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Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
SURPRISE NIGHT
China and SiIysfwsre t,ivea Away at
The Cs'snisl Tanish,

Immediately after the 6rst perfor-
nance Of the Pee ess Minstrel Maius
the patrons viii have Jim dan6y SUR
prise awaiting them. AS yun 70 IN to-
night ycu viii receive coupon or
number and duplicate numbers will be
read from the stage ar d the holder of
the lucky numbers will receive valua-
bic and useful presents
There will be about thirty presents
altogether. including a beautiful 81
piece set Of Blue DELPHI China. several
pieces Of Vim. Rogers silverware such
as berry spoons, pickle forks pie
knives, soup ladies' ard cold meat
forks. Then there vii be a great
macy t9iiet articles. pictures. several
bigger presents and a couple Of BOBBY
prizes There is going TO be lots of
fun for ever boiy Those coming late
or waiting for the second performance
will have the benefit of the presents
also, as numbers Will be given out un-
I'll the presents are given away which
will be about 8. 45.
Tonight the Peerless Comedy Com
pany will make an entire change of
program, this time it will be another
minstrel first part and vaudeville acts.
All new songs and jokes, everything
new from start to the closing curtain.
Go early and get seats. Follow the
crowds TO the Colonial Theatre.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
"KlNG IAg DErEcTIVE
10 7 Formula S79 10 2 Parts at The
Lyric Tonight.

Cecil Disney, a noted chemist, rs ex-
perimenting to discover how 10 manu-
factuTe artificial rubber During one
of his experiments he acCidenty mixes
two toxins the combustion of which
creates deadly fume. Iu-order not
to be overcome by the ethel gas, he
throws it into the labratOry sink and
slams the hood down. At that moment
wife who was entertaining friend
or their cozy roof garden, left to 60
down stairs to procure match tor the
friends cigar. The friend who was
seated near the stand pipe, that gave
vent TO the sink, nhales the deadly
chemical fumes. He is instantly kill
ed. The chemist is arrested and about
to be convicted for the murder, when
the great detective King" is called
and put on the case and succeeds IN
solving the mystery.
For Old Love Sake. a pathetic
drama featuring Fritz Brunette and
Glen White A story we'll shown and
TO be appreciated.
Now, to laugh and. be on good terms
with yourself and your neighbors see
Max Asher and Harry Mccoy in Mike
and Jake Join the Army" A great
day for Mike and Jake when they be-
come soldiers. Mike and Jake observe
that the fair sex look with unusual ia
vOr upon the brass button. They join
the army on the Mexican border and
proceed to clean up a picnic party OF
Mexicans. What happens is scream.
This Is one of the best Joker Bur-
lesuues.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
An OFT Told Tale.

1t becomes monotonous to reiterate.
almost daily, the success which al
ways follows advertisements in the
Evening Capital, which success it
is necessary to chronicle from time
to time. The following ad:
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
AComing Attraction.

That the saying nothing succeeds
like success" is a true one in many in
stances is exemplide5 in the case of
the new musical play Seven Hours in
New York" which is TO be produced
here soon. This company has been a
success right from the very frst per.
formance. Whether it is the title OF
not, no one knows The fact remains,
however, that it is drawing capacity
houses everywhere, and will probably
do the same here. 1t is a large COM
pany, completely equipped with seen
cry, wardrobe and electrical effects
The date here is. next Tuesday night
March 81, at the Colonial Theatre.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
On The Sick List.

The many friends of Mrs. Fell, wife
of President Fell, of St Johns
College, will regret to hear thst
she is injisposed. Mrs. Fell is
suffering from an attack of grip at
her home on College Campus. Mrs.
Fell is a charming mstron with q
wide circle of friends, who hope
for her speedy restoration to health.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
Examination for Macbiuist.

The Secretary of the Fourth Civi
Service District at Washington, an
nounces a civil service examination
(non .educationaD. to ell the position
Of machinist in the Fifth Lighthouse
District. The salary of the position is
So. 80 per day. The examination will
be held on April and will be governed
by the following scale of weights. ply
sical ability, 40; training and expert
ence, 60.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27

I OST-0n Naval Academy haseball ground
~ or bet ween there and Gloucester Apart
ments, n BAR PIN OF grape leaves and
appeared only last evening in this
paper. Early this morning white
man, James II. Mediord, brought
the valuable pin to this Office and
received the reward. The pin was
found on the baseball grounds at
the Naval Academy and returned
through the advertisement in The
Capital
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
Free Lselure on EoreslrY.

Under the Department of A gricul-
ture free lecture on forestry will be
delivered at the public school on Tues
day evening, March 81. The lecture is
free to everybody and all are welcome.
The subject Will be instructive and en-
tertaining and it is hoped a large audi
ence will be present.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
Church ApproprIatsIy Adorned.

At a special service for fishermen at
Corton. near Lowestoft, England, the
church was adorned with nets, in
which herrings we're enmeshed. that
were festooned around the nave. An
arch Of oars from which was suspend
ed a sidelight, spanned the center
aisle. and flags, buoys, bladders and
other fishing gear completed the scene
OF decoration.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
LAST HUNT OF THE SEASON
Anne Arundel Hunt Club To Meet on
Saturday.

The Anne Arundel Hunt Club will
hold its last meet of the sc sson on
Saturday, March 2s, at 80 p. m.
Meet at stable and field will go to
st. Margaret's.
All riders, whether members Of the
club or not, are cordially invited.
w. S. McCLINTIC,
M. 2. H.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
For RsIlulous Editor 70 say.

A little girl had received a beautiful
card bearing an inscription: Honor
thy father and thy mother, etc" "She
is certainly clever" said a caller,
speaking of the sender OF the card;
Il wonder II she made that up her
self or copied It out Of some book?"--
Houston Post.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
A MARINE MARVEL.

Reversing the propellers of a
20,000-ton vessel from full speed
ahead to full speed astern in five
Seconds, and sending them ahead
again in a fraction less than that, is
a nautical feat worth consideration.
The test of engine control came in a
heavy sea off Cape Hatteras, as re-
lated by Lieutenant Commander
Kempff, who was in charge of the
ship.
II the enthusiastic report of Lieu
tenant Commander Kempff of the
smartness, seaworthiness, and fuel
economy of the electrically driven
collier Jupiter is borne out by fur
ther tests new era in motive pow
er at sea may have dawned. Fuel
economy is another feature. The
motor r-driven ship used only sixty
tons of coal day, a saving of fully
20 per cent over the old type of
vessel.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
THE MEXICO MIDDLE.

General Villa has dominated the
convention of military chiefs and
their delegates, which has been in
session at Aguas Calientes. The
convention indeed seems to have
been conceived and brought forth as
a means to giving a certain appear
ance of regularity and backing to
Villas firm purpose of driving Car
rama out of public life.
1t is quite impossible, from the
tangle Of reports, to decide what the
whole present row is about. The
convention decided that Carranza
must go, and Carranza agreed to
quit; but he stipulated that Villa
and Zapata must quit first. They
declined to do this; and the conven-
tion wouldn't ask them to do it, for
the excellent reason that those two
military worthless owned the conven-
tion, and were in command of large
&Eess Of soldiers that they could,
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
TRADE BOARD ADDS
NINE NEW MEMBERS

Nine candidates were elected to MEM
bership in the Board of Trade at a
meeting Of the executive committee of
that body this afternoon, and will be
eligible to take part in the proceedings
Of the annual meetiE Of the board which
will be held at the New Willard at 8
o'clock this evening. Those elected
were Robert e. Heater, Alfred c..
Flather. John II. Sherman. e. T. Love.
DR.. J. Burr Piggott. Robert D. Suter.
H. NJ. Crandall. Walter X. Evans, and
DR.. Oscar H. Coumbe.
At the meeting tonight, in addition to
the election of the general officers. ten
directors will be selected. The three
most important reports to be submitted
will be those Of President Cuno II. Ru-
dolph, which will be a review Of the
achievements Of the board during the
past twelve months. and include brief
references to the work Of the more i'm
portant committees: the statement of
Secretary c. J. Gockeler, and the finan-
cial report Of Treasurer g. w. Harris.
Besides these extensive comments on
the civic organizations activities. there
will be individual reports from the
twenty-seven standing and special COM
mittees, all OF which will be embraced
in the annual report soon to be pub
lished.
The meeting will conclude with a
buffet supper.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09

and likely enough would, in case of
necessity, use to suppress all oppo-
sition to their plans.
Then the convention voted formally
to depose Carranza and make General
Gutierrez first chief ad interim.
Gutierrez had been a general under
Villa. and had achieved some rather
notable military successes. He was
almost unknown to Americans.
Carranza declined to accept the
Gutierrez arrangement, and today
brings the report of another quite
inexplicable turn of affairs. 1t is
reported that Villa has caused
Gutierrez to be arrested and is hold
ing him under guard. Why, is not
even guessed. Carranza in a tele-
gram makes the most of this turn of
affairs, which serves his purpose to
show that Villa has no consistent
program and seems merely deter
mined to prevent any man aside
from himself coming to civil power.
Yet all the while Villa has insisted
that he doesn't want to WELD the
civil power; that he is a soldier, not
statesman, and knows his limita-
tions.
It is a hopelessly tangled affair,
from which anything may come, pos
sibly including the necessity for a
vigorous Intervention by the United
States, automatically if not in force.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
MAKE THE GAME CLEAN.

Unnecessary roughness wins few
football games and no friends.
This truism in relation to the most
interesting of all intercollegiate
sports has been so often proved that
it leaves little ground for argument.
Yet there seems a distinct feeling on
the part of some men that it is still
an evidence of bravery to take un-
fair advantage of a rival and by in
tentionally transgressing the rule
try to injure the opposition.
1t is proverbial among football
men that the man who retaliates,
when struck by a rival, is usually
the one who is disqualified and his
team forced to endure the penalty
of half the distance to it's goal. A
man who makes up his mind to hit
an opponent usually sees to it that
the officials are looking in the op-
posite direction. Then the one struck
will swing and usually be caught.
Men who can stand hard tackles and
swift charges are not of such weak
physical makeup that they cannot
suffer short jabs or even swinging
blows; so the Righteousness of hit
ting back, thereby jeopardizing the
chance of remaining in the game, is
apparent to even the casual OBJ
server.
After a lapse under the old rules,
the game of football has begun to
prosper in the District. Those who
have the better interest of the
strenuous autumn sport at heart
should see that the officials deal
severely with anyone who raises a
hand in violation to the rules.
This degree of sportsmanship
must be maintained or football will
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Closed Street Causes Inconvenience.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
For considerably more than a year
a large part of Mcpherson Square has
been blocked off by barriers erected
to protect the excavation for the
Arlington Hotel. A high board fence
stretched the length of the square
from Fl to I street outside the side
walk and using part of the street.
The west side of the square is sup
posed to be open to the use OF pedes-
trians, but there is no street space
indicated, and automobiles crowd the
board fence so closely as to make 1t
unsafe for pedestrian tEavel
If the owners of this property are
to be allowed to use this street space
for the years to come during which
they will be planning on what use to
make of the property. the District
government should make some pro-
vision to rope off sidewalk space out
of the street width. A great many
people use this thoroughfare in
walking from Pennsylvania avenue
to the Department of Justice and the
University Club. 1t is an annoyance
to them to have to cross this wide
avenue needlessly because the city
has permitted private property own
ers to usurp public property.
STREET SAFETY.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
APPLES.

The apple is become a new testi-
monial to the fact that it is difficult
to get something for nothing. Just
few years ago people all the way
from the New Hampshire hills to
the Washington valley, from the
Shenandoah to the Columbia, were
planting orchards, on the theory
, that an apple orchard would in a few
years be matured, and thereafter
would produce an annual fortune
without any trouble save the detail
of spraying twice a year and pick
ing the crop.
The farmer, quite as much as the
broker and the speculator, likes the
idea of getting something for moth
ing. He went into apples, and plant
ed them everywhere. Now comes
the retribution. The broker is doing
nothing, the speculator doesn't dare
and if he did dare hasn't the money;
the apple grower is leaving his ap-
pies on the trees to dry up or on the
ground to rot.
After all, in the long run, it's
hard to reap without sowing-and
continuously cultivating. Whether
it's apples or commissions, the
profits are largely in wages; and
when people get the impression that
they can somehow draw down profits
without investment of real and con-
tinuous effort, they are very likely
to be in error.
There is an overproduction of ap-
pies. There will be for some time to
come. New orchards will come into
production for a number of years to
come, even if no new ones are plant
ed. And the unprofitableness of ap-
ple-raising will be a testimony to
the fact that too many people went
into it with expectation of making
"easy money" from it. There isn't
any "easy money" that can be count
ed on.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09

and have taken an apartment at tho
Hotel Powhatan.
Mrs. William Haywood has issued in
Vltauons for the marriage of her daugh-
ter. Doris. and DR.. Howard Hume on
Wednesday, December 2, at 4 o'clock,
at the Church of the Covenant.
A reception at the home of the bride s
mother in l street will follow the cere-
mony.
Cards have been received from Mrs
Henry A. Wiley for a tea dance at
Rauscher's on Tuesday, November "a,
from to O'Clock. when she will pre-
sent her daughter. Miss Elizabeth WI
ley.
John r. Mclean entertained at dinner
last night in compliment to Mrs. O. H.
P. Belmont and Miss Cristobel Pank-
hurst. who were the house guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean
during their stay in Washington. Later
Pankhurst left Washington for Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B. Brooks. the
latter formerly Miss Louise Crom-
we'll, a Washington beauty and belle,
will entertain at a dinner dance this
evening at the Elkridge Kennels. near
Baltimore. in honor of Mrs. John
Kearsley Mitchell. 3rd. of Philadel-
phia. who is their house guest at their
place in the Green Spring Valley.
q
Mrs. Henry ]. Solomon, Of Chicago,
founder OF the Council of Jewish
Women, Is in Washington for a short
stay and will address the Washington
Alliance of Jewish Women at their
regular meeting TOMORROW at 2:3O
o'clock at the Eighth Street Temple.
The Comptroller of tie Currency
and Mrs. John Shelton Williams. who
are at their home in Richmond for
the autumn. have as their house guest
Miss Margaret McChord. daughter Of
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
and Mrs. Charles c. McChord.
Mrs. Charles w. Richardson enter
tanned at a reception on Friday after
noon at her country home on Grant
road, in honor Of Mrs. Albert l.. Mills,
the newly elected president of the board
of lady managers of the George WASH
ington University Hospital. Other
guests included the board of lady man.
ayers of the hospital.
Col S. A. Day. u. S. A., and Mrs.
Day have returned from an extended
their home on Lamont street. They
were hosts at a luncheon on Friday, at
which Miss Crystal Herne and Miss
Mary Shaw were the honor guests A
number of distinguished people were in
vited to meet them after luncheon.
Col. and Mrs. l.. Hutchinson are at
the Hotel Powhatan for short stay.
i
Mrs. Sarah =. Montague and Miss
Mary Wortlev Montague will close their
home on jefferson place and leave for
New York On November 70. They sail
for New Orleans, en- route to Ell Paso,
Tex, on November q
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Oklahoma's Temperance
Law Is Declared Valid

An Oklahoma temperance law, known
as the conveying" law, prohibiting
persons who buy liquor outside the
State from conveying it from one place
to another within the state. was in ef-
feet. held valid today by the Supreme
Court, which dismissed the case in
which Charles Overton, of Tulsa. Okla,
was convicted of it's violation. The
court denied 1t has Jurisdiction.
Overton was fined 800 and ordered
imprisoned for sixty days for having
conveyed sixty-five pints Of whisky.
shipped to him from Kansas City He
contended that the law tnterfered with
interstate commerce and disseminated
against liquor Of other States. the
State statute applying only to foreign
liquor and not that bought at State
liquor agencies.
The Oklahoma supreme court affirmed
his conviction. sustaining the law.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Half- Holidays An Year Round.

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
How about Saturday half-holidays all
the year round for Government en-
pIoyes IN Washington OF course. we
must not expect such a concession
withaut giving something to Uncle Sam
In return. have talked with a num-
Der of my fellow-workers regarding the
matter and they all agree with me that
they would rather begin work at $50
each day. provided that they are per-
mitted to have Saturday afternoons OF
the whole year round
At present. the greater part Of the
Government employees in Washington
work seven hours day, or forty-two
hours a week. and by beginning work at
8 80 q. m. we would work seven and one
half hours a day for five days and four
and one-hah hours on Saturday, max
ing the same total, forty-two hours, for
the week. Yes, you say, but what about
the three months in summer when we
would be getting our Saturday half
holiday anyway? Well for nv part. I
would be perfectly willing to give Uncle
Sam those extra three hours a week
that the half-hour each morning would
involve, for the sake of the half-holiday
every week in the year.
1t is an established fact that practi-
cally all the large offices in our big
cities allow their employees q half-hoii-
day every week In the year, and / be-
lieve a large majority Of the Govern
ment employees in Washington would be
willing to begin work a half-hour
earlier each day In order to obtain a
similar advantage.
GOVERNMENT EMPLoYE.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09

sources are limited. Likewise the In
creased production Of gold will make
prices higher. And, finally, the grow
ing tendency toward living in cities
VIII add to the cost Of production
the cost Of Transportation az the
methods Of distribution grow more
complex.
Now in our effort to hold down this
normal increasing cost Of living our
concern must be principally with the
last named factor.
food distribution in Washington II
handicapped In three ways, Mr.. sher-
man asserts Lack Of trolley freight
transportation makes It hard to brins
produce into our markets. Poor loca-
ton OF the Wholesale district, away
from either street car or water trans
portation terminals, adds to tho COM
pHcation. And. finally. he finds some
retail markets badly situated for their
functions
Mr.. Sherman would transform the
Georgetown retail market, on M street.
near Thirty-third street, into a whole
sale market. when a new bridge In
erected between Georgetown and Ross
iyn' va This new bridge would per-
init trolley freight transportation of
goods directly ITO the District from
virginia. and he would have the George
town market used as a receiving sta
ton.
District Il Isolated.
Washington. he points out, is almost
unique In that its wholesale market dis
tr1ct is Isolated from either railroad
or navigable water. He points to his
annual report for description Of this
condition:
In the days when Washington lived
nay mainly on the products Of the
surrounding sections, brought In on
farmers wagons, this condition was
not serious. But under modern con-
dltlons. with the vast majority Of
wholesalers drawing their supplies in
large quantities from distant points
OF ran or water. this improper loca-
ton necessitates a tremendous
amount Of expensive Transportation
and rehandling, with accompanying
waste through spoilage and other
losses. all of which must be regained
through higher prices to retailers and
ultimately 10 the consuming public.
Washington housewives, Mr. Sherman
noted, have experienced something of
the function Of the middlemen in their
efforts to deal directly with the pro-
ducer by parcel post. He points. with
a chuckle. to the complaints Of the
trouble and difficulty and small saving
already advanced by some Of the parcel
post buyers.
If these women decide that, after
all. parcel post buying is not so
=. efficient as dealing with the middle
. man. or II they prefer the small
extra middleman's toll to the trouble
Of dealing direct with the producer.
then the middleman is vindicated.
They have no cause to rail at him,
He has proven his value.
If they can deal more satisfactorily
with the producer. by means of the
parcel post we'll and good. The re-
taller will be chastened by the knowI-
edge of that fact. Either way. the
parcel post has fulfilled its func-
ton.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
The Silver
Lining
Edited Rr ARTHILR RdER
edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Two and two make four, except of
course when Republican election Judge
is counting Democratic votes.
Lecturer predicts a thousand years
OF peace after the war is over. Couldn't
We get a little now on account?
So far as the upper Fourteenth street
new lighting system is concerned. the
District Commissioners have Rip Van
Winkle looking as If he was afflicted
with insomnia
In electing Mr.. Mudd to Congress, we
hope that Maryland doesn't build any
new automobile roads named In his
honor.