A
T1IE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 2H, 1007.
FRANCE DESIRES GOOD FLOUR
Arou'eJ Over Export that Wislesa1
Adulteration ;i franked.
MINERAL IS FREELY MIXED AT MILLS
Only Inferior Orailri So Badly Adul
terated anil Poorer (."asses BonVr
Cripples Perming t'nlon
In Prai
PARtS. May Ti. fFpeclal.) Is there a
whnlrsaip adulteration of flour In certain
districts In France? Such In the question
which la Just now being agitated, as Judi
cial proreedlngs ha' bwn started against
soma millers and flour export dealers tn
the Department of Deine Inferteura and
!n the vicinity of Bordeaux.
A newspaper correspondent ha visited
the district to probe Into the matter and
going the rounds disguised as an agent
he says that he offered tons of talc to be
mixed with the flour, and that two out
of ten mlllera grave him orders for half
ton each and that throe others said that
they already had as much of the "stuff"
aa they . required. According; to this
Information a tremendous trade In
around up Isinglass Is going on In this
district. The talc Is sent In bag-s In fle
tached quantities,- six to ten tons at a
time. The bags usually contain about 200
pounds each and are never dispatched di
rectly to the address of the merchant or
the miller to whom they are Intended, but
iTways to some Intermediary, and by a
very circuitous route, so as not to arouse
any suspicions. Some times It passes
through two or three hands before reach
Ins; Its destination. The operation of mixing
the talc with the flour is said to bo a
rather tedious one. It la done by hand, a
handful of flour being; mixed carefully with
a handful of talc. The bags containing;
this mixture are laid out horliontally, In
stead of being; placed upright, the reason
of this being; that the talc has a tendency
to settle down tn the bottom of the bag;.
One of the merchants who gave th order
for a thousand pounds of talc, Is said to
have riven the excuse for Ms cqnduot that
the peasants not only want very cheap
flour, but that it must be very white. The
flour they ask for Is usually of the second
grinding;. This flour can be made to look
pearly white, resembling the superior qual
ities by a liberal admixture of talo. Legal
prosecutions for adulteration have been
started against certain persons in Toulouse,
Auch, Lectoure, Mlrande, Agen, Condon
and Bordeaux.
What Exposures Show.
The exposures show that It is only the
Inferior grades of flour that are adulter
ated and supplied to the peasant and vil
lagers In the country district. On the other
hand. It must not be Inferred that all or
even a majority of millers or dealers are
guilty of 'such wholesale adulterations. On
the contrary, they have combined In sev
eral departments with the Intention of de
nouncing unscrupulous dealers and having
criminal action brought against them. The
magistrates of Salutes and Saint Jean d'
Angeley are said to have In hand twenty
six prosecutions against local dealers and
millers. Two of these are said to have
accumulated a considerable fortune. Sixty
three samples of alleged adulterated flour
have been collected and are being exam
ined. The prosecution will become public
as soon aa the chemical analysis proves
that the flour has ' been adulterated.
Strangely enough a brisk trade In talc
seems to be going on between Bordeaux
and Liverpool. The talc Is mostly ' fur
nished by the mills of Luzonar and Tara
soon, in the- Ardeche. A large proportion
of the product, by the way. Is also shipped
to New York City, the shipments often
running up Into the hundreds of tons per
rear. It la to be hoped that all of this tale
Is lor polishing and other legitimate pur
poses. It muet be added to the credit
of the honesty of the average Parisian
merchant that no Isinglass has yet been re
vealed by chemical analysis In any sample
furnished to dealers and bakers In Farts.
However, the technical and trade press has
taken up the matter and Is calling loudly
for a pure food law modeled on- the lines
of th pure food law so recently adopted
In the United States.
Leptne Will Not Resign.
There has Just been received an authori
tative contradiction of a very Improbable
roport that M. Leplne, prefect of police,
contemplates resigning from public life.
Paris has never had a more Indefatigable
official than M. Leplne. On many, occa
sions he' has not only had hair-breadth
escapes, but has even felt the force of a
heavy hand, of a sharp blow or of a
treacherous missile. But he makes light of
such adventures and even seems to thrive
on them. He Is a brave man tn every
sense of ths word and he la certainly
popular In Paris. It la not given to every
prefect of police to find a warm spot In
the hearts of his fcllcrsv CUUena, Dut M,
' Leplne at any rate, appears to have added
this to his long list of suooesaes.
Trad t'nlon of Cripples-.
The latest trade union, even stronger
than that ' the blind men who so re
cently forced the government to pay at
tention to their afflictions through the re
sult of organisation, has Just . been es
tablished and registered at Marseilles. It
la called the Syndicate of Perambulating
French Singers and Cripples. There are
tbirty-slx members. The articles of as-1
aoclatlon, drawn up after much discussion, 1
follow:
Bvery member of the union must be of
French nationality.
No member Is to sing or declaim mono
logues against ths government of the re
- public, nor against ths polloe, nor against
any kind of religion.
Any member passing through a town
and hearing of a bogus cripple ts to im
mediately Inform the police.
' Only those afflicted with soma visible
Infirmity to be able to Join th union.
Women with visible Infirmities may be
honorary members of the union.
Th syndicate has entered an applica
tion to be admitted, to tha Confederation
Generate de Travail.
Saltan Will Settle with Frane.
PARIS, May K. The French minister at
Tangier reports that the sultan's repre-
WAISTS
MARIS ANTOINETTE
with lac and embroidery
LINGERIE WAIST
PETER PAN
Prlcea from $1.00 up to $$.
ach.
GRADUATION GIFTS
Fans and Handerkerchlefa.
Long and Short Kid and Bilk
Gloves.
sinlander & Smith
sentrttlv has promised to accede to all
the French demands and the minister has
been Instructed to negotiate a settlement
on the basis of complete satisfaction of
the French demands.
TOURISTS IN LONDON
(Continued from First Page )
bonds are dally growing tighter and
tighter.
"When th United company was formed
the condition for obtaining machinery was
altered. In place of selling outright, the
company now only leases and charges a
royalty on production. It has also a system
of 'Unking up,' which virtually forces the
man who wants one of the United ma
chines to adopt them throughout his works.
Machines are let on twenty-one-year agree
ments and th manufacturer who has
signed on of th leasing agreements has
largely surrendered his business freedom
for that time.
"Manufacturers would not object to the
leasing system If fairly carried out How
It operates today can be seen when It Is
understood that on every pair of welted
shoes made on the trust machines It de
rives a royalty of from I to I pence.
"The man Who leases a trust machine
today has to submit to a number of exact
ing conditions. If he has any machines
similar to those he wants that were pro
cured by him before the trust waa formed,
he has to surrender them for anf allowance
and then r-hlre from the company. The
hirer binds himself for a period of twenty
years or for long after the patents expire.
He has no right to throw up the agreement
or cease using the machines, but the trust
can cancel the lease at any time by a sixty
days' notice."
Complaint About Pickpockets.'
Americans have been, complaining of a
gang of expert pickpockets at work tn
London and as a result of their crimes
Detective Sergeant Baker and Detective
Lovejoy made a raid on a number who
had gathered around the electric tramway
cars at Shepherd's -. Bush. Three were
placed under arrest, ' ,"
The most active members of the gang,
however, are. those that have been "work
ing" the motor-omnibuses near the Marble
Arch and Oxford Circus Tube stations
These particular pickpockets are two
women and a man. When there is a
niBh for a motor omnibus one of the
women manages to get In front. She then
seizes a lady's handbag or she will snatch
a watch, which is promptly passed to the
man behind. Sometimes there Is even a
second man and the first man passes It
along to his companion.
"I wish we could lay hands on them,"
said a Scotland Yard detective." But they
are Ingenious at effecting their escape.
They are nimble , with their fingers. Us
ually one man acts as the receiver. He Is
so well dressed and so smart In his gen
eral appearance that he would be taken
anywhere for a prosperous man of affairs.
And If we should happen to make a mis
take and capture an honest business man
while trying to run down the accomplices
of the pickpockets 'you can readily under
stand what a storm It would raise. The
strength of tha woman lies In the fact
that she dresses so as to render herself
as Inconspicuous as possible. Take It all
In all these cases are as hard aa any that
we have had to deal with in years."
Carson Asks Honey for Oxford.
The appeal .of Lord Curton fori funds
for the relief of Oxford came with, some
thing of a surprise to those who had not
thought deeply upon the subject, for It
has been the common practice to suppose
that Oxford and Cambridge universities
are very rich.
The reasons for Oxford's poverty accord
ing to Lord Curson, are, really not diffi
cult to seek. The necessities incident to
procuring an education are increasing
while the purchasing power of money is
decreasing every year. An Income which
In the old days might have been regarded
as comfortable la now admitted on all
aides to be miserably Inadequate. For It
should be remembered the salaries of the
professors are fixed and do not rise and
fall with the rise and fall of the necessities
of life. Some of the professorships are still
extremely low, having been fixed at $500
pei; year when $800 per year meant wealth
and comfort. It can readily be understood
that a salary of 1500 per year nowadays
In a center like Oxford or Cambridge means
the worst and the most tormenting kind
of genteel poverty. But the salaries of
the professors are seldom changed and
some of the servants at these universities
men who might be supposed to be getting
thousands of pounds, are struggling along
on Incomes less than those paid to good
bookkeepers and bricklayers trying to
keep soul and body together on starvation
wages.
BOYCOTT 0FJJRITISH GOODS
Leading Mullahs of A fab an lata n Cry
Oat Against Purchase of For.
etgn Manafactares.
LUCKNOW. May 25. (Special.) Another
boycott of Brjtlsh g-oods has been started,
this time by the Mullahs of Afghanistan.
According to all accounts, at a moetlng
of the Mullahs held at Kabul, the ameer
was denounced for hja liberal sentiments
and especially because of the fact that he
had been Instrumental in Introducing for
eign Institutions Into tha country. The
Mullahs resolved that it was unlawful for
Mahometans to purchase foreign goods, as
being against the Interests of Afghanistan.
They especially condemned the use of
British sugar In consequence of objections
to the processes of manufacture. Violent
speeches were made by several of the
Mullahs and their language was so threat
ening tha'. the ameer's eldest son, the
Blrdar Inayatulla, dispersed the meeting.
He afterwards dispersed several other sim
ilar gatherings, and a number of ring,
leaders were arrested.
According to advices Just received from
Afghanistan, the anti-foreign movement Is
spreading throughout the entire country
and the ameer has given orders that It
shall be sternly suppressed. Mullshs who
preach against the foreigners In denuncia
tory language are to be severely punished
LIQUOR FIGHT IN AUSTRALIA
Battle Royal Promised In Sydney In
letter Months of the
Tear,
oTDNET, May . (Speelal.)-A battle
royal Is promised In Sydney In the latter
months of the year when the first local
option vote will he taken concurrently with
the polling In the state general election.
Even now the ranipatgn has begun, the
two extreme parties those who are bent
on destroying the liquor trade and those
who are equally determined to maintain It,
being already arraigned against each other,
Roth are trying to move the moderates with
whom no doirbt the decision will reallv
rest. The local option act of 1905 provides
for a local option vote on O) continuances
of the' licenses; (I) reduction; (3) abolition.
Ths antl-llquor party Is strenuously work
ing for the abolition of licenses, whilst their
opponents are demanding the reopening of
the publle houses on Buuday during certain
hours of the day. Tha latter party have
already Issued a manifesto and have circu
larised every license In the state.
See Our Windows
OUR GREAT SALE CONTINUES
Salurtluy produced Uie moat gratifying results not in the hlwtorr of The Daylight Store had there Assembled no Inrge a crowd of eager niid anxlntu purchasers. Nor hare we Pvrr
shown no comprehensive or so choice a collection of remarkable bargains' a we now Invite your attention to. Kxtra additions hare been made for Monday'! aclling. A matchless aggrega
tion of the Reason's cleverest creations and effects a legion of the smartest models. Styles and patterns to suit all tastes BF.IZR TUB OPPORTUNITY.
Marvelous Silk Selling
Magnificent Kimono Silks,
full 27 In. wide, swell cre
ation of oriental and Per
6 lan. designs a grand 76o
value, Monday, yard, 305
1.25 Ilabutal M ash Silk 400
A superior quality for
waists and underwear and
considered good at 9 1.2 &
Monday, yard , .49,4
51.50 Corola Silk Urn
brelias, 89c
300 Ladles' and Gentlemen's
Black Corola Bilk Covered
Umbrellas, natural wood
bandies, reinforced steel
frames, a good $1.50 value,
for this sale, each...g)(4
Extra Special Embroid
eries Monday
500 pieces Import Samples,
way below cost, Allover
Embroidery, Deep Floune
lngs, all widths of edgings
and Insertions, pretty me
dallions and festoons, fancy
and plain headings In beau
tiful matched sets. These
are values that are worth
from 29c to $1.60 a yard
all divided Into three lots
yard, 4Q,, 29 and
Fancy Trimming Rib
bons A new lot of pretty brocaded
Persian Ribbons, Nos. 2
and 3, all colors, Just the
thing for dress and jacket
trimming. No. 3, worth
19c yard, for, yard 12 Ws
Per bolt $1.00
No. 2, worth lBo yard, for,
yard 8
Per bolt 75
Ladies' Silk Gloves, 43c
Ladles' fine Silk doves, 4
buttoa length, double tip
ped fingers, and all colors,
worth to $1.25 a pair,
Monday, pair 49
PUBLIC SERVICE BAD
(Continued from First Page.)
may be, the municipal water supply of
Berlin ts excellent and unquestionably well
managed, though the prioe 15 pfennigs
(about 4 cents) a cublo meter ts compar
atively high. The water is not taken to
the same extent as formerly from the
rivers Spree and Havel, but comes from
wells In the bed of an ancient glacier
which runs under the heart of the city and,
being of sandy structure, practically filters
the water before It reaches the surface.
Pnblie Water Supply System.
Dr. Eggert, one of the directors of the
works, Is not In favor of water supply by
the agency of private enterprise. . He
thinks private companies work at the cost
of good quality, ere unwilling to spend
money on technical prooesaea that are es
sential to the production of an absolutely
pure supply and do not control waste as
does a municipal system, since It Is not to
their Interest to Inform the consumer when
he is guilty in this respect. The water of
the Berlin wells has the unusual advan
tage of being of a temperature 10 degrees
Celsius that makes It ready for drinking.
60 much for state and municipally owned
franchises. We now come to the larger
private companies.
That Berlin Is the best lighted city In
the world such at least Is Its boost la duo
in the first plaoe to private enterprise.
Since 1849 there has been a municipal gas
plant in existence supplying half the city's
wants, but its forerunner and model, the
Imperial Continental Oas company. Is en
titled to the credit of having shown the
way and by Its exemplary management
kept Its munlolpal rival up to the mark.
The history of the Continental 1h an in
teresting one. The company, originally
English, Is nearly 100 years old, and dur
ing that time has given light to most
of the chief towns on the continent of
Europe. It still has plants In Austria,
Spain, France, Belgium and Italy.
Its operation In Germany began with the
public lighting of Hanover in 1825, up to
which date the streets of the town were
lighted with oil. From 1838 to 1819 the
Continental bad a monopoly In Berlin and
elsewhere, but the high prices charged
Induced the Berlin city fathers to start a
gas plant of their own. Competition went
on until both companies were threatened
with destruction by the perfecting of the
eleotrlo light. Then came the incandescent
burner, the storking, as It Is called In Ger
many. The Continental now lights the
center of Berlin, charging for its supply
1115 pfennigs per cublo meter, as against 40
pfennigs, the cost of lighting by electricity.
So perfect have the company's incandescent
lamps now become that one of the large
open places of the city Is being lighted
with them Instead of electricity.
The penny in the slot meter was slow
to be adopted in Berlin, but It has become
popUtar In the last three or four years and
there are now (0.000 In Use. The compe
tition between the Continental and the
municipal plant ceased In 1901, when a
common price was agreed on. The Conti
nental has still a monopoly In the center
of the city, paying an annual rent or sub
sidy of $135,000 to the municipality, besides
posesslng long term franchises In the
suburbs.
Notwithstanding the rent and the similar
conditions under which it works in other
Continental and German towns. It Is able
to pay a dividend of 8 per cent on a capital
of 125.000,000. The lowest wage It pays
its unskilled workmen is about a dollar a
day, and Its skilled workmen 81.IS. It Is
contemplating the Introduction of an eight
or nine hour day. ;
Municipal Oas Plant.
Nothing serious can be alleged against
the munlolpal system of gas supply,- for
though It has an apparently cumbrous staff.
Including four managera, two of whom are
Jurists and two engineers, with a multitude
of technical oxperta, this Is dne to the fact
that It maaufaaturea) and builds all Its
accessories, reservoirs, plant and piping.
lOth
Tremendous Dress
Goods Reductions
For Monday's quick selling
Fancy wool dress goods
our entire great assort
ment of, 60c qualities a
phenomenal choosing op
portunity and for only
yard . .' -24
All of our 76c and 85c fancy
Wool Dress Goods, exquis
ite patterns and qualities,
all go In this sale at, per
yard 4G
And nothing to equal the
comprehensive collection of
choice fabrics that are
worth $1.00, $1.25 and
$1.50. ' that will be sold
Monday for, yard. . , .722
Manufacturer's Fine
Lace Samples
Hundreds of yards of superb
Laces, Venice, Baby Irish,
real Linen Cluny, fine Val,.
Oriental Net and Maltese,
edges, bands, festoons, ap
pliques, etc., cream and
white, and 48-ln. Fancy
Dress Nets, cream, white,
pink, blue and black, splen
did values up to $3.00 yard,
at three special prices,
Monday, per yard 48S
29 and 15
High Grade Wash Fab
rics. Marked at positively half and
less than their original
prices. 150 . pieces colored
fine Voiles, sheer Silk Or-
gandles,. panamas and fig
ured mercerized madras
cloths, the 45c and 65c val
ues, all at one price for
Monday, a yard. . . ...23
ZOO pieces, finest grade til lk
Mulls, Silk Striped Chif
fons, figured piques and
all imported fine Wash Ma
terials, the best patterni
and designs of the season,
containing some $1 values,
special for Monday's sale,
per yard 39
Rare
Basement Monday
15c Silkollno for 7 He New
styles, patterns, fine quali
ties and no remnants, but
full pieces that sold for 15c,
Monday for, yard...7H
15o Curtain Swiss, 7 He
Large variety of Curtain
Swisses and fancy Curtain
Scrims, worth 15c, for
only 7H
Carpet Sweepers Special
for Monday, the "Eureka,"
worth $2.50, for only,
each $1.95
Flags for Decoration Day
All sizes from small to
large ones for flag poles,
qualities In cotton, wool
end silk and priced from,
ach I to $10
Hammocks In thla great
.purchase sale at the big
discount enables us to Bell
you Hammocks worth $2.95
tar $1.95
Lawn Mowers 14-in. blades
easy running, worth $2.75,
for, each $1.95
Screen Doors and Adjustable
Window Screens, all sizes, at
right prices.
Basement
40c Fancy Swisses for 10c
Fancy Swisses, very desir
able for summer curtains,
qualities worth 40c for, a
yard .-1G
$2.50 Lace Curtain), $1.19
Nottingham Curtains,
Z yards long, 62 Inches
wide, Brussels Net effects,
handsome rich border,
worth $2.50 a pair, for
n,y $1.19
$1.25 Lace Curtains, 75c
Great assortment of NoC
tinghams, 3 yards long,
large number of patterns,
the actual value Is $1.25,
Monday, pair 75
In the case of the Continental these ac
cessories are put Into the hands of other
private companies, and money and work
are thus circulated more freely among the
community.
The street car system of Berlin is
private with the exception of two lines, to
Trepow and to Pankow, in which the
municipality owns about half the shares.
The company running these municipal lines,
over of the system consists In the creation
good any failure to pay dividends. A
noteworthy feature In its administration
Is that It Is managed by a council of Ave,
Including two members of the municipal
ity, two members of the municipal corpor
ation and a director of Siemens & Halske.
The lino Is thus practically municipal
and suffers from being so in thtit its plant
has been allowed to become old-fashioned
and that It shows no intention of meeting
up-to-date requirements. The Merlin mu
nicipality is about to start four eleotrlo
lines in competition with the main system
of Berlin the privately owned and man
aged street car company, Qrosse Berliner
Strassenbahn, to which attention may now
be turned.
This company leaves little to be de
sired, save possibly in the matter of speed,
but here it is limited by the Prussian po
lice regulations, which up to last year did
not allow tie cars to travel at more than
ten kilometers (say six miles) an hour,
though this has plnra beon slightly in
creased and with an immediate growth in
the number of passengers as a conse
quence. The company has a capital of $30,0CO,000
and for the last four years 'has paid a
dividend of between 7 and 8 per cent. In
1905 it carrtod 350,000.000 passengers, or 17,
000,000 more than in the year previous.
The Income In the same year was $8,500,
000, of which $2,300,000 was net profit. The
cost of electricity was about $1,000,000 over
about 6.070 meters of rail. About 8,500 per-
sons are employed. Cars number 2,433.
Company Pays Subsidy.
The company pays an annual subsidy to
the municipalities, namely to Berlin, 8 per
cent of tha. gross Income (amounting to
$553,500 In 1905), and a share of the net
profit ($94,600 In 1905). To Charlottenburg
and Bchoneberg (suburban municipalities)
the company pays a rent of $1 for each
meter of double track. The compnny also
bears the expense of paving, asphalting,
maintenance and cleansing of streets. On
the expiry of the agreement In 1930 the
system and appurtenances pass into the
possession of the municipalities.
In consequence of more practical or
ganization and more intelligent direction
the private system Is In a position to do
the work more economically and' satisfac
torily to the publto than the municipal. It
Is superior to municipal working In respect
to rapidity of decision and energy, because
It does not require so complicated an es
tablishment nor need entertain the many
considerations with regard to other mu
nicipal Interests which hamper municipali
ties. ,
The publlo ts better served, because the
Improvement of the system and conse
quently the Increase of the trsfflc are the
sole aim of the private company. The
cost of administration Is chenper In the
case of a company and the fares therefore
are lower.
The dividend In 19f waa 8 per cent,
1904. TH per cent; ISiiS. 1 per cent. The
indemnity to shareholders on the handing
over o fthe system consists In the creation
of an amortization fund by arAiual re
serves from the profits, sufficient to ln-
"lemnify the shareholders on the expiry of
the municipal contracts. The amortization
fund amounted In 1906 to $4.S75.0iX.
The Berlin Elelctrlral Works company,
with a capital of about $30.ono,OfO (Increased
recently by $10,000,0ii0), has a monopoly
from the city, though so far limited that
an opposition company may he at any day
started If the municipality consents. For
this franchise the company pays a certain
perecentage of Its profits, amounting In
1906 to tX&OOO. which went Into ths raunlci-
AND ' HOWARD
Greatest Shirt Waist
Sale of the Season
Our Whole Shirt Waist De
partment FiUed with Grand
Specials Monday.
$5.00. Wash Silk Waists,
daintily trimmed $2.95
$3.50 Wash Silk Waists,
newest styles $1.69
Fine Lingerie Waists In
plara tailored, fancy trim
med fronts and backs, all
over embroidery, shadow
embroidery designs, In ele
gantly tailored waists, sold
up to $2.25, on sale Mon
day, only . .'. . . . . .$1.39
Reductions and Groat Offerings
23c Fancy Denims, 14c
Beautiful patterns for
home decorations, shirt
waist - boxes, etc., a good
25c quality for only, per
yard 14
50c Tapestry, 20c 50-inch
Tapestry for draperies and
couch covers, a superior
quality, for only 29
8 to 10 a. m.
Beige Suitings, neat checks
and plaids in grey, brown
and blue mixtures, suitable
for spring dresses, full
pieces and worth 10c yard,
for, yard 2
10 to 12 a. m.
Dress Linings, - Silesia and
Near Silks, 2 to 5 yard
lengths, worth 15c yard,
for, yard 2
2 to 5 p. m.
Plain white fine India Llnon,
worth 16o yard, at, only,
a yard t 4
25 Discount on Pillows
All grades of Emmerlck's
8anltary Bed Pillows, rang
ing from $2.60 to $7.60 a
pair at 4 regular prices,
25 off.
pal treasury, without tha city having
either rlBk or trouble. .
The company has been at work for over
ten years without the municipality having
shown any desire to take It over.' The
present contract runs till 1914. when It
will most probably be. renewed.
Freedom of Aetlon Secured. ,
Director Datterer Is very emphatic aa
to the advantages of private company
working. According to him a municipality
has not the freedom or facility of working
that a company has. There are competing
claims on Its funds and a really pressing
want may havo to be postponed a year
or two or three In favor of some equally
or still more pressing claim. It cannot
venture, as a company must, to sink large
sums In plant and machinery which some
Improvement or invention- may suddenly
render obsolete.
Its decisions will be passed too slowly
or too hastily, and persons must have a
voice In them who may bo unqualified by
buslnes expertonce or technical knowledge.
He sees no objection to the sttmultaneous
working of more than one company in a
town, provided, of ' course, that proper
protective measures are adopted.
In Vienna there are five competing com
panies. Some large towns in Germany
possess their own elartrical plants. Frank
fort and Breslau among the number. These
are not unsuccessful, because they happen
to be run by business men In .places where
the enervating bureaucratic spirit is not so
strong as in Prussian cities.
Germany Is scientifically governed from
above downward, as a regiment Is governed
from the colonel downward. The authori
ties in effect say to the people. "What you
want Is scientific, not popular, government.
Now we have a scientific plan, and If you
accurately follow Its 10,000 paragraphs you
must logically be' happy. If you are not
happy, well, then, we regret the necessity,
but you must be fined or go to Jail."
Part of this scientific government con
sists In a socio-political theory in accord
ance with which the town authorities en
deavor to provide against pauperisation
by giving, so far as may be, a life oc
cupation to the working classes. Once a
man Is in municipal employ he regards his
present and future as assured, and the
result Is that In the majority of roses he
ceases to work as attentively and energeti
cally as he would If he knew that he might
be dismissed at short notice and that the
success or failure of the concern depended
In some measure on his exertions.
If this view of the eGrman attitude ts
correct, it shows Germany In a new and
very socialistic light, for It represents It
aa municipalising everything It poaMbly
can In order to meet, though without openly
admitting It, the demands of the socialistic
elements In the empire. ' The more mu
nicipally employed workmen there are, the
fewer social democrats; that would seem
to be the reasoning.
IMMIGRATION JCAUSES ALARM
Italian Government Much Perturbed
. at Departure of Its Cltlsena
for West.
ROME, May 25. (Special.) The Italian
government has become greatly alarmed
because of the excessive Immigration to the
United States and will In the near future
take steps to prevent It If It Is a possible
matter. The Immigration has reached an
enormous figure Is so excessive in fact
that the authorities have requested certain
inspectors to make special reports upon
the subject. It Is said that if nothing else
can be done to stop It the king will en
deavor to bring about the Irrigation of
portions of the Desert of Sahara and de
flect Immigration that way.
Wine Growers Aroused,
CARCASSONNE. France, May 25. The
distressed wine growers sre preparing to
make another gigantic demonstration here
tomorrow. Troops are being brought here,
although the people say they have bo In
tention of rioting.
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A.n of onr fine percale Wrap
pers, plain or braid trim
med, with deep flounce,
. black and white, navy, red,
grey and polka dots. $1.09,
$1.25. and $1.60, for 89
Black Sateen Petticoats
24-ln. Acoordlan Pleated
Flonneea, narrow - raffles
and strapped bands, 89 c,
$1.00 and $1.25 values, for,
each 59
Men's Clothing
Another great special sale
In Mea's Clothing for the
"man who knows." We are
going to put on sale Monday
morning some of the great
est values ever offered. We
have several patterns in
which ths lots are broken
and to close out the. remain
der will give you the oppor
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suit at a price which should
interest you. These Suits are
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new, clean goods, absolutely
I guaranteed perfect fitting
wearing clothes. See the
extra good values at $12.50,
$16 and $18 which we have
divided Into two lots
$9.75 and $11.75
for Monday only.
in the
The Daylight Sanitary
Pure Cane Powdered Sugar,
in cartoons 50c
4 8 lbs. Daylight Peerless
Flour $1.30
10 bars P. & G. Laundry
Soap 25s
Wedgwood Coffee, 2-lb. can
50s
Boquet Coffee, 2-lb. can
tor 50
P. & O. Gas Roasted Coffee,
2-lb- can 50
And $1.00 worth Profit
Sharing Coupons with
either.
Unfermented Grape Juice, a
bottle, 10c, 15c, 26c, 50
"SILENCES" AT ANNAPOLIS
Uatal Academy Eebmkei ts TJuptpular
1 Offloeu Take Peculiar form.
DELIBERATE INSULT THE DIRECT EFFECT
Lieut. MeVsy Latest Victim Hnsed (or
. Discovering Smoking All of One)
Battalion Except the First
Classmen Punished.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 26. "It was cow
ardly, ungentlemanly and unofflcerllke
oonduct Tou cadet officers should have
stopped,. it. If any one will give me in
formation as to who advised this I will
give the guilty party 75 demerits."
This is the language attributed to Cap
tain George P. Colvocorreses. United States
Navy, now commandant of midshipmen at
the Naval academy, a weoK ago Saturday
at the dinner formation of tha brlgado,
as he walked up and down the line of
cadet officers of the corps, whom he had
called to the front for the purpose of ad
dressing them upon the recent "Silence"
that was given Lieutenant Charles B. Mr
Vay, ITnlted Btatba Navy, one of the of
ficers of the department of discipline and
an assistant to the commandant.
Seventy-five demerits counts one-half of
the dismissal number In the . graduating
year.
Premeditated by Offenders.
The form of hazing an officer that was
used on Lieutenant McVay wus carefully
planned and bravely carried out. The sea
son of graduation Is approaching. The first
class men's friends who com on to see
them graduate need be met at trains, es
corted from the entertainments to their
hotels, and taken on excursions on water
and about the city to be deprived of these
aa a result of a premeditated Insult to an
officer was not to be courted so It was
arranged that no first classmen would take
part In the movement, and only under
olassmen should risk their liberties and
privileges. This happened aa was antici
pated. At supper on a Thursday night
every member of the first battalion of the
brigade, except the first claasmen, kept still.
On such occasions when this function Is
observed the very waiters tip about the
floor on their toes.
Lieutenant MeVay having reported the
matter to the commandant Captain Col
vocorreses took immediate action and all
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$9.50 go Monday, at $7.50
$12.60, Monday, at $7.95
$15.00. Monday, ! $9.90
Monday's Great Linen
Values '
Full bleached Irish Satin
Damask, strictly pure linen,
64-in. wide and worth 75c,
Monday only, yard... 45
Large Linen Towels, Worth
18c, go at, each 10
85c Very Large Size Cream
Turkish Bath Towels, at,
each 25
Bed Spreads Beautiful
quality white crochet Bed
Spreads, Marseilles pat
terns, large size; worth
$1.50, for, each. . . . .75
Grocery
10c Japan Rice for. .....(5c
Beardsley's Shredded Cod
Fish, 3 pkgs 25
Swedish Brown Beans, per
pound 4
New Potatoes, per lb. . . .3
Young Chick Feed, per 100
lbs $2.f0
Oyster Shells, 100 lbs. 75,
Blue Ribbon Crawford
Cheese, fine and snappy, a
pound 25
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of tha first battalion except the first class
were restricted to the academy ground",
and this prohibition still continues. . tjV
that the spirit of haslng has not yet died
out In the Naval academy. This time tha
corps of midshipmen Is "running" an offi
cer. Thla Is a form only adopted In the
academy within less than a score of years,
and Is said to have been Imported from
West Point. It Is done to show the dislike
to and disapproval of the officer's conduct
toward them.
McVay Catches Delinquents.
Lieutenant McVay, the object of the mid
shipmen's wrath, Is one of the best discip
linarians In the service. He Is too smart
for the midshipmen and traps them In their
violations of discipline. Hence their anger.
Tradition here awards to Commander
William V. Fullam the honor of having
first been decorated with this evidence of
lordly disapproval by the mldehlpmen. He
was, In general, honored, and even be
loved, by the midshipmen for his prominent
fairness. One unlucky day ho fell under
midshipman disfavor. They gave him
"silence" at the table. The officer In charge
being the only officer present' the meaning
of the act could not and never be mis
Interpreted. When the repast was over
Commander Fullam said: "Gentlemen, I
cr.Jcyod this meal more than any I ever
ate."
Six or seven years ago when the late
Commander Charles B. Cnolohan. United
States navy, was commandant of midship
men, one of his assistants got a "alienee."
When he complatned about It Commander
Coolahan asked: "Can you punish people
for not talking?"
The specific act that caused the Ire of
the midshipmen had Its origin In a Minstrel
show that the midshipmen gave recently.
In its repertoire of gibes, which Included
many witty hits at some of tee officers, tha
minstrels, all for the sake of a laugh, told
how they outwitted the officers In smoking
against regulations. . Lieutenant McVay
grew wise under the witticisms and made
an inspection according to the lines laid
down by the minstrels and obtained proof
point blank against the users of the weed
contrary to Naval academy regulations.
Referendum Vote In South Dakota,
PIIiKKli S. D May 24.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) A referendum petition waa Med
with the secretary of state today for a vote
on the Sunday observanoe law, with over
4,000 names on the list. C. L. Holmes of
Sioux Falls brought up the ,tltton and
says the quail protection petition will be
fllod within a few days.
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