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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
REQUEST EARLY ENACTMENT
BILL FOR MASSACHUSETTS AVE.
EXTENSION PREPARED.
Commissioners Present Argument in
Support of the Measure-Some
of It's Provisions.

The Commissioners have forwarded to
Chairman Fl. w. Smith of the House
District committee, a draft of a bill for
the extension of Massachusetts avenue
from it's present termination near Wis
consin avenue to the District line. and
requested its early enactment. The total
damages to property that will have to be
condemned to make this extension is es-
timated at $4,000.
In a letter to Chairman Smith accom-
panying the draft of the bill the Commits
sioners stated that they believe that this
measure should be passed during the
present session of Congress in order that
the land may be acquired before 1t be-
comes more costly, and that the work Of
extension be started during the summer.
The Commissioners do not believe that
the extension of this great thoroughfare
should be blocked. as it will be of great
benefit to the general public as well as
to those living in its vicinity.
The bill has been prepared blythe Com
missioners after considerable study. and
it represents some features not hereto
fore included in street extension meas
ures. A number of attempts have been
made in past years to Sc, ure the land
necessary to effect this great extension,
but the Commissioners have always been
blocked because of technical and legal
tang They believe that they have
Overc, he all the obstacles that they were
formerly confronted with, and that no
possible opposition can be made to the
passage of this bill.
Improvements in the Way.
There are some improvements directly
in the line of the street. A few houses
front on Wisconsin avenue. and just west
of Wisconsin avenue is a large hotel
property, known as Woodley Inn. which
projects a short distance into the present
Massachusetts avenue and greater dis
lance into the proposed public street.
The bill has a provision to authorize the
Commissioners to enter into an agree
ment with the owner or owners of any
structure or improvement of this charac-
ter to remove the same. with the consent
of such owner or owners. to adjacent
lands of such owner or owners. 1t is
believed that economy in the condemna-
ton will be secured with this proviso.
The bill differs from the ordinary form
of street extension measures. also. in the
fact that it does not provide that the
total cost of extension shall be borne by
the property. but provides that so much
of the award of the jury as shall be for
the improvements or for the removal OF
the improvements, as before outlined
shall be borne by the public. The Commits
sioneGS believe that as broad PROPOSE
ton the principle of requiring a total
assessment upon surrounding property,
where the proposed new street passes en-
tirely through unimproved land. is.with-
out doubt the proper one and cannot be
reasonably attacked upon any ground, but
that the PRINCIPLE fails where the con-
demnation is through land upon which
more or less valuable improvements have
been erected
Regarded as Important.
This latter condition is the case here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05

Why did your grandmother boil dirty
clothes? To soften and loosen the dirt.
That's the only way she knew. Now
Fels-Naptha soap will do the loosening
better in cold or ukewarm water.
Fels-Naptha is an invention, same as the
telephone or sewing machine.
The up-to-date woman uses
Fels-Naptha because it saves her the trouble
of boiling clothes or heating water and
makes hard-rubbing unnecessary. Then
her clothes are fresher and cleaner than if
washed in the old-fashioned, boiling way.
Here's the way to do your white things
with Fels-Naptha: Soap, roll and let soak
a short time in cold or lukewarm water,
then rub lightly, rinse and hang on the
line. Try it once.
Be sure to follow directions on the
red and green wrapper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05

Durants Island. n. c.. with her owner
aboard, on hunting trip
United States naval lighter, on which
was car loaded with powder, was tied
up at the naval magzine pier between
this city and Alexandria yesterday even
ing. and the contents of the car was
transferred to the magazine for storage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05

At a lonely spot on the Yolo side of the
Sacramento river. three miles above Sac
ramento three unknown Italians carved
Joseph Praino, a farmer almost to
pieces robbed him of s165 and threw him
into the river. Piraino cceeded in
reaching the opposite bank. He was
found by a member of the crew of
rive- steamer who came on TO Sacra-
mento and informed the police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
Liquor Drinking in Europe.

1 am also asked for information as to
the comparative consumption of liquors
In Europe and in the United States. The
latest statistics from the United Kingdom
show that the consumption of beer in 1906
In England and Wales was 31.4 gallons
in Scotland 90 and in Ireland gallons
per capita.
The consumption of spirits was O.S gal
Ions In England, 1.6 in Scotland and 1
gallon per capita in Ireland; and of wine
and other liquors OF In England, Oh In
Scotland and o. gallons in Ireland.
The average drink bill per man, woman
and child of the total population of A.
60. 121 in the United Kingdom during 1906
was $1S of which 1892 per capita was
spent for spirits: $11.35 for beer. $1.2o for
wine and II cents for other liquors.
You will notice that the American people
are much more temperate than those Of
the United Kingdom. the per capita con-
sumption of liquors being very much less
The total drink bill of the United King
dom during the year 1906 was $500. ISL 500
as follows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05

Any one who wants the complete fig
ures on this subject can obtain them By
writing to the bureau of statistics. De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, Wash
ington and asking for the Statistical Rec
ord of the Progress of the United States
for 1907. They will be found on page 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
b..

MY dear women these pictures speak for themselves
Mrs A. Fels-Naptha soap III her washing Mrs B. still
sticks the old hard-rubbng boiling back-breakng
Which do YOU look like when Mondays work is
done? Think it over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05

No need of adding ammonia to tho water for washing
dishes housecleanngjustm make of Fels Naptha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
Keep Cascarets Inn your pocket.
Take ONE as SOON as you need lit.
lit is old fashioned and wrong
to take harsh doses of physic.

We all live unnaturaly.
Our food is too fine, too rich and plentiful We eat
little fruit few green vegetables We don't exer-
else enough.
The result is bowels get cogged for Nature intended
us live in a different way.
What shall do
Shall walk ten miles day? Shall we diet ourselves?
Shall seek for laxative and less costiye effect in
food?
Or shall we take Cascarets?
One way will just we'll as the other.
Of coarse
bes hemor irrtate them
$ a q you
tina you it,
Is TO s better
Tha means o keep
Be sureo onev price
cents
Ten Cents per Box.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05

1t Is impossible to obtain returns from
2.i,e ; oouh,reS iauSi 'nan dm ro
1.GOl .OO.O00 gallons of beer, while the
United Kingdom produced 1.219O0O,OO0
and the United States 1.413,OGO.OO0 gal
Ions.
The consumption of beer in the differ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05
Tables Are Old.

Mr.. Fitgers table is correct. and I'M
doubtedly represents the situation in the
towns named in the year 1902 for which
the statistics are given. but it does not
represent present conditions, as he will
ascertain by corresponding with the au-
thorties of those towns. Census bulletins
20 and 45 We're compiled in 1903 when the
law was not enforced, and saloons were
running openly in all the larger towns of
Kansas Today all the towns named are
dry" with the exception of Leavenworth.
Atchison and Pittsburg, and the number
of arrests for drunkenness is merely
nominal.
saying that Kansas City. Kan, is bank
rupt town. that the treasury is empty and
| that no money is available for the pay
| mept of current expenses. This. he says
| is due to the enforcement of the prohibit
| ton law, which has deprived the city
treasury of revenue necessary to support
| the schools and the municipal govern
ment.
l am quite sure this is mistake. and
| that the contrary is the case. but ever
We're it true it is difficult to see how the
government of municipality could OBJ.
| tain revenue from a liquor traffic that is
| prohibited by law.
| 1 have received a number of letters in
quiring how many persons have beer
| thrown out of employment by the closing
| of the saloons in Georgia and Alabama
| but it is impossible to obtain accurate
| Information on that subject. The Georgia
papers estimate 1900 saloons have beer
| closed In that state, which would natural
| ~ deprive from 1900 to 1000 barkeepers
| Of their Jobs. and perhaps it is fair to es-
| innate one other employe for every sa
| loon. certain number of teamsters
| porters and laborers who have been han
| ding beer and whisky would naturally be
added to the list, and it is safe to esti-
mate that altogether from 1908 to S.O0(
people have been deprived of employ
msnt by the closing of the whisky joints
| in Georgia.
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Liquor Drinking Per Capita.

Mr.. c. d. Mosher. assistant cashier of
Wolf Brothers Bank, in Centerville.
Mich. asks: Can, you furniSh me with
the consumption Of distilled spirits. wines,
malt liquors per capita converted into
dollars-what it all represents in money!"
There are no official figures concerning
the value of liquor manufactured or con-
sumed, but knowing the retail price for
beer wines and whisky any one can
figure it out During the last fiscal year
the United States was 134 .O31 .O66 gallons
of distilled liquors and 1.Sl4.319, AL gal
Ions of malt liquors. By obtaining the re-
tail prices at the nearest grocery the cal
culation is easy.
The following table will show the con-
sumption per capita in gallons in l.le
United States during the years named:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-05

This latter condition is the case here
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ent countries. in gallons. per capita Tor
the years named was as follows:

The consumption of spirits p
in gallons. was as follows:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-02
PROTECTION or PEARL BUTTON
INDUSTRY,

A delegation of business men from
Muscatine and Davenport appeared be
fore the ways and means committee OF
the house in Washington the other
day to explain their reasons for insist
ing that the present duty on pearl but
tons be not interfered with in revis-
ing the tariff Jud Welliver writes
from the national capital that their
case was regarded as particularly
strong, and it is believed there is no
danger of interference.
The delegation explained that the
pearl button industry is peculiarly a
creature of the tariff In the beginning
it was established on the Mississippi
because there was the supply of clam
shells. the raw material. Great invest
ments were made in it and not only
a big capital is at stake, but also the
employment of a large number of peo
pie in this industry. There is TO be
considered the especial fact that the
source of supply for material has
changed. If there was an unlimited
supply of CLANS on the Mississippi now
it might be possible to exist with tbs
duty changed but unfortunately the
original supply of clans has been to
a considerable extent exhausted, and
the shells must be sought ELSEWHERE
and transported in many cases great
distances TO the factories.
Meanwhile the pearl button irdus
try is developing in other parts o
the world in new form, on th'
Danube or its tributaries in Austria
and great establishments have beer
britt, using the finest modern ma
chinery and employing labor which
costs almost nothing in comparison
with that employed in the Uniter
States. These are the main ,eason
why it is impossible for the industr,
to submit to serious tarin change
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-02
oTTumWA WOMAN MocKs SUN.
DAY
Gives Social Innovation During
Progress Of Revival Meetings.

OTTUMWA. Iowa. Dec. I'm rath-
er sarcastic recognition Of the Billy
Sunday reviyals. one Ottumwa society
woman conceived the idea of enter
tanning her SET with Billy Sunday
evening
No more daring entertainment has
ever been sprung in local social circles
and it is the sensation of the hour.
Even the evangelist himself. in his
widest flights OF Imagination. could
conceive of nothing With SO subtle an
irony in it.
1t fell 10 member of the Tourist
club to CLEAN from the baseball eyangei-
lists "Sundayisns' the idea for this
new form OF entertainment, and so at
the meeting OF the club the members
were entertained with the newest di-
versions hot off the social bat.
Everything about the entertainment
4 had some fanciful connection with the
words and actions of the noted
evangelist. This extended wen to the
menu. Holsters is a pet word with
the Rev. Mr.. Sunday, and SO Sunday
Holsters were on the menu, and dainty
4 society misses and matrons picked to
pieces the Holsters. just like the
evangelist does with the "lobsters" in
his word picture from the pulpit.
And then the ladies enjoyed an ice
one of them had sundae for her
self. But to make il more realistic
more in harmony with the intention
of the evening. these sundaes were not
just plain, ordinary sundaes, but nut
sundaes. for the evangelist has delly
cred a sermon on the subject o.
Nuts" and. of course, nothing but {
nut sundae would have been proper.
, Ii must be understood that thu
j Tourist club is one of the local so
ciety organizations which did not stol
its meetings on account of the reviva
/. now being carried on here. And no
! all Ottumwa society is quite SO mucl
/. against giving up its pleasures so a
. to attend the meetings at the tabeI
, nacle. Another Ottumwa hostess dun
S ing the past week entertained a
cards one afternoon. She had al
' ranged for four tables and had pre-
: pared dainty lunch for the sixtee
, ladies whom she invited. Imagine he
. feelings when eight of the sixtee
i invited failed to appear and did nc
. even send their regrets. So some {
t Ottumwa society at least is giving u
pleasure during the revival.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-02

The Cedar Rapids Republican has
word concerning Hon James c. Davis
address at the Cummins banquet upon
the new relations between the govern
ment and the corporations. Promising
that the occasion was reunion in
more senses taan one, the Republican
takes occasion TO say:
The corporations have been forced
into many OF the things which have
lately come 10 seem most repre-
hensible Corrupt men in office have
been contributors causes 10 say the
least. Every man acquainted with the
spirit OF past legislation knows in
stances in which corporations were
harrassed for the sake of making them
come TO time, meaning the enrichment
of the men starting such things There
is no reason why corporations should
not conduct their business honorably.
treating all patrons alike. We have
taken that step in advance and the re-
suit should be purer political regime
everywhere and greater prosperity Tor
the corporations as well as for the
people.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-02
The Circle Off the Ballot.

Dubuque Times-Journal: The Off
cial returns for the Iowa election show
that many votes were lost by remov-
ing the circle from the official ballot
The two electors at large heading the
Republican ard Democratic tickets re-
ceived 1881 votes, the Republican
candidate getting 275,21o and the
Democratic 200,771. The second Re
publican elector received 1908 votes
less than the first and the second Dem
ocratic elector 6246 less than the
first. The district electors received
less and those whose names were at
the bottom suffered most. The Repub
lican and Democratic vote on secre
tary of state was 1895 below that re.
ceived by the leading candidates OF
I these two parties for presidential
I elector The secretary of state was
sighted by 1892 Republicans and 10,
4 983 Democrats.
These comparisons constitute con
elusive argument IN favor OF restoring
the circle to the head OF the officia
ballot. They show that over five pc
cent of the voters would rather waivr
full participation in the election thar
take the trouble to mark their ballot
correctly under the resent system
The removal Of the circle, beside
: causing unnecessary inconvenience
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-02
a NOTEWORTHY uTTERAkcE.


late to berate railroad corporations .
and picture them in lurid colors as
vicious dragons going about seeking
whom they might devour that it is
really refreshing to hear word in be
half of fair treatment of them in the
interest of the public good. Such
word was courageously spoken by
Hon. James C. Davis in an address de-
livered at the recent banquet in Des
Moines in honor of Senator Cummins-
printed in these columns yesterday
and no one who read it with unbiased
mind need be told that it was lucid,
fair and convincing statement of the
facts in the case.
Mr.. Davis frankly conceded at the
outset of his remarks that there had
/ been abuses in corporate conduct in
! the past, but he claimed 18th strong
showing of reason that corporate inter-
ests were not wholly or solely at fault
in the matter The people themselves
were partly responsible and should
share the blame. BY neglectins to
/ place proper restrictions upon cor
porate organization and control invi-
vitation was extended to mushroom
corporations, stock-watering. discrlm-
/ nations rebates and other evils
against which there has been so much
outcry of late. These things having
been eliminated by legislation, state
and national, Mr. Davis very properly
raised the question if corporations
4 whose stock represents property equal
to its face value, which are being
operated absolutely in accordance
with law are not entitled to the credit
and consideration due any other honest
enterprise. To this inquiry there can
be but one answer. All fair-ninded
justice-loying men must agree with
Mr.. Davis that it is time to call a
halt upon indiscriminate and continual
agitation respecting railwa and other
corporate interests.
One point brought out by Mr.. Davis
is worthy OF especial emphasis, to-wit:
that now that there is better under
standing of mutual rights and obliga
tions between the public and the cor
porate interests, and the laws govern
ing and controlling corporations are
being respected and obeyed. the pub
lie and the government in ex
ercising such control have as
sumed in large measure thu
responsibility Of their success
The statement is automatic and canno
be disputed or denied II undertak
ing 10 say Just how corporations snail
conduct their business the public has
Willingly or unwittingly, Willingly o
unwillingly taken upon itself Increase
responsibility The fact is an impol
aut one and should not be overlooked
especially IN view 81 the other fact az
e eentuated By Mr Davis Of the inter
o dependence Of the prosperity Of tn
2 country and the arteries Of commerc'
d The address, which is in excellent spi
Of it and ;aste, abounds in thoughtful SUI
gestions and affords much valuabl
IS food for thought
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-02
IMPROVE DIES MONIES RIVER.
a Measure introduced by Congress-
man Hull is Before Congress.

oTTUMWA, Iowa, Dec. 2.-Wlth
b;u nending in congress for the I'M
movement of the Des Moines river
and country wide interest stlrreo up
for the general Improvement OF the
various streams throughout the coun-
ivy commercial associations in Iowa
are becoming active in trying to Sc
cnra tbs much needed legislation. Iha
activity displayed at the recent wa
terways meeting held in chicago our
ing October made it known that the
matter will not be dropped until some
thing definite is done for the improve
ment OF the Des MONIES river 10 the
end that it be made navigable from
the Mississippi to Des Moines. MOST
active in the work for canalizatlon OF
the river is the Greater Des MONIES
committee which is working day ana
night TO push the good thing along TO-
ward its final goal. the shipping o.
freight bv the water. The measure
before congress was introduced py
Congressman Hull and referred
To the committee on rivers and har-
bors. Since the bill was introduced
in the house of representatives, Fort
4 Dodge has come out with request
that they be considered in the mat
fer and that the desired improvement
be extended to that city. Governor
WincheIl, when addressing the Iowa
Grain Dealers association made the
statement that the canaliZation of the
river to Fort Dodge was in his OPINION
practical. Congressman Hull, and
Senators Dolliver and Cummlns are
being interested in the latter city
claim to recognition to the end that
the original terminus of the improve
ment as asked for in the bill ALREADY
in congress be extended to Fort Dodge
Captain Hull assures the committee
that he can make the change with
out jeopardizing the bill in any way
or causing any delay.
A. C. Miller, chairman of the river
Improvement committee at Des
Moines. has been delegated by tbs
committee as its representative at thu
, National Rivers and Harbors congress
at Washington. Chairman Miller i
one of the most enthusiastic support
, ers of the river improvement and ha
' written to Secretary G. D. Doud an
; members of the committee of the o.
tunlwa Commercial association, urs
! ing them to work UP some enthusiast
/ among the local commercial associf
t ton on the cubiect of improved wa
! erways and to send a Representative
{ from Ottumwa to the congress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-02
THE RURAL DELIVERY SERVICE,

The annual report OF Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General P. V. De GFaw,
Just made public, is OF especial inter
est 10 the patrons of rural free delivery
routes. There has been lately largely
increased usefulness of this branch OF
the postal service. and il is proposed
10 add still further 10 lis efficiency
and popularity by the delivery OF
packages OF eleven pounds maximum
at special rate of postage, and d
the uniforming OF rural carriers The
package provision requires congress
sional legislation and IS designed 70
be effective between the distributing
post office and the patrons of any
rural route emanalng from such posi-
Office.
The rural carriers in the service
daily pass 100000 homes. and the
adoption of a uniform suitable 10 the
conditions under which they must
work IS recommended. Their high
standard OF efficiency is attested by
the fact that only 165 carriers out Of
total number of s9l4s were dis
missed for cause during the past
year
The estimate of appropriations nee
essary for this service for the next
hscal year is ss6.24s,oOo, an increase
of $4,000 over the current appro
priation.
During the past year there were
new routes established, seven
teen routes discontinued prior theret1
we're re-established and 40 routes
discontinued. leaving net increase il
number 1919 During the year l,95s
# post offices were discontinued. and
the patrons rendered service by rura
carriers
The report recommends Legislation
By congress which will permit tht
adoption OF an improved method o
disposfng OF unbelievable articles >
mail by sale.
/ The report also recommends increas
ing the number of positions in IN
higher grades of clerkships, with col
responding decrease in lower grades.