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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
ORDERS NEW SCHEDULE
Interstate Commission Directs
More RuSh-H0ur Cars
for Seven Lines.

The Washington Railway and Electric
Company and the Capital Traction Com
pany today were ordered by the interstate
commerce commission on the recon-
mendation of the District electric railway
commission to have extra cars on seven
of their lines. The order becomes eff
fective January p.
The additional cars are ordered during
the rush hours of the morning and even
ing. The Mount Pleasant, New Jersey
avenue, Georgetown and Lincoln Park,
Anacostia and East Washington and Co
lumbia lines are affected. Patrons of the
companies demanded more cars in briefs
filed with the commission alleged that
morning and night the cars are over
crowded.
The order calls for minute and one
half Roadway between 4:3O and 6:10
o'clock pm. between 9th and F streets
and Park road and a Roadway Of one
and two-third minutes between 6:1O and
GIT pm. At present the Roadway is about
three minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
TOWNS STRANGE N0ToRIETY.
tuberculosis Epidemic May Be Due
to Work of Stone Polishers.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
DnnI IAY l.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
BERLIN. January 10. 1913.
The two sister towns of Idar and Ober-
stein. in the Oldenburg principality Of
Birkenfeld. have gained notoriety in two
ways. In the first place. they are world
renowned for the polishing of precious
stones. and in the second place the in
habitants are afflicted with tuberculous
diseases to an unparalleled extent.
A very large percentage of the adult
population suffers from these diseases,
and a medical examination, undertaken
by order of the municipal authorities, re-
vealed the fact that 90 per cent Of the
school children are tuberculous.
Whether the polishing of precious
stones has any influence on the spread of
tuberculous diseases Is not known. but
the question is being scientifically in
vestigated.
In the meantime the municipal authori-
ties have decided to construct large pub
lie baths, in the hope that extra cleanl-
ness may at least pave the way for the
efforts to stem the disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
EXPIRE AT SAME TINE.
Ruling as to American and Foreign
Patents on Article.

The Supreme Court of the United States
today decided In the test septic tank
patent case that American patents on in
ventions patented in foreign countries ex-
pred with the expiration of the foreign
patent, notwithstanding alleged claims
that the treaty of Brussels of 1900 pro-
vides otherwise.
The case before the court involved liti-
CATION between the Cameron Septic Tank
Company and the city of Knoxsville.
Iowa. The court held the American pat
ent on the tank had expired, because the
British patent had expired. The court
said that the American delegates to the
Brussels convention interpreted the treaty
as not applicable to existing patents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL January 2o.-Spot i'm fair
demand; prices easier; American mid
ding fair. ~; good middling. 6sS: mid
ding. 66s: low middling. go: good or
binary. 6.10; ordinary. 30. The sales
of the day were 5000 bales of which
loo were for speculation and export
and included I.:Iin American Receipts
were 1900 bales, including 1880 Amer
Jean. Futures opened easier and closed
easy. January. 6.H: January-February
S41i2; February March. en-: March =
APRIL $40; &pril-May. 6.3Sia: May-June,
6.3I: June July. 6.341a: July August,
e.311z: AugustlSeptember. 6.21h: -Septem-
Der - October. 600: October November,
COZ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5.g9i2; Decem-
ber-January, 5.9S12: January-February,
18Th.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
SEEKS NEW HYDROPLANE.
French Government Offers Special
Prices of $4,000 and $4,000.
ldence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star
PARIS. January 10. 1913
For some time past plans concerning
naval aviation have been under consid-
Grafton at the ministry of marine. It is
announced today that four naval aviation
stations will be established shortly
namely. at Bizerta, Bonifacio, Nice and
Dunkirk.
In order to encourage the construction
of a special naval type.of aircraft. ~ Del
case. minister of marine. has offered a
prize of $4,000 for q hydroplane con-
test to be held at Deauville next year
under the auspices Of the Aero Club.
The ministry of marine will purchase
for So 900 the machine which is most
successful in meeting the requirements
of the naval authorities. The hydroplane
which is second In the tests will be
bought for $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20

imposition of sentence suspended; placed
on probation: attorney. ]. c. Foster.
Wilkinson agt Graham: continued for
the term: plaintiffs attorney 49,. =; 7. oies;
Brainerd agt. Morse: argued On agree
statement of facts and submitted TO the
court: plaintiffs attorney. b: A. Chase;
DEFENDANTS attorney. W. g. Johnson.
attorneys. c. w. Clagett and II. H. Gias-
she: defendants attorney. W. g. 0ardi-
ner.
BANKRUPTCY couRr-Justice Bar
In re Robert b. Norman: time for
hearing on discharge extended.
In re Byron & Hegarty: rule retunable
February Z.
PROBATE COURT-Justice Anderson.
Estate OF Thomas w. Riley; petition
for probate of will filed: attorney. Charles
Poe
Estate OF Willie B. Holtxclaw: order to
transfer stocks: attorney, 1. H. Linton.
Estate OF Lucy J. Porter: commission
ordered to issue: attorney. w. +. Lester.
Estate Of Martha J. Martin: letters of
administration granted to Emily L. Mar
Estate of George Cox: letters of ad-
ministration granted to Frederick A. Fen
ming; bond. 500; attorneys, F.. a. Fen
ming and B. w. Parker.
Estate of George w. Simpson; petition
for probate of will filed.
In re Raymond T. Mcmahon: order ap-
pointing John d. Mcmahon guardian;
bond. 500: attorney. ]. NJ. George.
In re John Casson: order appointing
Mary j. Casson guardian: bond, $500: or
der of allowance; attorney. a. j. New
myer.
Estate of Louise Friedman: bond re-
duced to $500: attorney. George c. Cert
man.
Estate Of William 8. Fisher: will adj
mtted to probate and letters testamen-
tary granted to Harriet V. Fisher: bond.
500: attorney, E. A. Jones.
Estate of Ellen Gallagher: letters of ad-
ministration granted to Thomas NJ. Gal
lagher: bond. $500: attorney. Leo p.
Harlow.
In re Adelaide II. Cook ct al: order
to accept sent: attorneys. Carlisle, Luck
EFT & Howe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
Real Estate Transfers.

C STREET NORTHEAST between eth
and sth streets-Delbert J. Mott ct ux.
to John M. Henderson, lot %. square
691: SO.
PETwORTH-Harry Wardman ct al. to
Dwight ]. and Augusta r. Particle.
lots Is and 10. square 90: SO.
NINTH STREET NORTHEAST between
B and c streets-Herman II. Howen-
stein ct ux. to Luther L. and Mary +.
Derrick, lot 116. square 911; SO.
RANDLE HIGHLANDS-John Hiltz to
John p and Howard Hiltz, lots to q.
block 54S4: So.
POTOMAC HEIGHTS-Potomac Heights
Land Company to Thomas r. Swice-
good. lots ~ to b. square l4&S; 5000.
POTOMAC HEIGHTS. r. tanning ct
ux to John A. and Jessie b. Turner.
lot Sc block l443.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
Branch U. S. Printing Office in West.

A branch Of the government printing
Office. to be established somewhere in the
western Part of the United States. is
being talked Of by democrats as a pos
sible accomplishment of the coming ad-
ministration. The theory on which the
idea Is based is THAT vast sum of money
can be saved by distributing the vast
quantity Of documents for the west from
a point that would mean less transporta-
ton charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
ARMY-NAVY.
Army Orders.

Leave Of absence for two months is
granted Capt. Edgar A. Sirmyer. 14th
Cavalry.
Mai Frederick E. Johnston. Coast Ar
tillery Corps. is relieved from duty at
Fort Mckinley. Me-. and will proceed to
Fort Hamilton. n. Y, for duty.
Capt. Josephus 8. Cecil, 18th Infantry,
will repair to this city for temporary
duty.
Private First Class James c. Young.
Hospital Corps, Walter Reed General
Hospital. will be discharged from the
army by the commanding ofiicer of that
hospital in the interest Of the United
States.
Private Joseph A. Plank, Hospital
will be discharged from the army by pur-
chase.
Naval Movements.
The Petrol has arrived at Santo Do
mingo City. the Cyclops at Guacanabayo
bay. the San Francisco at Guantanamo,
and the Vermont. Michigan. South Caro-
lima, Jarvis. Jouett. Tanning, Patterson.
Ammen. Trippe and Burrows at Guam
tanamo.
The Hercules has sailed from Norfolk
for Washington city, the Nashville from
Santo Domingo City for Guantanamo, the
the SOlace from Guantanamo for Qua
canabayo bay. the Nero from Tiburon
for Puget sound, the Wheeling from Key
West for Tampa. the Sterling from Guam
tanamO for Hampton roads, and the
Whipp1e. Truxtun. Preble, Stewart and
Paul Jones from San Diego for Santa
Barbara.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. Gunior grade) ". F. Newton.
from Arkansas to postgraduate course.
Naval Academy.
Ensign NJ. A. Mitscher. from Vicks-
burg to Annapolis.
Ensign H. B. Gilbert, from Annapolis;
continue treatment Naval Hospital,
Mare Island. Cal.
Ensign e. w. Jukes has been placed
on the retired list Of the navy. on &C.
count Of physical disability incurred in
line of duty.
Paymaster e. C. TObey. from Mary
land to home. wait orders.
Paymaster c. j. Cleborne, from navy
yard. Norfolk. Va, to naval station.
Olongapo. p. l.
Paymaster j. r. Hornberger. from
navy yard. Mare Island, Cal, to Mary
land.
Boatswain J. E. Quirk, to Kentucky.
Machinist +. G. Herzinger. to navy
yard. Puget sound. Wash.
Paymaster's Clerks o. F. Cato and
Josiah Merritt. appointments revoked
PaymaSter's Clerk F. E. Crossman, to
Salem.
Paymaster's Clerk Harry Mack, to
navy yard, Norfolk. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
U. S. Court Of Customs Appeals.

Monday. January 20, 1913.
Present: Presiding Judge Montgomery.
and Associate Judges Smith, Barber, De
Vries and Martin.
The following decisions were handed
down today:
Chemical Company; opinion by Mont
gomery, presiding Judge. Hewn lava
stone cut into special shapes for use as
lining for the towers or chimneys of fac
tories was assessed by the collector at
80 per cent as building stone The i'm
porter claimed it to be dutiable at 20
per cent as an unenumerated manufac-
tured article. The board of general ap-
prlisers sustained the claim of the i'm
porter and the decision of the board is
reserved.
No. $40. American Express Company
agt. United States: opinion by Barber.
associate judge. The merchandise was
assessed by the collector at 35 per cent
as gelatin in sheets. 1t was claimed by
the importer to be dutiable at % per cent
as gelatin valued above 10 cents and
not above IS cents per pound. The board
of general appraisers Overruled the claim
Of the importer and the decision of the
board is reversed.
States; opinion by Barber. associate
judge. The question in this case is
whether the importer filed his protest
within the ten days required by law.
The tenth day fell upon Sunday, and the
protest was deposited in the mail at 4:30
pm Saturday, with the following state
ment: I'VE find the protest desk at the
custom house closed at this time on
Saturday afternoon and are accordingly
mailing the protest to you" This letter
was received at the custom house by q
Waterman at 6:48 pm. Saturday, and
found it's way into the correspondence
room Of the custom house. where it was
opened Monday morning. The board of
general appraisers ruled that the protest
was not received in time and the decision
Of the board is affirmed.
No. 964. A. A. Vantine & Co. agt.
United States: opinion by Barber, .asso-
ciate Judge. Screens, consisting OF frame
work of wood with embroidered silk
pencils. were assessed by the collector as
embroidered articles. The importers
claimed them to be dutiable as screens of
wood, not specially provided for. The
board of general appraisers overruled the
claim of the importers and the decision
of the board is affirmed
no. 1914. American Express Company
agt. United States; opinion by Martin.
associate Judge. A shotgun. imported from
England as a trophy or prize to be COM
peted for in a tournament, was assessed
for duty by the collector. The Importer
claimed It to be free of duty as metallic
article, bestowed and accepted as a
trophy or prize. The board Of general
appraisers overruied the claim of the i'm
porter and the decision of the board is re-
verSed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
THE COURTS.
United States Supreme Court.

Present-The Chief Justice. Mr.. Justice
Mckenna, Mr.. Justice Holmes, Mr.. JUS
tice Day. Mr.. Justice Lurton, Mr.. Justice
Hughes. Mr.. Justice Van Devanter. Mr..
r Ellsworth Hall of Macon. Ga: w.
Pitt Clifford of Erie. Pa; J. l.. McNab
OF San Francisco. Cal: Charles A. Muir
ray OF Denver Col: Charles H. Shamel
OF Springfield. ILL.,: Lincoln Tyler Of New
York city. Paul E. Walker of Topeka,
X an. and Joseph c. Ewing Of Greeley.
Col. were admitted to practice.
NO. 90 Interstate Commerce Com
merce Commission ct al, appellants. ,agt.
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Commerce Court; decree reversed and
cause remanded for further proceedings
In conformity with the opinion of this
court. Opinion by Mr.. Justice Lamar.
NO: S31. Walter b. Grant and E. c.
Burlingame. appellants and plaintiffs in
from and error to the district court
IT the United States for the southern dis
trict of New York: appeal dismissed and
writ of error dismissed as to Burlingame:
judgment affirmed as to Grant Opinion
by Mr.. Justice Hughes
No. 242. The Michigan Central Railroad
Company, plaintiff in error. agt. Daniel
r. Vreeland. administrator, etc: in error
to the circuit court Of the United States
for the northern district of Ohio: judy
ment reversed with costs. and cause re-
manded to the district court of the United
with directions to grant new trial: opin-
ion by Mr.. Justice Lurton. (Mr. Justice
Holmes concurs in the resuitD
No. 81. Norman II. Davis ct al, appel
lants. agt. the Las Ovas Company, In
corporated: appeal from the Court of APP
peals Of the District of Columbia: decree
affirmed with costs; opinion by Mr.. JUS
tice Lurton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
Solomon w. johnson Dead.

NEW YORK, January 20.-Solomon
whittlesey johnson, president Of the
American News Company for he past
twelve years, died at his home here yes
terday at the age of eighty-three years
He was the last survivor Of the seven
founders of the company in 1864 as the
outgrowth Of wholesale newspaper and
periodical agency he had established some
wears before,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
New Gulf Stream" Discovered.

SIDNEY. New South Wales, January
2O.-Discovery of a new gulf stream"
is reported by Commissioner Dannevig Of
the Australian fisheries department He
has found a warm current which origi-
mates i'm the equatorial Pacific and flows
toward eastern Australia and Tasmania
at the rate of seven miles an hour. The
current Is about 100 miles wide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
Dental Parlors Burglarized.

Dr. Whites dental parlors at 4O7 eth
street northwest were entered by burglars
Saturday night or last night and robbed
of about $50 in cash, several sets of false
teeth and about SO worth of gold filing
Entrance was gained through a second
story window.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
FIND SKULL Of WOMAN
OF PREHISTORIC RACE
Type to Which 1t Belonged
Thought to Have Lived Be-
fore First of Glacial Ages.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON. January 10, 1918.
A race of men who could MT talk, who
roamed about England before even the
first of the several known glacial ages.
who lived on roots and shellfish and wild
fruit. and lodged the mastodon, the HIP
popotamus and the saber-to0thed tiger
such is the astonishing link in the story
of the origin Of man which leading SCI
entists believe to have been discovered In
the Sussex SKULL which is supposed to
have been not the skull of q man at all,
but of woman.
The skull was shown at the meeting of
the Geological Society. and the following
day all the scientists in England were in
terested, for it was declared by DR.. Smith
Woodward of the South kensington Nat
ural History Museum that the type of
man to which the skull belongs has never
before been discovered. In other words,
here is a new race of men, in points
questionably man., although devoid OF
the power of speech.
We have been looking for such a
missing link for years. one Of the lead
have found him. Some years ago a skull
of somewhat similar type was discovered
at Neanderthal, in Germany, but in that
case it was doubtful whether the faculty
Oh speech existed OF HOt. II hight nave
done so, to some extent.
Could Not Talk.
Now, for the first time, we have found
a race of men who unquestionably could
not talk. as We understand talking. but
who were as clearly human as the Java
man. was not.
THE evidence on the point is convinc-
ing. The speech centers in the brain
are. as distinguished expert on such
matters pointed out. so feebly developed
that the brain power for speech was
practically non-eXistent. The jaw also
has no inside ridge to which the mus
Giles controlling the tongue in talking
man are attached. Thus the power Of
talking must undoubtedly have been ab-
sent.s
"Then it is clear that the front teeth
must have been very large and pro-
truding, and man with such teeth
could not talk. Yet the back teeth must
have been like human teeth, and al
though the jaw. without the evidence of
these teeth, resembles the jaw of an ape,
the top of the skull as distinctly resem-
bles that of man. although with only
two-fifths of modern mans brain power"
Opinions differ to some extent as to
the period of time that has elapsed since
this first Of all known human beings
chewed roots and shellflsh in the Sussex
SubtrOpicS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. January 2O-Flour-
Steady. with demand slow.
Wheat-Opening lower under poor
cables and larger worlds shipments,
wheat soon recovered on expectations of
a decrease in the visible and colder
weather in the southwest; May. 901aa
90 11-16.
POrk-Steady.
Beef-Steady.
Lard-Firm
Raw Sugar-Steady; muscovado. 80 test.
2.98; centrifugal, 96 test, 34S; molasses,
50 test. 2.13
Refined Sugar-Quiet.
Petroleum-Steady.
Enthusiastically.
Hay-Quiet.
HideS-Steady
Leather-Firm
Butter-Firm: receipts. 5,s19 tubs;
creamery. extras. 331aa34: firsts. 3Oa33
seconds. a7a29 thirds. 25a26: held. ex-
tras, 311aa32E; firsts. 29a31; seconds, 27a
%: thirds. 24a26; state dairy: finest. goa
81: good to prime. 27a29: common to fair.
22a26: process extras. 26l2a21 firsts. 26;
seconds. 21a2s: imitation creamery. firsts.
24l1a23; factory: held. 22a24: current
packing stock. June make. 2Oa2l1a: cur
rent make. No. .. 20a2O1a; No ,, 17a19.
Cheese-Irregular: receipts, 1J24 boxes:
state. whole milk. white or colOred. spe-
Gals. 11Aa1S: do. average fancy. liza
ia. no.. lower grades, lJl2a 1872; state.
whole milk. winter specials, not green.
1614a11: do. average run, green. 15s4al6;
state. whole milk. poor. 14a151a; daisies.
held. best. 11a4a1S: skins. 2a14
Eggs-Steady: receipts. 1895 cases;
fresh gathered. extras. 26a27: extra.
firsts. 25a25h: firsts. 23a24: seconds and
lower grades, 21a22: held fresh aver
age best. 20a21: poor to fair. 15a19;
fresh gathered dirties. 17a18; checks,
15a16: refrigerator. firsts, 191sa20: sec
onds. 1Sa19; thirds. and poorer. 12a17k:
state. Pennsylvania and nearby hem
merry. whites. defective in size or quail
ity, 27a30; western gathered whites.
26a30: state, Pennsylvania and nearby
hennery browns. 27a2S: do. gathered
browns and mixed colors, 24a26
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Fails to Answer Gambling Charge.

Clarence Porter, Solored. charged with
permitting gambling on his premises at
1742 9th street northwest did not appear
to answer the charge in the Police Court
today, forfeiting $25 collateral he had de-
posted 1t the eighth precinct station
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
Washington Stock Exchange.
Regular call. IL O'Clock noon:

Sales-Regular call. L. o'clock noon:
Potomac Electric IS, 81 600 at 1854.
capital Traction. at 121.
Washington Cas- ) at s..
Mergenthaler. at 211.
Commercial National Bank. > at 100. 10 at
1895. 10 at 199A. 3 at 1895. at 1895. 10 at
199l2. 10 at 1892. 10 at 1894. at 200, 10 at
200. = at ZOO 3 at 2OO.
United States Trust. 10 at 1854. 10 at 1854.
10 at 13Sia. at 1854. at 1882, 10 at 139.
After call-Washington Gas. % at S4A % at
S4t.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd., at
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BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

BALTIMORE. January 3p.-Wheat-
Weak: spot. red. LOT: spot No > red
western, los: January No. . red, 1.O7:
February No. red. 1.O7a4: March No. .
red. 1.Wa4: steamer no. red, 1.0l; re-
ceipts, JO.312 bushels.
COrn-Easy: spot contract. :4as: jan
uary. 54l4a54ss: February, o4a54A: March.
54ha54ls: steamer mixed. 517s; receipts,
3SO.OI1 bushels exports, :SS.O16 bushels;
southern white corn, IS.
Oats - Easier; No = white, 39Sa4O;
standard white, 3s1sa30; No , white.
receipts. 17,Os9 bushels.
Rye-Firm: No. . western domestic,
1Oa72: receipts, $3.50 bushels.
Hay-Quiet; No. l timothy. 17.JOa 10. 90;
No. clover mixed. 1j.OOa155O.
Grain freights-F1rm: steam to Liver
pool. per bushel. IS 41sd. January: Cork
for orders, per quarter. 3s Cd, January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. January 20-Nlay wheat
today opened 1saA to Mass under
Saturdays close. at 931s to s3ss, on a
decline at Liverpool. and sold off to
93A assn. recovery to 933s fol-
lowed. Corn exhibited a tone of
strength. May opening u lower to a
higher at 51s to 51ss and selling to
51M
err to unchanged at 33A to 331s, and
advanced early to 33sa33A
The light hog run still Influenced
provisions. May pork started 21a to
~ up: at 1919 to 1850: and sold to
at 10.12k to 1915. and advanced to
1920. and May ribs. ~ to to 5a7k
improved, at 10.1Oa1O.12l..