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LOCAL MENTION.
ANISKNENTS TONIGHT.
? olumbia?The Columbia Players la
?'Her Husband's Wife." 8:15 p.m.
Chase's?Polite vaudeville, 8:15 p.m.
Poll's?The Poll Players in. ??Checkers,"
6.15 p.m.
Academy?"The Common -aw," 8:15p.m.
Gayety?"The Girl of Many Husbands/'
ft: 15 p.m.
New Lyceum?Rose Buds Musical Ex
travaganza Company, 8:15 p.m.
Casino?Vaudeville and motion pictures,
2 and 7 p.m.
Cosmos?Vaudeville and motion pictures,
1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Virginia?Motion pictures and Illustrated
songs.
Chevy Chase I?ake? Marine Band con
cert, followed l>y dancing.
Glen Echo Park?A fair\ land of amuse
ments. with large dancing pavilion; ad
mission free.
excursions tomorrow.
Chesapeake Beach?Trains daily from
District line, as per schedule in railroad
column.
Steamer St. Johns for a forty mile trip
down the Potomac leaves 7th street wharf
at 7 p.m.
With a Hunt of Floral Spleador sad
spectacular grandeur the Cosmos Theater
will celebrate, beginning Monday, Its
fourth anniversary, its annual fall open
ing and fi<?ral festival week. Mile. Hen
riette Koch, premiere danseuse and pan
tomimist. understudy for the famous
French dancer. Mile. Dazie. assisted by
nine supporting artists, will present Mo
lasso's great pantomimic spectacle.
"1/Amour d'Artiste." in two scenes, tell
ing In musical and terpsichorean panto
mime a unique love story of the I^atln
quarter of Paris. An auxiliary bill of the
choicest culling- of refined vaudeville Will
supplement the mammoth headliner. Cor
sage bouquets of roses and maidenhair
ferns will be given the ladies at each per
formance during the week. The most stu
pendous undertaking ever attempted at
the Cosmos Theater.
Pfcoae Your Waat Ad to Tfca Star,
Main 2440.
TWO GAMES TOMORROW
Will Be Played Between Belay, Co
lumbias and X-Giants.
The crack Relay, Md., team, which has
been defeating all clubs in Baltimore andj
Maryland, will try its mettle against the |
fast Colunvbias tomorrow at fnion
league Park. The Columbian will have
either I^eftv Stauh or F. Thompson in;
the box. In the first game the Columbias |
w ill be opposed by the ex-Washington
Giants, who will have Babe Adams and
Bin Jlam as the battery. The first game
will be started at - p.m.
WILKINSON SHOULD WIN.
Championship in Colored Men's
Tennis Tourney.
The finals of the class A singles in the I
colored men's tennis tournament, corner
13th and T streets northwest, were
played Friday afternoon between Wilkin
son of Washington and Braxton of Balti
more before a crowd that entirely circled [
the courts, both within and without the
inclosure. J
The match was called at 7 o'clock after
a great deal of dickering between the |
players and officials and cries from the
gallery on account of darkness. When
the match was called Wilkinson had the J
better of the argument, having won two
sets to Braxton's one and having eight
games to Braxton's seven in the fourth
set. Wilkinson won the first set, 6?1,.
w ith comparative ease, and It looked as if
he would have a very easy time disposing
uf Braxton, who has been looked upon as
a coming champion, but on the second set
Braxton rallied, beating Wilkinson. 6-4.
?>n the third set the men fought with
honors even, Wilkinson winning a deuce i
set, 7?5. Darkness interfered with the
next set, _and time was called with the
score 8?7 In Wilkinson's favor, with
Braxton playing Wilkinson van* hard and i
apparently showing that he was in better
condition. 1
Braxton was very aervous at the outset,
missing some exceedingly eaay chances,
but w hen he regained confidence the nerv
ousness changed to Wilkinson. It was 1
conceded by all that Braxton, in changing
lus style of play from the net cross vol
ley to the back line lob, lessened his
chances of victory, as this is the style of
l?!ay in which Wilkinson excels. Al
though Wilkinson is a Washington cham
pion, Braxton has captured many Wash- i
ington admirers by his skillful playing
and Peasant manner. As it now appears.
llklnson will undoubtedly win the
championship. 1
In class B singles Curtis defeated Beas-1
jy. 5- Saturday, the last day of
the tournament, play will be called at
"P-"? for. the finals In class A singles
between Wilkinson and Braxton and class
?. sfngles between Campbell and Yar-1
borough, the winner of this match playing
the finals with Curtis. Finals in the
doubles between Freeman and Walker
and Cook and Braxton will also be
played.
I<ast night at the southeast auditorium!
a large crowd of guests assembled at a
reception in honor of the visiting players.
WILSON'S CAMPAIGN
Done With Knitting Needles, Thinks
Mr. Dooley.
Pro-fissor Wilson's campaign is th"
???'>' dignified wan." said Mr. Dooley.
' lies crosha.viif it liimsilf an" it ap
peals to all who take an inthrest in
i.eo,jful wur-ruk. Tiddv Rosenfelt
says: 'Boys, there ar-re burglars in
ih house. I know. because rm
tamilyar with th sound iv their foot
. stops. Get ve er guns and we'll shoot
ihltn' But ye can't disturb th' pro
tissor. He known that burglary ended
*nh Aaron Burr. He knows it be
cause he wrote it.
"He sits quietly there undher th*
lamp sayin" to himsUf:. 'Take oft two
stitches, yarn over, chain wan. skip
wan. yarn over.' an' so on. A beauti
ful patthern. Th' last speech I read
iv me saintly leader made me heart
b-at at last* twinty to th' minyit. Ills
Mee Js that there's hariy annything
v rong with th' rounthry that can't be
? tired be us proletaries gath-rin* to
gether in th* littul schoolhouses an'
formin' what he calls nuclei." Don't
fail to read "Mr. Dooley on the News
?>f the Day" tomorrow in the special
faatur* section of The Sunday star
Local Memorial to Gen. Booth.
Adjt. L. M. Brazier, who is in char^b
of the Salvation Army work in Washing
ton. has expressed himself as being in
favor of the erection of a memorial to
the late Gen. Booth, head of the Salva
tion Army. Adjt. Brazier hopes that the
nw-moi-ial will take the form of a new
building for thr army headquarters here
the present quarters being Inadequate for
t the needs of th<- army.
Bramwell Booth, the present head of
the army, recently asked that S730.0U0 be
subscribed tor the erection of a college*
In London as a memorial to his father
Thirty Pounds of Butter Stolen.
The theft of thirty pounds of butter was
reported tills morning By Ray Marcey.
who is in business on the Conduit road'
He told the police the butter was taken
from his wagon at the Center market.
Boy Slightly Injured.
James White, eight years old. alighted
from a street car at Pennsylvania avenue
and 12th street northwest yesterday
afternoon and ran against a car going In
the opposite direction, receiving several
bruises. Ills father, who accompanied
h.m. took him to the Emergency Hos
pital and had him treated for injuries W>
his arm and hip.
"The Double Cross Outfit." by Ida
Speed, is a strong tale of rivalry in love
among cowboys. See our nest Sunday
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RED CROSS EXHIBIT
Planning for Congress of Hy
giene and Demography.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND MODELS
Installation of Apparatus Demon
strating Welfare Work?Modern
Devices and Charts Shown.
Huge vanloads of packing cases are
being dumped almost every minute of the
day at the Red Cross pavilion, south of
the White House ellipse, where the ex
hibits of the International Congress on
Hygiene and Demography will be display
ed. The cases contain everything in the
way of hygienic apparatus that has been
devised in recent years, charts without
number, endless arrays of large photo
graphs and models of every sort.
The work of installing the exhibits is
rapidly progressing, and it is expected
the display will be ready for the public
by the time the congress opens next week.
State Exhibits.
Prominent in the collection are the ex
hibits made by the states of New York
and Massachusetts. New York's part of
the show consists of charts and photo
graphs showing what has been done in
the way of welfare work among the
school children of the big village at the
mouth of the Hudson. The photographs
show all sorts of schoolrooms, desks and
seats, roof playgrounds, open-air school
rooms and the like, including a large pic
ture of a dental clinic maintained in one
of the public schools, where the children's
teeth are attended to by a dentist who is
on the Job during school hours every day.
The charts show the reduction in child
mortality and the decreasing number of
cases of illness of various sorts brought
about by the introduction in the school
and in the homes of the children of mod
ern hygienic devices.
At the south side of the building Is a
big booth, in whicli are shown photo
graphs of various phases of welfare
work that is being done by a telephone
company for its employes. Adjoining this
booth is one wherein a big suit and
cloak house shows pictures of what it Is
doing to better the working condition of
the thousands of girls it employs.
Additional Buildings Needed.
It has been found necessary to builA
two additions to the ^ted Cross building
in order to accommodate the exhibit. The
structure, built last spring at the time
of the International Red Cross Congress
in this city, was originally constructed
in the form of a huge cross. The addi
tions that have been built?one at the
north and the other at the south side of
the building?have destroyed the cruci
form shape of the structure and have
atlded several thousand square feet of
floor space, all of which will be taken
up by the big exhibit now being in
stalled.
The whole interior of the building is
being decorated with flags and bunting,
the principal feature being American
Hags, which are being used by hun
dreds. It is expected to have the models,
apparatus and every /eature of the ex
hibit ready for public inspection by next
Wednesday afternoon.
Mariar Band Ma?lr Chery Cheer Lake
this evening. Dancing, all amusements.
?Advt.
CLAMBAKE FOR ELKS.
Washington Lodge and Friends Will
Have Outing at River View.
With the arrival of barrels of lobster,
hard and soft clams and seaweed from
Maine by express this morning, arrange
ments are completed for the old-fashion
ed Rhode Island clambake which Wash
ington Lodge of Elks will have at River
View tomorrow. The list of participants
was completed at the latest meeting of
the lodge. Five hundred Elks and their
personal friends will participate.
Louis W. Thompson of Jersey City
Lodge of Elks, who will conduct the
bake for Washington Ix>dge, was an
early visitor to Center market thin morn
lnif. accompanied by CJus W. Brahler,
chairman of the breakfast and purchas
ing committee for the bake, and obtained
large quantities of edibles. These wore
taken to River View by tugboat this
afternoon.
The Elks will board the steamer St.
Johns at 10:30 tomorrow morning. Break
fast will be served on the steamer. At
River View a big program of amuse
ments will be enjoyed. The bake will
bo served at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
Fred J. Mershelmer. chairman of the
executive committee for the Elks' clam
bake. announced today that the sale of
tickets was closed absolutely. The out
ing will be held, it is announced, regard
less of the state of the weather, there
helns ample shelter both on the steamer
and at River View.
A Wkoleaoate Summer Drink
Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
Better than lemons or limes?more
healthful, satisfying and refreshing.?
Advt.
STRIKE CALL NOT INDORSED.
Federation of Labor Ignores Indus
trial Workers of World.
Secretary Frank Morrison of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor stated yester
day that any strike call issued by Wil
liam D. Haywood of the Industrial Work
ers of the World would be Ignored by
organized labor. Haywood has threat
ened to call out organised labor on strike.
Mr. Morrison, in speaking of the atti
tude of the labor bodies, said: "Organ
ized labor, as typified by the American
Federation, is not following the leader
ship of Haywood or any of his Ilk. I am
quite sure that no member of the federa
tion will have anything to do with Hay
wood's suggest^n,"'
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( ANACOSTIA.
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Improvements are being made to the
parsonage of the East Washington
Heights Baptist Church, and when com
pleted it is expected the building will
be modern In every respect. M. J. Fillius
is making improvements to his business
and dwelling on Nichols avenue, Con
gress Heights. Improvements of an ex
tensive nature have been completed by
the management of the Anacostla Ice
Company, including the installation of
larger machinery. Maurice Otterback
has purchased from George O. Walson
the new brick dwelling at 1331 Valley
place, the house containing six rooms
and cellar, and just recently erected.
William J. Latimer is to make extensfvfe
improvements to his home, 47 Talbert
street, and has commenced work on the
same. Several important interior im
provements have been made to Masonic
Hall during the summer months. Mr.
Geren, who has caused to be erected a
modern home in Mount View place, will
shortly move with his family into this
new dwelling. At Bradbury Heights sev
eral new homes are being erected, and in
a short time there Will be quite a town in
that direction. The institution of trans
portation facilities to this section has
made it inviting for prospective home
builders to locate in that section.
Anacostia will have a representative
at the encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic, being held at Los
Angeles. Cal., this year. Philip H. Weber
of W street, father of Sergt. Charles J.
P. Weber of the eleventh police precinct,
has gone to that city to be in attendance
at the escampment. Mr. Weber was a
member of Troop D. "?th United States
Cavalry, during tne civil war, and was a
courier on the staff of Gen. Stoneman.
Following his attendance at the encamp
ment Mr. Weber will visit relatives in
several western cities. He will be away
for about a month.
Officers of (he Men's Social Club of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church are making
plans for resumption of the meetings of
this club some time this month. Franklin
?S. Gicker, president, will likely call a
meeting of the executive committee in
the near future to arrange a program for
the opening meeting.
Mineola Tribe, No. 14. Improved Order
of Red Men, met last evening in Masonic
Hall. The members are devising plans
by which they can increase the member
ship and also are preparing entertain
ments for the fall and winter months.
An announcement was made to the effect
that William C. White, a past great
sachem of the order and a member of the
local tribe, had been deputized by R.
W. Thompson, great sachem of the Dis
trict, as an instructor for Mineola Tribe
in the unwriten work of the order. Mr.
White last evening entered upon his new
duties.
The question uppermost in the minds of
members of the congregation of the
Esther Memorial Chapel at Congress
Heights is whether or not they will be
able to erect a parish hall adjoining their
preseut church property. For a long time
the matter has been under consideration
and funds have been raised to start a
building fund, but for the past few
months little or nothing has been done
to further the matter. Rev. Charles F.
Sontag, rector in charge, is an^^us that
the work be continued, and it is probable
that arrangements will be made for hold
ing a number of entertainments during
the winter months to raise additional
funds for this purpose.
Mrs. Annie J. Davis died recently at
her home, Charlotte Hall, Md., following
a lingering illness. Mrs. Davis was for
merly a resident of Anacostla, and sister
of Lewis B. Cooke, a business man of
this place. Mrs. Davis had just returned
to her home from a visit to her relatives
in Anacostia. While a resident of Ana
costia she was connected with the nurses'
staff at the Government Hospital for the
Insane, although for the past fifteen
J ears she had been living in Maryland,
ler husband survives her.
Those interested in the opening of 4th
street through from Congress Heights to
Washington Highlands, in order that a
convenient connection might be available
between these two suburbs, have been
successful in raising sufficient money by
contributions to place a foot bridge across
the branch, and the bridge"will be placed
in position within the near future. As
soon as this is done and traffic is gen
erally turned in that direction, an effort
will be made to have a bill introduced in
Congress appropriating sufficient money
to grade and improve this street, and to
place a permanent bridge in position.
Such a road would do away with a long
detour now necessary to reach the city
from the lower portions of Maryland and
Washington Helghlands.
The winter quarters of the inmates of
the Episcopal Home for Children, at the
head of Talbert street in Anacostia, are
being placed in readiness for the recep
tion of the children who will return from
their summer home at Colonial Beach in
the near future. Those in charge of the
work at the beach are pleased with the
results there this year, about sixty chil
dren having been cared for during the
season. An opportunity was also afford
ed to mothers, otherwise unable to take
recreation, to spend short vacations at
the home in Colonial Beach. The children
v ust be home in time to attend the open
ing school year. Miss Frances Daven
port matron, has not been with the chil
dren the entire summer. She required a
rest and Mrs. W. G. Davenport, presi
dent of the board of lady managers, was
in charge during her absence.
The Public Improvement Association ot
Congress Heights has been advised that
the sewer department of the District will
extend its mains south on Nichols avenue
from the present terminus to v alejo
place and In High View place When this
is done the system will have been placed
on all of the principal streets and ave
nues in the suburb.
91.25 to Baltimore and Return.
Saturdays and Sundays, via Pennsylvania
railroad. Tickets good to return until U
a.m. Monday. All regular trains except
the "Congressional Limited."?Advt.
KINDNESS GETS ITS BEWABD.
Phoebe Craigen Leaves Estate to
Those Who Aided Her.
To repay her friends, Mary E. Boni
fant and Fairfax Bayard, for kindnesses
in time of need, Phoebe Craigen, "by her
will, dated December 21, 1011, leaves them
all her property.
By the terms of the will of Maurice De
pres, dated August 22. lftl^, land in Flor
ida Is devised to Lillian Wittmore of Buf
falo. N. Y.; Mrs. Isidore Marks and Mrs.
E. II. Gortmann, both of New Orleans,
and Mrs. Mary E. Stack of this city.
Stocks and bonds are left to John H. and
Edward M. Stack. The jewelry and resi
due of the estate go to Mrs. Stack. Isi
dore Levey la named as executor*
FROMME VEHICLES
Material Carried Away, Loss
$25?Thieves Steal Table
and Dinner Plates.
The police of the sixth precinct are
trying to locate a vandal who last night
slashed the linings of three carriages in,
the livery stable of Richard A. Perry, 58
G street northeast. Not only were thn
linings cut, but the largej- pieces of the
material were taken from the premises.
The liveryman placed the damage at I
about $25.
At the stable of Otto Andrews, wood, |
dealer at the foot of 3d street southeast,
burglars effected an entrance and stole
property valued at about ?10, consisting
of parts of harness.
Diamond Bing Stolen.
The theft of a diamond ring worth
$158 was reported to the police by WH- !
liam A. Barson. 140 C street southeast.
His complaint was that the solitaire dia
mond ring disappeared from* his house
Thursday night.
L. A. Denty, Springfield. Fairfax coun
ty, Ya., told the police yesterday that a
horse had been stolen from his farm. The
animal, he said, was brought by the rider
toward this city yesterday.
Robert Musselman, 1123 8th street south
east, reported the theft of an oak table
and a dozen chiua plates. The theft was
committed Thursday night.
William H. Weaver, 224 O street north
west, asked the police to recover a suit
of clothes, a pair of trousers and a shirt
stolen from his house Thursday night.
Schooner Captain's Loss.
Barney D. Wessells, captain of the
lumber schooner J. A Holland, had a
ten-dollar goldpiece vesterday. He
showed it to a number of persons about
the wharf at the foot of 12th street
southwest during the day. This morning
when he awoke he discovered that not
only his gold coin, but ?58 in bills, a
knife and buttonhook had been stolen
from the cabin of his craft.
Because of the intense heat in the cabin
last night Capt. Wessells slept on deck,
using a piece of netting to keep the dew
out of his face, and he was up and about
shortly after daybreak.
Going to the cabin and dressing, Capt.
Wessells soon discovered that an intruder
had been there during the night. He ap
pealed to the police to make an investiga
tion and hopes the money will be recov
, ered before he returns to his home at
i Colonial Beach.
*1.25 Baltimore and Return,
Baltimore and Ohio.
Ev.erv Saturday and Sunday. Good to
return until 9 a.m. train Monday. All
trains both ways, including the Royal
Limited.?Advt.
MELONS STILL PLENTIFUL,
Receipts About as Heavy as They
Were a Week Ago.
According to the dealers, the water
melon season is drawing to a close, but
, judging from the number of vessels ar
: riving the receipts are now about as
heavy as they were two weeks ago.
From Thursday afternoon until yester
day afternoon five vessels with melons
aboard arrived at the 11th street wharf
market, and this morning it was estimat
ed that there were over 8.Qt*> melons
aboard the fleet at the wharf, and the
arrival of other vessels is looked for at
any time. The melons are coming from
points on Chesapeake bay principally, .
but some few are being brought from j
the lower Potomac.
The season so far has been a good one
for the growers and dealers, as the
melons have come in steadily and at no
time has there been a glut. Prices for
selected melons have ranged close to $20
a hnudred, but just now the market is
higher and the best fruit at the wharf is
selling for $25 a hundred. From this
price the figures decrease to about $4 a
hundred for the small melons. It Is prob
able, however, that the middle of this
month will see the close of the melon
season, and oyster-laden craft will then
take their places at the wharf market.
MADE PRISONER BY NEGROES.
Leo Brady, Sixteen Years Old, Tells
Remarkable Story.
Leo Brady, sixteen years old. residing
at ii04 F street northeast, told a remark- I
able story to the police of the ninth pre
cinct last night of an experience he said
he had had with three negroes early in
the evening. His story was that, the ne
groes grabbed him on the street about
one square from his home, tied his hands
behind him and drove rapidly away in a
wagon. ,, .
Brady said they also grabbed a com
panion, but the latter managed to get
away from them. The boy said he was
driven to 15th and E streets norttheast
and put out of the wagon. The police
are investigating Brady's story.
TWO DOUBLE LAUNCHINGS.
Pleasure Craft Put Overboard in
Pairs the Past Week.
Double launching** of pleasure craft |
are not a frequent occurrence, but two
such events have taken place here in
the past week.
Early in the week the launches Helen
D. and Bess II, belonging to E. B.
Powell, were put overboard into the
Eastern branch, at the navy yard, and
yesterday the launches Gertrude, lie
longing to Howard L.. Warwick, and the
William J., belonging to William J. |
Stevens, were launched at Regan's boat
yard, foot of 14tli street southwest.
The Helen D. and Bess II are steel
hull craft, and, with their engines, were i
built by Mr. Powell, who is a skilled
mechanic, in the yard of his residence, in
the southeastern section of the city.
He worked on the craft in his spare
moments, and their construction li^s
taken the greater portion of three years.
The boats are similar in size and de
sign, each being thirty-eight feet long,
nine feet beam and of draft light enough
to enable them to visit the shoal
tributaries of the Potomac and Chesa
peake bay. Their interior is finished
in hardwood, and they are fitted out
with all equipment necessary for the
safety and comfort of those who will
cruise aboard them. The engines, which
lire large enough to give the boats good
?peed, are placed well forward, a de
parture from the usual custom. The
launching of the craft was done by j
means of the big derrick on the sea wall
at t e navy yard, and was witnessed
by a number of spectators.
The Gertrude and William J. were
built from Pioneer knockdown frames in
a shed on Golden street by their owners,
and were hauled to the wharf on wagons.
They are both handsome craft, and are
30 feet long, feet beam and S feet
draft. Their cabins are roomy, and for
day trips will accommodate about
twenty persons. There is sleeping room
aboard for five persons. They are fitted
with 10-14 Frisbie engines, that are
expected to give them a speed of
close to ten miles an hour. Both craft
are practically ready for service, and
it is expected they will make their
first trip tomorrow or early in the com
ing week. They will be used for river
j and bay cruising.
ETHEL REED SENT HOME.
Conduct of Girl Treated for Alco
holism Being Investigated.
I Ethel Reed, sixteen years old, who was
treated at the Casualty Hospital for
alcoholism last Sunday following her
trip to a resort in Maryland, and whose
conduct is being investigated by the De
partment of Justice, was returned to
her home in Chambersburg, Pa., today.
She left home two weeks ago.
It was said by the police today that
they had been unable to get evidence to
show that the girl was furnished in
toxicants in this city. The girl, it is
stated, told of having visited several
places in the city and been served in
toxicants, but later she declared she was
mistaken, having been served only soft
drinks.
Kriends of the girl were examined by
agents of the Department of Justice yes
terday afternoon and this morning, and
it is probable that others will be in
terrogated before it is finally determined
if there has been any violation of the
federal laws.
Avoids Injury by Jumping.
Clarence Carter, a negro residing at
1412 10th street northwest, had an un
plea?#.nt experience last night at l."?th
street and Pennsylvania avenue north
west The rear wheel of his bicycle was
struck by the front of F. S. Dudley's au
tomobile and broken. Carter jumped
from his wheel and escaped injurs-'.
Plugging Along
By WALT MASON
Down on the corner some sorc-hcadcd men stand as the hours
gallop by, kicking and carping and roasting again everything under
the sky. While they are showing that life is a
fake, proving that everything's wrong, Peter the
potter has no roar to make?Peter keeps plug
ging along. Many are idle; the baker, the clerk,
laborers, too, by the score; bitter their cry that
they cannot get work?nothing but grief is in
store! Peter is laboring year after year, hum
ming a satisfied song; everything's gay on this
old planet here! Peter keeps plugging along.
Peter has paid for the cottage he owns, Peter is
clear out o/ debt; down in the bank he has two
hundred bones?why should he worry or fret?
Heedless of soreheads who stand on the street,
making more noise than a gong, Peter keeps
hustling on rubber-tired feet?Peter keeps plugging along. Peter
won't look for congressional aid, platforms don't bother his soul;
working away in the sun and the shade, he is acquiring a roll.
Saving a wad for the season of stress, while he is rugged and strong,
Peter has Sense with a capital S?Peter is plugging along!
OapyrtcM. 1912. by f(K
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Dr. Spitzka Finds Organ
Scientist Weighs More
Than Normal.
of
The brain of Dr. W J McGee, whose
death occurred in this city last Wed
nesday morning, has been found by
Dr. Edwin A. Spitzka of Philadelphia
to be above the normal weight. The
organ, Dr. Spitzka states, weighed
ounces.
Dr. McGee, some time before his
death, willed *his body to Dr. Spitzka,
to be used for the advancement of
science. His brain Dr. McGee had
promised to Dr. Spitzka years ago, to- ]
gether with the brain of Dr. J. W.
Powell, former head of the geological
survey, which had been in Dr. Mc
Gee's possession since Dr. Powell's
death, ten years ago.
Immediately upon receipt of the
body of the dead scientist Dr. Spitzka
removed the brain, weighed it, made a
few notes and preserved the organ in
a formalin solution, to be made the
subject of further investigation at a
later date.
Dr. Spitzka. who is recognized as the
foremost Investigator in his line in the
United States, possesses a rare collection
of the brains of well known men. On the
shelf where now rests the brain of Dr.
McGee. are those of Dr. John H. M.usser,
Perslfor Frazer and other men of dis
tinguished mental attainments. Dr. Mus
ser's brain, when removed from the skull,
weighed llfty-four ounces.
Dr. Spitzka was promised the brain of
Dr. Horace Howard Furness, the noted
Shakespearean scholar, who died some
time ago. but the family of Dr. Furness I
refused to carry out his wishes on this |
point, greatly to the disappointment of |
the Philadelphia savant. In letters and
conversations Dr. Fumess instructed Dr.!
j Spitzka, in case of a contingency such as
i has arisen, to bribe the undertaker in
charge of his body and then to steal the
brain from his skull if it could be ob
tained in no other way.
195.45 Round Trip to Callforaia.
Return different route. Tourist sleeping
cars personally conducted without change.
Berth, $1). Washington-Sunset Route, A.
J. Poston, G. A., 905 F St.. 705 15th St.?
Advt.
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.
I
Schooner Five Sisters, cord wood from
a Virginia point, at Georgetown for
dealers; schooner Belmont, wood from
Nanjemoy creek, at 13th street wharf,
for J. II. Carter & Co.; schooner Carrie
Revell, at an Eastern branch wharf
from a river point; barge Clara Brooks,
at Alexandria, to complete loading
cargo of railroad ties for L. A. Clarke
and Son; schooner Silver Star, at 9th
street wharf, with lumber from Aquia
creek for Johnson & Wimsatt; schoon
ers Oakland and Ethel and Maud, wood
from Potomac points, at 13th street
wharf, for J. H. Carter & Co.; schooner
Mary J. Evans, wood from Mario w
bay, at 12th street wharf, for J. M.
Dove; schooner Hallie K., canned goods
and oysters from Nomini creek, at 11th
street wharf; schooners Luray, Bennett,
Eftie M. I^aird and Eugie Preston, wa
termelons from Chesapeake bay points,
at 11th street wharf, for the market;
schooner Mable and Anne, cord wood
from St. Marys river, at 12th street
wharf, for J. Maury Dove; sloop Rita
Cator. wood from Marshall Hall, at
Alexandria, for DeW. Aiteheson.
Departures.
Barge Charles Hcarn, light, from
Georgetown for Norfolk to load for
New York; schooner Eleanor Russell,
light, for Chicomuxen creek, to load
wood back to this city; schooner Smith,
light, for Marlow bay, to load cord
wood for the dealers here; J. & W.
lighter No. 1. light, for Aquia creek, to
load lumber back to this city; schooner
Frenchy, light, for Mattox creek, to
load cord wood back to Alexandria;
schooner Whiting, light, for a Chesa
peake bay point, from 11th street
wharf, to load; sc.hooner Mary and
Inez, light, for an eastern shore point, to
load melons for the market here; tug
Camilla, towing barge Hearn, to Point
lookout en route to Norfolk; tug Capt.
Toby, towing lighter to Aquia creek, to
load lumber for this city; power boat
Ruth K.. light, for Fort Footc. to load
garden truck for the market here.
Memoranda.
Schooner Mary Francis is chartered
to load lumber at Cole Landing, Aquia
creek, Va., for dealers here; schooner
Kathleen is in Mattox creek to load
cord wood for the dealers here; tug
Georges Creek, with barge No. 19. coal
laden, from this city, has arrived at
Boston; schooner Virginia Dare is at
a Rappahannock river point to load
lumber for dealers here; schooner Gar
field is on her way to the Yeocomieo
river to load canned goods for the mar
ket here; schooner Silver Star will re
turn to a Virginia point to load lum
ber for the market here; schooner Wil
lie Clarence is at a down-river point
preparing to take up oyster running
work; schooner Levin Woolford is at
a Potomac point to load cord wood
for the dealers here; schooner Bohemia
is at Baltimore with wheat from a bay
point.
Dr. Owens to Tour South.
Dr. C. J. Owens, managing director of
the Southern Commercial Congress, left
Washington yesterday for a tour of two
weeks through Missouri. Tennessee and
Kentucky. The trip is in the interest of
the congress, which is to be held at Mo
bile, Ala., at the time of the opining of
the Panama canal. Dr. Owens will make
arrangements through the governors of
the respective states he visits for two
delegates from each state, who will be
come members of the commission which
will go to Europe next May to study the
foreign systems of co-operative rural
finance.
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NATION-WIDEPRAYER
Supplications to Be Offered
Tomorrow for Schools.
SERVICES TO BE GENERAL
Dr. James S. Martin Discusses Pur
poses of Flan and Mod
ern Education.
Nation-wide prayers* will be offered to
morrow for the free schools of this and
other countries, according to plans just
perfected by the National Reform Asso
ciation. Twenty-live hundred American
clergymen will offer prayers for the ad
vancement and well being of the free
schools for the ensuing year. In the mis
sion schools and churches throughout the
world similar prayers will be offered. In
many cases in the Sunday schools the
children will participate.
The praying for the schools will become
an annual custom, if the plans of the Na
tional Reform Association are successful.
The selection of September 8 as the day
was due to the fact that this day pre
cedes the opening of public schools by
only a few days, and the Sunday schools
also have larger attendance after the
summer season.
Day for the Colleges.
It has been pointed out that for more
than seventy years the day of prayer
for colleges has been observed by Chris
tian people interested in these institu
tions, although the number of students
is small when compared to the pupils in
the free schools where there are many
millions.
Rev. Dr. James S. Martin of Pitts
burgh, Pa., who has organized the world
for this prayer day* in discussing the
matter said:
"This nation is In important respects a
Chritian nation. The education provided
for her future citizens ought to corre
spond to the national character in this
respect, and should aim to transmit that
character to the coming generations.
"The supreme need of the nation is not
for intelligent or mental culture In her
citizens, important as these are, but that
they shall be men and women of good
moral character, able to distinguish the
difference between right and wrong, and
resolved to do what Is right and to avoid
and resist what is wrong.
Chief Aim of Schools.
"The chief end, therefore, of the schools
to be held supreme above all mere In
tellectual culture is to develop the moral
nature of the pupils. If these positions
are correct it follows that any proposal
to divorce education from the general,
fundamental, unsectarian truths of re
ligion. to make our education merely !
secular, an,d to absolve the teacher and !
the school from all responsibility ex- j
cept for the intellectual development of,
pupils is subversive of the true American j
idea of education, and fatal to the chief i
Interest for which our schools were es- j
tablished. And yet this bald secular
theory of education is accepted in wide
Educational circles.
"Many cities and many whole states
are molding their school systems in ac
cordance with it.
"This very disagreement as to the true
nature and objects of education consti
tutes a grave peril to the schools."
Money to loan at 5 and G% on real estate.
Frank T. Rawlings Co.. 142S N. Y. ave.?
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SOFT COAL TO BE TESTED.
Three Schools Designated to Try Out j
Merits of Fuel.
In compliance with the instructions of
the board of education, at its last meet
ing, that three of the public schools of
the District should be used as economy
experiment stations in trying out soft
coal as a fuel for the Washington schools,
Dr. W. M. Davidson, the superintendent,
has named three buildings in the outly
ing parts of the city. They are the West
ern High Schooi. at ."loth and T streets
northwest; the Gartleld School, In Gar
lield, and the Powell School, School
street near Park road.
If it Is found that soft coal can be
satisfactorily used in the school furnaces
and without violating the sinoke law, it
probably will be adopted as fuel for the
Washington schools. This will be a great
saving of money if proper methods of
"stoking" are used, it is estimated. The
proposition to use soft coal In place of
hard coal was the outcome of congres
sional criticism last session of the cost
of keeping the District schools heated in
winter.
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$1 to Harper* Ferry aad Martlaabvrgi
$1.35 Berkeley Springs: fi.uo Cumberland
and return. Baltimore & Ohio Special
train leaves I'nion Station 8:20 a.m. Sun
day, Sept. 8th, stopping at principal points
on the Metropolitan Branch.?Advt.
Women Thrown From Carriage.
A runaway horse, drawing a damaged
carriage, was caught last night at 15th
and S streets northwest. A few minutes
before it was caught the animal had
fallen and overturned the vehicle, throw
ing three woman occupants to the street.
They were not injured and refused to
give their names to the police.
Harold Bantz 111 in New Mexico.
Harold Bantz. a son of Gideon C. Bantz,
the assistant treasurer of the United
States, is seriously ill near I^una, N. M.,
according to telegrams received here,
young Bantz has been employed in the
forestry service, and was taken ill with
fever recently. A relative arrived at the
camp where Bantz is being cared for
and telegraphed that he is too ill to be
moved at present. He expects to ^art
for Washington with him In about a
week.
CITY ITEMS.
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Sunday, 12 to * p.m. Royal Cafe, !>17 11th
street northwest. ?
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Kamona Trllrrloa" K > r, $1 Fall <)l.
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or Senate, $1.73; 2 doz. I^affer, fl.30. Bot
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ON WAY TO CAPE HENBY.
Lightship No. 78 in Tow of Tender
Leaves Shipyard.
Towing lightship No. 7K. the tender
Tulip has left Toinpkinsville. N. Y.,
bound to Cape Henry, where she will ar
rive today and will turn her charge over
to the tender Orchid, to be taken to Capo
Lookout, N". C., to relieve lightship No.
fW. No. 78, which is doing duty as a re
lief vessel in the fifth lighthouse district,
was on a station at thd mouth of tha
Delaware when relieved and taken to
Tompklnsvllle several weeks ago to be
given a thorough overhauling. She has
practically the same characteristics as th*
ship she relieves.
After placing No. 78 on the station oft
Cape Lookout, the Orchid will take No.
80 in tow and will bring her to the sta
tion of the service at Portsmouth. Va..
to receive repairs that will put her In
condition for withstanding the winter
storms on her station when she is re
turned to service.
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