Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 7, 15 November 1908 — Page 10

PAGE NIWE. REPARHiC FOR THE LAWMAKERS 150,000 Improvements Made About Buildings in Washington. 9 Of All the SVJany Reasons for Our Wonderful Success, the IPreEminent One is That We Began CONVENIENCE CONSIDERED. ONGRESSMEN WILL HAVE EVERYTHING AT PINGERS' END lb9 EMU In) iton BE OF STRENUOUS SORT.

THE RICHMOND PAIXADIUM AXD SUN-'FILEGHAM, BUNT) AT, NOVEMBER 15, 1908.

By Ralph Whitesides. . Washington, P. C, Nov, 14, Altera-

ons andn improvements in and about ;

e capitol and the house office build-1 fcS which will cost about $lo0,O0Q fe being made under the direction ft Superintendent Elliott Woods, who rushing the work so that it shall ,

p completed before congress cor. nea December 7. For years the Inadequacy of the ele fctor service ou the bouse side of the ipltal has been a source of constant Smplaint during sesions. This is be )g remedied by the construction of a lew elevator shaft. The house postofflee will be moved the office building and the space kus vacated will be partially used by new shaft. The old (present ele. at or serving the southwest corner of ie capitol will be closed to the pubjo and reserved for members and the

ress exclusively. ;'

ft Installation of the additional ele,-

uor on the house side win cost an Wd about $20,000. Two additional levators are to be fitted into tre; three bmpartment shaft in the north end f the office building at a cost approximately of $10,000. . If present progress, Is maintained

e stately approach to the north en-f-ance of the house office buildlag, . hich is to cost $125,000. will be com- j

feted before congress convenes. The

t ork is being pressed;. The steel ana 1 rick structural work, is nearly flnlsh1, and none of the marble facings jive been laid. J ' ; V" ' ; 'Congress appropralted six, years ago !J.000,000 for building" of -the house

He structure, which as then planned ;

as to contain 289 rooms. The speak- ; subsequently Insisted that the1 alldlpg should contain a room for i rery member and adequate commit, j rooms as well, but' that under no

rcumatances should V the . approprtapn be Increased. ? 4

1 This -was managed .by reducing the

'.terlor of the enlarged structure to I fvere plainness and when completed the erection of the marble flight at lie north end, the building will, have

en achieved within the $3400,000 ( ark, notwithstanding there are more iian 500, rooms instead of the 289

iglnally allowed forv

Those cute little electric railroads

And we began by establishing ourselves "out of the high rent district," buying for cash, selling for cash, and taking advantage of all conditions being able at all times to handle lots (no matter how large), providing the quality was up to HOOSIER STORE STANDARD, and priced less than their market value. It is a self evident fact that with lower expenses than our competitors, who pay high rent, do a credit business, having much more invested than we have, WE CAN UNDERSELL ALL OTHERS. It is then a question of yes or no. Do you want to pay high rent and credit prices or do you appreciate economy? We believe you are WISE and desire to save money on every purchase.

hich were to have connected the sen-

and house office buildings with the ipltol are not to be Installed at

ast not for the present, and perhaps it at all. The subways are to be ilshed wltha coat of cement, hard

id white and giving an excellent re

acting surface, but the travel in the bway will be in the good old way-

foot except that freight will be

fVndled on rubber tire electric trucks.

The running of electric cars just to rry members and attaches a disnce of a couple of blocks, when the

Iking Is perfectly good, seemed like

seless expense. Critics might even

nvey the Implication that congress

s becoming nervated by luxury,

id if there ia anvthine the averas-n

Ingressman dotes on it is living pong the "plain people." ijTo Install an electric road over the resent routes from the capitol to the puse building and from the capitol I the senate building, would cost om $80,000 to $100,000, It is estimatIf, and to operate it would gost about K per cent of that sum annually, rhaps more. Taklng these arguments into considfation the house building commis-

Jon practically vetoed ; the railroad, ?kt lf thfl matter in th hAnr?s nf Sn.

rintendent Woods who has decided

postpone the embarkation of the s.

The additional facilities for. the arn-

etion of business at the capitol will

me none too soon, for tbe next ses-

n promises to be one of the busiest

jj history. It will have in anticlpa-r

n tne mree cumauc montns or tne

esidency of Theodore Roosevelt, and

erybody expects that Mr Roosevelt

a sort of a parting memento will

tkload on the legislative branch the

oicest collection' of suggestions and

sistences that he has ever put for-

lot Floor Special

Fine all-wool Suits, 64 in. wide. $1.25 value at per yard 98c Black Panama Cloth, 42 in. wide, very special at.. 50c - All-wool 86 In. wide Suitings, : , in small plaids, 'dark colors 50c value at 39c Fine new Plaids for waists and children's dresses, at per yard 25c, 15c and 12Jc Black Velveteen, extra good quality, 23 in. wide, 75c vl- . . ue, at per yard 50c New novelties wash fabric, Impervious to rain and dampness, good weight and patterns, per yard ....18c Good quality yard wide Un- . bleached Muslin, per yd 5c Extra quality yard wide . Bleached Muslin, at' per yard ............ .... 6c A fine selection of Outing Flannel, per yard v B1-3c, 654c and 5c. - Heavy Fleece Lined Underwear for men, all sizes, at per garment .45c

Men's Fleece Lined Suits at

Union .$1.00

Men's Work Shirts, all sizes, colors and patterns, 50o value, at 39c Ladies' Leather, dull top, lace or button Shoes, $2.50 value ' at $1.98

Ladies' Vicl Kid, heavy or light sole, Blucher or Box cut, $2.00 value, at ..$1.69 A full line of warm lined Shoes for Ladies at $1.69, $1.50 and 98c. Men's heavy sole box calf, Blucher cut, lace shoe, $2.50 value, at ......$1.98 Men's. Calf Skin Shoe.tlp or plain toe, lace or congress, at '.i... $1.50 Boya Heavy Sole Calf Skin . School Shoe, sizes 9 to 13 at 98c Boys' Box Calf, Blucher Cut School Shoe, $1.59 value, at $1.25

Overshoes, Rubbers, Felt

Boots and Rubber Boots at greatly Reduced Prices.

I

2nd Floor Specials

Our Millinery Department is full of special "bargains. We can and do undersell the regular millinery store, and a visit to this department will convince you of the fact -' : 1 Trimmed : Hats that eell elsewhere for $7.00, we sell at $3.98 Trimmed Hats like others sell at $6.00, we sell at... $3.50 Untrimmed shapes and flats at ......,,$1.50 and $1.25 Nice black tips of good quality at 75c and 50c One lot of fine large tips n black and white, $3,00 value at $1.50 Beautiful tips and plumes in nearly all the colors, , like others,, sell, at nearly doui ble, ouj price $10.00, $6.50, $4.98, $3.50, and ...... $2.98 Fur Boas and Collars of all kinds at $7.50, $6.00, $4.98, $2.98 and $1.98 Muffs to match at $7,50, $6.00, $4.98. $2.98 and ......$1.98 Bo-Peep and Teddy Bear Baby Blankets" Ui pink and blue at' 98c

Boys' Blouse Suits In the new shades of Brown, ages from 7 to 15 years at $3.50 and $2.98 Boys' School Suits, all sizes, up to 16 years at ,..$1.98 Boys' Knee Pants, Blouse and plain, up to 16 years, at ..98c, -15c, 69c, 50c and 25c Cotton Blankets at special prices, $1.98, $1.75, $1.69, . $1.50, $1.25, 98c, 69c, 50c and 25c Men's end Boys' Winter Caps all shapes, colors and kinds v'at 98c, 75c, 60c, 39c and 25c Men'a Heavy Outing Flannel Gowns at 75c and 50c Ladies' fine quality Outing Flannel Gowns at $1.00, 75c and 50c Window Shades, ' all colors, and the best grades, 35c " value at 25c Ladies' Fleeced . Wrappers, sizes 32 to 46, at .....98c Ladies' Fleeced Waists and House Jackets, all colors and sizes, up to 46 at . .48c Curtain Scrim, 36 inches wide at per yard. ... 5e

3rd Floor Specials

Did you ever compare the quality and prices in our clothing department with others? Nearly every day we have people come In, look through, go out and in a short time come .back and say: "Well, I will take that suit I was looking at. I can't find anything I like better for the money." THERE IS A REASON. Men's Nobby Worsted Suits, up-to-date patterns and styles, $18 value at $15.00, $15.00 value at ....$13.50 Men's New Fall pattern and cuts In Winter Suits, $10 value at $7.50 Men's Suits for ordinary use, good, strong material and well made, $7.50 value at $5.00 Overcoats for everybody at very low prices, quality considered, $13.50, $10.00, $8.00, $6.00 and $4.98 Special . prices on quality work Pants, winter weight and patterns, at $1.98, $1.50 and 98c Corduroy Work Pants at $3.00, $1.98, and $1.50

Good Jeans Pants at ....98c Men'a Duck Coats of all descriptions, blanket lined and wool lined, all sixes, $3.50. $2.98. $2.60. $lS. $1.50. $1.25 and Mo Large site imitation leather Suit Cases. $25 value, special at $1.60 Big values In our Rag said Carpet Department. 9x12 Axmlnster Rug like others ask $28.00 for, we sell at $2240 9x12 Brussels Rug. bright patterns, $18 value at $1840 Pall8ode Velvet Brussels Carpet, $1.25 value at .... All Wool Ingrain Carpet, 98c value, at ..............70 Good heavy Ingrain Carpet, good patterns and colors, at 50c, S9c and 25c Rag Carpet at per yard. .30c Smyrna Rugs, 30x60, in heavy fringe, at 98c Mattings of all kinds at special prices, 30c, 25c, 20c, 18c and 15c The best grade of Linoleum at per sq. yard ..50 and 40c Floor Oil Cloth at, per square yard 25c

WE SELL ifflAY MAMTOEV ' 1PATTEI8MS The Best Fitting Pattern on the Market. PATTERNS W CENTS

Uncle Sam Takes Greatest Precautions to Protect $500,000,000 Stored in Philadelphia Mint Impenetrable Cement and Steel Protections Surround Vaults Guarding Against Robbery and Fire How Immense Hord of Money is Guarded.

Seven Years of Proof.

I"! hav had seven years of proof

fat Dr. King's New Discovery is the

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throat, chest or lungs," says W. V.

nry, f Panama, Mo. The world

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t Dr. King's New Discovery is the

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i . .

pneumonia, aom unuer guarantee A. G. Luken & Co, drug store. 50c.

d $1.00. Trial bottle free.

MEN! MEN! MEN!

JThe men's church clubs of the city

vite all men to hear Bishop Joseph

. Frances next Sunday at 2:30 in an dress to men at the Episcopal

urch.

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Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 14 Up to date safes and the most modern styles of vaults serve pretty well for the treasuries of our best banks and trust companies. So efficient, indeed, are those now constructed that the old fashioned bank robber has gone quite out of existence. The job demands nowadays a set of qualifications which have passed far beyond his powers. But though the usual modern methods In vogue for the protection of coin and jewels are in the highest degree efficient, yet they are insufficient to suit the government in its protection of the. wealth of the naUon. The modern American devices for bank protection are, to ba cure, vastly ahead of those in the" greatest government vaults in Europe, but good as they are they are not good enough to suit Uncle Sam. For him protection unheard of in any other tim and. place have been devised to safeguard the treasures of the nation. The mint at Sixteenth and Spring Garden streets always contaias coin and bullion which fluctuates in value each day between $500,000,000 and $730,000,000. One hundred millions o dollars of this amount is in silver dollars stored for -several years In a room by itself. 100 by 55 feet in area. About $300,000,000 is in gold coin, ready to be put In circulation or to bo stored in the national treasury at Washington against the Issue of a corresponding number of gold certificates. A million or two is in bronze and nickel coins. Finally, an amount of bullion varying from a small quantity to several hundred millions of dollars' worth occupies the four massive vaults designed for the uncoined metal. Now how Is this vast : hoard a hoard as great as that which Alexander the Great Is said to have found in the treasury of the Persian kings when he destroyed their empire protected? t Walls of Greatest Strength. First of all, the whole mint is embedded in a solid cement foundation about threa feet deep. . Concrete, - as everyone knows. Is one of the strong

est of all known substances, and the most impervious to drilling or wear. Then on the interior, where the vaults j are placed, comes a solid armor of battle-ship steel six inchc3 thick, so strong that an expert working on. it a week could scarcely make an impression, much less penetrate it by hand tools. The vaults themselves are sunken deeply below the ground. Descending several flights, of stairs and passing

by doors guarded by a fearsome array of Mauser and Remington rifles, for use by the night guards', a long, fairly wide corridor of solid concrete masonry shows the entrances to the six vaults, one for the silver already referred to, one for all kinds of coinage, but mostly for gold, and the remaining four for the gold, silver and nickel' bullion. The bronze bullion lies in another room by Itself, but as a few dollars worth of this substance makes an uncomfortably heavy load, it is not thought necessary to surround it with the minute safeguards used in the 'case of the precious metals. The vaults themselves have, a double Remington-Sherman combination. That to the outer door is known by the cashier only, Joseph D. Murphy; that to the inner door by the custodian of the vaults only, F. Lamberson. To enter a vault both men have to be together, and it is a rule of the department that both shall stay together till the inspection or other object for which the huge safe is opened is accomplished. Where Wealth Is Hoarded. Entering one of these great cages after five minutes working at the combination, one finds himself in a huge room, partitioned off in fifteen compartments by steel gratings of the strongest kind. A straight passage six feet wide and the height of the chamber goes down the length of the room from the door. At the entrance are stored the bronze coins, the cents, about $80,000 worth of them, but the amount varies from day to day. Next come the more precious nickel coins.

of which the value usually totals about $300,000. Beyond these storage places a steel grated door in the passage itself has to be opened, and then still another to get completely to the end of the room. All along the length of this paasage-way, from the entrance to the vault to the end, are the compartments "for the coins, separated from the passageway by exactly the same kind of gratings as those which divide the way itself into sections. The bottom, the sides, and the top of this vault are lined with steel plates, and about the entire vault Is the three-foot protection of concrete. Within the vault itself are the separate compartments, each locked. These compartments are examined shortly after the end of the fiscal year, and are then sealed by the examiners, so that any entrance to them would be impossible ' without breakage of the seals. In each compartment devoted to the storage of gold there is $40,000,000 of the yellow metal. It is stored first in bags, which contain $5,000 each in haff eagles, eagles or double eagles, and then these bags are arranged twenty on a shelf. Each shelf has thus $100,000 on it. The shelves are arranged In rows downward, ten from top to bottom of the compartment, each row having thus $1,000,000 in gold on it. There are forty of these rows altogether, so that $40,000,000 is accommodated. Occasionally it is desired to place more than this sum in one compartment, and then more bags are squeezed into a shelf. Electrical Danger Alarm. Electricity lights the entire section of each vault, and the electric current is so arranged that if It were possible for the vaults to be tampered with the electricity would immediately give notice outside that something was wrong. A detachment of guards every night Is stationed at the entrance to the stairways leading to the corridor, which gives access to the vaults themselves. Their orders are to shoot down anyone attempting an entry. Aa explained, however, by Cashier

Murphy, although the precautions here are the same as those at the National treasury, to a certain extent the character of the treasures at the mint protect themselves. No man living could make off with a quarter of a million in gold. Fifty thousand dollars would be a huge load for anyone. Even the $5,000 bags are not the most comfortable things in the world to carry. The same remarks apply to the silver with almost exactly thirty times more potency, as gold is now worth about thirty times the same weight of silver. The same thing is true of bullion. "In a crowded city like Philadelphia," said Mr. Murphy, "it would be impossible for a theft to occur even on an express wagon bringing the bullion to the mint from the stations or piers. Deliveries to the mint are never made except In broad daylight. Hence it follows that if there were any loss It would have to be the work of a sneak thief and one, moreover, who was an extraordinarily rapid worker. The wagons are in charge of two men, and even If a thief managed for a moment to elude the vigilance of the two, his shrift would be shortIt Is no easy task to run away with bullion. Try for yourself," continued the cashier, pointing to a pile of yellow bars, "hold that bar in yonr arms for five minutes." It did not take more than half that time to prove the correctness of the assertion. "Wouldn't be pleasant would it?" he continued "to run down the street hanging on to that piece of gold and with a mob at the back of you and several policemen showing np in front? "Every imaginable precaution, as you have seen is taken here, but there are some strange stories abroad of the way things are done. An old tale which Is still alive in far away districts is that every visitor to the Philadelphia mint Is stripped before leaving and searched all over. So many people have visited the new mint from out of townt however, that that myth seems to be pretty dead now. "Another story was that we were so

careful about any- gold that went up the refining furnaces that we sent armed sweepers over the roof of buildings in the neighborhood every night to collect the precious dust which had floated up the chimneys. Strange isn't it people think of the most improbable and useless matters, and the really Important precautions amaze them when they come to learn of them?" For the protection of the mint from fire a well drilled fire brigade has charge of the extinguishing apparatus. There are thirty-one fire stations lo-j cated in the corridors and the rooms, throughout the building. The pressure on the fire pumps can be run up to 150 pounds. This force will throw a stream of water over the building. At night every fifteen minutes thirty-one watchmen ring a signal notifying the watch In the telephone room

that all is well. All these men carry ! revolvers during the night watch. If the signal from any watchman was not

heard at the right time an instant alarm would be sounded.

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The Spanish Senate has adopted the bill dealing with the reorganization of the navy.

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