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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12
Real Estate Transfers

GRAMMER's ADDITION TO TAkOMA
PARk-Thomas II. Downes to Eliza
beth A. NJ Downes. lot ,, block
MICHIGAN PARK ADDITIoN-John A.
Petty ct Tx. to Maude A. Hanlon.
lots and S. square 1920: $40.
NO. 2027 G STREET NORTHWEST
Fanny b. Easily to the George
Washington University. west half
original lot s. square 1902: s6.0s0.
FOURTH STREET SOUTHEAST be
tween NJ and streets-Asbury r.
Taylor ct ux., to George W. Marsh,
lot SO, square sol. $40.
LIE DROiT PARK-Thomas Beckett to
Lonnie Cartel. one-third interest in
part lot 13. black 8: SO.
NO. 11s 18TH STREET SOUTHEAST
Ruth Shelley to Audrey g. Morgan,
lot AZ. square 1868: SO.
PLEASANT PLAINS-Ruth Shelley to
Audrey 6. Morgan. lot 49, square
CHEVY CHASE -Munsey
Trust Company, trustee. to William
b. Usilton, lots 30 and 80. square 2o21;
CHEVY CHASE HIGHLANDS-AIunsey
Trust Company. trustee. to Annie W.
Mullins. lot SO. square 2o21; $40.
MOUNT PLEASANT-Darwin l.. Barn
ard ct Tx to Little NJ VerInillion, lot
"a. block 10: $40
NINETEENTH STREET AND WYO-
MING AVENUE NORTHWEST-John
l. Barr to Lester S. Barr, one-haIf
subject to trust of $685. 900; $40
CONNECTICUT AVENUE HIGHLANDS
John Johnston TO Herbert T. Shan
non and Morton J. Luchs. lot 2. block
); $40.
CONNECTICUT AVENUE HIGHLANDS
The Connecticut Avenue Highlands
Company TO Jessie !. Nohler, lot 5,
square 26s9: $40
CONNECTICUT AVENUE HIGHLANDS
Herbert IT. shannon and Morton J.
L4chs TO Charles 7. and Carrie Beers,
lot 9. block .: so
CONNECTICUT AVENUE HIGHLANDS
Jessie !. Mohler 10 Charles Z. ard
Carrie Beers, lot 3, block 5; SO.
PRINCETON UEIGHTS-Janes T.. Ny
man 10 John .. and Johanna j. Nc
Gra,h. lot 16s. square 1904; $40.
z STREET NORTHEAST between 10th
and 1lth streets-ThomaS A. JANE
son TO William Il. Arendes and
Charlotte Arendes. lot 81. square
2G2: $40
BENNING HEIGHTS-RigeI o. Belt to
Milton ID. Campbell. lot 4S. square
50S3: $40.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS - Henry
Xander to Luigi Poggiol, lot SO,
block ;. $40.
Nos 4oi TO 400 L STREET NORTH
WEST-ftaly A. Robinson TO Mario
J. Cannizzo. part original lot /,
square 5lJ: $40.
NO. I+1l Sd STREET NORTHWEST
Freeman q. Fowler, trustee to Mar
TIA l.. Nash. lot SO. square $50: so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12
FIREARMS IN THE LEAD
AS A CAUSE OF DEATH
Far Ahead of Railroad, Street Car or
Automobile Acct
dents.

More deaths resulted from the use Of
firearms than from railroad accidents,
street car accidents or automobile acct
| dents. according to a report issued by
the census bureau on the principal
| causes of death for 1915. The safety
first" campaign is bearing fruits. and al
though the registration area increased
and the population increased, there was
reduction in the number of deaths from
railway, street car, mine and machinery
accidents.
The census figures bring out the aston
ishing fact that during the year 1915 fire.
arms caused more deaths than railroad
accidents. more than five times as
many as street car accidents. nearly as
many as railroad and street car acct
dents combined. and more than twice
as many as automobile accidents. The
total number of deaths due to the use
OF firearms in the registration area in
1915 was 1894. corresponding to a rate
3,60S were suicides. 1855 were homi-
cides and 1.501 We're accidental in-
GLIDING those concerning which the
status as to suicide, homicide or acct
dent was in doubt. The suicidal use
of firearms has increased from year to
year since 1913; the frequency of ac-
cidental deaths due to their use shows
a slight decline during recent years;
shows a decline as compared with 1913
and 1914, but an increase as compared
with 1910. 1911 and 1912. No separate
data as to homicides by firearms for
the years prior to 1910 are available
Nearly one-third of the 909.155
deaths reported for 1915 in the regis
tration area which contained approx
imately 81 per cent of the population
of the entire United States. were due
to three causes = heart diseases, tu-
berculosis and pneumonia-and nearly
two-thirds were charged to twelve
cause.-the three just named together
with Brights diease and nephritis.
cancer. apoplexy. diarrhea and enter
tits. arterial diseases. diabetes. inf1u-
enza. diphtheria and typhoid fever.
The deaths from heart diseases in the
registration area in 1915 numbered
los. 200. or 1862 per 100000 population.
The death rate from this cause shows
a marked increase as compared with
1900. when it was only 1881 per 10o.-
600. The increase has not been con-
tinuous. the rate having fluctuated
from year TO year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12
FRENCHMEN UNDAUNTED
BY WOUNDS OF BATTLE
Heroic and Cheerful in Face Of Blind
ness and Other Attic
lions.

Blinded and with both legs gone as
the result of wounds received in bat
tie. yet cheerful and working hard
at a trade he has mastered since his
affection. this soldier is but one eX-
ample of the marvellous courage and
cheerfulness of the French armies and
the French people. according to Nine
Blanche J. Bimont OF this city, who
knows this Gamer of chairs and has
seen him, and many others like him, at
work.
II have had to do with, probably. a
thousand wounded French soldiers"
says Nine. Bimont. who has made three
trips to her native land to help in the
great work of caring for the help
less, land never from single one of
them have 1 heard one word of COM
plant over his lot
Stories of Devotion.
Nine. Bimont spent the summer of
1916. as she did those of 1915 and 1914.
abroad, and she knows SO many
stories exemplifying the devotion and
bravery of these men that it is really
hard for her to single out few to
relate. In 1914 she enlisted in the
French Red Cross. working first with
the American Ambulance ana later in
the Delbet Hospital Paris, established
by Il physician of that name, and for
the benefit of which n concert was
recently given in this citn The fol-
lowing summer she again spent her
vacation in France, helping establish
hospital of eightysiX rooms at Ris
Orangis, which was given by three
friends of hers, one of them being
Lady tombstone, wife of the British
minister to Holland and a sister of
Clifford Pinchot.
This past summer she took with her
five cases of musical instruments, many
of them the gifts of Washingtonians.
for the amusement of the blinded, and
did most of her work with that class
of wounded at base hospitals, although
at Compiegne she was within 4 very
few miles of the front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12
FOUR PLAYLETS PLANNED.
Thespians of G. W. U. Arranging
for Presentation.

Four original playlets probably will
be presented this season by the George
Washington University Players. The
selection will be from playlets obtained
through the courtesy of the Washing
ton Square Players of New York, who
recently appeared at the Belasco Thea
ter.
Sol S. Chuck. president of the George
Washington University Players. has
announced that the playlets now are
being read by a special committee and
that selections VIII be made in the Lar
future. The George Washington per
formances probably will be presented
in local theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12
HARD DIGGING FOR DREDGE.
kruy Engineer Craft Finds Task at
Occoquan Greek Prolonged.

Hard digging has been struck By the
United States Army engineer service
dredge Dalecarlia in the deepening of
the channel in Occoquan creek. Va, TO
the District workhouse farm. 1t is ag-
ured that she will be about another
month on the work instead of completing
IL about this time. as was expected. On
the completion Of this work the Dale
carlia will be brought back 70 this city.
but early In the spring she will be
sent 20 Aqua creek. Va, to deepen
that waterway to Coal Landing and
the wharf of the pyrites mine.
II is reported that shipments OF
pyrites out OF OccoQuan will be re-
sumed at once. and that aulphuric acid
making plants at Baltimore. Norfolk
and elsewhere will use the material.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12
PROGRAM OF MUSIC.
Commerce Club Chorus Entertains
Crowd ELECTION Night"

Members of the Commerce Club Choir
US entertained a number of the EN-.
ployes of the Department of Commerce
and their friends who came to the de.
Dartment last Tuesday night to receive
the returns. Among those who sang
were Miss Doyle and Miss Little.
While the director of the club
Charles Bartlett. and the assistant di-
rector. Z. W. Braithawaite. have beer
handicapped by the lack of equipment
in the past. this now has been obtained
and the club will be able to practice
under better conditions,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12

A handy receptacle for
sewing supplies just
what the home dressmak-
er wants for the sewing
room. Mating covered
top: complete with four
compartments; strong and
dura bile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12
Reliability Is the Keynote of This Big,
Constantly Growing Furniture Business

From the inception OF this furniture
business Quality has been our first con-
sideration. We will not handle poor,
makeshift grades, and what you buy
here, no matter what price you pay, can
be implicitly relied upon for lasting
service and satisfaction.
And because of our department
store methods Of selling Furniture we
give YOU more actual value for the
amount of money expended than any
other furniture store in the city. We
stand back of every article here with
an absolute guarantee of satisfaction,
and an examination of our prices-all
plainly marked-will show you that
our prices are decidedly lower than
equal qualities can be bought for else
where.
The fall stocks are at their best
now Come and look
The privilege OF Charge Account in
our Furniture Store is yours for the asking
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His Debt Not Discharged.

q met with one trooper who was
blind and who had lost one arm" she
relates. but far from feeling, even,
that he had done his part. he an
nounced proudly:
"T am not yet rid of my debt to
France. ] must still raise children TO
serve the republic"
"A little dressmaker I knew, who
had already lost two sons in battle,
learned that her remaining son was
wounded she continued. but her
only remark to me was:
with men like ours France surely
must be saved
4 description of the death and burial
of a young officer. cousin of Nine.
Bimont's, written from the Somme
front by still another cousin. tells
how, after receiving the wound that
later proved to be mortal, he refused
attention and lay on a stretcher on the
field. giving the necessary orders TO
his men. Only after the village. Car
ency, was taken by the French, did
he consent to be removed. Three days
later he died, but not before his gen.
eral had pinned ON his breast the cross
of the Legion of Honor.
I'VE have a right to be proud of his
end" is the way the living cousin
viewed the matter, and so wrote in
his letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12
Signed by Union officials.

The resolution is signed by John
Moore. president; Lee Hall, vice presi-
dent, and G. W. Savage, secretary. and
the executive board members of the
Ohio miners organization.
Mine workers are hard hit by the
high cost of living, their officials de-
clare, because the mines are not work.
ing more than half time. due to the
coal car shortage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-12
WANT AN INVESTIGATION
OF HIGH COST OF LIVING
Appeal by United Mine Workers to
the President and Gov. Willis
= of Ohio.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, November IL
The executive board of the United
Mine Workers of Ohio, representing
$4,000 wage earners i'll the mining in
dustry, today addressed to President
Wilson and Gov. Willis Of Ohio a copy
of resolution adopted by miners Of
ficials demanding that the various
branches of the state and federal gov
ernments conduct an investigation of
the high cost of living.
The miners officials declare that the
earnings of the wage earners are not
sufficient to purchase the necessities
of life for even a small family.
Allege Unfair Speculation.
Eve believe" say the miners in the
resolution, that the high cost of liv-
ing is occasioned by unfair and Illegal
speculation in foodstuffs and other
necessary commodities, thereby caus-
ing actual hunger and distress in fam
lilies where the breadwinner is stead
lily employed"
They ask that the government take
such steps, after investigation. 'as
will reduce the cost of commodities
and place the necessities of life within
the financial reach of the wage earn
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
cAPE-coLLARs AND cAPEs.

like that in the skirt. Or this is re
versed and the plain skirt is worn with
a c%retonne coat. Beach suits in which
hats and bags and pillows are made of
these fabrics could hardly be more
pleasing han they are.
All of this promises a summer of
colorful clothes. These cotton mate
rails are moderate in price and there
are NJ others smarter in design. Best
of all, they are washable.
One of the new canvas cloths is
shown in an afternoon gown, pictured
above. 1t is a one-piece model with
full plain skirt and surplice waist.
The edges of the bodice and bottom OF
the skirt are finished with cord Gov
cred with the canvas. The sleeves
are of cream-colored net louncing, and
the embroidered edge forms the deep
cuff that extends over the hand. A
r~osette, which fastens the surplice, is
made Of the canvas also.
This gown could hardly be simpler
The flufiness which is appropriate to
sheer fabrics is out of place in these
heavier weaves, and in large patterns
of gay flowers the simpler the design
the better.
Capes have become a fad and appear
everywhere in smart spring styles. In
tailored gowns, in suits and coats, ant
in dresses of all kinds, all sorts Of
variations of the original shoulder
cape betray it's influence on the mode
1t bids fair to GUST the high collar
from frocks, only to capture them fol
its own. For many engaging little
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

Of blocks should be of the proper
shape and size so their inside faces
will be parallel and about ~ inches
apart. Bore a hole through the bars
and blocks for the carriage bolt axle,
being careful to get the holes exactly
opposite so the wheel will run straight
and true when mounted.
The w~heelbarrow legs are pieces of
broom handle ~ inches long. Bore an
inch hole through crosspiece c near
each end Gig. g. for each leg to fit
in, and then, to make a deeper socket,
cut the pair of blocks d. Fig. g., bore
the same size hole through each, and
nail to crosspiece c. Figs. z and s
show how to brace the legs with wire.
These wires must be as taut as pos
sible, and the way to make them taut
is by doubling the wire, slipping a
nail between the strands. and turning
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

wraps for spring are merely capes, in
ore shape or another, Joined to collar
cites made of the same material.
Besides these frivolous and dressy
little wraps there are innumerable
cape collars of %organdie or other sheer
staffs for indoor wear. Two of them
are shown here. One is a dainty and
demure looking furbelow with a plain
band about the neck and a hemstitched
edge. 1t fastens at one side with a
row of small %crocheted buttons and
is ornamented by an insertion of mar
row val lace very neatly set in about
tvro inches from the edge.
At the left of the picture the APE of
Oh gandie joins a high turnover collar
by means of a row of hemstitching.
This collar is plated across the back
and has rather deep points at the front
where n opens in a V at the throat.
Val lace, having a square mesh, is set
to the edges with scant fullness, and
two rows of hemstitching are placed
above it in the organdie. This collar
fastens at the front with a single small
pearl button.
Taffeta silk, net, and crochet buttons
are depended upon for the frilly capes
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

pieces B and C are placed at right an
giles to a center line drawn through
points half way between the ends. This
is very important. Nail the c~rosspieces
in place; then saw off their ends "
with the handle-bars. AS holes must
be bored through the crosspiece C for
the w~heelbarrow legs Gig. g., pro-
vide a space for the holes when nail
ing G to bars A.
If you can get a 10 or 11-inch iron
sheave, or pulley wheel, at your hard
ware store, it will make a splendid
barrow wheel. A 10-inch carriage bolt,
tive-eighths inch in diameter, and a
couple of iron washers, will be needed
for mounting the wheel.
The space between the wheel ends
of the handle-bars is much wider than
necessary for the wheel, and must be
taken care of by spiking a block Of,
Figs. A and 81 to each bar. This pair
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

Displays of spring dress goods in
the shops are enriched by many beau
tiful and novel cotton fabrics that are
a revelation in the art of weaving cot
ton. They include canvas cloths and
basket weaves that promise something
of a revolution in apparel for warm
weather. There are the smart avn
ing stripes in white with all colors
and white with black, in which color,
ings and the arrangement of stripes
are both new. They are to be used
for separate skirts to be worn with
coats of a plain color. Basket weaves
are most attractive in black and white,
but are shown in many designs adapt
ed to skirts and suits. Cottons, in
fact, are usurping the place of wool,
ems and silks by the force of the
beauty and practicability of the new
weaves. 2
Some of the familiar cotton mate
rails, like cretonne, in light weights are
" with reference to their use in
dresses and suits. In suits, plain,
coarse linens or cottons are used with
them, made into coats finished with
collars, cuffs, belts, pockets and other
details of finishing, made of ~cretonne
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

Duke McLauren is a Negro farmer
Of Hoke county, North Carolina. His
cotton crop last year brought him 49,
900 and he has twelve bales yet I'm
sold. He works hard, lives well, owes
no debts, and the weekly paper of his
county says: He has set a worthy
example to his section and the whole
state"
America faces the future with con-
tidence in spite of a tremendous race
problem because it knows that the
Duke McLaurens are multiplying and
City Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
A GARDEN WHEELBARRoW.

The homemade wheelbarrow in Fig.
1 is similar to one l have used for
several years in my own garden, and
is so simple in construction that any
boy a make one like it.
Fig. 2 shows the complete frame
work. Handle-bars A are pieces oil
2x2 4 feet 4 inches long Gig. 81. Whit
tie the handle ends round for a dis
lance of 10 or IL inches. The handle
bars are connected by the 2x4 cross
pieces B and c, with B placed III
inches from the wheel ends, and c
about 81 inches from the handle ends
You will see by Fig. 5 that the wheel
ends of the bars are placed 6 inches
apart, and the handle ends 2 feet
apart. You will also notice that cross
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

~Hca
The Negro of today has a warm in
terest in the days when the two races
understood each other better-they
cling to the stories of their old white
folks as they heard them from their
parents.
One circumstance that impressed me
of this strong sentiment was a few
weeks Ago.. when John Washington.
the brother of Booker Washington,
visited Birmingham. He looked for
ward to meeting Mrs. Harry Jones. He
had known her as a child, had driven
her to school, the daughter of his
young mistress from Virginia. He
recalled the pleasant memories of the
past as he told me Miss Bertha looks
as her mother used to- Does this not
tell of the spirit of the past? And that
sentiment is strong at Tuskegee to-
day.
There are two memories of yester-
day that will never die, the faithful
ness of the good, old colored friend,
and the rhythm of the Negro melo-
dies.
With the hall filled at Tuskegee in
stitute with 5000 voices, there rang
out the wonderful sound of Sweet
Charity" 1t filled the air and the
soul at the same time and closed a
wonderful meeting.
If every man and of the
South could see this factory at the
institute at work, in the s~choolroom,
in the kitchen, in the shop, molding
human bodies into intelligent service,
teaching them its value, giving them
the lesson of making better homes, re-
garding higher principles and more
respectful attention to those in au-
thority, they would recognize it to
be a necessity to good citizenship and
useful to the community. The results
will surely ~civilize the rural hut dwell
ers and bring greater prosperity to
the country industry. The world
wants its work done, and civilization
is simply a search for men who can
do things. The whole atmosphere of
the Enclosure, including about $500
Negroes, pupils, teachers and their
families, is filled with the inspiration
of work, and there is no %pretense, no
presumption, but a spirit of gratitude
for the wonderful cooperation of their
white friends North and South, East
and West. In Carnegie hall, New
York, the white friends of Booker T.
Washington, held memorial services
on February 10, and it is an oppor-
tune time for those of the South to
pay a similar tribute to the memory
of the greatest Negro the world ever
knew, and arrangements are being
made to hold these services in the
auditorium at Tuskegee institute on
the same date.-Mrs. ]. B. Reid in
Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Looking Ahead.

To repair the wastage of war a
proposal has been made by a we'll
known German physician that the inn
perial government should organize an
Official matrimonial agency after the
war. He declares that the surviving
young men will have to work very
hard and will have little time to at
tend those society functions at which
eligible brides are usually met. He
therefore suggests that the state
should perform the duties of matri-
monial broker. not only introducing
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
soIes for the Bedroom sIlppers,

Use old felt hats for c%rocheted slip
per soles. Cut two or three pieces the
size of the slipper; quilt these to-
gether by machine, stitch a shoe lace
around the edge and sew your upper to
this lace; this will outwear any other
sole and costs nothing but a few min
utes' work. l always use them on my
children's morning slippers and they
are still better if a piece of kid from
an old shoe is put on the outside of the
felt and stitched with the rest.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Add to Nations Wealth.

Connected with the coke industry
was the completion. during the last
summer, of a number of large plants
for the recovery Of benzol from by.
product coke-oven gas. This gives
the United States its first output of
this material, SO important as a raw
material in the manufacture of high
explosives and chemical dyes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

On August 4, 1914, a Negro who
called himself Chief Sam, sailed away
from New York on the steamship Lii
IBERIA. With him were a considerable
company of Texas Negroes, who &c.
knowledged him as leader and who be-
lieved his claim of descent from Afri-
can rulers. He gave assurance that
he had an agreement with twenty
kings, and that a rich tract of 1874 900
acres had been set aside as a Utopia
for the pilgrims from over the sea.
This week three of the pilgrims
returned to New York, sped on their
way by British charity. OF the others
many are dead of starvation. Some
have disappeared in the interior of
Africa. A few are working on Brit
ish plantations along the Gold coast.
Chief Sam himself is a prisoner at
Cape Coast Castle, charged with man
slaughter as being responsible for the
death of his followers.
No twenty kings met Sam. There
was not even one king or n acre
of land. There vas nothing but dis
illusionment and misery.
It is no reproach of the Negroes of
this country hat Sam was able to find