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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01
DISCUSSES HIS DISCOVERY.
DR.. w. F. Rittmsn Says Cost Of Pro
ducing Gasoline Is Lessened.

NEW YORK. March DIR. Waite
+. Rittman. whose discovery of new
process for deriving gasoline. henLcl
and toiuol from petroleum was An
nounced by Secretary Lane of the In
terror Department at Washington last
night, lives in this city In speaking
OF the discovery today pr. Rittman
said:
Il do not clam to have cheapened III"
process of producing benzol or toluol.
nor. for that matter. do l claim to have
lessened the cost of deriving casolin"
from petroleum. My process makes "
possible. though. to get gasoi,ne from
petroleum. My process makes II pos
sible. though. to get gasoline from
cheaper oils = for example. the Gals
forniA oils-and in this way the cost
is lessened
Or. Rittman Is only thirty-two years
old and got his Ph ID. from Columbia
last year He was born in SanduskA.
Ohio. and educated at ohio Norfher'
College. Swarthmore and, finally. a.
Columbia He has been busy OF his
work with petroleum products since
last summer.
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Enthusiastic Over Reformatory.

Not satisfied with developing one in
stitution which is regarded as a model
of it's kind. Mr.. Whitaker is entering
into the preparation Of plans for the
reformatory with an enthusiasm that
augurs we'll for the success of the I'M
dcrtaking.
The reformatory is for long-term
prisoners, and eventually will house
all the Districts wards who are now
auartered in the federal penitentiarIes
in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. and At
lanta. Ga.
AS the first step in it's construction, a
sawmill will be established, for con-
verting timber on the reformatory tract
into building material. Temporary
frame buildings will be erected and
made ready for occupancy in the next
six months. But the principal work
to be undertaken will be that of con-
structing an electric railroad to the
workhouse wharves. so that brick and
crushed stone from the workhouse
kilns and stone-crushing plant and
other building material may be trans
ported to the site for the reformatory
buildings with the least delay and ex-
penSe.
1t may take 4 couple of years to COM
plete the line, but in the meantime
central power plant will have been con-
structed and other basic improvements
installed. 1t is probable that several
temporary buildings will be filled with
prisoners before the end of the year
The plant is expected to be in full oper-
alton ut the end of five years.
Prisoners In the reformatory Will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01
FAv0Rs HORSE SHOW CUP.
Chamber of Commerce Executive
Committee Votes Prize

The executive committee of The
chamber Of Commerce TODAY voted >,
recommend to the board of direc,ors
the purchase of a silver cum tn he nrs-
scented as the prize in one of the events
in the National Capital horse show 10
be held this spring The suggestion
was made that ii be given as q nrize
in some event IN which mercantile
outfits are shown.
The executive committee authorized
the secretary of the chamber Thomas
Grant. to serve as secretary of the
citizens committee in charge of ar
rangements for the 6. A. r. encamp-
,uent.
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will be utilized in the operation of If
teen or twenty industries that are not
attempted at the workhouse.
To Advise Pittsburgh Officials.

Before beginning work in earnest on
the reformatory Mr.. Whitaker will
leave tomorrow for Pittsburgh. Pa,
where, at the request OF the Pittsburgh
authorities, he will make a survey of
the Jail and workhouse in that city
with the object of making recommend
stions for improvement of these insti-
buttons. This work will require about
a week.
While the District Commissi oners
have not announced their plans for the
administration of the reformatory.
there is believed to be no doubt that
this Institution and the work
house will be placed upder one
management This plan. it is
thought. not only will insure more
efficient administration. but will make
possible the running of the two penal
establishments at less cost than if they
were operated separately.
Mr.. Whitaker has completed draw
ings for the reformatory buildings and
these are now before the reforinatory
commission. consisting of Commits
siouer Newman, Justice Stafford of the
District supreme Court and John Joy
Edison, president of the board of chart
ties. The commission Is understood to
have approved the general features of
the plan and is now considering the
detailed specifications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01
Grant Watson Listed for Exchange

Grant Watson, formerly an ache
of the British embassy here, and more
recently secretary of the British lega-
ton in Brussels. is among the civil
prisoners in Germany who will be ex-
changed this week, according to adj
vices received by his friends in wash
iugton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01
SENATE PASSES BILL
FOR MEMORIAL HOMES
Provides for Model Houses for Poor
Urged by Presidents
Late Wife.

Incorporation of the Ellen Wilson Me-
mortal Homes was authorized by bill
passed today by the Senate. This bill
was introduced Saturday by Senator
Ollie James, and an identical measure
is to be presented in the House by
Representative Oscar Underwood.
This incorporation provides for the erec-
ton of a block OF model. sanitary houses
in the capital III memory of the interest
taken in housing conditions by Mrs
Wilson.
These model houses are 10 be erected
by popular subscription by the women
of the country and are to ne rented to
the poor at the lowest possible rent,
replacing the unsightly and insantary
alleys that have been condemned by
Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01
Supt. William H. Whitaker to
Direct Construction of Dis
trict Reformatory.
WORKH0UsE IMPROVEMENT
ALSO WILL BE EXTENSIVE
Plans Call for Building Mammoth
Barn. Railway. Power Plant.
All by Prison Labor.

y big Years work is ahead OF VIII
liam II. Whitaker. superintendent of
the Districts worllhouse at Occoquan.
Va. who has been selected by the Com
missioners to prepare plans for and
direct the building of the District re-
formalory. which will occupy a 1900
acre tract adjoining the worlshouse
reservation.
Not only is ii planned to get the
-eformatory project considerably I'M
der way during the year. but an extern
aiye program has been mapped out
for the further development of the
Workhouse.
With respect to the reformatorS, pre-
liminary work on which began today,
it is proposed. during the next ten
months, to erect temporary quarters
for the care of prisoners out of timber
now standing on the reservation, to
build the biggest portion of an indus
trial railway line which will extend
from the reformatory to the work
house wharves, a distance OF four miles,
which will furnish light and heat to
both the reformatory and workhouse.
While these operations are going on
the workhouSc plant also will be re-
ceiving number of improvements,
prisoners furnish the labor for both
institutions. At the workhouse the
building program for the year provides
for the construction of q dairy barn,
200 by 50 feet. combined root house and
canning factory. four new barges, new
officers quarters. completion of hen
merry with facilities for 5000 hens, and
of concrete hog pens, which will make
possible the raising of 1,eeO hoss TOT
cf,,,c N onnn3l1N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01
Pushing Campaign When Taken Ill.

Mrs. Wilson was pushing a campaign
against these alleys at the time she
was taken i'll, and it was in response
to her dying wish that the alley bill
was passed
The memorial project was suggested
by Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, chairman
or the District of Columbia branch of
the woman's section of the National
Civic Federation. 1t has been indorsed
by the executive board OF the d. A. r.,
and the District Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs has pledged itself to sup
port the effort in every possible way.
Many women's organization through
out the country are aligning Them
selves with the movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01

Mrs. Margaret Ann Fisher, widow of
William Fisher. of Baltimore, of an
old Maryland family, died at the home
OF Mrs. Frank Fisher in that city, aged
niNety-six.
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Mrs. Richard P. StegIer. Ac-
cused of FeIonious Assault,
Is Dismissed.
MAGISTRATE INCLINED
TO PUNISH ACCUSER
Reporter of German Newspaper
Makes Charge and Case Savors Of
Connection With Passport Frauds.

NEW YORK, March Mrs. Richard
r. Stegler. arrested today at the
Grenobie Hotel on a charge of felonious
assault. made by Arthur Nateiket, re-
porter for a German newspaper. was
discharged later in police court. Had
certain evidence been more definite
the magistrate said he would have
been inclined to send her accuser to
the workhouse.
Steslcrs discharge the federal grand
jury returned an indictment charging
her husband with conspiracy against
the United States in obtaining an
American passport falsely. Stegler is
= German naval reservist. Two others
were indicted with him, Richard Mad
den, III whose name the passport was
issued. and GIstave Cook of Hoboken,
who. il is charged. participated in OBJ
tanning the passport. The three men
were to be arraigned later in the after
noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01

Zen years ago the British army in
South Africa drew on the United States
for about 100000 horses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01
Court of Appeals.

Present: The Chief Justice, Mr. Jus
tice Robb and Mr.. Justice Van Orsdel.
William @. Dunno, Robert B. Meckley,
Eunice K. Warner, Sarah T. Andrew.
Mary Lee Kiddoo, Clarence B. Dutton
Edmund W. McLarren and Frank T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01

dangerous weapon: attorney. s. u. Truitt
United States agt Samuel Johnson ::
carnal knowledge: verdict not guilty by
direction of court: attorney. Fountain
Peyton.
The name of ManselI r. Mills was, by
mistake. in the Saturday court record
used in connection with the sentence OF
two years in the penitentiary for house
breaking imposed on Richard Brooks. The
charge of secreting mail matter against
Mr.. Mills has not been tried and no sell
tence has been imposed on him.
nited States agt. Jerry T Wills.
non support: defendant committed.
United States aGt. Stanley G. Arnett.
JOY riding. two cases. nolle pros.
nited States agt. Stanley c. Arnett.
grand Larceny nolle pros
tnited States agt. Frank +. Ward.
hsamy: bail fixed at s1.5on: recogniz-
ance taken with John F. Waters surety !;
attorney. NJ f. Mangan.
CIRCUIT DIVISION Justice Ander-
Estate OF Stilson Hutchins: on trial !:
caNeator's attorneys. +. J. Hogan. W. g.
johnson, !. j. Darlington ard Nyer
Cohen; Caveatees' attorneys, = Ross
Perry. L. H. Thomas and c. II Nierriliat
BANKRUPTCY DIvIsIoN--Justice Nc
Coy.
In re Sidney Mayer: discharse
ordered.
IN re Adolph +. Sauber: II. II. Hol-
iander appointed receiver: bond, $500.
In re Ceremcf.. < SNYDER: reference
to K. j. Quinter as special master.
In r" NJ +. Piper; adjudication and
reference to referee.
PROBATE DINISIoN-Justice Siddons
In re John s. Cromelin ct al: order
to invest; attorney. u. Z. Cromelin.
Estate of Caroline Harris: petition
for letters of administration fled at
torney. W. 6. Martin
In re Margaret G. Muncaster; order
I" cancel mortgage, etc: attorney,
Alexander Munca ster
Estate of Rosa NJ. Cochran: petition
for instructions nied: attorneys l. H.
| Linton and j. J. Darlington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01
Nav Be Revenue Producers.

The hog pens and hennery are being
developed along lines that promise to
make them big revenue producers. Ten
chicken houses, each equipped with an
acre run. and a large brooder nave
been constructed. An incubation plant
now is in process of construction, while
a si}o is to be built in time to be stored
with green food during the coming
season. 1t is planned to add LOW mems
to the stock A,ch year until the num-
Der has reachsS 5000.
Since the establishment of the work
house four years ago Mr.. Whitaker
has been experimenting in chicken
raising. the experience gained FURNISH
ing the basis for the plans for the per
manent plant 1t has been decideo 10
produce only one breed-Rhode Is
land Reds. Several strains, inciuu.ns
White Leghorns. were experimental
with. The plant viii supply eggs to
the Tuberculosis Hospital as we'll as
the workhouse and other District pen
al institutions.
Mr.. Whitaker has gone into the hog
raising business for the District on an
ambitious scale. Facilities for this in
dustry are only about half developed,
but they will be completed during the
year Already there have been con :
strurred three cement feedlhg pens, o'
by 60 feet each, and three more OF SIM
liar dimension will be provided during
the next few months
The pens are not the only sanitary
feature of the arrangement. There are
sleeping houses separate from the pens,
with u runway for each house, con-
tanning from three to four acres. In
addition. there are fifty brood pens GO
by 100 feet each. Each pen is equipped
with small shelter for SOW and brood.
nder the environment laid out pig
is not expected to formulate the desire,
much less discover an opportunity, to
disport himself in dlth and display bad
table manners. In order to insure the
last degree of healthfulness to the
swine colony a brick house. in which
garbage fed the hogs can be scientifl
cally steriliZed, is being constructed
Il ri s.ifhiu short
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Mammoth Barn Planned.

In anticipation of doubling the size
of the dairy herd, which now numbers
about fifty cows, Mr. Whitaker has
prepared plans for building 4 nam
| moth barn, work on which will be
started within a few weeks. The hero
| furnished thirty gallons of milk a day
for consumption at the Tuberculosis
Hospital and Washington Asylum anC
Jail, in addition to supplying the work
house needs.
With the completion this summer OF
a combined roothouse and canning fac
tory, the WorkhouSe plans to store !:
much larger quantity of food for winter
use than in any previous season. Two
hundred acres of garden produce viii
he cultivated during the season. while
big crops are expected to be taken
from seventy-five acres of orchards
II is expected that $4,000 worth Of
produce will result from this years
farming activities.
Plans for new officers quarters are in
q formative state, and this improve
ment viii be added during the year,
according to present intentions.
one of the recent additions to the
workhouse plant Is shipbuildng
yard. where a large barge is in course
of construction. Three others will be
built during the year. They will be
used in conveying brick and other ma
/ being built at cost Of about $1,000
! each. whereas they could not be re-
| produced under contract for less than
/ $500. il is stated.
| Prison reform experts of this and
other countries who have visited the
WorkhouSe have expressed Wonderment
that the institution should have made
such progress toward self-contained-
ness in the four years it has been il
existence. Built out of j wilderness
/ ard almost entirely at the expense oil
prison labor, the workhouse has earned
about s45O,0c0 in four years for the
District, and is making rapid progress
| toward the point where 1t will be self
supporting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01

CIRCUIT DIVISION Justice Could.
Woolf agt Heurich; on trial: plain
tiffs attorneys, MILAN & Smith de-
PENDANTS attorney. Leon Torbriner.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-02-25
I 3
Important Agricultural
LEGISLATION

The present session of the legislature
has passed two bills that will prove of
great bene fit to the farmers of the state.
One of of these bills accepts the Smith.
Lever Federal appropriations. thus
making available liberal sums of gov
eminent money for agricultural TX
tension work in Vest Virginia; the
other bill permits County Courts to ap-
propritte county funds for the payment
nf part of the salary of county Agri-
cultural agents already located or TO be
located in the various COMMITTEES.
C. R. Titolw. Director of Agriculture
Extensi n of West Virginia University.
states that these two bills will perman-
emily establish the Unconstitutional and
educational work in agriculture in the
various counties Of the state. He fur.
Their states that West Virginia has
possibly the most advanced legislation
for agricultural extension work of any
state in the United States.
1t will be remembered that not long
ago one of the U. S. Government of
ficials gave out the statement that
West Virginia University has the best
organized extension department of any
of the states, and the recent report Of
the extension department justifies that
statement.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-02-25
Cloture In The Senate Coming.

The action of the democratic caucus
Saturday. in endorsing cloture, il the
beginning of TIE Of the barbsrouE5rules
that have bound the senate for several
generstions Unlimited debate, when
wisely employed, has it's advantages.
but it is power that can not safely be
entrusted to partisan minority. 1t
denies to the majority thd right to rule.
1t gives the presumption of wisdom
and patriotism to the few rather than
to the many But it is dofned, and with
the change the senate will become q
popular body, in reality responsible to
the peoples will. It is another reform
added to the important list Of reforms
achieved by the democratic party during
its brief control Of public affairs. !! 1T
may be some time yet before the dem
ocrats will be able to make the change,
but the change is coming, and the day
of its adoption should be day Of; gen.
eral rejoicing. 1t has been the bull
work Of plutocracy the.las trench to
which thesdecreasing band of reaction
aries could retreat. Hailto the change,
and honor to those who are joining to
w 4 BRYAN
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-02-25
The New Charter.

The Legislature has at last
passed the Charles Town Charter
Bill and the Governor has signed
it.
Now it's up to the community
to make good under their new
municipal constitution.
The first essential is to nomi-
nate good men for the Council in
May.
There is no reason why Charles
Town. like Winchester and other
prosperous neighboring towns,
should not be represented in her
town government by her ablest
and best citizens from all walks
of life.
Let it be a case of the office
seeking the man if reeessary-ir
preference to the man seeking
Office, and when strong man il
drafted" by his fellow citizen;
let him accept as in duty bound
Such service will be its own re
ward and the self denial it i'm
poses, a badge of honor.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-02-25
The Archetype.

In desert places and in fields and woods
Chameleons take the hnes of recks
and trees d,
And sponees to their mornings shape
themselves
In the slow swinging of the languid
seas.
The waves assume the colors Of the . XIV,
Rosv at dawning nd at close Of dav.
Ethereal blue beneath the arch oenoon;
Black with the midnight; with the storm
cloud gray,
And st. nding in the Presence on the
mount,
Upon whose reaks the flaming
angels trod.
Lo. gazing on the Light Upspeakable
The prophets face gave glory back
to God!
So. growing like to what we look upon.
Let Us Sc, k BEAUTY wheresosser it
lies.
And let our easements TO the hills be
flung
And TO the wide seas and unfathom-
ed skies;
That. looking out, our souls becomes
more vast;
And looking up our spirits grow
more rare;
And with our minds int. mt forever on
the fair in nature we eroY also
fair. 3
IN E Bnhler, in New York Sun.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-02-25
A FINE MARYLAND FARM
For Sale.
pheasant View z
Prices 10 and is Cents.

Tbs fine fam containing 168 5-4
acres OF land situated about 2mdes
west of Pooisville, Montgomery Coua-
ty; Ma ylane,, and about IL niles
south OF D.cke-son Station, B, & O.
r. r. Also about nils + III The
c.. esa. cake & Ohio Cana. leo :sc...s
oil tbs fam is isssstsylA re,ll -.ii.sa;.,sl-2e-
Land, which is ira h - ssis, e,.-t
yat.oa, balance i. Chest.1 i "a o ! !.
timber. The fam lonts ? fc-9s,.'
County road leading frem Washing
ton, D. c., to Leesbasg, Va. Buildings
are in fine coalition located Il al tne
ce-t-e CT the farm an O, h,~h
vat oas, commanding good view. La.ge
~ya-e. with plenty OF shade. isou,'
garden. The improvements consist & f
"a rood frame dwelling house with
e..3sht rooms, hall, garnet and cellar.
Ra.n 90 feet lon;s containing cent ri
e. COW stables with IS swinging
eta-ch.ons and stable room for six
10: ses, s;io, large wagon shed with
cube con CRIBS and s-aaary Fine
Ga:tv, with running water in al build
.:r:ts f-om two good wells. equipped
with gasoline pump and tank ice
house, chicken house, ca-ria:yc house
and numerous other out buildings.
Good fencing. Plenty of good labo~
fobta.nable at low wages Farm has
been recently lined all over and is
row well set in. grass and clover.
Close TO Ugh school, churches, stores
and bank Solead;d neighborhood.
Good opportunity for party desiring
a good productive farm in an exeep-
tcnasly good neishbo-hood.
The land is well adapted to all kinds
Of f-u.t, especially to ap-ales, peaches.
pears ane. cherries, of which there is
| Ar Abundance OF eaca for family use.
This attractive aHome Farm" is now
.3ut uron the market, for the rsason
only, that the owners are in business
in Frederick City, Maryland, too far
from the farm to give it needed per-
sonal attention.
Here is an opportunity to buy one
of the best improved farms in May
land at a low price. only $1,000 per
acre, beautifully situated in a v3ry
prosperous section. of Maryland, and
only about 80 miles N. w. of Wash
.,gton, D. G. A reasonable amount
| will be left in the fam, if desired BY
the purchaser. Possession to suit
purchaser.
/ We have been farm.ng this farm
| for the last IS years with success.
Da:rying, raising Hogs, Cattle, Wheat
Corn, Hay and Poultry.
A PRACTICAL farmer can live we'll and
pay the interest on the whole invest
lment, and pay for the farm in a few
| years. We are willing to sell it upon
very easy terms, and keep most OF
| the money in the farm at 6 per cent.
per annum Geological Survey, 5S1
| feet elevation
For further information communi-
cate with the owners, GEORGE L.
/ GRAMER & SONS, Frederick, Mary
| land, who will take pleasure in show
ing this farm.
VERY truly yours,
GEORGE L. CRAMER & SONS.
Feb. 20-3t