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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Two Automobile Loads OF
Presents Delivered Today
to Deserving Ones.
BASKETS FOR GROWN-UPS
AND TOYS FOR CHILDREN
Remembrances Also Distributed by
Miss Eleanor Wilson Before
Leaving for Trip South.

Two White House automobiles. loaded
with Christmas cheer and happiness. pull
ed out of the White House grounds this
morning and did not return until their
errands of joy had been performed. They
looked like travelling Christmas trees as
they left, bound for different parts of the
District and the suburbs
1t was ascertained that President and
Mrs. Wilson and their daughters were
unable yesterday, owing to preparations
Tor their departure from the city. to per-
sonaliy deliver "A large number of pres
ents for poor people. but they gave Off
Gals of the White House a list of the
persons to whom to make delivery and
the kind of presents to deliver and this
was the work the automobiles and their
drivers We're doing most of the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
STATION CROWDS FAIL
TO DISTURB PRESIDENT
Wilson Rests Comfortably on His
Trip to Pass
Christian.

CHARLOTTE, n. c., December pa
president Wilson and party passed
through here at 1905 today en- route to
Pass Christian, Miss. where he will ar
rive early tomorrow and spend a three
week vacation.
The President slept long and rested
comfortably in his private car The
crowds at the stations early did not dis
turb him and he prepared for quiet
journey. He breakfasted with his family
and sat out on the observation platform
during the morning AT Charlotte the
first big crowd greeted the President
and he shook hands with many.
SPARTANSBURG, s. c., December "a
Large crowds greeted the President along
the route through North Carolina. Many
of those who crowded about the train
were lavish in their compliments.
Many women brought their babies to
see the President, and Mr.. Wilson greet
ed them all.
Merry Christmas "A happy vaca-
tion," frequently were called out.
Depart for the South.
President Wilson. with Mrs. Wilson.
their two daughters, Misses Margaret and
Eleanor; Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and
DR.. Grayson, the Presidents physician,
left Washington last night at 1915 o'clock
for = Pass Christian, Miss, to spend
Christmas.
The President missed the crowd which
had gathered at the depot to see him de-
part by boarding his private car an hour
before the time scheduled for its depar
ture He will return to Washington in
time for the diplomatic reception, Janu-
airy 13.
The presidential party travelled on
Southern railway train No. 81, first sec
ton, which is due to arrive in Atlanta.
Ca, late this afternoon. From Atlanta
the party will travel over the Atlanta and
West Point railroad to Montgomery.
where it will be transferred to the Louis
Vile and Nashville railroad, which will
take it direct to Pass Christian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Many Deserving Cases Found.

During the last two or three weeks
many anonymous letters have been re-
ceived by Mrs Wilson and Misses Mar
garet and Eleanor Wilson, giving cases of
poor people whose Christmas would prob
ably be devoid of not only happiness. but
the actual necessities of life Careful in
veStigation was made of these letters and
many deserving cases of needy poor were
discovered.
The White House ladies determined
upon relief. They ordered many tur-
keys, hams and other eatables cooked,
and these, with fruits, fresh meats,
flour, nuts, etc, put in packages for
delivery today. In addition to the
larger packages going to the homes
OF those in actual need We're dresses,
toys and other things that would appeal
to the poor little ones.
Miss Eleanor Wilson yesterday after
noon Went to the Virginia suburbs Of
the District, and personally gave
presents 10 many little children who
are known to her and President Will
son The President plays golf at the
Washington Country Club. along the
the children on the road he travels
over have formed such an attachment
for him that they run out into the
road when they see him coming and
tender juvenile ordinations of re-
spect and affection.
Miss Eleanor Wilson has been touched
by these, as well as the President and
yesterday she went among the children
with presents. The children made many
| inquiries C Miss Wilson yesterday as to
| the health of the President.
Presents Arrive at White House.
| The White House was almost swamped
| today and yesterday with presents ar
| irving in express wagons and by mail.
| If the President and his family had been
| here they would have lived off the fat
of the land. Turkeys, hams, oysters.
celery = practically everything arrived
from friends who did not know that the
| Wilson's We're going away.
| Secretary Tumulty shared in the receipt
of tokens of good will and esteem, his
| friends from all ~lrections loading him
with remembrances. He also distributed
Christmas gifts among deserving WASH
ington people.
The White House offices will be open
for short time tomorrow, long enough
to enable Secretary Tumulty. who will
spend the day with his family. and AS
sistant Secretary Forster to go over the
mail and kilograms. The clerks will clear
up their work as early as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
Chief Wagner Leads Rescuers.

Then Chief Wagner. who had rushed to
The fire OH the second alarm. noticed the
hose line reaching into the building. and.
kicking il with his foot realized that
water was pouring through it, lie asked
what company the line belonged TO. and
was told Ii was No IS. Then he had
Capt Lanahan of No. g. who had beeu
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HE FOURTEEN OPPoRTUNITIEs

Opportunity No. 1.
A mother. Tith four small children.
who is born homemaker and nat
Continued on Eleventh Page)
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Banks Applying for Membership

Applications for membership came To-
DAY from banks in Seattle, Cleveland
Denver, Trenton, n. J.; North Adam,
Mass: New Orleans. Portland, Ore: 81
Louis. San Francisco, Roswell, \. Al.
Marietta, Ohio; Pittsburg. Kan: Man
chester. y. H; Peoria. ILL.,: Pomona
Cal; Poughkeepse, n. Y: ST Josenb
MO; Palouse. Wash; Roanoke. Va:
son City, Mo-, and Richmond. Ind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-24
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight; Thursday
cloudy and probably rain; not
much change in temperature.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE ELEVEN.
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-01
Recimental Histories.

Among the good services rendered
by the late General Rodenbough was
writing a history of his old regiment,
the Second dragons, now the Second
cavalry. If many officers followed his
example we should soon have a libra
nv of great value to military histori.
ans. Several regiments have their his
torians, but as a whole the immense
mass of interesting matter to be found
in the archives of the different orga2i-
cations yet remains to be compiled,
General Rodenbough was more than a
compiler. He had the historical vision
for the facts of environment, which
enabled him to seize as an apt illus
tration of the spirit of the times John
Quincy Adams protest against anoth-
or regiment when the old Second was
raised. The little army of the middle
thirties was a portentous monster
to the ex-president-as Mr.. Adams had
then become. Apropos of those early
army days, there is not more lumi.
nous passage than that in Presiden.
Folks diary in which he sets forth
the opposition Of leading Democrats
to his action in appointing a Whig
major in a new regiment. Polk stood
firm and the regiment had Demo
cratic colonel Democratic lieutenant
colonel and a Wing major.-Boston
Transcript.
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and yielded $2.45 worth of products,
per 100 feed units eaten, against 4.99
pounds of fat and $155 worth OF
products for the latter group.
Very few farmers have cows like
the prize winners in this competition,
COWS that produce one-half their
weight or more of butter fat in a year.
However, hundreds of progressive
farmers in this and other states have
raised the standard of production in
their herd to 200, $50 or even 800
pounds of butter fat per year. Unless
a farmer weighs and tests the milk
of his cows, however, or joins a COW
testing association and has the young
man in charge of the association do II
for him, he is largely in the dark as
to which of his COWS are yielding
profit and which, If any are star
boarders," and supported by him in
stead of his being supported by them.
Probably at. least 20 per cent. of the
COWS in the state fail to make any
money for their owners. Only by the
use of the Babcock test and the milk
scales can these Improbable animals
be weeded out AS soon as 1t Is found
out that any COW is not up to the
standard for the herd she should be
fattened and sold off and her place
taken by an animal purchased, or by
a heifer raised on the farm.
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An Amateur Case
Copyright. By W. @. Chapman.)

tectiVes had failed. As far as | knew
the case was outlawed; even should
find the man who had attacked my
husband there would be little chance
for retribution. But still l searched,
still my eyes roved, ever looking for
the face they sought, and one night"
The orchestra had begun the play
Ing of plaintive melody. Alice Glenn
ent paused and looked far away, while
the pendant at her throat poised and
fell and rose again There was a
dangerous CLINT in her eyes now;
saw that she was living with her
memories. | remained silent. At last
the voice began again.
There was little secondhand
store next to the fiat l occupied,
small two-story affair that was run by
two Jews. The place was dark, dirty
i had always passed with a queer
little shiver which | never could un-
derstand
Il had been a little late that eve
ming on my trip to the grocery store.
Darkness had already come and | was
| hurrying along the street that might
reach home before the baby became
| frightened. Through a long space OF
shadow had travelled, and then came
the flare of dingy light as the door
of the secondhand shop opened and a
man stepped forth, suitcase in his
hand. | turned my head to him, then
| gasped. The facet
He did not seem to notice me, but
walked past rapidly. l whirled and
tried to follow. 1t was In me to
scream, to seize him if l could, to
tear his throat with my hands My
teeth clenched hard-it seemed that
all the fury that woman can know had
suddenly surged into my heart at the
sight Of those features; | could have
killed and not have been sorry for
the deed. But l failed. A half block
and the man was lost in the shadows.
| For an hour | searched, then walked
slowly to my little apartment home, to
take my baby in my arms and sit Won
deringly by the window, looking down
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-01
ONLY ELEVEN ON THIS JURY
JUDGES Refusal to Exempt Dear LIP
Reader Left the Tribunal One
Man Shy.

In one of our city courts the judge
was examining a number of men who
were trying to be relieved from jury
duty. There were all sorts of men and
all kinds of excuses, and his honor
was getting restless. One of the men
drawn on the panel was genuinely
deaf. but like a number of people az
fected in the same way, he could
watch the speakers lips and know
what he was saying, even though he
could not catch a word by sound. The
Judge sat for few minutes with
out uttering a word, and then in
very low tone said $50 you wish to
be excused from jury duty because
you cannot hear?" The man was
looking directly at his lips, and conse-
ouently understood the question of the
judge.
"Yes. sir, that is the reason" was
the prompt reply
well, if you can hear me when l
talk in that tone of voice guess you
are a fit juryman. You are not ex-
cused," was the decision of the judge.
There was no help for it, and the
deaf man took his seat in the box,
with the result that he heard little or
none of the testimony, and that parti-
cular jury was practically composed
of only eleven men.
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"oulck, SERGEANT!

in the darkness to where the little
secondhand shop reared its leprous
form-thinking and planning and
seheming for some way to find that
face again. to catch the man I hated.
Alice Clement cooked no supper that
night. Early morning still found her
sitting by the window. still thinking"
The music of the cafe was loud
now. There was laughter, there was
singing from the cabaret vocalists who
lounged at one of the tables. But the
detective did not hear. She was liv-
ing in the past. zone hand was tap
ping the table nervously. Her head
was forward, her body tense.
81 had seen men with suit cases go
into that little secondhand store be-
fore. usually at night. That fact weigh
ed on my mind. l worried about it,
figured out every possible reason. but
no. solution came. Yet there was
something, some reason; l knew it.
The next day l studied the wall of
the building below = me. Only one
window appeared, dark. shade-drawn.
The fire escape led within foot Of 1t,
right at a place where the walls of the
fat in which l lived was blank of
windows. A chance was there-a
poor chance, but l determined to take
] It.
Might came, and with it | put my
child to bed and clothed myself for
| long vigil. Then l stepped out on the
/ fire escape Slowly. cautiously, l
made my way down to where | might
crouch by that little window, and
there, baff1ed by the closely drawn
shade. 1 felt the tears coming tc my
eyes and choke in my throat as
realized that my chance of learning
the secrets of the little building were
fading. But suddenly, the inspiration
came l climbed back up the fire es-
cape and set out to find hardware
store that by some chance would be
open. In two hours l was back on the
| fire escape, with a glass cutter in my
! hands.
From within there came sounds,
loud sounds, but indistinct. l was
thankful for the nervousness; it would
hide the grating of the glass cutter.
Slowly l began to trace circle on the
| name. The scratching sounded like
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started to hurry across the little yaru
to where the rear OF another fiat
showed stepped on the porch.
made my way to the side of the house,
then, with a gasp, rushed back.
81 had seen a shadowy form-two
of them-three. The thieves had ar
rived. Like the little fool that 1 had
been, had allowed myself to be
caught, / had spoiled everything. |
gave one wild glance about me in the
dim light, then jumped for the rear
porch again. A dumbwaiter had
shown before me. A leap and had
climbed into it. closed the slide. and
was praying. yes, praying, that the
child in my arms would remain as
quiet as she had been-a whimper
would have meant death for me.
Maybe there's something in pray
ers,, Miss Clement added thoughtfully.
1.-The baby turned in my arms the
least bit. 1t raised tiny hand that
touched my throbbing throat, then it
settled back to sleep again. | heard
a step on the porch. Muf1ed voices
came from few feet away.
Dye think I'd better shin it to
the second story?
"a voice from the door answered In
whisper:
"'No need of it. It's, connected
joint. Family affair. Old man and
his wife on the first floor, two married
daughters and their husbands live on
the other floors. All connected with
a stairway; we can get into from
down here. Hand me the nippers.'
'"Tnere was grating, a scratching
of metal, soft cursing. The man at
the door seemed to have turned.
"'Can't nip the key. Gimme the
jimmie
Hurry up, came from the other
man.
"'Signal Bill and the gang to come
on was the reply; we're goin' in
There was a rending sound, a
cracking, a snap. The lock had been
forced / heard one Of the men step
to the edge of the porch and whistle
softly. A second later the answering
tread Of soft footsteps sounded on the
porch. A few words. The door closed
All was still"
The music of the cafe had faded fol
me, too, now Only the woman's face
was before me, the face that was
echoing the tense agony of that mo
ment Of the past My cigarette burned
my fingers; | dropped 1t to the tray
almost unconsciously. My eyes were
straight ahead
"And then" l prompted.
The diamond pendant seemed to
have planted it's rays in her eyes
They were swapping electrically.
Them" She laughed bit queerly
"Then l prayed again. | knew a thief
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-01
CULTURE OF FIELD
PEA IN WISCONSIN
BY PROF. r. A. MOORE,
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.

Wisconsin Cone9e OF A9TiCu'tuTo'
Wisconsin farmers do not raise near
" so many field peas as they should,
for on the clayey soils bordering on or
in close proximity to Green bay and
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
peas do exceptionally well. This re-
gion has a cool atmosphere, and Is also
comparatively free from the destruct-
i've pea weevil. Field peas will do well
in almost any part Of upper Wiscon-
sin, however.
Although field peas grow well on
damp soil. good drainage is absolutely
necessary. On fiat land, bitches to
carry the surface water off quickly
should be employed.
The accompanying table shows the
composition of field peas as compared
with standard feed stuffs. Pears are
fed with advantage to hogs and sheep,
and may be given to other animals to
balance the ration, as they are rich In
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the grinding Of car wheels to my
nervous ears. l paused. The laughter
and noise from within continued.
lifted the glass cutter again. Again
made the circle The edge had cut
deep. The crucial time had come
the time of chance. If luck was with
me the glass would hang in its socket
as gave the blows that would free
1t from the main body. If luck was
against me-!
Il trembled. l lifted an edge Of my
dress, and placing it against the pane
to deaden the sound, raped the glass
gently at the lower end with my
of breath, my heart had stopped beat
ing. raped again. The glass gave;
| felt that my hands had recoiled. then
reached forward graspingly. A great
wave of relief shot over me. The cir
Gle of glass had hung! 1t had swung
in the center, as though on pivot,
my fingers had clutched it, and now
1t lay within my hand while |, dazedly,
stared straight ahead. s =
Words were coming from within,
in a voice that recognized. A thrill
shot through me. / placed an ear
close to the hole in the window. That
voice had heard before, in the years
that had gone, tense, cursing, as he
had sent down the blows which had
felled my husband. Z 1t seemed the
revelry had ceased now. They were
discussing something more important.
heard the voice of the Jew, then the
voice recognized again:
Well, I'm not goin' to go at this
thing alone, and III tell you that right
now - it's got to be too quick
haul; there's enough of us to make
a cleaning of the whole place; we
can get in while they're at the show,
do the job in a half hour, then get
out 1t it's going to be done at all,
it'll have to be done that way. That's
all there is to, it, and if you guys
want to try it some other way, we'll,
Another voice had broken in.
ga fine set of dubs we'd be, a
whole gang of US, paradin' out there
like circus mob! What d'you want,
an army?'
'Which'd be worse, six of us han
din tn thing right an gettin' away
with tn junk in way we wouldn't
be noticed, or one or two guys luggin'
a lot of stuff an gettin' pinched for
Investigations came the voice that l
knew
"A third chimed in.
THAT'S right"
How her eyes flashed, as the pic
lures of the past came before them!
Once again she was huddled on that
fire escape. listening to the formation
of plot beneath. Cafe, lights, music,
all had faded for Alice Clement. She
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had been placed to watch just within
the door; l knew there was one
shadow which might aid me-but
that the first wrong step would bring
the watching man laundering upon me.
/ knew the child in my arms might be
aroused by my first movement and
that she might cry. l knew that my
woman's heart was quailing, that it
was crying out to me to remain
where l at least stood a chance of
safety-and l knew l must fight that
impulse down Something warm
coursed it's tiny way on my chin.
had bitten my lips to bleeding. Some
thing cold gripping my heart, some
thing steel was seemingly binding my
brain into dumb, helpless lack of
thought. l shuddered. Then, like one
plunging into an icy sea, | stepped
forward.
step by step l made my slow way
down in the shadow. No word came
from behind, no sound l had passed
the first watcher | turned quickly to
the blind side. of the building and
crept along the fence. | knew it was
impossible to retreat by the front
way, for there would be a watcher
there also. somewhere in a dark cor
ner One by one felt the panels of
the fence Lower and lower my
heart sank. Then. suddenly it leaped.
had found a loose BOARD
"A vacant lot was before me.
Crouching low, stumbling, my dress
catching and pulling, twigs striking
against my face, made my way
through the high weeds, shielding my
baby as best 1 could, hoping, praying
against that it would not awaken. A
light flashed before me as l hurried
into an alley. Tears came to my eyes,
and yet I laughed, laughed with all
the nervousness, all the anguish of re-
lief that a woman could know. / saw
the sign ahead:
POLICE STATION"
1.-THE old desk sergeant started as l
entered, my hair flying, my eyes wild.
A patrolman attempted to stop me. l
pushed him out of the way.
"sQuick!' 1 gasped. Sergeant, get
every man you can and come with
mel
He looked at me as tt--~h he be
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BY PROPS. &. G. HASTINGS AND
J. G. HALPlN.
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
Wisconsin poultry has been more or
less afflicted by tuberculosis within
the past few years, although the dis
ease has not always been recognized
as such.
No symptoms of the tuberculosis ap-
pear in fowls, however, until the dis
ease is far advanced. Birds in the
last stages may weigh only one-third
as much as healthy ones. The chick
ems may be lame. due to diseased
joints; they are then often popularity
referred to as going light" or "rheu-
matte The comb and wattles be-
come pale, but as rule the eyes ap-
pear bright and the appetite remains
good
tuberculosis fowls show LESSONS in
the liver, the kidneys, and the tines
tines, and not so strikingly in the
lungs.