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The Washington herald., 1914-12-27

First Presbyterian Church announces
that OH New Years Eve the prayer meet
ing will be held at II O'Clock, and after
the Bible exposition on the topic. New
ness of Life" the last minutes Of the
old year will be spent in prayer and con-
secration. The board of trustees OF this
church have appointed Elmer T. Goode as
financial secretary.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-27

A Chicago Sunday school is being re-
organized in a way to abolish the Of
fice OF superintendent. The commission
form OF government of cities is the
model OF the new order One of these
commissioners has charge Of the plat
form work, another of the teachers,
and a third is responsible for the
music.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-27

At Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ca
thedral, the program for today, st. Johns
day, includes a festival service. with holy
communion and sermon at IL a. m, while
at p. m, there will be festival even
song and sermon, with special Christ
mas music and organ recital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
ALASKA COAL A FAILURE.
Valueless for Navy. According to Of
fetal Report of Tests.

Preliminary tests of Alaskan coal from
the Bering river district have been very
discouraging 70 officials who hoped they
might develop a new fuel supply for the
navy. Rear Admiral Griffin, In charge
of the investigation. has reported to the
House naval affairs committee that the
Boring river coal tested has fallen so
far under expectations in practical use
as to be of no value, but that from the
Matanuska fields and other sections of
the Boring district, from which coal is
vet to be tested. the navy is hoping for
better results.
indicated that it contained d higher eff
Pocanontas coal of West Virginia. but
when put to firing tests in the navy,
notably aboard the cruiser Maryland, 1t
developed only IL per cent OF the same
efficiency and caused a great deal OF
trouble. 1t made immense clinkers which
clogged the furnaces and covered the
CRATE bars with a molten substance Ike
pered steamng.
Congress has appropriated $4,000 for
experiments with coal from the Mata-
nuska district, and these will be carried
on.
Those who are opposing the Alaska
railway bill. now being debated in both
houses of Congress. are pointing to the
admiral's testimony before the naval
committee as an added argument in their
favor. One of the arguments advanced
by the supporters of the bill is that a
government railroad is needed TO tap the
northern coal fields and bring a fuel sup
ply to tidewater for the navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
TO HELP RUN PRESS CLUB.
Many Members Of National Organ1'
zation TO Serve This Year.

Committees to act during the coming
wear have been appointed for the Ma
tional Press Club. The members are as
follows:
Executive committee-Frank B. Lord
chairman; Theodore II. Tiller. Ashmun
n. Brown. House committee-W. l..
Crounse, chairman; W. A. Crawford j.
B. Smalwood, T. F. Logan, F. w. steck-
man. Membership committee-Morton
NJ. Milford. chairman; Robert NJ: Ginter,
Gard, ]. R. Crown, X. Foster Murray,
F. D. Lander Edward K. Padgett. Au-
diting committee-Donald A. Craig,
chairman; W. X. Nottingham. Cornelius
Eckhardt. Committee on fixed events
(Hobby nights, etc. Frederic ]. Haskin,
chairman: John Oliver a Gore. GUS i.
Karger. Entertainment COMMUNICATION
ert ]. Patchin, chairman: Cluade Ben
nett, C. E. Stewart, Theodore H. Tilier.
James Hay, jr, J. ]. Daily, Howard
d. jacobson. chairman; Paul Weir. w.
A. van Benschoten. Publicity committee
Earl Goodwin, chairman: II. +. Jester,
C. d. Groat B. A. Mattingly, ]. p.
Amin Charity committee-Louis Gar
the, chairman: w. H. Landvoigt, r. NJ.
Arthur j. Dodge. chairman; T. o. Monk,
Arthur B. Krock. r. B. Watrous. g. L.
Thompson. D. l.. Selke, Robert Dougan,
Norborne Robinson. Elmer Murphy. l..
S. CONFESS, j. A. Mathews. George Car
ner, Donald MacGregor, o. II. Stewart,
Laurence Todd. NJ. H. Mcintyre. Build
ing committee-W. L. Crounse, chairman;
III. J. Brown, Oswald F. Schuette, ]. Fred
Essary, Ben F. Allen. Eligibility com
mittee-Fred A. Emery, chairman; Austin
Cunningham, c. c. Hart. Printing COM
mittee-C C. Hart. chairman; George. w.
Summers, G. H. Gall. Finance com
mittee-O f. Schuette. chairman; T. H.
Tiller G. J. Karger. T. F. Logan. A. y.
Brown treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

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= The Searchli8ht
How to Make an Aeroplane Stay in
the Air When It Gets There.

No less than four inventions to pre-
vent the sudden collapse Of aeroplanes
have just been patented, and many other
designs with the same object In view
are under consideration at this moment.
James A. Moore of Detroit presents a
device for maintaining the equilibrium
of aeroplaneS, the central features OF
which are a pendulum a rotating cylfn-
der divided into equal compartments and
a pipe or reservoir to supply compressed
air. If the machine tips. the apparatus
operates automatically to draw III the
Danes to an adjustment which restores
the balance.
The invention Of Brutus Brooks of
Martin, Tenn. Is designed to maintain
which extension wings take the place of
the usual aile-ons. They are made of
a series of interfitting sections pivotaily
mounted at their front ends and folding
back automatically while the air craft
is in flight.
The automatic stabilizer of Theodore
Windel Of Brooklyn consists Of special
plane on a pivot which indicates by veer-
ing in one direction or another whether
the aeroplane is tipping. In other words,
it catches the variation before the oper-
ator could detect 1t. and thus 1t acts as
timely danger signal.
George E. Hanes of Denver hopes to
restore the balance Of an aeroplane at
any time by the use of plane formed
with a plurality Of Independent sections
arranged to the same horizontal plane.
This mechanism, as well as that which
usually pertains to an aeroplane, Is con-
trolled without difficulty from the avfa-
tors seat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
HERRING FROM THE POTOMAC.
Fish Dealers Are Puzzled by Mid
winter Catch.

Fish dealers at the 18th street wharf
are scratching their heads and saying
that things are certainly working funny
in their business. all because in a shipment
of fish recent Y received by George w.
Stuart from Beale's wharf in Nomini
creek. Va, there We're sixty-three herring
as fine as any that are caught in the Po-
tomac in the middle of the spring fishing
season.
Herring are often received from the
New Jersey coast fisheries at this time of
the year and shad and herring are looked
for from the south. but for the fish to be
caught in the Potomac in the middle of
winter is something out of the ordinary
and is causing comment. The fish were
sold to uptown dealers at fancy prices
So far this season the dealers at the
wharf market have not received a shad
or herring from the southern fisheries,
though ii Is stated that a few OF both
species of the fish have been received by
the dealers uptown and are on sale in the
markets. All kinds of fish are reported
scarce at the. wharf market and prices
are high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
SERVICES FOR CARL BROWNE.
Memory of Labor Knight" to Be
Eulogized at Meeting.

Services in honor of the memory of
Carl Browne a lieutenant in the famous
Coxeys army who died Thursday
afternoon folio wing an attack of acute
indigestion, are to be held at the Old
Masonic Temple this afternoon at 2
o'clock. Several labor men of the Dis
trict are to eulogize the Labor Knight -
A. b. johnson is to be the principal
speaker. His subject will be THE Last
Days of Carl Browne" B. Albert Weiss
and " Pullo. with Mr.. Johnson are in
charge of the arrangements The public
in general and labor men in particular
are invited to be present. Carl Browne
himself was to have been a speaker to-
day at the hall where he is now to be
eulogized.
Up to a late hour last night no word
had been received from Mr.. Browne s
relatives. His father-in-law. Gen. Jackob
Coxey, had not been located. although
a letter addressed to the dead man which
was received yesterday and sent from
Gen. Coxey. then at Norfolk stated Gen.
Coxey was slated to speak in New York
today. a telegram has been dispatched
to Mr.. Brownies wife in California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
White House to Be Represented.

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Miss Mar
garet Wilson have promised to be pres
ent at the meeting of the woman's
department Of the National Civic FEEDER
alton at Rauscher's at II o'clock next
morning, when E. Stagg Whit
in, president of the National Prison
Labor Association. will speak on "Pri-
son Reforms" Mr.. Within will be in
troducted by Commissioner Siddons.
Miss Maude Wetmore, chairman Of the
woman's department, will also make an
address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
NOT CONSIDERED A TOY.
Neither Is Trick Cigarette-Ho Holder
Smokers Material, Rules Treasury.

A trick cigarette holder that cannot be
used as a cigarette holder is not 'smok-
ers' material" under the tariff law, and
as not a proper plaything for children
it is not to be classed as a toy So in
future the impost will be levied against
such things on the basis of their COM
ponent parts. This is a decision of the
Treasury Department. just made pub ic.
Such a trick cigarette holder. made of
Glass and providing a whstling sound
when breathed into has been an article
of frequent recent Importation. and has
been levied against as a toy. But it is
not a toy, no more than are trick match
boxes, trick cigarettes, wooden cigars and
trick cigar cutters. For a toy is essen
tally under tariff construction, some
thing TO amuse children: and all play
things are not to be considered toys just
because children may play with them.
And this is manifestly not a proper toy
for children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
REPORT ON BANK RECEIVED.
Plans for Reorganization of Pitts
burgh Institution Here.

The report of National Bank Examiner
Owen Reeves on the success of plans
for a reorganization of the First Second
National Bank of Pittsburgh, which was
put in the hands of n federal receiver
several months ago was received yester-
day by Thomas p Kane, acting controller
of the currency. 1t will be considered by
Mr.. Kane, Milton c. Elliott, solicitor for
the controller, and by John Shelton Will
liams, when he is confirmed as controller
by the Senate.
Reports from Pittsburgh indicate that
many subscriptions to the stock of the
proposed reorganzed bank are contingent
upon its admission to the Pittsburgh
Clearing House Association. Treasury
presidents agree that the controllers
office could not recognize subscriptions
contingent on the action OF a clearing
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
SHIFTS IN CIVIL SERVICE
Changes in Personnel of Department
of Commerce Employees
Announced.

The Department Of the Interior yester-
day made public the following changes
in its personnel: Probationary appoint
ments: Office of Secretary-Henry r.
Oman. New Hampshire. elevator con-
ductor, sI2o: David E. Trabold. Ne"
York Waterman. ST2O. General lana
office-Iewis Fisher PENNSYLVANIA, copy
ist. ST2a. Patent office-Arthur h "She'
Ohio examiner, $500: Alfred Clement
Illinois and Ray Shackelford, MISSOURI
copvists. 1920; Balls A. Dunlap Kansas
Preston Harris. Tennessee. and Joseph
], Sargent, New Jersey. Iaborer GLASS;
tied,. $3.50 Geological survey-Mlss MAoei
r J.ot,rIe. Missouri and Miss RANGES T.
TayIor. Kentucky. under clerk, sSfo. n"-
reau of mines-J. II. g on. ( az , nc
petroleum engineer, &."o 'ilfiu ;,,n;o,
Iohn q Morgan New Hampshire junior
chemist 81 $40 Uenver. COLI. ROLAND
r Cialliet Ohio messenger boy; s4om.
Reinstatement general iahu oliee
Robert D. Dalton. Utah, trahsi'tnah'
S100 per month
List OF Promotions.
Promotions General land oiiiee-
Clarence o. WEBB. Alabama clerh'
81 900 to $1,000; Mrs. Jennie A. Iail'
Illinois, copyist, $720 to $500: Herman
C, Hansen. Wisconsin, assistant mes
seneer. S120, to copyiSt, S9oo. James L.
Evans. Virginia, skilled lAborer, $3.50.
to assistant messenger, S.zO fensioI
office-John w Stewart, New ork,
clerk 81 POO 10 $1,000. Patent office
Charles S. Grover, INDIANA examiner
Il 500 TO $500 Geological survey
Miss Elite NJ Hussey. Maine. under
clerk $3.50. to clerk $500. Reclamation
W Hanna. Iowa, en-
sineer. S3ea0 To supervising en-
rineer, S4.Su Bureau Of mines-Ap bra
hHm Engel, New York, laboratory
helper $500, to analyst. $500; AndreW
A. H. Hamilton, PennSSlVanla, nies
senger. $3.50. to under clerk. SEQ tDen-
Yer. Cob. 7,
Transfers within the department: IN
dian office-Stuart II. Elliott. Ohio clerk,
ST 900, from pension office; Anthony
krsuth. South Dakota. copyist- $500
from Governments Hospital for Insane
geological survey Miss Annie t. Berten-
shaw. Massachusetts. under clerk. Stu,
from general land Office To and from
other departments: Geological survey
Donald f. Macdonald, Montana, geo
logist S2.4uO. from isthmian canal com
mission.
Henry c. Cullon. jr.. Illinois, special
agent. l.sro. Patent Office, John A
Diener Indiana. examiner, sl,eoo; WIZ
liam F. Mccormack, District of Column
bia messenger boy, $3.50. Geological sur
vey-Raymond c. Pierce, Idaho. Junior
engineer. s12oo Reclamation service
James f. Sprague, Arizona. senior cleTh'
s. 100: James +. Gray, Arizona, Junior
clerk. $l44o: John ". Walters, can
fornia. mechanical craftsman, 81 per Gay
when actually employed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Yacht Club Gives Dance.

About thirty-five couples attended the
initial dance of the Washington Yacht
Club last night at Carroll Institute
Hall. The hall was decorated with club
pennants and American flags. During
the intermission refreshments were
served The committee in charge of
the dance consisted of Richard G. Tay-l
Tor, chairman; r. NJ. Collins. r. J.
Jones, H. F. Smith and h. E. Buftin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Northumberland Is Crippled.

In consequence Of having broken her
rudder the steamer Northumberland OF
the Maryland. Delaware and Virginia line
when she left here yesterday afternoon
was unable to take passengers and freight
for points along the lower river. as 1t
was found that she could not be handled
at the wharves to make landings. A
hurried trip will be made to Baltimore,
where repairs will be made and the yes
sci made ready to resume service on her
schedule, which calls for her leaving there
tomorrow evening for the lower river and
this port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
MUST STAND TRIAL.
Isaac Swidler and John H. Peters
to Meet Assault Charge.

Isaac Swidler and John H. Peters,
who forfeited $40 each in the Police
Court Friday. when they failed to appear
on a charge of assaul.ing Philip Milstone,
a news vender, last month, must stand
trial.
Assistant United States Attorney Ralph
Given stated yesterday that he will notify
Attorney Henry E. Davis. counsel for
Swidler and Peters. that they will have
to appear for a hearing, as Milstone has
notified him he is not satisfied with the
forfeit of SO collateral each Mr.. Given
said he would not issue an attachment
for the defendants. but would simply
notify their counsel to have them in court
on a certain date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Drops to Pavement Unconscious.

w NJ. Shelby, thirty-eight years old,
employed in packing house near Cen
ter market and rooming at 213 7th
street northwest. last night became i'll
while at 9th and E streets northwest
and fell to the pavement unconscious
He was picked up and taken to the
Emergency Hospital. where 1t was
found he was suffering from concus-
sion of the brain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Col. Jervey Succeeds Maj. Rand.

Lieut.. Col Henry Jervey OF the army
engineers was yesterday designated to
take charge of the second Cincinnati
engineering district. succeeding Mai.
Lewis II. Rand, whose new station has
not yet been determined. Col. Jervey
already is in charge OF the first Cincin-
natl district and for the present will direct
the operations in both divisions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Would Require Extra Stamp.

I'VE can do that said the brewers.
but if so we will run afoul of the fed
eral statute which requires that we place
an extra stamp on all barrels over thir-
ty-one gallons in capacity
An extra stamp means one more dollar.
One more dollar for a measly half gall
Ion of beer. it is declared. would put
many a brewery out of business. Hence
the predicament.
Commissioner Hanson called on In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Osborn.
He found him so tied up with patronage
matters that half gallon of beer more
or less did not seem to worry him. How
ever, the matter seems to be such that
Mr.. Osborn will have to decide within a
few days whether he will stand pat on
the regulation United States thirty-one-
gallon barrel. or bow to the widespread
influence of the old New England arith-
metic and raise the size half a gallon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

Judge Reuben Murreu Page. aged sew
enty, died Wednesday at Abingdon. Va.
He was the first judge of Washington
county following the reconstruction era
and served ten years. beginning in 1870.
He was a Confederate cavalryman in the
civil war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
M'CLEARY BEGINS TERM |
Enters Penitentiary for Life for Muir
der of Mrs. Mamie
Henry.

SoFHidl Bruce McCleary, convicted IN
the circuit court at Rockville. Nd. last
April of the murder of Mrs. Mamie
Henry at Hagerstown in August. 1912,
and sentenced to the Maryland penitenti-
airy for life. was yesterday taken to the
penitentiary by Sheriff Whalen.
Since his conviction McCleary had been
in jail at Rockville awaiting the decision
Of the court of appeals in the motion for
new trial in his case. The adverse de-
cision of the court was a keen disap-
pointment to him, as he had confidently
counted upon being granted another trial.
Daughter Avoided Him.
Mrs. Henry. who McCleary was convict
ed of numbering. was the mother Of
Miss Lupah Henry, with whom McCleary
was declared to be infatuated. The
daughter left Hagerstown August 10, 1912,
and came to Washington. 1t was stated
she left there for the purpose Of keep
ing away from McCleary. Several days
later the lifeless body of Mrs. Henry
was found lying across bed In her
room. She had apparently been dead
several days.
McCleary had left Hagerstown and was
arrested August 81 1912, in this city. at
the request of the Hagerstown authori-
ties. He was tried at Rockville before
Chief Judge Hammond Urner and Asso-
ciate Judges Edward c. Peter and Glenn
H. Worthington, who convicted him of
murder in the first degree and imposed
life sentence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Will Arrange for Dinner.

The special committee named to ar
range for the dinner to be given by
the Retail Merchants Association next
month will meet tomorrow at noon to
complete the final details.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Reservation Named Fort Macarthur

Secretary Garrison has named the
military reservation at Point Fermin,
Cal, Fort Macarthur, in honor OF Lieut.
zen. Arthur Macarthur. United States
Army, who died September ). 1872
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
CITY WAS CONVERTED
BY A MAN AND A DOG
How Successful Single Tax Cam
paign Was Conducted at
Pueblo, Colo.

\ team is credited with starting the
movement that resulted in the adoption
by Pueblo, Col, of single tax reform by
charter amendments team consisting
of a man and dog. George j. Knapp,
delega te-at-large representing Colorado
at the FEELS single tax conference. just
ended in Washington. owner of the dog,
in conversation gives the impression that
the dog did most of the work. This mod
est statement is not by any means &C
curate. Mr.. Knapp performed the nuik
of the labor, but that the dog, led, dld
a lot there can be no doubt
Women vote in my state, said Mr.;
Knapp to a reporter for The Star, ana
most women like dogs and especially
little dogs They would notice the little
fellow on the street, stop to pet him, and.
reading the legend on his blanket 'Pu-
eblo, Col, single tax, 1914 would usu-
ally ask what it meant That gave me
my chance to explain and convert. l
took Ted for a walk here in Washington
yesterday morning, and probably fifteen
women wanted to know why he wore the
coat and what the legend stood for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
No Single Takers There.

There were, as far as I can discover,
no single takers in Colorado three years
ago. In my work for the idea, covering
A ten-month campaign. J. or rather Ted
and |, received practically no co-opera-
ton from any one during nine-tenths OF
the time. I formed single tax club for
the purpose. and. although it began to pc
mentioned here and there, no one realiy
knew how small its membership was. Tor
four girls in my office composed the RANK
and file. The results came, however IN
the last month of the campaign, took the
form of landslide. and the charter
amendment was result. The ciup
doesn't lack for membership now, Tor
over 1000 names are on its rolls.
Mr.. Knapp was sent from ST LOUIS 10
Colorado five years ago to die. His physi-
clans gave him only few weeks In which
TO enjoy the climate out there, but he Is
still at it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Bay State Takes Hand.

One of the latest to arrive is Thure
Hanson. commissioner of weights and
measures from Massachusetts, who yes
terday sang his song of woe into the
ear of Representative Winslow of Mas
sachusetts. member of the House COM
mittee on weights and measures.
The trouble seems to have originated
in the oId-fashioned arithmetic books
of our ancestors. In those delightful
old dogeared volumes, the beer barrel
one and a half gallons. In accordance
with this, many states passed laws re-
Gently requiring the brewers to place
.nirty-one and half gallons of the
which large men in blue overalls carry
into the swinging doors of thirst en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Plan for a Better
Workingman's Home

and behind. This would reduce the work
er's ground rent to the lowest point, and
would assure his family light and air
In place of his deep backyard filed with
cans and trash. the city's parks could be
laid out near his home.
Transportation facilities permitting the
city worker to live on the outskirts of
the city are imperative to the restoration
OF sound municipal life Then, in the
suburbs, houses can be limited to twelve
an acre. With the limitation of conges-
ton, there should be established definite
zones for manufacturing. business and
residences. Now business or an indus
trial section gradually eats its way into
a residential section-aAnd the housing
problem is present. ~.
The alley hovel, fostering in rows and
screened behind business and manufac-
turing blocks. should be outlawed. and is
being outlawed where people are being re-
volted by the realization of the menace
of its contagious by-products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

IT'S thus that life has seemed to go.
since first men learned to trade and talk
Some folks must shovel OF the snow, that
others may in comfort walk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

An institute for photographic research
is soon to be established in Chicago, the
first of its kind in America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

Sometimes man says he fell off tho
water wagon when he didn't He sig
nailed for stop and deliberately dis
mounted.