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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-03

BY virtue Of authority vested in the under
signed. will offer for sale by public auction
in front Of the premises. TUESDAY. THE
SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY. AID. 1919. AT
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the follow
ing real estate In the District Of Columbia. to
WIT: All of original lots numbered s. and part
Of original lot numbered IA. in square numbered
IL. beginning for the at the northwest
corner Of said lot IA and running thence east al
feet inches, thence south 60 feet to the rear
line of lot 2 In said square. thence west 81 feet
8 inches to southwest corner Of said lot IA. and
thence north 90 feet to the beginning.
Terms Of sale: Subject to two certain prior
deeds Of trust amounting to 81. $50. particulars
Of which will be announced at time OF sale:
balance cash. A deposit Of 500 required at time
Of sale. All conveyancing and recording at cost
Of purchaser. Terms to be complied with within
fifteen days from day of sale.
HARRY A. HEGARTY
ROSA F. DOWNING,
dp26-d&dS eSuGia1 Atfornpvs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-03
FOR RENT-HOUSES.
UNFCRNISHE ED.

800 18th ST. 10 RMS. AND BATHS. $4,000
1922 New Hampshire ave-. IA rooms ana
1901 Meridian St, 6 rooms. .$2oOO
ALONZO o. BLISS PROPERTIES.
35 n st NV Linen. 1862
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER. AUcT1oNEER.

ADAM A. WESCHLER. AUCT1ONEER.
Attorneys Sale of Valuable I'm
improved Real Estate on Goth
Street Between M and N Streets
NV, Containing About 1875
C0,,ore Feet
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
MISTAKES IN SHORTHAND.
Ridiculous Errors Made. Most Of Them
Due to vowels.

Due to NoWeis.
A volume could be filed with anus
ing stories of shorthand mistakes. the
greater number of them due to mis-
taken vowels. For instance. This day
is big with fate" was transcribed This
day is big with fat" while do not in
dulge in spite" came out "Do not in
dulge I'm Spit" and "A house of many
gables was transformed into "a house
of many gabbles." The use of a wrong
vowel may have the most amusing re-
suit, as in the phrase "Man, nov thy
SELF which was once converted in
the report of a sermon into MAN.
gnaw myself" To misplace a vowel
is in shorthand the easiest thing in the
world.
The reporting STYLE in which the
vowels are omitted altogether for the
sake of rapidlty. is responsible for the
famous American story of the short
hand clerk who tool down a note of
his wife's instruction TO "Be sure and
remember to bring home some CASTLE
SOAP" and as a result returned home
with a tin of oxtail soup.
Newspaper readers are sometimes as
tonished by mistakes on the part of re-
porters. Consider. for instance. the sur
prise of the readers of a certain staid
daily some years e when they learn
ed that a public man had the night be-
fore solemnly announced hat "All re-
forms In this country have been brought
about by Prussia The word the great
man had really used was pressure"
not Prussia" So, too. considerable as
constituent ives caused when "curates"
instead of pew rates. were reported
to be 'the greatest enemies of the
church." A somewhat similar type OF
error was perpetrated by the reporter
who made Lord Carnarvon say that
I'm these days clergymen are expected
to have the wisdom and learning of a
journeyman tailor" What he had said
was, of course, "a Jeremy Taylor" An
other reporter referred to John Bright
as 1.-The gamecock" instead of the
Gamaliel of Blrmlngham." and yet an
other transcribed his notes of Mr..
Chamberlain's remark '"They bring up
their puny popguns and spatter me
with abuse" as "They bring out their
penny popguns and spatter me with
peas"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
Grist From the Sport Mill
By STADIUM

in the wonderful time of l hour. 10
minutes and 1S seconds. has abandon
ed the career of being a professional
athlete and has hung up his shoes for
good. Wood. who is at present in To-
ronto. has found the running game far
from lucrative.
In his last swing around the Domin-
ion OF Canada. In which ne ran ten
hard races. the great British athlete
cleared but S26 outside of his ex-
penses. or about &c cents per mile, as
Stunning that Wood ran most of his
races at his favorite ten mile distance.
This experience. following a long run
of hard luck on the cinder path, caus-
ed Wood to toss up the sponge as a
runner. and he declares that, outside
OF doing a bit for fun now and then,
he is through with racing for all time.
Rugby football players Mt the univer-
stiles OF Oxford and Cambridge will in
all probability form a combined team
to undertake a tour OF the Pacific coast
Invitations were sent out by the Sec
rotary of the Oxford University Ath-
Ietic club 1t is intended should the
team be formed to play n series of
eight games against teams representing
the Leland Stanford and California
universities and club teams. The
matches will take place next autumn.
Manager Mack OF the Athletics now
owns a one-half interest In the Ath-
letics. this including stock In b club
and in Shibe park. The deal by which
Mr.. Mack has doubled his baseball
holdings makes him one OF the largest
owners of baseball stock In the major
leagues. Connie secured his addition
al stock from Frank L. Hough and
Samuel II. Jones. who have been Dr.
rectors OF the Athletics since 1902.
In announcing the deal Mr.. Mack
said:
'"rhe proposition to sell out their in-
terests In the club by Messrs. Hough
and Jones was made some time ago,
and 1t did not take long for US to come
TO an agreement as to what t--eir
shares were worth. They disposed Of
their stock in the club as well as in
the ball park to me. So that l now
have a one-half interest In each"
THE deal makes the Shibes and Man
aeer Mack the sole owners OF the Ath-
letics. President b. +. Shibe, who,
with his sons. Thomas and John. owns
so per cent OF the stock In the park
and the ball club. Is well pleased
th4t, as Directors Hough and Jones
hah decided to retire, Connie secured
their holdings. Ever since the club
was organized President Shibe and
NJ. Mack have worked for the good
of the American league without thu
slightest friction.
Manager Mack set at rest some re-
ports that have been In circulation
about his players.
III desire to say positively that ned
tper Bender nor Oldring is on tbs
market. l intend to retain both Of
these players"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

"At twenty-five he swore he would
never marry"
"Most of them do"
AT thirty-five he decided on a house
keeper"
Its usually the way"
Now at forty-fve he's In the hands
of a trained nurse"
1.-The next step, naturally"
Yesterday he declared that II she
was able to pull him through he'd hunt
up and marry the first middle aged
widow he could find"
Hes gone the route, all right"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
She Was WiIlIno.

did young Charlie Goldie call ON
you last night?'
YES. He calls almost every night"
THAT sounds serious. What sort OF
young man is he-pretty intelligent"
Intelligent! Why. say, he doesn't
know enough to embrace an opportunt
ty."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
Good Company.

=" met Billy Bumstead yesterday,
and he told me he had just had a very
pleasant visit of a couple of hours with
you"
Eyes. He seemed to enjoy the visit
very much. He used the entire time
telling me about himself Chicago
Record-H Herald.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

With all the modesty becoming a
hero Of the gridiron Ed Hart, captain
Of Princeton's championship football
eleven of 1911. is learning the fish bust
ness in Seattle. Writers i'm Seattle re-
Gently dug Hart up from the oblivion
he had cast himself into and put him
back into the public prints.
The prospects of an international uni
versity athletic meeting in America
the coming summer have become
brighter. Athletes of oxford and Cam
bridge universities are largely in favor
of Ii.
For several years no player figured
more in the news than Hart. He al
ways played a wonderful game and IS
entitled to rank with the foremost. He
could have coached half a dozen teams.
but instead he headed for the Pacific
northwest and plunged into a business
education.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
"A Pack Of Sheer Nonsense
A Majority Election.

II congratulate you." said the pref
ty girl.
"Why?" asked the young man. who
was n Of her many admirers.
Father and mother and | took a
straw vote last night and you had a
clear majority of one."-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
All Profit.

First vender of Besoms-I don't
know DIV you sells 'em for a penny.
/ steals the 'afts, / steals the birch and
I steals the bindin's and ave to ask
tuppence. Second vender of Besoms-
I steals EN- readymade.-Punch.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

tive from Rhode Island; second, she
has the important prestige of New
port ~conquests, and, third. she has the
natural personal charm and necessary
attributes of a society leader. Mrs.
Gerry may indeed become the leader
Of the house branch. She will live in
the handsome house Of her mother,
Mrs. Townsend, where on May 20, 1910,
abe became a bride.
Other well known women who will
be on the blue room list include Mrs.
Hoke Smith, wife Of the United States
senator from Georgia; Mrs. John Sharp
Williams, wife Of the United States
senator from Mississippi. and Mrs.
Richmond Pearson Hobson, wife Of
the representative from Alabama.
II william J. Bryan should get a
cabinet place the Nebraskan's wife
would become an important social per-
sonage in Washington. As the wife
Of Representative Bryan she did not
participate in social life to speak of,
being absorbed In completing her al
ready quite thorough education. But
she made a study Of Washington and
now knows the city both politically
and socially. Mn. Bryan L. a woman
Of pleasant manner and doubtless
would be q popular member Of the 30
ciai circle.
Washington people who know Mrs.
Albert Burleson, wife Of the represent
alive from Texas, were pleased when
soon after election 1t was said her hus-
band would be given a cabinet place,
probably that Of secretary Of the in
terror, for this would afford Washing
ton an opportunity Of renewing asso-
Citations with a woman already well
known there. Mrs. Burleson is a flu
emit writer and of the progressive col
lege woman type.
Mrs. James A. O'Gorman, wife of the
United States senator from New York,
would be another welcome addition to
the circle Of cabinet members wives.
Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, wife Of the
Pennsylvania representative, as the
wife Of q cabinet member would be
brought more fully into social promi-
hence than heretofore, although she
has had her share of social triumphs.
Washington society would be moth
ing new to Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley.
wife of the former government chief
chemist. DIR. Wiley has been talked
of for secretary of agriculture.
BACHELOR McoM6s
A bachelor member Of the cabinet
seems to be quite indispensable, and
william F. McCombs of New York.
chairman Of the Democratic national
committee, may get that honor. taking
the place of Postmaster General
Frank II. Hitchcock, the bachelor
member of the Taft cabinet.
One of the diplomatic families
which number the president elect and
Mrs. Wilson among their friends Is
that Of the Swedish minister and Nine.
Ekelgren. The latter was Laura
Jackson. daughter OF the late John P.
Jackson. whose family went to Wash
ington from New Jersey. For many
years the roster OF professors at
Princeton has included a member of
the Jackson family. Mime. Ekengren
is accomplished and has been promi-
nent in Washington society for many
years. She may be still more promi-
nent In the new administration. !
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

welt moved in after the death Of Presi-
dent Mckinley. The house mas been
remodeled and each year ~undergoes
a systematic overhaulfng.
MRS WILSON'S SOCIAL AIDS
That the president elect will leave
the social end Of the White House en-
urely to his wife is a safe prediction
And Mrs. Wilson will not lack for a
pable assistants In the family circle, for
her three daughters, Misses Margaret,
Jessie and Eleanor (named in the or
der Of their ages; Mrs. Perrin Cothran.
the only daughter of Mrs. George
Howe. Mr.. Wilson's sister, and Mrs.
Joseph Wilson Howe win be there to
help her with the social responsible
ties she win assume.
White House daughters have not
been very plentiful, and Mr.. Wilson's
arrival In Washington will mark down
the first instance of a president bring
ing with him three daughters, all of
whom r "out" In society. The girls
are talented and well equipped with
social graces. Miss Jessie Wilson IL
expected to take the same keen interest
In the welfare Of the poor girls Of
Washington that has been evtnced by
Miss Helen Taft.
THE WHITE HOUSE BABIES
With Mr.. Wilson president Washing
ton win have two White House babies,
hiS grandnisces, Josephine Cothran and
Virginia Paxton Howe. White House
babies have been more scarce than
White House society daughters. Jo-
sephtne win be about eighteen months
old when she takes her place al a
member Of the Wilson household in
Washington and viii be the real White
House baby. Virginia Howe, her cous
In, who win be the other official baby,
has no real cause to be offended, for
she In almost twice the age Of Joseph
Inc.
While these little misses are too
young to be accounted a part Of Wash
ington society, they are sure to be the
objects of much social petttng, at such
times eclipsing the Importance Of the
grownups. The president elect is great
~ attached to the fair haired, blue
eyed, laughing Josephine. Josephine
and Virginia win be White House play
mates. Virginia Is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Wilson Howe.
Taking second rank socially In the
new administration win be Mrs. Mar
shall. wife Of the vice president. While
Mrs. Marshall has never gone in for So
ciety to any great extent, she is a most
gracious person and otherwise thor
oughly qualified for her social duties In
Washington.
ON THE BLUE ROOM LIST
There have been the usual reports
since Mr.. Wilson's election concerning
the makeup Of his cabinet, and when
ever a new name has been mentioned
those who are assured of a part In so
cial functions In Washington during
the ensuing four years have made
1t h subject Of animated discus
sion. One of the women who unaues-
uonably Will be prominent In Washing
ton Is Mrs Peter Goelet Gerry. There
are three contributing causes to the
position she will take there. First
she will join the official circle by rea.
son of her husband appearing in Wash
ngton in the capacity OF a representa-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
Stoppino n FIGHT.

The Village Grocer-What are you
running for, sonny? The Boy-I'm try
In to keep two fellers from ightin'.
The Village Grocer-who are the fell
lows? The Boy-Bin Perkins and me
Puck.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
Preoeeupation.

whats the matter with that mans
farmY'
Corntossel. HE gets so interested
reading agricultural literature that he
forgets all about tendin' the crops an
the stock."-Washington Star.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

Fairy Stories Barred From Schools.
The fairy stories of Grimm and Of
Hans Christian Andersen are excluded
from the Austrian schools by a recent
order because OF their slight impor-
tance."-Boston Transcript.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
His Importance We'll Protected.

"ls he a man of much Importance In
this community"
II should say he is. A caller has to
pass through six ground glass doors
and explain his mission to three sec
retaries before he ever gets a glimpse
Of that man."-Birmingham AgeHsr.
aid. =
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
Might Use That Too.

Mrs. Hardin-Can you lend me a cup
OF sugar. an egg. a piece Of butter and
a.
Mrs. Testy-Yes, and it's too bad you
can't take home some Of our gas to-
cook things with.-Kansas City Star.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
Unfair to Expect More.

"Am / all the world to you. Jack.
dearT" b cooed. You are certainly
a fair portion Of It," he told her, and
so made the classy double play Of
pleasing her and keeping to the exact
truth--Boston Transcript.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

Father-What! Another new dress?
Daughter-You needn't be cross. /
bought 1t with my W money.
Father-Where did you get tit
Daughter sold your fur coat-Phil-
adelphia Telegraph.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

DIR. Young-I feel very much dis
couraged over my practice.
DIR. Elder-Cheer up. my boy! You
must have patience.
DIR. Young-Well. I hope I know that
much. II l had patients l wouldn't be
discouraged.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

Trotting meetings for next season In
New York and New Jersey have been
arranged as follows:
Parkway. July 20 to Aug. 1: Elem
ington. Aug. ) to g.: Monroe. Aug. II
to 10; Goshen. Aug. 10 to %: Troy.
Aug. 20 to 20; Orangeburg. Sept. 2 to
5; Kingston, Sept. o to -; Mineola.
Sept. % to %; Trenton, Sept. 20 to
Oct. 3.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

Alfred f. Wood. the famous English
runner, who in 1911 ran 1fteen miles
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25
Double.

She-what a singular chin Mrs. Fat
leigh has,
He-Singular? I should call IL MIN
ral-Boston Advertiser.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

At the annual meeting OF the Allan
tic Yacht club it was announced that
the commodore. j. Stuart Blackton.
and two of the trustees, Albert f.
Smith and Peter w. Rouss. will build
sloops to rae mex season in the 20"
class The yachts will be from VIII
liam Gardeners design.
The officers elected for 1913 were:
Commodore, j. Stuart Blackton; vice
commodore. w. b. Tylor: real com
modore, Arthur w. Teele; secretary,
Edward l.. Gran; treasurer. =. III.
Hart: trustees, ]. +. Alien, f. Palmer,
Peter w. Rouss and Albert Z. Smith;
membership committee. Kenneth Lord,
Thomas r. Hooper and ". d. Cash.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

At a meeting OF the stewards OF the
Jockey club the approval of the stew
ards was granted the Charleston Fair
and Racing association TO conduct a
racing meeting at Charleston, s. c.,
from Jan % to March %, inclusive. s.
II. Pettengill was appointed steward
TO represent the Jockey club. and the
following list of officials was approved:
Judge, w. +. Schultz; associate judge.
+. w. Gerhardy; steward representing
the Charleston Fair and Racing asso-
citation. ]. b. Campbell; clerk Of the
scales, Joseph McLennan, and starter,
james Milton.
The stewards in attendance were:
August Belmont, president; Andrew
Miller, Schuyler Parsons and Ii. X.
Knapp.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

Tracing the Family Tree.
My family dates back to the food
Now. that can't be so, Mac. Your
ok didn't belong to Noah's tribe"
NO; but he took along a Macintosh
when be saw how 1t was going to
rain-"-Washington Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30
SHARP CONFLICT
OVER REGULATION

Washington. September 2e.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission. in u brief to the Su-
premc Court In the so-called shreveport
cases, completed to-day. strongly contends
Tor power to prevent discriminate lions
road commissions. The conflict between Fed
eral and state Jurisdiction in the regulation
or rates Is sharply drawn In these cases.
which grew out OF orders by the Texas State
Railroad Commission. alleged to be dis
criminatory In favor OF Houston and Dallas
Tex, and against Shreveport. La
Tho Interstate Commerce Commission
dercd the Houston. East and West Texas
Company and the Texas and Pacific Railway
sulting from the exaction of rates on traffic
from Shreveport to Texas points that were
relatively greater than the rates maintained
OH like traffic to tho same destinations from
Dallas and Houston.
Tho rates traffic from Houston and
Dallas to other Texas points were made by
the Texas Railroad Commission. and the
railroads contest the power OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission to consider these
intrastate rates in connection with inter-
state commerce.
=. F.. Farrell. the commissions solicitor,
holds. however. that tho purpose OF the
Texas State rates was TO discriminate
against interstate commerce. and that Con-
power to prevent this. The provision of tho
Interstate commerce net, which exempts In
trastate traffic from the regulation OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission refers the
solicitor contends in his brief. to traffic
wholly within ono State, which does not
affect any other State.
To construe the law otherwise Mr.. Far
rell continues would inevitably have the
effect of clothing tho individual States with
control very large portion OF the
rendering impossible proper regulation OF
the remaining portion of that commerce.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30
WILL MAKE CHINA
BATTLE-GROUND
Japan Prepares to Plant Gar
risons Throughout Troubled
Republic.

London. September ga Peking
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says:
Japan is preparing to make China
battle-ground. Her rivalry with RUS
STA was not settled by the late war
No Japanese agreements exist
covering Mongolia The Japanese
policy has been devoted to preserving
the status quo in Manchuria. thus lcav-
ing her free TO take any necessary
countervailing steps.
The Japanese policy in China,
summed up, means the planting OF gar
risons without territorial leases, there
by guaranteeing the integrity of
China by forestalling others. AT Han
kow the garrison OF 1000 men will be
retained. Another probably Will he
planted at the Great Tayeh iron mines
nearby. Special Japanese concessions
under police control will DC demanded
at Marking. which policy Will be re-
peated at Flu Chow. Annoy and else
where. IN case OF trouble the ran
ways also will be demanded
The Japanese naval units will be
increased in Chinese waters There
will be no danger to British interests
If Great Britain displays her usual
flexibility.
Picking Is no longer the capital. tho
loss OF Mongolia and the absence OF
the usual intercourse rendering II i'm
potent and transferring the power TO
the south. Japan, with practically tho
whole Chinese revolutionary party
under lock and key in Tokyo. holds out
her hand to England. knowing that the
alliance is more important and neces-
sary than over"