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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-04
John Baucr's Funeral Sunday.

Th, funeral of John F. Bauer, aged
a yeus. husband OF Ella Bauer. whose
death occurred on Thursday, at ST.
uargaret's this county. will take place
nmorrow morning at ten o'clock from
As late residence. The remains will
b taken to Abingdon, Hartford county
Tor nterment at two o'clock tomorrow
afternoon
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-04
Small Blaze ON Chestnut Street

The alarm of fire shortly after ten
O'Clock was caused by a blaze from
an overhea.ed stove at the house of a
colored family on Chestnut street. A
general alarm was sounded. and the
three companies responded, but the
fire was put out before the fire depart
ment reached the scene and their
services were not needed.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-04
McABOY BODY TAKEN TO
WASHINGTON TODAY

The remains of James Lynn McAboy
were taken to Washington this after
noon for interment in Glenwood GEM
etery. Funeral services were held
this morning at his late residence on
Spa Creek, and were conducted by the
Rev. Edward d. johnson, rector of St.
Anne's. Elks of the Annapolis lodge
to which the deceased was attached
were pallbearers-
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ty will be added to the general COM
mittee for that county.
The Anne Arundel committee named
by the governor is composed of Frank
NJ Duvall, Frank A. Munroe and Mrs.
Theodore w. Johnson.
This committee has had several
meetings and is planning TO get down
to work in earnest in the near future.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-04

Potatoes can be used like bread
crumbs for the stuffing of fowls and
fish.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-04
THE CAPITAL

Pest Advertising
!: InT i.i,r, In Annapolis, 1T
PAYS PAYS To Advertise iry
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-04

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New-York tribune., 1919-01-15

in getting materials, mistakes, ETC.. it
mad fallen behind it's schedule.
After careful consideration, he add
cd, the Navy Department had con
cluded that the best course to pursue
after the armistice, in accordance with
It's general programme OF cancelling
CT suspending war work wherever pos
sibIc, was to complete sixty of the
Eagles. They would be OF great use
III any future war operations against
submarines and a part of them could
be used in peace for the patrol work
ordinarily done by gunboats, in the
Philippines, on the China coast and for
flag showing purposes generally, he
sald. The navy was planning to keep
twenty of them in commission. Had
the war continued, he said. they would
have been invaluable, hunting in
threes, against the submarines and for
guarding the slow conveys of merchant
ships across the Atlantic. Their arma-
ment would cost about $500 each
and would be made up Of two four inch
rifles, one antl-aircraft gun and depth
bomb apparatus. On its official
trial the first Eagle had developed
maximum speed of 1884 knots, being
IN excess Of the requirement, and the
experience Of the three that reached
the Atlantic showed that they are
s1anch scagoing vessels. They have .
cruising radius of $500 to 5000 mile
The hearing will be resumed at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning with Alfred
Lucking as counsel for Henry Ford, and
Admiral Griffin as the first witness.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15

100000. Admiral Taylor thought the
government would get back 60 or 70
per cent of this investment.
The Navy Department estimate now
is that the vessels would cost about
1925 900 and the Ford estimate about
S375 600. Unlike the experience with
most other similar cost plus fee con-
tracts, Admiral Taylor said that the
department had made no advances to
the Ford company on capital invest
r'ent and had paid it no profit money.
The company attended to its own
financing and now has about $40 000,000
Of its money invested on Navy Depart
ment account whereas one of the
standard destroyer contractors still
owed the government S7,000,o0 on ad-
vances, he said.
Offered to Waive Gain
Ir regard to Mir. Ford promising to
do the work without profit, Admiral
Taylor said that he had stated at the
outset Of the negotiations that he
would like to take the contract without
any profit to the company, but found
that owing to his. relations with minor
ity stockholders that would be impos-
sibic, so he announced that profits ac
cruing to his stock, 5S per cent of the
NHolc, WoulN not De dSkcC LOT, or u
paid, would be returned to the gov
crnment. Senator Swanson informed
the committee that he was authorized
by Mr.. Fords counsel to state that this
was his offer and that he expected to
comply with it.
Admiral Taylor said that tho Ford
company had prosecuted the work with
great energy. but because Of its lack
of experience in shipbulding, delays
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15
War Revenue Bill
Conferrees Agree
Upon Luxury Taxes

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Tax rates
on luxurles, semi-luxuries, amusement
admissions and club dues were agreed
upon to-day by the Senate and House
conferrees on the war revenue bill
Virtually all Of the Senate's rates on
luXuries and semi-luXuries were ac-
cepted by the House conferrees, Chair
man Simmons, Of the Senate managers,
said.
Rates in the House bill on amusc-
ment admissions in excess Of 80 cents
we're adopted by the conferrees the
Senate managers accepting the higher
House rate. but reaching a compromise
for retention OF the Senate rate on ad-
missions Of 80 cents or less. Under
the agreement the amusement admis
sion tax Will be ! cent on each 10 cents
paid up to so cents and cents on each
dime paid in excess of 80 cents.
The House rate of 2 cents on each
10 cents paid for admissions to roof
gardens. cabarets and similar estab-
lishments was adopted, as was the
House rate of 25 per cent instead Of
the Senate rate of 10 per cent on thea
tre boxes.
1t is estimated that about 75,000,-
900 r revenue will be derived annual
~ from amusement admissions under
the conference agreement.
ne Housc rate or ~ per cent on
club dues-doublc the tax under the
existing law and estimated to raise
about $1,000, ,000-also was adopted.
In dlsposing of the excise or semi
Injury taXes the confcrrecs agreed to
the Senate asse sgment OF 10 per cent
OF the amount paid in excess Of fixed
standard prices by purchasers of semi
inHnries, such as carpets, picture
frames. travelling bags, pockctbooks,
umbrellas, fans. hats, shoes, stockings
and other articles
lhc luxury rate provides per cent
taxes on manufacturers sales Of motor
vehicles, tires and accessories, pianos,
talking mnchncs, candy and similar
articles; 10 per cent on athletic goods,
liycrics. furs, yachtp and motor boats
ana per cent on chewing gum and
toilet SOAPS.
Decisions on few Of the luxury
taxes were tentative and those on some
others we've left open for further con
slderation.
10 dispose Of the miscellaneous and
MINOR taxes IN the bill the confcrrccs
temporarily passed over the war excess
profits and other important and con.
froyerted SECTORS.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15
Once Wealthy Man Kills
Himself at Union Club
Otto Zurchcr, Who Lost Sugar
Holdings in South America,
Uses Butcher Knife

With x-inch butcher knife, newly
sharpened, lying beside him, Otto
Zurcher, siXty-fve years old, of 3S
West Fifty-iirst Street, whose income
was said once to have been $4,000 a
year from sugar interests in South
America, was found dying yesterday on
the floor of the library of the Union
Club, Fifth Avenue and Fifty-first
Street. Mn. Zurcher. a member of the
club. bore three knife wounds in the
left side Of The neck, two in the right
side and one in the left breast He
died an hour and a halt after being
found by Fred Ermer. a waiter, who
also picked up two notes.
One of these read:
"Whoevcr finds me, call Major Muir
ply at once and keep quiet"
The other: Let them give me NOR
phine and let me go and let me die.
want to die"
Police Sergeant Brueck, of the East
Fifty-first Street station, found re-
ceipt showing the butcher knife had
been bought Monday by Mr. Zurcher,
who had had the club carpenter
Sharpen II
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15
Spcc,oj Correspondence


DETROIT. Jan. l4.-Undev the cap
ton. "Shoud the Nation Operate the
Wires ," Postmaster General Burlcson
contributes under his own signature an
interesting theory regarding the gov
crnmcnt ownership plan, as applied to
the telephone and telegraph systems Of
the United States, in tho first issue Of
Henry Ford's weekly, "rhc Dearborn
Independent,
"Nc new theory is advanced by the
proposition for government ownership
of the telephone and telegraph systems
1t is not a departure from the estab-
lishcd principles of our government" ;"
the article says.
ANY justification for permitting the
wire service to be permanently opcr-
ated as an enterprise for private gain
must be based on an assumption that
the telegraph and telephone arc not in
dlspcnsahle agencies of conmunica-
ton
"lf the wire service is granted to be
essential 10 the business and social in
;ercoursc Of the public and necessary
to the development Of tho country, the
prop9iety of government ownership and
operation is at once established. The
government has authority by provision
OF the Constitution over the transmits
SION of intelligence. The wire service
has no other utility than that of inter
changing communications, and If it is
essential to such Interchange it comes
within the province of the government
The same reasons exist for govern
ment ownership and control of cleo
trlcal comm ication as for that by let
ter post. Any argument against gov
ernment- owned telegraph and telephone
systems would apply as we'll to the
letter post service It would be as
cxpedienc!es of private conveyance at
proft-earning rates Of postage as to
so treat tho wire service
"The telegraph and telephone consti
tute public utility of universal neces-
sity to which the entire public are en-
titled on the most reasonable terms
possible. and to be efficient the systems
must be connected throughout all their
extensions, as in the postal service,
and not be maintained as separate and
Independent units limited to areas OF
profitable operation. As single sys-
tenn covering the entire country, the
service must OF necessity pe monopoly
As such a monopoly of a public utility
performing a government function, it
should be operated for the public ser
vice and convenience, not for private
profit.
Upheld by u. S. Court
"There is an unbroken line of author
itv for governmental control of trans
mission of intelligence. extending from
the date Of the foundation Of the gov
ernment through every period in the
nations development.
"1n unanimous opinion Of the
Supreme Court it was declared that
both commerce and the postal service
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15
Colby Asserts He
Did Not Quit in
Row With Hurley
Neu York Tribune
Unshtn0fou Bureau

washington bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA - Commits
sioner Bainbridge Colby. Of the Ship
ping Board, to-day fatty denied>puh
because Of differences with Chairman
Hurley. Mr Colby explained that his
resignation from the Shipping Board
has been on file since last December. to
become effective at the will of Chair
man Hurley. "A desire tc return to
private business interests" he said,
was the only motive in severing his
connection with the Shipping Board.
His Statement. follows:
THE published report of a difference
of opinion between Mr. Hurley and my
self is wholly without foundation.
have an admiration for him which no
one can fail TO have who has been in
timatcly associated with him for
year and half.
Il placed my resignation on file carly
in December, requesting its considera-
ton as soon as possible without dis
locating the affairs of the board. and
without unfarness to my colleagues.
"My work helc has been at the COM
plete sacrifice of my business, and
when the war ended l felt that I could
consistently think of relinquishing my
public duties"
The personnel of committee, which
is to examine the building plans of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation and
formulate 2 peacc-tme policy for the
Shipping Boards subsidiary building
organization, WAS announced by Com
missioner Colby as follows:
J. A. Farrell. president of the United
States Steel Corporation; T. A. B.
Franklin. president of the lnterna-
tional Mercantile Marine Company;
George S. Dearborn. president of the
American Hawaiian Steamship Com
pany; H. II. Raymand, president ANA
general manager of the Mallory Steam
ship Company and f. d. NJ Strachan,
president of tie Strachan Shipping
Corporation. In addition to the fore
going, Charles Piez, director general Of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and
John Rosseter director of operations
of the United States Shipping Board
will be ex-officio members. Of these.
Mr.. Dearborn and Mr.. Raymand are the
nominees Of the American Steamship
Association.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15

lhe Pres ,dert Fas authorized to use
Vhe revoiving fund to purchase equip
meht Tor government account. or make,
or order 20 lie made, extensions and
oettermshts ana equipment for account
Ct The roads. There was, he SAID, no
express limit fixed on the power of TIE
fiesIdent under this provision to make
on require tAe roads &c make. any sue
lmprovenents at she reads expense,
and while, he s,s:d. he understood .
was not the present policy VI the Raj
N time cf peace. lie cai.-l attention
to the lact that The law provided the
power for war purposes "or in the
lubiic interest"
inns enormous power thus created" ="
he continued, Cannot De overcsti-
mated. Il can be administered wisely
and carefully, or it may be admin
lstered harshly and ruinously. In any
event its exercise would depend on the
Judgment of one man. We DO not know
from day to day WHO this man will
be. One man exercised the power for
year; we have another one now;
and we do not know who will be the
man SIX months from now. In short
we have no certain knowledge of the
personality of this individual to whom
IS gwen power that goes to the very
1oundatlon of the solVency of our rail
roads.
Credit of Roads Communicated
All that we do know is that tho
tendency has been to use the credit of
the carriers and 10 spare the credit
or the government We feel the
moment the revolving fund becomes a
disappearing quantity that very
moment Will the temptation appear to
lnobiiizc and Use the credit Of the car
Ilers to the relief Of the government
therefore, how can VIC look with un
concern on this proposal to extend the
me OF that power into d period Of
profound peace %
hqupment, he said. had heen bought
hN the railroad administration en- macse
"nd allotted to the various roads with
Out consultation with these roads.
some roads contended they were al
READY overloaded with rolling stock
ana "ishcd rot to assume the burden
OF these additional amounts, contend
lng that under the law the government
should shoulder its part.
Equipment Policy Criticised
Was that not fair attitude ?" thc
witness asked. "Was it not AS reason
able to ask that the government as
sumo to ask that the government as
ably would be used only for the war
emergency, as 1T was for the govern
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15
Lamar Predicts Ruin
Unless u. S. Control
OF " Tres Is Extended

WASHINGTON. Jan. lA.-F;nancial
-osses and, in some cases, ruin for
ielephonc companies were predicted to-
day ~ ". II. Lamar, solicitor of the
lostotAee Department and member of
the wire control committee. as certain
to follow unless government operation
OF the wire systems was extended for
at least two or three years to permit
& general reconstruction of rates and
restoration of normal conditions.
Ir Lamar. testifying before the
House Postofice Committee. said he
Individually was opposed to govern
mert ownership of public utilities, but
thought this question should be in
vestigated during the extended period
of control essential to prevent chaotic
conditions
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15
Pre- S L O 1!


! cllicanery beyond ':he por-
5 tai. but it's surprising
; how quickly our Mems (
s Clothing Department can (
4 supply every apparel need,
S from stocks kept full TO i
4 overAowing.
5 Sack Suits at S2Y.75 K
B We hardly expect the
8 younger generation to ap-
s preciate the conservative N
s dignity of our styles for
8 older men, nor our elderly I
8 patrons to enthuse over
s the dash and go Of our
q younger models, so we've (
3 hearkened TO the demand +
s of both, and the variety is /
s large.
8 Fabrics include cheviots, /
4 homespuns, cassimeres (
& and unfinished worsteds. i
3 Brown and gray are to (
8 the fore in this seasons +
s running. with new fancy (
s mixtures pushing close (
s. tor second place.
s Innings are of mohair,
s and our high standards of
8 tailoring mean a consider
s able amount more wear
y than you'd expect from
q garments so moderately E
8 priced.
3 MaeyS-Fffoh Floor. Broadway.
A Mems Underwear K
q With comfort woven into /;
s every seam. |.
4 Heavy weight worsted 5
8 Union Suits, N a tural B
color, $3.50 suit. s
4 Spring N e c dl e Ribbed B
worsted Union Suits, Nat k
ural color, $3.49 suit. b
Spring N c e d lie Ribbed b
cotton Union Suits, Ecru K
color, $3.50 suit. s
Shirts and Drawers, full b
fashioned, o5To wool. in B5
natural color, $3.50 each. b
I ENlgwS Main Floor, Centre. h
Men S Shirts. 8
The Desirable g
Sort SO 8
Workman ship m ans E
J much in producing a COM
Portable, body adapting &
! shirt, and these garments n
will prove boon to the
particular man. ka
| Materials are Madras and a
Crepe weaves in designs &
mostly confined to manu- &
I facturers of high grade &
shirts. h
Soft or laundered cuff K
models. Z
Si{k Crochet Ties 5
Made on hand frame ma 3
chimes. Large assortment s
q three or four tone q
heather mixtures or with &
neat bias stripe effects. Ss
Excellent quality of Silk, &
SI.8q. E
a Tip on oppers B
For men who demand a S
thoroughbred style as we'll B
as superior B
~ ~, quality y in g
f - 9Y h a IS, tn Is
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"a has a strong 3
Ss 49,. s. appeal. E
~ i Made Of all K
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Il q medium roll <
G. 81 or fiat brin K
shapes. The &
Sc a o n S r
color decree is olive, or (
gray, $3.50. E
EN@gyssS Main Floor, s5th 81. n
Socks Thaf Wear +
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15
Burieson Upho<ds Control
Of Wires as Need of Public
Postmaster General Writes i'm Henry Ford's News
paper Long Defence of His Action in Taking
Over Companies-Calls 1t a Constitutional Right

arc placed within the powers of Con-
grcss. because. being national in their
operation, they should be under the
protecting control Of Tho national gov
crnment.' In this opinion it is held
that the powers sc granted arc not con-
tined to the instrumcntaltios known or
in use VIXEN the Constitution was
adopted They cxtcnd,' the court says,
from the horse with the rider to the
steamboat, from tho coach and the
steamboat to the railroad and from the
railroad to the telegram.
at IS hardly Legitimate to base argu-
ment in OBJ osition Of government own
crship OF the wire systems upon an
objection t. the governments entering
into competition with private enter
prise, since there is no service possible
through these systems, save that of
transmitting intelligence, which is a
governmental function. The main re-
lance of The opposition appears to be
in exciting distrust Of the government
The opposing argument is based upon
that this is not d government of the
people. by the people, but is an nsti-
tuition capable of exercising a will not
that Of the people. but Of q body Of
mon temporarily in power.
"ln short. the proposition advanced
appears to be that a great public func-
ton, in the operation Of which every
citizen is vitality Interested, can be
more safely ntrustcd to an association
Of private 'Ndividuals banded togeth er
without responsibility to the public
than to the government, which is the
only authorized agency of the entire
people in the management Of public
affairs
Says Public Would Benefit
"Thc public Will benefit from govern
ment ownership and management of the
Wire systems as they have from the
growth Of the postal service under a
policy which considers public needs and
convenience, without looking for profit.
the growth Of the country in industry,
commerce and wealth has consistently
conceded with the extension of postal
communication, and the cost of the SER
vice to the public has been reduced as
the system has expanded.
"The fact that needed extension of
post routes might not be self-support-
ing has not hindered its being put in
operation. The postal policy has been
90 consider the system of communica-
tlon as whole, making the exec ss reve
nueS from one branch meet the de-
ticiencies Of another. This policy ap-
piled to The wire service would give to
the public d more extended and less
expensive raeans Of speedy communities
tion and 1he economies possible under
= unified system of operation would
insure the revenues being sufficient to
cover all costs, both Of purchase and
operation.
"To-day there are more miles of post
routes, more postofflccS and q greater
volume of mail than ever before in the
history Of the country; yet in 1916 the
audited surplus Of postal revenue was
more than S5,O00,00O, that Of 1917 over
100000, and that of 1918, not includ-
ing $44.o0o.000 collected for war reve-
uue, was o',cr 100000
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15
Equipment Policy Criticised

Was that not fair attitude?" the
witness asked. "Was it not as reason
able to ask that the government as
sumo to ask that the government as
ably would be used only for the war
emergency, as it was for the govern
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15

g. e AA 49, ~@ & ~~~~ S~@ " %>
ear a silk hat
nd overalls?
Wait minute! Perhaps you have one such representative
on the payroll and don't know it,
Your letter And it costs YOU
good money, too doesn't it? And you have to pay for
stamps, don you?
All right, then get this:
Livery time you send good eerheads and spend
good for postage carry tFem have the
letter printed processed, it's as loose sending
a representative all dressed up in silk hat and pair
of overals.
The only letter that's good enough go on your
real typewriter letter Your prospects are
entitled to the genuine merchandise or eter
here machine the market that will real tvpevritten
letters tor you in large quantities permissible cost
One girl, operating three to four HOOVEN Automatic
lypevrters will produce real typewriter letters with
personal words and phrases inserted anywhere IN the let
ter at practically the cost the pocessed letters
In instance have f1OOVENS failed paw for themselves in
essthan and than three years none has ever
out The initial outlay the same as YOU would nav
typst for less than year-and each IOOVFN
has MINIMUM capacity equal to that of four typss One
girl operating four does the work of sixteen vpists
Today good day letters the prohtpang Glass;
IF you can't in and see the I4OOVEN in operaton
send your stenographe Or write telephone for liter
a representative
New-York tribune., 1919-01-15

ment to assume the cost of buying
locomotives for Russia and France ~
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-18
DANIELS BACK
FROM EUROPE

New York, May 17.-Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels, who has been in
Europe for several weeks inspecting
American navy forces and paying
visits to European authorities return
ed today on the transport Mount
Vernon.
Secretary Daniels said it was not
vet determined what would be done
with the German battleships but that
there was a strong feeling, parAcul-
arly in England, chat they should be
sunk. The secretary declined to ex-
press his opinion in the matter but
quoted statement by Rear Admiral
William S. Benson, chief of American
navay operations in European wa
tiers, that they should be sent to the
bottom as "a great moral lesson"
The advantage of such a course, he
said it was generally belieced would
be to make the future naval programs
of nations easier, to adjust.
French sentiment, Mr.. Daniels
said, was somewhat divided on the
question, the main argument there
against sinking the ships being that it
would be a waste of property" AS
opposed to this contention the seer
etary declared that if the United
States for instance received any OF the
German vessels it would be found we
had no equipment to make ammuni-
tion and torpedoes such as would be
required for them and that by the
time the machinery was set up the
ships would be obsolete.