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Evening star., 1916-01-04
AFFIRMS JUDGMENT FOR CENT
Appellate Court Sustains Findings in
Celia Chambers Suit Against D C.

The District Court Of Appeals has de
clared that Celia Chambers may retain
the judgment for one cent damage
awarded TO her against the District of
Columbia By i jury in the District Su
prefne Court.
Justice Van Orsdel rendered the
opinion affirming the lower court and
declaring that the jury was justified
in finding there had been no substan-
tfal injury 10 the plaintiff
The plaintiff fell over an elevation In
a sidewalk The verdict carries costs
IL is said, against the District of CO.
lumbia.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
Will of William Finn.

The will of William Finn, resident
of the Soldiers Home, dated December
-, 1915, has been offered for probate.
All money in the hands of the treas
urer of the home is given to Rev. w.
L. Whalen, chaplain, for a specific pur-
pose. Other sums are left to relatives
and friends, and his real estate to his
heirs. Thomas Finn of Syracuse. N. Y,
Is named as executor,
Evening star., 1916-01-04
DELAYS ACTION ON SCHOOLS.
Central Labor Union Will Consider
New Law January II.

Action on the recommendation of the
Commissioners for a change in the
public school system was deferred by
the Central Labor Union, at a meeting
last night, as a letter from Commits
sloner Newman requested that action
be postponed until the Commissioners
make public their reasons for the rec
ommendation. The Commissioners were
invited to address the organization
January II on the question
f. J.. Tucker was reelected president
for 1915. Other officers elected were
Hugh DiGney. vice president: John B.
Colpoys, secretary; Joseph E. Toone,
financial secretary; Luke Ludlow, treas
urer. and Joseph Clark, sergeant-at-
arms. William Zell, Bernard O'Leary
and J. i. Considine were elected trus-
tees
The executive committee was dele
gated to witness the laying of the cor
ner stone of the new American Fedora
ton of Labor building next Saturday
Notably Artistic Floral Decorations
Evening star., 1916-01-04
MASS MEETING is CALLED
TO DISCUSS "DEFENSE"
National Preparedness Is Theme,
Aid to Destitute Belgian Artists
and Scholars the Object.

"An Adequate National Defense" will
form the general theme of number OF
speakers at a mass meeting to be held
Sunday evening at the Belasco Theater
in the interest of the Belgian scholarship
fund The entire proceeds are to go to-
ward helping destitute Belgian artists and
scholars. Dr. Nevil Monroe Hopkins,
formerly consulting engineer of the Navy
Department, and chairman of the scholar
ship fund.-. is to speak on N'Sea Power ana
Our Country" Frederick l.. Huidekoper
will have for his topic American Land
Forces" while George Sarton of the Uni
yersity of Ghent will speak on "Belgiums $
Devastation" Frederic r. Coudert also
is to speak Charles Page Bryan, FORMER
minister to Belgium and AMBASSADOR 20
Japan, will preside. The lectures are TO
he Illustrated Boy Scouts will act as
ushers and attendants.
Patrons and Patronesses.
The patrons and patronesses are t-arz
Anderson, Charles j. Bell. Charles j.
Bon; parte. Charles Page Bryan. Oscar i.
Crosby. Rev + Ward Denys. Thomas L.
Gaff.. Charles c. Glover, DR.. Frank j.
Goodnow, Gilbert II. Grosvenor, Charles
Nobel Gregory, Richard A. Harlow. Dr.
John Grier Hibben, Hennen Jennings.
Joseph Letter, Col. Henry May. Rev.
Randolph II. McKim. Brander Matthews,
Prof. Charles E. Monroe. Gen Roper'
Shaw Oliver Henry C. Perkins, Elihu
Root. Rev. c. Ernest Smith, Admiral
Charles II. Stockton, Col. Konert NJ
Thomson. eev. Roland Cotton Sm'th'
LAwreace Townsend. Dr. Harvey w.
Wiley, Mrs Thomas NJ Biddie, Mrs'
Montgomery Blair, Miss Mabel T. Board
man. Mrs. Edison Bradley. Mrs Richaro-
son Clover. Mrs William Crozier' MIS-
stephen B. Elkins. Mrs. William Corcoran
Eustis, Mrs. Granville r. Fortescue' MIS-
Thomas T. GaT, Mrs. Fairfax Harrison.
Mrs Christian Hemmick, Mrs: Robert
Hinckley. Mrs; Archibald Hopkins; Snnsn M5s 1en-
nings, Mrs. Joseph Letter. Mrs l.m ,henry
May, Mrs. Samuel Reher, Mrs; William
Barret Ridgely. Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
Welt. Mrs. George Sarton. Mrs Hugh H.
scott, Mrs Philip Sheridan, Mrs Law
renee Townsend. Mrs. James W Wads-
worth, jr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wilson.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
CITY ITEMS.


"a lbs. Oldtime Flour, SAC; lbs Buck
wheat, CSC; lbs. Fancy Head Rice. Csc:
4 lbs. Macaroni or Spaghetti, csc; 4
lbs Evap. Teaches, Csc: Apricots, 12c:
Prunes, 1Oc and 1215c; bots. Vanilla
or Lemon. csc; 3 cans Sweet Wrinkle
Peas, Csc; Sifted f. J. Peas. 7iac: e. J.
Peas, SC; Sugar Corn, sc and 712c; large
cans Cal Peaches. 10c: Y. C. Peaches.
extras, 15c: Stringless Beans. 7lac: Jelly
Mints. 2oc h.: Walnuts. 19c. 926 Pa ave.
and all the ]. T. u. Pyles Stores.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Elizabeth Carter, at Sth
street wharf. from a lower Potomac
point with lumber for Johnson & VIM
satt: schooner J. \. Holland, at 18th
street wharf. from Occoquan with cord
wood for J. II. Carter & Co.; steamer
Northiaud. from Norfolk and Old Point
10 the Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Company: schooner Josephine
Keas. lumber from Occoquan, at X
street wharf for johnson & Wimsatt.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
COURTS HONOR MEMORY
OF LATE JUSTICE LAMAR
District Tribunals Adjourn as Mark
of Respect-President Wilson
Sends Message.

The various branches of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia were
adjourned today until tomorrow morn
ing out of respect to the memory of
Mr.. Justice Lamar of the Supreme
Court of the United States. The court
reconvened today from the Christmas
recess.
The District Court of Appeals after
delivering it's opinions yesterday noted
an adjournment until Wednesday.
Chief Justice Covington at meeting
of the general term today, announcing
the death of Justice Lamar and order
ing an adjournment of court, said:
This court today has the first oppor-
tunity to take cognizance of the death
of Justice Lamar of the United States
Supreme Court, which has removed
from that tribunal one of it's most dis
tinguiShed members
Evening star., 1916-01-04

hodaka-Eastman Goods and Others.
Columbia Photo Sup. Co.. 1434 N. Y ave
Evening star., 1916-01-04
:mdesa Fl

GUIDES Flowers Are Preferred
for all social functions. Estimates and
suggestions given. 1914 + st.-Adver-
tisement.
Evening star., 1916-01-04

Spelshouse. 1915 eth 1t. Main $500. Paper
hanging, window shades. picture frames
Evening star., 1916-01-04

Notably Artistic Floral Decorations
for social functions. Shaffer, 900 14th
Advertisement
Evening star., 1916-01-04
Departures.

Schooners John Branford. Majestic
and Wills. light. from nth street wharf
for lower Potomac point after oysters
for the market here: steamer South
land, for Old Point and Norfolk: steam
err Wakefield. for Nomini and Lower
Nachodoc creek and Potomac points;
steamer Three Rivers. for landings or
the Potomac and Baltimore: power boat
Neddie. from Alexandria for a lower
Potomac point with merchandise.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
Won Respect of All.

During the short period of his serv-
ices on that bench he not only en-
deared himself to the members of the
court and to the citizens of Washing
ton, but what is more he attracted the
attention of the profession throughout
the United States by the profundity of
his learning and the clearness of his
opinions"
Evening star., 1916-01-04
Merchants Are Criticised.

Merchants of Washington who urge
residents here to buy in Washington
yet give their own printing and other
work to outside firms in order to save a
few dollars were criticised.
Il knot some merchants who have
their printing done in Baltimore, and
without the union label, too" said r.
W. Pritchett
1T is bad habit some of them
have, said President Hugh Everett
They want Washingtonians to buy in
Washington. but they will send all the
way to Baltimore or Philadelphia to
have their printing and engraving
done so as to save d couple of dollars
on hundred dollar job"
Pointing out that fire in the front
of the Gage school would cut OFF all
escape for children and teachers in the
back of the building on the second
floor, the assa ociation went on record
as favorng the placing of fire escape
at the rear of the building. The or
ganization also favored the purchase
for playground purposes of an ad-
joining lot: urged that coping be
put around thu grounds, and decided
to take up the question of having a
light placed in front of the building.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
President Expresses Sympathy.

President Wilson has sent to the
widow of Justice Lamar the following
telegram:
MY heartful sympathy goes out to
you in your tragical loss, which the
~ hole country has reason to mourn. 1t
has lost an able servant, and l have
lost in him one of my most loved
friends"
Evening star., 1916-01-04
Tugs and Tows.

Tug Captain Toby arrived with clay
laden lighters from Swan creek and left
for Alexandra with oyster shelI-ladcn
lighter: tug Advance is due at Norfolk
with tow of scows from New York:
tug Louise will leave with lighters
laden with material for the Occoquan
workhouse; tug Walter f. Meade ar
rived with lighters laden with sand and
gravel from down-river digging
grounds: tug Eugenia left with lighters
for digging machines in Oxon run. op-
posite Alexandria; Southern Transpor-
tation Company's tug is reported due
here with coal-laden barges from the
head of the bay.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
Memoranda.

, Steamship Jean is reported on her
way to Boca Grande. Fla, TO load phos-
phate rock for Alexandria: schooner
Mary Ann Shea is in Aqua creek for
the winter; schooner Edith Marcy is
due here from the lower Potomac with
oysters for the market: schooner Rich
ard Tall is reported Loading cord wood
in Upper Machodoc creek for dealers
here; schooner &. l.. Rohde IS due 70
sail from Norfolk for this city with
lumber. schooner Halle X. is at a lower
Potomac point after oysters for the
market here; schooner Elizabeth Clarke
will return TO a Potomac shore after
lumber for this market.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
Community Banquet Planned.

Plans for banquet were also dis
cussed Washington Topham suggest
ed that the banquet should be a COM
munity affair. and this idea met with
the approval of other members. 1t
probably will be held in one of the
churches of the community included in
the association. y committee appoint
ed to arrange for the affair comprises:
Mr. Topham, chairman; {. A Ford. b.
I. Wrightsman, DR.. W. W. Alleger and
f. j. Matthews
The association decided to take steps
to ioin the Federation of Citizens AS
sociations. Announcement was made
that il had been decided to offer two
or more prizes to the members bring
ing in the greatest number of new
members during the year. The ques-
ticn of having a light placed at the
opening to the alley in the $500 block
of North Capitol street was referred to
the committee on lights. Frank r.
Wheater was named as delegate to the
advertising vigilance committee of the
Retail Merchants Association.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
Committees Are Announced.

The following committees were an
nounced by President Everett:
Executive committee-Hugh Everett,
president; Frank NJ. Hoadley. secre-
tary; Frank Hegner, treasurer; DR.. A.
d. Cobey, first vice president; Peter w
Pritchctt, second vice president: Ed
win A. Neiss. F. r. WEeater and Rev.
Hugh r. Stevenson and chairmen of all
standing committees.
Membership. No. I'D. S. Hoover,
chairman: John Baker c. B. Stokes.
W :. McCurdy, + X. Wheater, c. Nj.
Kcefer and ]. \. Pruitt.
Membership. No. 2-H. p Gumbrecht,
chairman: NJ. d. Keefer. John J. Lun-
kel. Grant Murray II. NJ. Mohr, w: T.
Kerfoot. F. j. Cooksey, Dennis Nc
Ci,rthy and a. r. Horn.
Railways and Wash
ineton Topham. chairman: Edwin A.
Neiss u. !. Richardson, ID. A. Gurney,
" T. Nelson, f. W. Nedder, Peter w.
Pritchett and Thomas j. Alleger.
Press and postal facilities-Charles
II. Ourand, chairman; Samuel Gompers,
George =. Killian, Frank NJ. Hoadley,
II. W. Tallman and James O'Connell.
streets. sidewalks and lights-L. j.
Matthews, chairman; Charels A. Ford.
william c. lden, J. w Bennett, {. {.
NJ Miller and q. g. Loehle.
sewers and water-T II. Braden.
". W. Champagne, Charles \. Schmidt,
\. l.. Nutwell and william J. Bennetts-
sire and police protection Julian =.
Dodge. chairman; NJ w. Bayliss. j. +.
liuguIey. q X. Ball, l.. T. Springer, w
H. scott and ". W. Hall
schools and schoolhouses r. Wor-
Icy chairman; Rev. Hugh T. Stephen
son. A. =. Davis. NJ. 5. cooley, A. B.
Keefer, r. W. Moore, Joseph F. Mars
dfn and Howard 6. Todd.
parks and Fairgrounds B. J.
W rightsman. chairman: &. A. Bell,
Thomas F. Rooney, J. w. Clary, Frank
Hegner, T. X. Walton, r. T. j. Barber
and Rev. T.. NJ. Mott.
Sanitation-Dr. w. w. Alleger, chair
man; DR. j. S. Allen. DR.; A. d Cobey'
Dr. W w. Lyon. jr.: DR.. Levi Z. Blake,
Or II. w Hickman, Dr. n. B. Shade
and Or, W. T. McConville.
Value of permanent Improvement
c NJ, Wallingsford, chairman; +. j
sacks. william e. Shannon, Edwin $
Hoskins. Benz. F. Taylor. John }. Wld-
maycr, Frederick 7. Godfrey and Wat
son y Barber.
Evening star., 1916-01-04
|Special Film Features

Olympic, 1431 You SO. NV.
TODAY-David IIorsley presents CRANE
TER BREENE" From the "Adventurcs OF
Allan Dare"
Evening star., 1916-01-04

CrandalPs Theater. 9th and + Sts.
kIMBALL YOUNG, In her
great success CAMILLE"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-17
THE BIG HEAD
Howard LRann

The big head is an affection of the
upper part Of the human skull which
is caused by feeding conceit into a
vacuum. After Nature has gone to
the trouble of providing man with
large unoccupied space in which to
store thought ana ready-to-wear in
formation, it would seem that this
opening could be used to better add
vantage than by filing it with low
grade of conceit and allowing it to
evaporatc in the direction of the
general public.
There are several kinds Of big
head, all of which are accompanied
by intense swelling of the think
chamber. This swelling does not cause
pain to the owner. but creates a great
deal of personal discomfort on the
part Of the average listener. Why is
it that a man will not be able to sleep
nights en- account of the swelling
from an liberated tooth, and yet not
| be disturbed in the slightest by an
attack Of the big head that resembles
q toy balloon ut q distance of three
| hundred feet2 This shows rank
favoritism on the part of Nature,
which is supposed to be impartial in
all Of her acts.
certain amount of big head is in
some respects a good thing, but when
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-17
Booming Barre Granite.
Barre Times.)


Greenfield apparently is not very
well satisfied with its 100000 federal
building now nearing completion. The
Gazette of that town says that the
lobby is far from large enough, the
sorting room adequate for present
needs only, with no provision for the
town 5 growth, and the general APP
pearance of the structure such that if
the words post Office did not APP
pear over the entrance strangers
would mistake it for garage. -
Brattleboro Reformer.
There is only one way TO get a fed
eral building of satisfactory appear
ance; and that is to use granite or
marble in the exterior construction.
Either one of those stones lends a
distinction aad tone which brick
and mortar cannot give There is no
likelihood of anyone installing the
granite postoffice in Barre for a
garage, nor the marble postoffice in
Montpelier. The appearance of the
former is particularly far removed
from that of garage and its archi-
tectural beauty grows upon one with
each new sight of it. Montpelier s
federal building, though most sllillful
ly concealed by trees and thereby
given a somewhat sombre appearance
is nevertheless fairly attractive A
building of brick would have looked
80 per cent worse than the present
structure in either city. We can i'm
agine Just about how Greenfield s new
postOtfice structure looks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-17

IT begins to run out at the top and
spin weird yarns faster than a cot
ton gin it should he provided with n
wire muzzle and a hip reducer. No
body ever got very far in the race of
life without enough Of the big head
to prevent him from being paved
over on the remnant counter. Some
of the biggest men this country has
produced have had a noticeable err
largement Of the cranial cavity, but
they did not attempt to use it as a
substitute for the intellect. A small
quantity of the big head, driven with
n high check, will not iniure any
man 5 chances so long as he keeps
his fan belt tight.
1t often happens that the man who
has the most cause to carry around a
violent case Of the big head is the
last one to show any signs of it. The
genuinely modest man who does big
things in quiet way does not have
to convert himself into a billboard
with megaphone attachment. One OF
the finest things that can he sai5
about American manhood is that tht
hraggart and the bob-tailed flush ar
fist so seldom sit at the head of tn
board Of directors.
Time viii cure the big head, but i
is liable to get mighty leg weary be
fore Withdrawing from the case.
ne NeVSr,aDar Sory-ica7
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-17
ENoryday
WiSdOnd@ gN
.nDT bm #eto@ 49, ~,
EARS

If nothing else evoluted, ears did,
because who would have thought of
ears all at once! Ears look as if
they had been done over and over,
and started out to be several other
things, and hesitated, and finally
settled down and decided 20 be ears.
A large part of the ear is superfu-
Gus. At one time the ear must have
been used for hearing several miles
But now that we live close together
and have telephones and are 10
longer afraid of Indians or wild an
imals, we do not need nearly as
much ear as we have. We could
get along very well with a neat, lit
tie, concealed hole in the side of the
head, invisible to the casual OBJ
server, as inconspieuous as .dicta-
phone. The tapping, funnel part eff
the ear might as well be Topped off
like the twentieth century vermi-
form appendix.
We presage the passing of the ex-
ternal ear. It may take countless
generations, but we are going to
get our presage in early. When that
time does come, small boys the world
over may rejoice that they were aot
born in an age when ears had to be
washed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-17
SATURDAY, JUNE Il, 1916.
SOME LICENSE FIGURES.

The official figures on Vermont s Ii
cense vote of last March show that
the state, though strongly opposed to
prohibition as against local option
gave the largest majority against Ii
cense in its history. There were l8,-
or votes for license a1d 10000 |
against it., a majority of 1882 in a |
| total vote of 47,oS6. 1t was claimed |
by some that here would be a mark /
ed increase in the license vote and
in the number Of license towns if |
prohibition were defeated, but this
did not come to pass.
The majority against license was
larger than the year before il Addi-
son, Caledonia, Franklin, Grand Isle,
Lamoille, Orange, Orleans and Wind
sor counties, and smaller in Chitten-
den, Essex, Rutland, Washington and
! Windham. Bennington county gave a
majority of nine for license. Caledo-|
MIA county gave the largest total ma
jority against license, l,725, and Or
leans gave the largest proportionate
majority, 81 per cent of her total
vote.
twenty-five towns and cities voted
in favor of license, one more than il
1912, and two more than in 1914 and
1919, but less than in any other year
under the present law. Five towns
which voted for license are very small
and no license is taken out in them,
Brunswick. Jay, Mt. Tabor, Sears
burg and Somerset. The total vote for
license in these five towns was 81,
and the vote against it was 40.
Of the seventeen towns in which
saloons are located, twelve had them
i'll 1918, and saw fit to continue them
another year, Bennington, Burlington,
Canaan, Colchester Fair Haven, Pow
nal, Rutland, st. Adams, Shelburne,
Shoreham, Vergennes and West Rut-
land. The majority Tor license was
smaller than last year in Canaan,
Shelburne and Shoreham, and larger
in the other nine. The license maj
GRITTY was reduced the most in Canaan,
from 40 to 6. 1t was increased the
most in Rutland, from IS to 726.
Five towns have saloons this year
which were deprived of them last year
Barre, Castleton, Middlesex, Norton
and Swanton. All of these except
Norton have had previous experience
with saloons, Barre il 1907, Middlesex
in 1908, Castleton and Swanton in
1914
Two towns which had saloons last
year are free from them this year,
Bethel and Brighton. Bethel had been
enjoying the benefits CD of legalizel
liquor selling for five years and Brigh-
ton for three.
As usual the west side of the state
supports most of the saloons, only
four towns on the east side sharing
the privilege, Barre, Canaan, Norton
and Middlesex, the last three having
only one saloon each. Seven counties
are without saloons, Caledonia, Grand
Isle, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Wind
, ham and Windsor. Rutland county
has four saloon towns, Chittenden has
three, while Addison, Bennington, Es-
sex, Franklin and Washington have
two each.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-17
Senator Page Quizzed.
Ludlow Tribune.)


In connection with the senatorial
question which is Just now engaging
the attention of some of the papers in
Vermont, and on the suppositi0n that
Carroll S. Page desires to succeed him
self, it would seem natural enough to
ask why the senator has not as vet
taken the people of Vermont into his
confidence on the subject of the sue
cession and made frank statement of
the grounds on which he desires. and
hopes for, reelection.
Constructive legislation is a live top
ic these days, and is being brought
to the front in many of the state pa
pers; and under these circumstances,
as bearing directly upon the senatorial
succession, it seems natural enough to
9sk Senator Page a question or two.
For instance:
What constructive measure, if any.
has he proposed, stood behind, and
been able to push to a successful issue
in the senate during his eight years
service in that honorable body?
Did he really vote against the rural
credit bill, and the bill looking to the
protection of the sources of water
power in these United States? And if
so, will he tell his constituency why
The Senator introduced a long time
ago a vocational education bill that
had merit, and which Vermonters, in
common with the people of other
states. hoped to see become a law
Nothing of 4 definite nature has beer
| heard from that measure for some
time. What has happened to it?
We believe that a candidate for any
high position has nothing to lose, anC
everything to gain, by taking the pub
lie into his confidence; and that clos,
relation and frank understanding be
tween the two viii inure to the benef
of both.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-17

that the idea that Germany has had
monopoly of toy manufacture in the
past is a fallacy, and that the great
bulk of the toys sold in this country
have been made here. Without doubt
many of these, to please a foolish
fancy, have been labeled "Made in
Germany" The war will not have
been entirely in vain if it teaches
some folks that articles manufactured
in this country are as good as any in
the world
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-17

Small Grains, NJ A. Carleton. (Rural
Text Book Series, ed. by L. II.
Baiiovl
An exhaustive study of the cereals
by the head of the cereal department
of the bureau of plant industry, for
use in colleges and high schools and
also for the farmer and the general
reader. The author gives briefly the
fundamental principles of plant struc-
ture and nutrition rs related to cereals
in general; then the four cereals,
wheat, oats, barley and rye, are treat
ed separately as to their origin, char
acters, classification, varieties, selection
and hybridization. Finally, all the
cereals are discussed in regard to soil,
climatic relations, acclimatization, cul-
tivation, irrigation, weeds. insect and
fungus pests and closing with an in
teresting chapter on uses of cereals
and the cereals in commerce.