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The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
DOROTHY F. BALLARD SMITH.

yelopment Ct some of its water power
resources for industrial purposes. and pos
sibly for motive power for a light rail-
way to extend in a circle around the state
for about 200 miles. One source OF water
power is about five miles from Bhopal
where 1t Is proposed to develop a com.
by erecting a dam 100 feet high, 800 feet
wide, and 80 feet deep. and to make use
at first Of about 800 horsepower for fac
tory and lighting purposes in Bhopal
Another dam about eighteen miles from
Bhopal would create a reservoir that
woulC secure the water from a catchmen,
area of about go square miles. with an
average rainfall OF thirty-six inches. Here
!. 900 horsepowe: might with advantage be
developed. The light railway proposed
would have a t--o-foot six-inch gauge.
and IL found feasible might be operated
at least pat way with the waterpower
developed. The cost of all these works
might be about 100000. but no detailed
surveys have b en- made.
The Begun state in all interview that
while she was anxious to introduce i'm
proved agr:cul ural implements she
thought her subjects should first receive
expert advice no. only as to the different
types Of American ploughs but also as
to the kind of land that each type is
specially adapted to work, and detailed
Ola the subject is greatly de-
sired. The palace Is being used as a school
and the Begun is translating English
books on agriculture into Urdu. the lam
guage of the co-ltry.
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but the average working man buys none
OF these things. because he knows MOTH
ing about them, always barring the COM
parative few who are induced to put
their savings into cheap lot
The thing that the workingman wants
Is safety. The making of the postal saw
ings bank system or this country. and
the one thing that justified its initiation
is the foreigner. who knows what the
government Is, but who does not know
what a bank Is. That II Is which has
carried the deposits in the postal savings
bank up perhaps to S4o,ooo.oo.
The interest on these funds Is beggarly.
but the depositor does not mind that He
even goes farther in his disregard Of this
important element He buys a postoftice
order and hides II in his home or in his
shirt. 1t is earning him nothing, but he
feels sure that the principal is safe. Or,
he buys an order on an express COM
pany and may keep II for months or
years The express company has charged
him a fee for that order. but gives him
no interest on his deposit, and one of
the large sources OF income to these con-
Germs Is in the millions of dollars left
with them, which they are lending. The
wells-Fargo and the rest Of them under
stand the functions OF an interest rate,
whether the rest OF US do or not
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- =. q
debate y IN order . msmber may fn1k
about anything under the. sun. WhAD
the reading Of the bi11 = begun he can
talk only about the subject mattr Of the
pending measure.
General debate on appropriation bills,
therefore. affords opportunity for menu
bers to get on" speeches which are de-
livered primarily for home consumpttons
III member elects to talk about the neg
ligence Of the American hen 30 lay q suf.
fcient number Of eggs to keep down ths
price. he may do 30 with absolute pro-
priety. although The House may b con-
sideripg bill for the expenses Of the
diplomatic service.
Can Talk ON Anythfng.
| II a budding legislator desires to ac-
quaint the world with the fact that the
floods did great damage I'm his district
last mers-notwithstanding the fact
that his constituents are the best people
on earth. that member has an absolute
right under the license OF general debate
to talk food. pestilence, famine. plenty
and drought, no matter II the House Is
supposedly giving solemn consideration
to an appropriation bill which provides
the running expenses Of the Indian Bu-'
reau.
Practically every topic known to ths
people of the United States has been dis
cussed In the House of Representative In
solemn session assembled to consider an
appropriation measure.
When the reading of the bill isrordered.
as has been said, this oratorical "iubdub'
Is cut out and no member may speak
longer than five minutes. without unani-
nous consent. His remarks during these
i've minutes must be devoted to the para
graph Of the bill which has been read
Now come the Democratic leaders, who
say that the business of the session must
be expedited Congress is to adjourn be-
fore the end of another long and hot
summer. 1t is proposed to allow but a
few hours general debate on any appro-
priation bill, whereas heretofore some
bills have been .-debated' for days
The man who IL facing election or de-
feat next year Is up in arms 1t is un-
pleasant to have 1 speech of ]. 900 words
in length and to be informed that the
debate limit has been so curtailed that he
can be allowed only twelve minutes in
which to unburden himself.
1t remains to be seen whether the HOUSE
leaders IN charge of the big annual sup
ply bills can stem the floods of oratory
II has never been attempted in this whole
sale way before. and trouble is ahead. :.
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POOR men NOW
ARE F|NANCIERS
Bank Accounts Prove Tend
ency Of Wage-earners to
Save Money.
STOCK MARKET FACTORS
saving lnstitn6sss vallabls Aid in
Teaching he People How to
Do Business.
STOCK MARKET FACTORS

Philadelphia. Jan. 3-The Public Ledger
says: 1t is the poor man that is DOING
the hnanciering os the present time.
There is occasion for some haste in say
Ing this. and thus giving that man the
eminence he merits. for this will hardly
be true short time hence, IL the signs
OF reaction In business continue.
some or these people already have
falien back on the good will of persons
more fortunately situated for sustenance,
and IL appears that presently more will
be In that category. The ordinary Door
man. however, does not see anything had
coming, He Is blissfully unconscious of
the tendencies OF business, and he Keeps
about his work. Mainly he is honest and
industrious. and the one thing he thinks
OF Is the support of self and family and
the possible laying up Of a little money
for a rainy day.
The wage workers have been getting
more for their labor for a few years
back than ever before in our history,
and this Is showing in the savings ac-
counts. 1t is the opinion of men who are
In a position to watch such matters that
these folk have been saving, while the
great majority has been wasting. The
automobile typifies what the salaried
man, the business man, the ordinary
prosperous persons. has been doing the
last decade. The bulk OF the deposits in
the savings banks do not come from the
well-to-do. but from the laboring persons
and in the eleven months from Novem-
ber q. 1872. to October 30, 1918, those
deposits in Chicago increased from s22O,-
"a, $50 to s252, s3o.676.
Have to BE Taught.
/ That II is the wage-earners who place
these moneys in the banks is shown by
the fact that In a large majority of in
stances they have TO be told everything
in regard to the deposit and withdrawal
OF savings down 10 the minutest item.
The simple deposit slip is a mystery to
them. But It is all an education. The
savings banks are teaching these people
how to do business. and in a generation
or two intelligent men will come out of
this process OF instruction.
The savings bank depositor appreciates
even less than the rest OF US the impor-
tance OF the interest account. Bargain
hunters. spectators. and buyers of un-
improved realty make their purchases on
the idea OF beating the interest account"
and most OF them fail in their attempt,
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s-eis =
MIGHTY Walls
FROM ORATORS
Plan to Shorten General De
|. bates y the House MAY
Cause Trouble.
FAVORED BY LEADERS
Member, Hsweyer, Do Net Want to
Be Deprived Of Making Speeches
for Hene cs.slnp6es.
FAVORED BY LEADERS

When one tells q member Of the Hous<
Of Representatives. or the Senate, for that
matter. that he cannot make long-winded
speeches for home consumption. mighty
cry ascends. That accounts for the fac,
that there has been more or less yelling
In the House recently since corerie OF
Democratic leaders got together and de-
cided there was altogether too much
general debate on appropriation bills.
Persons unfamiliar with the routine
Of procedure in the House. where the
more irnpassioned brand Of oratory is
heard. do not realize what general de-
bate" means TO the average statesman
or near-statesman. This Is a story for the
uninitiated, who have no opportunity
daily to see Congress in session and to
hear the orators from Sleepy Hollow and
Squashville discuss subjects dear to their
hearts.
Speaker Clark and a number of Demo-
cratic leaders recently conferred on a
program to bring the regular session of
Congress to a close at the earliest possible
date next summe- and also to hold down
expenditures. The economy part Of the
program is another tale; for the present
members are concerned over the unusual
pTOpoSdl u uIeCuEelOH NHtn
preparation bills are brought in.
Committee Of the Whole.
There are more than one dozen annual
appropriation bills. which carry appropri-
ations- for the expenses of the army.
navy. Postofiice Department, and other
branches of the government. When any
Of these various appropriation bills is
presented. the member in charge OF the
measure. who represents the committee
which framGd 1t. moves that the House
go into committee of the whole for the
consideration of House bill No. so and
so. The committee OF the whole Is sup
posed TO be a sort of informal body of
House members-only 10, being necessary
to make a quorum-which shall make any
necessary amendments to the bill and re-
port it back to the House proper. OF
course. the transition from committee of
the whole to the House merely is mat
ter of form.
In the committee of the House orators
flourish. When any appropriation bill is
called up, an attempt is made to reach
an agreement for the length of general
debate, that is, the debate which precedes
the reading OF the bill paragraph by
Paragraph for amendment When general
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V1udfcated.

From the Detroit News
you'll have to pay for that little boy
said the conductor on a Michigan Central
train the other day.
II guess not" said the lady firmly.
Have you never had To buy ticket
for him?"
mo. 1 have not, and will not begir
now"
You will have to pay his fare this
time"
NO, i shall not pay his fare That.
settled, Mr.. Conductor
IF you don't pay his fare I cannot let
him occupy a seat / will stop the train
and put him off,
stop the train and put him off if YOU
like. He's not my little boy. 1 never
saw him before"
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
WOMAN RULES
BH0PAL STATE
The Begun Is Assisted in
Government by Her
Three Sons.
WOULD BETTER PEOPLE
Capital City, with Population Of
$4,000, Is Noted for Its
164 Mosques.
WOULD BETTER PEOPLE

The native state Of Bhopal covers ar
area of 6,90e square miles and has q
population of 100000. 1t is a Moham-
medan state. The ruler is a woman
known as the Begun (feminine of Ma
wab), who is actively interested in mod
ern methods and appliances and their
possible application to her country.
Agriculture Is the chief industry, but
1t is carried on by primitive methods;
ar owing to this fact, as well as to
famine and disease, the average area
under cultivation is only 1,s00 square
miles, or Is per cent of the area Of the
state. The average holding Is thirteen
acres. Irrigation is general. though not
fully developed, the sources used being
wells and tanks.
In the case Of wells, which predomi-
nate, the water is usually drawn up by
leather bag lifts. the motive power be-
irg furnished by cattle, which. in
Bhopal, are strong and active. From
tanks irrigation is effected by means of
channels and gravitation. There are
vast tracts Of land in the state which
could apparently be again brought into
cultivation only by the establishment OF
state farms and by the Introduction of
outside labor and importation of machin-
cry for irrigation and cultivation, writes
NSASea ~@~Aas ~ Oh bpcCldi COL-
mercial service in India. The estab-
lishment of such state farms, or at least
one as an experiment, is under consid-
Grafton by the Begun and her ministers.
The Chief Industries.
The chief industry of Bhopal, aside
from agriculture, are weaving and print
ing Of cotton cloth, the making of jew
elry and preparation OF 4 mixture of SAT-
from, lime and other ingredients eaten
with betel leaf, of which the Bhopal va
riety is famous. There are three cotton
ginning factories, and state cotton
weaving establishment is to be erected
next year. At the state jail carpets
and tiles are manufactured.
Bhopal, the capital. which has a popu-
lation of nearly S0.000 is noted for the
great number of its mosques 16D. of
which 110 are supported by the state,
eleven from the Begum's private purse,
and forty-three are private edifces A
great new mosque is in course of erection.
which when completed will be the largest
In India. There are also fifty-two Hindoo
temples and a Roman Catholic church.
One of the finest buildings in Bhopal Ia
the Lansdowne Hospital for women.
which was built and is maintained at the
Begum's expense.
The Begun attends personally to the
policies of administration, with the as
sistance of her three sons. The second
son commands the army of about 1900
men. The state has a tudicia, minister
md revenue minister (also in charge of
ngFiculturel. The revenues are derived
chtedy from land taxes and customs du-
49, Principally the former, and show a
hight tendency to increase. The Begun
Q her own minister of public works, but
y chief engineer in active charge of
le department
The chief engineer states that the py-
Irnment has under contemplation the de-
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WARNING TO PARENTS.

1t IL risky to feed raw milk and
cream to children or invalids un-
less you are sure that at the farm
which produces the milk the ut
most cleanliness IL observed at all
times particularly during milk
ing; that the employees are thor.
oughly healthy and cleanly per-
sons; that the cows are free from
diseases; that the water used for
rinsing Is Of undoubted purity. and
that the milk is quickly cooled
and kept cold and covered until
delivered to you.
Raw milk often produces Tuber-
culosis, Scarlet Fever, also Ty-
phoid and other intestinal dis
eases
We can guard against infection
By properly pasteurising milk or
by home pasteuriSation.
Properly pasteurixing milk (and
ersam) by keeping Il at 40 deg. =.
for twenty to thirty minutes does
not affect IT. nutritivs value nor
it, digestibility.
The best system u to pasteur-
ixe the milk after II has been
bottled
You can homo pastsuriss raw
milk By heating Il to near boiling.
then cool. and keep cold and COW
cred until uood
Most Indigestion In babies II
caused By milk too rich In cream
SeeistJ for Prevention Of Sickness,
& Dealnea. Sseuts1
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04

Thomas o'Brien, of Auburndale. Wis.
has completed a walk of LOO miles, taken
as a remedy for partial paralysis, and
performed at the rate of thirty miles a
day. He is almost cured.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04

An experimental station for the study
of fax cultivation and manufacture has
been organized at the Agricultural Insti-
tute in Moscow. two-story buildin.
with number Of laboratories will be
constructed
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04

W. W. Hemingway, aged eighty-nine, of
Binghamton, N. Y, recently took a
twenty-four-mile walk in a rainstorm to
celebrate his birthday
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04

Miss Lola Larkin, of Sioux City, Iowa.
has established an agency for supplying
harvest hands and railroad construction
men.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04

New York may restrict bus lines TO
districts not having street railway serv-
ice.
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DEATHS

BRowN-on Friday. September IL, 1914. at
noon at his residence, Imperial apartments,
l'ss Columbia road, /. s. BROWN.
Funeral services from Mt. Vernon Meth
odist Episcopal Church. Mt. Vernon place.
p. m, Sunday. September 13. Friends
invited. 1nterment at Atlanta. Ga
Members OF Camp No. ILL., Confederate
Veterans, will attend in a body.
FRED BEALL, Commander.
BROMLEY-on September 10. 1914. LILLE F.
BROMLEY tnee May. aged twenty-five
years beloved wife of William o. Bromley
and daughter of the late John G. and
Emma o. May
Funeral from her late residence . Conduit
road Monday September IL, at o'clock.
thence TO Holy Trinity Church. where re-
QUEEN mass will be sung for the repose Of
her soul. 1s
HOPklNS-On Thursday, September 10 1914
at her residence. SIT street southwest
EMILY ", widow of Lawrence H Hopkins
Funeral Monday, 2 p. m, from her late
residence. Relatives and friends invited to
attend Intement private.
FELKA-Suddenly at Sis D. m, Thursday.
September 10, 1914. in Baltimore, of apo
plexy. MARION o. FELKA beloved wife
OF Albert w. Felka and daughter OF Jacob
Poss. OF Rockville. Nd. at the age Of forty
two years.
Funeral will leave residence 5sa5 Georgia
avenue. for st. Mary's Church, Rockville,
Nd. Sunday, September ls, at l D. m.
Where. services will be held and interment
viii be made. =
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BUILDING PERMITS
CALL FOR S9O,45O
ighteen Residences and One
3Story Apartment House
to Be Erected.

Eighteen new residences and one
lree-story apartment house IN the rec
I'd of the last week in the office of the
uilding inspectors office, where per-
tits were issued for new improvements
Hvolving a total Of $50. $50.
The largest single operation is one
, Middaugh & Shannon. who are build
ing seven two-story brick houses at
F24-53S Taylor street northwest. These
1ouses are l9X30 feet, and have Mansard
-oofs. A hot-water heating system will
=. .oOs.
Another row of houses is being put up
~ Simon Oppenheim at 4l6-42 Irving
-treet northwest. They will be of brick,
Two stories high. and will cost $1,000.
funter G. Bell were the architects.
At 9627 Fifteenth street northwest
Harry Wardman is erecting a three
story brick apartment house, which
will accommodate six families. The
Soundation will be 43xT7 feet. 1t was
designed by F. P. White & CO.. and the
cost will be approximately $4,000
Among the pretty two-story frame
houses begun this week is one which
George w. Barknan will own at 1872
Dogwood street, and which is being
srected on lot 60x100 feet at cost of
&. 900. Another is that which w. n:
Dovener is erecting on Conduit road
near Weaver street, and a third is be-
ing built by Abram Huff at Fffty-sev-
enth and Blair streets northeast.
Fulton R. Gordon is putting up an at
tractive two-story house of hollow tile
It 1914 Legation street. The cost will
. : $500 Another tile house in course
: construction is that which Edgar T.
lVherry is building at 1881 Stephenson
treet. designed by c. West and costing
g 800
The Washington times., 1914-09-12
Wholesale Produce Market

EGGS-Nearby. fresh. 2sq5oc per doz.
southern, 2sc per doz.
CHEESE-New York. new, l6a Der III
rat, I6izc per ID.
BUTTER-Elgin print, 54c per h.; tub
&c per ID: process. 26a27c per 10.
LIVE POULTRY-(QuotatiOns furnished by
Krey, Price & o.)-Hens. l5Il7c per ID
ROSTERS. lie per lb.; turkeys. I5alSc per ID. !:
"ucks. l3Gl4c per lb.: spring chickens. I7g
80 per 10.
LIVE STOCK-Veal calves I2GI2t=c per ID :.
fat sheep. 4gi1zc per 10; spring lambs. 7aSc
per 10.
NEGETABLES-(Quota furnished by
Taylor Wadel-POtatoes. new, S22J Dbl. .
onions, 81 p per bushel: 81 50 per sack: cab
nage. 81 EfIl.J0 per 100 lbs lettuce. 81 .50Ly
u 20 per basket: beets, s. % per 100 punches
"OOL-pUotati tiOns furnished by hrey
Price & C".'-Cnwashed. free from burrs. 25c
Veal calves IN light receipt. very scarce
and unusually high for the season
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LEGAL NOTICES

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA. Holding Probate Court. No.
20. 49, Administration. This IS TO give notice:
That the subscriber. OF Washington, D. c..
has obtained from the Probate Court ot the
District OF Columbia, Letters of Administra-
tion. c. I. a.. on the estate OF John Porter
Lawrence, late OF the District OF Columbia
deceased. All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same with the vouchers thereof. legally
authenticated. TO the subscriber, on or before
the 18th day OF March. A. D. 1915: other
wise they may by law be excluded from all
benefit Of said estate. Given under my hand
this 9th day OF September 1914 THE MUM
SEY TRUST CO. A. 5. CLAYTON, Treas
urer. (SeaD Attest: JAMES TANNE2
Register of Wills for the District of Co
lumbia. Clerk Of the Probate Court. WILL
TON j LAMBERT. Attorney
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Chief Justice Covington
Buys Washington Home

The sale Of the handsome three-story
residence at 49, Biltmore street to L.
b. Audiger. and its subsequent lease
10 Chief Justice J. Harry Covington
Of the District Supreme Court, was one
Of the principal events on the realty
market this week
The transfer was made by Story &,
Cobb, who also negotiated the lease.
which runs for a term of ,-ears The
consideration in the sale was approxi-
mateIy $500. The house has a large
attic and basement, in addition TO the
three main floors. 1t is of brick. with
a green stucco front and tile roof. The
architecture is distinctly Spanish, the
hrOad-arched windows and doors on the
tlrst floor and the ornamental outline
aboye the third floor making one of
the handsOmcst cXteriors on Biltmore
street. There are fourteen rooms and
three bath rooms
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PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY AND
DESS SUPPLIES. Depot Quartermaster's
Sealed proposals in triplicate Will be received
in the office of the Quartermaster General OF
the Army. Washington. d. c.. until 200 P
NJ, Eastern time. September 18th, 1914 and
then opened, for furnishing and deliyerin0
articles OF stationery and desk supplies LISTED
in Schedule No. !. at the places named in
said schedule. Information and schedules
furnished application to Depot Quarter
master. L. 5. Army. Washington, d. c., or
TO the Quartermastsr General OF the Army.
Washington. II. G.. Envelopes containing pro-
posals should be indorsed Proposals for
Stationery and Desk Supplies and addressed
to the Quartermaster General. q, S. Army.
Washington, D. c. y,
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e SALES A DAY IS
AVERAGE FOR WEEK

Realty trading for the second week
Of September continued on a par with
the activity of the initial week of the
month. While the total number of
transactions falls short of the record Of
the previous week. the daily average es-
tsblished in the opening days of Sep
tember was sustained The decrease is
aue to the abbreviated week resulting
rom the Labor Day holiday of Nom
lay. The brokers worked only five days
Turing the past week. but succeeded in
closing ia transactions, in which were
Included l4S lots and parcels of real eS-
ate.
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DEMAND FOR HOUSES
IS TRACED TO WAR

Increased activity due to the stagna-
ton of business and social life in Eu-
rope is already being manifested in
Washington real estate circles. and
9th rentals and sales have felt the
fleet
One prominent realty broker said that
he had been the recipient of numerous
letters inquiring as to rentable homes
1T rates varying from Sl,SO0 to $500
annually. the most of them coming
from persons who had been living in
Europe for the last few years, or from
those In northern parts or the coun-
Try who were accustomed to spend their
winters on the Mediterranean shores.