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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-13
J. J. JONES

James impson Jones drew fiji
teen bones each week where he
was elerking, and this good soul
deserved his roll. for he was fond
Of working And every week he
used to seek the bank. and there
deposit a few iron men-and that,
again. was foolishness-or. was
it? The other boys. who sampled
Joys and pastines free and airy,
made fun OF Jones, who saved his
bones, and Stunned diversions
merry. He never goes to picture
shows, or hits the large decanter,'
hey used to say: THE hopeless
'ay. He should be canned in
tanter. He has no whirls with
ilorus girls, he does not back the
:,onies; he does not class at all,
las. with modern macaronis. :"
he boys grew old who once were
bold and full of pep and fossy,
nd, worn and frayed, asked public
id. dead broke and total-lossy.
ilmes Jinpson Jones. who saved
his bones, is living in palace, and
he has bucks to throw at ducks,
md diamonds on his gallus. In
youth he worked and never
shirked, though hard was his en-
oloyment; his life was clean. and
now, serene, in age he finds en-
iovment. WALT MASON.
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JOHN E. KREH, JR., HoN0RED.
Guest Of District Underwriters As
sociation at I.nncheon

John Edward Kreh. 1r.. who will leave
Washington early next week for Iowa,
his future home. was the guest Of honor
at luncheon given by the District of Co
lumbia Life Underwriters Association at
the New Ebbitt today.
Coming to Washington from Baltimore
in 1903 as chief clerk of the local branch
OF the John Hancock Life Insurance Com
pany. Mr.. kreh rapidly worked himself
into the position Of manager OF the Wash
ington office. In his new field he will be
state agent for the company.
He is a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, Board Of Trade. Commercial
Club and Columbia Country Club. He
was married about a year ago to Miss
Iolus Oliphant of Indiana, who at the
time was student in National Park
Seminary. Mr.. and Mrs. Kreh will visit
several cities in Iowa before selecting
their new home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-13
AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
G. v. Grouse Dies at Gaithersburg.
Clements Offutt's Funeral.
Realty Sales.
special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd. Marc


George '. Grouse, eighty-one years old,
died yesterday morning at his home in
Gaithersburg of pneumonia, following a
short illness. He is survived by a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jacob Miller Of Gaithersburg.
For many years Mr.. Grouse had been
connected with the mail bag repair shop
at Washington.
The funeral of Clements Offutt, son of
Mayor and Mrs. Lee Offutt, who died
Monday at Mount ST Mary's College,
Emmitsburg. Nd. where he was stu
dent, took place from St. Mary's Catholic
Church here yesterday. Requiem mass
was celebrated by Mgr. Bernard J. Brad
ley, president Of Mount st. Mary's Col
lege, who was assisted by Rev. Philip
B. Mcclure of Baltimore and Rev
Charles o. Rosensteel Of Forest Glen.
The sermon was by Rev. John T. Coda
han, pastor of the church. At the grave
the services were conducted by Mgr.
James F. Mackin of Washington. Other
Delihant of Loyola College and Father
Creedon of Washington. The palibear-
ers We're Robert Peter. Jesse Higgins,
George Peter. Adrian Burnett. Brownell
Riggs and Clusky Cromwell of Rockville
and two students from Mount ST Mary 8
College Burial was in the church Gene
terry.
Blood poisoning and lockjaw, resulting
from an injury to his hand about two
weeks ago in a saw mill. caused the
death Of Hezekiah Morgan near Bethesda,
this county, in a Washington hospital
yesterday. He was forty-five years old
and is survived by his wife and six
children He was a lifelong resident Of
this county.
Samuel Riggs of this place has bought
from the heirs Of the late E. NJ. Droop
the house here formerly used by the
DrOops as summer home, and has also
bought an acre Of land adjoining it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-13
LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFERS
Excise Board Grants Four and Re
fuses Three.

Four applications for liquor license
transfers were granted and three refused
in decisions handed down this afternoon
by the excise board
The applications approved are those OF
Timothy L. Costello. from 635 H street
northeast to $50 II street northeast; c.
H. Hurdle. from 329 Pennsylvania ave
nue northwest to S45 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest; Kate H. WEIGH, from 241
c street southwest to 24s Sd street south
west; Francis X. Cox. from 1880 New
Jersey avenue northwest to 1913 U street
northwest.
The applications disapproved are the
following:
NJ. ]. Burke from 443 Sd street south
west to 100 AZ street southwest; ]. p.
Holman, from 3O2 18th street north
west to 90 H street northeast; 3. I.
Lyddane. from 14OS Wisconsin avenue to
1925 Wisconsin avenue wholesale.
An original application by the Harring-
ton Hotel Company for permission to
open barroom at 432 18th street north
west was favorably acted on.
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Capt. Taylor Buys Schooner.

Capt Thomas E Taylor, master of
Chesapeake bay craft, has purchased a
half interest in the schooner Edwin C.
from Capt. w. ". Jarrett and will take
command of the vessel in the bay trade.
The Edwin c. is a two-masted schooner
Of seventy Ave net tons register and is 81
feet long. 23.9 feet beam and 6.J feet deep
in the hold. She was built at Cambridge
Md. in 1881 for the Chesapeake trade
halls from Newport News and is reputsd
to have always been successful craft.
She is an occasional visitor to this city
with lumber and other cargoes from Vir-
ginia and North Carolina points.
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UNDERGROUND MOON is
SCAPEGOAT FOR WEATHER
Old Nantucket Salts Place Consid-
cradle Reliance on Unique
Kind Of Lunar Orb.

Did you ever hear Of an underground
moon? 1t is a common expression
among the old salts who inhabit the is
land of Nantucket, and up there this par
ticular kind of moon is the scapegoat
on which gales, billiards and freeze-ups
are blamed. much as they are ascribed to
Mr.. Grounding and his shadow-boxing
stunt in other parts of the United States.
According to old Nantucket belief an
underground moon is one which makes
its change under ground'-that is. at no
hours, or between IL and 1 o'clock in the
morning.
Old seafaring men of the island have
always placed considerable reliance on an
or unusual weather. and for decades Nan
tucket weather sharps have alluded to the
mo hour changes" by this name.
This winter there happened to be three
months in succession when the moon
made its change at mo hours" and this
fact Is claimed to have foretold siren
uous weeks of boisterous weather.
Record Supports Prediction.
Nantucket certainly has had boisterous
weather for the last few weeks, having
been snow bound. ice bound and even cut
off from communication with the main
land for some days.
The occurrence of an underground moon
in the summer months is an indication Of
protracted drouth, according to the peo-
pie of the island, just as it denotes alb
normally severe weather In the fall and
winter. and years Of careful study have
proved that it seldom makes a mistake.
The third of the three successive under
ground moons occurred March 5. when
that body had its first quartering in the
west at 20 hours, minutes in the morn
ing January and February had them
also, the weather of those months was
exactly up to specifications, and March
thus far is fulfilling the predictions made
for it in fine style.
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DR.. Cobb Heads Alumni.

officers of the Washington Alumni As
ISOLATION Of the Worcester Polytechnic
Institute were elected at the annual meet
ing Of that organization. held last evening
at the University Club. A smoker follow
ed The new officers are: President. DR..
Nathan A. Cobb; vice president, G. C.
Spencer. and secretary-treasurer. ]. X.
Scho1eld. DR.. Ira n. Hollis. the new
president of the institute, was the guest
of honor. He delivered an address, as
did Prof. Arthur D. Butterfield Of the
mathematical department.
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ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Lottie Thomas. oysters from
tne Ragged point beds. at 18th street
wharf for the market here: steamer
Wakefield passengers and freight from
Nomini and river landings; steamer
Northland. from Norfolk and Old Point
with passengers and freight to the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Com
pany; United States Army steamer. Gen.
Robert Swartwout, from Fort Washington
and Fort Hunt, to return with pas
sengers and government stores; light
house service steamer Maple. at light
louse service wharf, from buoy work on
The Potomac; United States public health
service launch Bratton, from Coan river
and a cruise on the Potomac on sanitary
survey service.
Departures.
Schooners Halle K, Martha A Avery.
Ethel Vale, ]. T. White, light. from 11th
street wharf for the lower river to load
oysters for the market here: schooner
rape Shot, from Alexandria for Reed
vile, Va. with terra Gotta piping;
steamer Southland, passengers and mer-
xlandise. for Old Point and Norfolk:
over boat Louise Virginia, light, for a
hesapeake bay point to load oysters and
return, and schooner Two Bells, from
alexandria for a Chesapeake bay point
with terra Gotta pipe and building ma
.erial.
Tugs and Tows.
District tug Louise arrived after deliv-
-ring lighter from Occoquan at Alexan-
dria to load coal; tug James o. Carter ar
lived with oyster-laden vessels in tow
rom a down-river point; tug d. NJ.
.iey left with lighter. but returned with
Z. ice not allowing her to go into Broad
eek. Md, and tug Minerva left George
own for Alexandria and returned light.
Memoranda
Power boat Thomas Z. Oliver is due al
This city from lower Potomac point with
oysters for the market here: schooner
Annie NJ. D. Roehle is at Norfolk. en-
route to the Chickabominy river to load
lumber: schooner Maine is on her way tc
the James river. from Baltimore to load
lumber for this city; schooner Wildfiowel
is at Baltimore. from the Great Wicomice
river, Va, with lumber; schooner Joseph
Inc Keys is at Virginia point to load
cord wood for the dealers here: schooner
Qulcktime is at a dowH-river point tc
load oysters for the local market, anG
schooner Mary Lee has arrived at Nor
folk from Baltimore to load lumber.
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President Commutes Sentence.

President Wilson has committed to
fifteen years the life sentence imposed
on c. II. Williams in May. 1905. in the
United States court for the northern
district of the Indian Territory. for the
killing of his wife. Evidence of ex-
tenuating circumstances had been sub
mitted
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Representative Glass to Speak.

Representative Carter Glass. chairman
OF the banking and currency committee of
the House of Representatives. is sched-
uled to speak at the rooms Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce this evening under the
auspices of the Washington, D. c., high
school bank Of the Business High School.
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Talks on School and Home Relations

ty schools spoke on Relations Between
the School and Home" at a meeting of
the Home and School Association of
Friendship, Md, at the home Of A. W.
Starrat, Somerset, last night. Ten new
members were admitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-13

Augusta, Charleston, Summerville,
Savannah and all Florida points, via At
lantic Coast Line, ltd. trains daily. All
steel Pullmans. Office 1905 New York ave.
advertisement.
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LOCAL MENTION.
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

National-"Maids Of Athens" Sis pm.
Belasco-'"rhe Pleasure Seekers" pm.
Sharp.
Columbia-..Nearly Married, SID pm.
Keith s-IIigh-clas vaudeville, SID pm
Polfs-Poli Players in ''Kindling." s:15
pm.
Gaycty-The Gay New Workers. SIS
pm.
Cosmos-yaudeville and pictures. con-
tinuous show. I to 1910 pm.
Casino-Eaudeyille and pictures; con-
tinuous show. is to 3. $50 to 1890.
Garden-Fcature films. noon to IL pm
MISUNDERSTANDING and motion pic
lures, 2 to 1880 pm.
Orpheum-Mary Pickford in THE Good
Little Devil" motion pictures. 10 am. to
IL pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-13

Rubber Roofing, Sl.33 per 100 I'd. IT.
ks Boards. $50 per 100 running IT.
Plaster Boards. $500 per loo So. it.;
Flooring. near straight grain. $40 per
100 so. TT. Libbey & Co, 9th & \. Y. ave.
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Baltimore and Ohio to Baltimore.
$1.25 round trip, every Saturday and Sun
day. good returning until am. Mon
day. All trains. both ways. both days
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-13

Woodward 4 Lothrop and Palais Royal
sell White House Floor Oil. Csc at.
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Phone Your Want Ad to The Star.
Main 2440.
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Your Purse Is .eTouchedn Lightly
when Eisinger Bros. 21O9 7th, fill your
lumber & Millwork orders. Tel N. 1173.
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1t Won't Take Long for Heurfch's
BEERS to demonstrate their tonic effect
on you. You'll eat better. sleep better
feel better, after brief use of pure old
Maerzen or Senate. doz.. SITS nager
81. 5O). Bottle rebate, soc. Tel. W. 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-13

Reiafnger's Famous Ice Cream. soc
one half gal 235 G NV Phone 2767.
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Bread That Is Without q Peer.
Holmes Homemade Milk Bread repre-
sents the highest type of scientific bread
making. sc and Zoe loaves. Holmes Bak
cry 1O7 F St PHI. NJ. 453I.
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Picture Framing. Schmidt, 1927 18th st.
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CITY ITEMS.

"Taxicab 1885,. Today. Virginia
Theater. Superiatively sensational See 1t!
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Andirons. III. Corning. SD 18th st.
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Select Hard Crabs at schneiders.
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IF. F. "" Lunch, 1908 Pa. Av-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16
THEE PACKARD TRUCK.

The Packard Motor Car Company announces that the sales of Packard trucks to users during the month of June totalled $25, ,894. This is eHclu- sive of bodies. Not only is this total remarkable in the face of prevalent business conditions but it cu1rninates four months of record breaking truck sales.
 In March the Packard Company sold more than $75O,00O worth of trucks. In April the business total was 60- per cent. greater than in April, 1918, while the May total was also 60 per cent. greater than in the corresponding month last year.
 The June sales exceed those of June 1913 by $256;e94, an increase of nearly 50 per cent.
 The largest individual order receiv- ed during June was one for twelve Packard three- ton trucks from the Marshall Field Company, Chicago. This firm has purchased a total of 8 3 Packard heavy duty trucks and sew era1 rebuilt motor carriage chassis for light delivery work. The June sales of Packard trucks were received from every section of the country. The east was as strongly represented as the far west and middle west.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16
HAS 500 MTIE RANGE.

A remarkable advance in the con- struction of portable wireless sets for army field service has been made by the Signal Corps of the United States Army. For the next field operations of the army, or for use in Mexico, if necessary, there is available a wire less truck which can be set up for use in twelve minutes and send mes sages within a radius of 800 miles under favorable conditions. The great range of the new equipment and the speed with which it may be brought into action is due to the em- ployment of a powerful electric gen. orator driven through a train of gears by the 30-horsepower motor.
 The generator delivers electric cur rept of 500 cycles at no volts and from Is to 32 amperes. This cur rent is interrupted by the relay, op- erated by the sending key, and is transformed so that it leaves the side of the wireless truck at a pressure of 22,00e volts and an amperage vary rises to the top of the antennae the voltage rises to approximately 90,OOO while the annperage approaches zero.
 The radiation under these condi- tions gives a sending ability from 200 miles under the worst conditions in conditions obtained in the early hours of the morning when there is less electrical disturbance due to e1ectri- cal plants of various kinds.
 The antennae is of the umbrella type, mounted at the top of an s5- foot mast which is built in nine sec tions. The first, or top, section is raised by hand but the other sections are lifted by block and tackle sus- pended from struts mounted on a platform on the roof of the truck. These struts are quickly detachable when not in use. The guy wires are attached to the fifth section of the mast. When dissembled, the nine sections of the mast are carried in long compartments built along both sides of the truck. The counter boise, or artificial ground, consists of heavy insulated wires radiating from a common center, to which is attach ed the ground wire of the wireless set For convenience in grounding there is a socket on the outside of the truck body into which a, ground-wire plug fits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16
Automobile News
COVERS MAIL ROUTE IN

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16
AUTO ON RAILS

When a great railway system like the Canadian Pacific turns to an eco homie novelty such as marks the daily operation of it's service between Winnipeg and Transcona Manitoba, the operative experts of two contt- nents make haste to request the c. P. R. to forward facts and figures.
 The unique distinction of being a regular locomotive'' in the c. P. R. service has fallen to a 1911 Mitchell automobile. Some genius in the op- erative department of the big railway figured that a train scheduled for high speeds and frequent trips to Transcona, to carry employees, would cost a considerable sum, involving the almost constant use or a locomotive with its crew of two-to say nothing about the roundhouse workmen,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16
SUBSTITUTE FOR GASOLINE.

Motor car factory officials and fu0l authorities at Indianapolis are deep ly interested in the outcome of a ser ies of tests of a substitute for gasoline now being made on the Speedway under the observation of the Indian 4apois Motor Speedway Officials The tests have been made with @ liquid solution said to be produced at a small cost and to be as combustible as gasoline.
 John Andrews a Portuguese i'm ventor guards his secret very closely, and is securing patents on the mix ture. Under the observance of the Speedway and National Factory Off, Speedway, by disti1lation from water, with the addition of a small amount of chemicals, a mixture that expIod- ed fully as well as gasoline
 On the brick two and a half mile speedway track, using only the fuel distilled at the track, the ear made an average of seventeen and three quar- ter miles per gallon. Using the sub stftute the car attained a speed of 61 miles per hour on the speedway. The same car with the same passenger load, then made an average of IT 1-2 miles per gallon using gasoline.
 By the tests made the officials thought the new fuel was equal or better than gasoline as an explosive.
 It remains to be seen whether or not the necessary chaInicals can be had at a cost that will make the new fuel a practical proposition. Andrews claims that the chemicals can be ob- tained at any drug store and that the mixture can be made to sell for five or six cents per gallon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16

'.hostlers'' for handling the engine in the yard, etc.-and the cost of the passenger car maintenance, the sal ary of a. brakeman or two and the further expense of heating and light ing the regular train.
 Winnipeg representatives of the Mitchell company. rendered the use of a 1911 Mitchell car. This ma chine was provided with a .roomy body Containing enough seats to ac- comodate as nMny employees as would have to be hauled at one time, and the chassis was fitted with regular passenger car wheels for running on the rails.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16
THE HAYNES FLIGHT sK.n

The Haynes Automobile Company. has entered the Light Six'' field with an actual production of five thousand cars for 1915. The Company has heretofore manufactured cars of two and three thousand dollar class ex- c1usively.
 Absolutely nothing has been slight ed either in the design or equipm ent of this car; an oil pump with a ca pacity of 1-2 gallon per minute for positively ilubricating the motor parts, a large water pump and fan to insure effective coorng-a, motor driven tire pump-F7restone Demountab1e Rims, arch frame construction, these and many other distinctive features give the car an individuality which i'm sures its popularity.
 The unit power plant is of a very simple design, the cylinders being cast enbIoc and all working parts en- closed. The motor dimensions are 3hx5 inches, developing 55 brake horsepower. This power together with a low weight of 2,95O pounds gives one horsepower to every 55 IDS. of weight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16
. MErHoDs OR ATTrO THTEyEs

motor vehicle commissioner, has giv- en out the following on the police power of the state to stop automobile thievfng, what has been done and what he has in contemplation along these lines. He said:
 The criminal classes who are using the automobile as a. facile means of rapid communication and whose de- predations have stirred the police au- thorities of two continents, are on the increase No less rapid is the in crease in the number of automobiles stolen and the development and or
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-16

1 HOUR IS MINUTES. c. V. Haines, a rural mail carrier or Baileyville, Kan. now covers his route on a motorcycle in almost one-fourth the time it took with a horse. His route is twenty-six miles long, ana can. be covered in one hour and f1f- teen minutes by motorcycle. With a. horse, Haynes says, 1t requires i've and a half hours to complete the de- liVerfes.