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The Washington times., 1914-07-14
Astor's Yacht Fails
To Save Man in River

NEW YORK, July I4.-Vincent As
tors yacht Mona assisted IN an at
tempt to rescue a deck hand who fell
overheard from a t"y % larses OF
pcsite Fernclif. the Aston country
place on the Hudson. go -- -.
Goats put out, fro;1- the, yacht as
well as from the tugboat that was
hauling the barges. and a search was
made of the river for an hour in the
glare CT the Nona's powerful search
light. but no trace could be found OF
the deck hand. whose cries died out
after a quarter of an hour.
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
Porte Will Alter
Hull of America
Shape of Aircraft Will Be Changed and She Will Be
Supplied With False Bottom, Which Will Great
ly Increase Her Planning Strength-Width
Will Be Greater.
By LIEUT. JOHN CYRIL PORTE, R. N.

third principle entirely different from the two olowed
far the experiments the Rodman Wanamaker
aboa resoed to yesterday We have tried out submerged
fins and hydrablades of various types also pontoons Yesterday
morning decided try altering altogether the shape of the hull
of the America by building false bottom of the inverted "
shaped type employed in the so-called sea sleds.
The bottom of the boat will be increased in width from four
feet to and onea the bow will be extended and the plan
ing surface of the arboat very greatly increased.
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
Roosevelt Wants Women
Delegates to Convention

NEW YORK, July lit would be
rank injustice. In the opinion Of Theo-
dorr Roosevelt. for women TO he I'M
represented at the constitutional con-
Nention in New York newt year. In so
declaring, in 4 letter addressed 70 Mrs
Lillian D. Wald. OF the womens tenn
rLrary committee. Colonel Roosevelt
SAYS:
Il trust open action will Re taken by
the Progressive party to insist upon the
election of women delegates to the con-
Nention"
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
Fire in Dental Office
Causes Loss of $500

Fire shortly before 5 o'clock this
morning in the dental office Of DR.. Siez-
fried o. eraser. 140s L street northwest,
did $500 damage to furniture and instru-
ments. The blaze IL believed to have
been caused by spontaneous combus-
ton.
Smoke Alled the corridors and STAIR
wayE. and there WIS much excitement
among persons sleeping ON the upper
floors, but the fire was confined en-
tirely to the ,iental office.
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
June Use of Cotton
Showed Big Increase

A Census Bureau report toda- showed
445.s35 bales. exclusive of linters, OF
cotton consumed during June, 1914,
compared with 44l,la7 bales last June,
and l,l54.4 07 bales held in manufac-
turing establishments on June 30,
against 1.2Oa4Ib bales on June % 1872,
With s30.72s bales held in independent
warehouses. compared with 500 .3Cc bales
a wear ago.
Cotton spindles active during June
numbered So.93s,752 as against 30.OI6, 12l
year ago.
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
Open Camp Monday.

Ten chapters of the Phi Mu Sigma
fraternity. of Washington, will open
the annual summer camp next Mon
day. The camp will be just across the
District line near the first lock OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, and will
open until August l.
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
Insanity Experts to Urge
Prevention Measures

CHICAGO. July 1.-THE waste of the
system by which States spend as high
as - per cent of the total State budget
in the care of dependents, chiefly in
sane, while almost nothing is done 10
prevent mental diseases. will he dis
cussed by the medical scientists and
sociological experts attending the thir,:
annual convention of the alienists o.:
the United States, which opened at the
Hotel La Sale here today.
The Washington times., 1914-07-14


highest and noblcst
OF all sacrifices.
the struggle for
the life of others,
should have a bet
ter idea of help
full influence than
those who theorize
from observation.
At any rate when
a pr U S pc ctiv e
grandmother urpcs
The Washington times., 1914-07-14

There is a disposition on the part
Of many anglers to apply the habits
to which they themselves are accus-
toned to fish. This is illogical but
fairly constant and is a general error
which has been refuted time and again
FOR instance how many times have
you heard an old fisherman say, Il
always fish in the early morning, until
about nine o'clock, then lay off until
noon. After fishing awhile, stop
again until about 8 o'clock, then re-
sumo the sport until dark
luncheon and dinner, and all in an
attempt to make helpless fish observe
the dictates of society. AS a matter
OF fact, fish feed whenever the spirit
moves them. Not having the conf
dence of the denizens of the water. we
cannot say what guides their appetites,
but sometimes they will not bite at
all. during the day. then suddenly, they
viii fight each other to take any kind
Of bait that is offered.
CATFISH may have received the de-
sctiptive name on account of their
nocturnal proclivities In a certain lake
N Kansas, owned by a club well
stocked as TO fish and creature COM
forts for mere man, a whole day has
gone by without any reward FOR the
casting and hope expended. When the
moon came up, about 10 o'clock at
night, It was the custom for the boats
70 60 out with their fishermen and with
hooks not more than a foot below the
luminous noat, great catches of the
real. imported Potomac cat were made,
The catfish would fall over each
other 10 get to the minnows, and
seemed to cruise just below the sur
face. They kept this up all night long.
The following places bear the reputa-
ton Of being good fishing grounds: %
The Parlor,' q pool above Boiling
Rock, straight out from Fletcher's. The
water IS deep and swift, and the pool
bears its name because the FISH are
known to congregate there. 90 Middle
Rock, above the Chain Bridge 1t is
well to arrange to have a boat taken
up On the food tide, as it is impossible
TO make Roadway against an ebb tide
90 The Hens and Chickens" of the
point of the powerhouse near fetch
ers: water 20 to 80 feet deep and very
wifi Care must be exercised 90 Near
the Ladder" at the Chain Bridge. op-
posite the branch on the Virginia side
90 Opposite the point of Analostan Is
lana, along the bend Of the river. Water
spout thirty feet deep. 80 Near the
Ihurston steel plant, at junction of Po-
tomac and Eastern Branch. a. The Ii
oeI BASIN. Boats and bait may be OBJ
tanned at The Speedway boathouse. at
the western end OF the basin 81 The
DYKE between Alexandria and Mt Yer
non Boats may be obtained near car
station 90 OccoQuan. above the bridge.
Balt may always be obtained at the
following places: Reynolds. Bailey S,
tackle stores
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
14E4da1AnNS
fD~5I6oEG

Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy to.
day; probably thunder showers.
Condition of Potomac: Clouded.
Wind: Moderate, variable, mostly
southeast and south. r
High Tide: 1880 a. m. and TIA p. m.
Low Tide: 7:s2 a. m. and 7:4o p. m
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
Mothers Tell Of
Mothers Friend

Experience Is or should be our hest
teacher. Women who hnYe nheuad liz
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
Concert Today
By Engineer Band, at Logan Park,
at 1890 p. m.

at 1890 p. m.
FRANK F. WEBER. Leader.
March. 'Idora Park" Seitz
Overture, Poet and Peasant" Suppe
Gems from II Trovatore ......Verdi
a. Sand Dance, Moonlight on the
Swanee" .............. Friedman
b. Caprice, -Four Little Pipers"
O'Connor
Waltz. Vienna Beauties" -. .ziehrer
Selection. Adele" ............. Briquet
Medley of Popular Songs
arr Schulz
One-Step. The Rose of the Noun
tain Trail" ..................Re mick
The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1914-07-14
LOCAL MENTION

GSsi1ia Theater-That's AL.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
LETTER CARRIERS MAY
CLASH WITH UNCLE SAM
Vote Being Taken to Determine AZ
filiation With American Fed
Grafton of Labor.

That the letter carriers of the country
are likely to bring on a clash with the
Post Office Department if the referen-
dunn vote being taken by the different
branches of the National Letter Carriers
Association leads to affiliation with the
American Federation of Labor. seems
likely. First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Roper. whose bureau has jurisdic-
ton over the subject of free delivery of
the mail. has written to the postmaster
at Chicago asking for report as to the
vote taken by the Chicago carriers ia
voring such affiliation.
Mr.. Roper said today that he had had
no knowledge of any such intention on
the part of the carriers until informed
by The Star reporter and that he could
not say now precisely what course would
be pursued. He wanted to hear the full
particulars concerning the Chicago car
riers' vote, however. from the postmas-
ter. He was not willing at this time to
advance any opinion. but he said the
postal laws and regulations will be en-
forced.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
IMPROVING BRIDGE APPROACH.
Grass Seed to Be Sown on West Side
of Railroad Embankment.

For several days the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has had men employ
ed in grading the west side of the rail-
road embankment at the foot of 14th
street. the approach to the bridge across
the tidal basin outlet. preparatory to SOW
ing it with grass seed and making it con-
form to the remainder of the embank-
ment north of the short bridge. On the
portion now being improved it was orig
inally proposed to erect passenger sta
ton. and the concrete foundations for 1t
were built. Change in plans put the sta
ton at 1th street and Maryland avenue
southwest and the embankment was left
to grow wild grasses and shrubs. These
have all been dug up and the ground re-
surfaced. and by the coming of cold
weather. it is said there will be a good
covering Of green on it,
The long stretch of the embankment on
Potomac Park, from the tidal basin out
let to the long bridge, was planted in
honeysuckle several years ago. and this
is now beginning to bloom and in the
spring and summer adds much to the at
tractiveness of the park.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
NAVY YARD MECHANICS
ARE AFFECTED BY BILL
Maher Measure Reported to House
Changes Pay Methods
in Vogue.

Washington navy yard mechanics are
affected by the Maher bill. which has
been reported to the House, providing for
a change in the methods of establishing
rates of pay for various kinds of work
The Maher bill does away with the
wage board" and substitutes board
composed of the Secretary of the Navy
and the Secretary OF War, who are
charged with the duty of establishing
rates of pay after having consulted with
the Secretary of Labor. The latter off,
cial is to present the figures obtained
from the bureau Of labor statistics.
At present each yard and arsenal has
its wage board. composed of officers OF
the army or navy. but the Maher bill Is
based on the assertion of labor leaders
who told the committee that the employees
have been dissatisfied with the way the
wage board theory has worked
The rates ascertained by the board. i"
says todays report, are applied BY the
commandant. after having been reported
to the Secretary of the Navy and approy-
ed. The secretaries have often allowed
committees Of machinists to go before
them and combat the conclusions of the
boards, but the matter is SO complicated
that conclusions have proved impossible
to reach in that way.
The fault most found with the system
arises i'll a lack Of confidence in the abil-
ity Of wage boards to determine correctly
the average wage.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
j. S. MED|ATORS HOPE
TO AVERT BIG STRIKE
Meet in Chicago Today to Hear
Grievances of Western
Enginemen.

CHICAGO. July 20.-Hopes for a sat-
isfactory adjustment Of the wage dis
pute between the enginemen of the west
ern railroads and their employers took
definite shape today with the assembly
of the federal board of mediation whose
good offices have been accepted by both
sides William L. Chambers, chairman
OF the mediation board: Martin A.
Knapp, federal judge. and G. w. W.
Hanger assistant commissioner of labor
arrived here yesterday to represent the
government in the conferences in which
the locomotive engineers will be repre-
sented by their grand chief. Warren
s. Stone, and the firemen and hostlers by
W. s. Carter, president of their brother
hood.
The managers committee of ninety
eight roads involved is headed by A. w.
Trenholm of the Chicago, st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Omaha railroad.
The opening conference is scheduled TO
be held today and no attempt has been
made TO forecast how long the hearings
may last The mems demands are tech
meal IN form ana lengthy. and the man
ayers have prepared to discuss at length
every point proposed. The mems lead
ers nave left the way open for re-
fusal TO arbltrate. but the railroad oper-
ators declare they have strong hope that
strike may be averted
Evening star., 1914-07-20
NEW HAVEN DISSOLUTION
IS TOPIC At CONFERENCE
Attorney General McReynolds Takes
Under Amusement Proposals
of Directors.

President Hustis of the New Haven
railroad. Moorfeld Storey. general coun-
sci for the system; President Hadley of
Yale University and T. De Witt Cuyler.
all directors of the road. conferred to-
day with Attorney General McReynolds
and Assistant Attorney General Gregory.
In the hope of reaching some agreement
for. the dissolution of the New Haven
merger without an antitrust suit.
After an hours conference the New
Haven directors left the department to
confer among themselves, while the At
torney General took under advisement
their proposals
1t was understood that the directors
had not changed their position in regard
to the disposition of the Boston and
Maine stock owned by the New Haven.
which has proved a stumbling block to
settlement. They were said to have
suggested that the question of the Bos-
ton and Maine disposition be held in
allegiance for the time being with the
idea that the legislature of Massachu-
setts. which has imposed a condition on
the sale of the stock, may remove the
condition at some future session.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
SHIPS SPEED IN PANAMA
CANAL TO BE LIMITED
Executive Order Issued Prescribing
Rules for Operation and
Navigation.

An executive order has been issued pre-
scribing rules and regulations for the
operation and navigation of the Panama
canal Generally, these are framed on
the regulations in force in the Suez canal
and the 500. though there are some new
features made necessary by peculiar local
conditions. Such. for instance. Is the
Limitation to six knots an hour imposed
upon the speed of vessels in the Culebra
cut. and 1t is even required that in ap-
preaching turns vessels shall maintain
the slowest speed that will keep their
headway.
But in Gatun lake. in the thousand
foot channels. the speed may be as
high as fifteen knots; in the eight-hun-
dred-foot channels twelve knots. and in
the five-hundred-foot channels ten knots
Everywhere else in the waterway, in
Miraflores lake and locks, and In the en-
frances to the ports, the six-knot rule
prevails.
The greatest precautions are to be
adopted in the passage of vessels con-
tanning quantities Of high explosives or
inf1ammable cargoes In order to guard
against injury to any Of the canal locks
or other vessels.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
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pleting their ffteen-day cruise aboard
this vessel which took them to the Ber-
muda Islands via Lewes, Del; returning
via Tansier sound. where an opportunity
was given the District jackies to show
their accuracy in big-gun fire.
Shortly after breakfast this morning
the battalion was assembled on the
Rhode Islands deck. and the regu-
lar men with whom they had been
shipmates for the fortnight gave them a
sendoff As the big landing cutters pulled
away from the side the District boys eS-
pressed their appreciation by giving the
.'Rhody'' three cheers; the officers said
farewell and by 9 o'clock the vessel was
clear of the local jackies and ready to
weigh anchor and steam for Lewes where
the naval militia of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey will be put ashore.
Spend Day Sightseeing.
Soon after the District Naval Battalion
landed on the dock at Old Point guard
was established around the baggage, ana
the others spread out to the nearby
towns for a day Of sightseeing. They
will return tonight. in time to take the
passenger steamer for Washington. They
will arrive at the dock at the foot OIL
Evening star., 1914-07-20

7th street tomorrow at 7 clock, and
many of them expect that relatives and
friends will be on hand to welcome them
back home. The District sailors are all
anxious to get back.
One of their hardest days of work was
spent yesterday aboard the Rhode Island,
when the ship. regardless of the Sab
bath, took aboard 800 tons of coal. The
District naval militiamen. as they did
during the entire voyage. showed their ef-
fciency in every line. They finished the
lighter to which they We're assigned long
before II O'Clock, having hustled under
the belief that when that was done they
could knock off work But they were as
signed to the lighter which had been al
lotted to the Pennsylvania delegation to
coal. They finished this and then turned
to and helped the New jersey delegation.
When the final count came they had put
on more coal with fewer men than the
other organizations combined and, what
was best OF all. they finished long before
the estimated time for the coaling.
A regular chief boatswain's mate. dur
ing the coalng, fell of one of the booms
and was seriously injured, breaking his
arm and fracturing a rib. There were
several other casualties which. while
painful, we're not SO serious. One man
was knocked down a hatchway with two
5O0-pound bags of coal and was cut on
the head. necessitating several stitches
to close the wound
Evening star., 1914-07-20
AUTO RIDE MAY CAUSE
DEATH OF CHAUFFEUR

McCord Pearce, chauffeur for Mira.
Tallmadge A. Lambert who In
jured early Saturday morning uhile on
an alleged joy ride in his employer =
car on the Washington Rsltimors
boulevard. il is feared will not recover
In addition to a severe iuiur, 10 hi.
head his right leg was twisted and his
hip dislocsted.
1t is stated that he is showing re-
markable vitality and that bleed IN
fusion and skin grafting may be re-
sorted to in an effort TO save his li'e
When he regaincd r"nsciousu"gs h"
asked the nurse where h" uss. seem
ing to have remembered nothing Of The
accident
Frank Phillips. a government prn'-
ing Office employe. who Was also Sc
riously hurt in the accident. IS suffer-
ing from broken right arm and pos
sihle internal injuries. IL is believed
his arm will have to be amputated.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
FLEET REVIEWED BY KING
More Than 200 British Fighting
Ships Pass Before His Majesty
Near Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH. England. July o0-rhe
British home fleet. composed of
more than 200 lighting ships and
an equal number of auxiliaries.
including submarines. torpedo boat
destroyers and seaplanes, was led on,
to sea by King George this morning. His
majesty was on board the royaI Yacht
accompanied by the Prince of Wales,
Winston Spencer Churchill and the other
lords of the admiralty.
At the entrance to the English channel
the royal yacht dropped anchor and the
ships in line abreast passed in review
planes, from the Calshot airshin station.
flew In pairs above the royal yacht and
circled about the slowly moving fleet. II
took the great fleet two hours to pass
before the king.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
THREE BALLOONS LAND.
Gale Mars Annual Race of French
Aero Club

LONDON, July 2O-Three of the twen-
ty-four balloons which started from Paris
yesterday in the annual race for the
grand prize of the French Aero Club
landed today on the Welsh shore. Having
crossed the English channel before a
fierce gale. they were obliged to descend
in order to avoid being driven out to sea.
Spire, one of the pilots, in jumping from
the basket of his balloon fractured a leg
and sustained other injuries. Marcel Fou-
cault and Jean Laurenceau, two French
aeronauts, managed to jump clear and
without injury. but lost their balloon.
which blew away to sea. Ernest Demuy-
ter and Albert vleminck, two Belgians,
landed safely with the third craft.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
Artificial immigration.

The artificial promotion Of immlgra-
ton" says the report. by agencies .
contrary to the policy OF practically all
immigrant-furnishing countries. as well
as to the policy Of the United States
Such artificial promotion is thoughi u"
be detrimental to the economic welfare
of the countries concerned and u Is also
the general BELIEF that the welfare of IN.
immigrants as class is more or less
seriously affected.
I'm view Of this the problem Is clearly
an international one and. therefore.
should be subjected TO international con
troll so far AS is feasible. This PROPOSE
tiQn was informally discussed with OF
ficials in charge of Immigration matters
in various countries. and in every In
stance 1t met with favor"
Evening star., 1914-07-20

tion of the cabinet, but Villa is still a
power that has to be reckoned with IN
the north. This was shown today when
he announced at Chihuahua that Rodolfo
Fierro. the man credited with the murder
OF William S. Benton, was to be made a
brigadier general in place of Trinidado
Rodriguez. who was killed at Zacatecas.
This Is In direct opposition to the de-
sires of CarranZa, who has insisted from
the first that Fierro be exposed to the
world as the slayer of Benton. and that
he be punished. Villa however. has in
sisted that Fierro acted to save his gen
erals life.
Villas announcement came in the wake
of the information from Saltillo that the
villa-Carranza break had been the result
of Carranzas desire to expose Fierrc. 1t
is considered as an open defiance of the
first chief.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
TO STUDY U. s. PRISONS.
German Criminologists Due to Arrive
in August.

NEW YORK. July c0.-Several prison
officials and criminologists of Germany
will arrive IN this city the first week
IN August to spend thirty-five days in
specting the leading penitentiaries and
reformatories in the eastern and central
western states. DR.. Kari Minkelmberg.
director of German prisons. will be in
charge Of the commission. and accom-
panying him will be Prof. Darmstaedter
Of the University of Berlin and a mem
Der Of the German parliament
DR.. o. F. Lewis. general secretary of
the prison association in this country. has
been asked to arrange an itinerary for
the commission.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
STATUE TO NINE. NORDICA.
Friends Plan to Erect Shaft in Cen.
tral Park. New York.

NEW YORK, July 2O.-Friends of the
late Nine. Nordica have enlisted the aid
of prominent musicians and music lovers
in a plan to erect heroic statue of the
diva in Central Park, according to an
nouncement today. Should statue to
Nine. Nordica be erected it will be the
only one of a woman In a park In New
York, and. according to a recent investi-
gator, one Of three women in the United
States
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. it is under
stood, will be asked to design the statue
Evening star., 1914-07-20
U. S. May Send More Ships.

The Haitien government has established
martial law at Port au Prince where
there were disturbances last Friday, ac-
cording to State Department dispatches
received today saying the government
appears to have complete control Of the
situation
Navy officials realize that if intcrven-
ton in the republics of Haiti or Santo
Domingo becomes necessary the force
already ordered to Guantanamo. Cuba.
will not be large enough to deal with the
situation. Consequently, tentative plans
already are being considered for dispatch
ing additional vessels to the scene.
Revolutionists in both republics, how
ever, were very active when last heard
from, and officials here are not very hope
full of seeing order restored without out
side interference. Pressure from Euro
pean powers with interests on the island
has influenced the United States govern
ment in its decision to adopt a firm and
aggressive policy to quiet the situation.
Evening star., 1914-07-20
Chilean Legation to Be Elevated.

The Chilean council of state Wcdnes-
day will approve bill raising the Chilean
legation in Washington to an embassy.
according To a report to the State De-
nartment today. The United States re-
Gently elevated its legation at Santiago
TO an embassy.