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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
GEN. G|BS0N'S HOME
/. IS FL0WERY BOWER
Army Officer SO Years Old.
Meets Oldest Annapolis
Graduate, Admiral Upshur.

Gen. Horatio Gates Gibson, veteran of
the Mexican and civil wars, one of the
seven surviving primary members of
the Aztec Club of 1S47 and vice presi-
dent of that organization. celebrated
the eighty-ninth anniversary of his
birth with a reception at his home, 2015
N street northwest, between S and Z
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Gen. Gibson, who is the oldest living
graduate of West Point, shook hands
with Rear Admiral Upshur. the oldest
living graduate of Annapolis, amid the
hundreds of flowers presented him by
his friends yesterday. Gen. Gibson's
home presented the appearance of a
bower. so filled was it with blossoms.
Especially pleased was the general with
tributes from 1.-The ladies'" the mem
bers of the Guadalupe Club having
presented him with an especially beau
tiful basket
Would Have q. S. Take Mexico.
In discussing the Mexican question
Gen. Gibson said to friends that he
thinks the United States ought to take
Mexico.
There never will be peace there I'M
til we do" he declared, saying that if
the government had acted upon the
suggestion of Gen. Taylor, at the close
of the war with Mexico. and made the
Sierra Madre the southern line, the
present troubles would have been
largely averted.
Upon his birthday two years ago Gen
Gibson offered his services to President
Wilson in case his country should need
him, upon the occasion of the occupa-
ton of Vera Cruz. The President re-
piled in a personal letter. thanking Gen
Gibson for his offer, but said that he
hoped there would be no war. Discuss
ing the matter at that time, Gen. Glib
son told a Star reporter that 1.-The Mex
leans are not amenable to reason, and
are naturally cruel" Events since then
have not caused Gen. Gibson to change
his mind.
Fought Under Scott.
A graduate of the Military Academy
in 1s47, Gen. Gibson fought under Scott
in Mexico, marching from Vera Cruz to
Pueblo. He spent three months in
Mexico City.
Prior to the civil war he fought in
Indian wars in the northwest, and at
the outbreak of the civil war joined
the Army of the East when Mcclellan
was organizing after the battle of Bull
Run. Later he went west as chief of
artillery of the Army of the Ohio, I'M
der Gen. Burnside, and served through
the war. Gen. Gibson says the only
battle wound he ever received was
when he was fighting Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
STATE BUILDING PLANNED.
Members of North Carolina Society
Canvassing Sentiment for Home.

Advisability of providing a North
Carolina building as a permanent home
for the North Carolina Society of Wash
ington is being canvassed by a COM
mittee of five appointed at the last
meeting of the society. DR.. G. W. Ker-
nodle is chairman of the committee
which is to report at the society's next
meeting.
Besides affording a permanent home
for the. organization the contemplate
building. according to views expressed
at the last meeting. would be head.
quarters for North Carolinans visiting
Washington. a bureau of Information
and a place for the location of a per-
manent exhibit of the products and re-
sources of the state, and possibly a
unit among similar buildings represent
ing other states as a perpetual nation.
al exposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
May Free American Students.

John ]. Kiligallon. a New York stu
dent at the Pearce School in Dublin,
taken with others on suspicion of par
ticipation in the rebellion. has been
found in British detention camp near
Stratford. the State Department has
been advised and probably will be re-
leased. The British government seems
satisfied that killgallon and his fellow
students, who belonged to cadet
corps, had no idea they were joining
revolutionary forces when they assem-
bled at a certain point under orders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Representative Campbell's Views,

Representative Campbell of Kansas
| in criticising the rule, spoke of the re.
port of the joint select committee. as
follows:
That report is totally ignored by the
committee on appropriations, in tina,
the investigating committee found tina,
Congress was solemnly bound to pro.
vide by appropriations for the paymen,
of so per cent Of the interest and the
sinking fund upon the funded debt OF
| the District. one of the very first nro. o.
visions made in order by this rule is in
violation Of that finding, and the rec.
omrhendation that that condition he
carried out by the Congress of the
United states IS set aside by one of the
| first provisions of this rule. The com
mittee on appropriations totally ie-
nores the recommendations of the com
mission that was appointed by the Ia 81
Congress to consider this very subject
and members of Congress are asked
under a possible ten minutes of tim
for consideration. to vote upon a ones
ton that in the first instance had con
sideration for four years, and that in
the last Congress was deemed to be of
sufficient Importance to justify the an
pointment of a joint Commission and
that commission deemed the subject of
sufficient importance to take testimony
for weeks They took testimony. as I
sldlco, CONSISTING VI Two volumes. and
made report All this matter is 10
nored; and this House is asked to make
in order on an appropriation bill leris
lation that should be considered by and
reported out Of the COMMITTEES on the
District of Columbia. LAG
Mr.. Speaker, l do not desire to On
into the probable effects of this law If
It is enacted. These matters have been
discussed here from time to time for
years: The danger of the enactment OF
this first provision. repeating the or
ganic law of the District of Columbia
is that the city of Washington will be.
gin at once to deteriorate into the old
conditions in which it was found In
1874. when the matter of considerine
| the question of paying the expenses
of the District was taken up. That wa,
a third of century ago. I sincerely
hope. in the interest of the country anf
in the interest of the pride which ever,
citizen of the republic has In the CAPT
tai Of the nation, that no step viii b.
taken that will result in the capita
going backward"
i Reply to Criticism.
1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Club Arranges for Lecture.

The entertainment committee of the
Commercial Club has arranged for an
illustrated lecture on the Grand Can
yon of Arizona at the clubhouse at Sis
o'clock tomorrow evening. Members
received notice today that they are
privileged to be accompanied by
friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
|POSLAM STOPS
( ANNOYING ITCH
1
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With First Application.

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J fects or even when any slight erup-
J tional spot begins to itch and burn,
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J Poslam Soap is non-irritating and
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I For sample, send &C stamps to
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23

charge Of the bill. replied to the criticism
against the rule by saying that 1.-The
whole question depends on. whether
you favor the particular legislation or
not" and then went on to say:
This matter Of the fiscal relations
of the District Of Columbia was dis
cussed at great length in the first ses-
sion Of the Sixty-third Congress-, be-
cause Of section 8 that was carried in
the District appropriation bill. Sec
ton passed this House by g. decided
majority. 1t was in practical effect just
exactly this legislation. In the last
session Of Congress what was known
as section Is passed this House on a
record vote by nearly 100 majority.
Since the Senate would not accept that,
there was, on motion Of the gentleman
from Alabama, Mr.: Underwood. reso-
luton agreed to in this House which
appointed a select special committee
to take under consideration this whole
matter of the fiscal policy Of the Dis
trict of Columbia between it and the
United States Treasury. AZ the gen
tleman from Kansas, Mr.. Campbell,
has said. that committee sat for near
ly two months. took testimony that filed
two volumes and made recommends ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Rate asked for

1.-The injustice Of this situation. due
to the fact that the voice of the peo-
pie has not been needed. could not be
palmer.
Furthermore, the lender does not re-
ceive per cent a month for the use
of the money, because he is obliged to
pay all charges for looking up credit
and for recording mortgages, together
with the cost Of making Collections in
trif1ing amounts, out of the 2 per cent.
1t is because all this unavoidably makes
the expense of such small loans SO
great that the rate of / per cent does
the existing law. when it was passed in
the Sixty-second Congress, the senator
offered an amendment Congressional
Record, July 25. 1911, page 3314) lin
but permitting an additional charge of
81 when the loan is made to cover ex-
penses. While this sounds better tina
2 per cent per month, it would greatly
increase the cost of all the small loans
to the more needy people. In the case
of the loan above referred to, it would
make the cost $l.sS instead of s1.75.
for which the people of the District are
asking.
"The situation is all the more in
congruous because, as stated in The
Star of last Monday. the law stopped
the business of the Prudential Loan
Society at 9Th street ard Grant place.
| which was then lending money at 2 per
| that time allowed pawnbrokers to
| charge per cent Hoping the increas
would be made. because universally
asked for, the society has kept its of
| fee open until now, ready to resume its
| business at per cent, but it can nc
longer bear the expense, and has JUS,
| decided to close its office and quit the
| city early in June.
| Benefit to One Lender.
| while the law is driving out thi.
company. which is willing to lend at
per cent month, it has greatly in
creased the business of one of the prin
cipal money lenders of the District
who adopted the plan of sending hi.
customers over in automobiles to
branch Office established in Virginia
where the money is loaned at pei
cent. In hearing before the House
District committee in April, 1914. il
was stated that this establishment ha6
S25O,O0O invested in the business
letter written in January last by the
proprietor stated that owing to tn.
disseminating of all other brokers h.
had found it necessary to borrow $f65,
900 in order to accommodate borrow.
ers. This would mean a total of 5000
in the business, on which the difference
between the 3 per cent charged at the
other end of Long bridge and the 2 pei
cent for which the Smith bills asks. anc
at which money would be loaned II II
than $4,000 a month. about $4,000 {
year. or $1,000 week. The proprietor
has since stated that his outstanding
loans do not exceed 100000. Thi'
would make the difference somewha
less. but the principle 10 the same: am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23

even on this basis the extra cost to the
needy borrowers Of the city for each
week In which the passabe OF this Dill
is delayed is 500, or about 10 per cent
OF the salary of a senator for a year.
Need Recognized by All.
THE need of a law permitting high
er rates for small loans on pledges or
payable in monthly installments to
provide for the emergencies which are
constantly occurring in the lives Of tho
poor Is recognized by all. Congress
recognized it by passing the present
loan shark law. and intended to meet
1t by allowing a rate~higher than that
ordinarily charged. 1t made a mis-
take In fixing this rate so low as to
defeat the purpose of the bill. 1t Is
this mistake which the citizens COM
mittee and all the people back of 1t
now ask to have rectifled by the pas
sage of the Smith bill. and in this we
desire the help not only of the senator
who reported the Poindexter bill. but
OF all those who are interested in really
helping the poor people Of the Dis
trlct. 1t is for them. not for the pros
porous classes, that the request Is
now made. and as the matter Is SO clear
the citizens committee earnestly urges
that the Smith bill be promptly re-
ported on favorably by the Senate COM
mtttee and passed as speedily as pos
sible."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Rate Not Higher Than in States.

THE rate asked for is as low as that
allowed in any state in which such
loans are made. where the people have
the power to express themselves, as
the senator thinks they should be able
to do more fully here. and in most
states the rate is far higher For in
stance. the cost of a twenty-five-dolIar
loan, payable in one. two three, four.
five and six months, under various
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Michigan Law Is Upheld.

Constitutionality of the Michigan law
requiring employment agencies to take
out licenses to conduct their business
was upheld yesterday by the Supreme
Court of the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Says Practice Is Vicious

Representative Mondell of Wyoming,
member of the appropriations committee,
took an opposite view, and spoke of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Not Financially Interested.

This committee has no financial in
terest whatever in the business of
lending money. 1t asks to have the
law amended solely for the purpose Of
enabling needy borrowers to secure
money at lower rates than they can
now obtain. The senator must know
that the members of this committee
are not only of high character. but of
sufficient Intelligence to have their
opinion, carefully expressed after sew
eral years experience, respected.
The bill has also received the unani-
nous Endorsement of the Chamber of
Commerce, the Board of Trade, the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
the Monday Evening Club, the Asso-
ciated Charities and the Woman's We'll
fare branch of the National Civic Fed
erationk
The principal civic bodies of the
District are. therefore. unanimous in
asking for the amendment of the law.
No one is opposed to it except those
who think the rate should be still
higher on small loans The demand
for the enactment of the bill is, there
fore, as unanimous an expression of
the voice of the people, which the SEN
ator, in his advocacy of the Poindex-
ter bill. is endeavoring to make more
articulate and of greater influence, as
could possibly be had.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Protest by Mr.. Tinkham.

Representative Tinkham of Massa-
chusetts, republican member of the
House committee on the District of
Columbia, called attention to the fact
that the District bill carries many sep
arate and diverse pieces of legislation,
and he also stated that no public hear
ings on the project to scuttle the or
ganic act had been held by the appro-
priations committee. Il want to pro-
test against this rule" he said, first
because it is arbitrary, and that which
is arbitrary should not be done in the
popular house of a great democracy I'M
less there is great and compelling ne
cessity, and there is no great and COM
pelling necessity for arbitrary action
in these matters.
Next, 1 want to protest against this
rule because it is unnecessary that it
should pass. Every piece of legislation
proposed. with two exceptions. and they
are of minor importance. are before the
committee on the District of Columbia.
Next 1 protest against this rule because
you are asking for legislation for the
District Of Columbia, $4,000 people.
American citizens. without any public
hearing. The first recommendation for
legislation affects vitality what is the
most important part of the charter or
organic act of the District of Co
lumbia."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Notes the Exception.

1.-THE gentleman from Kansas says
that this provision does not carry out
that accommodation in one minor de-
tail. With that exception it does carry
1t out. That exception is as to the
bonded debt of the District of Column
bia That debt up to date has been
paid in accordance with the act of 1878.
1t was more than $30.000,000. 1t has
been paid, until now the amount Is less
than 100000. This very bill carries
s975,000 for interest and sinking fund
of the bonded debt Of the District of
Columbia. By the year 1923 that bond
ed debt will have been retired. That is
mere temporary matter. This other,
which is included in the first section of
this bill and the first section Of this
rule. is permanent legislation.
THE gentleman from Kansas referred
to the former distinguished senator
from kentucky, Senator Blackburn,
who. in 1874, as a member Of this House,
was chairman of the committee that for
four years investigated and made a re-
port upon which was based the legisla-
ton of 1873. If the gentleman from
Kansas had taken the time to read the
testimony before this select committee
sitting last fall he would have found
that that same ex-senator Blackburn
appeared before that committee and
gave Enthusiastically his testimony and
his judgment that the time had arrived
when that law was no longer equitable
and that the very provision that is in
this bill should be enacted into law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
TASKS ENACTMENT
OF THE SMITH BILL
William H. Baldwin Believes
Interest Rate on Small Loans
Should Be Increased.
SAYS MEASURE is URGED
AS AID TO BORROWERS
Members of LOAN Shark" Commit
tee and Civic Bodies Quoted
in Its Favor.

William H. Baldwin, chairman of the
citizens loan shark committee, has is
sued statement in which he asks that
the Smith bill, which would raise the
rate of interest in the District from
to per cent, be promptly reported IA
vorably by the Senate committee and
passed as speedily as possible.
Mr.. Baldwin says:
1.-The favorable report on the Poin-
dexter bill. which provides for the cleo
ton Of a delegate without vote to
represent the District in the House OF
Representatives. referred to in The
Star of Tuesday. was made by sena-
tor of high character, who is always
earnest in everything he undertakes
and the people of the District greatly
appreciate the efforts he has made to
ena BILE them to have more influence in
it's government.
Pending action on the Poindexter
bill. however. it is possible for the SEN
ator to greatly aid the District by help
ing to secure a measure for which 1t
has asked az plainly as it could through
delegate in Congress who had been
unanimously elected by the people; that
is. the amendment to the loan shark
law IS. 1861, introduced by Senator
smith, raising the rate of interest al
lowed, out of which all fees and charges
must be paid by the lender, from l per
cent to per cent per month, and max
ing impossible the lending of money to
citizens of the District at far higher
rates by the device of sending people
to Virginia.
This legislation is particularly urged
by the citizens committee, which has
had the matter in charge for several
years. and is composed of the follow
ing persons: Emmett l.. Adams, Will
liam H. Baldwin, chairman; John B.
Colpoys, John Joy Edison, William ].
Eynon. Charles E. Foster. H. c. Gauss,
Gilbert H. Grosvenor. William F. Guide,
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, DIR. George NJ.
Kober. Cuno H. Rudolph, Evan H.
Tucker, Walter S. Ufford. Rev. John
Van Schaick. jr.; Mrs. Richard VAIN
wright, Henry L. West, Henry White
and George S. Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Regards the Bill as Fair"

Representative johnson. chairman Of
the House District committee, was the
last to speak on the rule. He looked upon
the District bill as fair" and said in
the course Of his short speech:
"Under the present tax rate the District
Of Columbia is raising about $4,000, 900
annually. Regardless Of whether or not
it is necessary to spend double that
amount, it is insisted by some that the
United States government shall still put
up $S.000,000 to carry out the half-and-
half arrangement. That would make
$4,000 900; and even the Commissioners
Of the District of Columbia do not claim
that $16.000.000 are needed. Therefore,
CONTINUED on Ninth Page)
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manent moral and physical advance
ment of the city. but also its permanent
and growing grandeur as a municipal
expression of the nations home and the
peoples pride Who is there on either
side of the House who will suggest that
the meager appropriations made in this
bill for our great Capital city in any
way carry out that declaration Of our
Joint committee as to what our legis-
iation should accomplish touching the
capital of the natton?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
Reply to Criticism.

Representative Page. chairman in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-23
How to Get There

sne WY 20 20 70 300 Sne pest uotsSs
In the city for the price, $500.
Take car on any line. from any place IN the
city. Get OF the Connecticut avenue cars az
Columbia road and Ontario place.
Get on the Capital Traction cars at 18th
and Columbia road; walk one square east to
Ontario road
Ontario road extends north from Columbia
road, between 18th and 18th streets northwest.
This house is about one-half square north Of
fol-
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Continued on Ninth Page.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14

dalton is the provision for the appoint
ment Of all the county officers except
the three county commissioners. II
is argued that the sheriff and solici-
tor are directly responsible to the su-
perior court and should be appointed
by the court. 1t is supposed to make
the county treasurer an appointee OF
the commissioners and the register OF
probate and the register of deeds, ap-
pointees of the governor and council.
The terms of Office of the commission
ers would be extended to six years,
one to be elected every two years.
The net result of these changes would
be a ballot of one office every two
years instead of eight under the pres
ent arrangement
A number of changes are also sug-
gested for the cities, where it is pro-
posed to separate state from local
elections and to eliminate from the
ballot entirely the overseers of the
poor, the inspectors of the check list
and assessors.
In this summary Mr.. Updyke shows
how his proposals would reduce the
number of Offices to be voted at one
time in some OF the cities from IS 10
six.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
LET OFF EASY.

Dr.. j. Grant Lyman of New York,
convicted of using the mails to de-
fraud investors in oil and mining
stocks under the name of John H. Put
nam & Co., has been sentenced to
serve one year and six months in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.
1t would seem that a man whose pecu-
lations amounted to millions, bringing
ruin to some and hardship and suffer
ing to many, should have paid heav-
Ter penalty for his crime. The DELHI
crate sWindler, who calculates and
schemes by organized and systematic
deception TO get his hands on the mon
ey of honest people is not punished, as
a rule, as he deserves to be. And for
this reason the rascals who are ready
to use the mails in further1ng their
dishonest plans seem 10 multiply. 1t
requires the utmost vigilance on the
part of the postal authorities to keep
up with their movements and no soon
| er is one exposed than another springs
up from some new quarter. Meantime
the oft-repeated admonition to avoid
all high-promising enterprises pro-
NOTED by strangers is still in order
with a whole lot of Americans, despite
| their alleged shrewdness and foresight
| in business.