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Evening star., 1913-07-14
Anti-Americanism in Mexico.

The seriousness of the situation in
Mexico with reference to the security
Of Americans is illustrated by the
fact that the request was actually
made by students in the capital city
for permission to hold a demonstration
against citisens of the United States
yesterday. 1t Is true that the pro-
visional president Of the republic re-
fused TO grant this permission and the
day passed without disturbance beyond
the marching OF small groups through
the streets with occasional shouts Of
death to the Gringoes."
That tho proposal to hold an anti
American demonstration reached the
point Of evol1ing executive refusal IL
lustrates that there IL q pronounced
sentiment Of hostility on the part OF
the Mexican people which ID likely to
burst into violence at any time
Probably II. the students had proceeded
Evening star., 1913-07-14
A Plea.
Roses all a-wiltin'.

Roses all a-wiltin'.
Butterflies has lit.
De robin sing a little,
But he say he gineter quit.
Dey keeps a-sayin' mebbe
A breeze is gineter blow
Oh, Mistoh Weather Man.
Why can't you mention snow?
You might as well be sayin'
OF kind words jes' q few.
Dey makes us kind o. cheerful,
Even IL dey don't come true.
Oars no use bein' half way
Wifi comforts you bestow.
Jes' be as generous as you kin
An prophecy some snow.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
Complicated Strategy.

so you got your poem printed"
YES" replied the determined author.
Il sent the first stanza to Uncle Know-it-
alrs column, with the inquiry Can any
one give me the rest Of this poem? Then
sent in the complete poem over another
name"
Another egotistical man is the one who
thinks his remarks on the discomfort OF
warm weather are original and interest
ing.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
Useless Army Posts.
From the New York Times.

From the New Iofk IImes.
Secretary Garrison has begun his term
of office with a clear understanding, al
least of some Of the needs OF the army.
power to secure improvements The Sec'
retary of War can probably accomplish
much without the help Of Congress. Mr.
Garrison is hoping. as his immediate
predecessor vainly hoped, to get the CO
eliminate some. II not all. Of the super
fious army posts. These have been re-
tained merely because Of the political in
terests which have dominated IN Con-
gresS.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Popular science mas long been accus-
toned to surprise the gentle reader with
statement of the number of eggs in
a shad roe These calculations pale into
insignifcance before the announcement
that there are now billion eggs in cold
storage.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

The American actress who expects TO
startle London by wearing stockings en-
broidered with diamonds is wise. 1t Is
safer to wear the diamonds than TO have
them stolen. and the advertisement may
prove quite as effective
Evening star., 1913-07-14
A Change.

In days of yore when statesmen spoke
They quoted Latin verse,
While sporting writer's loved to joke
In phrases quantity terse.
But politicians now draw near
Whose slang your smiles engage.
While classic sentences appear
Upon the sporting page.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Literary circles are greatly agitated
over ths question of what funny story
IL was that President Woodrow Wilson
was reading ON his motor trip. This
much may be regarded as sure: ii was
not one of the sprightly outpourings OF
Col. George Harvey nor one of the gilt
terinS sarcasms of Col. Henry Waiter
son.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Secretary Daniels is demonstrating
what a man of thorough methods car
accomplish even in an unfamiliar field.
1t may be stated that before he gets
through there will not be much worth
knowing about a navy with which he Is
not familiar.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
Waste Of Homes.

From the Boston Herald.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger Is
worrying over the economic waste In
closing schools and churches through the
summer What Of the countless blocks
of choicer residences with the dust on
their doorsteps?
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Speculations as to what the progressive
party viii do are being INDUCED in
These speculations are complicated by
the theory that by 1916 there will not
be any progressive party.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Considerable Distance.

81 always walk "a considerable distance
when I go from here to Philadelphia, y
said the man who travels.
ITO save farer'
mo. To get from the front door of the
station to the train"
Evening star., 1913-07-14

No doubt the late j. Pierpont Morgan
had forgotten all about many Of the
items which appear in the inventory OF
his estate. It Is a trite saying that no
man of wealth has accurate knowledge
of the extent of his fortune.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
Cornish Is the Place.

From the Springfield Republican.
It is improbable that any one this sum-
mer misses Beverly In the news. Yet
Beverly was before Cornish. precisely a.
oyster Bay was before Beverly.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Conditions in Sing Sing prison are report
ed to be so bad that the prisoners are justi-
fled in so frequently taking advantage of
opportunities to escape.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Mr.. Bryan enjoys his summer lecture
tour and so do his audiences. aLecturing
is a forms of relaxation which. discreetly
managed, should harm no one.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

A students demonstration against
Americans offers the first suggestion that
has come to attention of Mexico City's
claim to note as an educational center.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Every summer brings out announce
ments of great improvements in air
ships. The announcements of aviation
fatalities also continue to be made
Evening star., 1913-07-14

vIn order TO avoid DELAYS on account or
personal absence. letters to THE SlAh sn1uia y
NOT he addressed TO any Individual connected
with the Office but simply 10 THE STAR. or TO
the Editorial or Business Department. according
L. tenor ~ purpose.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
Sparing His FeelinEs.

From the Chicago News.
President Wilson's political life Is an
open book to his countrymen, but why
are his golf scores kept secretf
Evening star., 1913-07-14

The statement that accidents will hap
pen OF the best regulated railroads can
not be regarded as having any claim 10
rank as a choice quotation.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
Foresight.

IF you children are good said Mr.
Bliggins. I'll take you to the circus
Make it ball game" replied the eld-
est There might not be any more cir
cuses this year"
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Some of those remarkably fine letters
of recommendation in the possession of
Col Mulhall must now be regarded as
forever Cancelled
Evening star., 1913-07-14

\ scientist asserts that noise is not a
necessity. 1t is assuredly not a luxury
The question arises, What is noise?'
Evening star., 1913-07-14

IL is difficult TO make a tariff speech
that will make as profound an impress
sion as daily reading OF the thermometer.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Wall street fairly shudders at the idea
of wolf in bulls or bears"
clothing.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
Travelling Cabinet.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Secretary Bryan will have to travel fast
,f he keeps up with Secretary Daniels.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
Wife's Work.

From the Boston Transcript.
Many a self-made man Is too mean to
admit that his wife was the architect
Evening star., 1913-07-14

The Evening star. with the Sunday morning
edition i delivered hy carriers within the city
~ - cents per month: daily only. 25 cents per
month. Sunday only. % cents per month oauens
may IL. sent by mail or telephone Main 244o.
Collection is made by carrier ut the end OF eacn
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Payable in advancc-by mail, postage prepaid.
Daily Sunday included. one month. so cents
Daily. SUNDAY excepted. one month. 90 cents.
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Every investigation is expected to de-
velop a vindication somewhere.
Evening star., 1913-07-14
The Evening Star Newspaper Company.

Business Office. iIth st. and Pennsylvania Avenue.
New York Office: Trihune Ruidng.
Chicago Offcc: First National Bank Building.
European otice Regent ST, London. England
Evening star., 1913-07-14

Entered as second class mail matter at the post
office st Washington, II. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
BOEHM BID IS ACCEPTED.
Upper Parts of Wreck of the Julia
Luckenbach to be Removed.

Col. Lansing Beach United States engi-
neer officer in charge of the Chesapeake
bay channels. has been authorized by the
chief of engineers. United States Army,
at this city, to enter into a contract with
the Eugene Boehm Wrecking Company of
the upper parts of the wreck of the
In midchannel in Chesapeake bay near
Tangfer Island, so as to leave forty-five
feet of water over the wreck on low
water, and contract for the work has
been sent to the firm for it's signature.
When the bids for the removal of the
wreck were opened about week ago
there were five bidders to leave forty-five
feet of water over the wreck and one to
remove it entirely. After figuring on the
bids that of the Atlantic City firm of
Sill 1872, which was the lowest. was &C
cepted. Under the terms of the contract
work must be started on the removal Of
the wreck within thirty days after the
acceptance of the bid.
The Julia Luckenbach was sunk in a
collision with the British steamship In
drakula early in the past spring. She
sank in Sixty-five feet of water within a
few minutes after the vessels came to-
gether, and in the accident the master
of the Luckenbach, his wife and about
twenty of the crew were drowned. 1t is
thought that many bodies are still aboard
the wreck. The Julia Luckenbach was
built in 1862 and before becoming an
American ship had been under the Dutch
and Austrian flags.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Howe's Travel Festival.

The wondrous natural scenery of the
Grand Canyon in Arizona is to be por-
trayed by Lyman H. Howe at the CO.
lumbia Theater tonight, on the occasion
of the final travel festival of the sea-
son. This chasm has been fgnratively
described as nature wounded unto death.
with colossal cash, two hundred miles
in length and a mile in depth. in her
barred breast from which is flowing a
stream of lifeblood-the Colorado river:
A motor trip through the Valley OF
the Var in Southern France: visit to
fashionable Trouville and the unique Cha
teau Chambord: revue of life on board
the battleships of the French, English
and Italian navies: yachting off Cowes.
England: a pictorial excursion through
quaint .'Old Heidelberg with it's pic
turesque castle: a railroad ride through,
under and over the st. Gothard tunnel:
a study in palmistry and the rescues
Of survivors through raging seas from an
immense ship which has been dashed on
the rocks are some of the other an
nOunced features.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
ESCAPE DEATH IN CRASH
Harry A. 0rme and Son Injured
When Auto Crashes Into
UnIighted Wagon.

Harry A. Orme, well known in auto
year old son. Harry Orme. jr., had a
narrow escape from death in an automo-
bile accident between Washington and
Baltimore Friday night. They had been
in Baltimore and were returning to
Washington by road late in the evening.
Mr. Orme says that they were hurry
ing back to Washington to keep an i'm
portant engagement, so they had their
machine running fast
Ten or fifteen miles above Laurel, Md,
Mr.. Orme states that they passed the
brow of a hill on the Washington-Balti-
more boulevard and found the road
blocked with stone wagons that had been
used in repairing that section of the
road
Wagons Unlighted, He Says.
He says there were no lights on any
of the wagons, and that the only light
in the vicinity was lantern in the
hands of a night Waterman about 30
yards further along the road.
The automobile struck the nearest
wagon, demolishinG it, while the car was
driven through a telegraph pole beside
the road. The car was demolished and
Mr.. Orme and his son were both thrown
out They were badly bruised by the
fall. and cut by the glass of the wind
shield. but escaped fatal injury by a
narrow margin.
Both Mr.. Orme and his son were car
ried to a neighboring farmhouse, where
they remained for the night, and COM
pleted the journey to Washington by
rail Saturday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
OPEN AIR PLAY PLANNED.
Proceeds Will Be Applied to Fund
to Save belmont"

A further step toward raising funds to
save Belmont. the Barber estate at 14th
and Belmont streets, is to be taken early
in September. 1t is planned to give a
play 1.-The Old Vermont Farm" the
parts in which will be taken by amateur
performers. Mrs. G. Stuart BrOdock Will
train the actors.
Men and women prominent in official.
business and social life of Washington
have taken up the project of raising the
$10CO0 necessary to preserve the estate
to the city as a public park and prevent
1t becoming the site of apartment houses
and it is expected that the play, which
will be presented on the estate at )
o'clock the evening of September 10 and
II. will add materially to the money al
ready raised.
The Sunshine Club of Washington is
sponsor for the play. The affair will be
al fresco, with the seats in sections very
much like theater seats, and with a num-
Der of boxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
GRASS GROWING ON DECK.
Lighter Owned by Warner Stutle1
Hauled Out for Repairs.

With beautiful crop of grass and
other vegetation that has sprung up
between the boards Of the deck, a
lighter owned by Warner Stutler is out
on Benefits railway for repairs. The
vessel sank at her wharf on the Eastern
b-snch about month ago, leaving her
neck exposed, and I'm that time grass a
foot high. and weeds of various kinds
have grown until almost the entire up
per part of the scow, which is forty
feet long and about twenty feet wide,
looks like floating garden. The
lighter is to be rebuilt
A large lighter belonging to John Null
Ter a. Co.. which is used in the trans
portation of bricks and clay from Little
Hunting creek to the Eastern branch,
has completed repairs at Benefits and
has resumed service for her owners.
Several lighters belonging to the local
sand and gravel companies are at the
Alexandria shipyards to be rebuilt, and
Will be turned over to their owners this
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
"A Rolling Stone. "

Al. H. Wilson will be the attraction
at the Columbia Theater for a week, be-
ginning Monday, September 8. in his
new song play. "A Rolling Stone" by
Herbert Hall Winslow, author of THE
Vinegar Buyer" and under the manage
ment of the Louis B. Mayer Company
and Ben Stern. The company is under
the direction of Robert Milton, formerly
stage director of the New Theater. The
elaborate stage settings are by Charles
H. Ruete, who painted all Of the settings
for the late Henry 3. Harris most
prominent productions. "A Rolling
Stone is described as a comedy with
music, but it is said to have occasional
touches of the pathos and melodramatlc
incident that the admirers of the young
star have grown to look upon as neces.
sary, because the coming to the aid or
beauty in distress and a thrilling but
bloodless contest seem to be expected in
Wilson play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
LOCAL FREIGHT FIGHT
AN|SSUE IN CONGRESS
Resolution by Representative
Lmthicum of Maryland
Calls for Information.

To dissolve the intercorporate relations
existing between railroads and steamship
companies doing business in Baltimore.
and also in Washington to some extent
as first step in forcing these lines TO
make free store door deliveries OF freight.
is outlined in a resolution introduced in
the House yesterday afternoon by Rep
resentative Linthicum OF Maryland.
1t Is Mr. Linthicum's idea that IL the
understanding supposed to exist between
the competing" lines should be broken
up a real competition would necessarily
follow. making store door delivery OF
freight a probability.
Request for Information.
The resolution asks that the President
be requested to direct the Attorney Gen
eral to transmit to the House what. IL
any, information he has respecting the
intercorporate relations Of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com
pany apd the New England Navigation
Company, the Hartford and New York
Transportation Company and the Mer
chant and Miners Transportation Com
pany and the control by the said railroad
companies of the said navigation and
transportation companies"
Relations Of Railroads.
He is requested also to transmit what II
any. information he has respecting the
intercorporate relations of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, the Philadel
pha, Baltimore and Washington Rail-
road Company. the Delaware railroad.
and the Baltimore, Chesapeake and At
lantic Railroad Company and the Mary
land. Delaware and Virginia Railroad
Company. and the control by the three
first mentioned railroads of the two last
| mentioned railroads: also to advise the
House whether or not proceedings under
| the act Of July 2, 1890. to dissolve the
relations of ali of said companies have
| been begun or are contemplated"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
OPPOSES CARAVANS BILL.
District Delegate Association Favors
Half-and-half Plan.

Members of the District Delegate As
ISOLATION yesterday expressed themselves
as being opposed to the bill introduced
In the House Friday by Representative
Caraway of the House District commit
tee. providing for the abrogation of the
half-and-half plan for raising revenues
for the District government.
Chairman Roy c. Clafiin of the asso-
citation declared there is no necessity
for the adjustment of the half-and-half
plan, and that the residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia are not dissatisfied
with the general provisions of the So
called organic act of 1878.
Mr.. Clafiin and other members of the
District Delegate Association agree with
Representative Caraways contention that
the residents of the District of Columbia
should be enfranchised, but hold that, as
the federal government owns practically
half of the land within the boundaries of
the District, the government should bear
It's half of the expenses of maintaining
the District government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Garden.

The regular fall and winter season OF
the Garden Theater. under the direction
of Tom Moore. opens tomorrow, Labor
day. with a moving picture presentation
of 1.-The Wife of CAIN with Helen Gard
ner in the leading role. Miss Gardner is
said to be seen at her best as the distract.
ed mother Wednesday and Thursday
the attraction will be Nat G. Goodwin in
a dramatized version of Dickens tmmor-
tai story, OLIVER Twist in five parts
Mr. Goodwin essays the part of Fagln
The feature Friday and Saturday will be
William Jefferson, son of the late Joseph
Jefferson, in the melodrama, Wanted by
the Police" Mr.. jefferson is seen as Billy
West, the fastest telegraph operator II
the world.
The theater has been newly decorated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
BAND Of SUFFRAG|STS
PROMOTING CAMPAIGN
Rides Through Streets With
Horns and Banners in
TaIIy-Ho Coach.

A small band of suffragists. in a tallyho
coach gayly decorated. caused a commo-
ton in the downtown section of the city
yesterday. The demonstration was made to
attract attention to a suffragist rally 10
be held this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
at the Columbia Theater. when Judge
Ben B. Lindsey of the Denver juvenile
court is to be the principal speaker.
The suffragists announced their coming
by the footing of a tally-ho horn. Mrs.
Jessie Hardy Stubs of Chicago. armed
with a megaphone. invited people along
the streets to come to the meeting. She
kept up a running speech on woman SUI
frage and Judge Lindsey's achievements
Bunting in Evidence.
The coach was hung with festoons Of
yellow and white bunting and even the
horses were decorated. Small yell
low flags were waved by Miss Alice
Paul. Miss Ruth Noyes. Miss Mabel
Vernon, Mrs. f. S. Tinncy, Mrs. NJ *.
Clagett and several others. On the back
of the tally-ho was a large sign an
nouncing the meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
NELLIE MATTHEWS FREED.
Lena Fisher, Arrested With Her in
Hotel. Also Released,

Nellie G. Matthews. the woman arrested
in a room in the Fritz Reuter- Hotel
Thursday alter Detective Cornwell and
Assistant United States Attorney s. Nc
Comas Hawken had broken the door
down, and who has been held at the
Washington Asylum Hospital since. was
released yesterday on an order signed by
Assistant United States Attorney Proctor
Lena Fisher. the young woman found
in the room with the Matthews woman il
a very weak condition. who the police
say was assaulted by Miss Matthews. and
who has been under treatment at the
Washington Asylum Hospital. was also
ordered released.
Mr. Proctor declined to discuss
the woman's release. or talk about tho
matter in any way. Both of the women
are thought to have come here from Pitts
burgh, Pa. and 1t is probable they will
return there Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Chase's Next Week.

For Chase's second week Of polite
vaudeville, beginning at the Monday
matinee, September 8, Eddie Foy, the
comedian, and the Seven Little Foys
will be the headline attraction. AS sup
Elementary to the headline act is an
nounced Princess Toots Paka and her
Hawaiian troubadours in the character
istic songs, dances and revels OF the
native kanakas. The European Wonder
Gymnasts,' the Leo FARRELL troupe, is
another offering. An unusual operate
contralto voice will. it is stated, be re.
vealed by 1.-The Girl From Milwaukee.
Britt Wood. with his ACCORDION. his
husking dances and his backwoods chat
ter, is promised to keep the smile
strings at work. Herberts Loop-the-
Loop Dogs are another number. The
kinemacolor offering will be Mission
Bells" in two reels and the pipe organ
recitals will be given in the promenade
lounge at 80 o'clock and 1880 o'clock
and intermlSSlOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
HUNDREDS AT PICNIC.
Sunday School Reunion at Herndon
Va.-Nill Resumes Operations.
special Correspondence of The Star.


oIERNDON. Va, August 80, 1913.
More than 500 people attended the
annual union Sunday school picnic held
here Wednesday, four churches being
represented. Games and contests were
held both morning and afternoon, the
base ball game in the afternoon between
the Episcopal and Methodist schools re-
sulting in score of IL to IL in ten
innings.
The Herndon mill. which has been
closed since May, 1912. reopens about
Hutchinson, Orland A. Chamblin and
Albert S. Bates having formed a part
nership for it's control. Mr.. Bates has
been connected with the Waterford mill
for twenty-SiX years.
Prof III. +. Button principal of the
eighth district Agricultural High School.
at Manassas, has resigned to become
professor of agriculture at Vincennes
University, Vincennes, Ind.
Fairfax county school board met at
Fairfax Court House Tuesday. and Supt.
Nj. D. Halls salary was raised to $1,000
from $1,000, Mr.. Hall agreeing to remain
another year at the increased salary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Cosmos Sunday Concert.

Several new acts specially engaged.
several of last weeks program, three
new photoplays and varied orchestral
program by an augmented orchestra are
announced for the Cosmos concert today
Among the orchestral numbers are Over
ture, Barbecue" Schlepegrell; two
dances from Henry WILL" German
march, Laughing Love-" Christine: Sc
lection, La Flora del destino," Verdi
idyll, Smiles and Caresses.' Bendix: Sc
lection, Gypsy Love-" Lehar; serenade
Till; Venetian suite, Nevin; gavotte,