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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
No Danger of Epidemic.

Owing to the excellent work of the
Sanitary Mission, stated Nine. Grou-
itch, who has just returned to this
country after nearly year spent
abroad. there is no immediate danger
of any recurrence of epidemic in Ser
bia. The whole country has been made
practically immune-at least Temporal
rily. Her recital of the horrors of the
bonn bardment of Belgrade made an
evidently deep impression on her hear
ers. Smiles came to their faces, how
ever. when she said:
1T is not uncommon to condemn by
phenated Americans, yet l, who might
be termed an American-Serb' can sym
pathize somewhat with them. ] sim
ply could not forget | was an Ameri-
can: l boosted their relief work and
tried to make things easy for them
as possible: literally intrigued to pro-
cure for them the big military hospital
Of which they were in charge in Bel
grade. And to see the look on the
faces of the Serbian wounded as the
American faces and uniforms PASSED
was a reward for any trouble 1 had
taken"
Her audience were provided with en-
velopes in which to place contributions
for future relief work in Serbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
Rails Retain Early Advantage.

In the afternoon the market became
very dull Oils and Mexican stocks
yielded fractionally and caused some
irregularity. but the rails presented d
firm front to the bears and retained the
greater part of their morning advan-
tage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24

ton all lead to New York and Boston
and Philadelphia, and to some extent to
Norfolk. Try to go to Charleston from
the middle west and you ride unheard-
Of railways that began life as saw mill
lines. which would go around large
stump. Then. too. competition by way
of the Erie canal forced down northern
rates. The result is that. although
Charleston is nearer Cincinnati than is
New York. it costs less to ship to the
northern city: while Norfolk has still
greater advantage in rates. For exam
pie. on certain manufactures. the ship
per gets commodity rate to Norfolk,
which amounts to Is cents hundred,
and to Charleston he has to pay class
rate of IS cents a hundred.
Now, the people of the southern
ports are fully aware of all these facts.
They realize that if they could get the
railroads to give them rates, ship lines
would soon be established, and that if
the ship lines would only come in, the
railroads would have to make the rates.
Their problem is how to get the move
ment started at either one end or the
other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
In the Country.

rrosn the Tonkers Statesman
What crop do you make the mos,
money out of up here" asked the city
girl on her vacation.
Summer boarders." was the thought
ful reply OF the farmer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
Hope for Place on His List.

In this connection it is said that pos
siby some of the dates which Rev Mr..
Sunday has planned for two years ahead
are only tentative and may be Cancelled,
thus allowing the evangelist to place
Washington in place on the list
According to the plans in hand, If
Evangelist Sunday gives a favorable in
formal rep/ this afternoon a delegation
of clergy will go to Baltimore to formally
invite him to come here. His statement
this afternoon will be reported to the
meeting OF the Pastors Federation Mon
day morning at the Y. NJ. &. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
Correct,

| carl" said the teacher. can you
tell me what an inebriate is?'
Yes, ma'am" replied Carl 1T is an
animal that does not have a backbone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24

The largest Spanish chestnut tree in
the world grows in forest on the
opes of Mount Etna. 1t is said that
leo soldiers and their horses once
fond shelter beneath it from the rain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
Business Men Raise
Fund of $4,000.

oAAN Va YSAs0VVs cd a traffic OK
pert who proceeded to give his whole
attention to ways and means of induc-
ing railroads to make rates At pres
ent he is working through the inter-
state commerce commission. If this
does not get the rates, the Charles
tonians have another card up their
sleeve. They have incorporated a Nor
folk-Charleston steamship company
and have large sum of money sub
scribed to put it into operation. II the
railroads refuse to make the rates
from the west as low as those to Nor
foik. they will put their ships in the
sea and make a rail-and-water rate to
charleston via Norfolk, which will
force the railroads to lower their rates
IN order to compete.
Having in this way made it possible
Tor the western manufacturer to ship
to Charleston at reasona BILE rate, and
having already secured his promise
That he Will do so. the Charlestonians
VIII make representations to the
steamboat people showing that the
time is ripe for the establishment of
regular lines. There is also a move
ment well under way to build some
boats for the Cuban trade with
Charleston capital. All of which is
very much in the future. of course;
but Charleston is approaching the mat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
THE Man in the Stone House"-By Freeman Tden.

The hero proposes in shoe store, when pretty
Louise in to buy pain of shoes. 1t is laugh
able story and YOU will find ,hs opening chapters of
this new serial in the next Sunday Magazine of The
Sunday Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
Shipping Very Little
Manufactured Goods.

out cotton and lumber and naval stores,
and the tramp steamers that come TOT
these commodities bring the materials
from which the south manufactures I'M
mense quantities of commercial fertll-
izer All of which is well and good. But
this is the point: The southern ports
are shipping practically no manufac-
tured goods. and while New York is
congested with traffic they are getting
a mere fraction of what they have the
energy and the facilities to ship.
In very real sense it is national
waste manufacturers in the middle
west-at Cincinnati, for example-can
reach South America much more d.
rectly by way of Charleston than by
way of New York. Both The rail- maui
and the water haul are shorter. But
there are no regular bottoms from
Charleston to South America. and the
manufacturer must have regular sail
ings in order to All his orders. So he
ships via New York, and adds to the
general congestion and confusion of
that port Shoes are actually shipped
from interior points to Charleston, up
the coast to New York tfor there are
plenty of coastwise bottoms) and
thence to Cuba
Those regular saiiings "hicn me
manufacturer requires are likewise
the lifeblood of a port. The shipping
of raw materials such as cotton and
naval stores and lumber by way of
tramp steamers leaves little money in
the port city. The stuff is sold at in
terror points. Atlanta gets the money
for cotton that is shipped out OF
Charleston. That is why the greatest
southern cities are interior points,
while the greatest northern cities are
ports The northern port cities handle
immense quantities of manufactured
goods and make large profit upon
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
DIXIE GOES AHEAD.
VIII.-Southern Ports Are
Out for Trade.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March IS
With the country full of talk about
foreign trade and the need for i'm
proving the merchant marine and cul-
tivating the business of South America.
the far southern ports of the United
States rise up and demand to be heard.
New Orleans. of course, has a large
and well established business. Charles
ton, Savannah, Jacksonville. Tampa,
Mobile and Pensacola are the ones IN
question. They all have fine harbors
which are free from ice all the year
around; the government has spent
many millions to improve their chan
nels, and the citizens have built and
are building excellent terminal faclli-
ties. They are all dressed up to go TO
the International trade party. but they
have nothing to ride in. Robinson
Crusoe had a fine harbor. but he had no
bottoms That's all that prevented him
from forming a cocoanut trust and get
ting rich.
The southern ports are in the same
fix. They have not the bottoms. mean
ing thereby regular sailings for Tor
eign ports. Therefore they can't get
railroad rates from interior points that
would attract manufacturers to export
via the south instead of the north. II
they had the bottoms they could get
the rates. and vice versa. But. generally
and broadly speaking, they have
neither.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
Rates to Charleston
Are Against Shippers

distance both by rail and by water via
the southern ports? 1t used to be be-
cause the southern harbors lacked
terminal facilities. That reason is fast
disappearing. All of them have greatly
improved their docks and coal bunkers
and Warehouses, and they arc ready TO
build more as fast as they are needed.
The great difficulty lies in the fact
that the lines of transportation have
been fixed by time and usage and they
all point north. The trunk lines from
the middle western manufac; turing sec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
REJECTS AMENDMENTS
TO RACE TRACK BILL
Maryland House Favors Measure as
Advocated by Delegate
s Hall.

Special rreSpondencc OF ! he star.
: ANNAPOLIS. Md, March 2i.-By
vote Of 50 10 10 the Maryland house yes
,tsrday rejected the amendment TO the
Han anti-race track gambling bill giving
the state daily income of $1,000 while
Che racing continued. creating a state
wide racing commission and paving the
way for strict regulation of racing All
other amendments were rejected which
were not fathered by Mr. Hall, the leader
Ia the fight for the original drastic anti
gambling measure
p. One amcudmeut. offered by Mr.. Met
serptt. provided for minority party rep
'rescuratiou on the racing commission.
It was defeated. The same fate fell
49, other amendments offered by Mr.
Netzerptt Increasing the daily license
from $1,000 70 $l.5h9 and giving $500
daily 70 the several counties in which
Che race tracks are located
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
AMERICAN RELIEF
WORK DESCRIBED
Nine. SIavko Grouitch Of
Serbia Graphically Depicts
War Conditions.

When the people of the United States
| send relief expedition to Serbia or
any other of the warning and dis
tressed countries of Europe they should
send it thoroughly equipped. Nine.
Slsvko Grouitch of Serbia told large
and interested audience gathered this
morning at the residence of Charles
Henry Butler. 1895 | street northwest.
The speaker referred in graphic
terms to the immense amount of work
accomplished by the one motor car of
the Americans in charge of the big
Belgrade military hospital when that
capital was bombarded by the central
powers. work which she witnessed and
in company with DR.. Ryan. participate ted
In.
Had the American unit been pos
sessed of six automobiles. she de-
clared, lit is probable that there would
be 5000 more persons alive in the world
today than is actually the case. Those
who contributed 10 the cost of the one
ii did have performed an office for
humanity that is almost immea surable.
When YOU give money for such work
do not impede its usefulness with pro-
visos as to when and how 1t shall be
spent, but rely on the judgment of the
workers themselves to utilize it at the
most essential moment
Tells of Serbia's Troubles.
Nine Grouitch. who is a native Of
West Virginia, whose husband is the
former assistant minister of foreign
affairs of Serbia. and whose work on
behalf of the suffering military and
civil population of her unfortunate
country has been almost boundless
since the beginning of the conflict, in
her discussion of her own experiences
various troubles through which Serbia
has gone. together with the measures
for their alienation.
She dwelt particularly on where and
how she found Americans engaged in
relief work-'seemingly always the
right man or woman in the right
place. she put it-and paid high
praise to a number of them by name.
These included DR.. Butler. son of the
host OF the morning, whom she found
in charge of a relief unit, quartered
in a disused tobacco factory. and max
ing such a fight as proba bly, no one
else in Serbia ever made against death
and disease" He might as we'll have
been on a desert island. she declared
as far as his facilities were con-
cerned, and yet he was keeping death
at bay for hundreds of men, women
doubtedly some day grace monu-
ment erected in her country in recog-
milton of his work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
Applied to Chesapeake Beach.

r The effect Of the defeat Of all the
amendments was TO restore 10 the
house the original drastic Hall bill Mr.
Hall offered amendments which We're
accepted including Chesapeake Beach,
N the provisions of the bill.
If us FIRST shape the bill. which is
based largely upon the Hughes anti
raDe track gam bling law of New York.
. CIT =" thu third reading file. II will
con- UP gain soon. The fight against il
" Il' be renewed II it passes the house
At VIII meet barriers in the senate,
" here several bills are pending and
= here the sentiment is said not to be
a. strong against the open betting at
race tracks as in the house.
Amendments 10 the anti-racing bill.
relating 70 Chesapeake Beach, prohibits
pool selling, which has fourished FOR a
nan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24

Why do all of these commodities go
north for shipment to Cuba and Cen
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ton that she would get the business as
soon as the rates were right.
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Now this is not to say that the SOUTH
ern ports are not doing a prosperous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24

There seemed to be no trouble in thai
quarter. So the business men o.
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The way Charleston is going at the
proposition is typical and interesting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-24
Atsl55
Seventh Street.

Catering to the Young
Man, who puts style first;
and to the Conservative
Man, to whom the ex-
tremes of fashion are Sec
ondary. Giving both ex-
act1y what they want
and in quality that's more
than ever exclusive with
us this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-23

was blazoned the story of the loan shark robbery June went on
 s.Then, in a moment, when this queer criminal impulse attacked me, l saw no" I could punish George Grant ana free some of his slaves It came to me as all inspiration. I put on my black motor coat the white-lined one there in the closet and a black veil I went to his office ana managed to get in He was in the vault l shut the vault door. Then I rummaged
 through his desk; got all the notes could lay my hands on and came away "Oh" gasped Mary. "Then,'' pursued June, "the same strange impulse made me scribble on one
 of his cards on the desk an order to his chauffeur. made him take me away In
 MT. Grants car. I knew if I went on foot I might be traced
 "Oh, my dear! My dear"' moaned the mortified old woman And you did all
 this? You, the sweet, honest little girl T."
 Yes" sobbed June. Isn't it horrible? I can't understand it any more than you can: now that the mania has left me- It is as though some stranger had done it. I cant realize it was I. Why, l stole-l lied T forged-I, June Travis who have all ways been so intolerant when l heard of other people being tempted to do such things. Mary! Tell me; what am l to do?'
 Her voice broke in a wall. She sobbed
 uncontrollably on her nurses breast. The old woman, dumfounded, grief-stricken, sought nevertheless to claim her as best she could.
 We must never tell anyone" decreed Mary at last. Not a soul on earth We must keep it secret, just between us two I'd give my life, dearie. sooner than at to nd chor, Mary'll protect her little girl. But if other folks snould suspect" And" broke in June, q haven't told you the worst part of it, yet "Is-is there more? quivered Mary. "Oh, don't say there's worse yet! "There is" June returned That day that day when I felt something snap ir my soul, felt burnig sensation on the back of my right hand. I looked and-oh it has come and gone, there. off and on
 ever since! It is like some hideous birth
 mark. It isn't there this morning, but She looked at the back of her hand, as she spoke; and cried aloud in sudden de. spair
 Its there again." she wept See And I had hoped it had gone away for. ever"
 1 She he'd up her right hand. On iti | snowy surface gowed a crimson ring like
 an evil star. At sight of it, Mary sprane , to her feet in mortal fright 'The Red Circle. babbled the ole | woman. her voice hoarse and indstinc
 with horror .'The Red Circle! After al
 these years, The Red Circle. Oh. sGod | help us. God, help us all. The curse The Red Circle."
 1 (End of second installment) 1 Continued in Tomorrow's Age Herald)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-23
Prosperity for an Island

Tha I Ine san francisco Chronicle. ono e isldhd or Romblon is, for it's size
 oi tile most prosperous and tbrif+y or the Philippine Islands Its .,.nii.S .,oh IS about 35,000. It has three nrofit aoie industries which yield pond a,l ,uai return to the people after navin. TOT the principal food staple of tbe people- e-which is largely imnort GU Copra, white marble and buri bats oe sne exports Which account for most UT the islands prosperity.
 Rom blon produces about 60 4oo nio,,,a 's'Ie3,ooO0 pounds) of copra vear soeiuiilS yearly return of about S296 4Vo' The marble quarries turn out apout 250 tons of white marb1e n month, welding in the year s22,5OO The purl hat industry has not vet been thoroughly systematized nor are fig ui es "Vaiiaple as to the yearly income 10 the island from this source. but if affords a fruitful revenue to the neo- pie The province imports annuall1- rlce to the value of approximateJv $1s0000 -'
 Coconut trees on the island have an average value of s1.75 per tree and vleld yearly revenue of about 50 cents tree. It is estimated that there are some 12,000,000.000 tons of marble in sight on the islands deposits. The crushed and block marble sells for S7. 50 ton while the statuary marble sells for S60. Lime 99.6 per cent purese has been produced from this marble. The marble quarries are in many instances under cOconut groves.
 Labcr in Romblon Is comparativelv plentiful and cheap. Town labor may be had for 20 cents a day and farm labor for 10 cents day and food in each case. General labor costs 30 cents day per man.
 A very good provincial road which cost $37500 extends from Romblon, the port of entry of the island. half way across the island to the mountains. Romblon was made a port of entry for the Philippine Islands, one of the seven ports opened It has a deep water har- Dor. Three steamers visit the port two to three times month, plying on the interisland runs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-23
estly to bring about a more equitable

estly to bring about a more equitable situation
 We cannot reform over night world that has been millions of years in the making. There is good basis for the argument that we might les sen the distance to the Millennium If we improved our manners. There is noth- ing so discouraging as the spectacle of a loud -mouthed economic reformer, whose vocal rearing of the ideal re- public keeps pace with bad manners that find vent in dental archeology- the eXcavating of a ruined molar with a young sapling-and the editing of fingernails with a pair of pocket scissors.
 Let us have patience. Progress is an eternal and an ordered law, and it is written in the stars that we shall not go backward Every man has his day. The castle and the hut are in Interchangeable residences. Emerson summarizes the social history of the ages in a stanza:
 The lord is the peasant that was,
 The peasant the lord that shall be;
 The lord is hay, the peasant grass,
 One dry, and one the living tree.
 This unceasing struggle operates through the laws of evolution and sug- gestion. thing that has had no be- ginnig can never have an end. The seeming zenith is but the nadir of new heights. The ultimate beckons to us but never waits. We are on our way. whither, only the facts may tell, and destiny is not loquacious.
 MORGAN ROBERTSON, THE MAN" Published by McClure's Magazine, New
 York.
 Of Morgan Robertson, the Man the editor has this to say in snort preface:
 This is a little book about big man. Within the past year thousands have come to know Morgan Robertson stories Old admirers have renewed the charm of his work in a new and more befitting dress than the fleeting pages of a magazine. For these old and new friends this book was published, in the hope that it would warm you to man who gave you many enjoyable hours Not one side of his complex personality was spared. l nthis book is Morgan Robert son with all his weaknesses and foibles and all the other things too. that made him big man and a good friend.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-23
The Call of the Times

Oiii bhC ANtW l OIk lnQeDGndent.
 The call of the times is for men. sturdy. CnlIstlan men, and women, too, endowed With the courage of their convictions. We need men who are controlled bv com science rather than by expediencv men who are guided by principle rather than py popu'arlty, men who are influenced bv sense or duty and not by self interest. "uo are SWayed by a spirit of patriotism rather than by desire of political prefer ment. Above all, We need men of strong Chrlstlan faith who are prepared to nm. nold their religious convictions in tbe lace or opioquy and popular preiu- ulce, Tn word, we need men and women of upright Christian character
 But this fidelity to religions and roor,1 prihclpies demands no small measure of herolc virtue. Many a soldier who fe.r- lessy rushed to the cannon's mouth Ina 6 qualied before the shafts of ridicule. The man who calmly fulflls duty aeains+ puonc ciamor displays higher courae ee than the captain who captures cities Tba , ,iiah WHO acts up to his conscience ha & u. p',. one master and that master is God put the slave of human opinion has as many masters as there arc ird;.r;d,,.is Is whose censure he dreads, or whose smiles ne secures at the expense of duty
 nat IS why not only am hopefu1 hut
 ct ceitaln assurance that the republic oI lle Cnted States will continue for in lulneraoie generations to come. ba so my oellef on the genius and good sense or our public men, the wisdom of o,,r ieslslatlon, and on the patriotism of o,,,. people at large. The evidence of tbese ,r,'1i;e ac.eIlst'cs Of our nation that the re- eDnI beca1s WILL persevere is all the stronger e.ause we are religious nation.
 Aillo the continual changes in b,r,
 ilisttutions. the church is the one insti uutlon that never changes. Amid the uliN ersa' ruins of earthly monuments ane lS the one monument that stands prouolV pre-eminent. Amid the genara1 uestruc.lon of Kingdoms her Kingdom I is never destroyed Ever ancient and ever nHm' 1,ino @ ume writes no wrinkles on her di-