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WILLIAM L. BALDWIN WINNER.

Awarded First Honors in MarylandCollegiate Oratorical Contest.

rial CorTPfkpoiNleme <>f The Star.COLLEGE PARK, April 2fi, KM.",.

The fifteenth annual contest of the Ora¬torical Association of Maryland Collegeswas he!d in the newly completed audi¬torium of the Maryland Agricultural Col¬lege last night, and attracted an au¬dience that packed the hall. William L.Baldwin, representing Washington Col¬

lege. was awarded first honors, his sub¬ject being "Men and Women ShouldHave E'jual Suffrage In America." Irv¬ing Phillips of Western Maryland Col¬lege was second, his subject being "ALiving or a Life.Which?" The first andsecond men were each given a goldmedal. Michael Levin of MarylandAgricultural College was third. "A Pleafor Child Labor Laws" being his topic; andCalvert Magruder of St. John's Col¬lege was fourth, his subject being "Phil¬ippine Independence."The judges of the contest were Dr. E.

F. Buchner of Johns Hopkins University.Dr. D. H. Steffens of Baltimore, andProf. E. C. Brandenburg of George Wash¬ington University Uw School.

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Former Gov. Dockery Super¬vises Deposits.Total

of the Savings.F*or the first timt* since its inception the

postal savings system is to be adminis¬tered by an experienced banker. ThirdAssistant Postmaster General Dockery,before he became interested in wider po¬litical life, was in the banking business.As far back as 18»iG he organized with theass:stance of a coterie of his financialfriends the Farmers" Exchange Bank ofGallatin. Mo. I.ater he became its cashierand remained such until 1*82.W hilr ,n many respects the postal sav-

ings depositories are widely different frombanking institutions, in the ordinary ac¬

ceptance of the term, still there is muchsimilarity noticeable, and for this reason,more than for ail) other, it is said.Postmaster General Burleson was influ¬enced to call to his assistance in theadministration of the new system thatmeans so much to the saving populationof the country the experience of a trainedbanker.

Report of Operations.The last reports that may be said to

»*c complete thus far cover the sys¬tem up to March 31 last. At that timethere were 12.823 depositories, locatedat 12.160 post offices, of which 8,222were of the presidential class and 3.-938 were fourth class offices. Thenumber of depositors at that date ap¬proximated ^135.000. and the amount ondeposit about. $33,500,000, or an aver¬age of about 1100 per depositor. About$21,600,000, or more than three-fifths ofthe entire deposits, were held In 251post offices, each of which recordeddeposits amounting to $15,000 or more;$15,000,000. approximately, was held inthirty-seven offices, each holding about$100,000 or more.New York leads the list with de¬

posits amounting to $2,366,049, withChicago second. $1,689,024; Brooklvnthird, with $876,091. and Portland. Ore.,the leading city in the west, fifth, with$718,745. Washington ranks twentv-seventh. with $153,560. and Astoria.Ore., the lowest on the scheduled listthirty-seventh, with $107 SOU.

Conversion Into Bonds.In addition to this big sum in deposits,

representing the savings of the country,so far as the postal system is concerned,$2,389,120 of the depositors' savings havebeen converted Into interest-bearing 21,*per cent United States bonds.While the faith of the United States

government is specifically pledged to thereturn of the money when demanded, thedeposits, under the law, are for the mostpart in sol\ent banks organized undernational or state laws and subject tonational or state supervision, includingsavings banks and trust companies do¬ing a banking business. Of these 7.248 'institutions have qualified as depositories,including 3.80S national banks, 2,41*2 statebanks. 401 savings banks. 572 trust com¬

panies and r»4 "organized" private banks.

WILL RETURN POST CARDS.

Order of Burleson to Reduce Workof Dead Letter Office.

An order of particular importance tocommercial people has been issued byPostmaster General Burleson, which pro¬vides for the return to the sender of alldomestic postal cards and post cards de¬posited for local delivery which are un¬

paid, misdirected, unmailable and un¬

claimed. when such card bears the ad¬dress of the sender. This arrangementwill reduce the number of cards sent tothe division of dead letters annually by12,000.000, and it is claimed will result inan economy of $10,000 in transportationalone. .

All other undeliverable domestic cardswill be held for reclamation two weeks'and then if not delivered will be de¬stroyed, or disposed of as waste by post¬masters. except those that might be ob¬scene or scurrilous or bear uncanceledpostage stamps, including the reply halfof double postal cards, which will be sentto the division of dead letters. Before be¬ing disposed of as waste the writtencommunications on undeliverable cardswill be canceled or mutilated so as to pre¬vent its improper use. All undeliverablepostal cards and post cards of foreignorigin will be sent to the division of deadletters.

JESSE CARIDEL DEADWell Known Newspaper Corre¬spondent Succumbs From

Attack of Pneumonia.

Jesse L. Carmichael. a well knownnewspaper correspondent of this city,died at Garfield Hospital last niglit at9 o'clock of pneumonia, after a briefillness. His elder brother. Otto Car¬michael of New York, was with himthroughout his illness, having hasten¬ed from New York when he was takenill.The body will be taken by his brother

this afternoon to their home. Muncie,Ind.. for interment in the family lot.His father and mother reside in Mun-cie, and four brothers and a sister alsosurvive him.Jesse Carmichael was one of the most

popular members of the corps of Wash-ingtou correspondents, of a most lov-able (iliaracter, witty and talented. Hewas tlilrty-seven years of age and un-married, and had spent a dozen yearsin Washington in newspaper work forout-of-town papers.He was one of the founders of the

National Press Club of this city, andtook a deep interest in its success. Hewas widely known to public men andhighly esteemed, and had hosts of de¬voted friends throughout the city.Mr. Carmichael at various times rep¬

resented the Los Angeles Times, theSan Francisco Bulletin, the MontrealStar, the Detroit Free Press and theBoston Herald in Washington. Hewas a member of the Columbia GolfClub.His brother, with Thomas J. Pence,

Samuel G. Blythe and J. W. Zeveleywlll accompany the body to Muncie,leaving at 6:45 o'clock this evening.Members of the Press Club will ac¬company the body to the Union station.

MEMORY OF II. S. GRANTFormer Senator Bailey MakesAddress at Birthday Anni¬

versary Observance.

GALENA, ill., April 26..The ninety-first anniversary of the the birth of Gen.I*. S. Grant was celebrated here today.Joseph W. Bailey, former United Statessenator from Texas.. delivered the prin¬cipal address at the Grant MemorialHome and later reviewed a street pa-rade. Many civil war veterans took partin the celebration.Former Serrator Ballev advised voters

to cast their ballots without regard topolitics and attacked the press of thecountry in his address before the U. S.Grant Memorial Association here today.Mr. Bailey lauded the character and

services of Gen. Grant and Abraham Lin¬coln.

Praise of Grant and Lincoln."Lincoln believed in the government as

our fathers ordained It," he said. "GeorgeWashington believed in the Constitutionand they called him a patriot. 1 believein it and they call me a 'poser.'"Let the republicans nominate their

best me^n; the democrats theirs and theprogressives theirs. Then vote for thebest man of the three."'Mr. Bailey warned his hearers against

newspapers as the "greatest enemies ofpublic peace In existence today."

UNIVERSITY FUND GEOWS.

Appeals for Oeorge WashingtonHave Netted $11,869.

The fund being raised by the GeorgeWashington University Alumni Associa¬tion to pay off the debt of the university,as well as to purchase additional prop¬erty. is gradually climbing. The markset by the officials of the ^lstitution is$50,000. As a result qf the several ap¬peals which have been issued. $ll,£titfhas been received. Part of this moneyis in cash and part in subscription.While it was intended that the money

should be subscribed in amounts of notless than $30. payable in five yearly in¬stallments, the first payment to be madenext December, many have sent theirfirst payment with the subscriptions.Cash received up to the present timetotals $1,:;00. The remainder of the *11.-

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800 is in pledges. The money collectedor pledged so far has come not only fromofficials of the institution and membersof the alumni, but from the manyfriends which the university has.

It was declared that not more than halfof the alumni have been reached by theapppeal which is being mailed out by thealumni association officers. Wherj allhave received the appeal and have hadtime to act it is expected that the totalwill be raised.

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NO BASE BALL TRUST PROBE.

Solons Lose Interest When Ty CobbSigns Contract.

Now that Ty Cobb has signed a con¬tract to play with tlfe Detroit club, allinterest in the proposed investigation ofthe peonage and the other abuses underwhich base ball players are supposed tosuffer has subsided. The proposed con¬gressional investigation went glimmer¬ing as soon as Senator Hoke Smith andRepresentative Hardwick, both ofGeorgia, read that Ty Cobb had signedup."My interest In the matter was simply

on account of Cobb." said Senator Smith,"because he is a friend of mine and a con¬stituent. I thought that if he were be¬ing deprived of the light to play ball,then it did seem to have a bad aspect.But if he is signed up and satisfied, thenI will let the matter drop."Representative Hardwick uttered sim¬

ilar statements.

Play Suffrage.A Captive Is Forcibly Fed With a Tube.By H. T. Webster.

RESULTS THE REASON.that The Star prints every day more paid "WantAds" than all of the other Washington newspa¬pers added together.

IF YOU FAILto get twice the answers from a cash Want Adin The Star than from the same ad in any otherWashington paper the entire cost will be gladlyrefunded. Try it.

CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT

ASPIRANTS FOR OFFICE

Candidates at HyattsvilleMake Wishes Known.Real¬

ty Transfers.Briefs.

Special Correapondence of The Star.HYATTSVILLE. April 2fi. 1913.

Charles B. Ager of Chillum district hasannounced his candidacy for the demo¬cratic nomination for county commis¬sioner in the primaries this summer.Former Councilman J. Frank Rushe ofHyattsville is also a candidate for thisnomination. Two commissioners will bechosen to succeed William F. Holmeadand Benedict J. Gallant, democrats,whose terms expire next fall, and whoare not eligible for re-election.The Southern Cotillon Club of Prince

Georges county will hold its May dancenext Saturday evening in Masonic Hallhere. The chaperons will be Mrs. G-Hodges Carr, Mrs. Charles W. Clagett.Mrs. James H. Hill, Mrs. John G. Holden,Mrs. Alfred Hyatt Wells and Mrs. CharlesH. Welsh.Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Young of San Fran¬

cisco have been visiting the former's sis¬ter, Mrs. Agnes J. Leakin, Johnson ave¬nue. Mr. Young is managing editor ofthe San Francisco Chronicle. Before re¬

turning home Mr. and Mrs. Young willvisit New York and Canada.

.transfers of Real Estate.Miss Mercer Warfield of Washington

has purchased the property of Otie B.Siple. Sibley avenue, and will remove toHyattsville early next week. Mr. Siplehas purchased the home of Mrs. Ada WU-

lis. on Johnson avenue, and will occupyhis new home Monday.State Senator and Mrs. Charles A.

Wells left Friday morning for New York,and will sail thence for Galveston. Tex.Before returning they will visit their son,B. O. L. Wells in Coffeyvllle, Kan.Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of the

Washlnton diocese. visited TrinityChurch, t'pper Marlboro, Tuesday andconfirmed a large class. A large congre¬gation was present, and the bishoppreached a s*rmon on "Witnessing forChrist."The county commissioners have ap¬

pointed Janies Thomas Unsworth con¬stable for Chillum district, and have ac¬

cepted the resignation of B. H. Sander¬son. constable. Seat Pleasant district.There are two applicants for the office ofconstable in Seat Pleasant district, A. M.Mackey and Roy Lit*, and the commis¬sioners will take the matter up at theirmeeting May G.

Seeks Release From Trusteeship.Chauncey M. Depew of New York has

fllel a petition in the circuit court at Up¬per Marlboro asking that his name bestricken from the list of trustees ofthe Capitol Cemetery Company of Wash¬ington, D. C-. incorporated, of PrinceGeorses county. Mr. Depew states in hispetition that the use of his name as

trustee was without hlg authority, andthat the ony connection he had with thecompany was that he invested in some

of thf cpital stock of the company, whichstock was in exchange for some stockpreviously held by him in the Forestl^ake Cemetery Company. May 27 is setas the date when the matter will beheard.

into a floating target, a structure on herdeck supporting a large section of armor

plate, braced and strengthened so a* to

represent the side, of a battleship, to

carry out the desire of the naxai com¬

mittee of the House for a practical dem¬onstration of the relative efficiency ofhigh-powered shot versus armor plate.In the course of the test, part of whi<~h

j was witnessed by the naval committee on

the Dolphin, one of the twelve-inch shellsnot only passed through the forward tar¬

get, but went on through the bottom ofthe Katahdin, which now lies sunk insixteen feet of water near Coan riverlight beacon, in Chesapeake bay. Thotest will be continued on what remain -

\isible of the target, after which thequestion of salvage will be taken up.

katahdin again sunk.

Shell Passes Through Bottom of BamDuring Target Tests.

The famous old Ammen ram Katahdin.twice sunk by naval shells, though never jin battle, is for the third time resting on

the bottom, as the result of the perfora¬tion of her hull by one of the big twelve-inch shells from the big monitor Talla¬hassee.The Katahdin hu been transformed

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