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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-07
ALL TOWNS MAIL SWEET.
Even Business Letters Honey Laden
Jar Being Broken.

ZION CITY, ILL.,, August 7.-Residents
Of Zion City received today the sweetest
bunch Of letters they ever got. Business
communications were just as honey
laden as love notes.
The mornings mall, comprising about
1,6OO letters. was coated with honey
when q jar Of the sticky sweet which had
been sent by parcel post broke as the
sack was thrown from q mail car. Post
Office clerks tried washing the letters
with wet sponges, but the honey wouldn't
come off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-07
French Army Service Bill Passes.

PARIS August THE French senate
today adopted by 254 votes to 81 the bill
three years active service in
the French army. The bill was passed
by the chamber Of deputies July 49,. The
measure adds 10000 men to the peace
footing Of the French army, bringing 1t
I'M to 100000. Service in future will be-
gin at the age OF twenty instead OF twen-
ty-one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-07
Former Representative Weds.

PARIS, August 7.-John B. Weber of
Buffalo, former representative, was mar
ried today to Miss Alice ]. Roberts Of
Paris. The ceremony was performed by
the mayor Of the seventeenth arrondisse-
ment Among the official witnesses was
Norman En- Mack Of Buffalo.
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MODEL CITY DISCUSSED
Commissioners Confer With
the President Regarding
District Affairs.

The District Commissioners were visi-
tors at the White House today. Messrs.
Newman, Siddons and Capt. Brooke. act
ing Engineer Commissioner, spending an
hour with President Wilson.
The interview between the President
and the Commissioners has been pend
ing for some time. 1t being the desire
of the members Of the new board to
confer with President Wilson on a
great number Of questions involving
the government and administration of
District affairs.
Commissioner Newman called at the
executive offices early this morning to
tween the President and the members
of the board and found that President
Wilson could devote an hour at noon
today to such an interview.
Discuss Model City Plan.
The President and the Commissioners
talked on the plan for a model Wash
ington submitted by John Purroy
Mitchell. This plan the President urged
the Commissioners to consider and sub
NIT their conclusions to him.
The Commissioners were unwilling to
disclose any particulars of the discussion,
merely stating that a wide range of sub
jects was considered in a more or less
fragmentary way. An entire harmony
OF views between the Commissioners and
the President was disclosed
The Mitchell plan would provide by con-
gressional enactment for a survey of the
District of Columbia and it's methods OF
government, with view to providing a
more popular form Of administration.
Following the conference with the
President Commissioner Newman stated
that District affairs in general were dis
cuSsed. the conference touching on prac-
tically the entire range, as we'll as in
Guiding a large number of points of pol
Icy. No definite statement as to the mat
ters discussed was made. 1t being simply
reiterated that the President and the
Commissioners talked about pretty much
everything connected with the affairs
and the government Of the District.
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National Guardsmen Are Being
Drilled Today in Close and
Extended Order of Firing.
PREPARATIONS FOR
VISIT BY PRESIDENT
Enthusiasm Over Prospective At
tendance Of Commander-in- Chief.
Presentation of Trophy.
Special From a STAR Correspondent.

Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
CAMP ORDWAY. Bolivar Heights. w.
Va. August THE war game is on.
Bullets" are flying thick and fast over
fire ridge at the foot Of which is
located the tents Of Gen. Harries and his
staff officers. The vanguard of District
national guardsmen advanced toward
the ridge when the first shot came 1t is
impossible at this hour to ascertain the
strength Of the attacking force. The
shots first came one at a time at intervals
of about three minutes, as though the
skirmishers were signaling their rein
forcements. Then faster and faster came
the fire, the guard defenders reserving
their ammunition until they could locate
When the first shot from the skirmish-
ers' rifles were heard the guardsmen
We're drilling in battalion formation on
riedly given for the regiments to ad-
vance, and they took to the road leading
to Charles Town, going northward in an
effort to flank the enemy.
Reports of their success have not yet
been made to headquarters. but the war
correspondents. in due conference assem-
bled. agreed that the flank movement
was successfully carried out and the en-
emy routed.
AS they rushed madly in disorder in
the direction of the Shenandoah they put
up a stubborn fire, but the volleys from
the defending force of guardsmen fairly
moved down those who could not find
shelter behind the heavy underbrush or
some Overhanging rock in the mountain.
The battle" continued all through the
morning. The reinforcements of the at
taclling force did not seem to materialize
and the reinfofcements for the defenders
were not needed. Along toward the mid
die of the day the firing dwindled off into
a solitary shot at long intervals. Having
taken the ridge. the 1st Infantry deployed
it's men about the mountain top and sent
out skirmishers In an effort to get an esti-
mate of the strength of the vanguard of
the enemy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-07
PLANS FOR USING
POWER Of FALLS
Estimates Submitted by Col.
Langfitt, in Charge OF
the Aqueduct.
CAPITAL WATER SUPPLY
WOULD BE INCREASED
Decrease in Per Capita Consumption
of Water Since Filtration Plant
Was Installed.

In anticipation OF possible action ps
Congress for the utilization of the water
power of the Potomac river near Great
Falls to supply power for electric hsnt
and other uses Of the federal government
here and the District of Columbia, as Weii
es for increasing the water supply OF the
District. Col Langfitt, the engineer OF
fcer in charge of the Washington aque-
duct after a thorough investigator OF
those subjects has submitted estimates
for the requirement of the necessary
land and water rights by ordinary pur-
chase or by condemnation proceedings
..rhen in the opinion of the chief OF en-
pineers. L. 8 A.. such course is deemed
advisable.
The total estimates are S3,00O.uU or
which sum Sl.OoOOOO is 10 be applied 10
construction needed for the increased
water supply in accordance with the
plans outlined in the special report SUP
mitted 10 Congress last February.
The usual estimates are submitted py
Col Langfitt for the care and main
tenance of the entire water supply sys-
t-ra including the tunnels reservoirs.
filtration plant and Conduit road. with
a view to their continued efhcient opera
ton. Estimates also are submitted Tor
completing the purchase. installation and
maintenance of water meters to De
paced on the water services of the Ma
tionaI Museum. Washington aqueduct,
Naval Hospital. Naval Medical SCHOOL,
Library of Congress and hygienic labo-
ratory buildings.
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Asks an Emergency Fund

Al emergency fund is asked. to he used
only in case OF serious break requiring
Immediate repair in one of the impor-
tant aaueduct or filtration plant struc-
lures. such as a dam. conduit, tunnel.
bridge. building or important piece OF
machinery AS an evidence of the neces-
sitv of such a fund Col. Langtitt says
that one of three main pumping engines
was badly wrecked last October by the
breaking of the crank disc and had 10 be
repaired at once. He said that IT re-
ouires two pumps for a part of each
day to supply the necessary amount OF
water to the filters. and If two were out
OF commission at the same tiine the
city water supply would have TO De de-
livered unfiltered
Tables are given showing the average
consumption of water for days and
months and years from July, 1874, with
comparisons from 1SO5-1SO6, when the
filtration plant was put In operation.
These show in brief that the average
daily consumption of water in 1906 was
66.120,0O0 gallons as against 57,44OOOO
gallons in 1912-1913, while the daily
per capita consumption OF 19O5-l906
was 20I gallons compared with 1S2
gallons in 1912-1913. The calculations
for the past fiscal year are based on a
population of 352,936. The maximum
daily amount of water pumped to the
filters during the past year was a.
100000 gallons The average daily
consumption last year was greatest in
July. 1912. when it reached 64,S4O.OO0
gallons, and was least last January,
when il fell to 51.570.000 gallons. The
average daily consumption for June.
1915. was D.24O.0OO gallons. The per cap
ita consumption for the past year, viz.
162 gallons. was less than for any
year since 1906. the next lowest REG
ord being 173 gallons for each 1910 and
1%1I. Col Langfiitt gives these figures
without comment.
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Consumption of Water.

The report shows that the consumption
q water at the government printing Of
iICe during the month of June last amount
a To 5+,01O,0oO gallons, daily average
cf l,soo,300 gallons For the same month
the municipal building consumed 1918, 500
gallons. at the rate of $500 gallons a
day, and the Washington navy yard con-
sumed 3O.SSi.VOO gallons, at the rate Of
i."I3.toO gallons day. Those institu-
hons are provided with water meters.
Tables are given TO show turbidities
'acterial contents, preliminary treat
inent, hitter operations cost, etc. of the
water system for seventeen years past
put no comments are made. From one
81 these tables II appears that there were
rlghty-two deaths from typhoid fever in
the District in 19l2-l9l3. being at the
iatc of twenty-three deaths per 100 900
Inhabitants. The death rae from typhoid
IN 1SS-O7 was 147, and in laO-Ol was
1lo and In l9Ol-O2 was 2O3. Since the
last mentioned year there has been a
steady decline In typhoid mortality. Fill
tered water has been supplied since Oc-
inhabitants. The death rate from typhoid
Tor the past year. viz. eighty-two, was
less than for any OF the preceding seven
Teen years except 1e1l-12, when 1t was
slxty-hve, and 191O-ll. when il was
eighty The death rate per 100000 In
haoitants for the past year viz, twenty
three' was less. however. than for any
IL.
The average number of deaths on that
lato Tor seventeen years past was forty
nve year
Good progress is reported in the
"orh authorized by Congress for the
surfacing and Improvement OF the Con-
quit road, about fourteen miles In
length. and over the conduit for most
or that distance More than $4,000
cubic yards of grading was done on the
road during the year in order to reduce
the grades TO per cent maximum An
estimate is submitted for continuine
the Improvement OF the road
Completion of Mcmillan Park.
Complete plans have been prepared
for parking the whole area of McMiIlar
Park. where the filtration plant is 10.
Gated. There are lis acres in the area
and Col. Langfitt says it will be an at.
tractive park when the plans are car.
ried out
The necessity for continuing the lin.
ing OF the old rock section of the or.
i2inal conduit was demonstrated AGAR
last september, when about seventy.
iiv- cubic yards of rock fell from In,
tov aud sides of the tunnel near Crea,
Falls and reduced the water supply I,
such an extent that very prompt actor
was required TO remove fallen rock ant
10 support the loosened rock which
Col. Langfitt said, was liable to fal
al any time.
The work under way involves excavat
ing out the bottom OF the tunnel to {
depth OF four feet in order to place
fifteen-inch drain at such an elevation
that 1t will draip the gatehouse a
Great Falls; placing the fifteen-inch drain
and building a concrete invert and arcl
10 form a complete concrete lining hav
ing a section nole feet in diameter OIL
the inside. There are 3.9S5 feet of unlinet
tunnels requiring attention
Three kinds of fences are gradual,
being built along the aqueduct system I,
replace the old wooden ones One o
these is Of heavy concrete posts ans
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Striking Real Estate
Bargains Saturday

Some exceptional opportunities for real
estate investment, both in city and suburbs,
will be offered in the CLASSIFIED and
REAL ESTATE SECTION of SATURDAYS
STAR. THE STAR is the great Real Es-
tate Market of Washington.
Never buy real estate in city suburbs
or country without first reading the bar
gains in THE STAR.
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WEATHER.

Generally fair tonight and Fri
day, with moderate temperature; ;
light east winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE SIXTEEN.
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Advertisers,

Be sure to leave your copy at THE
STAR Office Friday evening SO that it
will be included in the NOON EDI-
TION Saturday.
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the black silhouette Of a passing senti-
mel. Few noises broke the silence, ex-
cept the strains of some distant mu-
steal instrument. and a voice far away
saying goodnight. Once he awoke
from revery to listen to the call Of
the guards, as 1t echoed from post to
post, ceasing with "All we'll. Number
Nine" far out beyond the stables.
The familiar sound served to recall
him to the reality Of his position.
What was the use? What business
had he to dream? For months now
he had kept that girls face before
him, in memory Of a few hours Of hap
piness when he had looked into her
dark eyes and heard her pleasant
speech. Yet from the first he had
known the foolishness Of 1t all. He
was nothing to her, and could eve
become anything. Even II he cleared
his past record and stepped out Of the
ranks into his old social position, the
chances we're she would never over
look what he had been. Her gratitude
meant little, nor her passing interest
in his army career. All that was the
natural result of his having saved her
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sHERIFF's SALE
State Of South Dakota,
County of Rrnnkinp S Sc

state OF South Dakota,
County of Bookings, ! IS.
John Nordstrom, Plaintiff VS.. Albert Ode
gard. also known as Albert Erickson, De-
PENDANT.
Notice is hereby given, That by virtue of
and now in my hands, issued out of the
Court, State of South Dakota, in and for
the County of Brookin6s, upon a judgment
rendered in said Court in favor of John
Nordstrom, and against Albert Odegard, also
known as Albert Erickson, I have levied
upon the following described real estate,
to-wit: The undivided One-eighth interest
(1-S) Of the above named defendant in and
to the west half wv. Y of Section Twelve
(12) in Township One Hundred and Twelve
G12) Range Forty-nine (49) west OF the
5th P. NJ. in said Brookings County. And
that I shall on the 18th day of April, 1913,
at the hour of One o'clock p. NJ. on said
day at the front door OF the Court House in
the City of Brookings, in said Brookings
County, South Dakota, proceed to sell the
right, title and interest of the above named
Albert Odegard, also known as Albert Erick-
son. in and to the a owe described property,
to satisfy the said judgment and costs.
amounting to Eighty-three Dollars and
of sale, and interest on the same from the
I'd day of January, 1913, at the rate OF 7
per cent per annum at public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash.
II. K. Halvorson,
Sheriff of Bookings County, South Dakota.
c. A. Mead,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated at Brookings, South Dakota, this
18th day of March, 1913.
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NOTICE OF sHERIFF's SAIL ON ExECU.
TION

Notice Is hereby given that under and by
virtue of an execution issued under the
seal of the Circuit Court Of the County Of
Minnehaha and State of South Dakota, upon
a judgment rendered in said court on De-
cember %, 1912. and docketed in the office
of the clerk of said Court, December 23.
1912, in an action wherein Henry Robertson
and P. w. Dougherty, co-partners, as Rob-
Ricklof Lunschen was defendant, for the
Dollars (s233.02), a transcript Of which judy
ment has been duly filed and docketed in
the Office of the clerk Of the Circuit Court
of Brookings County, South Dakota. And
that I have levied upon the following de-
scribed real property of the said defendant,
to-wit: The Southeast one-fourth (k) OF
Section Fourteen G4), Township One Hun
dred and Nine C109). Range Forty Nine (49),
Brookings County. South Dakota, and that
the undersigned Sheriff will sell the above
described real property and all the right
title and interest of the defendant, Reckon
Lunschen, in and to the same, to the high
est bidder, for cash, at public auction, at
the front door Of the Court House in the
City of Bookings, County of Bookings,
State Of South Dakota, on the Sth day of
April, 1918, at two o'clock p. M. on said day.
to satisfy the said execution, together with
interest and costs thereon.
Dated this Twenty First day Of February.
1913.
H. K. Halvorson.
Sheriff Of Brookings County, South Dakota.
Cuckow & Berke.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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SHERIFF'S SALE
tie Of South Dakota, I

State Of South Dakota,
County Of Bookings, ! IS.
Farmers Mercantile Company, Plaintiff vs..
Andrew Erickson, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given, That by virtue of
an execution to me directed and delivered,
and now in my hands. issued out o: the
Clerks office of the Third Judicial Circuit
Court, State of South Dakota, in and for
the County OF Bookings, upon a Judgment
transcribed to and entered and docketed
in said Court in favor of the Farmers Mer-
camille Company, and against Andrew
Erickson. defendant. I have levied upon
defendant, to-wit: The undivided One-eighth
G-S) interest of defendant in and to the
West half of Section Twelve CIV. X 12) in
Township One Hundred and Twelve Q12)
Range Forty-nine (49) west of the 5th
P. NJ. in said Brookings County South Da-
kota.
And that I shall on the 18th day of
April. 1918 at the hour of Two o'clock p. M.
of said day, at the front door of the Court
House, in the City of Brookings, in said
Bookings County, South Dakota. proceed
to sell the right, title and interest OF the
above named Andrew Erickson, in and to the
above described property, to satisfy said
judgment and costs, amounting TO Thirty
sale and interest on the same from the 10th
day Of October, 1910, at the rate of seven
per cent per annum from the 10th day OF
October, 1910, at public auction, to the high
est bidder for cash.
II. X. Halvorson,
Sheriff of Bookings County, South Dakota.
C. A. Mead,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Clear Lake, South Dakota.
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coutrements v e the bed assigned
him in the far corner, and, revolver
belt still buckled about his waist, stood
at the open window, striving to de-
termine which Of those winking lights
shone from the house where he had
bel her. There had been something
in the eagerness of her voice which
he could not forget, nor escape from.
She had seemed to care, to feel an in
terest deeper than mere curiosity. The
Sergeant's heart beat rapidly, even
while he sternly told himself he was
q fool. A hand touched his shoulder,
and he wheeled about to grip Was
sons hand.
well, Brick old boy" said the
scout genially, although his thin face
was as solemn az ever; go you fell.
lows have come back to be in the
shindy?"
We've been In It all summer, Sam"
was the reply. TITS been lively enough
south Of the Cimarron, the Lord
Knows. I've been riding patrol for
months now. But what's up? No one
seems to know why we were ordered
In"
TITS all guess-work here" and Was
son sat down on the narrow bed and
lit his pipe. But the old man ia get
ting something under way. consolidate
ing troops. Your regiment is going to
be used, that's certain I've been car.
ryin' orders between here an Wallace
for three weeks now. an I've heard
Sheridan explode once or twice. He's
tired OF this guerilla business, an
wants 70 have one good Tight"
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Certain facts were, however, suffi-
GENTLY clear, and the Sergeant faced
them manfully. Not merely the fact
that he was in the ranks, great as
that handicap was, could have pre-
vented an attempt at retaining the
friendship of Molly Mcdonald. But he
was in the ranks because Of disgrace
hiding away from his own people.
keeping aloof from his proper station
in life, out of bitter shame. If he had
felt thus before, he now felt it a thou
sand times more acutely in memory
of the comradeship of her whose
words had brought him a new CLEAN
Of hope. Never before had loneliness
seemed sc complete, and lever before
had he realized how wide was the
chasm between the old and the new
life. This constantly recurrent mem
DRY embittered him, and made him
restless. Yet out of it all, there grew
a firmer determination to win back his
old position in the world, to stamp
out the lie through which the Confed-
crate court-martial had condemned
him. If LIE Fevre were alive, he meant
now to find him, face him, and COM
pei him to speak the truth. The dis
covery of that haversack gave a point
from which to start, and his mind CEN
tered there with a fixed purpose which
obscured all else.
1t was after dark when IN" troop,
wearied by their long days march
across the brown grass, rode slowly
up the face Of the bluff, and into the
parade ground at Fort Dodge. The
lights Of the guard-house revealed the
troopers faces, while all about them
cleaned the yellow lamps, as the gar
rison came forth to welcome their ar
rival. Guided by a corporal of the
guard the men led their horses to the
stables, and, as they passed the row
of officers houses Hamlin caught q
furtive glimpse in a radius Of light
that gave his pulses a sudden throb.
She was here ~then-here! He had
hardly dared hope for this. They
would meet again; that could scarcely
be avoided in such narrow quarters.
But how? On what terms? He ven
tured the one swift glimpse at her-a
slender, white-robed figure, one among
a group Of both men and women be-
fore an open door, through which the
light streamed-heard her ask: who
are they? What cavalry troop is that?"
caught the response in a mans voice:
I'M Of the Seventh. from Fort Union"
and then passed by, his eyes looking
straight ahead, his hand gripping his
horses bit.
Thirty minutes later in the great
barn-like barracks, he hung his &C.
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Administrator Of the Estate OF
Laura Pratt, deceased
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
State Of South Dakota,
County Of BrookinGs. %.

In County Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Michael A.
Callahan, deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given by the undersigned.
administrator of the estate Of Michael A.
Callahan, deceased. to the creditors and all
persons having claims against said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers within six months after the first
publication of this Notice to said admins
traitor at his residence In the City of Brook
ings, Brookings County, South Dakota, or
at the ONCE of his attorneys, Cheever q
Cheever In the City of Brookings. Brook
ings County. South Dakota.
Dated at Brookings. South Dakota, this
third day Of March. 1913.
Walter n. Cheever,
Administrator of the estate OF Michael
A. Callahan. deceased.