davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1915-07-10
Industrial Plant Lines
Lose "Tap Line" Ratings

The Interstate Commerce Commission
today declined to permit railroads IN
official classification territory 10 can
Gel joint rates with and allowances TO
ell lines owned by Industrial plants in
that territory. and ordered the raiI-
roads to lie q full statement OF the ar
rangements entered into with industrial
lines, showing the rate bases ana al
lowances or decisions granted under
such agreements.
The carriers had attempted 10 apply
the commissions ruling on tap lines
to all classes OF industriaily owned
lines, which was ruled erroneous ny
tho commission. Carriers aecfrted ny
today's decision are practically alt lines
operating east OF the Mississippi and
north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers.
The Washington times., 1915-07-10
Regular Police Guard
Asked at Oyster Bay

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 10.-Alarm-
ed by the shooting of J. p. Morgan and
the reported presence of burglars in
Nassau county, wealthy residents of
Oyster Bay, headed by Mortimer L..
Schiff and Frank N Doubleday, have
petitioned the Nassau county board of
supervisors to form a police district for
the protection of the village.
Among those who signed the petition,
besides Schif and Doubleday, are Com
modore william l.. Swan, j. Roscoe
Raynor, c. Chester Painter, Irwin b.
Van Sise. Mrs. Mary 8. Ludlum, Err
nest X, Hutchinson, Samuel Van Wyck
Fleet, Mrs. II. Lee Ansley, Jesse Molli-
neaux, John F. Birmingham, Or. George
w. Falier, Robert w. DuVall. George
b. Stoddart and Phillips Abbott.
The Washington times., 1915-07-10
Tollgates Planned
In Fairfax County

Toll gates arc to be established on
the new macadam roads OF Fairfax
county, according TO a decision OF the
board OF supervisors, which has
adopted the report OF committee
appointed by them at previous
meeting to consider the question.
The committee, composed of Joseph
Berry, ID. s. Mackall, and Thomas II.
Keith. recommended that a cato be
established between Tyson's corner
and Chain Bridge, and another be-
tween Fairfax and Vienna. A set Of
charges for the use OF the roads. ac-
cording to the size OF the vehicles
traversing them, was formulated and
also recommended.
The Washington times., 1915-07-10
MONTHS EXPORTST TO
GERMANY ONLY S4OO
May Trade SIumps in Eleven
Months From Former Figure
Of $19,295,126.

Startling effects OF the war upon for
cign trade are CONTAINED in the an.,-
ysas OF the foreign commerce OF the
United States for the past eleven
months. as compared with a similar
period last year. in a report issued TO-
day by the Bureau OF Foreign and DO
mestic Commerce Of the Department or
Commerce.
For example. this country's total ex-
ports to Germany for the month OF
May. 1914. reached a total of SIS. .2s5, ,f2s.
For the Same month this year the total
exports to Germany are listed at s400
Enormous increases in exports TO
England and France are shown. From
39,644,S1S worth Of goods sent to
France last May this country jumped
The Washington times., 1915-07-10
Botha Captures 3,17O
Men in Surrender

PRETORIA, July 1o.-German forces
In Southwest Africa, which surrendered
to General Botha, numbered 204 officers
and 3,166 men, 1t was officially an
not need today They turned over thir-
ty-seven cannon and twenty-five ma
chino guns.
After suppressing the rebellion against
British authority in the Union Of South
Africa, General Botha took command
of the British operations against Ger
man Southwest Africa and headed an
invasion OF that territory late In Feb
ruary. His operations were reported to
be uniformaly successful
Tho forces under his command cap
turcd Olymbngue on May 4. Two days
later it was announced that he had
ton Of Karibib andw other stations
after a march of thirty-ive miles over
waterless waste during which the
troops suffered severely from heat.
thirst and hunger.
The road to Windhock, capital OF the
German territory, was opened by the
rcoccupation of Keetmanshop. Wind
hoek was taken May 13. without oppo-
sition on the part of the German
forces. Martial law was proclaimed
throughout the conquered territory.
German Southwest Africa is located
from the Orange river to the Cunene
river, about 900 miles. II lies between
Portuguese West Africa and Cape Col
ony, extending eastward to tho British
sphere. 1t has an area of 322. $50 square
miles. The population Is 1856. chiefly
pcan population in 1913 was 1856, of
whom 1Z.2923 were Germans. The mill
tary force. including police was re-
ported as 1889.
The Washington times., 1915-07-10

confederates, were responsible for the
outrage which, Yell-timed, occurred at
4:l5 o'clock OH the afternoon of July Z,
the day upon which the dynamiter pre-
dtcted that some vessel. of the name OF
which he appeared uncertain, would be
destroyed
Muenter's plans were frustrated by the
fact that his weapon of destruction was
placed with miscellaneous freight for
ward, and so was separated by stout
bulkheads, from an enormous cargo Of
ammunition which, with other infiam-
mable munitions of war intended for the
allies, filled the after holds.
The Washington times., 1915-07-10
OFFICIALS CONDUCT
HOLT JAIL PROBE
Inquiry Ordered by County
Board Into Conditions Which
Permitted Suicide.

MINEOLA. N. Y, July 10.-As a result
of the secrecy thrown around the sui
eide OF Erich Muenter. alias Frank Holt.
who shot J. p. Morgan. the board Of
supervisors Of Nassau county today be-
gan an investigation of conditions in the
county Jail where Holt met his death.
The supervisors were stirred to action
by exposures in the New York news
papers of the Indifference displayed by
other county officials toward the Holt
affair and their apparent desire to hush
the matter up and dispose Of 1t as
quickly as possible.
Another result OF public indignation
was seen when Coroner Walter r. Jones
decided to prolong the inquest. After
hearing a few witnesses In Hampstead
he adjourned the proceedings until July
26. and announced that all the Jail Of
fcials and employees. together with all
the prisoners there on the night when
Holt corrsnitted suicide, would be called.
Regarded As Significant.
In view of the fact that the coroner
had repeatedly asserted that the in
quest would be purely perfunctory,"
this action was regarded as highly sig
nifcant. The coroner took 1t on the
advice Of Charles r. Weeks, first as
sistant district attorney.
Whether Governor Whitman will act
in the Holt case remained unsettled.
The governor, when asked about it in
Albany, would not say whether he had
demanded a report from District Attor-
ney Lewis J. Smith. The governor In
sisted II would be improper for him to
talk about the case.
The governor added no word had come
from Mineola. District Attorney Smith
said he had not received any commune
cation from the governor.
New. York detectives are continuing
since June 2. They are following vari-
Gus clues in Syosset, Mineola. Glen
Cove and in Central Park. L. l., as we'll
as in New York, but 1t was said authori-
tatively at headquarters yesterday that
no evidence that Holt had accomplices
has come to light. The investigation
will be continued indefinitely, 1t was
said.
Ryan Witness At Inquest.
Jerry Ryan. the keeper in charge Of
Holt on the night Of his suicide, was
the principal witness at yesterdays
session OF the inquest.
Ryan admitted he was armed on
Tuesday night. Asked to produce his
revolver. he said Il think one of the
newspaper reporters took it2''
Ryan pointed to one OF the reporters
accusingly. Jones demanded to know
OF the reporter whether he knew that
carrying a revolver without a permit
was violation OF the Sullivan law.
The reporter replied that II Ryan would
look on his mantelpiece he would find
the revolver. Ryan then remembered
that he had left 1t there.
The Washington times., 1915-07-10
Five Hundred Expected
To Go on c. of C. Outing

Five hundred persons are expected to
take part in the annual outing Of the
Chamber Of Commerce to be held at
Chesapeake Beach in September.
Chairman Fred j. Mershelmer has re-
ceived reports from the chairmen of
the several subcommittee and an
nounced that satisfactory progress was
being made with the details.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
woMEN's ACTIVITIES.

Mrs. Philip Snowdon of London, whose
husband Is member of the British Par
lament. Is In this country speaking in
the interests OF suffrage.
The young girls taking the short course
IN the home economies department Of
the Missouri State university learn how
to can fruit and vegetables, and also to
preserve fruit and make pickles. The
amount of fruit put up by them in the
classes would stock an ordinary fruit
closet with enough to last quite a while.
With German women digging Berlins
new subway. and $4,000 German women
at work making munitions. Mrs. Pank-
hurst has good cause for her indictment
Of the British cabinet which 30 far has
employed only about 5000 women in
making munitions or engaged In other
work In aid of the war.
New York parents are directing to the
extension of the Gary plan In the schools
Of that city. They say they are con-
vinced that Il does not offer richer edu-
cational opportunities. and are suspicious
OF the plea that II will reduce the cost
of the schools. Teachers are also said
to have reported unfavorably In regard
to the plan.
Miss Mabel Boardman. secretary Of the
National Red Cross, said the other day
at a meeting in Washington in the inter-
ests Of the organization. that a fund OF
100000 is necessary. She said that Japan.
has several million dollars for its Red
Cross work. and that Russia had nearly
saoOOO.ooO. but the United States has less
than 100000.
Mrs. Allen II. Strong OF New York
presented the old stone Manor House on
the Hudson river. opposite Albany. to the
Daughters OF the American Revolution.
The house, which was built in 1910, Is
said to be the oldest in the state Of New
York. The Daughters OF the American
Revolution win probably convert the
house into a museum.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
AROUND THE CITIEa

New York's market regularly lists
twenty-one grades OF eggs. from nearby
hennery whites" to refrigerator dir
ties"
New Orleans proposes 70 get its share
OF the business OF the Panama canal and
is developing its port facilities on a scale
involving a total expenditure OF $780, 900.
Sioux City's milk drinkers are Off
cially told that they are paying more
money for the fluid than other residents
OF Iowa. And the quality is just $3.50.
Paterson and Montclair. N. j., two
cities imbued with the social uplift. report
progress. The former is hustllng for
perfect babies and the latter insists on
hygienic housemaids.
St Louis newspapers are prodding the
city council for favorable action on an
ordinance requiring sanitary wrappers on
bread. The ordinance has been gathering
pigeonhole dust for months past
Three bureaus Of 81. Joseph's municipal
machine are stung for money. They are
speedier spenders. and are hitting their
associates for enough funds to maintain
their station in life until January !.
Baltimore experts figure that the mini
mum wage on which a single woman
could live decently in that city is $3.50
week. Eighy-One per cent OF the
women employed In Baltimore's depart
ment stores ges less than that
Sioux City plans to place on the local
counter, beginning January I, $4,000 In
bonds bearing "a per cent. II the local
sale proves satisfactory. future issues
viii be marketed in the same way.
Greater New York has a public school
teaching force OF So.in During the lat
school year AIS teachers had leaves OF
absence averaging sixteen days each
. Thirty-five per cent Of the sick leaves
were due 10 throat and lung troubles
which the investigators Tribute TO de-
fective ventilation Of school buildings
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
a, % q Federal 1nheritancs Tar.

The Chicago Tribune is agitating sys
tematically for federal tar on inheritances and
bsquests using eli the we'll known arguments
IN favor Of this form Of taxation, which argu-
ments cannot be successfully combatted. The
inheritance tax has proved itself in this
country az we'll as in other countries and
while II does not produce the colossal revenues
sometimes promised, II is unquestionably a tar
that can be Justly assessed, easily borne. and
with difficulty evaded.
Conceding the desirabiIity and validity OF
the inheritance tax still does not settle the ques
ton whether. in this country. It should be levied
as q state tar, or a federal tax, or both. Up TO
the present time the federal government has en-
deavored to draw upon separate and distinct
sources OF revenue from those tapped by the
states. and in the division Of the field the taxa
ton Of inherftances has been taken over for
state purposes. States which now impose In
heritAnce taxes will, We believe. be reluctant TO
yield their right to the federal government, and
II congress merely adds a supplemental tar, with
high exemptions, II will operate unevenly and
he disappointing in its yield. Since the federal
government has taken over the income tar. II
II 1t least debstable whether the taxation Of
inhsritances should not be left 10 the states in
consideration of the states leaving the taxation
VI incomes to congress We know there ara
difficulties arising from the distribution of thu
property constituting an estate through differ
emit states. and even through different countries.
which would be met better by having the tar
levied and collected by the federal government
Perhaps the solution may be found in a federal
inheritance tar. a specified part Of whose pro-
ceods are turned back to the state in which
they are collected reserving exclusively to the
federal treasury that portion only taxed against
property located In federal jurisdictions or in
foreign countries.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
TABLoIDs OF SCIENCE.

Peas found In mummy cases have been
planted quite recently and found to grow.
The ashes from Luzon's occasionally
active volcanoes fertilize the soil and en-
able the Philippines to produce the world &
finest hemp
Many tropical plants possess light-giv-
ing qualities, their blossoms and stems
being luminous and their juices also be-
ing phosphorescent.
The largest two direct current dynamos
ever built have been completed in Ger
many. each with a capacity Of about 80.
00c sixteen-candle power lamps
In Texas city fuel briauettes Of much
heating value are being made by a com
pany which collects garbage and combines
II with crude tar.
For many years thrown into the sea as
worthless, a low grade cuban molasses
is being exported to the United States In
increasing quantities for use In road
building, distilling and other purposes.
The use OF sulphate of oxide on alumni
mum wire in order to produce insulation
for electrical purposes is being adopted,
and the process u now being applied to
copper wire.
An up-to-date North Carolina dairy
farm puts its milk on the market mainly
In the form OF ice cream. Four men milk
the sixty-five cows with electric mixers
run by power produced on the farm. Arti-
fetal ice is also made on the place for
Transforming the milk into ice cream
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
NEEDED INVENTIONS.

An auto that will run without fuel
A furnace fire that will not make any
ashes.
A woman's hat that win never 90 out
OF style.
A pair Of shoes that will not run over
at the heel
A calendar that will not tell a woman
how old she Is getting.
A dollars worth Of street car tickets
that will last a month.
A neighbours lawn mower that will not
run before o'clock in the morning.
dshpan under the icebox that will
not run over. no matter how full it gets.
A dinner that will do for seven when
three OF these have dropped in unex
peetedly."
An alarm clock that will not go off at
s o'clock on Sunday morning when one
has inadvertently wound it Saturday
night.
An auto tire that will not persist in
blowing out when the driver has a party
Of friends out and Is wearing his best
clothes.
A door bell that will indicate to the
housewife when the caller is an agent
who will try to sell her something she
does not wish.
A device that VIII reconcile q working
mans wages and the tastes Of a million
aire.-Indianapolls News
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
MA AND HER CHECK BOOK.

p. A. Guest In Detroit Free Press.
Ma has a dandy little book that's full
of narrow slips
An when she wants to pay a bill a page
from II she rips:
She Just writes in the dollars and the
cents and signs her name
An that's as good as money, though II
doesn't look the same.
When she wants another bonnet or some
feathers for her neck
She promptly goes an gets 'em. an she
writes another check.
don't just understand II, but know
she sputters when
Pa says to her at suPper' WELT You're
overdrawn againl"
Mas not business woman, Sho n much
too kind OF heart
To squabble over pennies or TO play
selfish part
An when some one asks tot money. she's
not one to stop an think
or little piece of paper an the cost OF
pen and ink.
She just tells him very sweetly If he'll
only wait bit
An be seated in the parlor. she will write
a check for It.
She can write one out for twenty Just as
easily as ten,
An forgets that pa may grumbie: well,
you're overdrawn againi"
Pa says II looks as though he'll have To
start In workin nights
To gather in the money for the checks
that mother writes.
He says that every morning when he's
summoned to the phone
He's afraid the bank IS calling to make
mothers shortage known.
He tells his friends II ever anything our
fortune wrecks
They can trace 1t to the moment mother
started writing checks.
Hes got so that he trembles when he sees
40 = mGtters; EDo be CAREFUL You'll
overdrawn againv
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
valuo Of Bird Life.


Efforts to compute the money value of bird
life to the farmer and the fruit raiser are largely
guesswork, but the fact they have a large mon
etary value is beyond question. In this respect
public sentiment has undergone a great change
In recent years. II is not 30 long ago that kill
ing Of birds was common because they ate fruit
and grain. no account being taken Of the insect
life harmful to crops they also destroyed, or the
seeds of weeds which constituted so large por-
ton Of their daily food.
No longer does the thoughtful farmer be-
grudge the small amount OF grain eaten by birds
or the fruit raiser the few cherries, apples or
other fruits the feathered friends take. The
flycatcher at one dart as he picks out of the air
a moth. has destroyed more of destructive value
to the fruit raiser than his own toll OF the or
chard the woodpecker or the creeper as he
sounds the trunks OF trees and searches out the
borers and bugs where they are hidden from the
agencies OF man Is q workman who we'll earns
his keep, and the same is true OF practically all
OF the bird life. No resident OF the farm or or
chard performs much service for so little pay.
not even the overworked hired man.
The move for the preservation Of bird life.
which had its birth in sentiment, is sentimental
no longer, II Is business proposition The
farmer who thinks laws for the protection OF
birds and feathered game are for the benefit Of
the sportsman, the idler and pleasure seeker
only. needs to wake up and learn few things.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
Woman and the Theatar.


No man except confirmed woman hater
with more than the average amount Of courage
would dare say what noted actress is quoted
as declaring here in Omaha, that woman is d.
rectly responsible for the presentation OF i'm
moral plays; in fact, II would be sad shattering
Of ideals to even accept the truth OF the asser-
ton. Her citation of box office receipts, while
convincing in q way. is not conclusive. That
women constitute the majority Of theater at
tendants and that large portion OF the men
who attend are there merely as escorts Of the
women is doubtless true That these women
could put such plays out of business by refusing
them their patronage is obvious, but the fact
they have not is hardly proof that these same
women would not really prefer something else
in the way Of the drama,
There Is also another factor involved which
the charge does not take into consideration, and
that is the class Of plays cited are immoral
largely, n at ALL form the point OF view only
They are gross, or a sermon, II you will. Just as
the authors Ideas and the players interpreta-
lions are conveyed and received The utility of
this method OF teaching morality is another de-
batable question which opens up a rather fine
distinction as to what constitutes immortality In
q play. The fact that playhouses and produc-
tons of q clearly immoral character are not ex-
tensively patroniEed by women is the best an
swer TO the broad charge that women are re-
sponsible for and really relish immoral plays
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-21
People and Events

Frank p. walsh. chairman Of the late
Industrial Relations commission, has pur-
chased the Kansas City Post and will
hereafter battle for the oppressed through
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS organ.
The plaintiff ala not hail from Mis-
souri,. but he managed to show the rail-
roads through the federal supreme court
that a mileage book Is good for the
transportation Of others when presented
by the purchaser.
Senator Theodore Burton lost whatever
chance he had Of coralling the Iowa re-
publican delegation 10 the national con-
vention. In moment Of thoughtless en-
thusiasm he slipped a tip 20 a servitor
while within the bounds of the state and
fractured the law forbidding the same
Next to beer souse or a bourbon high
ball, tipping is most abhorred among
Hawkeyes
Most elective office-holders elude their
due in one way or another, but Ahab
Babbitt is not one of them Ahab is
selectman Of birmingham. r. l. Just
what kind Of political hen was on is
not revealed. but It was sufficient to pro-
woke the wrath of a gigantic red cockerel.
The vicious rooster knocked Ahab into q
uilCHs pOuIlueu MS cneSt anu bpuTTeu MIN
into insensibility. He took the count as
tho winner crowed.
Making allowance for years and distance
covered. Charles q. Stewart OF Phila-
delphia claims the pedestrian champion
ship. Stewart is a veteran Of the Next
can and civil wars. is 30 years OF age
and walks ten miles a day just for the
exercise. "Our young Americans" he
says, ARE not walkers. and the result is
they lack the physical endurance of their
fathers" Kids. do you get that7
A few years ago people along the
Mississippi from Keokuk to st. Louis
dreamed large dreams OF prosperity flow
ing from the cheap power generated at
the Keokuk dam and sent by wire for
trifle. BY means of subsidiary companies
the cheap power reached ST. Louis and
hooked up the United Street Railway
company An investigation by experts
shows that the company could save
$4,000 a year by making its own power.
But the company has the hot end of the
wire and can't. let go.