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Evening star., 1917-11-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

General dancing will conclude the
program at the initial literary and So
ciAl entertainment of the Spanish
American Atheneum. to be given in the
crystal parlor of the Ebbitt at o'clock
tomorrow evening. In addition to the
literary program, containing two ad.
dresses. there will be musical numbers
Among those who will contribute is
Senior Felix Cordova Davila, resident
commissioner Of Porto Rico. who will
speak on Porto Rico and the United
States
A recital will be given by 8. NJ
Fabian. pianist. assisted by Mrs. Ethel
Holtzclaw Gawler, soprano, and Harry
King. violinist. at Gurley Memorial
Presbyterian Church. tomorrow even
ting. for the benefit of the Aid Society
Of the church.
The Arst Of q series of I'VE concerts.
under the auspices of the Washington
Society OF Fine Arts. will be given to-
morrow evening in the auditorium OF
Central High School. Walter Bogert
the artist. will present a program of
folk songs of Ireland, Scotland, France
and other countries.
The Friendship Branch Of the Sum
shine and Community Society is to hold
It's nrSt meeting OF the season at
o'clock Thursday afternoon, at the
home Of Mrs. G. w. Shull, 2201 Potomac
avenue.
William G. Fits, assistant attorney
general. is to be a speaker at the mex,
meeting of the Washington Chamber OF
Commerce, to be held November 13 ir
the chambers new home. GIL 18th
street northwest. Mr.. Fits was at.
torney general of Alabama for two
terms. Several committees are to re-
port.
A meeting of the Day Nursery and
Dispensary Association. of which Mrs
W. f. Andrews is president. has beer
called for Wednesday morning at 1926
o'clock at the New Ebbitt House. The
nursery, which is located at 495 H
street southwest, cared for 3,1S6 chill
dren of working mothers from January
to November /. Plans for raising money
to carry on the work will be discussed
The College Equal Suffrage League il
cooperating with Miss Carrie Harri.
son, one Of it's members, in the move.
ment to provide candy at Christmas
time for the 1000 nurses abroad II
is hoped that sufficient funds will be
obtained to buy at least 1000 pounds
of candy. Contributions may be sen,
to Miss Carrie Harrison, 1881 Newton
street northeast.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
WITH THE
RIFLE CLUBS

In recent order from the office of
Col. ]. A. Dapray. adjutant general Of
the District National Guard. authorize
tional Guard range at Congress
Heights. D. c., to civilian clubs and
rifemen until cold weather puts a stop
to the shooting is contained. Usually
the range closes about November 1, but
on account of the unusual interest
manifested in shooting this year by in
dividuals the range will be kept open
until cold weather puts stop to the
activities of the riflemen. Under an
agreement with the adjutant general
of the District and the directors of
civilian craftsmanship, the forty-siX
registered civilian rifle clubs in the
District of Columbia have been listed.
and whenever application Is made by
one of them for the use of the range.
authority in that regard is at once
granted.
According to an order from the office
Of Fred H. Philips of the National Rifle
Association, under whose auspices the
small-bore rife range under Polls The
ater is conducted, all shooters on the
Poll range who furnish their own
ammunition must pay a charge OF 10
cents per hour for the use of the range.
Rifiemen who buy ammunition at the
range do not have to pay this charge
for service, which is necessary. as many
people have bought ammunition In
large quantities outside. of the range
and have had the use of the range alb
solutely free. The cost of running the
range. while not large, is not more than
paid for by the money received from
the sale of ammunition.
In a reply to an article by "Sniper."
in Arms and the Man. issue of Octo-
Der 13. E. hewitt contends that some
of the points raised about the handling
of the new 1917 Army rifle will bear
comment. An excerpt from Newitts
reply. published in the latest issue of
Arms and the Man. follows: "'Sniper
comments suggestively on the absence
of sight adjustments for intervals of
twenty-five or fifty yards. In the field.
nearer than fifty yards. and within the
range which the aimed fire of the most
skilled sharpshooter has the remotest
chance of hitting. so fiat is the trajec-
tory that two elevation marks alone suf-
fee for all the objects at all the dis
tances. Assume as example in trench
fighting, the objective fifteen inches of
Boche's head. the distance anything
set to 400 yards. AS the vertex Of the
4OO-yard trajectory is only 14.5 inches
above the line Of sight at 200 yards. II
Herr Boche happens to be only 100 yards
away, he SetS IL dDouI ten 1uCneS up IL
200 yards away just in the top Of the
Uranium. If 800 yards away about eleven
inches up, If 400 yards away just at the
point of aim. If he happens to be be-
yond 400 yards he is beyond the limit
of anything but chance or a machine
gun. With such latitude what can be
the use of twenty-five or fifty yard ad-
justments for any distance within the
possibilities Of aimed fire except to COM
plicate things? Beyond 500 yards. dis
tance cannot be Judged nearer than 100
yards. so that finer adjustment is still
Of no value"
Evening star., 1917-11-04
HOME FOR CHILDREN OPENED.
Institution at Sd and Rittenhouse
Streets Formally Dedicated.

With a program of oratory and sew
eral hundred people in attendance, the
SwartzeN Methodist Home for Children,
Sd and Rittenhouse streets northwest,
was formally opened and dedicated yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. James E. Gill
bert, local president Of the Women's
Home Missionary Society. presided.
The building was dedicated by Bishop
W. F. Mcdowell. Rev. G. Ellis Will
liams, on behalf of the committee In
charge. presented the building to the
Women's Home Missionary Society.
Mrs o. 3. Street, general secretary of
the society. accepted the building.
Greetings were extended by Rev. DIR.
H. S. France. Rev. DIR. Lucius c. Clark,
Rev. DIR. H. F. Downs and Rev. DR.. John
r. Edwards.
Clara Roach. A reception was held all
afternoon.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
ACTIVITIES OF
BOY SCOUTS

A tremendous amount in excess Of what
they obtained in their campaign for the
first liberty loan is the record Of the
Washington Boy Scouts in their drive
for the loan just ended. Subscriptions
amounting to more than $425,ooo were OBJ
tanned as a result Of their vigorous cam
pafgning.
Ono hundred and twenty-one local
scouts out of those who participated in
the drive are in line for the war service
emblem which will be awarded to every
scout who obtained at least ten individual
subscriptions. William Furey Of Troop
SO leads among the Washington boys for
turning in the most subscriptions. He
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Name Flower for Heroine.

Jrnm the Christian Science Monitor.
1t is a much happier conceit to name
flowers after heroines than it was to
give the names Of battlefields to colors.
Last year the French named a beauti-
ful rose for Edith Cavell; this year
they have named one for Emilienne
Moreau Four-fifths Of the worlds in
habitants know why the memory of
Edith Cavell should be honored, and
honor her. Emilienne Moreau, a young
girl of Loos, during the battle which
resulted In its capture by the allies.
helped to save wounded British SOL
0iers under fire, and later shouldered a
rifle and assisted in driving the Ger
mans from the town.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Lieut.. Percy G. Black, U. S. A., Weds

Miss Doris Taylor. daughter Of Charles
H. Taylor. jr.. manager of the Boston
Globe. was married at Emmanuel Episco-
pal Church yesterday to Lieut. Percy G.
Black, U. S. A. of Washington Lieut.
Black is a son Of Maj Gen. William MUIR
ray Black. who went to Boston for the
marriage.
Evening star., 1917-11-04


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donated his bit" to the
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Evening star., 1917-11-04
Evasive Two Years Ago.

The republicans. as above stated.
needed the call at their convention. The
democrats needed it two years ago only
in. cart. for their annexation plank In
that year was eyasiye. indecisive and
satisfied nobody. 1t was possible, how
ever. under the plank. for democrats in
the legislature to have voted for an
nsxation on a broad scale without vio-
lating party pledges. This privilege Is
dsnied under the platform plank Of
1877.
Gen. Lloyd L. Jackson. who has al
ways been recognized as a democrat
true to the principles of his party, and
who has on many occasions taken q
leading part in state and city cam
paigns. will this year give the republi-
can ticket whole-hearted support
am more convinced than ever" said
he. that the democratic state crowd
should be beaten. 1t has played US false
and is not entitled to the support Of
any citizen Of this great metropolis In
playing petty politics the state crowd
has forfeited every claim to demo-
cratic allegiance"
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Not Up in Pedestrianism.

From the Boston Transcript.
Chauffeur roughly)-Don't you know
enough to get out Of the way of an
auto?
Victim thumbly)-No: I'm not used to
walking. You see ] own one myself.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
October Circulation

District Of Columbia. S.:
FLEMING NEWROI.D. bnriness manager Of
THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR. does SOL
emnly swear that the actual number Of copies
the month Of october, AID. 1917. was as follows:
Evening star., 1917-11-04
An Early Bird.

From the Puppet.
What does your son expect to be?
From the hours he keeps, I should
say he is naturally out out to be .
milkman.
Evening star., 1917-11-04

Flowers for November Brides.
Bridal bouquets and artistic floral dec
orations for the home. Guide, 1914 F St
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1917-11-04

Jan Van Eyck. who is by some believed
to have invented oil painting, was born In
the year 1886.
Evening star., 1917-11-04

II you want work read the want col
umns of The Star.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Opposed by Counties.

The counties would surely vote against
annexation, and the state democratic
leaders put the referendum feature in the
party's declaration to kill the city's plans
On the other hand. the republican state
convention declared f1at-footedly for the
passage of bill by the legislature for
direct annexation without referendum.
As a result of the democratic state
organizations action the democratic city
organization has cut loose and declared
for direct annexation. and Mayor Pres
ton and other democratic city leaders
have urged the support Of only those can
didates for the legislature who will stand
for direct annexation bill.
The fight is hot and bitter. The news
papers are filed with display advertise
ments for and against annexation.
The democratic state leaders. by fall
Ing to pledge their party to annexation
by direct legislative act. have placed
their party on sectional lines. In the
popular mind they have lined up the
counties against the city on the most
vital state issue of the day. In refusing
to commit the party to direct annexa-
tion the democratic leaders reversed
themselves on their record of two years
ago. when they promised annexation
without a referendum This reversal Is
not. however. a high crime and a mis-
Nomeanor. as the republicans likewise
turned somersault on their record of
1915. when they declared for annexa-
tfon with referendum.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
ANNEXATION ISSUE
UPSETS MARYLAND
Party Lines Have Been Sever
ed Over Question Of BaIti-
more's Expansion.
VOTE TUESDAY TO DECIDE

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, November 3--Fhe
contest at the polls in Maryland next
Tuesday is for control of the legislature
which meets In biennial session January
!. and the chief issue is the annexation
by Baltimore city of parts Of Baltimore
county and Anne Arundel county ad-
jacent to the city. The only state officer
to be elected is controller. and the can
didates are Hugh A. McMullen. democrat.
who is the incumbent. and William q.
Atwood Of Allegany county. republican.
The democratic party is split on the an
nexation issue. The democratic state
convention. controlled by United states
Senator John Walter Smith. Representa-
tive j. Fred Talbot. the Baltimore county
leader, and other state leaders. declared
for annexation. but only by referendum
to the voters of Baltimore county and
Anne Arundel county.
Evening star., 1917-11-04

BloRfapny.
Arnold, Thomas. The Life Of Hannibal. 1887
E-H195a.
Champion, Edme. J.-J. Rousseau ct Ia Revo.
luton Franchise. 1909. E-R76ch.
Cooper, Lane. Louis Agassz as 4 Teacher.
Eagle.
Fitzgerald. C. C. P. From Sail to Steam.
E-F572a.
Gorky. Maxim. pseud In the World. E.
Gotta.
Hall. c. r. Andrew johnson. E-J617eh.
Hubbard. E. u. The Monats. E-M7254h.
Pellissier, Georges. Voltaire, Philosophe. 1908
E-ySspe.
Tolstol. L. N. Graf The Journal Of Leo
Tolstoi. ". 1. E-T5s.E.
The Red Cloud chief., 1917-07-12

"They looked like a bunch Of hired
assassins," said Smith, with a grin.
"It's some more Of the interference,
isn't IT."
The ~colonel's square jaw settled into
the fighting angle.
"How much do you know about this
business mix-up Of ours, Smith," he
asked.
"All that williams could tell me in
n little h~eart-to-heart talk we had the
other day."
"You agreed with him that there
al a tolerably big niger in the wood
pile, didn't your"
II had already gathered that much
from the camp gossip"
"Well, it's so. We're Just about as
helpless as q bunch of cattle In a sink
hole" was the ranchman presidents
confirmation Of the camp guesses.
"What In the name of the great horn
spoon can we do-more than we have
dOne2"
"There are a number of things that
might be DONE" said Smith, falling
back ~reflectively upon the presumably
The Red Cloud chief., 1917-07-12
German Air Raid on London.

London-A second daylight descent
ipon London by a squadron of air
planes was made Saturday. Although
the German contingent was larger,
more daring. more deliberate in its
movements and descended much low.
or than on a visit of June Is, the mum.
Der of killed and wounded was, &C.
cording to the first official roll, rough
ly one-third the previous casualty list.
The destruction of property may have
been greater but that is impossible to
estimate. The fight of the Germans
over London lasted about twenty min.
ptes. British airmen engaged the en-
envy for several minutes over the me.
tropolis and anti-aircraft guns were
firing briskly, dotting the sky with
shrapnel puffs but without effect 80
far as concerned the destruction OF
any Of the twenty or more machines
which constituted the invading force
Twenty-seven. It is known. were
killed. and ove a hundred injured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1917-07-12
TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF
THE ALLIES
TRAINING BASES FOR TROOPS
Providing for American Soldiers Now
In France-Daring Air Raid
on London BY
Germans

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS control Of
American exports, authorized in q
provision of the espionage act, has
been ordered put into operation July
Is by President Wilson with the issu-
ance of q proclamation requiring the
licensing OF shipments to all countries
Of the most important export commod-
tiles. In q statement accompanying
the proclamation. the president de-
,lared the governments policy will
Oe first to give consideration to Amer.
can needs; mex to meet as far as pos
sible the requirements of the allies,
and lastly to supply the neutral coun-
tries wherever practical. 1t Is made
clear that every effort will be made
to see that no supplies reach the CEN
trail powers.
The commodities named put under
control. are coal, coke, fuel, oils, kerr
osene and gasoline. including bunk
ers; food grains, -four and meal, fod-
der and feeds. meats and fat, pig iron,
steel, bullets, ship plates and struc-
tural shapes, scrap iron and scrap
steel; fertilizers, arms, ammunition
and explosives. The inclusion of food
stuffs in the proclamation lends color
to statements that the administration
Is considering the ~advisability Of q
complete embargo for sixty days on
all food shipments to give the country
time to ascertain the amount Of its
supplies and to give allied and neutral
countries an opportunity to present q
full program Of their requirements.
The Red Cloud chief., 1917-07-12
He Would Pay.

1t happened at a Christmas party.
A pretty young lady had asked one OF
the male guests to pass a dish Of al.
monds and raisins.
"With pleasure" he replied, but DO
you know that what you have asked
for Is called In the vernacular Kiss.
MISS and that the penalty of a kiss
attaches to the reQuestr"
lis that sO?" answered the lady.
calmly. II must consult my husband"
And she called across the room to him.
and repeated the observation.
"Quite So" he replied. According
to custom It Is a Just debt and must
be paid. But is the gentleman aware
Of the arrangement made when we
were married-that I must settle all
my wife's liabilities"
The Red Cloud chief., 1917-07-12
VII.
TImanyoni Ditch.

Smith had his vote Of thanks from
Colonel Dexter Baldwin In Williams
sheet-iron office at the dam. the
colonel having driven out to the camp
for the express purpose; and the chief
of construction himself was not pres
ent.
"You've loaded us up with a toler-
ably heavy obligation. Smith-Corry's
mother and me-" vas the way the
colonel summed up. "If you hadn't
been on deck and strictly on the job
at that railroad crossing yesterday
morning"
"Don't mention 1t, colonel" Smith
broke In. II did nothing more than
any man would have done for any
woman. You know It, and I know It
Let's leave 1t that way and forget It,
The tall Missourian's laugh was en-
tirely %approbative.
~ like that" he said. "It's a good
man.fashioned way Of looking at 1t
You know how I feel about it-hov
any father would feel; and that,
enough"
"Plenty," was the brief rejoinder.
"But there's another chapter to I
that neither of us can ros out; you'll
have to come out to the ranch and lie
Corry's mother have a hack at you,
Baldwin went on. 81 couldn't figur
you out Of that II I should try. An,
now about those claim jumpers: I sur
pose you didn't know any of them b
manner"
"No."
"Corry says you gave them the tim
Of their lives. BY George. I wish L
been there to sect" and the colon,
slapped his leg and laughed. I'd
they look like the real thing-sur,
lenough prospectorst"
The Red Cloud chief., 1917-07-12

"They looked Like D BUNCH OF utreu
Assassins.
dead and buried b~ank-cashier part OF
him. "And II you can manage to stay
In the game and play 1t out, there IL
big money in 1t for all Of you enough
to make 1t well worth while for you to
put up the fight Of your lives"
big money?-you mean in saving
our Investment"
"Oh. no; not at all; In cinching the
other fellows" Smith put In genially.
Colonel Dexter Baldwin lifted his
soft hat and ran his fingers through
his grizzled hair.
"Say, Smith; you mustn't forget
that I'm from Missouri" he said half
Quizzically.
"But I shouldn't think you'd need
to be shown In this particular In
stance" was the smiling rejoinder.
1.-THE chance to sell you people water
from your own dam isn't the only
thing or the main thing In this case.
They are obliged to have this dam site,
or, at least, one as high up the river
as this, In order to get the water yer
to their newly alienated grant In the
western half Of the park"
"You've got 1t straight" said the
colonel.
"very good. Then they're simply
obliged to have your dam, Or DOM
you see the alternative now, c%olonel3'
Heavens to Betsyw exclaimed thu
breeder Of fine horses, bringing his fs'
down upon Williams desk with a crasf
that made the ink bottles dance. Ant
then: "What a lot of fence-posts W
are-the whole kit and brlin' Of us
II they get the dam, they sell water Il
US; II they don't get 1t, we sell . Il
them"
THAT'S it, exactly" Smith puSoS'
quietly. "And I should say that Jon
stake in the game is worth the stiles
fight you can make to save It. Don
you agree with meT
"Great JehuI I should say 30
calculated the amateur trust fighter
Then he broke down the barriers mas
terfully. "That settles 1t, Qnith. 70
can't wiggle out Of 1t now % way o
shape. You've got to COM v e Int
Macedonia and help US. Williams tell
me you refused him, but You can't n
fuse me-"
The Red Cloud chief., 1917-07-12
TRAINING BASES FOR TROOPS

American Soldiers In France Have
Been Provided For
FRUSTRATING bases for American
troops In France are ready for &C.
cupancy. They include aviation, ar
tillery, infantry and medical bases.
The section Of the battle front ever.
tually to be occupied by the Americans
has been approved by Major General
Pershing. The location is a military
secret and no actual time has been
specified for American participation in
the fighting. The battalion of United
States soldiers that took part in In
dependence day celebration in Paris
has begun training at its permanent
camp.
The Red Cloud chief., 1917-07-12

legs and bodies, sufficiently terrifying,
one would suppose, to a young woman
sitting calmly In an automobile a hun
dred yards away.
The struggle was short in Just pro-
portion to Its vigOr, and at the end Of
1t two of the trespassers were knocked
out, and Smith was dragging the third
over to the wagon, into which he pres
emily heaved the man as II he had
been q sack of meal. Miss Baldwin,
sitting in the car. saw her ally dive
into the covered wagon and come out
with q pair Of rifles. Pausing only
long enough to smash the guns, n
after the other, over the wagon wheel,
he started back after the two other
men. They were not waiting to be
carried to the wagon; they were up
and running In a wide semicircle to
| reach their hope of retreat unslain, II
that might be. 1t was all very brutal
and barbarous, no doubt, but the
c~olonel's daughter was Western born
and bred, and she clapped her hands
and laughed in sheer enthusiasm when
she saw Smith make q show Of chas-
ing the circling n
He did not return to her until after
he had pulled up the freshly driven
stakes and thrown them away, and by
that time the wagon, with the horses
dashed to a keen gallop, was disap-
pearing over the crest Of the northern
ridge.
"That's one way to get rid Of them,
isn't It'll" said the emancipated bank
man. loosely, upon taking his place
In the car to cramp 1t for the turn
"Was that something like the notion
you had In mind?"
"Mercy. nor she rejoined. And
then "Are you sure you are not hurtf'
"Not worth mentioning" he evaded
"Those buffers couldn't hurt anybody
so long as they couldn't get to theiI
guns"
"But you have saved the company a
your own expense. They will be SURE
to have you arrested"
; "We won't cross that bridge unit
we come to It." he returned. "If W.
were back In the country from which
, I have lately escaped, 1t would b.
!, proper for me to ask your permission
to drive you safely home. Since w
!, are not, I shall assume the permission
. . and do 1t anyway"
: "Oh, is that necessary" she asked
= meaning, as he took 1t, nothing NOR
. than %comradely depreciation at putin
him to the trouble Of 1t.
"Not absolutely necessary, perhap!
|, but decently prudent. You might dro
= me opposite the dam, but you'd hav
= to pass those fellows somewhere o
= the way, and they might try to max
~ 1t unpleasant for you"
- She made no further comment, an
~ he sent the car spinning along owe
|. the hills to the westward. A mi