The evening world. Newspaper, December 18, 1913, Page 24

‘s) PUBLIC OWNERSHIP CAUCUS TOFOLLOW BURLESON MESSAGE | —»— Democrats to Decide Action on Taking Over of Tele- \« graphs and Telephones. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Postmaster. Genera) Burleson'’s declaration for the Peinciple of Government ownership of| @Hegraphs and telephones, ntlined fn his annual report just made public, undoubtedly will be follewed by a Dem- cratic caucus in the House in January ‘which will decide how far the project ts to be made an Adminstration policy in Congress. President Wilson has ®een giving the Project careful study and, Administra- tion supporters say, has not pressed it ‘upon Congress this time because of the enormous expense involved. A Preliminary move will be Congressional authorization to the Postmaster-General to make a report on the feambility of acquiring the lines for a Government monopoly. Representative Lewis, who was fore- Most among the Congressional leaders who worked out the parcel post, had Prepared a bill on the new subject, but will give way to an Administration measure backed by (chairman Moon of the House Post-Office Committee. Postmaster-General Burleson believes that existing law grants full authority the Government ownership. Lawe of 1886 and 12 confer practically con- fiecatory power, according to the tol!-f expressed in hin annual report. All that i@.needed is an appropriation to make ghem effectiv® Burleson and Prealdent Wilson have held a number of conferences on the eubject. The President is understood te favor the general plan of Govern- meat ownership. The only question that te at lsgue te whether it would be good politica to initiate it xt this cime or to wak until after the next Congressiona! @estions are held. Burleson has told (he President that, inasmuch ae there @xigte at present a real eurplue in his dagartment, the time will eoon be ripe for one-cent postage. he haa expressed the belief that the reduction of the postal rate should be initiated comprehensive for taking over at least the tele- lines of the country, The Post- Department is already operating ‘Afaskan cable and making monty it. Burleson te understood to de- that € the Government operated Aslegragh lines the present cost of jing messages could be reduced two- ; First Assistant Postmaster-General Roper snid to-day that the report of a @emmittee which, for six months has Been studying tne Government owner- @hip plan will be made public in « fe a. “1 feel that the English law decis- dons holding that a telegram is a lette tha$ the telephone, to all inti Purpowes is the telegraph, will amin the Government any move for Government ownership,” Roper said. “WS already ih Jaw by which we take over the graph I All we have to do then te to apply t English principle to get the telephone system.” ; ———>——_. . Allds in New eprise. ALBANY, Dec. 18.—Jotham P. Alida, Who was expelled from the State Kenate em charges of corruption in 190, appears ap one of the incorporators and direc- ters of the Norwich Bottling Company, for which papers were filed to-day with the Secretary of State. The company, st ie Le pore \t $40,000, ts to bottle ales and table water. Mr. Allds ye 14,000 im the stock of the new com- UPSET STOMACH, COSTIVE, BILIOUS, CASCARETS TONGHT—DIME A BOX : That awful Sournens, belching of acid| gestion—it', of acid sad foul gases; that pain in pit of Leche chet the ue pol Besa ha ap uses, Wyoting er eating, fullness, dissiness and sick tick’ headache, rane i at mach i re, liver four ls const! it jen't your Remus foult—it isn’t ind: RETS WORK WHILE YOU SLEER \Xmas Candy Factory Busy ® (A iM "dn aes 1 TOON News Oddities BOSTON POLICE are forbidden to chew gum or tobacco on post. ORIGINAL PRICE of the Mona Lisa, 408 years ago, compounded at| three per cent. would now amount to a billion and a half dollars. rn) AY ———} [BUSINESS TO PK UP NEXT YEAR, LEADERS IN FANE DECLARE THERE ARE 30,000 IDIOTS in New York State—that {s, on the pub-/Serious Problems May Over- le lists. 4 PRESIDENT WILSON’S birthplace, Staunton, Va., has gone dry, | JUDGE TENNANT of Jersey City tried to call Frank Chrzaszoz to the bar. He sneezed twice and, disgusted, instantly changed name to Frank Young. the man's! Lead MEANEST BUKGLAR stripped Christmas tree ready for the children in a Philipstown, N. J., house. William : Pac JURY OF ELEVEN MEN gave Rose Culligan a verdict of $11,000, {na against the City of New York. Her brother was injured in the Croton, | '% for Aqueduct in 1911, dying on Jan. 11. The trial took eleven days, there | ver were eleven attorneys and the verdict was returned at 11 P. M. CZAR'S COUSIN DENIES STORY OF COWARDICE srand Duke Boris in Libel Suit anese and Russian arigies fough berate battle at the-eNd of Aug: the beginning of September, 1904. He said he had participated as an oMcer in the fighting in whieh the arn under Gen, Count Keller engaged tie | Japanese and in which Gen, Keller was | a des t and be is @ late M Killed. He had ultimately been deco- | s $ ¥ Honor hy . | rated by Gen. Kuropatkin with the or- John A. Says He Was nared f r Brav der of St, Ann or his courage and had | Tron and SI ery in Russia's War With Japan, LONDON, Dec. 18.-—The Grand Duke Boris of Russia, a cousin of the Em peror of Russia, took the witness stand to-day in the Lord Chief Just Court in order to rebut misconduct and since been repeatedly honored, the Em- peror having given him a golden sword of honor Inscribed “For bravery.” . Henry EF. Duke, counsel for the de- [ise "on then apologtaed to the Grand r In i Duke on behalf of his clients, saying the article had been published without Me ad- the allegations of brought the knowledge of ™ mitted that thé word tremely objectionable ‘The case then concluded, the defendants agreetn to pay all the costs, Munsey cowardice die enues on in month, connection with which he had brought ault for libel against the Frank A. Munsey Company, The suit had been aettied out of court on Dec. %, but the es Inevitable Grand Duke wished to be heard pub- FRISCO § REET Frank A. Vanderlip, President Na- Nely. T DANCES tional City Bank: "Nobody has taken The Grand Duke swore that there J.P. Morgan's place us nelal dic- was no foundation for the story, He de FOR PEOPLE OF CITY tator, but It fs not necessary, ‘There ean med that he had been guilty of mia | never be another panic like 1207, It is eonduct and testified thdt he had been constantly under fire for a fortnight during the operations in the vicinity of Liao-Yang in Manchuria, when the Jup: Cost of Music and Lighting for Open Air Affairs Comes From Public Funds, the it will do ii it's biliousness and constipa- ‘hat proper decorw: Try Cascareta; they sweeten the dance program: stomach, remove the sour, fermenting |s o'clock and end at 11, includes (ne X bi |tango and the “Boston dip.” The second public street dance will be held next Saturday night in another section of the clty, and the third of [the sortes on New Year's eve ldowntown districts. when will dance the New Year tn is observed, T which will begin ut matter from the bowels. ‘Then your stomach trouble is ended. ‘ascaret ixhtens you out by morning. of China kn Palos in the the publt> The ser Will be tried an an experiment, the idea |Deing to establish street dancing as 3 ubstitute for the public dance hail Whioh were closed by the Police Com- minsion three months ago. The Board of Supervisors originated the plan. ® . he two lt hal. parts, sion has unquestiona: hastened Iquidation and brought about | te demoralization of prices through foreign competition at sea coast points men in steel an between a SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec, 18—| and takin Sponsered |i the elty, the first of a h series of public street dances will be | securities [held toenight in one of the outiying | matter residence districts, The city win} Hen. Te os |fernish music, ieate and police, the Cabinet ome know that ter having been instructed to «ee Kdlow th © stowed away amer Mongolia, which sailed to- or the Orient marked © question. ch teel Compa mports of abd If present condit Jong continued or unthinkable.” . Vail the have slowed down business, Topping, y debated. cau | turn Improving Conditions if Not Rightly Met. ofl ne is positive tha ir incidental to Congress | self ever so persevering, could in all re of commercial and flnancial | affairs in various parts of the count expressed themselves to-day on busine conditions as follows Sproule, President Southern Raliroad—The present unwettied a) condition i# due to caution only. improvement next ‘The effect of tie tariff, which we; are hoplug Will be beneficial In a broad, nense, is till to be deterimied. A cur- reney bill will be passed, and the effect of this is being acti the solution of the Mexican queation will Whether shall have to pour men and trea: exico is another of What irman Republie “Tariff revi- 1 iron industgy. dition to thin loss to labor, recent tre: ury returns indicate further loas in rev $4,500,000 pe: ld be should lower prices abroad confront us, wage reductions are y stimulated and Ana ult there are now out of employment educed pay not lexs than 250,000] Oh, no, ft { In ad- “At > President American e and Telegraph Company nent Wants to take over the telephone and telegraph lines of course t. It's a long step however, them over a great ixsued other against more nd pi the boats te Nghting Cal, Mor Des, -Generals t ownership.” poeta ‘KNOCKDOWN’ GUNBOATS OFF BAN FRANOISCO, signed for service in the shallow waters Philippines, 18 Fé in the hold eraft at Mare Island Navy Yard apd are o picte as crated, with the exgeption of the guns, Which will be placed at Shang: | A special armor crews from rifle fire covers the exposed Each boat will carry a crew w’ 1@ men and two offcegg, vere ppratsement of the properties The properties than the them. he wao has ambitions, You Postmast have advocated Governi of to protect tie #27 TOVLAND CANDY Santa Claus Uses Thousands Tons of Sugar Making Taffy. of By Eleanor Schorer. ARCTIC REGIONS, Dec, 18.—This week opened the doors of the great Christmas candy factory. Hundreds of gnomes with white caps and gowns as pure as snow, large etirring spoons in hand, filed into the open doors and commenced op- erations immediately. Great stone pots and kettles were placed over the new- made, toaring fires, in prelude to the great work at hand Tons of sugar of every kind—white, brown, Iuinp, granulated and powdered— have been delivered to the North Pole confectioners. Many plants, nuts and fruits have! given generously of themselves to flavor: the delicious bits. Some who have ficed themselves to this cause are the temon, which flavors tons of taffy; the mint leaf for~peppermint sticks and eamg. Cocoa beans give the chocolate. | Great cocoanuts hi d eanuta shelled for the “brittle.” nonds by the bushel are being choco- ate-coated by the little candy-makers. *hertien play an important part, to- gether with pineapples and oranges. Santa wisely suggested all-day taffy pulls for he younger workers, because he knew how youn) be gnomes, love to pull taffy. too, that one does beat those things which one liken best todo, In this he has managed to ma! and pleasure work. To: of taffy left the North Pole Factory and headed straight for i.e big cities’ con- | fectioner it will find Its way into litle ren’s atockings on te night before Christm: The North Pole is so far away from kiddies’ homes and the journey for} Santa and all his Christman toys and | Boodles 's so Very far that It seems! range that such w wise old fellow has net moved to some spot nearer the in- | habited parts of the glove. hat often wondered, “Why is it that for so many years Santa has mad the cold, cold North his home and s'y place of business?" me, Last night he told And more than one reason he vas for It, indeed. it First of all, ce, it isa splendié hiding Who ever goes up to the North excepting a very few brave ex- pi and fewer 3 kiddie reaches that J Santa, who loves to work secretly toy wondel with them, on and surprig@ the children 00: the only place where | ng Kiddie, if his) curiosity were ever so strong and him- is or her little kiddle-life visit him, “It is indeed a busy time we have up here,” Santa declared. “Tt is no simple matter to make toys, tend growing and manufacture pretty, \bright ornaments, tinsel strings, yards, miles of threaded popeotn. Candie electric Mghts to illuminate with. Can-| dies and ee kiddies’ palates. mattetr, and every | and factories must In order to mipply | the demands that come through the mattis, Do you suppose for one moment) that these little gnomes of mine could powsibly work so hard if our abodes were tranaplantei into a warmer cll-| mate? Never! And here they are only: too happy to toll with all their might to keep themselves warm,” Another reason is that Christmas trey refuse absolutely to thrive in another, atmosphier: one in my work like, bea’ DANZIG, Germany, Dec. 18—The Ger- man Crown Princess christened the new eamer Columbus of the North German yd line, which was launched here ve ay, She ix Cor the service vetw Bren en and New York and di os «, » calla eed of from % to 21 knots. She will make her first trip in August ni What is and Bowels, assimilates the* Food, The Children’s ‘The Kind You Hay Always ~ Ds nere, | his personal su; ; All Ni Goaneertelta ti Imitations and ‘ trifle with Children—Ex; | From Capt. | manner. ASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, | Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It | destroys Worms and allays Feverishnes: has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhwa. —The Mother’s Friend. | ht, and which has been in use for over has borne the signature of Chas, H. Flotcher, and has heen made under rvision since ita infanc; “Allow no one to deceive yau in this of Infonts and the health of Infan' Experiment. cna caanagenbos Si ot Re STORK FLES 1,000 “4 FAGTORY WORKING | MILES OUT TO SEA NIGHT AND DAY; AND BOARDS SHIP; That Day Three Chow Pups} Are Bor and Sailors Say Bird Brought ’Em. __ Rea with rust from bridge rail Plimsol line the British freighter B chuana from Delagoa Bay, South Africa, by way of Bombay, steamed into the Port of New York yesterday and was to warped up to Norton & Sons’ pier, Bush Stores. The rust on her rails, decks, donkey engines and side plates bore mute witness to the tempestuous voyage of the steamship across the Atlan: From the time the Bechuara left "Gib" rn twenty days ago she battied with south, southwest and westerly gale. E. E, Bulkeley down all hands declared they had never tn all their seafaring days experienced such weather and {t takes real gales to make old-time seamen admit such facts. “For two weeks we were more ike a |sabmarine than a rteamehip to float on the top of the wat aid Chief Officer Alan C. Avery, “There was hardly a minute when the deck: were nat awash and every little while Xtra large wave would topple com- over the ship. “From the tme that we left Delazoa Croasing Bay we had rough weather. the Indlan Ocean to Bombay: w: sion of storms, When we wei thousand miles off the African coust @ Peculiar thing happened. I was on the bridge carly one morning when 1 sew a white object heading directly toward us) through the gale. As it drew closer 1) saw that Itewas a bird. In a few min- utes the bird reached the Bechuana and fell exhausted on the deck. BIRD VISITOR PROVES TO BE A STORK. "I cailed to one of the hands to hold the bird, but it was unnecessary, for the poor thing was almust dead and lay on the dech with eyes closed. Our bird was a stork and it had evidently Leen driven from Africa by a storm, i never heard of « stork travelling 1,00) ‘miles to sea. Weill, sir, stork t in about two hours the an to show wigns of life and it was soon moving about the deck, It made no effort to leave us and we took it as a good sign, And then another sirange thing happened. Along about two bells in the after:.oon watch Capt. Bulkeiey cailed to me to come below and there was his chow dog Nellie with three pupples that had arti | time that morning. You can’t there mork didn’t bring those |puppies. As for myself I hardly think it pos#ible, for I never knew of storks | to b e chow dog business, e “That stork lived aboard ship for three days and then one morning tne old bird rose gracefully into the circled about the masts for a few minutes and struck out to the northeast in the di- | rection of Indl Chief Office: Avery has several anap-/ shots of the stork and also several of the chow puppies In his acrap book to proye the authenticity of his narrative. | From Bombay to Gibraltar the passage| of the Bechuana was without incident, | but hardly had the Pillars of Hercul disappeared astern ere she ran in to a southerly that stood the freighter on her beam ends. | uminated the heavens In a g! ty LIGHTNING SCARES THE FIRE.) ROOM CREW. An the dayn passed the gales swept from gouth to west and back again, ‘The electrical display was terrifying and| the natives in the fireroom called on thelr Buddhas for protection. The Bi chuana carries a large quantity of India Castoria For more than thirty years it It regulates the Stomach giving healthy and natural sleep. | Added to the wind and| | waves was a display of lightning that Hel A fron ore for Philadelphia and ghe thoughts of the ore's drawing power for lightning made some of th think their time had come, + “During the early days of the We were visited with St. Elmo's lights. eaid Chief O%cer Avery. “The weird balls Of fire rested on the tops of the masts throwing a. sickly, bluish light upon the ship. The Lascars below took one look and disappeared under their Dunks calling upon all the gods of the fathers to save them. I've seen lights many times before, but I never took upon them but what J feel un- canny. Altogether {it was the worst atretch of storm I ever went through and 1 would just soon that it re- mains as suoh.” Old salts along the Brooklyn water- front say that they have seen few ships showing the result of storms as does the Bechuana. It will take many bar- tels of paint to make her shipshape again. The Bechuana is unloading castor beans and myrabullum nuts and In a few days‘wi!l leave for Philadelphia with her o: — A WORD TO PARENTS. | A sixteen-page booklet containing the fascinating fairy stcry of “Hop-| o'-My-Thumb” and the Seven League; Boats will be given with every copy of next Sunday's World in Greater New York. This booklet is profusely iiluatrated with scenes from the great spectacle now being presented at the Manhattan Opera House, Parents who fall to see that their youngsters get the “Hop-o'-My-{ Thumb” booklet are bound to hear from the little people when they lea! from their playfellows what a treat they ‘have missed. This is a real ; Christmas story. Be sure to get next | Sunday's World. ——_—>—___. 1 MARY ROBERTS RINEHART ILL Novell ad Playwright Has Diph- and 18 Q } PITTSBURGH, Dec. Robert Rinehart, noveliat, Ad one-time nuree in a Pitteburgh hos. | pital, Is quarantined with diphtheria in her home in Gien Caborne, a farhionable suburb of Pittsburgh. Although nurses) are In attendance, ale is practically do- ing her own nursing, with experience! | born of several years passed at it, in the course of which she came to know Dr. | 8. M. Rinehart, to who:n she was ma--, ried. Dr. State Med: of ter case. Since her return to Pittsburgh, ear rt han been an} r, particularly to 1 Rinehart is a member 1 Board. f the} He is in charge! | | T a! Myrtle Held !Help! louse! HE endorsement implied by predominant patronage stamps . the ARROW as Troy’s best Collar Crowrr, Paanopy & Co., Inc., Makers of Annow Suintes rere GRAZED GREEK KILLS FEDERAL WATCHMA e Knocks Him Off Pier to Boat— Assailant One of Thirty Or- ; dered Deported, undesirable citizens,” on thelr Chicago Yo Ellis Island for deportation, debarked from a Baltimore and Ohio train in the Jersey Central station at Communipaw, Jersey City, at 4.20 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Only one of them, a gigantic Greek, who has been adjudged insane, caused trouble on the journey, Because of his violence and tremendous strength he had been handcuffed. To Robert Walsh, sixty, a watchman on Ellis Island, whe lived at No. 310 East Fifty-Afth atreet, was assigned the task of leading this Greek and two or three other “und ables” to the revenue cut! lying at Pler No. 1. No sooner had Waish reached the end of the pler than the Greek lurched into . him, Walsh stumbied and plunged to : the deck of the migrant, Doctors aatd lia neck Was broken and that he died Instantly. *. Charles 8, Tag: an interpreter on | Eilts Island, had the body taken to a ‘Then Ing¥ils went: Headquarters and Greex. ~ 2 for 25¢ The greatest and most comp! periments that ) iation about Winter Resort Hotels, Boaviing Places, Ocean Steamship Cruises, Railroad Routes, c,, ever cistributed by any newspaper, Watch for “‘Coming Out Announcement” The World's Winter Resort Guide For 1913-1914 lete compendium of infor-