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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-12
JGpan'S Army and Navy
To MpeSt Port Arthur

LONDON, March I2.-The opposing
fleets at Port Arthur again occupy the
center OF the stage in the Far Eastern
drama. The torpedo fight, which re-
suited in the sinking Of a vessel on each
side, followed by a bombardment of the
land forts by the japanese feet on
Thursday afternoon, is generally benev,
ed TO have been the initiation Of a final
and determined effort on the part Of the
japanese TO reduce the port
&dmirssi E1Eo. evidently realizing thai
the longer he delays the attack. just so
much harder viii the fight be. as time
viii be given the Russian vessels to
fully recover from previous damages,
has taken position near the harbor
and naval expsarts believe he will not de-
part or desist from his attacks until
either Port Arthur has fallen, or the
Japanese feet has been so hopelessly
crippled that further fighting would be
useless.
A Terrific Battle.
There IS no questioning the fact that
the fight on Thursday was a terrific one
while II lasted. and that much damage
was done on each side As 10 the exact
extent Of this damage, so Tar as the
Japanese are concerned. reports vary.
1t is known that one torpedo boat was
put out OF commission. but beyond this
there is nothing official
One report has it that a cruiser was
damaged, while another states that an.
ironciad was struck by a shell from
the land fortresses ard was so crippled
that she with difficulty crawled out or
range Of the Russian guns. On the Rus
sian side there appears to have been no
further damage than the laundering of
a torpedo destroyer and the capturing
Of such Of her crew as escaped drown
ing.
Another report, which comes from
various sources. and which points to the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-12
WEATHER REPORT.

Il Is considerably colder IN the south
Atlantic States and throughout the
plateau region Temperatures are be
low the seasonal average IN all parts OF
the country. except in the eastern Rocky
Mountain slope and Texas
Rain IS indicated for tonight quite gen
orally east Of the Mississippi and south
OF the Ohio. and rain is probable tomor-
row over the greater portion OF the
Washington forecast district.
II will be somewhat warmer in the
east Gulf and south Atlantic States, and
colder tomorrow In the lower Mississippi
Valley
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REPORT CLAIMS
EACH SIDE LOST A VESSEL

ST. PETERSBURG. March 12.-The
Emperor has received message from
Viceroy AleXieT which says:
Admiral Makaroff. commanding the
Russian feet, reports from Port Arthur
as follows:
" Six torpedo boats which went out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-12

In reality, therefore. instead of being
the head of a local sect, President Smith
is a world-ngure who exerts an infiu-
ence far beyond the general belief as to
his power
According 10 his own testimony on the
stand. President Smith ls the father OF
forty-tgo children. - -twenty-One boys
and twenty-one girls he said, and 1
am proud OF every one OF them" He
has had six wives, and all except the
first, who secured a divorce from him
in California more than thirty years
ago, are nov living and are supported
by him IN Salt Lake City
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to sea the night of March 10 four o6
them being under the general command
OF Captain Mattoussevitch, encountered
the enemy's torpedo boats, followed bv
cruisers.
"A hot action ensucd. in which The
Continued On Third Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-12
EXTRA TRAILERS
MAKE CASE WORSE
Commuters From Alexanr
dria Mad as Hop.
CHANGE CARS AT JUNCTION
Smiles to End Of Long Bridge, Then
Vigorous Kicks-The Com
pany's Explanation.

Commuters of the washington. Alex
andria and Mount Vernon Railway to-
day found they had practically lost the
fight for better service, In spite of the
order for increased facilities issued by
the Virginia railroad commission.
In accordance with the mandate OF
the commission the company provided
four extra "trailers" for the trains leay-
ing Alexandria between the hours Of
6:15 and $50 o'clock a. m. Smiles OF
satisfaction overspread the faces of the
passengers as they seated themselves in
the additional cars. and prepared for a
comforta BILE journey to the city.
The first train having the extra trailer
left Alexandria shortly after o'clock
The three cars which made up the train
allowed seats for all
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-12

Piso's Cure tones up the throat. makes the
voice clear and prevents hoarseness.-Adv.
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Misery Finds Company.

Similar protests We're made when the
other three trains having the extra
''trailers" reached the Junction Il IS
needless 10 say that It was an angry
flock Of Alexandrians that was turned
loose in Washington between 7 and 8
O'Clock this morning.
The only effect OF the change will be
to cause further discomfort to the pas
sengers and delay In operation The
picking up of the extra car at ArIing-
ton Junction In the evening Will require
from ten 10 fifteen minutes.
Officials Of the company maintain they
are doing all they can % relieve the
congestion. They assert also that the
Pennsylvania Railroad will not permit
them TO run more cars than the present
number over the Long Bridge And the
laws Of the District will not allow the
running Of three attached cars in the
city
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Smiles Turn to Protests.

With everything to Indicate that vic
tory had been completed. the commit
tee was in a happy frame Of mind as
the train bowled along toward the city.
Nothing occurred to interrupt their Sc
renity until Arlington Junction was
reached
Then the conductor shouted to the oc-
cupants of the rear trailer that they
wouhl have 10 find room in the forward
cars as the conveyance in which they
were riding went no farther than Ar
hngton Junction. The announcement
was the signal for a loud protest
Complaints and threats Of every de-
scription were made and some OF the
passengers declined fatty to leave the
car. The protest availed nothing, how
ever. for the rear car was uncoupled
and the train resumed its journey TO
Washington with the passengers stand
ing in the aisles.
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Duffy Again Committed
To Asylum for Insane
DR.. Shute, in Report to Judge Scott, Declares
That Latent Insanity, Coupled With
Strong Drink Led to Shootinq

Although Dr. D. K Shute. physician
90 the United States jail, in his report
today TO Judge Scott. Of the Police
Court. relative to the mental condition
OF William J. Duny. alias O'Brien. who
shot two War Department employees on
March 3. saws the prisoner is insane.
the physician declares he Is inclined TO
this belief only on account Of the past
performances Of the man. and that he
was unable to detect any symptoms OF
insanity throughout O'Brien's incarcera-
tion at the jail.
The prisoner was removed TO st. Eliza
beth's Asylum Immediately after the
report reached Judge Scott. He viii be
closely confined and carefully watched
IN the future. and the superintendent
OF the institution says It Is exceedingly
doubtful whether he VIII be paroled
again while an inmate Of St Eliza
beth's.
Claimed to Be Sane.
DR.. Shute says he noticed nothing
whatever In O'Brien's behavior or
speech while in Jail to indicate that the
prisoner was OF other than sound mind
4 o O'Brien cOntended to the physician
through the eight days he was In Jail
that he was sane and responsible for
his actions. although he stOutly refused
10 talk Of the shooting. When asked
why he did not talk OF the assault he
made upon Arthur Wicker aad Robert
Manning in the War Depar tment, he
said:
We'll. it's a criminal orens,,. and 7
prefer 20 talk to an attorney about H.
II won't do me any good 10 tell you
any tnlng about II. If you consider my
Teticence an evidence Of insanity let It
DC so.
The past history Of O'Brien is what
sends him back to st. Elizabeth's. prob
pstroled DR.. shute. in his report, hints
that the authorities OF the asylum were
contemplating releasing O'Brien as cured
some time ago.
Has No Delusions.
In his report on the case DR.. Shute
saws: 4 certify that have examined
William J. Duffy. alias William J.
4 brien. as 10 his mental condition, with
the following result. viz: He refuses to
talk about the shooting episode. saying
he prefers 10 discuss the matter with
his attorney and with no one else About
everything else he talks intelligently
coherently and in a straightforward
manner. lie is quiet, well-behaved, and
has no apparent desusions
II am credlbly informed that be de-
serted from the United States army
ABOUT seven years ago ana was arrested
In consequence, and found 70 be insane
and sent 70 St. Elizabeth's Asylum for
tn Insane. 10 be treated for his In
sanity. J am also credibly informed
that he has given no evidence Of In
sanity for the last four years. and that
81 was seriously contemplated dischaI g
inc him from the insane asylum as
cured. He denies now that he Is insane
anC has always claimed that he is OF
sound mind.
aUndoubted Insauitv7
His undoubted insanity at this time
and his failure 10 recognize the fact
from the beginning Of his mental disease
10 the present, creates a grave doubt
that there mas ever been a complete cure
Of the man.
THE prisoner informs me that he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-12
REGIMENT OF INFANTRY
ASSIGNED TO ALASKA

Lieutenant General Chaffee has recon-
mended and official approval win soon
be given that the Third Regiment OF
Infantry now at Fort Thomas Ky. and
at Columbus. Ohio. Barracks. which
some time ago was ordered to hold it
self in readiness 70 go to the Isthmus
OF Panama. shall be assigned TO Alaska
there in June to relieve the Eighth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-12

Best Lumber, $3.50 Per ZOO Feet.
Frank Libbey s. Co. 9Th & N. 7. Ave-
ADV
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-12

Asthma and Bronchitis Lead
to Consumption Father Johns Medi-
cine cures. Not a patent mediclne.-AdV.
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GREATER THAN EvER-oRDER NO
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TEMPERATURE.
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@Undoubted Insanity

His undoubted insanity at this time
and his failure 10 recognize the fact
from the beginning Of his mental disease
10 the present, creates grave doubt
that there mas ever been a complete cure
OF the man.
THE prisoner informs me that he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-12

Rain late tonight and to-
morrow; fresh northerly
winds.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-07
PLANT WEATHER INDEX
Correct Forecasts Given Several Days
IN Advance.

London, March THE extreme SEN
aitiveness of the weather plant en-
abtes US to predict great atmospheric
or seismic disturbances for twenty
eight days in advance nearly 10 Inc
hour and to localiZe the events Inc
raore serious the event threatens TO De
the surer and more reliable the predlc-
zion because the reaction of the plant
Increases in strength with the inasiil-
tude Of the disturbance IN the sun
This striking statement was maze py
Baron Fridland Won NoWack, the ms
coverer OF the "abrus preeatorlus, OF
ssrvaa fher plantn to q distinguished
scientific audinece at the Society OF
Arts this week. The gathering was ar
ranged by the Foreign Press assocla-
ton in London
ssrTvvenfv wears ago. said the Baron,
s'when travelling in southeastern Elu-
rope I bought from a hawker some
pea-Ifke seeds resembling eofais, Win
a small dark spot on the top AS an
ardent student of botany 1 planted the
reeds. ana for four months waited
anxiousIy for them to sprout-
81 was near giving it up. when, on
ypsneetfns one of the seeds, I found the
dark spot considerably enlarged Two
months later tiny green Ahoo P0eP0o
out of the mold.
IT afterwards recognized it as trop-
teal nIant indigenous to India and parts
of South America
RarOn NQWack then described now 10
his surprise thetwigs and leanets OF
fba plant kept in continuous movement.
At last he found the electricity in the
atmosphere with its changes accounted
chiefly for the strange behavior of the
plant. Gradually he learned to preolct
the weather unerringly two or three
days in advance
The correctness of these forecasts at
tracted for the first time general at
tention in Vienna when the Emperor
Francis Joseph and King Edward then
Prince of Wales) repeatedly inspector
the plants, and evinced the greatest
interest in the discovery
THE more the leaflets tend upward
the finer the weather that may be ex-
uected; the more downward the worse
the coming weather. IF the leaflets at
the same time stand close together
prepare for rain; if irregular, for fog;
if slanting, for wind or storm, and so
on.
THE direction in which the twig
points IS the direction of the indicated
weather, and the distance IS shown by
the color of the leaves.
The Prince of Wales gave me a let
ter of introduction to the director of
the royal gardens, Kew.
My hope is concluded the baron,
that I may soon be enabled to estab-
Iish a properly equipped institute in or
near London. without which and a
trained staff It is impossible to do the
work
All those interested in scientific re-
searches are asked to assist and con-
tribute to the fund of 10000 required
for the erection OF an observatory in
and large shipping firms have sub
seriAad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-07
AS TO THEPANAMA CANAL.

Commercially the Panama canal for
the next twenty years will be a disap-
pointment, but politically and from a
national defense standpoint it is a ne
cessity. Direct benefits to industry will
not follow until years after the COM
pletion of the canal Yet in building
1t the United States is making great
strides for the future. The Suez canal
will continue to serve all the greatly
populated areas of the world. The Pan
aid for that reason, since we are cham
pions of undeveloped countries, we are
taking the part of a benefact0r, and
while our rewards will be small at first,
they will increase as the use of the
canal becomes greater.
This is the opinion of Lyman E.
Cooley, Chicago civil engineer and
careful student of isthmian canal pro-
jects. In 1898 Mr.. Cooley, in company
with a commission appointed by a pri-
vestigatiOn of both the Panama and
Nicaragua routes. He Travelled by rail
between the two ends of the first named
route, Colon and Panama, and walked
eleven miles over the Culebra or Snake
cut, where is located one of the most
difficult obstacles.
Il have always favored the Nicaragua
route, principally because it was 625
miles north of the Panama route said
Mr.. Cooley. But since the matter is
settled L see no reason for raising OBJ
jections. Before we send ships through
the Panama canal our government will
probably spend $500 coo, 900. We do not
now think it will cost that much, but
expenses will arise that cannot be an
ticipated- The actual construction will
cost SAG, 1000, 600 To the new Panama
company of France we are to pay $780,
100000. The republic of Panama we give
SO 900, 600, besides a large yearly rent.
THE commission appointed by the
president will probably spend 800. 900
a year, including their salaries.
1T will take at least ten years and
probably fifteen years to build the
canal. Most of the material and skilled
labor will have to go from the United
States. Hospitals will have to be built
and a complete system of sanitation
established. Illness will be one Of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-07
NEW BUSINESS BLOCK.
One With 75-Foot Frontage on
Kansas Avenue.

The one story buildings at SIS, 81 and
S19 Kansas avenue are to be torn down
and two story business block with a
frontage of rs feet on Kansas avenue
will be built there this year. Work
on the new building will begin April
Is
The property is owned by Ruderiek
Slower, of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
w. W. Manspeaker IS agent for Mr..
Slower and will, have charge of the
erection of the new building. The ten
ants of the small buildings now on the
lots have been given notice to vacate.
"AlI the plans for the new building
are not completed" said Mr.. Manspeak-
er today 1T has been decided, how
ever. that the building will have a
frontage of rs feet on Kansas avenue
and will be two stories with pressed
brick front. The rooms in the build
ing have not yet been rented and will
NOT he until later
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greatest foes to progress. and during
the contraction we probably will lose
by death men almost equal in number
to the population of Panama.
THE canal is to be about so miles
| long, $50 feet wide and of a depth to
accommodate all vessels. There will be
three locks at each end. The highest
level of the water will be so feet above
the sea. The greatest bulk of earth to
be dug through is that at Culebra cut,
where the French company already has
done some work. The maximum depth
to be dug there will be about 230 feet
About as much dirt has to be taken out
of this one spot as was taken out Of
the entire Chicago drainage canal This
cut will be from to II miles long. It
ought to be borne in mind that the
straight channel but will wind consid-
erablv.
when I say that the canal will be
disappointment from a commercial
standpoint for years after it's compile
ton 1 mean that it will not be used as
much as it might be at first. Suez will
continue to play its part in the worlds
commerce. Liverpool for instance.
through the Suez canal, will still have
shorter route to Asia, including
Japan, the Philippines and the west
coast of Australia From Liverpool
Panama will be shorter to New Zea-
land the east coast of Australia and
| islands in the East Pacific. From New
I L 9TH 1dIdLtd viii DO IleI u Jdpdtly
China and the Philippines. But even
from New York Suez will be shorter to
the west coast of Australia, Indian and
| Indo-C China
There is small prospect of the Unit
ed States ever regaining in actual cash
the money it will invest. After the
canal is built it will have to be main
tanned and protected. The revenue
from the use of the canal will go
toward the cost of maintenance. How
much it viii cost for a ship to pass
through, I believe, has not yet been
decided upon. Ships going through
Suez, I think, have to pay S175 a ton
By treaty with Great Britain the
canal will be open to all the world.
Ships of every nation will pass across
] that strip of water, at each end of
which will wave the flag of the United
/ Sta tas.
The Second regiment of infantry.
which has been ordered to Panama.
will arrive there just at the beginning
of the rainy season. Exposure in the
wet maIariaI country will induce fever
and it is likely illness will be one of
the first problems confronting the
building of the cana1-'-New York Her
al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-07
MARSHALLS WANT IT.
Band Asks for Lease of Old Court
House.

Marshan's band has submitted a
proposition to the board of county COM
mfssioners for the renting of the court
room in the old court house to be used
as headquarters for the band.
The band will want a lease on the
property, if they become tenants, and
as the commissioners hope to sell the
property it is doubtful if a lease would
be consummated. The commissioners
have received offers from other parties
who will pay $500 a year for the court
room alone. The battery and infantry
companies of the Kansas militia will
pay together 5000 a year for the use of
tenants in the building pay SIS a year
This makes S275 a year paid by sub
renters for the building while the coun-
ty has received no rent for the build
ing for two years For several years the
Republican F'lambeau club has rented
the entire building for $50 a year but
Is two years behind in the rent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-07
Czecha and Russians.

Why a mob of Czeehs in Prague
should sympathize so vigorously with
Russia in her war with Japan that thew
should want to wreck an American
consulate may be set down as in large
degree a mystery. OF course the
the attitude of the United States govern
ment toward Japan. But even were
their apparent belief correct, the Won
der would still remain. Any answer
that depends merely upon the fact of
blood affinity between Russians and
Czechs will not suffice. It is true that
the Czechs, who include not only Bo-
hemians, but also Moravians and
6loyaks, are SIavs. but so also are the
IS to tell we might fully as we'll ex-
pect the Czechs to hate Russia out of
sympathy for the Poles as to love her
because of the broader race tie.
1t is a fact, however. that there ex-
lists in Austria an active pan-Siavic
movement. which is carried on largely
to coLnterbalance the pant ermanic
movement. The sokolist societies-fra-
teTnities of Bohemian students-are Of
ten demonstrative in the cause. The
hatred of the Bohemians for Germany
is well known, and a loudly proclaimed
love for Russia is an easy way of man
Kesting this hatred. Possibly if the
Bohemians were in immediate contact
with the Russian frontier they would
sing different tune. AS it is Prussia
and Hungary form such substantial
bulwarks that love for Russia can be
INDUCED in with little fear that the
practical process of classification, such
as the Poles the Firms and other peo-
pies have undergone, will ever be ex-
tended to their own country-Chicago
Record-HeraId
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-07
TRIBUTE TO MRS. NATION.
Correspondent of State Journal Grows
Eloquent About Her.

A correspondent of the State Jour
nal who is evidently an admirer of
Mrs. Nation has written the following
tribute to the famous smasher of
joints:
Carry A. Nation, prophecies of God
and prohibition, came suddenly like
the furious driving Jehu. Her cyclonic
joint smashing shook the rum power of
the United States from apex to 1oun-
dation-stone. The great American god
Bacehus turned pale on his throne.
Gambrinus and his thirty thousand
white-aproned priests of debauchery and
Righteousness trembled in every sa-
loon and bagnio throughout the union.
No whirlwind tornado or simeon of the
desert ever startled a nation as her
volcanic career. From ocean to ocean,
from Canada to Texas, she faced a
storm of relentless criticism and bitter
sarcasm from political ours, clerical
hirelings and editorial henchmen of the
murderous liquor traffic such as no
mortal ever faced before. A star of
hope to the one hundred thousand de-
spairing drunkards. already in the
death-graSp of this licensed Moloch of
perdition: volunteer Iberator of the
hundreds of thousands of hapless slaves
of this greater Course of curses and
more than sum of all viIlainies;" pre-
cursor of emancipation of the millions
of sad-faced women and children whose
lives are blasted and crushed beneath
the wheels of this cruel Car of Jug
gernaut; betrayed by false friends.
imprisoned by the courts, and mana
cled; no martyr of old ever ran the
gauntlet of hotter persecution, yet like
Banquo's Ghost and the Man of Cali
lee she will not down. Denounce her as
you may, she is such an one as heroines
and world wide characters are made of.
Every one will want a copy of her
Life" forthcoming publication. The
boys and girls will find the Old Ken
lucky Home plantation scenes, inter
esting as Uncle Toms Cabain and well
worth the price of the book. The pic
lures and portraits of the noted Smash
er of Joints are more than worth the
nominal sum. To every citizen, stu
dent and philanthropist the legal eli
tations for reference are worth it, No
temperance person or prohibitionist can
afford to be without a eepy.-Ray
Rand.