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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
SEEK TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
Suspected of Connection With Hale
Home Robbery-Other Thefts.

Search is being made by the police
for two unidentified white men who
are suspected of having been implicat-
ID in the robbery of the house of
Eugene Hale. former senator from
Maine. 1901 18th street. The police were
told that one of the men appeared in
the kitchen of the Hale home Friday
and the second one was there the fol-
lowing day. Each asked for a pair of
shoes.
Colored Odd Fellows Hall, 2sth street
and Dumbarton avenue, and stole three
coats. The garments belonged to May
Tyson and Sadie Barker. 2410 I street,
and Florence Bias, 2517 / street.
Mrs. Sophie Stansbury, 1925 9th street
northeast. complained of the theft of
a bracelet. chain and locket and IS in
cash. The theft was committed since
Tuesday afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
BEGINS A CAMPAIGN
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Cathedral Heights Association
Plans Development of Mount St.
Adams Section.

A vigorous campaign for improve
ments for the Mount St. Adams section.
to be conducted along "educationaf'
lines. is to be begun by the Cathedral
Heights Citizens Association. according
to a stand taken by the association at
It's meeting last night in ST. Adams
parish hall. According to President A.
NJ. Read. the association intends to
show the District officials what i'm
provements are needed and why they
are needed. and then show wherein
making the improvements will in the
end save money for the District.
No action opposing the Borland law.
which assesses AUDITING property own
ers for street improvements. Is to be
taken by the association. According to
the sense of the meeting last night the
residents of the community are willing
to pay the extra tax for improvements
provided they are sure of getting them
when needed and wanted.
I'VE are satisfied that the Borland
law is the best thing for the present
under which we may hope to secure
improvements" said President Read.
Invited to Deliver Address.
A committee is to be appointed to
wait upon Commissioner Kutz for the
purpose of inviting him to address the
next meeting of the association. 1t is
probable that other officials will be
asked to address future meetings for
the purpose of becoming acquainted"
but no further definite action was TAX
en- last night.
Plans for possible entertainment fea-
lures at future meetings, as suggested
by Harry Boss at the last meeting of
the association. were voted down last
night after long discussion. DR..
Charles P. Neill spoke against the
plan. stairs that the meetings should
be strictly of civic nature.
eff we cannot arouse sufficient inter-
est among our members in civic work
to do without refreshments and vaude-
Vile at our meetings." he said, I'VE
We shall have plenty of work to do at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
Engineering Problem.

In the engineering problem of drain
age, according to the report, there are
usually three principles involved: First,
provision for the disposal of the water
from the surrounding watershed or
more elevated land; second, taking care
of the surplus precipitation upon the
drained land, or run off," as it is tech
nically called. and third. protection
against backwater or overflow from
neighboring rivers in times of flood, tc
which may be added a pumping sta
ton to dispose of the run off when the
waters Of the neighboring river are so
high that they will not take the run
off from the district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED.
Kann's and Lansburgh's Clubs of Y.
W. C. A. Organize-Plans Discussed.

Members of Kann's Club of the Young
Women's Christian Association have
elected the following officers: President,
Rachael Murphy; vice president, Florence
Roche. treasurer Lillian Greensburg, and
secretary, Mary Cooper. The leaders will
continue 10 be Mary Il. Lamberton and
Hazel Griffith.
The new officers of the Lansburgh Club
are. President, Esther Hargett: vice pres
ident, Margaret Fillins; secretary Louise
CUP. and treasurer, Eva CIapp The
leaders are Mrs. G. c. Goss and Miss
Julia Roman.
Leaders Of girls clubs met at the as
s1ciation building this morning and dis
cussed plans relating to future work for
their respective organizations, and a
campaign for increases membership was
begun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
100000 ACRES
CANBE RECLAIMED
Vast Area of Swamp Land
Valuable, Says U. S. Chamber
of Commerce.
WORK THAT MUST BE DONE

There are approximately 100000 600
acres of swamp land in the United States.
of which 100000 acres can be re-
claimed for agriculture by drainage, ac-
cording to a report made public today by
the committee on statistics and stand
ards of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States.
According to this committee, of which
A. W. Douglas of st. Louis is the chair
man, the vast area of land which could
be made available is about y per cent
of the entire acreage of the country's
present corn crop and twice the average
acreage planted to cotton.
Although the work of reclamation Of
swamp lands of any moment is an enter
prise of recent times, it grows in volume
and Importance each year. The commit
tee traces step by step the history of
the retaining of swamps in this country
and with it lays stress upon the part
played by the mosquito which for years
held undisputed sway-so frequently car
lying the deadly germs of malaria and
yellow fever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
Cost of Drainage Varies.

The cost of drainage as determined by
the committee varies according to con-
ditions and localities. In Missouri it
ranges from IS to 81 per acre, and to this
must be added the cost of clearing the
land when timbered, which varies from
s12 to S25 per acre. The timber on
swamp lands consists Of poplar, oak, pine,
spruce, cypress and gum. and is often
very valuable and repays the cost of
clearing many times over. This is es-
pecially true of the cypress swamps of
Louisiana.
The only value of the land when a
swamp is it's potential value for reclama-
ton. otherwise it is a serious liability
as a breeder of fever. it is said. Once
cleared the price ranges from ssh per
acre upward. The soil is generally of
unusual fertility, since most of the land
is an alluvial deposit from some neigh
boring river Besides, 1t is usually very
Itch in humus. because of centuries of
decaying vegetable matter. As it has
naturally an abundance Of moisture. it
possesses all the requisites of Astounding
Yields,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
Mint Breaks Coinage Records.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. November g.
All records for the number of pieces
coined were broken by the United
States mint in this city during Octo-
Der. The total number Of coins turned
out was 45,231,413. or more than one
fourth the coinage for any of the past
five years, the yearly output having
averaged around 15o,000.000 pieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.

TO ALL CREDITORS OF PETER SHORES AND
Leon Rades, 1929 9th st. NV. city.-The ABOVE
sen store on premises 1923 9th st. NV, CITY, t9
George L. 'Delassos and Thomas Delassos All
creditors of said Leon Rades and Peter Shores
please file their bills within five days from 10
day with SOTERI0S NICHOLSON, Esq, Union
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03

RUSTY, ROOFS
will soon be LEAKY ROOFS if neg
lected. and then you'll face big tin
ner's bill. Better have apply heavy
coat Of Ironclad Roof Paint and feel
safe Ask for free estimate.
IRONCLAD Roofing sis d 18th M St; M; u
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-02

All hands took to Durand. He was
voted "a genuinely good feIloww He
had plenty of money and was liberal.
He was likabIe as a companion and
open and above board, except as to
his antecedents and purposes.
The good fellow" element in Du-
rand was imposed upon, but he did
not finch from the dictates of gen
erOUs impulse. When any Of the
boys wanted an advance he went to
DUTand- and always got it. One
young fellow employee, Ellis Bruce,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-02

was always in financial difficulties.
He was an ingenious, fTee-heaTted
young man, but never considering
any provision for the future. DuTand
was not sorry he had helped him
young fellow employee, Ellis Bruce,
trOdUced him to his sister, MaUde
Bruce. Maude completely filled the
ideals of Durand as to feminine per-
lection. Love had never knocked at
the door of his heart. It did so now
-imperiously, with effect He was
in love.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-02

A GOOD FELLOW"
By Florence Lillian Henderson
Who's the new hand?"
He calls himself Lynn Durand He
won't set the works on fire, for he's
a greeny in our line. Seems to want
to learn, though"
1t was a good place to learn a GER
tin branch Of mechanical COnstruC-
ton, the big plant of the BiddletOn
Electric works. More than one hum
bic apprentice had graduated to high
and responsible positions through
efficiency and application. The
policy of the house was to employ
young men and develop their ability
rapidly, pushing them ahead where
they deserved it.
The new hand had come from a
distance-with favorable recon-
mendadOns, it was said. 1t was easy
to discern that he had been we'll
brought up, and was a college man.
The cut of his clothes, the way he
carried himself, his free and easy in
dependence, though coupled with a
courteous and Obliging manner,
showed that he was unused to the
eXertiOns of labor.
As to his antecedents and ambi-
tons Lynn Durand kept his own
counsel
Folks have a little money" he eX-
planned to his young labor Chums,
"and wanted me to learn something
practical Truth is, I'm not quick
and smart enough for a profession
and am wise enough to know it. |
Been meddIing with electricity since !
I was a kid and this experience may
bring something out in me"
DUrand was taken into the circle |
of young men about his own age !
who worked at the Middleton plant |
and duly initiated into their indus
trial and social routine. Their work |
Il 49,
The Washington times., 1916-01-16


. she was in London after an engage
ment with Mr.. Bellcw in Brigade
Serard, when Cyril Maude offered her
tne part of Ella Sesford in The Earl
oL Pawtucket" 1t was said Mr..
Maude; typical America girl part.
Hal! history records her as saving
then ] can play it. unless you happen
70 De obsessed with the idea that a.
tsypical American girl talks through
The next American part was in
Pierre OF the Plains" Her later his
Tory rs more familiar. The Battle -
The Travelling Salesman" Such a
1tittle Queen" (the electric lights came
thenl. Caste. p" "A Matter Of Money, :
,Ambition. ''The First Lady OF the
Land" ,'Rosedale," =" Arizona. ..Tbe
Strange Woman" "outcast," and now
Margaret Schiller"
Maid in America" at the Belas,o
Lnis week Is one Of those deIightfll
winter Garden things. All one has to
40 IS to so and sit and lcok There
.s no mental obligation before or after.
Perhaps light minded ccople who
work hard all day and try attending
:, Msrgarct Schiller at night may find
Y quite necessary to see Maid "a
Afnerica" later in The week as an anti
FLORENCE f. YODER.
The Washington times., 1916-01-16
First Newman Lecture, In
Series On South Ameri-
ca" Tonight at Belasco.

There Is so much interest in Brazil"
the giant of Latin-American republics,
that Mr.. Newman will have diflculty
in encompassing il all in the one travel
talk which he will give on that sub
ject at the Belasco Theater tonight and
tomorrow.
In Rio de JaneirO alone he made 80
many beautiful pictures OC the world $
most beautiful city and its surrOunt-
ings that it would take an entire even
inB 20 show them all.
Few North Americans realize that the
inha abited portion of Brazil is practically
but fringe along the sea coast; thhl
this limited area supports a population
tour-titths OF all the coffee consumed
In the world; that the climate of the
country 10 not entirely tropical, nut
that in the southern part Il lies IN
the temperate zone being much Longer
from north to south than the United
states, and that the imports are rs
great as those of China or Japan.
All this will be graphically portrayed
and described in his photograph'c
journey, which is replete with interest
ing facts for business men,
MIR. Newmah'S exquisite views In COL
or and original notion pictures viii he
Santos. and BRhia on tho sea coast,
but interesting slde-trips into the In
terror will show the life on the conce
faZendas. aud the other industries.
MIR. Newman's following offerings on
the South American countries will be
entitled "ArgentlRA." Chile" Peru
and Bolivia"
The Washington times., 1916-01-16
This Weeks
Calendar

NATIONAL - Margaret Schiller"
Elsie Ferguson in new play by Hall
Caine. Evenings. S:lS. Matinees.
Wednesday and Saturday. 2:t5. Fri
day. 4:3O, FlonZaley Quartet and
Ernest Hutcheson, pianist.
BELASCO--"Mald in America" Win
ter Garden Revue Evenings. $50.
Matinees. Wednesday and Satur-
day. 2:20 Tonight at S:l6. Brazil"
and tomorrow al 4 Rio de Janeiro
the Beautiful" Newman Travel
Talks.
Ll'S-"Tess of the Storm Coun-
Try: Stock production. with "A, Fl,
Van Buren, Matinees, daily except
Monday. 2:l5. Evenings. S:l5.
CASINOs.-,St. Elmo" Stock produc-
tion OF faYorite drama, with Jane
Ware. Matinee. Tuesday. Thurs
day and Saturday 2:l5, Evenings,
GAYETY-"The StrolIing Girls"
Burlesaue. Evenings. S:l5. Natl
nees, daily. ,2;lj. Sunday perform
kEITH'S - Vaudeville. Grace La
Rue the ThOrntons and others.
Evenings. S15. Matinees. daily.
2;l5. Sunday performances. and
S:l5.
Strsnd-"The Battle Cry of Peace
with Maxim Hudson. Charles Rich
man and others, 1890 1880. 2:l5, 1,
5:45. 7:45 and $3.50.
Garden-"My Lady's Slipper" to-
day. Monday. and Tuesday; 1.-THE
Heights of Hazard" Wednesday
and Thursday. 1880 a, m. to II D, m.
Loew's Columbia-"The Founding. ."
today, , TO II D. m: ''The Golden
Chance Monday. Tuesday. and
Wednesday, 1880 a. m. To II D. m.
The Washington times., 1916-01-16

| bles as Secretary of War Lindley NJ.
| Garrison. DIR. Lyman Abbott, Admiral
! George Dewey. Major General WOOD,
| and Col Theodore Roosevelt. The act
| Ing cast includes Charles Richman,
Norma Talmadge. William Ferguson,
| Louise Beaudet. J.. Rogers Lytton, Thlas
Lawton. Joseph I[ilROur. Katherine
tranck, William Humphrey. and other
Vitagraph star players. The Strand
Theater will be suitably decorated dur
/ ing the engagement.
Keith's: Grace La Rue.
Vaudeville.
~ GRACE LA RUE will be the
dazzling headliner in the bill
~ at the b. f. Keith Theater this
week. Among her song hits
will be her own, II Love You So" and
The Tango Dream" From mystic In
dia will come the extra added attrac-
ton, Cara Fora, the symbolic mature"
dancer in her weird and wonderful
Dances OF the Elements" in which
extraordinary realistic effects are pro-
duced.
1t has been determined to retain for
another week the gifted raconteuse.
Beatrice Herford, who will give an en-
tirelY new collection of her inimitably
| original and witty observations and de-
| SCripllOnS OF people. marie MCt aflAnus
and her sister Mary Mcfarland, will be
heard In solos and duets.
Isabelle Lowe will present Hope" a
| comedy of optimism by Edgar Allan
Woolf Other inclusions will be Willard
Smms and company in Flinders Fur
nished Flat" Bert and Betty Wheeler
as Charlie Chaplin and His Girl Mr..
and Mrs. Gordon Wilde, from the Lon
don Coliseum. In animated shadow
graphy. the pipe organ rectta!s, and the
Pathe news pictorial
LOew's Columbia: "The Golden
Chance" Films.
- EGlNNING on Monday morning
III and continuing the first three
days OF the week Cleo Ridgley
and Wallace Reid will appear
as co-stars on the screen OF Loew's
Columbia Theater In the photo-play
entitled "The Golden Chance" by
Jeanie Mac Pherson.
The story OF The Golden Chance"
The Washington times., 1916-01-16
National: Elsie Ferguson In,
Margaret Schiller" MeIOdrama

ISIS ELSIE FERGUSON, under
~" the direction Of Charles Froh-
4 man, Nlaw & Erlanger, ap-
pears tomorrow evening at the
NeW National TheateT in new play by
fta-l Cainc. entitled Margaret Sch .ller -
AJesplte the fact that "Outcast" In
which Miss Ferguson has appeared most
successfully during the mast two sea :
sons. might well serve as her vehicle for
Huhe Iime TO come, the ambitious ac-
trees desires to originate a new char
acter OF totally different type, before
tho seasons end. Her managers there
latest plaN
The play. Margaret Schiller" is a
melodrama in the better meaning of
that term. though it Is without a VIII
lain, In way it Is a war play, but no
slnEie soldier appears upon the stage
inc author deals instead with the effect
OF war upon the minds and hearts of
the people belonging to warning ma
tlons. Tho great strength of the play
lies in the fact that every one of the
characters follows the best dictates of
his own conscience and the stirring
situations evolve from the honest con-
Nictions of good mon and women
The scenes OF the drama are laid in
London. At time In the future, in order
that the Characters may not be consid-
cred portraits of present-day person
ages, not that the play deals especially
With the present war. The large COM
panY assembled by the management to
support Miss Ferguson includes Norman
Trevor, Eileen Van Biene, Joseph Adel-
man, Marie Reichardt, Grace Carlyle
Gareth Hughes, Paul Doucet. Frederick
Esmelton, Leslie Palmer. Warburton
Gamble, David Kimball. Lewis Sealy,
DauElAs Paterson. Eleanor Seynoldt,
Runa Hodges. and Horton Cooper.
BelascO; maid In America"
New York Winter Garden Success.
- HE latest New York Winter Car
den spectacle, Maid In Amer
ica.' promised as the greatest
and best OF the entire series.
comes to the Belasco Theater tomorrow
night for a weeks engagement. bearing
the unanimous approval Of press and
public IN New York, Chicago and Nos
ton. -Four months OF capacity was the
rule in tho two former cities, while in
the latter record d-breaking months
business was registered.
One mammoth stage setting, showing
an ancient Egyptian gardeu near AleN :
andria, forms the picturesque back
around for the Ballet Of Color and
Notion while another scene from de-
signs OF Leon Bakst used as a backinr
for burlesque Of Anthony and cleo
patra" is Of equal splendor. The latter
setting occupies the entire stage from
fVo 1ightS TO back wall and is scene
The Washington times., 1916-01-16

of indescribable beauty Other scenes
there are twelve in all--show the Made
in America Exhibition at Madison
Square Garden, the idealized ballroom,
the war map, and boardwalk at Times
squares, the Grecian gardens, and be-
hind the scenes at the Metropolitan
Theater.
Each scene is interspersed with catchy
musical numbers and song hits Of an
infinite variety. The Winter Gardens
girls will be seen TO great advantage
in the big ensemble numbers of "Oh
Those Days" I'm Looking For Some
ones Heart" Sister Susie's Started
Syncopation" and There's a Little Cit
Of Everything on Broadway" which
are shown on the runway out over the
orchestra seats.
The leading players are Florence
Moore. Mile Dazie. Minerva Coycrdale
George Schiller, Swor and Mack. Sam
Adams. John SPARKS, viii Stanton,
Coogan and Cox, William Halligan and
Margaret Calvert.
Polls: Tess of the Storm Country"
DramatizatiOn Best Seller. Stock.
.[TESs OF THE STORM CoUN-
TRY" another play entirely
new to Washington. will be
offered Dy the Poll Players
this week, the first performance being
given tomorrow night as the Monday
natinees have been permanently dis
continued. Tess of the Storm Coun-
try" is a dramatization by Rupert
Hughes, of Grace Miller Whites best
seller of the same name.
The story of Tiers" Is one Of unusual
charm and dramatic strength The
scenes are laid among the squatters on
the shores of Lake Cayuga, New York.
Here dwell OrOH Skinner and his
Tn hn toll, No.
lives wealthy land owner. whose
daughter, Toela, is in love with the
game warden, md whose son i5 a
clergyman.
man, who is caught violating the law.
\ child is born 10 Toela, and Tess,
finding the young mother in a secluded
cabin, claims the child as her own in
order to save the rich mans daughter
from shame. Shortly after this heroic
sacrifice. Tess father Is accused II
being the murderer of the game warden.
Tho young minister. attracted by Tess
wild beauty, and believing in her in
nocence under her rough exterior, hires
comes her staunch friend
Miss Florence hittenhouse, who has
played the role of Tess in several cities
where she has been stock leading
woman. VIII be seen in the same part
a. II. Van Buren, will be seen in the
engaging role OF the young clergyman.
Gayety: Max SpiegePs
"StrOlling Players"
TANGIBLE STORY is told in
" the two-act burletta which viii
n be presented bv Max Spiegel's
''Stroliing Players" with Fired
Cady, the German comedian, featured
as the principal fun-maker, at the
Gayety Theater this week. beginning
with a matinee tomorrow afternoon.
The first scene is laid at Brighton
Beach, where a German and country
man are found in search OF life ana
gsyety. They meet a mon0y-lender.
who is persuaded to accompany them
on their pIeasurable journey ana the
complications that follow are sufficient
to keep the performers busy unraveunR
them until the end.
The book gives Cady plenty or oppor-
tunity to display his ability as a run
maker, and he Is ably seconded In mis-
endeavors by Hal Skelly. an accentric
The Washington times., 1916-01-16

At Moore's Garden Theater the week
Of January g. the principal attraction
for Sunday. Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday will Oe William s. Hart in
Between Men, and Dizzy Heights
and Daring Hearts," featuring Wiliaui
ConlSlin, Mack Swain and Mabel MOI.
mand. The remainder of the week will
bring TO the screen Helen Ware IN
Gross Currents" ar absorbing drama
of domestic life, aid Weber and Fields
IN the keystone farce, The Worst Of
Friends"
The Washington times., 1916-01-16
Nationals: FlOnzaley Quartet and
Ernest Hutcheson. Friday.

TRIDAY afternoon at the New Ma
ional Theater the celebrated
l. Flonzaley Quartet and the emf
nent pianist. Ernest Hutcheson,
will appear in concert.
The annual visits OF the FIonzalcy
Quartet have become an institution in
the National Capital because of tho
faultless talent and execution OF the
members OF the orga nization. which Is
recognized as pre-eminent in the realm
OF chamber music.
The program is as follows:
Hnyden-Quartet in d minor. on. 7S
NO. 2; Allegro: Andante Pin Tosto Al
leSretto: Menuetto: Finale: FlonzaIey
Quartet. Chopin-Prplud in II minor
NCCturne in G.; Scherzo In h minor: Mr.
Hutcheson. Bach-Prelude and FuRue;
Tor violin alone. from the suite i'm q
minor; Mr., Pochou Debussy.-" "Jardins
Sous la Pluie;' Minstrels .Strauss-Tau-
I-Nachtfalter; Mr.. Hutcheson Tscha-
lkowSky-Andante Contabile; Suk-Tn-
termezzo; Flonzaley Quartet.
MOOre's Garden: "My Lady's
SliDper." Films.
HARL WILLIAMS and Anita
Stewart will head the double
- feature program today, tomor-
row. and Tuesday at Moore's
Garden Theater in r hlmization Of
Cyrus Townsend Brady's romance Of
love and adventure MY Lady's slim
per- The story concerns the efforts of
young scaDegrace nobleman TO COM
promise the charming heroine bv steal
ing one Of her dainty slippers and re-
turning 1t to her AT grand court func-
tion.
The secondary attraction will be a
vivid drama of the backwoods. entitled
The Silent Trail" featuring Nan
Christy Arthur Dearholt. and other
Mutual celebrities. On "Wednesday and
Thursday Charles Richman will head
the double bill in THE Heights of
Hazard Mr.. Richman is supported bv
Eleanor Woodruff, Charles Kent. Hattie
Delaro. Frank Holland. and RAYMOND
BloOmer. The added attraction win he
THE Name Of the Law" featuring
Gladys Hulette. VRlli Valli viii hold
the screen on Friday and Saturday In a
lilmiZation Of the drama. The T,,r-
moi."
Tho auxiliary attraction viii he Jack
Richardson, and others in THE ne.
former" SDeclal music. appropriate 10
each picture. will be rendered by ,tbs
Garden symphony Orchestra.