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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
ENGINE BLOWS UP; TWO KILLED
Six Also Injured on Wabash Rail
road at Buffalo.

BUFFALO, y. Y. December o5-T1 o
men were killed today and six were in
jured when a Wabash railroad engine,
running light. blew up on the Erie rail-
road tracks quarter OF a mile east OF
Main street. near the northern city line.
The dead are John Thorpe. fremaI.
Fort Erie, Ontario. and Gustave Spang.
night watchnan. Buffalo Crushed Stone
Company. The injured are Joseph Cur
ram engineer. St. Thomas. Ontario. Adam
Schultz, switch tender: Fred Clark, st.
Thomas. brakeman: William Bartel, Buff
falo; William Cameron. brakeman. Wind
sor, Ontario. and j. u. Savage. Windsor.
Ontario.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
EDWARD P. ELLIOTT DEAD.
Funeral of Former Pension Office
Employe Set for Tomorrow.

Edward p. Elliott for many years
employed in the pension Office, and
veteran of the civil war. died Tues
day afternoon at his home in the Sc
Vile apartments. 2129 18th street
northwest. He had been. in failing
health for some time and since Au-
gust had been unable to go to his
office.
Mr.. Elliott was born in Evansville
Ind, February u, 1s41, and was a
member of Farragut Post, No. 20, g.
a. r.. of that city. He also belonged
to the Masonic order and the Odd Eel
lows. his membership in both dating
from 1862. He entered the employ Of
the United States government in 1882
He leaves his wife. Mrs. Annie T.. Ell
lott and seven children.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Lees
parlors. 1872 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
FRED CRAIGIN JONES DEAD.
Funeral of Real Estate Dealer to Be
Held Tomorrow Afternoon.

Fred Cralgin Jones' 1904 Girard
street northwest. died Tuesday after a
short illness. Funeral services will be
held at his late residence tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock Mr. Jones. who
was partner OF the firm of Lewis Il
Jones, real estate dealers of Washing
ton. was a native of this city He was
member Of the Corinthian Yacht
Club.
Mr. Jones leaves his mother and four
brothers,. Gordon. Thaddeus NJ and
Frank y. Jones of Washington and Wal
lace Jones of Cambridge. Mass Serv-
ices will be in charge of Rev. George
Il. Dudley. and interment will be in
Oak Hill cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
THREE TEACHERS AIDED.
Temporary Emergency Fund Com
mittee Makes It's Report.

The report of the teachers temporary
emergency fund committee appointed
to establish a temporary fund for pen
sioning teachers in the District col
ored schools, was made public today.
II shows that the committee collected
Slo0.14. and expended the same amount
Three teachers were aided
merger with the Teachers Benett
and Annuity Association has been eff
fected. and the latter organization has
now assumed the responsibility for pen
sioning disabled and retired teachers.
according to the report In view Of
this fact. the report continues. the
teachers temporary emergency fund COM
'nittee VIII collect no more money for this
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
The Spendthrift. +"

The Spendthrift," by Porter Emerson
Brown. author of a Fool There Was. .
comes 10 the Academy for a weeks en-
gagement next Monday night The NAV
tells the story Of the wreck of a family
through divergence of thought and the
different paths followed in the pursuit of
happiness by husband and wife. Rich
ard Ward is d man of Industrious saving
anu home-i"ving instincts. His wife longs
Tor luxuries, and in his effort to provide
her with them he is kept toiling and
grinding unGer "a mountain of debt until
he Is suddenly bankrupt one of the ap-
pealiug points of the play is that while
the Wlfe's extravaganza is dominant IL
$ brought about III q great measure
through her sincere endeavor to provide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
The College Girls.

The Gayety Theater offers another Max
Spiege1 burlesque for New Year week.
entitled The College Girls a two-act
musical entertainment with 4 real plot.
This does not interfere. however. with
the introduction of several specialties in
the way of songs and dances George
Totten Smith wrote the book and Paul
Rubens the music, while the dances and
ensembles are by Julian Alfred.
Act | shows the reception hall of
college dormitory where Jacob Rosen-
bloom, a retired paNnbroker, is introduced
TO two bogus aunts, one the college widow
and the other the college ianitor.
Act III shows the stateroom deck of the
ship Joilytania. where the real aunt, the
college widow. the janitor and. i'll fact.
the whole company are having good
time
The princ pal comedy roles are intrusted
to Dolly Morrisey. the college widow;
Abe Reynolds. the retired pawnbroker.
and Morrie Franklin, the college janitor
and later the imitation aunt There are
nineteen musical numbers and a chorus
Of over thirty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
RATE INCREASE UNSETTLED.
All Sorts of Reports Heard as to
Rasis IF T r. e. Action

While the matter Of allowing the east
ern railroads to increase their rates 5 per
cent is before the interstate commerce
commerce commission all kinds Of rumors
are about as to what the commission
will take as a basis for determining
whether the railroads should be al
lowed the Increase. The latest report
is that the commission will ascertain
the actual value of stocks and bonds
of these roads and use this as a basis.
1t is further stated that the commits
sion will send out d series of questions
shortly after the first of the year to
get this necessary information.
AS the question of increase has not
been completely considered, all rumors
of the kind are denied at the commits
sion's offices The shippers are yet to
be heard. and, it is said, there can be
no just determination until all things
have been taken into consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25

The first OF Henry ". Savage's produc-
tons for this season. ''Sari,'' the new
Hungarian operetta, is scheduled for pres
sentation at the National next week
'Sari'' was a success of extraordinary
proportions in Europe-its music especial
~ having been subject OF enthusiastic
commentator for more than a year. The
Operetta will be produced here with all
the e!aborateness that might be looked
for in Henry w. Savage production.
! east headed by Mizzi Hajos Harry
Davenport, Blanche Dufiieid and Charles
Neakins ana numbering nearly eighty
people, together with an orchestra of
more than thirty pieces. make up the
"Sari organization. After week here
the piece Will be presented for a week in
baltimore and then will be taken TO New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
Genesis of a Melody.
From the st. Louis Times.

From the st. Louis Times.
A correspondent of one of our local CO.
temporaries offers information touching
the melody to which the American peo-
pie sing the song Maryland My Mary
land The fact has been established
that the melody was not written for the
English words, and the correspondent
in question AYERS that the melody was
used for college songs at Yale Univer-
sity before 1t was made useful as a
vehicle for the civil war song-that it
was probably imported from some Ger
man university" Why make such
muckle out of mickle? There must be
some tens of thousands of German-Amer-
lean citizens in st. Louis who know that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
WILL GET CAPT. CLARKE'S CASE
Gen. Mills to Be Asked to Take Up
Churchman'S RESIGNATION.

AS soon as Brig. Gen. Albert L.
Mills, chief of the militia division of
the War Department, returns to Wash
ington. probably within the next few
days. Representative Kahn will lay
before him the case of Capt Thomas
T. Clarke. pay department, n. G. D. c.,
who rendered his resignation as an
officer in the local guard because of
"a ruling that military leave in addi-
ton to the regular thirty days mill
tates against the mans promotion.
Representative Kahn declared today
that he would await the return of Gen
Mills, for the reason that he wanted
to pursue the case in an orderly way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
GIFT RIFLE CAUSES TROUBLE.
Shot Fired by Bernard Madigan
Strikes Samuel Maddox.

\ rifle given as a Christmas remem-
brance to Bernard Madigan, fifteen
years old. residing at 652 Morris street
northeast this morning proved a source
of trouble. The boy was at It'll and q
streets northeast with his rife, the po-
lice were told, and when Samuel Maddox,
sixteen years old. of 1893 4th street south
east came along on his bicycle shot
from the rifle struck him IN his left
thigh. Maddox fell from his bicycle.
He was hurried to Casualty Hospital.
Young Madigan. the police were told,
quickly disappeared. His father later
visited the police station and said that
the rifle had been presented To his son
this morning without his knowledge. He
said he would have objected to his boy
accepting such a present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
Annie Russell in Old Comedies.

Annie Russell will present two of the
most popular of the old English comedies
at the Columbia next week. The en-
gagement will open with Sheridan's bril-
liant, satiric comedy, The School for
Scandal" which Miss Russell has just
added to her repertoire. This revival. for
which an ambitious production has been
made. Will be played Monday. Tuesday.
Friday and Saturday nights and at the
saturday matinee. Goldsnith's She
Stoops to Conquer will be played We'd
nesday and Thursday nights and at the
Thursday matinee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
STAYED "AT THE SOURCE"
Secretary Suspends Temporarily Col
lection of Specified Income Tax.

Secretary McAdoo has suspended until
January 10. 1914, and until further in
structions are issued, collection of the
normal income tax of l per cent at the
source on incomes from interest on the
obligations of special taxation districts,
such as are frequently created in the
west for irrigation or other local i'm
provements.
Attorney General McReynolds probably
will be asked to give an opinion on the
taxation of such incomes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
FUNERAL OF MRS. COLLINS.
Mother Santa Claus" Will Be
Buried Tomorrow.

- Funeral services for Mrs. Pattie Lyle
Collins, Familiarity known as Mother
Santa Claus" who Tuesday night was
killed by an automobile, will be held at
st. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Connec-
ticut avenue and Bancroft place, at noon
tomorrow. Interment will be at Rock
Creek cemetery.
Mrs Zahm, a daughter and J. ]. Craw-
ford, Drotner-ia-iaw, of the deceased,
came from New York and made arrange
ments for the funeral Lieut.. Zahm
son-in-law Of Mrs. Collins. was unable
to come on account OF sickness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
Found Unconscious From Gas.

Mrs. Kate Burke, thirty seven years old,
of Cos + street southwest this morning
about ] 80 o'clock was found in her
room unconscious from illuminating gas.
Dr. Zinkhan responded to call sent to
Emergency Hospital and took charge OF
the patient. He was told that Mrs. Burke
had inhaled gas through a tube attached
to a fixture in her room. She will recover
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25

tree and over to pile of dry leaves
along the stone wall. In few minutes
he was back in the apple tree with as
many as he could carry. He looked this
way and that way to make sure that
none was watching, and then whisked
inside Drummer's old house. When he
got ready to come out again he first
peeked out to be sure that no one was
about When he was sure, absolutely
sure. he darted out and down after more
leaves
So Chatterer worked as hard as ever
he could taking leaves and soft grass
and strips Of soft lining of bark into
the hole in the apple tree. and never once
forgetting to watch out that no one saw
him At last he had enough for warm,
comfortable bed and had fixed 1t just to
suit him.
Now let the wind blow
And bring the white
As ever Ii pleases
I'll be warm and snug
As bug In rug.
And don't care snap when il freezes.
So said Chatterer as he finished his
bedmaking. And then suddenly he re-
membered that he hadn't anything to eat
when the snow should come and cover
the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
ONCE MESSENGER BOY;
NOW IS WORTH MILLIONS
William Fox, Moving Picture Mag
nate. Once Hustled Messages
for Dimes.
'pecial correspondence of The Star.


NEW YORK. December ~ 1915.
Twenty years ago William Fox wore a
neat blue uniform with brass buttons.
On his cap the letters "A. d. T." ap-
peared. If you handed Mr.. Fox a dime
for himself he won d run his two legs
to quivering stumps with your message.
Every Saturday night he drew down ST.
If no fines had been assessed against him
and was permitted TO retain 30 cents of
that for his very own.
Now Fox is thrty-six years old. Each
day the 10000 people who visit his TWEEN
ty-seven moving picture theaters here
and in New England confer upon him
$4,000 in dimes. He is the principal
owner of all these theaters. and the sole
owner of most of them. 1t is assumed
that he would melt down for $4,000 600.
Sues Movies Trust.
Not long ago he brought suit against
the movies trust for the right to use it's
films in his theaters. If he succeeds
the trust ceases to be trust enough to
hurt. If he fails-well, he has something
of trust of his own. He is building a
million-dolIar studio on 221st street
which will be the largest of its sort in
the world. Two hundred and fifty actors
work constantly before his cameras.
Sometimes he employs 5000 of them. He
is black-eyed, slender. a profound cigar
smoker, and silent. When he talks it is
about moving pictures.
it Is possible that the moving pic
ture business has built up more modest
and otherwise-fortunes than any other
single development of the last decade
Fox is included among the half dozen
big men in X. He runs to SuperlativeS.
He owns the largest theater in the world
opera houses and homes of spectacle
barred from competition. He owns the
only double-decker theater in the world.
He has his own real estate and archi
tectural and contracting and producing
deDartmentS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
Fall From Cart Proves Fatal.

Basil Harris, colored. thirty-five years
old, died at Casualty Hospital this
morning as a result of an injury he re-
ceived by falling from his cart Harris
was driving near 9TH and G streets south
east when the accident occurred. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital, where
he died about 2:3O o'clock this morning.
Coroner hewitt gave certificate of &C
cidentai death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25

the song oh, Tannenbaum" belongs to
the realm of folk songs in Germany. and
that it has been sung for a century and
perhaps much longer to the air which
we borrowed in America Ii isn't a mat
tes of major Importance, perhaps. but
while we are taking the trouble to go
into the subject at all IL would seem
worth while to have IL right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
qANlQSE|fl tents

her husband with home BETTING the
position in life she believes him big
enough to occupy.
THE Spendthrift" will he presented
with the original New York Hudson
Theater production and a capable cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Eta, oysters f-om the lower
Potomac beds at 18th street wharf, for
the market; power boat Frank Phillips,
railroad ties from Glymont, Md. at 10th
street wharf. for l.. A. Clark & Son;
lighter J. & w. No. l. at 9th street wharf
with lumber from Quantico. Va; power
boat c. W. Roamer. oysters from Chesa-
peake bay beds, for the local dealers;
schooner Majestic, from Ragged point, at
18th street wharf with oysters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25

All efforts TO locat; Howard w kenne-
dy. who left his wife and family in Belair
Md. about two weeks ago. have proved
futile. Spencer Cooper, who had been
making his home recently with his son.
Fred Cooper. near Flntville, Nd, has
disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
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MUSTER0LE, the Great
Remedy for Rheumatism

Ii stops the twinGes, loosers I'D
those stiIened joints and muscles
makes you feel good all over.
Thousands who use MCSTEROLE
Will tell what relief il gives from Sore
Throat. Bronchitis. Tonsilitis. Group.
Stiff Neck, Asthma. Neuralgia. Head
ache. Congestion. Pleurisy. Rheuna-
tism, Lumbago. Pains and Aches of
the Back or Joints. Sprains. Sore Mus
cies. Bruises. ChilblainS, Frosted Feet
and Colds lit prevents Pneumonia).
Doctors and nurses frankly recon-
mend MUSTERoLE as a substitute
for the old. messy mustard plaster.
Large hospitals use il.
At your druggists, in &c and soc
jars: a special large hospital size for
$50
Accept no substitute. III your drug
gist cannot supp you. send &c or
J0c to the MUSTEROLE Company.
Cleveland. Ohio, and we will mail you
a jar. postage prepaid. (6D
Joseph F. Swords. sulphur, Okla,
says:
Your Musteroie is very efficacious
1t has done away with my Rheumatic
pains and aches in a wonderfully
short space Of time"
All druggists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25

John Cheeley, a farmer of Dinwiddie
county, Va, was killed Monday by d
train while driving across the tracks of
the Norfolk and Western railway at
providers crossing, between Forus and
Sutheriands stations. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
SONS Of JONADAB PLAN
END OF YEAR RALLIES
Two Hundred Members Taken Into
Organization Since Last
January.

End-oi-the-ye rallies are Ia he held
during the week at the various councils
OF the Independent Order Sons of Jona-
dab. Two hundred members have been
taken into the organization since last
January. and. in many respects, the year
has proved one OF the most gratifying
since the order was founded a decade
ago. 1t is stated.
Capitol Council No. >. will hold its sec
ond annual meeting this evening at 304
B street southeast, and the newly elected
chief of this council, George Prender, has
arranged an interesting program for the
visiting members. The subject for discus
sion will be ''The Lowly, Despised Naza-
rene"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
To Organize New Council.

Harmony Council, No. &, will be or
ganized Sunday afternoon, January 5, ar
rangements for this event now being in
Samuel De Nedrey, William II. LIE
Strange and Wayne W. Cordell
A committee of fifty, made up of rep
resentatives of the councils, also has
been selected to prepare for the watch
night services of the order. The services
will be held In Pythian Temple this year
A feature will be the presentation of a
gold medal to s. D. Tennyson for bring
ing in the greatest number of members
during the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25

Peter Winchester Rouss, son Of the late
Charles Broadway Rouss of New York
has given tho Charlestown (W Val Hos
pital 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
Washington News.

There IS perhaps no better
way TO keep out-of-towa
friends informed az to Wash
ington news than TO mall TO
them from time to time u
copy OF The Star ffter YOU
have finished with IL, some
times marking an article OF
special interest.
The out-of-towr postage OF
today's Star Is . cents.
Better yet, you might send
some one out-of-town q sub
scription to receive The Even
ing Star every day at the rate
OF 20 cents a month. or The :
Evening and Sunday Star ut
90 cents a month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
Boom for Capt. Daley.

Friends Of Capt. John c. Daley are pre-
pairing to urge him for reelection as head
of the order at the meeting of the Grand
Council, which will be he d Monday even
ing, January II, at Sth and | streets
northeast.
1t is announced that two new members
recently have been admitted to Jonn c.
Daley Council, No. 8: six to Hope Coun-
Gil, No. l, and two to Faith Council, No.
4, Ladies' Auxiliary. Unity Council. No
2. has arranged to hold its regular meet
ing Tuesday Of next week, instead Of
Wednesday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
Departures.

Power boat Frank Phillips, light, for
Glymont. Nd, via Alexandria. to load
back TO this city; sloop Majestic. light,
for Glymont, from 10th street wharf, for
a river point to load and return; schooner
Quicktime, light, for Blackstone Island to
load oysters FOR the market here; power
boat Louise Virginia, light, for a Chesa-
peake bay point to load for this city. tank
barge Davidson, light, from Georgetown.
in tow for Baltimore; power boat Daisy,
from Alexandria with merchandise for
Pennington, Md: lighter from nth street
wharf, with oyster shells for Alexandria
Tugs and Tows.
Tug Howard Reeder arrived light and
sailed with tank barge Davidson for Bal
tinore; tug Albatross arrived at New
York with tie-laden barge from this city;
tug Rosalie arrived at Alexandria with
lighters from a down-river point; tug
Capt Toby arrived with tow from river
point; tug Minerva arrived at George
town towing lighters laden with sand
and gravel from u river point; tug
Louise left towing lighters for District
workhouse at Occoquan and will return
today; tug John Miller arrived in the
Eastern branch with lighters: tug South
ern is reported on her way to this city
from the head OF the bay with tow of
lighters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-25
Signatures Marked.

Next time your influential friend signs
your petition to be appointed To public
Office take a little look at his signature.
1t may be that he means you well. 1t
may also be that it bears a sign indi-
eating that, so far as he is concerned,
the othe: man may give you the aerial
whirl.
Hoboes first invented this code. Sup
pose that g. member of the fraternity
ventures upon large. open-gated farm
house. and shortly afterward energies
wearing a dog. When he gets a chance
he chalks something on the gatepost.
The next frowsy who happens along
sees that mark, and slips into the sec
ond speed. He knows the best he'll get
inside will be bruise.
Prominent men are being constantly be-
sieged for Endorsement of the ambitions
of other men. Sometimes they are too
good-natured to refuse-but do not care
to oblige. So that they sign their names
to the petition with care-and then put a
dot in the loop of IT, or surround the
whole with an apparently careless
Scrawl The man to whom the petition
goes has been informed of the code. He
knows there is a dog inside.
Curb Placed on Cab.
New York is the catch basin for floods
Of oratory Every season there are at
least 80 public dinners of some quality.
At each dinner from three to dozen
speakers go through that form technical
~ known as responding to a toast
Perhaps one in fifty has something to
say that is worth hearing. The forty
nine maunder on through dismal swamps
of language. 1t seems years before they
find a spot solid enough to stop on.
So that an organization OF railroad
men, which recently met here. devised
a plan for the relief of the speakers and
of their martyred hearers. The wind
jamming part of the evening was ar
ranged on a close schedule. The toast
master acted as train dispatcher When
the speaker wiped his lips with his nap
kin he got the track clear ahead So
nal. A white light appeared in front of
him. Two minutes before his time ex-
pored a green light flashed warning.
When his time was UP red bulb clowed.
If he ran past the danger signal he was
promptly derailed. The plan made an
immediate hit. BY Christmas time every