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r -fa HerIi. bM tjte fcrgr mefwag heme' circtriedesand prjsts all the sews, of the XwkL eaih day, in atrtk)p-to exclusive featwes. Pair iuAatv aiirl tn-flvtrrniv! -avierate--spsth -to-west -wiais. . Tcieper&tnres -yesterday Mixi- rnum, '45 ; mmiroufl' 25. . NO. 2247S. WASHINGTON. D. "C, SATURDAY, NTOMBER 30. 1912. -SIXTEEN PAGES. ONEJCEST Tffi D TROOPS OF FIVE EUROPEAN NATIONS CALLED TO Gtrmany, Austria, Russia, Roumania and Servia Make Active War PreparationsGonti ' nental Chancellories in Turmoil. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS STILL CONTINUE Eperiat CaMe'ta Da Waahtastoe Solid. Constantinople, Sov. 29. Following a meeting of the council ministers which adjourned at 10 o'clock to-night thePorte issued, the following statement: "The pourparlers at Baghtche are proceeding in a satisfactory manner and there is reason to hope that an armistice may be signed in a day or two." The grand vizier had an audience with the Sultan to-day and also visited the Bussian'and British Ambassadors. London, Nov. 29. Active war measures by Germany, Austria, Roumania, and Servia proceeded to-day after an apparent lull of two days, and to-night the conflict which the European chancellories, have been trying to avert is no longer a possibility,, but a probability. Meantime the Bulgar-Turkish conflict on the Tchatalja lines has been Tesumed with renewed fury. two entire Turkish divisions near the village of Marhamli, between Dedaghatche and Demotica, and captured the entire force, consisting of about 10,000 men, including two generals and 300 officers. Eight mounted guns, with" several thousand horses and great quantities of ammunition were captured. A general mobilization order was issued late to-day, according to advices from Bucharest. RESERVES CALLED TO COLORS. Eight thousand German rcserosts were ordered to-day to beready to join the colors. Replying to a question as to the preparedness of Germany for war, Gen. Josias von Heeringen,- - the German war minister, said ten day in the German Parliament: It end r toe. "War. "I can give the' positive assurance that everything necessary for the eventuality of war .has been done." A dispatch from Riga' states that all the Austrian reservists, residing: In the Baltic provinces have beSn .recvlled. KaMlnm Itunh Stabilization. The Russian ministers are energetic ally pushing their war plans. Mobi lized on the frontier In the vicinity of 1he points of centralization of the Aus trian forces are 60.000 Russian troops ready for Instant duty In the field. Albania, having proclaimed her In dependence, to-day asked Austria's aid in repelling the Servian occupation. This action very plainly pleased Italy. which country may yet be drawn Into the Imbroglio. The Servian government, in view of the hard fighting done by the Servian troops against the Turks, Is showln; amazing alacrity in mobilizing formid able forces and rushing them to the chief objective points. Servia Ready for War. Despite the Turkish campaign, with which she may not yet be done. Servia Is taking every precauUon to be able to do the lion's share of fighting in a second, and far greater, conflict. The Danube division has already occupied in trenched positions near the town of Se mendria. The war office has called out the recruits of 1913 and ISM. and the ranks of the Turkish prisoners are be ing searched for Christian soldiers will ing to enlist In the new cause. Hun dreds of such Christians have been found. According to the Vienna Reichpost, the Servians plan another Tchalatja line of defense, and with that end In view cattle and cereals are being, requisition ed and rusher to that point! There are already 100,000 Servian troops encamped i nthe vicinity and the number Is rap idly being swelled. Announcing the taking of the Adriatic port. Gen. Jankovltch, the Servian com rrander. telegraphed to Belgrade this statement: "We have taken Durazzo for per petulty." The Austrian premier to-day announc ed the speedy Introduction of at least three measures providing for moouiza t'.on requirements. BABBI DENIES STORIES OF MASSACRES OF HEBREWS BY GREEKS The Greek Legation in Washington has been officially informed of a letter received by Prince Nicholas of Greece, from the Grand Rabbi of Salonlki, In which the rabbi expresses his indigna tion against thp calumnies spread by the Turks and other Interested parties to the effect that the Greek soldiers committed outrages against the He brew population and synagogues of that country. - The rabbi has Informed the prince ancTleadlng representatives of the He brew race In Europe that the Greek authorities have established perfect or der In Salonlki, and have everywhere extended protection to the Hebrew race. 5IUDENTS STORM EMBASSY. St Petersburg. Nov. S. Peace reserves were called out to-day to quell a demon stration at the Austrian Embassy by Russian students. Anti-Austrian senti ment Is at a white heat among the stu dents In the city who are holding mass meetings calling upon the government to assume an aggressive attitude. ADRIANOFLE NEAR TO FAIL. Sofia, Nov. 23. The Bulgarians have been steadily advancing on Adrlanople through last night and to-day, and "now their most advanced lines are within 1,100 yarns of the inner city. .iiifeaiJtoaiii'j COLORS The Bulgarians to-day enveloped JURY HOLDS HYDE. GUILTY, OF BRIBERY Former New York Gily Cham berlain Taken to the the Tombs. VERDICT LATE AT NIGHT Political Adviser of Major Gaynor Convicted on Charges of Bank President. New York, Nov. 29. Charles H. Hyde, former city chamberlain and protege of Mayor Gaynor, was to-night convicted of bribers', the punishment for which is ten years' Imprisonment or $10,000 fine. or both at the discretion of the court. The verdict of the Jury was rendered at 11:39 p. m. after the Jury had been In actual deliberation 44 minutes. Hyde, until a year ago chief political adviser of Mayor Gaynor. and one of the leading spirits In his administra tion, received the verdict of the Jury sitting, the usual rule of forcing the defendant and Jurors to stand having been Ignored In his case. He turned deathly pale, but evidenced no other sign of emotion. The crime for which Hyde was con' victed consisted of forcing President Rob in, "of the defunct Northern Bank. make a large loan to the tottering Car negie Trust Company, on a threat that If -the loan was not forthcoming the city deposits In the Northern Bank, over which deposits Hyde had control, would be withdrawn. Exposure- Follows Dank Failure. Exposure of the crime came a little less than two years ago when, with the failure of the Carnegie Trust Company, a number of smaller institutions. Includ ing the Robin banks, alsowent to the wall. Immediately after the verdict had been recorded and the formal motions for setting aside the verdict and the grant ing of a new trial had been made Hyde was hurried across the 'Bridge of sighs" to the Tombs. v J For the first time since his arrest, eighteen months ago, Hyde, former high rltv official, habitue of the Hotel Knick erbocker, friend -and companion of the fast racing set of New York, was locked In a cell. He spent the night there. Following his indictment. Hyde made a most determined effort to avoid trial. More than twoscore motions of various kinds have been made In half a dozen different courts, all tending toward a delay of the proceedings. Not until fifteen days ago was the last resort of skillful lawyers exhausted, and then a date for the trial was fixed. He was called to trial on November 20, a-Jury was secured the first day, and has taken just eignt actual court days to establish his guilt. To-night's verdict was a complete sur prise to Hyde as well as his attorneys, al of wfibm had been looking forward confidently to an acquittal. SERVIAN PRINCE STRICKEN. Vienna, Nov. 29. Prince George of Servia has been transported from the iront to Belgrade suffering from tv. shold fever. : iS&&aJS-i(i,,'Jir-,-'m- Mldridge E. Joidgd Zs Slated To Bead IncmgW'ulCommiite Costello Probably Will Go to New York To-day to Arrange for the Announcement. .Eldrldge E. Jordan Is slated for chair man of the. Inaugural committee. It was cukicu usi nigm on gooa authority, and hio formal appointment bv "William l. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic .National committee, may. be expected to-day or Monday William V. Cox. it was reported, would bo chairman of the general committee's finance committee, and several other subcommittee' chalrmanthlpsare said to cave been practically disposed of as the result or conferences of yesterday. Three names. It Is understood, had consideration until the last-Eldridge K. Jordan. Robert N. Harper, and William V. Cox and the Influences brought to bear for each of them axe said to have been national as well as local. It was rumored at one time thai National Com mitteeman John- F. Costello had. In fact. submitted to Mr. McCombs, whose pre rogative It is to appoint, all three names, with their recommendations, leaving to Mr. McCombs the selection of tho chair man of the inaugural committee a choice that actually is made by the District of Columbia National Committeeman of the victorious party. Late last night, however, it was stated with apparent finality that Mr. Jordan had been decided upon. It was said to be probable that Mr. Costello would go to, New York to-day and arrange with Mr. McCombs for the announcement. The contest for the Inaugural commit tee chairmanship for 1913 haa been wag ed on larger political lines than ever before, it Is said by old residents of the District. The position Is one of high distinction, for It brings Its tenant Into close touch with the new President and generally establishes social relations of great Influence. This year, despite the fact that Mr. Jordan, said to be slated for the place, is generally known as a Bull Moose, the political aspect of the contest has been especially prominent None of the persons most directly con cerned with the reports that Mr. Jordan had been selected would talk for publi cation last night. EL0PETO0APITAL; WED; DISAPPEAR Rich Brooklyn Girl and Cfiaof- feur, Solvit by Police, Are Married Here. While Mabel Pastre. seventeen years old. of 470 Fifteenth Street. Brooklyn. N. Y., was being frantically sought by her father, Alexander E. Pastre. a wealthy garage owner, who Invoked the aid of the police and announced through the newspapers that he would forgive his daughter If she had happened to run away and got married to Joseph Kemp, a chauffeur, a girl who gave her name as Mabel F. Pastre and her age as nine teen, was being married In Washington to a man who gave his name as Harry S. Kent and his age as twenty-one. The bride must have been Alexander Pastre's runaway daughter, for a dis patch from New York late last night stated that the frantic father had re ceived this telegram from Washington: "Am married and happy Will be home In a week. "MABEL." Father Pastre wired back his blessing, adding: "Come home soon." "Kent"- and Mifs Pastre were married about ! o'clock yesterday afternoon by the Rev. W. I. McKenney, pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, at the parsonage. E09 hlrd Street North west. Both of them said Washington was their place of residence, and they were accompanied by a party of persons who were said to be, severally, a brother, a mother, and other kinswomen of the groom. The woman who said she was the groom's mother told Mr. McKenney that the groom and the bride were of marrying age. She said that the bride's people live In New York. Kent or Kemp and his bride slipped away from everybody After the cere mony. They will return to Brooklyn after a short honeymoon. 15,000 DIE IN Philippines That 13,000 persons were probably killed and wounded In a typhoon that swept the Philippine Islands last Tuesday was re ported yesterday In cable dispatches to the Bureau of Insular Affairs. The typhoon swept the Vlsayas and Is said to Have practically destroyed Tacloban, the capital of Leyte, arfd to have wrought enormous damage and loss of life at Caplz, the capital of the province of Caplz. Tacloban has a population of 12.000. Caplz has a population of over 3X000. Caplz Is (he terminal of the railroad from Hollo. It Is a most important sugar port. Aid Rained to Scene. The first news of the catastrophe came In a dispatch from the governor general of the -Philippines. 'No figures of the dead ort Injured were given, but It was stated that probably half the population of the two cities had been lost. The gdvernGr general 'sent his dispatch on Thursday. He, informed the depart ment inai ne was rusning -a.snipioad of food, clothing, and "all, 'available medical supplies to'. Tacloban. All telegraphic communication has been destroyed, and It Is, Impossible' ,to get ..other than vague reports of .the extent of the .disaster. That Tacloban has suffered atf enormous loss of life is believed to be certain. Following the receipt of the dispatch announcing the heavy casualties In the Vlsayas. the Red Cross prepared to rush a relief fund to the governor general. The "Washington office has cabled ihe Insular government 'aeklnr how great, is incur neeo. i&fca WILL BE HEAD OF INAUGURAL COMMITTEE. aaaeaaaaalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH ELDRIDGE RETURNS FROM EUROPE, Young Mrs. Alsop Joins Husband Alnetren-ycar-olri Bride cennrlnn Mllllonalrc- of Septan. Return w from Trip to Knrope. With rings on her lingers. Mrs. Edward . Alsop. the pretty nineteen-year-old wife of the septuagenarian millionaire, who has a home at 13U2 Twentieth Street Northwest, is back after her tour of Eu rope with several women friends, and soon will return to Washington with Mr. Alsop. who remained at home while his bride was seeing the old countries. Mrs. Alsop. formerly Effle Pope 21X11. landed In New York Thursday, with Mrs. Alice Martin. Mrs. Tom Pierce, who had been of her party) remains abroad. Mrs. Alsop was delighted to get back home, she said, and she and Mr. Alsop were reported to have left Immediately for the Capital. At the Alsop home It was slated last night, however, that they were not in Washington. The trip abroad was very wonderful. Mrs. Alsop Is quoted as saying. She wore some very handsome rings and other jewels, indicating that she had plenty of spending money. Altogether she had a great time, she said. SHERIFF SENDS NOTICES OF SICKLES' AUCTION SALE TO GOTHAM MILLIONAIRES New York. Nov. 3 In an effort tcf help Gen. Daniel W. Sickles, Sheriff Har burger to-day mailed to about seventy flve wealthy men In New York notices of the auction sale that Is td be held at the .Sickles residence In Fifth Ave nue next Wednesday. The personal prop erty of the general will be sold to sat isfy a CCO0 judgment The sheriff stated that he had sent out the notices because the personal property offered at tho sale, will be such as would appeal mainly to men of wealth as curios and ornaments. Tne recipients of the notice include J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie. Vincent As tor. John D. Itockercller.. Jr.. William G Rockefeller John D. Archbold, Howard Brokaw. Frederick Vanderbllt. Chaun y M. Depew, Peter Doelder, Payne "Whitney, Lee Shubert and others. lj Baltlmore-and Return, flaltlmnreand Ohio Every Saturday- and Sunday. Good to. i-i. m until q a m train Monday. All (trains both ways, including the Royal - lL j-ifa - (M iins. miwAiin n. ai.sop. mimSkvwt Mm1; rhoto by Ilinis-Ewiox. E. JORDAN. JACKSON COMES TO THE SENATE Guv. Goldsborongli Appoints fjir Rayik ' 8rcUl in Tb Viitoii llfnll Annapolis. Jja.. Nov; 29. Gov. Golds borough to-night announced the appoint raent of William P. Jackson, of Wicomico C ounty, as jnited States Senator to All ti.t the unexpired terjhtot the late Isldor I:ayner. .j Mr. Jackson is a -prominent lumber merchant of the Eastern Shore, and has been actively identified with the regular KipubUcan party. Mr. Jackson will serve until the next legislative session In im Mr. Jackson was regarded by many Republicans as the logical man for the Scnatorshlp, though his appointment was opposed In other quarters. TWO LUMBERBAR0NS DI SENATE FROM MARYLAND By the appointment of William P. Jackson, of Salisbury. Md.. to the United States Senate to succeed the late Isldor Ravner, Maryland will be represented In that body by two millionaire lumber barons. Mr. Jackson, the new Senator. a member of the firm of Jackson Bros. & Co., lumber merchants of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Ills father, former Representative Jackson, and him self have made fortunes In lumber. John Walter Smith, the Democratic Senator, also Is a lumber millionaire, being heavily Interested In mills nnd timber holdings In Sussex. Surrey, and Nansemond Coun ties, Va. The new Republican Senator from Maryland comes from a family that has been prominent in that State for years. (lis uncle, Ellhu E. Jackson, was a Dem ocratic Governor of that State years ago. His father served In Congress during 1W1- 03 and 190T-09. Knther Turned ltepnbllcnn. Senator Jackson's father was a Demo crat back In the days of the early 'SCs. He .did not espouse the Republican cause until the Cleveland administration began to show a strong Inclination toward free trade. William II. Jackson, sr., then grew lukewarm toward Democracy, and In a few years flopped over completely to the Republican party. It was the am bition of the elder Jackson to follow In the foosteps of his brother, the Gov ernor, by being elected Governor and then to go to the United States Senate. This he has never been able to realize. Twlde he came to Congress with the hope that a seat in the House would put him In line for these high honors at the hands of the Maryland people. Jackson, jr., the new Senator. Is some thing of a self-made business man. Started, In business by his father, he has added several mllllolT'dolIars by his own efforts to the nest egg given him when a young" man. ' His advent in politics was made four years ago, when he was placed on the Republican National Committee. Gov. Goldsborouxh and Senator Jack son are intimate-politically and personally. Senator -Jackson was one of the largest contributors to Gov. Goldsborough's campaign. Tfflnkn Earth Caused. Son' Death. Denver, - Colo..- Nov. '23. Believing that chemical Ingredients in the earth of tho State School - Athletic Field at Golden Was partly responsible fori his son's death,- Prof. George W Sclmelder to-day prepared to test the earth. If traces of arsenic are found In sufficient quantities to be responsible for the many mysteri ous wounds of students who have been hurt a new athletic field will be found. 1.3? t& Baltimore) and Relnrei. Saturdays and Sundays,, via Pennsyl vania Railroad. Tickets good returning until 9 a. m. Monday. All regular trains except (fongresstonai umitea. i., c3K-.afe-j1avjSi- -'.,Ask.- A.lfc !& 4- sSfe OLDFIELDIQASK OFFICIAL PROBE OFMERCERPLANS House District CenmiitMi Will Demand Investigation of ' Proposed Traction Deal. ' POMERENE TO ACT JOINTLY Resolutions Will Be Introduce! in Both Houses cf Congress Next Week. By josepii p. .vxxisr. Believing that the proposed merger of the Washington Railway and Electric Company with the Washington-Virgin ia corporation Is an .effort to anticipate and evade ,the jurisdiction conferred upon the District Commissioners through his bill creating a public utilities com mission. Representative William A. Old field, of the House District Committee, will Introduce early next wk a reso lution calling for a thorough Congres sional . Investigation of the proposed deal. Mr. Oldfleld returned to Washington late Thursday evening and Immediately was Informed of the proposed deal. As a result of the summer activities of the traction company. Mr. Oldfleld has de cided upon a course of action, which he hopes will accomplish two results, viz: hasten the action of the House District Committee on his public utilities bill and prevent the culmination of the pro posed merger until his bill or the Gal-llnger-Works bill, which passed the Sen ate hist session, and is very similar to the Oldfleld measure, shall have been enacted Into law. The Oldfleld resolution will require the House District Committee or a subcom mittee thereof to conduct the Investiga tion. A similar resolution will be intro duced in the Senate by Senator Fomer- ene. Hopes to Escape Probe. That the local traction company hopes by the proposed merger with the Vir ginia corporation to escape the inquisi torial powers with which the Board of District Commissioners as a public utll ltles commission Is Invested Is the be lief of Mr. Oldfleld. and this belief is shared by many members of Congress, ho have returned to Washington re cently. The charge against the traction com pany Is that It hopes not only to protect lie pres-nt overcapitalization generally charged to be enormoxs bu( io increase this before the utilities commission gets Into action. The hope of those who have been fighting the traction company for years Is that the utilities commission will draw off some of the water now Involved In the financial condition -of the com pany and serve as an effective stop on plans for further watering of this stock. The resolution will charge that the pro posed merging of the two lines Is a vio lation of the company's charter, which is held to prohibit such action except un der the provisions of the act of June S. 1S00. Mr. Oldfleld spent several hours yes terday looking Into the situation and late In the afternoon conferred with Engi neer Commissioner Judson. who has been in very close touch with both House and Senate committees since the work of framing public utilities bills commenced. Utilities Hill t'p. The Oldfleld utilities bill will be one of the first pieces of legislation to be considered by the House District Com mittee this session If Mr. Oldfleld can bring it about. The bill was pnpared last session fecveral months before ad journment, but for one reason or an other failed to receive the attention of the committee before the situation was complicated by the Jones-Works liquor bill, which blocked further District leg islation because of the unwillingness of members to pass upon liquor legislation before election time. This unwillingness resulted in the absence of a quorum on regular meeting days of the committee (or months before Congress adjourned. Throughout this time, however. It was authoritatively reported, that the chair man of the House District Committee was unwilling that tho utilities bill be re ported out until he had subjected it to the most thorough-going scrutiny to in sure against the presence of "Jokers" which might Invalidate the measure In the event that it became law. It Is un derstood that much of the summer has been given to this review of the bill and that In some form It will be ready for consideration at the first meeting "of the committee. FIRE DESTROYS M.A.G.BU1LDING Swept by a stiff northwest breeze, fire which was discovered late last night has destroyed the administration building of the Maryland Agricultural College at College Park; Md. The old building, erected In 1SS9, waa, burning at I o'clock this morning. SACeral other buildings are threatened. All efforts to check .the spread of the flames 'seem Impossible 'at this time. While guests attending a dance were at supper fire broke out In the attic of the administration building. The cause. It Is believed, was due to the crossing of electric wires. The new building, which was erected in 1904. at a cost of $60,000. Is said to be Insured, while the old struc ture, which was erected at a cost of nearly 300,000 more than halt a century ago, is only partly Insured. Owing to lack of water facilities, the fire spread with great rapidity, and the Hyattsvllle Fire Department, which re sponded, was unable to cope with the flames. At midnight two engine companies of the Washington Fire Department started -Car College Park In response to a call for aid. The new administration building housed about 1S students, all of whom got out safely. The old building contained about an 'equal number oC cadets. possibly an oi tne records or tne col lege were removed from the building, which contained the president's office, the treasurer's office, and the board of trustees' office, besides the assembly halL $ COMMISSIONERS CONTINUE FIGHT FORPENSIONFUND i, . - '- Girtss fe Be Askti A(at to Supply DfflclHqr-li Poliet and FirMM'smmys.; BILL IS ALREADY FRAMED District eayerniMiit Slif fj Waits Power te OuarantM Its ' Belts 8f Hsw. Partial payments of pensions for pcliea and firemen will be made In a feV weeks, possibly a few days. The delinquencies forced upon the Dis trict by a lack of legislation often urged for the protection of some of the Dis trict's most faithful servants have been splendidly absent. ' Since July 1 the Dis trict's debts to the men who are sick or halt by reason of having done their duty have been paid In full, month by month'. Since that day, the beginning of the present fiscal year, there haa been a glorious Increase in the receipts from the dog tax. But by January 1. possibly sooner, re ceipts from the tax on dogs will not, b so gloriously large, and the District will be driven back to Its old shame of pay ing Its debts of honor by compromise. Officials of the District said last night that the day of doom has nearly come, and unless Congress applies Itself In Its first days of December to enactment of the needed laws, policemen and firemen and their widows and other dependents" will have to be satisfied with just so much of their pension money as the for tuitous resources of the police courts and the variant dbg.taklng offices will supply. Legislation Probable. That Congress will enact this legisla tion soon after Its convention next Mon day la probable. The people of the Dis trict are asking, through their Commls s'oners. who have presented draft of a bill to Congress, only the privilege of paying the pensions debts. They are not asking for funds from the Federal gov ernment, even on the half-and-half prin ciple. The people of the District want to pay their debts to their faithful guardians, and in the bill which was offered Con gress In their behalf, only an oppor tunity, not a contribution, was aaked. With this In mind, members of Con gress, whose appropriate committees have approved and recommended -reliefs ' may reasonably be expected to recognize' the Importance of this need of the District and pass finally upon legislation over whose merits there can be no dispute. The firemen's relief fund Is made un from donations, fines Imposed upon mem bers of the fire department, monthly as sessments of Jl on Its officers, a portion of the Police Court fines and forfeitures. and a portion of the dog tax receipts. The police relief fnnd Is similarly made up. Receipts and Expend!! ares. Since 1KJS total receipts and total ez- pendltures of the two funds have been: FIREMEN'S ItKLIEF FUM. Tear. KeciFU. Expenditure. 1891 c.jxei ism .ain va not ii UN HICK jo.rosc HB41I B.ttJM i.sri 17JT7W zumi raw 3.1EM -S.1 3.1X17 CC. MJS3 1SB.. rr jmx 1X4 1903. .. nos. so? d ISO ti. Ull 3XICJ1 .iu r 3.1CH -S.CS C X.HSS1 -S.SU 17 -J.II3J uxee ToUla .SES.CT1 J3 3tSS) X. B. DHldmer for Dll in a&litioa to erpendi. turn as above stated of -5.2EC POLICE RELIEF FUND. Year. Rfcript. ExrenditDrra. 159! tSJEt a U.&93 HOT 3.S5JW aww 1500 -ursm -SJS6M B0L -9.2311 3.3l ec j3:j iwro DOS 9US7CS MSTOt. SI.S3U 54.S3U bob mjsua ejtsso 1908. 7USOJ 7US09 1507 7J.1TSB 7J.-TSM cos ctoes Kisra 1909 SSCJO 7.Btn UM S5.9XX H3SR-3 lX5tt7 10,051 a Totals T5U.2S0S JSC!,TS33 N. B. Dcflcierer for 1911 la sddltloD to eiMrti- tcin abore stated of C0J0O0. Want Fnnd Guaranteed. The police and firemen relief funds have always been supplied by the District gov ernment. The United States government has never contributed to them. The people of the District are asking the United States now that they may be allowed to make up these funds on a stable basis. The people wish the funds to be so reliable, so constant, so unfail ing that a pension warrant on the Dis trict will be a real warrant. The people of the District are asking merely for the enactment of legislation Continued on Faare Six. 21 DAYS For Shopping Before Christmas - HOLIDAY PLANS arc about completed, especially by the young folk. Dad has not commenced to put a check on his checks, but is doing some figuring and thinking. BEFORE he tightens up get busy. It is the early bird that gets the best start. BE SELFISH do your trading, now in comfort, be waited upon by alert and wide-awake clerks, and avoid the rush and. worry. Washington Herald - A- afo v