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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27
DEATH OF MRS. FARDEN.
Native of New York Was Treasury
Employe Thirty Years.

Mrs Sarah Louise Farden. an employe
of the Treasury for more than thirty
years, died at her residence. 1O17 9th
street northwest. yesterday. after an ILL.,
ness of two days. Funeral service will
be held Monday.
Mrs. Farden was a native Of New York,
from which city she came to accept the
position in the Treasury. At the time OF
her death she was in the treasurer
Office She was sixty-two years old. An
adopted son. ]. l.. -Farden. a medical stu
dent, and an uncle. J. s. ,Farden of 1853
Monroe street. survive her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27
Buildinel Erected in the 4os.

The locality improved slowly and up to
1876 the total of dwellings and outbuild-
ings did not exceed a dozen. Early in
the forties William S. H.. Stanford. a well
known tailor. bought Of p. w. Browning
lot No. Z. adjoining the present No. 1
truck house on North Capitol street, on
which was erected the frame building in
which the late Chief Belt lived for some
years. This building, on the street being
cut down, was given an additional story
built Of brick. About 1871 John L. Writ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27
ATTACK TAYLOR SYSTEM
Of SHOP MANAGEMENT
Machinists, in Convention Atse
Take Up Wages Paid by
Government.

The so-called Taylor system of shoI
management was strongly disapproveo
by the delegates who have been in ses-
sion at the biennial convention of Dis
trict Lodge. No "A, International AS
ISOLATION of Machinists, which concluded
with meeting held last night in the
MCGEE building.
AS further protest against the con-
tinuance of the present system in effect
in machine shops operated by the gov.
eminent, many Of the delegates. accom-
panied by several members of Congress
called on the Secretary of War yester.
day afternoon and entered formal protes
against the Taylor system being used il
United States arsenals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27
Mrs. John Reid Shannon dead

Mrs. John Reid Shannon. wife Of Rev
John Reid Shannon. former pastor OF
the Metropolitan M. f. Church, died In
Boston last night. death resulting from
an operation. Mrs. Shannon suffered
from an attack Of appendicitis about ten
days ago. the Illness being complicated
by an attack Of peritinitis. II is though,
Mrs. Shannon will be buried in Ohio, hel
native home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27

BENJAMIN. De Ment spent the past week
at hts home at Harpers Ferry. Va.
William Naecker 10 soon to start on
near Fredericksburg. Va.
Fred II. Wyatt IL seriously Ill at
George WASHINGTON University Hospital.
He was operated on several months ago
and recently suffered a relapse.
Charles King. time clerk, Is trying his
hand at writing scenarios for motion pie
ture piays. his shopmates say.
Frank Love Of the tool shop. son OF
&c. c. Love of the erecting shop. has re-
turned from his honeymoon spent in New
York city.
Secondary. Mount shop.-John L. Wat
kins - spending short vacation az
has been called to ;lis home at Hagers-
family. -
Leading Man H. N. Keegan is on fish,
land has been confined to his home sew
oral days by Illness.
w. H. Gilbert is III at Garfield Hospital.
Leading Man E. M. Cole tried his hand
at reed bird shooting the past week. He
Is reported to have bagged q dozen and
half of birds.
Foundry.-Clerk Henry Disney is con-
fined 10 his home on account Of slight
illness.
Frank Meifelt has returned from a trip
to Waynesboro. Pa.
Clerk George Thomas is fishing In the
vicinity of Harpers Ferry. Bart Thomp-
son and Thomas Burns are on weeks
vacation.
!, Miscellaneous Machine Shop.-C. n. Nc
Ginnis has resigned his position on ac-
count OF III health. He has returned to
his former home In Baltimore.
Reginald James Is taking a motor cycle
trip in Maryland. He expects to be away
a week
Ebenezer Harmon and Joseph Haslem
plan to start this afternoon for an ex-
tnded auto trip through Pennsylvania.
their objective point being Gettysburg.
where they fought side by side during
the civil war. Both men are more than
seventy years old and each year they
make 1t point to visit some place
where they saw service in that great
conflict. Mr.. Haslem was one Of the
crack shots of the 61st Maryland Regi-
ment. They will visit Baltimore on
their return trip.
Pattern Shop.-Master Mechanic b. F.
Aitchinson. accompanied by his brother.
Jefferson. Of the Southern railway and
w. a. Mills. will leave this afternoon
on the latter's motor boat, Marietta, for
a fishing trip down the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27

at least 100000 troops lining her
borders. Bulgaria was forced to SUR
render, he said. The Roumanian troops.
he pointed out marched to within
few miles of Sofia
The conflict between Albania and
Greece, now in progress, broke out
after Gen. Miles left Europe. Dis
cussing it. he said that there Is grave
danger that Russia and other ma
tions may become involved In this
latest war, which would mean disasters
more terrible than what has gone be-
fore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27

Stricken with cerebral hemorrhage at
9Th and d streets northwest this after
noon. James F. Collett. fifty years old.
of TO 9Th street northwest. was taken
to Emergency Hospital. where he died
about an hour later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27
Charged With Non Support.

John p. Philpott. a painter. residing in
Georgetown. was arrested today at Cum
berland. Nd. on a charge Of non-support
OF his wife and four children, according
TO the police. Detective Buriingame
went TO the Maryland city TO bring Phil
pott back to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27
.H|STOR|C|NTEREST
|NCLEARED SECTION
William Elliott Cottage in 1918
Was a Rendezvous for
Local Star-Gazers.
OBSERVATORY ADJOINING
PROBABLY FIRST HERE
Total Number of Buildings in the
Condemned Square Did Not Exceed
Dozen Up to 1845.
By JAMES CRoGGoN.

The two squares between New Jersey
| and Delaware avenues and and c
streets. north Of the Capitol. the build
ings on which are now being RACED
preparatory to parking between the Capt.
toll and the Union station plaza, have
| much of interest other than that men,
toned in the history of the Washington
House, published in The Star of Satur-
| day last. Historically and Topographic
cally, 1t is behind no other section of
Washington.
The place described last Saturday was
the only improvement in the square for
fourteen years in the beginning of the
last century. In 1918 William Elliott
came to this city, and on lot II, south
of the Washington property, settled with
his family. building frame cottage,
| planned somewhat after Mount Vernon.
In the rear he also built an observatory,
probably the first erected in Washington.
and gathered around him many persons
of scientific taste. 1t is related that
GEORGETOWN College. with others, gath
cred there frequently and witnessed the
movements of the stars. He had much
ground attached, on which. like the adj
House. fruits. plants and flowers engag-
ed the attention of the family and
friends. The carriage house was on New
Jersey avenue. Mr. Elliott was for a
long time under DR.. Thornton the only
clerk in the patent Office, DIR. Thornton
being the superintendent
Some idea of the topography of these
squares may be had when 1t Is remem-
bered that at the corner of C street and
New Jersey avenue the natural grade
was ten or. twelve feet below the pres
emit grade. and that eastward at North
Capitol street the hill was twenty feet
higher than the present grade.
On the Original Level.
Some of the original grounds of Capitol
Hill have remained on the original level
within the two squares, and about 1t
there are ninety-one houses, few of
which were erected before the street was
cut down, making underpinning nee
essary.
In 1916 the next settlement was made,
Thomas Brooks. a colored man.. leasing
| from Thomas Daw a part of lot IL, be-
| tween North Capitol street and Delaware
avenue, for ninety-nine years, at $25 per
| year. On this lot he erected a two-story
brick house intended for back building.
and this remains to this day. few
years after, on the east half of the lot,
Robert Stevenson had a dwelling, but 1t
| has long since disappeared.
1t was provided that at the end of
| forty years the lessee would be allowed
| $3.50 for the improvement on surrender
| of the lease. The Brookses lived here many
years, as did the Stevensons, but before
court bailiff. was the occupant of the
| Brooks house, and a long time after
came CharleS r. Campbell, and recently
q Chinaman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27
WILLING, SAYS MILES,
BUT NOT SEEKING SEAT
Veteran Warrior Not AverSe to
Standing as Candidate
for Congress.

Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, u S. A.,
retired who has been mentioned as a
possible candidate for the seat in the
House made vacant by the death Of Rep
resentative Wilder of Massachusetts and
who was in the Balkan states during the
recent wars there, has returned to Wash
ington.
Gen. Miles said today that he is not
seeking election as a member of Con-
gress from Massachusetts,. but probably
would accept II elected. He declared
that he has always been of the opinion
that the office should seek the man. not
the man the Office. He added that he
thought there was too much wire-puliing
In American politics today.
The famous Indian fighter and former
head of the United States Army told In
terestingly of the lessons to be learned
from the war between Turkey and the
Balkans and the war among the Balkan
states. He had excellent opportunities
for observing the conflicts. While In the
Balkans he visited his son. who Is mill
tary attache from the United States to
the Balkan nations.
g.. War a Disastrous One.
Gen. Miles said that considering the
number of men involved and the time
earia on the one side and Servia and
Greece on the other was the most dis
astrous war of recent times. In the
short space of thirty days. he added. at
least 100000 men were either killed or
placed hors de combat. This destruction.
he said. was due partly to the modern
equipment of the armies. and partly to
the ferocity of the fighting.
While Gen. Miles was In Sofia. the cap
ital of Bulgaria, an aeroplane of the
enemy flew over the city and the roar of
artillery could be heard In the distance.
The troops of the enemy were within
sight of Sofia, showing the dangerous
position occupied by Bulgaria.
Surrender Only Choice.
Gen. Miles said that Bulgaria had no
other recourse than submit to the terms
of her enemies. Opposed by Servia.
Greece, Turkey and Roumania. and with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27

Cotter T. Bride has resigned as ma
tional treasurer and as a member Of
the national executive committee OF
the American Antitrust League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27

three games during the past week.
York has lowered the high mans lead
In the checker tournament. The stand
Ing up to September Is follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27
War a Disastrous One.
Surrender Only Choice.

Gen. Miles said that Bulgaria had no
other recourse than submit to the terms
of her enemies. Opposed by Servia.
Greece. Turkey and Roumania, and with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27

Pattern Shop.-Master Mechanic b. F.
Aitchinson. accompanied by his brother.
Jefferson. of the Southern railway and
w. A. Mills. will leave this afternoon
on the latters motor boat, Marietta, for
a fishing trip down the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27

Erecting Shop.-By beating Jaeschke
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-28
A SERIOUS IMPLICATION.

Replying to criticism by Water
loo newspaper of the Register and
Leaders campaign for Haley. the Des
Moines paper says:
It was Immediately following let
ter surreptitiousIy sent to the Register
and Leader which led to the investi-
cation by the attorney general, and to
the movement to abolish contract la
Dor, that this prisoner was discovered
to be incorrigible and unmanageable.
But this has not been SAID To in any.
way mitigate the punishment accorded
to him in the courts OF Dubuque
county
There is suggestion in the above
paragraph which calls for further ex-
PLANTATION. The plain suggestion is that
Haley is being punished in solitary be-
cause of this letter which allesedIv
started an investigation and that it in :
Guides persecution by prison contrac-
tors.
This IS a serious charge 10 be made
even by implication. 1t seems to bring
the matter 10 a place where the Des
Moines newspaper should make good
or apologize to the board of control
and the prison authorities
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-28
A PLACE FOR FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.

One of. the best uses our soldiers and
sailors could be put 10 would be to
send a sufficient number of them TO
the assistance of the flood swept dis
trict. 1t seems strange that consid-
cradle part of city should be ma
rooned by flood and on fire With in
habitants fleeing for their lives along
the housetops in the sight of thousands
who are helpless to aid them in these
days of modern live saving boats and
trained life crews. and of airmen who
compete with the birds 1t is hard for
lis who have read OF the rescues along
the coasts to understand that an in
land flood is thus impossible for the
right boats and the surf sailors of
whom we have read.
In cases and under conditions like
those in Ohio the federal government
might We'll assume control and direc-
ton. and send its best engineers and
commanders, its most capable quarter
masters and its willing and effective
troops and sailors to the rescue. To
thuss pend the money which other
wise may be appropriated to build
public buildings in Sundances or i'm
prove navigation along a creek would
meet general approval.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-28
BRASS BAND CHARITY.

n writer in the Omaha Bee criticised
as brass band charity" some of the
contributions 10 the relief fund and re-
ferred TO the pull for contributions as
"a tow line" The Omaha World Her
aid suggests that This is no time for
newspaper recrimination. The World
Herald will engage in none. That the
Omaha Bee. three days after the calam-
ity. had not Yet seen fit to contribute
10 the relief fund is the Bees business.
But that the purposes of the fund are
worthy, and that every effort that is
made to swell il should be commended
and not sneered at"
Now the World Herald has much the
best Of il. In the midst of a great
calamity, when corpses lie in the open
and the homeless wander about the
streets is no time to draw fine distinc-
tions as to the impulses which prompt
contributions. The spirit which moves
contributors to a relief fund is the con-
tributor's affair If he tries to adver-
tise or if his contribution is purely
altruistic doesn't matter so much. That
the purse strings are loosened is the
main thing. That the homeless are fed
and sheltered and the dead given de-
cent burial is the business in hand of
humanity as represented by the relief
committee. Let that committee throw
out the tow line and pull hard. The tow
line is life line.
There is a great deal of poppvcock
in the anatomizing of contributions to
good causes. The dollar which works
in a good cause has been converted"
1t has ceased TO do evil and learned
20 do we'll which is generally conceded
TO comprise the main fruits of con-
version and reform. If it were given
With a mental reservation that its be-
stowai would work TO the material ad-
vantage of the donor the dollar works
unreservedly just the same. \ grave
robbers spade may help To fill a break
in levee and they would be foolish
men who refused 10 use it or who stood
arguing over fine distinctions in the
shadow of destruction.
1t was weak criticism dragged in at
wrong time. Ii is more by way of
pharisaism than good samaritanship
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-28

ent funds to make even respectable
showing on permanent road work in
each county. One of the newspapers
had the temerity to suggest that the
mill tax would bring in nearly $500. 900
and the automobile tax about 100000
and would give total of S1,4oO,000.
quite respe ctable sum. 1t was fur
ther Suggested that Iowa could antici-
pate its ! mill levy for ten years, max
ling So, COO 600 available for immediate
use in the state
Evidently the, chairman of the roads
and highways committee holds the
view-a view which the house by its
unanimous vote would seem to share
that newspaper is in contempt. or
something of the kind. when it calls at
tention to the results accomplished in
other states in the way of road legis-
lation and ventures to suggest that
Iowa take its proper place in the per-
nlanens roads procession. These states
men OF the house seem to feel that 1T
is the sole province of the press to
print the words OF wisdom that fall
from the lips OF the dignified legislat-
ors, printing his photograph OCCASION
ally and not emitting the Hon" as
strange # the legislature, taking its cue
from these judges whose exaggerated
notion Of judicial dignity. moves them
10 try to Jail every editor who criti-
cises their acts, should consider the
advisa bility of passing some sort OF
act providing that editors cr!ticising
members of the general assembly. be
tailed. hanged, drawn and quartered,
boiled in oil and otherwise punished for
their presumption. Such legislation
would not be any more foolish than
some OF the other matters with which
the time of the Legislature has been
taken up, while real constructive legis-
lation has received but scant consider
alton.
The press Of Iowa fs doing its part 70
further road legislation in Iowa. II
needed legislation for the Improvement
Of the roads is not passed. it will not be
the fault OF the press. but Of the lesis-
lature The best way the legislature
can show az good intentions aa the
press shows is by giving Iowa the road
laws it needs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-28
Topics of the Times


The Des Moines Capital thinks talk
of reorganiZing the republican is
premature" Like the celebrated native
by the not less celebrated
Arkansas traveller the Capital figures
that when it rains it's too wet to work
and when it's dry the roof doesn't need
it. Anyway LATE has been camping
out ever since the senatorial primary.
The public utilities bill doesn't COM
mend Itself to the cities of the state if
the newspa pers are to be held repre-
sentative OF public opinion.
A great calamity has its uses. II
brings out the best in people and
proves the truth of human brother
hood.
South Dakota had an anti-treating
law. But everybody treated just the
same. Why they even treated the law
with contempt.
In the deepest sympathy with the
unfortunates in the stricken districts
comes a sense OF extreme thankfulness
that our homes are not a. those. Of 9TH
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-28
The House Like.

Some love the glow of outward show.
Some love more wealth and try to
win it;
The house to ME may lowly be,
If l but like the people in it.
What's all the gold that glitters cold,
When linked to hard or naughty feel
ing?
Whateer we're told, the noble gold
Is truth Of heart and manly dealing.
Then let them seek, whose minds are
weak.
Mere fashions smile and try to win
It:
The house to me may lowly be,
II l but like the people in it.
= lowly' roof may give us proof
That lowly flowers are often fairest:
And trees whose bark is hard and dark
May WELD us fruit and bloom the
rareSt
There's worth as sure meath garments
poor
AS e'er adorned a loftier station:
And minds as just as those. we trust
Whose claim is but of wealths ere
alton.
Then let them seek. whose minds are
weak,
Mere fashions smile and try to win
II.
The house to me may lowly he.
If but like the people in ii.
Chicago Record Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-28

for ten and twenty years should right.
fully be paid for as used, which re.
quires q bond issue to distribute the
cost equitably over the period Of time
in which the Improvement Is to last
Two-thirds of the states in the union
road bonds and not one Is building any
permanent hard surfaced roads without
the bond issue method of distributing
the tax burden. This legislature should
put Iowa in company with the other
two thirds of her sister states who
have learned by experience how to
finance permanent roads.
The more enlightened states have
discovered that there is distinct bene-
fit to property values by reason of
permanent highway improvement. The
farms abutting hard surfaced road
are increasing in value. Likewise the
farms in the nearby vicinity and the
property Of the cities to which the
hard roads lead derive distinct bene-
tit. In all equity the variousclass=s
of property benefited by a road i'm
provement should pay a special assess
ment toward the cost OF construction
which will in some measure be graGu-
ated according to the benefits received.
There are various methods OF accom-
plishing this result from the special as.
{
ciple of which underlies our special
drainage district law. to the two-nile
road law OF Indiana and the zone sys-
tenn of Utah which reaches the prop
erty nearby the road on the same bill
that abutting property in our cities
assessed for paving improvements.
The legislature at this session shou,d
devise method or plan whereby per-
manent road construction in Iowa can
be assessed according to the special
benefits it confers upon property val
ues.
These are the essentials for perra-
nent roads in iowa. The present stat
utes OF the state have ATTEMPTED 20 /
provide them in the past but need TO
be vitalized by few amendments
Without these essentials the people Of /
Iowa will remain stuck fact in the
mud of their bo1tomless roads while /
the people of Tennessee in the old /
south. OF California in the far west, CT !
Texas in the new south and OF nearly |
all OF the states back east and even |
in Minnesota in the extreme north will |
be enjoying the comforts and the in
dustrial economies OF their magnia- |
cent system Of hard surfaced roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-28
BUY A HOME.
y = Il IA To " u.
[Cedar Rapids Gazette. ]

tCedar Rapids Gazette
The Des Moines Capital advises
young married folks. whether the ius-
band is on a salary. or just getting
started in business Of his own. to buy
a home. 1t is good advice. We believe
that city's prosperity is the most
stable which has the greatest percent
age OF home owners. Some families
have good reasons for not buying a
home. but We believe home owning
should be the rule. and that tenantcy
should be the exception.
Many a young couple have maze
their real start in life by buying q
home, sometimes very small affair.
upon which practically nothing would
be paid down. the price being met thru
monthly installments. Paying for a
home has developed habits of industry
and economy that have meant financial
Independence, or at least a reasonable
degree OF comfort, in later years.
Buying home sometimes has COM
PEELED the family 10 live rather eco
nomically for time,-bu, the economy
habit is good one to encourage and
develop. It's better to be economical
anyway than to live up to the limit Of
ones means, or as So many do, just
beyond ones means.
If home buying will inculcate the
saving habit. it has more than justified
itself.
Then there's the satisfaction that
comes from living in property that can
be called mine" or ours That sat-
isfaction is worth something. even If
it is claimed that it is just as cheap
to pay rent as it is to own home.
Own home. That's always good
advice to follow.