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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-08-31
Another Big One.

H. D. Shelton and associates,
who have a lease on the L. c.
Hooker & Sons farm, two miles
southwest of this city, are drill
ing into another big body of ore
at the same level the last one
was found. The cuttings are
just as rich as the cuttings from
the last strike, and average ~
per cent metallic content.
DR.. Harry Boswell was here
from Henryetta, Okla, the fore
part of the week visiting his
brother, J. H Boswell.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-08-31

Let Martin insure your auto
mobile agaist theft before il Is
too late.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
Home Opportunities Are Plentiful,

Many opportunities are offered the
nome seeker in the classified real es-
tate columns of The Star Most of the
desirable rental and sales propositions
in Washington appear in The Star.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
MEETING TO ACT. UPON
DISSERTATION OF FLAG
Patriotic, Civic and Trade Bodies Are
Asked to Gather Tues
day Night.

A meeting for the purpose OF consid-
ering resolutions uring the passage
by the Senate of a bill now on LIS
calendar for the prevention Of the I'M
proper use of the United tSates nag
within the District is to be held at the
Willard Hotel at o'clock next faes-
day evening. The various paerlotic'
civic and trade bodies Of the city are to
be represented by delegations, the mem
bers of which are to sign the resolu-
tions, which then will be forwarded to
Senator Pomerene of the District com
mittee of the Senate, and TO vice ffeslT :
dent Marshall.
The bill has been passed by the House
and it is the object of the packers 70
have it passed by the Senate at thls
session. The Senate District commit :
tee has reported the bill with the rec
ommendation that it pass.
The meeting Tuesday evening IS TO De
held under the auspices OF the com
mittee to prevent dissertation OF tne
flag of the Daughters of the Amerlcah
Revolution, of which Mrs. FRED l.. VOL
land is chairman.
Other members of the committee are
Corresponding secretary, Miss s. Carr
Peachy; recording secretary, Mrs. NJ B
kistler, and other active members, Mrs
Harry J. Green, Miss Matilda ramsey
Mrs. F. II. Lancaster. Mrs. j. E. Engie
Evening star., 1916-12-14
EARLY ACTION LOOKED FOR
ON FILM CENSORSHIP BILL
Majority Of Reputable Producers
Favor Federal Supervision, House
Committee Is Informed.

Chairman Hughes Of the House COM
mittee on education today was informed
by William H. Kemble, a moving picture
producer of Brooklyn, that the majority
Of the reputable producers are in favor
of early action on the Hughes bill for a
federal censorship of moving pictures
Mr.. kemble, as the chairman of the
motion picture section of the International
Association of Rotary Clubs, conferred
with members of the House committee
and was encouraged over prospects of
early action on the censorship measure.
Il believe we will get action on the
bill at this session. said Chairman
Hughes and Mr.. Kemble after the con-
ference. Reputable producers are com
ing around rapidly to the plan of federal
censorship and with a few changes the
Hughes bill will meet the situation" Mr.
kemble added. Mr.. kemble is director
in several motion picture corporations and
owns chain Of theaters The Hughes
bill now is on the House calendar.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
HOW CAN YOU TREATs
But You Will Not Be Able to Get
Two Drinks for Quarter.

II you buy your friend q drink In .
barroom. place 80 cents on the bar and
tell the proprietor that you want two
drinks and that your friend is paying
for one. You cannot get two for .
quarter and not violate the excise laws
prohibition Of giving away intoxicating
liquor.
Following the decision Of Judge Pugh
in Police Court Tuesday. in which he
announced that to treat in q bar 10 Q
violation Of the law, well known citi-
zen was forced to pay Is cents straight
for two drinks.
This official took friend into q sth
street bar and ordered two drinks, plac.
ing 25 cents on the bar. The proprietor
of the establishment looked at him.
Fifteen cents of this is mine and the
other ten belongs to him." said the Dis.
trict man. Il want two drinks"
We'll, IL you are each buying Q
drink" said the proprietor. "it will cost
Is cents EACH"
Evening star., 1916-12-14
Library of 10000 Volumes.

A committee appointed by the first
board set to work to digest a plan to
carry out the provisions Of the act es-
tablishing the institution. Another
committee was appointed to prepare
report on the formation of a library.
which has now grown, with the books
in the Smithsonian deposit of the LII
brary of Congress. to over 5o0,0oo
titles.
At session held two months later.
December 3. in the room of the Vice
PRESIDENT in the Capitol, the great
physicist from Princeton. Joseph Henry,
was elected secretary of the institu-
tlon He accepted and entered upon his
duties December 21. 1916, among the
first of which was the drafting of
plan of operations. Henry's plan, at
once adopted by the board was so
broad in its conception and so wise in
its provisions that it has had few modi-
fcations since that date.
In general the institution was to fur
ther knowledge by carrying on or as
sisting Investigations in all branches
of arts and sciences, and to dissent
nate the results of such researches by
publication. No restriction was made
in favor of any kind of knowledge, and
hence each branch was entitled to re-
ceive share of attention. The act di-
rected. as part of the plain of organi-
cation, the founding of library, a mu-
scum and a gallery of art, and made
provision for researches, explorations
and lectures.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
VOTE ON ROAD BONDS.
One District in Alexandria County
for Issue. Other Against.

A vote was taken Tuesday in Alex
andria county, Va. on a bond issue.
amounting to approximately 100000.
for permanent roads in that section of
the Old Dominion. The county is
divided into three districts-northern.
central and southern districts.
The northern district. or what is
known, as Washington district. voted
in favor of the proposition. and as a
result was bonded to the extent of
S125,0O0. This will take in the sub
urban section from cherrydale to Falls
Church. In the Arlington or middle
district the bond issue lost by twenty
eight votes. The bond issue in this dis
trict was for $175.000
The lower district, which includes
that -section which is provided with
several splendid highways at the pres
ent time. including Mount Vernon ave-
nue., did not participate in the voting
for this reason.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
ACCIDENTS IN THE STREETS.
Persons Are Hurt as Result Of Col
isions With Wagons.

Thomas Holly. colored. fourteen years
old. 1921 Alabama avenue. Congress
Heights, last night took advantage Of
the snow and enjoyed a coasting trip
on hill hear his home. His outing
was suddenly interrupted when his
sled came In contact with a wagon at
the foot Of the, hill. The police took
him to Casualty Hospital and had an
Injury to his head dressed.
Charles Mauars, 918 9Th street south
west. last night about $50 o'clock was
knocked off his wagon at 7th and B.
streets southwest as a result Of a COL
ltsion between his wagon and Chevy
Chase car in charge of Motorman
Adolph Peyton. His left leg was hurt
and his horse received a severe injury
to its neck.
A collision between a street car on
the Cabin John bridge line and de-
livery wagon belonging to N. H. Shea
occurred at Wisconsin avenue and P
street yesterday afternoon. The car
fender was slightly damaged.
Evening star., 1916-12-14

Pennybacker, senator from Virginia;
Representatives Robert Dale owen of
Indiana. William J. Hough Of New
York and Henry w. Hilliard of Ala
bama: Rufus Choate Of Massachusetts
Gideon Hawley of New York, Richard
Rush of Pennsylvania, and Alexander
Dallas Bache and Col. Joseph q. Totten
Of the National Institute According
to the records of the institution, Sena-
tor Sidney Breese of Illinois and Rep
resentative William C. Preston, of South
Carolina were absent from the initial
session of the first meeting.
The original number Of regents was
fifteen. but today the board includes
only fourteen, the position of mayor
of Washington having been abolished
in 1871.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
International in Its Scope.

Today. after seventy years, the opera
tions of the institution are continued
along these same general lines. al
though other features have been in
corporated. 1t is international in its
scope and governmental in it's afilia-
tions. now administering several gov
ernment-supported bureaus. some of
which had their origin in the institu-
tion's early activities. Among these
governmental branches are: The
United States National Museum, in
Guiding the National Gallery of Art, the
official depository of all national col
lections: the bureau of American eth
nology, which conducts and records
studies of American aborigines; the
Astrophysical Observatory, which in
vestigates the physical properties of
the sun: the National Geological Park,
the International Exchange Service,
the official medium for the exchange
of publications with foreign govern
ments. and the regional bureau for the
United States of the International Cat
alogue of Scientific Literature. which
prepares and publishes an annual clas-
sified index of all the scientific pub
Hcations of the world.
The first secretary. Prof. Henry, was
succeeded in 1873 by Spencer Fuller
ton Baird, a noted zooloeist and the
founder of the United States fish COM
mission. He in turn was followed by
Samuel Pierpont Langley. astronomer
and physicist, who in 1896 demonstrat-
ed the practicability of aerial naviga-
steam driven 'aerodrome." the earliest
of modern aeroplanes
On January 23. 1907, about a year
after the death of Secretary Langley,
DR.. Charles Doolittle Walcott, geolo-
gist and paleontologist, then director
of the United States geological survey.
was elected secretary of the institu-
ton. Besides his administrative work.
DR.. Walcott. by his continued inves-
tigations and publications, has adj
vanced to a remarkable degree our
knowledge of the invertebrate animals
which lived millions of years ago.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
COST OF DELIVERY, 100000.
Was Nearly s Per Cent Of Mer.
:. -, chants' Gross Sales.

: The cost of the delivery of ice, coal
and wood. milk and department. store
merchandise in the National Capital
amounted to 100000. or about 8 per
cent of total gross sales of about
se,ooo.ooo. according to a report on. the
preliminary survey on the subject of
city carriage just completed by the
census bureau.
The result confirms the general i'm
preston, the report states, that the
cost Of city carriage or local distribu-
ton is a factor Of considerable mag
nttude in the price paid by the con-
sumner. Secretary Redfeld Of the De-
partment of Commerce will detail ex-
perts for the purpose of making a more
comprehensive study of the subject of
delivery cost in relation to the prices
OF commodities. -.f
Evening star., 1916-12-14
Establishment of the Institution.

In accordance with the will of James
Smithson. an Englishman, dated Oc-
tober 26. 1926. his fortune of somewhat
over $oO0.0oo was left in trust to the
United States of America, to found at
Washington, ID. c.. an establishment
for the increase and diffusion of
knowledge among men," Smithson died
three years later. on June 81, 1929, and
his bequest was acquired in 1888, but
1t was not until August 10, 1916, that
President Polk signed the act of Con-
gress establishing the Smithsonian In
stitution. in consonance with the be-
nevoient intentions of the founder
The act provided. among other things,
for a board of regents. which was
charged with the conduct of the insti-
tution's affairs, and was to be COM
posed of the Vice President and the
Chief Justice of the United States, the
mayor of the city Of Washington. three
senators. three representatives and six
citizens at large. 1t also provided that
one of the board should be elected
chancellor.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
Review of Years Work.

The report of the executive committee
OF the board was presented for the
fiscal year ended June 80. 1915, and ac-
cepted.
The report of Secretary Walcott for
the fiscal year was presented and ac-
cepted by the board. Dr.. Walcott then
reviewed the recent work carried on
and outlined the principal operations
now under way
He stated bequest by the late artist.
Henry W. Ranger, gives the National
Gallery of Art the opportunity of Sc
Iectins and purchasing such paintings
be deemed desirable. the selected paint
ings being paid for from the hanger
fund H-='.-~''+4 - .
Following adjournment the regents
inspected an interesting exhibit illus
trating some of the many lines of
work IN which the institution or it's
branches took part during the past
year.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
PLAN FOR MILLION
DOLLAR ART HOME
Two Years to See Completion
of Freer Gift to Smith
sonian.
REGENTS YEARLY MEETING

The million-dolIar art building do
mated to the Smithsonian Institution
by Charles L. Freer to house his col
lection of American and oriental art,
also presented to that organization.
will be completed probably in two
years. This announcement was made
today by Secretary Charles D. Wal
colt to the board of regents of the
Smithsonian Institution at the seventy
first annual meeting.
Another interesting announcement
made by DIR. Walcott was to the effect
that work of the Langley aerody
namical laboratory has not ceased with
the death of DIR. Langley and that much
of the work is going on under the
direction of the national advisory COM
mittee for aeronautics. In conjunc-
tion with the weather bureau, the
Langley laboratory is mapping out the
atmosphere over the whole United
States and adjoining areas to a height
of 90 feet.
Evening star., 1916-12-14

Mrs. Ada c. Payne. Miss Katharine Polk
inHUrn. Miss Clara Willard. Mrs Mat
thew Trimble and Miss Catherine b.
Barlow.
Evening star., 1916-12-14
Resources of Institution.

= The total resources of the Smith
sonian Institution are s1,04S. .134.3S, ac-
cording to the report of the executive
board The total income, last year, was
s1O7.662.46
The board of regents assembled in
the boardroom of the Smithsonian In
stitution building. at 10 o'clock this
morning. Chief Justice Edward D.
White of the Supreme Court of the
United States presided. Others present
were Vice President Marshall, senators
Lodge of Massachusetts and Henry F.
Hollis of New Hampshire, Representa-
tives Ernest w. Roberts of Massachu-
setts and James T. Lloyd of Missouri
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and John
Il. Henderson, jr., of Washington, and
Mr. Charles F. Choate, jr., of Boston
/. DIR. Walcott announced the reap
pointment by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives Scott Ferris and
Ernest W. Roberts and the appoint
ment of James T. Lloyd of Missouri to
succeed Maurice Connolly of Iowa,
whose term in Congress had expired.
Announcement was made also of the
reappointment of DIR. Alexander Graham
Bell as citizen" regent by a joint reso-
luton OF Congress. DIR. Bell was re-
elected also member of the execu-
tive committee. The resignation of
Dr- Andrew d. White of Ithaca, N Y,
was presented and accepted. reso-
luton was adopted by the board in
appreciation of his long and valued
service of nearly thirty years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22
IMPROVEMENT IN EQUIPMENT

Munitions addressed
allied he attributed it's efecvne.s to the
lei 0 ammunition"
total
eaeos SSs for Ana
to our leading the battle on and the rank and upon
depend for final victory?
nen, temperance workers
81 we rs TX. ali modern s 81
we are decreasing the use Of IT. and the fact we do not rss
s % it a s.e One sa ms ws
DR. J. w. Preston, Roanoke. writes Replying in
aury wcd that in far informed few II
of injured Many rarely
cnbra Your letter nauiTy relative the effects Of
stmulant all Its effect apparent and not real stimulation
ferins activity should in small
quantities just as any narcotic drug On the whole am using far
along witt very we'll"
Simple reason tha don't think it is vy much of edieine There
thing else that $ better"
From the ygeia HOSPITAL and sanaoum of Richmond Dr.
the h inst resardng the nsfs and the use Of alcohol
n use at all the a % Of the a Hospital dn
medicine universally
II believe hat
cost of alcohol should not be by dollars
would upon deieterous supposed
value both beverage and therapeutic
but life i,seit proves ' A''"0' e0' no" merely '0a's
n he of weitr
makers who fight for purity purpoefulness of life?
They look for generation of boys and girls who will
ali that
snd a"ay o opr efforts % hes @ S M
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22
A RELIC OF ANTIQUITY.

them opsn for travel without
money and without price"
Our Norfolk contemporary is an au.
thority on the subject OF toll-gates
for. between toii-roads and toll,
bridges, the wayfarer in Norfoih
County was once sorely beset. We are
not advised as to the present condi-
tons.
The existence of toli-roads is an
admission that the public officials have
failed to do their duty Toll-gates
should be abolished as a nuisance ana
an uncailed for tax upon progress
State or county should provide
proper thoroughfares wherever need
ed. They are not a proper outlet for
private enterprise.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22

guest of relatives in Johnson City and
Abingdon for the past several weeks,
has returned home.
The public schools of Lee County
were opened today However. the
high school at Jonesville will not
open until the first week in September.
Miss Elizabeth Wynn. of this place.
has accepted position as teacher in
the school at Belfast Mills. Virginia.
and left this morning for that place.
Large preparations are being made
for the tenth annual exhibit of the
Lee County Fair Association. Addi-
tional buildings are being erected on
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22
Road, three miles out of the city

Road, three miles out of the city
limits.
The dead are: John Neidig, aged
fifty-two years a hotel proprietor. of
Palmyra, Frank Steffy, aged forty-five,
of Lebanon. passenger train con-
ductor of the Cornwall and Lebanon
Railroad.
The injured are: Lee Michael. a
Lebanon hotel man. Charles Youtz.
Michaers bartender. Warren Smith. a
printer Bert Walmer, a clerk.
The party was on the way to re-
sort on Swartara Creek, to participate
in a picnic given by local fraternal
organization.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22

New York. Aug. 2l.-Democratic
National Chairman Vance Mccormick
will take another dash to Chicago to-
morrow. Despite assurances from
Senator walsh. in charge at Demo-
cratic headquarters there, that things
are lovely. Mccormick Is anxious about
the ALTITUDE of Roger sullivan and his
followers.
Sullivan Immediately after Walsh
was put In command in Chicago an
nounccd that he would forget Will
son and devote his efforts to electing
his local ticket.
The declaration for Hughes OF Ray
mond Robins, the Illinois Progressive
leader. has also upset McCorm1ck's
calculations about eorraiiing Illinois
Pregressives.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22
BOARD ASKS FOR BIDS
FOR CITY STORE HOUSE

The Administrative Board yester.
day directed Building Inspector But
| Ter to advertise for bids for the cree
ton of the proposed city storehouse
under plans made by Carneal a John
ston. The bids are returnable Sep
TENDER s. The building will cost
something like $4,000.
On recommendation of the super
intendent of parks, the board declined
TO permit the Pythian Sisters to use
the triangular space at Harrison and
Garry Streets for a lawn party.
Burton Marye was awarded the con-
tract for building a sewer In Hanover
and kensington Avenues. for S1.349.-
10. and the contract for a sewer In
West Street from Taylor to Chat
fin and along Chaffin to corporate linn
its. was awarded to W. r. Carter for
s1.372S0.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22

Those Republican editors who We're
bent upon thrusting war upon Car
rama because he believed that sucn
n step would be necessary TO insure
his reelection. are now writing crisp
editorials to express their opinion that
Mr.. Wilson's peaceful solution OF the
Mexican problem lis traceabie to the
Presidents belief that he could not
be reelected If no plunged the nation
into war.--W. j. Bryan, in the Com
moner
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22

the fair grounds here to accommodate
the large stock exhibit which has al
ready been entered. The dates for the
fair are Sept. 20 to - inclusive.
The crops In this county are prob.
ably better than they have been for
many years. The wheat crop has a.
ready been harvested and tho yield
was remarkably good. The corn haa
reached the point where Z tremsn-
dous crop is assured. The hay crop.
however has been considerably dam
aged by the frequent and heavy rains
which has made the harvesting OF the
hay crop extremely dinicult.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22
Shin lands After Hurricane

Galveston, Texas, Aug, 2l.-With a
list to port of forty degrees, due 30
the shifting of her cargo. and her fla &
at half-mast out of respect 10 Carl
Christensen. twenty nine years old, of
Galveston. who was washed overheard
and drowned, the fruit ship Fort Nor
gan came into port Saturday night
after weathering the tropical hurricane
that struck inland down the coast.
Two of her lifeboats were gone her
doors were smashed In and the frame
work of her upper decking was washed
away. A large part of her cargo. con-
sisting of 5000 stems of bananas, Will
he a loss.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22

Ihe Norfolk vsrwfnian-Pilot recent
y bad the following to say on tn
gnsse3on Of soi-sates:
we notice that In some coun-
Mes OF Virginia the suggestion OF
building ton-roads is receiving
Il cOnsid GRAFTON. 1t is entitled TO
none. II Ia far more economical
II Tor any community to tax itself
outright for the construction and
maintenance of free highways
4 than to resurrect a system which,
4 under the gutse OF saving direct
{ expenditure. 10 perpetual bur
81 6en on the public and an effectual
4 distraction TO development. A
1 contemporary refers to a toll-gate
~ a relic OF the dark ages. The
Agricultural community WI h
resurrects II will be Stunned by
Il Investors and settlers. A far
wiser policy would be for the State
~ 0r counties to take over the few
u remaining turnpikes for whose
use charge LIS made and throw
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22
VIII Probe Election Charges.

Washington Aug. 21.-A federal
grand jury investigation OF fraud
charges in the primary election in Min
go and Mcdowell Counties, West Vir-
GINA, was determined upon Saturday
at a conference between Department
Of Justice attorney for the southern
district of that State.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22
LET HEALTH AUTHORITIES ACT.

S$ The virginian Is confident that tho
SoOple OF the state will back to the
|NSmtt such action locking to an ad-
nnAte and effective quarantine as the
18th authorities Of the State may
lido upon at their meeting this
1bsning.
| - the only newspaper in Virginia
persistently demand a quarantine
Nfnst the infected area. The Rich
nd virgtnian IL more than graft
~ that the State Health Department
determined upon energetic meas
nna<iy. W are certain that there
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22

Hughes. as a guest at a luncheon
served by strike breaking waters, is
quite a contrast to Wilson working
night and day TO get just settlement
OF the great railroad problem.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22
Boiled Down Items
From Everywhere
Two Killed as Auto Oyer,urns.

Lafayette, Ind. Aug. 21.-Postmas-
ter Robert Robbins, of Woicott, and
his Wife were killed at IL o'clock
Saturday night, when an automobile
IN which they were riding overturned
In ditch following a collision with Il
wagon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-22

State. and express the hope that they
will be led by no considerations OF
false economy to make themselves
satisfied with anything less than an
effective quarantine against all D
fecfed areas.