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The Washington times., 1906-07-04
FEDERAL CONTROL
NOT SOCIALISM
-WM. j. BRYAN
Believes in Public Possession
of Railroads, Telegraph, and
Natural MOnOpOlieS.
WIN. j. BRYAN

LONDON. July 4-William J. Bryan.
who is now most prominently mention
ed as the next Democratic candidate
for President. In an interview here to-
day, said that he'didn't believe that CO.
operative socialism would succeed ir
America. Mr.. Bryan said:
Il do not think government control
Of the means Of production and dis
tributiOn work are favorable nor could
It successfully be brought about in a
country as free as America. In the case
OF countries where freedom is limited
the peonle are more radical and their
demands might compel the authorities.
in burst Of Tadicalism. TO begin pro-
ductive operations. but American free
dom tends to conservatism in this di-
rectiou.
Il distinguish between socialism,
meaning government control of means
OF production and distribution and mu-
nlclpaI socialism. / believe in public
ownership of natural mOnOpOlies, but do
not think this is really socialism. ] also
believe that the telegraph lines should
be purchased by the Federal Govern
ment and put under the control Of the
pOstOffice- The railways also should be
publicly owned. the trunk lines by the
Federal Government. and the small lines
by the individual States"
Mr.. Bryan speaks at the American So
ciety dinner tonight.
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A Boon for Actors.

Happy viii be the life Of the thes-
plans who play at the new theater
Of Messrs. Wagenhals q Kemper,
the Astor, in New York.
To relieve the terrible hardships
now undergone by our actors and
actorines in the great metropolis.
all sorts of luxuries and convent
ences, mental, moral, and physical,
are TO be provided, so tha5 the John
Drews of the future shall oe nobly
rounded specimens of manhood as
well as adopts in the art OF wearing
clothes. Too long have our stage
heroes labored under crushing dis
advantages and sordid surroundings
back of the scenes; a new era OF
emancipation is at hand.
In pursuance Of this philanthropic
plan, Messrs. Wagenhals & Kemper
recently sent a man abroad to study
the theaters OF Europe. He has Just
reported, and this is the burden OF
his finding as it will be applied to
the new Astor:
one theater has a perfectly eouipped
ulnlnB room, with billiard and srnoJx-
ing room. another has q general gath
erlng room, with q library OF unusual
proportions; another has a lecture hail
where men OF letters discourse on per-
tlnent subjects. another has instituted
an idea for showing special periods,
through the medium of pictures and
books, so that the atmosphere of a
given play shall be thrown about the
actors before their entrance on the
stage still another has used roof space
for conservatory for the exclusive
use or actors; another has the appoint
ments OF an up-to-date home
The completed plan, however. does not
stop at such features as these. but IN
cludes ideas Of sanitation, lighting.
model dressing rooms. comforts ans
conventences that shall not conform 10
the letter OF the law alone, but 10 the
humanitarian viewpoint as well.
To be sure, many OF these things
might even now be enjoyed by the
exalted stage parsonage with his
usually large salary, nut few of
them go voluntarily to seek "atmos-
phere" or to hear "men of letters
discourse" If all these splendid ad-
vantages can be placed Immediately
abutting their exercising grounds.
we may expect soon TO see a very
superior race of artists from the
sheer power Of propinquity.
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says, "that the case of the murderer
of Stanford White ought to be tried
under what they are accustomed TO
call the unwritten law, or deter
mined, on any pretext by the pro-
visions of any unwritten code, have
drifted far from the foundations
of common sense and common
safety. The written law is adequate
for the protection of society and
of all individuals composing society.
Whenever the contrary is assumed.
anarchy comes into sight"
Yet it is impossible to find twelve
men as a jury who are not strongly
affected by the principles of that
same ''unwritten law in deliber-
ating their verdicts. These princi-
pies are chiefly, If not always. the
outcome of the experience of
wOmankind with man, and they need
little codifcation or definition. The
'unwritten law" saved General
Sicklesi much more recently il
saved Josephine Terranova, and it
gave but a trifing punishment to
Bertha Claiche. Farther south it
has been quite as powerful as the
printed statutes for years.
1t is not contended that Thaw
merits no punishment for his deed;
but it is certain that the circum-
stances which surrounded Mrs.
Ihaw, White, and himself will sure
ly be taken into account by any jury
OF Americans which tries him. The
Jurymen would not be human if
they failed to do so, and they would
be less entitled 20 the respect of
society.
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.LIFE-SAYING MEN
NOW ORGANIZING
Volunteer Service Calculated
to Prevent Future
Drowning.

The Volunteer Life-Saving Service al
last has a footing IN Washington ana
the organization hopes TO prevent Iuture
reDetitions of the terrible disasters which
occurred on the upper Potomac on June
"a and the regatta drowning at George
town. The service which has been or
ganized in Washington Is a branch OF
fhe New York body, for which the State
aach wear appropriates about $1,000. Al
ready the work has progressed so lar IN
washington that a quantity Of apparatus
has been sent TO the Washington navy
ward. and many are clamoring for men,
bership. A commodore has been ap-
pointed by the central office IN Ne"
York The man chosen for this position
is Stephen J. Kube', a weL-known
yachtsman. Of this city.
According 70 Mr.. Kubel, his vice com
uodore viii be selected in the near fu-
ture and work of organizing the crews
and beginning of drills undertaken
Among the apparatus sent 10 this city
is a quantity OF buoys. flags, and chest
of medicines necessary to revive a per
son who has been nearly drowned.
II is expected that by the END OF tnls
week the crews will be organized at the
Washington navy yard, the CapltaI
Yacht Club, and Reynolds boat house.
in Georgetown.
Commodore KubeI says that the only
rewards members could expect are
medals bestowed when rescues are. made.
Gold, silver and bronze medals are
ava rded. Commodore Kubel said tnat
three men who have expressed Iner IN
tentiOn of offering their services TO the
corps have already figured in the rescue
OF three men from a capsized boat in the
Potomac about two weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
HOW THE PRESIDENT
AND CABINET ENTHUSE

President Roosevelt is celebrating the
day by talking to his neighbors at
oyster Bay
Secretary OF State Root sails from
New York this afternoon on the cruiser
Charleston for mis- long tour of cir
cumnavigatiOn Of South America.
Secretary of Navy Bonaparte is
spending the Fourth at Bella Vista. his
country place near Baltimore.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw is
making a speech at Clifton Forge. Va.
Secretary Wilson is too busy TO cele-
brate. He has the Beef trust on his
hands. and spent the day going over
his plans for putting into effect Of the
new meat inspection law.
Attorney General Moody's whereabouts
are a mystery. At the department IL is
stated that he. may be on his vaca-
ton. BE left the city Immediately
after the adjournment of Congress, and
didn't even tell the Standard oil Com
pany where he was going
other Cabinet members rested for the
day at their homes.
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Representative and Mrs. + W. SIMS
or Tennessee. who make their home at
14lU Massachusetts avenue, left the city
yesterday for their hcme in Linden,
Tenn.
Representative and Mrs. Charles
Bartlett Of Georgia. who spent last SEA
son at the Cairo. left the city yester-
day for their home at Macon. other
Congressional guests at the Cairo who
left town yesterday were Representa-
tive and Mrs. William II Ryan OF New
York, whose home is in Buffalo. and
Representative and Mrs. Driscou who
have gone to their home at Syracuse,
N. Y
Commander and Mrs. Reginald F.
Nicholson, Z. s. n, are in Newport for
a visit with Commander Albert Gleaves.
u. S. N. and Mrs. Gleaves. at the
torpedo station.
F. S. Height manager Of the New
Willard, left the city yesterday after
noon for Caanan, n. H., and will re-
main over the Fourth with Mrs. Height,
who has been at their country home
since May Mr.. Height will remain here
for several weeks upon his return. later
going again % Caanan, where he will
enjoy several weeks Of absolute rest.
Mrs. John Davis. who went to Bar
HarDor June Is, has returned 10 Wash
ington and has opened her house on
Eighteenth street
Mrs. Claggett and Miss Gertrude Ciag-
CrHr frl gt
spend the remainder Of the summer at
the MassassOit.
Mrs. Beriah wilkins left washington
yesterday morning for ROcklaud, Me,
% remain untu autumn.
Representative FuIkerson, known as
the boy Congressman" and Mrs.
Fulkerson left Washington Monday
afternoon for their home in s.. Joseph.
Representative Claude Kltchin and
Representative W. W. Eitchin. both OF
North Carolina. have gone 10 their
homes in that State until the next ses-
sion OF Congress.
Representative Bonynge. OF Denver.
Col. and Mrs BOuynge have gone for
an extended trip through the Catskills,
the Great Lakes, and Minnesota before
returning 20 their home in Denver.
Representative Stephens OF Mime
sofa left the city Saturday for his
home tu Crockst0u.
Mrs. T. Franklin Schneider. Of the
Cairo, left Washington Sunday for Red
field, Me. where she viii spend the en-
tire summer.
Representative Ransdeu Of Louisiana
and Mrs. RaHsdeu left sunday for their
home IN Lake Providence.
Representative Page Of North Carolina
left the city several days ago 10 spend
the summer with Mrs. Page and their
four children at their home In Aberdeen,
y. e.
The lawn fete which was 10 be given
for the Fifth Baptist Church. on the
lawn surrounding the home OF W. T..
Mooney, 1914 First street southwest, has
been postponed until Thursday and Fri
day evenings.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
Thinks He's Charley Ross;
Matches His Description
Illinois Man, Nov Between "a and 35, Parent
age Always Been Mystery, Says Clue
Points to Philadelphia Home.

SENECA, H., July flames B.
AIcAliister. Of this place, thinks he
may be the world famous, long miss
ing Charley Ross He Is said 20 have
matched the description Of that boy
and his pareutsgg has alwavs been a
mystery 10 hiT For fourteen years
he has tried TO locate his parents,
with results that served only 10 make
bis early history more OF a mystery
In 1879. when. as he supposes. he
was about nine years old, he was sent
by the officers OF the New York JEve-
nile Asylum 10 i. Wright, Of the
Orphans Home then at Normal. H.,
but now in Englewood, and 1y the
authorities there 10 John Ma shall, a
coal operator OF Streator, who adopted
him.
Sent Boy Back
At the end Of a year, AIa.rahal and
his wife having separated, Marshall
took ua boy back 10 the Orphans
Home F.om which he ran away and
returned t. Streator. where he was
brought up by Dave Defenbaugh- Not
until he was about twenty-one years
old did AIcAlIister, the name Glyer
him Il the Juvenile Home. dos,re to
know. more about his parentage. When
he asked Marshall for particulars OF
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
LAWYER GETS 100000
FOR WORK WORTH $IOO
So Says New York Justice Before
Whom Mrs. ShippO's Disposses-
sion Case Was Heard.

NEW YORK. July 4-Justice Tierney
who refused to dispossess Mrs. Marie
Shippo from the Bronx Mansion of
Mysteries" in which Mrs. Alice c. D.
KinaH was murdered, is very bitter
against Lawyer Burton W. Gibson, who
is endeavoring to oust aged Mrs. Stem
tons tenant
He said he hoped Mrs. Shippo would
get a lawyer and file an answer to Glib
son.
Gibson must have cleared about S90,-
600 out of his transactions in this case, %
continued the justice.
What would be a legitimate fee for
what he did before you in the case ?''
he was asked
Not more than Sl00.n said the court.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey tC
Spend Summer at Rich
field Springs.

The Admiral of the Navy and Mrs.
Dewey left Washington today for Rich
field Springs. where they will spend the
entire summer. All during the month
of June the Admiral was one of the
most conspicuous figures on Connect
cut avenue. walking from his Rhode
Island avenue residence to the Navy
Department each morning. looking every
inch a hero in his spotless white suits,
white shoes. and snow White cap. Mrs.
Dewey has been in delicate health for
several years past, suffering from a
temporary heart trouble. and only ac-
companies the Admiral on his drives
Their home. presented by enthusiastic
Americans Just after the close Of the
Spanish-American war; Is still hunted
out by sightseers and hero worshipers,
and there are frequent requests from
tourists to be permitted 20 view the
superb collection OF war trophies and
presents made to the Admiral during
and after the war. Mrs. Dewey Is so
proud Of tho prowess Of her husband
that she never turns a deaf ear 10 these
appeals, and hundreds Of strangers an
nually visit the magnificent collection
Mrs. Wilson. wife OF Huntington VII
son, the new Third Assistant Secretary
OF State, accompanied her husband 10
this country from Tokyo, where lac was
stationed, but instead OF coIlihE 10
Washington, she went 10 Magnolia
Mass. to attend the diamond wedding
celebration OF her grandparents, MT
and Mrs William james. OF Missouri.
Mr.. Peirce. the new minister from this
Hs.Ha q ~ o.
ton today for Boston, and with Mrs
Peirce and their boys will sail for Chris
tiania July j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Hague, who are
now at their cottage at newport nav"
arranged 20 close their house the nfst
OF August and 90 10 Europe for TWO
months stay.
Miss Nettie swingheimer has left
Washington and gone 20 her nome IN
Atlantic City.
Miss Cecilia Simon. OF Baltimore, who
has been the guest OF her sister, MIS-.
Gus OppenheimeT, has returned 10 her
home, accompanied by her niece, Miss
Ella Oppenhelmer-
Monroe Luchs, Of this city, is spend
In the Fourth OF July holidays at the
Suburban club. Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs a J. May celebrated
the ninth birthday OF their little daugh-
ter Marguerite Helene. In dellghtIul
manner this week. Vocal and instru-
mental music furnished entertainment
for the evening. after which supper
was served.
Mr.. and Mrs W. A. Walters and their
little son, Of Pittsburg, Pa, arrived In
Washington Sunday evening 10 spend
two weeks with relatives at 1G3 f street
northwest.
A merry trio who left today for the
trip 10 and from Baltimore by water
were Melvin Behrend, Milton Stras-
burger. and Stanley AuerbaCh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Kohner, daugh-
ter Katherine and maid, are at Glen
Manor. Forest Glen, Tor the summer
Miss Minnie Tavenner, OF Waterford,
Va. is in this city, the guest OF re-
latiYes.
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the star witness at the next assizes
What her testimony viii be no man
knoWeth
But the honorable the members OF the
school board are anxious 10 sit again
In Judgment. and the town crier has
proclaimed another session. The date
Is secret; they have "a sense Of stage
business in Ridgedeld Park
And IN the meantime Miss Olive King
fiOuts the rumOI that she is tC resign
She has an attorney, Charles +.
Thompson, and through him has issued
a def,
Mr. IaSalle. not I. has been guilty
of indisCretiOn." ." the defiance reads.
NV character has been in no wise as
sailed. and 10 resign now would be
tautamount to confession Of blame"
III this sort Of thing keeps on. II
every man. woman and child in Ridge
field can cOntTive 70 get I'm a little
testimony somewhere, somehow; II the
board win have sufficient sound Judg-
ment to convene and recOnVene 20 give
them a chance-why, then, perhaps the
great American novel viii be written
out there.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04

his early life the man denied at first
any knowledge OF IL, but upon fur
ther urging broke down and told him
that back in 1881 people had tried 10
locate him.
Several letters had then been received
from q Miss NJ n. Burd. Of TarrytOwn.
y. Y. seeking 10 locate him and ouer-
ing 70 pay for aid in the direction. Miss
Burd, he said. was with the family or
G. J. Gould. and from the letters ap-
pearcd 10 be q lady Of very good breed
ing. Marshall, having become much at
tached 10 the boy, and not wishing 10
part with him. wrote 20 her that the boy
had been in StreaLOr. but had gone FAR
ther West
About six months later Marshall left
for England and has never been back.
Wrote, Got No Reply.
The boy wrote 10 Miss Burd, but got
10 reply to his letter. c.. J. Gould, %
whom he wrote, said that such a young
lady had been with their family, but
had gone 10 Connecticut, but that he
would try 70 find her, and that a Rev
Babbit, formerly in New York. could
tell the whole story OF his life. This
minister was never found NO IurLleE
word ever came from Gould
eicAlIister supposes that he IS now De-
tween rhirty-fOur and thirty-fiVe years
cid. His hair is brown, eyes blue ana
NJ is five feet four inches tall ana
weighs 40 pounds.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
Huggee Wants RetridL
On Embracing Problem
Pretty Miss King Refuses to Resign School
Teachers Place as Act Might Be Construed
as Confession of Guilt

NEW YORK July 4-There IS TO be
another cabal Of the pedagogues in
Ridgeheld Park, n. J. where investl-
cations have become Z fixed habit.
Principal George NJ. La Sale, famous
as tiIt man alleged 10 have hugged.
was recently completely exonerated by
the school board.
He was accused thus by Miss Olive
King, a teacher, young and pretty
"He caught me round the waist and
held me 80 tight that ! was almost
breathless. repeating his embrace twice
within the next three minutes"
After tf1 meeting the townspeOple
were dismissed 70 their homes with the
assurance that the curtain was down
on the last act.
But now Miss Edith Mehrh0n, also q
teacher, is TO have her day In court
She was an eyewitness in the playful
incident which brought on the trial for
"embracery VI et armis," and viii be
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
JESSE JAMES son
PILLAR OF THE Law
Heads Class in Examination
for Admission to Mis-
sour Bar.

KANSAS CITY, No, July z-Jesse
James. son Of Jesse James, the former
Missouri outlaw. is now q full-1edged
lawyer. Last week he passed an exam
nation before the State board OF exam
iners. IN a class OF thirty-seven, Jesse
James stood first. His average IN all
branches was 81 p=r cent Henry Ash
ley, chairman OF the board OF examiners,
said after the examination that Jesse
James had the brightest legal mind OF
any young man who had ever appeared
before the board.
Jesse James IS seIf-made man. He
was Handicapped as few boys are. The
son OF an outlaw, he was left an orphan
at six years Of age. without money and
with the heritage Of a bad name Soon
alter the burial OF his father, his mother
came TO Kansas City and made q living
for herself and her two children by sew
ing. Jesse went TO school until he was
tW elve years old.
His first position was in the law Office
Of T. T. Crittenden, jr., the son OF the
governor who had offered the reward
that tempted Bob Ford 10 Kill the boys
outlaw father.
\ few years later Jesse went 10 work
in ATmOur's packing plant as a clerk.
lie studied at home After q few years
ne opened cigar store in the county
courthouse. lie wrote a book In defense
of his father. which Was published and
sold we'll When he was tWenty-One
years old he had 500 in bank and owned
q cottage, in which his mother and sis
ter lived. Then he opened a cigar store
IN the business center Of Kansas City
AT this period of his life. when he
was on the road 10 prosperity and 10
an honored manhood, he was arrested
for the crime of train robbery. II was
charged that he. with aCcOmplices, had
stopped a Missouri Pacific train and
robbed the safe in the express car of
$4,000 He was tried was ably prose-
Cuted. and was acquitted.
he attended the night sessions Of the
law school here. and all day long he
sat In his shop reading law. He gTadu-
ated with highest hOnOrs. He opened
law office and won the first case ia
which he appeared in court This was
in defense Of q man charged with bur
glary.
Mr. James is thirty-oue years old.
He is worth $4,000, every dollar OF
which he has made by hard work IN
all his life he has never tasted whisky.
beer or any other intoxicating drink.
lie does not use tobacco in any form.
He is scrupulously honest
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
MRS. YEREES-MIzNER
NOT SERIOUSLY Ill
Attorney Denies Report That She Is
Dying After Operation for
Appendicitis.

CHICAGO, July AIRS. Charles T.
Yerkes-N1izner, who has Just been oper-
ated upon for appendicitis. is not dying
at her Michigan avenue residence. ac-
cordins to Attorney Clark A. Knight, in
spite Of the reports from the West that
Wilson Miner is hurrying TO his wife's
bedside.
For several months. it Is said. Miner
has been making money for himself il
San Francisco. In partnership with
Emil BTugiere he has a contract for re-
moving thousands OF tons Of fallen
brick. mortar, and twisted iron from the
stSests ef the wrecked city.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
MARSHAL TYREE ARRESTS
SUSPECTED NOTE RAISER

Charles Jackson. alleged 10 be a mem
Der OF the Irving Tolley gang of negro
note raisers, forgers and general des-
peradoes, has been arrested in Hun
tingdon. w Va. by United States
Marshal Frank Tyree. formerly a
Secret Service man attached % the
White House staff. Jackson's chief.
TOlley. was captured in Baltimore a
week ago
Tolley's star performance was the
raising Of 81 Treasury notes 10 tens and
twenties. an occupation he pursued for
some time with much profit ana sue
cess.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
VAN CASTEEL ENTERTAINS
CLERKS OF MARINE CORPS

Gerald van Casteel, chief clerk in the
adiutant and inspectors office Of the
Marine Corps, has resigned and will be
gin the practice Of law in Detroit Be
fore leaving Washington. he entertained
all the clerks in the Office and was given
a handsome gold seal ring. bearing the
van Casteel cOat-of-arms.
Mr.. van Casteel completed the law
course at Georgetown University last
winter He viii be succeeded as chief
clerk by Charles A. Ketcham, of the
quartermaster's department. The change
makes Mr.. Ketcham's salary 1900 a
year.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
HULL ARRESTED IN BUFFALO.

Joseph A. Hull VIII be brought 10
Washington tonight in the custody of
Detective Weldon from Buffalo, n Y,
where Hull was arrested yesterday morn
ing He will stand trial in this city on
the charge of embezzling $500 from the
firm of S. J. Prescott & Co., contractors,
last March.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
AND LONGER LETTERS.

One more cause for rejoicing The
vote of the Postal Congress to raise
the foreign letter weight limit from half
an ounce TO an ounce means the end of
the flimsy, transparent, parsimonious,
eXasperating foreign letter-paper.-New
York Evening Post.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
FAIRBANKS AND WIFE
GO OFF ALARMING

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July 4-Vice
President and Mrs. Fairbanks have an
nounced that they will soon go to the
Vice Presidents farm near Mansfield,
III, where they will spend month
Mr. Fairbanks viii give all his atten-
ton TO farm details during the harvest.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
The "UnWritten Law. ="

The New York Sun appears to be
disturbed lest what is known to all
as the "unwritten law" may be ap-
piled TO the case OF Harry Thaw,
the acknowledged slayer of Stan
ford White.
Those who have notion" it
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
Stirred The Surgeons.
EARTHQUAKE RIPPLES.

As the summer comes aud goes you
viii doubtless be surprised at the
large number of San Francisco suffer
ers who reach your back door IN safety
Toledo Blade