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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-15
US. STARTS INQUIRY
into PAPER TRUST
Serious Charges, Made by
Southern Publisher, Turned
Over to Attorney Todd.

Attorney General Gregory today
turned over to Assistant Attorney
General Todd. Government trust
buster" serious charges preferred by
II. II. Warner, North Carolina publish.
er, tending to show ian understand.
Ing" between some manufacturers of
news print paper to, maintain ruin.
Gus" prices, y.
Warmers action In going to head.
quarters with his charges followed his
appearance before the Federal Trade
Commission, which has been investI.
eating the alleged paper trust"
warner told the Attorney General
individual publishers are afraid to ties.
tify against the paper manufacturers
for fear OF having their paper supply
summsrlly cut on. He said after agi.
tatlng the question In the South, he
found he was unable to obtain paper
All Contracted For.
"our entire output contracted for"
he said. was the invariabie answer.
Many small papers. particularly In
the South, Warner said, are on the
verge OF positive bankruptcy from the
present price OF paper. when, indeed,
IL IL possible to get IL ut all.
The manufacturers. In an EFFORT
to conclliate the publishers, urged
they Increase subscription price ana
advertising rates. thus throwing the
burden on the public" said Warner.
Inasmuch as many of the big metro
politan dailies operate their own
paper mills. II In mostly the rural
papers that are feeling the pinch,
he pointed out
Discusses L~RisIstion.
After filinR his charges with the
Attorney General. Warner. II was
learned today. discussed possible re-
medal legislation with senator Sim
mons. who said to the United Press
today he believes that unless the De-
partment OF Justice nnds some way
TO bust the News Print Paper trust
the freedom OF the press IL In danger
THAT there In combination oil
paper manufacturers In evident from
information now before the Depart.
ment OF Justice" said simmons. 81
believe 10 L. an International trust
CssIdsT do II Alone.
without the aid of Canadian man
ufacturers I do not think the paper
manufacturers OF tho United states
could hold up the price OF print paper
III the Department OF Justice, tn,
Attorney General, and the Federal
Trade Commission, after exhsusins
their powers. md themselves unable
10 bust this combination, let them
call upon Congress for an Increase
In power. and ] am sure II VIII b'
granted"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-15
NEWS OF ROCKVILLE
Christmas Cheer TO BE Carried to
Inmates Of County Home.

4 committee OF Montgomery county
women. OF which Mrs. o. c. Barnes, OF
Rockville. IL chairman, 10 arranging
TO carry n little Christmas cheer TO
the inmates OF the county home, The
people OF tho county have been asked
TO contribute wearing apparel ana
stands and tables and other things 70
help make the place more comfortable
and homeIIke. Candles, fruits, nuts.
and other things. IL II planned TO
everything will be provided to make
the day a happy one TO the twenty or
more inmates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-15
TRIBUTE TO BUCHANAN.

LANCASTER. Pa, Dec. 15.--ln
honor OF the centenary OF the birth Of
the only President Pennsylvania ever
gave the nation, James buchanan, .
committee of Lodge -. Free and Ac'
cepted Masons, placed a wreath on his
tomb in Woodward Hill Cemetery.
Lancaster. It was partly made OF
boxwcod, taken from bush tnat Mhs
an tho grounds of "wheatland" Blu
chnnhn,a old home. near Loncaster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-15
A Free Prescription You Can Have
Filled and Use 1t Home.

Philadelphia, Pa. Do you wear
glasses1 Are you . victim Of eye
strain or other eye weaknessesf III
so. you will be glad to know that &C.
cording to DR.. Lewis there 10 real
hope for you. Many whose eyes were
failing say they have had their eyS,s s
wonderful free prescription. One man
says, after trying It: 81 was almost
Now / can read everything Without
any glasses and my eyes do not water
dreadfully; now they feel fine all the
time. 1t was like a miracle q me-;
A lady who used II says: The AZ
mosphere seemed hazy with or with
out glasses, but after using this pre-
scription for fifteen days everything
seems clear. ! can even read fine
print without glasses" 1t Is beiieveo q
now discard them In a reasonable
time and multitudes more Will pc
able to strengthen their eyes so - TO
be spared the trouble and expense Of
ever getting glasses. Eye troubles OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-15
HEADS MEMORIAL SOCIETY.

Congressman Isaac II. Sherwood OF
the Booker T. Washington Memorial
Association. to which plans have Just
been presented for the construction
OF a memorial to the negro educator
In this city to cost $4,000. General
Sherwood was elected at meeting
last night in the Union Savings Bank
Building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-15
Mercksadise Cost Low.
STORM ALoNo COAST.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The Weather
Bureau today bulletined storm
warning. Atlantic City to Boston. A
storm over the Carolinas Is moving
northeast. causing strong east TO
north winds. probably gales. shifting
to west Saturday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-15
BROWN ALUMNI BANQUET
Dinner to Be Given by Graduates
Here In February.

A banquet in February Is one OF the
features arranged by Brown Univer'
slty alumni here.
Yesterday, at the monthly luncheon
at the Cosmos Club, the alumni dis.
cussed plans for the banquet and also
for concert by the Brown Glee
New Britain herald., 1916-10-20

of a driving rain which at times thun- dered applause on the tin roof of tho structure. It was advertised as a "big republican rally and over 1000 post als were mailed to the voters of tho city. In addition to this free jitney service from the suburbs was offered and the result was an audience of from 300 to 400. To be sure the weather was of the we'll known democratic va riety and even the promise of 8 rec automobi ride failed to arouse the citizenry to a full sense of their obit- gations to the republican party.
 The Gentleman From England.
 J. Calvin Brown was introduced by Judge J. E. Cooper, presiding officer, as the first speaker of the evening, giv- ing the gentleman from England a brief send off. It developed from MT. Browns own story that he is a club man and something of globe trotter, having not only lived and travelled abroad, but once in days gone by, back in Cleveland's second administration, ran a saw mill in the swamps of Ar kansas. The speaker devoted consld- erable time to description or southern lumber camp and how to make money by saving up pine trees. oOA>' was this lumber camp in Arkansas that started MT. Brown off on a nota- ble career and developed him into political spellbinder and a London clubman at the same time.
 MT. Brown told the audience that the Wilson tariff of 1893 knocked his lumber business higher than a kite and he could not understand why. In connection with the lumber camp was sort of feudal estate with MT. Brown as the baron responsible for the welfare of his retainers. Whom the tariff knocked out the lumber camp MT. Brown was obliged to swal- low bitter pill, which meant greasing his saws and lumber machinery, turn ing the key in the mill door and kind ly but firmly informing his dependent employees that they would have to shift for themselves, although if they chose they were perfectly free to occupy the lumber shacks and till the stump land and no charges. Then MT. Brown hiked north to learn more about tar ifs and politics. When the republi- cans came into power in 1896 it WIS all grand sweet song, the hero re- turned to the lumber camp and the retatners were gathered from the four quarters of the globe and ever after as long as. the republicans held sway prosperity ruled supreme and the lum- Der plant daily ground out lumber, earning dividends for the owner and three squares and a place to sleep for the mill men and their wives and "ktd- dies.".
 In the Tight Little Isle.
 In act two. the scene shifts to Eng land and we find MT. Brown Brit ish manufacturer, employing from 1900 to 5000 inhabitants of Albion At night he is London clubman, ex- pounding protective tariff and poli- tical economy to a bunch of bally British politicians, who are seeking to te returned by their constituency, which appears to be something like an Arkansas lumber camp except that MT. Brown was not seeking an cleo tion MT. Brown. so he says. told
New Britain herald., 1916-10-20

those British statesmen what they didn't know about a tariff and they were simply amazed, not to say as founded. He informed them British
 business was suffering from the same
 disease that killed his lumber camp
 and nothing but protective tariff could cure it.
 So to get into the kernel of the nut, Mr. Brown, clubman and globe trotter, has come back to America on flying visit for the purpose of warn ing America that unless the demo- Crats are kicked out of office and the republicans put back together
 with a non-leakable tariff wall. the country will go to the everlasting bow-wows just the minute the Eu- ropean war ends. To prove 1t, he told the audience about the trade con- sp1racy the allies have entered into. Nothing made in Germany is to be sold in the countries of the allies when the war terminates and Great Britain is fixing up federation with her colonies that will shut off i'm ports. Thus Germany, being blocked 10 three-quarters of the world, will turn to the dear old United States and flood 1t with the goods she has been ptling up for three years South America, Scandinavia and Switzer- land may be favored with a few, but it's the American trade the Germans are planning for, says Mr. Brown.
 Outside of the possibility of saving America from national disaster the gentleman from London appears to Dc peeved over the lack of courtesy to Americans dwelling abroad By love, they don't hesitate to insult a rlan in Lunnon these days, especially sll American, and 1t hurts-don't you | know and the reason is President Wilson.
 MT. Dingley Patroitic.
 MT. Dingley of Indiana, son of his l 1llustr1ous father, proved himself an | American through and through when 1t came his turn to speak. Four years 1 ago he was a progressive and still | believes that the principles for which 1 the Bull Moosers fought will receive some real recognition in this country, tut for the present they have to be s'de-tracked for the sake of harmony in the republican party and the ne- cessity Of defeating MT. Wilson on the seventh of next November MT. Dtngley said several things that evoked applause. For one thing he showed clearly that he respects the American flag and desires others to do so.
 He believes In compulsory military training and living true to the pre- cepts of our ancestors and the doc- trtnes expounded by the men who signed the Declaration of Indepen- dence but like his predecessor he doesn't believe that MT. Wilson has kept the country out of war and 9lr rhoc l,l Switzerland. Military preparedness and a million men ready to spring to arms within AS hours have kept Swift zerland out of war, he maintains, and nothing less. MT. Wilson didn't keep Switzerland out of war and therefore he hasn't kept America out of war, the speaker argued. but he neglected to inform his audience that MT. Will son is not president of Switzerland.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-20
LONDON CLUbMAN
 WARNS US OF PERIL
Says Nothing But Tight
 Tariff Wall Can Save U. 5.

4,J Calvin Brown of New York and London, principally London and Ed
 ward H. Dingley of Michigan, son of a man who once wrote a tariff law, oc- eupied the stage at the Russwin Ly
 ceum for two hours last night while they expounded protection to Ameri- can industries and the urgent need of cleaning the democratic administra- tiop off the boards, also the Under wood tariff, all to the accom- paniment
The state herald., 1916-03-31
Trying to Regain Son and Daughter.

Governor Carlson has been appealed
to as last resort in five-year fight
Mrs. p. w. Schuman of Denver has
conducted in an effort to regain her
two children. taken from her seven
years ago and placed in the state
home. AS net result of her fight. in
which she spent several hundred dol
lars, Mrs. Schuman was informed that
one of the children was to be taken
to California by his foster parents and
the appeal for executive interference
was made, she declared, after the man
who adopted the boy had written to
her she could regain him by the pay.
ment OF $50. The children-May, now
IL years old, and Harry, 10-were TAX
en- from training home in North
Denver by officers of the Juvenile
Court, Mrs. Schuman says. seven
years ago.
The state herald., 1916-03-31
Democrats In n Hole

Democrats have run into a blind al.
icy with their so-called competitive
tariff. They will either have to sell
bonds or raise the wind through radi.
cal upward revision OF the Underwood.
Simmons act. The president Is quoted
as holding that such revision OF the
tarif will not be necessary until the
close OF the war. lie would have to
possess acute prescience to express
such view, when no living mortal
can forecast the end OF the war. As
a matter Of fact. when this shall
come and Europe shall set about re.
storing her Industries this country
will be swamped with loads OF trash
goods which will represent that sue
cessful competition by foreign pro.
ducers that the Democratic act was
framed to further.
The state herald., 1916-03-31
Shortage Not Due to the War.

All the blame for the $4,000. 900
shortage in the treasury the admins
tration lenders place upon the war.
Speaker Champ Clark says there is
a difficulty with the revenue" due to
the war. and Secretary McAdoo wants
the sugar duty retained until normal
customs conditions are restored" And
yet the statistics of the department of
commerce show that in the first year
of the war there was a falling OF In
the value of our imports of only IL
per cent or s22O. 900. Plainly this
decrease does not explain a difficulty
with the revenue" that leaves the
country S2iO,O0O,O0O short OF what the
lawmakers had figured on.
The people will go on paying the
special war tax In time of peace and
they viii contribute the 100000. 900
that is still needed to make ends meet.
in wi7ever way congress may dh-
tate. but when the 1916 campaign
rolls around the administration s
financing will call for explanation. and
that means that the operation of the
new tariff will be subjected to deep
scrutiny There is no reason to doubt
that this viii be the big issue.
The state herald., 1916-03-31
STATE ECAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service,
PAYING TAXES PROMPTLY.
Large Receipts in March Sign Of
Colorado's Prosperity.

Denver-The receipts from taxes
by the state from the various crl,.
ties up to March 20, exceeded by 81
per cent the receipts for the full
month in 1915, and by more than $50
per cent the receipts in March, 1914.
If prompt payment of taxes is con,
sidered an indication OF prosperity,
and 1t is so considered by many en-
perts, Colorado's wealth has increased
strikingly in the last two years.
In March the state treasurers OF.
flee received S4S4,125.75 in February
tax payments from the different coun-
ties, according to an announcement
by Allison Stocker, state treasurer. In
March, 1915, the receipts were $2G2,.
o9S.70, and in March, 1914, they were
S12S,O9J,72. State officials believe
this growth in revenue to be a con
firmation of reports from banks that
people are paying old accounts and
that mortgages are being lifted in un
precedented number.
The state herald., 1916-03-31
See Need for Protection.

Tho need for tho restoration OF the
Republican party to power Is soon by
the business men OF the country. They
know that the Democratic tarIr should
be- wiped on, and that n protective tar.
IN should be enacted that would nb
Bolutcly safeguard tho industries the
country now possesses. and In acquir.
Ing. and prevent the deadly compctl
tion OF Europe Mt tho close OF tho war
The Democrats have put the revenues
pf tho country In n condition OF hap
hazard from which they must bo rea
rucd.
The state herald., 1916-03-31
Carlson to Meet Educational Chiefs.

To Increase the efficiency OF tho
state educational institutions aud TO
effect economies in their operation.
hoyornor Carlson has called con
ference OF presidents Of all OF such
institutions and OF the hcnda Of the
boards OF control AZ the conference
tho educators win discuss eliminating
duplicate courses at the different In.
stitutiona, exchanging credits for
work, exchanging students. cooper,
alton Of extension departments. and
other subjects OF Improvement
The state herald., 1916-03-31
cOsur!n Estate Pays $500 Iax.

Thomas A. Cosgriff. wealthy banker
who died in Denver last December
was resident OF Wyoming, according
TO a ruling made by Leslie Il. Hub
bard, state inheritance tax commits.
sloner. As "A result of the decision
the state viii collect an inheritance
tax OF Si,C3O on his total estate OF
100000, instead Of more than SEQ,
GOO, which would have been assessed
had he been resident OF Colorado
Only S237.075 of his entire estate was
owned In Colorado aud on this tho
state Will collect a 3 per cent tax.
The state herald., 1916-03-31
Government Prosecuting eootIesolny

The first two cases of "bootlegging
to be prosecuted by government Off.
cials in Colorado will come before the
Federal Grand Jury in Pueblo next
month The alleged offenders Tran
quilino Maez and Lester Thompson OF
lgnacio were arrested by Timothy J..
Mcclure, deputy United States mar
shal of Denver, for selling whisky
without government permit If the
men had had government permit
the United States officials would not
have interfered with the sale of the
liquor elthough the state prohibits
such sale
The state herald., 1916-03-31
DUG ITS 0AN GRAVE
Democratic Party Now in Hope.
less Split.
A. Always, fractional Fights Have
Followed Unwise Legislation, and
All Semblance Of Unity
Has Disappeared.

We commend to the attention of its
principal beneiciaries the state of Ill
health to which the Democratic party
has been reduced by the expedients
Of ineXpert leaders. the errors of
quack physicians and the blunders of
ignorant managers. The situation in
which II lies indicates heroic and in.
telligent treatment II 1t is to survive
the further activities of the first ses-
sion of the Sixty-fourth congress,
Already two of the Representatives
Mr.. Page Of North Carolina and Gen.
eral Sherwood of Ohio, have an
nounced their decision not to seek re-
nomination. MIR. Page was assured
that no opposition would be offered
to his candidacy; General Sherwood
won his last election by a majority
rising 10000. The example they have
set will be followed by others, some
actuated by conscience, more seeking
respectable escape from expensive
and hopeless canvasses. The outlook
for this fall in debatable districts
does not lure ambitious men to the
front in the Democratic party.
There is much talk of war and
peace from the lips of the majority
in congress. But in their own or
ganization there is no peace. 1t is
war. wGr against their leaders, war
between factionu. bitter strife be-
twsen individuals. The semblance of
unity has disappeared. overwhelmed
in the upsurge of those characteristic
qualities from which the Democratic
party derives its popular emblem.
The state herald., 1916-03-31
The Hexaoonal Plan-showing Ar
ranoement for FllIers or for Testing
-Four Varieties.

rule the difficulties which later arise
more than Offset the supposed gain,
There are instances in which 1t would
be unwise to lose years growth OF
the trees in order to put the land
chosen for the orchard In an ideal con-
dition. In the majority Of instances
the planting Of commercial orchard
is not decided upon 80 suddenly that
preparation previous to planting is not
possible.
The surface soil should be consid-
cred from two standpoints-the char
acter Of the tilth, and the presence of
organic material. While the former
is more or less dependent upon the
matter that should not be overlooked.
There are numerous systems for
planting orchards. Many fruit grow
ers have worked out their own sys-
tens. Those mostly used are the
rectangular, quincunx, alternate and
hexagonal, or modification of them.
The rectangular or square system is
most used. In this plan the trees are
set at the corners IL rectangular
area. Most often the rectangle is a
square, but not infrequently the sides
are unequal. This is the simplest
system to lay out. Its chief disad-
vantage is that It does not make
economical use of the land. there be-
ing an area in the center OF each rec
tangle little used by the trees. The
quincunx system was devised to offset
the difficulty Just mentioned.
The alternate system is designed to
correct the difficulties arising from
the former. 1t differs from II essen
TALLY in widening the distance between
rows, maintaining the same distances
between the trees in the row, and Ia
therefore better adapted to paintings
under 40 feet. In the alternate plan
with 30 feet apart In the row the rows
can be placed much closer together
the trees in adjoining rows SO much
as to interfere with orchard opera
tions. BY this method. the number Of
trees per acre may be increased. the
land better distributed among them,
and Inconvenience in orchard opera
tions avoided. 1t will be seen that
this method approaches the hexagonal
system. for when the diagonal dis
tance between the trees of adjoining
rows equals that between the trees in
the same row. then we have the hexa.
gonnl system.
The hexagonal system. or equilateral
system. is rapidly gaining favor as
the most economical system for plant
The state herald., 1916-03-31
nIa Lumber peaI In colorndo.

A deal Is being negotiated between
Colorado lumber dealers and the
United States Forestry Service for
the sale of 50O,00O,0OO feet of yellow
pine In the Montezuma national for.
est on the Dolores river. The deal,
which has been recommended to the
department by District Forester
Smith Riley, Will aggregate sl,25O.OO
II contaminated. Dolores and Monte
yuma counties would receive as their
proportion OF the sale price S3i2. 500
The lumber would be used for rail
road ties and for general building
purposes.