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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-24

REAL ESTATE BARGAINS
$500 buys a 5-room cottage on we'll
located corner lot; $500 cash and
reasonable terms on balance.
$4,000 Five-room bungalow; modern
except heat; good corner loca-
ton; only $500 cash required.
$500 Splendid. strictly modern, 4-room
bungalow with sleeping porch
and garage; dandy location; $500
cash required.
$4,000 Close-in. 7-room dwelling; mod
ern except heat; in fine condi-
ton; sleeping porch and garage;
reasonable terms.
$4,000 Splendid improved so on Eagle
bench; good house and out
buildings; paid-up water right;
good well; family orchard: all
in hay, grain and pasture.
w. Il. PIERCE & CO.
The Old Reliable
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
We Have the Bargains.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-24
SOME GOOD HOUSE BUYS

We have new five-room bungalow,
modern but heat, hard wood floors,
garage. lots, splendid soil where
you can raise your own garden.
s37b0-$1000 cash. balance like rent.
At Riverside we offer a nice little
5-room house with n quarter OF an
acre of ground for 1880, 5000 down.
SIS month
w. I. BOOTH,
S07 Bannock st.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-24
FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE
Farms and Ranches

10 ACRES 3k miles from Boise on
graveled road and car line, for sale
by owner. Terms. Phone 6J2.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-24
APPLICATION FOR GRAZING PER.
MlTC

attorney Tor Petitioner,
500 Idaho Bldg. Boise. Ida. Adv. Do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
GIVES AID FOR COOKS
Householders No Longer Required
to Roughly Estimate in Pre-
pairing Food.

| Householders need no longer make
rough estimates of food commodities
which go into the preparation Of table
food.
| The bureau Of standards Of the Do
partment Of Commerce, which is giving
valuable aid in the government cam
paigrf to reduce the cost of living, yes
terday announced pubicatlon OF caro-
tell the housewife exactly the proper
tons of staple food articles. On this
card is printed condensed information
relative to questions any housewife
might ask.
weights per bushel Of the common vege-
tables and fruits, weights per cup Of
rice, cornmeal, raisins, bread crumbs.
chopped meat and other food articles,
pounds per bushel of several common
dry commodities and table of avoir-
dupois weight are printed on the card.
Equivalents OF capacity in fluid ounces
, of common kitchen measures, SO that
cooking directions given in fluid ounces
may be translated into common kitchen
measures, are given in a valuable table.
The common weights of fruits and vege-
tables and weights per cubic foot of
coal, coke, sand, gravel and woods are
included in the tables of weights, and
simple rules for determining measure
ment are also on the card.
The bureau recommends, in connec-
ton with determining proper pro-
portions of table foods. that each
household be equipped with a good
household weights and measures set.
These should be tested and bear the
seal Of a weights and measures Of
fetal.
Copies of the card may be obtained
by writing to the Bureau of Standards
and requesting miscellaneous publi-
cations. No. 80, household weights
and measures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31

not given out by this ONCE. Both houses
funds needed, and the committees af--
fairs will be Hquidated as rapidly and
as thoroughly as possible"
Mr.. Ellsworth told the congressional
committees that he had refused to pay
some accounts approved by Chairman
Creel.
at appear that Immediately after the
signing of the armistice," said Mr.. Els
worth. practically all OF the officials OF
the committee threw UP their Jobs and
returned to private life. leaving but a
few minor officials in charge"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
WOULD CURB vIv1sEcTIoN.
Meeting to Be Held in Behalf of
Measure to Exempt Dogs.

A public meeting to arouse feeling
favorable to the bill now in the Sem
ate to exempt dogs from vivisection
Will be held this evening in the Pub
lie Library.
Speakers will be Senator Myers of
Montana, Rt Rev. John Richardson,
Lord Bishop of Fredericton. N. B., and
Jefferson Seligman. Q New York
broker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
Advises Frank Report.

'when there arose need Of procuring
funds from Congress for closing the
committees affairs 1 requested Mr.. Ellis
worth to make a perfectly frank and
full statement to the congressional COM
mittees concerned. 1t was his statement
that appeared in the World. though
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
REPORT STATES COST
OF CREEL COMMITTEE

The committee on public information.
headed by George Creel. cost the gov
eminent about $4,000, 900 and left it's af-
fairs and records in a chaotic condition,
according to an official report now be-
fore Congress, which says that the COM
mittee's accounts cannot be closed for
sion.
Chairman Creel and other officials of
the committee are charged with gross
negligence in handling the governments
funds. in a report by E. K. Ellsworth of
the Council Of National Defense, ap-
pointed to liquidate the committees af-
fairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
Statement by G. B. Clarkson.

When this expose occurred Grosvenor
B. Clarkson, director of the Council of
National Defense. issued the following
statement:
ION August %, 1919, the records and
files of the Committee on Public Infor-
nation were transferred to the United
States Council of National Defense by
order Of the President 1t Immediately
became apparent that some of the COM
mittee's accounts were in such confused
shape as to demand thorough examina-
ton. / so advised Secretary Baker,
chairman of the council. who at once
concurred in my recommendation that
a complete investigation be made.
Whereupon. on August %, 1 appointed
f. K. Ellsworth of the councils staff
liquidating officer Of the committee,
with instructions to clear up its affairs
thoroughly and expeditiously. To date
$500. 900 has been recovered and $1000.-
900 of the committees unexpended bal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31

ances Is now being turned into the
Treasury Department Mr.. Creel, for
mer chairman of the committee. has
placed himself at our disposal for any
assistance that may be asked of him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
Protests Receievd.


vania avenue have been received at
the Office of The Star and at the Dis
trict building. John w. Thompson,
prominent real estate broker, wrote:
Through the medium of your paper
L wish to enter a protest against the
traff1c situation existing at 14th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, especially
to be parking space for taxicabs
and other cars for hire. While there
Is enough space between that where the
cars are parked and the curbing. con-
siderable danger is entailed in going by
this locality, due to the fact that the
! taxicabs move out from their parking
space without warning in order to pick
up some prospective fare coming out
of the hotel. -Four or five of these cabs
will make the dash at the same time,
and the consequence is that any car
between them and the curb is in
! precarious position.
PERSONALLY, 1 have just escaped
smash on three separate occasions.
Another Objectionable feature Is
the habit of the taxicab drivers in
driving their cars at an exceptionally
slow rate of speed around the block
bounded by Pennsylvania avenue on
| the south, 18th street on the west,
street ON the north and 14th street
on the east. The congestion ensuing
F, from this practice makes it extremely
| difficult to drive a car and also some
! little danger.
81 hope that some relief from this
condition can be brought about in the
near future"
Paul H Moore, in letter to The
Star, says that the stand is a public
nuisance, and that the men on the
stand totally disregard the safety of
! the private owner, in their desire to
| be the first one to pick up fare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
Given Rigid Test.

Mr.. Collins, when interviewed on the
subject, said that the 14th street and
Pennsylvania avenue stand gave the
police department more trouble than
all the other stands in the city. Mr.
Collins said that all the drivers of pub
lie vehicles had to go through rigid
test to secure their licenses, and that
more than 1000 had been issued in the
last fourteen months.
Il have often stood on the corner
and watched the method these men
have Of picking up fares" said Mr..
Collins, "and have promptly made ar
rests when the occasion warranted.
Some of the men have been convicted
in court more than once"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
Law That Governs.

The law regarding the lettering and
stopping of taxicabs and other vehi-
cles on public thoroughfares is con-
tanned in the last District of Column
bia appropriation bill, approved July
II, 1919. 1t is as follows:
That the lettering of public cabs
and hacks or vehicles OF all descrip-
tions around or in front of hotels,
theaters or public buildings in the
District of Columbia. either by stop
ping, except to take on or discharge
a passengero or unnecessarily slow
driving, is hereby prohibited, and any
driver of any such cab or hack who
willfully causes the same to loiter
either by stopping or slow driving as
aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of d
misdemeanor and punished by a fine
OF not less than $40 and not more
than $40 for such offense. The Com
missioners Of the District of Colum bia
are hereby authorized and empowered
to make any regulations that may be
necessary in furtherance of the pur-
pose of this section, and are hereby
granted authority to revoke the Ii
cense of the driver of any public hack
or cab who is convicted of a viola
ton of this section"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-31
HEAVY PENALNF0R
OFFENDING HACKER
Maj. Pullman Acts Following
Protests of Conditions at
18th and Pa. Ave.

Following protests against the pub
lie hacking stand at 14th street and
Pennsylvania avenue. in front of the
Willard Hotel, alleging danger to traf-
fic when automobiles "for hire" sud-
denly shoot into the driving space at
that point, Maj. Pullman. superintend-
ent Of police, has decided to take dras-
tic action. Each offender arrested for
"loitering" or obstructing traffic will
be requested to pue up collateral Of
$40, and following a conviction in the
Police Court recommendation will be
made to the Commissioners that the
license of the offender be revoked, ac-
cording to orders just issued by Mai.
Pullman to District Hack Inspector
Morris Collins.
I'VE are arresting some of these
men daily for traffic obstruction and
for lettering" said Maj. Pullman yes
terday. I'VE have tried to put a stop
to the slow driving in front of hotels
and theaters, and to large extent
have eliminated it."
Evening star., 1919-03-21
Apprehension Increased.

Announcement of the passing into
receivership yesterday of the New
York Railways Company served to
increase the apprehension of govern
ment officials today over the threat
ened breaking down of the electric
transportation system Of the nation.
The New York company brings the
total OF traction corporations that
nave passed into receivers hands
within recent period to sixty-one
THESE concerns represent more than
5000 miles of the country's total
mately one-tenth of it. Other COM
panies are said to be so close to the
brink OF disaster that it is extremely
improbable government or other help
Will come In time to save them,
The seriousness of the situation is
apparent, Mr.. Babson pointed out to-
day, when it is considered that the
street railway industry is the second
largest industry in the country and
is collapse would produce national
calamity. y
During the war government officials
were not SO apprehensiye over the sit
uauon because they felt that the
to local commissions to increase fares
as an Offset to the increase in the pay
rolls ordered by the board, amounting
to approximately 100000, 900 annu-
ally for all the lines in the country
would solye the problem. Some COM
tion and raised the rates Of fare, but
others ignored it. Even some Of the
companies that were given q raise,
notably the New Orleans system,
which was granted a 6-cent fare, have
gone into receivership. Cleveland,
once famous as the home Of the Scent
| car ride. now operates on arstraight s.
cent basis, with a cent for transfer,
and is barely getting by. reports to
Washington show.
Evening star., 1919-03-21
RECORD OF SPEED IN AIR
NEAR TWO MILES A MINUTE
Lieut.. Lyman F. Patterson, U.S.A-,
Flies From Aberdeen, Nd, to
Boiling Field in 3s1 Minutes.

A speed OF nearly two miles a min
ute was maintained by Lieut.. Lyman
+. Patterson, U. S. A.. in a flight made
by him yesterday from Aberdeen. Md.
to Boiling Field, Anacostia. The dis
tance is seventy-six miles and the
time of the officers fight was thirty
eight and one-half minutes. He used
a Curtiss ''eight" plane. with a His
pano-Suiza motor, and had the advan-
tage of a fairly brisk wind at his back
Newton D. Baker. jr.. the twelve year
old son of the Secretary Of War, made
a flight from Boiling Field yesterday
in an airship piloted by Lieut.. Leo F.
Post. The young man was in the air
an hour and apparently enjoyed the
trip hugely. At the same time his
uncle. Capt. Leroy Leopold, Engineer
Corps. U. S. A, and Mrs. Frank Baker.
Evening star., 1919-03-21
High Ground Preferred.

Its location should be preferably, al
though not necessarily. on high ground;
the higher the ground the less the needed
minimum height of the tower 1t should
be near sufficient open space, such as a
park. to accommodate the throngs who
would gather to enjoy the concerts. The
new Meridian Hill Park. at 18th street
and Florida avenue northwest, has been
suggested as a possible site.
Few. If any, additional visitors
would be drawn to the city by the
erection of an arch here. claim the
bell tower advocates. On the other
hand, they point out, such a memorial
as they recommend would, by reason
of it's unique character as far as this
country is concerned and by virtue
of its excellence, soon become an OBJ
ject of interest in every town and
village and would be the means Of
attracting thousands of additional
visitors and holding them longer,
once they were here. The success
along those lines of the marvellous
municipal organ possessed by Port
land. Me-, with its frequent concerts.
serves as an indication Of what the
carlton might accomplish.
The cost of the memorial building,
with tower. is estimated as not to
exceed $5,000,000: if the bill tower
only were decided upon. 100000.
The cost Of the carlton Of fifty bells
complete, including playing mechan-
ism, would be, it is stated, about $40,-
900.
Evening star., 1919-03-21
HONOLULU SENDS SWEATERS.
Island Firemen Produce . Supply
for Red Cross at Vladiyostok.

IT'S Tar cry from balmy flower
bedecked Honolulu to Vladivostok,
where the annual average tempera-
ture is only forty degrees above zero.
Nevertheless there have arrived at
the latter port cozy sweaters knitted
by the members of the fire depart
ment of the South Sea Island capi-
tai. and these are being distributed
by Red Cross repres entatives. accord
ing to an announcement from Red
Cross national headquarters here.
Aloha Nui Loa" runs the motto on
each card of greeting signed by the
knitter and bearing the words, Fire
mans Red Cross Knitting Unit, Hon
olulu, H T."
Evening star., 1919-03-21
SHELL CASES AS WAR BOOTY 4:
OFFER METAL FOR CARLTON
Should Have Fifty Bells.

all parts of the country, would be
a novel attraction.
Evening star., 1919-03-21

nesses peculiar to the sex.
For young girls just entering
womanhood; for women at the criti-
cal time; nursing mothers. and
every woman who is rundown"
tired or overworked-it is a special,
safe and certain help.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu-
late and invigorate stomach, liver
and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny
granules, easy to take as candy.
How to preserve health and beau
ty is told in Doctor Pierce's Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser. Send
Dr.. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, 6ve dimes,
or stamps. to cover printing and
mailing,
Evening star., 1919-03-21
DATES FOR EXAMINATIONS.
Civil Service Commission An.
nounces Tests for Coming Months.

The Civil Service Commission an
nounces open competitive examina-
tions for the following positions: Law
clerk and typist. April 23. May q md
June IS: Junior electrical engineer.
matron and teacher. May I. July 9 and
September 10: special field agent in
bee culture, assistant in agricultural
instruction and typewriter repair man.
May s; inspector of locomotives, May
21-22
assistant land classifier. junior land
classifier and stenographer. typist and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will be held At
the Offices of the commission on =
date to be named later.
Evening star., 1919-03-21

A carillon suitable for Washington
should have fifty perfectly tuned
bells. giving a range Of about four
octaves. Such an assemblage would
be capable OF playing almost any
form of music in any key and has
this added advantage 1T can be
played either automatically or by
hand. It's music can be played loud
ly or softly, as the bellmaster may
decide, and any thread of the har-
mony can be emphasized, as on a
piano or organ.
The automatic playing is accom-
plished by means of a revolving
cylinder somewhat like that on the
old favorite Swiss music box. On
this cylinder the little projecting
pegs are movable and may be ar
ranged by the bellmaster to play any
desired air, so that the automatic
repertoire Is almost limitless.
With carlton installed and in opera
ton some wonderful snatch of melody
could be played automatically morning
and evening or at the noon hour, or at
all three times. Then, on public occa-
slons, holidays. etc, music appropriate
to the day could be given by the skilled
hands of the bellmaster, the human key
board and the automatic arrangement
using distinct sets Of hammers
For such a carlton to be heard to the
best advantage, the building should be
in a comparatively central spot and the
tower containing the bells should be at
leass 200 feet high and 25 feet square
say those familiar with the subject
Evening star., 1919-03-21
v. R. ( {. HEARING
POSTPONED A WEEK
P. E. P. Company's App|ica-
ton Also Deferred by Util-
tiles Commission.
TRACTION ISSUE ACUTE

Hearing by the Public Utilities Com
mission on the Washington Railway
and Electric Company's petition for
financial relief, scheduled for today,
has been postponed until next Friday,
March %.
The commission also has announced
an indefinite postponement OF the
hearing to have been held March "a
on the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany's application for revocation Of
it's order reducing the price Of cleo
trio current in the District from 10
to cents per kilowatt hour
These changes were made necessary
because both Commissioner Brownlow
and Conrad H. Syme, counsel to the
commission. are out of the city. and
William F. Ham. president of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. is confined to his home by
illness.
Evening star., 1919-03-21

wife Of Maj. Baker. brother Of the
cabinet officer. who recently returned
from France. made flights in machines
guided by Capt. Felix Steinle and
Lieut.. Thomas Graves.
Lieuts. Shrean and Phillips OF Mine
ola, Long Island. N. Y, flew to Boil
ing Field, arriving yesterday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock. They flew De
Haviland plane.
Evening star., 1919-03-21
CLASS RATES ASKED.
Railway Wants Commodity Figures
on Iron and Steel Cancelled.

Cancellation of specific commodity
rates and substitution of class rates
on iron and steel from Ohio points to
points in New England New York
Pennsylvania. Virginia, Maryland and
Akron, Canton and Youngstown Rail-
way Company in q complaint filed
with tho Interstate Commerce Com.
mission.
Evening star., 1919-03-21
Remedies Suggested.

Two ways out of the critical situa-
tlon were suggested by p. II. Gads-
den of the committee on reconstruct
tion of the American Electric Rail-
way Association, at a meeting of the
association held in New York last
week. He proposed:
First-The general acceptance of
some sort of service-at-cost plan
throughout the country.
Second-In the event Of failure of
the first plan, the adoption of some
kind of municipal or government own
ership.
The government Is believed to have
under consideration the desirability
Of forming a federal utilities commits
sion.
Pending the possible formation of
such a commission, the Department of
Labor and the War Finance Corpora
ton are making joint effort to save
the industry. which. at present is
PROSTATE and practically out of the
market.
Evening star., 1919-03-21
Many kilograms Pour In.

1t is indicated by thousands Of tele-
grams that are pouring into the gov
ernment from municipal and street
railway officials and citizens of prac-
tically every state that the govern
ment. is being relied upon to take
steps to save the industry and sta
bilize it. Capital has been frightened
away from this character OF invest
ment. all reports show. Unless some
stabilizing process is devised not only
will the street railway service now
furnished throughout the nation ne i
cessarily be curtailed and. in some
instances, entirely abandoned, 1t is
believed. but money for extensions
and improvements will be impossible
to obtain.
The War Labor Board, in some Of its
recommendations to local commits
sions. has pointed out that 7-cent
fare now would be equivalent to the
scent fare obtaining when the COM
panies' charters were granted.
Evening star., 1919-03-21
NOTHING STANDS AS HIGH. as

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complete cure for all
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ders and chronic weak
Evening star., 1919-03-21

The annual report Of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
for the year ended December 81, 1918,
panys stockholders are women.
Evening star., 1919-03-21
Federal Aid Expected,

When the railway case is taken up
next Friday the federal government,
in all probability. will make its first
move to extend assistance to the
street railway industry generally,
which is declared to be on the verge
of collapse. Roger w. Babson of the
Department of Labor has announced
his intention of attending the hear
ing and outlining the relief measures
favored by the government for adop-
ton in every city where traction lines
need help.
One of the government plans, which
is said to have the approval of the
Department of Labor and the War
Finance Corporation, calls for the
Immediate revocation of unnecessary
taxation of street railway companies
An example of what the government
considers unnecessary taxation, ac-
cording to Mr. Babson, is the require
ment that street railways shall pay
for paving between tracks. 1t is ex-
pected that Mr.. Babson will urge that
the local companies be exempted from
paying the salaries Of crossing police
men. which mount to a considerable
figure annually.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
MANY ENROLLING IN
 CHRISTMAS CLUBS
National Bank and Commercial Trust
 Company Expect Bigger Busi- ness Next Year.

The Christmas club plan which has proved so popular among New Britain people is more so than ever this year. The Comme erclal Trust company off, cials state that their club will eclipse all those of former years with respect to membership, a steady stream of ap- plicants pouring into the bank every day. The New Britain National bank reports a big increase in membership with prospects of having the biggest year in it's history.
 It is estimated that $300.oG0 was paid out to Christmas club mem bers during the past three weeks with a possibility of an increase of $100, 900 over this figure: for the year ending 1920. There is sl probability of at least 10.C0O members being enrolled this year. according to the estimates of bank officials. j. 1 m
 The banks about the city have en- largcd the club system ma king it possible for a m ember to have a choice of a wide range of classes from which to choose. Payments from 50 cents up to $5 d week and more can be made, according to the purse of the depositor.