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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

~T Is Tobyhanna, Pa. with the resu-
lars where the members of the LIST
Battery, Field Artillery. N. g. D. Co.
will 90 this year for a return en-
gasement This has been settled.
and. like their brothers in the infantry.
who are enthusiastic about the Virginia
camp site, the battery men are ]oy1ui
over the fact that they will return 10
Tobyhanna. The dates for their prac-
tice there with the regulars mas oeeil
fixed for August Is to "a.
Strong efforts are being made by Capt.
Louis C. vogt, commanding the bat
terry. to have the period Of encampment
lensthened two days, to be used in trav-
cling to and from the Pennsylvania
camp, giving the artillerymen twelve
DAYS in ALL If arrangements can be
made the battery will leave Washing
ton August IA, arriving in Tobyhanna
late in the same evening, and leaving
for the return trip August %. arriving
in Washington that night.
The news of the encampment, when
broken to the command last Friday night.
was received, for the most part with en-
thusiasn, for the soldier boys have the
privilege of using the well trained horses
and guns of one of the regular batteries.
and have actual target practice with ;
inch shells. A few of the men. 1t is
declared, are little disappointed, because
they do not like the town of Toby
hanna. 1t is a town of 600 Inhabitants,
has only a post Office with side line of
soft drinks. postal cards and other SOU
venfrs, and several small stores. a hotel,
and even a church.
However those batterymen who are in
the majority and who want to return to
| Tobyhanna declare that its good side is
explained by the fact that outside of the
actual experience the men will get from
the encampment there with the regulars,
Tobyhanna is very healthy place. 1t was
explained by one of the natives there last
summer, according to member of the
battery who asked the location of drug
store, and was told, that there was none
such In the settlement Questioned as to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

Base Ball the Nokes' Wizard Score
board today at the Gayety. See the Ma
tionals win over the Detroit team 1t is
Just like watching the regular game; no
plays made on the field that cannot he
made on the Wizard. direct wire from
the Detroit grounds to the Gayety stage:
no delays. All seats reserved, smoking
permitted. Come and enjoy yourself
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
Suffragists to Go to Great Falls.

The Lucy Stone League. a pioneer
suffrage organization, will attend the
votes FOR women outing at Great Falls
Saturday. and plans to hold a rally at
the pavilion at o'clock. A number
of prominent equal franchise orators
have agreed to speak
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

days each during the week The first
and second divisions went on the range
early Monday morning and remained
until Wednesday evening, while the third
and fourth divisions reported Thursday
morning and remained until yesterday
afternoon.
It is reported that the naval militiamen
made excellent scores with the small
rifles. despite the fact that their specially
Is handling the big guns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

Flowers for June Brides,
Artistic decorations for church and
home weddings. Estimates given GUIDE,
1914 Reimbursement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

Refsiueerss Wedding Cakes Are Best.
Brick Ice Cream. Main 27S7. 235 G. NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
Has Musical Instruments.

Yet the office has done some good. II
corralied during the last year 573 miscel-
ianeous musical instruments and 6,S4S
talking machine needles. That meant that
there are about 600 disappointed must
clans in the United States-but think of
the several hundred thousand persons
who would have had to listen to them If
the instruments had arrived safely
From musical instruments to hair
switches is nothing for the dead letter
officc. They have ntnety-eight switches
and sixty-two accessories stored away.
This is nearly equal, in bulk, to the crop
OF whiskers raised by the populist party
in Kansas during the Bryan campaign OF
1895.
A few other little side lines in the dead
letter office are avis. bicycle tires, shot.
guns. horse blankets and picture postal
cards to the number of about 10000
There are also brass castings and parts
whose aggregate weight is estimated al
two and one-half tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

Phone Your Want Ad to The Star.
Main 2440.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

Fireworks. Reisingers Confectionery,
Rockville, Md.
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dh|3lANl'IoNAI
@G Guard,
WI D~'c-A

OW that the camp site and the
dates for the encampment OF
the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia have been
settled, the various depart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

Bird Baths. J. H. Corning. $40 18th st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
LOCAL MENTION.
SPECIAL FILM FEATURES.

SPECIAL FILM FEATURES.
CraadAilss-eth and q sts.
orpheum- Stanton Airdrome. 2le ne.
Warrington Photo Park-1sth and o sts.
Olympic Park-l4th and W.
Lyrtc-14th and Irving SITS.
Carolina-11th and N. Carolina ave. Sc.
Central Park-eth st. just above @.
Standard Park-No. Cap. and Bates sts
Maycroft Airdrome-H st. ne. bet 9th
and 7th. SITS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

The Best Bread "Buy."
Holmes Homemade Milk Bread repre-
whoiesomeness. sc and 100 loaves. deliv-
cred Phone Main 4537. or postal 1oG F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

A picked team from the Sd and 4th
Divisions defeated the Range Crew
base ball team at the rifle range Friday
evening. finishing to in favor of the
sailors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

Portable Lamps. Electric FlxtuRoa.
Electric Webster, III 9Th st. nv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
Jam Of LOST ARTICLES
IN DEAD LETTER OFFICE
All Sorts of Things. Failing to
Reach Consignees,
Piled Up.
Records Shattered Owing to Many
Packages Going Awry in
Parcel Post.

Wonderful beyond belief is the col
lection of articles which the post Office
can make within a year from the mail
that can't be delivered because of bad
addresses. Through the benevolent
agency of the parcels post the depart
ment has this year exceeded all records,
and upon the shelves of the historic
dead letter office are a series of pack
ages containing everything from Bibles
to bassoons.
All of these articles were sent to the
wrong address. Their original packages
were stamped and restamped until the
paper was worn out. They have such
announcements, Not at that address,
try so and So Try the next county"
In fact. there are more suggestions as
to different things to try than you
would find in the Office of a patent medi-
cine vendor. For the sake of convent
ence, the officials of the dead letter
office have Jumped certain articles to-
gether in large packages. Thus one
passes package of handkerchiefs and
runs into bright young assortment of
brass castings. Or, turning from a par
tcularly melancholy collections of books
he runs smack into a collection of toys
that might have come right out of the
bag of Santa Claus.
Aprons by the Score.
Think of the joy of King Solomon or,
good old Brigham Young If they had lived
In these days and times and had given
to them the contents of the dead letter
office. There is single package that
contains al womens aprons, with fifty
one assorted garments. which the CAV
young f1appers of these parlous times
consider obsolete.
Then there are 176 pairs of hose bun
died together.
Even the most pessimistic sufferer from
hay fever cheers up when he goes by the
handkerchief department of the dead let
ter office. There is a single bundle Of
1:149 initiated and uninitialed handker-
chiefs reposing near him. which is about
the number that a hay fever patient uses
during twenty-four-hour day
II the Post Office Department decided to
give away its toys it could present one
and probably more-to every boy and
Girl in this city. They are in abundance.
They are everywhede-dolls and elephants
and little carts and dishes, and all the
other things that are reminiscent of
Christmas time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
CITY ITEMS.

Framing. Schmidt. 1921 18TH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

While part of Company X. ID Infantry
marched to the Center Market armory
last Wednesday evening to take the ty-
phoid prophylactic. the other part, which
was composed Of men with little expert
ence was drilled by each private in turn.
AL Of the young drillmasters, 1t is de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
rtv.wolfe. life insurance. Colorado BIDS.

Lawn Mowers and Tools SharpeneA.
Emnona 2OI Pa. ave. Sc. Phone Line. 1874
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

Combination Lunch loc. FEW zoos Pa ave,
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Phone Your Want Al to The stas.
Main 24<0.
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g E9!!H!P!S

1T Is Tobyhanna, Pa. with the resu-
lars, where the members OF the ISL
Battery, Field Artillery. n. G. d. Co.
will go this year for return en-
Thia has heen settled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21

The four divisions Of the Naval Bat
alton were on the rife range for three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
This Year Promises To Be .
Good Fire Season.
Decrease in Loss, TOO-if This
Month Holds Back.
MILLION AND QUARTER 19OO-14
Aggregate in IA Years Shows
Large Fire Destruction.
More Incendiary Blazes in 1914,
Reports Chief Hanlon.

With an average yearly decrease
since 1904, the value of property de-
strOyed by fire in the city of Topeka
since March 81, 1900, aggregates ST.
319, $4,000, including a loss of proper
ty valued at $35,117.S7 during the
year of 1914.
In 1913 the fire loss in Topeka was
$48,6O7.71. The same year 332 fire
alarms were turned in to the different
fire departments of the city while the
number of alarms in 1914 was only
252, decrease of 70 calls. Since
March 81, 1900, about 1888 alarms
have been answered by the fire de-
partments.
The heaviest yearly fire loss expert
enced in Topeka since 1900 was dur
ing the fiscal year beginning March
81, 1903, and ending March 81. 1904,
the loss amounting to $391,945.41. The
lowest during one year was $19,379.86
during the fiscal year ending March
81, 1902.
Table of Losses.
Following is a table of yearly fire
losses which Topeka has suffered dur
ing the last fourteen years:
Calendar year 1914. 30 III. 81
Calendar year 1913. 4S,6O7.H
Calendar year 1872. g. 9S6. 90
Calendar year 1911. ............ 7211S.25
March 81 to Dec 81, 1910. - 49, 1855
Fiscal year ended March 81. 1910. Jos, 4O7. IS
Year ended March 81, 1909. ...... 29S, 025. 43
Year ended March 81. 190S........ 1888. SO
Year ended March, 1907. 57.170.74
Year ended March. 1906. .......... 19,997.71
Year ended March, 1895. 49.967.T
Year ended March. 1904. 391, 945. II
Year ended March, 1903. .......... %, 1O1. 10
Year ended March, 1902. ... 1888. Sc
Year ended March. 1891. sc, 312.H
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
HOW TO SAVE EUROPE.
La Marechale Will Speak on Wal
Question Tonight.

La Marechale-Mrs. Booth libborn-
will discuss the question, How Amer
lea Can Save Europe" at the First
Methodist church this evening at 1880
o'clock.
Nearly 5000 persons heard the revival
list at three Sunday meetings, and many
conversions resulted
La Marechale made a particularly
strong appeal in speaking Sunday af-
ternoon before an audience Of 800 men,
The Rev. John A. Bright stirred the
men when he sang, Throw Out the Life
Line
Mrs. Booth-Clibborn. herself the
mother of ten children, emphasized the
sacredness of motherhood and the pro-
lection that man owes to women. Her
subject Sunday evening was THE Scar
let Thread The church would not
hold the crowd. Thirty conversions
were made at the night meeting
The subject Tuesday night will be,
Lessons from the Violin; Wednesday
night, 1.-The objectionable Sin,' and
Thursday night, The Story of MY
Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
PLAQUES ON EARTH.
Sunday Night Speaker Says Seven Are
Coming Soon.

At the Seventh Day Adventist church
on West Fifth street, W. d. MacLay.
elder. spoke Sunday night on THE
Signs of the Times" Elder MacLay
is president of the Kansas Conference
of Seventh Day Adventists.
Mr.. MacLay spoke last night from
the text in Matthew Is, I'VE can dis
Germ the face of the sky, but cannot
discern the signs of the times The
speaker contended that people now are
much the same as in Chr;st's time.
They can read the sky and predict the
weather. but are blind to signs which
are more sure and certain than the
weather. he said.
According to the speaker the world
will soon be devastated by seven
plaques. In this connection he said:
The social conditions of these days
are predicted in II Timothy 5. The
divorce evil. the social evil, and all the
long catalog of evils common to our
modern society call loudly to God for
retribution. which will be melted out in
the seven last plaques which are soon
to fall upon the world
One great cause of these wide
spread conditions is the rejection OF
the Bible as the Word of God by a
large number of the clergy and laity in
the churches of today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
Wire TROUBLE HERE.
Severe Cold Snapper Telephone Lines
Out OF Topeka.

On account of the sudden drop in
temperature, telephone lines all over
the state are down. Several of the
lines between Topeka and Kansas City,
Topeka and Emporia and Topeka and
junction City failed to adjust them
selves to the intense cold and snapped.
Men have been put at work between
these points by the Bell Telephone
company.
within - hours the trouble will be
entirely remedied," A. ]. Mackey, man.
ager of the company in Topeka, said
this afternoon.
Telephone communication between
Topeka and the cities named was not
entirely cut off today and many Of the
calls were sent by a roundabout route.
Western Union reported that none of
their wires were put out of commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
MAY EAT MEAT XMAS
Roman Catholics WIN Have Ban
Raised on Friday Abstinence.

New York, Dec. 14.-Roman Catho-
lies will be permitted to eat meat on
Christmas day which comes this year
on Friday. Bishops in their respec-
tive dioceses may make such a pro-
nouncement. II have no doubt but
every bishop will do so.' said Arch
bishop Giovanni PJanseano. apostolic
delegate of Washington. D. C., who
came here to take part in the Carme-
lite Fathers jubilee.
This delegate said that the Roman
Catholic church has a ruling 50 that
when a church. festival falls on Fri
day a bishop has right to give a
general dispensation in his diocese.
The usual custom is that when the
ban of fasting from a Friday is raised
the preceding day is a fast day. This
will change the meat and fish mar
kets OF the world. fish being on hand
a day earlier and turkeys and other
meats being provided for all, rather
than only for non-Catholics
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Total Observation-Disclosures. 81 ,319, ZIG. 20
In the last fourteen years the fiscal
year ended March 81, 1904. holds the
record for the lowest number of fire
alarms. The number recorded during
this year was only 1853. The largest
number of alarms was recorded in
1913 and was 1872.
More Incendiary Fires.
However, records Of the office of
Joseph Hanlon. city fire chief, show
an increase in the number of incen-
diary fires for 1914 over 1913. During
1913, only ten incendiary fires were
reported. The lumber for 1914 is IL,
a slight increase. Twenty-eight fires
OF unknown origin occurred in 1913
and twenty-seven in 1914.
Sparks from locomOti. cs and CHM
neys alighting on single roofs caused
more fires in 1914 than any other one
thing. The number of fires original
ing during the last year was, approx
imately, 80.
Children and Matches.
Children .yere evidently more care
full with matches during the last year
than in 1913. In 1914 only nine fires
resulted from this practice, while the
number during the preceding year
was eighteen. False alarms are also
fewer l. the 1914 records than in the
records of the year before. Twenty
AOuT Adisc dIdInS were turned In to
the department in 1913 but the num-
Der is decreased to about twelve for
1914.
Last year six autos were destroyed
| or damaged by fire originating from
| backf1re in the engine. Twenty-tw
| fires were caused by electric wires in
1913 This number is nearly reduced
to half that many in the records for
1914.
Every year numerous fires are
caused in different ways by gas. How
! ever, in the last two years the number
has steadily decreased. Possibly the
largest number of incendiary fires
that have ever occurred in Topeka
during one year is recorded for the
calendar year Of 1911. Twenty-nine
fires from incendiary origin occurred
during this year. In 1912 there were
twenty-six incendiary fires
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
FARMERS AID BELGIUM
Carload Of Grain From Every Ship
ping Station in Illinois.

Chicago Dec. H.-Gra,n for the relief of
famine sufferers in Belgium is to be con-
tributed by the farmers of Illinois and the
slogan Of the subcommittee appointed to-
Gay to hasten the shipment of the cereals
is "A carload of grain from every ship
ping station in illinois,.
The plan of the committee is to utilize
the elevators at all stations in Illinois to
receive and hold contributions from indf-
vidual farmers Arrangements have been
made to haul the grain to the coast with
out cost and it will then be transported
by the Rockefeller foundation to Belgium
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

The least experienced person can
choose fatrs from this stock With
complete confidence In the quail
ty, and correct fashion of any
selectiom-sipce no tMrs given dd-
msttdmce here bat those (Which
have passed expert criticism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Rob a Kansas P0stoffice.
Toronto. Kan, Dec. H.-Yeggs blew
the postoffice safe here early today and
escaped with $4,000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-30
LEAVES AWFUL DISABILITIES
Garage Explosion Victim Will Prob
ably Remain Deaf and Blind.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Oct 2S.-Kenneth
Datwill, member of one of the prom.
inent local families and a prominent
business man, will probably be deaf
and blind as the result of a gaso-
lin explosion in his garage.
A spark from his machine ignited
a can Of gasoline as he was filing
the tank Of the auto and threw the
burning liquid over his head. 1t is
expected that he will recover, but his
condition Is very serious.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-30
w !: WAN T

AT ONCE-Local and travelling sales.
men in this state to represent M There
is money in the work for YOU solicit.
ing for our easy selling specislties.
Apply now for territory. Allen Nur.
sery Co., Rochester, N. Y.-Adv IS. 80
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-31

differ much from the holy empire
that embraces all the Russias.
The vital principle of the American
republic is to be found in the states.
They provide home rule in great
variety. Men who do not like one
state may easily become citizens of
another. Experiments of all kinds
may be adopted, tried and abandoned.
In such cases there is always an es-
cape for those who for any reason
feel that they are oppressed. 1t is not
SO with the nation,
There ought to be true Demo-
cratic party in the United States. 1t
ought to stand for home rule and hu-
man rights. It ought to be jealous of
power at Washington. 1t ought to
fight prescription and tranny. While
admitting the weakness OF men, it
ought to resist the idea that other
men just as weak in some other re-
spects are divinely ordained to be
their keepers. While respecting law,
it ought not to misuse law. Loyalty
supporting the nation in its true
sphere, it ought not to imperil it with
tyrannical excesses; and pretending
to value the states, it ought not to i'm
pose upon them destroying despot-
ism.
Is there to be no such Democracy
hereafter?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-31
West Virginia State Faces
Deficit.

Mr.. Fred o. Blue, State Tax Com
missioner of West Virginia, has is-
sued the following statement to rep
resentatives OF the press:
1.-THE examination and audit will
give to the people the exact financial
condition of the state as of June 3Oth
last 1t will disclose that there was a
deficit In the state fund Of approxi-
mately $35O,OOO at the close Of busi-
ness for the fiscal year ending June
3Oth, 1914.
"The audit further discloses that
unless the legislature provides addi-
tional revenue available during the
present fiscal year there will be de-
iicit III the state fund at the end Of the
present fiscal year, June sOth, 1915,
Of approximately $625,O0O, There
will be ench deficit, even when the
expenditures are limited to pay ments
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-12-31
The Flying Squadron in Ohio.

CINCINNATI, OHIO, December 2O.-It
developed yesterday that finances of
the "Flying Squadron" company
of twenty one orators and musicians
touring the United States in the in
terest of national prohibition, have
run SO low that for a time it was
thought that some of the members
would be stranded in Cincinnati and
be unable to get home for Christmas.
Yesterday afternoons crowd at the
First Presbyterian Church on East
Fourth Street, consisted of about one
hundred. Speakers attributed the
slim audience to the holiday season
and the fact that it was Saturday
There were not more than two hun
dred listeners at the service in the
same edifice Friday afternoon, and
the collection consisted of only $27
In cash. They say they depend on
the collection to pay their expenses.
1t is estimated that the "squadron'
has spent $4,000 more than it re-
ceived. The total expenses will be
$500, 900 by June 4th, when the jour-
ney is over.
1t was further discovered that the
chairman of a big prohibition meeting
in Cincinnati must carry with it little
glory, for four judges, the Mayor and
two prominent business men of the
city coldly refused to serve as presid-
ing officer of the gathering of men
and women at the Ninth Street
Baptist Church to hear the speakers
of the Flying Squadron. Because of
their refusal to serve the committee,
Chairman Mayer of the local tdry"
forces, referred to those who refused
the office as "weak- -kneed Christian
soldiers.n.'
The presence of the "Squadron" in
Ohio has not affected the county vote
under the Home Rule Amendment.
Three Belmont county towns, Bel
laire, Martins Ferry and Bridgeport,
all voted wet to-day under the Beal
law. Bellaire had wet majority of
699, Martins Ferry 146 and Bridge
port 100.
The vote in each town was much
heavier than in the general election
last November, despite the fact that
there was steady downpour of rain
throughout the day. The majority
in Bellaire was a great surprise, as
the Home Rule Amendment carried
by only 465. Revivals campaigns
have been in progress in Bellaire and
Martins Ferry for the past six weeks,
and it was expected that the wet
vote would be cut down. Martins
Ferry carried the Home Rule amend
ment by 220, while Bridgeport re-
turned majority of only AZ for this
measure.
With many towns voting "wet,"
their finances at a low ebb, combined
with the difficulty in obtaining promi-
nent citizens as chairman of their
meetings, the "Flying Squadron" has
spent a Disappointing week in Ohio.
The fast growing spirit in the Buck
eye State is "give us a rest.