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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-17
BABY MAKES LONG TRIP.
First Child Admitted Under New
Immigration Law.

NEW YORK, Dec. l7,--All the way
from Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, a
wondering blue-eyed baby, is months
old, arrived in New York recently on
the Red Cross liner stephano and en-
joyed the distinction Of being the first
baby to get the freedom OF the city
under the immigration law that per-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-17

mits parents to remove their children
from incoming vessels when the iden-
tlty OF the youngsters is definitely es'
tahllshed.
The baby who made the long voy-
age to New York, is Alexander Stew
art and his parents live at 2ll West
144th street. The youngster was In
charge Of Captain Smith of the Ste
piano and received great attention
from the 3S passengers who made up
the vessels sailing list.
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"BLINDNESS OF DEVOTION"
PLAY OF HEART INTEREST

Today will be the last chance for
lovers Of the dramatic in motion pic
lures to see Robert Mantell crowned
monarch of the dramatic art on the
spoken stage, with hrs beautiful wife.
Genevieve Hamper in the delightful
William Fox photoplay de luxe, THE
Blindness of Devotion Stuart
Holmes and Claire Whitney with an
all star cast help to make Mr. Man
tells debut in motion pictures a tri-
umph,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-17
son Is STRANGER IS YEARS
Father and "BOy'' See Each Ather.
for First Time in DakOta

FARGO, n. D., Dec. 17-At Har-
wood, this county, a man 35 years old
is visiting his father Neither ever
saw the other before this meeting.
Only recently the father learned that
he had a son.
Shortly after W J Botkins and his
wife weer divorced at Harwood, she
moved to another city and the child
was born. Later she married again
and the boy taking the name Of his
stepfather. was known as Harry
Shepard. For the past 2S years he
has lived at Mitchell. S. D.
Father and son. recently having
learned of each others existence, now
are getting acquainted.
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The Taylor Hardware CO. Ps9S5stSn S9:sSn

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Attention U and I club

The and 1 CLUB will give their
next dance OF the series Saturday
evening, December is. At the Eagle
Woodman Hall. COMMITTEE
(Adv)
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Additional Social and Per-
sonal News on Page 2.

Local musical and other entertain
ment talent is now being enlisted for
a Christmas program to be given at
the Eastern Oregon State Hospital
Monday evening, Dec. q for the plea
sure Of the patients in the institution.
The beautiful auditorium will be ap-
propriately decorated for the occasion
and two Christmas trees with Yule-
tide trimmings will make the hospi-
tai patients think OF their days OF
childhood. The program win be
wholly voluntary and the affair is ex-
clusively for the patients Of which
there are now 387 at the institution
On Christmas day big dinner Of tur-
key and other delicacies will be serv-
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Phimister Proctor
and children will live in Pendleton
during the winter after all. They
have at last succeeded in securing a
house, having rented the old Thomas
Campbell residence at 40 Eddy street
now owned by the Catholic sisters
They are delighted at being able to
remain here, not only because OF
their love for Pendleton but because
Mr.. Proctor will be able to use local
Indians as models for sculpture which
he has planned.
Mrs. Frederick Gulick is today en-
tertaining at her home in Portland
he members of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority who are passing
through that city from the University
Of Oregon to their homes for the holi-
DAYS. Mrs. Gulick and her little dau-
ghter will arrive in Pendleton Mon
day to spend the holidays with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William Slush-
er. Her husband will follow later
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Slusher will
leave tonight for Portland to spend
two weeks.
]. S. Narr of Elgin is here today.
L. Carderey of Adams is here today,
A. Scott of Enterprise is here to-
day.
L P. shangle or Weston is hera
today.
F. G. Lucas is registered at the
Bowman
George Burr of Baker, is here on
business.
C. C. Knots of Pilot Rock is in
the city.
c. R. Kearney of seattle, is at the
st George
c. w. Banister of Holdman is il
the city today.
John w. Campbell or Hermiston
is here today.
j. w. Hits Of Pocatello, is in tnC
city on business. s
Theodore Norvel of Helix has beer
business visitor in Pendleton to.
day.
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There are 1000 times as many
dark" stars as visible ones.
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THE WEST vIRGINIAN- FAIRMoNT, FRIDAY ]

from convincing to me that the boy
was guilty Because OF hin tender
years, think he was about fifteen
years OF age and together with the
fact that he was d comparatively
slightly built boy for that age, and
still In knee pants. after hearing an
the evidence I could do nothing but
dismiss the boy from the charge.
This boy was raised In the family
OF Jacob Hill, fatherin.law OF Wilbur
II. Brand, assistant postmaster OF
the City OF Fairmont, and at the time
OF the trial the boy was making MS
home with the said Brand. 4 inyes.
tigated the character Of this boy in
the neighborhood where he had pre-.
resided In the country, and
found that he bore q splendid repu;
tation. +. 4
Mr.. Brand appeared in my Court
at the time OF the hearing and took
only such interest ! as would be nat.
ural from a parental standpoint: he
did nothing at the hearing which
would be unusual or irregular for a
person occupying such a relationship,
and made no argument against his
convection more than be natural sun.
der such circumstances. i think per.
haps he may have asked some cues.
lions which is a regular proceeding
in my court where no attorney Is EN-.
ployed 2
Signed !: ANTHONY BOWEN, z
Mayor! City Of Fairmont, ". Va.
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I. Sept. 81, 1915.
To whom It may concern:
On or about April 18th, 1915, one
Wilmer Stevens was brought before
me as Mayor Of the City Of Fair.
mont, W. Va, charged with having
made an attack upon a woman of this
city, Miss Agnes Orr. teacher en-
ployed in our city schools. The EVIL.
dence was very conflicting and far.
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TRoLLEYLess CAR LINE.

s CLARKsBuRG, w. Va, Nov. a.
a street car line, the first without
poles or overhead trolley wire, testing
out the new patents Of the Electric
Undercurrent Company Of America,
for the manufacture Of which a plant
has recently begun operations at Lam.
berton, Richie county, probably will
be put down to operate street cars
from Clarksburg's business center.
across the new concrete bridge to the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad station in
Glen Elk.
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MAN SHOT, WIFE HELD.

81 CHARLESTON. w. Va, Nov. a.
Thurssell seihert was shot and per-
haps fatally wounded IN his home In
Rippon, Jefferson county, yesterday.
Two shots we're fired both OF which
entered his right side. An sexamina.
ton also showed that he had been cut
with a razor. Siebert's wife was ar
rested later and is being held pend.
ing a hearing. q
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TO DISCONTINUE STATION.

CHARLESTON. W. Va, NOV. 10
The Coal & Coke Railroad Company.
has filed petition with the Public
Service Commission asking permits.
sion to discontinue Its station at Good.
man and establish stop at Strader,
one-quarter Of a mile away. RI
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Dent Hive No. 1858. Ladies' OF the Nod.
;ern sMnccabses. Meets, the first and third
Fridays OF each month at 1880 n m. In
the X. OF p. Hall. The officers are: Ora
Evans, commander: Elizabeth Dent. rec
ord keeper: Mile K. Evans. finance
Keeper. Z 1880. -. n.
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

Meets first and third Mondays In old
Masonic Hall, q cor Main a and Madison
street Z Charles gArmbruster. r. aS.. l2o
Chestnut etreet. Il n
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MODERN WoopMEN OF AMERICA,

White Camp No. 5I1s.y Modern Wood.
evening Eat &7,30 70 clock inY their hall In
the Skinner Bldg. 10s Main treet. "a. r.
Dougherty. Venerable Consul C. w.
Walker ClcrlS zsfl 81, q Il ~ fTi5
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4 WoooMEN OF THE WORLD.
: Meets in X. of P. Hail. Fleming Bldg.
II. r, Jones, Clerk, 203 Albert Court
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AGAIN .AFrER JuoeE3oAYroN.

WHEELING, Viva, Nov. 19.-Wal:
ter B. Hilton, editor OF the Wheeling
Majority, a labor publication, and a la
Dor leader OF West Virginia, has an!
nounced that impeachment proceed.
ings against Judge Aston G. Dayton
OF the United States Court Of the
Northern district OF West Virginia
would be reopened after congress re.
conyenes.
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Fairmont I odse No. H. Meets in l,ome
Savings Bank Bldg. every Monday 9yen-
ing. u H. 1Sirkhead. Sec. RI
Mountain State Commander No. 444s,
"A. & i. o. Knights Of Malta. meets every
Thursday evening In Odd Fellows Hall,
Main and Monroe streets, at 1880 o clock.
CIV. Edwards. s. K. c.; c. W. Walker.
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Meets every "wednesday evening a. Me-
Kinney building.
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8. P.o. EMO. "a.

Meets at Elks Home. 4ls Main street.
near Madison. every Tuesday evening at
s fo'cloci. Charles d. Barry Sec. 2sS
High street. n as,t X I'll n 3d. ~
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MlscELlANEoUsf SOCIETIES.

MARION CO. MEDICAL SOCIETY,".
Meets last Friday OF each month IN
Fleming Bldg. Dr. Z. w. stxaddell.l press
ident; Dr. II. Z r. J ohnson.f secretary: DIR.
VIII. Sands. Treasurer. Board OF Gem
sors: Ora c. y. Henry. c. L. Holland,
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Very respectfully,
Signed: JoHNRc. BLACK,
President.
Mr.. NJ. c. Tough.
! Editor, The Fairmont West Viz.
ginian,
4 Fairmont, w. Va.

l.. d
!sir:-, sl;s j
! Referring to the investigation re.
Gently made by representative OF
the Commission into allegations Of
irregularity in connection with the
examination for the postoffice service
held at Fairmont, w. Va, May %,
1908, you are advised that after con-
sideration of the facts brought out
on the investigation the Commission
has dismissed the complaint.
According to- the affidavit OF Will
liam X. Schaefer, he and Perry D.
Burton, another competitor in said
examination, met Wilbur H. Brand
and Harry E. Engle, members OF the
local board Of examiners, at the post
office at $3.50 or $500 o'clock on the
afternoon of the day Of the examina-i
ton, and that then and there said
Brand produced the examination pa
pers OF Schaefer and Burton, and at
the dictation OF Brand and Engle
said Schaefer and Burton made cor.
rections and alterations in their ex-
animation papers, by means OF which
they secured an advantage over other
competitors. The statements of
,Schafer were denied by affidavits Of
Burton, Brand and Engle, while "A. u.
b. Dudley who was cited by Schaeferl
as witness OF the transaction also
denied under oath that he ever had
seen Burton and Schaefer in the post
office together as alleged by Schae.
fer. Burton swore that on the day.
in question, after finishing the ex..
animation about noon he took lunch
con with one Fred B. Watkins. anoth.l
er competitor In the examination, and
that to the best of his recollection
he and Watkins left Fairmont at Q
o'clock for Monongah. Burton's state.
.ment Is corroborated by Watkins,
who stated that lie was in the COM
,pany Of Burton from the time they
finished the examination until they
left Fairmont together for Monongah
on an electric car at one or two
o'clock in the afternoon OF the day
in question, and that Watkins did
not see Schaefer at any time during
the afternoon.
Statements made by several re-.
sponsible witnesses who have known
Schaefer all the time that he has
lived in Fairmont indicate that his.
reputation for truth and yeraclty is
not good.
BY direction Of the Commission:
7 j y 81 vyA,- f,,ll
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Mountain City Temple No. s. Pythlan
Sisters. Meets Tuesday In Fleming Bldg.
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Boutliou Division ladies Auxiliary.
knights OF Columbus Hall. Grace Nc.
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K. Q. Z. n.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE

showalter Tent No. 4. Meets every
Friday night In Mckinney Bldg.
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Il: Q. OF n. IN, ~,
y. Setting Sun Tribe No. .1s. Aeets. on
yThursdays at 4 80 p. M. att Red Mems
HALL .Ff-sttsward.! Ia. Ernest Hawkins.
X. Of R.. i1ss State street. First ward
Waneta Council No, 6 Degree Of Poca-
hontas). Meets at Red Mems tIall. First
ward every Friday. lssF AZ LtT q.
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KNIGHTS OF GOLDEN EAGLE.
Meets In Musgraye Hall. W, A. Crow,
N. OF R.. AT Locust avenue. {5lsT
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KNIGHTS OF TEcuMsEH.
No. ] meets every Monday evening a
Ogden avenue near Madison street. W
e. RIGGS. Sec. 80.
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DAUGHTERS OF REsEccA.

West Virginia Lodge No. 56t. Meets gev-i
cry. Monday night at q .. ma ODD Fell
z Seven stars Lodge No. So Meets every
First ward. Myrtle orrahood. Sec. sos
U. Bafnea Street ~ l = -. ~
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Mountain City Lodge No. IS. Meets at
Fleming "a, Bldg; Thursdays At 1850 p. n;
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"A. ~.

& Meets every second Sunday at Knights
Of Columbus Hall. NM. o Neal. Rec.
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!. Marion Lodge no. IL. Meets every
5T 7. IN Odd Fellows Hail. 2. n.
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sss hSsss NJ Sr.t As %ard
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ARE reasons why should not be re-
moved from the Government service.
WILBUR il. BRAND.
Assistant Postmaster.
Papers in the
First Inv stigtion.
MI. Wilbur Brand. q
Secretary. Local Board OF Exam.

Z j SSstSkaI - tsii1<0Salt pOdIu BUL EIAhul-
liners,
Postotfice, Fairmont, W. Va.
sir:-
are advised that after consid.
Grafton of the report made by the
representative OF the c Commission
who recently Investigated the matter
of alleged irregularity in connection
with the examination for the post.
office service held by your board on
May 3, 1908, the charges have been
dismissed. 5
There Is enclosed for your informa.
ton copy OF a letter this day ad:
dressed by the Commissioner to Mr..
NJ. G. Tough, Editor Of the Fairmont
West Virginian. through whom this
matter was first brought to the atten:
ton of the Commission. S, q
I You are requested to advise Mr..
Harry E. Engle, the other interested
member OF the board, OF the dispo-
sition made of this case.
I BY direction Of the Commission:
Very respectfully,
~ Signed: John a BLACK!
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KNIGHTS oE PYTHiAs.

Monumental Lodge, No. 2o7. meets In
the Pythian Lodge room, Barrackville,
every Friday evening. c. Motter. cham
,eellor commander Brooks Floyd, Vice
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BY direction of the Commission:
M Very respectfully, Z
Signed: JOHN G. BLACK,
!: President.
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sRorAERneop., n, RAILWAY

Meets every tirst and third .wedne sday
ana second and last Sunday In Red Mems
Hn n sTFJ.aE YIAlexander.sS Sec ?
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ORDER OF OWLS.

Fairmont Lodge ru 1922, Meet, ey.
cry Thursday lnighti at 2 80 lin old K. of
p. Hall. Mckinney Bldg. DR.. J. & y.
Offper. PRESIDENT, n. j. Pearlman. SEQ. 3
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a. o. U. w.
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and third Fridays of each month. c. II.
z Patriarch Militant. Meets In Odd Eel.
lows Hall Thursday evenings. w. s. Pit,
Fer. Captain; L. c, Fitzhugh. Clerk. 5e7
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Monday In odd Fellows .Ha,i!. First ward.
W.. =, st g &C.. sot Columbia 81.
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otERMAN ssENEFtcIAL5 UNION.

A.oaU. W. Meets every Monday ey.
Word Han in the simmer bldg. III Main
street. j. H. Kinead. recorder.
e DEGREE OF Honor OF the a. o. u. W..
Meets ON the second and fourth Monday
evenings at 10 clock at the same place.
This is this LADIES' degree Of tho sorder.i
,JsH. kinkead. Recorder.
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THE AMgRicAN INSURANCE. UNION
Meets each second q I'd fourth Tuesday
of the month at 80. In the *. Of p. Hail
"; Fairfnont lodge Mo- Q, Loyal Order Of.
Moose! Meets every w dnesdRyI evening
at IS o'clock in abee Hall. chimney
BldE. al Main street. ~. Morris. Sec.
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ORDER OF d RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.
Nests every first and third Sunday IN
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Signed: ANTHONY BOWEN.
Mayor City Of Fairmont, W. Va.
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WoMAa's eHs ) TT1oN. TEMPERANCE s9'
Meets every Tuesday In Willard Hall.
We T.s u. Bldg. Mrs. a. L. Menear.
Rec Sec.; President, Mrs. y ennie EnEie;
Secretary, Mrs y. H Beckman. III
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
Shows There Is Place In U. 5. For
Naturalized Immigrants.

ro tho Editor Of THE TIMES.
Mr. G. NJ. S. says that he has no pa
.,o,c. with so-called hyphenated Ameri-
c.ns and that there is no place IN TINS
amrtrv for German-Americans. Irish
.mar;cans. or any other such Ame7-
beg to differ with Mr.. G. NJ. 8.
rharo e very much of a place mere LOT
IN factions, and it would be very
,,mch TO the detriment of this country
;f there was not. statistics Will snow
tb,t there is a place here Tor them 70
the amount of about l5.O"o,ooo natural
ized German Americans. and ABOUT o.
oO0 0oo or 1900, 900 Instantaneous
The term German or lrlsn Amer .cai' i
;s simply to distinguish the foreign porn porn
from the native born American no
term Ia not unusual; it can be seen IN
most any newspaper. Mr.. q: NJ >, hsS
evidentlv Just heard Of 1t. Mr. Ii NJ; D.
saws we do not hear of Amer cah,der-
mans In Germany. nor OF AinsLisah', I,s,n',
Irish in Ireland. No, Tor the sihpov ot
reason that as a rule Americans 90 NOT
amirrate to those countries. but II theI
Ala the term most likely would be useo
there also. nat Lrow
II the people who call themselves ger.
man or Irish Americans have joined tNds
association that Mr.. G. Nj. ,. proposes;
hut | do know that they are as sooo
Americans as this country has ever pro.
duced. and 1t does not make pit vi
difference whether Mr.. G. NJ. :. mas any
natience with us or not, or "nether ne
| likes il or does not Ike II. tne TERM
! will remain. A ANISH-AMERlCAN.
Washington, FEB. ~.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
BIG DECREASED
ANTHRACITE USED
Shipments Last Month Were
A9,315 Tons Less Than in
January, 1914.

NEW YORK. Feb. 11.-There was a
decrease of 1895 tons in the shipments
Of anthracite last month as compared
with January, 1914. The consumption,
small even for such a mild January,
bears out the theory of the operators
that householders are economizSng coal
and keeping only one stove lit where
they formerly kept two or three.
Total shipments last month were
1881, 800 tons, as compared with 52S0 64i
tons in January. 1914, according to the
bureau of anthracite coal statistics
which now includes the tonnage of the
LehiGh' and New England railroad. The
amount of coal on hand at ti2ewater
shipping ports increased from 669. So.
tons on December 81 to 79s,125 tors or
January 2l
The Lehigh Valley led in tonnage for
the month, with 954,o72 tons; the Phila,
delphia and Reading was second with
go, ,757 tons. and the Delaware and Hud
son company was third with G25.947 tons
The Central Railroad of New Jersey
carried COS, 296 tons, the Erie 577,O07 tons
the LackaWanna 5II5,52S tons, the Penn
sylvania 45l 200 tons, the New York. on
tariO and Western us tons, and The
Lehigh and New England 9e, 7si tons.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
EDISON 68 TODAY,
HE EFEELSL|KE 25
War Has Hypnotized American
Business Men, He Says.
Too Many Laws.

WEST ORANGE, N. j., Feb. IL
Thomas A. Edison Is sixty-eight years
old today. In honor of the anniversary
his employees have prepared badges with
a picture of Mr.. Edison to wear .
''These birthdays come too fast for
me- Mr.. Edison began when asked for
his annual birthday talk. II have so
much work to do. But l don't get old
with them, I'm happy to say. l am as
young as any fellow at twenty-five" :"
and he looks the picture of health.
''We'll be getting benZol from a plant
at the Cambria Steel Company works
in PENNSYLVANIA by March l. This war
is giving us a lesson in getting these
things at home. Why, the United
States has been throwing carbon away.
| pass on some options now before me.
Lots of men are thrown out of work
just because we depended on Europe for
things we should have gotten ourselves
These are about the hardest times
I've seen in forty-seven years in busi-
ness. The European war seems to have
hypnotized our business men, and the
psychological effects have been very
strange. True. we have been having toe
many laws. which have paralyzed the
fellows who get capital, start things go.
ing, and furnish employment. Roose-
velt, Taft, and Wilson all made the mis-
take of encouraging the passage of toe
many laws affecting business. Toe
many laws-and too many visits from
the Attorney Generals office"
What do you suggest to improve
confidence?" Mr. Edison was asked
whats the use of suggesting? Let:
see this thing through and the pendu
llm will swing back right before long.
Mr.. Edison said his own plant will h'
rebuilt in ninety days, and he is graft
ned that his payroll is up to $4,000, L
Was S5S, 100 before the fire.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
SOUTHERN MARYLAND

Washington has a Rotary Club.
Why does it not join with its sister
organization of the same name in
Baltimore in helping boom southern
Maryland?
Yesterday The Times pointed out
the effect such development would
have on increased food supplies for
Washington. Of course, the first
need is for municipal wharves
capable of receiving the produce
brought here from southern Mary
land counties.
But Washington already is fight
ing for such improvements and the
need of better waterfront facilities
for farm products as we'll as for sea
food has been brought forcibly be-
fore Congress. It would not be amiss
to conduct parallel effort for the
development of the five southern
Maryland counties which offer such
wide opportunity for cultivation,
where land is cheap and fertile,
where labor is cheap, and where
streams and inlets make markets
easily accessible to the producers.
Western Maryland was in much
the same sort Of stagnation until
fruit farming brought that section
to the front and this prosperity was
reflected throughout the State.
Washington has as much to gain, if
not more, than Baltimore by SIM
liar development of southern Mary
land along general agricultural and
truck farming lines.