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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02
INQUIRY FROM SENATE
AS TO CAR LINE NEEDS
Commissioners Directed to Send Data
as to New Routes
Needed.

The Senate has adopted resolution,
offered by Chairman Gallinger Of the
Senate District committee, directing the
Commissioners to tell the Senate what
additional street car facilities are need
ed in the District of Columbia
The Commissioners are to indicate the
routes over which the new lines should be
operated and whether they should be ex-
tensions of existing lines or independent
companies; and blue prints are to be
sent to the Senate to show the new lines
recommended.
This information Is desired by the Sem
ate District committee, in order that it
may act more intelligently upon several
bills for additional street car lines now
pending before the committee.
In it's annual report the District cleo
trio railway commission pointed out that
additional car lines are needed In the Dis
trict, on account Of the increase of traf
fic and the growth of the city. Several
bills proposing new lines have been in
troduced in Congress, and the subject is
q live one among members of the Senate
interested in the development of tho Ma
tional Capital.
The most recent bill to be introduced
proposes an extension Of the tracks of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company through Cleveland Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02
SPARROWS EAT UP SEED
SENT BY CONGRESSMEN
Peck Holes In Packages as They Lay
in Train Shed at
Guthrie, Ky.

GUTHRIE. KY, February Thrifty
congressman OF western Tennessee and
Kentucky, who had hoped to reap a rich
harvest Of votes from the timely scattering
OF garden seeds furnished by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, may, unless they
can secure another consignment. find
themselves at harvest time in the predic-
ament OF the scriptural husbandman
whose seeds the birds ate up, for that is
what happened to pouches full of congress
sional free seeds here.
The pouches were thrown of for trains
going west but when they were picked up
from the shed to be placed on the proper
trains they were found to be perforated
in scores Of places and contained nothing
except empty packages bearing the names
and addresses of deserving and loyal con-
stituents.
Hungry sparrows. made desperate by
the cold weather. had pecked holes in the
pouches and eaten every grain out of
hundreds Of packages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02

idends, $12s3Ss for taxes, $22O,666 for
interest. and $4,000 is represented by
accounts receivable.
The Potomac Electric Power Company
had gross revenues last year amounting
to $l610.1So. Operating expenses amount
ed to 81, 81. The company declared
dividend during the year, which Is not
disclosed in the figures Of, the report, but
which gives the interest and dividends
combined as 1886, ;EJ6.
In the report of the WaShington-Vir-
GINA Railway Company 1t is shown that
c.3O024 passengers crossed the Potomac
River Highway bridge last, year. This
railroad, which operates three miles OF
track, and pays rentals of $S,O41, gives
its receipts from passengers as $50, 7OS,
and its total receipts from all sources as
SIS, Ala 1t paid $64. 457 in dividends.
The BrightWoOd Railway Company and
the AnacoSta and Potomac River Rail-
road Company reported deficits at the end
of the year. The expenditures were $685.
SO4 more than the receipts in the case of
the frSt-named company, and $15,355
more in the case of the second.
The City and Suburban Railroad Com
pany of Washington declared no divi-
dends at the end of the year, but had
surplus of S44.J0 Likewise the George
town and Tenleytown Railway Company
declared no dividends, but reported a
surplus Of $2,367. The Washington. Spa
Springs and Gretta Railroad Company
carried 22O,s90 passengers. from which it
realized $500. and paid out. $S, 754 in
operating the road.
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BAILEY PUT ON GRILL
Continued From First Page.)

come across" It was Wiehe who 10 al
legged to have told Of q contribution to q
fund ito put Lorimer across" MCGOWAN
asked for 5000. the detective testified
he was told
1T certainly is worth 5000 to perjure
ones SELF" the detective quoted MCGOWAN
as saying. MCGOWAN told the detective
at another time, 1t was testified. that
when he signed an affidavit for R j.
Shields. Shields placed pile Of money
on the table and said, I'VE want to do
the fair thing with YOU"
Bailey said MCGOWAN went to Chicago
with him and attempted to get money
said. MCGOWAN left note for him saying
that everything was 80. K" and that he
had left for home.
Use Of a Dictograph.
About that time the services OF the
Burns detective agency were discontinued
and the Chicago Tribune continued the
employment on the case. Bailey went to
Toronto, he testified, and fixed up a die
tograph in q room for a conference with
MCGOWAN.
I'VE put the disks on q table with q
cover over it." Bailey testified. INC
Gowan will probably recall there was a
cover on the table,
In the presence Of H e. Kerr, a "brass
expert" of Detroit, Mich, and with
Jimmy Sheridan on the photograph in an
adjoining room. Bailey swore MCGOWAN
said he got 900 from Wiehe the day
he left Chicago
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Capital Traction Exhibit.

The receipts Of the Capital Traction
Company from all sources amounted to
~. 607, 2T in 1911 Operating expenses in
the same time were 4S4. while ST.
OBS. T32 was paid out under the head OF
expenditures Of road and for equipment.
OF the latter amount $72O, 600 was for div
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02
A CoWard's Courage.

Owen Oliver has peculiar talent for
working out strange situations. which he
has rarely shown to greater advantage
than in "a Coward's Stairs" in our next
Sunday Magazine. The coward was a
member Of the party of strapping, adven-
turous brave young men visiting at the
home of the girl whom he vaguely hoped
night join her fate with his. and was al
most Immediately thrown into a remark
able situation that might We'll have
daunted q man Of high courage OF
course, the coward had to make good, to
carry out the story logically. It maxes
an exceedingly interesting tale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02
GOV. JOHNSON ILL.
So California Executive May Sex
Col. Roosevelt Tomorrow

NEW YORK. February 2-Hiram w.
Johnson, Governor Of California, who
travelled across the continent to have a
talk with Col. Roosevelt, is i'll at his ho-
tel here and may not see the former
President until tomorrow. The governor
is suffering from an affection OF the
throat. His indisposition Is not regarded
as serious
In a statement made today in his be-
half.it was said that Gov. johnson would
try to see Col. Roosevelt later in the day
il his health should permit. Otherwise
his call upon Mr.. Roosevelt would be
postponed until tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02
UNABLE TO STAND ON ICE.
IN HOSPITAL is TIMES
Max Longs Calls on Ambulance
Service in Thirty Days
Prove Monopoly.

SCRANTON. Pa, February c.-Unlesa
some means are found whereby Max
Long. forty-four years old. can be kept
from turning fiip-nops on tho Icy streets
the officials at the State Hospital here
will have to press another ambulance
into service.
Long has been admitted to the State
Hospital four times every week for one
month. On Monday he was admitted
three times. to be treated for slight In
juries by falls.
For the love Of Mike, are you here
again." exclaimed DR.. Arthur Davis, the
house physician, as he saw the ambu-
lance men bringing the limp form OF
Long up the hospital steps.
Yep, It's me, Doc I am the original
fall guy. I guess was Longs weak re-
tort.
Insists on Leaving Hospital.
After several stitches had been taken
in a cash on his head and his other
bruises fixed up. where he had fallen
against the curbstone. he was discharged.
The attendants wanted him to remain in
the institution for day or two. until he
was better able to stand on his feet, but
the man was obdurate.
Two hours later there was another
hurry call from Spruce street for the am
balance. When the attendants arrived
they found Long again in q faint, suf-
fering from q fall on the icy sidewalk.
THE wicked stand in slippery places p
commented Long as he was being carried
into the hospital for the sixteenth time
in one month.
His injuries are not serious but we
will keep him here q few days until the
ambulance horse gets a rest" declared
DR.. Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02
ANNUAL REPORTS FILED
!. BY RAILWAY COMPANIES
Local Electric Lines Make Ex-
hibit of Business-Re-
ceipts and Dividends.

Annual reports Of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company, the Capital
Traction Company, the Potomac Electric
Power Company, the Washington-Vir-
ginia Railway Company. the Brightwood
Railway Company, the Anacostia and Po-
tomao River Railroad Company, the
City and Suburban Railway Company
the Georgetown and Tenleytown Railway
Company and the Washington. Spa
Springs and Gretta Railroad Company
were made to Congress yesterday. in ac-
cordance with law. All the reports are
for the calendar year 1911.
Business Showing.
The report Of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company shows that 44,0O1.-
4OS passengers were carried in 1911: that
the receipts from this source aggregated
81 ,343. 132, or the total receipts from all
sources, 81, 929. 618. A dividend Of $3.50. 600
was declared. of which $4,000 was on
the preferred stock and $4,000 on the
common stock.
There was a credit of $21,422 carried
to the profit and loss surplus. There
were 47S accidents on the lines OF this
company In 1911, Of which five resulted
fatally.
The railway lines subsidiary to the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany had receipts from all sources ag-
gregating 2696. ISL. Operating expenses
and all other charges cost So, 54S 94S, the
net income being $147,S33.
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Sues Railway for. $25, 900.

Alleging that he sustained serious in
jury when an engine Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company was derailed January
16. 1911, on the Bedford division Of the
road, Albert III. Zimmerman today
brought suit against the company to re-
cover $4,000. Attorneys Fulton &
Wampler and Isaac R. Hit appear for
the plaintiff.
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Adjourned Two Weeks Ago.
Lighting Plant Kills Tw)

KEWANEE. H.. February 2-MiAs Min
ME Burrows. aged fifty. and alMrs Dean.
aged eighty. were killed on the FARM VI
Mrs. d. H. Burrows, northwest OIL here,
last night, when a private lightingf plant
exploded. Mrs Burrows was injured Sc
verely. The house was wrecked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02

GUARANTEEING guarantee the
case to be OF standard quality.
gold filled; guaranteed for ten
years.
We guarantee the movement to
be free from defects either I'm
material OF workmanship. We
shall keep 1t in repair dncluding
one cleaning at the end of years
guarantee) free of charge for one
year.
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DISCUSS BOUNDARIES
Of j. s. AND CANADA
Members of International
Joint Commission Resume
Their Session Here.

Canadian members Of the international
Joint commission are in session with the
members representing the United States
at the commissions rooms. In the South
crn building, today. The meeting VIII
he continued tomorrow. The Canadian
members arrived in Washington yester-
day and viii be here until tomorrow
night.
At the first meeting OF the Joint COM
mission two weeks ago rules were draft
ed for the guidance of the commission
I'm considering matters having to do with
the boundary waters between Canada and
the United States. A recess was taken
at that time to allow tho members Of the
commission to present these rules to their
respective governments for consideration
end possible amendments.
Adjourned Two Weeks Ago.
The meetino which began today is a
continuation OF the adjourned meeting
of two weeks ago. and Is being held
for the purpose Of going over the rules.
considering the amendments which
have been suggested by the two gov
ernments. and finally ratifying the code
Of procedure under which tho commits
sion will operate.
.he Canadian delegates will be guests
of President Taft at the waite House
tonight at the dinner in henor of the
Supreme Court.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-18
OH, How | Itched!

What long nerve-racking days of con-
slant torture-what sleepless nights or
terrible Decentralization, con-
slant Itch, until it seemed that | must
tear off my very sxtn-then-
Instant relief-my skin cooled, soothed
and healed!
The very first drops of ODD. Pre-
scription for Eczema stopped that awful
Itch instantly: yes, the very moment
Odd. touched the burning skin the tor
ture ceased. A 25c bottle proves 1t.
Odd. has been known for years as
the only absolutely reliable eczema
remedy, for it washes away the disease
germs and leaves the skin as clear ana
healthy as that of a child.
All other druggists have ODD Pre-
scription--go to them it you can't come
to us-but don't accept some big pront
substitute.
But if you come 10 our store we are
so certain of what ODD. Will do Tor you
that we offer you a full size bottle on
this guarantee If you DO not tind that
it takes away the itch AT ONCE, 1T
costs you not a cent,
Curtin Drug Co, North side square;
Curlins Pharmacy, west side square
Waxahaehie, Texas.
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of 1911 was S6,539, 900 compared
with $5,942,000 in 1910, a gsil OF
$4,000 or 10 per cont
The productior-rssrT acre in Texas
fr,sin ss bushels in 1919
- s. 3 "A 1911, gain of 1,S BUSH
els or per cent.
The price paid for Texas rice III
1911 was 80 cents per bushel com
pared with 6S cents in 1910, gain
of ~ cents or IT per cent.
Only one state in the union ex-
ceeds Texas in rice production.
This is Louisiana, which in 1871
produced 11,693,O00 bushels, CON-
pared with Texas S,174,00O bush
1ls. Louisiana's production per acre,
however, is considerably less than
that of Texas, as the former states
yield was only 315 bushels as
against 343 bushels for Texas, an
excess in favor of the latter of 2-S
bushels an acre, or per cent. The
Lone Star state farmer also re-
ceived one cent more per bushel for
his product in 1911 than did the
Louisiana planter.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-18
COAL AND MEAT FAMINE
THREATENING ALASKANS.
Only Two Months Supply Must Last
Until Navigation Opens
Up During June.

Nome, Alaska, Jan. 1S.-There Is
coal shortage here and meat
shortage is threatened. Coal dealers
say the supply Of fuel will last only
two months and new supplies of coal
and beef can not be brought from
Seattle before the opening of navi-
cation in Behring sea in June.
Most of the gold mines have
shut down for lack of fuel Some Of
the larger companies are installing
oil burners, there being more
plentiful supply of fuel Oil All sa-
looms and the government buildings
are using oil and have given their
coal to the city for distribution.
among the people to warm their
homes
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VALUE OF MINERAL
PRODUCTS OF TEXAS.
Total for the Year 1910 Shown to
Be About SIG, 100000.

Be About $40, 100000.
Austin, Texas, Jan. 1S.-Wm. b.
Phillips, director of the bureau OF
economic geology and technology of
the University of Texas, in recent
report states that the value of the
mineral products of Texas for the
year 1910 was about SIG, COO.
Some of the items of interest in the
report show that the value of as
phalt was s1,040,S25; clay indus
tries, S2,744,S45; coal $2,397,S5S
and Ignite $763,107.
Texas is the only state in the
union that is making tin from ma
tive ores, This industry has been es-
tabished in the Franklin noun
tains, near Ell Paso, where tin ore
occurs in granite.
Since the collection OF the earliest
reliable statistics the total value OF
all Of the mineral products of Tex
as is about S180.000,000. The prin-
cipal items of interest in this res
pectable total is petroleum, $685.
600, 900; coal and Ignite, s3l, 0O0,-
000 clay products, $31,000,OOo,
and stone, S7800,000. The mot
important items are petroleum,
coal and lignite) and clay pro-
ducts, as these comprise more than
IS per cent of the entire value
I$12B,000,0O0 out of S1S0,000,O0O.
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SHAKESPEARE CLUB.
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Shakespeare club questions

shakespeare ciuD quGStioio Aoi
January %;
Lesson: Act s.
Roll Call; Proverbs from shaFas-
peare.
Characters of CASSIE. Elnelia and
Roderigo. Mrs. CLYDE VIM.
The moral teachings of Othello.
Mrs. J. E. Leigh.
/. Is the death of Roderigo in ac-
cord with strict poetic justice?
2. Why does Iago charge Blanca
with the attempt on Cassio's life!
8. Why does Shakespeare intro
duce Othello i'll scene / ?
4. Why could Desdemona, VINO
knew the state of Othellc's mind
sleep so soundly that even his kisses
fail to waken her?
3. What reason does Othello give
for killing Desdemona?
6. How does this compare with
Brutus' killing of Caesar?
7. How does it compare with
Macbeth's killing of Duncan Ban
quo and his other victims
s. Does Desdemona's womanisa
fear of death detraet from our re-
spect for her?
8. Does her fear detraat from OF
add to the tragic feeling of the
scene?
10. Why does she beg for halt
hour of life?
IL. Was Desdemona's last lie an
intentional falsehood, mistake,
or the result of a confused mind?
u. Did Desdemona finally realize
that both she and othello had beer
betrayed by some villain?
13. Why does Shakespeare men
ton Brabantio's death?
IA. Why does Othello prefer no
to kill lago?
Is. Do you suppose torture mad
Iago confess?
16. Why did he refuse to speak
II. Barrett Wendal thinks tina
Iago was a mad man. What do yo'
think of that theory?
! is. Where in Othello is the catas
trophe or point Of most intense trag
ic feeling?
| 10. What is the difference be
tween the sufferings of Desdemon
and those of Othello?
4 20. Is Othello or Desdemona mos
to be pitied?
81. Do lagos plans include tn
whole tragic outcome of his plots!
%. In what does the irony
lagos fate consist?
90. Does this play give ehri
tian or a pagan view of suicide?
"a. What is the nature of othe
los jealousy?
%. Is this drama as a whole
accord with poetic justice?
&c. In what way is the end OF tn
play more gloomy than any
Shakespearer's others?
27. TO what place would you a
, sign othello among Shakespeare
plays?
All ladies are requested to bring
cents assessments for the planting
trees on the public school grounds
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Erred Rrereton Married.

Fred Brereton, an old bachelor
at least three years older than
Louie Ritchie-stole march on
his cronies last night and was mar
ried to Miss Charlotte We'll, young
est daughter of Jacob Well, at the
family home, 667 East Fifteenth
street. The Rev. Suffered, pastor Of
Trinity church, offfciated.
The wedding was planned months
ago But only a very few knew
about it, Mr.. Brereton has been SO
long on the hopeless list that not
one of his men friends thought OF
his getting married, and for that
reason it was all the easier for lin
to get through quietly. He had pre-
pared a home for his bride at 1871
South Vermont, and even This was
done without suspicion. He just
plain fooled all of his friends, and
will be laughing at the rice throw
ers for weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brereton Went im-
mediately to their home. From thai
place a Capital man tardily apprls-
ed of the wedding, managed to
elicit these few facts. The county
recorder, the officiating minister
and all others concerned had pledg-
ed themselves to secrecy.
| To Mr.. Brereton and his brlde
the Capital extends congratulations
and best wishes Both are worthy,
both are young although the
| groom is listed as an old baehe
| lor-and both have many friends
| who will read this with measure
| of surprise and much pleasure
Sedaiia, tMo.) Capital
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FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COM
POUND "CURES IN EVERY CASE

Mr.. Jas. McCaffery, Mgr. of the
Schlitz Hotel, Omaha, Neb, recon-
mends Foleys Honey and Tar Com
pound, because it cures in eye"y
case. II have used it myself and |
have recommended it to many
others who have since told me of
it's great curative power in diseases
of the throat and lungs" For all
coughs and colds it is speedily eff
fective. For sale by Curlin's Two
Drug Stores: Curtin Drug Co.,
North side square, Curlin's Pharma-
icy, West side square. DIV
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And when did 1t happen thar the
candidate favored by the people sut-
fered In Texas through the manipu-
lation of the bosses? Houston
Post. 1t happened at Fort Worth
nearly four years ago, when the
bosses set aside the will of the
people of the Waco congressional
district and sent two men OF their
own choosing to the national con-
yention.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-18
THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND
LAW IS A DEAD LETTER
Mayor Shank Says the Consumer
Has Found that Big Crops
Have Little Meaning.
associated Press Special.

thooOSiatCd ltSS OptCldI
Albany, n. Y, Jan 18.-Samuel
Lewis Shank, mayor of Indianapolis,
who has gained fame by his person
ially conducted cut-priee sales OF
potatoes, poultry, minee-meat and
walnuts, in the public market OF
indianapolis, as war on the MID
die man, delivered an address here
today before the New York Agricul-
tural Society. The only solution OF
the high cost of living problem, he
said, was to bring together the pro
Queer and the consumer. He has sat
iisfled himself and the people of In
Idianapolis, that his municipal pur-
chase and sales agent idea when
put into operation, was effective in
reducing artificially inflated prices
|of foodstuffs.
Under modern commercial meth
DDS and the development of several
grades of middlemen, said M.
Shank, the law of supply and de- |
mand, so far as the consumer Is |
concerned, has become more or less
a dead letter. The consumer in |
large cities find that large crops OF
fruits and vegetables mean little or
nothing to him. He used to cheer up
when he read of big apple crops,
big peach crops, big potato or cab
bage crops for he knew these prod
ucts would be cheap. Now news of |
this kind is received with derisior |
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Bowie, Texas, Jan. 1S.-Caught
in the shafting of his fathers GIN,
Guy Primer, aged IL years, was in
stantIy killed here yesterday after
nton. The body was horribly mang-
led
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Notice.

Owing to the fact that we have
not complete list of all subscrlb-
ers to the Daily Fort Worth Record
we ask that you kindly notify us ii
you fail TO receive your paper
promptly and beg to assure you
that the matter will be speedily adj
justed. Hugh G. McCAUL, Agent.
Old Phone 432. 249
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-18
Texas Rice Production in 1911.

Washington, Jan. 1S.--The sup
plement to the December Crop Re
porter, which has just been released
for publication, contains eneoura6-
ing nows for the Texas rice farmer
The acreage sown in rice in the
Lone star state in 1871 was 23S,-
300, compared with 264 500 in
1910, a decrease Of $500 acres, or
10 per cent Notwithstanding this
decrease. the total value OF the crop