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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
Report of Committee.

The report of the committee on the
proposed uniform law is in part as fol-
lows:
"The reason for adopting the statute
of another state as the basis of a uni
form law loses some of it's force from
the fact that this Michigan statute was
held to be unconstitutional by the SUI
preme court of that state in March.
1914. which decision is reported in Yer
nor art Secretary of State. LAG n. w.
:33S
However. upon inspection of this de-
cision it will be found that there is no
fault in the body OF the act nut ITS
invalidity was placed upon the ground
that under the constitution of Michigan
the title of a statute must clearly indi-
cate the purpose of the law. which the
title to this act failed TO do' II provld-
tion and regulation of motor cars I'M
der the police power of the state, when
it was. in fact, taxation measure
under the taxing power OF the state.
However. this defect of the statute is
rnmedied by broadening the title to
cover the subject matter of the law,
which your committee has done in the
nrcnosed bill so it may meet the re-
nuirenents of the constitutions of the
several states which have provisions
SIMILAR to that of Michigan.
Issue Puzzle to Courts.
"That the Michigan statute will be
readopted by that state, with perhaps
some slight notifications, is the opin-
ion of the chairman of this committee
who is a resident of Michigan, and the
tentative action taken by this con-
ference may be of benefit to the lesis-
,,tures of the several states. including
the state of Michigan. who may be
called upon to act in the adoption or
amendment OF automobile statutes the
coming year
|ioan act in its entirety, we are not i'm
favor of the adoption OF all of its
nrovisions,. and have placed footnotes
70 some of its sections, indicating our
view in relation thereto.
..rhat a uniform automobile law is
highly desirable needs no argument
rom us But bringing together and
h.rmoniZing the statutes of this coun-
trv upon this subject will be a process
Of slow growth. The courts have al
ready been trying to make clear,
which they have not always done, the
difference between statute which
simply regulates the running of motor
cars upon streets and highways, UNI
der the police power of the state, and
one which levies IL tax upon such We
hicles for revenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17

forty-one submissions were made to
the commission: the second year thirty
seven; the third ffty-six and, as before
appropriated by Congress for its main
tenance during the year was $4,000, or
one-half the maximum possible sum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
BELGIAN QUEEN SHARES
PER|LS OF THE KING
Is Reported Giving an Example of
Courage Worthy Of Classic
Times,

HAVRE, via Paris. October IL
Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians is
with her husband at the headquarters
of the Belgian army and is his con-
slant companion, except when King
Albert approaches the firing line to di-
rect his troops.
NJ. Huismans. Belgian minister of
state, in announcing the above fact,
added that King Albert was showing
great stoicism and that Queen Eliza
beth was sharing his perils and giving
an example of courage worthy of clas-
sic times.
NJ Huismans, in abiding to the pres
ence in Havre of virtually the entire
diplomatic corps assigned to Belgium,
said:
THE representatives of the United
States and Spain, carrying out their
special mission, remained in the in
vaded territory. These and the repre-
Sentatives of all civilized countries rec
ogniZe the legality of the Belgian gov
eminent in exercising its sovereignty
upon French territory.
Official Life at Havre.
The French minister to Belgium is
using a new seal for his official docu-
ments, which reads: Legation of
France attached to the Belgian govern
ment at Havre." The Belgian govern
ment has exclusive use of one post Of
flee and a telegraph office in Havre
Belgian stamps are being used in
France.
This usually somber port is now bril-
liant with French, Belgian and British
uniforms. The streets are crowded
with automobiles and horse-drawn
euuipages. The members of the diplo-
matte corps are lodged in one of the
hotels of the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
Fine Arts Commission Sug-
gests System for Beautitying
the National Capital.
SUBMITS ANNUAL REPORT
TO PRESIDENT VIII SON
Summary of Recommendations for
Carrying Out Ideal of Washington
and Jefferson.

The fine arts commission believes that,
in the interest of uniform values for real
estate, as well as for the appearance of
the city. schdule should be worked out
regulating the heights of buildings in va
rious zones in the District of Columbia
more Systematically and more effect
lively than is done under the present law.
This belief is set forth in these words in
the annual report of the commission, sent
to the President of the United States
and forwarded by him to the Senate yes
terday aftrnoon
Congress expressed with some full
ness, says the report of the commits
sion in a general review Of its relations
with the progress of the District of Co
lumbia, its relations with Congress and
Its views on a variety of important mat
tiers. the duties of the commission in
relation to the development of the park
system of the District of Columbia, and
to that division of its work particular at
tention has been given. The city of
Washington possesses the almost unique
distinction of having been planned from
the beginning as the Capital city of the
Nation, and the commission has ever re-
garded it as duty and privilege to
carry out the ideal of Washington and
jefferson as expressed in the plans of
/. E.nfaut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
Wide Variety Of Subjects.

From. the foregoing it will be seen
that the widest sort of variety of sub
jects is brought before and acted upon
by the commission. and as sample OIL
the work already accomplished is cited
the fact it has so far prevented the
government of the United States from
acquiring $4,000 worth of inferior
paintings recommended for purchase.
The commission. which was estab-
lished by act of Congress approved
May Il, 1910. to assist that body and
the executive departments in matters
OF art. and which has its headquarters
| i'll the Lemon building. on New York
avenue northwest. consisted during the
year just past of the following: Dan
iel Chester French, chairman and
sculptor. of New York; Frederick Law
Olmstead, vice chairman. landscape
architect. of Massachusetts; Thomas
Hastings, architect. of New York;
Cass Gilbert, architect. of New York;
Charles Moore, author. of Michigan:
Edwin H. Blashf1eld, mural painter. OF
New York. and Pierce Anderson, archi-
tect, of Illinois. Col. William w. Harris
United States Engineers. officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds,
is secretary and executive officer OF the
commission.
Dn~i~" The ~.st Of ite existence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
Present Duty of Commission.

Inc TASK now is TO NIL In these out
lines in harmonious fashion, and at the
same time to guard the city of Washing
ton. in so far as possible, from the in
trusion OF high buildings and from infar-
monious styles of architecture calcu-
lated. in one case. to disturb the domi-
nance of the chief buildings of the Ma
tioa aud, on the other hand, to excite at
tcittion to minor buildings seeking to
make themselves unduly conspicuous
SIMPLY by their oddity.''
The commission definitely recon-
hieEdS height limit of eighty feet for
the west side OF 18th street northwest
between New York avenue and F
street
Continuing the discussion of the re-
iauons of the commission to the Dis
trict. the report says:
he commission feels that the great
ideas of national unity and the proper
subordination of the individual for the
benefit of the entire community can
and should be inculcated by architect
ure as we'll by other modes of ex-
preston.
Points to Development of City.
At the same time the commission
takes occasion to call attention to the
steady development of the District of
Columbia under appropriations made by
Congress during the past four years.
ment of the Anacostia valley has been
put into execution. by which great
pestilential region that has long been
a menace to health. and even to life,
will be reclaimed and made into an ex-
tensive water park. The result will be
TO restore in part the balance in the
development of the District. which has
tended too exclusively toward the
northwest,
The assurance that a memorial
bridge will be built in the immediate
future enables one to look forward to
time when large addition to the
driveways of Washington will be
created on the Virginia side of the
Potomac, while the improvement of
the portion of Potomac Park below the
two bridges will furnish playground
needing such facilities. Then. too, the
action of Congress looking to the rec
lamation of the lower position of Rock
Creek valley and to connection with
Potomac Park is most important link
in the park system. and upon its COM
pletion there will then be lacking only
provision for adequate connections be-
tween Rock creek and Anacostia in
order to complete the system of encir-
cling drivewayS
= total Of siXty-two matters were
SCI .littcd to the commission for it's
cons Iteration and recommendation for
ti.e fiscal year 1914 the results of this
consideration being set forth in the
conprehensive report, which is signed
by Daniel G. French, sculptor. of New
York, its chairman. These submissions
came from Congress. from executive
departments and from many other
sources At the first of the FIVE meet
ings of the year as many subjects We're
taken up and passed upon as were be-
fore the body during the whole OF the
previous year
Separate Matters Considered.
OF these sixty-two separate submits
stems. the largest number. thirty
five had to do with public build
inss and works within the Dor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
Letters From Burlington. N. c.,
and College Park, Md, Ex-
press Wish to Aid.
OUTFITS FOR CHILDREN
ARE PLACED ON DISPLAY
Clothing Purchased by Northeast
Club for European War Orphans
Shown in F Street Window.

Evidence that The Stars Christmas
ship for the war orphans OF Europe is
attracting the attention of persons liv
ing al a distance from Washington is
shown in every days mail.
The Tuesday Afternoon Club of Burl-
ington, y. c., has written to ask how it
may aid in loading the Christmas ship
with membranes for the war or
phans. The clubs letter, written by
Mrs. Paul Monroe, secretary, and bear
ing the signature of Mrs. r S. Faucet,
president, follows:
Our club is interested in the Christ
mas ship which is to be sent from this
country to the helpless women and
children of Europe. and We write to
ask full Information in regard to ii.
we wish to have some part in this
movement, in some way. and would like
suggestions as to what would be the
best way in which We could contribute
whether In money. articles of cloth
ing. or what?
1--WE would also like to ask for infor-
nation in regard to the distribution of
these things sent from America, SO that
no neutrality law will be violated"
Mrs. W. T. l.. Taliaferro of College
Park, Md. writes to ask for informa-
ton along the same line, saying the
Sunday school pupils of her church
wish to aid in the task of loading the
Christmas ship, and asking when the
ship is to sail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
Treatment of Reservations.

Plans in reference to the Pulaski res
ervation, four small reservations along
Pennsylvania avenue between 18th
street and Washington circle, Lafay-
cite Park, the Georgetown reservoir,
Franklin Park and the greenhouses Of
the White House were also considered
and a number of them approved. The
commission has made an exhaustive
report upon the survey made for the
land proposed for acquisition for the
connection of Rock Creek and Potomac
parks, and the coincident prevention of
the pollution and obstruction of Rock
creek.
A location for boating pavilion on
or near the point of the tidal basin to
the southwest of the John Paul Jones
statue was approved.
Other matters included the landscape
treatment of Potomac Park and also a
sea wall in the vicinity of the Lincoln
memorial, lamp standards for the bu-
reau of engraving and printing and
memorial tablet to Thomas j. Sullivan,
late chief of that bureau; lampposts
on the Piney Branch bridge. the George
Washington Memorial building, the
Pennsylvania Avenue bridge across
Rock creek, the conversion of willow
Tree alley into a playground, the Reo
Cross building, a portrait bust OF the
late Chief Justice Fuller, the acQulsl-
ton of land for additional parks and
Fairgrounds, the Botanic Garden, the
Titanic memorial and a number Oh
others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
Separate Matters Considered.

OF these sixty-two separate submits
sicns. the largest number. thirty
five had to do with public build
ings and works within the Dor
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05
Hard For Yankee Shooters.

4 discussion of the rifles to be uSe,E
in international shooting contests tOOiS
up the greater part of one days se>~
sion of the international Olympic con
gress. Over the objections of the
American delegates the congress de
cided that the country where the meeE
was held should select the arms
The American delegates raised the
point that the time was too short. aft
er national teams had been selected
by competition with their own arms
for them To become expert with the"
arms of another country.
Baron Pierre de COubertin, the preSi-
dert. seznarked that Unfamiliarity with
the French rifle had not prevented the
Americans from winning AT biarTitZ ira
1917
Six horse riding events were today
placed on the Olympic program. They
are composed of military maneuverS-
single jumping, cross country riding
and a competition for the best individ-
ual form in Craftsmanship.
Polo is TO be included in the Olympic
games. but no credit is to be given
for it ON the national scores.
The congress took the view OF thS
subcommittee OF boxing that the num-
Der of events to be contested at the
games be referred t. the international
Boxing federation - be formed in Lon
don soon
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05
Craycraft.

Corn is looking better, as we
have had some very refreshing
rains recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Blair were
visiting relatives at Glensfork,
last week.
Mr.. Ernest Burton and family
were visiting at Mr.. G. T. Bry-
ants, Sunday.
The singing at Concord, Sun
day night, was we'll attended and
a success.
Messrs. G. L. Blair, G. L.
Murrell and Anderson Murrell
attended the singing at Zion Sun
day afternoon, and reported a
nice time.
The Ozark and Pelham ball
teams will cross bats at Wilson s
Store, Saturday afternoon.
Rev. James Sullivan preached
two good sermons at Clear
Spring, Saturday night and Sun
day morning.
Mrs. M. D. Order and Miss
Mamie Order, were visiting at
Mr.. Charlie Calhouns in Russell
county, this week.
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05
New Polo Ponies Needed.

Many of the American polo ponies;
that took part in the international
matches will be sold. and a new lot OF
ponies will be purchased before chal-
lenge is sent to England. Several Of
the American ponies that played in the.
big match games were clearly Outclass-
ed by the English mounts. The com
mittee of the Polo association, realiZ-
ing this. will take steps to replenisb
the old. wornOut material with young
fresh and fast ponies.
Several noted poloists who are good
horsemen will be named as a commit
tee to purchase the ponies They will
pay a visit to the ranches in Texas
California and the Hawaiian Islands
where the breeding of polo pOHiss IL
made Il speciality.
Some good ponies were sent easy
early the past spring They were rid
den and played iii practice games s8C
placed in training. But as the OLD rD-
MES showed up SO well in practice the
Polo association members and the 9th
err pOlOiStS interested in the game were.
loath TO part with the old ponies fer
the new ones.
But the pOlOiStS now realize tn; e
they made a mistake in not purchGSiD-
o few young horses The material lctr
over from previous games was worn
out more or less. Lawrence Fitzpat-
rick. the trainer Of the ponies, kepr
them in fine fettle and had them har,E
as nails in the match games.
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05
Remarkable Cure of DySenferV.

81 was attacked with dysentery
about July 18th, and used the doctors
medicine and other remedies with no
relief, only getting worse all the time.
1 was unable to do anything and my
weight dropped from las to 125 pounds
1 suffered for about two months when
l was advised to use Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
used two bottles of it and it gave
me permanent relief, writes B. W.
Hill, of Snow Hill, n. G. For sale by
PAUL Drug Co. AID
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05
Says COnvlctS are Abused.

A story of brutality and in.
sanitary conditions in Georgia
prison camps was told to the
State Senate last week when the
report of the Penitentiary com
mittee was read. This committee
has made a tour of the prison
camps of the State, and it's re-
port recalls the barbarities of
the days when the state leased
the convicts to private parties.
The state now works the con-
victs on the public highways,
but according to the report, the
prisoners are treated almost as
cruelty by state officials as they
were by private parties.
Many of the camps are report
ed as sickenly filthy. In many
camps the convicts are half
starved, and numerous cases of
cruel treatmenc of the prisoners
are reported
In several counties a convict
supposed to have consumption
was chained in a sleeping car oc.
cupied at night by we'll convicts
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05
Automatic Baseball Pitcher:

Alexander Mcmillan of PrincetoR
university. a son % Professor Charles
Mcmillan of the college faculty. has.
invented a device sor pitching Il base
ball to-a batter buslt into system OF
planes whereby rae batted bali. NO
matter where * is nit. will return au--
tornatically 10 the pitcher The ma
chine is being used at Princeton
II is said that the invention solves
the problem which cOnfrOnts baSeba,G
uanagers which his heretofore re-
qIsire'l them tu h%ve regular AuHars
pitchers with some bah chaSers- in sh.-
6eid before they s1p,ld give their tts.snA
battin. practice,
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05
Price of Meat.

There was q sharp rise the
first of the week in the retail
price of meat in all the large cit.
les of the country. The daily
report of the Chicago cattle mar
ket showed that the price of
beef on the hoof advanced until
choice beeves were quoted at 10
cents hundred pounds, and hogs
at 9 cents, the highest prices on
record. Stock yard men explain
ed that the rise in price was due
to both scarcity of cattle and
of grazing.
So far so good. But this ex
PLANTATION does not wholly ex-
plain. There are being import
ed every month approximately
10, 900, 900 pounds of Argentine
beef. Outside of the ports of
entry the price of this beef is the
same as that of the American
beef. In the retail market gen.
orally no difference is made be-
tween imported and native beef,
so far as price goes. Argentine
beef is imported by Chicago
packers.
Thus evidence is accommodating
in support of the contention that
the beef monopoly in this coun-
try is as firmly established to-
day as when the government
undertook to dissolve the trust
by application of the Sherman
law. Cattle are scarce because
of market manipulation. Ora
zing has little or nothing to do
with the market. Argentine
beef would be imported in larger
quantities if there was as much
money in it. 1t is about time
that the government again got
after the Beef trust.
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05
Burglars Blow Safe at Huston.
Vile.

Vile.
For the frsI time in almost ten
years burglars visited the little
city of Hustonville Monday night
blowing the safe of the Huston
vile Milling Company. They
secured about $14 land some
checks. but payment on the lat
ter has been stopped.
No one heard the robbers and
it is not known what time they
did their work, the robbery not
being discovered till morning
when the force started to work.
The safe was found with the
door blown off and the cash in
it gone, amounting to about S14
Tools used by the marauders in
effectlng an entrance to the mill
were stolen from the blacksmith
shop of Burdett Powell.
LARS bloodhounds were put
on the trail as soon as the rob-
berry was discovered, and are
said to have made a trail straight
east for town on the Stanford
pike. Many believe that the
robbers were making for the
railroad where they aimed to
catch a freight train near the
stle over the Stanford and
HustonviIle pike. Trains are
said to be slowing down at that
point now on account of some
new work on the railroad and it
would have been an easy matter
for the burglars to hop a freight
at that point, either going north
or south, and thus make a clean
getaway.-Stanford Journal.
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05

for three or four months. Sew
eral cases Of typhoid fever were
reported of which no record was
kept.
In several camps the commit
tee found that convicts
stripped naked before the lash
was applied, and that many of
them were whipped to limit of
endurance.
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05

Jeff Tesreau, the Giants big bear cac
twirler. is going to make some sort OF
record this year or give up hunting
JEFF says so himself, and in view OF
the fact that gun tOting after game is
Jeff's favOrite pastime it seems rea-
sonably sure that be win make good
So far 'TesSie" has been a most de-
pendable bOXman, and he will prob
ably be called upon to do yeOman serE-
ice in the worlds series next fall
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05
Moonlight schools in Lincoln.

Superintendent Garland Sim
gleton and his teachers are de-
termined to drive illiteracy from
Lincoln county, and have inau-
gurated a campaign for that pur-
pose which will be waged chiefly
through moonlight schools, to be
conducted in Sept. Through the
efforts of Supt. Singleton and
faithful teachers, the illiteracy
of those between the ages of 10
and 20 has been reduced in the
day schools from 315 to lis dur
ing the past four years, which is
almost a remarkable record.
Now the Superintendent and
teachers propose to attack the
adult illiteracy, there being, L.
801 of those deprived men and
women in the county l, III, of
whom are white and 624 being
colored. This noble band of ed
ucators have the respect and ad-
miration Of every citizen. They
will be provided with free books
and supplies and aided by the
Kentucky Illiteracy Commission
at Frankfort. Stanford Journal.
The Adair County news., 1914-08-05

L keep on hands a full stock of
collins, caSkets, and robes. also keep
Metallic Caskets, and Steel Boxes and
two hearSes. Prompt service night or
day. Residence Phone 20, office
Phone SO.
ASH yr J. f. Triptett,
AID, Columbia. Ky.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-07-14
MEANS SOME WORK.
Iowa Farmer Thinks Alfalfa No Crop
For Man Who Wants Leisure
For Enjoyment

of you don't want lots of trouble
don't sow alfalfa in Iowa. Along in
the middle of June when corn needs
cultivating most we had to stop to
cut that burned alfalfa patch. 1t was
all in bloom, three feet high. We
had to haul it in twenty big loads of
hay.
81 I'm July, the folks in town invited
US to spend week attending Chau-
tauqua expect they were glad when
they got my post card: Cannot come,
cause l have to cut that burned ten
acre alfalfa patch Gee it was hot
hauling that hay.
Worse still, l got four bushel more
of clean alfalfa seed and put it in. It's
sure to grow. Next summer I'll ex-
pect to get rest on rainy days from
hauling alfalfa? 1t got to raining in
September; first / knowed that burned