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The Washington times., 1917-10-15
VIII Act nj. Once.

As q practIcing lawyer, Commits
sioner Gardiner had no superior and
few equals as an insurance attor-
ney. He has made it q study Tor
Years and understands the ancient In
surance laws Of the District. When
he gives notice that plucking the pup
lie will not be tolerated by him IL
means something. His definite state
unent that sThether q rotten insurance
company apparently has. the existing
law with Il makes no difference &c
him II the public Is being bilked J
that he win act anyhow in behalf OF
rnIsinformed people and for honest m
/. surance will carry genuine tright INTO
concerns that are alleged to have neen
taking advantage Of conditions tnAt
have heretofore existed:
Insurance Commissioner NesoiI
who Is out Of Washington for week,
has been enforcing the insurance laws
10 the best OF his ability, exeeuune
the regulations to the fullest extent
Backed now by re determination OF
Mr.. Gardiner to construe the laws
stfiI more literally in behalf OF the
public. there is ever. promise OF
big shake-up in this city MT. Mes
bit and the District Commissioner
have heretofore urged Congress tc
cure the defects In the present laws
and regulations, but could not gel
action.
Commissioner Gardeners purpose Fl
to pursue this subject until Con-
-Eress enacts laws that will wipe oui
every possibility OF fraudulence anC
weakness.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15

Mr.. Gardiner is so interested in
plans to break up automobile speed
ing that he personally trailed q. Vio-
Ietor of the law Sunday afternoon.
He has the number of the machine
and something may come Of II. Mr.
Gardiner was on his way toward his
farm in Prince Georges county. Co
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
FINANCIAL
The Safest Investments

Are those that do not nuctuats during dis
turhed conditions Of the money or stock mar
keta First deed Of trust notes lnrst mort
rares), well secured on real estate In the
District Of Columbia, constitute "gnt-edge
investments, and they 90 not oepend upon
corporations for their stability. We can sup
ply such Investments In amounts nom 30
upward. Send for booklet. Concerning
Loans and Investments"
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
GERMANY sEIzEs INITIALS.

coPENHAGEN, Oct 16r-Ths eroT
ing difficulty OF obtaining iron and
steel for war purposes IN Germany 4
Indicated by an imperial regulator
Just promulgated IN Berlin. eonnscat
ing stocks OF structural IRON and
steel. common tubing, shesting. casi
Iron, and east steel.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
WAR DECLARED
ON INSURANCE
CROOKS HERE;
GARDINERBUSY
By BILL PRICE.

Commissioner Gardiner is on the
varpath against CROOKED" Insurance
companies doing business in Wash
ington, and he will stick TO their trail
until Congress gives the District
modern insurance laws under which
to operate.
"rm going to protect the people at
all hazards" he declared today. IF
existing laws do not cover rottenness
I'm going to act anyhow and the con-
Germs interested may crRyr the grieV-
ances to the courts. Then we Will go
to Congress and obtain the laws that
are essential to safety for the public
In its investments in life, accident,
Ore, and other forms OF insurance
Within a day or SO Mr.. Gardner
will revoke the license OF one ira
ternaI insurance company now doing
business which he believes cannot
make good its promise to benenci-
aries Another company that was being
promoted here received s tip that
the Commissioner would like to know
more about Its affairs, but so far the
Invitation has not been accepted
The Washington times., 1917-10-15

ing southeast on New Jersey avenue,
a big Cadillac car passed with a
whiz.
1--WE will see how fast he goes"
said the Commissioner to his private
secretary. You watch the speed
ometer," The driver OF the Cadillac
shot by the police station on New
Jersey avenue at twenty-five miles an
hour and as he started up the hill
toward the Capitol, put on more gas,
going through the Capitol Grounds
at twenty-slx miles an hour. The oc-
cupants Of the machine looked back
ward frequently to see II q motor cop
was following them. They paid no
attention to Mr.. Gardeners machine.
1--WE must break up speeding In
this town, and it's being done now, as
shown by the number OF arrests yes
terday-forty-four"- Mr.. Gardi'
ner. II heartily concur In the sug-
gestion that citizens report to Police
Headquarters the numbers OF ma
chimes that are speeding. II three
different responsible citizens report
at different times the same machine
number, then 1 think Il Is time to
take action, Superintendent Pull
man, Of the Police Department, is
heartily in accord with the desire OF
the Commissioners to lessen the dan
gers foWashington streets.
Fair Play For Autos.
"Whiis want to see the public
given every protection against speed
violators, I Llso think something
should be done to protect automobil
lists against the people who step into
the streets reading newspapers ol
letters, absent-mindedly and disre'
Kardful of themselves and others
Frequently, when IL is raining, people
will, covered by umbrellas. step righl
on the sidewalks into the way oi
machine drivers. seemingly uncon-
cerned as to danger. and place th'
entire responsibility of avoiding acci
dents upon drivers. II there are NJ
police regulations covering this the!
should be made"
Superintendent Pullman welcomes
the monitor system, and is glad e
have citizens report to headquarteri
all violations Of the law, although
recognizing that often such report
| may be actuated by personal spite o.
| dislike. Major Pullman has for year
given police badges to members o
! safety-nrst organizations to enable
1 them to make arreBts for vi9lation
OF the traffic regulations but Their
has never been an instance OF arres
by holders Of these badges. He sug
gested today that they might aid II
the crusade against traffic accidents.
Major Pullman today directed tn
i Police Department to pay partieula
attention to unlighted lamps on Al
kinds Of vehicles after sundown, tax
| ing the position that failure to pro
i vide lights at the right time causes
number OF accidents
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
THE WASHINGTON TINES, MONDAY OCTOBER 15. 1sl7.
FIRE INSURANCE
RATE IS TOO HIGH,
SAYSC.F.NESB|T

Declaring the cost OF fire insurance
in the District to be excessive. Charles
+, Nesbit. in his annual report sub
mitted to the Commissioners today
strongly urges the enactment OF the
sheppard bill giving the Insurance de-
partment control over rate-making
bodies.
The public, he says, Is rightly de-
mandinE fire insurance at q lower
cost, and "the final and not improo-
able result Of a persistent refusai Oh
the stock fire insurance companies TO
mend their ways will be that-the husi-
ness Of fire insurance will be under
taken by the States"
Loss one-Third Of Cost.
Superintendent Nesoits report shows
that since the establishment Of the In
suranee, department in 1902, there
have been received in premiums IN the
District SIC, ,p20, ,O36, and the total loss
es paid have been $3,S17,ST6.
i 'SThis shows" says the report, that
the losses paid equal only IS cents out
OF each dollar paid In premiums
These figures seem more startling 70
the, average person than to those In
1 the Insurance. business. who have
come 70 look upon IS cents received
! out of each dollar as . not excessive
expense ratio for conducting the fire
insurance business.
The fire insurance business could DC
conducted with . commission OF 10 per
cent for the first year and per cent
for renewals.
Is' Expensive
The conclusions reached by Superin'
tendent Nesbit as to frs insurance
costs are;
First-Fire insurance today Is ex
eeasIvely expensive, and the public II
beginning 10 realize this fact
second-That mutual Ore insurance
| cornpanies do business at lower cost
and on a more satisfactory. basil
theory and their extension may be ex
pected as one Of the remedies for higf
cost of Insurance.
Third-That 9 great deal OF the ex
pense of stock IRE Insurance Is un
:. necessary and can be eliminated by
the companies II they want to DO Il.
.Fourth-If no efforts are made b.
those Companies to reduce expensei
Il will become Increasingly prooaoi.
that the stats will undertake the bust
ness of fre Insurance..
The total premiums paid In life In
uurance in the District during tn
calendar year 1916 amounted Z
a. 900. .347.16, and the total losses pai'
to 1884, ,112.3e. These are divided a
: follows:
Premiums Losses
? Received. Paid.
Life .... 1904 .oe415 s2,eS2,o2s.o
Fire and ma
rtne 1,Oe0'loI-gO o' !.
Miscellaneous I6O'2ll.oo zoo'SAo-A
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
PRODUCE MARKET.

Ths following were the prevailing prices Et
the Municipal Farmers' Produce MARKET to-
day. according to the Department OF weights.
Measures. and Aarksts Of the District;
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
FINANCIAL

THE NEW YORK. NEW HIVE AM
HARTFORD RAILROAD coMPAMf.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
LOCAL BOND. MARKET.
GAS BONDS.
RAILROAD BONDS.
MISCELLANEOUS BOND

Cap. Traction r. R. Vs. Is !
Wash. Ry. q Elec. Fs... -
Wash. Alex. 4 Mt v. Hs- -.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
ropArs SALES.

Iital rraction-
The Washington times., 1917-10-15

soL.Aeogt z year. q ,,s So. -, n WA'i's-i'
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
HOW TO MAKE HENS
LAY IN THE WINTER

Poultry owners who wish to Oh
tain satisfactory production of eggs
during the fall and early winter
should arrange to hatch pullets in
March or April Birds Matched at
this time will be we'll matured in the
lall. Furthermore, a greater proper
ton of them will go broody early in
the spring, thus completing the cir
Gle necessary for production in the
fall.
Pullets Matched in the spring can
be induced to lay more abundantly
in the winter IL they are properly
housed, and handled. On the aver
age general farm, very few eggs are
secured at the time when the eggs
bring highest prices. 1t will pay
the poultry owner, therefore, to de-
vote little trouble to providing his
birds with the most favorable sur
roundings for winter.
The house should be thoroughly
cleaned, disinfected, and made tight
before the cold wea ther sets In. i
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23

the house has a dirt floor, it is we'll
to remove or inches of dirt from
the top and to replace this material
with dry gravel sand. On cement
or wooden floors or 5 inches of
fresh straw or litter may be thrown
down after the floor has been clean
ed.
Ventilation is another important
factor to consider The house should
be tight on three sides, but for the
fourth muslin curtains may be US
ed for one-third to one-half it's ex-
tent. In any case, there should be
some ventilation in the house, even
on the coolest nights. Fowls stand
considerable cold air, provided is
is dry, and ventilation will keep the
air thoroughly dry in the house. On
the other hand, drofts are likely to
cause roup aud other trouble.
Many farmers in feeding their
| birds, overlook the fact that the
| beef scrap or some similar feed is
very essential during the winter If
a good supply of eggs is to be OBJ
| tanned A convenient method of feed
ing beef scrap is in a mash of three
parts corn meal and one part OF
| each of wheat bran, wheat middlings
and beef scrap. SKINNED milk OF
buttermilk may be used in the place
of the beef scrap, but if the supply
is limited some scrap also should be
fed.
In experiments conducted by thu
department it was found that TO
the first four months pullets fed ;
ration containing beef scrap produc
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23

ed on an average, Ais eggs, while
those fed the same ration without
the scrap produced only 1877. The
cost of feeding the latter birds was
% cents higher for every dozen
eggs produced than in the case Of
the pullets and fed beef scrap.
The birds should always have
plenty to eat, but they also should
always be eager for each meal. II
one-third of the scratch grain fur
nished them is fed in the morning
and two thirds at night, the birds
will take more exercise than IL they
receive all the grain they desire In
the morning. Good scratch mixtur-
es may be made of equal parts by
weight of cracked corn, wheat, and
oats, or two parts Of cracked corn
and one part each of wheat and oats.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
PANACA CITIZENS FORM
NEW IRRIGATION COMPANY

Articles of incorporation of the
Panaca Irrigation company have been
filed in the Office OF County Clerk
Denton, the capital stock of which
is 1900 shares of the par value of
$40 each. The incorporators are
James A. Wadsworth.
1t is understood that the organic
alton of this company is prepar-
atory move in the direction of pro-
viding a waterworks system for the
town of Panaca, in addition to the
uses for irrigation.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
ANNUAL STATEMENT

OF the Atlanta-Home Gold Mining
Company. for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1916.
Location of Mine, Atlanta mining
district, Lincoln County, State Of Ne
vada.
DIR.
January /, 1916, To cash on hand,
$216.19.
Sale of stock, $39.S0917
CIR.
Mine expenses in the year 1916,
$29.4S3.24.
Paid general expenses in the year
1916, $4,595.22.
Balance on hand December 81,
1916, $5,94690.
NJ JUSTICE,
Secretary
Atlanta-Home Gold Mining Co.
First Pub. Feb. 16; last Pub. Mar 16
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
NOTICE OF APPLICATION

For Permission to Appropriate the
Public Waters of the State OF Ne
vada. Application No. 4213.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of November, 1916, in ac-
cordance with Section So, Chapter
40, of the Statutes of 1918, Will
liam G. Lamb and William S. Lamb.
of Alamo, County of Lincoln, and
State of Nevada, made application
to the State Engineer of Nevada for
permission to appropriate the public
waters of the State of Nevada. Such
appropriation is to be made from
Elderberry Spring, on the East side
of Sheep Mountains, near the North
end of said mountain, and about
eight miles West of Coyote Springs,
Lincoln County, Nevada, at pcint
in the SW14 of NEA, Sec. II, TIL
S., R. 81 E., M. d. B. & NJ, by means
of development, and one cubic feet
per second is to be conveyed to the
SW4 of NE Sec. u, T. IL s., r.
81 E., M.DB& NJ. by means of pipes
and bitches, and there used fer do
nestle and stock watering purposes.
Water not to be returned to stream.
Signed: w. NJ. KEARNEY,
State Engineer.
First pub. Jan. 20; last, Feb 23
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
ANNUAL STATEMENT

or the Santa .Fe Mining company
for the year ending December 81,
1916.
Location of Mine, Searchlight, Min
ming District, Searchlight, Clark
County, Nevada.
DIR.
To assessments collected during
the year 1916, 100000.
CIR.
Mine expenses during the year
1915, $4,000.
Paid general expenses in the year
1916, $194.0O.
B. MACREADY
Manager
Santa Fee Mining Co.
First Pub, Feb. %; last Pub, Mar.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
ANNUAL STATEMENT

OF the hamburger Exploration
Company, for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1916.
Location of Mine, Phoebe, Lincoln
County, Nevada.
DIR.
To Amount received from other
sources, $169.7S.
CIR.
Paid general expenses in the year
1916, $1,SS4.24.
overdraft, sl,714.46.
]. B. BEAN.
Secretary.
Bamberger Exploration Co.
First Pub. Feb. 16; last Pub. Mar. 16
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
ANNUAL STATEMENT

OF the DeLamar Exploration Co,
for the year ending December 81,
1916.
Location of Mine, Ferguson Min
ing District, Lincoln County, State
of Nevada.
DIR.
To Amount received from other
sources, $233.70.
CIR.
Paid general expenses in the year
1916, S646.45.
HERBERT COHEN,
Secretary.
DeLamar Exploration Co.
First Pub. Feb. 16; last Pub. Mar. 1 6
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
Harold Edwards Dead

The Record regrets to learn of
the death of Harold, 12-year-old
son Of Bishop and Mrs. w. H. Ed
shortly before neutrality-suspicious.
wards of Panaca, which occurred
young man had been in poor health
for some time.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
Charged With Assault and Battery

c. r. Goodwin. manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph company.
in Elko. caused the arrest of w. M.
Doyle, proprietor of the Commercial
hotel, charging him with assault and
battery. The two men are said to
have inl llged in fist fight in the
lobby of the hotel.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
Cough Remedy Most
Etfectual

II have taken a great many bot
ties of Chamberlain Cough Rene
dy and every time it has cured me-
l have found 1t most effectual for a
hacking cough and for colds. After
taking 1t a cough always disappears
writes ]. r. Moore, Lost Valley, Ga.
Obtainable everywhere.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
CulverweIls File Suit

Chas. and William Culverwell are
the plaintiffs in an action filed
against the Viola Mining company,
which operated the Cherokee-Ne' ada
mine near Caliente. The suit was
brought to recover claims, assign I'd
and otherwise, amounting tc S6O6.
The property of the company has
been attached.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-23
Christ Church Mission

First Sunday in Lent, February
25, 1917.
Holy Communion, s a. m; Holy
Communion and sermon, IL a. M;
Evening Prayer and sermon, 1880
D. m. All are welcome.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
Citizens May Not
Bargain Away Rights

This obligation to protect the citi-
zen abroad goes so far that no gov
ernment will even allow a citizen to
bargain away the right of appeal.
Certain countries have passed laws
providing that concessions and prop
erty rights are granted to foreigners
upon the condition that the latter
agree to rest their rights wholly with
the courts Of that country and under
no circumstances to appeal to their
home government. under penalty of
forfeiture. but the leading countries
Of the world, including the United
States, decline to accept such legis-
lation and such agreements as bind
ing. They hold it to be contrary
to their own public policy to allow
their citizens to thus pledge away
their rights, just as the courts OF
this country holi to be void an
: agreement by which a workman re-
leases his employer from liability
for personal injuries. The rights
Of an American citizen abroad are
Of concern to the American people
and the government does not wish
such rights to be impaired. More
over, there is principle involved
which is broader than mere Jealousy
for the interests of one country, the
same principle which is involved in
our contention that neutral citizen:
have the right in time of war tC
travel in belligerent merchant ships
We maintain the right Of interna
tional intercourse upon the sole
ground upon which all individual
rights and national rights must al
last rest, to-wit: that its exercise
by all peoples is in the interest Of
civilization and for the good Of the
world.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24

coming in greater or less degree
the proprietors or creditors of Me
enterprises. Such transactions Gre
ate international investments. This
is what critics call the "eXploltation'
Of one country by another. 1t was
under "cxploitation" of this char
acter, at the hands of England, Hol-
land and the other countries Of
Western Europe. that the develop
mont of the United States was 50
rapidly accomplished, until it is now
i'm position to exploit other coun-
tries in turn. In this manner New
England "explcited' the Middle
West, and the Middle West exploited
the Far West and the Middle and
Far West overfowed into the Cana
dian Northwest, and has been "ex-
plotting" that region by developing
its resources.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
Private Property Right
VIGOROUSLY CHALLENGED

There is a moral obligation upon
the inhabitants of every country to
become q part of the international
community, to fit themselves for
membership in it and to make such
contribution as they can to its well
fare. The right to occupy a portion
Of the earth's surface is not abso-
lutte; it is undoubtedly qualified by a
proper consideration for the general
welfare. The right to private prop
erty in land is vigorously challenged
and must be justified at last upon the
theory that the interests Of the COM
munity are best served by the assur-
2nce of continual possession which
ownership gives. In England the
government has just been authorized
by an act of Parliament to enter upon
land which is not being titled by the
owner, or which is being ineiiiciently
tiled, and take charge Of its cultiva-
tion, and that action is consistent
with the theory that on the whole
the largest production is to be OBJ
tanned through the policy Of private
ownership.
The same principle applied to the
international community would re-
quire the inhabitants of every coun-
try to make some reasonable use OF
the natural riches which are in their
possession. It would be an unrea
sonable assertion of the right of pos
session to maintain that the North
American Indians would have been
entitled to occupy this Continent for
ever without development. And so
where the population of a country is
so backward in capacity for govern
ment that the country is dominated
by the arbitrary will of "A few. or
where for the same reason it seems
impossible to maintain that state of
order which is the first requisite of
Industrial progress, it becomes a fair
question whether the outside world
IT, not justified in imposing some au-
thority or government.
IL - idle 10 argue over the abstract
right or advisability Of any people
New-York tribune., 1917-06-24
Food Needs Are
Underestimated

1t is hard to make the country ur
derstand what may be ahead Of n,
says H. l.. Litchfeld, head Of an Low,
implement concern. This is eyiSs,,
he points out, from a fear On n.
part of some farmers that the IN.
creased acreage going under cult.
walton this year in the United States
and the disposition to cultivate nor,
intensively, will perhaps give US an
overproduction. They don't seem D,
understand that the United STATE,
could double its tonnage of foOdstuT,
and still have them many times ah
sorbed by the starving nations at ou,
elbow.
"The time was" he says, "whs,
one section Of our own United STATE,
could go hungry while another sec.
tion was burning its corn for fuel,
end in still more recent times pas,
end passing nations have starred
while other nations wasted .neil
abundance. To-day the world Ia,
been made so small through modern
communication, transports ion and
world acquaintance that no na,io,
can starye unless the werld staHs,
with it.