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Evening star., 1915-11-27
THE EVENING STORY.
HIS COOK.
Copyright, 1915, by W. Werner)


This is perfectly awful" walled
Mrs. Jones.
TT certainly is" said Betty, with con-
viction.
"It is bad enough to lose all our
money, but you make things worse oy
breaking your engagement, stormeo
Betty's mother. Cant you get to-
gether somehow and patch up your
quarrel? l tell you, Betty, were fnan-
cially ruined
no" retorted Betty miserably. we
can't In the first place. ! wouldn t
make overtures toward a reconciliation
If | could. and. secondly. Bruce has left
the city and | don't know where he
went. I don't know what We'll do.
But surely there's a little money left,
isn't tnere?"
Nothing. I'll have to write to your
uncle and see if he will take US for
awhile Really, Betty. that marriage
would have been most opportune in d
crisis of this sort
Yes, and if all the bank cashiers
would stay in their banks and not skip
away with other peoples money We
would get along without having to
commit matrimony. Mamma. suppose
you take marriage on yourself. Why
not?'
I'm too old or l would act on your
suggestion" returned Mrs Jones, wip-
ing her eyes.
"Of course I'll find something to do.
Only / don't know any sort of work
well enough to do it. ! can sing a
little. play a little, dance a whole lot,
Evening star., 1915-11-27

helped The hair will grow out again
and then my tail, such as it is. will be
as good as ever. Besides, when l am
sitting on it no one can see it, thought
he.
SO he stopped worrying about his tail
and began to think over the warning
Old Man Coyote had given him.
He says I've got to get him a fat
goose to make up for the one l cheated
him out of by waking Honker and his
followers over there in the pond OF
Paddy the Beaver or else l never VIII
get back to the dear Old Brier Patch. y
thought Peter. He knows very well
that / couldn't get him fat goose If l
would and that l wouldn't if ! could.
It's Just his way of telling me that ne
is bound to get even with me and that
he's made up his mind to catch me.
Probably he's hiding somewhere along
the way to the dear Old Brier Patch
this very minute.
Vow if it were Reddy Fox | wouldn't
mind so much. But Old Man Coyote is
so very smart and clever that I'll have
to use all my wits to keep out of his
way I could fool Reddy. but I'm not so
sure about Old Man Coyote. He knows
l can't stay here forever. There isn't
enough to eat in this old bramble-
tangle. And he knows. too. that ] will
want to get back to Mrs. Peter She'll
be worried most to death. Peter, you We
certainly got yourself into a peck of
trouble this night. 1t won't be safe for
you to poke your nose outside OF TINS
bramble- -tangle tonight, that's sure. But
you're glad you saved those geese even
if it did get you into heap of trouble.
Now you've got to think Of some way
to get out of it.
|. SO Peter made himself as comfortable e
as possible and settled down to do some
hard thinking. The little stars looked
down on him and Winked and twinkied,
which was their way of trying to tell
him to keep his courage up. And so the
night passed. The little stars winked
themselves out and disappeared. The
Black Shadows retreated deeper and
deeper into the Green Forest until at
last the first Jolly Little Sunbeam came
bramb -tingle and kissed Peter on the
nose. Day had come and still he had
thought of no plan to get safely back
to the dear Old Brier Patch. 1t was
time he was there now and little Mrs.
Peter would Begin to worry.
perhaps" thought Peter. "Old Man
Coyote was just trying to scare me.
Usually he spends the day in his house
up in the Old Pasture. But you never
can tell what he'll do. | wish ! had
wings and could fly. I wish-hello.
What's Sammy Jay making such fuss
about?"
Peter picked up his ears and listened.
voice of Sammy Jay. Thief. Thief!
Thief" screamed Sammy. and his voice
came from over near the edge of the
Green Forest. Peter sighed.
Il guest there is nothing to do but
to stay right here he muttered.
| hiding over there. / know 1t just as
| well as II I were there and could see
| him with my own eyes. Sammy al
| wa2s screams that way when he sees
Old Man Coyote. l guess he did mean
what he said after all"
Evening star., 1915-11-27
NEW SCHOONERS MEET
BIG AMERICAN NEED
Four Masters of Auxiliary Engine
Type Expected to Solve Ship
ping Problems.

Transatlantic shipping proNems that
have been confronting the country
since the beginning of the war, and
which drove thousands of tons off the
seas, seem near a solution with the ap-
pearance of the big four masted
schooners of the auxiliary engine type,
in the opinion of Secretary Redfeld.
Word was received by Secretary Red
field today that two more of these ves-
sells have been ordered by Cox & Ste
vens Of New York. making six in all
which now are building. The informa-
tion came from E. Platt Stratton.- su-
pervisor of the American bureau of
shipping in New York.
Secretary Redfield, who suggested
this kind of ship, which has a large
cargo space, and the running expenses
of which are comparatively small, has
done much toward advertising it
through his interviews and statements.
Has Shippers Approval.
Aside from the fact that this kind of
a ship will become an important factor
in the shipping of the United States.
the Secretary points out. it seems to
have the approval of shippers all over
the country, because it is cheap and
economical. The sails are used for
motive power until the vessel strikes a
calm, and then the auxiliary engines
are used, thus causing no delays.
1t is understood that those in the
shipping business believe that the
present administration, through Secre-
tary Redfield. has struck the right key
in booming this type of vessel. They
say that is a much better solution of
the shipping problem than would be a
service of naval auXiliaries partly
owned by the government, or even a
shipping organization wholly owned by
the government 1t provides cheap
water transportation and gives oppor-
tunities for private gain. where a gov
ernment shipping Organization would
prevent private gain, and the profits, if
any. would go to the government.
In this connection Secretary Redfield
has announced that Tuesday he will
hold a conference with Secretary Nc
Adoo regarding the proposed shipping
bill. which will have some of the at
tention of the coming Congress.
Evening star., 1915-11-27

arm away from my waist. Bruce. II
you are Bruce. how is it that you are
Ted. too?"
Easy enough. I am Theodore Bruce
Gillian. Ny mother always calls me
Ted Ny mother Is Mrs. MckenZy, hav-
ing married again after my fathers s
death"
Hoy does it happen" asked Mrs.
McKenzy freeZingly. that my sons
fancee is here in the character of a
hired COOKE
I'm not your sons fiancee." burst
out Betty. Il did not know / was
coming to your home. or to his home.
when | came here. l answered your
advertisement for a cook by coming in
person, but you were not at home. and
stayed on until your arrival
wanted the situation.
For why, Betty" asked Bruce.
Because the bank cashier ran off
with all our money. and the only thing
| know how to do is to cook. Ny
mother thinks / am visiting friend
somewhere"
Nine McKenZy smothered laugh.
'Youre a brave young lady. I admire
your courage and certainly love your
cooking. Ted" turning to her son. "see
if you can persuade Miss Betty to for
give your faults and take you on trial
again
will you, Betty" asked Ted.
Yes replied Betty. demurely, Il
will"
CrHE END) .
Evening star., 1915-11-27
Lille Sbfle,
Bedtime
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1915. by J. G. Lloyd3
Peter Thinks Things Over.

Peter Rabbit sat looking over his
shoulder mournfully. He was looking
at that funny little tail of his. which.
since Old Man Coyote had pulled tuft
of hair out of the middle of it. looked
funnier than ever. You know that tail
always has worried Peter. If Peter ever
is envious it is when he sees some one
with a beautiful tail. 1t was bad enough
to have nothing but a little white bunch
for a tail, and now to have that torn
and ragged-oh, dear! Peter felt so
badly that he almost forgot to be
thankful that it was only his tail and
not he himself that Old Man Coyote had
got hold Of
But Peter isn't the kind to worry for
very long over things that cannot be
Evening star., 1915-11-27
An Interstate Problem.

The care OF tuberculous patients,
who come from other regions of the
country, has long concerned certain
western states. and Congress will be
asked to recognize that the care of
such consumptives is an interstate
problem. The California Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis is promoting a bill designed
TO provide federal subsidies to local
hospitals which care for such patients.
industrial measures are expected to
include those before the last Congress
and several new ones. Among the
recommendations of the commission on
industrial relations, those which will
be pushed are probably indicated in
the announcement made by Chairman
Frank p. Walsh, who laid emphasis
on the need for a federal law, or, IL
necessary, a constitutional amendment,
limiting the power of the courts to de-
clare laws unconstitutional. for an act
prohibiting interstate shipment of
armed guards, machine guns and other
similar weapons except when consign-
ed to the military authorities of the
state or nation, and for an act reauir-
ing the federal trade commission to
consider as unfair competition the ex-
ploitation of labor through long hours,
low wages, unsafe or insanitary con-
ditions.
The bill providing adequate COM
pensation to all civilian employees of
the government for occupational dis
eases as well as injuries will be intro
duced again, drawn on the same lines
as the kern-McGillicuddy bill last
year. The American Association for
Labor Legislation plans to make a
special campaign on its behalf.
Immigrant Protection.
Evening star., 1915-11-27

but not well enough to teach any of it:
l loathe sewing. Ihe oniy th'hs 'i"' l
like to do is to cook
Mrs. Jones fairly screeched: GOOD
heavens, Betty, you don't mean you
would be q servant, do you?
u don't know what l mean fared
Betty. "but you can see for yourself
that i've got to do something. There's
no time for me to learn new trades.
I'VE got to do what l can at once"
Betty Jones gathered up the morn
ing papers and left the room. Her
mother opened the writing desk and
proceeded to spread her troubles over
three or four sheets Of letter paper,
which she directed to her only brother.
residing on a farm somewhere in the
country.
The upshot of it all was that Mrs.
Jones eventually closed her home. go
ing on a long visit to her relatives,
while Betty, with mischievous eyes,
went in an opposite direction. Ito stay
few weeks with school friend" she
| informed her mother casually.
Now Betty had found an advertise
ment in a newspaper which stated that
respectable family. consisting OF
two people, wanted a cook. cook: % The sal
| the cooks coffee and corn pancakes
and fried chicken 'conformed to the
tastes of the advertisers" An early
reply was requested, and the address
| was d remote spot soiie"here III Micnl-
| gan.
I'm glad I know how to cook those
| messes." remarked Betty with her
| finger on the ad so as not to lose the
place, land I'm needing those weekly
ten spots. It's me for Michigan where
IN learn what ought to and grow
up with the country"
She packed her plainest clothes, saio
farewell to her parent and was Off
She arrived at her destination without
delay. She found a neat six-roon
bungalow. and companion worker ii
Evening star., 1915-11-27
QUALIFY FOR NAVAL MILITIA.
Twenty Five More Officers Have
Passed Their Examinations.

Twenty-Five naval militia officers
have qualified in examinations required
under the new naval militia act. Par
tial examinations have been taken by
many other officers with satisfactory
results. according to statement is
sued by the Navy Department.
Four more examinations will be held
before February 16. 1917, when the
act becomes effective and when all
militia officers must have qualified
The national naval militia board ap-
pointed by Secretary Daniels will meet
here December to 10 for discussion
Of matters pertaining to the service.
Evening star., 1915-11-27
To Establish American Ownership.

The State Department is advised that
the American Transatlantic Company
of New York is securing affidavits from
its stockholders in an effort to prove
that only American citizens and Ameri-
can capital are interested in the cor
poration's feet of merchant ships. Sew
eral of these vessels. dying the United
States flag, have been seized by Brit
ish cruisers on the ground of suspected
German ownership.
Evening star., 1915-11-27

agencies will be proposed again to do
away with interstate abuses, particu-
larly in the case of immigrant work
ers sent by employment agencies to
work in other states. A federal H.
cense is proposed for employment
agencies doing an interstate business
and federal control through a commits
sioner of labor exchanges. The com
mittee for immigrants in America is
interested in securing this legislation.
Another bill for the protection OF
immigrants would enable federal au-
thorities to enforce the treaty rights
of foreign subjects and give federal
courts power to act in all cases OF
treaty violations
Several other bills modifying the i'm
migration law are expected to come up.
Some of these deal with a situation
created by the war and provide for let
ting down the bars to Belgian and other
refugees who come to America because
of military conquest of their countries.
Another effort is expected to extend to
all Asiatics the present exclusion laws
against Chinese labOrerS.
Evening star., 1915-11-27
RECEIVE FREE TRAINING
IN SPANISH LANGUAGE
Statesmen Are Fitted for Work of So
Letting Business in South
b, America.

The Spanish class, which last winter
was conducted under the auspices OF
the Builders and Manufacturers Ex-
change, is to be resumed Thursday
night, according to an announcement
made today by Secretary Welsh. S. j
Macfarren again has been engaged tc
serve as instructor.
The Spanish class was instituted b!
the exchange as a part of a movement
conducted by builders and manufac-
turers' exchanges throughout the coun-
try to prepare statesmen for work ir
South American countries. Realizing
that American manufacturers cannot
hope to capture the Latin American
trade without having the services OF
statesmen who have command OF the
Spanish language various manufac-
turers' exchanges decided to conduct
such classes for instruction in that
language.
Members of the exchanges had mem
bers of their sales force attend the
classes in order to equip them for the
South American field. In many in
stances the members themselves under-
took the study of Spanish
While known as the Builders and
Manufacturers Exchange of Washing
ton the membership of the local body
consists almost exclusively of builders
as interested in the extension of Ameri-
can trade as manufacturers. The wash
ington exchange wanted to cooperate
with other exchanges in the movement
to equip statesmen for South American
work, and accordingly decided upon a
plan whereby every member of the Or
ganization is entitled to one scholar
ship in the Spanish class, and Is per-
mitted to transfer this scholarship to
another. The cost of conducting the
class is borne by the exchange.
Chance to Study Free of Cost.
BY this plan it was hoped to extend
to young men and women desirous OF
lettering themselves a chance to study
Spanish free of cost. The class was
conducted throughout the winter by
Mr. Macfarren, and when the studies
closed for the summer vacation there
was a membership of about fifteen. AS
the result of the training which they
received at least two members of the
class were able to obtain positions re-
quiring knowledge of the Spanish
language. One was young man. WHOSE
wife also attended the class in order
that she, too. might obtain a know1-
edge of Spanish and be able to assist
him in his work. The position he OBJ
tanned which provided salary in ex-
cess of that which he had received in
Washington, carried him to the Pacific
coast.
Evening star., 1915-11-27

John. v Brian, twenty-eight. an em-
ploye of the Consolidated Gas. Electric
Light and Power Company at Balti-
more, walked into the saloon of F.. A.
Burgemeister in that city, called for a
drink of water and. emptying into it
a white powder, drank the solution and
dropped dead.
Evening star., 1915-11-27
Gymnasium Glasses
Now Open

The schedule is designed to meet
the needs of all men and bows.
Business men will find classes 70
st their needs at convenient hours.
First-class equipment. All work
done under expert supervision.
Every man needs regular physical
exercise in order to reach his maxi
mum efficiency. No better place in
the city to get it than the Associa.
tion Gym.
Free Physical and Medical exami-
nation and prescription of exercise
70. every member who uses the Gym.
Dues only SIS a year. Investigate
today. Present this ad to Member
ship Office for free trial
Y. NJ. C A.,
1886 G Street Northwest.
Evening star., 1915-11-27
GIRL s JA|LERS FREED
IN $500 BAIL BONDS
Great Crowd in Court When Mar
shalls Are Arraigned
-.-as- at Easton, Md.

EASTON, Md, November 21-Mr. and
Mrs Frank Marshall, father and step
mother of Grace Marshall, twenty-eight
years old. who was rescued from a cell
like room in her fathers farmhouse
prisonment, were given a preliminary
hearing here yesterday before Justice
Tharp and released on $4,000 bail each
for their appearance in court on the
third Monday in May next.
The courtroom was filed with men
and women eager to get a glance at
the accused man and woman. while on
the courthouse green were others who
could not get inside. but who waited
patiently to see the Marshalls as they
came out
The state was represented at the
hearing by States Attorney Charles J.
Butler and the Marshalls by w. D.. J.
Morris of st. Michaels. Gen. Joseph B.
Seth and Mason Shehan of Easton.
Pleads for Fair Treatment.
Cen Seth, in his opening statement.
urged the audience not to let their
prejudice run away with them and eau
toned them not to make any demonstra-
"
on. He said all the accused asked was
fair treatment and he believed the peo-
pie of Talbot county would give it to
them. At the conclusion of his remarks
he announced that the Marshalls
waived hearing and would take their
case to court.
Justice Tharp said he had had a con-
sultation in the morning with Dr. Charles
F. Davidson. who told him that Grace
Marshall was better. and upon this
testimony he held that the case was a
bailable one. He then fixed the bail at
$4,000 each, which was given by Rich
ard S. Dodson, Thomas B. Jones, Will
liam D. J. Morris, James G. Jones,
Solomon Caplan and Thomas NJ. Cooper.
Neighbors Show Sympathy.
Before the Marshalls left the court
room several women from St. Michaels
rushed to Mrs. Marshall and embraced
her. They, told her she had been
treated shamefully
DIR. Davidson said he believed Miss
Marshall would recover entirely from
the effects of her Incarceration by the
time court meets and would be able
to testify at the trial.
Baltimore and others who volunteered
to give their blood il TRANSMISSION be-
came necessary to save Miss Marshall's
life was not accepted, as the doctors
do not think it will be necessary.
Evening star., 1915-11-27

The body of Pearce H. Jacobs, TWEEN
ty. son of Mrs Nellie NJ. Jacobs of
Philadelphia, who ended his life by
jumping from the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad bridge near Perryville. Md.
was found floating in the Susquehanna
river.
Evening star., 1915-11-27
Vocational Education.

Effort will again be made to secure
the adoption of the mithHughes voca-
tional education bill Its two large aims
are to extend federal help to the states
in providing vocational education and
training teachers in this field, by grants
of money and by establishing federal
board for vocational education to work
with state boards. The proposed appro-
priations range from $500, ,0G0 the first year
to $4,000. 900 the eighth year thereafter.
Favorable action is to be sought for the
Abercrombie bill requiring the commits
soner of education to promote plans to
eliminate illiteracy.
1.-The campaign for the safety of pas
sengers on steamships in which the con-
sumers' league has been interested. will
be further pushed. and at it's meeting in
November the league voted to take the
initiative in obtaining an investigation of
the Eastland Disaster
Evening star., 1915-11-27

There are now 1.153 saloons in Bal
timore, or sixteen less than licenses
were granted for by the liquor board
from May 1 last. OF those granted five
were not taken out and eleven were
surrendered for cancellation.
Evening star., 1915-11-27
Would Combat tuberculosis.

THE plan for a federal commission
on tuberculosis has been indorsed by
four sectional conferences on tubercu-
iosis and the American Public Health
Association. They point out that last
year. while slS.000.000 was spent in
the United States for institutional care
and treatment, less than S2.000,000 was
spent in the entire preventive cam
paign. They cite the success of DIR.
Gorgas in eradicating yellow fever in
Cuba and urge that If tuberculosis is
attacked similarly by the federal gov
ernment the next decade will see as
marked reduction in the mortality from
tuberculosis as we have already seen
in smallpox and yellow fever.
THE plan is for a commission of emf
nent specialists vested with authority and
financial support to make an intensive in
vestisation into the etiology Of tuhercu-
lOsis
Evening star., 1915-11-27
Size and Power of Super-Bat-
tie Cruisers to Excel
Any Afloat.
EACH VESSEL AS PLANNED
TO BE 800 FEET IN LENGTH
Thirty-Five Knots an Hour Is the
Speed Fixed by General Board
Of Navy.

Some idea of the size and power of
the super-battle cruisers proposed as
part OF the new naval program may be
gained from the fact that each one
would be 500 feet 1ong-more than
twice as long as any battIeship which
participated in the sh-American
war. more than 200 feet longer than any
battleship now afloat and ten feet
longer than was the Lusitania.
Test of hull models for the giant
cruisers are proceeding at the model
basin in the Washington navy yard to
determine just how much horsepower
will be required to drive them thirty
five knots an hour. the speed fixed by
fthe navy general board. 1t will take
six separate sets of steam turbines, it
is understood, operating six propellers,
to attain that pace. and the hull de-
signs of the models show huge.
square cross-section amidships in or
der to accommodate the mass of ma
chinery.
Horsepower Discussed.
There is no longer any doubt about
the amount of horsepower required to
drive a ship Of known design at any
desired speed. The model basin has
done away with speculation on that
| point. 1t is huge tank several hun
| dred feet long and thirty feet wide,
above which runs a travelling bridge
| arrangement carrying the complicated
mechanism to measure the resistance
offered by a model hull towed through
the water. The average battleship
| model is twenty feet long and is in
exact proportion to the ship it is
! planned t. construct. 1t has been es-
| tablished as a law of physics that the
power required to pull a model through
the water ct six knots, for instance,
will show exactly the force necessary
to drive the ship herself at prede-
| termined rate. The effect of any minor
change in hull construction is instantly
shown by the recording instruments.
| An eighteen-knot speed can be reached
in the tank.
Indefinite information has reached
navy officers that England is building
a swift vessel as an experiment, which
may reach thirty-five knots an hour
and which will carry heavy guns and
no armor whatever. She will be a new
type of scout cruiser rather than a
battlecraft, it is understood, and have
less endurance than battle cruisers.
Test of the "Rolling Qualities"
The navy model basin is now
equipped with wave-making device
with which the rolling qualities of a
Evening star., 1915-11-27

federal regulation of employmen.
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1886 G Street Northwest