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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-28
anecI,l Correspondence Of The star.


LONDON. October IS. 1906.
~~YT re shall not allow ourselves
and our work TO be Nor
\Ax ganeered' in the usual
wv American trust manner.
So spoke Dion Clayton
Calthrop. author of the Guide to Fairy
land" and king Peter" He was spokes-
man for the British authors as sody.
There Is a war on in Britain. a bitter
strife. 1t may soon spread to the United
States, or it may be confined to the center
Of the book writing, book publishing ana
book selling world-London. 1t is a war in
which the public can only look on The
combatants are the authors of England al
lied with the publishers against the Times
newspaper.
1t seems strange that such renowned
and traditional British paper as the mum
derer should start strife among It's own.
But then the Times has been Americanized
The story of how this remarkable thing
came to pass is familiar to every one. And
when Mr. Hooper, the man who came out
of the west, had made a fortune for HIM
self and for the proprietors, the Walters
family out of the sales of the Encyclope-
dia Britannica, he sighed for new worlds
to conquer. He mad startled the BRUSH
public by selling this work in connection
with the staid old Thunderer. He COM
passed a bloodIess revolution when lie be-
gan adopting American methods in the adj
vertising department of the grand Old
bulwark of England He ran columns or
astonishing news stories which were pure
advertisement ut a stiff price per lire. More
money was made for himself and the wal
tiers. The eyes OF the substantial British
citizens began 10 open. But nothing was
said out loud. To attack such sacred
British institution as the Times WoCld have
amounted almost 10 high treason
Then Mr.. Hooper bethought him of the
.sBook club" This had been tried III the
United States already. Why should not
he try it with Britains most influential
newspaper behi ID him.
The Times Book Club was therefore
launched. 1t was a gigantic affair. The
Times mind YOU. sells for cents per copy.
1t has not changed its Dig price In 100
years Times readers We're suddenly oflerfd
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better" he said, than when the Times
jumped in and began fighting the trade.
Now business could not be worse. 1t is prac-
tically dead. One after another-promising
new novels-have been killed The false
statement that lnere Is profit of 800 per
cent in publishing has attracted so much
attention that the public will not buy any
more. The 81 80 book which Is sold at re-
tail at $11O costs go cents to produce.
"It is unfair to the author to sell 1t at IS
cents. Yet this is what the Times is doing,
although it has to pay the full trade price
Of $1.1O 1t loses heavily on every copy
sold, but the author loses the most, for
the book is almost always killed by being
put on the bargain shelf"
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Honors for a Saharan Sorcerer.
From the London Times.

The Saharan sorcerer Maclain has arrlv-
ed at Marakesh, where. by the Sultan's
order. he was received with royal honors.
all the officials meeting him outside the
town. Since his arrival the principal
amusement of his followers, who naturally
share the sultans personal protection. has
been committing assaults upon Europeans.
The sultan In letters to the Marakesh Off
cials orders that every attention. considera-
tion and hospitality shall be shown TO Mac
lain and his horde. Considering the DIS
turbances these fanatics occasioned at Cas-
ablanca, the sultan is Ill advised in contin-
uing TO show abject respect for this Sa-
haran impostor and his followers
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X r ow. when John Dough left
Madame Grogandes shop and
wandered up the street, he was
Il reeking with the delightful odor
of fresh gingerbread. Indeed.
he was still so hot from the oven that am
positive you could not have held your hand
against him for more than a second. The
Great Elixir had brought him to life and
given him a certain standing in the world,
but during the first half hour of his exist
ence John Dough was very hot-headed. Also
he was hot-footed for he discovered that.
by walking fast, the contact with the fresh
morning air drew the heat from his body
and made him feel much more comfortable.
One virtue lent by the Great Elixir was
knowledge, and, while John Dough felt that
he possessed unlimited knowledge (haying
had an overdose of the elixir), he could not
very we'll apply 1t to his surroundings, be-
cause he lacked experience with the world,
which alone renders knowledge of any
value to mankind John Dough could speak
all languages-modern and classic. He had
a logical and clear mind-what is called a
'level head" you know, and this was
coupled with good sense, fair Judgment and
q tangled mass of wisdom that had been
dumped into him In haphazard fashion
But these rare qualities were as yet OF no
use to our man because he had acquired no
experience. 1t was like putting tools INTO
q scholars hand and asking him to make a
watch. John Dough might accomplish Won
ders in time, if he did not grow stale and
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latest novel when by waiting a bare
month it could buy from the Times Book
Club at practically half price. and do that
without being a subscriber to the Times
The club offered Corellis and Kipling' 8
and Mrs. Humphrey Wards newest novels
at 81; Winston Churchilrs Life of Lord
Randolph Churchill at s175. and yet the
publishers price for the latter was SO.
There was a howl from the publishers.
Then the authors woke up and last OF
all came the other newspapers. The fiercest
commercial struggle England has known
for many years was launched. All sides
have been giving their versions to the
public
X
The publishers declare the trade is ruin
ed. The authors say they soon will be
ruined. The newspapers declare the Times
is trying to bulldoze England with its
AmericaniZed methods and positively declare
that the Times scheme Is an imitation Of
the Standard Oil and the American Tobac-
co combinations.
The Publishers Association held some
important meetings. 1t decided to with
draw all book advertising from the Times
and not to sell the Times or any man or
firm a single book or even a hundred thou
sand under the fixed trade price. The au-
thors also decided to fight for their lives.
Their first bombshell into the enemy's for
tress is to be the issuance of a delightful
little pamphlet entitled Canned Books or
the Jungle in London" In this a dozen
well-known authors contribute poems,
skits and letters attacking the Times and
its American methods.
In the midst of the storm and stress
when the battle waged at it's utmost height,
Mr.. Hooper. manager of the Times book
syndicate, sailed away from England on a
three weeks holiday.
Tl>s withdra wal of the publishers adver-
Using means a loss of $4,000 and the
capital invested in the Times Book Club
Is s1,25o.Oo0. Yet Mr.. Hooper. when in
terviewed as he boarded an Atlantic liner.
said: II am taking little holiday which /
shall spend mostly at sea. l need the rest.
AS to the so-called war, and there really
is no. struggle 1t finished before it began.
I am entirely satisfied as to the result and
totally unconcerned over any future agita-
tion.''
Marie Coreln TO date has been dumb.
Hall Caine in a lengthy statement has
tried to favor each side on each succeeding
day. He says in curiously myopfc phrase:
THE publishers and the Times are wrang-
ling over another persons property and
that person is the author" Max Pemberton
says: with other authors. 1 am determin-
ed to fight tooth and nail. From the au-
thor's viewpoint monopoly would mean
eventually the destruction of letters as a
remunerative profession" The Booksellers
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and give them strength and energy for
many years. All. monsieur and madame,
think of what your stupidity has cost the
world!''
II do not comprehend said madame.
firmly, "how the world has ever been bene-
flied by the Great Elixir, which you and
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Company says: 1.-The Times, under the
cloak of lending library. is trying to es-
tablish a huge cut-price bookselling store.
publishers says: 1.-The Times, or, rather,
the American syndicate back of the book
club is trying to form a book distribution
trust. If successful they will have pub
fishers and authors at their mercy, dictate
their own terms and produce their own
books. 1t would ruin all the circulating IL
braries all the book sellers. publishers and
ic and publishing copyrights here and in
the United States. The Times, in buying
from the trade. demanded all along its own
terms. These included a contract to spend
$50 out of every $500 In advertising in the
Times. The Times charge that there is a
profit of 800 per cent In publishing novels at
$1.5O is gross misstatement. The pub
lie has listened however and sales are at q
standstill. The trade is on the verge of
ruin. We are in the last ditch but will yet
crush out this attempted American mo-
nopOly."
The Times, through its manager, says:
when we buy book 1t is our property.
We claim the right to lend it for nothing,
to sell 1t at what price we please or to give
it away If we choose to do So We are
fighting in the interests of the public for
the right to sell books at a cheap Or fair
price as against the present artificial price.
cents to produce should be foisted on the
public at $1.50 We are fighting for a book
that people can afford to buy. If the pub
lie, and the authors particularly, stand by
us, we will win. Our private quarrel with
the publisher is because we selling sec
ond-hand books. Every library has to do
that or be swamped. Nudes has sold if
teen million volumes from it's library in its
sixty years existence. The publishers ring
objected to our selling books at cut rate
within six months OF publication. The
same fight came up In 1862 Gladstone ue-
clared the publishing trade was a scandal
and disgrace to civilization; Charles Dick
ems George Eliot. Carlyle and other auth
ors declared the publishers were wrong. An
arbitration board decided that a publisher
had no right to interfere with the retail
price. The publishers ring was broken,
but now it has grown UP again stronger
than ever. We have spent this year $4O0, 900
in books. But since this fight we have been
buying in smaller quantities and not push
ing any books. In the case of several pop
ular novels, where we usually buy 5000 we
have bought only 1000. The authors roy
aities in consequence have suffered The
authors and the public should support US.
Our fight is their behalf
But the authors are not going to support
the Times. Mr.. Calthrop. their spokesman,
says so emphatically. Business was never
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TOHN DOUGH BEGINS
HIS ADVENTURES


Johns candy teeth to chatter. His whole
body was terribly Jared, and he nearly
fell backward in the shock Of surprise.
Then he, also. started to run. 1t was not
fear. so much as ignorance of what might
happen next, that caused him to fly from
the spot, but he ran with speed that was
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out noticing that John Dough was cling
ing fast to the stick.
There was a sudden shrek, a rush OF fire,
and then-slowly at first, but with ever In
creasiing speed-the huge rocket mounted
far into the sky, carrying with it the form
of the gingerbread man!
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Good Enough Reason.

From the Cleveland Press.
IT wonder why lightning never strikes
twice In the same place."
"Humph. What the user
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walked out of the shop while he was still
smoking hot"
at Is no wonder" said the Arab doe
fully, for within him was enough Of the
Great Elixir to bring dozen men to life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-11
North and South score twelve tricks. :
Comment.

Trick dealer knows through the elev-
enth rule that his nine will win the trick.
so plays low In Dummy.
Trick 2-Dealer's suit is spades, but he
probably cannot make it unless he can force
some spade discards-the diamond situation
is favorable. East plays the jack to pre-
vent the ten finesse, making Dummy either
lead I'D to his minor tenace or change the
suit.
Trick SLDealer leads the heart from
Dummy to make the adversaries believe
that to be his long suit. Pone covers.
holding two honors in sequence.
Trick +Dealer continues diamonds. Dunn
my having the sure finesse. Pone must
protect the hearts, and 1t needs two guards
to his queen to do it as dealer may take a
finesse; he therefore discards a spade
Trick dummy keeps on with the dia-
monds, forcing another discard from Pone.
Trick 6-Pone covers. having the four
Ghetto.
Trick s-Pone discards the heart, one
guard to his queen now being sufficient.
Trick 9-Pone discards the ace of clubs,
showing command left in his hand.
Trick 1O-Pones discard Of the queen Of
clubs shows the king alone left in his hand.
Trick 11-If Pone has counted the club
discards he knows that, with Dummy's two
ali the clubs are accounted for, therefore
dealer has two hearts left. Pone therefore
discards his king Of clubs and thereby
saves a grand slam.
(An rights reserved).
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LABOR ON THE CANAL
CHINAMEN WILL BE GIVEN A
FAIR TRIAL THERE.

Chinese labor will probably be given
thorough test on the Panama canal. Con-
tracts calling for $500 Cinnamon for canal
work have been prepared and advertise
ments will be issued by the isthmian canal
commission in a few days asking for pro-
rosals from labor agents.
If the initial $500 Cinnamon prove a sue
cess 1t is likely that many more will be
taken to the isthmus to do the work which
is too hard for the Jamaicans, now en-
ployed there in large numbers.
Organized labor has offered much opposi-
ton to the use of contract Chinese labor,
and the administration has been slow in
taking up the coolie labor, but the Jamaican
workmen have proven inadequate, sufficient
Spaniards cannot be had Immediately to
rush the work, and the Chinese are the last
hope of the commission.
President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft,
Chairman Shonts Of the isthmian canal
commission and other men prominently
identified with the canal work are known
to have delayed employing Chinese until
1t became evident that the other help avail
able was not equal to the demands. The ad-
ministration has taken the position that the
canal must be dug at any cost, and al
though the President urged that there be
no haste in employing Chinese, he did not
stand permanently in the way Of the plan
to try the coolies.
1t is the intention Of the commission to
ask for bids from labor agents, who will
arrange with the Chinese government for
the expectation of labor, transport the Chi
nese to the isthmus under contract to work
for fixed wage, and ship them back to
China, thus relieving the commission Of all
detail work and all responsibility. A bond
will be required of all contractors for a
satisfactory fulfllment of any contract they
may enter into with the commission.
There are said to be about thirty labor
agencies which supply Chinese to contrac-
tors in all parts of the world. These agents
are familiar with all the Chinese laws
stand ready to pay money to the families
of men who are going into their service,
and are ready on short notice to meet de-
mands for an unlimited number of coolies.
Leroy Park, labor agent in the employ
of the commission is still in Spain nego-
tiating with the Spanish government for the
employment Of large number of penin-
sular Spaniards on the isthmus. His efforts
promise to be successful, and the commits
sion expects to recruit many high-grade
workmen from Spain. 1t Is the desire of
the chief engineer to have several kinds of
laborers on the isthmus The employment
| of the Chinese will not displace the Jamai-
| cans who are already there, but 1t is not
| likely that many more West Indian negroes
will be hired II the Chinese prove a success.
| The negroes are paid only 80 cents a day,
as against SLIGO to the Spaniards, who are
said to be capable Of doing three times as
much work.
If the contractors obtaining help for the
| commission do not pay more on the isthmus
| than Chinese are paid in other parts of the
world 1t is believed the daily wage Of the
coolies will be less than that of the ia
maicans on the isthmus
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Marquis Mentality Questioned.

During the hearing before a jury at Lon
don yesterday Of the Official inquiry into
the state Of mind Of the Marquis Town
shend. witness testified that the engage
ment Of the marquis to an American-one
of the richest heiresses in the world-was
about to be announced when he married,
last year, Miss Gladys Ether sutherst.
daughter Of Thomas Sutherst. a lawyer,
said to be the most beautiful woman in
England. Early this year the statement was
published that the Marquis Townshend was
being deprived Of his liberty by his wife
and her father on the ground that he was
of unsound mind. The Dowager Marchion-
ess Townshend asserted that her son was
not insane, and made every possible effort
to obtain his freedom.
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FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A. wEsCHLER AUCTToNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, KNOWN AS NO. 433 I'd
STREET SOUTHWEST.
By virtue Of certain deeds Of trust, recorded in
Liber No. 1899. folio "a ct seq, and Lber No.
2704 folio $50 ct seq. Of the land records Of the
party secured thereby, We. the undersigned trus-
tees, win SELL at public auction, In front Of the
premises. WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SEC
OND DAY OF AUGUST, A. d. 1906, AT FIVE
O'CLOCK PM, the following described land and
premises situate In the city Of Washington. in the
District Of Columbia. and designated and being
lot numbered twenty eight (2) In George A. Marks
subdivision Of lot "A" and part of lot "B' In
Todds subdivision Of part Of original lot one az
in square numbered Ave hundred and eighty one
t6s1), said Marks subdivision is recorded In
Book ]. Fl. X, page 813, Of the records Of the
surveyors Office of the District Of Columbia, to-
gether with the improvements. consisting Of a two
street southwest.
Terms OF sale: One third of the purchase money
to be paid In cash and the balance In two equal
tnstalments, payable in one and two years, with
interest at six per centum per annum, payable
semi-annualy. from day of sale. secured by deed
option OF the purchaser. deposit of hun
dred 900 dollars viii be required of the pur-
chaser at the time of sale. AN conveyancing, re-
cordinR and nOtarial fees at the cost of purchaser
Terms OF sale TO be compiled with within fifteen
t15 days from date OF sale otherwise the trustees
reserve the right to resell the property at the risk
and cost Of the defaulting purchaser after five (5)
days advertisement of such resale In some news
paper published in the city of Washington. ID. Q.
THOMAS 7. STEPHENSON
Surviving Trustee.
THOMAS P. STEPHENSON,
R. HARRISON JOHNSON,
u11-d&ds eSu Trustees.
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xStone s. Fairfax,
! 1912 New York Ave.,
xadjoining corner of l4th.,
J. au9-3t
SIX HURT IN EXPLOSION
ACCIDENT ON TORPEDO BOAT
WoRDEN AT NORFOLK.

Six men were burned by an explosion
in the paint locker on the torpedo boat des
stroyer Worden yesterday afternoon at tho
Norfolk navy yard.
Those injured are william H. Wilson.
burned on head and entire left side from
waist up. may lose left eye; Robert E.
White. negro. painfully burned about right
side and face. hair singed on head; Hurlett
Hcdgers, negro, burned on head; Henry
Shurman. hair singed off. burned on hands
and face; Joseph Harrow, right hand burn
ed. unknown negro iaborer, both hands
badly burned.
While engaged in driving rivets In the
paint locker on the Worden yesterday after
noon, one of the red-hot pieces Of steel
fell into a quantity Of asphaatum VAR
nish. causing 1t to explode. The force OF
the explosion was SO great that Robert
White and William H. Wilson. who were
driving rivets. were blown through the
opening leading into the paint locker and
landed on deck.
immediately after the explosion the lit
tie boat caught fire, but the flames were
extinguished before any material Damage
the only damage done the vessel was the
burning of the paint of the woodwork In
the locker.
vessel, said the explosion was due to the
formation of gases from q can of as
phaltum varnish left open in the paint lock-
er several days ago.
All of the injured will recover with the
possfble exception of W. H. Wilson HIS
entire left side is horribly burned, ana it
"a believed that he inhaled some OF the
Are in the locker. He was sent to st. Vin-
cents Hospital.
The other injured were sent to their
homes In Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Henry Shurman was burned while rescu.
ing Wilson from the burning locker. A
board Of inquiry will investigate the acct-
dent and the damage done the vessel.
Lieut. Houston. on whose vessel the accf.
dent at Norfolk occurred, has been In COM
mand OF the Worden since October. 1903.
and has been In the navy almost thirteen
wears. He Is q native Of California, and
was appointed from South Dakota
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO.. AUCTIoNEERs

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
STREET SOUTHEAST.
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. 2494, folio 1888 ct seq, OF
the land records Of the District Of Columbia and
at the request Of the party secured thereby, 1,
the undersigned surviving trustee, Will sell, At
public auction. in front of the premises, on WE'D
NESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST,
A. d. 1906 AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM, the fol-
lowing described land and premises, situate in the
city OF Washington. In the District Of Columbia,
and designated and being part Of lot numbered
twelve 12), In square numbered nine hundred and
two (9O2), beginning for the same at the northeast
corner OF said lot numbered twelve az and run.
ming thence west eighty-seven feet and one ~
inch, thence south twentyhv (25( feet, thence
east eighty feet and one ~ inch to 9Th
street east thence north twenty -nve (25) feet to
the place Of beginning. improved by commo-
dious frame dwelling
Terms OF sale: One third Of the purchase money
to be paid In cash, and the balance In two equal
installments, payable in one and two years. with
interest at 8 per centum per anuum, payable
semi-annually from day Of sale. secured BY deed
Of trust upon the property sold. or all cash. at
the option of the purchaser. deposit Of $10O.OO
will be required Of the purchaser at tho time OF
sale. All conyeyancing. recording and notariai
fees at the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale
to be complied with within fifteen days from
day Of sale, otherwise the trustee reserves the
right to resell the property at the risk and cost
Of the defaulting purchaser.
EDWARD A. NEWMAN. Surviving Trustee.
au1 d &dseSu FendaI1 Building.