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Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

mons from old Captain Wayne reached
him.
With equal horror OF putting up at
hotels or relatives houses. the captain
upon his arri9al in town had gone
straight to his club and forthwith be-
come the sensation of the clubs win
dows. Old members felt young when
they caught sight of him. as though
they had come suddenly on a vanished
landmark restored. Passing gamlns
gazed on his short-cropped hair, star
ing eyes, flaring collar, black string
tie and flowing broadcloth and re-
marked, Gee, look at de old spoit In
de winderr'
Alan heard the remark as he entered
the club and smiled.
"How do you do, slr?"
"Huhw grunted the captain. "Sit
down." He ordered a drink for his
guest and another for himself. He
glared at the waiter. He glared at a
callow youth who had come up and
was looking with speculative eye at a
nelghboring chair. The waiter retired
uluiOSl pltNiplAOuSlgs 1ht JOulh AOl-
lowed.
"In my time," remarked the captain.
"a club was for privacy. Now it's a
haven fof bellboys and a playground
for whippersnappers."
They've made me a member. SIR"
"Have, ehp' growled the captain.
and glared at his nephew. Alan took
inspection coolly, a faint smile on his
thin face. The captain turned away
his bulging eyes, crossed and un-
crossed his legs, and finally spoke. ~
was just going to say when you inter
rupted," he began, "that engineering is
a dirty job. Not, however" he con-
tinued, after a pause, "dirtier than
most. It's a profession but not a ca
reer"
"Oh, 1 don't know" said Alan.
They've got few in the army, and
they seem to be doing pretty WELL"
Huh, the armyp said the captain.
He subsidized, and made new start.
whats your appointment"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
HOME
G1ZlHHlaLiAz - zRlaaQaAl7A
BY
GEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN
copyrigh by The Century Company


When Alan reached the house Mrs.
J. Y. was in her garden across the
road surveying winters ruin, and
Nance with her children had borne
the captain off to the farm to see that
oft-repeated wonder and always well
come forerunner Of plenty, the quite
new calf.
Clematis McAlpin, shy and long
llmbed, Just at the awkward age when
woman misses being either boy or girl,
had disappeared. Where, nobody knew.
She might be bird's-nestlng in the
swamp or crying over the "Idylls Of
the King" in the barn loft. Certainly
she was not in the house. ]. Y. Wayne
had seen to that. Stern and rugged Of
face, he sat in the library alone and
waited for Alan. He heard n distant
screen door open and slam. Steps
echoed through the lonely house,
Alan came and stood before him.
Alan was a man. Without being tall
he looked tall. His shoulders were not
broad till you noticed the slimness Of
his hips. His neck looked too thin
till you saw the strong set of his small
head. In a word; he had the perfect
proportion that looks frail and is
strong. AS he stood before his uncle
his eyes grew dull. They were slightly
bloodshot in the corners and with
their dullness the clear-cut lines of his
face seemed to take on a perceptible
blur.
J. Y. began to speak. He spoke for
a long quarter of an hour and then
summed up all he had said in n few
words "I've been no uncle to you,
Alan; I've been a father. I've tried
to win you. but you were not to be
won. I've tried to hold you, but it
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

ner of the pasture. Her short skirts
fiounced madly above her ungainly
legs. She tried to take the low stone
wall in her stride. Her foot caught
in a vine and she pitched headlong
into the weeds and grass at the road
side.
Alan leaped from the cart and
picked her up, quivering, sobbing and
breathless. "Alan," she gasped,
you're not going awayF"
Alan half shook her as he drew her
thin body close to him. "Clem," he
said, ''you mustn't. Do you hear? You
mustn't. Do you think l want to go
away?'
Glen stified her sobs and looked up
at him with sudden gravity in her
elfish face. She threw her bare arms
around his neck. "Good-by, Alan"
He stopped and kissed her.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
GET NEWS BY TELEPHONE
In Stockholm All the Latest Informa
tlon Can Be Had by Calling
Up Central"

A telephone newspaper" is now In
active operation here, according to q
Stockholm correspondent of the
Brooklyn Eagle. 1t comes out" at
nine o'clock in the evening; that is
to say, that at that hour or later any.
body who will spend ten "oere." or
less than three cents, can get the
latest war news, etc, by calling up
central. Instead of asking for another
exchange and a number, one asks for
telephone news" whereupon the op-
orator connects one with a phono-
graph that gives In summary all the
latest news that is not carried in the
evening newspapers. II you are o
regular subscriber your bill is
charged with the extra amount, and
If you call from pay station you
drop the little coin in slot. The tele.
phone that gives the news has a re-
enforced current so that one is sure
to hear very plainly.
Devices of similar sort have been
used for some time in giving Sunday
afternoon concerts. They are very
popular on stormy days. when no one
can go out, and one can sit at home
in an easy chair and hear the best
singers and reciters in the city. II
is not canned music" that is served.
but the living voice that comes over
the wire. The REINFORCED current
telephones are so perfected that one
can hear concerts over the long-dis.
tance telephone. There have been
cases where subscribers in Stockholm
have heard concerts in Copenhagen
and vice versa.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

Once a poor actor was praying for
bread He was dying Of hunger. and
this fact contributed in making his
speech and gestures eloquent. But
his argument seemed to be OF no avail.
At last he neared the end Of his en-
durance, but he redoubled his efforts.
20 Lord" he said, Il pray you by all
the powers that be to give me bread"
and just then the curtain let down a
roll. Cornell Widow.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

To the surprise of his friends Alan
Wayne gave up debauch and found
himself employment by the time the
spring that saw his dismissal from
Maple house had ripened into sum
mer. He was full Of preparation for
his departure for Africa when sum-
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
New non4.

One absolutely guaranteed fool.
proof. safety-first don't" for hunters:
Don't go hunting.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

HOME is one
Ill Of the big vital
= stories which
L come only at
long intervals. The
theme is the hold
which "Home' has
ontheheartsofmen,
and the power of
regeneration which
rests in its call.
The appeal which
"Home, Sweet
Home sentimen-
talizesfo for us all, this
story dramatizes
andmakesconvinc-4
ing by the vigor
and insight Of its
character drawing.
But while the
thoughtful will rec
ognize the charac-
ter drawing and the
message, even the
casual reader will
be held by the grip /,
of the narrative.
The author has the
gift Of telling a.good
story, and he does
not neglect il forthe
sake Of his lesson.
Instead, he makes
his story big enough
to cary the lesson.
Be Sure to Read Ii!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
Valleys of the Mississippi
and the Ohio Are in Danger
of Serious Flood, Is Warning

Serious floods threaten the lower Ohio
valley, the Mississippi valley from
Cairo, ILL. to the Gulf of Mexico, and
the valleys of Arkansas, because Of the
heavy rains of yesterday and last night
in Arkansas. the lower Ohio valley and
the Mississippi valley from st. Louis
to Vicksburg. The weather bureau
today issued this special flood bulletin:
The heavy rains of Sunday in Ar
kansas. the lower Ohio valley and the
Mississippi valley, from st. Louis to
vicksburg. have continued through
cut the last twelve hours, and, coming
upon rivers already in flood, have ere
ated q serious situation in the river
valleys of Arkansas and also along Inc
lower Ohio valley and the Mississippi
valley from Cairo to the gulf. Stages
this morning were: st. Louis, 31.2
feet: food stage. 80 feet. Cairo. 51.4
feet: flood stage. IS feet. Memphis,
1s.s feet: flood stage. IS feet. vicks-
burg. SOL feet: flood stage, 45 feet.
New Orleans, 17.8 feet; flood stage, Is
feet.
while warnings have already been
distributed locally to the points In
volved. 1t now seems probable that by
reason of the continued rains the
stages already forecast will be slight
ly exceeded at various points, and
that high stages in the Mississippi
from Cairo to the gulf will be long
continued"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
ITALY IS TO CONTINUE
CAMPAIGN IN ALBANIA
Report From Vienna Says Entente
Allies Have Been Asked
to Help.

BERLIN, January 81, by wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.-Italy has decided to
continue the campaign in Albania. ac-
cording to Vienna advices given out
today by the Overseas News Agency.
and is. said to have landed an ad-
ditional infantry division and several
batteries of heavy artillery at Avlona.
Allies Asked to Help.
ITALY will not give up Albania" the
news agency says. she considers an
effective defense of the southern part
of the country as military and po-
litical necessity.
'-Other reports state that Italy. lack
ing sufficient troops of her own, has
asked for help from England and
France"
Expect to Get Venice.
LONDON. January s1.-The Balkan
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
THE Austrians are confident that in
addition to the new port of Antivari
on the Adriatic they will secure Venice
and northern Serbia. The dispatch
concludes with the declaration that
despite the victories in the Balkans
the ancient hatred of the Russians is
just as strong in Austria today as be-
fore the war;"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
Levee at West Hickman, KY,
Gives Way Before Floods;
800 People Made Homeless

HICKMAN. KY, January 31.-The West
Hickman levee gave way early today and
the Mississippi river is now flooding a
large area in the manufacturing district.
The water is slowly backing up into
the business section. About 500 people
have so far been rendered homeless.
Levee Frequently Breaks.
The West Hickman Ievee frequently
gives way under the pressure OF high
water. owing to a sharp bend in the
Mississippi at that point. 1t protects
several manufacturing plants situated
on the river front below Hickman. and
the homes of factory workers who live
In the lowlands. The principal busi-
ness section Is above the bend in the
river and safe from ordinary flood
water, but when the levee breaks the
water usually backs up into the main
street, and into the stores to a depth
Of two or three feet. The residential
section is situated on high ground.
rising abruptly from the main street
to a height of fifty feet or more.
Although the breaking of the West
Hickman levee cannot do any great
damage to Hickman, 1t always causes
considerable anxiety among the en-
gineers charged with the safety of the
great government levee which protects
the Reelfoot district in west Tennessee
and which begins Just below Hickman
and a short distance back of the local
levee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31

Gent Those on the Atlantic coasi
went to Key west from New Yori
nenvsrs and r,ere ro.Eine +ha ..m,.
trip when the ks disappeared yester.
day: Tne noats IN the racine re.
Hnnny,,m nnder thar own nowsr -. -.
tablishing a new record for lonE-dis.
lance cruising Tor American subma'
Fifty Miles Of Wireless Radius.
MI, .. .o,,,,s r,., -..
.,,;n a ssnd,ne r,a,,,s -, az, -.
'"e W 1ee
Navy department omcials said 1t wal
probable that the vessel had got beyone
r..cb of ira wireless or that the ann..
,stua had n..n damaged a. th.t :,
could not report its location. It wa,
nointed ont that the vessels sent out
I 80 -. -. -
r 70 Sea + bv o w,rede.. - q wers saonf
able to acknowledge any message be-
yond distance OF nfty miles.
Number Aboard Not known.
Y;.,,. n c-.a,, ..n-.,a. -.
heo' ~ auS eoniAus "a.
KS, with Ensign H. c. Frazer secone
in command.
E,,;s+.d r,a, ~ ~. ...v ~ +h> x-s
nv" VI INC e" y. .Ae
at last report to the Navy department
were:
ceor1. n ahh.r ,oot an,;.t.d a,
o'' eooA'
vera Cruz; no permanent ADDRESS.
Harry L. Albee, gunner's mate, Nc
A,lister street Newnort RI
-.
"li1am J. bfaoiey' gunner "a'e
Sheffield, Pa.
Arthur Rrouyn eunnar,. mate r
street. Whitfnsville, MASS.
Otis o. Galloway. gunner's mate. 1851
West Van Buren, street. Chicago.
Paul Davidson, gunners mate. 32t
North Seminary street, Princeton. Ind.
Holland Droge. electrician. ESQ Cy.
press avenue. Flushing, Long Island
N. Y.
Duchess avenue. Poughkeepsie, n; 7.
William Gottlieb. electrician. 76l Eas'
16sth street. New York city:
Frank Jackson, machtnists mate
Johnstown, Pa.
John w. Kathke. machintsts mate
enlisted at New York; no permanent
address.
Joseph Marsh. gunner's mate, Sher-
idan street. Orange. N. J.
Ernest F. Matthews. machfnfsts mate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
SALARY BILL NEARLY READY
Final Hearings Are to Be Held This
Week.

With the appearance of Secretary
Wilson Of the Department of La
Dor. Secretary Redfeld of Depart
ment of Commerce and Miss Ju-
LA Lathrop. chief of the children's
bureau. before a subcommittee of the
House appropriations committee TODAY.
the legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill appears to be in fair
way to be finished by the end of this
week.
The bill. which provides for a major
ity of government salaries within the
District of Columbia, may carry $3s,-
74s.377.25, as the estimates for the bill
amount to that sum. The estimate
also carry 1929 salaries, which is an.
proximately 400 more than those in the
act under which the departments are
now proceeding. The total amount of
the estimates is $2.S2s.s57 more than
the present act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
HAS RESERVE ARMY" PLAN.
Representative Dyer Introduces
Measure to Solve Problem

An army reserve built up of men
who have served in the army is out
lined in bill introduced today by
Representative Dyer of Missouri. 1t
provides that men who have served
fifteen years in the army shall be re-
tired II they SO desire. on half pay,
and shall serve with the reserve for
fifteen years: men in the army twenty
yeras. TO retire on two-tnrrds pay and
serve ten years in the reserve; men
who have been in the army twenty i've
years 10 retire on three fourths nav
and serve five years in the reserves.
The bill provides the men who served
in the Spanish war shall be given
credit for double time from the date of
their entering the service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
Surrounded.
TURKS FLEE, IS REPORT
Russians Said to Have Won a De-
cisive Victory in Caucasus
Campaign.

PARIS, January 31.-News
has been received in diplomatic
circles at Athens, the Balkan
agency's correspondent there
telegraphs, that the Russians
have inflicted a fresh defeat on
the Turks in the Caucasus. The
correspondent reiterates the re-
port that the Russians have sur
rounded Erzerum.
Turkish odacials Flee.
The Turkish authorities and the
bankers with the bank funds, he says.
left the city at the last moment. bare
ly escaping capture by Cossacks. Rus
sian artillery has begun to lombard
the forts of the city.
The correspondent adds that the
Turks are hastily terrifying the towns
of Angora and Sivas, capitals of the
vilayets of those names. situated, re-
spectively, 215 and 425 miles east Of
Constantinople.
Unchanged, Turks Report.
coNsTANTINoPLE, January 80. via
London, January 31.-Situations vir-
tually unchanged both in Mesopotamia
and on the Caucasus front are report
ed by the Turkish war Office in todays
Official statement.
The most notable incidents reported
are the recapture from the Russians Of
a strongly defended position by the
Turkish forces engaged in the Caucasus
campaign and the taking of 1000
camels from the British in the Meso-
potamian operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
DEATH DECLARED ACCIDENTAL
Fort Officers Explain How Sergt.
Hugo Petry Was Killed.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, January IL
sergt. Hugo Petry of the 18th U. q
Cavalry. whose body, entwined in n
rope. was found in the basement of
Troop building at Fort Oglethorpe
yesterday, came to his death acciden.
tally. . board Of inquiry decided today.
Petry had been exercising with a
punching bag in the basement alone
Saturday night.
Omcers advanced the theory that
when finished he turned out the lights
and then became entangled in q rope.
and either was stunned by q fall AZ
~ result or could not extricato himself
lid was strangled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senator

SG00tee
Met at noon.
Debate on PHILIPPINE bill was
resumed.
Education committee submitted
favorable report on vocational
education bill.
Nomination of Louis d. Bran
deis to Supreme Court of the
United States was referred to
subcommittee of judiciary COM
mittee for investigation.
Public lands committee MEM
bers opposed to federal control
of waterpower sites filed minor
ity report against waterpower
leasing bill.
Senator Walsh's request for
immediate consideration of reso-
luton to investigate freight con-
restion at New York was voted
down.
Met at noon.
Began debate on Indian appro-
priation bill.
Military and naval committees
continued hearings on national
defense questions.
Mixed hour manufacturers ap.
pealed at ways and means COM
mittee hearing for passage OF
Rainsy bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
Senates

Senates
A joint resolution providing for
the erection of a statue of Presi-
dent James Buchanan in Meri-
dian Hill Park was introduced
by Senator Lee OF Maryland.
A memorial from the Corby
company protesting against the
enactment of the Sheppard pro-
hibition bill for the District into
law was laid before the Senate
by the Vice President.
The annual report of the
Georgetown Gas Company and
the East Washington Heights
Railroad Company were trans
mitted to the Senate.
Chairman johnson today intro
duced bills aimed at fake" ad-
vertising and the passing of bad
checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
Pure Food Labelling Law Modified.

A food package containing one-half
gallon may be marked "one-half gal
lon," instead Of two quarts" according
to a new modification of the regula-
lions for marking the weight or meas
ure of the contents of food packages
made by the Department Of Agriculture
for thes enforcement Of the food and
drugs act. This decision, 1t IL an
nounced, permits the trade to establish
customs Of marking. II the marking 10
plain and conspicuous. and In NJ way.
misleadtng to the cQ1tomer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
BILLS AIMED At
FAKE ADVERTISING
Presented by Representative
Johnson After Conference
With Local Merchants.

Chairman johnson Of the House Dis
trict committee today introduced bills
to put a stop to fake" advertising and
trict Of Columbia. These measures. as
written by Mr.. Johnson. are the out
come OF conferences between him and
r. P. Andrews. president of the Retail
Merchants Association: Charles ]. CO.
lumbus. secretary, and Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Whitford
Mr.. Johnson's bills are much more
drastic than those proposed by the Re-
tail Merchants Association when the
organization began its fight. The bad
check bill makes 1t a crime to write q
check without having balance to
intent to defraud.
The fake advertising" bill covers
misleading announcements OF all kinds,
including handbills, billboards. cir
cular letters. motion picture Minis. and
infiicts very heavy punishment on any
person or organization that advertises
in misleading manner.
To Curb "Bad Checks"
The bad check bill makes it unlawful
to use a check or draft or any similar
paper with intent to defraud in order
to procure money or anything of value
if there is not sufficient credit in bank
to meet the check or draft. The bill
also makes 1t unlawful to draw a check
and at the same time reduce the bal
ance in the bank SO that the check will
not be made good. The Johnson bill
declares that the making. drawing. ut
tering or any attempt to have honored
one Of the bad checks described in the
bill shall be considered prima facie
evidence of intent to defraud. 81
The penalties run from fines of be-
tween $25 and 5000 to possible Inn
prisonment Of not more than one year.
The fake advertising bill makes 1t
unlawful to make public announce
ments of any false kind whatsoever.
and provides a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fne
or sixty days imprisonment for any
person, firm or corporation that causes
publicity to be given to any false. I'M
true or misleading statements, repre-
sentation or advertisement with a
fraudulent intent to deceive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
John r. Emery Dead, Aged II.

MORRISTOWN, N. j.. January 81
John r. Emery, former vice chancellor
of New Jersey. died at his home hera.
yesterday of bronchial pneumonia. IA
was seventy-one years old. He was 4
graduate of Princeton University and q
veteran Of the civil war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
PRAyEDEVERYDAY
FOR PEACE IN HOME
Witness Testifies Today That
Mrs. Mohr Loved Her De-
ceased Husband.

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. January 81
The trial Of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr,
Cecil Brown and Henry Spellman for
the murder Of DR.. C. Franklin Mohr
entered on its fourth week today. The
defense resumed its Introduction of
testimony in an effort, to refute the
contention of the state that Mrs. Mohr
hired the two negroes. Brown and
spellman, to shoot her husband.
Eugene J. Sullivan. Mrs. Mohrs
brother-in-law, who received letter
from Dr. Mohr in 1909. in which the
physician admitted the validity Of
their marriage. identified the letter
which was introduced at the trial Sat
Mrs. Mohr to her mothers home at
Taunton. Mass, about the time it was
written, and that she had a discolored
eye. ~ m.,u~ ,.
ness testified, land asked him what the
trouble was between Elizabeth and
himself The doctor said Mrs. Mohr
had been accusing him of going around
with other women"
Mrs. Ella Hogan of McEwansville. Pa,
DR.. Mohr's sister. testified that while
Mrs. Mohr was at her home in Nc
Evansville in June, 1915. she read a
letter. Mrs. Mohr received from George
w. f1o6nS, IT, MONT negro CnauHGuf. III
which the doctors movements were dis
cussed
Hoped for Reconciliation.
"Did Mrs. Mohr ever say IL she loved
her husband?"
"She did. She told me that she prayed
every day for peace and to become
reconciled with the doctor"
Gustav d. Mohr of McEwansvilIe, DIR.
Mohr's brother. corroborated Mrs. Ho-
cams testimony in many details.
A letter the witness received from DR..
Mohr shortly before Mrs. Mohr arrived
at McEwansville. in June, 1915, was
produced 1t read: "I hear Mrs. Mohr
is going down to see you. Now, you
can do as you like about the matter,
but she is no good and never will be.
I don't want. to go into details, but
you are doing wrong to have her come.
Better inform her she il not welcome.
The children she claims are not my
own"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31

fee as soon as court had adjourned to
read a printed copy OF the opinion. but
had nothing to say. The courts man
date by which the New York federal
court will be officially notified Of the
decision will not be issued for thirty
days, under the courts rules, unless
Lamar should request otherwise. This
would give him time to apply for re-
hearing, If desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
Cabinet Changes in Haiti.

Changes in the cabinet of Haiti were
reported to the State Department to-
day from Port au Prince. Minister of
Foreign Affairs Borno. has been given.
in addition. the portfolio of public
works, and DR.. Leon Audian has been
appointed minister OF public instruc-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-31
JAPAN DENIES TREATY.
No Pact With England for Far East
Domination.

TOXIC, January 31.-The foreign of.
lace denies the report from Berlin that
Japan and England have signed treaty
recognizing Japans superior rights in
the far east