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The Lamar register., 1915-02-24
Odd Bits of News

New York-Percival c. France, 40,
could not stop crying and so he end
ed his life with bullet.
Philadelphia, Pa.-G. f. Magnin Of
Ninth street and Ridge avenue, heard
noise in the back yard. He investi-
gated and found his pet cat in fight
with two pound swapping turtle. The
cat was uninjured.
New York-Leslie C. Wilder receiv-
ed a check for a $225O legacy for
which he had been fighting for thir-
teen years. The excitement was so
great that he dropped dead with the
check in his hand.
Allentown, Pa.-Because work was
slack, Francis d. Baer, grave digger
committed suicide by inhaling gas.
Los Angeles, Calif.-A complete
skeleton of a cave bear that is said to
be 100000 years old was found recent
ly in an excavation near here.
New York-An offer of SIS a quart
for blood for TRANSMISSION caused a
panic in a bread line here. Thirty
men were accepted by the physicians
making the offer.
New York-On board the yacht
with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Wander
bilt, who with their two sons, Alfred
and George, are on an eight weeks
cruise to California, by way of the
Panama canal, is COW to furnish
fresh milk for the party and espec-
tally for the two youngsters Of the
family.
GRANVILLE, Ill.-A moral wave has
struck here and as a result the girls
in the high school basketball team
no longer wear bloomers, but make
the baskets" in full skirts. The school
board notified the girls they could
not use the name of their school in
their games so long as they wore the
boomers.
San Antonio, Textile first girl
to arrive in a family in four genera
The Lamar register., 1915-02-24
THE SUGAR REFINING TRUST
FAtten Their Bank Accounts By Poek-
citing Sugar Duties and Controll-
ing Prices

In resolution introduced in the
30, Representative Broussard OF Loui-
siana, proposes the suspension Of the
free sugar clause Of the Underwood
bill, which provides for free sugar af
ter May /, 1916. The Louisiana mem
Der threatened deficit OF $4,000, 900
in the treasury at the end Of the
present fiscal year.
"On May l." said Mr.. Broussard, to-
day, unless my resolution shall be-
come law, practically S52,000,0O0
more now derived from the sugar duty
must also be added to the present de-
ficiency. The refiners told congress-
that if the duty on sugar was reduc-
ed the consumers would receive the
advantage of the reduction. On March
i, 1914, congress reduced the then ex-
listing duty by % per cent, and for
not a single moment from that day
to this has the consumer paid as little
money for his sugar as he paid before
the reduction. He is now paying
practically twice as much as he did
before the reduction. The American
consumer and the treasury have both
suffered from this reduction. The only
beneficiary has been the refiner, COM
monty known as the sugar trust, which
has absorbed the entire reduction and
multiplied the price Of sugar to the
consumer.
Under the old rate which went out
on March l, by virtue of the Under
wood bill, the treasury of the United
States would have collected to date
more than s5s,OOO,OOO in duty instead
of S43,OOO,OO0, so that the sugar
trust has absorbed in the ten months
100000 At this rate, by the end
of IL months, as the result Of this %
per cent reduction, fully S18,00O,000
will have been absorbed by the trust
and will have been lost to the treas
ury.
"At this very hour the refiners Of
the country are engaged on the Amer
lean market in selling sugar to the
Europeans for consumption in Europe
at lower price than the same sugar
is being sold by them on the same
market to American consumers. The
as a reason to life sugar prices to the
in the United States, at peace with all
the world, when sold to an American
consumer and not raise it equally to
an European consumer engaged in the
same war Yet this war is invoked
as a reason to life sugar prices to the
American consumers beyond the price
charged Europeans"
The Lamar register., 1915-02-24
Foresight of Washington

The present reader of Washing
toms letters and addresses is likely
to underestimate the genius of the
author owing to the fact that their
sentiments appear automatic. But
they were not truisms when written.
When Washington wrote a genuinely
republican form Of government was
practically untried. Direct democracy
had been proven failure in the
Greek and Italian republics. The
American experiment was novel and
most of the nations of the earth pre-
dicted and hoped for its failure.
Washington firmly believed, as Lin
coin indicated in his Gettysburg ad-
dress, that the United States was
launching a great experiment, on
whose success depended the perma-
nent fate of government of the peo-
pie, for the people and by the peo-
Pile Realization of this fact creeps
out in many Of Washington's private
and public utterances. He revealed it
when he spurned as an insult the
suggestion that he become king. His
The Lamar register., 1915-02-24

tions or about 12O years, was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Cunningham. In
each generation for the past century
sons have been born into the family
and have carried the name of Cum
ningham into many states, and the
birth of the first girl is an event of
no small Importance.
Reading, Pa.-E. p. Reiter has just
rounded out % years as a justice Of
the peace in West Rockhill township,
during that time he has issued four
warrants but has never sent Il case,
either civil or criminal, to court.
The Lamar register., 1915-02-24

nuts" and the flow of soul-some-
times called in our everyday lexicon
after dinner speech"-was bright
and snappy and brilliant, and enter
tanned the visitors until the small
hours of the morning, the time the
Santa Fe selects for running the ma
jority of its passenger trains, and
the guests of the day returned to
Their homes happy with the feeling
of good fellowship and of day well
spent in the cause of fraternalism.-
Las Animas Leader.
The Lamar register., 1915-02-24
Father Goose for Farmers
By Don Allen

Jack Sprat raised hogs so fat
Not one of them was lean.
He sent them into market and
He made five thousand clean.
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
Both were highly elated.
The auto they run is a costly one
And it never hesitated.
Little Bo Peep had so many sheep
She didn't know where to fold them
So one fine day she sent them away
And at the stock yards sold them.
Little Bo Peep a fortune did reap
And invested it all in chickens.
Every fellow she knows comes round
to propose,
They bother her like the dickens.
The Lamar register., 1915-02-24

under one bill, and as result this
bill has had perhaps more considera-
ton at the hands of the administra-
tion and its attorneys than any other
one act.
For many weeks the various sec
tions of the proposed law have been
under consideration, many hearings
have been held and advice has been
received from all individuals and or
|ganizations which might be affected
under the act.
The bill in its present form will be
given consideration in the Legislature
the present week and probably will be
taken up from day to day until it is
finally disposed of. Inasmuch as it
traverses new ground for Colorado
and is of such far-reaching moment,
it will undoubtedly take the time of
the Legislature for several weeks.
Judging from the hearings which
have been held thus far, there is a
general unanimity of opinion respect
ing the bill as a whole, but some diff
ferences of opinion have been mani
tested as to its details.
One of the matters upon which there
will probably have to be a compro-
mise will be upon the subject Of COM
pensation to be paid worllmen in the
event of injury. Organized labor is
demanding more than the bill calls
for and some employers Of labor
think the proposed compensation is
so high as TO work a hardship on
them. Another point Of difference is
with respect to the classes of workers
to be included in the bill In its pres
ent form the measure excludes only
two classes from its provisions-to-
wit, farm employees and domestic help.
Mining men are insisting that farm
hands be included and there will prob
ably be considerable debate over this
proposal.
Large employers of labor in var
ious branches will probably combine
to carry their own insurance in the
form of a mutual company or poo
which will be under the supervision OF
the industrial commission. They as.
scrt that they will be obliged to do
this because the preliminary or tenta-
tive rates quoted by insurance COM
panies under the bill are so high that
the larger concerns will find it much
cheaper to combine and carry their
own insurance. The smaller concerns
doing business all over the state will
not be able to do this, but must pay
the rate demanded by the insurance
companies for taking care of all ac-
cidents happening in their business.
In addition to this workmen's COM
pensation feature of the proposed law,
the sections in which it is proposed
to combine and reduce the number of
boards or commissions which now
have to do with the industrial life of
the state. These are mine inspectors,
factory inspectors boiler inspectors,
and so on. It is not proposed to be
come careless or Indifferent to the
welfare of the workers, but to avoid
duplication of salaries and travelling
expenses as is now done. Taking it
by and large, the proposed law is by
all odds the most far-reaching and
important measure which will be be
fore the general assembly for its con-
sideration at this session.-Colorado
Springs Telegraph.
The Lamar register., 1915-02-24
Consumers Have Received No Benefit
on 25 Per Cent Cut in Tariff on
Raw Sugar

Many of the ablest men in the
democratic party were opposed to
running a great domestic industry in
order to experiment with new theor-
les regarding the tariff, but they
yielded. The result was that the
sugar refining trust began raising the
price of sugar immediately it felt
that competition on the farms in
Louisiana and the west had been de-
stroyed by congress.
1t is fortunate that this fact was
concusively proved before the Euro
pean war began. In a letter from this
office to Senator Ransdell, published
in The Congressional Record of Aug
Iust Ia, the statement was made
"The refiners should not be allowed
to take advantage of the war in
Europe to deceive congress or the
consuming public regarding their
course in advancing prices. Their
record in this connection should be
llldue pldln 70 the ptOple.
"They broke their promise, at the
same time issuing misleading state
ments that the consumers were re-
ceiving the full benefit of the % per
cent cut in the tariff on raw sugar.
This was before the slightest cloud
had appeared upon the horizon of
European politics.
"As stated in the cited case of Cry
stal Dominoes, the refiners began the
advance during the week of May 2l-
2S, a full month before the Austrian
Archduke Ferdinand was assassinat-
ed at Sarajevo, on June rs. All Of
the advances. | cited occurred prior
to July 16, but Austria did not send
her ultimatum to Servia until a week
after that date, July %. Consequent
ly the refiners can not plead the
European trouble for breaking their
promise"
In this connection it might be ap-
propriate to recall that Andrew Jack
son said:
"The tariff might be constitution
ally used for protective purposes =
| am for pursuing a plan that will in
sure our national defense and national
independence; encourage our agricul-
tural portion Of the community, and
with it manufactures and commerce
as hand-maids of agriculture, and look
to the tariff-after these objects are
obtained-with an eye to revenue to
meet and extinguish our national
debt"
President Cleveland said in a letter
to the chairman of the ways and
means committee:
Under our party platform and in
accordance with our declared party
purposes, sugar is a legitimate and
logical article of revenue taxation .
In taxing sugar for proper purposes
and within reasonable bounds, what
ever else might be said of our action,
we are in no danger of running coun-
ter to democratic principles. With all
there is at stake there must be in the
treatment of this article some ground
upon which we are willing to stand,
where liberation and conciliation may
be allowed to solve the problem with
out demanding the entire surrender of
fixed and conscientious convictions" {"
1t is not too late for congress to
restore the duty on sugar and we
trust that they may do so.-National
Farmer.
The Lamar register., 1915-02-24
The Proposed Industrial Act

One of the most important duties
which devolves upon the general as
sembly at its present session is the
passage of the law providing for an
industrial commission and workmen's
compensation.
Both of these problems are united
Evening star., 1915-06-06

Mems. Night Robes, of muslin.
cambric and longcloth. All full
cut sizes and well made. Or
Gusdorf's price, s1.oo. OOC
Our price .....-...
Mems Cambria and Muslin Night
Robes, V neck: all sizes. ~
Gusdorfs prices, 75c ana 4yC
$1.00. Our price. ......
Mems Pajamas. of lustrette. main
SOCK and Harmony percales. trim
med with heavy silk frogs: plain
colors: also white and striped
effects. Gusdorfs prices. IN
s1.00 and s1.26. Our OSC
QElCe
Evening star., 1915-06-06

Mems Pajamas, of crepe. mercer
lied madras, soisette. Scotch madras
and nainsook. Gus o. nE
DORIS prices. sl.50. 81 nj I'D
and $3.50. Our price
Mems Pajamas. of mercerized
pongee; plain white trimmed with
colored accordion bor- o. ~
ders. Gusdorfs price nj "
$500. Our price ...
Mems Pajaman. of pongee and
silk and linen ia brics: plain colors,
white and striped
effects q II d or is ~ -
prices. S. and So. our ~ a.
price OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Evening star., 1915-06-06

Mems Medium Weight Merino
Underwear, Norfolk and New
Brunswick make: white 70
and gray Gusdorfs OSC
price, 81. Our price. .....
Mems "Otis' "Porosknit," "Law-
renee Mills'' and other brand Tn
derwear. balbriggan. W h tie
sa1rs sarzs nsos ana 5os %ssh, each enz- sus- 35c
ment. Our price ......
Mems "Roxford" Underwear. bal
briggan and sea island cotton: also
white gauze cotton. Gus -
DORIS price. 75c each gar 4ZC
ment. Our price. ..
Mems Athletic Union Suits, silk
striped crepe and madras: made
with closed crotch. o. %
Gusdorf's price. $3.50. D ID
Mems Athletic Union Suits, best
quality checked nainsook. r.
Gusdorfs price. s1.00. OOC
Our price ............
Mems Athletic Underwear, of
mercerized pebble cloth and col
ored striped merceriZed En
madras, Gusdorfs price, OSC
sl0O. Our price. ......
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
FL NOT TO BE REPAIRED.
Battered Wreck of Submarine Not
Worth It. Saw Officials,

The battered wreck of the submarine
F-4, in which twenty-one officers and
men of the navy lost their lives last
March, will not be repaired and again
placed in commission.
officials at the Navy Department said
today that damage to the vessel from
her three months submersion at the
entrance to Honolulu harbor, and dam
age resulting from salvage operations
which brought her to the surface from
a depth of 800 feet are so extensive
that it is not considered practical to
repair and refit the craft.
The F-Ts hull was badly crushed by
the cable sings with which she was
raised. Her electric storage batteries
were virtually destroyed by exposure
to the action of sea water and her en-
gines are of type it has been de-
cided to abandon. 1t will be cheaper
and more satisfactory, it is said. to
strike the boat from the navy register.
The other three boats of the + class
will be towed to San Francisco for re-
fitting. and have already been taken
out of commission until this is done.
Congress will be asked this winter to
provide for new engines and batteries
for the boats. as the present equipment
Is unsatisfactory. The new batteries
will be of the same type as those in
earlier boats and with which no trou-
BILE with corrosion of the lead lining
has been experienced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
SERBIAN CAPITAL MOVED
TO CACAK, CONSUL SAYS
Nish Deserted by Government Of
fcia1s as Other Places Have Been
Since War Began.

The Department of State is in re-
ceipt Of a cablegram giving the IN
formation that the United States con-
sulate at Nish, Serbia, has been re-
moved to Cacak, which place has been
made the temporary capital Of Serbia
Belgrade. the regular capital Of Ser
bia, was abandoned as the seat of the
government of that country and re-
moved to Nish soon after the present
war began. Only a few weeks ago an
Austrian aeroplane dropped bomb
into Nish which exploded on the side
walk in front of the American con-
sulate, killing four persons
Since the pending German-Austrian
movements against Serbia began the
Serb government has made four at
tempts to remove its temporary capital
from Nish SOFAS to get away from the
firing line. Fort Monastirs, on the bor-
send, which fell into the hands of the
Bulgarians Tuesday; next Kraveljo,
located near the Montenegro line. about
to be occupied by the Germans: and
then Mitrovitza. Cacak, the new selec-
ton, is about forty miles to the west
OF Nish and the indications are that
the n-Austrian- Bulgarian adj
vance will soon make it untenabIe The
fact Is there Is probably no town in
Serbia that is not now or soon will be
on the firing line. The American con-
sulate In Serbia is in charge of James
barclay Young, native of Washing
ton, and who at the time of his entry
with a Washington newspaper. He Is a
son OF James Rankin Young. a former
representative from Philadelphia and
now a resident of this city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
RETURNS 81 INDICTMENTS.
Grand Jury Makes Report to Chief
Justice Covington.

The grand jury today reported to
Chief Justice Covington, in Criminal
Division l a total of twenty-one in
dictments. The grand jurors ignored
two charges of robbery, one against
Chapman Fftzhugh and the other
against James NJ. Ridgway, Joseph
Mann and Thomas Harris.
Those against whom Indictments
were returned and the charges against
them are:
Elmer Abbott. carnal knowledge;
Percy Allen, assault with dangerous
weapon and intent to KILL Robert De-
laney, rape: Joseph Meekins, assault
with intent to kill; William Davis and
Benjamin Williams, grand larceny
Harry Wilson, housekeeping and lar
ceny; Thomas Varney. al as Thomas
Varnum, assault with dangerous weap-
on; George Curry, HOUSEKEEPING
Harry E. Danforth, assault with intent
to kill; Clarence Griffin, robbery; John
w. Holland. non support; Gus Skunas,
assault with intent to rape; Ophelia
Chapman, George Jackson and General
Stevens, assault with dangerous weap-
on; Antonio Ferraro and Rosie Penaro,
fornication: Ralph Davis. seduction
James Beverly, Felix Heley and Solo
mon Holmes, non-support
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
SITUATION ON SEAS CITED.
But 0ne-Eighth Of q. S. Marine
Completes With Foreign Vessels.

Only one-eighth of United States
shipping-now ranking second only to
that of Great BHtain-is engaged in
competitive business with foreign NOR
chant marines, 1t was pointed out by
an official Of the Department of Com
merce this morning, in commenting on
statement just issued by the bureau
of navigation that nineteen foreign
built vessels have been admitted to
American registry since June 80.
seven-eighths of United States ships
are engaged in coastwise trade, lake
and river trade. and commerce with
Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippines, it
was stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
STONES A STREET CAR
BECAUSE. OF ITS NOISE
Thomas L. Mainwaring Taken to
Asylum Hospital for
Observation.

Thomas L Mainwaring. twenty-one
years old. former page In the. Cap
itol. created considerable excitement
this morning at 7th and L streets
southwest. where he tried to move a
heavy cable and bombarded a street
car with stones. The car was making
too much noise. he 10 said to have told
tho police. and he knew of no other
way to put stop to the annoyance.
The young man, whose mother resides
at 10th and M streets northwest. was
charged with insanity and taken to
Washington Asylum Hospital for OBJ
servation as to his mental condition.
More than three months ago, the
police say. Mainwaring destroyed prop
erty in his mothers apartment, was
arrested as being insane and sent to
Government Hospital for the Insane.
jury declared he was sane.
During the past several weeks Main
waring has been under treatment at a
sanitarium in South Washington. and
this morning physicians permitted him
to leave the institution because he
seemed to have good control of him.
self. They were surprised when told
Of his outbreak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28

struction and repair and steam en-
cheering, and under the immediate
charge of Naval Constructor H. e.
Richardson. U. S. N, himself qualineo
air pilot, who has been close student
Of aeronautics for the last two years
Work to Start at Once.
Work on the machine will be started
at once It will be rushed to compile
ton with all possible speed, but, mas
much as this is the initial craft to be
constructed. it Is not expected to be
finished so quickly as machines which
may be built at the Washington navy
yard afterward.
The machine is designed to. have a
full load capacity of about 5000
pounds. allowing for useful load of
about 1900 pounds, a speed of from
fifty to eighty miles per hour. and a
maximum range of seven hours at full
speed. The machine is to be equipped
with two 16O-horsepower motors. the
useful load of 1900 pounds, which may
be made up either of passengers. fuel
or weapons in varing percentages, will
allow the employment of the machine
over the broadcast field, from long range
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN,
Retail Liquor Dealers Hold Meeting
at National Hotel

Officers Of the Federation of Retail
Liquor Dealers of the District were
elected at a meeting at the National
Hotel last evening. They are:
PRESIDENT, William D. Barry; first vice
president, P. F. Carr; second vice presi-
dent' Adolph Loehl; third vice presi-
dent, John F. Schriner; recording sec
rotary. Walter ]. Tharp; financial sec
rotary. James ]. Dugan; treasurer. D.
j. OConnell; sergeant-at-arms, Walter
Spauls: guard, Gregor Kramm; execu-
tive committee. S. Aman. G. W. Brah-
Ter, M. E. Buckley, Charles Deitz. w.
A Engel, John ]. Graf. George F Har-
per. w. A. Hettinger. Louis Hodges,
II. F. Harvey. John Ready, Peter
Lotus, ]. E. Mergner, John Morris, M.
" Moran. William Neuland, I. H. Row
land. e. C. E. Rupert, Ward Savage.
N: J., Sheehan, S. J. Steinberger and
Theodore Walters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
NEW HAVEN TROUBLED
BY GOLDSMITH HEIRS
Letter Written by c. P. Clark to
William Rockefeller introduced
at Today's Trial.

NEW YORK, October 2s.-How the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
railroad was troubled by the heirs OF
M. F. Goldsmith. the man who brought
suit against the New York and New
England Railroad Company and caused
its foreclosure. was brought out in
testimony presented at the trial of the
eleven former directors of the New
Haven road today.
Prior testimony had indicated that
the suit was brought at the behest OF
the New Haven. which then acquired
the New York and New England In the
foreclosure proceedings.
Letter to VIM. Rockefeller.
c. P. Clark. then president Of the
New Haven, wrote to William Rookie
Teller about the trouble the Goldsmith
heirs were making, according to a let
ter identified by Charles S. Mellen.
former president Of the New Haven.
In this Clark told him not to worry
as the claim was scheme got UP
after Mr.. Corbins death to get money
from the Corbin estate. and Incidental
guaranteed MI. Corbin for disburse.
ments and services in the old suit OF
Goldsmith vs. the New England Rail.
road Company. and which resulted In
preventing the New England company
from issuing a large number of bonds
which we. the purchasers of the New
England, would have had to assume
The government alleges that the New
Haven finally settled with the Gold
smith heirs in the suit for damages
brought by them against Corbin the
original instigator of the suit agains,
the New England. This the govern
ment expects to show through another
witness