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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
MODERN HERCULES
IS CHIEF SMITHERS
Head Of Telegraph and Cipher Bureau of White House
Has Transportation World on Shoulders During
Planning Of Taft s Tour.
BY JAMES HAY, Jr.

BEVERLY. Mitss., Aug. 1s-while
every State in tue West and South is
asking the President to stop in its smiI-
ing midst, Edv ard Walter Smithers.
chief OF the telegr pm and cipher bureau
OF the White House, charged nov; with
the duty Of arranging all the details of
the forthcoming Presidential tour. is
having his troubles.
He lives in forest Of railroad maps
and moves about in broad expanse OF
timetables. He has to map down to
a minute where the President wifi be
on any given day, how long he can
stay in Podunk Gap, and how fast he
must ravel to reach Blithersviile on
time. Whenever a change Is made in
the itinerary, the world is thrown out
Of joint for Mr. Smithers. He has to
go TO work and fix up all the holes made
In his plans by the new change.
II anybody thinks il is an easy lob
10 arrange for a President "a travel
some 1900 miles. carrying two special
cars. a lot Of baggage, Cabinet officers
a part Of the time and United States
Senators the rest - the time, little
conversation with Smithers win show
him ne has the task sized up wrong.
Smithers has committed to memory all
the movements Of all the fast trains on
the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, the
Santa Fe, the oregon Short Line. the
New York Central and the Southern
railway, not TO mention twenty odd
smaller roads. He can close bss eyes
and see stretch before his vision all
the stations on all of.these road. He
could stand up in any railroad station
Of the South or West and call of the
outgoing trains with the precision of
an old hand at the business.
Last week he leaned back with a sigh
of relief and allowed himself to believe
ne had the whole trip settled. He
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could tell you what time the President
would reach Chicago. what minute he
would roll into Seattle. and how many
side trips he would make there. When
he awoke each morning, he was repeat
ing 10 himself mechanically the stops in
San Francisco and six Southern States.
The thing looked good. He was a trav-
cling Hercules, holding the transporta-
ton world on his capacious shoulders.
Then Postmaster General Hitchcock aB-
peared on the scene and woke him up.
Mr.. Hitchcock persuaded the Presi-
dent that he was not taking the right
route through Arizona and New Mexico.
After that. smithers had TO get busy
and reaTange aloe0t {. 900 more miles OF
schedules and trains He telegraphed
his arm OF, sent frantic orders for more
timetables and went 10 work all over
again. he hopes to have it Strengthened
out by the end Of this week.
after that. he viii begin TO msmorizs
the aames 81 the boats and steamers the
President will use before the tour ends.
II few airships and submarines are
thrown in, Smithers will not mind. His
memory Is getting good from long usage
and he is one Of the best little recol-
leetors in the world
But it must be said that he lives in
continual dread The itinerary has been
changed so often that he believes he
viii wake up any morning 10 find that
additional changes have been ordered.
II is easy enough 10 order them. but
Smithers is the man who has 20 make
the arrangements that Ill the orders.
Thus il is that, amid the cool
breezes of Beverly and the atmosphere
Of rest and recreation. the man named
Smithers has as much work as lie can
well perform. He knows all about the
railroads, and ne reads timetables as
If they were the NEST exciting nosTels.
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REALTY COMPANY
DENIES INSOLVENCY
Claim That There Is No Debt Of
$4,000 Owing to H. H.
Gilfry.

The District Realty Company, for
whom a receiver was asked. by Henry
H Gilfry trustee for former Senator
William A. Clark. today filed answer
TO the suit, denying insolvency and
other charges made in the petition
Through Attorney Greed NJ Fulton,
the company declares that the assets
largely consist OF an interest Of $780,
GOO in the lots in City View Heights.
which have been sold. and interest in
unsold lots amounting TO 1925, 600 in
the same parcel They deny that any
investigation of their books viii show
an Indebtedness Of $4,000 to Mr. Gil
fry as charged by him, and teclare
that Mr.. Gilffy, himself, ives the
company s426. They further 81 Y that
they have no knowledge of Senator
Clark's interest in the company
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c., H. & D. RAILROAD
ELECTS DIRECTORS

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-At a meeting
here today Of representatives OF the
controlling interest in the Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton railway, the fol-
lowing directors were elected for the
Baltimore and Ohio road. Oscar NJ
Shribe7, William Cotter Norman b
Ream, G. Murray, I. +. Loree. George
T. Randolph, samuel Rea, and Oscar
9. Murray. The following representa-
tives OF the former controlling inter
ests in the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton remain as members Of the
board George W Perkins. Charles
steele. Frederick ". Stevens. George
j.. PaEer. g. Young. and II. f. Shoe
maker.
The directors elected the following
officers. Chairman of the board. Oscar
g. MURRAY, who is president Of the
Baltimore and Ohio, president, VIII
liam COtter; vice president Thomas
Cramer.
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FOREST FIRE LOSSES
$IOO.OOO.OOOYEARLY
More Than 100000
Acres Burned Each Year,
According to Figures.

When a great city. such as Chicago
or Baltimore is almost swept out Of
existence by FIRE, the whole country is
appalled, By the frightful destruction Of
property.
When the rebuilding begins stringent
laws are passed TO prevent a recurrence
OF the fires by forcing builders to use
the most app owed methods OF construc-
ton; the effects OF the last fire are
carefully studied and its lessons used
10 the best advantage in advising build
ers as TO the most satisfactory and fire
proof materials OF which TO build.
Yet year after year the American
people have gone on losing each decade
through forest fires. In actual values.
more than was consumed In either of
the TWO great fires mentioned, though
the loss for Chicago alone was estiuaat-
ed by the insurance adjusters at over
$50. 10000
How many Of us realize that for years
past We have been burning up our
forested areas at the rate Of about
100000 acres each year? This is no
mistake, no simple guess at the area
but an average taken from the stat
istics reported by the Census Bureau
Government On an average every day
In the year Sundays and all, the AK
Of the lumberman strips the standing
timber from an area equal 10 10000
acres, which is bad enough In ali de-
cency; but TO increase this area suu
further by nearly 10000 acres burned
and wasted each day-why. words are
useless 10 meet the case.
The census for the year 1880 esti-
mated the total area Of burned-over
forest lands at 100000 acres. In 1881
the Division Of Forestry. then Just
starting out on its career as an adjunct
Of the Interior Department. gathered
statistics Of the FIRE loss for that wear
and placed u at 12.000 90 acres. and
the value of the timber DESTROYED was
estimated at from twenty-five TO ffty
million dollars
While the figures for the wear 1s0s
are not Vet compiled sufficiently for
quoting with absolute accuracy. IL is
a conservative estimate, based upon
what Is already known Of The figures
being prepared. that the area burned
over WIFI exceed the yearly acreage
by a large amount. while the money
loss will climb uuComfortabIy close up
70 the hundred million-dollar mark
Harpers. weekly.
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WOMEN VOTE IN NEW YORK

WATERLOO. n. Y, Aug I8-Water-
loo had taste Of wornen's suffrage to-
day, when afty-six women taxpayers
were allowed 10 east Ehelr ballots with
2ll male voters on proposal for q
SloG.0i0 boId issue to provide com
plete sewerage system for the village
The election passed without incident.
and only fourteen spoiled ballots were
discarded by the tellers in making the
count last night
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
TODAY'S SALES ON
WASHINGTON EXCHANGE

Potomac Electric con. IS, S, 0O0g1O39s,
S., 0006i1039s
Washington Railway and Electric,
common, 50046
washington Railway and Electric,
preferred, 50d9ls4, 20QS14.
Washington Gas, 3a72Iz, 25d72Ss, 25d
725s, 250721z, 25Il21z, 25GCI21z. 25II2Ia
Bell Telephone of Pa, 2Gl23k
Lanston, 1911. I0G17. 10Q165s, 5G17. 100
ali, 61al17. I00Q17, 400617A (buyer COZ. 100
G17lk IOOa115s. 5d1714, 100Q1714, 100qI73s,
1006173s, 100d171a.
National Savings and Trust. SAGE.
washington Loan and Trust, 1d211.
United States Trust, 561111.
Emerson Steam Pump, 25d11
After Washington Gas As, 1909
1O2
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GRANDSON GIVES BLOOD.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18-A sue
cessfuI operation for the TRANSMISSION
of blood has been performed on Mrs
Lucy Adams, when fifteen ounces were
taken from Harry Adams, her grand
son, and infused into the veins OF the
aged woman fl. an attempt to cure
a humorous gTOEyth.
As the grandson is anaemic, part Of
the grandmother.s blood was Infused
into his veins. The physicians declare
that his blood is IN such good ccndi-
ton that It will easily overcome any
infection
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QUIET IN WINNIPEG.

WINNIPEG, Aug. lS-The regular
soldiers who have been on duty at Fort
William have returned TO their bar
racks here, leaving thirty special Can
adlan Pacific railway co1stables to
maintain order. Five hundred men
are now working on the piers. The
strike breakers and strikers are work
lng together tremendously,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
ACID KILLS INFANT.

FREDERICK, Nd, Aug. 1S.-A two
snd-a-half-year-old son Of Mrs. Ethel
Molesworth died this morning at the
home Of its grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
ReveTdy Dronen burg, North Market
street from the effects Of drinking
about teaspOOnful of carboIic acid.
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Wall Steeark Fluctuations
LANSTON Is STILL LOCAL LEADER,
WITH PRICES RISING TO II 1-2.
BONDS IN REQUEST.

Gas came in for more than its usual
activity. that is as compared with the
last few days Sales were at 721zd725s,
the closing being at 721k
A few bank stocks and Bell Telephone
shares with Emerson Pump at II COM
pleted the days record liz stocks.
Bonds continue to move with consider
able animation for August the record
today covering sales Of S.. 100 par value.
Potomac Consolidated per cent bonds
furnished practically all Of the business,
1895 being the price.
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VANNATTA TO COACH.

EAsTON. Pa, Aug. 1S-From present
indications It seems as II James A Van
natta, Of HackettstOWn, n. J., viii be
the next football coach at Lafayette
College. He mas been virtually decided
upon, and Will likely be formally chosen
at a meeting of the athletic COMMITTEES
next Friday
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Lanston is the leader in local securi-
ties, sales OF ], 2S5 shares being recorded.
The stock reached a new high at l7Jk.
on the last sale, rising from 165s. the
price Of the second lot sold. An option
on 100 shares buyer 60 was traded in
at ia. And the activity is based on
prospects.
Railway common sold at IS, thu last
previous sale being at the same price.
The preferred sold at s1%. Washington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
SEASON NEARING END
AT CAMP GOOD WILL
Charity Resort Has Experienced Its
Most Successful
Season.

Today the last party Of seventy-fve
mothers ana children viii go TO Camp
Good VIII This makes more than
i've hundred mothers and children
that have been looked after at this
fresh air home Of the Summer Outings
Committee. The Summer Outings
Committee has enjoyed the most sue
cessful summer In its history with
reference TO its work at Camp Good
Will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS
STILL ON INCREASE
Yesterdays Total Income at the
Treasury Department Amount
ed TO ST. 276.9

Customs receipts under the new tariff
law continue 20 run FAR ahead Of the
returns Of last year. The reports to
IRE Treasury Department Of the re-
ceipts OF yesterday show a total Of 81
276,ss0. as compared with s676sl0 for the
same day last year.
The returns by ports were as follows:
New York. $3.50 $50: Philadelphia. 50. 2l9.
Boston. 1905. Chicago. 81. 2g2: Balti-
more, s255o6; San Francisco, Sl5.745; St
Louis, $40: ali other ports, So 500.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
NAsTURTIUMs ORNAMENTAL

And now we have the glory Of the
nasturtfuu How a great bunch OF
them in jar on the dinner table helps
the feast, They smile ike the sunrise
They make a meager meal q royal re-
past They are Just the ornament for
the taole-the smilingest flower in all
the garden. They make the beefsteak
tender the cream richer and the bread
% taste better than pound cske.-Ohio
State Journal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Hartman & Co.-Pacific Neil was bid
I'D sharply apparently for no other rea-
son than that il is a Hartman issue, but
nobody attempted TO 1T any theory to
the case and the usual answer to in
auiries as to what was going on was
that Mr. Hartman is coming home. The
significance of this did not appear for
MIR. Hartman is not even sailing in a
Pacific Mail boat anu the companys
revenues or affairs do not therefore
seem to be really affected one way or
the other.
W B. Hibbs & Co.-Gossip is not
only now dealing with the per cent
dividend rate for Atchison to be de-
clared in the fall, but is also referring
TO the probability of a I per cent rate
early next year The earnings OF
a Z per cent rate. and the big corn crop
is expected to expand them TO above
Is per cent, 50 that If the road earn
ings approximate such a percentage.
the payment Of half in dividends would
be conservative action.
E F. Hutton. & Co,-The market con-
tinued very strong following the open
ing and the increased public interest
was indicated by the greater breadth
Of stocks net particularly prominent
on the bull side in the past few DAYS.
United States Rubber advanced on re-
ports Of good business and the prQba-
bility of a resumption Of dividend dis
tributions IN the not distant future The
only dividends paid on this stock were
AZ the rate of per cent year for
couple Of years about tie beginning OF
the century and distributions at a rate
Of as high as or per cent are now
raH
the real cause Of the rise.
A. 6. Plant & Co.-Most OF the eman-
atiOns coming from the Morgan camp
are bullish. Investigations show that
the Morgan interests do not like the
are doing nothing but froWning at pres
emit When the Harrmsns quiet down
il is said the Morgan issues will again
become prominent.
The statement Of earnings and ex-
penses OF the Baltimore and Chic rail
road Exclusive Of outside operations
with the corresponding month Of last
year shows: Gross earnings 1903
IS $50 So. 1905. S61f9. So; increase, $50. 3l5
Expenses, 1903 S4.105. 036: 1908. $3.50. $50:
increase, Sl6f,4 II Net earnings, 1893.
s. 245. S36. 1905 S2,208,999; increase, $50, S3S.
This statement includes the follow
ing lines: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. Baltimore and Ohio South
western Railroad Company; Cleveland
LOrain and Wheeling Railroad Com
pany; Ohio River Railroad Company;
West Virginia Short Line railroad. Rim
ley and Mil Creek Valley railroad;
littsburE and Western railroad; Pitts
burg, gainesville and Fairport railroad,
Pittsburg. Cleveland and Toledo rail-
road, and Pittsburg Junction railroad.
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TODAY'S SALES ON
NEW YORK EXCHANGE

Quotations furnished by ". B. Hibbs 4
Co, bankers and brokers. Hibbs Building
members New York stock Exchange, Wash
ington Stock Exchange, and Chicago Board
Of tFade.l
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THE CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished b. E. F. Hutton &
Co. members New York Stock Exchange
Thomas J.. Hume. manager. 1901 F. street
northwest;
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

Call on w d. Newton for skates
and Ingersoll watches. Alta
Confessions will be heard in the To-
cal Catholic churches this afternoon
and tonight
Daniel OConnor of Main street has
gone to his home in Schenectady to
spend the holidays.
Mrs. E. D. Duffey of Hartford, CT.
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Michael
Maher of Mill street.
Miss Bertha Skehan of Hartford,
Ct, is visiting her aunt Miss Mary
Skehan of Dewey street.
Arthur H. Kehoe, Henry G. Root,
and A. Barron Fitzgerald are home
from the University of Vermont to
spend the Christmas vacation.
During the past couple of days
many of the trains have been late
owing to the large amount Of pas
sengers, mail and express.
A Redemptionist priest from Sara
toga will assist Rev A. j. Barron at
St. Francis de Sales church Christ
mas and Sunday, delivering the SER
mon at midnight mass tomorrow and
Sunday mornings.
Residents of Bennington report
that about $50 Thursday evening
they saw what was apparently a me-
teor pass directly over this village. 1t
seemed so near the earth that it APP
peared to scarcely clear the tree tops
in its fight.
Mr. and Mrs John Moulds enter
tanned number of young people at
their home in the south part of the
town Wednesday evening The re-
turn trip to the village was made in
the form of a sleigh ride through the
kindness of their host
The glass for the front of the new
A. H. Winslow block on West Main
street has arrived and is being plac-
ed. This building is the first Of it's
kind in town in that practically the
whole front will be of glass. There
are nut few windows in the sides, the
entire building being lighted from
the front.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-24
BUSTER BROWN BACK
Popular Play Welcomed at Return
Engagement in Syracuse

Popular Play Welcomed at Return
Engagement in Syracuse
1t is easy to tell that Buster
Brown" is a prosperous show by the
way the scenery has been rehabilita-
ted and costumes kept up and re-
newed and the number of new things
which have been put in force. Few
farces have given better evidences Of
life than has the story of the mis-
chievous life of this cartoon boy. It
is all very patent, practical joke fun,
but the audiences seem to like things
they see coming. The new features
this year include the grotesque Bill
iken Man" chorus, which does not ap-
pear out of place in such a melange
Master Reed is again in the part
of Buster with Jack Bell as the dog
the mirthful dog-and Marion Lang
don as Miranda, the maid, Lottie
Hart is the talented grandmother in
good speciality work and Lorraine Les
ter is the diminutiye Jane the pal of
trouble. Grace Turner, Maude Tiff
fanny, Fred Freeman, Thomas J. Ora
dy and H. Barrows are among the
principals. Youthful quality rather
than quantity makes up the chorus.
Tonight and twice Wednesday the
musical farce which is so well known
will be on at the Bastable.-Syracus
Journal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-24
A CHRISTMAS DINNER
Poor Residents in Mountain Section
About Rutland to Participate.

Rutland, Dec 24.-Roast turkey.
chicken pies, mashed potatoes, rolls.
coffee, milk, cranberry sauce, rolls
and all of the ice cream and cake
they can comfortably dispose of, will
be the Christmas cheer that is com
ing to something over 200 of the
poor people who live in the noun
tains surrounding this city. And this
is not all, for there will be a Christ
mas tree and every family will re-
ceiye a large box of food and a sup
ply of good clothing, while each child
will receive pair of new mittens,
two pair of stockings box OF candy
and fruit, as well as toys appropriate
to their age and sex
Such is the Christmas program that
is being arranged by the Rutland HUI.
name society for its annual affair.
The funds are provided by the Rut-
land public, who give generously each
year. The dinner this year. the
eighth that has been given will be
served Wednesday, the 18th in two
large vacant stores on West ST. and
will be prepared in the kitchens of
the hotel Banquet, the free use of
which has been rendered by the pro
prietor, John F. Kelly. The turkeys
will be given by one man, who has
offered to do that as his share. The
Christmas tree will follow the din
ner.
Wagons are provided by the socie-
ty for the transportation of the poor
people from their homes to this city
and back again.
The annual dinner is the one
bright spot in the year in the lives
of many of these mountain people,
whose poverty is almost beyond be-
lief The members of the society
have seen much good result from
these events and as a result of the
influence brought to bear there has
been decided change for the better
| in many of the families
Some of those who formerly re-
ceived help, are now helping, having
received their first uplift at one of
these Christmas dinners. When this
move was first started, one Rutland
man, who was asked for subscrip-
ton, refused stated that he did not
believe the mountain people were in
need of help. He was induced, how
ever, to visit the hall while the din
ner was in progress. The misery
exhibited there brought tears to his
eyes and also a check for $50.
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-24

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case of itching, Blind, Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles in to IA
days or money refunded. soc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-24

500 Umbrellas the kind that don't go
wrong and keeps you dry
CSC, ssc, $1.39 up to $475
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-24

&c, Tic, 14c, 23c, 33c, 43c
Ladies Jersey Vests, Union Suits and Knit
Corset Covers at prices less than they can be
made for
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26

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chronic dyspepsia resulted, and
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Dyspepsia.
Everyone is subject to indiges.
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stomach abuse, Just as naturally
and Just as surely as a sound and
healthy stomach results upon the
taking Of Kodol.
When you experience sourness
of stomach, belching of gas and
nauseating fluid, bloated sensation,
gnawing pain In the pit of the
stomach, heart burn (so-called),
diarrhoea, headaches, dullness or
chronic tired feeling-you need Ko.
dol And then the quicker you take
Kodol-the better. Eat what you
want, let Kodol digest it.
Ordinary pepsin dyspepsia tab
let's" physics, etc, are not likely
to be Of much benefit to you, in
digestive ailments. Pepsin is only
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