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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
Sues for 500. 900 Damages.

Thomas NJ. Hemming yesterday filed suit
in the District Supreme Court to re-
cover $4,000 damages from the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company for
alleged personal injury. He says the
company negligently allowed ice to &C
cumulate on the steps OF one of its
coaches, and as he was alighting there
from he slipped and fell to the ground.
sustaining serious injury. He is repre-
scented by Attorneys Wilton ]. Lambert
and Rudolph II. Yeatman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
AUSTRIAN SHIP AT N. Y.
PUT OUT OF COMMISSION

NEW YORK. February Sword
reached the police today that coincident
with the publication of the news of the
rupture with Germany, the Austrian
freighter Himalaya, which has been
lying in Newark bay. an estuary OF
New York harbor. has been put out of
commission.
The report had 1t that the piston
heads and other parts Of her engines
had been smashed by crowbars and
axes.
Confirma ton OF the report that Hima-
lava had been put out Of commission was
obtained later from an authoritative
source.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Genuine Oil Opaque VIM
dow Shades, SOC each-Sizc
3x6 Heavy Quality Oil
OPAQUE Shades. perfect quail
ity only. Choice of white,
ccru or green, with fixtures
ready to hang on window.
Velour Portieres, SASS a
pair-Value, $69S. The popu-
lar double-faced Shcela We
lour. Your choice of deep
shades of rose, blue or green,
finished with 2-inch hem. A
special purchase enables us to
offer this price for any guam
tlty you desire.
Table lot of New 1917 Gre
tonnes. PFC yard-A good.
heavy quality cretonne. most
ly in the popular Geneva
cloth designs; dark colorings
in blue, green or brown;
others in floral effects on light
or dark backgrounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
PHI DELTA SIGMA DIMES.
Addresses at Annual Banquet Deal
With Interests of Sorority.

Various phases of the work of the
sorority furnished the general theme
of addresses at the eleventh ANIMAL
banquet of Phi Delta Sigma last even
Ing in the Raleigh Hotel About sixty
members were present. Miss Dorothy
Mack was toastmistress \ musical
program also was given
The speakers included Mrs Mary II,
Noon and Misses Margaret lfishback,
1.ouiss Henderson, Nancy French,
katherine Williamson and Horterse
Xeh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
Basement Store
House Dresses.
SOC
Worth Up to $1.98

Phenomenal values, really,
in splendid Bingham, Cham
bray and Madras House
Dresses. Dozens of different
styles, in all sizes UP to S..
Extra stout figures will find any
number of big values IN this assort-
ment-and in the regular sizes, as
we have said, they are phenomenal.
Don't overlook the Basement Store
in your shopping tour Monday, and
come early for best choice
Basement Store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
London His Birthplace.

cunt Won Bernstorfr was born in
London November ID. 1862. the son of
Count Albrecht and Anna Bernstorf.
Tho future ambassador received his
early education at Dresden and at
1:atzeburg. Later in life he was hon
oIed by many American universities.
Columbia conferred the degree of
LII u. upon him In 1903, and since
that time Brown, Johns Hopkins. the
University of Wisconsin, Union Uni
Nsrsity Pennsylvania, the University
of Chicago. the University of Pitts
furgh, Franklin and Marshall Tnfyer-
s'ty and Princeton University have
;'iso honored him with degrees
The ambassador married Miss Jean
n" Luckenmayer of New York CITY
NoNember II, 1887. From 1881 to 1883
j." was an officer. OF tho Ist Artillery
Regiment of the Guards at Berlin.
He WAS attache Of the German emba ssy
~ Eonstantinople from 1889 TO 1890.
efterward serving at home in the for
eign office. He served two wears AT
belgrade, then at Dresden, then at St
Petersburg. as 1t was named in those
days. He became counselor of embassy
a. London IN 1902 and was made min
lister Mt Cairo III 1906. He came 10
Washington as ambassador in 1908
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Marquisette Curtains, with
handmade antique insertion;
Others with linenized English
cluny lace insertion and edge.
Wolfe Curtains, with drawn
worked border; lace edge and
pretty corner medalllons.
Net Curtains, made of fine
quality Scotch net in all-over
Brussel effects, others in
square mesh hlet net, finished
with Pinch hem and linen
finished lace edge. White or
ivory; 21z and 3 yards long.
Brisbie Sash Curtains, 19c
each-M a d C OF strongly
woven Scotch net; panel eff
feet, with scalloped bottom;
top ready with loops TO shir
OIL rod.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
Bunting for Inaugural
ton Day, lie a Yard

Decorate your homo
with the national colors on
that day. If you want to be
sure that you are not 60
Ing to be without the Red,
White and Blue you bet
ter buy now. The supply
of bunting is very limited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
Congoleum Rugs, 6x9, at $l.95
Curtains, Voiles, Portieres, Cretonnes, Etc.

Striped Damask, Cretonne
or Linene Slip Covers made to
order, 75c-If you order COW
ers for 3-piece frame suite
or more. materials extra, your
choice OF Light Cream-col-
ored Striped Damask at 35c
yard. Cretonnes, 2oc a yard.
N-incll Linene Cloth, 14c
yard. All our work guaran-
teed. Davenports, pianos, etc,
count for two pieces.
Table lots of Quaker Nets,
36 inches wide; 19c yard
Regularly Csc yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

An immense churn in use in England
can turn out 500 pounds of butter at one
time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Lace Curtains, S1.95 pair
Value to s.. Odd lots OF
2 to s pairs OF pattern.
Choice OF Net, Marquisette
or Wolfe Curtains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
OFFER OF PREFERENCE
TO GOVERNMENT WORK
Shipbuilders Willing to Place Fed
eral Contracts Ahead Of
All Others.

Offers to place government contracts
ahead Of all others were received by tho
Navy Department yesterday from virtual
~ every shipbuilding company and every
firm manufacturing supplies and material
used by the military. Vice President
Grace OF the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
telegraphed that he would do everything
in his power to meet whatever orders
might be given his company.
Both tho War and Navy departments
were deluged with offers OF service from
prominent citizens throughout the coun-
try. To each of these the officials re-
piled that the offer would be filed and ac-
cepted IN case of need.
Marconi Company's Offer.
The entire equipment and personnel Of
the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
pany Of America have been offered the
government for use in any emergency that
may arise. This was done in a telegram
sent to President Wilson by E. j. Nally,
vice president and general manager OF
the company, which follows:
1.-THE Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
pany Of America, in accordance with the
act to regulate radio communication ap-
proved August 10, 1912, hereby places at
the disposal Of the government for use in
any emergency its entire organization and
personnel, including its high power and
coastal stations, wherever situated. Its
manufactures, workshops and trained
staff, myself, associate officials and staff
are subject to your orders or to the or
ders of any particular department of the
government which may need our services.
shall be glad to proceed to Washington
for conference II you SO desire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
Inlaid Linoleum, csc So. Yd.

Best quality. Regular s. value. A
grade; Straight-line Inlaid Linoleum /;
the best made in pretty block patterns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Table lots of Floral Bor-
dered Curtain Wolfe and Mar
quisette, 19c yard-Values to
35c yard.
Table lot of Voiles at &c
yard-15c value.
Choice of plain cream, with
hemstitched border or col
ored background, in pretty
all-over floral effects.
Curtain V0iles
For those who wish to make
their own curtains, on special
tables you will find table lot
of Mar9uisette and Wolfe, 16c
yard. Values to Csc yard.
PaIais Royal-Second Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

At 1.0&-Another value that 1. al
ways compared with our
S. sellers. We will offer in this sale
S new styles of Nightgowns, 10 new
styles of Petticoats, new styles of
Chemise and new styles of Combina-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
Inlaid LinOleum

s1-25 value square yard; in
lengths up to Is yards; heavy ill.,
quality, in pretty tile effects and ~
new colorings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Daintiesf of
IaCeS
Cotton Net Laces in white and
cream, used for making vestees and
collars. Special, Csc yard.
Net Lace Flouncings, 18 to IS
inches; used for making dance frocks
and blouses. Value, 81. Special, SOC.
Silver Lace Edges, used for trim
ming purposes; s inches wide; 75c
yard.
Georgette and Chiffon in almost
every wanted shade; 40 inches wide.
Chiffon, ST yard; Georgette, $1.5O to
$1.S5 yard.
PaIals RoyaI-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Furniture Reupholstered,
| $40
For three-piece frame
suite. Materials extra So
inch Tapestry, S1.49 to SOS
a yard; Velours, Sl.9S to
$z.98 yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
New Shipments of
Lingerie Special y Priced

New shipments of Lingerie just receives
have been priced remarkably low for Monday
In view of advancing prices we doubt if the gar
rnents we offer now will be in the market TO
less than double the price by July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
ox12 Extra Quality Wilton
Rugs

Value, Ss5. Best Quality
Wilton Rugs, made by the
Bigelow Hartford Carpet
Company; just a few left
to offer at this exceptionally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

The Sale of Rugs, Curtains, Etc.

Anticipating the needs of hundreds of peo-
pie in Washington preparing for Inauguration, we
have placed some remarkable values sale for
Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Value, Soc square yard. Potter's IN
Well Known Felt-Back Linoleum, <uT
cut off full rolls in new wood tile Nv
and conventional designs; yards
wide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Tapestry Brussels Rugs, $16.75
Size 9x12. Values to SITS. Best and
heaviest qualities only, in pretty new
medallion and all-over effects. A serv-
iccable and attractive rug.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
Administer Rugs, ox1z

Value, $50, Heavy Quail d - ~
ity Closely Woven Deep ~ ~
Pile Administer Rugs, VAA0A -
scanned or seamless; quail
ity all new 1917 designs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-28
Apead" Defendants Plea.

Judicial skepticism to a marked de. gree is shown in the opinion in Free man. vs. Frank, 10 Abb, Pr.. (N. Y.), 870. in which the court makes the fol- lowing answer s.e.
 'aThe fact that the defendant has an- swered. though by attorney, shows he Is neither civil1y or physically dead. It Is conclusive that he is living, and not under any disability that prevents him defending the action. The defendant, by answering, proves he is alive; and when he ayers in his answer that he is dead, he is not to be believed. The answer. therefore, contains two con- tradictory averments, one of which in judgment of law is fiction. If the defendant was dead, he could not an- Swer. Hence the averment that he is eivilly dead must be deemed untrue"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-28

to the people; they in turn paid a small rental in the shape of taxes. The tax was an acknowledgment of the Seigneurs' rights to reclaim the lands. This state of affairs was in- tolerable to the people, who insisted and secured the right to own the land in fee. At the same time they took to themselves the name "Habitant," ;" meaning free inhabitant," :" term of which they were, and still are. justly proud and jealous.
 The Habitant of today lives in the same manner and often in the same house as did his great, great grand father. An investigation in 1908 es- tablished the fact that there were two hundred and seventy families living on homesteads that have been occupied by their families for more than two hundred years. This is a cllarniing Sdistrict @full < of things quaint andy old-fashioned. The vii lages are many, they lie nestled in the hills or sit beside some pretty stream. Usually they arc named
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rhree Notable. physleaI Fsaturss.

Three Notable physleal Features.
 The surface Of North America pre- sents three great physical features the great Pacific highlands, the central plains and the eastern highlands. The great Pacific highlands extend through the western part of North America, al- most from the arctic shores to the Isthmus of Panama, and are traversed by the Rocky mountains and other high mountain chains, The central plains, which descend gradually from the crests of the Rocky mountains, include the. Mississippi. Missouri and the Great Lakes regions. The Atlantic highlands, in the eastern part extending from the northern coast of Labrador, nearly to the Gulf of kexico. include the low plateau of Labrador to the north and the Appalachian or Allegheny noun tains on the south, the principal sec tions Of the latter bearing the names Of the White mountains in New Hamp- ehire, the Green mountains In Vermont, the Adirondacks in, the state of New York. the AllegAenies in Pennsylvania. and the Black mountains in North Carolina.
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He Amazing Eccentrlcity.

Tt takes all Kinds of people to make up a world, and I shore had one of 'em here day before yesterday" admitted the landlord of the Petnnia tavern. He WAS from Kansas City, and yet, when l asked him what he thought of our little burg he replied that it impressed him favorably. Then he stopped and I waited, but he didn't say another word on the subject. The strange part about him was that although he came from big town he didn't seem to think that fact gave him a license to criticize everything in little town and tell it's inhabitants how to run their own af- fairs. ."-Kansas City Star.
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Language Of Heaven.

A correspondent sends me a story
 which Is good parallel (or. rather, the exact opposite of parallel) to that of the minister who prayed in Gaelic. There was in Dublin an old lady both eccentric and devout. One day she sent for Jewish minister. and started to learn Hebrew most assiduously. Though she was eccentric, and her friends were rarely surprised at any. thing she chose to do, they did wonder at this, and asked her the reason. "It would i'll become me-" she replied, "when I meet my maker, as soon shall, to addyess him in any but hia native language."-London Daily News,
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after some saint, there being fifty St. Annes alone. These hamlets con- sist for the most part of a single street that is lined with close-set houses, the land running back from the roadway in long, narrow strips. The object of such arrangement was to secure safety for the inhabitants in those bygone days when the blood curdling yell of the Pedskin might sound q call to arms at any hour of day or night. The houses and barns painted white with doors and blinds of deep red, green or brown, as suits the householder's fancy. present . quaint, old-world effect. Most of the houses are of thesthree-r e-room variety capped by loft reached by a ladder, but circumscribed as these quarters are, they are no bar to large fam ilies., These humble roofs shelter on an average from ten to fifteen chil- dren, often as many as twenty. Early marriages and many children are matters of pride among tho Habitant2 N
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-28

The taestion ot conscriptlon m Canada has brought to the worlds attention the fact that Quebec and its French Canadian population are distinct and rather set-apart factor in the fife of Canada. The general core sation, and correct one, of the vss sominion just across our north- e ter ,S that it is a country n 'i've asS own, hrimming over v .'g s.e.sas&ggN that grasps all rs y aeiaas. It surprises
 ts laa tNat in some x RS if aeher con-
 Sa si&an 'ittie since the the ast r eneh pioneers F ue only .oveN,r, of some po If Quebec, for all the re- n, cf tha Dominion is exceed ir ,an-to-date.
 ~ French Canadian of Quebec is at 2 ; all else a landowner and pn onately attached to his acres, f. hough they may be in number. In ths beginning the land was owned by th SeiRneurs who parceled it out
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LIBERAL CREDIT TO ALL
'.lald Out National Capital.

The city of Washington was laid out in 1701 by Major Peter Charles L'En- fant, a French engineer, who came to America with Lafayette, served during the Revolutionary war under the im- mediate command of General Washing ton, and died in Prince George county. Marylapd in 1925. In April, 1909, his body was transferred to Arlington Ma. tional cemetery and handsome ne morial was unveiled over his, grave, with eulogies by President Taft, Sena- tor Root and others. He personally had nothing to do with planning or laying out Indianapolis, but one of his assistants, Alexander &Ralston, did. In planning the city of Washington, L'Enfant borrowed some features from the city of Versailles, in France, and Ralston introduced some of the same features in the original plan of Indi. anapQlis. He was a Scotchman and died there in 1627.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-28
American Distaste for Privacy.

The great novelist or the great com. poser can afford telephoneless hut or flat, and so gain enough peace and quiet to think. Plain Americans must have the telephone at their elbow day and night or go out of 'business-so cially as we'll as commercially. 'The joyousness with which Americans nave welcomed the telephone to their ears and lips no doubt flows in part at least from our national distaste for privacy. We don't pull down our shades at night and we hate hedges nn1 fences. If open plumbing is not qu Americsn invention, 1t ought to be. On any future shield of these United States the sile bathroom and the tele- Jhone instrument ought to share the glory.-Exchange.
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DELEGATES LEAVE FRIDAY.
Pine Bluff to Be We'll Represented a
 the Older Boys Conference.

T. C. Roberts, boys work secretary of the Y. M. c. A., left yesterday af- ternoon for Stuttgart and neighboring towns. where he will make efforts to stimulate interest in the Older Boys conference, which will start in Little Rock Friday night. This is the first meeting of this kind ever held in this state. The purpose of the conference is to teach the boys leadership work.
 Delegates elected from here are Joe Mccain, Milo Tedstrum, Manly Good. win, Albert Alexander, Raymond Ev- erett, Sam Steel, Carl filing, Jr., and Henry F. Jones, and these with Secre. tary Roberts will leave Friday after noon for Little Rock. Joe Mccain will read 2 paper at the conference entitled, "Clean Speech and Clean Standards for Our High School Boys"
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Modern Idea of Greasne'~

When we ask what II is 'n". M erns deem to constitute " among the men of our own 7. sa., tlI paratively recent time, we lss. x .,ss the; standard has somewaas a,.s's sl'(si Cse says James Brycejin the You.as ! 2 ,ass,,tl s panion. We set less store by n'ls' as x 6, for they do not fill the stage ! 2 .s' world as they once did, altnoasa nssss;aaIss of them have still large opp ,I'.ssr do V for doing good or harm. Neltnst Tel !. te x M < @ tary glory as former ages .:a dla; as mt a, Q, theiess; the essential qualities ss 'aia s',Il A. gle the eyes of man, man may os tbs be sssss sa
 same. I speak chiefly oi .ar .us tbe rds' the thel statesman and the vsrrle, %os1d Sv ,, can cul1 be Ii judged by it, where's req. g lsp; ' or o the philosopher may s,d 1ass even 1 wait for recognition, anu ". nav n& preme scientific discovery .'as = M m appreciated until long Y yssas ssansuIieah
 spent in working out i's 't
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Modern Poetry.

Poetry, like every great forcA has followed an evolution of its own, and as 1t comes to us today we may trace In 1t this general tendency. It has tended away from the epic and the ex- pression of broad communal or na' uonal feeling, and expresses now far more than 1t did. in far more subtle and intricate directions. the feelings of the individual. If it gives voice on public, national or international aveAts 1t does so from a far more specialized and personal point of view than Of ole. and with something of the aeerbity and narrow intellectual outlook of the party politician. The strength of mod ern poetry hardly seems to As for tho future in this direction.
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UNION MEN APPOINT
 A STRIKE COMMITTEE

At a meeting of the joint committee, composed of representatives of the various local labor unions, com mittee to be- known as "the strike committee, and to have full power. to act in any matter pertaining to the present strike of the telephone op- orators, was appointed. This conn mittee is composed of Morris Myers. chairman, M. A. Thompson. Walter Davis. W. B. Hicks, and J. H. Moore, and will endeavor to devise ways and means of bringing the present strike of the telephone operators to successful end.
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BRITISH CASUALTIES.

Notwithstanding N Cambrai Battle
 Losses Less Than Last Week.
 London, Nov. 27-British casualties reported for week ending today aggre- gated 30.314. They were divided as follows:
 Killed or died of wounds: Officers 269; men, 5,947. Wounded or miss ing: Officers. S96: men, 23,202.
 Notwithstanding the heavy fight ing during last week in the Cambrai district the British casualties are less than the preceding week, when the totalled 32.227. Two weeks back they were 26, ,065.
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B. Y. P. U. ENJOY HUNT.

About 75 members of the B. Y. P. U. of the First Baptist church enjoy cd hunt for 'possums last night, near Dexter. The hunters were led by MT. and Mrs. J. l.. McBurnett and tho the quest was not successful all participating spent pleasant eve ming, and made merry around a camp fire, about which smack" was serv- ed.
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Overtime Pay.

Pa, what is meant by overtime payT Overtime pay, my boy, is the reward For doing little extra labor, and there are two kinds" 'aThat so7 What are they" "Well, some men in- sist on collecting their overtime week. ly at specified rate: and others are willing to work overtime and take their reward in successful future. l recommend the latter course for you"
 Detroit Tree Press.
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LOCAL ITALIANS
 CONTRIBUTE FREELY

A draft for $255 was forwarded yes terday to the Italian ambassador at Washington, by Angelo Curro, na- tive of Italy who now lives in this city. This money is to be devoted to the Italian war fund and was collected during the past few days among the Italians who live in this vicinity.
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suspended sentsnos.

1hree-year-old Keith had told his mother deliberate He and she had put him to bed as punishment. Sir. ting by the bedside. she asked him what he would do If he had little boy who did such a thing. After . moments thoughtful eilence the child rsplied, II Ink I'd give him anoyes ahancA christiah HegalA
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Experts Train Canary eirds,

Many owners of canary birds em. ploy expert trainers to educate their pets. Others, folks who have more time and patience, do the work ot training themselves. Tutoring high. class csnaries has come into its own as Q regular business and many per sons are now living on the incomes of such 'spFofessorships."
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Great Me' Great men stand hss n the clty q Goq