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Evening star., 1913-12-17
Every well. Are you listening?"

Yes"
Then it's just this: You'll have to
consider me some in this affair. Per-
haps you never anticipated the present
situation. You saw me and you cared
enough for what you saw to make ad-
vances which, as you say. no girl should
| make. Well, I've only heard you, but
care enough now to be ready as soon as
you will let me to make the most serious
advances a man can make. Do you un-
derstand?''
IL don't know"
Then I'll put it palmer. I've seen
| marry them. It's only since I've talked
to you that I've cared to think what mar
riage might mean. l don't know who
you are. where you are or what you are.
but I'm stalking everything on what
believe you to be. Now will you meet me
tomorrow
'T can't" said the voice. family.
Tomorrow" repeated Billy. .eT
II can't-I can't"
"You must,' he cried
Dear Billy, no. no. no!' There was
something that sounded like a sob, and
then silence. Billy dashed the receiver
at the instrument in helpless rage
He pulled himself together with an
effort. put on his coat and hat and went
out into the street. But at every step
he felt that those unknown eyes might
be following him, and once, when a girl
looked at him overlong, he turned and
, half spoke.
The following afternoon he went to
Dawson's Galleries. Why he went he
could not have told, except he was moved
as the drowning man is moved to grasp a
straw There he saw girl in a big black
hat whose glance was softly impersonal.
Billy looked at her and wondered. There
was another woman who returned boldly
his bright questioning gaze, and Billy
shuddered as he turned away.
"She can't be like that he protested
| inwardly. 1T isn't possible and he
thrilled suddenly at the memory of the
voice with a sob in it.
I'D stake my life on that voice." he
thought and looked again at the girl in
the black hat Suddenly he walked across
to where she stood before a large paint
ing. He leaned forward and looked
keenly into her face.
$50 you came, after ALL" he said.
The girl retreated in genuine surprise.
There was nothing in her clear brown
eyes but startled displeasure.
You're mistaken, 1 think" she said,
and turned her shoulder upon him.
Billy apologized and left the gallery
with hot cheeks.
TT wasn't her voice. he told himself,
"arN I'll never try that again
Late that night he left his club. The
clock in his hall struck 12 as he closed
his own door His eve fell upon the
the instrument, and the sight of it
brought back all his trouble with q
rush. He took it up, ruffiing thin, closely
Iettered pages with an unhappy frown.
I'D call up every number in the boo
if 1t would do any good he said,
thoughtfully, and was about to put II
down again when the bell began to vi
brate close to his ear. He reached
quickly for the receiver. He thought 1t
too late to be she. but her voice came
over the wire, clear and eager, and his
face softened visibly.
Billy
Hello. | didn't suppose it could be
you so late
Il know 1t must be midnight, but II
wanted TO speak to YOU
II wish you'd want to do something
more than speak. L went to Dawson S
this afternoon. Were you there?
No"
I've been thinking things over ever
since our talk last evening"
Evening star., 1913-12-17
ENGINEERS ELECT OFFICERS.
William Bowie to Head Washington
Society During Coming Year.

officers of the Washington Society of
Engineers for the ensuing year were
elected at the eighth annual meeting of
the society last night at the Cosmos
Club.
The ofncers are: William Bowie, presi-
dent Wa. Mcfarland. vice president;
}. G. Hoyt secretary. and 4. +. Jeansen,
treasurer The following were chosen
directors: Van II. Manning, F. w. Al
pert ). 3 Conway, a. L. Baldwin, +. C.
Boggs and G. w. Littlehales. Frank SUIT
Evening star., 1913-12-17

praised, puffed and heralded by the
press. But if any member of Congress
undertakes to hold the even hand OF
justice between the interests of this
people and the interests of his own
people he is made to feel the resent
ment and ostracism of the social forces
and is attacked by the local press with
such endearing epithets as 'pinhead,
'tightwad' reuben or hillbilly.
Discusses City Heads.
Chairman Johnson of the House Dis
trict committee added no new argu-
ments to his already well known posi-
ton, but he obtained thirty minutes to
tell the House, with other things. that
up to the present time the Commission
ers of the District have been appoint
ed by chosen few. He said that less
than a dozen men since 1878 have elect
ed every Commissioner of the District
of Columbia until now.
He said lie has the greatest confidence
in the present two civilian Commission
ers. and believes they will recommend
reductions along certain lines that will
make unnecessary either the giving
of the peoples money from the District
or the peoples money from the states
to such an extravagant extent as 1T is
now necessary to give it.
Casts Doubt Over Harding.
he also expressed the opinion tnat
there was something wrong in the selec-
ton of Engineer Commissioner Harding,
and this is what he had to say about it:
when we had in the White House.
before the 4th day of last March, a man
who was willing to give the money of
all the people to the few here. on the
2Sth day of February, four days before
he went out of office, he transferred the
then Engineer Commissioner from the
District of Columbia to Panama and took
from Panama the present Engineer Com
missioner and ordered him here, thereby
undertaking to forestall the present oc-
cupant of the White House from making
that designation.
Not only was that done just four
days before the outgoing of President
Taft and the incoming of President Will
son. but. in order that the new ap-
pontee might be certain to get the
office before President Wilson came into
office, he took the oath of office in Pan
anna, although he did not arrive here
until two days after President Wilson
an evident attempt upon the part of
in SO Is per cent of the board of Com
missioners of the District of Columbia.
This is but another evidence that
President Taft was surrounded by men
Who knew what they wanted, and If they
had this change in mind at that partcu-
lar time. and set about bringing this
about as they did, then they must have
gotten at least one of the men they want
ed. l trust that he will disappoint any
sinister motives which prompted this
action.
Evening star., 1913-12-17

ton and John Hanna, former presidents
OF the society, will also act on the board
of directors.
Short addresses were made by A. +.
Davis. chief engineer of the reclamation
service: Frank Sutton. retiring president.
and Mr.. Bowie. \ seal for the society.
which has as its basic feature the tr1-
angle. was adopted. 4 buffet luncheon
was served
Evening star., 1913-12-17
Amends Income Taxa Regulation

Secretary McAdoo has issued a supple.
nentary income tax regulation extending
he time for filing itemized monthly list
eturns OF coupons and registered interest
ayments for November, required by pre-
ious reSulauons 10 be filed on or before
December 20, TO January 5, next.
Evening star., 1913-12-17
Architect Exhibits Work.

Water color sketches and photographs
of buildings designed by Waddy II. Wood.
architect. We're exhibited last night at
the meeting of the Washington Archi-
tectuTal Club. The exhibits included
exterior and interior views OF residences.
churches and hotel structures.
Evening star., 1913-12-17
Prouty Uses Harsh Terms.

Jadge i'rbuts read aNpaper which. he
had prepared. in which were such
phrases as local ringsters'' and scheme
OF graft and plumber" lie said: These
people feel that they are governed by
= foreign and TO them alien people
hcy feel that they have no rights or
privileges except such as they can
wiring from an unwilling Congress. This
naturally makes them spitefuI and re-
stbtlhL On the other hand. they feel
That anything they can get out of Con-
- neral government pays one-haIf of
al the expenses and improvements of
TINS city makes the public Treasury
their common goal. Any man in this
town that can lobby through appropria-
tlonS OF large amounts from the fed
eraI Treasury for local improvements
Is the hero and idol of the citizens IT
gives him the same prestige and eclat
that a member of Congress receives
when he returns home with "a large
appropriation for his district
All the. mem women and children in
this District belong TO the booster Climb
and spend their efforts on Congress to
get appropriations, as that is their ONLY
source of growth or Improvement Every
member OF Congress that Yields to this
influence and helps them in their plans
IS their friend Every man who stands
IN the way is public enemy Every man
who Will assist Washington in getting
an additional appropriation is a patriot
Il statesman. and the personification of
national pride. He is fiattered, caioled
and petted by the social set. He is
Evening star., 1913-12-17
Assails Half-and-Half Plan.

W Representative Sisson prefaced his re-
'tnarks by showing that the present bill
ivtFrieS $4,000 more than the appropria-
,tion act of last year. He called attention
,to the fact that the poorer sections of the
.saty received greater attention in the way
ief street payings than last year Then he
punched out loudly in general denun-
Gation of the half-and-half plan He
save cut as his idea of assessment and
Taxation in the District the following:
t. y true appraisement should be made to
Retermine a reasonable assessment of the
AFoperty .iIl the District, and then we
should determine what is a reasonable tax
sal that assessment. And then we should
collect that money, and if it is not a suffi-
icent amount of money to pay for the
improvements which Congress in its wis
som thinks ought to be carried on in the
capital city. then let the United States
government supplement that by such ad-
ditional sums it sees fit and proper"
Mr.. Slsson said that the present plan
works an injustice TO the rest of the
United States.
Evening star., 1913-12-17

and trembling lips. With a low. satisfied
laugh he leaned nearer.
THANK God, you can't ring or" he
said.
(THE END)
Evening star., 1913-12-17
Violent Attacks Made.

ftThe criticisms came in the afternoon
SIT for general debate upon the remark
able District appropriation bill, the most
extraordinary feature of which is con-
Iained III a short paragraph directing the
Bistrict of Columbia to spend a por-
tion of its revenue on its needs and to
give back to the United States ST, 10000.
IeadinS off with an explanation of how
stiIe bill was made up, Representative
4 .ssOn of Mississippi led the way for
,suhsequent violent attacks and unde-
,served criticism upon personalities and
municipal eadeavors of men within the
jLlStFict of Columbia. Congressman who
}usa1m that newspaper criticism rolls off
heir backs like drops of rain from a
duck feathers showed that they had
Been working overtime digesting news
tJrticies and editorials, in an effort to
sIEame caustic replies for congressional
Aud home consumption.
tG II was the old cry, which sounds we'll
~ hen OF the stump for reelection in a
trOngresSional district:
tr Why should the poor farmers of my
,country pay for the luNurAs of Washing
BON?
Evening star., 1913-12-17
House Members Uncork VitrioI
= During Appropriation
Bill Debate.
LF-AND-HALF PLAN
/ TARGET FOR ATTACKS
Sisson, Prouty and Johnson Dwell on
Districts Woes, as They
See Them.

There were many strangers in the gal
Nry OF the House late yesterday after
noon, people presumably from various
distances outside of the capital: and
blany of them stayed to hear most re-
parkable accusations made against the
filen who gave their thought. their time
and their lives to bringing Washington
from Il slough of municipal despond to
tlle highway which leads to national
pride in a proper home for the nation s
government. To hear some of the criti-
tisrns1 directed toward the operation of
E4e joint finances of Washington and
rhe United States, many Of these stran-
gers might gain a belief that the most
blackened grafters of boss-ridden cities
R'@re cherubs compared to the men who
have unselfshly worked to make Wash
InSton d clean city, a queen among the
nations capitals
Evening star., 1913-12-17
Washington News.

There is perhaps no better
way to keep out-of-town
friends informed as to Wash
ington news than to mail to
them from time to time a
copy of The Star after you
have finished with it, some
times marking an article OF
special interest.
The out-of-town postage of
today's Star is 2 cents.
Better yet you might send
some one out-of-town a SUBJ
scription to receive The Even
ing Star. every day at the rate
of 10 cents a month, or The
Evening and Sunday Star at
90 cents a month.
Evening star., 1913-12-17
Not. National City, He Says.

RFpresehfafive. Prouty, bent on in
Producing d bill to reform the govern
ment of the District of Columbia, pre-
seated. to.the, House several tables
showing municipal figures, state figures,
taxes. etc. to support his contention
tnat Washington is a highly favored
city. one of the remarkable statements
that fF1e made WAS that Washington is
not a national city.
1T dhe District of Columbia), under
the Constitution, was made subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States"
he said. I'm other words it was de-
signed to be ten miles square located
somewhere. and this was the place
That ten miles square should be taken
afei all the Jurisdictions of the states
removed, and it should be put absolute
~ under the federal government but
the federal government has no different or
nleher controi over the territory of the
District of Columbia than the state OF
IOWA mas over the territory within its
borders.
The state of Iowa can pass laws fol
the Incorporation and government OF
citi@s: So can the. federal government
pass laws for the control of cities and
municipalities in this Jurisdiction"
Evening star., 1913-12-17

There was a pause. Il said / was no.
body" reminded the voice gently.
Billy hung up with slam and went
back to bed. He tried to sleep, but could
not. Il said / was nobody" repeated the
voice, insistently. Stuff growled Billy
and turned on his other side.
This was the beginning of Billy Miller's
siege laid to his heart by an
intangible bodiless voice that said. the
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pany, and who has just returned from
the Canadian fields, supplies interesting
details. In the course Of a conversation
Lord Selby remarked that he was very
greatly impressed with what he saw and
heard during the visit. The most ia
vorably situated oil fields in Canada. from
q geographical and strategical point OF
view. he states, are those of Gaspe, which
extend from the seacoast on the Bay Of
Gaspe. on the Gulf Of st. Lawrence, for
several miles in a northwesterly direc-
ton.
1t was in the Larocque district, in the
northwest, that considerable number OF
wells were put down. and good supplies
of oil OF high quality obtained What
Is known as an anticlinal formation ex-
tends from this district In south and
easterly direction down to the coast.
The opinions of experienced drilling
men and biologists in that country are
to the effect that oil will be found there
in large quantities. Should this be the
case. the Importance of the field from
the points of view Of supply for the Brit
fsh navy and for marine and Industrial
purposes cannot be overestimated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-01

the helmets would kill them. Wearing
these helmets. a crew can enter . mine
Immediately after an explosion and rescue
miners who would be past help Il they
waited for the gases following the ex-
plOsion to clear. The helmets were IN
strumental In rescuing twenty men VINO
otherwise would have persisted In the
Cherry mine disaster.
The pulmotor is almost as important
as the helmet In mine disasters. IL pro-
vides artificial respiration for those VINO
have become so overcome with gas as to
be incapable of breathing naturally. This
instrument was introduced into this coun-
try from Germany by the bureau of
mines. Its use extends outside or mine
rescue work. Life-saving stations have
adopted 1t to resuscitate drowned per-
sons, and 1t may be used to revive per-
sons asphyxiated from any cause. Ameri-
can physicians saw in 1t a valuable aid
in saving the lives of babies apparently
stillborn. Many hospitals now have In
use q baby pulmotor made by the same
German firm which supplies the mine
pulmotors.
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USED IN CURE OF CANCER.
Berlin and Other Cities Acoumulat.
ing Radium and Mesothorium.
.spondence Of The Star /.


BERLIN. August Is, 1913
The municipality Of Berlin is follow
ing the example Of three or four other
German cities and is making arrange
ments for obtaining supply of radium
and mesothorium, in view of the increas-
ing Importance which they are obtaining
in the fight against cancer. Directors Of
hospitals under the municipality have
been asked to make detailed reports on
the subject.
While It Is an undoubted fact that Ger
man medical authorities are growing
more inclined to favor radium in their
treatment Of cancer, it must be pointed
out that none of them regards radium as
an absolute cure. and that the greatest
caution must still be used before any
definite judgment can be passed on its
efficiency.
Prof. Czerny, whose name is highest
among cancer authorities maintains that
surgical operation in the early stages
of the disease is superior to any other
method of treatment and certainly gives
the best prospect Of permanent relief
The professor is extremely cautious in his
Judgment on radium, while admitting
that in certain stages Of cancer and
where the disease can be easily reached
radium unqnestionably is q powerful PAL
uativa.
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WRITER'S CRAMP DISEASE.
London Committee Would Put It I'm
der COMPENSATION Act.
espondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON. August % 1913.
A departmental committee has recon-
mended the scheduling of "writer's
cramp as a disease under the work
mems compensation act.
Considering the very large number of
persons employed in writing, they state.
the disease is not prevalent. Among the
staff Of the railway clearing house and
of the railway companies connected
Herewith there could be traced in twen-
ty-five years only seventy-eight cases. of
which five caused total incapacity, and
among 8,51S employees Of the general
post office, DR. Sinclair of the post
Office knew only Of fourteen cases.
mostly Of persons now engaged in other
work or using the left hand.
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BRITAIN WOULD DEVELOP
OIL FIELDS FOR ITS NAVY
Gaspe Section on Gulf of st. Law
renee in Canada Is Deemed
Most Promising.
'oreIgn Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star
LONDON, August 81, 1913.
In view Of the Increasing attention
which is being directed to the adoption
of oil az fuel In the British navy. 1t is
interesting to know that oil lands in diff
ferent parts of the empire are being sedu-
lousy developed
The decision of the government to Sc
cure supplies as far as possible within
the empire has given a new impetus to
the search for large Oil deposits In diff
.ferent parts of the dominions and it
would be fitting that the premier Domin-
ion. Canada, should be reckoned among
the fuel-oil sources of supply.
In this connection Viscount Seiby. who
is chairman OF the Eastern Canada Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-01
GETS MILLIONS BY WILL.
Hon. Margaret Helen Greville One of
England's Richest Women.

Foreign Correspondents OF The Star.
LONDON, August Fl, 1913.
One Of the richest women In England
today is the Hon. Margaret Helen Gre
vile, daughter-in-law of the second
Baron Greville.
On her marriage she received a large
fortune from her father. the Rt. Hon.
William McEwan, formerly liberal men,
Der Of parliament for Central Edin-
burgh. and chairman of Messrs. William.
McEwan & Co., the Edinburgh brewers,
and under his will. which has just been
proved, she inherits the bulk Of his
property. which is valued for probate at
$75OO.O0O.
Mrs. Greville is widow, her hus-
band, Capt. Ronald Greviue, who was
heir to his fathers peerage, having died
in 1905.
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food was left. Three OF the dead women
still carried their infants In their arms
Diary Found in Hut

In one hut was found diary written
by one of the fishermen. The last entries
read:
1--WE have no more provisions and we
cannot secure any fish. A vessel seen
approaching today, but 1t was only an il
fusion. 1t Is terrible to see our children
dying of hunger. They come and cry to
us for food. We are reduced to eating
our wooden garments. We are still keep
ing on hoping for help
'.All the children are dead. We are now
four fishermen living and two women.
Our sufferings are indescribable. Two Of
the men have just died. They tried to
stave off their hunger by eating the flesh
Of their dead comrades"
The diary ends: Il, Genoff am the last
survivor. I am very feeble. j am trem-
bling and my eyes are falling"
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Fishermen AND FAMILIES
VICTIMS OF STARVATION
Terrible Story Of Suffering In Nova
Zembla, Russian Islands, Re-
Gently Disclosed.
oreign Cprrespendence q The Star.
PARIS August % I.

PARTS. August 90 1913.
terrible narrative Of the death by
starvation Of over 100 fishermen and their
families in Nova Zembla, Russian islands
IN the Arctic ocean, is told in st. Pc
tersburg telegram to the Petit Parisien.
Last winter was very severe, and the
fishermen were unable to secure fresh
supplies OF food at the usual period, and
,ile sea being frozen, it was impossible to
obtain fish, 4 scientific expedition visit
ing the islands found the skeletons of the
fishermen and their wives and children
lying In the open, their huts having been
0xscked oy the wind. Not q scrap Of
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His Choice.

From the Boston Transcript
First Trchin-Say. Tommy would yous
rather be a zebra or a giraffe
Second Urchin-A giraffe, err course.
It'd be a cinch fer looking over de fence
at de ball game.
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The Rohrersville, Chewsville and Smoke
town. Nd, congregations Of the Radical
United Brethren Church, heretofore be-
longing to the Virginia conference. have
been transferred othe Pennsylvania con-
ference.
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Each OF the mine rescue cars contains
eight oxygen helmets, a dozen safety
lamps, field
Each Mine Rescue telephone with
Car Fully Equipped. steel wire, a
collapsible steel mine cage. pulmotor
and a generous outfit OF the bandages
and other appliances used in first-aid- to-
the-injured work Each car has had a
regular itinerary. stopping at different
mines and demonstrating its apparatus.
AS a result, most Of the larger mines
have within a few months installed mod
ern rescue apparatus Of their OWL. A
crew OF men, selected from volunteers
among the miners. Is trained by govern
ment experts in the operation of the ap-
paratus.
Some features OF the training are diff
cult and most uncomfortable for the men
taking it. yet they gladly undergo the
unpleasantness for the sake OF the res
cues 1t will enable them to make. One
end of the car is fitted up as an alright
room to be used in training the men In
the use OF the oxygen helmet. This room
Is filled with noxious gases. The miners
wearing the helmets remain in 1t two
hours. In an atmosphere that without