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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
MAY REGULATE TRAFFIC
BILL GIVING POWER TO DIS.
TRICT COMMISSIONERS.
Authority to Suspend Operation Of
Public Vehicles at Discretion.
Other Measures.

Chairman Smith Of the House Dis
trict committee today introduced a bill
giving the Commissioners full author
ity to regulate traffic in the District.
The bill was drafted as a result, 1t
Is understood, Of the trouble experience
ed by the District authorities in resu-
lating traffic at the time of the floral
parade last September
The proposed measure reads as fol-
lows:
The Commissioners Of the District
OF Columbia are hereby authorized to
regulate, govern and control or prohibit
parades. PROFESSIONS and the like in the
streets. avenues and other places under
their supervision, and may in their dis
erection from time to time, as occasion
may require. regulate or suspend in
whole or in part traffic of whatever
character or kind upon or over any
street or highway or part or parts
thereof during such reasonable periods
of time and by such means as they
may determine to be necessary to Sc
cure the preservation of public order
or safety or the protection Of life and
property
Other Bills introduced.
u
bills at the request of the District Com
missioners. including one changing the
title of the sealer OF weights and meas
ure1 to Superintendent Of weights, meas.
ures and markets.
A bill amending the code of laws of the
District. recommended by the corpora
ton counsel. also was introduced by Mr.
Smith. The bill provides that a bond
shall not be required Of the District to
perfect any appeal or to obtain any in
junction or other writ. In a letter &C.
companying the bill the Commissioners
point out that this legislation is neces-
sary because Of a recent ruling of the
Supreme Court of the District requiring
the local government to give bond in all
cases of appeal from judgments of the
Municipal Court. This decision virtually
precludes the District from making an
peals, there being no provision of law
under which such a bond can be given
by the District authorities.
Examination Of Guides.
A bill requiring guides in the District
to submit to an examination and pay q fee
Of IS a year was submitted by the Com
missioners and introduced by Mr.. Smith
also bill prohibiting the flying of kites,
fire balloons and parachutes within the
District limits
The discovery that a dangerous skin
disease Is being spread throughout the
District by means of hairdressing liquids
containing toxic substances is responsible
for the introduction Of bill by Mr. Smith
prohibiting the sale and use of all such
liquids
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
Manufacturing Opportunities.


In a speech on the manufacturing OPP
portunities of the south, Gen. j. S. Carr
of Durham. y. c.. pointed to the growth
of manufacturing during the past few
years as evidence Of great progress IN
this direction. He contended that the
field of manufacturing opportunities IN
the south had been barely scratched.
While comparatively a great deal had
been accomplished, he said, yet the total
achievement might be family imagined
for the future in view of the fact that
within the last thirty years the value OF
the product of southern manufactures
had risen from S457 .oo0UD 10 S2,6Uo-
O0O,080.
Gen. Carr contended that relatively
the south had not expanded induStr1ally
as much as other sections of the coun-
try. While according to the census of
1905 about 100000 of cotton yarns
had been purchased in the south the
New England purchases amounted to
more than eight and quarter millions.
Thus, while the south was ahead of the
New England states in the matter of the
cearser grades of goods to the amount or
$50, 900, it ran behind to the extent OF
SS1 600 for the finer goods as against
New England.
Again, New England was $74.Oo0oOO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
Champ Clark's Comment.

Representative Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,. the House minority leader, had the
following to say today:
There are some excellent recommended
tions in the Presidents message, notably
that In favor of economy. / am certain
that the democrats will back him up In
all mis- efforts to reduce expenditures to an
economical basis. especially with refer
ence to the army and navy. but Judging
the future by the past. 1t may be doubt
ed whether a republican Congress can
economic. / think not.
las discussion of almost all important
matters is relegated to special messages,
there is really not much TO be said about
this message except that congratulations
on its comparative brevity are due TO the
President.
II am certain. however, that the coun-
try will be astonished to learn that the
Monroe doctrine is obsolete. That is the
one thing which the American people
have agreed on. and they will regret the
Presidents statement.
so far as Nicaragua is concerned we
ought TO treat her just as we would
treat any of the great powers. Our pol
icy toward all nations ought to be one of
Justice and firmness. to protect all of our
citizens wherever they may be, on land
or OH sea. and, acting upon that policy.
we should thoroughly investigate all
cases wherein mistreatment of our citi-
zens is claimed. and IL upon !nvestiga-
ton we conclude that they have been
mistreated. the guilty nation. great OF
small should be compelled TO make am
pie reparation."
At 80 o'clock the reading ofthe Presi-
dents message having been concluded
the House adjourned until noon Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07

The message Of the President
win be found in fun In Part Q
of The star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
TO REPAY THE DEBT
Commissioners Plan Sent to
Congress.
BILL NOW IN COMMITTEE
Proposed Extension Of Liquidation
to twenty-five Years.
INSTALLMENTS OF $567, 704
Expenditure of $40, 900, 900 for "Ex-
traordinary improvements" in
Next 12 Years Proposed.
INsTALLMENTs OF $5e7, 7o4

The plan for financing the District of
Columbia. in which 1t is suggested that
twenty-five years be taken to repay the
bonded and floating debt, that no more
money be borrowed from the United
States and outlining certain measures by
which the Districts needs can be taken
care of without adding to the debt. has
been laid before Congress by the Com
missioners by special communications
addressed to Speaker Cannon at the
House and Vice President Sherman at
the Senate. The plan, known popularity
as the Judson PLAN" and which is now
being called the Commissioners plan"
at the District building. went to the
Capitol in the form Of draft of a bill
and a fve-page letter OF explanation.
The details of the scheme do not differ
from the original proposition as pub
lished in the newspapers when the Com
mtssioners made the first announce
ment of their determination to present
the measure to Congress.
Bill in Committee.
The bill comprising the plan was intro
duced in the House today by Chairman
Smith OF the District committee, and
was referred to that committee
The plan advocated will reduce the debt
every year and finally extinguish it, and.
always caring for the current needs, will
insure the expenditure of some 1000, 600
in extraordinary improvements during
the twelve years ending 1923 and leave at
the end of that period an even greater
power in the District to accomplish the
extraordinary projects which will then
be in sight.
The letter to the Speaker and the Vice
President makes use OF the smile Of part
nership, showing the United States as
one partner and the District as the other
In the annual estimates the Commits
sioners have asked for $975.4OS on ac-
count of interest and sinking fund per-
tanning to the bonded indebtedness, and
provision Is also made for the repayment
to the United States of $4,000, princi-
pal and interest, in part payment of ad-
vances made by the United States to the
OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07

The Commissioners figure that the Dis
tricts revenues Increase at the rate OF
$500, 600 q year. $25O.OOO Of the sum COM
ing from the District proper and the
other half from its partner. the United
States This rate Of increase. says the
latter, makes the ran q practicable
one.
The Commissioners are confident that
four-fifths Of that sum will be an ample
annual increase in the grand aggregate
of all the items devoted to current
needs"
The Commissioners would obligate all
future boards to provide annually for
such reduction of the debt as will make
Il less and jess each year, and finally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
MESSAGE IS READ
TO THE CONGRESS

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
Yearly Installment, 1857, 7o4.

IF Of the District proper's contribution
there be each year applied to payment of
debt, principal and interest, 1851, 7O4. 1t is
certain that the process will. In some
such period as twenty-five years, extin-
guish principal and interest Of the Dis
trtct propers half OF the bonded and
floating debt, such half amounting to ap-
prOximately nine million dollars. Each
year the financial condition OF the Dis
trict will be improved, for each year it's
debt will be less. until within twenty-five
years it win be extinguished, provided
nothing more be borrowed in the mean
time This arrangement would be equiv
alent to an extension of time granted by
the United States to its partner, the Dis
trict proper, for the repayment OF the
four million dollars which the latter
owes the former. The annual provision
Of 1851, 7O4 from District revenues in
cludes $4S7, 7O4, which Is the Districts
half Of annual payments sufficient to ex-
tinguish the bonded debt. and the further
sum Of $4,000, the interest due annually
on the 81. OOO, 600 advanced by the United
States to the District proper.
After the extinction of the bonded debt
in 1924 the 1857 1O4 would be applied an
nually toward the extinction of the debt
owed by the District proper to the United
States.
IF this arrangement had been author
ICED by Congress when the estimates for
the fiscal year 1911 were being prepared.
there would have been available for ex-
traordinary improvements approximately
Il o2O OnO"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07

nO G.p bushels with farm value of
S32J, 100000 or less than three-fourthS OF
the value of its forest products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
=oBuyo-
=onOWo

There's every reason why you
should. and no reason why you
shouldn't.
Early buyers have greater
range for selection, and we can
give you better service now
than during the rush of Christ
mas week.
There are hundreds of de-
sirable, yet inexpensive, gifts
in our great stock of home
furnishings.
You can have them marked
for Xmas delivery. and Simply
added to your account. That
won't call for any cash for
long time.
II you have no account with
us this is a good time to open
one.
Buy whatever you like and
have 1t charged. Well trust you
TO pay small amount each
week or month after the first of
the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07

gether with the use of a few connecting
words.
Il understand" said one member of the
House. who asked that his name be not
used, that the President began his mes
sage very late and had to rush 1t In order
TO get II to the printer. l believe It, for
il certainly reads that way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
The Debt of the District.

The letter explains:
The debt OF the District OF Columbia.
considering the latter as made I'D of two
partners. the District proper and the
United States, includes a bonded debt Of
approximately $1OO00,OO0 The District
proper owes the other partner, the
United States, approximately $4,000 600
Ihasmuch as repayments on account OF
this $4,O0o,OOO. principal and interest will
be deducted from the Districts future
contributions to the partnership fund.
per1orce the contributions Of the other
partner. the United States, will be dimin-
lshed accordingly. That Is to saw. in the
future. as the District proper reDays TO
the United States this 1900 GOO. with in
terese. the total means available Of the
partnership will be reduced by an amount
equivalent to $8OO0.OOO with interest at
2 per cent. The financial condition OF
the District, then. considered as a part
nersh1p, is precisely as IL 1t owed q
bonded debt Of nearly SIC, 600, bearing
5-65 per cent interest, and a floaSfn1 debt
OF approximately 5000, 600. bearing 2 per
cent interest" -.
Under the present system, the letter
says. Congress wants the District to pay
OF Its floating debt in five years and the
bonded debt in fifteen years IL the bonds
are TO be met at maturity. Thus the Dis
t1ct, considered as q partnership, ap-
pears TO be obliged to pay about SlSOOO,-
GOO In fifteen years. and a large part or
1t In five years. What this plan is doing
to the District the Commissioners show
by stating that In the fiscal year Of 1911
the combined resources Of the United
States-Nstrtct Of Columbia partnership
are reduced by 1885, 4OS, that amount
being used to reduce this $1S.OOO,OoO OF
debt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
Only Faint Applause.

But the House does not seem to be much
interested in anything as yet, and general
apathy prevailed today. as yesterday.
There was not a single cheer or a hand
clap or any demonstration at all when the
message was brought into the House. and
only the faintest symptoms of applause
when its reading was completed. About
100 members were on the floor when the
reading clerk finished the document.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07
en- tNe letter Continues:
Important Public Works.

While current needs have been amply
provided for in the 1911 estimates, yet
it must be admitted that no SUFFICIENT
provision has been made for the many
great public works Of Importance to the
future, which should soon be undertaken
and carried forward with reasonable
rapidity. In the past, this provision has
been made by generous advances from the
federal Treasury. It is apparent, how
ever. that II this arrangement is contin-
ued In order that these great projects
which already demand initiation shall be
undertaken. not to mention the enterprises
which experience shows will undoubtedly
present themselves In the future, the
amount OF debt now incurred will be
greatly increased and it's burden will
eventually rest heavily upon the Dis
trict.'
Then the Commissioners say that the
large permanent improvements should be-
carried on without sacrificing any EN-
cheney In current municipal work; and
that the solution OF the problem lies In
extending the period Of time in which the
Districts debt shall be paid.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
AT THE BARGAIN COUNTER.


Ten Christmas shoppers standing iu a line.
One got elbowed out, then there were nine
Nine Christmas shoppers, shopping very
late;
Eight Christmas shoppers. shopping till
one tainted dead away. then there were
seven.
Seven Christmas shoppers, cross as two
one bounced home to bed. then there were
six
Six Christmas shoppers. only just alive;
One remembered baby, Then there were
five.
Five Christmas shoppers, paving bargains
The salesgirl snnbbed one, then there were
four.
Four Christmas shoppers, nervous as could
be;
One smelled smoke. and then there were
three.
Three, Christmas shoppers, making great to.
do;
One had Mysteries, then there were tive.
Two Christmas shoppers. with shopping not
half done;
One thought she saw mouse, then there
was one
One Christmas shopper, who'd spent all her
mum:
Her husband came for her-then there was
none.
Carolyn Wells in Judge
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
Progress of Cremation.

Considerations of modern sentiment
have operated generally to maintain the
custom of interring instead of incinerat-
ing the dead; yet, with the Greeks. SEN
timent centered itself about the latter.
and in literature the funeral pyre has IA
significance as fine rs the graves. Ger
tain pioneering spirits have essayed with
some success to give beauty TO the bap-
tiSm of flame, wherein mortal clay be-
comes dust, and have directed that their
ashes be flung to the winds from the top
of some lofty tower or cast into the sea
at flood tide; or, as in the case of the
New York banker who died the other
day, that they he fed to the flowers
Economic reasons, at any rate in the
neighborhood of large cities, will tend
more and more to make incineration gain
Roadway Mt the expense of interment.
The land is needed Most burials near
cities, as a matter Of fact are only tenn
porary In the capital of Mexico this
is frankly recognized. and when the poor
man takes plot in a graveyard it is
with the knowledge that some years later
his bones are to he dispossessed; he rents
rather than buys outright. Many of the
small parks in this city occupy the sites
of ola cemeteries.-New York Mail.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
sELF-DEPREcIAToRY MAN.
Few Chances Come to Him. Incl.
Hiram Tells His Nephew

Few chances Come to Him, Uncle
Hiram Tells His Nephew.
Henry" said Uncle Hiram to his
hopeful young nephew, according m
the New York Sun, 81 would not ad-
wise anybody to go around continually
blowing his own horn. We tire Of
men who do that, and we are ant n
think of them that that's all they can
do, blow.
"On the other hand, Henry. never
belittle yourself; never be self-depre-
ciatory. Don't have poor opinion Of
yourself, but If you do have such an
opinion don't express it. The man
who blows his own horn may seldom
be taken at his own valuation, but the
selfdepreciatory man almost invarfa-
bly, is.
so never run yourself down or
speak doubtfuly of your own ability.
If the boss is thinking of advancing
you and he should say to you some
day, Henry, we are thinking of irving
you on this thing Do you think Won
could handle the job?' you don't want
to say, Well, | haven't had much ay-
perience yet in that way, and | really
don't know whether / could do that
or not
you don't want TO say anything like
that, for if you do they'll be likely to
think it over some more and end I'D
by trying somebody else, taking
blower, maybe, who can't really do the
work half as well as you could, but
who's got self-confiance enough to
say he can.
you don't know what you can do
till you try. Some men try and fail.
but an astonishing number rise to oc-
casions, developing strength or ability
that others might never have thought
them to possess
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
On HAPPINESS.

Life, after all, is not so bad as we
like to fancy it. / venture to say if
most of us began our evening prayer by
thanking the Lord for all his benefits 10
us, we should fall asleep long before
we got to the grievance with which we
usually induce insomnia.
The world is not bed of roses The
path we must trod is often hard, clogged
with overwhelming anxietieS, cares. and
worries that seem to bow earthward
even the ideahst's gaze, But when our
shoulders are bent low we can mt least
get some happiness out of life by trying
TO love the burden we bear. like the
little Scotch girl whom some one met
staggering along the country road with
Il baby in her arms,
Can | help you?' the stranger asked.
The child seems so heavy for YOU
The little girl looked up and with an
expression of passionate tenderness said,
He's nae heavy. He's me brotherr'
Mrs. John Van Worst in I.ippincott's.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24
ARMORCLAD BIRDS NEST.
Sixty-six Nails, Also Wire and Pins
Woven Into 1t.

In the Argentine Republic" says Il
writer in the Strand. where the sum
mers are long and hot, it is customary
to leave the windows open both day and
night during the hottest part of the year
"A bird taking advantage of this,
proceeded to build nest in my room,
fixing it firmly to one of the Venetian
blinds over the window. The eggs We're
Matched and the young birds fledged
''On taking down the empty nest
found it to be practically armorclad. the
outer part being composed almost entire
~ of old rusty nails woven in among the
hay. On counting the nails | found that
no fewer than sixty-six had been used.
beside some wire and pins taken from
my dressing table The bird was about
the size of a robin and very tame"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-24

Shock is the term employed in sur
gerry to designate the state of phys
ical and mental depression which fol-
lows a severe injury or some disturb
ing emotion of the mind
The condition consists essentially
in a want of equilibrium in the circu-
lation, the arteries losing their tone,
as a consequence of which the great
mass of the blood accumulates in the
veins, especially the large blood-ves-
sells of the abdomen The brain and
other vital organs are deprived of the
necessary blood supply, and are there
by rendered incapable of performing
their important functions properly
Shock may exist in any degree, and
the symptoms will vary accordingly,
from the pallor and slight faintness
which one may feel momentarily in
making misstep, or when startled.
as by loud clap of thunder, or the
receipt of bad news, all the way up to
sudden stoppage OF the heart, and
death.
In shock of average intensity, such
as follows severe injury, the face is
palltd, the pulse is weak and rapid,
the skin is cool and often covered
with clammy Precipitation. the mus
cular system is relaxed, the sufferer
is nauseated and sometimes vomits,
and the mental faculties and sensbilt-
ioe, In c
felt, even though bones may be broken
and flesh torn Not only is the surface
cool or cold. but the actual tempera-
ture of the body, as measured by the
thermometer, is lowered, sometimes
to the extent Of two or three degrees.
When shock depends upon violent
mental emotion, such as fear or the
receipt of sudden bad news, or upon
a severe injury, as that received in a
railroad accident or when shot, the
symptoms appear suddenly; but when
1t follows a surgical operation, its ap-
pearance may be delayed several
hours. It's degree depends not only
upon the severity of the injury, but
LIKEWISE upon tue seat OF II. \ oio"
on the abdomen will cause more Sc
we're shock than much worse injury
to an extremity, or even to the head
Treatment Of shock calls for the
services Of a physician, for It con
sists in the administration of powerful
remedies to restore the tone in the
relaxed blood-vessels, and often the In
lection of salt solution; but something
can be done while awaiting the physL-
clan.
The sufferer should not be moved.
he should lie fat; he should have air.
and the usual crowd of the curious
should be dispersed. The eyes should
be shielded from the light. Hot cloths
should be applied to the extremiuea
and over the heart, and If he can swat
low. he should be allowed to sip
little hot water. Stimulants should he
given, If at all, in very moderate g'4H-
titles