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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
HITS NEPOTISM IN CHINA.
President Yuan Shi-Kai Refuses to
Put Relatives in Government Service

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PEKING. August 4.-President Yuan
Shi-kai in a recent statement struck
hard blow at nepotism. which Is 80
thoroughly intrenched in the tar east
because of the devotion to family and
the belief that caring for relatives .is
the best means of paying proper re-
Il have never allowed my relatives
to enter into government service be-
cause I have strong reasons. to believe
that to give government appointments
to them. especially II they have no ex-
perience or proper qualifications. would
only serve to convert them into para
sites or dependents. To show favor
to ones relatives or friends Is purely
personal matter and should not be
done at the country's expense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

the little divers completely out of COM
mission. naval officers were discussing
today the probability of the withdrawal
of all three vessels from service.
After the loss last March Of the F-4,
with her crew of twenty-five men, the
F type of submarine was made the sub
ject of a strict investigation and the
findings of the board of inquiry point
ed out serious weaknesses, common to
the three sister vessels of the group.
The Supply ripped the shells Of the
F-2 to the water line and damned her
against the two other submarines with
such force that the F-1's steering gear
was smashed and her after fuel tank
damaged. The F-3 also must be placed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
NEW JOB FOB YOUNG WI.
Son Of Former Chinese Minister
Made Councillor in Foreign Office.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
PEKING. August 4-Wu Chaochu. a
son of DR.. WI Ting fang, former min
lister to the United States. has been
named councillor in the foreign office,
to succeed DR.. Wellington Koo. who has
Just been appointed minister. to Mexico
and will leave for America in q few
days.
The younger WI was educated in the
Washington Cd. Co. Central High
School. He later went to England,
where he studied law and was admit
ted to the bar. He speaks English and
Chinese equally well.
In addition to his new ONCE, Mr.. WI
will continue to act as councillor to the
state department, a post he has filled
very ably for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
Says He Subsidized Press.

1T is difficult to get at these laborers
owing to the conditions under which
they work, and because of the fact that
so many are uneducated I have subsi-
died many newspapers printed in the
several languages of the Austro- Hun
garian races and through their COL
umns have told the citizens of the gov
eminent 1 represent what their duty is.
But 1 can reach only minority in that
manner. The only way is to inaugur-
ate a peaceful walkout in the big
steel mills where all Austro- Hungarian
citizens may be reached en- masse.
1T was therefore my duty TO make
known these facts to my government.
There has been no conspiracy at all
about it 1 shall leave for Washington
tomorrow and call upon Secretary Lam
sing. l shall give him the complete
copies of the correspondence which
have before any garbled letters, upon
which he would be unable to form a
just opinion, are laid before him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
ADVANCE IN FOOD PRICES.
Steady Gain in English Towns and
Cities Since War Began.
ce Of the Associated Press.

Corespondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 24.-An average net
increase of 80 per cent in the large
towns and SO per cent in the small
towns of England has taken place In
food prices since the declaration of
war. Immediately on the outbreak of
war. according to figures collected by
the board of trade. prices rose Is per
cent. but in the following month OF
September they settled down to 10 per
cent. From that time on each month
has shown a steady gain.
Last July the price lists in the large
British cities showed increases reach
ing to 20 per cent for the best cuts OF
horne-raised beef and II per cent for
fish Granulated sugar had gone up
10 per cent. bread 40. butter IS. cheese
and eggs IS. -four AZ and potatoes "A
per cent The villages paid less fol-
everything except flour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
Safety in Dirty Sandbags.
Correspondence OF the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 24.-No more sand
bags of the usual clean. fresh, spot
less type are to be sent to the Brit
ish front. Hereafter every bag will
be splotched and daubed with paint
and grease. thus adding greatly to
their protective value. according to the
military Authorities. IF the bags are
daubed with irregular patches Of black
brown and green" It IL stated. 1T is
almost impossible for the enemy to de :
tect the loopholes, which are very
easily distinguished when a clean. reg
ular surfaced bag Is used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
Meat Shortage Threatens England.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 24.-Some difficulty
is being experienced in the transport
of meat to the United Kingdom now
that France is importing beef and
mutton. Cold storage accommodation
at various ports 10 inadequate, and
British steamers with refrigerating
space have been withdrawn from the
regular trade and utilized as store
| ships 1t is rumored that barges are
to be fitted up for the purpose of
storing meat. and a number of steam
ers will. 1t is expected. be released In
the near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
Developed News.


An incalculable amount of news of
the highest order Of Importance to the
public was developed through the work
of Col. Boynton during the long period
Of his Washington service. Impor-
tant developments in the Spanish-Amer-
lean war. the. Portsmouth peace con-
ference. the revision of the tariff and
other legislation all ran their first
news course under his supervision.
He loved fact beyond anything and
despised jugglery with the news Fine
writing appealed little to him and very
early in his career he acquired a repu-
tation for brevity of expression and
directness of thought. BY his news
paper colleagues he was loved as a
sympathetic and sincere friend, char
liable almost to excess. simple hearted
and kindly.
Col. Boynton was decorated by the
Emperor Of Japan a few years ago.
Col. Boynton is survived by his wife.
Marietta Hudson, son, Charles H.
Boynton, who is. New York broker,
and daughter. Miss Meta Boynton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
Motors May Haul Marine Artillery

Results of experiments with five mo-
tor trucks now employed by United
States naval forces in Haiti will de-
termine whether the motors or horses
will be provided in the future for the
marines for hauling their artillery
equipment. Not long ago the marines
dragged their artillery about by hand,
but increase In the size of the guns
has made that impracticable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

in dry dock for repairs before she is
fit for service again.
The work of clearing the hull of the
F-4, which recently was raised from
the bottom of Honolulu harbor, has
been suspended until tomorrow. Thus
far fifteen bodies have been taken from
the wreck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
A Newspaper Leader.

CnarleS A. BOynlOn STOOD hlSh IN the
ranks of. the foremost newspaper men
of the last quarter of a century. Dur
ing his long career he was the init
mate of Presidents and of scores Of
public men of national reputation. He
was known through his work in prac-
tically every newspaper Office in the
country.
After nearly forty years of news
paper work Col. Boynton retired from
with the Associated Press in June, 1909.
Like his brother, the late Gen. Henry
v. Boynton. he was practically born
into the newspaper profession. for he
was mere boy when he began to as
sist his father, Rev. Charles B. Boynton,
in editing the Christian Nation in
Ohio.
Charles Augustus Boynton was born
in West Stockbridge, Mass. September
to Cincinnati in his boyhOod. He was
educated in Woodward College in that
city and at Knox College, Illinois.
1t was Immediately upon his return
to Cincinnati from college that he be-
gan his newspaper work and although
he was tempted into commercial life
and for time was engaged in the
to the call of his chosen profession.
In 1870 he went to New York as the
resident representative OF the Western
Associated Press. Later Col. Boynton
came to Washington, first as a CORE
spondent of the same press associa-
ton and in 1894 as first superintend-
ent Of the southern division Of the
up to the date of his retirement in
June 1909
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
A Lucky One.

From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
/ IT proposed to Miss Slathers last
night
That girls lucky. all right"
oh, you fatter me-"
I'm not thinking of you. She won a
bet when you proposed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
MAY WITHDRAW U-BOATS
FROM FURTHER SERVICE
Three Of the r Type Badly Damaged
in Collision With Steamer Supply.
Weaknesses Pointed Out.

HONOLULU. September 6.-As a re-
suit Of q collision yesterday Of the
United States steamer Supply with the
submarines FL, F-2 and F-8, putting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
Dr.. Dumba, Austia-Hungary
Ambassador, Would Halt
Filling of War Orders.
WILL EXPLAIN POSITION
TO SECRETARY LANSING
Diplomat Comments on Documents
of Which He Was Author Re-
Gently Seized by British.

LENOx, Mass, September 6.-The
right to call a strike of Austrian
Hungarian workers in the big steel
mills of the country engaged in filing
war orders for the allies was claimed
by DR.. Constantine Theodore Dumba,
ambassador from Austria Hungary to
the United States in a statement issued
at the summer embassy here. DR. Dunn
ba said he intended to leave today for
Washington to explain his position to
Secretary of State Lansing.
This statement was called forth by
dispatches from London, published in
the New York World, making public
excerpts from letters and memoranda
forwarded by DR.. Dumba to Foreign
Minister Burian of Austria Hungary.
which were seized by the British naval
authorities from James F. j. Archibald
an American newspaper correspondent,
who was apprehended when the steam
er Rotterdam arrived at Falmouth the
latter part Of August
Promises Satisfactory Explanation.
Dr. Dumba declared that there was
nothing in he dispatches from him to
his government captured by the British
naval authorities that could not be
properly explained. In regard to one
part of the published statement, in
which 1t was said that typewriter
memoranda prepared by DR.. Dumba
contained detailed information as to
how the big steel mills at Bethlehem.
Pa, and elsewhere could be put out of
commission, the ambassador said:
There are thousands of citizens of
Austria Hungary working in the big
steel mills at Bethlehem. Pa, and else
where. They are engaged in making
munitions of war for the enemies of
their country. This constitutes a crime
against their country which is punish
able by Imprisonment and penal servi-
tude should they ever return to their
native land Many of them are igno-
rant and do not know that they are do
ing wrong. 1t is my position to point
out to them that they are committing
a crime. and to do all in my power to
keep them from wrongdoing. 1t is
part of an ambassadors duties to keep
his countrymen out of trouble wherever
he may be stationed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
Cause of Fire Not Known,

The cause of the fire is unknown
Many valuable records were destroy
ell. The railroad company has made ar
rangements for temporary office room.
and one of the coal piers will be used
to load grain. thus relieving the situa-
tion materially. Elevator will be
operated night and day
Thousands of sightseers have been at
the scene since the fire broke out,
throngs coming from nearby cities.
Photographers are doing a rushing
business and moving picture men were
on the scene early yesterday morning.
Five hundred and twenty-six thousand
bushels of grain were destroyed in the
FIRE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
REMOVING DEBRIS FROM
NEWPORT NEWS FIRE AREA
c. & o. Elevator, a Number of Ad.
jacent Buildings and Valuable
Records Destroyed.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, September g.
Scores Of men are engaged in removing
the debris that marks the spot where
Chesapeake and Ohio elevator stood.
That structure, the offices of the rail-
road, the Clyde Steamship Company,
the United States Shipping Company,
the headquarters Of the British remount
station. and small grocery store were
destroyed by a. fire which originated in
the elevator, late Saturday night. But
one life was lost so far as is known,
William Butler. night Waterman at the
elevator, not being accounted for. 1t is
thought that he was trapped in the
building and was overcome by smoke.
The loss will amount to 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

YES, it is true that the Aeo1ian-Vocalion
Il voices new music beauties from your
records-beauties you never knew they
possessed!
Put record in this Aeolian-Voca1ion-
"tonal phonograph whose voice is Art" Let us
take LISTS Hungarian Rhapsody, interpreted by
many instruments. 1t will be difficult test.
Soft, deep, profoundly mystic, the sombre
traceries of tone wave FORTH And, as they unfold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

Thus the Symphonetic Horn, whose use is to
preserve even the subtlest character of instrument
tai tones, is but characteristic of the Aeolian-
Vocation. .s.,ss
Its Sound Box which, with its novel suspension
device, helps to record so majestic range of tone
is but one more
The very Graduola device itself which shades
without smothering tone which you play, but
play only when you do not prefer the Vocation to
'play itself lis but one more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

A 1oafer allus gifts his hair cut
on Saturday night.
Some folks are never so happy
as when they're swappin' all
ments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

Col Charles A. Boynton. seventy-nine
years old, veteran of the Associated
Press and one Of the best known news
paper men of the last quarter Of a
century. died early yesterday at his
home in the Oakland apartment. He
had not been in active service since
1909, but until recently. had been in
fair health. A few weeks ago he was
taken ill and failed steadily until the
end came.
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at St.
Margaret's p. E. Church, to be attended
by representatives of the Associated
Press and members of the Gridiron
Club. e. Interment is to be in Rock
Creek cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

it brings out the bn,isd beantiss
which records were not known to
possess. You need not feel the
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rather favor granted BY yourself
in spreading the knowledge of
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lovers. You'll be welcome any day.
The Vocation is made by The
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the Steinway, Steck, Wheelock,
Stuyvesant, Stroud and famous
Weber Pianolas, largest manufac-
turers of musical instruments in the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

= It Is tHc 9OH0Ee OF CncSc un1tS
meeting in one great unit = the
Aeolian-Vocalion which has
made the dumb tones of all records
speak anewlanguage oftonal beauty
never voiced from record before.
>4.&%e.s
ACCLAIM OCALIONS are
n no more expensive than are
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$50 will buy you one with
Vocation Automatic Stop, by
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
An ZnUltntl0n

We are anxious that an music
lovers shall know by personal ex-
perience what the Vocation can do.
We cannot translate into words in
tonal qualities. Our representa-
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friends to visit them and hear any
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you on the Vocation. If convenient
we suggest that you bring with you
one or two of your GUN familiar
records. Hear for yourself the re-
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lion yourself. Hear how sweetly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06

taneously performed can start a record and
stopit atany place. Oryou can purchase Vocation
from our representative for small initial payment
and payments thereafter as low as S. month.
Remember that all ''Vocalions" have an artis-
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A visit to our representatives may suggest an
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-12

Van Bur1n WIN receive much social
attention and win Ue Etve1 ~ auto-
mobile amp in the surroundings ~
he .,t ne and aeather nerm,t
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-05-13
CHAPTER x.

Early that year, the touch of autumn
came to the air. Often, returning at
shutdown from the afternoon life class,
Samson felt the lure of its melancholy
sweetness, and paused on one of the
Washington Square benches, with
many vague things stirring in his
mind. He felt with a stronger throb
the surety of young, but quickening,
abilities within himself. Partly. it was
the charm of Indian summer, partly
a sense of growing with the days, but,
also, though he had not as yet realized
that, 1t was the new friendship into
which Adrienne had admitted him,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-05-13
By Charles Neville Buck
SYNOPSIS.

p: CHAPTER Ion Misery creek, ct the
foot of rock from which he has fallen,
Sally Miller finds George Lescott, land
scape painter. unconscious, and after re-
viving him, goes for assistance.
; CHAPTER II-Samson South and Sally.
taking Lescott to Samson's home. are met
by, Spicer South, head of the family. who
| ana that Samson is suspected of the
: crime. Samson denies it.
: CHAPTER III-The shooting of Jesse
Purvy breaks the truce in the Holman
; South feud.
!; CHAPTER IV-Samson reproves Tamas
: rack Spicer for telling Sally that Jim
HOLMAN is on the trail with bloodhounds
; hunting the man who shot Purvy.
+: CHAPTER v-The bloodhounds lose the
: trail at Spicer Souths door. Lescott dis
: covers artistic ability in Samson. While,
sketching with Lescott on the mountain
: Tamarack discovers Samson to a jeering
crowd Of mountaineers: Samson thrashes
: him and denounces him as the truce
: "-ster" who shot Purvy
; CHAPTER VI-Lescott tries to per-
; suade Samson to go to New York with
MN and develop his talent. Sally, loyal
; The dance at Vile McCager's threatens
: trouble to Samson and Lescott.
;tells the South clan he is going to leave
the mountains. Lescott goes home to
New York. Samson bids Spicer and Sally
farewell and follows.
CHAPTER vI1I-In New York Samson
Fstudies art and learns much of city ways
Drennie Lescott persuades Wilfred Hor-
ton. her dilettante lover, to do a mans
work in the world.
CHAPTER Ix-Prompted by her love,
Sally teaches herself to write Horton
Throws himself into the business world
land becomes well hated by predatory
lfnanciers and politicians At Bohemian
|resort Samson meets William Farbish
sporty social parasite, and Horizons enc
Imy.
CHAPTER X-Farbish sees Samson and
Drennie dining together unchaperoned at
the Wigwam roadhouse. He conspires
with others to make Horton jealous and
succeeds.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-05-13

oisn was Keenly awe to the POSSIBLE
tiles of the situation. He chose to
construe the kentuckians blank ex-
preston as annoyance at being dis
understand. Adrienne Lescott, follow
ing her companions eyes, looked up
and to the boys establishment nodded
to the newcomer, and called him b.
name.
Mr.. Farbish,'' she laughed, with
mock confusion and total innocence
OF the fact that her words might have
meaning, don't tell on us"
Il never tell things, my dear lady"
said the newcomer. Il have dwelt
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-05-13

/ But tonight ne entered the door to
find himself in the midst of gay and
boisterous party. The room was al
ready thickly logged with smoke, and
IA dozen men and women, singing
Cnatchas of current airs. were inter.
The crowd was typical. A few very
minor writer's and artists, a model or
1.-TWO, and several women who had
thinking parts in current Broadway
productions.
At eleven O'Clock the guests of honor
arrived in taxicab. They were Mr.,
William Farbish and Miss Winifred
Starr Having come, as they explained,
direct from the theater where Miss
Starr danced in the first row, they
were in evening Dress Samson men,
tally acknowledged, though with in
stinctive disfavor for the pair, that
both were, in a way, handsome. Col
lasso drew him aside to whisper i'm
portantly:
Make yourself agreeable to Farbish
He is received in the most exclusives
Society and is connoisseur of art,
If he takes fancy to you, he will
put you up ct the best clubs. l think
shall sell him landscape"
The girl was talking rapidly and
loudly. She had at once taken the
center of the room, and her laughter
rang in free and egotistical peals
above the other voices.
Come, said the host, II shall pre-
sent you"
|: The boy shook hands, gazing with
his usual directness into the show
girls large and deeply-penciled eyes.
Farbish, standing at one side with
his hands in his pockets, looked on
with an air of slightly bored detach-
ment.
His dress, his mannerisms, his bear
ling, were all those of the man who has
overstudied his part. They were too
perfect, too obviously rehearsed
through years of social climbing, but
that was a defect Samson was not
;yet prepared to recognize.
Someone had naively mplimented
miss Starr on the leopard-skin cloak
she had just thrown from her shapely
shoulders, and she turned promptly
and vivaciously to the ffatterer
1T is nice, isn't it?" she prattled.
;"It may look little up-stage for a girl
who hasn't got line to read into
1.-THE piece, but these days one must
get the spotlight, or be dead one.
1T reminds me of little run-in l had
with Graddy-he's our stage-director,
you know" She paused, awaiting the
invitation to proceed, and, having re-
ceived it, went gayly forward. Il was
ten minutes late, one day, for rehears-
al, and Grady came up with that sar-
:castic manner of his, and said Miss
starr, l don't doubt you are perfect
lily nice girl, and all that, but it rather
:lgets my goat to figure out how, on
ia salary of fifteen dollars a week,
you come to rehearsals in a million
;dollars' worth of clothes, riding in a
;limousine-and ten minutes late! y
She broke off with the eager little
expression OF awaiting applause. and
having been satisfied, she added: Il
was afraid that wasn't going to get a
laugh, after ALL"
She glanced inquiringly at Samson
who had not smiled, and who stood
looking puzzled.
"A penny for your thoughts, Mr.
South. from down Sorth." she chal