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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-02

ed took the place of the one burned
about 25 years ago Fred Ryan was
an eye witness to the accident He
had Just left his home to go to work.
at made very little noise, he said.
1T sounded as if train was being
coupled together. saw the car which
struck Mrs. Isabel Meyers chicken
coops, rear up in the air after striking
the bank by the building and then 1t
rebounded from the bank and jumped
about twenty feet forward and struck
on its side covering both tracks The
splinters could be seen flying the air
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-02
ARLINGTON

o. Il. Adams was in Rutland Satur-
day.
w. l. Jones spent Sunday in Rut-
land
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Gaynor spent
a few days recently in North Adams.
Mrs. Carrie Preo and Miss Margaret
Dewitt teachers in our schools have
Mrs. Walker was called to BiTling e
ton by the critical illness of her moth
er M
gone from Mrs Browns to Mrs. Cas-
e's to board on account of the illness
of Mrs. Brown.
Red Mountain Chapter No Al, o.
T. S. held its regular meeting on We'd
nesday evening The Chapter was
visited by Mrs. Rogers of Poultney
and Arthur Marsden and Dyer Patson
of Adonthian chapter of Manchester.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-02

FLORIDA where he has been spending
a portion of the winter.
Miss Lucy Horton of Troy was the
week end guest of her sister Mrs. Ed
win Mosher of Prospect street.
Miss Lottie h. Tillotson OF Hawaii
will give one of her delightful enter
tainments interspersed with music, at
the Congregational church, North Ben
nington. Monday evening. March Sth.
The young people of the Sunday
school will call at your home with
tickets during the week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
ALEXANDRIA CITIZENS TO
HOLD SANITATION MEETING
Subject to Be Discussed at Court
house Under Auspices of County
Medical Society.

A sanitation meeting Is scheduled for
Alexandria Court House at o'clock to-
night. Among the speakers announced
are Representative C. C. Carlin. DR..
William c. Woodward of the Washing
ton health office. Surgeon L. L. Lums-
den. in charge of rural sanitation for
the United States public health service,
and R. P. Hough, superintendent of
construction at Fort Myer
A sanitary survey Of Alexandra coun-
ty was proposed by DR.. Hugh Collins,
president of the citizens association at
Fort Myer Heights, six months ago. 1t
was sent with approval to the County
Civic Federation and by that central
body to the county health board with
recommendation that the survey be re-
quested by the state board Of health
This movement Is progressing and at
the same time the county health board,
Drs. H. C. Corbett. Ralph Quick and A
c. Yates. Is asking the supervisors to
employ a county health officer at q al.
airy which will enable him to give his
whole time to the work. The County
Medical Society. under whose auspices
the meeting tonight has been called by
Its secretary. DR.. r. N. Sutton of Balls
ton. seeks a public discussion of the
whole subject for the educative effect
on citizens.
Mr.. Carlin will speak on the general
subject Of sanitation, DR.. Woodward
on Relations of the District and Alex
andria County" Or. Lumsden on Ne
cessity Of Sanitary Prophylaxis," and
Mr.. Hough will read a paper on Con
struction and Operation OF the Septic
Tank"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
the rest OF their coun

q. the peopls of the rest Of their coun-
tries.
appropriation by the national govern
uoent Of its own money for national
buildings or memorials or other ma
tional objects in the District OF Column
n, The Sara OF the the
buildings and the monuments in the
District OF Columbia at 3l%o,s64.o7b,
which probably represents the greater
part of the expenditure here for ma
tional objects. and appropriations of a
similar character are to be expected
from time to time, regardless OF the
national contributions to the municipal
expenses.
municipal and national objects, that
the Intelligent, patriotic people OF the
country expect and desire that the ma
tional government shall deal literally
with the National Capital. We believe
that they want 1t to be worthy of the
republic, and would not tolerate any
known deficiency in its facilities or
services which rendered II inferior in
that respect in the eyes OF the country
and of tho world.
try In its capital were notably shown at
the celebration of tho centenary OF
the National Capital December IL, 1900.
when twenty-five states were repre-
sented by their governors and all the
states by their senators and repre-
sentatives. as well as the President Of
the United States. and when the public
addresses at the White House and the
Capitol reflected that interest and
pride. Tho most recent exhibition of
II was last month at the meeting of
the national encampment Of the Grand
Army OF tho Republic celebrating the
nftieth anniversary OF the grand re-
view at the close Of the civil war The
President Of tho United States told the
veterans and their friends that they
needed no welcome to Washington, be-
cause II was their own capital city.
They showed their appreciation OF this
sentiment ana also OF the marvellous
transformation Of the city since 1865.
which was we'll depleted to them In the
address Of the president of the board
Of Commissioners of tho District of
Columbia. Apparently they had no
other feeling than that of satisfaction
with what had been done to improve
their capital city. and no other desire
than to see its progress continue and
increase. We believe that this con-
tinued progress Is possible only under
definite, fixed. regular contribution
by the United States to the expenses
Of the government of the District of
Columbia, which should be not less
than one-half. as at present"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
NO INTEREST IN LIFE
Health Gone-Position in Dan
eer-Both Saved by Vinol.
Washington people. please do US
the fay To read this letter:

Washington people. please do US
I the favor to read this letter:
Brooklyn. n. VI was complete
( Iy run down, had no appetite ana
lost all interest in life. l thought l
( surely would have to give up my
I position l learned of Ninol. and
! after taking one bottle felt better:
} l have taken it for a few weeks and
j it has built me up and cured me- II
\ people who feel weak, nervous and
( run down would only try Vinol |
know it would help them, as it did
me-" Robert Mitchell, 1925 Herkl-
mer street. Brooklyn, \. y.
{ This Brooklyn mans case is only
I additional proof of what We have
: been telling Washington people for
} years. We claim and are continu-
} ally proving that Ninol is the great
J est health and strength creator for
( overworked and rundown people
( obtaina BILE. We will back this
statement by agreeing to return any
ones money who Will try II and
who finds our claim not true.
Z O'Donnelrs Pharmacies and other
: drug stores that display the Ninai
} Agency Sign.-AdvertiSeme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
Forty-Hou Devotion Begun.

Celebration of solemn high mass in
st. Dominic's Church at IL o'clock yes
terday marked the beginning of the
forty-hours devotion at the church
The celebrant was Rev. George l. Con-
Ion. who also preached the sermon. The
solemnities began with a procession of
children, after which the devotions
continued until 1880 o'clock last night.
At o'clock this morning a mass of
peace was celebrated, and the high
mass of reposition is to be celebrated
at o'clock tomorrow morning A
feature of tomorrow's ceremonies Is TO
be procession OF members of the Holy
Name Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25

Henry B. F. Mcfarland, former Com
missioner of the District Of Columbia,
today made statement on behalf of
the joint citizens committee represent
ing the civic associations in the Dis
trict before the Joint select committee
of Congress appointed to investigate
the fiscal relations between the Dis
trict Of Columbia and the government
of the United States.
THE joint citizens committee" Mr..
Mcfarland told the committee. Con
ssts of delegates from the Board of
Trade. the Chamber of Commerce, the
committee of one hundred, tho Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations, the
Retail Merchants Association. the Bar
Association. the Builders and Manu-
facturers' Exchange, the Northeast, the
Georgetown and Columbia Heights
pal civic organizations OF the District
of Columbia. 1t was organized by
those delegates early in March last,
after the creation of the joint select
committee OF Congress. so that the
constituent organizations might CO.
operate in collecting and presenting
the facts as to the fiscal relation be-
| tween the United States and the Dis
trict of Columbia. BY the expenditure
of much time and considerable money.
I
organizations and others. in small
amounts, 1t has collected mass of
data, chiefly from official sources. and
extracted the essence Of them for pres
entation, first in a preliminary way in
brief filed with the joint select oom-
mittee in July. and then more fully in
the present hearing.
THE District Commissioners, the
census bureau, tho Treasury, Interior.
War. Navy and Commerce departments.
the officer In charge of public build
ings and grounds, the librarian Of Con-
gress, the librarian Of the District OF
Columbia, the director general OF the
Pan-American Union, and others. Off
cia1 and unofficial, here and in other
cities, furnished information in re-
Spouse to the committees requests:
There was a general appreciation OF
the purpose of the joint citizens com.
| mittee. and a desire to aid 1t to be OF
service to the joint select committee
of Congress. We count ourselves for
tunate to have the opportunity of pre-
senting the substance of the facts and
our deductions to this committee.
knowing that they will be given par
tial and deliberate consideration. We
realize the vital Importance to the Ma
tional Capital of the inquiry by your
COMMITTEES and the action of Congress
upon its report. We rely confidently
upon the wisdom and justice OF Con-
gress, always shown in crises in the
history of the National Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
Money for National Parks.

IAN interesting exhibit Is that OF the
appropriations Of land and money for
national parks in the states, which, up
to 1914, amounted to an acreage of
4,479.7 60.25, and an expenditure Of
$4,755, O0O73, coupled with the statement
in the annual report Of the Secretary Of
the Interior that in the year 1913 the
total number of visitors in all the parks
was 251,7O3. This Is believed to be very
much less than the average number Of
visitors annually from the states to the
parks in the District Of Columbia. The
Inhabitants OF the states in which the
national parks are found pay no more
toward their maintenance, per capita,
than the inhabitants Of the District Of
Columbia.
"The District residents. as we show in
our brief, have contributed their full
share of all national taxes. and more Of
those taxes whose revenues can be def
nitely ascertained than the people Of a
large number Of the states, although 1t
Is notorious that this Is not manufac-
turing, commercial or wealthy city.
in view of the reflections sometimes
made upon the public spirit and pa
triotism of District residents. We have
the fact of their voluntary
gifts in response to all national ap-
peals, and their contribution of troops
beyond their quota in the civil war
and in the Spanish war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
No Under Taxing Here.

although the act Of Congress does
not require the Joint select committee
to pass upon the question of assess
ment and taxation in the District OF
Columbia, We felt it to be necessary to
show that the people Of the District
were not under assessed or under
taxed. but stood comparison we'll with
the other cities in this country in this
respect. This was done In brief and
accompanying tables. by elaborate
comparisons drawn from the official
bulletins Of the census bureau showing
that Washington compared favorably
with all other cities. when examined
even under standards of comparison
that were not reasonable and fair to 1t.
We supplement these statements. which
were summarized in the brief, with the
results of inquiries made here and in
other cities by our subcommittee on
assessment and taxation, comparing
actual sales of real property with as
sessments, which conrm the deduc-
tons drawn from the census reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25

Senator Southland was man Of un-
usual ability and had an unusual career.
The son of Henry Southland OF New Jer-
sey. a revolutionary patriot. who was
a member Of Congress from 1901 to
1911 (beginning his service just after
the capital was oceupied) and again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
EnO'S
Fruit Salt
Dssivative Compound)

in a glass of water. This sparkling.
effervescent aperient acts gently on
the bowels, regulates the liver and
puriies the blood.
Its mild action drives away head
ache, insomnia. lassitude, and keeps
you fit and well.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
Quotes Senate Committees Report.

Because of the fundamental i'm
portance of the acts we dwell In our
brief and desire to dwell in this hear
Ing with emphasis upon the origin and
design and history Of the National Cap
ital. Thirty-nve years after the ma
tional government removed from Phil
adelphia to Washington the Senate
Senate, said:
THE design of the Constitution and
its founders was to create a residence
for the government where they should
have absolute and unlimited control,
which should be regulated and gov
erned by them, without the interference
of partial interests in the states; which
should be built up and sustained by
their authority and resources. not de-
pendent upon the will or resources Of
any state or local interest. II this had
not been the design. temporary or
permanent seat Of government would
have been selected In some populous
city or some territory subject to state
Jurisdiction
Chairman southard Of New Jersey.
who wrote that report in 1885. after
long study by his committee and that
OF the House Of the relations of the ma
tional government to the National Cap
ital. like other men then In Congress
could actually remember the stablish-
ment Of the government in the District
of Columbia. When he said In that his
toric report that the committee regard
ed the District OF Columbia, the Federal
city. the child of tho Union. as a
creation of the Union for its own pur-
poses he was stating the historic fact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
City Under Federal Control.

beginning with the foremost fact of
the peculiar character of the city. as
nothing but the home of the govern
ment of the United States and abso-
lutely under Its control. and planned
accordingly. we were brought to the
conclusion that We were justified, by
all the facts. in our belief that the
United States should continue to con-
tribute largely and in a definite pro-
portion. which should be not less than
one-half, to the expenses of the gov
eminent of the District OF Columbia.
Our position Is not taken upon any
particular proportion between the gov
eminent property and the private prop
erty in the District of Columbia. but
upon the general equities of the matter
The government property exempt from
taxation is an important fact that ought
to be considered. but 1t Ia not decisive.
Estimates of its value will differ. Exact
measurement is not possible. Moreover.
It Is a shifting proportion. and therefore
unsuitable for permanent arrangement.
A division on such line would be as
detrimental to the welfare OF the cap
ttal as division on a line between ex
penditures classed as national and ex
penditures classed as local in a common
municipal outlay. even II the latter d.
vision were practicable.
THE National Capital as such must
be first considered above the interests
interest of the National Capital to add
to the tax burden Of the comparatively
few people living here. and thereby check
the progress now being made In its de-
veloYnent, as the mere threat OF such
unjust taxation has measurably done,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
All Are National Citizens.

I'VE are not only District residents.
We are national citizens We have no
other citizenship. We believe we rep
resent not only the local but the ma
tional feeling respecting the National
Capital
I'VE believe that the Intelligent and
patriotic people of this country desire
their National Capital as a complete
city, an integral whole. to be in every
respect, physically and morally. as
nearly perfect as possible. and that
they do not begrudge the small per
capita contribution which they make
to that end any more than we residents
be grudge the much larger per capita
contribution. which we make. We are
proud TO contribute our share
Our fellow countrymen are not pro
testing against the continuance OF the
half -and-half arrangement. nor have
they ever SO protested. We feel sure
that they would not want their share
of the common burden TO be shifted
wholly or in part to our shoulders. We
shall show you that our tax burden
is greater than that of many American
cities, and comparable with that of
any city Of similar population. even
though there is no other city Of SINH
| lar conditions.
| For we wish to emphasize through
out that the basic reason upon which
our case rests Is the unique character
| OF this capital, among all capitals and
of course among all American cities. as
the only purely governmental national
| capital. and on a great scale. Since
last March, when Congress laid before
your committee the question. and. as
we understand, the only question now
to be reported upon, namely. what is
the proper proportion of the expenses
of the government of the District of
Columbia to be borne. respectively, by
the United States and the District Of CO.
lurnbia, we have been considering 1t In
the light Of the facts as we assembled
them. We have not been considering
forms of government or forms of tax
alton for the District of Columbia, since
| they were not comprehended In the
question before your committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
Mr.. Underwood's Views.

"The proper principle was set forth
by Mr. Underwood Of Alabama in the
House. February 81. 1915, when he said: :
You should only levy taxes to the ex-
tent that the exigencies Of the gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
~ -@-
W0re)pee1!

In business today there is the
constant cry of More Speed.
Each man must keep his efficiency
to its highest pitch-or fall behind
Keep yourself in perfect physical
trim by taking. each morning. 4
teaspoonful of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
Value Of tho q, 8. Holdines.

The United States lots were sold
from time to time. chiefly before 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25
Method in Other Capitals.

I'VE show, also. that the other ma
tional governments encourage indus
trial and commercial enterprises. re-
sulting in large wealth, and therefore
a large basis for taxation; and also
that the people of the other national
capitals have the same proportionate
representation in the national legisla-
lures. and therefore the same proper
tionate voice in the taxation and ap-
for the national capitals,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25

I'VE quote in the brief the agreement
he obtained from the nineteen original
proprietors and the trusts upon which
they conveyed the lands to trustees
under the agreement They gave Gill
acres for the site OF the city. and under
4,l47 acres for the streets, avenues and
reservations and one-half of the re-
naming 1864 acres in the form of lots.
the original proprietors receiving back
the other half of the lots. 9s2 acres in
extent. or between one-sixth and one
seventh of their original holdings.
Out OF the proceeds of the United States
lots $36,0s8 was paid by the govern
ment for the public reservations at the
rate of $66.23 an acre.
"As was stated In the agreement. the
proprietors expected great benefit
from having the federal city establish
pected that from the proceeds Of the
sale Of its share of the lots the gov
eminent would make real highways of
the streets and avenues which thus far
existed on paper only There was no
at that time.
President Jefferson refers to the pro-
ceeds Of the United States lots In his
message to Congress January II. 1902
its Improvement" But both expecta-
tions were disappointed. Daniel Car
roll, one OF the original proprletors IN
his letter of July. 1887. to the mayor
Of Washington. states the common
knowlege.
In answer to yours, I fear the
deeds will fully express the relinquish-
ments of right in the streets to the
government. I nevertheless perfectly
remember that the general opinion was
that SO great was the gift that the
citizens would never be subject to tax
alton for the improvement of the
streets-having relinquishel every al
ternate lot to the government.
After nearly half century the result
Is now fully known: the unfortunate
proprietors are generally brought to
ruin, and some with scarcely enough to
buy daily food for their families. The
subject 10 SO truly frightful to me that
I hate to think Of 1t. much less to write
Of It.
Value Of the q. 8. HoIdinss.
The United States lots were sold
from time to time, chiefly before 1900,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-25

ceeding for the proper development Of
the National Capital. But for it the
original city would have been "cribbed,
cabined and confined by a surrounding
belt of subdivisions, with narrow streets
fitting in neither with the existing city
streets and avenues nor with one an
other. Numerous such subdivisions had
previously been planned and recorded In
the surveyors office, in accordance with
the laws then existing. Many of them
had been covered with private dwellings.
Over and across these subdivisions and
over and across all the lands and build
i ings in that part of the District outside
ton the maps filed in the surveyors Of
fee under the act of 1893 cast a shadow
which, as to most of the land, remains
to this day. Ancient streets and other
and the authorities of the District were
expressly forbidden to keep them In re-
pair. Buildings already erected on the
line of the projected highways were
mating their real value. Small holdings
were so cut up by the proposed streets
and avenues that what was left could
not be proftably utilized for any pur-
pose. The act provided for no immedi-
ate condemnation of any Of tho lands
the title to which was so affected, but
looked only to partial condemnation from
year to year in the future. And the act
further provided that when such con-
demnation should take place each pro-
prietor should recover from his neighbors
half Of the amount awarded to him
for his land, and that the taxpayers Of
the whole District should pay the other
half-the United States contributing
nothing. When the turn Of his neigh
bors to have their land condemned would
come he was required to help contribute
one-half of their damages: so that In the
end he would receive only one-half his
loss.
".And all this was done by the nation
for the nations glory, and at q time
when, because Of the constitution Of the
District-the act of June II. 1878-the
taxpayers residing therein were induced
ton they were told that the Congress
that was calling upon them to submit to
such sacrifices for the benefit Of tho whole