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The Washington times., 1914-09-15
''EOre!"

Gufr-What does Slimsbee do for rec.
.reation? l never see him sporting any
where.
Tufr-Why. I guess he goes in for a
little Chautauqua golf
Guff-Never heard OF 1t.
Tufr-He plays croquet.-Judge.
The Washington times., 1914-09-15
Quakes in Peru.

LIMA, Peru. Sept. 15.-The earth
quakes in the department Of Areruipa
continue. Thirty-five shocks. some very
violent. wera recorded az Caravell,
which was destroyed last we:f.
The Washington times., 1914-09-15
CarOnia Takes on Coal.

HALIFEX. Nova Scotia, Sept 15.-
her decks bristling with guns. the Cum
ard liner Caronia. now an English aux
iliary cruiser. put in here for coal after
protecting English shipping in the At
lantic
The Washington times., 1914-09-15
Spaniards Defeat MoOrS.

MADRID. Sept. ia Spanish COL
INN commanded by General Silvestre
inflicted a severe defeat with heavy
losses upon a force OF Moores at ADD
Communications between
Larsche. Tangier, are now assured.
The Washington times., 1914-09-15
Charles A. Sickle.

Charles A Sickle, of 1918 Fourteenth
street northwest, who died on Satur-
day will be buried today at 3 p. m
from the residence. Interment will be
IN Glenwood Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1914-09-15
Commodore William Sturteyant Moore

Funeral services for Commodore Viii
liam Sturtevant Moore, L. S. N. re-
tired, who died at Duxbury, Mass, on
Saturday. will be held at Arlington to-
morrow at 2:30 p. N. Commodore Moore
retired on application for voluntary re-
tirement in June. 1906. after serving in
the navy on both shore and sea duty
for th!rty-eight years. He had lived at
Duxbury since his retirement.
The Washington times., 1914-09-15
LOCAL MENTION.

r. F. v. Lunch, 1905 Pa. Ave, Is giving
patrons tickets Virginia Thea That's an
The Washington times., 1914-09-15
Funerals
Emma E. Myery.

Emma z. Myery, widow of William
Hunter Myery, of Washington, who died
Saturday In Germantown, Pa, will be
buried at Arlington Cemetery this after
noon. Legion Of Loyal Women will at
tend. Funeral services were held at the
home of her nephew, Francis 7. Wit
hahn, 740 Church Lane. Germantown.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
ORCHID ON SUPPLY TRIP.
Leaves to Visit Lightships on Dia-
mond Shoal and Cape Lookout.

The lighthouse service steamer Orchid
has sailed from the Portsmouth, Va, sta
ton on a supply trip to the lightships
on the Diamond shoal and Cape Look
out stations on the North Carolina coast
Completing this trip the Orchid will re-
turn to Portsmouth for service in other
parts of the district and will probably
take supplies to the stations on the Vir-
ginia and Maryland coasts north Of Cape
Charles.
A notice regarding aids to navigation
in Virginia waters of Chesapeake bay
has been issued by the lighthouse au-
thorities as follows:
Virginia. Chesapeake bay. main chan
nel-Thirty- y-flve-foot channel gas buoy,
L, found extinguished; was recharged
and relighted.
Hampton roads approach-Lynn Haven
roads buoy, B. first-class tall can. found
out Of position: was replaced
Hampton roads-Sewall point shoal gas
and bell buoy, 3. found extinsuished;
was relighted.
Cherrystone inlet south channel-Chan-
mel buoy. l, spar. reported missing. will
be replaced as soon as practicable.
While on a visit to the eastern shore
of Chesapeake bay Capt. E. c. Rutland,
inspector in charge of the fifth light
house district, will visit and inspect the
light stations on the coast side of the
eastern shore Of Virginia.
Evening star., 1914-07-12

administration of apologies" He said:
I'VE have apologized and kow-toweo
and tow-towsA to practically every ma
tion On earth for nearly everything un-
der the sun. understand three or four
additsonal apologies sare stil to come
and then the American people vii! ex.
cuse you from further service and let
you go home"
Calls It "Talking Through His Hat"
When Representative Humphrey had
finished with his attack on the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the twenty
men who he said comprised a press
agehcy for the administration ION q
fake pay roll" Representative Fitz-
gerald. democrat, announced that Mr..
Humphrey was talking through his
hat" and added that the peculiar to-
Biography of Mr.. Humphreys head
made that the easiest thing he does"
Mr. Fitzgerald also referred to the
Washington man as "the S. o. S. Of the
republican party"
At another stage of the afternoon
Representative Good digressed from an
attack he was making on the revenue
cutter pleasure fleet" and In a sweep
ing sentence recorded his view that the
Treasury Department as a whole was
In a state of collapse under the pres
ent administration
Evening star., 1914-07-12
AMERICAN AVIATOR
WINS EUROPEAN RACE
Walter L. Brock Captures First
Honors in Flight Over
English Channel.

LONDON, July Ian American, Wal
ter L. Brock. today captured first honors
in the aeroplane race from Hendon to
Paris and return. Brock outdistanced his
nearest rival, Raoul Garros. a French
aviator, by more than an hour. His fly
ing time for the distance-5O2 miles in a
direct line-was hours minutes .
seconds.
thrilling incident Of the race was q
plunge into the English channel by Baron
carbery. His aeroplane fell from a con-
siderable height when half way across
on the return trip.
Lord Carbery kept ahoat with the aid
of a life-belt until picked up by a steam
ar. He was transferred to the battle
ship st. Vincent. which sent q wireless
message to Dover. requesting that de-
stroyer be sent to assist In bringing the
aeroplane ashore.
Eugene Renaux met with misfortune IN
losing his way several times on his way
to Paris. more than seven hours being
REQUIRED to make tho trip to the French
CAPITAL. After his arrival there Renaux
said he would start on the return journey.
but would descend at Calais and with
draw from tho race. He carried woman
Garros finished in hours % minutes
IT seconds. actual flying time. He had
some trouble with his propellers and
steering planes on the outward Night.
Two other British entrants. Regdnald
n. Carr and Louis Noel. descended before
reaching the coast on the flight to Paris.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
MISS DAVIS QUIETS RIOTERS.
New York Commissioner Has Con-
ference With Prisoners.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE appear
ance at the penitentiary on Blackwells
Island today Of Miss Katherine B.
Davis, commissioner of correction. with
the announced intention of remaining
on the island until the unrest which
has caused four mutinous outbreaks
among the prisoners there, since July
4 should subside. apparently had a
quieting effect upon the men. for dis
cipline seemed entirely restored. Late
today Commissioner Davis decided to
return to her regular quarters, subject
to instant recall to the island.
Miss Davis will address the prisoners
tomorrow at the Roman Catholic and
Protestant religious services.
After a conference with Warden
Hayes the commissioner made tour
around the prison. and arranged to
send 700 of the prisoners back to work.
The commissioners plan is to weed out
the riotous prisoners, and the ringlead-
ers from the rest. and return as many
as possible to their position of prison
duty.
Miss Davis unusual conference yes
terday with delegates from the prison
ers, in which they were asked to state
their grievances, has not been without
effect, and the warden expressed the
hope that today's quiet would be per-
manent.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
FORD THEATER SURVIVOR.
BENJAMIN F. EVANS, DIES
Never Recovered From Injuries Re-
ceived in Tragedy of June 8, 1893.
An Oldest Inhabitant.

Benjamin franklin Evans severty
five years old. a lifelong rexiden, o..
washington and a survivor In the old
oro Iheater disaster of June 2.
'e'"' died at 2 o'clovk yesterday after
noon Death was the result OF nervous
prostration.
FUNERAL services are to be held q,
s.'o O'Clock tomorrow afternoon in tn.
chapei at Oak Hill cemetery. Inter
ment will be in that burial ground
MI Evans at the age OF seventeen
e"hsted In the army. Druing the civil
war ne was a mounted messenger and
bearer of dispatches between army
headquarters in Washington and th.
chief of the Army of the Potomac
AFTER the war was over Mr.. Evan.
was appointed to clerkship in the Wa
department He served there until
1897, when he was transferred to the
interior Department. Owing to in
1uries ne received in the old Ford
Treater disaster Of June 3, 1898. from
which he never fully recovered. Nj,
Evans resigned his position with the
government November 1. 1912. From
then until his death he had been an in
valid. mn
Mr.. Evans was prominent in local af
fairs. being member of the knights
OF Pythias. of Gen. John NJ. Schofield
Garrison. No. =, Army and SaYv
Union. and of the Association OF Oldest
Inhabitants. He was also a member of
Calvary Baptist Church and of the
Vaughn class of that church
He is survived by his mother. now in
her ninetythird year. and three broth
ers. George w Evans, Samuel r.
Evans and Waring E. Evans. all of this
city.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
10000 COAL Miners
TO RETURN TO WORK
Agreement Will Reinstate More
Than Half of Idle Men in
Ohio Field.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. July ll.-Nearly 90.
OoO of the 5000 striking coal miners in
Ohio will go back to work next week as
the result of the ratification of new
wage scale by a convention Of United
Mine Workers. district No. 6. here today.
The scale provides for payment of A
and 61.6 cents a ton. respectively. for
machine and pick mined coal on. the
mine run basis.
The Cambridge district was included In
the strike settlement tonight when A. A.
Augustus Of Cleveland. president Of the
largest mining company In that section,
employing 1000. or more than half of the
miners of the Cambridge field, signed the
wage agreement in the office of Gov. Cox.
after a four-hour conference with the
governor and miners officials.
Some Operators Hold Out.
Eastern Ohio operators. employing
more than half the miners of the state,
have refused to pay the wage demanded
by the miners as a statewide rate OPP
orators of the other districts tonight ex-
pressed the opinion that eastern Ohio
producers soon will be forced to resume
operations.
Before adjourning today the miners
convention adopted resolutions deploring
agitation of Industrial \. orkers of the
World in Belmont county near Bellaire
and voted almost unanimously not to
compel engineers, caretakers and pump
men to quit work in mines whose owners
refused to sign the new wage scale.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
PLANNING FOR CHANGES
IN A|RSH|P AMERICA
Some of the Recent Experiments
Have Failed to Prove
Beneficial.

HAMMoNDsPoRr. N. z. July IL
Glenn H. Curtiss. Lieut. Porte. DR.. A.
F. Zahm. Elmer Sperry and Irwin Chase
a designer Of racing hydroplanes. were
in earnest consultation tonight on new
systems for getting the desired results
from the hull of the Rodman Wanna
maker transatlantic flying boat.
Today's trials only seemed to add two
more to the list Of impossible combtna-
tions Of planning surfaces. A short flight
this morning satisfied all concerned that
the heavy pontoons were more Of a fall
ure than auxiliary hnns had been and
the workmen got busy on the construc-
ton of new sets of planes. These were
Evening star., 1914-07-12
N. E. A. HoNoRs M1LWAUKEEAN
c. G. Pearse Is Elected Chairman of
Board of Directors.

81 PAUL, Mimi. July 11,-C. G..
Pearse of Milwaukee was elected chair
man of the board of directors of the
National Education Association TODAY.
The board approved Oakland, Cal, as
the meeting place of the 1915 conven-
ton.
After the women succeeded in defeat
ing J. Stanley Brown of Joliet, Ill. for
re-election to the board of trustees.
wee President Joseph Swain gave
by appointing him acting president Of
the National Education Association. in
the absence of President David Starr
Jordan, who is touring Europe. He
VIII virtually make arrangements for
the 1915 convention.
Miss Margaret Haley of Chicago said
that since the insurgent movement be-
gan In 1903 at the Boston convention
Brown has been slated for defeat.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
REFUSE MRS. NE[MS AID
Department Of Justice Will Not In
vestigate Disappearance Of
Two Daughters.

ATLANTA. Ca, July 11.-Agents OF
the Department of Justice today an
nounced that no evidence thus far pre-
sented by Mrs. John W. Nelms bear
ing on the disappearance of her daugh-
ters. Mrs. Elois Nelms Dennis. and Miss
Beatrice Nelms, justified government ac-
ton. Mrs. Nelms made special pleas
to Gov Slaton Of Georgia, the Atlanta
police and the federal authorities to
proceed in the case, but there has been
nothing definite on which they could
work
Late tonight Mrs. Nelms received a
telegram saying a woman, supposed to
companion, had been seen in La Grange,
Ca, late last night.
Find Trace at Houston.
HOUSTON. Tex, July 11-One trace
the police have been able to obtain
here of information bearing on the
Nelms mystery is an entry on a hotel
register the night of June 20. reading:
Miss B. c. Nelms.''
The police announced today evidence
had been secured that the two women
reached here, presumably from Atlanta.
June IS. The name of that city. how.
ever. does not appear on the register
after the entry.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
EIGHT BALLOONS
START LONG RACE
One Great Gas Bag ExpIodes
Short Time Before the
Starting Hour.
ALL LIKELY TO HEAD FOR
GREAT LAKES TOMORROW
Sparing Of Ballast, Many Take Low
Current on the Start of Elimi-
nation Contest.

ST. LOUIS. July flight or nine bal
looms entered in the national elimination
race sailed from here late this afternoon
to determine which shall be the third
American entrant in the international
which will take place in Kansas City
next October.
The air was so calm as the balloons
rose from the immense pit Of the motor
drome they drifted slowly back and
forth, lacking a current that would bear
them on.
One accident marred the start. The
balloon Hoosier. the ninth entrant, burst
just forty-five minutes before the hour
set for its departure.
Warren Raser of Brookville, Ohio, pi-
lot of the balloon. said he saw 1t was be-
ing inflated too much. Just as he turned
to order the gas shut off the big bag rip
ped up both sides.
Was in Ohio Flood.
Hugo Mueller. supervisor Of the inf1a-
ton Of the balloons. and Charles P. SEN
ter, the official timekeeper, said the
Hoosier had been in water three weeks
during the Ohio flood and that as a re-
suit the cloth was not in the best condi-
ton. No effort at repairs will be made.
The day was far from ideal for bal
looming. At o'clock. when the race
started. the street level temperature
downtown was 1Os degrees. and it could
not have been much below that on the
balloon field. The high expansion OF
something to do with the bursting of
the "Hoosier.''
The first balloon to sail, entered as
number 2. was released at 4:59 o'clock.
ing time. The other balloons quickly
followed. and within thirty-five minutes
all were visible in the air.
The balloon Uncle Sam flew the PEN
nant Of the Press Club Of St. Louis.
The aero Club of ST. Louis' flew an
American flag half way up the rigging.
and was equipped with an air pump with
which to initiate the bag.
Garry Life Preservers.
All the pilots carried life preservers.
The pilots were sparing with their bal
last and several took a low current.
Thirty minutes after the last balloon
was off all eight were drifting in a
southerly direction. some slanting toward
the west and some toward the east.
The prevailing currents. however, &C
cording to the weather bureau. are
southeast to northwest 1t is thought
the balloons will be headed toward the
great lakes by daylight tomorrow.
The balloons started at intervals OF
about five minutes, in the following order:
Il. America III; pilot, DR.. Jerome
Kingsbury, New York; aid, Clarence
wynns. Philadelphia: direction. north:
,o;sb ussle st San Sam; pilot VIA Paul Mecul-
ST. Louis: direction, east
3. Miss Sophie; pilot, William ASS
mann. st. Louis; no aid; direction, east.
Berry. ST. Louis: aid. Albert Won Hoff-
man, jr.. ST Louis; direction. south.
5: Kansas City II; pilot. Capt. John
man, jr., st. Louis; direction. northeast.
g. Kansas City II; pilot. John Watts.
sas City; direction. northeast.
7. Pennsyiyania; pilot; Arthur T: Ath-
les. Philadelphia: direction, south.
8. GOODYEAR: pilot. R: A; D. Preston,
Akron, Ohio; aid. NJ. D. Tremelin. Ak
ron, Ohio; direction. south.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
BOUNTY FOR INFECTED RATS.
DR.. Fuckers Effort to Stamp Out
Bubonic Plague.

NEW ORLEANS, July 11-Dr. Will
liam c. Rucker assistant surgeon gen.
eral Of the United States public health
service. in charge of the rat destruction
campaign to prevent a spread of bubonic
plague in New Orleans, today offered
bounty Of IS each for plague-infected
rats.
OF the 1880 rodents examined. not one
has been found infected, it was an
nounced. No new cases of the plague
were reported today.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
FOUR DIE FROM HEAT.
Temperature Rises to 100 at St
Louis, Setting New Record.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. July 1t.-Four persons
died here today and several others wera
Frustrated by heat. which broke all rec
ords for the current year. At 4 o'clock
the government thermometer on the high
est building registered Io2 degrees
The government kiosk on the street
registered 100 degrees. Tonight the OF.
fetal forecast held out no hope for re-
lief. Today's dead included John J. Far
ley. fifty-three. local freight cashier for
the St Louis and San Francisco railroad.
and Jacob Wipke. thirty-six. president
of the Hesperian Rowing Club.
fariey was stricken at his desk and
Wipke at the boathouse of the club ON
Creve Coeur lake
Evening star., 1914-07-12
EXPRESS RATES TO STAND.
6ock and Zone System Is to Be
UNCHANGED.

The block and zone system Of maxi
mum express rates as instituted Jan
uary 1 by the Interstate commerce COM
mission is to remain unchanged, accord
ing to a decision handed down yesterday
in the investigation of rates on bread
stuffs and bakery products.
Shippers of express from the large
cities to small suburban towns complain
ed that under the new rates established
by the commission their rates would be
increased where the shipments crossed
a zone or block line.
Though these rates might make the
charges higher to the shipper. the COM
mission makes it plain that the express
companies could charge lower rares. as
the zone system of rates applies merely
as q maximum charge.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
PASSENGERS RESCUED
FROM WRECKED SHIP
Steamer Invermore Goes on the
Rocks Of the Coast of
Labrador.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., July 11-All of the
passengers on the coastal steamer In
vermore. which struck on the rocks
near Brig Harbor point on the Labrador
coast. last night, were landed safely to-
day.
Messages received here from the scene
of the wreck said that the steamer
filled rapidly after striking, and was
today resting on the rocks with only
her top deck above water.
Trying to Avoid Ice.
The Invermore struck while trying
to avoid the heavy ice north of the
strait Of Belle Isle She left here July 4
to go as far north as the ice would
permit. She carried a heavy freight and
many passengers. most Of them Labra-
dor fishermen and ~lanters who were
bound north for the summer.
The steamship Kyle, with divers and
wrecking gear, was sent from here for
the Invermore believed that there was
some hope Of relocating the vessel.
Scene of Wreck Desolate.
Brig Harbor point Is on the north
side of Hamilton inlet, a little south of
the flfty-fifth PARALLEL Of latitude and
about 275 miles north of Belle Isle. II
Is on desolate stretch of rock-bound
coast. peopled only by a few scattered
families of fishermen. The Invermore
formerly called the Dromedary, is
owned by the Reid Newfoundland R.p-
way Company. She was built at Glas-
gov in 1881, is 250 feet long and has
gross tonnage Of 975.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
Four Others Injured.
GOES ASHORE IN FOG.
Steamer Mendoza, With 257 Aboard,
in Perilous Position.

BUENOS AIRES. Argentina, July IL.
The German steamship Mendoza
went ashore today in fog on Me-
gotes point on the Argentina coast
She has 257 persons on board. includ-
ing passengers and crew. and tele-
graphs by wireless that her position
is dangerous.
The Argentina gunboat Patria and
two tugs have gone to her assistance.
She is laying about five miles to the
south of Cape Corrientes. where there
are many sunken rocks near the shore
The Mendoza is a vessel of 1855 tons
net. owned by the Hamburg South
American Steamship Company. She
was built in 1894.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
Army Airmen Leave Texas.

GALVESTON. Tex. July 1.-THE 1st
Company of the 1st Aero Squadron.
Signal Corps Of the United States Army,
which has been in camp at Fort
Crockett. near here. since April. will
leave for San Diego. Cal. Monday. The
company. composed Of six aviators, all
army officers, and forty men, was
ordered here from San Diego when Gen.
Funston's comand was ordered to Vera
Cruz.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
ANKYLosToMIAs1s CHASE.
All Over World, Wickliffe Rose Fol
lowed Trail of HookWorm.

Chasing the elusive -asis
clear around the world. Wickliffe Rose.
director general Of the Rockefeller sani-
tary commission. has Just returned to
Washington after q journey to England
and thence through Ceylon. Malaysia.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
Tired-Out Confederates.

THE following day-June 13-I drove
out to Berrys woods" Mrs. DuHamel
said. There 1 found lot of young
Confederate soldiers asleep on the
grass. They were evidently all worn
out. and they were ragged and tat
tered. almost barefoot. They were SO
young they were mere boys.
There it was 1 picked up Mr.. Ma
sons diary. If any one will come for
ward and claim it I shall be glad to
return it."
Among the entries in the diary is
one referring to some other engage
ment. which reads as follows:
Aug. 6: Our breastworks attacked.
A great many Yankees killed and very
few Of our men. Some wounded, in this
company-C. L. Moore. I. Hamilton and
III. Sholes."
Evening star., 1914-07-12
China, Japan. Korea and the Philippine

Islands.
'Ankylostomiasis' is the technical
name for the hookworm disease. con-
cerning which Mr.. Rose has just COM
pleted a worldwide study. According to
Mr.. Rose the disease is quite as terrible
as its name would lead one to suppose
He found in British East Guiana that
over so per cent of the populace were
infected with the dread ankylostomiasis.
In Egyptmeasures against ankylosttomi-
asis were Instituted by medical mission
aries some fifteen years ago. More re-
Gently the British government has under
taken relief work in certain localities.
The campaign against ankylostomiasis
in these foreign possessions. 1t Is stated.
has come about through the successful
efforts of the government in Porto Rico
and in the southern states, by the joint
activity of the Rockefeller sanitary COM
mission and the state and local boards OF
health
Evening star., 1914-07-12
FOUR CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE.
Two of Six Youngsters Will Recover
From Experience.

-Four of Richard Roberts six children
lost their lives when fire destroyed the
Roberts farm home near Taylor early
today. Two children will recover.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
FREIGHT TRAIN KILLS SIX
Crashes Into Wagon While 0ccu.
pants Sing Nearer, Ny
God, to Thee.

ROCHESTER. N. H.. July 1-Six
persons returning from Sunday school
picnic were killed tonight when the
blackboard wagon on which they were
riding was hit by a freight train on
the Boston and Maine railroad. The
party of sixteen was singing Nearer.
My God. to Thee" as their wagon
rumbled down the road toward the
tracks and the voices drowned out the
noise of the train. The dead. all of
whom were between fourteen and
eighteen years of age, are:
Leona Blaisdeli and Muriel Blaisdell
sisters: Edith Blaisdell and Helen An
drews all of East Rochester; Ruth
Libbey OF South Lebanon, Me-, and
Edward Devaney Of Blackington. Mass.
Muriel Blaisdell died after reaching
the hospital at Dover. where she was
carried In a special train.
Four Others Injured.
Four other children were bruised Sc
verely. but their injuries are not
thought to be serious.
The accident occurred at a crossing
lat North Rochester. The members OF
the party had been picnicking in Mil
ton and were returning along a dark
highway. They were almost upon the
crossing when the driver heard the
train. The wagon was overturned.
throwing some il its occupants under
the car wheels.