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The Washington times., 1903-06-10

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of the loan and of the interest, and for
the resumption by the crown Of Sweden
of It's proprietary rights to Wlsmar. the
interest of Russia in the matter being
SO obvious as 10 need no further ex-
PLANTATION
But the more sensible portion of the
Swedish people have realized that the
German empire as now constituted could
not and would not tolerate the re-estab-
tshment of foreign power on German
SOIL and. moreover, appreciated the fact
that the Swedish treasury was in no
condition to repay the loan plus the in
terest. amounting to something like $780,
000, 000. From a financial point of view.
moreover. it would be poor investment
o. Swedish money, since Wismar would
be difficult for Sweden to hold in the
event of any conflict with Germany,
which would seize it at the first out
break of hostilities without the slightest
difficulty. 1t is well known that the
matter was discussed some time ago by
Emperor William and King Oscar, who
came to an agreement about the matter,
according to the terms of which Sweden
would make no attempt to prevent the
foreclosure OF the mortgage by the now
reigning Grand Duke CT Meckleuburg-
Schwerin.
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SUSPENDED MIDDLE
RESTORED TO CLASS
Representative Dovener Induces Secre-
tary to Be Merciful.

Secretary of the Navy Moody has re-
stored to his class Midshipman Grafton
A. Beall. jr., OF Wheeling, w Va, who
was suspended from the Naval Academy
at Annapolis some time ago for having
received $50 dement's.
Congressman Dovener interested him
self in the young mans case, and learn
ed that not all the dement's were justly
imposed. BeaIl, when in his first year
at the academy. had some trouble with
a third-class man, and fought him in
the ring. He defeated his man. and
thereby incurred the enmity of Some OF
the latter's friends. Through their eff
forts many of the dement's were given.
and Representative Dovener cited nu-
merous instances in which they were IN
deserved
Secretary Moody took this view OF the
case. and restored the young man 70
class honors. He Will be allowed to go
on the summer cruise, but will be de-
prived OF months leave in September
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The Strange Story of Wismar.

Few people outside of Germany are
aware that there is on their coast a sea-
port comprising, perhaps. the very finest
harbor Of the Baltic, which does not
belong to the German Empire, but forms
part of the dominions of a foreign
sovereign, the King of Sweden and
of Norway. This anomaly will come to
an end about fortnight hence-that is
TO say. on June 26. on which day the
important maritime city of Wismar, one
of the old Hanseatic ports, will be SOL
EMMY transferred by the crown OF Swe-
den to that of Mecklenburg Schwerin,
and thus become for the first time part
and parcel of the new German Empire.
1t is a strange story. that OF Wis
mar, which was a flourishing Hanse city
as far back as the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries. By the treaty Of
Westphalia, concluded in October, 1913,
Wismar passed into the possession of
Sweden, the King of which, as lord of
Wismar, was accorded several votes In
the diet of the German empire. the
idea being to in this way safeguard the
interests of the German Professionals, for
whom the King of Sweden had been
fighting for three decades.
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Seeks to Settle Differences.

Baron de Podewils. the new Bayarian
premier. has gone to Berlin for the
purpose of endeavoring to effect some
settlement of the very serious differ
ences which have arisen between the
Kaiser Bavaria insists on more pre-
dominant voice than she has enjoyed
until now in the control of the foreign
relations of the empire, and demands
that the committee on foreign affairs
of the federal council should be accord
ed an active instead of a purely decor
alive role.
In one word, Bavaria wishes that the
foreign affairs of the empire should be
Kaiser, but by the committee OF foreign
affairs of the federal council. as repre-
senting the various sovereign states of
the empire. The Kaiser has, in re-
Spouse. put forward a demand which is
not likely to be agreed to by the Bavar-
ians 1t is to the effect that the second
and third Bavarian army corps should
be confided to the command of Prus-
sian generals, and that the Bavarian
troops should exchange their distinctive
uniform for that worn by the Prussian
troops and by the soldiers of the small
er German states.
From Munich I am requested to deny
the stories which have appeared on
both sides of the Atlantic concerning
the alleged matrimonial differences be
tween Prince and Princess Rupert of
Bavaria. who have been travelling In
China and Japan. At the time when
they were first Inooted 1 pointed out in
these letters the reasons why they were
unfounded and without a vestige of
truth. MARolJIsE M -rONTrvoy
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Thompson the Pieman.
He Owed His Success to His Honest
Business Methods.

Soft lie the sods above the body Of
William Thompson, the New York
pienani Green grows the grass upon
his grave; softly may the blossoms
nestle there, and, if a great shaft
marks his resting place, may it be
written upon It's broad granite facade,
'He did we'll by his fellow-men."
Seventy-six years had rolled over
lis honored head when the Reaper
came. \ lifetime Of honest endeavor
was his lie aimed To please, and
please he certainly did How many
billions of suceulent pies his great
establishment gave birth to viii never
be known, perhaps; but in all the
number II Is safe to affirm not one
Of them had an ounce of unwholesome
fruit or lard or sweet or spice IN it.
Water white goods were his, sterl-
ing, standard, from the smallest circle
to be eaten from the palm Of the
hand to the lordIy deep-dish ''homc-
made" article sold IN some Of the best
hotels and restaurants. Wholesome,
cleanly, the Thompson pie was one to
swear by And he died - let these
facts sink deep into the consciousness
OF the young men starting out in life
today worth more than "a million
dollars.
He was poor boy, born on farm
in Orange County, n. Y He knew
what pies were. And when he went to
New York city and encountered the
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horrible connections from subter-
ranean bakeshops - put together by
foreign artisans who did not under
stand the first principles of the great
American pie as it is baked from
Mount Desert to the Golden Gate
the young man registered VOW that
he would give New York an oppor-
tunity to eat of pie that was pie
honest pie, with light, flaky crust and
rich. savory filing pie like your
mother used to make"
As Matthew Nassar began the sell
ing of the famous ale which after
ward established the first womau's
college in the world, carrying ii from
house to house III handcart. so Viii
ham Thompson began the distribution
Of his pies They took They caught
on. His business grew. In time he
built great factory for pies, which
turned them out by thousands daily
Every part of the process of making
OF them was open to public mspec-
ton. Today, despite many. rivals,
the wagons of his company are
myriad, and his pies ale as the sands
of the sea.
William Thompson was a standing
rebuke to the careless statement
made by fools that great fortunes
cannot be made honestly. And the
best Of it is, there are many more
like him in this city of ours Honesty
is the best policy IN pies as we'll as
municipalities.
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LAWYER QUESTIONS THE
RIGHT OF OCCUPATION
Crandall Mackey Thinks Fort Myer
Troops Should vacate Rosslyn.

Two squads of soldiers, infantry and
cavalry, from Fort Myer are camped on
the five acres of Government, land at
the south end of the Aqueduct Bridge.
They are there for the purpose of pre-
serving peace and preventing rIotIng
and gambling
The soldiers were sent to patrol these
five acres of Government land in con-
sequence of q decision given by Judge
Love, of the Alexandria county, Vir-
ginta court. some days ago in the case
of man Who was charged with having
committed a misdemeanor on the Gov
eminent reservation. Judge Love held
that the State courts have no jurisdtc-
ton to make arrests on the reservation,
because it is Government land and en-
tirely under the control of the United
States Government
Crandall Mackey, of the District La-,
who has been asked to give an opinion
on the subject, says that under the act
of cession the State authorities have a
right to enforce peace and order of the
reservation. When the land in question
was coded to the Government he says
the State did not give exclusive jurisdIc
ton to the United States Government
over the five acres in question.
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CEBU PAYS TRIBUTE
TO LATE JUDGE CARL0cK
Even Small Shops Were Closed and
Public Buildings Were Draped.

la Patria." a Spanish newspaper
published in Manila, in its edition of
April % contains the following:
''Cebu has been in mourning on ac-
count OF the death of the lamented
Judge Lyman J. Carlock. All public
buildings were draped in black. Between
and of the 22d all business was sus-
pended. Stores. Offices. and even the
small shops were closed. and Americans,
Europeans. and Filipinos assembled at
the governors palace in order TO render
their last tribute of respect TO the
memory of him who, while living, they
had loved, honored, and esteemed.
The large courtroom was hung with
black while the desk and chair OF the
deceased judge were adorned with
beautiful flowers"
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Mortgagej the City.

In 1903 King Gustave " of Sweden,
being urgently in need of money, Dor
rowed from Duke Frederick Francis 1 of
Mecklenburg- Schwerin a sum of some
thing over a million dollars, mortgaging
to the duke as security the city and sea-
pert of Wismar, which is situated on the
coast of Mecklenburg- Sehwerin.
According to the terms of this agree
ment it was stipulated that the King
of Sweden should have the right, during
a hundred years from the date of its
signature. to~resume possession of Wis
mar on the repayment of the loan. plus
interest at the rate of per cent per
annum, but that if the loan and the in
terest remained unpaid for a hundred
years from date the ruler of Mecklen-
burg Schwerin should have the privi-
lege on the expiration of that term TO
foreclose the mortgage and to assume
full possession of Wismar.
1t was further agreed by this contract,
which figures in history as the treaty of
burg Schwerin should enjoy as the hold
er of the mortgage all the sovereign
rights and prerogatives over Wismar
belonging to the Kings of Sweden. he
should under no circumstances avail
himself thereof TO either cede or even
lease the port to any other power, and
that no attempt should be made TO
fortify it or to convert it into a naval
stronghold.
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Sweet Communion
Of the Real Scotch With the Delight
full Chartreuse

A very picturesque incident is re-
ported from Scotland. In the en-
torcement Of the association law in
France, many Catholic associations
have chosen TO leave the country.
Among these Is the association Of
Grandc Chartreuse monks, who in
France lived about as high above the
sea level as the top of Mount Wash
ington. There they distinguished
themselves IN hospitality TO the trave-
Ter, and in cheering his soul with that
remarkable brand of aromatic hqueur
known as "Chartreuse"
These monks have now settled III
the north of Scotland. They have
brought with them the secret Of that
spirituelle and aromatic hqueur, and
now they are hobnobbing with the
Scotch Presbyterians. The Scotch
Presbyterians prefer the Scotch fluid,
but it is easily possible that the Pres
byterian brand and the new Char
treuse will mingle to promote peace
and goodwill between the Carthu-
SANS and the Presbyterians. Those
who federated IN the congress of re-
hgions at Chicago will be glad to see
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tation In the Swedish Legislature, in
view of their city being mortgaged to
Mecklenburg- Schwerin, while in the
same way they were debarred from rep
resentation either in the Mecklenburg
diet or IN the German reichstag,
the imperial parliament at Berlin, IN
consequence OF their city still belonging
de jure TO Sweden. It Is this indeed
that has hampered in measure the
development of Wismar's trade and COM
merce, which will now doubtless receive
new impulse, thanks to its becoming
part and parcel of the German empire.
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AMERICANS To CROSS
SAHARA ON MOTOR CAR
ship of the Desert" to Be Superseded
by Modern Mechanism.

CAIRO. June 10.-A party of Amerf-
cans here has arranged for trip across
the Sahara on the desert auto invented
by George Winter and Jessie Ellis.
The machine has specially construct
ed wheels. capable OF coping with the
conditions Of the soil, each auto carry
ing two sets. one FOR loose sand am
another for a heavy road The Sahara
auto engaged by the American party is
an omnibus. capable OF accommodating
forty people. 4 similar kind OF We
hicle is now used by the English %
transport troops TO the Soudan.
The velocity is three to four miles an
hour, little enough, but 1t beats the
camel The natives are as much OPP
posed TO the Sahara auto as the road
house keepers and livery men were 10
the introduction of railways.
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OLD GRAVEYARD NOT
FIT FOR PUBLIC PARK

Albert w. Thiel, citizen of George
town. is impressed with the idea that an
abandoned graveyard should not be con-
verified into public park. He thinks
the people in search of enjoyment would
not fancy sitting on benches over the
SPOT where the dead had lain for CEN
tury.
In letter TO the District Commits
sioners on the subject Mr.. Thiel opposes
the purchase of the OLD Presbyterian
burying ground in Georgetown for pub
lie park. He proffers the use OF another
plot OF ground, bounded by Thirty
second. U. Valley, and Scott Streets.
This tract Mr.. Thiel believes to be
better site for e park, and thinks 1t
woald obviate the possible appearance
OF ghouls and ghosts 10 brighten young
lovers strolling over the public space by
night.
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The Watson DefaICdtion.
Something Wrong With the System
Under Which 1t Was Made Possible.

The einbezzIement of municipal
money 10 the amount of nearly $40
600 by a clerk M the District Audi
tors Office seems to indicate that the
Postofliee Department is not the only
department Of the Government that
stands m need OF an overhauling.
James NJ. \. Watson. jr., seems to
have been gay and giddy youth
on the magnificent salary of $1,420 a
year. He was first nighter at the
local theaters, played the races, ran a
red DEVIL" gave entertainments.
more or less lavish, to his friends. and
IN his own set was the object of re-
spectful comment as promising to be-
come, in a financial way, genius Of
the first rank-a soarer.
All this, we say, on 81, 42O a year.
and an indulgent father-in-law. His
immediate superior, Auditor Petty,
does not seem at any time to have had
any suspicious. Like Postmaster Gen
eral Payne, who could see nothing ex-
traordinary in an official of the Post
Office Department living at the rate
Of $4,000 year on a $500 salary,
Mr. Petty was unable to persuade
himself that his young subordinate
with the sporting tendencies was
anything but very clever business
man." coming money from air and
extracting gold from the waters of
the Potomac. Really, when you come
to think of it, 1T is to laugh"
Infinitely more serious, however,
than Mr.. Petty's costly innocence is
the question of the system which
made it possible for a subordinate TO
get away IN so short a time with so
large sum of money. The explana-
tons furnished by Mr.. Petty himself
of Watson's scheme for looting the
Districts cash do not make it quite
clear where and how to apply the
remedy. That bureau created to
keep other departments in check and
under constant supervision should fail
to observe its own rules, is Iudicrous
enough. And that an Auditor, APP
pointed to audit other peoples ae-
counts, should demonstrate in so
striking fashion his inability to
audit effectively the accounts of his
cwn Office is side-splitting, or would
be if 1t were not, as we have already
remarked, such a serious matter.
No business is more urgent just
now than this Of thoroughly overhaul
ing the system of audit and account
ing in use IN the District offices.
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Place for Root.

Some political prophets with good
intentions, but with poor judgment
are predicting what they believe will
be the public career of the Hon. Elihu
Root after he shall have left the war
portfolio in the Roosevelt Cabinet.
They have II that Mr.. Root aspires to
be governor of New York State, and
that thereafter his ambition seeks the
United States Senate as the successor
of Senator Platt. who is Just now en-
tering upon another six years term.
The intervening time that Mr.. Root
viii be obliged to wait until Senator
PIatt retires is thus filled in by those
who are evidently Mr.. Roots friends
and we'll wishers: Two years more as
Secretary Of War. or at least until
Governor Odelrs second term expires,
in January. 1905: then two years as
governor, after which he Is TO serve
another two years as governor, of
course being Fenominated and re-
elected. That will occupy the entire
six years. and Senator Plat. becoming
old and feeble, Will desire TO lay down
the reins and permit Mr.. Root TO take
them up.
Senator PIatt is said to be a great
admirer OF the Secretary of War and
would much Ike TO see his Senatorial
mantle fall upon Roots shoulders. 1t
is possible that Mr.. Root has such am
billions, but the man who has ever
heard him say SO is entitled TO gold
medal studded with rarest Jewels. 1t
has been generally understood that
when Mr.. Root retires from the Cabi-
net he will return TO New York and re
sumo the practice of law, at which pro
fession he is able to earn vastly more
than an honest man can make in poll
tics.
Secretary Root is said to have had
quite enough Of official life, and Is even
now holding his Cabinet portfolio at
great financial sacrifice. and anxious to
return to the practice of his profess
sion.
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ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY
WILL GET DIPLOMAS

The annual commencement exercises
of the Business High School will be held
IN the New National Theater on next
Monday evening, when one hundred
and forty students OF that insti-
tuition will receive their diplomas.
This promises to be the greatest com
mencement in the history OF the Bust
ness School, as there are more grad
yates than ever. District Commissioner
Henry B. F. Macfarland will be the pre-
siding officer. and Will also make an ad-
dress of welcome TO the graduating class.
The Rev Joseph T. Kelly and A. T..
Stuart. Superintendent of the Public
Schools of Washington, will deliver ad-
dresses and Commissioner West. will
award the diplomas. The Marine Band
under the leadership of Lieutenant San
lehman. VIII furnish the music.
The program viii be as follows:
Presiding officer, Hon. II. B.. r. Macfar-
land. President of the Board of District
Commissioners; overture THE Sere-
made. Herbert; selection The Silver
slipper" Stuart; march, The High
School Cadets" Sousa; Invocation the
Rev Joseph T. Kelly; cornet solo. ''Fa-
eeiita." Hartmann, Frank Todhunter.
march, Thomas Jefferson" (new) San
teimann; address. the Hon R. ]. Trace
well. Comptroller of the United States
Treasury; fantasia, Way Down the
Suwanee River" Middleton; award of
A. T. Stuart, Superinten
dent of Public Schools; confer-ing of
diplomas. the Hon H L. West, Commits
sioner OF the District of Columbia. ca.
price "Hiawatha." Moret: march. The
Outpost" Heed
Class officers. Harry William Baum.
president; Roberta King vice president:
Fay Holtzclaw. secretary; Er-
nest Marshall Tufts, treasurer.
Executive committee. Eleanor Francis
Collins. Nellie Rose Hodges, Anna Eliza
beth Kelly. Frances MattingIy Lewis.
Goldia McMullin. Katherine Mae Potter.
Marion Lucinda Smith. Oliver William
James Lester Brooks. Harry
Lee Hamilton. William Elroy Jenkins.
Charles Bernard Lyddane, Merle LaRue
Sweet. Richard Jackson Taggart.
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Signs of the Silly Season,
Here's Proof in the News of the Day
That Hot Weather Is Coming.

1t is easy to see without the aid of
glasses that summer is fast approach
ing. The signs are multiplying day
by day. The joyful solstice will soon
be knocking at the door.
Look over the news of single day.
for instance Does it not bring ample
proof that we are waking up and pre-
pairing to do business?
Here is Mrs. Guy Wood, of Penn
Van, n. Y. She went for a row on
Keuka Lake. Dangling her pretty
hand IN the water, as women will do.
she saw a lake trout making for it.
Quickly she grabbed for the fish and
hauled 1t into the boat 1t was a fine
fat fish and weighed two pounds, just
enough for the Gay Woods supper.
Summer is coming.
In Slate Hill, Pa, Nelson B. Coop
Ell, the blacksmith, found terrapin
bearing on its back the initials G. T.
p, and the dates 1866 and IS47, and
George Sherman, of Maryland, at
once remembered that ellison 7. Pen
eke cut those initials in the years
named and let the concentrated es-
sence of soup go free. Summer is
coming.
In Chicago (trust Chicago for get
ting IN line) Mabel, the Victoria
Hotel cat, found a pocketbook con-
tanning $4,000 in money (only $4,000
this time, think of IT'D which F. NJ.
Knowles, secretary Of the New York
Baseball Club, through casual care
lessness, had left In the lobby of the
hotel. The cat returned the purse
and contents after playing with them
for an hour or SO, and Mr.. Knowles
has ordered jeweled collar for the
honest but playful Mabel. Summer
is coming.
From Gloucester, Mass, Capt.
Howard Blackburn set sail III a tlf-
teen foot six dory for Havre. Sum
mer is coming.
IN New York William S. Devery
says that he has got Tammany beaten.
The silly season is quite well IN sight,
1t would be easy to furnish cumula-
tive evidence that the light and airy
season Of frivolity Is at hand So get
cut your canvas shoes and wideawake
hat and prepare to take things as
they come He IS wise who does not
worry when stories like those quoted
above begin to creep into the recep-
tive columns Of the daily press Let
US be joyful. Summer Is coming.
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Liberal to Jews.

Italy emulates the example of the
United States and of Great Britain in
their enlightened and liberal treatment
OF the Jewish race. This has especially
been the case since The advent to the
throne of King Victor Emmanuel, who
has just conferred upon the chief Rabbi
of Florence the order of st. Maurice
and ST. Lazarus. The minister of war in
the present Italian Cabinet is likewise
protesting Jew, and Hebrews are TO
be found in all branches of the Italian
administration.
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GENERAL WOOD TO BE
GOVERNOR OF MOR0S

MANILA, June 10.-The Philippine
Commission has enacted a bill providing
for the government of the Moros. The
measure practically makes the Moro
province an autonomous colony of the
Philippines and creates an appointive
Legislative council to provide local laws
The measure also directs the coditication
of the tribal laws, creates Moro courts
and authorizes the council to abolish
slavery. 1t is expected that Gen. Leonard
Wood will be the first governor of the
Moro province
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POISON EATERS NOT YET
WEARY OF WILEY FARE
VIII Take a Summer Vacation and Be-
gin Anew October 10.

Dr. Wiley's celebrated poison" eaters
Will adjourn on June 30. not to reassem-
bic until October l. The hot weather in
tcrfered seriously with the experiments
10 determine the effects of food pre-
servatives upon human beings, and it
was thought best to suspend OPERATORS
until the fall.
Dr. Wiley denied this morning that
the suspension was due to his subjects
becoming tired of the food. as has been
alleged, and said that any statements
purporting to come from him about the
experiments were false.