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Evening star., 1914-11-25
N. Y. Hippodrome ''Pinafore. .

The first production of the New York
Hippodrone, the largest playhouse in the
world. to be seen in this city will be
the spectacular offering of Gilbert and
SuIlivan's "Pinafore," which will come in
it's entirety to the New National Theater
next week.
Every one, doubtless, has heard Of the
Hippodrome, but it's wonders are a closed
book to those who have never actually
visited the theater itself. The spectacular
effects. the massive majesty Of the set
tings presented there, and the enormous
size of it's ensembles are claimed to have
never been equaed anywhere else on
earth. Its production of ''Pinafore" COM
pletely dwar all previous productions OF
this light opera classic.
OF particular interest is the novel set
ting real ship in real water" The
ance, and instead of the customary
"stage ship having the floor of the stage
for its deck there will be an exact re-
production of an old English frigate. COM
plete from the water line to the topmast
crows nest. The characters from shore
will be rowed across the water in sna II
boats in full view of the audience.
The chorus will be unusually large, and
the principal roles are to be sung by
grand opera singers. The entire pro-
duction was made under the personal
direction of it's designer. Arthur
Voegtln. the presiding genius of the
Hippodrome
Evening star., 1914-11-25
GARMENTS INGATHERED
BY NEEDLEWORK GUILD
All Tagged Ready for Distribution
by D. C. Branch at Noon
Today. --

With businesslike dispatch the If
teen sections OF the District of Column
bia branch of the Needlework Guild Of
America yesterday started their annual
ingathering and distribution of gar
ments to the twenty-seven or more
local charitable organizations they con-
tribute to every year. The work took
place in the Chamber of Commerce., and
was done with such dispatch that by
noon today all the hundreds of gar
ments received were sorted. wrapped
and tagged, ready for distribution.
The officers of the local branch are
Mrs. Henry Arnold Peckham, presi-
Anna b. Abbott, Miss Mabel T. Board
man and Mrs. A. F. Hassan, vice presi
dents; Mrs. G. Thomas Dunlop. treas
urer. and Mrs. Richard B. Watrous, Sec
retary. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Wat
rous was very busy writing tags to go
on the various bundles.
At the business meeting held yeSter-
day afternoon at 4:3O o'clock the an
nual report for the last ingathering
and distribution was read. The report
showed that last November 2,S45 gar
ments of all sorts were distributed.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson gave the local
guild her Endorsement, and at the time
of her death was honorary president of
the District branch. She was an active
member of New Jersey branch before
coming to Washington.
The guild is affiliated with the Red
Cross, but the annual distribution is
entirely for the benefit of the local
charities.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
ARCHEOL ELECT
WASHINGTON OFFICERS
DR.. c. D. Walcott Succeeds c. II. But
Ter as President Of the
Local Society.

The thirteenth annual meeting al I've
Washington Society OF the Archcolor-
ical Institute of America was held last
night at the home of Charles Henry
Butler. retiring president. who de-
clined reelection. Dr. Charles .. Wal
colt. director of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. being elected president of the
society in Mr.. Buffers place. Former
Ambassador Henry White thanked Nj.
Butler for his services on behalf or
the society during the last six years
Other officers were elected AS follows:
Henry White. Miss Mabel T Boardmau,
Col Robert NJ. Thompson and Mrs
Henry L. Dimock vice presidents
Mitchell Carroll. general secretary
Earl l.. Gregg. associate secretary: D..
CHARLES ID. Walcott. William H. Holmes
and Mitchell Carroll, councillors ex-of-
ncio; Charles Henry Butler. John W.
roster Gilbert II. Grosvenor and Her
oef' PUTNAM, councillors. and Edson
bradley. Mrs John Hays Hammond,
aenry kirke Porter. Mrs James Brown
scott and George o. Totten. jr. mem
pers or executive committee
MISS Mabel I. Boardman and Mrs w
j. Boardman We're elected life mem
oers. The following annual members
we're we're elected: Evans Browne. Marion
t'utler. MRS. Sarah Clemons. Austin Ho-
nard Clark. Il. Harvey Carroll jr., Mrs.
W nbur Crafts. William Phelps Emo.
| Tyler
Prof Howard Crosby Butler OF Prince
ton University. director of America n
excavations in Sardis. delivered an IL
Iustrated lecture on the results OF the
work in 1913 and 1914
Evening star., 1914-11-25
THE Golden Crooks"

Billy Arlington, the popular tramp
comedian. will appear at the C;ayety
Theater next week with the Golden
Crooks Company, in a two-act musical
comedy of Jacobs and Jermon. Several
exclusive songs and a number of new
witticisms and laugh provokers are
promised in his offering this season
The company of fifty people includes
Nellie Floredo, Babe La Tour, Frank
Dobson, the Dancing Dalys and a beau
ty chorus of thirty. The Ballet de
Luxe is a feature of this years enter
talnment. A number OF original song
hits are also promised, with scenic ana
electrical effects that empody the lat
est III modern StaEecraft.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Mantell in Repertoire.

king JOHN staged, it is said. more
elaborately and massively than be-
fore In the three centuries of its his
tory in the theater. will be presented
by Robert B. Mantell at the Belasco
Iheater next week. This will be Mr..
Mantelfs first appearance in Wash
ineton IN role in which he du-
piicated last season. in the western
haif or the United States and CANADA,
ms remarkable success of few wears
ago in KING Lear" Mr.. Manteu. this
season, Is covering the eastern half
or the American continent, and when
ms two-year tour Is nnlshed he will
nave played king John" in eyerv
English-speaktng clty of consequence
this SIDE of the Atlantic.
King John will be presented Monday
ana ana friday nights; hamlet" Tues
san aay night: Romeo and juliet" Wed
nesday afternoon; Louis XI.' Wed
nesday night; king Lear" THURSDAY
nlgnt; The Merchant OF Venice" sat
uroay afternoon, and Macbeth" sat
urday night.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
speclnl Correspondence Of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, November 25.---In
celebration OF the twenty-first anniver-
sary of the organization of the Rock
vile Lodge of Masons, the members of
the lodge last evening gave banquet
at the Woman's Club. about 200 attend
Ing. 1t was in charge of committee
consisting of William r. Pumphrey, jr.,
chairman; DR. Barrett p Wilson,
George P. Henderson, Charles G. Myers,
Robert G. Hilton, Joseph Reading and
William F. Prettyman. James F. AL
len was master of ceremonies.
Preceding the banquet, Rev. Forrest
j. Prettyman delivered a lecture on
The Holy Land" Illustrating his re-
marks with stereopticon views obtained
by him in a recent trip around the
world.
According to the sworn statement of
Robert G. Hilton, chairman and treas
urer of the democratic state central
committee for this county. which has
been filed with the clerk of the circuit
court here as required by law, the total
receipts of the committee during the
recent campaign were s1,042.71 and
the expenditures S1,032.24
The contributors were Blair Lee $3.50:
Brooke Lee. s125; David J. Lewis,
s79:23; William H. Lamar. $50: George
II. Lamar and J. Dawson Williams. s25
each; Berry F. Clark, II. Clinton ALL
nut. John A. Garrett, SIS each: Edwin
W. Broome, John J. Brunett, Gilbert IL.
Grosvenor. Merrill D: Knight. w. o.
Spates, Robert G. Hilton, $40 each;
Claiborne II. Mannar. $50; Richard T.
White, Crittenden H. Walker, Odorian
w. Robey, E Lloyd Fawcett, J. Hamp-
ton Jones, Alfred c. Tolson, James T.
Bogley, J. Forrest Gott. J. Darby Bow
man, Arthur Mcfarland, C. Norman
Bouic and Eugene Cissel, SIS each
Marcys H. Hawkins. twenty-three
years old, and Miss Julia Ray Rose,
aged eighteen. both of Buchanan, Va,
were married here Monday afternoon
by Rev. Samuel r. White of the Bap-
tist Church. at the home of the min
lister.
At a special meeting of the mayor
and council of Rockville, Preston L.
Hewitt was elected bailif of Rockville
to fill out the unexpired term of his
father, Aaron r. Hewitt, who died last
week as result of injuries received
the night Of October %.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
RECEIVED CLEAR MAJORITY.
American Commissions Report on
Election of Dominican President.

Secretary Bryan has received the re-
port of the commission headed by for
mer GOV. Fort of New Jersey, which
went to San Domingo to arrange for
the presidential elections recently held
there.
Mr.. Bryan said the elections were
conducted peacefully and had brought
general satisfa ction. President Jiminez
received not only a majority of the
electoral college. The total vote cast
more than SO,O0O-was larger than at
any previous election.
The Secretary said American observ-
ers were stationed at every polling
Mace The commission got as many
civilians for the duty as possible, but
drew on the force of marines in San
Domingo to assist in the work of OBJ
servation. Mr.. Bryan said he was not
adyised whether or not marine observ-
ers appeared in uniform at the polling
places,
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Philharmonic Symphony Concert.

With Nine. Johanna Gadski. the great
Wagnerian prima donna, for his sololst,
and Tschaikowsky' "Pathetique" for
his symphony, Conductor Joseph Stran-
sky presented the famous Philharmonic
Society of New York at the New Ma
tional Theater yesterday afternoon IN
it's first concert of the season. That 1t
respect might be assumed from the
emphatic and enthusiastic applause
Throughout of an audience characters
tic of such occasions.
In it's accompaniments for Nine.
Gadski. especially for the 'Liebestode."
from Tristan and Isolde. with the
prelude which was also played, the
great orchestra seemed moved by
with exquisite nicely to the ever
varying phases of it's directors senti-
ment. which furnished perfect set
ting for the great singer. Nor was its
work, in the accompaniment to Nine.
Gadski's offering. of the aria from
Weber's "Oberon,' Ocean. du Unge-
heuer.' less brilliant and effective.
A veritable storm of insistent ap-
plause followed both solos. requiring
many acknowledgements. And at the
close of the second movement of the
beautiful symphony the audience, un-
able to restrain its admiration. fairly
forced recognition of it's demonstra-
tion until the conductor had called the
members of the orchestra to their feet,
while he stood bowling in satisfaction.
The other numbers of the program
included "Siegfried's Rhine Journey"
from the "Gotterdammerung," and the
prelude from Die Meistersinger."
The compositions which made up the
magnificent program have passed be-
yond the casual reviewers comment.
and the superb manner of their rendi
tion seemed also to have attained that
stage, so wonderfully beautiful and
impressive were the results attained
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Suggests Naming of Councillors.
REASONS FOR GIVING THANKS.
Suggestions Made in Bulletin Issued
by the Health Officer.

Be thankful if you have enough to
eat and know how to eat it.
This is the keynote to some new rea-
sons for giving thanks suggested by
Health Officer Woodward in the health
department bulletin published today:
BE thankful if you have enough to
eat. even if prices are high. Think OF
the Relgians," suggests the health officer
BE thankful if you have an appetite
for what is set before you, and ability
to digest It. Think of the suffering rich
who have not
BE thankful if You have sense
enough to eat in moderation of simple
food, well chewed, and to see that your
children do likewise. Think of the sui
ferine that comes to those who do not
And, finally, be thankful if at the
end of the day you feel in as thankful
a mood as you did at the beginning, for
that is evidence of a day sanely spent
Evening star., 1914-11-25
1914 CROP PRODUCTION
SMALLER THAN IN 1912
Estimates. However, Indicate Acre
Yields in Excess Of Those Re-
corded Last Year,

Although preliminary estimates Of
crop production this year indicate that
the aggregate per acre yields OF all
crops will be about 9.4 per cent larger
than last years yields and about 2.3
per cent larger than. their ten-year
average. they. will still be smaller by
nearly per cent than the 1912 record
large crop yields. according to the De-
partment Of Agriculture today.
Total Yields Indicated.
The total production of corn this
year, it is estimated, will be about 1915
per cent larger than that Of last year;
the wheat crop, 1913 per cent; oats, 1.6
per cent: barley. 1913 per cent: buck
wheat, 23.1 per cent; potatoes, 22.6 per
cent; sweet potatoes, 81 per cent
smaller; hay, per cent larger; cotton,
between and per cent larger; tobac-
CO. about 8 per cent larger; apples,
about rs per cent larger; sugar beets,
per cent smaller. and daxseed, TO- 5
per cent smaller
Higher Prices for Grain.
Notwithstanding increased produc-
tion. prices which producers are re-
ceiving for grain crops arc somewhat
higher than received from last years
crops. There has. however, been a de-
cline in the prices received for apples
and potatoes and a marked decline in
the price of cotton.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Film Features.
Strand,

At Moore's Strand Theater next Sun
day. Monday and Tuesday Henry w.
Savage's photoplay production of
George AIDES comedy drama. THE
County Chairman" with Macklyn Ar
buckle in his original role of Jim Hack
Ter, will be shown. Wednesday and
Thursday. Nine. Bertha Kalich will be
seen in a photoplay of Marta of the
Lowlands," and Friday and Saturday,
Hobart Bosworth in Jack London S
Burning Daylight" picture of the
frozen north during the gold digging
Gays in the klondike. Other attrac-
tions will include keystone comedies.
war news and others. Accomplishments
will be played by the Strand orchestra.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
0strander Sunday.

Northern Africa and the Mediterra-
mean as Harry c. Ostrander will pic
ture them at the Belasco Theater next
sunday evening are as full of romantic
history and strange facts as any re-
glon IN the world. This will be the
third of the series of travel lectures
Mr. ostrander is giving in Washington
THIS season and in which he is attract
ing attention by the beauty and rarely
!n'iH1ate touch of mis- coIored illustra-
tons. A feature of the lecture viii ha
the story OF Mr.. Ostrander's weird ad-
venture with the dervishes of Cairo at
their secret rites, which no white ner.
son is supposed to see.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Barnett Baff, an Independent
Poultry Dealer, Is Victim
of an Assassin.
NEW YORK POLICE FORCE
CONFRONTED BY PUZZLE
Alleged to Be elimination Of Great.
est Conspiracy Since Murder of
Herman Rosenthal.

NEW YORK November 25.-The as
sassination last night of Barnett Baf
characterized by Coroner Feinberg as
tine elimination of the greatest con-
spiracy since the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, placed a real murder mys-
terry in central office today for solu-
ton. Clues pointed many ways. The
authorities declared that the mystery
had SO many ramifications that it took
on the aspects of Chinese puzzle.
The victim, a well-to-do Independent
poultry dealer, was lured to his death
by a decoy message given him at 6
o'clock last night by young man who
entered his place of business in Wash
tngton Market. Two shots, fired in
the street, killed him. Two men darted
away to an automobile, waiting. with
drumming engine, nearby, and made
of.
Baff Had Been Threatened.
Going over Baff's past life in a quest
tor clues, detectives learned that he had
been threatened many times with vio-
lent death since he had testified for the
state in a tria, that sent numbers of
New York citys poultry trust to prison
several years ago. In the relentless
had been lighted, bombs exploded, his
horses poisoner. his son attacked and
his chain of stores robbed One of his
neighbors was killed by gunman in
mistake, it was believed, for Baff. Baff
himself had been SCARED for life by
an assault made on him by thug
armed with a bottle.
The police worked on the theory that
BaR had four sets of active enemies.
One of these consisted of those he
made while warning against the poul-
try trust: another of members of the
gang that robbed his Harlem market,
five of whom were sent to Sing Sing. q
third grew out of his differences with
certain wholesale dealers, who charged
Raff had tricked them by selling
poultry at Wholesale and then under
LING them to retailers.
OF More Recent Origin.
The fourth was of more recent
origin Not long ago a number of
fowls shipped to New York for other
dealers were seized and condemned be-
cause il was charged their crops had
been filed with gravel to add to their
Evening star., 1914-11-25
SECOND DEGREE VERDICT.
Jacob L. Cue Convicted of Staying
Horace Young.

Special Correspondence Of Thc Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. November 2o.--The
jury in the case of Jacob L. Cue, who
was tried in the circuit court here for
the murder OF Horace Young, August
"a last, yesterday returned a verdict
finding the defendant guilty of murder
In the second degree. Sentence was
not passed and Cue was remanded to
jail. The penalty for. second degree
murder is from five TO eighteen years
in the penitentiary. Cue was defend
ed by Attorney Alexander Kilgour, and
the prosecution was conducted by
States Attorney W. Q. Spates. Judges
Peter and Worthington presided.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Harry Houdini.

Houdini, The Man Who Has Baf-
fed the World will make his first ap-
pearance here in years at the B. f.
Keith Theater next week. when he
will introduce his latest sensation,
the Chinese water torture CELL" sup
plemented by his East Indian
threaded needle throat mystery and
other escapes from confinement. Bes-
sic Wynn will appear in new songs
and gowns and Bert French and Alice
Els. In THE Dance of the Temptress.
Other attractions will be Laddie Cliff,
Fred Ardeth and company. Frank
whitman. Madden and Fitzpatrick,
supeta Perea, the pipe organ recitals
and the HearstS-elig photo news.
Sunday the attractions at the vaude-
vile concerts at and s:15 p.m. will
ne Ethel Barrymore and company. with
the other features of this Weeks hill
Evening star., 1914-11-25
"A Woman's Way,"

"a Woman's Way Thompson Bu-
chanan's spirited comedy, in which
Grace George scored her greatest sue
cess, will be the offering of the new
Poll Players next week.
It's story concerns the successful ef-
forts made by Mrs. Alan Waldron to
win back the affections of her way
ward husband, who had fallen under
the influence of a dashirg widow, Mrs.
Verney. Mrs. Waldron does not score
her triumph by tears and pleadings, but
she adopts the Infinitely wiser course of
throwing the widow at her husbands s
head" and the contrite Mr.. Waldron
soon discovers that he loves his wife
far better than he had ever imagined.
The dialogue sparkles with epigrams
and the comedy situations are highly
entertaining. 4 feature of the Poll
production will be the elaborate gowns
to be worn by the women of the COM
pany.
Miss Lillian kemble will be seen in
the role created by Grace George, and
Mr. Mackay will essay the part in
which Frank Worthing won distinction
Evening star., 1914-11-25

cardinal Cavallari was born at
Chioggia' in 1Sf9. and was raised to the
cardinalate in 1907. He wa. noted for
his simple piety. On various occa asions
he expressed himself volubly against
the inlmodest dress OF women, and once
rs said to have stopped church serv-
Ice IN order to make a woman worship
er cover her open-work shirt waist.
In January OF this year Cardina
Cavallari issued an episcopal letter
strongly condemning the tango dance.
declaring that only those persons who
have lost all moral sense can endure
1t" He ordered all tho ecclesiastics to
deny absolution to those who, having
danced the tango, did not promise to
discontinue the practice
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Georgia May Sell State Bonds.

NEW YORK. November a5.-Gov.
John NJ Slaton of Georgia has been
comforting with leading f1nanciers here
. with regard to a plan for the refund
ing of an issue of Georgia state bonds.
II have the option of either selling
them or making loan for twelve to
eighteen months" Gov. Siaton said last
night. Il have had the matter up with
leading bankers and financiers of New
York, and they tell me it will be better
ito make an arrangement about the
bonds after January Is, when they
think money matters will be easier"
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Flonzaley Quartet Saturday.

The Flonzaley Quartet will make it's
first appearance of the season in
Washington at the Masonic Auditorium
Saturday Afternoon at 430 o'clock.
Tickets for this concert and for the
season are now on sale at the Office of
T. Arthur Smith, 1906 G street north
west.
Comparatively new organization
the quartet has devoted it's efforts en-
tirely to chamber music, outStrippfnS it's
older rivals. and now occupies a unique
position in the world of music. The
personnel OF the organization is as
follows: First violin, Adolfo Betti;
second violin. Alfred Pochon; viola,
Ugo Ara; violoncello, Ivan D'Archam-
beau.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Garden.

Mary Pickford, in her latest film tri-
umph, Behind the Scenes will be the
featured attraction at the Garden
Theater all next week. Behind the
Scenes" is story and play Of stage life
by Margaret Mayo. and is said to sup
DIV Miss Pickford with her best role
since Caprice" In her support will
be seen James Kirk wood. Lowell Sher-
man, James Fernley, Russell Bassett,
Mark Price and others. The produc-
ton was made under >the direction of
Daniel Frohman. Other features for
the week will include keystone come
dies, war views and others. The Car
den Orchestra will play the accom-
paniments.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
ENDS WORK IN NICARAGUA.
q. S. Members of Claims Commission
Returning to File Rerort.

The claims commission has ended its
labors and Judges Schoenrich and
Thompson, the American members, have
left Managua for Washington, to file a
full report with the Department of
State.
This commission has been dealing
with claims arising from the landing
of American marines and bluejackets
at Corinto about two years ago, and
their dispatch to Managua to protect
the American legation there. The COM
mission also passed upon the validity
of a number of American claims for
damages sustained through the can
collation. by President Diaz Of conces-
sions granted to them by President
ZelaYa.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Dickens Recital Tuesday.

Frank Speaight, the English inter-
prefer of Dickens, will give the first of
his series of dramatic recitals this sea-
son at the Belasco Theater Tuesday
afternoon His subject will be Nicholas
Nickleby." Mr.. Speaight, it is said, has
the knack of carrying his audiences
with hlm to the excursion of all eIse
His Dickens recitais were entertaining
Ieatures last season
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Pavlowa Friday.

Mile. Anna Pavlowa. the world 5
greatest dancer. will give her only
performance in Washington Friday
afternoon at 5:15 pm. at the New Ma
tional. The first part of the program
will consist of "Puppen-Fee," meaning
The Fairy DOLL" which has just beer
given in New York and Boston and
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Burton Scotland

Burton Holmes Sunday evening and
at a matinee Monday will present the
second of his new traveloSues. Scot
land" at the Columbia Theatcr.
In this travelogue Mr.. Holmes will
show. in addition to other views, many
new motion pictures incident TO the
modification Of the Highlanders and
the Kilties for the war i'll Europe.
which were obtained while Mr.. Holmes
was motoring through that part of
Great Eritain.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Socialist Legere to Lecture Here

Benjamin Legere of Little Falls, N Y,
is to deliver an address under the aus
pices of the socialist party of the Dis
trict the night of December at Ma
ttonal Rifles Armory. His subject will
be. The European War and the Work
ing Class"
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Attempt to Rob Safe Reported

Complaint was made to the police of
an attempt having been made to rob
the safe in the office of Richard F..
owens, 622 + street northwest, last
night. The hinges were removed from
the safe, the police were told, but moth
ing was taken.
Evening star., 1914-11-25
Friendship House Benefit.

The Fuller Sisters-Dorothy. Rosa
lind and Cynthia-of England will give
a costume recital, with Irish harp ac-
compartment. under the auspices of the
Friendship House Association at the
Columbia Theater Tuesday afternoon at
4:45 o'clock.