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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24
HOLD A GARDEN FETE.
Colonial School for Girls Entertaips
for Alumnae.

The Colonial School for Girls enterta ~
ed at garden fete for the alumnae last
night at the seminary, 1928 Connecticut
avenue northwest Greek dances and
tableaux of events that have occurred III
the life of the school featured the enter
tainment
Inc dance of the Greek maidens n
which small yellow balloons We're tossed
to and fro. probably was the most al
tractive of the dances shown although
the frefy dance. using Pickering elec-
trio torches, also won great applause.
The garden was decorated with Japanc-e
lanterns.
Those who participated in the danci:ia
and tabeaux included Ruth Person New
Jersey: Edna Kohmann. New Jersey
Marion Williams. New Jersey: Norma
klindt. Iowa: Sophia Stewart. Georgia
Naomi Moerke Wisconsin; Dorothy
Georgen. Mississippi: Olive Folsom,
Massachusetts: Dorothy Matcham. Penn.
sylvania: Johanna Remer Michigan
Eleanor Mierke. Ohio: Alliene Blake
Pennsylvania Esther Clyde. New YORK
and Agnes Piper. Pennsylvania
Miss Charlotte Crittenden Everett. prin
cipal of the school, was in charge.
This morning at 10 o'clock Miss Eliza.
beth Il. Eermilye is to address the school
on Americas Problems-W oman's Part
in the Solution.
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ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Or. L. M. BIackford, Prominent
Educator, Dead.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY
Rebuilding of Lighting Plant to Be-
gin Monday-General and
Personal News.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY
Special Correspondence Of The star

Special Correspondence Of The star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, May Cdr.
Launcelot Minor Blackboard, one of the
best known educators in the SOUTH and
until nearly year ago principal of the
Episcopal High School died at 2:3O
O'Clock this afternoon at his country
home. Greenwood near the Episcopal
High School, Fairfax county. west of
Alexandria.
The death of DR.. Blackboard followed a
long illness. He had been in failing health
for long time and a year ago was
stricken with paralysis. from which he
never fully recovered.
Dr. Blackford was seventy-seven Years
old, having been born in Fredericksburg.
Va. February %. 1897. Besides his wife.
he leaves five sons-Dr John Blackboard
Rochester. Mimi: Amber. Randolph Fair
fax. Launcelot Minor. jr.. and Starge
Blackboard. all OF Seminary Hill
DR.. Blackfords funeral viii take place
at O'Clock Tuesday afternoon from the
chapel at the Episcopal Theological Semi
nay. 1t will be attended by the high
school students in a body. together with
the members of the faculty and many OF
the officials of the Episcopal Theological
Seminary of Virginia.
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coming down a path toward him. and the
same primeval stiffness lay over the
streets outside not counting the 1cono-
elastic rattle Of passing cars.
The man limped because Of a stiff leg
that had to be helped out with a cane,
and it was slow limp because. again.
his architecture included a bay-window
front incompatible with high speed. He
carried a newspaper-Star. of course-and
was numbering toward a tree-shaded
bench, When-
Something in the grass caught his eye.
1t must have been an important find.
for, stiff and stout as he was, he made
an elaborate effort to reach down to it
and failed.
Then he Strengthened up. gave jiu-
jitsu twist to his body and tried to stoop
sideways. He failed again.
Nobody wants to be ofticious, but the
lone person who had come along and was
about to pass thought 1t might be
case Of dropped specs, or something
vital like that, and volunteered first aid.
Thank. you, madame 1 would very
much like to have one Of these white
clovers If might tax your kindness
The lone person picked exactly one
clover from the white powdered grass,
and handed it to him. The man accept
ed it with a bubble Of confidence due the
occasion.
These little blooms take me back
half century to the farm that was my
home when I was a boy.
The woman smiled appreciative recog-
milton of the sentiment as she passed
on; the man numbered over to his bench
and-well, that was really all there
was to 1t except
When a stiff, stout man. over fifty, can
carry about with him enough honest
boyhood to prize clover top for the
sake Of its associations the world can't
be half SO bad as the cynics "ouio nave
US believe.
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Just Junk:


A woman was looking over shuttle
of old photogra phs in basket outside the
door of secondhand shop. On the
table with the basket was pile of musty
novels-paper backs-a couple Of mil
dewed prints in fiy-specked frames, and
a pile of tattered music. Presently
another woman stopped to investigate
the books. and the first woman, recos-
nizing a kindred spirit held out a faded
picture.
1t was the likeness of a wartime
young lady with flowing ringlets and a
plaid silk frock-over hoopskirts.
These cards must have been taken
out of some old album. If / was to
come across the picture OF anybody be-
longing to me in a place like this I'd
Here's somebody's mother.
Mother was faded and time
blotched gentlewoman in black silk,
fastened at the throat with a cameo pin,
and with lace mantle over her Shout
derS.
ITS a right hard world, isn't it," 1t
was the basket-woman's comment, she
turned to go.
Yes, and it's right good world,
too
AS the bookwoman put in her amend
ment she also began to ro,. in the bas-
ket that the other had left.
In the jumbo of album cards were
soldiers and statesmen of the civil war.
one a debonair young Zouave. labeled
Ellsworth; bushy- bearded man with
a signature that defied time. Yours
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FIND BATTERED WRECK
OF u|GHTSH|P HALIFAX
Six Bodies Recovered; Little Hope
Held of Finding of Crew of
Twenty-Five Alive.

HALIFAX, n. s., May 23.-The bat
tered hulk of the new lightship. Halifax
No. 49, was found among the breakers on
Liscomb Island. five miles from the main
land. today. She struck in the dense
fog which has enshrouded the coast for
several days, and it is believed her crew
of twenty-five Scotchmen are lost
Six bodies, bearing life belts. have been
recovered tonight by the steamer Duff
FERN. Both lifeboats which the vessel
carried were found.
A search of the little rocky islands in
the vicinity was made in the hope that
some of the crew may have been able
to get through the surf alive.
Word reached the Canadian marine de-
partment here tonight that the hull of
the lightship was broken in two.
Was on Maiden Voyage.
The ship was on her maiden voyage
from her builders yards at Paisley, Scot
land, to take up her station off Sambro
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Resigns Principalship.

Owing to infirmities DR.. Blackford ten
dered his resignation as principal of the
high school June 10, 1915: He was sue
ceeded in that position by Prof. A. R.
Hoxton. His resignation came after for
ty-three years of continuous service, dur
ing which time he had endeared himself
to thousands of students who passed
through the school.
DR.. Blackford received his education in
the private schools and at the University
of Virginia. At the Institution named he
received the degree of Master of Arts in
1860
At the outbreak of the civil war DR.
Blackford enlisted as a private in the
Rockbridge Artillery. He was four years
in the service of the Confederacy, coming
out with the rank of captain. Following
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24
SWEDEN'S DEFENSE PLANS.
Governments Bill Proposes Eight
Battleship Program.

STOCKHOLM, May 23.-The govern
ment's defense bill. which has been In
troduced in the Swedish parliament. pro-
yides for the annual expenditure of 3d.
co., 200 kroner approximately $15.bO0.OO0)
for the army and 100000 kroner for
the navy. The new program for ma
tional defense includes the construction
Of eight battleships of the Sverige type
and sixteen destroyers, and also au-
thorizes a new levy for defense pur-
poses, which it is expected will realize
rs, 100000 kroner. This will be borne to
a large extent by the weather. classes.
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PRESIDENT TO BE CHOSEN.
Electors Will Be Selected in Santo
Domingo June z.

sANTo DOMINGO. May pa decree
has been issued by President Bordas fix
ing June as the date for the election
Of the presidential electors. who will
meet June Is for the election of a presi-
dent The president will take Office
July l.
According to reports received here the
revolution in the northern part Of the
have proposed several forms of final set
tlement. which, however. have not been
accepted by the government.
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truly, 'Wigfall =; Ada Isaac Men
kin. as Mazeppa; Maggie Mitchell, as
Fanchon; an almost effaced figure, as If
somebody's tears had helped time in its
destruction, of my dear son. Arthur,
taken two years before his DEATH
Each of these photographs. resurrected
from the plush-and-clasp atrocity that
had entombed them for decades and dec
AIDES of years. could be had for Il cent
each" So the woman collected the lot
from a mess of notices. floriated bust
ness cards and other half-century-old
trash. and went in the store and handed
the proprietor a quarter and three pen
MES.
Making collection" he asked in a
voice charged with regret that he had
not doubled his price. The woman re-
lieved his mind.
NO. 1 am going to burn them
1t was a debt to sentiment that had
to be paid.
To the unframed eye he was an ordi-
nary dago-man going through the Cap
itol grounds in the dusk, but
To the gifted expert who can put two
and two together and make five of it he
was blackhand story, turned human.
His eyes. generously black. were equal
to a bomb apiece, and you could tell
that he had just the hands for lighting
fuse-provided you know fuse when
you see it, or have had demonstrations
as to how the thing is done. OF course,
you couldn't exactly see the dynamite in
his pocket, but there was a sinister
bulge
The dago man. as if for the purpose
of enlightenment. took. the bulge from
his pocket, but it wasn't a sinister. 1t
was an orange-a three-for- FLYER. I'M
less you run a push cart, which would
make it two cents less.
Maybe the dago man was in the
fruit cart trade, but it wasn't a cart
that he was pushing. 1t was a babYs
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carriage. And in it was a little girl
about three sizes too big. Her bits Of
pipestem legs dangled inertly over the
front and the pillow on which her head
lay was high up on the let-back hood.
1t was a dark little head; the kind
that looks beautiful, with the hair
parted with silky smoothness to out
line the shape and give the forehead
chance. There was pathetically
frivolous little bow Of pink ribbon, and
a string of coral beads. obviously from
the reefs back home. lay on the breast
of the little white frock-badly laun-
dered.
It was the yellowy wax pallor of the
child's skin that made the pink bow pa
thetic-that with the touch Of gray
done-with-life limpness of the yell
lowy wax hands.
So the dago man took the orange
from his pocket and leaned over the
carriage to hold 1t up with pretense
of teasing. She tried to smile back
at him and hold out hand, but-there
are some things in this world one can
not do-eved.
The man put the orange in the angle
of her arm, Strengthened the little
frock with womanish tenderness and
went back to pushing the carriage with
slow gentleness through the green
gray dusk.
their abilities. thoroughly versed in the
And to a woman who sometimes likes
to walk alone in quiet places IL searued
that If she herself were only q gifted
expert who could make five out Of two
and-two. she would be able to see an
other fgure-itself shadow Of the dusk
darkened into twilight
be Death.
All of which is to thank God for the
city's green places where man may
take his sick child.
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chairman: n. NJ. Brooks, Louis P. Shoe
maker A. Hart and ]. Harry jerks.
Glenwood, Prospect Hill and St Mary s
cemeteries-George H. Thomas Post, No.
10. Edwin 7. Atkinson, commander. with
Richard J. Harden Camp. No. .. United
Spanish War Veterans. commander. and
George H. Thomas Camp, No. II. Sons OF
Veterans. Robert NJ. Eyler, commander.
Mount Olivet cemetery-Lincoln Camp,
No :, Sons of Veterans. DR.. Joseph H.
Wood. commander: Gen. NJ. Emmett Urell
Camp, No. o. L. S. w. Y.
Oak Hill and Holy Rood cemeteries
Gushing Camp No. 30. Sons Veterans.
Arthur B. Baringer. commander: Lieut..
r. j. Harden Camp. No. >. L; 5: W. v.
st. Elizabeth contemplation A.
Gushing Camp. No. III. Sons OF Veterans.
c. W Mccartney. commander: Gen. Ar
thur Macarthur Garrison, No "A, A. and
n. L.
Harmony cemetery ard Northeast Ar
ington cemetery-Charles r. Douglass.
Commander Post No. II chairman with
Guy V. Henery Garrison, No. .. A. and
n. L.
Department officers of the G. A. f. are:
Department commander DR.. J. X. Glee-
son: senior vice department commander.
l.. II. Patterson: junior vice department
commander. Hazard Wheeler: medical
director, DR. Thomas Calver: chap ain.
Rev. \. Fl. Holmes; assistant adjUtant
general. Osborn II. Oldroyd: assistant
quartermaster general. Francis l.. Nc
kenna: judge advocate. George ii.
French: chief mastering officer, Henry
A. Johnson; inspector, Stanton Weaver.
and patriotic instructor. Q. S. Wiley
Past department commanders, \. Fl. q.
Richardson. George E Corson. Harrison
Dingman, Charles c. Royce. Samuel S.
Burdett. Newton NJ. Brooks. jerome B.
Burke William S. Odell, ]. NJ. Pipes. A
f. Dinsmore, S. F.. Faunce. Nathan
Bckford. John McElroy. Thomas s. Hop
kins. Arthur Hendricks, Calvin Farms
worth. George Fl. Slaybaugh. Israel ".
Stone. B. F. Bingham. I. G. kimball. A.
Hart A P. Tasker B. P. Entr:kin. New
ton Ferree. John S. Walker. f. H. Hol-
brook. H. A. Johnson. George c. Ross.
j. d. Bloodgood and Thomas H. Mckee.
Past senior vice department command
ers. L. =. Williams. A. J. Huntoon, a
F. Medford and ]. H. Hewlett
Past junior vice department command
ers. c. A. Fleetwood. J. H. Jochum. Ava
s Taber. b. T. Janney. ]. E McCabe.
Richard Bennett and all past post COM
mauderS
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Smoot & Co, Incorporated. this city.
while driving large truck automobile
near the Potomac railroad yards this af-
ternoon was injured when the machine
went over an embarrassment at that point.
Mullen was brought to the Alexandria
Hospital and treated by DIR. NJ. ID. Du-
laney for cut on the head and bruises.
after which he left for his home
General Mention.
Members of K. l.. Lee Camp, Confeder-
ate Veterans. will meet in their nall on
; Prince street at go O'Clock Monday att
ernoon fer the purpose of participating in
! the annual memorial day exercises, which
will be held at 6 o'clock that evening at
| the monument at Washington and Prince
streets
number of pupils OF the .Nexandria
High School will take part in the de-
claiming contest at Lee School Friday
night The winner Of the contest will be
presented with gold medal.
But one more week remains ~ the cam
pagn for collecting funds for the cree
| ton of new building for the Alexandria
Hospital.
The Junior Auxiliary of Christ p. L.
Church tonight gave May Romance
on the lawn at Washington and Queen
streets.
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Service This Morning.

The annual memorial service of William
B. Gushing Camp. No. 30. Division OF
Maryland, Sons of Veterans. [. S. "A. is
scheduled to be held this morning at
Grace Baptist Church. 9th and d streets
southeast The program includes the
sounding of assembly BY BuElel r. l.
Oakley, salute to the flag, solo by r.
Albert Lang, memorial Sunday sermon by
Rev. F. w Johnson. pastor of the
church: duet. Misses Mildred Smith and
Luella Z. Jacobs, obituary reading, W. L..
Garlick and taps. Bugler Oakley
Thomas Camp and Lincoln Camp, 5. OF
V, as well as the Daughters of Veterans
and the Auxiliary to William b Gushing
Camp, have been invited to attend TINS
service. as have also the Burnside Grand
Army Post and its Woman's Relief
Corps, and Sheridan Post. Farragut Post.
Thomas Post and their several reieI
corps The Sons will meet at 9th street
and Pennsylvania avenue and march to
the church behind the colors.
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Consider crows:
A farmer man was going along bust
ness street up Georgetown way when.
above the clash of traffic. he heard
sound that caused him to look upward:
And there on chimney ledge perched
a crow shr1lling out his:
Cav, cav. cav
II you live anywhere In that neigh
borhood you can't help being acquainted
with that crow because Of his-but that
isn't in this story.
neck, another man, in passing, paused to
inquire fraternaliy:
pet Of yours got away?"
The answer went of like an explosion:
What in thunder do you suppose a
farmer wants with a crow except to shoot
him? I'm plagued to death every year
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Japanese Diplomat Dead.

PEK1NG. May 23-Kokichi Nrzuno,
first secretary Of the Japanese legation
here and formerly consul general in New
York. died suddenly today at the age Of
forty-one.
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period of five Years at the Norwood
School. Nelson county. Va. From the
latter institution he came TO the Episcopal
High school, remaining as its head. as
stated. up to last June.
In 1904 Washington and Lee University
conferred on DR.. Blackford the degree of
LII. D. The deceased was Il vestryman
of Christ Episcopal Church, where he was
regular attendant.
Lighting Plant to Be Rebuilt.
The actual work of construction in con-
nection with the rebuilding of the plant
OF the Alexandria County Lighting Com
pany. incorporated, will be begun Mon
day. All of the preliminary work, in
Guiding excavating. has now been COM
pleted The plans provide for the re-
modelling of the entire plant, which will
double its capacity. New machinery will
also be installed which will double its
power 1t is expected that the work will
be completed early in September.
George w. Lucas is the constructing
and supervising engineer. with Francis
r. Weller of Washington as consulting
engineer.
All of the work will be done by local
contractors, to which il has been suolet
as follows: Brickwork, Gilroy & Howard
steel work, Alexandria iron works: paint
ing, Birrell & Groves; plumbing. j. c.
Gates, and concrete and stonework, Her
furth Bros.
HE Away to Gretna Green.
Miss Kathleen Margaret Sullivan and
James Patrick Wells. both of this city,
eloped last night to Greensboro. \. G.,
ard this morning had the nuptial knot
tied in that city. They are now on their
way to other southern points. including
Florida. where they will spend their
honeymoon.
The couple left this city shortly after
6 O'Clock last evening, presumably for a
visit to friends elsewhere. but they pro-
ceeded at once to Greensboro. kilograms
We're received this morning from them
announcing the wedding.
The bride is daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles J. Sullivan and the bride
groom is a son of Mr.. and Mrs James T.
Wells.
They will be at home after June / at
9O5 Prince street the home of the par
ents of the bridegroom.
Sales Of Realty.
Capt. R. F. Knox. auctioneer, today sold
at public auction a lot of ground and
frame dwelling house near the Union pas
senger railway station to James J. Kelly
for 1895; seven lots of ground in the
square bounded by Princess. Fayette, Or
onoco and Payne streets to H. A. Stewart
for $3.50.
J. D. Normoyle real estate dealer, ha:
sold house No. III South Columbus street
to Mrs. A. Sidney Mankin. who will RAE
the present structure and improve the site
with modern brick dwelling house Mr.
Normoyle also sold to Edward w. Long,
for Carroll F. Hines, house and lot OF
ground in st. Elmo, Alexandria county.
Truck Operator Hurt.
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wasting his time here where there are no
crops to rob, huh?'
oh, we've got a rookery of 10000
crows near Arlington, and I've watched
their golngS and comings for forty years
You could time a clock by their move
ments. Every morning in the early gray
they fly down the Potomac to their feed
ing grounds
That's where they get me. blank emf
The farmer man made his adjective good
and strone-no not good. just strong!
Live along the eastern shore?'
mo. sir; I'm from old Charles county,
God bless her
You don't say! I've got relatives down
in that section--fine people, too-and at
dusk you ought to see those crows come
trailing home in a long, black line, high
up in the sky. in clear weather and sail
ing low in storms. Oh, you can't put me
against crows. friend I've watched them
too long
That's how I got my opinon-by
watchin' EN-. with a shot gun. The ras-
calls are SO sharp. though. these days,
doggone EN-, that it's hard work getting
a pop at them. And you can't brighten
'em with scare crows any more. Blank it.
sir. they light on 'em, right before your
eyes"
Cav. cav. cav" shrilled the crow
I'm afraid you are making them
blacker than they are. I see you've gone
dry down your way. butter"
The city man advanced an enticing
proposition: the farmer man accepted
and the two made bee line for a green
swinging door. And up on the chimney
ledge the crow was shrilling:
Cav, cav, caw.''
A man was limping through Lafayette
Square.
1t was SO early Of a Sunday morning
that the grounds were empty except for
the man and a lone person who was
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W. A. Mullen. an employee of W. A
The Sentinel=record., 1914-11-20
20 INDICTMENTS IN
 MINE DIFFICULTY
FEDERAL GRAND JURY AT FORT SMITH RETURNS FIRST BATCH
 OF INDICTMENTS.
Two Former Officials of the United Mine Workers Are Among the Mum. Der Who Are Accused.

Fort Smith, Ark, Noy 19-Tle first report of the special federal grand jury called to investigate the troubles in the Prairie Creek mining district of the Hartford valley, was made to Judge Frank Youmans to- day The jury found true bills and returned indictments against twenty. six persons, including two former of ucials of district number 2I United Mine Workers of America, which com. bfises Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The indictments charge con. spiracy with the lockout of union coal miners at the Prairie Creek mines of the Bache-Denman Coal Comrany
 The men are accused of sending threatening letters 10 Judge Frank A. IOumans, who enioined the union miners, taking away prisioners from deputy United States marsaals and participating in the riots of July. The jury adjourned until Tuesday. Nov ember 2i, when 1t will again resume It's investigation. Bil ups Harris. special agent of the department of justice, who is in charge of the work To gathering evidence to submit to the jury placed in the hands of Marshal Parker today another large batch of summons for witnesses to app ar be. fore the jury when it reconvenes.
 Amonk these indicted today were r. R. Stewart former president, and Fred W Holt former secretary Of dis trict huber 21 Holt was socialist candidate for governor in Oklahoma at the recent election and received more than fifty thousand votes.
 The other named are Jamss Me.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-11-20
Non-Union Miners Safe.

Prairie Creek Ark Nov. l9 Assur- ances of union labor leaders that the non.union workers of the Bach-Den- man Company could enter Hartford valley without trouble were carried out today. A band of twenty or more men who arrived at NIida early today later came down the valley to camp near Prairie Creek mine mum Der 1 with little or no interest being Laid to their movements.
 Tonight a small guard of soldiers from troop E, Fifty cavalry was sta toned at the non-union camp, which is about three quarters of mile from the main body of soldiers. There was no unusual assembldge of the union miners of the valley during the day or night There is little expectation here that the situationr will be settled before the first Of next year unless the Bache-Denman Company's lease on the coal mines change hands Var ious reports nave been circulated to .thl effect that several interests are seeking the lease, but Franklin Bache. the receiver, declared no negotiations now are pending