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Evening star., 1914-04-23
REPLACING POTOMAC BUoYs.
Lights Had Been Removed to Pre-
vent Damage by Ice.

With gas buoys aboard which are to
be replaced at various points In the
Potomac to mark dangerous spots In the
channel to this city, the lighthouse serv-
ice steamer Maple is on her way from
Baltimore to the Potomac. In the latter
part of last fall these buoys were taken
up to prevent their being damaged by
ice, and their locations were marked by
spar buoys. The absence of the lighted
buoys from the channels has been a
source of considerable inconvenience to
Potomac navigators.
Having made an inspection of the
lightships and stations in the coast por-
ton of the fifth district, south of Cape
Henry, and having looked over the sta
tions in the southern end Of the district
Inspector Rutland has returned to his
office at Baltimore. Inspector Rutland
made the trip down the coast and to
Beaufort. N. c., aboard the tender Or
child. and returned to Baltimore by rail-
To undergo her annual inspection at the
hands of the United States steamboat
inspection service officials the tender
Holly is at Baltimore being made ready
for the inspectors to go aboard her. On
completion of the inspection she will re-
sumo buoy overhauling service on Chesa-
peake bay and its tributaries.
Evening star., 1914-04-23
MUST PAY ALL BILLS,
SAYS THE CONTROLLER
Disbursing Agent of Government
Hospital for Insane Is
Advised.

The possibility of starving the criminal
insane and the insane pensioners of the
government. committed to the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane from the
District of Columbia. just because the
board of Commissioners refuse to pay
bills for their care and treatment that
the hospital authorities think should be
paid by the District of Columbia, was
recently discussed by the controller of
the Treasury, George E. Downey He
advises NJ. Sanger. disbursing agent of
the hospital. that the hospital appropria-
ton must pay all bills in the first in
stance and that reimbursement is an
other matter.
The propriety of paying a bill of SS,046
for meats supplied during March for the
hospital. and which was used for feeding
all inmates. patients and employees. was
referred to the controller of the Treas
ury. Dfsbursing Agent Sanger set forth
his view that the appropriation in the
District of Columbia act of March 4.
1919, should bear the expense of care
and treatment of patients accredited to
the District of Columbia. He also stated
that payment had been refused by the
board of Commissioners.
Whether or not the District of Columbia
owed the bill Controller Downey said
was not material TO judgment in this case
The District of Columbia appropriation,
he said. could not be disbursed by Dis
bursting Agent Sanger or any other dis
bursting officer, and could be used only for
reimbursement upon transfer settlement
by the auditor for the State and other
departments.
All purchases and supplies for the hos
pital needs, must, in the first instance,
he said, be made from the appropriation,
Support, Government Hospital for the
Insane" and thereafter reimbursed to the
proper extent from the District of Co
lumbia appropriation for the care and
treatment of District of Columbia patents
at fixed rate.
If the account is otherwise correct, the
disbursing agent was directed to pay it.
So the meat supply will not be cut off for
the month of April because of non-pay-
ment of the account.
Evening star., 1914-04-23
FOR SERVICE ON POTOMAC.
Recently Purchased Steamer Fred
erick deBarY on WaY Here.

The side wheel steamer Frederick de
Barry, which was recently purchased by
the Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat
Company of this city, and which is on
her way here from Jacksonville, Fla,
left Wilmington. n. c., yesterday, and
unless she has been forced to seek har-
Dor the officials of the Potomac and
Chesapeake line expect her to pass in the
capes of the Chesapeake tonight or to-
morrow.
Tuesday last, according to report, the
steamer was at Georgetown, S. c., bad
weather having kept her in port. It is
understood that as soon as the deBary
arrives here and can be made ready for
service, she will take the place of the
steamer Wakefield on the Nomini and
lower river route. while that steamer is
being painted and overhauled and made
ready for summer service on the river.
Shortly after the Wakefield returns to
service. 1t is stated, the little steamer
Trenton will leave here for service on a
route between Norfolk and North Caro-
lima sound ports. by way of the canals
and inland waters
Evening star., 1914-04-23

Weeks McLane law. Senator John W.
Weeks of Massachusetts continued to
press the issue, both2in the House and the
Senate, after Mr. Shiras retired
September %. 1911, the American came
Protective and Propagation Association
was organized, and its dramatic success
in pushing through the Weeks-McLane
bill eighteen months thereafter provides
at once an astonishing illustration of
modern cooperative efficiency and the
unanimity of our best public thought on
questions of humaneness and sound eco
nomics The officers are: President Jonn
b. Burnham; vice president. treasurer
and counsel. William $. Haskell: second
vice president and editor, f a. Quarles;
secretary, George NJ. Fayles. There is
distinguished list of directors and pa
irons. and the advisory committee m
cludes such men as Theodore Roosevelt.
Henry Ford, Henry l.. Stimson, John
Burroughs, a. X. Fisher. c. Hart Mer-
riam. D. G. Beaman. Henry Van DYKE
and Henry 5. Graves
The fight lasted from January. 1912.
TO March 3 of the next year. When the
baby organization first made its repre-
sentationS in Washington some congress
sional leaders considered the matter of
such little general interest that they hes
itated to authorize public hearings. Mem
bers all over the country were urged to
write their congressman. and all the
game and sporting organizations We're
asked to help. More than 10000 letters
sent petitions to Congress, the officers
conducted d whirlwind campaign in
Washington. and when the hearings open
ed forty-four states We're represented
either by letters or delegates. January
30 1913. the bill passed the Senate. and
on the concluding day of the Sixty-second
Congress it got through the House. 1t
was signed by President Taft just an
hour or two before his term expired.
The Camp Fire Cluo was a tower OF
strength in the fight. and many other
This act provides heavy fines and even
Imprisonment for those who violate its
provisions. particularly the sections de-
signed to protect fowl when they are
mating in the spring. 1t replaces the
tumble of varying contradictory and. not
infrequently, useless state laws. a hunt
er in one state no longer can shoot out
of season a bird that he caught crossing
the line of another state. Only SlnWo
was provided to enforce the act. This
sum was so small that little more than
preliminary scouting could be done, and
there have been many violations mus
far. However, the sum of S.o.nD, 1t is
expected. will be appropriated this year
The law really became effective october
l. 1913, when the regulations drawn up
by the United States biological survey
were promulgated. All migratory birds
are diSided into two main classes
migratory game birds and migratory IN
sectivorous birds Shooting of the latter
class, except reedbirds or rice birds, is
forbidden at all times. Open season for
the hunting of the first class varies, ac-
cording to states and localities. Thirteen
inspection districts have been organized,
under the direction of United States mar
shals, assisted by state wardenS.
Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
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Evening star., 1914-04-23
PROTECTING BIRD. LIFE.
I.-TimeIy Conservation.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

A few years ago conservation of re-
Sources meant to the public mind only
forests and water power. Today it in
cIudes the protection of bird life. for it
helped to bring about the passage of the
weeks-McLane law, which provides fed
eral prote, ton of migratory and insec-
tivorous birds. 1t is the most far-reach-
ing piece of legislation that ever has
been enacted in behalf of game on the
North and South American continents
The rapid passing of the wild birds and
animals of our country, once so plentiful.
tells a tragic and brutal story of man s
greed and wantonness; but the story of
the fight to save from utter extinction
the wild bird life of this continent is one
of achievement and noble enthusiasm.
A generation ago the United States
termed with wild life. Ducks, geese,
doves. pheasants, grouse quail and even
wild turkeys flew over our valleys and
forests by the billions. Thirty-five and
forty years ago the following average
prices prevailed in the public markets:
Wild ducks, 81 to S1.Jo per dozen; wild
geese. 10 cents to 80 cents per dozen, !,
prairie chickens, So n dozen: quaiIs. 10
cents a dozen. At that time. also, buffalo
meat went to consumers for . cents a
pound antelope brought or I cents ana
venison was worth from to cents per
pound Today a single wild duck or goose
costs as much as a dozen bought at that
time and comparatively few Americans
know what venison tastes like As for
buffalo meat. ii has passed from the pup
lie stalls forever and millions OF the
present generation have never even seen
a real live buffalo.
From the earliest days of the natlon.
and until ruthlessness only recently hung
itself, wholesale slaughter of birds and
game by hunters and picnickers has
been considered great sport. 1t was
quite usual for a merry party of three
or four to destroy all wild life in sight
during a pleasant jaunt of two or three
weeks. Birds to the number of 200 or
700 would be bagged. and thirty or forty
buffaIoes and deer would succumb to
their bullets. Invariably. more than
could be eaten or carried away would
he killed. leaving a large percentage to
rot and bleach. The mating season was
no protection, and in this way millions
more were exterminated in embryo.
Professionals in the business of killing
for profit, wiped out thousands of birds
per man every year. 1t seemed that our
bird life would never diminish. But II
did: sadly so. and rapidly.
*
The Weeks-McLane law, which was
put on the statute books mainly through
Evening star., 1914-04-23
Prohibits Shooting of
Wild Fowl in Spring.


hibits the shooting of wild fowl in the
spring, in all parts of the country. The
organization that had most to do in be-
half of this very vital legislation is less
than three years old. but the first con-
certed efforts of true sportsInen in this
direction date back over half a century.
A national consciousness at that time of
the rights of birds and their economic
value would have saved the American
people billions of dollars. for it is esti-
mated by the United States Department
of Agriculture that the insect damage
to crops is s795. 100000 per annum. In
other words. this annual waste, due
largely to the rapid disappearance of
wild fowl, would build two Panama
canals.
The New York Sporting Association.
organized"in 1874 was the first to aim
at the conservation of game, becoming
later the New York Association for the
Protection of Came At that time there
were no state game laws. and only few
local ordinances. to which no one paid
any attention. In the course Of time,
hundreds of clubs, more or less effective,
and many of brief tenure, were faSh1oned
after this pioneer organization other
clubs which did good work two and
three decades ago were the Massachu-
setts Fish and Game Protective AsSoc1a-
ton, the Michigan State Sportsmen's As
ISOLATION, and the Cuvier Club of I'm
cinnati.
formed in 1s74-75. and from 1s44 to 1900
no less than 31j entered the LIST OF bird
friends. Inasmuch as sporting records
show that the life OF many such re-
themselves, game conservation1sts be-
neve that perhaps three times S15 clubs
were In operation at one time or another
Many, Of course. proved useless, but
RI their
ideals all over the country. National
organizations began with the National
Sportsmen's Association in 1874. 1t soon
died. and so did two Others
OF late years the Boone and Crockett
Club, the League of American Sports
men and the North American Fish and
Game Protective Association have enter
ed the field, while the tireless. note
worthy and successful work of the New
York Geological Society and the National
Association of Audubon Societies Is COM
mon knowledge throughout the republic.
i =
The first national official in high sta
best work
Late Maj. Lacey Was of his pub
q Protector of Fowl. - ,ats
Maj. John Fletcher Lacey. who for six
teen years represented io"d ih thC
House of Representatives He became
famed as THE Father of Federal Game
LEGISLATION He put six laws for the
protection of game the statute
books. the principal one being the Lacey
act. regulating interstate commerce in
game. which passed in 1890 Next comes
George Shiras. Sd. noted sportsman
and ex-representative. In 1904, as d
member from Pennsylvania, he intro
tsuced the ironclad migratory bird pro-
tsction law, but it did not pass until
nine years later in the form of the
Evening star., 1914-04-23
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The Ketchikan miner., 1914-03-13
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD WILL CELEBRATE MONDAY

The different committees ol she local Arctic Brotherhood Camp are hard at work prepar- ing for their celebration of the passage and signing o the Ala ska Railroad Bill. They have decided that owing to the act that the time for preparation is so short. the celebration can not be held until Monday. March i6. when the parade will be held at two o'clock in the afternoon and and the meet ing at RedMen's Hall at eight in the evenig.
 L. H. Field is the marshal of the day, and asks that all fra ternal bodies who may. turn
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-03-13
NORTHWESTERN
 UP FROM SOUTH

With over three hundred pas sengers on board the North western arrived up from the south this morning between nine and ten o'clock. Her late arrival was due to the fact that she did not get away from Seattle on time. and then was compelled to anchor at Sey- mour Narrows waiting for q tide. She had 80 tons of freight for local people and the follow ing passengers for ketchikan: :: Mrs. J. J. Daly. Mrs. J. W. liar mon. H. Trwick. Vim. Semar. J. R. Beegle. W. G Weigle Miss. G. Robertson, G. II. Hardy. Chas. 4. Little, wife and son. Carl Thaner, Pete Dybrad. W. w. Powell and seven steer age.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-03-13
R|TCH|E DEFEATS
 WOLGAST

Milwaukee, March 13-That interest in prize fighting has not diminished in the United States was demonstrated in his city when a capacity crowd witnessed the ten round fight between Richie and Wo.gast for the light weight champion ship of the world. Ritchie out
 ought and out generated Vol vast at every round, and scored | knockdown i'll the seventh 'ound, landing left hooks and 'olid right hand punches to head at will, and the referee awarded him the fight.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-03-13
WILL CELEBRATE
 TOMORROW

Seattle, March, 13-Alaskans n Seattle will start celebra- ton to last a week with parade and speeches and a big bon fire tomorrow night. The whole town will be given over to them, and Mayor Elect Gill will be ohe of the chief speak CTS. Word was received from the north that whistles ware tied down and impromtu cele- brations held at Fairbanks, Va deZ. Seward and Cordova whel the word of the signing of tht bill reached those places.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-03-13
BIG NIGHT TONIGHT

Al inc Grand besides the fine bil! on which there is a wonder full industrial film, great two reel feature and two comedies there will be an added feature in the shape Of an egg rolling contest. The boys are going to have chance to show their dexterity as well as winning a little prize. Don't miss t as t will be the biggest and fun niest thing we have run yet. Saturday and Sunday nights YVES how q fine two reel Kay Bee feature film, The Pay masters Son." and c Kay Bee needs no cFiiisinl. It will come up to slI expatations. Watch for inc announcement Of the three reel feature film the Shipwreck" at the Grand adv.
 otn votI aEclSTEao
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-03-13
JOSL|N SUPPORTS
 W|CKERSHAM

Washington, March tS-Fal- con JoSlin, president of the Panama Valley railroad appear ei before the House committee this afternoon and urged favor able action OH inc Wiekersham bll repeating the present lie enSe tax Of one hundred dol lars per mile 0n Alaska rail- roads and fixing 5 five per cent tax on inc gross earnings of the same. h his talk before the committee Mir. Joslin stat ed that the enforcement Of the mileage lax would put the lines oai of business and prevent any capital being secured for new construction for roads which might act as feeders f0r the government railroad.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-03-13
A THRILLING FEAT

Last summer at Luna Park
 II Seattle two automobiles passed each other in the air while turning a complete sum- mersault. This is one of the interesting features on tha Pathe Weekly at the Dream to- night. Whiffles that funny man With the funny name will he seen in comedy, Whiffles is in love. therefore two girls is in love. There are two girls. Everything runs fine nntil they both show up at the same time NhIliles is a good character III playing the silly. The two girls make him silly. Bill Wood
 worth is singing "Virginia
 on which is a pretty song. Papa Put. One Oyern is a f'tagraph comedy drama, be- 'ns the second of this series. With aspirations to shine in society Mrs. Dean decides to purchase some jewels, papa save her from being swindled thereby hangs a tale. Of course that awful william Rogers Lyt- ton is the swindler. A good offer1ng. The Dream is that house that boosts when they have it. adv.