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Rates Not to BE Advanced.

There will be no advance In the hotel
rates. This has been agreed upon BY the
managers Of the hotels. There will un-
doubtedly be some crowding. but regular
rates only will be charged. A room large
enough to accommodate four or more will
not be rented to one Individual but every
room will be used to It's full capacity,
every occupant being charged the regular
rate. This, 1t Is said by the hotel people.
will prevail here. It will probably be nec-
essary for the big hotels to place beds
in their bathrooms and private dining
rooms while the convention lasts. and
this will be done II necessary. Every WIS.,
itor will be treated In the best possible
manner, the hotel people say. and the
service will be prompt and efficient.
Thousands OF people can be fed daily
at any Of tho big hotels. Tho spacious
dining rooms Of several will seat LOO or
moro guests at one time. and no one In
the city at the time Of the convention
need suffer for want OF q place to eat II
he prefers q hotel.
Those who stop at tho hotels will pay
from 81 a day up for their accommoda-
lions. Those who live I'm boarding houses
may find accommodations for from 81 a
day up. Those who rent rooms and eat
In restaurants may limit their expendi-
lures to any figure. Rooms In lodging
night. A dollar will get . good bed. In
tho restaurants q good meal may be had
for 80 cents or even less. Men with am
pie means and the men with slim purses
may all find suitable accommodations
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10

IN the manner that governed the choice
Of delegates from the respective states
and territories to the last national demo-
cratic convention"
National Chairman Mack was author
tied to name a subcommittee on arrange
rents for the convention. Vice Chairman
Hall and Secretary WoOdson Will DC ex
officio members Of this committee.
The committee passed unanimously the
following resolution regarding the demo
cratic primaries in the District OF Co
lumbia:
.sThe primaries for the democratic
party in the District of Columbia are
hereby directed to be held under the a
rection of the democratic central commit
tee of the District Of Columbia. OF which
committee j. Fred Kelley Is chairman
that the election Of the delegates DC
conducted under the same rules and regu'
latjons formulated by the democratic ma.
tionaI committee for the conduct OF the
nrima hes I'm 1904 and 1905"
The committee adjourned shortly after
4 O'clock and Chairman Mack and Ser
9eant-at-Arms Martin Immediately pro-
ceeded TO Baltimore to get In touch with
the local committee there and look over
the convention hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10

md what a disappointment It is to
ind that though you are young. your
hair is beginning to turn gray-that
you are surely going to look old be-
fore your time.
Don't wait for any more gray hairs
to come-get a bottle Of HAYS
HAIR HEALTH today. Start In
now and use it regularly.
Those gray hairs will soon disap-
pear-be restored to their natural
color and stay so.
HAYS HAIR HEALTH will keep
You looking young.
SI.oo and soc at Drug Stores or d.
rect upon receipt of price and dealer
name. Send Ioc for trial bottle. Philo
Hay Spec. Co.. Newark. N. j.
For sale and recommended By
Peoples Phar, 9TH and X Sts. NV
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L. Jorden. manager of the Belvedere. "It
will show that we are q big city, and car
take care Of 1t. 1t is nothing but tommy.
rot to say we can't do 1t as well as Chi
cago. New York. st. Louis or any other
city. We have handled other conventions
which brought from 10000 to $1,000 PEG.
pie to the city ana the democratic con.
vention will not bring more than that
many. Besides. the strain on local &C.
Communications will be relieved by the fact
that many members Of Congress and their
friends will make Washington their head
quarters and will come here during the
day."
the convention" said Edward Davis, man
ager Of the Rennert. "As many visitors
as will be taken care Of then have been
housed and fed here In former years.
These are q sample Of the statements of
hotel managers Of the city. All regard
the convention as great boom for the
c1ty.
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MRS. G. w. NEEDHAM DEAD.
Wife Of Educator II Victim Of Acute
Indigestion.

Mrs. Caroline Beach Needham. vile s,
Charles w. Needham, former president oi
George Washington Univefsity. died sud,
denly at 7:5O o'clock last night. It her
apartments in the Netherlands. DEATH
was due to acute Indigestion and hear
failure.
Mrs. Needham was born Match 20. is43,
in New York. She was married ct Cas-
tile, N Y. in 1870. to Charles w. Need
ham, and. after a residence Of severa
years in Chicago. removed to Washington.
where the family has resided since 1870.
Besides her husband. Mrs Needham i
survived by two daughters. Miss Grace A
Needham and Miss Edith c. Needham
and two sons. Henry Beach Needham OF
Evanston. III, and Frank r. Needhan
Of Rochester. N. 7. Funeral arrange.
ments will be announced later.
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AVOID HARSH DRUGS.
Many Cathartics Tend to Cause
Injury to the Bowels.

II Jon are sub5set 10 cousttpstioa. % sAsuit
avoid strong drugs and eatAast1ce. They oal.
give Temporary relief and thsir reaetioo 10 harm
fui and ssmetimes more snnSyinS sAan eaaseape
tiou they In no wsy e9eet . ess and theh
tendency y 10 weaken ths already weak esgau
Win watch they cone IN contact.
We honestly believe that ~ 6sSe e. be1
eoostipatiou treasmeat evaF 0ev1Usa. Or eaatf
In u 10 - strung that " ell u - ~ peaitiN
guarantee that Il shah not esst the pssr eenl
Il Il does not give entire satisfactio1 and con,
pletsiy remedy constipation This ustpArstieu q
called nexall OrdeRlise. These ere peompt ooutk
inc and most effective n setioas TAey ase moAi
OF q recent chemical discovery. TIER prineipel
Ingredient II odofless, taStelea1 snd eeloeieus
Combined With oehse well known ingxeAsanta
lose sstsbIIsAed fog thsir nsefulnsss In u psat
,usnt q csustfvatisa. It fnens . tablet wAlca
4 eates inst iike casdy. They aay - tahss q
any time. either DAY q si6AA witAsot Ssos z
ter causing any inesaseaienO whatsv9. -
do not gripe pusye ~ saaes Assgses TAse "a
vithost csunlng aat pain g eseeesive jouonsa
AZ the bowels. They are i9aal ~ eAf11ssn. veal,
delicate persons and agod ps0pl4 - well % fo@
the most hearty pefson:
They come in three sire psekaoea. - tsblets,
10 cents: Is tablets. = eentss - tAbaees. 81
ceuts. Remembes. yoa csn cbt1la t1em ely II
our storss-TAs nexaii stesss-0'psunxllS pAaA
macies. - = IT. n.W.. N - ssA e. W.
cossin &C. ~ y ~ 2Ws Wloeuu11a ~ -
Il - 1sWs -
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ting the meat dealers during the reign o,
high meat prices. The movement was
started by Fred ". Sevelin. a factory
foreman. One day he wrote on a slip a;
paper a pledge declaring tina. he would
not during the reign OF high prices bu,.
any meat. He shOwed this little pledge
20 his friends In a week 10000 other,
had .signed q similar pledge. In a fort
night the movement had become as Wild
as the nation and had affected hundreds
Of cities. Many meat men declared tina
they lost thousands Of dollars by the cru.
sade However. as was predicted. the en-
weeks and the famous meat boycott was
over.
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It is said at the War Department that
the change IN the flag to meet the case
physical labor and can be accomplis Cd
easily before the 18th Of July. All th2
national fiaxy are made Of bunting and
the work Is dons under government aus
pices. The stars simply are sewn c9 = n e
rearranRe the forty-seven stars on the
fa9s in stock and to issue them IN place
OF the present nays With forty-sx sta q
now in use by the Army. Navy ana Ma
rine Corps and other brancnes OF N.
will be followed when forty eight sta q
are required to meet the case OF Arizona
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10
Half.Fare Hearing.

A public hearing In behalf Of half
fare for school children In the street
railway cars Of the District will be
held at the House once building Fri-
day morning ct, 10 o'clock. The Feder.
alton OF Citisens' Associations and the
school authorities will bs represented.
Allan Davis, member Of the federation
and principal of the Business High
school, will be one Of the speakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10
Two Ballots Are Required
for Selection of BaItimor,

Two ballots were required yesterday to
cinch the selection OF Baltimore by the
democratic national committee as the
place to hold the democratic national
convention June % next.
The flrst ballot resulted as follows:
For Baltimore-Alabama, Arizona, Ar
kansas. Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia,
Iowa, Louisiana, Maine. Maryland, Mich
igan, Minnesota Mississippi. New Hamp-
shire. New Jersey. North Carolina. Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island. South Carolina
Vermont. Virginia, West Virginia, Wis.
consin. District OF Columbia and Porto
For 81. Louis-California, Colorado
Florida, Idaho. Kansse. Missouri. Mon
tana. Nevada, New Mexico. North Da
kota. Ohio. Oklahoma. Oregon. Tennes-
see. Texas. Utah. Wyoming. Alaska and
For Chicaso--Illinois, Indiana, Ken.
lucky. Massachusetts,, Nebraska, South
Dakota and Washington.
For New York-New York;.
On the second ballot Massachusetts, AMI
South Dakota deserted Chicago. Texa!
left St. Louis and New York gave up 1t.
fight. the four states going to Baltimore
making the vote for that city twenty-n nine
st. Louis gained Illinois. Indiana, Ken
lucky and Nebraska from the Ch'cag,
roll. but lost Texas to Baltimore. MAKING
second ballot Chicago received only tn,
vote OF the state Of Washington. On tn,
flrst call four votes were cast for beaver
but that city withdrew and the votes wer
changed to other cities. On motion o
Wood Of Michigan tho vote for Baltimore
after the second ballot. was made unani
nous.
Committee Winds Up Business.
After the convention city had bee,
chosen the committee proceeded to win,
up its business by the adoption Of tn
Cbamberla resolution. slightly naodifie
| from its original form, for optional PR
| mares for the choice Of delegates to tn
| convention. The resolution follows:
THAT In the choice Of delegates aus
alternates to the national democratic con
vention Of l012 the democratic state Of
| territorial committees may. Y not other
wfse directed BY the law OF such states
or territories. provide for the direct cleo
| ton OF such delegates or alternates
| in the. opinion Of the respective comnit
tees Il is deemed desirable and POSSIBLE
I to do SO with proper and sufficient safe
! guards Where such provision Is no
made by the respective committees TO
the choice Of delegates and alternate
and whore the state laws do not provid
speei0cally the manner Of such choice
then. the delegates and aIternatee to tn
- natisaea senvsnsies shsu b easss'
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THE COST OF LIVING.
1.-THE PRICE OF MEAT.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

and beef cattle were lower. And more
important than all. perhaps. Is the fact
that the free grass ranges Of the western
Perhaps the average man attributes q
larger proportion Of the increased cost OF
meat to the packers than to any other
factor Of the meat trade. It Is generally
believed that they WELD the two-edged
sword which cuts down the price to the
cattle raiser on the one hand and puts UP
the price OF meat to the consumer on the
other hand. OF course. they have their
defense ready at all times. This defense
though the government IL now prosecut-
Ing the beef trust The packer denies the
charge that he Is making more than he
was q decade ago. and points to the sta
tistics OF 1910. gathered by the United
States bureau Of labor. These statistics
show that the price Of beef on the hoof
was about A per cent higher in 1910 than
IN 1850 At the same time the price Of
beef was only 80 per cent higher In 1910
than It was in 1900. They assert that II
price. then the figures f the bureau Of
labor are worthless. and that on the
other hand. II the figures Of the bureau
Q. labor are correct. then they are clearly
absoaved from responsibility.
AA
It is claimed by a representative packer.
not identified with the big Four" Of Chi
cago. that II costs
Price Testimony his company about
Varies Widely. chase cs and nd drive ~ 'i its
cattle, slaughter them and refrigerate the
beef. He says that the by-product Of the
packing house il worth. in Its unmanu-
featured state. practically one-fifth Of the
value Of the cattle on the hoof.
At the recent investigation Washing
ton butcher who has no facilities for util-
iSint Q large portion Of the by-product
declared that the packers could produce
BEST cheaper than he could. When the
Senate investigated the cost Of living
Senator 6mOot declared that he found the
price Of home-slaughtered meat In Utah
was Just a. high as that OF meat BUTCH
cred In Chicago. Senator simmons took
q contrary view He declared that his
meat In North Caroline cost him no more
than half a. much as his meat In WASH
tngtOn. Senator Johnston asserted that
he knew q place In Alabama where he
could buy good beef at cents q pound.
A year or two ago Secretary Wilson
made an investigation into the price OF
beef In seventy-eight cities. The result OF
this investigation showed that the retailer
sold his meat at an advance OF % per
cent above wholesale. More remarkable
than this was the disclosure that prices
advance more rapidly on the cheaper cuts
priced and better grades. Thus II was
found that the burden fell more heavily
upon the poor. Secretary Wilson esti-
mated that the poor have been forced 60
contribute nearly double the gross pronts
contributed BY the well-to-do. And YET II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10
Hotels and Capacity.

The following list Of the hotels Of Balti-
more and the number Of guests each may
comfortably accommodate are given in
the handsomely illustrated book, "Balti-
more, the City of Conventions" which
was issued by Mr.. Grains committee to
aid IN the fight Of this city for the con-
vention:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10

When the army and navy board re.
arranged the stars In. 1908 to meet the
case of Oklahoma 1t did go with fuN con
VOWED in the eventual admission of ad-
ditional states. with special reference tc
the cases Of New Mexico and Arizona
Therefore the admission Of New Mexico
and the prospective admission Of Arizona
in the near future will cali for no radical
rearrangement Of the general design. bui
simply the addition OF stars to the two
rows which are ready for them.
Probable Rsarrangement.
Although not actually settled. the prob.
ability IL that the star for New Mexico
will be placed at the end OF the second
row and the Arizona star at the end Of
the nth row. II that plan IL carried into
effect the fleld Of the mas. after both
states arc admitted, win appear as FOL.
lows:
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!. L. Polling Of Hampshire county, w.
va. who resided at the mouth OF the
south Branch, fourteen miles east q
Cumberland. Nd. died Saturday while
chIIffing butter. Mr. Polling WIS deputy
sherfF ana turnkey q the Remney jatl
Tor over thirty years
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houses all over the city. which could pro-
vide for q host Of people by themselves
al 0na.
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creased cost Of living 70 the average
American householder is the higher price
Of meats. In most other countries this
does not disturb the average housewife.
for the simple reason that meat costs too
siniiSh TO be eaten ct ALL The United
states 10 the only large nation In the
world where common people" can anord
"a eat meat every day. And the burden
here IL becoming great.
The addition of cent q pound 70 the
mica az the meat consumed by the Amer
team ueople m~ans . total additional ex-
penditure Of 3146.0NO00 each twelve
months. Price Investigations made BY the
bureau Of labor. verified BY independent
EXAMINATIONS, show that the wholesale
rrices Of meats have Increased aDproxi-
matsly one-third In ten years. Assuming
that the average retail price has ad-
>. ,..d IN the Same ratio. and that the
.-.-... rr,ca mar pound Of I'll meats was
- can't IN years ego. the increase would
rSvsr sseSt about cents p0und ~ the
nr - naid By the consumer: THIS As
surnption errs on the SIDE OF conssrva-
tism' IA. = sss,s the retail meat dealers Of
+hs IInitea States charge nearly 500 OO0.-
ON more for furnishing the nations meat
thar tl,sv did a decade ago. Six hundred
million, dollars IL whole lot OF money. ~
csnai ana = new feet Of dreadnoughts
fer the Facsfc on the sds. Il is more s
thai, half enough to pay the expense OF
the fedora, govern ,ent for as.i ysaf h.1 S1 ta
~ 80 sSss h,,es sum with every other
ciasc Of r persons interested in the produc-
don Of meat, and q the same time mas
10 inset his own Individual cost Of living
problem.
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Increase Il Small
in Price Of Cattle.

thority than Secretary James Wilson OF
the Department Of Agriculture declares
that the investigator WIN find that the
price Of stock cattle on grass. up "a
two years old sell for about 4 cents .
pound. and that there has been but little
increase in the value OF these cattle In
twelve wears. He concludes that the high
price OF meat Is created somewhere be-
tween the stock steer ana the CONSUMER.
Of price ne finds IL attributable to the
cattle feeder Twelve years ago. In Iowa.
corn did not cost more than 20 cents a
bushel, while In recent months It mas
II Il asnerted by the cattle feeder that he
makes { annalles profit out Of his busines1
under the bfa.seat high prices Of feed thar
- made 8 decade age when both feed
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has always been claimed that the higher
cost Of meat arises from the Partially or
the people for the better cuts than the
necessarily low prices Of the cheaper cuts
and cheaper cattle.
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Present Arrangement.

first, third, fourth and sixth rows and
seven stars In the second and NTH rows.
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has always been claimed that the higher
cost Of meat arises from the Partially OF
the people for the better cuts than the
necessarily low prices Of the cheaper cuts
and cheaper cattle.
4 +
The retail merchant insists that modern
retailing conditions are such that he real
~ m kes less
Retailer Claims m money tha n
Profits Are Less. n NJ were one
third lower. Some retailers have made
sworn statements in which they declare
that nat dwelling and telephones tend to
make their methods OF distribution SO
costly that nothing less than the prices
they charge will afford them 3 living
One grocer declared that he had two meat
stands in q Baltimore market. end that
on the one q roast could be bought at
123z cents a pound. while on the other the
same cut would cost % cents pound.
their cooks. and frequently the explana-
ton Of q big meat bill II to be found
there.
A Washington butcher tells OF an ex-
She had been dealing with him for years.
One day new cook came to the British
embassy from New York She went to
the meat man and demanded q commits
sion on all meats bought for the ambas-
sailors household. He refused 70 pay the
commission. whereupon she declared she
would make him rue the day by taking
the embassy's trade away from him. A
week or SO later the ambassadors wife
te.ephoned the butcher to como to the
embassy. She Informed him that she had
not had q good steak or roast for sew.
eral weeks, and wanted to know what
the trouble was. He told her what the
cook had said to him. Another cook was
brought from New York. and the Br1r ,,.a
meat man declares that in large mum.
Der Of meat shops prices are charged
which will include commissions to cooks
and buffers.
y X
Not only has the price Of beef. mutton
and pork increased, but that Of every
other kind OF
Mrs. Grants Turkeys meat - well.
Ten Cents . Pound. s.o smithseid
hams could be bought for 10 cents 4
nound. A washington uiasketnnan re-
Gently exhibited an account he kept
with Mrs. Grant when she was In the
white House. The turkeys for her
Thanksetying dinner cost only 10 cents Q
pounds The account contained dozens OF
other items which showed az remarkable
a difference from prices at present pre-
vailing. It is said that q all products
rmallest advance over prices one and two
decades ago.
Some persons attribute part Of the re.
sponsibiiity for higher meat prices to the
Enforcement Of the meat inspection laws.
they point out that several million ami.
mails are condemned annually, and that
millions OF pounds Of meat from other.
wise healthy animals also reach the
fertilizer factory. 1t has been estimated
that approximately per cent of all the
hogs sent to market are condemned. and
that an average of a pound and half Of
meat from each slaughtered animal 10
condemned.
Perhaps the most spontaneous and rap
idly spreading popular movement ever
inaugurated I'm the United states was that
begun in 1910 IN Cleveland tor boycot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10

The present oficial arrangement Of the
stars Is as follows:
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The retail merchant insists that modern
retailing conditions are such that he real
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The investigator must naturally begin
with the young cattle. which are 70 %
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Not only has the price Of beef, mutton
and pork increased. but that Of every
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-29
JUSTICE GEORGE A. COOK
OF THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT
Democratic Candidate for Reelection
Election Monday, June 3, 1912.

both left for their homes in Rock Is
land early in the afternoon.
The indictment which has been re-
turned against the two men is drawn
up in connection with the publishing
several weeks ago of the issue
Of the Rock Island News, IN which the
story OF Mayor Schriver's Shame" is
told in a most sensational manner.
II is charged that the subject mat
ter in this news story is of lewd and
obscene character and that the send
ing of IL through the mails is viola
tion of the federal laws prohibiting
the mailing Of such matter through
the postoffice. The indictment against
the two, consisting of six counts, is
founded upon the mailing Of a copy
OF the famous issue TO a man named
William Jackson and another named
Campbell McQuaid
In the indictment it Is set forth that
the subject matter, the pictures and de-
scripions are of lewd and licentiCus
character, tending to discredit and
vilify the character of Mayor Schriver.
II is also charged that ] 900 of the cop
les of the one issue were mailed to
other persons, their names unknown
TO the grand jury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-29
WatertOWn

Elizabeth, daughter of William and
Hester Durbin, was born in Ohio
county, W. Va, March II, 1876, and
died at her home in Watertown, April
26,at the age of &c years, one month and
Is days. She grew to young woman
hood in West Virginia, where. her fam
lily had been among the very earliest
settlers, and attended the state normal
school at West Liberty, from which
she was graduated. For several years
following she was engaged in teaching
school She was married TO II. Z.
Biggs Of West Liberty, Sept. q 1873.
She came with her husband TO Moline
in 1881 and lived in that city until
1901, moving then to East Moline,
and a little later TO Watertown. She
had been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church since she was IA
years of age and her interest in the
church has always been active and
consistent. 4 devoted Christian, she
ever delighted to do everything in her