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Evening star., 1915-02-13
Mexico's Many Presidents.
From the Boston Globe.

rom Inc Boston tlODc.
Kaleidoscope shifts in the figurehead
of the government seated at Mexico
City continue to appear in the news
which comes north across the Rio
Grande. and there is no sure sign of
a cessation Of them in the immediate
future.
Seven men have held the presidential
office Gall but one of them provisional
ly) since the election of Diaz in 1910
for a six-year term.
F. L. de la Barra served from April
%, 1911. to November 6, 1911: Francisco
Madero. from November 6, 1911, to Feb
ruary 10, 1913; Victoriano Huerta from
February 10, 1918, to July 15. 1914;
Francisco Carbajal, from July 16, 1914,
to August IL, 1914: Venustiano Car
ranza. from August ~, 1914. to Novem-
Der 10. 1914; Eulalie Gutierrez, from
and now Rogue Gonzales Cara has
been chosen by the convention of gen.
erals at the capital.
This record has not been beaten in
recent years by any country except
Haiti, which changes it's presidents as
often as it does its linen.
GarZa, the successor of Gutierrez, is
a lawyer, who served for short time
In the cabinet of the assassinated Ma
dero.
He is reputed to be one of Villas
warm and close friends.
Concerning his real character we have
litthe information, but that hardly mat
ters, for his occupation of tho palace
in Mexico City Is temporary and his
authority practically nil.
The military convention which clip
ped the wings of Gutierres will see to
1t that Cara does not fly very high.
Evening star., 1915-02-13

nows in sight" he added. some OF the
trout will fight the others"
The fish are fond of lean meat. said
Savage. but will not take the fat Par
ticles of fat are cast from their mouths
and are found floating on the water in
the tank.
IF the fish in captivity will take
meat" he said. why would beef not
make good bait for anglers fishing
small streams2"
Frank Baur recalls the time when
rockffsh were caught in large numbers
near the boats of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company. They
led on/the garbage that was thrown
overheard from the kitchen. he said.
The fish seemed to know the hour
the boats docked,' said the angler. FOR
after they docked and catch a dozen or
twenty fish, while at other times IN.
hsh We're not much in evidence"
1t was comfortable place for sum
mer morning fishing. said the angler
Tor IL was an easy matter to fish from
a small boat and remain in the shade
John Ward. Harry Fremont and Bob
Sussan were on the Eastern branch
near Benning bridge for Weekend
outing. Two colored men ffshed be
meath the bridge the night before ard
caught bushel of catfish, they stated
and early the next morning they Were
on the job.
The hot water from the electric
| iShe Salu Joe baur, made the
water there an attraction to the fish.
and there must have been thousands 81
them feeding below the exhaust" Tn.
.hree. anglers landed more than two
dozen fish.
Charles r. Holman and Edward Stra-
cnan expect to spend a couple of DAYS
at Aqua creek on the occasion az
waShington's birthday holiday They
1,it enihk iarge-mouth bass should be in
eHidence by that tine and that they
VIII readily take the spoon.
N is probable that anglers Will re
new their efforts at catching fish in
the tidal basin as soon as the wa,er
clears They find spooning from the
wall ABOUT the basin interesting snort
Charie Porter and Charlie Lvucb
went TO f1etcher's Thursday afternoo,,
isneo three hours and landed six Mis-
LsS.ppi Gathsh: Porter caught hive ~
them; The fish weighed nearly thrs.
| pounds each.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
The War on Bacteria.
,m the st. Joseph News-Press.

From the 81. Joseph NeWS-Pre4s. .
If we are to sterilize the mouthpieces
of telephones every day to kill the bac-
terra and prevent injection, and are to
scour the doorknobs every day for the
same reason, why not be consistent and
go on scrubbing and scrubbing every
thing with which we come in contact?
If these bacteria must be cleaned out
once a day, why not once an hour. or
once a minute? The pestiferous things
are apt to get in any second.
OF course. everybody knows that
drinking water should be not only boil.
ed. but distilled, and then drunk from
a sterilized cup, and the mouth rinsed
with an antiseptic solution after. We
have all often enough been warned
that handshaking is dangerous, and
that kissing is simply deadly. All Of
which warning we have duly obserssd
of course.
And now that we have got used to the
incessant scyubbing and turned 1t from
hardship into habit, 1t is shocking to
be informed by an eminent bacteriol-
ogist that we still are in momentary
danger from microbes that lurk in the
scrub brushe itself. Maybe we shall
next be scrubbing the scrub brush, and
sterilizing the soap. and then steriliz-
ing the steri1izer. Bac4eriolosfsts are
Unsuitable. They never know whore to
stop.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
MAY RESUME OPERATIONS
.a
Dredge Dewey Plans Work on Chan.
mel if Weather Permits s4

mess freezing weather comes in the
next few days, 1T is probabl that the
ureoee Dewey Will resume dredgine .
operations until the contract to puf
the coming week, and will contin,re
opuerations until the contract to nut
twenty-one feet of water from the
Highway bridge to Georgetown is
completed.
The Dewey, about six weeks ago
when Ice first began to make on th.,
river. was brought from the channel
to harbor in the Washington channel
and has been lying there throughout
all the bad weather Advantage was
taken of the lay-up of the big dredpe
to give her machinery a thorough over
hauling and this work will be complet-
ed this week. Before the dredge can
start operations ii will be necessary TO
replace the piles used for the moorin =
lines for the dredge, and also about ~
third of the pipe line supports, which
were carried away by the ice from
the upper river.
Mr.. Taylor of the Sanford & Brooks
Co, owners of the Dewey. was in the
city yesterday planning to start the
dredge in operation.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
TRAVELETTE
BY NIKSAH.
San Diego.


The city Of San Diego contains more
square miles than the city of New
York. 1t is twenty-nine miles long by
some ten or fifteen wide, and besides
its hundred thousand Inhabitants In the
city proper includes the town of La
Jolla. fifteen miles northward, and the
town of South San Diego, ten miles to
the south.
The city is built on a series of hills
running up from the Bay of Coronado
The ravines between the hills, now be-
ing brfdged and converted into boule-
wards and city Streets are of curious
formation. having doubtless been at
some remote period the bottom of the
sea. A false bay extends back from
the real Coronado bay. and is a curl
osity in geological formation which has
never been explained. for at times it
has all the appearance of a large body
of water, and within a day or two will
be dry land, no one being able to pre-
dict the changes
The hills on which San Diego is sit
uated have long been known as the
Mission Hills. for on their tops have
stood the crosses of the early mission
fathers. and the old churches in the
valleys attest the work of these pious
men.
In 1880 San Diego doomed. Its won
derful harbor. its equabie climate and
its proximity to the citrus growing
lands made the prices Of real estate
soar to startling altitude. Then 1t
dropped. and q steady growth set in.
which today is evidenced by one OF the
most beautiful of California towns.
Tropical flowers, trees and fruits are
found within the city borders. Mild
fogs and temperate winds sweep in
hA al
wealth giving.
San Diego Is the last port OF call in
the United States for the southern
Pacific ocean. for below the line lies
the arid waste Of Lower California. San
Diego harbOr can scarcely be excelled
in size and situation. land locked all
but at its southwestern portal. Many
fine bathing beaches are found on the
ocean side of the harbor. a magnificent
mountain view at her back. and count
less opportunities for investing In
beach lots make the place most at
tractive to tho tourist.
Lumber mills, railroad shops, fac
tories and boat building industries vie
with the natural attractions and the
historic interest OF tho town. To the
westward lies Coronado Island and
Point Iona. On North Island inside the
bay the government conducts its larg-
Rosecrans to the south guards the
fport.
The older part of the town is OF
| Spanish origin and structure, but as
the hills ascend, beautiful modern resi-
dances appear. and the winding roads
among the hills disclose tropical gar
dens and beautiful views of land and
ocean. At Old San Diego ono may visit
'the Marriage Place Of Ramona and
listen to her legend. A mile or so away
city. and . botanical garden overhange
the cliffs Of Mission valley.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
GLASS OF SALTS
CLEANS KIDNEYS
If your Back is aching or
Bladder bothers, drink lots of
water and eat less meat.

When your kidneys hurt and
your back feels sore, don't get
scared and proceed to load your
stomach with a lot of drugs that
excite the kidneys and irritate the
entire urinary tract. Keep your
kidneys clean like you keep your
bowels clean, by flushing them
with mild, harmless salts which
removes the body's urinous waste
and stimulates them to their nor
NAL activity. The function of the
kidneys is to filter the blood. In
"a hours they strain from it 500
grains of acid and waste, SO we
can readily understand the vital
, importance Of keeping the kidneys
active.
Drink lots of watcr-you can't
I drink too much; also get from any
pharmacist about four ounces of
I Jad Salts: take a tablespoonful in
"a glass OF water before breakfast
Teach morning for a few days and
your kidneys will act fine. This
tfamous salts is made from the acid
sof grapes and lemon juice, COM
tbined with lithia, and has been
FUSED for generations to clean and
sstimulate clogged kidneys; also to
sneutraiize the acids in urine so If
suo longer Is source of irrita-
ION. thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts IS inexpensive; cannot
srJure: makes L delightful effer-
sycsceat l;;hia-water drink which
.cVcry one should take now and
slhen To keep their kidneys clean
sand active. Try this. also keep up
sthe water drinking. and no doubt
YOU will wonder what became of
~our kidney trouble and backache.
Evening star., 1915-02-13

A number of anglers who paid no at
tention TO weather conditions took their
weekend outings on the river and met
with more or less success.
Mack Sparrough and William Wynkoop
were the most successful Of the week
end fishermen. They were not on the
river early in the morning and it was not
late when they returned ashore. but they
had a score of Mississippi catfish to their
credit.
wynkoop led the catch with fifteen
FOUNDER, a six-pounder being the larg-
est fish that Sparrough was able TO land.
The anglers fished near Hens and
Chickens" a place that is familiar 70
hundreds OF anglers who visit that part
of the river
Al Warner. William White and DICK
Mullett found it unnecessary to take I, ,
fire with them on their last weekend
outing as they did two weeks ago Inc
weather was not warm. however. and the
fish came fast enough to keep up circu-
lation.
When the anglers returned from up
the river they had a count of fourteen
Mississippi catfish, but none of the
fish was able to match the big one
that Wynkoop had landed.
Most of the fish were caught near
the outlet lock, and shad entrails were
uSe0 as Dalt, IHe DSSl pdit loI ehS hSh
| at this season.
VIII White was the disappointed one
| of the party. He hooked an immense
| fish and shouted for a derrick, declar-
| ing a net would not hold it. but be-
! fore his companions could respond the
| fish freed itself and disappeared, ano
| the only consolation the fishermen had
was the fact that they actually saw
the monster
Il &c
Washington's birthday, il is stated
many anglers are making preparations
| for river trips. Those who have moi
| already done so are getting their para
| phernalia together and thinking of the
new parts of their outfits they will
have to purchase.
Michael Collins had Austin Savage
and Carl Dentler as guests aboard his
| launch for a weekend outing. They
| had plenty to eat, an abundance of bali
and fishing paraphernalia of all kinds
and when they returned they reported
having had an enjoyable time, al
| though the odor of fish was absent.
1T was only case of going to the
| wrong place." was what Austin Savage
said. I'VE know there were fish in the
river, because we had seen others have
| them, but, of course. we did not know
just where they were when we went
| to try our luck"
| went " d poihl pSho" ehS
| southeast portion of Potomac Park, a
place where perch and rockfish are
| caught later in the season, but not q
I fish was taken in.
Several days of bright weather and
| clearer water may bring the small
mouth bass from winter quarters. said
John w. Hurley, land a number OF
sportsmen will be on hand to give the
1 fish a trial.
The veteran sportsman was perhaps
| the only person in this city who hao
| a small-mouth bass dinner this week
He received the fish from an up-rivei
| boatman.
Rainbow and speckled brook trout
are fond of beefsteak. says Ward Saw
age, who possesses a number of both
varieties of fish and looks after theil
feeding
They also are fond of minnows." ht
said, land will continue eating as long
as a minnow is in the water with
them.
And when there are no more min-
Evening star., 1915-02-13
TRAINING SHIP SYLVIA
IS OFF FOR NORFOLK
Naval Battalion Craft Will Enter
Navy Yard for Annual
0verhauling.

With complement of four officers
and twenty men of the Naval Bat
TALON of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia, the L. S. S. Sylvia,
training ship of the organization,
backed into the stream from her dock
at the foot of Water and o streets
southwest. shortly after o'clock this
morning, beginning her cruise to Nor
folk, Va, where she will enter the
navy yard for her annual overhauling
in drydock. .
A cheer went up from the citizen
seamen aboard the little craft as she
ioosened her lines and backed into the
stream. for it was the beginning of the
longest voyage ever taken by the
Sylvia with the local naval militiamen
aboard. Provisions for three days
were put aboard her yesterday, al
though her commander. Joseph A.
Dempf. declared before the vessel put
out that he hoped to reach the Nor
folk yard by tomorrow night He de-
clared he would have no trouble keen
ing to his schedule with good weather
Prepared for Stormy Weather.
Although he did not anticipate bad
weather at any time during the voy-
age, Commander Dempf declared that
the ofhcers and men We're prepared for
any storm which might arise during
the voyage in the lower Chesapeake
bay.
Commander Dempf asserted that with
clear weather tonight the vessel would
not anchor in Cornfield harbor at the
mouth of the Potomac, but would con-
tinue the voyage down the bay, arriv-
ing at the yard tomorrow morning.
Much training will be received by the
men during the voyage, it is declared
There Will be signal drills, and gun
drills, where the men will have a
chance to sight their guns on various
objects in the lower Chesapeake.
Crew to Return Tuesday.
The men will also obtain much valua-
BILE experience in seamanship, as the
vessels is small and rough weather in
the lower Chesapeake would give them
some fine practice.
The officers and men will leave Nor
folk Monday evening aboard the Nor
folk and Washington steamer, and are
due here early Tuesday morning. After
about a month at the yard the Sylvia
will be returned to her berth here for
practice work during the Summer
months.
Accompanying Commander Dempf on
the trip are Lieut.. F. w. Sigourney, eX-
ecutive officer; Ensigns Harold Craw-
ford and Wilbert E. Locklin, deck Off
GERS, and Engineer Nudge.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
land and Helerau and Margarethenhohe
in Germany.

land and Helerau and Margarethenhohe
in Germany.
Peace will naturally be followed by a
great industrial revival in Belgium,
and the city
Industrial Revival planners ar
Will Follow Peace. $500 sorm 70 aO 40
their power to prevent this revival
from resulting in the faulty living
conditions that nearly always accom-
pany sudden industrial growth. They
believe that by adequate forethought
the factory operatives of Belgium can
be provided with the same ideal living
conditions that are found in the model
garden cities of England and Ger
many.
The community experts also believe
that great impulse can be given to
agriculture if the rural communities
are properly planned. BY establishing
model towns throughout the rural dis
tricts. which will serve as centers for
community life, it is believed that a
be settled in the country, and the con-
gestion of cities further relieved.
To devise comprehensive plan for
the restoration of Belgium along lines
dt once drtlStic anu sanitary 10 AZ II
self a tremendous task. but one for
which the recent trend of thought has
been splendid preparation. The city
carefully planned, with streets wide
and straight. with ample spaces for the
recreation of the people, with indus
trial and residential districts set apart,
is one of the finest ideals of the CEN
tury. Much has been done to realize 1t.
both in this country and in Europe; but
never before has such an opportunity
for it's full and extensive realization
occurred as that offered by the pres
ent plight of Belgium.
The success of the great undertaking,
in the last analysis, depends upon the
Belgian people. They have shown
themselves brave, and they are known
to be patient. There IS every reason
to believe that they will willingly face
the sacrifices and delays that will be
necessary for the careful and scientiflc
restoration of their homes.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
To Get New Members Interested.

William \. Rawlings, one of the team
captains. urged the leaders to be GER
tain to get the new members interested
III some particular line of work in the
organization.
George Otis Smith, president of the
association. thanked the workers on
behalf of the board of directors. Grace
was said by Grant Leet. and II. B. F.
Mcfarland pronounced the benedic-
tion.
Those present were: w. II. Kerr, +.
e. Clements, John Poole, w. w. War
wick. w. Topham,/A. G. Bishop. c. A.
Aspinwall. D. McLea, Henry B. f. Mac
farland. H. A. Thrift. H. S. omohun-
dro. DR.. W. K Butler, George Otis
Smith. Wilbur J. Carr. Paul Sleman,
James Sharp, William A. Rawlings, C.
s. Robb. H. b. Davidson. T.. S. Wolfe.
NJ. VI. Shand. A. w. Nevins, +. T. Love.
l.. :. Lafetra. Roger :. Whiteford, A.
t. Smith. Alien l.. Thompson. n. g.
johnson. Hale Thomas. Harold q. Law
ton. l.. l.. Shnare, George q. Box, w.
\. Dseuc. MioUe Martin. c. NJ. King,
\. &. Ridgeway. VI. T. Simmons, OrviIle
3. Drown, Allen G. Grnnell Louis
Touben, A. ID. Call, Grant Leet, c. +.
Crane. G. g. Lyddane. Frank S. Foster,
c. l.. Johnson. T. w. Walton. w. o.
Hiltablddle. c. +. Beckett. George NJ
Kirk. l.: W. De Cast. P. NJ. Etcheson.
J. r. Hilderbrand. LOUIS ]. Giffels.
Frank A. Woodf1eld. William Knowles
Cooper, r. l.. Neuhauser, F. Fred Hau-
ley and Barrett Galloway.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
-you wiu receiue
these IL numbers of Vogue

American Travel May 10
Late Spring fashians and special
country inteYesta.
S@msv Fashisas ymsf
The final sh1ving sf the Summef
modes that Will b.
Il tie Country 1ns 10
wsay, and how b wear Il.
e9se WeseAsr fashisos Juayf
Ts ennecf wardrobe - eq9ips
Dsst lr all eE11sar sDorta.
ascssssS Iyie
snd oue.
Io3sa snA R.sb 0sass0 Ane.l
What b going % In d. be.n nonds
ahecAl MSdsamAer festivities n
home.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
Consolation.

From the Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Exe1That woman has been say
ing all sorts Of detesfable things about
me.
Mrs.. Wye-You shouldn't mind her.
dear. She merely repeats what other
people say.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
To Avoid Nostalgia.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
"I think IL I were a Tommy Atkins
going to France, I'd join the bicycle
corps"
"Why so?"
Then. if 1 got homesick, 1 could
puncture tire and once again breathe
my native air.
Evening star., 1915-02-13

Forecast e Spsias
Faahions Rsk<pavy Is
Complete aee1zfe review Of the
mode Of Bsss.
SSEing Pskassns MaFsA I
Weeking nodsas fsT eae's vhols
SRi1g and SumDR wardrobe.
SBihe Mnh0y Massh 10
Tie nswsa nsAsas n saart kats,
vsih nd eoiA9ss.
SWi3 Fesais0 AW0 I
fks last vurA - 6pF6g gsWA
vsiseA lingerie ~ senssssisa.
60Mt Faskiaas k0
Tir.. a 3 hr -. -.sss i.sS
Aaztiy On . nslsrzae inssms.
nsiass ~ Su00se 6s0as Mo-
A journey '.sAFseGh PLEASURES and
palaess." New tos ~ bride.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
PLANS FOR REBUILDING
BELGIUM.
By Frederic j. Haskin.

A conference will be held in London
this week to consider plans for the
rebuilding of Belgium. 1t has been
called by the International Garden
City and Town Planning Association,
which has branches in this and most
European countries. and includes in
its membership some of the most dis
tinguished city planning and housing
experts in the world.
This convention of modern city build
ers will face one Of the most tremen-
dous tasks and. at the same time. one
of the greatest human problems
brought forth by the war. Their task
will be to plan the restoration of a
nation whose cities have been literally
wiped off the face of the earth. And
the human problem will be to induce
millions of homeless people. eager to
return to their own land, ip- dire need
of shelter and food. to rebuild these
cities along modern, sanitary llnes.
The thing to be determined is whether
Belgium shall become q land OF StraS
Cling, hastily built villages, or shall
rise from its ashes clean anu oroeiiS
and beautiful.
The completeness of the destruction
which has overtaken this nation IS
hard to conceive. Antwerp, tor ex-
ample, was DO1llDdTueu toi loi ~ Loo .
by the BLACK Marias," the great Krupp
siege guns of the Germans During ,
that time from five to thirty shells
struck the city every. minute These
shells were twenty-eight millimeters
in caliber and of the explosive type.
When one of them struck wooden
shop or dwelling the building imme-
diately burst into flames and was
quickly consumed. A brick dwelling
struck by BLACK Maria" shell was
described by a correspondent as pour.
ing into the street in shower of
brick A single shell striking the
city hall removed the upper story. A
correspondent who viewed the city
from height. after twelve hours of
bombardment, reported that the south
ern half of it was a complete ruin.
Termonde was a typical Belgian
town of $4,000 inhabitants not far from
Antwerp. An eyewitness declares that
after the bombardment practically
none of the houses was intact. Por-
tions of the outer walls and the charred
remains of their contefIts were all that
remained. Two women, one of whom
was blind, were the only Inhabitants left
in Termonde.