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Continued Until October II.

The hearing took up the entire day and
was continued until October IL.
William IL. Lamar of Rockville pro-
tested against the granting of the petit
ton. claiming the effort to increase is to
be a move on the company's part to in
fate its capitalization. He was repre-
scented by Attorney George H Lamar OF
Rockville. The company is represented
by Attorneys George p. Hoover and
George w. Williams.
Mr. Williams was appointed receiver
of the railway company last fall at the
instance of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company. and coincidentally
with this action came the abandonment
of suit in the federal court at Balti-
more in which the Washington and
Rockville company sought TO enjoin the
sheriff and states attorney of Montgom-
cry county from enforcing a law which
reduced the fare over its line from Wash
ington to Rockville.
Philip ID. Laird of Rockville, a member
of the public service commission, asked
to be excused from sitting in the case.
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City of Young Men.

Saskatoon is city of young men,
mostly Americans and Canadians who
have lived on the southern side Of the
border You can Judge of the character
of the population when l tell you that
437 university graduates assembled here
a year ago from the province Of Sas-
katcheWan to form conVOcatlOn for the
new university Of this province. Neary
SO per cent of the population of SaSka-
toon are either native Americans or ca
nadians from Minnesota, the two Dako-
tas, Wisconsin and Iowa, about II per
cent are Canadians from Ontario, and
the remainder are English, Scotch,
SWedes and Russians. Nearly every one
of them came with a fair amount of
working capital and was thus able To
get good start There were no adVen-
furers, no gamblers, no hoboeS among
the number. There are no mines or fac
tories to attract rough characters, there
has been no labor troubles, and, as Il
matter of fact, there are very few Ia
borers in town. There is a most urgent
need of mechanics of every trade, for
almost the entire population are farmers
and business men. Nearly all are or the
Anglo Saxon race; men of education ana
high ideals. with "A remarkable degree
of public spirit and enterprise. All OF
the American immigrants have been nat
uraIized and take an active part In poll
tics.
does If labor was not so scarce. There
is plenty of building material, bricks.
stone and lumber to be had at reasonable
prices, but no one to put 1t together;
there are no houses to rent in the place;
almost everybody owns his own home,
and il man builds a house he usua ly
occupies it himself. The enterprise of the
capitalists here does not seem to compre-
bend the building of residences, although
business blocks of large dimensions and
modern conveniences1 are being multiplied
rapidly and there are several hotels y
new six-story hotel called the King
George, and which cost 100000, is just
being completed.
Farm labor is, Of course, very scarce.
Five thousand harvesters We're brought
into the Saskatoon district from the east
this fall and We're paid 81 a day and
board. Some Of them have decided to
remain, but the majority of them went
back to Ontario, where they came from.
There are fourteen churches represent
ing nine religious denominations. Each
Of them has its own house of worship
and is disappearing. There is flour
ishing Y NJ. G. a. and six fine school
houses. which have to be enlarged every
year because they are crowded with chill
dren The school attendance averaged
296 in the year 1906. 1t AVERAGED 1,Gu
last year, and this fall more than 2,op0
children are enrolled In the public schools
The schoolhouSeS are constructed on the
latest and most approved principles and
are as thoroughly equipped as any IN
the city of Boston. The people of Saska-
toon have high ideals and consider edu-
cation irnDortant food
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
AMONG THE FINEST.
Plans for Million Dollar High School
Building in Washington.

Determined TO make the new Central
High School building one OF the finest
educational structures in the entire coun-
try. the Commissioners today held con-
ference with Earnest l.. Thurston. as
sistant superintendent of schools. and
William b. Bittner. consulting archi-
tect of ST. Louis. Mo. Mr.. Bittner is said
to he one of the foremost architects in
the line of school buildings. and is favor
bly, mentioned in the recent report of
the schoOlhouse commission, the sugges-
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plan in the Saskatchewan river thirteen
miles below, which will develop 6.t"
horsepower. Street car tracks are now
being laid by the municipality, and cars
will be running next spring. Municipal
ownership of all public utilities has been
the idea from the start. operated on such
a. basis as to pay the interest upon the
bonds and the expense of maintenance
and repair.
he had from the fact that the sales OF
postage stamps increased 2l3 per cent
during the last twelve months.
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uohs or which are being followed by the
board of education in extending the school
system of the District
The new Central High School will cost
about S1,W0.OOO The Site on Florida ave-
nue. at 18th street has already cost near
~ $4,000. and the board of education
seems to have the assurance of the Com
Hlssloners that the new edifiGe will have
no equal in artistic merit and practical
feature II the proper architect is found
to draw the plans.
An unexpended balance of $4,000 NAV
pc FOUND available TO pay the architect
who is retained for the purpose. This
matter is being investigated by the Com
missioners.
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f0tl00eIpn10. re recently i0aN''" ~
tensiveIy In Canada. and had prepared
a series of articles on his observations
there. Some of these have appeared i"
The Star. and the remainder al 'he
series will he printed from day to day.
BY WILLIAM +. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
SASK ATOON. Can. October >. 1911.
Taking everything into consideration,
do not believe there is more promising
frontier city than Saskatoon. the metrop-
oils of northern Saskatchewan, tantda'
and although it has eager ana ehFlouS
rivals they must Concede its attractions
and advantages.
Saskatoon is 400 miles northwest OF
Winnipeg S54 miles from Montreal ana
G12 miles southwest of Hudson bay
Saskatoon certainly is wonder Tor
rapid growth. In 1903 it had popula-
ton of 113. in 1901; it had BOO: in 1910
it had 1850, and the census OF i"ll,
which has not yet been announced. Is eX-
pected to show 5000 people You can
Judge something from the building sta
tistics In 1897 there were $I1I,211 worth
of new buildings erected. and in 1910 the
new buildings cost $2,s11,II1. The as
sesSment for taxation increased from
s2.a17,l45 in 1906 to $1$,ooo,Ooo in 1911.
Saskatoon has one of the best locations
of any city in Canada. both as regards
geography and topography. 1t stands in
the center of one of the richest wheat
regions that has ever been known in all
the world, and the Saskatchewan river,
which means rushing waters in Black
foot language, flows through the city.
broad, deep and tawny, and its banks are
lined with artistic and comfort table villas
The Saskatchewan is the largest river IN
Canada. 1t rises near the United states
boundary in the province of Alberta
There are two large branches, known as
form a stream a. large as the Missouri
at Bismark, and it flows north like all
Canadian rivers.
At Saskatoon ii is crossed by four
bridges. That built by the municipality
for teams and pedestrians is LOO feet
long: the Canadian Northern railway
bridge is the same length, the Canad. an
Pacific bridge is 800 feet and the Grand
Trunk bridge is $50.
The government has had a Boston land
sCape architect out here 10 plan Il system
of parks and twenty miles of bouleN arCs,
and both banks of the river viii be re-
served for those purposes. Among other
things in this Land of Great EndeaVor
is an automobile drive of ninety miles
along the southern shore. With a fore
sight that is unusual among boomers of
pioneer cities, the people of Saskatoon
reserved ia acres for Fairgrounds and
pleasure places in the heart of the COM
munity, while the land was unoccuplej
and cheap. instead of waiting until the
great CITY had arrived.
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RETURNS TO CUBA.
Undertaken to Resume Work of
Caring for Names Dead.

Oliver B. Jenkins, official undertaken
for the United States government in
Washington, will leave the city tonight
for Havana where he will continue the
work of caring for the bodies found in
the sunken Maine.
Mr.. Jenkins. in a recent interview pub
Iished in The Star, said that little work
could be done at the wreck until the cy-
clone season in Cuba had passed, and
that all work on the vessel had been
stopped temporarily
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Hurt in Fall From Building.

James Thompson, colored, of 1O15 V
street, fell from the second floor of a
building at 10th and streets northwest
Yesterday afternoon while assisting in
the work of tearing own the structure.
His back and legs were injured and he
was sent to Freedmens Hospital.
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HAYDEN'S
F and 10th SITS.

Ladies' Cloak Dept. Specials
$1,000 Long Tight : fitting
Coats at $500. in black or
grays. with large brass or pearl
buttons.
ladies' WOODEN Sweaters.
Ladies Sweaters at oSc, ST.. so
and up to $3.50.
These Coats are made from
the finest wool yarn. come in all
colors. with the military or
sailor collar. They are worth
up to $50.
Underwear Sale
Manufacturers Samples
At about half the price you
would expect to pay. This
sample lot consists OF mems.
womens and children's fall and
winter weight garments of
nearly all styles and qualities.
Womens Silk and Isle
Union Suits. worth $3.50. at
oSc.
Ladies Silk and Wool Vests
and Pants. worth $500. at 0Sc.
Ladies Vests and Pants, fine
wooden garments. in white and
Srays, at csc each.
Ladies Union Suits. worth
SI.5o. at o8c.
SI.oo Union Suits at soc.
soc Union Suits at 25c.
They are all the fall weights.
Just the kind You'll need.
Ladies Silk Fleece Vests and
Pants, pure white, at 800.
Ladies Vests and Pants.
worth $Ioo. at SOC.
SOC Vests and Pants at 25c.
,oc Vests and. Pants at Ioc.
25c Vests and Pants at I2Hc.
Misses and Children's Vests
and Pants. all sizes
SOC qualities at 25c
800 qualities at Ioc.
25c qualities at 15c.
zoe qualities at nc.
All sizes included.
HAYDEN'S
+ and 10th SITS.
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Attractions for All Glasses.

They already think of other things be-
sides the wheat crop and the price of
land There are a hundred wholesale mer
camille establishments in the city and
philharmonic society; there are thirteen
banks and three trust companies and an
amateur dramatic society; they have here
the best race track west of Winnipeg
and a woman's club which takes an active
mart in municipal affairs. There are nu-
merouS other clubs a literary soclety'
and a fair ground which is claimed to be
the most beautiful in all Canada
There has never been a business 1aliure
in Saskatoon, and the reason is that there
has never been crop failure. one retail
establishment did a business OF Sso,"U
last wear Saskatoon is the largest mar
ket for agricultural implements west OF
Winnipeg. The manager OF the litefhd-
tional Harvester Company. local says
that he sold 81 2J0, 600 worth OF machinery
last year and that his sales VIII go over
s. 600 900 this year. And there are Iorty-
nine other establishments
The wheat crop in this immediate
vicinity was worth $1115Io,oD at the ele-
vators in 1909: $110o00,o0o in 1910, which
was a lean year, and the estimated value
for 1911 is $50 100000, or an average OF
81 $40 per farm The average yield tor
the entire province of Saskatchewan Is
nIaced at tWenty-three bushels per acre
Tor wheat, All for oats. o. Ior parieS
and 10 bushels for t1axSeed ohe larhi-
er Fred Engan by name, Is harvesting
10000 bushels of wheat, 10,VD pusheis OF
oats and 6OOoO bushels OF tiaXseeo
The most extraordinary stories are tolo
about the increase in values OF land For
example, Hermann Schmidt. VINO came
here from Winona. Mimi; SIX seais az" ~
houobt $40 acres OF land adjoining the
city for So an acre. He sold $50 acres to
the university last year for $40 an acre;
and the remainder of his farm was SOFA
Yesterday for $500 an acre 10 " lhIlPeS
scndicate which will lay it out in town
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
HAYDEN'S
F and 10th SITS.

'Hayden'S Busy Suit Dept.
7 Saturday we will sell Ladies
$1,000 Suits for $500.
!. $500 Suits at S7.95.
:, $1,000 Suits at So.o5.
Il $4,000 Suits at SI2.so.
/, These Suits are made from
the finest Atwood materials;
they are satin lined, correct IN
style, and we guarantee to fit.
RaincOat Specials.
Z. Ladies Mohair Coats, worth
$1,000. at S4.9S, in blues, black
and grays
+. $500 Silk Raincoats, in all
shades. at S6.oS.
We sell $1,000 Raincoat for
$1,000.
>oO-tO NdllICodtS DIT D. ~
/. Mems Sweater Coats.
!. Mems SI.oo Sweater Coats,
49,.
: $500 Sweater Coats at 6oc.
] Sweater Coats, worth $40,
at $50.
! Fine Worsted Sweater Coats
at ST .0S: worth $500.
!. Specials i'm Mems
Underwear Dept.
! Mems Fleece-lined or Ribbed
:Shirt> and Drawers. WORT. 5oc.
;at sc.
!. Mems Silk Fleeced or Cooper
Ribbed Shirts or Drawers at
900 They are worth 75c.
!: Mems Silk-tnished Balbrie-
fgan Shirts and Drawers, per
garment, SOC: worth SI.oo.
Fall-weight Union Suits,
worth SI.5O. at 6oc.
!: Mems Extra Fine Australian
:.Shirts and Drawers, worth
Isl 90, at 6oc.
! HAYDEN'S
F and 10th SITS.
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2 John w. Bartlett, seventy-four years
old, a farmer residing a few miles west
of Germantown. Md. died Wednesday
from heart trouble and typhoid fever.
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Another Remarkable Case.

Fred Diechon came here from chicago
i'm 1904 and bought 5000 acres at 80 an
acre. He planted it to wheat In 1900.
and has since taken out an average net
profit of $3.50 an acre after paying all
expenses. Last year he sold his wheat
for $4,000.
The greatest need of the town is hour
mills to grind the wheat, and cattle and
hogs TO eat the by-products: linseed OIL
mills to grind up the fiaXseed; linen mills
to weave the flaw straw into fabrics. and
cordage factories to turn it into tWine
and rope.
There are 5000 farms in this neigh
borhood under cultivation, assessed at
an average of S21.54 an acre. but there
are 10000, ZOO acres still unoccupied.
The total assessment of property in the
city in 1910 was $10.74S,OO0, and in 1911
it Is $13,0O0OOO. The receipts from taxes
increased 20 per cent from last year, al
though the rate was reduced from % to
Il mills on the dollar.
The city of Saskatoon owes $1,o1o.6'I
in the form of bonds issued to pay for
electric light plants. waterwOrks. sewers.
street Improvement and dam and power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06

Rev. William Wiley. eighty-two years
old. a native of Baltimore, died at Cool
Hospital, Fairmont, w. Va.
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TOWN GROWS FAST
Saskatoon, Canada, Is Making
Wonderful Progress.
SURPRISES ALL ITS RIVALS
Population of 113 in 1908 Has
Grown to $4,000 by This Year.
GREAT INCREASE IN VALUES
Property in Some Instances Has In
creased as Much as Ten
Thousand Per Cent

Mr. Curtis died suddenly yesterday IN
Philadelphia. He recently Travelled e>-
tensiveIy In Canada. and had prepared
q series of articles on his observations
there. Some of these have appeared !"
The Star. and the remainder of the
series will he printed from day to day
The Washington times., 1911-09-01
ENGLAND'S PRESS
SAYS GERMANS ARE
HIDING REAL ISSUE
London Mail Declares AN
glophobia" Outbreak Cow
ers Moroccan Case.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-The government
today instructed the British ambassa-
dor at Berlin to make the smallest pos
sible report of the progress of negotia-
tions between France and Germany over
the Moroccan situation.
1t is generally believed here that in
the consideration of the French ''ulti-
matum." Germany will play a more
conciliary role.
The English press attributes an "out-
break of Anglophobia" in Germany to
that governments desire to befog the
real issue.
German papers take the position that
England has caused the present Moroc-
can crisis, and is trying to cheat her
of the fruits of the Moroccan agree
ment with France. The London Daily
Mail today says:
THE octopus when alarmed tries to
hide itself by discharging an inky cloud.
Germany has adopted this ruse, and
the reopening of negotiations with
France is made the occasion for another
outburst against England. If these
assaults are intended to hide a retreat
we shall not resent their injustice"
The Washington times., 1911-09-01
HEARING IS OPENED
AGAINST ALLEGED
AUTHOR OF LETTERS
Miss Dewitt, Timid And
Shrinking, Accused By
Witnesses.

EASTON, Pa, Sept. Ia timid,
shrinking spinster, representative OF
one Of the oldest families in this part
Of the country, was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Turner
today. accused Of being the most tire
less and malignant letter writer in the
history of the Postoffice Department.
She was Miss Harriet Dewitt. and
according to the complaint against her,
has deluged this section of the States
with anonymous letters containing the
most grave charges against prominent
residents.
The most persistent attacks have
Snyder, pastor of the Christ Evan
gelical Lutheran Church here, and his
bride Of year.
Accused Bride.
The letters have accused the bride of
having a past" of having danced In
the most abbreviated costumes, and
without any costumes, in the presence
Of men; Of having swept of her front
porch clad only in a night gown. The
minister has been accused of various
offenses with members of his flock
Other brides and bridegrooms have had
the flood of anonymous scurrilous let
tiers.
Miss Dewitt, through her lawyers,
pleaded not guilty. A bitter legal con-
troversy followed over the Government 3
letters, which included a specimen of
the accused womans writing procured
from her by the postoffice inspectors
who made the arrest. .. -
The letter submitted in evidence
showed a familiarity with the darker
side Of life which friends of Miss De-
witt and her lawyers insisted she could
not have had.
Revenge Motive.
The Government inspectors, however,
were prepared to combat this allegation,
and Will endeavor to show that one rea-
son for the attack on the Rev. Snyder
and his family was that she expected
to wed him for years, and when he
finally ceased his attention to her she
became possessed with a desire for re-
venge.
Among the witnesses on hand when
the hearing opened were the Rev. Sny-
dar and Mrs. Snyder Miss Florence
Willaeur, a telephone operator; Post
master Joseph Pasco, Mrs. David White,
Mrs. Bessie Shipman, and Mrs. George
Pterson. All have suffered from the
anonymous letter writer.
The Washington times., 1911-09-01
Germany And France
To Resume Work In
Settling Squabble

BERLIN. Sept. lit is officially, an
nounced today that the German French
negotiations resulting from the Moroc-
can situation, will be resumed tomorrow
and will continue probably until Mon
day.
The Washington times., 1911-09-01

Finest and dress
lest Of French and
storm Serge Suits
in this seasons
n o b b v 8 h or t
Jacket effect, with
gored or pleated
skirts. Nearly all
colors represented
in this lot. Best
suit value ever Of
fered.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-07
IN MEM0RIAM

In loving remembrance of our
dear sister. Nellie Marshall, who de-
parted this life Feb. 26, 1911.
We miss thee from our home, dear
child.
We miss the from thy place,
A shadow Ger our life is cast,
We miss the sunshine Of thy face.
In the graveyard softly sleeping,
Where the flowers gently wave,
Lies the one we loved so dearly,
In the silent lonely grave.
How you suffered darling sister,
Oh, the pain you did endure,
But by Gods own will you bore ii,
Life is here but death is sure.
Gone from earth, yes gone forever,
Tear dmmed eyes shall look in vain,
We shall see her face, Oh never,
Never more on earth again.
Home is sad, Oh God how dreary,
lonesome, Lonesome every spot,
Listening for her voice still weary,
Weary for we hear it not.
Farewell dear mother, sisters, and
brothers,
| am at rest and shall forever be,
! would but stay with you on earth,
But you can come to me.
May God who claimed our treasure,
Lead US gently all the way,
Granting grace without measure,
Helping US to watch AID pray.
By her loving sister. Mary Pickett.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-07
CALLS EXTRA SESSION
Taft Yields to Democratic Wishes by
Fixing April as Date.

Fixing April 4 as Date.
Washington, March 6.-Because the
senate ignored his request that the
bill carrying into effect the reciprocity
agreement with Canada be passed
President Taft called an extra session
OF congress. to convene on April 4
TO determine wether congress shall
by necessary legislation make opera
tive the agreement"
The president and most OF the Re
pubIcans wanted the session to be
gin on an earlier date. and the time
finally was set as IL was TO please the
Democratic leaders. who will be In
control Of the now house.
At first the president wanted the
session to begin March 10. but some
body called his attention to the fact
that day would be Q Wednesday. and
the president then decided on Monday
March %.
Afterward Champ Clark. who will be
speaker of the next house, and Repre-
sentative Oscar Underwood whose
committee must originate all tariff
bills. urged a later date. Their argu
mcnt was that some time must be
taken in selecting committees Of the
new house and preparing its organiza-
ton Even If the extra session were
convened Immediately that must be
done. If month were given it could
be done by the ways and means com
mttee In the vacation.
The president thought this reason
able and asscnted.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-07
CHOOSE NATURAL BRIDGE
Virginia Press Association Will Meet
There in July.

The executive committee Of the
Virginia Press Association. in ses-
sion in this city yesterday after
noon, determined that the meeting
OF 1911 shall be held at Natural
Bridge. The time was fixed foi
July IL, IL and 10.
Favorable hotel and railroad rates
have been secured, and the best at
tendance In the history of the as
ISOLATION is expected -
A tentative program was prepar-
ed. including the following papers;
The City Newspapers. by Ex-Gov-
ernor VIM. E. Cameron. of the Nor
folk-Virginian Pilot; The Relation
Of Newspapers to Legislation" by
Richard E. Byrd. OF Winchester;
The Ethics of Editorial ContrOver-
sies." by Walter Edward Harris. OF
Petersburg; Business Management,
by s. c. Theis, of New York; "Wo-
man Journalism" by Mrs. Z. w.
Bissell. of Staunton; Taxation
in Virginia" by DR.. d. S. Freeman,
OF the State Tax Commission; pa
per by r. p Barham. of Petersburg,
subject to be selected c. B. Cooke,
Of Richmond. was chosen to respond
to the address of welcome.
Members of the executive com
mittee present were Judge Clarence
J. Campbell, president of the associa
ton, Amherst; A. p Rowe, Freder-
icksburg; J. l.. Hart, Farmville; Geo
o. Greene, Clifton Forge; c. b.
Cooke. Richmond; Lucien Lotion,
mporia-Richmon Times-Dispatch
Saturday