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gress. He took the party to the read
| ing room. one of the finest things OF
| the kind earth. And the party was
impressed. Especially one of them.
This particular person craned his neck
| up and down and sideways. and then
gave utterance to this classic phrase:
Lord, what a beer garden this would
make"
The printed statements concerning
the recent republican caucus in the
House of Representatives have been
rather tame little paragraphs. utterly
oblivious to the real truth concerning
the situation. which appears printed
here for the first time. 1t is descrip-
ton by an eye witness. a member of
the House for many years. This Is
what he said. when asked about the
caucus:
ut was marvellous. I left at about
midnight and at that time no less than
eight, and it may have been nine, MEM
bers were on their feet. each one per-
forming the marvellous gesture OF
shaking his finger at the chairman OF
the caucus and at all the rest of the
eight or nine simultaneously and each
one demanding the attention of the
chair, and the chairman was standing
in his place declaring he was utterly
impartial and would settle this matter
in the right way"
what were they talking about?"
asked the member.
"Oh. they didn't say. They were just
talking
When it comes to the art of writing
bread-and- butter letters. let us COM
mend to the up-to-date modern school
of thought this newly discovered prize
in the way of the realistic style of
thanking your hosts. 1 have in mind
and wife. They stayed at the home
of the husbands relatives, were taken
to various places of interest, had
party given for them, ct cetera, ct
cetera.
One month later the household thus
entertaining the visitors received a
letter from the wife, and as nearly as
1 can remember. shis was the opening
sentence:
Dear Blank: We arrived here some
place like home. and 1 feel as if I
never wanted to leave it again."
When it comes to the tales of the
veteran police reporter, take 1T from
NE the man who has the grandest col
lection is one Ed HUMPHREYS, who is a
veteran of the veterans. They say he
was covering police the night OF the
massacre of st. Bartholomew, and was
the first to greet Chris Columbus when
they finally. took him back In chains.
He turned in the alarm when Mother
Leary's COW turned over the lamp, and
was on the job when the first attempt
was made to steal the crown jewels
from the Tower of London.
So when Ed tells police story one is
forced to listen, even though it does
take a perfect faith to believe the story.
Now this tale, for instance-but judge
for yourself. The veteran says it hap
pened:
He was a rookie policeman. Just
been on the force a few days. and one
of the first things he had to do was to
shoot a cart horse-a broken leg had
laid the poor old animal on the ground.
So the green policeman fired seven
shots into the animal, and then, dis
corning signs of life, went into a fire
engine house opposite and borrowed a
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there to college, but later returned to
the town and taking an interest in
civic affairs became the chief of the
works.
and with it the brass bands, the beer
and the grand doings of the reunions,
Mayor Brown was on the job. The po-
lice rounded up six hoboes and took
them before Mayor Brown. who was to
pass judgment on them. This is what
he said to them:
1T won't do you any good to fine
you. for that simply makes you hustle
out among the crowds and pick some
pockets. 1t won't do you any good to
send you on to the next community,
because that Is simply turning you
loose in fresh fields. But here's what
I'm going to do. You six fellows re-
port tomorrow morning at the class of
80 tent You'll get Job singing beer
for a week. If you all do 1t all right,
you'll get dollar and a quarter day
apiece, your food and enough beer to
keep you satisfied.
steals one stein. or takes one drink of
whisky. or gets rough in any way. I'll
give the whole six of you thirty days
apiece with hard labor. See? Hard
labor? Now get OUT
And to the glory of Ninety-Six, may
it be said that never in the history of
reunions has so much beer been so well
served as during that week in that
tent.
- as sss Is
When Bill Hassett was a newspaper
reporter he worked on sheet in
Mortified. VT, which paid strict atten-
ton to detail. Therefore one day
when Bill was all a-glitter and aglow
over an episode in the police end of the
daily news he wrote something like
this:
'W hen Cyrus Hardapple started to
build a fire in the store stove this
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There in the doorway was the horse.
revolver and five cartridges. He shot
these into the horse and left. 1t was
growing dusk, however, so he went to
the engine, house later and borrowed
in case night fell and the animal had
not been removed. He tied a rope to
the lantern and anchored it to the
horses neck.
Then several hours passed. and no
one had come to pick up the dead horse.
In the meantime the firemen at the
engine house went to bed, leaving one
man on duty on the ground floor. He
sat at table reading.
Suddenly his tongue Glove to the
roof of his mouth and his heart froZe
There in the doorway was the horse,
standing bolt upright. with a red Ian
tern burning and hanging by a rope
from his neck. The fireman, who had
seen twelve bullets emptied into the
animal. uttered low moan and col
lapsed.
And the next morning. when they
went to remove the horse from the
spot where he had been shot twelve
times. they found it had utterly dis
appeared. Later the animal was found,
stone dead. lantern still burning,
around the corner in vacant lot
q = - Il
At Princeton, in the riotous and jubi-
liant days at the end of the scholastic
year. when the commencement crowds
flock into the little burg and the
voice of the Old Grad is heard from
under the class reunion tents, there are
always to be found tramps and ho-
boes who are drawn there by the
crowds. They pick pockets. now and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
ALEXANDR|AAFFA|RS
Winners in Defamation and,
Debating Contests An
nOunCed. MAf

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA. Va. February B.
Taylor Murphy was the winner OF the
defamation contest conducted by the
Alexandria High School Literary So
ciety. which held its annual declaiming-
and debating contest tonight in the
lecture room of Trinity NJ. Z. Church.
Mr.. Murphy detained Robert Inger-
soils Declaration of Independence"
Others participating in the contest.
were willard Blewett, Waller Barrett
and John Curtin.
As a result OF winning the contest.
Mr.. Murphy will represent the high
school society at the annual inter
scholastic event which will be held in
Richmond February %, and which will
be participated in by students from
the various high schools Of the state
In the debating contest Miss Gladys
Rodgers and William Morton, who took
the negative side of the subject discussed.
were the winners. Those taking the az
frmative side were Edwin Brawner and
Hugh Murphy.
prize by the Richmond Dispatch.
The subject debated affirmed that the
federal government should own and con-
troll the telegraph and telephone lines
of the United States.
The judges Of the contest were Frank
&C. Steward and Norman A. Fufburro.
Washington. and John NJ. Johnson Of this
city.
Many students friends and parents OF
the students and members of the faculty
Of the high school were in attendance
Arranging for Inaugural Parade.
Plans for participating in the IN
augural parade in Washington. March
5. were discussed by a number Of Fair
fax county horsemen at a meeting hold
this afternoon in the office of George
X Pickett. which was presided over by
Mr.. Pickett, with James Roberts, 1r..
as secretary.
A committee composed Of George K
Pickett. James Roberts. jr.. and Carroll
Pierce was named to interview Chair
man Harper of the inaugural commit
Fairfax horsemen. Attending the
meeting were a number OF Alexan-
drians.
The members of branch No. ss. Green
Glass Bottle Blowers Association to-
night rendered a banquet o John U.
SchwarZmann. manager of the Old
Dominion Glass Company, at Wash
ington cafe.
Addresses Scheduled.
Gypsy Smith, jr., and Representative
Charles C. Carlin will address the men,
bers of Emmanuel Bible class of Christ
P. E. Church. of which Judge L. c.
Barley is leader. at s o'clock Monday
night in the parish hall OF that church.
Admission will be by invitation only
owing to the limited seating capacity
of the hall.
Mrs. John n. Culbertson. former
missionary to India, at Z o'clock to-
morrow night will address the men,
bers of the Epworth League of the NJ.
E. Church South. Mrs. Culbertson is
president of the Woman's Interdenomi-
national Missionary Union of Washington.
The annual meeting of the board of
trustees of the Alexandria Hospital
will be held at o'clock Monday night
in the rooms of the chamber of COM
merce. at which time officers and an
executive committee will be chosen.
Reports also will be submitted by the
various officers.
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dered on ahead into the dining room.
the friend said in loud whisper to
one of the hat pirates:
DO Won know who that is?"
NO." readily answered the H. P.
That's the Secretary of War"
Whereupon the little H. P. looked the
Secretary up and down and replied:
You wouldn't think it to look at him,
now. would you?"
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morning he was interrupted by voice
from the chimney asking him please to
desist. Upon investigation Cyrus
chimney for several hours
The police believe the tramp had
tried to enter the grocery store by way
Upon reading this the editor called
for Mr.. Hassett:
This is all right, Bill" he said, but
don't you think the tramp really might
have been born and raised in the fiue?"
An enthusiastic Milwaukee man called
at the Navy Department one day last
week in an effort to get one of the COM
ing battle cruisers named the Milwau-
kee. to replace the present cruiser of
that name. now lying on Pacific coast
shoal, wrecked and useless. He did not
meet much announcement, and the
worst blow of all came from Robert
Zachary of the Brooklyn Eagle:
Don't you know" said Mr.. Zachary"
that this administration cannot see its
way clear to naming a ship after the
greatest beer town in the world, when
all the good that will come from it will
be to drive the sailors crazy with
thirst-and not the slightest chance of
a drop of anything but lemonade"
In the National Museum a day or two
ago 1 saw a sweet lady standing there
in front of a case in which a finely
arranged group of African lions were
exhibited. She studied them carefully,
and then turned with an air of f1nality
to her escort.
Don't you see how nice and kind
lions look. I wouldn't be afraid to
meet one face to face. Why, they have
ever so much kinder faces than cows.
To me cows are fierce. l run whenever
1 see one. They have such set look
about the jaws
There you are Brave as a lioni Bah,
And atop of this comes Crosby Nc
Carthy with a letter from a dealer in
lions:
Il have a fine lion," says the letter,
(which 1 will sell for 5000. He is a
little weak in the hind legs ."
Step up, gentlemen, and get weak
faced old lion with a poor rear fen
der.
IS Ss As Sc
Secretary of War Baker tells this one
about himself
He was at lunch in Cincinnati not
long ago with a friend. They went to
a hotel where the leading decoration
seems to be two extraordinarily pretty
little girls who take your hat and coat
and give you check and work their
eyes till you give them half a dollar
/ for a tip.
The other man wanted to make a hit
with these girls. AS Mr. Baker wan
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That he could see nothing but war as
the outcome of the sinking of an Amer
lean ship by German submarine, as
told in news dispatches late yester-
day, was the assertion of Justice STAN
ton J. Peelle, in an address at the
lean ship by German submarine as
ington College Of Law at Rauscher's
last evening. Justice Peelle, who is
president of the board of trustees of
the institution, spoke on the serious
ness of the situation; deplored the fact
that such a crisis had arrived, and
voiced his belief that the American
people would stand united and strong
throughout the events which may come
during the next year. He said he would
volunteer his services for what they
might be worth.
Saying that he had just learned of the
sinking of the American ship with
Americans on board, the speaker de-
clared he appreciated the seriousness of
that in which we are to engage very
soon."
Declaring he knew what must come
following what came from our good
President today" Justice Peelle said:
IT have no doubt but that a council is
going on now in the White House."
"People Will Not Shirk."
"If we reflect on our history since the
civil war we can see how our people
have lived without war without an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

then. steal things from automobiles
and the like. and the towns small po-
lice department is usually hard put to
cope with them.
But the quaint old college town has a
new mayor-Brown, his name is. and he
is a graduate of the university. in the
class of SO. I believe. He was not
resident of Princeton when he went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

gress. He took the party to the read
ing room. one of the finest things of
the kind on earth. And the party was
impressed. Especially one of them.
This particular person craned his neck
up and down and sideways. and then
gave utterance to this classic phrase:
Lord, what beer garden this would
maker
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army and without a navy" said the
speaker. who himself is a veteran of
the great conflict between the north and
the south. II wish for you young men
In this assembly tonight nothing better
der a musket. Yet I am pleased to
think that when this country faces
these conditions the people will
not shirk. When the rights Of Ameri-
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REQUEST for Action Withdrawn.

This resulted in Mr.. Clayton with
drawing his request for immediate ac-
ton, the resolution being referred for
report to the committee on public
health
Authorization was given the commit
tee on law and finance to prepare bills
for the repeal of the Borland law rela-
tive to street assessments and for the
esa blishment in the District of the Tor
rens land title system. Both measures
will be introduced in Congress at the
instance of the federation during the
present session.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
Some Facts About
Richmond's Trade
Farmers Win Money 10 Spend;
Notes OF Business All
Along The Line.

Farmers marketing sun-cured leaf
tobacco in Richmond during October
received for the same s2s2.7ll.ol. For
they received s25s.75O. AL OF these
tobacco growers trade with the retail
merchants OF this city.
The bright weather OF last week
gave the early Christmas shoppers.
and all other shoppers. a hne oppor-
tunity TO keep the retailers busy, and
the said retailers did big week S
business.
Speaking about Christmas shop-
ping: The people are really doing
being constantly admonished 50 10 do.
Thousands of presents Will go to the
military camps and Somewhere in
France" All OF these are. of course.
being bought early, and then. fear OF
continued growth In prices inspires
buyers OF home presents to move early.
In these war times the real estate
men are not doing the land office"
business they used to be familiar with.
but during the past week there was
considerable activity. and not little
property changed hands.
The adoption Of meatless day for
at least once week has materially
affected the sales Of beef. pork and
mutton. but It has correspondinEly In
creased sales of fish, oysters. eggs and
poultry. and the market men. as
whole, have lost nothing so far.
Richmcnd 1obbers are doing n good
business in spite of war times and war
prices. However. the country mer-
chants who buy stocks here are trim
ming their orders, but making them
oftcner, and so the volume OF business
keeps up.
The gun shops and ammunition stores
are doing a real land office business,
and this In spite OF the fact that war
has caused their goods to advance in
price more than anything else. The
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
RAILROADS SUFFERERS
FROM WAR CONDITIONS
Net Income for Eight Months Shows
Decrease OF IL Per Cent
From Last Years.
MUST HAVE QUICK RELIEF
Increased Cost OF Labor, Supplies
and Maintenance Held RESPONSE
bic for Conditlons--Cannot Main
tain Service, They Say.

Showing that railways are among
he greatest sufferers from war condi-
lions. statement complied by the
3urcuu OF Railway Economics at Wash
lrston liz just out Tho statement In
ntateH a decrease at ~ per cent In
Get operating income or the Eastern
group OF roads for the eight months
sndiDg August 81. 1917. aa compared
with that OF the Rame period In lylG.
This. too. IL In spite OF the fact thut
gross earnings were 81 per cent
-reater than for the I9IG period.
congressional Legislation against the
'ailrolds. Increased labor cost. higher
oriccs for fuel and other supplies. in
'reased cost Of mhintenance made
neCossary by the strain OF moving
troops and war supplies. all have
slsred their part In bringing the once
rrofitahl, propcrtira to the point that
hey declare III relief is not given the
roads VIII not be able 10 maintain
;,nir present service.
The labor question IL determined
eigely by the Adanson act Against
his tho railways have no complaint IL
hey are allowed to increasc their
"even3- sufficiently TO meet the demand
e higher labor cost But, They con
end. rs an additional hardship pro-
!ucers OF fuel and other supplies are
being permitted To charge item 40
hauvtly that. with the added labor cost,
they are finding 81 hard TO make both
ends meet. About four months ago
contracts for supplies expired FOR most
OF tho roads In the East. Since that
time they have been compelled TO buy
III tho oDcn market Prices for every
thing they buy have Increased until,
In some Instances. thoy are double those
under old contracts.
Such coalition. II is pointed out,
can result only In weakening the roads
"t time when their maximum strcngt n
~ demanded In defense of the nation.
Al no Time In the history OF the coun-
ny, has good railroad service been 80
vital to Its needs; for now the whole
fabric OF the structure planned for
war making is founded upon the theory
ma the railways can stand the strain,
Hay railway men. This they will not
Do able TO do. officials declare. unless
Increased revenue In permitted.
The Bureau OF Railway Economics
obtains It's Information from reports
made by railroads TO the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
MAKING OUR OWN DYES;
SHIPPING SOME ABROAD
New Buniness the War Has Brought
This Conntrr-aichmeu VIII
Get Info

New buaine.. the War Has Brought
This Conntr.-.itchm end VIII
Get Into 1t.
Richmond has not gone extensively
into the dye-stun business us yet but
II IL fneling its way along that line an
entirely now line. 1t may lie said. IN
this country. For the first time in
the history OF the country the United
States has become exporters OF aniline
dyes and the customs authorities have
had to use new classification since
the beginning OF the present fiscal
year. Shipments OF aniline dyes in
one month amounted To sto7.l06. Com
mcrce reports. of New York I'm an ar
ticle on this subject, says:
OF all tho Industries created or de-
veloped as direct result OF war con-
d'ltons. mono has shown more rapid
progress than American dycstuffs.
From only seven establishments in
which 52S people were engaged in pro-
ducing 6!6l9.729 pounds Of coal tar
colors. valued at sl.l26639 in 1914. the
industry has developed until now Il
not only supplies the domestic demand
Tor colors. but has even invaded tho
foreign market in European neutral
and allied countries. No other article
or commerce more vitality affects a
greater number of industries than do
coal tar dyes, and very few articles
rival them In complexity OF manufac-
ture. AT the outbreak OF the war the
it tne WAY OF soon providing
adequate domestic supplies seemed in
surmountable: yet In the short space
OF three years scores of plants covering
many acres of ground have been
erected: numerous byproduct coke
ovens have been equipped to furnish
the necessary raw materials; thousands
of workmen have been trained; special
machinery has been designed. built and
installed: hundreds Of chemists and
chemical engineers have given their
entire time to the unfamiliar work
connected with color production; ex-
detrimental research has been inaugu-
rated for perfecting processes and ma
chinery and the possible discovery of
new colors; organization, consol!da-
lions. and alliances have been effected
within the industry to further increase
output at decreased cost; and 1t Is I'M
derstood In the trade that plans are
under way for entering foreign markets
on large scale.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
Electric Light for Country uom.

sale was recently made In this
CITY or complete Edison electric
!ishting system 10 John g. Hopkins
1r" i"r MS country home Mt Grecn-
wood. in Aibemarle County. Mr.. Hon
kins Is building there handsome
nome. which is being equipped with
ZIG lights. He las the storage bat
'erS system by which the current IS
stored and drawn on when needed. The
current cai also BE used to run two
small ice machines. garage pump,
cutilht irocs. hahnE dishes. etc. and.
altogether, gives "a country pluc. ali
on Inc electrical advantages as 81 civ
acme using general city current.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
FIuctuntlon. Of silver Bor,

Bar silver took sudden jump in
New York one day last week. and 1t
stays up. 1t jumped nearly cents an
ounce. going close to 81 cents. This
rise followed n similar one in London,
where silver is the current unit of ex-
change.
Silver has been subject to feverish
fluctuations in recent months, rising
from about So cents to s1.081-2 from
that level 1t broke steadily in the last
few weeks to around 80. The phe-
nomenal rise of August and September
was attributed to heavy demands from
foreign interests, including tho French
government, and the relatively small
supply available.
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Some Insurance Figures BE Thcne.
james D. Craig. president of tho Cas-
ualty Actuarial and Statistical Society
o! America, says that war insurance Of
soldiers may reach $4,000. 100000, com
pared with $4,000 600. 900 total insur-
ance in force in the United States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
cny,s wonacrfnl shipping Fac,,,tle..

The remark0bIe EroWth OF the stove
manufacturing business In this city is
largely due to Richmonds wonderful
shipping facilities. 1t is thus made
possible for the manufacturers OF these
naturally heavyweight goods to ship
TO the North and compete right on the
ground with Northern manufacturers.
This partly explains why the Cameron
Stove Company had to enlarge their
plant in South Richmond thrce years
ago, and why they are now planning
to enlarge again. This time they will
double its present size and capacity.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05

hunting season commenced on the first.
and that is the explanation.
Homemakers in t,:cse parts are talk
Ing the advice of the expert conser.
Vi'ors and postponing the erection of
homes. bit the lumber dealers are no,
iackirE for trade. Uncle Sam is JUS,
now a big buyer of lumber. and right
well he knows how promptly the Rich
mOnd lumber men fill orders for hin,