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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS
Some Things That Engage Attention
in 200 Cities

Under the name Of the Detroit Recreation
League organization to obtain public play
grounds was effected at a meeting Of repre-
sentative citizens this week in that city
Work will be begun at once, In cooperation
with the board of education, to supplement
the summer Fairgrounds already opened
on school property and recreation features
of public parks.
This will be done by subscriptions on
the membership plan to help out the play
grounds fund expected in the board Of
education appropriation, and by soliciting
the use of vacant lots to be converted into
Fairgrounds under the same supervision
The league is intended to work In co-opera-
ton with all other organizations for the
benefit of children, including those en-
forcing the child labor laws.
1t Is to be as wide as possible-a citizens
movement--annual membership being fixed
at % cents and life membership at IS. An
annual meeting will be held in November
to review the years work and prepare the
budget for next year.
The committee will hold another meeting
at once, and will issue an appeal to citi-
gems for donations of vacant lots to be
used as indicated. The board of education
has asked for an appropriation Of 5000
for Fairgrounds this year. Many life men,
berships were taken at s..
Short addresses were made by several
leaders in the movement. 1.-TWO hundred
cities are making similar appropriations"
said Mrs. James Arthur. I'm Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
LOSS CAUSED BY BAD ROADS.
influence Of the Bicycle and the
Automobile.

Real estate men and land dealers of al
most every American state are getting be-
hind movements for pixies and good roads.
OF course they have a selfish interest, for
good roads increase land values and draw
population more than any other public i'm
provements.
An expert statfstician has figured that bad
roads cost the people of the United States
$500, 100000 annually. If this is true 1t Is
high time the question received proper at
tention. For many years men have been
agitating the better building of roads. but
even those who would be most benefited
thereby have been prone to dub these agita-
tors "cranks." But the agitation received
a great impetus with the advent Of the BIZ
cycle. and when the automobile came addi-
tional energy was generated But the farm
ers, the ones most interested from a. flnan-
cial viewpoint. have been slow to join the
crusade. 1t is estimated by men of expe-
rience In road building that a macadamiZed
roadway. eighteen feet wide, may be built
for an average cost Of $1,000 per mile the
country over. This presents good oppor-
tunity for some comparative figures The
country loses $500. 0O0,OOO a year because of
bad roads. In round numbers $500, 1000, 600
navy. At $1,000 a mile the money appro-
priated for the military arm Of the govern
ment would build 10000 miles of ma acadia
mized roads within the next two years. In
could be built. and in another four years
the money saved would give US more for
the army and navy than would have been
appropriated In the fourteen years-and we
wou,i also have the macadamized roads.
Statistics are mighty interesting things
when one gets started on them.
Good roads have been responsible for the
prosperity of many great countries. A ma
ton Of war OF commerce must have great
roadways, and in every instance this has
been the case with all successful nations,
both in commerce and In other pursuits.
The world today Is a network of highways.
The people Of Carthage achieved promi-
hence and power by being great builders of
public highways. and the greatest Of all the
people Of that day-the Romans-had hun
dreds Of scientifically constructed roads
leading to Rome that have lasted thou
sands of years. and these the builders
Of roads today have not been able to dupli-
cate. Napoleon was the second great
builder Of roads, and roads were necessary
In his case for the purposes of war. and Ma
poleon. the great warrior gave emphasis
along that line to all Europe. That was the
beginning Of road building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
CONFESSIONS OF A sPEcuLAroR
"Inside Information" and the First
Winning Lead One On.
From MoOdy's Magazine.

From Moodys Magazine.
My picture OF the gentleman who first
introduced me to the game was not exag-
gerated and that was-insIde information
To the novice inside Information Is the
most alluring thing in the world: 1t is a
rainbow that beckons him on to the Never
Never land Actually IT is the chafr, with
which even the old birds are caught, after
which they are plucked and turned loose
Do not assume that II is the one who gives
you the information who is plotting trouble
for You. He is undoubtedly honest, and the
advice may have been given him in sin
certify, but the ghost OF Ananias is some
where in the background, and he Is busy
a mailer. There Is inside information of
different kind. but l am talking now of
what the average Spectator acts upon, and
what is manufactured especially for his
consumption. Do not mistake It. there is
after a while you cannot dfrerentiate be-
tween fake information and true. Good
advice Is always unpalatable.
My confessions thus far would seem to
show-some one will say--only that / found
among my acquaintances a choice collec-
ton Of thimbleriggers. L found no more
than the ordinary Spectator will find: but,
after all, the prime question is not whether
the men from whom you ask advice are
morally oblique, rather is 1t that the warp
and wool of your own character is changed
inethe process. and unless you are lucky IL
will develop into piece of shoddy.
One OF the worst things that can befall
the novice in speculation is little success
at the beginning. few failures might
blight the budding growth OF speculation.
but with little success, the chance has
passed. My early troubles were not severe
enough; they lacked that necessary en-
phasis which might be described a
sounding thus; and one good play that re-
stored part of my losses settled my fate.
Therein were laid the anarchies of my
subsequent dreams" of quick fortune. I
was further befuddled by the idea that
knew many of the men who were supposed
to be the inspiration Of every big move
ment in stocks And the fact of the matter
was that in several cases / had the in
formation but did not know how TO make
the proper use of 1t. That is the real dan
ger of inside Information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
CITY BETTERMENTS.
Influence Upon Value Of Individual
Holdings.

There Is scarcely a city of any size in
America which is not planning, If not ac-
tually carrying out vast schemes for max
ing itself better place in which to live
and do business, observed an authority
on this subject. Millions are being spent
for the grouping of public buildings The
construction of parks and parkways. the
widening and improving of streets the
identifying of water fronts the building
of ornamental bridges, the establishment of
Fairgrounds. and free baths and the equip
ment of schools. libraries, lecture rooms
and the various means of instruction and
recreation for the people. No less than
twenty American cities are considering ex-
tensive notifications Of their city plans.
and scarcely month passes without the
employment of an expert in some impor
tant city to consider this question.
An enhanced value OF all other property
in city resulting from extensive improve
ments will make it of advantage for all
real estate interests, whether they sold
contiguous property or not
In the stress of competition real estate
men often lose sight of the general prin-
ciples controlling land values. and base their
judgment only on specific and immediate
conditions. City land values depend. of
course. in the first instance upon economic
rent, and rent on location, but as Hurd
points out In his treatise city land val
ues, a book which every real estate man
should have on his desk, there Is another
consideration which enters into the deter
minaton of land values, namely, the col
lective tastes and preference Of the ma
jority of the people
Values" he says, 'are at times not
based on income or value or demand. but
represent simply condition of the public
mind. Any valuation based on present facts
alone Is incomplete. The consideration Of
past Influences and discounting of future
hopes play an important part in the deter
mination of the values of any piece of
property"
And here Is one Of the important argu-
ments in favor of municipal improvements
on an extensive scale. 1t arouses the
thusia SIN of the public, 1t fosters pride In
the city. 1t creates a hope and confidence
in the cltys future greatness-all Of which
are expressed most tangibly in augmented
land values.
Competition between cities Is becoming
keener all the time as transportation IA
cilities increase and competition tends to
lower the value of real estate as well as of
dry goods. II one city makes itself more
inviting than its neighbor 1t is bound to at
tract more people than its competitor.
The goal can never be reached by adopt
ing notices and emblems, by developing
great advertising schemes, by holding street
fairs and fall festivals. They are wasted
energy without the attractive city. They
are like the effort to lift ones self by his
bootstraps. Make city beautiful and invit-
ing to merchants, travellers and prospective
homeseekers and the population will take
care Of itself. Other cities are doing this
and this city must do 1t or lose her place
In line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

roads in olden times Is required, one need
only look at the pumps which remain along
many of the main roads out of London,
such as the Bath road, the Great North
road, the Portsmouth road, all showing
evidence of the dusty nature OF these high
ways In the good old days" Some people
have recently declared that these pumps
were used for watering horses. but this Is
obviously incorrect. as 1t would not be nee
essary to erect pumps at distances Of half
a mile apart for this purpose. In addition.
the coaches travelled regular stages, and the
idea that they would stop at places between
their halts to give their horses water is of
course absurd. Every generation Is apt to
think that the evils with which it has to
deal are peculiar to its own time, but a
careful study of History shows that most of
the co-called modern evils are only modern
in form and are really old evils, and as re-
CARDS dust this is especially true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Fairgrounds will be obtained and conducted

Fairgrounds will be obtained and conducted
as national model
New York have given 81 900 600 for a
years Fairgrounds work, while Detroit last
year gave only $1,000" said Superintendent
of Schools Martindale. I'VE have 10000
children in Detroit. 1t has been computed
Fairgrounds cost ~ cents a day per child
or 81 a vacation, we have provided for
only 5000 II this years request Is granted
The sum is about what Is required to main
tain one school. 1t Is only a mite, but we
shall see that 1t goes long way"
~ have asked for park appropriations
with as much of an eye to the children as
anybody" said Park Commissioner Brett
meyer. ''They are specially provided for on
Belle Isle and at Clark and Palmer parks
and 1 shall cooperate heartily in any other
work to take care Of them
ut is only financial economy to provide a
proper outlet for young peoples activity"
said Judge Murphy. "The city ought to be
willing to spend $1,000 for pure expert
ment in that line"
"A farmer calculates to take care of $50
chickens an acre. City people calculate
to take care of 800 children to the acre"
said Rev. William r. Forbush
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Dusty Roads Of olden Times.

From the PaII Mall GaZette.
AS to the antiquity OF the dust problem
1t is interesting to note that there are lines
referring to the nuisance in Sheridan's
"School for Scandal Q77D. which says:
LAS Lady Betty Curricle was taking the
dust In Hyde Park" and again some forty
or fifty years later in 182o-4O. the dust was
so bad on the Bath road between Maiden
head and Windsor that landowners who
had houses adjacent to the road in that
district including the Lord Montagu Of that
day, who owned DION Park, made con-
slant references to 1t in their letters and
diaries They described the clouds Of dust
raised by the coaches galloping or canter-
ing between the stages, and there were no
motor cars then.
If more evidence Of the dusty state Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
RICHES OF THE LAND.
Advance in Values Significant of
Tremendous Increase.

The advance In the selling value of the
farming lands In the United States is one
OF the most significant Of all the series of
tremendous increases we are called upon
to consider. In the six years since 1900
there has been an average rise in farm
lands over the entire country of SO per cent.
The north Atlantic states show the least
advance. only about ID per cent: but these
states have the least arabic farming lands
to show. In the rest of the country there
are advances in values of from SO to 40 per
cent. So far as advances have been deter
mined by the classes of crops raised, cot
ton lands lead with a 4s per cent gain, hay
and grain lands follow with a 3S per cent
gain and stock farms with about "a per
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Importing Holy Water.
. T.Irto~s. Ar.-~.t.~

For many years the royal families OF Eu-
rope have used the River Jordan waters for
baptismal purposes. An American. who re-
Gently visited Palestine. learned of this
custom. and observed that most OF the
visitors to the holy river carried away Jars
of water for similar uses. He. therefore,
arranged to have great quantities OF the
water barreled and shipped to this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
Seats for the Family.
From the Boston Herald.

From the BOsIOn Herald.
A tr:ly comfortable living room is seldom
found, even in the house of millionaire
and millionaire means today a man whose
income is million. 1t Is doubtful whether
any house or palace is provided with liv-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
DEADLY TORNADO
Many Towns in Illinois and In- diana Visited By Storms
 Several Deaths
HOUSES BLOWN DOWN

Chicago, June S.-Dispatches from various places in southern Illinois. Indiana and Kentucky tell of severe storms of tornado severity which have caused some loss of life and the destruction of much property. Early to-day the town of New Min den. III, twenty-five miles southeast of St Louis. was visited by tornado which killed four persons and in- jured score of others.
 At Gradyville, Ky, cloudburst is said to have caused the loss of from ten to fifteen lives and washed away eight residences.
 At York, III, last night, twenty five or thirty houses were destroyed and a number of people are said to have been killed. Because of the
 loss of telegraph wires, details are not available.
 The storm is said to have been especially severe in southern Indiana and at Farmersburg and Sullivan
 much damage was done by wind and rain.
 Duquoin, III, was also visited last night by the same storm that caused
 the destruction at York. A number
 of houses were blown down, but no
 lives were lost.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
YALE GETS IT
The Cole Collection of Laws Has Been Purchased For
 $15,OOO
GETS ANOTHER GIFT

New Haven, June S.--The Yale Law school has bought for SIJ,0O0 the col lection of sessions laws of legisla- lures of the United States, including it's territories. The collection has been located at Washington. D. c. It consists of between 1000 and 4,50G volumes. includes all the sessions laws complete of the states of this coun- try and territories from the beginning. and It's duplication is said to be i'm possible. It will form d part of the new Wayland library Of the Law school, and will arrive in about two weeks. hTe prominent rintpocotbH weeks. The prominent contributors to the fund of $15,O00, for which the collection was bought, are H. F. Eng fish and Judge Simeon E. Baldwin of this city, Cyrus Larue Munson of Will Transport, Pa, and various members of the law schol faculty.
 The Yale law school has also re- ceived from Chief Justice FTear of the class of 1890, Yale, who is chief jus tice of the supreme court of the Ha- waiian Islands and from other Yale alumni of the islands, gift of the complete Hawaiian legislative ses- sions laws since their government was organized.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
DUMONT'S DANGER
While Trying a New Airsllp To-Day inc Gas Bag of inc
 Machine Was Ripped.

a
 Paris, June 8.-Santos ,Dumont had a narrow escape from sustaining serious injuries, if not losing his life, to-day. He started to try new air ship in field at Bagatelles. The machine was mounted on bicycle wheels and was speeding along at a rapid pace preparatory to making a flight when a bungling workman frightened the guide rope, causing the tail of small balloon above the aeroplane to sag, with the result that the propeller touched the ground, rebounded and ripped open the gas bag. Santos Dumont shut off the motor in time to prevent an explosion being caused by the .escap- ing gas. The aeronaut wass badly shaken up, but is not discouraged and will try again as soon as his combination balloon-aeroplane appa- ratus is repaired. He hopes eventu- ally to develop speed of about 100 kilometers an hour.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
STORY OF CRIME
Death of Woman Who Killed Her Mother Brings 10 Light h.
 teresting Narrative.

Chicago, June 8.-In connection with the death of Bertha Beilstein. who murdered her mother in Allegh. eny, Pa. October ?, 1898, and escaped from Dixmont asylum for the insane in September. 1906. Edmund w. Wander last night said:
 ''I aided Miss Beilstein while she was here out of friendship for the family. nursed her as child and she wrote me many pathetic letters from the Allegheny county jail right after she killed her mother. She also wrote me from the insane asylum at Dixmont, Pa.
 She escaped from the asylum be- tween the tenth and twentieth of Oc- tober last and reached my mothers house, just across the street, early one Saturday morning. She was drenched with rain. My mother gave her hot bath and she remained there for two days.
 Fred Beilstein, her brother, my brother Alfred. and I together raised $100 and sent her to Los Angeles, Cal.
 At Los Angeles she remained with relatives of mine until they came back to Chicago. Then she got a place as dining room girl at the Roseland hotel and earned $50 a month. After time she wrote us that Richard c. Hardy wanted to marry her. She said she told him her full lifes history. We advised her to wait.
 "On May 21 I received letter from Bertha saying she was in fine health. The same day we got tele- gram from Hardy saying that she was low and needed money. Fred Beilstein and I raised $50 and sent 1t. Hardy was arrested on charge of placing poison in her milk but when the autopsy disclosed that she died from a tumor on the brain, he was exonerated from blame and released" '"
 In her last letter to Wander Bertha Beilstein asked If 1t would be safe to get back to Allegheny "soon" and claim her share of her mothers es- tate. In the letter she says: You know the awful frightful conditions under which I left Pittsburg. fear being caught and placed among those Mnatics.'
 Chicago relatives claim that cer- tain Pittsburg relatives some time ago spread the report that Bertha had gone to Europe Ito deprive her of a share in her mothers estate" The estate to-day Is worth about S6,000. Bertha's trial cost the family $11,- 000
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
Taft Wins Medal.

New Haven, June s.-In addition to the Barge mathematical prize. Robert Alfonso Taft of the Yale freshman class has won a first Berkley prize in Latin composition. Young Taft was recently awarded also. th Hugh Chamberlain Green prize. established by the late Ex-Governor Chamber lain of South aCrolina. and awarded for the best entrance examination. Secretary Taft was himself salutator- Ian of tho class of 1878. His brother was valcdictorIan of the class of 1887. and his father Attorney General AL fonso Taft of Cincinnati. stood in the third rank of scholarship in the class of 1886.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
YALE SCHOLARSHIPS.
Names of Several Winners Were
 Made Public To-Day.

New Haven, June S.-A long list of scholarship awards and of prizes was made public at the office of Secretary Stokes of Yale university to-day, the successful undergraduates running through all the classes. Among the number were the following: C.. Wyllys Betts prize for excellence in English composition. to James Lukens McConaughy of Mount Herman, Mass. the Winthrop prizes for most thorough acquaintance with the Greek and Latin poets. first to Henry H. Jackson, Barre, Vt, and second divided between A. B. Avery of Cin- cinnati and Charles Seymour of New Haven, and in addition Mir Jackson wins the Bristed scholarship.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
JACK THE PEPPER.
Officer Halpin Captured One Last
 Night and Locked Him Up.

Police Officer Halpin captured a Jack the Pepper on West Main street at 2 o'clock this morning and es- corted him to the police station. For some time past people in that district have been complaining that some body made practice of turning the blinds and looking in through the windows and glass doors, and all though an effort was made to catch the joker he managed to evade. the sleuths until this mornig when Off, cer Halpin nabbed him fooling around window at the residence of J. H. Freney. He spoke foreign tongue and claimed that he did not know where he was. The family didn't care to appear against him and on this account he escaped the pun ishment which otherwise he would undoubtedly have received. This is getting to be quite common prac- tice in Waterbury and everybody who is caught at the business should get the full length of the lash.. There is some excuse for hungry man breaking into a refrigerator, but there is none at all for peeping into bedroom windows.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
Abolishing Line Houses.

Derby, ve., June s.-The abolish- ment of many of the 'line houses" on the boundary line dividing Canada and the United States will be accom- plished with the completion of the sur- vey now being made by n boundary commission representing the two gov ernments. The line houses" as they are known from the fact that they are situated directly on the boundrary line, were at one time the source of much trouble to the revenue officers on both sides of the border. The surveyors are working under the direction sf O.. H. Van Orden of Catskill, N. |.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
COTTON AGAIN
Took Another Jump This Morn ing Which Sent It Up s1.5O
 a Bale
JULYOPTIONCORNERED

New York, June 8.-The price of cotton for delivery in July made an other upward jump on the opening of the New York cotton exchange to. day, and within half an hour ad. vanced $150 a bale. This placed the price of the July option $3.75 a bale higher than the low price of yes terday morning. The trading, which carried the July cotton to 12.25 cents pound so early in the day, was very active and excited and the price was sent soaring at the rate of three or five points for each sale recorded. Rumors that group of English and American interests have cornered the July option caused most of the activity. Trading in the op- tions of later months was easy at slight advances.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-08
VIII Not Be Accepted.

New Haven, June s.-It Is official ly announced at Yale that letter received few days ago from Oxford university stated that the challenge of the American universities (Yale and Harvard) for dual games would not be accepted. The letter says that the athletes in both English uni- versailles are very keen on the idea of international sports and are much disappointed that there is failure to have a meeting this year. but they hope that next spring. before the olympian games in London, the men of the four universities may meet. and later also meet in the London games.