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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
SAYS SITUATION IS URGENT.
Secretary Meyers Appeal for Legis-
lation on Navy Personnel.

Secretary Meyer of the Navy has sent
to Chairman Padgett of the House naval
committee a letter making final ap-
peal for legislation relating to the person.
mel of the navy in which he points out
the urgency of the situation. The letter
is III part, as follows:
The personnel act has brought about
n condition below the grade of captain,
where age. grade and length OF service
arc approximately as they should bc fo,
efficiency and economy. To descend now
to Il stagnation more fatal to incentive
than ever before would not only throw
away the Improvement gained i'll four
tecr years but make recovery slow. eX-
a condition is rapidly forming. and will
there be remedial legislation.
That the certainty of this is already
recognized has been Enthusiastically in
dictated. Twenty-Five young officers re-
signed their commissions last year, and
in the six weeks since January !, 1913
eight more designations have been re-
ccived The economic loss here is toe
apparent TO dwell upon. The younger
officers find that the naval service Is
more eXacting and ar1uouS than former
~ especially in longer time at sea, and
that the present conditions do not onei
them fair or attractive career.
The present organization of the per
sonnet is not economical nor suited tC
requirements, even in time of peace. The
proposed bill would make il So. greatly
improving the efficiency of the navy al
all times, and without increase of cost"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
REVISION OF BANKING LAWS.
Promise of Consideration of Meas.
ures by Chairman Glass.

4. u. Welton OF Chicago. secretary of
the National Citizens League in Wash
ington to urge the need of revision of
the present banking and currency laws
at the coming extra session of Congress.
said today that Representative Glass of
Virginia. chairman--o the committee on
banking and currency of the House, had
agreed to lend his support to such a pro-
gram. He said that leaders in Senate and
House had told him that only four COM
mittees would be organized at the extra
session. the ways and means committee,
the rules committee, the committee on
banking and currency and the committee
on cnSrossed bills.
Mr.. Melton iavors in the proposed
legislation:
Provision for rediscounts or sales of
commercial paper in way and to an eX-
tent that will enable banks to get fluent
resources whenever their customers may
require.
The issue of a safe and elastic paper
currency gradually displacing the bond
secured bank notes.
Regulation of government deposit of
current funds with the banks of the coun.
try and more Strin gent inspection of
banks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
some by the middlemen. to await the ad-

some by the middlemen, to await the ad-
vent of better prices.
Various methods of handling the citrus
fruit crop are in vogue besides the CO.
operative system. Some growers of fancy
oranges and lemons advertise in the mag
aZines and newspapers to sell their fEu.t
by the box direct to the consumer. at a
flat rate express prepaid. The returns
are found to be very good from this class
of business. since it includes the maJoi
portion of the middlemenS profits. Tie
grower relies more upon the excellence of
his fruit and the attractiveness OF his
packing to hold his market than upon
lower prices. Some other growers sell
their crops on the trees, they assuming
the frost risk in some cases, and the
buyers in other cases.
4 large portion of the oranges grown
are consigned to commission houses. One
such house owns a large number of cold
storage plants 1t will either receive
picked fruit or will pick the crop and
deliver it to the storage house. prepare
il for market ship and sell it. and charge
10 cents a box for the service-plus the
actual expenses of handling and storing.
II has representa- tives in 40 markets. To-
Gated in forty-two states, VINO are IN
daily touch with the main office in Jack
sonville. 4 large and growing part or the
citrus fruit crop, however, is sold under
the cooperative system. of which more
will be told in succeeding articles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24

Inc. Billy Possum Struggled down under
the hay in the unused nest in the dark
est corner Of Farmer Browns henhouse
and hardly dared to breathe. RiSht
under him stood Farmer Browns boy,
and Farmer Browns boy was angry. Yes.
sir he was angry. There was no DOUBT
,hout that. He had found the empty
.bo,s of the eggs which inc Rilly had
eaten i'm the night. and INC Billy Knew
Nv tho sound of his voice that Farmer
:, owns boy meant TO find the thief.
!; was a terrible position to be in'
light there in the henhouse, with no
chance to run. inc Billy wished with
~, his might that he had never thought
Of eggs. and that he was safe back home
in the dear old hollow tree in the Green
Forest. Oh dear. oh dear. why hadn't
he gone right straight back there after
eating those eggs. instead of taking
nap? But he hadn't. He had taken
nan and oversight and here he was right
in the henhouse in broad daylight.
1T must have been a skunk said
Farmer Browns boy, and if it was he
must have left some tracks in the snow
outside. I'll just look around bit
inc Billy almost chuckled as he heard
Farmer Browns boy go out.
Hell find Jimmy Skunk's tracks, but
he won't find mine thought Inc Billy.
Isn't it lucky that ! thought TO step
right in Jimmy Skunk's tracks when l
came here?"
He lay still and listened to Farmer
Browns boy poking around outside He
heard him eXclaim: 'Ah. I thought SO!
and knew that he had found the tracks
Jimmy Skunk had made i'll the snow.
Inc Billy almost chUckled again as ne
thought what smart fellow he had been
to step in Jimmy Skunks tracks. And
right then he heard something that pun
an end to all his fine thoughts 3hout ms
own smartness and sent little cold ShiNtrs
ND and down his backbone.
Hello said the voice of Farmer
Erorn's hoy. these arc queer ira, Ks
That skunk must have had a queer taxi
for here are the marks of 1t in the snow,
and they look az If they might have been
made by the tail of Il very big rat.
inc Billy remembered then for the first
time that when he had thought he Wae SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24

lie began to look in the nests. Inc Billy
could hear him coming nearer and near
er. He was looking i'm the very next
nest to the one in which Inc Billy was
hiding. Finally he looked into that very
nest Unc' Billy Postum held his breath.
Now the nest in which Unc' Billy was
hiding was on the topmoSt row in the
darkest corner of the henhouse. and inc
Billy had crawled down underneath the
hay Perhaps it was because that corner
WAS so dark. or perhaps it was because
that nest Was So high up that Farmer
Browns boy really didn't expect 10 find
anything there. Anyn'a.-. all he SAW ms
the hay. and he didn't lake the trouble
to put his hand in and feel for anything
under the hay.
It's queer" said Farmer Browns oy
Its very queer. l guess | shall have to
set some traps"
And all the time INC Billy Possum
held his breath and lay low.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
SOUR STOMACH, INDIGESTION, GAS
DR. DYSPEPSIA PAPE'S D|APEPS|N.
This delightful stomach regulator brings relief in
minutes-Puts an end to Stomach trouble forever.

Really does" put bad stomachs
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burn and sourness in five minutes
-that-just that-makes Pape's
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gestible waste. remember the mo-
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with the stomach all such distress
vanishes Its truly astonishing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP OF FIGS.
Sweetens their stomachs and
cleans the liver and waste
clogged bowels with
out gripping.

Every mother immediately
realizes after giving her child
delicious Syrup OF Figs that this
is the ideal laxative and physic
for the children Nothing else
regulates the little ones stom-
ach. liver and 80 feet OF tender
bowels 50 promptly. be sides they
dearly love its delightful hg
taste.
IT YOUR child isn't feeling we'll:
resting nicely: eating regularly
and acting naturally it is sure
sign that ii, little insides need a
gentle. thorough cleansing at
once.
When cross. irritable. fever
i,h. stomach sour, breath bad or
YOUR little one has stonlaCh-ache,
diarrhoea. sore throat. full OF
cold. tongue coated. give tea
spoonful OF Syrup OF Figs and III
Jew hours all the foul. constI-
pated. clogeed up waste. undi-
svsteG rood and sour bile Will
gently move ON and out OF its
little bowels without nausea
gripping or weakness. and you
will surely have i well. happy
and smiling child again shortly.
With Syrup OF Figs YOU are
rot dru2ginS your children be-
ing composed entirely OF lus-
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cannot be harmful,
Mothers should always keep
Syrup OF Figs handy. Ii Is the
only stomach. liver and bowel
cleanser and regulator needed
d little given today will save
sick child tomorrow.
Full directions Tor children OF
all age, and grown-ups plainly
printed on tho package
.Nsb yrur druggist IT the full
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Of ma. prepared by the Cali
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the delicious Ia sting. genuine old
reliable P,fusc ANYTHING else
offered .-Advertisemen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
Held on Tire Theft Charge.

Joseph Green. alias Allen Garner. was
held for the action of the grand jury
under q bond OF Sl..0O by Judge Null
lowry after a preliminary hearing in the
Police Court today on "a charge of steal
Ing four automobile tires. each valued at
50. Green. 1t was charged. broke into
a garage building I'm the rear Of the house
of Joseph I'll. Galliher. 905 Virginia avenue
southeast. and took the tires. 1t was tes-
titled that he sold them for SO each.
Green denied the charge III court today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24

almost marvellous, and the joy is
its farmlessnesS.
\ large fifty-cent case OF Pape.s
Diapepsin will give you hundred
dollars worth of satisfaction or
your druggist hands you your
money back.
It's worth its weight in gold 70
men and women who can't get
their stomachs regulated. 1t be-
longs i'll your home-should al
ways be kept handy in case OF
sick, sour. upset stomach during
the day or at night Its the
quickest. surest and most harmless
stomach doctor III the world.-Ad-
vertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
Little Stories for Bedtime.
JJNC BILLY POSTUM LIES LOW.
By Thornton w. Burgess.

smart he had forgotten to hold his tail
up. He had dragged it in the snow, and
of course it had left a mark.
Il guess there was more than one Wis t.
or here last night" continued the voice
of Farmer Browns boy. Here are the
tracks of the skunk going away from
the henhouse but don't see any of those
other queer tracks going away. Who
ever made them must be right around
here now.
Back into the henhouse came Farmer
Browns boy and began to poke around
i'm all the corners. He moved all the
boxes and looked in the grain bin. Then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
Justice Gould's Son Better.

Justice Ashley N. Gould returned to
the city today from the bedside of his
son. Ashley, il. who has been seriously
i'll at the Bordentown Military Institute
at BorGentown, y. j. The boy. who is
sixteen years old. has complication Of
diphtheria and scarlet fever, and his con-
tiition last Thursday was considered criti-
cal He is improving rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
Rev. Michael H. Bittinger Dead.

Word has been received of the death at
Greenyille. W. Va. Saturday of Rev.
Michael Henry Bittinger. brother of Rev.
Benjamin y. Bittinge: OF this city, former
stated clerk of the Presbytery of Wash
ington. and pastor of Westminster Pres
byterian Church. Rev. Mr.. Bittinger. who
was eighty-Seven Years old. was the
father of Henry +. Bittinger OF this city.
For more than fifty years he was a min
lister of the Southern Presbyterian
Church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24

The camp meeting ground at Leslie.
Cecil county. Md. which for number of
years has been used by the local preach
CIR association for holding camp meet
ingS has been bought by the National
Association of tho Methodist EpiScopai
Church.
Before large crowd waiting nj the
18th street station. at Lynchburg Va.
Charles Arthur. thirteen years old. son
Of Rev +. II. Arthur. a Methodist minis
ter. was instantly killed when young
horse the lad was riding threw him under
the train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
Hand Injured by Mill Rollers.

While cleaning machinery in the Dis
tie; Of Columbia paper mill. Potomac aEd
\ streets northwest. this morning August
=. own OF 1911 Wisconsin avenue north
=, u had his hand caught between roll
-. TIE hand was badly injured. Treat
mt was given at the Georgetown Cni-
P<it1 HoSDi,al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
Belgrade Reports Turkey and
Allies Negotiating Secretly.
A0RlAN0PLE'S BAD PLIGHT
Commandant Unable to Prolong De.
Tense Beyond Another Week.
Imperial Treasury Moved.

LONDON. February 4.-Thc CORE
spendcnt at Belgrade of the Daily Mail
says he learns from Il reliable source that
Turkey and the allies are secretly neyo-
tlating and that peace is likely 10 be
concluded the first week in March.
An uncensored dispatch from CONSTANT
rople TO the Daily Mail says that the cor
respondent hears that Shukri Pasha. the
military commandant at .Adrianople, has
informed Schefket Pasha the grand
viZier that he will be unable To prolong
the defense of Adrianople beyond an
other week. and that the grand vizier re-
Piled urging Shukri to hold out for three
weeks by which time. he said. he hoped
peace would be concluded.
Reason for Foreigners Detention.
This predicament, the correspondent
adds. probably explains why Shukri re-
fuses to allow foreigners to leave Adrian
ople He fears they may reveal the real
conditions there
The core spondent says the imperial
treasury. including the magnificent jewels
and the pesrl-studded throne, has been
secretly removed from the Stamboul
palace To Brusa in Asiatic Turkey
y dispatch 10 the Daily Mail from soma
SAYS that Haiku Pasha has accepted the
note of the powers advising Turkey 10
cede Adrianople and leave the fate of the
Aegean Islands to the powers. and has
expressed d wish TO be Informed OF the
peace conditions of the allies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24

Some apples are shipped by the growers
to commission merchants and still others
are sold at public
Annie Auctions auction. The fact
), that large orchard
are oucceSSluI. list or group of
orchardists are going to sell their apples
to the highest bidders brings many bro
kers and jobbers and their representatives
to the scene. and in some quarters the
plan of auctioning off a crop has proved
very successful one. All of these
methods of disposing of the apple crop
have their advantages and disadvantages,
and it is admitted that the cooperative
orchardists associations can sell to the
best advantage to the producer.
There is now a national law liking the
size of apple barrels used in interstate
and foreign shipments, and establishing
three standard grades of apples. The
use of these grades is not compulsory.
but If the barrels are branded according
to these grades, the contents must meas
ure up to the standard. Cold storage
gets a large number of apples, some OF
them placed there by the producers, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
COOPERATIVE MARKETING.
lex STING MARKET SYSTEMS.
Ev Frederic !. Easkin
Ey Frederic J. Haskin

other method is that pursued by the but
ter boards of trade. Here a few small
transactions in butter are made, and these
fix the ruling price of butter for the day
or for the week. The creamery sells to
the jobber: he sells to the wholesaler;
he sells to the retailer, and he, in turn,
sells 70 The consumer. Each must make
his living and that of his force of ham
dlers and clerks out Of the transaction.
and no one ever noted that they have
been in danger of starvation.
Cotton is sold with more system than
any other American farm product. 1t is
usually sold i'm the bale after ginning, and
the average weight par bale includes the
baSsins and ties These weigh twenty
two pounds TO the bale. Payment to the
planter often is made partly in advance
the small planter credit for a year and
then buys his cotton when it is ready for
sale, SQuariug accounts thereafter. Often
the planter consigns his crop to d factor
who is instructed to hold it for better
prices. The factor advances about two
thirds of its value. and charges interest
for the loan. When he sells he deducts
interest and commissions and RENTS the
difference to the planter. After the cot
ton is ready for distant shipment it is
usually compressed into "A very much
smaller bale. United States markets al
low from twenty-five to twenty-f four
pounds for tare while in the British mar
kets they deduct about per cent This
amounts to about thirty pounds to the
bale, and in order to make the actual cot
ton weigh out extra bagging is added.
Eggs are usually produced on farms
where they serve only to make "piI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
Daniel Cooper Gets Divorce.

Justice Anderson today granted an
absolute divorce to Daniel j. Cooper
from Ophelia Cooper Attorneys He
mans & Collins appeared for the hus-
band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
Eggs Are Delayed
Reaching Consumer

sometimes two or three times week.
and sometimes even less frequently. II
the housewife or the children find nest
around the barn or strawstack the eggs
go into the market basket without ques
ton. The housewife usually waits until
she gets from five to twenty dozen eggs
before taking them to the country store
In some localities, however. they are
called for by the merchant in market
wagon which makes the rounds once a
week or once a fortnight. The merchant,
in turn, holds the eggs until he has a
very respectable number of cases TO send
to his commission merchant That may
be a few days or more than a week. Then
they are sold by The commission merchant
to the wholesaler, who. in turn. sells
them to the retailer. from whose hands
they pass to the consumer.
1t is thus a usua! thing for the average
egg to be at least month old before it
reaches the man who eats it. That is
why the problem of getting good eggs is
such hard one. There are some reta il
tain poultry farms. to the exclusion OF
all other eggs. and the appreciation of
the consumer is expressed in his becom-
ing n regular patron of such mer-
chant.
One of the crops III which the mark ct
system is highly organized is the apple
crop 1t is a larger crop than all the
other fruit crops combined. If we except
citrus fruits The three usual methods
by which the farmer sells his apples arc
ION the trees. in which the buyer buys
them and has them picked himself: de
livercd on the packing table, III which
he picks the apples and delivers them TO
the boxing aud barrcing force. and
fob the cars" In which In" grower
attends TO the picking, the barrciing and
the hauling to market. The buyers are
usually the representatives of large bro
kers, who. in turn. sell them to the job
hers from whom they pass. in order, to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
Reason for Foreigners Detention.
Turks Hold Lines.

The Daily Telegraph correspondent. who
has just spent Week in the Dardanelles
district. telegraphs by way of Constanza
that there has been no lighting at CALI
poll
He says the Turks hold the Bulair lines
In great strength and that according to
most reliable information the Bulgarians
have intrenched themselves in, front OF
the Turkish positions and appear to have
no present intention of taking the Of
fensive. possibly because they hesitate to
risk an assault on the lines or because
the Greeks have failed 10 land on the
ASiatic coast.
y Greek landing now. according to the
correspondent. would be too late, nearly
2t0oo splendid Turkish troops having
been landed in the Dardanelles region
from Enver Bey's armada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24

Table No. IL
"Heatherbloom' Petticoats, black
and colors. with fiat tailored REc
flounceS. Standard at s1 SSS
Table No. IL
Writing Paper, with your initial
in last moment style. Package II
of "a sheets Standard at I5c.. ~
Table No. IL
Novels. cloth bound. The best
known authors are represent
ed. Late S1.50 copyrights at 1GN~
only
Table No. 10
Valance Curtains. of crepe washing
easily and requiring no ironing. The
pair of curtains, 1-3 yards
long. including the valance, MOc
Table No. 8
MILDLY Blouses. for girls of IA to
90 years: white. with navy blue or
red collar and cuffs. with trim
minsS of white braid; all sizes E6N-
in each style. Observation-Disclosures. WV
Table No. O.
The remnants of Ribbons-all
lengths of !, yards and less-are
gathered in the first floor department
and placed upon this Bargain Sc
Basement Table at per yard. w
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the wholesaler, the retailer and the con-
sumner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24

In the centuries that passed before our
present highly organized and complex
civilization had its beginning the man
who produced usually came into direct
contact with the man who consumed.
The first middlemen were those who ham
died the thines that came from Tar coun-
tries. The PhOenician traders VINO gave
to civiliZa alton its alphabet are an example
of the early generation of middlemen anu
traders But foot by foot they have
pressed forw ard and have taken posses
sion of the markets of the cities OF the
world, until today it is only the people
who live in villages. as rule, VINO puy
direct from the producer.
And even with them it is the exception
rather than the rule, for the average
farmer does not like to peddle meat.
butter, eggs and vegetables. lie would
rather take produce to the village grocer
ard get sugar. coffee and other supplies
in exchange There are truck farmers
who do drive their own market WAGONS
and usually they do well. Some dairy
farmers sell milk direct to the consumer
| and it often happens that farmers VINO
would not think of peddlinG produce VIII
make contracts with the toWnSpeopie 10
furnish butter and eggs, fruits, meats ana ana
veseta bles throughout the season. ana
| will deliver these, although they Wouiu
| not engage in peddiing at all.
| The cotton planter frequently sells ms
| crop direct to the representative OF the
| manufacturer. and the farmer often selis
| his wheat direct to the nearby f1our mills:
| But the major portion of the products OF
| the farm goes TO professional buyers VINO
| act as one link in the general system OF
| distribution. They may buy the farmer
| apples on the tree. or his wheat delivered
| at the railroad station. 1t is clearly I'M
possible for the individual farmer to make
| il worth his While to find city consumers
| aud to sell to them direct. and mere Is
| where the middlcmen come in. Ihcil
| business is to find purchasers Tor the
commodities they buy and attend to trans
portation and marketing. 1t is economical
! to ship in carload lots. and neither the
| farmer who produces nor the consumer
| who uses can handle such quantities. Ihe
| middlemen gather the scattered pfouucs
| of numberess farmers together. snip
| them in big consisnments to other ma
dlemen who follow the process of selling
distribution just as the shipper follows
the process of buying collections.