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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
Burton Holmes on Ireland"

ireland" Burton Holmes third
travelogue in the current course, was
presented last night at the Columbia
before his always large audience.
each member of which was obviously
surprised to find that so many others
had defied the insistent storm. From
the Causeway to Killarney. the lee
turer described and pictured the coun-
try; touching upon the glories and
sorrows Of it's past: the hope OF its
present born of the promise OF the
people and the scenic range Of beau
ties of an ireland ever young. Bel
fast, "the city Of linen and Ships" was
toured by trans, and its roadways by
was explained is called IAN outside
car because there is no inside" The
building and launching OF the olympic
gave motion view realism of Ireland
-the-war excitements as the
Ulster crisis" and "the Lisburn out
rage" were pictured with portraits Of
Sir Edward Carson and his marching
the destructive attempts of militant
suffragettes. The pretty girls of Gal
way" were shorn. to prove the truth
of the old song, and another song was
it's were made to Killarney and to
the kissing stone at Blarney Castle,
''the best paying ruins in the world"
and Dublin was seen both at its pres
ent and from a former motion trip
at the time of Queen Victoria's visit to
the Irish capital with the then Prince
of Wales. Tom Moore's place in the
hearts of last nights audience was
expressed in the applause which well
coined every "reminiscences of the poets
life and work, the color of its patriot
ism as evidenced by spontaneous out
burst which greeted a motion-view
of "a small detachment of national
volunteers on the march,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
SOCIAL EVIL SCATTERED.
Effect of RED Light" Law Felt
CITY. Saws Truth Society.

The closing of the red light" district
under the Kenyon law served but to
scatter the social evil so that it is now
almost beyond the control of the police,
in the opinion of the Washington Truth
Society, as voiced at its meeting yes
terday afternoon.
The president Of the society, Father
Augustus ]. Duarte, declared that the
conditions had been foreseen by those
who had studied the situation.
ITO scatter the victims Of the
plague" said Father Duarte, lis more
disastrous than to scatterSemallpox pa
TENTS among the uncontaminated por-
lions of the populace. If possible. of
course, the deplorable plague should be
destroyed root and branch, but expe-
rience has taught that where the evil
becomes inevitable in any locality it
should be treated like smallpox or any
other plague. The victims should be
effectively segregated or quarantined."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07

the purposes for which the capital
maintenance fund II to be expended.
II these suggestions Of constitutional
amendment and congressional 1egfsla.
ton are made effective the District Will
vote for senator, Representatives and
presidential electors, through the re-
call will share with the President the
selection Of DiGfrfct Commissioners,
and through the referendum will par
tfcipate with Congress in the enact
ment of vitality Important District leg
islation; and all these varied voting
privileges will be enjoyed without i'm
pairing I'm the slightest the Presidents
ultimate power of appointment or the
exclusive legislation power Of Con-
xress, and without furniskfnE the
smallest shadow of pretext for bank
rupting the District by the repeal de-
rect or indirect, of the, "orsanic" act
of 1878.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
LINCOLN HIGHWAY LOSES.
Appellate Court Declines to Interfere
With Patent Chiefs Decision.

The District Court Of Appeals. in an
opinion by Justice Van Orsdef today.
declined to interfere with the decision
of Commissioner Ewing of the patent
office that a highway Is not an article
of manufacture. The court sustained
the action of the District Supreme
Court, which denied an application
for mandamus sought by the Lincoln
Highway Association to compel the
registration of a label consisting of a
red. white and blue marker. contain
ing the wording Lincoln highway"
and the letter L.
The appellate court holds that the
commissioner, having acted in a mat
ter the decision of which is within
his jurisdiction. his opinion may not
be reviewed even though it be in error.
The association wished to use the
marker to Indicate Il roadway across
the continent in honor of Abraham
Lincoln.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
CONGRESS MEETS
FOR A THIRD AND
CLOSING SESSION
Continued from First Pase.)

on a resolution for a national prohibi-
ton constitutional amendment and a
constitutional amendment to provide Tor
woman suffrage. Both are pending in
the House. Good roads legislation. re-
organization of the civil service and a
bill to regulate the output of radium also
await action.
Foreign Affairs to Come Up.
Foreign affairs are certain to oc-
cupy attention of the Senate. The
administration is said to desire action
on the Nicaraguan treaty. through
which the United States would acquire
another interoceanic canal route and
naval station rights in the Bay Of
Fonseca for 100000. 1t also hopes
for action on the pending treaty with
Colombia to settle the partition OF
Panama for S25.000.000. Opposition to
both treaties is promised by republic
cans of the foreign relations COM
mittee.
In preliminary discussions of appro-
priations the estimates for the new
the business of industrial corpora
tions are prominent. The board will
be organized in the near future. Pres
ident Wilson has said he will appoint
Lively debate also is expected over
the rivers and harbors appropriation
bill, which has been under consider
alton ever since the old bill was fill
bustered to death in the last session
and a blanket appropriation of $780,
100000 was substituted to carry on
public works already under way. In
the main. however. it is believed that
chief attention will have to be given
to the usual supply bills of the gov
before this Congress ends by oper-
alton of law, March next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
BODY TO BE BROUGHT HERE.
Funeral Services for Capt. Perry
Observation-Disclosures in Arlington

The body of Capt James II. Perry,
U. S. n, retired. at one time assistant
chief of the bureau of steam engi
neerng, Navy Department. who died
in New York city Saturday morning.
will be brought to this city and buried
in the Arlington national cemetery
Wednesday morning. Funeral services
will be held at Spears chapel. $40 F
street. At the request of the family
the only military ceremony will be
Capt. Perry was a native of New
York and entered the navy in January,
1862, serving through the civil war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
NO CONTROL OVER I. C. C.
District of Columbia Court of Ap.
meals Disclaims Jurisdiction.

The District Court of Appeals. in an
opinion by Chief Justice Shepard, to-
day declared it has no general super
visory power over the interstate COM
merce commission, by which to control
the actions of the commission upon
questions within the commission S
jurisdiction.
1t accordingly affirmed the finding of
the commission that a claim for rebate
for excess freight charges of s1.335.25
made by the Louisville Cement Com
pany against the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad was barred by the statute
of Limitation. The shipper sought by
mandamus to obtain a reversal of the
finding Of the commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
Senators Are on Hand EarIy
for Opening of the Session;
Camden of Ky. Sworn In

When the Senate assembled seventy
nine senators answered to their names
on the call for a quorum. The SEN
ators came early and the hum of con-
versation in the chamber soon resem-
bled that of an afternoon reception.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania was
given a warm welcome by his repub-
lican and democratic colleagues. re-
turning to the Senate an overwhelm-
ing victor, after one of the most SEN
sational campaigns in recent years.
Senator ]. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
the democratic whip and recognized
as the arbiter in all matters pertaining
to clothes, was an hand early, wear
ing dark coat and trousers.
AS the hand of the big clock over the
entrance door of the Senate chamber
marked noon, Vice President Marshall
raped for order. The Senate chaplain
Rev. Forrest ]. Prettyman. offered the
prayer. asking that the Senate now
assembling be guided along the right
path in the delicate conditions existing
today.
The Vice President then declared the
Senate in session, and the roll was
called for purpose OF ascertain1ng tnat
a quorum was present.
The credentials of a number or the
senators who were reelected IN mo-
vember were presented Senator Bank-
head of Alabama presented the Gre
dentials of Oscar w; UnderWood, inc
who comes to the Senate at the close
of the present Congress.
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky
presented the credentials of Senator
Camden. who was reelected for the
short term ending March next. and
Senator Camden took the oath of office.
AFTER appointing Senator Kern. the
democratic leader. and Senator Cal
linger, the republican leader, a COM
mittee to wait upon the President with
a similar committee from the House
and inform him that Congress was In
session and ready to receive any COM
munications the President desired to
submit, the Senate took a recess until
2 O'clock this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07

and expanded this principle in two
enactments. the second more drastic
than the first, which provided that the
holder of a paper title proceeding
proven Of the land. should first be re-
Quired to give three months notice OF
the claim before taking any action.
should be required to pay for all the
and il the value of the latter amount
ed to three-fourths of the total value
of the land. then the claimant must
transfer his own title to the occupant
Of the land and accept in full satisfac-
ton an amount equivalent to the orig
fnal value of the land as unimproved-
The serious and general hardships
that were threatened the settlers of
Kent cky
Kentucky's Attempt by the ad-
Finally Proves Futile. made by
non-residents are indicated by the ma
ture of these laws. While sympathy
is naturally commanded by those who
had by their personal toll, especially
under conditions of danger and hard
ship, created the improvements on the
land. 1t is probable that tho attempt
OF the Kentucky legislature to save
these improvement amounted to con-
fiscation of the rights of citizens Of
Virginia. The necessities of the Ken
tuckians made the proposed program
a popular one in that state and the
eloquence of Henry Clay was enlisted
to defend the propositions before the
Supreme Court of the United States
That tribunal, however. held the acts
of the Kentucky Legislature to be I'M
constitutional as violating the compact
which had been made between Virginia
and Kentucky that rights under Vir-
ginia grants which were In existence
at the time of the separation of the
territory of the two states should not
be impaired.
The attempt by the legislature to
effect curative acts having failed. the
courts of Kentucky were compelled to
deal with each case or class of cases
separately and 1t is to the involved
and technical reports of these cases
that resort must be had to determine
the status of any question of title
arising out of Kentucky lands. whether
originating from grants from the
crown, the colony or state of Virginia
or from the state of Kentucky which
took over the unapproprfated lands
after the separation and granted them
after a similar manner to that fol-
lowed in the crown or Virginia grants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
Seek Better Car Line Service.

The supervisors of Alexandria conn
ty, Va. at a meeting to be held to-
morrow will be asked to appoint a
committee of five citizens to seek i'm
provements in public utilities which
are urged by the Alexandria County
Public Service Association and the
Arlington Citizens Association. These
organizations are seeking improve
ments in way of service and rates on
the lines of the Washington Virginia
and al (, ~ Washington and Old Dominion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
Halliday School Session.

Public schools of Washington had
only a half session today because of
the Indictment weather. The half ses-
sion was ordered by the officials SO
that there would be no risk of the
youngsters having to sit in class with
their clothing wet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
House Adjourns Until Noon
Tomorrow Because of Death
of Representative Merritt

The House of Representatives an
swered to a roll call by state, informed
the President and the Senate that it
was ready to do business and then ad-
journed out of respect to the memory of
the late Representative Merritt Of New
York, who died a few days ago. The
House will reasonable tomorrow at
noon, and, sitting in joint session with
the Senate, will hear the President read
his message.
The first piece of business, outside of
the opening formalities and the OPEN
ing roll call, was the presentation by
Representative Page Of the District APP
preparation bill. Representative Page
served notice that he would call the
bill up at the earliest opportunity,
probably tomorrow Representative
Henry OF Texas showed signs that he
intended to block any attempt to let in
any legislation in advance of his va
rious cotton relief bills.
Speaker Clark was applauded in reg
ular House style when he appeared in
the chamber just before noon. and a
few minutes later Representative Mann
of Illinois, who will be the republican
candidate for Speaker in the next
House. received just as vociferous re-
ception from both sides of the chamber.
Just before the roll call by states
three new members were sworn in.
These were Representative Parker of
New Jersey. successor to Judge Mccoy
of the District bench: Representative
Price of Maryland. successor to Chief
Justice Covington OF the District
bench, and Representative Vincent of
Georgia, successor to Senator Hard
wick.
Representative Payne of New York
announced the death of Representative
Merritt and Speaker Clark appointed
hn
the funeral, consisting of the New
York state delegation and two or three
other members. In announcing the
committee the reading clerk read the
entire New York delegation, including
the name of Representative Merritt
himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
Women at Capitol Busy Knitting.

Capital society's latest activity
knitting garments for stricken Bel
gians-appeared today in the halls of
Congress. While the galleries were
filling up today. before the session
opened, several young women brought
their knitting" and piled their needles
vigorously on mufhers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
LAND TITLES.
K.-The Kentucky Con-
tests.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Romance. adventure and an indom-
liable determination to achieve indie
pendent control Of the domain they had
wrested from nature and from the hos
tile savages marked the early history
of the state Of Kentucky.
The contest for independence was not
aimed at political self-government,
since this was secured at an early date.
but toward freeing the lands Of the
state from the trammels Of absentee
ownership under grants made by the
parent state of Virginia.
The first settlements were made in
Kentucky when it was separated from
expanse Of primeval forest. The first
settlers were prevented from taking
the water route to their new homes by
the fact that the Ohio river was COM
manded by hostile tribes of Indians.
and with tremendous toll they struck
out an overland route which has since
become famous under the name of the
evidences Trail"
At the close Of the revolution the set
Elements in Kentucky were beyond
Virginia, and were coded to the United
States, with the proviso that they
should be erected into one OF the states
of the Union. There were vast existing
interests and claims of citizens of Vir-
ginia in and to lands in Kentucky, and
these could only be protected by the
establishment Of a state government
under the terms of the federal Consti-
tuition. BY these terms. questions of
rights between the citizens of two
states would be adjudicated by the
Supreme Court of the United States and
the DEGREES enforced by the federal
power and citizens of Virginia depend
ed upon this protection based on the
enforcement of a compact made be-
tween Kentucky and Virginia that the
status of land titles under former Vir-
ginia laws should not be disturbed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07

If you want work, read the want col
umns Of The Star.
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Laws Intended to thro'
Prevent Hardship. 1 ot ,


which represented valid consideration.
and this legislation worked to the adj
vantage of large holders in enabling
them to carry warrants in large
amounts and to perfect the titles only
as the lands became sufficiently valu-
able to warrant the expense.
Shortly after the admission of Ken
lucky to the Union the evils OF this
condition to the actual settlers became
oppressive. The actual settlers de-
pended on the absence OF appearance
of survey or occupation to guide them
in the selection of lands which were
unappropriated. They found justffica-
ton in this course by the Virginia law.
which made the survey on the ground
the binding evidence OF appropriation
and which provided for means by
which the boundaries of appropriated
property should become notorious 1t
also provided means for presumption
of land by actual improvement and
prescribed a course by which settlers
could perfect title through county
official in their vicinity.
But there were at least six diner
ent methods by which title to unap-
propriated lands could be acquired,
and it was possible to secure an in
cipient title in Virginia which would
conflict with the title inaugurated in
the remote county In which the land
lay. If either or both claimants took
advantage of the delays allowed by
remedial statutes before taking fur
Their steps to a patent, the conflict
would be likely to remain unknown
until a considerable amount of i'm
provement had been made on the land.
This source of trouble, however. was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
Nature of Surveys a
Source Of Trouble.

which was largely unbroken wilder
ness and with constant danger from
hostile Indians the surveys proceeded
upon broad lines and resulted in indef1-
mite descriptions and insufficient and
often transitory monuments. To
great extent, the actual settlers de-
pended upon their improvements as
notice of their occupation. and in their
pre-emption notices the description of
a given number of acres. Including my
cabin" was all that was thought
necessary to delimit the land which
they intended to acquire In fact,
this description was SO usual that It
became necessary for the courts of
the state to construe it, and it was
held that the lines of such holding
should be established by taking the
location of the cabin for the center
point of square and running out
diagonal lines to a sufficient distance
to include the amount of land claimed
within the four Sides
When, following the revolutionary
war, the great western growth of the
lands even beyond Kentucky began to
assume a real value, the Kentucky
settlers were almost overwhelmed by
the flood of litigation which poured
in upon them from claimants out of
possession They had recourse to a
principle esta blished in Virginia as
far back as 1861. and pushed its ap-
plication to the uttermost limit In
an effort to save the fruits of their
labor from going into the hands of
others.
The colony of Virginia had been con-
fronted at an early date with the same
difficulties and insufficiencies of the
system of surveying in vogue-difh-
culties and insufficiencies which could
be avoided only by a comprehensive
governmental survey such as was
- ri IN oil, hy
States-and it was provided by the
early laws of Virginia that where
there had been occupation of ahother's
land by honest mistake the matter
one hand, for improvements made, or,
on the other, for the original value of
the land. -
: The legislature Of Kentucky 4spted
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History Typical v
of Other Land Titles. :, :.

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between actual settlers of remote lands
and the owners of paper titles. In the
early days those who were unable or
unwilling to purchase land within
easy reach Of the older settlements
pushed on to conquer new country
for themselves.
This was especially true of Ken
lucky. whose settlers, careless of the
Indian titles, established themselves
by force of arms, and, having secured
peace by conquest, set themselves to
accumulate the comforts of life by
arduous labor. When they had created
value for the lands on which they
were settled, it seemed hard to them
that they should be dispossessed at the
instance of a man of whom they had
never heard, who had waited at ease
in a civilized community until it was
which had, perhaps, been acquired at a
nominal price.
The land warrants issued by the
state of Virginia, like all the early land
warrants, were the subject OF specu-
lation. Large grants of land were
made on the ground of military serv-
ices, and warrants representing these
grants were sold for small sums. The
expense of surveys and improvement,
in order to perfect the warrants into
patents, was. in many cases, beyond
the means of the individuals to whom
the warrants were issued, and a pro-
prietary class had been developed by
the accumulation into a few hands of
large amounts of these unprotected
titles.
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h
obligation of adequate financial par
ticipatiOn In the maintenance and up
building of the National Capital. The
"Organic" act OF 1873 and the exclu-
sive Liquidation clause of the COnstttu-
tiOn are alike untouched.
Ii makes American citizens of the
people of this community, giving them
effective representation I'm Congress.
which may deprive them Of their prop
erty by taxation and of life OF limb
by sending them to war. Such repre-
| sentation II not Inconsistent with the
Ing the District possessed by Con-
grena. On the contrary such repre-
sentatlOn Is the more essential since
Congress is not only WashinEton's
national leki.i.ture. but Its municipal
and state legislature.
1t gives the citizens of the District
an American status before the courts
of the United States and removes from
| Supreme Court that they stand I'm n
more unfavorable attitude toward the
national judiciary than aliens.
| by the recall provision. coupled with
hcatiOns necessary to eligibility for
! appointment as District Commissioner.
| the people of the District will enjoy
| at least q negative voice In respect to
these most important local OMlcials.
Local public opinion In thus ascertain
able for the guidance Of a fa1r-minded
| and conscientious executive in making
appOintments, and a measure OF re-
accessibility to the local community is
| Imposed upon the Commissieners
which is wholesome. equitable and In
the public interest.
| BY the referendum provision the Dis
trigt's legislature ascertains the views
and wishes of the community In re-
spect to legislative propositions vital
| to it's welfare and guides by these
| Views and wishes I'm enacting District
\ laws. The District participates, for
| instance, In deciding the amount OF
taxes to be raised. the forms Of taxa
tion to be employed In raising 1t and
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LEGISLATION had been effected which
was intended to prevent hardship to
IN n 1 W 1 n II a I G
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The history of land titles in Ken
lucky may be taken as typical of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-08-07
MONEY TO LOAN.

ENROM $500 TO 5000 on improved real
i estate In Montgomery county.
BOUIU g. BoUIC,
an 1871 Rockville Nd.