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trian ambassador, and the recent death OF
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid.
Activities Of Army.

0SIASAt4Co VI RIAys
The army was fully employed through
out the year in patrolling more than
LOCO miles of Mexican border, in the eff
fort to enforce the neutrality laws. That
involved practically second mobiliza-
ton of troops in Texas, Arizona and Cali
fornia. Extensive plans for the heavy
reinforcement of the American garri-
sons abroad. in the Canal Zone. In
Hawaii and in the Philippines, were
launched and fairly initiated.
Legislation directed against favoritism
In details resulted in the most general
dispersal of officers gathered in Wash
ington and the staff schools that has
been seen in many years.
The bitter strife for supremacy in the
army between the general staff and the
adjutant generals office was terminated
by the enforced retirement of Adjt. Gen.
Ainsworth. Considerable changes i'm the
period OF enlistment of troops and con-
solidation of the various staff corps re-
suited from legislation not always I'm &C
cord with the designs of the executive.
Work Upon Canal.
The gigantic work of constructing the
Panama canal was we'll advanced by the
army engineers and President Taft and
Secretary Stimson made separate visits of
progress. and arrange for the installation
of a permant government of the zone
The fnSular bureau distinguished itself
in ways of peace by getting rid of an un-
popular chief executive in Santo Domingo
and installing a provisional president ac-
ceptable to all elements in Santo Do
mingo
The navy made creditable growth
during the year, increasing it's tonnage
by about 10000, though owing to the
superior activity of Germany dropping
from second to third place in the rank of
naval powers
Gunnery Improved.
Great strides were made in the improve
ment Of naval gunnery, particularly in
rough water work. For the first time in
many years the marines and bluejackets
conducted an offensive campaign in this
hemisphere, in a sharp and brilliant cam
paign routing large forces of Nicaraguan
rebels and re-establishing constitutional
government.
The naval forces also played an impor-
tant part in the pacification of Santo
Domingo. many warships demonstrating
in Dominican waters and a large force of
marines being assembled at the chief
port, though not used.
The event of the year. however, was the
great naval review in New York harbor
last October, which profoundly impressed
the maritime world.
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from out OF the way corners Oh the
world. One of these importations made
several years ago was durum wheat. This
year 1t reached crop of over 100000
bushels and commanded a higher price
on the Chicago market than irst-clasS
native wheat.
Much interest was expressed by the
President, Congress and the Secretary of
Agriculture in the establishment of ag-
ricultural credit banks for the benefit OF
farmers. This subject was taken up by
the Southern Commercial Congress and
a movement is now on foot to establi IN
such banks.
Mississippi Valley Floods.
Heavy floods in the Mississippi valley
delayed the planting of the cotton crop
and the department among it's relief
measures issued a special bulletin on late
cotton planting and did all it could to in
troduce diversified farming.
Governments all over the world contin-
ued throughout the year to send aSricul-
tural experts here to study American
methods. The republic of Argentine es-
pecially employed a number of American
experts in developing its agriculture ap-
plying to the department to recommend
men.
The most serious crop pest outbreak of
the year was the development of the
army worm in South Carolina early in
June. IhlS insect spread over several
states. but the total damage was not so
large as in some previous outbreaks.
Development of Fruit.
The development Of new fruit industries
continued. Marketing oranges and grapes
continued to receive scientific attention.
resulting in putting California fruit on
the eastern markets cheaper and in bet
ter condition than formerly. Growing
mangoes in Florida proved a lucrative in
dustry and August Is a special basket
of this fruit was sent to President Taft
from the American trees. not the first,
but decidedly the best that ever had been
grown in this country.
After three years of constant effort.
Congress. was induced to pass a national
plant quarantine law. This resulted in
the exclusion of potatoes from the coun-
tries affected with the potato wart dis
ease and of stock from countries affected
with the Mediterranean fruit fly and the
white pine blister rust.
Owing to the Importance Of the ques-
ton as to how far heat-damaged corn
and Sulphured oats were unfit for stock
feed. the department began a series of
feeding experiments with the grain in
question at Bethesda and Arlington with
special poison squad of work horses.
These experiments had not proceeded to
definite conclusion at the close Of the
year.
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Important Decisions Have Been Rendered and
Cases Filed in the Court Of Appeals, ST.
preme Court of District and Po-
lice and Juvenile Courts.

months in jail An appeal is pending IN
the Court of Appeals. where arguments
are expected TO be made early in Feb
ruary.
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Jones-Works Excise Bill.

The Senate passed the Jones-Works ex-
else bill cutting the number of saloons to
he allowed in the District to about one
half the present number. increasing the
size Of the "dry zones around school
buildings, churches and public reserva-
lions and In other ways limiting the ex-
tent of the liquor traffic within the Ma
tional Capital. Passed by the Senate al
most without dissenting votes. the bill
has been referred to the House District
committee and remains untouched as the
year ends.
vt the direction of the Senate the Com
nissioners made a report to Congress In
March outlining the street railway extern
sions Immediately desirable. as follows:
On 18th street northwest from street
west from Pennsylvania avenue to L
18th street into Rock Creek Park. on L.
street south from Az street west to 18th
street east from the north end of the Con-
necticut Avenue bridge to the western
end of Massachusetts avenue, from the
present terminus of the Noun: Pleasant
line to Argyle Terrace mostly via 18th
street northwest; on 18th and 18th streets
northeast from III street to East Capitol.
on G and d streets northeast from 18th
to 18th street and on NJ street north
west from Goth street to New Jersey ave-
nue..
The Commissioners made a report to
Congress recommending against any I'M
mediate steps looking to the construction
of a high-pressure water system in the
business section OF the city.
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The Appropriation Bill.

The annual District Of Columbia appro-
priation bill made appropriations of $1O.-
60 733. as compared with appropriations
Of sl2OJ6. 1850 made In the law of the
year previous. Tho reduction is attrib-
uted to the economy program adopted
10y the House democrats as a part Of their
political campaign during the fall. The
Districts estimates Of appropriations for
the year totaled $12.964. 1000 The bill
directed an investigation by engineers of
the United States Army to determine the
availability Of water power at Great Falls
for supplying light and power for the use
Of the United States and OF the District.
The law also provided a new system OF
tuition charges In the public schools re-
quiring q fee for pupils who do not
reside In the District or do not own prop
erty In and pay taxes levied by the Dis
trict In excess Of tho tuition charge. or
whose parents do not reside or are not
engaged In public duties In the District
or during the tutelage Of the children pay
taxes levied by the District In excess OF
the tuition charge Congress in the bill
looked forward to the construction Of the
new Columbia Hospital for Women and
q new Emergency Hospital by appropriate
Ing 5000 for the preparation Of plans for
the Columbia and $4,000 for the construc-
tion OF new building for the Emergency.
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DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.

Investigation as we'll as legislation
marked the activities of Congress. acting
as the common council for the Dlstrict
of Columbia during the year 1e1. Ihe
years work practically covers the long
session Of the Sixty-second Congress. eX-
tending from December of 1911 until Sep
tember Of 1912.
In a legislative way the puoilc utintIes
hill was considered the most important
piece of legislation before congress from
the District standpoint: The Senate pass ass,
giving the District Commissioners the
full authority of public utilities COM
mission Despite energetic efforts on the
part of District officials and civic organl-
nature introduced in the House have re-
manned apparently pigeonholed IN the
House District committee.
Another measure approved by the Sen
ate and Enacted upon by the House DIS,
1rict committee provides for universal
transfers between all street car INES
throughout the District The House COM
mittee gave consideration to Dill re-
ducing the carfare for school ch1ldren,
but it still remains Enacted upon.
Loan Shark Bill.
A loan shark bill has been all but passed
during the year, and as 1918 comes in it
LOOKS as IL inc lSSlsldtioA "O1Au w P"S
upon the statute books within couple
of months. The measure has been ap-
proved by both houses of Congress. nix
ing the rate of interest to be charged by
money lenders at 1 per cent per month.
and differences as to some features OF
the legislation are being adjusted In
conference. -
Most important of the sixteen pubic
laws affecting the District enacted by
Congress in 1912 are those giving crossing
policemen the same pay and privileges
as members of the regular police force
and granting the Commissioners authority
10 regulate the 10th street herdic line and
10 bring about its rehabilitation.
In the way of investigation the House
District committee has been very active
Two of the inquiries. those into the pur-
chasing division Of the District govern
ment and into the assessment system, We're
concluded during the year by the pres
entation OF reports recommending some
radical changes in both purchasing and
assessment methods. Representative
Johnson, chairman of the House District
committee has continued to direct his
inquiry into the financial relations be-
tween the District and federal govern
ments, but no final report has as yet
been filed. Just before the close Of the
year an inquiry was started into the
affairs of the department of insurance
and of three insurance concerns doing
business within the District.
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Valuable Plants Imported.

Many explorers Of the department
reported all the way from Siberia to
South America and many new and val
liable plants and seeds were introduced
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Longest Sentences Given.

James III. Smith, alias Kabusta. con.
victed last spring of assaulting Morris
Bennett on the. Benning road with a
Ratchet. breaking his victims jaw and
infiicting severe injury. has the distinc-
ton of being given one of the longest
terms of Imprisonment imposed this year
in the local courts. short of life sentence.
Smith is serving term of thirty years,
fifteen on a charge of assault with in
tent to kill and fifteen for an attempted
robbery.
Among those convicted of murder in
the second degree and Of manslaughter,
the longest term-that of thirty years
in the penitentiary-was imposed on
August Gross. Wade Baker ranks next
with a sentence of twenty-seven years.
A term of twenty years imprisonment
was imposed on Charles $. Fletcher.
who pleaded guilty to second-degree
first-degree murder, but jury de-
termined him to be mentally unsound,
and he was committed to tho Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane. The au-
thorities there reportd him cured early
this year and he was again called to an
swer the Indictment. He offered to plead
guilty to second degree murder and re-
ceived the minimum penalty of twenty
years i'm the penitentiary. The minimum
was also given to Louisa Powell, colored.
who was convicted of causing the death
Of her husband by slashing his throat
with a razor. John Lee and Richard
also charged with second degree
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ODD ITEMS FROM
EVERYWHERE

IN Chicago there is to be built the
4 worlds largest and most curious
garage. It will be built entirely
underground, will fill the space under
thirteen city blocks and will accommo-
date 1000 cars daily. It will cost ST.
100000.
A German has invented a device for
lighting gas buoys by wireless. The
receiving apparatus is sensitive only to
the proper impulses.
AT a wedding in Lynn, Mass, the
bride wore a gown made seventy five
years ago for a wedding which never
took place.
The st. Louis park department took
! a census of the trees in the city and
found that there were 1876 of them.
The municipal nurseries have grown
in the last two years more than $1,000
trees and shrubs. valued at more than
$12.721-
A turtle caught recently at Guilty.
hunk Island, Mass, tipped the scales at
sixty-five pounds.
Certain of the Chicago theaters will
have posted in the lobbies certificates
stating that the circulation of air In
the auditorium is good and that the
atmosphere is up to the standard.
A boarding house in Roslyn, N. z, is
called Cupid Hall for the reason that
the boarders usually get married after
a short stay there.
A vaudeville contract has been sign
ed for the year 1926 whereby the third
generation of a line of famous come
dams will appear in sketch with the
second generation of another vaude-
Vile family. At present the boy is four
! years old and the girl four and half.
! In China the men are adopting the
| use of American made carriers, but they
wear them on the outside of their trou-
sers.
James Murphy. an employee of a
Chicago packing. company, was roped
and branded by his fellow employees
| just before his marriage. Two hundred
cowboys escorted the wedding party to
the church dressed in their chaps and
spurs and riding their ponies.
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and has a displacement OF 200 tons.
She is a fairly seaworthy ship and
could make her way across the Attain
tic without the escort of a man-of-war.
The Nina and Pinta have each a dis
placement of 100 tons The Pinta is
sKty-dve feet long and has beam OF
twenty-three feet. The length OF the
Nina is ffty-six feet and her beam
eighteen feet. The smaller vessels
draw only six feet Of water. and the
great towering decks overweight them.
The Santa Maria and the Pinta are
square rugged. and the Nina is lateen
rugged
1.-The caravels carry iron cannon
modelled after the guns carried by the
fleet of Columbus. One of the guns of
the Santa Maria was carried on the
voyage of Columbus. There are broad
side guns pointing through round port
holes On the rails of the vessels,
guns, are the falconets."
CHARLES N. LURE.
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, nances of the city particularly those di-
rectly relating to boys and girls and their
interests
We further pledge ourselves that when
elected to any Office. in the Junior Munich
pality will give our full and faithful
cooperation to the adult official holding
the corresponding office in the city gov
eminent and will discharge our duties
solely. with reference to the welfare of the
whole city.
If given the duties and privileges of Jun
Tor citizenship we pledge our sacred honor
to strive to be worthy Of the great trust
placed upon us.
Extension of Junior Republic idea.
The Junior Municipality is merely
the latest extension of the self govern
ment movement for boys and girls
which was first introduced into Amer
lea when William r. George founded
the Junior Republic at FreevtlIe N. z,
in 1895. The only essential difference
between this country village and any
other in America is that this one is in
habited by boys and girls under TWEEN
ty-one, and the voting age is sixteen.
The motto of the community is
Nothing Without Labor"
Any citizen who refuses to work is
arrested by his fellow citizen, the po-
lice officer, indicted for vagrancy by
his fellow citizens on the grand jury
tried. sentenced and sent to jail for
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OF TWO INTERESTING ROYAL TIES
Alexandra Niece of King George. and Arthur.
Kings Cousin, the Contracting Parties

comes by his liking for arms naturally,
through Inheritance from both parents.
The Duke of Connaught was known az
Queen Victoria's soldier SON. and has
held very RICH rank in the British
army in active service. The father OF
the princes mother was Prince Fred
ericl Charles of Prussia. one OF the
most distinguished Of the victorious
German generals in the FrancO-Frug-
sian war.
Prince Arthur served for q time Ia
South Africa In recent years he has
acted frequently as personal represent
alive OF the British king at home ana
abroad and has been referred TO. some
what disrespectfully. as the royal err
rand boy" But his numerous and i'm
portant missions, such as taking the
Order of the Garter to the emperor %
Japan, ally OF Great Britain, have been
performed with tact discretion and
skill When King George and Queen
Mary went to India for the durbar they
left Prince Arthur in England an their
principal representative
Three very high and important Of
fees have been assigned to Prince
Arthur recently by newspaper report
One of them is the vice royalty OF In
dia, the second is the governor gener-
alship of Canada Gin succession to hts
father), and the third is the lord lieu
tenancy of Ireland All three rank
among Tue greatest JUICES IN the 8AAA
of the British crown. and it is proof
of the belief in Prince Arthur's ability
that he should have been mentioned for
any one of them.
His bride, Alexandra. duchess Of
Fife in her own right, is the elder
daughter of the Princess Royal, third
child of King Edward and sister OF
King George. She is holder OF the
title in succession to her father, the
late Duke of Fife, who died last year
and who was head of the great Scotch
family of Duff. He was one OF the
greatest landholders In the United
Kingdom. The duchess. as his, princi-
pal heiress, owns $50. 900 acres Of land
and has a fortune Of about s5,00o.0Oo.
She is twenty years old, while Prince
Arthur is almost thtrty-one-
For time Princess Alexandra was
heiress presumptive to the British
throne. That was after the death Of
the Duke of Clarence, older brother OF
the present king, who was then Duke
of York They were sons Of the Prince
of Wales, late King Edward VII, but
the births of the children OF the pres
emit king and queen, George v. and
Mary, placed the scepter very Tar from
the hands of the Flies.
The Duchess of Fife has been
brought up very simply by her late
ducal father and her royal mother. She
has been, however. the subject OF many
matrimonial rumors. She has
younger sister, Princess Maud
BRUCE K GORDON
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!, that ohrense by his fellow citizen flig
judge where he is taken IN hand By
his fellow citizen, the keeper Of tha
jail, and made to work for the com
munity without wages. During this
entire process no adult has any hand
in the matter.
This situation was tersely summed
up by the republics young secretary
of state in speaking on the work before
a mems cIokS last winter. he - the
son of the mayor of a southern city.
He said. when first went to the
George Junior Republic they told me
their motto was Nothing without La
bor.' I didn't care much about labor,
so didn't labor. Then was arrested,
tried and convicted as a vagrant and
put into jail, and then found my
motto was, Labor without Nothing
This miniature republic was the out
growth of a fresh air camp. II started
as a new kind of reformatory for poor
boys and poor girls whose conduct was
"a problem" Then similar boys from
well to do and even rich families were
admitted, and for them q tuition fee
was charged, but they were obliged 70
support themselves just like the poor
boys
Finally Daddy George came to the
conclusion that there was so much
good in bad boys and girls and so
much bad in good" boys and girls
that the difference between them was
largely academic after all The Ju-
nior Republic method Of giving oppoF-
tunity should be open to all When
this step was taken Professor Liberty
Hyde Bailey of Cornell said, 1.-THE Ju-
nior Republic has developed from q
reformatory method to a great educa-
tional principle"
Eight Junior Republics IN Being.
There are now eight Junior Repub-
lies in different states OF the Union.
federated into the National AsBocia-
ton of Junior Republics. with head
quarters i'm the Tribune building New
York city. Mr.. George is the national
director. Last .Eaonfh similar COM
munfty was started in Dorset England.
known as 'the Little Commonwealth"
An extension OF the work has come
through the organization OF the -Self
Government Committee In New York
Through its activities the Junior Re-
public principles have been applied 70
a great number OF schools and institu-
tons There are thirtV-six public
schools In and about New York city
organized on some self governing
with 160 more throughout the country.
Self government among youth is q
basic political as well as educational
movement. Just as children can only
learn to write by writing or to read BY
reading, SO they can only learn po-
nticaI and social thought and action
through political and social thought
and action
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COLUMBUS CARAVELS GO SAILING AGAIN
Started to San Francisco After Twenty
Years Rest In Chicago

However, that may be, the carave1s
started on their long journey. It was
planned to have them stop at various
ports. to give folks a chance to see in
what sort of ship Columbus and his
daring men braved the unknown seas
An interesting incident OF the trip as
planned is a stop at the island of San
Salvador believed to be the first land
on this side of the ocean sighted by
Columbus.
parts of the voyage of the caravels will
be the trip through the great canal
One can imagine the artificial water
way. fifty miles in length, lined with
spectators as the quaint, queer repro
ductions of the tiny old ships trace the
path that will be followed by the
worlds big liners.
None of the vessels that will pass
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ping for a short time at Havana and
then proceeding to New York to take
part in the naval review which pre-
coded the opening of the fair. From
New York they were taken to Chicago.
A contemporary account of their ar
rival in New York reads:
1.-The caravels, although they are a
trifie unwieldy, weathered the voyage
from Hampton Roads without meeting
any serious disaster. They were not
graceful in outline. They looked like
three kangaroos led by a rope and all
punched ready for a spring. High
popped, badly rugged and top heavy.
they bobbed up and down. The yell
low stripes on the dark hul1s seem to
grow into expansive grins as the short
wasted craft rose and fell in the wake
of the big cruisers and made courte-
sizes to the forts. They were appar-