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Evening star., 1915-05-22

the time. He had come over for hts
morning call on Unc' Billy. AS he drew
near the hollow tree he became aware
that something important was going
on tnc Billy was all swelled up
with Importance. He didn't even notice
Jimmy. Then out of the hollow tree
came the funniest sight Jimmy had
ever seen. He stared at II with his
mouth wide open in the most foolish
way. At first he couldn't make out
what II was at all Then ne made
out that II was old Mrs. Possum with
baby Possums clinging all over her
And such babies They had little
pinkish hairless tails and sharp little
faces. the homeliest. funniest babies
Jimmy ever had seen. He wanted to
lie down and hold his sides with laugh
ter But he didn't. Cnc' Billy spied
him just then and came hurrying over.
Aren't they wonderful? Aren't they
beautiful" he cried
Jimmy looked at the pride shining IN
Cnc' Rilly's little eyes and he swal-
lowed his laughter. Il never saw such
babies in all my life" he declared.
which was the truth. Unc' Billy looked
more proud than ever. and as soon as
he could Jimmy stole away to have
his laugh out by himself. They are
the funniest babies I ever did see" he
chuckled.
Evening star., 1915-05-22

be rs readily used as one might think.
These officers would. nevertheless. be oS
great value In an emergency.
The Navy Department reports that
its conditions have vastly improved of
late with regard to ammunition. The
trade in munitions of war that has
been going on SO merrily with Eu-
rope. has developed a capacity of pro-
duction that would be of great assist
ance II the United States should find it,
self embroiled. This country might
take good deal of satisfaction in the
fact that it's shells have become the
Both the army and navy men of the
United States have always felt conf
dent that they had the best guns in
the world. The capacity of the govern
has been materially increased in the
last year or two, and the great private
factories that furnish the major part
of the government supply of powder
have expanded immensely since the
war broke out.
The torpedoes of the government are
made largely at Its own plant at New
port, r. l.. and each of these sleek ser
pentS of the sea costs in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000. The output of this fac
tory has been increased, and it is now
stated that the government has on
hand the supply of torpedoes that the
general board of the navy considers
necessary. There has also been con-
centrated effort to increase the supply
Of mines for use in the navy, and Off
cials are confident that they are fairly
we'll supplied. 1t has always been the
policy of the American navy to build
guns of greater caliber than those of
any other country. The great four
teen-inch guns that have been devel-
oped by the navy are confidently
claimed to be the most powerful naval
guns in the world. The ships of the
American navy, as carriers for these
guns. are of greater tonnage than the
ships of most of the European coun-
tries. They average about 5000 tons
heavier than comparable ships of the
German navy.
Thus the United States is seen to
have navy which is the equal in size
and class of that of any other nation
except Great Britain. Furthermore, it
may be conservatively claimed that
she has better trained men, larger
ships and more powerful guns than
her rivals. These facts give the Ameri-
can citizen justifiab1e confidence in the
feet which guards our country against
invasion.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
Line-Up of Washington Team.
ANNUAL MEETING ENDED.
Closing Program of the Mount Yer
non Ladies Association.

The annual meeting of the Mount
Vernon Ladies' Associa ton came to
close at the Washington mansion at
Mount Vernon today. One of the last
pieces of business was the election of
Mrs. willard Hall Bradford regent for
New Jersey, to succeed her mother
Mrs Francis s. Conover.
Announcement was made of the re-
ceipt of valuable collection of relics
from Mrs Louis Z. Lehr They include
a scrapbook begun by Nellie Custis; "A
piece of embroidery worked by her;
scarf and collar, which belonged to
Mrs. Washington; dental instruments
belonging to George Washington:
brooch owned by Martha Washington
and given by her to Nellie Custis;
cane which belonged to George Wash
ington: fruit knives, bed quilt of
patchwork. pair of jet bracelets, be-
longing to Mrs Washington; beaded
bag given by Mrs. Washington to Mel
lie Custis: crib giyAA-by Mrs. Washing
ton to Nellie Custis for her first child; ;
grocery bill completely written by
George Washington and receipted by
V. Crawford. January Z. 1853.
Today is the 18th anniversary of the
death of Martha Washington, wife Of
George Washington.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
ART AWARDS MADE.
Exercises Held Last Night at Fair.
mont Seminary.

Art awards were made at Fairmont
Seminary last evening by Lucien
Powell. painter. and Henry X. Bush
Brown. sculptor. Miss Elizabeth Ran
kin Taylor Of Frankfort. KY, won the
first on piece of sculpture, second and
third awards going to Miss Frances
Tatum Of Miami. Fla, and Miss Lois
Cochran of Parkersburg, W. Va The
single award in painting was given to
Miss Frances Lewis of Bridgeport, ILL.,,
a Junior at the seminary.
Two honorable mentions in sculpture
and two in painting were given Miss
James is the only young woman in the
contest having work on exhibition at
the Panama Pa ciflc exposition.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
Little Sorle,
10 Bedtime
BY THORNTON w. BuRGEsA
Copyright. 1915. BY J. G. Lloyd.)
Funniest Babies in the World.
Al reckons that nobody
Is happier than me.
With chillen all around me
Up in nah hoIIer tree

To have heard him You would have
thought that Unc' Billy Possum de-
voted most of his time to those babies
he was forever talking about and sing
ing to himself about. when the truth
is he had almost nothing to do with
them save to look in on them once in
awhile and grin. But that didn't mean
that he wasn't just as proud and happy
as he pretended to be. He was. 1t
is way a great many fathers have.
They think their babies the most won
derful babies in the world, but they
leave the care of them to their mothers.
which. after all. is, guess. very good
thing.
The fact is. Unc' Billy had discovered
that his room was preferred to his
company in the hollow tree where he
made his home; and more often than
not old Mrs Possum chased him out
when he did come home. But Unc'
Billy didn't mind He Just grinned
good naturedly. 1t was all for the
sake of the babies So he went about
in the Green Forest telling whoever
would listen what wonderful babies he
had back there in the hollow tree.
the most wonderful the most beauti-
full, the smartest babies in the world.
His neighbors would turn their heads
to hide their smiles. Most of them
had babies of their own and they
knew perfectly well that theirs were
the most wonderful, the most beauti-
full. the smartest in the world. but If
t'nc' Billy thought hi swere, why let
him. 1t was part of the pleasure Of
having babies.
How many babies have you got
inc Billy" asked Peter Rabbit
inc Billy scratched his head and
looked foolish Fact is. Brer Rabbit.
All don rightly know he confessed
What? You don't know how many
babies you've got"" Peter looked as
if he thought he couldn't have heard
right.
Unc' Billy looked more foolish than
ever and his grin was such a sheepish
grin that Peter laughed right out.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
How President Wilson
Faced International Crisis

The nations chief executive. dur
ing seven nights and six days fol-
lowing the Lusitania horror, with
grim determination fought through
TO a finish the course this country
should pursue. He was a single
figure in a tremendous crisis. upon
whose Judgment balances the des-
tiny of a world power. What Presi-
dent Wilson did, during the week
following the torpedoing of the
giant Cunarder. in the private study
on the second floor Of. the White
House. where there were no visitors
except the Presidents physician, is
told in an intensely interesting ar
ticle in The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1915-05-22

"Yo' see.' explained inc Billy. "Ah
done have no chance to count the liz
rascals. but All reckons nah oil holler
tree is plumb full of EN-
So Peter went about telling every
body that Cnc' Billy Possum had Sc
many children that he couldn't count
them. Unc' Billy suddenly found him
self very important. Every day some
of the neiShbors would drop around
TO inquire about those babies and
inc Billy would tell how beautiful
they were and how wonderful they
were until those who listened began
TO believe that it must really be
Il don't see how any one so homely
as Unc' Billy can possibly have beauti-
full children said Bobby Coon to Jim
my Skunk. but you never can tell. l
wish old Mrs. Possum would bring them
out where we could see them.
AT last one sunshiny morning she did.
Jimmy Skunk happened to be there at
Evening star., 1915-05-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

He's poor actor who can't get any
one to take his part
New styles are usually old ones peo-
pie have forgotten.
Probabl the biggest thing about a
Jealous woman is her suspicion.
A row of columns is colonnade, but
4 row of lemons isn't lemonade.
Love Is one Of the few things that
s never displayed on a bargain counter.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
ITALY BUYS SUPPLIES IN U. s.
Large Orders for Stores Reported in
New York Market.

NEW YORK. May 22.-Large orders
for military stores and foodstuffs for
Italy were reported to he in the market
here despite the fact that for months
the Italian government has been draw.
ing supplies from the United States in
anticipation OF hostilities
Shipments of coal and wheat from
this country to Italy. in the last few
weeks. have been extensive. IL IL said.
Many shipioads OF horses for use of tbs
italian army were reported to have
been made and an order for $4,000 more
horses is understood to he awaiting
acceptance.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
LOCAL CLUBMEN TO MEET
PHILADELPHIANS IN GAME
Base Ball Contest at American
League Park This Afternoon
for Charity.

A Washington base ball team COM
posed of members of the Metropolitan
and Chevy Chase clubs is to meet a
team from the Philadelphia Racquet
Club at American League Park this
afternoon. The proceeds from the ticket
pital 1t is expected that large as
semblage of persons prominent in
Washington society will be on hand.
On the Washington team are num-
ber of former college base ball players.
The big question today is-can they
come back? Preston Gibson and Ted"
Coy of the local pitching staff used to
play on the Yale varsity base ball
team, and so did Courtright Church
and Henri de Sibour. The Washington
players have taken no chances OF stin
arms or joints for the coming game
they have not practiced. They go into
the game prepared to do their "durn-
dest' and experience all the following
discomforts tomorrow.
Line-Up of Washington Team.
The lineup of the Washington team
is as follows:
Catcher Courtright Church; pitchers,
Preston Gibson, Dave Tenant and
..red" Coy: first base, Myron Parker,
ir second base, DR.. Blair Spencer and
I Henri de Sibour: third base. Nelson
Perrin: shortstop. Vaudeville Carlisle;
left field Ashmead Fuller: center field.
DR. A. Y Garnett and Ballard Moore.
and right field, Fleming Newbold.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
Fakers and Crooks!

Tho advertising columns Of
The Star are edited as care
fully as the news columns.
Fakers and crooks are barred.
Every advertisement known
to contain an untrue or mis-
leading statement has been re-
jsctsd.
Every reader 10 asked - BE-
% the vigilance Committee and
help police tho columns.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
18.0oo Mem Needed for Harve,t,

CHICAGO. May 22-From 10000 TO
IS 900 mon will be needed in Oklahoma
during Juno for grain harvest work, ac-
cording to q bulletin from the federal
department Of labor received here.
Wages will range from - to 80 per
day, and beard, the bulletin states.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
Fleet Only the Unit
Concentrated to Fight.


Atlantic is not. of course, the Ameri-
can navy, but the unit that would De
concentrated and ready to fight. The
number of battleships built building
and authorized now amounts to forty,
three of which are more than twenty
years of age. and. therefore. considered
to have outlived their usefulness. Then
there Is the reserve fleet. composed
chiefly of antiquated vessels that are
not maintained with a lghting force
aboard. but with only a skeleton crew
that might be filled out IL war emer
gency called them into use. Many Of
these ships are not placed in reserve
because they have no fighting value,
but because there are not enough men
to furnish them with crews.
Tho navies Of Germany and France
wero, at tho breaking out of the war,
slightly bigger than that of the United
States. They were in the same class.
however, and in a contest with either
of them the American navy would have
had a fair chance of victory. Since the
war broke out the world at large does
not know of the new ships that are be-
ing commissioned. The navies of Eu-
rope are, despite losses, believed to be
growing much faster than in normal
times.
Were this country to go to war. its
first step would be to call for volun-
teers for service in the navy. There are
at present $4,000 enlisted men In the
navy To fll the gaps in the crews that
are not complete, to man the reserve
ships and to place men under training
to I'LL places likely to occur because of
casualties. it is contemplated that 49,
600 more men would be needed imme-
diately The United States is placed
under a particular disadvantage as to
these men because it has no naval re-
serves England was supposed to have
10000 naval reserves at the time the
war broke out and Germany was be-
lieyed to have 100000 These men could
be Immediately called upon, and were
competent to go aboard ships and per
form their duties Immediately. The
lack of trained men would interfere
materially with the ability of the
United States to expand her navy.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
Born in Germany.
His Business Activities.

Mr.. Linger was president of a build
ing and loan association which former
ly operated in this section of the Dis
trict. and was responsible for the erec-
ton of many of the homes in the vicin-
ity. He was also one of the largest
property holders in the southeast sec
ton of the District, and not long ago
divided it among his children. For
several years he served as president of
the Anacostia Citizens Association,
taking a lively interest in civic al
fairs. One brother. r. 6. Lineer. and
one sister. Mrs. Joseph A. Harris. sur
vive him, together with the following
children: William A.. Fred G.. Henry A.,
ir.: Charles +. and +. o. Linger, Mrs
George c. Havenner. all of the Dis
trict and Mrs Thomas Ii. Herbert of
Alexandria. Va. and Mrs James g.
Langley of New York city. His wife
died about two years ago
Evening star., 1915-05-22
our PREPAREDNESS
FOR WAR.
1.-The Measure of the
Navy.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

The navy is our first line of defense.
In case of war, an enemy would have
to completely defeat our navy before
1t could even attempt to invade us
If our navy is able to hold Its own
against any other navy in the world,
we are undoubtedly safe from attack.
There has been SO much contention
and SO many apparently conflicting
statements as to the strength and ef-
f1cfency of the American navy that the
average citizen scarcely knows what
to believe. At a time like the present,
1T, therefore. becomes advisable to put
aside the extreme statements of all fac
tions and arrive at an actual measure
of the navy.
No one questions that, man for man
and ship for ship. the American nayy is
the equal. If not the superior. of any
other In the invention and construc-
ton OF naval armament we are not ex-
celled by any nation and our officers
and men are the best educated in the
world.
Likewise. it should be remembered
that the necessities of an American
navy are different from those of Eu-
rope. where nations rub elbows. The
submarine problem, for instance. is of
much less importance over here An
our navy. This must be done in the
open and the battle must be, fought
out by master ships.
An enumeration of the 225 vessels
that are on the active list of the navy
gives little understanding of the actual
nghtlng force, for these ship range
from the most powerful fighting craft
in the world today to very unimportant
auxiliaries. There are twenty-one bat
tleships in the first line of the Atlantic
fleet today. and these are the vessels
upon which the United States would
need to depend to repel foe There
are such magnificent fighting ships as
the New York and the Wyoming and
the Texas. 27,000-ton ships, none OF
which has been in commission more
than year. and the superiors of which
are not to be found in any navy. There
is the Delaware, first of the American
dreadnaughts, and still stalwart rep
resentative of the 20,0OO-ton class
There are such somewhat antiquated
ships as the Rhode Island and the Ne
braska, mighty men war at the time
of their launching, but of only half the
tonnage of the vessels now being laid
down.
Evening star., 1915-05-22
Taken Under Amusement,

y have never analyzed these prayers,
but the second to the sixth. inclusive.
apply to this nve-thousa nd dollar pen
atty and to tho other penalties which
tho plaintiff says the controller ID
threatening to assess. or. at any rate.
on account of which they claim to be
In danger. I think will take those
under advisement on that question,
Evening star., 1915-05-22
Discusses Power of officials.


the case for tho Riggs bank. devoting
his remarks to a discussion of tho law
and the powers of the Treasury Of
ficials as construed by counsel for the
bank. The stress of his argument was
based on the celebrated case of ex parte
Young. which has been the precedent
upon which counsel for the bank has
laid particular emphasis.
What is the situation hers?" said
Mr. Hogan. We came into this court,
not on the soft tones and rubber heels
that we are on here now with respect
to these penalties. We came into this
court. and you have got to judge this
bill. 1 respectfully submit, by what Mr..
Controller Williams said then. as set
forth in his letter of March 80, 1915.
and his nine other communications
quoted from In the bill, in every one
of which he said: You have incurred,
and you are incurring, these continuing
penalties
What was the situation? If we Sc
lected the forum of the Court of Claims
with respect to this one amount of
$4,000, and attempted there to have that
court declare the invalidity of this as
sessment, and went on through the te-
dious procedure of that court over per-
haps. term of years. and In the end
found out that were wrong in our
construction of the law tand some of
US have been wrong before and will be
we were expressly informed were con-
tinuing, and which, according to the
way he figured them were not simply
500 a day. but amounted to several
hundred dollars day. would have
amounted to sum sufficient to have
perhaps. ruined the institution: and
that is precisely. on the first branch OF
the situation, ex parte Young.
Suppose we had complied. We have
said in this bill. and II is conceded, and
your honor must take il as conceded
that this was only one of long series
OF demands. compliance with which
had taken our employees from o'clock
in the morning until midnight: compIi-
ance with which had required not only
the attention of our corps of employees,
paid to transact their banking business
but had required all of the time Of its
officers over a long period of time.
Now. we could have gone ahead. We
knew not where 1t was going to end.
This suit put the drst period to 1t. We
could have gone ahead and complied
Evening star., 1915-05-22
HENRY A. L|NCER DIES
AT HOME IN ANACOST|A
Native of Germany, Who Had Long
Been Prominent in Washing
ton Business Circles.

Henry A. Linger, seventy-one Years
old. a resident Of Anacostia since civil
war days. died yesterday evening at
his home, 170s Good Hope road south
east. following long illness. He had
been in poor health for several years
Funeral services are to be held Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock at the fam
lily home. Interment is to be in Oak
Hill cemetery
Born in Germany.
Mr.. Linger was born in Germany. but
came TO this country when he was
twelve years old. During the civil war
he served on the field hospital staff
At the close Of the war he established
the first mattress factory in the Dis
trict and conducted il until about fif-
ten years ago, when he was forced TO
retire on account of his health. Forty
years ago he erected the home on Good
Hope road in which he died, and where
he had lived since the home was built.
He was member of the Anacostia
Methodist Episcopal Church. serving as
of the SUNDAY school for
Il bout twenty-five years. He also was
largely instrumental in the erection OF
[ he present church
Evening star., 1915-05-22

This feet of twenty-one battleships
and forty destroyers which would meet
Evening star., 1915-05-22
Big Ships Would Have
to Combat the Enemy.

them would be found fifty destroyers.
those wasps of the sea- he leaders of
forlorn hopes, the doors of daring
deeds The destroyer is the scout of the
feet. the shield that is thrown out when
the big ships are under way, the ven-
turer into mined areas, the craft that
takes advantage of darkness and fog
to steal in and drive home its torpe-
does. There should be four destroyers
to every battleship in a well ordered
navy. the expert say, but the United
States has less than two to each bat
tleship.
There are now thirty-six submarines
in the American navy, but these are
scattered all about the world. There are
six in the Philippines, four at Homo
lulu. five at Panama, ten on the Pacific
coast and eleven on the Atlantic. There
are about twenty new submarines on
their way toward completion, and
among these are to be three big sea.
going craft, greater than any the world
has yet known. But the handful of un-
derwater craft that would be present,
should an enemy fleet appear off New
York, is inconsiderable. This. however,
would not mean a loss of power to the
American navy as submarines would
have little chance to play part in the
sort of conflict that would take place.
There would be present in the navy
of the enemy class of vessel not rep
resented in the forces of the United
States The battle cruiser is great
fighting ship. in which the weight
necessary for thick armor has been
sacrificed that speed might be gained.
The battle cruiser can run all around
the dreadnaught and may equal that
titan in the power of its guns. But
it cannot stand rough handling. The
men of the American navy have rec
commended an adherence to the battle
ship as an all-round fghting craft, and
have done without the battle cruiser.
There are cruisers in the American
navy. but they occupy the position of
auxiliary ships chiefly engaged upon
such tasks as looking after american
interests in the far east or the Car
ibbean.
Evening star., 1915-05-22

If war were declared there would also
be needed Immediately about 1000 ma
val officers to
yXy.r Uyould peouire add to the 5000
already in the
l,UUU more UMCeIS. service. There
are good many former naval officers
scattered about the country-men who
have resigned from the service. The
experience of the Spanish American
war seems to have proved that these
former ofYicers respond almost to a man
In time of war. Naval warfare has been
undergoing such rapid changes. how
ever. that the man who has been out of
the dset fer half Q dozen years may not
Evening star., 1915-05-22

1t is these big ships that would have
to do the work, If an enemy fleet cross
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-02-11

melancholy and such words as"com-
planning, hopeless, "ever-murmur-
ing, and mourning" produce the eff
feet.
And besides all Of these good
qualities 1t would be interesting to
know that the author, Bryant, a
great author, worked out the poem
scientifically. 1t probably took lots
Of hard study ito get the right,
soft and melancholy sounds, and it
Is certain to appeal to the cultured
reader.
1t then must appeal to all persons
who like literature at all, the COM
mon people and the critical reader.
For these reasons this deserves to
endure, and will endure as long as
people like literature of good quail
tv.