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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-31
Capital Imitation Expected.

W. Mex. Clayton. who said he repre-
scented one of the local citizens associa-
tions, was the next witness. He said
there was well defined impression that
the Washington Gas Light Company was
contemplating the issuance of additional
stock or certificates of Indebtedness. If
they were issued, he said, 1t was only nat
ural that the holders should expect to re-
ceive dividends upon them He thought
some action was imperatively necessary.
1t was the view of the gas consumers
here, Mr.. Clayton said that the price of
gas should be lower.
What do you think of this resolution
asked Mr.. Pearre.
Mr. Clayton replied that the resolution
should be amended so as to provide a pen
atty for violation. and also that 1T should
be broadened. He expressed the view that
the whole question ultimately would be
fought out in court.
Don't you think there is sufficient in
the original charter to warrant action for
violation asked Representative Olcott
of New York
II do" Mr.. Clayton answered.
Gould not the district attorney and the
grand jury take this matter up?" suggest
ed Representative Pearre of Maryland.
II think So" Mr. Clayton replied
1.-THE statute books in this country are
being piled up with laws" declared Rep
resentative Cox of Ohio. .You SAY that
the remedy lies with the local officials
Why not try that"
In reply Mr.. Clayton suggested that
here in the National Capital there was
such an emasculated citizenship that it
was hardly worth while TO try anything
along that line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-31
Foster Registers Complaint.

r. E. Foster, who said he lived on In
gleside terrace and was contractor ano
builder, asked to be heard for few min.
utes He explained that he DIDN'T "an'
to discuss the merits of the Coudrey reso'
luton, but desired to register a KICK WIN
the committee because his gas mad peen
turned off.
His bill this month, explained Foster, he
had been unable to pay. But IL was lot
only 81 70, while he had So on deposit win
the gas company. So he nad Wrilteii d
letter exnlaining that he didn't have the
money and asking that the S219 De put
on his next bill. as arrears.
Instead of this, his meter had oeen TAX
en- Oat yesterday,-he complained, just as
his wife was preparing dinner. He de-
nounced this course of action by the COM
pany as an outrage
Attorney Goldsborough got to his feet.
you pay the gas company little less
than . cents day." he said to roster.
do you think that an unconscionable
OriCe -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-31
Court Remedy Not Tried.

Mr.. Pearre wanted TO know If any citi-
sens' association had ever tried to secure
redress of this kind against the Wash
ington Gas Light Company in the courts.
There was no one present at the hearing
who could remember such action.
Mr. Tucker undertook to explain why
this was so. We won't want to have the
charter of the Washington Gas Light
Company annulled, he said. I'VE want the
light. and the fine of $40 to be imposed
upon each director Sanctioning such IL
legal action as this charter provision is
intended TO cover and prevent, is entirely
inadequate. Every director could pay
that much once a week if he wanted to-
Isn't there further penalty there?"
asked Attorney Goldsborough. Mr.. Clay
ton replied in the affirmative.
What Is it," asked Mr.. Goldsborough
You are just familiar with it as |
am, said Mr.. Clayton.
What is the other penalty?" Is il for
fixture of charter asked Representative
Oicott.
No said Mr.. Goldsborough. Il re-
ferred to provision making every STOCK
holder responsible for every debt of the
company. IL these issues are illegal. the
stockholders certainly have assumed q
grave responsibility
Chairman Smith of the committee sug-
Rested that this discussion be confined
to the resolution Mr.. Olcott seconded
this. remarking that the Senate District
gas light company and that select COM
mittee from the House District commit
tee has been invited to participate
Not yet 1t hasn't" interrupted RepreA
sentative Carey of Wisconsin I'VE will
have to put a dynamite bomb under the
Senate committee first
Slow in Installing Service.
DR. Cuthbertson. representing the North
east Suburban Citizens Association.
spoke in favor of the resolution with an
amendment providing sufficient penalty.
He registered a complaint also that out
his way tie company was very slow in
installing its service. Whereupon long
wrangle ensued between the witness and
Representative Moore of PENNSYLVANIA
as TO just what the committee should
do and how IL should do it.
Did / understand you TO saw" inter-
rupted Mr.. Cary again, that the WASH
inston Gas Light Company charges you
Tor laying pipes SO as to bring the gas
Into your house?'
'Oh. yes" the witness answered
Well said Mr.. Carey in apparent
amazement. this is the first time 1 ever
heard OF gas company charging a con-
sumner for bringing gas into his home
They don't do that i'm my town,
They do it here every time" said Or
Cuthbertson, land you have to pay In AID.
vance, too. unless you own your house
clear, and even then you have to nav
up before the gas is turned on"
"Why do you come to Congress fol-
your remedy" asked Mr. Moore. "wher
you have an established remedy In thu
courts?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-31

of interest paid on the illegal certificates
of Indebtedness.
'.As far as remedial legislation goes,
said Mr.. Tucker. Suggestions are difficult.
But / would offer to the committee Tor
consideration the sliding scale as nxed
in the Massachusetts, law. By that metnod
we could limit payments to the STOCK.
holders and gradually reduce the price OF
gas.
Certificates Merely Dividends.
81 make this suggestion in all good
faith. / have been fighting the Wash
ington Gas Light Company for the last
eighteen or twenty years, but even the
company cannot accuse me or having
been unfair.
II would suggest also that the com,
mittee, in considering this question, wonid
better not take into account the price Oh
gas in other cities. That has notning "
do with the case What we want TO look
at is merely the price at which gas can
be made and delivered here In the Ma
tional Capital Conditions alter cases.
why did You say the certincates OF IN,
debtedness were originally issued! asked
Representative Olcott of New York
Merely as stock dividends, replleo MT.
Tucker $50 that the company surplus
might be used in paying the interest on
them. They were issued dollar for doiiar'
understand"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-31
Pearre Jumps Into Breach.

Foster looked bewildered. Representa-
tive Pearre came to his assistance with
the statement that he didn't see the
slightest relevancy in Mr.. Goldsborough' S
question.
We'll" said Mr.. Goldsborough. 1T
doesn't appear to me as II this man
meter should have been taken out. But
neither has the grievance he recites any
thing to do with the resolution before the
committee"
Well" said Mr.. Pearre. you seem to
take umbrage at the fact that this gen.
tleman hasn't used gas enough.
Whereupon every body laughed. Mr..
Goldsborcugh sat down.
This isn't the first time a thing like
this has been DONE declared Represent
alive Cary of Wisconsin, author of the
eighty-cent gas bill now pending before
the District committee. Don't you think
the poor people of this city would be bet
ter off with eighty-cent gas? He turned
to Mr.. Goldsborough-
"J-ndoubtedly" that gentleman replied.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-06
DIVORCE LAWS MAY
BE CHANGED
MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO MAKE
LENGTH OF RESIDENCE AT
LEAST ONE YEAR-LEGISLA-
TURE CONSIDERING CHANGE.

New York, April 6.-Mismated
husbands and wives who fit to Reno
Nevada, for a few months in order
to get a divorce will be subject to
much inconvenience if the next Ne
vada legislature, which meets in
January, amends the present nickel
in-the-slot'' divorce law. Members
of the houses, who will be called up
on to consider the proposed change,
will be urged by leading men and
women throughout the country to
assist in reforming "the easy condi-
tons that now exist.
The bill extending the period that
an applicant for divorce must actual
~ reside in the divorce city from six
months to one year is to be presented
again and probably will constitute
the leading reform issue of the ses-
sion. 1t was proposed last year, but
did not reach vote.
The campaign is to be renewed
with redoubled vigor at the coming
session. Many notable men and wo-
men who oppose the system which
makes divorce merely a matter of
spending vacation in town fam
Gus for it's climate and residential at
fractions will make personal appeals
to the legislators to remove the stain
from the name of their fair state.
Nevadas divorce laws differ from
some of the older states only in the
term of residence. The grounds for
divorce are similar to other states.
New York, of course, recognizes but
one ground for divorce.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-06
COURT HOUSE EOTTER

Deed-W. P. Ridenour to Priscilla
Ridenour.
Deed-R. E. Blakeny to H. J. Boil
yard, lots 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, in block 10,
Chelan, $500.
Deed-H. J. Bolyard to Laura Boil
yard, lot Is, in block 5, Chelan and
other lots, 81.
DEEDS. Cadman ct Ia. to A. J..
Phipps, land in 1920, $4,000.
Mortgage-W r. Prowell to Wash.
s. & L. association, lot 10 in block 8,
Peachey add, s3434.40.
Deed-M. Koran et al. to F. M.
Stricken, lot 5, block II, Wenatchee
cemetery, $40
Deed-E. S. Brown ct vir. to J. j.
Norreli. lot z off Sunnyslope Farm,
$4,000.
Deed-Martha Miller to c. E. Will
cox, one acre in 29-24-1S, $50.
Deed. E. Ferguson to F. L.
Renshaw.
Deed-M. Koran ct al. to Fred
Kreite, lot s, block 4, Wenatchee
cemetery, SO.
Deed. H. McGohan ct Tx. to H.
E. Gray, lots 8, 4, 5, block SO, G.
N. Plat, $4,000.
Deed. Norrell ct vir. to E. S.
Brown. lots % and %, in block 5,
G. N. Plat, $4,000.
Mortgage-Josephine Norell to E.
S. Brown, lot Z Sunnyslope Farms,
$1675.
Deed-Edwin Boehmer to Andrew
H. Smith, lots is, II, in GA, Grand
view, $500.
Deed-W. R. Prowell ct Tx. to j.
T. Ferguson, 5 acres in 27-22-21,
s275O
Deed-L. Packwood ct ux. to
School district 63, lot 4, block Z, in
First add to Entiat Fruit Lands, 81.
Sat. of ortgage-Lililan Mills to
Catherine Duffy, lots and 10 in
block 8, G. N. Plat, $1400.
Mortgage. NJ. Duffy to Olympia
Brewing Co., lots 33 and "a, block
8, G. N. Plat, 10 acres in 1920 and
other lands, $4,000.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-06
Chinook Dance Introduced

NJ. M. Foote, of Chelan, has begun
a dancing school in Brewster, which
is unique from the fact that it is
the Chinook dance practiced by the
Indians of this country years and
years ago. Mr.. Foote is past mas
ter in the art, his early experience
in and among the Indians having
given him an experience never to be
forgotten.
He has a number of scholars who
have expressed their willingness to
Join the class. Brewster Herald.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-06
Are You Crouch? Eat Sour Apples

Chicago, April Or. George j.
Drews, doctor of alimentarianism,
found himself suddenly famous to-
day following the publication of his
lecture before the vegetarian society
at the John Crerar library last night.
when he laid down some new laws
of diet and explained just what "di-
etitic affinities" are.
people should eat food that
agrees with their characters. said
DR.. Drews, in explaining his theory
of "dietitic affinities."
Persons of positive character
should eat negative food, and vice
versa. Sour apples do not go well
with persons with that sort of dis
position. In like manner those OF
sunny character should not eat sweet
fruits. Positives should go with
negatives if you expect the best re-
suits"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-06

We wish now to say just
one word to you men who
are in need of work shoes
That is where we surely
shine. We bought as if
the factory would soon
stop making that kind of
a shoe. We are selling
many of these shoes at
less than cost of produce
ton. It is your duty to
save money by buying
these shoes.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-28
The German Sail Wagon.

will and instantly the relation OF the
wheels to the main axis of the frame.
work The whole frame Is very light,
supporting merely the saddle and the
mast for the sail, and this device by
which the steering is done by the feet
leaves the hands free to manage the
sail or to use the brake
The United States consul at Chem.
nitz, Thomas H. Norton, who sends
the facts about this new vehicle, says
''the w;.ole device has a certain light
ness ad elegance which will appeal
probably at first to the lover OF sport
Contests Of speed will involve but lit
tie of the danger accompanying com
petition with cycles or automobiles
but will afford play rather for the
quickness and deftness required OF the
mariner In utilizing to the utmos
the surrounding atmospheric condi
tions."
What the new saii-power motor ma,
accomplish in the climbing of hill
and off the level stretches upon which
1t will make Of course its creates
demonstration of speed is not state,
but the consul does send word tina
the vehicle promises to be of con
siderable use on smooth roads in fla
regions As yet the four-wheeled boa
seems to be too new to have been bar
tized with a name.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-28
SAIL WAGON HERE
Wind to PropeI New Vehicle
Made In Germany.
Department Of Commerce and Labor
at Washington Interested In Idea
Which May Appeal to Fancy
of Sportsmen.

Washington. = The sail-wagon has
arrived. 1t is chaperoned by the Unit
ed States department of commerce
and labor Mechanical experiments.
pneumatic tires, ball bearings and
good roads have paved the way for 1t.
The idea was made in Germany" and
the department of commerce and la
Dor is showing the photograph repro
duced on this page as proof of the
actual progress of the idea beyond the
mental stage.
The sail-wagon was talked of as
much as the steam wagon in the early
days of the horseless carriage, and
both alike promised but little in the
way of practical usefulness But now
that the smooth and hard .oad, the
ball bearing, the pneumatic tire and
other improvements have arrived,
conditions have so changed that the
land sailboat is coming into view
again.
The German inventor has patented
a simple and disable four-wheeler. II
makes good progress over roads oi
the modern kind and over such sandy
stretches as the sea beaches afford. II
is very light vehicle and its steer
Ing apparatus is novel and effective.
The four wheels are well separated
as in the automobile, and arranged
Standardization, one at the fore, ont
on each side, and one at the rear. TIL,
popularity is in the connection 0
these wheels with one another. Their
Is rigid connection between the rea
wheel and the right side wheel. als'
between the front wheel and tn
wheel at the left side. Then thes
two bars are joined to each other b.
means of cross-bar or axle. but tn
connection is not rigid, but is mad
by hinged attachment.
The rider mounts to a saddle an
rests his feet on this cross-bar o
transverse axle. He steers by pres
sure upon this bar, thus altering a
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-28

fly over the Preside will begin soon
1t is to measure 81 feet from the tip
of the rudder to the end of the dip
planes in front.
Young Gunzendorfer has written a
description of his model Here 1t is:
Two distinct and permanently sci
biplanes, placed tandem, each meas
uring 24x12 inches, set six inches
apart, give a total supporting surface
of 336 square inches. Located amid
ships OF the main planes are two ad
Unstable planes 8x12 inches. which are
controlled from the aviator's seat and
cause the biplane to arise or descend
at the will of the operator. A steer.
ing rudder Axe inches Is located at the
rear and same Is under the direct man.
ipulation of the aviator from his seat
at the rear OF the motor.
THE initial thrust Is obtained from
a coiled spring operating from a steel
barrel, OF the catapult type, the i'm.
petus thus obtained being sufficient
to get the model into the air. after
which the propelling power Is fur.
nished by one-eighth horsepower
electrically driven motor capable OF
1900 revolutions per minute.
THE motor is set amidship on the
main frame and is coupled by chain
drive to a chain shaft driving the two
ten-inch propellers, one forward and
one aft of the front plane. The power
to drive the motor Is carried to II
over two flexible wires.
THE entire construction is of al.
minimum in the metal work, while ce.
dar is used for the frame standards
the body of the ship resting on four
aluminium wheels, the rear set OF
wheels turning with the angle OF the
rudder."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-28
His Terrible Threat.

Aviation has improved considerably
since the time when Col. Cleary, then
county commissioner and for years a
well-known Chicagoan, made a balloon
ascension at a county fair over in
Michigan, says the Chicago Journal.
AS the guest of honor the colonel
was sent upward with the assurance
that there was absolutely no danger.
But as the distance from the earth
grew greater the colonel leaned out
anxiously.
Pull me I'M" he shouted.
The men who were bailing out the
rope paid no heed to his demand.
Higher and higher went the balloon.
Wilder and wilder grew the colonel.
Finally, almost standing on his head
as he tried to keep precarious bal.
ance, he gave final cry of exas.
perated panic:
Pull me in, | tell you, or I'll cut
the rope!"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-28
HER WEIGHT INCREASED
FROM 100 TO l4O POUNDS.
Wonderful Praise Accorded
Peruna the Household Remedy

Mrs. Maria Goertz, Orienta, Okla
homa, writes:
envy husband, children and myself
have used your medicines, and we al-
ways keep them in tn house in case of
necessity. I was restored to health by
this medicine, and DR.. Hartman's In.
valuable advice and books. People ask
about me from different places, and are
surprised that can do all of my house,
work alone, and that was cured by the
doctor OF chronic catarrh. My husband
was cured of asthma, my daughter Of
asrache and catarrh OF the stomach, and
my son OF catarrh Of the throat. When
was sick / weighed 100 pounds; now I
weigh 40.
II have regained my health again, and
T cannot thank you enough for your
advice. May God give you 0 long Life
and bless your work."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-28
INSOMNIA
Leads to Madness, If not Remedied In
Time.
INSOMNIA

Experiments satisfied me, some S
years ago." writes a Topeka woman,
that coffee was the direct cause of the
insomnia from which | suffered ter
ribly, as we'll as the extreme nervous
ness and acute dyspepsia which made
life most painful thing for me.
Il had been a coffee drinker since
childhood, and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all this
harm. But 1t was, and the time came
when had to face the fact, and pro-
tect myself. I therefore gave up coffee
abruptly and absolutely. and adopted
Postum as my hot drink at meals.
II began to note Improvement In my
condition very soon after | took ON
Postum. The change proceeded grad
ually, but surely, and It was a matter of
only a few weeks before I found my
self entirely relieved-the nervousness
passed away, my digestive apparatus
was restored to normal efficiency, and
| began to sleep. restfully and peace
fully.
These happy conditions have con-
tinued during all of the years, and
am safe in saying that owe them en-
tirely to Postum, for when | began to
drink it ceased to use medicine"
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE, in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above Ietterg A new
one appears from time to time. T'saN
are genuine arue= a.a
NuAN Sss~A
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-28
Census Bureau Makes interesting Re
port on Annual Expenditure
for Protection.

Washington.-it costs each person
in the United States only $1.65 year
to go to bed early and sleep sweetly
with sense of security created by
the knowledge that If his house starts
to burn firemen will come quickly to
put out the flames. The census bu-
reau, which has made an investigation
of fire departments and fire losses In
the largest 158 cities of the country,
recently issued an interesting report
on the subject.
In Berlin it costs only &c cents a
year, in London 10 cents and inMilan
II cents to sleep easily. The United
States geological survey has made
computations to show that this differ
enee exists because building restric-
tions In Europe are closer than In this
country. because there are more fire.
proof buildings and because there
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-28
EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH
VILLAGE

In Dowlais, South Wales, about f1f-
teen years ago, families were strick-
en- wholesale by a disease known as
the itch. Believe me, it is the most
terrible disease of it's kind that /
know of, as it itches all through your
body and makes your life an inferno.
Sleep is out of the question and you
feel as If million mosquitoes were
attacking you at the same time.
knew a dozen families that were so
affected
THE doctors did their best, but
their remedies were of no avail what
ever. Then the families tried drug
gist who was noted far and wide for
his remarkable cures. People came
to him from all parts of the country
for treatment, but his medicine made
matters still worse, as a last resort
they were advised by friend to use
the Cuticura Remedies. am glad to
tell you that after few days treat
ment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, the effect was wonder
full and the result was a perfect cure
in all cases.
Il may add that my three brothers,
three sisters, myself and all our fam.
lilies have been users of the Cuticura
Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh, 1850 West Huron St, Chicago.
ILL.,, June 20, 1909"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-01-28
California Youth Makes Success
full Tests with Working Model
Gunzendorfer Machine, II Is Claimed,
Has Many Advantages Over Sue
cessful Monoplanes Of BIeriot
and Wright Biplane.

San Franciseo-A few months In
the future Meryyn Gunzendorfer, Is
years old, expects to be flying over
the Preside grounds In an aeroplane
invented and made by himself. He
has built working model of the ma
chine and has made 1t perform sue
cessful flights
The Gunzendorfer machine, the boy
inventor says. has big advantages over
the successful monoplanes OF Bleriot
and Farnum, and over the Wright
brothers biplane.
Meryyn, who Is the son of ]. Gun
zendorfer, of this city, Is small boy
with a big round head and big eyes
He Is quiet. even to shyness, and 1t
Is with difficulty that he can be in
duced to talk of bis achievements
and made the propellers whirl when
asked to show the machine. In un-
easy monosyllables he told how he had
induced the little craft to fly In his
back yard and down the alleyway to
the street. II had flown 80 to 100
feet, and the only thing that had
stopped 1t from going farther was the
wire by which the power was sup
piled to the electric motor.
The boy began pointing out the SUI
perior points of his machine.
More supporting surface" he said,
pointing to the arrangement of his
planes, which are placed tandem style,
each tilted upward toward the front"
That was clear. Two sheets of can
vas placed that way would certainly
offer more resistance to the air In
falling than would two of equal size
placed one above the other. But how
was this arrangement better than that
OF the monoplane, with It's one long
stretch of canvas?
It's this way" ne said. THE air
hits under here Indicating the under
side of the front plane). So there's
double support to keep 1t lifted with
the force of the air that hits 1t from
the front. That's better for gliding
and for rising, too.
Eyes, you could extend a machine
Of this sort You could extend 1t as
much as you wanted to, because ey,
cry time you'd put another plane on
and another, the extra weight would
not be SO great as the extra power and
supporting surface.
Il reckon this big machine I've