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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
have a,ienated from 10000 to $4,000 acres

have alienated from 10000 to $4,000 acres
from private ownership, banishing two
such landlords as Lord St Aldwyn from
Netheravon and Sir John kelk from It'd
worth. Lady Meux's big property round
Wootton Bassett and Marlborough Wis
count Churchills at Lavington and Lord
Ashburton's former estates near Devices
and Salisbury have all been dispersed
under the hammer.
During four days at the end OF TINS
month the ErleStoke estate is to be sold
There was forerunner of this sale three
wears ago. when c,301 acres in the out
for $15O.OO0. The present sale includes
practically the whole of four Wiltshire
villages. farms, public houses, shops and
cottage The estate covers an area OF
Z 400 acres. It includes the Erlestoke
estate. a residential, agricultural and
sporting estate of loo acres, four
teenth-century priory house. with the
original monastery flshpond and gar
dens: several old-world houses and small
residences fourteen vale dairy farms,
five upland mixed farms and numerous
small holdings of from one acre to nine
ty acres.
From the sentimental point of view the
sale is much to be regretted, though it is
not denied that there may be compenSat-
ing advantages. The former glories OF
Erlestoke Park, in the time of the grand
father of the present owner. are famous
In Wiltshire history. The hospitality OF
the splendid mansion was princely,
among the guests being Princess, after
ward Queen. Victoria and her mother,
and some of the most noted literary men
of the day. Two years after the royal
visit the superb contents of the man
sion were sold, and for nearly twenty
years it was in alien occupation, until the
rather of the present owner returned
and lived there until his death six years
ago
mense property partly in and round the
town of Devices, which town in former
days the family represented in parlia-
ment. This property was included in the
ALI rural.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
BEING MADE IN
MANY BUSINESS BUILDINGS
Expenditure in Repairs in Many Instances Greater
Than Is Contemplated for Construc
ton of New Edifices.

made in the large structure at the north
east corner of Sth and G streets. occupied
for SO many years by government offices,
and an entirely new building has taken
the place of the old houses on the north
side of the street just east of 9th
street.
The locality of 9th and streets and
that of 9Th and G streets have altered in
character very much Of late, owing main
~ to the fact that they have become
transfer centers for the lines of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany. The expansion of this section is
also making itself manifest along H
street and beginning just west of 1th
street At the northwest corner of Sth
and H streets an old-time dwelling is
being altered into a business place. AS
one goes west along this street, that was
so recently exclusively devoted to homes.
it is apparent that the invasion of bust
ness has appeared and that it is likely
to continue with increasing volume.
West of 18th Street.
West OF 18th street such a situation is
not matter of the future, for it has
already arrived. New York avenue
comes in at that point. and the change
has been very marked one along the
latter thoroughfare between 18th and
18th streets. so that there is practically
a succession of business places on each
side. The same thing has happened on
the north side of II street, and the recent
change of the Fredonia Hotel property
from individual ownership into a COM
pany holding is to be followed by the
carrying out of alterations in the build
Ing which will result in transforming it
into modern structure adapted for hotel
uses.
On the next block and at the north
east corner of 18th and H streets the
most extensive building operation due to
private enterprise at present in prog
ress in this city is going on. and will
result in adding to the office facilities of
the city the largest building of the sort
that has yet been erected. Still farther
along and on the next block a business
building is being put up on the site of
dwelling, thus leaving only one building
on that block that is still used for resi-
dence purposes.
There is much to be noted along 18th
street north of H street in the progress
of the expansion of the business center,
and the movement In that particular
locality. which is comparatively recent,
Is still making Roadway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
FAMILIES OF PRISONERS.
How Kansas City Would Care for
Dependents of Evildoers.
From tire Kansas City star


Until recently when the city punished
man for offense the heavier punish
ment fell on his family which was de-
prived of his support during the time he
spent. in the workhouse Under the hu-
name and sensible plan adopted by the
hoard of public welfare under the presi-
dency of William Volker the family no
longer is punished for the misdeeds OF
the husband or father.
As Jacob Billikopf explained 10 the City
Club yesterday the board has accurate
account kept of mans product the
workhouse and denotes the proceeds in
excess of 80 cents day to his family.
When necessary this amount is supple
mented by the board from its funds In
the case of paroled men who cannot get
on with their families for various rea-
sons the board undertakes TO collect what
amounts to alimony for the families sup
port
Ii is collecting from such paroled pris-
oners from 800 to $50 week and pay
ing this over to families that under the
old system would have become charity
charges. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Mailing the Dead.

From the Montgomery tAlaJ Advertiser
The Japanese in Denver who shipped
the cremated remains of his son to
japan through the post Office found a
new use for the mails. In this act the
customs and traditions of people late
ly out of barbarism called for aid upon
the convenienceS of modern life and re-
cevied 1t. The japanese, according to
the customs of his country, wished the
remains of his boy to rest in his father
land. He had the remains cremated and
the ashes tightly packed in a hermetical-
ly sealed jar. This he was able to mail
to japan from Denver for the small cost
Of % cents. It was the first time that
the Post Office Department ever had to
pass upon this particular kind of a pack
age, and nothing was found in the law
to forbid the carrying of it through the
mails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
NEW ELECTRIC FARM
IS GERMAN INVENTION
Near. Berlin Two Farmers Ad-
vance Their Produce Three
or Four Weeks by Device.

NEW YORK, July 14.-"Judge Will
liams' new electric farm will not be
ready for operation before August L.
said Mr.. Lone, the judges secretary, in
his Park row office, referring to the new
est agricultural experiment to be made
in America
Thomas II. Williams was judge for
ten years of the fourth municipal court
In Brooklyn. Recently he retired. and as
farming has always been a hobby Of his
near Northport, L. l., on which he could
raise vegetables and fruits.
about two years ago the judge COM
menced corresponding with some Ger
man scientific farmers said Mr.. LONE,
who were experimenting with electricity
in connection with the growth OF vege-
tables and fruits. Their efforts were
most successful and they interested the
judge to such an extent that he decided
to make experiments of his own, and the
present farm is a result.
First Time in America.
ut will be the first time that electric
farming has ever been tried in America
by any individual. The Agricultural De-
partment at Washington experimental
with it, 1 am told, two years ago, with
great success, but no farmers have since
then attempted the new method.
He is at work installing the appara-
tus now and the farm should be ready to
sow early in August. He will have to
make his first experiments with quickly
growing vegetables, like lettuce, onions
or radishes. as 1t will be late in the sea-
son.
Judge Williams is using the methods
introduced by the German scientists. Poles
are planted twelve feet apart and wires
are run from pole to pole, not only
straight, but criss-cross, about twelve
feet from the ground The current is
generated by dynamo, operated by a
windmill. The current sent through is
large in amperage. but small in voltage.
A certain percentage of the electricity,
partly by induction and partly on account
of its low voltage, falls into or is alb
sorbed into the ground beneath and has
its effect on the plants
Storage of Electricity.
There is a storage battery in connec-
ton with the dynamo. and a certain
amount Of the electricity generated is
stored up in this. The dynamo works
constantly and its effect upon the devel-
opment of seeds and the growth of plants
is said to be very great.
The initial cost or the apparatus, the
poles, the wires, the dynamo and the
windmill. is considerable. But after that
the expense is scarcely mentionable, with
the exception of what wear there may
be on the apparatus.
THE German scientists whom Judge
Williams has been consulting experiment.
ed near Dresden. but two market gar
deners near Berlin have used the re-
suits of their work successfully They
say that fruits and vegeta bleS mature
three or four weeks earlier as result of
the system. These two farms furnish
fruits and vegetables for two of the best
shops in Berlin, and are a5le to get pro-
duce there much ahead of the regular
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Alley Garages Constructed.

A plan for, utilizing alley property is
illustrated in the one-story structure
erected by Edmund X. Fox in the alley
near the northwest corner of 14th street
and Columbia road. There are twenty
two buildings designed as places where
motor cars can be kept, as well as for
commercial purposes generally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Seeing the President.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
do you suppose asked the stranger
in Washington. lit would be possible for
me to see the President?'
Easiest thing in the world replied
the man who lived there. 60 over to
the Union depot and wait around little
while He will either be starting away
or getting back from somewhere"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
BUYS FOR INVESTMENT.
Residence at 629 Lamont Street Sold
to S. w. Galbreath.

Inc tWo-story brick residence, $50 La
mont street northwest, has been sold to
Samuel w. Galbreath. through the real
estate Office of Shannon & Luchs.
Mr. Galbreath will hold the property as
an investment. The consideration in the
transaction was $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Where She Found Comfort.

From Lippincotts.
At a PRAYER meeting held in the back
woods of Rhode Island testimonies were
requested. and a very old woman trtered
to her feet.
81 want ter tell this blessed complain"
her voice quavered. that | have rfeuma-
tz in my back and rheumatic in my
shoulders. and rheumatic in my legs. and
rheumatic in my arms but ] hevs ben APP
held and comforted by the beautiful. Bible
verse, Grin and bear it, ~ ::
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Mrs. Hannah Luchs BUYS House

Charles j. Walker has sold to Mrs Han
nah Luchs for $1,000 the three-story brick
dwelling, 12l2 Euclid street northwest.
through the real estate office of Shannon
& Luchs. 1t contains nine rooms and two
baths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
NO SAILORS STRIKE
WaIkout of British Seamen
Not Considered Likely.
CIRCULAR ON THE SUBJECT
Refers to Camps That Would Ac-
commodate 10000 Men.
LANDED ESTATES SPLIT UP
Historic Erlestoke Property in Wilt
shire, Including 7,4OO Acres,
Will Be Sold This Month.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LONDON, July ,, 1870
1t seems unnecessary to take seriously
the report that a wholesale strike of
British seamen is likely to occur during
this month. 1t is true that an organiza-
ton calling itself the International Sea-
farers Union, founded recently in the
United States. has issued a circular in
which it picturesquely refers to the pro-
vision of camps for 10000 seamen at the
principal British ports in the event of a
stoppage of work. 1t may be doubted,
however, whether there will be any such
stoppage, and if there is 1t Is difficult to
see why encampments should be required.
Seamen when ashore do not usually live
under canvas. Clearly, too. they would
be disadvantaged, for the camps would
have to be at some distance from the
docks and "blacklegs' would have mat
tiers pretty much their own way.
Were it not that the talk about the
encampment rather appeals to the imagi-
nation, the announcement of the Inter-
national Seafarers' Union would almost
nave escaped notice. AS it is, it is stated
that the men must sanction the program
before even the canvas is ordered, ana
something is also SAID about a conference
at Copenhagen to consider the replies OF
ship owners to questions which have not
yet been formulated, much less put to
them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
A Sly Suggestion.

From Lfppincotts.
They had reached the outer portals of
the front door. and were there going
through the process of parting, very lin
geringlY.
When l say goodnight to you this
evening. gurgied Mr.. Youngslow do
you think IL would be proper for me to
place one reverent kiss upon your fair
handr'
Well she sighed softly, as she laid
her head quietly on his shoulder Il
should consider IL decidedly out Of place"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Wiltshire Estates Split Up.

Few counties have had more big land
ed estates split up in the last ten years
than Wiltshire. War office purchases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16

The slackness in the volume of business
that comes with the summer months IN
this city, as well as elsewhere, is looked
upon as a favorable period for making
exchanges and alterations in buildings
to adapt them for the growing demands
as well as for the new demands. At this
time throughout the entire section which
is recognized as the principal commercial
norton of the city the fronts of stores
are hidden behind scaffolding. and pies
of building material are placed along the
sidewalk. and workmen are moving about
The new is taking the place of the ola.
From Pennsylvania avenue, which, gen.
orally speaking, bounds on the south
this zone. to New York avenue and II
street and Massachusetts avenue, when
form the irregular boundary to the
north. and from 9Th street on the east. 10
17th street or Connecticut avenue on
the west changes of this sort are 10 NC
seen on every hand. The graphic repre-
sentation of current bulldlne opera. a.n,
in this CITY which the building Inspector
Mr.. Hacker, keeps filed in his once SO
that he may be able to see at a glance
the actual situation of course brings
out this phase. ,,,s
registered by means of pins with large
black and white heads the permltS rs
they are granted. both for new buildings
and for repairs. The white-headed pms
represent one class of permits, the olack
heads the Others. so that it is possible 10
see e at a glance both the location and the
character of the building that is now
going on. 49, ~, ,;,s
1t is interesting to hnd that the pm! !.
rbontipc renair work are grouped, and 1t
is further of interest to know tnat the re-
pair work, or, rather, the bluk OF II, Is
TO he found in the above described zone.
where the commercial business OF the clty
is conferred For the most part. the new
buildings erected in the city are either
houses or apartment houses. While the
work that comes under the official deslg
nation of repairs is to provide oet'er anu
iareer accommodations for business
p1aceS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Scheme Rather Nebulous.

All this seems to suggest a rather neb-
ulous scheme, not likely to be helped by
the fact that seamens organizations in
this country are under a cloud for rea-
sons which need not be particularly in
quired into: AS might be expected, the
International Seafarers' Union seeks ia
deprive the Shipping federation OF any
authority as an employers organization.
NO doubt 1t is intended as some sort OF
reply to the International Shipping Fed
Grafton, which was recently brought into
existence.
For some years past this country has
been singularly free from anything ap-
preaching a general strike of seamen.
If the guess may be hazarded, it has
now less to fear from any trouble of that
kind than from disputes such as that
which has arisen at Newport in connec-
tien with the loading or ships at the
there may concelvably affect the whole
of the Bristol channel ports, the circum-
stances under which it arose seem worth
noting. The practice at Newport has
been to pay a tonnage rate for the load
ing of general cargo.
On the ground that this led to hasty
and careless stowage. with consequent
damage, MeSsrs. Houlder Bros. wished to
introduce day rate in connection with
the loading of their steamer Indian
Transport The result was a strike
The Newport corporation, rather than
give police protection to men brought in
by the shipping federation to do the
work. preferred to pay the shipowners
$500 a day as demurragee. Ultimately
the dispute with the men went to arbi-
tratiOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
Option of Day Rate.

Sir David Harrel. appointed by the
board of trade to act as umpire, found
the complaint established that the pay
ment of a tonnage rate Of wages led to
damage to cargo, and decided that the
shipowners should have the option of pay
ing a day rate. AS the union leaders
had asserted the arbitration, they had
no choice but to recommend the men to
give the award trial, but as they them
selves denounced the award, they were
probably not grievcusly disappointed
when the wOrkmen repudiated the award
altogether. There the matter stands. The
shipping federation has now taken steps
to provide labor willing to work in ac-
cordance with the umpire's decision, and
the necessary police protection is ap-
parentIy forthcoming as a result of the
home Office threat to the local authori-
ties. But the situation is full of peril
The labor party is much dissatisfied
with the attempts of the liberal and
unionist leaders to patch up a compromise
on the house of lords veto question.
Speaking at an independent LABOR demon
stration at Burghley Brooke Park, near
Loughboro. Philip Snowden, NJ. p. re-
marked that with respect to the house
of lords question it did not matter for
the purposes of practical politics whether
or not the government was in earnest
about it, The labor party was in earnest.
| If it should turn out that the government
QlQ not prosecute tnE campaign 10 d
conclusion which would forever take
away the power Of that institution to OPP
pose the democratic will. then the labor
party would have something to say about
it, and so would the people.
He believed that if the government re-
ceded one single inch from the conditions
embodied in the resolutions in the mouse
of commons. if there were an agreement
between the representatives of the liberal
party and the unionst party for what
Z nax- cd
stitutional question which allowed the
house of lords to retain the shadow of
veto power over financial measures Or a
permanent veto upon general legislation.
then the liberal party was dead without
the hope of resurrection.
Wiltshire Estates Split Up.
Few counties have had more big land
ed estates split up in the last ten years
than Wiltshire. War office purchases
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
ARKANSAS HEADQUARTERS
For Confederate Reunion Now Open at
Little Rock.

Confederate reunion headquarters
of the Advisory Committee and for the
state of Arkansas have been opened
in the Kahn Building on West Mark
ham street, near Main, Little Rock.
These offices will be maintained until
after the close of the Confederate
Veterans reunion, May 16, II, Is,
1911.
General j. F. Smith and Colonel c..
S. Collins are in charge of the Arkan-
sas Headquarters and are generously
devoting their time and services to
the work of effecring a thorough or
ganization for the great reunion in
every part of this state. The magni-
tude of the reunion is indicated by the
fact that the eating and lodging other
than hotels committee is arranging
a single contract for is, 900 new woven
wire cots, fully equipped for sleeping
purposes. Little Rock will be ready
for the crowd.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
FARMERS Big FIRE LOSS
~r.rtv Horses and wules and $4,000
Bushels Of Rice Are Destroyed
OnIy Partially Insured.

stutteart, Dec. 7.--0ne of the most
disastrous fires that ever occurred in
,he rural districts of this county de
.,roved the barn on the Brooks planta-
,;on south of here, at an early hour
Yesterday morning. Twenty-four
head of horses and mules were cremat-
a and 10000 bushels of rice, $50 tons
ofhay. a carload of corn and many
farming implements and vehicles were
destroyed. The loss will reach up
yards of $4,000, with insurance
amounting to about $1,000. The rice
destroyed represented about half the
erop of the large plantation this year.
Only few weeks ago large barn
north of town was destroyed by fire,
retailing a loss of nearly $4,000,
which was attributed to incendiaries,
and the fire of this morning is also be-
lieved to have been started by some
one with malicious intent. Both fires
we're discovered while the building
we're falling in and too late to save
any of the contents.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
TREASURER MOVES OFFICE
M. M. Shields Has Secured Big Safe
and Moved Books to His South
Side Store.

County Treasurer M. M. Shields has
moved his Office from the court house
to his place of business on South Mena
street.
He has made this change so that he
could better look after his personal
business. In order that the county
record books which he must use could
be protected from fire or other dam
age, Mr. Shields has purchased the
large safe which was used by the
Farmers & Merchants Bank prior to
their recent change in business. This
safe was moved from the old building
and placed on a concrete foun-
dation which Mr.. Shields had built in
the front of his store.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
WORD FROM DR.. JENNINGS
Was Old Frisnd Of DR.. Pool, Who Died
Last Week

DR.. E. M. Jennings, known to all
old settlers of this section, writes The
Star as follows from Blair, Ok, where
he is now living.
Find money order for renewal of
The Star. | must have the news from
old home, let it be good or bad.
1t is with deep regret that read of
the sudden death of my old friend and
neighbor, DR.. A. ]. Pool. He and |
may be said to be the pioneer physi-
clans of Montgomery and Polk coun-
ties, having been neighbor practi-
TONERS for over quarter of century.
itseems hard that he should be snatch
ed off in his prime while l, 81 years
older, still remain. But such is life. .
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
Minnesota Man Likes The Star.

Thomas c. Myers, a contractor and
builder of Park Rapids, Mimi, who
was in Mena few years ago, in re-
newine his subscription to The Star,
in part writes:
Il like to read your paper and keep
posted on affairs in your county and
the Southwest. | also am glad to
know that you are going to get your
railroad to Hot Springs, and | think
your citizens have taken the right
way to get it. was interested in
your attorney general, Hell L. Nor
wood, when he was up to St. Paul this
last summer. A Mr. Gust Zellmer from
our town moved to Mena few weeks
ago. ] hope he likes it. .
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-12-15
c. W. burks Loses Sister.

On last Tuesday morning, the Rev.
c. w. Burks of Mena received a mes
sage from his sister, Mrs. Jennie Hor-
ton of Kemp, Tex, stating that she
was dangerously i'll with pneumonia
and requesting him to come immedi-
ately. Mr.. Burks left on the after
noon train. Saturday Mr.. Burks
received message that Mrs. Horton
was dead. She leaves husband and
A children. This comes as heavy
blow to Mr.. Burks and made doubiy
so by the fact that only few months
ago he lost his mother.
By his manly conduct and christian
character Mr.. Burks has won many
friends in Mena who sympathize with
him in this hour of sorrow. Xxx