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The Washington times., 1914-05-31
CHECK NAILED TODAY
SAVES TAX PENAL TY
May 81 Postmark on Envelope
Will Prevent imposition OF
Added Charge.

Property owners who mail checks IN
settlement Of their obligation 10 the
District oefore midnight tonight VIII
cape payment of interest. Friday was
the last dav in which taxes could De
raid at the District building. before
tho going into effect of the penalty o,
I Ter cent month.
Mail employees of the Office or the
tax collector viii carefully scrutnize
the postmark on each envelope, AMI
those checks mA,ied after May 81 will
MOI be accepted until they havc beer
Increased 10 meet the amount of PEN
slty attached.
The appeal period closes at ] O'clock
tomorrow. owners have been reGuii r'i
to make written appeals, which VIII
to considered during June by the board
of equalization and review. Samuel T.
KelbfUs, declared Illegally oussed ay
the Court of Appeals, probably viii be
at his desk before the end OF the week.
No effort is being made by District
officials to conceal the fact that they
look for th.. validity of the nav tri-
ennial assessment to be contested in
the courts as Il result OF the katbius
decision. ID. W. O'Donoghue. an at
iorney. already nes fled a protest with
the board against assessments made on
property owned ry him that tn, assess-
ment was illegally made. Other pro-
tests of a similar character are cx-
pected.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
.HALTS2 DAUGHTERS
OF WILSON IN MOTOR
Constable Charges Chauffeur
Was Speeding With Miss
Margaret and Sister.

Two of the Presidents daughters, Mrs
Francis Bowes Sayre. formerly Miss
Jessie Woodrow Wilson. ami Miss Mar.
caret Wilson. have had their names en-
tered on that long list of Washington
ians VINO. since the advent of the auto
mobile. have been held up for speeding
by Maryland constables. Though they,
themselves. were not reprimanded,
when the White House machine in
which they were returning t. Washing.
ton from Baltimore. was stopped by
Constable Thomas n. Garrison at Hy-
attsvilIe. Md. yesterday afternoon. they
heard the chauffeur who was cperatin
the machine severely rebuked for vio-
lating the law.
According to Constable Garrison. the
car. driven by C. Johnson. one OF the
White House chauffeurs, was running
at the rate Of thirty-fvc miles an hour
ing the speed limits. according to Gar.
rison. He gave the constable his name
and the name OF the other occupants
of the machine, after which the auto
mobile was allowed to proceed 10
Washington. The chauffeur will ee
summoned to appear in court at Hyatts-
vile some time next week. unless State
Commissioner Roe, under whose iuris-
diction the matter comes, decides other
wise in the meantime. 1t is said the
commissioner will take the matter up
with President Wilson tomorrow.
The Presidents daughters had been
to Baltimore, where Mrs. Sayres had
attended a meeting OF the Goucher Col
lege alumnae of which she is a member.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
HKEG;'5

''Baroda lends itself to this sort of a
system because its people invariably as
semble in groups. Though 20 per cent
CT the inhabitants are engaged IN agri-
culture. there Gre no isolated farm
houses. Every where groups OF farmers
gather in groups that they may protect
themselves against wild animals and
wild men as we'll"
Benevolent Despotism.
Frcm these innovations it may be
gathered that the present mahara JAN
is a wise and beneficent monarch.
"Sayaja Rao Gaekwar is a widely
educated man, and a much travelled
man. / had a chance 70 know him
well. and to observe the working of his
mind. I'have found that always. when
q matter comes before him for settle
ment, his question is. How will this
thing affect my people
His rule is absolute. He is assisted
In administering his government by a
council of six, and by about thirty
heads of departments. He may consult
these or not, just as he chooses. The
present monarch frequently does con-
suit them, but. after all, II is his YER
dict that is effective"
This rulers administration has been a
period of marked advance in Barodd.
Child marriages are prevalent in most
eastern countries, and the American
may smile when he is told that raising
the legal marriageable age to twelve
years meant a great advance in Ra-
.oda'S social life.
Within the past decade women have
attained a more honored position in the
prinCipality. Higher class women still
90 about veiled. when they leave their
houses at all. a woman thus veiled is
sal. to be lin purdah." The maharanI.
or queen, set the example. about two
years ago. Of breaking purdah," and
going about much as do American
women. She frequently is seen thus at
garden parties and social functions.
Many OF the women OF the governing
class have followed her example.
The division of Baroda's population
into two classes, as is the case in -he
The Washington times., 1914-05-31

Orient. was one handicap Mr.. Borden
had to contend with in his library work.
This division IS so absolute that the
Iarataha, of governing class. speak q
different language from that Of the
Gujerata, or common people. Then. too,
English is widely spoken In the towns
where English high schools have been
established. while in some villages other
tongues are common. Rooks are pro-
vided in all these languages. A liberal
appropriation makes 1t possible TO buy
almost any book asked for, II 1t already
is not in the great central library col
lection. There have been only about
500 books in Gujerati, and about the
same number printed in Marataha- Al
of these have been procured. and the
rest of the collection Is in English or
in other oriental tongues.
Eastern people often fail to realize
that the more enlightened Oriental peo-
pie. such as those of Baroda, possess a
high degree OF intelligence. and well de-
fined moral standards ! never have
known OF a case OF bigamy in Baroda,
unless one custom might be so regarded.
That is the practice occasionally OF a
husband who has no boys by his hrst
wife within a reasonable period. OF TAX
ing a second wife. But .he first Wife
always remains mistress OF his house
hold, and the Two wives hNe HI mar
mony. They appreciate the situation.
and there is no jealousy.
Then, too the Occidental is apt 10
conceive of the Indian people as sort
of heather race. Missionaries sent to
them often fail. or refuse. to under
stand their religion. In India there are
200 oO0, ,nO0 Hindus about 59O00.ooO Mo-
hammedans. about 100000 fuddhists,
and about 100000 each OF Christians
and Sikhs. about 100000 Jains, and
10000 Parsees.
Each of these religions has an eth.
cal basis exactly the same as that of
the Christian religion. Parseeism " a
peculiarly beautiful religion. These were
the folk known of old as fire worship
ers. They still believe fire symbolizes
the Deity.
Moreover, every one OF these re-
Iigions primarily is monotheistic. Be
hind the venerstion of ancestors. and OF
lesser beings that bear an anology to
our saints and angels, there invariably
is the worship of a single God"
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
ROAD TO KEEP JOBS
Open IF MEN ENLIST
Pennsylvania Company Will
Grant FurIoughs to En-
ployes Serving Country.

In the event OF war with Mexico. no
employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company who enlists. not matter how
long his term of service may be. VIII
lose his position with the road The
board of directors of the road has
taken formal action providing for the
retention in the service of any employe
for such time as he NAV be engaged III
state or national military or naval serv-
ice in response to call to arms in the
event of war or other emergency.
Formerly the rule of the company was
that a furlough from active service
could not be granted for a longer period
than nine months. At the time of the
Spanish-American war. employees who
The Washington times., 1914-05-31

was adopted by the reigninS family
and thus ESCAPED, in his very early life
the sychophantic influences that shape
the lives of predestined rulers.
Thus it comes shout that the present
ruler of Baroda is reformer, and g
highly practical sort of reformcr, al
that He made one trip around the
world in 1906. and spent most of his
time, while in The United States. m
studying American public schools lie
went back and cstounded his country
men by establishing free schools
throughout Baroda, and by making Cd
ucation compulsory. The result OF thai
reform already has been the ncrea Sc
of litreacy in Baroda to ter per cen,
Of the population, a ratio double thai
of India as a whole.
Highly Intelligent Race.
But literacy must not be contounded
with mentality" Mr.. Borden warned.
And it should be remembered that the
Hindu is a man of high potential men,
taiity. The Hindu race is highly INTEL
ligent, as is shown by their philosophy
and their religion.
1t was a wonderful and rare op-
portunity afforded me when l was in
Vited by the maharajah to introduce a
library system that should extend
throughout his state. The offer came
States in 1910. during which he gave
special attention to library problems
This offer was especially significant 10
a librarian, because it offered free
field for the introduction of methods
which could not i;e So successfully work
ed out where many libraries, under
various managsments. and with various
localized methods, already existed.
You mag know that the present
tendency of the library is toward cen
tralization of the book collections. with
circulating branches. This effects an
economy in books, and also in the saw
ing of the large buildings hitherto
thought necessary for every community
That was the plan on which / work
ed in Baroda. A large central book co J.
lection was established in the capital.
the City of Baroda. and IN each of the
thirty-ei ght townships there are branch
collections. Each of these Jhirty-eignt
collections is tho center of smaller IL
braries still. established in every vii
lage of the principality. OF these there
are 400
The Washington times., 1914-05-31

left the service to enlist sacrificed their
positions. Under the new plan. the
furlough will be extended for the fun
time absent on such duty, and credit
for the time absent win be given in
computing pension allowances Of en-
ployes so furioughed.
The advisory committee of the volun-
tary relief department also took action
so that a member may continue his
membership in the relief fund while
on furlough bv keeping up his dues.
The action taken by the board OF dt-
rectors Of the Pennsylvania. II II ex-
planned. applies not only TO. the contin-
sency OF war with Mexico. but is a gen.
eral provision covering military or naval
service at any time of war or other
emergency.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
William AIanson Borden Tells OF
Unique Experience in Task
Called Upon to Accomplish
in India.
Maharaiah of Baroda, Benevo-
lent Despot, Aids Lift His
People Into Higher Mental
Attitude by His Reforms.

Establishing an extensive library
5rstem in a land where fen could
read and where books we're scarce,
was the unique task set for Will
lam Alanson Borden.
Mr.. Borden Was a center OF in
terest at the meetings of the Ameri-
can Library Association here be-
cause of his unusual experiences
in Baroda, India, where he was en-
gagged BY the ruler of that country
for this work.
In this interpiew, Mr.. Borden
POINTS out many of the Western
misconceptions of the Indian civil
ration, besides giping interesting
sidelights on his unusual task.
By J. R. HILDEBRAND.
Americans frequently have been called
uncn to explore new lands, TO Chris
lianize them, to govern them, to de-
elop their commercial possibilities. But
William Alanson Borden is the first man
N record who was told to go into a
strange country, where literacy was
light and books were Few, and develop
2. complete circulating library system
looks usually are largely read before
ne librarian is called into service at
1T incidentally, that is one Of the
.ompIaints of the librarians. for they
,iways have to dovetail their theories
nto inconvenient, existing facts.
One fine morning five years ago there
wac laid before Mr.. Borden this pros
uect-to go to Baroda, India, where
there was not the semblance of a book
objection, and there establish a COM
plcte chain of circulating free libraries,
according TO the most recent suggestions
os library experts Mr.. Borden rubbed
lis ewes, and wondered whether ii would
rot all turn out to De n sort OF librar-
ans Welsh rarehit dream
But the Maharajah of Baroda meant
every word Of It Likewise he was
ready to produce the cash for the en-
tcrprise- Interest in this unique eX-
pertinent win not lag one bit by
spending a few paragraphs with the
Maharajah, His Royal Highes; Sayajs
Rao Gaekwar.
Ruler Is a Reformer.
Home rule in about one third Of In
Tia is almost all that ireland could
ask for. In this third lies Baroda, .
principality about the size of Massachu-
setts and with about two thirds of the
.:ay States population. Its outside re-
aticns are jeaously restricted by Great
Britain, but its internal affairs are con-
Quoted without any semblance Of inter
ference. Internally the maharajah.
ike DoUis XIV, could say df he knew
Trench) "L'etat est moi, which iiber-
ally translated. signifies I am the
whole works and accurately describes
he position of the maharajah within
he borders OF Boroda.
Sayaja Rao Gaekwar is 4 different
-crt of rlaharajah from any that India
YER saw before. His life story would
..olipse the strange Indian stories tnat
ction writers concoct amid wreaths
or turkish tobac smoke in their cosy
New York apartments. But the par
iicular point in his history which al
rects this true story about the baroda
rbrarIes is that he did not succeed to
the Baroda czardom by heredity. He
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
FIRE HOLDS 2,5OO
IN BOSTON TUNNEL
Short -Circuited Cables Fiji SUBJ
way With Smoke, and Panic
Ensues in Darkness.

BOSTON. May 3L-T.le Boston elevat-
- railways tunnel was in darkness
rorftly after midnight, with more than
so passengers trapped and in fear of
uffocation from smoke, from fire
,iue TO short circuited cables which was
turning the insulations.
Several hundred lanterns were pressed
into use and the passengers were piloted
alongside the deadly third rail, until the
nearest stations were reached.
At the Milk street tunnel station police
reserves were called 10 quiet more than
10 passengers who were Ia a panic.
The fire had TO be fought with sand.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
File Protest Tomorrow
Against Great Falls Line

Charges Of inadequacy Of schedule and
cvercrowdinS of cars will be preferred
against the Great Falls line OF the Old
Dominion Railway Company before the
Public Utilities Commission at hear
ing which probably will be held tomor-
row. Edward L. Furlong and the Rev.
A. II. Zimmerman. representatives OF
commuters. will file the charges. They
will also appear before the railway au-
thorities of Virginia Tuesday and pro-
test against the service on the Great
Falls line
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Three Men Are Drowned
AS Boat Goes Over Dam

YoRKvILLE. Ill. May sf.-Thres
vorng men from oak Park, Ill, were
crowned here when their boat was
.u,ent over the dam. in the Fcx river
A fourth occupant Of. the boat was
Sayed
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Mrs. Mary c. Thaw to
Visit Her Mother-in-LaW

NEWPORT. r. l.. May 3I.-It was
learned todoy that Mrs. Mary Copley
Thsw. of Pittsburgh, who Tas married
t. Geoffrev whitney. OF Boston and
Milton. will visit Mr.. whitney's mother.
Mrs Charles Whitney. at Newport this
summer. which will be her first visit
at Newport.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
Germany Sends Cruiser.

ST. THOMAS. d. W. l.. May Slime
German cruiser Strasburg. for Fort.
ar-Prince. her object being the pro.
lection of German interests win IN:
settled conditions exist in Hayu ano
the Dominican Republic.
The Washington times., 1914-05-31
SI.OO Silk Corded Shirts

Handsome and desirable fine corded madras
shirts in rich striped patterns, COO. fast colo-
garments Splendidly made. with French soft
cuffs and fulI cut. All sizes
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29
g. J. Fisher Company,
Union and Ferry Streets,
Lambertville, N. J.
People Like
Buckwheat Cakes

The people in Lambertville
and New Hope who are using
Tigers Prepared Buckwheat
Flour like it, and are recon-
mending it to their friends. 1t
is different from any other Pan
cake Flour upon the market,
and it's better, too.
One Lambertville lady who
had sworn (the kind a lady can
do, not the style sometimes
handed out on street corners)
by a certain brand of pancake
flour, tried Tigers under pro-
test two days later she had
recommended it to four of her
friends, and said she did not see
how she could ever have thought
the other brand was good.
Tigers Buckwhat Flour is
not adulterated with a large
percentage of corn meal to
cheaper the first cost. It's
made of the highest grade Hun
terdon County Buckwheat, care
fully blended with a small por-
ton of Wheat, and very little
bit of the choicest Corn Flour.
You can't taste the corn flour.
if you tried a week, but it does
add a certain quality to the
mixture that would be missing
without it.
The following local grocers
handle it:
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29

to the parcel post rate, even in
light weight packages.
Too much attention can't be given
to the responsibility feature of ex-
press services. They insure ship
ments up to $50.O0,' if contents are
worth that sum, without additional
charge, consequently packages can
not be forwarded in parcel post SER
vice with equal security for anv
less charge than can be secured in
express service
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29
Our Local Express Rates.

D. w. Hoppock, the genial and
energetic local representative of the
Adams Express Company, is not let
ting any grass grow under his feet
these days, but is rustling up bust
ness for his company.
The allegation that Lambertville
is getting better service in the ex-
press line than any other place in
this section of the universe seems to
be we'll founded, but Mr.. Hoppock
is too modest to go into details
along this line.
Speaking of comparative express
and parcel post rates, a prominent
New York newspaper says:
Analysis of the new express
rates, which go into effect February
1st., and the parcel postal charger,
made by w. H. Chandler, of the
Traffic Bureau of the Merchants
Association, shows that for packa ges
of fifty pounds it will be cheaper
and move convenient to use the
express rather than Uncle Sam.
While it is cheaper to use Uncle
Sans service for small packages,
yet if you want insurance on your
packages and want them called
for you will find it in most instances
less expensive to stick to the express
companies.
After February 1st," said Mr.
Chandler, the express rates on
practically every thing except light
weight packages destined beyond
the second parcel zone will be lower
than the uninsured parcel post rates
When there is shipment of any
weight, the difference bewteen the
parcel post and the express rate show
up in favor of the latter. If, how
ever, the premiums for insurance
charged by the Postoff1ce is added
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29
Shoe Store for sale

AS I am about to engage
in other lines of work, | will
sell my entire shoe stock and
the goodwill of a successful
going business, at a price
that will prove attractive to
some wide awake man look
ing for a nice, clean occupa-
ton. The store is we'll To-
Gated, at "a North Union
Street, Lambertville, N. j.,
and has been extensively ad-
vertised during its existence.
Handles standard lines of
quality goods.
w. L. CALLAWAY.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29
Never
Better
Stocked

in all our departments, for the
trade. Dry Goods, Notions,
Crockeryware, Groceries. Fresh
Meats, Beef, Veal, Lamb, Pork
etc.
A full supply of Poultry,
Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks,
Geese, Game and Fish.
We invite buyers to give us
a call.
We exchange for all kinds of
Farm Products.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29

BOARD WANTED-Two or three
furnished rooms with private family
with board for man, wife and two
children. Would consider the rent
ing of a furnished house, in Lam
bertville or New Hope. Address
Board" Lambertville Record Of
flee, LambertMlle, N. J.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29

AGENTS WANTED-for Excelsior
and Henderson Motorcycles, also have
different makes to offer. Care Rocka-
fellow, Pennington, N. j.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29
Lambertville

Joseph G. Moore, Union and
Delevan
Ryan, Akers and Smith, 81
North Main
Malloy Bros, Main and Bridge
Joseph Martin, Main and York
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29
New Hope

Dubs & Opdyke, Main
w. L. Bush, Main and Ferry
All have Bell phones
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-01-29

tzs ORDERS FROM MER-
CHANTS who are not already
dealing direct with the mill may
be phoped or sent to Theodore
G. Kitchin, AZ North Union
Street (Phone 1867, Lambert
vile, N. j., who will arrange Tor
delivery day order is received
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-06-20
Tn. Koran.

10 the London Everynhn II a re-
view Of the Koran aud Its author. Mo
hamned. II II a one mans book and
that inan not an imaginative one. but
essentially man OF action and lack
Ing In invention. The Koran II jun
BLEED mass OF precepts. doctrines.
threats. injunctions. divine commands.
narrative. lyric and epic poetry. It's
heaven and hell are too material for
modern thought obviously" says
Everyman. the Koran In meant not
10 be rend with the eye. but 10 be re-
cited. when the repetiuons are not
nearly 30 pronounced IL reflects so
cial order. a system OF ideas as re-
mote from Rome. and more especially
from Greece. as our own ARE from the
North American Indian. But neither
time nor evolution can utterly quench
the fame OF Mohammed's personality,
which carried his followers TO reckless
excuses. to the sovereignty OF EN-
pires. which created an art peculiar
to Islam and founded age long tradi
| lions"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-06-20
On, o, IN. Sights Of Paris.

The Paris department stores are
worse jumbles even than the English
department stores. When there Is
special sale under way the bargain
counters are rugged up on the side
walks. There. In the open air. buyer
and seller will chatter and bicker and
wrangle and quarrel and kiss and make
up again-for all the world 10 see. One
OF the free sights Of Paris Is frugal
Frenchmsn with bis face extensively
haired over paving like a Skye terrier
through heap Of marked down In
gerie. picking out things for the female
members n bis household TO wear. now
testing some material with bis tongue,
now holding a personal article up In
the sunlight to examine the fabric
while his wife stands humbly, dumbly
by. waiting for him TO complete his Sc
IectIons. Irving S. Cobb In Saturday
Evening post.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-06-20

Miss ebecca Francis returned to
her hon In Marlin today, after a
pleasantislt to Miss Edna Wickes.
J. A. Iiwards. motor expert for the
Hall.sco Motor Car Company OF Los
Angeles, CAL, who accompanies the
new NOR car OF the Bryan q Central
Texas Iierurban to this city. left to-
day for visit to Chicago on BUSINESS
Rev. ]. Tatum went to Millican
today tdold services in that city to.
night al tomorrow.
@. c. treet Jr. arrived today from
Houstono join his wife and son In a
visit torelatiyes In this city.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-06-20
First opsrs Glasses.

The single opern gInss was frst used
In the time OF Louis XIV. II became
the mge. and everybody used one The
double opern glnss tJunell. was In
vented In 1922. but did not at nrsI nnd
favor with w0iDen A treatise was
written In the early part VI the uine-
teenth century on rurt de- iorgner. In
which II WIS shown that woman
with fine arms would hold the glass
With both hands. II she were blessed
with fine hands she would tnke on her
gloves. n her neck were long she would
r-cline back In her chaip aud so on. II
was quite treatise On cvquetry.