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Evening star., 1914-02-14
OPPOSED TO PENSIONS
FOR CIVIL EMPLOYEES
Representative Dies Says It Would
Place Enormous Burden on
Government.

You a.e carrying Oh the pay rolls of
the government today inetficiency as the
result OF superannuation 10 the amount of
many hundreds of thousands of dollars a
year. one estimate is that it amounts to
s22oGo year among the 5000 civil
service employees in Washington
Representative Dies Of Texas. continu
ing his attack on the pension system and
against the tenure of office provided for
by the civil service. yesterday pleaded
With Congress not to adopt any further
pension policies. on the ground that the
country will be financially burdened to an
enormous extent
In his argument he said: Il note that
the first proposition is TO take in the
2oTD civil service employees in the city Of
Washington. How can you justify TAX
ing them into the pension system with
out taking III the entire 80 900 employees
of the Post Office DeDarfneut"
Evening star., 1914-02-14

Both organizations are de-
pendent ON private benevOlence.
They arc voluntary agents OF the
community. and can do only what
their friends make possible. Their
needs are pressing.
Evening star., 1914-02-14

Their visitors to the poor are
daily at work relieving Distress
and attempting. where possible.
to anticipate and prevent suffer-
ing.
Evening star., 1914-02-14
PRESIDENT RECEIVES
A UNIQUE VALENTINE
Stenographer Sends $40 to Help
United States Buy Wire
Lines of Country.

President Wilson received ii unique
valentine late yesterday in the shape of
four shiny five-dollar gold pieces sent by
3. stenographer in San Francisco as a
contribution to help in buying the tele-
graph and telephone lines of the country
The money and letter We're sent to Post
master General Burleson.
Thinks Plan Is Fine.
The letter reads as follows:
81 notice by the, newspapers that the
United States government intends to ac-
quire ownership of the telephone and tele-
graph systems of the United States, and
operate them in connection with the post
office. That's fine.
~ think some of the money for this
purpose should be contributed directly by
the people. I am Il poor stenographer,
earning less than $500 Il year but l in
close herewith twenty dollars in gold us u
starter. Now let others contribute ac-
cording to their income. Here is a chance
for those who talk about patriotism 10
show their patriotism. Let every person
in the ! nited States contribute.
MY idea is that contributions s1ouiG
be sent to local post offices aud receipts
by the post offices acknowledged III the
local newspapers. and then the money
should be sent to some postal savings
bank TO await final disposition.
To Return Money.
The Postmaster General has taken
steps to locate the sender. if possible.
with "a view to returning the money, for
he says that of course money contributed
for such u purpose is not desired and
will not be accepted. If the writer can
not be located the money will be covered
into the Treasury if the laws will per
nit.
Evening star., 1914-02-14
Appeal for the Distressed.

The Associated Charities and
Citizens Relief Association re-
new their appeal to the citizens
of Washington for help. These
philnnthrOpies are the two city
wide charitable organizations of
the Distr1ct of Columbia, be-
friendfnx the poor in their homes
without respect to creed or race.
Evening star., 1914-02-14
Changes Recommended.

Amons TIC recommendation OF tine col
iectors conference adopted by the Treas
ny Department are the following:
ENorbitaut and fictitious fees demanded
by customs brokers are TO be regarded
a misconduct. justifying the collector of
the bort III taking action 10 revoke the
license of the broker.
y corps Of adminiStrati@ { officers is to
b. designated 10 visit from time tu time
ule various collection districts OF the Gus
toms service, for the purpose of obsery-
laS methods Of business. To approve and
correct methods and promote efficiency
and uniformity of administration. This
plan is 10 be patterned after the practice
Of bss corporations i'll having travelling
auditors. but the purpose is efficiency in
administration and not to inspect ac-
counts -Four. i've or six hig districts will
be organized covering the ports Of the
country. to each OF which an 4 minis
trative officer will be assigned. The adj
nlinistrative officer vi visit the IN or
taiIt ports. hrin@inS from one To the other
the best methods in vogue, standardizins
the operations.
The Treasury Department will establish
the system OF standard gauge for all well
Known beverages. and revise existing
gauges. This will not deny TO the ship
per the right To demand IA actual gauge
test. but vi permit him TO acquiesce iii
a method advantageous II him and the
customs service
Evening star., 1914-02-14
Would Bar Railroad Ownership.

!. Repre sentative Cullop o: Indiana has
Introduced bill 10 prohibit common car
riers from owning or leasing coal lands
Evening star., 1914-02-14
MRS. WOOD JUMPS INTO SEA
WITH HUSBANDS ASHES
Wife of San Francisco Banker, Who
Died Abroad, Is Crazed
by Grief.

san FRANCISCO. February ll.--Mrs.
Charles Fl. Wood, wife of the late club
man and banker OF this city. who died
at Agra, India. December ). jumped over
board from the steamer Iyo Maru, the
first night out of Singapore, January.
while en- route to Hongkong, with her
husbands ashes.
This information was received here yes
terday with the arrival of the trans
Pacific liner Tenyo Maru.
Prior to leaving Singapore. Mrs. W ood
had arranged with Mrs. Esther Richard
son. friend at Hongkong, to obtain
passage for her on the Tenyo Maru from
Hongkong to San Francisco. When the
Iyo Maru put into Hongkong Mrs. Rich
ardson learned of Mrs. " ood's death and
received from the captain a letter ad-
dressed to her which was found in Mrs.
Woods Stateroom
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COULD HAVE SAVED Al
LIVES BY VIOLATING LAW
Capt johnson of 1ll-Fated Steam
ship Monroe Testifes to Observ-
ing Rules of Sea.

PHILADELPHIA. February 13.-Capt
Edward +. Johnson, commander of the
steamship Monroe. testified yesterday
afternoon in the trial of Capt. Osmyn
Berry of the steamship Nantucket that if
he tJohnson> had violated the internaton-
al rules of the high seas he probably
could have avoided the collision of the
two ships and the consequent loss of
forty-one lives This was brought out in
his cross-examination by counsel for
Capt. Berry, who is charged with negli-
gence.
The International rules provide that IN
case of fog, a steam vessel hearing. ap-
parently forward of her beam, the fog
signal of a vessel. the position of which
is not ascertained. shall, so far as cir
cumstances permit. stop her engines and
then navigate with caution until danger
of collision is over.
Capt Johnson testified that when he
heard the Nantucket's fog whistle off the
Monroe's starboard bow he stopped his
engine and that /. minute later when he
saw the loom of the Nantuckets light
he went ahead full speed to port
Evening star., 1914-02-14

Contributions sent to Howard
:. Reeside, treasurer, joint finance
committee. 8:3 II street north
west. Will be promptly acknOwl-
edged.
MILTON T.. ALLIES. Chairman.
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Would Have Violated Law.

If 1 had put my helm hard astarboard
and gone ahead full speed when l heard
the fog whistle ! probably would have
cleared the Nantucket That is the only
possible thing. I think, I could have
done to avoid the coll sion. but ] would
have been violating the law
This testimony brought aobut curious
situation: that is. Capt. Johnson's adher
ence to the rule helped to make the COL
lsion possible. while one of the charges
against Capt. Berry is that his alleged
failure to obey the same rule was the
Immediate cause of collision
Capt. Johnson finished his testimony
after having been on the witness stand
three days. His cross-examination by
counsel for Capt. Berry did not bring out
anything that differed materially from his
testimony on direct examination.
Having heard from the commander of
the steamship Monroe his version of the
collision, the United States local steam
ship inspectors who are conducting the
trial of Capt. Berry planned to examine
today other officers of the Monroe. They
are Guy E. Horsley. first officer, and
William K. Gateley. second officer.
Evening star., 1914-02-14
STEP IN REVISION
OF j. S. CUSTOMS
Treasury Department Adopts
Economy and Efficiency Rec
concentrations.
REDUCTION in THE COST
AS CONGRESS DESIRES
Experienced Men to Be Given Pref
erenee Over Those on Civil
Service List.

Adoption of tho economy ana efficiency
recommendations of the conference of
customs collectors Just announced by the
Treasury Department. is another step in
the reorganization Of tho customs serr- :
ice authorized by Congress in the bill!
that permitted the elimination OF many
collectorShInS, and the amalsauIatiuu of
the customs ports which trey directed into
collection districts under a single collector
Of customs. Further economies will b
necessary Ia bring the cost of the customs
down to the maximum OF ten mil
lions OF dollars which apparently Con
@reSs aims al.
The redu tian of ti,e pay rolls by the
elimination Of many hish-pay members
of the personnel is an economy the max
imum advantages pf which will not be
realized tmtIl the Iext fiscal leair Co
ing into effect during the presen, admin
lsiratton, the greater part OF the year
WIS run with the uncontrolled pay roll
Charges against tie service.
committee t. revise thu regulations
IS nov n work. Its report will be ready
within year.
= reduced ta'if with a large free list
has not Reduced the cost Of operation of
the customs service. Lower tax on inn
Iorts has resulted in a large increase in
abolished by free entry ut other articles.
EcsideS The putting into operation of 4
new tariff has mad, extra work that will
10 avoided when the customs force is
Stigipped by experience, 10 Apply the inn
post with thu least friction.
Evening star., 1914-02-14
Must Take in Others.

If you take in the 25.0CO who arc near
you here in the capital you will never
hear the agitation cease until you take in
the entire 100000 that serve the govern
lnent in civil service employment through
out the United States. And when you
take in the civil service employees Of the
government YOU will do what we are go
ing to do here presently. and you will do
1t speedily and hastily-namely. that if an
employe Is not entitled to a pension under
the general law you will give it to him
in a special bill
First. you will give it to the employe
when he is seventy years old, under the
general law. and then somebody will in
troduce a special bill to give it to him
If he is sixty-nine years old. If he dies
at the age of sixty-eight some man will
rise and say the family of this man is
In dependent circumstances, and his
widow ought to receive the pension which
he would have received if he had lived
two years longer. And presently, with
the growth of the system, YOU will be
giving it to the children, the helpless,
the dependent children. who appeal to
your compassion-the children of the en-
ployeS of the government
Evening star., 1914-02-14
Hears a Faint Sound.

DeGroot adjusted the instrument and
heard faint sound.
Keep quiet there, you rookie. Let
ME try to find out who this is
More adjustments and the sound be-
came stronger.
''Ah. l have him nov" called DeGroot
Its some amateur.
Who is this peGroot distinguished
from the dots and dashes in his receiver.
The Signal Corps wireless sputtered
away: This is the District Signal
Corps
An army station came back the
question.
No. the Signal Corps of the National
Guard of the District OF Columbia. Come
down and learn all about wireless"
Didn't know there was any such thing
i'll the city. Will be right down..
Come ahead. said DeGroot
THE Young man came that night and
was enlisted by Capt Ferry.
Evening star., 1914-02-14
Letter Addressed to Friend.

The letter said:
After all, shall not reach IIongkong
and see you, for l am going to look FOR
my beloved. I cannot live without him.
May I trouble you 20 forward my
things to Mr.. Woods sister. Mrs. Charles
Musaus. of San Francisco.
Mrs. Musaus and her husband were at
the pier yesterday when the Tenyo Maru
arrived. expecting to meet Mrs. Wood.
Some hours later Mrs. Musaus received
letter that had been written by Mrs.
Richardson inclosing Mrs. Woods letter
to her and relating the circumstances OF
Mrs. Woods fate.
Evening star., 1914-02-14
Others Will Ask Pensions.

And then when YOU get all of the
civil service employees safely provided
Tor, without d thought or care for the
morrow, there will rise up the old moth
ers, the old widows. the old men. the
Old farmers. the old laborers upon the
streets, and claim that they. too, have
given great service to the government Of
the United States
MFR. Speaker, my heart goes out in
sympathy to every aged man who has
reached that period of his life without
making some provision for his o.d age
But ! am unwilling to embark upon this
socialistic proposition. because it follows
along way the end of which is death
to Individual libc:ty and to our institu-
uons under which we have grown so
great
Evening star., 1914-02-14
New Plan Effective.

Well. that's Il new one said Capt
Terry, as the recruit was brought to
him. But | guess we will have to get
more recruits i'll that manner. We are
forming Il type \ company now. and
need lots of men interested in wireless
and other means Of signaling. There are
lots of young men in this city who do not
know the advantages of this organization
They really do not know it is here. Why,
when man completes an enlistment
down here, he not only knows theoretical
and practical wireless, but he knows all
about other means of signaling.
But obtaining recruits is not the only
use to which our radio set has been put
We use il for almost everything. The
other night DeGroot could not get here,
and he has 4 wireless in his home in the
surburhs He just sat down at his set
and buzzed away. calling D. S. c. and
finally one oi the wireless operators here
picked up his call.
7 would like to he excused from drill
tonight" his wireless sputtered out.
The message was brought to me- and
the operator on duty here wired back my
appruXdl''
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marriage OF Miss Prudence Whitney
daughter OF Mrs. Marselis Clark Parsons,
to Robert Mallory. Jr., which Will be
celebrated on June 3, in Christ Church,
Rye. y. Y.
George p Wagstaff. who will marry
Miss Mary Cutting Cumnock on June 4,
In St Georges Church, will have his
brother, David Wagstar. for his best
man. and he has chosen for his ushers
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, whose en-
gagement to Miss Mai Duncan Watson
was recently announced; A. r. Jones.
whose engagement TO Miss Eugene A.
Philbin has also been announced; Court
landt Dixon Moss. who will marry Miss
Katharine Hazard at Far Rockaway on
June s: Samuel J. Wagstaff. McKim Hol-
Inns, Albert II. Hoffman, George G.
Bourne. Edward +. Hutton. Louis A.
Shaw. John w. Cutler. Evelyn Irving and
Elliot O. Cowdin. I'd. Miss Cuttings at
| tendants have been published.
Tho marriage Of Miss Helen Cecil Page
s.,cb,o- ~ NJ apd Mrq Parker w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

falo: Miss Julia Lewis and Miss Eliza
Fox. OF Philadelphia; Miss Josephine Os
born. Miss Eleanor Rocker and Miss
Molly Martin, of this city Richard
Whitney, brother of the bridegroom viii
be best man and the ushers are to be
Harold s. Vanderbilt. +. Skiddy Won
Stade. Eliot c. Bacon, Dudley Pickman.
Francis Sargent, j. J. HigGinson, car
ence Hay, Elliot Farley, Harrison Tweed
and Francis r. Appleton. ir
One Of the early summer brides viii be
Miss Ella Marion Endley, daughter of
Charles L. Lindley, of Cape Town, South
Africa. whose marriage to William Edgar
Baker. jr.. of this city, viii be celebrated
on June l at the home of her uncle Cor
relius du Bots. Al West 10Th ST. Only mem
bers of the immediate family will witness
the ceremony. but large reception will
follow. Miss Lindley will be attended by
Mrs. Robert van NalZah, Miss Marion
Whitman, Miss Eleanor du Bots. Miss
Eugene Baker, Miss Helen Floyd, Miss
Katherine du Bots. Miss Charlotte
Baker. Miss Lillian Egleston and Miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

Page, Of Summit, y. j.. 10 Ruthven a.
Wodell. son OF Mr.. and Mrs Silas Wodell,
Of 30 East seth ST. will take place Oh
June II. In Calvary Church, Summit.
From Paris the announcement came
last week OF the engagement OF Mrs. A.
Lanfear Norrie, OF 10 East Sth st. TO
Comte Odet Armand de Jumilhac. Mrs.
Norrie sailed for Europe on April 10 on
board the George Washington. She Is
daughter OF Mrs. Henry |. Barley, who
has lived abroad for several years. She
is a granddaughter OF the late Pierre
I>orillard and a niece Of Mrs. James r.
Kernochan. Mrs. Norrie is sister or
Mrs. Alfred Seton. Of this city and
Tuxedo. and also OF the Comtesse Her
mann de Pourtales. OF Paris, with whom
she is now staying. Comte de Jumilhac
lives with the Vicomtesse de Jumilhac At
Chateau de Raguin. ChaZe sur Argos.
France, and at 81 Avenue Henri Martin.
Paris.
In 81 rhomaSs Church. On June u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

n EMORIAL DAY is always maze
NE the occasion Of much entertain
lVA ing on the part of society. ana
coming. as II does this yaar. on Satur-
day. il will be celebrated more brilliantly
than usual. All the country places near
New York will be the scenes of gay house
parties and many OF the summer homes
at Newport. Southampton and other fash
ionable resorts will be opened by the end
Of the week There VIII be racing. polo,
horse and dog shows. tennis, COIL ana
other sporting affairs during the day
followed by dinners and dances IN the
evening.
Tuxedo's Horse Show win be he'd on
Friday and Saturday, and this Will mean
much entertaining over the weekend and
holiday by the owners Of villas at the
park. The club VIII be filled with guests
and on Saturday evening dance VIII
he given by the governors of the latter.
The Scarsdale Golf and Country club
Westchester County. will have large
dance on the night Of Memorial Day and
nearly all the other country clubs have
planned affairs for that same evening.
The Motor Car Touring Society VIII
make its annual spring run next Wcdnes-
day. when the members. with tneir
guests. will motor TO Goshen, y. Y. ROD
ert Goelet will give luncheon for them
al his country place there and IN me
evening ne will entertain them at a DIN
ner dance at the Goshen Inn Among the
members of the society are Albert Eu-
gene Gallatin. president; Percy r. Pyne'
3D. vice-president; Harold $. vanderbilt
Orden Mills Reid. Francis L. V. Hoppin'
William y. Hoffman. Marshall X. ker-
nochan. Buell. HOLSTER, Oliver lselin. X.
Thornton Wilson. Newbold Morris, Her
mann Oelrichs. Malcolm d. Sloane. Sin
cent Astor. William b. Osgood Field
Henry Rogers Winthrop and NJ Taylor
pyne, jr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

Miss Theodore Wnship, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Winship. Of Garden
City. Long Island, will be married 10
Richard Percival Parsons on Saturday
afternoon. June c. in the Cathedral of the
Incarnation, at Garden City. Miss Win
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

Fitch Haskell, Herbert Jessup, Harold
Ober and Mr.. Thomas.
Miss Beatrice Raymond. daughter of
Mrs James Raymond. will he married to
Ernest Reed Hudson on Tuesday, Jane 2,
at the home Of her mother. IS West nth
ST. Mrs Harold Carhart will act as
n.atron Of honor, and the bridesmaids
will lee Miss Helen Ricket Miss Mildred
Holmes. Miss Eugene Bisscll and Miss
Katharine Fitch. Harriet Coffin. daughter
os Mrs. J. Robert Coffin. and Mary Ches-
ter. daughter Of Mrs. clair Chester, VIII
he flower girls. J. Herbert Coffin. broth
er-n-aw of the bridegroom, will be best
man. and Quentin +. Feitner. turner
Morehead, Douglas Gibbon and Angler
Duke will be ushers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

The marriage Of Miss Lydia Colt Butler.
elder daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William
Allen Butler. to Maitland Dwight. son Of
the Rev. and Mrs. Franklin y. Dwight OF
Morristown, y. j.. viii take place next
Tuesday afternoon in the Madison Avenue
Presbyterian Church. Miss Louise Tracy
Butler is to be her sisters maid of honor
and the bridesmaids are to be Miss Elaine
van Dyke. of Princeton. Miss Mary Paul
Of Philadelphia: Miss Helen Hyde. Miss
Dorothy Dennis Miss Alice Dickson and
Miss Dorothy Cramp. Mr.. Dwight will
have Julian Thompson as his best man.
and the ushers will be Beverly Ober. Of
baltimore: Andrew Munroe. OF Philadel-
rtia; James NJ. Schoonmaker, jr., Of
Pittsburgh Cortlandt Handy, Iemuel
Skidmore. Francis Il. Iarkin. lie Roy X.
Howe and Lyman c. Butler. Miss Butler
gave a dance Thursday night at her home
for the bridal party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
Mss fte7AsAuu MRS FREDERICK ovYscn.
Outdoor Attractions WiAA Lead to
Much ms over he Holiday and Weekend
House Parties at Some Well KNOWN Country Places.

Fitch Haskell. Herbert Jessup, Harol
Cber and Mr.. Thomas.
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Miss Martha Il. Bacon. daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Bacon, will be married
10 George w Whitney. Of New York and
Boston. at noon on Tuesday, June . in
the Church Of the Advent. Westbury.
Long Island. The Rev Richard Pope
rector of the church. assisted by the Rev
DIR. Endicott Peabody. of Groton School.
Will perform the ceremony. which will be
followed by a reception and breakfast at
the country home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon.
A special train will take the guests from
New York. Miss Bacon will have for her
bridesmaids Miss Eleanor Greene, OF Buff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

Tho marriage Of Miss Helen Cecil Page,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Parker w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

In st. rhomaSs Church. On June q
Mis-. Mary ". Broobs DAUGHTER % Mr..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

~ EMORIAL DAY is always maze
NE the occasion Of much entertain
Il ing on the part of society. ana