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Evening star., 1916-01-02
WATCH NIGHT PARTY,
Ell Dorado Club Also Installs New
Officers at Meeting,

Installation of officers was a feature
of the third annual watch night party
of the Ell Dorado Club, Inc, held Fri
day evening at the home of the re-
firing president, John P. Eckert. The
new officers are: Leon F. Cooper, presi-
dent; Charles Nickels. vice president;
Leopold V. Freudberg, secretary, and
r. e. Glessner. treasurer.
An exhibition dance by Charles Ag-
new, a member of the club. and Miss
Riley: several selections by the Ell
Dorado Quartet, dancing and the play
ing of games afforded entertainment.
Leon F. Cooper, newly elected presi-
dent. and the retiring president made
short addresses.
At midnight the party went out into
the street and Joined in the celebration
of New Year. John A. Eckert and Mrs.
Eckert, father and mother of the re-
firing president. acted as host and
hostess of the evening.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
TEUTONS HAVE OCCUPIED
310,5O0 SQUARE MILES
Territory Taken Since War Started
Nearly as Great as All
Germany.

BERLIN. January l, by wireless to
Sayville.-Among the news items pre-
pared today by the Overseas News
Agency for transmission abroad was
the following:
Interesting statistics are published
today by the Tageblatt. The news
papers tabulation shows that the
populations of the entente powers Au-
gust 1. 1914 (when the war began),
amounted to 23o,000.O00. while the in
habitants of the central powers totaled
116,000,000.
January 1. 1916. the entente powers
have populations totaling 1s6.000,o00,
while the central powers have 10000
600, SO that the difference in popula-
ton has decreased from ia, 100000 to
$4,000. 900.
"The newspaper also points out that
about 100000 square kilometers (310,-
500 square miles) have been occupied,
which area is nearly as much as the
whole Of Germany. In the average, the
newspaper computes that 1000 square
kilometers have been conquered per
day."
Evening star., 1916-01-02
361 ,572,114 PASSENGERS
CARRIED AND NONE KILLED
Pennsylvania Railroad Makes Re
markable Record With 2,4Oo, 900
Trains in Two Years.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. January l.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
in statement published today, an
nounced that of 3S1.572.114 passengers
carried over the entire system dur
ing the past two years not a single
one was killed as the result of a train
accident, while it was the third sue
cessive year without a fatal accident
to passenger on the lines east of
Pittsburgh. Approximately 100000
passenger trains were operated in the
two-year period.
In New Year greeting to employees,
General Manager Long said: You have
made a record for safe railroadiny
which. 1 believe. has never been
equaied, and in this great honor every
employe shares"
Evening star., 1916-01-02
by Henry Franklin Butler. the young
est son of the host.
Those Present.


est son of the host.
Those Present. :.
Among the delegates who accepted
Mr.. Buffers invitation were:
Drs. Eduardo de Quesada Laspiur. Ri
cardo Laspiur and DR.. Bunge from Ar
berto Gutierrez from Bolivia. Drs. Jose
da Costa Doria. Simoes da Silva and
Manoel de Oliverira Lima from Brazil.
DR.. Urrutia from Colombia, Dr. Rober-
to Brenes Mesen from Costa Rica, Lie.
Rafael Maria Angulo from Cuba, DR..
Francisco Paynado from Dominican Re
public Drs. Carlos Ucles and Ricardo
j. Urrutia from Honduras. Drs. Ricar-
do Goyburo and Angel Caparo from
Peru. DIR. 1,lonso r. Guerra from SAL
vador.
Others present were:
The Vice President. the Chief Justice.
Justice Mckenna. Justice Holmes. Jus
tice Day. Justice Pitney, Justice Nc
Chinese minister. theAttorney General.
the Secretary of the Interior. the Sec
retary of Commerce, assistant secre-
tary of the navy. Assistant Secretary
Peters. the assistant secretary of war.
Librarian of Congress, the solicitor
general. Rear Admiral Upshur. Rear
Admiral Brownson. Representative
Danforth of New York. Lieut.. Gen.
Young. DR.. Alexander Graham Bell.
Maj. Gen. Scott, Brig. Gen. Crozier.
James Brown Scott. Brig. Gen. Bixby.
Director John Barrett. Steadman
David Jayne Hill and Charles Noble
Gregory.
Mrs. Butler. assisted by a half dozen
women, received MIR. Buffers guests.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Sales of Vessels.

Sales of vessel property recently
made were recorded in the custom
house at Baltimore in the past week.
as follows:
Steamer Munamar (new. 2.1so tons).
from Maryland Steel Company to der-
camille Trust and Deposit Company.
trustee; IS.
One-sixth interest in schooner Rich
ard Cromwell u12 tons), from ]. F.
Bellew to Charles NJ. Struven; IS.
Power schooner Albert C. (6 tons).
from Louis Baker to Thomas Kenney;
SIS.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Reception by Legion of Loyal Women

Between 200 and 300 persons attend
ed the reception of the Legion of Loyal
Women from to o'clock yesterday
afternoon at 419 10th street northwest.
A number of members of the Old Guard
and Of the Grand Army of the Republic
were in attendance. Among those In
the receiving line were Mrs. Ada H.
weiss. the president: Mrs. e. X. Gill
lett, Mrs. Anan Ball, Mrs. Fanny Pome-
roy. Mrs. A. s. Odell and Mrs. n. A.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Accused of Violating Drug Law.

Lung Sing. Chinaman. sixty-three
years old. was arrested yesterday after
noon and charged with violation of the
Harrison drug act it being alleged that
he had smoking opium in his possession.
He gave his address as 31S Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest. The police say
they found q pipe and smoking ma
terials in his possession. Sing COM
plained of being sick and was taken to q
hospital Tomorrow he will be given a
preliminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Anson S. Taylor.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Virginian Charged With Assault.

Charged with assault, John Craig.
twenty-four years old. who gave his
address as Manassas. Va, was held at
the sixth precinct police station last
night. 1t is charged that he made an
attack on Robert Hoy, proprietor of a
hotel at Louisiana avenue and sth
street.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Francis M. Thompson Dead,

GREENF1ELD. Mass, January l.
Francis NJ. Thompson. who was promi-.
nent in the pioneer days of Montana
and designed the official shield of that
state, died suddenly at his home here
tonight. He formerly was Judge of
the probate court of this county.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

When a High Bail 10 ordered, ask that Il be
made e Red Top Rye-A%%ss1iistt,: %si:t:y. finest
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Mrs. zaida B. Hates to Prognosticate

"a Prophetic Outlook for 1915" is to
be the subject of lecture by Mrs.
Zaida b. Eates before the First Spirit
uaiist Church this evening at 1880
o'clock at Pythian Temple.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Size of the Standing Army.

what answer do you make to those
who say we should have regular
army of at least 100000 mem"
First. l never can tell from their
statements whether they mean $50, 900
here and overseas or 250.0 here. and
in either event whether il means all
fighting men or a total number includ-
ing hospital. quartermaster, ordnance
and other non -combatants as well as
combatants. Without regard to these
distinctions my answer in general is
this: When you have sufficient men
in the regular army. together with
enough extra commissioned and non
commissioned officers. to fulfill the du-
ties described when l was speaking of
where the advantages of putting more
outweighed by the cost and other con-
siderations involved. The always pres
ent question Of getting the men bobs
up again-the great cost of such an es-
tablishment. The fact that il would be
large enough to cause the citizens to
look upon 1t as our sole necessary mil
itary reliance when they should not do
so for reasons already given. The fact
that whatever army we have should be
trained both as to officers and men to
the highest attainable point of efflcfen-
cy and we could not get highly special
lied service in SO large a force except
ing after long effort. The plant nec-
essary to house them and furnish the
requisite accessories would take Q long
time to build and equip and the annual
Evening star., 1916-05-08
COAL FIELDS THE GOAL,
Engineering Commission to Push
Work on Alaskan Railway.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
SEWARD, Alaska. April 1.-THE
Alaskan engineering commission is
preparing to push work this summer
on the government railroad from this
port to the great coal fields of the
Matanuska river
The work of this summer will be di-
vided into three sections; the first to
be the reconstruction of the old Alas
kan Northern line from Seward to
mile II on Kern creek. The second sec
tion Will be new work on Turnagain
Arm. from mile IL to Anchorage, and
the third will be the completion of the
line from Anchorage to Chickaloon
creek. in the midsection of the Matan-
uska coal deposits, which has been
found best for naval purposes
In addition to this work, the COM
mission will extend the main line Of
the Seward Fairbanks railroad, which
in reality is separate project from
the canal road, in the Talkkeetna Forks
of the Susitna river
Active work on the Alaskan Northern
reconstruction has already commenced,
nearly a month ahead of the season, so
urgent Is the emergency under which
this project Is being rushed to COM
pletion. Five feet of frost Is in the
ground, and at Resurrection river the
bridge builders are thawing down with
steam points. after the manner of
placer miners. to drive piling for the
bridge
Evening star., 1916-05-08
JAPAN's FREIGHT RATES UP.
Increase Is Due to the Scarcity of
Bottoms.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April 6.-In view of the in
crease of exports and growing scar
city of cargo space the government
has authorized the japanese steam
ship companies to increase freight
rates. The increase affects the three
great Japanese shipping concerns
which run a service to the United
States and Canada. The increase of
rates to America is from Is to 20 per
cent, when the goods are consigned to
ports. and 20 per cent when destined
for interior points.
The principal items of the goods ex-
ported to America to be affected by the
increase comprise rice. tea. fancy mat
ting, raw silk. silk fabrics, cotton man.
ufactures. soy. bamboo and bamboo
works, porcelain and earthenware,
straw braid. provisions, corn. peanuts
and camphor.
The freightage on the goods import
ed to Japan from America has been
raised by about 25 per cent on the
whole, with a few exceptions. The
goods affected are cotton (raw and gin
ned). machinery. iron and steel plates,
salted fish. pulp, wheat and wheat
-four, zinc plate. iron nails, glass, con-
densed milk. malts and other COM
The communication department is
consulting with the Nippon Yusen
kaisha with view to increasing the
carrying capacity on the Antwerp and
American lines, and 1t is not unlikely
that the company will run extra steam
ers. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha also
will probably increase its capacity by
putting on chartered vessels on the
line to America.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
PRESIDENT J1MENEs RESIGNS.
Six U. S. Destroyers Dispatched to
Dominican Republic.

sANTO DOMINGO. May Seen. Juan
Jimenes, President of Santo Domingo.
has resigned. He took this action IN
order to prevent armed Intervention by
the United States.
Quiet has been restored. Congress
will appoint provisional president.
KEY WEST. Fla. May s.-Four
destroyers sailed from here yester-
day, and according to information OBJ
tained here they followed the destroy.
ers Wake and Terry. when set out
hurriedly late Saturday for the Do
minican republic. The boats which left
Yesterday were the Flusser. Sterrett,
Reid and Lamson, the destroyer Pres
ton and the supply ship Panther. which
we're to have left, We're delayed, it was
said, by engine trouble. Orders for
the destroyers to go to Santo Domingo
came Saturday morning, an dwhile no
navy officials here would discuss them
it was understood the ships were TO
he used if necessary to maintain or
der there.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
CLEAN UP'---PA|NT Up!
Written BY John A. Phillips. 1850 Irv-
| ing street northwest. winner Of one Of
the hve-doIlar prizes In The Stars
clean-up-paint-up essay contest.

Cleanliness has always been one OF
the vanguard virtues in the march Of
civilization. AS mans development Is
traced IN history his upward progress
Is seen to have been accompanied. by
a steady and constantly increasing val
uat1on Of cleanliness. The nations lead
ing the world today are the cleanliest.
lhey are theb ravest, the strongest.
the most admirable in all the quail
ties that form the foundation princi-
pies Of civilized society. Per contra, If
we descend the scale 1t is found that
the lower We go among the peoples
OF the earth the more unclean they be-
come. Bacon said tha Cleanliness of
oooy was ever esteemed to proceed
from due reverence to God" and
John wesley in sermon on dress re-
marked that cleanliness rs a duty and
not a sin. Cleanliness is indeed next
to Godliness.'
Now, cleanliness Of body Is closely
and 1nseparably related to cleanliness
In our external surroundings, and. re-
duced to final analysis. the cleanup
cleanliness thus understood. 1t needs
no argument to prove that faithful
and intelligent observance of 1t means
conservation of health, increase of
comfort. nurture of the beautiful and
the eradication Of those avoidable and
wholly unnecessary and repulsive liv-
Ing conditions which. unless combated.
soon fasten themselves in and around
our homes
1t is, therefore, impossible to ex-
aggerate the Importance of this con-
certed, organized effort for the promo
ton of cleanliness-for I wish to in
sist that this is the real, vital, basic in
tent and ultimate purpose involved.
Washington is the cleanest city in
if any, homes here whose attractive
ness would not be greatly improved by
the application of this clean-up-paint-
up propaganda.
Clean the house from cellar to garret.
Throw out all rubbish and useless
articles. Use the broom, the duster
and the mop without fear or favor.
poor, despised and neglected spot-the
back yard-and give to 1t some sem
blance of delicacy. gentility and re-
finement. And let me plead also for
the back porch. faithful but sadly
neglected old friend. After this, follow
up with all the paint you are able to
indulge in. Always employ a painter.
II possible.
But enumeration of details is un-
necessary, for everybody understands
the idea. The thing is to tackle it
good and hard and put 1t through. If
this is done. II the n-up-paint-up
campaign Is honored according to its
merit, our homes will be more enjoy
able. conditions threatening to health
will be removed, and an honest salts
faction. both moral and material. will
Yes, indeed! Clean up-paint up
and keen IT upi
Evening star., 1916-05-08
PORTABLE KITCHEN IN USE.
Method Of Dispensing Food in Poorer
Sections of Berlin.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 12.-The portable
field kitchens. which the soldiers call
'goulash cannon are being introduced
into the streets of the poorer sections
of Berlin. selling warm dinners to all
comers for 35 pfennigs per portion. The
town council of Lichtenberg. a big sub
urb to the north of Berlin, was the first
to adopt the idea. Many of the work
ing people have no time to cook for
them selves, and they can be far more
cheaply fed by cooking en- masSe at
central points and distributing the food
through the field kitchens.
The Easements of some big school
houses have been fitted up as kitchens.
where. in huge boilers, each holding
over a hundred gallons. meat and vege-
tables by the wholesale are converted
into palatable stew. The "goulash can
non." which haul the product through
the streets for sale, are each provided
with a boiler. under which a low fire is
kept burning.
The idea has become SO popular that
ii is predicted that the "goulash can
non" will long survive the war which
populariZed 1t.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
IN NEED OF ERRAND BOYS.
War Produces Shortage nj Several
Canadian Provinces.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
WINNIPEG, Canada, May 2.-There is
big shortage of errand boys and of
flee boys in this province and in sew
eral other Canadian provinces as a re-
sui. of the war, and so pressing has
become the situation that many big
business houses are substituting girls
for the whistling lads who SO many
years held sway.
One reason for the shortage lies in
the fact that boys more than sixteen
years old are eligible for army serv-
ice and a large part of them have en-
listed Another cause is due to the
school laws which in this province
and ir other districts compel the at
tendance at school of boys fourteen
years old and younger
The problem has been solved here by
the telegraph companies. who are en-
ploying crippled soldiers for messenger
boy work.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
TO DISCUSS CHARITIES
Over 8 900 Delegates Expected to As
semble in Indianapolis Tomor.
row Evening.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May s.-The
forty-third annual session of the Ma
tional Conference of Charities and Cor
rections will convene here tomorrow
evening, to remain in session for a
week. Arrangements have been made
to care for more than 1000 delegates to
the conference and fifteen allied ma
tional organizations.
Subjects for Discussion.
The subjects to be discussed have
been grouped under nine departments.
which, with the chairmen. are as fol-
lows: Children, Miss Julia c. Lathrop
of the federal children's bureau of
Washington, chairman: corrections. DR..
Katherine B. Davis. New York. chair
man: the Family and Community, Mrs.
Ada e. Sheffield, Cambridge. Mass.
chairman: Feeble e-mindedness and In
sanity. f. f. Johnstone, training school.
Vineland, y. j., chairman; Health, Dr.
J. n. Hurty, secretary of the Indiana
board of health, chairman; lnebr1ety,
Bsiley b. Burritt, New York, chairman
Promotion of Social Programs. Graha m
r. Taylor, New York. chairman; PUBIC
and Private Charities, II. H. Shirer, Co
lumbus Ohio, chairman. and Unem-
pIovment, William H. Pear. Boston.
chairman.
During the week there will be almost
fifty meetings, two each day. one OF
which will be of a general nature. The
mornings will be devoted to sectional
meetings. In al there are about zoo
speakers on the program
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Equal Suffrage Council to Meet.

The Washington Equal Suffrage Coun-
ell of the National American Woman Suf-
frage Association is to meet tonight at s
o'clock in the red parlor of the New
Ebbtt Mrs. Nelson is to speak on Mex
ico'' and Mrs. Raymond Morgan. chair
man of the legislative committee. is to
give a report on the progress of the cam
paign being carried on among the women
of the District by the council. as well as
a report on the work of the Senate lobby
of the poindeXter bill. which is being
supported by the council
Evening star., 1916-05-08
SANITATION CAMPAIGN
IS NEARING THE CLOSE
All That Remains Is to Search for
Out-of.the-Way Spots Hith.
erto Overlooked.

Beginning its fourth week, little re-
mains to be done in Washington's 1915
ean-up-paint-up campaign but to
make certain that no out-of-the- way
spots have escaped the vigilance of the
clean-up-paint-up forces. The real
work has been completed: the big jobs
of cleaning and policing the city have
been attended to. The remainder Is in
the nature of inspection work. to make
sure that nothing remains Of trash, ht-
ter. rubbish, garbage and the like, to
afford. breeding and harboring places
for summers fly swarms.
That the campaign has been an un.
qualified success from every point OF
view is attested by the expressions OF
opinion from people in every part OF
the District. Business men. govern
ment clerks. doctors, nurses, Ordinary
citizens.> unite in asserting that never
such a thorough going over" Never
before has the city been so completely
cleansed from boundary to boundary,
and never before at this season OF the
year has the paint-up work received
such a measure of attention.
Comment by Physician.
The thing that Washington people
must do now said physician in
speaking of the campaign that is draw
ing to a close, 'is to see that rubbish
of the disease breeding or unsightly
kind does not accumulate anew. 1t is
useless for the city to wage cleanup
campaign over period of few weeks
in the spring II dirt and trash are to De
permitted to accumulate all through
the manure piles, the ash heaps. the
piles of empty tin cans and the like,
the dead grass from clipped lawns, ana
all the refuse of great city, ana then
see that such matter hasn't a chance
to pile up again Clean up, and then
keep clean-that's the only basis on
which to wage a cleanup campaign
that really means something
Paint-Up Work to Continue.
While the active and organized clean
up campaign is to come to close this
week, the paint phase of the 1915
campaign promises to continue for sew
eral weeks, at least. Numerous large
contracts have been made for painting
Office and store buildings and similar
structures, while painters in all parts
of the District are engaged on resi-
dence painting or have orders that are
waiting until the workmen can get 10
them.
Dealers in painters materials report
that the volume of business this spring
has been larger than ever oerore at
this time of year. and without excep-
ton they give a large share OF the
credit to the campaign waged by the
Master House Painters and Decorators
Association. which, in cooperation
with The Star, has had charge OF the
actual organization and direction of
the work.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Explains Death Due to Zeppelin Raid

C0rrespondehce OF me Associated PFess.
LONDON. Apri 29-At an inquest on
woman who died from illness
brought on by the news of a Zeppelin
raid. a physician declared that when
the raids were in progress the vitality
of people was lowered and they caught
severe colds: They have q sense Of
impending disaster" he said, know
ing that other people are suffering and
not knowing what will happen to
themselveS." rs
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Chinese Calendar Changed.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PEKING, April 6-By government
mandate the imperial or Hung Hsien
calendar, which was Instituted Janu-
ary /. has been abolished. and tho Sec
retary of state has decreed that the
year, 1916 shall be known as the fifth
yeaS-of Min kuo. or the republic
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Jewish Societies in Session.

Delegates have already begun to ar
rive. many coming ahead to attend the
national conference of Jewish chari-
ties, one of the fifteen allied organiza-
tions, which began it's sessions yester-
day. Under the direction of Father
Francis Gavisk of Indianapolis, presi-
dent of the conference, travelling par
ties have been arranged from many of
the larger cities of the United States
and Canada in order to obtain re-
duced fare, and the vanguard of these
are expected to arrive during the day.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
London Importers to Adjust Prices

Correspondence OF the Associated Press
LONDON. April 25--Because of the
restriction on the import Of cotton and
wooden goods and the tremendous In
crease recently in the cost of freight
from the United States, importers here
of American textiles are planning to
adjust prices to retailers on the cost
when the goods arrive here. The rates,
wholesalers say, have advanced nearly
zoo per cent on shipments from Ameri-
ca since the outbreak of the war.
Evening star., 1916-05-08
Minority Report Being Prepared.
Corporation Authorized.

corporation Is authorized to act
under the shipping boards direction to
some extent. which will acquire a large
feet of ships. The United States gov
ernment can be a majority stockholder
in this corporation. but never a minor
ity stockholder.
The sum to be used for the acquisi-
ton of ships for this corporation is
$50. 100000, to be obtained from the sale
of Panama canal bonds.