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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08
OFFICE OF PANAMA CANAL
is ESTABLISHED IN CITY
Records of Isthmian Commission to
Be Turned Over to It Under
Executive Order.

An Office of the Panama canal is es-
tablished in Washington by executive or
der of President Wilson, issued March ..
and now made public. 1t will take over
on April the rooms. effects and clerical
force of the Washington office of the
isthmian canal commission, succeeding to
all its responsibilities and duties. The
Washington Office of the isthmian canal
commission will then be discontinued.
The Washington Office of the Panama
canal is to be the Office of general rec
ords in the United States 1t will succeed
to the custody, care and preservation of
all records and files of the isthmian canal
commission, which are to be retained and
preserved in the United States.
To Be Purchasing Headquarters.
The Washington Office is to be the head
quarters and principal Office of the pur-
chasing department of the Panama canal,
administered by the head of the purchas-
ing department., under direction of the
governor of the Panama canal The adj
ministrative head of the Office will also be
subject to orders and supervision of the
chief of engineers of the army. to such
extent as may be directed by the Secre-
tary Of War He will also be the general
purchasing officer of the Panama canal.
For the present the Washington office
is to have the same organization as to Of
fees and Northumberland the office
of the assistant examiner of accounts and
disbursing office-as the Washington Of
flee of the isthmian canal commission
shall have March 81. The number. class
and salaries Of officials. except as other
wise provided, shall be the same as those
authorized for the Washington office of
the isthmian canal commission The
same class of duties shall be performed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08
Money Spent in Relief.

Miss Boardman stated that the Ameri-
can Red Cross had expended $4,000 for
relief work during the Balkan war, of
which sum $4,000 went to Bulgaria,
where ii had alIeviated the suffering of
some 15G0 sick and wounded.
The topic for discussion today was "A
Century of Peace Between the United
States and Great Britain and Present
International Unrest" Others who spoke
were William l.. Mackenze-king of OF
tawa, former member of Premier Lau-
rier's cabinet, and Oscar 5. Straus OF
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08
GOV. GOLDSBOROUCH IS
INVITED TO EVANSVILLE
Asked to Attend Supper of Company
F. National Guard-Declaration
Bill Is Amended.
Special Dispatch to The star.


sPeciai Dispatcn 10 Inc star.
HYATTSEILLE, March Gov. Colds
borough and adit Gen M.ck1in win no
invited to attend the supper and enter
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ausVihe company oapt. " a. Greasef' OF
the national oeiense trophy, state OF
maryland, awarded annually Tor the pest
drilled company in the state militia.
The bill introduced in the lower house
of the general assembly of Maryland by
Delegate T. Van Clagett early in the ses-
sion allowing persons coming into the
state 70 male their ,fBday;+s If intontion
~ oeeoile ei'AAehs Vi 'iie stdee peiore
justice OF the peace as well as before the
clerk of the circuit court has been
amended co &c 70 ,Ilou, ,ha.. l,Ac,ar.+;onv
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,;oh s;t T., - ~. -, siaas: " 1850;
"hii 81 ~ ene tatiooe eieetioii oisliees
III .he county Jour times IN each year.
mutations nave oeen issued Tor a
smoker and reception to be given the
evening Of Thursday. March IL. by Oriole
Lodge. No. Al. J. o. o. F. Capt O. A.
Greager is chairman of the committee
and William C. Gray secretary Odd
Fellows from Washington and Baltimore
have been invited
Emma Bowling Asks Divorce.
Dill pas oeen MED IN the circuit court
of Prince Georges county by Emma Dowl-
ing, asking that a divorce rnense Of tboro
he granted be- from, a,hart no,.,;.,
..H ms
seven prospective members OF the new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

c. NJ. Pans. a Chinese student at Co.
lumbia University, was honored by cleo
ton to the Columbia Chapter of the Phi
Beta Kappa. Pang is the second China
man to be elected to Phi Beta Kappa at
Columbia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08
POLICE DOUBT SMITH
SHOT LOUIS PERLMAN
Continue Investigation of Attack.
Joseph Foote Denies He Was
Implicated.

Although Leo Smith. eighteen Years
old, a resident of Baltimore is in jail
charged with having shot and danger
ously wounded Louis Perlman pro-
| prietor of a tailoring establishment at
I4th street and Rhode Island avenue
northwest, one week ago the police
are not fully satisfied that he fred the
shot.
| The wounded man picked out Smith
| as his alleged assailant and said he
was certain of his identification TIL.
police. however. are Of the opinion that
! there is room for doubt in the matter
of identification and are continuing
their search
| Yesterday at police headquarters
/ Joseph Foote. colored, who is charged
with having participated in the rob
| berry of the show window at the stor.
I of the W. F. Roberts Company, l413
/ New York avenue northwest was aues
/ toned on suspicion that he WAS impli-
Gated in the Perlman shooting.
Denies knowledge of Shooting.
! Foote denied any knowledge OF the
shooting. lie is said to have admitted
other acts OF violation OF law, but he de-
clared he never had been in the i4th
street tailoring esta blishment The prls-
oner. the police say. told of having rob-
bed number OF intoxicated men. and
said he attempted 10 rob a pedestrian on
one occa sion but denied that he had ever
shot any person. 4
J The detectives showed Foote the
| weapons they recovered in the Perlman
case. the revolver and SiDngshot. the lat
ter instrument being 3 piece Of an IndiaR
club with n leather strap attachment, and
closely inquired if he had seen them be-
fore. He said he never had.
Questioned as to his movements the past
week. Foote said he was unable to tell
where he was each day.
My memory is not very long. he said,
but my mother can tell.
Foote will be given hearing in Police
| Court tomorrow on charge OF house
breaking at the New York avenue store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

Two women are serving on the advisory
council for medical research appointed
by the English government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

The Council of Jewish Women is CONS
posed Of fifty-eight sections in as many
cities whose membership numbers LOO
women prominent in all fields of social
endeavor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

Oregon has a wifes compensation DILL
calling for compensation by saioohHeep-
ers whore husbands die from alcoholism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

Statistical Showing.
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.A(WF

taking of Vera Cruz there was one young
woman of perhaps better class than
the other women, who was found by the
Americans with powder stained hands and
a rifle, standing in the midst of her seven
brothers. who were lying wounded on the
floor She, too. had been shooting from
behind the shutters at the Americans.
One woman. whom reports IN the Pan
American building say was the wife of a
follower of Col. Alanis, with Madero
against Diaz, lately commanded a large
force of soldiers. Her husband was
killed, and his wife stanchly took his
place at the head Of his troops. The rec
ord says this woman was every inch a
soldier. was possessed of fine military
bearing, always dressed in the garb of
soldier. and was able to preserve perfect
order in the ranks.
There is apparent inspiration to the
Mexican soldiers in the sight of one of
their raven-tressed women riding at the
head of regiment. Whether many races
would have this same feeling and be
swayed by it into more strenuous fight
ing is a question.
Nine. Alanis. however. was the. leader
who is known as the woman who cap
tured Juarez from Madero." shortly be-
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Revenue Cut er
Service Has Record
for Deeds of Bravery
That Probably Sur
passes Either Army or
Ma Recitals of
Homeric Deeds That
Extend Over the Seas
From Alaska to Maine
and From m | a n d
Lakes to Gulf of Mex
ico-About E cry.
Conceivable Danger Is
Faced by Men in the
Service Stories of
Bravery.
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make sure that the ships would not
drift apart.
The company owning the Berkshire
has written tribute which is In the
archives of the Treasury Department.
That was Capt Gardens reward.
X
In June, 1912, the little town of
Kodiak. Alaska. was visited by vol
canic eruption that buried it. There
had been signs of trouble for several
days previous and the inhabitants,
numbering 500. had asked Capt. K w.
Perry, commanding the revenue cutter
Manning. not to leave them.
Finally, after two days of rumbling
and threatening, the great volcano
burst into action. At first there was
a blaze of fire and great rivers of
lava came sweeping down toward the
little town. Then followed a steady
rain of burning hot ashes
The Manning was locked when the
eruption began. Within half an hour
there was a swarm of people around
her begging to be taken on board
Capt. Perry divided his crew, putting
men to work with hose and brooms
to remove the red-hot ashes that
threatened momentarily to ignite the
ship. The remainder of his men were
engaged in bringing the panic stricken
population on board.
All day the officer remained at the
dock, bringing more and more of the
townsmen on board. By niehtfau the
Manning lay low in the water Five
nunored people, 1t is estimated, were
crowded aboard her And she had
remained until Perry was assured
that no one was left behind. Then
slowly, carefully, the Manning steamed
out Of the harbor while her wireless
called for assistance
The work of officers and mon d,,r;r.
the time the Manning lay by the dock
was heroic. The passengers were ali
sent below to places of safety. But the
crew was on deck, though singed by the
fumes which were everywhere The day
was pitch dark, as black as midnight.
The slightest mistake on Perry's part. an
outbreak OF panic among the rescued,
and catastrophe would have been re-
corded. But there was no mistake. Off
GERS and men bound up their burns and
stuck to their task of keeping the ship
from igniting, working carefully in the
darkness, but working as precisely as if
they were used to extinguishing vol
canic ashes.
There Is a little aftermath of this
tale. Twelve cows were left to the
kodiakans after conditions made it pos
sible for them to return to their village.
The huge Kodiak BEARS the largest in
the world, driven from their usual
haunts by the eruption, descended upon
the herd and killed four of the cows.
So the crew of the Manning organized
hunt and went out and killed bears
for q change. Had 1t not been for the
Manning, Kodiak would today be a
memory, covered with eighteen inches of
dull gray ashes.
There are SO many phases of the reve-
nue. cutter services work that a dozen
volumes would be needed to recite all
Of their hazards. Frequently there are
running fights with smuggiers and the
seal killers Of the north, and some of
them are brisk fights, too. A few fig
ures indicate the extent Of the work
which is done every day.
In six years thee revenue cutters have
rescued 1893 persons. This list does not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14
CURIOUS DRINKING VESSELS.

forerunner of Ii modern "tumbler."
Among the Saxorft was a matter OF
etiquette that aorn OF mead should
be quaffed at onarausht. In order to
insure that thi might be done. the
drinking horn IS shaped in such a
Way that it counot be set down with
out splitting theead-
In time. hower. some ingenious per-
son conceived Idea OF weighing the
bottom of theorn with lead. SO that
the vessel mir keep an upright posi-
ton. Then, tfugh process of evol.-
tion. the hor yielded to the mcAern
glass tumbleI
A form of linking vessel that IL sun
nonu1.r 10 tankard. This is one OF
the oldest all. The first tankards
were Of 1t capacity. and. as they
held MARIAN one man could dispose
of +hev re "pegged"-that Is, they
wsra diy,i into equal parts. each part
being ned with a peg Of wood or
silver thus occurred that when
several re drinking from the tankard,
as wa. ie custom. each was supposed
IN cea drinking when he reached his
meg " aus insuring that all should
Sbara Ike One authority has It that
the Istom of pegging tankards
orr,-ed with no less a person than
81 ynstan. in order that some check
wss runk and obviate brawling.
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eign shores. and there are cheers and
tears and prayers for the safe return of
= the mentor the navy is symbolic of
mighty deeds.
In the Treasury Department on the first
floor, there are few small offices that
most people pass by when they are sight
seeing. There is a small black sign stat
ing that the commanding officer of the
revenue cutter service and his aids may
be found inside
Revenue cutter service, speculated one
visitor not SO long ago; that must have
something to do with misunderstanding
money and things like that
The revenue cutter service. directed from
these Offices has a record for deeds of
bravery that probably surpasses either
the army or the navy In the files of the
department are brief reports that read
like a crop report And these reports are
recitals of Homeric deeds that extend over
the seas from Alaska to Maine, and from
the inland lakes on the northern borders
to the Gulf of Mexico.
Monsoons. nor westers, ice and uuchart-
ed reefs have been .combated Volcanoes,
nreS and about every other conceivable
form of danger have been faced And
man must do something remarkable in
deed if he is TO get even the slightest
mention for his heroism. Herosm, in the
revenue cutter service, is the usual thing
1t is expected.
Several months aeo-October ID 1914
10 be eXact-the revenue cutter Andros-
: cossln. under the command of Capt f.
&. Billiard. came into Boston harbor, and
behind her was a blazing volcano of a
ship. in whose hold quantity of valu-
: able copper was stored. She had ac-
complshed the seemingly impossible and
at high price. Her bunkers and water
tanks We're empty. There were seams
in her sides from the terrific strain she
had undergone Her officers and crew
We're exhausted. burned. tried well nigh
past human strength.
The Androscoggin had been ordered to
proceed to sea and find the British
freishter Templemore. Capt. Billiard had
no time to prepare for the trip. A ter
rife gale was blowing outside the har-
bora gale that would have made
larger ship than the little cutter toss
. ike crazy cork. Somewhere outside in
that tunult of wind and water the Tenn
plernore was slowly burning to the wa
ters edge
o. In the service. orders are orders There
: are no excuses So, Capt. Billiard wired
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ZzT''8<;

fast of their favorite frijoles. she did
the peacock act. with some imported
gowns belonging to a family whose
home had become the spoils of war,
while her soldiers laughed indulgently
at her. and admired her not little
She truly was militant. but not the
shirt-waist. linen-collar, wild-eyed
sort: She worked while she worked
and played while she played. was
good comrade and a magnetic leader.
: II have heard something of a man by
the name of Castanado, belonging to
the governments forces and working
in the artillery. whose wife was fully
as clever at managing a field gun as he.
in the capacity of an officer There was
never very much said of her, l be-
.lieve. for she did mot aspire to the
'honors of her husbands captaincy. and
corning the pair for the last several
months. both may be dead. The wife
soldier dress. the wide sombrero and
khaki outfit. and the silence with which
she went about her steadfast activities
in the artillery"
Senior Godoy's younger brother. who
was sitting close by. in the consuTs office,
ventured to remark just then that in the
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SCARCITY OF MUTTON
BLAMED ON THE DOGS

WILD dogs. 4 hitherto unmenttoned
complication in sheep raising, are
responsible for the failure of more farm
ers to produce mutton and wool. accord
ing to scientists in the Department Of Ag-
r1culture who recently made an investi-
cation In thirty-six states.
Secretary Houston and experts through
out the department have conducted a
campaign for more than year to per-
suade farmers to raise sheep and the
consuming public to eat mutton instead
OF lamb. They say mutton will go far
toward reducing the high cost Of living.
Their latest discovery will be followed
throughout the country by a campaign
for the determination of sheep killers
When the county correspondents of the
bureau of statistics received their replies
from landowners who did not raise sheep.
their regret. they were astounded to
find that dogs outnumbered all other
reasons for the non-production of sheep.
Five hundred and twenty-six correspond
ents stated that the loss of lambs which
were victims of stray dogs prevented any
possible chance of profit. A lack of
working capital was given as the reason
in 191 cases. while the low price of wool
was the explanation given in 122 cases.
Tue departments remedy is the in
creasing of state dog license taxes, SO
that all unnecessary dogs will be eiimi-
mated and at the same time enable coun-
ty. officials to establish fund from which
sheep owners may be compensated for
their loss. This plan is already in force
in Ohio and Indiana.
A recent statement from the depart
ment reads:
The superfluous dog in villages and on
non-sheep-raising farms constitutes a
very serious obstacle to the logical devel-
opment Of the farm sheep husbandry in
the United States
When the states levy taxes sufficiently
high to curtail the number of dogs and
put upon the dog owner the burden of
keeping his animals of other peoples
= fair chance To .cnntp;hute AZ thew shnn,S
to the nations .meat supply"
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Shown Up.

r:NAToR LA TOILETTE was talk
ing about the lodges and squirms
certain corrupt railroad Official
For all his lodges and squirms." said
the senator. the man was well shown
up. It's like the case Of Smith.
"A collector entered Smiths nat.
pushed into the parlor. and said to
Smiths little son:
Where's your father?
Gone away the urchin answered.
to orders.
Gone away? Humph. Where tor
That closet there,' was the reply" Z.
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fore the latter's death. The general with
whom she had allied her forces cut a
swath for himself for quite while, and
she drank in her full share of his glory.
Then another force took hold of him. he
was driven from the city of Juarez, ana
the lady Alanis with her obedient poems
went along.
The opposing force now had Juarez.
But, obeying feminine whim for some
bit of finery her soldiers liked to see
adjoining her. Nine. Alanls took a score or
men and returned to the city they had
been compelled to evacuate only a few
hours before. AS they rode in very quietly
there was a review of soldiers in progress
But, says the account, 1t didn't last long,
Lady Alanis and her band were upon the
unobservant reviewers in one jump, and
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given cohand of a federal detach-
ment. 81 had ridden into the army
with m named Ruiz. He had been
shot and tken away by guards. in a
MISREPRESENTATION. That night she
rode intdhe camp where he was a
prisoner, It him away from his cap
tors by sc particular plan of. STRAIT
egg not toEded. and came galloping
back his company with him hanging
to hesaddle horns.
SOD after this she assumed COM
mand willing body of men. and at
Tackled ersdf to the regular body of
the arS. These soldiers, with the
the woH ger in the presence of a
female ldle. were very devoted to her
and obeN her unf1inchingly. An ex-
traordinaf fact. too. in the unframed
fighter. va naturally rebels at rigid
disciplined
"The talsbld of this girl commander
made herb feminine. No lepeins
of leatheref a single person to be-
lieve she fht be man. Instead, In
the morniri where there was no fight
Ing going and she was seeing to it
that her 4mand got good break
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before the landing of macs in Mexican
waters, made this final atement In re-
gard to the part his cotrywomen take
in war:
People coming from-exico after the
taking of Vera Cruz by American ma
rines say there were my Mexican Wom-
en- who fought the invars Many OF tne
so-called 'snipers' W. women. "niie
others Uera killed or unded out in the
streets This is mere talk, and l cam
not vouch for it in parular, but the TACT
remains that all Mexia women are very
natriotic Althouph tside of the peon
class, they have no efuslasm TO hsnt IN
the revolution, a gre NUMBER OF thenl,
both educated and IN. would join the
ranks at once in caof war with fof-
eign nation
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the surprise was so great that it was an
easy matter to take away supplies and
the soldiers rifles.
There were no more rifles in the town.
SO she and her little band of obedients
made the whole place their own until the
fun was fun no longer. Then they put on
full speed down the road into the night
and back to camp. twelve miles away.
When Huerta became president of the re-
public this particular Amazon was thought
to have joined Carranza's army and to
have marched into the mountain ranges
of Chihuahua with her faithful followers.
Senior Godoy, who in the gulse of con-
sui, was in the midst of things shortly
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REyENuE;C CUTTER ANpRoscoedaNl

gasp, He was in command of the cut
ter ltasca, which was at that time sta
toned off Lookout shoals. There is a
breakwater there and in bad weather
the ship that touches it is doomed.
There was a high sea running and a
morning when Lieut.. Covell sighted a
motor boat helplessly drifting toward
the breakwater In the high wind and
water 1t was manifestly impossible to
occupants. 1t would mean the loss of
more lives
There was one chance by which the
men might be saved. If the Itasca
would be driven up close enough to the
breakwater to take; the men off, their
lives could be saved But attached to
that "if' were possibilities that few men
would care to contemplate When the
1tasca got in close to the breakwater
she would have to fight desperately to
keep from being carried on the rocks
in spite of her engines The force of the
waves there was tremendous. Then
suppose she should run down the motor
boat and destroy, the very men she was
trying to rescue It meant postpaid
uate seamanship and perfect nerves
otherwise. death for the men in the
motor boat and the probable destruction
of the Itasca.
Lieut.. Covell didn't even hesitate. AS
fast as he dared drive his ship he came
in closer. closer to the breakwater and
the helpless little boat. He ran his ship
Up SO closely that the giant waves
threatened the motor boat with imminent
sstruction. Then. quicker than it can
.e told, he had ropes thrown out and
fairly dragged the men over the side It
was a question of seconds. The motor
boat struck the Itasca's side and sank
like a stone while the men were still
being hauled aboard. A few seconds
more and it would have been death to all
Of them. And then there was furious
light to get out of the danger zone The
men who were saved were life-savers
themselves. 1t is not the only occasion
hen the revenue cutter service has res
led rescuers.
October 20. 1912, the steamship Berk-
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.HdE SEMINOLE

turpentine. Hatches were blown Off
and part of the superstructure was
torn away. During this time the Semi
nole's crew. acting as If they were
merely going through routine exer-
cises, saved the people aboard the
Berkshire. At last it became evident
that nothing in human power could
save the ship.
During the long battle Capt Garden
got. in all, about four hours sleep. He
was everywhere. quieting the terror
stricken passengers, directing the fire
fighting, watching the helmsman to