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Evening star., 1915-02-13
A Versatile Legion.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
1t is the boast of the British foreign
legion, which has distinguished itself
in the fighting of scissors, that it can
provide men from its own ranks to
meet any contingency. Its commander
once said his men were capable not
only of winning a war, but of writing
it's history. On one occasion, when a
new barracks was being erected, the
legion ranks supplied half a dozen
qualified architects, and time and again
on the battlefield, when the call has
been for doctors. the legionaries have
stepped forward and acknowledged
their medical qualifications. Once, says
tradition, when no padre was available
to conduct a burial the commandant
appealed to the ranks. A man stepped
forward and saluted. He had been a
bishop.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
Wilson Normal Camp Elects Officers

Officers of the Wilson Normal Camp
Association, which has charge of the
camp conducted on the upper Potomac
for students and graduates of Wilson
Normal School. were elected at a meet
ing at the Frapklin School today They
are: President, Miss Jessie Wiler;
vice president, Miss Virginia Kirby:
secretary. Miss Anna Heider: treasurer,
Miss Helen Crossley: board of man
ayers, Misses Ruth Oberly. Elizabeth
Hummer, Rose Hardy. Anatalie Furt-
ner, Isabel Collins. Louise Moore and
Agnes Solern. Plans for the coming
summer were discussed.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
TAKES FAVORABLE VIEW
OF TRADE ASSOCIATION
Secretary Columbus Thinks Retail
Merchants Organization May
Profit by Examples in West.

Secretary Charles J. Columbus of the
Retail Merchants Association return
ed to Washington today from trip
through the central west. during which
he visited Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
Milwaukee, Chicago and Pittsburgh He
conferred with the merchants associa-
tions and other civic organizations in
these cities, and at the next meeting
of the association is to report on his
observations
Mr.. Columbus said today that he
found business good everywhere he
went All of the merchants he inter-
viewed are looking forward to a busy
spring.
The purpose of the trip taken by Mr.
Columbus primarily was to investigate
the work of the various trade associa-
tions which he visited. He paid special
attention to their collection depart
,nents and credit bureaus. with view
of ascertaining how these departments
of the Retail Merchants Association
of Washington may be made more ef-
fective.
Merchants Association cannot be made
Just as valuable to the merchants OF
Washington AZ the associations in In
dianapolis. Milwaukee, Chicago anc
other middle states cities are to their
meInbers.' said Mr.. Columbus I'VE have
made a good start here. and although
we may never have such large mem
bership as some of the associations
which ! visited. our organization car
be made just as effective"
Evening star., 1915-02-13
Funeral of Henry L. Strang.

Funeral services for Henry L. Strang,
seventy-nine years old, who died
Thursday at his home, 315 18th street
southwest. having lived in this city
since 1851, were held this afternoon at
o'clock at Ryland NJ. +. Church. Rev.
\. J. Gill. a former pastor of the
church., officiated. Other clergymen
assisting included DIR. w. W. Barnes
also d pastor of the Ryland Church at
one time, and DR.. w: l.. Mcdowell, dis
trict superintendent of the NJ E.
Church. Representatives of the Associa- :
ton of the Oldest inhabitants of the
District of Columbia, of which the de-
ceased was a member were in attend
ance. Interment was in Rock Creek
cemetery.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
Veterans Select Banquet Date.

Thursday evening, February IS, at s
o'clock, is the time announced for the
twenty third annual banquet of the
Second Corps Association of the Army
of the Potomac. The banquet will be
held in the Ebbtt Hotel. Prior to the
dinner Il reception will be held. Col.
Myron NJ. Parker is president of the
association and Capt. James S. Wyckoff
Is its secretarytre treasurer.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
G. L. Howard Loses Law Suit.

A jury in Circuit Court No. 2, before
Justice Stafford, has rendered verdict
in favor of the defendant in the case
of George L. Howard. against the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany The plaintiff claimed that he was
injured at 4th and G streets northwest
January Is, 1913, by the starting of a
car before he could get on. The de-
fendant claimed he tried to board the
car while it was in motion. Attorney
Edmund Hill, jr., represented the plain
tiff Attorney George P. Hoover ap-
peared for the company.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
Suffering From Gas Poisoning

J. p. Campbell. fifty years old, car
penter. rooming at 1873 9Th street
northwest, is in Il serious condition in
the Emergency Hospital, suffering
from gas poisoning. Mrs. Eva Virture.
who conducts a rooming house at that
address. detected the order of gas this
morning. The door of the room occu- :
pied by Campbell was forced open and
he was found unconscious.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
Jake Minkof Held.

Jake Minkoff of 1910 T street north
west was held for the action of the
grand jury by coroner's jury at the
District morgue today in connection
with the death of Richard Major, col
ored, who was run over by a wagon
driven by Minkoff
ItN was testified that Minkoff drove
around the inside corner of the street
near the Treasury and that he failed
to stop after the accident.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
His Other Home.

From the Golden Rule.
School Teacher-What little boy can
tell me where is the home of the swal-
low?
Bobby-I ken, please.
Teacher-Well, Bobby.
Bobby-The home of the swallow is
in the stommick.
Evening star., 1915-02-13

\ rocky eminence on the outskirts of
Granada, Spain. is known as Elultimo
sospiro del Moro Cthe last sigh of the
legend. legend Boabdii. the last Moorish mon
arch. took leave there of the land Of
his birth
Evening star., 1915-02-13
~

am glad to state that we have the best
Mineral Water in the world. 1t is called
White Rock. 1t is served at every FIRST
CLASS banquet. It is the National Water.
Evening star., 1915-02-13

The loss by hog cholera last season
alone in this country was 5000 100.
About 100000 natives of Siam are
engaged in the cultivation of rice, but
the large Increase in the production of
American rice Is having the effect Of
reducing the Siam crop.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
DATE SET FOR HEARING
ON ABDUCTION CHARGE
Miss Daisy Clifford Accused of TAX
ing Possession of Her Sis
ter's Two Children.

Hearing on charge of abduction
against Daisy Clifford. twenty-three
years old. who is alleged to have taken
two minor children from the custody
of Florence Kamb, was continued in
the Police Court today until wednes-
day.
Ine young woman was arrested late
yesterday afternoon following a chase
in a taxicab through the northwest
section of the city. The arrest was
made by Policeman William Napier,
who had followed the taxicab in an
legged to have been abducted are John
kamb, four and one-half years old, and
Francis Kamb, three years old, sons
of Miss Cliffords sister.
Her Arrest Follows.
The chase started from in front OF
270S Cathedral avenue. where Miss
Clifford is alleged to have placed the
children in the taXicab. Miss Florence
kamb followed in another automobile
and the police say Policeman Napier
later Joined in the pursuit. The chase
ended. the police say. near 18th street
and Kalorama road. Policeman Ma
pier arrested Miss Clifford and sent
her and the two children to the house
of detention.
Samuel K. Upperman. chauffeur of
the taxicab, was also arrested. He was
charged with speeding. and after
pleading guilty to the charge in the
Police Court today was fined $40 by
Judge Pugh.
Assistant United States Attorney
Ralph Given heard testimony in the
case today, and decided to continue
| the hearing of the charge against Miss
Clifford until next week. 1t is stated
the children had been in the care of
Miss Kamb pending divorce proceed
ings.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
Alumni Chapters Organized.
Board of Regents.

The board of regents who are being
introduced this afternoon comprise the
following laymen, members of the
alumni:
Charles a. De Courcey. associate JUS
ticei of the supreme court of Massa-
chusetts: John G. Agar of New York
city, George E. Hamilton of Washing
ton, Anthony A. Hirst of Philadelphia
George NJ. Kober of Washington, Earn
est Laplace of Philadelphia. John D.
Mclaughlin of Roxbury. Mass.
Charles Louis Palms of Detroit, Mich.
J. Lynch Pendergast of New York city,
j. Neal Power of San Francisco and
James F. Tracey of Albany, N. Y.
In addition to President Donlon, the
Jesuits on the board are Rev. James b
Becker. Rev. John A. Conway, Rev.
John b. Creedon and Rev. David J.
Roche.
Evening star., 1915-02-13

While riding on a bicycle at Newport
News. Va, Merrill Fairman Lowry was
struck and killed by an auto truck He
was twenty-six years old and a native
of woodruff, Ill.
Evening star., 1915-02-13

Robert a. Wainwright, thirty eight
years old. a nephew of Rear Admiral
Wainwright. L. $. A.. died at Norfolk.
Va. after an illness of four days. He
contracted pneumonia last Sunday.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
RECEPTION IN HONOR
OF PRESIDENT DONLON
Official and Society Folk Of City to
Greet Head Of Georgetown
University.

Rev. Alphonsus J. Donlon. recently
reapponted president of Georgetown
University for term of three more
years, is to receive the Fluctuations OF
official and social Washington this aft
ernoon at Georgetown College, where a
reception is to be held to introduce to
the faculties of the various branches
of the university and to the guests the
laymen who have been called into the
administration of affairs at George
town. Members of the alumni. SEN
ators, representatives, the judiciary
of their families, are expected to at
tend.
The Hirst library, which is to be the
scene of the gathering, has been deco
rated with bunting and flowers through
which sparkle myriad of electric
lights. American flags, the papal col
ors and Georgetown's own banner of
decorations. Rev. Henry ]. Shandelle
has been in charge of the reception in
the absence of Father Donlon.
Alumni Chapters Organized.
President Don1on returned late yes
terday afternoon from trip to the
large cities of the middle west and
south. where he has been organizing
chapters of the alumni. He met with
success, and looks to see a strong as
sociation of former Georgetown men
result from the chapters which he has
recently started. In the east there are
a number of associations of George
town men, and President Donlon hopes
to see similar showing from the mid
die west during his term as president
of the NniverSity
Evening star., 1915-02-13
President Sends Congratulations.

President Wilson today sent this
telegram to the president of the New
Orleans Chamber OF Commerce:
May I not convey my most sincere
congratulations on the completion of
the great work Of conservation and
reclamation represented by the drain
age pumps which have been installed? i?
They represent a great enterprise of
public service
Later q message came asking the
President to push button setting the
pumps to work. but when the request
was received Mr.. Wilson had left the
White House for his usual Saturday
morning on the golf links, and he was
unable to return in time to comply.
Evening star., 1915-02-13
OPEN PUMPING STATION
TO DRAIN 10000 ACRES
Lowlands on Right Bank Of the
Mississippi Near New Orleans
to Be Benefited.

NEW ORLEANS, February 1.-THE
Hero pumping station, state project
designed to drain 10000 acres of low
lands on the right bank of the Mis-
sissippi river near New Orleans, was
opened today.
The plant is one of several plans the
state has for draining prescribed dis
tricts in the state. The one opened
today, however, is on a larger scale
than anything that has been attempted
By a state law, residents of sections
of the low lands of Louisiana can or
ganize drainage districts, after which
the project is taken in charge by state
officials and bond issues to make pos
sible the drainage work are authorized
by the state. Much of the land the
Hero plant is expected t9 make cul-
tivable heretofore has been practically
worthless
Evening star., 1915-02-13

Fish are wise. They begin business
on a small scale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
FURNISHING MEN
FIGHT LABEL FRAUDS
Wholesale Association Organ
ICES Bureau of Trade Marks.

The Wholesale Mems Furnishing AS
ISOLATION. at 200 Fifth Avenue, mas
taken I'D the fight against frauduieh'
labelling. moved 10 this action o. ,he
counterfeiting and deception 70 wh!ch
Legitimate dealers have been subjected
BY piratical dealers. Lo
Willard B. Stevens, secretary the
Association, announced YESTERDAY thsl
buroau Of trade marks had been
Established for the purpose OF protect
inc The members of the organization.
commi,tee consisting of James X.
Keiser. Of James r. keiser, Inc; Henry
Koch. Of Blum & Koch, and Arthur NJ.
pei,. OF Robert Refs & Co., has ben
oryanized to have the matter in hand.
Notices were sent yesterday TO the
members asking them TO deposit with
the bureau samples Of all their trade
mark labels. 1t is the purpose the
committee, Mr.. Willard said. TO make
the manufacturers OF labels familiar
with the trade marks Of legitimate
merchants and to try to get them 10
refuse to make counterfeits for crook
ed merchants.
"We have received communication
from the T.. II. Kluge Weaving Com
pany, manufacturer OF more than 300,'
100000 woven labels yearly. agreeing
70 refuse to make deceptive labels and
asking samples Of all labels in use.
Mr. Willard said. "We appreciate this
cooperation and will seek to make II
general, so that it will become almost
impossible for crooks to get their
false labels made"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
ROSAMOND FAYRE.

THE WOOING or RoSAMoND FAYRE b.
Bertha Ruck. l2mo. pp. 55S. Dodd. Mead & Co.
In "His Official Fiance" Miss Ruck
told the story of self-supporting girl
who, all in the way of business, played
the part of her employers betrothed.
Giving this invention twist she tells
us, in this new story OF hers, the compli-
cations that ensued when an energetic,
mstter-offact young woman devoted
to uplift work told her private secre-
tary to write her love letters for her.
The engagement was matter Of con-
venience, not love-a matter Of cousin
ship and property. In fact. the be-
trothed had never seen each other, the
young man being away at the ends of
the earth doing things. The secretary,
however, a girl who was incidentally
a golden blonde. goddess-built," with
violet eyes. concluded that in even so
prosaic and material an engagement
there should be room for epistolary
sentiment-and, well, she was curious
10 see what light touch Of il would
do. IL brought the young man home,
eager to meet and WOO his formerly
prim correspondent. Having led the
reader to the beginning of the plot,
the reviewer leaves her TO discover
it's development for herself. 1t leads
US into the early days of the war
the private secretary goes recruiting in
the streets OF London-and she thinks
of war brides. Thus does a whimsical
story end on a serious note.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
PITCHER SELLS FOR $3.50
Second Session of Hunter Collection
Dispersal Nets s5,039.

OF the specimens Of copper and
crushed strawberry lustre and silver
resist offered from the Hunter collec..
ton yesterday at the second session OF
the sale at the American Art Galleries
silver resist pitcher, bearing the
"Blacksmith's Epitaph" on both sides
and poetic inscription in 'front.',
brought s230-the best price OF the
day. Il was bought by Otto bernet as
agent. Al
For an old handmade rug, WITH
floral design and braided border. MIS-;
PAYNE gave sl20. w. B. Breaker paid
SOS for two eighteenth century, mus
tard cups of fritted porcelain. with blue
decoration in relief, The same buyer
gave 500 for a set Of six cups and sau-
GERS Of silver resist lustre. a semi;
circular posy holder Of silver resist and
rel;ef decoration went TO Mrs. McAlpin
for siO5. Edward G. Bruins gave 500
for a colored print OF "A View Of
BROOKLYN, Looking from Wall Street
Ferrv.6 The total OF the session was
5000. The sale ends this afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
PLAN WORLD COURT
TO DISPLACE WAR
League Formed Here Will Seek
to Make Tribunal More Pow
erful than Arms.

The Worlds Court League OF Amer
lea was organized yesterday TO promote
supreme court of the world for the
judicial settlement OF international
disputes without resorting to arms, as
recommended in the last Hague peace
conference. At luncheon at the Bank
ers' Club, in the Equitable Building,
governors were elected and steps taken
TO make the organization, which was
first proposed at a meeting at Cleveland
last MAY. permanent. While advocating
peace. the new organization at its first
meeting went on record as favoring a
larger army and navy for the United
States.
The following board of governors,
which will meet shortly TO elect off,
GERS, was chosen:
Emerson McMllin, Henry Clews, the
Rev. DR.. John Wesley Hill, cambridge
Colby. John Hays Hammond, Professor
Jeremiah w. jerks, W. 4. Knox, Oscar
Soloman Straus, Judge Alton b.
Parker. T.. c. Stokes, Dr. Isaac
s. Wood. James Speyer, Profess
sor Samuel y. Dutton, George /.
Wilson. John Wanamaker, DR.. Joseph
Silverman, Charles F. Polk, James Scott
Brown. Senator Warren G.. Harding,
Judge d. d. Woodmansee, ". F. Robert
son, +. A. Soldering, of Ohio; Repre-
sentative William W. Wilson, James A.
Patten. Charles s. Deneen, Senator
L. Y. Sherman and Henry R. Rath-
bone, of Illinois; Theodore Marburg,
of Maryland George Woodbridge n.
Ferris, Charles B. Warren, Senator
William Alden Smith and Judge Ger
rit J. Diekema. of Michigan; Charles
W. Fairbanks. william II. Hayes and
Henry Lane Wilson, of Indiana; DR..
Aquila Webb and Governor A. o.
Stanley, of Kentucky; Samuel Dickey.
Charles Nagel and Augustus Busch, OF
Missouri; Samuel Plantz, Of Wisconsin;
Governor w. S. Hammond of Minnesota
and DR.. George A. Hubbell, Of Ten
nessee.
There is a work for our civilization
TO do" declared Judge Woodmansee,
the principal speaker at the luncheon.
ats mission is not to build up desire
Tor peace, for that is universal among
civilized people, but to preserve peace
among nations and to make war i'm
possible.
1--WE are friends and advocates of
peace" he continued, "but we recognize
that We, as a nation, mus not be unpre-
pared for war As friends of peace we
sympathize with the present movement
for preparedness. We want navy
equipped to defend our extended coast
line. We want an army that will COM
mand the respect of all nations.
more than this, while establishing
an army and navy, we want to equip
and organize worlds court that will
be stronger defence than all armies
and navies."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
LOT & COMPANY.


LOT & COMPANY By VIII Lexington Comfort
.l9ra9. ~ S4l. The George H. DoIsn Company
Mr.. Comfort has the rare gift OF
translating the affairs of this world
into a mystic third dimension of spirit
ual experience, and the still rarer fac
ulty of maintaining his imagination on
the wings of style admirably adapted
to its purpose. So here. His young
hero, disheartened by his discovery Of
the system Of dishonesty which per-
vades every department Of the publish
ing house with which he is connected,
goes 10 sea with a Pacific Island trad
err. the incarnation Of self-indulgent
materialism, the background for the
spirituality of the clergyman and the
Woman from Altar. the corrupter who,
involuntarily, prepares the youth Tor
the vision that is unfolded to him dur
inc a week of drifting on the lonely
seas in n boat with these three and the
woman's child. There ia a touch OF
Jack London's horrible supermel. in
this episode on the water, and much
that suggests Joseph Conrad-and yet
il is all typically Mr.. Comforts own,
on his own mystic, spiritual plane. The
material experience, the physical suf-
ferings ever are but the base for the
DEVELOPMENT of understanding, the
towering of mind and soul-and if the
planter dies horribly in his material
ism and the missionary loses his life,
il is not until his mission Is fulfilled.
The youth and the woman have found
that for which they were cropping. Mr..
Comfort is not light reading, but he Is
worth while. He knows whittier he is
leading. and makes those in sympathy
with him readily follow in his path.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
HALL O. THE IRONSIDES.

HALL o. THE IRoNsIDEs. A Tale ., the Dsg'
limo. Do 500. The Fleming II. keveh Company.
We have lost count of the number
Of novels which the late Mr.. Crockett
published during his long and prolihc
career. This is, if memory be not at
fault. the second Of his posthumous
stories. and it certainly is not lacking
in freshness and vim. For once the
hero js not a Scotchman. He Is Eng
lish. as English as the momentous pc
riod in history in which he plays a
mart OF course. we sec Cromwell IN
The midst of it and ride forth to battle
with Prince Rupert. The story begins
with the beginning of the Civil war
and the raising Of the troop OF cavalry
that has become immortal as the IRON
sides; the narrative closes with from
wells elevation TO the Protectorate IL
l., ali good stuff" 10 use homeiy but
eloouent expression, full Of lighting and
rouance and Of what is far from un,
informing picture of those crowded
davs Cromwell is not allowed to force
the fctional hero into the background,
but he looms large always. the centre
Of the wider action. Cava!ler ana
Roundhead romances we have had IN
scores. All the greater the credit'
therefore, to the Scotch novelist VINO
succeeded in giving to new story on
mis- old theme all the glamour wnlch
the democratic side Of the struggle was
capable Of yielding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
Child with Crystal by Alice Boughton Twenyhird Street
PHOTOGRAPHS WIN PRIZES
Wanamaker Firsts Go to Miss Boughton,
VI. Il. Witt and X. b. VI. TAYLOR.

Miss Alice Bought0n, of East
Twenty-third Street, was declared win
ner yesterday in the portrait division
Of the exhibition of photographs by
amateurs held at Wanamaker's. Her
picture, entitled "Child with Crystal"
was the unanimous choice of Frederick
B. Opper, Tom MacNamara and Charles
Hewitt Wellington, who acted as
judges.
Others who received honors for por-
traits were VI. Richard Witt, of Phila-
delphia, second prize; Miss e. Pinkham,
third prize; Louis F. Bucher, OF New
ark; Samuel II. Gottscho. E. j. Brown,
Of Newark; Alice Boughton and Eu-
gene Henry. honorable mention.
For the best landscape NJ. Richard
Witt was awarded first prize; Melvin
S. Wells, OF Jersey City, second prize;
Louis F. Bucher, third prize; Jean
Macauley. Piermont-on- Hudson; Elma
Loines. Melvin S. Wells and Charles P.
Abs. honorable mention.
IL the miscellaneous division the first,
second and third prizes were awarded to
Robert B. VI. Taylor, Charles P. Abs and
Johannes Voz, Of Princeton. Honorable
mention was given J. W. Kilmer, Irwin
Beckowitz, Sylvia Loines VI. Rose Col
Inns and George r. Muller, jr.