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Anthracite-Carrying Railroads to Present Their Side in Next Few Weeks. TRANSPORTATION SECRETS SHOWN IN 50 EXHIBITS Allowances Between Parent and Sub¬ sidiary and Other Friendly Com¬ panies Are Brought Out. PHII.fADET.PHIA. Pa., Januarv 17 "tYlth the introduction into the record of *rMit masses of figures contain*-.) in a half hundred exhibits shewing the cos; Of hauling, the interstate commerce com¬ mission h, re today closed its side of the <ase in the investigation of the rates, practices, rules and regulations govern¬ ing the transportation of anthracite coal. he defense, which inchuUs all the an- thracite coal-carrying railroads and in¬ volves the so-called railroad coal com¬ panies. will present its side of the cas- in the course of the next few week-- in Xew York, after which the interstate commerce commission Kill decide wlieth- m' °0?' frt:*ht rates t,. tidewater and ali points outside of Pennsylvania are reasonable or excessive The ex¬ hibits were tiled by K. !.' Morgan, ac¬ countant for til" .ornmUsion. who had figures assembling and compiling the [ In the exhibits introduced, with refer- t!LC', "I'eratlons of tlie- Central Railroad lornpai.y of X. u j, -sev. it was from"the u- "f transportation r°m the \\ wining region ..f Pennsvl- York tideuater was «f*t. r"" a haul "".'r: J his included Ille as- o-nts p ^ miles. 1 in:* iuciuue«i the as- unr«,LrOSi' Iine l,au!- ten,lina' costs l r^tur" empty rars. Th»- freight v? from thi: Wyoming region t.> New ?1 40 r,.', OI" ls , >" "" rrepar.-d siz.-s 2 t ii toal and ar:'' ll -."> on smallei sizes. From th»- r. thTcMt S!flith- i^'i8hT;gion ! , l> cents on a I.aul of miles, while the fre'ght rates are The exhihitaS hfr°n' tl!e Wyoming fields, ne txhibit* showed that the average net milf"Ue "er t0n Per mile sS-m Jersey Central Made Allowances. I he exhibits also showed that the t.-rn,,ra' ma'1e al,owances to the of «r#2 s^' ,- ""I' Navieation Company Elijah*,* r handli»S coal over the bor port pier in .New York har- These allowances, counsel for the i>ear in'th SiUd; .1" not "Peclflcallv ap- l «*r 111 the published tariff rut** 1, was also stated these allowances have en discontinued. The Jeriv also made between 11.10 and l'si M?ter- al allowances amounting: to «7~i -">7 o'<8 b.'° lines be- mines inS ,X"-' uri f-°al Company's Thf ejhihit, J*.KSey Centrals tracks, ine exhibits further showed that the cents a for'1"".1 nlad< refunds of ift'-i V. lo-" *° the Lehigh Coil i).,T and''Wnres-B°a.rTcoard<-thC ''Pl"eh shipments to the Yew iZv"'".. 0" troZ^foVo %?ra- -fu^SS ! fr.SnUmoC r^ha.Vdl.n^? Ba n J r. i*bJ.eh ;t"d " ilkes-Barre Com- H. Tkf1"""!1 t0 X, lv England at sidiarv ,Tr i h C? company fs a sub- . iaiarj or the Jersey Central. Manhattan Lighterage Company. Counsel for tj'e commission also pre¬ sented figures to show that the losses in operation of the Manhattan Lighterage amounting to J5o0.!«0, are de- Central °m the incom,! of the Jersey coXft!^!nK U,i ,hp Rea<!:"~ companies, the t hat t1f"°nr fibres to show Reading tvm s ra'lw:iy pald »" <he rteaninu Com; any since lfc:«; sir->7 v\l Rea!dln"rc "l',i"ment " 'eased from 'the cost of K';iCh »'«.> at. original thar ih , ^as pointed out ' lh' railway has no etiuitv in the replaced equipment. In addition", the ex- oairl th, p '''i,ith'1!.th" rall"av company iTs 4.i, .»« l'mpany 8 per c"nt on j " on e'!u,Pn,ent leases and from r nt on an ad<3jtional $17.4XK>,- <mw» for equipment leases. Masses of other figures were also .re¬ sented to show the financial operations three ,liB Reading corpora- < ounsel for the commission introduced sh'»vin!< "*e Lackawanna railroad transposed free of charge sup¬ plies for the Lackawanna Coal Com¬ pany. a subsidiary. Counsel for the Lackawanna was not present when this came up. but other railroad lawyers Muted they believed this practice had Deen discontinued. HEBRING FROM THE POTOMAC. Fish Dealers Are Puzzled by Mid¬ winter Catch. Pish dealers at the 11th street wharf are scratching their heads and saying that things are certainly working funny In their business, all because in a shipment of tish recent y received by C.eorge \\\ Stuart from Beales wharf in Xomini creek, Va., there were sixty-three herring as fine as any that are caught in the Po¬ tomac in the middle of the spring fishing season. B Herring are often received from the New Jersey coast fisheries at this time of the wr and shad and herring are looked f[om th^ south, but for the fish to be caught In the Potomac In the middle of winter ls something out of the ordinary and is causing comment. The tish were sold to uptown dealers at fancv prices bo far this season the dealers at the wharf market have not received a shad or herring from the southern fisheries * though it i» stated that a few of both species of the tish have been received by the dealers uptown and are on sale In the markets All kinds of fish ar. reported scarce at the. wharf market and prices are high. "77" FOR GRIP, INFLUENZA, COUGHS, SORE 1HROAT COLDS "I am getting untold comfort From Humphreys' 'Seventy-seven' .may I ask for a booklet, to learn of your remedies for Rheumatism and other ailments." In celebration of sixty years of success we have published a new and revised edition of Dr. Hum¬ phreys' Manual of all diseases. Riving in minute detail the care Und treatment of the sick with Humphreys' Remedies. For a free copy, address Hum¬ phreys Homeo. Med. Co., 156 William St., New York. Changes in Personnel of Department of Commerce Employes Announced. The Department of the Interior yester¬ day made public the following changes In its personnel: Probationary appoint¬ ments: office of Secretary.Henry K. Dinan. New Hampshire, elevator con- doctor. JT--: David E. Trabold New YorK. watchman. J720- General land offle- I., wis Fisher. Pennsylvania, cop} 1st 57-.. Patent office.Arthur R. » y»e. Ohio, examiner. »t.600. Alfred CK-meiu, Illinois, an.l Ray Shackelford. >Jls90"rl; copyists Balis A. 1 mni'L1\ , ".Th Presf.n Harris. Tennessee, and Joseph jNew Jersey. laborer (classi- liedi, J IS" Oeoiogical surv.-v-Miss^a e J. Loeue. Missouri. »>|d Bn" Taylor. K.-i.tucky. -m.l." ^ p-,,mfornia. reauofinmes-J. il. '¦ ifu.ia duty); petrol"-11111 > UK.nee mpshi,e. junior John C. MoiKan. , , Roland chemist. *i:»> n''' 1 T'.-V ' ,?,Vv Sf«<. R. Uatliet. Ohio. n..ss.-;..«-« mj »offlce_ Reinstatement, M n <j [ransitman, Robert L> I>alton. tun. $100 per montb List oi' Promotions. i.,ra] land office. Promotion*. < .enerai 0iPrk i av ,.hn Alabama, cieriv, Clarence <> \W'- 51,000 to >1,200; Mrs. Jennie A. Tall. «- »o to $900: Herman Illinois, copyist. *.-«? to <. Hansen. Wisconsin, n-sistant met sender ?7-0. to copyist. fPOO; James L. Ryan's.' Virginia. skUled Ubore^ *«W. to assistant mf^ewar. '"New York" ^rTlf'oO to *M00 ^itent offlce- ¦hari'es s Orovor. Indiana, examiner, «TH«n:UrS S*e7k S84M. t'o'ci.-rk. Reclamation service.Frank W. llanna. Iowa, en- rri' .,,r r.» supervising en "ine.r ¦- '»>¦ »ur«u "r ,n ll's , " . i- .eel N-.-W Voi k. laboratory helper |W. io anal \ st. $800; Andrew! A ll Hamilton. PennsyWataa. me.- sender. $480. t.. under clerk. S.-O iDen Vn-'. ' w'-'ii i tae department: In- ,. Iffirp <tunrt H Elliott, Ohio, clerk, dian office -mu. it i r. Anthony Krauth ""so t, Dakota, copyist WOO, from 'lovernm.i l Hospital for Insane. Geological surv.y Miss Annie T. sth-»\v Massachusetts, under clerk. from'general land office. 1 o ,an ^ from other departments: (.eoio^ical _urvey Donald F. -Ma. Donald. Montana, geo¬ logist. $-.-k»). from isthmian canal com '"itesi'inations General land office. Henrv Culloui. Jr.. Illinois special leeni *1 *,to Patent office, John A. Indiana, . xaminer. ,1*00: "*£ t 'k McCormacic. District of Colum- bia.messenger hoy. $360. Geologica sur- vev-Ravm"nd r. I'ierce, Idaho, junior engineer SI .-.>»>. Reclamation .servtce- Van es K. We. Arizona, sen,or clerk. .IfllUCfe 1' t r- »nnu -junior Sj ino; James F rtray, Arizona. Junior. clerk $1 440; John V. Waiters. Cali¬ fornia. mechanical draftsman, $4 per day when actually employed. ALASKA COAL A FAILURE. Valueless for Navy. According to Of¬ ficial Report of Tests. Preliminary tests of Alaskan coal from the Bering river district have been very discouraging to officials who hoped they might develop a new fuel supply for the navy. Rear Admiral Griffin, in charge of the investigation, has reported to the House nava' affairs committee that the Bering rive.* coal tested has fallen so far under expectations in practical use as to be of no value, but that from the Matanuska fields and other sections oC the Bering district, from which coal is vet to be tested, the navy is hoping for better results. Chem'cal tests of the Bering river coal indicated that it contained a higher effi¬ ciency oi therma units J-"e Pocahontas coal of West Virginia, but when put to firing tests in the navy, notably aboard the cruiser Maryland, it developed only 4a per cent of the same efficiency and caused :i great deal of trouble. It made immense clinkers wntcn clogged the furnaces and covered the grate bars with a molten substance 1 ke tar, which shut off the draft and ham¬ pered steaming. Congress has appropriated Sio.000 for experiments with coal from tii* Mata¬ nuska district, and these will be carried on- , %i i Those who are opposing the Alaska railway bill, now being debated in both houses of Congress, are pointing to the admiral's testimony before the naval committee as an added argument in their favor. One of the arguments advanced by the supporters of the bill is thai a government railroad is needed to tap the northern coal fields and bring a fuel sup¬ ply to tidewater for the navy. REPORT ON BANK RECEIVED. Plans for Reorganization of Pitts¬ burgh Institution Here. The report of National Bank Examiner Owen Reeves on the success of plans for a reorganization of the First-Second National Bank of Pittsburgh, which was put In the hands of a federal receiver several months ago. was received yester¬ day by Thomas P. Kane. act'ug controller of the currency. It will be considered by Mr. Kane, Milton C. Elliott, solicitor for the controller, and by John Skelton Wil¬ liams, when he is confirmed as controller by the Senate. Reports from Pittsburgh indicate that many subscriptions to the stock of the proposed reorganized bank are contingent upon its admission to the Pittsburgh Clearing House Association. Treasury precedents agree that the controller's office could not recognize subscriptions contingent on the action of a clearing house. NOT CONSIDERED A TOY. Neither Is Trick Cigarette-Holder Smokers' Material, Rules Treasury. A trick cigarette holder that cannot be used as a cigarette holder is not "smok¬ ers' material," under the tariff law. and as not a proper plaything for children it is not to be classed as a toy. So in future the impost will be levied against such things on the basis of their com¬ ponent parts. This is a decision of the Treasury Department, just made pub ic. Such a trick cigarette holder, made of glass and providing a whistling sound when breathed into, has been an article of frequent recent importation, and has been levied against as a toy. But it is not a toy, no more than are trick match¬ boxes, trick cigarettes, wooden cigars and trie k cigar cutters. For a toy is essen¬ tially, under tariff construction, some¬ thing to amuse children; and all play¬ things are not to be considered toys just because children may play with them. And this is manifestly not a proper toy for children. White House to Be Represented. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Miss Mar¬ garet Wilson have promised to be pres- ! ent at the meeting of the woman's department of the National Civic Feder¬ ation at Rauscher's at 11 o'clock next Tuesday morning, when E. Stagg Whit- in, president of the National Prison Labor Association, will speak on "Pri¬ son Reforms." Mr. Whltln will be in- troducted by Commissioner Siddons. Miss Maude Wetmore, chairman of the woman's department, will also make an address. Reservation Named "Fort MacArthur' Secretary Garrison has named the military reservation at Point Fermin, Cal., Fort MacArthur. in honor of Lieut. i.i n. Arthur MacArthur. Fnited States Army, who died September 0, lUlli. lieorjse J. Knnpp «ml hi* <I<»k Ted who were Ihf iwo prineipal fiprure* in rweut campaign at Pueblo, Col. CITY WAS CONVERTED BY A MAN AND A DOG How Successful Single Tax Cam- paign Was Conducted at Pueblo, Colo. A team is credited with starting the movement that resulted in the adoption by Pueblo, Col., of single tax reform by charter amendment.a team consisting of a man and a dog. George J. Knapp, delegate-at-large representing Colorado at the Fels single tax conference, just ended in Washington, owner of the dog, in conversation gives the impression that the dog did most of the work. This mod¬ est statement is not by any means ac¬ curate. Mr. Knapp performed the bulk of the labor, but that the dog, Ted, did a lot there can be no doubt. "Women vote in my state," said Mr. Knapp to a reporter for The Star, "and most women like dogs, and especially little dogs. They would notice the little fellow on the street, stop to pet him, and. reading the legend on his blanker. 'Pu¬ eblo, Col., single tax, 1914.' would usu¬ ally ask what it meant. That gave me my chance to explain and convert. I took Ted for a waik here in Washington yesterday morning, and probably fifteen women wanted to know why he wore the coat and what the legend stood for. No Single Taxers There. "There were, as far as I can discover, no single taxers in Colorado three years ago. In my work for the idea, covering a ten-month campaign. I, or rather Ted and I. received practically no co-opera¬ tion from any one during nine-tenths of the time. I formed a single tax club for the purpose, and. although it began to ge mentioned here and there, no one really knew how small its membership was, for four girls in my office composed the rank and file. The results came, however, in the last month of the campaign, took the form of a landslide, and the charter amendment was a result. The ciub doesn't lack for membership now, for over 2.000 names are on its rolls." Mr. Knapp was sent from St. Louis to Colorado Ave years ago to die. His physi¬ cians gave him only a few weeks in which to enjoy the climate out there, but he is still at it. TO HELP RUN PRESS CLUB. Many Members of National Organi¬ zation to Serve This Year. Committees to act during the coming year have been appointed for the Na¬ tional Press Club. The members are as follows: Executive committee.Frank B. I,ord, chairman; Theodore H. Tiller, Ashmun X. Brown. i louse committee.W. L. Crounse, chairman; W. A. Crawford, J. B. Small wood, T. F. Logan, F. W. Steck- man. Membership committee.Morton M. Milford. chairman; Robert M. Ginter, J. L. Wright. G. S. "Wilcox, Walter S. Gard, J. R. Crown, K. Foster Murray, F. I>. Lander, Edward It. Padgett. Au¬ diting committee.Donald A. Craig, chairman; W. K. Nottingham. Cornelius Eckhardt. Committee on tixed events. (Hobby nights, etc.) Frederic J. Haskin, chairman; John Oliver .a Gore. (Uis f. Karger. Entertainment committee.Rob¬ ert J. Patchin, chairman; Cluade Ben¬ nett, C. E. Stewart, Theodore H. Tiller, James Hay, jr., J. J. Daily, Howard Acton. Library and art ' ommittee. \ D. Jacobson, chairman; Paul Weir. W. A. van Benschoten. Publicity committee .Earl Godwin, chairman; H. E. Jester, C. D. Groat. B. A. Mattingly, J. P. Annin. Charity committee.I^ouis Gar- the, chairman; W. H. Landvoigt. R. M. McLennan. Special guest committee- Arthur J. Dodge, chairman; T. O. Monk, Arthur B. Krock, R. B. Watrous, C. T. Thompson, D. L. Selke, Robert Dougan, Xorborne Robinson, Elmer Murphy. L. S. Conness, J. A. Mathews. George Gar¬ ner, Dona'd MacGregor. O. H. Stewart. Laurence Todd. M. II. Mclntyre. Build¬ ing committee.W. L. Crounse. chairman; II. J. Brown, Oswald F. Schuette, J. Fred Essary, Ben F. Allen. Eligibility com¬ mittee.Fred A. Emery, chairman; Austin Cunningham, C. C. Hart. Printing com¬ mittee.C. C. Hart, chairman: George. W. Summers, G. H. Gall. Finance com¬ mittee.O. F. Schuette. chairman; T. H. Tiller, G. J. Karger, T. F. Logan, A. .s. Brown, treasurer. * Northumberland Is Crippled. In consequence of having broken her rudder the steamer Northumberland of the Maryland. Delaware and Virginia line when she left here yesterday afternoon was unable to take passengers and freight for points along the lower river, as it was found that she could not be handled at the wharves to make landings. A hurried trip will be made to Baltimore, where repairs will be made and the ves¬ sel made ready to resume service on her schedule, which calls for her leaving there tomorrow evening for the lower river and this port. Yacht Club Gives Dance. About thirty-five couples attended the initial dance of the Washington Yacht Club last night at Carroll Institute Hall. The hall was decorated with club pennants and American flags. During the intermission refreshments were served. The committee in charge of the dance consisted of Richard G. Tay¬ lor. chairman: R. M. Collins. R. J. Jones, H. F. Smith and K. E. Buflin. HALF-GALLON OF BEER RAISES AWFUL RUMPUS Question Is Whether It Shall Be Added to the Present Legal Barrel. In addition to regulating monopolies in restraint of trade, enacting aseaman's bill and a few other little measures of that sort, Congress may he called upon to regu¬ late the Bize of beer barrels the country over, and just at this moment Commis¬ sioner of Internal Revenue Osborn Is cogitating over the problem of whether he will stand pat for a thirty-one gal¬ lon barrel, or recomirfend that the United States standard for beer containers shall be thirty-one and a half gallons. In support of the larger barrel, about fourteen state commissioners of weights and measures are either in Washington or are carrying on correspondence with their representatives, senators and the internal revenue commissioner. Bay State Takes Hand. One of the latest to arrive is Thure Hanson, commissioner of weights and measures from Massachusetts, who yes¬ terday sang his song of woe into the ear of Representative Winslow of Mas¬ sachusetts, a member of the House com¬ mittee on weights and measures. The trouble seems to have originated in the old-fashioned arithmetic books of oar ancestors. In those delightful old dogeared volumes, the beer barrel lis given as something containing thirty- one and a half gallons. In accordance with this, many states passed laws re¬ cently requiring the brewers to place Lhirtv-one and a half gallons of the hop fluid into the chuggy little casks which large men in blue overalls carry linto ih<- swinging doors of thirst em- poriums. Would Require Extra Stamp. "We can do that," said the brewers. "but if so we will run afoul of the fed- eral statute which requires that we place an extra stamp on all barrels over thir¬ ty-one gallons In capacity." An f-xtra stamp means onf more dollar. One more dollar for a measly half gal- Ion of beer, it is declared, would put many a brewery out of business. Hence the predicament. Commissioner Hanson called on In- ternal Revenue Commissioner Osborn. Ho found him so tied up with patronage matters that a half gallon of beer more or less did not seem to worry him. How¬ ever. the matter seems to be such that Mr. Osborn will have to decide within a few days whether he will stand pat on the regulation United States thlrty-one- gallon barrel, or bow to the widespread influence of the old New England arith- metic and raise the size half a gallon. SERVICES FOR CARL BROWNE. Memory of "Labor Knight" to Be Eulogized at Meeting. Services 1n honor of the memory of Carl Browne, n lieutenant in the famous Coxey's "armj," who died Thursday afternoon fo'.lo *ing an attack of acute indigestion, are to he held at the Old Masonic Temple this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Several labor men of the Dis¬ trict are to eulogize the "Labor Knight." A. B. Johnscn is to be the principal speaker. His fubject will be "The Last Days of Carl Browne." B. Albert Weiss and V. Pullo. with Mr. Johnson, are in charge of the arrangements. The public In general and labor men in particular are Invited to be present. Carl Browne himself was to have been a speaker to- day at the hall where he is now to be eulogized. l_'p to a late hour last night no word had been received from Mr. Browne's relatives. His father-in-law. (Jen. Jackob Coxey, had not been located, although a letter addressed to the dead man which was received yesterday and sent from Gen. Coxey, then at Norfolk, stated Gen. Coxey was slated to speak in New York today. A telegram has been dispatched to Mr. Browne's wife in California. must stand trial. Isaac Swidler and John H. Peters to Meet Assault Charge. Isaac Swidler and John H. Peters, who forfeited $10 each in the Police Court Friday, when they failed to appear on a charge of assaulting Philip Milstone, a news vender, last month, must stand trial. Assistant United States Attorney Ralph Given stated yesterday that he will notify Atorney Henry E. Davis, counsel for Swidler and Peters, that they will have to appear for a hearing, as Milstone has notified him he is not satisfied with the forfeit of $10 collateral each. Mr. Given said he would not issue an attachment for the defendants, but would simply notify their counsel to have them in court on a certain date. Will Arrange for Dinner. The special committee named to ar¬ range for the dinner to be given by the Retail Merchants' Association next month will meet tomorrow at noon to complete the final details. M'CLEARY BEGINS TERM Enters Penitentiary for Life for Mur¬ der of Mrs. Nannie Henry. Norman Bruce McCleary, convicted in the circuit court at Rockvllle, Md.. last April of the murder of Mrs. Nannie Henry at Hagerstown In August. 1922, and sentenced to the Maryland penitenti¬ ary for Jlfe, was yesterday taken to the penitentiary by SherlfT Whalen. Since his conviction McCleary had been In jail at Rockville awaiting the decision of the court of appeals in the motion for a new trial in his case. The adverse de- clsion of the court was a keen disap¬ pointment to him, as he had confidently counted upon being granted another trial. Daughter Avoided Him. Mrs. Henry, who McCleary was convict- ed of murdering, was the mother of Miss Lupah Henry, with whom McCleary was declared to be infatuated. The daughter left Hagerstown August 15. 1012, and came to Washington. It was stated she left there for the purpose of keep- ing away from McCleary. Several aays later the lifeless body of Mrs. Henry was found lying across a bed in her room. She had apparently been dead several days. McCleary had left Hagerstown and was arrested August 21, 1912, in this city, at the request of the Hagerstown authori¬ ties. He was tried at liockvilie before Chief Judge Hammond Urner and Asso¬ ciate Judges Edward C. Peter and Glenn H. Worthington, who convicted him of murder in the iirst degree and imposed life sentence. SCIENCE KulES. During the year 1913 sixty-seven minor planets were given provisional numbers, though five of them subsequently proved to be members of the asteroid family. Nineteen of these bodies were discovered at Heidelberg. The international committee sitting in London has recommended that lifeboats be provided for all on hoard ships. An institute for bibliographic research is soon to be established in Chicago, the first of its kind in America. The largest electric hoist in this country is to be installed in the Granite mountain shaft of the North Butte Mining Com¬ pany. The hoisting motor will have a maximum intermittent rating of 4,500 horsepower. Three large and well organized parties will sail for Antarctia this year. Three thousand men have applied for places on one of these expeditions, ready to face the perils and privations in the frozen wastes, thus illustrating that the love of adventure, the mainspring of all such undertakings, is not decadent among men. The new Cunard liner. Aquitanla, which is due in New York early this year, will have the largest turbine engines ever built- They will weigh tons, and will contain over 1,000,OOJ blades vary- ing from 1V« to 20 inches in length. The Royal Observatory, near Brussels, has been divided into two distinct estab- lishments, one devoted to astronomy, to¬ gether with astrophysics, geodesy and seismology; the other to meteorology, along with climatology, magnetism and atmospheric electricity. The effect of this change is to give the national meteoro¬ logical service of Belgium an independent status, whereas it was formerly merely an appendage of an astronomical obser¬ vatory. Samuel W. Long says that the whole United States may become a desert with¬ in fifty years, owing to the lowering of "ground water." The source of danger, he says, is a lacK of underground water in the circular system, oaused in the main by deforestation, with careless cul¬ tivation of the land as a contributing factor. Mr. Long is soon to issue a sci- entitle paper on the subject. Dr. Emii Kraepelin, professor of men¬ tal diseases in the University of Munich, says alcohol is not a stimulant; that it is a narcotic first, last and always; that the stimulation is merely imaginary and that one does less and poorer work under its influence, though a person may think that he is turning out more and better work. Thomas A. Edison thinks that the in¬ vention of the future will be on the line of devising some scheme for the reuse of papers for newspaper purposes by re- moving the printer's ink so that paper can be used a second time. A radio manual is soon to be issued by the United States Signal Corps dealing with the installation and operation of radio-telegraphic apparatus, especially field stations, and intended primarily for the guidance of the regular and military forces. The International Institute of Agricul¬ ture now numbers fifty-three countries and colonies among its adherents. The United States has a representation of five delegates. To meet the growing expenses of the institute, it has been decided to increase the subscription of the various countries. That of the United States will hereafter be $8,000 per annum. An institute of oceanography is to b#» established at Ste. Adresser, a suburb of Havre, in a large park overlooking the bay of the Seine. It is thought the in¬ stitute can be opened in time for the sci¬ entific congress to be held at Havre in the autumn of the present year. The principal work will be the practical in¬ struction to fishermen. .7. Bosler, astronomer at the Observa¬ tory of Meudon, finds that the sun lo. es annually by radiation a mass such that in thirty million years it would equal the mass of the earth.that K the mass of the sun is diminishing, and its attractive force is becoming cqi respondngly weaker. Were the radiation from the sun to be intercepted all life on this earth would cease. An Immovable atmosphere would brood over an ocean, which, if not actually frozen, could be disturbed only by the sul¬ len undulations of the tides, and the silence of death over the surface of the earth would be broken only by the occa¬ sional groans of a volcano. However, this dissipation of the solar mass is too slow to be shown by any actual ob¬ servation, astronomers now prove. ^ThTsearchlight ||p| How to Make an Aeroplane Stay in the Air When It Gets There. No less than four Inventions to pre¬ vent the sudden collapse of aeroplanes have just been patented, and many other designs with the same object in view are under consideration at this moment. James A. Moore of Detroit presents a device for maintaining the equilibrium of aeroplanes, the central features of which are a pendulum, a rotating cylin¬ der divided into equal compartments and a pipe or reservoir to supply compressed air. If the machine tips, the apparatus operates automatically to draw in the planes to an adjustment which restores the balance. The invention of Brutus Brooks of Martin, Tenn., is designed to maintain the lateral balance of aeroplanes, in which extension wings take the place of the usual ailerons. They are made of a series of interfitting sections pivotally mounted at their front ends and folding back automatically while the air craft is in flight. The automatic stabilizer of Theodore Windel of Brooklyn consists of a special plane on a pivot which indicates by veer¬ ing in one direction or another whether the aeroplane is tipping. In other words, it catches the variation before the oper¬ ator could detect it, and thus it acts as a timely danger signal. George E. Hanes of Denver hopes to restore the balance of an aeroplane at any time by the use of a plane formed with a plurality of independent sections arranged to the same horizontal plane. This mechanism, as well as that which usually pertains to an aeroplane, is con¬ trolled without difficulty from the avia¬ tor's seat. t CITY PLANNING. II..The Housing Problem. By Frederic J. Haskin. The housing problem is one Involving the national vitality. T'pon its treatment depends, to a great degree, the fitness or unfitness of the people to meet the de¬ mands of advancing civilization. If the home is inconsistent with high commer¬ cial and industrial development, our civ¬ ilization must fail. It is the most pressing question In the city reform. Indirectly, it is beirg approached in efforts to re¬ alize the widespread sentiment for the beautiful city. With the elimination of torturous streets, concealed alleys and attendant wretched¬ ness and crime, and with the introduction of inviting parks, broad plazas, roomy, well planned streets and avenues, mag¬ nificent public buildings and commodious traffic centers, citizens of the future city certainly will demand that the individual home builder conform his fancies to rec¬ ognized standards, and they are not going to allow the Incapable or eccentric builder to destroy the harmony of the planned city through faulty judgment or greed. But even more strongly than the ideal of a beautiful city, the necessity of pro- tecting 4,'e homes of the poor in order to bring ..bout wholesome social develop¬ ment is beginning to operate for better and more thorough municipal regulation of building construction. That part of a city's people denied healthy, adequate homes, whose growth Is blighted and in¬ fected by unnatural congestion, in turn, take bitter unconscious revenge. The dis¬ orders bred by their unwholesome lives seep through all ramifications of the city In chief part the housing problem Is one of sanitation. It is the direct out¬ growth of congestion, or an.undue dens¬ ity of people. He-tic speculation in cit> and suburban land is the crux of the problem. Cures for the evil housing sit¬ uations that have b-come acute in Amer- ican cities of the tirst and second mag- nitude. and causes for much concern m every industrial and commercial country of the world, are the restriction of a too intensive development of the land. strict- er building regulations and the mf-nt and cheapening ot transportation between office and factory in the city and points in the. surrounding country. * * . It i« an irony of the modern city that the poor people live on the expensive land while the Poor People Live rich llv« on cheap land. The on Expensive Land. rK)pr man who can ill afford even the interest on the lower capital represented by agricul¬ tural land? has to carry rental on ex¬ orbitant priced land In crowded sections o£ the city. The mill hand must live near the place of his daily labor. Present railway and interurban fares do not allow them to live fifteen or twenty miles In the coun- try. as the European laborer often does. Commutation fares on the govemment- owned railways of many European coun¬ tries make it possible for the hordes ol city workers to leave the city when their day is done for cottages scattered throughout the encircling country. Thus, in Belgium, it costs 87^ cents a week for a double journey of twenty miles each day. For a daily forty-four-mile round trip the cost is 55 cents weekly. Low wages are, of course, another ele- menc In the force which b:nds the city worker to the city. Facing the problem of finding a domicile near his employ- ment, and of making his wage support self and family, after deducting rental, the city worker finds .solution only at the expense of a comfortable, healthy home. The family that can afford only $7.50 a month in rent must take what the land- lord will- provide, and the city landlord too often has solved the difficulty ac- cording to the dictates of greed. In- vestigations in almost any of the larger cities disclose instances of single rooms being used by from six to a dozen people for sleeping, living and occupational pur¬ poses. While the housing problem cannot be exclusively laid at the door of the land¬ lord. his contributions to it have been the blind alley, the cheap, insanitary tene¬ ment and the dilapidated hovel. This last contribution is made where the frame house of yesterday's suburb is standing upon ground that has come into a manufacturing district. Such land is valuable for factory purposes out of proportion to the houses upon it. As a result, the landlord waits for an offer from some manufacturer for the land, :n the meantime renting the houses and al¬ lowing them to go to ruin. Interior alley homes and the barracks- like tenements, both types of homes with improper sanitation, lack of sunlight, of ventilation, of comfort, devoid of all home-like inspiration, are the backbone of the housing problem. Where people dwell 1,000 to the tenement. In bleak one to four room cells, there can be no homes, no natural growth, no wholesome reproduction. * * * The product of these congested city districts is the tuberculosis sufferer. the physical weak- Future Citizens 1,n*- a n ' m 1 c- stunted, warped Pay the Penalty, children, and the mentally unfit. In these districts, also, develop plagues which spread over the city. Crime and immoral debauchery are bred in them. To sum up: disease, immorality, crime, alcoholism and th© production of vicious and incapable fu- ture citizens are the concomitant fea- tures of city congestion. One does not need to keep the pitiable condition of the miserable tenement and slum dweller in mind in order to realize the urgency of the demand to solve the housing problem. Exhaustive studies upon this problem have been made by the United States Department of Labor and various reme- dies indicated. Most pertinent is the suggestion that the number of rooms per acre should be restricted by law. Such restrictions would cut the ground out from under wholesome land specu¬ lation, by setting plausible boundaries to the intensity of land development. In a general vay building codes and tenement laws in force in American cities safeguard the poor. Dwellings unfit for human habitation are con¬ demned. The tendency is, however, to give broad interpretation to the de¬ gree of unsuitability which shall con¬ stitute unfitness. Chiefly, fire protec- tion, a variable standard of plumbing equipment, ventilation and stability are insisted upon. Many cities are limiting the heights of buildings. Chicago, Cleveland, Erie, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis have placed this limit at 200 feet. Other cities j lace it at between 125 and 2*h> feet. Height limits have been long in force in European cities. It is interesting to consider that a building erected to the height of the aggregate height limits of London, Ber¬ lin. Paris, Rome. Stockholm, Edinburgh. Zurich. Frankfort-on-Main, Cologne, l>us- seldorf and Hamburg would exceed the height of the Wool worth building in New York by a bare fourteen feet. Restriction of building heights of tenements is a re¬ form to assure to each family its share of sunlight. * ** It has been proposed that the working- man's home should be built only two rooms ideep Plan, for a Better and have a , . , street front- WorkingTiian s Home. agt. before and behind. This would reduce the work¬ er's ground rent to the lowest point, and would assure his family light and air. In place of his deep backyard filled with cans and trash, the city's parks could be laid out near his home. Transportation facilities permitting the city worker to live on the outskirts of the city are imperative to the restoration of sound municipal life. Then, in the suburbs, houses can be limited to twelve an acre. With the limitation of conges¬ tion, there should be established definite zones for manufacturing, business and residences. Now a business or an indus¬ trial section gradually eats its way into a residential section.alftd the housing problem is present. The alley hovel, festering in rows and screened behind business and manufac¬ turing blocks, should be outlawed, and is being outlawed where people are being re- volted by the realization of the menace of its contagious by-products. Drops to Pavement Unconscious. W. M. Shelby, thirty-eight years old, employed in a packing house near Cen¬ ter market, and rooming at 213 7th street northwest, last night became ill while at 9th and E streets northwest, and fell to the pavement unconscious. He was picked up and taken to the Emergency Hospital, where it was found he was suffering from concus- sion of the brain. Judge Reuben Murrell Page, aged sev¬ enty, died Wednesday at Abingdon, Va. He was the first judge of Washington county following the reconstruction era and served ten years, beginning in 1870. He was a Confederate cavalryman in the civil war. JUST/TOMAN .NATURE1 . *£>r Phi hinder Johnson N EXT to an aviator, the riskiest looking man in the landscape is the three-hundred-pounder on skates. Sometimes a man says he fell off th* water wagon when he didn't. He sig¬ naled for a stop and deliberately dis¬ mounted. 'Tis thus that life lias seemed to go, since first men learned to trade and talk. Some foiks must shovel ofT the snow, that others may In comfort walk. The Artful Knocker is th»* ono who knows how to make the lethal tap for «-ne man look like a genial boost for another. "The hand that rocks the cradle rorka the world." "1 know better," replied the man with the cor.rave l'.»< ial expression; "since my wife joined three debating so¬ cieties and a card club, that hand is mine." You can't help distrusting an editor who. when you read him a bunch of Sol¬ omon's proverbs, says "That's Rood stufT. Why don't you print it?" We've changed th<» number on the year. We've wiped out old "*13." And now we contemplate with cheer a future ull se rene. And yet the ground hog. as of yore, will prance into the sun and old St. Valentine.the bore' -will have us on the run. The Easter styles will keep us skinned for several weeks to rome Th»» birdies In the springtime wind will sins their lum-ty-tum. We'll work alone, past landmarks old, as months go rolling round, until hot weather, uncontrolled, puts Towser in the pound. We'll singe our eyebrows with great glee on Independ¬ ence day and pant and wish that we could see Thanksgiving under way. When turkey time again draws n^ar and lightly falls the snow, we say, "Well, well. An¬ other year. How swiftly time does go " And next year and year after that, the same old days we'll j;reet. We'll all b* netting thin or fat. We'll fast or over¬ eat. We change the number with great glee. We lift the cup of cheer, and aft«*r that It seems to be about the average year. Col. Jervey Succeeds Maj. Hand. Eleut. Col. Henry Jervey of the army engineers was yesterday designated to take charge of the second Cincinnati engineering district, surreedinsx Maj. Eewis H. Rand, whose new station has not yet been determined. Col. Jervey already is in charge of the first Cincin¬ nati district and for the present will direct the operations in both divisions. EFFICACIOUS /.7 <*// FEVER CASES Will Quickj^ Rtiieve CONGESTION INDIGESTION LOSS Of APPETITE. At oil Druggists or from Sole Agents E FOUGERA CO..int.NY WONDERSHINE The New Metal Polish AAk Yoar i Grocer Brightens up all metals "in a ji:fy" Is harmless, contains no ammonia, grit or acid and has no bad odor. You will like WONDERSHINE. If you don't your Grocer will REFUND YOUR MONEY WONDERSHINE banishes "pslishing" drudgery At Your Grocer's B. B. EARN SHAW A BRO., Distributer*. GREATEST SHOE CLEARING SALE Ever Held in Wash¬ ington. Thousands of Pairs of Men's, Women sand Boys' up-to-the-minute Sample Shoes at a Great Sacrifice. $3.50 to $5.00 Value. Over 500 Pairs of Dr. Kendall's Celebrated Cush¬ ion Sole Shoes and Oxfords, Vici Kid, Button and Lace, Plain Toe, Kid or Patent Leather Tip. $3.50 Value, No old shop worn goods, nor fire sale or damaged by smoke or water, but up-to-date Shoes. In Tan Calf, Patent Colt, Gun Metal Calf and Vici Kid, Button and Lace. BOSTON SAMPLE SHOE PARLOR, Inc. 2nd Floor.7th and D Streets N.^V..oxjewblmi store. ENTRANCE OS 7th ST..TWO ELEVATORS AMD STAIRS.BETWEEN HCMAK'g AND WOOLWOHTH'*.

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Page 1: CITY Pay Penalty, JUST/TOMAN .NATURE1Anthracite-Carrying Railroads to Present Their Side in Next FewWeeks. TRANSPORTATIONSECRETS SHOWNIN 50EXHIBITS AllowancesBetweenParentandSub¬

Anthracite-Carrying Railroadsto Present Their Side in

Next Few Weeks.

TRANSPORTATION SECRETSSHOWN IN 50 EXHIBITS

Allowances Between Parent and Sub¬

sidiary and Other Friendly Com¬

panies Are Brought Out.

PHII.fADET.PHIA. Pa., Januarv 17"tYlth the introduction into the record of*rMit masses of figures contain*-.) in ahalf hundred exhibits shewing the cos;Of hauling, the interstate commerce com¬mission h, re today closed its side of the<ase in the investigation of the rates,practices, rules and regulations govern¬ing the transportation of anthracite coal.he defense, which inchuUs all the an-

thracite coal-carrying railroads and in¬volves the so-called railroad coal com¬panies. will present its side of the cas-in the course of the next few week-- inXew York, after which the interstatecommerce commission Kill decide wlieth-

m' °0?' frt:*ht rates t,. tidewaterand ali points outside of Pennsylvaniaare reasonable or excessive The ex¬hibits were tiled by K. !.' Morgan, ac¬countant for til" .ornmUsion. who had

figuresassembling and compiling the [

In the exhibits introduced, with refer-t!LC', "I'eratlons of tlie- CentralRailroad lornpai.y of X. u j, -sev. it was

from"the u-"f transportation

r°m the \\ wining region ..f Pennsvl-York tideuater was

«f*t. r"" a haul"".'r: J his included Ille as-

o-nts p^ miles. 1 in:* iuciuue«i the as-

unr«,LrOSi' Iine l,au!- ten,lina' costsl r^tur" empty rars. Th»- freight

v? from thi: Wyoming region t.> New?1 40 r,.', OI" ls

,>" "" rrepar.-d siz.-s

2 t iitoal and ar:'' ll -."> onsmallei sizes. From th»- r.thTcMt S!flith- i^'i8hT;gion

! ,l> cents on a I.aul of

miles, while the fre'ght rates are

The exhihitaS hfr°n' tl!e Wyoming fields,ne txhibit* showed that the average net

milf"Ue "er t0n Per mile sS-mJersey Central Made Allowances.I he exhibits also showed that the

t.-rn,,ra' ma'1e al,owances to the

of «r#2 s^' ,- ""I' Navieation CompanyElijah*,* r handli»S coal over thebor

port pier in .New York har-These allowances, counsel for the

i>ear in'th SiUd; .1" not "Peclflcallv ap-l «*r 111 the published tariff rut** 1,was also stated these allowances haveen discontinued. The Jeriv

also made between 11.10 and l'si M?ter-al allowances amounting: to «7~i -">7 o'<8b.'° lines be-mines inS ,X"-' uri f-°al Company'sThfejhihit, J*.KSey Centrals tracks,ine exhibits further showed that the

cents a for'1"".1 nlad< refunds of ift'-iV. lo-" *° the Lehigh Coil i).,T

and''Wnres-B°a.rTcoard<-thC ''Pl"eh

shipments to the Yew iZv"'".. 0"

troZ^foVo %?ra- -fu^SS !

fr.SnUmoC r^ha.Vdl.n^?

Ban J r. i*bJ.eh ;t"d " ilkes-Barre Com-H. Tkf1"""!1 t0 X, lv England at

sidiarv ,Tr ih C? company fs a sub-. iaiarj or the Jersey Central.Manhattan Lighterage Company.Counsel for tj'e commission also pre¬

sented figures to show that the losses inoperation of the Manhattan Lighterage

amounting to J5o0.!«0, are de-

Central°m the incom,! of the Jersey

coXft!^!nK U,i ,hp Rea<!:"~ companies, thet hat t1f"°nr fibres to show

Reading tvms ra'lw:iy pald »" <he

rteaninu Com; any since lfc:«; sir->7 v\l

Rea!dln"rc "l',i"ment " 'eased from 'thecost of K';iCh »'«.> at. originalthar ih ,

^as pointed out' lh' railway has no etiuitv in the

replaced equipment. In addition", the ex-

oairl th, p '''i,ith'1!.th" rall"av company

iTs 4.i, .»«l'mpany 8 per c"nt on

j" on e'!u,Pn,ent leases and from

rnt on an ad<3jtional $17.4XK>,-

<mw» for equipment leases.Masses of other figures were also .re¬

sented to show the financial operationsthree ,liB Reading corpora-

< ounsel for the commission introducedsh'»vin!< "*e Lackawanna

railroad transposed free of charge sup¬plies for the Lackawanna Coal Com¬pany. a subsidiary. Counsel for theLackawanna was not present when thiscame up. but other railroad lawyersMuted they believed this practice hadDeen discontinued.

HEBRING FROM THE POTOMAC.Fish Dealers Are Puzzled by Mid¬

winter Catch.Pish dealers at the 11th street wharf

are scratching their heads and sayingthat things are certainly working funnyIn their business, all because in a shipmentof tish recent y received by C.eorge \\\Stuart from Beales wharf in Xominicreek, Va., there were sixty-three herringas fine as any that are caught in the Po¬tomac in the middle of the spring fishingseason.

B

Herring are often received from theNew Jersey coast fisheries at this time ofthe wr and shad and herring are looked

f[om th^ south, but for the fish to becaught In the Potomac In the middle ofwinter ls something out of the ordinaryand is causing comment. The tish weresold to uptown dealers at fancv pricesbo far this season the dealers at thewharf market have not received a shador herring from the southern fisheries *

though it i» stated that a few of bothspecies of the tish have been received bythe dealers uptown and are on sale In themarkets All kinds of fish ar. reportedscarce at the. wharf market and pricesare high.

"77"FOR GRIP, INFLUENZA,COUGHS, SORE 1HROAT

COLDS"I am getting untold comfort

From Humphreys' 'Seventy-seven'.may I ask for a booklet, to learnof your remedies for Rheumatismand other ailments."In celebration of sixty years of

success we have published a newand revised edition of Dr. Hum¬phreys' Manual of all diseases.Riving in minute detail the careUnd treatment of the sick withHumphreys' Remedies.

For a free copy, address Hum¬phreys Homeo. Med. Co., 156William St., New York.

Changes in Personnel of Departmentof Commerce Employes

Announced.

The Department of the Interior yester¬day made public the following changesIn its personnel: Probationary appoint¬ments: office of Secretary.Henry K.Dinan. New Hampshire, elevator con-

doctor. JT--: David E. Trabold NewYorK. watchman. J720- General land

offle- I., wis Fisher. Pennsylvania, cop}

1st 57-.. Patent office.Arthur R. » y»e.Ohio, examiner. »t.600. Alfred CK-meiu,

Illinois, an.l Ray Shackelford. >Jls90"rl;copyists Balis A. 1 mni'L1\ , ".ThPresf.n Harris. Tennessee, and Joseph

jNew Jersey. laborer (classi-liedi, J IS" Oeoiogical surv.-v-Miss^a e

J. Loeue. Missouri. »>|d Bn"Taylor. K.-i.tucky. -m.l." ^ p-,,mfornia.reauofinmes-J. il. '¦

ifu.ia duty);petrol"-11111 > UK.nee mpshi,e. juniorJohn C. MoiKan. , , Rolandchemist. *i:»> n''' 1 T'.-V ' ,?,Vv Sf«<.R. Uatliet. Ohio. n..ss.-;..«-« mj »offlce_Reinstatement, M n <j [ransitman,Robert L> I>alton. tun.$100 per montb

List oi' Promotions.i.,ra] land office.Promotion*. < .enerai

0iPrki av ,.hn Alabama, cieriv,Clarence <> \W'-

51,000 to >1,200; Mrs. Jennie A. Tall.«- »o to $900: HermanIllinois, copyist. *.-«? to

<. Hansen. Wisconsin, n-sistant met

sender ?7-0. to copyist. fPOO; James L.

Ryan's.' Virginia. skUled Ubore^ *«W.to assistant mf^ewar. '"New York"^rTlf'oO to *M00 ^itent offlce-¦hari'es s Orovor. Indiana, examiner,

«TH«n:UrSS*e7k S84M. t'o'ci.-rk. Reclamationservice.Frank W. llanna. Iowa, en-rri' .,,r r.» supervising en

"ine.r ¦- '»>¦ »ur«u "r ,n ll's,"

. i- .eel N-.-W Voi k. laboratoryhelper |W. io anal \ st. $800; Andrew!A ll Hamilton. PennsyWataa. me.-

sender. $480. t.. under clerk. S.-O iDen

Vn-'. 'w'-'ii i tae department: In-

,. Iffirp <tunrt H Elliott, Ohio, clerk,dian office -mu. it i r.Anthony

Krauth ""so t, Dakota, copyist WOO,from 'lovernm.i l Hospital for Insane.Geological surv.y Miss Annie T.sth-»\v Massachusetts, under clerk.from'general land office. 1 o ,an ^ fromother departments: (.eoio^ical _urveyDonald F. -Ma. Donald. Montana, geo¬logist. $-.-k»). from isthmian canal com

'"itesi'inations General land office.Henrv Culloui. Jr.. Illinois specialleeni *1 *,to Patent office, John A.

Indiana, . xaminer. ,1*00: "*£t 'k McCormacic. District of Colum-bia.messenger hoy. $360. Geologica sur-

vev-Ravm"nd r. I'ierce, Idaho, juniorengineer SI .-.>»>. Reclamation .servtce-Van es K. We. Arizona, sen,or clerk..IfllUCfe 1' t r-

»nnu -juniorSj ino; James F rtray, Arizona. Junior.clerk $1 440; John V. Waiters. Cali¬fornia. mechanical draftsman, $4 per daywhen actually employed.

ALASKA COAL A FAILURE.

Valueless for Navy. According to Of¬ficial Report of Tests.

Preliminary tests of Alaskan coal fromthe Bering river district have been very

discouraging to officials who hoped theymight develop a new fuel supply for the

navy. Rear Admiral Griffin, in chargeof the investigation, has reported to theHouse nava' affairs committee that the

Bering rive.* coal tested has fallen so

far under expectations in practical use

as to be of no value, but that from theMatanuska fields and other sections oCthe Bering district, from which coal isvet to be tested, the navy is hoping for

better results.Chem'cal tests of the Bering river coal

indicated that it contained a higher effi¬ciency oi therma units J-"ePocahontas coal of West Virginia, butwhen put to firing tests in the navy,notably aboard the cruiser Maryland, itdeveloped only 4a per cent of the sameefficiency and caused :i great deal oftrouble. It made immense clinkers wntcnclogged the furnaces and covered thegrate bars with a molten substance 1 ketar, which shut off the draft and ham¬pered steaming.Congress has appropriated Sio.000 for

experiments with coal from tii* Mata¬nuska district, and these will be carried

on-, %i iThose who are opposing the Alaska

railway bill, now being debated in bothhouses of Congress, are pointing to theadmiral's testimony before the navalcommittee as an added argument in theirfavor. One of the arguments advancedby the supporters of the bill is thai a

government railroad is needed to tap thenorthern coal fields and bring a fuel sup¬ply to tidewater for the navy.

REPORT ON BANK RECEIVED.

Plans for Reorganization of Pitts¬burgh Institution Here.

The report of National Bank ExaminerOwen Reeves on the success of plansfor a reorganization of the First-SecondNational Bank of Pittsburgh, which was

put In the hands of a federal receiverseveral months ago. was received yester¬day by Thomas P. Kane. act'ug controllerof the currency. It will be considered byMr. Kane, Milton C. Elliott, solicitor forthe controller, and by John Skelton Wil¬liams, when he is confirmed as controllerby the Senate.Reports from Pittsburgh indicate that

many subscriptions to the stock of theproposed reorganized bank are contingentupon its admission to the PittsburghClearing House Association. Treasuryprecedents agree that the controller'soffice could not recognize subscriptionscontingent on the action of a clearinghouse.

NOT CONSIDERED A TOY.

Neither Is Trick Cigarette-HolderSmokers' Material, Rules Treasury.A trick cigarette holder that cannot be

used as a cigarette holder is not "smok¬ers' material," under the tariff law. andas not a proper plaything for childrenit is not to be classed as a toy. So infuture the impost will be levied againstsuch things on the basis of their com¬

ponent parts. This is a decision of theTreasury Department, just made pub ic.Such a trick cigarette holder, made of

glass and providing a whistling soundwhen breathed into, has been an articleof frequent recent importation, and hasbeen levied against as a toy. But it isnot a toy, no more than are trick match¬boxes, trick cigarettes, wooden cigars andtrie k cigar cutters. For a toy is essen¬tially, under tariff construction, some¬thing to amuse children; and all play¬things are not to be considered toys justbecause children may play with them.And this is manifestly not a proper toyfor children.

White House to Be Represented.Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Miss Mar¬

garet Wilson have promised to be pres-! ent at the meeting of the woman'sdepartment of the National Civic Feder¬ation at Rauscher's at 11 o'clock nextTuesday morning, when E. Stagg Whit-in, president of the National PrisonLabor Association, will speak on "Pri¬son Reforms." Mr. Whltln will be in-troducted by Commissioner Siddons.Miss Maude Wetmore, chairman of thewoman's department, will also make anaddress.

Reservation Named "Fort MacArthur'Secretary Garrison has named the

military reservation at Point Fermin,Cal., Fort MacArthur. in honor of Lieut.i.i n. Arthur MacArthur. Fnited StatesArmy, who died September 0, lUlli.

lieorjse J. Knnpp «ml hi* <I<»k Ted who were Ihf iwo prineipal fiprure* inrweut campaign at Pueblo, Col.

CITY WAS CONVERTEDBY A MAN AND A DOG

How Successful Single Tax Cam-

paign Was Conducted at

Pueblo, Colo.

A team is credited with starting themovement that resulted in the adoptionby Pueblo, Col., of single tax reform bycharter amendment.a team consistingof a man and a dog. George J. Knapp,delegate-at-large representing Coloradoat the Fels single tax conference, justended in Washington, owner of the dog,in conversation gives the impression thatthe dog did most of the work. This mod¬est statement is not by any means ac¬

curate. Mr. Knapp performed the bulkof the labor, but that the dog, Ted, dida lot there can be no doubt."Women vote in my state," said Mr.

Knapp to a reporter for The Star, "andmost women like dogs, and especiallylittle dogs. They would notice the littlefellow on the street, stop to pet him, and.reading the legend on his blanker. 'Pu¬eblo, Col., single tax, 1914.' would usu¬

ally ask what it meant. That gave me

my chance to explain and convert. I

took Ted for a waik here in Washingtonyesterday morning, and probably fifteenwomen wanted to know why he wore thecoat and what the legend stood for.

No Single Taxers There."There were, as far as I can discover,

no single taxers in Colorado three yearsago. In my work for the idea, coveringa ten-month campaign. I, or rather Tedand I. received practically no co-opera¬tion from any one during nine-tenths of

the time. I formed a single tax club forthe purpose, and. although it began to gementioned here and there, no one reallyknew how small its membership was, forfour girls in my office composed the rankand file. The results came, however, inthe last month of the campaign, took theform of a landslide, and the charteramendment was a result. The ciubdoesn't lack for membership now, forover 2.000 names are on its rolls."Mr. Knapp was sent from St. Louis to

Colorado Ave years ago to die. His physi¬cians gave him only a few weeks in whichto enjoy the climate out there, but he isstill at it.

TO HELP RUN PRESS CLUB.

Many Members of National Organi¬zation to Serve This Year.

Committees to act during the comingyear have been appointed for the Na¬

tional Press Club. The members are as

follows:Executive committee.Frank B. I,ord,

chairman; Theodore H. Tiller, AshmunX. Brown. i louse committee.W. L.Crounse, chairman; W. A. Crawford, J.

B. Small wood, T. F. Logan, F. W. Steck-man. Membership committee.MortonM. Milford. chairman; Robert M. Ginter,J. L. Wright. G. S. "Wilcox, Walter S.Gard, J. R. Crown, K. Foster Murray,F. I>. Lander, Edward It. Padgett. Au¬diting committee.Donald A. Craig,chairman; W. K. Nottingham. CorneliusEckhardt. Committee on tixed events.(Hobby nights, etc.) Frederic J. Haskin,chairman; John Oliver .a Gore. (Uis f.Karger. Entertainment committee.Rob¬ert J. Patchin, chairman; Cluade Ben¬nett, C. E. Stewart, Theodore H. Tiller,James Hay, jr., J. J. Daily, HowardActon. Library and art ' ommittee. \

D. Jacobson, chairman; Paul Weir. W.A. van Benschoten. Publicity committee.Earl Godwin, chairman; H. E. Jester,C. D. Groat. B. A. Mattingly, J. P.Annin. Charity committee.I^ouis Gar-the, chairman; W. H. Landvoigt. R. M.McLennan. Special guest committee-Arthur J. Dodge, chairman; T. O. Monk,Arthur B. Krock, R. B. Watrous, C. T.Thompson, D. L. Selke, Robert Dougan,Xorborne Robinson, Elmer Murphy. L.S. Conness, J. A. Mathews. George Gar¬ner, Dona'd MacGregor. O. H. Stewart.Laurence Todd. M. II. Mclntyre. Build¬ing committee.W. L. Crounse. chairman;II. J. Brown, Oswald F. Schuette, J. FredEssary, Ben F. Allen. Eligibility com¬

mittee.Fred A. Emery, chairman; AustinCunningham, C. C. Hart. Printing com¬

mittee.C. C. Hart, chairman: George. W.Summers, G. H. Gall. Finance com¬

mittee.O. F. Schuette. chairman; T. H.Tiller, G. J. Karger, T. F. Logan, A. .s.

Brown, treasurer. *

Northumberland Is Crippled.In consequence of having broken her

rudder the steamer Northumberland ofthe Maryland. Delaware and Virginia linewhen she left here yesterday afternoonwas unable to take passengers and freightfor points along the lower river, as it

was found that she could not be handledat the wharves to make landings. Ahurried trip will be made to Baltimore,where repairs will be made and the ves¬

sel made ready to resume service on herschedule, which calls for her leaving theretomorrow evening for the lower river andthis port.

Yacht Club Gives Dance.About thirty-five couples attended the

initial dance of the Washington YachtClub last night at Carroll InstituteHall. The hall was decorated with clubpennants and American flags. Duringthe intermission refreshments wereserved. The committee in charge ofthe dance consisted of Richard G. Tay¬lor. chairman: R. M. Collins. R. J.Jones, H. F. Smith and K. E. Buflin.

HALF-GALLON OF BEERRAISES AWFUL RUMPUS

Question Is Whether It Shall BeAdded to the Present Legal

Barrel.

In addition to regulating monopolies inrestraint of trade, enacting aseaman's billand afew other little measures of that sort,Congress may he called upon to regu¬late the Bize of beer barrels the countryover, and just at this moment Commis¬sioner of Internal Revenue Osborn Iscogitating over the problem of whetherhe will stand pat for a thirty-one gal¬lon barrel, or recomirfend that the UnitedStates standard for beer containers shallbe thirty-one and a half gallons.In support of the larger barrel, about

fourteen state commissioners of weightsand measures are either in Washingtonor are carrying on correspondence withtheir representatives, senators and theinternal revenue commissioner.

Bay State Takes Hand.One of the latest to arrive is Thure

Hanson, commissioner of weights andmeasures from Massachusetts, who yes¬terday sang his song of woe into theear of Representative Winslow of Mas¬sachusetts, a member of the House com¬mittee on weights and measures.The trouble seems to have originated

in the old-fashioned arithmetic booksof oar ancestors. In those delightfulold dogeared volumes, the beer barrellis given as something containing thirty-one and a half gallons. In accordancewith this, many states passed laws re¬cently requiring the brewers to placeLhirtv-one and a half gallons of thehop fluid into the chuggy little caskswhich large men in blue overalls carrylinto ih<- swinging doors of thirst em-poriums.

Would Require Extra Stamp."We can do that," said the brewers.

"but if so we will run afoul of the fed-eral statute which requires that we placean extra stamp on all barrels over thir¬ty-one gallons In capacity."An f-xtra stamp means onf more dollar.

One more dollar for a measly half gal-Ion of beer, it is declared, would putmany a brewery out of business. Hencethe predicament.Commissioner Hanson called on In-

ternal Revenue Commissioner Osborn.Ho found him so tied up with patronagematters that a half gallon of beer moreor less did not seem to worry him. How¬ever. the matter seems to be such thatMr. Osborn will have to decide within afew days whether he will stand pat onthe regulation United States thlrty-one-gallon barrel, or bow to the widespreadinfluence of the old New England arith-metic and raise the size half a gallon.

SERVICES FOR CARL BROWNE.

Memory of "Labor Knight" to BeEulogized at Meeting.

Services 1n honor of the memory ofCarl Browne, n lieutenant in the famousCoxey's "armj," who died Thursdayafternoon fo'.lo *ing an attack of acuteindigestion, are to he held at the OldMasonic Temple this afternoon at 2o'clock. Several labor men of the Dis¬trict are to eulogize the "Labor Knight."A. B. Johnscn is to be the principal

speaker. His fubject will be "The LastDays of Carl Browne." B. Albert Weissand V. Pullo. with Mr. Johnson, are incharge of the arrangements. The publicIn general and labor men in particularare Invited to be present. Carl Brownehimself was to have been a speaker to-day at the hall where he is now to beeulogized.

l_'p to a late hour last night no wordhad been received from Mr. Browne'srelatives. His father-in-law. (Jen. JackobCoxey, had not been located, althougha letter addressed to the dead man whichwas received yesterday and sent fromGen. Coxey, then at Norfolk, stated Gen.Coxey was slated to speak in New Yorktoday. A telegram has been dispatchedto Mr. Browne's wife in California.

must stand trial.

Isaac Swidler and John H. Petersto Meet Assault Charge.

Isaac Swidler and John H. Peters,who forfeited $10 each in the PoliceCourt Friday, when they failed to appearon a charge of assaulting Philip Milstone,a news vender, last month, must standtrial.Assistant United States Attorney Ralph

Given stated yesterday that he will notifyAtorney Henry E. Davis, counsel forSwidler and Peters, that they will haveto appear for a hearing, as Milstone hasnotified him he is not satisfied with theforfeit of $10 collateral each. Mr. Givensaid he would not issue an attachmentfor the defendants, but would simplynotify their counsel to have them in courton a certain date.

Will Arrange for Dinner.The special committee named to ar¬

range for the dinner to be given bythe Retail Merchants' Association nextmonth will meet tomorrow at noon tocomplete the final details.

M'CLEARY BEGINS TERMEnters Penitentiary for Life for Mur¬

der of Mrs. NannieHenry.

Norman Bruce McCleary, convicted inthe circuit court at Rockvllle, Md.. lastApril of the murder of Mrs. NannieHenry at Hagerstown In August. 1922,and sentenced to the Maryland penitenti¬ary for Jlfe, was yesterday taken to thepenitentiary by SherlfT Whalen.Since his conviction McCleary had been

In jail at Rockville awaiting the decisionof the court of appeals in the motion fora new trial in his case. The adverse de-clsion of the court was a keen disap¬pointment to him, as he had confidentlycounted upon being granted another trial.

Daughter Avoided Him.Mrs. Henry, who McCleary was convict-

ed of murdering, was the mother ofMiss Lupah Henry, with whom McClearywas declared to be infatuated. Thedaughter left Hagerstown August 15. 1012,and came to Washington. It was statedshe left there for the purpose of keep-ing away from McCleary. Several aayslater the lifeless body of Mrs. Henrywas found lying across a bed in herroom. She had apparently been deadseveral days.McCleary had left Hagerstown and was

arrested August 21, 1912, in this city, atthe request of the Hagerstown authori¬ties. He was tried at liockvilie beforeChief Judge Hammond Urner and Asso¬ciate Judges Edward C. Peter and GlennH. Worthington, who convicted him ofmurder in the iirst degree and imposedlife sentence.

SCIENCE KulES.

During the year 1913 sixty-seven minorplanets were given provisional numbers,though five of them subsequently provedto be members of the asteroid family.Nineteen of these bodies were discoveredat Heidelberg.The international committee sitting in

London has recommended that lifeboatsbe provided for all on hoard ships.An institute for bibliographic research

is soon to be established in Chicago, thefirst of its kind in America.

The largest electric hoist in this countryis to be installed in the Granite mountainshaft of the North Butte Mining Com¬pany. The hoisting motor will have amaximum intermittent rating of 4,500horsepower.Three large and well organized parties

will sail for Antarctia this year. Threethousand men have applied for places onone of these expeditions, ready to facethe perils and privations in the frozenwastes, thus illustrating that the love ofadventure, the mainspring of all suchundertakings, is not decadent among men.

The new Cunard liner. Aquitanla, whichis due in New York early this year, willhave the largest turbine engines everbuilt- They will weigh tons, andwill contain over 1,000,OOJ blades vary-ing from 1V« to 20 inches in length.The Royal Observatory, near Brussels,

has been divided into two distinct estab-lishments, one devoted to astronomy, to¬gether with astrophysics, geodesy andseismology; the other to meteorology,along with climatology, magnetism andatmospheric electricity. The effect of thischange is to give the national meteoro¬logical service of Belgium an independentstatus, whereas it was formerly merelyan appendage of an astronomical obser¬vatory.

Samuel W. Long says that the wholeUnited States may become a desert with¬in fifty years, owing to the lowering of"ground water." The source of danger,he says, is a lacK of underground waterin the circular system, oaused in themain by deforestation, with careless cul¬tivation of the land as a contributingfactor. Mr. Long is soon to issue a sci-entitle paper on the subject.

Dr. Emii Kraepelin, professor of men¬tal diseases in the University of Munich,says alcohol is not a stimulant; that itis a narcotic first, last and always; thatthe stimulation is merely imaginary andthat one does less and poorer work underits influence, though a person may thinkthat he is turning out more and betterwork.

Thomas A. Edison thinks that the in¬vention of the future will be on the lineof devising some scheme for the reuseof papers for newspaper purposes by re-moving the printer's ink so that papercan be used a second time.

A radio manual is soon to be issued bythe United States Signal Corps dealingwith the installation and operation ofradio-telegraphic apparatus, especiallyfield stations, and intended primarily forthe guidance of the regular and militaryforces.

The International Institute of Agricul¬ture now numbers fifty-three countriesand colonies among its adherents. TheUnited States has a representation of fivedelegates. To meet the growing expensesof the institute, it has been decided toincrease the subscription of the variouscountries. That of the United States willhereafter be $8,000 per annum.

An institute of oceanography is to b#»established at Ste. Adresser, a suburb ofHavre, in a large park overlooking thebay of the Seine. It is thought the in¬stitute can be opened in time for the sci¬entific congress to be held at Havre inthe autumn of the present year. Theprincipal work will be the practical in¬struction to fishermen.

.7. Bosler, astronomer at the Observa¬tory of Meudon, finds that the sun lo. es

annually by radiation a mass such thatin thirty million years it would equalthe mass of the earth.that K the mass ofthe sun is diminishing, and its attractiveforce is becoming cqi respondngly weaker.Were the radiation from the sun to beintercepted all life on this earth wouldcease. An Immovable atmosphere wouldbrood over an ocean, which, if not actuallyfrozen, could be disturbed only by the sul¬len undulations of the tides, and thesilence of death over the surface of theearth would be broken only by the occa¬sional groans of a volcano. However,this dissipation of the solar mass istoo slow to be shown by any actual ob¬servation, astronomers now prove.

^ThTsearchlight ||p|How to Make an Aeroplane Stay in

the Air When It Gets There.No less than four Inventions to pre¬

vent the sudden collapse of aeroplaneshave just been patented, and many otherdesigns with the same object in vieware under consideration at this moment.James A. Moore of Detroit presents a

device for maintaining the equilibriumof aeroplanes, the central features ofwhich are a pendulum, a rotating cylin¬der divided into equal compartments anda pipe or reservoir to supply compressedair. If the machine tips, the apparatusoperates automatically to draw in theplanes to an adjustment which restoresthe balance.The invention of Brutus Brooks of

Martin, Tenn., is designed to maintainthe lateral balance of aeroplanes, inwhich extension wings take the place ofthe usual ailerons. They are made ofa series of interfitting sections pivotallymounted at their front ends and foldingback automatically while the air craftis in flight.The automatic stabilizer of Theodore

Windel of Brooklyn consists of a specialplane on a pivot which indicates by veer¬

ing in one direction or another whetherthe aeroplane is tipping. In other words,it catches the variation before the oper¬ator could detect it, and thus it acts as a

timely danger signal.George E. Hanes of Denver hopes to

restore the balance of an aeroplane atany time by the use of a plane formedwith a plurality of independent sectionsarranged to the same horizontal plane.This mechanism, as well as that whichusually pertains to an aeroplane, is con¬trolled without difficulty from the avia¬tor's seat.

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CITY PLANNING.II..The Housing Problem.

By Frederic J. Haskin.

The housing problem is one Involvingthe national vitality. T'pon its treatmentdepends, to a great degree, the fitnessor unfitness of the people to meet the de¬mands of advancing civilization. If thehome is inconsistent with high commer¬cial and industrial development, our civ¬ilization must fail. It is the most pressingquestion In the city reform. Indirectly,it is beirg approached in efforts to re¬

alize the widespread sentiment for thebeautiful city.With the elimination of torturous streets,

concealed alleys and attendant wretched¬ness and crime, and with the introductionof inviting parks, broad plazas, roomy,

well planned streets and avenues, mag¬nificent public buildings and commodioustraffic centers, citizens of the future citycertainly will demand that the individualhome builder conform his fancies to rec¬

ognized standards, and they are not goingto allow the Incapable or eccentric builderto destroy the harmony of the plannedcity through faulty judgment or greed.But even more strongly than the ideal

of a beautiful city, the necessity of pro-tecting 4,'e homes of the poor in orderto bring ..bout wholesome social develop¬ment is beginning to operate for better

and more thorough municipal regulationof building construction. That part of a

city's people denied healthy, adequatehomes, whose growth Is blighted and in¬fected by unnatural congestion, in turn,take bitter unconscious revenge. The dis¬

orders bred by their unwholesome lives

seep through all ramifications of the cityIn chief part the housing problem Is

one of sanitation. It is the direct out¬

growth of congestion, or an.undue dens¬

ity of people. He-tic speculation in cit>and suburban land is the crux of theproblem. Cures for the evil housing sit¬

uations that have b-come acute in Amer-ican cities of the tirst and second mag-

nitude. and causes for much concern m

every industrial and commercial countryof the world, are the restriction of a too

intensive development of the land. strict-er building regulations and themf-nt and cheapening ot transportationbetween office and factory in the city and

points in the. surrounding country.

* *.

It i« an irony of the modern city that

the poor people live on the expensiveland while the

Poor People Live rich llv« on

cheap land. Theon Expensive Land. rK)pr man who

can ill afford even the interest on the

lower capital represented by agricul¬tural land? has to carry rental on ex¬

orbitant priced land In crowded sectionso£ the city.The mill hand must live near the place

of his daily labor. Present railway andinterurban fares do not allow them to

live fifteen or twenty miles In the coun-

try. as the European laborer often does.

Commutation fares on the govemment-owned railways of many European coun¬

tries make it possible for the hordes ol

city workers to leave the city when their

day is done for cottages scatteredthroughout the encircling country. Thus,in Belgium, it costs 87^ cents a weekfor a double journey of twenty mileseach day. For a daily forty-four-mileround trip the cost is 55 cents weekly.Low wages are, of course, another ele-

menc In the force which b:nds the cityworker to the city. Facing the problemof finding a domicile near his employ-ment, and of making his wage supportself and family, after deducting rental,the city worker finds .solution only at theexpense of a comfortable, healthy home.The family that can afford only $7.50 a

month in rent must take what the land-lord will- provide, and the city landlordtoo often has solved the difficulty ac-

cording to the dictates of greed. In-vestigations in almost any of the largercities disclose instances of single rooms

being used by from six to a dozen peoplefor sleeping, living and occupational pur¬poses.While the housing problem cannot be

exclusively laid at the door of the land¬lord. his contributions to it have been theblind alley, the cheap, insanitary tene¬ment and the dilapidated hovel. Thislast contribution is made where theframe house of yesterday's suburb isstanding upon ground that has comeinto a manufacturing district. Such landis valuable for factory purposes out ofproportion to the houses upon it. As a

result, the landlord waits for an offerfrom some manufacturer for the land, :nthe meantime renting the houses and al¬lowing them to go to ruin.Interior alley homes and the barracks-

like tenements, both types of homes withimproper sanitation, lack of sunlight, ofventilation, of comfort, devoid of allhome-like inspiration, are the backboneof the housing problem. Where peopledwell 1,000 to the tenement. In bleak oneto four room cells, there can be nohomes, no natural growth, no wholesomereproduction.

** *

The product of these congested city

districts is the tuberculosis sufferer.the physical weak-

Future Citizens 1,n*- a n ' m 1 c-

stunted, warpedPay the Penalty, children, and thementally unfit. In these districts, also,develop plagues which spread over thecity. Crime and immoral debaucheryare bred in them. To sum up: disease,immorality, crime, alcoholism and th©production of vicious and incapable fu-ture citizens are the concomitant fea-tures of city congestion. One does notneed to keep the pitiable condition ofthe miserable tenement and slumdweller in mind in order to realize theurgency of the demand to solve thehousing problem.Exhaustive studies upon this problemhave been made by the United States

Department of Labor and various reme-dies indicated. Most pertinent is thesuggestion that the number of roomsper acre should be restricted by law.Such restrictions would cut the groundout from under wholesome land specu¬lation, by setting plausible boundariesto the intensity of land development.In a general vay building codes and

tenement laws in force in Americancities safeguard the poor. Dwellingsunfit for human habitation are con¬demned. The tendency is, however, togive broad interpretation to the de¬gree of unsuitability which shall con¬stitute unfitness. Chiefly, fire protec-tion, a variable standard of plumbingequipment, ventilation and stability areinsisted upon.Many cities are limiting the heights of

buildings. Chicago, Cleveland, Erie, FortWayne and Indianapolis have placed thislimit at 200 feet. Other cities j lace it atbetween 125 and 2*h> feet. Height limitshave been long in force in Europeancities. It is interesting to consider thata building erected to the height of theaggregate height limits of London, Ber¬lin. Paris, Rome. Stockholm, Edinburgh.Zurich. Frankfort-on-Main, Cologne, l>us-seldorf and Hamburg would exceed theheight of the Woolworth building in NewYork by a bare fourteen feet. Restrictionof building heights of tenements is a re¬form to assure to each family its share ofsunlight.

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It has been proposed that the working-man's home should be built only two

rooms ideepPlan, for a Better and have a

, . , street front-WorkingTiian s Home. agt. beforeand behind. This would reduce the work¬er's ground rent to the lowest point, andwould assure his family light and air.In place of his deep backyard filled withcans and trash, the city's parks could belaid out near his home.Transportation facilities permitting the

city worker to live on the outskirts ofthe city are imperative to the restorationof sound municipal life. Then, in thesuburbs, houses can be limited to twelvean acre. With the limitation of conges¬tion, there should be established definitezones for manufacturing, business andresidences. Now a business or an indus¬trial section gradually eats its way intoa residential section.alftd the housingproblem is present.The alley hovel, festering in rows and

screened behind business and manufac¬turing blocks, should be outlawed, and isbeing outlawed where people are being re-volted by the realization of the menaceof its contagious by-products.

Drops to Pavement Unconscious.W. M. Shelby, thirty-eight years old,

employed in a packing house near Cen¬ter market, and rooming at 213 7thstreet northwest, last night became illwhile at 9th and E streets northwest,and fell to the pavement unconscious.He was picked up and taken to theEmergency Hospital, where it wasfound he was suffering from concus-sion of the brain.

Judge Reuben Murrell Page, aged sev¬enty, died Wednesday at Abingdon, Va.He was the first judge of Washingtoncounty following the reconstruction era

and served ten years, beginning in 1870.He was a Confederate cavalryman in thecivil war.

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N EXT to an aviator, the riskiestlooking man in the landscapeis the three-hundred-pounderon skates.

Sometimes a man says he fell off th*water wagon when he didn't. He sig¬naled for a stop and deliberately dis¬mounted.

'Tis thus that life lias seemed to go,since first men learned to trade and talk.Some foiks must shovel ofT the snow, thatothers may In comfort walk.

The Artful Knocker is th»* ono whoknows how to make the lethal tap for «-neman look like a genial boost for another.

"The hand that rocks the cradle rorkathe world." "1 know better," replied theman with the cor.rave l'.»< ial expression;"since my wife joined three debating so¬cieties and a card club, that hand ismine."

You can't help distrusting an editorwho. when you read him a bunch of Sol¬omon's proverbs, says "That's RoodstufT. Why don't you print it?"

We've changed th<» number on the year.We've wiped out old "*13." And now wecontemplate with cheer a future ull serene. And yet the ground hog. as ofyore, will prance into the sun and oldSt. Valentine.the bore' -will have us onthe run. The Easter styles will keep usskinned for several weeks to rome Th»»birdies In the springtime wind will sinstheir lum-ty-tum. We'll work alone, pastlandmarks old, as months go rollinground, until hot weather, uncontrolled,puts Towser in the pound. We'll singe oureyebrows with great glee on Independ¬ence day and pant and wish that wecould see Thanksgiving under way. Whenturkey time again draws n^ar and lightlyfalls the snow, we say, "Well, well. An¬other year. How swiftly time does go

"

And next year and year after that, thesame old days we'll j;reet. We'll all b*netting thin or fat. We'll fast or over¬eat. We change the number with greatglee. We lift the cup of cheer, and aft«*rthat It seems to be about the averageyear.

Col. Jervey Succeeds Maj. Hand.Eleut. Col. Henry Jervey of the army

engineers was yesterday designated totake charge of the second Cincinnatiengineering district, surreedinsx Maj.Eewis H. Rand, whose new station hasnot yet been determined. Col. Jerveyalready is in charge of the first Cincin¬nati district and for the present will directthe operations in both divisions.

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