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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
WH|TELAW REID
DIES IN LONDON
AFamous Diplomat, Editor and
Publisher.
AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.
Deceased Had Notable Career.
Gained Prominence AS News
paper Man, Author and
Publisher.
AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.

London. -Whitelaw Reid, the AmerI-
can ambassador TO Great Britain since
1905 and the owner OF the New York
Tribune. died at his London residence,
Dorchester House. shortly after noon
Sunday from pulmonary oedema, The
end was quite peaceful Mrs. Reid and
their daughter Mrs. John Hubert
Ward. were at the bedside.
Sir Thomas Barlow, physician TO the
King. who was called in last week
when Mr.. Reds illness became acute,
and his regular physician, DR.. William
Hale White, issued the following bull
letin as TO the cause Of death:
"A fortnight ago the American Am
bassador had a slight bronchial at
tack similar 10 others from which he
had suffered at considerable intervals.
On Wednesday last asthma super
vened and the asthematic paroXysms
became very severe, leading to ex-
treme exhaustion.
1T was hoped that he might rally,
as no pneumonia symptoms had APP
peared. With difficulty the paroXysms
OF asthma were got under control, but
Sunday morning the exhaustion be-
came extreme, and he died from
pulmonary oedema az 1910 P. NJ
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
PROSPERITY AS
BANKS SHOW It
Report of the Comptroller OF
the Currency.
EIGHT BANKS FAILED IN 1912.
The Banking Power Of the Nation
Reached the Enormous Total
OF Two and d Half
Billion Dollars.

Washington.-Busi in general,
as reflected in the condition of the
banks of the United States, has shared
in the country's prosperity, according
to Lawrence 0. Murray in his annual
report just made public.
The banking power of the nation,
represented by capital, surplus, profits,
deposit sand circulation, reached dur
ing the year the enormous total Of
S22.54S.707, 900, q high record, show
ing an increase of 500 per cent. over
1911 and 27S per cent over 1908.
Since 1900 the banking power has in
creased Ill per cent, or more than
doubled. During the last II years the
number of banks has increased by
over 107 per cent, and their volume
of business as indicated by deposits
shows an increase of over 127 per
cent.
In connection with the rates on
money, which recently have been soar
ing, the Comptroller simply observes
that the rates were normal up to Au-
gust, with a tightening of the money
market thereafter. According to the
last condition report September 4,
the Comptroller points out that New
York and Chicago were slightly defci-
ent in the amount of their legal re-
serves and St. Louis slightly excessive.
Banks in the major portion of other
reserve cities were also slightly de-
ficient, but the country banks main
tanned an excess Of the legal require
ments.
Less than 10 per cent. of the total
amount of national banknotes which
the national banks might circulate
under the law has been issued. Based
upon the September report the banks
might increase their circulation by
1921 $4,000, Mr. Murray says.
The national banks, the report indi-
Gates, hold over so per cent. Of the
bonded debt of the United States in
the way of security for circulation and
public deposits and as investments.
During the fiscal year 1912 the ma
tional banks paid dividends aggregat-
ing s120300,S72, or 11.66 per cent. on
capital and sos per cent. on capital
and surplus combined.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
Some Expenses Not Put Down in the
Books Are Disclosed by Wife of
Hotel Manager.

New York-Every now and then
one learns something new of the New
York hotels. Mrs. Max Thompson
wife of the assistant manager of a
Gotham hotel, is entitled to the graft
tude of the public for letting in a lit
tie light upon the duties and emolu-
ments Of the hotel managers-even if
she did do the letting in because, ac-
cording to her husband, some dispute
concerning fuzzy poodle had risen
between them. In her petition for ali
mony Mrs. Thompson alleges that her
husbands income is $S,400 annually.
He is paid 81 800 for his services;
SoOO as agent for champagne; $720
lor certain unnamed services perform
ed for hotels in Paris Berlin and Lon
don and $1,000 by steamship lines for
procuring certain business for them"
mat happens to figure up to $10,S00
year, but the difference may be set
down to the difficulty which ladies no.
torlously experienced in dealing with
arlthmetical facts. 1t also happens
thoI sLe uOeS not state all LU6 IdClS,
if the facts in Mr.. Thompson's case
coincide with the facts in the other
hotel officials. For example, the as
sistant manager of the hotel is allow
ed his rooms and a certain specified
sum daily in the dining-rooms. The
discreet pushing of brand of cigars
is always worth something. One bar
tender in one of the great hotels ad-
mittedly received $40 a day for push
ing a certain whisky No doubt his
immediate superiors may have prof
tied slightly by the same brand. The
carriage callers, head porters, stew
ards, chefs. detectives, laundry chiefs,
head waiters-every other employee in
position of even modified authority
about a hotel-always are able to add
to their income by certain other side
incomes. No doubt they are sometimes
moved by sheer gratitude to share
such gratuities with the men who
have the power of discharge over
them. 81 will take any position of re-
sponsibility whatever in any one of
the great hotels" said a competent
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
BUTTER AND EGGS
BY PARCELS POST
What the Public Can and Can
not Send.
NO SNAKES ARE ALLOWED.
Postmaster General Hitchcock Issues
uations-Railroad Officials
Kick On Weighing and
the Pay.

Washington. - According TO the
regulations governing the parcels post
system promulgated by Postmaster
General Hitchcock, perishable articles
may be sent through the mails only
under specific restrictions as to their
containers and the distance yhey are
TO be sent. Butter, lard, fish, fresh
meats, dressed fowls, vegetables,
fruits, berries and similar articles,
likely quickly to decay, may be sent
for short distances when securely
packed. Eggs will be accepted for
local delivery when packed properly
in a container and for any distance
when each egg is separately packed in
perfectly secure manner.
No restriction is placed on the mail
ing of sailed, dried smoked or cured
meats, but fresh meat will be trans
ported only within the first zone.
Fragile articles, including millinery,
toys, musical instruments and arti-
Giles of glass, in whole or in part, must
be securely packed and marked
fragile"
Articles that may not be sent by
parcels post include intoxicating
liquors of all kinds, poisons, poison
Gus animals, insects or reptiles, ex-
plosives of every kind infammable
articles, including matches; Internal
machines, pistols or revolvers, disease
germs, any obscene, defamatory or
scurrilous matter now prohibited by
law, live or dead animals or birds or
live poultry, raw hides or pelts or any
thing having a bad odor.
Books and printed matter may not
be forwarded at parcel post rates, but
only at the pound rates of third-class
matter.
A committee of railroad officials,
headed by President Ralph Peters, Of
the Long Island Railroad, petitioned
the House Postoffice Committee for a
Encouragement of weighing and pay
for transporting mails The railroad
men set out that they did not con-
template carrying the parcels post
when their present contracts were
made, and declared that as a matter
of contract they were not obliged TO
accept packages weighing more than
four pounds.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20

The Hon. John Hubert Ward, who,
with his wife. had been at Dorchester
House continually since the Ambas-
sailors condition became serious,
notified the staff OF the Embassy when
the patient began to sink, and when
death came he sent word to the King
and Queen at Buckingham Palace, the
Queen Mother Alexandra at Sandring-
ham and the officials at the court.
Almost Immediately the King sent
his equerry, Sir Harry Legge, to eX-
press the condolences of himself and
the Queen.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
ON TRAIL Of
BUTTER TRUST
Government Begins Its Suit
Against EIgin Board.
CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED
In the Governments Brief 1t IL
Charged That Rules and Regu-
lations OF the Board
Are Known.

Washington.-Th Department of
Justice began an action to dissolve
the Elgin Butter Board, which fixes
the price of butter throughout the
United States. The suit to dissolve
the Butter Trust under the Sherman
Antitrust Law was begun in Chicago,
but the action was initiated in Wash
ington and will be directed from here.
In the governments brief it is
charged that rules and regulations of
the Elgin Butter Board, which virtu-
ally controls the butter market, have
been made known.
First-To prevent the price of but
ter from being fixed by free and open
competition on the board.
| Second-To enable the conspirators
10 use the board for the purpose of
fixing the prices of butter lower dur
ing the season of manufacturing and
higher during the winter months.
Third-To require all its members
to use the board price as basis for
all contracts made by them in the pur-
chase and sale of butter.
Ii is charged that the board secured
the adoption of a price-fXing commit
tee, consisting of men interested in
the butter or in the cold storage bust
ness, and that this committee has
been constantly under the domination
of the board.
System Not Known.
1t is commended, further that the
producers of butter are widely scat
tered throughout the United States;
that they have no means of knowing
general conditions in the trade nor
what at any time the price of butter
in existing trade conditions ought to
be; that the system by which the
price of butter is made by the defend
ants and the price fixing committee of
said defendant corporation is not gen
orally known, but that, on the con-
trary, the price is published through
out the United States, in newspapers
and otherwise, without any accom-
panying statement of how the price
is determined and readers of quota
tons thus published and particularly
farmers and other small producers of
butter and sellers of butter fat are
led TO believe that the price quota
tons are prices established by actual
bona fde sales and purchases of but
ter in open competition upon the
Elgin Board of Trade.
Because Of the lack of infCrma-
ton among farmers and other pro-
ducers as to the method by which the
Elgin price is established and because
of the rule of the defendant associa.
ton by which its members are re-
/ CURED to make all contracts for but.
/ ter with reference to the price estab,
/ lished by the Elgin board it has come
to be the case that vast quantitie5 OF
butter are purchased by members OF
the defendant association from farm
ers and other small producers of but
ter located in states other than the
state in which such members are 10.
Gated under contracts by which the
producers agree to accept from the
/ buyer either the price fixed by the
! Elgin board or a given amount above
or below the price to be fixed by the
Elgin board for all butter which the
producer should deliver to the buyer
| during a given season"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
BRAGANzA DAGGER IS FOUND
Portuguese Officials Recover s5O0oo
Weapon, Missing Two Years.
Sought by American.
g UULNcoo q gSsaoos

Lisbon, Portugal.-The famous dag,
ger of the dukes of Braganza, long CO.
veted by wealthy American collectors
has been returned to the state as mys.
teriously as it disappeared from the
royal palace of Necessidades on the
night of October 4, 1910, when King
Manuel fled from his castle to find ref
uge on British shores.
The weapon, studded with precious
stones and bearing Craftsmanship at,
tributed to Benvenuto Cellini, is est.
mated to be worth $4,000. Many for.
eigners have sought to purchase II,
romantic tales associated with thu
blade having added historic worth u
its intrinsic value.
At the time of the revolution the
Republican leaders visited the desert.
ed palace and took possession Of all
the jewels and works of art that the
royal family had left behind. The dag.
ger and some other valuables, how
ever, tailed to ind their way into the
hands of the new authorities.
Some time ago the government de.
cided that all the furniture, jewels
and other property seized at the pal
aces, but which belonged to the fallen
monarch and mis- mother, Queen Anne
lie, should be returned to them in
London, and the old inventory books
of the Braganza family are being e1'
amined to separate what belongs right
fully to the royal family from what
is considered as the property Of the
republic. Recently the dagger was
secretly placed in the letter box Of the
official who is conducting the inven'
tory. There was nothing to indicate
by whom it had been restored.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
WALK LINE FOR A LODGING
Cleveland Wayfarers' Lodge Forces
Application to Drastic Test in
Proof of Their Sobriety.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Appllcants for 4
nights lodging must hereafter be able
to walk a literal chalk line-a white
streak across an eighteen foot room
before there is any shelter for then
at the Wayfarers' lodge of the ASse
ciated Charities here, Superintend|
ent Howell Wright of the Associate
Charities instituted the custom when
he refused lodging to tramp from
Philadelphia because he wavered from
the narrow path.
Wright said that he believes the cu''
tom should become general and tha'
applicants who are unable to negotiate,
the feat in proof of their sobrlety WIZ
be turned out in the cold The mora
serious cases will be given to the POI
lice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
EXPRESS HITS AUTO BUS.
Three OF 10 Passengers Killed; Others
Injured.

Perth Amboy, n. J.-Three persons
were killed and eight injured, several
probably mortally, when an express
train, known as the Atlantic City
Flyer" on the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey raa into an automobile
stage at a grade crossing between
Roosevelt and this city. The auto
mobile, a closed machine resembling
trolley car, contained thirteen per
sons. There is no gate at the cross
ing. The train, running at an esti-
mated speed of so miles an hour,
hurled the stage and its occupants a
distance of 60 feet.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20

immigration authorities on Ellis island
on condition that bond of $1,000 be
posted to guarantee that he be kept
at his studies in a public school until
he was sixteen years old.
Notice of this action was formally
conveyed to Secretary George W. Ger.
wig of the Pittsburg board of public
education by William Williams, com.
missioner of immigration at New York,
and when the boy arrived here in
company with his brother Michael,
who had fed from his native land to
escape Turkish persecution. he was
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
THE NEWSPAPER LAW.
Proposed Amendment Would Eliml-
nate Objectionable Features.

Washington.-Re Representative Mott,
of New York, introduced an amend.
ment to the so-called Newspaper Law,
to eliminate the sections requiring
newspapers TO publish sworn circula-
ton statements. statements of in
debtedness and the marking of read
ing matter published for pay. 1t
would require publications to file the
names of their officers and owners,
emitting the names Of persons own
ing less than 5 per cent. of the stock.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
MAN PART OF CONCRETE PILLAR.
Laborer Fell Into Frame During Con-
struction OF Dam.

Keokuk. Zowa.-A human hand pro
truding from tons of cement, the
frames of Which were removed several
days ago, was found in one of the
concrete pillars of the Government
dam across the Mississippi and eX-
plains the disappearance several
weeks ago of one of the laborers. The
mans body is imbedded in the solid
concrete and is likley to stay there,
as to blast it out would destroy not
only the body but great part of one
of the largest blocks Of cement com
posing the dam.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
$33,e15.35 FOR INJURIES.
ST. Paul (Minn.) Woman Awarded
Record Verdict.

st. Paul, Minn.-The Minnesota Su-
preme Court upheld the largest ver-
dict for personal injuries in its his
tory Mrs B. A. Blakely, of Mime
apolis, recovering, as a result. $685.
61535. Mrs. Blakely was permanently
injured when a Minneapolis street car
struck a carriage in which she was
riding en- November 20, 1908. Frank
D. Blakely, the husband, was awarded
damages in the sum of $16,026.12 by
the Supreme Court
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
FISH SOLD AT CENT A POUND
100000 Pounds Caught At One Haul
At Beaufort, N. c.

Beaufort, y. C-Fish at l cent
pound is plentiful here. When power
fishermen came into port after one of
the greatest catches within the
memory of the oldest inhabitants. The
vessels decks as well as their holds
were loaded Six hundred thousand
pounds of fish, it is estimated, com
posed the haul
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
Take Guns TO Church.

Memphis, Tenn.-That cl'iN, trent
Haywood county Tennessee Nod i
church fully armed was deVeiV ,psoral
the federal court when Judge Isorle
sentenced Oscar Tapp ana mai
Aiken for shooting up rural rouss sr q
boxes. Both men said eVerypVU -hoo
ing to church in their neignOO
carried guns.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
KILLS HIS SWEETHEART.
Oregon Youth Lures Girl Into Depths
Of Mine.

Palouse, Wash.-Luring his sweet
heart, Miss Jennie Liner, IS years
old, into the depths of mine near
Harvard. Idaho, Jesse Dillman shot
and killed her and fatally wounded
himself. Men entered the mine to in
vestigate the cause of the two shots
they had heard, but Dillman opened
fire on them and drove them out. Dill
man crawled to the mouth of the tun-
mel and surrendered,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
KILLS 17-YEAR-oLD WIFE.
Man Also Shoots Mother-In-Law and
Tries To Escape.

Gainesville, Pa.-Returning from a
rabbit hunt, William Potts, % years
old, shot and killed his 17-year-old
wife and probably fatally injured his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Edward Slater
The shooting is said to have been the
result of a family quarrel Potts at,
tempted to escape on a freight train,
but was captured and lodged in jail
here. Mrs. Slater is in hospital with
a bullet wound in her thigh
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
BOY SENTENCED TO SCHOOL
Syrian Youth. Allowed to Enter coun.
try on Condition He Pursues
Study Course.

Pittsburg.-Sentenced to five years
in the public schools, Nicholas Killel
Haddad, aged eleven. an immigrant
boy from Syria who arrived in Pitts
burg few days ago, went to the home
of his brother in New Kensington, Pa.
to begin serving his term"
The boy we permitted to pass the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
KILLED HUSBAND WITH POISON.
Mrs. Frleda frost Convicted OF Muir.
der In First Degree.

PhiladelDhia.-Mrs. Frieda frost
who was on trial here on a charge of
having killed her husband, William
frost, was convicted of murder in the
first degree. The commonwealth
charged that Mrs frost within one
week after the marriage last August
gave frost poison in order that she
could obtain his estate, valued at less
than $4,000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
larson TRUST" ALLEGED.
Exposure OF Gang Expected To Fol-
low Arrest OF Two Men.

South Bend Ind.-The exposure of
an alleged larson trust" composed of
insurance adjusters and operating
throughout the entire Middle West,
which has caused scores of fires and
many thousands of dollars loss, will,
it is said, follow the arrest of Ben
Kahn. former South Bend merchant,
and Ben Franklin, of Chicago who
are accused of firing the clothing
store owned by Kahn on April -, 1912.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
HEN SELLS FOR $500.
LADY Show You" Captured Prize For
Egg Laying Record.

Springfield, Mo.-Lady Show You,
hen that won the national egg
laying contest at the State Poultry
Station, Mountain Grove, Mo, this
year, was sold here for $500 by ]. A.
Bickerdite, of Millersville, III. The
hen has a record of laying 2S1 full
weight eggs this year. Lady Show
You is a White Plymouth Rock.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
BIG FIRE IN MINING TOWN,
Business Section OF Mount Hope, w.
Va, Wiped Out.

Charleston, W. Va.-Fire wiped out
the main business section of the
mining town of Mount Hope, Fayette
county. causing a loss Of 100000
The fire originated in a skating rink,
and spread to the surrounding build
ings, which were practically without
fire protection.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
EXPRESS RATES.
Order BY the Interstate Commission
To the Companies.

Washington Orders were issued by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
requiring the express companies doing
an interstate business to file with the
commission by February 1, 1913, state
ments showing n comparison of the
effect of existing express rates and
those suggested by the commission.
The comparison will be made the
basis of reduced express rates to be
ordered by the commission.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
LETS THREE CHILDREN MARRY
RushVIile, Mo-, Man Gives PermIsS'''
For Son and Daughters, Un'
der Age, to Wed.

st. Joseph, Mo.-H. H. Sewer
RushvilIe, Mo-, observed dinner sS
marriage feast of two daughters ap'
a son, all under legal age, for WnOI'
marriage he gays consent. Elmer \ !
Sewer, a son, aged nineteen, maln s1
Miss Ruby c. Kelly, agen shes w..
years. Miss Florence Sewer 90, 90
sixteen, was married to Roy N NJ,
Brown, aged twenty years, ana -
Alice N. Sewer, aged seventeen, ,. W.
ded Archie M. Russell of Atcn,D, M
county, Kansas, the only one "
six who was Of legal age.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
WHY HOTEL RATES ARE, HIGH

hotel man, "and I will serve without
salary and with absolute honesty And
at the end Of the year l will have
made more money than the manager;
salary amounts to. 1t isn't any won
der that the public complains Of tht
hotel charges. Look what those
charges cover"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
PRIEST SAVES LIFE

the cover Instead, the readers were
given to understand that the transla-
tor was the author Of the book. Fame
or wealth he cares little about, his
main concern being the saving of
lives which would otherwise be sac
rificed to the storm fiend.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
SON SHOOTS FATHER.
Thirteen-Yearold Boy Kills Parent
After a Quarrel.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Daniel H. Rick
art was shot and killed by Martin, his
13-year-lod son, while whipping an
older SON The boy confessed, saying
his father had been brutal to his
mother. The shooting. he said, fol.
lowed a family quarrel in which the
mother had taken the boys part when
the father sought to chastise them for
not having obeyed orders to bring in
firewood.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
McKINLeY's UNCLE DEAD.
Relative or Dead President Victim Of
Pneumonia.

San Frarcisco.-Benjamin Franklin
Mckinley 80 years old, uncle OF Presi-
dent William Mckinley, died q, his
home here, after a brief illness. of
pneumonia. Mr.. Mckinley came to
California in 1859. He leaves a widow,
a daughter and a son, Benjamin L.
formerly assistant attorney general.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
FRESH WATER BENEATH SALT.
Peculiar Phenomena Discovered In
San Francisco Bay.

San Francisco.-Sa Francisco Bay
appears TO be underlaid with a basin
of fresh water. A pile 10 feet long
driven in the bay bottom at the foot
of Mission street today tapped a pres
sure vein thai is still gushing. The
first squirt rose four feet above the
salt water The jet was about 10
inches in diameter and continued I'M
diminished at last reports.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
MUST BE FlREPRooF.
Otherwise Santa Claus Will Be Barred
From Gotham Stores.

New York.-Santa Claus is to be
barred from New York-unless he is
freproof Fire Commissioner Johnson
so ruled To enforce his ruling the
fire commissioner started out inspec-
tors TO visit every store in the city
which has a Santa Claus and TO make
sure that his whiskers and costume
are non-infammable.