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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Prevents Street Paving Costs
Being Placed Entirely on
Property Owners.
DISTRICT BILL GIVES WAY ;
TO CURRENCY MEASURE
Consideration May Be Resumed in
House, However, Late This
Afternoon. rs

Disturbed by the sudden storm on tue
currency bill on the floor of the House
To-Day, the District appropriation bill had
10 take TO cover. presumably until late
thls afternoon. but Chairman Page and
the members of his subcommittee hold
The fort long enough TO hear the favora-
bic ruling of Representative Cordell Hull,
which knocked out Representative Bor-
lands well-planned attempt to adopt an
amendment placing practically the entire
cost of street paving I'm the District
upon the property owners. At present
street paving is paid for out OF the gem
eral fund.
The Boriand amendment is the out
growth of the same sort Of an effort he
made year ago on the District bill. lie
reintroduced the amendment in the form
OF bill in the House only a few DAYS
ago. and appeared before the District
committee. arguing in favor of 1t.
His original proposition was to force
property owners to pay for one-half OF
the street paving, but the District COM
mittee went one better" and reported
out the bill with changes providing that
nearly every cent of street paving cost
should be paid by the property owner.
The exceptions Were in the cases OF
streets more than forty feet wide where
the excess would be paid for 10y the Dis
trict of Columbia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Gets Famous Titan Painting.

CINCINNATI, December 2O.-The Gin
cinnati Art Museum is now the home Of
the famous Titan painting Philip H."
1t was announced today that the historic
art treasure, which was purchased by
Mrs. Thomas j. Emery of this city from
Sir Hugh Lane of London. has been for
mally given to the museum to be hung
with a collection that has been donated to
the institution by Mrs. Emery from time
to time. The reputed value of the painting
is 100000, but Mrs. Emery denies that
any such sum was paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
MEXICO GETS LOAN.
Group of Bankers Advances Sufficient
Funds to Meet Interest Payments.

PARIS, December 2O.-The underwrit-
ing by an international group of bank
ers of loan to the Mexican government
sufIicient to meet the bond interest pay
ments falling due in January was ar
ranged today through the Banque de
Paris ct des Pays Bas.
The group is composed Of Paris. Lon
don and New York bankers, and includes
Speyers of New York.
The Paris banks will not advance more
than their proportionate share of the
amount underwritten by the group. The
negotiations were conducted here, but the
amount of the loan and the terms on
which 1t is to be advanced were not dis
closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Mexican Generals Son Kidnapped.

Ell PASO, Tex, December 20.-The Ell
Paso police were asked yesterday to
search for a son of Gen. Ynez Salazar of
the Mexican federal army. After the
refugees reached Ojinaga the family Of
the general came to Ell Paso. The gen.
erals wife reported her son had been kid
naped by rebel sympathizers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Possible Loss of Freight Steamer.

VICTORIA. B. c.. December 20.-The
Alaska Coast Company's freight steamer
Jeanie is ashore on Calvert Island, Queen
Charlotte sound. and in danger Of becom-
ing a total loss. according to a dispatch
received last night The steamer Este
van responded to her distress signals and
took on board the members Of the Jeanie'o
crew who had reached 4hore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
JURY IN BRIBERY CASE.
Many Witnesses Ready to Testify in
Trial of Mississippi State Senator.

VICKSBURG, Miss, December 90
With a full jury in the box for the trial
of G. A. Hobbs, state senator, indicted
with Lieut.. Gov. Theodore Bilbo on the
charge of soliciting and accepting bribes,
interest today centered on the nature of
evidence the state would introduce.
Scores Of witnesses summoned by both
the prosecution and defense are in at
tendance. Lieut.. Gov. Bilbo lis in at
tendance and Gov Brewer was expected
to arrive from Jackson on an early train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
President to Spend Three
Weeks at Mississippi
Gulf Coast Town.
SPECIAL WIRE SERVICE
WITH WHITE HOUSE
Executive, However, Will Not Be
Bothered if It Can Be
Prevented.

1t has been practically decided that
President and Mrs. Wilson and family
will spend a three-week vacation at
Pass Christian. Miss, on the gulf coast
and that they will leave Washington as
soon as the President has signed the cur
rency bill. The Presidents family hopes
to leave here some time Tuesday. and
they would arrive in Pass Christian
Christmas night. Senator Vardaman has
been arranging some of the details with
the White House. A furnished cottage
will be placed at the disposal of the
President, and the Mississippi people
give him every guarantee of an unin-
terrupted and beneficial vacation.
Pass Christian and GuIfport are with
in a few miles of each other, and not
far from New Orleans. Many of the
prominent families of New Orleans have
places and other points along the gulf
coast. Appreciating that the President
wants a quiet. peaceful vacation, the
Mississippi people are going to see that
he gets 1t.
Chance for Outdoor Sport.
Pass Christian has good golf course
joyment upon this. If he likes fishing
and hunting he will be given plenty of
opportunity to enjoy such sport Also
For the three weeks that the President
will be in Pass Christian he will be in
daily touch with the White House. Tele-
graphic and telephone facilities will be
increased and improved between here
dent may be quickly communicated with.
1t is the purpose of the White House Off
cials, however. not to bother the Presi-
dent during his absence.
he fiol foy mill 1,a haa ~,
Washington in time for the first winter
reception, January 13.
Have tuberculosis Remedy.
President Wilson has received a letter
asking that the government investigate q
tuberculosis remedy which, it is claimed,
has cured a number of people.
All that is asked is that the government
will treat free patients suffering from
the disease who are too poor to pay. The
letter and it's contents were submitted to
the White House yesterday by two men
and a woman who have walked to Wash
ington from Los Angeles, Cal They are
Alfred Berger. j. T. Price and Carrie T.
Van Gaasbeek. They have certificates
from the health department of Los An
geles showing that they had tuberculosis
and are now free from it. The pilgrims.
who have been accompanied most OF the
way Dy NORMAN SidIhsoH anu .idpcl
Ackerman. slept in tents at night and
walked in the daytime.
The pilgrims urge careful investiga-
ton Of their claims. The President will
send them to proper officials.
Many boxes of mistletoe and holly are
arriving at the White House from ad-
mirers and friends of the Wilson family
in different parts of the country There
are hundreds of letters and cards convey
ing the seasons best greetings. The mis-
tletoe and holly will be used to decorate
some of the rooms of the White House.
despite the absence of the President and
his family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Another Cruiser Going to Mexico.

SEATTLE, Wash, December 20-When
the armored cruiser South Dakota now
In California waters. arrives at the Puget
sound navy yard December 90 the pro-
tected cruiser New Orleans, now attached
to the Pacific reserve feet, will be put
in full commission and dispatched to the
west coast of Mexico, according to orders
received at the navy yard here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Steamer for Panama Canal Service,

STETTIN, Germany. December 2O-A
large turbine steamer for the Panama
canal service of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can line was launched here today and
christened High Admiral Won Tirpitz.
The vessel is to have speed of nine
teen knots and will carry 1000 passen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
CONGRESS FIXES EYES
ON Jobs At LIBRARY
Senator'S and Representatives. Want
Say in Making Ap-
pointments.

An investigation into the conduct OF
the Library of Congress, with particular
reference to the appointment of employees
in the library. may be undertaken by the
Senate Immediately after the Christmas
holidays, it was learned today.
Many members of the Senate and House
ner in which appointments are made in
the Library of Congress.
The employees Of the library are not un-
der the civil service. The appointments
are all made by the librarian, Herbert
Putnam.
Complaint of Senators.
Some senators complain that Mr. Put
nam does not give due consideration to
their requests, and claim that there
should be some apportionment of the 513
places under the librarian among the
states. At present the employees are ap-
pointed by the librarian of Congress un-
der the act of 1897, which provides that
they shall be appointed .'solely with ref
erence to their fitness for their particular
duties
The librarian himself is appointed by
the President. as is also the superintend-
ent of the library building and grounds.
'by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate
At present, it was said today, when
senator makes a request OF the Ii
brarian for consideration for an appli-
cant for a position in the library he
receives from the librarian in reply a
printed form, merely stating that the
senator's request has been received and
will be given consideration. That is
the end of the transaction, according
to the senators. They say that in only
rare instances has any appointment, as
suggested by them, been made.
Plan to Take Control.
a suggestion made today that when
appropriation bill comes up for con-
sideration this session a provision shall
be placed in the bill providing that ali
appointments, promotions and demotions
ETC., in the Library of Congress shall
be made only after being referred to
the joint committee on library. 1t is
considered likely that the latter course
will be adopted whether a formal in
vestigation is made of the library or not.
Mr. Putnam said today that he had
not heard of proposed congressional
investigation of his office, nor was he
aware of complaint by members of the
House or Senate. He did not care to
make public statement, he said in the
face of a proposed inquiry, but he said
all appointments to the Library of Con-
greSS are made in accordance with eX-
listing law.
1.-The law is specific" Mr.. Putnam
said, land states that all appointments
are to be made solely on efficiency and
competency for the work to be done.
We pursue that system"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Most Important Section.

The most important section of the Bor-
land amendment reads as follows:
Where the width of the roadway
actually to be paved is forty feet or less
between the curbs. or between the gut
ters where no curbs exist after deduct
ing the amount required to be paved by
the street railway companies the total
cost of the work, including the expenses
of assessments, shall be assessed against
the abutting property owner, one-half to
each side: where the width of the street
thus to be paved, after deducting the
amount required to be paved BY the
street railway companies, shall exceed
forty feet the cost of construction IS
herein provided for shall be leyieI and
paid Tor as follows: The cost of construct
ing twenty feet on each side of said street
sha l be assessed against the abutting
property owner. and the cost Of paving
the remain .nS portion of said street, in
Guiding the cost of intersections. shall De
paid for by the government Of the Dis
trict of Columbia out of funds available
for that purpose"
1t was argued back and forth for an
hour yesterday afternoon in an effo to
get il across the rule which bars legiSla-
ton from appropriation bills. Represent
ative CordelI Hull of Tennessee acting as
chairman of the committee on the whole,
studied the amendment and the prece-
dents last night, and today sustained
Representative Pages point of order
against the Borland matter. Representa-
tive Hull said that while the Boriand
proposition reduced government expenses.
it was really substantive legislation, and
that in view of the fact that the amend
ment did not come from a committee aa-
thoriZed to legisate, he felt constrained
to keep the District bill free from it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Work Yet to Be Done.

With the voluntary dissolution of the
ever, attorney General McReynolds and
the interstate commerce commission to-
day prepared to scan the details of the
separation of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company from the West
ern Union and the work of disentangling
telephone affairs throughout the country
which threatened federal action.
Administration supporters, after in
formal conferences on the telephone dis
solution and going over SO much of the
plan as has been pub ished, were of the
opinion that the latest development would
at least retard the movement to present
the government ownership question to
Congress. Some thought the company's
voluntary readjustment to meet the views
of the Department of Justice has created
an entirely new situation which the gov
ernment ownership supporters would
have to consider before going further.
. Not only has the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company agreed to give
up its control of the Western Union, but
it has agreed not TO extend its monopoly
of local companies in the telephone field.
But the most important point to the
American people, officials declare, is the
telephone company's agreement to extend
the use of its toll lines to all local COM
panies. That concession, which was adj
mittedly more than Attorney General Nc
Reynolds expected to secure in a legal
fight, opens long g-distance telephone facili-
ties to many communities which have
long been denied them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Tribute to Public Library.

In attempt to increase the appropri-
ations for the Public Library, Represent
ative Towner of Iowa paid a reg arkable
tribute to the Institution yesterday after
noon. He said, in part:
The hearings before the subcommitte
show that in cities of this class in other
parts of the country librarians and other
employees are receiving much more saiary
than the librarian and employees here.
The salaries that are paid to a. oil the
employees here in the library are very
much smaller than paid to the same class
of employees in other departments o. the
District of Columbia, and the same class
of employees in the departments of The
government itself For instance, the chief
of the circulating department. the cher
executive officer of the library. IS TO re-
ceive a salary of only S1,aoe a year, when
the chief clerk in the auditors office here
in the District of Columbia receives
salary of $3.50.
''Assis tants. who serve the people. adj
wise them regarding the books and bring
the books 10 them, attend them in the
library-a high class of efficient work
receive but $500, when the bookkeepers
in the auditors office receive 81 800 Tie
reference librarian. who must be a skill
ed expert in that department, receives
81 coo when the accountants in the
auditors Office receive 81 800 and 1000
THE cataloguer receives only $40.
when the clerks in the auditors office re-
ceive from 81 400 to $1,000. The stenog-
raphers and typewriters receive only
S12o in the library department and re-
ceiye from S72o to 81. 200 in the other de-
partments of the District government.
The attendants receive 500 when IN
other places they receive 5000. Messen-
gers here receive $3.50 but in other de-
partments of the District they receive
SEQ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
WEATHER.

Cloudy tonight and Sunday,
probably rain Sunday; warmer
tonight; light south winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE ELEVEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Months of Negotiations.

The announcement of the agreement for
a reorganization comes at the conclusion
of several months of negotiation, in
which the Attorney General and Mr. Todd
and Mr.. Kingsbury. Theodore n. Vail.
president of the A. T. and T., and other
parties on both sides conferred. Mr.. Nc
Reynolds took up the question early I'm
his administration of the Department of
Justice. and officials of the telephone COM
pany showed a willingness from the first
to do anything in reason to satisfy the
lawyers.
AS point by point in a tentative
scheme was worked out Mr.. Kingsbury
carried 1t to New York, submitted II to
the directors of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company and to other
companies interested, and in every in
stance secured the approval OF the de-
TConfin,od IN EaurFh Pa~a ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
President Wilson's Letter,

President Wilson'S letter, written to the
Attorney General, is one of the most in
teresting documents made public in con-
nection with the settlement. 1t reads:
my Dear Mr.. Attorney General:
.'Thank you for letting me see the let
ter from the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company. 1t is very gratify-
ing that the company should thus volun-
teer to adjust its business to the condi-
tons of competition.
II gain the impression more and more
from week to week that the business men
of the country are sincerely desirous of
conforming with the law, and it is very
gratifying indeed to have occasion, as in
this instance, to deal with them in COM
plete frankness and to be able to show
them that all we desire is an opportunity
to cooperate with them. So long as we
are dealt with in this spirit we can help
to build up thte business of the country
upon sound and permanent lines
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON,"
Mr. McReynolds in accepting the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Company's
offer wrote to n. c. Kingsbury. vice
president of the company, saying the ad-
ministration desired to cooperate with
him and promote all business conducted
in harmony with law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

Continued On Fourth FagelA,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Mr.. Green Also Adds Word.

Representative Green OF Iowa also
added a word for the library:
1.-The situation with reference TO the
Public Library in this city is little short
Of a disgrace, and it is a prominent ex-
ample of the incompetency and inefficiency
OF this Congress to deal with matters
that relate solely to the people OF this
city. Congress for some reason or other
has Disseminated against the em1Soyes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Company Originated Plan.

AS the work of separating the two big
companies goes on points on which they
may be in doubt will be submitted to
Attorney General McReynolds and the
interstate commerce commission for de-
cision.
The plan originated with the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company, and
the agreement was the result of negotia-
tions between it's vice president \. C..
kingsbury, and Attorney General Nc
Reynolds. Great admiration for the at
titude of the corporation is expressed by
President Wilson as well as by the At
tOrney General
Coming on the heels of the announce
ment that Postmaster General Burleson
is seriously interested in government
ownership of telephone lines, the action
of the Department of Justice took on an
added significance and some officials
went SO far as to express the opinion
that it indicated that legislation to ac-
quire the country's telephone business
would not be pressed by the admins
tration at the present session.
In brief. the agreement provides that:
The American Telephone and Telegraph
Company will dispose promptly of it's
holdings in the Western Union Telegraph
Company, SO that each concern shall be
under distinct management, and so that
each shall be entirely independent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

Not only are the salaries not up TO
the standard of other departments in the
District government, but the help Is
very insufficient The library is doing
a fine work under the superintendency
of the splendid librarian. DIR. Bowerman,
who I am almost certain, will be COM
PEELED to resign his position il he is paid
only the salary that IS now given him.
The Public Library is an efficient instru-
ment in the elevation and education or
the people Of the District of Columbia.
The librarian, other officers and employees
are doing good work and rendering ef-
fective service of high class Tor the
people. c
1T is a great mistake for Congress
to treat this particular department or
the work in the District OF Columbia
as it is doing. 1T makes Congress
liable to some of the charges that are
leyeled against it. The library reaches
a class of people who should be helped
and influenced in the best way by the
best and most competent labor that can
be secured We are unjust TO them
and to the people whom they serve tf
we overwork and underpay them. At
least we ought to bring this great de-
partment UP to the standard OF the
best libraries in cities of this class
~ brouoho,,t the United States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
No Absorption of Competitors.

The company will not hereafter acquire
control of other telephone companies and
where control of telephone companies
has been acquired, but no actual physical
union has been effected, the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company will
submit the course it is to pursue to the
interstate commerce commission and to
the Department of Justice.
The company will promptly make ar
rangements by which all other telephone
companies in the United States shall
have access to its toll lines.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-10-18
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court-Par-
ish of St. Mary.
Seidel Furniture Manufacturing
Co., vs. Mrs. j. Roseman.
No. 1851.

By virtue of writ of fieri facias
issued out Of the above named court
in the above entitled and numbered
case, l nave seized and will offer for
sale. for cash, to the last and highest
bidder, at public auction at the princi-
pal front door of the Court House in the
Town of Franklin, Parish of St. Mary,
Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF
OCTOBER, A. D., 1913,
between the hours of IL O'Clock a. m. :,
and o'clock p. M, the following
described property to wit:
No. 5 parlor tables; 3 No. 4 Gen.
ter tables; No. tables; l No. 9 Bed
complete; l No. 1881 extension table:
l No. $50 extension table; No. 1856
extension table; No. 104 rocker;
No. 2 Victoria bed; l No. 2 Victoria
bed roll foot: l enclosed washstand
and splashdr; enclosed washstand
and toilet; l enclosed washstand and
splasher; l No. POP sideboard; l Sci.
del sidebsard; 2 refrigerators; l No.
LOG dresser: No. wardrobe; l No,
1W wardrobe, oak; l No. 1881 ward.
robe, / glass; 1 double safe; No. 100
wardrobe; No. 100} oak wardrobe;
l high chair, No. 80 and art square.
W. T. PETERMAN, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. Parish St. Mary, La, g,
Oct. l, 1913.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-10-18
G. w. ABEL
PHONE l59 FRANKLIN, LA.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial District Court-Par.
ish of St. Mary.
Commercial Bank and Trust Com.
pany vs.. Robert L. Brown.
No. Il, ,568,

BY virtue of writ of fieri facias il.
sued out Of the Honorable 23rd Judi
cial District Court in and for the Par.
ish OF St. Mary, State of Louisiana.
and to me directed, in the above mum.
bered and entitled suit, have seized
and will offe. for sale. for cash.
to the last and highest bidder,
at the front door of the Court
House in the Town of Franklin. Parish
of t. narf, L uisiana, on
SATURDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF
OCTOBER, A. D., 1918,
between the hours of eleven o'clock a
M, and four O clock p. M, the following
described property, to>wit:
One roane mare, spotted white.
One queen mare. sorrel and colt.
One black horse. blaze face.
One second hand open top buggy.
One secondhand top buggy.
w. T. PETERMAN, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. Parish of St. Mary.
La, Sept. 25, 1914.