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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18
Student Observer Dies After Fall.

MIAMI, Fla. March 1s.-Francis Elliott
Langdon of Boston. a student observer at
the naval aeronautical station here. died
early today at the city hospital as the re-
suit of injuries sustained Saturday when
his seaplane fell into Biscayne bay. Lang
don's back was broken by his fall. His
death was the first at the aeronautical
station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18
AUTO INJURIES ARE FATAL
TO WARREN 7. MITCHELL
Stenographic Reporter Dies in Bal
timore From Accident Near
That City.

Warren T. Mitchell one of the best
known stenographic reporters of Wash
ington, fatally injured in an autemo-
day night, died in St. Agnes Hospital,
that city, yesterday afternoon. Funeral
services will be held at his home. 1905
Kilbourne street northwest, at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon
Mr.. Mitchell was driving a touring
car on the Washington-Baltim boul-
evard- when it collided, near Hale
thorpe, with a three-and-a-haI-ton
motor truck. The car was wrecked and
overturned. Mitchell being pinned to
the ground under the steering wheel;
his two companions escaped serious in
jury.
A passing automobile helped to extri-
cate Mr.. Mitchell and carried him into
Baltimore to the hospital. There it was
found that his skull was fractured, and
his condition was recognized as serious.
CoDiding Truck Driven by Youth.
The motor truck belonged to the
Gladding Express Company Of Balti-
more and was operated by Earl Glad
ding. seventeen-year-old son of the
proprietor. Young Gladding was re-
leased following his arrest. The truck
was considerably damaged.
Mr.. Mitchell, as an expert in stenog-
raphy, was engaged in reporting many
public assemblies and became widely
known to men in official life. During
the past five years his work has been
principally directed to making reports
Of proceedings of conferences between
various railroad brotherhoods and
eastern railroad managers on impor-
tant wage issues.
He was a member Of the National
Association Of Shorthand Reporters and
of its committee on rates and charges.
At one time he was employed with the
Southern railroad and later with the
War Department
A graduate Of Central High School.
he had lived in Washington nearly all
his life. He was a member of the
Columbia Country Club.
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Plan FOR COOPERATION
Of THE CITY GARDENERS
Washington Associations Take Steps
to Bring Them Together
for Consultation.

With truck farmers In the vicinity
of Washington already cooperating to
increase production of food this sum-
mer, Washington's citizens associa-
lions tonight will take steps to bring
purpose.
The District Commissioners and the
garden committee of the District Coun-
Gil of Defense. of which Edward F.
Colladay is chairman. jointly have call
ed a meeting of officials of all citi-
zens' associations, to be held at 8
o'clock tonight in the boardroom of the
District building. when plans for city
gardening on a big scale will be dis
cussed.
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Would Cultivate Vacant Lots.

One solution suggested is that every
vacant plot of ground in the city be-
planted to offset the reduced acreage
that farmers will till.
Citizens associations tonight formally
will be appealed to to make a survey
OF all such vacant ground and conduct
a campaign of education among the
residents of the capital with the view
of developing city gardening to the
highest point possible. The task that
will be put up to these bodies is de-
clared by many to be the biggest OPP
portunity for effective war work that
has yet come to them.
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Two Facts Developed.

Since Mr.. Colladay's committee began
conferences with the farmers two i'm
portant facts have been developed. One
is that, on account of a shortage of
labor. truckers are planning this sea-
son to cultivate a third less acreage
than last year. The other is that there
will be about 100000 more persons in
Washington to be fed this summer than
there were last year. To devise plans
for feeding 100000 more persons with
third less ground under cultivation
is the serious problem facing Mr.. Col
laday's committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-18

To Strassburg belongs the doubtful
honor of having scored the worlds
high-price record for food since the
war began. In Strassburg market re-
Gently a large goose was sold for $40.
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late Leonard Underestimate, aged seventy
Funeral from her late residence 314 street
northeast, on Tuesday. March 19> at IL am.
Relatives and friends invited. Interment Pros
pect Hill cemetery.
TRouGHToN. On March 10. 1918 at his home
near Remington len h1 vs.: Of pneumon nI ED
Burial in the family lot at Bealeton cemetery.
Bealeton, Va.
VERNON. On Monday. March 49, 1918, at 7:45
am, EMMA, beloved wife of Charles E. Yer
E. Vernon, Ethel J. Vernon. Mrs. A. A.
Robey and Mrs. James McCauley.
Perhaps some day we win understand.
When meet again in the better land
'Tis hard when Cod calls one another.
But worst of all when he calls for mother.
BY FAMILY.
Funeral fyom her late residence, 726 18th street
northeast THURSDAY Mare, March a. at go.
terment private. 19'
residence, 217 G street southeast, AGNES,
beloved daughter of the late Thomas and
Funeral will be held from her late residence on
Tuesday. March 10. at pm. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Congressional ceme-
terry. is
WEBSTER. On Saturday, March 16. 1915 at
HIRAM. beloved husband of Elizabeth Web
ster aged sixty three years.
Funeral from the chapel Of J. William Lee, 332
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, Tuesday
March 10. at pm. Friends and relatives are
invited. 1nterment at Congressional GENE
terry. Automobile funeral.
WEIGH. On Sunday. March II. 1915 at am.
HARRIET F. WEIGH. widow of the late
Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm. from the house. 2134
street northwest Relatives and friends IN
vited.
residence. Al 4th street northeast, L. HART
LEY WILSON. in the seventy fourth year of
his age.
Funeral services will be held at Harry W
Bose Company's funeral parlors. on Tuesday,
March 10, at 1880 AIN.
In Memoriam.
BARNES. In sad but loving remembrance of my
dear friend, PETER BARNES. who departed
Though you are gone you are not forgotten;
miss you and mourn in silence unseen,
And dwell on the memories Of Joys that have
Ny heart has been sad and .onely ever since you
Forgotten BY some although you may be.
But the grave that holds Won 10 sacred to me.
BY HIS FRIEND. LULA FORD.
BECKETT. In sad bat loving remembrance of
who entered into rest ten years ago today.
March Is, 1908, and father. WILLIAM
BECKETT, February II. 1915. -
Death has robbed us Of our loved ones.
Whom we loved and cherished dear;
!, We was seIp Sas s ssd ass sesr
BIZ THEIR LOyNG -DAUGHZ1RA LouUAs
D 4. 2
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Cross rooms and the picture show in Clarendon are still closed on account of the epi- denies, but the pool rooms, shooting galleries and bowling allies are permitted to operate each night from 6 p. m. to mid night. Either of two solutions of this one-sided action of the State health authorities is sug- gested. Either the pool rooms etc. are favored for some reason or else the health authorities do not care a darn about the health
 and safety of those who ire
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men were provided. They are J. c. Campbell, religious work secretary at the Tent Area and the man who is given much credit for the great success of the Y information bureau dur ing the quarantine; Medley A. CoXs sey, building secretary at Y 35, and N. s. Gather of Y 39.
 Very little goes to waste at Camp Pike, even the tin cans are being saved for government uses. After they are emptied of vegetables soups, preserves or jams, all are carefully wash ed out with hot water and mashed down for baling pur- poses. Thousands of pounds of. this valuable tinplate scrap is thus salvaged from the re- fuse for army uses.
 Since the internal quaran- tine was raised at Camp Pike soldiers have been active in en- tertaining their comrades at the Y buildings during stunt night. Any quantity of excellent talent has been dug up by the various Y secretaries and the Talent Registry bureau of the army soldier quartettes, jazz bands, Hawaiian bands, glee clubs, singers, dancers, mOnOloguists, ventriloquists, slight of hand men, black face comedians, impersOnators, and elOcution- ists, ill fact every class of en- tertainerS has been found, and the shows given are the equal of any vaudeville ever given by civilians at the camp. Until the quarantine is raised no out
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side talent will be allowed to perform.
 Much enthusiasm has been created in the preparations for the soldier paper, Garry 0n'a which is to be started early next month. The paper is to edited, illustrated and manag- ed by soldiers and officers and is expected by Col. Charles Miller, the commanding officer, to be a great moral builder for the enlisted men. It will spec ialize in personal news of the various companies and is eY- pected to prove a popular link between the boys in camp and their families, a the latter will be kept thoroughly informed to camp doings by means 'Ofa the paper sent home by thea men Garry On" will be. the Camp Pike edition of thel Trench and Camp.
 E. l.. HAYNES.
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quent such places. However that the disease will spread from person contracting it in a pool room just as rapidly as as from one who contracts it in church or school cannot we'll be disputed and the menace to the health of the community is just as great in either case.
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TO JUDGE TRICE'S CREDIT

The following is part of Judge Trice's report to Monroe County Quorum Court last week and in view of the fact that it deals with the present financial conditions of Monroe county and the Judge had to do with materially improving the conditions, Pm reminding the Judge that. his good services will not soon be forgotten by the tax payers.
 It reads thus
 It is a well known matter of record that when 1 went into of flee the county owed a debt of $197, 7,000, and the road fund had been overdrawn $39, 9,000, mak- ing total debt of $236. 1000. County warrants were selling as 25 cents on the dollar and road warrants at 50 cents. This en- ormous debt and the cheapness of warrants kept me from mak- ing improvements that l would liked to have made, but nOtwith standing this l have kept the machinery running and have built as many bridges as any of my predecessors.
 It is with a great deal of pride that 1 am able to state to this honorable body that the cOun- ty indebtedness has been dimin- ished year by year until we owe $64,740 on the court house and S10,2043.9S on outstanding war rants, making a total debt of | 74,943.9S as per the county clerks financial statement. The $39,00 road debt has long since been wiped out.
 This increase in the revenues of the county for the past two years amounted to less than $70,000. Hence it can be readi- , ly seen that aside from this the debt has been greatly reduc- ed and expenses diminished.
 In connection with this, how ever, l wish to offer my recon mendation that the provision ] for the double or increased valu alton on property for county I purposes be continued and that no effort be made to thwart the decree of the U. $. Supreme
 Court, commanding it done, uIl-
 til the entire debt of the county shall be paid. cannot see how
 any business man could object
 to complying with the mandate of the supreme court. Fol while the citizens of the county are paying their part of the tax the non-residents the railroads and the public service corpora tions are paying 40 per cent oi
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WARNING ORDER.

In the Monroe County Chan cery Court.
 I. Scholem & Go. ct al, plala- tiffs, vs. Clifford Robinson e al, defendants. The d e f e Il q a nj, Carhs Thompson, is hereby warned v appear in this court within tnn' ty days and answer the con' plaint of the plaintiffs. This the 18th day of oel 1918.
 R. A. HOLLOWAY
 Clerk c. Otis Bogle, Atty. for Plaintiffs.
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the amount. By continuing this plan it will keep scrip at par and prevent spectators from deal ing in scrip and in two more years put the county over the top.
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HAPPENINGS AT CAMP PIKE

All Monroe county soldier
 boys as well as Arkansas boys from the other states now at Camp Pike are to be permit ted to exercise their voting franchise in the general cleo
 ton. Notice was given Thurs
 cav that the Y. M. c. A. audi torium had been obtained by
 the Camp Personnel Officer, Captain Rohn, November End.
 Every soldier who is a qualified
 electOr in his state can cast his vote, this rule applying
 both to enlisted men and also officers, and the particular sys- tenn authorized by the laws of the various states will be Ob- served, so as to render the bal lot absolutely secret. Already the secretaries of state at New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and one or two other states sent their ballot boxes and Arkansas and Louisiana boxes will probably arrive next week. The largest vote in the camp will be probably cast by Iowa soldiers provided tl.ey have not left.
 Visitors from all sections of Arkansas Oklahoma, and ad- joining states have been arriv- ing at Camp Pike lately be- cause of letters that the boys expect soon to start over there. Hundreds of such persons were looked after by the Y. M. c. A. information bureau during the week, the largest rush being on Sunday when wives and sweet hearts, mothers, brothers, fath- CTS. cousins, and just "plain friends" made up the crowds. Half a dozen Tin LiZzies were kept busy taking the near real atives of the soldiers up to the barra eks, in cases where reg ll]ations prevented their com ing to the camp entrance. The usual stone wall gatherings were held and in spite of the fact that a sentry walked be- tween the soldiers and their lady-loves there were many interesting episodes
 Preparatory to the launch ing of the United War Activi- ties Drive in Arkansas and states, the Y. M C. A., Knights Of Columbus and other war workers are arranging i o r numbers of well qualified speak CTS to tour the state. Four more Y secretaries were re- quisitioned by State Chairman Ribenack last Thursday, in ad- dition to the eight already pro- vided by Camp Pike, and al though the Army Y here is working shorthanded three
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ILLIAM B. FOLSOM, Editor
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oscription Price $2.00 Per Year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-04
WILLIAM FREER DIES
AT HOME OF HIS SON
Longtime Resident and Govern.
ment Employe Succumbs to Com
plication of Diseases.

William Freer. longtime resident
and government employee of Washing
ton, died Saturday afternoon from a
complication OF diseases at the resi-
dence of his son, G. y. Freer, 16l V
street northeast. He had been in i'll
health for a number of years and crit
ically i'll for the past four months.
Mr.. Freer was born in Baltimore
March ~. 1854. His father. William
Freer, at one time was employed in
the navy yard and served in the civil
war.
Mr.. Freer entered the service of the
State department in 1885 as a tinsmith,
and when that shop was abolished he
became messenger to Alvey 4. Adee,
second assistant secretary of state,
whom he served for number of years
He also served as messenger to Secre-
taries of state John Hay and Elihu
Root. and later became connected with
the division of foreign intelligence Of
the state Department.
MFR. Freer is survived b. his widow.
Mrs. Eliza beth J. Freer, and five sons
James +. Freer. G. Albert Freer
Charles c. Freer. Harry i. Freer and
Robert +. Freer. the latter recently
appointed vice consul at Bristol, Eng
land,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-04
WOMEN DURING LENT
PREPARE FOR WAR SERVICE
Employ Mornings at Mason House
on Goth Street-Activities
Are Varied.

Washington women are employing
the mornings of the Lenton season in
preparing for war service at the Theo-
10th street northwest.
Classes in preparation for surgical
dressings are being conducted there
by Miss Mary W. Cox, Red Cross nurse
Reconstruction classes, intended TO
tit women to teach wage-earning trades
and crafts to those who may be blinded
or crippled in the war. also are we'll
stalled on the second. floor, and some
students already have become pro-
ficient in the simpler forms of weaving.
This class is taught by Mrs. Albert
Wenzel. Small hand looms also are
being installed, on which students can
learn to instruct men who are bed
ridden.
second class in reconstruction is
taught by A. J. Ramisch of Columbi
Polytechnic Institute, himself blind,
who is instructing pupils in Gaming
chairs, netting hammocks and making
bags.
Miss Kathleen Mackin of Drexel In
stitute is conducting classes in dietetlcS,
canteen. food conservation and ma
tional economics. The aim of the last
mentioned classes is to instruct women
in food economies and to assist them
in carrying out the requests of the food
administration respecting wheatless
and meatless days and meals.
AS war measure classes in type
writing and stenography have been
started. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-04
HAS ITS FIRST REHEARSAL.
Musical Comedy by Local Talent tt
Be Given at Camps.

The Modern Cinderella, the musical
comedy which is to be presented at the
various camps around Washington, was
rehearsed for the first time yesterday
afternoon at Studio Hall. The first
presentation of the production will be
given Tuesday, March 10. at the Ameri-
can University camp, under the man
agement of Robert Bell, producing
manager of the entertainment COM
mittee of the war camp community
service.
c. OConnor is directing the chorus.
Members of the cast include Miss Mary
MINK, Miss Madeline Merkling, Mrs.
Lillian Clayborn. Marks Kahn, Edward
Muth, Franklin Myers, Westly Peck
man and Franklin Knock.
The chorus is composed of Misses
Gladys Fineg. Dorothy Ryder. Ellen
Kenealy, Edith Luckie, Marie Sweeney,
Katherine W. O'Brien. Lucille Alexan-
der and Mary Jones.
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Lansburgh Bro.--Come and View the Vast Assemblage
of Beautiful Styles That Dame Fashion Has Produced
for the Spring Season, 1915
HelpWanted
in all departments
at once
Saleswomen
and
Statesmen
Editorial

We once heard OF man. when
told by one OF his employees
that she was going to work
in d store. snceringly re-
marked, oh, department
store
Poor fellow, If he did possess
ONE idea if must have been
terribly lonesome up there
all by itself. There wouldn't
have been room for two
anyway.
The other day we picked up a
little squib written by Marx
{. Kahn OF this store. We
publish it to show the type
OF mind that prevails in this
great institution. \ mind
that is not confined to the
four walls OF our large build
ing.
Now for the ode to our flag:
Behold the emblem OF our coun-
try. the greatest flag of the
greatest nation in the world.
May it ever wave over free
and Hberty-loving people May
il ever represent the highest
ideals of American manhood,
the loftiest standards OF eXalt-
ed womanhood, the purest prln-
ciples OF equal democracy. May
its generous folds, blessed. by
Almighty God and slorifed by
our forefatherS. ever succor and
support. at home and abroad,
on land and on sea, suffering
mankind. struggling for human
rights. human freedom and
human advancement
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BOOK. On Sunday March 3, 1918. at 3:45 n NJ,
D0RINDA A. beloved wife of Henry Book.
Notice of funeral later.
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GOAT-ROOSTER REVEILLE PUTS
NEIGT1BOR1OOD IN ANGRY MOOD
Early Morning 'Doodle-doos" and "B-a-as
Bring Call on Policeman, Who Thinks
He's Being ''Kidded'

A rooster that insists on waking the
sun every morning just as residents of
| the neighborhood are getting their
| beauty maps is bad enough. A goat
that thinks highly of its own vocal
| abilities is worse. And the combina
| ton of the two in a cock doodle
| ba-a-a-a" duet before even the milk
mans wagon has ratified along, is the
, final and ultimate limit-at least in the
| opinion of residents of that block of
New York aenue between North Cap
itoI and 1st streets northwest.
! Not long ago a resident of the block,
| thinking to make a start in the poultry
! business. acquired a. fowl of the male
| persuasion. Installed in his new own
er's back yard, the rooster speedily
aroused the resentment of the neigh
! bors by staging one-hour concerts at
| ght and again at ) o'clock in the
morning.
Enter, the Billy Goat.
A little later another neighbor with
| funny ideas gathered unto himself a
| goat, also of the sex that votes without
| the aid of a constitutional amendment
eSterdaS morning "ulIe the goat
was slumbering peacefully in his own
| backyard, the rooster, in the yard ad-
| joining, woke, bethought himself that
it was all nonsense for people to be
| sleeping at that time of morning and
started something. Fiapping his wings
as ROSTERS always do as a sort of
"vamp' to their vocal numbers. the
| rooster emitted a clarion ''cock-a-
doodle-doo"
The somnolent goat came out of his
slumbers with jump. over the fence
he saw the rooster organizing for an
other raid on slumber'S trenches. The
rooster crowed; the goat waggled his
beard The rooster crowed again, and
this time the goat lifted his own voice,
tremolo stop pulled out by the roots. in
a resounding ''ba-a-a-a-a" that echoed
through the chill and silent dawn.
split the ante-sunrise quiet wide open
and brought all the neighbors out of
bed for a closeup of the cause of the
riot.
Neigh borhood Awakened.
Windows shot up all along the line