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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
OF WORLD.
important Events Of the Week
In Condensed Form
CONGRESSIONAL IA DolNGs.

Knute Nelson, senior senator from.
Minnesota, has fired the first gin in.
the battle he Is waging against the
ratification Of the Canadian trade
agreement. He introduced a series of
amendments which propose that prod
ucts Of the farm imported from Can
ada shall pay customs duties, instead
of being admitted free as provided in
the pending agreement. The proposedS
Nelson rates represent substantial re-
auctions az compared with the rates
now levied on articles enumerated un.
der the authority Of the Payne-Aldrich
law. The reductions range from Is to,
80 per cent.
The senate formally organized for
business by adopting the list of APP
pointments to committees drawn up,
by the majority of both parties. The
expected fight against the adoption of
the lists threatened by the progressive
Republicans did not develop, Senator
La Toilette c%ontenting himself with
reading a formal protest against the
selections made by the regular Repub-
licans.
A sensation was sprung in the lower
branch of congress when Repre-
sentative Gardner of Massachusetts,
introduced resolutions of inquiry in
response to a charge by Representa-
tive Difenderfer of Pennsylvania that.
money and influence were being used
to give an Eastern manufacturing con-
Germ a monopoly in the contracts for
shoes for the army and navy.
Victor Berger, the Socialist men,
Der Of congress, in a resolution intro
duced in the house, not only proposes.
to abolish the senate. but aims to.
strike from the hand of the president
the veto power and take from the
courts authority to invalidate legisla-
ton enacted by the house Of repre-
sentatives.
The house has passed the bill to.
enlarge its membership to 433 and to
reapportion congressional districts.
The increase of the size of the house.
wal agreed to by members of both
parties, but many Republicans at
tackled it on the ground that it would
make the house more unwieldy.
Important changes in the Sherman
antitrust law are proposed in a bill
to be introduced by Senator Kenyon
of Iowa. The announcement that Sen
ator Kenyon is working on a measr~e-
of this character has excited a sosE
deal of interest in Washington.
The Canadian reciprocity bill! vas.
conveyed from the house to the SEN
ate and without comment ws.:s re-
ferred to the committee on finance.
It cannot be taken up until the organ
ization of the committee is CT mpleted.
Progressive senators were turned
down by regulars in the p-rty caucus
on committee assignment, the regu-
lars refusing to put La gillette on the
interstate commerce committee and
Bristow on the finance committee.
The United States National Bank
of America, to be established in the
District of Columbia, with 100000, 900
capital. is provided for in a bill intro
duced by Representative Fornes of
New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
German Aerenauu,t fatally Hurt.

German Aeronaut FataJIy Hurt.
Muelhausen. Germany, May g.
Lieutenant Roser OF. the German army,
who recently, obtained Al aviation
pilots license. fell with his aeroplane
from q height Of $50 fest and was so
seriously injured that there IL no hope
of his recovery. His machine wal
smashed 10 pieces.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
HAS $4,000 FIRE
Insurance Of 5 $500 Carried by occu.
pants Of Burned Building.

Insurance Of So 500 Carried by Occu.
pants Of Burned Building.
A. fire involving a loss the largest:
ever seen III Bowbells destroyed
buildings owned by A. e. Wiper and
Mrs. R. A.. Glenn and caused the.
breaking OF the plate glass fronts In
the First State bank, the e. e. Kruger
drug store and the Fl. y. Belkner gen
eral store on the opposite side Ut the,
street. The origin Of the 1re is not
known.
Nothing was saved by the occupants
of the building including the Travis 4
Harris ppol hall, q. H Gjertsen, law
office. and J.. Racket. general store,
Insurance to the amount Ut $6,5O0
wal carried.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
ornithoIosiealIy Speaking.

Fanny has eyes like a dove.
Fanny can sing like a lark.
Fanny has wings on her hat
When cooling at night in the park.
Fanny's as coy as a thrush
pigeon toed, too. I have heard).
So it isn't strange, after all.
That people say, "Fanny's a bird"
Louisville Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
.Th For Tat.

"Why was Muggles SO angry with
his wife,"
Because she took the money to pay
for her new harem skirt that he In
tended to use for his Turkish ciga-
7rettes."-Baltimore American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
.Kittredos sim Very Ili.

Hot Springs. Ark. May 3.-There is
no material change in the condition:
or former Senator A. b. Kittredgesof'
South Dakota, who is critically ~
here.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05

Hie ConcA

His Con0e.
Restaurant Proprietor-eo yous were
In your last place Tor three year.. Why
did you leavefs s$sss ts,,e
New Chef-I was pardoned.-Catholic
News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05


I hear the latest styles for men
Are clothea.to match their halr.
I wonder what wllssbappen.wheh
The, bald man--wiii he dArs7
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
To 30 Consistent.

sI hate a Hart" Pecksniff cried.
Said Brightly. "Then 'twould 9
You really ought to try to hide
Your lack Of self esteem"
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
Hastv Judument.

6aety Judgment.
II car never consent" she was saying,
ITO my daughters becoming your bride"
Then sad Is my fate. I am doubly
F~orsaken." the young man replied,
For the goal Of my twofold desire
foolishly fancied I saw
A pride with the grace Of an angel
And a young looking mother-in-law."
Then her voice, 1t was sweet with emo
tion,
'T'm oftentimes hasty, I find,
And II here I have erred I should do you
But Justice in changing my mind"
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
how About III

He-Darllng. you're looking prettier
every day.
She-Then. why do you want to mar
~ me so soon? Why lot wait Il that's
the case?-St. Louis Giobe-Democrat
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
Slim stxia.

Slim Styles.
Seldom is the girl who serves
AS fashions slave
Now allowed to have the curves
Nature gave.
Spokane spokesman-Rev review.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
Why He Liked Them.

why ~ 6tH00 UUOUus 49,
"Have you ever read the Bible from
feginning to end?"
Eyes. When ! was a boy my parents
compelled me to read a chapter every
night"
what part most appealed to you7"
'oThe Psalms and the Proverbs"
That's curious. Ordinarily a boy
would not be expected to understand
the Psalms and Proverbs as readily as
he would some Of the stories, such as
the story Of Joseph and that Of Sam
SON."
ut wasn't because / understood the
Psalms and Proverbs, but they wert
cut up into shorter verses than any o.
the rest of the Bible, consequently ]
was able to get through the pages
faster."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Washington Proves Delight to
Western Governors.
DINNER AND RECEPTIONS
Entertainment at White House and
Press and Commercial Clubs.
ADDRESS BY MR.. MCFARLAND
Visitors Told of Relations Between
Government and Capital-Leave
for Baltimore.

The western governors who invaded
Washington yesterday, bringing with
them the spirit of big things of the
west. left here this morning at 10 o'clock
for Baltimore, declaring that they were
much pleased with the reception accorded
them here. Twice they visited the White
House yesterday, once in the afternoon to
pay their respects to the President. and
at o'clock last night to attend a dinner
given in their honor, to which many
members of Congress had also been bid
den.
Those at the dinner were: The Presi-
dent, the Secretary of the Interior, the
Governor of Illinois, the Governor of
Missouri, the Governor of Minnesota, the
Governor of Oregon, the Governor Of Ne
,yada, the Governor of North Dakota, the
Governor of South Dakota, the Governor
of Montana, the Governor of Idaho, the
Governor of Wyoming. the Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado former Gov. j.
Franklin Fort, former Gov. E. Y. Sarle
former Gov. James II. Brady, Senator
Perkins, Senator Clarence ID. Clark,
Senator Nelson, Senator Warren,
Senator MeCumber, Senator Gamble.
Senator Hepburn, Senator Dixon. Senator
Guggenheim. Senator Chamberlain, Sen
ator Crawford Senator Gronna, Senator
Myers, Senator Works, Representative
Frederick c. Stevens. Representative
James C. Needham. Representative Frank
w. Mondell, Representative William T.
Humphrey, Representative Joseph r.
Knowland, Representative julius Kahn
Representative Frank M. Nye, Represent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
carrying out the will of the nation witt
respect to its capital, is very large.
Burden Is Now Divided.

1--WE here, national citizens, as the SUI
preme Court has said. gladly contributed
last year not only about ST per capita,
but days and nights of time and thought
and labor to the common task. Seventy
five years of devoted effort by the then
inhabitants of the District to maintain
and develop the city, practically unaided
by their fellow-countrymen, demonstrated
that il was impossible for the compare
lively few people here to carry out George
Washington's splendid idea, and, since
1873, the nation has taken one-half the
burden as it ought to have done from the
beginning, with the cordial approval of
all patriotic Americans. But our citizens
here have ungrudgingly throughout more
than century done more than their part,
as they have sent more than their quota
to all ;atonal wars, and paid their full
share of national taxation.
We realize that there is much to be
done Indeed our comprehensive plans for
the development of the capital in all it's
departments call for much more. 1t is
alive and therefore growing. It must not
be checked in any of its members.
But we are all glad to have you gov
ernors of great states beyond the Allie
ghenies and even to the Pacific ocean in
spect your capital, that you may tell your
fellow countrymen who cannot come what
has been done and what is to be done in
the great undertaking which commands
their interest and devotion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
BALTIMORE THE HOST TODAY.
Western and Southern Governors
Will Be in the Monumental City.

BALTIMORE. Md, December S.-Balti-
more is the host today of nearly a score
of governors from western and southern
states. This was the day fixed for the
visit of the western executives who are
touring the country exhibiting specimens
of the agricultural and mineral products
of their states, and at the same time
the governors Of six southern common
wealths and the heads of nearly all the
transportation interests in the south
met here for a conference as to the best
means of inducing desirable immigration
into the south.
Preceding the southerners came Gov.
Judson Harmon of Ohio, returning north
from Atlanta, Ga, where he had been on
a speaking engagement.
An elaborate program for the entertain
ment of the disting uished guests was ar
ranged by a committee Of 100, headed by
Gov Austin L. Crothers. 1t embraced a
visit to the Maryland week exposition at
9TH Regiment Armory, where a lavish ex-
hibition of Maryland's agricultural and
horticultural resources is, being held; a
tour of the city in automobiles, a steamer
excursion around the harbor. with lunch
con on board; the days festivities to cul-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
to the health office in the last twenty
four hours:
Robert T. Garner, As years, Sibley Hos
pital.
Elizabeth F. Langballe. 80 years, 17o6 U
street northwest.
Richard T. ]. Falconer, "a years, 1870
w street northwest.
Hannah C. Ong, SIS years. 176S Columbia
road northwest.
Sarah A. White. 50 years. 9ss 4th street
northwest.
Murkle Dye, 81 years. Garfield Hospital.
Harold B. Gilbert, days. 738 Gresham
place.
northwest.
Edna Greenfield. 1 year. LOO Walter
Julia Raglan, 81 years. 1s4s B street
northeast.
Seymour Alexander. r.. Is years. $40 r
George Ray. % years, 1870 L street
northwest
Cora Ffckling. As years. 1216 4th street
northwest.
Maria Jenkins. 20 years. 3i6 D street
southeast.
Lott white. 80 years. Freedmen's Hos
pital.
Harvey Jones, % years, rs Florida ave-
nue. northeast.
Frank II. Lloyd. 3 months. 2o6 r street
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Slams Amazon Guard.
ON the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Siam is one Of the few countries which
boast OF corps Of woman police The
members of this Amazon Guard are all
old and ugly. They wear uniform though
they are not armed. Their chief duty is
to act as gatekeepers of the inner or
Women's Palace at Bangkok.
They follow any stranger who enters
the palace and remain with him until he
takes his departure. They see that there
is no mischief made and that no one
makes love to the royal wives and con-
cubines. Men who have business inside
the palace-doctors, architects, carpen-
tiers, electric light filters, etc--enter the
palace freely. but are always accom-
panied by some of the Amazon Guard.
The palace has some difiicuity in re-
cru:ting these guards. as the work Is
hard and the pay poor. and the qualth-
cation-uncompliment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
Clarke H. Wells and Julia T. Oliver.
William Parker and Amealue Rose.
Nathaniel NJ. Ounce and Olivia Lyons.
Clayton A. Hamm of Lewiston, Me-,
and Florence NJ. Hazard of this city.
Samuel Batman and Emma Young
BENJAMIN Luckett Of this city and
Annie Graves of Spring Hill. Va.
Charles Hagedorn and Sallie V. Goode.
Gideon T. Marshall and Margaret
Ryan
Max Greenstein and Annie Steiner
William H. Pyles and Lulu st. Valen-
tine Hooper.
Joseph Werck and Marie Kurtz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
to the health office in the past twenty
four hours:
Charles r. and Elizabeth Morris, girl.
Henry G. and Bessie G.. Milans. boy.
Ralph E. and Temple Harris. girl
Michael ]. and Annie Holl. boy.
Fred w. and Blanche n. Holt girl.
Augustus R. and Lena J. Glasgow, boy.
George and Norma l.. Gilbert, boy.
Lawrence p. and Catherine NJ. Dorr,
boy.
Edward D. and Mary E. Durand, boy.
Francis f. and Louise G. Allen, boy.
Chester A. and Jennie Fauntleroy boy.
John N. and Mary E. Cox, girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Money Expended on Waterways.

The Senate has called upon the Treasury
Department to furnish a statement OF the
total amount of money expended on rivers
and harbors improvements and canal
building. The statement will show the
amount expended ON each river anu each
harbor. and the expenditures will be
classified by states
resolution asking this Information was
adopted at the request Of Senator Bris-
tow Of Kansas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08

inmate in dinner tonight, at which
covers for $50 guests will be laid.
In the list of speakers al the banquet
are two democratic presidential possible
ties-Speaker Champ Clark and Repre-
sentative Oscar w. Underwood of Ala
bama. The program also includes
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel, Fourth Assistant Post
master General P. V. De Graw. Pres
ident Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad the Maryland senators in
Congress, Messrs. Rayner and Smith, and
practically all of the visiting governors.
The southern executives came here pri-
marily for a conference to stimulate i'm
migration into the south. In their dele
CATION were Cows. Mann of Virginia.
O'Neal of Alabama. Noel of Mississippi.
and Blease of South Carolina
Participating in the conference were a
number of transportation executives whose
interests lie in or closely connected with
the south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
A Cruel Question.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's weekly.
Skeezick's car had turned turtle, and
as he sat gloomiiy contemplating the
situation Uncle Silas refined in his nag
and stopped outside.
Turned over, hain't she?" he observed
YEP" said Skeezick shortly.
Want to sell?' asked Uncle Silas.
YES" said SkeeZfck. 'I'll sell out
cheap
What's your upset price?" asked Uncle
Silas with grin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Three Glasses.

From Puck.
Trust Magnate-Is the morning mail
in?
Secretary-Yee.
r. M-very we'll. Credit up the checks.
throw the appeals for help into the waste
basket, and turn the indictments over To
our lawyers to be Quashed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Half-Hour Stories.

Prayers That Have Moved Men" Is
the title OF budget contributed by Ethel
Colson to our next Sunday Magazine
And James Hay, jr., supplies another
grist of his National Topliners' start
ing off with characteristic handling of
John Sharp Williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Setting Herself Right.
From the Chicago Tribune.

I'm not denying" said Mother Shipton.
In talking to the reporters about 1t, that
L predicted the acceptance. the subway,
the end of the world and a few other
things. but I did not predict the phono-
graph. the hobble-skirt or the guinea pig
hat. l knew they were coming. OF course,
but couldn't bear the idea of casting a
gloom over the human race"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
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Beatty. Only the deburantes and the
younger set have been invited.

The charge d'affaires of Persia and
Nine. Ali Kuli Kahn, in compliment to
Mrs. Frederick Schof and Mrs. Birney,
president and vice president, respectively,
of the International Congress of Mothers.
entertained a small company at dinner
last night. There We're covers for ten.
Representative and Mrs. Steven 3.
Ayres have returned to Washington for
the winter. Miss Janette Ayres will make
her debut this month. Malcolm B. Ayers,
student at the General Theological
Seminary, Chelsea square, New York city,
will join the family for the holiday sea-
son at their home, 1920 Massachusetts,
avenue.
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Address at Commercial Club.

eve are glad that you have seen on a
typical Washington day our common
capital You have been reminded OF
George Washington's plan. the prediction
of that far-seeing statesman of the future
Of his young nation, which he believed
would live to greatness and should have
capital worthy Of it, and growing with
it's strength To him, as to Thomas JEFF
ferson. the capital was to be the nations
pride, the common meeting place of all its
citizens, representing to all the world
the country's wealth and power. Lesser
men could not see his vision. Foreign
and domestic wits TESTED at his magnif-
icent plan, while it lay undeveloped
through the neglect of the national gov
eminent for three-quarters Of a century,
but now that the dust has been shaken
off ii, and it is being executed, the in
teliigent citizenship Of the Union, espec-
tally since its attention was drawn to the
National Capital by our centennial cele-
bration in 1900 is unanimous in favor of
making this in all respects the most per-
feet capital on earth.
You have seen something of the parks,
avenues and buildings, of the physical
city. No city is complete. any more than
a man. without development of its mind
and it's spirit also. Education. sanitation,
effic lent administration, social justice, are
equally essential. Inc twentieth century
city, thanks to the great civic awakening.
is everywhere to be made not only beau
tiful outwardly but inwardly; not only
bigger, but better. The patriotic people
of this country want their capital to ne
in all parts of its life twentieth century
city. Most of them will never see it, but
they are proud to contribute to make 1t
a complete. we'll rounded capital, that will
not put them to the blush in any respect
before any expert eye. Per capita their
money contribution is small. about cents
last year. but their contribution of SYM
patty and support to Congress and the
citizens of the District who are. together
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
Other Governors Here.

In addition to the eight western gov
errors and the lieutenant governor of Col
orado, who came here in the special par
ty, there were in Washington yesterday
the governors of four other states, Cows.
Noel of Mississippi. Hadley of Missouri.
Dineen of Illinois and Blease' of South
Carolina, who were to meet with the
western governors and also to attend the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress.
The wind-up of a busy day for the gov
errors was an informal reception at the
National Press Club which took place
after the White House dinner and lasted
until midnight. Yesterday afternoon the
governors were the guests Of the Board
of Trade and the Chamber of Commerce,
which took them on an automobile trip
about Washington and later to recep-
ton at the Commercial Club. The gov
ernors expressed themselves as delighted
with their trip and all declared Washing
ton the most beautiful city in the coun-
try, if not in the world
At the Commercial Club Henry B. F..
Mcfarland, representing the Board Of
Trade and Chamber of Commerce, made
brief address setting forth clearly the
relations between the federal government
and the National Capital. Mr.: mcfarland
said:
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nAlS 244O.

For the convenience
of telephone subscribers
Want Ads may be
telephoned to The Star.
The bill will be mailed
at once and must be
paid within 10 days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08
No Testimony Available.

Not only have the films disappeared
but the police have not been able to find
any one who is willing to go on the stand
and tell what the subjects of the films
were.
In the meantime Bernard Spellbring.
president of the association; George ID.
Murphy and William Long are at liberty
under $500 bond pending an investigation
by Assistant United States District At
torney Ralph Given
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-08

alive Charles N. Pray. Representative
Eben w. Martin, Representative Charles
H. Burke. Representative Louis B. Han
ma, Representative Edward T Taylor,
Representative Burton L. French, the sec
rotary to the President, c. D. Morris, ].
7. Day Colvin B. Brown, Reilly Atkin-
son. Lewis Penwell, Hugh c. Wallace.
William Hanley. L. Y. Mcdowell. c. f..
John w. Timmons and Maj. Archibald W.
Ruff