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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20
VAN HORNS BILL KILLED.
Measure Prohibiting Grade Crossings
in Prince Georges County Fails.

Special. Correspondence of The Star.
(. ANNAPOLIS. Md, March 20 1913
The legislature last night killed the bill
of Delegate r. Lee Van Horn prohibit
ing the construction of grade crossings
in Prince Georges county. upon the ground
that such matters are under the control
and supervision of the public service
commission. The bill was designed
primarily to prevent the Washington,
Westminster and Gettysburg Railroad
Company from establishing grade cross
ings at Columbia avenue in the extreme
western section Of Hyattsville and over
the City and Suburban railroad at RAN
dalltown, just south of Hyattsville. The
court of appeals granted the Washington,
Westminster and Gettysburg Company
the right to condemn land for these
crossings. but declared that the manner
of crossing was a matter for determine
ton by the public service commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20
PROGRAM FOR GOVERNORS.
Subjects to Be Discussed at Denver
Irrigation Conference.

The program for the conference Of gov
ernors of the irrigation states, recently
called by Secretary Lane to be held in
Denver. beginning April g. has been mad c
public by the Secretary. This conference
Will follow the meeting of western gov
errors to be held there April and s.
Assistant Secretary Jones of the Interior
Department will cali the conference to
order and will preside. The address of
welcome will be delivered by Gov Am
mons of Colorado. to be followed by adj
dresses by the governors of all the west
ern states as to the irrigation situation
as they view it. Then Il is proposed 10
have the conference divide itself up into
sections to consider subjects under the
following heads: Cooperation between
nation and state: Carey act projects; iI-
rigation districts: administration and OPP
Grafton of the desert-land act: settlement
of irrigated lands: crops, markets and
finances, and ways and means of financ-
ing future works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20
THE EVENING STORY.
Pair of Pink Gloves.
Copyright, .le14. by W. wesner.)

tCDPyrieut, .f"l4. ps ""
Before she spoke Mrs. Hubbard
glanced furtively across the breakfast
table at her husband. Then, with. a
tone purposely careless, she said, I'm
cleaning house today, john"
Martha. l beg of you not 10 mess Up
my study" cried John. 1T does not
need the least attention.
oh. I WON'T was the reply. hopelessiy
and resignedly.
She stood at the window and smiled
with loving tolerance as the tall thin
form swung down the street. They had
reen married eight months. and this was
their first approach TO a. quarrel. Martha
was twenty-eight years old wheE she
married. woman of the p. modern. self
controlled, educated class. and she, ,be-
heved. with reason, that auaEreling was
a prerogative of uncontrolled. unthink-
ing folks. She had talked the matter
over with John, and both had decided
that they would set the remainder of the
world much needed example of how
peacefully and lovingly two people could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20
Death of Rev. DR.. E. B. Coe.

NEW YORK, March 2o-Rcv. DIR. Ed
ward Benton Coe. senior pastor OF
the Collegiate Reformed Church of
New York. died yesterday at his
home here. aged seventy-two years.
DR.. Coe was trustee of Eut-
gers College. Columbia University anG
Robert College in Constantinople He
had been chosen president of the general
synod. After graduating from Yale in
1852 DR.. Coe studied theology at the
Union Theological Seminary He held
the degrees to doctor of divinity and
doctor of laws from Rutgers and OF doc
tor of sacred theology from Yale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20

today" stormed Martha. GOOD gracious
Anne, aren't the potatoes in the oven
Net"'
Anne was surprised. She had never
heard Martha use that tone of asperfty.
But she docilely lighted the gas oven.
Martha went up to her room. She could
hear John moving about his study. Her
cheeks were as pink as those gloves.
Where had he got them? Apd whyR
And when? And for whom? And what
were they doing there? And was it
only because he didn't. want his papers
and books disturbed that he didn't want
his study cleaned? And Martha, for all
her breeding and poises and self-con-
troll was fairly aQuiver with wrath and
suspicion and hateful imaginings. Johns
sister had told her that John had never
in his serene thirty-eight years looked
seriously at any woman save Martha
But men, and especially quiet, studious
lawyers, don't keep rale pink gloves
Jasmine scented gloves-unless there is a
Jason for keeping them.
Dinner that night was r silent, con-
strained affair. John was unusually
silent So was Martha. Anne was wor-
iied. And she grew more worried as
the days went on la, ] wish they'd
hs.ve an out-and-out rumpus' and get over
it she sighed. This way there's no
knowing What they'll bump up against"
Meanwhile Martha was thinking. She
remembered that John loathed perfume
and laughingly complained until she had
THROWN her sachet bags away. And until
now she had taken pride in the fact that
he refused to handle divorce cases. breach
OF promise suits and such unsavory mat
ters- Now She longed iiercely for some
thing of the sort on which she could ex-
cuse his possession OF the gloves II
only she could think that they were a bit
OF evidence il other peoples tangIements.
The next week and the next she deffantly
cleaned the study. Let him dare COM
plain. But'he didn't. Meanwhile Martha
did not open drawers. Il wouldn't be so
inqufsitive,' she boasted to. herself In
her heart she WIS afraid.
week later she opened all. I've got
. right TO know" she assured herself
go she found nothing. Not even the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20

live. She had a fairly good opinion of
Martha Hubbard. Not that she was
conceited. but she was the granddaugh-
ter of a bishop and daughter of college
president, and she held that a woman
of her advantages of birth and BREED
ing ought to be above the average woIn-
ans pettiness and temper. And when
she found that she could love foolish
1y and gloriously as less poised women,
she resolved to show that two people
need not tumble from the glad heights
of perfect understanding to the miserable
plains of squabbling.
So she yielded TO John and busted her
self cleaning the parlors' so that Anne
could mop and oil the floors She had
no intention of disreSarding Johns wish
until Anne. who was sold and wrinkled
and respectful, and had worked for
Johns mother, said, insinuatinglyi "Oh,
! never attend TO the study. You bet
ter. Last time 1 mtddied the papers
land Pm feared he knew 1 was there. 1t
amt been. touched for a month. And
then 1 just pokefi a duster in the center.
A man'N get typhoid working in such
place.
Martha thoughtfully decided so. too.
And John needn't know. Martha went
IN. She did not touch the open desk, al
though her fingers itched to rearrange
the papers. But she swept and busted
Strengthened the books, closed the open
drawers and picked up scattered bits of
paper. From the last drawer in Sec
lion there perked shred of. a. white
tissue wrapped parcel. Through the
wilderness CLEANED a soft pink which was
too feminine to be. anything but finery.
And it was scented She shifted. medi
tativeIy. Jasmine decided Martha. Il
wonder =.
Well, ne was. ier husband. He had
no right to have anything that she
shouldn't know about. Martha opened
the parcel and shook out a long scent
ed pair of pink suede gloves. They
had been worn and We're bit dingy.
81 wonder" said Martha curiously.
Then she jumped Johns key sounded
in the hall door. Martha stuffed. the
parcel back, pushed the drawer back.
took the broom and mop, and reached
the kitchen without a second to, spare.
''Of course, he must come home early
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20

Bluebird. YOU see. everybody loves him
so that nobody wants to harm him. He
hasn't any beautiful suit. He's just the
plainest little fellow. 7 guess he is just
loved Observation-Disclosures he's always
SO CHEEKY and lovable.~
Yes said Peter, II guess that's the
reason. 1t must be beautiful to be loved
like that. I suppose you've seen Cheer
full Robin this winter"
''Oh, my. yes. Cheerful and I have
been together a great deal this winter.
He's coming right along and if I don't
watch out and get about my business
Mistress Spring will be making him her
herald instead of me. He looks just fine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20
Motion in McCleary Case Loses.

HAGERSTOWN, Nd. March. 2O.-The
court of appeals has overrufed the mo-
ton for p reargument in the case OF
Norman Bruce McCleary. convicted at
Rockville last April and sentenced to
the penitentiary for life for killing Mrs
Mamie B. Henry. mother Of his sweet
heart, Miss Lupah Henry, here in Au-
gust, 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20
Commerce Department Changes.

The Department of Commerce has
made public the following changes in
its personnel:
In the office of the Secretary. James
S. Brauer. jr., Waterman. has been
transferred to elevator conductor and
George J. Mcconnell has been trans
ferred from the bureau of the census
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20

to Waterman at $720
The temporary az pointment of Miss
Pauline Crouch rs clerk at $500 in the
bureau of foreign ard domestic COM
merce has beer extended
Lawrence A Corridor has been REIN
stated as clerk at 5000 in the bureau
of navigation.
Arthur Mulberger. special attorney
at $1,000 in the bureau OF corporations.
has resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20

have a flag of red bunting bearing two
crossed cannon with a medallion at their
intersection. containing a projectle. The
cannon and medallion are to be of yellow
muslin. sixteen and one-half inches long.
Chief umpires at army maneuvers are
to have white bunting flag. with two
scarlet stripes. three inches wide, crossed
diagonally from corners to corners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20

can. 1 must be spreading the glad news
that Mistress Spring is coming
| I'll help YOU said Peter happily. and
| made ready to start right away for the
Green Forest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-20

the Supreme Court, it being the home of
Justice. Day. The same town has con-
tributed representative in Congress and
the first democratic senator from that
part of the state in twenty yeans.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-19
PROGRESS REPORT
FOR PAST WEEK
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN BUSi-
NESS CONDITIONS SAYS IN
DU5TRlAL INDEX. n


Columbus, Ga. Nov 1S.-The In
/ dustrial Index says in its issue for
TINS week
Ut is here in earnest.
The Improvement in basic Eusi
ness conditions which has been grow
ing steadily is Eeglnning to bear fruit
IN the southeast the volume of trade
is Increasing SubstalJ Tally, coEect1
IONS are better and there is by lar a
more satisfactory feeling than at any
time since the war in Europe was be,
| gun
One cent a pound or more has been
the gain in the price of Gotten in the
| past fifteen days, and the trned is
Upward. The opening Of the cotton
exchanges in this country and in Eu-
| rope is most favorable. few days
must elapse before conditions on
tnc;e exchanges become settled, and
fluctuations are expected, of course,
until the conditions can become ad
| justed.
The regional bank in Atlanta has
begun business with $5,000,000 on
| hand
Manufacturing conditions in the
southeast are steadily becoming mere
nearly normal.
| Business men of the southeast
have been patient. They have shown
faith in the inherent business posi-
blllties and resources of this section
and they are beginning to realize
upon it,
| 'Condii ons are better and pros
poets of greater Improvement imme-
dlaetly are more substantial than al
any time since the business distur-
| bance began.
! Confidence for a little longer-and
the period of stress will have passed
entirely
Reports of construction and indus
trial activities reflect the steady i'm
provement in the general business con
| dltions throughout the southeast
Augusta Ga, has scld $250,00o of
bonds, and will resume the construct
ION of tn river levee.
The state of Florida is receiving
bids UPON $l,5O0,O0O of Everglades
| drainage bonds.
"a contract has been awarded fer
the construction in Thomasville, ga,
Of a Sal, municipal school building.
Many items of construction work
The Weke -
The weeks list also includes a
number of Industrial plants in va
rious sections Of the southeast"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-19
HOW TO SUCCEED.

| During the last few years condi
lions in all lines of business, even
professional life, have changed 81
completely that every man is wax
ing up to the fact that in order
TO win success he must specialize
and learn to do some one thing and
do it well.
So it is with any article that is
sold to the people. 1t must have
genuine merit or no amount OF ad
vertising will maintain and demand
for the article.
For many years druggists have
watched with much interest the re-
markable record maintained by DIR.
kllmer's Swamp-Root, the great Kid
ney, Liver and Bladder Remedy
From the very beginning thel propri-
etcrs had so much confidence in it
that they invited every aone to test it.
1t is a physicians prescription.
They have on file thousands of I'M
solicited letters received from former
sufferers who claim they are now
enjoying good health as rtsuIt f
its use. f.
However, if you wish first to try
a sample bottle, address DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, enclose
ten cents and mention this paper.
They will promptly forward you a
sample bottle by Parcel Post.
Regular sizes for sale at all drug
glsts-ti fty-cents and one-dollar.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-19
CITATION.
GEORGIA-Glynn County.
10 all whom ii NAV cnncarn .

GEORGIA-Glynn County.
To all whom it may concern:
Charles A. Shaw having in proper
form applied to me for permanent
letters OF administration cum tesla
mento annexo on the estate Of G.
A. Shaw, ST., deceased, late of said
county, this is to cite all and singular
the creditors and next of kin of c.
A. Shaw, Sr., deceased, to be and
appear at my office on December z
1914, at 10 n'-:ock a. m, and show
cause, if any they can, why perma
nent administration cum testamento
annexo should not be granted to said
Charles A. Shaw on said estate of G.
A. Shaw, Sr.
Witness my hand and official sis,
nature this Nov. 4th, 1914.
EDWIN w. DART,
l1-o-l2-19-26 Ordinary G C., Ga.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-19
SPECIAL NOTICE.

The last half of taxes due the
mayor and council of the city OF
Brunswick, Ga, for the year 1914, is
now due and payable at the office
of the undersigned. All taxes remain
ing unpaid after November 30, 1914,
Will be placed in execution. Prompt
settlement will avoid costs.
w. B. FAM, Treasurer,
Room No. 5. City Hall.
Brunswick. Ca Nov. 9. 1914.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-19
STATE AND COUNTY TAX NOTICi
1Qfd

4 1914
For the purpose of collecting the
state and county tax for year 1914 /
will be at the following precincts on
dates mentioned, to-wit: st. Simons
Pier, Oct. 20; Nov. 5, and Dec. q;
Sterling, Wright's Store, Oct 81, Nov.
3, and Dec. 3; Baden, Lang's store,
Oct. %, Nov. ., and Dec. Z; Brook
man, Livingston. Oct %, Nov. 10 and
Dec. 8. All dates not above mention
ed at courthouse. Parties desiring
Information as 20 taxes will please in
close addressed and stamped enyel-
ope in order to insure immediate
attention You will see that the tax
books open on Oct. 20, close Dec. 10,
1914. H. J. READ,
Tax Collector, Glynn County.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-19

WANT ADS ARE little things
yet they mean good deal when you
have a room to rent, or want to buy
or sell anything. A News Want Ad
does the work Phone 1Ss.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-19

See Geo. F.. Gays Cooking Stoves
and Ranges.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-19

VIII cure yo3r Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. -Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally!SPrice Csc.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-19

An Active Liver Means Health.
Evening star., 1914-08-23
GERMANS MENACE SHIPPING:
SCATTER MINES IN NORTH SEA
English Admiralty Renews It's Warning
in Pointing Out Teutons' Violation
of Hague Convention.

North sea, while travelling on the ordi-
nary trade routes and q considerable
distance from the British coast.
TN addition to this 1t is reported that
two Dutch steamers clearing from Swed-
ish ports were yesterday blown up by
German mines in the Gulf OF Finland.
Ships Told to Keep Posted.
"In the circumstances, the admiralty
desires to impress not only on British.
but on neutral shipping the vital i'm
portance Of touching at British ports be-
fore entering the North sea to ascertain.
according to the latest Information, the
routes and channels which. the admiralty
is keeping swept and along which these
dangers to neutrals and merchantmen
are being removed as far as possible.
"The admiralty. while reserving to it.
self liberty Of action against this new
form Of warfare, announces that 1t has
not SO far laid any mines during the
present war and Is endeavorfng to keep
the sea routes open for peaceful COM
merce."
Evening star., 1914-08-23
In G Street Window.
Next to Giving Them Away
On FistFo Tables East
On First Floor Tables-East Side.

Table s-Gowns. Combination Gar
ments. Skirts, Drawers and Corset
Covers, of superior nainsook MOc
and cambria. Worth $780,.
Table House Dresses. gingham
and percale; some embroid- SOc
cry trimmed. Worth to $1.00.
Table 13-Combination Garments.
skirts and drawers, elaborately lace
and embroidery trimmed. Sn Or
Worth to $500.
Table 11-Petticoats of sheer main
sock; lace. embroidery and
ribbon trimmed. Worth to SN 10
$780,.
Table 12-Princess Slips of good
quality nainsook: lace, embroid-
cry and ribbon trimmed. S1 6MD
Worth to 5000. lew
Table 14-Silk Fiber Boot Hose:
black. white. navy, gray. lavender.
tan and bronze. Worth 35c 2Sc
pair. ........
Table 2O-Silk Lisle Hose: black.
white, tan and bronze. Worth zc
Table 15-C hildr s Novelty
Socks: the last of the Csc and Ac
35c quality .-................
Table 17-Hose. boys and girls.
fine ribbed. black. white and Re
tan. Worth 18c.
Evening star., 1914-08-23

LONDON. August 2s. $40 a.m.-The
British official news bureau makes the
following announcement:
THE admiralty draws. attention to its
previous warning to neutrals Of the
danger Of traversing the North sea. The
Germans are continuing their practice
Of scattering mines indiscriminately
upon the ordinary trade routes.
These mines do not conform to the
conditions of The Hague convention.
They do not become harmless after a
certain number Of hours: they are not
laid in connection with any definite
military scheme. such as the closing
Of a military port. or as a distinct
operation against a fighting feet. but
appear to be scattered on the chance
Of catching individual British war or
merchant vessels.
I'm consequence Of this policy. neu-
tral ships. whatever their destination.
are exposed to the gravest danger. Two
Danish vessels. the steamer Maryland
and the steamer Broberg. have within
the last twenty-four hours been de-
stroyed by these deadly engines in the
Evening star., 1914-08-23

LONDON. August %. 6:25 p.m.-A dis
patch to the Reuter- Telegram Company
from Paris says that an oficial state
ment given out today says:
owing to strategical consideration 1t
has been impossible to cooperate ear
lier with the Belgian army in the de-
fense OF their country, but the engage
ments which we have undertaken are
only the more solemn and our co-opera-
ton will be still closer and will be pur-
sued with extreme energy.
I'm contrast to the considerate treat
ment accorded German prisoners it has
been estab ablished that the enemy con-
siders as nonresident both interna-
tiohal conventions and the most ancient
traditions of right and military order.
"Invasion Of Barbarians."
I'VE are suffering a veritable invasion
OF barbarians. We wish. indeed. to
remain civilized and will do SO till the
end, despite this return to savagery
on the part of a nation which has pre-
tended to be the arbiter Of civili1ation.
But it is impossible to Preserve toward
our present adversaries the chivalrous
Evening star., 1914-08-23

NEW YORK, August 22-The military
attache at the Russian embassy at wash
tnston has issued the following state
ments through the consulate IN New
York:
IAN engagement has taken place be-
tween the Russian and German troops
near Bi.derweitschen. in eastern Prussia.
The Russian troops have captured eight
field guns. twelve ammunition wagons
two machine guns and many prisoners.
''In the fights near Krasnik and Goro-
dok. on the Galician border. the Austrian
advance was repulsed. the enemy suner-
ing heavy losses and leaving IN the hands
Of the Russians six officers and 20 men
Another statement issued at the Rus-
sian consulate tonight says:
''In Belgium the German advance Is
Evening star., 1914-08-23
GERMANS e<IINBRIDLED SAVAGES,"
SAY FRENCH, WHO END ALL FAVORS

generosity which until now has been
the rule between soldiers.
Time for war with gloves on mas
passed. The enemies with whom We ex-
changed at Fontenoy courteous words
before opening fire have become today
our faithful and useful allies. We nave
before US unbridled savages. We owe to
them only the strict observation OF the
rules of humanity and the laws OF war.
THE minister Of war has issued strict
Instructions that German prisoners,
officers as well as soldiers, not be treat
ed with the consideration and favor
which should be reserved for our own
men. Life is assured, naturally, and
that is all we owe them.
Will Fight for Belgium.
Despite the entry Of the Germans
into Brussels, France is resolved to free
the territory Of its ally. and she will
not consider the task accomplished until
every German soldier has been driven
from Belgian soil.
THE news of the occupation OF Brus-
sells is sad to Frenchmen even as 1t Is
to Belg;ans. Our obligations have be-
come only the more solemn, and our CO.
operation will become the greater.
'"The retreat Of the Belgian army was
q maneuver to be expected; 1t Affects
neither the worth nor the uncontestable
strength of the Belgian fighting force"
Evening star., 1914-08-23
On Tables in the Bargain Basement.

Table 6-waists. white china silk
and colored crepe de chine; sizes 80
to AZ. Were $500, $3.50 and S1 OR
$500. Now $1.69. $1.s5 and
Table 3-wa,sts. white lingerie and
white china silk: some with mWC
rolling collars. Values to $1.25
Table s-waists. dainty figured
voile; pique collar. cuffs Sl .OD
and vest.
Table Waists. voile and lingerie:
high and low neck: some hand .2zc
embroidered. Worth to $1.6o.. Wv
Table LCombination Garments.
Princess Slips. Separate Skirts S0C
and Gowns. Values to $1.60..
Table 2-Corsets, samples Of q we'll
known maker; medium and low bust
models; sizes Is to 27. Were AOc
SOC and 800. Now 39c and.
Evening star., 1914-08-23

Table 32-Children's Sta m p ed
Dresses and Rompers, ready made. of
singham and linene: to 4 0C
years. Worth 50c.. ..........
Table -children's Stamped Pique
Hats, with button and buttonholes;
.. and years. Worth to zSc
Table 36-Pillow Tops, complete
with back: stamped to be en-
broidered. Worth Csc and soc. 2zc
Now 19c and. .................
Table 3S-Gloves, silk and cham
oisette; long ns 1s-button lengths 75c
Table 39-Gloves, Milanese silk:
long 16-button length. Worth SEc
$1.25..