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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08
Stop Illegal Abuses.

I'm word. stop illegal abuses dras-
t:cally, but avoid action which will af-
feet savings put into railroads in good
faith; avoid legislation which might i'm
PAIR service and efficiency and reduce
the wages of our 1900 600 employees, for.
tc the wage earners alone among that
number, now go over half the gross ex-
penses of the American railroads.
Mr. Spencer described the English
system of controlling railroads, and
pointed out the differences between it
and the American system. The English
commission. he said has no duties to
perform which were liable to impair its
Judicial character, since it cannot Origi-
nate complaints: proceed upon its own
motion: has no administrative supervfS-
ion over any of the details of railway
operation, nor is il charged with the
duty of inquiring into the mana cement
of railways
In conclusion Mr. Spencer expressed
81 eat confidence in Il proper solution OF
ali the great railway questions when
once they were thoroughly understood
by the American public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08
Mrs. Lippitt Leaves Town.

Mrs Bippitt. wife Of Ex-Governor Lip
pitt. of Rhode Island, has been at the
Arlington for a week past attending the
meeting of the National Board of the
Daughters of the American Revolutions
/ She left town this morning for Rich
mond and jamestown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Mrs Scov1lIe. of Cincinnati will be
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Byron An
drews next week. Mrs. Andrews ex-
poets TO spend the summer in Europe
and viii join her neice, who is in school
in Switzerland. M. Andrews is on his
ranch in North Dakota.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

A Palm Beach hotel clerk fell in love
with = millioraire's daughter at sight
aud resigned his position the next day.
His experience with sight drafts mace
him feel he could marry like II breeze
ard he did
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Mrs Bates has returned 10 her apart
ment at the Connecticut from visit u
several weeks TO her son-in-law anG
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn Mckee, OF
Denver, Col.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Mr. ard Mrs. Andrew Y. Bradley are
row the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Marshall at the Marshall home In Penn
sylvania, but are expected to return to
Washington OH Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Another report says that Russia
wishes to end the war and has named
terms with which she will treat. Happy
thought That's the way Colonel Greene
ended his war with Colonel Lawson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08
CARDS ISSUED FOR
TWO WEDDINGS

Chief Justice and Mrs Clabaugh have
issued invitations TO the wedding of
their daughter. Miss Helen Margaret
CIa .ailigh, and Benjamin Paulding Lam
be, tel. jr.. for 40 o'clock at ST.
Thomas Church. Saturday. April 80 A
reeeotio at the home of Justice and
Mrs Clabaugh. 1872 Mintwood Place.
from to O'Clock, will follow the cere
money.
Cards are out for ths. marriage OF
William Sacl.ett DUEL and Miss Louise
Child on the 18th of April at Ashland
Va. Mr. Duell is the son Of Justice and
Mrs. Charles Holland Duell-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

The Interstate Commerce Commission
mas 4 room filled with twelve tons of
tariff schedules printed for public dis
tribution- Liberal public printing Is a
fine thing for those who have rooms 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

! Two Canadian officials are in town to
inspect our postal service. That's more
than the United States Government has
been doing in Philadelphia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Secretary Taft's horse has to carry
an eighth of d ton when taking the
statesman fer a canter. This fraction
oocs not permit any divided RESPONSE
bility, however, for the horse.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

The Navy Department. new assistant
secretary Mr. Newberry. will not take
Office until next fall Although green as
10 naval affairs, he will ripen with ex-
perience.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Uncle Russell Sage has gotten well
again through will power He felt ne
couldn't stand the strain of contemplate
ing how big the Doctors h;lls would be.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Truck fire stations walls have been
damaged by powerhouse vibration. The
firemen may find their ladders useful in
rescuiGg themselves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Young Mr.. Hyde has all the assurance
his opponents in the society say, but for
the life of them they can't see how his
management has been equitable
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Rider Haggard thinks revolution will
break out soon in this country AS he
Is an Englshman his anxiety about
america may be only hereditary
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Representative Thad NJ. Mahon, Of
Pennsylvania is going 30 start n frog
farm. He has heard 50 many his
House colleagues croak that he ought
to feel at home among The real frogs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Talk is cheap" but the Fourteenth
street snoe-dealer who lost $50 while
talking with a fake District inspector,
thinks otherwise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

The North Atlantic fleet is using four
ranges for target practice. A good
cook needs only one 10 make great
hit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

A local college asks that Waggaman
be ouisted as trustee. They are out so
much themselves they want him out.
too.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Miss Mary V Leetz is at the Chai-
fonte, Atlantic City.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Miss Julia Masterman. no is spend
ing the winter at Laise-Phillips School
accompanied the governors party to
Newport News. to take part in the
christening OF the battleship Minnesota
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08
Reach After Water Lines.

Bring under the provisions of the
Interstate Commerce act and jurisdic-
ton Of the commission those water
lines which are engaged in interstate
commerce in competition or in con-
junction with the railways; place such
restrictions upon the interstate traffic
passing partly through foreign countries
as will compel compliance with all the
laws ard regulations which apply TO
that moving solely within United States
boundaries; spread the mantle of the
law and of the commission over the
fast freight and private car lines do
ing interstate commerce and institute,
If need be, such regulations in respect
to industrial tracks and phantom rail-
TO them as may breed insidious evasions
Of the law
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

When Mrs. Fairbanks returns from
her present outing, she will be present
cd with q Hfe-size protrait of herself,
painted by Frederick Carl-Smith, of
New York. The portrait will be given
Mrs. Fairbanks as the retiring president
general of tie d. A. r., on the occa-
sion of the dedication of the Colonial
Hall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

In practice the work Of the battleship
gunners is seduced to decimals. In war
ii is put up TO the enemy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Miss Susan p. Anthony, who is here
to attend the National Council of Wo-
men. is stopping at the Shoreham.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

second entertainment given by the
young ladies OF this school at Neigh
borhood House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Wednesday evening tho boarding pu-
pills of Laise-Phillips School gave a
musical and literary entertainment for
the Mothers Club at NeIs.borhood
House.
The program closed with an informal
talk by Miss Mary D0an, teacher of
English. her theme being The Great
Stone Face by Hawthorne. This is the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08
Strengthen the Laws.
Spencer Interprets Roosevelt.

Strengthen the laws in condemnation
of rebates. secret devices and unjust dis
examinations TO any extent that may be
found possible and provide. if such fur
ther provision will be necessary, for the
prompt arraignment and prosecution of
all offenders of the law in the duly con-
stituted courts of the country, and for
the unsparing punishment of those who
are found to be guilty.
IF there are such offenders in the
railway fraternity their offenses should
be exposed and punished, But it is I'M
American and unfair, not to say out
rageous, that, because it is alleged that
there are such, that every manager. that
every president and director, shall be
subject 10 indiScrininate public con-
domination, and that the innocent inyeS-
tors shall have their property leopard
lied and their rights infringed because
those to whom the prosecution OF the
law Is intrusted fail TO find the Offend
err and punish him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08
TAKAH|RA HOST
At DINNER PARTY
Entertains = Guests at the
japanese Legation.
IN HONOR OF THE METCALFS

Mr. Takahira. the japanese minister,
was hest al the legation last night,
when ne entertained Il dinner party of
twenty-five IL honor Of the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor and Mrs Metcalf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Mrs. 5c.ln Joy Edison and Master John
JOY Edison. jr., have returned to Wash
ington from visit with Mrs. Edison s
pare IS. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Bennett,
of Pittsburg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Mrs. William Sill Foster. of Pitts
burg. is in the Cit She is a delegate
TO the D. A R. congress, and viii re-
main here until after the national con-
Yention which opens april II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08
SPEAKS
FOR RAILROADS
Would Stop Illegal Abuses
DrastiealIy.
REACH AFTER WATER LINES
President of the southera Railway
Makes Address Before pittsburg
Traffic Club.
REACH AFTER WATER LINES

PlTTsBURG. April Samuel Spencer.
president of the Southern railway. de-
fined the attitude of railroads toward
lhe question Of Sate legislation before
the Traffic Club here last night.
He said in part:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-08

Iined the attitud2 of railroads toward
the question of fte legislation before
the Traffic Club here last night.
He said in part:
Spencer Interprets Roosevelt.
In his speech on rate legislation Mr..
spencer drew a sharp distinction be-
tween the attitude OF President Roose-
welt toward the regulation of the rail-
way companies and the provisions. of the
Esch-Townsend bin which passed the
House at the lass session of Congress.
The President. said Mr.. Spencer. in
DIS message to Congress last December,
&nnounced IN no uncertain terms that
the rebate, ehe secret contract, the pri-
Eate discrimination must CO. and that
the highways of commerce must be
kept open 10 ell on equal terms
In this declaration of purpose the
President was zealously supported by
owners and mana gers OF railroad proD-
cities. said Mr.. Spencer The Escil-
Townsend bill, however, he continued.
contained not Il single provision fer
dealing with these, or kindred abuses,
For had any bill been presented or
suggested which could be construed az
having that most desirable end in view
No Government Regulation.
AT no time has the Presidents in
teHtion been to advocate Government
regulation of railways said the speak
er He has never advocated and may
be trusted never TO advocate the adop-
ton of any regulation which does yie-
leLce to the fundamental principles upon
which the Government is foundeS'
In regard TO the tribunal which should
settle questions affecting the great rail-
way systems Mr.. Spencer expressed the
opinion that a special court was not
NECESSARY The Interstate Commerce
Commission, if its powers were changed
somewhat, could accomplish a part OF
the work necessary and the law courts
the rest.
Mr.. Spencer's Remedy.
IF further legislation be necessary,
and I do not say that it is not said
Mr.. Spencer, IN stating what he be-
lieved TO be the remedy for the present
conditions. let it be given the direction
pointed out by the evils calling for corr
| rection and along logical. not expert
mental lines. for the remedying OF these
evils
Draw the distinction broadly and IN
mistakably between punishment for
/ crime or misdemeanor. on the one hand
! and the unnecessary and unwise Gov
ernmental or pateTnal interference WITH
/ legitimate and legal exercise CT iEdi
vidUai endeavor on the other
| Separate widely the functions CT th'
/ Government which detect and arraigr
!. Judgment upon complaints and offease:
against the law
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
rlxina RsiIroad Rates.

Making railroad rates il like playing
q game Of checkers or chess. Com
munities to be benefited, producers,
manufacturers or shippers to be aided
represent the pieces used. Every pos
sible move ID studied for its effect on
the general result BY skilled trafiic
managers. A false move in the max
ing Of freight rates may mean the ruin
of 8 CITY, Of . great manufacturing in
terest, Of an agricultural community.
Railroads strive 70 build up all these
% that each may have IN equal chance
IN the sharp competition Of business.
So ssnsitive to this rivalry arc tho
railroads that in order to build up bus
ines along their lines they frequently
allow tho shipper TO practically dictate
rates. Rate making has been : matter
81 development; Of mutual O0nceasions
fm mutual benefit. That j. why the
railroads Of tho United States have
voluntarily made freight rates - much
lover "a this country than they are
a the eovexnment-owned and operated
r.ilwa1a a Bueops ard Anstzalia that
they 60 now the lowest transportation
1atss II the world.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

Ae0 Feathered His Nest.
The gage By which worldly proSuer.
~ y MEASURED IL not always the
same. But It does not 20 much mat
ter what standard II used % long a. II
shows accurately the amount Of gain
or loss.
Il remember Bill Gassett Al 4 shift-
less young ne'er-do-well," said 4 FORM
er nsighbor Of Mr.. Sands, revisiting hi.
old home after many years absence.
but ! hear he left his widow quite a
substantial property. How did he man.
age it?"
He made choice of an excellent
wife. and she took him as the smartest
women eften take the poorest speci.
mems Of the men-folks," said Mr.. Sands
thoughtfully, land what's more. she
made something Of him, put some
gimp into him, and what all. Why.
Sir, when he married her, all he had
Tor a mattress was an old makeshift
stuffed with dried leaves; and when he
died he had no less'n three mattresses
stuned with live-goose feathers. I
guess that tells the story
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
, CANADA ADOPTS SIGNAL.
Submarine Belle VIII Be Installed r.
the az. Lawrence River.

Submarine Bells VIII Be Insta1led r.
the st. Lawrence River.
The Canadian government, BY An
order adopted in council at Ottawa,
win enter into an agreement with .
submarine signal company OF Boston
for the installati ton of thirty bells In
the st. Lawrence River and on the
coast Of the maritime provinces. OF
the thirty stations to be established,
twenty-six are to be operated from the
shore and four from lightships, says
the Boston Transcript.
It IL expected that all ships making
Canadian ports will be equipped with
the telephone apparatus for picking
up the sounds of the bells. Already
provisional arrangements have been
made with the principal steamship
companies Of the Dominion for the in
stallation Of the apparatus.
Although Canada has taken prece-
dence Of the United States in the for
NAL adoption Of the signal system as
an aid to navigation, it is believed to
be only a question Of short time
when the United States government
will adopt the system. It has been
investigated thoroughly by the navy
department and by the lighthouse
board, and all of the officials who OBJ
served the working Of the system unite
in recommending it as the most im-
portant invention, for the safety OF
ships at sea, that has yet been discov-
cred.
The system has been installed ex-
perimentally for some months at BOs-
ton lightship. Pollock Rip Shoals light
ship and Vineyard Sound lightship,
and scores Of government officials and
ship owners and masters Of the United
States and Canada have made the trip
from New York to Boston on the
ships of the Metropolitan line, which
are equipped with the receiving ap-
paratus, to test the working of the
system. These tests have been uni
tormly satisfactory.
The telephone wires on the ships
never fail to pick up the sounds of
the bells at distances ranging from
four to ten miles. AS there is no diff
fculty in locating the direction from
which the sounds come, the mariner,
by the use of the signal system, is en-
abled to know his position, when near
a signal station, if he has wandered
from his course for any reason, or If
he Is picking his way through a dan
gerous passage in fog or storm.
Many Of the recent accidents at sea
would have been avoided had the sub
marine signal service been in use. If
these bells had been on the lightship
near where the City of Rockland went
on the rocks, that accident would not
have happened.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

.ssembIyman Tighe's letter should be
.oso Nv every brain worker leading streas-
' Hon. John Tighe, No. SO Remsen St.,
Cohoes, n. Y, Member OF Assembly
from the Fourth district, Albany coun-
~ n. Y, writes as follows:
"Peruna has my hearty Endorsement
osa restorative tonic of superior merit.
At times when I have been completely
broken down from excess of work, 80
that nv faculties seemed actually at a
standstill, Peruna has acted as heal
inc restorer, starting the machinery of
mind and body afresh with new life
and energy.
AZ recommend it to a man tired In
mind and body as tonic superior to
ANYTHING know of and we'll worthy
serious consideration ~. Tighe.
Excess of work so common in our
country causes impaired nerves, lead
ING to catarrh and catarrhal nervousness
"a disease that is responsible for half
Of all nervous troubles.
Peruna cures this trouble because it
cures catarrh wherever located.
Ii you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru
IA, write at once to DIR. Hartman, CIV
ing full statement of your case, and
he will be pleased to give you his valu-
able advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O..
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
PLANTS TAKE WINTER REST.

Many Species Hibernate just the Same
~ the Animals.
Plants sleep much the same as ami
mails. Their sleep Is quite real and its
reality can be shown. Perhaps the
best marked form Of slumber in the
vegetable world is that OF the great
winter rest, when so many species re-
tire altogether under the sheltering soil
and lie dormant, side by side with the
Numbering animals. How does the
long winter rest of animals differ, after
all. from the winter rest Of the crocus
or the hyacinth, which withdraw all
the living material from their leaves
In autumn and bury themselves inches
deep in the soil in the shape OF a bulb
till February rains or April suns tempt
leaves and flowers out again?
The whole vast class of dubious and
tuberous plants -indeed, the lilies, or
chids. daffodils, Aarcissi, tulips, sQuills,
bluebells and snowdrops- ARE they not
inst alternating creatures, which retire
underground In autumn with the siugs
and the queen wasps, to reappear IN
spring about the same time with the
return to upper air Of the moles, the
tortoise and the friillray butterflies :
Plants protect themselves much the
same A insects. One Of the uses OF
the movements Of the sensitive plant is
A. frishten animals. A. venturesome,
h,owe,n0 creature coming near 1t Is
! raid to touch a plant which so EVIL
dertlv il occupied by spirits. The
.cn,rtinr cucumber Of the Mediterra-
mean alarms goats and cattle by dis-
charging its ripe fruits explosiveiy IN
tAeir faces the moment the stem IS
tonched. The cucumbers contain
pungent Juice, which discharges ltsell
into the eye Of its opponent and the
emartdng sensation which results -
hard to bear.
The dainty grass Of Parnassus IS
ntifuI but dishonest. It Is Dog
bsrb. has glossy green leaves and pure
INTO blossoms and IL supposed % %
~, - $500 flower. It's milk-white now
- =. - lovely, ret they are deceivers.
~ ~ drcns of honey which bees and IN
.ects fancy they zee inside the petals
- aord. CLASSY limitations o. money:
vhich fool tie bees which are lureo
- 4lis way tiat they may Carly on me
Dorlen 70 othsr blossoms ana are neso
fast until thag de
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

According to I report unaAe ~ ~
the French minister ID 1ar.
IN mat country imported forss.,
~, rooks valued at 4oa. 1s5 YEN in 19oe
1ne yen e equal to 9e1k cents IN an,
money. The largest Importation ~.
nom Great Britain, the next l.rss..
from Germany. the United ststa.
ranking third In the list
Perceval Landon's .sThe OPENING ~
Tibet" has had an excellent sale CON.
sidering its size and price. Mr. Van.
oon - one Of the best traveller. ~
lnooefn times. He is a London Times
correspondent. an Englishman ~
course; ne has the faculty Of minute
observation. he is accurate. and he i
creolred with having added a new
cnapter to geography. Mr.. Landon
accompanied the Younghusband expe-
olnon on its famous foray.
1t is said that Thompson Bnchanar
author OF The Castle Comedy.o dram.
atlzea MS own novel and offered it to
Wen known manager. On reading II
the manager was much pleased with
the work but spoke Of the cnrion.
coincidence Of having Just laid aside
a copy OF play on precisely the same
ilnes' using the names of some of the
same characters. Investigation showed
mat an enterprising and discrimina-
ung pirate had boldly stolen Mr.. BIZ
cnanan's plot and characters and sub-
mitted them as his own.
1t may not be generally known that
the Empress Eugene, the heroine of
MI. CIRCUITS story, 1.-THE Flower of
Destiny" (McClurg), is still living. She
Is now very old lady, and has been
an exile in England since 1870 when.
after the disaster at Sedan and the
downfall Of the French empire, she
barely escaped from the Tuileries and
France with her life. Her father was
OF an old and noble Spanish family.
and as girl she was one of the most
noted beauties of Europe. She was
married to the Emperor Napoleon III.
Jan. 80, 1853. Although SO long an ex-
lie from the country over which she
once reigned as empress, she has al.
ways had the affection and sympathy
Of the French people.
Robert Hichens, whose Garden of
Allah" has won golden encomiums
from the best critics, is slightly past
his forteth year, a travelled man of
the world, kind-hearted, brilliant SYM
pathetic, and companionable. He is
athletic In build, with dark brown hair
and lively brown eyes. After leaving
Clifton College he studied music in
Bristol and London for some years,
but even at that time the struggle had
begun between the musician and the
writer, which was finally to result in
the triumph Of the latter. FLAMES"
was his first book to make him widely
known in America. Then came "Fe-
nx" and 1.-THE Woman with the Fam"
but hereafter he will be remembered
al the author Of ''The Garden Of Al
lah," though he Is not forgotten as the
author of that clever but unpleasant
story, 1.-THE Green Carnation" It. is
interesting to know that Mr.. Hichens
lived in q Trappist monastery in Al
geria and there he got the color and
the Impressions that he has used 80
effectively 1.-THE Garden Of Allah"