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The evening world., 1913-11-21
LET YOUR DAILY
BATH REDUCE.
YOUR WEIGHT,

In reducing flesh and weight. wnhen
must be extremely careful. Fat should
only be taken off those paris wh"r, it
is unnecessary. Drugs taken intcra Nv
are apt to pinch your feature. Niirrt
exercise and forced dieting are al.o ur-
satisfactory. Turkish and vapor baths
affect the entire body alike.
To reduce hip<. thighs, abdomen and
other parts where fat accumrates. the
only satisfactory and positive treat
ment. approved by scores Of medical
authoritics. is to take fifteen or more
baths. with the Clarks Thinning Salts
dissolved in water. These famous
French salts have a peculiar dissolving
effect upon fatty or adipose tissue,
just where you want to reduce flesh.
They are absolutely free from all harm.
I ul ingredients and are very beneficial
to the general health by cleansing the
pores Of all foreign or impure sub
stances. Clarks Thinning Salts are
sold by all leading drug and depart.
ment stores. Twcnty-four packets In
q box. Send for Booklet.
Sci Amaigrissant Ciarks Corporation.
Sole American Manufacturer,
lio Broadway. New York City.
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from the slenderness Of line. but adds
sufficiently pulled in about the figure.
Quite as significant as the modified
Minaret which surely has arrived
with the first social event OF the season.
comes another tendency. that toward
the Russian coat style. The mode Rus
sian has laid siege to the Paris fash
Ions. quite radically changing many
lines In coats. and In the little velvet
suit there Is just the suggestion of the
widely faring coat skirt, a suggestion
that will be followed as the week goes
by with belted, long. wide naring outer
coats. shorter suit coats, luxurious fur
trimmed evening wraps and most gor-
geous of all. fur coats whose flare about
the lower part. in place OF the former
close fitting. fulness-confinlng band.
suggests a richness OF outer covering
possible only in the wealthiest of en-
pires.
The vogue OF fur trimming. the inevi-
table touch Of ever beautifyng pclt.
In garniture OF suits and frocks, outer
wraps and inner evening attire, from
the llveiest to the most severe, Will
last. And all furs go" too. every sort.
None seems the favorite. so general Is
the demand and in spite of the warn
ings we have heard about mlngling
OF furs there seems to be a way to do
1t that is fetching in the extreme,
|, whether they are combined In a fur
garment or In one decorative effect on
cloth.
Combinations Of materials are In
deed the order OF the day and some OF
the designers have seemed to outdo
themselves In the combination OF alb
solutely different materials in the same
effects. as with the velvet and chiffon
in the minaret tunic.
The evening world., 1913-11-21
NEW WORKERS PAY PHONE
TOLLS FOR SUBSCRIBERS
IN MANY OTHER CITIES
Victims of the Monopoly in This City
Demand Rates at Least as Low as
Those of Other Places Served
by the Same Company.
Abolish the Telephone Toll Gates:
A Five.Cent Rate for All New York City

The New York Telephone attempting monopohe
Eastern States with profits made out Of New Workers.
has bought Independent telephone companies IN
New York State recently and acquired millions dollars
Of stock In other telephone companies
Workers. 70 buy
kin of competition n ciues
Tho obtain the Inter-
STATE Commerce Commission
The evening world., 1913-11-21
GIRLS HAIR IS GRAY
FOLLOWING A FRIGHT
Farmers Daughter in 4 Serious
Condition From Shock Given
by a Snake.

Miss Mabel Murdick. eighteen. dauEh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. sylvester Murdick.
who lives on "A farm near Mendham. y,
j.. is In a serious condition at her home
az a result OF a fright She received a
few days ago.
Her brother Harry went out with a
large top basket to gather ferns to be
used to decorate the dinner table. The
boy gathered the ferns and went to a
pond near by to spend an hour fishing,
leaving the basket open.
After catching few sunfish he re-
turned to the basket. closed 1t and took
It home. While Miss Murdick was fill
ing the fern dish she pulled out large
fern from the basket and from 1t fell a
black snake.
The girl screamed and swooned. She
has had attacks OF hysteria. for three
days and refuses to eat or drink. Her
hair above her ears has turned gray.
Doctors have been unable to find a sue
cessful treatment for her.
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SPREADS FROM ONE CITY TO
SEVERAL STATES.

Until recently the New York company
confined It's operations almost wholly to
the city OF New York. Another COM
pany called tho New York and New
Jersey TELEPHONE Company. attended TO
all the suburban business. including
Long Island. Other companies operated
upstate districts while Pennsylvania,
Maryland. Delaware. Virginia and West
Virginia were divided among separate
companies.
lhe New York Telephone Company
four years ago aad two stockho olders.
the Western Union Telegraph Company
the American Telephone and Tsle-
graph Company. To-day 1t has only one
sto' ilder, the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company. which Is the
pa. II ,id!n; company for all the Boil
y. ,em OF Tia United States.
When tae American Company. In De-
cember. 1903. bought the Gould interest
in ,Iestern Union and took control Of
tina old telegraph company. ono OF Its
first acts was TO transfer all the New
York Telephone stock from the Western
Union uos ury into the American Com
pany's tr' isury. 1t paid a fair price
therefor. about $50 per share. The total
amount OF money turned into the West
eIn ion sury for this stock was
s22.j0o.o0o, a considerable windfall for
that decreplt old concern. but more val
ualle to . He'll comblnatio because 1t
gave sole telephone possession OF the
most proaul I've city In :he country
When ( New York Telephone Com
p had two stockholders Its dividends
were at the rate OF . Per cent. After It
r, '"ced to one stockholder Its dividends
were raised to per cent. which was
the rate pal. In 1912 and In 1913 The
policy Of expansion began Immediately
after sole stock ownership was secured
on Its capital stock OF Sl25,0Oo.oOO. all
safely locked in the treasury OF the
American Telephone and telegraph Com
pany. there Is paid annually s!o,co9,cc9
cash dividends. aside from the very
large su:as /? pled TO other expenses on
a lavish scale, The company has out
standing $76,0oo.OO of bpnds. Its balance
sneet figures up q total OF $2sA.0O0,0o0.
The New ogk company u the richest
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MA9 ABSORBED % UPSTATE
PHONE COMPANIES.
nnnay OF he hve-cent pieces con-
n0ueusd oy Now Yorkers to tho New
mt fsasphons Company a. toll charges
~ unau,ases between Manhattan and
Nsooafyn have helped to buy up plants
end roncAisss Of other companies In
-, end towns up the state Now
Ycr&rs ars paying for he company's
poncy of agsran1issmsns and univer-
81 sGvtc~
IA ne ast shrss years. the Now
Ypek Telephone Company has absorbed
slxty-avs upstate telephone companies.
Thaes wore acquired In the following
manner: Outright purchase OF physical
plant .: stock control acquired through
an upstate holding company known as
he Friendship Telephone Company. 30.
margors. G. The amount OF money paid
Aoe plants and expenditures In cash and
securities for stock control is known
only TO the company managers. Out of
tho entire list. the Public Service Com
mission reports show only four or five
of the absorbed companies to have been
dividend payers.
Some OF the larger companies up State
taken in by the New York company are:
Empire State Telephone Company
operating In Cayuga, Cortland. Ontario
Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties.
jefferson County Telephone Company
operating In Watertown and adjacent
communities
Cobleskll Telephone Company. oper,
County
Amsterdam Automatic Telephon,
COMPANY
Commercial Union Telephone Com,
panN operating "a Balston spa, War
The evening world., 1913-11-21
Fur Trimming Is in Full Vogue,
From LivelieSt to the
Most Severe.

What recent changes In the modes
conservative wealth and fashlondom?
And what. oh. what is going to be done
with some Of the eccentricities OF the
desi igncrs?
tunic. what has been done to it? Modi-
Ned as 1t should be. for all places ex-
cept the exclusive circle of the foot
The evening world., 1913-11-21

those upstate to which they contribute,
enjoy lower telephone rates. The milk
Ing of New York City Is one OF the
most pleasing and profitable operations
Of the telephone company.
This absorption policy Is not confined
to the cities and villages up State. The
New York Telephone Company has wider
aspirations and recently began spread
Ing Its control over six other Eastern
States. 1t proclaims that Its associated
companies. meaning those In which II
has n dominating influence and stock
control. are the following:
Bell Telephone Company Of Pennsyl-
vanla. operating the eastern part Of
that State, with headquarters In Phila-
dephia: Central District and Printing
Telegraph Company. operating western
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. with
headquarters In Pittsburgh: Delaware
and Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
Company. operating southern New Jer-
sey, Diamond State Telephone Com
pany. operating Delaware: Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company. oper-
atinE Maryland. Virginia Ind District
OF Columbia, with headquarters in Balti-
more.
Just what stock ownership the New
York company has In these companies
Is not made public. but its last annua'
report contained this item: stocks and
bonds. $T.9SG.goa'
The evening world., 1913-11-21
FOR CONSTIPATION, TORPID LIVER,
HEADACHE, DYSPEPSIA dime A BOX

Turn the rascals out-thc headache,
biliousne 5, Indigestion. constipation. the
sick, .Jur stomach .nd foul gases-turn
them out tonight with Cascareis.
Don't put in another day Of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse and swectcn your
stomach. remove the sour, undigrstcd
and fermenting food and that misery
making gas. take the excess bile from
The evening world., 1913-11-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

pears as IN the striking afternoon
frock OF velvet and chiffon in two
tiers. cut with a Bit of flare or In
thinner stun. with ruffly fulness.
or suggested in a single nounce some-
what like the velvet suit. This full
ness about the hips Is really most
graceful, for instead OF making one
look "tubby" 1t really takes not a whit
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and most profitable OF the six corpora
tion children OF the Bell family. Some
OF these children are not self-supporting
They are constantly appealing to their
parent tmpany for financial help, and
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company plays tho role of a benevolent
indulsent father. advancing money In
order to help the malong. The last an
nual repoI OF the Ame! AN Company,
for 1912. shows Capital advances to as
ISOLATED companies, s60.0oO. 900"
The New York company does not
have to apply to Its indulgsnt par
ent for assistance. On tns con.
trary, tie high rates aid by New
Yorksrs and the intsrborough toll
gates enable It to accumulate fine
surplus Of Its own aud to start In
the same kind OF business a. its
parent. that 10, buying up stocks
and obsorbtng smaller companies.
New Workers pay the highest rates and
contribute the largest profits to the tele-
phone system. The surplus revenue ex-
torted from New Workers Is spent else
where. New York is made to support
telephone r!.a.3 IN other cities In which
It has no interest and which contribute
moth to It In return. New York is
being MIXED.
Abolish the telep phone toll gates NOW!
4 Gce-ceHt rate for all NeW York C0y
N0Wl
The evening world., 1913-11-21

your liver and carry off the decomposcd
waste matter and constipation poison
from the bowels.
\ tascarc, tonight will straight,n YOU
out by mo-ning--a lO-cent box keeps your
head clear, stomach sweet. liver and bow
els regular. and You feel bully for months
Don forget the children--their little in
sides need II good. gentle cleansing, too.
The evening world., 1913-11-21

renSbur9. Lake George and schuyler
VILE.
Dutchess County Telephone Company.
operating in Poushk eepsie and wap-
pingers Falls.
NewbirE Home Telephone Company.
Onondaga Independent Telephone
Company. operating R Syracuse and
many adjoining towns.
Deloware River Tslsphons Company,
operating through sullivan County.
Albany Home Telephone Company.
Cohoes-Waterford Telephone Com
pany.
Commercial Union Telephone Com
pany. operating Troy. watervliet. 0iens
Falls and numerous other towns in the
upper Hudson valley.
Schenectady Home Telephone Com
pany.
York State Telephone Company. oper.
ating in Elmra and Bnghamton.
HOW NEW WORKERS ARE MADE
TO PAY THE PIPER.
Money derived from tho high rates
and interborough toll charges imposed
OH New York City telephone users helps
pay for these mergers and purchases
| New Workers. nickels wiped out teie.
| phone competition for the Bell Company
| In Troy. Glcns Falls. Poughkeepsie
Newburg. Syracuse. Albany. Oneonta
Schenectady and dozens OF other places
The citizens OF New York are not con.
cerned In questions OF competition In al
these upstate places They have nS
objection to a telephone monopoly. II
fact they prefer 1t for themselves I,
avoid the two-telephone nuisance. bu
they do object to paying high rates an
ton taxes TO enable the company Il
carry out monopoly policy elsewhere
! Particularly are they concerned whe'
they see that other cities. including
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New

wealthy real estate operator in New
York
For two years Palmer's property was
placed by the courts In the hands OF his
mother and a trust company, but last
year the management of his own affairs
was legally restored TO him.
The evening world., 1913-11-21


aitey highest telephone rates the
1t Commerce Commission Washington
OF making equitable
nd nothing until I completed
be
Telephone
erty in n Commissioner Pouty
replied:
Commerce Commission does not intend
valuation telephone properties until after the
distance telephone
physical valuation Of
until March, 1914 and will
q u half complete. After this will
the valuation telephone !
physical valuation Of It's property Nothing
this commission .
u half"
Bethel telephone
yesterday Association
Commission already taken with the
this
diculte would
Investigations
IN concluded"
The Public
mission morning the Metropolitan
Madison Square, petition NJ wnkler
reduction
abolition of The
before the Interstate
appraisng this city
s telephone subway conduit
pending without hearing The
It's
world shows why.
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lights. wireless and softly complacent
to the press OF the crowd. but 1t is the
mnaret tunic nevertheless. that harks
back to PAU Polret. and which Is TAX
ing the place OF the draperies that of
late held first place. The minaret ap-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-26
FELL DOWN STEPS.

Mrs. Charles n. Rauch, oi 20
north Royal street. narrowly escaped
= serious accident at the home OF hcf
daughter. Mrs. Joseph West, early
this afternoon when she fell part OF
the way down stairs, striking hef
head.
Her daughter had just asked her
to secure something on the seconc
Coor and in attempting to climb the
stairs, which are narrow and with {
sharp turn, she missed u her footing
possibly overcome by the heat. ant
fell. striking her head.
Considerable excitement was crea'
ted in the neighborhood for severa
minutes before the lady regainec
consciousness, md it was found thai
she was not seriously injured. DR.
NrGuirc. who was Immediately call
;cd, gave her +reatmnnt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-26
NORFOLK NAVY YARD.
REPRESENTATIVE Holland Asks Con
gress TO Give Millions for f"lure
improvements.

Washington, June 26.-CongrcsS-
man f. +. Holland. Of the second Vlr-
riria district. has introduced two bills
IN the house calling for far-reachng
improvements in the Norfolk navy
yard.
One bill asked for an appropriation
of s3.OOO,000 for the construction OIL
a l.OGO-foot dry dock, mad the other
bill asks for $5O,C0G,0OO with which
10 build railroad connections, launch
ir,p slips. cranes and provide other
continent so u. to make the Norfolk
navy ward I'd 10 none in Amer
lea.
"Thc proposed erection OF mani
roth fortress at Cape Henry means
the lower Chesapeake bay and Hamp-
ion Roads will be the great American
naval rcn5ezvous," says Colonel HoI-
land. "To keep pace with this work
the Norfolk i1vy yard should be
equipped to handle any American
warship that will he placed in the wa
ter. It should be made Il first-class
yard. 1t sho,ld be enlarged anc
equipped not only to repair all tho
Zig ships quickly. but to build the big
warships. Should congress authorize
the money I ask for these improve
ments, the biggest warshir yet plan
ned can be constructed at the Norfol
yard"
Chairman Padgett. Of the house ma
val affairs committee, believes TIL
Chesapeake bay is destined to be TIL
future naval base for American
! fleets on large scale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-26
NARROW ESCAPE.
Fouls on Trap Net Poles Set in the
Channel.

After about month spent in sum-
mer fishing on Chesapeake Bay and
its tributaries the Schooner Eda Bal
lcncer, Capt. Faunce, formerly owned
by Theophilus Ballenger, OF A!eXan-
dr;a, has returned to Fairy Landing,
near Mount Vernon.
Capt. Faunce reports having had a
rarrow escape from serious injury to
his vessel on her way from the James
river. The vessel was underway one
night early in the week and was be-
in" shovel along at good speed by
;ail and gasoline engine. Suddeni!
he- headway was stopped and the
vessel seemed to rise out of the We
ter. Investigation showed that sh
had run upon abandoned trap-nets
poles. and, to get her free. men had
to be sent over the bow of the schOo-
rcr with saws and Patches 10 cut the
no!es from under her.
Soundings showed over thirty-feet
Of water, the poles being located di-
rectly in the path CT vessels bound to
tie Potomac. The Ballcnger was in
iured about the bow by fouling the
ro'cs, which were six inches across
tno butt. The existence Of these oh
structions to NAVIGATION will be
brought TO tho attcrticn Of thr en"i.
jnecr authorities in charge % Ch"4'
pcake baj; channels
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-26

LIKE BOSTON CASE.
Generally Believed Miss Wainwright
Was Victim of Operation and
Poison-To Resume Inquest.

Salisbury, Md. June 2G.--Relatives
Of Miss Florence Wainwright today
will appeal to Governor GoIdsbor-
cugh because they do not believe
local authorities are making sutfi-
cient progress toward the solution
OF her mysterious death The ywill
ask the Governor to set detectives
on the case, get the facts ani make
arrests. When the coroners jury
meets again tomorrow it Is sad a
charge of murder will BE- laid
against at least one person prominent
in Eastern Ssore affairs. Two ar
rests lay be made in an effort to
discover who supplied the poison
found with Miss Wainwright's body.
The evidence furnished by DR.. j.
McFaddcn Dick, who performed the
autopsy, shows Miss Wainwright
may have suffered a fate like that
Of Avis Linnell, who was murdered
IN Boston by Richeson. DR.. DICK
founI evidence that an illegal opera
ton had been attempted.
The stomach and a box of green
ish tablets marked qulnine, found
near the dead girl are at Johns
Hopkins University hospital for ex-
animation.
II is believed Florence Wainwright
was either murdered Or driven by
fear of shame to take a powerful
drug. When found the sirl was sit
ting al her desk in the office OF the
Home Gas Company with hsr halr
d;sheveled AMI dress looSened.
The finding Of hairpins in the yard
indicates that the girls death did
no, occur in the room where her body
was found. 1t is thought she was
laced in a sitting position a. hsr
Desk after she had died, probably
in the rear yard.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-26
MoToRBoAT OWNERS FINED.
More Than Twenty five Violations of
Pilot Regulations Discovered.

Fines amounting to nearly $4,000
have been imposed upon owners OF
motor boats and other river craft op-
Grating in the vicinity of Washington
by officials Of the Bureau of Naviga
ion, Department Of Commerce, as :
result of the vigilant inspection work
conducted during the last few weekA
by the motor boat Tarragon. More
TIA. twenty-five violations Of the
pilot regulations have been discover
ed.
Among the latest fines imposed are
the following: Power boat Rover,
having no means of eXtinguishing
burning gasoline, 500: power boat
Somerset, no mailing port painted or
stern, $40, al urarmed launch not
showing proper lights while under
way at ight; 100; an unarmed pow
er boat, having six passengers
aboard and only one llte-preServer,
S100, and canoeist, not having Ian
'ern in boat al night, 5000
A report of the fixing OF the fines
has been made to the custom-house
at Georgetown, and the offenders are
NV being given opportunity to ilc
sworn statements concerning the
charges. The fines are subject to
reduction upon the presentation of
dispositions.
The revenue cutter Apache came up
the river last Monday, but left last
night for a cruise down the bay.
While in port officers aboard her in
spccted a number Of motor boats. No
violations of the law were discovered.
The Tarragon is expected 20 remain
ir the Potomac until the latter part
of the week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-26
ACCUSED MANS FATAL LEAP.
Waiting Arrangement, Throws Him.
self From Court House
Window.

Terre Haute, Ind, June &c -Jno
Brantlinger, charged with larceny,
leaped from the office of the prose-
cutor on the third floor of the court
house yesterday and was killed.
while the prosecutor was preparing
an information against him
Brantlinger hid in saloon MonL!ay
hight, robbed it after it had been
closed, and while spending the money
freely was caught after a fierce bat
tie with the police. AS he waited in
the prosecutors Office yesterday
pending arraignment he leiSurelH
walked toward the window and before
those in the Office could prevent it
leaped from the window, striking or
the pavement, and was dead wheI
officials reached him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-26
COMMERCE COURT TO GO.
House Democrats, in Caucus, Agree
Upon its Abolition-Budget
Plan Turned Down.

Washington. June 26.-House DEM
ocrats in caucus yesterday agreed
upon abolitio:r Of the Commerce
Court as a party policy and. turning
deaf ears to pleas from their leaders,
rejected plan for the creation of a
budget committee to control appro-
priations.
Representative Broussard. of Louis
ana, champion OF the Commerce
Court, precipitated caucus on the
mooted question by offering resolu-
ton to authorize hearings on the
Sims bill to abolish the court.
Speaker Clark announced the tri-
bunal as useless and expensive, and
Representative Adamson, of Georgia,
chairman of the interstate Commerce
Committee, offered a resolution de-
caring it to b. the sense of the eau
Gus that the court be abolished dur
ing taken to protect and provide fo,
NJ taken to protect and provide for
jurisdiction over pending and future
Ilitipation. The resolution was adopt
ca BY viva voca vote.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-06-26
MAJOR HOLMES CONRAD Ill.
Virginia Lawyer Suffers Stroke OF
Apoplexy.

Washington, June 26.--Major HoI-
mes Conrad, of Winchester, Va, Is
critically i'll at his home at that place
according to message received here.
Major Conrad served as Solicitor.
General under the second Cleveland
administration. He gained pfomih-
ence also by prosecuting the Post
cffice fraud cases, which resulted IN
a shake-up in the department and me
conviction of several high officials.
A long distance telephone message
from Winchester yesterday after
noon brought the report to WASH
inplon that Major Conrad had suffer
cd stroke of apopleXy.