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Evening star., 1916-09-09
BRIDE HELD FOR PERJURY.
Accused of Swearing Falsely as to
Age Of Bridegroom-Elec

Margaret r. Bowie OF Ironsides.
Charles county Nd, came to Washing
ton August % and obtained a license
to marry Irwin Bowie. Today she was
again in the city. but in the Police
Court on a charge of perjury.
1t was charged that the defendant
swore that Irwin was twenty-five years
old, when she knew that he was not
over seventeen years old. The young
couple were married.
Thomas Lozier. formerly justice
of the peace of Charles county, testi-
fed Margaret had told him Irwin was
only sixteen years old. as did Freder-
ick Nelson of the same county The
father Of the boy said he was but six
teen years old. =
irwin, a big overgrown country boy,
who. Attorney Robert !. Miller told the
court, had been shaving for some time.
took the stand and declared he told the
girl he was twenty-five years old.
Judge Mullowny held the young wife
for the action of the grand jury in $500
bonds. which WAS furnished. and she
departed from court on the arm of her
Young husband.
Evening star., 1916-09-09
HOSPITAL SHIP SOLACE
BRINGS MEMPHIS DEAD
Vessel Also Brings Many Patients
Collected in the
West Indies.

With the bodies of nine United States
sailors, who lost their lives in the re-
cent wrecking of the cruiser Memphis
near Santo Domingo city. and with 100
patients collected in the West Indies
on board. the naval Hospital ship
Solace, commanded by Medical In
spector r. NJ. Kennedy. arrived at the
Washington navy yard this afternoon
from the scene of the San Domingo dis
aster.
Among the Patients.
Eighty-eight of the patients will be
transferred at once to the Naval Hos
pital at the foot of cath street, includ-
ing Lieut.. Col. l. H. Moses of the Ma
rine Corps, Lieut.. J. L. Kerley, o. S. N:
Lieut.. c. A. Jones of the Memphis,
Lieut.. T. T. Withers, Assistant Surgeon
Waterhouse and Machinist Wiley Of
the Memphis. Lieut. Jones and Machin-
ist Wiley, who were severely burned,
are reported to be improving.
Four of the dead and portion of the
body of one sailor will be transferred
to the Arlington National cemetery
Monday morning and buried with full
naval honors.
The identified four are Arthur. H.
Porter Of Parker's Landing. Pa; Elp-
hard J. Quinn of Brooklyn n. Y; James
H. Townsend of Wilmington. Del, and
L. L. Crosier of Marionville, Pa.
Evening star., 1916-09-09

it had fallen into the young woman's
lap
Suddenly she said:
Are you a member Of Congress?"
MT MT Tiiler resented the accusation.
us a ticket to the gallery today l
would forgive YOU"
She said that Representative Gordon
Of Ohio had promised to get one Tor
Tickets are hard to get" said Tiller,
but / will see what I can do"
He then left the restaurant. In ten
minutes Mr.. Tiller appeared again with
three gallery tickets. Where he got
them no one knows, but the lady with
the coffee in her lap is understood to
have said, just before leaving the Capt.
tol:
"Oh, Mr.. Tiller, If you get US tickets
every time the President speaks. you
can pour coffee on me all you want
81 y - 4
On the main street of town in Ten
nessee. says Robert Gates. two native
sons approached one another. and one
addressed the other thus
Colonel. I'm glad to see you. sub; glad
to see you. I've Just received gallon
Of the finest corn liquor you ever tasted
walk over to my house and sample it?'
To which the colonel replied:
''Why not run?''
S y & .
From the border, J. Crosby Mccarthy
has sent mute story of the attitude OF
hotel men to the Mexican raiders. II
consists of blank sheet Of letter paper
with the heading of hotel at Naco. In
the upper left-hand corner of the sheet
are three words in red ink, printed in this
fashion:
Bullet
Proof
Rooms
Evening star., 1916-09-09
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
Bv Earl Goodwin.

He is the wtsest looking man I know.
He never wears anything but frown
and reads newspapers in which there
are miles and miles OF printed figures
each day. He sees no humor in any
thing. and Is disposed to be annoyed at
the sight Of anything frivolous.
He goes to stock broker each day
at s:3o, unfolds a voluminous financial
newspaper and begins to read:
IT see that the report of the Upi-
versal Goloshes Corporation Is just
out
"Yes," responds seedy looking man
in the corner.
1T promises well. 1t promises well.
Forty millions of profits after writing
Of thirty-nine millions for deprecia-
ton. Very we'll indeed. I was in Go
loshes in the spring of ninety-eight.
when 1t was selling at seventeen.
could have cleared thirty-eight thou
sand dollars"
Then he dives into the paper again:
Egyptian Putty has declared an ex-
ira dividend" he says. Thats very
poor policy. Very poor"
''Why?" asks the seedy one.
"They should prepare for an adverse
season after this rush OF war business.
I've got some Egyptian Putty stock,
says the seedy one.
"Weu. l would not wish to advise.
but if I were long on Putty. well. i
think 1 should readjust my commit
ments."
Then the ticker begins to tell Its
story and a man sings the reading of
Evening star., 1916-09-09
GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER
Predictions for Middle Atlantic
States the Coming Week.

Weather predictions for the week; be-
ginning tomorrow. issued by the wea-
ther bureau today. say:
Middle Atlantic states: The week Will
be one Of generally fair weather, ex-
cept that showers are probable Thurs
day or Friday. Moderate Temperatures
viii prevail. except that IL will be
warmer Tuesday and Wednesday
Evening star., 1916-09-09
Mr.. FAIRBANKS LIQUOR
RECORD IS UNDER FIRE
Accused by J. Frank Hanly, Pro-
hibition Standard Bearer, of
Inconsistency.

CHICAGO. September 3.-Charles
Warren Fairbanks, republican nominee
for Vice President, recently has proved
himself dry" advocate in Canada and
a wet" candidate at home. J. Frank
Hanly, the prohibition presidential can
didate. declared in an address here to-
day shortly prior to the departure of
the prohibition campaign special on u
months western tour.
Liquor traffic is a commerce which
strikes at the very heart of all we hold
dear, which debauches men and under
mines the very foundations upon which
the home rests. and imperils the social
order and threatens the moral fiber of
the community itself" Mr.. Hanly
quoted MIR. Fairbanks as saying in a
speech at Toronto.
Evening star., 1916-09-09
Big Crowd at Berwyn Picnic.

A large crowd is attending the tour
nament and picnic at Berwyn. Nd. to-
day. held under the auspices of the
Berwyn Athletic Association. Gov.
Emerson c. Harrington of Maryland.
DR.. Joseph ]. France, republican can
didate for United States Senate to sue
ceed Senator Blair Lee. and sydney e.
Mudd and jackson H. Ralston. congress
sional candidates. are to speak. Tilt
ing began at 1880 PM. with many
riders. both professional and amateur,
competing. Dancing Is on the program
immedtatelyha after the tournament.
Evening star., 1916-09-09
Runaway and Motor Collision.

wagon was demolished. horse badly
injured and James F. Warning, 25l7
Pennsylvania avenue. slightly hurt as a
result OF runaway accident yesterday
afternoon The horse became frightened
while at 30th and NJ streets and ran
south. the wagon coming in contact with
q freight car in the Baltimore and Ohio
freight yard and being demolished
The automobiles Of Ellsworth CogKins
3514 Mt. Pleasant street. and d. c. Allen.
sl4 New York avenue. collided near 18th
and G streets yesterday afternoon. Both
vehicles were damaged.
Evening star., 1916-09-09
Cites Record at Home.

And yet the man who uttered that
in absolute control of a great state con-
vention, refused to permit it to say a
word in condemnation of that thing
continued Mr. Hanly. And the national
convention that nominated him for Vice
President refused to say word
against 1t.
"Mr. Fairbanks also sent as a dele
gate to the national convention, to rep
resent the city where he lives a whole
sale liquor dealer, and selected him as
chairman and master of ceremonies the
day his party notified him of his nomi
nation to the vice presidency, and with.
in a month actually refused to sign a
remonstrance against licensing the
traffic in his own ward.
God pity man who. in his heart, be
lieves the liquor traffic to be such a
thing as Mr.. Fairbanks himself has
prescribed and then permits himself to
be content to have it in his own ward. "
Evening star., 1916-09-09
Early Inquiry Not Likely.

Senator Chamberlain said today that
he supposed no move would be made
by the Senate lobby committee to in
vestigate the charges made by him on
the floor of the Senate until after the
elections in November.
Il wished to call the attention Of the
public to what I considered an un-
warrantable interference on the part OF
foreign officials in our domestic af-
fairs" said Senator Chamberlain.
1t has been alleged that interests In
Chicago, representing the Prince Ru-
pert, Canada, interests. were largely
instrumental in bringing about the de-
feat of the Chamberlain amendment In
conference on the revenue bill. These
Chicago interests are said to have put
up strong argument to the House con-
ferees, including Mr.. Rainey of Illinois
Evening star., 1916-09-09
To Seek Lumber Market in Europe

To find out what the chances are for
selling American lumber in Europe
after the war is over, the bureau Of
foreign and domestic commerce an
nounces an examination for five men
desired for the work, to be held in
large cities of tho country September
%. The successful applicants will be
employed by the bureau, although the
larger part Of the funds required will
Evening star., 1916-09-09
Opinion Of the Court.

Arguments for the defense, which
were approved by the decision of the
court, held that the question to be de-
cided was whether the interstate COM
merce commission was superior in
power to the general assembly of the
state in the regulation of the rates of
corporation engaged in interstate
business for business which originates
and terminates wholly within the state
whose laws were called in question by
the rates fixed by the interstate COM
merce commission.
Evening star., 1916-09-09
To Be Buried Elsewhere.

The other dead on the Solace, whose
bodies are to be buried at other places
to be desigated by relatives. are: George
W. Rud. chief machinist's mate, Min
neapolis. Miss: Walter Copius coal
passer. Hampstead. n. Y; A. J. Ander-
son. fireman second class, Philadelphia; |;
w. L. Planck, water tender, Trenton,
n j.
Evening star., 1916-09-09
Senator Chamberlain Dis
cusses Defeat of Provision
for Fisheries Protection.
CLAUSE OF REVENUE BILL
WAS LOST IN CONFERENCE
Oregonian Will Bring Matter Before
the Next Congress as q Sep.
arate Measure.

Senator Chamberlain Of Oregon, who
charged on the floor of the Senate just
before adjournment of Congress. that
officials of the Canadian government had
been lobbying in Washington against the
legislation proposed in his amendment to
the revenue bill to protect the haliout
and salmon fishing industry of this
country. today said that he intended to
press the legislation at the opening OF
the next session of Congress. his
amendment to the revenue bill was lost
in conference.
II shall offer my amendment as a
separate bill" said Senator Chamber
lain. "and shall do all In my power to
have it enacted into law"
His amendment provided that nc
frozen or fresh halibut or salmon from
the northern Pacific ocean or Its tribu:
taries shall be admitted into the United
States through any foreign country. ex-
cept when it is in bond from an Amer
ican port
Evening star., 1916-09-09

/, Ter, president of the National Press
Club. and veteran Of the press gallery
of the House, arose with confusion
covering him from head to foot He
| felt. he said. as II he was about to be
| hanged. Apologies dripped from him.
and he resembled tho last rose of sum-
mer and other sad spectacles.
There was no question about the
dress being spoiled. Tiller had upset
large cup OF cofree, and every bit Of
Evening star., 1916-09-09
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Ending Sep
tembef ., 1918.
MEXICAN SITUATION.

The Mexican-U United States joint COM
mission held its first formal session IN
New London; Louis Cabrera presided i:
the Mexican commissioners reviewed the
situation. promising fair dealing IN ef-
forts to solve the Mexican problems
Secretary Lansing of the State Depart
ment was host to the commissioners at
luncheon in New York. Gen. Villa was
reported to be planning an attack on the
Pershing punitive expedition The stare
of Sonora. Mexico voted out Of office all
military officials Sonora declined to use
Carranza currency. State militia organl-
cations recalled from the border were Or
dered mustered out of the federal seV1ce
Evening star., 1916-09-09

Sir Edward Grey Is the first British
foreign minister to sit in the house
Of commons since the day Of Palmer
ston.
Evening star., 1916-09-09

tuberculosis among the miners in
the South African gold felds has been
reduced by the use Of electricity for
light
Evening star., 1916-09-09
NUT MENFEARFUL
Of CHESTNUT PEST
Want Federal Inspection of
Nursery Stock to Prevent
Spread Of Blight.

Resolutions calling on the Secretary
of Agriculture to prohibit the shipment
Of chestnut trees throughout the United
States except by a special permit after
federal inspection, were adopted at to-
days session OF the convention Of tho
Northern Nut Growers Association, in
progress at the New National Museum
building.
The unchecked and rapid spread of
the chestnut blight in this country was
declared to be owing to the fact that
the blight has been widely disseminat-
ed through shipments of nursery stock.
The association went on record in the
resolutions to the effect that "the con-
tinued free shipment of chestnut nur-
sery stock will be productive of need
less destruction of property in places
where chestnut trees are not already
diseased"
Evening star., 1916-09-09
overrules Shippers Petition.

The decision overruled the petition
of South Dakota shippers for an in
junction to restrain express companies
doing business in the state from in
creasing their tariffs to conform with
the uniform rates fixed by the inter-
state commerce commission, which
also was made a defendant in the ac-
tion. Judge w. /. Smith of the United
States district court of appeals and Judge
Martin J. Wade of the southern federal
district court of Iowa signed the de-
cision. Judge Henry T. Reed of the
northern federal district court of Iowa
diSSented,
Evening star., 1916-09-09

be furnished by the Lumber Manu-
facturers' Association, It is announced.
which Is cooperating with the bures a
in the matter
Evening star., 1916-09-09
FEDERAL COURT FIXES
AUTHORITY OF THEI c. C.
If Upheld, Decision Will Permit
overruling of Shipping Rates
Established by States.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, September g.
A decision which, If upheld. will, in
the opinion of prominent lawyers, es-
tablish the authority of the interstate
commerce commission to overrule
rates established by the states for in
trastate business has been handed
down here in the federal district court
in the so-called South Dakota express
rate case.
Evening star., 1916-09-09
Inspecting Nut Farm.

This afternoon, beginning at l o'clock,
the delegates are making an inspection
of the nut-tree farm of Thomas H. Lit
tlepage near Bowie. Nd. the largest
farm of that character in this neigh
borhood.
One interesting feature of the con-
vention today was the fact that James
NJ Engle of Forest Glen, Nd, called the
attention of the association to the
magnificent chestnut trees in and
around Forest Glen. one of which, mas
uring thirty-five feet in circumference,
is said to be the largest chestnut tree in
the United States.
The delegates will leave Washington
tonight and tomorrow for their homes.
Much of today's session of the conven-
tion was taken up with technical dis
cussions of the possibilities of the Per-
sian walnut. commonly known as the
English walnut, as commercial prop
osition for eastern United States; tae
most promising varieties of the pecan
for northern United States and other
discussions concerning the shagbark.
the black walnut, the butternut, the
hazel, the beechnut. the almond, the
hickory and others.
Evening star., 1916-09-09
Business in Its Infancy.

Resolutions were also passed urging
the Department of Agriculture to un-
dertake systematic and controlled ex-
periments in all sections of the coun-
try for the purpose of increasing the
planting and growth of nut trees and
the production of nuts. business
which. it was declared, is still in its
infancy in this country and has bound
less possibilities in competition with
foreign countries, from which the
United States now obtains the ma jor
portion of its supply Of edible nuts.
The association elected as it's presi-
dent for the ensuing year William c.
Reed of Vincennes, Ind, former presi-
dent of the Indiana Horticultural So
ciety. Upon the invitation of DR..
Robert T. Morris of New York. whose
experimental nut-tree farm near Stam-
ford. Conn, Is said to contain the
largest collection of edible nut trees in
the United States. the association
agreed to hold it's next convention in
New York and to spend most of the
time of the delegates upon this farm.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
Fun in the Country,

] will try TO write about nay last
summers vacation. Well, was down
to the beach several times and went
in bathing, and thought l was having
great sport, and 1 was; but when you
want real fun you should go to the
country.
Mamma took sister and 1 up to
grandpa's on the farm for few days.
1 have nine cousins up there, so you
can see that we had fun when We all
got together.
The first thing 1 did was to change
my clothes, get into some overalls and
put son an old pair Of shoes, and then
I was ready for fun.
One of my cousins has a donkey. We
thought we would like to have dom
key ride, so several of US got on his
back. He went along little ways I'M
til he saw a nice place to dump US,
and he did. He laid down, threw us
all off, and jumped up and started to
run. My cousin caught him and told
me that 1 might have a ride.
I was pleased to think / was going
to get ride. 1 got on his back and
the donkey went to the brook to get a
the water. They all laughed at me and
you can imagine how felt.
I can tell you had all the fun
| wanted with that old donkey and
didn't go near him again.
Then went out to the peach orchard
never saw SO many or such large
peaches. / was to eat all the peaches
could and drive the horse back and
forth with a load. OF course. 1 en-
joyed both driving the horse and eat
ing peaches.
went to the pasture with Collie
to get the cows and we had fun chas-
ing the cows and sheep, whistling and
shouting and making the turkeys COB
| BILE and the guineas caczle.
After the boys got the chores done
they all went to the pond swimming
They wanted me to go in with them
| but knew couldn't swim and ! was
afraid that they would duck me, so
didn't go in.
Just think of all the jolly fun there
| is when you're boy. You can build
| hay stacks, ride on loads of hay, jump
| fences, go swimming and tie fellows
| clothes into knots. Oh. my! The days
aren't half as long as they ought to be
when you're a boy.
EGBERT w. LOWE, JR,, Age 8.
| Howard, r. ].
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
AWAkEs. -.
The Jack o'Lantern.


The children had been working bus
lily all day, helping their father and
mother with the harvesting. 1t would
soon be Thanksgiving day and the
nuts had to be gathered and the
pumpkins and corn put into the barn,
and the apples cut, strung. and hung
up to- dry.
After supper the family gathered
around the big freplace-all but the
father who had gone to help a neigh
Dor.
Let US string a few more apples
baskets again this afternoon"
"Oh. MOI" said Obed. Let US make
a JACKIE lantern. 1 found big yell
low. pumpkin and father gave it to
me-"
yes, yes,,' cried all the children,
they watched with eager interest while
Obed cut off the top Of the pumpkin
and scooped out the seeds.
Now make two big eyes,, said En-
durance. and Obed cut two round holes
in the rfnd. Then he cut long mar
row opening.
What a big mouth" said Patience.
The better to eat you with my
DEAR" said one of the boys, as Obed
added nose and two ears.
"Motheri Mother! may we have a
candle? Our lantern is finished.',
cried the children at last.
Mrs. Moore found a bit of candle,
and they fastened it into the pump
kin and lighted it How the big eyes
glared and the mouth grinned. Truly
it was an ugly face.
Just then a man came riding by.
'HThe Indians! the Indians!" he cried.
They are coming up from the swamp.
There is not time for you to go to
the b1ockhouse."
Take the children, mother" said
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
An AusemobiIs aide.

One day in summer a. girl of about
Is years of age started from her home
In Kentucky to visit her uncle, who
lived in the same state about so miles
was travelling alone, except for the
chauffeur.
AS she rode along she could see the
long dusty turnpike ahead of her,
looking like white thread winding
and STRENGTHENING like a snake, crawl
ing slowly out of sight, losing itself,
only to appear again farther on, where
the foliage of the cypress was not so
dense.
This long road led to a wide shaded
avenue which brought her to the brown
iron gates of an old fashioned park. At
this gate, or rather a little back from
the avenue, there was a small white
cottage surrounded by a garden of
many-hued flowers. This was the home
of the gatekeeper.
gates to let her motor in, she could see
his simple dress, consisting Of brown
corduroy suit and red neckerchief. AS
she passed through this park the par
fridge and quail flew startled into the
underbrush. Evidently they were not
used to the whirr of a motor. AS she
passed through she could catch
glimpses of quaint, brown stone
house.
This house stood in the center of a
wide area of ground. Its verandas were
broad and gave 1t coy home-like
look. The broad lawns were free from
shrubbery. there being now and then a
large shade tree.
AS she drove up to the front door a
shout arose and several of her cousins
appeared, hardly giving her time to
breathe, they were so glad to see her.
At last they were all seated at the
supper table and as they Were eating
they talked Of what they should do
on their first evening together.
At last an automobile ride was de-
eided on. AS they left to prepare for
the trip her uncle came in and said in
rather a worried tone that the lodge
must be the limit of their trip. He
had just heard that a raid of looters
was expected and that they were to
go to the lodge and warn the people
there and then drive directly home.
They started on the trip and reach
ed the lodge safely and were prepar-
! ing to return when they saw light
| dancing among the trees, not more
volvers and were not afraid. When
they were exactly opposite the spot
| where the light was, a man sprang
Upon the running board and said:
Hands up!"
One of the boys snatched off the
fellows mask, hoping to identify him
The man discharged his weapon, but
| the bullet went over the boys head
| Suddenly there was a shot from the
road and their uncle appeared with 6
party of men.
The robber gave up after quite g
| struggle and turned out to be hel
uncle's chauffeur, who had been dis
charged.
He was tried, and it was found thai
he had stolen two other cars in differ
ent parts of the state. He had to pay
a heavy fine and stay in Jail for one
year.
ADMIRA KRAMER, Age 13.
| Colchester.