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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
BABES IN COMPETITION;
GOLD MEDAL ASPIRE
Annual Contest Under the Auspices
Of Washington Diet Kitchen
Association.

1t is anticipated that between zoe
and 300 babies will be entered in the
better baby" contest this year. which
is to be conducted under the auspices
of the Washington Diet Kitchen As
ISOLATION and its six stations In various
parts of the city. The youngsters are
to be competitors for a gold medal
prize offered for the best baby in Wash
ington. and it is stated the indications
are that the twenty physicians who
are to examine the contestants will
have much more than an ordinary task
to perform in selecting the winner.
List Of the Stations.
The Diet Kitchen Association has
been conducting stations as follows:
No. l, 1922 2Sth street; No. 2. 1904
Pennsylvania avenue: No. 3. Childrens
Hospital. 18th and w streets; No. 4,
Gospel Mission. PA John Marshall
place: No. S. 1875 Az street southwest;
avenue southeast. Beginning Monday
the stations, with the exception OF
that at the Children's Hospital. are to
be opened each Monday afternoon from
to o'clock for the registration of
Dabies in the contest. At the Children's
Hospital registries may be made We'd
nesday afternoons from to 8 o'clock
me entries close January IL and ex-
aminations of babies are to be made
January IA, Is and Is by the physicians
at the various stations. The mothers
who register their babies are to be
notlned when to present the children
Ior examination. Tuesday. January
-, the final examination is to be made
TO select the prize winner This will
be done by the physicians.
No Restrictions Imposed.
There are no restrictions as to age
or sex in the contest. In connection
with the award of the first prize, GER.
tidcates also are to be awarded to fou,
babies rated among the next best.
There are to be two for boys and two
for girls. There is to be one each fol
the next best boy and girl baby be-
tween the ages of six and twenty foul
months and for one each of the boy
and girl baby from twenty-four t
thirty-six months. A special prize o.
SIS is offered for the best baby which
has undergone the prescribed diet o.
the association.
This prize, however, is only open to
babies that have been under the care
of the association.
The coming contest is the second con-
Quoted in Washington. When the COM
petition was held last year the WASH
ington Diet Kitchen was conducting
but one station, and at that time eighty
one babies were entered. The prizes
are to be presented January 20 in the
auditorium of Woodward & Lothrop's
store, and the event is to be known at
the store as Baby day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
HEARINGS ON PLAZA VALUES.
Property Owners to Be Given Chance
to State What Property Is Worth.

The commission designated by the
President to value the property includ-
ed in the proposed extension of the
Union station plaza will hold public
hearings next week to hear the views
of property owners or their attorneys
of record on what they consider the
fair valuation of their real estate hold
ings. The hearings will be confined for
the present to owners of particular
designated parcels of land Or their at
torneys Notice will be sent out today
to such property owners as are to be
invited to express views.
This hearing is in advance of the re-
port of findings on certain parcels of
land that have been under investiga :
ton by the commission with the expec-
tation of reporting them to the Presi-
dent for final award before Christmas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
TWO DROWN AS COAL
LADEN SCHOONER SINKS
Capt. J. R. Phillips Has Thrilling
Escape When the William DON
nelly Founders.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. December 5.
Two men were drowned and a third
had a thrilling escape early this morn
ing when the schooner William DON
nelly of Baltimore, coal laden, for
Hampton, foundered off Thimble shoal
in Chesapeake bay. The schooner was
in command of Capt. John r. Phillips.
and his nephew and one other man
composed the crew. The vessel en-
countered severe weather and early
last night she began to leak.
Between and o'clock this morn
ing she went down suddenly. before
those aboard had time to launch a
boat. Capt. Phillips managed to grasp
a hatch cover as the schooner went
down and after about six hours of
desperate fighting for his life he was
washed ashore near Willoughby Beach
in Hampton roads. in an exhausted and
almost dying condition. He was later
taken to Norfolk. The other two men
went down with the schooner. The
Donnelly had aboard 175 tons of an
thracite coal consigned to Hampton
merchant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
MORE C|T|ESP[ANN|NG
ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT
A. w. Crawford So Declares at Clos
ing Session Of Architects
Convention.

Delegates and members attending the
conventions of the American Civic AS
ISOLATION and the American institute
of Architects. which have been in ses-
sion in Washington the past few days
left today for their homes, following
banquet last night at the Shorehan
Hotel. which was given by the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects. and which
members of both organizations at
tended.
R. Clipton Sturgis. president OF the
architects organization. presided. Ad-
dresses were delivered by J: Horace
Mcfarland, president of the American
Civic Association. A. r. harrington OF
Detroit, vice president of the Lincoln
Highway Association: c. Grant La
Fargo of New York. Fl. V. B. McGonigle
of New York and Prof. l.. frothlng-
ham of Princeton, n. j.
Work for Lincoln Highway.
Mr. Pardington described the work
accomplished by the Lincoln Highway
Association. He urged the cooper
alton of the American Civic Associa-
ton and the American Institute OF
Architects in completing the highway.
At yesterday afternoons closing SEES
sion of the convention of the American
Civic Association. which was helo
jointly with the closing session OF the
of Architects. Andrew Wright CraW-
ford, secretary of the art jury of Phil
adelphia, reviewed The Accomplish.
ments of American Art Commissions.
He said, in part:
"As the result of the determination
that American cities shall be developed
in a more convenient and more orderly
way two new departments are being
added to municipal governments. one
is the city planning commission ana the
of the two bodies. sometimes confused,
is essentially different. though each Is
supplementary to the other as well as
to the city departments already ere
ated.
Function of Commission.
The function of the city planning
commission is to foresee and to fore
cast 1t is the imaginative faculty Of
the city. When it has exercised this
faculty and has prepared plans in whole
or in part for the city's growth during
the next decade or during several dec
ades-plans which will change with the
varying needs of successive admins
trations, but which, nevertheless, will
continually tend to a consistent COM
prehensive organic development-and
has presented them TO the authorizes
and to the public, the plans are turned
over for execution, as occasion arises
or opportunity offers, by the proper de-
partment. generally called the depart
ment of public works. The latter de-
partment prepares the working plans
and submits them to the art commits
sion. The work of the city planning
commission and of the art commission
Is thus separated by the interposition
Of the department of construction"
BY way of summary Of what has
commissions. Mr.. Crawford related
what had been done by the art jury
in Philadelphia. and what had been
done by the art commission of New
York The general result of it, he
said, was to give to public works.
particularly bridges, statues and street
fixtures in general. the saving grace
of architectural beauty combined with
utility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
HOLIDAY REQUEST
NOT YET ACTED ON
CONTINUED from First Page)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
viding for maximum of eight hours
per day for female employees engaged in
mercantile and other establishments in
The District of Columbia. and on this
account it will be impossible for stores
10 remain open of evenings in advance
of the Christmas holidays, thereby de-
priving employees of the government of
"A reasonable opportunity to arrange
for those amenities so long a custom
with the people of this land.
There is, therefore. brought about a
situation which works to the disad-
vantage of both the buyer and seller
in the National Capital. The law pre-
vents the two classes from having a
common time for trading. Approaching
the wonderful interest You manifest in
the welfare of all our people. we re-
spectfully petition that you take adj
vantage of an act of Congress which
gives federal employees a halliday holt
day Saturdays the year around, from
- noon. but which was taken away,
save for the summer period, by an
executive order.
I'VE are convinced that to grant the
half-day holidays as above requested
would not only be graceful and mer-
ted compliment to the servants of all
:he people of this great land. but would
likewise assist in the development of
trade. which at this time is worthy of
re greatest consideration"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
ROCK ISLAND ISSUES
CONTINUE THE FEATURE
Dealings in General List Are No
Less Active Than on Previ-
GUS Day.

NEW YORK, December 5-Early
dealings in bonds on the stock ex.
change were devoid of special interest
Trading was lighter, with a few price
changes. The only transaction of any
size was a sale of s24.500 Pennsylvania
railway convertibles, at 80, unchanged.
Rock Island collateral As and de-
benture IS gained half a point each.
Undertone Is More Heavy.
Continued buying of Rock Island con-
stituted the sole feature Of the brief
session. The collateral As gained
points.
The rise in the Rock Island issues
was attributed to the reported perfec-
ton of a reorganization plan.
Dealings in the general list were no
less active than on the previous day,
but the number of bonds traded IN was
decidedly smaller and the undertone
more heavy.
Among the few important declines
were Florida East Coast Ns. which
lost 1 a !; Lackawanna Steel 5s OF 1873,
*, and Baltimore and Ohio 3ss. 1.
Official Denial Of Report.
Official denial was made today of the
report that a meeting had been called
for next Monday of governors OF the
New York stock exchange to ratify
plans for the early resumption of trad
ing in stocks on the floor of the ex-
change.
The denial was issued by the ex-
changes committee of five which has
been at work for some time past on
plans looking to the gradual revival OF
dealings in stocks. Publication of re-
had nearly perfected such plan. it
was said, was premature.
saThe plans of the committee of fve to
resume dealings in stocks on the floor
of the exchange have not yet been con-
symmated." reads the announcement.
mo meeting of the board Of governors
has been called and none will be called
until the plan is perfected"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
SAYS GERMANS PLANNED
TO INVADE SWITZERLA AND

PARIS. December 5.-Proof that a
violation of the neutrality Of Switzer-
land was included in Germany's orig
inal plans has been found. says the
Matin. in the shape of ordnance sur
vey maps discovered among the papers
on killed German officers.
she, The maps are similar to those used by
that all the names are in Italian. ana
information Of Especial nature printed
on them shows they were intended FOR
the use of an Italian army marching
across Switzerland to attack France
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
SPENDS $4,000 FOR FLOUR.
Belgian Relief Committees Action
Announced by Legation.

Forty-thousand dollars worth of flour
for the starving Belgians was pur-
chased yesterday by the Belgian re-
lief committee. The Belgian legation
last night made this announcements:
1.-THE central committee of the Bel
ington, D. c., has purchased $40. OOo
worth of flour which will be sent at
once to Belgium by Lindon W. Bates,
purchasing agent in the United States
of the American committee established
in London.
This sum represents a part of the
contribution received by the central
committee from nearly every state"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
Excise Decisions Early Next Week

ANNOUNCEMENT by the excise board of
it's decisions in the cases of Michael
Raftery and Edward J. Glavin. who
have applied for retail liquor licenses
at 1905 Pennsylvania avenue and 30s
G street northwest, respectively. in az
pected early next week. Approval Of
the applications will increase the num-
Der Of saloons in the District to 800. the
total number permitted under the Jones'
Works law.
Next week the board will resume con-
cations and applications for retail
transfers. The first case to be called
will he that of P. H. Barron whose ap-
plication for a wholesale license at 3e75
NJ street northwest will be heard Tues
day at 10 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
Plan to Avert Army Scandal.

LONDON, December 5.--The gov
eminent has taken prompt action to
forestall a scandal over army contracts
at which some papers already have
limited by appointing a special COM
mittee with Lord Fisher as chairman.
The committee will cooperate with
the heads Of treasury department in
sanctioning all army and navy con-
tracts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
BURTON WILL OPPOSE
WATERWAYS PROJECTS
Enemies of Last Sessions Bill De-
termined to Prevent Such
Legislation.

Senator Burton of Ohio. who led the
successful fight against the rivers and
harbors bill in the Senate at the last
session of Congress, is determined to
continue his opposition to many Of the
projects which were contained in that
bill. if they are presented to Congress
again. Senator Burton returned to
Washington today.
IF a rivers and harbors bill should
be brought in similar to that which
was advocated last session. and which
was defeated. of course I shall oppose
it," said Senator Burton. He said that
very careful scrutiny would be brought
to bear on any bill which might be
reported to the Senate.
Opposition Is Stronger.
The indications are that the oppo-
nents of such river and harbor appro-
priattons as contained in the original
bill OF the last session are stronger
than ever in their determination to
prevent such legislation.
Undoubtedly many interests in the
country will endeavor to have enacted
into law large river and harbor bill
at the coming session. But the fact
that the coming session expires March
next ana that hltbuster carried on
against a river and harbor bill could
be made to extend for weeks, places the
advantage in the hands of the oppo-
nents of the bill. unless the democratic
administration is willing to have an
extra session of Congress after March 4.
Extra Session Not Desired.
1t is known. however, that the Presi-
dent and the democratic leaders in
Congress do not wish an extra session
of Congress next spring, believing that
the country does not look with favor
upon further long continued sessions
of Congress at this time.
Senator Burton spoke strongly today
in opposition to the proposed govern
ment ship purchase bill. which is ad-
vocated by the President, and declared
that he did not think such a measure
could pass the Senate if the senators
voted their convictions on it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.
Retail Merchants Request Commits
sioners to Grant Half HOLIDAYS.

Following up its request of the Presi-
lent for the granting of half holidays
TO federal government employees on the
two Saturdays Immediately preceding
Christmas. December IL and 49, the
Fetal Merchants Association TODAY
made similar application to the Com
missioners in behalf of employees Of the
District government.
Commissioners Siddons and Kutz ,rs
expected to take up the matter eariv
next week, although it is NOT nroh,
able they will dispose of it until there
has been some indication as to what
action will be pursued by the Presi.
dent.
As Commissioner Newman, president
or the board. is out of the CITY and
may not return until after the Holt
days, the two officials named will act
on the request and also will determine
whether or not teachers in the Ms
ricts public schools are to receive
Two pay envelopes in December. De-
cision already has been reached to ma v
poiicemen and firemen twice a mont
instead of monthly, and it is proba HE
teachers will be given two weeks 90
december pay before Christmas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
JAPANESE DIET CoNvENEs.
Emperor Anxious That All Contro.
versy Shall Be Avoided

TOXIC, December 1.-The diet con-
vened today and organized. The regu-
lar work Of the session will commence
Monday. The opposition program is UNI
certain.
Baron kato, minister of foreign af-
fairs, in an address declared that Mi.
is no time for political strife and dis
turbances, while the international sit
uation is unsettled. The baron said II
was the emperor's wish that the com
ing session should not be marked by
wrangling over domestic or foreiDn
policies. s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
War and Women,

The European war has caused untold
sorrow and suffering among the women
Of the near east In the Special Fea-
lures Section OF tomorrow's Sunday
Star Charles M. Pepper describes the
condition OF the women OF Turkey.
Egypt and Syria You win md this
timely article - -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
French Lawmakers With Army.

BORDEAUX via Paris, December g.
Two hundred members of the French
parliament out of the total of S97 are
serving with the army. The cabinet
is considering how it can best arrange
temporarily. so that they may take part
in the forthcoming extraordinary SEES
sion of parliament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
Austria Confscates Oil Supply.

VENICE, via London, December s.
The Austrian government has confis-
Gated the entire output of oil in Aus
tria-Hungary. Refiners have been for
hidden to supply oil to the trade. The
stocks in the hands of dealers will be
exhausted within ten day, it is said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
Speaker Clark Returns to City.

Speaker Clark returned to Washing-
ton yesterday after a lecture trip
which has taken him through many
states in the south, New England and
the middle west since the adjourn
ment of Congress late in October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
New British Warships Named.

LONDON, December 5.-Canada. Tip
perary and Botha are the picturesque
names given to a new British battleship
and two new f1otillA tenders. respec-
lively. These names appear in the De-
cember navy list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
Miss Lathrop to Be Speaker.

Miss Julia c. Lathrop, chief of the
children's bureau. went to Philadelphia
today, where this evening she Is sched-
uled to speak at the meeting of the
American Academy Of Political and So
ciaI Science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
Khedive of Egypt Reported III.

GENEVA. via Paris. December Sit
is reported on reliable authority that
the Khedive of Egypt is i'll in Constan-
tinopIe. Though not seriously i'll. it
is said, he will be forced to remain
several weeks in a private clinic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05

The athletes Of ancient Greece train.
sd on new cheese. dried ngs. grain
milk and warm water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05

chicago in 1910 contained aoss
Fre enc e,aS4 Greeks, 1886 Irish and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
MORE MEN NECESSARY
FOR COAST ARTILLERY
Gen. Weaver Suggests Provision for
Increased Force in Army
Appropriation Bill.

Ten thousand more men and 5s4 more
oh1cers for the coast artillery were
declared necessary by Brig. Gen. E. NJ
Weaver. chief of that service, who ap.
peared today before the House military
affairs committee, considering the
army appropriation bill.
Il think we have the best coast de.
tense material in the world" said Gen
Weaver, but I think it is not efficient
simply because of the lack of efficient
men to manage the defenses."
Gen. Weaver said the necessity OF
manning the coast defenses in Hawaii
Zone had depleted the available force
of coast artillery troops in the United
States.
Gums of 1890 Design.
Questioned by Chairman Hay, Gen
Weaver said that the guns now on the
coast defenses were of a pattern de-
signed in 1890. He asserted, however,
that the superior range-finding facili-
ties of the coast defense service, its
heavier projectiles and a longer range,
which might be secured by altering the
present carriage, would put the coast
defense on equal terms with any at
lacking fleet.
He declared that the supply of am
munition on hand for the coast de-
Tense guns was, in his opinion, rea-
sonably prudent"
Gen. Weaver said the department s
plans had not, so far, taken into con-
sideration, in coast defense work, the
great siege guns now in use in the
European war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
WAR OFFICIALLY REPORTED
French Statement

p.mTh following
given this afternoon
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yards.
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Russian commandments chief
On J therew wa. some
west
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Austrian Statement
communities
ha.b the Offices
the In
prevailed generally Thursday ~
he north Poland continues"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05
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