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Evening star., 1916-09-29
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
Mrs. Mabel Curtis Exonerated of In
tent to Take Boarder's Belong
ings in Moving.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, September %
Mrs. Mabel Curtis of Washington. for
whose arrest a warrant was issued
here, charging her with the larceny OF
various articles belonging to George
M. Poole of Rockville, was given a
preliminary hearing before Judge j..
Abby Henderson in police court mere
Yesterday afternoon. After nearing
the testimony Judge Henderson an
nounced that he did not think Mrs
Curtis had intended stealing the goods
and dismissed the case.
The democrats of Wheaton district
have organized a Wilson and Marsna!i
campaign club with the following OF
f1cers: President. Harry NJ: Martln'
vice president, Donald Bowie; secre-
tary. L. L. Graeves; treasurer. o. E.
Culver.
Marriage License Issued.
A license to marry has been issued
bv the clerk of the circuit court here
to Ralph c. Miller and Miss Edith L..
Parrett. both of Takoma Park, Md.
George R. Rice has resigned as tax
assessor for Jamestown district. He
was Recently appointed to the position
by the county commissioners to re-
assess all real estate in the district as
ordered by the state tax commission.
At a recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Montgomery
County Social Service League it was
decided to hold clinic at Bethesda
one day each week. to be In charge OF
physicians Of the county assisted by
the county nurse. The committee also
appointed the following publicity COM
mittee: Mrs. Henry ]. Finley, chair
man; Mrs: Francis c. Getzendanner,
Osborne. Mrs. E. P. Ellis and Miss
Gladys Brooke.
Forty hours devotion will begin in
st. Mary's Catholic Church here with
high mass Sunday morning. The pas
! tor, Rev. John 7. Coolahan. will be
assisted by Rnv. Thomas McGuigan of
st. Patrick's Church. Washington: Rev.
L. Braun Of st. Martins Church. Bal
timore, and other priests. Miss La :
vinia Wagner will be in charge of the
| music.
Evening star., 1916-09-29
YELL0WST0NEPARK
BEAR K|[LSAMAN
Frank WeIch One of Few HUI
man Beings to Be Attacked
Without Provocation.

Bears are numerous in the forests of
Yellowstone Park and always have
been source of special interest to
tourists because of their apparent tame
ness and docility. Until recently there
have been no cases where human be-
ings were attacked by these bears with
out provocation. A report just receiv-
ed by the chief of engineers from Mai
Amos A. Fries, in charge of engineer
ing work in the park. shows, however
that they have not lost their savage
nature and are not to be trusted too
implicitly.
His conclusions are based on the case
of Frank Welch, teamster in the gov
ernmen service, who was attacked by
grizzly bear on September and SO
badly mangled that he died four days
later.
Welch. who was driving a freight
team. was camped at Ten-mile Spring,
about sixty miles from headquarters
He and one of his helpers slept under
on top. The wagon was loaded with
hay and oats. About l o'clock in the
morning" said Maj. Fries in his report,
Mr.. evlin, who was asleep under the
wagon with Mr.. Welch. was awakened
and heard a bear approaching. The
bear started at Mr. DevIin, who threw
his bedding and blankets at it and
yelled to wake up Mr.. WEIGH. Mr. Dew
lin then clambered to the top Of the
load as fast as he could, while the bear
ran to the opposite side of the wagon
and grabbed Mr.. Welch. who was a lit
tie slow in getting out from under the
wagon. The bear pulled him out. but
the two men on top of the, load of
forage threw a lunch box at the bear
and began throwing the bay on him.
which forced him to let Mr. We1ch 90
Hauled From the Wagon.
Mr.. Welch then started to climb on
the wagon, when the bear rushed and
grabbed him and pulled him down.
Again the bear was frightened off. but
grabbed Mr. Welch a third time as he
was trying to get on the wagon.
1T was probably. during this last at
tack that he mangled Mr.. Welch so ter
ribly about the left soldier, and possi-
bly, on his side and abdomen. For the
third time the two men on the wagon
began tumb1ing bales of hay on the
Evening star., 1916-09-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Laziness is sometimes mistaken for
patience.
There is nothing moro unsatisfactory
than an unkissed kiss.
The man who sleeps IN church
doesn't always dream Of heaven
It's awfully hard to be grateful for
gift that doesn't please us.
When the star boarder marr1ss his
landlady he becomes a fixed star.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady when
it preferred brunette.
When a mother tells the truth about
her children she whispers It to herself.
Many a man would rather lie when
| asked for information than say: "I
don't know"
Coffee is a bad thing for q mans
temper-especially II HIS wife doesn't
know how to make 1t.
You can tell when a woman In in
terested in some man by the way she
can pretend that she isn't.
! Any small boy knows more about his
big sister in a minute than a man can
nnd out during year of courtship.
A good printer is truly a man Of the
| highest type. He attends to his own
case and makes 1t a rule never to be
out of sorts.
Evening star., 1916-09-29
Memoranda.
14.Year.old colored Girl to Wed.

marriage license was issued at the
city hall today for Alexander Mason.
colored. .twenty-nine years old, and
Della Drew. colored. fourteen years old.
Mrs. Amy Drew, mother Of the girl. ap-
piled for the license. and informed the
liam J. McVeigt Is authorised to per-
form the ceremony.
Evening star., 1916-09-29
Held on Charge of Theft,

Pleading guilty to a charge of larceny
from the United States. Dorsey L. Huey,
colored, was held for the action Of the
grand jury in $500 bonds today in the
Police Court. Huey, who was arrested
by Policeman Showalter, is charged
with having stolen fifteen pounds of
copper from the navy yard.
Evening star., 1916-09-29

Any small boy knows more about his
pig sister in minute than a man can
md out during a year of courtshfp
Evening star., 1916-09-29
AND BULGAR
CLASH AT KAzAN DEF|LE
Gorge Made Passable by Szechenyi
Road, Replacing Destroyed
Trajan Highway.

Just above the Hungarian town of
Orsova, recently reported captured by
the Rumanians, is the scenically mag
nif1cent Kazan defile of the Danube, de-
scribed In the following war geography
bulletin, issued by the National
Geographic Society:
Until the Hungarian government, at
the instigation of Count stephen
Szechenyi constructed the famous
szechenyi road in 1S34-3s, the Kazan
defile of the Danube had been impassa-
BILE on either bank of the river for all
the centuries which stretched between
the destruction of Trajan's remarkable
roadway, built in 103 AID, and modern
times.
River Bounds Confined.
"At Semlin, few miles above Bel
grade, the Danube is more than LOO
wards wide, with depth of forty feet
At the Kazan defile its waters are re-
stricted to a width of less than $50
wards and have depth in some places
of 23o feet The rapids of the river
begin a short distance above the dehle
and rush over six great lodges of rock.
| .'Traian's road which extended from
| Orsoya to Golunbacs, might well have
been rated one of the lesser wonders
| of the ancient world. Traces of the
military path, from five to seven feet
vide built Just above the high water
| level are still to be seen on the right
| or Serbian bank. At points where the
| Roman engineers encountered the
| seemingly insuperable obstacle of per-
! pendicular walls of rock. which could
not be pierced, as blasting powder was
| unknown, there are visible the holes
bored in the stone from which pro-
| jected the wooden beams that support
face of the cliffs. At the end Of the
| def1le the time-worn rocks still bear
the famous Tabula Trajana, now
! hardly legible. The inscription is sup
| posed to commemorate Trajan's first
campaign against the Dacians
Veterani's Cavern.
the river, high above the Szechenyi
road, is a narrow hole in the face of
the Sukaru mountain, pointed out to
| tourists as the entrance to Veterans 8
| cavern which derives it's name from
the Leonidaslike Austrian general who
| with 400 soldiers, held at bay a vastly
superior Turkish force for three months
| in 1892. Twenty-six years later it. was
again held by the Austrians under
Maj. Stein. The cavern is sufficiently
large to garrison 600 men, and there
are evidences that it was used during
the Roman occupation of this region.
"Scencally the Kazan defile suggests
some of the widest and most impress
sive gorges to be found in the Cana
dian Rockies Bare rocks from time to
time rise suddenly from deep water.
while on both sides there is success
sion of precipitous hills, some free of
vegetation and others clad with for
ests of beech, walnut and oak. Through
this narrow gorge have flowed back
and forth for hundreds of years the
tides of Christian and Mohammedan
civilization. For ages 1t has been one
of the great channels of communica-.
tion between the west and the east
Evening star., 1916-09-29

You can tell when a woman IL in
terested in some man by the way she
can pretend that she isn't.
Evening star., 1916-09-29
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals,

Schooner Ruth Decker. lumber, from
Newbern, N. c.. at 10th street wharf
for the Elm City Lumber Company;
schooner J. P. Robinson, ties. from
river point at 10th street wharf for
L. A. Clarke & Son; power sloop
Thomas Blades, at 11th street wharf,
from the lower Potomac, with oysters
for the market schooner J. S. Wright,
from a lower Potomac packing house
with canned goods for the local deal
ers: schooner William Zurich, at 11th
street wharf. from Norfolk. with bar
relied herring for the market; schooner
S. T. White, at Alexandria. from a Po-
tomac point with pulp wood for ship
ment to West Virginia paper plants:
steamer Southland, from Norfolk and
baltimore and river landings; steamer
Majestic. from Lower Machodoc and
Nomini creeks and river landings.
Departures.
Schooner Kathleen, light, for a lower
river landing to load and return;
schooner Oakland. light. for Maryland
point after wood or lumber for the
market here; schooner Thomas w. Kir-
by, light for the lower Potomac oys-
ter beds after oysters for the market;
schooner Mary Gaillard. light, for
bay point after lumber for this city or
Baltimore; schooner s. A. Porter, light,
or a North Carolina point to load lum-
Der; steamer Southland. for Old Point
and Norfolk, by the Norfolk and Wash
ington Steamboat Company; steamer
Volunteer, for river landings. by the
Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat
Company.
Tugs and Tows.
s. T. Co. tug Hampton arrived with
two coal-laden barges and left light to
take barge from Riverside to Nomini to
complete loading; tug JEFF arrived in
the Eastern branch from Broad creek
with lighter; tug James o. Carter will
go to a lower river point seeking ves-
sells bound here: tug Louise left with
lighters laden with material for the
Occoquan workhouse: tug Eugenia left
towing lighters for. sand beds down
river; tug John Miller left the Eastern
branch with lighters for Swan creek
and Riverside
Memoranda.
Schooner Charles L. Rohde is report
ed on her way to this city from Nor
folk with lumber; schooner Richard
Tall is due to sail from Upper Macho-
doc creek for this city with cord wood
for dealers here: barges Industry and
Curritomen are at Georgetown with
coal from the head of Chesapeake bay;
schooner S. c. Colbourn has sailed from
material for Nomini creek; schooner c.
A. Pryor is at Lower Cedar Point after
the oysters aboard the sunken schooner
Martha A. Avery.
Evening star., 1916-09-29

Coffee is bad thing for . mans
temper-especially II HIS wife doesn't
know how to make It,
Evening star., 1916-09-29
DO YOU KNOW THAT

It Is dangerous to put anything
into the mouth except food and
drink?
Sanitary instruction is even
more important than sanitary
legislation?
The United States public health
service issues free bulletins on
tuberculosis?
The continuous liberal use of
alcoholic beverages lowers ef-
flciency and menaces longevity?
Moderate exercise in the open
air prolongs life?
Mouth breathing makes chill
dren stupid?
Fish cannot live in foul water
nor man in foul air?
Smallpox is wholly preventable?
Health notes furnished by the Sur
geon General. q. s. Public Health Serv-
fce.D
Evening star., 1916-09-29

The swallow has larger mouth in
proportion to its size than any other
bird.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25

= great many men quarrel about .their
religion and their dogmas and belief.
Most men would find il more profitable if
they would do more real work in the
world. set a better example and moi do 30
much talking regarding what they she
ieve." II isn't 20 much what q man he
leves In this world as it is what he does.
The Commercial knows a good many able
and qualified men who are too lazy to do
anything SYSTEMATICALLY engage in ar
gume9fs when there is real work to do
Gees etown Commercial
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
GuardSmen Re-EnIist.

Dlsqulctlng news Is received from the
Texas border. Among the New York
troops along the Rio Grande men whose
terms ot active service have expired are
not ilocklng home. They are re-enlist-
ing They want to see the game
through
This i not the picture of discomfort
and INSTRUMENTATION among the national
guardsmen with which the public has been
recently entertained. 1t has been told
that the camps were scething with revolt
because OF the food /. IA the water. the
Wind and the weather, a. hard work and
the severe discipline ana hat If the regi-
ments were not ordered home immediately
congress would be called on to teach the
department a lesson. The men on
the border have failed to show the prop
er degree Of gratitude toward the solicit
tous friends who imagined they had dis
covered IN issue for use during and com
campaign. Instead Of quitting and com
ing home ahead of their commands 10 air
grievances about the coinmissary. they
are re-enli>ting for further service in
Texas or whatever duty may cali them
New York World.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25

siasm- Ii matters little that Browns
easy and inspires all workers with cnthu.
vile can show that she has fewer mosqui-
toes than the average Texas city of her
size. that her alleys are cleaner than the
normal city alley and that the enforce
ment Of sanitation laws here is carried
on more vigorously han at many other
places.
The fact that is important is that the
city is suffering and has been suffering
for much of the past GUNNER with an ep-
idemic of dengne that has blocked and
interfered with nearly every line Of a,.iv-
ity and has cort her citizens thou-
sands Of dollars in loss % time from
business and in drug and doctor bills. Let
il be hoped that nothing occurs 70 in;nr-
fere with a thcr9 ieh and vigorous :.arll-
of the ooo I'd civic prnphyia "a
tic process.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
Texas Press for CuIberSon.

Newspaper comment upon the se%natori-
al race which viii end with the primary
election next Saturday i very interesting
II i noted that fully eighty per cent Of
me Texas newspapers are supporting Gull
berson and that includes in this number
are many strong anti prohibition papers.
ne Corpus Christi Caller, for instance.
explains rs positions as follows:
Our support of Senator CuIberson i
based on one ground only: We believe him
70 DC a TAR safer man than Colquitt and
better adapted to represent the true inter
ests of the people of Texas. His nature
I ho' warped IN reference To special leg
station; ne i not an anti prohibition
Isl TO such an extent that his ear i pinned
70 a brewery."-Brownwood Bulletin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25

II II hardly III Y. h.ned that thc final
rn-off primary Tomorrow for .~euator
will occasion heavy ,otn-. Even IN
Cameron county. uh,re CiIbcr-nn lrj ",
c~onspicuou>ly over Coluuitt in the first
urinary tbr fri.rd. ,f ~,,,lbar-or have AZ
assurance th.t tbor. yiu Nv. .,nl,r
crwhclminr difference IN his favor tn
morrow even HI thr voters That went for
other candidate, should ~ proportiouate-
" divided.
Since thr first primary the personal
Friends of Col0uitt have been exceeding
" Industrious IN hi- interest. Texas Il
facing. w this situation. \ contingency
that may leave : very disagreeahle taste
in tho mouths M many M her citizens II
,ynnlJ ln Y Slam tn fhp intenirenre III TIA
pcoplc of T,v,. for y =, 49, c,,,b hro,rb
tho land tha, tbr, b.d ,r,r.rr.j
void III statc.m,n-bi, ,pl ,hir., III am
pose aS Colouift IAN. shown himself ia the
public N IN I'M nur vim f.r -n mauv ve,r.
has rcprc~cntcd Tc>a- IVY ably u senior
scpa,or Tn. pre-t;.. ,,A L;,b .,,rl;,0
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
WHY NOT AN AUTO SIGNAL CODE.

Automobile licenses are being issued at
rate Of nearly we per day, the majority
Of these licenses being issued for auto
mobiles to be used in Brownsville. Up TO
the close Of the office Of the county clerk
Yesterday afternoon forty licenses had
been issued since the last day of last
month.
In spite Of the large number Of auto
mobiles using the city streets. accidents
are exceedingly uncommon and this fact
suggests that il may be possible. through
the enforcement Of n proper traffic ordi-
nance, TO keep the number Of accidents
down to an infinitesimal minimum.
The one glaring delinquency among the
majority Of automobile rivers on the busy
streets of Brownsville is what seems an
utter disregard Of any signal code by
ears may know when one intends to stop
his ear. continue straight ahead or turn
Il corner.
The consequence Is that an approach
ing automobile usually effectually holds
mp all pedestrians from crossing any of
the three routes i may take at a street
interrogation. In the absence Of any sig
one has n right TO assume that the
automobile intends keeping straight ahead.
Experience has taught, however. that the
driver is just as likely TO turn either of
the corners. Consequently. the prudent
waits until the ear has passed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25

Hogs sold at Slo.25 per hundred pounds
and potatoes n $50 per hu~hel in Hous-
ton, Texas. n day or "a ago. That will
make the farmers smile and smile until
their returns Come in showing a conSid-
cradle percentage Of the fat in these high
prices was used for greasing the market
wheels. 1t Is the high cost Of marketing
that deals the heaviest swat to prosper
itv down on the farm.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
With Other Editors
Deserves Vote of Approval.

President Wilson has put over more
legislation looking 10 the welfare of the
people than has ever been put through
congress in a similar length Of time or
under similar conditions. He should be
given the vote of approval.-Temple Tel
egram.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
Size of Army Units
Something TO Cut Our
and Sars

Many persons lave no idea how many
soldiers are indicated when news accounts
say a troop il coming to. the border
Following are figures showing the approx
innate number Of soldiers in the various
bodies as designated by the military under
the new law going into effect recently.
1t must be remembered that militia or
CARNATIONS likely will fall slightly below
these figures, a viii the present regular
organizations. The new regular reei-
ments will be recruited TO the size indi-
Gated, a. will the others eventually. The
chief units referred to are infantry. cav
alry and field artillery, and not the corp
companies.
Squad: Eight men.
Platoon. Fraction of troop or COM
'pant, usually half.
Company: Refers to infantry and not
TO cavalry or field artillery; peace streng-
tn. new regulations, 100 men; war streng-
tn, $50 men.
Troop: Refers to cavalry only; peace
strength, 40 men; war. 105 men.
Battery: Refers exclusively TO field
artillery: peace strength, 1873 men: War.
about 10; four guns.
Infantry regiment, new regulations /:
Fifteen companies, with the three new
ones added being the machine gun COM
pany with seventy men; supply company,
ten men; headquarters company, fifty
three men.
Cavalry regiment: Twelve troops with
machine gun. supply and headquarters
companies the same as in an infantry reg
iment.
Artillery regiment: Six batteries.
Brigade: Three regiments with com
plement OF hospital, signal, quartermaster
and sanitary corps, engineer companies
and transportation.
Division: Three brigades with full
complementary units.
A corporal may have charge of n
squad; a captain. usually. commands Il
troop, company or battery: a colonel COM
mands a regiment; n brigadier general Il
brigade; and a major general, a division.
A Battalion refers to infantry or artil-
lery and j. commanded by Il major. An
infantry battalion has four companies: an
artillery battalion three batteries.
A squadron means four troops of cav
airy commanded by a major.
"Company" and troop designate de-
finite things and mean respectively infan-
try or cavalry. There SAINT no such ami
NAL as a company Of cavalry or a troop
Of infantry. nor a squadron of infantry
or q battalion Of cavalry.
Regular troops in the field are not mt
war strength. but ut the old peace strcnr-
tn of, supposedly, sixty-five men. with
the single exception ON the American con-
tlnent Of the Twenty fourth infantry.
negroes, which j. al full war strength.
The regiment i with PerShing.
The two troops in the Carrizal fight. for
example. had only elghty-four men com
bincd. They were below peace strength
through depletion IN the field.
When considering regular soldiers in
the field now. their numbers must be re-
duced considerably below the figures
given above for peace strength under the
new regulations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
Carried Off the HOnOrS.

Mrs. Laffctry: ''Tin stitches did tn
doctor have to take in me old mnr' Mrs.
Ohara: "Tin. was ii. only tinl Sure
when tn doctor seen me poor hushan'
carried fir tn wreck on tn railroad. he
sen. Scz he: DO there be no wan here
wild such u ting a. a SEWN machine
Judge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25

His savings he invested.
In the engagement ring he bought
And later At d iewclrv store
She had the ~parkler tested.
OF course She loved him good and true.
But her she played for safety too.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
GLAD THE STATE Will. HEL.p is

GLAD THE STATE WILL HELP U.s..
1t is pleasant to know that the Texas
State Health Department c~ontemplateS
coming Ia the aid of Brownsville in a two
weeks mosquito determination and dengnc
fighting campaign.
When somebody who is hig and strong
lends a lift it makes the work of coaxing
the Ok out Of the ditch comparatively
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
Early Indication of Genius.

"Mercyr exclaimed Mrs. Diggs "The
baby i chewing on your pocket edition Of
Epictetus."
'Indeed." replied Prof. Diggs with 4
proud and happy look. LET the child
alone. 1t i seldom that a mere infant
shows such 4 pronounced taste for the
classics.'-Birmingham Age-llerald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
Smile A While


lis pleasant on the avenue.
These Joyous August mawnin.S,
To see Lobelia. Lii an Lou
Clad t~astefulfy IN awnings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
SHORT STOPS.

We all have a soft spot in our heads ut
blrth-and some always retain it.
Many a man with n good scheme lacks
the required nerve To push it through.
Before some preachers condemn \ sin
they investigate its financial standing.
Often the spirit of perseverance strikes
a man hardest when he i in the wrong.
Outward appearances arc often mis-
leading. One can seldom tell what i in
q man or a mince pie from outward an
p%earances.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-25
Where the EQUINE Is Supreme.

'The auto seems to DC generally sup
planting the horse"
'True, hui it has its limitations. They
haven't invented one yet that will take 4
hurdle or a water iump."-Lou. VILE
Courier-Journal