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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
YANKTON GIRL s PLANT
IS COSTLY TO MEMBER
Representative Kelly Pays $249 for
Evidence in Foot Ball
Chicken Coop Row.

There Is a boy i'll Yankton. :. D, who
is mourning the loss of a foot ball. and
it is probably the only case on record of
Il drop kick which Landed in the House of
Representatives. Only the foot ball didn't
reach here-only the kick. Any one who
wants the whole story can get it by go
ing to NJ. clyde Kelly. unabashcd and
unSwe wing bull mooser from the key
stone state. representing the thirtieth dis
trict OF PENNSYLVANIA. whence came
John DalzcI i'll all his glory in the hour
of triumph for the standpattcrs.
Mr.. Kelly is only thirty years old. and
lie has not been in Congress thirty weeks
but his fame has reached Nankton for,
after the attorney general of South Da-
kota failed to arbitratc i'll the matter of
the foot bail which Dan Heaton is al
legged TO have kicked into Agnes Grossers
chicken coop. NJ. Clyde Kelly was called
on to act as tribunal today, and also to
pay S2t9 express charges on two of
Agnes dead chickens. which she sent by
.lf lEnnf
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Statement Issued.

After the hearing Representatives
Witherspoon and Hensley gave out the
following statement,
1T was developed that the United
States appeared to have three less battle
ships than Germany because three of the
American battleships were omitted from
our list namely, the Oregon. the NasSa
chusctts-aud the Indiana The reason su@-
seSt.d by the Secretary of the Navy for
the omission of these battleships was that
they were old and obsolete. but it appears
that in the German list are included ten
hattleships, to wit Kaiser Friedrich III
Kaiser Wilhelm IL. Kaiser Karl der
Crosse. Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
Kaiser Barbarossa. Wittelbach. Zahrin
gen. Wetten. Mecklenburg and Schwa
ben. each of which has u tonnage of To-,
"1!. built at the same time As the omit
ted American battleships. and each hay
ing main armament of four 2i-inch
guns while the Oregon. Massachusetts
AMI Indiana have a main armament of
four thirteen-inch guns and tonnage of
!! lu.2sS tons each.
a high English authority was present
ed 10 the Secretary OF the Navy showing
the inferiority Of these ten German bat
tleships with their ?.i-inch guns to battle
ships armed with twelve-inch or thirteen
inch guns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03

Illinois. dropped party lines and came to
the defense of the Secretary of the Navy
today, styling Representative Wither-
spoon and other democratic critics of the
Secretary as ..featherwefght champions
of cheap navy Representative Brit
tens championship of Secretary Daniels
followed a question nterjected by Rep
resentative Witherspoon today, directed
to Secretary Daniels as to whether the
figures We're altered by design or other
wise.
Feeling over the questions asked Admit
raj Vreeland and Secretary Daniels is
running high In naval circles. according
to an official Of the department. and
speaking of it Representative Brtten
said:
Admiral Nreeland. ranking member of
the. general naval board. who is about to
retire. will do just after being insult
ed in committee ny cheap navy mem
bers' ! cannot understand. when they
are figuring ON obsolete American ships
to do our fighting, why they don't include
The. old Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
HUSBAND Is CUT OFF.
Will of Mrs. Whitmore Gives Misun
Outstanding as the Reason.

4 misunderstanding between Join Lee
Whitmore and his wife. Hrnrictts Il
Whitmore. cost the husband s5saa, a dts
mond ring and other effects. which the
wife had arranged to give him IN lies
viii. dated MAY -. 1919. Mrs, Mh!tmor
died January IS and when her will was
filed for probate il VAS found to have a
codcil, executed November - last. in
which the wife had revoked the bcquests
to her husband. mentioned IN her vii.
In the codicil she gives the Disagreement
as the reason for recalling the bcauests
Her diamonds. other lewclry and per
sonal effects are given to her mother.
Mary L. Dulaney. Other personal he
lodgings are left TO her son. Ralph Le'
Gait The remaining estate is devised to
the American Security and Trust Com
pany in trust for the son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
when YOU'RE SICK
YOUR WAGES STOP

Aou know what that means-misery-wo
big tiil>--i.b,
Aou know you can't afford to gee sick
Keeping in =o-rI health means food and
clothing Tor YOU ami your family. I; Is up
"a YOU 20 t.se care Of yourself. II Is up TO
g"a WhcAever you don't feel right. 10
axe something To make Jon right 10
irsas'heu Sou. haiA You up, ward OF worse
~a.kaes- project you and Srlir family. Tha,
is 50, ta,c iu i;eNau Olive oil Emulsion.
J., 0:-.ril.-. it 30 you. protect You against
.,t,lry ISL l.. pcrson;,i. Promising You that
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/ give hack srur inoacy vithou> word ques-
;.un. We believe il is the best builder Of
.i,alth. energy and strength you can get. 1,
= h-ipilsr many Of your nelshtors. II II
, don; belp you, We viii give back your
i money.
( EexaI olive OF Emulsion is composed
principally Of pure Olive on and the Hypo-
( phosPhites Each has long been Endorsed by
stccessful physic:a's>. Here they are for the
hlst time combined The result is remark
i able nerve. blood and strengthening rem
edy fhat j. s.yth food and medicine. For
4 al Who are nervous. rundown and debili-
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ncople; fog convaiesceEts, fer puny children
{ Ne know of u"JhlEg that VIII give health
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( Emulsion Il : real builder Of good blood
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I AXE, It contains alcohol OF habit forming
: '.russ. II you don't feei well. tconomize
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! 10 take Re1all Olive Oil Emulsion Sod only
! at the Rexall Stores, and in this town only
I By US. $1,000 Donnels Drug Stores. 80,
} T ST. NV, Wisconsin ave. and st. NV,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
M'DEW7T IS COMING
TO BURN UP HIS CASH
Butch" of Enthusiastically
Fame. Moving on National
Capital.

stop. Look, Listen,
Why all this excitement? Is Gen. Villa
marching on Washington or Dorsey
Foultz back in town? No. nothing tame
like that. Butch McDevitt is almost
here-the same Butch" of millionaire
for-a-day" fame-he who made Broad
way habitues look like pikers when he
began spending money. Now he's got
5000 in great. big silver disks and
crinkly Bills an dhes going to spend it all
right here in Washington.
rs Burning His Money.
Early this morning Butch left Wilkes
Barre, Pa, his native heath. SO to speak,
where he constables around when not
spending money i'll little places like
Washington and New York, and that
dark cloud over to the northeast is the
smoke made by Butch as he burns
train.
And that sad look on the statue Of the
Goddess of Liberty, or Freedom. on the
Capitol dome is nothing but envy, for
Butch IS bring his statue along with
him, and he swears-gently. of course
that he is going to leave it somewhere
around Washington Efforts to get the
fine arts commission together to pass on
the artistic merits OF that statue have
failed. But VIVA, cares Butch
Honestly, it really looks as If Butch
is really coming-statue, $1,000, brass
band. fur coat, special train and all. At
the Sterling Hotel the room clerk solemn
ly swears and AYERS that Butch" has
reserved a suite Of five rooms for himself
and statue. How many of the rooms are
for the statue and how many for Butch
the clerk refuses to tell.
Unless the acclaiming throngs in Phila-
delphia or Baltimore are overpowered by
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Jealous of Her Chicks.

1t seems that Agnes is very jealous of
her chickens and that Danny is free with
his drop kicks III a twenty eiSht-pag
letter Agnes informed NJ. Clyde Kelly
that the entire universe is against her
and that the life of her chickens is jeop-
ardzed at ali times. Prior to writing to
Progressive Kelly She had correspond
ence with the attorney general of the
state of South Dakota. She sent to him
u boxful of truck which she says the boys
tossed over into her back yard. This
box contained a bicycle wheel. some
rocks a tin can. Dannys foot ball and
two dead chickens.
Because of the state in which the
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New Construction.

Comparing the TWO navies with refcr-
ence to dreadnoughts now building. il
appeared that the smallest dreadnought
now being built in the German navy is
26,51J tons. and the smallest building in
the American navy is 21.Uu tons: that
the largest dreadnougfts building in the
German navy have tonnage of 2s,0Uo.
and the largest building i'll the American
navy have tonnage of II 400. or an ex-
cess of 3,4oO tons over the largest Ger
man ships now building.
Comparing the dreadnoughts now
building further with reference to the
armament. it. appeared that the four
smallest German dreadnouShts now
building have each ten twelve-i inch guns
and that the two largest now building
have each eight ffteen-iuch guns, while
all the dreadnouShts now building i'll the
American navy have fourtecn-nch guns,
three of them being supplied with ten
Itch and two of them with twelve each.
1t was further developed that i'll com
pairing the Americas navy with tine
Japanese navy the American navy has
tfirty-nine battleships and the japanese
navy only nineteen, including all OF those
in both navies that are built and build
tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03

"Butch's" oratory and insist on his erect
ing his statue in their fair cities, the Nc
Dewitt special is due to arrive here at
o'clock. Washington time.
There will be band to meet him
What's the use being a millionaire-for-a "a
day without a band? Butch says the
Marine Band has been engaged, but Lieut.
Santelmann refuses to commit himself. A
friend of McDevitt here in Washington
testif1eS that he has engaged the band, SO
that point is settled.
Like a true general. Butch has map
ped out line of march between the
Union station and the hotel He VIII
proceed along Massachusetts, avenue to
list street northwest. then to Pennsylva-
MIA avenue. then up PENNSYLVANIA ave-
nue. to 18th street a la new Presidents OF
the United States. and then to the hotel.
Probable "Line-Up."
The lineup Of the parade will be some
thing like this:
Squad Of bicycle policemen.
Marine Band.
Automobile truck bearing the statue.
Then McDevitt himself in an auto.
Autos containing friends.
Autos with war correspondents.
The plain people
The first statue Butch sees after ar
irving here will be that of Christopher
Columbus. Columbus discovered Amer
lea, but Butch believes he has dis
covered something better-how to have
fun. Therefore. he will view the Colum-
bus statue with disdain.
Procures Permit for Parade.
At the District building it is admitted
that Butch" has permit for his
parade, and will not be molested sc
long as he behaves himself And his
friends say he always observes the
laws, having been a peace official him.
self up Wiikes-Barre way.
One man in Washington who used te
know the McDevitt, and who has made
most of his arrangement here. said to-
day that there is no advertising scheme
about the trip. It's just plain fun, he
declared.
Butch is going to be more or less
quiet tonight. but tomorrow he plans
to get real busy. He asked Represents
tive Casey from his district to get him
permission to speak from the Capitol
steps He wants to spend all that
$4,000 before he leaves Washington.
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Parts With $40 to Swindler.

An unidentified white man yesterday
obtained $40 from Mrs. Annie V. Bur
roughs residing at 10 eth street south
west. under false pretenses. The swindler
called at the house and told Mrs. Bur
roughs that relative had been arrested
and was locked up in a police station.
He told her the relative had sent him to
get SO he needed to leave as collateral
Mrs. Burroughs gave him the money. she
told tine police. and later she learned she
had been swindled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
Foot Ball Lands in Furnace.

But the janitor had tossed the whole
boXful into the fire. foot ball and all.
Things kept coming over the fence back
in Yankton, s. D., and Agnes Grosser.
having collected a fine assortment Of
rocks. packed them up in a box. along
with two chickens which she says the
neighbors killed for her, and sent them
along to Mr.. Kelly. with the earnest hope
that he could induce the federal govern
ment to sit on the fence and keep the
rocks where they belonged.
And the box cost NJ. Clyde Kelly s.. 40
The chickens. too. aren't worth It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
AID F1NcKEL's CANDIDACY.
Midcity Citizens Want Him Made
Supervising PRINCIPAL.

The candidacy OF Charles X. Finckel.
principal OF the Thompson School. to he
supervising principal in place OF stephen
E. Kramer. made assistant superintend-
ent, WAS indorsed at a meeting of the
Afidcity Citizens Association. held last
evening A letter TO this effect will he
addressed TO the board of education. The
recent address of Representative Hayes
of California upholding the half and
half principle of the organic act of tho
District was discussed and unanimousl
Endorsed.
Eighteen new members were elected
during the meeting. the list including
&c. q. Deming, J. O. Lercfl. Philip Lock
|etch, B. r. Haberer. NJ Berman, NJ Han
son. D. b. Gusdorf, +. Rice. II. L. Else
man. Karl Aander. Charles u, Homer
IS. ". MadduN. N. Coleman. Vol
-. o. Akers and \. c. Neuhec!l.
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ACCUSE THE EXPERTS
Of JUGGLING FIGURES
Advocates of Smaller Navy Cues
ton Accuracy of Statistics
From Department.

Representative Nitherspoon Of Missis-
sipp and Representative Hensley of Mis-
souri,, champions of u smaller navy. bad
field day in the naval affairs committee
yesterday afternoon when they accused
the Navy Department Of Juggling figures
i'll such way as to give the false i'm
preston that the German navy is 81
pcrior TO the United States fleets. The
two smalIer-navy champions put Secre-
tary Daniels on the grill and caused him
to admit that his figures were not of his
authorship. but from the experts of the
Icrartmeut
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chickens arrived the attorney general or
dered the box burned. but asked the jan
itor to exclude the foot ball from the
cremation Danny in the meantime wrote
the following letter to the attorney gen
eral:
Agnes Grosser took my foot ball. and
I did not kill her chickens, and I did
not throw the tin cans over the fence,
and I did not throw the iron wheel over
the fence, and will you please send my
foot ball to me. but please don't put in
the other things
Meaning the dead chicks and the tin
cans course
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Dreadnoughts Equal in Mum Der.

If the Michigan and the South Carolina
had been put in the list where they be-
long, and where they wer placed in the
1912 Navy Year Book and previous 10
that time. and the four German ships
which have only 11-inch guns were
taken out of the dreadnousht type ana
put into the battleship class, where they
belong. then the dreadnoughts in both
of the navies would be the same in num-
ber-nne.
Comparing the dreadnoughtS of the
German navy with those of the American
navy, in point of guns it was developed
that four of the German dreadnoughts
each has an armament of twelve twelve
inch guns and the other five an arrna-
ment of ten twelve-inch guns. while i'll
the American navy it appeared that two
had an armament each of eight twelve
inch guns. four had ten twelve-inch guns.
two of twelve twelve-inch guns and two
of ten fourteen-inch guns. showing the
superiority of the American dreadnoughts
in the cohber and power of their guns.
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Knight Emphatic in Denial.

Mr.. Knight. equally emphatic in his
denial of the allegations of Juggling
made before the committee by Repre-
sentative Witherspoon of Mississippi
yesterday. said today:
Take the first charge made by the
representative. that in which il is said
that three American battlcships. the
Oregon. Massachusetts and Indiana,
while of the same tonnage and OF
heavier armament than ten listed Ger
man battleShips. are left out of the
United States list altogether in a com
parfson OF the naval powers.
The table reerred to by them has a
suhhead which distinctly states that
vessels more than twenty Years old
from the date of launching are not in
cIudcd in the list. Naval authorities and
experts are agreed that battlcshp
more than twenty wears old is not to be
relied uprIi. and therefore not to be con-
Siierrd in such comparative table. All
~ the three battleships of the United
States Navy omitted from this list Were
launched in 1892. and therefore are more
than twenty years old and considered
,,i,soIet..
There is nothing in the year book
which would cause deception in this mat
tor On the ether Rand. the year book
shows that of the ten German battleShips
referred to by Representatives Wither-
spoon and H.nsley. the oldest was COM
plet"d III lSls and the youngest in 1906 >
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
Hope for Bremner Given IN.

BALTIMORE. Md, February 8
Although he passed fairly comfortable
night, Robert G.. Bremner, the New Jer-
sey representative who is suffering from
q malignant cancer at a Sanatorium here,
was reported to be weaker today The
radium applications have been Giscon-
tinued. as all hope for the patients re-
covery has been abandoned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
Comparison of Tonna ge.

1T was further developed that accord
inE to this comparison in the Navy Year
Book the tonnage of the German battle
ships was from 1914, which was the
smallest, to 1891. which was the larg
est of twenty German battleships, and
that of tWenty-Seven American battle
ships the smallest was 11.%i6 and the
largest was 5000 tons. The Secretary
admitted that. so far as the tonnage of
| the battleahips was concerned, the Ameri-
Germans. we'll as an excess of seven
| battleships in favor of the American
navy.
"In regard to the armament of the Ger
man twenty battleships it developed that
ten of them were supplied each with four
guns % inches in cahber, and the other
ten each with four guns eleven inches III
caliber. while all of the twenty-seven
| American battleships are each armed
| with four twelve-inch or thirteen-inch
guns. showing the great superiority of
the American battlesilips in point of the
power of guns.
Comparing the dreadnoushts of the
German with those of the American
navy. it appeared. according To the Year
Book. that the German navy has thirteen
and the American navy has only seven.
This result is brought about by including
in the list of German dreadnoughts four
ships which are armed with li-inch
guns. while all of the dreaduoughts in
the American navy are armed with II
or IA inch guns The result was further
brought about in the Year Book by tax
! ing out of the dreadnought class the
Michigan and the South Carolina. each
each of which is armed with eight IT,
inch guns
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commerce.
The appointment of Logan J. Evans as
deputy warden at $500 in the division OF
Alaska fisheries, bureau of fisheries. has
been discontinued.
Charles r. Young. assistant messenger
at $40 in the office OF the Secretary. has
been transferred TO the bureau o. navfga-
ton and promoted TO clerk at 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
DEATHS BY ACCIDENT
IN MONTH OF JANUARY

Coroner Nevitts report for the month
of January will show q total OF seven
deaths from injuries received by being
struck by vehicles. Four OF the deaths
resulted from automobile accidents. Las,
year automobiles were responsible foI
fourteen deaths
The first automobile accident OF this
year involved the killing OF Newman
Roach. colored. The case attracted more
than ordinary attention, the police stated
Arthur Bateman. chauffeur. was
operating the car. He was the only
person who witnessed the accident.
Marie o'Hare Koones. a small child
was killed by Ernest Mueller's automo-
bile.
Death Of Contractor Keys.
The third fatal automobile accident OF
the year involved the death of Charles
Fendley Keys, a contractor. He wa:
knocked down by an automobile belong.
ing 10 Rev. John Spensley.
Joseph ]. Ninson, jr., riding a tricycle.
was killed by a motor truck operated
by Edward Smith
One street car accident which caused
fatality happened IN January. Mildred
Hall. a small child. was killed by a
car on Wisconsin avenue. Mrs. Blanche
Hall, her mother, was injured. G. W. r
Hummer a resident of EasaCapital street
was knocked down by the Casualty
Hospital ambulance and killed. and
Henry Valentine. colored, was killed BY
a railroad train near Broollland
One Homicide in January.
One homicide was committed last
month. William II. Mould. an inmate o,
the Government Hospital for the Insane
was beaten to death by William II. Perry
also an inmate Of the hospital. Perry
was held for the action Of the grand
jury
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Term Indefinitely Defined.

Taking UP next Ill" criticism Of the
var book b.-c3,use tine Michigan and
South Carolina had been omitted from
TIM dr.dtnuu"ht class and placed i'll
III. hattIeshjp list Mr. Knight pointed
"nt That there j. much difference of
opinion u just what constitutes a
sireaduought He said that il was
generally accepted. however, that Il
droadnought should be armed with at
least eleveu-inch guns. should have a
displacement of $4,000 TONS and should
have speed Of twenty knots or better
The Michigan and South Carolina have
displacement Of only 5000 tons" said
Nj Knight But their greatest defect
IS that their speed is only about eighteen
and th.ee-quarter knots an hour. II is
said tIat some of the German dread
HouShts are armed with elcven-inch guns.
while the Michigan and South Caroline
~. armed with tweive-inch guns The
,iIticS, however. fail to call attention to
IT, fact that the displacement of these
German dreadonughts is 1860 tons and
lhal thtir speed is twenty knots and more
ier hour
Representative Britten. republican, OF
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Secretary Daniels and J. B.
Knight, Senate Committee
Clerk. Refute Charge.
FORMER CITES YEAR BOOK
TO BEAR OUT STATEMENTS
Representative Britten. Republican.
Defends Cabinet Officer and Scores
Weak Navy Champions.

Emphatic denial Of charges made at
Yesterday session o. the House. naval
sttaIrs committee 10 the effect that
ils2srcs IN The naval year book for IaI::
Rad hecI 'jusslcd to minimize the
strength of the American Navy was
made TO the committee today bv Sccre-
fary Daniels Of the Navy Department.
H''d tt J. L. Knight. clerk of TIN. S,nat.
naval Affairs committee. the compiler
CT The year book.
tf hts statement Secretary Daniels
dceial"d that the statistics contained
IL the tables in the back of the naval
cat book for 1918 We're revised by the
"thc" Of naval Intelligence from the
rest information Obtainablc abroad.
7 HiesS those comprising the personnel
"t the office OF naval Intelligence are
10 lie ciaSsed IS Enthusiastically. mem
hers of Congress cannot consiStently
call IN question the statistics coIlatcd
and revised Icy them. is the Inference
conveyed hy the Secrctary'S statement.
Mr. Knight. in refutation of the aIIcGa-
lions made yesterday by Representative
NltherSpooE, declared today that all that
was necessary to arrive at a gust con-
e'usiou M regard to the charges made by
crjtics ii tine year books statistics was
an examination and careful reading of
III book and its contained iiSurcs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03

The Rev D. S. Henkel. pastor of the
Chatham, Va. Christian Church, who has
been ill for more than year is in a crit
ical condition.