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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
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SkIN-ANN.
Copyright. 1914. by W. Werner


IN buy back the 300 acres of the
plantation you've had to sell and deed il
TO you. and on the day Lilah marries me
III settle enough money on you to en-
able You to live as you used to live
The day had been intolerably warm:
the blacks had come painting in from the
cotton fields before sunset. and the still
air of the evening was like a flame OF
fire
The Vinnedge family-old Alicia. a
veritabe Minerva in her sternness and
strength: Landon. her son, and Lilah. her
young granddaughter-sat in the evening
shadows on the plantation houses wide
gallery. listening to the propositions of
Nicholas Hopson. neighboring planter. a
hard headed bachelor of forty
There were two other listeners to Nicho-
las-Aunt Vashti Mudd, the black moun-
tain. who cooked for the Ninnedges.
standing back in the wide hall. out of
sight of the white folks" and Skin
Ann. the thirteen-year-old granddaugh-
ter of Aunt Vashti, lying on the sand
under the high gallery her woolly head
close to the open lattice around its edge
Ten years before Landon's household
had been able to live in luxury, but for
that length of time the cotton boil weeVii
had scourged the plantations in that sec
ton of the state. Landon had had to sell
a portion of the plantation and his
twenty rent houses, filled with black
raisers of cotton. were reduced to four
The elder Vinnedges and black Nashtl
rejoiced as they listened to Hopson's Of
fer I praise their fallen fortunes-Hopson
who had forty rent houses and thousands
of cattle on his range across the prairie
and an income from money inherited be-
sides-hut Lilahs dove-gray eyes filled
and Skin-Ann bit her thumbnails and
pulled her wool in enforced silent indig
nation
Miss Lilah-my darlin Miss Lilah.'
she grcaned under her breath. Jest as
soft and tender and easy put on by dem
old turribles as buttahf1y, Dey'll make
her consent 10 take Nick HopSon, wild
his hard eye and his bal head. jes so dey
kin hab new kerriges and fine eatin's, and
huh a-lovin Mstuh Lockard all de timer
An hour later when Skin-Ann stole into
Lilah's ROOM the girl sat on her bed
CRYING in heartbroken fashion.
They made me do it. Skin-Ann,' She
held up her slender left hand. on which.
In an old-fashioned claw setting, was
magnificent diamond solitaire When
Nicholas took out this thing grandmother
put it on my finger. and then he kissed
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A observation-disclosures
CONVERSATION.
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright, 1914. by Frank CraneJ

The professor loved to converse with
the waiter at his hotel. a gentleman of
color. whose name was Stuart James
Washington. Stuart was ifty-two and
gray headed; he was a local preacher"
and often held forth at the meeting house
of his faith
Although he hardly understood word
the professor said, yet the conversation
filled him with a soothing sense of ex-
altation. He dearly loved big words.
Il see, Stuart said the professor. as
he stirred his breakfast coffee and
glanced at the newspaper. Il see that an
English doctor named Barrett ]. Bar
rett asseverates that love. is but a species
of intoxication. and belongs to the cate
cory of physical arrangements
'Yas. sub; OATS evidentious''
The enumerated individual is simply a
victim of species of poison, a septic
germ. we might say. What do you think
Of that?'
Oats magnolious, subj"
THE proof" continued the professor,
'of this is that the affected person be-
comes pale, or marked by albification-
er-you understand, etiloation.''
"Yas. sub! dat's what 1 always said.
Dat albification Is sure sump'n' grand"
He manifests cancellation. His nervous
system Is discombobulated The expan-
sion and contraction Of his cardiac ap-
paratus is deranged. is too frequent, ir-
regular
Yes. sub: dat is kind O. discombobu-
latin'.''
40 this arrangement, Stuart there is
to be added. in our diagnosis an almost
inevitable diminution Of appetite. often
complicated with other disturbances Of
the digestive tract
Vas. sub: know denis awful dag
nocious. dem tracts
Insomnia is also a common phenomena
among the sufferers from Cupid's darts"
"Yas. sub: noticed dat. I done been
kind O. insommacious once
BY the analysis made by DIR. Barrett
it is indisputably demonstrated that the
blood of the enumerated presents an abb
normal quantity of white corpuscles.''
Vas, sub; dem corpuslusses is bad
When not energetically treated the dis
ease known as love may rapidly degener-
ate into neurasthenia, or even to lycan-
thropy. hypochondria. hallucination, even
delirium or settled melancholia."
Gee! OATS a nice bunch of 'em.
Would you mind writin' 'em down, boss?''
NO. Stuart you must catch EN- on
the fly. 1t is not sportsmanlike to pot
shot the large fat words"
1as. sub; it is kind O. scrublous.
"In fine" says DR.. Barrett. love is a
malady as any other, an intoxication of
the nervous centers The circulatory sys-
tenn is dHeCCeQ. Inc worst crises are
found in the adolescent"
VIVA is dat adlescent place, pro-
fessuh?''
"1n the salad days. Stuart Dr. Bar
rett concludes that 1t is high time that
science begins to occupy itself with the
purely therapeutic and medical aspects
Of the supreme passion"
'Yas. sub: think thai be good thing
more therapeuticous Will you have
some more aigs. subj"
mo"
Huh" said Stuart, chuckling, as he
went into the kitchen. when I han
'em dat wor 'therapeutious' it's sure
gwine paralyze 'em next Sunday"
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RARY WEEK EXERCISES END.
Hundreds Of Mothers and Little Ones
Given River Excursions.

NEW YORK, June 27.-Baby week ex-
ercises were ended yesterday with an out
ing for mothers and their little ones on
score of river steamers and barges.
Hundreds of tickets were distributed
during the week. and the boats were to
make several landings to pick up the
excursionists.
The grand prize for the 100 per cent
perfect baby was awarded Thursday to
little Miss Johanna Wiggers two years
and four months old. Second prize went
to Olga Cohen. eleven months old. Her
score was 99S perfect. The awards
were made by Mayor Mitchell. fol-
lowing parade up 9th avenue, in
which there were 1000 babies in auto
mobiles.
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from old Russo on the stone-he'll lend
me 500 or on it-and I'm going to
ALASKA and bring back enough gold to
buy back your fathers land and do
everything for them that Nick Hopson
can do.
The girls pink cheeks lost their color.
ITO Alaska," she gasped. "Oh, Lynn,
you might not come back. And your
mothers ring-your mothers engagement
ring"
My sweet. dead mother wouldn't care.
lovey. he said slowly. Shed want US to
be happy.
One evening three months after the
Young bookkeeper left Carlsboro Mich
olas Hopson entertained the family of
his betrothed at dinner at his home.
They talked of young Lockard and Won
dered how he had secured the money
fer his Alaskan venture
When Nicholas handed them out at
their door from his automobile he bent
aver I.ilah- .Tf Won won't let me kiss
your Ups. he said, in a hard voice, when
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West Virginian browns Saving Wife

STANTON. Va. June %. - DR.. w.
Holmes Yeakley of Keyser. w. Va. was
drowned in the Calf Pasture river near
Clare. Va. when he went to the rescue of
his wife and his wifes sister, Mrs. Joseph
A. Glasgow. who had gone beyond their
depth. He saved the women. but lost his
own life DR.. Yeakley was thirty-seven
years old, a native of Frederick county
He was formerly on the staff of Western
State Hospital His wife was Miss Ella
Ransom, daughter of Capt. Thomas D.
Ransom, who with one little son survives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
GERMAN SOL0NS HALT
BUILDINGS IN BERLIN
Two Stand Unfinished in Prominent
Section of City Due to Acts
of Reichstag.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
| BERLIN. June 1.-Two great buildings
stand empty IN prominent parts of Ber-
| lin as the result of bitches in the run
ming of the fatherlands government
Many an amusing tale hovers about the
half completed Militar Cabinet and
"Krolls." scene of large-scale balls
The department of war defied the
| reichstag in attempting to transfer the
special department of personnel from an
old stucco palace to smart thorough
fare on the edge of the Tiergarten. while
the court opera was to be established IN
new quarters some distance away. fac
ing the parliament house But the
reichstag has checkmated both plans.
The question of the Militar-Cabinet is
probably the object of the greater amuse-
ment. The department of war acted too
hastily. In the first place, it made an
exchange of land with private persons,
which very soon had to be repeated II.
face Of the dissatisfaction which 1t caused
in the Prussian diet The matter was ,s
not easily set right, and finally was put
to arbitration. with the result that the
department of war was ordered either 70
pay compensation to the amount OF e'oo
600 or to purchase plot OF land M
yolyed in these transactions for the sum
of $1,375,OOO.
Considering that when the decision OF
the arbitrator was given a half-finished
building was already standing on thls
plot of land designed from the beginning
to house the Militar-Cabinet. this was
rather like Hobson's choice. unless the
rechstag wished to be particularly IN
consequential. So finally the acceptance
of the purchase was ratihed.
Reichstag Stands on Right.
But as in the first instance the depart
ment had been working quite without
consulting the reichstag, the building
having been begun before the reichstag
had voted a single penny toward 1.-THE
department came in for some sharp criti-
cism: for, small as are its powers, the
reichstag insists on more than a sem
blance of control over financial matters.
The ghostly building has now stood eight
cen months without as much as brio6,
A tile or a touch of paint being ADDED
to it.
The architectural ghost is krolls, the
existence of which has been constantly
threatened for a dozen years past. rms
mass Of brick and plaster has housed
many a performance of exotic art Ital-
ian and Russian ballots, as well as opera
English performances of Shakespeare
with occasional glimpses OF fine french
comedy in the course of it's long career.
For ten years or more it has oeen
MANNED to erect the new court opera on
this site. The city of Berlin, as owner
of the land, has willingly approved OF
the idea, even though it involves free
gift on its part, which is reckoned as
being worth $1,75oOco, but as the Prus.
sian diet disasrees with the plans una.
have been laid before it, and has refused
the first vote of s125.OO toward the build
ing, the laying of the foundation stone
must needs be postponed for another
year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-19
SECRETARY LANE
HOLDS CONFERENCE
Object to Reconcile Western
Men to the Bill Concern
ing Radium Land

Washington, January 1s.-An executive
conference on legislation for the conscrva
ton of public lands containing radum
was held today by Secretary Lane, Chair
man Foster of the House committee on
mines and mining, the Colorado delesa-
ton in Congress, Representative Brown
of New York. and Thomas Henahan,
commissioner of the Colorado bureau of
mines. The object was to reconcile the
opposition of the western men to the
Foster bill for the withdrawal from entry
of lands that contain radium.t When the
discussion ended it was predicted tina;
some satisfactory compromise would be
rea ched. There will be another confer
cnce Thursday.
Secretary Lane and Representative F'os-
ter urged immediate legislation to prevent
radium ere lands from falling into the
hands of foreign monopollsts. They
pointed to the scarcity of radium, its al
most fabulous price, and its great value
to surgery. The Colorado delegation and
Commissioner Henahan opposed the
segregation of any more land, contendius
that it would retard development of the
state.
The conferees agreed that foreign ex'
ploitation of radium from Colorado and
Utah should be legislated against. and
that there should be no monopoly, and
there was a disposition to seek ground
for agreement.
The House mines committee tomorrow
will give a hearing on the Foster bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-19
RAID ON ORGANIZED
BALL IS CONTINUED
Federal President Says Two
More Stars Have Been
Signed

Chicago January 1S-The Federal
league continued its raid on the preserves
of organized baseball today, according to
President Gilmore. Two stars of the
Nationals, he said, had been signed for
Chicago in the new organization, but in
line with a statement issued after yester-
days meeting their names We're with
held.
The crucial meeting left the Federals
stronger than ever, Gilmore said The cir
cult stood the test imposed by Charles
Weeghman and w. G. Walker, the Chi
cago capitalists whose good will was con-
sidered essential and the league prcsi-
dent declared the position of the orSaniza
ton was good enough now to satisfy
anybody.
The forces of organized ball who held
a secret meeting here yesterday. declined
| to give out anything. President Johnson
| of the American league officially denied
! that the st. Louis Americans had Been
| offered Weeghman as an inducerient to
| him to refrain from attacking the major
| leagues.
| j. c. McGill, whose purchase of the IN
dianapolis association club was announced
yesterday. left for the Indiana capital to-
| night to begin work Immediately, he said,
on building a first class team. McGill
| said he expected to give the Federals a
| battle by putting the best team possible
| in the field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-19
MONEY ON
POLICIES INCREASES
Interesting Figures Con-
tanned in Report of Life
Insurance Presidents

New York. January 1S.-The habit OF
borrowing money on life insurance policies
is on the increase in the United states
and in some parts of the country the bor-
rowing is relatively higher than in others
according to a report made public today
by the Association of Life Insurance
Presidents.
Policy loans granted by companies hold
ing 9S per cent of the total life insurance
assets in the United States jumped from
Sl9.OO0.O00 in 1888 to more than 1851, ,Oon 900 in
1912, and the ratio of loans to reserves
held against policy contracts from Ia
per cent to 1903 per cent in the same
period.
Loans outstanding al the end of 1911
amounted to s456,0O 1000, of which the Pa
cific states took the most, with 20OS per
cent of reserves borrowed The central
northern states were the lowest with 10. 10
per cent. The average for the country
that year was 1888 per cent
The report declares that more than
s5oo,ooo,oOO of life insurance protection will
be lost to beneficiaries because of policy
loans outstanding at the end of 1912, as
experience shows that not more than 10
per cent of policy loans ever are repaid"
The report adds that many policies on
which loans have been effected will lapse
as direct result of the loans, and the
entire amount of insurance carried in .he
policies will be lost to the beneficiaries."
The report was made public, this asso-
citation announced, with the hope of stim-
ulating an earnest study of the problem
and the presentation of remedies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-19
Weekly Naval Stores

Savannah, January 49, Turpentine was
firm the past week, closing yesterday at
Acc as against Acc week ago and 391ac
year ago. Sales for the week, s14. Re-
ceipts for week. 920. against 2503 a year
ago. Shipments for week, 300, against
1892 a year ago. Stocks are 1854 aaginst
23,e73 a year ago. Stocks decreased 1886
during the week.
Rosins for the week We're firm. Lower
grades increased 7lsc; grades N, and WIG,
stationary; WV, decreased &c. Sales for
the week. 1l.2To Receipts for the week
u. .42S against 11,l57 year ago. Ship
ments for the week 1892 against 1874 a
year ago. Stocks are 16i. 1872 against 145,.
500 year ago. Stocks decreased 1894 dur
ing the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-19
-FOUR TIED IN THE
COLLEGIATE SHOOT

Washington. January 1S.-Resuts of
the second weeks match for the rifle
shooting intercollegiate championship of
the United States finds Massachusetts
"Aggies,' West Virginia, California and
Michigan Agricultural tied for first place
with clean score in class a. In the Sec
ond class, Cornell. the naval academy
and Washington state are tied for first
place. In class c, Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania lead. The results include:
Glass A: Massachusetts Agricultural
957, VS.. Minnesota, 945 West Virginia, $40.
VS.. Perdue. 9l3; North Geogia Agricul-
tural, 9OS, VS.. Massachusetts Technology
902; California. S95. VS., Harvard $50;
Michigan Agricultural, 973, vs. Norwich,
91S.
Glass B: Cornell, 941, VS.. Vermont, 92S;
United States Naval. 925, Vs.. Dartmouth,
sol; Washington State, 925, VS.. Lehigh,
$40; Maine, 904. VS.. Oklahoma Agricultural,
S96; Kansas, S57. vs. Clemson. defaulted
Glass C: Illinois, Ola, VS.. Notre Dame,
$50; Oregon Agricultural, 306. VS.. Penn
sylvania State, defaulted Pennsylvania.
916, VS.. Worcester Polytechnic, SS7; Louis
lana S91. VS.. Missouri, S79 Kansas Agricul-
tural S66, VS.. Arizona, 79s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-19
FOREIGN DELEGATES
AGREE TO AMERICAN
WIRELESS SYSTEMS
Revision Committee of In
ternati0nal Congress On
Safety at Sea Virtually
Ends in London

London, January 19.-The work of the
revision committee of the international
Congress on safety at sea virtually was
ended tonight, the members working al
day. The American wireless systems were
agreed to by the European delegates
| This gives control of apparatus and super
vision over operations of employees tc
the American government, notwithstand
| ing the nationality of the ships when.
ever they are in American waters.
The agreement preserves intact pri-
vate code signals of any country re
served for war. Use Is made of the COM
mercial code and only one code will be
used for distress calls. which will assure
this being understood by all ships within
range.
The Americans were unsuccessful in
their contention as to the number of men
manning each ship. European delegates
voted unanimously against the extra
equipment suggested, holding that prob
ably confusion would result from great
numbers of sailors in the event of a
crisis.
The adoption of the provision for RATS
aboard ships against the contention of
the Americans, was carried. The Ameri-
never more than one third of the life
saving craft should consist of RATS and
always two thirds or more life boats,
when the ship carried both.
The arbitration feature of the con-
ference again obtruded tonight the
United States and Great Britain coming
to terms on the matter Of allowing arbi-
tration when requested md agreeable
Germany and France, however, declined
10 tp arbitra ti0p ,at
selves or Great Britain and the United
States on the Anglo-American basis
Great Britain had demanded originally
that all deputies and all violation Of
shipping laws should be arbitrated be-
tween the parties in dispute This was
opposed by American delegates who also
opposed a proposal that all disputes be
sent to the international court at the
Hague
The Right Hon. Sydney Buxton pres
dent of the board of trade and United
States Senator j. Hamilton Lewis, agreed
to the policy of letting each country ac-
cept its own partners with whom it
could arbtrate it's differences under the
treaty. leaving those not accepting the
plan out of the arrangement. thus avoid
ing any binding provision applicable to all
parties, either for or against arbitration.
This proposition, however. was not ac-
cepted.
At dinner given by the American dele
gates to the Canadian ana Australian
delegates, it was agreed that final sigma
lures of the representatives, of these coun-
tries should be affixed Tuesday night,
which would allow the delegates to sail
for home Wednesday, those present
at the dinner paid a tribute to Prof. A. B,
Alexander of Washington as being chief
ly responsible for bringing the work Of
the congress to satisfactory conclu-
sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-19
HOBSON WILL SPEND
= WEEK IN JEFFERSON
Will Conclude Trip Embracing q
Speeches With Rally in Birming-
ham Thursday Night

With his opponent in Washington at
tending to the sessions of Congress, Con-
gressman r. p. Hobson, candidate for
the Senate, will begin today cam
paign in the home county of Oscar w.
Underwood.
Mr.. Hobson will deliver % speeches in
the county in four days concluding with
a rally in Birmingham Thursday night.
He will then take up anew the trail
which Mr.. Underwood blazed out dur
ing the holidays.
His itinerary as announced VIII Keep
him from the scene of Congress for two
weeks and it is reported that he VIII
not return to Washington until the con-
elusion of the campaign, April 8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-19
WEST END REVIVAL
BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Seventy-nine Additions to Methodist
Church in Two Weeks, With More
To Be Received

The revival which has been in progress
for the past two weeks at the Nest
End Methodist church came to close
last night with a sermon by the Rev
j. o. Haynes, who has been conducting
the services An immense crowd was
present a the concluding meeting. every
available seat in the church being taken.
The meeting has been very SUCCESSFUL.
Since it started there have been 70 ad-
ditions to the Methodist church and 9TH
ers are to be received next Sunday. Yes
terday afternoon class of 40 We're bap-
tised at o'clock. The Rev. j. c. Per-
singer is pastor of the church.