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Evening star., 1913-12-09
FIRE AT DERWOOD, ND,
cAUSESL0SS OF $4,000
J. N. MuIlinix's Mill Destroyed.
Washington Firemen Make
Fast Run to Scene.

No. Il chemical company last night
made run to Derwood. Montg gomery
county. Md. distance of 17s4 miles.
III forty-siX minutes. The company went
in response to a request received for as
sistance III fighting a fire in the three
story frame flour mill owned by Joseph
NJ. Mullinix.
Shortly before 4 clock Yesterday after
noon fire broke out III the third story
OF the flour mill. The wind was blowing
almost a gale, and in a short time the
building was in ruins. Sparks and pieces
of burning wood were carried over a
wide area by the wind. In this way a
warehouse near the mill and u stable and
chicken house 200 yards away, all of
which belonged to Mr.. Mullinix. caught
afire and were destroyed. The residences
of Maynard Hoyle and James II. Trout,
also about 2Go yards from the mill, were
set ablaze. but the flames were eXtin-
guished before much damage had been
done. Half mile away fodder in a
field on the farm of Walter MobIey was
burned. and 1t was WITH difficulty that
a large rick of straw near the Mobley
barn was prevented from igniting. The
destruction of the Baltimore and Ohio
station also was narrowly averted.
Evening star., 1913-12-09
To Subscribers:

Subscribers to The Star
who are served by the route
boys will confer a favor by
promptly reporting to The
Star Office, either i'll person,
by telephone or by mail, any
negligence on the part of the
route boys.
Evening star., 1913-12-09

To have the property at 2J66 University
place. 4 farm i'm Harrison county. Ky.
is devised TO the Washington Loan and
Trust Company. in trust. to sell and di
vide the proceeds between the decedents :
daughter Mary W. Andrews. and the
son. The trust company is named as
executor.
Evening star., 1913-12-09

of them of THE Trail of the Lonesome
Pine" Jack Hendley and company nave
an amusing farce, THE Troubles OF the
Browns" The surprise party the addeu
feature last night made its usual mt.
Tonight and tomorrow night the country
store will be the extra feature; Thurs-
day night, the prize dancing contests:
Friday night. the amateurs. and Frlday
afternoon at I o'clock the children
Christmas treat the toy store, a IA
Norite with the Youngsters.
Evening star., 1913-12-09
Work With Buckets for Hours.

a hundred or more persons iabored for
several hours with nothing more effect
i've than buckets of water to subdue the
flames and prevent their spreading. They
finally became so worn out that Wash
ington was called on for assistance No.
II chemical company reached Derwood
shortly after 10 O'Clock. The fire was
practically under control when the fire
men arrived. but to prevent the smolder-
ing embeTs from being scattered by the
winds, the company remained Oh the
scene until :; o'clock this morning.
The contents CT the mill. which consist
ed of u large quantity OF wheat. flour,
ETC. We're lost. Alr. MulliniN pla ces his
loss at about S12.0Go. about one-half OF
which is covered by insurance. What
caused the fire is not known.
Evening star., 1913-12-09
WILLS FILED FOR PROBATE.
Bequests by George w. Dutton and
Mrs. Amende. Respectively.

BY the terms of the will of George
". Dutton his personal estate and a
life interest in premises 1881 Ilth street
Evening star., 1913-12-09

Mrs. William NJ. Ellicott of Baltimore
told the Federation of Women's Clubs
that she would go to Annapolis during
the legislature and work for minimum
wage for women law.
Evening star., 1913-12-09

II YOU want work. read the want coli
unns of The Star.
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The Washington times., 1913-07-02
The Stories Of
Famous Novels
By Albert Payson Terhune


No. 43.-TEN THOUSAND A YEAR. By Samuel Warren
T1TMoUsE In
and cheap dissipation He had lonsinss
Cannon that
year.
wife and children and his
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belonged older branch
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The Washington times., 1913-07-02
Here's a Book

"A Man Worth WHILE" by John Phil
lips Meakin. published by the author.
at Washington. D. c.
An INTERVENING Of a series Of essays
forming as q whole an earnest appeal
for honest manhood with philosophic
advice as to how to act and live on
earth. forms the subject matter Of this
book. Besides words Of wisdom and
cheer by the author. excerpts from
famous poems are given which tend to
calm the spirit and provide balm and
encouragement to tired hearts.
Although these are not just exactly
like other essays. lacking in technique
and form when compared with the work
Of moro famous writers. John Phillips
Meakin is to be thanked for his bright
and sturdy philosophy. and for the very
simple and direct manner In which he
states his premises.
His work is the kind which strikes
deep. yet which il capable of being
grasped by the great mass of hu-
manity. the rank and file who make a
nation. His message would reach the
heart Of the worker. the factory hand.
or the laborer when the more intricate
" construed phrases of the more pol
ished essayist would be utterly un-
comprehensive.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

much to precpitate the present clash between the
Bulgars on one side and the three other countries
On the other. Europes diplomacy has been sadly
ineffective throughout the present crisis. Why should
it be useful? Consider that the armies now in the
field are in numbers and seasoned quality approxi-
mately match for the tremendous establishment of
Germany, and it will be apparent why power will
care to interfere
At the beginning of the war with Turkey there
was an understanding among the allies that Russia
should arbtrate differences that might arise at the
end of the contest. That agreement like every
other arbitration understanding, proved not worth
the limsy paper on which the memorandum was
written, when it brought face to face with the
imminent problem of vital national interests.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
LATEST SULZER ATTACK.

The effort to make political capital to the injury oil
Governor Sulzer and the advancement of Tammany
through cooked-up story of ancient perjury
having failed, the enemies of the governor now come
forward with marvellous breach Of promise suit
A young woman in Philadelphia sues "one William
Sulzer of New York"-supposed to mean the gov
ernor-for breach of promise to marry her. She
goes back decade to the beginning of the alleged
relationship that brought about promise of mar.
riage. Five years and more ago the governor
married another woman. Not peep was heard from
the present plaintiff at that time. Seemingly, her
heart did not yearn for balm until about the time
when the governor got into his great fight with Tam
many, and it became necessary for his enemies to
find wherewth TO discredit him.
Mystery thus far surrounds the action, save only
that this aspect of it seems all too plain Ii is a
nasty performance, that will help the governors
cause, and at least will not injure him. Tammany
Hall in the role of the good and vrtuous critic OF
such man as Sulzer is spectacle for men and gods
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
THIS CHANGING WORLD.

Some things, by growing very big, make others
very small in this world.
Columbus thought the planet perhaps 10000 miles
in circumference. Stubbing his unsuspected
continent, he found out his error
Jules Verne sent one of his impossible heroes
around the world in eighty days few years ago;
good story, but lacking in elements of probability
Today the record is, We believe, about half tina,
period, and the New York Sun is just starting a
'trotter" to make the tour in thirty6ve days, with
considerable hope that he may succeed.
The world grows smaller and smaller all the time
just in proportion the things in it get bigger. One
institution that keeps getting bigger is suggested
by the fact that the armies of three princpalities in
Bahama none of them big enough to deserve to be
called nation, are starting battle described as
140 miles long
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
MORE WAGES FOR NAVY YARD.

1t is quite beyond comprehension that an
employer so consderate and intelligent in some
directions as Uncle Sam should be so narrow and
fugyish in others.
Certain classes of his employees seem to have
genius for absorbing all the consideration and aten-
tion. The rural mail carriers easily head the
list Everybody knows they get their pull at the
paptap because they are presumed at least to have
political influence with the rural voters. On the
other hand the navy yard employees in this town,
after struggle covering years for better wages and
working conditions, are just this month getting an
increase of wages amounting to 10 per cent. They
ought to have had it long ago.
But the great army of the civil service rank and
file goes on and on under the salary schedule that
was made to govern them before the civil war. The
efficiency of the organization, its ability to attract
the good and hold the best workers steadily deter
orates More and more the Government clerks and
experts try desperately to better their condition by
exerting influence within the service or by getting
out of it.
If Washington were great commercial and
industrial CENTER like most great capitals, these
ditions would correct themselves presently The
civil service would be utterly unable to hold its COM
petent people in competition with private employment
and opportunity. But the greatest industry by far
in Washington is that of working for the Govern
ment Once in that rut, there is limited chance to
get out. Men and women inure themselves to the
hopelessness and hepessness of their situation, and
struggle to exist on incomes that make anything
better than existence in the circumstances of life here
impossible.
Perhaps the new Administration doubts the JUS
tification for the disaffecton among civil service
workers Will it not, in the splendid program of
making Washington model homo city, at least take
the trouble to look into the facts, to ascertain and
analyze the exact conditions, to inform itself con-
cernng the relations between wages and living costs
for this great element of Washingtons population2
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
Learn One Thing 1
Every Day.
9.GLASS.

9.-&JEASS.
i"H HE chief ingredient Of g1aao -
silica We nnd silica in snnd.
Another thing neesssazy i pot-
ash. which can b g0efen fsum
wood ashes. These are the two most
important articles. but, m addition. vs
must have soda. lime. lead. and char
coal. All these things are MIXED up To-
gether like big pudding. The mtxturs
L. placed in a pot Of hreproof clay and
put into furnace. This furnace - very
hot. The fire melts the contents oe the
pot TIL the mixture becomes a. thin -
water.
1t has to go through several changes
so that the impurities that would dis-
color II or weaken II may be removed.
Then 1t In allowed to cool little %
that II becomes like q paste. Next .
man with blowpipe "a thin pipe about
five feet long, with q wooden mouth
piece) sticks one end of the pipe In the
sticky stun and blows. He makes q
bubble Of glass. still soft because rs
hot.
Now, II he wants to shape this into .
bottle he places In IL q mold. The pres
sure of air on the inside and the walls
of the mold on the outside shape the
glass into a bottle. Glass has to be
cooled gradually. II 1t were allowed to
cool quickly 1t would be too brittle to
handle.
plate glass il made by pouring the
nasty stun upon a metal table, raised at
the edges. It takes i've days for plate
glass to cool It II then polished for
hours.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
CONTRACTING CONVICT LABOR.

boy of thirteen years, an inmate of the House
of Correction at Baltimore, was punished repeatedly
by the last because he did not accomplish the regu-
lar stint of work assigned to him under the States
contract with shirt-makng firm. He was to sew
certain parts" of $50 shirts day. The boy is
described as not vicious, but mischievous also, as
tubercular in tendencies At the end he died follow
ing one of his punshments; and now Maryland is
having spasm of worrimen its contract convict
labor system.
The boy was put under the lash-this sickly
child for whom commitment to such a place was
certain to mean ruin if it did rot mean death-for
failure to perform his allotted task. He was not
sent there to reform improve him, but to extract
from him. to the gain of the State and the contractors
certain amount of work, and to punish him.
1t is hard to realize a civilized Commonwealth
still adhering to the medieval methods of the nqui-
sition; yet Maryland is not alone in them. The con-
tract labor system in penal institutions produced
Cox scandal in Ohio, and time and again in Mary
land and other States such brutates this of the
House of Correction. Yet it persists.
There can be no such thing as a contract convict
labor system without abuses. There never has been
and never will be. The industrial concern that will
brand its product the output of convcts must neces
sarily in the face Of public prejudice against convict
competition be lost to considerations of anything
profits The last is needed to grind out the profits;
so the brutal gu ds the brutalized contractors, and
the brutaIzing system unite to employ this method.
If the problem of convict employment had not
been so we'll solved in many communities, the Mary
land case would not be excuseessly anachronistc
Minnesota's model penitentiary operates great
binding Irvine factory which makes the State COM
paratively free from the impositions of the twine
combination There is no protest against the con-
victs competing with free labor; the penitentary
costs the State little nothing and the great ag-
cultural interest enjoys a substantial benefit
Convict labor on highways is now developed to
system whose efficiency is not seriously questioned
Maryland has huge financial problem of its road
building campaign to confront. Why not use the
convcts there? In any case, the contract system with
the last as its spur must be abolished if Maryland IS
to retain self-respect.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
THE LOBBY INVESTIGATION RAGE.

Seemingly, the business of investigating the lob
bies is going to be the chief business of the heated
term. .-
The Senate has an inquiry already under way,
and doing pretty well, it would seem. The House
insists having another, of its own, for reasons
not very obvious.
Now comes from New York announcement that
former State Senator Stilwell charged with taking
brbe, exonerated by the Legislature and then con-
victed in criminal court and sentenced to the PEN
ientiary, is ready to tell all he knows about the
lobby at Albany-about the use of graft, brbes,
influence, and all the vileness that so long have
characterized the government of the Empire State.
If Shlwe confesses in the hope of pardon, the
authorities should stipuate very full confession
His crime was egregious, his sentence severe. He
ought to be required to tell very complete and
detailed story in consideration of getting off.
If he does tell il, the Albany legislature will miss
a lot of familiar faces before long, and Sing Sing
will have to contribute literally when the quorum
call is raised.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
THE NEW WAR IN TURKEY

Not since Mukden have there been reports from
any battlefield of such lineup of Titanic forces as
that which is described in Bahama The Turk has
disappeared as completely if his empire were de-
stroyed and his people exterminated. He is not
factor. But in place of the former combatants we
see Bulgaria's army, estimated at 4OO,O0 men, op-
posing itself to the united forces of Serva Greece
and Montenegro, probably considerably larger in the
aggregate Moreover, they are all armies of tried
fnd tested veterans. None of them has ever known
defeat. They prepared for a new war, with
every indication of readiness to bring to the conflict
even more of bitterness than was displayed in the
old
Spread over a battle front said to be l4O miles
long, these tremendous armaments are in touch at
many points, and the fighting is said to have been
vicious. The governments are all engaged in des-
perate efforts to avoid responsibility for the clash,
and for weeks it has been apparent that maneuver-
ing for political advantage was quite as important
with them as the strategic movements for military
advantage.
The powers of Europe want the clash avoided,
and it is now pretty plain that they will fail The ex-
tent to which their rope-ofsand entente was able to
exert real influence in compelling little Monte
negro to .evacuate Scutari. 1t is not improbable
that If all the diplomatic inwardness could be re-
sealed it would be shown that that move contributed
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
Gross Ignorance.
SSISTANT DISTRICT

A SSISTANT DISTRICT ATTOR-
~ NEY CLARK was conducting a
~ case in the criminal court the
other day. A large. rough
shouldered negro was in the witness
chair.
AN then" said the witness. I'VE all
went down in the alley an shot q few
crap"
"Ah." said Mr.. Clark. swinging his
eyeglass impressively. Now. sir,
want you to address the Jury and tell
them Just how you deal craps"
"wass that?" asked the witness. roll
ing his eyes.
Address the jury. SIR" thundered
Mr.. Clark. "and tell them just how you
deal craps"
"Lemme outen heah." said the wit
ness, uneasily. "Ftrs' thing I know
this gemman gwine ask me how to
drink a sandwich. Chron-
ice-Telegrapb
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
Fine for Mamma.

TITLE Sarah was watching her
mother. who was ironing some
IL linen.
rs 1t hard work to iron.
mamma" she asked.
Pretty hard sometimes the mother
replied.
The little girl was thoughtful a mo-
ment, then she exclaimed:
"Oh. mamma, wouldn't 1t be fine II
you had married q Chinese laundry
manT-Youngstown Telegram.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
Evil Days for the Stage.

-HE kind-hearted woman had given
the frazzled tourist a generous
supply Of cold victuals.
Haven't you any regular trade
or occupation?" she asked him.
'Yes'm." he answered, with his mouth
full. Pm an actor"
Cant you find anything to do on
the stage?"
NO. ma am: they amt usin' any real
actors on the stage these days"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

If it weren't that the COM
posing room asked US to ease
up on the fancy stuff during
the hot wave, we'd ask 'em
to set in q boldface BREWER
box the news that Messrs-
Kracker and Bready are Po.
catello, Idaho, bakers.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
THIS& THAT
ON SLEEPING IN THE OPEN.
WIh .Somefsmes q Lsfle erfAe OfAe,

III.
Yes, repeat, the open air!
The one and only place to sleep!
Oblivious to every care,
You tumble in, and slumber deep
Until the tuind, mild-Hke and sof-
Thy, gently blo,os the covers Of.
Exhausted by the burning heat,
Worn by the efforts of the day,
You take to the refreshing sheet
('Tis slang for the reviving hay)-
And then, from out the Silly night,
Mosquitoes come, and start to bite.
But il err, and none Of these
Intrudes upon the pleasant night,
Do not acquire the notion. please,
That everything will be all right
For then some other blooming thing
WIN come to spoil the e-pen-img.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
The Ia,o7I,48o,ooo

c. J.: "a million Of them will be
soaked of envelopes and an attempt
made to use them over again.
D. G. H.: This is the only one Of
them that will be on a contribution of
mine to the column" Chats unfor-
tunate: you show talent)
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

Why future excise commissioners
hope they won't be confirmed: II have
to be real good while you're around.
I'm afraid to take a drink"
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

The grand exalted eminence of waste
spizzerinktum will kindly consider itself
surpassed. A gentleman has been seen
trying to nip flies on the wing with a
pair Of scissors.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

Then. too. there's the fact that the
doctors are "astonished at mettle Of
men at Gettysburg" But practically
any one could hook up said mettle with
an iron constitution and get away
with II.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
A Dead One.

THE doctor says that will live about year"
That will be great change for you"
what wil?''
Living.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
It AccumuIates.

cttcus-I have not the streets Of New York
muddy for a long time.
like this long after election. is no
mud, you know-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

And 939,s11 of them. We compute, will
be enclosed for this little booklet"
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

Hot weather hint: Samuel e. Debs
pedestrian. has overtaken Edward Pay
son Weston. ditto. Do not excite sell
by reading details.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
Atlantic City Correspondence.

g. 8. K: A North Dakota man got
away from here Saturday without q
little red glass souvenir with his name
cut into 1t. They are on his trail.
Atlantic City. July l. cHoLLY.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

Dogs failing to show new licenses
within the next few days will be con-
fiscated. and We are just vindictive
enough to hope that the man owning
the surly brute three doors west Of US
is unable to get to City Hall before It's
too late.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

Among the prominent reasons that At
lantic City hostelries don't declare
larger dividends. believe one who has
been looking 1t up. are the railway time
tables. The author OF them has found
more inconvenient hours for starting
Atlantic City trains than we thought
there existed. It's positively uncanny.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

AS We pirouette to pressage not
over 81 persons have chided us abou,
the shortage in yesterdays column.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

Speaking OF interesting things, the
annual bank statements are about
due.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

On a pleasant January day we could
clutch this thing Of there having been
a storm over Capt T. NJ. Potts" and
pest in T. Potts. But at 1880 this
morning the mercury was three inches
beyond the top Of the Thermometer.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
Amusements.

Columbia-'In Aixxoura." Sis .. n.
PolfsE"The Talker." 2:15 and Sis p. N.
Cosmos-Vaudeville
Glen Echo-An amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and music
by Marine Band.
Marshall Hall-Boats leave Seventh
street wharf 10 a. m. $50 p. m. and
$50 y. m.
River View Park-Boats leave Seventh
street wharf. 10 a. m. , and p. m.
Steamer ST. Johns leaves Seventh street
wharf az p. m. every evening except
Saturday and Sunday for forty mile
tIlp On the Potomac.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

Bravely standing our ground, how
ever. We have given them all the
same answer:
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
What's on tie Program, IN
Washington Today

Opening Of the summer camps at Asso-
ciated Charities. Camp Good Wnl.
ROCK Creek Park; Baby Camp, Rock
Creek Park. and Camp Pleasant,
Deanwood Park. -
Concert by Alfonso Zelaya. under aus
pices Of washington Theosophical So
ciety, studio Hall. 121s Connecticut
Meeting Of Unity Council. No. .. indie
pendent Order, Sons Of Jonadab.
Eighth and I streets northeast.
oid-time Gospel meeting. Anacostia
Baptist Church. 7:6 p. m.
Washington Centenntaf Lodge.
No. "a: osiris. No. IS; King solomon.
No. 81, and East Gate. No. "a: Column
bia. No. /. and Brightwood. No >
ROYAL Arch chapters; Potomac Com
mandery, No. 3. X. T.: Areme Chap
ter. No. 10, o. E. g.
Golden Eagles-Harmony Castle. NO. 10.
wisconsin avenue and " street.
Odd Fellows-Eastern Lodge. No. .,
Harmony. No. 8: Friendship. No. L.
and Federal City. No. 20: Mt. Nebo
Encampment, No. g.
Red Men-White Eagle Tribe. No. II.
Pythian Temple; White Eagle Coun-
eli. NO 4. Fifth and G streets.
knights Of Pythias-Mt. Vernon Lodge.
No. 8, and Union. No. p; Friendship
Temple. No. 3, Pythian Sisters.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02

Sweattysburg, you might call it.
The Washington times., 1913-07-02
But If You Win the Other Man Loses.

G. S. K: Please help me to win a
bet. I have wagered you would safely
encompass the Fourth without kick
ing about having to work.