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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
By THEODORE E. BURTON, United States Sen

may call main rivers such,
and giving too much and
earlier attention to the
branches. That has not
been particularly notice
able on the Mississippi,
where for a long stretch
there are no great tribu-
taries except the Red and
the Arkansas; nor upon
the Hudson, because there
are no tributaries of i'm
portance. But it has been
specially conspicuous on
the Ohio River.
TheOhio is a great artery
of commerce. Improve
mentshave been made cost
ing tens of millions of dol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
w 7HY was the River
w and Harbor Bill,
recent1v Dendino

lCNSiieiy i'SiiiiiiS
in Congress, SO stubbornly
opposed from June until
September and finally de-
feated in the Senate? 1t
was because of the errone-
Gus policy upon which it
was drawn and the extreme
number of Objectionable
and wasteful items which
it contained. While the
adoption of a substitute
bill carrying a lump appro-
priatlon was a most sub
stantial success, as soon as
the present emergency has
passed there is every like
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
RUSH FOR BOOKS
STARTS AGAIN
Since Announcement Was Made that
Offer Will End Soon Every
body Wants One.

Only few days remain in which to
take advantage OF The Hersld's grea:
Panama presentation. II you do not want
10 be among the disappointed ones, you
had better act quickly.
A new. impetus has been given to the
distribut bn since making the announce
ment that the offer will close next Sat
urday. Now that 1t looks as though there
is only one chance left, everybody wants
to Join the fortunate ones who possess
this beautiful big red volume-"Panama
and the Canal in Picture and Prose"
There is no more timely book for home,
school, or office use. II is necessary TO
purchase school books every year, but
at the end OF the school year they are
east aside, when new school books are
required for the next year. This Canal
story will last forever and will always
he of untold value for the student, a
book that will always be referred to and
will never grow old. The Herald will pre-
sent a copy Of this volume to all who
comply with the conditions explained in
the certificate printed elsewhere in this
issue. II is being distributed throughout
the country by leading newspapers on an
educational plan of national scope.
Remember that only a few days re-
main. as the distribution closes as soon
as the balance of the books are disposed
Of Bring in your certificate as soon as
Possible.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
PRAISE FOR PEOPLE
OF 400 YEARS AGO
Secular League Speaker Draws Com
parison Between Old Conditions
and Those Now Prevailing.

The principal feature of the meeting OF
the Washington Secular League at Pyth-
ian Temple yesterday afternoon was an
address by James Hugh Kelley, entitled
-Four Hundred Years Ago and Now" :"
He made a comparison between condi-
tions of four centuries ago in Europe and
those OF the present time, and. while as
serting that more progress has been made
in the last sixty years than in all pre-
vious time, he was inclined to rate our
ancestors of four hundred years ago
much higher than is ordinarily done lie
questioned whether, in comparison with
what they knew and the facilities they
Possessed, the people of that period, or
many Of them, were not superior to and
more courageous intellectually than the
people of the present
Prof. Hyland c. Kirk, who led the gen.
eral discussion. said that history is the
record of the past and the criterion of
the future. and. therefore, it Is of the
greatest importance to know the truth
OF history. On this point he called at
tention to an effort Of his own to correct
the history concerning the great naviga-
tor of four hundred years ago, Christo-
pher Columbus, who, he contends, the
evidence shows to have been a Jew by
race and religion and a native of Spain.
Others who took part in the discussion
were DR.. ]. ]. Shirley, A. B. johnson.
Donald Macpherson. Julian Pierce. and
Mr.. Keiser. The latter recited an orig
inal poem emphasizing the Importance OF
freedom, entitled "The Suppression of
the Ages"
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
Congressman Relate Lively
AdpentureSTn Canal Zone
Representative Byrns Colors His Report by Telling
How "Toboqa Bill" Man Eating Shark, Broke
Up Happy Party in Swimming Hole.

Reports, Of Congressional committees
are usually important. but rarely do
they make popular reading. Dealing. a.
a rule. with facts. figures and recon-
mendations, they are lacking In those
touches which probably always will at
tract and hold the attention Of the aver
age citizen with far greater success than
the profoundest reasoning or the most
elaborate collection OF statistics.
But II II were customary for commit
tees to incorporate all the experiences
Of their members in connection with
their duties. many reports would make
decidedly interesting reading. Take for
example the experiences OF those men,
bers of the House Appropriations Com
mittee who went to Panama recently
for the purpose Of holding hearings on
the estimates submitted by the engineers
who are putting the finishing touches to
the canal.
One Of the committeeman, Represent
atiye George White, OF Ohio. found the
trip down to Porta Bella from Colon
"twenty-one miles OF wonderland" He
and his wife, by the way, proved to be
good sailors and saw some sights that
the poorer mariners in the party missed.
II was more impressed" said Mr..
White, with the tremendous activities
Of the United States at Panama by a
single sight right there than by any OF
the finely finished and perfected feats Of
engineering. II was where great slides
of earth had come down upon the piles
which are keeping the Pacific out, and
had turned by their terrific pressure one
end of these great stone works and there
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
BILL PROVIDES RIFLES
FOR use OF SCHOOLS
Kahn Will Present Measure Today
Asking Loan of U. S. Arms to
Encourage Target Practice.
CAPT. CLARK'S CASE TAKEN UP

Representative Julius Kahn. Of Califor-
mia, chairman of the National Defense
League, tomorrow viii introduce in the
House a bill authorizing the Secretary
of War to issue to civilian rife clubs or
ganized under the rules of the national
board for the promotion of rife practice,
and to schools of all kinds where military
training is taught, United States maga-
zine rifles, equipment, and ammunition,
free of cost, for target practice purposes.
The bill has been in preparation for six
months and has the approval of Secretary
Garrison, officials of the War Department
and the national board for the promotion
of rifle practice, of which Assistant Sec
retary of War Breckenridge is president
The measure is designed to stimulate
rifle practice among civilians and in mill
tary schools, and is one of the National
Defense Leagues plans for improvement
Of the means for national defense
throughout the country.
Members of the House and Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee and the admin
istratiOn favor the bill, which is expected
TO become law before the end of this ses-
sion of Congress
Chairman Kahn has taken up with Sec
retary Garrison and the administration
the case OF Capt. Thomas R. Clark, pay
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12

left a projecting point striking sharply
from the canal waters. Rather q mega
tive way OF realizing the depth from the
cut, perhaps. and a matter which Will
be remedied Immediately. but 1t showed
me what q vast undertaking had been
accomplished In the damming up OF 30
much force"
Representative Borland. OF Missouri.
brought out the fact that the committee
went through the canal In a boat, being
the first committee which has done this.
The Congressman got native boy TO
row them out to a sheltered cove while
on one Of their trips which was well
known as q swimming pool. 1t was Mr..
Byrns, Of Tennessee. who happened to
think OF sharks, and he called the boy
to learn IL there were any about Not
understanding the question the boy waved
his arms and cried out brokenly 'Toboga
Bill, maybe him around here" Toboga
Bill was q notorious shark with cham
pionship rating for size and ferocity.
The reply brought q young panic. Never
was there such fuming and fussing and
scrambling as the swimmers struggled
to make record time TO points Of safety.
The boy meanwhile, realizing that the
men thought open-jawed Bill was within
tasting distance, kept crying out and
waving them back.
rs Toboga Bill a man-eating shark" !"
asked Mr.. Byrns. breathlessiy. as he
ciamored up on the rock where the boy
was standing guard.
"Oh, yes" was the nonchalant reply,
but he no eat you," which. when ex-
planned. WAS meant to be reassuring
rather than uncomplimentary.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
Gen. Costello in Town

Gen. d. Costello. of Havana, Cuba
10 in Washington. spending a few days
at the New willard.
Miss Elsie Lehman returned to Syra-
cuse University, New York, after a
holiday visit with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Lehman.
Mr.. Albert C. Bell. OF Chicago, is reg
istered at the Hotel Powhatan.
The Minister OF Switzerland, DIR. Pau
Ritter who spent the later summer and
early winter with his family in Switzer.
land, has returned TO Washington.
The sixty-couple cotillion, which fol
many years was one of the most popular
in Washington, has been reorganized by
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Campbell and will
take place on Tuesday evening. February
10, at Rauscher's.
Mr.. Harvey Thomas. postmaster Of At.
iantic City. N. j., is registered at the
New Willard.
Mrs Dulany Hunter. wife of the Ameri-
can consul In Nice, France, was hostess
last week at brilliant reception. She
was assisted in receiving by a number OF
prominent Washingtonians who are pass
ing the winter at Nice
Mrs. Paul Andrews. OF Newport, r. l..
is spending several days IN Washington
with friends.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
Mrs. Graves Days at Home

Mrs. John Temple Graves will be at
home on Thursday afternoon rand also
will receive on the first and third Thurs
DAYS in February at her residence, ia;
Q street northwest.
Mrs. Mccomas and Miss Muir are
spending the winter at the Grafton
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Rogers. OF New
| York City. are registered at the Hotel
Powhatan.
Representative and Mrs. Samuel WaIlin,
of New York, arrived In Washington
Saturday evening and are at their apart
ment at the Hotel Powhatan.
Miss Eleanora Carroll Morgan. the
popular young daughter of DIR. and
Mrs. James Dudley Morgan, will go to
Baltimore today to attend the third
german Of the Bachelors Cotillion Club
at the Lyric.
Miss Morgan will he the guest of
honor at a large dinner given by Mrs.
Edwin Franklin Abel before the ger
man.
Another washingtonian who will at
tend the Baltimore german is Miss
Katherine Taylor, who will be enter
tanned at a dinner given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Julian Stuart Carter before the dance
Representative and Mrs. L. +. Kin
kaid, OF New Jersey, will reach Wash
ington on Sunday and have taken an
apartment at the Hotel Powhatan.
Mrs. John II. Small and the Misses
Small. wife and daughters of Repre-
sentative Small. of North Carolina, will
arrive in Washington today. and will
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
PLEDGES ANNOUNCED
BY G. W. u. SORORITIES
Three University Societies Send Ou,
Bids Following Gayeties of
Social Season.

Following the brilliant social events oi
the Christmas season and the subsequent
bids for new members, the three Greek
letter sororities OF George Washington
University formally have announced their
new pledges.
Prior to Christmas the nonsNorfty
Students at the university socially were
ignored by the Greek-letter co-eds, in
accordance with the stringent rules
adopted by the Pan-Hellenic Association.
The object of this action was to defer
until the Christmas holidays the intense
rivalry and the social struggle for ad
ditional members.
On Christmas the ban was lifted, and
the long programs of social events were
ushered in There were tango breakfasts,
progressive luncheons, slumber parties
theater parties, receptions. tango teas
hikes, and dances. Finally the festivities
came to an end. and the formal bids for
new members were sent out by the
sororities.
The following are the pledges an
nounced by the sororities:
Pi Beta Phi-Miss Margaret Bell Mrs
Richard c. Burieson. Miss May Roper
Miss Marion True, and Miss Hester Irene
Munger.
Chi Omega-Miss Helen Hotchkiss. Miss
Dorothy Kimball. Miss Pearl Schwarz.
man, Miss Florence Wingatc, and Miss
Genevieve Thomas.
Sigma kappa-Miss Mildred Phoebus
Miss Meta Neumann. Miss Anna Nc
Coach. and Miss Margaret Wilson.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12

/ mentioned. at the .ciusion Of the
article Immediately preceding. that two
courses are open to the dancers when
they start out in the waltz, and directly
after the first step. which the lady takes
forward with her right foot and the man
backward with his left.
The modern waltz being a hesitation
affair, replete with pauses and poses.
the dancers may now either continue
the first three steps in regulation time,
as formerly done. or use the second and
third counts-which come on the weak
for standing quietly on one foot while
the other is deliberately brought up
close to the other.
So many dancers follow this latter
course that it will be well to show a
photograph now. for there is slight
opening OF the position which may be
made more effective by a slight lower
ing of the arms, as is evident in the IL
lustration. Personally, / often change
MY weight from the right to the lef.
leg, taking time to make the necessary
change before recommending the steps.
There is no objection, however, il the
partners SO wish. to begin the waltz
which is now played by musicians at a
decidedly faster tempo than formerly
with series Of straight one-two-three
waltz steps. swinging to the right and
making several revolutions before intro
ducing any Of the hesitation element
Selection Of what course to pursue is
optional with the dancer. Prof William
Pitt Rivers. who believe originated the
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
PLANS TO BID IN PROPERTY.
Arlington Hotel Company Want,
Vermont Avenue Plot.

1t is the plan of the Arlington Hote
Company to bid in property at II stree
and Vermont avenue northwest when Il
is put up for auction January -, accord
ing tofnformation regarded as authentic
This property was to have been the
sold In default Of payment of interest OIL
an $4,000 loan procured by the Arlington
Hotel Company from the Equitable Life
Insurance Society. Of New York. Tho
plot Of ground was purchased by the
company in March. 1911, and in August
1872, the loan was negotiated.
1t is said that the reorganization COM
mittee named last summer to complete
the financial plans now has almost enough
money to go on with the construction
and that after the repurchase the work
will be taken up.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
Southern Ball Boxholders

Among the boxholders for the annual
Southern Relief Ball at the New Willard
on February . are the Admiral OF the
Navy and Mrs. George Dewey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Thropp. Justice and Mrs.
Martin A. Knapp. MIR. and Mrs. Charles
e. McChord. Mrs. John Miller Horton,
Mrs. William Cole. of Tennessee: Mr..
and Mrs. Graeme Harvey. jr., Mrs. W.
w. Dixon, and Miss Temple
The Vice President and Mrs. Thomas
Marshall will assist in receiving the
guests. Others in the receiving line will
be nrs. William Jennings Bryan, Mrs.
Lindley NJ. Garrison. Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, Mrs. Franklin X. Lane. Mrs.
David Houston. Mrs. Claude A. Swan
son, Mrs. Marcus Wright, Mrs. Frederick
Mcclure. and Miss n. r. Heth.
Mrs. Francis Chisolm, who has been
identified with the management of the
ball for several years, will again be chair
man Of the ball committee. Miss Gene
We've Clark will head the young ladies'
committee, and Mr.. Horace westcott.
assisted by Mr.. William T.. Marrow. will
be chairman Of the floor committee.
Mrs. George ID. Rowan and Miss Flor
ence Rowan, OF Los Angeles. Cal. are
spending a few days in Washington. and
are at the New Willard.
Mrs. Charles W. Richardson will be at
home today and the following Mondays,
January 10 and %, at her town home, 1877
Connecticut avenue.
The marriage of Miss Maitland Mar
shall. daughter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
William L. Marshall, and Paymaster
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12

department, District of Columbia Nation
al Guard. who resigned his commission
because Of a ruling by Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury Williams, that time
taken for National Guard service would
be checked against Capt. Clark's eff
cheney record. Mr.. Kahn is endeavoring
TO obtain an ex itive order from the ad-
ministration WI will settle for all time
that a government employe shall not be
Disseminated against in his efficiency rec
ord for time lost from his Office duties
when such time is spent serving his
country as a National Guardsman. In
view of the fact that Secretary Garrison
and the administration are working to
Increase the efficiency OF the National
Guard, it is believed an executive order
covering Capt Clarks case and all other
similar cases which may arise in the fu-
ture will soon be issued by President
Wilson.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
Cardinal Cibbon. Guest

His eminence Cardinal Gibbons was the
guest Of honor at luncheon given by
Mgr Russell yesterday.
The Earl Of Kintore, who arrived In
New York on the Baltic on Saturday,
will come to Washington Wednesday
evening and will remain here until the
end of the week. Much entertaining will
be done in his honor.
The Secretary of the Treasury. Mr..
McAdoo, and the Secretary Of Agricul-
4 rure, Mr.. David Houston. who have been
, spending several days In Boston. have
returned to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis B. Sayre. the
latter formerly Miss Jessie Woodrow
Wilson. have left London for Paris and
will continue their honeymoon for sew
eral weeks in Europe. They are passing
their time quietly. seeing the sights OF
Paris. and have attended no social gath
erings.
DIR. and Mrs. William T. Davis enter
tanned at a reception Saturday from 5
until clock for Mrs. Joseph Hasbrouck
and Miss Anna Moyle, OF San Francisco,
who are spending the winter with them.
Assisting Mrs. Davis were Miss Alma
Ruggles, Misses Dorothy and Margaret
Aleshire, Miss Ethel MacMurray, Miss
Nancy johnson. Miss Eleanora Morgan,
Mrs. Katherine Thiess. and Miss Alice
Moyle. At the tea table were Miss Alice
Shepard. Mrs. B. l. Hardin, and Mrs.
James Dudley Morgan
Among the guests were the Minister
from Peru and Mrs. Pezet, Mrs. Lindley
NJ Garrison, Secretary and Mrs. Lane,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Kerens. Maj. and
Mrs. Gordon. Miss Mary Hoyle. DR.. and
Mrs Thorn Williams. George Oakley,
Mai. Lowe. DIR. and Mrs. Charles w.
Richardson, Dr. and Mrs. Stayeley, Mr..
and Mrs. Ord Preston. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Kahn,
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin. of Tennessee. Mrs.
Louis Bennett. and Miss Agra Bennett
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
The Waltz: Lesson ?
The "Hesiiation"
The Pause Is to the Hesita-
ton What the Pose Is to
the Tango.

one-step, says that 4 finished ballroom
dancer will invariably vary his begin.
ming methods to suit the conditions, for
Ii there be a crowd close at hand il
would be inconsiderate, If not positively
unsafe, to rush ahead with the swiftness
which is now demanded in completing
the one-two-three step in the brief
space of time allowed.
As may be gathered the hesitation
step, or pause. is really useful aside
from its visual appeal for getting out of
awkward positions on dance floor But
apart from this, it is to the hesitation
waltz what the pose is to the tango. In
the next article we will consider the
h.'st open position in the waltz.
Copyright lsI.l
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
Society Doinss in ano AROUND
sssl Ole National Gapital Zee

be at the Cairo for the remainder Of
the winter. Mrs. Small will be ac-
companied by Mrs. J. X. Hoyt and Mrs.
J. @. Blount. of North Carolina, who
will be her guests for several weeks.
Representative and Mrs. George O'Shan-
Messy, of Rhode Island. will return to
the Hotel Powhatan on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mossman. Of Nor
walk, Conn. are at the Hotel Powhatan
as guests Of Mrs. ]. B. Thomas.
Senior Pedro Raphael Cuadra and
family have taken an apartment at the
Hotel Powhatan for the winter.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12

John II. Knapp, u. s. n, will take
place april q, at the Church OF the
Covenant.
The ceremony will be followed by a
reception at the home Of Gen. and Mrs.
Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry St. George Tucker,
of Lexington. Va, are at the New VIII
lard for = short stay.
Mrs. Dan Thew Wright will not be at
home this afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
The NeW Social Dances:
By Mile. Anna Paplowa
They Who Hesitate Are Not
Lost-In the Modern
Waltzes.

(This f. one of series of articles
especially written for this Newspaper
by Mile. Anna PavIows, the greatest
living premiere danseuse, who has
posed with her dascinE partner, Law
renti NovikoG. for each figure. The
dances to be explained and illustrated
are those now In vogue in society ball
roons1
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12

On the map the area of Canada seems
to be double that of the United States.
whereas Canada has 3.72,ss5 square
miles as against 3p26, 7ss Of continental
United States without Alaska.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
Society Couple On Big Game Hunt

Newport. r. l., Jan. u.-Mr. and Mrs
Reginald Norman are en- route to Europe
TO make a tour OF the world
In India they will hunt big game. Mrs
Norman is dead shot with the rife, and
has taken a complete outfit of hunting
articles.
The Normans have rented their farm
to Edward b. Mclean, of Washington.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12
BAND CONCERTS TODAY.

By United States Marine Band Orchextr,-
William H. Santelmann. leader. at BarracAa,
p. IN.
PROGRAM.
Overture, william TelP'. .Rossipi
Meditation from '-Thais... Massenet
Scenes from "Lohengrin''. Wagner
Ballet music. Henry the Eighth"
.--.-....-.-----.--.-----sr- Sairt-Saens
taD Entrance Of the Clans" (bl Scotch
Idyl-" (cl Dance Of the Gypsies"
Symphony, Rural Wedding ...... .Goldmark
tal Wedding Proossion." %, Bridal
song" lc) ''scrcnade." (d Dance"
By United States Soldiers Home Band,
John s. NJ zimmerman. director, STANLEY
Hall. 80 .. m.
March. Uncle Sammy Holman
Overtime. Zzmpa .Heruld
Morcezu. 'Humoresuue" e"...-..........D .Dvorak
Selection. Little Boy Blne". .Bereny
Rag oddity, The Junk Man Rag. Roberts
Medley Of Scotch songs, Songs Of Scot
tIiequested)
fin1le, The Whip p........-.......Ho .Holzmann
The Star spsngied Banner"
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12

By United States Marine Band Orchesta.
William II. Santclmsnn. leader, st Bzrrzcan
The Washington herald., 1914-01-12

The marriage of Miss Maitland Mar
shall. daughter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
William L. Marshall, and Paymaster
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
Esquire Thomas Sanders Dead.

Thomas Sanders, for four years q
member OF the Ohio County Fiscal
Court, died at his home near Cane
Run church, 8 miles from Olaton
Wednesday evening at O'Clock. He
had been ill only a few days with
pneumonia when the end came. He
was buried yesterday at Cane Run
burying ground in the presence of
large number of friends. Esquire
Sanders term as magistrate in
Sulphur Springs district ended with
the year 1913. He was good citizen
and will be greatly missed in his
community.