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quantities. and at present has 20 be burnt
each season i'm order to keep II down, IL
is important to find commercial use
for it.
The consignment. which weighed La
pounds when received at the Imperial
Institute. and Ia pounds on being air
dried. Welded. after treatment in the
laboratories. a pulp Of good color. COM
posed Of ultimate hbers rather longer
than those of esparto grass. and about
the same length those of bamboo pulp.
II furnishes fairly good paper. Owing
to the light and bulky nature OF ele-
phant grass however. il j. unlikely that
the stems could be shipped profitabiy TO
Europe for papermaking. but if the stems
were converted into pulp At ~ near the
sources Of supply TX treatment With
caustc soda. il is possible. m the opinion
of the experts. that remuneratlve IN
dustry could h. opened up. since the pulp
probably would he of approximately the
same value for papermaking as wocd
pulp prepared by the soda process
namely S31.Ja 10 Si3.12 per ton in Lon
don. Since there are immense deposits
of soda in East Africa which could he
utilized for the manufacture Of pulp.
there would appear 10 be some prospect
of new industry growing Up IN ths
protectorate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
ELEPHANT GRASS PAPER
THE LATEST DISCOVERY
Africa Said to Have Immense Guam
titles of Material Going
to Waste.
foreign Correspondence If Tie Star

Foreign Correspondence If The Star.
LONDON. April .G, 1919.
Wood pulp is by far the most important
material for making paper at the pres
ent day. and. owing to the wide distribu-
ton of the sources of supply-conferous
trees being the most suitable-it is the
cheapest. Large quantities of straw pulp
also are imported into this country for
the manufacture Of brown papers and
straw boards. and bamboo is coming
into prominence as a source of paper
pulp.
4 new material for making paper.
elephant grass. from | ganda. is now
suggested in an interesting article pub
the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute.
This is "A perennial grass. growing usu-
ally to height Of six feet to ten feet, and
much higher on rich rnarshlandS. Occur
ring in deep zone across tropical Africa.
il is found chiefly along water courses
and in marShy depressions. hut ii grows
also in the more open parts of bush and
forest lands. Both cattle and horses eat
it readily y sample of the dried mature
grass was sent recently from [ ganda 70
the Imperial Institute. with the object
of ascertainng its suitability Tor the
manufacture of paper.
The chief forestry officer Of the pro-
tectorate stated that the grass was a
source of ANNOYANCE and expense TO asri-
culturistS as il grew rapidly after the
aerial shoots had been burnt or cut
down. but that If il could he used profit
ably for the manufacture Of paper a
new and large industry could he built up.
Since this grass is available in immense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
FOR USE IN COAST TRADE.
Barge to Be Built in Baltimore for
Dougherty COMPANY.

\ hig coastng barge for the p Dough-
erty Company of Baltimore is tn he built
in the coming summer at the yard of
Woodall q Co. at Baltimore. Vt will he
the first vessel of tho kind built in that
city In many years The barge is to he
10 feet long on the keel to have ~ feet
beam and to be 16 feet deep in the hold.
It will be used for coasting trade and
will carry cargoes from the Chesapeake
TO both the north and south Atlantic
ports
The barge is to he fitted with two
masts, steam pumping and hosting gear
and will have every modern appliance
There will be raised deck forward, aft
err the type of the larger sailing vessels
and the dead weight carrying capacity is
= $40 tons. The designs for the new YES
sci are ready and work is to- start at once
with the expectation of having the barge
completed in the early fall.
The new vessel will he the largest in
the Dougherty fleet and is said to be the
largest one of its kind ever built outside
of a New England shipyard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
REPAIRS TO PLEASURE CRAFT.
Launches Being Made Ready for
Simmer Service on River.

To be painted and to receive her spring
overhauling. the power launch DureX, one
of the local feet of pleasure craft. is out
on the marine railway at Regans boat
ward and is the first vessel to haul out
there since last fall, the railway until
within the past day or two having been
filed with launches laid up for the win
ter. The overhauling of the DureX will
be pushed and she probably will be ready
for service in the coming week.
The overha uling and painting of the
cruising launch Sawha, belonging to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
fTHE ENID
uCopyrlght.l
ALLEGED LACK OF FUNDS.
Schools of Prince Georges County
May Close May Is.
riaI Correspondence of Tho Star.

I
EVANSVILLE, Nav }, 1913.
ne board OF county school commits
sloners plans to meet in Upper Marlboro
tomorrow and determine the question
as TO whether or not the public schools
in the county Will he closed May -
or allowed to remain open, as hereto
| fore. until June Is. The school board
claims that the county commissioners
when they made the levy in March
did not provide for paving the school
teachers the increased salary provided
by an act passed during the 1872 SEES
sion fthe legislature and that it is
without funds to continue the schools and
pay the teachers.
The school commissioners claim to be
absolutely powerleSs in the premises,
/ and state that if the schools remain
open until June u the county commits
sioners will have to provide the fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
OLDEST COMMUTER IN WORLD.
John Taylor Terry, Merchant, Dies
in Ninety-Second Year.

NEW YORK. May John Taylor
Terry, one Of the oldest merchants of
New York, who died yesterday in his
ninety second year, is spoken of in
obituary notices today as probably the
oldest commuter in the world He has
a record of almost daily trips by train
between his estate in Tarrytown and
New York for over sixty years, and
during that time he was commanding
figure in financial and commercial at
fairs of the city.
He started his career as a clerk in the
large importing and banking house of
+, y. Morgan in 1872. and became a
partner of Gov. Morgan of civil war
times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05

Judge Aukam of the Municipal Court.
which have been in progress at Bennett
railway for the past week, have been COM
peted and the vessel is ready to be put
overheard She will be kept on the rail-
way until today tomorrow in order to
allow the new paint on her to dry thor
oughly In the coming summer Judge
Aukam viii make a long cruise on the
river and bay.
The launch Betsy, belonging to +, NJ.
Hall, is also at Bennetts to be taken from
the water shortly To be cleaned and
painted and to be put in good order for
cruising work on the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
TURKEY, HARD PRESSED,
PLUMBERS ITS CITIZENS
Cairo Newspaper Reveals Appalling
State of disagreement Even
in Constantinople.
-eign Correspondence of Tho Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star
CAIRO. April 20 1919.
The Constantinople correspondent of an
appalling state of misgovernment i'm Tur-
key.
Under the heading. They Are Blunder-
ing" he says: The systematic persecu-
tions outrages and plunderings of the
peaceful Armenian villagers in the nte-
rior of Turkey continue, and all the repre-
sensations of the patria rebate remain I'M
needed.
But now the robbery is taking place in
the capital itself. and the victim is not
the forlorn. helpless peasant. crouciing
in the dark corner of his cell, who with
his labor helps to build up the wealth of
the country. but the rich merchant of the
capital, i'm broad daylight, while engaged
in the ordinary business of his office is
also pundered by the officials of the gov
eminent itself. without the slightest sign
of shame.
Since the commencement of the war the
government has been making repeated de-
mands and people have been submitting
to them silently. but lately these demands
have become more frequent and pressing.
and they now feel the greatest indigna-
tion utter ruin stares them in the
face.
Immediate Demand for $25, 900.
To mention an instance. a well-to-do
merchant living at Beylerbay, when re-
turning home from his office one day. on
alighting from the steamer. was accosted
by two gendarmes and a policeman in
civilian dress, who invited him to the
police station There they handed him a
demand from the National Defense Union
for the Immediate payment OF S.J.oN for
the support of the soldiers who de-
Tending the frontiers against the enemy.
Notwithstanding that he had already will
ipglv contributed to the funds of the war
ministry on many occasions by thousands
of dollars, he felt this demand to he in
tolerable but had no choice but to sub
nit for his life was i'm danger. as he was
threatened with having his sources of in
come destroyed and he himself put in
chains and banished to some distant cor
ner of the land.
All his consultations We're useless. and
| he was to pay the full amount within
| tWenty-four hours. and above all he was
| to make no complaint. The next day he
| took the S25,0OO to the ministry of war,
| but in the evening. when returning home.
| he was again arrested and taken tn the
police station. roughly searched ana $50
which he had about him was taken away,
as well as his gold watch and chain, his
! ring silver cigar case. stick and even his
| amber cigar holder. and let go.
| All the Armenian merchants are In con-
| slant dread of this kind of endless rob
berv. The espionage system established
| Is worse than at any time under Abdul
Hamja's regime. The lower classes are
highly disuuieted and the ferment in the
army is daily growing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
VISIT SCENE OF RIOT.
Chicago Police Hold Memorial Serv
ices After Twenty-Five Years.

CHICAGO, May 5.-Policeman John
O'Leary found aged woman praying
last night in an alley near Desplanes and
Randolph streets. She explained that
every year she visited the spot where
her son was killed in the Haymark ct
riots more than a quarter of century
ago and offered a prayer in his memory
Forty men Mho policemen endeaX ored
10 quell the riot melted by anarchists on
the West Side the night of May 1. 1856.
met yesterday at the Desplaines street
police station. After memorial services
and "reminiscences they marched to the
spot where seven of their comrades were
killed and seventy nine injured by the
explosion Of bomb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
PIGEONS MAKE GOOD TIME.
Race From Dekalb to Chicago Won
by Lord Prima Tribuna.

CHICAGO. MAY ). Two thousand ar
rier pigeons We're released Yesterday At
Dekaib. Ill. ny members Of tito Assacia
ton OF Chicago Homing Pigeon clubs
Lord Prma Trbuna was frst u reach
Chicago covering the ffty-eight miles
under adverse weather conditions iii one
hour and thirty minutes
The birds will he taken farther from
this CITY each Sunday until race Of $40
miles will he made from Emporia. Kan.
This event has been Won twice by Lord
Prima Tribuna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
Real Waltham accuracy
is furnished by
Waltham
Automobile Iimepieces

Here is timepiece designed expressly for
motor cars-the first for the purpose. Here
tofore automobile clocks have been adapta-
tons. This Waltham 1imepiece was built
especially for automobiles. 1t is similar in
design to the Marine Chronometer which
the u. S. Government buys from us for war
vessels and also to the jeweler's chronometers,
1000 of which are supplying Waltham time
throughout America.
1t will resist jars and hard usage and will
run so accurate y that you can set your own
watch and clocks from it. All the accuracy
of Walthami watches is in this timepiece and
we stand back of it as marvel OF precision.
The 8-day movement is ad justed to tenn
perature and will not be affected by the
extremes of heat and cold to which automo-
biles are subjected.
1t has a dial Indicator which gives warning
three days before the timepiece runs down.
You can also choose between raised dial
and one which is flush with the dash. In
its best form this Waltham Automobile
Timepece costs $25. 1t may be obtained
alone or In combination with speedometers.
If you are buying new Car be sure it is
Waltham equipped and if you already have
a car you will get comfort and pride from
installing Waltham accuracy.
Waltham Watch Company
Waltham Mass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-05
Colleeiate Club Installs Officers

Officers to serve during the next SIN
months were installed last night by
members of the Collegiate Club. at a
meeting of the organization held in Col
legiate Hall. 1880 18th street northwest
The officers are r. Lesk. president: l.
Weinberger. vice president: X Flnkle-
stein, secretary; G. Cohen, treasurer, and
NJ Handelsman, keeper of seal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

.uu uwHAT has become of the White
:: !: :: = J:
Z(9SA$30 snnerstifinns alarm on that
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fact, in some instances, saving n
money and labor may be effectos
while improving the building.
The specifications provide for goot
mortar that is to be gagged with o.
ment when used below grade linz
and beam filling between and alou,
side of all joists on top of the wall b.
fitting brick closely underneath the
floor. 1t is -also provided that the eel.
lar bottom shall be leveled off and
paved with brick, or 1t may be ala
down in the more modern concrets
il the foundation bed is properly pre-
pared There are slop sink and
catch basin provided, the same as for
larger and more expensive houses.
Another feature never seen in
cheap houses until lately is the &C.
ment wainscoting in the kitchen. The
use OF cement for this purpose has
many advantages. 1t is dry and rat,
proof, and it has good, smooth, hard
surface that may, be stained or paint
ed any desired color.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

little house like this, erected in the
outskirts of town, where fresh air and
sunshine may be had in quantities
sufficient to promote health and good
looks.
The arrangement of the rooms is
very simple; and while the finish Is
good and neat, there is nothing ex-
pensive about the house. The plan
calls for good cellar with concrete
wall, or with stone wall properly laid
and coated on the outside with a half
inch layer of Portland cement mortar
to insure a dry cellar
There is room in every town and
city for hundreds Of such houses.
Transportation is so easy, quick and
convenient on account of the new
electric trolley lines, that there is no
longer any excuse for people budding
together in small, badly lighted, I'M
ventilated apartments, except in very
large cities.
The large veranda across the front
gives the house a good appearance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

If you spend as little as $4,000 you
may not get your moneys worth.
But in our humble opinion, If it
should happen to cost $1,000,0OO to
rear a boy it is well worth it. Not
that we would encourage the expendt
ture of million dollars on any boy.
But is there any other investment
which pays such big returns?
1t is true, of course, that you are al
ways taking a gambling chance with
any boy. He may go wrong in spite
of everything you can do, and yet
looking at the matter in it's very worst
aspects, there is so much that you
gain in large, human experience, IN
varieties of emotions, In expansion
and contraction of the soul, the mind
and the heart in rearing boy, that
1t pays under any conditions.
When you put thought and affection
and interest and encouragement, ana
as much chastisement as may Dc
necessary, and hope and faith and
charity into boy, it is better than
planting a garden, better than specu'
lating in Wall street, better than fall
ing in love with a woman, better than
anything else in the world that we
know anything about.
A boy is much more human docu'
ment than any other kind Of human
being. There is more genuine re-
Spouse in a small boy than there is ID
a Wagner orchestra or a medium-sizeo
ocean. There is everything in a small
boy that there ought to be, and q
great deal more. Besides, small boz
AN cause more trouble to the square
inch than anything else on earth.
And this is the reason, professor
why 1t pays to raise one, no matter
how much he costs.-Life.
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ing some opposition to start with.
The ceremony was performed in the circular
room, and there was dancing afterward, the pres
ident and his wife taking part in the Virginia
reel
IT has been said of the Monroes that they made
fewer friends in Washington than any presiGen-
tial family before since They were very ex-
elusive and so formal that Mr.. Monroe once re-
fused to see near relative who called at the
White House because the visitor was not attired
in the small clothes appropriate to full dress
Mrs Hay, the eldest daughter, would not visit
the wives Of the diplomats because they did not
call first upon her Thus it came about that
when the youngest daughter, Maria Hester Mon
roe married her cousin, Samuel Laurence Gou-
verneur then secretary to the president nobody
was at the wedding except members of the faml-
lies of the bride and bridegroom. It took place
In the circular room at noon on March 3, 1870,
and the clergyman the Rev. DR.. Hawley OF st.
Johns church, wore knee breaches with silver
buckles on his low shoes
The couple spent their summers at Oak Hill,
Loudon county Va. They lived in New York
In winter Ex.President Monroe died in the New
York house while visit to his daughter.
They had three children, two OF them boys.
Maria Monroe Gouverneur died at Oak Hill at
the age OF forty-nine and buried there
Anna Todd of Philadelphia was married at the
White House in 1912 to John G. Jackson, mem
Der of congress from Virginia and granduncle
of Stonewall Jackson.
History is unfortunately silent in regard to sub
sequent events in the life of Anna Todd. but 1t is
known that she went to Virginia with her hus-
band and lived there the rest of her life.
Dolly Madison had two sisters One of them,
Anna, became the wife of Congressman Cults OF
Maine. The other and younger sister, Lucy. was
married at fifteen years of age to George Steptoe
Washington, nephew OF the Father of His
Country. He died and she went to live with the
Madisons.
All OF which merely leads up to the fact that
the evening of March II, 1911, Lucy, the
widow aforementioned, married at the White
House to Kentucky widower named Todd. who
was an associate justice Of the Supreme court.
This was the first White House wedding and was
celebrated with all the eclat possible in those
comparatively simple days.
1t will be noticed that only four of the twelve
White House brides have been daughters OF
Presidents. The first of these was Maria Mon
roe the second Elizabeth Tyler, the third Nellie
Grant and the fourth Alice Roosevelt. Jessie
Woodrow Wilson will be the fifth.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
FairIop Friday.

Fairlop Friday" first Friday
IN July-is festival that has fallen
out of fashion. 1t was founded by
Daniel Day, COMMONLY called Good
Day" a benevolent pdmpmaker OF
Wrapping, who used to feast his
friends on bacon and beans beneath
the branches Of a great oak tree al
Fairlop before Hainault forest was
disaiforested. The custom of going out
to eat beans and bacon at this spot Oh
this date spread through East London,
and regular fair was established
around Fairlop Oak. With the de.
struction of the old oak trees ano
the Enclosure Of Hainault forest, the
Fairlop festival fell into desuetude,
but the phrase to i'give beans" and
"bean-feast' still survive. -LoAdoI
Mail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
/ WILLTAM A. RADTORD, EDITORI
!

Mr.. William a. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers OF this
paper On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries
ito william A. Radford, No. ITS West
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
The majority of people have to fig
ure pretty closely in approaching the
building problem. At least, 1t is well
for them to do SO, even those who
have an abundance of the where
withal."
This is cottage house plan. 81
feet inches wide by AZ feet inches
long, exclusive of the porch. Ten feet
of the length, however, is accounted
for by the kitchen extension, so that
the main part of the house is not very
large .
1t is INTENDED to be a cheap affair.
The word cheap" in this instance Is
used in its better sense, meaning good
value for what 1t costs. The word
cheap" has been shamefully abused.
Such slang phrases as cheap skate"
cheap john" etc., has given snide
value to a good, old-fashioned English
word which originally meant bar
gain" AS this little house can be
built under favorable circumstances
for about $1,000, the word bargain"
should apply without any qualifica-
tons
The value Of house is not always
in it's size. 1t is more In after COM
fort and continuous convenience.
There are many small families living
in crowded quarters who would have
much better accommodations than they
are accustomed to. II they lived in a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

1t takes away the plainness. and, in
fact. is the main difference in out
ward appearance between this little
modern cottage and the old-fashioned
One-story house that everybody avoid
ed II possible But there are other
and more important improvements in
the new construction, Modern meth
DDS Of using building paper. cement,
better mortar. and better plaster, are
working wonders in the comfort OF
such little houses. 1t is just as cheap
to use these materials as to build a
house in the old-fashioned way. In
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
BEST OF ALL INVESTMENTS
This Writer is Of Opinion That One
Can Not Do Better Than Put
Money Into Boy.

A professor of the Chicago univer-
sity has been INDUCING in figures re-
lating to the cost Of rearing boy
He says that no matter how poor
boys parents may be it cost $4,000 to
bring him from babyhood to the age
Of eighteen. This is the minimum for
any boy. And you can spend as much
more than this as you please.
The professor, perhaps unconscious
ly, conveys the impression that even
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
A DILEMMA.

'T suppose Mrs Smith is much distressed
about her husbands death"
i don't know about that He was so mean
and cranky that in way it is a relief But
then black Is so horribly unbecoming to her"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
TnE BOSS SPEAKS.

Young man." said the boss, Il like TO see
you arrive in the morning feeling fresh"
Yes, SIR"
But let It end there. You have a habit a.
keeping your freshness up ali day"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
HARD TO REALIZE.

I'VE quickly accept conditions as they are It's
hard to realize that bald-headed man ever had
hair"
That's true
Yet some of them not only had hair, but long
crinkly curls."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29
NOTHING SERIOUS.

Was full when you saw me last nighta~
Il wouldn't like to say that"
Come on. What was doing?"
Well. You were challenging q lamrpost ID
race"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

Adams, a graduate of Har-
ward, VIGOROUSLY hot tenn
pered and inheriting the ar
rogance of his grandfather,
after whom he was named.
At that time a young man
named HELEN, from Philadel-
phia, was employed in the
White House in a secretarial
capacity. He had q very
pretty sister named Mary,
and John Adams fell in love
with her, finally obtaining
the consent Of his parents to
their marriage, notwithstand-