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Evening star., 1916-04-30
SAFETY FIRST.

1. DON'T change positions in
canoe in water.
2. DON'T lose your head if
canoe capsizes. Hold on to ca
noe; it will not sink.
3. DON'T go on the river dur
ing rough or high water.
4. DON'T move suddenly if
wave comes over the side: to do
so might capsize the canoe.
5. DON'T invite any one, es-
specially the ladies, to go canoe
ing unless you can swim and
handle canoe.
6. DON'T carry more than four
people in canoe.
:. DON'T swim out too far un-
less accompanied. 1t is danger
Gus to overtax your strength
while in the water.
s. CARRY lights according to
regulations and protect your
self and others.
9. CALL up the police depart
ment-Main 6o40-in case of
accident.
10. LEARN water safety
methods. JOIN ~the Life-Saving
Corps.
WATER FRONT SAFETY
COMMITTEE OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA.
Evening star., 1916-04-30

sition in the direction of the line, and
by its power Of sliding on the stem
Of the hook adjusts itself just at the
bottom of this. and where the curva-
ture In the opposite direction that
forms the hook proper. begins. by the
instrumentality of this weight so
placed. and operating on the peculiar
form of the hook-while suspended by
tight line-the hook remains with
the back of the circular stem turned
toward the hand of the fisherman. and.
OF course. with the barbed end turned
from him. whether held still or kept
in motion.
With this terrible outfit the fisher
man sometimes dragged for sturgeon
that is, he rows his light little boat
slowly backward and forward with his
line suspended from the stem at given
depth. or sometimes at anchor he lays
IN wait, his line stretched perpendic-
ularly under him, with the hook near
the bottom. When the fish strikes
against part of the line, 1t is SO stirred
by its great weight as to be sensibly
felt by the fisherman. who then fauls
rapidly but steadily up until he feels
that the hook has come in contact and
has turned suddenly inward. the barbed
part toward the fish; when by an in
stantaneous and strong jerk he buries
the barb in it's body"
AS soon as the sturgeon was struck
by the hook it would make off with
great strength and swiftness. The
line would be paid out to give it play,
and the little boat, if before stationary,
would be cast loose so that when the
line was out the boat would be darted
hither and thither upon the water. The
sturgeon. finally exhausted by its fight.
would be drawn up and landed
OF the dangers of sturgeon fishing
the old authority heretofore noted
records the following: AN instance
occurred near the Little Falls some
years ago of the strength and power
of this fish. A noted fisherman whose
name is well known had incautiously
made fast one end of the line to his
leg and having hung a sturgeon was
dragged overheard and drawn off by
it to a considerable distance in the river
Evening star., 1916-04-30

1fF1HE passing OF the shad and the
declining numbers of the crab IN
the Potomac river are things that
are commented on now and then and
seem TO arouse only languid interest
in most persons. 1t may be that the
Potomac shad will pass. as passed the
Potomac sturgeon. a great fish once
common, but now rarely seen in the
river that flows by Washington
The Virginia legislature has passed a
law to protect the shad in the waters
of Chesapeake bay and the Potomac
river. 1t is said that the Virginia Ia"
is strong one, but that to make II
succeed in its object it will be neces-
sary for the federal government and
for the state of Maryland to enact a
similar statute. Although there are
fish hatcheries all over the United
States, and although streams are re-
stocked constantly, replenishment does
not keep pace with waste. BROOK
trout, small mouth bass, whitefsh and
other valuable food fish Of the coun-
try's rivers and lakes are diminishing,
and now there are signs that even the
supply of saltwater fish is getting
smaller year by year.
An old writer on the matters of interest
to Washington, Jonathan Elliot, printer,
discussing in 1880 the fish of the Potomac.
said: About four years ago" (Which
would be 1926 there were taken at one
of the fisheries on the Virginia side of
the river, Sycamore Landing, belonging to
Gen. Mason, at one draft of the seine,
$50 rock fish averaging sixty pounds. as is
well attested. and was recorded in the
newspapers Of the day"
Continuing Mr. Elliot said that, besides
these, there are vast shoals Of migra-
tory fish, which Providence. in his NUM-
ficence to man. kindly sends periodically
from the sea to the fresh water of many
of our rivers to cast their spawn, and so.
while they are obeying the dictates of
nature, in providing for the multiplica-
ton of their species. they offer to the
adjacent country prodigious supply OF
delicious and wholesome food, as well
while fresh for immediate consumption
as when cured for preservation, and for
transportation into the interior or
abroad
Evening star., 1916-04-30

the places where swimmers congre-
gate and dispense water lore to every
one who is willing to learn. In addi-
i; tion to % teaching 1s elementary s SWIM NJ
artificial respiration will be explained
and the various ways Of breaking the
hold of drowning man, keeping him
af1oat or towing him to safety.
Printed notices giving fundamental
warnings and instructions intended to
safeguard would-be boaters and SWIM
mers will be posted wherever they may
be of use. Owners of wharves. docks
and business places along the river
front will be asked to equip their
encouraged to familiarize themselves
with the simplest rescue methods. Boat
clubs, canoe clubs. swimming clubs,
patrons of the municipal beaches. in
dividual swimmers. municipal guards
any and every one whose business or
pleasure brings him near the river will
be enlisted in the army waging war
against needless deaths in the water.
The city already has several local life
saving corps organized last summer by
Commodore Longfellow under the Red
Cross. These local corps are a part of a
comprehensive effort by the first aid de-
partment of the Red Cross to reduce the
death toll from drowning throughout the
United States by awakening sentiment in
favor Of wider knowledge of swimming,
boat handling and various forms of res
cue work. Life-saving patrols in the past
two years have been actively engaged in
many Of the cities Of the east and south
The value of rescue propaganda. illus
trated by the number of rescues made at
the time of the Slocum disaster by
Evening star., 1916-04-30

He treats of three descriptions of
these fish that ascend the Potomac
the large white shad, the herring and
the sturgeon-and he says that the
first two make but one annual visit be-
tween the first of March and the first
of June; but the ast-mentioned-the
sturseon-comes up twice year, in
the months of May and August. 1t
presses up to the very foot of the first
falls, and is taken in the greatest
quantity within the District in times of
freshets in the strong waters between
Georgetown and the falls"
Mr.. Elliot describes the sturgeon as
a fish of enormous size. weighing from
places they are esteemed great deli
cacy, as in the James, the Hudson and
the Potomac while on the Delaware
they are considered worthless. Sin
eular," he Says. "as is this circum-
stance, and however difficult to be ac-
counted for, considering the contigu-
ity of those rivers. 1t is nevertheless
true. Is il that in some of these wa
ters they feed on substances so differ
ent from what they get in others as to
render them more or less palatable, or
is il to be ascribed merely to the whim
Of taste? We pretend not to deter
mine"
Sturgeon were taken either in float
ing nets, with large meshes. or by an
ingeniously contrived hook, not pro-
yided with bait, to be swallowed by the
fish, but by curious device prepared
to pierce him on the body so certainly
and so deeply as to hold him and to
bring him in, notwithstanding his
great size and strength. AS this mode
of taking the sturgeon was believed to
be peculiar to the Potomac. Mr.. Ell
liot was at pains to describe it, and
what he said follows:
The hook is made of stout. well-tem-
pered iron. keenly pointed and barbed
with steel. about thirty inches in
length, bent at the lower end and much
in the way of ordinary fish hooks in
proportionately larger dimensions. and
so as to place the barb on the inside OF
the curvature. but the stem. or that
part to which the line is attached. and
which is about twenty-four inches
long. instead of being straight. is bent
nearly as the segment of a circle. the
diameter OF which would be equal to
the length OF the hook: to this circu-
lar part ~ attached Ia weight cy1indri-
cally formed, OF three or four pounds
weight. by a stin loop. but roomy
enough TO allow the weight to slide up
or down the stem. tn which the hook is
thrown into the water.
This weight not only answers the end
OF the common sInker. to keep the line
stretched at the depth required. but ny
itH superior gravity, ~ soon as u has
reached tho point prescribed by III"
length ~ the line given out " drHWH
the hvxk down IN n rerr"ndi ulpr "
Evening star., 1916-04-30
Life Saving Corps to Patrol the River This SUNNY

OLICE the
Deaths Wenrease Popularity Water SpotWonk of the First Aid
Safety
Wate-W <ntfe
Evening star., 1916-04-30

Along the eastern boundary of the
city is the Anacostia river, once the
waterway for ocean going vessels to
Bladensburg, now much shallower. but
with substantial prospect that ii Will
regain it's former dignity through gov
ernment reclamation now under way
For rugged canoe trips, Rock creek
itself is an unexplored and untried bit
of waterway close at home, capable OF
producing enough excitement to please
the most adventurous canoeist, Wnlle
for more pretentious excursions the
lower river and bay offer in pictur-
esque inlets and the TRIBUTARIES
exploration and idyliic existence.
While thousands respond to the iure
of river and bay. many more tnou-
sands are frightened away by the
boat which unhappily discredit every
phase of this most delightful OF sum-
mer pastimes. Although washington
has unexceiled opportunities for swim
ming and boating and aquatic sports
of one kind or another, her resources
along this line have scarcely been
scratched. Out of a population OF
$50, 900 il is estimated that only i,ooo
own canoes and water craft OF various
descriptions. and. counting in the
friends of the boat owners who are
taken on the water. not more than
10000 people of the entire city's popu-
lation take advantage of the splendid
opportunity for water sports.
II has remained for Washingtons
superintentient of police. Maj. Raymond
w Pullman. to recognize that safety
first" on water is as much a part of
police jurisdiction as the inculcation
of safety first on land. and to apply
the leverage of the police organiZa-
tion to a systematic campaign looking
Evening star., 1916-04-30

toward the reduction of deaths in
water. with a resulting increase in the
popularity of water sports.
The police Of other cities have shown
an interest individually in the organ
lied work being prosecuted by the first
aid department of the American Ma
tional Red Cross to reduce deaths in
water, but Washington is the first city
to give the hearty support and CO.
operation of the full police organiza-
ton for the furtherance of this com
mendable aim. The attitude of the
traditional policeman is that drown
ings are dispensation of providence,
and, while undoubtedly distressing,
they are nevertheless inevitable. Maj.
Pullman is the first chief Of police to
take the advanced view that accidents
on a citys water courses are as much
part of police jurisdiction as it's
traffic accidents on the streets and de-
mand the same degree of responsible
ity in the use Of preventive and rescue
measures.
In 1914 there were thirty-four deaths
in the District from drowning, in 1915
there were thirty-two. in 1916. so far.
which ends fscally in July, twenty
eight. II Maj. Pullman's plans do not
go awry, the water casualties for 1917
will be cut in half
Evening star., 1916-04-30

A representative body of Washing
tonians has been organized into COM
mittee of safety. with Maj. Pullman as
chairman and Commodore Wilbert f.
Longfellow of the Red Cross life-sav-
ing service member ex onicio. They
will meet once month, discuss and in
vestigate the causes of casualties at
different points along the water front,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-04

Stella Rossiter Was Leading Lady
not keep close track or memory of
all of them.
you remember Linden GroVe?"
"Oh, yes - that pretty country
town back in Wisconsin"
That's the burg. And don't you,
as well, recall the fall guy who was
crazy to act and couldn't, fancied he
was a dramatic critic and missed it
hard, and for one evening fancied he
was a genuine Bohemian because we
let him pay for a feed for the whole
troupe?"
81 remember Mr.. Arnold very well"
answered Stella, with a reminiscent
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-04

town and into my hotel this morn
ing?"
Stella made it known that she was
poor at guessing.
Dale Arnold, explained the man
ager, and he chuckled sereneIy.
who's he?" inquired Stella, who,
meeting odd hundreds a night, could
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-04

ssss ssss sasss -
STELLA, A STAR
BY George Elmer Cobb
=
Copyright, 1916, W. G. Chapman.)
Always had Dale Arnold longed for
money and he had dreams how he
would spend it when it came. His
predictions were essentially Bohe-
milan. He had been a reporter on a
local newspaper, but soon found out
that he was not much of writer. AS
an advertising man he scored a bet
ter success and fairly made living.
Neither was he an actor, but he
dotted on such. Whenever a show
came to town he had free entree
from his newspaper connection and
attended nightly. He even became
acquainted with the. members of sew
raj visiting dramatic organizations.
He was present at one of their sup
pers. The careless good nature of
the men, the sharp, CHEEKY intelli-
gence of the women, the glamour of
tinsel and heFoics fascinated Dale. |
They were true children of the
heart" up today, down tomorrow,
but never discouraged, buoyed up by
the shifting variety of their unreal
lives.
Stella Rossiter - real name, Mrs. !
Jasper Wynant was leading lady |
of one special troupe that came |
twice a year to Linden Grove. Miss |
Rossiter was, indeed, a lady, and |
leading. She was %, independent, |
but gracious, made of acting a bust
ness and in private life was unpre-
tentious, but sparkling, a friend to |
everybody and irreproachable char
acter. The manager of the company
held her dictation in awe, for she was
the main attraction in the old pop
ular plays the company produced
over and over again, season after
season.
The little cOmOa0v UyaS OIoviDo RI |
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Don't miss the big Triangle double
show at Harte Theatre tomorrow ADV.
The Sons of Veterans will hold
meeting in G. A. r. hall tonight at s
o'clock and all members are urged to
attend.
Mary Pickf9rd everybodys favorite
at her best in Poor Little Peppina' d
paramount feature in six acts at Harte
Theatre today ADV.
Don't wait till the last moment, come
early and get seat to see Mary Pick
ford in Poor Little Peppina at Harte
Theatre today. Adv.
What are the children all saying as
they pass the Harte Theatre? Mary
Pickford today Oh goodie! wen all be
there to see her. ADV.
The junior auxiliary of st. Peters
parish will hold cake, candy and
fancy article sale at the parish house
on Saturday from to g. Adv 02t2
Mrs. James II. Hunter, teacher at
the school in Old Bennington, has left
on vacation trip to South Manches-
ter Conn, where she will visit her
parents
A Janitor's Wife's Temptation, a Key
stone comedy featuring Fred Mace and
Matrimony featuring Julia Dean accom-
panied by Hurley's six piece orchestra
rendering special music at Iiarte Thea.
ire tomorrow Adv
Robert Pilling is improving the in
terror Of the Firth barbershop by COW
ering the walls with pressed metal
sheeting. After the four walls have
been completed the entire shop will
receive an application Of white paint
Many people are planning to see
bringing Back the Wild" at the Bap-
list church this evening at eight o.
clock Are you one of them? 1t is
given in the interest of the Woman S
Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c. A. Adv
Mrs. Robert II. Pilling of Stafford
street has left for Hartford, Conn,
where she is to attend the graduating
exercises OF her daughter, Miss Mar
garet Pilling. Miss Pilling has com
pleted a course of study in a social
welfare school in that city.
a number from Bennington attended
the 101 Ranch circus in North Adams
today William L. Hawks, personal
friend of Col. William +. Cody or "Buf-
falo Bilr' who is with the show, was
| among the first to pull out, making the
trip in his auto. Others who attended
were Joseph A. Evans and children,
Fred Russell, Samuel Patterson, Domi-
nick Corsiglia, Champ Noyes of
Haynes Corners and Peter Legacy of
Bennington Falls.
Preparations are under way for the
repetition of the play In Old Vermont
to be put on in Cole hall at SALISBURY
| tomorrow evening. 4 rehearsal was
held in Library hall last evening. Prop
critics for the performance have been
! going up today Residents Ell route
may witness strange and motley
throng proceeding to that village
| around sunset. tomorrow for It has
practically been decided that players
will put on their makeup in Benning
ton under the direction OF Mr. and Mrs
Elliott and proceed TO the scene OF
the crime in the local bus and full
dress.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Dusy Readers

Watch for Mysteries of Myra". ADV.
Miss Mary Robinson is spending the
week in Boston.
Social dance, Foresters hall tonight
after band concert. Tickets 25c. ADV.
Mrs. f. b. Huling went Tuesday to
White River Junction to spend a few
days.
Attend the social dance at Fores.
tiers hall tonight after band concert
Tickets, 25c. Adv.
A social for the members Of the
Young Woman's club will be held this
evening in their rooms.
Mrs. Henry Pulyer, who was operat
ed upon Saturday in the Samaritan
hospital, is getting along nicely.
Five-acts of dashing adventure aud
smashing climaXes, The Thorough.
bred. Opera house today. Adv.
Mt. Anthony club announces a hat
sale for its members and guests on
Friday and Saturday afternoons OF
this week,
"The Thoroughbred" an interest
compelling drama with a strong moral
featuring the popular stars, William
Russell and Charlotte Burton. Opera
house today. Adv.
DR.. and Mrs. Lucretius Ross have
each consented to read Bird paper
at the Mt. Anthony club Friday morn
ing at 1890. Members and their
guests are invited.
George Elwell who is building a
house on Scott street, slipped while
carrying some lumber on the property
Tuesday and cut his wrist on a saw
1t required five stitches to close the
wound.
The popular stars William Russell
| and Charlotte Burton in vital five
part drama of yindication "ThC
Thoroughbred, full of dashing adyen
ture and smashing climaxes. 0perc
house today. Adv.
Sunday auto parties are making
their routes through Woodford Hol
low in order to see the change in the
| roadway since the removal oil the IAN
Gus rocks Another ten, days will SET
them entirely removed and the roat
Strengthened.
| The home town talent to be given by
the Young c. of f. for the benefit o
their society, is one of the best home
town talent ever shown In Bennington
also FIVE part Blue Bird feature vii
be shown Secure your ticket n
Evans News Room. 81.
Should a doctor take a patients Iii,
when he sees that the case is Il hope
less one and that the patient Is endur
ing untold agony? This question
arises and is answered in "Dr. Neigh
Dor" strong up.to-the minute Re,
! Feather photo play at the opera houst
tomorrow ADV.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-02-22
mnutuuu.

%~ranotabet or iturt. Gen @rano
Der forrige Wanoog Nat nobrpo
Mnaconoa Copper Cos @ribe bee
Butte, og iom foiteoe 81 @rllbeorbci.
oere Sipet, raicoe cnom1 Den 1So(
os., og Ben anrettcoe Sfabe anilcges
ga til 100000. Ion iegte ga pee
lprre Geme1tmnre at nflfipre 81
Oens pioere Srenlrpfning.
5arem fur Cucriupmmslie furbi,
Ger mc'otes Der 1Sbc fra Sopre, al
Den Sueriusrlnelie, Tom ser bapoc
p@rct nofIao trilenoc, life Longer
egeoes. %uroitonoen / SIobcn bar
f~rcnoeles bei, men life i~oretrrcnoe.
%penS %anoperf, ser bar giort
l~ibrigbart neo @piponoct, bar igiell
lat iItallo, og alt bar iaien brnNt til
bage / DC pallte Sober. s aoliipel
off Sneen iugte og npitcn umerfe.
liat, og hpiS oct pasieli1 nliloe SER
forblep Ell fort Sib, piloe al Tore
Tor Sperlppnlnelle mart pTre pper.
81 Gre fmnbnc. s(ler Summit %
Den lllge Com @ercoic:, oer fer1t-
llTplltcS Ncpp, or gicninnone iont
Sia / Smegnen al @lentono, begge
Sfre Tor Den Sto,m o. auloebelac,
Der bcrieoe belle Norbpeiten. SSi,n-
nllf boeoc meo lin Samilien, bcitaacn-
De al &llItru % Ter @prn, pon @enc-
oicf Mandl Is Mil ncropcit ipr
8lcnto1u, og ga ban MI %gjenionotes
Ell Mtil5 Sci ira @iemmet, bplot ban
enonl micb ct frnmpngtigt Gag fait /
Den STf nlco &epnetsmlibler, ban
ifitloc bringe tilbnge ira @pen. Ser
bar nelnlig begpnbt at blipe tonlt /
Torruaosfun1meret, og troos llpeiret
par Tooeren % llnge Benedict orn-
gen no. Get ipntes al Srnpllfs Still
ling at frenlgnn, at ban bar iullfen
ON al l(omottelic og life iioen rprt
Jig, meocns @lttten bapbc fortiot l0n-
gcre men bar inren pilo. San aicn-
ianotea peb Ell @affebGloing, bGffet
al to Tob Snc.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-02-22

bapoe NOR Nacp Hand ittbt paa Ell
Slot Sarcr - DC ioata!ot, SSacfrab.
bits -, Scr citer ct fonierpotipt
Sperilag iiffcrt tGletc 1000. ga.
ion paa mango anore Steoer inoen
Stoten bar Der / Tinter ppret Sper.
iloo poo Sorer, % man bebppcr life
ilnloge Jig meget for of fommc Dem
pao Sfuobolb.
Snnocne faar SfDloen. Ir. 6. 6.
Sipp, TeterinGr peo Statens 2onb-
brilgsifoIe, bar iprleoen giort Den
Tooltano, at omitreifenbe Sunbe for
eli ltor Gel err Sfplb / 8riiefoleraens
ltobreoelie. TeterinGren flyer, at IA
Trocent al De Sarme inben Staten,
bpor @riicfolero bar hcriet, bar be-
ret iinittcbe al biemlpie Sl,nbe. ioni
trGffer Sele al trepereoe Gpr ira
ben enc Sarm til Sen aiben. Nnr-
nocn %anbifrGf or bisie Sunbe pgioa
oftc Sfplb / Tiiberfnloie. @lacfleg,
%pIoepeit og SpnlefcIera. ipm fra
Ior til onbet bringer Tarmcrne itore
Sob, og De bllrbe cfteritrGbcs mere
enc De ifnoeligite GopOpr, flyer 9pr-
lTgcn.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-02-22
era Svo Qmerifd.
ira Sioe I

eNelltlig or Spnnierne, ionl bar bou-
ret Den huioe Mo;tbs Sproe / oenne
Ncrbelta0el; at be bar life millore
enc ct Nurhlulorcoe forilo Tor Gng-
lTnoernc iorn Grobrere og Settlcre;
at &c hupbc oct ponifeligitc % tpngIte
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., % at GnglGn-
berne, eitcrat England bc0pnote at
itige i Wtn1t paa Spalicns WefoIt.
ming, ubpioeoe line onerifanife @e-
li0ocller linlpcltben peo at forlplle zig
nlco Stpffer al De ipan'te &olonier
og iaoleoc5 bragg Ntptte al Spaniels
Grobrings- % Hponingsarbeioe. 90
oct fnn life ne9tes, at SiItoricn 'tpt.
fer bans Spiotning, / alc Uolo ct
ian9t Stpffc paa Sci. Columbus
Spbagelic al Nnlerito / 1892 Ifeeoe
10 Tor ipanif Hegnilg; ban nar piIt-
NOT ipbt Staliener. men ieilcbe /
ipanif Sieneite. Mnereoc tire 9lar ic-
mere, / 1895, a~runolagoe Spanierne
it ferItc Scttlemlcr. / slmcrita, mem.
lig &oIoricn pau Sapti. s 1900 blep
0hrnoinaen al InluSonflooen opoa-
get al ell Yortuaiicr, % / Sebet al
sc nGrmeite Ior beapn0te Yortiigt-
ierne at fplpniiere @raiilien. Sam-
me Nar opboaeoe Sprtcreol, Ell Eor-
tli9iier, Labrador. Spbn Cabot, Ell
Stalieuer / engelif SicncIte, bapoe tire
Iar tioli9erc iunoet Newfoundland.
IS 1908 por Spanicren EinSon | ga
Elatai!ooens Wnnoing.
Cuba, Den anocn ipnnife &ploni
Imerifa, bIep crobret / 1911 az Gle
40 Columbus. 70 Iar ienere op.
oaaeSe Balboa Stilehapet. : 1919
lonoeoc Gprtes / Nterico meo Ell
Stprfe paa pel 800 Manb, % ~ Iar
~iellcrc pdr G%robrinscn iulobruat, %
Spanicrnc par Serrer opc oet belle
al Montcatmas u%oitrafte &ige. 81
,arrp ruffene / 1881 meh CT Stprfc
pan 1000 Walo mo / Ecru, % ON