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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
Transfers to Be Given.
MEMORIAL TO CLEVELAND.
Association to Buy "0ld Manse
Where He Was Born,

TRENTON, n. j., February 22.-The
Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial
Association has been incorporated here.
The association has raised $4,000 to
purchase from the First Presbyterian
Church at Caldwell. N. j., the "old
manse" where President Cleveland was
born. and efforts will be made to raise
So, 900 more for the care Of the memorial.
March Is will be the anniversary OF
C1eveland's birth, and on that date and
March 16 the preceding Sunday. the
founding Of the memorial will be cele-
brated at Caldwell. President Wilson
and other prominent men are expected to
attend.
The incorporates Of the association in
clude Oscar S. Stratus, former minister to
Turkey; Secretary Of State Knox. George
w. Perkins and Mortimer L. Schin Of
New York. Abraham Brittin of New Or
leans. Thomas De Witt Cuyler Of Phila'
delphfa. Henry c. Frick of Pittsburgh
Robert J. Lowry of Atlanta and j. g
Schmidlapp of Cincinnati.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
DEATH OF MRS. MCGEE.
Mother of Washington Clergyman
Succumbs in Baltimore.

Mrs. 3. MCGEE, mother of Rev. Joseph
f. MCGEE, pastor of the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart of this city. died at her
residence. 334 Roland avenue. Baltimore.
Nd, last night, after weeks illness.
She was eightytwo years old and had
lived in Baltimore for sixty years Father
Niece Will be the celebrant of solemn
requiem mass to be held for her In ST.
Thomas Church. Baltimore, at $50
o'clock Monday morning. portion of
the boys choir of the Shrine of the
Sacred will go to Baltimore to sing the
mass. Many of her friends in this city
are also going to Baltimore to attend the
last rites.
Beside Father MCGEE, a son. L. j. Nc
Gee, and a daughter, Mrs. NJ. r. OHare,
both of Baltimore, survive her.
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GET MILLIONS IN ESQ YEARS.
Four States Accept Indiana Mans
Offer to Aid Dumb Animals.

EVANSVILLE. Ind, February 2c.-Four
states-New York. Illinois, Mississippi and
Indiana-have accepted gifts OF $1,000
each, to be held in trust for $50 years
and three months and compounded semi
annually at per cent for the relief OF
dumb animals. according to an announce
ment made by the donor. Adolph Meier
Of this city.
At the end Of the trust period each be-
quest will amount to $20155.8641 Is and the
entire sum is to be used by the then gov
errors of the states for dumb animals.
Missouri rejected the offer for fear no
bank could be found that would agree to
take charge Of the fund under the condi-
tons Five other states-California, Col
orado, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Min
nesota-have not acknowledged the offer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
BOYS ARE RELEASED.
Charged Under One Law and Prose
cuted Under Another. Saws ATTORNEY

Julio Guilieana. Louis Steele and
Hugh Finnegan. convicted in the
Juvenile Court a week ago of taking
and using an automobile belonging to
another. and sentenced TO the National
Training School for Boys. were released
from that institution today. and a YER
dict OF not guilty was entered in the
case. following motion to reopen the
case filed today before Judge De Lacy
by Robert !. Miller and Samuel D..
Truitt. attorneys for the boys.
The motion was based on the fact
that the machine supposed TO have been
taken by the boys was stolen prior to
February 5, when a new law providing
a very heavy penalty for this offense
became effective. Attorneys for the
three boys contended that their clients
had been charged under the old law
and prosecuted under the new one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
PEASANTS FACE STARVATION.
Thousands Of Persons in Galicia, an
Austrian Province, Need Food.

VIENNA. February 22-Thousands of
persons in Galicia, the poorest of Aus
tria's provinces, are threatened with star
walton. The bad harvest has caused a
shortage of the food supply of the peas
antry i'm the country districts. while In
the towns the war scare has brought
trade and industry to a standstill. Fac
tories are closed and thousands OF per-
sons are without employment.
In Lemberg. Cracow, Stanislau and 9TH
err cities the suffering Is SO general that
the communal authorities are distributing
bread and potatoes to the populace. The
municipal funds for this purpose have be-
come exhausted. however, and deputa-
ton has arrived in Vienna to appeal to
the government for aid.
The president Of the council OF ministers
has promised that sufficient support will
be given to continue the distribution OF
food
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
AMERICANS AT COURT.
Presentation at Royal Reception in
BUCKINGHAM Palace.

and Queen Mary held their second court
Of the season at Buckingham Palace last
evening.
The Americans presented were Mrs. r.
win b. Laughlin, wife of the American
charge d'affaires at London: Mrs. Nathan
L. Averill wife of the American military
attache at ST etersburg: Mrs. wynn Il.
Sewell and Miss Harriet Sproul of Pitts
burgh. Mrs Frederick S Pearson. Miss
Natalie Pearson and Miss lie Brun Par.
sons of New York. Mrs. Walter III.
Schoellkopf of Buffalo and Mrs. William
Radcliffe, formerly Catherine Perry Of
Whitney Point, y. Y.
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SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT.
Stonehenge, Famous Archaeological
Relic in England, on the Market.

LONDON, February 22.-One of Eng
lands most famous archaeological relics
is Stonehenge. included in the Amesbury
estate belonging to Sir Edmund Antrobus,
which is to be sold shortly by private
contract. Ut is a condition of the sale,
however, that the historic ruins shall be
preserved to the nation, this stipulation
effectively disposing Of the oft-repeated
rumors that American dollars were going
to secure Stonehenge for the United
States.
Efforts are being made to induce the
war department, which owns a large por-
ton Of Salisbury Plain, to purchase that
part of the estate which includes Stone
hen9e and which adjoins the military
training grounds. The government is
said to be considering the proposal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
Effects of Literacy Test.

Shipping men and immigration experts
here predict that the passage of the edu-
cation test for immigrants into the United
States would mean falling off of over
100, 900 annually I'm the number of for
eigners entering American ports.
This means serious loss to the steam
ship lines. not only because of the din1i-
mutton in numbers. but also on account of
the fact that they would have to return
at their expense all those who fail to pass
the test. Realizing this. some of the COM
panies are already making arrangements
to subject applicants for passage to a test
which will be as rigid as the examination
conducted by the American officials at the
port OF debarkation. 1t Is estimated here
that lines carrying steerage traffic from
Russia, Portugal and Italy would be the
heaviest sufferers
Australia also is making the way of the
Immigrant hard, and the new Australian
health certificates will bar many who
would have no difficulty in getting In I'M
der the present regulations. Even once
In the country the immigrant is not safe.
for he remains subject to the test during
his first year Of residence. 1t is no secret
here that Australia feels herself aggrieved
by the class Of immigrant which the Brit
ish Isles is supplying, and it will cause no
surprise II she discOurageS assisted emil
grafton in the future. Some of the resi-
dent Australian government officials have
discovered that the best type OF emigrant,
who neither desires nor requires assist
ance. is going to the United States, and
as Australia needs this kind of settler
rather than the manual laborer, desper-
ate efforts will be made to divert him to
the antipodes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
Blessing to Poor Mothers.

Distrust and open hostility for the
something like joyful incredulty in the
typical working class districts of London.
This change of attitude has been mainly
due to the payment of the maternity ben
efits. for the operation of the sick bene-
fits will be more gradual and not so con-
spicuous as the so shillIngs which is paid
without question for every baby born in
a workingclass family.
Hitherto 1t has been the practice OF
workingmen's wives to save % cents
weekly from the food money to provide
for the newcomer. and this has meant
priyation for the whole family. This I'M
economic plan has been succeeded by the
maternity benefit of the insurance act
and many families. always on the verge
OF hunger. find themselves relieved at a
time when money is most needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
SAFETY PIN IN AN EGG.
Ohio Hen Gives Premiums With
Breakfast Food She Supplies.

ASHLAND, Ohio. February 22.-Ash-
land county boasts hen that gives
premiums with her breakfast food
Frank Reeh and Otto Hornburger
were taking breakfast together yes
terday, when Reeh cut open a hard
boiled egg. Inside, firmly imbedded
through both yolk and white. was a
safety pin. Half Of the egg, with the
pin still in place. was retained, and is
open for inspection by all doubters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
Foreign Teams Enter Shoot.

Russia, Ireland. Chile and Canada are
the latest countries to signify their in
tention OF sending rifle teams to the
United States to take part in the inter-
national rife shooting competition to be
held at Camp Perry, Ohio. in September,
according to the national board for pro-
motion of rifle practice. A letter Just
received from the National Rifle Associa-
ton of France offered the American as
ISOLATION six silver cups as prizes for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
SPIDERS WORK FOR CANAL.
Their Threads to Replace Platinum
in All Engineers Transits.

PANAMA. February 22.-Oficial no
tice that six large spiders were work
ing for the Panama canal came out
yesterday when Col. Goethals arranged
for a man to care for them In the in
strument room at the Gorgona shops.
From the cocoons the instrument
makers will take threads for use in all
the engineers transits on the work,
inilm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
Two Entertainments for Blind.

Two entertainments for the blind will
be held in the near future at the Ma
tional Library for the Blind, 1729 II
street. The first. next Thursday evening
at o'clock. will be song recital by
Miss r.. Augusta Hill. contralto. and
Theodore Howard. baritone, with George
Herbert Wells as accompanist. March I
at 80 pm, Mrs. Julius de Lagnel Will
give a reading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
ASSIGNED TO new DUTIES.
Officers of Public Health Serv-
ice Transferred by Surgeon
General Blue.

Changes in duties and stations of COM
missioned and other officers Of the United
States public health service have been
announced by Surgeon General Blue as
follows:
directed to proceed to Philadelphia. Pa.
for special temporary duty.
Assistant Surgeon General J. w. Kerr,
directed to proceed to New York, N Y,
and such other places in the state as
may be necessary. for conference with
the public health commission Of the
state of New York. regarding necessary
revision Of laws and regulations affecting
the public health.
Surgeon ]. II. White, directed to pro-
coed to various ports in British Hon
duras, Guatemala, Honduras. Panama,
Costa Rica and Jamaica. to make inspec-
ton of sanitary conditions with refer
ence to expediting vessels with perish
able fruit cargoes bound for southern
ports OF the United States during the
summer quarantine season. without un-
due quarantine restrictions.
Surgeon ]. III. Oakley, directed to pro-
coed to Philadelphia. Pa. and take
charge of the station during the tenn
porary absence Of Surgeon W. G. Stimp-
son. on leave of absence.
Surgeon II. S. Cumming, relieved from
duty In command OF the Cape Charles
quarantine station. and directed to re-
port to the director, hygienic laboratory,
for temporary duty.
Surgeon L. l.. Lumsden, detailed to at
tend the annual meeting Of the Indiana
Sanitary and Water Supply Association at
Indianapolis. Ind, February 25-28.
Returns From Porto Rico.
Assistant Surgeon ]. r. Ridlon, relieved
from duty in plague-suppressive measures
in Porto Rico. and directed to proceed to
New York. N. Y, and report arrival by
wire.
Acting Assistant Surgeon s. A. Ransom.
granted thirty days leave Of absence to
be taken during the calendar year, after
February 1. 1918. at such times as the
interests Of the service will permit
Members of the commission for the de-
termination Of a standard of purity for
drinking water for use on common car
riers In interstate traffic: Surgeon J. F..
Anderson, chairman: Passed Assistant
Surgeons A. ]. Mclaughlin and w. II.
Frost, and Prof. E. c. Franklin. men,
bers. The following named have been in
vited to become members Of the commits
sion and have indicated their acceptance
Of the invitation: Prof. William T. Sedg-
wick, NJ. J. Rosenau, George M. Whipple
Edward Barlow, F.. r. Wesbrook, Edwin
20. Jordan, Charles Gilman Hyde, w. H.
Park. c. C. Bass. DR.. Henry Hansen and
DR.. s. j. Crumbine. The labors Of the
commission will be conducted by CORE
spondence.
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Vermont Legislature Adjourns.

MONTPELIER, VT. February "a
after an all-night session. devoted to
unfinished business. the Yer
mont legislature was prorogued today.
It's last official action was a resolution
providing for the celebration April Is
Of the centenary Of the birth OF Stephen
A. Douglas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
James B. Austin Returns.

James B. Austin Of 142S street north
west has returned from his old home In
Ontario, where he went to attend the
funeral of mis- mother, whose death &C.
Cured at st. Thomas last Saturday. Mrs.
Austin was in her ninety-fourth year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22

Negotiations were consummated Friday
for a one hundred- thousand-dollar cleo
trio power plant to be located at Norton.
Wise county. Va, to supply the mining
region with power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
Luxurious Opium Dens.

Opium smoking is becoming SO popular
in London that several of the dens in the
Whitechapel district are said to be ca
tering exclusively to arstocratic patrons
of the pipe. Two of these were visited
lately by an investigator. who found
them furnished in the most luxurious
manner The victims of the habit can in
dulge their dreams in surroundings
which should appeal to the most fasti,.i-
GUS devotees of the drug.
Shortly after dark the patrons began to
arrive. stealing in furtively after leaving
their motor cars and carriages some DIS
tance away. A nearby tradesman de-
clares that i'm the daytime no one y
proaches the places, which do not encour-
age visits at such times because of the
danger Of police interference.
Both of these palatial dens are run by
Chinese. Low divans stand on carpets
SO thick and soft that no sounds of foot
steps can be heard: soft silken cushions
are placed for head rests, and rich cur
tains hang over the doorways. No smoker
need move from his couch, as numerous
attendants, moving at the motion of a
hand cook the opium and prepare the
pipe for each customer.
According to the investigation, the pa
irons of the place are business men,
young men about town. and even men,
bers of noble families. Some of the visit
ors are merely looking for a new SEN
sation, but most of them are hopeless
victims of the habit. 1t is said that the
dens are enormously profitable. for each
smoker pays from 81 to SO nightly for
his entertainment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
NEW HEROIC SERVICE
STARTS NEXT MONDAY
Regular Schedules Will Be
Maintained on 18th
Street Line.

The new 10th street herdc service will
begin at 6 o'clock Monday morning.
In accordance with an act passed by
Congress six months ago. the Metropoli-
tan Coach Company has completed ar
rangements for operating four new her
dies on the 18th street line and installing
a generally improved service.
The plans have been agreed to by
committee appointed by the District Of
Columbia Commissioners to see that the
law Is properly carried into effect The
committee consists Of Daniel r. Garges,
chief clerk Of the engraving department
OF the District government. and Capt
Mark Brooke, assistant to the Engineer
Commissioner.
According to announcement. fifty-four
trips will be made daily between 18th and
L streets northwest and Pennsylvania
avenue.
First Car in Morning.
The first car will leave 18th and L
streets at 8 o'clock am From that hour
be maintained
Between the hours of $40 Am. and 9:S5
pm. a five-minute schedule will be main
tanned.
Beginning at a:35 pm. the cars will
leave 18th and u streets at the following
hours: 9:45. 9:55. 1905, 1918, 1923, 1885,
10:45. 1855, Hos, HIS 11:25. 1885, 11:45.
IL :55.
The new herdics were built in Phila-
delphia, and have seating capacities of
sixteen passengers each. They are pro-
vided with front entrances only and
are Of the "pay-within'' type.
The law passed by Congress for the
| improvement Of the 10th street herdic
service, which was signed August - last.
provided that the new service should be
installed within six months from that
date.
Transfers to Be Given.
1t provides also for the issuance of
| reciprocal transfers between the Metro
politan Coach Company and the Capital
Tranction and Washinton Railway and
Electric companies at 18th street and
New York and Pennsylvania avenues.
Under the law. the District Commits
sioners have authority to regulate the
rates. schedules and quality of service
maintained by tho company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
ALLEGED SLAYER OF WIFE
BROUGHT HERE FOR TRIAL
Ernest McNeill, Colored, Said to
Have Admitted Crime, Following
Arrest in Richmond.


his wife. Sarah Mcneil. at their home in
South Washington about year ago was
brought from Richmond. Va, yesterday
by Detective Cornwell. He was measured
and photographed. and this morning was
committed to Jail.
According to the police. McNeill admit
ted he killed his wife. The Killing. he
said, was the elimination of a series of
uuarrels he and his wife had had because
she was jealous of him. He said he at
tended a theater the night of March %,
and when he returned home his wife ac-
cused him of having been with a neigh
Dor
Describes the Killing.
His wife had annoy ed him by her jeal-
ousy, he told the detectives, and he told
her he might just as we'll settle the
trouble. He procured his revolver he
stated. and his wife started to run to
the upper floor. but he shot her and she
fell to the foot of the stairs.
After shooting his wife. McNeiIr said,
he went to Alexandria and boarded a
freight train. on which he rode to GUAM
tico. Two days later he went to Richmond
and worked until August when he
stated. he met an acquaintance He con-
cluded that Richmond was no place for
him, and left. going to Rocky Mount, n.
g. Recently he returned to Richmond.
and was working on Murphy's Hotel un-
der the name of Fl. Robinson,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
Hymns May Be Censored.

A censorship of the hymn book has
been proposed by Councillor Hopkins of
the Nottingham county council. The pro-
posal came as the result of complaints
against certain hymns in the books used
by the schools of the county council and
in voicing the objections the councillor
declared that the words OF the songs OK
pressed neither good religion nor good
politics. His chief objection was directed
against the following lines:
The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them high and loWly
And ordered their estate.
Hopkins asserted that the Almighty
did nothing of the sort, and he declared
the following verse to be equally Of
fensiye:
May We to our betters bow,
Subject to thy parents thou.
Several church dignitaries agree with
Hopkins. but they maintain that the
censorship should not oe left to laymen
Rev. Arthur J. Waldron, vicar of BriX-
ton, has expressed himself as being in
favor of censorship of all hymns,
many of which he deems absolute balder-
DASH which people rush through without
the slightest appreciation of the meaning
of the words The vicar said recently:
"I am with the man who objects to the
verses quoted. I do not think God made
men either rich or poor; men have done
that themselves. Many of these hymns
are bad theology, bad economics and
bad everything"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
Honor for Large Families.

The doctor would like to see the public
taught to honor and favor large families
instead of subjeeting them to mockery. as
is SO often the case nowadays. He re-
called that NJ. Poubelle. when project of
the Seine, would not employ any office
holder unless he lad at least three chill
dren. He also thought that every mother
who had four children living should be
entitled TO a grant of 500. This would,
no doubt, involve a large sum of money.
but it must not be considered as money
expended, but rather as a displacement of
"a rital the beneficial result of which
would soon make itself felt.
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Final Disposition.

Then st. Joseph, Mo. came into the
limelight through the application of its
mayor for the tub which the Urbana.
folks refused. But the council disagreed
with the st. Joe mayor. denouncinS his
action as calculated to reflect upon the
municipal cleanliness of their town. So
the tub reposed i'm Menasseh Cutler
O'Brien's henhouse until last week, when
the money for expressage was sent by
Findlay, and the tub became thereby the
center Of the Washington's birthday cell
citation in that town today.
There are still at the Navy Department
two Maine relics which will go To tho
first applicants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
Urbana First Applicant.

Crbana, Ohio, was the first to respond. /.
and the tub was dispatched posthaste 4
upon the request of a representative in
Congress who is always looking out for
the folks back home. But the home folks
resented the implication which somehow
they thought hedged about the shipment
of a bathtub to their town.
The officials who accepted the tub were
denounced by the townspeople, and the
relic with all its historic associations
went not into the public square. but intu,
Menasseh Cutler ORriens hen COOP
Town officials were threatened with re-
tirement to private life if they dared To
pay the freight. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
PLACE OF HONOR FOUND
FOR SIGSBEE'S BATHTUB
Property of the Admiral Aboard the
Maine-Unpopular Relic
for Time.

Admiral Sgsbees bathtub. which won't
down with the Maine, is no longer an un-
welcome wanderer. And out in f1ndsN.
Ohio. today, Washington's birthday, bands
are playing and the populace is gathered
in the public square to honor the Maine.
relic. which found welcome there after.
it had been rejected by two municipali-.
ties and scoffed at by several others.
The Navy Department unwittinSly.
caused the historic bathtub to become an
issue. The simple announcement that a
Maine relic was here for bestowal upon
the first applicant brought food of tele-
grams to the department. None of the.
applicants knew the relic WAS BATH
f,Ih he