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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
TAFT TO ATTEND BANQUET.
Distinguished Men Will Be Speakers
at Gathering of Yale Alumni.

The speakers at the annual banquet OF
the Washington Yale University Alumni
Association, which will be held February
4 at the Raleigh Hotel, will be President
Taft, Justice Henry B. Brown United
State Supreme Court, retired; Secretary
MacVeagh Of the Treasury, President Ar
thur Twining Hadley OF Yale University
and Charles H. Sheriff., minister to Ar
gentina-
Announcements of the arrangements for
the banquet were sent out today to mem
bers of the alumni. association. A re-
ception to the President will take place
at 100 O'Clock at the Raleigh imme-
diately before the banquet, which will
begin at $50 o'clock. Lee McClung,
treasurer of the United States and presi-
dent of the local alumni association, will
preside at the banquet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
At the Pier.

There are SO many incidents, nearly all
of them trivial. connected with the de-
parture Of great transatlantic liners from
their terminal piers that most any writer
would despair of being able to find enough
interest in them to make a story that
magazine would buy. But not So Will
liam Lawton Curtin. one of the best
known of New York's marine newspaper
men, for he has prepared one that meas
ures up to the standard of our Sunday
Magazine. 1t is brimful of the pathetic,
semi-tra gic. amusing things that go on as
the big steamships are getting ready and
finally pull in their gangplank and haul
out into the stream. These occasions
bring out almost a kaleidoscope of human
emotions. 1t is a rarely entertaining
article, and has justly been given leading
place in the next issue OF our Sunday
Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
HIS NOTES IN SHORTHAND,
Mr.. Kendall Rewrites Speech on
Missing His Manuscript.

An unlooked-for show of versatility on
the part of Representative Nathan T.
Kendall of Iowa while delivering a eulogy
upon the late William Walker Foulkrod
of Pennsylvania in the House yesterday
convinced one fthe Official stenographers
who was reporting the proceedings that
things are not always what they SEEM
Mr.. Kendall carelessly left his prepared
speech at his hotel. He made that dis
covery a few minutes before he was to
speak. Hastily he again wrote 1t out and
read it with smoothness and fine effect
while the stenographer complacently sat
idle in enjoyment Of the effort. Later he
sought the manuscript Of the eulogist
Any stenographer who has ever tried to
decipher the hieroglyphics Of another can
appreciate his state of mind when he dis.
covered that Mr.. Kendalrs speech had
been written in shorthand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING.
Churches Of Christ Executive Com
mittee to Begin Sessions Tomorrow

The executive committee of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ OF
America will begin its annual me citing in
the First Congregational Church tomor-
row evening. Rev. DIR. William H. Rob-
erts of Philadelphia will preside and the
address of welco.le will be made by Rev.
DIR. Woodrow. pastor OF the First Church
Rev. E. Heyle Delk. pastor of ST. Mat
thew's Lutheran Church of Philadelphia,
will respond and later addresses will be
made by Rev. James L. Barton. repre-
senting the Congregational mission board ::
Rev. Charles L. Thompson of the Pres
byterian board of home missions and the
Rt. Rev. Earl Cranston OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. who will discuss the
splendid effort of the Federal Coulcil for
church unity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
PROPHETS Going to Richmond.

The dramatic degree team Of Kallipolis
Grotto of the Yelled Prophets. headed by
Monarch John H. shreve and accompanied
by half hundred prophets Of the grotto.
will leave Washington at noon Wednes-
day for Richmond, where they will at
tend the first big ceremonial session OF
SAINTS Grotto OF that city. The party
will return early Thursday morning.
Samis Grotto was recently instituted, with
Capt. F. w. Cunningham, past grand
commander Of Knights Templar Of vir-
ginia and n member OF Kafltpolis Grotto,
as its monarch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
his teammate, won the championship

in 1900.
The play of Fearing in the final match
was as good S he has ever shown during
the many years he has been interested i'm
racquets. His service was practically I'M
returnable, and in every department of
the game he was the superior of the
others participating in the match. Scott
rendered him valuable assistance at
times particularly in the last game, when
he got his service breaking nicely, but
Fearings work was dazzling at all times.
In the second game, Fearing scored eight
successive aces on his service. and his
all-round court play was fine exhibit
ton.
George r. Standing, the New York
club professional, and Will Ganley, one
of the local club markers were beaten in
a lively match by Jack Suter, the Phila-
delphia club professional. with Fritz
Checker. another local marker. as his
partner. The winning scores were ID,
Eli. 15-S and 17-14. The summary:
National racquet doubles. final round
George r. Fearing. jr., and II. d. Scott,
Boston. defeated Payne Whitney and NJ.
Barser, New York. l5-5. 1916, 15-s. 15-5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
MINING METHODS
ONE CAUSE OF DISASTER
Fatal Accidents in Galleries in
TWenty-Year Period
Total 1928.

There were 3,2233 fatal accidents in the
coal mines of North America during the
twenty-year period ending with 1908, a
rate of 81 to each 1000 employees in the
mining industry. according to a bulletin
of the bureau of labor, Department OF
Commerce and Labor. which has just
been made public.
During the ten-Near period ending with
1906. the latest period for which figures
for other coal mining countries are avail
able. the fatality rate in North America
was 3.13 per 1900 employees. which was
decidedly higher. states the bulletin, than
the fatality rate in any other important
coal field in the world.
Not Definite Regarding Risks.
The full extent Of the risk in coal
mining in North America, the report con-
tinues, is not, however clearly shown by
these figures for the coal fields as a
whole. but consideration must be given to
the rates for each geographical section.
and these show. in the section which COM
prises western Kentucky. Illinois and In
diana, that the fatality rate for the
twenty years ending with 1898 was only
2.25 per thousand employees, while the sec
ton embracing Colorado. New Mexico
and in Washington and British Columbia
the rate rose to per thousand.
Variation in the fatality rates. it is ex-
planned. Is due to different mining meth
oGs and to differences in the coal seams.
THE present industrial and social i'm
portance of the problem of coal mine ac-
cidents." the bulletin states. will APP
pear from the fact that in 19DS over 7tE,.-
WO men were engaged in coal mining, and
the deaths from mine accidents numbered
2.7722''. or 3.S2 per loo employees.
Methods Often Crude.
Mining methods in the United States
are often crude. and known safety pre-
cautions are either disregarded or not
used. Child labor laws have been and
still are indifferently complied with in
many states. and number OF fatalities
occur each year among children at an
age when they should be in school. In
12OS 10 children of Ii and l4 and - chill
dren of II years were among those
whose deaths in the mines were recorded
in the official reports. Foreis born work
men. without actual experience in mining.
are employed in large numbers. and
through misunderstanding of orders or
by reckless disregard of the necessary
! rules of operation often imperil not only
their own lives. but also the lives of the
trained and experienced workers.
The better education of the miners and
better training of foremen. superintend-
ents and examiners is advocated by the
bulletin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
Question of Ownership.

In the answer of the defendants it is
denied that the complainants own and
operate the railroad, and the defendants
aver the facts to be that the Washington
Railway and Electric Company owns all
the stock of the Washington and Rock
vile Railway Company. and that the Of
ficers and directors of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company are the
officers and directors of the Washington
and Rockville Railway Company.
January II the defendants made a mo-
ton to compel the compliments to pay
defendants counsel fee. This was denied
BY the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
DR.. Crothers to Give Lecture.

DIR. Samuel McChord Crothers of Cam
bridge, Mass, is to lecture in the as
semhly room of the Public Library build
ing this evening at o'clock under the
auspices of the High School Teachers
Associa ton. DIR. Crothers is the author
of THE Gentle Reader. THE Pardoner's
Wallet Among Friends and other vol
umes Of essays. Like all lectures given
at the Public Library. the one this even
ing will be free to the public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
Three Weeks Revival Begun.

Evangclistic services which will
probably continue for three weeks
were begun in the II Street Christ an
Church, II street near AZ street south
west, yesterday, by Rev. 0. p Spiegel
of Birmingham. Ala. Miss Sadie l..
Lewis Is soloist at the services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
THINK MAN FOUND DEAD
ON TRAIN IS MURDERER
Papers of Kissing Canadian
Discovered on Body in
Sleeping Car.

THIEF RIVER FALLS. Mimi. Janu-
airy as-In a dead man taken from a 500
line sleeping car here. the police and de-
tectives see possible murderer stricken
down by death during his flight from the
scene of his crime
The disappearance oe L. r. loves Q
young business man of Cannington. Ont.
and the fact that a number of Loves
papers were found in the dead mans pos
session strengthen this belief The mys-
terious unknown also was travelling On
Loves railroad ticket.
When the body was discovered Satur-
day night, soon after the northbound 500
train for Winnipeg had left Erskine. 1t
was supposed that the man really was
Loves. When this city was reached
doctors were called. who said the man
died from strangulation.
Papers on his body gave the address OF
Loves relatives and his brother, Glenn
Loves of Morris. Sask., was notified to
come here.
Not Heard From in Three Weeka
1t was when Glenn Loves arrived that
the case developed into mystery. for the
Norris man declared he never had seen
the dead man. He told the police that
his brother had been in Chicago on bust
ness and that the last the family had
heard of him was about three weeks ago.
II is known that young loves had
considerable sum in cash in his possess
sion in Chicago and as the dead man
here also carried a large amount OF
money. it IS the theory of Glenn Loves
that his brother was murdered and ROB-
bed and that his murderer is the man in
the local morgue.
Further examination of the body dis
closed that the Clothes worn by the dead
man had been made In Utica. n. Y. Cards
were found bearing the name Theodore
Hampstead, and the address Utica, and
the mans laundry was marked 1T. H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
HEARING ON FARES
Master to Take Evidence in
Rockville Trolley Case.
SUIT TO ENJOIN OFFICIALS
Company Is Seeking to Have New
Maryland Law Set Aside.
CLAIMS LINE IS LOSING MONEY
SUIT TO ENJ0IN OFFICIALS
CLAIMS LINE IS LOSING MONEY
Section Requiring Sale of Commute
ton Tickets to School Children
Being Combated.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. January %. 1911.
1t is expected that Judge Rose in the
United States district court will shortly
appoint a master in chancery to take evil
dence in the suit of the Washington and
Rockville Railway Company against the
states attorney and sheriff of Montgom-
cry county to prevent the enforcement Of
penalties provided in the act passed by
the legislature of 1910 to regulate fares
on the line of the railway company in
Montgomery county.
The bill of complaint as filed by the
railway company through its president
April 22 last sets forth that the effect
of the fare provisions of the act will be
to greatly reduce its revenues, which
revenues upon present basis are wholly
insufficient to meet the operating ex-
pcases and .,Xed charges Of the railway.
which from its organization has never
paid dividend upon its capital stock
and has been met with burdensome def
cit in fixed charges and operating OK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

sell. seeing their properties in danger
Having arranged 10 buy Crassus set the
flre brigade at work put out the fire, re-
butt the house and speedily rose to a de-
gree of wealth that made him one of
Rome's foremost captains of industry.
Municipal ownership has existed in this
country from the earliest stages of the
republic In 1910 there were five water
plants publicly owned. Twenty years
later this had increased to nine. In 1870
nlcipally owned. and in 1850 thirty three.
BY 1870 the number of waterworkS under
municipal ownership was 116, or AT per
cent of all the plants in the country In
1850 the number was 233: in 1890, Sfp6: in
1895. 1850. and in 1899. 1,7S7. In 1896 the
number of waterworks owned by the mu-
inequalities exceeded the number owned
privately. Since then the percentage of
municipal plants has been growing.
New York took hold early of municipal
ownership That city was first supplied
with water by private company in
l116. But in 1872 it put into operation
It's own municipal works. Chicago was
supplied with water by company in
1910. but built its own works in 1854.
baltimore bought its works in 1854. Buff
falo got municipal ownership Of water
works in 1865 and Cincinnati in 1899.
Across the line in Canada there was
early agitation Of municipal ownership.
The city Of
Waterworks Ownership oronto
the General Rule. , nousn' ,hsre 9
in 1873 In Great Britain and Ireland
municipal ownership of water plants is
the general rule. Waterworks were In
troduced by the municipality of London
in 1888 Greater London for many years
was served by eight private companies.
These date all the way from 1913 to 1872
After years of agitation for municipal
ownership, a parliamentary act was
passed in 1902. providing for municipal
ownership Of the water system, and in
1904 the transfer was made.
Municipal ownership of sewerage plants
is now almost universal. Municipal gas
works in this country and in the western
hemisphere, as a whole, are not as COM
mon as they are in Europe. While 1t is
rare to find municipal ownership of cleo
trio railways in the United States, few
of the cities of Great Britain have con-
structed street railway tracks and have
leased them. Boston has built and leased
a subway and the same general plan has
been followed in New York. Municipal
ownership of electric light plants is de-
veloping rapidly in the United States.
though it is not as common as public
ownership of waterworks.
Tomorrow-CHURCH FEDERATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23

F L. c. Winston Of Raleigh. n. c.. .
freight fiagman on the Seaboard AIT Line
railroad. was fatally injured Friday night
at PETERSBURG Va. Ii is believed he was
crushed to death while coupling cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23

The rapid growth of cities in America.
caused By the steady flow of population
toward the centers. has forced municl-
palities to give an unusual measure OF
consideration TO the question OF what 10
do with their public utilities. In TINS
situation. municipal ownership has re-
ceived an ever-increas sing measure of at
tenticn. Statistics show clearly that re-
CARELESS of any differences of opinion
that may exist as to the merits of pub
lie ownership versus private ownership.
there has been steady increase in
municipal ownership in the United States.
Municipal ownership in a broad sense
means the retention by the mun1cipaht!
of any property, and the amount of
things actually owned by the cities and
towns of America is of enormous value
and covers n wonderful range. 1t in
cludes water, light and power systems.
toll bridges. rapid transit subways.
canals, public halls, irrigation works.
cemeteries, potters fields. morgues and
pounds Nor should there be omitted
such properties as libraries, gymnasiums,
Fairgrounds, fair grounds, harbor dreds-
ing properties, life boats. drinking foun-
tains, clocks. bells, a city store, an
ambulance house. moth department prop
critics and a greenhouse.
Richmond, Va. has tobacco storage
warehouse Numerous cities are credited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
Amended Answer Filed.

An amended answer to the bill of COM
paint was filed January last. and sets
forth that s'prior to May I, 1910 the rail-
way was divided into four fare zones, and
that the zone neare~t the District of Co.
.llmbia extended from the boundary line
between said District and Maryland TO
the railroad crossing at the residence OF
cyrus kCyser and included over one
third Of tie entire line OF the railway.
1.-THE defendants admit that prior to
May l. 1910. a cash fare of ) cents per
zone was charged and that the company
also sold Communication tickets between
various points on its line to ard from
Washington at the rate of rs cents per
fare zone and Ii cents between the Dis
trict line ard any point on the line of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany, but refused to sci! communication
tickets between any point on its line and
the MARYLAND terminus OF the road at
Rockville: that it failed and refused to
sell such Communication tickets to its ter
minus at the boundary line of the Dis
trict
Discrimination Is Charged.
1.-THE defendants aver that prior to May
I, 1910 the railway in cash fares and
communication tickets was discriminatory
against persons and places. in that the
southernmost zone was much larger than
any of the others and that all of the fare
zones were unequal i'm length and that
Communication tickets were only sold for
travel to and from Washington, and not
between terminal points in Maryland
1T is admit, d that the railway has OBJ
served since May I. 1910 the statute, by
division of its line into three fare zones.
The defendants also admit that the sec
ond section of the law is designed to COM
pei the railway to sell Communication tex
cts at a lower rate than provided for sin
gle fares and also monthly communication
tickets to bona tide school children under
tuenty-one EeaIs of age at a still lower
rate than that provided for other COM
mutation tickets.
1t is this particular section of the law
that the railway company is fighting and
which the authorities OF Montgomery
county are endeavoring to enforce.
AS the case now stands the parties to
the suit have ninety days from January
in which to give evidence. and the case
will not come to trial in all likelihood
until the April term of court.
May - last the court granted pre-
liminary injunction restraining States At
torney Bowie F. Waters and Sheriff Will
liam f. Welt from attaching any property
of the railroad or interfering with any of
its employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
Crassus, Tirefighter, me-
a CAPTAIN of Industry. -

fire department. Nowadays one expects
to find every city owning and conducting
its own fire department. Rome owned a
magnificent waterworks. but allowed Cras-
sus to organize a private fire brigade Of
his own Almost any night some of the
wooden houses of Rome would catch fire.
and when this happened Crassus hurried
to the scene with his fire brigade While
the flames ragged Crassus dickered with
the owner of the building. and either ex-
acted pay for putting out the fire or got
the owner to agree to sell the house. The
neighbors, too. were likely to agree to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
Municipal Ownership
Form of Socialism.

municipal ownership and in broad sense
would comprise various activities for
meeting the wants common to the citi-
zens of the municipality. The fact that
there is a close relationship between
municipal ownership and phase of
socialism. however. has not served to pre-
vent it's gaining strong foothold in this
country.
When the ceEsus of 1910 is completed 1t
is expected it will show much that is
valuable and inter6 sting as to just what
progress has been made of late in NUM-
cipal ownership in this country. But the
available data suffices to show that rapid
progress is being made by municipali-
ties in the direction of owning their pub
lie utilities and taking them over from
the private corporations. This is es-
sentially true of waterworks. 1t is true
in less measure of electric light and gas
plants and telephone and street railway
systems. In fact, municipal ownership
of sire ct railways is extremely limited in
this country.
An exhaustive investigation into
waterworks, gas works and electric
light plants was made by the bureau
of labor some time ago. and it was
waterworks in the United States, as
against $40 private plants. But there
were only II municipal gas works. as
against 9o1 private. There were 400
municipal electFlc 1gnt plants. as
against o.j72 private. Municipal own
ership is thus shown to apply much
more frequently to waterworks than
to other public utilities. Since the re-
port of the bureau of labor much data
has been collected by the government
on cities. The trend of this, so far as
municipal ownership is concerned. is
to show that it is becoming more com
mon, especially in the large cities. All
but thirty EIGHT cities having over
100000 population owned their own
water plants at the beginning OF 1907.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
LANSBURGH
420-426 IT ST. 4j7-4z5 3d.
Store Opens at $3.50 A. NJ Closes at $50 T. NJ
We Are Compel1ed to Reduce Our Stocks This Week.

Innings.
soc Quality Tailors' Aber-
deem Canvas. tan only. PFC
soc Quality Black Venetian
Lining. $50
$50 Quality Mercerized Sat
cen. in all colors. -. .28c
25c Quality Silk-hnished Per-
caline, black only. l@c
85c Quality .36-inch Lining
Satin, most all colors. Use
SI.25 54-inch Venetian Lining,
in black and gray. 800
soc Quality Satin Serge, in
gray, tan, brown, black and
dark blue. ;. .3Wc
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Ownership by Cities
Not Modern Idea

mazes of history. Numerous cities of
hoary antiquity owned their own
aqueducts for furnishing the water
supply. Ownership Of lands, harbor
improvements. docks and the like was
not uncommon in ancient cities. One
Of the great pioneers in the matter of
municipal ownership was Rome. Over
1900 years ago that city built the
Aqua Appia. named after Appius Clau-
dius 1t was a great aqueduct for fur
nishing water to the city from eleven
miles distant.
Eventually. nine great aqueducts were
in use The city owned them and the
water system of Rome was a marvellous
institution, having a capacity of no less
than 3S,OOOOOO gallons day. One of the
auueducts drew water from a point sixty
two miles remote and two of them are
still in use, so perfect We're they in con-
struction. The water system of Rome was
administered most carefully and ii would
tax many a modern city to improve on it.
Augustus, who tackled many problems.
did not omit the Roman water system and
he improved its organization decidedly.
putting the bureau In charge of a super
intendent Of waterworks. whom he call
ed curator aquarium. The curator had
two assistants and besides had clerks,
consulting engineers. pipe layers, nlasons
Jewelers.. inspectors. reservoir keepers and
mary other attaches and employees