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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-01-05
MoRg eTocK ZOE EMpLoYEs
Steel Trust to Sell Them $4,000 Shares
Preferred at $3.50.


New York, jan 8. The United
States Steel Corporation made known
its intention to continue the plan to
share profits with its employees In the
following statement issued by Chair
man Gary:
1.-THE finance committee of our cor
poration has decided TO repeat the Of
fer to the officers and employees Of this
corporation and subsidiary corpora
tons to subscribe for the stock (pre-
ferred) of the corporation on substan-
TALLY the same basis heretofore adopt
ed. The same amount, or $4,000 shares,
will be offered for this year. The price
has been fixed at $3.50. in order to
make the Investment desirable. This
price, with the rebates and other per-
quisites which may be received In case
of continuance of employment and
satisfactory service, will make the
final cost low"
According to the latest official state
mont some 81 900 shares of preferred
stock are already h5.d by employees
under the profit-sharing plan.
Mrs. chadwiok's Statement Ready.
Cleveland. Jan. 5.-Mrs. Cassie l..
Chadwick said that a formal state
ment relative to her affairs and fnan.
cial transactions is in possession Of a
private party" in New York city, and
that Il is not to be given to the public
until Mrs. Chadwick gives her con
sent This action was determined on,
she said. before she left New York.
The instant effect of her statement
now held by the party" in New York.
Mrs. Chadwick said would be to clear
her of all suspicion and alleged wrong
doing and would show that she and
her husband have been the victims Of
circumstances and not OF any crime OF
their own commission.
Found Dead Standing Against Fence.
Philadelphia, Jan. 81. c. Maclis.
ter, aged 2S years, of this city. was
found dead on the grounds Of the Red
Dragon Canoe Club at Wissinoming.
a suburb. There was bullet hole
through his heart The body was found
frozen and standing against the fence.
A few feet away was found Maclis.
ter's revolver. with one charsber
empty. His family believe that he was
shot while defending the clubs prop
erty from midnight marauders. Some
of the police have a theory that he ac-
cidentally shot himself while hunting
robbers.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-01-05

II every one knew what one said OF
the other there would not be four
friends left in the world.-Pascal.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-01-05

Tho result Of the three two-man games
foliotu.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-01-05
PHILADELPHIA.

Tha re.uIt o the lhree throo-mon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Public Ownership.

Things political are getting very much
mixed in these United States Of America.
Only last fall the democrats of Chicago
stood forth the champions of municipal
ownership of public utilities and carried the
day at the polls on that Issue. The repub-
lcans dallied with it, but were thought 10
be at heart opposed to it, and they made a
poor record, even with a strong man In the
lead. Nothing so far has been accom-
plished and Judge Dunno is finding 1t neces-
sary 10 assure his friends and the general
public that his election shall not prove in
vain; that he will do something, or break
a trace.
In New York this fall we find the repub-
LEANS standing for this issue and the demo-
Gratis opposing. Fusion Is the watchword
against Tammany. and the fusienists are
all talking municipal ownership of public
utilities. If fusion Is arranged the repub-
licans will furnish the bulk of the votes,
and If fusion trumphs at the polls the
fusion platform will have to be redeemed
The new mayor, whether republican. demo-
crat or independent, must throw his in
fuence in favor of municipal ownership
IL Tammany wins private ownership of the
public utilities now in existence will con-
tinue, and such additions to them as may
be made during Mr.. McClellan's second
term as mayor will be in private hands and
yield returns to individuals or private cor
porations.
Say what we may. this issue Is growing.
1t is under discussion in many cities, and 1t
may be voted on in many before the next
presidential nominations are made. Can 1t
be confined to municipal affairs? There Is
"a freely confessed purpose to push 1t be-
yond them If possible. and those who cher
ish 1t hope to make such progress by 1908
as to force some expression from the two
leading parties in their national platforms
on the subject of public ownership gener-
ally. This will suit Mr.. Bryan, but what
man of equal prominence among the repub-
licans will exert himself toward securing
a favorable expression from that party?
Mr.. La Toilette? He is regarded as the
most advanced man on that side in all such
matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Straw Hats and the Calendar.

Does the straw hat go out as the oyster
comes in? Is there a rigid line of demarka-
tion for the light and summary tile that
man who is particular about his dress and
the laws of fashion must not pass?
The answering of this question does not
call for as much nerve as does the similar
process in the spring, when men are called
upon to determine when to don the straw
hat. The pioneer then must be brave and
stanch. He must prepare TO face storm
of jeers and criticisms. But there is moth
Ing difficult about starting in on the felt hat
in the autumn. Indeed. some men wear
such headgear throughout the summer. The
danger comes TO the man who holds too
long to his straw, who hates to surrender
its Ightness and comfort for the compare
tive tyranny of the derby the SLOUGH.
Our American vernacular has devised
phrase to meet the case of the belated
straw. All that is necessary to remind the
forgetful one or the procrastinator of the
passing of the season is to suggest to him,
when the frosts have come and the summer
hat Is plainly out of date, that the "gun has
gone on" II the straw-hat man is at all
sensitive he abandons his sun-burned tile of
summer In Jiffy and either HES him to the
haberdasher for a new tile or pulls out his
last springs derby, carefully brushes it.
perhaps inks Its threadbare binding. and
makes the best of slim purse.
September l used TO be strictly regarded
as the date for the honorable retirement of
the straw. but fashion is more lenient now
adays, and IL Is not uncommon to see the
light and airy headgear continued in use
until the latter part of the month. 1t is all
a matter of weather. If the sun continues
TO shine hot enough the straw hat is toler-
ated for the sake of it's comfortable quail
ties, whatever may be the state of the cal
endar. 1t is only the timid man who scrup-
ulously eschews his straw when the gun"
Is supposed by tradition to go Off"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Explosive Pie,

Many warnings have been promulgated
against pastry. Some persons regard 1t
with such timidty. nay terror, that they
would have 1t baked in a bomb-proof
served under cover of a red flag and have
lanterns hung on 1t after sunset. Some per-
sons consider pastry such a menace to So
ciety that they would no sooner think of
engorging themselves with 1t than of dis
putting the right of way with naughty
chauffeur. Some persons have such foolish
fears. They have weak knees and weak
stomachs.
Perhaps as many uncomplimentary and
insauitary things have been said about pas
try as have been said about hash. and the
number of things said about hash is only
eaualed by the number of things in hash
1t is hoped that the things in hash are
more becoming, polite and decorous than
the things said about 1t. But of this one
cannot be certain. There Is always more
or less uncertainty In the matter of hash
But pastry, despite the carping OF dietetic
sensationalists, digestion calamitists and
stomachic pessimists, continues to be an
American institution. and In the eyes Of
some patriots whose patriotism Is as sensi-
tive as soft corn. It's treason to say bah!
or fudge! or to use other disrespectful or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Delaware.

Mr. Addicks now goes after Senator Alice.
who recently severed his relations with the
gas man. and advocated reorganization
Of the republican party of Delaware. Says
the gas man in his newspaper:
THE matter of the reorganization of the
party is the business of the voters and not
of leaders in opposition to the wishes and
purposes of the voters. The elimination OF
leaders or officials of the party is likewise
the privilege and business Of the voters
and not the prerogative of any one who
seeks to promote selfish ambition at
another's expense
This has the Addicks ring: You must
not do anything lat anothers expense. "
Mr. Addicks pays his own way In politics
and insists upon that policy for others
AS The Star stated the other day, the
end is evidently not yet In Delaware, and
before Mr.. Addcks and his wallet are
finally disposed Of several more battles
will probably have to be fought. Getting
rid of such a man and his influence Is not
a holiday job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Mr.. Cannon in Indiana.

Mr. Cannon-Joseph G. Cannon, of course
or Uncle joe" just as you lke-is IN
southern Indiana. paying visit to MS
friend Senator Hemenway Mr.. Hemen-
way lives in Warrlck county, where the land
Is. rich the farmers are well to do and the
Cld-fashioned county fair is sun Cherished
Institution. The big shows OF recent years
at Chicago. St Louis, Nashville ana else
where which have put so many small SHOWS
out of business, have leftNarrick county
untouched. and the fair there Is as popular
as ever. People gather, as in the old days
compete for prizes i'll the lines OF I'VE stoch
ana farm and garden truck. and talk poll
tics. In Indiana every man Is poHticiah'
Morton and Hendricks and Harrison ana
VOORHEES, brought up the people in the way
they should so, and they never have de-
parted from it. You Will find as much poll
ties to the square inch twenty miles from
railroad as right in the town of Indianapo-
lis itself.
1t so happens that Mr.. Cannon's visit
times with the holding of the Warrick
county fair He. of course, is attending 1t,
and shaking hands with the farmers. The
proceeding is entirely proper, and has no
political significance. 1t is the state OF
Fairbanks and Beveridgc and Mr.. Cannon
is too old and wise a Campaigner to go
poaching at this stage of the presidential
game. But suppose factional differences,
which are already slightly in evidence,
should grow to such proportions as to cause
the Indiana republicans to turn elsewhere
for a presidential favorite. Would this visit
Mr.. Cannon Is now making in the state OPP
crate against him a compromise man?
How so?
Then there is Ohio. just across the Dor
der, where the Taft boom and the Foraker
boom are making faces at each other. In
Iowa the Shaw boom and the Cummins
boom are beginning TO crowd each other,
and in Wisconsin the Spooner boom and
the La Toilette boom are sparrng for po-
sition. 1t Is yet time for Mr.. Cannon to
appear at county fairs in those states and
take the farmers by the hand. He Is one
of the spryest of men for his seventy years.
Big booms from little handshakes some
times grow. great mans touch Is not
soon forgotten. and plain people who have
had their fingers squeezed by a celebrity
talk about it with pride. and return the
favor If an opportunity presents itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Automobile Sanity.

The predicted reaction against the abuse
of the automobile appears TO have begun
IL takes the form OF u decision 10y several
OF the leading motor manufacturers OF this
country to withdraw their cars from the
track competitions which have for several
years been a feature OF the so-called sports.
The motor makers have been the sole back
ers OF these contests, putting their cars for
ward for advertising purposes and hiring
chauneurs whose names have become sy-
nonymous with daring. and occasionally
with disablement and death This season
there have been several shocking accidents
on the tracks and the automobile trade is
now deeply stirred by the realization that
IL this process continues there will soon be
a further slump in the public confidence In
the reliability of the automobile, already at
a low ebb
Several of the manufacturers who have
proclaimed their decision to abandon track
racing take the ground that, apart from
the demoralizing spectacle of disaster. II Is
useless to continue to demonstrate the
speed of machines. They aver that IL Is
now we'll established that 1t is possible to
construct these road locomotives with ca
pacity for higher speeds than their man
ayers can safely develop. In other words.
there Is nothing left for the track tests to
prove to the public The people who buy
are as rule not persuaded In favor OF this
OF that machine by reason of It's spectacular
showing on track In the hands of some
daredevil of chauffeur The selections
are commonly made with reference to reli-
ability. ease of management and economy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
In THE MOONS SHADOW.

From the Troy Record.
While the eclipse of the sun was not OBJ
served In this part Of the world to the
liking of the scientists, to the minds of
see the eclipse of great and powerful ma
ton by an island empire.
From the Birmingham News.
A Boston paper suggests that hammock
Is good place from which to view an
eclipse. Many young person has INDUCED
In star-gazing from a hammock.
From the Toledo Blade.
The next eclipse will occur November q.
and will be visible In all sections OF Ohio
The cows viii come home and low at the
gate and democratic ROSTERS will go to
roost Save your smoked glass.
From the Kansas City Star
The eclipse of Mars was not down on the
bills, but 1t took place at Portsmouth less
than twenty-four hours before the eclipse
Of the sun
From the Indianapolis Star.
Remember that II you did not see the
SUMS eclipse 1t Is too late now to lament
the fact. There isn't another eclipse In
stock 1ust now.
From the Brooklyn Times.
An eclipsed eclipse and an earthquake at
Portsmouth do not look as IL our usually
kindly Dame Nature Ia as well pleased az
the rest Of as over the close of the war.
From the Baltimore Sun.
In northern Africa the eclipse of the sun
70 reported to have been as total as the
eclipse Of Chauncey NJ Depew.
From the Chicago Record Herald
Nevertheleas, It = good deal to expect
that one Will set up at sunrise to see
a1ttie - sesipse which deen't eclipse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
SHAW AND CUMMINS.

From the Providence Journal.
This little affair between Secretary Shaw
and Gov Cummins has whatever interest
ever attaches to a dispute between two 5ab-
berWocks.
From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Secretary Shaw and Gov. Cummins mighl
at least discuss protocols as prelimnarles
to a treaty of peace under which neither
should be asked to pay indemnity.
From the Birmingham Ledger.
Secretary Shaw and Gov. Cummins OF
Iowa are quarreling over the tarin: That IS
the beginning of the republican split. That
party Is destined to go to pieces on the
tariff rock as the democratic party went
down on the silver rock. Both rocks are
eternal and any party that runs on them
will be wrecked.
From the Detroit News.
We can't help feeling that Secretary Shaw
made a mistake in admitting that 1t is in
Gov. Cummins' power to annoy him.
From the Anaconda CHont.) Standard.
What difference does 1t make whether. In
this particular instance. Shaw said 1t or
didn't say It: that IL to say, what difference
does It make to anybody except Shawn He
says SO much, measured In words, and yet
he says so little. measured by the merit OF
what he says. Shaw takes himself too SCI
riously. He seems to regard the Shaw
whereas the country deems It preposterous.
From the New York Evening Post.
1t r. all very well to reconcile Russia and
Japan, but the great peacemaker himself -
STAGGERED when It comes :? patching up the
inducing standpattsr and rsvtsienist 70 kiss
ana ~ 05o00A IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

These qualities are not displayed In the
course of the tearing. whirling speed trials.
which so often prove rather the unreliable
ity of the machine.
Conservative motor makers and owners
are convinced that the present prejudice
which exists In many minds against the au-
tomato vehicle Is intensified by these TRACE
dies of the track. They know that the an
tics of fools in the streets and highways.
high speeding in dangerous places. cruel
frightening of pedestrians, heartless fndif-
ference to injuries inflicted, reliance on
speed to escape detection when accidents
occur-all these are tending to make the
course of the careful chauffeur a difficult
one. by a tightening of the restrictions
the nuisances. must incidentally to some
extent harass the law-abiding.
This disposition on the part of the motor
makers to consider the public sentiment Is
an encouraging sign. The new toy has be-
come a practicable machine of everyday
use. a help to the busy man, comfort to
the family, a lengthener of the day and a
means of extending the sphere of personal
enjoyment. The day will surely come when
the extravagant user. the reckless scorcher.
the criminal monopolizer of streets and
roads, will be suppressed, and that day
will come the sooner and bring the greater
relief to the careful motor users through
their hearty cooperation for the enforce
ment of the laws and the prohibition of
the dangerous pastimes and pranks that
are daily making the automobile stand in
the mind of the average person as sign
of lawlessness and barbarc frenzy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
discordant speech against an American in.

dfscordant speech against an American IN
stitution.
OF course those traitors who reproach the
American institution OF pastry have certain
facts to encourage them. It used to be
thought highly un-American to protest
against splitting on the sidewalk, and Fourth
Of July crackers. crashers. busters and
other toys Of dismemberment were things
sacrosanct. But of late men have been bold
enough to assail these national institutions
without being hanged and quartered with
out benefit of clergy and attainder Of blood.
So it may be that men may protest against
certain forms Of pastry without being con-
victed OF felony or contempt of pie.
The opponents Of pastry only admit three
kinds of pastry: first. the kind that mother
used to make: second. the kind that cannot
be eaten. and. third. the kind that should
not be eaten. These extremists will derive
satisfaction from the following news dis
patch:
Paterson. N. Mrs Mary Gowan. who
conducts boarding house in this city. was
badly scalded yesterday by the explosion of
a huckleberry pie The front Of the oven
IN WHICH the pie was baking was blown out
and hurled across the kitchen and the stove
was wrecked Mrs. Gowan was thrown
from her feet and seriously burned about
the face and neck by the hot pastry and
scalding berries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
A Bungling Burglar.

1t has often been said that however
clever the criminal may be, sooner or
later he omits some detail in his precau
tons against discovery that leads to his
discovery. The police rely upon this trait
and often land their man because he has
grown careless in his work But 1t must
be said of the professional crook that he
is q better man at his job than the anna
teur or the casual offender against the
laws The artistic safe burglar. for ex-
ample, would never think of wasting dy-
Mantle on strong box that was already
open. He would never dream Of going to
| the trouble of fixing a charge on the back
of the combination lock. Yet that was
what somebody did in a Paterson, N. j..
restaurant The police were hurriedly
summoned to attend to the case Of a riled
safe. but after five minutes they came to
the conclusion that 1t was an Inside job
and refused to have aught to do with such
laundering enterprise. The door of the
safe had been closed, but not locked after
an exploding charge had been put behind
the combination, and the door was thus
smashed outward. But whoever did the
work had been adept enough to remove
50 200 from the safe.
Thus does the amateur craftsman
bungle his work worse than does even
the careless veteran of many explosions.
The man who coveted that $4,000, or who
disliked the idea of paying it out for rent
or salaries or raw foodstuffs, evidently
thought it would suffice to point to
smashed door and an empty inside and
renounce all responsibility for his CASH
less state. He did not reckon with the
astuteness of the Paterson police, skilled
In treating all manner of evil doing in the
course of years of service in that trouble
torn community. 1t was an insult to po-
lice intelligence to suppose that they
could not tell the difference between a
safe blown open from the outside and one
that had been smashed from within. This
is hint to all self-robbers to be at
tentive to details and to remember that
chagrin and discovery await him who imi-
tates the professional end foremost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
CORTELYOU.

From the Richmond Evening Journal.
That light fitting around in the executive
Office annex to the White House Is merely
Cortelyou trying on a few more cabinet po-
sitions.
From the Kansas City Times.
The country has all along thought ex-
tremely well of Cortelyou, but 1t did not
realize what an exceptionally valuable man
he was until it was learned that Senator
Aldrich. "the boss OF the United States"
was opposed to his selection as Secretary
Shaw's successor.
From the Detroit News.
The objections urged by standpat senators
to Mr.. Cortelyou as Secretary OF the Treas
ury would apply equally to any man who
appealed to the Presidents progressive
views.
From the Detroit Journal.
OF course the President will not actually
appoint Mr.. Cortelyou to succeed Secretary
Shaw until the New York World expresses
itself as fully satisfied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
The Street.

Though Wall street tempts ambitious six
There's just one thoroughfare-
A side street down in Easyville-
For which 1 really care.
/ wonder If the poplar trees
Stand stately in a row
Or bend to greet the passing breeze
AS in the long ago.
The fennel blossomed by the curb
The dandelion, too.
With none to check it or disturb
Came smiling with the dew.
And ripened to white old age
All in a single day,
To leave a simple heritage
Unto a child at play.
The tempting Of the gilded mart
Brings envious unrest,
And way down in my inner heart
/ love that street the best;
Fifth avenue could ne'er fulfill
My dreams-though ne'er SO gay
Like that old street in Easyville
Upon a summer day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Great Fire in London Predicted
From the ST James Gazette

within the next few years, I tell you
there will be another great fire. attended by
loss of life, in the city Of London" This is
the prophecy which Edward Atkinson made
to one OF our representatives.
AS regards the mechanical appliance en-
ployed by the London fire brigade, Mr.. At
kinson gave 1t as his opinion that we are far
behind the United States. Your appliances
are mere toys" he remarked. IT read OF
your having an engine which can throw q
Get Of 500 gallons a minute. but that Is not
enough. I have not seen single standpipe
in any street here. In America the stand
pipe runs to the highest floor Of the Hottest
building. and Is so constructed that the
engine on Its arrival can be connected with
out q minutes delay. No hose Is needed,
and water can be thrown on to every floor
We do not have, as you do. few such Jets
of water thrown from the ground level"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

The place In New York that was known
as the subway tavern will at least retain
enough of It's old-time assumptions of
righteousness to refrain from mixing wood
alcohol cocktails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

The bureau of engraving and printing Is
experiencing a demand for fresh, clean
money. That may tempt the magazines to
go after Mr. Rockefeller again, with some
original ideas in logic.