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Evening star., 1909-03-06
MANILA's WATER WORKS.
City Supplied From Protected Water.
shed 40 Miles Square.

The Inauguration Of Manila's new
water supply marks the completion of a
project of great Importance to the city.
The new water supply Is taken from the
Mariquina river. twenty miles northeast
of Manila.
The watershed above the point of d.
version covers about 14O square miles of
mountain and forest and is withdrawn
from settlement. Private property with
in this reservation will be appropriated.
and the entire district will be freed from
human contamination forever.
The reservoir is rectangular in plan
and measures 500 by 764 feet and is 20
feet deep Its capacity is 5O.OO0.O00 gal
Ions. The water enters through a con-
crete-lined conduit four and one-half
miles in length. Of which small amount
lies near the surface Of the ground and
was constructed In an open ditch; the
balance is In a tunnel. which at the
deepest point is $50 feet below the sur
face of the ground.
At frequent intervals along the con-
duit are inclined shafts with steps for
entering the tunnel to inspect, clean or
under the bed of the Dulutan river. and
at another 1t is carried across a strea m
by a sixty-foot concrete-arch bridge.
The water is carried from the head
WoIhS " tlle tuIllelS Dy means OF
riveted steel pipe line forty-two inches
in diameter and ten and one-half miles
long. The pipe is carried under the Mari
quina river. but this section, in place of
steel, is of cast iron. Most Of the other
streams are crossed by means of con-
crete bridges; but at two points the pipe
is carried across by steel truss bridges
where the width of the stream is too
great for concrete.
The dam is 400 feet long on the crest
and about eighty-five feet in extreme
height. 1t is built of cyclopean masonry
or concrete in which large stones are en-
bedded. Behind the dam will be a stor-
age basin which will serve the city dur
ing the dry months when the discharge
of the river is less than that necessary
for the supply.
The cost of the completed work Is
about $1.5OO.0OO as far as the Deposito,
and the distribution system to be in
stalled throughout the city will cost
S3CO.OO0 more.
The new system supplies %, 10000 gal
Ions OF water each twenty-four hours
enough to give every man, woman and
child in the city 100 gallons day.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
GIRLS WHO DIE YOUNG.
Many Tobacco Workers Pass Away
Before They Are Twenty-Five.

Many Tobacco Workers Pass Away
Before They Are Twenty-Five.
From Everybody's Magazine.
Il wish you to follow me into my Of
fice." said DR.. Abraham jacob, the great
New York physician. where, amongst
others, see goodly number of young
girls who work at tobacco-mostly in
shops. many at home. The latter are
worse off than the former. for to them
there are no regular hours at all. To
them their cramped living and sleeping
quarters are also their shops. filled day
and night with tobacco and odor.
'All OF these patients are anemic, sal
low, thin, underweight. They are poorly
paid, poorly nourished early risers, for
they begin their work at seven. without
appetite. Their breakfast consists gener-
ally of what they call cup of coffee. a
roll, or piece of bread. They take their
luncheon in the half hour or hour Of re-
cess-a sandwich. perhaps in cheap
seasons an egg. Almost every one suf-
fers from catarrh of the throat and
catarrh Of the bronchial tubes, and the
inhalation Of tobacco dust, which results
often i'm sOlidifcation and pigmentation
of the lungs.
Their sedentary occupation causes OBJ
struction of the abdominal and pelvic
organs, frequently causing irritation of
the kidneys. Bright's disease is becom-
ing more common. partly from that
cause. The stomach and digestion suffer
Invariably, partly from the same causes
partly from the insufficient muscular ac-
ton of the stomach and the bad air in
haled
''All of these causes cooperate to affect
the nervous system. Oppression migraine
hyster.a are the results. During the
constant sitting the chest does not ex-
pand, is fattened. congresses the heart
and prevents the lungs from developing
tuberculosis Of the lungs is very frequent
among these young tobacco workers. who
are carried Off in great numbers between
the fifteenth and twenty-fifth year."
Evening star., 1909-03-06
ON CONSERVATION PLAN
Joint Committee Digesting Reports
Of State Commissions.

The joint committee on conservation
met this morning at the Cosmos Club,
where also last night it had held a
night session.
1t was quiet there. The members kept
steadily at work through the morning,
knocked off long enough for luncheon
and went on with their session without
having TO go out of doors
The morning was spent going over the
abstract of reports from state commits
sions. 1t is believed that when these are
digested it will be possible to divide. the
country into sections that have largely
identical interests.
Some sections are interested more in the
conservation of water. some of minerals
and others of timber. Sometimes but not
always. these interests overlap.
1t ls thought however, that where there
are interstate streams there can be actual
cooperation between the adjoining states
in handling the water. There can be much
cooperation also in forest work especial
ly in fire control. where the forest covers
the state line.
But the chief hope is that the state laws
may be made harmonious though not
necessarily identical. so AS to help the
general work Of conservation.
Evening star., 1909-03-06

will be worked out in detail before Con-
gresS gets together.
AS now planned. the recommendation
will be that the interstate commerce COM
mission be made a QuaSi-judicial body.
with authority to pass upon questions
concerning proper and improper rates.
etc. by the railroads. but it will be shorn
of its authority for investigating COM
plants This authority will be trans
ferred to the bureau of corporations to
which must be turned in all complaints.
In the Department of Justice there will
be created bureau designed to render
direct aid to the bureau of corporations
in working upon the complaints and in
presenting them to the interstate COM
merce commission.
President Is Walker.
President Taft will take most of his
outdoor exercise walking He went out
yesterday afternoon for long walk with
his brother c. P. Taft and as often as
possible he will take long strclIs When
ever he has a chance he will indulge in
his favorite game of golf. and there is
talk already among his friends of fixing
up golf course. where he will have all
the privacy he desires. Occasionally the
President will go horseback riding. and
when he wants a breath of fresh air,
without having to resort to physical ef-
fCrt to get it, he will go driving in one
of the two big automobiles that now rest
in the White House stables.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
TROOPERS AT ANNAPOLIS.
Cleveland Black Horse Riders Guests
Of Badgers Commander.

One hundred members of Troop A. the
black horse troop OF Cleveland, which
acted as President Taft's escort in the
inaugural parade, paid a visit TO the
Naval Academy at Annapolis today
They left Washington on two special
cars of the Washington. Baltimore and
Annapolis road at s:45 o'clock President
Bishop Of the road and several municipal
officials of Cleveland accompanied them.
After inspecting the grounds and build
ings of the academy, they We're the
guests of the commander and officers of
the l. 5. s. Badger. They left for WASH
ington at 1:55 O'clock
Evening star., 1909-03-06
MAY Be TESTED IN COURT
QUESTION OF THE LEGALITY OF
TRADING STAMPS.
District Officials Hope to Obtain in
the Coming Trials a Clear In
depreciation Of the Law.

Promoters of trading stamp schemes
that seem to be gift enterprises are to
be prosecuted in the courts, If the rec
ommendation OF Commissioner West,
made this morning. is approved by the
other Commissioners.
Il move that the corporation coun-
sci be directed to take all cases which
seem to come within the law against
gift enterprises into the Police Court
for vigorous prosecution, and that a
copy OF this communication, togesJer
with the decision Of the Commissioners,
be referred to the major and superin-
tendent of police for his information" :"
West this morning. And he announced
in that connection that the police de-
partment and the municipal legal de-
partment will class trading stamp or
erations as gift enterprises" until the
courts decide otherwise
commissioner West declared that re-
Gently several promoters of trading-stamp
enterprises have been making efforts to
establish business in WaShington and
that the matter has been taken I'D by
Corporation Counsel E. Fl. Thomas The
views of the Districts legal adviser we're
expressed in a communication forwarded
to Commissioner West by Mr. Thomas
today, in which he says:
View of Corporation Counsel.
Il have the honor to report that there
are two or more cases involving the issue
OF trading stamps or similar schemes said
by the promoters not to be within the
law against gift enterprises as inter-
preted by the Court of Appeals. which l
have referred to Assistant Corporation
Counsel Pugh. with instructions to try
a In
each case. If possible. in event of an ad-
verse decision.
On the subject of gift enterprises >
L desire to say that it has been my uni
form practice to require trials in the
Police Court and l ask to be advised
whether such course meets with your
approval and to be informed whether in
the present cases trials in that court
shall be had"
In the coming trials the District officials
hope to get clear Interpretation of the
law regarding gift enterprises as affect
ing trading stamp operations.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Tuberculosis Among the Indians.
From the Craftsman

Fresh air and sunlight are the great
preventives and curatives. Consumption
cannot maintain hold upon people who
take plenty Of pure oxygen unto their
lungs sleeping and waking. tuberculosis
in any Of its forms was extremely rare
among the Indians. If not entirely un-
known to them before the advent Of the
whites. Like the negroes and other men,
bers of savage races that have been
brought under the influence of civiliza-
ton the aborigines Of this continent dis
played an unusual degree Of susceptibility
has begun 70 change the manner of his
life. taking insufficient exercise. over
clothing himself. consuming alcohol and
living in q stuffy log cabin. tuberculosis
has laid a constantly increasing hold upon
him, so that now 1t is much more fire.
quently manifest in the red man than in
his white neighbor.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
A Maine Hunting Story.

From the Lewiston (Me) Journal.
Dan Chaplin Of Cornish went fox hunt
ing one day last week in the vicinity of
Trafton Mountain. His hound got on o
trail and chased a red fox for some time.
and when within range Dan saw the fox
had a gray squirrel In his mouth. He
shot the fox, which released the squirrel.
1t then ran up a small bush. The hound,
after making sure that the fox was dead
made a leap for the squirrel. which was
probably stunned. and captured II. The
case is unparalleled in these parts.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
tional thousands could have been house
and fed.
Criticism for Railroads.

and fed.
Criticism for Railroads.
In his report to the general committee
Mr.. Weller will severely arraign the rail-
road companies for encouraging the park
ing of their cars and their occupancy for
housing purposes when 50 many rooms
and halls were available for quarters
for the visitors
He will speak of the discomfort OF
those who remained in the cars, and In
many instances suffered for food and be-
cause of lack of warmth. 1t Is ap-
proximated that between 1I5,OOO and 10
600 visitors came to the city March z, 8
and f.
While the principal part of the work of
removing the decorations on public and
private buildings and taking down the
reviewing stands and the court OF honor
will begin Monday, it Is believed some
of the business men will take down their
flags and bunting tomorrow.
The work of cleaning up the city began
today. 1t will require several days of
active enort on the part of the gangs or
cleaners to remove the aftermath enects
of the big demonstration in the slush.
pennsylvania avenue is Uttered from one
end to the other with all manner OF de-
bris-cigar stumps, pieces of bunting.
Taft ticklers.' empty booze bottles and
what not The surface of the parks on
the avenue suffered severely from tne
trampling they received from the crowds
that watched the parade. and some dam
age was done to the shrubbery.
Maj. Thomas p. Morgan. chairman OF
the committe on civic organizations. lett
this city Thursday night and will be ab-
sent several days. Before his departure
he expressed himself well pleased with
the appearance Of the organizations in the
civic division of the parade.
He said the plans of Chairman Stell-
wagen as to the elimination Of all freak
features had been carried into effect.
The parade presented a most orderly
and dignified appearance which was par
ticularly gratifying.
Cuno H. Rudolph. chairman of the COM
mittee on fireworks, also came in for d
large share of the praise. as his feature
was most attractive. notwithstanding the
meteorological conditions, which pre-
vented the full program Of fireworks from
being given.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Car Strikes Auto Under Full Head
way.

Capital Traction train consisting Of
car No. 5Ol and all car trailer crashed
into large automobile, the prperty of
James E. Baines of the Baines & Brown
Ing Company, on 18th street; near Penn
sylvania avenue. shortly after noon to-
day. Charles Klopfer. the chauffeur in
charge of the automobile, was endeavor-
ing to make turn on 18th street. when
street car under full headway struck it,
NO one was injured and no damage done
except to the fender OF the street car,
which was badly disfgured. E. NJ San
born was the motorman and Mr. Nc
Dewitt the conductor in charge of the
street car.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
FUN FOR THE MIDDIES.
Had inauguration" of Their Own
at Naval Academv

Mldshlpmen at Annapolis made the best
OF their disappointment Thursday, when
they were unable to get here to partici
pate i'll the inauguration, by holding inau-
gural ceremonies of their own. THURSDAY
morning when they learned they would be
unable to get Through the storm the sug-
gestion was made that they hold cere-
monies in one of the big buildings at the
academy.
According TO information received here
today one Of the young men used a pillow
10 give him the appearance of having the
size and weight of President Taft. and an
enort was made to also give him the ia
c!ai appearance of the President Then
the ceremonies were carried out and the
occasion proved enjoyable to the mid
shipmen.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
French Line Seamen Strike.

HAVRE, March 6.-Four hundred mem
bers Of the crews Of the steamers La Pro-
vence. La Savoie and other liners belong
ing to the Compagnie Generate Trans-At-
lantique, have decided not to leave on La
Provence, which is due to sail tomorrow
unless the company restores the crew to
it's old strength. The strikers say the
reduction of the crew is preudicial to the
proper navigation Of the vessel and the
health Of the men.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings OF
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-March 5. pm, ~; 8
pm. 3S; II midnight, 81. March q, 4
am, 80; 8 am, "a: IL noon, 3S; 2 pm, IS.
Maximum. AZ. at 2 pm. March S: mini
mum, %. at 3 am, March 9.
Barometer-March S. pm. 29.e3: 8
pm. 5000; IL midnight, 1905. March 6.
4 am. 3O.05; am. 5000; noon, 5000; Z
Pm, 1896.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 20; year ago, %
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Pure Food Has Come to Stay.
From Leslie's Weekly.

The manufacturers of food products in
the United States. If for no other reason.
would, from a selfish standpoint. find it
best to obey the pure food law. because in
the present temper Of the people unwhole-
some foods will no longer be tolerated.
The sale Of food products now depends
upon the ability of the manufacturer to
prove that what he sells is healthy and
wholesome. The public will have not hing
else. and the manufacturer who would
seek to impose upon the public would find
himself out OF business. The restrictions
Of the pure food law are severe that
no manufacturer dare violate them with
impunity. For our part we believe that
the manufacturers of food products gen.
orally are honest and well-meaning.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Flet Sailor Held at Nice.

NICE, March 6.-Ferdinand Roehlfln, a
sailor. belonging to the United States bat
tleship Vermont, was detained by the
local police here today when he was dis
charged from a hospital. January II
Roehlfn was found in the street badly
wounded. The proprietor Of a wine shop
alleges that Roehlfin and two other men
from the Vermont started fight with a
local tough. Roehlfin now will be asked
to meet the charge that he was RESPONSE
Bile for the fight.
Evening star., 1909-03-06

the extra men. The payment Of their
railroad fare and the cost OF housing
them at Inauguration rates will help en-
large the hole in the exchequers. Ad-
ditional expenditures were made in en-
plOying hundreds of extra operators to
assist in handling the rush business Of
down there was nothing for these oper-
ators to do.
1t will be possible for the telegraph
companies to estimate, after while, what
the damage to their equipment costs
them, but how much they lost by not
being able to handle inauguration busi-
ness will never be known.
The Wireless Telegraph Company. how
ever. did a land office business, and for
the first time on record, conveyed news
paper reports. How the newspapers got
their stories Of the Inauguration from the
Associated Press is one of the most inter-
esting stories Of the blizzard.
Getting Out Newspaper Reports.
Above the Willard Hotel the Wireless
company established a station a short
time ago. When the wires fell early the
morning of the 4th the managers of the
Washington office of the Associated Press
began figuring on how to get the news out
to the afternoon papers.
Edward Hood, veteran in the service
and now assistant manager of the
Washington office, thought of the wire
less. 1t was decided to give 1t trial
The company agreed to take mes
sages for Baltimore, and all during
March 1t carried the press reports to
that city, and did well until this morn
ing, when trouble began.
The trouble was. strange to say, due
to the wireless station at the navy
yard. Messages from the top of the
New willard to Baltimore went well
enough, but the navy yard station kept
''butting in" on the messages from Bal
timore, so that they were confused and
practically unintelligible to the re-
ceivers at the New Willard.
The Associated Press also had a tough
time with the wires the night Of March l.
Its first line was to Richmond A little
later it was stretched to Atlanta. From
there 1t got into communication with
Louisville. next Chicago. then Buffalo,
and SO into the main offices in New York
Special Messenger Service.
a special train messenger service was
also maintained. Messengers were kept
going between Washington and Baltimore.
At Baltimore they met messengers who
carried press reports on to Philadelphia,
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Ban on Politics In Colorado Springs.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. March o.
Following the policy announced in a pre-
viously adopted resolution, the charter
convention yesterday placed the ban on
party politics in this city. The elections
report, practically all Of which was adopt
ed, provides that mo ballot shall have
printed therein any party or political des-
isnation or mark and there shall not be
appended TO the name of any candidate
any such party or political designation or
mark or anything indicating his views or
opinions
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Big Canal Zone Liquor Revenue.

The sale Of liquor on the Canal Zone
is by far the most important source OF
revenue to the zone government, accord
ing to the reports to the War Department.
During January, for instance. the total
revenues of the Canal Zone amouteZd to
$4,000 OF that sum S34,sOO was for Ii
censes for the sale Of liquor at retail.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Workhouse for New York Pair.

Louis Bricker and Dennis Mahoney,
also said to be New Workers.. We're ar
raigned upon the complaint of Detective
Berman and visiting detective. Con-
victed and in default of bond of $40,
each they were committed to the work
house for thirty days.
The pair attracted the detectives at
tention Yesterday by their suspicious ac
tions in the crowds along Pennsylvania
avenue and were locked up. So far as
the authorities could ascertain nothing of
a criminal record could be used against
them.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Bona Eide Circulation Of The Even.
ing and Sunday Star.

1uS duu 0uuOdy 0ldI.
The sworn statement below
shows that the circulation of
THE STAR is what II is claimed
to be. The circulation of THE
STAR for the week, including
and combining it's evening and
Sunday morning issues. is the
largest, the best and the only
sworn detailed circulation of each
day, covering all issues, in the
District of Columbia.
In both its evening and Sunday
morning issues it has a larger
carrier delivery circulation into
the homes of Washington than
any other two local papers COM
bined.
THE SUNDAY STAR, viewed
separately. has the largest, the
best and the only sworn circuia-
tion in the District of Columbia.
Fifteen thousand of THE
STARS regular subscribers take
no other Washington paper
whatever in their homes, depend
news and advertising.
THE STAR, daily and Sunday,
thoroughly covers the local ad-
vertising field, reaching all
classes of Washington pur-
chasers. rich and poor alike, In
their homes, on every day in the
week. at an hour when they have
the time and inclination to read
newspaper.
SATURDAY. February 27, 1909. 4O,237
SUNDAY. February IS. 1903. 80. 1850
MONDAY. March 1. 1909. ... 39,I59
TUESDAY. March =, 1909. w 3O.S32
WEDNESDAY, March ., 1909. -. 81. .3S9
THURSDAY. March 4, 1909. . 8S,686
FRIDAY, March .. 1863. ...... 5a,323
Total for the week. 1886. .s28
Average. ................ 4S,547
l solemnly swear that the above
statement represents only the
number of copies of THE EVEN
ING and SUNDAY STAR circu-
lated during the seven days
ended March ), 13O9-that is,
the number of copies actually
sold, delivered, furnished or
mailed. for valuable considera-
ton, TO bona fide purchasers or
subscribers-and that the copies
so counted are not returnable to
or remain in the Office unsold, ex-
cept in the case Of Sunday papers
sent to out-of-town agents only,
from whom a few returns of
unsold papers have not yet been
received.
]. WHIT. HERON,
Business Manager,
The Evening Star Newspaper
Company.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this sixth day Of March,
AID. 1909.
e. E. RAMEY.
(SeaL) Notary Public.
Evening star., 1909-03-06
Cleveland's Pride.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
What would an inauguration be with
out Troop A?
Evening star., 1909-03-06
CALAMITY VISITS
LOCAL COMPANIES

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