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The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-09
EDITORIAL P ACE

now bound for Brazil, and which, under the auspices of the depart meut of research of the Carnegie institution, is to conduct magnetic observations along the. important rivers, is an enterprise of the first magnitude which must nave an i'm portant bearing on the future peo- ping of vast territories ill that great republic. Dr. D. w. Beky' whose labors at the head of a trans-saharan expedition, also un- der the auspices of the Carnegie in stitution, earned applause, is talk iLg the lead in this latter venture ia South America.
 Perhaps one of the most .signifl- cant explorations in recent years is that of the Collins-Day party, which has just informed Wilfred H. Os- good, assistant curator of mamma logy and ornithology at the Field museum of natural history of Chi cago, that the search for guanacos and yicunas has been eminently sue cessful. The fauna of South Am erica. in fact, is yet to be assigned is proper place in natural history aud every expedition adds interest to such study.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-09

scouting expedition. does the aviator attempt to fly over the enemy's posi- ton Once he has located the target that part of his work Is done It is naturally the riskieSt part, for his ap- pearauce Is certain to make him the target for defensive aeroplane bat terles and probably for Q duel with a hostile aeroplane. So be flies back into a safer zone.
 His subsequent position Is decided largely by weather conditions When the sun is shining he tries to keep from being between his battery and the sun because If the gunners have to face the sun to find him It Is hard for them to read the signals accurately. If the sun Is shining toward the target the avi- ator gets behind his battery. If the sun Is behind the battery the aviator gets between It and the target
 In the early maneuvCrs, when hs Is signaling the line of Ire. be tries to fly In a regular elllpse at a stated altitude. When observing for range" he files In an elongated figure 8. The purpose of this Is to enable hlm to move to- ward the target in his turns. In this way fire can be observed at every mo ment
 It is obvious that to insure the ef- fectIyeness of all this scientific and mechanical knowledge must be re- quired. Modern shells are so construct ed that they can be exploded at any desired height or distance. A shell that bursts too soon is practically val ueless, while one that bursts too late loses much of Its efficacy. An error of a few feet In the calculation of the aeroplane's height or in the targets dis tance would seriously impair the e fectiveness of the fire.
 The captive balloon Is used for simi- lar observation purposes. but 1t Is not nearly so valuable as the aeroplane be cause of the latter's greater mobility and It's ability to get right over the target and then get away against. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-09
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

bv locaI appIIcntions, as they cannot reach t6o dIscnsed portion Of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is c9useS bv mn Infamed condition of the nu- coua lining Of the EustaChlan Tube. When this tube is innnmed you have rumbllns sound or imperfect hearing, and when IL ls entirely closed. Deafness Is the result. and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condl- ton, hearing will be destroyed forever: nlne cases out of ten are caused by Ch9tIn, which is nothing hut an infiamed condltioh Of the mucous surfaceB.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars TOT any rcss oT Dcafncsa (cnused by catarrh) that cannot be cured Hy Halls CatarFh Cure. Sund for circulars. free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohio.
 Sold by Druggists. 76c. .,
 Taxe Halls FaIally Pills for constipation
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-09
SWAT THE FLY

Don't go fishing without good flies. Trout are taking the fly these fine days, and you'll find the greatest assortment of good flies il tewn at Keller Bros. Drug Co. A few favorite ones we name: Yel- low Jacket, Montreal, Governor (red tip) Grey Hackle, Black Tackle, Governor Black dackle (peacock body), Black Chat, Grey Drake, English Admiral, Seth Green Grey Tackle (green body) White Miller, Dusty Miller.
 All kinds of the best tackle to be had at RIGHT PRICES.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-09

How the Enemy Target ls Located and the Information Conveyed to the Ar tilery officers-A Code System That Is Simplicity Itself,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-09
ATTENTION HOUSEWIVES

Ernest Richter came over this morning from Dvea with two fine young pigs, corn fed, which he dis ocsed of in short order to the diff ferent housewives. He will be over again Monday with more.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-09
siter Ritfen.

You don't seem to care much for original ideas," said the would be con uibutor. as be gathered up his manu- script.
 "No." replied the cold blooded editor; wed rather have good ones."-Boston Transcript
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-09
The Provident Ou+fer.

Patron-I want some fShballs. Deal er-What for? Paron-lm going out golfing. and want 1hem to drive at the water manufacturing.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-09
A Matter Of Location.

When l was q boy" said Mir Wa terstock. 'I wanted 10 go to sea and be q pirate"
 And you changed your mind" re piled Miss Cayenne, Ito the extent of deciding to remain on land."-Wash- ingtOn Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
TO BUILD NEW WHARF
FOR INDIAN HEAD TRADE
Erection Made Necessary as Result
of Keen Competition on
the Potomac.

Plans have been completed for the
erection by the Potomac and Chesa-
peak Steamboat Company of new
wharf at what is known as Philpots,
about a mile and half below the pres
ent wharf at Glymont, Md. The Clarke
& Winston Company of this city will
be the contractors. The new pier will
be about 800 feet long. A road into
Indian Head which now extends from
the new wharf will be improved by the
steamboat company, and it is figured
that the pier will be completed and in
use by the latter part of August.
Behind the building of this pier is a
story of business competition. Early in
the spring the Peoples line, a Virginia
competitor, put the steamer w. l.. Da-
Wis on the route between this city and
Mattawoman creek, in opposition to
the steamer Volunteer of the Potomac
the Glymont wharf beginning July
gave the Peoples line the exclusive
privilege of landing at Glymont wharf.
cutting out the steamer Volunteer. To
offset this the owner of the Volunteer
will build the new wharf at Philpots, a
point considerably nearer Indian Head
than Glymont, and on its completion
the Volunteer will land there.
The Peoples line has also secured
the exclusive privilege of landing at
Grinders wharf in Mattawoman creek.
but the Potomac and Chesapeake line
extended it's route to Proctor's and
Mattinglys wharves farther up the
creek and thus protected its business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
INSURANCE COMPANY'S
AFFAIRS TO Be PR0BED
Action Taken at Meeting Of Stock
holders of National Capt.
tai Life.

Following a meeting of the stock
holders of the National Capital Life In
surance Company in the boardroom of
the District building yesterday, a COM
mittee was appointed to examine into
the affairs of the concern. The meeting
was called by the officers of the COM
pany after a report on the business
had been made to the Commissioners
by Superintendent of Insurance Nes-
bitt. Voluminous extracts from that
report were read to the stockholders
in the session yesterday afternoon, and
in the colloquy which followed Mr..
Nesbitt advised that all money sub
scribed for stock since April %, 1915,
should be returned to the subscribers.
The chairman of the meeting was w.
E. Robinson of Washington. The fol-
lowing committee of stockholders was
! appointed: J. Frank Alice, former sena-
tor from Delaware; w. N. Cooper OF
Salisbury. Md: H. L. Smith of War
renton, Va; w. Gwynn Gardiner and
The report of the superintendent of
| insurance stated that another concern,
| the National Capital Life Agency, in
which c. w. Walker, George Hynson
and G. D. Mckinney were chief opera
| tors, had made an agreement to handle
the underwriting of the life insurance
company. The report stated that the
contract provides for such a tremen-
dous expense" that the Inability of the
company to succeed under such a
handicap is hardly open to doubt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
DIES AS RESULT OF FALL.
Little Catherine Bowman's Funeral
Will Be Held Tomorrow.

Catherine Bowman, ten years old,
daughter of w. NJ. Bowman, conductor
on the Falls Church division of the
Virginia electric line. died
at Georgetown University Hospital yes
terday afternoon as result of injuries
she sustained last Wednesday when she
fell from an apple tree at her home at
Ballston.
The child sustained a fracture of her
arm. She reached the hospital Satur-
day afternoon, and her condition was
80 serious that the arm was amputated
Catherine attracted much attention
at the hospital. When she reached the
institution she looked about the ward
and anxlously inquired if it would be
necessary for her to remain over night.
I'm afraid you will have to remain
until tomorrow morning." she was told.
But 1 can't stay" she protested. Il
must go back home to mamma"
An attack of tetanus followed the
amputation operation and her death re-
suited. Funeral services will be held
at Mount Olivet Church tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
TISHA B'AB is OBSERVED
HERE BY ORTHODOX JEWS
synagogues Are Stripped of Adorn-
ment and Worshipers Alb
stain From Food.

Tisha Dab, marking the ninth day
of the Jewish month of Alb. is now
being observed Ey orthodox Jews the
world over. special services being
held in the orthodox temples of this
evening at sunset and closes this
evening at the same time.
On Tisha Dab 5s6 B. c. the Chal-
deans under Nebuchadnezzar, King of
Babylon, destroyed the first temple of
the Jews at Jerusalem and laid the
city in waste. Titus, afterward en-
peror of Rome, destroyed the second
temple in 70 B. c., on the same date,
bringing to an end the Jewish COM
monwealth.
During this observance the orthodox
Jews abstain from food. The syna-
gogue is stripped of every adornment
that can be removed temporarily, the
curtain is taken from the front of the
ark containing the scrolls of the law
and the reading desk is left bare. The
worshipers recite tie Lamentations
Of jeremiah.
Five Jewish national misfortunes
have occurred on this day, according
to the Talmud. The first was when
1.-The Israelites were doomed to stay In
the wilderness" for forty years. Then
came the destroyers of the temple In
the persons of acknowledgements and
Titus, which was followed by the fall
of Bethar at the end of the revolt at
Bar Kochback against the Romans
and. fifth, the drawing of the plow
over Jerusalem and the temple in
order to turn the city into Roman
colony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
ASSAULT BY NEGRO THUG
FAILS IN ITS PURPOSE
! Mrs. Mason, Struck Down at Door
of Home, Retains Possession
of Her Handbag.

Followed from a street car, grabbed
by an unidentified colored man and
knocked down by a blow on her head
with stick in front of her own home
was the experience of Mrs. Mary Mason
315 New Jersey avenue southeast, last
night about IL o'clock. Her assailant
made an unsuccessful attempt to wrest
her handbag from her.
Mrs. Mason had visited friends in the
northwest section of the city. and re-
turned to New Jersey avenue and 3
street on a Capital Traction car. A
woman and a man left the car directly
behind her, and, she thought. started
south along New Jersey avenue. When
she heard footsteps she thought the
woman and her escort were behind her
Just as Mrs. Mason left the sidewalk
and passed through the gate in front OF
her home she heard a voice call to her
to wait, and, turning, she saw the face
of a colored man. He was close enough
alcohol on his breath, she stated, and
when he reached toward her handbag
she pushed him away.
Mrs. Mason and the robber clinched.
and the latter dealt her a stunning blow
on her head with a heavy instrument,
standing over her continuing his efforts
to get possession of her handbag when
Clarence Stoves, looking from window
on an upper floor of Mrs. Masohs home
shouted at the top of his voice and fright
ened off the highwayman.
Joseph Crowley, messenger boy, 147
c street northeast, came along on his
bicycle in time to hear the commotion.
He followed the fleeing footpad as far
as New Jersey avenue and E street,
where he lost sight of him.
Detective Joseph Grant saw Mrs. Mason
and learned the story of the assault and
attempted robbery. He also heard the
stories of Clarence Stoves and Joseph
Crowley, but none of them is able to
identify the colored man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
The Employers

The men who do the heavy toll
ing, when flies are bad and heat IS
broilins. are often plunged Ill
grief abysmal; they think their
fate is sad and dismal. They
argue. with the vim OF lawyers,
that fortune favors their employ
ers. who wear glad rags and ride
in motors. and look with scorn
on sweating voters. But they who
wear the purple raiment. who hire
the men and make the payment,
have gricf> to burn, as we'll as
fellows who WELD the sledge or
pump the bellows. They burn the
midnight oil and wonder how III
the name OF patent thunder, the
wav the tide of trade is flowing,
they'll keep the blamed old bust
ness going. They're jolted now
bv Wall street spoilers: how will
they rav the honest toilers, who
envy them their lot so easy. which
lot is quite distinctly cheesy?? The
whistle blows: the man OF labor.
goes home to gossip with his
neighbor. to smoke his pipe, tell
stories funny. and curse all capital
and money. One gloomy fact su-
premelv clear is: all men have
woes. whatc'er their sphere is: we
should not envy. then. brother,
but svmpathize with one another.
WALT MASON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
SILVERFISH NOT A FISH,
BUT A DESTRUCTIVE BUG
Department of Agriculture Tells
How to Keep Him From
Chewing Up Books

Silyerfish, unlike our friends the gold
fish, are not fish at all. but insects,
which owe their name to their peculiar
fshlike form and scaly, glistening body.
1t is sometimes called the silver louise,
silver witch. sugarfsh. etc. points out
the Department of Agriculture. and 1t
has Il habit of feeding upon the starch
in books. papers. clothing and other
articles, which renders 1t great pest
to the careful housewife.
To lead the unwary Silverhsh TO It's
doom the department advises the add
ing to thin, boiled starch paste from
to per cent powdered white arsenic
tpoison), boiling into thin paste and
spreading it on bits of cardboard, which
are to be tucked into crevices in book
shelves. etc The preparation. however,
is poisonous to human beings as well
as to silverfsh, and it must be used
with utmost care declares the depart
ment.
The silverfish is one of the most seri-
Gus pests known to libraries, for it is par
ticularly fond of the past, used in the
binding of books. Heavy glazed paper IS
also attractive to it. Starched clothing.
linen or curtains may be seriously DAM
aged if left undisturbed for any consid-
era BILE period of time. and the insect also
feeds upon the starch paste applied to
wall paper.
Among the remedies for this household
pest, in addition to the poisoned paste. IS
pyrethrum. Wherever this can be ap-
piled. as on bookshelves, it furnishes one
of the best means for getting rid OF the
insect Sodium nuorid. which is now rec
ognized as one of the most efficient roach
powders, will probably also be equally ell
fectiye against the siIverfish. 1t may be
busted by hard or applied with powder
blower wherever the silverfsh IS likely to
occur Frequent handl ng and airing 81
starched clothing and similar objects Will
probab bly, be sufficient to prevent injury to
these. unless they are stored away in
damp houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
SUES DISTRICT FOR $25. coo.
Crawford Paving Company Claims
Loss Through Breach of Contract.

The Crawford Paving Company has
filed suit in the District Supreme Court
against the District of Columbia to re-
cover $4,000 damages for alleged breach
of contract The plaintiff alleges that after
bids had been asked and received it was
awarded a contract to do all the concrete
and asphalt repair work for the District
for a term of one year, from July l, 1913,
at specified figure.
After it had been put to great expense,
the company says. in the preparation for
doing all the necessary repairing for that
year it was informed that the District,
having received authority to operate a
portable plant, would do large portion
of the work itself. The paving company
tells the court that the loss of work it
had contracted to receive and the cost Of
material purchased in anticipation of the
work amounted to nearly $4,000, and it
therefore places its damage at those fig
ures Attorneys Boehling, Peelle and
Ogilby appear for the paving company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
DREDGE DALECARLIA RETURNS
Finishes Digging Channel Into the
Pier at Belvoir, Va.

The United States Army engineer
service dredge Dalecarlia, which has
for the past ten days been employed
in digging channel into the pier at
Belvoir, Va, where the army has a
training camp for the state militia and
regular army organizations. has COM
pleted the work and returned to this
city.
The Belvoir tract was purchased sew
eral years ago by the District for the
purpose of erecting on it the workhouse
and reformatory institutions now at
Occoquan. The nearness OF Belvoir to
Mount Vernon caused strong protests
to be made against the location of the
workhouse at that point, and Congress
forbade it's erection.
Later the property passed into the
hands of the army authorities. and the
training camp was established there
about three years ago. The engineers
erected wharf, but the water in front
of it was shallow. and to allow the
army steamer Pontonier to get to it
at any stage of the tide the dredge
Dalecarlia dug the channel just COM
pleted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
COL. Harris IMPROVES PARKS,
Repairs Under Way at Hancock Tri-
angle and Sherman Statue.

In addition to the regular care and
Improvement of all the public parks in
the District, the force of workmen un-
der Col Harris, Corps of Engineers, has
been making certain changes in the
Hancock triangle at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and eth street. and in Sherman
Park. directly south of the Treasury
Department building. In Hancock
Park. two fights of granite steps have
been shifted to a new location, and a
new flight has been built. Additional
coping has been built around the statue
in the center.
Repairs are being made to the mosaic
floor around the base of the pedestal
of the Sherman statue. All the old
mosaic is being replaced with new
material. The change is expected to
improve the general appearance of the
immediate locality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
Sues for $4,000 Personal Injuries

Stanton c. Moore has filed suit to re-
cover $4,000 damages from the Wash
ington and Old Dominion Railway Com
pany for alleged personal injury
Through Attorneys J. S. Easily Smith
and Ralph Il. Fleharty. he says he was
a passenger on car of the company
November IA. and because of it's crowd
ed condition stood on the lower step of
the platform. He says the car was
without warning to him run so close to
a large wooden pole about one hundred
feet south Of Aqueduct bridge as to
cause him to strike against il and to
be thrown violently to the ground. He
sustained serious injury. the plaintiff
asserts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
HOLMES ESTATE IN COURT.
Letters of Administration Granted
Widow of Mines Director.

DR.. Joseph A. Holmes, director of the
bureau of mines, who died in Denver
July 10. left no will. Letters of ad-
ministration on his estate were award
ed by Chief Justice Covington today to
the widow. Mrs. Jane S. Holmes. Only
one Of the four children of DR.. Holmes
had reached majority, and the court
appointed Van II. Manning, assistant
director of the bureau. as guardian ad
Item for. the three other children to
consent to the granting of letters of
administration to the widow
The personal property left by the late
director was estimated at $500 in the
wife's petition. He. however, left SAL
900 in life insurance policies. payable
to the widow. Attorney Thomas NJ.
Baker represents the estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
CUTS FOR LETTER CARRIERS.
All Who Fail to Reach Standard
Will Be Reduced in Paw

All letter carriers and mail collectors
OF the city post office who fall short of
the standard established by Postma ster
Praeger are to be dropped a grade
just as were fourteen of the thirty mail
collectors who have just been reduced
from $1,000 to $1,000 per annum as the
result of failure to reach the stand
ard in the delivery of mail. after actual
tests. or failure to take the test.
The fourteen collectors whose salaries
have just been cut 5000 per annum, MIR
Praeger stated today, complete the list
for the present. But hereafter all car
riers are to be required to show GER
tain standard of efficiency and if they
fail cut in salary will be recommend
ed to the department.
The recent cut became effective July
16
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20

BY the terms of the will of Stephen
Rand, paymaster in the United States
Navy, his entire estate is left to his
wife, Susan L. F. Rand. The document
was executed on board the U. s. s.
Texas at Fort Monroe, Va, September
IA, 1895. The widow is also named as
eXecutrixs
The will Of Elizabeth Wilson,, dated
August 20, 1914, has been filed for pro-
bate. She leaves 500 to a son, Nelson
Wilson, and the remaining estate to
another son, Ransom Wilson, who is
also to act as executor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-20
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Steamer Northland. from Norfolk and
Old Point, to the Norfolk and Wash
ington Steamboat Company: steamer
Frederick de Barry, from Mattox
creek, Colonial Beach and Potomac
landings. to the Potomac and Chesa-
peake Steamboat Company; power
boat Daisy. at Alexandra, to load
merchandise for Pennington. Md.
steamer Capt A. NJ. Wetherill. from
Fort Washington and Fort Hunt. after
army stores and passengers.
Departures.
Steamer Hiltop, light from Alexan-
dria. for a coal port to load for a
south Atlantic point; schooner Jo-
sephine Keas. light. for a lower river
point to load cord wood or lumber
back to this city; power boat Neddie.
from Alexandria. for a Potomac point
with merchandise; steamer Southland.
for Old Point and Norfolk; steamer
Three Rivers, for lower river landings
and Baltimore; steamer Wakefield. for
Nomini and Lower Machodoc creeks
and river landings; steamer Frederick
de Bary, for river landings as far as
Colonial Beach and Mattox creek.
Tugs and Tows.
Tug Edith Goddard Winship LETT
Georgetown with coal-laden boats for
the naval powder plant. Indian Head,
Md: tug Louise arrived from Deco
guam with brick and stone laden light
ers for the District; tug Capt. Toby ar
rived at Georgetown with light coal
boats for Chesapeake and Ohio canal
points; tug Minerva left Georgetown
with sand and gravel carrying light
ers for digging grounds at Motley Hall
Md; Southern Transportation Com
pany tug reported due here with a tow
of barges from the head of Chesapeake
bay: tug Herbert arrived with loaded
scows from sand -disging grounds op-
posite Alexandria and left with light
scows to load.
Memoranda.
Schooner A. J. Holland will arrive
tomorrow from a lower river point
with cord wood for the dealers here
schooner Mary Ann Shea Is at Guam
tico. Va, Tightening railroad ties from
river shore to schooner Beswick, load
ing for Philadelphia; schooner S. L.
Bowen is at a Maryland point to load
cord wood for the dealers here;
schooner Charles l.. Rohde has ar
rived at Norfolk from Newborn, n. c.
on her way to this city with lumber
for the dealers; schooner Mabel and
Ruth has sailed from Newborn, n. c.
with lumber for the dealers here.