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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
ADDS SCHOONER TO FLEET.
Baltimore Firm Buys the Byam for
Chesapeake Bay Trade.

Capt. R. B. White Of the Baltimore
firm Of C. c. Paul & Co., vessel brokers,
has added the schooner Byam to the
feet of vessels employed in the Chesa-
peake bay trade under the control of
Paul 81 Co., having recently purchased
her from Charles E. Simpson Of Trappe,
Md. The Byam Is a two-masted vessel
Of ffty-one net tons register and is It's
feet long. 20 feet beam and 40 deep in the
hold. Though one of the Oldest vessels
in service on Chesapeake bay, having
been built at Westfield. N. Y, in 1859, the
Byam has been rebuilt several times and
is in good condition for many years of &C.
tive service. When first built she was
known as the schooner William G., Tufts,
but on her being brought to the Chesa-
peake she was given her present name.
Capt. White has sold the bay schooner
Alice Hodges to Charles E. Simpson. who
will operate the vessel in the trade on
Chesapeake bay and its tributaries. The
Hodges was built at Baltimore for serv-
ice on the Chesapeake and tributaries in
1873 and has always been employed in
this work. She registers sfxty-six net
tons and is seventy-six feet long, Both
the Byam and the Hodges are known at
this port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
"DRYs' HOLD MASS MEETING.
Speakers Urge Statewide Pro
hibition for Virginia,

Special Correspondence Of Tho Star.
HERNDON. Va. September GA mass
meeting In THE interest Of statewide pro-
hibition was held under the auspices OF
the Anti-Saloon League in the Baptist
Church Tuesday evening. The speakers
were F. s. McCandlish OF the Fairfax
bar and Rev. Robert Leo Davis OF North
Carolina, who gave the statistics regard
ing the Improvement Of that state under
five years Of statewide prohibition.
The annual (union) Sunday school pic
Capt. w. c. Dey's woods. about four
miles from town, over i've hundred peo-
pie being present. A bail game in the
afternoon between the Methodist and
Baptist schools against those OF the Con-
gregational and Episcopal resulted in a
victory Of the former with a score of
10 to 8.
was found SO badly injured near the rail-
road track close to the entrance Of the
Alexandria freight yards, is reported
much improved and he will shortly be
brought to his home here.
The monthly meeting of the Methodist
Ladies' Aid Society was held Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Annie Albaugh
Bready.
The. Homo Interest Club met Tuesday
with Mrs. Russell A. Lynn.
One hundred and fifty men Of the 18th
Cavalry. stationed at Fort Myer. under
Capt Forsythe. camped here during part
Of ou the week. ca1..1 proceeding from here to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
FINDS PHOTOS OF ACTORS
APPEARING AT OLD FORD
A. T. Mudd Hopes to Complete Col
lection Of Those in Play the
Night Lincoln Was Shot.

After two-week trip A. l. Mudd. chief
clerk of the division of publications of
the Department Of Agriculture. succeed
ed the other day in locating several pic
lures of old-time players to complete his
collection Of actors who appeared In the
play at the old Ford Theater the night
Lincoln was shot.
Mr.. Mudd. while ostensibly on vaca-
ton, the first week of which he spent at
Atlantic City. really deep down in his
heart was after those pictures and moth
ing else. Sea bathing and sunshine and
sand are all right enough. but not to be
compared with a picture Of one Of those
old stage heroes in Mr.. Mudd's opinion.
Mr.. Mudd has large collection Of pic
lures of these histrionic worthless. So
he started out on the search with the
enthusiasm he manifested in the days
when he was newspaper man. He went
after those pictures like a cub reporter
after news Mr. Mudd not only had all
the enthusiasm of the young cub, but he
fails to do-he got what he went after.
In New York city he found a man who
had the very pictures he was after. The
man had them nicely framed in gold
frames, hanging on his wall They were
portraits of John Diott. Harry Hawk and
May Hunt. well known to those who
know anything at all about the stage
history of the COS. But owing to the fact
that the owner Of the pictures was abb
sent Mr. Mudd was temporarily foiled in
his attempts to get them. He states that
he Is In correspondence with their owner,
however. and soon hopes to close nego-
tiations with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
The Better Day

When the world is sick of kill
ing and the nations tired of gore,
man will draw his daily shilling,
as butcher, never more. He'll
get down to useful labor, softly
saying, why the deuce should 1
shoot my next-door neighbor,
with no reason or excused When
this graft Of wholesale murther,
relic of dark days, shall cease,
man will use his strength to
further all the gentle arts of
peace. Then disarmed will be the
legions and the sun will smile at
morn on the quiet, fertile regions
where we'll raise our kaffir corn.
Then the gun, which, like a crater,
belches fire and fury now. will be-
come cultivator, or, perhaps, a
three-horse plow. Captains then,
who give no quarter kings with
terror in their looks, shall convert
the gun and mortar into scythes
and pruning hooks. Then no
more shall foolish trifles call the
nations into fray, and we'll turn
quick-hring rifles into tools for
pitching hay. So this present
cataclysm, shocking though it be,
and vast, we may view with OPP
timism. since it's apt to be the
last. When the soldiers have dis
mounted from their chargers,
SCARED and thin, when the corpses
have been counted, and the blood
has measured been, drums of war
will throb no longer, flags of bat
tie will be furled and the weaker
and the stronger hand in hand
will walk the world.
WALT MASON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
LACK GERMAN CHEMICALS
FOR HIGH SCHOOL WORK
American Substitutes Likely to Be
Used in C1assrooms This
Year, It Is Said.

High school pupils who have visions
of a few hours a week dabbling in
chemicals in the school laboratories
are likely to have their hopes blasted
unless Supt. Ernest L. Thurston of the
District public schools can find some
way of getting the German products
here or finding good American substi
tutes. Contracts for the chemicals were
let long before such a thing as a war
was thought of in Europe, and there's
a probability that the high school
students will have to go along without
the chemicals.
The best chemicals ana laboratory ap-
paratus said Superintendent Thurston
this morn ng, come from Germany. but
he expressed the belief that American
substitutes could be found for the
school experiments, which would do un-
til things settled in the war zone that
some of the products may be brought
here.
Unless some solution can be found for
this problem 1t is likely that some stu
tents will have some extra time on their
hands during the school year
The water colors for the graded
schools can be obtained. and this aues-
ton was finally settled this morning.
For many years the paints used in
the graded schools have come from
Germany, but since the war it was
found that the contractors would be
unable to deliver the German product.
However, the way was paved for
American manufacture under the Ger
man formula.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
POLICE TOLD OF THEFrs.
Silver Spoons, Cash and Auto Tools
Included in Loot.

An unidentified person visited the home
OF Roy A. jones'. 721 18th street south
east last night and stole twelve silver
spoons. Jones told the police of the theft
and explained that entrance was gained
through a rear door,
Report was made to the police that
bag Of automobile tools disappeared from
the garage Of the District government at
4nS 1917 street northwest. The tools be-
longed to ]. c. Simpson. an employe of
the electrical department
Miss Mollie jackson. 1900 street
northeast. reported to the police the loss
of Sc. taken from her home during her
absence.
Two unidentified white boys were seen
leaving the house of Mrs. c. s. Hilbert
1910 New Jersey avenue northwest. about
noon yesterday, and when the occupant
Of the house returned she missed 81. She
told the police of her loss.
Frank c. Gushing. OF 10Th street north
west, complained to the police OF the loss
Of revolver and pair Of flannel trous-
ers. The articles we're taken from his
house yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

lie Verne Beales Of the bureau Of the
census is this month making an extended
motor trip through the northern part OF
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
FOOD DEALERS PREPARE
TO FIGHT PROSECUTION
Most of Those Indicted Give Bond
and Employ Counsel to
Defend Cases.

Counsel have been retained by several
Of the thirty-one commission merchants
who were indicted yesterday afternoon by
the grand jury on q charge Of combining
to boost the price Of foodstuffs, and a
determined fight Is expected to be made
in opposition to the prosecution. Several
of the accused merchants deny the charge
that there is an agreement existing among
them to regulate prices. On the contrary,
they assert, there is a decided competi-
ton for business all along the wholesale
market.
Accused Men Give Bail.
Up to II o'clock today all but four
of the men indicted had appeared In
court and given bond of $1,000 each to
appear for trial. The arraignment Of
the men will probably be called early
in October. Demurrers to the indict-
ment are expected to be fled and a
protracted legal battle may precede the
trial of the cases.
The four merchants who had not given
bail this morning were B. d. Strohecker-
John F. Grove, Thomas P. Hickman and
Robert A. Golden. Mr.. Golden lie IN. and
United States Attorney Wilson gave or
ders to withhold the service of the bench
warrant on him 1t was explained to
Mr.. Wilson that Mr.. Golden has not ac-
lively engaged in the business Of Golden
e. Co. for many months. The three other
merchants are reported to be out Of the
city on vacation or business trips
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
CAPITALS STREET SIGNS
HELD UP BY THE WAR
Order Placed in Germany, But Ship
ment Has Not Been
Received.

A delay in placing street designations
on G, H, 1 and other downtown thor
oughfares which were provided with a
new lighting system last summer prom
ises to be the latest effect of the Euro
pean war on the operations of the Dis
trict government. Five hundred porce-
lain signs were ordered from Germany.
and while the consignment left the fac
tory before the ar began it Is believed to
have been held up somewhere within the
empire.
w. C. Allen, electrical engineer of the
District was in conference with Com
missioner Harding today in regard to pro-
viding other means of placing designa-
tions on the lamp posts. 1t is thought
there may be considerable difficulty in
obtaining in this country the kind Of
sign that is desired.
The board Of education has been notified
that an order placed for paints to be used
by art classes in the public schools cannot
be filled by German exporters. A domes-
tic paint will be substituted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
Frederic G.. SWEET of the chief clerks
office is on vacation in Maine.

Cards have been received from Dr. e.
Letser Jones. the assistant commissioner
Of fisheries, who has been conducting the
Investigations Of the alleged misconduct
Of certain officials In the fisheries service
stationed in Alaska.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
SHORT ROUTE FOR "HIKERs."
Tomorrow's Walk Abbreviated, in
View of Mondays Program.

The walk planned for tomorrow by the
"wanderlusters" of Washington is to be a
short one, taking in the wooded section
between Congress Heights and the river
Ewing Summers will lead those who par
ticipate, and the meeting place is an
nounced as three squares beyond the Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane, on the
Congress Heights car line.
Plans for the Bluemont trip of the
mixers Labor day have been completed.
Those who are to join the expedition
should be at 36th and M streets north
west at $40 In the morning, where Lead
er Lewis will be waiting to take charge
of the party. Participants are requested
to bring lunches, carry field glasses II
possible. and wear heavy shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
CONSULAR OFFICERS AIDED,
Will Be Able to Transmit Money to
Relatives From Here.

Consular officers In Germany, finding
difficulty because OF war conditions in
RENTING funds from their salaries to rel
atives in the United States. may author
tze such payment direct from this point
BY ruling of the acting controller of the
Treasury, W. W. Warwick, 1t is decided
that the cablegram will be recognized as
Of the status Of the usual draft made
by consuls from their posts against their
pay accounts and the amount turned over
TO the designated beneficiary
The American consul at Hanover is one
of those who has found difficulty In re-
Knitting money to the United States. His
request that his salary for July be paid
to his mother, in New York, will be hon.
ored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Secretary Daniels has gone to Maine to
take part IN the state congressional cam

Secretary Daniels has gone to Maine to
take part IN the state congressional cam
paign.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chief of the
bureau of navigation, is acting Secretary
Of the Navy. He will be relieved of the
extra duty Monday upon the return of
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt. who spent
his vacation in Maine.
Commander Martin L. Trench of the
bureau Of navigation has resumed his
duties at the Navy Department after q
nesota.
Lieut. Commander William P. Cronan
Of the division of operations. Navy De-
partment, has returned from a short va
cation in Maine.
Howard A. Banks. private secretary
to Secretary Daniels, and Mrs. Banks
have returned from a visit to their home
in Hickory, N. C.
John B. May. stenographer in the Office
of the Secretary Of the Navy. has re-
Of absence. He was compelled to re-
| main in this city most Of the time be-
! cause Of an outbreak Of whooping cough
In his family.
Charles T. og1e Of the secretarys Of
| fee has gone away on q short leave of
absence.
F. ]. Schuyler Of the bureau Of nav1-
cation has gone to Syracuse. N. T.. on
| leave of absence.
Changes in the classified service of
the Navy Department arc announced as
! follows:
| Northumberland office: Will
i liam r. c. Windsor. clerk, at 1000 per
annum: Mrs. Virginia D. Malone. tenn
porary assistant telephone switchboard
operator at $500 per annum: Arthur
Bralove. messenger boy at 1920 per an
mum. Bureau of supplies and accounts:
Miss NJ. NJ. rockingham. temporary
clerk at 5000 per annum; Charles ].
Deahl. jr.. clerk at 5000 per annum:
$500 per annum. Bureau of steam en-
cheering: J. Henry Ryan. temporary
| copyist at 5000 per annum; Edward L.
! Hayre, temporary copyist at 5000 per
annum. Photographic office: Charles
c. Plummer. temporary nautical expert
at $1,000 per annum.
| Promotions-Bureau Of steam engi-
neering: B. s. Goldstein, from clerk at
$1.100 to clerk at $1,000 per annum:
Arthur G. Banks. from clerk at $1,000
to clerk at $l.100 per annum; Cassin
Gladmon. from copyist at 5000 to clerk
| at 81 900 per annum: John H. Schom-
bert. from assistant marine engine and
boiler craftsman at 1852 to assistant
craftsman at $l,ZVO per annum' Elmer
A. Drury. from clerk at 5000 to clerk
at $1,000 per annum Bureau Of sup
plies and accounts: John H. Ellis. from
clerk at 5000 to clerk at $1,000 per an
mum; Frank Kicker. from clerk at
$1.1o0 to clerk at $1,000 per annum
Ralph W. Crouch. from clerk at $1,000
to clerk at $1,100 per annum: job. v.
Hazard. from clerk at $500 to clerk
at $1,000 per annum. photographic Of
fce: Percy c. Holmes, from helper al
$500 to helper at $3.50 per annum: Jud-
| son A. Carter. from helper at $3.50 ia
| helper at $500 per annum.
l OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of steam engi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

neering: Walter Stair. clerk at $1,000
per annum: J.. Henry Ryan, copyist at
6. Hammer. messenger boy at $500 per
annum. Bureau of navigation: Walter
Kelley. copy1st at $40 per annum.
photographic office: Irwin w. Hall.
craftsman at $1,000 per annum; P. J.
Bureau of supplies and accounts: Eu-
gene ohlander, clerk at $1,000 per an
mum: Joseph F. Lane. messenger boy
at $500 per annum. Nautical Almanac
office: Meyer Weinstein. messenger boy
at $420 per annum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
DROPS SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
Petitioner and Husband Reconciled
Her Attorney Announces.

Anna H. Davis dismissed today the
suit for an absolute divorce filed by her
July % last against her husband, Britt
W. Davis. private secretary to Repre-
sentative Walker Of Georgia. Attor-
ney George A. Berry stated that Mrs
Davis had advised him of a reconcilia-
ton with her husband, and directed the
withdrawal Of the court proceedings.
The wife had charged in her petition
that her husband kept the neighbors In
their apartment building awake at
night by making imaginary political
speeches as he walked the floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
TO CARRY BANNER IN PARADE.
Mrs. Esther NJ. Emmert to Partici.
pate in Baltimore Event.

In the Baltimore parade held in con-
nection with the Star spangled Ban
ner centennial celebration Monday Mrs.
Esther M Emmert will carry the ban
ner that has been carried in two suf-
frage parades and which was the only
ing at the suffrage parade last June
The Congressional Union announces
the donation by Mrs. o. H P Belmont
Of $1,000 toward the fund for prose-
cutting election campaigns in western
states in the near future. More than
$1,000 for the same purpose was con-
tributed at the, meeting Of the execu-
tive council OF the union at Newport
recently.
Mrs. d. S. Tenney. president of tho
Lucy Stone League has called a
meeting for this evening at the Ro-
chambeau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

THE Swiss are the best people on
EARTH" writes Miss H. L. Dessez O: the
office Of the disbursing officer, who is ma
rooned at Ringzenberg. Switzerland. in
postal cards received at the Office via
Italy.
I'VE are all well taken care Of here In
Switzerland" she writes under date Of
August Z. There is food enough for
are entirely without cash, with thousands
Of others.
1.-THE Swiss have trusted us entirely
They are the best people on eartl, and we
shall never forget their goodness"
I'VE are absolutely cut or" she writes
under date Of August II. postmarked
Interlaken. which Is three miles from
Ringzenberg. We have refugees here
Of Holland will send her special train
for her people Thursday under special
guard
''The English leave here about Friday
on guarded train through France
Surely we are seeing history in the max
Ing. All the shops are closed except q
few small ones. Everything Is deserted
soldiers everywhere, and women act as
1agmen at the railroad crossings
rotary. U. Grant Smith. are scheduled to
return to Washington the day following
Labor day. The secretary Is campaign
ing at Lewistown. Me. the home OF
+.
is now In New York state.
A party from the disbursing office Is
going to Katochtin, Va, tomorrow to
eat chicken dinner. Charles E. Mo!ster.
deputy disbursing clerk, is to head the
party.
Frederic c. SWEET Of the chief clerks
Office is on vacation in Maine.
Cards have been received from DR.. E.
Letser Jones, the assistant commissioner
Of fisheries, who has been conducting the
Investigations of the alleged misconduct
Of certain officials In the fisheries service
stationed in Alaska
Alfred W. Askham has been proba-
tfcnally appointed clerk In the bureau
Of the census
LIE Verne Beales Of the bureau Of the
census Is this month making an extended
motor trip through the northern part OF
the United States.
reau is spending a vacation of several
weeks duration In Haven, Me.
Word has been received at the bureau
Of the safe arrival in England OF william
NJ. Steuart, who has been making tour
of Europe.
Leslie Stephens of the census bureau
making trip through the west on official
business.
John Petar of the bureau Of the census
has returned to his desk after a vaca-
ton spent with his family at Piney
Point, Md.
In the Office of the Secretary the pro-
bational appointment as messenger boy OF
Samuel Donelson jr.. IS announced.
Temporary appointments as mach!nists
of George c. r. Lowry. Elmer E. Evans:
G. A. Eckhardt and Homer A. Dougall
have been terminated William H. Wentz
has been transferred from the Interior
Department as clerk.
Paul D. Merica has been PROBATIONARY
appointed as % rtant physicist in the
bureau OF star
The resignation OF Walter E. Birming
ham, copyist in the bureau Of corpora
lions, Is announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

$50 Atlantic City and Return-Ss
Sunday. Sept. 8, Baltimore Ohio. leav-
City 600 pm. Free transfer in Philadel-
phia included. Last opportunity to visit
Americas greatest seashore resort this
season at 500 Children half fare.-Ad-
vertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
Escapes From Hospital.

Fisher Griffin, seventeen years old. in
mate Of the National Training School for
Boys. escaped from the Episcopal Eye
Ear and Throat Hospital last night. The
BOY was under treatment at the hospital.
The police Stere asked to find him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

Baltimore and Ohio. Tickets on sale
Saturday and Sunday, good returning un-
til am. Monday. Elaborate decora-
lion account Star Spangled Banner cele-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
Home Damaged by Fire.

The fire department received call yes
terday afternoon for a IRE In the house
OF Lottie Barnes. 614 AZ street south
west. The fire was Of unknown origin.
the police reported. and 500 damage re-
suited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

S1.OO to Harpers Ferry, 91.25 Martins
burg. s1.50 Berkeley Springs and 500
Cumberland and return S:25 am. Sun
day, Sept. 8. from Washington via Balti-
| more & Ohio. Returning same day.-Ad-
yertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

F. r. Y. Lunch. zoos Pa. Ave.. In GIVING
patrons tickets Virginia Theater. that's ALI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

A Lumber Yard That's Handy.
for suburban buyers. Is Eisinger's Be-
thesda branch. Prices right. 21O9 eth NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

Rochester, San Francisco Exposition
Tours. Ask for details. E. r. Rochester.
Mgr, 1921 9Th st. Nv, or Ches & Ohio Ry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

Last $500 ATLANTIC City Excursion
7:15 am. tomorrow, Sept. 8. Baltimore
and Ohio from Union station.-A!dvertise-
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

Motors and Lamps, Electric Fixtures
Electric Webster, III 9th st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
CITY ITEMS.
Youn Enjoy Labor Day Most II
HEURIcH's BEERS

FEURICH s BEERS
are on hand. They're brews OF genuine
German goodness-full bodied. refreshing.
2 doz. Maerzen or Senate, 81 70
Lager. 1.5O). Bot. rebate Soc Tel w. 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

Fine Evenings for Dancing: Chevy Chasc
Lake. See the professionals. Marine Band.
advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

You VIII Rest Easy II Your Carpets and
Rugs are cleaned by Conger's. W. 6s5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
A Refreshing Drink
Horsfords Acid Phosphate.
A teaspoonful in glass Of cold water
nth sugar-an ideal summer beverage.
advertisement
BAND CONCERT.

At the White House this afternoon
at 40 o'clock BY tho U. g. Ma
rine Band. William H. santel-
mann. leader.
March. SONS of the Brave"
Bfdgood
Overture, "Egmont" Beethoven
Nocturne. Dream Of Love-"
List
Euphonium solo. LES Folies Ber-
ceres. ......................In lines
Musician. George Frey.
Grand scenes from die Medici."
Leoncava1lo
Tntermezzo, "Amina". .Lincke
Entrance Of the Gods into Wal
nan .......---.......W wagner
March, Liberty Bell" .Sousa
"Ths, Star spangled Banner"