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PLAN TO IMPROVE
ROCK CREEK PARK
Development of a Playground
Near BrightWood Reser-
voir Is Favored.
APPROVED BY GEN. BLACK

Plans for the development of a play
ground and recreational park in the open
area of Rock Creek Park near the Bright
wood reservoir. on 10th street near Ken
nedy street. have been formally adopted
by the board of control of the park. That
board is composed Of Gen. Black chief of
engineers of the army. and the three Com
missioners of the District of Columbia
The plans We're prepared by Col kutZ
Engineer Commissioner with the assist
ance Of other officials interested in the
park.
Generally. they call for the clearing
away Of all Unnecessary underground and
the establishment of tennis courts. GRO
quet grounds and rustic tables and
benches for picnic parties. 1t had been
originally suggested that the Improvement
of these grounds include the construc-
ton of a suitable circular drive for use in
the exercise and speeding of riding and
trotting horses. That feature was op-
POSED. however. by most of the members
of the board of control on the ground
that 1t involved the use of too much val
liable ground for the benefit of a COM
paratively small mum ber of individuals
and might possibly interfere with the more
general use of the grounds for other pur-
poses.
of a Temporary Nature.
Gen Black in notifying the District
Commissioners of his approval of the plan.
called attention to a report on the subject
made by Col. Harris. the officer in charge
of public buildings and grounds. and said
he concurred in the views therein ex-
pressed regarding the future develop
ment of Rock Creek Park
There appears to be growing de-
mand.' says Col. Harts, for additional
recreational facilities in Rock Creek
fark and for better means of access
thereto, and the suggested improve
They are of a temporary nature and
would naturally make way for future
improvements of a more stable and
comprehensive character when this
area ls needed for uses more nearly in
keeping. with The purposes of the law
creating it. The constant demand for
improvements of various kinds
throughout the park emphasizes more
tban ever the urgent need of having
carefully considered plan for the
entire park, prepared by competent
landscape architect. who will keep in
mind the necessity of having the prim-
itive beauty of this great sylvan park
left untouched by artificialities. and
who will view the problem not as
vored few possessing private means of
conveyance. but as great country
park sec in the midst of IL densely
populated CITY
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CELEBRATES HISTORIC EVENT.
Order of Washington Observes Ami
versary of Close of Revolution.

The Order of Washington, of which
Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton is
the commanderg general. is to observe
tomorrow evening the anniversary of
the date on which Gen. Washington
took leave of his officers, with a smok-
er at the Hotel Lafayette. DR.. Joseph
q. b. Bulloch is chairman of the COM
mittee arranging for the affair and
which also includes Thomas Campbell
Washington. Alfred Barbour Dent,
Daniel Smith Gordon and William NJ
Conrad
At a recent meeting of the council
OF the order at the residence of Ad-
miral Stockton, 20I9 o street north
west. resolution favoring the pas
sage of legislation to prohibit the des-
ecration of the flag in the District of
columbia was adopted. 1t was also de-
clded 70 mold the annual dinner of the
organIzation February % at the ARMY
and Navy Club
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WILL SPEAK AT NORFOLK.
President Wilson to Appear Before
Southern Commercial Congress.

President Wilson has tentatively ac-
cepted an invitation to address the
Southern Commercial Congress at its
opening session at Norfolk December
IL, officials of the eongress announced
here last night.
A delegation of Virginians. headed by
Gov. Stuart and including both sena-
tors. all the Virginia representatives
and the mayor Of Norfolk. will be re-
ceived by the President at the White
House at o'clock mex Friday after
noon. at which time thu invitation will
be formally rendered
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FIRE DEPARTMENT HUsTLEs.
Engines Respond to Six Alarms Yes
terday Afternoon

Six alarms of fire Yesterday after
noon kept engines of the department
on the run. AT the house of Martha
Tyler. 45S street. fire of unknown
origin did S25 damage. A similar
amount of damage resulted from fire
In shed on the premises of Caroline
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And Have Men at Their Mercy.

From the Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Gabb-I understand that the
number of lady harbers is rapidly in
creasing.
Her MISUNDERSTANDING wonder. It's
business in which women can talk
while they work.
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Mason. 1886 9Th street

Mason, 1886 9Th street.
An overheated stove was responsible
Ior small fire in the house of Fannie
Austin. 911 26th street. where the dam
age amounted to $40, and s5 damage
was done by blaze in the house of
Mrs. Clara McCauley. 2226 1 street
A small fire in a vacant house at 324
! street southeast was extinguished be-
fore any damage had been done, and
the last of the six alarms was for a
brush fire near 18th and Chaplin streets.
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usually covers the invader with a touch
of raw india rubber. Others secrete
resins. such as turpentine. Others sup
ply themselves with a defense of tan
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mic acid. while still others manufac.
ture poisons, or have strong scents,
like lavender and mint. or spines, like
thistles or thorns. like roses.
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Preparedness in the Plant World.

From the National Geographic Magazine.
There are many kinds of preparedness
in the plant world. Some plants Sc
crete a milky juice which exudes when
ever the plant is injured. and which
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the Standard Railroad of the South. 3
trains daily. 1906 New York ave. NV.
advertisement.
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Relative Humidity.

am. 42: pm. Al
Rainfall Is pm. TO p-m.), o.
Hours Of sunshine. SO.
Per cent of possible sunshine 100
Temperature same date last year
Highest. 43; lowest. 80.
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Yesterdays Temperature.

Midnight. 80: am, IS; am. 80; 6
a m.. 80: s am. 46: 1s am. As: II noon
so: pm. 81; pm, 81; pm, 4G;
pm. a.; 10 pm. AZ.
Highest. 50: lowest, 80.
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The Sun and Moon.

Today-Sun rose. 7:0s am; sun sets.
40 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1:10 am; sun
sets. 4:46 pm.
Moon rises :07 pm: sets. 1:0S am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
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SEES SERIOUS RESULTS.
IN AMERICAN EMBARGO
London Paper Hints at Retaliation.
Financial Situation Causes
Uneasiness.

LONDON, December 2-Under the
title "A Pacifist Dream of Food Embar-
CO." the Spectator argues that an Amerl-
can embargo would have serious conse-
quences 1t would be opposed by the
American farmers and livestock traders.
says the newspaper. because II would de-
press prices. and also the business people
would be reasonably frightened by the
thought of retaliatory embargoes.
Suppose. and it is no mere empty
supposition." says the Spectator, that
the parliament at Ottawa declared il
America put an embargo on exports of
food to the allied countries they would
put one on her logs and pulp. Where
would the newspapers OF the United
States get sufficient paper to meet their
demands"
Uneasy Over Finances.
The New Statesman says: "Those who
have a finger on the financial pulse have
lately been feeling increasingly uneasy
about the Iiation's expenditure. we are
trying % continue the spending OF "a
900, 000, 900 q year. when at most we nave
G3, 600, 900 900 to do it with. That is why
the chancellor of the exchequer has not
only been driven to borrow from the
United States on extremely generous
terms nearly all of our marketable for
eign Investments in order to pawn them
at New York but is also compelled to
borrow from hand to mouth from bank
ers there in order to keep exchange from
going to 4 dangerously adverse figure.
Sees Possible Retrenchment.
The newspaper adds that the. deficit
can be made up from the accumulated
wealth only to limited extent. because
ii is not in the form in which II can pass
into consumption, and much
more cannot be sold to neutrals. even
the prosperous United States. because
there is a near limit to the amount that
can be spared. 1t is argued that the ag
gregate public and private expenditure
must be limited to a sum increasingly
near the annual production. and that
$500, 900, G00. 900 retrenchment can be ef
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fected by the better paid workers and
those with incomes above the income tax
minimum
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Tide Tables.

Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide. 9:07 am. and 9:4S
pm: high tide. 2:26 am. and 3:O4 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1902 am. and
104S pm: high tide. $50 am. and 4:0l
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Judge Russell p. Goodwin, former as
sistant attorney general for the Post
Office Department. died yesterday after
noon at his residence in the Portland.
of a complication of diseases. which
had confined him to his home for six
weeks. The body is to be sent to Au-
rora. III. his former home. for burial
tomorrow
Judge Goodwin was born in Bloom
his parents moved to Aurora, which
was his home until he came to Wash
ington in 1904. having been appointed
to the position of assistant attorney
general for the Post Office Department
by the late Postmaster General Payne.
Practiced Law in Aurora.
After his admission to the bar in
1876 he practiced law in Aurora. and in
1891 was made a judge in state court.
He served on the Illinois bench until
1s03
Judge Goodwin held the position of
assistant attorney general until 1913.
having been in that position longer
leaving that office he practiced law in
thisscity as senior member of the firm
of Goodwin q keyser. He also was a
member of the bar Of the Supreme
Court of the United States to which he
was admitted October II. 1904.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs
Nellie A. Goodwin: three sisters. living
in Illinois. and a brother, practicing
law in Montana.
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The Atlantic Ocean disturbance has
passed beyond the Gulf of St. Lawrence
after the barometer had fallen to :s.S4
inches at Harrington. Quebec, Satur-
day morning. Pressure is relatively
high in the middle Atlantic and lSutf
states, but is generally low throughout
the west. with a barometer reading OF
zoos inches in northern Alberta, the
center of the general depression.
There were local SHOWS in New York
and New England. and general rains
continued in the Pacific states and ex-
tended into Nevada and Idaho. but with
a tendency toward rising pressure.
Temperatures are much above the
seasonal average in the upper lake re-
gion and over the interior districts
from the Mississippi valley westward
Fair weather will continue today east
of the Mississippi river. but tomorrow
rain is probable in the Ohio valley. the
upper lake and western lower lake re-
gion, while in the east and south the
weather will remain fair
Temperatures will rise today in the
interior districts and on Monday in
the coast states.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
north Pacific coast.
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WEATHER..
Fair Today; Tomorrow Fair and
Warmer: Shifting Winds.

District of Columbia and Maryland
fair today. Tomorrow fair and warm
er. shifting winds. becoming southeast
and moderate. .
Virginia. fair today. Tomorrow. fair
and warmer in the interior: gentle to
moderate northeast to east winds.
West Virginia, fair and warmer to-
day. Tomorrow. unsettled. probably
RAIN
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Family Remedies

Aspirin Tablets. l doz.. l5c: 2 doz..
2oc; 100 for. .-......,....-.--- ISc
Asafetida Pills. 3-grain; 100 for . Ice
Absorbine. Jr... 7sc. Sl.7S
Alkalol ..................-.. 35c. $50
Alcohol. pure. pint t....---.......-4Se $50
Albolene Russian Mineral Oil ...-. 73o \
Buffalo Water ......--.-.-.- -..-...--. 3sc
Bromo Seltzer ... Sc. lsc. 3sc and $50
ba5ek Observation-Disclosures .3So
Blauds Iron Pills. 100 ,..............l7o
Beechams Pills ....................l0 lee
BovInlne .,--.-.-..-.--. Soc. 1so
Baume Analges:que .....-...........3eo $50
Bisurated Magnesia ......3 SEC sec
Bliss Native Herb Tablets. 81. 90 size SEQ
Beef, Iron and Wine. pint. ..... $50
Blue-jay Corn or Bunion Plasters. loc. lsc
Bunion Comfort Plssters. Sl.oo box. $50
Castoria (Fletcher) ...........2lo
California Fig Syrup ............3 3sc
Cascara Tablets. 100 5-gr......lsc lsc
calocide (for sore feet) lsc
carboiic Acid. pure, pint. nt...........ssc
Creo Terpin Co. (Wampole's). pint 75c
Collyrium (Wyethl ....-......3 sec
Cuticura Ointment ...........s ssc. 7sc
CarDona Observation-Disclosures. l3c, l9c, $50
Garter Pills ..---.......--...- l4c
Cascarettes ...--.--....-..l l0c. zoe. 4oc
Doans Kidney Pills lls............-..3 $50
D. D. D. D.....--.....-......l9 l9c. 39c, 75c
De Wits Kidney Pills ...-..- 39c, $50
Dobell's Solution. pint. .l5c
Dioxosen ....-....-.....-.l lSc, 35c. 4sc
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CHAPTER VII.
| FIGHT the CAPTAIN

It was no time for hesltancy or
questioning, but there must be in
our encounter no firing II I hoped
for escape. The encampment of
guards was not far away, and the
lieutenant lay in the rear room
stupefied by drink, to be sure, yet
possibly to be aroused by sound of
conflict. Albright was a larger man
than |, yet l must meet him with
bare hands.
With the thought I was down the
ladder. my hands gripping the man
He had barely time in which to
whirl about and face me, flinging
the girl heavily to the floor. knew
she struck chair as she fell, and
lay motionless, yet even this was
scarce more than an impression, for
my whole attention was held by my
adversary.
For single instant he gave back
I had dropped down upon him as
from the sky, and for the moment
he scarcely knew whether I was
man or beast. Then he grasped the
truth. and rallied to a fight for life
The man had marvellous strength
and for 20 minutes we fought, roll.
ing over the floor. Then suddenly ]
found myself on top, and desperate
I reached out for a pewter mug on
the floor beside us. I got 1t none
too soon. for he flung me sidewise
fairly wrenching my hand loose, but
In that second struck once.
An instant held the mug poised
scarcely realizing what had oc
Cured, and then sat upright. The
fellow breathed, but that was all.
caught hold of the table and got tc
my feet, trembling still from the ex
ertion of the struggle.
l expected the noise would have
been heard, but there was no sound
Of alarm, and my eyes encountered
those of the woman, where she rest
ed on one knee.
saw her clearly in that moment
as / had not been permitted to be
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ssShea of the Irish Brigade"
By Randall Parrish Copyright 1914, By A. G. Clurg Co.

"of met" indiffsrsntly. Why
nothing much, I think, Monsieur
Besides. I do not count for SO much
/ am but Q woman Of France, and
there is SO little we can do. You
must not think of me, Monsieur
Pledge me to deliver the dispatch"
ITO whomf"
The king. or, falling him, SAKE.
To venture back into the French
lines meant my arrest, trial. and
probable conviction. Yet could
not refuse her-d'Enville's sister.
you win 90. Monsieur"
YES" l answered, placing the pa
per In an inside pocket of my
blouse. 81 was thinking what you
had better do"
Now that the paper is safe, I
shall tell the Englishmen just who
/ am"
And you believe that will pro-
tect your"
VIII 1t not, Monsieur"
Il wish I knew" l answered So
berly, for then l could determine
my own duty. You are armed?"
"A small pistol"
Then have the explanation be-
low, while / can oyerhear. Not even
for the king will leave you alone
in such hands. All! Be quiet now!
The Austrians are going"
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(continued From Our Last Issus)
~ UR eyes met. II Was dim
light at best in which "a
~ Judge character, but she held
forth her hand.
II do not know whether you are
young or old, Monsieur" she said
slowly. 1.-THE light battles my eyes,
and you have the look of one who
has passed thru much Of peril and
hardship"
"The trials of war;" answered.
soberly. Il became soldier at
49,"
"And now?"
81 am 81; 10 years of service
ages a man."
"Yes, I know. My brother is a
soldier, an officer in the Regiment
duo Roi. Yours, I take 1t, will be
the regiment of Berwick"
I bowed, surprised at her knowl
edge Of military affairs, and eager
enough by now to learn her iden-
tity.
"You do not recognize me. Mon
sieur?"
mo; I confess your face haunts
me with its strange familiarity. l
may have seen you at some time,
altho am sure We have never
met"
otis not likely; the Irish
brigade has seldom been at Paris.
And yourself?"
81 bore a dispatch OF some Inn
port once from the Netherlands" |
explained, land was given royal
audience that ! might be ques-
toned. Twas my fortune later to
do a service for the king"
"At Casse de Fer. Monsieur"
"Yes-you heard?"
1.-THE tale was told about Paris.
Louis himself made much OF the
matter. So know you now, Mon
sieur, and can trust you. l am
Camille d'Epville."
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not Henrietta valoisf Well.
never thought you was. Maybe
you'll name yourself"
Il am Camille d'Enville."
%. hol you aim high! 80 yor
are the beauty of Louis court, hey
And how happens 1t you are here
Mademoiselle Camille d'Enville
The court. I take 1t, is still al
Parish"
Louis is at Charleroi," she an
swered calmly, "or was two days
since. There are ladies' of the
court in camp with him. and 1t is
not strange that I should join
them"
"Alone. thru the lines Of the
enemy?"
Not alone; I Travelled with es'
cort, Monsieur. An accident sep
arated us. Nor should have been
alone in the French camp, for my
brother Is on Saxe's staff"
"The young Chevalier d'EnvilleT'
She bowed gravely.
I've been told of him before. l
might not recall the lad had I not
heard his name spoken again this
same night"
His name? how? in what con-
nectior?"
Am hour before we ran against
you and your friend, we exchanged
shots with a French scouting par
ty, and the Frenchmen retreated.
leaving one man behind for dead.
Our sergeant found him still living,
and before he died he said the
squad was out in search after a
fugitive who had killed an officer
Of the Regiment du Roi."
She stood with parted lips and
bloodless cheeks, listening, all pre-
tense at indifference gone.
"The Regiment du Roi, Mon
sieur! And he named the officer?"
| Captain d'Enville."
There was silence. so deep and
still | could hear the breathing OF
the two, and the cracking of the
flames. Her head sank upon her
hands where they grasped the sup
port Of the ladder.
| was trembling from head to
foot, but my eye remained on the
face OF Albright. His expression
told me he believed she but acted
a part.
HE was killed, Monsieur" she
questioned at last.
so the sergeant reported. 1t
| was naasroom fiphf ovar tho
cards, and d'Enville fell"
"And the man who killed him?
You heard his name also?"
Albright paused in an attempt
to remember.
ITS not In my memory now that
the sergeant spoke his name-only
that he was an officer Of the Irish
brigade; oh, yes, the regiment of
Berwick"
She gave utterance to quick sob,
but had no thought except for the
Englishman. There was no sym.
pathy in his face
In his drunken brain only one
conception found entrance-she was
trying to make fool out of him.
Well, he was too wise a bird to be
caught, and now was his time, when
she was off her guard.
saw him move forward, cautious
ly. Then he sprang and caught her
In his arms, one hand over her
mouth, to shut off alarm, the other
gripping her slender figure as in a
wise.
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CHAPTER V.
A Mutual Understanding

Camille d'Enville! 1t was her
brother | had killed in the camp
yopder-ran him thru in quarrel
over the gaming table! or course,
| remembered now, the man was
an officer of the Regiment du Roi,
serving on Saxe's staff. And IL
was her resemblance to him which
had haunted me.
Camille 6'Enville! l tried to re-
member what I had heard OF her.
There were scraps of camp gossip
that had found Judgment in my
mind-rumors of kingly favor The
d'Envilles were from Chalons. |
remembered that we'll, for once we
had marched from Orleans into
Luxembourg. and Berwick had
pointed out the great gray castle.
The old marquis was living there
then alone, and Berwick told of
how the younger dEnville had
found. favor with the king, and his
sister had been appointed to a po-
siticn of honor at the court.
Her name had been spoken again
In my presence at Paris, a mere ru-
NOR that Louis would marry her to
the Duke de Saule. and that the
lady had declined the honor.
And this girl, hiding here beside
me in the loft of this old tavern,
was Camille d'Enville.
A vastly different problem con-
fronted me now in the presence OF
this court beauty, than had she
been the humble creature she had
claimed to be before the captain.
Rather It added responsibility,
for surely she was never in such a
situation as this without grave
cause. Beyond doubt, 1t was the
kings service which had led to that
lonely nighy ride.
And even as l was wondering
the nature of that service, she be-
gan to speak.
Il must tell you ALL" she said,
land implore your service. bear
a message from Paris, so important
they dare not intrust 1t to a sol
der. / was given a guide--a man
who knew every bride path-and,
but for an accident to one of the
horses, Monster, We would have
bsen safely thru the lines last
night. We were compelled to stop
at this tavern to obtain a fresh
mount, and there was a traitor In
the village. The English came and
there was fighting. My guide. LIE
Barge, killed, / was made prisoner
by Lieutenant Dorm, but he hest
tated to search me because treat
ed MIN with such contempt. But
his captain was of another kind
did he dare to rob your"
mo, Monsieur, not yet, but he
will. I have parted with him thus
far, but he knows my tale is false"
And you will meet him-how?"
II knew not q moment ago.
was In desperation but I fear the
man no longer. Here, Monsieur,
take this"
She extracted the paper from her
shoe. My hand held 1t, and could
feel the wax Of the seal.
II? You give 1t into my care?"
why not? Are you not Arthur
Shea, Of Berwick's regiment? Do
you not see what will happen, Mon
sieur, when. those Austrians go
The Engliehmen will order me
down; but they will never know
you are here"
yes; there is a chance IL re-
main quiet" admitted, that get
away free. But what will become
of your"