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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-02

Nitrate OF soda. formerly made 10
this country, Is now made only In Europe
and has risen In price from ~ cents TO
90 cents a pound. Chloride of barlum
has advanced from $40 to $3.50 a ton;
prussiate of potash which formerly ruled
Mt l2h cents a pound. is selling at rs
to 30 cents. Even at these pr>prs very
little OF these chemicals can be obtained
QUICKSILVER vermilion rcd. formerly
sold at 55 cents n pound. now brings 81
for tho reason that as soon as the war
broke out the English Government would
not allow the expectation OF a single
flask OF quicksilver. from which vermilion
Is made and as the Rothschilds in London
control the price Of quicksilver Throughout,
tho world tho closing OF the expectation
from England forced the price OF the small
stock held by American producers from
s36 a flask OF 10 pounds TO $50. and now
this material In sold without any guar
antee at all as to price
ut is incredible that we have not
statesmen wise enough In Washington IN
appreciate the present opportunity for the
promotion OF home manufactures. I
myself made dyes few years ago but
had TO sell my factory for Junk on ac-
count OF the tariff which allowed Yer
many to monopolize an this trads In
another industry. where formerly thcre
were six manufacturers now only one re-
mains
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-02
WAR SCARCITY PUTS
CHEMICALS SKY HIGH
Color Manufacturer Tells ~
Ruinous Jump in Prices
Since Conflict.

Alarming conditions In the manurac,p,.
or colors and chemicals as result a,
the war were disclosed yesterday by
Fred L. Lavanburg. prominent color
manufacturer In New York at 100 VIII.
lam street Because OF tho refusal OF IN,
United States Government to appreciat,
the exceptional opportunity in the present
crisis to provide protection for the es.
tension Of trade, said MIR Lavanburg. IL
Ia proving It's lack OF real statesmen and
Is allowing one important business TO face
paralysis.
Thine was" said Mr. Lavanbura
when all the necessary colors and cheml.
calls for our use were made In this roun.
try, but manufacturers were forced to
abandon their factories on account Of
prohibitive tariffs. These materials. soma
OF them the most important In the various
arts. are now made almost entirely by
the Germans from gas by-products The
war has cut off our supply and unhcdrd
of prices are resulting
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
A PRACTICAL RESTRICTION.

The Massachusetts supreme court has refused 10
,ermit the New Haven roads issue of S67,00O,0O0
of convertible bonds. The public service commission
of the State authorized the ISSUE and that autnoTza
on is now annulled by the court.
1t was planned that these bonds should be con-
,ertibe into stock after FIVE years from their issue
That is, if the road should be rehabitated IN that
,ime and paying 8 or 10 per cent dividends again,
holders of the bonds could convert them into stock
at par.
The Massachusetts court points out that it cannot
approve plan of this kind which in effect looks to
buying New Haven stock as of five years hence at
par The stock may be worth good deal more than
that 1t is not practicable to make rates and regGla-
tions for property in such conditions. Therefore
the convertible bonds will not issue.
1t seems, at least, very practical view OF the
situation, and suggestion of how regulation of
capitalization may be made to serve the public
interest.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
TELEPHONE RATES AGAIN.

The New York Telephone Company, under in
vestigaton to rates by the public service COM
mission of that State has voluntarily reduced its
rates 10 per cent 1t will be ordered, without much
doubt, to make further decided reductions
- The New York Telephone Company has declared
that it could not tell how much money it earned in
New York; it could not separate its local from its
outside earnings. Perhaps one reason why it does
not want TO tell just whence its revenues come is
that it owns S6,0OO,OOO of the S15OOOOOO capital
stock of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company, which does the telephone business in
Washington. Washington people, at any rate, would
like to know how much of the profits of the New
York concern are contributed from here.
1t is declared, as TO the New York company that
il was earning II per cent year long time ago,
before the latter-day expansion of business and
profits had raised them sharply from that figure Ii
surely would seem that annual profits of 20 or 25
per cent must justify some consideration of the
public interest, to take the form of reduced
Our own public utilities commission would make
no mistake if it would keep in close touch with the
telephone investigation in New York Washington
people expect to have like service performed here
as soon II possible; and the intimate relation be-
tween thr Washington and New York corporations
suggests that much illumination may come from New
York
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
HIS PICTURE FOR THE MOVIES" !"


General Sherman might have modified his def
milton of war if he had known that it could recon-
pense its votaries by giving them chance to show
up big in the motionpicture films. In this respect
If in no other Villa is wiser than he. The military
star of the Mexican constitutonalists has his mind
on other things than the loot of Chihuahua and the
southwark advance Movies" are to be taken at
Ojinaga and could even conqueror withstand the
temptation to get right in the middle of them when
he can have the choicest place in the scenario merely
by giving the word?
public consumed by curiosity will therefore
have soon, in all probability, chance to see whether
the former bandit who is giving Huerta the night
mare just is as unworthy of a blde ribbon at a
beauty show current snapshots represent him. We
take it that the conqueror is well satisfied with the
prospect from e fact that he has promised to stage
battle for the movie" people if the pictures of
actual fighting at Ojinaga turn out badly.
Perhaps vanity is not the only trait that Villa
possesses in common with Napoleon, or perhaps it
is. We shall wait and see.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
Make the Best of Your Looks
By LANE CABRERA.
(AHHd HeLdS DdHghter).

he Press Publishing Col
afraid to wash your face often-seyc,a!
times a day.
II the skin is temporarily rouShencd
by too much wind or sun, battle il i,t
water which has been mixed with Z.
little SlyCeTine and roSe-water. There
are some persons who cover sse:r ,..s-,
with cold cream every night OH going to
bed, but l have never felt it necessarv
tn soil my pillow-case in such fashion
When l ook at myself in the glass
and ind tkAt I am getting little pale,
Nshas 30 yuu think / do? l plunge my
face quickly into a basin of water 50
cold that it is almost like ice-water
and then l rub hard with dry towe,
In my case the treatment is alwavs
efficacioUs. though it might be too
heroic a remedy for some.
| believe that the right sort of mas
sage is the best preventive OF wrinkles
Naturally, ! do not have to worry about
them yet. But even now when | am
tired. when | find that the corners OF
my mouth are dropping and that dark
semi-circles are appearing under my
eyes. I smooth out my face bySa little
gentle rubbing. The motion should a.
was be upward and outward. and given
lightly but firmly with the very tips OF
the fingers.
Simple food aid much fresh air are
other Invaluable aids in retaining the
glow and texture OF ones skin.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

on yes there are mrdeS today WW fnd here
and there man who actually wants marry WhO really
believes all husband tells her, and married couple who
thinning of getting a dipOrce.
Before marriage listens NTH his the ground find
would like for Christmas; after requires
negaphone for consciousness hen she begins
limiting for things Which she wants him to Supre her,
Wdowers make the fascinating lopeprObably
their been kept cold storage long
that they perfectly fresh and HeW
letting his have the last wOrd-nOr
first for the that its all those that between
that harrow his soul and drive him to Distraction
hall bedroom at the houSc-top
in a Sute at Palm Beach with flirtdtouS husband.
Somehow those hcaOhea talks between pLtoHc friends al
lead later Ho lip sHences that Plato would hare
been perfectly shocked to think of. ....... -- .'a +
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
THE SILVER LINING
EDITED BY ARTHUR BAER.

are a lot of prisoners willing to do the
same thing.
Styles for young men-'qInet colors
with a leaning towards sober shades.
What we can't figure is why there
should be any leaning with sober shades.
Pennsylvania man pays an assassin
So to murder him. Reckless extravan-
gance He could have gone to New
York and saved S2S.64.
Now that Montreal's water supply IS
working again, what excuse are the boys
using now?
James 3. Duke, American tobacco
magnate, buys a million dollar mansion
in London. Oh! What's the use of
swearing Off smoking?
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

! President Wilson will view 1000 fee;
of moving pictures of the Mexican revo-
luton. So long as Huerta's two feet
are not among the 1000 feet, he should
fret.
Five pseudo Alpine tourists were res
cued from the Alps. It's about time that
somebody rescued the Alps from the
tourists.
Massachusetts man mugs a woman SO
hard he breaks her leg. The courts
award her s1S.5OO. Business Of Massa-
chusetts man looking real pleased be-
cause she wasn't a centipede.
Government is going to spend S15,-
600, 900 at Great Falls. We know OF
great falls. which cost the government
much less.
One way of saving money. Instead Of
two $4,000, 900 battleships, we'll buy
one s2I 100000 one
A clean saving OF 600, 5000 100000,
If Walter Johnson goes TO chicago,
how will we ever get back home in time
for supper? They'll have to start the
games early.
Twelve hundred hosiery workers have
gone on a strike. If this continues the
regional bank problem will assume seri-
GUS proportions.
The fact that the president Of a rail-
road was caught in one OF his roads
wrecks. should convince the public that
there is nothing premeditated about such
ocC uTcnCes.
A lawyer stopped in tie middle of a
sentence yesterday. Cheadlinc) There
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

sponsiby for their progress. AS considerable pro-
portion of these young men who careless of their
opportunities are the sons of fathers comfortably
provided with this worlds goods and their prediec-
ton for oang is due to the fact that they feel under
no special compulson to do anything else, il may De
doubted if the annual charge OF $50 would bother
them very much.
From any angle difficulties appear in the way Of
carrying out the proposal but it may have the good
effect of centering attention upon an improvement
in university methods of graphing with the problem
of the student who, for any reason, does his work
less efficiently than the average ....
The Washington times., 1914-01-10


Caring for the Complexion.
TUE complexion has been defined
as the most valuable single attFi-
butte of beauty because IT covers
the most space.
And vet one secs SO many women WIN
unattractive skins-yOunE women, At
that. What is the reason? l believe
that one rcasCr-in New York, at any
ratC-is the prevalence of makeup
among very young girls.
Now, 7 am Just eighteen Snd na'
never used rouge in my life, except dur
iEg my appearances on the stage. AS
every one knows, artificial stage !lSht-
ing requires artificial facial colorlnSs.
But on the street l should never dream
of covering up with paint my natural
color. and so eventually, SpoiliuS IL
The young girls, many of them sun IN
school. who Gaub themselves with palnt
and powder simply do not know any bel
ter. They have the instructive youthful
craving 10 appear smart and SrOWuup.
/ do not blame them, but ] am sur
prised that their mothers are so lacking
I'm good sense and true estheuc dis
CCTnment.
Under normal conditions plain. ordi-
nary soap and water are the best COS
mctiCs I'm tho world for procuring and
preserving a clear, rosy skin. Don't b
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
French Highway Accidents.

GraIe crossing six great railway sys
France curing thirty in which hoIs
drawn vehicles. Automobiles and trolley con-
ceneG The 'o number of foot passengers killed was sew
entysX and eighteen wounded The total number OF
fatally injured in these accidents eighty eight
while less in
jures. The total number grade crossings existing
sysIens is SG9sl the Ministry Of ublc
Works, which. railroad
that possible opportunity reducing this
Der is taken advantage Of the Grade
CROSSINGS in the city Of Paris itself practically
Similar efforts being eliminate
ngs in the neShhor hood Of all groups OF dwellings all
country.--CopsulaF Report
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
Filming BACKWARD STUDENTS.

Penalizing backward students by charging them
that is, their parents or guardians-S5O a year
more than others is a new way of dealing with the
subject of educational delinquency In considering
soposa to that effect which has been presented II
i the faculty of Cornell University will have much
en- both sides of the question to ponder over
The reason given for tine change is that time
money, and energy are wasted upon such persons
II is better, argues the professor who made the pro-
PJsal, TO get rid of students whose work is inferior
and if they cannot be gotten rid of, then to empha
size the unversty's disapproval in way that par
ents will feel That amounts to saying that the
students of university should be select body
capable of deriving something like the maximum
benefit from the opportunities provided And that S
the theory on which the best universities are con-
Quoted.
From this viewpoint it is possible to explain the
exclusion of deficient students, but not easy tO
explain the imposition of money penalty upon them
According to the author of the plan, the object aimed
at to give the parents guardians of students who
seek to loaf through college hint in manner t1eY
vl be likely to feel that such program IS far from
satisfactory to the teaching body charged with re-
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Misunderstanding:
National Union-Columbia Council al
Pythian Temple
Patriarchs Naturalization Washing.
ton, No. /. driIl.
Macahees-Naticnal, No. l. installation,
L strcGg northwest.
Adjustments.
I-''sweethearts." 2:i5 and ST.:
p. N.
CoIumbia-"Queen OF the Movies. e
2:l5 and SIS D. m.
llelasco-"Her Own Money" 2:15 and So,
u. IN.
Polrs-"Forty five Minutes from
Broadway" 2:15 and Sis u. m.
Academy-''One Woman's Life 2:l5 anc
S:l5 D. M.
p. m.
Cosmos-Vaudeviue continuous.
CasinO-Naudeville afternoon anC
evening.
Gaycty--BTrles sdue. els and Sis D. m
ArcRds-Dancing, evening.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
Hard to Please.

A TYPICAL mover of the ultra
n shiftless type was passing a few
n days at a COW camp in Arizona.
preparatory to going into the
desert on a prospecting trip. His wife,
planned to some of the cowba1ds os
the hardness of her lot; and the fore
man took it upon himself to renon-
strate with the husband for his shift
lessness and his indifference to ms
wife's welfare
The old woman ala't -ot no kick
COMM, said the husband when he had
heard the foreman's remarks. she
amt got no kick at all Why, stranger.
when We wuz fiXin' TO camp of a night
Snany time I've driv' the team half a
mile out OF the way SOS WOOD and
water would be handy for the old
woman to fetch"'-saturday Evening
Post
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

The chairman OF the New Haven Iail-
road and the Attorney Geleral are try
ing to bring the New Haven within the
law II seems that the New Haven
tracks never extended that far.
Rumors that Robert HiIliard is 20 be
married for the third time naturdIly re-
calls the title of the play which brought
him fame
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
His Literary Gem.


X story about a friend of his who
IN Is an author.
This young novelist" relates
MIR: Chambers. had q pretty hard time
ot 1t at first, and so had his Young wife
Money was scarce. and the stories he
wrote did not sell. The wife had but
little respect for his talents. and kept
chdeaVorlng to coax him to try some
thing else. whereby he could make
enough money for their support.
one day. however. his luck changed
ana ne began TO make money. The time
soon arrived when he was able to write
check for 500 and present it to his
wife as a gift.
She looked at, it and her eyes filled
with tears.
% What is the trouble the husband
asked in surprise
Darling she said. as ste fastened
around the table and put her arm
around his neck. IN take back all the
mean things | ever said about YOUR
writing. This is the best thing you ever
wrote "-Lippincott's.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
WIRE NAILS USED
TO NAIL UP BONES.

Next to the brace and bits and the
reamers are the lead hammer and
the supply OF common wire nails. or
course, these nails are antisGptic, as
are all the implements. for the
slightest entrance OF infection IN
such cases is fatal to results.
Besides the hammer and nails,
there is used a retractor guide, an
implement, used in removing a trans
plant of injected bone. The retrac-
tor would be used b. the ordinary
carpenter as a scraper or gouge.
With these tools the best surgical
carpenters today can straighten a
leg that a few years aEo was con-
sidered hopelessly detormed. They
can cut out a section of decayed
bone that is slowly killing a patient,
hurry over to a morgue. cut 4 cor
responding piece of h'ne from the
body of a man who but recently has
died, hasten back and graft the dead
bone into the living. The dead bone
grows firmly into place and in a
few weeks the patient, instead OF
dying or lying helpless for years, is
up and doing a mans share OF the
worlds work.
For many years .he medical pro-
fession has been troubled with OBJ
stinate fractures. That is. a pa
tient comes with n brcken bone
which stubbornly refused to unite.
Months drag into yslrs, and with
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
THE OLDEST INHAB SEZ-

Why I kin re-
member W b c n
folks tho u ght
that Great Falls
was an ornament,
not an article OF
food.
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

10 some travelling, says Golfers. He
was riding in the Pullman opposite some
travelling men who were very loqua-
ciOus.
They tried several times to bring him
INTO the conversation He answered DO
htely, then became Silent. Finally one
of them said:
On the road?'' addressing Mr.. Smith.
Yes he replied.
What kind of goods do you sell?''
Lighthouses"
The drummer gasped in astonishment,
then said: Boss, where do you keep
you. samples?"
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
SOME REFLECTIONS By
A BACHELOR GIRL
,,.o.,rsat. 1914. by the Press Publishing Co,


NEW filtration chdSer which takes the bitter
taste deddens the hearache LETT by old lore affair."
The Washington times., 1914-01-10
GOOD STORIES
What He Said.

~ HoPKTNsON SMITH. painter.
- author. and engineer. was en-
ployed In the Government at
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

A lawyer stopped in tie middle of a
sentence yesterday. (headline) There
The Washington times., 1914-01-10

Five pseudo Alpine tourists were res
cued from the Alps. It's about time tina
somebody rescued the Alps from tn
tourists.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-10
Amendments in Danger.

There are several good and more
bad amendments among the eleven
to be submitted to the voters of Min
nesota at the November election. The
chances are that good and bad will
go down together in the state of un-
certainty which prevails. The av-
erage voter will take the benefit Of
the doubt and if he marks in any
way an amendment of which he is
not sure it will be a, mark of -disap-
proval. Experience shows that any
attempt to change the constitution
must be positively good and posi-
lively certain in order to secure rati-
Gcation.
The average voter may be supposed
to know that the proposed amend
ment providing for state reforestra-
ton is a good one, and the amend
ment limiting any county to seven
senators, regardless of it's popula-
ton, is a bad one, and he may be de-
pended upon to vote accordingly,
says the St.. Paul Dispatch. But of
the remaining nine amendments how
many voters, what proportion Of the
voters, intelligent or not, posted or
not, can recall their purpose and pass
upon their, value?
1t is, a safe assertion that not one
voter in ten is familiar with the sub
ject matter, dealt with in these pro-
posed amendments. Not one voter in
hundred knows what all of the
eleven are about, or will know when
he enters the voting booth. How ir-
rational it is, then, to expect their
ratification on the ground of public
knowledge, and demand.
Something is lacking in the system
of submitting amendments. Better
means should be employed to ac-
quaint the voting public with the
purpose of proposed amendments, so
that those that are necessary and de-
sirable may be supported and those
that are vicious may be condemned
by public opinion. Some states limit
the number of amendments that may
be submitted at any one election;
Minnesota submits eleven at one
election, but it need not marvel if
all eleven fail of ratification chiefly
because the people prefer to reject
wherever they are in doubt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-10
COLD STORAGE WITHOUT ICE,
keAping In Concrete Caves Preserves
Fruit From Rotting.


Fruit From Rotting.
Fruit can be kept in cold storage
without the use of ice. writes Harlan
W. Smith in the Country Gentleman.
In a specially constructed concrete
storage cave, built two years ago By
the Kansas Agricultural college. fruit
was kept in such perfect condition
through two winters Of trial that it
was unnecessary to open the packages
and regrade before selling In the
spring. Practically no loss was In
Cured by rotting. The average varia-
ton in this concrete storage cave was
no greater than is common In iced
storage houses-seldom more than one
or two degrees week.
The cave is SO built that an even tenn
perature Is maintained inside even.
though ventilated with outside air Of
a varying temperature. An eight inch
tile is laid below ground and comes to
the surface three rods from the cave.
This pipe runs in under the floor and
connects with four inch tiles which
distribute the fresh air equally through
out the stored fruit from four points.
The air coming through this ventilator
Is warmed in winter and cooled in sum-
mer. Three ten inch tiles in the top
Of the cave complete the air current
and provide a draft.
Inside the cave Is twenty-four feet
long. twelve feet six inches wide and
seven feet high. One thousand boxes
Of apples can easily be stored in it.
The walls are of concrete, made OF
four parts sand. four parts crushed
stone and one part cement. The floor.
which rests upon shelf of rock. is
three inches thick and Is made Of four
parts sand to one Of cement.
A concrete slab, made In the same
proportions as the walls. but re-en
forced with twist bars. fve-eighths of
an inch square. spaced four and one
half inches in the center and one-hah
inch from the bottom of the slab. forms
the top. .4-...r> --
Such d storage house will cost from
$3.50 to $500 not including the ex-
cavating, according to d. E. Lewis Of
the Kansas college, who had the cave
built and conducted two year test
with it. 5.,.. -.@....-.. - q
During the picking season, Mr. Lewis.
says. when the nights are cold and
frosty, low temperature may be OBJ
tanned i'll the cave by opening, the door
late in the evening and closing it early
In the morning. A temperature Of
from 40 to 80 degrees is low enough at
the start. Little trouble in obtaining
low temperatures will be experienced
after the, first month, About that time
the eight, inch ventilator may be partly
closed. A temperature as near ,33 de-
grees as possible should be maintained
during winter and spring.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-10-10

Customs collections in the Mime
sofa district during September de-
creased $98,626.93, as compared with
the collections made in the Mime
sofa district September, 1913. Much
Of the decrease is due to the natural
falling off of European imports, but
a respectable percentage is due to
the fact that much less wheat and
other grains were brought in from
Canada this last September than in
the September of 1913.