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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Relating to Schools and Churches.

No saloon. barroom or other place
wherein Intoxicating liquor is sold at re-
tail wholesale. other than hotels and
clubs. shall be licensed, allowed or MAIN
tanned within 400 feet of any public
schooihouse, '.or now located and estab-
lished college or university, or within
four hundred feet of any NOW eStab-
lshed house" of religious worship, meas
ured between the nearest entrances to
each by the shortest course of travel be-
tween such places of business and such ;
public schoolhouse, college or univer-
sity, or "esta blished house OF religious
worship.
No license shall be granted to sell in
toxiCating liquors in the waiting room of
any station depot OF any steam or
electric railroad or other carrier for the
transportation OF passengers within the
District of Columbia. The restriction at
3,ith and NJ streets is omitted.
Hereafter no license shall be granted
for the establishment or maintenance of
barroom or other place for the sale of in
toxicatng liquors, otherwise than in seal
ed packages and not to be drunk on the
premises, in any residence portion of the
District of Columbia; and it shall he the
duty of the excise board to determine in
the case of each application for license
whether the location where the barroom
is to be located is or is not W thin the
business portion of the District. and if
not the license shall be denied, and the
excise board is hereby authorized and re-
quired to determine in each case what is
so far devoted to business as TO con-
Stitute il a business street Or section.
+. divided that no license shall be grant
ed for any saloon or barroom on any side
of any square block or tract of land
where less than 80 per cent of the foot
frontage not including saloons or hotels
and clubs having barIoOm licenses under
this section. $ used for business pur-
poses nor shall intoxicating liquors be
sold at who esale outside OF the business
districts as above provided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Limitations on Sales.

No Intoxicating liquors shall be sold,
gwen away or in any way disposed or to
any minor, intoxicated person or "habituai
dr,lnkard," and ignorance OF the age or
any such minor shall not be defense
to any action instituted under this sec
ton: and no licensee under this section
shall sell, give away, or dispose any IN
toxicating liquors to any person between
the hours of midnight and IT o CLOCK
in the morning. nor on Sundays. nor on
inauguration day; and between said
hours, and on Sundays. and Inauguration
day every barroom and other place where
intoxicating liquors are sold shall be Kept
closed; that no minor under the age or
eighteen years shall be allowed to enter
or be permitted to remain in any place
where Intoxicating liquors are sold, other
than hotel or club: that the interior
of every barroom shall at all times
where selling is prohibited" be exposed
TO full view from the street, without oD-
struct.on by screens. blinds. curtains,
stained glass, bottles, boxes, signs or oth-
err material. except in the case OF CLUBS
licensed under this section and hotels
having only an interior barroom, when
shall be exposed to full view from the
corridors or passageways leading to the
entrance or entrances to such barroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
License Fees Authorized.

The section relating to license fees is as
follows. the new matter being in quota
ton:
That the licenses authorized and pro-
vided for by this section shall be of two
classes. Wholesale liquor licenses and bar
room licenses The fee for wholesale
liquor license until November ], 1914,
shall be 500 per annum. and Tor par
room license $1,000 per annum until NO
vember L. 1914: and Thereafter the Zee
for a Wholesale liquor license snail be
$500 and the fee for Il barroom incense
shall be S15D PEI annum. Every appi-
cant for Equor license shall deposit the
amount of the license fec with the coliec-
tor of taxes of the District OF to'umDia
at the time of filing the application with
the excise board. If. upon CONSIDERATION
of the application for license by the board
as provided FOR in this section. the BOARD
shall decide to grant the license PRAYED
for ii shall notify tie assessor ana me
applicant shall thereupon receive ms
license and only on the granting pv said
board of "a license to any applicant TO
sell Intoxicating liquor shall the assessor
issue a license to such applicant. -" men.
ever Il license shall be refused by said
board. the collector of taxes shali foitn-
with refund the deposit aforesaid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Classed as Misdemeanor.

Section u remains S follows:
That every person who shall. within the
District of Columbia, directly or Indirect
ly keep or maintain. 10y himself or 10y
associating or combining with others. or
who shall in any manner aid abet or as
sist in keeping or maintaining any club
room other place in which any in
toxicating liquors, the sale of which with
out a license is prohibited by this section
is received or kept for the purpose of use,
sale. barter. giving away, or otherwise
furnishing or for distribution or division
among the members of any club or asso-
citation by any means whatever, without
first having a license so to do, or in sec
tons of the District wherein the sale of
intoxicating liquor is prohibited, and
every person who shall use. sell. barter,
give away or otherwise furnish dis
tribute or divide any such liquors so re-
ceived or kept shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and subject to the penalties
prescribed in paragraph twelve OF this
section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

license or required to change his loca-
ton before November 1, 1914.
Certain duties of the board as to re-
ports etc. in the original amendment re-
main unchanged likewise the section re-
lating to the summoning of witnesses by
the board. Any witness who knowingly
makes a false statement TO the board
shall be punished for perjury. The clerk
of the board shall have police powers.
The regulations for application for
license. remain the same are provided
i'm the original amendment. and a false
statement knowingly made is penahZed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Amended by Elimination.

Section 81 is changed by omission 10
read as follows:
That it shall not be necessary in order
TO convict any person. company, asSo-
citation, club or corporation, his, its or
their agents. officers, clerks or servants,
Of manufacturing or selling intoxicating
liquors without license. i'm any section
of the District of Colombia where the
manufacture and sale is prohibited. to
prove the actual sale. delivery of or pay
ment for any Intoxicating liquors, but
the evidence of having or keeping them
in hand and Offering to sell or barter,
exchanging for goods or merchandise.
shall be sufficient to convict: nor shall
it be necessary in a warrant or in infor-
nation to specify the particular kind of
liquor manufactured. sold. offered for
sale. kept for sale, trafficked in. bartered
exchanged for goods or merchandise,
but it shall be sufficient to allege in the
warrant or information that the accused
manufactured. sold, offered for sale, Iept
for sale. trafiicked in. bartered or eN-
changed for goods or merchandise, or
kept 1t deposited to sell or barter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Original Requirements Omitted.

The original provision that the request
of parents, or guardian, or wife. shall
prevent the sale of liquor to any indi-
vidual is omitted, likewise that requir-
ing the closing of bars on legal holidays.
The original provision permitting suit
for damages by the family of a drunk
ard to whom they had demanded that
liquor should not be sold, is also omit
ted. The paragraph relating to minors
was changed to read as follows:
That any minor, who falsely repre-
sents his age for the purpose of pro-
curing Intoxicating liquors" shall be
deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and be
finad for each offense not more than $50
and in default in the payment of such
fine shall be imprisoned in the reforma-
tory or workhouse of said District not eek
ceeding thirty days.
Section 9eof the original measure, fix
ing the period for licenses to run, is un-
changed, as are section 10. requiring the
framing of license and display in con-
spicuous places, and section II. author
iZing the police to enter premises
Section IL, relating to the issuance OF
licenses to druggists. remains exactly
the same as in the original amendment.
The section governing physicians pre-
scriptions was not changed.
The penalty for selling without a Ii
cense remains the same as in the original
amendment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Applies to All Alike.

4 barroon license shall be required for
every hotel, tavern, barroom. cluo OF
other place in which Intoxicating liquors
are sold or dispensed at retail. A whole
sale liquor license shall authorize the IL
censee to sell intoxicating liquors in seal
cd packages only and in quantities not
less than one quart in the aggregate. eA-
cept in sealed original or bonded pack
age in quantity not less than approx
mately a pint" and not TO be drunk ON
the premises where sold: and no whole
sale license shall he granted uhtii II Is
satisfactorily shown that the place where
il is intended to carry on such business
is properly arranged for selling such
liquors as merchandise.
Every place where intoxicating liquors
are sold to be drunk on the premises or
in quantities less than one quart. eH-
cept in sealed original or bonded pack
ages as aforesaid whether drunk on the
premises or not. shall be regarded as
barroom: and the possession OF lntoHlcat-
ing liquors. with the means and appll-
ances for carrying on the business OF dls-
pensipg the same to be drunk where soid'
shall he prima facie evidence OF a OAR
room within the meaning of this section
and the license therefor shall be known
as barroom license. All makers, brew
ers and distillers OF Intoxicating liquors
in the District of Columbia shall be re-
quired to take out the wholesale license
provided for in this section: Provided,
That when such business is carried
on at more than one place Incense
shall be required for each place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
None But Bona Eide Clubs.

Before the excise board may grant
license to a club it must be satfsfac-
torily shown that such club is duly
incorporated; that it's membership is
bona fide, all being on all equal status
with equal privilege and responsible
tiles; that it's purposes are legitimate
and that the sale of liquor intended Is
no more than an incident. and is not
a prime source of revenue A license
to a club may be issued in the name
of it's president, and in case or VIOLA
ton of the provisions of this section
in such club. he and the secretary, the
treasurer and the manager of the cur
shall be proceeded against collectively
or severally in their individual ca
pacities and. if convicted. be subject
to the penalties prescribed in para
graph fourteen of this section. and the
license of said club shall be immediate
Nv revoked ,by the excise board: Pro
vided further, that after November l.
1914. there shall not be granted licenses
to more than twenty-five clubs, 1nclud-
ing those now licensed.
The provision requiring outside brew
ers and distillers to take out licenses
is omitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Change in Section Is.

Section 10, as changed, reads as fol-
lows:
That no license under this section shall
allow any female or any minor or any
person convicted of crime, to sell. give.
furnish or distribute any Intoxicating
liquors. or any admixture thereof. to any
person or persons, 'or except in the cases
of hotels. restaurants and clubs, shall
permit the playing of pool or billiards, or
any other games whatever, in the room
where such liquors are sold or drunk,
or in any adjoining or intercommuncat-
ing room: nor shall he. except in the
case of hotels, Restaurants and clubs.
permit the playing of music or theatricals
of any kind. or provide other amusements
in his place of business or in connection
Herewith Nor shall any barroom licensee
establish more than one bar under his
license. and the sale or dispensing of
liquors, except in case of hotels,
restaurants and clubs, shall be confined
to the room in which said bar is located !;
nor provide or permit to be used more
than one entrance to said barroOm from
the street, which entrance shall be the
one mentioned i'm his application for
license, unless the excise board shall
especially permit an extra entrance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
No Ban on Bucket Trade.

The clause in the original bill pro-,
hibiting the carrying away of liquors in
buckets or pitchers is omitted.
The bill further provides:
Nor shall any barroom licensee sell,
give. furnish or distribute any intoxi-
eating liquors 10 any female, nor per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02

For the District of Columbia, Mary
land and Virginia, fair and colder to-
day Monday probably fair; moderate
west winds
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-01-30
LETTER FROM THE MAssACHus.
FITS STATE oRNITHoLpGIsT.
Feeding wnd Birds in Winter

hh "h' fftuS III Nlntff.
The birds that have remained
through the winter IN southern New
England have been fortunate this
year IN escaping severe cold and
deep snow storms. but by the time
that this reaches the reader the rig
SIS Of winter may beupon us. Great
storms and cold waves have swept
over the west and many people
there are caring for the birds. Ths
beaver Republic" o; January sth
appeals 10 people 10 feed the storm
bound starving birds and the Mayo,
81 the city thoughtfully sends Ia
atruciions 10 all the heads o. cit,
asd county institutions 10 use the
surplus food from their tables 70
the benefit Of their feathered neigh
tosS. Her Ia Nea England tn.
birds have not come In large nam.
bea 10 the feediug places provided
Tor them during the early part Of
shs winter There are TWO foAaons
for thls Firss birds generally
have not been ~ pientifal A. IN
isAsi years. and, SECOND their nor.
nal supply 81 iasect food ard seeds
has noi bssa eossssA much With Ice
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-01-30

There v mnrh disenssiop regarding
the merits - dmwn aud unduwn
Ismltrs Most dealers rnntend that IN
warm weather fowi which has had
,hiiails and rup removed spoils much
more auRkis. because ~ the extent
- cut surfars c1posed than does m,
drawn panitsy IN large city mar
kei me dealer kept drawn poultry,
aud he said thni be could not 40 10
except fnf ihs fact that steady Gus.
TONERS taoe an ~ bis stock. No that
nothing Ms left ou his hands The
eHtra prize he asked per pound s~s
only sntiicient 10 make up for the loss
in weight
l, j. greatly 90 the bousekeeper
advantage 10 buy fresh. well drawn
poultry. for not only Is the flavor In
jured nv the unelean practice OF al.
lowing the entraiis 10 remain IN the
body. but II is thought to favor the
development OF ptomalnes. II has
been shown that after death the In
tesiinal Iuiees. with their contained
bacteria. are able TO pass through the
walls of the intestlnes into the mus.
Gle 1ber. aud this process goes on.
even though the fowl Is kept al a
very low temperature. In some states
cold storage fowls are required by
law TO be sold us such
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-01-30
skeleton Found or Rocks Thought
10 BE Former Doi set Man.

Lanby, Jan. 2S.-Charles Kent
aud Joel Boardman OF l.andgrove To-
day discovered while fox hunting a
mans skeleton. which is supposed
10 be that Of John Erickson, a
o@ete. formerly employed by the
West Marble Company at
Dorset who disappeared early last
summer. Their hound found the
zones. which are in creyasse in
some rocks, ahupl Is feet deep, the
slope OF the rocky sides and posi-
tion of the skeleton showing that
the man probably fell in while alive
aud became w,oged So that he
could not eAtricate himself. The
bones had been gnawed by hedge
nogs and Wood .uice. There was
nothine with Il 20 Identify the man.
the clothing having been chewed be
yond recognition
Mr. Erickson moved away from
dorset abOuf two years ago and had
llved in Landsrove only few
months when be 'niled to appear at
ais customary time for a meal at
the ho"se where be boarded. This
led TO search as he was 81 years
old aud ia poor health, aud it was
fcpred that he hal become sudden
iy ~ while cut walking. He had
10 money Of any Consequence nor
other yaluaeles which would lead
to the beliri that Ie was murder
I'd Tor the p rpose OF robbery and
the suggestion IL thar he fell into
the hole accidentally - there are
many bLshes growing over the rocks
aud The collage linl ably obscured
he opening OF the crevasse.
Nothing is known about the mans
relatives 50 Poormaster f. A. Rush
Aill have the bones buried
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-01-30
Ny I.egilofn Hen.

Oh. snow white hen, grasp III.
pen
To magnify your praises.
Whether you feed on clover sweet
Or breakfast hash you gaily eat,
hear you singing up the street
DR. down the road--when eer W,
meet
find you seeking your retreat,
That nest amid the daises.
Yes, Leghorn hen. the very pen
In which you dwell Is money.
You cackie in such joyous strain
I listen to your shrill refrain,
hope 10 hear IL oft again
For every caekle checks the pain
OF high-cost living. Then again
IL make my Tom and Jerry.
lss eggs I'm craving. proud old hen
Aonndano. OF them. tell me when
III find my baske, filled.
No siorag. trash will sooth my heat
lIpftul noA 80 !. gssIJ tp9u9s.. ana
Which hiring the cash in every mar,
Where farmers understand their arr
Aud where their wares are billed.
Augustus II Gray
Aged ~ years.
Holland Patent. n. Y.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-01-30

The Congregational charlh ID
ShervhAm hAA catsnded q call q
iAes George frcptl 81 West Hart.
lord 10 beoome i,s pastor
Rev Il " iialloweil hAa resign
81 a. pastor u the Mshod 4
church al W.ybrage.
Ralph O. Tinker 81 Johnson aged
~ ycaf~. disd "Wednesday from
aiood poisoning, resulting from IA
attack % meanscs Over four years
ago he Vas shot in The right arm
.seaf che elbow Ia 4 huuhug acct.
doit and had but little Use ~ the
arm Afterwards. The measles seem.
81 60 settle at that point aud Ne
sait,d In his death.
Probably the smallest baby In
the world lises in ST Johnsbury,
and his parents are Mr. and Mrs,
George Is burgess. The young
an.an wss .pesn Aks old Tu,sda,
and weighs one aud thrte-fourths
pounds The child Is perfectly
formed and normal Ia every way
and ia excellent health. He Is not
as large as the doll which many q
small girl found in her stocking
Christmas morning. The little bod,
measures ~ inches and the tiny
foot is an inch aud quarter long
SO tiny is the baby that no attempt
has been made to dress him. He
is fed every two hours from the
uniest Of bottles aud is beginning
10 show lively interest In feeding
time His first food was taken
through a medicine dropper. bui
after u few days he graduated 10
a bo' tie and the contents disappear
with the rapidity and enjoyment OF
the aNerage-sized child at feeding
time. Mr.. and Mrs. Burgess are
the parents Of one other child,
fine, big, lusty boy OF six years
Frank Berger of North Adams,
VINO had been working at the Fort
Dummer Mills at Brattleboro as
weaver, was drowned Saturday az
ternoon in the water which over.
flows the Hunt meadows. George
Ellis, Fred Lackey and Alexander
Coryando saw Berger skating south
toward the place where the current
from the Connecticut river flows
through railroad culyert. SO that
there is not any ice. He was met
by two boys, who warned him the
ice was dangerous, but he kept on
until he went through. The water
was about 10 feet deep at this
point
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-01-30

ar saow Nevertheless r'~splc pho
o. not pecceea IA attracting pifds
ahogla per~evnrr and shsu shw fini
assp ssov cones they may reap the
inward u their I-essasssace ~ some
go suBmor birds s0eh AZ rohtans
wbiFds. che~inks aud chipping
sparfoWb are pili here % ;he
sAruer days our liitl" pensioners
appreciate a supPy Of water In some
sheltered place shers they nsay
drink and battle The fret week in
January a small flock o. Tree spar.
rows bath.d frequently IN ntile
pool not far from my house som"
humane persona put out. each day
Defote nnon. pans Of water slightly
armed for birds baths Some q
The most attractive winter foods for
rus are sunfloger se~da. crumbs
Z dog biscuit. nut meats and split
quAsh ssssds Blue Iays are very
fond Of corn. chestnutS and meat
craps as well as suet and have
seen oBe busy eating chunk OF
rozen milk. Many birds require
sand or fine gravel 10 digest thair
food. and II ashes or sand are
placed near their feeding places
when snow covers the ground. they
.ill make use Of IL. Where il seem
difficult TO get birds to oolne to a
shelf at the window the following de
vice may be successful A strong
wire is run diagonally downward
from a second story window 10 81
nearby tree. Upon this feeding
shelf is hung from two little pulley /
wheels 70 that IL viii run easily |
back and forth. A hemp string at 4
lached 10 the end Of the shelf near 4
1T the window enables the owner
to pull IL up to the window from
the tree and its own weight takes /
4 back. projecting roof attached
TO Il 20 keep off ice or snow is |
great advantage. When the birds
have learned TO Gene TO the shelf |
al the tree II mas be pulled nearer
the house, day by day, until II has
been brought 20 tue very window-sill
where the birds will follow When
thu birds have I,eome accustomed |
10 feediag at The window window 1
boz NAV be made This box fits 1
into a space made icy artly openiag
the lower sash, tnI projects into |
the room The ter and sides may |
be of glass and the bottom of a
solid board. If such a box is put |
into o window on the south side OF |
the house il offers the birds a near
ly perfect shelter from rain, snow |
or cold " nos. prevents waste OF
food and brings the birds into the
room. where they are separated
from the inmates merely by pane
OF glass. No more intimate acquain-
lance than this can be expected |
with the birds until we teach them |
10 feed frcm the hand
Edward Howe Forbush.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-01-30
A Prophet il Not Without Honor
save in His Own Country.

More than half the students al
Middlebury College come from out.
aide Vermont The same Is true OF
Norwich University. At the Lyndon
Agricultural school last year not 4
single student registered from that
town, while applications for admis-
sion were received from score OF
STATES aud from more towns IN Yer
nloal tLaa could be accommodated
Why ~ THAI Does distance lend
egchantment or is 1t the lure Of the
larger institutions IL cannot be
because the facilities Of The home
schools ara lacking for thoy are e1
eellent St Johnsbury Republican,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-01-30

when storing choice seeds saturate q
cloth With spirits " turpentine and
place II Ia the bottom OF fruit Jar.
Pack the seeds in the jar and cover
with another cloth wet with turpenune.
Cover tightly with the lid.
When needed the seeds will be In
perfect condition
The weevils aud other insects which
destroy seeds are In this manner kept
from hurting them.