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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20
he Present Status of the Municipal Ownership Scheme;
Flourshng In Europe and of Interest Americans
JDGB EDWARD

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<~~w~nw'"3 uDdE EDWARD r.
4t .v1t1Y dunno, tho new mu-
d. HEM nloipal ownership may.
fEtM or Of Chicago, whose
VIAn } notable triumph over
E4VUA n political adversary 30
AUTOMATICALLY wide awake and With
Hsas nj 40 popular us John
MAYNARD Harlan was evidence indls.
uumbo that there In no falling on In
Tho ranks OF those who believe tho time
has como when the private admlnslra-
lion II public interests should be cur
Jailed, IN now preparing a plan Of 0cs
lion, In this work no IN receiving yuls
unbIo assistance from tho brilliant
clarence 4, barrow, whom he has ap-
nonted special counsel IN traction It'll
nation Mr. DNrrow " an enthusiast
on Tho subject and has been prominent
IN municipal ownership discussion for
many years. He also acquired much
reputation from his work MS counsel
Cor the minors IN the great anthracite
coal arbitration
II has been decided that beginning
win be- made M soon az tho entire
around ~ thoroughly oanyaascd, Az an
earnest Of the thorough manner IN
whloh Judge Dunno IL proceeding may
be- mentioned the fact that he Intends
10 call TO his aid the most competent
experts m the reform aud has already
bespokcn the services Of several Glas.
gov leaders IN the movement which
has 80 transformed municipal govern.
ment IN that scottish metropolis,
James Delymplo, general manager Of
the Glasgow tramwny system, has been
invited to visit Chicago, ana II ~ eX.
pcclod that be win remain several
months It ~ to his good judgment
md initiative that Glasgow ana rs Inn.
ilator1 owe much Of their present sue.
cess under the rohomo OF municipal
ownership 20 prevalent In the unlod
Kingdom
II has been nsSumod frequently that,
owing 10 the administrative demands
NJ the business and its relation 10 me.
chanics and invention, the operation OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

by mechanical means nntcdnto the bal
loon by several hundred years, a num-
brr Of Instances " very carly trials u
thlY Kind are on record In those oasoN
persons by means uf some parachute
Ike ContrlynurU descended oblqurly
from towers and Other lofty heights
IN the thirteenth century Elmcwg, a
spanish monk N rDpulcd 10 hive
down moro than a furong from the top
" u tower IN the seventeenth century
Bcsnlor u French locEsmlth, began u
sorlos " experiments IN lying by loOp'
ing from second tory windows ana
ancrward lucn0.luI the height ana
finally soaring over buildings and oven
across strcuma Tine fret properly uu.
thontIcnlcd account Of lho mechanism
Of a wing WAS glv.u ny Burulll la 1870,
ana that furnished the rhlof basis for
experimentation unDll 1867
From that period thorc have been
frequent attempts Ia golyo the problem.
Among the most notable Americans
who have devoted many years Of dllls
gent ana exhaustive study 10 the rub.
ioot "a Professor Samuel T. Langley
physicist ana astronomer 10 the smith.
pOnlan institutions Nlno yours ago ne
demonstrated by means Of u model the
correctness OF hin principle " soaring
llIght and Oflur Two years Of subgc.
qucnt trial with the Same machine he
proved that dlrlNhllly WIS both pos.
rIblo ana practicable, lie continued his
search for n motive power capable VI
llftng and propolliug machine care
rylng q man TO control H. IN aid OF
this effort he has been given $4,000 by
congress-, $4,000 by the army board Of
ordnance and az much moro by private
contributors who are Interested IN the
subject
Langoy's 1ohome, like that OF Sir III
ram MnNlm's flying machine and the
apparatus used by Lllonthal IN his "a.
nous gliding experiments has been 20
rely exclusively ON the aoropIano Tor
support This III the Same principle
that gives buoynncy to n card thrown
cdgowlgo and horizontally Any light
! Hat object VIII be Kept alloot by the air
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II IN evident from The Chicago election
ana other equally suggestive lndlcn-
lions that II w under way The most
that has bccn accomplished ~ In the
construction Of di1lcult and expensive
factors In transportation, like bridges,
the Boston subway ana the tunnels for
the New York underground System,
There are several American cities that
have been agilntng the question In a
manner which means positive action IN
the near future, and II has become
leading feature IN municipal party plat
forms ono of the most potent Rrgu'
mcnte heard nc ocnl political gather
lngs IN the declaration that wherever
tried municipal ownership has proved
successful This has been made mani
fest by increased facilities ana better
service, There has never been any
complaint from the travelling public
that transportation lines controlled by
city governments were less eolicltous
Tor the comfort Of patrons than those
managed by private interests, ON the
contrary Wy tho municipal ownerahlp
advocate, hDro " much evidence 10
greatly since they came under dlrpo.
ton Of the clIoe, IN Great britain the
craze for municipal control has not
stopped ut transportation facilities,
Moro than zoe towns have their own
water supply and fully that number
are dealers In illumnants There is
not u single one among these ontorprln'
Ink municipalities that has not derived
profit from the undertaking. IN az.
most every instance, too, the rate 10
the public has been materially reduced,
In some eases fully ono.hnlf In some
localities the principle hus been utilized
to the extreme. I'M Glasgow for exam
pie, the HIST Of articles now supplied by
the municipality includes many things
which are moro luxurious than noccH'
WrN IN that Scotch metropolis the
city has assumed control Of the pawn
shops ana the effect both moral ana
economic In declared 10 be beneficial
There Is q municipal golf links, which
! has proved TO be- an Immense success,
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tho island empire the mention " Che
"ogrc admiral win evoke the widest
enthusiasm
The ndmml's household ~ one Of the
simplest IN Tokyo, IN ils admirable
unprotcntlousnoss may be witnessed
the typical homo of "A samuOl glad.
donod by the presence ~ oongonlal
wife and four interesting children
three sons and daughter IN this
household there IL no evidence of lux.
my NJ any description the Togo fam.
NY occupying ap ordinary middle class
dwelling, II II not oven IN an arlsto.
cratic part Of the city, ~ ncighborlng
houses on either side being the homes
Of tradosmon ana minor government
officials, Tho domestic arrangement IL
conducted on most economical basis,
no carriage bicycle or rlokshnw being
kept on the promises, only one serys
ant II employed, with q poor male rel.
alive aR carctakor during the admirals
absence, The only evidence Of dlstlnc.
ton to be discovered about the place
Is Il small electric lamp put outside the
street entrance I'm order that passersby
may read the uamo Of Togo inscribed
upon the door This has been put up
since the admiral let home and was
made necessary by the professions and
groups OF enthusiasts who we're con.
smntly arriving and shouting Ban
2al'' which IN the Japanese equivalent
for Long lifo,'
Anecdotes IN which the Togo family
figures are plentiful IN Japan. one Of
the most Characteristic f. To The erect
that when the great man returned to
his home somo time before the broak-
Ing out Of the present war Cor u short
visit ho contracted such "A severe cold
that No was obliged TO remain IN bed
during his entire stay Having rocciy.
I'd orders TO roiom his communal at
once, he rose from his bed and began
10 pack his travelling bag Not appro.
citng the seriousness Of The occasion,
Ms wife began TO object YocIferously
She declared that he must not hnk of
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THE MONTGOMERY AERopLANE IN FLIGHT,

aoronnut v0s poised on The framework
ut level lower than that Of Inc bin
wings, and even " tho ABILITY TO steer
had been wanting the machine would
have acted uN capable parachute,
These California oSperlmonlow have
practically demonstrated that WhpnoY-
or the necessary motive power can be
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

street railways II not adapted to public
management, 10 meet this tho udyo.
calos OF municipal ownership maintain
that the street railway IN the one of all
public utilities most likely 10 thrive un'
der public management This h be-
cause from itg very nature It h ex-
posed at all times TO observation,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

management IN European cities win be
likely To surprise Americans Eleven
years ago last July Glasgow, the chief
commercial city " Scotland, WIN u
population Of nearly million, took
charge Of iis street railways three or
four losser British cities having pre-.
vlously set the example, Today every
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

supplied without oyorWolghting the APP
paratus the nylng machine problem VIII
be grontly Mmpllncd The doyico cons
Htruolcd by Professor Montgomery
weighs only fortystwo pounds ANA "
designed 90 support IN aerial lllght n
man Of moderate weight
Attempts 10 initiate the tllght OF birds
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

he found that ne would have 10 wait
nearly uu hour with grow of I'M
patience, he throw himself into seat
and buried hiv face IN Newspaper
Presently ne became conscious that
somo ono was standing before him
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

many also. especially I'm the principal
RhcuIsh cities, the Same eyWom pre-.
Wallis Berlin resolved several years
ago Ia mako mo- further railway grants
and mH been acquiring the control of
electric limos ever since. Paris owns
lhu tunnels of IT'S new subway ana
has reserved the rlght 10 take over the
management of the entire system In "a
Tow years.
M the United states lhc municipal
ownership Of rapid transit facilities
movement has made lcps progress but
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

the cnr ana circulated pcllIshly "Donr
talk npuscnsr'"
with good naDurod laugh, Mrs
Togo doFIslod and Wyo nll her alton
ton Ia speeding the admiral ON his
way 10 the station, ON arriving thoro
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

home ANA family at Tokyo He tried 10
steal into Japan unobsorved and 10 pre-
vent anything Ike n national wclcom-
Ing Some of his officers demonstrated
with him and made AN onort to per-
mado him TO let the people see him. It
would do them good, they argued, and
stimulate the national heart.
llo would not consent Tho national
heart he maintained, was already
bursting with oyomImuNlion, and
there was other pressing business on
hand, II would BIZ time enough for
such u manifestation when the war
Was over
80 ho declined the offer Of u great
reception which the municipality Vt
Tokyo wished Ia give him ana entered
Japan ~ unoFonlallously M II ne were
% common seaman llo planned II 10
mat he reached the capital at night
ana walked unattended from the rail-
road station to his house Having re.
colycd no notification Of the admIrnl'a
intention 10 come home, the entire
household had retired, ana he was
obliged 10 40 TO n hotel, since II Is not
considered good form IN Japan 10 dis.
lurb any one who has retired for the
night lie was not recognized NJ the
hotel and h. rose early IN the morning
ANA went TO his own domIollo
Togo although but forty.olgh, years
Of age, III cusily the prince among Ja-
pans national heroes In the empire
he IN spoken of nffccllonulcly az "Oni
hohochl' This means IN English the
ogre admiral but not IN a had sense
N Ia rather n term OF cndonrmonl
Throughout the length and breadth Of
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

chief city of the Austrian empire, with
approximately the population Of Chls
cugo bought All ~ street car lines and
assumed their management IN Gcrs
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

Of !, M transportation has become the
settled nolioy Of British cities
Although the movement ON the con.
lncnt began AT u somewhat later pc.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

"a. 4: e: 4: !: g: !: :. \; !: !: !:
GslL.sTTENl RECENT experiment
N\lM SjI IN noronantlcg made
l,JI/M lSI nj Santa Clara, Cal,
NM from the grounds Of
IN Hhs NY the Santa Clara jos.
AZ A. MAJ WI mission and un.
lOTE,TSKI der tho direction OF
---S'-Sse-D John i Montgomery
one of the professors In that inslilu.
Won, Noolns to have established the pos.
NlDlllly of aerial ncomotIon without
the aid Of u balloon, other export,
mentors IN the sumo direction have
claimed equally satisfactory results,
nul II ls the opinion Of those best IN
FORMED ON the subject that this latest
''fly to initiate tho flight NJ the bird
comes nearer to solving the problem
'lan anything previously devised
Professor Montgomery has devoted
"I' lllH leisure time for The past twenty
yours 10 tho study OF aerial nnyigalion,
uuu he has long been convinced that
lh' ingenuity Of man would IN timo
s,9'noun| the apparently unconQuora.
n'o ooslnolca which since tho creu.
' "'N' Nlhur man mn AWKWARD
uuq peculiarly helpless creature whom.
ever ho happens to u elevated few
RECT IN the atmospheric ether lIo look
co To nNluro for enlightenment ana
''ullod the movements Of birds and IN.
oPoW IN nollvo looomolion and made
NIlu'nl examinations OF the marvellous
"pphIAlns provided by nature,
WIN the birds for his models, no con.
s,rueIed machine ana attempted to
l'ae WIN It into the air from "A procl-
ploo N san Diego county but the con-
,'lWlheo was faulty, and the daring
,no'hlor escaped death but narrowly,
'lo Nuh satisfied that he was on the
lsh' track however, and this contre-
,,9,nps lld not quonch hls enthusiasm,
lp continued hla research for a mum.
p'l OF years receiving from his assoc
vWt'v az the sympathy ana ala they
poula oior Tho noroplnno which re-.
yynnn,ly performed 80 crodIlaby at Santa
N,n,n was the outcome,
'"o peVlce was launched from bal
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

gon hie imitation OF bird locomotlon,
and u very clever and surprising imllo.
ton II proved To be, Mnloney seemed
TO ascend and descend ut wllL llo per.
formed startling foata Of diving bird
fashion IN the air reversing motion,
etc, and the great hlmy wings of the
invention served him admirably, The
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

leaving homo until he should be- entire.
~ wen without rosortnE either to
explanation on argument The admiral
not In the best Of humor ana evidently
under the Influence of his lndlsposlion,
administered a rather f0roiblo box ON
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20

+ tho present stage of
the war IN tho far
cast Admiral llolha.
chIro Togo, command
cr ~ the combined
fleets, N again the
man Of the moment
Last January he paid
Ia MINI MINI IN M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
You Can Exchange Anything

you don't want for something you do want.
State your proposition in an ad. in the
Trade column of Sundays Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
BUILDING OPERATIONS.
District Inspectors Report to Commits
sioners Indicates Increase.

If comparative statements may pe
taken as a criterion it would seem that
building operations in the District OF
Columbia are rapidly Increasing. The
monthly report of Building Inspector
Ashford for November, 1905, was sub
r1ttted to the Commissioners this morn
fmg, and it shows that total of 3Is per-
n;fts were issued during the thirty days
ended last Thursday. for building opera
ttons valued altogether at $1,104 149. Per
nits issued during November last year
were for buildings valued at only S43s,-
1873 In November, 1904, there were no
APARTMENT houses projected, but this year
in the same period, despite the recently
enacted and drastic amendment to the
law, there were three new apartment
buildings started, OF total estimated
vaaue of $4,000.
The most important item in each Of
the monthly reports was that concern
ing new brick dwellings. In November,
1904 such structures to value or nearly
$500 900 were authorized. This year nine
ty permits were issued for brick dwell
ings, worth approximately s409,2 other
features of the report just submitted
were: Brick additions and repairs, nine
ty-four permits for improvements worm
S15T45S; frame dwellings, twenty-one
permits, value $5s, 100 and for lnstalia-
ton of elevators. nine permits for work
worth $4,000. The construction or one
new bank building was also authorized,
the estimated value of this proposed struc-
ture being placed at $255,00o.
Divided sectionally, the projected i'm
provenlents are ranged as follows: In
the county, S6136O1; In the northwest
S366. 244: in the southeast, S59,570; in the
northeast. $51, 500; in the southwest. $10,-
335.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Kept $4,000 Cigars A. Years.
From the Philadelphia Record


Internal Revenue Collector McCoach yes
terday instructed Deputy Collector Fred
cranston Of Berks county to permit the
widow of Reuben Keinert of Chubbs Church
to pay taxes and to sell 5000 cigars and to
dispose of a great quantity of leaf tobacco,
which her husband had in his possession
for forty-four years. because he did not
believe the government was justified in
levying revenue tax.
Keinart died about two weeks ago. He
had been a tobacco grower and manufac-
turer before the war and had in his possess
sion $1,000 cigars and a lot OF tobacco when
the government levied the revenue war tax
In 1881. He refused to pay the tax and
the government would not permit him to
manufacture cigars OF his tobacco or to
sell those he had made unless the tax was
paid. Keinert was obdurate. and after the
war he kept the cigars and tobacco, be-
lieving that after q time the tax would be
lifted. When he died his widow asked
Deputy Collector Cranston II she could not
dispose of the cigars and tobacco.
Keinert's stock WAS examined by Grams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Public Service Corporations.

The investigation of public service cor
porations and insurance companies is one
of the most important features of the mes
sage. He takes the railroads to task for
maintaining what he calls expensive lob
bies and for resisting the prompt payment
of taxes. The people of Wisconsin have at
least as good a right to know just what
money has been expended by the railroads
and other public-service corporations of
this state in salaries, in lobbying, in po-
litical campaigns and legislative entertain
ment, he says, as the people of New York
have to know the same facts with respect
to the life insurance companies Of that
state.
1T is no more a betrayal Of q trust rela-
ton for the president of a life insurance
company to pay himself a salary amount
ing to a plundering Of policy holders than
for q railroad president to pay himself
salary in excess of the value of the serV-
ices he renders to the railroad company.
He suggests that a legislative investiga-
ton which would uncover all facts with re-
Iation to this important subject viii re-
uuire much time and labor, but that no
money so expended would be wasted. Every
fact as to the expenditures which have
bearing upon transportation rates will be of
material aid to the railroad commission. He
thinks such an investigation will be whole
some in it's public lesson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Election of Hive Officers.

National Hive. No. /, Ladies of the Mac
cabees of the World, elected officers at the
last regular review, as follows: Lady
commander Lola NJ. Julian; lady Lieutenant
commander, Mary T. Dunn; lady record
keeper. Lula s. Hammond Genth term;
lady finance keeper, Margaret G. Magruder;
lady chaplain, Annie C. Lyles; lady ser
geant. Tflla A. Dean; lady mistress-at-
arms, Mary L. Pierce; lady sentinel, Hattie
e. Palmer: lady picket, Sarah J. Nichols;
lady official prompter, Ida j. Maxwell; lady
pianist, Leah Elwood; first banner bearer,
Fannie A. Walters; second banner bearer
Marie Reh; third banner bearer, Mary A.
Lowenstein; captain of the guards, Clara
A Maxwell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Estate of Peter F. Hornie.

BY the terms of the will of Peter F. Hor-
Mig, dated December 81, 1902, and filed today
for probate, requests are made as follows:
To his son, John G. Hornig, premises 651
Maryland avenue northeast; to his daugh-
ter, Rosalinda West, premises 653 Maryland
avenue northeast; to his son, Gottfried Hor-
mig premises 647 Maryland avenue north
east; to his daughter. Rufna King, prem
ises including a house and seven acres of
land on Benning road near Goth street
northeast. and to Mary s.. West, $4,000
The remainder of the estate is to be divided
equally among the five children of the tes-
tator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Charged With Theft of overcoat.

Bunch Hill, colored, twenty-three years
old, is under arrest for alleged housebreak-
ing 1t is charged that he entered the
house OF Mrs. Mann, 1850 Columbia road
last night and stole an overcoat belonging
to DIR. Philes 1t is stated that the doctor
had been IN the house only about three
minutes when the theft was committed
Precinct Detective Estes found Hill in South
Washington, and, 1t is alleged, he was wear
ing the stolen coat. Today he was meas
ured and photographed at police headquar-
tiers. He will be given a hearing In court
tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Domestic Pets. the Subject.

The attention Of the amateur photog-
raphers Of the District who propose com
peting in The Sunday Stars Prize Picture
Contest. Is called to the announcement that
the subject for pictures in the contest
which closes at noon on Monday, December
II. Ii Domestic Pets." Only photographs
OF domestic pets viii be considered In this
first Of the series Of special contests. An
nouncement OF the subjects of contests for
following weeks win be found elsewhere In
The Star,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05

ton. under instructions from Collector Me-
Coach, and found to be well preserved and
saiapie and Yesterday the deputy collector
was instructed to give Mrs. Keinert ner-
mission to sell the stock. She has agreed
to pay the government tax of So a thousand
or s54 on the cigars. and the collector has
to manufacturer under the watchfuI eve
of a revenue agent,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
domestic Pets" the Subject.

The attention of the amateur photog-
raphers of the District who propose COM
petlng In The Sunday Stars Prize Picture
Contest, is called to the announcement that
the subject for pictures In the contest
which closes at noon on Monday, December
H. is Domestic Pets" Only photographs
of domestic pets will be considered in this
first of the series of special contests. An
nouncement of the subjects of contests Tor
following weeks will be found elsewhere IN
The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Stealing Harness Alleged.

George Jackson, eolored. twenty three
years DID, who says he is from East Melton,
Mass, was arrested this morning by Mount
ed Policeman Browne OF the ninth precinct
and charged with grand larceny 1t is al
legged that he stole set of harness worth
$50 from the Benning track. The harness
had been bought for use upon the ambu-
lance horse. Jackson win be given a hear
ing In the Police Court tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Celebrates His Centennial,

William Hartley, a lifelong resident of
Prince George county, Maryland, today cell
ebrated the Tooth anniversary of his birth
He lives near Ardwick, where his home has
been for many years and where he received
today the congratulations of his neighbors