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The Washington times., 1914-01-01

Miss Rosina Einotti is spending the
New Year holiday with relatives in
Philadelphia Miss Pauline Finotti, her
sister, Is in New York city, the guest
Of DR.. and Mrs. William ". Doran, the
latter sister.
The Washington times., 1914-01-01
Or. Scott Sails For Europe.

Jr. James Brown Scott, secretary OF
he Carnegie Endowment for Interna-
tona' Peace. sailed for Europe Tues
|py. accompanied by Mrs. Scott. DR..
3ptt win spend about a month attend
70 business Of the endowment al
Is. London. and The Hague.
The Washington times., 1914-01-01
GERMAN ORPHANS
OBSERVE HOLIDAY
Inmates Of Asylum At Anacostia Entertain Thousand Vsiers
With Christmas Tree and Entertainments Bulldog That
Terrorized Neighborhoo cd Gets Quietus in Bullet

4 son, the pastor. The watch night meet
ing in the Anacostia NJ. E. Church last
| ed for one hour. Addresses by the kev.
George w. Fowler, OF M.ddletown.
the pastor. with testimony service by
the church members, constituted the
program.
Young people held several dancing
parties to see the departure Of the
Teresa's Parochlal School hall, where
the church choir gave dance for some
friends.
Today was holiday heye, and church
services occupied the time OF many. In
st. Teresa's Church large congregations
attended the two services. which were
held at 6 o'clock and at O'Clock. It
is a holiday of obligation.
The patients at st. Elizabeths, while
hot observing the day in any special
manner, were reminded Of the holiday
by the kestowsl upon them of a portion
OF their Christmas gifts In the form
Of tobacco, pipes, fruit and other gifts.
The day was a quiet one among the
insane, as the hospital was closed in
its oftice and business departments and
the shops were shut down.
A stray bulldog, which has fright
ened people in the Hillsdale region for
morning at o'clock by Peter Craig,
colored. The dog attacked William
Owens, q white man. on wednesday af-
ternoon. Owens was bitten on the
left hand. The bulldog then ran away,
but created more excitement this morn
ing.
Residents OF southern Maryland, Soc
Of whom sent petitions to Congress and
to the Commissioners to have an appro-
pr1ation made for improving PennsH-
vanla avenue extended. between Twin
ing City and the District line are dis
appointed greatly at the failure Of the
Commissioners to recommend this work
In their estimates to Congress. A dele
cation has been formed among the resi-
dents OF the community named to make
further representations to Congress IN
an EFFORT TO have the appropriation in
serted In the District bin In the Senate.
Funeral services for Frederick w.
Bergman. well known in Suitland,
Prince George county, Nd, who died
Saturday last, aged sixty-nine years,
were held Tuesday afternoon. The body
was inferred In Prospect Hill Cemetery,
following service at the home OF Mrs.
H. C. Clark, a sister, at 1l3 W street
northwest. Mr.. Bergman was a resi-
dent Of Suitland.
Miss Rosina Einotti is spending the
New Year holiday with relatives in
Philadelphia Miss Pauline Finotti. her
sister, Is in New York city, the guest
Of DR.. and Mrs. william v. Doran, the
latter sister.
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Window. and the change of her boiler
furnaces from coal to oil burning type.
He will leave at once for Galveston
ard will be absent from the depart
meut for several weeks
Third Lieut.. l.. V. Keilhorn. from the
cutter Yamacraw. WAS Il visitor to and
registered at the department in the
past week.
orders for the week are as follows:
First Lieut. c. w. cairnes. detailed
by department as member of interde-
partmental board to consider light al
lowances of officers.
First Lieutenant of Engineers IL. l..
Boyd, recommended Cor promotion to
rank OF senior engineer, vice Captain
OF Engineers ". Pedrick. retired.
Third Lieut.. II Donohue. preparatory
orders to Androscoggin for engineer
ing duty.
Third Lieut.. 6. ". Maciane. prepara-
tory orders to Gresham.
Second Lieut.. X. W. Denlpwol! pre-
paratory orders to Pamlico.
First Lieutenant OF Engineers W. e.
Myers. detached ThetiS to Nissahickon.
First Lieutenant OF Engineers Z. y.
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Wheeler. preparatory orders TO Tus-
carors.
Curtiss. preparatory orders to Tybee
Second Lieutenant OF Engineers L. J.
ker preparatory orders to Ttasca.
Second Lieutenant OF Engineers NJ \.
Boyle, preparatory orders to MohaMk X
Second Lieutenant of Engineers A. "A.
Bixby, detached Manning.
Capt C. l.. Garden. detail to Pan
anna Pacific international exposition
extended one month.
Second Lieut. r. T. Munro. detached
Morrill, November l. to Yamacraw.
granted twentN-seNen days leave on
route.
Third Lieut. l.. V. keilhorn. prepara-
tory orders to Pamlico for engineering
duty
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APACHE REPAIRED, GOES
At ONCE TO SAVE BOAT
Hurries to Sturgeon Point to Help
the Magnolia, Reported
Ashore.
Seminole About Ready to Resume
Service-Revenue Cutter Orders
of Week.

Ean.irs ~ the crtter An,nh. ,,i,irb
nave oeeh III progress AT the Aruhuel
Cove repair depot of the service for
the past two weeks, have been complet =
ed and the vessel has returned 10 sow,
g.. c,,. 49,, ,,au,,.
- IN A"' so leu away ii'i''
the repair COCKS, When she was sent on
a mission to the mouth of the Kappa
hammock river to aid the hay schooner
N,pno,i. renorted ,sbors nv, S+,r,,ao,
- "'' e'''
po'ii''
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Flows Through Flat Country.
Scott Takes Oath of Office.

NEW YORK, November -Marsdcn
g. Scott took tn" oath Of Office as
PRECEDENT of the International Typo
gra rhicdl Union at a dinner given in
hi@ honor yesterday by 400 of his
friends. Among In" speakers were
samuel "'"mpcrS. president of the
American Federation of Labor. James
~ lynch. stat" commissioner of laLor.
and john Mitchell, state compensation
, commissioner
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Acushnet Saves Schooner.

Ashore on the coast of Nantucket
Island. i'll the vicinity of Siasconset.
the fishing schooner Emma was III
grave danger OF destruction from the
waves of the Atlantic had u shift come
in the wind. message vas sent the
cutter Acushnet at Woods Hole. Mass.
asking for aid and the cutter hurried
to the point where the schooner lay
Some little effort required to float
her. but this was finally accomplished
and the Emma was taken into u safe
harbor.
The little harbor cutter Patrol. en-
pioyed in patrol duty at Chicago. found
the steamship NJ. y. Haudlee ashore in
Lake Michigan near Chicago. Though
the steamer was many times larger
than the cutter. the latter was able
to float her and saved her from serious
damage.
A report from the commanding officer
of the cutter Yamacraw. Oh the Savan-
nah station. tells of the picking up
adrift of "A handsome power yacht. the
Wiki, and OF returning her TO her own
er at Savannah. The vessel had broh-
en- adrift from her moorines and was
going down the river with wind ana
current when the men on the wanna
craw saw her. A launch from the CUT
ter was dispatched after the runaway
boat and took her back to safe moor
ines.
orders directing the commanding Of
fcers of cutters from Maine to Florida
10 make ready for the starting OF the
winter cruising season, December l.,
viii he se"t out ia tac next week Oh
ten days.
the question Of neutrality iii the Euro
rean war is uoE 50 we'll Known 70
ehipmastcrs that there is no further
necessity for the maintenance. OF ne
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Three Chinese Sorrows.

My. Davis said that soon after ar
irving in China he talked with DIR.
WI Ting Fang. former Chinese min
i~tcr to this country. DR.. WI said
that they call the Yellow river or
Huanc Ho the Chinese sorrow, but
China has three sorrows-the Yellow
river. the Huai and the West river.
SAID Mr.. Davis. The American in
vestigaIion board devoted its attention
10 the HUai river. although it made q
hricf examination of the yellow river
TO determine what would happen if 1t
should leave its banks and change its
present course.
when we arrived we consulted
Chang Chen, chairman OF the Chinese
ccnSerVancy board. and found that the
board had had quite q numher OF sur
veys made. though almost exclusively
If elevators. These found would
But there. was Il total absence of any
~c,-callcd water inforUation-that is.
information dealing with the amount
OF rainfall and stream flow. Esti-
hc quite. useful in our investisat lions.
mathis. This WIS one OF tire problems
which confronted the American board.
The hoard found il physically prac-
rical and commercially feasible to re-
love from perpetual Submergence half
= million acres of land. to greatly i'm
prove tho flood conditions of about
-.oon nnn acres by providing channels
aud djkcS. More than 100000 acres of
reclaimed land can be irrigated. and
,u irrigatGof supply TOR a much larger
area can he improved.
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ate, and after being in committee a
few days was reported out. 1t was
amended and sent to conference. 1t
came out of conference May II. 1872,
and May IL, 1912, was sent to the Sc ere
tary OF State One year and fifteen
days later Secretary of state Bryan
proclaimed the amendment. his office
having received notice from the secre-
taries of state of three -fourths of the
states of the Union that their common
wealths had ratified the amendment.
The states in which the people Will
vote for United States senators tomor-
row are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas.
California. Colorado. Connecticut, Fiori-
da. Georgia. Idaho. Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana.
Maryland. Missouri. Nevada. New
Hampshire. New York. North Carolina.
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South
Dakota. Utah, Vermont, Washington
and Wisconsin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-02

Frank Marapodi. convicted III the
United States court at Baltimore o.
violating the federal white slave act /.
when lie took camilla Martucci. thir :
teen years old. 10 the mountains OF
West Virginia last July. was sentenced
to ten years in the federal PRISON at
Atlanta ga the maximum penalty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-02

capt F. H. Iberrotil. who until
few months ago was in charge of per
sornel and operations of the service.
will today take command OF the cutter
Seminole at Baltimore and will take
her to Savannah for duty.
Constructor +. \. Hunnewell has been
ordered TO Galveston. Tex. for duty
IN connection with the alterations TO
he made to the hull OF the cutter
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Harry st. G. Tucker
Fathered Amendment.

Fathered Amendment. Fifty third
Congresses, introduced resolutions to
amend the Constitution to permit the
direct election of senators. Secretary
of State Bryan then was memher OIL
Congress from Nebraska. He worked
with Mr. Tucker to have the resoiu-
ton adopted by the House. Their eff
forts were successful. The first one
adopted by the House was never heard
of again after it reached the Senate.
Toward the end of the FIFTY third Con
gress the Senate reported adversely on
the resolutionadopted i'll the first ses-
sion of that Congress by the House.
In the F'ifty-fourth Congress a Senate
committee reported a resolution adopt
ed by the House. but the Senate itself
took no action on il. May II. le9S.
resolution amending the Constitution
was again passed in the House ny :.
vote of 1s5 to H. This resolution mot
the same fate in the Senate as its pred
ecessors April 13. 1900. the House
again passed a resolution. \ senate
committee got it and did not allow it
to come out. BY virtually a unanimous
vote the House February -, 1902, pass
ed Il resolution. and 1t, too. was ElVHt u
final resting place IN ono OF the sen
ate committees.
December 10. 1909, Senator Rristow
of Kansas introduced resolution IN
the Senate providing for the dlrect
election of senators. and asked that
the resolution be referred to the com
mittee on judiciary. At the time OF
Introduction Senator BristoW sand inc
resolution was in substance the sam"
as those adopted by the House in 1898.
1900 and 19o2. January II. lell, more
than a year after the resolution was re-
| fcrred to the committee on judiciary,
substitute resolution was reported to the
Senate February IS. 1911, the Senate
fsIy lad
by four votes CT having the necessary
two-thirds majority In April. 1912
Senator B-istow again introduced Il
resolution. In the meantime. the House
of Representatives adopted a resolution
in the same form was reported to
the Senate in the previous SESSION.
Progress marked the movement of tn"
House resolution. 1t went to the Ser
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Bear Reaches Seattle.

From her summer cruise in Alaskan
waters and in the Arctic ocean. the cut
ter Bear has arrived at Seattle with
the officers and men of the cutter TIA
homa, which was lost on an unmarked
shoal, many miles from land in the
north Atlantic, in the vicinity Of the
Aleutian Islands. The only cutter now
in Alaskan waters is the Manning
which is employed in gathering up the
last threads of the seasons work il
the far north. and it is expected that
she will start south within the next
two weeks after all commercial vessels
leave Alaskan waters for the tnitco
States
While the cutter Miami was at st
Petersburg, FLA. early in the week she
was called upon by the master of a
schooner to keep a lighter laden witt
IRON pipe. which the vessel was unload
ing, from sinking. The cutter re-
sponded to the request and the llghtcl
was taken into shoal water, where II
she sank little difficulty would be hat
in raising her.
The cutter Pamlico. at Newhexn, y
c., was called upon 70 aid in floating
the barge Emma and Mamel. which had
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advocated the mea sure he introduced in
the Senate. President Johnson favored
also the abolition of the electoral col
lege.
Not until 1873 WAS another move
made in the Senate to change the sys-
TEN. In that year Senator Harlan OF
Iowa and Senator Window of Mime
sofa each introduced resolution to
change the method of selecting sena-
tors These resolutions never got far
theT than the Senate committee on
privileges and elections resolution
introduced By Senator Wright of Iowa
in 1876 was sent to the same commit
tee and met the same fate as the
others. Senator Van Wyck of Nebras-
ka introduced resolution for chang
ing the method of selecting United
States senators. This resolution was
sent 20 the Senate committee on Jul
dietary where it stayed. In 1855 Sena-
tor Mitchell of Oregon introduced
resolution on the subject. 1t. too, was
laid away in some committee.
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U. S. Reclamation Engineer
Davis Back From Investi-
eating Causes.
ABLE TO CONQUER BOTH
OVERFLOW AND DROUGHT
Experts Await Information From
Native officials Before Cackling
Job to Reclaim Lands.

Back from the region of twenty-nNe-
inch rainfans in forty-cight hours. the
region Of the three Chinese SORROWS,
A. p Davis. chief engineer OF the
United States reclama ton service. ana
A member of the beard Of American ensl-
neers sent to China hy the American fed
cross to study the Hood and drought
conditions with a view to preventing
tho famirics there. today outlined
~ q reporter for The Star some OF the
problems confronted There. Bat. he
said. the obstacles; can he surn counted.
/. al in SIX years. for an amount in the
rlcicht,orhocd OF $4,000. GOO. Then the
DESTRUCTIVE" fau4incs would practically
h., !! thing of the past in this unusually
fich. though At present Improbable
Agricultural country Improbable
through destruction by foods of the
crops the inhabitants seek TO raise.
The other members OF the commits
son OF investigation are Col. W. F.
Slhert ln!tei states Army. Corps Of
engineers. and Prof. ID. w. Mead, pro-
lessor OF hydraulic and sanitary engi-
reerius in the University of Wiscon-
sin.
The problem Is an immense one. deal
tn- with Food lands ami with periods
OF extreme drought, and with streams
that nave "A fan Of only thirty feet in
-,tnt miles But the American board
SAYS il can he done. although the
chinese authorities have had left with
them Instructions for compiling certain
DATA which Will lie sadly needed be-
fore the actual work can be begun.
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stranded in the Neuse river. The cut
ter. with a tugboat. made repeated eff
forts to pull the vessel into deep water
hut owing to the low water in the river
the enort was unsuccessful and has
been abandoned for the time being. un
til the winds cause full tides at New
be rn.
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SENATORIAL ELECTIONS.
By Frederic J. Haskin,

In twenty-nine states the general
elections tomorrow Will he historical l.
They will mark the beginning of a
new epoch both in these states and in
the nation generally.
For the first time in the history OF
general elections in the United States
the people in thirty-two states Will
vote directly for United states sena-
tors In three of these states-Ala-
bama. Georgia and Maryland-in spe-
cial elections the voters once before
have selected directly their United
States senators. In these states the
people tomorrow will again vote Tor
United States senator's.
The seventeenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, ma"-
ing it mandatory for the several states
of the Union to select their United
states senator's by direct vote Of the
neople. was signed and proclaimed
Nav 81, 1913. In the three states
named the new system received trial.
hut m the rest of the Union it has
not.
Under the old system instead Of vot-
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State Legislatures
Selected Senators.

SeleCItu 0CIldtoio. vote for mem
bers of their state legislatures in addi-
ton to other state officers, and TOT
members of the national House of Rep
resentatives In some of these states
the legislatures selected tomorrow
would name the United States senator.
In others the legislatures which will
be succeeded by those selected tomor-
row would already have named the
United States senators.
Until within the last decade voters,
particularly in the eastern, northern
and western states, did not, as rule,
trouble themselves to ascertain from
the candidate for the Legislature whom
the latter favored for the United
states Senate. Various causes are held
TO have been responsible for this at
titude. but ii is apparent that the long
time which elapsed between the time
the legislators were elected ana ihe
date for the legislatures to select the
United States senator had much to do
with bringing about this attitude. The
voters were prone to believe that If the
candidate for the legislature "sized up
on the more important state issues he
would vote right" when 1t came time
70 name a United States senator.
The last twenty years saw decided
change, both in the attitude OF the
voter and the conduct of the legislator
in the matter OF Selec'lns th'ee"
States senator. Agitation by younger
clements in the parties, the change OF
,ttitrde on the part of the general
nllblic with respect to the relations
betw,eu some legislators and corpora
lions resulted i'll the voters asking.
in many instances, of the candidates
for the legislature pertinent questions
regarding their choice for United States
| senator's In the last ten years many
states adopted preferential PRIMARY
u.steus Of selecting candidates for the
! J;nited States Senate, and. In some
! states. q statewide primary to setec.
/ - candidate for the United states sen
/ ate for whom the Legislature "d"
| morally bound to vote.
! IIi.,ory states the trainers Of the
! Constitution were not in accord whe1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-02

A gum has been discovered in large
quantities in the Malay peninsula
that yields from ~ to 20 per cent pure
rubber.
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Harry St. George Tucker of Virginia,
a member of the House of Representa-
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New Novelty
FdbriCCOATS

Dressy coats of chinchilla. Zibc
lines. Arabian lamb and novelty
mixtures: fun length, and de-
cidediy drsssy. Many of them
have been modelled after late
Partisan STYLES. Some are lined
to waist, others full lined with
yarn-dycd satin. Collars are
large, in the shawl effect. Big
turn back cuffs and belt backs
are other features that add to
their attractiveness. The general
s1-le lines of these handsome coats
will instantly place them in ia
vor with fsshiona bic women.
Various colors and black.
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Under the old system instead Of vot-
ing for United States senators the peo-
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History states the trainers OF inc
Constitution were not in accord wien
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The WinSOme
Silk Dresses

The sketch shows one of the
dozens of models. They are IN
the most Fashionable OF styles,
basaue<. modified aasques ANA
long tunic effects. They have
the pretty pea SAINT sleeves aud
the newest skirts, some pleat-
ed. others plain: SofteninS
touches OF lace at the neck and
sleeves. The chic fare collar of
white satin is distinctive
Paris idea. Several models are
made UP in fine serge and satin;
also velvet aud satin. Other
materials include silk poplin.
satin ducheSse and mesSaline.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-26
ARMY DESERTERS FEWER
THAN EVER IN ITS HISTORY
Annual Report OF Judge Advocate
General Crowder shows Rate
of 81 Per Cent. 4;

WASHINGTON. October 25.-Deser-
tons in the United States Army last
year were lower by many hundreds than
over before In its history, according to
the annual report OF Judge Advocate
General l.. II. Crowder. The records
showed rate OF 81 per cent, but de
Guctlng the number of cases, which
proved upon investigation to have been
erroneously included. OF soldiers who
had simply overstaSed their leaves. tn g.
actual percentages was only 2.f5. t$
This low rate Is attributed In large
part to the beneflcent legislation by
Congress mitigating the treatment Of
peserters and other military Offenders.
General Crowder declares that his study
OF the subject Inns convinced him that
1t is not practicable for either Congress
or the War Department to do much
more than already has been done by,
way of mitigating service conditions as
n means OF limiting and controlling de-
sertions. The causes of desertioh. he
believes, now lie principally outside OF.
the service.
General Crowder holds that there can,
be no question as to the success OF the
detention barracks system, which is
now In Its inception. The progress made
SO FUR IS distinctly encouraging, and
the new system Will be justified X even
"a small percentage Of the inmates OF
the detention prison are returned to the
colors and render satisfactory service !