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Believe Yuan Aspires
to a Royal Crown.

legislative body which didn't legislate.
thanks to the Manchus, the members OF
which sympathiZed with the revolution
Within month he brought about the
''resignation'' Of Prince Chun, the regent
who had dismissed him three short years
before. Although his compromise cabinet
went to pieces, his trained army in the
Yangtze valley kept the rebel forces at
bay. In the meantime the revolution
spread to other parts of the country,
and he convinced the Manchus that only
the abdication of the emperor would
save them all from ruin. At the same
time he carried on long peace conference
with the rebels.
January l the revolutionists made Dr.
Sun Vat Sen president of the inSurgent
government Yuan Shih kais peace en-
voy Tang Shao vi. reported after his
conferences with WI Ting-fanS in favor
of a republic. February II came the abdi-
cation of Emperor Pu VI, five years old
Yuan Shin Kai was given sole power to
treat with the rebels. Sun Vat Sen Of
fered to resign il Yuan would agree to a
republic and accept the presidency. Yuan
was inaugurated in Picking March 10 last
year. just five months after the Manchus
recalled him from disgrace. He has sue
cessfully withstoOd fierce internal strife
since then. and doubtless will continue to
rule for many a year.
In a recent number of the China Press
Shanghai, marking the first anniversary
of the revolution. he pleads for a peace
full and united China and concludes:
Might this be accomplished. it would
be my most ardent wish 10 bid adeu to
the field of political activity and return
to those of my rural home, there to emu
late Washington in personal attention to
the cultivation Of my acres, supremely
happy in the fulfillment of a lifetime's
heartfelt desire.
Still, there are those who say Yuan
Shih kai would be king. Only Yuan Snih
Kai knows. Should king come to China
out of all this turmoil, it will be he.
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IL YOU want work read the want coli
umns OF The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29

The life story of Yuan Shih kai, the
first president of China. is, in its broad
er outlines at least an inspiration 10
every poor boy be he occidental or ORR
entail Yuan Shin X al rose to power.
both under the Manchus and in the new
republic. as rough soldier and not
along the fiowery paths of the prescribed
Hanlin scholarship With the Chinese.
high and low, the scholar always has
stood first: the soldier almost last. only
the actor and the barber ranking lower
in their infeXible social system. Yet
Yuan Shin K'ai. POOR. relatively inlet
tered. barely within the pale Of official
responsibility because of his calling, rose
to greatness, conquering not only deep
rooted custom, but defeats and disgraces
which would have overwhelmed any or
binary man.
Yuan Shih .k'ai was born to poor par
ents in HOnan province in 1888. BY tax
ing the bachelors degree in the classics
he barely qualified for future recognition,
and then became a military subaltern. He
is next heard of in Korea, then a de-
tendency of China. Legend hath 1t that
his superiOrs sent him there because he
had a very disqu.etng way of doing
things with startling dispatch and I'M
comfortable firmness. At the early age
of thirty-two, or ih 1890. he was COM
mander of the troops and resident gen.
eral of Korea. -Four years later came
the disastrous wax with Japan over
Korea. 1t was at once the unmaking and
the making of the great Yuan Shin h al.
He was blamed for not conciiating the
Japanese, and was accused of deceiving
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Need of Washington.

Now, when it is known that between
80 and 60 per cent of the pupils promoted
from the grades to the high school in the
city of Washington choose to attend
either the Business or the Mckinley
High Schools. it will at once be evident
that the needs of Washington are along
the line of combination rather than pure
ly academic schools.
The tendency on the part of pupils to
select the Business and the Mckinley
Schools has been so strong that these two
schools which were built to provide for
about loo students each. are now rapid
ly approaching the limit of their capacity
business High School having an en-
rOllment November 30, 1872 of O9l stu
dents and the Mckinley High School of
9oS students This means that within a
very short time the. board of education
will be confronted with the necessity of
erecting a new business high school and
new manual training high school.
Since the Business High School now
occupies the full block of ground on
which it is located with streets all
around it, and since the William Nc
kinley School has but room enough left
on it's site for the erection of a much
needed gymnasium. it is obvious that
neither of these high schools can be en-
course, that if a new business high school
and a new manual training school are
to be erected new sites must be pur-
chased at heavy cost and two new build
ings erected, the combined cost of which
would doubtless approach the cost Of the
present Business High School and Manual
Training structures
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ON THE RIVER FRONT
Dredged Channel to District
A|mshouse Completed.
WORK ON EXCURSION BOATS
New Engine for Launch Idlewild.
Vessels Undergoing Repairs.
Tug Baby Laid Up.
WORK ON EXCURSION BOATS

Having completed the digging of a
channel from the deep water of the PO-
tomac to the grounds of the District
almshouse at Blue Plains, ID. c., oppo-
site Alexandria, the dredge Deposit, be-
longing to one of the local sand and
gravel digging concerns. has been brought
up to this city and placed out of commits
sion. The work of dredging the channel
through the flats was started several
months ago, and a trench wide enough
for lighter and about five feet deep
was made.
A landing was built at Blue Plains and
it was stated to be the intention of the
aImshouse authorities to bring supplies
to the place by water. Later it was
found that deeper cut was needed, and
the Deposit was sent to do the work.
Commencing in the spring, it is stated,
that lighter will be used to take supplies
from this city to the almshouse and later
the District may purchase a tug that will
be used exclusively for this towing The
carrying of supplies to Blue Plains by
water. it is stated. will save haul of
four or five miles over bad roads
Snags at Gums Shore.
Reports received from the Gums fishing
shore. where winter seine hauling was
started last week, state tnat the berth in
which the big seine is working is full of
debris brought down from the upper river
and deposited, and that considerable
trouble is being had in getting it clean so
that the net can be worked properly. 1t
is expected that by the latter part of this
or early in the coming week the shore
will be in condition to be worked properly
and that there will be an increase in the
catch of fish.
Manchester Is Repaired.
While repairs to the big boiler of the
Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall line
steamer Charles Manchester have been
completed, other work is in progress in
the overhauling of the vessel that will
keep her from going into commission I'M
til after the middle of the coming month
1t is expected that she will make her fiT st
trip down the river about February -
and will be ready to carry large crowds
TO Mount Vernon during inauguration
time AS yet no repair work has been
done on the other steamers employed in
excursion traffic on the river, and it is
stated that the work of repairing and
painting them will not be started until
about the middle of March. in order to
have them ready for service in the latter
part of April or early in May. when the
first trips down the river are made
New Engine for Launch.
A new fifty-horsepower gasoline engine
has been received at Benefits boatyard.
to be installed in the cruising launch
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Departures.

Schooner Elizabeth Clarke, light. for a
Virginia point to load lumber or cord
wood for the dealers here; steamer Wake
field. passengers and freight for lower
Potomac points; schooner Grape Shot.
from 11th street wharf with oysters in
the shell for Crisfield,' Md; scOw klon-
dyke, from Alexandria for river point
to load.
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Prince Chun and the Manchu princes
were willing. but they feared united
action on the
Stripped of His Titles part of the
and All Emoluments. .oressn g.
distinctly Chinese thing happened. In an
imperial edict Yuan Shin Kai was lauded
for his great ability and past services.
but because Of the rheumatism in his leg
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Given Ten Years of High n
Power for His Treason. II

rover 1Or his treason. oyornor ~
the province of Shantung, where the Ger
mans hold the port of kiaochOu. Two
years later the Boxers gripped the coun-
try, but by mastery Fabian tactics he
was able to toy with them, saving the
lives of the foreigners in his province
and at the same time retaining the con
tdence of the empress dowager. who
soon saw he had been right. Later ht
was promoted to the very lucrative vice
royalty of Chilli, Jung Lu having pe
! come commander-n-chief of the imperia
guard and a member of the grand coun
Gil Finally Yuan reached the very pin
| nacle of favor by being given seat II
| the grand council and the presidency O.
| the Wal WI Pu. then China's foreign
service and all-governing domestic board
In all of these important positions YuaI
| Shin Kai continued to build good roads
| make cities sanitary. establish stabl,
| credit. drill troops. enforce law and order
| protect foreigners and encourage modern
education and Christian schools For
| Tientsin where he lived viceroy o
| Chilli. is the cleanest. most sanitary ant
| healthful city in all of China, not except
ing Shanghai, where the foreigners have
| been in control more than thirty years
| He was in the full flush of his glory
| feared and respected by millions. Ever
| Manchu princes of the blood did his bid
| ding. Apparently the double dealing O
! 1888 had been forgiven and forgotten
| Then came his downfall.
! The aged Empress DOwager Tzi An an(
| Emperor Huang Hsu, whom Yuan hat
! betrayed died within twenty four hour.
of each other. The widow of the emperor
| became empress dOwager and the broth
| er of the emperor. Prince Chun, became
| prince regent for the baby emperor In
| obedience to the late Huang Hsu's fer.
vent and Oft-eXpressed wish that Yuar
| Shin Kai should be killed at the first op.
| portunity his widow now directed Prince
Chun to lay the statesman's head on the
| block.
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Manchester Is Repaired.
New Engine for Launch.

new fifty-horsepower gasoline engine
has been received at Benefits boatyard
to be installed in the cruising launch
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Reform Edicts Arouse arous
the Empress Dowager. Dowa

An. The emperor decided that it was
necessary to imprison her and by murder
eliminate her most faithful and powerful
supporter, JunA LII. viceroy of Chlnli.
her childhood friend. once lieutenant
of the palace guard. when she was mere
~ cOncubine of the second grade In the
nous hold of the then emperor.
The delicate task of taking jung Lu
life was given to Yuan. He was agree
able and bowed from his maJeStys pres
ence with these words on his lips: ~ our
imperial favor. even though his merit be
as a drop of water in the ocean or a
grain of sand in the desert. He Will
faithfully perform the service of a dog
or a horse while there remains breath or
life in his body.
But Jung LII was not killed when yuan
reached Tientsin. Several months before,
while in the very heat of mis- progressive
ness Yuan had taken the oath or
brotherhood with this same Viceroy
Jung Iu the arch enemy of progress.
Smotherng his piouS VOW of few days
before Yuan revealed the plot to his in
tended victim, who promptly notified I'll
An Then both officials modeStly efaced
themselves for a few days. TZi An imme-
diately summoned her guards and, rush.
ing to the royal palace, had the emperor
seized One or two ntimates of the young
escaped The reign of reform was over.
For this high treason Yuan Shih Kai
was rewarded with ten years of high
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Idlewild which is on the marine railway
there to be overhauled. The work of
placing the heavy piece of machinery in
position aboard the launch will be started
at once, and it is expected that the YES
sci will be ready to put overheard in the
coming week. 1t is stated that the owner
of the vessel will keep it in commission
throughout the winter and will use it for
trips on the river if ice does not prevent.
In the summer the Idlewild will take
her owner and party on cruise on
Chesapeake bay that may be extended
into a trip up the coast.
Schooner Is Overhauled.
The three-masted schooner May and
Anna Boswick, which was reported at a
Virginia point loading lumber for New
Haven, had not arrived at her loading
point yesterday, and it is supposed that
she is still at Norfolk at a shipyard being
overhauled and made ready for the trip
up the coast. The BoSWick is
Johnson & Wimsatt Of this city. She
IS the largest of the fleet of lumber-carry-
ing vessels owned at this city, and has
been employed in running lumber from
North Carolina and Virginia points to her
owners here.
Dredges No. s and No. ) of the fleet of
big sand and gravel digging machines
belonging to the Columbia Granitt and
Dredging Company or this city . LAID
Up in the Eastern branch for repair work
that will put them in good order for work
in the spring.
Having completed a general verhauling
at the wharf of her owners on the East
ern branch, the tug Baby, the smallest
towboat of the fleet OF the Columbia
Granite and Dredging Company, is laid
up there until the busy spring season
requires her going into commission.
With a raft Of pine piling in tow from
Occoquan, Va, the tug James o. Carter
is scheduled to arrive at the navy yard
on the Eastern branch today. The piling
is to be used in rebuilding the quay
wall about the old portion of the navy
yard, work on which has been in prog
ress for the past four months.
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NEW PLAN
DR.. Davidson Wants Combina-
ton High School.
CITES WASHINGTON'S NEED
Recommends That Manual Training
and Businss Be Taught in
New Central.

That the proposed new Central High
School building should be erected as
combination school, where manual train
ing and business courses may be pro-
vided. as we'll as the academic course, is
the belief of DIR. William NJ Davidson.
superintendent of public schools of this
city. DR.. Davidson outlined his attitude
regarding the new building before the
District appropriations committee of Con-
gress.
In support of his request for combina
ton school, DIR. Davidson said: In sup
port of this plea 1 wish to call attention
to the fact that both our present Business
High School and our Mckinley Manual
Training School are now in effect COM
bination high schools. with emphasis be-
ing placed upon business practice in the
Business High School and upon manual
training in the Mckinley High School,
both. however, carrying courses in aca-
demic branches somewhat similar to the
courses carrieds in our present academic
high SchOOlS
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Reduced to Minor Post
and Then Forgotten.

was recalled. reduced to a minor post IN
'obscure WenchOw and forsotteh. D''
the smashing victories of the japanese
trained troops over his Own-lusty heroes
armed with poisoned arrows, mucous
sounding gongs and stink pots-sho"ed
him that China must be moderniZed or go
Under He was not the first Chinese 10
learn this lesson, but he was the first 10
Law it down as rule to be followed day
and night with the convenient exceptions
when it best serves even a modernized
Chinese's interest to be wholly Chinese
Ponderng over this great truth in bu-
collie Wenchow led Yuan to get in touch
with and gain the friendship OF Nahs
Yu-Wei the noted Cantonese agltator
In 1897 or Whereabouts, hang Nentured
north TO Picking capital of the empire and
stronghold of the Manchus. In single
interview he so Won the confidence OF
Emperor HLang Hsu that he was per-
mitted to outline program Tor the
reformation of the country. Early in ls:'S
Rang Yu-Wei obtained for Yuan Shih
X al a private audience with the emperor.
Just as his ma jesty was on the brink OF
that famous hundred days of reform,
Yuan pledged himself to the cause, and
the emperor put him on the official ell
gible list He was made eXpectant vice
president of a board, and given command
of a disOrganiZed army corps.
So Yuan Shi K'ai owed the restoration
of his fortunes to a radical reform and
his own oath to fight for better day in
China. At first he wrought well. and
was called Yuan the RefOrmer. Beginning
with a few soldiers. he soon had about
10000 fairly well drilled troops. He was
fair and honest with the men. and shunned
fat contracts for rotten military supplies
His foreign Instructors swore by him.
X ::
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Arrivals.

Flattie, unnamed, at Alexandria TO load
merchandise for lower Potomac point:
Bryant lighter. 18th street wharf to
load oyster shells for Alexandria crushing
plant.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-02
CAUSE OF DEATH
STILL MYSTERY
Strong Suspicion That Stranger
Was Murdered, With Rob
berry as Motive.
BODY FOUND ON TRACKS
Coroner's Jury Investigates and
Returns an Indefinite
Verdict.
Times-Dispatch Bureau
) Bollingbrook Street
Telephone 14S5),

> bOlilnEDIOOh oLEttI
Telephone 14S5),
Petersburg, Va, January /.
Justice George F. Lundie. acting cor
oner OF Chesterfield. and Jury from
that county held an inquest at noon
to-day on the body Of the stranger who
was killed Sunday night near Gross
mans Crossing, near this city, From
the ending OF the body Monday morn
ing on the Coast line Railroad. the
srpposltion was that he had been run
over and killed By one Of the Sunday
night trains, and that possibly he had
fallen on the track from a car. Moth
ing 10 clean up the mystery was de-
veloped before the Jury. There was
nothing about the body 70 throw light
on the identity Of the stranger, and no
evidence TO show what train had run
over him. II was apparent. however
from the fact that the body had been
dragged along on the track, that IL
was living between the rails when the
train passed over Il. \ pool OF blood
was found between the rails at the
point where the body is supposed to
have first lain. and this. in connection
with the fact that though the stranger
was well dressed, not a cent OF money
was found In his pockets, has caused
suspicion in the minds OF some that he
NAV have been murdered and robbed
and his body placed on the track. TINS.
however, Is mere suspicion. After
hearing all the evidence bearing on
the case, the jury rendered the YER
diet that the unknown stranger came
TO his death on Sunday night Deem
Der %. by some cause or causes IN
known TO the Jury. he having appa-
rently been run over and dragged by
some car or train on the Atlantic coast
Line Railroad
The railroad COMPANY TOOK charge
OF the body after the inquest ana pore
the expense OF the burial
From the fact that Germa Il FL
,ish dictionary was found in the
stranrer's pocket. the belief is eX-
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At the direction Of Mrs T. William
PembertOn. who j. retiring from
housekeeping. We VIII sell at her resi-
dence. No. $50 West Franklin street,
THURSDAY. JANUARY 2.
beginning al 1880 o'clock.
her rare and valuable old Black wal
nut and Mahogany Furniture. consist
Ing Of
SALON PARTOR-CostIy Parior suit
II ave pieces IN damask Carved Ebony
Parlor Suit va plush. Mahogany Psrlor
Suit two Willow Rockers Rare old
Rosewood Eliza. with movable base
and handsomely carved. very me stein
way Piano, open Franklin stove. Gas
Radiator.
RECEPTION HAII-E,boay Hall ra-
bic Ebony chairs. Antique Sofa. wall
nut Hat Rock. Walnut Whatnot Rock
crs.
DINING ROOM-Wslnut Extension
Table. Sideboard. Chairs. Pier Mirror-
BI-TLERS' PANTRY AND KITCHEN
Tables. Chairs. EcfrigcratoT. Gas
Range. etc
IJsRARY-Ssveral old walnut BOOK
cases. writing Desks. rare old Atho1-
any Book Case and Secretary. lot -
Books Two Revolving Book Racks.
Massive Centre Table. Old Walnut IL
brary suit Of I've pieces. handsome oil
Rosewood Piano.
Walnut Bed Room suit With WARDROBE
10 match Hair Mattress. Extra Wsrt-
robe. shaving stand. Pier Mirror. Do
nestle Scwing Machine. and cher
Furniture. etc
ladies' Invited 20 attend.
TIE VALENTINE AUCTION co.
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RRefing6


NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company.
Office of the Secretary,
Richmond. Va. December 81, 1872.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN: TAKE
notice. that, on Wednesday. Feb
special general meeting OF the stock
holders of the Richmond, Fredericks-
. burg and Potomac Railroad Company
will be held in the flee of the com
pany. in the First National Bank
building, at the corner OF Ninth and
Main Streets. in Richmond, Va. pur-
suant TO the call of the president
and directors OF said company
adopted on December 1s, 1912, the
purpose of said meeting being TO
take action upon a proposition OF
compromise and settlement nego-
tiated by the president and directors
OF the company with the special COM
mission representing the state o.
Virginia and its political SUB
divisions as authorized by statute;
and also TO take action upon reso-
tuition of the president and directors
of the company looking to an
amendment Of the cOmpany's char
Ter. as authorized BY law. and also
for attending 20 any other matters
which may lawfully come before SAID
meeting.
The books for the transfer Of the
capitai stock o. the company will be
closed on January Is. 1913, at
o'clock r. NJ. and reopened on Feb
ruarv :. 1913 at 10 o'clock A. NJ
BY order of the President and Di-
rectors. NORMAN CALL,
Secretary.
VIII. II. WHITE.
Pres idenr-
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ReaI cstatf Jor Nent

WANTED. TO RENT TO A FIRST
class mlliiner-For rent: We have
for rent in our new store a nice
room TO be used for millinery and
a complete line of ladies fine goods.
New business, nice location good
and growing section. Under same
roof we have $4,000 feet of floor
space. and will carry in stock Il
complete line OF general merchan-
disc with carloads or flour. salt.
wagons buggies and agricultural
Implements: woven wire fence spe
cialty. VIII open February l, 1918.
FARMERS COOPERATIVE EX-
CHANGE, INC. by c. +. Sanderson,
Cartersville, Va.
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December "a. 1912.
THE DIRECTORS OF THIS bASk
share. amounting 60 $4,000. out OF
the profits OF the past four months.
In addition. they have directed the
payment 70 the stockholders OF "
per share. amounting TO s4O,syV'
which amount was set aside by the
ockholders of the two banks. under
the terms of consolidation. TO be
paid as a dividend in January 1913.
Checks for the whole amount, as
above. viii be mailed January ?. 1913,
10 stockholders OF record December
rs. 1912.
W. NJ ADDISON.
(aahiar
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Gosi aHo 5Touno

@ H
LOST. SUNDAY AFT + RN o \,
locket. Initial VI on back, set Win
diamond. Call Madison 5lH-J' re
ward.
fOSr KNIGHTS TEMPLAR WATCH
fob Suitable reward. Phone Maul-
son 4079 or Madison PAS.
FS,S,r WEDNESDAY EVENING AT
Main street station or on Clay street
car. gold and pearl opera SissSeS
Return 10 23l6 East Marshhil, Vi
phone Madison STOOL Reward
sTRAYED, FROM MY KEslDhNscE,
near Reservoir. a male setter aOe
white. with black ticks re" -
returned to VIM. RUEGER
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Dibineno AofiffS.

December 20. 1912.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
Manchester National Bank have this
dsv declared their usual semi-annual
dividend of per cent, payable on
and after January 2, 1913. Checks
will be mailed 10 stockholders OF
record as OF December rs. 1912.
ID. c. BALLARD.
Cashier.