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Patent 0?ee.
Says Voting Women Will Re
sent Vitiation of the Mann
White Slave Law.
BELIEVES STATUTE COVERS
ALL PERSONAL ESCAPADES
Legislative, Judicial and Legal
Branches of Government, How
ever, Differ on This Point.
"There are already enough voting wo
men in the United States to hold the
political balance of power. The demo
ocratic party would have cause to regret
should the Mann white slave law not be
administered to t'ie letter by the demo
cratic administration, or should a demo
cratic Congress modify its provisions so
that It shall not reach to the core of
moral conduct and menace every sort
of offender."
So declares Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett,
national president of the Florence Critten
ton I*eague of Compassion and president
of the National Council of Women. Mrs.
Barrett does not threaten the democratic
party. She predicts; and, in the light of
her forecasts, warns the democratic party.
The letter of the Mann white slave law,
in her opinion, reaches out to cover t?ie
personal escapades of men and women;
in support of her view she cites the re
sult of the Diggs-Caminetti case in Cali
fornia, in which a jury convicted and a
judge gave sentence, although the com
mercial element of white slavery was not
indicated by the testimony. That is the
sort of a law the women of the country
want on the statute books, in her further
opinion, and which their ballot will show
that they stand for.
Sure of Women's Attitude.
The woman voters may not stand
together on all political issues, Mrs.
Barrett recognizes. But hardly a
woman voter would cast her ballot,
she is certain, for the party that would
vitiate what she considers the exist
ing law, either in the administration
of the law or by legislative amendment
to confine it to instances of commer
cialism in immorality.
In the seven states of the Union in
which full franchise has been extended
to women?Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho,
Utah, Washington, California and Illi
nois?the general franchise is yet to be
exercised in the latter state under the
new law granting votes to women?it
is estimated that there are more than
2,000,000 women eligible to vote. The
National American Woman Suffrage
Association, while not giving exact fig
ure!^,. asserts that more than 80 per
cent oiNvthe eligible woman voters do
actually cast their ballots In the gen
eral elections. A formidable vote, if
united for or against a principle or
party.
"The Mann law is a powerful arm to
protect weak and silly girls?and boys,
as well," comments Mrs. Barrett. "It is
a tremendous deterrent to the strong
minded, self-indulgent man of means
who uses his strength and his money
to blind and overcome the scruples of
some ambitious, struggling young
woman, perhaps with not a very strong
ideal of womanhood, who in her short
sighted egotism and vanity thinks she
has found a by-road to fame and for
tune that she is strong enough to fol
low without the results that have fol
lowed a similar course in osiers; and
the man with his superior worldly wis
dom is there to take advantage of n^r
moment of indecision.
Must Reckon With. XI. -S,
"Now he will not only ha^ve to reckon
with her, but also with the United
States government, which only asks
the questions under this law; 'What
was your motive when you gave her
the money to buy her railroad ticket?
Was she safe in your hands?' Is there
any interference with the right kind
of lfberty in asking such a question as
this when the common carriers of our
country are used?
"The Mann law is a nemesis to many
a self-indulgent degenerate, too indolent
to work at any decent labor, who, aroing
to our small towns and factory districts, j
hunt out poorly developed, subnormal
girls, with the instinct of youth for
pleasure and enjoyment, men who bring
into the colorless lives of such girls the
first semblance of pleasure they have ever
known, and by playing upon their cre
dulity and sense of comradeship, in con
nection with their unmoral natures, bring
them to a city. There, without the use
of bolts and bars, such girls are kept
in slavery as complete as that of our
southern slaves?who, when the Army of
the Potomac was at their very doors,
would rush to their masters' house to
beg for protection against their rescuers
bound to a life the horrors and the hard
ships of whicli have never been dreamed
of by any slave driver that ever cursed
the south.
"That is what the Mann law can ac
complish. And, by high Heaven! the
women of %this country and the men as
well?will have something to say before
'one jot or tittle of this law shall pass
away.' Good women need no protection,
but the bad do, and the weak and foolish
and the greedy as well."
Regrets Law Is Necessary.
"We would greatly prefer that we did
not need this law," continues Mrs. Bar
rett: "that appeal to the manhood of men
and the womanhood of women would be
sufficient; but unfortunately it is not. We
are told bv one of the master minds of
the world that the law is a schoolmaster.
May we not hope that those who go to
school to the 'Mann law may, after a
while, be so educated that we will not
need the law? When that time comes I
will gladlv shut the door of every Flor
ence Crit'tenton Home In the land, be
cause they will no longer be needed.
"But until that time comes every right
thinking man and woman will applaud
the federal judges who have so bravely
and fearlessly interpreted the law that
todav our nation stands at the head of
the nations of the world in its war on
vice. "1 also want to say that if you
think that we who are devoting our lives
to helping unfortunate girls because we
think they are good girls, or that they art
all unwilling slaves; you who think so
have little idea of what we are standing
for. Had we this incentive we might dou
ble our workers in one (lav. But we work
against the greatest difficulty in the
world -and that is that so many girls do
not want to be helped.
"It may be said that to work under
those conditions shows lack of intelli
gence on our part. But we are really
more intelligent than the men and women
who leave boys and girls to their own de
struction, washing their hands of respon
sibility with the thought: Well, they
want to be bad; let them alone." "
Authorities Are Divided.
Whether the Mann white slave law
shall be administered by the courts to
reach instances of personal vice and
escapades of ircn and women, or whether
it shall be applied only to crush com
mercialism in immorality is the prob
lem that is dividing legislative and
legal authorities. There are many men
of many minds on this question.
The law in its general aspects, as ap
proved June 25, l&lo, contains the
phrase, "or for any other immoral pur
pose," that provides the core of the dis
cussion as to the scope of its intent.
Otherwise the aim of the law seems to
be directed at a clearly well detlned com
mercial viciousness.
The Dlggs-Caminetti case in San
Francisco provided an application of
the law to cases of personal escapade.
There was nothing in the testimony to
indicate that there was the least com
mercial purpose in the minds of the
defendants in transporting two glrla Into
a nearby state. Yet the Jury convicted
under the literal construction of the
law, and the court accepted the verdict
and sentenced the prisoners.
Judge Pollock Opposed View.
Judge John C. Pollock of the federal
[ court of Kansas took an opposing view
of the law. He held that there could
be no conviction under the law ex
cept upon proof of commercialism. The
prisoner had pleaded guilty, basing his
plea on the verdict in the Diggs-Cam
inetti case. He ordered the plea
changed to not guilty, and finally dis
charged the prisoner.
The DLggs-Caminetti case will be de
cided by the Supreme Court. The case
in which Judge Pollock ruled also has
been appealed. Until these are finally
decided, the last construction of the
law will remain in doubt
Attorney General McReynolds is re
garded as concurring in the view of
the law taken by Judge Pollock, that
commercialism is essential, and that
the Mann law was not framed to regu
late the morals of private individuals. It
is expected that he will direct limited
States attorneys not to prosecute under
the law except where commercialism is
clearly indicated; this he is unlikely to
do, however, unless the Supreme Court
takes the same view of the law.
Legislators Are at Odds.
The father of the law. Representative
James R. Mann, is not understood to
have intended to bring personal esca
pades within the scope of the law.
Representative H. D. Clayton, chairman,
and Representative ?. Y. Webb of the
House Judiciary committee, which re
ported on the bill, are agreed that the
Mann law does not cover personal es- i
capades.
But Representative John J. Esch of,
the majority of the committee which
put the bill Into its final form thinks
that personal escapades are included
in the offenses banned by the law. |
In his report on the bill Representa
tive Mann stated that it was aimed at
the traffic of white slavery and not
at individual iniquity; nor was it in
tended to aid the states in the exercise
of police powers. Representative W. '
C. Adamson, Representative C. L. Bart
lett and Representative William Richard
son, then of the committee, in a mi- j
nority report objected to it because of
its interference with the police affairs
of the several states.
If the bill covers personal escapades
Representative Bartlett regards it as un
constitutional. Representative Adamson
does not believe that Judge Pollock's
view of the legislation, as applying only
to commercial cases, is correct. Repre
sentative Clayton thinks the bill was not
aimed at personal escapades.
So the divergence of opinion regarding
the scope of the Mann law extends also
Into the legislative, Judiciary and legal
branches of the government. It will not
be clear until the Supreme Court finds
out its meaning and whether that mean
ing is the law of the land.
ARMY'SJARD TASK
Defeats Tufts, 2 to 0, After a
Fierce Struggle.
FIELD WAS RAIN-SOAKED
Fumbles Frequent and Cadets' Scor
ing Came in the Third
Quarter.
WEST POINT, October 25.?The Army
defeated Tufts here today in a hard
fought game by a score of 2 to 0.
The Cadets' score came in the third
quarter, when Markoe and Wynne threw
Gurvin behind his own goal line for a
safety. ... . ..
The field was rain-soaked, a hard, driv
ing storm prevailing throughout the
contest. Tufts braced in the last quar
ter and rushed the ball fifty yards to
the Army's one-yard line, only to lose it
on a fumble. Fumbles were frequent.
Pritchard, Hojcue, Doe and McEwan
were the Army's stars, while Stankard.
Westcott and Angell played best for
Tufts. The Army used many substitutes
during the game. Line-up:
Army. Positions. Tufts.
Markoe I>ft end Stankard
Wynne Left tackle O'Donne'.l
Meacham Left guard Houston
McEwan Center Richardson
Jones Right guard Dadman
Weyland Right tackle Bingham
Hogue Right end Bennett
Prltchard Quarterback Parks
Hobbs Left halfback Westcott
Beuedlct Right liulfback Hadier
Ford Fullback Angell
Safety?Gurvin. Time of quarters?10 minute*.
Refer?*?Mr. Okeson. Umpire?Mr. Vail. Head
linesman'-Mr. S. B. Newton. Substitutions: Army
?Jouett for Markoe, Markoe for Jouett, Jouett
for Markoe, O'Harc for Wynne. Wynne for
O'Hare. Packard for Wynne. Merrick for Meach
am, Moacham for Herrick, Herrick for Meacham,
Waddell for McEwan. McEwan for Waddell. ,
Kerr for Jones, Jones for Kerr, Schwarzkopf
for Jones, Confer for Weyand. Weyand for Con
fer, MerriUat for Hoge. Hoge for Men-Hint. ,
Merriiiat for Hoge, Hesa for Hobbs, Doe for ]
Benedict. Boots for Doe, Lauphlre for Boots.
Woodruff for Ford, Bradley for Woodruff, Ford
for Bradley. Tuftjv?Tobln for Bingham. Bing
ham for Tobin, Currln for Parks. Parks for Cur
Tin. Proctor for Westcott, Westcott for Proctor. !
Volk for Hadley, HaHley for Volk, Elms for |
Angell, Angell for Elms.
ILLINOIS BESTS INDIANA.
Injury to Capt. Davis Proves Big
Handicap for Defeated Team.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 25
Quarterback Pogue and ' his associates
from the University of Illinois defeat
ed the foot ball eleven from Indiana
University here this afternoon. The |
score, which was 10 to 0, hardly repre
sents the fierceness with which the
game was played.
Twice Indiana held Illinois on her own
1-yard line, and once carried the ball
to Illinois' 4-yard, only to lose it on |
downs. Indiana showed the loss of Capt.
Davis, who was injured in the Chicago
game, in the defensive work of the line.
Indiana executed two forward passes,
which netted 35 yards each, while Illi-1
nois failed on all attempts to use it.
Summary: Touchdown?Pogue. Goal?Rowe.
Field icoal?Rowr. Substitutes: Illinois?Carpenter
for Wilson, Wilson for Carpenter, Siebens for
Lanche. Indiana?Decker for Barnhart, Bam
hnrt for Decker, Conrad for Worsey, Walker for
Dice. Trout for Fleming. Fleming for Scott.
Time of periods?15 minutea each.
URGE GREATER CAPITAL.
Speakers Tell of City's Advancement
at Luncheon for B. H. Warner.
An appeal for continued advance in
the improvement in Washington marked
the recounting of the past history of the
National Capital by the speakers at a
luncheon at the New Ebbitt yesterday
afternoon in honor of B. H. Warner
The affair was held both for the purpose
of welcoming the return to Washington
of Mr. Warner, after an absence of a
year or more, and also to congratulate
him upon his recovery of good health
The appeal for a greater capital was
sounded by Justice Thomas H. Ander
son of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, who presided, and other
speakers, including Gen. John M. Wil
son. William F. Mattingly, Louis P
Shoemaker and Rev. Henry M. Wharton
of Baltimore. The speakers recited Mr
Warner's efforts in behalf of the Natinrf"
al Capital, and paid high tribute to his
character. They told of his achieve
ments in the financial and real ettafo
circles of Washington. Rev, ?>r w !r
ton paid tribute to Mr. Warner as ?
church man. The luncheon was ,1
eluded by the recitation of the ooem"
-The House by the Side of the RoaT'
by Mr. Warner. "oaa,
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? new ice plant will be started at F*in
eott City by Otto Wunder. formerly man
ager of the Bloede Electric Light Com
paoy. '
Holding Night Sessions to
Pass on Pleas for Liquor
License Renewals.
DECISIONS ARE EXPECTED
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
Two Important Questions to Be
Thrashed Out at Hearing Set
for Tomorrow Morning.
"Midnight oil" has been burned the
past several nights by members of
I the excise board in an effort to finish
the task of going over applications for
licenses before November 1, the be
! ginning of the fiscal year. Under the
new law applications for renewal of
| licenses have to be filed not later than
; September 1, the intention of the law
being. 1t is stated, to give the board
an opportunity to make investigations
and act upon the applications before
the beginning of the license year, and
it is only by holding night sessions
that the board can complete Its la
bors by that time.
Numerous lengthy sessions of the
board have been held and it was given
out yesterday that the result of its de
liberations probably will be made
known about the middle of this week.
Every effort is being made by the board
to transact the business of going oyer
the applications as rapidly as? possible
and to keep their own counsel regarding
results, so that the first intimation appli
cants have as to what has been done with
their applications will come when the
board announces the result of its deliber
ations in all cases.
Hearing1 Tomorrow Morning.
It is the belief of interested persons
that the board will not follow the prac
tice of the old board in the matter of
holding up applications for a hearing dur
ing the course of Che year, but that all
will be disposed of next week and the
dealers compelled to comply with the
board's decision. Heretofore many cases
dragged along several months, some until
about the close of the license year before
they were acted upon.
Notices have been sent out by the
excise board of a hearing tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
"Are the local branches of out-of
town breweries required to take out
licenses under the excise law, and if
so, can such a license be granted with
in the one-mile limit of Soldiers'
Home?" are two of the questions to be
thrashed out.
Both questions involved in the hear
ing are considered by Attorney Albert
E. Shoemaker of the Anti-Saloon
League to be of more than ordinary
importance. His contention is that they
are required by the law to pay the tax,
and he also will argue that the framers
of the mile-limit law intended to keep
intoxicants outside the prescribed zone.
Quotes From the Law.
"That on and after the passage of
this act no license for the sale of in
toxicating liquor within one mile of the
Soldiers' Home property in the District
of Columbia shall be granted." Mr.
Shoemaker quoted from the law.
"That simply means what it says," he
added, "and the granting of a license
to do business in that prohibited sons
would seem to be in violation of the
letter and spirit of the law, and I
have a number of authorities in sup
port of my contention.
"The question of requiring agents of
non-resident brewers to pay the license
tax," added Attorney Shoemaker, "is one
in which I am not so particularly inter
ested, but it does seem that it would be
manifestly unfair to local brewers to per
mit such persons to do business without
the payment of the tax."
Attorney Shoemaker has filed a pro
test against the issuance of all licenses
in the prohibited zones and those against
which the police reported or lt\ which
neighbors of the licensees have protested.
Comparatively few protests have been
filed this year, Mr. Shoemaker says, forj
the reason that there was a misunder
standing on part of some who wanted to
file protests.
Reduction Presents Probem.
Much has been said about the manner
in which the excise board is going to re
duce the number of saloons to 300 by the
beginning of the license year 1914, and it
has been stated that the board probably'
will have some trouble in reducing the
number, but there are others who think
the number will fall far short of 300.
Last year the retail licenses totaled
498. A number already have gone out |
of business, and still others, it is I
thought, will close their doors Novem
ber 1, by reason of being rejected by
the board or otherwise, but just what
number will be in business November
1 will not be known until the result of
the deliberations of the board is made
known.
"If the provisions of the new law
were made effective the coming Novem
ber," said Mr. Shoemaker, "there would
be far less than 300 saloons in exist
ence. I think the number would not
be many in excess of 200."
A statement of the 469 applications
filed with the board for renewals of
licenses has been prepared by Attorney
Shoemaker and Jesse Suter, representing
the Anti-Saloon League, showing the
reports made by the police. It shows
that there are seventy-eight saloons in
residential sections, where the new law
provides they cannot remain. The num
ber within the four-hundred-foot limit
of a church is given as forty-nine, and
sixty-two are too near Inhabited alleys.
Several Transfers Granted.
In a number of instances several ob
jections are registered against a sin
gle saloon and the total number be
lieved to be legislated out of existence
by the provisions of the new law is
estimated at about 175. All these sa
loonkeepers will not go out of business,
however, some having already been
granted transfers from residential to
business sections, and the coming year,
it is stated, will see a large number
of similar applications for transfers
filed.
The question of reducing the number
of saloons to not more than three on
one side of a square and not more than
a total of four on both sides, it is
thought, will prove a troublesome
problem to the board. Just what sa
loons in such squares are to be elimi
nated is not known, the board not hav
ing adopted any rule to guide them
in the matter.
It is rumored, however, that the
board will adopt a standard whereby
the work of elimination will cause
very little trouble. Previous good
records of licensees will be considered,
police reports will be scrutinized and
the cleanliness of the places will be
taken into consideration. The ques
tion of the sanitary conditions of sa
loons, it is stated, is to be consfdered
in the future.
Young America's Retort.
From Lipptnc-ott's.
An English girl while visiting friends in
Boston had become very friendly with a
society belle there, and was invited to
her home to tea one afternoon.
They conversed on general topics for a
time, then the conversation took a more
personal turn. ... ,
"You American girls have not ^ such
healthy complexions as we have," said
the English beauty. "I cannot under
stand why our noblemen take a fancy
to your white faces."
"It isn't our white faces that attract
them, my dear." said the heiress- "It's
our greenbacks."
This Great Anniversary Sale
Is Drawing to a Close
?Does not mean that the opportunity for
piano buyers is any the less remarkable, or
lacks a single feature that has made our
Twelfth Anniversary Sale such a tremendous
success. No previous Anniversary
Sale ever meant so much to piano
less homes?and it means just as
much to you NOW! m
The big assortment of lately
received rental pianos and our ex
changed, sample and shopworn instruments
gives you splendid choice, and the bargains
mentioned must surelv convince vou that
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though the sale will continue for only a few
days it was never so greatly to your interest to buv that oft-wished-for piano AT
ONCE.
READ THESE ITEMS?SEE THESE INSTRUMENTS.
New 1914 Artistic Player-Pianos
These beautiful, sweet-tone Players are honest $600 values,
the catalogue price. Special Anniversary price
That':
$375
A FEW OF THE USED PLAYERS AND PIANOS AT SPECIAL FIGURES.
$350 Shoninger Piano, Upright.. $125
$450 Hardman Piano, Upright.. $175
$600 Cecilian 88-note Player.. $275
$600 Weber Upright $95
$750 Behning 88-note Player.. $350
$675 Angelus 88-note Player.. $350
SPECIAL EASY TERMS TO ALL DURING OUR ANNIVERSARY SALE.
HANDSOME DRAPE AND STOOL FREE WITH EVERY INSTRUMENT.
Moving Department*
Pianos and Players moved anywhere by
responsible help at reasonable rates.
Our Repair Department.
Instruments thoroughly overhauled and
put in perfect condition at reasonable prices.
Tuning by experts.
Player Music Exchanged
No Matter Where
Purchased.
{J C"j
C St at 13*' Wa-.h DC
Open Evenings Until
9 O'Clock During
Anniversary Sale.
Many Important Matters to
Comp Before Council. '
MEMORIAL RITES PLANNED
Order of Fraternal Americans to
Hold Services?Masons Go
ing to Richmond.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 25. 1913.
Many matters of Importance will come
before Itcy council at Its meeting Tuesday
night. Among the Important matters now
pending before council is the question of
the Installation of a fire and police call
system. Members of the board of police
commissioners are anxious for the in
stallation of such a system and petitioned
city council at its last meeting for a
meeting with the committee on Are and
police. Council referred the matter to
the joint committee on fire, police and
finance.
Petitions for a number of improvements,
now pending before various committees
of city council, will be reported on and
other routine business also will be up for
consideration.
Memorial Services to Be Held.
Alexandria Council, No. 5, Order of
Fraternal Americans, will hold annual
memorial services at 7:30 o'clock tomor
row night at Trinity M. E. Church. Sixty
members of the order have answered the
last roll call since its institution twenty
three years ago. Their names will be
read by Fred W. Ebhardt, past presi
dent. While the names are being read
the church will be in darkness with the
exception of sixty tiny incandescent
bulbs which will be illuminated and
which will be extinguished one at a time.
They will be surrounded by emblems of
the order.
The principal address will be delivered
by Rev. G- A. Luttrell, pastor of the
church. Others who will speak are: G.
N. Gradlin, past president of the or
der; O. H. Daniels, past president; John
H. Trlmyer, past president.
A solo will be given by Talbot Haslett,
and special hymns will be sung.
Members of the order will assemble at
Sarepta Hall and march to the church
in a body. A number of members of
the order from Washington will also at
tend the services.
The body of J. William Mangutn, a
Southern railway freight brakeman, who
was killed last night by a train at New
Glasgow- Va, was brought here tonight
and taken to his late home, 1001 Duke
street, and perpared for burial.
Masons Will Assemble.
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ma-'
sons of Virginia will be In session In
Richmond Tuesday and Wednesday next,
while the Grand Comrrandery of Knights
Templar will assemble In that city
Thursday.
Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons, this city, will be represented by
the following officers: Claude W.
Fletcher, high priest; C. Page Waller,
Jr., king; R- A. Zacnary, scribe; J. E.
W. Timberman, royal arch captain of
the state, also will attend.
Representatives from the Old Dominion
Commandery will be: Chester A. Gv-inn,
eminent commander; W. B. Davis, gen
eralissimo; Claude W. Fletcher, captain
general; J. Johnston Greem, grand junior
warden of the state, also will attend.
Funeral of Mrs. Lindsey.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Lind
sey, who died this morning at her home,
310 South Lee street, will be held at 9:30
o'clock Monday morning from St. Mary's
Catholic Church.
8he Is survived by the following chil
dren: Mrs. WiiUam H. Qulnn, Mrs.
Joseph E. Schwarzmann and Noble Lind
sey.
Clarence H. Madella, one of the best
known colored residents in this city, died
this morning at his home. 710 Wolfe
street, after a short illness of typhoid
fever. He was a teacher In the Arm
strong Manual Training School, Wash
ington, His funeral will take place at
3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from
Roberts' chapel.
All arrangements have been completed
by the members of the Collinwood Club
for a Halloween dance which will be
given Friday night at its clubhouse on
the Potomac, several miles below Alex
andria. Decorations In seeping with the
An excellent opportunity
for you to invest in
, a Diamond .
Twenty-five dollars paid at the
rate of 50 cents a week will buy a
magnificent Diamond Ring here.
Never before have we been able
to offer the choice of such a su
perb collection of Diamonds for
$25.00.
And because of the recent in
crease in the duty on Diamonds,
every diamond purchased here
now will be worth 10% more than
you paid for it in exchange for an
other diamond, after January 1.
Surely you can spare 50c a
week and avail yourself of this
excellent opportunity to make
10% on a Diamond in two
months.
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celebration will be used on this occasion
to beautify Its interior.
Parish Hall Improved.
Finishing touches are being put on the
addition to the parish hall of Christ
Episcopal Church. It la expected that
it will be formally opened next week.
Interest in the work being accomplished
by the local branch of the Anti-Tuber
culosis Society will be revived Thursday
night when Alexander Johnson, head of
the new extension department of the
Training School for Feeble Minded, Vine
land, N. J., will deliver an illustrated
lecture at the Young People's building.
Bally day services will be held at 11
o'clock tomorrow at the Second Presby
terian Church and Sunday school. Ar
rangements have been made to convey
the aged and infirm members to the
church In automobiles. Members of the
Sunday school will sing special anthems.
Marley Encampment of Odd Fellows
will Monday night confer the golden rule
degree on a candidate.
Foot Ball Game Postponed.
Owing to wet grounds, the game of
foot ball which was to have been played
tomorrow between the Cardinals and
Company A of the Engineer Corps has
been postponed.
The electoral board at a meeting held
last night completed arrangement# for
the election which will be held Novem
ber 4.
j Red Letter day will be observed Mori
i day by the Allison Women's Christian
Tempe.-ance Union at 7:30 o'clock in the
evening at the Children's Home.
Eight mules and four horses were!
burned to death in a fire which yester
day destroyed the stables on the farm of
Thomas C. Smith of this city at Laurel
Mills, Culpeper oounty, Va. The loss Is
covered by Insurance.
Mrs. Elizabeth Talbot of Woogtawn,
Fairfax county, is the guest of Mrs. Hor
ace Talbot on King street
To Flay Winter Base Ball
DBCATUR, III., October 25.?Arthur
Wilson, catcher for the New York Giants,
today signed a contract to play winter
base ball with the Oxpard, Cal., team, in
an independent league. The Oxnard team
will be managed by Fred Snodgrass of
the Giants. Both Wilson and Snodgrass
have received special permission from
Manager McGraw to play winter ball.
Wilson is visiting his parents in Decatur
and will report at Oxnard November 10.
tfothing to It.
from fcfceteh. 1
Reggie?If pa was to die, ma, would I
he go to heaven?
Ma?Hush, hush, Reggie! Whoever has'
been putting such ridiculous thoughts into
your head?
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PROTEST IS REGISTERED
AGAINST EXPOSITION BILL
A strong protest against a seemingly
innocuous paragraph of the Kahn Mil
to allow foreign countries to ship ex
hibits to the Panama exposition at San
Francisco was made yesterday to every
member of Congress by S. M. Weather
ly. secretary of the National Registra
tion League, with headquarters in Phila
delphia. Mr. Weatherly's protest states
that American manufacturer* under the
act "may be liable to criminal prosecu
tion, fine, imprisonment, confiscation of
property and injunction for continuing
to manufacture their own property."
The first section of the bill Is not ob
jectionable to the league, as it admits
foreign exhibits free of duty, but other
sections, providing for the establishment
of a branch office of copyrights and trade
marks at the exposition are arousing
strong protests. The bill states that tbe
proprietor of any foreign trad?; mafic
or copyright may obtain a certificate
from the branch of the patent offlee. It
is provided that under these certificates
no one shall infringe on foreign manufac
turers exhibiting under this protection.
Complaint of League.
The complaint of the National Regis
tration league states in part:
"It must be remembered that many for
eign governments issue patents, trade
marks, etc., without examination as to
novelty) originality or proof of owner
ship of tbe subject matter; therefore, un
der the provisions of this law it is not
only possible, but probable, that many
exhibits at the exposition will be the sub
ject of foreign protection of some kind,
notwithstanding the eame things have
been free from all character of protection
In this country for many years.
"Again, it is possible for any one to
ask some foreign government for a cer
tificate of protection for the product of
your concern, have the same imported
and exhibited at the exposition, secure a
certificate under this law and say to you
that you must stop manufacturing or sub
ject yourself to ail the liabilities and pen
alties provided by this new Kahn law.
"Tbe effect ot the law is to vest all for
eign governments with the right to grant
all kinds of protection within the United
States, or to make effective, within our
eountry, the laws governing the grant of
patents, trade marks, registrations, etc.,
Of every country en earth, and make our
ewn citisens liable to the penalties of this
bill tor infringing the alleged rights un
der the lava of any and ail foreign gov
ernment*."