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The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Prosperity the Adaptable.

The prosperity argument is d
marvelously adaptable thing. As
Sunset Cox said once. you can use
ii to keep the snakes out of Ireland
You can surely use it to defend the
existence of prisons, the giving of
picnics, and the wearing of patent
leather shoes, as we'll as you can
argue that because a tariff has pre-
vailed in more or less acute form
during period of easy money it
is the one indispensable to continu-
ing the period.
Over in England the London Daily
Express has gotten itself into trou-
bic with our American familiar
protection and prosperity" The
Express is the leading exponent Of
the Chamberlain policy that protec-
tive duties are the only salvation
of the British empire. But it made
the mistake of sounding business
men throughout England and Scot
land 0s to present trade conditions.
Its reporters visited the dealers. Of
every large city. And everywhere
they got the same response:
Trade has never been so brisk. Rich
and poor alike have money for Injuries,
and a margin in the savings banks.
Orders are booked six months ahead.
So the Express is hiding its head
while its rivals shout Prosperity
and Free Trade" Over here the
free-traders stuff cotton in their
ears to avoid hearing Prosperity
and Protection" In Canada they
are blowing the trumpetS of Pros
FHrity and Moderate Tariffs" Wher-
ever it is, whatever the law, pros
perity proves it. Charity, itself, is
not a broader mantle. Like all other
confidence games this plea of
prosperity" can be stretched to suit
any locality and any conditions.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
LAW TO PREVENT
AUTO SCORCH|NG
France Planning Drastic
New Law to End Reck-
less Motoring.

PARIS. Dec. 15.--France will no longer
be tie paradise OF automobilIsts if a new
Dill dealing with them becomes law.
With the assent of the government and
the strong backing of Premier Clemen-
ceau, Senator de Freycinet has intro
duced bill Of the most drastic kind 10
regulate the speed of motor cars in this
country.
The new bill says that automobiles
must not be driven in cities faster than
twelve kilometres (about eight and one
quarter miles, an hour. or in the country
faster than twenty kilometresC twelve
and one-half miles). The bill further pro-
vides: In Paris all cars must keep IA
the curb on the right. and must not
leave (which is an obviously unwork-
able regulation.
Penalties are Very severe. and incIude
fine not to exceed 500 for the first
offense, one year for the second. and
three years Imprisonment for the third
with deprivation of the right TO drive
an automobile ever again. In every case
the owner of the machine is TO be re-
sponsible for civil damages, and a scale
of prices for dead persons-aduits and
children-and cattle is set forth.
The preamble of the bill states that
since the 1st of May this year the aver
age number OF accidents per day in and
around Paris is fifty.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
GUARDS GUNS END
NUTINY IN PRISON
MissiSsippians' Drive Back
Negroes With LeveIed
ReVOlVerS.

JACKSON. Miss. Dec. l5.-With Gov
ernor Vardaman rushing at the head OF
re-enforcements, guards on the Oakley
state farm crushed a negro convict NUT
inv this afternoon. drove the rebels to
the cells at the muzzles OF leveled re
volvers. tied up and dogged the ring
leaders of the uprising. and calmly met
the governor with the announcement
that the trouble was over.
Guard j. NJ Buckley was slashed
across the breast and neck and viii die.
Guard John Bodds was cut on the head
and suffered a broken arm. Other
guards and several of the convicts were
severely bruised and beaten.
A negro trusty who saved Buckley and
Bodds from instant death, was pardon
ed by Governor Nardalnan.
The insurrection started with a fight
between two cOnvicts, Ben Cooper anu
Prince Berry. Others Joined in the fray
and a free-for-alI struggle was raging
when Buckley and Bodds interferad,
scattered the eombatants, and drove
Cooper. the aggressor. into the cage
under the lash.
A dozen guards and TRUSTEES had been
attacked, and beat back tie assailants
who. re-enforced by fresh arrivals from
among the convict force outside. quick
ly returned 10 the attack
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
.EARLSHIP CLAIMED
BY LORD AND Duke
Lord MoWbray and Duke of
Norfolk Are to Fight
for Title.

LONDON, Dec. 15.-The Duke of Nor
folk. premier duke and earl marshal OF
England, has succeeded in retaining sole
right to the Ea5ldom of Norfolk. against
the claim of Lord Mowbray. which has
been disallowed by the committee OF
privileges of the house of Iords-a body
consisting mostly of Iawyer-peers
which decides the disputes and claims OF
peers or would-be peers.
The earldom of Norfolk has been held
by the Dukes of Norfolk since 1914, but
much earlier II was held by the Bigod
family. IN the reign of Edward II the
earldOm was surrendered to the crown,
and the King gave it to his brother,
Thomas of Broutherton. whose descend
ant. Baron MOwbray SegraVc and
Snourton now claims to be Earl of Nor
folk by right of descent
Lord Mowbray did not propose that
the Duke of Norfolk should be stripped
Of his earldom, but argued that there
was no reason why there should not be
two Earls of Norfolk. one title being
merged in the dukedom. The committee
decided against him on the ground that
modern peerage law holds that peerage
dignities cannot be surrendered, that the
Bigod peerage is extinct. and that the
EarIdon. of Norfolk granted in 1854 is
the only genuine one,
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
THAW DEMANDS
IMMEDIATE TRIAL
Injunction Asks Expedition
or Dismissal of
Charge.

NEW YORK, Dec. l5.-Ciifford W.
Hartridge. attorney for Harry K
Thaw, applied TO Justice O'Gorman in
part II, special term OF the supreme
court, for an order 20 show cause why
tho indictment against Harry Thaw for
the murder Of Stanford White should
not be dismissed unless a speedy trial
is granted
The order was served on Assistant
District Attorney Garyan and is made
returnable on Monday before Justice
Newburger in the supreme court, Grim
inaI branch.
In tie papers submityd 10 Justice
O'Gorman, Hartridge sets forth every
thing that has transpired since the ar
rest Of Thaw, laying particular stress
on the fact that Thaw's trial was set
for December 8. when, because of The
apollcatiou for a commission 10 take
testimony Of witnesses outside Of The
State. the trial was pat over by the dis
trict attorney and calling attention TO
other persons arrested since Thaw, Who
have already been granted A trial.
The papers cite that Thaw has now
been in prison for 172 days and that
not only Is his health being impaired.
but also the shealth Of his wife and
mother through anxiety over the undue
and unnecessary delay.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
o ur American DreSSma kerS.
Thus speaks the travelled Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish on landing in New
York the other day:

Thus speaks the travelled Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish on landing in New
York the other day:
Here in America we have every facil-
ity for having our clothes made as they
are in Paris. Our dressmakers are just
as up-JO-date; they have the same ma
terials to select from; they have a really
greater desire 20 please, and then the
American dressmaKer has far greater
such matters than the French dress
makers.
why. do you know. I have often had
to show a French dressmaker how to
pin a gown together to get the right
effect; they don't comprehend a great
many things about a gown that are
second nature TO an American dress
maker.
That is news from the straight
front, as it were. It has the cor
rect form. Every detail is in per-
feet keeping. And we are glad to
see it.
To tell the truth this French
dressmaking business has always
seemed TO mere man a trifie over
o. underdone. depending on the way
you look at il. Their designers do
not seem to know just where TO
stop-and in making evening gowns
that is a dangerous sort of ignor-
ance.
If we are going to agree with Mrs.
Fish it is necessary to be specific,
of course. A woman who disposes
of a great state paper with 'Oh.
that plagued message! viii you
men never get through talking
about it?" wiz demand every bias
crossed and every eye hooked in the
description of a gown. If you get
so much as one technical term on
crooked, il is figuratively all off.
In the first place. Mrs. Fish is quite
right in saying our dressmakers
ARE just as up-to-date." They are
down to the minute. They are in
deed. 1t was at the St Louis expo
sition, for illustration, they saw
how their French rivals were tab
bing everything with black velvet;
and the gates were hardly open be
fore good plain dresses from Egypt
tin Illinois). TO Babel (which is on
Manhattan Island), nad that dis
tinctive French touch" 1t was the
husbands and fathers who recogniz-
ed the touch.
In the second place. the American
dressmal1er takes no odds from any
body in getting the right effect"
They may not beat the French at il
Though Mrs. Fish says they do), but
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
FIGHTS FIVE BANDITS.
HATPIN GIRLS WEAPON
Masked Men in Chicago Attempt Hold
Up in Broad Day
light.

CHICAGO. Dec 15.-AIiss May Gates,
assistant cashier OF the a G.. Morse
Confectionery Company. carrying 5000
iE her handbag from "a bank TO her Of
fee. was dragged into al alley at Lake
and Halsted streets in broad daylight
this afternoon, and attacked by hve
masked bandits. The young woman
made a desperate resistance and at
tracted the attention of two detectives.
Two men were captured after a SEN
satiOnal chase, in which many snOIs
were fred. and in which one of the
supposed bandits was dragged from r
street car.
With a hatpin Miss Gates fought her
assallants until Detectives MuIbrandOn
and L.arkin heard her screams BY the
time the detectives arrived the woman
had been dragged far into the alley. AS
the policemen. their revolvers drawn.
rushed into the alley. the robbers re-
leased the girl, whom they were choking
into unconsciousnss. and ran
Detective Mulbrandon followed one
man into Lake street and then west TO
Hadsted street, firing Eve shots on the
crowded thOTOughfare.
The fugitive finally leaped on a speed
ing street car, which the officer over
took. and dragged him to the ground.
Handwriting him after a struggle De-
tective Larkin followed another man 20
Lake street fired fOE- shots at him anu
captured him at the end OF the block.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Criticism in Ignorance.

While the average American sus-
pends judgment on the simplifed
spelling controversy between two
branches of his Government, he
must have been impressed by this
time that n great deal of the adj
verse criticism of the revision is
grounded in ignorance. As Profess
sor Matthews says:
There seems TO be belief on the part
Of many that there is now hxt, regu-
lar and authoritative spelling of our
language which has been unchanged
from the beginning, which was used by
Shakespeare and Swift and Scott, by
Franklin and Emerson, a regular spell
ing We are Wickedly seeking 10 change
for the worse. There appears in addi-
tion, lurking idea that a language
ought 10 be hXt once FOR all.
On these assumptions, apparently.
most of the comment in opposition
begins. It is much more in error
than the Judgment of the Rev.
Ethelbert d. Warfield, D. D., presi-
dent of Lafayette College at Easton.
Pa, when he advises the use of
slang for its expressive value and
in spite Of its inelegance."
The English language has grown,
like every other. according to the
needs of its users. Had it been pos
sible to fix a standard we should
Still be using the Chaucerian ''soOte"
for sweet. and 'fysshe" for fish.
In our own time we appear to be
adding terse phrases such as moth
ing doing" and make good, which
have the virtues of brevity and ex-
pressiveness and are distinct c0ntri-
buttons to cur speech far beyond
nothing is being done" and max
ing his reputation good"
No newspaper can tell whether
the revised 500 are to pass into our
eolIoquial writing or not. If this
movement forwards the reform it
viii probably be the first artificial
pathological impetus which ever
actually helped the cause to which
it was contributed. But whatever
aapptns TO the "Simplifed Spelling
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
NEW AMBASSADOR
EXPECTED SOON
Embassy on | Street vii
Then Take on Air of So
cial Prominence.

Official and diplomatic Washington is
now awaiting with considerable interest
the arrival Of Senior Enrique Creel, the
new Mexican ambassador 10 the United
States. who IS expected 10 install him
SELF and family In the embassy in ]
street before the close of the present
year.
Much OF the interest Is created by the
announcement that senor Creel Is worth
millions. The new ambassador wife
is the daughter Of one Of Mexico's rich
est men, and has always been a society
leader in her country and prominent
in foreign capitals.
Accordingly. the Mexican embassy is
expected shortly to become as brilliant
as any embassy in the city.
Senor Cree's work as chairman Of the
Mexican commission OF the International
monetary convention in 1904 IS readily
recalled IN Washington.
Senor Creel and his father-in-law are
rated as two Of the richest men in
Mexico. There is scarcely a big hnan-
cial enterprise In that country Al which
they are not heavily Interested. They
are prominently identified with fully a
score OF the biggest banking institu-
tions, and the new ambS Sssador is presi-
dent OF the Central Bank, the lead
ing bank OF that country.
IT Is remarked in diplomatic circles
that neither Mr.. Creel nor Senor Cas-
asus was appointed from the diplomatic
service to the American embassy. While
Senor AspirOz. who died in offiice here
and was succeeded by Senor Casasus,
was dean Of the Diplomatic Corps for
many years.
Ambassador Creei viii be accom-
panied 10 Washington by Major Fortino
Davila, who Will be stationed here as
military attache. 1t is expected that
senor Davaios. who was sent TO Wash
ington last June TO be charge d'ahaires.
viii be retained as first secretary.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

that overcrowding and consequent
blockading of traffic would result.
While the Commissioners express
themselves in hearty sympathy with
any movement to give aid to the poor
through public subscription. they state
that their decision could only be TO re-
fuse permission 20 all the applicants in
view Of the adverse police recommends
ton
The Commissioners. suggest, however
that the public support in any event
need not he Withdrawn because Of their
decision. because offerings can be sent
TO the central committee OF the Asso-
ciated Charities or to the Salvation
Army, as many contributors have here
tofore done
Much complaint has come to the Com
missioners this year from charitably
disposed business men, who state that
they have been imposed upon by numer-
GUS importuning solicitors representing
themselves as members OF various char
table organizations. and all covering
the identical field of work.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
YANDERBILTS SAIL
AS PEACE E MAKERS
Believed to Be Seeking to Reconcile
Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough.

NEW YORK. Dec. 15.-The sailing OF
Mr. and Mrs William X. Vanderbilt
jr.. for Europe today on the North
German Lloyd line steamship Kron-
prinz Wilhelm, is taken as indicative
that the Vanderbilt family will make
a determined effort TO bring about the
reconciliation of the Duke and Duchess
of Marlborough. the latter Mr.. Van
derbilts sister ConsuelO.
While the Vanderbits are going
abroad ostensibly for "A cruise in the
Orient on the big yacht Valiant, the
real purpose of the trip abroad is said
10 be their desire to induce the duchess
TO consent TO such an agreement as
VIII make IL appear TO the outside world
at least that the duke and herself bave
become reconciIed
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
Church and State.

Cardinal Gibbons appeal to the
American people for sympathy with
the Catholics in France, in the con-
flict now on there between the
church and state, is most forceful,
with a pathetic touch in his asser-
tion, after reviewing the situation,
Il say, if my countrymen can see
and recognize all this injustice and
tyranny and cruelty, and refuse gen.
uine sympathy to those who suffer
by them because of their religious
belief, then will leave life without
that faith in American love of JUS
tiee and liberty and humanity which
has been my comfort and support
and hope during a long career"
The situation, it must be admit
ted, is deplorable in many respects,
as must be all conflicts of authority
in which the rights of person and
property are endangered by zeal or
.stubbornness or from any failure to
secure an amicable adjustment of
existing differences. The American
people, we feel confident, will prop
erly sympathize with the religious
elements in France in any hardships
they may endure or any injustice
that may be forced upon them as a
result of the enforcement of the
separation law. But there is a
reason for the lack Of enthusiastic
interest which is so evidently dis
appointing and saddening to Cardi-
nal Gibbons. In this country the
church and state have been separated
since the beginning of the Govern
ment- and must continue to be so,
under the provisions of the Consti
tuition. No effort of moment has
ever been made to change the rela-
ton. and the average American can
not find much interest in another
country's troubles that result from
conflict between church and state
authorities. However unjust it may
be, the first thought of the average
American viii be in favor of the
separation and he will be slow in
reversing his opinion, however much
he may be aroused over wrongs
practiced against any sect or any
religion. All forms of religion and
nonreligion are equal under our
laws, and there would be almost
universal protest over any attempt
to have it otherwise.
The United States secured a reli-
gious complication with the acquisi-
tion of the Philippines, but the
problem has been solved satisfSc-
torily and there is now 70 more re-
lation between church and state in
the Philippines than there is in New
England The situation in France,
of course, is very different. The
law now being enforced ends a rela-
tion that has existed between the
church and state for 1O5 years, and
its early operation viii necessarily
be embarrassing. 1t is in keeping,
however, with the spirit of the age
and there is no doubt that it viii
eventually prove beneficial TO both
the church and the republic.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
CHICAGO REACHES
TRACTION TERMS

CHICAGO, Dec. 15-Chicago has
reached an agreement with representa-
tives of the local traction interests con-
cerning the value of the property, the
city's percentage of profits from the
operation of the system and the terms
of franchise renewal.
The provisions of the agreement are
In brief as follows:
Total value of properties fixed at
$50. .O00. 600.
City is to receive 50 per cent of net
receipts.
Forty million dollars TO be expended
on improvements.
Five per cent allowance to companies
for brokerage on new capital ana )
per cent on investment.
Within q year the companies pledge
themselves to double the present eapao-
ity Of the lines.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
ROOT WARNING"
HELD No THREAT
Friends of Secretary Say His
States Rights Speech Was
MiSCOnStrued.

In the mass OF discussion which fol-
lowed Secretary Roots speech at the
Pennsy lVania Society dinner in New
YORK on the dual form OF government
in the United States there was apparent.
according to Mr. Roots friends. a mis-
understanding Of the doctrines expound-
ed By him.
The fact that Mr.. Root really had
taken as his text the duty Of the sew
eral States to conduct their govern
ments upon the broadest lines Of re-
gard for the welfare Of the other States
and OF the United States, as whole.
was miseonstrued BY many Senator's
and Representatives into a declaration
for extreme Capitalization OF authority
in the Federal Government
Justice Harlan, OF the Supreme
Court. is the author Of A concise state
ment on State and Federal rights" said
one of Mr. Roots champions today.
Opinion Of harlan.
He said that the best friend OF the
Federal Government today is the man
who insists most strongly on State
rights being the most jeaIcusly adhered
TO and vice versa
Secretary Roots New York speech
was an affirmation Of this doctrine. con
tinued his friend, in discussing the
speech.
He said:
what Mr.. Root means 20 assert, and
what he so well expounded Wednesday
evening Is that the progress OF 10 years
has made the country a most sensitive
unit. in which the governmental opera
tions by one component State have a
telling effect in the other States.
Where the Warning Is
IF there was any warning in the
speech, il was that the Federal Gov
eTnment, through Congress, would surely
exercise to the fullest its delegated pow
eTs 10 prevent injury 10 the whole coun-
try by recklessness on the part Of in
dividual States or through thOughtless-
ness in local administration, such as, for
example. Incorporating business estab-
lishments that prey upon the citizens Of
the whole country, or granting divorces
that shock the sense OF Justice Of the
vast majority OF Americans.
Far from being IN opposition Of
States rights. Mr.. Roots speech was q
most conspicuous declaration In behalf
OF States rights.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

Board" the average reader should
not permit himself to forget that
no law can keep his language at a
standstill and that the eolloquialism
of today is frequently the purest
diction OF tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

THE editor of the Kansas CITY Jour
nal is not only a liar and hypocrite,
but he is an ignoramus," says the edi-
tor OF the Oakland (Cal.) Herald. An
editor can talk mighty saucy these
days to a fellow editor 2,o00 miles away
and the pass list suspended.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
cLUBBED INTO SUBMISSION.

James A. Sullivan. of Fox Hall road,
when arrested early this morning for
disorderly conduct, resisted the police
and was dubbed into insensibility. He
was taken to the Emergency Hospital,
where his scalp wounds were dressed,
he was then removed TO g cen Ia the
First precinct station.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16
BABE ShOTHERED
IN PERAMBULATOR

CHICAGO. Dec. 15-The eight-months-
old child of Waiter L. Fisher, chief
traction counsel for Chicago during its
ten years fight with the local street
car companies, was smothered to death
in its perambuIator today by blankets
wrapped about 1t to keep out the cold.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

The steering committee of the Senate
cannot complete its program until it
knows hoy many of the sixty remain
ing legislative days Senator Morgan
will need for the completion OF his
Panama canal speech.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

Mark T'wain's book, Ewes Diary, -
was excluded from that Worcester
(Mass) library. because the bare facts
are too prominently brought ont in the
illustrations.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

David KapaOhakimOkhewa has been
appointed postmaster at Makena, Ha-
wan. Just evidence that the simplified
spelling order has not influenced Mr.
Cortelyou. else some man named Jones
would have won in contest with
Kapetcetera.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

Fines aggregating s1SO.O00 have been as
sessed against the Sugar trust. Legal
operation on the pocket nerve is pretty
sure to bring a trust TO time.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

Those of us who have no hope of IN
heriting anything are enthusiastically
in favor of an inheritance tax.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

The president of a Wisconsin college
breaks out with an argument to show
that Mr.. Rockefener's money is not
ia nted. 1t is not clear whether he Is
making a bid FOR It or acknowledging
favors already received.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

The Lumber trust leaders declare that
the advance in the price of lumber is
due TO natural causes. The advance is
due to the fact that they have the Ium-
Der and others must have it,
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

The crowds around the bargain coun-
ter are getting little thicker every
day. Do 1t now.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

Political conditions are very quiet in
California, but there is a SUSPICION that
the delegates TO the next Republican
national convention viii not be pledged
20 a third term proposition for the
7 President
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

Ptttsburg business men are protesting
against the publication of society scan
dals by the newspapers A protest
against the scandals would show a pet
ter spirit.