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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01
NORTHWEST CITIZENS
SEEK MORE LIGHTS
Sewers Among improvements
Asked of the District Com
miSSionerS.

What Congress wants to know in or
der to legislate intelligently and rightly
is whether the estimates recommended
10y your honorable board are in the in
terests of the whole people or in behalf
of a favored few. The recommendations
of this association are made by the whole
people and for the whole people. Know
ing this fact We sincerely hope your ac-
ton will be favorable and not antag-
onistic."
With these words the recommendations
made annually by the Citizens North
west Suburban Association to the Com
missioners have been sent to the Dis
trict building by President Charles c.
Lancaster and other officers, calling at
tenton to the needs of the section this
year and pointing out the specific i'm
provements mos- desired
An earnest plea was made for the
restoration of the los electric lights taken
from the section last year. Other lights
are requested as necessary for the pro-
lection of life and property.
Want Sewers. Too.
The construction of suburban streets
and county roads was asked, and also
suburban service sewers west of Rock
creek and north of the city, to cost
$4,000.
The association also asked that an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01
Romance Began at Horse Show.

The romance, which terminated in the
marriage today. began at the horse show.
Young McCrea, who was a famous foot
ball player at school, developed love
for horses. He had several prize win
ners. and met Mrs. Dunlop while exhibit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01
Text of Statement.

its Interpretation OF the Sherman anti
trust act"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01
Helped by Rebates.

TN my humble opinion. and 7 am not
discussing the United States Steel Cor
poration or expressing any opinion as TO
whether or not it is monopoly but am
discussing the question of monopoly gen
orally, the Standard Oil Company secured
its monopoly and maintained it by re-
bates, and il will be found that the In
ternationai Harvester Company. which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01

The statement reads IN part as follows
Monopoly is not and cannot be, pre-
vented or restricted by the Sherman act
alone. as interpreted by the Chief JUS
tice or as interpreted by Justice Harlan.
do not mean to underestimate the value
of that great statute. which should be
an imperishable monument not to John
Sherman, but to George Frisby Hoar
George F.. Edmunds and James u. George
II am thoroughly convinced that no
shipper of heavy freight could ever Sc
cure. an invincible monopoly without the
domination or the subservience of the
common carrier
vestigate violations of the act regulat-
ing interstate commerce as much as the
Sherman antitrust act. BY the very
terms Of the resolution creating this
committee II is directed to ascertain
whether there have been violations of
the antitrust act of July 2, 1890 and the
acts supplementary thereto. and the vari-
Gus interstate commerce acts, and the
acts relative to the national banking as
sociations, which violations have not
been prosecuted by the executive officers
of the government, and I am convinced
that as a result of its Investigations the
people will very shortly see new activity
on the part of the interstate commerce
the interstate commerce commission; they
deserve criticism. This commission
must act upon complaint filed before il,
and while ii has been asserted repeat
eddy that no complaints have been filed
before the commission. it does not fol-
low that no complaints should or that
no complaints will be filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01

"Onyx" and ''Hermsdorf'' Hose.
women's and children's; black, white
and tan. The women's have the dou-
BILE garter tops, toes and heels. II
instead Of 25c for tomorrow only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01

Kings Fasting Cotton. 60o'yez-
spools; Windsor Hooks and Eyes, Bia
Seam Tape. 6-yard pieces: Safer
Pins. all sizes; Emeries, large size
Hairpins, cabinet full; Daring Co
ton, 8 spools for &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01

Messaline Silk Petticoats, black and
all the new shades. including the
much-wanted coronation purple. These
skirts will create a furore at this
price Note these are not trashy or
skimped skirts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01

Trimmed Hats, handmade, OF soft
felt: medium and small shapes: vari-
ously trimmed with wings, fancy
feather novelties, ribbon bows and
velvet You save $3.50 tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01

Silklke Black Skirts, with glove
fitting jersey cloth tops and fiat
fiounces; the new Skirt for the new
gowns Of this autumn winter season.
SSc for tomorrow only.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
INDIAN HISTORY ON TREE.
Carvings and Arrow Heads Show
Work of Cbicxasaws.

Exeter, Mo-, July 26.-While wood
men were cutting timber on Indian
creek yesterday, a large oak tree was
feiled that proved to be historic as
well as an old Indian landmark
A picture of an Indian with bow
and arrow pointing at a running deer
was carved in the bark of the tree.
near the ground, while higher up were
pictures of the rising sur with an In
dian kneeling, a flying eagle, a turtle
lying on its back and a picture of a
snake. More than a dozen arrows
were embedded in the tree where they
had been shot many years ago
From the character OF the carving.
it is thought to be the work of Chick
asaWS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
JUDGE SMART TO DECIDE.
Fight for Mayors ONCE at OIathe Is
Nearly Over.

Olathe, Kan, July 26.-It now is up
to Judge Charles A. Smart of Ottawa
Franklin county, to say who really is
mayor of Olathe. Charles w Gorsuch.
a Socialist, elected on the face of the
returns last spring on the Democratic
ticket by the small majority of II votes,
now is in the chair. Edward Mol, Re
publican candidate. is contesting his
seat.
After a certificate of election was
given to Mr.. Gorsuch, Mr. Mol filed
contest proceedings in the state su-
preme court, and Judge Smart was
named to sit in the contest. The votes
were recounted. Attorneys for Mayor
Gorsuch contested SO ballots, and Mr.
MolPs lawyers selected "a votes which
they said did not look good to them,
making q total of 179 in dispute
Eliminating the 17S, the recount
shows Mr.. Gorsuch to be u votes in the
lead, instead of II. The final result,
however. depends on the decision of
Judge Smart regarding the 17s contest
ed ballots. He took them home with
him to Ottawa, stating before he left
that he expected to make his report
within q week or two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
WANT BETTER ENGINES.
Naval Aeroplanists Experiment With
Two American Makes.

Washington, July 26.-An aeroplane
engine better than any yet produced is
what Captain w. I. Chambers, in
charge of naval aeronautics, is aim
ing at. He wants an engine that with
the greatest Iightness and power. will
not be subject to the sudden and dis
astrous stops that have brought so
many aviators to grief. AS soon as the
new naval aeronautical school at Ann
apolis is fairly under way, the atten-
ton of it's most skilled mechanics will
be directed towards that object.
No engine has yet been made on this
side of the Atlantic to equal the re-
volving cylinder engines of French
machines. But recently Captain Cham
bers has found at least two types of
American engines that bid fair to do
everything that the French engines can
do and at the same time operate more
economically. The revolving cylinder
engines have to be fed with incredi-
Bile quantities of castor oil. At the
high price of the oil, this is a serious
consideration.
The two American motors are believ-
ed to be able to run dependably upon
ordinary cylinder oil, and If their 9TH
er qualities measure up to the foreign
standard they will probably be adopted
for the naval aeroplanes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
Says People Pay $50 Per Capita
to Support Factories.
CLAIMS 1T Is FOOLISH
Santa Fe observation-disclosures
pOrtation Is to Blame.
Other Items of General Interest
in Traffic World.

E. P. Ripley, president Of the Atchi-
son, Topeka d santa Fe Railway COM
pany, is taking a hand in the agita-
ton for waterway transportation
started by E. S. Conway, a wealthy
manufacturer Of Chicago. In an article
entitled What Waterway Transpor-
tation Means to the State" Mr.. Con-
way said:
Carefully prepared statistics DEM
onstrate the fact that of the sum to-
more than so per cent goes for the
TRANSPORTATION of the article he and
his family consume. 1t is also estima
ted that we pay in transportation
rates the sum of $26 for every man,
woman, and child in the United
States
Replying to Mr.. Conway's article Mr.
Ripley said in part
1T is true that the gross earnings of
the railways of the United States
amount each year to about $40 for
each of our population, but does Mr..
Conway really believe, or think he can
make any one else believe, that this
constitutes one-half of the cost of liV-
ing in the United States? The aver
age American family contains perhaps
four or five persons. Does Mr.. Conway
believe that the cost of living of the
average American family is only "a or
S. a week?
Figures on Cost of Living.
1.-THE average amount per capita per
year received by Mr.. Conway's con-
Germ and the other manufacturers OF
the United States for their products is
as the amount per capita received by
the railways for the transportation
they sell. The average value per capita
of the agricultural products produced
in the United States each year is about
SIS. or almost three times as much as
the average cost per capita of railway
+ransDortation. What becomes of all
these manufactured and agricultural
products?
'Mr. Conway may answer that part
of them are exported. That is true
But when the foreigner pays for these
goods he also pays the freight on them
So that it is as fair to say that the
people of the United States have TO
nav each year $3.50 per capita for sup
porting their manufacturers and $40
ner capita for supporting agriculture
as that they have to pay $26 per capita
for TRANSPORTATION. 1t is well known
that between the time that manufac-
tured and agricultural products pass
from the hands OF the. manufactures
and farmer and that they reach the
consumer. the commission merchant,
the iobber. and the retail merchant
must get their profits out of them In
view of these facts, could there pc
any more monumental nonsense than
to say. as Mr.. OOnNdS OOEsss oAtuh 80
cost of transportation constitutes one
half of the total cost of living in the
United States?
continuing, Mr.. Conway advocates
development of inland waterways as
a means of relieving the public of the
burden of railway rates. He charges
that there is not now and never has
been any scientific basis upon which
railroad charges are estimated; the
only one employed is that which may
be expressed by the phrase, all the
trafFic will bear The maximum sum
a business can possibly pay and yet
exist, is the rate which usually has
70 he paid "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
RAILWAY NOTES.

The showing of new bushes in steel
rails and track supplies is favorable.
The leading interest booked zoe
tons last week, including one lot of
10000 tons for shipment to Canada
About one death daily due to ac-
cidents on steam roads occurred dur
ing the past year in Illinois. according
to official statistics OF the total of
AS fatalities as were on electric roads.
OF a total of $50 casualties AL were
on steam roads.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway,
May gross operating revenue, 81
036.137; increase, $159.137. Net OPP
Grating revenue, $569,279; increase,
$172,067. Net income, $S,567; in
crease. $129,543.
From the Oregon Short Line offices
comes the announcement that the
company will receive forty-two all
steel passenger coaches within the next
60 days This is but part of a pro-
gram Of extensive improvements be
ing carried out by the company on a
wide scale.
1t has been announced that the
Rock Island Farwell and Gulf has
been organized to build about $50
miles of road from a point on the
Rock Island to the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass, at Kerrville. Grading
has been completed on 35 miles and it
is said the contracts for the remainder
will be let at once. Maximum grade
will not exceed 1 per cent and the
maximum curvature 8 degrees. NJ. J.
Healy is president and general mana
ger and has his office at Amarillo.
Clergymen who have been compell-
ed to pay full fare for travelling in
Minnesota during the past three years
will be granted half fare on and after
August 1. This is in accordance with
privilege granted before the 2-cent
rate became effective, and means the
20 ~ ,ic1,
has been effective in all the territory
of the Transcontinental Passenger as
ISOLATION except in Minnesota. The
clergy will be able to get this low
rate by getting an annual permit by
writing to the chairman of the asso-
cf1fioD af ChioaUO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
Wells-Fargo Changes.

President Sproule of the Wells
Fargo Co. Express announced that r.
A. Wells, vice president and general
manager, Kansas City, having resign
ed, that position will be discontinued
on August l. A W. Zimmerman,
signed, that joint position is discOn
tinued. The following appointments
take effect August / c. H. Gardiner,
secretary, New York B. H. River,
treasurer, New York; Richard Burr,
comptroller, New York; E. E. Honn,
general auditor, New York; c. W.
Stockton, commerce counsel and taxes,
New York; J. d. Ludlow, general traf-
fio manager, New York; c. r. Ora
ham. traffic manager, San Francisco;
G. F. Johnson, traffic manager, Hous-
ton; G. s. Lee, traffic manager, New
York; d. I. Mervine, general super
intendent OF transportation, Chicago;
E. E. White, general superintendent Of
stables and street equipment, Chicago
W. z Scott, superintendent money or
der department, New York; W. W.
Culmer. general purchasing agent.
Chicago; A. G. Brandenburg, general
supply agent, Chicago
Central DepartIn ent=O. j. Peter
son, general superintendent, ST. Louis
to whom the following superintendent
will report: j. NJ. Crawford, eastern
Missouri division, St. Louis; H. ".
Campbell, western Missouri division,
Kansas division, Kansas City; E. E.
Brayman. western Kansas division,
Wichita; ". R. Buckmaster. northern
Kansas and Nebraska division, st.
Joseph; NJ \. Kendall, general agent,
St. Louis: 7. Longaker. general agent,
Kansas City.
Southern Departmental A. Taft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
BANK WILL GIVE SEED.
Oberlin Institution Comes to Aid of
"ShOrt'' Farmers.

Manhattan. Kan. July 26.-Up in
some of the northwest counties of Kan
sas, where dry weather has been Sc
we're with the farmers, are many farms
where seed wheat is scarce. If you
have ever missed a crop two or three
years in succession you'll understand
the situation. If you had family to
care for. and you had that kind of Iii
luck you would appreciate it when
banker comes forward and offers you
and the whole farming community
seed wheat on terms so liberal that you
can scarcely accept quick enough.
That is what has happened in De-
catur county. Otis L. Benton, a banker
at Oberlin. has sent this letter to every
farmer in the county:
1--WE will again furnish seed wheat,
this fall. and desire to impress upon
everyone who receives it that we want
IT put in according to the recommended
lions of the Kansas State Agricultural
college in Bulletin No. 176. d copy of
which may be obtained at our office
Flowing should begin at once, or not
later than August l. The ground should
settle 80 days before beginning to drill,
Therefore those who desire to receive
seed should begin Immediately to pre-
pare their ground by deep blowing.
Where corn ground is clean and in
good condition for seeding. drilling can
begin by September ..
I'VE believe in more thoroughly
working the ground and preparing i
sufficient seedbed to hold the moisture.
TO our friends and customers who will
prepare the ground in this manner we
will do our best to furnish seed on
shares. on the same terms a S in former
years"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
AUTO KILLS YOUNG AUToIsT.
Machine Hits Man Who KneeIs in
Road to Repair Tire.

New York, July 26.-Charles Hirsch,
a wealthy young manufactured of auto
mobile supplies, was fatally injured in
an automobile accident in upper New
York early today. He was kneeling in
the roadway beside his automobile, fe-
pairing tire. when a second machine
came tearing by, hit him a terrific blow
and threw him dying beneath his own
car.
Hirsch was conscious for few mo-
ments before he died and was asked by
the ambulance surgeon if he had any
message to leave.
IT live with my mother" said Hirsch,
each word costing him tremendous
effort please see that she is told of
my death as quietly as possible. She IS
rather old, doctor, and the shock might
affect her seriously
The doctor leaned over to assure
Hirsch that his wish would be COM
piled with, but the injured man was
dead.
The spot where the accident occurred
was the scene of another fatal automo-
bile crash two days ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
CONCERT THURSDAY EVENING
Security Band viii Play at Chesney
Park

The Knights and Ladies of Security
band will give one of their popular
concerts at Chesney park on Thurs
day evening, July 81. 1911, from to
10 o'clock Following is the program:
March-SociaI Life. =. G. Boehme
Waltz-The Prince of Tonight. 49,.
JOS. E. Howard
Overture-Naomi s. F. Morris
Caprice=In Lovers Lana. ....
...... Chas. j. Rockwell
Spanish Serenade-La Peloma
Yradier
PART II.
March-Steamboat Bill ........
$500. Rem Shields, Leighton Bros.
"Reminiscences of the
South ......- Frederic SOlOm on
Wa1tzes-Among the Roses. Farmhouse
Medley Overture-Chas. X. Harris
Latest Hits . Arr. by Clark
Twostep-Li to That Jungle
Band. ......-. Paley & Kelley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26

B. A. West of Santa Fe Gives Advice
to Way Men.

b. A. West of Santa F'e Gives Advice
to Way Men.
The following plan has been in prac-
tlce for the last three years on the Col
orado division of The Santa Fe, and is
considered by the local officers as one
OF the best ever tried, said B. A. West,
roadmaster of the Santa Fe at Pueblo,
COL in letted to the Railway Age
Gazette.
All the foremen are brought together
twice year, once during the summer
ana once during the winter They spend
the day discussing important subjects
pertaining to their work, such as max
ing temporary repairs to switches,
frogs, track and telegraph lines, repair
ing Washouts, handling wrecks, sur
facing and lining track, inserting ties.
handling of foreign laborers, manner
OF keeping reports and time and any
special work with which they may have
difficulty. The roadmaster tells them
the turn conditions have taken in the
financial affairs of the railway COM
pany and explains, for instance why
reductions of forces are necessary at
times even when the road may be do
ing a good business.
These meetings not only freshen up
the foreman, but give him an oppor-
tunity to get q day off once in a while
and see how his neighbor is conducting
mis- work. In this way he gets pointers
he would never have secured had he
remained at home.
Some railways have established ap-
prentice schools for their shop and me-
chanical men. Why not organize sim
department? This should be one of the
best and most economical methods of
promoting efficiency in the mainten-
ance OF way department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
NEW STEEL EQUIPMENT.
Frisco orders FTfty-Tvyo Steel Passen-
ger Cars.

ger Cars.
The Frisco road has just ordered y
new steel passenger cars and % large
Pacific type passenger locomotives. The
equipment will be put into use in the
fall A portion of it will be used on the
Texas lines. During the last three
years the Frisco has not ordered a
single wooden coach. Next month, it
is said IS new alI-steel postal cars will
be delivered to the Frisco. With this
additional number of all-steel cars, 20
per cent of the Frisco passenger equip
ment will be steel
Steel passenger equipment is rapidly
coming into use on all the larger rail-
roads, says the Railway Record. Those
who travel cannot help but notice the
large number of modern cars in evil
dence at every terminal Railroad
men say that the number is bound to
increase until the wooden passenger
coach is largely or wholly supplanted.
The reason for the large demand of
steel cars is the elements of safety in
their construction. They are noncom-
bustible and cannot be shattered or tele-
Scoped in q wreck. The increased cost
of wood is also an item that is consid-
cred in the building of cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
PLAN TO DOUBLE CROPS.
National Soil Fertility League Is In
cOrporated in Illinois.

Chicago. July 26.-The beginning of
a nation wide campaign for better ag-
riculture to double and treble the
crops of staples from the same acre
age within ten years while at the same
Jlme retaining millions of acres on
abandoned farms, is to be launched to-
day with the Incorporation at Spring
field of the National Soil Fertility
league.
Behind the project which is describ-
ed as 1.-The most important economic
movement in the world" are men of
great prominence. Among them are
President Taft, Franklin MacVeagh,
secretary of the treasury; Champ Clark
speaker of the house of representatives;
Cyrus H. Mccormick, DR.. Z. J. James,
president of the University Of Illinois:
William Jennings Bryan and a number
Of railroad presidents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
ORGANIZE OWN PENSION SYSTEM
Erie Employees to Have Plan Inde-
pendent of Company.

Marion, O., July 26.-Erie employees
are planning to establish a pension sys-
tenn among themselves Independent Of
the company. A committee has been
appointed to prepare a constitution and
bylaws, and will have its work ratified
at a meeting to be held at Kent, O.,
next month. 1t is proposed to have
large per cent of the As, 800 men and
women on the pay rolls of the company
enrolled. Under the proposed system,
the men can retire on pension at an age
agreed upon, possibly 20 years, and
during the remainder of their lives can
draw so per cent of the wages received
while they were in the service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
STRIKING PEDDLERs VIOLENT.
Huckster Wagons Are Overturned and
Vegetables Destroyed.

Chicago. July 26.-Violence was re-
newed today in the peddlers' strike.
Wagons We're overturned and vegeta-
bles destroyed in various parts of the
city, the persons suffering being chiefly
hucksters who had declined to quit
attempting to make sales while the
strike was going on The peddlers are
seeking to compel the repeal of an
ordinance that prohibits yelling and
other excessive noise in the streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-26
PAYS RATHER THAN BATTLE.
Fine and Costs Preferred by Italian to
Prison Bath.

Waterbury, Conn. July 26.-Antonio
Irvovano paid a fine of $17.52 rather
than take n bath
IrvovanO was arrested on the charge
Of trespassing on railroad property. In
the city court he was fined SO and
costs of $7.52. He protested that he
was too poor to pay and accordingly
was ordered to Jail. On his arrival at
the jail he was told that he must sub
NIT to a bath before being assigned to
a cell Rather than battle. he ripped