. Sumner
Chicago; Henry Smith Williams and
Oscar III. Rogers. New York: D. A. Sar-
gent, Harvard: Ernest b. Hoag, Leland
Stanford University, and Winfield s. Hall,
Northwest University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
COST OF LIVING LOWER.
Decrease of z Per Cent in New Jer
sey in One Year.

TRENTON, \. j., December 2o-The
cost Of living in New Jersey in 191.
was not as high as it was in 1912. ac-
cording to the annual report of George
c. Low, chief of the state bureau of
statistics and labor, and recently submit
ted to acting Gov. Taylor. In 1912 the
cost of a test bill of goods was Sl460O,
while in 1913 the same goods cost but
S13 $50, or Z per cent decrease The
reduction, the report said. was due to
a great extent to a remarkable decline
in the price of potatoes.
Since 1885, continues the report, there
has been an increase in the cost of liv-
ing of 27.7 per cent. This increase, Mr..
Low points out. lis not due to uni
form advance i'll the price of all goods,
but rather to the phenomenal rise of a
comparatively small number of articles,
principally -four and meats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
No cleveland Elm.
10 The Editor of The Star:

To The Editor of The Star:
The statement that President Wilson
planted an elm in the place where the
Cleveland elm was blown down last sum
mer is incorrect. AS / had charge of the
White House grounds during both OF
President CIevelands terms, / am posi-
tive that he never planted an elm nor
any other tree the White House
grounds. / personally asked him twice
to plant tree and he firmly refused
both times to plant a tree. The big elm
blown down last July at the northeast
corner of the White House near the
curb was planted in March, 1878. by
President Hayes. He also planted the
other large elm at the northwest corner
near the curb. That tree was injured
about fifteen years ago by a storm, but
recovered and is still ~ stately elm. | am
writing this to set the eYeland story
correct. HENRY PtlSIGf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
BAN ON SKYSCRAPERS STANDS.
Chicago Council Committee Tables
Ordinance Ending Height Limit.

CHICAGO. December 2o.-ChicaEos
building restriction, which prohibits the
erection of skyscrapers. is to remain. An
amendment to the building code remov-
ing the 2oo-foot limit on the height OF
buildings. recently introduced ia
the council.
Despite the protests of contractors and
members of the building trades, the
council buildings committee YESTERDAY
tabled the ordinance and -sill not permit
it to be voted upon by the council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
AND SO IT WAS THAT HE SAW
rETER CRAWL OUT FROM UNDER
THE LITTLE BUSH WHERE.
He. HAD BEEN HIDING.

that he saw Peter crawl out from under
the little bush where he had been hiding
and sneak away in -'the direction of the
dear Old Briar Patch. And he knew
that this time Peter really had gone for
good.
Then Chatterer laughed and laughed to
think how he had fooled Peter Rabbit
and wished that he could pat himself on
the back for being so smart. He didn't
once think of how dishonest and mean it
was Of Peter to spy on him because you
see. he would have done the same thing
himself and he was judging Peter by
himself lone has to have ones wits
very sharp these days to keep a secret. :"
chuckled Chatterer.
But over in the Old Briar Patch tina t
afternoon Peter Rabbit sat very thought
full and very much ashamed. The thought
that he had found out where Chatterer's
new house was didn't give him the pleas
IRE that he had thought it would. His
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Many Cruel Operations.

Many cruel operations are performed
which simply demonstrate Well known
facts and there are also many crue
and disgusting freak experiments which
are not applicable to man. The charges
of cruelty against the Rockefeller In
stitute are made after the most careful
reading of the words of the yivisectors
themselves, published in the Journal OF
Experimental Medicine. issued by tn
Rockefeller Institute.
DR.. King says that the charges oi
human experimentation and inoculatior
of children are false. In reply to DR.
King | wish to say that DR.. Mcqueen
says in the Journal of ExperImenta
Medicine for December, 1911, that
through the courtesy and collaboration
of sixteen physicians. whose names NJ
gives. ne inoculated '.forty-six normal in
dividuals chiefly children between thu
ages of two and eighteen years. and To-
individuals suffering from various dis
eases" of a different nature, with ths
sterilized germs of a loathsome disease
He says that it was an experiment am
he does not claim that it was in any way
Tor the benefit of those experimental
upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Germs Sprayed in Threats.

! refer Dr. King to the experiments OF
Or. Rodermund. published in the Medical
Brief for April. 1906. who sprayed the
threats OF seventeen patients with living
diphtheria, smallpox scarlet fever and
tuberculosis germs wholly as an expert
ment. and he naively adds, that of
course, they did not know what he was
DOING, they thought he was spraying their
threats for catarrhal trouble.
Columns of The Star might be filled
with similar material. wholly from the
vivisectors own writings, both as tc
human and animal EXPERIMENTATION
SUE NJ. FARRELL,
General Secretary Administration and
Animal Protection Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
SAVING OF 14OL LIVES
NOT |MPORTANTNEM
Mentioned Last by Clerk in Report
From Galveston, Tex, Life
Saving Station.

One hundred and forty lives endangered
by the flooded condition of the Brazos
river and adjacent country were saved
by the hfe-saving crew of the Galveston
station. Rations We're distributed to
hundreds of half-starved persons.
These are the essential facts in the re-
port of Herman A. LEM, clerk to the
superintendent of the ninth district, the
Galveston station, made to Gen. Supt.
kimball of the life-saving service. 1t is
almost the last statement in report
dealing with minor considerations of the
flood situation.
Here is a letter typifying the spirit
which prevails in the lfe-saving service
comments Byron r. Newton, assistant
secretary of the Treasury. The man iI
charge of the Galveston district in max
ing his report to headquarters following
the heroic work done by the crews il
saving lives from floods in Texas emu
merates the matters of Importance a
the station as they occurred to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

ears still burned for he thought that
wasn't.
Il believe I'll go over tomorrow and
tell Chatterer all about ii and how mean
| have BEEN, said he at last. And when
he had made up his mind to do this he
felt better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Oil Was Purchased.

He recites that eighteen substitute
surfmen were employed. and expresses
his fears that these men will have to be
paid on special voucher. He notes that it
was necessary to purchase fifty gallons
of oil. five pounds of grease, twelve dry
batteries and six feet of hose. On ac-
count of an emergency he discovers it
was necessary to purchase all these in
the open market.
LAS an incident, and in the last line
of his report, he states: The crew res
cued 40 lives and gave out rations to
hundreds of half-staryed persons.
Capt. Phillips and the crew of the Gal
weston station made this creditable rec
ord of life saving and succor given, Clerk
Lenz states. The San Luis and Galveston
stations united in the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Paul Armstrong WEEDS Again.

NEW YORK, December a0.-Paul Arm
strong, the playwright and Miss Kath-
arine Calvert, Baltimore actress. were
married Wednesday in New Haven. Conn.
according to advices received here today.
The marriage was not unexpected by the
friends of the couple, though no engage
ment had ever been formally announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

Gladys CT. Graham. eighteen years old,
of Hinton, w. Va, was arrested at Null
lens. W. Va. Thursday. and confessed
that she robbed the post Office there.
where she was employed as a clerk of
parcel post mail valued at nearly 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
GREENS FOR CHRISTMAS
PLENTIFUL IN MARKET
Trees and Holly in Abundance. But
Mistletee Is Somewhat
Scarce.
Turkeys Can Be Had at % Cents a
Pound, While Best Are
Selling for %.

Christmas trees. holly. mistIetoe and
every sort of green stuff that can be
made into clusters or twined into wreaths
or garlands are just as necessary ad-
Juncts TO the festive Yuletide"-use OF
TINS expression granted for this time
only-as IS Santa Claus himself. And
Washing tonians who really want trees or
any OF the other things referred to may
rest assured that an ample supply is and
Will continue 70 b, available, with prices
to fit any pocketbook.
Christmas trees of all sorts, shapes and
sizes are to be found i'm the markets, and
daily shipments. by rail, by boat and by
country wagons. are being received by
local merchants and vendors. Trees
little ones. really too young and inn
mature TO be wrested from the Virginia
or Maryland Misunderstanding for as little
as % or 30 cents. may be had: or YOU
may have a towering monster of a tree
that will deplete the family treasury to
the extent of anywhere from s. up to
$40
Most of the trees on the Washington
market so far have come from Virginia
and Maryland, though several shipm nts
OF pines and other evergreen trees have
been received from as far north as
Maine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Holly Is Plentiful.

Holly, az usual is plentiful. and SO are
ground pine and other green's for wreaths
and gdrlands, which are to be had at the
usual price of - cents each for the
wreaths and from ; cents a yard up for
the gariands. according to the stuff OF
which they are made. Nistletoe how
ever. is scarce and expensive This
scarcity. it is stated has been increa sing
each year for the past several years the
mlstletoe seeming to he disappearing
from the woods. Vessel masters who plv
the waters in and about the region of
the Dismal Swamp in Virginia say the
trees IN the swamp, along the water
ways. bear huge punches of the mistle-
toe, but apparently few persons care to
go to the expense and trouble of gath
ering it and shipping it to market
turkeys, which really are the official
Thanksgiving bird. but which, as many
persons think. are necessary if the
Christmas dinner is to be complete are
plentiful and the prices are lower than
they have been at the Christmas season
Tor several years. The very best young.
tender, freshly killed turkey hens today
retalled at % cents a pound. while birds
not great deal inferior brought only
- cents a pound. a fair average price
for excellent turkeys today was % cents
a pound. as against - to 36 cents for the
same kind of turkeys a year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Washington News.

There is perhaps no better
way to keep out-of-towa
friends informed MS to Wash
ington news than to mail to
them from time To time
copy OF The Star cfter you
have finished with it. some
times marking an article OF
special interest.
The out-of-town postage or
today's Star is = cents.
Better yet you might send
some one out-cf-town a SUBJ
scription to receive The Even
ing Star every day at the rate
OF 40 cents a month. or The
Evening and Sunday Star at
60 cents a month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Work Upon 400 Dogs.

DIR. j. Draper Maury describes IN Stud
les from the Rockefeller Institute" 1908,
one series of experiments for forming
fistula between the stomach and in
testne on 400 dogs. Death almost in
yariably occurred after several weeks OF
takanic commissions, and DIR. Maury adds
that, although the series is not small.
the positive conclusions which are Of
fered by it are regretfully small.
There are also hundreds OF starving eX-
perimeutS which are continually per-
formed. DIR. Flint says. Thirty to thir-
ty-five days may be taken as the average
duration of life in dogs deprived entirely
OF food and water.
There are many thousands of incubation
or so-called pin-Prick experiments which
are said 10 be painless, and in many
cases there is comparatively little pain
in the simple incubation. but in large
percentage of these cases the inocula
ton is followed by very great and pro-
longed suffering. as in rheumatism, tet-
anus and after injections of turpentine
to produce pleuriSy, etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Departures.

Schooner May and Anna Beswich, light,
for down-river point to load lumber or
railroad ties for Baltimore; sloop Mich
olas. light. for the lower river oyster
beds to load for the market here; schoon-
er Elizabeth Clarke. light, for the Rap
pahannock river to load lumber for Bal
timore: schooner Quicktime light. for
a Potomac point 10 load and return
Standard Oil barge No. -. light, from
Georgetown i'll tow for Baltimore;
schooner Willie Clarence. light, for B ak
istone Island, after oysters for the Wash
ington market; power boat Virginia, for
Alexandria, to take scow Boo Hoo to
Occoquan: flattie Neddie, from AleXan-
dria with merchandise for a Potomac
DOiDt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Tugs and Tugs.

Tug Kenmore left light from George
town for a Chesapeake bay point: tug
s. o. Co. No. l.. left towing tank barge
from Georgetown for Baltimore; tug
James o. Carter left towing schooner
May and Anna Beswick for a river point;
tug Defiance arrived at bay point tow
ing two barges from this city; District
tug Louise left towing lighters laden
with coal and other material for the
Occoquan workhouse: tug Minerva ar
rived at Georgetown from Greenway with
sand and gravel laden lighters; tug ID.
NJ. Key arrived at 1ith street wharf with
q lighter from Alexandria.