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The Washington times., 1906-02-25
BritiSherS Accuse Us
Of UnSpOrtsn1anLike Act
Say Americans Changed Americas Cup Con-
ditiOnS to Suit Defendcr-LaIIyS Still Derby
FaVorite-JoCkey Henry in Demand

LONDON. Feb 24-British yachtsmen
are firmly convinced that the America s
/ Cup is held in New York. not because
OF the superiority of American yachts
but because OF the unfairness of the
rules under which the international
races are sailed.
One authority. in speaking of Sir
Thomas LiptonS evident desire to chal-
lenge again. If he can see the remotest
chance Of winning. says:
The New York Yacht Club does not
act like a sporting body The odds are
1000 10 l against any English boat win
ming back the Americas Cup under any
rules which il has been raced for The
America came here at a time when ali
yachts We're stoutly enough built to
cross the Atlantic without steaming
themselves. Consequently, when the
deed of gift under which the cup is
held in New York made it imperative
that challengers should cross the Allan
tic on their own bottoms, 1T ought to
have been insisted that no fair-weather
boats should have been built as de-
tenders. Nothing of the sort was done.
Fair-weather boats are the only sort
built to defend. and when the weather
is too rough for them the race is post
poned
This is by no means all the unfairness.
Nobody in this country knows what
rules of measurement and allowance will
be adopted for the next race Conse-
quently there is no use in any would be
challenger consulting a designer and
getting some design on which to pin his
faith before issuing a challenge. He has
to issue it in the dark. and then. after ii
has been accepted he hears the par
ticulars of the race. That is to say.
challenger is bound to the boat he builds.
but the defenders reserve to themselves
the power OF changing the boat or boats
built to any others already built These
tactics have already saved the cup"
Nevertheless, Sir Thomas still is fig
uring on challenge, and may make it.
British motor boat men are wonder
ing what sort Of a craft the Motor
Yacht Club will send over for the in
ternational club races, which will be
held off COwes in Auguse. The Amer
lean club is the only foreign organiza-
ton which has as yet signified it's in
tention Of entering a contestant and it
can be said that in anything where ap-
piled mechanics and darf'1g experiment
tatiOn enters a very healthy respect
" ~ Cousins - heIu-
Experts are beginning TO take notice
of august Belmont's LorC Hastings.
and more than one good Judge of race
horses regard the American bred and
American owned horse as having a
look in for the Lincolnshire Handicap.
the first of the fixtures on the lat. and
in which he is only weighted eighty
eight pounds. If the horse does not
go wrong and is well ridden the New
York traction magnate may annex the
stake.
Lally stilI holds the post of honor for
the Derby, but there are close follow
ers of what Americans call the dope"
who are looking elsewhere for the win
ner of the great race on the belief that
Lally cannot last the Derby distance
Among this division there is more or
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reflected to the extent of 90 per cent in
net, showing what can be earned upon
new business. If the company could
have operated in l9nJ az cheaply as in
1900 there would have been s., 200, 900
more of net earnings. That the possi-
bility of such a saving in the future is
very strong. is becoming increasingly
evident
Opportunities Still Large.
There is room not only for such Iegiti-
mate capital seeking as that in the
plan of the Chicago and Northwestern,
but there is room also for conservative
new ventures to develop resources not
yet used-and thus far our business re-
vival has had little a. wrestle with IN
the nature of new capitalizations- OF
this order, so common formerly. the
most conservative are those which relate
not TO the launching of new schemes, but
to the development of known resources
/ very interesting. although a small
Illustration of this latter kind of prog
ress which is making the sum total of
the country's prosperity larger.
The Columbus and Hooking Coal and
Iron Company owns a considerable
tract Of bituminous coal land in Ohio.
1t mines coal, and has for twenty
years. making an Indifferent showing
above fixed charges. Occasionally, the
stockholders have received a small
dividend, paid somewhat unwisely out
of small surplus. But the company s
modern management has now deter
mined to develop the Company's natu-
raj resources. Large deposits Of clay
Of the best sort, suitable for the max
ing Of paving blocks and fanCy-faC-
ing bricks have been all along the pos
session Of the company, but have been
undeveIoped. The demand for such
product, which this country can supply
most economically and hence to its own
great profit. is so great that the com
paly now proposes to erect brick
plants The stockholders are TO be
granted valuable rights in connection
with the raising of the necessary funds,
but first they must give their consent
to the issue OF the new stock. The
particulars of the scheme viii be sent
to the stockholders during the week,
and they will, doubtless, favor the
proposition to turn UnprOduCtive re-
sources into profits. which might prove
large This is merely an illustration
OF the demand for money for new busi-
ness enterprises. But such demand has
not yet become extended enough to use
up available funds, hence the steady
demand, upon all declines. for stand
ard securities that have stood the test
and that represent large undivided
equities. BARNABY.
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WROTE NOTE TO MOTHER,
THEN SHE SHOT HERSELF

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. PA
young woman who registered at the
R1dgeway House, Delaware avenue and
Market street, as Bessie Powell was
found dead in her room today. She had
committed suicide by shooting herself
through the head with revolver
On the bureau a note was found
which read: Dear Mother: | have
ended my life. / have $175 in bank
which you can take to bury me
Please bury me under the name of Mrs.
Sweeney
No motive for the suicide can be
learned.
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Would Eliminate Professionalism.

Changing the style Of scoring. by
counting four points for a goal kicked
oy punt, place kick or drop kick ana A
touchdown, but two points Will return
the style of play that was originally in
tended.
Further. it Will eliminate profession
2liSm frCm this standpoint, that anyone
who can sprint or kick can participate
in the game, mus giving all eonars an
equal chance il will do away with dis
covering professional material and IN,
Necessity Of paying men 10 en.er insti-
tutions and participate in the games.
Iw"-thirdS Il Eood athletes are cUIled
from the football list because Of lack If
weight OF an insufficient amount Of pull
dog strength
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SOUNDS LIKE A CALUMNY.

A Winnipeg. Manitoba. paper says: A
Michigan minister has been requested
to resign because he wore his golf
clothes In the pulpit, which reminds one
OF the old limerick:
curatS who smote at a tee
And whose club flew up in tree
Remarked: 'Fie-myi oh deari
! must give up, l fear
Either golf or the minlster-ee!
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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
FOR LATE R. w. BARKER

The funeral of r. w. Barker. who
died Friday night at his residence, I032
Ninth street northwest, after a lingering
illness, viii be held Monday afternoon
at O'Clock from the house. Rev. e. l..
Hubbard, pastor of McKendree NJ e
Church, will officiate. Interment will he
in Rock Creek Cemetery
Jhe pallDearers VIII be selected from
members of Columbia Lodge, No I01
Odd Fellows, to which he belonged
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so TRUEI

Well, as time moves apace, the election
Of new township officers VIII soon be
with US, and as component parts of a
great country like this we should use
great care in the selections of the men,
We intend TO elect, as with them lies
the entrance TO the acme of peace and
happiness toward which we are all aim
ing.-Meivin, Mich. Monitor Pilot.
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ne mas entTeiF recovered from the IN
disposition which marred his racing
condition last season. and that he is
rounding into grand form
Milton Henry. the American jockey.
who has been reinstated by the French
Jockey Club. is in demand. He viii
ride for the strong stables OF Baron
Pointales. Baron KothscHild, and NJ.
Abelle, and should nnish close TO the
top Of the list of winning jockeys at
the end of next season American jock
eys are in demand OF the other side
OF the Channel and al OF them have
secured good retainers.
There is no more enthusiastic motor
ist than his imperial majesty the Ger
man Kaiser He has in the imperial
garage no less than eight machines.
His favorite is a 70-horsepower MeT-
cedes. which his majesty can handle
as well as any chauffeur. He loves TO
travel fast. and mile-a-minute clip
IS nothing unusual for him.
Salmon fishing is now in full swing
throughout the empire. Good fish are
being taken in gratifying numbers. In
the Irish rivers. also. good sport is be
ing found. The fishing in the Green
Isle at this early in the season comes
high, however, both in cash and COM
fort
The ancient sport of faIconry is he
ing followed with renewed interest. = I'd
the talk of falcons. tiercels. and merIins
Is frequently heard In the smart sporting
set while the relative merits of the
sparrow hawk. the peregrine. and the
goshawk are gravely discussed. The best
birds come from France and Sweden
and there is a growing importation of
them The art of breeding and training
Is now being taken up by number of
enthusiasts in this country. and. as has
been said. interest IN the sport is grow
ing.
Entries are being received for the ma
tfonal amateur boxing championships
to be held April s. The cIassifications
are interesting In view of the difficulties
in the United States nver the subject
Of classes. Bantams must weigh under
1l6 pounds, featherweights under 126
lightweights under 40. middIeweights
under 15s pounds. All the classes are
filling well and the best amateurs in
the kingdom will take part.
France. Italy. and the United States
will take part in the international air
ship races at Paris next fall. The en-
tries close March i. The race will be
test of endurance. distance and dirigi-
bility. all of which will count in the
awarding of the prizes. Each nation
contesting can have three entrants. Tho
exact date of the race has not yet been
fixed.
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Fourteenth street extended and Bright
wood avenue.
Owners Are Waiting.
eff you will look carefully over one
OF the plat books OF the District of
Columbia, with reference to the sections
I mention. you will be surprised TO find
such large proportion Of property as
is held by estates and wealthy owners
who are holding their land for the high
prices which they expect and Will get
in the next few years.
There are also large country estates
in these sections that simply cannot be
purchased. and are not likely to be on
the market for years to come. One
would naturally think il an easy matter
to go out and purchase a suitable piece
of acreage land for subdivision into lots.
but TO those who have tried it, the job
is very much like Obtaining the right Of
way for a railroad over valuable pri-
vate property. What little land there
is on the market in the northwest sec
tion is held at prohibitive prices.
For the past year and a half my
firm has had standing orders from sew
eral out-of-town investors to buy UP all
the desirable Northwest suburban acre
age obtainable in the District OF Column
bia, and we have succeeded in securing
only two tracts, containing together
less than one hundred acres.
Some tracts are obtainable, but they
are so far from the electric lines as to
be undesirable for the purposes Of sub
division. IN these busy and progressive
times a suburban subdivision must be
directly on an electric line. otherwise il
has little show for successful develop
ment, and offers little inducement to the
small speculator. or buyer Of lots for
advance
Buyers Should Be Happy.
Happy ought the man 10 be who
buys in advance of the city as he can
rest assured that his holdings are
steadily and surely growing IN value
while his children are deriving health
and benefit from the pure air and room
which cannot be obtained in the built
up city. with life in a house Is by 40
or in an apartment.
= predict great and rapid strides for
Washingtons northwest suburbs and
splendid returns for all who invest IL
them. provided they buy in properties
on the elctric lines and those that are
furnished with all city improvements
When you come TO think OF II there
are several very desirable and fashion
able suburban Subdivisions that are as
accessible as some Of the city resi-
denCe sections. being reached from th'
business center in fifteen 10 twenty
minutes by electric cars"
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Record Office Figures.

Increase during first twenty-four DAYS
Of February. 1896, over February. 1895.
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Experts Gratified With
Steady Increase In Deals.
ENTIRE DISTRICT BENEFITED
Upward Trend of Market Is Touching
Every Class of Property and Is Not
Confined to Amy Section.

The office o. the Recorder of Deeds
continues to pile up its record of in
crease of business over last year and
the close of each week demonstrates
the reasonableness of the prediction
made by real estate and financial men
generally that this is TO be the biggest
year from a business STANDPOINT that
Washington has seen in many a day.
Experts on real estate matters, who, as
matter of business. have to follow
closely the trend of transactions from
dav to day and from week to week,
agree without hesitation that ''prosperi-
ty" is the word that tells the story.
Those who have made a careful study
OF the present years business point out
with satisfaction that the increase in
the volume Of business. instead of be
ing spasmOdicaI. has been steady and
even with. If anything, a tendency to
constant Improvement. This they say,
can only mean that the good times are
here to stay.
Prosperity General.
Another thing that pleases the fra
ternity and investors. both big and lit
tie. is the uniform general character of
the properties effected The trades are
not confined to any one section or any
particular class of property. The
trades reach from one end Of the CITY
to the other and circle around the
towE limits. dotting the suburban
country in nearly every part Of the
county.
In almost every instance a purchase
OF any consequence has but m. ! lzed the
initial step in some large enterprfse-
some venture that means substantial
benefit 20 the immediate neighborhood
and healthier tone To the entire Dis
triCt- As examples. the Firth Sterling
/ steel Company has planted its stand
ard on Giesboro Point, while further
up he Eastern Branch the Potomac
Electric Power Company has bought a
site for a big establishment. Nearby is
to be erected an iron foundry.
In Other Sections.
Across the Potomac. a number of large
/ Industries have been acquiring land in
and adjacent 10 RossIyn. where they viii
/ locate establishments needed in their
business.
To the northwest. the Carnegie In
/ stitution has secured a location for its
great laboratory. and there have been
! a number Of other important purchases.
each one carrying in its train a re-
markabIy heavy echo Of cmaIer trans
actions.
Deputy Recorder DuttOn, AT the close
OF business Yesterday. gave oft the fol
lowing figures showing Cne amount of
! business done during the present month
with detailed figures for the past week
and the figures for the corresponding
period in 1895
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REAL ESTATE MAN
OPPOSED TO FLATS
--.as-
James J. hampton Says
They Distigure City.
CALLS THEM HOUSEHOLDS
Apartment House Life Has Too Much
Luxury and Breeds Discomfort
in Families

James j. Hampton, who was one Of
the first real estate men to inaugurate
the development Of Washington Heights
as a home center. has some rather en-
pbatic ideas on the subject OF apart
ment houses in the residential sections
He does not believe in them.
Speaking of the apartment houses
now springing up on the heights and
the attitude of the authorities toward
such structures. Mrs Lampton said
yesterday:
Il have for some time viewed with
alarm the increase in apartment houses
in the residence section of Washing
ton. especially on beautiful Columbia.
and picturesque Washington Heights.
These two beautiful residence sections
should certainly have been preserved
for detached residences. and no house
should have been allowed on either OF
these heights without side ground.
thereby giving light and air, and add
ing 10 their natural artistic beauty.
Destroys Love of Home.
In my mind. the apartment house
strikes at the very roots of our gov
ernmeut, in that il tends 10 centralize
and destroy the love of home life We
are all prone to go the way Of least
resistance, and it duIIs our ambitions
TO secure for ourselves homes
The young men and women Of the
city are apt to fall into the error of
living too luxuriously. The wife has
too little 10 occupy her mind In not
having home TO care for. and hence
she becomes discOntented. and this
causes friction in the homes.
IF / could have had my way, / would
had
in the so-called residence or home sec
tion OF our beautiful city. Is there no
part Of the city secure or no home safe
from this annoying apartment-house
abuse?
From a financial standpoint I should
undoubtedly be IN favor OF this craze.
I but there should be something higher
than the mere dollars and cents in the
question.
Calls Them Houseboats.
'As I see it, the city is being dis-
+ figured and ruined by these house
boats, as IT were. The question is how
to control them, and Congress should
do something, and that at once. 10 con-
troll OF regulate the height of these
buildings, especially in the home sec
tons
Il am much pleased with the Build
I ing Inspectors attitude Of late in re-
/ gard to his ruling on these buildings.
+ The Commissioners and Congress should
stand by him"
+ Replying to the question as to the
! degree &c responsibility the real estate
fraternity had in the matter of apart
[ ment houses, Mr.. hampton said.
Yes, its true that we real estate men
are in some degree responsible for the
many apartment houses. and while we
/ temporarily are benefited. in the long
run We suffer. for there are fewer
) homes sold and We make fewer COM
missions, and instead OF adding to the
city's natural beauty by artistic rest
+ dences and buildings Of some archj-
tecturai beauty We are defacink Il with
! blockhouses and unsishtIy apartment
houses"
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GET BUSY.

Nothing is impossible to industry
Periander OF CoTinth,
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OPERATORS ATTACK
B. & D. RAILROAD
Say 1t Restraints Their Sales
of Coal.
NOT ENOUGH CARS GIVEN
Preference Shown Fairm0nt Coal Com
pany, of Whose Stock Road
Owns 81 Per Cent.

Another broadside has been fired at
the railroads. singing out the Baltimore
and OHIO. in the shape OF a communica-
tion 10 be presented 20 the House by
Congressman Hughes. of West Virginia,
in connection with a bill to be offered
by him. requiring railroad companies to
furnish ample accommodations for all
freight offered.
The communication is from the Fed
eraI Coal and Coke Company. dated
Fairmont, W. Va, February %:
We coHtine our remarks say the
complainants, who are independent
miners and shippers of the Fairmont
region. Ito the specific and desperate
hardship of the independent miners and
shippers of this territory, which, if con-
tinued much longer. will tend To make
anarchists of many of the best citizens
of this fair land. The facts are that
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials
have for long time held stock in the
Fairmont Coal Company, but "A few
years ago acquired 81 per cent Of
the stock i'm that company
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Lally still holds the post of honor for
the Derby, but there are close follow
ers of what Americans call the dope. -
who are looking elsewhere for the win
ner of the great race on the belief that
Lally cannot last the Derby distance.
Among this division there is more or
less talk of the half brother of Pretty
Polly. Admiral Criehton. 1t is said that
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Insufferable Conditions.

The Fairmont company, complainants
aver. operates from nifty TO sixty mines
in the district and owing to its init
mate relations with railroad officials, the
conditions OF the independent operators
has become weil-nigh iusufferable. Many
of the independent operators have been
forced to sell ont aud many more are
on the ragged edge of a miserable dilem-
ma, hanging on TO property 50 handi-
capped :hat II cannot be sold
The charge is made that the diStri-
button Of cars is on an inequitahle
basis, that the Fairmont Company
shows marvellous profits as result.
while the independents are driven TO
ruin As an instance. the independent
investments of s1.500.000 on the Paw
Paw branch. IN the cream Of the coal
region is quoted. The owners during
the last three years have been made
to suffer a loss of $500, 600
When coal was selling for s. a ton in
February. 1902. the Baltimore and
Ohio would permit the Federal mines
but TWENTY-FIVE cars for the entire
month. The Fairmont Coal Compa ny
was shipping more than 400 cars daily.
The Federal property has never been
supplied with more than four to six
cars daily. Cars have been demanded
Iand begged for without avail"
Railroad Ownership.
The writer's submit an argument
against railroad ownership of coal
mines
No independent operators" they say.
can meet such competition" For in
stance, they recite, in May, 1904, the
Baltimore and Ohio put d rate in force
for four days. reduced by 10 cents A
ton to point near Chicago, simply TO
give the Fairmont Coal Company a
Clandestine preference to secure 900
tons per day order on a years contract
from the Wisconsin Central railroad,
and then Cancelled the rate This is
only one OF the many cases equally
outrageous.
Baltimore and Ohio officials. high in
authority" the communication contin-
ues. have asked if these Paw Paw out
fits Were not sufficiently ripe TO be pur-
chased cheap. and it has been the com
mon talk among local officials that il
is a game Of freeze out"
And in conclusion it is stated:
The most dangerous avenue through
which autocratic power arises is through
railroad magnates' manipulations. Ad-
just this power enectuaIy. and the OBJ
noxious and unfair influences of corn5i-
nation would be so minimized as to be
tolerable." "
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he has entirely recovered from the in
disposition which marTed his racing
condition last season. and that he is
rounding into grand form
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Fourteenth street extended and Bright
wood avenue
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1906-05-01
Sly S farir.
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segjast Ell skilja hva6 drottinn vilji"{?)

Miklar sorgarfregnir cru sogurnar um
slys pau, er oroi6 hafa vic strendur islands
Z. april. Manntj6n PAD er vo0alegt hja svo
Pj60; og Pao er enn til6nnanlegra
s0kum Pess,a0 Peir voru aestir ungir menn og
hraustir,er Pannig f6rust;menn, semvorukjarni
Pj6oarinnar og attn %fj0lskyldur fyrir az STA.
Tj6n PAD, er sk0mmu si0ar var0 / Cali
fornlu, var 40 tilt0lu ekki vera en- petta. Oar
var fjartj6ni0 as vfsu margfalt st6rkostlegra;
en- manntjon, a6 tilt0lu vic f6lksfj0lda, .var6
mlklu meira q 1slandi emf California; 90 beg
ar slys Der a0 h0ndum er manntj6n await til
fnnanlegastur ska0i og pungb@rastur.
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