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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
WILL REQUIRE MONEY
TO MAKE IMPROVE ENTS

NEW YORK. Jan. 2.-AnnOuncement
that the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road Company soon may be IA the
market Tor money CAUSES no surprise ia
Vail Street today. 1t II said the COM
pany needs fully sl09GO 000 ia the next
few years. bat that no considerable
amount viii be asked at once or at
any one time. In 1888 the cnpltal stock
OF the road stood At s55,0o0C0O Then
-here was an inerease # Ss.0O0,O00 The
total Of sGp.0o0.0O0 stands today.
The credit Of the company u excellent,
but whether il requirements viii be
met by stock or "a bond issue has not
get been determined Suen capital ex-
passion as the road has had has been Ia
bond issues; these have been compare
lively few.
Gross earnings OF the company In the
fiscal year ended June 81. 1895. aggregate
S45.0Os s96 and she net Sl2o1s.5s5. as com
pared with S2IIi2.37s and 50. 1882 IN 1870
Last month the Louisville aid Nash
Vile directors disappointed Wsu street
by refusing 90 raise the dividend rate.
allowing % To remain al per cent
though the company Is earning from
its own railroad operation alone. exclu-
sive OF surplus earnings Of controlled
roads, between Il ard II per ce1t on It's
$50 0Gp000 stock.
Al TIE end OF the last fiscal year the
Louisville ana Nashviiles current assets
aggregated 81 lls..1l. Against this we're
current liabilities amounting 10 s. SD. 800
lthNlnE an excess OF current assets of
si'loo,5". This was not regarded as q
large working capital for road with a
yearly business of 1890. 90
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
PLACED ON RECORD

~ Ihirieenth street northwest between
l. ana Y ,streeJs-Francis 4. Bundon
= ux 10 Thomas judge, lot 81. squire
2Sl7-lg--a Q street northwest and 1g3
Inlrtl6th street northwest Carl 3
keIersteln 90 uN. 10 John IlOutZ lots
., 26, 81. 81 square l1S3. SO
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains
john T. Crowley ct uX. 20 Joseph A
Roth. lot 2, block g. lots and s. block
;. lots 10 and 20. block $. so.
XXI - street northwest and lGlG Tnir-
ucJh street uurthweSt-Johu Hout - ux
tc Joseph A Roth. lots % -. % and p,
square 1898.
Mount Pleasant ana Pleasant Plains
Joseph A. Roth 90 Carl >. Keferstein
lot B, block 3. lots and :. block 3, lots
- aud 20. block .. $40.
la2S r street uCTJhWest-Susan g Rock
% Robert H. u. Leopold, lot 46, square
34o. $40
Robert H u. Leopold et TX. to Susan
r.. Rock, lot 90. square 20, SO.
924 French street nOrthWest-Harry A
and Anna ~. cummins 20 Jane ".
South Grounds Columbian College
Susan q. Rock 10 Robert II. 7. Leopold.
Ot A, SIC. Robert II. T. Leopold Ct uy
% Susan C. Rock. Tot -; $40
Meridian Hill-Susan G. Rock to Rob
Fri H. T. Leopold. lots IS. - To p block
;. and parts lots 3 and q. block 6: $40.
Robert H. T. Leopold et ux. 40 susan
y. Rock. lots Is and ~ 10 - and Darts
DTS . and q. block 6, $40
Grant Park-Eliiah Brown ct uN In
eliza CawthoIne, lots g and "a. block
:: SO
First Add 20 American University
Park-Galen Il TAFT and Dewitt g.
-roissant trustees, To Marshall j. Par
sons, lot .. .tock 80: Ssla same 10
Mary T., Parsons. lot O. block so: 5000
Garfield Heights-EliZabeth r. Herring
- Aaron H. Potts, lot s. block A. Iot
block 3, LOT % block G. lots Is and s3
block :. lot D block 10, lots Is and "a
block II. lot 9, block II; lot . block a
F'riendship-Mar Riley to Henry C.
Riley part, $40.
4l3 Q street noTthWest-Ellen S. Fraser
a Arnold 7. Lewis, lot l43, square SO.
40
Anacostia-Hampt0n b woodward 10
Minnie l. Soper. lots 1g2 and l03. block
1 $40.
Eleventh street northwest, between G
ird II streets-JOhn W Morris 81 ux 10
Mary NJ. Duvau. part original lot il,
Iquare SIS, $40
Kalorama Heights Frederick l.. Sid
Sons. trustee. 10 Francis c. Chanin. lot
n. block 3, $50
Kalorama Heights-Allan f Walker.
q uX. To Maxwell Van Zandt Wood
'uI. lot 8. block y. $40.
Fourteenth street northwest, between
+ and Il streets-Caroline r. Cooley TO
Patrick F. Neligan lot - and part LOT
z square 200, $40.
Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Plains
Nary Hutton 40 Annie Iingeback. lot
3 block i, SO
IS + street northwest-LeWis A. Hines.
Executor. 10 Grace r. Bowling. lot s5
nock 7. Bioomingdale, s..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
GOLF VS.. HOCKEY

Il is probable that the little boy ia the
street who calls a hockey stick a golf
club Is only speaking the truth a Few
centuries too late. There are many
reasons 10 believe that the Scotch game
OF golf sometimes called handy bail
IN the old accounts OF il, developed into
hockey with a flavor OF football about
II when II came south, and this is borne
our BY an old hfteenth-century print
OF TWO bandy-ball players in which the
SICK used, called handy because bent.
resembles hockey stick far more than
a golf club. The Gentleman's Maya
zlne, In IIs0. also mentions shinty as a
ocoth game similar TO golf, and another
writer defines shinty as ean inferior
KIND or golf played by yOune people,
and IN London called Hockey"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
MASONIC SERVICES
FOR DIR. ]. {. SMITH

Iu a. Cathedral Of Scottish Rite Han,
l0ai @ street northwest. al 1879 O'Clock
this morning, the Rose CroiN services
We're performed as a last tribute 10 the
memory OF DIR. John r. Smith. who died
last Tuesday. The remains were then
taken To oak Hill Cemetery. where the
regular Masonic services were held in
connection with the burial
Or, Smith, who was a son OF the late
Col John l. Smith, was born In George
town siNty-four years ago. At the out
hIeak OF the civil war DR. Smith enlisted
as medical officer in the Union Army.
serving throughout the struggle.
lie was q thirty-second degree Scot
llsh Rite Mason. Knight Templar. and
"a knight of Malta. and also belonged
TO several other frat-rnsl organizations
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
HEAVY COST TO FARMERS.

u was noted last year that the potato
bug MAS d rural luxury that cost s. 90 p
go while the army worm cost zi5. 900 90
without worrying the crop reporters
particularly. The boil weevil Is a $40 %
nJoo0G year pest and the Hessian fiy
averages twice the amount San Jose
scale comes al SO go 90 a year when not
marked down by good luck. the csdling
moth al SO. 0-0.00o and the despised grass
hopper accounts FOR an agricultural loss
or NoeHHB- The farmers lose a total
of SD. l00. 900 a year through in
sectiForous pests, which IL three times
the annual cost OF the navy and enough
10 pay the pension budget twice over and
leave balance that would tempt Rookie
Teller. We must have prosperous far
HeTs 10 stand tt-Detroit Free Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
SHIFT TO MAJESTIC
ACADEMY ATTRACTIONS

As "a consequence Of the burning Of
the Academy Of Music, which was
known as a stair a. Havlin house. %
som considerable shifting viii have 10
be done 10 provide for the attractions
booked for this season at that theater
The Majestic here is also controlled
by Messrs. Stair and Haylin, and IL Is
possible that il may be utilized for the
melodramatic class OF attractions booked
by the theatrical firm In such an event
the attractions listed at the Majestic for
the remainder of the season will be cut
ont entirely, or provided for at some one,
OF the halls about the city which can
ne temporarily arranged for theatrical
productions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
ONLY ROCKS USED
BY THE RECRUITS
Lieut.. Col. Glenn Reports
on Columbus FracaS
of Soldiers.

Mai. Gen. +. /. Ainsworth, military
secretary of the army. today received a
mail report from Lieutenant Colonel
Glenn. commandant OF the recruiting
depot at Columbus Barracks. Columbus.
zoo recruits last Monday night The
colonel DISCOUNTS the amount OF damage
done. as previously reported. and says
that after careful Investigation IL was
found that the men used only rocks IN
their celebrating and made no attempt
10 shoot 10 ihe town"
The damage was confined 20 the dis
trict 81 Columbus known as the bad
Lands" and consisted chiefly of break
ing in windows Of saloons and other
buildings. The damage will amount TO
not more than SIS. he states.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25

Send House Bill, Re-
questing Its Passage
at This Session.

The Board OF Commissioners this
morning transmitted to Representative
y. ". Babcociz, chairman of the Com
mittee OF the House on the District
OF Columbia, the draft Of a bill pro-
Viding for the regulation Of certain
licenses in the District or Columbia,
and for other purposes. which the
Commissioners recommend and ask
that II be passed at the present ses-
sion OF Congress.
The bin provides for authority 10
the Commissioners 10 levy a tax on
nonresident property owners property
in the District where II is necessary
Tor the Commissioners TO abate any
nuisance. make repairs. cut weeds, or
do any other work, the expense there
for TO be added to the tax tickets
against such property.
Tax on Builders.
a tax OF So against all contractors.
builders. corporations o. others erect
ing buildings, grading. improving
streets. and IN the construction or new
or repair work Of whatever nature. but
shall not apply % sub-contract0rs
Bonds 10 be given in lieu OF cash de-
posits BY contractors OF others for the
protection Of streets or other public
property.
Contractors license 10 begin on the
nrst day Of November Ol each year.
and expire on October q Of each year.
That the license tax imposed b. act
Of Congress, approved July !, 1892 upon
claim agents shall apply 10 persons.
nffns. or corporations prosecuting
claims against the Government OF the
United States or the District OF Column
bia, and also 10 collecting agencies.
A tax OF 81 annually against cigar
and tobacco dealers.
An annual license TAX OF 500 uDon all
brokers. every person. firm. company, or
association. not Incorporated, except In
surance and real estate brokers acting
as such, soliciting business ia the Dis
tTict OF Columbia.
Authorizing the Commissioners 20
make any necessary regulations To i'm
pose penalties FOR the violation thereof
for tie preservation OF the public health
safety and comfort. regulation and in
specUOn OF Y.ctua!ers. restaurants,
oyster houses, cook shops. Ice cream
parlors. dairy lunches, eating houses
concert halls. entertainments. exhibit
lions. clrcuses, Information bureau Us, in
ielilgence ofncesr private detective
agencies. clarTCydnts fortune tellers.
mediums, builders, contractors, plumb
ers.
For the taxing OF vehicles for public
hire end sightseeing automobiles and
their regulation
Authorizing the Excise Board 70 IL
cense al it, discretion the Columbia Golf
Club Of the District
The penalty for violation OF any part
o fthe bill Is nXed at a fne not 10 ex-
coed 500 for each Cffess.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
MARKET PRICES
SHOW DECLINES
All Railroad Quotations
Were Below Opening Fig
areS and Continued So.

NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-The stool, mar.
Ret was heavy al the opening with the
majority of shares showing losses. rang
ing from p 10 Is per cent. An excep-
ton at the opening was AmaIgamate,l.
which advanced "a, but this subsequently
1eceded =. Reading was down s. Union
Pacific ., 81. Paul and Pennsylvania 4.
and Atchison and Southern Pacific -
Canadian Pacific was OF a fun point.
The market continued weak after the
Hfst hour. just before noon there was
increased selling pressure with a fair
amount of good buying on orders on tie
down scale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
EXCHANGE BANK MAKES
NO CHANGE IN OFFICERS

The directors OF the Washington EN-
change sank met At5rtIH es4fsV M ~
elected the following officers. j.. otfiricE-
9fnltn. president. 3 ". Woodward. vice
president, George o. Watson cashier
John p. Sleman. jr.. secretary. and
Jackson II. RalsfOn. attorney.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
Dividend Notice.

AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY
Consecutive Quarterly Preferred Dividend 30
~ Ihe regular quarterly dividend 3No a. If
ONE AND THREE-Q UARTERS PER CENT
on the preferred capital stock u the American
Graphophone Company VIII be paid February
ID. 1871, 70 stockholders OF record. February
By orde- Of the Directors
EDWARD D. EASTOS, President.
az . feIA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
FINANCIAL GOSSIP

The Philadelphia Clearing House As
EocldtlOn has decided TO admit trust
companies ana State banks 70 clear
ing house privileges
south America continues 10 drain the
sold supply OF the Bank OF England
much 10 the discomfort OF the managers
or The latter. The bank shipped $50 Hl1
yesterday, while IL was able Go buy but
E19.000.
The withdrawal by the Ali Of March
next OF the So 90 Go deposited ia ma
tional banks by Secretary Shaw last
tall should not affect the money market
here In great measure. Secretary ShaW's
announcement OF yesterday gives time
Tor preparation.
Chicago, 10 all appearances. has plenty
OF money on hand Last week IL is
said. one bank or that city loaned out
alh.O000 900 in New York ana later dis
patches said large trust company of
mat place had put out about 5000 900
III railroad loans in the last ten days.
Louisville aud Nashville will need
something like sI0J. 10000 in the next
rev years, and report has lt that q n
Asnclus scheme soon viii be put out
w whether requirements viii be met bv
stock or bond issue has not as Yet been
determined.
The stock OF the CRANKY Consolidated
Mining, Smelling and Power Company.
Limited has been ordered listed on the
stock exchange The amount OF stock
accepted j. S3o,auS. 100 which has recent
iN been changed from $50 90 500 certin-
Gates A balance OF S3l9l, 800 outstand-
ing IN $40 certificates viii Dc admitted
as soon as transferred.
rs Northern Pacific 10 declare % per
cent extra cash dividend? IL is not
among the improbabiIities. for the re3-
SON that the road has the money ia case
the directors should see nj 10 make such
e. declaration. iu view, however, OF the
cHntinscncles liable TO arise in cOunec-
tion with Jhe new stock issue. conserva-
tive hnaucicrs believe The company viii
not pay any extra money ia the near
future
According 90 The Baltimore Manufac-
tGrrr- Record the South in 1865 built
1.l9a miles OF railroad. produced s. 6Jg.-
yr"ut on ITS farms dug 81 UoJ.Ulu tons
OF coal from It's mines cut more than
.oFps"N.uu leet OF lumber from It's for
SIS, exported merchandise worth s.U8-
Gather, cotton and wool products worth
IgIord) I'D. and added s.. 65UUJl 90 10 the
'alue OF It's real wealth
George Croker, representative OF the
wealthy California family, but a resi-
lent Of New York, viii. il is reported. I
'esign his seat i'm the dictatorship or the
minneapolis and 81 Louis and the Iowa
-cntral companies, and VIII not here
Tier work in conjunction with Edwin
fawley In the mana cement OF tia. so-
falleu Hawiey roads
Mr. Croker was one Of the partners
of the late Coils p. Huntington when .
the latter controlled the Southern Pa .
cine and aTterWard embarked in various .
raIifoad enterprises with Mr.. HaWley. 4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
TEAM WORK.

Althoush the Legislature is
OF industry so FUN
Id, Int push IS Just the proper word.
There sun may now and then be heard
The more effective pull"
indianapolis News.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
n. Y. STOCK MARKET

fluctuations furnished by Charles G. Gates
a Co. Munsey Building. Members New York
Stock EXCHANGE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
STOCKS, BONDS, AND MONEY
THE WASHINGTON MARKET

Following are the sales ana quotations
Of today's market:
Washington Railway common, 5o@40ls
buyer 6o. sea l0is.
Washington Railway preferred coz
SOS 50Us5a4, Hasa.
Washington Gas. 25u56z4.
Mitchell Mining. l00955s llOHJss lU0n
5ss l00H59s l00N5ss.
Second National Bank 10Fl 1905, l1fr
1875. l0Hl52. lGal52, I0dlE. 30nl58.
Washington Title. 1000
Southern Public Service CORR lUSI ia
loml14. 1OHi1L
After ll-Washington Railway As
81 nOasL.. 81 000ne5ia 81. 00nS5lt 81 .00)gi
500. Sl,O00Qa5is, Si.004Qs5is Sl,W0dS5is.
N,080SIs
Mitchell Mining l00n5ss
Capital Traction ga i43
District of Columbia 800 s. S489ll5.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25

The Philadelphia Clearing House As
soeiatiOn has decided 10 admit trust
companies and State banks 70 clear
ing house privileges.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25

The Withdrawal by the Ali of March
next OF the SO 90 co deposited in ma
uonai banks by Secretary Shaw last
tslls should not affect the money market
here In great measure. Secretary SnaW's
announcement of yesterday gives time
Tor preparation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25

south America continues 20 drain the
sold supply OF the Bank OF Englaud
much 10 the discomfort OF the managers
or the latter The bank shipped $3.50 0J0
yesterday, while IL was able Go buy but
El9. 600.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25

Chicago. 20 all appearances. has plenty
OF money on hand Last week. IL is
said one bank OF that city loaned out
slh.O0O.0O0 IN New York. and later dis
patches said large trust company OF
that place had put out about S7.U01 900
IN railroad loans in the last ten DAYS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25

Louisville aud Nashville will need
something like sl0J 100000 in the next
rev years, ana report has Il that a n
nanclug scheme soon viii be pat out
Whether requirements viii be met bV a
stock or bond issue has not as vet been
determined
The Opelousas courier., 1907-11-30
THE COMPANION AS A CHRISTMAS
GIFT

NtbodJ is too young. nobody too old,
to enjoy reading the Youths Companion.
For that reason it makes one of the most
appropriate of Christmas gifts-one of
the few whose actual worth far outweighs
the cost. Welcome as the paper may be
to the casual reader on the train, at the
office, in the public library, it is, after all,
the paper of the home. The regularity
and frequency of its visits, the cordial
sincerity of it's tone, make for it soon the
place of a familiar friend in the house.
Like a good friend, too, it stands always
for those traits and qualities which are
typifed in the ideal home, and are the
sources of a nations health and true
prosperity. Is there another Christmas
present costing so little that equals it?
On receipt of SITS, the yearly SUBJ
scription price, the publishers send to the
new subscriber all the remaining issues
of the Youths Companion for 1907 and
the Four-Leaf Hanging Calendar for 1908
in full color.
Full illustrated Announcement of the
new volume for 1908 will be sent with
sample copies of the paper to any address
free. The Youths Companion, LA Ber-
kelley street, Boston, Mass.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-11-30
DECISION

Monday the Supreme Court rendered a
decision that district attorneys are not
entitled to the collection fee of twenty
per cent, which has been drawn by them
from fines collected in the district court.
The decision of the court is a sweeping
one, and involves the refunding of all
such fees collected in the past by the dis
trict attorneys of the State now serving
or who have heretofore served in the
office. Says the Lake Charles American:
"It has been the custom heretofore for
the sheriff to get a ten per cent fee from
all ouch fines, and the district attorneys
twe}ty per cent of what remains, leaving
sevent btwo per cent to go to the School
Board. By the courts decision the
school fund will hereafter get ninety per
cent of I'll these fines.
"The 6ecisiof will cut the district at
torneys in all the parishes of the major
portion of their compensation, and will
make the office much less desirable from
a financial standpoint"
The Opelousas courier., 1907-11-30
THE PEOPLES MONEY BUYS VOTES

A strong reason why we favor a mate
rial reduction in tax collectors pay, and a
moderate but sufficient salary-a salary
on a par with that of other parish Off
cials-isth that with the disappearance of the
the old fee system will quickly disappear
that other relic of the days of negro suf7
frage-the purchased vote, the stuffed
ballot box, the employment of debased
methods to win a coveted prize. No
mar that expects to make only a living
salary out of an Office can afford to bribe
voters. 1t is not the lower salary that
will keep good men from running for Of
fee. That is a fallacy. It is harder to
get good men to run under present con-
ditions. Raise the standard of u poll
tics, and good men will enter the race for
office.-Sugar Planter.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-11-30
INFRINGEMENT

Editor Courier: Is it not a good time
to agitate the question of a reduction of
our top-heavy parish and municipal ex-
penses? Particularly our municipal ex-
penses, now that it seems likely that in
1909 We will be deprived Of the most of
our revenues-the liquor licensA! It is
very probable that prohibition will be
carried in April, and it would be wise
to put a few reefs in our sails before then.
Under the new regime, the Mayors du-
ties will be largely reduced and his salary
should be cut in half. As to street COM
missioner an officer that neve cost a cent
until last year, his salary should be
largely reduced-more than half. The
marshal is supposed to get from 81, 200 to
$1,50O-a sum altogether out Of proper
ton to the services rendered, at any rate
it is said, for instance, that he gets
$500 for signing five receipts-and he
could stand a deep cut. And so on all
the way through.
The city is going in debt right now at
the rate Of w $400 a month for the
water and light plant, and it surely be
hooves all thoughtful citizens to give the
matter of retrenchment some serious at
tention, regardless Of the fact that we are
pretty certain to be deprived in a short
time of the bulk of our revenues. Now
is the time for the exercise of some little
forethought. TAXPAYER.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-11-30
THE PHONE GIRLS SIDE OF THE
CASE

For the first time in history the tele-
phone girl has had an opportunity of ex-
pressing herself about the people who so
frequently and so emphatically express
themselves about her. True t o The tradi-
tons of American womanhood, she has
made the most of the opportunity, by
raising an issue which up to the present
has been somewhat neglected, but is fun
damental so far as good service is con-
cerned.
The picture the telephone girl has
drawn of herself differs vastly from the
bewitching creature ~popularized by Glib
sons magic pen. She depicted herself,
in the Progressive Union Monday night,
as a physical wreck at the end of a days
work, during the long hours of which she
had been bullied and ballyragged-even
sworn at-by an impatient public. Her
plea that under such conditions no woman
woman can be expected to work with that
placid equanimity essential to good tele-
phone service was particularly forceful.
That there is much truth in the tele-
phone girls view of the case, we readily
concede. The public has at least as
many opportunities as the company for
setting the machinery awry. Of course
the public never does so Intentionally,
but doubtless when a service already bad
had created something in the nature of a
cleavage between the company and its
subscribers, things are not mended any
by the mistreatment of the defenseless
operators.
On the contrary, much is to be gained
by addressing her with courtesy. When
your phone rings out in the still watches
of the night, and you hustle downstairs
in a bath robe to be confronted by an an
gelic voice murmuring number" say Il
beg your pardon, Miss, I did not CALI
and go back to bed.-New Orleans Item.