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The Washington times., 1906-02-18
SUMMER" BALL AT CoTIpcPc

It, - y 30, Feb. 1.-THE fac
Sto.,s.-.1 ON inittee of Leland
-. - Il-. in its report TO
,5o, - s u3uches on the ques-
81 - n4sebah players as
- 9 CO mmittee has as vet
question of the l,,r7,,,ar -, 'i'e
- p'',Sei "Hich has been such a
~. ''t.Co - - oollese baseball in the East:
nc 'o"h and commercial mines,
q - eNisI Oh the coast. there exist
81 factors of stfII great
er uait'eF 10 amateur baseball Teams
ol TINS Si'NSs play for gate receipts.
which mainly go toward ,o,,v,.,,s,t,S- -
the semi -professiona. ana pofra, -
fessionaI players comDrising the -,
cIeuS or JheSe nines
The Washington times., 1906-02-18

young men, caused the greatest laugh
ter. The young men carried the lines
well, and the expression was sufficient
in most cases TO convey to the eager
audience the situations
Only the best scholars were chosen to
play the parts, but all of the pupils ojin-
ed in the singing OF the ''Marseillaise"
at the close of the performance. Many
of the French students from the other
high schools proved TO be the most en-
thusiastic as well as the most envious.
Of the spectators.
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p. r. r. WILL NOT ABOLISH
EXCESS ON MILEAGE BOOKS

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 1.-THE Penn
syivania railroad will not abolish the
$40 excess on its Interchangeable mile
age book until compelled to do so by
law
This is the statement of an officer OF
the company, who declared today that
the legal department was satisfied that
there was no violation of any laws bv
charging the extra $40.
The looDhole through which the Penn
syfvania viii escape prosecution, it is
said. is the contention that il is not
compelled to issue the mileage book
but that IL IS merely an accommodation
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
OFFICERS TAKE COOKING
LESSONS At FORT RILEY

JUNCTION CITY. Kan. Feb IL
Four officers OF the commissary depart
ment of the army, Capt CSarles &.
Clark. from Chicago: capt arthur NJ.
Edwards from San Francisco; Capt.
Frank Fl. Lawton. from Fort LeaYen-
worth. and CAPT. :. SimOnds. from San
Francisco. commenced a two months
course n the bakers and cook school
at Fort Riley today.
A large number of enlisted men from
the different army posts of the country
are also taking the coarse. The officers.
as well as the men. are being given
practical instruction.
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
FOUGHT FIRE IN WOODS.

Some one set fire TO the woods on
Buena Vista Heights last night about
o.0u Ciooh ah4 Policeman Dent, of
the AhacoStla suhstatiOn, and several
ci''zehs mao Their hands full fighting
.He hdihes' 10 prevent them from reach
ing sonas of the houses in tb.. ,,i-f-,itr-
he volunteer firaDnen s,,ya,,,,,1
Schet brigade and with water and
EkS put out the blaze.
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
STRIPES FOR MONOPOLISTS
A REMEDY FOR TRUST EVILS

The New York Press does not
agree with the purpose of the Gov
ernment in its suit at St. Louis
against the Standard Oil Company,
but insists that criminal proceedings
should be pressed against the heads
Of the trust. The Press says:
We do not suppose Attorney General
Moody would sav that II this suit is sue
cessful the OIL trust VIII go out of exist
ence. We guess he does not believe
that; he is too good a lawyer not TO
know that other legal devices are at
the command of the ROckefellers, just
az good as the holding company. Why,
then, is the criminal prosecution 10 be
delayed until the failure of the Cssso-
luton suit 10 destroy the oil monopoly
is demOnstrated2 AS n matter OF public
policy this is n mistake, because II IS
wrong to let the oil trust go on with It's
crimes while a weapon is at hand 10
drive It OF the public highways As a
matter Of party policy 1t is a blunder
TO delay the criminal prosecution until
the next Presidential campaign. Before
that time the Republican party must de-
strOy private monopoly or prove that
private monopoly can not be destroyed.
or the Republican party will have TO go
before the public on the defensive.
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ton committee on bills of lading.
There have been occasional frauds,
which have attracted attention TO
the fact that the bill of lading has
almost no status as legal security.
Back of three billions of gross
business stands almost nothing but
American business honor! So sell
dom has that ultimate security
proved inadequate, that few people
have known how much the integrity
of the bill of lading meant in the
country's commercial system. Now
there is n move to secure legisla-
tion defining that security and de-
termining liabilities and limitations.
The wonder is, not that the leg
islation is needed, but that it has
not been required long ago. If
honesty were not the rule and dis
honesty the rare exception. business
could never have been transacted in
this way. 1t is good thing to
note occasional evidences that as a
people we have been disposed to
slander ourselves. 1t helps to dis
arm the misgivings that the muck
rakers inspire.
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
More for Rivers. -

The causes of the great inter
ests" never lack for proper presen-
tation. Sometimes they lack for
everything else-but the virtue of
ingenious argument and catch
phrase is always theirs. This was
plain to see during the discussion
of the railroad rate bill. Now it is
coming TO light once more in con
nection with IA proposed National
Rivers and Harbors Congress" to
be held in this city shortly.
'More for Rivers and Less for
War" is the slogan of this meeting.
We viii all agree to the Less for
War" part. But with some mowl-
edge of present water conditions
throughout the United States we
crawfish on the "More for Rivers"
In the beginning there was some
reasonable excuse for the outlay of
millions from the national Treasury
to develop navigable streams. There
Is the same excuse now for streams
which are practically navigable and
have not been developed. But that
is only a little part of the improve
ment hoped for by this congress.
More for Rivers" means more than
that. 1t means great appropriations
for the deepening of channels al
ready deep enough for 90 per cent
of the vessels that use them.
This extra depth is needed FOR
what? Not for the small shiPowner.
Such of him as remains can get
through the great lakes wherever
there is a depth of twenty feet. 1t
is for interests" like the Steel
trust with fleets of $50 or 200 yes
sells holding forty trainloads each.
The proposition 10 spend millions
raised by general taxation in order
to give these vessels greater carry
ing capacity is just about as reason
able as one TO spend a correspond
ing sum TO improve the roadbed of
the Union Pacific railway, or build
branch roads to every country town.
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
Destiny and the Southern.

Samuel Spencer, brilliant in the
fields of railroad building. railroad
organizing, and railroad managing,
has come to his death on his own
road-the Southern. He is the vic
tim of the latest of a series of acci-
dents which every precaution was
taken to prevent and yet occurred
in spite of the most skillful admin
istrntion the system could obtain
That a worker of Mr.. Spencer's
great achievements should have been
lost to the railroad world, and TO
Washington, by such means is par
ticulnrly sad. 1t seems to reveal the
hand of fate raised against the very
man whose chief thought il has
been for years 10 safeguard the
operation of Southern trains so as
to bring 10 a close the long chapter
Of accidents, little and big, which
have afflicted this road.
Yet, if the accounts of the acci-
dent at hand this morning are true,
no amount OF watchfuIness could
have foreseen this disaster. The
block system signaled automatically
that Mr.. Spencer's train still stood
on the track. The operator noted
the signal Calculating that some
thing had happened to the sema-
phore. however. and not TO the train,
the man recklessly sent the second
train dashing into the first. This
was deliberate violation of orders
of orders from Mr.. Spencer. 1t was
also deliberate disregard of a sys-
tenn installed at great expense for
the sole purpose of preventing acci-
dents.
We may call this chance, or acci-
dent. or what not; in the end our
meaning is that 1t was destiny. 1t
was destiny that swept aside in an
instant the thoughtful care of years
and recreated the natural difficult
ties of uniting the integers of the
Southern through a series of mis-
haps, most of them little, but all
of them battling. Now that it has
claimed so distinguished a victim
may il lift its hand!
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
FATHERLY ADVICE TO HEARST
BY A KENTUCKY EXPERT

Colonel Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-J ournal. has been
thinking over the New York elec-
ton result. looking for a lesson in
it, and this is the result:
MT Hearst is much too young a man
to set uD either for sage or a back
number What he most needs to do
is to survey the field Of his not unprofit-
able labors and expenditures with the
purpose to recreaJe himself after the
image of the self-denying philanthro-
pist and to cast aside the sinking ha-
biliments of the self-seeking politician.
His resources for good are great. Far
less than other rich mems sons has he
shown any disposition to evil. He has
merely made the mistake. or seemed
to make the mistake. of thinking that
money can do all things. 1t can do
many things: but II can neither make
silk purse of a sow's ear, nor change
a neglectful Congressman and a rich
parVenu into a hero and a statesman,
albeit sometimes very young people
think so.
The COurier-Journal has never had
for Mr. Hearst any but friendly Senti-
ments. For his methods we could not
APPROVE him. and for his ambition we
iOi S-1 in Staying him But we shall
be glad TO see him rise again, a new
man, purified as by fire,
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
DOCTOR PRESCRIBED BY PHONE.

Dr. Mustard is practIcing physician
in Nome. Alaska, and he realizes that in
that section OF country Il is impossible
for him to observe all the nicetIes
known to his professional brethren In
more favored localities Net long ago
he was advised by telephone that a sur
veyor named Harvey in Tin CITY was
seriously Ill. A terrific STERN was in
progress at the time, so IL was impos-
sible for the doctor TO see the patieot
After long conversation over the wire
he diagnosed the case as one OF typhoid
fever and prescribed certain remedies
which were 10 be found in the medicine
chest OF the mine where the sick man
lay. 1t happened that one, of the men
at the mine was at one time a member
OF the Ambulance Corps in the United
States army and during his term OF
service he learned sufficient about the
medical profession TO count the pulse
beats of sick man. This information
was transmitted TO DR. Mustard by teis-
phone every day and he prescribed ac-
cOrdingly. At latest accounts the patient
was well on the way TO recovery.
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
RAILROAD WAGES ADVANCED
EVIDENCE OF A NEW FEELING

The advance by many railroads of
10 per cent in the wages Of their en-
ployes leads the Portland Oregonian
TO believe il viii become general.
owing to the prosperity Of the coun-
try and to the fact that the railroad
companies have come to a better an
probation of their duties. 1t con
tinues:
We hear no clustering talk OF a deter
NINA ion TO run their business in their
own way There is no open reluctance
10 deal with the unions. There Is no de-
MAI or their own status as public serv-
ants. one may even discern the dread
lest a strike might eXasperate DtIbItc
opinion and promote the movement
toward ownership or control by the
Government. All this is well The com
panies are intrusted with the fortunes
OF large number Of people. Every sion
that they are disposed to take this tr15sf
as a serious duty and exercise II with
dlsDaSslonate reference TO the pubIic
welfare Is encouraging Nor need tbaZ,
fear that organized labor Will meet their
spirit or fairness with brutal unreason
ne advance being granted without nm
que contention in good times, a cut will
De accepted without bitterness when
times are bad. Reason awakens answer
ing reason.
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
SideLightS on People
And Events of Today
NEW YOKKS SENATORS AS GOOD
AS CONDITION WARRANTS

Newspapers Of the country have
been taking apparently keen delight
in demanding the designations of
Senators Platt and Depew of New
York, The Houston Post brings in
this minority report:
Il is well enough to howl for the resig-
nation Of these men, but what does New
! ork propose to do 10 eradicate the con-
dltlOns which made them possible? The
financial. commercial. industrial social
and political corruption which is rife IN
New York would be sure IN time 10 pro-
ducc other Platts and Depews. The priv
uege grabbers, the greedy mOnOpOIies
the graft 1ObbpTs and public plunderers
are al doing business. They are ready
To buy Just as disreputable politicians
are ready 10 sell. Even n Platt and De
pew should prove accommodating and
resign, the people would only have the
assurance that their successors would
be no worse.
All things considered, IL may be best
IN the long run, 4 the other States can
stand II, 10 let these men retain their
seats The party that IS responsible for
them stlll controls New York and about
the only way 10 better conditions is TO
rub Platt and Depew in until the people
become so nauseated that they will emit
the entire mess
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
A Victory With a String TO 1t.

Run over by a railroad"
This laconic dispatch was sent by
William f. Chandler while United
States Senator from New Hamp-
shire to announce his beating in the
Republican convention. The rail
road was the Boston and Maine.
The defeat came in 1901.
In the meantime the fight be-
tween the railroad and the Chand-
lerites has gone on vigorously. The
former Senator has buzzed and
stung as waspishly while president
of the Spanish Treaty Claims Com
mission as ever he did in Congress,
and new leader. in the person of
"Coniston" Churchill, has led the
forces at home.
At the last election it was thought
the railroad had won again-de-
cisively. Mr.. Churchill was beaten
in the race for the goyernorship, at
any rate. But now it appears the
victory had a string to it. The
Legislature is not safely pro-rail-
road, by any means.
So there is n chance that a fusion
of the independent Republicans and
the few Democrats in the two as
semblies may return Mr.. Chandler
to the Senate. If he were to come
back it would be a mighty good
thing for the upper house, where
his personal influence has ALWAYS
been strong. But IL would be a
better thing for New Hampshire
For it would assert that States in
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
Honesty Is the Rule.

Every once in while something
turns up to inspire wonder as to
whether the people of the United
States haven't given themselves a
worse reputation than they deserve.
SO much aspersion has been cast
on the business and political char
acter and methods of the American
people that it has become all too
common to assume that honesty is
a back number in business. that
good faith is unknown in politics,
that corruption rules in public af-
fairs.
So it is a pleasure to note that
nearly three billions of dollars of
business is transacted in this coun-
try annually, by the process of adj
vancing money on instruments that
have almost no legal standing as
security. There must be a consid-
cradle force of honesty, confidence
and good faith back of such a sys-
tenn as that.
Reference is had TO the universal
method of discounting drafts Sc
cured by bills of lading. The i'm
mensity of the business done on
this security has been suggested
by the American Bankers Associa-
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
This Year, Do Ii.

Every year the newspapers print
the same Christmas appeal. In its
substance it is:
viii you help TO give the clerks
in the stores their share of Christ
mas by buying early?
Every year. probably, you make
up your mind 10 help.
veil, Why not actually do il this
year? No need 10 nerve yourself
for a great reform. Simply buy one
present today. another tomorrow,
and SO on. Or, once You get at it.
have it all through with at a plunge.
If you will do this, you viii not
only make better selections and get
fresher wares, but YOU will have
that warm feeling inside that comes
with the best kind of Christmas
giving.
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
Rescued From the UndertOW.

Yer kin allus tell when ct fellers in luv
Ef Yer watch him Clus:
lie pears 10 be diff runt, below an
above,
He's er happy cuss.
Yer KIN see he's got sOmethin on his
An don't wonder they tells US luv is
When ne leaves his chewin' terbacker
behind
With nary er fussi
When er feller shaves hisself bout
eVry day
Idint hard 10 know why;
An commences to wear little bOkaV.
Ihars no use ter sigh.
! er can't make him stay home much
when his works done.
Er git him ter go out with yer an heY
fun.
Fer that amt tn channel in which his
thoughts run.
n it's no use ter try
When er feIler's in Iuv tn grass looks
grcener:
I can't Jest explain.
But ev'rything seems ter be brighter
n cleaner,
Like after er ram.
Il seems If tn sun never shone quite
SO bright
Er tn moon ever give just sich er
clear light,
N ey'rytning seems ter be just erbout
When lGv's on IN brain!
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 80. 1906.
The Leadership of Roosevelt.

AS then today we thank God for
our blessings, public and private,
let US place high up, in a niche all
by itself, our thanks for Gods gift
of the virile man who is the chief
ruler of the nation"
THE American President is the
ideal hero of English schoolboys and
the most important figure in the
world at the present time"
These two Thanksgiving Day tri-
butes to Theodore Roosevelt come.
one from a sane and earnest Ameri-
can clergyman in New York, the
other from the head master of Eton,
England's best known school for
boys. They are the latest offerings
TO a need of praise which includes
corresponding expressions from the
foremost men of all the world, par
ticularly from the Emperor of Ger
many, the Emperor of Japan, the
prime minister of England, and the
President of France.
Has any other American ever been
in his own lifetime the focus of so
much favorable attention from
abroad?
Napoleon and the Great Frederick
expressed a fine appreciation Of
Washington, when he died. Jeffer-
son moved among the leaders of
Europe as their peer, but not as
their chief. Lincoln achieved a
worlds victory for freedom, but
died before the world recognized it.
To Roosevelt it has been given To
see great world achievements finish
ed while yet he lives. TO him it has
been given also TO obtain acknowl-
edgment of them from the very
highest sources and from practically
every source. And this acknowledge
ment has come in terms which would
seem fulsome save in the light of his
success in stopping war between
Japan and Russia, in preserving the
integrity of China, in cementing his
cOuntry's friendship with every
power. in working TO practical re
suits internal reforms of the first
Importance.
He is the worlds type of Ameri-
canism. Do NOT these extraordinary
tributes reveal that he is. as well.
its accepted lender?
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
DOVENER OPPOSES
TARIFF REVISION
Believes Sentiment in Its
Favor Not Sufficient to
Disturb Business.

Yes, il is true there is some senti-
ment IN the country iu favor of Uarin
revision, but il is not Of the kind to dis
turb business" said Representative b.
B. Dovener. the dean OF the West Vir-
ginia delegation, 10 a Times reporter to-
day. Representative Dovener reJlres az
the end q the Fifty-ninth Congress.
having completed six consecutive terms.
He Is a believer in protection. and says
that the prosperity Of the country is due
chiefly 10 the protective tariff.
There may be some schedules OF the
present tariff. said he. that could
stand a revision without injury to busi-
ness. but whatever IS done in the way
OF revising. must be done with care,
not hastily. If, after due consideration.
it is deemed TO be for the best interests
OF the country % modify some OF the
tariff schedules, / should say il would
be advisable To make the changes AT
called session OF Congress. / ana oppOs-
ed TO any general revision OF the tariff
and the people are opposed TO it, They
have not forgotten what the country
suffered as a result Of tariff reform. as
given them in the Wilson bill. And they
want no more Of it,"
Commenting on the recent stories that
the President VIII be a candidate for a
third term, Representative DoveHer
said:
president Roosevelt has said he IS
not q candidate and would not accept
another nomination. The President is a
man OF his word.
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
MOODY'S FRIENDS ASSURED
HE WILL NOT BE OPPOSED
Declare Attorney Generals Nomination to Supreme Court
Bench Probably Will Be Confirmed Without Refer
ence to Judiciary Committee.

According TO assurances which Attor-
ney General Moody IS receiving from in
coming Senators, his nomination 10 the
Supreme Bench probably will b. con
frmed without reference to the Judiciary
Committee. His close personal friends,
who were aEitated over earlier reports
of fight against his confirmation. now
declare that Mr. Moody Will retire from
the head OF the Department OF Justice
as soon as the Senate takes favorable
action upon the nomination, which they
believe. will be by the middle OF next
week
The Attorney General practically has
concluded his work at the department
He is arranging his affairs TO retire as
soon as the Senate wills.
In the event OF unlocked for opposition
The Washington times., 1906-11-30
SOUTH WANTS MORE MEN AS
INDUSTRIES ARE THREATENED

Thirty-one industrial plants in
Birmingham alone are advertising
for more workmen, skilled and un-
skilled. The Age-Herald says:
And yet men do not seek this dis
triCt I'm sufhcieutuumbeTs. Five thousand
men could readily procure employment
iu this district today. This Is not
statement carelessly made IL Is one
based on known facts and actual eN-
perlenca.
The only remedy IN sight is immigra-
Iion. and the next Legislature is looked
to for the needed aid Unless the LcSis-
lature acts Alabama viii soon be in
senai-paralyZad condition. This district
will in particular suffer loss The cotton
sLinncrs who met this week in Hunts
Vile urged the establishment OF a bur
can OF immigration. and the proposed
bureau should be given as much power
as South Carolina has granted for the
promotion Uf immigration. The turn
ing this way OF a portion Of 5he stream
which IS flowing at the rate OF lr4o9, 90
a year. is becoming a necessity, and the
Legislature cannot, with an eye TO the
maintenance of prosperity, refuse 20
act.