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The Washington times., 1913-09-05
Revenue Cutter Changes.

First Lieut.. II. Katchman has been e.
lieved of special duty in the revenue cut
ter service headquarters, and instructed
to report to the revenue cutter Wood
bury, now at Eastport, Me. First Lieut..
l.. T Cutler has been relieved from duty
in headquarters, and has been detailed
for service on the cutter Windon, at
Galveston, Texas.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
.INCENDIARY FIRE
IN ALEXANDRIA
Wholesale Druggist and Paint Store S. Leadbeate
Threatened BY Early Morning BIaze-Is Discovered
lust in Time BY Police Officer.

In Masonic Temple. officers win be
elected for the ensuing year.
The funeral of Noah d. Rittenour, of
the Navy Department. Washington, ives
held this morning at II o'clock from hts
residence. sl5 King street. The services
lips, rector of st. Pauls Church. The
pallbearers were James K. Alexander,
George Davis. Henry K. Field, Purdue
Noyes, and F. Tanner Burial was In
the Presbyterian Cemetery. g
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
legislative News In Brief
Cotton Values Rise.

Reports received in Washington on the
1928 commercial crop of cotton, in
cluding seed. show that the value reached
a total of nearly $1,000, ,OOO, 900, or SOL
00O. 900 above the value of the 1911-l2
crop. This Increased value came in spite
of a decrease of 100000 bales in pro-
duction.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
Harr Quits McReynolds,

On retiring from the Department OF
Justice in which he had served for
four years as Assistant Attorney Cen
eral. William R. Harr received a ruby
and diamond scarf pin and a gold watch
fob from his associates. Mr.. Harr will
probably practice law in New York.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
Boosts High Living.

BOSTON. Sept. 5.-The cost Of high
living is on the Jump. Mayor Fitzger-
aid claims to have ended the tobacco
war, with Its price-cutting, and the Il
censins board orders no more drinks
on the house"
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
Cutter to Patrol Course.

The revenue cutter Apache has been
detailed by Secretary McAdoo to patrol
the course of the regatta of the Chesa-
peake Canoe Association tomorrow on
the Patapsco river, OF Dundolk, Nd.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
Using Less Coal.

Although the State of Washington has
high grade Goals, the market for the
product has been restricted by the in
creasing use OF fuel oil on steam roads
and steamships. according to a report
of the Bureau of Mines.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
Would Display Corn.

Senator Sheppard has introduced a
resolution calling for participation by
the Department of Agriculture in the
Nationa' corn show at Dallas, next
February.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
Lived on Raw Potatoes.

BOSTON. Sept. ga stowaway ar
rived q the Cymric. having lived on
raw potatoes. II edidn't leave his card,
but IL supposed to have been Irish
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
Calls ON President.

Prof. Edward E. Prince, commissioner
of fisheries for Canada. who is staying
in Washington for a few days, paid his
respects to President Wilson today.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05

Mrs. Belle Griffin fell down sixteer
steps at her home. and was injured or
her neck and limbs.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05

WiNTEp-Boys IL years or Qnt with bi-
cycles and motorcycles. good Aibries per-
manent positions guaranteed; gnoT references
necessary RAPID TRANSIT MESSENGER
co. 5G9 nth st y. w.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ALEXANDRIA. VA, SEPT.


Fire, which is believed to have been
Of incendiary origin. threatened to de-
stroy the big wholesale drug and paint
store of E. 8. Leadbeater & Sons, In
corporated, at the corner Of King and
Fairfax streets. early today.
The fire was discovered by Sergt. w.
J. Wilkerson, who hard the cracking of
the flames while passing the rear of
the building on Fairfax street. An IN
vestigation showed that bay window
on the first floor WAS on fire, the flames
having commenced on the outside OF the
building. The building was used for
manufacturing. and was stored with
acids and materials Of high infiam-
mable character. In the basement were
large quantities Of oils and paints, and
the outside court yard was filled with
boxes and packing material, making
the entire surroundings q firetrap.
When the Alexandria public schools
open Monday there will be an attend
ance of more than 100 children more
than the enrolment OF last year, and
the school authorities are having trou-
BILE to know where to place them. A
bpccIdl I1lccllHB lHc SttJ oNhp~'
was held last night, and plans made
for the accommodation of the children.
An additional teacher will be en-
ployed, and will be elected at an ad-
journed meeting on next Monday night.
ARRANGEMENTS were made at meet
ing Of Alexandria Council, No. 3, Order
OF Fraternal Americans, at meeting
last night. for the entertainment OF 300
me mbers of the order from Washington,
who will come to this city on special
train Thursday. September IS.
Mrs. Belle Griffin fell down sixteen
steps at her home. and was injured on
her neck and limbs.
The annual bi-county convention OF
the Womens Christian Temperance
Union closed its sessions here yesterday
afternoon with the election of the fol-
lowing officers: Mrs. Amy c. Weech,
Alexandria county, president; Mrs. Amy
Burton. Herndon, corresponding score
tary; Mrs. Edna Davis, Lorton, record
ing secretary: Miss Lillian Henderson.
Alexandria, treasurer.
At meeting Of Mt. Vernon Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons, to be held tonight
The Washington times., 1913-09-05
Special Sale of Sumner Trousers
$3.50, So and $3.50 Grades, $3.50
81, $3.50 and S. Grade. $3.50
. FALL HATS -

Our complete stock Of Fall
Hats is now ready for you.
This seasons newest and
smartest shapes and colors in
soft and stiff hats await your
selection. Lowest prices pre-
vail.
The Washington times., 1913-09-05

At a meeting Of Mt. Vernon Chapter.
Royal Arch Masons, to be held tonight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
THE VILLAGE BAND

they are blowing their horns. even DIS
cordant.y, they are not in bad business.
Another phase of it is that they serve
to give the village identity. publicity
and perhaps reason for pride. There
will be more festive occasions if there
is band to help make them a success,
and this promotion of sociabiiity is
really worth while in a community.
Naturally each village band holds a
fair some time in the winter, at which
the people get together and are enter
tanned and come 20 know each other
better and think of each other more
highly. Whatever contributes to the
increase of sociability in the smaller
places deserves to be encouraged.
One. of the faults found with living
in the country is the lack of entertain
ment, and if the farmers, their wives,
their sons and their daughters can
come into the village several evenings
each year to hear the band, it makes
life just so much more enjoyable for
them and just so much pleasanter.
BY all means every village ought to
have a band and, if possible, good
0up
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
MULHALL'S MULTIFARIoUs
MANIPUIATiON

The testimony of Mr.. Mulhall, the
whilom general utility agent of the
National Manufacturers association
now being given at some length before
lhe senate committee probing he 'in.
sidious lobby" indicates that he was
not only an ornamental but also a
useful appendage to that association
lie had a way about him that enabled
him to enter the hottest OF the holy
precincts OF the national capitol and to
hobnob with great men, extracting Sc
-crets from the archives valuable to
the very powerful organization which
he represented. His voluminous cor
respondence which has been inserted
in the record OF the committees pro-
ceedings shows that he was not only a
s"ready letter writer" but that he was
salso a very efficient lobbyist. and a
very active political wire-puller in the
interest OF the robber tariff and other
legislation In behalf Of special inter
ests.
Mr. Mulhalrs testimony furnished
an immense amount of food fol
thought and for action as well. II
should be digested by the people as II
gives an insight into the methods by
which in many congressional dis
tricts the people have been fooled by
one OF the various departments of the
invisible government. and led to vote
against their own interests.
Mr. Mulhall may not be the wEsest
man in the world, nor, for that matter
mony and his correspondence show
that for an allaround lobby athlete
he has had no superior IL any equa
in the annals of the insidious lobby
now being exposed at the national cap
. itai
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25

tof the Payne-Aldrich law can de-
nounce this bill which, after allsits re-
auctions, retains an average ad valor-
EN- of over 26 per cent-an average
higher than any other country in the
world except Russia end possibly one
other-can claim that this Is free
trade bill, unless they mean that all
the world except Russia and ourselves
are at present on a free-trade basis. }"
Our whole tariff history since the
Civil var is one of legislative treach-
cry and duplicity and a shameful be
trayal of the people for the benefit of
a few. The tariff quesSon as we know
it today-that is, the republican pro-
lection doctrine as opposed to the dem
ocratic advocacy of low tariff-did not
exist until 25 years ago. Prior to that
time the tariff rates, regarded then as
high but much lower than any rates we
have since known, were conceded to
be unjust and inexcusable, not only
by both political parties, but by the
very beneficiaries of the tariff, the
manufacturers. But the influence OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
the CONSCIENCE FUND.

methiRg-probably the soaring
cost OF living or the high upkeep or
motor cars-has contrived in the
past year to calm the palpitating con-
science OF the general public. with the
result that the government conscience
FUND has sunk to the undignifed sum
OF $2.S14.44 in the IL months lust end.
ed. This is only three-quarters Of the
hundred-year average and proves that
the people, when 1t comes TO repent.
'ance and seeking financial release
from troubling sins, are not batting
up 20 form.
Even a confirmed and wide-smiling
optimis. would be slow to declare tina;
the nations yeomanry is defrauding
Uncle Sam in a smaller ratio than ever
before. There are Just as many Snug
glers, internal revenue evaders and
postal cheats as in years past. Yet the
conscience fund-heretofore a de
pendable amount which has kept pace
with the increase in population and
peculation-shows a decided and un.
explainable falling OF.
Apparently the human conscience is
a liability which is only to be INDUCED
while other commodities are low in
price. When living expenses climb
the conscience must slumber unap-
peased. Undoubtedly there are Q
number OF guilty people walking the
streets Of this country a prey TO re-
morse who are not able. on. account
Of the leapiRg cost OF pate De foie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
Utica Daily Press.)

NOt lcd Daily 1TeSS.)
Representative Keene of Fort Scott
will introduce a bill authorizing towns
to appropriate money for the supper;
of the local band. His theory is that
good band is worth all 1t costs to
any town, and as for bad band,
there is always hope that it may inn
prove with proper encouragement.
The above is brief extract from a
legislative report published in The
Kansas City Star. If Representative
Keene introduces his bill he will at
leas. have the consolation of knowing
that great many worse bills have
been introduced in that and other leg
/ islatures and have become laws. The
village band is an institution which
ought 10 be recognized and encourag-
ed. 1t is a good thing for players
and good thing for people, and while
| some Of these bands are pretty bad
from a musical standpoint. Mr. Keene
is quite right in saying that they at
least can have the consolation and ad.
vantage OF an opportunity for i'm
provement with the hope and expec.a-
ton that they will improve the oppor-
ttunity. Music by the band" enliven
many a festive occasion and the local
inhabitants can point with pleasure
and pride to the organization and get
a great deal of enjoyment from the en-
tertainment 1t provides.
Anything which enlivens the local
ity where it exists in an innocent and
pleasureable way is to be commended
1t seems as if the village band is not
as much o. an institution as it uset
10 be and if such is the case it ought
to be resusciated. The score or more
members get great deal OF fun ou'
Of the weekly practice night and wher
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
The Daily Story
THE CoNsPIRAToRs-BY RYLAND BELL
Copyrighted 1918. by Associated Literary Bureau.

During the reign Of Louis Mi. CT
France duelinS was very prevalent
among the nobility. the army-indeed,
every one. who made any pretense 10
responsibility. One young man in
Paris, CASTOR Roche, set himself reso-
lutely against the practice and an
nouneed that he would neither send
nor accept a challenge.
CASTOR Roche became engaged to
Mile. Annette Lads. an orphan with
a, fortune, and since he, too. was
wealthy and of an excellent family
there could be no objection to the
match. Unfortunately for the lovers,
Annette was a minor, and the man
agement OF her estate was in the
hands of one Alphonse Didier. Didier
was still a comparatively young man
and had been selected by Annette's ia
Their TO be her guardian because he in
tended that the two should marry.
When Castor began to show evil
dence Of his liking for Annette, Didier.
who was guarding her carefully that
no one should step in and take her
away from him, looked upon him as
an enemy. And when the guardian
saw that Annette accepted the love
offered her he was beside himself with
anger.
But Didier realized that to oppose a
case of true love by force would be to
lose the prize. He preferred to work
by secret methods. He first hired one
of the best swordsmen in France to
| pick a quarrel with CASTOR and kill
| him in duel. But CASTOR. who had
! publicly announced his opposition tc
settling disputes at the point of the
sword, declined to fight.
| But this did not lessen the love An
nette bore him one whit She knew
nothing of her guardians connection
with the affair She simply stood by
CASTOR because she loved him and ap
proved f his stand against dueling
which was killing off all the hes
young men in France. Indeed, so grea
was the slaughter that Cardinal Rich
ellen. the prime minister had ISSUED
an edict against it.
Didier's next move was even NOR,
nefarious than his first. He formed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25

Once l was prone TO be voluble. thinking
/ had been splendidly blest in some way.
Fancying others were glad to sit drinking
In all the words that it pleased me to
say;
Once i supposed I had knowledge worth
airing.
Once 1 thought others were bulging
with glee
Because of the chances they had to be
sharing
The wit and the wisdom impaired by
me.
have discovered that people who heard
me
scoffed at me, said I was boorish, in
fact
Failed to partake of the >gladness that
stirred me,
Pitied me. even for wit that lacked;
Since l have learned how to listen Sc
dately
People appear to believe I am. WISE
No man can talk all the time and talk
greatly.
But fool can by listening learn. If he
tries,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25

the special interests has been strong
enough in all these decades to thwart
the will of the people. until at last the
special privilege enjoyed by the in
terests came to be regarded as vested
rights, not only by them but by great
number of the people.
An examination of tariff history,
however. is sufficient to convince that
modern high tariff is an unrighteous
tax never contemplated by the legisla-
tors who first enacted high tariff bill
as a war revenue measure. Congress
during the Civil war was at its wits
end to provide funds to keep the
armies in the field. The revenues were
derived principally from emergency
! internal revenue taxation. Manufac-
! turers were required to pay taxes on
raw material, on their finished product,
and in some cases on processes of man
ufacture. AS a recompense for this
| taxation, congress authorized prohibit
1 tive import duties, which gave Amer
lean manufacturers the monopoly Of
! the American market.
! AFTER the war Jne SpecIdl tdAeS VI
manufactures were abolished, and 1T
was assumed that the compensatory
tariff would also be repealed. But
here the insidious legislative infiu-
ences entered the field, and the. at
! tempt in 1859 to reduce duties ended
in a betrayal Of the people. Freed
from internal taxation, the manufac'
turers with monopolized market be
gan to grow rich, and they used all
their influences to prevent the loss OF
this special privilege Thus in law al
ter law the high rates were maintain
ed
The people of all parties, however
believed that the tariff would some day
be reduced to the level maintained be
fore the war. But in 1893, following
a low tariff message to congress from
President Cleveland William MeKin
ley of Ohio for the first time came ou
boldly for high protection. The wealth
of the country rallied to support him
High tariff became the republican is
sue, and eventually it put McKinie.
in the White house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
Becomes Dizzy; Falls Dead.

Peoria, IL, July 25.-While looking
out of a window on the seventh floor
Of the Jefferson building YESTERDAY,
Henry Winneke, aged 90 years, be.
came dizzy and fell headlong to the
roof Of one-story building. A sis
Ter grabbed one of his legs as he
started 10 fall, but her strength gave
way before help arrived and she saw
her brother fall to his death. A few
minutes afterwards, within 80 feet OF
the spot where the victim fell, Mrs
! Annie c. NJ. Haenig, So years old, waf
found dead in her room.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25


a conspiracy to make it appear that
CASTOR had sent challenge and have
him punished under the cardinals
edict Annette had cousin, Antoine
Partelow. worthless fellow who
wished that Annette might die without
issue since in that event he would in-
herit her estate. Didier took Parte-
low into his confidence, and the two
agreed as a first step toward posses
sion of the Roche estate TO get rid OF
CASTOR. They took in with them
third party. an impoverished noble
man. Count Louis d'Alger Having
| possessed themselves of specimens of
Gaston's handwriting. they forged a
challenge fyom CASTOR to D'Alger.
This preliminary step having been
taken. the count publicly iusulted Gas.
ton. Since there were many witnesses
to the insult all Paris was wondering
| II CASTOR would a second time bring
down on himself the imputation OF
coward He stood by his principles
| but. instead OF sending D'AlGer reply
TO his challenge ignored It,, Not long
after the insult had been offered the
couspIrators contrived TO have the
forged challenge fall into the hands OF
Cardinal Richelieu.
CASTOR was arrested and taken he
| fore the minister. Tie was shown the
proof of his guilt and was thunder
struck. After examining II carefully.
though he knew II to be a forgery. he
could not detect any point OF dlssimi-
iarity between the chirography and his
own. He simply denied thnt he had
sent 1t OF any other challenge. The
punishment named In the cardinals
edict was death, but since the accused
denied the charge he was sent to prls'
on TO await further proof
Another charge. one OF dishonesty
was brought against CASTOR, ani
Didier told Annette that her lover had
been thrown into prison on this &C
count showing her an order commit
ting him on the charge of peculati0r
Annette would not believe that be
lover was gnilty. but the weeks. tn
months and finally the years went by
and she saw or heard nothing of hin
Didier made every effort to win he
for himself, but she resolutely decIir
ed To marry him or any one else. A
last they told her that CASTOR wa
dead. but even this failed to effect IN
purpose for which It was intended
She came OF age and into possessio
of her fortune. Going TO her estate, sh
lived there in retirement. ignorant {
what had become, of her lover, but b.
lieving Didier's story that he was deat
Didier. who had been a friend Of b,
father. managed to keepserom her Ii
fact that he had been the cause {
Castor Roche's ruin... He sxas a fr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25

At twenty-three he. thought fate was
making a special effort to keep him
down.
At thirty-five he thought he might
have done great things If his wife had
not been such a handicap.
At forty he believed he would have
been great man If his children had
not made it necessary for him to cling
TO the sure things.
At fifty he was positive that there
was a conspiracy against him on the
part of his fellow men.
At sixty he felt that if he could
have been thirty-five again nothing
could have stopped him.
/ At seventy he began to believe that
he had failed because of lack OF
courage and inability to make the
most OF his opportunities.
At eighty he was almost sure OF 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
Useless.

81 suppose" said the beautiful girl.
you must experience all the emotions
you so wildly describe in your
poems?"
Not at ALL" replied the poet. When
II write of the emotions that are
stirred within the breast of man who
has become the heir to vast estates
never get wrought up in the least.
Long ago learned that deep emotion
In such circumstances merely caused
useless wear and tear to the system"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
Extraordinary Actor.

"I can't understand why you should
refer to Rantingham as an extraord.
mary actor saw him last night, and
he seemed to me to possess very little
real ability"
at is not his ability that makes him
extraordinary. The fact is that he
has never been sued for divorce nor
gone. into bankruptcy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25

-Russia1will be
maintaining tariff
rates higher than
those of the Unit
ed States. This
was the startling
S ( a [ e N e mt of
Chairman S l M
mons of the SEN
ate finance COM
mi lit Re, in his
analysis Of the
bill. 1t makes the
republican charge
that the Under
Woods i m m o ms
bill is a free-trade
measure look fool
ish.
s aid Senator
Simmons: Il can.
not understand
how the authors
an n phamniOus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
Waiting.

Have you named your baby YETI"
No"
Hes getting pretty old to be with.
out a name. isn't he?"
Yes: but my wife wishes TO call
him Percivai. and we're waiting TO
find out whether he is going 10 have
lisp"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
HereditY.

He started out to claim the earth,
He toiled BY day and schemed at night
He got few things at their worth
And took for nothing what he might.
within its-mouth his child at birth.
They tell US. had q golden spoon;
He started out 10 get the earth
His boy is CRYING for the moon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
The Hens Were Jealous.

my dear" said the professors wife.
1.-The hens have. scratched up all that
eggplant seed you sowed."
f'Ah. jealousyT unused the professor.
And he sat down aud wEotesa twenty
page article on the Development OF
Envy In the Minds of the Lower BIZ
peds. "-Ladies' Home Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25

President Huerta now knows he will
never be officially recognized under
any circumstances. Many another
murderer would be glad of that knowl-
edge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25
Tryinc Moment.

Colonel" asked the beautiful girl.
what was the most trying moment
of your life?"
ct was when went to my wife's
father for the purpose of asking him
to let me have her. He was very deaf
and I had to explain the matter be-
fore about 20 clerks"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-25

gras and lobster a la Newburgh, to
purchase immunity from past crimi-
nalities. Congressional committees
should bring down the price Of exis-
tence to basis where people can re-
pent In dollars and cents as well as
in heart and mind and no longer be
victims Of the sharp tooth Of anguish.