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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
THE ULUBs.

The two principal events among the
male clubs during the year We're the
formal opening of the new Army and
Navy Club and the moving into the new
University Club by its members.
The 1S9 organizations that meet regu-
larly throughout the club season, which
means practically the entire year. except
July and August, represent combined
membership of nearly $1,000 men and
women Of the District of Columbia.
This does not include the thousands
of men enrolled in the Society of st. VIM
cent de Paul, nor fraternities, nor the
Christian EndeavOr Society.
ALI Interests Represented.
triotism, business and pleasure are the
motive powers that appeal in most in
stances, each organization contributing
its telling quota to the general intelli-
gence with which the capital is justly
credited.
The Federated Clubs of the District
form union that continually evidences
it's power for civic betterment. The va
rious branches of the w. c. T. u, church
societies. relief circles and patriotic
corps are each factors in the good work
done along these lines, while the League
of American Pen Women, Columbia
Heights Art Club and like organizations
have contributed many clever writer's and
illustrators during the year to the coun-
try's newspapers and magazines.
Study of Languages.
The study of languages is the object
Of various "cercles," ''vereins." 'keubos''
and Spanish clubs-one of the latter hav-
ing been formed only few days ago
by a dozen young men who are fitting
themselves for business careers in South
America after the opening Of the canal
Suffrage, the tax question, arbitration
world history, nature study. economics
and even occultism have their votaries
by the thousands, while more thousands
find their pleasure in social gatherings
that call for Rotations, music, dancing
or cards.
Pleasures and Benefits.
The years history in Washington s
club world is record of pleasures given
and benefits conferred. The poor have
been aided and the lonely cheered Social
pleasure and intellectual gain have
gone hand in hand. and ambitions have
been encouraged and, doubtless. in some
instances, attained.
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Pleasures and Benefits.
PATRIOTIC ORDERS.

Elections and installations Of officers
were the business of many organizations
in the first month of the year-with
others. Gushing Camp. Sons of Veterans
Sheridan Post, G. A. R.. and auxiliary,
Meade Post, and other veteran orsaniza-
tons.
The United Spanish War Veterans pre-
sented a medal to Mgr Russell, as q
war chaplain. early in February. The
Society of the Cincinnati and the Loyal
Legion held annual banquets. The annual
encampment of the Department of the Po-
tomac. G. A. R., was held. preceded by
the annual dinner. The District of Co.
lumbia Society. Sons of the American
elected officers. The G. A. r. and w. r.
C. of the District of Columbia he'd joint
installation of officers.
Banquet of Second Army Corps.
Mrs. 4. NJ. Galloway was appointed
chief-of-staff of the national aux
Hilary. S. w. V. in March, President
Taft addressed the Second Armp Corps
Association, at its banquet. The memory
Of Mrs. J. E. Foster was honored by Con-
stitution Chapter, D. A. R., meeting in
April. Officers We're elected by the Span
sh-American War Companions Col.
Chaille-Long was the speaker before the
Sons of the Revolution.
The District of Columbia, d. A. r., in
May. elected officers friendly to the Scott
faction. shad bake was given by the
Department of the Potomac, G. A. r.
and picnic was attended by members
of the German Military Veterans Assoc
citation. The annual memorial service of
the Union Veterans Legion was held in
June. Officers We're elected by the Sur
vivors' Association, District of Columbia
Volunteers of 81. The District of Column
ba Commandery, S. w. W. dined. The
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Montrose Park.

Special attention was devoted to the
Improvement of Montrose Park, extend
ing from r street to Rock creek, and
plans were made for converting the old
Georgetown reservoir at the corner of
r street and Wisconsin avenue into a
pleasure park. If present plans are car
ried into effect a boulevard will be built
from the Georgetown end of the pro-
jected Q street bridge, around the south
side of Oak Hill cemetery to Montrose
Park and thence by way of Lovers
Lane and Klingle road to Rock Creek
park.
Two fine new parks have been acquired
in the extreme eastern section of the Dis
trict These comprise the sites of the
old civil war forts. Davis and Dupont,
located on the ridge along the Bowen
road near the eastern terminus of Penn
sylvania avenue. The Fort Davis reser-
walton comprises thirteen acres of land
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The Police Court.

\ new record in the number of infor-
nations filed in the Police Court was es-
tablished during the year just ended. -,
so being the total number Of cases in
both branches of the court. making seven
more cases than last years number OF
2l..SS. Five thousand eight hundred and
twenty-nine of these cases were filed in
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ARKAblE |APR0VEM IN PARKS RIVERSIDE AND SUBURBS

aviation to record. the machine having
developed gradually throughout the year.
But the most important thing from a
scientific standpoint was the appointment
by President Taft, December 20. of a
commission to draw up plans for q ma
tional aerodynamic laboratory. The COM
mission included some Of the foremost
men in touch with aerial development In
this country and promises to mark a
notable epoch in the development Of
aviation in America.
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PARK IMPROVEMENT.

Material progress was made during the
past year in the Improvement of the
many parks, large and small, in the Dis
trct of Columbia. favorably known to
the many thousands of men, women and
children who visit them in all seasons OF
the year, as 1.-The breathing spots Of
Washington" Most of these public parks
are under the fostering care of Col. Cos
by Corps of Engineers of the army, who
is gradually developing an artistic and
comprehensive scheme of Improvement de-
signed mainly to add to the utility and at
Effectiveness of the parks in every section
of the city Considerable work was done
in that direction during the year just
closed, especially with respect to the
small circles and triangles at the inter-
| section of various avenues and streets.
Potomac Park Boulevard.
plan for the construction of boulevards
connecting Potomac Park with the Zoo
logical and Rock Creek parks, and in
turn with the Soldiers Home grounds.
The plan has been warmly approved by
the President, the District Commissioners.
the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of
Trade, the commission of fine arts and
other organizations. and individuals and
Congress has been urged to enact the
necessary legislation.
Potomac Park west of the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad embankment has been ma
terially improved with trees. plants and
lawns, and arrangements have been made
to make it more accessible by the open
ing of roads at the foot Of streets west of
18th street. Work has been started for
the Improvement Of the new section of
the park, east of the railroad embank-
ment. extending in the form of a PENN
sula to a point nearly opposite Giesboro.
+ Efforts so far have been directed main
ly to the building of boulevard sixty
feet wide entirely around the water side
of this sectional distance of nearly four
| miles. 1t will be a continuation of the
| popular riverside drive in the west sec
| ton.
Modern Construction.
The new road is being built in the best
style of modern construction. and for
most of its length is lined with willow
and other fine shade trees. 1t will be
flanked on one side with paved side
walk for pedestrians and on the other
side with a cinder path for equestrians.
Tentative plans contemplate the building
| of large stadium in the newly reclaim
ed east section and the establishment of
suitable landings for launches and small
| boats carrying passengers from points
| between 9TH and 18th streets.
| Rock Creek Park has been made more
accessible, especially in the northern sec
ton. by the matchmaking of Beach
| driveway to the extreme northern end
of the park. the opening of Morrow road
from 10Th street and the Improvement of
kalmia street, leading from Georgia ave-
nue.. Orders have been given for the
macadamizing of Daniel road, forming
! the western boundary of the park. north
of Military road and of the short stretch
of Wise road, connecting the northern
: end of Daniel road and the northern end
| of Beach driveway. These improvements
will open the entire park to automobiles
and will relieve the congestion of traffic
on the old roads south of the Military
road.
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and the Fort Dupont reservation seven
teen acres.
To connect them will require the con-
demnation of about eleven acres more.
giving the new parks an area Of about
fOrty-one acres. Future efforts will be
directed to the requirement for general
park purposes of the sites of the other
forts. which guarded the eastern and
western boundaries of the District in the
days which tried mems souls
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ton Of Congress placing all wireless
stations under government control
which was vested directly in the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor. The
law was intended not to- handicap
wireless progress, but to insure the
government stations from wireless m
reference at certain hours. With this
in view all stations and all wireless
operators were required to have a
license. SO the government could keep
track of them.
Sending Stations.
Sending stations were prohibited
within certain distance of government
stations, and the government opera
tors were given right of way for all
government messages the first fifteen
minutes of each hour. There was also
a severe penalty provided for fake dis
tress calls from any station ana ,Ior
interfering with any station answering
a real distress call. Provision was also
made for the work of laboratories
where serious wireless experimental
work was conducted
Arlington Station.
The greatest wireless installation IN the
world was the navy station compiete1 at
Arlington this year. This consisted OF
three towers. the tallest 600 feet high
and two others $50 each, with antennae
strung between the tops of the three
This big station has a regular detail OF
eighteen enlisted men, several commis-
stoned officers and a wire chief. Inc
power plant for sending is exceptionally
fine and the quarters for the men ana
officers thoroughly up to date.
The station is designed. for an extreme
sending range of 1900 miles. but this mas
been reached over land, communication
having been established with San Fran
CISCO, and it Is considered possible that
greater ranges may be had over water.
Connection With Aviation.
Wireless in connection, with aviation
has been developed both by the army
and navy. A special form of sender has
been developed for the army machines
and an antenna of trailing wire has
been used successfully. Sending has been
carried on up to fifteen miles. In the
navy an equal range has been reached
and there is immediate prospect of send
ing up to fifty miles with an apparatus
weighing only fifty pounds
A peculiar and important development
of wireless, called wired wireless" was
made by Maj. George o. SQuier of the
Signal Corps, now the military attache at
London. He found that by attaching an
ordinary wireless sending set to land
wire a multiplicity of messages could be
sent in both directions without interfering
with each other. This device was thrown
open to the public, but has not yet been
commercially utilized.
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RADIO-TELEGRAPHY.

Wireless development during the past
year has been largely in the hands of
the government. The most important
step, so far as both amateurs and pro-
fessionals were concerned, was the &C
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Antony Janus Record.

Another outside flight record made by a
Washington boy was that of Antony
Janus. who did his first flying here. He
flew a hydro-aeroplane almost 1000 miles
down the Mississippi-from Omaha, Neb.,
to New Orleans-commencing November
) and ending December Is.
There was no startling development in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
AVIATION.

Aviation in Washington during the past
year was confined largely to the military
work of the army and navy. There were
four deaths of military aviators at Col
lege Park and one Washington man was
killed elsewhere, while another made a
worlds record in hydro flying.
College Park remained, as heretofore,
the army headquarters while the most
of the navy work was done at Annapolis,
though at the end of the year good
deal of the experimental work was being
here there was developed a launching de-
vice for aeroplanes adapted to use on a
battleship.
Compressed Air Used.
This is catapult worked by compress
ed air that shoots the aeroplane into the
air with the aid of a very short tempo
rary track. 1t is regarded by the world
powers as the most important adjunct to
naval aviation that has yet been developed,
and representatives of all the important
powers were present at the conclusive test
made late in December. The designer of
the catapult is Capt. w. /. Chambers, the
officer in charge Of aviation in the navy.
In fact, several of the more important
military features Of the aeroplane were
given their first trial in Washington.
Lieut.. Reilly Scott, u. S. A.. retired. after
developing bomb-dropping device at
College Park and being unable to inter-
est the War Department in it, went to
France and in the fall of this year won
about $4,000 in prizes with it in the
Miche'in competition.
Another of the military devices tried
out at College Park was the lightweight
aeroplane gun Of Col L. N. Lewis. This
Is weapon that weighs only twenty-five
pounds and shoots 800 shots a minute. It
was carried by Capt. Charles de Forest
Chandler on an aeroplane at the park
and made excellent target practice on
the ground
for the training by the army aviators of
such militia officers as wished to take a
course in flying. Lieut.. Col c. d. Winder
Of the Ohio National Guard was the first
sion and qualified for his pilots license
May 20.
Fatalities at College Park.
The first serious accident at College
Park happened June 10. Lieut.. Leighton
Hazlehurst and ZAP WEIGH, civilian
aviator. were trying out a new aeroplane
for government acceptance. when WEIGH
drove it at too steep an angle and broke
the machines back. Both fell and were
killed. About three months later. Sep
TENDER %. Lieut.. r. c. Rockwell and
Corp. Scott were flying in another BIZ
plane and crashed into the ground, as
they were apparently about to make a
successful landing. There was no I'M
questionably clear explanation of this
accident. Both men were killed.
Another death directly of interest to
Washington was that of Paul Peck at
Chicago September L. He was a Wash
ington boy and had done his first flying
here. He held the American endurance
record at the time He was killed in q
bad wind while preparing to enter the
Chicago exhibition.
Antony Janus Record.
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Five hundred and twenty-one adults
were charged with offenses for which
they must answer in the Juvenile Court
Five were charged with contributing to
the delinquency of children. seven with
violations of the child labor law, two with
cruelty to children and the balance with
non-support of their wives or minor chill
dren. OF this number seventy-six were
dismissed on acquittal or for want of
prosecution. fourteen were fined. eighty
four were sentenced to workhouse terms
one to a Jail term. one was held for the
action of the grand jury. and in 345 cases
sentence was suspended.
Forty-three thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars and sixty-One cents was COL
lected by the clerk of the court during
the past year. part of this being restitu-
ton in cases of larceny or destruction of
private property. part being money COL
lected and paid to institutions for the
support of children committed to them
by the court. and part fines and forfeit
ures collected by the clerk. The greater
part of the sum. $39, 205.11, was paid into
the court by men under suspended SEN
tence for non-support of their wives or
minor children. and was distributed to
them through this agency.
No changes have been made in the per-
sonnet of the attaches of the court during
the past year.
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the United States branch Of the court
and the balance in the District of COlum-
bia branch. Fines and forfeitures aggre-
eating $50. 751.17 were collected by Will
liam Adldn, the financial clerk.
AS usual, the principal offense charged
in the District of Columbia branch was
disorderly conduct approximately 40 per
cent Of the total number Of informations
being for this specific offense. The num-
Der of arrests for violations of the police
regulations, speeding automobiles, as
saults. vagrancy and habitual drunken
ness was about the same as last year
Judge Alexander r.. Mullowny is at
present sitting in the United States
branch of the court with Judge James L.
Pugh occupying the bench in the other
branch. Prior to April 1 the judges sat
in the reverse Of the order named, chang
ing benches on that date.
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THE NATIONAL GUARD.

Increased efficiency because of splendid
training by officers of the regular army
and by the increased experience of Ma
tional Guard officers was the chief fea-
ture of the work of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia for the year
1912.
The close personal contact between
guard officers and regulars assigned as
instructors at the annual encampnlent,
held the past year at Bolivar Heights,
w. Va. near Harpers Ferry, has been
of great benefit to the brigade.
Two Important Changes.
Two important changes affecting the
entire brigade, were made during the
year. One was the change made by the
War Department in January when Col.
Samuel B. Smiley. adjutant general was
ordered back to his regiment. This &C.
Cured in January. and he was immedi-
ately succeeded by Col. A. l.. Parmerter
Capt. James b. Allison, who for more
than a year had been Observation-Disclosures.
was detailed to duty at Fort Leavenworth
and his place has not been actually filled
as yet.
Brigade staff officers rendered din
ner to bid goodbye to Col. Smiley and
to welcome Col. Parmerter in January
and in August nearly every officer in the
LIST and ID Infantry babe Capt. Allison
farewell at a dinner given at the Blue
Ridge Rod and Gun Club.
Lieut.. H. Evans followed Capt. ALI
son for a few weeks, but was ordered
away before he had begun to do any
actual work. The War Department has
assigned Lieut. G. A. Lynch for duty
here as instructor-inspector.
The Naval Battalion.
Commander S. w. Stratton resigned as
commander of the Naval Battalion, and
Louis Dempf was made his successor
Maj. Arthur Brooks resigned from the
command Of the 1st Separate Battalion
in July.
The annual encampment began August
IA and lasted two weeks. The camp was
a success in every way, and the indi-
vidual instruction on elementary military
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Handbook Making.

A crusade against handbook making
was started early in the spring by Assist
ant United States Attorney Ralph Given.
He was successful in securing many con-
victions, the sentences imposed averaging
about three months.
Miss Estelle Foster and c. A. Masse
were reappointed probation officers Of the
court October ~, both judges concurring
in the appointment, and praising the work
accomplished by them during the previous
two years The appointments are for a
two-Ne term. Bertram Emerson was
appointed in February as deputy mar
shall to succeed Arthur W. Cash, re-
signed. No other change in the per-
sonnet occurred.
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permit to W. A. Bell to operate an auto
mobile bus line between Anacostia, Good
Hope and Congress Heights
District Automobile Board
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murder are serving terms of twenty
years in the penitentiary imposed during
the year.
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atContinued on Seventeenth Page)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-10-11
DIVINE SARAH
ACTS FOR CHARITY

London, Oct. 1.-The charity
performance at the London Coliseum,
tonight which the king and queen
have signified their intention of at
tending, is the outcome OF an idea
originated b. Nine. Sarah Bern.
hardt, who desired it as means of
expressing, on her farewell tour, her
thanks to the people of Great Britain
and Ireland for the national tribute
which was presented to her last year
on the occasion of her sixty eighth
birthday. Nine. Bernhardt has pre-
pared message to the public in
which she will outline the details of
her scheme to benefit the funds of
the Charing Cross hospital, which is
making its special appeal for $780,
900, and the French hospital in
Ehaftesbury avenue, with which she
is intimately associated. A women's
committee, under the presidency of
Lady Lonsdale, has been formed in
connection with the former hospital
for the sale of tickets. The program
Of the performance contains the most
distinguished names in the theatri-
cal. musical and variety world.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-10-11
LINER BURNED At
SEA; EITHER 1856
|0R 236 DROWN
FIGURES DON'T TALLY, so EXACT
LOSS UNKNOWN; DISASTER
OCCURRED THURSDAY
On Account Of Raging Storm Ten
Ships Forced to Stand By,
Helpless to Aid
(By Associated Press. J

Fish Guard, England, Oct. H.
A loss of 236 lives is reported by the
loss OF the steamer Volturno, which
burned at sea Thursday, on a voyage
from Rotterdam to New York. Ten
other liners answered calls for help,
but In raging storm they only could
stand by and watch the destruction
The steamer Carmania reported the
loss by wireless as 1t was first to
reach the burning vessel. Six boats
were lowered from the side of the
Volturno, but four of them Were
smashed against the side of the ves-
sci by mountainous waves. The crew
battled with the flames all of the
night while the remaining passep-
gers were huddled on the decks pray
Ing lOr uellNcrancc. lWenty-lOur OF
the passengers were cabin passen
gers; the others were steerage and
there were nincty-three in the crew
The Uranium steamship line are
without definite information CON
cerning the burning Of the Volturno.
According to their information the
ship had twenty-four cabin passen-
gers, with others in the steerage 60
ing mostly to Canada. The Voltur-
no was commanded by Capt. Inch.
1t was built in 1906 and was of
slightly more than two thousand
tons.