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The Washington times., 1913-02-21
DECLARE TREASURY
IS UNBUS!NESSL|KE
Members of House Committee
Find "Crude' Handling of
General Surplus Fund.

Interest amounting to s36. 500. .923 II
the last twenty-six years has been lost
by the Treasury.
Handling by the Treasury of the gen.
eral surplus fund is crude, unbusiness.
like. Improbable, and discriminatory
A working balance of s25, ,0o00oo in
the Treasury is sufficient.
The Government can increase its
revenues 5000, 1903 a year by charging
interest on funds in Government de-
positor!es.
These are the findings today of the
House Committee on Expenditures in
the Treasury Department, the results
of several months investigation into
the Governments operations.
Failure of the Treasury Department
to exact interest on funds given ma
tional banks as special or general
Federal repositories" is the principal
criticism of the committee. This iden-
tical criticism was made by Rudolph
Spreckels, the San Francisco banker,
in his broadside against Treasury
order No g." issued recently which
directed deposit of Government re-
csipts in national banks. without m
terest payments.
In its report the House committee
says:
The question as to the proper
method of dealing with the surplus
money in the Treasury, commonly re-
ferred to as the working balance
has been before the committee. From
careful consideration the committee
finds:
Large sums of money have been
unnecessarily retained in the Treas
ury, aggregating at times s10U,0o0,000.
THAT S25,000,000 is an ample
amount to retain in the vaults as a
The Government has lost in the past
tveIty-six years in not collecting in
terests on its deposits, figured at per
cent, the sum OF s56,6oO.S23.
The Government has lost on the eN-
cess retained in the Treasury, figured at
per cent the sum of s47, 7,6l0,S60.
The right accorded banks to act as
Government repositories is a discrim
ination against all banks not so des-
ignated, and is species of special priv
flege or Government favortis
The system is crude, unbusinesslike.
unprofitable and discriminatory, re-
sulting in unearned and large profits
End advantages to certain favored
banks and ought to be speedily reform
e.
The committee urges tha. the Ways
and Means Committee or the Ranking
and Currency Committee consider legis-
lation TO abolish :he alleged deposi-
tory system by forcing banks TO bid
for Federal deposits.
There are 1,i36 regular repositories
th- committee finds. who obtain Cow
ernment money without interest, and |
are selected solely 1T the discretion of I
the Secretary of the Treasury These
deposit bonds IN the Treasury e.lual T.,
mel; 6epost.s. which are kept intact.
There exists between ~t-h banLs |
ard the department a complete under |
>rs,cing that the department. is not to |
deplete or withdraw its deposits" the !
committee declares.
Interest is demanded. the committee
declares, only from special temporary
repositories and then only since 1908 at
] per cent, and since 1911 at per cent. I
The total amount of such interest col !
lected is only sSSS 600.
Authority of banks to advertise their
appointment as Government repositories
Is discrimination against other banks,
Il is declared
The Washington times., 1913-02-21
ROYALTY GUARDED
AGAINST M|L|TANTS
King George Orders More Men
Used During Function for
New York Debutante.

LONDON, Feb. 21.-Because Miss
Mary Phelps Jacob, a New York debu-
tante. was to be presented at court
tonight, the American colony in Lon
don was tremendously interested in the
suffragettes today. BY order of King
George, extraordinary precautions were
planned to guard Buckingham Palace
against the militants during the func-
ton.
Scotland Yard men in addition to the
regular military guardsmen, were on
duty all day about the palace, and
every avenue of approach 20 the royal
house was under the most rigid sur
veillance
The guests at the court will be merci-
lessly inspected by guards and detec-
tives. and compelled to submit to posi-
tive identification. Perhaps in no time
of national stress was British court
held under such espionage as will be
toniSht's affair. Kings counsel attach
cd to the home office roday were trying
to find charge on which they could
cause the arrest of Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, leader of the militants, in
connection with the blowing up of
Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd
Georges new villa at Walton Heath.
Bv order Of Home Secretary McKen-
na, the lawyers were subjecting to the
closest analysis Mrs. Pankhurst's de-
fiant utterances at Cardiff in which she
boasted that she was willing to assume
all responsibility for the explosion.
The police took complete stem
ographic copy OF Mrs. Pankhurst's re-
marks and turned them over to the
home office.
Ii is said that IL the legal authorities
decide that Mrs. Pankhurst's own state
inert can be used as proof that she
had anything to do with the bomb out
rage, she will be arrested and tried.
The Washington times., 1913-02-21
Five Candidates
Urge Rivals Name

Senator Pomerene of Ohio is wonder
ing what to do about a petition he has
received, signed by five Democratic ap-
plicants for postmaster at Kent, Ohio,
urging him to procure the confirmation
Of tho Republican appointee whose
name was sent to the Senate by the
President some time ago
Senator Pomeren is at a loss to un-
derstand what has prompted this amaz-
ing to solve II and find out whether he
IL being made the victim of a joke.
The Washington times., 1913-02-21
Tariff Commission Bill
Is Reported FavorabIy

Following out the instructions Of the
Republican caucus which met short
time ago, the Finance Committee Of the
Senate yesterday ordered a favorable
report on the lodge tariff commission
bill. Later. Senator Lodge reported the
bill to the Senate.
1t is not expected the bill can be pass
ed this session. It Is put forward to
publicans stand by the tariff commission
plan rather than the policy Of making
tariff changes without scientific data
The Washington times., 1913-02-21
REAL ESTATE MEN
TO DEFEND SIGNS
Will Meet Tonight to Take For
NAL Action Against the
Smith Amendment.

William H. Saunders. president of the
Real Estate Brokers' Association, is ar
ranging for a meeting of the association
tonight to take formal action on the
Smith amendment to the District appro-
priation bill, which has met with
practically unanimous opposition on the
part of the real estate brokers.
A committee composed of Herbert r
Shannon, JOHN l.. Weaver, Charles w.
Fairfax and James F. Shea is today
preparing formal resolutions setting
forth in detail objections to the amend
ment and the reasons why the brokers
feel that it does them an injustice and
would have a bad effect -, the real
estate business.
Places Limit On Signs.
The amendment, which is now before
the conference committee. provides that
not more than one for rent or ..for
sale" sign shall be placed on any piece
of property, and that the consent of
both the property owners and Commits
sioners must be obtained before this
is done. 1t further provides a tax Of
S for each sign.
The brokers will contend that the stip-
uidtioH WOuiu tenO 10 Destroy cOmpett-
tion in the real estate field According
to the present arrangement, a piece OF
property for sale or for rent may be
listed with any number of real estate
brokers and each has the right to put
his sign on the property. BY permitting
only one sign. the real estate men claim
that the competitive feature practically
would be eliminated.
Some Favor Compromise.
The amendment is aimed at the dis
figuration of many pieces of property
on important tloroughfares by the pres
ence of a large number of signs. Some
Of the brokers are in favor Of COM
OIL a basis of limiting the |
number and also the size of the shns
thereby preventing a man from listing |
his property with an unnecessary num- |;
ber OF brokers, and at the same time |
him to list with more than 4
Jne and retain the competitive feature. |
Jther brokers are opposed to this ar
however, and 1t seems un-
likely that such a proposition will be |
in the report which the ,
brokers' will send to the conference /
Real estate men who have been in
conference with members of the con-
erence committee said today that these
had been satisfactory in
nearly every instance. and that there
s reason to believe the matter can be
adjusted by a regulation of signs which
would not contain the features that are
Objectionable to the brokers.
The Washington times., 1913-02-21
Uncle Sam Gets $35
For "Conscience Fund.-

An addition of s35 was made to the
United States Government conscience
fund today by an unidentified nan
The letter bearing the money was mail
ed on board an express train between
Pittsburgh and New York
The Washington times., 1913-02-21
Lighthouses Approved.

Lighthouse building appropriations in q
total sum Of 1000 are approved in the
bill sent to the Senate by its Commerce
Committee.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08

For Rent-Small furnished cottage. call at Sully's Car penter Shop.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08
w. c. T. U. NOTES
Woman's Work

What about the new voters Ill equal suffrage territory?
 Will womans natural conser- va.ism and her ages of training to see tie small aud nearby things make her slow to catch tie new and broader way of doing?
 Or will the mother love, anG care fer home developed through the generations easily spread it's wings to cover ali children and to make other homes clean and beautiful?
 The old ways of helping others were sweet and lovely hut they won't do for today. Il is more picturesque to carry a basket of jelly to a fever stricken home; but it is bigger and better to stir up the city health officer to locate the source of the fever germs and then stir up the authorities to demand pure supply of milk and water.
 1t is easier to bind up the bruises Of those who have fal- fen and to use a little arnica, It takes more head and more heart to find the stone that people are stumbling over and to get it out Of the way.
 Sympathy is one of our nat ural virtues. Any woman can feel sorry for the drunkardS : wife and hire her to do a days Iscrubbing. But why should not every woman vote to bar the door that leads to tempta ton? Thank Jack London and The Saturday Evening Post for making it clear that the saloon creates the appetite for drirk iu countless cases. Western Woman's Outlook.
 Press Supertendent,
 w. c. T. U.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08
BOAT INSPECTION RULINGS

The U. s. Steamboat Inspec- ton Service rendered a decis- ion under date of June g ln regard to the credit 10 be glyen fer experience on motor boats In the answer to an inquiry from the Supervising Inspector oF he Sixth District. Louisville, Ky. requesting the opinion oE ihe Bureau as to whether or no. an applicant is entitled to an examination for an original IL ccnse as pilot. who has obtained his experience wholly upon niOtor vessels Of a class not subject to inspection by this service and which are not re- Glired to carry 8 licensed mas Ger or a licensed pilot. an opia-
 ion was given that the provis- ions of Section 34. Rule Y. General Rules and Regulations do not restrict the experience referred to motor vessels of a class subject to inspection by lhis service and which are re
 quired to carry licensed mas ter or licensed pilot, and, there fore. the experience may have been obtained on motor vessels not subject to the inspection Of this service. However. tine To- cal inspectors are the judges in the last analysis as to wheth CT the applicant has passed the required examination and is
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08
lqualified for the license for which he has applied.

There appearing to be soms misunderstanding as to the class of motor boats subject to the last paragraph Of Section c, Rule III. General Rules and Regulations. as amended. Jan mary. 1913. in regard to life boats ard life rafts required on inspected motor boats. :" the Bureau has decided that the provisions of the paragraph rs ferred to have reference onis ta motor boats "inspected bS the service." and have no ref erence whatsoever to motor Ioats not subject to Inspection equipped according to Act ce Congress approved June 9, 1918.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08
NOTICE TO FISHERMEN

 Meetings of the Southeastern Alaska Fishermen's Associa. ton will be held on the first and third Thursdays of July ct the Secretary's home, New Town, 7::3O P. NJ. The secre- tary will see members at any time in regard to business or interests of the Associations. Telephone 142. By order of the Executive Board.
 M. A. c. GIBSON.
 Secretary.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08
POLL TAX DUE

Notice is hereby given that 4 t.sx of Four Dollars (S4.00) Der capita is due and payable to me at my office in the Court house, Ketchikan. Alaska, OH Gr before the first Monday in August, 1913, and in case of .1iIure to pay same on or be- fore that time same will be- come delinquent.
 Section ' Of the law provides IS follows: It shall be the duty If the Commissioner to collect and enforce the collection of ail unpaid taxes and such de- Illguents shall be compelled to pay a penalty of si.00 in ad- dlsfon to such tax.
 Section 12 provides: Any per son who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall De guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of not n.ore than one hundred dollars TOT less than five dollars, or imprisoned in the Federal Jail not more than thirty days nor jess than one day.
 l.. $. STACKPOLE,
 U. s. Commissioner and Ex
 Officio Poll Tax Collector
 of the Precinct of Ketchi-
 kan.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08

Buy your, Drugs, Toilet Ar licles, Stationery, Sundries and Periodicals at Hacks Drug Store. adv
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08

Better see Foord the Plumber about that work you are think
 ing of having done. His price and work are both o. K. adv
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08

Let Haack fill your Prescrip- ticns. Licensed and registered pharmacist, 10 years experi- enee. adv The Daily Miner, Sf. per. mo.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-08

Ali Roads Lead To The EFeam. adv
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-29
Fields is the place to buy rain coats. adv. NOTICE TO FISHERMEN

 Meetings of the Southeastern Alaska Fishermen's Association will be held on the first and third Thursdays of August at the Secretary's house, New town, 7:30 p. m. where the secretary will see fisherman at any time in regard to business or interests of the Association, except afternoons, call at room 4, Tongass Building. By order of the Executive Board. Tele- phone 142.
 M. A. c. GIBSON, edv. .~ Secretary.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-29
w. c. r. U. NOTES

Alcohol kills the living and preserves the dead.
 With ballots you can Carry A. Nation.
 High balls mean low scores. When some men think they are feeling their oats, what they really feel their rye,
 SiXtyfive fraternal orders will not allow liquor dealers to join them.
 Limitations of "Personal Liberty"
 The man to whom the busi- le9S world is now willing to accord ''personal liberty" in the matter of drinking, is diff ficult 10 find. He cannot fill arceptably a position in a bank; he cannot "hold down a job" in a factory; he is black listed by the railroads. and he is considered undesirable as a chaffeur. Coroner Hoffman "ays that more joy riders meet death in automible accidents than any other class. He says 1T am familiar with most of these fatal cases and know that drunken drivers were re- sponsible for the majority of these deaths"
 "The first step towards the elimination of sin is to get after the man who makeC money out of it," is the terse the course of procedure in fighting the traffic in drink and vice.
 From the daily press: = The fly plus the baby plus the in sect equals the grave. Here is another formula; Liquor plus the youth equals ineffi- cencV and ruin. Of course remove the temptation and while you are in that struggle train the boy and the girl.
 w. c. T. U. Press, Supt.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-29
ForeteIling the Weather.

Here are a few hints for foretelling the following days weather: First of all, look at the northwest for your weather. However threatening the sky may appear. if you see a bit of blue in the northwest you won't have steady downpour. At the worst it will only be showery.
 If the day has been very fine and the blue sky is suddenly specked over in the evening with little curly clouds then look out for a change of weather. The longer they take to form the longer the time before the change comes about
 A red sun in the early morning is bad sign, for there will be wet weath- CT before the next twenty-four hours are over. Though the sky at sunrise may be absolutely cloudless, yet if the eastern horizon is red or orange the clouds will roll up and rain probably will fall before nightfall.
 Evening red and morning gray,
 Two sure signs of one fine day.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-29
Tennyson's Last Hours.

pr. G. H. R. Dabbs was the medi. cal attendant on Tennyson turing the latter's last illness. A few hours be- fore the end the poet turned to the doc tor and said "Death?" The doctor merely bowed his head. That's we'll" said Tennyson. Dr. Dabbs has left on record picture of the concluding scene. Nothing" be writes. "coud have been more striking. On the bed figure of breathing marble, food ed and bathed in the light of the full moon streaming through the oriel win dow: his hand clasping the Shake speare which he had asked for but re- gently and which he had kept by him to the end: the moonlight. the majes- tic figure as he lay there. drawing thicker. breath irresisdbly brought to our minds his own Passing of Ar. thur"
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-29
he hearing over the seizure

! he hearing over the seizure of the American hallbut schoon erNaliant, Capt. Courage, will be held at Vancouver, B.C., i'll September. The Valiant was seized by the Canadians in May on alleged grounds the schooner was fishing in Cana dian waters. E. E. Kelly, the customs broker, is repesent- Ing Capt. Courage in the matter.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-29

Arrow shirts and collars Fields. adv
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-29
Rriaht Outlook.

Shells your brother. who Is deaf. any better. He-Yes He was arrested yesterday. and I'm told he is ;o get h:s hearing in the morning. - Brooklyn Citizen.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-29

G D Corsets sI.50 to s6.00 per pair at Fields the special ist. adv.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-08-29
The Daily Miner, S7 per mo

Ready made suits for men at st5. s2O. and s25. at Fields.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-13
J. |. WEAVER & SON
N: W. Tel. 3O6. P. o. Box 1853. Barn
l blk. north of Mississippi river bridge.
b. Anoka, Minnesota

Our old friend. Bill APPLICABLE, is
anxious to solve the ghost mystery of
the old mill site. He is of the
opinion that "some reformer is play
ing ghost with the best of inten-
lions. = He is well aware that
many young men-and old ones too
stay in town late o'nights tapping
up the stuff which steals the brains
away when they should be at home.''
lie knows that the ghosts advice
not to bum around town o'nights is
good and timely, y but he is DESTROYS
OF learning the personality of the re-
former SO that he may congratulate
him. So Bill intends to hover
round the old mill site nights and
await an opportunity to solve the
mystery.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-13
A LOOK OF: TERROR.
How Artist Holder Posed His Mode
to Secure It.

How Artist Holder Posed His Model
to Secure It.
Ferdinand Holders picture ''Das
Mutige Webb the courageous woman)
has been much discussed in art circles,
especially in Switzerland. the home OF
the artist
The look Of terror on the woman's
face is lifelike. The story of how the
artist got the facial effects, depicting
fright and determination, is as follows
-Four models came to his studio te
sit for the picture. He asked them in
turn to wear an expression such as
they would have on jumping into a
lifeboat from sinking ship in storm.
Not satisfied with the results, he took
them up to the fat loaded roof of his
house. which is FIVE stories high. and
placed a chair on the extreme edge
The poor models were dreadfully
frightened, and each in turn sat wide
eyed on the forward edge of the chair,
too nervous to look in any direction but
straight forward.
The artist chose one of the women
and took up his easel and rapidly
sketched in the face and upper part OF
the figure, though not at all too rapidly
for the sitter.-Munich Cor. New York
Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-13
"Paying Through the Nose."

Paying through the nose" is to be
indirectly swindled in transaction or
to pay an exorbitant price for thing
in consideration Of long credit. A
variant is Ito be bored through the
nose" 'bored'' here having the mean
ing Of cheated. deceived:
At this instant he bores me with some
trick. Henry VIII.,' I. l, 12S.
One that hath gulled you. that hath
bored you, sir.-"Life of T. CROMWELL
1902, II, ii, 103.
And Howell in his obstruction For
Forren Travell" $780,. page 50, had
known divers Dutch gentlemen grossly
guild by this cheat Ghe selling of forged
manuscripts to young travellers in
Italy,, and som English bor'd also
through the nose this way by paying
excessive prices for them."-London
Notes and Queries.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-13
LAID THE SPECTER.
The Story Of a Ghost With Troubled
Conscience.

The Story Of Ghost With Troubled
Conscience.
The following we'll authenticated
ghostly happening is recorded in Jessie
Adelaide Middleton's THE Grey Ghost
Book"
A lady had taken a furnished house
in Suffolk, England. from widow who
had lately lost her son. One day she
was sitting in the drawing room when
the figure Of boy Of about thirteen
walked across the room, halted oppo-
site table on which was some china
and began to weep bitterly. When she
got up and fastened toward the boy to
comfort him he at once vanished. AS
the same thing occurred repeatedly, the
lady wrote to the owner of the house,
seeking for some explanation This
was her answer:
Twill you kindly search the table
with the china ornaments on it, and if
you find sixpence in any of them put it
into the poor bag in church? I gave
him sixpence to put in the bag the last
Sunday he went to church, and instead
of putting it in he kept it to spend He
told me about it before he died. but l
did not know where he had hidden it."
The tenant searched and found the
sixpence in a little china jug. She put
it into the poor bag-and was never
again visited by the apparition.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-13
a CUNNING WAGER.
It Looked Like Sure Loser, but Wa
Really Easy Money

- Looked Like sure Loser, but Was
Really Easy Money.
There was queer bet. one that
seemed somewhat foolhardy, made by
politician a few weeks before the
election in 1906, when it was apparent
that Mckinley would sweep the coun-
try.
He had been approached by a man
who offered to make "majority"'
wager. "I'll tell you what I'll do" the
politician replied. "I'll bet you $50
that can write down the names Of
thirty states that Mckinley will carry"
The man snapped up the bet eagerly,
and the politician wrote the list of
names and gave them to a friend to
keep. sealed, until the day after elec-
ton.
Now" he said, "just to show you
how big a cinch Mckinley has, 1 will
bet you $500 that I can name ten ad.
ditional states that he will carry"
The man who took the first bet jump.
ed at the second chance, feeling GER
tain that forty states would not go
Republican
: When the election was over and the
votes counted the envelopes were OPEN
ed. In the list of thirty states the
politician had named all the solid
south and the doubtful states. He lost
800. But in the list Of ten he named
states that did not go Democratic in
twenty years until the election of 1912.
Louisville Times.