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Gilpin observer., 1914-11-12

The county commissioners meet on
Saturday to make the tax levy
Gilpin observer., 1914-11-12

VIM NJ. Tascher and Anna Bott-
ger were married last Tuesday by
Judge Fullerton.
Gilpin observer., 1914-11-12

The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid will
meet with Mrs. Slater Thursday af-
ternoon.
Gilpin observer., 1914-11-12

list of the delinquent taxes will
Dc found on the inside pages.
Gilpin observer., 1914-11-12

TIE teachers club will meet this
week with Miss Henley.
Gilpin observer., 1914-11-12
MeINseLF VAS 1T

Dat partnership NIT me und Gott
Vas all a fake-vas simply rot
To dink of it shust makes me hot
Meinself was 1T.
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
Making Virtue of Necessity, Of
ficiaI Set Discovers City Is
Desirable Place to Spend
Hot Months.
BY MARY EDNA MOVES.

Washington, the most popular sum
mer resort in the country. 1t is true
for more worldwide notables are gath
cred under the shadow of the dome OF
the United States Capitol at the pres
ent time than at any other spot in the
country.
At Newport, which is widely known
as the sumner capital. also are many
notables, but they are mostly the social
celebrities and not the kind who are
known not only for their social tri-
umphs but for their talents. accomplish
ments, and attainments. Not only the
President and the members of his Cabi-
net. the members of Congress. and
other high officials are in Washington
this summer, but many officers of the
army and navy are here and expect
to remain.
The transformation OF Washington
from a lonesome, quiet. and Improbable
city to a summer resort was all brought
about by necessity. Congress found 1t
necessary to remain in session Until
last summer 1t was never so. but now
that it is, Washington has come into
its own.
AS long as there are faithful and de-
voted wives and Congress sits during
the summer months, Washington will he
listed with the other successful summer
resorts.
And as long as there are unsettled
conditions in Mexico. the summer
colony will be augmented by the army
and navy set.
Real Estate Men Happy.
The real estate folks in WASHINGTON
rejoice in this. 1t gives them splendid
opportunities to rent suburban prop
erty. and, on the other hand, It gives
them chances to rent town property to
good advantage. for many of the wives
of the Government officials who stay
here. find time to go house hunting and
get their homes into order for the
winter
Here is where the shopkeepers reap
the benefit of the long sessions Instead
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
Evening Services in the Churches

RELIGION IN LIFE"-Seay
northwest
THREE SAYINGS JESUSThe Rev. w. Johnson Grace Baptist
Church. and D southeast,
REWARDED"-The Muir Temple Baptist Church
northwest m.
Stanley, Second Baptist Church, Fourth
Virginia southeast,
MEN"-The Briggs,
Church. and southwest, p m.
SERMoN-The Rev H. Episcopal Epiphany
CHANGED SABBATH?"-The R Haer, Evangelist
big Randolph place northeast m.
Keller Memorial Lutheran Church.
Ninths Maryland northeast p.
Edwards Thomas ST. PauPs
Episcopal South, Second and northwest
Church. Maryland and Fourteenth
northeast, m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
Fifth and Pennsylvania southeast.
odt Episcopal Church. Fifth and streets northwest, p m
Washington Cathedral Mt Alban
Columbia S p m.
"JOPPA-The Foundry Methodist
Church
SERMON-Th Hnnafod Presbyterian Church
Meridian
CRowD"-rhe Clark
Episcopal ChuJch Ninth and streets northwest
Emmanuel Baptist Of
the Pesidents and northwest
REQUEST"The He: Church,
Eighth nd northeast, m
SERMoN-The Ball. Metropolitan Baptist Church.
A northeast, m.
JERUSALEMThe MaeMurray,
Episcopal Twentieth northwest
73opm.
Episco
pal Church. southeast p
SERMoN-The Presbyterian Church.
teenth md Irving northwest, p.
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
THE MINIMUM WAGE.

The minimum wage system, es-
pecially for women and girls, con-
tinues to be given an occasional try
out in various parts of the country.
The West, strange to say, where the
economic pressure is lighter than in
the East, seems to be giving it the
most earnest attention and the fair
est trial.
One Western State that has taken
very advanced ground on the mini
mum wage for females is Washing
ton. The State maintains an indus
trial welfare commission, which is
taking up the various businesses in
which women and children are en-
ployed: and every industry thus far
investigated has been forced to raise
its minimum wage!
Last week the minimum wage of
female telephone and telegraph op-
orators over eighteen years of age
was put at SO per week. The mini
mum for girls and boys under that
age will be Sc. A luncheon period
of one hour is decreed, and each
plant must provide model sanitary
and satisfactory rest rooms for its
female employees. No boy or girl
under eighteen may work before 6
a. m. nor later than 8 p. n.
These regulations will go into eff
feet in September. The commission
found that strict application of these
rules to the smaller exchanges
would work a hardship, since many
employ girls only for a few hours a
day, and special arrangements for
the protection of both the small ex-
changes and their part-time en-
ployes will be promulgated later.
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
THE COST OF HIGH
LIVING.

1t is a noble and a useful work
nat the American Society for Thrift
o IS set out to accomplish. Certain
(. its field is as large as our bound
les land itself, and if the society
realIy follows in the wake of the
asted American dollar the sky will
= The limit. An era'of extravaganza
has also been sweeping over the
-"st of the world, but what happens
Droad is poor excuse for our own
rIstakes at home.
A great deal is heard about the
Ugh cost of living, but TIE real trou-
lie with US, is the cost of high living.
Not only do we demand the very
'est, and even regard as necessities
hat which well-to-do but prudent
"cople on the Continent would in
iIlge in only as occasional luxuries,
pat we spend millions and millions
f dollars every year en- senseless
Amusements and distractions.
For instance, the thrift workers
lave just concluded a surrey of the
q abarot situation in Chicago, a typi-
:.l American city. The forty thea
3crs of few years ago have grown
20 $50, an increase much greater
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
PRICE FIXING.

There is always great outcry
against any suggestion that the Gov
ernment fix prices of commodities.
Doubtless we are very long way
from the time when, aside from
rates for the service or products of
public utility concerns, Government
will undertake to fix general prices.
Yet making prices by fiat is by no
means unknown. The Government
has just secured injunction to re-
strain the Chicago butter and egg
board from publishing price quota
tions, because by doing so it infiu-
ences prices higher.
In the Elgin butter board case a
strange state of facts was uncov-
cred. 1t appeared that the Elgin
butter board was just a pleasant fic-
ton. 1t didn't deal in butter; mere
ly in prices for butter. By curious
focusing of the public mind, a sort
of general agreement had been
reached, that there was something
significant, not to say sacred, about
the price edicts of the Elgin board.
The general public thought that
board dealt in real butter; in fact, it
almost never saw any, save on the
dinner table. 1t was a stuffed proph-
ct; an oracle of Delphi, giving the
tip that served the purposes of its
managers.
The wonder was that such an as
sumption of authority utterly with
out warrant should have affected
the market; but it undoubtedly did,
very greatly. The Elgin board being
enioined, the Chicago board, which
was a sort of twin sister affair, deal
ing. however, to some extent in real
butter as we'll as in prices, is now
being enjoined.
But it all leads to wcnderment as
to whether an authorized Govern
ment board could not do tnat sort of
thing. in exceptional cases, quite as
well as an usurping group of straw
dealers. The Government is in po-
sition to get, and does in fact get,
the most complete and reliable infor-
The Washington times., 1914-07-19

| of milady going to New York or else
| where to do her buying. she goes
| downtown early and does her shopping
in the cool of the day. Then the florist
| ana the confectioner came in for their
share OF the benefits. too. That is OBJ
! vious. As3ong as folks stay here they
| must eat and drink. but not necessarily
alone. 1t Is no cooler to eat alone than
| souls. SO little dinners. luncheons, card
, parties and sewing circles meet.
Every Monday morning Mrs. James
Z. MARITIME. wife OF the Senator from
New Jersey: Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson,
wife of the Senator from Arkansas;
| Mrs. Percy E. Ouin. wife of the Com
gressman from Tennessee, and a few
others meet at the Congressional Club
for bridge and luncheon. Other card
clubs made Nd of the wives of the
the Congressional clubhouse at fire.
ouent times
Sunday evening dinner parties, when
the members, OF the Iowa delegation in
Congress come together for an Informal
gathering also are one of the Joys of
remaining in Washington for the sum-
mer.
Society More Democratic.
But to return to the good effects the
extra long session has had. the fact
that the entire social atmosphere has
Deen maze more democratic Is or no
small Importance. Folks meet on a more
common footing at the clubs and other
places OF diversion in the summer time
than later on. At the clubs, people
have the opportunity of making new
acuuaintances when their old ones are
away. and lonesomeness stares them in
the face.
Never in the history of Washington
have so many canoes and motor boats
of all kinds been afloat on the Po-
tomac. Every boathouse along the riv
er has been enlarged and has taken
on the prosperous look that lew paint
and nails give. The Potomac Boat
Club has had its membership enlarged
to a degree that has made a large
addition to its storehouse and the build
ing OF a tennis court, TO say nothing
OF a large camp on the Virginia side,
not only possible. but an actually.
The Chevy Chase Club and the Army
and Navy Club never have had such
an attendance before. The Wednesday
night dances at the former which usu-
aIly diminished in attendance toward
the middle of July to such an extent
that it did not pay to have a paid or
chestra are now quite as large and en-
tovable as in midwinter and are pre-
ceded by larger number of dinner
parties. The same Is true of the Sat
urday night dances. when only the
members OF the club are dancing. The
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
REORGANIZING THE
PARTY.

In a quiet way, the business OF
organizing the Republican party is
going ahead. Last autumn the ma
tionaI committee submitted to the
State organizations the proposition
to reduce Southern representation.
If two-thirds of the State organiza-
ions indorse it this year, it will be
adopted, and the national COMMITTEES
viii be governed by the new rule in
calling the 1916 convention.
Thus far no signs of organized op-
POSITION have appeared; but the
Southern States have not made their
attitude clear. There are not enough
Of them to defeat it; but with very
lew re-enforcements in other Sec
lions their united vote would be suf-
ficient. The early conventions in
Western States have been indorsing
the program; another year will be
] ecessary to bring the verdict of a
s lfficient number Of States to de-
termine the outcome.
If this measure fails it will be be-
cause Of a solid Southern opposition,
reinforced by heedlessness in few
Northern States. By all means the
Iew rule should carry. With it, the
party will have chance
to come back; without it, there will
be small chance for it to make a
showing. Moreover, simple decency
and common honesty in political
methods demand that the scandal of
corrupt sectional domination in the
of any party shall end.
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
CARRANZA, OR VILLA?

General Carranza is determined
rat Ne shall be the first chief OF
Mexican affairs, in fact and effect as
ell as in name. He has no thought
r. compromise or of being thrust
, ,ide by any other. He intends to
." President.
But his position is not like that of
ladero. Madero's followers and
pporters demanded, when his revo-
t'lion had succeeded, that he be
!" esident. They were all and genu-
ely for him.
Not so with Carranza. Mexican
,litics has fallen on the time, as
lmerican politics has done so often,
@hen a war hero is quite the "avail-
bile cardidate!" Villa is vastly
more popular at home, and truth to
.ay he commands rather more conf
i"nce abroad. 1t need be no mar
RI if Villa is the first President un-
Ter the new regime, by virtue of the
ncere choice of the people.
The war heroes have not done so
IDLY, even though not always
sined to statecraft. We may num-
ar Washington, Jackson, the cider
iarriscn, Taylor, Pierce, Grant,
ayes; and Roosevelt, as men whose
ar records made them Presidents.
- them all, Villa looks more like
-ckson than any other. The Wash
ngton Administration, in its present
,olitical phase, oughtn't object to
N because of that resemblance
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
SWEDEN'S FEAR OF WAR,

1t will interest people resident il
Eastern parts of the United States
to know that emissaries of CONNER
cial and governmental agencies il
Scandinavia are touring the Middle
West, telling former citizens Of
Sweden and Norway that there il
grave menace of war between Swe
den and Russia.
Millions of Swedes and Norwegian!
live throughout the Middle West
and Northwest. They are decidedly
the dominating element in at least
two important States; they are So
cially and politically powerful in al
the States west of Indiana. They
with their children, constitute one OF
the most important elements in this
country; and they are very devoted
in their loyalty to the fatherland.
Western newspapers describe the
activities of the agents who are
working among these former Scan
dinavians. One of them, Mr.. A. O.
Asser, comes with credentials from
a newspaper syndicate in Sweden,
and is addressing Swedish societies
in Iowa, Minnesota, and South Da-
kota. He tells his hearers that war
between Sweden and Russia is looked
upon as well-nigh certain. Sweden,
he says, will sell her independence
dearly. She is prepared to place G0o,-
900 soldiers in the field and fight to
the bitter end.
Russian spies, Mr.. Asser says, are
everywhere in Scandinavia; their ac-
tivities have become SO bold and fla
grant that it is well-aigh certain
that they will precipitate a crisis
that will be taken advantage of by
Russia to start war. 1t is Russia's s
age-lcng effort to get a frontier on
the open ocean; and rights and equi-
ties will be of small concern when
the excuse comes for striking.
1t is remarkable that Sweden
should be fully convinced of Rus
sia's hostile intent, while in this
country We hear next to nothing
even of the menace of such a conflict.
The mother country is frankly max
ing appeal to Americanized Swedes
to lend their sympathy and substan-
tial aid; thousands of them, it is
said, are ready to go back and fight
if occasion arises.
Truly, this is the land Of the free,
and of the millions everywhere who
struggle for freedom! Last year the
Greeks, Servians, Bulgars, were hur-
rying home to help their countrymen
throw off the Turkish yoke. This
year the American Irish are again
on the qui vive of interest in their
,entury-old struggle for a free Ire
and. Next year it may be Sweden's
stand against Russian autocracy.
Every year and all the time, Ameri-
IAN citizens who have learned the
esson OF real freedom under the
Stars and Stripes, are being sum-
noned to help the cause under some
other flag and sun.
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
Need $4,000 to Give Poor
Children Outings

The managers OF Camp Good Will
are thankful for the generosity
shown by the people of Washington
in the campaign for funds lust
closed, but more money is necessary
If the children OF the city's poor are
to be given the full privileges of the
recreation days. Approximately 81, 800
was raised in the campaign conduct
ed by the Associated Charities. and
only 5000 more remains to be raised
to meet the expenses OF the camp
for the remainder OF tho summer.
Another effort to mako UP the neoes.
The Washington times., 1914-07-19

The packing of trunks and boxes di-
rected to the summer White House at
Cornish, y. H.. has been the work of
servants at the Executive MANSION for
the last several days. and it probably
will te a matter of very short time
before Mrs. Wilson and Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones will make their de-
parture. Whether the President will go
depends entirely upon matters OF state.
Miss Margaret Wilson's, editorial duties
in connection with her magazine work
in Madison, Wis, will make it impos-
sible for her to spend much time this
summer with her family.
The Washington times., 1914-07-19

Than the relative growth of popu-
lation. In at least 200 of them
vaudeville performers, and moving
pictures entertain the crowds. Over
100 performers prance, yowl, and
below in the downtown cafes,
with the headliners of the moment
drawing from $3.50 to 5000 a week.
AS a rule, the more violent the "act-
ing" and the louder the Singing"
the greater the pay.
An American globe -trotter who
returned a few months ago from a
sojourn of eight years abroad, de-
clared that this is a turkey trotting
age. Perhaps he was right. =
The Washington times., 1914-07-19

sary fund is TO be made during the
coming month.
The camp took on a naval aspect
Yesterday, when Secretary of the
Navy Daniels spoke to the children.
and in return the youngsters gave
the salute to the flag and sang patri-
otic songs. The Marine Band played.
A committee representing the navy
yard had charge of the day. Mrs. g.
w. Bryant. president OF the Mothers
Club Workers of Camp Good VIII.
and Rebecca Goldstein. secretary of
the Girls Peace Club. were active in
the program. The men OF the navy
yard are planning q program for tho
children at the camp neat Saturday.
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
TOO MUCH BUREAU
,CRACY7

An Illinois Congressman has
made a complaint and demanded an
explanation, anent one of the curious
rules of the Naval Academy. A cadet
may not carry the wrap, parcel, or
bag of the lady with whom he is
walking. This is inflcxible. The
Congressman wants to know why,
and observes that such regulations
tend to make snobs instead Of gen.
tlemen of the Naval Academy young
men.
He's probably right. While he is
investigating that regulation, how
about this state of facts:
In a certain Government depart
ment is a scientist who, years ago,
invented process of very great
value to mankind. 1. has been
adopted and exploited by this Gov
ernment, and many millions of Gov
ernment and private funds have been
invested in it. Fortunes have been
made out of it, and other fortunes
have been saved through the knowl-
edge Of it. Foreign governments, in
all parts of the world, are now bor-
rowing the process and educating
their people in it.
The inventor Of this process got
absolutely nothing out of it. He is
working for the Government, after
some twenty years of service, for a
good deal less than $4,000 a year.
The process, which he patented in his
own name and then relinquished all
rights to the public, would easily
have made him a millionaire, if he
had retained it, as he could have
done. AS it is, he has repeatedly re-
fused offers of princely inducements
tc leave the Government service and
lend his name to corporations for
the exploitation of his invention.
So much for the services of this
one obscure Government scientist;
obscure, that is, in official Washing
ton; known, however, all over the
world for his services &c humanity.
Plainly enough, that man deserves
the consideration of his country and
his Government. If he had lived in
England he would long ago have
been knighted, or better. In France,
he would have received The Legion of
Honor.
What does he receive in the United
States?
The other day, when called upon !
by a visitor who asked him some !,
questions about his invention and its !
this scientist said:
81 am not at liberty to talk to you
unless you can get the head of this i
to authorize it. That is
a regulation imposed on US, and we
must obey it. I should be glad to
talk of the matter you suggest; the
public ought to have The informa-
ton; but without the necessary au-
Ehorization | cannot do So"
That confession came from a man
# worldwide note for his achieve
nents in an immensely important de-
partment of practical science.
He could not answer the questions
If an interviewer without specific
from a department head
whom he had never met, and who
night or might not know his name
and services.
Is that sort of discipline advis-
able?
Is it inspiring to Government
workers, or calculated to encourage
hem to do their best?
Is it not bureaucratic, autocratic,
md undemocratic to the last degree?
Does it not demand and compel
;acrifice of the self-respect of men
VINO at best get mighty little out of
heir work?
If there is too much snobbery at ,
Annapolis, how about bureaucracy (
n Washington ;
The Washington times., 1914-07-19
TAKE THE TIMES ALONG.

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mer, keep posted concerning Wash
& gton people and affairs by having
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Ahere you are sojournlng, you can
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the world at all through the mails
The Times will follow you.
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Subscribe for the paper now. Tele-
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The Washington times., 1914-07-19

nation about crop conditions and
the like. Other people take its in
formation and fix prices; why
couldn't the Government, in cases
where there is reason to suspect
that the private fixing interests
have an Interior purpose?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-24

Hannibal are in the city. having come
to see the swimming exhibition az me
local Y. NJ. C. A. tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-24
PERSONALS.

Mrs. J. D. ". Hamilton OF Topeka.
Kan, visited with her brother, c. A.
Rice, over Saturday.
Mrs. Sarah Noakes and daughter,
Kate, have returned after FIVE
month visit at Chattanooga. Tenn.
Harry c. Overton and wife have
been visiting at their parental home,
602 Franklin street. the last few days.
Mr., Overton is known in theatrical
and playwright circles as HaIton
Powell. He expects to make his
headquarters in this city soon.
The Misses Josephine and Nellie
Larson and Miss Nettie Nelson have
gone to Chicago for visit.
Lee Harmon and son. Reunv. of
Flint, Mich, are here for a visit with
relatives and friends
Miss Angelina Harmon of BurIfny.
ton IS being entertained for few DAYS
by her cousin, Miss Gertrude Bunch
Miss Nellie NJ. Reiner is visiting her
brother, Fl. C. Reiner, in Rochester.
New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-24
PERSONALS.

Captain s. T. Worley Of San Diego
Calf, arrived in the city few days
ago to visit his daughter and family,
Mrs. H. B. Barnes.
VIM. H. Morley of Los Angeles,
Calf, is here visiting his sister, Mrs
III. B. Barnes.
Mrs. Patty and children of Chappell,
Neb., arrived in the city to visi. her
sister, Mrs. H. B. Barnes, and attend
the kissell-Barnes wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Kissell Of Creston,
Iowa, who were here attending the
tKissel-Barnes wedding, left for their
home Thursday morning.
Miss Jessie Scovern and Mr.. Tag
cart of Carthage, H.. were visitors
in Keokuk last Wednesday, attending
the Kissel-Barnes wedding
c. T. Wallace of the Stone & Web
ster Co, was in the city Saturday. He
made trip to Burlington to look
after the interests of his company,
and Will return 20 Keokuk before go
ing to his home in Boston.