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The Washington times., 1913-05-29
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ANACOSTIA. ID. C, MAY %.


Plans have been prepared by the
municipal architect for a four-room ad-
dition to the Congress Heights School.
An appropriation was made in the last
District bill for the enlargement of Ihe
school, the sum of $4,000 to be avail
able on July /. The plans provide for an
additional story on the eight-room brick
school, the type of construction to fol-
low that of the building now In use.
Red brick is to be used and some slight
changes are to be made In the style Of
roof over the present one.
There will be no contract awarded
until the money is available. but the
addition will be finished by the next
term The Public Improvement Associa-
ton of Congress Heights went before
the Congressional committees and
showed inadequate accommodations for
the Congress Heights pupils, thereby
procuring the appropriation.
Amateur baseball players will be seen
In vaudeville sketches in the town hail
in Congress Heights next Tuesday eve
ming and they will initiate some Of the
professional diamond stars who have
speciality acts on the stage.
The Rev. George M. Cummings, pastor
The Washington times., 1913-05-29
Several Department
Changes Are Made

Mabel l. Carpenter and Jessie e.
Hodgkins have been appointed by Sec
retary Of Commerce Redfield as clerks
In sthe Census Bureau.
Philip v. Wells has been appointed a
temporary laboratory assistant In the
Bureau OF Standards, and the Secretary
has accepted the resignation Of Frank
w. Young, mechanician, and Emil
Barth, skilled laborer, in the Bureau Of
Standards.
. Secretary Lane has appointed John p
Cannon, OF South Carolina. as watch
man, and Mrs. Anna MCGEE, as laborer,
In the Interior Department
Williarm d. Lieber, copytst. in the
Bureau Of Education, has resigned
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

E. H. Parry. and d. w. D. Bigelow
were appointed to press the matter be-
fore the Commissioners.
NJ. ]. Jones. W. B. Rice. z. c. Staun-
ton. J. B. Speare. Joseph Richards. H.
II. Burroughs. J. n. Macpherson. NJ. r.
Lawton. D. A. Skinner. E. II. Parry,
II. NJ. Sheffield. c. T. Wilson. j. r.
walton. and W. z. Rogers were elected
to membership.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29
PL ANS PREPARED
TO BETTER SCHOOL
Municipal Architect Arranqes for Room Addition to Con-
gress Heights SchooI-Appropriation OF $4,000
To Cover Cost Available July |.

of the Presbyterian Church here, will
go to Riverdale. Nd, tonight to serve
as moderator of the congregational
meeting to be held in the Presbyterian
Church in that town.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29
Stork Delays Witnesses.

SCRANTON. Pa, May 2e.-Three
women witnesses did not appear In
court and Magistrate Molr sent the con-
stable after them. He reported .he
stork In contempt as all three had just
given birth to twins.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29
Twas Only a Joke.

CHELsA. Mass. May s.-Joseph ].
Ginnis took q potted plant. a florists
wagon Hnd drove on. Arrested, after
pursuit. he aid he took 1t for joke"
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Karl Bradford. a Fort Myer. Va,
automobilist, was required to send IS
to the Anacostia police station yester-
day for alleged violation Of the speed
law
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Oscar c. Brothers. jr., owner of
"Fairlawn,'' was called to West Point,
Miss, where his father has been ILL.,
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Mrs. Henry Weigel observed her BIRTH
day anniversary recently with a party
in the home OF Mrs. Weitzel. 1890 Valley
place.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Mrs. E. J. Stebbings and young
daughter, of Congress Heights, have
gone to Nova Scotia
The Washington times., 1913-05-29
ROCKVILLE SENIORS
HOLD CLASS NIGHT
High School Students Give Their
Annual Exercises at the
Town Opera House.

ROCKVILLE. Md, May ce.-Class
night exercises of Rockville high school
seniors were held in the opera house
last night. The class poem, class his
tory. class statistics. class Characters
tics. class will and class prophesy were
read by Misses Valeria Robertson. Bes-
sic Brake. Edith GiIlis. Mary Kelley.
Elizabeth knight. and Amy Robertson.
respectively, and the class gifts were
presented BY Miss Alice Spates.
The presidents mantle was passed by
Gather P. Warfield. president of the
class Of 1918. to Frank D. Day, presi-
dent Of the class of 1914.
The suit Of Miss Agnes Gallagher. Of
Washington. against William H. Bob
niger. proprietor of Cabin John Hotel,
at Cabin John Bridge. this county.
which was recently tried In the circuit
court here. the jury awarding Miss
Gallagher $500 damages, will, 1t Is an
nounced by Robert B. Peter, and John
A. Garrett. attorneys for Mr.. Bobinger,
be taken to the Maryland court Of ap-
peals.
The suit was based upon injuries re-
1910, as result Of a board on bridge
In the Bobinger property at Cabin John
Bridge giving way under her weight.
CONGRESSMAN Colher OF Mlssissippi ana
J. Dawson Williams. of this county.
will be the orators at the annual me-
mortal exercises at Monocacy Gene
terry. Beallsville. this county. next Sat.
urday afternoon.
The county commissioners will hold Q
special session on Friday. June 6, to
hear protests against increasing the
county appropriation for public schools
from A7.5oo to S66,0oo.
The annual commencement exercises
of the Germantown high school. Prof.
L. E. Payne, principal, were held last
night
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

DR.. j. E. Lind. who has been an eX-
amining surgeon at the Washington
Asylum Hospital, has accepted an ap-
pointment as medical inferno at the
Government Hospital for the Insane
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

The Altar Society of st. Teresa's
Church has agreed upon a plan for OBJ
tanning funds for the school debt
whereby each member will procure the
sum OF $40 through entertainment,
euchre, or some other method
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

The annual commencement exercises
of the Germantown high school, Prof.
L. E. Payne, principal. were held last
night
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

The Rev. George M. Cummings. pastor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

among other things, it will make a careful study of the best methods of marketing farm products in use in the United States and abroad and in order that the farmer and the consumer may be brought closer together. The ex- tension of credit facilities to farmers and the bringing to bear on the in formation collected by the government commission which has been studying this question in the United States and in Europe will furnish another field for the activities of the service.
 But these matters touch the farmer only on his economic side. The social side is equally important. think the officials of the department. Tt is not only necessary that the farmers in- come should be increased, but that country life should be made sufficiently attractive to induce the farmer to re- main in the country even when he has "a large income"
 Of what avail is 1t to either the farmer or to the country to increase the farmers income, have him rent his farm to a shiftIess tenant and move to the city? You have to begin all over again with the tenant. The service aims at making the farmer and his fanily-here we have the eternal prob lem of Keeping the boy on the farm" appreciate farm life at its properly high value.
 The improvement of rural sanitation, rural schools and churches and social life, with increased and better means of communication (roads, telephones, trolley lines, railroads, telegraphs- etc.) all come within the purview of the services head and his subordinates. In putting pr. Carver at the head of the service President Wilson and Sec retary of Agriculture Houston seem to have solved the problem of finding the right man for the right place. pr. Carver is an educator of the very high est standing. He has been professor of political economy in Harvard uni versity since 1902 and has given es- pecial attention to the problems of farm life. In evidence of his interest
 in the subject he has iwritten a book called Principles of Rural Economics,'' which has attracted much favorable attention. He is also tha author of
 'tThe Distribution of Wealth." 'So- ciology and Social Progress,'' ''The Re ltgion Worth Having and articles on economic subjects.
 Dr. Carver is an Iowa man by birth and studied in various colleges, acquir- ing several degrees, before becoming
 professor of economies in Oberlin col lege in 1894 He has been at Harvard since 1900. ARTHUR J. BENTON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

dates of the Asch building fire and that of the Binghamton fire there were no great factory fires in New York city.
 The measures advocated by students of the subject for the prevention of factory fires and for the safeguarding of lives in case of fire include the erec- ton of 1reproof buildings, the use of fireproof staircases 1nc1osed iii dreproof walls in buildings that are not other wise fireproof the installation of auto matic sprinkling systems the erection of hreproot walls dividing factories into two sections (to prevent the spreading of hres), the erection of ade- quate fire escapes, the removal of all inf1amrnabIe waste materials, the pro hibition of smoking, especially of ciga- rette smoking; the keeping unlocked of doors and the provision that all fac tory doors must open outward, the fire proofing of elevator shafts in tall buildings, the constant inspection of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

M K OTHING less than a gigantic
 NH survey of the whole field of
 American rural Efe measur- n ing its social and economic capacities and seeking to aid the farm sr in improving them wherever possi- ble. is the aim of the new rural organi- Eation service of the department of Agriculture, presided over by Dr. Thomas N, Carver. An idea of the bigness of the job tackled by Dr. Car yer and his assistants may be gained rom consideration of the fact that there are 6,0oo.0o0 farmers in the United States Not all of them are crying out for help, of course, perhaps not even a considerable fraction of them. but very many of them can use the sort of information which the new service intends to coIlate and distrib- ute.
 The official statement of the aims and proposed methods of the service reads followss
 '-The secretary of agriculture has un- dertaken the task of overcoming the enormous difficulties in the way of the effective organization of rural inter- ests. thus tending to put them on an equality with urban interests, where khe natural difficulties are much less. He Is under no illusion as to the mag nftude of the undertaking nor as to the time it is likely to take to secure solid results. To bring the benefits of organization to more Inan farmers in the United States. scatter Ed as they are and with diversified in terests, will require time, hard study and hard work But since this is the price which Is to be paid. now is the lime to begin paying it
 '-The function of the rural Organiza- lion service will be rnafnlyS to put such Information at the disposal of the farmers as will enable them to see CD the advantages of organization, (2) the methods which have worked most efficiently where farmers are already organized. C3) what pitfalls are to be avoided in the trying out of new ex- perfments.
 -~Shus it will be seen that this is rot C program for the uplifting of the farmer The farmer is quite capable of taking care of himself if he can be put In possession of the necessary in formation Generally speaking, the farmer must do his own organizing and not depend upon either financial agen- cses or upon governmental agencies for the doing of the actual work The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

ment of a building and makes it possi- ble for him to prohibit and prevent the occupancy or use of a building or pub lie access thereto until orders issued by the fire department have been obeyed. Smaller Loss In New York City.
 After the Btnghannton fire there was much criticism of the workings of this law, especially by those who asserted that political favoritism had caused the appointment of incompetent men to the bureau. But Fire Chief Ken1on of New York asserted that the law was working well and that the fires of the six months ending June 30, 1913, were much fewer and did less damage than those of the correspon nding period in 1912. He placed the amount saved at $2,000,00o, but made no mention of pre- vention of loss of life. Between the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

enough to do more than breathe and attend to his work, can appreciate the peril involved in case of fire. An alarm means inevitable jann1ng of the nar- row ais1es and tmpeded movement, with consequent panic and death.
 Acting on the ancient and discredited principle of locking the stable door when too late, the state of New York followed the horrible Asch building fire, in March, 1911, which caused 147 deaths with some badly needed factory legislation. In New York city a. fire prevention bureau was established by an act (the Hoey 1aw) amending the charter of the city. It gives to the fire commissioner increased powers es- peoiaIly with regard to fire alarms, fire extinguishing and fire escape equip
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

factory buildings by state inspectors who. are men qualified to judge of con- ditions and are not appointed for their political "puIls," the institution of inc terior fire departments, and lastly the thorough drilling of the factory enn- ployees in the fire drills which empty a building very quickly when perform ed properly.
 Place Little Reliance on DriIls-
 Many authorities on fires and their prevention deprecate reliance or the drilling of employees to leave a build ing quickly when an alarm is sounded They say that the drill inevitably has a. tendency to become a matter of rou- tine and that the more frequent the drill the Iaxer becomes the discipline and the more tardy are the employees fIl ausW ering the alarm. The workers seem to regard it as a joke, say these critics of the fire drill idea. so that when fire really comes they are slow to respond
 The head of the Binghamton factory in which so many girls lost their lives said after the fire that the girls would not fall into their places to leave the building quickly because they did not wish to appear in the streets in their
 working clothes. Some of them never appeared again, alive or dead for their bodies were incinerated in the ruins oG the factory.
 The lol4OWlHS ire Iu4SS are 9uB81 ed by Edward Croker, former chief Of the New York departne nent:
 ]. At the first sign of fire do not run away from 1t Get well acquainted with the surroundings where you live g. Do not resist a fireman in attempt ing rescue. 3. Do not be too hasty to jump from high places. 4 Fire drills should become a fixed law. 5. Every body should learn how to use fire ap- pliances. 6. At any cost calm the fears of little children. T. No matter how hot the fire bend every effort to keep calm. 8. Cleanliness in the home is an important preventive of fire g. In ca88 of too much smoke try to get vet cloth about the mouth. y0 le
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

world the comparatively recent rise of the factory system has been more rapid than the erection of safeguards around the lives and health of the workers. In European countries, especially in lands like Germany, where the worker relies upon a paternal form of government, the provisions for safety are better and more rigidly enforced than they are in America. According to Sociological in vestigators and to layman making even the most cursory examination of the labor legislation of the forty eight states of the union, labor legislation in the United States is 1arnentab1y far be- hind the laws of the European coun- tries.
 Two Classes of Factory Laws. i Factory laws fall naturally into two classes. The first concerns the safe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

guarding of the health of the worker, the second includes laws to protect his life in case of sudden peril There is a, bOrderland between the two in which operate such laws as those regarding the overcrowd1ng of factories. For ex- ample some states have laws asserting the right of each worker to a certain number of square feet of floor space and a certain number of cubic yards of air. When these regulations are vio- lated the law holds that the workers health suffers
 But the unfavorabIe condition. reacts also on the factory employees safety in case of need of quick movement. Whoever has stood at the entrance of clothing factory, for example, and has seen the long lines of operators sitting elbow to elbow, each at his own
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27
5y CHARLES N. LURE.

By CHARLES N. LURE.
 UT your house in order lest fire
 and death sweep it clean for
 youI
 Such is the terrible lesson read to the states of the American union and the nations of the world by the fire disaster in Binghamton, N- Y., in which forty persons met death. Wherever factory conditions are such as to invite repetition of the horror we may hear and read any day of men and women called suddenly from their work by the sounding of the fire alarm, rushing to staircase and elevator shafts. only to find themz aflaEne and forced to choose between death in the lire and death by leaping from win do0s- It is dread alternative.
 In virtually every country of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27
LIVES LosrIN FACTORY FIRES.

Binehamton, July 22, 1913. .... 40 Triangle waist factory, New
 York city, March 25, 1911.... 147 Newark factory, Nov. 27, 1910. 24 ceIIuIoid factory, Brooklyn, Nov.
 g.. 1909
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

IS Labor day, the hammer and plane, The trowel and level laid by; The reaper has left the growing grain,
 And all implements idle lie; The wheel of EI4e mill has ceased it's whirl, And the factories all still; Smoke from tall chimneys has ceased to curl And the quarrynan dropped his drill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27
LOSSES IN OTHER BIG FIRES.

General SIocun1 disaster, June
 IS, 1904 ................. 1,o21 Iroquois theater, Chicago Dec.
 30, 1903 ...-.-....+....... 6o2 Park Avenue hoteIs New York;
 Feb. 21, 1902. .....-.........~. Z1 Hokoteen piers, June 30, 19oo.. 145 Windsor hotel, New York,
 March IT, 1898. ...........s 45 Brooklyn thea%er, Dec 5, 1876. 2ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-27

OTHING less than a gigantic 1 survey of the whole field of 1 American rural life, measur- 1 ing it's social and economic 1
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-04-18
European News and Views

LONDON, April 1S-What shall
England do with the suffragettes?
This is one of the most important
questions for the government to set
tie, and the men who are guiding the
destinies of the country realize it.
They have come to the conclusion that
imprisoning the offending advocates
of votes for women is not proving eff
fectual, so that other measures have
to be taken. AS applied to a resist
ing jailed suffragctte, forcible feeding
is practically indistinguishable from
torture. 1t is therefore almost the
exact opposite to what criminal pun
ishment should be. It's deterrent eff
feet is little while it causes great suf-
fering to the prisoner The govern
ment has been advised now to en-
power the courts to sentence the law
suffragettes to deportation
to some more or less distant island,
and once there leave them at large,
only preventing them from returning
to England.
Food and lodging would be offered
to them, but no compulsion would be
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-04-18
Indoor Horse Show.

PHILADELPHIA, April 1S.-The
second annual indoor exhibition of the
Philadelphia Horse Show association
opened here today at Broad and Cath
crime streets, the use of the ground
being the donation of John Wanna
maker. There is an unusually large
number of entries. The judges are
as follows: DR.. Charles S. Turnbull,
ponies; J. Garner West, Gainesville,
N. Y, polo ponies; Frank H. Caven,
roadsters; Mr.. West, Edward B. Chase
and Lawrence Smith, Smithtown, L..
T., saddle horses; Mr.. West, Mr..
Smith and Richard p McGrann, Ian
caster, horses and ponies in harness;
j. G. Leiper, Jr, John R. Valentine
and Mr. Chase, hunters and jumpers;
Dr. Charles S. Williams and Dr.
George S. Fuller, veterinary inspect
ors.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-04-18

cases, profitable at all. Opinion is
crystallizing along the line of better
marketing as the solution of the prob
| lem, accompanied, of course, by
| larger yield. For lack of better mar
keting facilities, B. F. Yoakum assert
Led at the Chicago congress, the farm
marketed products, or about one-fifth
the value of the total of farm pro-
ducts as estimated by the department
of agriculture.
This, however, is only one side of
the marketing question. The farmers
feel that they do not get their fair
share of what the consumer pays, that
too much is taken between producer
and consumer for mere handling. The
natural remedy is combination in mar
keting, also better railroad facilities,
which are not keeping pace with pro-
duction, and more direct connection
between producer and consumer AS
a basis for this better marketing, the
Chicago congress recommends the adj
dition of a division of markets to the
department of agriculture, to which is
Secretary Houston has al
ready given his attention.
Farm credits also are considered
necessary to more profitable farming |
as a whole, but this matter of market
ing all the land produces and at
proper prices is a vital one, and it is |
this which will absorb most OF the |
farmers attention for some time to |
come.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-04-18
FRIDAY, APRIL IS, 1913
CONCERNING FARM MARKETING

When Their appears to be complaint
of the high cost of all kinds of food
and clothing and at the same time
such conventions as the one being
held in Chicago this week to discuss
the problems of making the production
of food and clothing material on the
farm pay, it indicates something
more than a loose screw in our pro-
ducing and distributing machinery. A
trouble so widespread is naturally di-
agnosed differently by the various
doctors who have cures. Some say
the farmer himself is to blame, be-
cause he produces less value per acre
than he could if he used more scienti-
nc methods. The department of ag-
riculture, the agricultural colleges
and experiment stations and the daily
and agricultural press have been
preaching the doctrine to the farmers
for years and have been doing their
utmost to spread a knowledge of the
better methods recommended And
the farmers have been taking the adj
Vice and improving their methods.
The farmer of twenty years ago
would scarcely feel at home on the
modern farm conducted along adj
vanced lines
But this has not solved the prob
lem. This increased production has
not kept pace with the increased con-
sumption. Yet the farmer does not
feel that he is getting the natural in
crease in profit which such a condi-
ton should yield All over the coun-
try he is beginning to -grumble, and
to ask of what value to him is it to
do extra work to increase production
if the net result is the same He sees
that somthing besides increased pro-
duction per acre is necessary to make
the farm more profitable, or, in many
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-04-18
Found Cure for Rheumatism.

81 suffered with rheumatism for two
years and could not get ~ right hand
to my mouth fon that fngth of time, +"
writes Lee L. Chapman of Mapleton,
Iowa. Il suffered Hrrible pain so I
could not sleep on lie still at night.
Five years ago I 6egan using Cham
berlain's Liniment and in two months
| was we'll and have not suffered with
rheumatism since" For sale by the
Owl Drug Store. A
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-04-18
Railroads Ready to Tell.

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The in
terstate commerce commission is re-
ceiving information from all of the
railroads of the country pertinent to
the proposed extended investigation
to be made by the commission. This
information must be in the hands of
long list of questions has been sent
out to avoid the necessity of issuing
subpoenas. The commission will hold
hearings at many points.