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Evening star., 1916-12-24
MAGAZINE SECTION for December "a, 1916

why, yes, she said "Did you know
that"
The pounding of horses hoofs cut
short her cryptic question. Jerry was
leading the sheriff by neck, and was on
the ground before the girl while the officer
was still refining in his mount. Despite
his Irish blood, | have not often seen
Jerry give way to emotion. | saw him
now. For he went to the girl and lifted
her hand and kissed it.
"God bless ye, alannah! ! thought ye
was
He couldn't finish, choking. The girls
eyes were very tender as they rested Il
moment on his bent and grizzled head.
Then she looked up at the sheriff.
"What's the matter, Mr.. Boynton?"
He had dismounted now, and he
scro tched his head.
"A niggeh busted away from the tur-
pentne camp, Miss Leland, ma am, he
said. "and yo' been gone so long from yo'
house-and him havin come thisaway,
we iggered, we thought"
"You thought I'd seen him." she asked.
ave thought he might have come upon
yo' on the road and wanted yo' hawss,
and-we was quite fused about yo', Miss
Leland, ma am"
Other mounted men came down the
path and drew rein, with shouts of relief
at sight of the girl. She flushed, and in
cuded us all in the thanks, prettily and
gratefully couched, to which she gave
voice.
But | was only off for a quiet ride,
she added. "And it was so pleasant down
here by the creek"
"Then yo' didn't see the niggeh at allo"
asked Boynton.
"Why, you aren't even sure he came
this way, are YOU" she countered.
Boynton looked at me with grin.
at was this gentleman got us worked
up, he said
"And Mrs. Clarke got me worked up,
| said. We'd better be getting back to
the house, Miss Leland. I'm afraid Mrs.
Clarke"
shook my head and gave her my hand.
She leaped into the saddle; | mounted
Vivandiere.
"Luella acW be having a scare" said
Miss Leland self-reproachfully.
WE made quite cavalcade along the
path, and by the time we reached
the main road riders sent ahead had
called the men on foot from their hunt of
the jungle.
"Were they looking for me there"
asked Miss Leland, with slight shudder.
well. ma am, they was just lookin',"
said Sheriff Boynton.
She whitened; and when we left the
posse, now convinced that the fleeing
negro had not crossed the shell road that
led to Stephanie, but was hidden some
where in the jungle on the turpentine
camp side, the girl once more thanked the
men in voice that trembled and with
lips that were pale. Then we cantered
along the road toward her plantation.
"I'l be afther goin' ahead, ma'am,"
said Jerry, ITO sort of break the good
news to Mrs. Clarke, so she'll be havin
no excuse for faintin' whin We get there
And he clapped his horse with his horny
hand and galoped ahead of us. For half
u mile we rode in silence was looking I
straight ahead, unable to meet her eyes
for two reasons. One was that feared
she would read in my eyes the love that
must have been in them from the moment
fear left them at sight of her by the live S
Evening star., 1916-05-07
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY


Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd. May 6.-Miss Annie
z. Tolson. daughter of Judge Alfred c.
Tolson of the orphans court for this
county. and George F. Bonifant of
ColesvilIe were married in Rockville
this afternoon by Rev. John T. Coola-
han. pastor of St. Marys Catholic
Church. the ceremony taking place at
the rectory in the presence of a few
relatives and friends of the couple.
William H. Griffith of Laytonsville
has been appointed by Gov. Harrington
a member OF the board of supervisors
of elections for this county in the place
OF Henry W. Offutt, who was originally
named for the place. but whose nomi-
nation was rejected by the state SEN
ate.
Rev. Samuel X. White of the Baptist
Church. otficiated at the marriage mere
yesterday afternoon of Miss Eleanor
Faulconer Johnson. eighteen years old,
both of Barboursville, Va.
Miss Virginia Speare Poole, eighteen
Years old. and Ralph Waldo Hunt,
twenty-one years. both Of Washington.
also We're married here yesterday aft
ernoon.
A license TO marry has been issued
by the clerk OF the circuit court here
10 William j Lewis of indianapolis.
Ind and Mss Marie Viola Gibson of
GAINESVILLE. this county.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
WILL GET WILSON LETTER.
Communication on Brandeis' Nomi
nation to Go Before Committee.

When the Senate judiciary commit
tee meets tomorrow to consider further
the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis as
associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States Senator Culber-
son. chairman of the committee, will
lay before the members the letter
which has been sent him by President
Wilson. in which it is understood the
President urges speedy and favorable
action of Mr.. Brandeis' nomination.
Senator Culberson refused to make
the letter public yesterday, saying that
he did not wish to reveal its contents
until it had been submitted to the com. .
mittee.
Senator Culberson said that he ex-
pected the committee tomorrow would
reach some decision as to when the
nomination should be voted upon in
committee. There has been some talk
of reporting the nomination to the Sen
ate without recommendation and let
ting the Senate settle the case as it
suits itself. on the other hand, it was
AID in some quarters that the oppo-
sition to the confirmation of Mr. Bran
deis in the committee is so strong that
an unfavorable report may be ex-
pected.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
DYES FOR U. S. ARRIVE.
Steamer Reaches Boston With Cargo
Two Others on Way.

The Dutch steamer Oosterdyk has
arrived at Boston, Mass, with a sec
ond cargo of dyes for the bureau of
engraving and printing, which prob
ably will last three or four months
for the printing of stamps. money and
other securities of the United States.
The Oosterdyk brought 164 casks OF
dyes. Two other shipments are on
their way from Berlin to Rotterdam.
The Oosterdyk brought in ninety
casks of dyes arriving at Boston April
lis. This supply has been almost ex-
hausted by the bureau of engraving
and printing. The two cargoes now
en- route are expected to arrive in the
United States in good time to fore
stall the exhaustion of this supply.
Director Joseph f. Ralph engineered
the matter of getting dyes from Ger.
many to permit the proper printing or
American securities and stamps The
consent of Great Britain was obtained
to hermit the passage, through Hol-
land, of the proposed shipment.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Membership Applications.

Membership applications have been
received from the following and are
awaiting action by the membership
committee: r. NJ. lie Comte. NJ d.
J. c. Ellis, f. Maury Posey, Michael l.
Hurney. Rev. p. c. Gavin, p. j. Callan
William II. Clarke, .. B. Gish. c. w.
Westbury. Howard p. Cobey and
Ormsby McCammon.
President Moran has named the fol-
lowing delegates to represent the
Chamber at various conventions:
League to Enforce Peace, to be held
in this city May 2S and 81. Charles j.
Bell, Milton E. Allies. Cuno H. Rudolph,
w. T. Galliher and William F. GUIDE;
twenty-frst annual convention of the
National Association of Manufacturers,
to be held at the Waldorf Astoria.
New York city. May Is. 16 and II,
Joseph Saks. Joseph Derberich, j.
Campbell Malcolm and Merritt O,
Chance; National Hay Association, at
Cedar Point, Ohio. July II. ~ and 13.
w. S. Hoge. sr.. and w. S. Hoge. ir.
National Conference on City Planning
to be held in Cleveland. Ohio, June 81
n. B. F. Macfarland and Richard B.
Watrous.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
CH|CACOAN To ADDRESS,
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
B. ]. Rosenthal Will Discuss Pre-.
paredness and American Mer-
chant Marine.

b. }. Rosenthal, manufacturer and
merchant of Chicago. is to address the
washington Chamber of Commerce
tuesday night on Preparedness and
an American Merchant Marine" II js
announced that his talk Is to be strict
ly non-political, and that he will en-
oeaVor to answer any questions on the
subject that may be asked by members
of the chamber
Mr.. Rosenthal was special foreign
commissioner of the National Business
League Of America, and during many
trips abroad has given the merchant
marine question much study.
Representative Jacob E. Meeker of
missouri also is to address the cham
Der at its meeting Tuesday night.
President Moran has named a special
committee to report on buying asso-
clatlons In government depa artments
complained of by the attorney for the
Retail Grocers' Protective Association
as follows: DR.. Lewis j. Battle, A.
Leftwich Sinclair and Isaac Cans.
A referendum from the United STATES
chamber of Commerce on the railroad
situation has been sent to Joseph d
Sullivan. chairman Of a special com
mlttee, with the following members:
w. {. Sullivan and H. II. Classic.
special committee to investigate the
need Tor public comfort and wait
ing station at North Capitol street and
MASSACHUSETTS avenue has been named
as follows: Albert Schulteis. chairman
NJ. u Chance and +. 0. Whitford.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Barge and Steamer Purchased

Barge No. II. one of the coal car
riers of the Consolidation Coastwise
feet used in the coal trade between this
city and ports on Chesapeake bay, to
Boston and other New England ports,
has been sold to the Wittenberg Coal
Company of New York, which also has
purchased the steamer Charles F.
Meyer. one of the big towing boats of
the c. c. Co. feet. The Meyer and
barge No. Il, it is understood, will be
used in the coal trade out of New
York. The Meyer was built at Will
,nington. Del, in 1884 for the Chesa-
peake coal trade and has been con-
stantly employed in this traffic.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
NEW RIFLE IS OPPOSED.
Board of Army Officers Reports
Against Lewis Machine Weapon.

The board of army officers that re-
Gently conducted tests of the Lewis
machine rife at the Springfield armory
has rendered it's report. AS a result
of the tests the board does not recon-
mend that the Lewis gun be adopted
for the military service in replacement
either of the Benet-Mercier machine
rifle. which now is in use by the army,
or of the Vickers machine rife, which
lately has been adopted for the service
and contracts for 1875 of which now are
outstanding.
The tests were conducted with a gun
ADAPTED for firing British ammunition
by q board consisting of Capt William
r. Smedberg, jr. I'd Cavalry; Capt. Gill
bert II. Stewart of the infantry de-
tailed in the ordnance department, and
First Lieut.. Thomas w. Brown, 18th
Infantry.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Awards in Athletic Contest.

At the annual educational rally held
here Yesterday silver badges for pro-
ftciency in various athletic events
were awarded TO Earle Baker. Clarence
Becraft. Samuel Berry. Gordon Bur
rows, Lawrence Butt, Edward Cashell,
Lawrence Darby Lindsay l.. Edmonds.
Edward Candy, Marbury Gates. Harold
t:iipiu, Darby Ward and William o.
Young. Bronze badges were awarded
TO Charles Afams. Fred Barber. Lester
Barber, Talbot Barnesly. Ralph Ben
son. Arthur Bell Louis W. Berry.
Byron Cook, Sterling Cooley. Theodore
II crawford. Dalton Erwin, Leslie
EtchIson. Edwin Fry. Huber Garrett.
ents Gloyd, Clayton Gray. Win Green.
George F. Hamilton, James Holland.
Robert Bowes. Edgar Oglehart. Alfred
Moves. Edward Noyes, Alexander Of
futt, Herbert Peddicord, Sylvester
Phoebus. Edward Popkins, william
bit. Hugh Reading. Edwin Ronsaville.
William Shoemaker, Russell Sibley.
Philip smith. Anthony Walstrun. Car
rol Waters Wilbur Watkins. Allan
Wellever. Edward Wellever and John
Welsh
Bronze badges were awarded TO the
following girls. Anna Bancroft. Naomi
Anan Eleanor Barnesly. Angeline
Berry. Pearl Bohrer. Myrtle Burgdorf,
Evelyn x. Butt. Catherine Cook. Alma
G!oyd. Anna Henry. Mary Miller. Helen
Moulden, Caroline Muncaster, Ivy Rab-
bit. Hannah Schwartz. Jean Coulter,
Dora Disney, Mary Downey. Katherine
EngIe, Alma English Josephine Esputa
Ethel Fletcher, Mildred Griffith Eu-
renia Harris. Gladys Hilton. Ethel
Imscoe. Annie Lea Jones, Eliza bet h
l.eizear, Elizabeth Wilson and Lottie
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Pulpit Theme Today.

Special sermons on the general topic are
to be preached today by Rev. w. o.
Roome, jr., Emmanuel Episcopal Church :
Rev. Paul A. Menzel. Evangelistic Luth-
eran Church Rev. c. H. Butler. Columbia
Heights Lutheran; Rev. L. A. Carter,
Nash Memorial: Rev. W. A. L. Morton,
Little Ark Baptist Rev. w. H. .Jernagin,
Mount Carmel Baptist Rev. d. E. Wise
man. Redeemer Lutheran; Rev William
P. Reuss. Hamline NJ. +. Chapel: Rev
Abram Simon, Eighth Street Temple, Sat
urday morning: Rev. Edward Barnes,
First Church of ST. John the Baptist :
Rev. John Van Schaick. jr.. Church Of
Our Father and Rev. A. c. Garner, Ply
mouth, Congregational.
The following ministers have also
signified their intention to preach upon
some phase of the baby week campaign
Rev. Herbert Scott Smith. st. Mar
garet's; Rev. J. E. Briggs. Fifth Bap-
Evening star., 1916-05-07
To Enlarge Wilkersons Wharf.

Plans have been completed for the
lengthening and making wider of old
Wiikersons wharf. now Potomac
Beach, on the lower river a short dis
tance above Colonial Beach. For sew
eral years the water at Potomac Beach
has been gradually becoming shoal,
until now on any low water ii Is diff
cult for the light draft river steamers
TO get into the pier. The plans as pre-
pared call for bringing the pier 125
feet further out in the river to deep
water. II is to have twenty fve foot
walkway. and the pierhead will be
forty feet across the face
Evening star., 1916-05-07
FLAG DAYS DISPLAY WILL MARK
HOMES OF ALL CAPITAL INFANTS

mittee in charge of Washngtons baby week" Flag
day From every home which child less than
year old it is hoped that American flag will be dis
played and the committee prepared furnish flags
desire the assistance of the committee in this
may ELL out the coupon below and mail Baby Week
Headquarters 728 18th street northwest.
desire flag to display in front Of my home Tues
day. May g. be kept place during the remainder of
that week. indicate that contains infant less than
year old.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
NE|CHBORHOOD HOUSE
MAY DAY PROCESSION
Uncle Sam, Columbia and Martha
Washington Head Parade of Rep
resentatives of States.

Headed by Uncle Sam. Columbia and
Martha Washington. soldiers. sailors
and the weight states of the Union
marched in procession of 200 children
yesterday afternoon when children of
Neighborhood House. 40 n street
southwest, gave their annual May day
professional as part of the three-day
civic festival which closed last night
with the presentation of two pageants,
The Making of An American and The
Making of America
Friends from all parts of the city
watched the various dances and
marches given. Groups of girls. from
the kindergarten age to young ladies. -
presented Indian dances. a minuet.
varsovienne, country dance, Virginia
reel and Maypole dances.
The ba ckyard theater had standing
room only signs out last night at
$50 O'Clock when The Making of An
American was given. and there wasn't
even standing room left at $50
O'Clock when The Making of America
was staged
rms latter pageant showed the dis
coverers of America, the colonization
period, the decades of progress and
the achievements of the present. For
the children's costumes special credit
was given to Mr.. and Mrs J. P. S.
Neigh. resident workers of Neighbor-
hood House. who staged the pageant,
together with the assistance of the
following:
Mrs. John Dietz. Mrs. E. Chrisman,
Mrs George Hatton. Mrs. J. l.. Wege,
Mrs ktmmell. Mrs Vermillon, Mrs. c.
Meinkfng. Mrs. James Martin Mrs n
Russell, Mrs. l. Boyd. Miss l.. Barg-
nausen. Mrs NJ Dunn. Mrs. Henry
mer, Mrs. Mcnamara, Mrs. f. Clark
Mrs l.. Morrison. Miss E. Hail
Mrs w. J. Ethel, Mrs E p. Foss. Miss
Helen Griffith, Miss f. Jonson, Miss
Name Name Parker. Miss C. Schott. Miss
VI, mite, Miss \. Herrick, Mrs W. d.
Pierce. Mrs. w. Crabbe and Miss r
Banes. ''s l.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Cabinet Members Out of City.

Secretary Lansing has gone to An
Secretary Baker left here Friday
evening for Cleveland. to spend the
week end with Mrs. Baker and the
children. The family will take pos
session OF their summer place. In the
Woods. on the Kensington road, north
of Chevy Chase lake, June / next
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Fillmore c. King. 80 acres; George ].

Burton to Rollie w. Holbrook, 9h
acres: Ella f. Nicholson to Lawrence
b. Jones. acre: Charles c. Crawford to
Edward Johnson, ] acre, Eveline r.
Browning to William S. Green. 2 acres;
William A. Gloyd to Garnett w. Etchi-
son. lot at Gaithersburg; Harry W. Mil
Ter to Hattie l.. Pickard. lot at Takoma
Joseph y. Fiheld to Charles F. War
ing. lots at Takoma; Gorham n. Win
slow to Ruth Bergman, lot in Chevy
Chase Park; Ruth Bergman to Paul +.
Reiney. lot in Chevy Chase Park; Sam
uel t. Robertson 20 Evan A. Condor,
lot at Woodmont: Edwin Perry to Su-
san y. King, half acre; Frederick d.
Mckenney to town of Kensington. lot
in kensineton Park; Viola b. Pugh to
Park: II. Maurice Talbot to Otho F
James. lots at Glen Echo; H. Maurice
Talbot to Mabel r. Hirons, lots at Glen
Echo.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
& Son, at Solomons Island, Nd.
The

& Son, at Solomons Island, Md. The
launching was witnessed by Il number
of officials of the coast guard from this
city. and Miss Savilla Gamble, daugh-
ter of Capt. A. l.. Gamble of the coast
guard cutter Apache. christened the
vessel The vessel will be ready to be
turned over to the Treasury Depart
ment representatives in a short time
and will be taken to Baltimore to have
her machinery installed.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Miss Gamble Christens Tioga.

with appropriate ceremonies the hull
of the new coast guard cutter Tioga
was launched Thursday last at the
shipyard of her builders, M. M. Davis
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Appeal to Residents.

The clean-up-paint-up committee OF
the Master House Painters and Dec
orators Association. The Star. the Dis
trict health authorities and the scores
of civic and citizens organizations and
associations in the District co-operat-
ing in the campaign urge every resi-
dent of Washington to look over MS
or her premises and if any refuse, gar
bage or trash remains see that 1t is
gathered up and carted away. The fly
season is at hand also the season of the
malaria bearing mosquito. final in
spection may disclose hidden breeding
places of these insects, and an eleventh
hour cleanup will be better than no
cleanup at all.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Real Estate Transfers.

Transfers of real estate were record
ed in the Office of the clerk of the cir
cult court here during the week as fol-
lows: George b. Miller to Thomas
Hyde, IL acres: William ID. Burns to
Evening star., 1916-05-07

fist: Rev. c. C. Mclean, Douglas Me-
mortal; Rev Paul d. Leddin. st. Johns
Lutheran; Rev. Simon P. w. Drew. Cos
mopolitan Baptist: Rev. Clarence A
Vincent. Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional: Rev. c. E. Williams. Petworth
Methodist; Rev. Paul r. Hickok. Metro
politan Presbyterian: Rev. Samuel H.
Greene, Calvary Bapusi; ana heV- T. A
Sbreye. Bruen NJ. Z. Church.
Evening star., 1916-05-07

The oil containad in nh ions is an en-
emy of the germs that cause colds:
therefore, there is a coed reason for
will cure colds.
Evening star., 1916-05-07

quarters IaSt night.
Mrs Giles Scott Rafter. president of the
District of Columbia Congress of Moth
ers, is chairman of the committee of eN-
hibits. and is in charge of the display at
the headquarters, showing everything that
a mother should know in caring for the
baby Booths are in charge of repre-
sentatives of the Congress of Mothers and
Teachers Association. The Twen-
tieth Century Club. the Washington Diet
Kitchen Association the Day Nursery and
Dispensary Association, the Womans
Christian Temperance Union of the Dis
trict and the children's bureau.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
MIN|STERS0 OF CITY
TO AID BABY WEEK
Sermons Today Will Explain
the Objects in View by
the Promoters.
COMMISSIONER BROWNLOW
SPEAKER AT THE OPENING
Exercises Yesterday at Central Ex-
hibit Headquarters-Vocal Music
by Children Is Feature.

The baby week campaign was for
mally inaugurated yesterday afternoon
by speakers at meeting at the CEN
trail exhibit headquarters, 18th and +
streets. The general subject for which
the movement was inaugurated will be
elaborated today by Washington min
listers.
Commissioner Louis Brownlow was the
principal speaker at the opening eXer-
cises, which were held at o'clock. He
smoke of his interest in the work, of its
importance to the District of Columbia
and expressed the hope that the cam
paign would accomplish great results.
Miss Julia c. Lathrop. in charge of
the children's bureau, also made an ad-
dress in which she stated that more
than 1900 cities in the United States
had held baby week" exercises, and
said that considerable interest had been
aroused. She said that as a result of
these baby weeks" many requests
have come from small towns and rural
districts for information. She spoke of
the high infant death rate in the Dis
trict before the work of organizations
for baby welfare were started. She de-
cIared Washington should be a model
in caring for infants.
Mrs. Court +. Wood, president of the
federation of Women's Clubs and vice
chairman of the executive committee,
presided.
Evening star., 1916-05-07

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Evening star., 1916-05-07
CLEANER, NEATER CITY
AS RESULT OF CRUSADE
Last Week of the Campaign for
Eradication of Dirt Opens
Tomorrow.

The National Capitals 1916 cleanup
paint-up campaign enters its fourth
week tomorrow. this being the final six
days sprint to overtake and rout the
last remaining vestiges of humanity's
greatest enemy, dirt.
That the campaign in the three weeks
it has been waged has been unquali-
fedly successful is amply evidenced
by casual inspection in any section OF
the city. Premises that a month ago
were debris-littered have been cleaned
to spick and spannsss. Alleys and Va
cant lots have been cleared of over
winter accumulations of ashes. dead
leaves and grass. empty cans and bot
ties and all manner of refuse such as
collects during the fall and winter
months. Dingy houses have been re-
painted until they have been made as
good as new: and the entire District
shows the results that have followed
the whole-hearted cooperation of citi-
zens in the campaign.
Noteworthy Features.
A result Of the campaign that is es-
pecially noteworthy is the fact that
breeding places of flies have been made
exceedingly scarce in Washington. The
swat-the-f'y campaign that will be re-
sumed as soon as actual summer
weather arrives ought to be a more
or less perfunctory affair this summer.
because If flies can't find suitable
places in which to deposit their eggs
and hatch the fly swarms will assured
ly be noticeably reduced. The same is
true of mosquitoes: without breeding
places the insects cannot accumulate,
and the general health of Washington
residents is certain to be better dur
ing the coming summer than would
have been the case had the campaign
now drawing to close been less COM
plete.
Another result of the campaign has
been that hundreds of men have been
given work that otherwise they would
not have had. The annual spring clean
up-paint-pp has had the result in this
city of changing the painting industry
from a seasonal occupation. at its
height during the late summer and fall,
to one which gives occupation to a
large number of men during practical
ly the entire year.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Special Song a Feature.

Mrs Max West presented a song she
composed in the interest of baby
week. It was sung by children of the
wehster School, led by Miss Sophie B.
Kent. Mrs West, Mrs. Kate Waller
Barrett and Mrs. A. Caminetti made
brief addresses.
A lecture and demonstration was
given by Miss Grace L. Anderson at the
Gospel Mission, on Az street, yester-
day afternoon.
.The Theft of Thistledown." a play
let was presented by children of the
lexington School, directed by Miss e.