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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
WILLIAM H. BYERS DEAD:
LONG RESIDENT OF CITY
Evcu in Baltimore Seventy-Nine
Years Ago, But Came to Washing
ton as Young Man.

William II. Byers, seventy-nine years
CID, veteran brlckInason and resident Of
this ci,y for nearly sixty years. died early
mis- morning at his home, 2i9 L street
northwest, where ne had lived for more
tllan quarter Of Il century. Mr. Byers
Lac been Ill about four years.
Funeral services are to be held at the
Firth Baptist Church Friday afternoon at
o'clock Mr.. Byers was one Of the old
est members OF the congregation of this
church. InterTnent is to be at Congress
s.onai cemetery.
lie was born in 1884 in Baltimore and
ca1as to this city as a young man. He
vas regarded as an "all-around brick
mason" and worked for Gov. Shepherd
when the latter was In the contracting
business. Mr.. Byers had worked on the
pension Office, Cabin John bridge, the
Georgetown reservoir. the old building
where the Raleigh Hotel now stands and
many other Washington edifices.
Nr. Byers was Janitor OF the Amidon
School. 9Th and T. streets southwest, for
thirty years. retiring about ten years ago.
His wife, MS. Mary Emily Byers; a
son. W, J. Byers; sister. oirs. H. IIud-
s.oE. and-a number Of grandchildren sur
vlve him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
Gets Notice of Cancellation.

Although he has lawfully carried out
his agreement, Mr.. Wells says, the as
sistant postmaster general has served
notice that he will cancel the contract
The only reason assigned, says the con-
tractor. is TO conduct in Washington.
d. c., an experimental combined screen
wagon and city collection and delivery
service
Mr.. Wells declares he was obliged 10
borrow $1,000 when he secured the
necessary equipment for the contract
and still owes q large portion of the
loan. His only means OF payment, he
states, must be derived from his con
tract He informs the court that he
is young and has succeeded in estab-
fishing "a small grocery business. in
which he makes modest living for
his family. If his contract be can
serts, he will be rendered insolvent
his credit will be destroyed. his tusi-
ness will be wholly broken up a. - is
prospects in life blasted
Mr.. Wells says he asked for hear
ing on the notice of intention to re-
cede from the contract and was re-
ferred to the purchasing agent of the
Post Office Department. then to the
solicitor for the department and then
to an automobile committee of the de-
partment brief on the subject was
submitted by counsel for the con-
tractor last Wednesday, it is stated.
and only today was he notified of the
determination by the department to
cancel the contract. He immediately
sought the intervention of the court,
he states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
BRINGS SUIT TO EN0|N
ABOLITION OF CONTRACT
Josephus Wells Seeks to Retain
Right to Collect Parcel
Post Mail.

Alleging that the threatened can
collation. of his contract to collect
parcel post mail in the city of Wash
ington Will ruin him financially,
Josephus Wells today filed suit for
an injunction against Daniel c. Roper
first assistant postmaster general He
declares he has never been delinquen mt
In carrying out the terms of his con-
tract, and has never been charged
with a violation of postal laws and
regulations.
Justice Mccoy issued a rule on the
assistant postmaster general to show
cause Friday why he should not be
enjoined from canceling the contract.
Through Attorneys Daniel Thew
Wright and T. Morris Wampler, the
plaintiff tells the court that he enter
ed into a contract with the United
States for four years from February
IA. 1913, expended large sums OF
money in the purchase of five automo-
blles especially screened and equipped
for the parcel post service, built and
equipped a garage in southeast Wash
inSton and has spent over $4,000 for
gasoline, insurance, oil, salary of en-
ployes and other necessary expenses.
All this will be a total loss to him,
he AYERS, unless the court prevents the
cancellation of his contract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
WILSON REVEALS VIEWS.
President Opposes Plan to Bar Ship
Purchase From Belligerents.

President Wilson does not approve Il
provision that no vessels of belligerent
nations can be bought. He has told
callers. however. he supposed Senator
Simmons had conferred with the State
Department before stating in the Sen
ate yesterday that no ships of beiliger-
ents would be bought unless it had
been determined by diplomacy that
there would be no trouble.
He intimated a view that the fear of
international complications given by
the republicans as the chief basis for
their opposition was not well founded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
Facilitates War on Disease.

Now that the government is ready to
pay promptly for animals killed. the
department officials expect the fight for
eradication of the disease to be greatly
facilitated. Not knowing how long
they would have to wait for their
money. the farmers in many instances
have been reluctant to permit their
herds to be slaughtered.
According to the department, salts
factory progress has been made in the
campaign, and there is every reason to
expect that energetic measures will
stamp it out, even in Illinois and
PENNSYLVANIA, where the disease prob
ably is most serious. Indiana and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27

| as the bill became a law the wheels
began to turn, SO that farmers who are
in dire need of cash will have some Of
their demands answered at once.
Mr.. Danzigers clients on Long Island
had threatened to keep him in WASH
ington until he secured the money.
Come home with our money or stay
there" was the order issued to him in
a letter received yesterday. Mr.. Dan
ziger says he likes Washington, but
would like to get home. where he is
known and called Farmer Dan"
Up to January l the campaign against
the foot and mouth epizootic has cost
the government $2.129.13s.
In Illinois 100000 will be paid out.
36.75S animals having been killed
there. Pennsylvania had 1896 slauGh-
tered and Ohio 10,111. In all the states
up to January l the total killed was
101 III. including 46.26S cattle and A.
12l swine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
LIGHT FOR DANGEROUS REEF.
Favorable Report on Bill to Aid Pa
cific Coast Navigation.

The large Pacific ocean commerce be-
tween San Francisco and points north
ward is exposed to the Duxbury reef,
ten or twelve miles above the Golden
Gate, on which a e-thousand-dol
lar life-saving station is to be estab-
lished under a bill favorably reported
to the House yesterday by the inter-
state commerce committee.
Secretary McAdoo urged the action,
pointing out that in the past ten years
more than s1,0O0,0O0 of property has
been endangered by striking the reef
that there has been loss of twenty
three lives and $4,000 of property
The latest wreck was thar of the Amer
lean steamer Hanalei. when only forty
three of sixty-siX persons aboard were
saved, and the vessel and cargo were
destroyed.
Secretary McAdoo reported that the
reef, which extends from the ocean
shore on the north side of Bolinas bay
a mile seward. is low. and at times
obscured by high seas and fog.
John P Judge, siXty-two years Old
dropped dead as he presided over a meet
inc of church society in Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
MONEY TO MEET LOSSES
CAUSED BY EPIZOOTIC
President Signs the Urgent De-
fciency Bill Reimbursing Farm
ers for Slaughtered Cattle.

Joseph Danziger of Dry Harbor road,
Middle Village, Long Island, n. Y, who
has been in Washington for several
weeks seeking to get the government
10 pay fifty farmers of Long Island and
Brooklyn money due them for cattle
slaughtered during the foot and mouth
epizootic last fall, may now go home.
Yesterday President Wilson signed
the urgent deficiency bill carrying an
appropriation of s2,50O.OO0 to cover the
expenses of the Department of Agri-
cultures fight against the cattle dis
ease. The disbursing office of the de-
partment at once got into action, and
by noon today checks had been mailed
to farmers throughout the country,
meeting the governments share of 50
per cent on farmers claims for slaugh-
tered cattle.
Accounts in Readiness.
The department has had its accounts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
To Sell a House

One must talk to the people
who have money to buy
homes. There is only one
way to reach all tho buyers
Of wash ing n-that is
through The Star.
A classified Sale House ad
run thirty days in The Star
will cost about one-fifth of
pne per cent on the selling
price Of your house and will
get you results. Star Want
ads sell houses every day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
Memorial to Congress for New State

OLYMPIA. Wash. January GA me-
mortal introduced in the state senate
asking Congress to create out of the
eastern Washington counties and the
panhandle district of Idaho the new
state of Lincoln has been reported fa-
vorably by the committee on memo
rails The vote was unanimous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27

Michigan are mentioned as states al
most entirely freed from quarantine
restrictions as the result of rigid pre-
cautions, in which the farmers them
selves co-operated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27

An official statement issued by the
SOCIALIST party board at Berlin com
plains that the foreign press are con-
tinually publishing letters whereby
foreign socialists are led to believe that
there is strife in the socialist ranks In
Germany over the war situation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
CLEAN CITY CAMPAIGN
BEGINS EASTER MONDAY
Special Efforts Planned to Make Cap
ital "Spic and
Span"
Committees Named to Further Prof.
ect Will Cooperate in
Their Efforts.

Washirgtons annual cleanup cam
paisn. which this year is to be a
| cleanup and paint-up" campaign, is
to begin Easter Monday, April ), &C
cording to plans made at joint meet
ing of the clean city committee and
the cleanup and paint-up committee
of, the Master House Painters and
Decorators Association in the rooms
of the latter organization in the Cor
coran building last night Co-opera-
tion. of the two organizations was
agreed upon. and efforts are to be
made to make this springs clean up
the most comprehensive and thorough
ever attempted in Washington.
Officers Are Named.
At last nights meeting A. II. Nc
Chan was chosen chairman of the
paint-up and cleanup committee. w.
+. Andrews was named as secretary
and George Z. Russell as treasurer of
the committee
Active support and cooperation of
the Chamber of Commerce, Board of
Trade and practically every civic and
Columbia have been pledged in this
springs cleanup campaign, and a call
has been issued to all such organiZa-
tons to attend a meeting March Is. at
which definite plans and assignments
of territory in which to work are to be
decided upon.
An extensive publicity campaign is
to be feature of this springs cam
paiSn, and the committee in charge of
the cleanup and paint-up campaign is
sending out hundreds of circulars call
ing attention to the work that is
planned and asking the active cooper
alton of every citizen of the District of
Columbia in the task of giving the Ma
tional Capital a thorough houseclean-
ing and furnishing.
Threefold Purpose.
This springs campaign, according
to announcement made today, is to
have a threefold purpose: The SANTA
ton of the entire city by the removal
of the winters accumulation of refuse
and debris. the identifying of insight
ly dwellings and other buildings and
the furnishing of employment to hun
dreds of the city's unemployed for at
least a few days or week.
Another feature of the campaign, it
of vacant lots and lawns. To this end
the cooperation of florists and seeds
men of Washington is to be requested,
the desire of the committee being that
residents of the District may be en-
abled to buy seeds, bulbs, etc, at
special prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27

rom Washington. S22.6J round trip
: tlantic Coast Line. 14O6 y. Y ave. NV
Advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
Called Terrible Sight.

4 witness of the North sea naval bat
lie, who has returned here, describes
the sinking of the German armored
cruiser Bluecher as a terrible sight
The sea was covered with debris and
men struggling for their lives.
When the British launched a boat tc
rescue the survivors a monoplane few
overhead and dropped bombs, which
though they did not fall nearer than a
hundred yards, prevented many OF the
drowning men from being taken out OF
the water.
Throughout the progress Of the ac-
ton the British vessels were constantly
attacked by German submarines, but
British torpedo boat destroyers kept
circling around and successfully ward
ed off this danger.
All the men engaged in the battle de-
scribe IL as thrilling and the results
from the British standpoint are report
ed TO have been even better than an
uouHced by the admiralty, because In
addition TO the destruction of the Blue
cher il is claimed that some German
restroyers were sunk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27

John P Judge, siXty-two years Old,
dropped dead as he presided over meet
ing of a church society in Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
Sir David Beatty's Flagship
and Destroyer Only Ones
Damaged.
COMMANDER AND CRAFT
ARE CHEERED BY JACKIES
Two Hundred More Survivors of Lost
German Cruiser Bluecher Are
Landed in England.

LONDON, January 27.-The warships
engaged in Sundays naval battle In
the North sea have returned home. The
Lion, the flagship of Sir David Beatty
which was disabled, was the last OF the
battle cruisers to arrive: She returned
Tuesday morning, when the Arethusa
and the Laurel, among the light cruis-
ers; some or the 'destroyers and the
battle cruisers Tiger, Princess Royal
1ndomitatle and New Zealand we're al
ready at their mornings
The Lion was greeted with vocffer-
Gus cheers by the crews of the an
chored warships. 1t was a spontaneous
tribute of affection to Vice Admiral
Beatty and his flagship.
Vessels Towed to Port.
The Lion and the British torpedo
boat destroyer Meteor, which were dis
abled. were towed into port. All the
British ships engaged in the combat
the official statement says, returned
safely.
Two hundred additional survivors OF
the German cruiser Bluecher. which
was sunk, have been landed. They in
Guided few petty officers.
Capt. Erdman of the Bluecher mas peen
placed among the wounded, according to
the Edinburgh correspondent OF the
He Is suffering from shock
Official Statement.
The official announcement made by the
secretary of the admiralty says:
IAN the British ships and torpedo boat
cestroyers engaged in Sundays action
have returned in safety to port.
The Lion. which had some of her
forward compartments flooded by
shells below the water line, was taken
in tow by the cruiser 1ndomitable Inc
destroyer Meteor. which also was dis
stroyer Liberty. Both vessels were
guarded by strong escorts of destroy
ers- Repairs to both vessels can be
speedily made.
The total number of casualties
among the officers and men reported
-enteen men wounded; on the Tiger,
one officer and nine men killed and
three officers and eight men wounded;
on the Meteor. four men killed and
one man wounded"
Lion Leads Fighting.
The Lion and her sister ship. the
Princess Royal, were the largest in
the British squadron. In leading the
limo the Lion came in closer contact
with the Germans and did most of the
lighting. She was largely responsible
for the sinking Of the German armored
cruiser Bluecher
The Meteor is one Of the largest and
fastest torpedo boat destroyers afioat
She Is one of thirteen of her class built
under the naval estimates of 1913. A
dozen similar boats we're authorized in
the estimates of 1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27

13VN0uIItS 1eSttU1IICSSs
The department has had its accounts
in readiness for some time, and as soon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27

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45-inch- Organdy FIounc-
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designs
Real Cluny Lace Edges and In
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trimming centerpieces, scarfs,
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Fine Valenciennes Lace Edges
lingerie and crepe de chine E0e
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Brussels La Tosca Nets. silk OF
cotton. black, white and colors.
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Shadow Lace Flouncings, cream,
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wide, for trimming evening, party
and dansant dresses and Ct m
waists. Yard, 75c and. Y>"OS
Ail-over Shadow Lace, white,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-27

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-04
PICTURE OF A CHARGE.
(Continued from page 4, column 81

the screaming shrapnel pounced
again on the trench that still erupt-
ed hurrying men, while from the cap
tured trench itself came hurting
bombs and grenades. Smoke and
dust leaped and swirled in dense
clouds about the trenches and the
open between them, but through the
haze the ragged front fringe of the
| attack loomed suddenly and pressed
on the very lip of the trench. Be-
yond that point it appeared it could
not pass. The British infantry,
cramming fresh cartridge clips into
their magazines, poured fresh cata-
| ract of lead across the broken para
pet into the charging ranks, and the
| ranks shivered and stopped and melt
ed away beneath the fire, while the
remnants broke and fed back to
cover
with a yell the defenders of a
moment before became the attack
ers. They leaped the trench and fell
with the bayonet on the flying sur
vivors of the counter attack. For a
greater part these were killed as they
| fled; but here and there groups or
them turned at bay, and in a dozen
places as many fights ragged bitterly
for few minutes, while the fresh
attack pushed on to the next trench.
A withering fire poured from it, but
could not stop the rush that fought
it's way on and into the second-llne
trench. From now the front lost
connection and cohesion. Here and
there attackers broke in on the Sec
ond line, exterminated that portion
of the defense in it's path or was it.
self exterminated there. The move
ments spread along the line, and with
sudden leap and rush, the second
line was gained along front of near
ly mile.
I'm part, the second line still held
out; and even the second line was all
completely taken, the communica-
ton trenches between the first and
second line were filled with combat
ants who fought on furiously, heed
less of whether friend or foe held
trench to front or rear, intent only
on the business at their own bayonet
points, to kill the enemy facing them
and push in and kill the ones behind.
Fresh supports pressed into the cap
tured positions, and backed by their
! weight, the attack surged on again
in fresh spasm of fury. 1t secured
foothold in great sections Of the third
line, and even without waiting to see
the whole OF it made good, attempted
to rush the fourth line. At one or
two points the gallant attempt sue
ceeded, and a handful of men hung
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-04

on desperately for some hours, their
further advance impossible, their re-
treat, had they attempted it, almost
equally so, cut off from reinforce
ments, short of ammunition, and en-
tirely without bombs or grenades.
When their ammunition was expend-
ed they used rifles and cartridges
taken from the enemy dead in the
TRENCH, having no grenades, they
snatched and hurled back on the
instant any that fell with fuses still
burning. They waged their unequal
fight to the last minute, and were
killed to the last man. -
''The third line was not completely
held or even taken. But by now the
second trench had been put in some
state of defense towards it's new
front, and here the British line stay
ed fast and set it's teeth and dogged-
ly endured the torment of the bombs
and the destruction of the pounding
shells, until the following day
brought with the dawn fresh sup
ports for a renewal of the struggle.
The battered fragments of the first
attacking battalion were withdrawn,
often with corporals for company
leaders, and lieutenants or captains
commanding battalions whose full re-
naming strength would hardly make
company. Two lines of trenches
were taken; the line was advanced,
advanced it is true, bare one or two
hundred yards, but with lives poured
out like water over each foot of the
advance, with every inch of the
ground gained marking well-spring
and fountain-head of river Of pain,
of grief, of broken bodies and lives,
and hearts and homes of suffering
beyond all words, of a glory above
and beyond all suffering.'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-04
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting, IN This City and at
Other Points,

E. L. Price, Jr., spent Mon
day in Charleston.
MIR. H. NJ. Fielder, of Mullins,
spent lastSThursday in the city.
=, Mrs. S. R. Wilson, of Allendale,
Is visiting her mother, Mrs. NJ. L.
4 Johns.
Messrs. Clyde and Sam Rowell
spent the weekend fntthe city from
Clemson college.
~ Miss Ruth Herndon left this
week for Greenville, where she will
teach this session.
afr. and Mrs. Thomas Black
went to Columbia Thursday to at
tend the State-fair.
; Mrs. w. S. DesPortes, of Ridge
way, is visiting her parents, Capt.
and Mrs. w. A. Riley.
and Mrs. A. NJ. Brabham and
Mrs. C.R. Brabham, Jr., attended
the State fair Thursday.
Ir. Raymond Smoak spent the
{ weekend in the city from the Uni
versity of South Carolina.
s: Mrs. e. L. Price, Jr., returned
Wednesday from .McColl, where she
spent week with relatives.
Col. and Mrs. F. n, K. Bailey, of
Greenwood. spent few days in the
city this week with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones A. Williams
and family motored to Columbia
Thursday to attend the State fair.
Miss Bessie Armstrong returned
to the city Monday from Asheville,
where she has been spending several
months.
-Messrs. C. H. Mitchell and n.
u. Fielder, ST., are attending the I'm
tied States court in Columbia this
week as jurors.
|. Mrs. E. D. Lemacks spent sew
eral days last week with Mrs. ]. NJ.
Smith at Observation-Disclosures
Press and Standard.
DR.. S.. P. Rentz and Messrs. w.
D. Rhoad, C. w. Rentz, w. NJ. Brab-
ham, G. Frank Bamberg and H. F.
Bamberg left Sunday for Jackson
boro for a several days deer hunt.
Mr.. C. w. Garris, who is con-
ducting a large lumber business at
{ Grove1and, Ca, spent Monday in the
city. Mr.. Garris is former resident
of Bamberg county, and his many
friends were glad to shake hands with
) him again.
Now is a good time to use the split
log drag.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-04
Doll.MOdelit Contest.

The following was the standing
of the Doll-Modelit contest Of the
Herald Book Store on Nov. 2, only
those having 800 or more votes be-
ing listed here:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-04

Now is a good time to use the split
log drag.