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Evening star., 1915-03-19
Reception and Dance at Fort Myer

The members of Col. Wilbur j.. Will
der Garrison. Army and Navy Union
held their first military ball and recep-
tion last night in the administration
hall. Fort Myer. Va. In the receiving
line were Col Wilder, his staff officers
and ladies'. who extended greetings to
National Commander H. Oden Lake,
and Department Commander John Nc
Elroy, with their staffs and ladies. Fol
lowing the reception Col. Wilder led
the grand march. The committee in
charge comprised Garrison Commander
Frank A. Stetson, Thomas n. Purcell
adjutant: A. L. Smith, Sergt. Boyle,
Sergt. Bolton. Sergt. Bush. Buffet
luncheon was served. Many young per-
sons from this city attended.
Evening star., 1915-03-19
Commissioner Brownlow to Speak

District Commissioner BroWnow will
deliver an address at the Metropolitan
A. NJ E.Zion Church, u. street between I'd
and Sd streets southwest, Sunday aft
ernoon at o'clock. The address will
he under the auspices of the trustees
and the Mems club, Who are endeavor-
ing to raise a sum of money to satisfy
Il debt and make needed repairs to the
church building. special musical
program has been arranged as a fea- :
ture of the exercises. J. s. Jones is
chairman Of the committee on arrange
mentS.
Evening star., 1915-03-19
Government to Control Liquor Sales.

REGINA. Sask.. March Ia.-Premier
Scott of this province announces that
his government will propose measures to
abolish the bar for the sale of liquor
and have the government take over the
wholesale liquor traffic. Not only would
the retail sale of all Intoxicating liquors
come to end by this measure, but
the wholesale trade would be operated
in government monopoly under sys-
tenn of dispensaries.
Evening star., 1915-03-19
We Show You More Styles of
Suits and Top Coats nj
Than You'll Find in ANY Nh
Three StOreS===fOr VEU

What we do we do thoroughly
or we don't make the attempt. Just
to have few Suits or Top Coats for
$15-for the sake of having them
isn't our way.
We have made the SIS grade one
of the strongest in this entire line.
We have put into it a grade of fab
RIGS that were never there before-a
type of workmanship that would be
simply impossible if it was not done
Under Our own supervision and in
Our own shops.
In other words, we haven't fol-
lowed established standards. We've
gone them far better.
Evening star., 1915-03-19
Essay Contest for D. C. Pupils.

"AlcohoI and the Human Body is TO
bc the subject for a prize essay contest
whirh is 10 be conducted III the District
public schools y prize of s. is to be
given for the best essay. Mrs. W. II.
Howard. superintendent of scientific
temperance instruction of the W. C. T.
=. Is to have charge of the contest, and
IS to announce the details later.
Evening star., 1915-03-19
George r. McGlue Granted Divorce

Justice Mccoy today granted an alb
solute divorce to George r. McGlue
from Annice T. McGlue The husband
is given the custody of the child, but is
required to pay his wife's counsel fee.
Attorney Joseph A. Burkart represent
ed the husband. Attorney Frederic r.
Whipp1er appeared for the wife
Evening star., 1915-03-19

You won't see as good for $40 as
we're showing at SIS. You won't see
as many. You won't like the models
and the designs as we'll as Ours.
We've exercised care in the selection
of the fabrics the craftsman
ship is the Saks standard-the high
est standard attained in tailoring.
Suits and Top Goats for SIS
Under such conditions and with such
prestige must appeal peculiarly
strong to you.
They are the best that it is pos
sible to produce for the price-and
whether you want the extreme or the
modified fashion, we've catered to
yo1r taste-at SIS.
Evening star., 1915-03-19
LOWERING OFF CAPES
TO CATCH PR|Nz E|TEL
French and British War Craft
Waiting for German Ship
to Leave Port.

| That French and British war vessel
are hovering off the Virginia cape:
waiting for the Prinz Eitel Friedrich
now at.Newport News, to show hersel
outside the three-mile limit off tht
Virginia shore Is reported by practi
cally every vessel arriving at Chesa
| peake bay ports from along the coas,
or off shore.
One big cruiser. flying the en-
sign of Great Britain. is said to be
constantly on the watch, most of the
time lying STILL rolling with the swell
OF the ocean. while the other ships
take cruise off shore in search of
vessels with cargoes destined for Ger
man ports
NO information will be made public
by the United States government which
might in any way aid these British
and French cruisers to catch the Ger
man converted cruiser Prinz Eitel In
the event her commander should decide
to make dash for the high seas from
Newport News.
U. S. to Maintain Neutrality.
State and Navy department officials
made 1t clear that they intended to
overlook no point in preserving the
strictest neutrality in the treatment
of the refuge ship.
Secretary Daniels said he had re-
ceived partial report from the
American naval officers who inspected
the Eitel with a view to ascertaining
the extent of repairs necessary to
make her seaworthy, and expected to
receive a final report in the course OF
day. orr two. He announced in ad-
vance, however, that he would not
make public the conclusions of the
board, either as to the amount of re-
they would consume.
To Give Out No Information
Counselor Lansing, at the State De-
partment, which must serve notice
upon the German commander of the
extent of his privileges. also declared
positively that the State Department
would make public no information
whatever from this time on regarding
the Eitel Friedrich.
If the captain of the ship is author
lied to make repairs and begins to do
so. there will be visible evidence of
his intentions, though naval officers
recalled today that the commander of
the German gunboat Geier. after max
ing extensive repairs at Honolulu, al
lowed his ship to be interned.
Evening star., 1915-03-19
Public Invited to Hebrew Lecture

On illustrated lecture on '"rhe Pass
over" accompanied by musical pro-
gram, is to be given at the Adath Isra eli
Temple Sunday night at o'clock by
Rev. Benjamin l.. Grossman. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend
Evening star., 1915-03-19

Its tin people who'll pay even ii
they kin keep from it that keeps
business on its feet.
Miss Fawn Lippincut has new
spring hat an it looks like per-
tater bug.
Evening star., 1915-03-19

Frank G. Wilson, thirty years old. a
farmer. was found dead in bed at his
home in Norfolk. Va, with the gas
turned on He was q son of Frank
Cornell Wilson of Princess Anne
Evening star., 1915-03-19
Thinks Vote Would Increase Pride

Senator Pomerene told the board that
ne believed some of the citizens of the
District had become lacking in inter-
est in civic matters because they were
disfrsnchised. He insisted that If the
ballot were given the residents of the
District they would get better results
from Congress
Il am glad that | am one os :,
hundred million people who has some
thing to say about the government of
the greatest nation on earth If I
were resident of the District and
had no more voice in the government
than the Indians, who are not taxed I
would feel that there was something
wrong with me-
When Senator Pomerene concluded
the applause lasted for several min
ures, and the Board of Trade. on motion
or James +. Oyster, gave rising vote
OF thanks. both to Senator Pomerene
ana to Commissioner Brownlow. who
had delivered an address before Sena
tor Pomerene began. In moving a vote
of thanks Mr.. Oyster proclaimed him
self heartily in favor of suffrage in
the District.
Discusses "Jitney Bus
Commissioner Brownlow discussed
the '.jitney bus" making the first pub
lie statement of the Commissioners In
Evening star., 1915-03-19

Safe Spring Tonic.
Father Johns medicine, free from al
cohol or dangerous drugs, builds new
flesh and health.-Advertisem
Evening star., 1915-03-19

The Model Suits of this most ex-
traordinary line-the combination of
hygienic perfection and tailoring skill.
The Suit that helps che boy to maintain
that exact carriage,and dresses him with
unusual taste and in superior quality.
All the new models and patterns are in
cluded-Norfolks and Plain Jackets;
plaids and mixed effects. Sizes IL to I8
years mostly.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27

OclOh Will DC AOulu the euilOAid1
comments of number of leading
newspapers Of the country on the
Presidents note to Germany:
New York World.
THE United States Is no longer
concerned with what Germany says.
1t is concerned only with what Ger
many does.
the German government in respect to
the issues of law and humanity raised
by the Lusitania massacre is the final
word Of the United States. The note
is not an ultimatum in form. but it
is an ultimatum in substance. The
Imperial government is courteously
but emphatically informed that the
United States intends to maintain its
rights as neutral on the high seas,
without compromise and at any cost
and that repetition by the comman-
ders of German vessels of acts in
contravention Of those rights must be
regarded by the government of the
United States as deliberately I'M
friendly
1.-THE issue now rests with Ger
many; even the military-mad autoc-
racy of Berlin can have no excuse for
mistaking the meaning Of these Sc
rious and measured words.
These demands are not excessive,
and in formulating them President
Wilson speaks not only for the
American people, but for civilization
itself. Unless the United States main
tains its neutral rights without COM
promise and at any cost, there are
no neutral rights left which any bel
ligerent is bound to respect and the
whole world is given over to the ter
ror of the sword"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
New York Herald.

1t is in the solemnity of its warn
ing to the German government that
the American note is most impress
sive All things else, though impor-
tant in themselves, dwarf into rela-
tive insignificance beside the formal
notice OF the government of the
United States that every considera-
ton of friendship impels 1t to press
very solemnly upon the Imperial
German Government the necessity of
scrupulous observance Of neutral
rights in this critical matter" and
that repetition by the commanders
of German naval vessels of acts in
contravention Of those rights must
be regarded by the Government of
the United States, when they affect
American citizens, as deliberately un-
friendly"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
New York Times.

With courage and with firmness
President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing have responded to the hopes
and the deep convictions Of the
American people. In the controversy
with Germany it was time that there
be an end Of the long parleying in
which our protests and our demands
drew forth only evasions and ire
sponsive counter proposals. The ma
ton has now spoken in words and
in tone which leaves room for no
further declarations on our part. 1t
rests with Germany to say whether
she desires the continuance of friend
ly relations between the two govern
ments and the two peoples.
The words are of serious import. In
diplomatic correspondence they are
not employed save upon grave occa-
sions. They are not to be lightly
uttered or lightly taken.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
1000 PERSONS DROWN AS CHICAGO
STEAMER UPSETS LEAVING It's DOCK
Struggling PancStricken Mass of Women and Children Oh
Excursion Boat Eastland Drown-Worst Marine DIS
aster on Inland Waters-As the Crowded
Boat is About to Leave with Merry
makers She Suddenly Lists
and Turns Over

The ship never heeled back II
turned slowly but steadily toward IT'S
left side. Children clutched the
skirts of mothers and sisters TO keep
from falling. The whole cargo was
impelled toward the falling side OF
the ship. Water began to enter lower
postholes and the hawsers tore out
the piles to which the vessel was tied.
Screams from passengers. attracted
the attention of fellow-excursionists
on the dock awaiting the next steamer.
Wharfmen and picnickers soon lined
the edge of the embankment, reaching
out helplessly toward the wavering
steamer.
| For nearly FIVE minutes the ship
turned before it finally dived under
the swift current of the river, owlrs
to the drainage canal system which
flows from the lake. During the
mighty turning of the ship, with lis
cargo of humanity, lifeboats, chairs
and other loose appurtenances on the
decks. slipped down the sloping floors,
crushing the passengers toward the
rising waters.
Then there was plunge, with
sigh of air escaping from the hold,
mingled with crying of children and
shrieks of women, and the ship was
on the bottom of the river, casting
hundred of living creatures into the
water.
Hundreds Saved Quickly.
Many sank, entangled with clothing
and bundles, and did not rise, but hun
dreds came to the surface. seized float
ing chairs and other objects. Those
on shore threw out ropes and dragged
in those who could hold these life
lines. Employees of commission firms
along the river threw crates, chicken
coops and other fioatable things into
the current, but most of these were
swept away by the stream, which
runs FIVE miles an hour.
Boats put out, tugs rushed to the
scene with shrieking whistles and
many men snatched off coats and
shoes and sprang into the river to aid
the drowning. With thousands Of
spectators ready to aid and the wharf
within grasp. hundreds went to death,
despite every effort at rescue.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27

Chicago.-More than 1000 persons,
were drowned Saturday within few
feet of land by the capsizing of the
steel steamer Eastland as it was about
to leave its wharf in the Chicago river
with $500 relatives and friends of en-
ployes of the Western Electric Com
pany for an excursion across Lake
Michigan. The ship rolled over on
its side in rs feet of water within Ave
minutes after it began to list
Three investigations Under Way.
The cause OF the capsizing has not
been determined, but Federal, city and
State officers are conducting investi-
cations to determine whether the ship
was top heavy from faulty designing,
was improperly ballasted or was poor
" handled in warping from the wharf
Marine architects asserted that the
Eastland was faulty in design that
the top deck had been removed be-
cause of the tendency of the ship to
list and also pointed to the possibility
that the ship had been unevenly or in
sufficiently ballasted The Eastland
used water ballast, so that it could
pump out some on entering shallow
lake harbors, so some investigators
are working on a theory that the bal
last tanks were not filled and the
rushing of passengers to one side of
the deck caused it to roll over.
1000 Were Out For Merry Day.
Under misty skies 1000 men, women
and children wendell their way to the
Clark street dock to fill FIVE large lake
steamers with holiday mirth in trip
to Michigan City The steamer East
iahd, brought to Chicago from Lake
Erie after an unsatisfactory career,
was the first to be loaded.
Rain began to fall as the wharf
superintendent lifted the gangplanks
from the Eastland, declaring that the
Government limit of $500 passengers
had been reached. White dresses
peeped from raincoats along the shore
rails as those aboard waved good-by
to friends on shore waiting to board
the steamer Theodore Roosevelt and
other vessels.
Then the passengers swarmed to
the left side of the ship as the other
steamers drew up the river toward
the wharf A tug was hitched to the
Eastland ropes were ordered cast off
and the steamers engines began to
hum. The Eastland had not budged,
however. Instead, the heavily laden
ship wavered sidewise, leaning first
toward the river bank The lurch was
so startling that many passengers
joined the large concourse already on
the river side of the decks
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
THE PRESIDENTS SYMPATHY.
Upton Also Offers Condolences and
a Check For $1,000.

Chicago. - Acting Mayor Moor
house, of Chicago, received the follow
ing telegram from President Woodrow
Wilson
Windsor. Vt. July %. 1915
Hon. William Hale Thompson,
Mayor, Chicago, Ill.,
81 am sure | speak the universal
feeling of the people Of the country
in expressing my profound sympathy
and sorrow in the presence of the
great disaster which saddened so many
homes"
A cablegram was received from Sir
Thomas Upton. of London, England,
which read as follows:
81 am greatly shocked to see by the
days newspapers the catastrophe that
has fallen on your city. My heartfelt
sympathy goes out to those who have
lost their dear ones. II you start a
relief fund put me down for $1,000"
A message of coincidence, from the
organization of the General Slocum
Survivors of New York also was re-
ceiyed
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
Philadelphia Public Ledger.

when one government tells an
other that it is disregarding obliga-
lions 1t has itself admitted, commit
ting Illegal and inhuman acts in dis
regard of the rights and lives OF
neutrals, acts that if persisted in will
constitute an objectionable offense and
adds that a refusal to abstain from
such acts will be regarded as deliber-
ately unfriendly, the final word of
diplomacy has obviously been said
Such a final word has now been spoken
by the United States to Germany.
There can be no possible doubt of it's
meaning. The door to argument or
explanation is no longer open. 1t is
an ultimatum in fact If not in form.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
HISTORY OF THE BOAT.
Built In 1908, Owned In Cleveland,
RemodeIed This Year.

Built In 1908, Owned In Cleveland,
RemodeIed This Year.
The steamer Eastland was built in
1903 and owned by the Eastland Navi-
cation Company, of Cleveland, Ohio
1t was 265 feet long, 3s feet wide and
had draft of % feet, with net ton
mage of 1,21S. 1t was brought to Chi
cago in 1904 and was used in the ex-
cursion business to South Haven,
Mich, for several years. Later 1t was
taken to Cleveland and placed in the
excursion service there.
This spring the boat was remodeled
1t was then brought to Chicago and
put on the run to St Joseph, Mich. 1t
had a steel hull and was known as
one of the fastest excursion boats on
the Great Lakes. 1t had a speed Of
q miles an hour.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27

Supreme Court Justice Philbin
signed an order, returnable Monday
morning before Justice Ford, to show
cause why a new trial should not be
granted Charles Becker, the former
police lieutenant under sentence TO
die next Wednesday
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
The MARKETS

NEW YORK. Wheat-Spot nrM'
No, > red. sI.41h. and s1.50h c j {
New York. export billed; No. l North
ern Duluth, s1.51%. and No. ] North
arm Manitoba, $1.421k c i I Buffalo.
Corn-Easy: No. yellow, Ssc.
Oats-Standard CSC; No. wnite'
s2Hc; fancy. clipped, white $40
64I4c.
Butter-Creamery extras (sS scorel'
27c. creamery thigher scoring. 24A e
CSC; hrsts, 24A q261sc; seconds 20 a
02412c. 900
Eggs-Fresh-gathered. extra, ESQ
24c. extra. hrsts. 21h622hc; hrsts'
9o1a1c. seconds, 1sQ1sc; nearby
bennery. whites. fine to fancy, 2Ig
CSC. nearby hennery, browns, 24Qzoe'
Cheese-State. whole milk, fresn
Aats and twins, colored, specials Ise'
do white. 14Ac; do, colored, ayerage
fancy. 14AG14%c; do, white l4A q
l41kc.
live Poultry-Western chickens,
broilers. 22c; fowls, 15c; turkeys II
012c. dressed, quiet; Western frozen
roasting chickens, 1sq22c; fresh
fowls, iced, 1sha17c; turkeys lSp
Ice.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
HOGS SAVE OWNERS LIFE
They XIII Three Snakes With Which
Trout Run Man Was
Battling.

Clearfeld, Pa.-Permitted to roam
through the woods at will, several pigs
belonging to Henry Smith, wealthy
farmer near Trout Run, developed a
great dislike for snakes.
Recently when Smith. while trying
to kill two rattlesnakes and a black
snake, which were fighting, was at
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
cHicAoo's GREAT CALAMITY.

Latest figures given out by
Coroner Hoffman, of Chicago, on
the death toll of the capsized
steamer Eastland, showed that
1872 bodies have been recovered,
and that 1000 of the remaining
1858 passengers have registered
with the Western Electric Com
pany as saved. OF the SIG unac-
counted for. IL was thought that
about 400 were alive and 1SS still
in the river, making the total dead
approximately 1000.
"A considerable portion of the
blame for the Eastland disaster
rests upon the United States In
spection Bureau" said Maclay
Hoyne, states attorney, in state
ment in Chicago regarding his in
vestigation of the wreck. II the
inspectors had done their duty the
accident could not have occurred.
We know the ship was considered
unsafe by them, because | have
copies of letters sent to Washing
ton which predicted this occur
renee. ! may introduce these let
tiers at the inquest"
The states attorney will submit
to the grand jury a letter written
in 1913 by John d. York, a naval
architect of Chicago, to the steam
boat inspector warning him that
the Eastland was not a safe boat
Colonel Hannah. secretary to
Senator La Toilette, puts the
blame on faulty laws and lax in
spection. He says a representa-
tive of the Seamen's Union had
called the attention of the inspec-
ton service to the danger of al
lowing large crowds on boats Of
the Eastland type.
Acting Mayor Moorhouse de-
cided to raise a relief fund of
100000 to be distributed under
the direction of the National Red
Cross. In addition to this the
Western Electric Company, whose
employees formed the majority of
the Inflated excursion party, an
nounced that 100000 from its EN-
ployes insurance funds was avail
able for relief.
The most discussed theories OF
the disaster are four: That the
boat was overloaded; that she was
not properly ballasted: that tug
that made fast to warp the East
land from the docks started pull
ing too soon; that congestion of
passengers rushing to the port
side, attracted by some passing
sensation, tipped the steamer
over.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27

About two years afetr marriage.
comments an observing writer in the
Cincinnati Enquirer, Friend Wife
sizes up Friend Husband and wonders
what she was smoking when she i'm.
agined that he was an ideal man.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
Electrical Measuring instruments.

Circular No. so. recently issued by
the bureau of standards at Washing
ton. describes the operating principles
of electrical instruments used for COM
mercial measurements, including am
meters, volunteers and wattmeters. It
gives such information on the errors
Of instruments as will assist those
who use them to obtain the most ac-
curate results in any given case. 9th
or related subjects are treated as fol-
lows: Current and voltage transform
srs, which make it possible to meas
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
ARRESTED AFTER IS YEARS.
The Rev. Mccart Accused Of Killing
Man In Georgia.

Covington. Ga.-The Rev. W H. Nc
Cart is in Jail here, charged with kill
ing Monroe Smith near Covington
more than As years ago. Smith, it is
alleged, struck McCart's mother and
was killed few days later. McCart
left here shortly sfterward and went
West, where he became minister.
He returned here on a visit to rel
atives and his arrest followed.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-07-27
Chicago Tribune.

The reply of the government to the
latest German note appears to be
final. so far as the American conten.
tions of law and right are concerned.
If not an ultimatum in form, ii is an
ultimatum in fact The door of dis
cussion is closed.
There now can be no doubt Of the
duty of press and public, and that
is to accept the stand taken by our
government, without cavil or reserva-
ton, and to give the government our
unflinching and unreserved support.
whatever the consequences fate may
have in store for the nation.