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Evening star., 1914-02-08

High School. Although not a large boy.
he has made records in athletics, SWIM
ming. Hfe-savipg and other scout acttvi-
ties. At the camp on the Chesapeake
bay last summer Norris was considered
the best swimmer of the 300 or more boys
who participated in the outing.
He spent two months at the camp,
and took merit-badge examinations when
ever opportunity was given Following
the organization of the merit badge
faculty month or SO ago. he filed ap-
plications for examinations, and since
then has been devoting all his spare time
studying for the tests He has success
fully passed examinations in the follow
ing subjects: Personal health. private
health. signaling, bugiing, cooking. life
saving. athletics. carpentry, first aid
craftsmanship, swimming, machinery,
pioneering. camping. craftsmanship. sur
veying. astronomy. firemanShip, first aid
to animals art and forestry.
Fred G. Reed of Troop No. H. cham
pion tiremaker of the Boy Scouts of
America, Yesterday completed examina-
tons which will place him in the eagle
scout class. Fred Reed also is IA West
ern High School student, and is about
five years older than Norris Gaddess. He
has been appointed assistant scoutmaster
of his troop.
Yesterday he passed examinations in
leatherworking and plumbing, He is the
only scout of Washington who has passed
the examination in plumbing. More than
a year ago he made fire" after the fash
ion of the Indians in thirty-one seconds
thereby lowering the record held pre-
viously by scout in Michigan
Fred Reed has been called upon to
demonstrate Boy Scout activities more
than any other scout of Washington.
Last summer he was selected to receive
the message from President Wilson
which was relaycd to Chicago by scouts
and other boy runners. He carried the
message the first mile of the journey
Den Esglestou of Troop No. u and
G. Throcknorton of Troop No. a prob
ably VII! soon qualify eagle scouts
Both have already passed Il number of
| inerit-badgc examination, and are now
awaiting examination in other subjects
The annual meeting of the National
Council of the Boy Scouts of America is
to be held at the New Willard Hotel in
this city next Thursday. Being charter
cd under the laws of the District of Co.
lumhia, it is necessary that the council
hold its annual meeting in this city
The council will be called to order at
$50 O'Clock Thursday morning by
President Colin II. Livingstone The
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Hearings to Continue.

House judiciary and interstate COM
merce committees will continue their
hearings this week. Proposed legislation
against holding companies is one of the
principal tasks i'll hand now being con-
sidered by the Judiciary subcommittee
which has decided that this legislation.
should be restricted 10 the acquisition by
holding companies of stock in competing
sidered by the Judiciary subcommittee
are much impressed with the contention
that while holding company is d device
frequently adopted to violate the anti
trust law, it also is capable of use in an
entirely innocent manner and to create
competition instead of to stitie il.
Chairman Clayton and his conferees of
the subcommittee agree that some forms
of the holding corporations are absolutely
essential TO comI,et don.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
SENATE LEADERS TRYING
TO PLACATE REPUBLICANS
Departure of Cummins and Clapp
From Committee Brings
That Result.
Further Conferences With President
Wilson About Due ON Anti
Trust Legislation.

How fa- the administration shall so
with regulation or prohibition of holding
companies. perfection of the pending in
tcrstat> trads commission measure. draft
ing a measure giving the interstate conf
mcrce commission authority to regulate
railroad securities and efforts to assure
harmonious action are tasks in store for
the committees of Congress i'll charge of
the administration antitrust legislative
program.
Having had the subject OF trust lesis-
lation before them for two weeks. CON
sidering bills outlined by President vii
son i'll his message to Congress and lis
tening to suggestions from citizens,
House and Senate leaders have a clearer
understanding cf what is before them,
but many points nave arisen upon which
further light is desired. Further con-
ferences with the President are contem-
plated in the near future.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Views of MI. Morgan.

Representative Morgan of Oklahoma
told the House committee on interstate
commerce Yesterday that the administers
ton bill to create a federal trade com
mission was objectionable because it
would give the commission jurisdiction
over all corporations engaged in inter
state business instead of limiting juris-
diction to large corporations commonly
known as trusts. Amendments on this
line are being considered by the Senate
interstate commerce committee.
Mr.. Morgan favored restricting the
commission jurisdiction 10 corporations
having a gross annual output OF So
100000. He said that while this would
include only from 500 to 800 corporations
out of 26S.Ooo it would include corpora
tons which employ one-third of the wage
earners in manufacturing industries and
produce nearly % per cent of the coun-
try's manufactured products.
Evening star., 1914-02-08

Washington now has an eagle scout
Norris Gaddess of Troop No. 80 has sue
cessfully passed twenty-one merit badge
examinations. His eagle scout badge
probably will be forwarded to him py
national headquarters in few days. He
received his life and star scout badges
several months ago.
To become an eagle scout a Boy Scout
must have successfully passed the first
class examinations and twenty-one of
the fifty or more merit-badge examna-
tions. OF the several hundred thousand
Boy Scouts i'll America only a few have
accomplished this task. To be made an
eagle scout is the highest honor which
can be conferred on a Boy Scout.
Norris Gaddess, not yet fourteen years
old, is a first-year student at Western
Evening star., 1914-02-08
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Evening star., 1914-02-08
Discusses Athletics.

Concerning athletics at the univer-
sity, he said: AT Lehigh, while main
tanning our rigorous standard of quail
fication for entrance and graduation,
We, take great interest in the physi-
cal as well as the mental culture of
our students. We try to train up good
strong all-round men. as well as to
turn out good scholars, and We en-
courage athletic development and eX-
ercisc.
Our honored alumnus. Charles l..
Taylor of 10. a former partner of Mr..
Carnegie's, is now building US a new
large. modern. fully equipped gym
nasium, and other friends of the uni
versity are aiding in the enlargement
of our grounds for foot ball, base ball,
lacrosse. soccer and tennis. SO that
there shall be by next year ample
grounds for all the student body to
take part daily in these open-air exer-
cises necessary for their health and
pleasure,
Evening star., 1914-02-08
HEART TROUBLE

Through the wonderful Discovery of Mr..
ron Walden, German scientist. many
incrsable and hopeless heart sufferers arr
now being permanently relieved in :.
hours, without drugs. Of Choking and
SIncthering Spells. Difficult Breath. Pains
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Heart patients. suffering with Angina
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per,cnced satisfactory and decided relief
Valuable and Instructive 6s-pGge treatise
on the Mature. Cause and Permanent I.e-
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tutc. "a Mitchell Bldg, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Northern Democrats on Record.

Democrats from northern states where
tho sentiment in favor Of the negro is
strong. and where. in some cases. there.
is a large negro vote, were compelled
To 90 On record opposing the Jones
amendment Among these northern
democrats who opposed the Jones amend
ment We're Senators Hollis, New Hamp-
shire. Johnson. Maine; Kern, Indiana
MARITIME. New Jersey; Myers. Montana
salisbury, Delaware, and Walsh Mon
tana.
An amendment offered by Senator
Hitchcock. providing that there should
be no discrimination because of race
in the demonstration work on the farms
was adopted, however, on Il viva voce
vote.
AS agreed to in the Senate, the bin
would appropriate unconditional S1o.-
900 annually to each state In addition
a sum oil So0t,u0o for the coiping year,
with yearly increase of S6U00 900 for
the next seven years would be provided
for distribution among the states on a
basis of rural population, conditioned
on each state appropriating sum equal
to is portion of the federal funds After
seven years the bill would provide a
permanent appropriation of $4,000, ,OOo
annually.
The Sterling substitute designed to
eradicate federal and state co-opera ton
from the bill was defeated without "a
| roll call.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Character of Sports.

'Lehigh believes in and fosters ra-
tional physical development and inter
est in athletic sports, but does not
stand for athletics that mean simply
the annual gladia atorial exhibition of a
few picked semi professionals, with
the student body sitting on the bleach
ers as spectators, and the fact that the
average scholastic standing of our
foot ball squad during the past very
successful season exceeded the average
scholastic standing Of the entire stu
dent body emphasizes this statement.
The officers of the Southern Lehig h
Club are: w. a. Draper, '07, president
II. c. Eddy. 80 vice president and ELL
wood johnson, secretary treasurer
The committee in charge of the ban
quet consisted of Ellwood johnson,
chairman A E. Phillips, ]. H. Galliher,
H. ]. jackson and G. r. Roberts.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
SM|TH-LEVER MEASURE
IS PASSED BY SENATE
Amendments Made to House Agri-
cultural Extension Bill.
However.

After voting down the Jones amend
nent, which would have compelled the
distribution of share of the funds
appropriated under the Smith-Lcvcr
agricultural extension bill to negro agri-
cultural colleges. the Senate yesterday
afternoon passed the House measure
with some amendments.
The vote on the Jones amendment was
81 to 23, four republicans voting with
the democrats against the amendment
and two democrats voting with the re-
publicans in favor of il. The republi-
cans who opposed the amendment were
Cummins and Kenyon, Iowa, Fall, New
Mexico, and Brady, Idaho. Senators
Hitchcock, Nebraska, and Pomerenc,
Ohio. democrats, voted for the amend
ment
just before the vote an the Jones
amendment was taken amendment
offered by Senator Shafroth of Colorado
providing that the governors of the
states, together with the Secretary of
Agriculture. should designate the col
leces which should receive the appropri-
atoms under the new law to be used
| in agricultural extension work, instead
of the state legislatures. The amend
ment WAS offered as ii substitute for the
Jones amendment. and it was the OBJ
vote onf the Jones amendment by this
means. The Vice President ruled that
the vot} would have to come on the
Shafrots amendment first. and that d
separate vote would have to be taken
on the Jones amendment.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Those Attending Banquet.

Those present at the banquet We're: w
T. Galliher, c. E Galliher T. T johnson
Mason L. Pratt. John NJ Colt, S. h
Kramer. DR. II. S. Drinker. J. y. Watson
w. o. =. Aincy. S S. Voorhees,, +. a
Weihc, \. L. Phillips, Herbert Wright
L. r. Martin, II. C. Eddy. II. .. Nc,
Casky, William Bowie. Fairfax Bayard
D. f. Hewitt, B. NJ. Kent. Is. Z. Lam
berton, Ned II. Snyder. J. T. Vivian
Wallace Damn, c. II. Tomkns, w. ~
Draper. Ellwood Johnson, j. II. Galliher
T. n. Gill, T. R. Senior. r. W. Walters,
II. j. Jackson, J. u. Mathers, G.. Il
niger, c. C. Gilbert. E +. Baumgartner
Fl. S. Damaree, c. r. Whyte. r. c. Wat
son, G. B. Rafter. II. L. Rust, jr., and
DIR. L. T. Wherry.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Washington News.

There is perhaps no better
way TO keep out-of-town
friends informed as TO Wash
tngton news than to mail to
them from time to time a
copy of Tho Star after you
have finished with 1t. some
times marking an article Of
special interest
The out-of-town postage OF
today's Star Is 4 cents.
Better yet. you might send
some one out-of-t town a sub
scription to receive The Even
ing Star every day at the rate
of 80 cents a month. or The
Evening and Sunday Star at
50 cents month.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Overheard.

rom the Boston Transcript
katherine has such u taking way"
Il wish she had way Of bringing
back"
Evening star., 1914-02-08

Have you any employe who doesn't
talk base ball horse racing and prize
lighting all the time, to the exclusion of
business"
Yes"
Where did YOU get him2''
II isn't him. it's her. r."-PittshlrSh
Post.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
OF Importance to All.

The fact that these thousands OF busi-
ness men have come together in broad
cooperative movement is a matter of
Importance to all our people. That they
have joined forces i'll the most broadly
representative and democratic type of
federation in the countdy today, where
every organization has 1t voice and "a
vote, and policies are determined in the
open. is of still greater Importance.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States of America has not been
formed for offensive or defensive pur-
poses, so far as business. large or small
is concerned. 1t has been organized for
constructive purposes; that the business
men of the nation. in the broadest most
patriotic and unselfsh way. may CO.
operate more efficiently than ever before
III the upbuilding of the country and
the promotion of the prosperity of all it's
people.
III it holds to the high ideals it has
established. if its Investigations are care
ful and nprejudiced. and its conclusions
on national questions affecting business
are based on facts and logic, its develop
ment constitutes one of the most en-
couraging signs of our times
Part Labor Must Play.
Nj f'ilenc said III part:
I To obtain contcnted. efficient labor
| is the most difficult part of the problem
| of business success. Any city that could
| guarantee that its labor was contented
that its labor was 20 per cent less liable
| to strike, could obtain unlimited capital
| and unlimited new factories.
| Labor to be efficient must be healthy
contented and know its job. Let us
analyze this just for Il moment as busi-
ness men.
| Health of cur employees depends upon
| good housing, good recreation and The
| enforcement of good health laws. Sums
infect the whole city, industrially as well
! as bodily. They are the bad egg that
| makes the other nineteen eggs Ill the
omelet all taste bad. and in no case
| leaves the omeiet nineteen-tWentieths
| good. Our employees or their families
without good recreation will react badly
on our businesses by sending jaded,
spent, ill-humored employees into our
workshops and offices.
The non-existenCe and non-cuforce-
meut of good health laws, good building
! laws, has greater part in labor dis
1 content than most Of us see Conteutcd
| workmeii are not brought to lis by higher
wages alone unless by higher wages We
mean wages that will buy enough OF
! good clothing and shelter and recreation
I In order that wages shall buy enough of
these d great deal Of study and work
must be done.
Il saw some figures the other day that
said we produced eleven billion dollars of
| agricultural products last year and it
cost six billions to sell five billions of
them. In order 10 do away with this
excessive cost of distribution of our com
modities, the study and development of
transportation by land and water, the
development of suburban roads, the ere
alton of public markets and many other
| similar agencies are necessary.
III labor is to know its job. vocational
and industrial schools must be developed
| and these must have strong business CO.
| operation if they are to be d real
| success.
Evening star., 1914-02-08

This is Boy Scout day in the churches
throughout the United States. A request
was sent out broadcast throughout the
land several weeks ago to all ministers
that they make mention of the Boy
Scout movement in their sermons today.
a number of Washington clergymen have
notified local headquarters that they plan
to speak of the movement before their
congrega tions today.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-12
WHAT The RAILROADS
Do With THEIR MONEY
WHY THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE GREAT BUSINESS
BAROMETER OF THE NATION

called in question by doubt as to their
earning capacity. There IS no other
interest so central to the business vel
fare of the country as this No doubt,
in the light of the new day, with its
new understanding the problem Of the
railroads will also be met and dealt with
in spirit of candor and justice
Like utterances have come from
scores of other prominent public men
and financiers during the last few weeks
men who are above making a selfish
plea for any private or corporate inter
est and whose sole desire is that Amer
lean Business shall emerge from the
present precarious situation without
disaster. Under these circumstances
it is the merest folly for any citizen to
treat the present crisis lightly or flip
PANTY, for we are passing through a
period in which the financial resources
of every nation in the world viii be
tested as never before.
WHERE RAILROAD RECEIPTS co.
In order that the reader may realize
what tremendous factor the railroads
are in the every day business life of the
nation and what they mean to its pros
perity, we wish to analyze briefly what
becomes of an average years railroad
Income. Just as the idea has prevailed
IN the minds of many that the railroads
are owned by few rich men, so the
thought has also found deep root that
they collect millions of dollars from the
public which go into the Golfers of a
handful of millionaires, and which are
permanently withdrawn from the thrift
and industry of the people.
At the close of the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1913, the records at Washing
ton show that the railroads of the IN
tied States had collected gross income
from all branches of their service
amounting to So, 118, 929, 318. Of this
sum, 81 ,373, $3.50, $50 was paid out for
labor-or, to put 1t in another way, al
most so cents out of every dollar they
took in was Immediately paid out to
the hundreds of thousands of men and
women whom they employ in the con-
duct of their business. For mainten-
ance of way, equipment, depots, etc.,
they disbursed 1929, 167, 491-or almost
another thousand million dollars-and in
this vast item the reader can grasp
what railroad prosperity means to the
great steel mills, the lumber and coal
industry, the big car and locomotive
building concerns, and other sources of
railroad supplies. In taxes they paid
out the enormous sum of S129, O52, 1922,
which helped to maintain the public
schools, public highways and other
revenue expenses of every..state, county
and Incorporated town and city in the
county. After the interest had been
paid on their funded debt and all other
characters of expense had been met,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-12

In contemplating the crisis which
confronts the railroads at the present
time. and which was briefly explained
in last weeks article, it is important
for the reader to realize that the rail
roads and the public face each other
under radically changed conditions to-
day from those which prevailed few
years ago. The abuses and scandals
which have been aired before the Inter
state Commerce Commission during re-
cent months were perpetrated for the
most part under the old regime of a
dozen or so years ago, and can never be
repeated under the conditions which
now prevail. On the one hand, the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
the different states, either through
their Public Utility Commissions or
Legislatures, say what rates the rail-
roads shall charge for service. In adj
dition to this, proposal is now pending
in Congress to give the government the
right to investigate all new interstate
securities before they can be placed
upon the market, while similar author
ity is already being exercised within
the states by the different public utility
commissions, including Kansas. This
meens that the last vestige of control
over their finances will have been taken
away from the railroads and that hence
forth their fate will lie absolutely in the
hollow of the peoples hands. In this
connection, we wish to again remind the
reader that the hundreds of honest rail-
roads officials throughout the country
Men who have managed their proper
ties without a breath of scandal or
public criticism-should not be con-
demned because of the misdeeds of the
few. With an aroused public con-
science on the one hand and scores of
railroad officials throughout the country
sincerely and actively cooperating with
the different public authorities on the
other, we can safely let by-gones be by
gones-wipe the slate, and, with
square deal for the people, the investor
and the railroads alike, start over
again.
THE PRESIDENT ANXIETY.
In last weeks article we quoted
portion of President Wilson's recent
reply to group of Eastern railroad
executives. That the President has
become profoundly concerned over the
present crisis which confronts the
transportation companies is once more
made strikingly apparent in his letter
concerning the Inauguration of the new
banking system to Secretary McAdoo
few days ago. In this letter he referred
to this matter in the following lang
uage:
"The railroads of the country are
almost as much affected (by the war;,
not so much because their business is
curtailed as because their credit is
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-12
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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-12
Florists Bright Ideas.

The young lady has many admir-
ers. 1 wish TO send her some flowers
that will cause her to keep me in mind
while she's away" We'll, there's rose
mary" said the dealer refectively.
That's for remembrance. Or YOU
might send some forget-me-nots." -
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-12

Truth itself, according to Locke's
fine saying, viii not profit US so long
as she is but held in the hand and
taken upon trust from other minds,
not wooed and won and welded by
5zIr own.-George Eliot.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-12
Nnew ne oouno.

I'm not at home to that gentle
man. Jane" declared the belle. You
haven't seen his card yet" protested
mother. You don't know who it is"
True; but it isn't the machine 1 am
waiting for. I can tell by the honk'
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-12
Satisfied.

F1ve-year-old Margie had Travelled
about q great deal during her short
life. One day her aunt remarked:
Through all her travels, 8Iargie al
ways seems happy and contended."
eyes" said Margie, mo matter where
go, I always find some dirt to play
h.s