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Evening star., 1914-02-17
YOUNG WOMAN PARADERs
DO STUNTS FOR SUFFRAGE
Carry Signs Downtown Advertising
Two Plays for Local Con-
gressional Union.

Carrying box-like signs advertising
How the Vote Was Won" and BE
fore Sunrise" two plays which are tt
be given at the Columbia Theater Fri
day under the auspices Of the Congress
sional Union for Woman Suffrage, &
small squad of young women paradee
the downtown streets this afternoon
They were headed by Miss Lucy Burns
vice chairman of the union.
The principal role in How the Vote
Was Won" is to be taken by Mrs. Mary
Realty Clagett. and others with leading
parts are James Daily. Miss Mabel
Grandin, Miss Edith Goode, Mrs. Maud
Howell Smith, Mrs. Carol Bird. Mrs Ran
doInh Keith Forrest, Henry Sands and
Miss Frances Carpenter.
Miss Effie Baker. daughter Of Frank
Baker Of the Smithsonian Institution. is
to execute a solo dance entitled Joy Til
umphant,' In specia ty number.
The production is under the direction
of Mrs. Forrest
A large number of socially prominent
women have become patronesses for the
PLAYS, and Miss Generfeve Clark, daugh
ter Of the Speaker of the House, and
other young women in official life will en-
tertain theater parties.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
HOUSE MACE FORGOTTEN.
Symbol of Authority Missing From
Place. and Scurrying Follows.

who's got the mace?" rang out in the
House today when Wallace Bassford, pr1-
vate secretary to Speaker Clark, standing
in the gallery, discovered the absence OF
the sergeant-at-arms' historic symbol oY
authority that must rest on a marble
pedestal next to the Speakers rostrum
whenever the House Is in session For
the first time in the memory Of man the
mace had been forgotten for the moment
and the House had no real authority to
enforce orders. There was scurrying to
get the mace, and It was quickly brought
to the floor.
The mace is one OF the Oldest of the
House traditions and too sacred an in
strument of authority to display even
while the House is acting ''in committee
Of the whole The rule requiring the
sergeant-at-arms to bear the mace while
enforcing order. from which has grown
the practice of keeping 1t in position next
to the Speakers desk, was adopted in
1889 and an attempt to enforce order
without it would create grave parliament
ary questions.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
RIVER CRAFT LAID UP
BECAUSE OF HEAVY ICE
Only Tugs and Large Steamers
Able to Navigate the
Potomac.

Heavy ice along the river at many OF
the landings on the schedules of the
Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat Com
pany, and the outlook for continued freez-
ing weather, making the ice heavier. has
caused the withdrawal from service OF
the steamers Wakefield and Trenton, run
ming on routes between this city and
Nomini and Lower Machodoc creeks, Va.
It is stated they will make no attempt
to go down the river this week. and will
remain idle longer, if conditions do not
improve.
The steamer Three Rivers left here
yesterday afternoon for landings at the
mouth of the river and Baltimore, and
the steamers of the Norfolk and Wash
ington line are running on practically
schedule time. 1t will take ice much
heavier than that now covering the river
to interfere with the Norfolk liners
schedule
With the exception of the boats named
and of the tugboats there has been no
movement of vessels on the river. and
navigation is entirely suspended as far
as sailing craft Is concerned 1ester-
day the District fireboat. the Firefghter,
was sent to the Georgetown channel to
open it and she spent several hours cruis-
ing from the forks of the channel te
Georgetown. breaking the ice. which was
found several inches thick SO that the
northwest wind would carry 1t down the
river.
Before the Firehghter started work the
tug Minerva. belonging to one Of the
local sand companies. attempted to come
out from Georgetown. but as she was not
fitted with plow she was forced to give
up and return to her dock. While the ice
is mostly frozen snow 1t was found pack
ed thick and heavy.
Officers Of the steamers arriving here
! report the ice packed and goreed from
Indian Head to above Fort Washington.
the northwesterly winds having blown
the drift Ice on that shore and packed 1t
in some places q foot or two in depth and
the cold has frozen the packed ice into
a solid mass. While conditions do not
look very favorable for navigation the
rivermen insist that the ice is OF such a
nature, the result of the heavy fall OF
snow that 1t will quickly disappear as
soon as above freezing temperature
comes and remains for a day or two
Evening star., 1914-02-17
PLAN TO CHANGE SYSTEM
OF CALLING IN CAPITAL
Members Of Congressional Club
Would Eliminate Burdens Of
Prevailing Customs.

The question of simplifying the pay
ing and returning of calls in Official
life in Washington was taken up this
| morning at a meeting of members OF
the Congressional Club at the club
house, 18th and K streets northwest
Henry White. former American am
bassador to France, spoke before the
European capitals. He told the mem
bers particularly of the rules govern
ing the payment of calls.
Following the meeting Mrs. ID. L.
Fletcher. president OF he club. announced
that il had been decided that she Should
appoint a committee OF nine to cons der
the question in all its phases When
this committee is ready to report an
called.
Wants Simpler System.
Mrs. Fletcher said she has not ye:
decided on the personnel OF this call
5ng' committee. but that she would
endeavor to get the best possible woEea
to serve on 1t. She said she hoped some
way would be found for simplifying tho
burdensome calling customs which have
grown up in Washington.
The object OF the movement is to en-
able women in congressional and off IA!
life in Washington to be polite and fu-
fill their social obligations without al
tempting the impossible. 1t is said that
il has become customary for some women
in certain positions to pay many calls
that they find time TO do little else
Evening star., 1914-02-17
SPEAKS FOR RED CROSS
Miss Boardman Urges National
Scheme for Mississippi
River Control.

1.-The Mississippi river should not be-
come our sorrow. as the Yellow river,
with its history of $500 years of disas-
trous floods has come to be known as
Chinas SORROW Miss Mabel T. Board
man. of the American Red Cross .old the
Senate commerce committee today, speak
ing for a national scheme of flood control
on the Mississippi.
The Red Cross had no specific plan. but
urged broad national movement as
the only solution of the problem State
and community protection had proved a
failure, she said. and added that within
the last six years the Red Cross had
spent nearly four millions for relief
along the Mississippi and Ohio
Miss Boardman said the attention of
the Red Cross had been directed to the
possibility Of relieving China of flood dis
asters when 1t was called upon last year
to expend more than s6oo 600 for relief
work there. She detailed the plan for a
OOOo, $50 loan to be spent by American
engineers on the Ye iQw river.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
Relief From Northwest.

The agency of relief. the weather bu-
reau states comes from the British north
west. and, in the parlance of weather
sharps, Is known as "a depression
Pushing and rolling its bulk southeast
ward, II already has caused rising tenn
peratures in the Missouri, upper Missis-
sippi and lower Ohio valleys. and by to-
morrow its warming influence will be
chasing Jack Frost out to sea off the
Atlantic coast
Dark clouds and threatening snow fur
ries over the middle Atlantic and New
England states today were its heralds
which promised rising temperatures re-
lief of congestion of railway traffic and a
return to normal winter conditions.
There is no indication of a cold wave
following. and If observations continue
to back up predictions the entire country
will be enjoying mild weather again by
the end of the week
Falls, Struck by Street Car
Elmore Murray. seventeen years old,
residing at 1702 I'd street northwest. this
afternoon slipped and fell on the icy
street near New York avenue and 14th
street northwest.
Before he could get away from the car
tracks he was struck by a street car.
Physicians at Emergency Hospital said
he was suffering from conclusion of the
brain when he reached the hospital.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
BRANDE|S ONCE AGAIN
REFUSES HIS SERVICES
Declines Gov. Walsh's Request That
He Act in Boston and
Maine Case.

Gov. Walsh of Massachusetts, conferred
hero today with Louis D. Brandeis Of
Boston. urging him to serve on the
board of trustees to take over the Bos-
ton & Maine stock held by the New
a part of the breaking of the New Eng
land transportation monopoly. but Mr..
Brandeis again declined to do so.
Gov. Walsh, Chairman Howard Elliott.
Moorfield Storey and Walker D. Hines
later conferred with Attorney General
McReynolds about the New Haven dis
solution.
Gov. Walsh said the only questions
confronting the conferees were the
terms Of an agreement for the trustee
ship, the sanction of a federal court
and the names of the trustees them
selves He presented a list of names to
Mr.. McReynolds from which 1t was ex-
pected the trustees would be chosen.
probably very soon.
Confer With q. S. Officials.
Earlier In the day a conference was
held between Gov. Walsh, Chairman
Elliott and counsel for the New Haven.
and T. w. Gregory and Jesse C. Ad-
kinS. assistants TO attorney 1eneral
McReynolds.
Aside from naming trustees to take
over and control the Boston and Maine,
the conferees were busy with minor de-
tails Of the separation of the two roads,
II was understood that with settlement
Of the Boston and Maine case the rail-
road and the government officials turned
attention to the outside steamship lines
and the trolley lines controlled by the
New Haven, which it must give up to
conform with the terms OF its recent
agreement with Mr.. McReynolds. The
nan used in the Boston and Maine case
probably will be followed In disposing Of
these other properties
Evening star., 1914-02-17
BACON ATTORNEY IN CASE.
Brief Filed in Supreme Court as
Body Is Borne Into Senate.

Almost at the very hour when the body
Of Senator Bacon of Georgia was being
borne into the Senate chamber today. a
brief bearing his name as counsel was
being filed in the supreme Court of the
United States in a case in which the
senator had been employed as an at
torney.
The suit was one brought by kather-
inc Osenton of Fayetteville, W. Va. for
damages against Margaret Ii. William
son in the federal district court for
southern West Virginia. She was award
ed $4,000 damages. Senator Bacon and
Senator Chiffon of West Virginia, were
employed to have the verdict set aside.
The case promises to be precedent
maker because Mrs. Osenton, by reason
of alleged infidelity on the part of her
husband and her application for a divorce
IN West Virginia, ella. ms a right to estab-
hsh a residence In Virginia and under the
laws OF diversity of citizenship sue Miss
Williamson In the federal instead OF the
state courts Of West Virginia
Evening star., 1914-02-17

International peace is to be the topic
OF lecture by Norman Angel at tho
Church OF the Covenant at O'Clock this
evening. The lecture. which is to be Mr..
Angells only public address In Washing
ton. is to be given under the auspices OF
the Washington Peace Society.
Mr.. Angel. whose full name is Ralph
Norman Angel Lane. is widely known as
an author. editor and publicist. and an
ardent advocate of permanent peace
among the nations. His visit to Wash
ington is made in the course OF a tour
of the United States during which he Is
to deliver addresses in all the principal
cities. The tour Is under the auspices
of the American Society for Internationl
Cancellation, with which are cooperating
the numerous branches OF the American
Peace Society.
Although English by nativity. Mr
Angel has spent much Of his life In the
western part of the United States. For
several years he has been engaged in
newspaper work in Paris. first as cor
respondent for q number Of American
newspapers and later for four years, az
editor of the Daily Messenger. Since
1905 he has been managing editor OF the
Paris Daily Nail.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
FUNERAL PLANS COMPLETE.
Late Treasurer Kennedy Declared
Insane When He Took His Life.

BUFFALO. n. Y. February 17.-Ar-
rangements for the funeral of John J.
Kennedy. former state treasurer. who
committed suicide at his home here Sun
day. were completed today. The active
palibearers include John P. Hopkins of
Chicago and Norman E Mack Of this
city. The services at the church Will be
conducted by Bishop Cotton Wednesday
morning.
Edward r O'Malley. former attorney
general. said today that Mr.. Kennedy.
acting under his advice, had severed all
personal connections with bonding COM
pan!es as soon as he took Office as state
treasurer He turned over all his inter-
est in the bonding business to his son
William.
Dr. George B. S,ocker. medical exam
iner expressed the opinion today that Mr..
Kennedy was temporarily insane when he
took his life
Evening star., 1914-02-17
ENTIRE SHIP ELECTRIFIED.
Huge Wave Sweeps German Steamer
and Short Circuits Wires.

BOSTON, February 17.-How huge
sea which boarded the German steamer
War1enfels, wrecked the charthouse,
smashed a powerful electric signal lamp.
short-circui,ed the wires and for time
charged the ship with electricity vas re-
lated today by Capt Schov. when the
steamer arrived from Calcutta.
The sea broke over her while she was
off the coast last Saturday. Chief Officer
Voight was thrown from the bridge. and
a beam from the demolished charthouse
pinned the Malay quartermaster to the
deck The vessel was rolling heavily
and a human chain was formed to pull
awav the beam. When the end man In
the chain took hold of steel stanchion
he and all the others were knocked down
by an electric shock.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
WILL VISIT KING GEORGE.
Prince William of Wied Also 10
Call on President Poiucare.

BERLIN. February 17.-Prince William
of Wied left today on the way to LONDON
and Paris to pay his respects to King
George of England and President Po;i-
care of France before assuming the sov-
ereignty of Albania. The formal tender
of the throne of Albania to Prince " J.
liam probably will be made only after his
arrival at Durazzo. Albania, by the as
sembly OF Albanian notables.
The Prince will start his reign with only
81 100000 of the 1900. 600 loan promised
him by the powers to finance his treas
ury. He had hoped to obtain an advance
of $2.o00O0o. but the powers halved the
amount
Evening star., 1914-02-17
COLD WAVES BACK
DUE TO Be BROKEN
Warmer Weather Is Headed
This Way From the Canadian
Northwest.
STREET SNOW PROBLEM
BEING SOLVED GRADUALLY
Members of Congress Claim Regu-
lar Cleaning Appropriation Is
Available for Use.

Holding out the hope that tho dorsai
vertebra of the cold snap that has made
Washingtonians shiver for the past few
days is about TO sustain serious frac-
ture, the weather bureau had the fol-
lowing to say i'll regard to the prospects
for the next twenty-four hours:
For Mary land. Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia, fair and warmer
weather tonight and Wednesday, with
light variable Winds
Provided this prediction. forecast. prog
nostication, prophecy or whatever YOU
want to call it, comes true, the street
cleaning department of the National Cap
itl may expect powerful reiuforcements
by tomorrow, and those who are com
pelled to use the streets and sidewalks
of the city will not be compelled much
longer to equip themselves after the fash
ion of ar tic explorers before venturing
out of doors,
Evening star., 1914-02-17

Vardaman, GaIlinger. Root Nelson. Bran
degee and Page; Representatives Ferns.
Willis, Mann, Payne. Gardner, Anthony,
Dyer and Prouty. and the Georgia delega-
Crisp. Adamson, Howard. Bartlett, Lee,
Tribble Bell, Hardwick. Walker and
Hughes
Senator Overman Detained by Illness
Senator Overman of North Carolina,
who was appointed on the committee to
accompany the body to Georgia, was COM
PEELED to remain in Washington. owing
to illness. Senator Overman had been
acting as chairman Of the special COM
mittee IN the absence of Senator Hoke
Smith, who Will join the funeral party In
Atlanta
Eulogy by Senator Salisbury.
Senator Willard Salisbury OF Della
ware. close friend of Senator Bacon,
today paid tribute to the late senator
from Georgia. He said:
Il was in the Senate Saturday when.
suddenly, strange silence came, and
Senator Overman. almost overcome by
the painful news he must make public.
announced that Senator Bacon had Just
died. No man could desire his friends,
colleagues and daily associates in life to
pay greater tribute then had-absolute
silence for so long that II was painful.
No one was willing to trust himself to
speak when all were so overcome.
The testimony to the regard and af-
lection in which Senator Bacon was held.
was truly wonderful There were no
political parties in the chamber. All men
were almost in tears at the loss of a
dear fr.eud-one whose memory this
country viii cherish, and all of us are
proud if he called US friend. Senator
Bacon viii be missed more greatly than,
l believe would any other man in the
Senate. Kind. gentle, able an upright
whose acts and life typify all
that is good in our national public life"
Evening star., 1914-02-17
FOUND DEAD IN sNowDRnT.
Editor Succumbs as He Nears Home
at Garden City, I. I.

GARDEN CITY. L. L.. February H.
Edward y. Townsend. editor OF the Nag
sau county Republican, was found dead
in a snowdrift today IN front OF his
home here. He had apparently become
exhausted while struggling through the
snowdrift last night and had fallen
just as he reached his gate. His oife
remained up all night anNiousiy awaiting
his return. but 1t was not until today
that he was found. almost buried by
snow. frozen TO death.
Mr. Towsend was f1fty-six years old
and weighed nearly 800 pounds Members
of his family think that his heart gave
out after his battle with the snow. He
was socially prominent
Evening star., 1914-02-17
Philadelphia Has Pure Air.

PHILADELPHIA. February l7-Ths
air IN this city is almost as pure as that
in the country. This announcement was
made yesterday by Prof. w. A. Pearson
of the Hahnemann Medical College who
with a group OF students has been maxi
ing a study OF the subject. At a height
of fifty feet above the street the
atmosphere was found to contain only
2s-lOO of per cent Of carbon diovide, the
principal poisonous element In the sir.
This, Prof Pearson said. demonstrates
that there is little difference between the
in the country.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
TWO MEN FREEZE TO DEATH.
Lumber Workers Succumb in Sight
of Pennsylvania Camp.

wILkES-BARRE. Pa, February IL
Two lumbermen, Jerry Sheehan and Jo-
seph Kelly. were found frozen TO death in
a snow drift on South mountain yester-
day. They were returning from Noxen
and were within sight of the camp when
they were overcome.
kelly's body was completely covered
by the snow drift. Sheehan was found
with his head under a tree stump. his
last effort to gain shelter. The ther-
mometer registered about degrees be-
low zero with a high wind prevailing.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
POLICE AND TROOPS FIGHT.
Panic Caused Among Inhabitants Of
Port au Prince, Haiti.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, February II.
sharp fighting occurred this morning
between the police stationed at head
quarters and the soldiers in the capital
The repeated clashes caused a panic
among the Inhabitants.
The troops occupied police headquar-
tiers at II O'Clock and order was shortly
afterward restored in the city.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
$4,000 FOR OLYMPIC GAMES.
German Imperial Parliament Re
cedes From Former Opposition,

BERLIN. Februasy 17.-By a consider
able majority the German imperial par
Lament today adopted an appropriation
Of $4,000 for the Olympic games to be
held here In 1919. The appropriation was
rejected by the budget committee on jan
uary 15. but the leaders of the clerical
party today gave their followers freedom
of action In the matter and all but a few
OF them voted in favor of the appro-
priaton.
The socialists persisted In their attitude
of protest. but it was pointed out that
this was more for tactical political rea-
sons than from hostility to the Olympic
games.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
FIRE TAKES SPANISH VILLAGE
Every House in Small Place in Prov.
ince of Avila Burns.

MADRID. February l7.-Fire destroyed
the village of Espinosa de Los Caballeros,
in the province Of Aviia, early today The
brief official dispatches received here re-
ferred Indefinitely to numerous dead and
injured The flames broke out at mid
night and We're famed into violence by a
strong wind until every house in the
place was on fire.
Esp.nosa de Los Caballeros is a small
agricultural center with about 800 in
habitants.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
Parcel Post Insurance Increases.

The insurance feature of the parce
most service has increased beyond all ex-
pectations. according to Postmaster Gen.
eral Burleson, who today asked Con-
gress to appropriate $4,000 for de
ficiency in the stationery allowance on
this account. together with $4,000 de-
dciency for the manufacture Of postal
cards. The cost of production of postal
cards, he advised the House. has in
creased from a little over 80 cents Der
thousand in the fall of 1912 to sc cents
now,
Evening star., 1914-02-17
Scandal Aired in House of Lords.

LONDON. February 1.-THE recent
parliamentary scandal In connection
with the purchase OF Marconi shares
by members of the British cabinet was
revived today in the house of lords, TO-
gether with the whole question of the
secrecy of party funds and the pur-
chase of titles of nobility.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
Vice Presidents Tribute.

When Vice President Marshall walked
slowly 10 his seat and called the Senate
70 order. the short and simple services
began. Departing from the customary
cru. NJ Marshall. IN voice full of
feeling and lowered almost TO whisper.
saie:
Senators, :he hour has arrived at
hich In accordance With the orders OF
lie Senate the final ceremonies over the
body OF Augustus Octavius Bacon, late
a senator from Georgia, an an unusually
distinguished member of this body. are
70 D. observed In conformity to custom
and In token Of our common faith. the
enaplain of the Senate will offer a prayer
- God, the Father: God. the Redeemer:
s3rd God the Comforter"
The Rev Forrest J. Perrtrnan. chap
lsin of the Senate offered prayer. say
'ae.
We bless Thee for the life and work
If this great man
I'VE praise Thee that the hand OF death
as not laid upon him until he had
spoken his message 70 the world. and
ad sent forth the influence of a devoted
,.fe into the sou! OF our nation.
''Blest with physical form which was
minated by a presence full of the repoSe
* seltuasterly, confident through a rich
and varied scholarship, infieAible by rea-
on OF a consecrated WILL dominant with
a purpose of lofty aim. he faced and full
lied the great demands of a faithful
senator
The Episcopal burial service was read
Sy Bishop Harding. and benedicuon by
the chaplain followed.
Consigned to Loving Hands,"
After the lapse OF probably q minute,
the Vice President spoke again. saying:
into the loving hands of the commit
teee OF Congress and the officers of the
Senate" he said, we consign the mortal
body of our well beloved senator. to be
by them conveyed TO his home In the
state Of Georgia there to be deposited in
its nna1 resting place, May his labors in
Sns cauee Of constitutional liberty long
6leas the republic"
The services ere finished at l 80 o'clocb l,
a0d Immediately after the departure of
those invited to sit with the senator's in
The chamber the Senate adjourned until
nOo0 tomorrow.
Members Of the Capitol police force bore
she body back to the marble room. to
remain until escorted to the railway sta.
ion for the Journey to Atlanta, where i,
VIII lie In sta,e at the Georgia capito,
until taken 70 Macon for interment
Tho funeral party that accompanied The
body south included the committees an.
pointed BY the two houses of Congress.
md Serseant-at-Arms Higgins and thu
secretary Of the Senate. The congressiona
Committees consisted Of Senators Smith Of
ieorgta. Tillman. overman. Chiffon
I-etcherp Pomerens. Thomas O'Gorman