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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Applications Granted.

Transfers granted, as announced by
the board. follow:
Clifford NJ. Lewis. manager Powhatan
Hotel Corporation. from receivers for
Lewis Hotel. Company, Incorporated,
Hotel Powhatan barroom.
Oswald f. Schuette, president National
Press Club, incorporated, from COL 18th
street northwest to 1420 G street north
west, barroom.
Michele Bianganiello, from Al ID street
southwest to 334 Delaware avenue
southwest, barrOOm.
William J. Boyle from 472 K street
northwest. to COL Massachusetts avenue
northwest, barroom.
Florence O'Sullivan, from 1850 1th
street northwest to 1929 p street north
west. barroom.
Joseph Carroll, from 221 Sd street south
west to 234 Sd street southwest, barroom.
Hugh F. Harvey, from 2OO6 | street
northwest, barroom.
Timothy Hanlon, from 1900 III street
northeast to SD II street northeast, bar
room.
west to $50 4th street northwest, barroom.
Roland Evans, from 1103 18th street
northwest to 1743 l. street northwest, bar
room.
Paul Allen. from 81 o street northwest
to y street northeast. barroom.
Aeneas Collins, from William j. Collins
and 500 I'd street southwest to 2906 18th
street northwest.
William d. Barry, from 2024 14th street
northwest to ZOOS 14th street northwest,
barroom.
j. II. SchIeuter president Northwestern
Bottling Company, from Henry Adams
at 1861 5th street northwest. wholesale.
In all cases acted upon public hearings
were held and every effort was made By
the board to sound out thoroughly the
sentiment of residents in the neighbor
| hood affected. Two applications remained
| to be disposed of and it is probable tina
| the board will act upon these shortl.
| after the beginning of the new year.
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FUNERAL OF MR.. LANG.
Services to Be Held at Home Friday
Afternoon.

Funeral services for William II. Lang,
who died suddenly yesterday morning.
will be held at the family home. 1881 p
street northwest. Friday afternoon at .
O'Clock. The services, will be under the
auspices of George c. Whiting Lodge. No.
- F. y. \. NJ. of which organization
Mr.. Lang was a member.
Mr.. Lang. who was a victim of heart
disease. was ffty-eight years old. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Lang
two sons John r. Lang and William IL.
Lang. and a daughter, Mrs. NJ. Joseph
Barron. All his children reside in Wash
ington.
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Columbia Aid Elects Officers.

The Columbia Aid Association held its
December meeting last night at Odd Eel
lows Hall, NJ street between 18th and
18th streets northwest, and after the re-
ception of a large number of new MEM
bers elected officers, as follows: Presi-
dent. William IA. Johnson: vice president
Henry III. Naylor: financial secretary, 4.
IL. Hun: assistant secretary, T.. +. Richie;
recording secretary. Joseph :. Jones
treasurer. David Rinker; chaplain. Will
liam Walker; advocate, Augustus Shaw,
and sergeant alarms, Walter Fur. The
board of directors elected is as follows:
". w. Ball, II. l.. Dixon. Nathaniel Ruff
fin. n. l.. Alexander and William III.
Johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
MEETING OF PEN WOMEN.
Officers Report on Work of Asso-
citation During Year.

\ large number of members and friends
attended the regular meeting of the
Womens National Press Association. held
last evening at it's headquarters in the
Raleigh Hotel. The president, Mrs. Lii
liam Pike Roome. gave a talk on the diff
ferent congresses she had attended
The speaker of the evening. Mrs. Clara
Colby. who was special delegate to
The Hague peace conference. described
her summers travels abroad, with his
torical sketches of some of the cities
She had visited.
r4ach officer gave an account of the
progress OF the association during the
past year. and many letters from out-of-
town members were read.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
New Americans" Theme of Lecture.

Mrs. George Thompson Prewitt is to
lecture Friday morning at the Public
Library. her subject being New Ameri-
cans" The lecture is to be given as a
part of the INSTRUMENTATION mission
study course, and representatives of all
home missionary societies of the District
of columbia are expected to be present.
The INSTRUMENTATION study class
committee is composed of the following
Mrs. w. J. III. Robinson, chairman: Mrs.
j. +. Gilbert. Mrs. George r. Prewitt
Mrs. H. s. Petrie, Mrs. James Buhrer
Mrs Washington Topham, Mrs. O. B.
Brown. Miss X. l.. lowering and Mrs
l.. +. Olney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
CASE OF DISTORTED HUMOR.
Joker Sends Message Calling Rep
resentative Johnson to HOSPITAL.

Some one with a distorted sense of
humor gave Representative Ben johnson
of Kentucky bad half hour yesterday
afternoon by telephoning that Mr. john
son was wanted in a hurry at Providence
Hospital. The message came to him
through the Speakers office, about the
time the conference report on the cur
rency bill was pending.
Mr.. Johnson, fearing that some member
of his family had met with an accident.
hurried to the hospital. He was sur
prised, but happy, to find that no one
there had sent him any message.
Efforts to find the Joker were made
by the Capitol police, but without avail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Col. Waller Goes to Norfolk.

Col. l.. W n. Waller Of the Marine
Corps has been authorized 10 spend
few days at Norfolk. Va. and vicinity
pending his return to san Francisco.
where he commands the marine barracks
and recruiting station at Mare Island.
Secretary Daniels said that this
order had no bearing whatever on the
vacancy in the office OF COM
mandant of the Marine Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Senator Lodge Back in Capital.

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts, who has been absent
from Washington for several months
because of illness. returned to the
capital today. A majority of She MEM
beers of Senate and House had left
Washington today for Christmas visits
to their respective homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
COMMISSIONERS DECLINE
T0AcT ON CRISP BILL
Do Not Feel at Liberty to Request
Speaker of House to Have
Measure Recommitted.

Because the Crisp bill to abolish the
half and-half plan of appropriation for
the District did not originate with them,
the District Commissioners will not re-
quest the Speaker of the House to have
the measure recommitted to the House
District committee. In a reply to the re-
quest of the joint committee formed of
directors of the Board of Trade, Cham
Der of Commerce and Retail Merchants
Association that they take such action,
the Commissioners state that they can
not with propriety ask the Speaker to
order the recommittment Of the Crisp
bill since they have had no hand in mi
tiating or shaping the proposed legisla-
ton.
Their reply was forwarded to William
H. Singleton. chairman of the executive
committee of the joint committee, late
yesterday afternoon. Today Mr.. Sim
gleton in a brief letter to the Commits
sioners acknowledged the receipt of their
answer. Mr. Singleton said he was not
I'm a position to say just what step the
executive committee Will take next.
The letter of the Commissioners fol-
lows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24

Somebuddy has said that after
tn girls git t wearin' vests we kin
stop 'em occasionally an borrow
a match. Yes, an maybe we kin
git 'em t strike it fer US, too.
TIL less a Teller deserves tn
more he kicks when he's disap-
pointed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Two Indicted for Theft of $50.

The grand jury today indicted William
Ferry and Asa Carter ON a charge of
grand larceny. The Indictment alleges
the men took $50 belonging to Edmund
\. Tronton November IL They are
under arrest in Philadelphia. and bench
warrants We're issued by Chief Justice
Clabaugh for the return of the prisoners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
TOTAL OF FATALITIES
IN MINING ACCIDENTS
Reduction in Number of Deaths
Shown in Statistics Supplied
by Bureau.

In a review of the work accomplished
in the campaign to reduce the number of
deaths in the mines of the United States
thefederal bureau of mines has placed the
states of Michigan and Minnesota in the
honorable mention column
The report, which deals with fatalities
in the metal mines of the country for 1912
shows that Michigan has reduced it's to-
tai Of deaths in the copper and iron mines
from 134 in 1911 to 80 in 1912 and that
Minnesota has reduced its total deaths in
the iron mines from 76 to 30 in the same
period. The death rate for every LOO
men employed in Michigan was 424 in
1911 and 80 in 1912. and in Minnesota,
4.59 in 1911 and 3.02 in 1912
The IS less lives lost in Michigan rep
resent one miner saved for every 900 en-
ployed and the 20 lives lost in Minnesota
represent one and one-half miners saved
for every 600 at work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Transfers Rejected.

The transfers rejected were:
Hugh j. McGinness, from 2441 /
street northwest to 2901 NJ street
northwest.
John p. Hohmann, from 500 14th
street northwest, to 1888 14th street
northwest.
John p Zerega, from Oil d street
northwest to 913 ID street northwest.
Maurice Keane, from 206 9Th street,
to lS17-19 Good Hope road.
James d. Flynn, from 516 Nj street
southeast to 100 Al. street southwest.
James G. Finley, from 331 c street
southwest to 1402 14th street north
west.
Dennis j. ODonnelL from 443 1st
street southwest. to SIS II street north
east
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Tipperman Passes Examination.

Simon Tipperman of this city has been
notified that he has passed the examina-
ton for public accountant recently held
at Raleigh by the North Carolina state
board of accountancy. Mr.. Tipperman
is connected with the auditing depart
ment of the Southern Railway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Metal-Mine Accidents.

The bureaus report on metal-mine ac-
cidents in the United States in 1912
shows 661 men killed, 1902 seriously in
jured and 26.252 men slightly injured out
of a total. number of 1859, 1879 men en-
ployed.
The figures show decrease of 81
deaths from 1911, despite the fact that
Alaska with q fatalities is included for
the first time in the 1912 report. The
death rate for 1912 was 3.91 for every
1000 employed, as against 419 in the year
1911.
The report on metal-pine accidents
completes the mortality statistics for the
mining industry for the year 1912 and
shows, in coal mining, metal mining and
quarrying, a total of 3,234 deaths for the
year. with a death rate of 322 as against
1902 in 1911 and rate of 3.5S in every
1000 employed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24

Clifton. the old estate located near Rip
pom, jefferson county, Va, and contain
ing more than aao acres. has been sold hy
Col. X. owen Allen of summit point to
DIR. Lewis NJ. Allen Of Winchester, Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Senator Stone Out of Danger.

Senator Stone of Missouri, stricken
with the grip a few days ago, and for
whom fears were felt, was reported to-
day by the physicians out Of danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Colds Cause Headache aud Grin

LAXATIVE BRoMo oUININE tablets remove
There Is only One .'BROMO oUININE."
1t has SIGNATURE Of Z. w. GROVE ON box. sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Not in Position to Act.

referring further to your letter of De-
cember IS. inclosing resolution adopted
by officers and directors of the Washing
ton Board of Trade, the Washington
Chamber of Commerce and the Retail
Merchants Association, protesting against
the passage of House bill 9417 and re-
questing that the Board of Commission
ers of the District of Columbia address a
letter to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives requesting that this bill
be recommitted to the committee of the
District of Columbia, with instructions to
give public hearings, the Board of Com
missioners has the honor to state:
Legislation affecting the District OF
Columbia is initiated by three methods:
Upon recommendation of the President
upon recommendation of the District
Commissioners and by the introduction
of bills by individual members. The only
legislation, therefore, for which the Com
missioners have initial responsibility is
legislation recommended by them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Bills Sometimes Referred.

From time to time, when the opinion
of the Commissioners is desired, bills af-
fecting the District of Columbia other
than those recommended by the Commits
sioners, are transmitted to them by the
chairman of the committees to which
such bills have been referred, with the
request for a report thereon. To the ex-
tent to which the Commissioners report
in favor of or against such bills they have
that additional responsibility for District
legislation.
House bill 9417, the subject of your
communication, did not originate with,
and was not referred to, the District Com
mssioners.
"In view of these facts it is the judg-
rnent of the Commissioners that they
cannot with propriety, accede to your
request
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PALMISTRY.

HAVE YOUR HAND READ By ME-. DAOUD.
the well known scientific pslmst Readings
dollar. Phone North l13o. Studio, l622
u ST. NV. Hours. IL am. TO ! pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24

CONSOLIDATED CAR Sill VENTS TO WEST
points az reduced rates Foreign shipments.
Lift vans for transatlantic and inland rem0v-
ais SECURITY STORAGE CO. ii4O 18th 81.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19
BA6COMS AT HOME.
a ttJdy OF the Animals In Their Wilc
State In Africa.

We can only learn the nature ana
disposition OF an animal like the ba
boon from study Of its behavior In a
wild state Few persons ever have a
chance for such study. and accordingly
MI iutclligently observed account OF the
animals actions becomes OF interest.
The author OF animal Life In Africa
Major j. Hamilton. fur
nishcs the following results of his per
sOnal Investigations:
1t IS most interesting and instructive
TO watch from some concealed posi-.
ton. the social life OF troop Of
balloons who fancy themselves TO be
unObscrvcd Perched about at inter
walls among the rocks are some OF the
older males, evidently on the lookout
for danger. Behind them walk and
squat heterogeneous pnss Of females
and Of young animals The females EN-.
plOy themselves I'm various family tasks
and the Youngsters, playing and squad
bling chase one another around TO a
shrill accompaniment OF chattering
screams.
Possibly two OF the latter. in the
course OF n rough and tumble. Jostle
against one of the older males. Imme-
diatcly the lattcr's attitude OF dignifed
quicSCcnCc vanishcs. and be turns with
roar upon the imprudcnt Juveniles,
who hastily retreat with shrieks OF
fear Now and then n mother finds Ii
necessary to ChaStSe her offspring or
10 wreak vengeance upOn one or an
other Of the unattached hobbledehOys
who she gucSScs, mcditatcs imposing
upon or lnjuring II The air resounds
with sQucaks. shrill cries and occasion
M bass Crunts.
Suddenly from one OF the guards
comes n single deep. hOarse bark. and
Instantly there Is silence The females
catch up their young offspring; the rest
OF the band. with one accord. scuttle
out right and left. and in moment
there Is nothing TO be seen except one
or two OF the larger males. who walk
quietly off. now and then stopping TO
glance back and 10 utter their resonant
warming barks
If you ruI quickly forward and crmb
to some coign Of vantage you will
perhaps be I'm time to see the whole
band scampcring off. The infants cling
10 their mothers backs, the unattached
Juveniles race ahead. and the three or
four fathers Of families bring up the
rear at n more deliberate pace.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19

These hands OF mine are empty, but
Ciaop- nuiS Il LoSSuth
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19
The President and War.

According to the constitution of the
United States. article l, section \.
clause II. the power to declare war be-
longs to the congress. The president
as the chief executive, when war Is
declared becomes commander In chief
OF the army and navy, but he cannot
take the initiative I'm bringing on the
war The president who should have
the temerity to declare the country at
war with another people would be in
simultaneously removed from his high
office. The men who made the consti-
tuition upon which our government
rests knew how fatal TO human rights
and happiness the monarchical prin-
ciple had been. and therefore they saw
to Il that the nations head should have
nothing TO do with declaring war with
another nation.-New York American
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19
HEROIC MUSICIANS.
Conductors For Whom the Orchestra
la Merely a Pedestal.

Or. Max NOrdau has an amusing ar
ticle I'm the Paris Revue on the eyolu.
ton OF the orchestra conductor. For
merly the conductor was modest
man who took infinite pains with the
rehearsals and effaced himself on the
great day Of the public concert.
Nowadays he is Il hero. You only
see him. The orchestra Is merely a
pedestal for him In the French army
OF former days there was a parsonage
who could be compared with hlm-the
drum major lie has the same pres
tige without the aid OF the drum ma.
jor's stature. lace and stick. He must
be a finished actO- He must play the
part Of the lion which shoots the wa
ter into the fountain.
There was Gustav Mailer, the most
astounding artist I'm dumb show All
the muscles OF his clean shaved face
were contracted into the furious mask
OF q samural when No let loose the he
roic sonorltlps and relaxed into ecstasy
during the pianissimo.
Arthur NIkisch also reflects" TRACE
dies and Idylls, but grace suits him
best In the pastoral symphony bee
thOvenI he is the rococO shepherd tick
ling with the outStretched finger OF
his left hand the fair neck Of pretty
shepherdess.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19
LISTERS BOLD EXPERIMENT,
RE Used His First Draining Tube on
Queen Victoria.

A strange auccdotc is related I'm the
Iife OF Lord Lister by Dr g. I
Wrench II seems that Lister actually
used Queen Victoria ns the first sub
feet of one Of his great experiments
shortly after taking up the chair "
surgery i'm Edinburgh. according to
Or. Wrench Lister was called to Bal
moral to operate ON the queen for an
nbSCcSS. Dr Wrench goes oD To say:
The operation was successful Lister
put I'm strip of CarhOliC lint to keep
the wound open for drainage But. IN.
fortunately. the matter of the ahSceSS
did not come away properly. and the
queen was still fcvprish and in U1in
lister disturbed by this uutavor
able course. walked alone iu the
grounds of Balmoral, lonely walk
bciug his custom when he had din
cult problem 10 Solv" During his
cogitutionS IL occurred to him hat .
Niece of india rubber tubing might
'orm au excellent rnth of exit tu the
Usrhnryc nt II wound II is i'u>tra
tive uf Listers bold faith In lmNcli
lNVls ll'V.-I llN I''''''' '''' Wv '''.''.
est lady i'm the land. ne did mo- hest
tate to make her the FIRST sub ~
his experiment
"IIr returned from his walk rut a
piece uf tubing from the spray mp
narntuS aud soaked II nll night no car
hnlir Tn the morning he mac" use
Vt il
9TH, queen made ~ rnnid nm. com
,lctr recovery. Lister. confirmed ny his
oval experiment. adopted u"hrr
lrain gr tubes, ~ II part of hi- prnc
tie"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19
TWO OLD SAILORS.
Why One OF Them Ignored Executive
Officer Dewey's Commands.

In his autobiography George Dew
~, the hero Of Manila bay, records
hat Farragut's methods were always
simple There was n saying that his
principal place for filing papers was
lis coat pocket Generally he wrote
ais orders himself, perhaps with his
tnee or the ships rail rs rest. The
,uthor recalls that one day when he
ras writing he looked up and said:
Now, how In the devil DO you spell
Appalachicoln? Some Of these edu
.ntcd young fellows from Annapolis
must know" The author continues.
"a man who had such an important
command could hardly have been more
democratic. one night had given or
iers for thorough cleaning OF the
hip the next morning. | was awake
rery early, for IL was stiliugly hot.
five o'clock came, and | heard no
,ound Of the holyStonCs on the deck.
70 went above to find out why my
orders were not obcycd. and my frame
" mind for the moment was entirely
that Of the diScipliuariau. There wns
40 activity at all OF deck | looked
around for the officer Of the deck. He
was an old New England whaler.
brown rs q huccaueer. who had enlist.
pd for the war from the merchant Serv.
tee. | rccollect that he wore small
gold rings I'm his ears. custom with
some OF the old fashioned merchant
sailors who had Travelled the world
over. found him seated up I'm the
hammock netting. where IL was cool
with Farragut NJ his side.
"'Why aren't you cleaning shipF ]
asked
81 think am 20 blame said Far
fagut. with his pleasant smile. We
two veterans have been swapping
yarns about sailing ship days
"The old whaler did not see how he
,ould leave Farragut when Farragut
wanted to talk. and lnwardly perhaps
he did not fail % enjoy his position as
superior to the young executive Off
GERS reprimands."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19
Hin Bluff.

Mr.. Montgomery was calling on a
young woman to whom he wished to
appear extremely well.
Are you familiar with Dante's 'Di-
vine Comedy Mr.. Montgomery
asked the young woman.
mo. I've never seen it," replied the
man. "The fact Is, Miss Tinder, |
think this comedy business is being
overdone The sooner the stage re-
turns to the legitimate drama the bet
ter II will be" LippiuCott's.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19
a BarlaIn.

\ Nuung Su.irtA wuhau met count
Ind rrli m love with him llrl tuhet
Wa> upruScd to a match nt th> KIND
and declared tile foreign uuhlrulIu wIs
simply after his money
Count said the young woman one
evening. "yuu can't imagine uuw my
love for yuu diStrr>Se> my parents.
My father told me he would give $40.
onu if would ur,rr >,r N"u again
All darling Sud tile count "ees
your m2liu iu hrr> Offices now, you
siukf" chicago R,gurd Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19
Very Complimentary

Mrs Grgl urviiug two aCGuaint
aucc> uu the parade, Gu. didn't
know yuu were here. Mrs Greene
Aw.ully pleased Nuu must come aud
spend uu rv'uiur Win H.
Mrs ';r,,'ur IT. very Kind uf you,
but yuu must u"1liN excuse - You
see. we've never ts.ru iu the piuce bt-
fore nud We ~ uulN here for q few
DAYS. ~ 80 course We must make the
best USE Ui uGl iiur. l.UIuUn E1presA
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-12-19
Got Him.

Briggs Some mighty cheap men ride
In high priced cars Grggs- Yes. mine
Is low priced one too Cleveland
Plain Dealer.