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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
STATE NEWS.

The Johns Hopkids fund is now
$6Io,4o5.
A Board of Trade was organized at
Fredericksburg.
A successful farmers institute was held
at Highland, in Howard county.
Plans for board of trade were made
at an enthusiastic meeting in Center
vile.
Fire destroyed the plant OF the Sher-
wood Packing Company, at Lewes
Wharf.
Benjamin F. Miller, aged 50 years.
died at his home near Keedysville,
Washington county.
|. Waters Thompson was drowned
from his canoe from the city dock at
Annapolis.
An extraordinary effort is being made
to improve the sanitary conditions OF
Cumberland.
Ice in the bay and in the Chesapeake
! and Delaware Canal is causing the ship
ping much trouble.
The new commercial bank, which will
be run in the offices of the Maryland
Savings Bank, will soon open.
The condition of the typhoid patients
among the midshlPmen at the Naval
Academy is greatly improved.
Rev. George A. Leakin, the Oldest
Episcopal clergyman in this State, cele-
brated his ninety-second birthday.
The annual missionary meeting of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Maryland Diocese will be held on anu
airy Sth.
Several persons were arrested in Cum
berland for noncompliance with Sec
tons Of the code relating to the public
health.
In the last few days eggs have taken
decided downward turn in price, both
in the wholesale and retail markets OF
Baltimore
A charter was granted to the Hagers-
town and Clearspring Railway Com
pany to build a I2-mile electric line out
of Hagerstown.
Henry Mullen, colored, OF Washing
tou, d. c., was shot and killed by his
brother, Thomas Mullen, in a saloon
near Hurdles Store, in Prince Georges
county.
water Engineer Quick began hlllng
Baltimore's new high service reservoir
near Walbrook. 1t will be 20 days be-
fore the 225,ooo, 600 gallons are all in
and the gate house closed.
Rev. John T. Whelan, pastor Of St.
Mary's Star OF the Sea Catholic Church,
Baltimore, and Rev. William A. Rear
don, pastor of Saint Peters Catholic
Church, celebrated the twenty fifth ami
versary of their ordination TO the priest
hood.
Officers and enlisted men of the Mary
land National Guard are keenly inter
ested in the bill introduced in the Senate
by Senator Penrose, of PENNSYLVANIA,
providing for Governmental remunera-
ton for the organized militia OF the
United States.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
Two Weeks Course in Fr,,;+
Growing.

The State Horticultural Department &c
the Maryland Agricultural ColIeoe ~ ~
nounces a two weeks course in P1sc,; o,
Fruit Growing, the Control If Inseat
Pests and Plant Diseases and Snra,; Hee'
This course is offered free, and is onsn
to all persons interested in these snh
Jects in the State. 1t is an opnortu TGD
tor the growers to gain an INSIGHT my
the practical methods of growing tra aso
packing and storing fruit, and the controi i
OF many pests that are detrimental "
successful fruit growing. '"' u
his course is announced to con,n,ano.
on January goth. The local i nsnactors
that are employed by the State Horticuit
ural Department to conduct the ,nenao
ton OF orchards, ETC., will be selertad
from the persons taking this course T.
is hoped that each county will have
large number take this course ,iur,a
these two weeks. The course is given ~
a convenient time for most persons and I'd
the cost is simply board. at &C.
per week. Therefore, growers Of D5 3h;S
county, should make use Of this onn ,ors
tunlty to learn the most up to 6ota
methods OF successful fruit growing, Per
sons interested should communicate with
the Maryland Agricultural CoIIeoe C C,,Il
lege Park, Maryland.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23

the condition for a number of years
Neither the Senate, nor the House of
Representatives can take any action I'M
less they are permitted to do so by
Messrs. Aldrich and Cannon. But the
last election gives indications that the
people have rebelled against the perver-
sion of their rights of government,
and we hope and believe that the people
will go on in their fight until their repre-
sentative government is restored to them,
and that they will elect men TO Congress
in the future who will represent the peo-
pie, and only the people.
1t is the imperative duty of the next
House of Representatives, which will be
Democratic, to sweep away every vest
ige of Cannonism and restore to the
House of Representatives its freedom
to represent the interests of the people.
A failure to do this will be fatal dis
aSter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
The New Supreme Court.

AS reconstructed by President Taft, the
Supreme Court of the United States is
made up of six nominal Republicans
Harlan, McKenna, Day, Holmes, Hughes
and Van Devanter, and three nominal
Democrats-White, Lurton and Lamar,
Edward d. White, of Louisiana, the new
Chief Justice, has been member OF the
court since 1894, when he was appointed
Associate Justice by President Cleveland.
While the history of the court shows
that partisanship has rarely appeared in
its councils, Mr.. Taft has revealed IN the
four selections that he has made and in
the elevation OF Justice White "dmirable
wisdom and tact in consulting legitimate
sectional and political preferences. By
comforting the Chief IuSticeship upon a
Louisiana Democrat he gives to the South
the greatest national honor that 1t has
received since the civil war
The new Justices, Van Devanter and
Lamar, one from Wyoming and the other
from Georgia, already rank high as Judges
and their appointment cannot fail TO re-
new and increase the public favor with
which Mr. Tait's earlier nominations OF
| Justices Lurton and Hughes were re-
ceived Thus in less than two years 1t
has been his high privilege TO name more
members of the court than any other
President except Washington and Lin
! coin.
In view of the antitrust cases now
awaiting Judgment there will naturally
be a great deal of speculation as to the
| inclnationS Of the reorganized court.
Five Justices who participated i'll the
| Northern Securities case are still i'll SER
vice. OF these Messrs. Harlan, McKenna
and Day favored the Governments con-
tentIon that the consolidation was viola
ton of the Antitrust law, and Messrs.
| White and Holmes held to the contrary.
OF the new Justices Messfs. Lurton and
| Van Devanter are on record as United
States Circuit Judges, one against the
Addystone Pipe Co. and the other against
the Northern Securities Company and
the Standard Oil Company Messrs.
Hughes and Lamar have had no previous
service on the Federal Bench.
Grave as are the issues TO be settled in
the trust cases. it is of even greater ln'
portance that this tribunal upon which so
many other things depend should be
complete; that its membership should be
of such high character and ability, and
that neither political intrigue nor personal
favoritism has appeared in the almost
revolutionary changes recently necessi-
tated by death and resignation .-Nea
! York W0Jld.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
The Christmas Mails.

Every effort is being made by Post
master Harrington to have the large
amount of Christmas mail dispatched as
speedily as possible. While there will be
no delivery OF the mail on Sunday
Christmas Day-by the carriers, the regu.
lar force of hands and the carriers will be
on hand in order to facilitate the work in
the office as much as possible.
The general delivery and stamp win.
dow will be open on that day at i 30 as
well as the register window for the de-
livery of the registered mail All those
desiring their mail can call and get same.
The usual collection will be made bv the
carriers at O'Clock p. m.
Every one in the office will endeavor
to see that every present handled through
the mails will be delivered on time and
every thing will be done on Monday to
get rid Of the mail arriving on Sunday.
The office on Monday will be open from
too a. m. There will be two collections
and one delivery. Rural carriers will
make their usual delivery.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
Shows How Sections Grew

Census Director Durand has had pre-
pared map showing at glance the
percentages of increase of population by
sections of the country. Maryland, by
increasing only per cent. is placed in
the class of States that grew least rap
idly, those less than 10 per cent, which
includes the New England States except
Massachusetts, and the States that are
grouped around Illinois, although Hi
inois in the center of this slow growing
center stood out as an exception to its
bounding States and got into the next
class.
In 1910 the total population of the
States. which increased at the rate of 50
per cent. and over is 7,SS7,657, as COM
pared with 4,3S4,457 in 1900, and 2,e27.-
SSI, in 1890 In 1910 the total popula-
ton of the States which increased at the
rate Of from 80 to so per cent, is s,o46,
o4e as compared with $500, 23o in 1900,
and 2,SoS, 9S3 in 1890.
In 1910 the total population of the
States which increased at the rate of
from 20 to 80 per cent, is 20, 4o4, 6I7,
as compared with 23,o32, 4os in 1900, and
IS,7IS,53o in 1890. In 1910 the total
population of the States which increased
at the rate of from 10 to 40 per cent,
is 34,S23, 700 as compared with 80, 1902, $50,
in 1900 and rs, sol, 800 in 1890. In 1910
the total population of the States which
increased at the rate of less than 10 per
cent, is 1920, 243, as compared with
I4,S45, 244 in 1900, and 1890, $3.50 in
1900.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
Deaths Due to Accidents.

External causes, other than suicide,
were responsible for 4I,I35 of the deaths
reported for the census registration area
for the year of 1909, it is stated in the
Census Bureaus annual bulletin on NOR
tality statistics for 1909, now in press
The death rate declined from o77 to
o6.7 per 100, 900 estimated population.
The total number of deaths resulting
from homicide, as reported for the year
1909, was 1854, decrease of 14o from
1908. Not all of the deaths from homi-
eide are specified, SO that the total num-
Der that actually occurred would be in
excess of that compiled The increase
i'll the death rate $50 from this cause
for 1909 over the annual average rate
(2.9) for the five year period I9oI-Ioo5
is probably due largely to greater precis-
ion III the returns.
Among the causes of accidental deaths.
in the order OF numerical importance for
the year 1909 were the following: Rail-
road accidents and injuries $3.50; drown
ing, q. SIS: burns and scalds, z, qo2; injur-
les at birth, hereafter to be classified
under diseases of early infancy. 1868,
injuries by horses and vehicles, 2,I52,
not including injuries by street cars,
1928 and automobile accidents and in
juries, 632; injuries in mines and quar-
ries, 1897; inhalation of poisonous gases,
including conhagration, 1887; other
accidental poisoning, 1,77o; accidental
gunshot wounds, ga; heat and sunstroke,
SIG; cold and freezing, PSI; lightning, $50.
There were LIZA fatal injuries by ma
chinery, chiefly in factories, but the
larger number, 10, 1903, of accidental
traumatisms of unspecifed nature
makes it necessary to consider many of
the figures given above as only minmal.
The slight numerical increase in the
deaths, S,4o2, from suicides registered for
1909 over the number S.322 for 1908.
is less than the relative increase of the
estimated population of the registration
area, SO that the death rate decreased
from 1876 to 1872 per 100, 900 population
The most common methods Of suicide
for the year was poison, 2,464, followed
by firearms, 1895; hanging, I,2I5; as
phyxia, chiefly by Illuminating gas, q8o;
cutting instruments, $50; drowning. 5o7;
jumping from high pisces, I5o; crushing
So, and other or unspecifed means, So.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
Items of Int rest.

Tapped eight feet from the ground, a
rubber tree fifteen inches in diameter
yields three pints Of sap
Milk cooled to a temperature Of ,sl
degrees may be kept several days at any
temperature under So degrees.
Floors and furniture are not scratched
by children playing with new building
blocks made of cork in Germany.
That it will prevent serious wreck in
the event of a collision is the claim of the
inventor of an air buffer for locomotives
To record the number of seconds that
telephone is in use each days is the pur-
pose of new electrically operated meter.
Though but small nation Switzerland
makes 10000, 900 pounds of honey a
year, SO well is its flora adapted to bee
culture.
According to semi-official returns for.
warded by Consul Alfred J. Fleming, of
Yarmouth, the lumber cut in the Province
of Novia Scotia for 1909 was 2S5. 5o4, 27S
feet.
Ii is announced that an International
exhibition of inventions will be held in St.
Louis, Mo-, during the week of April TO-
1917. The object is the demonstration
and promotion of patented machines, APP
planes, devices, tools and processes OF
every character.
For the purpose of making The tele-
phone booth soundproof, German in
ventor lines it with tin. 1t seems that the
lining is in every way most efficient. The
result is that German publication now
advises all architects to use either tin or
aluminium in the walls of houses generally
to deaden sound.
The transfer of the vessels of the China
and Manila Steamship Company, which
has been operating line of steamers
between Manila and the South China
coast for about twenty-five years, from
the British to the American flag, has
served to bring TO the notice of CONNER
cial interests generally the unusually criti-
cal state of the general shipping business
in the Far East
The hope that the United States and
Cuba would some day be linked together
by a regular steamship service as speedy
and luxurious as any between America
and Europe, has been realized. Havana
has been brought within loss than a three
day sail Of New York. and travellers NAV
now enjoy all the luxuries of modern
ocean travel on the voyage.
Anyone contemplating visit to Russia
should secure passport, as he will be
unable to enter the frontier without it.
He should have it viseed at one of the
imperial Russian embassies or constitutes,
either in the United States or Europe
This authorizes the bearer to reside in
any part of Russia, with the exception of
Central Asia, and travel therein for six
months.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
Pensioning Run Mad.

The cost OF wars is but feebly shown
by the count OF the dead and wounded
and the vast sums of money expended
for munitions, transport and keep of
armies in the field after the fight is over.
The end OF the actual struggle is the
beginning OF financial reCuperative effort
OF the most exhaustive nature. This is
illustrated by the fact that more than
forty years after the ending of the civil
war we are still making heavy payments
OF interest on an outstanding remainder
of the war debt, and that we are still
making heavy payments on account of
pensions Last year the pension item
was SI62, 600, ooo
1t is now proposed to pass pensions
act which would increase expenditure
about $40 600, 900. No proof of disability
Is to be longer required. Every honor
ably discharged soldier who served not
less than ninety days in the civil war or
sixty days in the Mexican war would be
entitled to pension on reaching the age
OF o2, and the rates are graded at SIS,
$40, SIS and $50 a month, according to
age, not rank, as against old rates of SIP,
SIS and $40.
No proof of service in the field would
be needed. To have been available for
service is accounted service enough.
The soldier who did not get near enough
to look on is TO be put upon par with
participants in actual fighting.
1t would be great relief to members
OF Congress, no doubt, to get rid of
further solicitation on the part of would
be pensioners if they could at one plunge
sweep all possible claimants on to the
pay roll; but it would be frightful drain
on the Treasury.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
Cannon on the Cutters In.

Governor Pennypacker in 1906 called a
special session of the Pennsylvania Legs
lature and recommended the adoption OF
a number of specific reform bills no one
thought OF pronouncing his action to be
were too frightened to breathe word of
opposition. says the Philadelphia Record.
If President Taft, while the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill was pending, had re-
minded the Republican Senators and
Representatives that the party platform
promised, and the country demanded, a
downward revision, he might have scan
dalized the stand-patters; but does any
body doubt that by SO doing he would
have been applauded from ocean TO ocean
for having shown the courage to perform
patriotic duty?
Speaker Cannon opines that EXecu-
tlveS should act as though they know OF
what is going on in the halls of legisla-
ton. Editors may illuminate and peti-
TONERS may petition; but the first citizen
Of the nation and the first citizens of our
torty-siX States must not express an
opinion that might disturb the brooding
of the legislative hen. Because Governor
elect Wilson, of New Jersey, proposes to
keep tab on the peoples representatives
and tell the constituencies how proposed
acts OF legislation are progressing-or
why they are making no progress
Uncle Joe" calls him 'butter-in."
From his view point "Uncle Joe" is right
enough. Such action would tend to ex-
pose the hugger mugger of committees
and would seriously interfere with the
power Of the Speaker to strange discus
sion.
The exertion of influence by the ExeCu-
tive through promises of patronage, or
threats to withhold it, is quite another
matter-and such influence coming from
a President or Governor is even more
reprehensible than coming from Sena-
tor, Representative or member of Assem-
bly,. But man does not lose his right
as a citizen to discuss public affairs at
any time when he becomes President
Governor or even Mayor of city. On
the contrary, the recommendation to the
legislatures of 'measures" is duty i'm
posed on Executives in express words by
the Constitution of the United States and
the Constitution of nearly every State in
the Union. Speaker Cannon imagined
that he had dealt the Wilson plan crush
ing blow when he sneeringly called it
government by declaration" Wood
row Wilson calls it government by pub
lie discussion; and this is the sort that is
wanted i'll a democracy. Public business
should be conducted in the open and in
sight and hearing of the sovereign people.
Government by private arrangement and
legislative conclave, as exemplifed by
Speaker Cannon, is played out; and he
ought to know it of all men. The people
have "butted in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
Republican Factions in Allegany
County at Odds.

From information received from Cum
berland, the war between the Republican
factions IN Allegany county is becoming
very bitter; instead of lessening it has
increased. The anti-Pearre organ has
charged Colonel Pearre and a number
of his lieutenants, with the defeat of
Mr. Branard H. Warner, Jr., the Repub-
lican nominee for Congress. The article
has stirred up the Pearre factions as
nothing has done for some time. 1t goes
into details and mentions names, and
Colonel Pearre's friends are now angry
since he retired flom the race for renom-
nation, and they look upon it as a covert
attack upon William Pcarre, brother of
the Congressman, who is postmaster of
Cumberland, and who is said to desire
reappointment. His term expires late in
February, Just before Congressman
Pearre goes out of office, and it is satd
to be the plan of the latter to have his
brother named for four years more. The
accusation of treachery against the Con-
gresham and a number of his friends,
il is claimed by the Pearre people. is to
minimize the chance of William Pearre
for reappointment. However, it APP
pears now as if the Congressman had the
better of il, for he has Just succeeded in
having the name of Charles Peters sent
to the Senate for confirmation as Post
master of Westernport. This would be
a reappointment of man who worked
openly against Mr. Warner Postmaster
Peters did not attempt to conceal his OPP
position to the Republican nominee. His
reappointment under these circumstances
would appear to Show that Colonel Pearre
has the whip hand" Mr.. Peters is the
recognized leader of the Pearre faction
in Westernport.
Colonel Pearre is accused by the
friends of MIR. Warner of sending out
letters to his trusted friends asking them
to knife Mr. Warner Under these cir
cumstances they think that Mr.. Pearre
should not have the ear of Mr. Taft in
the matter OF making appointments, since
he worked against the election to Con
gress of man who would have sup
ported the Taft administration. The
Pearre people claim that the charges are
untruthful, sinister and malicious.
Among the direct citations against Mr.
Pearre are his asking Jasper w. Robi-
nette one of the Republican leaders OF
Flintstone District. to vote against Mr.
Warner and that he requested Louis
Spindler, Waterman of the Citizens Ma
tiona Bank. for whom he has some
special pension matters pending to vote
against Mr.. Warner. He is also accused
of trying TO influence John !. Bell, deputy
appraiser of the port of Baltimore, who
votes at Homecoming, to vote against
Mr. Warner.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
Currency Reforms.

This country will have full confidence
in Secretary MacVeagh's declaration that
the United States would be free from
panlcs if our monetary system was I'M
proved. The system should be panic
preventing, as Mr.. MacVeagh says, and
it is the duty of the government to decide
whether or not we shall have disastrous
financial disturbances in the future.
There is need also for a merchant ma
rine and foreign banks of our own if we
are to become what Mr.. MacVeagh terms
"a ullhedged commercial nation" Con
sular reports prove that our foreign COM
merce in South America and other places
where Germany and Great Britain are
building up trade, is very slight because
unlike those countries, we have no ships
or banking facilities there.
Until our present monetary system is
changed and strengthened we shall be at
great disadvantage so far as commercial
expansion is concerned. The DELAY in
this matter is enabling other enterprising
nations to enter commercial fields thai
are practically closed to us ow.-Bosfon
Globe o'4o"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-23
Lost Millions and Wife.

ANY rich mans son who thinks a stage
girl lalls in love with him for himself and
not Tor the money he has in prospect is a
plain, downright. through-and. Through
fool, said George Mulligan, Jr.
Having thus delivered himself. voung
Mulligan announced that he was finallv
done with Bessie Van Ness, the show oirl
he welded in September, 1000. thereby
forfeting all right to the millions of his
father, George H. Mulligan, who lives in
the famous S., 500, 600 McCurdy mansion
at Morris Plains, N. Y.
shes spoiled my life," the Young man
went on, land now at last she tells me
that she never loved me, and married me
only for my money. Pm cast off by nv
father; I'm only a taxcab chauffeur at
$3.50 a week, and I've got no better
prospects-and all because of an infatua-
ton for pretty face. Going some. eh7"
Mr.. Mulligan demanded that she return
to his home, Io47 Lexington avenue.
"I'll return there" he says she replied
after you've got some money. need a
new dress, hat and some shoes. Ifvou
get $40 together III go back to Won:
otherwise not"
THAT was enough for me-" he said.
81 was fool for more than year. work.
ing my hands and feet of for girl that
wanted my money and nothing else. Nv
old dad was right when he cut me off at
the time of my marriage. He knew what
kind of woman she was. Other friends.
too, advised me to keep away from pretty
chorus girls. But thought | was wise
and knew my own business best.
Pm going to be a good chauffeur,
save my money anc try to get into bust
ness for myself. won't ask my father
or anyone else for help-and I've given
up all hope of ever having any money
except what work for and earn. And
that, I've found, "A the best kind of
money, after ALL" Y
Young Mulligan san he had placed his
matrimonial affair in Ae hands of law
yfr friend and expected that some action
Would be taken early lis week.