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The Washington times., 1913-07-28
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU,



Three young men, giving their names
as Randall Herman, Marshall Low, and
Harry Asters, and their home as Wash
ington, d. c., were fined $50 each in
police court this morning, on charges
charges of disorderly conduct preferred
by the proprietor of a Greek restaur-
ant and a woman who resides in the
northeast section of the city.
1t appears that the Washingtonians
arrived in this city at an early hour
this morning and attempted to visit
house in North Lee street. They were
refused admittance, whereupon they
kicked In the panels of the door and
proceeded down town. They entered
Greek restaurant, on King street, and
began using insolent language to the
employees. Upon attempting to eject
them one of the Greeks was attacked
by the three. In the midst of the
scuffle the police arrived and took the
visitors into custody. They asked the
police justice for mercy when arraigned
m court this morning.
They were informed by the court that
they could be sentenced to six months
work on the Virginia roads, but. as
they had asked for leniency, fines were
imposed instead.
In the circuit court for Fairfax
county. a petition will be presented
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
NobIemen After Her,
Actress "Up in Air"

NEW YORK, July 2s.-Miss Margaret
Nudge, who has been appearing in
Come Over Here" one OF the big
American successes OF the present sea
SOL in London. has arrived In New
York on the Cunarder Carmania from
Liverpool to think over q perplexing
question. Miss Nudge divulged the in
formation that she had had proposals
from one duke and two knights. and
did not know which of the three to ac-
cept.
i simply don't know what to do" she
said, "and so / have come TO this dear
country 10 think Il over and try and
reach just and logical conclusion. Only
two weeks ago ] was up in the air more
than 1000 feet with Graham White, and
IL seems that l am still soaring. What
shall / do7"
The reporters suggested that she look
around for good, hard-workinE Amer
lean. =
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
CHICAGO Grain Market.
Army and Navy
ARMY.

The leave of absence granted captain
WILLIAM s. BROWNING, Sixth
Field Artillery. is extended ten days.
Leave of absence granted Captain
JAMES NJ. LITTLE, Twenty eighth
Infantry. is extended one month
Captain HERMAN GLADE, Fifth In
fantry, relieved from duty at West
Point. to take effect August IS.
1913, and will then proceed to Platts-
burg Barracks. n. Y. for duty for
a period of two months and twenty
six days. At the expiration of this
period Captain GLADE will return
TO West Point.
BY direction of the President. Colonel
FREDERICK MARSH, Coast Artil-
lery Corps. upon his own applica-
tion is retired from active service,
to take effect September l, 1913
Leave of absence TO and including
September l is granted Colonel
Marsh.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
Hold Two for Attempt
To Kidnap a Girl

PITTSBURGH. Pa, July 2s.-George
w. Wilson is in jail and George Gordon
is out on 5000 bail today for three at
tempts to kidnap Edna Moore. of Pit
cairn, within the last month. Miss
Moore was attacked three times in her
home, bound and gagged and was res
cued by friends from the kidnaper.
Miss Moore says that in addition 10
the three attempts that were partly sue
cessful her assailant confronted her five
times at her home. Gordon is a rejected
suitor of the girl. He wrote her a let
ter in which he said II he could not
have her no one else could. He is al
legged TO have hired Wilson to do the
kidnapping.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
Murdered Woman Is
Found in Chicago Lake

CHICAGO, July 2S.-The police were
confronted with another murder mys-
terry in the finding of the body Of a
woman partly immersed in the shallow
water along the lake shore, in Rogers
Park. She had not been dead longer
than three hours. an undertaken as
serted
A bullet hole over the right eye and
two abrasions of the scalp are proof of
the woman's violent death. The victim
could not have held a revolver in a
pc sition which would send the bullet on
the downward course 1t took, the police
say
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
Burglar Who Wounded
Storekeeper Lynched

DUNBAR, Ga. July 2s.-John Shake,
colored, was lynched here by a mob,
which captured him after an alI-day
search through swamps. The prison
er was swung up to a telephone pole
and his body riddled with bullets. His
corpse was left hanging.
Shake was supposed to be the burg
lar who shot and dangerously wound
ed J. F. Hammock. a local merchant.
Hammock visited his establishment
late at night and discovered a man
rifiing the place. Ordered to come
out, the intruder loaded a shotgun
which he found in the store, and fired
two chafsss into Hsmmeoks hodX.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
Sales Today on
Local Exchange

Capital Traction SIS, $1.0C0G1O9
Washington Railway and Electric As.
s., ,00OdS29s. Sl,0O0ns2 SOS, 81, 1,0o04S23s, l,0O0l
S2ss. $1,00Qs23s, 81, ,000GS2&.
Potomac Electric SIS, 81, ,0OOQlO5.
n. d w. Steamboat SIS, S100a15.
Capital Traction, 9dl19, sails.
Washington Railway and Electric,
pfd.. IOQSS,. 7GSS. 10GSS.
Washington Gas, lass. IOdS5, sass.
After caIl-Capital Traction, 2lall9.
Washington Railway and Electric
COM, 569l. 25d91. 25ds1
Potomac Cons. SIS, sl,OO0q99%., 81, ,0O0a
Nat. Savings and Trust I0d2621k.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Illinois. at Gibraltar; Marietta,
at Hoboken: Wheeling. at Frontera.
Mexico; Petrol. at TompkinsvlIle,
cincinnati, at kiukiang
from New York city
for Bermuda: California, from Ia
coma for Bremerton; South Carolina
from Galveston for Vera Cruz; Mont
gomery. from Newport for Ports
mouth. y. H.; Maryland. from Val
dez Alaska. for Cordover. Alaska;
saratoga, from siakwan for Kiu-
kianE.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
Girls Hair Catches in Shaft.

DANVILLE. Pa. July S.-Her hair
catching in revolving shaft at the
local factory Of Bloch & Benzbach to-
day. Miss Ruth Trainor narrowly es-
capped death. Tho girl WAS being drawn
into the machinery when IL was thrown
out OF gear. She escaped serious injury,
but suffered from shock Fellow-em-
nloyes tainted at the sight.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
Vessels at Chinese Port
To Protect Americans

In order 20 protect the lives Of Ameri-
cahs IN the troubled portions of China
the gunboat Saratoga, with Admiral
Nicholson In command, and the grnboIt
Clhclhhati have gone from Making to
kiukiang, China, according to "A cable
gram received today at the Navy De-
partment.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
FREQUENT CHANGES
IN LOCAL MARKETS
But Actual Number Of Sales
and Transfers Was Com
parativeIy Small.

While changes in quotations on the
Washington Stock Exchange were fire.
quent at today's session, the actual
number OF sales and transfers during
the hour was comparatively small. 1t
was a buster period, however. than on
the closing on Friday, when the brokers
went on a two-day holiday.
Washington Railway As were active,
5000 in those bonds having changed
hands at S29s- On the after call, Rail-
way common, fifty-five shares brought
81, the asking price prevailing at the
close of Fridays session.
Potomac 5's. while in demand, brought
vaillng figure.
There were IA shares of Capital
Traction placed on the market at lly,
hnding ready purchasers. twenty
seven shares of Railway, preferred,
at sS, also changed hands.
Gas, for moment, promised to re-
sume activity on a small scale, but
this was short lived. Before trading
on this stock finally ended, however,
80 shares changed hands at S5.
On the after call 81 shares of Capital
Traction sold at 119.
Reports received by washington bro
kers today from Charles c. Glover,
president of the Riggs National Bank;
A. X. Paris, of Paris, Crane & Co., and
Charles J. Bell, of the American Secur-
ity and Trust Company, all OF whom
are out the city on their vacations, state
that each is enjoying good health Mr..
Paris, who Is on the Rhode Island
coast, will return to Washington in a
week. Mr.. Bell is hunting in the Cana
dian Rockies, having left more than a
week ago. Mr.. Glover is touring a part
OF Europe.
Baltimore reported spot wheat and
July rer. N 90. sr,n+ cnr-. and IlIIr NOT
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
Fell From Car.

Anna Brent, cOlored fourteen yeprs
CID, fell from a Fourteenth street car
In front of 2l2l Fourteenth street north
west yesterday and sustained bruises
about the head and body. She wa.
treated at EmegEency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
He Never Drank.

PLYMOUTH. Mass. July 2S.-Tilden
Pierce, lOl years old last December. is
dead. He used tobacco since he was
fourteen years of age. but never drank
intOXicants.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
New ,Jrk Cotton Market.

Furnished to The Warrington Times By
L. G. Plant / Co. lE5 = ST. set northwest
Open. High. Low. 2:S
October ........ lib u.2l 1L12 Hi
December ....... Hos IL16 ll.6 lila
The Washington times., 1913-07-28
New York Curb Market.

FurnIshed 20 The Washington Times by
Hartman & Co.. New York. G. q. ChIpman.
Nsnager Local Branch. Colorado Bu!ldinE.
The Washington times., 1913-07-28

Baltimore reported spot wheat and
July new at So; spot corn and July not
quoted, and hay unchanged
The Washington times., 1913-07-28

Z. II. THOMAS 4 las. FRANCIS sMI7
AttorneyA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
Uniform Hours of Labor.

Persons who have been interested
in the doings of social justice and
who have tried to translate their de-
sires into legislative enactments,
have far too often run up against the
obstacle of state jealousy and the
fear of putting the industries of one
commonwealth into unequal compe
tition with those of another. Thus,
here in Vermont it has been argued
that to have a fifty-four hour work
ing week, such as Massachusetts has,
would be to bring Vermont into dis
astrous competition with those states
which have 60 or even as high as sc
hour weeks. In industries of the
same class, the discrimination in the
hours that labor can legally be en-
ployed a week is an important factor
and it may readily be seen that the
state which permits the longer per-
iod gives its industries an advantages
even if that advantage comes from
the very blood of the toilers.
Under the American system of
government, in which the state is
supreme in such legislation as is not
given to the federal legislature and
which is not expressly denied to the
states, such differences as this may
readily arise, and the result is that
while the majority of states may be
favorably inclined to pass legislation
for the increased welfare and COM
fort of labor they are hindered or
blocked entirely by the minority of
efafac mhicb boua MT .yat nrrfx-a1
that point where they see something
better than wealth wrung from the
working class.
There is one way in which a diff
Guilty like this may be overcome and
that is by amending the federal Con-
stitution and giving to the national
government the right to make uni
form hours of labor throughout the
country. To one who is not firm
believer In the states rights doctrine,
(while still desiring that in all mat
tiers where the welfare of the nation
Is not injured by the action of the
individual state, the state may re-
tain its sovereignty uniformity OF
laws of this nature makes a strong
appeal In fact there is a urgent
necessity Of uniformity of laws in
many branches of national enterprise
which at present is not afforded and
probably will not be for years to
come. To solve this portion of the
labor problem, Congressman Curley.
of Massachusetts has offered reso-
luton which would give Congress the
right to pass uniform hours of labor
laws. When ratified by two-thirds of
the states the Constitution would be
amended. This Is a piece of practi-
cal social justice that ought to re-
ceiye most favorable consideration.
St Adams Messenger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
Safe and Sane Comparisons.

In its editorial protest against in
creasing railway taxation in Yer
mont. the st. Adams Messenger
predicates its arguments upon the
proposition that lack of knowledge on
the part of state officials forbids
forming an intelligent opinion con-
corning such matters.
True it is that back in the eighties,
when all things connected with the
ownership operation and earnings
of the railway systems of the coun-
try were a hidden mystery to the
federal and state governments and
to the general public, comparisons
were unsafe. in fact they were i'm
possible.
But with the creation of the Inter
state Commerce Commission and the
subsequent wise extension of its au-
thority and jurisdiction in railwa,
affairs. a great change for the better
has taken place, the veil has been
lifted complete publicity is an estab-
ished fact and a layman who desires
TO do so. can inform himself regard
ing railway matters and form an
intelligent opinion in connection
Herewith.
Every railroad in the country is
obliged to make detailed monthly
reports to the Interstate Commerce
Commission regarding their revenues
and operating expenses, and the
Commissions tabulation of these re-
turns is accessible to the public.
With this information available.
and with a knowledg of the invest.
ing public's valuation of the bonds of
any railroad, there is no more diff
Guilty in determining the valuation
and earning capacity of railway
corporation and fixing an equitable
tax rate thereon. than there is in the
case of farm property, mercantile
establishments or Industrial plants.
Like the national banks. which
make full reports to the comptroller
of the currency. and savings banks
which do the same to the state bank
commissioner the railways make full
returns TO the Interstate Commerce
Commission. and the various state
commissions, and from these reports
not only the earning capacity of a
given road is ascertainable but the
efficiency Of operation Of such road is
made known.
The bonds Of the Central Vermont
Railway we're quoted January / at IS,
which was the value thereof as fixed
by the investing public. At this fig.
ure the valuation OF the $4,000, 900 in
bonds of this road would be s10,5e0.-
600, and when the board Of appeals
fixed the valuation for taxation in Yer
mont at slightly less than that figure
II is preposterous to allege that they
are following a coniscatory policy.
particularly when the tax rate levied
against this valuation Is only two
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
NasaIna the LEGISLATURE.

Why this continual banging and
dinging at the legislature because
there will be an extra session? The
law requires it and the members will
have to obey the call and assemble
when the Governor calls them. This
wishing that the Governor will "call
the session in haying" and that the
country will go to the "demnition
bow-wows," when it does meet is
simply absurd. Those who are clam
oring the loudest and making the
greatest ado would not, we believe,
make as good a record were they in
the same place. The Legislature is
made up of men who have the inter
ests of the state at heart and they
can be depended upon to do their
dutysas it seems to them is right
Morrisville News and Citizen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
Japanese in California.

California has a total population
of 2,377,549 according 20 the census
of 1910, and of these 44,626 were
Japanese, 80 per cent being men. By
Jan. /, 1911, the total number of
Japanese laborers in the United
States had decreased by 11,152. The
Japanese~in California own a little
less than 1900 acres of land, one
tenth of one per cent of the agricul-
tural area of the state, and an in.
crease since 1909 of something less
than 1000 acres. The Japanese
lease 1860 acres, a decrease since
1909 of 300 acres. These figures
would seem to indicate that the
Japanese peril" is thing of the
future, if at ALL rather than of the
Observation-Disclosures News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
FOR SALE
FOR SALE

The Paige "98" Automobile. The best buy
of the year. This car has the Gray & Davis
electric starting and lighting system, silent
chain driven motor gears, ll6 inch wheel base,
e4x4 incn tires, left side drive, center control,
aluminium crank and transmission else, 4x5
motor multiple disc cork insert clutch, Is inch
steering wheel, gasoilne iank under oowl dash.
shield Quilt into body silk mohair top (tan
lined) tor boot and curtains. Stewart revolving
dial speedometor, 10 inch upholstering, IL inch
electric head light, electric side ana tail light,
Bosch magnetic demountable rims. robe and
foot rails, extra tire iron lin rear,) license
brackets, horn pump, jack and tools. All trim
mings heavy nickel plated, and the cost is only
sl275 We expect our demonstration about
March LIST. A. G. Parker a Son, Pownal, VT.
Agents for SJuthshire bennington Co. 99tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
BENNINGTON, VT, MAY 2, 1913.

In a good many towns May is
moving day, the day when leases of
ten expire and when people most Of
ten change their domicile. Ben
nington, however, has no moving day.
There is no place to move to. Every
house in town is rented and many
families are boarding who would go
to housekeeping if they could get a
suitable place. The Evening Banner
is ten years old and this is the first
year in that time when there have
been practically no advertisements
of places to rent. If by chance
place is vacated there are a score of
applicants for it if the place is de-
sirable and even the undesirable are
quickly filled. A score of houses for
renting purposes are needed in Ben
nington right away and there never
was a time when there was so much
inducement for man to own his own
home. Cost of building is high, but
there is no prospect of its being any
lower The price of lumber will
never go back to where it was twen-
ty years ago and is more likely to go
higher as the forests are cut off
many times faster than they grow.
The new tax law, whatever its mer-
its or dement's in general, is dis
tinctly favorable to a man who wants
to own his home or build houses to
rent. Under the view tax law he is
not now unfairly burdened by offsets
to other classes of property holders
and he can borrow money at We per
cent if his security is ample.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02

For SALE-Farm and wood lot of 800 acres;
n keeps 10 COWS and team; 400 NJ of saving
timber, oak, maple, birch. pine and spruce;
$500 sugar maples, sugar house, evaporation
and 1900 buckets and complete sugar making
outfit; nearly new portable sawmill with snap-
or, pauer and feed mil combined; seven room
house, barns and several other buildings;
good team of young horses, weight ZOO; two
good cows, Is sheep. 100 hens and all farming
tools. Price for ali $500. one-half down. bal
ance on easy terms. VIII sell mill separate
from farm if desired Timber alone will more
than pay for all. Located in Bennington
county, miles from depot. Nash Il Hutchins.
Gqtf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02

Several savings banks and trust
companies in the state have started
ioaning money at five per cent on real
estate security This is the fruit Of
the new tax law and mighty desirable
fruit at that The new law exempts
from taxation money loaned in Yer
mont by individuals at five per cent or
less. 1t does not apply to savings
banks. In several sections of the
state, however, people with money in
the savings bank have been with
drawing it and loaning it at five per
cent on real estate or personal sec
urity. 1t makes a good thing for
them as they get more interest and
do not have to pay taxes on the
money so loaned. In order to meet
this competition several of the banks
have begun loaning at five per cent.
Others are doing it in special cases
on long time security. The benefit
comes back indirectly, but is most
real. The more money is put to work
in Vermont the more the state will
prosper the more business will in
crease and the faster real estate will
gain in value. Vermont now has
over two hundred million dollars in
vested outside the state. If even
half that money could be brought
back and set to work here Vermont
would double it's population, business
and prosperity in ten years. The
value of nearly all the real estate
would double and much more than
double in the business centers. There
has been so much talk about the off
sets feature of the new tax law that
the exemption part of the law has
been overlooked, It's object was to
encourage investment in Vermont TO
develop Vermont and on the whole 1t
seems to be working out rather bet
ter even than its friends dared to
hope. 1t will do more If It is left
without material alteration for few
years. Some people fear that it will
result in savings banks and trust
companies reducing their rate of in
terest to depositors to three and one
half per cent. The fact is the rate
to depositors would probably have to
do down to three and one half per
cent anyway within a comparatively
short time. Even that is a higher
rate than the average in any other
state or country. The four per cent
rate to depositors in this state was
brought about by. an artificial
stimulus that was not healthy or
good business policy on the part Of
the state. It was bound to react
anyway in the near future and IL the
reaction is accomplished through
giving Vermont borrowers-business
men, farmers, manufacturers and
home owners-fve per cent money to
do business on in Vermont the result
in the long run will be satisfactory.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02

thirds that levied against other prop
erty throughout the state.
AS the Standard recently pointed
out, the average rate paid by farm
ers. merchants and manufacturers in
Vermont is $1S.15 per thousand, the
rate paid by the farming sections is
$3.50 per thousand, while the rail-
roads are asked to pay $3.50 on
Misunderstanding Standard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
How's This Z

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. q =
r. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. ].
Cheney. for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
9ut any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMEP &c.
o Toledo, o.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous SUI faces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 70 cents per bottle. Sold
ay all Druggists.
"ake Halls Family Pills for CONSTIPATION
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
EoR sALE-on easy terms. farm of

EOR SALE-On easy terms, farm of $50
n acres, located miles from station and
trolley line. Good l0-room house; large barn
with basement. Farm with sllo will keep 30
COWS, keeps 20 now. Never-failing brook
watered pasture. VIII cut now 100 chestnut
Ing for farm. Also good COWS, cream separa-
tor, wagons, sleighs, all farm machinery and
small tools. Price for all 5000. A chance for
someone with a lew hundred dollars and team.
Might take other property in part payment.
Nash & hutchins. Aft
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
Conserve Your Health and

strength that we may grant you life
insurance, and wen conserve your
funds TO grant your family an in
come. National Life ms. Co, Of
VT. (Mutual) Earle S. Kinsley,
General Agent Mead Building. Rut-
land, Vt Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02

For SALE-Modern "a story 9-room house,
located on South Branch ST, Lot 7l12S3 ;
house finished in hard WOOL and all in good
repair; city water and room for bath and toll
ct; barn lSx22, = large hen houses with room
for lOO hens; large variety of fruit. Price reas-
enable. Nash HutchIns. 6jtt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
MIscELLANE oUs

" cubator. 100 Egg Capacity. S2.s5 per tray
for hens Eggs. from IS to 81 Eggs. $500 for
Ducks Eggs, from 60 to IS Eggs. Also day old
chicks for sale on order. Eggs for Matching
il-0 per Is Eggs. VIII start Matching after
February cath. VIM Allaru. l29 Branch Street,
Bennington. Vt. lift