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Evening star., 1913-11-22
CHANGING COVE POINT LIGHT.
nluminant to Be Increased to 1900
Candlep0Wer.

A lighthouse service working party at
Cove point. one of the more important
lights on Chesapeake bay, is altering the
light from fixed white, varied by
white fash every ninety seconds. to an
occulting white every thirty seconds. The
illuminant used in the light is being
changed from oil to incandescent oil
vapor, and the new light will be of 1900
candlepower. The change, it is stated.
will make Cove point light visible at
considerably greater distance than before,
and will make it of more use to mariners.
A notice regarding aids to navigation
in the Potomac river and in Virginia
waters of Chesapeake bay has been issued
by the lighthouse authorities as follows:
Virginia.-Chesapeake bay. main cham
mel: Tail of the Horseshoe shoal gas and
whistling buoy, 1T. reported extinguished,
will be relighted as soon as practicable.
Chesapeake bay, Hampton roads ap-
proach: Willoughby spit gas and bell
buoy, 10, reported extinguished, will be
relighted as soon AS practicable.
Maryland.-Potomac river. Smith creek:
Windmill point shoal buoy, ., spar. report
ed broken off, will be relieved soon as
practicable.
Evening star., 1913-11-22
TARRAGON PUSHES SOUTH.
Launch Will Inspect Vessels in
Florida Waters.

Bound from this city to Florida waters,
where she will inspect vessels to see that
they are complying with the marine ;-egu-
lations bv having aboard proper equip
ment, the Department o. Commerce in
snection launch Ia ragon has reached
Georg :. {. While she WAS here
the Tarragon was fitted with fine little
.adio outfit, and on her way south has
several times been in touch with the
wireless station at Arlington, Va. A mes
sage, it is stated, was received from the
TarragOn when she was at Beaufort. N
c., about 450 miles south of this city.
The launch will remain in southern
waters the entire winter, but will return
to the Chesapeake osme time in the
spring. The greater part of the way to
Florida the Tarragon will be able to use
inland and protected waters, but she Will
have over a hundred miles to traverse
out i'm the Atlantic off the Georgia and
South Carolina coasts. The Tariagon is
a good sea boat and while she is going
south i'm stormy weather time, little dit
ficulty. it is thought Will be experienced
in her making the trip, particularly as
she has had heavy canvas curtains ar
ranged to protect her windows so as 10
keep them from being broken by the seas
dashing against them.
Evening star., 1913-11-22

twice that many a day. That it is rea-
sonably safe is disclosed by the fact that
out of the first 100000 packages ear
ried not a single claim for damages re-
suited. That the service is better than
the express companies ever have been
able to furnish is illustrated by the fact
that in two cases out of three where
two packages are sent forward at the
same hour. the one by express and the
other by MAIL the mail package arrives
in less time and goes at a much lower
rate than the express package.
Some city dwellers have hit upon the
idea of marketing by mail entirely. They
have parcel post baskets, in which the
farmer can place a dozen or two of eggs,
a pound two of butter. a chicken or
two. some canned corn, beans and the
like and other products and forward it
by parcel post. When the basket reaches
its destination it is emptied and returned
ready for the next order.
The service on rural routes will prove
of great aid to the overworked house
wife. Nothing is more unfortunate in
rural life than that so often the wife of
the farmer has to do her own washing
because she cannot get her clothes to a
Now many laundries are max
ing a speciality of taking in laundry to
be rough-dried at reasonable rates. and
they advertise that they will receive the
laundry and return it by parcel post
Evening star., 1913-11-22
Sammy Jay Makes Paddy a
Call.

PADDY the Beaver was hard at work
He had just cut down Good-sized aspen
tree. and now he was cutting it up into
short lengths to put in his food pile in
the pond As he worked Paddy was
doing a lot of thinking. You see. he had
found the footprint of Old Man Coyote
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punoIB SuI5upu "a pTnoM eu Mou lBul
pug puod sIu psI5Aoos!p pgQ sloSoO uBIy
Usually he works at night. and he bnew
that Old Man Coyote knew il.
He'll try to catch me then thought
Paddy. so I'll do my work on land now
and fool him.
The tree he was cutting began to sway
and crack. Paddy cut out one more
big chip and then hurried away to a safe
place while the tree fell with a crash.
Thief. Thief, Thief" screamed a
voice just back of Paddy.
Hello. Sammy Jay, ] see you don t
feel any better than usual this morning. "
in this tree while I cut it down.?
Sammy grew black in the face with
anger. for he knew that Paddy was
laughing at him. You see. only a few
days before he had been so intent on
calling Paddy bad names that he actually
hadn't noticed that Paddy was cutting
the very tree in which he was sitting.
and SO when it fell Sammy had had a
terrible fall. He had been the laughing
stock of the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows ever since
You think you are very smart, Mr..
these fine days. screamed Sammy. If
you knew what ! know you wouldn't
be well satisfied with yourself
What do you know" asked Paddy,
pretending to be very much alarmed.
I'm not going to tell YOU what /
know retorted Sammy Jay. You'll
find out soon enough. And when you do
find out you'll never steal another tree
from our Green Forest Somebody is
going to catch you. and it isn't Farmer
Evening star., 1913-11-22
VARDON AND RAY HOME.
English Golfers Criticise Newspapers
fer Alleged Unfairness.

LIVERPOOL November 22 2-Harry-Var-
don and Edward Ray. the English pro-
fesSional golfers who have been playinS
in the United States, arrived here yester-
day on the Celtic. They were eagerly
sought by a host of reporters but they
proved very uncommunicative. and an
nounced their intention of saying nothing
about the tour. The players said they
had had a very good time in America.
When pressed to talk, Vardon replied:
NO, not now, some other time per-
haps. TO tell the truth, we have de-
cided not to give anything away in the
course of interviews. We had a scken-
ing experience at the hands OF the Amer
lean papers. The put in our mouths q
great many things we never said. They
were irresponsible and Inaccurate
Both Nardon and Ray also limited that
they had Il grievance against the English
press, and have preserved a bundle of
clippings to corroborate their views.
That is why We have decided to say
nothing" added Vardon. Il don't want
to say anything at present about Amer
lea, its golf courses, and its golfers, and
/ cannot say just what our plans are. All
l need to tell you is that Ouimet, who
won the American championship, was a
fine player and deserved to win
Evening star., 1913-11-22
NEW STYLE IS SET
BY LORD L0NSDALE
i:
.ngIand's Sporting Earl Wears
Chocolate Brown Suit and
Loud Vest.
DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH
is CANVASSING FOR VOTES
Trying to Elect Woman as Member
of Battersea Borough
Council.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON. November; Il, 1913.
Lord Lonsdalc. Englands sporting earl.
the man who sets the fashion for the
regular patrons of the race courses and
other places where sportsInen gather. and
whose dress is one of the attractions to
visitors at the Olympic horse show and
other such occasions, has outdone him
self this autumn.
vt Newmarket the other day he wore
what writer of fashion truly described
As ''piquant.' Here is a description of
The carl's attire. He wore a chocolate
brown suit. with stripes of a darker
color The morning coat was full skirted
bat saucy. with large flap pocket on
either side and two large buttons at the
back. His black bowler was slightly conf
cal. his turnover collar inclosed tie of
rcd. white and yellow: his waistcoat was
white with yellow stripes. and was pc
culiarly long; his trousers We're rather
wide and turned up at the bottom, show
lug brown socks over patent leather
shoes. His cigar was medium sized and
MORN without band
The West End tailors were ready with
thc chocolate brown suits. which are all
the fashion this season. but the coloTed
NaiStcoat and the tie have not yet been
copied,
Evening star., 1913-11-22
P|NCH0T IS ATTACKED
Representative Johnson Dis
CuSses Conservation in
the House.

Representative Johnson of Washington,
republican, in a speech in the House to-
day on the conservation of natural re-
sources. charged that if the National
Conservation Congress, which has just
adjourned here, had gone on the rocks
Clifford Pinchot. former government for
ester, would have been to blame He init
mated that the congress had been
packed by the Pinchot adherents,
though he did not use the word itself.
Mr.. Johnson contended that conserva-
ton was in this country to stay, but that
the western states have some rights left
with public service commissions, he
said, limiting profits to as low as 10 per
cent. with interest prevailing at per
cent on another side; with the great de-
mand of the dream book conservation
lists pressing down for national control OF
everything. with taxes and cost of 1iv-
ing steadily increasing; with all kinds of
debts climbing like a thermometer on
July day. the effort to keep the wheels
going around is task most prodigious
for the greatest and smallest industries
alike.
Evening star., 1913-11-22
The Postal Service.
1.-THE Parcel Post
Today.
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

No new service for the people ever
instituted by the government has proved
a happier surprise in the success that
has attended its operation than the par
eel post system. Its creation as a ma
tion-wide service, starting only a little
more than four months after the law
creating 1T was passed, was somewhat
contrary to the judgment of postal au-
thorites. They thought it ought to be
started in limited way and in limited
territory first. so that it could be tried
out on a small scale and brought to
an operative basis in a small territory
before extending it to the whole country.
But Congress thought otherwise. 1t
believed the best course would be to
make the scope of the service narrow
and it's extent wide. and so it Gre
ated a parcel post embodying only those
features deemed certain of success vest
ing in the Postmaster General power to
extend these features as experience
should demonstrate their wisdom. Act
ing on the principle that it would be
much easier to give something more
in the way of service to the people than
to take something away from them, it
was decided to institute the service with
out any OF the features that might handi-
cap it, and then TO let the future point
Postmaster General to exercise sort of
Legislative power. with the interstate COM
merce commission as the approving or
vetoing authority.
The first six months of the operation of
the system showed the wisdom of its
creation. During that time the law
quired special stamps for parcel post
packages. and it was found that the peo-
pie patroniZed the service during that
period to the extent of approximately
S14.N0,00a. This indicates that the first
years business of the parcel post system
will aggregate 600.00J,O00 packages. The
number OF fourth-class packages handled
the previous year amounted to 239. 600,
oop so that ii may be assumed that at
least :;Jo,Ho,oo) parcels will be sent for
ward by parcel post that would not have
been handled by the mails under the old
system.
Evening star., 1913-11-22
.FLOCC|NG OF CONWCTS
IS DENOUNCED IN HOUSE
Mr.. Evans CharacterizeS
Practive in Delaware as
Cruel and Degrading. FL
Says State Has Failed to Keep
Abreast of Times by Retaining
Relic of Barbarism.- 1

The fiogging of Delaware convicts hy
the state authorities was denounced ia
the House today as degrading. cruel and
a medieval relic OF barbarism. in a speech
by Representative Evans Of Montana
Mr.. Evans. defending his resolution call
ing for federal injunction against the
whipping of six convicts at Newcastle
Del, said he had appealed to the Atior-
ney General to take the necessary steps
but that the Attorney General felt that
there was no action he could take Ha
said that Notwithstanding thar decision
he fe.t that somewhere, at some tlmc 4
remedy would be found TO forever nut
stop TO the practice OF the Delaware
courts in sentencing prisoners 10 the
whipping post
Mr.. Evans said millions OF people feel
that Delaware has failed to keep abreast
OF the times by failure To abolish the last
relic of cruelty Incorporated i'm her laws
a system repudiated and abandoned ~
other states Tor a hundred years Soma
OF the newer states. like Oregon Califor-
MIA and Colorado he said. have made
much more progress in the problem OF
penoloSy than is being made I'm the east
Evening star., 1913-11-22

Browns boy. either
Paddy pretended TO be terribly fright
ened. "Oh. who is it" Please tell me,
Mr.. Jay he begged.
Now, to be called Mr.. Jay made Sam
my feel very important Nearly every
body else called him Sammy. He swelled
himself out trying to look as important
as he felt. and his eyes snapped with
pleasure. He was actually making Paddy
the Beaver afraid. At least he thought
he was.
NO. sir; l won't tell you he replied.
II wouldn't be You for a good deal.
Somebody who is smarter than YOU are
is going to catch you, and when he gets
through with You there won't be any
thing left but few bones No, sir.
nothing but few bones"
"Oh. Mr. Jay. this is terrible news,
Whatever am i to do?" cried Paddy,
all the time keeping right on at work
cutting another tree.
There's nothing you can do" replied
Sammy, grinning wickedly at Paddy 8
fright There's nothing you can do un-
less you go right straight back to the
north, where you came from. You think
YOU are very smart. but
Sammy didn't finish. Crack, Over fell
the tree Paddy had been cutting and the
top of it fen straight into the alder in
which Sammy was sitting. oh, Oh.
Helpr' shrieked Sammy. spreading his
wings and flying away just in time.
Paddy sat down and laughed until his
sides ached. Come make me another
call some day. Sammy he called. And
when YOU do, please bring some real
news. l know all about Old Man Coyote.
You can tell him for me that when he Is
planning to catch people he should be
careful not to leave footprints to give
himself away"
Sammy didn't~reply. He just sneaked
OF through thu Green Forest, looking
Evening star., 1913-11-22
ENGLISH ROADSIDE INNS
BEGINNING TO DISAPPEAR
With Advance of Motoring and
Need for Greater Comfort Old
Quarters Are Going.
pecisl Correspondence OF The star.

'7i''''da correspondence OF ne Sthf-
LONDON. November $ 1913.
With the advance Of motoring and the
necessity for greater comfort and larger
quarters. the old roadside inns of Eng
land are disappearing. One is hardened
to the tragedy of the old inn that is
pulled down to Teappear with nothing odd
about it but the name written in shame
less gilt across the front of terra-cotta
brick. Not so much sentiment has been
split over the less sentiment has been
the last days Of the inn. when those are
numbered and nothing matters much
One who has been staying in such an inn
says of the curious feeling of surrender
that pervade sthe rooms and corridors:
THE hotel was in its prime when the
coaches were thick on the road and halt
ed in its vast cobbled yard. Portraits of
slim racehorses in tarnished frames are
on walls which have not been papered
since the times when the town was a
country town. all rosy brick and bulging
shop windows with little panes The
musty ghosts of Dickensian diners seem
to haunt the great dining rooms of the
old kind. the melancholy atmosphere of
decrepitude is all-pervasive. Everythin
creakS. the carpets are frames for pieces
OF the moor ana the WINDOWS In the plain
old front look out blearily the street
that will soon see them no more
The furniture is it was in the days
of early Victorian prosperity. but the
polished turtle shells in the hall are tat
tered and worn. and YOU put your hat in
A sort of mahogany bucket. You need
guide to find your way to bed through
the maze of stairs and corridors, and
YOU have the feeling of exploring;
house that has been shut up for
a generation. The walters seem oppressed
with the sensation of coming doom as
they fit noise'essly about the bedside OF
the dying inn.
Evening star., 1913-11-22
MUST PAY TARIFF DUTY.
Ruling Regarding Mrs. May Van
Allen THOMPSON to Stand.

Mrs. May Van Allen Thompson, wife of
an American banker, who claimed eX-
emption from tariff duty on her jewels
on the score that she was foreign resi-
dent, must pay the duty. according to
the previously announced decision of the
Treasury Department. or obtain waiver
through protest. hearing before the
board Of appraisers. and, failing relief
in that quarter, by appeal to the courts.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin of the
Treasury Department who made the rul-
ing that Mrs. Thompson's jewels must
be subjected to levy of tariff duty. re-
fused to withdraw his ruling today. His
predecessor in Office, former Assistant
Secretary Curtis, as counsel for Mrs.
Thompson. had appealed to him for re-
vision. declaring his unde- standing that
Mr.. Hamlin's opinion was only tentative.
Evening star., 1913-11-22
SAID TO BE INSOLvENT.
Caverly Company. Plumbers. Must
Show Cause December 10.

Justice Barnard ISSUED a rule TO-DAY OF
the Caverly Company. plumbers OF ais
New York avenue To show cause. De-
cember 10 why the corporation should
not he adjudSed bankrupt
The rule l. based on "A petition IN IN
voluntary bankruptcy. filed against tha
company by certain creditors WHO a.
lege Insolvency Ii is claimed the COM
pany within the past four months has
attempted to prefer certain creditors
Attorney Joseph 4. Burkart represents
the complaining creditors. who declare
the company owes SlSG0. while its as
sets are only $1,000
Evening star., 1913-11-22
Senate Gets Glass Credentials.

The credentials of Frank P Glass. an
pointed by Gov. O'Neal of Alabama. TO
succeed the late Joseph F. Johnston, as
senator from that state. We're presented
10 the Senate today by Senator Bank
head. They were referred without ac-
ton TO the committee on privileges and
elections, where MI. Glass eligibility will
be passed upon. The Alabama sena-
torial appointee was in the Senate gal
lery when Senator Banahead presented
his certificate of appointment
Evening star., 1913-11-22
DANIELS BACK IN CAPITAL.
Secretary Pleased With Great Lakes
Naval Training School.

Secretary Daniels. who returned today
from weeks absence in the middle west.
during which he visited for the first time
the great lakes naval training school near
Chicago, SO enthusiastic over the possi-
bilities of that institution that he an
nounced his intention of increasing the
period of the course of study there.
1T is one of the finest schools | ever
saw said Mr.. Daniels. In order that
the naval recruits may receive fuller
training there. | have increased the
length of the course from three to four
months, and / intend TO make il six
months"
Evening star., 1913-11-22
RECEPTION TO DIR. DAVIDSON.
Teachers and Officials to Honor Re-
tiring Superintendent.

Teachers and officials Of the District
public schools will tender a reception at
the James Ormond Wilson Normal School
next month to DR.. William NJ. Davidson
superintendent, who has resigned to- go
to Pittsburgh. Tentative plans We're
drawn up yesterday afternoon by the
committee III charge of the event when
it met at the Franklin building. The
reception will not be a public affair.
Henry p. Blair, president of the board
of education. will preside. Addresses will
be made by Capt. James f. Oyster. for
mer president of the board; A. 7. Stuart
former sLr e.intendent of SCHOOLS. and Dr.
Evening star., 1913-11-22
Roosevelts at Annapolis.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. November 22-The
assistant secretary of the navy and Mrs
Franklin d. Roosevelt, who arrived in
Annapolis this morning. were guests al
luncheon of the superintendent of the
Naval Academy and Mrs. Gibbons and
witnessed the Navy-New York University
foot ball game this afternoon
Evening star., 1913-11-22
Street Car Strikes Child.

Nettie Decker, eight years old, 4I2 10th
street southeast, was struck by street
car at Pennsylvania avenue and 9Th
street southeast last night. 1t is thought
the fender saved her from serious injury.
The child was taken home after treat
ment at Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1913-11-22
Trespass Incurs Heavy Fine.

There is to be no leniency in the en-
forcement of the laws protecting public
lands says Secretary Lane of the In
terror Department. in giving out today
the information that G. c. Getchell of
Sundance, Wyo., had been fined $1,000
and costs for chOpping down timber on
national property with which to make
railroad ties. Mr. Getchell was caught
in the federal net with several others
and pleaded guilty The fine followed.
Evening star., 1913-11-22
New Biography of Edward.
Powerful Naval Force.

England now possesses a full squadron
OF eight battleships OF the superdread-
nought type. the most compact and pow
erful lighting force in the world.
Thcse eight ships. which mount in the
aggregate eighty 135-inch guns and 12S
5our-inch guns. cost the British nation
something more than siJ.Oo0.6o0. but after
all they form only a part of the British
fleet The Ajax. the commissioning of
which completed this squadron, was the
eighteenth battleship OF the dreadnought
era to take her place in the fleet that guards
these coasts. and il is less than eight
years since the first dreadnought was
laid down. England has therefore spent
Evening star., 1913-11-22
TO EXPLAIN THE NEEDS
OF DISTRICT TO HOUSE
Commissioners Will Devote
Next Week to Going Over
Budget With Committee.
Investigation by Public Utilities
Commission of w. r. & E. Co.
Indefinitely Postponed.

With hearings on the District esti-
mates to be commenced Monday by the
subcommittee of the House aDpropria-
tions committee having the budget in
charge, the. Commissioners have arranged
to give their entire time for the next week
or more to explaining to the House men,
bers the needs of the municipality for the
next fiscal year.
In view of the uncertainty as to how
long the hearings will continue Engineer
Commissioner Harding chairman of the
public utilities commission, today an
nounced that the investigation being made
oy the commission of the affairs of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany may not be resumed for several
days.
At the conclusion of yesterdays hear
ing, the fifth since the secret probe
started last Monday, adjournment was
taken subject to the call of the commits
sion, much to the relief of represent
atlves of that body and officials of the
railway company, who have put i'm a
strenuous week digging at facts and
records and papers of the traction con-
Germ.
Progress Made in Inquiry.
That progress has been made in the
inquiry is conceded. but officials of both
the commission and company are MAIN
tanning absolute silence as to what if
any, disclosures have been a feature of
the investigation so far. 1t is consider
ed probable that the probe may continue
two or three weeks from the time it is
next resumed.
In appearing before the House commit
tee to explain the various items in the
District estimates. the Commissioners will
be forced to postpone consideration and
final adjudication of number of mpor-
tant matters which they now have under
advisement. Many OF these are public
utilities problems. among them the ques-
tion of whether the commission has juris-
diction over local taxicab companies
Col. Harding said today that one or two
of these matters are now nearing a deci.
sion and that the commission probably
will be able to dispose of them at an early
date.