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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. l2.-The biz
auxiliary cruiser Lena. which arrived
In this port Sunday afternoon. is still
lying at anchor Off the Union Iron
Works.
headed by the cruiser New York, has
received orders not TO sail for Magda-
lena Bay as was planned. No instTuC-
tions. il is claimed. were given regard
ing the Lena. but IL is certain she viii
be closely watched while here.
Captain Be-tinsky, of The Lena. yes
terday paid the usual visit of courtesy
TO all the American vessels. when
asked as to his mission here ne simply
said:
I'VE are here i'm obedience to orders
Of the Russian consul of this port These
orders reached us while IN Nlad.vostok,
and we departed from there few weeks
ago.
'Our pace was nearly nineteen kOo-s
an hour all of the way over. We en-
three Russian cruisers which. however.
were nearer the Asiatic coast than the
American.
Ii was iutimated that the mention Of
three other vessels was an ungu2rded
hint upon the part of the captain that
three more vessels would arrive here
later
Three Miles From Squadron
The Russian vessel is anchored about
three miles from the American fleet
During the time the Lena is I'm port
Oriental liners will exercise great care
as to the nature of their cargoes. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
MattingLy'S Argument
In the Waggaman Case
urges Court to Declare Him Bankrupt on
Showing of Petition Filed by The Catho-
lie University

Tn view Of the answer made by the
Catholic University filed IN the Thomas
f. Waggaman bankruptcy proceedings.
William +. MattingIy. Of counsel for the
petitioners, today asked that Waggaman
be declared a bankrupt
The hearing in the matter. which was
begun Tuesday last before Justice An
derson, and postponed on motion Of
Catholic University, was resumed this
morning.
Mr. Bonaparte asked leave OF the
court until today to make answer for
the university. When this was granted
Mr.. MattinEly also asked for leave 10
file an amended petition IN the proceed
ings. This morning, however, after
hearing the answer Of the university, he
decided not 10 file a supplemental peti-
tion in the matter
The whole of the morning session Of
the court, with the exception Of "A few
minutes occupied by George E Hamil-
ton IN reading the answer Of the Cath
Ole University, was taken up by Mr..
Mattingly. IN his argument in support
Of his motion TO have Waggaman ad-
Indicated a bankrupt
Among other things. MI Mattingly, In
discussing the answer Of the univer-
sity. said.
While not a Catholic myself, / have
sufficient confidence In CathoHcity and
its sense Of moral honesty TO believe
that In the very showing of the univer-
slty il viii not claim preference in
bankruptcy proceedings hereafter, but
surrender"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
WEATHER REPORT.

The cool weather covers the lake re-
gion and upper Mississippi valley, and
frosts. both light and heavy. were gen
erai in upper Michigan. Wisconsin,
Eastern Minnesota. and in portions Of
Iowa Over the remainder Of the
country the temperatures have changed
bot little. except IN the Northwest and
extreme central West. where they nave
risen
There have been showers in the cen
tral valleys, the lake region, the eastern
New England
In the West THE weather was mostly
~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
REVIEW
PACKERS STRIKE
American Federation of La
Dor Council in Session.
MAKE ATTACK on BREWERS
Firemen Would Have Unions Charter
Revoked-Prominen Men
in Attendance.
MAKE ATTACK ON BREWERS

Prominent labor leaders are in Wash
ington today attending the quarterly
meeting of the executive council of the
American Federation Of Labor
At this mornings session Timothy
Healy. president of the International
Firemen's Union. and John Kenny. pres
ident Of the Steam Engineers Associa-
tion. both of New York, appeared before
the coHncil to demand a revocation of
the charter of the United Brewers As
sociation on the ground that that body
has intringed upon the fremen's rights.
The Dispute.
The dispute between these three
unions has been of long standing. and
recently the American Federation OF
Labor made Il decision I'm the case. fix
ing the jurisdiction of the brewers. The
engineers and hremeu's unions now
claim that the brewers have violated
this jurisi iictiOn. They ask the eNecu-
tive cOInCl to take action on the evil
dcnCe already i'm their hands. Nothing
was done I'm the matter this morning
The council went into thorough re-
view OF the meat packers strike in
Chicago. There was much criticism of
the way the strike was conducted.
Industrial conditions in the country
were reviewed The council adjoUrre1
at noon but met again at ? o'clock and
will remain ia session all afternoon.
Those Present
Those present We're President sam
uel Gompers. Washington. first vice
president Cigarmakers Union: Secretary
Frank Morrison. Chicago. Topographic
cal Union; Treasurer John b Lennon
Bloomington, Ill. secretary Journey
men Tailors. First Vice President James
Duncan. Quincy, Mass. secretary Gran
ite Cutters National AsSociat ton. f.
Second Vice President John Mitchell
Indianapolis. president United Mine
Workers: Third Vice President James
O'COuneH. Washington, secretary
National Association of MaChiuis,S /;
Fourth Vice President Max Morris. Den
yer. Col. secretary Retail Clerks Pro
tcCtive Association; Sixth Vice PTe5i-
dent Daniel J. keCfe. Detroit secretary
National Association Of Longshoremcn.
The next quarterly meeting of the
council viii be held in San Francisco
just previous to the annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor.
which conVencs November Il.
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erehce. however. he said. was no attack
upon me validity of the deed. unless il
Is plainly shown that it was made with
a purpose 10 make a preference of one
creditor above another.
The validity OF this deed Of trust Mr.
MattinGly said. may be matter Of s,lb-
sequent litigation. IL is not a question
at issue now. If the Catholic University
can show. he said, it had no reason to
believe that the deed was made TO fl IN
give II a preference over other creditors
then there can be no doubt Of the va
Edity OF the deed.
Law in the Case.
Mr.. MattinGIy discussed at length The
law governing the case. He argued that
If the deed Of trust did in fact give
a preference. no matter what the uni
versity thought of tiff Waggaman at
the time was insolvent-it was an act
Of bankruptcy.
So, really, he said. the only question al
issue Is, was WagRaman insolvent at
the time he made the deed Of trusr2
The law. Mr.. Mattingly said. holds that.
under the circumstances. transfer Of
property, either direct or indirect. is a
preference. and an intent. to prefer is
not required 20 be shown. but IS PIE
sumed. If by it one creditor is given ad-
vantage over another.
lie also called the attention Of the
court 20 the fact that Waggaman in
his answer admitted his indebtedness.
admitted making the deed Of trust 10
the Catholic University. but does not.
as it was his express duty 20 do. deny
that at the time OF so doing ne was in
solvent on the contrary. he cOutended
that his assets would more than meet
and cover his indebtedness.
Insolvency Admitted.
still later I'm an additional answer
he said WaRgaman admitted his in
solvency and his inability 20 meet his
obligations. And further says this was
the idea he intended 20 convey in his
original answer
When an adjournment was taken at
thc recess hour Mr.. Mattingly had not
concluded his argument.
He resumed his argument after recess
and concluded a few minutes before
o clock
Mr.. Mattingiy WIS followed by Charles
J. Bonaparte, Of Baltimore, who with
Hamilton q Colbert of this city. repre-
sent the Catholic University.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
CAVALRY BAND WILL
CONE TO FORT AYER

orders We're issued today by the War
Department for the HEADQUARTERS and
band Of the Seventh Cavalry 20 take
station al Fort Myer. Va. with the
First squadron of the regiment, which
is ordered intS camp at Fort Mver pend
ing the departure of the Second squad
ron of the Fifteenth Cavalry. which Is
ordered 20 Fort Ethan Allen, Vt
The orde, issued Saturday for the
First squadron Of the Seventh Cavalry
to go 10 Fort Myer without headquArt-
ers and band 1-tused much comment as
it IS necessary K have military hand
near Washington. The supplementary
order was received with much satisfac-
tion by officers stationed at the War
Department
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12

Lieutenant General S2karof reports that the japanese not
penetrated Of Yantai any reports further that
the enemy have large camps the railway south toward LaoYng
Dangerous and costly efforts being made delay japanese
advance.
aggerS have been shot captured bv
Mancian bandits who appearing everywhere They are inter-
ferng with traffic around Mukden
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
KurOpatkin and His Army in Full Retreat,
Withdrawing From Mukden-W VIII
Make a Stand at Telling.
OYAMA ARRANGING HIS PLANS
TO DRIVE ENEMY TO HARDIN
Bandits Harass Troops and Interfere With
TraffiC-Japs Find Dum-Dum Bullets
in Captured Ammunition.

ST PETERSBURG Sept i2-General Kuropatin and his army
again in full retreat
Forces resting at Nukden fast retiring Telling
feeling forty miles north Of Mukden is that stand viii
be made against any advance the japanese may attempt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
An Act of Bankruptcy.

The whole force Of Mr.. Mattingly's s
argument was 10 show that the max
ing Of the deed Of property 20 the Cath
oIic University was an act OF bank
ruptcy. because 81, in fact, made the in
stitution "a preferred creditor.
The sole question, he said, to be de-
termined I'm the proceedings under con-
sideration by the court IS whether on
the date Waggaman made the deed of
trust In question, 10 secure the uni
versity. he was in fact insolyent
The making OF the deed OF trust he
argued. in itself was making the uni
versitys preferred creditor. This pref
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
PINE TREE VOTERS
GO TO THE POLLS
Four State Tickets in the Field-Contest
Centers Around Size of the Repubi-
can Plurality-Leaders Claims.
TODAYS ELECTION IN MAINE
THE CANDIDATES:

THE CANDIDATES:
Repubican-Wiliam T. Cobb, of RocIand
Democratic-Cyrus w. Watervle.
Prohibition-Nathan F.. Woodbury., o Auburn
Socaist-Wibur G. Hapgood, Skowhegan.
NAMES REPUBLICAN RECORD:
1892 Plurality, 12503
1894 Plurality, 3S917
1896 Plurality, 4s,246.
1898 Plurality, 24,415.
1900 Plurality, 1884
1902 Plurality, 25,247
This years
Republican Chairman NJ F. Simpson:
Cobb will have plurality of from $4,000 Anything
yond the first named total will
Democratic Chairman Edgar L.
"A single than the yea
(33,3S4 in 1900 will be a victory
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12

Flynn's Business College, sth K.
Business. shorthand, typewritinE So = yr.-
AqVL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
HOSPITALS IN HE He'd.

TlENTSIN China Sept t2-Every village for fifty miles
IaoYang has been turned into hospital and every field into
tory or graveyard.
Field Marshal Oyana arrang ing his plans follow the Russians
and if possible drive them nortfward to HaTbin
The japanese today made the charge officially through ega
the Russians een using dur-dum bullets
patch from the foreign office Tokyo received by Minister Takaha
this morning SAYS:
The Manctrn army reports that two kinds of du-im bullets
have been found among the munitions captured the battle
Iiao-Yang"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
GENERAL MISTCHENN NOT DEAD.

Official dispatches received here deny the report that General
Mistcen who commanded t Russian east at Lao-Yang killed
Two japanese arrested today. One had Joined Crsek
Catholic Church and married Russian girl From
they are believed to be naval officers acting IS spies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
VIEWS ON LETTER
Of PRESIDENT BY
EDITOR-CRITICS
Party Organs Pay High
Tribute to Its Strong
Points.
SAY 1T ANSWERS ALL
Opposition Writers FIay the
Executive and Charge Him
With Dreadful Things.
SAY IT ANSWERS ALL

Editorial comment on the Presidents
letter of acceptance runs the gamut of
partisan opinion and is as far apart as
the poles, according to the party stan
dard of each journal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
TEMPERATTRE
DowNTowN TEMPERATURE.

ln.ri.tered d -. standard thernonet
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Continued on Second I1ge)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12
IAPS HAVE LARGE CAMPS.

" advance the J2raneSe NAV attempt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-12

Showers and cooler to-
night, Tomorrow fair and
cooler.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
Anecd0fe OF
Geo. A0e and Mr.. R0oEeN

r Do not suppose that there Is any rec
ord extant Of meeting that once
occurred between two American hu-
merists. who must be regarded as lead
ers, although Mark Twain is stil writ
ing. 1t was so many years ago-I hesI-
tate to say how many-when two baby
carriages were wheeled along the lake
front at Chicago In one of them reposed
all that there existed Of Mr.. George Ade.
the famous author Of "BabeIs In Slang
In the other were the mortal remains OF
MFR. Peter Finley Dooley The nurses
stopped to pass the time away, and nat
urally the two babes fell into conversa-
tion.
'HuIlo, you," said Ade.
Same here" said DooIey
What are You going to be-" asked Ade.
when you expand into manhood if you
ever do?"
''Tm going to write for a living" re-
piled the Dooley baby I'm told there's
a man named Henry James makes ten
dollars week at it,
Same here said the infant Ade my
friend Harding Davis. at the age Of eigh-
teen. makes thirty per-
But" said the baby DooIey, they've
got the market cornered''
Yes assented the infant Ade 'sbut
that's because they write straight Eng
4 lish. I'm going in for slang''
Good idea," said Dooley. 'PH write
And the two babies. with a significant
wink. swore eternal enmity to English.
am prepared. writes Father Time to
make my affidavit to the exact truth Of
the foregoing interview
Editors NOte-Father Times affidavit In
not necessary. Developments have suf-
ficfently proven the accuracy OF his re-
port.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19


6<SooN after the Civil war;" re-
~ marked a lawyer, who before
he settled down to practice had knock
ed around for several years in the
Northwest, 81 was counsel to the may
or Of a newly organized town in Min
nesOta. The mayor. the chief Of police,
one of the aldermen and myself used to
play poker three Or four times a week,
all winter, and there would always be
one. and usually two, more to join in
the game.
TT was pretty stiff game. too. We
played table stakes, and always began
with $100 worth Of chips In front Of
each man.
There was one man who used to sit
in with us occasionally that must have
cleared up several thousand dollars at
that particular table in the course Of
the winter. That was big Sam Garvey,
who ran the house where we played. 1t
was gambling house, pure and simple.
'Garvey did not play at the poker
table often. but when he did he was
almost invariably the winner. 1t piqued
me considerably at the time, for 1
would not admit to myself that he was
any better player than the rest of us,
and he had the reputation some pro-
fessional gamblers enjoy-of being abb
Solutely square.
''As matter Of course, what he won
had to be lost by somebody else. There
was one man who lost SO persistentIy,
and so heavily, that l found myself
wondering whether he was not likely
to be crippled If he kept on.
his was young man named Tib-
bets, who had opened up general
store In the village, when 1t was only
a small place, and who was. at the time
went there, the leading merchant in
town. He was extremely popular, and
had come within a few votes Of being
elected mayor. There were those. in
deed. who believed he had been cheated
IN the count, and it was known that he
intended running agin at the next cleo
tions In which case he would be a
strong candidate. In consequence, my
client, the mayor, hated and feared
TIbbets, though outwardly they were
friends
Spent Money in Campaign
Il knew that Tibbets had embarrass-
ed himself financially in the campaign.
and was living up to, if not above. his
income. His losses, therefore, looked
larger to me than they might have
seemed otherwise
There was no indication of all this
In his manner, however, and he was al
ways well supplied with money when
ne played; SO that when the disaster
befell him, which finally did come, It
came IN manner unexpected.
We were playing fve-handed one
night, having sent out for Garvey to
take the fifth seat. as we objected to
four-handed, and there was no out
slider In the house who cared to play.
The game proved to be hot one, as
the cards ran remarkably well almost
from the start, and little heavy bet
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
Simeon F0rdSS
First Joke

1NHE line of Simeon Ford's jokes is
Il almost as long as that very ac-
ceptable humorist himself. 1t be-
gan as far back as the third birthday of
the gentleman I'm question, when he was
living on farm in Brooklyn.
The infant Ford was seated on the back
piazza Of the family homestead gazing
dFeaYnily out over the Erie Basin at the
Thirty ninth street ferryboats ploughing
their way up the raging bay 10 that mar
velous. undiscovered country New York,
In which In after years the child. having
reached mans estate, was to cover him
self with renown, when a tramp appeared
and begged hearing. This the youngster
readily gave him, and the poor wanderer,
after telling how he had walked all the
way from Sheepshead Bay in search of
employment as a snow shoveleF-it was
late In July-stated that he had not eaten
in two days
If I could only get square meal" he
said. life would seem roster. just one
small sauce of filet Bearnaise and a mag
mum OF champagne would put new life In
me-"
The sympathetic child handed the trav-
eler ten dollar bilI and he went on his
way rejoicing
who was that?' demanded the nurse,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
SaMS0nsS
First Joke

samson peculiar style of humor begar
10 manifest itself when he was a child
OF nve. Even then he was remarkably
Well developed as to his muscles and II
became necessary for the protection of
ms family to forbid his indulgence in
those little manifestations of affection
called love taps.
1t was his misfortune on three separate
occasions to knock his nurse senseless
with one of these baby caresses. and.
while history does not record it. IT fs
nevertheless the truth that once while
pIayfully hugging maiden aunt he broke
nVe or her ribs, dislocated her right shouI-
der and so seriously displaced her heart
that no one was ever able to find 1t again
as a result Of which that estimabIe and
oeautlful young woman died unmarried.
Humor at this time consisted almost en-
tireiy or practical jokes, and the first of
them that I recall was when the child as
l nave already indicated at the age Of
hve. sneaked out of his bed one night and
under cover of darkness picked upe his
fathers barn and placed it on the lawn in
front OF the parental dwelling. This
aroused so much amusing CONSERVATION
that the following night the youthful
joker while his parents slept removed the
piano from the front parlor and placed IT
In cowShed, carrying the cattle into the
parlor, where they were found the next
day.
OF course no one suspected the child of
having anything to do with these mys-
terious happenings and a nine days won
der was the result. The climax was
reached when the jocose youngster pulled
the forty-foot brick wall up by the roots
and turning it upside down ran off to bed,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
IRE Ffun1Or or
Wilhelm fHte Second

r HAVE already alluded elsewhere in
these pages to the wit of the Ger
man emperor. 1t is not often that
we find so high in public place a mind
In which humor is so deeply woven as in
that of this imperial parsonage OF all
the refgning potentates Of today he has
70 the sreatest-degree the qualities which,
II his throne were to totter and the me-.
cessity for earning his bread and butter
We're 90 arise, would enable him to enter
the lists as. a worthy competitor against
such men as Mr.. Balfour J Adam Bede.
Alfred Austin or Mr DooIey
His humor Is not always light but II
may be said to be Invariably effective
l shall never forget his drollery upon an
occasion when someone suggested to him
the possibility of the French again cross
ing the Rhine.
"they can get all the rhinestones they
need on the avenue de FOpere''
The court broke out into roars of laugh
ter. When the American ambassador sug-
gested to the kaiser that he should visit
the United States because he was very
popular in that country. he replied:
Certainly am popular there, and X
May 1 ask why?'' asked the ambassa-
dor
Certainly" replied the kaiser "Ies
because l bear all over me the stamp,
Made in Germany"
His reply to an American countess prior
to her divorce from the Schleswig- -HoI-
stein count she had married at Newport
IN a philanthropic moment is worthy Of
preservation.
''rhey say, your majesty, that you
are very much the same sort Of man as
our president, Mr.. Roosevelt said the
countess.
Madam" replied the emperor. ''I do
not remind myself Of Mr.. Roosevelt so
much as Mr.. Roosevelt reminds me OF
myself"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
Tire EDITOR
|" Punch

TN cemmen with many Of his friends I
Il rejofced greatly at the coronation
honers conferred upon the editor Of
Punch by the king of England. No man
In all Britain has labored harder than he
to add luster to the glory Of the British
empire. and that in his later years knight
hood should fall to his lot should be in
tenseIy gratifying to all lovers of true
humor all the world over.
/ happened to be with Mr.. Burnand at
the moment the news reached him that he
rather than Ally Sloper was to be knighted
for his contributions to British humor.
He was visibly affected, but his emotions.
deep as they were, could not overcome
his humorous habit of expression.
1T is great honor" he said his voice
trembling with emotion. Il shall never
sign myself editor of Punch again.
''Why not?' / asked in some surprise
1T involves a disrespectful use Of my
sovereign's name" he replied. Hereafter
instead Of being an Eddie-tor shall spell
it in full-Edward- the Seventh tor"