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Evening star., 1915-01-01
BLOW At THE DISTRICT
ELIMINATED FROM BILL
Johnson Rider Repeating Half-and-
Half Plan Opposed by
Senator's.

! The District appropriation bill, without
the Johnson rider repeating the half-and-
half principle of appropriating for the
District of Columbia, will be reported to
the full senate committee on appropria-
| tions tomorrow from the subcommittee,
| which has had charge of framing the bill.
While all details of the bill as framed
by the senate subcommittee have been
carefully guarded and will not be made
public until the bill is reported to the
Senate, members of the subcommittee
have stated frankly that they were op-
posed to the johnson rider and that it
would not be carried in the bill when re-
ported to the Senate. 1t is believed that
the Senate itself will overwhelmingly
support the position of the committee
in this matter. Leaders on both sides of
the chamber have declared against
changing the method of appropriating for
the District.
Amendments Are Made.
It is understood that the subcommit-
tee has made number of amend
ments to the appropriation bill, increas-
ing the total amount carried in the
bill by a round sum. The subcommittee
gave extensive hearings to the District
miSsioners'. estimates, which the House
missioners estimates, which the House
pared to the bone, and was impressed
by the arguments made by the Com
missioners in support of the estimates.
Representatives of the board of chari-
ties were heard also, and it is under
stood that through their representa-
tions the subcommittee has placed in
the bill an item for beginning the con-
struction. of the proposed new Muni-
cipal Hospital at 14th and Upshur
streets northwest. Great stress was
laid upon the need for this new hos
pital to care for the INDECENT poor in
the District.
Approval Expected.
will be approved by the full committee
and reported to the Senate tomorrow
by Senator John Walter Smith of
Maryland, chairman OF the subcommit-
tee which has had the measure in
charge. In that event it will be
brought up and disposed of as soon as
possible in the Senate, probably i'm
mediately after the passage of the i'm
migration bill and the urgent def
cheney bill. which was reported to the
Senate yesterday.
Governs Milk Supply.
Senator Lee of Maryland has intro
duced an amendment to the District
bill which he may call up when the
bill is before the Senate.
1t provides that whenever there are
general rules, regulations or require
ments Of any character as to the gen.
eral milk supply of the District of Co
lumbia no part of the appropriation
provided for under this bill shall be
expended for examinations or inspec-
tions or other precautions for enforc-
ing such rules and regulations or re-
quirements as to any part of the milk
supply of the District of Columbia
coming from one or more states,
places, shipping points or dairy herds
outside the District of Columbia, when
ever such rules. regulations or require
ments are not equally, fairly and eff
fectively applied and enforced by ex-
cautions similar in all respects as to
the milk supply coming from all other
states places Shipping pm POINTS or dairy
lumbia."
Evening star., 1915-01-01
BRITISH WARSH|P.
|SSUNK BY MINE
OR ASUBMAR|NE
Formidable, With $50 Men
Aboard, Goes Down in the
English Channel.
sEVENTY-ONE SURVIVORS
PICKED UP BY CRUISER
Official Announcement Expresses
Hope That Still Others May
Have Been Rescued.
NOT OF DREADNAUGHT CLASS
Lost Battleship Was Launched in
1898, Had Displacement Of $4,000
Tons and Mounted Four
12-Inch Guns.
SEVENTY-ONE SURVIVORS
PICKED UP BY CRUISER
NOT OF DREADNAUGHT CLASS

LONDON, January I, 2:14
p.m.-The British battleship For
midable was sunk this morning
in the English channel by either
mine or a submarine, according
to an announcement given out by
the official information bureau.
The text of the bureaus state
ment follows:
"The battleship Formid-
able was sunk this morning
in the channel, but whether
by a mine or a submarine is
not yet certain.
"Seventy-one survivors
have been picked up by a
British light cruiser, and it is
possible that others may
have been rescued by other
vessels"
Many Lives Probably Lost.
The Formidable. was of the same
C4AS0 do Tic DdIIAS6u1P ouiWdEAs "AASA
was blown up a few weeks ago OF
SheernessL
Apparently the loss Of life on board
the Formidable has been very heavy,
M only seventy-one members of her
Erew are known to have been saved.
The officials, however. hold out hope
that others may have been picked up.
Tho exact locality of this disaster
has not been revealed. but the fact
that 1t occurred in the British channel
recalls thazeircumstance that British
hhips have been engaged In lombard
ing the German positions on the Bel
gian coast. and that German subma-
rines on several occasions in the past
have attempted to torpedo them.
AS in previous disasters to British
ships. the casualty list in this case
includes many midshipmen. no fewer
than sixteen having been on board the
Formidable. 80
Vessel of $4,000 Tons.
The British battleship Formidable
had displacement of $4,000 tons. She
was 43o feet long and carried a COM
piement of $50 men. She was heavily
arn1ored, and carried four twelve-incb
Twelve Si4-lnCn guns and sixteen
twelve-pounders. She was provided
also with four submerged torpedo
tubes.
The Formidable was launched in
1898. and was sister ship to the Ir-
resistible and 1mplacable.
Probably Fleet Flagship.
The Formidable had assigned to her,
according to the British navy list for
December, various fleet officers, and
consequently she undoubtedly was act
ing as a flagship at the time of her
destruction. Her captain was Arthur
N. Loxley and her commander Charles
F. Ballard.
Capt. John c. Deed was in command
of the marines on board, while the
feet surgeon was Godfrey Taylor and
the fleet paymaster, P. j. Ling. The
chaplain is given as the Rev. George
B. Robinson. On board the Formidable
were also sixteen midshipmen
Evening star., 1915-01-01
WEATHER.

Fair tonight, followed by increasing
cloudiness Saturday; rising tempera-
ture; variable winds, becoming south
and moderate.
Temperature for the past twenty
four hours: High, 80, at pm. yester-
day: low, %, at 8 am. today.
For full report see page II.
Evening star., 1915-01-01

Continued on Second Page.)
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08
Qls.rA,e Library.

Just as Arlington was about to carry
OF the palm for having the oldest IT.
hrary In the state, organized in ssoS.
along comes Wilmington with the
statement, that during recent clean
ins NJ an attic in law ONCE In that
place book OF records was found
which showed that the Wilmington So
c,al library was organized December
81. l7sA with a constitution. bylaws
and list Of subscribers. This book
hss teca presented 70 ths present
wilminst n institution. the Petite Me
a.nris, library, to se kept as relic.
Some OF the entries in the eaok are
very interesting. Israel l-auton was
tinSd Il eeats Cor drcpriEs tallcw on
sook No, as, Tir.othy Castle Vas snsd
s cents tor se,ti,ss cue drop OF ,aiiow
on noak No, iS levi Packard was
naei 81 cents COR tearing the binding
On Nc>,k No, tcs, and several Others
were fined FOR turning down leaves
and for finger marks Tho latest date
in the list of revenues Is oesoser =,
1914
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JUDGE WHO WAS ONCE A BOY
Many Lad Has Owed His start In
Life to Kindly encouragement
Of Inquisitive Tendency.

An eleven.year-old reporter" inter-
viewed Judge Brown of the municipal
court on the subject OF boys and their
parents. The answers set down by the
aspiring journalist prove that the
Judge has not forgotten his own boy
hood, Many a lad has owed his start
in life to kindly encouragement of the
irauisitive tendency. 1t is easy enough
to snub n youthful questioner or put
him off with curt, unsatisfactory an
swers. Yet 1t has been said that the
beginning OF reform Is to ask qucs-
tions and the start can hardly be made
too soon.
Tho boy is 20 be pitied without a
live. quick mental reaction to the stim-
ulus he receives from all manner of
natural phenomena. 1t is a good sign
when the child wants to know and Is
not satisfied with mechanical jargon
and listless routine. Most OF us treas
ure to the end of our lives the memory
OF one who was not too busy to reply.
Life is standing interrogation. The
man who writes with force and feeling
needs to ask intellie ont questions of
the whole visible uni erse. and to ex-
plore the secret places of his own
spirit. He ought not to discourage
the same tendency in others, no mat
ter how young they are.-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08
THE BROKEN ARROW.

John and Frank lived In cabin on
the prairie. This was many years ago,
when tho Indians were not as friendly
with the white man as they are now,
for they thought he had taken their
hunting grounds from them and left
them without home. and every white
man they saw they shot at with their
bows and arrows. or. IL they found his
homo, they would burn 1t and kill all
the people.
John and Frank drove many miles
with their father aud mother IN u
big wagon called prairie schooner
and drawn by two horses. 1t had n
covering OF snilcloth that kept out
the rain. and all their cooking uten-
sils and bedding. as well as other
things. were carried in there. 1t took
many days to reach the place where
their father had Intended to locate.
and some nights they made their beds
on tho ground and other times in the
wagon, but they enjoyed II. and. best
OF all. the cooking was done over Il
fire built upon the ground.
After they reached the place 1t was
long time before they had a house
or cabin, and they had only two rooms
when It was finished. There place
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And there they were. As old Han
nibal bounded into the stable the boys
fell from his back and rolled into q
hole in the floor, and falling on the
soft dressing under the stable. they
had In some miraculous way escaped
the eyes of the Indians.
The mother took ladder and soon
reached them, but they were pinned
together by an arrow through the flesh
on their thin shoulders. The people
who lived on the prairles in those days
knew how to do alD sorts of things.
and tho mother soon removed the -
row and dressed the wounds. Then
she knelt and thanked the One who
had watched over and saved them.
This happened many. many years ago.
but John and Frank still have the
broken arrow. which they show 10
their grandchildren. who think 1t the
best of fun to hear the story OF the
broken arrow and the Indians.
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tho ducks cannot eat II out. Water.
crcss occurs practically throughout
tho entire United States.
Watcrcrcss is usually propagatcd
by seed. which may be obtained from
most secdsmcn. The plant is easily
transplanted by cuttings. 1t grows In
springs. brooks, small streams and
shallow ponds. Waters In which 1t Is
found are usually cool and have scme
current. II may be sown In similar
situations at any time during sPSns
or summer
Thaila.
Tho writer's only experience with
italia as wiidduck food was in Flor
Id, Here slough hllcd with tall
growth OF these elegant plants was u
iavoritc resort OF ducks, especially
n,allaris. The evidence is sufficient
to show that italia has great posstbil'
tiles rs a wild duck food. The seeds
are large and nutritious and are borne
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08

spherical fruits i,llcd with gclatinona
matter IN which arc multitude or
acc,ls, eagerly sought by ducks, Near
~ rs per cont OF tho food OF .0S mai
iards collected In that locality from
October to March, inclusive, consisted
ot these aecds, From 5000 to 10000
were found In each OF several stom
achs aud one contained S?,uOo,
Twcnty.fvc atomachs OF r,ngncok
ducks collected In December contained
10 pcr cent OF these eagerly sought
seeds, Frogbit la extensively used In
aauaria and water gardens, and may
be obtained from dealers In plants Tor
such purposes, Tho plants them
solvos should bc act out In water u
tew nchcs dcop over a mucky bottom
or In scft mud near tho waters edge
rroghit has bcea found In pats OF
New York. New Jersey and Delaware.
hut thcaormAi range probably Ia from
North Carolina aud Missouri south
erh.
GetOrasa.
Eew who have written OF tho habits
sea brant have ta,led to mant,cn
toadncss for cr,sraxs. The rcla,
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CONVERSATIONS

Tse osal esSsasSea es tNosnsS,Sansa
a., >osy cNeoes,sa ny ssors u.Sa ~
a,r ~sn, the eauro Ss,eat 81 Tue
/ ,s,,>s States Is years ssecre ala
mas neatly sacaSs NJ ,as ~essis . rrS
aacstSa.
4, l.sS~mecs, ss,S as,sona, ssSsaes
a., sp~.,s amounted esly 10 SsssSSss,
i, tNssmses, ts'&. however a''es .Se
safe ,A vSSks cad es>n ssensci tas
s.,,rS. RAD resShcd scsssS SSessS'
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08
BROTHERS JOIN A PIG CLUB
Three Sons OF Georgia oairyman
Win Considerable Money With
Hogs While Attending School.

A year ago the three sons OF dairy.
man living seven miles out OF Macon.
Ga, did not have a cent in bank, but
had two small purebred Duroc-Jersey
pigs. Two OF the boys joined the Bibb
Copnty Pig club. Today all three
iboSa belong to the Bibb County Pig
club. and have in one of the Macon
BANKS over $3.50. made while going to
school.
One OF the banks in Macon offered
a deposit OF one dollar and a L.etal
savings. bank to each of the Bibb
County Pig club members who would
make good. Making good consisted in
exhibiting purebred pig at the fair
and delivering to the county agent a
record of feeds and weights. showing
how much it cost per pound to raise
1t.
Ont of the ~ boyS who made good.
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08
The Arrow. Flew Very Near Them.

was built for the horses, and the boys
were told they could ride old Hanni-
bal. who was big. clumsy old horse.
but very gentle. They used to climb
to his back with = ladder. One boy
would grasp him by the name and the
other would put his arms around his
brother. and away hey would go over
the prairies, i.ut Indians had never
bothered them. so their father and
mother felt It was safe for them to
ride alone.
One day. aft.r they had been there
about year. their fnther had to so to
the nearest town. which was many
miles away. and could not return be-
fore the next day. hut their mother
did not feel afraid. she had been there
so long without seeing the Indians.
Tho boys rode short distance with
their father and then turned back, but
the days were so nice they did not go
directly home. Old Hannibal trotted
along. enjoying It as much as the boys
did, when all at once he made a queer
whinnyinE noise. and the boys saw
that he trembled.
scent Indians, but they felt that some
thing was wrong, Old Hannibal gal
loped toward home. the boys clinsing
on as well as they could. when .'whiz.
whis, something few past them.
Frank. who was behind. turned and
sew a short distance from them three
or four Indians He did not tell John.
but told him to make old Hannibal
90 faster.
"Whis, whiI," came again. and this
time the arrows few very near them.
Are the indians after u.s." asked
John.
Yes" said Frank. hang on and we
may get away" but their little hearts
were beating fast
The mother had been watching the
boys through spyelass. and saw py
the way old Hannibal acted that some
thing was the matter. Then she saw
the Indians, She went in and bar
ricaded the door. for the poor mother
knew the boys would not have .
chance OF ESCAPE II the horse stopped
at the house, and her only hope was
that he would ealiop On to the town.
some ni,teS OtNNlUs CUT even sue uiA
not think the hoys would be alive
Then she prayed.
Meanwhile the boys were near the
harm, ana Whit again came the ar
rows, This time they te,t q sharp
pain. and jus, then old Hannibal ran
INTO the harm.
The Indians came rp behind them.
looked around the barn. shook the
door Of the cabin looked In the win
dow and tor some unknown reason did
not break down the dce-. They may
have thought the place deserted as
there Was no sign OF life But where
we're the boys, and Why did the In
dixas give M looking for them
The mother saw from her hiding
place that the Indians ~ere going
away and taking old Hannibal with
them. But where we're the eovs,
( She did nos dare think What had hap
, pcned to theza. Atser soas tirae sac
uaeaIrsd the aear and went sato the
harm john, Prank she called
Then she nsseae1 psa she hear some
one say -NcsAer". Tea IL came from
under sAe toa-. Again she called and
\ sAis tine SIZE heard very plainly.
~Aosner. aers se a-e saaec the coors-
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PROVIDING FOOD FOR THE WILD DUCKS
Farmers Can Assist In This Work by Planting, In Streams,
Ponds Lakes and Swampy Sections, Such Foods as the
Wild Ducks Are Fond or.

In North America II In found from
Greenland to the Gulf OF Mexico. md
from Aluskn to southern Californh.
II Ia common along shores facing tho
open ocean. but also grows In bays.
aud oven lagoons whero the wntcr Is
rnr lcns salt than tho sea.
Musk Grass.
Tho small tuborH OF musk grass
arc eaten In largo numbera: more
than 1000 were contained In tho stom.
ach cf ono goldonoye and more than
1900 IN TINT OF u pintnil duck. How.
ovor, all parts OF musk grasses arc
eaton. In september. stomnehs OF
ducks found In North Carolina con,
taincd 52 per cont of musk grass; 90.
tobor. 90 pcr cont.
Probably no part OF the United
States entirely lacks representatives
OF those grasses. They require limo.
however. and hence reach their bcst
development IN regions whore that
mineral IL plentiful,
Musk grasscs belong to the grcat
group of plants which include forms
known aa frog spit, green slime nnd
soawocds Most OF tho musk grasses
live IN frcah water, These plants are
translucent and fragile, duh green In
color. and are Otter. incrustcd with
limo. This has given them ono OF
their common names. limcwecd. 9th.
or names are stoncwort. hnc moss
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08

<N,aern,e areacs resting On oe.T<>ss
have seSn eaa, in New staaarsa'rs
cemetery 10 ssrra-s ersNss,saSs II
ssSa toy son ~ support taeas uselt,
- sensitive is electrical srrsrsta>
sase~,cS, sy French scientist that Vt
~tll detect the Presence es coe rsT
., nsss~nnate " s>>;ssa In slSNee@ete
rsr;s - water,
Tse sytaS ash ases sos really sy,
ss, raises Ussls sSrsa the water sy
aseans u IS lSsk as.s, u car sasy>art
use,t tS the air uasa ts,S SscsSss try,
when n erscs hack !at> tss SEA
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08

Notwithstanding higher p-tees, the
rni,e. H:asaos, imported larger guam,
titles OF sugar. tea ce1ee xSi cccas
last year thaa IN lsiS
Maintaining sae rate Of Increase
sao~a during the lass tegty years
Sussis's present population st the end
ef the prcsea, eea;ary will number
sisAaa&asA
Tss opportunities for rsiaiae know
edge ir the province Of cn,srso are
great Tacrc are Including ssnsergar>
tens Institutes and oaa,iaua,scI
eassses, S,$t3 pubic seAocls-an creN
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08

s. let their dollar deposit remain in
the bank Two Of the latter were tht
dairynaa's sons who Won eonsidera'
Bile prize money With their bear and
SOW pigs This prize money was de
posted with the hank deposit won by
making good and is part of their sav-
.ngs, together with subsequent de
poSitS
A SOW they exhibited had her first
litter of seven rei-hea6sa pigs at fair
time. She is at present the mother
of q second litter. in which there are
IL. AL OF them thrifty.
These boys viii be exhibitors At the
fair this fan, and the hank viii have
- surrender three more one-aoilsr de
posts ana three metal savings hanks
tor the three parelh-ed pigs exhihitei
and three complete resooTas ceiivsrss!
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08

ttce hctwcen this species Of eir. and
,,lan, secms to be az c,cse as, " nN,
CLOSER than, that eN's''as tctwcca the
a~,ra trrsh.~ater pair, the canvas,
hack duck and wni celery All s,r
saa, stomach eontsnts ~ the eosanroa
hrSet thus par cNau,mea consisted cS,
e,a>ivc,y " cclErsss.
Eclsrsss consists ., lunches "
,cns tarr,isc leaves Which riss tr>ssa
a N,,e,e.a asraos rsN'ssN, ctNSrtas stem,
The laaVSs grow IN small aan,slss
npm the ssd VI the r.N>,Sstsck CT ITS
branches, ss.a NAY rpaea a ieasta y.
s,N tret
NJ, lSaat grows ealy IN salt ~asct
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pisnt kn,~ Dad

YexeAer-one should be thought
frl in dispensing favo-S- Hor exam
PIE. suppose vour father, lcA-1y. vas
il . cro~ced street car AID two
,ssses- one Old and tie ether Young,
GOT n. shiea OF them vorie he give
his seat to-
loSnnr-Goess you don't know ds1
He wouldn't give II to either.
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In great abundance. The leaf is much
like that OF Gamma, and may measure
Ave inches wide and fifteen inches
long. The Plan; is native from Flor.
ida to southern Arkansas and Texas,
and doubtless It will thrive as far
n nrth as South Carolina and Missouri.
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chanaIna leeals.

When was a boy" said the
thousA,fal man, Il wanted to be the
clown in circus"
You have gotten srsyely over
that"
Yes Circus clowns are not very
literally cauaseass,ea. I'd rather be
4 seol racvir 5 picture coredtan--
The Ordway new era., 1915-10-08

tMich,gan,. oyster grass and ntgscr
wool tNorth Cardinal. and skunk
grass tMassachuscttsl The latter
nare and the name musk grass, refer
to a strong odor given on by n mass
Of tho plants when freshly taken from
the water.
Water Elm.
That treos should produce food Tor
wild ducks Is at hrst thought surpr,s.
INK, hut many do, as caks, thorns,
hul,ias. ashes, hackhcrries and others;
none Is OF more value Tor this pur,
pose. however, than the water elm,
The range OF the water elm extends
rrcm the lower Wabash valley In In.
diana to the river bottoms OF eastern
Texas, and from western Tennessee
and southeastern North Carolina to
Florida This plant thrivcs In swanps
and on the margins q slusSis0
streams The tree seldom cScee.s 40
Zee, IN height and ~ inches IN diam.
ctrr and Is usually much smaller. The
water elm flowers from February to
Arril and the truit usually r,,,cns ard
tails In \ month CT six W i. but it
has hcea found Gu the trees as late
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cy w. /, MeATEE.

MANY plants may be nucccnsfully
W unrd IN food FOR Wild ducks IN
localities whrro now they nro not
grown, aud thin viii DO strong M
ducomcnt FOR the ducks to congropni"
In ncctiona whcro they are unknown
at this timo.
Froubit.
rrogbit In nm abundant inhnbitnnt
OF some OF tho shallow oyprose'mnr'
yinpd lukes In Louisiana. II produces
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WateNWxs

Sre~loasa % .se Importance ~.
ua,,reresS As a aaek tssi Is derived
,,tt,,ely sr>,.a Breeders I Wild ducks.
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-OR many years the Miskito
Indians of Eastern Honduras
have been raising the Mace.
DOMAIN cry to the Moravian
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-12-24
Friday. December "a. 1915!
orrIcIAl DlsRcrosy.


COUNTY GFFIcRRS.
Judgs. J. J. Downey
Clerk, 8. n. Burke
Treasurer, Chas. 4. Smith
Superintendent OF Schools, Nary Z. Taylor
Assessor. e. II. Kittell
Sheriff, Henry l.. Crawford
Surveyor, G. 4. knight
Attorney, W. q. Cofeld
Coroner, e. z. johnson
Representative, s. q. Green
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
District No. ], r. b. Dunham
District No. 2. H. N. Guiilst
District No. ,, Charles b. Kelley
TOWN OFFICIALS
: Mayor, w. r. Ordway ~
Treasurer, Randolph Williamson
Town Clerk, b. Q. Walters
Town Marshall, 8. n. Mcconnell
Attorney, g, W. Carpenter
Water Clerk, B. e. Walters
Water Sup't, J. E. McKeever.
Trustees:
b. r. Greene, Forrest Bradfeld,
Grant Hughes, ~. Exon. w. W. Byers,
J. e. Barrett. - inist,