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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
ACCIDENTS IN STREETS.
Warrant to Issue for Driver Of
Wagon in Collision.

H. Fl. Winter. a resident Of Laurel. Md,
was struck by a street car at 9th and +
streets northwest yesterday afternoon
about ) O'Clock. He said he was not hurt.
An automobile owned by Maj. G. G..
Langhorne. L. S. A.. who resides at the
Army and Navy Club, was damaged to
the amount of about SIS yesterday after
noon when a taxicab operated by H. E.
Reynolds collided with it in front Of the
club. No one was injured.
A warrant will be procured for the ar
rest Of an unidentified white man whose
wagon yesterday afternoon collided with
an automobile belonging to Lieut.. Thomas
Withers, L. S. A, at 18th and streets.
The lieutenant was near his home, 1910
L. street northwest, when the accident
happened. The number of the license
on the wagon. it is thought, will serve
to identify it's owner.
An auto truck belonging to E. Fl. Ham,
mond and operated by ]. a. Johnson col
lided with street car on Water street
southwest between 10th and 18th streets
this morning about 9:15 o'clock. The
truck was slightly damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12

as to the reason for the practice it will
be found that it is simply habit, ac-
auired through a desire to hear the en-
CINE firing regularly, and the noise, when
the automobile is travelling, gives sense
of greater speed than is actually the
case. The impression it makes on the
public, and especially those who have
knowledge of automobiles, is very diff
ferent."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
Cleansing Wharf Market.

Under the supervision of Commissioner
Johnson and Col. w. c. Haskell, super
intendent Of weights. measures and mar
kets, a cleanup crusade at the Districts
fish market and wharfage property has
been in progress. In all twenty-five
wagonloads of rubbish were removed
from the property during the week.
At the health department big increase
has been noticed during the week in the
number of complaints received concern
ing insanitary conditions. Inspectors OF
the department have been kept busy in
vestigatlng the nuisances reported. These
officials have informed the department
that residents in every section Of the city
have caught the cleanup" fever and
that the sanitary conditions of the Capt.
tai rapidly are being improved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
Without a Hitch.

Every detail of the little comedy was
carried out without a hitch. The scenery,
all made by the pupils of the school, was
most effective, and the chorus work
which, after all, is the '.big" feature of
all good comedies-well, it was finished,
exquisite work. The costumes of the COM
pany were also product of the school, as
well as the electrical effects.
The comedy-wrtten by Nelson Nc
Herman, a graduate of the school, and
now teacher thcre-deals with the last
two nights of the Mardi Gras in Havana.
The plot is. of course, merely vehicle
for singing, dancing and comedy.
Following is the cast of the musical
show: Anita. Doris Farrar: Ricardo. the
singer, A. Gibson; Henry GbeneZer Brick.
E. H. Felt; Lucia Gomez. Marion Cra-
mer: Dick Brown, Ralph Foster; Mrs.
Brick, Ellie Judd; Shorty. a. II. Lake;
Admiral, ]. l.. Hummer; NJ. Gomez, I'll.
G. Gilbert; dancers, Gertrude Thompson
Margaret Sullivan, Helen Viehmayer
Inez Edwards, Louise Jacobs and Dor
othy Terry.
Tourist girls, Misses Miriam Doyle
Marie Clayton, Mary II. Duffey, Dorothy
A. Dent, Nettleton, Dorothy Heron, Dor
Ingenues-Misses Allen, Ciafiin, Terry
Behncke Mitchell and Jacobs and Messrs
Creech Elliot, Myers, Archibald, Morga an
and Walker.
when There's No Light at All Choir
us-Misses Dent, Doyle. Duffy, Clayton
Heron, Sullivan. Messrs. Myers. Archi-
bald. Walker. Hall. Morgan and Bastian
Sailors-Messrs. Lake, Hummer, Throck.
morton, Stein, Fortier, Gibson, McPher.
son. Blakeney, Krey and King.
Those Who Managed the Show.
Mr.. Mckernan was stage manager
Dore Wolfsteiner was musical directo,
and Miss Isabelle Solomons had charge
of the costumes.
H. Ernest Galieher. jr., was interlocu-
tor of the minstrel show and the end
men were "Shags' Burncide, "Henery
Berliner Ray Wells and .Ducky'
Holmes S. Theodore Howard was stage
director and George Herbert Wells was
musical director.
Solos were sung by "Henery" Berliner.
Ray" Wells. Archie" Gibson, Shorty
Felt, "Shags" Burnside. 'Dncky' Holmes.
Crimson Lake and Ernie Galleher.
The committee in charge of the per-
Torrance consisted of J. Ernes: Smith.
chairman; Eva Baker, Isabelle Solomons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
Plea for Fewer Regulations.

To the Editor OF The Star:
The fewer the rules. the more likely to
be obeyed.
not go from a car to a theater without
rendering himself liable to arrest.
A person living in the middle OF block
cannot go directly to his friends house
opposite. He must go to the corner
and back goin" and returning. That rule
should be revoked.
Legislation cannot change a fool into
a wise man. Nor can it, protect a fool
against himself.
The first step toward safeguarding the
lives of pedestrians on the streets (where
the common law gives them the right
of way. is to reduce the speed limit to
six miles an hour. H. T. BUTLER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12

over people without complaining. 1t seems
that many of our juries are nice men
who are willing to let automobiles run
over any one and then find that the per-
son killed is always at fault. If the
person lives. the juries would like to fine
them for getting in the way Of these
autocratic automobile drivers"
At another point Mr.. Sims asserted that
he did not understand why the manu-
facturers of automobiles and motor cycles
overspeeding. as he thought it would
tend to popularize those vehicles.
Congratulates The Star.
Mr.. Sims congratulated The Star on the
campaign it is conducting for making
sire cts safe, and said he hoped the cam
paien would be continued. He explained
that when he read the editorial of The
Star of April on the floor Of the House
of Representatives, he did not have the
time to say all he wished to say.
He made the following statement at
that time, and it appears in the Congress
sional Record:
Mr.. Speaker. The Star is not given to
making sensational statements. and the
facts stated in an editorial in that paper
is sufficient authority to warrant this
House in making a thorough investigation
of Congress So intended to save life and limb
in this city. A deposit of one or two
dollars to secure the appearance of an
offender is SO small as to suggest that his
personal appearance is not wanted.
"A number OF years ago / introduced
bill and secured its passage by the House.
which became law, limiting the speed
of automobiles and all other vehicles in
the District of Columbia and providing
that parties violating that law for the
n y a,,ol th4
ond offense fined and imprisoned, at the
discretion of the court. and for the third
offense it was made mandatory to impose
both fine and imprisonment.
Mr. Speaker, so far as l am advised.
very few persons have been imprisoned
under that law, and il no better attempt
is made than is indicated by the editorial
Just read to enforce the speed laws they
had as well be repealed.
Could Not Arrest All.
Il realize that few persons, in proper
ton to the number no are guilty of vio-
lating the speed laws and traffic regula-
tons, are ever arrested, because it is a
practical impossibility to have enough
policemen engaged In looking after auto
mobile speeders to arrest all who are
guilty. But this fact does not authorize
such a mere pretense of enforcing the
law as Is shown by The Star editorial. 1t
is useless for Congrt S to pass good laws
if those charged with their execution
make a mere farce of them.
Mr.. Speaker, Congress can pass laws
that will end this sort of thing. We can
make the machine liable for the fine and
costs incident to violations of the law
and authorize the seizure and sale Of
same, and that no automobile shall be
operated In the District of Columbia with
a speed capacity exceeding fifteen miles
per hour With the broad streets and
avenues in this city, with the absence of
the numerous dray wagons that infest
large jobbing and manufacturing cities.
there is no excuse for the grea. number
of accidents due to automobile speeding
in the city of Washington"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
JordansH. Stabler Honored.

Jordan H. Stabler. secretary of the
United States legation at Stockholm,
Sweden. has been elected fellow Of the
Royal Geographical Society of London in
recognition OF his explorations in South
Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
TECH STUDENTS APPEAR
!. IN CHORUS AND COMEDY
Present ''The Girl From Ha.
vana," Then Make Record
in MinstreIsy.

From algebra and mechanical drawing
to musical comedy might seem a long step
to some. but to the boys and girls of the
Mckinley Manual Training School, who
last night presented THE Girl from Ha-
vana." musical comedy in two acts,
the step was but a short one, and nat
ural-that is, if one Is to judge by the
ability and vigor with which the play
was given. And, not satisfied with what
one portion of the school had done in
dancing. singing. general chorus work
and good comedy. company of boys
gave a minstrel show that made a rec
ord in the school for burnt-cork work
Although acting is encouraged and
plays are given yearly in all the high
schools, it is not often that one gets the
chance to see such ingenues and come
dams as those at the Mckinley School
last evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
Mrs, Marshall Joins Y. W. G. A..

Mrs Thomas r. Marshall, wife Of the
Vice President, has become a member Of
the board Of directors Of the Y. w. c. A.
and at the first meeting which she at
tended as member of the board she ex-
pressed her deep interest in the work Of
the organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12

Arbor day was observed by the public
school and the Laurel Md High School
Friday by the planting of trees, after
which a musical program was rendered
by the pupils.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12

breaking the speed regulations. He de-
clared that if necessary Congress should
enact a law whereby the machines of
speeders'' would be confiscated or else
by which the gearing of such machines
would be SO regulated as to keep them
within the required limitations.
II see no reason why the streets of
the Capital city should be strewn with the
blood of the victims of speeders. Wash
ington has large. broad streets and the
population here is comparatively uncon-
gested, except in few places. There is
no reason, therefore, why accidents
should be recorded day after day 1t
might be all right once in a while for q
speed limit i'll an emergency case. but l
see machines daily with only one occu-
pant or a party out for a good time
overspeeding.
Declares It Absurd.
This sort of thing should not be al
lowed. / never have heard of any one
here being imprisoned for breaking the
rules 1t is absurd that these vicious
criminals who break the law should be
allowed to go free with small fine or
collateral small collateral invites an
offender not to come to court
Mr. Sims declared he meant to find out
who was responsible. Every day repre-
sentatives and senators going from their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
Need of Vocational Training.

The speaker called attention to the need
of vocational schools and vocational guild
ance. He declared that to go out into life
without an idea of which vocation to fol-
low constitutes calamity. In speaking
of the methods pursued in most manual
training schools Prof Hanus said that
less time should be devoted to the max
ing of worthless gimcracks. and more
time spent in the more useful arts
Instead of teaching the student how to
make worthless joint let him paint the
walls Of the schoolroom. repair the
plumbing and mend the roof. He will
then be- receiving useful instruction"
IN speaking of the domestic training OF
. Is and young women the speaker said
Il have no doubt that Radcliffe. Vassar
and Bryn Mawr would shiver from top
20 toe If IL should be even suggested
that domestic training for women-cook-
ing and home keeping should count to-
ward admission to college. However,
western schools are doing il. and I look
for the time when even the east will real
ize that the training of women will prop
erly embrace these modest Yet highly es-
sential lines
In speaking of the maintenance of dis
cipline in schools Prof. Hanus declared
the rod is excellent thing when all
other means have proved fruitless.
The rod is the last resort but the in
dispenab BILE last resort" said the speaker.
Il have often been of the opinion that
the rod is a divine institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
Publish Their Aspirations.

Can We be otherwise than anxious
Yet through great tribulation the spring
comes to prosperity. and our very bad
management and anxieties are a means
to happiness. Now, therefore, we unite
10 form this assembly and presume to
publish our aspirations. May ours be q
just government May our five races lay
aside their prejudice. May rain and sun
shine bring bounteous harvest and cause
the husbandman to rejoice May the
scholar be happy in his home and the
merchant conduct his trade in peace.
May no duty of government be unfulflled
and no hidden wound go unredressed.
Thus may the glory be spread abroad
and these our words be echoed far and
wide. that those in distant lands who
hear may rejoice, our neighbors on every
side give us praise, and may the new life
OF the old nation be lasting and unend-
ing? Who of us can dare to be neglected
of his dutics?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12

limiting that Congress might be asked
to investigate 1.-The reasons why the
maximum sentences have not been i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
DR.. DAVIDSON HEADS
CLUB OF SCHOOLMEN
Chosen President at Meeting
Last Night-Prof. Hanus
Delivers Address.

DR.. William M. Davidson, superintend
emit of public schools, was elected presi-
dent of the Federal schoolmens Club al
meeting held last night in the assembly
hall of .rricnds School, 1911 street north
: west.
DIR. w. C Ruediger of George Wash
ington University was reelected secre-
tary and III NJ. Johnson treasurer. Ar
thur ID. Call and DR.. Paul Bartch were
chosen as governors The retiring presi-
dent was Thomas w. Sidwell. principal
or Friends School. DR.. Thomas Carrigan
dean of the law school of the Catholic
University. was elected to membership
in the club.
The meeting was in honor of annual
ladies night as we'll as being the last
gathering of the season. The principals
OF several of the high schools and of To-
seal private schools and the supervising
principals of several of the school divi-
eions were present.
The address OF the evening was deliv-
cred by Prof. Paul Fl. Hanus of Harvard
I University. his subject being Education
al Life-Saving Stations" Prof Hanus
spoke of the defects in the system of ed
ueation in vogue throughout the country
The commercial departments of the av-
erase high schools and of our CONNER
cial high schools are nothing more than
clerk factories, at. present said the
speaker bookkeeping. stenogra ply.
Npewriting and commercial arithmetic
do not constitute commercial educa-
tion-in fact, scores of prominent business
men of the country have told me they do
not believe these subjects are even nee
essary to business education. Instead of
spending all our time with the clerk end
OF commercial training. We should turn
our attention to the competitive end"
Prof. Hans spoke of the need for con-
tinuation schools where the children who
would otherwise discontinue their school
Ing at the age of fourteen or fifteen years
in order to go to work. might receive fur
ther education. In this type of school the
student attends for only small portion OF
each day, and spends the remainder OF
his time earning a livelihood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
Purpose of the Campaign.

In this way the organization hopes to
be able to get a line on the amount of
cleaning up done next week. 1t desires
that each card, properly filled out, shall
be returned to it. and there is believed to
be but little doubt that the notices soon
will begin to pour in upon the committee
from every source.
The notices were delivered to DIR. Ar
thur l.. Murray. secretary of tie COM
mittee, yesterday. Many of them have
been retained for the delegates of the
various civic bodies represented in the
committee. DR.. Murray said today that
all delegates who desire cards should
communicate with him at once.
1t became known today that the ID s.
trict of Columbia Commissioners are ex-
pecting to make an inspection of the city
at the conclusion of the campaign
The District heads have given the COM
mittee every assistance and indicated a
desire that every employe of the local
government not only shall clean up his
own premises next week, but encourage
his neighbOr to do likewise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
The Facts Are tina,

sugar IS two cents a pound
cheaper than In 1911, and
none Of these things have
happened. There will be
no possible saving to The.
consumer through a reduction
in the tariff on all the sugar
he consumes in manufactured
articles, which is a third Of
the entire product.
Get the Facts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12

will you help make Washington a
clean city,
See that your own premises are placed
in good sanitary condition, and encourage
others to do likewise
Sixty thousand cards. inscribed with the
foregoing appeal issued by the clean city
committee. are being distributed among
Washington homes today. School chill
dren, policemen. Boy Scouts and mem
bers of the committee are assisting, in
the work and by tonight it is estimated.
every resident of the National Capital
will know that next week is cleanup
week and that he is expected to do his
part toward making the city more SAN
itary.
The notices are expected to play an
important part in the campaign On one
side of the card is the committees ap-
peal The other side is provided with a
blank form certifying that premises at a
certain street number have been put in
sanitary condition. It is requested of
each citizen that he fill out this form
as soon as he shall have completed the
work at his own home, and return the
card to the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
Manifest Heavens Will.

The will of heaven is manifested
through the will of the people. That the
hundreds of millions of the people possess
the authority of the state is not pro-
claimed now for the first time The mon
archy. SO long corrupt, proved unworthy
Of the grave responsibilities intrusted to
it by the W., of the people, but with
the introduction of popular government
the representatives of the people must
share the likes and dislikes of the people.
They are to give expression to the de-
sires and voice the will of the people
they hold the reins in behalf OF the ma
ton to govern with severity or leniency
with parsimony or extravaganza: they
become the pivot upon which the pros
perity of the state is made to turn For
the success or failure, safety or danger
adversely or good fortune. theirs is the
merit or the blame
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
/ hey SdlQ in. 1911, that

1t sugar were two cents a
pound cheaper the price Of
condensed milk, candy, and
sweet biscuits would go down,
that sticks of chewing gum
would be made larger, and
that our jams and preserves
would go out and capture the
neutral markets Of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-12
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
PROCLAIMED TO WORLD
Assembly Issues "DecIara-
ton of Independence" in
Quaint Oriental Form.

The Chinese declaration Of independ-
ence. which took the form of an ad-
dress issued to the world at the opening
OF the Chinese assembly in Picking last
Tuesday. is a curious oriental produc-
ton Astounding in f1owery phrases,
mingled with pithily expressed Anglo
Saxon sentiments.
The address reads as follows:
ON this eighth day of the fourth
month in the second year of the republic
of China, the date fixed for the frs,
opening of our permanent national as
sembly. the members of the senate and
the house of representatives, having met
in these halls to celebrate the event, now
make this declaration Of their sentl-
ments.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-24
IT is POOR POLITICS.

The straight Republican party in the
East shows signs Of bourbonism that
are not encouraging 10 the reunion Of
the different factions Of the party. and
that are distinctly discouTaging TO
those who wish to see the party be
come in fact the party of progress, as
il ought TO he Massachusetts has
elected a standpat L. s. Senator, and
this has driven the straight Republican,
candidate for Governor last year into
the Progressive party. In Maine, also
a standpat Republican was elected to
the Senate. much TO the disgust of the
masses of the Republican party, and to
the glec OF the Progressives, who see
in such action a rigid barrier against
the reunion Of the factions.
Five OF the six New England States
cast their votes for Wilson at the last
Presidential election. Undoubtedly
this was because of the reactionary
tendencies Of the Republican Senators !;
and il was hoped that the lesson would
be sufficient TO cure the Republican
leaders of their tendency TO stand
patism. But the lesson is disregarded.
md the result must be evil.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-24

10 u demand from China and also de-
mand in England, entered into treaty
whereby the British importation OF
opium into China was to be limited OF
q gradually decreasing scale supposed
TO correspond to the gradual extirpa
ton of the raising of the poppy and tho
making of opium in China. The Chi
nese government agreed TO cut dowr
the opium product of China oDe-tentl
each year so that at the end of 4 de
cade it would be fully stamped ont
Great Britain agreed on her part that
the imports of opium from India might
be limited by the Chinese government
in the same proportion, so that at the
end Of ten years there would be neither
Chinese opium on the market nor opium
from India sold in China,
The earnestness with which the chi
nese authorities are conducting thi.
campaign and maintaining the agree
ment entered into by the treaty oil
1908, is worthy of all praise; for pres
emily the use Of opium viii die out il
China, and Great Britain at the sam,
time will get rid Of one Of its mos
scandalous treaty provisions