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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05
Earthquakes BRING seasickness.

Seaslckness is. proved by DR..
Charles Dawson to be a common eff
feet Of earthquake. The feeling OF
nausea may be produced by shocks
lasting not more than eight or ten
seconds and whose vibrations have
a total range of only a small fraction
of an inch, and in one slight English
earthQuake-too small to injure any
buildings-about one observer in fifty
was affected. The feeling usually
lasts a few minutes. though sometimes
persisting an hour or more.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05
Investing Public should
lie Amply Sufcgunrded.

THE congress has the power TO charter
corporations to engage in interstate and
foreign commerce, and a general law can
be enacted under the provisions OF which
existing corporations could a k out fed
eral charters and new federal corpora
tons could DE created An essential pro-
vision Of such a law should be a method
Of predelsrmining by some federal board
or commission whether the applicant for
a federal charter was an association or
combination within the restrictions of the
federal law Provision should also be
made for complete publicity In all matters
affecting the public and complete protec-
ton to the investing public and the share
holders in the matter of issuing corporate
securities. IL an Incorporation law is not
deemed advisable. a license act for big
interstate corporations might be enacted.
or a combination OF the two might be
tried. The supervision established might
be analogous to that now exercised over
national banks. At least, the antitrust
act should be supplemented by specific
prohibitions Of the methods which ex-
perienCe has shown nave been of most
service In enabling monopOlistic combina-
tons to crush out competition. The real
owners Of n corporation should be com
PEELED TO do business in their own name.
The right to hold stock IN other corpora
tons shOuld hereafter be denied TO inter
state corporations, unless on approval by
the proper government officials. n a
prerequisite 10 such approval should be
the listing with the government of all
owners and stockholders. both by the
corporation owning such stock and by
the corporations IN which such stock is
owned
ITO confer upon the national govern
ment. In connection with the amendment
l advocate IN the antitrust law. power Of
supervision over big business concerns
engaged In Interstate commerce, would
benefit them as II has benefited the ma
tIonai banks, In the recent business
crisis II Is noteworthy that the instltu-
tons which failed were institutions
which were not under the supervision and
control Of the national government
Those which were under national con.
troll stood the test
National control Of the kind above ad,
voCated would bee to the benefit Of every
well-managsd railway. From the stand,
point Of the public there is need for ad,
diri0nal tracks, additional terminals. ant
Improvements In the actual handling o.
the railroads, and all this as rapidly al
possible. Ample, safe, and speedy trans
purtatiou facilities are even more neces
sary than cheap transportation. There
fore, there is need for the investment o
money which will provide for. all thes,
things while at the same time securing a
fas as is possible better wages an
shorter hours for their employees. There
fore, while there must he just and rea
sonablc regulation Of rates, we should b
the first to protest against any arbitrar
and u"uthinking movement to cut ther
| down without the fullest and most care
ful consideration Of all interests con
corned I'D NJ the actual needs of tn
situation. only a special body OF me
acting FOR the national government uu
der authority conferred upon II by IN
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05

a farmers pasture along the track.
The car had simply got tired OF carry
ing It's burden. had dumped the whole
load overheard, swung back into an
upright position again. and gone on
its way rejoicing.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05
CURSE RESTED ON SHIP.
Murder Supposed to Have Brought ~
Luck 10 Great Eastern.

When the Lusitania was launched,
and afteTward, the iates were much
more propitious than they were In the
case Of that other huge steamship, the
Great Eastern, There was a mystery
about that Inflated ship. Nothing
went right with her. She stuck at the
launch and II cost al extra $3.50, 900
over aud above the sum set aside for
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05

equipment for practical as well as
theorstic instruction to be found any
where In the country, when taken In
connection with the great u OF
the Arnold Arboretum. In the field OF
forest botany.-N. Y. Evening Post.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05

III ever Opportunity knocked at my
door," grumbled Uncle Jerry PEBBLES.
"he must have come In the night time.
and had big boxing gloves on his
hands-and I'm q light sleeper. tco."
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05

Bricks made of sand and lime and
hardened in the air are used largely
In communities where there is no clay
from which clay brick a bs made.
but where an abundance OF sand can
be found.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05
Car Dumped Its Load.

Engineer Dellert OF the New Haven
had a peculiar thing happen him while
hauling q freight train into New Haven
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05
Progress of the work
ON the Panama Canal.

VIZ u @e
Work on the Panama canal is pro-
ceedlng in a highly satisfactory man
! ner. In March the total excavation in
the Culebra Cut, where effort was
chiefly concentrated, was sI5,270 cubic
yards. In April this was Increased 10
$40, 527 cubic yards. There was a con
siderable decrease in the output for
May and June owing partly TO the ad.
vent of the rainy season and partly Ia
temporary trouble with the stee m
shovel men over the question OF wages
This trouble was settled satisfactorily
to all parties and in Jrly the total en-.
cavation advanced materially aAd In
August the grand total from ali point.
In the canal prism by steam shovel,
n dredges exceeded all preyiou,
United States records. reaching l27S.
I04 cubic yards. In September this rae.
ord was eclipsed and a total OF 1871.
4l2 cubic yards was removed. OF mi,
amount l,tsl. SO7 cubic yards were from
the canal prism and se,i05 cubic yard
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-05

ocean MAIL service.
II call your especial attention to the un-
satisfactory condition OF our foreign mail
| service, which, because of the lack Of
American steamship lines. Is now largely
don't through foreign lines. and which,
particularly so far as South and Central
| America are concerned. Is done In a man
ner which constitutes a serious barrier
to the extensions OF our commerce.
This time has come, in my judgment
to set to work seriously to make on,
ocean mall service correspond more
closely with our recent commercial and
political development. A beginning was
made by the ocean mail act of March 4
1891, but even at that time the act was
known to be inadequate In various mar.
ticuIars. Since that time events hay,
moved rapidly In our history. We hay,
acquired Hawaii. the Philippines. an
lesser Islands In the Pacific. We ar,
steadily prosecuting the great work o.
uniting at the Isthmus the waters OF IN,
Atlantic and the Pacific. To a create,
extent than seemed probably even
dozen years ago we may look 10 n,
American future on the sea worthy O
the tradition of our past. As the frs
step in that direction, and the step mos
feasible at the present time. I recommen,
the extension Of the ocean mail act q
1891. That act has stood for some year
free from successful criticism OF Its prin
ciple and purpose. IL was based on thee
riss OF the obligations OF a great mari
time nation. u~ndisputed In our own Ian
and followed by other nations since IN
beginning OF steam navigation. Brief
those theories are. hat It is the duty a
a nrst-class power 80 far as PRACTICABLE
to carry It's ocean mails under Its ow
flag; that the fast ocean steamships an
their crews. required for such man sery
ice. are valuable auxiliaries TO the Sc
! / DoWeF of n nation. Furthermore IN
construction OF such steamships insure
3 J the maintenance in an efficient conditio
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

IA. square sl8 SO Same to Sarah r.
Haiiam lot l48 square 49, SO. Same
70 Louise L. Perkins. lot AZ, square sl2,
$40.
1904 p street northwest-Aiiehael c.
weaver ct TX 70 Clarence +. btealey,
lot 2l6. square 1857, $40.
L street northwest between Ninth and
Ienth streets-John r.. Cokey. commit
lee 10 William J. Dante, ali interest in
port original lot Il. square so. s5.00.
William y. cl0key ct al 10 same all
interest In same property, SO.
Thirty seventh street extended-Unioh
Trust Company 10 Maurice Homilier
and TnGmas G. HomilleT. r.. parts iOts
20 and 26I, square 1900, $40
Poplar street northwest between
Twenty and Twenty-eighth
streets-James ". Walker 20 Matilda A
Dawson. part lot 100. square 300. SO.
ThiTty-seventh street extended-Maur-
lee Aomiiler et al. % Peter J. Nee, part
LOT 260. square 1890. SO.
Maurice HomIller et TX 20 Thomas G.
Homiller, part lots 266 ana 2C7. square
1900 SO,
1927 Massachusetts, avenue southeast
Walter +. Wright 81 al. 20 George Iden,
lot s.. square 1881, so.
II street northwest bst wesn Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets-Julia g.
stockton Il Vir-, William M. 10 Theo-
dOre D. Boal west One-haif original lot
T. square IT. SO.
Kalorama Heights-Allan =. Walker
ct Tx. 10 Myrtle A. Gillian. lot 10. block
% 800.
Columbia Heights-LOuis r. Peak, ct
al trustees 10 Albert II. Osterman,
part lot 5. block p. s, $50.
PickfOrd street northeast, between
r and q streets-Aldrich G. Wiley 10
SOloman Oppenbeimer and Milton r.
Ney lots 1872, l6l. l62 l56. square SIS. so.
Alley between A and b, Eleventh and
IWelfth streets southeast-Washing
Real Estate Company TO Samuel r.
Stonebraker. lots s. TO 81, square sss.
$40
81 VI street northWest-Charles H. L
Macdonald et ux., 10 Robert T. Chatter
ton, lot 10. square cd, $40 Robert T,
/ ChattertOn conveys same property 70
| William r Nash SO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
BALTIMORE SUN OFFICE
GOES INTO NEW QUARTERS

The Washington Office OF the Balti-
more Sun. which for so many years
has been lOcated>ln the building known
as the Sun building at l3l5-1sI7 + street.
but now the property of the American
National Bank, and designated by that
name. has removed TO the new Jordan
Bioomer building at lSOe-lSOS G street
northwest.
This firm. as stated in this paper. on
Thursday, has purchased the property
1903 street. opposite the present loca-
ton, and Will remodel It TO suit the pur-
poses of their business as soon as they
can secure possession.
The purchase price OF the new prop
erty was $4,000. which Is at the rate of
about $3.50 per foot. and with ore ex-
ception is believed to be the highest
price paid for G street property The
corner of C and Thirteenth streets. ad-
joining was sold last year at a higher
figure, while the opposite corner a couple
Of months ago brought about the same
price. The fact that they We're corner
properties. however. would account for
higher valuation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
GLEN ECHO EAISSARIES
ON SUCCESSFUL MISSION

A delegation consisting Of Father
Yingling. pastor OF St Agnes Catholic
Church at Glen Echo; John A. Garrett
mayor Of Glen Echo; George IL. Lamar
president OF the board OF county public
school commissioners, and Bernard A.
Duke. visited Philadelphia last week 70
induce the syndicate that owns about
600 acres Of land In and around Glen
Echo 10 do something for the welfare
of that growing settlement.
Their mission was quite successful, as
Father Yingling was promised an acre
lot for a new Catholic Church. Presi-
dent Lamar was promised an acre lot
also foi the proposed new public scnool
building. Mayor Garrett was success
ful Ia securing a thirty foot right OF
way over the company's property for
the town waterworks. and Mr.. Duke
was informed that the entire tract own.
ed by the syndicate would be placed IN
his hands for development. Altogether
the visitors felt much elated over the
success OF their trip.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
JAPANESE SALARIES ARE
BIGGER THAN THEY LOOK

Some attention has been attracted by
the information conveyed IN the Japan
csc Year Book with regard to the sal
aries received by the military. naval and
civil officials ir the Land OF the Rising
Sun. II is easy TO draw falacious infer
ences from the figures given, and es-
peciaIy futile are the attempts that
have been made 10 institute comparisons
between japanese salaries and those
paid or proposed In the United States.
II is apparently overlooked in some
quarters that wages must be studied
with reference to standards OF living,
prevailing customs. average prices OF
necessaries and comforts. and other con-
sideTations OF the same material kind.
and that a dollar is what a dollar buys.
But the facts themselves have a certain
interest as throwing some light on Jap
anese ways and manners and concep-
lions.
The commanding general OF the army
receives 81, 800 a year. with a like al
lowance for expenses. The major gen.
erals get. all told. 81. $40 each; d colonel's
pay is exactly Sl.176. and that OF a cap
tain S420 Navy salaries are on the
same scale The prime minister gets
$500. the chief Justice of the highest
court S2.5o0 and ambassadors s., 600. But
the Japanese govern fuent understands
that an ambassador cannot live in tbs
country 20 which he is accredited. when
IL happens to be Western. as he would
live at home, whatever his ideals as "a
simplicity and fTugality may be. Accord
ingly. each ambassador gets an add
tional allowance for entertainment ar
extra expenses. Tie ambassador al
Washington gets $4,000 as extra com
pensation.-I indianapolis Star.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
ONLY ONE ABSOLUTELY
FIREPROOF BUILDING

The International Society Of Building
Commissions and Inspectors is re-
sponsible for the statement that Ia all
the United States there is 10 be found
bat one absolutely hreprOof building
This one Is the Chicago testing labor
story OF the great FIRE companies. Fitrl-
fed bricks compose its walls. semiporous
terra Gotta its roofs and partitions,
frames Of rolled steel its doors and win
dow openings. sheet metal its window
frames. while its doors are Allied with
copper and steel. and it, stairs are Of
hollow terra Gotta. Notwithstanding all
the pains taken 10 make this building
absolutely fireproof. the cost Of construe-
ton is reported to be but y per cent
more than that OF one built OF non
ireproof materials. In view OF this
fact. the wonder is that IL IS the only
building OF It's sort in the country,
The number OF buildings in the United
states Is estimated az 1i,E00,0Co. They
are roughly valued al S145G-. 90. COO. The
commissioners report that OF all these
only 400 are even nominally freproOf.
ana fire may damage these 10 from 81
20 % per cent OF their entire value.
II the noncOmbustible building Is as
stable and as lasting as any other II
must be destined 20 attain a greater
popularity among builders than that
which il now enjoys.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
BUILDING OF THEATER
GOES TO FULLER CO.

The buildings standing on the site
TO be occupied by the new Gayety
Theater, on Eighth and Ninth streets.
between r and streets northwest. will
soon have been torn down. as Jhe work
or demolition has been rapidly progress
ing for several days. IL is expected
that within a fortnight the ground viii
be entirely cleared and the work Of
construction VIII begin.
The Times has already printed a
sketch, with a detailed account Of the
new theater building. which is designed
by J. 3. McElfaUick & son. Of New
York
The building Is TO be absolutely fire.
proof and Is planned 10 seat between
1900 and LEO people. II will be owned
by the Weber & Rush syndicate. which
has a chain OF theaters throughout the
country.
The contract for building has been
awarded 20 the George A. Fuller Com
pany. which now has several other large
buildings under construction In the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
PRESIDENT OF IS BANKS.

Twenty-Five years ago W s. Wetham
left the town Of La Grange. Ga. with
the munificent sum OF 81 in his pocket
and landed in New York with nothing 70
his credit but his clothes and his char
aeter. The quantity of the former does
not matter and the quality of the latter
has shown itself. He is today president
of seventy-five banks, all but four of
which are situated In his native State
In return for Geor sia s small advance OF
100 rents he has pretty we'll c0Fnered
her banking interests and has in keep
ing a goodly amount OF her funds. Tbs
four banks OF which he ia president out
side of the State OF Georgia are stu
ated in Florida
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
OLD COLONIAL ESTATE
PASSES INTO NEW HANDS

Old Liberty Hail. on the Rappahan-
mock river. q few miles from Port Royal.
in Carolina county. Va. was recently
sold by James II. Thomas TO John T.
Thornton, and il is stated that Mr.
Thornton will use the farm for fine stock
breeding purposes. Liberty Hail.
fronts on the Rappahannock. and the
old manor house stands on an elevation
which commands a beautiful view for
miles around II is said that from the
top OF old trees on the farm seven Vir-
ginia counties on the lower Rappahan-
mock can be seen. The estate contains
more than 200 acres. and quantities OF
tobacco and other crops have been
raised upon If. Liberty Hall. prior TO
the civil war. was owned by John
Marye, who in 1855. sold Il 10 John Bent
well, the purchase price then being 80
~. The price paid for the property at
the recent sale has not been made pub
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
CHURCH SERVICES
IN OLD DWELLING
Emanuel Baptist Congre-
cation Closes Deal for
Site. Paying $4,000.

The first Sunday service of the Eman-
uel Baptist Church on the site of their
recent purchase on Sixteenth street and
Columbia road viii be held today in
the old dwelling now standing on the
place. For some time the church, which
was established last March and has
had a temporary location in the Mount
Pleasant Postoffice Han, on Park road.
near Fourteenth street has, through It's
officers, been looking for q permanent
location. IL was rot until yesterday
that the negotiations were closed whore
by they secured through the ofice of
T. A. Harding the valuable lot front
ing Ib5 feet on Columbia load ard $50
feet on Sixteenth street, for which they
paid 5000
In a short time 1t is intended 10 erect
on the property building Tor the sun
Gay school that is expected 10 cost
about $1,000 which will be used until
church edlfice can be erected. Ar
chitects will be commissioned 10 pre-
pare plans at once and as early as pos
sible il is hoped that the new structure
viii be ready for occupancy.
The success which has r.et the estab-
hshmeEt % this new church of the Bap-
list denomination has been very crafty
ing 10 those who first proposed Il. and
already the congregation numbers seven
ty-odd regular members. The Rev.
George b. Whitehouse was installed ON
January p. as the Regular pastor, hav-
ing received a unanimous call from the
congregation.
The officers of the church are Percy
5. Foster, Charles Werner. and +. p.
Dickinson. trustees. Robert T. Maffett
ana Percy 5. Foster. deacOnE: r L.
Iilsley. clerk; Charles Werner. treas
urer, and J. IT. ". Marriott financial
secretary. Mrs. =. W. Marshall is
president Of the Women's Missionary
Society. which has already done some
excellent WORK along the line OF their
endeaVOr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
EIGHTH STREET PROPERTY
PURCHASED FOR S15,35O

Through the Office OF II. R. Howen-
stein Company, realty brokers. there
Was sold last week the property, AS
Eighth street northwest. 10 Anna For
ney and Z. Cecilia Hanna. This fronts
twenty-five feet on Eighth street ana
extends back 10 connect with similar
lot on Seventh street, both properties
being under lease 10 J. F. MeCrory &
Co, as a and 10 cent store. The i'm
provements consist OF a thTee-stOry
brick building used as a store and
warehouse The price paid was Sl5.S5O
The same firm owns 4ll Seventh street.
and leases the adjoining building, 4l6
Seventh street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
MOORE ( HILL ADS
ARE GIVEN PRAISE

A high compliment is paid 10 the char
acter OF the advertising OF Moore & Hin.
Inc. appearing in the Washington pa
pers. by the reproduction by that Nestor
OF advertising authorities. Printers Ink,
OF three recent Sds Of the local real es-
tate company.
space for space, one rarely finds a
better real estate ad than this ore, ="
Is the wav Printers Ink introduces one
relative 10 modern detached house.
which is written Of In the advertisement
as the house you have been looking
for" The advertisement describes brief
IL the house and It's conveniences. All in
all the advertisement leaves a picture OF
a coy home, with plenty OF space out
doors and light and air (when needed
indoors.
Not only are the ads given praise,
but the daily contributions from which
they are selected as well. one beginning
"A Porch and Side Yard" is described
as ''one OF an unusually strong series %
This ad. like the others. is on the
"talky" order, with the fine points OF
the property brought out fully, but
briefly.
In an ad exploiting several houses the
idea OF owning your own home through
the payment Of amounts like rent" is
made the text. The appeal TO the in
terest OF the reader starting: If the
owner Of the house you live in came 10
you ana offered to give it to you. pro-
vided. tina, II in addition to paying your
rent, you paid small amount monthly
an amount that would be saved for
you and credited to your account. as in
"A bank-would you accept?" is denom-
mated as From an excellent series of
real estate ads now running in the
Washington papers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
lNTER-ClTY ELECTRIC
MAKING RAPID PROGRESS

Tha- Manufacturers Record, OF Balti-
more. says.
The Washington. Baltimore and An
napolls Electric Railway Company viii
Immediately increase its forces for
more active construction Of its line be-
tween Baltimore. Md, and Washing
ton, d. c. Bad weather has interfered
somewhat with the construction OF the
Hne. but the company is making every
effort 70 finish the work and have the
line in operation by July next as prom
ised. Three steam shOveis, $50 teams
and go men are now at work. but two
more steam shoVels and Toe more men
will be put On Immediately. Most OF ne
work on the entrance at Baltimore has
been completed, and President George T..
Bishop says that as soon as the cuts
on the line are finished by the steam
shovels il will not take long TO connect
VI the track laying. Already rfteen
miles OF track have been laid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
FENDALL BUILDING
DEEDS ON RECORD

Deeds have been placed on record
whereby William J. Dante conveys 10
Henry n. Baker the property at the
corner Of FOuT-and-a-haif and D streets
northwest. known as the Fendall build
ing, and premises 1914 and 1916 Four
teenth street northwest
At tho same time there was filed a
deed from Henry NJ Baker TO William
J. Dante, conveying the property at the
corner OF Ninth and r streets north
west. known as the Warder building.
The consideration named I'm each case is
nominal, but as stated several weeks
ago, when the deal was announced the
prices paid represented several hundred
thousand dollars in the aggregate. II is
supposed that William ]. Dante repre-
senIs SIilsOn Hutchins In the deal.