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| Being the Experiences of a Government
Clerk Who Sets Out
to Lower the High Cost of
Living. |
Pickles are not good for chickens. ?
There s a lot of valuable information in
t i'' six words. 1 know it is valuable,
U-Miiso I paid for it u". the rate of GO
cents a word.
Tin- pickles with which I conducted the
.pei im. tit didn't cost me anything: so
! sjivfd tii.it much, anyhow. Mrs. Brown,
v. f. of <? r- nearest neighbor, sent them
t ? us. Th. v were great big fe lows that
had lain nil winter in brine, but hadn't
ii put into vinegar. Th|re was no ,
maiicc on the part of Mrs. Brown. .She
':;is a kind heart, and T think she's rather '
t>ai?l of us. The sending of the pickles ,
A..-- a manifestation of her neighborly
.spirit. i
!' ' none of us likes that kind of |
kb-s; wi never have liked them, and :
i??ii"t think we'll ever learn. Jane didn't !
i i to hurt Airs. Rrown's feelings, so
- thanked our neighbor, said it was "so
of lu-r. and promised to serve them
dinner. She tried t<? look as pleased,
e said, as if they had been a box of
' r favorite chocolates.
la Me is a good deal of a stickler for the !
1 ith, even in tie- matter of social amenii
She selected her words carefully. J
i when she said she'd serve them for ,
dinner she meant just that. If Mrs.
i'.Town understood that the family would '
delighted to cat teem for dinner, that j
vasn't Jane's fault, of course. The 1
pieklcs wer?- nicely quartered, arranged
t- ruptingly on leaves of lettuce, and duly
made their appearance on the table. Jane
; : persisted in passing them. We all
v inl " Xo. tliank you." and tried to be as
; 1 it to Jane as she had been to Mrs.
I". H?n. In fact, we; made a good (Jeal
a joke ?>f the pickles: or. to be accu:
of Jane's punc-ilio in endeavoring
i' both truthful and polite. Subsequent
ents took all the fun out of pickles.
Hens Feasted on Pickles.
There wasn't any use keeping them, so J
I proposed giving the liens a feast. I've ?
been reading a lot about how farmers are
kept poor because of the things that go \
% to waste Why not practice economy, i
ev. : with a few pickles? So I chopped 1
r < ru up fine with a knife and threw them \
: t<> the chicken yard, where the hens 1
i- Id rind them next morning.
That was Monday night. When I came
1 o e. from the office Tuesdav evening
i *m?vs had six dead liens laid out nicely
i .. row.
W- guessed roup and pip and all sorts
nizootics. about every known and
nable disease of poultry?except
? When I told at the office Wedi
. ;i> of the mysterious malady that
attacked on:- Hoik, putting a damper
very beginning on our hopes of
aN'"g .1 fortune out of hens. Capt.
; sse 11 began to inquire about feed.
\\.t< 1 sure the grain wasn't moldy? I
v. Was 1 sure wet mash hadn't been
b if to sour? I was: we feed dry mash
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Difficult to rrsaril the occupation as an
exciting one.
? What had been in the scraps from
?' i kitchen? Just broke n bread and leav<
u- from t < table. I told him. and none
of the family had been poisoned. Then,
isuallv. I mentioned the pickles.
That cleared the mystery. If salt is
I i< -?1 before a hen. the captain said, she
at only what is good for iter; but
!> rar by nature greedy, she sometimes
v i: eat too heavily of excessively salty
I !. Tlvv: she lies down and die?.
? : ; t. Russell made th?* discovery early
Ins career as a farmer. His wife had
it sweet corn from the cob and put it
d r in jars with salt, following direct.
?t?s si..- nad read in a rural life magaz.
Th.e family didn't care for the salt
i >-, ii ?nd about a gallon of it was
- v. n to th. hens. A hundred or more
.. i.i.! paid the penalty of eating not
\ sely but too Iliuvh.
>f eo'irse. my lesson was less cxpens,\.
than was <'apt. Russell's, but 1
. ?.:ldn't but be impressed by the irony
< t' fact that 1 paid Mr Brown W>
? api* ? for the hens, and that Mrs.
",:i ^av< us tin* pickles that killed
. em.
Mrs. Brown Makes Inquiries.
>!; -. Brown was over > esterda> and.
i ' u tin same spirit of neighborly j
1: ' -!. a -!. ?! .lane how her hens were
.: ..g aiung. N r . wasn't that an awk- ;
. .si .1 to ha\e shot at a truth- j'
' da.io.c.atv Jane glanced at her j *
l at Mis. Brown's guileless face !
s. .. - am Then Jane abandoned
t: . . .. . a f<? straight diplomacy. She
a ; i . giibor that the hens were
?i . : Si., couldn't well admit, you
> :at !.u t hickens, and not the /am- j
t ; i sled on pickles.
" ! ;i has been rather an un....
Sunny Knoll" farm.
iat"s ante Jan.- has officially con
" i , on ooi place. Site doesn't claim
.. ci :a!. mi: w'i; "she attempt to ,
^hi it. But. she contends, it is a j
1 . .!>! r, sunny, when the sun I
* - i -sides, she likes the sound of it. |
. :.e .-is.- who has a knoll where the
. bines is at entire liberty to use the j
l a i!?
s art- not a suitable feed for
!?.. :;?? i,.. has rough-on-i ats a
j pi a.. u the dietarv of rabbits. i
??.!.' 1 that o t. and his career as a !
] :.i!i!i"i was wrecked almost be- I
. - i ... t- i;. He titted lift one of j
i ? stalls in th?- barn as a warren, and j
S t aft? i ii'.??n went into town with |
jmother for the purpose of procy.r- '
i 'r- breed in ir stock. 11 drew enough
1 from .hs savings account
t our rabbits. which lie
d . installed as the foundation
? ... jh.it 1c or herd, or whatever
; > ail .obits in countless numbers.
Th< certain!} were attractive little i'
t .- and we all took ;i lot of interest '
them. Margery.spent hours watching!1
tliem throug i the wire netting. The one
she Uked beat she named "Mamma." |
A- a; - ,:>d "Daudv. ' and a third 1
si..- ?-h?-1 Hettina." in honor of
li? . ;i::a htv. is. :he school teacher's little ,
daughter. Thf i north was compelled to
g" .ncb::.st?M d because. Margery fxj
:< . ,i ?jhv< i;- , she never could we. eer- j
t. w hich cut :i >vas she haun t named. 1
Intended for the Rats.
o three times Ned saw a leg rati,
u;irri'!i. and he was afraid it might i
1 . e; ,. rabbits. Idspf iall' was he 1
t- .. i for tin baby rabbits when they j
in.c. j a i i\ ? . I had a box of rat poison j
0.. :h.?h shelf in tlie barn. and had been i
a; .-adii:g tm bread and dropping it |
tl.ro -,?\\ cmcUs in the Moo;, trying to clear _
o ; tin clients. Before he started for
si ?.; Thursihi> morning Ned spread a
- *.*i us s! jei of bread with lard. cover!?._
it with the poison, and left it in the
warren. It was put there particularly]
ai.'i esjK-eiaily for the rats, and it. never
"' iuT.il to him that tlx- rabbits might
1." i' tie rats to it.
." botit iioon Margery came in and comp
. : ! To lu- mother that the bunnies
. v.. . -|.?.ji and "wouldn't wake up."
investigated, ami Margery's diagt
- was fuily justiti.-d. They had gone
t" ".ii th?* pickle-eating hens.
Ned was inconsolable lor a time, and
P
could see r.o joy through the vista of the Jj
years. Instead of lecturing him on heed- J1
lesstiess. as 1 would have done had I not i
so recently fed pickles to the hens, I com- |j
forted hini as best I could. Words aye jj
poor things with which to salve the hurt J j
of a calamity such a - this, but Ned bright- I
ened up. and lib- took on new hopes j J
when I offered to stake him to the price j I
of another breeding pen. He's going to | j
town today to get them. Experience lias J j
always been rate<i a hard teacher, and ,
some other tiisaste . of course, may over- 'J
take Ned's second rabbit venture. But j|
I'm willing to bet he'll not feed theiri rat poison,
no more than I'll feed pickles to
hens again.
So far no calamity lias overtaken
Jim's pigeon venture, and he is inclined
to lord it a little over Ned and me. But
I told him that his lack of ill fortune (
may be due to the fact that he hasn't i
yet got his pigeons.
Getting Ready for Pigeons.
He has been busy getting ready for !
them, though, and I must say he shows
a handiness for tools that is highly gratifying.
He had to abandon the plan of
using me Darn ion. cnieny necause n
would have been too big ;i job. financially
and otherwise, to ha- constructed
an inclosed run, or fly way. from so
high an elevation. Instead, he has inclosed
one of the stalls to serve as a
"loft." using old boards and tar paper.
There was a small window above the
manger in this stall, which he has taken
out. The runway he is now building is
outside this window, cutting ami trimming
poles in the woods to serve as posts
and dragging thein to the house. I have
helped him set these, but otherwise he
has done all the work himself. The runway
will he six feet wide and about j
twenty feet long, sides and top covered )
with small-mesh poultry wire. He plans
to buy about twenty pairs of breeders to
*tart with. The boy has been reading a
lot of p'.geoft literature and seems to be
?oing about the thing intelligently and
to be very much in earnest. L wouldn't
be surprised if lie made some money out
it. He plans, to grow as much of his
feed as possible, and has asked for and j
bad assigned to him a garden space for
that purpose.
Whatever of doubts 1 may have had
about the advisability of coming to the
country, and however the experiment
may turn out financially, 1 am satisfied
that so far as the boys are concerned
it was a wise thing to do. It gives
them wholesome interest not possible to 1
be had in town, and they are getting a !
lot of outdoor exercise that is bound j
to mean sturdy bodies and good health. !
Jane has yet to make her first complaint
about the inconveniences she is
forced to put up with. She goes about
her work singing, and only last night
spoke of the iact that she hasn't had*
t sick headache since we came out here. |
Margery likes it. too. and the few :
Jays the weather has been so that she
could be on the ground she has run
until her little legs were almost too
tired to hold her up. I haven't heard
a. lament for the "monies" since we
liave been here. I
Novelty Not Yet Worn Off. _
But I'm not losing sight of the fact
.hat the novelty has not worn off the j s
jxperiinent. Things that now seem J ii
jtrange and wonderful will grow to be I y
omnjonplace, and tasks that are per- v
'ormed cheerfully now because of their p
. ariety will become routine, and, there- 1
fore, irksome. f<
So much for Jane and the children. t<
[ realize that to men who may be con- ^
emplating a try at country life the
juestion of how I like it going back w
md forward every day will be of in- ii
erest. 1 want to be perfectly fair and s
'rank, and it is too soon yet to attempt
invthing more than a tentative answer. !
don't want to place - myself - in the n
lght of a "'quitter," but candor com- w
>ells me to admit that some phases of n
he adventure are showing unexpected
inpleasantness. One of these is the a
our miles a day to and from the sta- tl
:ion and the forty minutes I must gl
spend twice a day on the cars. This '
neans starting early and getting home ;
ate, leaving but little time evenings b
ror work around the place, though tills ,
atter complaint will be lessened when L
he days get longer. I am hoping, too,
hat the walk will be less a burden
vhen the ground dries out. But there a
ire bound to be bad. rainy days ^
ihroughout the year. "I'll own that *
nore than one night the past two weeks
vhen I got off the car I've wished the "
?ld flat was close at hand, where I ?
vould have nothing to do but eat my ?
inner and read until bedtime. a
Don't take this as a complaint, how- tl
ver. It is simply a statement of fact. p
expected to encounter discomforts, and ^
'in willing to endure them if by doing a
;o I can provide better living conditions ti
md secure the future of my family. f
.Vhat I am seeking to do is to avoid _
cing: only the gay and cheerful colors. ;
Unless I put in the shadows and somber
:ones, the picture would not be true to c
ife.
o
Anxious to Start Garden. p
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One of the impelling motives that s
irought me to the country was desire to ?
lig in the ground and cultivate the soil.
So far I have done no digging except a
>ost holes for a chicken fence and Jim's c
)igeon runway. If you have dug post ?
loles you know there isn't much variety *
;o the job, and after half a dozen or so r
t is difficult to regard the occupation as t
in exciting one. I hope, and believe, C
;hat when the garden work begins, espe- ^
daily when things begin to grow, all dis- y
content will take wings and fly away. :
Looking after the incubator is the only
eal job I have on hand now, though I _
lave managed to do a good deal of clean- *
ng up around the place, getting ready to t
alow. The incubator seems to be workng
all right at last, and if the accident
ve had was not fatal and we have no
jthers, we should have some baby chickens
by the end of next week. We are
loping the cellar stairs will not give out v
>efore the hatching season is over. They
ertainly are getting some hard wear. I
?o down to look at the lamp first thing f
,vhen I get tip in the morning. When I t
?et the flies going I go down again to till a
he lamp and turn and coo' the eggs. ^
Then I make a final trip of inspection just jefore
starting for the station. Jane s
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Had nfun dead hen* laid out nicely la i
a row.
nverages Inspecting the lamp once an1,
hour (luring: the day. In the evening I j
trim the wick and turn and cool the eggs '
again. There are two or three more trips
after that, and a final inspection at bed '
time. II
There isn't any doubt that hatching T
chickens in an incubator is a lot more j i
trouble than hatching them in the old- |l
fashioned way. Three of our hens are'11
sitting on eggs I got from a man out here j !
who has some fine white Plymouth Kocks. ; 1
I dusted them with lice powder before 1 j !
,mt the eggs under them and shall dust \{
them again tomorrow. Tnat is all the i
attention they require, except to see that i
there Is water ami feed where they can I
get them. The liens attend to turning i
and cooling the eggs, and nature regu- '1
lates the heat. ! 1
Hens Know Their Business. 1
Ordinarily a hen is not credited with j 1
having a great deal of gumption, but to i '
watch one of them take her bill and j i
turn and adjust her eggs so that all will ' 1
get an equal amount of heat is calculated J ,
to make one just a little doubtful of ! '
man's superior wisdom, especially as to ! 1
a matter which is a lien's particular i
business. j ,
1 bought lumber and built a brooder ,
house, getting ready for the chicks we i
expect the incubator to hatch. It isn't i
a job to make a carpenter burst with I
pride, but it is substantial and will I
serve the purpose. It is uVsXo feet, and
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Mrs. Colville Barclay, wife of the counelor
to the British embassy, is enjoyig
her first season in this country. Four
ears ago Mrs. Barclay, then Miss Ward,
isited Washington as the guest of the
resent ambassador to Italy and Mrs.
'homas Nelson Page, but that was only
yr a fortnight. Last November she came
-y America again, this time with her hus
and and a six-month-old little son. and
ith a view of making her home in Washlgton
for an indefinite length of time,
he has entered with zest into the social
ctivities of the season, and has made j
lany friends among American women, as j
ell as among the women of the diploiat!c
set. j
Mrs. Barclay was born in London, and J
ttended private schools in England. As
tie daughter of Herbert Ward, the noted
culptor, however, she spent eight years
f her childhood and young womanhood
I Paris, where her father has done his
est work. There Mr. and Mrs. Ward
ave maintained a home which has been
requented by men and women, who have
ttained eminence in painting, sculpture |
nd the other arts, and which has been j
onsidered one of the most interesting in |
'aris. Herbert Ward, who belongs to j
le Legion of Honor of France, has exibited
many, groups ^t the salon. Much
II the material?lumber, patent roofing,
tiree panes of glass, hardware and
aint?cost me *4.85. It is four and onealf
feet high in front and three feet
t the back. I made a door to go across
he front two feet wide and one foot
rom the floor. It is hinged at the top
o that it can be lifted up and hooked
5 pleasant weather, the opening being
overed with wire netting.
A notched strip screwed to the side
f the house and a long screw sunk
art way into the edge of the door enble
me to have the door opened at
everal different angles, letting in fresh
ir. but protecting the interior when it j
s raining. There is a door two feet by
hree that swings out from the side, j
jid inside of this is a sliding frame j
overed with the wire netting. On the J
pposite side, but toward the rear, are j
he three panes of glass. The house j
rill face the south, so by this arrange- j
neni mere -win ue no pan ui uic ua> .
hat the chicks cannot have sunshine.
)i*s of the ready-made., knock-down !
louses as large as this one would have
ost $15 to $20. It probably would have
ieen more ornamental, but no more servceable.
J am going to build three more
louses just like it and buy hovers to
>ut in them. Later in the season, when
irtiflclal heat is no longer needed for
he chicks, I'll take the hovers out and
ise the houses for the growing pullets.
Jane Wants 160 Pullets.
The eggs we have in the incubator arc j
rhite Plymouth Rocks, the same kind J
he hens are sitting on. but from a dif- j
erent farm. Tbis will give us two dis- j
inct strains of the same breed, cnibling
us to "cross-mate"' them next j
car for breeding. Poultry authorities!
eem to agree that is the proper way to
tart a healthy flock of thoroughbreds, j
A" hen we come to hatch our white leg- i
lorns later on we'll follow the* same j
nethod.
Jane has set her mind on having 150!
iullets. hatched early enough so they will j
ie laying before cold weather sets in next j
all. Whether she reaches her goal is go- i
ng to depend on the sort of luck we j
are. The hatching and raising of young j
hickens seems to be the most difficult '
lart of the poultry business, though T i
udge from what I read and hear that |
hero are plenty of problems straight j
[own the line.
The question of maintaining harmonious j
elations between chickens and a garden j
las given me a lot of concern, and I've ;
inally decided I shall have to fence the i
;arden. Chickens. especially growing j
ncs. we arc told, should have plenty of j
I ajlii.y. at Tho
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of his work is now owned by the French
government and is on exhibition in the
Luxembourg. It was at the Paris home
of Mrs. Barclay's parents that her weddinsr
took nlac-e not nuite three vears aero.
There, toe* another daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ward was married to a young Englishman,
Eric Phipps, who is now secretary
to the British embassy at Madrid.
Like most Englishwomen. Mrs. Barclay
is fond of outdoor sports. In Paris horseback
riding was her favorite recreation,
and she expects to resume it in Washington
this spring. She also enjoys golf.and
tennis.
Upon coming to Washington w'-'- and
Mrs. Barclay took a house near Dupont
Circle. In the furnishing of this residence
the artistic ability which the latter
has inherited from her father is evident
at a glance. Rare and beautiful prints,
watercolors and statuary, qua in r carved
chests from Brittany, odd pewter vessels
found by Mrs. Barclay in her travels in
Bulgaria, and many other things of
beauty and Interest, all of them placed
with rare taste, go to make the home an
attractive one.
Though she has enjoyed to the fullest
all that she has seen of social life in this
country. Mrs. Barclay is domestic in her
tastes. She is devoted to home life, and
gives most of her time to the care of her
little son, who is now ten months old. The
child is a handsome boy, and bears his
father's name.
range. I'll get light posts and put a
chicken netting fence around the quarter
of an acre I am going to use for a garden.
then the chickens can have the rest,
of the eight acres to roam over. They'll
do no harm in the corn field. Mr. Brown
tells me. nor to the potatoes, but I'll
have to be careful not to use a poisonous
spray when the war with potato bugs
begins. I see a non-poisonous bug exterminator
advertised in our farm paper
which I think I shall make some inquiries
about before investing heavily
in it.
To Give Berries a Trial.
Jane and I were so impressed with Mrs.
Lewis' success in growing raspberries
and strawberries that we have derided to
give it "a trial. The chief objection to
putting out berries on a rented place is
that you don't get any fruit the first year.
If the plants are put out in the spring
the second year gives you a crop of
strawberries and a partial crop of raspberries.
It is three or four years before
the raspberries come into full bearing.
But the plants are not expensive. and
$:> a hundred for the raspberries and SI
ami a hundred for the strawberries,
according to variety. There are new and
fancy kinds, of course, that cost a great
deal more, but 1 am advised that it is
much safer to stick to the standard varieties.
I have decided to experiment with "jou
red and 100 black raspberry plants and
.'100 strawberries. The strawberries 1 shall
have to plant, within the garden fence,
where they can be protected, but chickens
will not bother raspberries, except,
perhaps, to pick off a few close i<> the
ground: The raspberries are to be put
out in rows six feet apart. I had intended
growing corn between the rows, but
("apt. Russell dd vises me to plant potatoes
instead, as the corn would shade the
berry plants too much. The berries have
to be cultivated, and the idea of putting a
crop between the rows is so that I may
get a return for this year's work, as
there will be do berries to pa> for the
cultivation. E. S. -M.
Subcoramitee to Revise Bill
i ne House ways and means committee
has referred the Gnderwood bill to impose
a l'-cent tax on tobacco coupons,
prize tickets and other devices' to a subcommittee
comprising Representatives
I'nderwood. Garner and Gardner. The
subcommittee will revise the bill and report
back to the full committee within
probably a fortnight.
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rtioeker. New Orleans Item. 1 (\
glster. New Orleans States. 1 (j
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mrnal. Jacksonviile Metropolis. (( |
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'ribune. Ktio.vville Journal. }. j
Kxaminer. Oklahoma)). j}
Chroniete. Louisville Courier-Journal. ). i
Eainiuer. Trov Times. 1 ,v\
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Spokesman's Reti-w. ((,
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SX FOR AM. PAPERS.
SCHOOL OF POLITICS
FOR PARTY WORKERS
Republicans of Indianapolis to In- j
struct Precinct Committeemen ]
in Fundamentals.
INDIANAPOLIS. Infl.. April 4.?A
school of politics for more than 3.0UO pre-'
cinct committeemen in Indiana will ^
be conducted by the republican state.
committee in connection with the state
convention to be held here April 'J*J and
ill'. This announcement was made at the j
state headquarters here yesterday. The j
curriculum of the school will consist j
chiefly of the fundamentals of organiza- j
tion. i
The instructors in this novel institu- \
tion will include five former state chair- !
men. who are said to be past, masters in 1
the political game. They are John K. j
Gowdy, former United States consul at1
Paris: Charles S. Horn ley of Newcastle.
Tnd.: George F. McCullough of New
York. James P. Goodrich. Indiana member
of the republican national committee,
and Frederick A. Sims, former secretary
of state. Will H. Hays, present state
chairman, will call.the school to order.
Follow Rule of- Athletic Managers.
"When the athletic authorities of a
large college or university decide to build
up a winning team tbev call 011 the graduate
coaches for assistance," said L?. W.
Henley, secretary of the state committee,
who suggested the idea, in discussing it. !
"Why not apply the same idea to poli- j
tics? Wo intend to draw on the political j
experience of our former chairmen, every j
one of whom possesses the love and con- |
fidence of the republicans of Indiana." |
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CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES. ;
Appointments. Reinstatements and
Promotions in P. 0. Department, j
Postmaster General Burleson has an- J
nounced the following changes in the Post!
Office Department:
Probational appointments?James Maher.
Pennsylvania, and Alvin H. Sheaffer.
Pennsylvania, clerks, $000, bureau of third
assistant postmaster general; Stephen
Walker, laborer. $6G0, Postmaster General's
office. j
Reinstatements? Cdrneille B. Tullis, Alabama.
$900. and Douglass E. Frere. District
of Columbia. $360. bureau of fourth
assistant postmaster general.
Promotions?Richard M. Mullett, Maryland,
$1,400 to SI,600, and Emily C. Sharp,
Virginia, $600 to $720, bureau of fourtn
assistant postmaster general: Frank E.
Button. Wisconsin, $060 to $900: Thomas
D. Crowe. Tennessee, $1,200 to $1,400; Efenger
S. S. Gaumer, Pennsylvania. $1,000
to $1,200; William X. Peirce. Maryand,
$1,000 to $1,200; Joseph E. I leal y, Virginia,
$1,000 to $1,200: Xorman T. Raymond,
New Jersey, $900 to $1,000, and
Allen B. Schall. Michigan. $900 to $1,000,
Postmaster General's office, and Ferris
Saxton. Michigan, $900 to $1,000, postal
savings bureau.
Knocked. Down, Badly Brnised.
William Brown, nineteen years old. of
3022 5th street northeast, was knocked
down by an automobile at 10th and K
streets northwest last night and badly
bruised. Physicians at Emergency Hospital
found he also suffered a slight con- i
cussion of the brain. Kenneth W. Cugle.
occupant of the car that inflicted the injuries.
took Brown to the hospital.
It pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filled through them.
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THE WEEK.
Epitome of Events Ending April
4, 1914.
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President Wilson indorsed the candidacy I
of James J. O"Byrne of Paterson, X. J., |
for Congress, to succeed the late Robert?
G. Breniner. The "little White House" I
at Cornish. X. H., was again leased by '
the President for the summer capital, j
Repeal of the law exempting American '
shi.ps from Panama canal tolls was voted
by the House, 247 to 1C2, after warm debate:
strong opposition in the Senate developed.
Col. G. W. Goethals assumed
governorship of the Panama Canal Zone, j
Th-* urgent deficiency bill was passed bv'
Congress; the legislative, executive and '
judicial appropriation bill, carrying $'W.- i
449.lt59.70, was reported from committee j
to the House; the House voted pensions
to widows and children of Spanish War
veterans. Boston. New York. Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Richmond. Atlanta. Chicago.
St. Louis. Minneapolis. Kansas City,
uaiias antl r*ail r ntucincu \>eic aumuiiicwj i
as central reserve bank cities in twelve!
reserve districts outlined by the federal j
reserve bank organization committee.
Maj. (Jen. \Y. \Y. Wotherspoon was designated
as chief of staff of the army, to
succeed Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, ordered
transferred to command of the Department
of the East. Robert Lansing
was sworn in as counselor of the State
Department. Growing burdens placed
upon railroads by rate regulations were
set before the interstate commerce com- j
mission in arguments for per cent in- i
crease of freight rates. After a deter- j
mined light lasting three days. \Y. M. J
Daniels, nominated for member of the
interstate commerce commission, was con-j
firmed by the Senate. Senator J. P. Clarke
probably was nominated to succeed him- ,
self by the Arkansas primary election. ;
Dudley Field Malone. collector of the port I
of New York, condemned the administration
of "Gov. Glynn. George W. WicKersham.
former Attorney General, was
injured in an automobile accident. Miss
Mattie R. Tyler, granddaughter of President
Tyler, was superseded as postmaster
at Courtland, Va., after sixteen years' incumbency.
A five-hundred-thousand-dollar
loss was inflicted by fire at .St. Augustine,
Fla. Among those who died during
the week were W. W. Miles. Episcopal
bishop of New Hampshire: Representative
William Richardson of Alabama:
August W. Oehlert, police commissioner
of Alexandria.
Foreign.
John Lind, personal representative in
Mexico of President Wilson, started home (
from Vera Cruz on leave of absence; the ;
battle of Torreon continued through the J
week, victory finally resting with Gen.
Villa and his constitutionalists; Venus-!
tia.no Carranza, rebel chieftain, entered j
Chihuahua, making it the rebel capital. |
Prince Iyesatod Tokugawa declined the
post of Japanese premier and to form a
new cabinet: announcement was made
that Baron Makino would retain the portfolio
of foreign affairs: Vice Admiral
Matsomoto was sent to prison following
investigation of the naval graft scandal.
Establishment of a federal system of government
for the British Isles was pro- j
posed by the administration in debate on j
the home rule bill: Premier Asquith as-;
sumed the portfolio of secretary of state |
for war. resigned by Col. Seely. York-1
shire coal miners, numbering 170.000, quit j
Osman Mizima Pasha was designated asj
Turkish ambassador to Washington. A :
Nicaraguan flred a shot at ex-President
Zclaya of Nicaragua at Casa Torres, in
an attempt to assassinate him. Continued
rebel activities were reported from Haiti
and Santo Domingo. Prince Henry was
entertained royally in Argentina, and proceeded
to Chile. The safety of Theodore
Roosevelt, former President of the United
States, whose party met with distress in
Brazilian exploration, was reported. The
sealing steamer Newfoundland, with sixty-four
of her crew, was lost in a gale off j
Newfoundland. The condition of King j
Gustav of Sweden continued to cause i
alarm. James Gordon Bennett, publisher j
Brew B
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of the New York Herald, rallied from ill- j
ness in Ix?ndon. Among those who died j
during the week was Sir Hubert von Herkomer,
famous artist.
District of Columbia.
President Wilson heard pleas of property
owners for adjustment of condemnations
for acquisition of land for the
Union station plaza, expressing his sympathy.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
felicitated Warren Young 011 thirtythree
years' White House service. Secretary
Wilson of the Labor Department
celebrated his fifty-second birthday.
Opposition was voiced by the board of
Commissioners against the bill to charge
the District of Columbia with $1,IKX?,:!57
as a debt due the United States since
1877. and a ruling from the controller
of the Treasury is suggested. Approval
was given by the Commissioners to the
Torrens title system. A bill, introduced
by Representative Denis O'Leary of New
York, proposed investigation by commission
of affairs in the District of Columbia.
with a view to governmental reform.
with authority to frame charter.
The. committee of one hundred, in propaganda
for the District of Columbia,
planned to ask civic bodies of the United
States and conventions meeting here to
aid the movement. Otto Praeger as
sumeu nis duties as postmaster; Bon \*.
Prince took office as tax collector:
Lnited States Marshal Splain appointed
as deputies J. G. Newman. Joseph
Green and IT. A. McLaughlin. The
Washington Animal Rescue League, to
aid the Washington Humane Society
in efforts to alleviate the condition of
dum-b beasts, was organized. Thirteen
pleaded guilty of violations of the loaiv
shark law and were lined $100 each; imprisonment
was suspended on agreement
to refund illegal interest charged on
loans and to accept three-fourths payment
of principal. Curtailment by Congress
of appropriation for printing new
money resulted in announcement of furloughs
affecting Tt.ttM employes of the
bureau of engraving and printing. Rev.
P. C. Gavan was installed as pastor of
the Church of the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart, and Rev. C. A. Vincent as pastor
of the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church. Among those who died during
the week were: Ernest \V. Emery, chief
of wire traffic of the Washington bureau
of the Associated Press, at one time
chief of the bureau: J. L. Davenport,
former commissioner of pensions, and
George W. Hill, veteran editor for the
Agricultural Department.
MAY HAVE FREE BATHS.
House Refuses to Deprive Members
of Their Perquisite.
Members of the House continued today
to enjoy free baths at the Capitol without
any. fear, if they ever had any. that this
privilege would he cut off. Any doubt
that may have eyisted regarding the
matter was removed by the action of the
House yesterday in voting to retain the
item in the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill pre iding for
baths and batning attendants for senators
and representatives.
During the debate on the question the
House was aroused to laughter by Representative
Bryan of Washington, who
demanded to know why it was that the
House appropriated $2.1100 for "washing"
4.T5 representatives and *4.000 for "bathing"
ninety-six senators, chairman Johnson.
in charge of the bill, quick to see the
facetiousness of trie remark, made no
response to the question. For years there
lias oeen some opposition to ine tree nam
privilege 011 the ground of economy.
Fatally Stricken on Street.
Mrs. Rosie Johnson, colored, sixty-five
years old. v.*ho resided at 013 11th street
northwest, last night about 0:30 o'clock
was taken suddenly ill at Massachusetts
avenue and 7th street northwest. She
died shortly reaching Emergency Hospital.
Her death was due to a cerebral
hemorrhage.
Bishop Murray of the Maryland diocese
Protestant Episcopal Church confirmed
Thursday classes at Emmanuel and Holy
Cross churches and St. Philip's Cliapel,
Cumberland. Md.
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NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
: Charles H. Creamer Dies at His
, Home Near Potomac?Gas Company
Is Given Verdict.
; Special Correspondence of Tit* Star,
i ROCKVILLK. Md.. April 4. 1914.
Charles H. Creamer, fifty-two years
i old. died at his home, near Potomac. of
j paralysis, following; an illness of onl\ a
, few days, lie is survived by his wift.
i who was a Miss Stewart of Poudoun
| county. Ya.. and nine children, the
j youngest but a few weeks old. The
j funeral took place at o'clock yesteri
day afternoon from the Methodist
Church at ^ otomac, the pastor. Itov.
Homer Welsh, conducting the servicer.
Henry S. White and Miss Nannie J.
.Burgess, both of Broad Run, Va? were
J married in Roekville Thursday after|
noon, leaving for Washington immediately
after the ceremony,
j William J Williams of Poolesvil'e
i has declined the appointment as
] democratic member of the board of
j county public school commissioners, and
fGov. Goldsborough has named I ?r. John
j Gardiner of Clarksburg in his place.
Gas Company Wins Suit.
j In a suit against Dr. A M. Kalbach
j of Enimitsburg. Md., which was tried
I before Judges Truer and Peter in the
I circuit court here, the Cheasapeake Bla>
I Gas Company of Washington was given
I judgment for $427. The defendant admit
! ted owing S'HM. The suit was for ?7?n\
which, it was claimed, was due for inj
stalling a gas plant in a hotel at Kmj
mitsburg.
j At the bi-weekly meeting of the Roekville
Woman's Club, held in the club;
rooms. Mrs. William II. Holmes of
| Washington read a paper on "The Bal!
anced Ration." and Mrs. Tibbotts of
Bethesda spoke.
William J. Hall of Washington and
Miss Mamie Ida Weakley of .Syria. Va..
and John F. Cornwell and Miss Emma
Bertha Lowe, both of Travilah. this county.
obtained marriage licenses here yesterday
afternoon.
Senate Fight Over McNally Probable
The Senate, it is said, is threatened with
another long fight in executive session
over the nomination of James C. McNally.
who has been nominated consul
; at Nuremberg. Bavaria. Serious charges
j have been* made against Mr. McNally.
I These charges concern McNally's official
j conduct while consul at Nanking, China.
! up to four years ago.
Miss Kstelle Myrtle Love and Lewis
Richard Carroll were married Thursdav
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Wheatley. Easton. Md.
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