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Evening star., 1911-08-18
SCALING THE PENSIONS
OF POLICE AND FIREMEN
Senator GaI|inger Is Advised
That the Fund Is Great
Iy Depleted.

Unless q new source of revenue is pro-
vided, the District. in all probability, will
again be forced to reduc, the payments
of pensions under the police and fire.
mems relief funds. This information was
communicated to Senator Galinger, chair
man OF the Senate District committee.
by the District Commissioners Today.
The statement is made the basis of a.
request by the Commissioners that Con-
gress enact into law the bill providing
for the creation of police and firemen's
relief and retirement fund.
Source Of Present Fund.
Under the present system the police,
and firemen's relief fund is made up
from the sale of dog licenses, fines in the
Police Court, proceeds of the sale of un-
claimed property in the custody of the
police department. and 81 a month con-
tributed by the members of the police
and fire departments
The bill which is pending in Congress
provides that any deficiency which may
exist in the fund each month shall be
made up from the sale of all District
censes, other than liquor licenses.
According to the communication OF the
Commissioners collections are falling Of.
while the amount needed for pensions is
constantly increasing. Tine arIoupt COL
lected between July !, 13Ii and Aii3ust
Is showed a deficiency of k6.174.l4 az
compared with the corresponding period
year ago, II is said.
Unless Congress comes to the :escle
the Commissioners say 1t will be ncces-
'sary I'm all probability, to reduce the
Payments of pensions to pro rata basis
in order TO keep within the available
revenue.
Former Deficit Made Up.
In transmitting their request the Com
missioners state that sufficient none.
was received during the months o. JEne
and July to make up for the deficiency
in the fund during the rnonrns of JAIN
uary. February March, April and May
Receipts from the sale Of dog licenses.
il IS said. made up the deficit, SO that II
will now be possible to pay the pension
ers In full for the months mentioned. The
deficit amounted 10 $1o.J6630.
While there will be enough money to
pay the pensioners in full for August and
probably September. according to the
communication there Is a grave doubt
that sufIicient money will be added to pay
the pensioners for the month of Octo-
Der.
The Snpmissionerse forwarded to the
Senate mnittee a letter from one OF
the penS(bners of the police fund, pay
ment to whom. on account of the deficit,
was reduced.
Evening star., 1911-08-18

Charles Pritchard. aged fifty-eight
years, died at Laurel. Md, Wednesday
afternoon. He was stricken with paraly-
sis few weeks ago.
Evening star., 1911-08-18

The court has granted permission TO
the receivers of the Brunswick tMd.l
Savings Bank to make distribution OF
33 IL per cent to depositors.
Evening star., 1911-08-18

The Three-masted schooner n. III.
Burrow. Capt. Lowery. was robbed as
she lay at Martins dock at Norfolk,
Va The thief. who entered the cabin.
stole Capt. Lowery's hunting-case gold
watch and small sum Of money. Capt.
Lowery was asleep In the cabin and tire
mate was sleeping on the deckhouse
above. ..fs.
Evening star., 1911-08-18
Forty-Two Cars Needed.

Forty-two cars. in four sections, car
ried the brigade and its property through
the green landscape of Maryland to tie
destination about forty miles away. The
entire command is now occupied in maxi
ing camp. policing II and establishing
guards. The only other feature Of the day
in camp Is parade By the Isl Separate
Battalion.
The train sections left Washington at
80 :. $50 and o'clock. The first sec
tion was the baggage train. Eight cars
carried the brigade impedimenta and two
ears were for stock and loaded with
forty-four horses. Baggage detail was
the cargo OF one passenger coach. and
another held the battalion quartermas-
ters, the post non on-commissioncd staff and
mounted orderlies.
Capt. Edward NJ. Nevils OF the quarter
masters department. was in charge of
this train. No parade was necessary to
bring his men to lexington station OF the
Baltimore and Ohio road, wnence the
trains started all had assembled there
At an early hour TO see that all the Tag
sage had been finally slowed away
Evening star., 1911-08-18
Not a Straggler Left.

Not straggler was left behind. The
getaway was accomplished. National
Guard Armory, denuded of men,, arma-
Evening star., 1911-08-18
Colored Troops in Van.

The lst Separate Battalion, the coiored
contingent OF the National Guard. de-
bouched from the armory at 1th and o
streets at O'Clock. The command. its
quota nearly complete for the annual
outing. proceeded down eth street to New
York avenue. and thence out TO the sta
tion Seven coaches carried them away.
In the same train was Pullman car
on which were Brig. Gen. Hareies and his
STAFF and officers OF the staff derart-
Inents. These had assembled at the sta
tion and boarded their car direct An
other coach in the same section carried
camp servants and walters and other en-
ployes.
With every button bright and gun bar
rels cleaning with perfect luster the
second infantry. officers and men, set out
from the big armory over Center market.
half an hour later. in time TO make the
section leaving lexington at S:3D O'Clock.
The route was up eth street TO New York
avenue and out that thoroughfare to the
station.
The horses of the officers twenty-five
OF them. were loaded on stock ear.
The troops were packed away i'm nine
coaches.
The I'd Regiment. just as new looking
just as br ght and shiny as 70 metal ac-
coutrements followed in the same foot
steps thirty minutes after. They caught
the last section, leaving at o'clock. and
were loaded on ten cars with another
car for the company horses.
Evening star., 1911-08-18

of the comforts Of life. Yet the fact that
the column trotted into Frederick with
every man in tiptop shape and not
horse out OF commission shows what
good soldiers the battery and Signal
corps company are composed of.
Well Fed on March.
Lots Of credit may he spread thick on
every man who took part in this march.
Lieut. Wilson OF the battery. acting as
ouartermaster for the march. was the
commissioned officer who had the ex-
tremely hard work of seeing to it that the
column got through with enough to eat
for men and horses picked proper camp
sites and paid the bills. lie has on his
staff. however. Sergt. Mullen. who lived
close 10 the men. and who had the de-
tails of the work in camp on his hands
IL was Sergt. Mullen who watched the
preparation of three government rations
day. and who made them up, and
watched the cooks and planned and di-
rected. so that the government ration
came to the mess kits with taste Of fine
home cooking. Officers and men had the
good old government rations and noth-
ing else. Sometimes men have kicked on
the government ration. but II tastes
mighty well indeed after day in the
saddle. especially with an old campaigner
like Sergt. Mullen bossins the camp
cooking. Lieuts. Bonnet. Nost ana
dis in the Signal Corps Company have
had their hands full
Capt. Shannon Of the battery and CaFt.
Terry of the Signal Corps have had their
eyes on everything, hut the really nara
work falls on the lieutenantS and nom
commissioned officers on a march ike
the three days hike Of these two or
ganizations.
Results of Discipline.
The work of the captains all winter
long however has shown wonderfully in
the discipline of the men.
The colnun went along the road mind
Ing its own business. The men were po-
lite and well behaved in the little coun-
try villages through which they passed.
They weren't fresh" They kept out
of peoples yards and attended strictly
TO their own business. First SerGt. Friel
of the Battery. vel known as an attn
lete had the job of keeping most Of the
men in order. and he did 1t. too.
There were all sorts of chances for ac-
cidents, illness and breakdowns. but after
the first days experience with the bat |
terry wagon hoodoo. everything was 4
looked after like regular army -organ,-
zation Capts. Cunningham and Kill |
braith. the l.. s. A. officers on the trip
had much good TO say and not much
criticism The care of the intricate
equipment interested the regular officers
not. little the National Guard officers
being complimented on many points.
The ipen who made the march are feel |
ing like veterans With their experience
on the road. No one wants TO so back !
or two and a half day march will be at
tom nfad
Evening star., 1911-08-18
ATWOOD IS WAITING
FOR WIND TO ABATE
Thirty-MiIe Breeze Delays
Aviator's Start on Flight
From Cleveland.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, August lS-With
a thirty-mile wind beating off Lake Erie
all morning. 1t looked today as IL Harry
n. Atwood would not be able to make
his scheduled ninety-fve-mile flight to
Erie, Pa. Shortly afte- 12 o'clock how
ever the wind began to die down. and
he announced that II there was no
change in conditions he would start for
the Pennsylvania city about : pm.
President X. p. Reidenbach of the
Ashtabula Chamber OF Commerce teie-
phoned Atwood this morning asking him
to stop there. Atwood is undecided.
Ashtabula Is fifty-fve miles east of Cleve-
land.
Evening star., 1911-08-18
May Take Passenger.

j. II. Wade, jr., Cleveland's noted bal
loon pilot. who has contested in more
than one International balloon race. Is an
eager applicant for ride in Atwoods 3
Burgess Wright biplane and Atwood may
take him aboard as passenger. The
attachment of Atwood's biplane last night
by constable, acting for the Standard
OIL Company. will not delay his flight In
any way. Bond he furnished more than
covers the amount of the claim.
Atwood is still undecided as to the pro-
posed continuation Of his flight to Boston
Evening star., 1911-08-18

ment and furnishing. is pervaded by
gloomy silence of abandonment
Arriving at Frederick, about ?::0 O'Clock
the baggage train halted long enough 10
permit the removal of horses from the
stock cars and of brides and saddles from
the baggage cars. The horses were taken
into camp by the hostlers and orderlieS.
The rest of the baggage train switched on
to the tracks of the electric line. was
brought right into camp, where unloading
began at once.
The troop cars also We're carried
straight into camp, the men debouching
as fast as the sections arrived Tents
were pitched. baggage was distributed.
and every trooper had a turn at the labor
of clearing away all stones and rubbish
from the streets When guards were
posted, camp wore the appearance of
having been i'm existence for time imme-
mortal
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30

Justice speaks In unmistskable
tones and terms In the ultimatum OF
Alexander NJ. Ellwell, Of Macon, Mo-,
who at the honorable age Of 50, has
been dragged into the courts at the
behest Of his children.
1t appears that Mr.. Ellwell has put
by a certain amount of substance
during his long life, just as any man
may do without offense: and IL has
been his conviction that what he
saved was his. to do with as he
pleased. But his children have
feared that he would waste his
money" and have asked to have a
curator look after his property.
In court Mr.. Ellwell voiced his
sentiments In these simple, vigorous
words: Gentlemen Of the jury, be.
fore will submit to have any man
take charge Of the money I will get
an old shotgun and blow the top OF
my head of. That money is mine.
worked hard for II and made II,
and I've got right to spend It just
as l please. I don't need anybody to
show me what to do with It,"
1t las been pointed out recently
that the greatest hardship relative
to money Is not In the making OF It,
but In the proper disposition Of II
when its possessor comes to die.
Alexander Ellwell appears to have
found that there Is q much more
bitter lesson to be learned from the
possession than from the accumula.
tion Of dollars.
A little property In parents hands
seems to make vultures Of some chill.
dren. And we do not suppose the
possession OF even . very large for.
tune would compensate q father for
the discovery that his children we're
vultures.
A man OF forty may spend his
money In the most preposterous ways
and he may he regarded only as a
good fellow. or plunger--or, posi-.
bly,. as q fool. But let an old man
manifest liberal disposition and his
children. In too many cases begin to
figure upon how much more pleasure
It would give them to spend their
fathers money than to see him spend
It. There would seem to be need If a
strong rule laid down on this subject,
and II seems to us that Alexander
Ellwell, Of Macon. has stated the
rule consisely and fairly.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30

Mrs. Nancy Ann May, widow OF
the late Michael May, died At heI
home In Forest township, Saturday
last, June -, 1911, aged IL years.
She was born In Jackson county
March II, 1888, and In 1859 she was
married to G. holland, who died q
few years after marriage, and In 1855
she married Michael May, who died
July q, 1909. She had been Q resi-
dent Of Forest township for ~ con-
secutive years, and "Aunt Nancy
was greatly esteemed by all heI
neighbOrs and friends. There were
three children by this last marriage
Anna, the only daughter, dying In
infancy, and George and Ed, who
survive. She had been q member Of
the Christian church from her early
wOmanhoOd.
The funeral services were held
from the Forest City Christian
church, Sunday last, and were con
Quoted by Elder b. II. Dawson, the
interment being In the cemetery OF
that place.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30
Home Grown Fruit.

A box Of the most delicious fruit
we have seen anywhere has been sent
to this office by Mrs. John Cain on
the East Side. The box consists OF
cherries. rasplerries and dewberries,
all OF which has been grown on the
Cain property and are the finest Of
their kind.
Especially to Ike remembered are
the dew berries. which, are the largest
We have ever seen and fairly melt In
your mouth. Mrs. Cain says Of this
rruit, They are the heaviest and
most certain producers with the least
labor OF anything l have ever raised.
They are the Gardenia dew berr es,
and We are glad TO tell people what
Oklahoma soil will do. --Okmulgee
Okla Herald.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30
The Fakir.

How often must people he warned
against the fraudulent agents! Tie
first OF last week an agent canvsssed
this town, representing that he was
selling carpets and rugs for big st.
Louis concern. Hts prices were SO
remarkably low that many OF the
women got interested at once. And
oil he required was just q small pay.
ment down -seventy-fve cents or q
dollar-f0r freight charges, etc. The
goods didn't show up at the promised
time, SO one Of the ladies addressed q
letter to the firm name given by the
agent, but the letter came back-there
being no such tirm. About = dozen
Craig ladies have confessed" thus
far, and several more are under sus-
picion by their husbands. - Craig
Leader.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30

Mrs. John Cain, OF the Fast Side,
whose home Is a veritable park, has
In her front yard a magnolia tree
which Is blooming for the first time.
The tree has been planted six years
and has seventeen blossoms which are
In various stages Of bloom and very
fragrant. Many people here have
tried to raise 1.-THE sweet magnolia
tree" and have failed. As far as we
know Mrs. Cain Is the only one who
has been SO successful. A walk
through her garden would explain
why. Mrs. Cain has the work Of irri.
CATION on q small scale down to sci.
ence.-Okmulgee (Okla.) Democrat.
Mrs. Cain for years was a resident
Of Forest City, and q daughter Of the
late John Lister. She has many
friends In this portion OF the county,
who will be glad to read the above
items.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30
More Than Nebraska.

Sixty Missouri counties In 1910 pro.
duced more corn than Nebraska or
Indiana which rank as corn states.
The Farmer and Breeder, edited by
George Il. Ellis, former secretary of
the Missouri State Board OF Agricul.
ture, says: "While corn Ia an impor.
tsnt crop In every county In Missouri,
forty counties In the southern part
OF the state, because OF their rugged
topography, are better adapted to
fruit growing, dairying, grazing and
mining than to corn growing. Elm.
mating that section, we have In the
corn belt proper . few counties In
the southeastern lOwlands, the cOun.
ties north Of the Missouri river, and
sixteen counties In Western Missouri.
Not counting the lowlsnd counties,
because Of the large areas there not
yet put In cultivation, and take only
the forty-four counties north Of the
river and the sixteen counties In
southwest Missouri, these sixty coun-
ties with an area OF almost exactly
one.hslf Of the state, produced In
1910 five million bushels more than
the whole state Of Nebraska, 1916 900
more than the great corn state of
Indiana. 42,032, 900 more than the
great state Of Kansas and $780,, OOO
bushels more than the state of Ohio.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30

DIR. Wood has returned from
Elmo, where he was called by the
alarming illness of q sister. Her con-
dition has SO improved that the Doc
tor was enabled to leave her
With the Thermometer touching
100 degrees In the shade, and the most
intolersble dust storm prevailing the
entire day, last Sunday, June Is, was
one Of the mOst--if not the most dis.
agreeable June days ever experienced
here.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30

Riley Huiatt brought In 10 head
Of hogs Monday that averaged 200
pounds; Ralph Markt had 80 head
that averaged about the same, and
Grant Howard had three head that
averaged &83 pounds.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30
Their Golden Wedding.

A1~nA NVANA~hA w SNANAaAn 81
When these two words, "golden
wedding" are spoken or written in
conjunction, II always suggests to us
autumn leaves, tinged with the gold.
en- splendor Of advancing age, yet re.
tanning enough Of the vigor and vi.
tality Of the summer just drawing to
a close, to be distinctly beautiful to
behold. A golden wedding anniver.
sary is always an event Of interest,
because 1t brings to our minds the
fact that the golden bride and groom
have travelled along the path Of life
arm In arm for a half century. The
multitude Of disappointments and
pleasures, smiles and tears, sorrows
and joys, encountered in those long
years passed. none but themselves
know, and happily many are forgot.
ten.
Fifty years ago, Tuesday OF this
week, John W. Stokes and Sarah II.
Parker we're Joined In marriage at the
brides home In Morgan county, III.
nois. In honor Of the occasion, Mr..
and Mrs. Stokes issued invitations to
their many friends and relatives to
come and Join them In celebrating
the occasion at their home In Craig
and a brigade Of these answered and
made the occasion one long to be re.
membered.
The whole Sentinel force sends its
sincere congratulations to Mr.. and
Mrs. Stokes.
Mr.. Stokes was born In Caroline
county, Md, June %, 1899, and when
. mere lad his parents took him along
with them to Morgan county, iii.
nois, where he received his educa.
ton. In 1858 he read Law with
Ketchum & Mcconnell. OF Jackson.
vile, III. In 1859 he went to Colora.
do, and tried the life OF the ranch.
man, but soon tired OF this and then
returned to Illinois. In 1862 he he.
came a soldier Of the Union cause,
and enlisted as member OF the 2sth
Illinois infantry, being mustered out
as a captain. On his mastering out,
he returned to his Illinois home, for
q brief time, and then went to ST.
Louis county, NO., where he engaged
In the stock business. In 1850 he
came to Holt county, locating In the
Sharp's Grove district, and while on
his farm here he was admitted to the
bar by Judge Bennett Pike. who was
then our circuit Judge, and In 1872 he
went to Craig, and engaged actively
In the practice OF his profession, and
here he has stuck ever since. aud has
been for years one OF the most con-
spicuous attorneys In North Missouri.
In all these years OF his practice, he
has prosecuted In four murder
cases, securing convic; ion of first
degree murder In each case, and de.
Tended In forty.ihree murder trials,
saving each Of his clients from, the
gallows.
Mr.. Stokes served as recorder Of
deeds, by appointment OF Gov. Mar.
maduke, caused by the death Of Rob.
ert Lyons, In 1885.
June %, 1881, Mr.. Stokes was mar.
ried to Miss Sarah II. Parker, OF Nor.
gan county, Illinois, and have been
blessed with a splendid family Of sons
and daughters, and grandchildren,
and on the occasion Of their golden
wedding day, they together with
many friends gathered at his home In
Craig to bear their best and sincere
wishes for continued happiness and
peace and many more days Of sojourn
here.
In politics, he Is a Democrat Of the
old school and both he and wife are
members OF the Christian church.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30
An auburn haired Young |;

An auburn haired young lady IL
pleasing to look upon, but when 1t
comes to trying to make the hair
suffice for lights on an auto, II won't
work. Fred Cook will testify to this,
for while driving his car one evening,
last week, he came near cOlliding
with another car, occupied by q gentle.
man and q girl with auburn hair,
with no lights lit.
Mrs. Mary II. Fletcher, OF Gamer.
on, Mo-, Is visiting her daughters,
Mrs. Milt CrOwell and Mrs. 4. w.
Hesdley.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-06-30

Cy practically
fairly 5000
No bottom land cultivation about
4rOom
house good place fairly we'll
$500 Terms
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-06
NAVAL GUN POINTERS.
How They Are Aided by ;ne Telescope
SIGHT ana Crossbar.

How They Are Aided br the Telescope
SIGHT ana Crossbar
Perhaps very teN outside OF the
service know of the important part
that the telescope and the crossbar
sight have played in the development
of target work. Before the recent IN
PRODUCTION of the telescope and the
crossbar the gun pointer strained his
eyes in the impossible effort to adjust
their focus to three widely separated
objects simultaneously, the rear sight
few inches away, the front sight
dozen feet distant from the rear one
and the target anywk@e from 1900
to $4,000 yards. Ordnance experts
worked over this problem, and the re-
suit was the Introduction of the tel
escopic sight and the crossbars-tWo
pieces of crossed wire at the Nd Of
the telescope When these Cut on
the target the gun pointer presses his
electric button and the gun does the
rest.
1t is eminently spectacular, this
great gun battery practice. This is
from a description given to the writer
by an umpire whose station was on
one of the ships towing the target.
Through the glasses you could see a
needle-like fash from the firing ship, a
vessel SO far distant that her outline
was but an indistinct blur upon the
horizon. Having caught the flash, the
glass is dropped, the eye goes to the
stop watch, and you begin to count
one, two, three, four, FIVE, six, seven
eight, nine, ten. eleven-and about
then you will hear faint drone which
In the next fraction of a second swells
into mighty roar-the roar of an OK
press rushing at the rate of thirty
miles a second. With the roar come
a flying of splinters from the target, a
geyser leaping hundred feet in air
then another and another, as the rico
cheting shell glances from wave to
wave, and then, last of all, the faint.
faroff boom Of the gun which had hurl-
ed the missile. "-Harpers Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-06
PRESIDENT TAFT
IS CRITICISED
Senator Cummns of Iowa, Takes a
Shot at Presidents India
napolis Speech.

Washington, July THE rlgn' u
President Taft to negotiate lne CAIN.
dian reciprocity agreement ana sen'
it in completed form to congress
for enactment, to defend IT, ana ao-
vocate it i'm stump speeches III the
country was asserted IN the senate
yesterday by Burton, OF Ohio' at the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-06
VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.

New York, July 6-The following
are the visible supply of grain figures
as compiled by the New York Produce
Exchange for the week ending July
L: Wheat 23,S36,OOO, decrease $685.
600 bushels; corn 7,4S2,OOO, increase
$4,000 bushels; oats 100000, de-
crease $4,000; rye $4,000, decrease
1000; barley $4,000, decrease 1852. 900.
The Canadian visible supply of wheat
for the week ending July 1 was $685.
600 bushels, increase $4,000.