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Evening star., 1916-12-10
DIED.

AHERN. On December o. 1915. at her resi-
AHERN
Notice of funeral hereafter. IL
BRADBURY. On Thursday. December Z. 1916,
at noon, in Jamaica Plain. Mass, Mrs.
SUSAN EAMES BRADBURY. mother Of Cliff
ford X. and Frank C. Bradbury.
Funeral service Monday. December IL, at pm.
at Rock Creek cemetery.
DoRE. Suddenly on Thursday. December Z.
1915. at I pm. at Georgetown University
Hospital, EDWARD P. D0RE. beloved son OF
Daniel and the late BESSIE Dorc.
Funeral from the residence of his sister, Mrs II.
NJ. Boteler G52 11th street northeast on Mon
Holy Name Church at $40 am Relatives
and friends invited to attend. To-
DoRE. On Thursday. December Z. 1915. at $50
Mccarthy. 20l5 Bennng road northeast, Mrs.
ANNIE pORE tnee Fealy,-
Solemn requiem at Holy Name Church
Monday December IL. at $50 an. Inter
ment Mount olivet cemetery. Relatives and
friends invited To-
FRYE. Departed this lie on Friday. December
s. 1915 at her residence 22S3 Sherman ave.
nue.. ETHEL FRYE. wife Of the late Thomas
II. Frye. sister of Bessie Shepherd. Annie
Funeral Monday. December IL. from Simpson
Memorial Methodist Church, Florida and
Sherman avenues northwest. at o'clock pm
Relatives and friends invited to attend.
GARRETsoN. At his home. 3716 Euclid avenue
banker of Cleveland, Ohio, and brigadier gen
eral, L. s. V. Due to error in telegram
the death of Mrs. Garretson enormously
announced in yesterdays Evening Star
Evening star., 1916-12-10
CAPITAL IS FAR BEHIND
IN PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS
Only Chicago Ranks Lower in the
Scale Of American
Cities.

The children of the District are not
as well cared for in the matter of play
grounds as are the children in almost
every other large city in the United
States, according to Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes, supervisor of municipal play
grounds, who spoke on the subject be-
fore the Home and School Association
of the Cranch School, 18th and G streets
southeast, last week
Mrs. Rhodes stated that Washington
spends less on Fairgrounds than any
other large city save one. In the mat
ter OF providing play space for children
Chicago is last, with one playground
for every 33.110 persons. Washington
is next, with one playground for every
1883 persons. Baltimore has one play
ground for every 4265 persons. while
Pittsburgh has one playground for
every 4,S95 persons. In these various
other cities. according to the speaker,
there is less space for recreation pur-
poses than in Washington.
Washington is something less than one
half of l cent, Mrs. Rhodes said. The
per capita cost of municipal play
grounds in Brookline. Mass, is 81.
Brookline spends 400 times as much
per capita as is spent by Congress and
the people of the District combined. or
500 times as much as the people of the
District are now paying for the sup
port of the municipal Fairgrounds.
Evening star., 1916-12-10

Miss NJ. P. Shadd. supervising principal,
and J. C. Payne. group principal and
eighth grade teacher. Douglass-Sim-
mons School.
In his annual report for the school
year ended June 80, 1916, the super
intendent of schools emphasized the
need for the standardizing of teachers
ratings, in order to make sure that
teachers marked by different groups OF
rating officials were given the same
values for the various factors whlch
make up the general scale of marks
To assist in establishing a standard ne
expressed an intention of appointing
special committee of officers ana
teachers to assist in outlining tenta-
tive standard.
Evening star., 1916-12-10
TO TALK ON PRISON REFORM.
Warden McKenty to Address Elec.
trio Railway Association.

Warden Bob" McKenty, in charge of
the great prison at Easton, Pa. is to
be the principal speaker at a meeting
of section four of the American Elec-
trio Railway Association Compa: Y, to
be held tomorrow night at the assem-
bly hall Of the Potomac Electric Power
Company building. Mr.. McKenty. who
was invited to speak by President Clar-
ence p. King of the local company.
will talk on prison reform. Among
those who have accepted Invitations to
Evening star., 1916-12-10
RATING COMMITTEE NAMED.
To Assist in Standardizing Markings
of School Teachers.

The following committee to work for
the Standardization of teachers ratings
in the public schools was named by Supt
Ernest L. Thurston yesterday afternoon
to cooperate with the superintendent
and his general officers:
Representing the white schools-Dr.
E. G. Kimball. supervising principal: {:
E. M. Wilson. principal of Central High
School; Miss Adelaide Davis group
principal and eighth grade teacher,
Emery School: Miss NJ. c. Hawes, teach
er, Eastern High School. and Miss F.
ID. Egbert, teacher. Thomson School.
Representing the colored schools
Evening star., 1916-12-10

be present are Maj Pullman. Inspector
Grant, w. H. Whitaker, superintend-
ent of the District workhouse at Deco
guam; Louis F. Zinkhan. superintendent
of the Washington asylum and Jail;
District Attorney John E. Laskey and
Sheriff A. Frank Gather of Montgom-
erv county. Warden Mckenty rose
from a street urchin to a member of
the Philadelphia police force in various
ranks, and thence to warden, in which
capacity he has always worked hard
for practical prison betterment.
Evening star., 1916-12-10

Several types of compressed air
operated hosting machines have been
designed for use in places where the
fire hazard is great.
Evening star., 1916-12-10

from you that body so important as
the Pennsylvania Society is going to
discuss at it's annual gathering sub
1ect of such profound slgnlncance as
| the measures that may be taken after
the present war has ended to prevent
| the occurrences of any similar caiam-
| 1ty. For us here the nrst duty Is TO
| prosecute this war to victory SO COM
plete as to vfndicate those principles
of International right and humanity for
| which we are fighting. we nave, there-
| fore, not vet been able to discuss such
| measures in detail, but the scheme put
| forward by one American iedsue ol
peace has been warmly welcomed by
| many of our most thoughtful men; and
| the idea which underlies 1t mas been
heartily and publicly approved by such
leading statesmen as the prime lhinis-
I ter, the foreign secretary ana Mr..
Arthur Balfour
Il rejoice to hear that the scheme is
receiving so much attention IN tne
united States and that there IS among
you growing feeling that America
ought not to stand apart from a move
ment whose success would, after TINS
present war has ended, open up pros
| pect of immense benefit to all man.
kind"
DIR. Butler. in an address on Is
America Drifting?' said in part:
THE time has come, indeed it has
/ long passed, for the American people
earnestly and intelligently to CONSIDER
tielr foreign reIatlOnS anu ~ ioi iiiu
late a foreign policy that is worthy OF
their best traditions and in consonance
with the language of the Declaration
of Independence itself. Patriotism cam
not rest on prosperity; it must be
based on principle"
Sir George E. Foster declared there
could be no peace while the entente
allies are not victorious. Canada,
Australia and every British depend
ency," he asserted. ARE opposed to any
dlScontinuance of the war until there
is a guarantee that the cause winch
led to the conflict is abolished.
Stand for the Common Ideal.
1T is an interesting thing" asserted
Sir George, that men of Canada and
Australia should take the trouble to go
to the plains of Europe and give their
lives on the battlefields and yet not so
remarkable when you consider that
those libertyloving people. at peace
for four generations, are standing for
the ideal that the allied cause stands
for.
"The neutral point of view can never
be the same as that of the belligerent, but
| ask you: Did it ever flash across your
mind that there are about eight hundred
million of people in this war of whom
about seven hundred million are in the
allied cause, and that today the allied
cause it not victorious? Does any SEN
Slble man think that seven hundred mil
lions are going to lay down at this par
ticular time and cry for peace without the
ideals for which they fight being at
tained?"
Evening star., 1916-12-10
METHODS OF AVOIDING
THE HORRORS OF WAR
Theme of Speakers at Annual Ban.
quet of Pennsylvania So
ciety, New York.

| By the Associated Press.
| NEW YORK. December 9.-How So
ciety can be reconstructed to avoid the
| horrors of war was discussed at the
eighteenth annual dinner of the Penn
sylvania Society here tonight. Chief
among the speakers were James NJ.
Beck, president of the organization;
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, president
| of Columbia University; Sir George
Eulas Foster, Canadian minister of
! trade and commerce. and John w. Da-
Wis, solicitor general of the United
States.
THE great objective of human prog
ress." declared Mr.. Beck, "undoubted-
| ly should be to have peace with JUS
tice, but unless and until both are
attainable 1t is infinitely better to have
justice with war than injustice through
peace. Multiplied death, horrible as it
| is, is infinitely better than multiplied
disgrace.
Objectionable Terms of Peace.
"a peace which would deliberately
sacrifice justice and enthrone wanton
wrong would be crime against God
and man alike. A peace which would
even return to the unhappy people of
Belgium their own country but with
out reparation of atonement, would be
even a greater mischief than the war
that is now deluging half the world
with blood"
Enlightened publicists of other ma
tions. Mr. Beck said, eagerly look to
the United States not for present inter-
vention, which is not desired. but for
future guidance when the war shall
have ended and the reconstruction of
society through the processes of peace
shall again be undertaken
He quoted from the following letter,
which he had received from Viscount
Bryce, formerly British AMBASSADOR to
the United States, and which was writ
ten before the British cabinet crisis:
TT gives me great pleasure to hear
Evening star., 1916-12-10
MARRIED.

CLARK-TALBERT. Mrs. F. NJ. Talbert wishes
to announce the marriage of her daughter.
ANNIE B. TALBERT. and Mr.. BLAINE HCD-
son CLARK. at Rockville. Md. on December
1. 1915 by the Rev. Samael White. D. D. 10
KNEESSI-EHLERS Mr.. and Mrs. Fred W:
kneessi wish, to announce the marriage OF
their son. FRED X. KNEESSI. TO ANNA l..
EHLERS on November 80. 1915, in Monterey,
MINI.
Evening star., 1916-12-10
ARTHUR l.. BLISS.

Arthur L. Bliss of this city, son of
Alonzo O. Bliss, is now in active serv-
ice on the Somme front in France as a
member of the American Ambulance
Corps, according to report just re-
ceived in Washington.
Mr. Bliss departed for Europe last
October. He contracted to serve for at
least six months. After severe exam
nations and hard preliminary drilling
he was sent to the front.
Evening star., 1916-12-10
CARD OF THANKS.

BoNMI In appreciation of the kindness. sym
pathy and noral tributes at the illness and
death of our brother. CHARLES +. BoNlNl.
we extend our heartfelt thanks.
SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
Evening star., 1916-12-10

Ants in Australia build their nests
along a north and south line so ac-
curately that a traveller may direct
his course by their aid.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12
IS, 900 Acres of Additional
Land Under Cultivation

Dublin, Ireland Oct. 1.-THE efforts
OF the Irish Department of Agriculture
to increase the food supply have resulted
in an addition of over $4,000 acres of
land to the area under cultivation In
structions have been sent about the
country advising farmers as to the
means of utilizing their land and the
growing of catch crops.
Although Ireland has a flourishing
linen trade in Belfast il does not, to any
great extent, grow its own flax, and the
Department has been endeavoring to
remedy this. Early n-August, 1914 the
Department issued a memorandum ad-
vising flaX-growers to save flaX-seed
for their sowing requirements the fol-
lowing Spring. The procuring of seed
during the season of 1914-15 was at
tended with considerable difficulties
Upon representations of the Department
of Agriculture. facilities were obtained
through the Intervention of the Foreign
Office for the export of seed from Rus
sia and Holland to this country. Though
these supplies helped the flax-growers,
1t was insufficient to meet their full
requirements. A society of flax grow
ers have been formed and arrangements
have been made for the cultivation of
the crop on a more extensive scale.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12
Gaffney Is After Dodgers;
Offers Ebbets Big Price

New York, Oct. Thames e. Gaff-
ney. former owner of the Boston Ma
tionals. stated yesterday that he was
prepared to buy the Brooklyn baseball
club IL Charles II. Ebbets would name
a reasonable figure. He conferred with
Mr.. Ebbets before the worlds series
games yesterday afternoon, and follows
ing the conference it was said that af-
ter the series Mr.. Gaffney. Mr.. Ebbets
and the McKevers. partners of Ebbetss
would continue negotiations. 1t is un-
cerstood Gaffney made fiat offer. The
amount was not divulged. but was said
to be in the neighborhood of $4,000
600. He indicated that If he is unable
to acquire complete control of the
club he will be willing to take Ebbets'
share.
Another prospective purchaser who
has conducted negotiations with Mr..
Ebbets is Charles l. Feltman, a Coney
Island restaurant proprietor. Feltman
admitted to-day that he had talked the
situation over with Mr.. Ebbets. but
said that nothing definite had been
done.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12

tional League hurlers, deserves special
tated the break which halted the
Robins attack in the first inning and
prevented the Brooklyn campaigners
from completely routing Leonard and
his colleagues.
With two runs scored in the first.
and Cutshaw on first and Wheat on
third and one out. Cutshaw started for
second, and when Carrigan threw to
Scott. Wheat mbled for the plate.
Just how foolish was the effort Is evil
denced by the fact that Wheat was
retired at third and not at the plate.
H saw his mistake too late, and, In
an effort to get back to the bag, was
tagged for the second out. Mowrey
then famed and the rally was over.
Another break came in Brooklyn S
half of the fourth and again its attack
was shattered. Cutshaw opened the
inning with a double. and Mowrey was
franked to first. At this period of the
game Boston was only two runs in the
| lead and 1t was good billiards for
Olson to lay down a sacrifice. trusting
that the following two batters would
bring the runners over.
Olson failed. His attempt to sacri-
fice resulted in pop fly to Hoblitzell
Instead of being in the position where
a single would score two runs and tie
the score, Chief Myers. and Pfeffer,
who followed him, were confronted
with the necessity of polling out a hit
long enough to score a man from first
AS a result they took their "healthys
| and were eaSy outs,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12
STATE GOLF AT PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh, Oct. II. - Many golfers
practiced on the links of the Allie
gheny Country Club here yesterday in
preparation for the ninth annual anna
teur championship of the Pennsylvania
Golf Association which will start to-
day with a S6-hole qualifying round.
While, there are no eastern players en-
tered, practically all of the low handi-
cap men in Western Pennsylvania will
compete for the title. Trophies will
be awarded the winner of the qualify
ing round. the winners, runners-up and
winners OF the beaten eight in each
fight There will also be an 1S-hole
medal play handicap contest on Sat
urday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12
DRUNKENNESS in
ARMY DECLINES
Drunken Soldier Is a Rare
Sight; Y. M. C.. A. Re
sponsible

london, Oct, 11.-(Correspondence of
the Associated Press)-There isn't any
thing like as much drunkenness in the
British army as there used to be. Lord
French attributes much of this improve
ment to the great work done by the
Young Mems Christian Association and
kindred bodies. They have established
innumerable substitutes for the canteen
which Thomas Atkins has found much
more attractive and much less expensive
They provide wholesome refreshment
and harmless recreation for him. and
religion too-if he wants 1t. Often he
helps himself to all three.
1t was the opening of the new Y. NJ.
c. A. hut by Lord French that enabled
him to tell how much the army had
benefited by such work.
Il remember" he said. when I first
Joined the army-how long ago I don't
like to remember the only refuge of
the soldier was the canteen. In those
days we had old soldiers who used prac-
tically to live on beer. 1t used TO be
quite a common thing in those days for
an old soldier to sell his food to the
young recruit and buy beer to live upon
it.
81 think 1t is something like thirty
or thirty five years ago since the found
ers OF the Y. NJ. c. A. commenced their
beneficent work and the change that
has come over the personnel of the army
during that time has been something &
very little short OF miraculous. Those
who have served all those years in the
army can realize 1t better than any
body else.
"A few years before the war COM
menced this improvement began to
manifest itself in a most extraordinary
IL
the diminution of crime. Drunkenness
was formerly most prevalent crime
in the army. I remember we used to
have strings of defaulters outside the
orderly rooms waiting to be punished
for drunkenness You hardly ever see
drunken soldier now, and in many
other directions the work of these in
stitutions upon the spiritual and moral
development of the soldier is very
marked and has been clearly proved.
When I was chief In
France for some eighteen months I
realized what these institutions have
done for soldiers. 1t was on the fields
of battle that the men showed what
different men they were. This war has
demanded more in the way of nerve
and courage from our men than any war
that has ever happened in the history
of the world. The most constant cour-
age has had to be exercised every mo-
ment of the day and night No bit of
ground is secure from the long range
high explosive shells. But through it
all our men have shown a magnificent
courage. One cannot but remember that
the old soldiers of the past were splen-
did, but they certainly never surpassed
the splendid courage that has been
shown in this war. One cannot help
thinking that perhaps 1t is to be traced
to the work of these institutions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12
Spill at Newport Races;
Commings Is Big Winner

Newport. Pa, Oct. 12.-Races at the
Perry County Fair yesterday were won
in straight heats. There was one bad
spill. Roberta. owned by James
George. of AIiftiin. fell. and Clark and
jolly P. got into the wreckage. NO
one was seriously injured. A. B. Com
mings, with Judge Moore, captured the
big purse. The summary follows:
Perry county horses without record;
pure 500
Orblaze, brm.. by Ormande, W.
G. 10y, Newport -. l
Queen Larose, g.m.. Beryle $,
W. 3. Shull, Ickesburg -. :
Noble. Big, ID. W. Shaefer,
Pearl, h.m., Arthur king, Ian
disburg ....... '''..
Old Cove. Big, ]. d. Brown
Time. 2.4eH. 2.4sA. 2.55A.
Trotting and pacing, 2.14; purse
Jduge Moore, Big, by Rythmic,
4. 3. Commings, Reading -. l l
Roberta. br.m., by Pedander,
James George, Muffin .... 2
Hal Direct. BIS. Direct, II. H.
Wilson. Williamsport .......
Jolly P. by Julip-James Jack
son. Derry Church ........ s
Clark. Big, by Guy Boy, Mitchell
Liniment Company ...... .
Time, 2.15A, AJAX, 2.15A.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12

State College. Pa, Oct. 12.-Penn
States magnificent game against Buck
nell on Saturday has pleased the
coaches and student body. They were
impressed by the savage attack of the
back field in the first half and by the
defensive play of the linemen through
out the fray. Harlows week&of in
struction in perfecting a hard-hitting
running attack enabled State to gather
fifty points while the Orange and Blue
eleven collected a single touchdown.
1t was an easier game than State
looked for, twenty points being about
the margin figured on by Captain
Clark's men. Floyd Parrish, the var
sity wrestler, played a superb defensive
game. and to-day Harlow put him at
right guard in Jim O'Donnell's po-
sition. Krushank, Ege and Swain,
the regulars kept out of Saturdays
conflict with injuries. have resumed
their places in the first string lineup.
Each of States men lost from seven to
eight pounds in the game.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12

brooklyn, n. Y, Oct. 12.-Wilbert
Robinson, the rotund Napoleon of
Flatbush, contributed the big break"
yesterday. He did it when he sent
Rube Marquard to the mound in the
fourth game of the annual big league
JOY ride. and it was some break"
The Rube's colleagues staked him to
O. two-run lead in the opening inning,
and he started out to make that lead
look as small as possible. How we'll
he succeeded is attested by the score
Boston G, Brooklyn 2.
1t is generally admitted around the
quiet corners of Brooklyn that Wilbert
plucked lemon when he sent Mar
guard to the hill.
Robinson did not corner the break
market at Ebbets Field yesterday. His
menials committed some fifty-six or
fifty-seven varieties of breaks them
selves, and most of them helped the
Sox in their campaign for cash and
glory.
Wheat. the terror of countless Ma
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12
Manager McIlhenny Hopes
Brooklyn Will Win Today

As a baseball manager George W.
Mc1lhenny has been quite successful.
He announced to-day that the Renier
electric board would be on hand next
year for the worlds series and that in
keeping with his program this week he
would introduce new features daily.
In the event of Boston winning to-
day there will be no game tomorrow.
Manager McIlhenny hopes to see the
windup in Brooklyn. There is a proba-
bility that the series may go seven
games. That would happen il Brook
lyn won to-day and tomorrow.
If the series ends to-day, Manager
McIlhenny will at once take up plans
for the basketball season. He has q
number of high class bookings for this
season in connection with the Harris
burg Independents games.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12
BERRY JOINS PENN SQUAD

Philadelphia, Oct. 12.-Penn's foot
ball squad received its most valuable
adj ition of the season when Howard
Berry reported to Bob Folwell yester-
day afternoon and followed the squad
around the field during a long sig
nal drill. Berry will have week in
which to school himself in the Red
and Blue formations and learn the sig
nails. and he is expected to join the
varsity eleven, providing he can win
a place for himself before the Penn
State game. Folwell wave the penta-
thlon champion a lot of pointers yester-
day, and the head coach was delighted
with Berry's punting and drop-kick-
ing. After the signal drill Berry drop
ped the oval between the goalposts
from the 40-yard line on numerous oc-
casions. while his punting assures him
a position in the regular backfeld II
only his proficiency in this phase of the
game. .-.-.-.... -..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-12

MELLYS X CORNER

Central High has had a new tackling
dummy installed on the Island. A
bucking or charging sled. such as is
used by all big schools and colleges.
has also been put at the disposal OF
the Central football men.
The deer season in New Jersey
opened yesterday. Jersey hunters
found game plentiful and reports
figure that about twelve deer were
killed on the first day. Hammonton,
Egg Harbor and Mays Landing were
popular hunting grounds.
Lehigh plays Yale on Satur@~y. This
will be the first opportun y for q
showdown on the part of Yal.. Every
body who has watched football up to
date is of the opinion that the New
Haven boys are going to have q clean
UP season.
Pop Geers Is showing his old-time
form as a driver in spite of his recent
injuries. With Single G.. yesterday he
won decisive victory, pulling down a
nice stake.