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Evening star., 1916-07-25
SUMMER SCHOOL Party |
DETAINED BY FLOODS
Members of Local Y. NJ. C. A. Dele
cation at Blue Ridge, N. G., May
Not Return Until August.

William Knowles Cooper, general
secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A, and other
members of the Washington delega-
ton which has been in attendance on
the Southern Summer School of Young
Mems Christian Associations at Blue
Ridge, y. c., may not return to Wash
inston until August l or later on ac-
count of the devastating floods which
have swept the section in which they
are located A telegram received from
Mr. Cooper states that the local party
is safe
The Southern Railway station for
Blue Ridge is Black mountain. which
is less than twenty miles from Ashe-
vile. but in this interval, it is said,
the trackage of the railway is so badly
damaged that it may take anywhere
from one to three weeks to get it
again in shape for traffic.
Some to Take Wagons Over Trail.
quite number of the summer
school patrons, it is said, have decided
to take wagons over the rough.
lengthy mountain trail to Asheville, but
it is understood that Mr.. Cooper and
those of his party prefer to remain
until traffic is resumed again on the
railway and thus avoid the arduous
journey through the mountains.
Charles Beckett. physical director
of the local association: Charles Wan
nam. assistant physical director; Miss
Maude Gallup. stenographer at
the association; Miss Eda Beckett.
daughter of Mr.. Beckett: Miss Anna
Cooper, daughter. and William
Cooper. a son, of Mr.. Cooper. make up
the local party at Blue Ridge.
The fifteen buildings Of the Blue RIDGE
Association are located az an elevation
of ZOO feet on a high vantage point,
overlooking the foods of the valley be-
low.
Executive Secretary W. D. Weather
ford, in statement of the situation
made public today. says: Not only was
our commissary department stocked with
over two weeks supply of staple gro
ceries, but we have furnished food %
number of mountaineers in real dis
treSs."
Evening star., 1916-07-25
Cut bv Glass From Car Window.

A passenger on a car Of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company fell
against window pane. breaking 1t yes
.erday evening The falling glass struck
Ellsworth Koche, fifteen years old. Of
a At,artment 105. at 9Th and E streets
northeast cutting his wrist. He was
treated at Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1916-07-25
.JOHN J. SHEA KILLED
AS AUTO OVERTURNS
Machine Skids and Rolls Over En-
bankment on the East River
dale Road.
Frank n. Smith Escapes With
Slight Bruises-Accident Will
Be Investigated.

Pinned under an automobile, Which
skidded and rolled down Twenty-Five
foot embankment on the East RIVER
dale road. John ]. Shea, aged thirty
five years, living at 14So Merloiah n
street, was killed about 1870 O'CLOCK
last night. His companion in the auto
mobile, Frank H. Smith of Columbia
road, also was pinned under the auto
mobile, but extricated himself by tear
ing off a shoe. He was only slightly
bruised and summoned help
John J. Shea was a son of y H
Shea, vice president of the Federal Ma
tional Bank and a prominent who!e-
sale grocer, living at l43S Falrmont
street northwest The body, after
being prepared for burial, will he taken
to the home of y. Fl. Shea, where the
funeral services will be held probably
Thursday morning.
Evening star., 1916-07-25
John Barrett Will Be Guest,

= John Barrett. director general of the
Pan American Union. Will be the guest
of honor this evening of the Virginia
Press Association at it's annual con-
yention at Staunton. Va. He will re-
turn to Washington Thursday.
Evening star., 1916-07-25
The Star by Mail

sure to have The Evening
and Sunday Star follow you,
- In most cases The Star will
be at the breakfast table the
next morning, and always give
all Of the latest news from Wash
.ngton Of the day before. The
address may be changed as fire.
old az well as the new address.
Tho price of The Star by mail
daily and Sunday Is 60 cents FER
month. IN advance.
Evening star., 1916-07-25
Cheer Your Sick Friends

with a basket or box of GUIDES fresh
cut, home-grow flowers. 1914 F St
Evening star., 1916-07-25

Kodaks-Eastman Goods and Others.
columbia Photo Sup. Co.. 1434 N. 7. ave
Evening star., 1916-07-25

&cS1.d4 to Davenport, Iowa and Return
baltimore & Ohio. July 21-30-3I, valid
for return until August 7-Advertise-
ment.
Evening star., 1916-07-25
Investigation to Be Made.

Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison OF
Prince Georges county. Md. who was
the first to respond to Mr.. Smiths cries
for help, has summoned jury Of IN
quest at his office in Hyattsville at
O'Clock tonight to investigate the cir
umsrnces of the fatality. y. H. Dut-
trow is chairman of the jury.
Shea and Smith were trying to find
their way to the Lord Baltimore Coun-
try Club, TO join. when the accident
occurred according to the statement
made to Sheriff Garrison by Smith. In
the rain they had missed the road.
Realizing that they had gone out OF
their way. Smith said, few miles
beyond RiverdaIe they had hailed Nor
wood GLADDEN.. a farmer, who was re-
turning from market He told them
the club was several miles back, and
they were retracing their course.
They had gone about ia half mile,
Smith said, when just beyond a rather
abrupt turn the car skidded, turned
over and rolled down the embankment,
about twenty-five feet. The road at
this place is extremely narrow, with
woods on both sides. 1t is thought that
Shea. who was driving, lost his course
and drove the car out Of the road.
Evening star., 1916-07-25
Answered by Groan.

Smith said that when the engine
stopped he asked Shea if he was hurt
and the only answer he received was
d groan.
Sheriff Garrison was first notified of
the accident by a woman who told MIN
a man was running up and down the
road yelling for help. MIR. Garrison
found Smith running in the road near
the scene of the accident calling wildly.
When he reached the car Mr. Garrison
found the lights still burning brightly.
He found Shea dead. On his person
We're d gold watch, 1921 in cash, a
check for $i9 and a note for $3I.
Mr. Shea is survived by his widow.
who was Miss Pauline Howard, and
two small children.
Evening star., 1916-07-25
An Ideal summer Drink.

Horslufu fHUspnHtF.
. Cooling refreshing and pleasant. highly bene
ffciai and vitalizing to the health. Buy q bottle
s-Adyegtisensn&
Evening star., 1916-07-25

B1acsfsfGne's Artistic Floral Designs
at So up. Choicest flowers. 14th and H.
Advertisement
Evening star., 1916-07-25
Proposed in the Rain.

DIR. johnson went on to give a
humorous little account of What he
knew about their past life" telling
those present how Mr.. Weldon took
advantage of a certain time when his
wife-to-be was caught in the rain
without an umbrella and how. after Of
fering her the hospitality of his, he
proposed to her before a block had
been covered. The young fellows of
your time must have been faster than
they are now, and that is going some"
said DR.. Johnson:
Mr.. and Mrs. Weedon received under
two draped American flags, backed up
with palms, after which refreshments
were served. An orchestra played
Throughout the reception. Following
the refreshments DR.. Johnson gave his
talk. closing it with the presentation
OF gold friendship ring watchfob to
Mr.. Weldon and a gold pin to Mrs.
Weldon. On one side of the presents
F.. were engraved the dates of 1856 and 1916,
with Mi. and Mrs. Weedon's initials
and on the reverse were the initials Of
the church.
AT the close of Dr. Johnson's address
Mr.. Weldon replied. He expressed mis-
thanks, both for himself and for Mrs
weldon. and offered some advice for
young men, bachelors and widowers'
He told them all to pick out a good
girl and go after her until you get
her.
The reception was closed with song
by the audience, after which Dr. John
son pronounced the benediction. The
orchestra then followed with a medley
OF national airs
First Zoo Superintendent.
Mr.. Weldon, who is seventy-eight
years old, was born in Maryland, but
has lived in Washington. with the ex-
ception of thirteen years. all his life
He was the first superintendent of the
Zoo, when il consisted of one cinnamon
bear and was located in the old Ma
t1onal Museum. 4 { the time of the civil
wan he was on the Washington police
force and did not serve as a soldier He
was present, however, at the second
battle of Bull Run
Mrs. Weedon is Seyenty-seven years old
and is native of Philadelphia She
came here when only ten years old and
has lived in Washington all her life
since then, excepting a few years she
ana Mr.. Weldon lived in MARYLAND.
They have no children
The committee in charge of the re-
ceptIon was composed of Mrs. George
Nelson. Mrs. E \. Baulsir. Mrs ]. \.
Mills, Mrs. ]. NJ. Simpson and Mr. and
MIS- George Gerhauser
Inc orchestra was composed of Mrs
J. H Mills. pianist: Charles Mitchell.
cornetist' Mrs Charles Mitchell, violin
ast; q q. Jewel, violinist; James W. Nc
Williams. trombonist. and Eleanor
Brandt, violin!st.
Evening star., 1916-07-25

Drawing Books. Schmidt. 1921 18th st
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-03
STAND BY THE PRESIDENT

the United States feel entire reliance.
There can be no question as to Wood
row Wilson's patriotism, no question
as to his solicitude for the dignity and
welfare of the nation. There are COM
paratively few who, at bottom, would
deliberately undertake to thwart him
in his efforts to maintain the honor OF
the flag while keeping the country at
peace. Unfortunately too many are
ignorantly or unwittingly, pursuing a
course which makes the way harder
for him than if he were confronted
with declared and open enemies of the
nation and it's institutions.
HE has repeatedly asked the news
papers to cease embarrassing him
and his administration by the printing
of unverified news of a character like
ly to arouse ill-feeling at home or
abroad. He has asked that mere
rumors be not set up for the purpose
of supporting false deductions or con-
illusions. He has repeatedly informed
careless or reckless editors of the
country that their course was calcu-
lated to lead his administration into
most embarrassing situations. On the
other hand, he has been altogether
plain in his remarks concerning those.
in and out of the newspaper Offices,
mine the authority of the government.
and he has not hesitated to call them
by fitting name
But, these aside, the question re-
solves itself into this: Are the self
respecting, flag-respecting editors and
public men of the United States going
to stand by the president, or are they
not? If they are they will discounten-
ance and rebuke, promptly and sharp
iy, all attempts to confuse the situa-
ton and to embarrass the government
If they are not, they will continue to
encourage the alarmist head-liner. the
sensational rumor-monger, the dissem-
iator of false information.
Not alone those who wear khaki,
and shoulder muskets, and march to
training camps, or TO the border, de-
serve the applause and gratitude of
their country. There is a time for
national defense, and when that time
comes, if it does come again in the
United States, defenders of the coun-
try will spring, as it were, out of the
ground, not by the tens, by hundreds
or by thousands, but by the million
What the United States wants now is
not war, but respect to every honor
able means for its prevention, and for
this work every man, woman and child
in the country can be a volunteer.
The first call is for support of the
president, his administration and the
government at Washington. What the
next call may be is another matter.
In this day" Secret; ~ Daniels said
to his brother newspaper men, When
Europe writes history with a sword
TO the south of us conditions prevail
that should make US pause, and should
make every good man pray that the
worst will not come" In this day, he
might have added. it is the duty of
every good man in the United States
to strive to the end that only the best
shall come.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-03
AN UNJUST LAW.

The law which requires insane pa
tents or their relatives to reimburse
the state for the maintenance of pa
tients in state hospitals for the in
sane, is condemned in the sixth annual
report of the state charities commits
sion, which has just been transmitted
TO the governor. The commission
urges the legislature to repeal this
act. 1t comedies that the law is prof
liable to the state, but the argument is
made that it is unjust and unequita-
BILE and creates dissatisfaction among
the friends and relatives of patients
and creates caste among the patients
themselves.
In 1915 this law brought into the
state treasury $262 ,065, a gain of $50
295 over 1914 There are approx
mately 1900 insane patients in the
Illinois state hospitals, only % per
cent of whom pay anything towards
their support.
The commission recommendation is
supported by the following facts:
First, these institutions were Gre
ated by the state and are supported
by taxes exclusively. The state re
quires that all insane be committed
to these institutions or such private
INDECENT who are committed to them
are not taxpayers, but they are just
as welcome and are given the same
treatment that is accorded 10 the rich.
They contribute nothing, either di-
reCtly or Indirectly, to the mainte-
nance of the institution. Those pa
tients who pay for their support have
already, year by year, paid their share
as taxes to the maintenance of these
institutions, but when one Of them be
comes mentally sick, and requires
treatment. the state taxes him a sec
ond time.
Second, the law creates a privileged
class among patients. Those who are
paying for their support feel that they
are entitled to more than those who
do not pay. The states policy, how
ever, is 10 prohibit any discrimination,
but it is nevertheless true that such
patients and their friends exert all
sorts of influence to create privileges
on the ground that they are paying
for their support. Likewise those who
pay the full cost Of their support ask
far more than those who pay only
half or a quarter. Worse than every
thing else is the superior attitude of
the pay patient towards the INDECENT
patients. He is very likely to taunt
the others with the statement that he
is paying his way, or what is worse
that they are paupers.
The commission does not criticise
the administration of the law; on the
contrary, il pays a high compliment
to the official who has been in charge
of it's enforcement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-03

Ing all foreign materials dresses the
injury In such manner that develop
ment of the organisms is inhibited. In
order to accomplish this it is usually
necessary to administer an anaesthetic
And-tetanic serum is OF great value as
a prophyIactic and it should invar-
iably be given in injuries of this char
acter.
Parents should realize that Fourth
or July tetanus is easy to prevent but
extremely difficult to cure, the disease
being attended with a mortality Of
more than 95 per cent No blank cart
ridge wound is too trivial to receive
careful medical attention. However
slight the injury may appear summon
competent physician who will at
once institute the necessary prophy-
Tactic measures. Reliance upon home
treatment may prove disastrous and
result in the needless sacrifice of life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-03
PRocREssIvEs NOT SATISFIED WITH HUGHES

most expeditions method possible.
This would, of course, be the federal
amendment plan urged by the Con
gressional union.
On the two other subjects-the sea-
mems law and the fundamental righls
of Iabor-Mr. Hughes did not satisIy
his callers. The Clayton act was taken
as a text for the discussion ana Mr.
Hughes was asked If he agreed with
the declaration in that law that LABOR
is not a commodity Mr. Hughes re-
piled that such a declaration was
merely words; that no law could AFTER
the fact that laborers were persons
and might conspire to do evil Things
whereupon they would come under the
weight of the law. He went on to eX-
press his disapproval of the secondary
boycott and his belief in the 1nJunc-
ton, comparing the injunction to the
Jury system-a good institution Whlcn
might be abused. His ideas as TO now
the Clayton law should be interpreted
seemed to his callers as those OF the
lawyer rather than the soclologlst or
the humanitarian.
The seamen's law was chosen as one
test of Hughes opinion, because that
law involves the right of man under
any circumstances to quit work IL the
pay or other conditions are not SdtlS-
factory In his discussion of this law
Mr. Hughes laid chief stress on the
need for an American merchant ma
rine and the possible desirability or a
subsidy to help pay American sailors.
He seemed to consider these phases
more important than the problem OF
personal liberty involved in the time
honored practice of arresting and fore
ing the sailor to work against his viii.
Raymond Robins was not satlshed
as to Hughes economic and social
views. He believes Hughes to be OF
that type of mind which accepts laws
and conditions as they are in the be-
lief that the Lord intended the rich
to be rich and the poor to be poor, and
that suffering and injustice are part OF
the divine decree; that property is
sacred; that reformerS~ dreamers;
that agitation is reprehensible and re-
volt is criminal. In other words, that
Mr.. Hughes is wholly unenlightened on
all matters having to do with the great
fundamentals of the economic and So
ciaI world.
Progressives of the Robins type
will watch Mr.. Hughes letter of &C
ceptance and similar utterances for
confirmation or otherwise of their
present belief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-03
THE BRAVE WHO STAY

The maid who binds her warriors sash
With smiles that well her pain dis
sembles,
The while beneath her dropping lash
One starry teardrop hangs and
trembles,
Though heaven alone records the tear,
And fame shall. never know her
story,
Her heart has shed a drop as dear
AS e'er believed the field of glory!
The wife who girds her husband s
sword
Mid little ones who weep or wonder,
And bravely speaks the cheering
word,
What though her heart be rent
asunder?
Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear
The bolts of death around him rattle,
Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon the field OF battle.
The mother who conceals her grief
While to her breast her son she
presses,
Then breathes a few brave words and
brief,
kissing the patriot brow she blesses,
With no one but her secret God
To know the pain that weighs upon
her,
Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod
Received on Freedoms field of
honor
Thomas Buchanan Read.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-03
christian Science Monitor.)


In addressing several hundred small
town newspaper editors composing the
National Editorial association of the
United States, in New York the other
day, Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels, himself an editor, struck d
note that should appeal with equal
directness and force to editors of the
larger cities and to all others Hho may
be called upon TO write or speak with
reference to public questions of con-
Germ TO the nation in this critical per-
iOd. It may as we'll be understood
that the period is critical, in the full
est meaning of the term. What the
United States may do, or leave I'M
done at this juncture, with reference
to issues that are pressing upon it on
all sides, must have results that will
greatly affect its influence for good or
i'll through many years to come. If
the North American union is to con-
tinue to be a factor of Importance in
continental affairs; if it is to continue
TO be a recognized factor in world af-
fairs, its standing in each particular
must be fixed largely by the prestige
il shall gain or lose in the present
crises.
That the country is in shoal water
is no mere figure of speech, nor is
the statement that it was never more
in need OF a skillful navigator purely
metaphOrical. a mistake at the rud-
der now might be disastrous. A clear
eye, a firm hand and a level head at
the helm, that the nation may be kept
steadily to a true course, are essen
tials, not only to the welfare of the re-
public itself, but to the advancement of
democracy everywhere. Secretary Dan
ields revealed a comprehensive know
ledge and appreciation of the situation
when he said:
Il now speak in a day when national
questions are foremost; when there is
no room for politics in the discussion
of questions touching the honor and
safety of America. | love to recall how
William Mckinley was criticized by
certain newspapers throughout the
country because he tried with a pa
thence worthy of Lincoln to settle the
great question of war without the
sword. And how, when the time came
when it was not possible for peaceful
settlement, when negotiations had
failed, and there was nothing left but
for the country to go to war, he went
before congress and asked for mil
lions of dollars to be used at his dis
erection. Today, when delicate, diff
cult conditions confront this republic,
and the national guard in every state
is modifying; when dark clouds are
on the horizon. among the newspaper
men of America and among other po-
liticaI people there is no politics. We
are all for America and the American
flag.
LAS in the crises of 1861 and 1898,
so also in the crises of 1916, patient
man is directing the affairs of the
United States government. In his
judgment, it is believed, the great ma
jority of the people have unqualified
confidence. In his judgment, evident
Iy, the great majority of the editors OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-03
FOURTH OF JULY TETANUs.

In 1905 there were 104 deaths
in the United States from Fourth of
July tetanus. this figure representing
about the average annual mortality.
In 1914, as a result of the institution
Of better prophylactic treatment by
physicians and the widespread agita-
ton for a safe and sane Fourth, the
number was reduced to three A year
ago the United States public health
service expected and predicted that
every youngster in the United States
would be safe from this disease. bas-
ing its estimate on what had already
been accomplished. When the returns
came in it was found that boy down
in Maine had been injured, developed
tetanus and died. That single fatal
ity was only one among several hun
dred thousand occurring in the Unit
ed States during 1918 but it resulted
from Fourth of July tetanus or lock
jaw, a preventable disease, and was
therefore an unnecessary death. The
loss OF this boy makes IL necessary to
again disseminate Information regard
ing this wholly ayoidable infection.
The blank cartridge wound is the
great cause OF Fourth of July tetanus,
but injuries from crackers and fire
arms are at times responsible When
driven into the tissues the wadding
carries with il innumerable bacilli- II
these be tetanus bacilli the poisonous
products or toxins resulting from
their nuitip iira11on produce the dis
sast. TetaHzs. hazc1IIiN thrive only in
the. absence. Of oxygen II Is for this
reason that the ply s1ctzn' enlarges the
Found OF entrance and after reHaov-