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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
David Marks Dies in Panama

PANAMA. July 1s.-David Marks.
american member of the Panama joint
iand commission. died yesterday as re-
suit OF cerebral hemorrhage. with which
he was stricken Wednesday. Mrs. Marks
and her daughter are understood to be
IN East Orange. N J.. and son 10 IN
Wabash Ind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
KANSAS PROVIDES
MEMORIAL TO CLICK
Figure Unveiled Today in
Statuary Hall at the U. S.
Capitol.
Only Democrat Except Present
Executive Ever Elected
Governor of State.

A . statue of George Washington
Click, the ninth Governor of Kansas,
was unveiled in statuary hall at the
Capitol today. Senator Thompson of
Kansas formally accepted the statue
on the part of Congress.
In his speech of acceptance Senator
Thompson eulogized Gov. Click. who.
he declared. was the only democrat
ever elected Governor of Kansas with
the exception of the present governor.
Gov. Click was inaugurated in 1888.
Always an uncompromising demo-
crat. Gov. Click had the respect and
esteem of Kansas people of all parties.
said Senator Thompson. His sagacity
and courage in treating public ques-
tions. his detestation of trickery and
his fair treatment of all won and kept
him many loyal friends.
His Name Household Word.
His iniexible determination to make
Kansas respected and entitled to the
respect of the nation forced him into
a position of prominence and response
bility. His answering attitude through
all the changes and vicissitudes of the
state made his name household word.
Until the day of his death he repre-
sented in his own individuality the best
history and attainments of the state
of Kansas More than to any other
man is due him the credit for the con-
struction of the important railroads OF
Kansas. He helped to build up the
farming industries of the state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
MORE ARMEDMEN
TO QUELL R|OT|NG
At MINING CAMP
Additional Force to Be Sent to
Scene of Fight Between
Strikers and Guards.
Property Valued at Approx
mateIy 100000 De-
stroyed.

FORT SMITH, Ark. July 1e.-Prepara-
tons were made early today to send ad-
dltional forces of armed men to the Prai-
rie Creek mines of the Mammoth Vein
Coal Company. the scene of a fight yes
teraay between several hundred striking
miners and sympathizers and mine
guards. which terminated in the rout of
the guards and the destruction of mine
property valued at approximately $780,
Un Parties also were organized to
search for several guards who had been
stationed at the mines and have not re-
ported to the company headquarters here.
Reports from Prairie Creek and nearby
settlements indicated that the rioters dis
persed, temporarily, at least, early last
night Armed patrols were maintained
at several camps through the night
After a pitched battle, which ended in
the route of the guards, tipples of three
mines were destroyed by fire and dyna-
mite. So far as can be ascertained, no
one was killed or wounded in the fight
ing. which began shortly after daybrea &
and continued until late in the day, when
the mine guards retreated after their
ammunition was exhausted.
In Possession Several Hours,
The rioters held possession of the mines
several hours. wrecking the plants with
torch and explosives
The rioting was a elimination Of dis
turbances, including the shooting up of a
union mine camp. which have occurred
at intervals since the contract With the
lnited Mine Workers was abrogated last
March. and announcement made that the
properties owned by the Bache- -Denman
Coal Company. but under lease to the
Mammoth Vein Company. would be
operated on an open shop basis.
AT the time Of the first outbreak an in
junction was obtained in the United
strikers from interfering with the opera
tion of the mines. and a force Of fifty
men, under the direction of the United
States marshal. placed on guard. This
force was recalled under instructions Of
Attorney General McReynolds. who held
that 1t was the duty Of the state and
county officials to protect the mine prop
critics.
Formation of Company Denied.
Last Friday officials of the company
appealed to United States District At
torney Bourland to be permitted to re-
cruit company of men to be commits
stoned by the United States marshal, but
under instructions from Washington the
General holding to his previous ruling
that the situation should be taken care
of by local authorities.
Gov. George w. Hays stated last night
that no request had been made to him for
state troops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18

From the above II VIII be seen that
prices elsewhere average 1872 per cent
higher than on the municipal market or,
In other words. those who go to the con-
venient or customary market instead of
the municipal market are paying. on
the average approximately three times
as high price for the same kinds of
fish. which are usually deprecated in
freshness and sanitary quality through
longer storage and excessive rehandling,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
SHERMAN TELLS
HOW TO LOWER
COST OF LIVING
Hints to Housewives by Su-
perintendent of Weights,
Measures and Markets.
Prices of Food Products at Re-
tail Market and Municipal
Establishment.

Washington housewives are given
some timely suggestions on how to re-
duce the high cost of living in a state
nlent issued today by John H. Sher-
man. superintendent of weights. meas
ures and markets of the District of
Columbia.
Quoting prices for food products at
local retail markets and the municipal
fish market. at the foot of 11th street,
Mr.. Sherman points out that buyers
who patronize the former pay for the
same articles prices averaging 1872 per
cent higher than those charged at the
municipal market. This difference in
price. he declares. does not represent
exorbitant profits for dealers. but waste
incurred in the storage transportation
charges rentals and other expenses at
tending the management of private
enterprises.
The statement, which is the first
the local market situation to be made
by Mr.. Sherman since he entered the
District service, has been approved by
the Commissioners, who are much in
terested in plans for enlarging the
facilities of the municipal market.
They believe that a careful study by
housekeepers of the capital of the facts
set forth by the head of the depart
ment of weights. measures and markets
will lead to a more general appreciation
of the public service which the munich
pal market is capable of rendering and
q consequent reduction in the cost Of
living
Mr.. Sherman's Statement.
The statement. in full. is as follows:
The attention of the District de-
partment of weights. measures and
markets has been called to quotations
appearing in the columns of some Of
the Washington newspapers of prices
for food products at local retail mar
kets.
These quotations are unquestion-
quotations we're asked, and at the mar
kets at which thousands of Washing
tonians deal, actuated by custom or
habit, and unable to bring themselves
to try anything that is new to them
or which their neighbors are not doing
Particularly in the case Of fish and
other marine products. 1t is not necessary
for any Washingtonian to pay the ex-
orbitant prices quoted in the articles re-
ferred to.
"At the municipal fish wharves and
markets. at and near the foot Of 11th
street southwest. fish of the finest quail
ties may be bought, fresh from the water,
In better condition and at lower prices
than can be obtained elsewhere in the
District. This market Is run at cost by
ply of Potomac fish, and most Of the
fresh fish purchased elsewhere in the city
have passed through the stands on this
market. to be resold at advanced prices
in those markets to which the people have
formed the habit of going.
Comparison Of. Prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
Not the Fault Of Dealers.

This is not the dealers fault. They
have followed where the people have
chosen to buy. But the best place to buy
fish. or any other food product. is near
the source Of supply, and this means. for
fish. at the wharf where they are landed
charged does not represent exorbitant
PROFITS for dealers, but exorbitant
waste incurred In storage. transportation
charges. rentals. insurance, intermediate
profits OF jobbers delivery costs. etc. in
CURED in the legitimate effort to give to
the people what they have demanded
from force of habit, without thought of
the tremendous cost involved.
THE present municipal market is un-
slightly and very far from what 1t should
be. but there Is hope of early improve
ment, as the people show that they will
patronize it. The difference in prices in
dicated above is not characteristic of one
day only but is about the normal differ
ence that has existed all summer
ITO Washingtonians / would say:
The high cost of fish on convenient
markets is the high cost of your con-
venience. and should be charged against
The fish you buy passes through the
municipal market at low prices. You
can get those low prices. and get the
fish fresher. by going directly to the
municipal market yourselves and buy
ing by personal selection
"If you choose not to do this you have
no right, to kick against the high cost
of living.
Lazy living costs high"
Improvements Contemplated.
Though unattractive in appearance
now: its equipment. consisting of sew
eral dilapidated buildings. the fish mar
ket is being given attention by Con-
gress. which has provided an appropri-
alton for building new concrete wharves.
Commissioners will ask for an ap-
preparation with which to construct a
modern market building.
The local municipal markets. as is
probably generally known. are run
neither for profit nor charity. but are
maintained by the District of Columbia
at cost for the use of all who will
patronize them to secure fresher foods
at lower prices.
The difference in price of a single
pound of fish on the list quoted said
Mr.. Sherman today. "is enough to pay
car fare to and from the market from
any point In the District"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
Comparison Of Prices.

"A comparison Of the prices quoted at
this municipal market and elsewhere
should be Of value to every housekeeper
who has ability to think, independently of
past habit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
AWAITING REPORT
Of PSYCHOLOGISTS
Mrs. Evelyn Kinkaid Not Yet.
Arraigned for Murder of ;.
Mrs. Bluett. ;.
San Francisco Scientists to
Determine the Actual
Cause of Death. D.,

SAN JOSE, Cal, July 1s-Pending an
examination by toxicologists in. San
Francisco of the viscera: and brain of
Mrs. Kathleen Bluett, "a trained nurse
Of Auburn. Cal. prosecution Of Mrs.
Evelyn Jane ~Kinkafd Id In connection with
the death Of Mrs. Bluett has been sus-
pended .--.--
District Attorney Clarke of Placer
county and Deputy Sheriff Gum, who
brought a warrant from Auburn .charg-
ing Mrs. kinkaid with murder, have re-
turned with the warrant unserved.
Deputies and a matroD who had Mrs.
Kinkaid under surveillance at her
home, where she is i'll, also were with
drawn. : .-'s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
Will Favors Her Friend.

Shortly before her death last. Janu-
ary Mrs. Bluett took out insurance
policies in three companies for amounts
$4,000. Then she made her
will in favor Of Mrs. Kinkaid, who was
her partner. in a private hospital
While cleaning gloves with gasoline
she was burned, and six days later
she had. inhaled flames and died OF
uremia. Mrs., Kinkaid removed her
body to Reno, New, and buried it with
out notifying, the relatives. She COL
lected one policy. but two other COM
panies refused payment. and Mrs. Kin
kaid brought no suit to collect
The relatives and the insurance COM
panies joined in an investigation. The
ported that the burns were insufficient
to have caused death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-18
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Sunday. with
cooler temperature; moderate
northwest winds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-06
War Newspapers
From Tit-Bits.

i
No one can have failed to observe how
greatly the size of his daily paper has
dwindled, how, in fact, everything which
entails the consumption of paper exhibits
a strict economy. This IL owing to the
shortage of paper due to the war. and il
is quite possible that II the war lasts for
any considerable time practically all oaaR
daily papers will consist of q single shAAI
Already this step has been necessitated
in France.
Some 1900 tons Of news and white pa
per In reel made from wood pulp are con-
sumed each week in the country. Already
the consumption has risen Is per cent.
owing to the abnormal demand for war
news-it would certainly have been
greater were 1t not for the curtailment in
size. Most of the paper used In England
about 1850 tons-is manufactured in
this country, but about 1900 tons comes
each week from the continent and about
800 tons from Newfoundland
The former source has already COM
pletely dried up. the immediate result be-
ing to send up the price of paper which
before the outbreak of war was about
Id. pound to nd And it will probably
rise much higher.
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Wiping Out Germany's Aristocracy

toon held together only by ropes. Hin
denburg's second in command resolved
to recall all the Germans from the right
bank, and with them their artillery. I'm
der cover of terrific artillery fire sent
across the river at the Russians, the re-
treat was safely carried out Three field
guns could. not be got across the gap.
They were trunded into the river.
The last men on the RICH bank were
staff officer and two officers of en-
gineers who had been experimenting
the bridge building. They marched be-
hind the sappers who had built the tete
de pont When the sappers had scram-
bled over planks placed across the gap.
a shell from Russian four-inch field
howitzer burst the last rope holding
the two pontoon sections together. The
sections swung down stream, and the
three officers found themselves on the
Russian side. The Russians did not
fire ON them. They sent cavalry from
behind wood with the design to cap
ture the Germans. The German shrap-
mel caught the cavalry column; wiped
half of 1t out and sent the rest racing
back. The Germans remained I'M
touched for an hour during which a
terrific artillery duel was fought across
the Vistula- In the end the German
artillery withdrew. Russian horsemen
came back and invited the Germans to
surrender. One of the engineers did
surrender. The staff officer and the
other engineer drew their swords,
rushed on the Russian cavalry and were
hacked to bits.
German reports give Russian officers
credit for equal courage. The Russian
officers are stated nearly always to
have behaved we'll. One redeeming
feature of the war is that the accusa-
lions of cowardice, brutality and
treachery which fly from Europe to
America and around the world are
mostly the inventions of home
civilians. Between the fighting men
a far more chivalrous spirit obtains
With the non-commissioned ranks this
spirit is weakened by weeks of wait
ing In trenches carpeted with blood and
mud. The officers on both sides are
all right. Many officers report kindly
and chiva1rous treatment from the Rus
slams and even from the French
Though the Franco-German opposition
is much fiercer than the the Russo
Germany Sometimes, the concern Of
inimical officers for one another tran
scends the consideration they show to
their own comrades.
This happened with the Seventy-sixth
infantry regiment which gets its men
from Hamburg, and bears the title "the
Hamburger Geese A battalion OF the
Hamburger Geese was entrenched for
a week at Mstchonow, townlet SOUTH
west of Warsaw near the Warsaw
Kalilsch-Lodz railroad. The Russians
were entrenched mile in front. The
battle consisted in making approaches and
shipping. Within two days the trenches
were brought to within 800 yards. Rus
SLAMS and Germans began to exchange
visits. When the trenches got to within
cessfully that the visits had to cease.
This bored the Hamburger Geese" They
Hent q message asking on what terms
the Russi&ns would renew the old friend
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-06

GENERAL Won FALKENHAYN
Prussian war minister, who is acting
chief of the general staff of the Ger
man army. General Won Falkenhayn
is now graphing with the task of
finding officers in the ranks to re-
place the sciOns of the old German
aristocracy who are being rapidly
killed off.
Behind the wire was row of pits called
by the soldiers die kleine hoele." or
little hell" The trench was shelled for
seven hours; and five officers persisted.
The loss in men was only three. The Of
ficers risked themselves by coming out to
reconnoitre. 1.-The French" says Seydel,
tried a series of ruses, one of which
cost us some of our best leaders. They
sent an aeroplanst over us and he
dropped bombs. We shot at him with
out effect. The aeroplanist dropped a
bomb which fell near our trench, rolled
indecisively and then exploded among
us. 1t killed Lieutenant Keller and wound
ed three men. The lieutenants head was
blown off and it struck one of the wound
ed men in the face.
zone French ruse consisted in pretend
ing to enfilade our right, while at the
same time dash was made through the
barbed wired river on our left During
the night several hundred French in
fantry got into the copse. They had ma
chino guns. In the grey of the dawn bull
lets from rifles and machine guns flew
furiously along our trench line. Twenty
men were killed We could not tell where
the bullets came from. While our men
were busy ducking and firing the French
cut the barbed wire on our left, splashed
through the mud of the stream and
rushed between our two parallel trenches.
They were in tremendous force. Some Of
our men lost their heads and tried to get
into the back trench, which was against
orders and exposed them to danger Cap
tain Haechlen and two other reserve Of
ticers of our battalion shouted. Follow
u.s., and rushed on the French. Before
our men could realize the command the
three officers were isolated. They were
surrounded by French soldiers and bay
oneted. That is the way our officers die"
In the eastern theatre of war officers
are having the toughest work and run
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-06
Telephone Manners

II don't understand why anybody il
impolite over the phone" remarked a
woman visiting in New York, according
to the New York Sun, unless he is cow
ardly or unless the phone, like wine.
brings out the read character of people.
And 1 especially don't see why women
should be impolite to women.
The most provoking instance I have
had In many occurred right here in New
York. An old and dear friend of mine
whom had not seen in years had married
and come to New York to live. Her
married name was Blankleigh. let us say
but | did not know her husbands in
ltials and had no idea where she lived
1t was my first visit to New York and
wanted to see her.
My ony Hope was that she was in the
telephone book and to it l went. | found
six Bianlleighs, any one of whom might
be she, but which one? 1t was for me to
find out and I began with the first one.
~ asked for Mrs Blankleigh and she
came to the receiver. I apologized and
explained why had called and asked il
she were my old friend. The wav she
snapped out that she wasn't and rang off
was something awful
THE following three were variants of
the first, not much better and not any
worse. Only one of them was a man and
he just laughed and said there wasn't
any Mrs. Bankeigh in his house at pres
ent. but If land then rang Off
THE fifth was the one / sought and
didn't have to seek any further. Now
am thinking whether or not to call up the
sixth and see If she is any more polite
and considerate than the others And it
would have been just as easy to have
been polite and nice about it and tried to
help me, wouldn't it?"s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-06

government the islands may be reno
waited and a continual supply received from
them for all time to come. These plans
are based upon the work of DIR. H. O..
Forbes, a celebrated ornithologist. who
has been sent by the President of Peru
to report upon the islands and advise
the government as to their future. DR..
Forbes has visited the whole coast in
motor boat, and has investigated all
the islands and roosting rocks. studying
the birds and their possibilities. He has
caught some of the birds and kept them
with view to seeing how much guano
each will produce. He finds that the
amount of fish consumed by them is
enormous. A single pelican will eat from
eight TO ten pounds a day and 1t deposits
an enormous amount of guano in the
course of nesting season. A sea gull
will drop from four to six ounces per
day or something like Is pounds during
the time it is breeding. Other birds pro-
duce more, and the total amount is very
great.
DIR. Forbes has divided the guano ar
chipclago into zones and it is his idea
that each zone will be worked only once
in four years, during which times the
other four zones will be accommodating
guano. In this way the supply will be
continuous and the islands may again
be enormously profitable.
During my trip of the guano islands
we had millions OF pelicans flying over
our steamer. There were also sea guls,
wild ducks and divers of many kinds
In places the sea was covered with birds
and great flock of cormorants or peli-
cans would drop out of the sky on the
water, covering an acre or so at one
time The birds feed in the sea. The peli-
cans have pouches or bags of yellow skin
under their necks. and they scoop the
fish into these. They often gorge them
selves to such an extent that they cam
not rise from the water, but remain there
until they have digested sufficient of their
catch to tighten the weight. They always
hunt in f1ocxs, and when they settle on
some place where the fish are abundant,
they form islands on the sea a mile or
so in diameter. DIR. Forbes says that they
sit so close together that those on the
outside have to rise first before the birds
In the interior able to get enough
air under their wings to enable them to
rise from the sea.
DR.. Forbes has found that the most of
the guano comes from eight species of
birds. The chief of these is Bougain-
viles cormorapt, whose chief nesting
place is the Chincha Islands. Last Feb
ruary DIR. Forbes found 100000 of these
birds nesting in the middle of one of these
islands. The nests were close together,
and the whole formed one of the most
wonderful bird sights of the world. He
watched them, and found that each nest
had its male and female and that one
bird sat on the nest while the other
was feeding, and that 1t, in turn, was
relieved by it's mate. The cormorants