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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Burglars on Fruitless Quest.

Thieves broke into the Office of j.
Maury Dove. 21st and E streets north
west. some time between Saturday night
and early this morning, according to a
report made to the police A rear win
dow Of the place had been forced open
broken of. but the intruders were unable
to gain access to the safe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Committee Needs Funds.

Donations of any amount to the safe
and sane" fund are requested. An early
response by citizens to the committees
appeal for money is urged in order that
a decision may be reached as to how
elaborate shall be the preparations for the
festival The Washington Center Of the
Drama League @ America. which will
arrange for the pageant jointly with the
committee. is conducting a campaign for
funds among its own members. Contribu-
tons to the general fund should be sent
to George w. White, treasurer of the
committee, at the Metropolitan National
Bank
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Taught by Marine Corps Officers.

The boys who took the elementary ex-
animation were taught by Capt. A. c..
Christie, L. S. NJ c. The course con-
sisted of ten lectures. with textbook
work. and demonstrations, on anatomy.
the structure Of the bones, the location
OF arteries. bandaging. two methods or
resuscitating the apparently drowned
and preventive first aid or methods
Of preventing such diseases as typhoid
and malaria.
The advanced first aid class was con-
Quoted by Capt. A. ]. Love. L. S. NJ. c..
and the course given carried the elemen-
tary work into the more difficult classes
OF first aid problems. The advance work
extended over an entire year.
The four candidates who passed the ad-
vance examination now constitute the
first Boy Scouts of this city duly qualified
to engage in teaching first aid to others.
i. Gordon Leech. manager OF the Boy
Scout Troop of the Y. NJ. {. A. boys de-
partment, has already distributed the
class assignments among the first aid ex-
perts.
Glass Assignments Distributed.
The classes are:
To John Stockard. the Owl and Moose
patrols, consisting OF Francis c. Wilbur,
Carlyle Ashley. Julian Latham. Rhees
Burkett, George Provost, Miner Stout,
Baumgarten, John Goetz, Paul Duffey, +.
Austin. John Eisman and John Martin.
and Stuart Heitmuller. l.. w. Davis,
Charles Gates. Effrus Freedman, Harry
Christie and Melvin Myers.
To Frederick Reed, the Wolf and Flying
Eagle patrols, consisting Of Stephen
Treuleben, John Barnes, Carroll Fleming.
Roger Baldwin, Benjamin Carpenter. b.
B. Wilson. Frank Watson and James
Proctor. and Charles Amazeen. Victor
Hartshorn, John Rupert, Wing Koa and
Fred Livermore.
To Donald Woolf. the Rattlesnake and
Cobra patrols. consisting of Chantry
Davis. John Free, Paul Demonet, Paul
Robin and William Heron. and Walter
MARI. Antoine McNamee, Jerome Sacks,
Louis Swingle and Butler Walsh.
To Walter MARI. the Tiger, Silver Fox
and Beaver patrols, consisting of Shelton
Higgins. Glenn Allen. Elmer Butler and
Homer Greenfield, and Charles C. Smith,
Terry Morehouse. Worth Schoultz, Charles
Adams and r. d. Chisolm and Carl Por-
ter, Norris Jackson. John Hancock. Chris
tian Beilstein, Alvin Van de Walker, JO-
seph Webbing and William Lupton.
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WILL AID IN PLANNING
FOR SAFE AND SANE DAY
Otto Luebkert Elected Member Of
Committee on Fourth of
jury Observance.

Otto Luebkert has been appointed a
member OF the "safe and sane commit
tee Of the District of Columbia, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of the late
Thomas c. Noyes. The committee, it was
announced today by Commissioner Ru-
dolph. chairman, probably will meet Sat
urday of this week to give further con-
sideration to the plans for historical
pageant as the feature of the coming
Fourth of July celebration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28

Stems Ellington of Stafford county, Va,
and Miss Ada Hiltner. daughter of Mrs.
Ella Hiltner of Spotsylvania county, Va.
were married at Fredericksburg. Va. at
the home of the groom's sister, Mrs. Well
ford Snellings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
BRYAN IS READY
TOPRESENT PLEA
Arrives in Sacramento for Con-
ference on Pending Anti
Alien Law.
TRIP MADE AT REQUEST
OF PRESIDENT WILSON
Gov. Johnson Announces Joint
Executive Session Of the Legisla-
ture to Receive Message.

SACRAMENTO. Cal. April 2S.-Wiliam
}. Bryan. Secretary of State, arrived in
sacramento this morning to confer with
Gov. johnson and the California legisla-
ture on the proposed anti-alien land hold
ing laws. Gov. Johnson met Mr.. Bryan at
the train, where also a considerable
group of democratic legislators had gath
cred. No advance plans for the proposed
conference between Mr.. Bryan and the
California authorities had been made,
and Mr.. Bryan announced as he stepped
on the train that he had left the matter
entirely in the hands Of tho governor
He said he had no notion as to the length
OF his visit or as to the course he would
follow in presenting his arguments to
the legislature. Although he will spend
much of his time at the governors home,
arrangements have been made for him
to have an ONCE at the capitol building.
where he will be accessible to callers
during his stay.
An hour after Secretary Bryans ar
rival 1t was announced by Gov johnson
that he would call the two houses OF the
legislature together in a joint executive
session at once TO allow Mr.. Bryan to
deliver his official message. The meet
ing was called at the request Of Mr..
Bryan. said the governor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28

Prof s. S. Hueber OF the University
of Pennsylvania visited the financial dis
trict of New York with forty students.
to make practical observation of the
methods Of foreign exchange banking and
brokerage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
NIGHT DOESN'TEND
PER|LS OF STREET
External Vigilance" the Price
of Safety in Daylight and
Darkness.
WHEN TRAFFIC IS LIGHT
OTHER DANGERS MENACE
Vehicle Drivers and Pedestrians Are
Both Inclined to Be Less
Careful.

EFT ern al zig
lance"
This is suggested
as the motto for
the campaign OF
The Star for street
safety. 1t is point
ed out that persons
using the streets at
any hour of the day
or night should
adopt this motto in
order to avoid ac-
cidents.
While traffic Is
not ,fcr,o11xy 80 D4n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28

Miss Minnie L. Mattox and Henry s.
Finney. both Of Pittsylvania county. Va.
were married Saturday afternoon at the
home of the brides brother, r. T. Mat
toS, in Lynchburg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Secretary Bryan's Statement.

Secretary Bryan made the following
statement on his arrival:
Il am visiting California at the request
Of the President and with the consent of
the legislature, to confer upon an i'm
portant matter which. while local in its
immediate effect, Is International in char
acter.
Each state occupies a dual position.
While 1t is the guardian Of Its domestic
affairs, it is member Of the union and.
therefore, interested in all that concerns
the nations relations with the outside
world.
THE President. upon whom rests the
constitutional duty of maintaining diplo-
matte relations with other countries,
asked me to come to California to confer
with the governor and legislators upon
such phases OF the subject as touch this
nations relations to other nations. Com
ing on such a mission, it would be OBJ
vlously improper to say anything in adj
vance upon questions which may enter
into the conference
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28

gested At night as in the day, Of course.
many other factors tend to make the
night equally as dangerous. To Offset
the lightened traffic the great moving
maze of vehicles and the crowds Of pc
destrians peculiar to the day, many fea-
lures are bound to make the streets dan
gerous by night. That they are danger
Gus at night has been shown, 1t is said
many times by the numerous accidents
which happen after dark A few Of these
accidents have proved fatal
The dazzle Of the lights Is often con-
fusing. Then it is more difficult to Judge
the speed of an approaching vehicle at
night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
TEST BY MEASURING
OVER 100000 CHILDREN
Movement Begun for Standardixa.
ton Throughout Country by New
York Milk Committee.

NEW YORK, April 2S-The STANDARD
American child may soon be a well de-
fined product What it is now nobody
really knows. but within a year mothers
may boast Of it's perfection on points
which none may dispute.
Such. in effect, is the project Of the New
York milk committee. which announces
today a Standardization movement, in
which more than 100000 children
throughout the country will be entered
for tests and measurements. Two years
have already been spent in preliminary
work and it is stated that more than a
dozen states are now ready to cooperate
in the vast experiment.
Competitive Examinations.
Data will be secured through a series OF
competitive examinations OF normally
healthy children in county, city and state
contests. ''Scorecards'' covering minute
details of weight. height and other phys
ical measurements and mental develop
ment will be turned in by examining ply
sicians in the various states and forward
ed to New York, where the promoters of
the plan will attempt to distill from the
statistics the true American standard of
child development.
Tests Under Way.
In this city the tests are already under
way, as they are in some other places.
meeting with great popularity among
mothers, 1t is said. In Oregon. Louisiana.
Missouri. Tennessee, Oklahoma. Montana
and Washington one-thousand- dollar
prizes will be given. and Massachusetts.
North Carolina, Iowa and Minnesota are
also doing scientific work along these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
Lighting Of Vehicles.

Following are sections OF the traffic
regulations which bear on the lighting of
vehicles:
Section ia private vehicle. except
those named in section Is of this article,
in motion or at rest on a street, between
one-half hour after sunset and 1 o'clock
am. shall display at least one lamp or
lantern showing a white light visible for
a distance of 300 feet in the direction to-
ward which such vehicle is proceeding,
and to the side thereof. and light visi-
BILE for a distance of 200 feet directly to
the rear which shall be placed or fixed,
unless otherwise authorized by the major
and superintendent of the metropolitan
police. upon the left side Of said vehicle
and so as to be plainly visible and free
from obstruction. Provided, however,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN NETER-
mary medicine of the District of Columbia will
hold Its next examination for applicants for
license to practice veterinary medicine in this
District May md and 3rd 1913 Candidates
should communicate with the secretary, DIR. NJ.
PAGE SMITH % C ST NV
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18
THE ART OF POISONING.
Subtle Methods Used by tho Natives Of
Central Africa.

Central Africa.
The Central African native is mas
ter In the art of poisoning aud always
on the watch for It, He will never
take a drink of water or beer or eat
Of a dish, even when offered by a
| peaceful acquaintance, until the host
has eaten or drunk some of 1t to pledge
Its harmlessness. He is always in
fear Of treachery, and with good rea-
son, for an assassin is cheaply hired.
Vegetable poisons may be made by al
most any one, and the methods of ad-
ministering them are cunning beyond
description.
One of the cleverest ways, often re-
sorted to when a man gets into his
head an idea that neighbor is injur-
ing him by witchery. is to kill the I'M
suspecting victim by means of poison
ed stakes and at the same time avoid
suspicion, which would inevitably lead
to similar vengeance.
Procuring little sharpened sticks, the
murderer hollows their points and In
serts poison usually made by boiling
down the juice of certain shrubs or
creepers) into the cavities. These he
secretly plants upright. but leaning a
little along the path which leads from
the doomed negro's hut to his garden.
Sooner or later the intended victim
slightly lacerates his bare foot by hit
ting one of these sharp stakes. He
takes no notice of the scratch. for be
Is used to such trifiing injuries, but In
a few moments his foot and leg begin
to swell, and TN hour or so later he
expires in agony.
The bark and roots of several trees
and shrubs yield virulent poisons when
properly brewed. one of which has the
peculiar effect of at once paralyzing
the organs OF speech The gall of the
pulverized is also very deadly. The
most fatal poison. however. is that
prepared from an ugly. whitish tree
called ujungu in German East Africa.
1t grows in only few localities aud
few natives will venture to cut it
down. Tor mere prick with SPLINTER
will cause terrible and sometimes ia
tai inflammation. The negroes say
that neither moths nor snakes will go
near ii and that birds never rest in its
branches.
To make this poison the wood Is
burnt and its ashes are mixed with
water and then boiled down to Il thick
paste. The natives will travel hun
dreds OF miles TO procure this paste.
with which hunters anoint their ar.
rows and spears and the bullets of
smearing in hot beeswax to form a
protective covering against loss OF
power as we'll as against accident
Harper's Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18
Tho Hs.xi.., American Brain.

DR.. Edward A. Spitzka, the brain
specialist, credits the late Edward IL
Knight with having the heaviest Amer
lean brain on record. Mr.. Knight was
well known in Washington and was n
patent attorney OF note. At the time
OF his death his brain weighed 1,SlI
grams. General Benjamin F. Butler
had a brain which weighed LES
grams. the next heaviest recorded. ac-
cording to DIR. Spltzka. The heaviest
brain on record anywhere in the world
Is given rs that Of the Russian poet
and novelist. Turgenev. which TIPPED
the scales at 2.Ol2 grams.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18
OUR TOUGHEST WOOD.
Usage Orange 10 Stronger Than Hiok.
Dry or Honey Locust.

Usage Orange 10 Stronger Than Hiok-
DRY or Honey Locust.
The toughest American wood is that
Of the Usage orange. which is not an
orange at all. but belongs to the nettle
family. This has been proved by
series OF tests made by the United
States forest service, but the Indians
knew II before the coming Of the white
man, and II was known to them as the
bow tree. because they used Il for
making their finest bows.
Some idea Of its strength may be had
from a report made by the forest serv-
ice, which shows that a block 80
inches long and by . inches In cross
section when bent breaks under
stress OF 1900 pounds, its nearest
rival being a variety OF the hickory
called mockernut When bent by the
impact Of hundred pound hammer Il
stands a stress Of 1880 pounds, GER
tain sugar naples and the honey To-
Gust being Its nearest rivals. II ex-
ceeds the hickories, and its only rival
In hardness. tested by the force re-
quired to imbed a .444 inch ball TO one
half its diameter. Is the honey locust
New York World.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
news Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Cor Busy Resders-

tor Busy Readers
A. ]. Elwell is i'll at his home on
the Burgess road.
Miss Avis Babcock of Hoosick Is a
guest of Miss Sallie Graves.
James Lolley has resigned his po-
sition at the Bradford factory.
Miss Florence Potter is home from
her school at Northboro, Mass.
DR.. H. C. Day went to Springfield,
Mass, this morning for few days
visit.
Clifford Russell and Harry Tranter
of New York are visiting William
Morse.
Philip Jennings and family are now
occupying their new house at Old
Bennington.
There will be a dance and supper
at Mt. Anthony county club on the
evening of July 4th.
Miss Bessie Oler, who has been Wis
iting at the home of Guy B. Johnson,
returned Monday to her home in
Larchmont, N. Y.
The monthly meeting of the Young
Woman's club win be held tonight at
o'clock. Plans will be made for the
next picnic, which will be at Mrs.
Whites camp.
Mrs. Guy B. Johnson will tomorrow
afternoon give a luncheon in honor
of Mrs. Fay and Mrs. Shoemaker. Mrs.
Fay has rented the Priory for the
summer and Mrs. Shoemaker has
rented the George Worthington house
Mrs. George Worthington, who has
been i'll, has entirely recovered, but
will not return to Bennington until
fall. They have leased their resi-
dence OF Old Bennington and will
spend the summer motoring in this
country.
Miss Lillian Van Kleeck and Miss
Winnie Elwell of this village left this
afternoon for Nashville, Tenn, where
they will attend the Baraca-Philathea
Convention. They will stop over at
Washington going, and at Niagara
Falls returning, and plan to be away
for two weeks.
The mid-week prayer service at the
Second Congregational chapel tomor-
row, Thursday evening will take
the form of what is known as Chain
meeting; that is, each one who
takes part may call on the one to fol-
low This does not mean that the
people present will be compelled to
take part, but only as they see fit,
one not wishing to respond, simply
saying so. Yet 1t is best that these
persons who are in the habit OF at
tending the mid-week meeting should
be acquainted with the manner OF
conducting same, which, for this kind
OF meeting, is unusual. Everybody is
invited and each person is simply re-
quested to come prepared to say a
word on the subject, or recite verse
of scripture pertaining to same. The
subject is "A Song OF Gods Univers-
al Reign; psalm ~. II this "Chain
Meeting" is like the ones held by the
Senior Endeavor society, there won't
be minute of wasted time in the en-
tire hour. Come out and help the
leader; come and help the meeting:
come and help yourself. The hour is
7.30; the date Thursday evening,
June 18th.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18
Scattering Disease.

DR. Leonard Hill of London holds
that it is an "offense against society
for any one with cold to cough, sneeze
or even talk without covering his
mouth with his handkerchief. Colds
kill tens of thousands every year." the
doctor adds, land yet we persist in TAX
ing no special precautions TO escape
them. We go TO great trouble to pre-
vent the spread Of diphtheria or scarlet
fever or smallpox, but the person with
a cold, who is scattering deadly MI
crobes everywhere, we treat as perfect
ly harmless. l thoroughly agree that
during the sneezing, coughing stage the
person with a cold should be isolated,
so that the germs he is constantly scat
tering may not be breathed In by his
neighbors. New York Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18

EOk SALE High grade stock and DAIRY farm,
well situated, miles from NORTH Ben
nington, miles from Bennington high. sig hit.
ly location; go acres of very rich, productive
land; keeps so head of stock and cuts lOO tons
OF hay; large orchard with native fruit OF all
kinds; large colonial house, ellis and 10 nicely
finished rooms, large W I'D shed, piazzas,
slated roofs, la ge beautiful front yard ana
driveway; 50 tiue shade tries barn 6Oxo0 with
BELLS. barn 2Oxs0, hor barn 30x50 with wagon
house attached, . open stalls and one box stall;
3 wagon sheds; running water in house and
barns, also in pasture; wood 10 sell and timber
for farm purposes One of the Lest paying
and most attractive farms in this section--just
the place for retired city party for a summer
home and farm combined. Price $500. Nash
& Hutchins. lOOt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18
RoSSMoRE'S BANsHEE.
lis Terrifying Wall HeraIded the Death
of His Father.

of His Father.
In Things ! Can Tell" Lord Ross
more relates that he himself was born
In Dublin In 1853. His father was the
third Baron Rossmore, who married
Miss Josephine Lloyd of Farrinrory,
County Tipperary. and whose death
was duly heralded by the banshee:
Robert Rossmore was on terms of
great friendship with Sir Jonah and
Lady Darlington, and once when they
met at Dublin drawing room Ross.
more persuaded the Barringtops to
come over the next day to Mount Ken
needy, where he was then living. As
the invited guests proposed to rise ear
ly they retired to bed in good time and
slept soundly until 2 o'clock in the
morning, when Sir Jonah was awaken
ed by wild and plaintive cry. He
lost no time In rousing his wife. and
the scared couple got up and opened
the window, which looked over the
grass plot beneath.
at was moonlight night, and the
objects around the house were easily
discernible, but there was nothing to
be seen In the direction whence the
eerie sound proceeded Now thorough
ly frightened, Lady Darlington called
her maid, who straightway wonld not
listen or look and fed In terror TO the
servants quarters The uncanny noise
continued for about half an hour, when
1t suddenly ceased. All at once a weird
cry Of 'Rossmore, Rossmore, Ross
more!' was heard. and then all was
still.
1.-THE Barringtons looked at each 9th
er in dismay and were utterly Devil
dered as to what the cry could mean.
They decided, however, not to men
ton the incident at Mount Kennedy
and returned to bed In the hope of re-
Stunning their broken slumbers. They
were not left long undisturbed, for at
Z o'clock they were awakened by
loud knocking at the bedroom door,
and Sir Jonah's servant, Lawler, en-
tered the room, his face white with
terror.
whats the matter-what's the mat
terT asked Sir Jonah. rs any one
deadT ooh, sir answered the man,
Lord Rossmore's footman has just
gone by In great haste, and he told me
that my lord, after coming from the
castle. had gone to bed in perfect
health, but that about half past this
morning his own man, hearing noise
in his masters room, went to him and
found him in the agonies Of death, and
before he could alarm the servants his
lordship was dead"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18
AN ARCTIC DAWN.
The Scene az the Sun Comes Up Aftss
Six Months Of Darkness.

The return Of the sun after the six
months night or the polar regions Is a
moment not TO be forgotten. Ejnar
Mlkkelsen. In his book, Lost In the
Arctic" describes the scene and tho
emotions IL aroused.
''The loneliness is so immense every
thing seems dead or In a trance, wait
ing, as we, for the advent OF the life
giving sun. At last the day arrives
when II should appear. but we do not
see II, for the weather is cloudy,
stormy and foggy. Not until the fol-
lowing day. Feb. 10, do We see its red
disk once more. We stand outside the
house waiting. At the end of half an
hour we begin to grow impatient
AT last it comes. The glow to the
southwark deepens until ii almost
hurts the eyes: the mountain tops are
tinged with rose. slowly extending
downward toward us; then suddenly
red gold ray is flung out over the
ice. and we give a mighty shout Of
welcome-a cheer for the herald Of
summer-summer that is to bring us
our deliverance.
"And we are not the only beings that
rejoice. Far up above US sounds the
astonished cry OF n raven. II was fly
ing eastward. but on seeing the sun II
changes it's course and steers right for
II, with mighty strokes OF its great
heavy wings. and calling. glad as we
to see the sun, fire worshiper, as also
we have grown TO be. We follow Il
with our eyes until II disappears in the
eye of the sun. Happy ravenl II we
had but wingsw
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18
Sand Cure For Fstieus.

One OF the most efiicacious cures for
fatigue from overwork consists In
walking barefoot In sand. The nerves
Of the sole and heel are slightly irri-
lated by coming In contact with the
grains and accelerate the circulation
OF the blood in all parts Of the body.
The effect produced is highly invigor-
ating. Besides this the monotony OF
an ample extent Of yellow sand exer-
cises a soporihc effect on the brain
which induces sleep-Exchange