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The Washington times., 1906-07-23
NEW BANK HOME
|. FOR PROSPEROUS
YOUNG INSTITUTION
Merchants and Mechanics
Buys Property AdjOin-
ing Present Quarters.

The Merchants and Mechanics Savings
Bank. which started less than two years
ago. and has met with wonderful success
has bought the property, corner Of Sew
enth and G streets irnediately adjoi,-
ing its present locat -. come into
possession OF the r-
pied by Majors druF core cad r
soon as they can secl premises
tablIsh the bank on
The building front al
Seventh street and seveil,. I-a. .H
G street and the price paid Is state.
be $50 900 which excluding the improve
ments would be at the rate OF $40 per
foot and is assumed TO be the highest
price paid for property IN that locality.
The present improvements consist Of
well-built four-story brick structure
which above the drug store is used for
living purposes. II is the intention Of
the bank to remodel the building at a
cost OF about $1,000 using the first story
entirely for bank purposes while the up
per stories VIII be fitted out for offices.
Al the annual meeting OF the stock
holders in September a proposition VII
be submitted increasing the capital from
ssO.O00 10 100000 which viii enable a eOu-
bank 10 accommodate the growing busi-
ness Of that section.
In less than two years the Ge-
posits have run UP 10 S250O00 and s.ioE
constantly increasing figures from month
TO month.
The officers. who are all local business
men, are as follows: William A Hill.
president: Charles Kraemer. vice pres
ident; A G. Clapham. secretary-treas-
urer; William King, assistant secretary
treasurer and manager of bank. and
Charles w. Darr. attorney. The direc-
tors are as follows: Emmett l. Adams,
A. G. Clapham, S. D. Cole. Charles ".
Darr, p. A. Drury. Henry Evans, VII
liam A. Hill. Eldridge Z. Jordan. d. J.
Kaufman. Charles Kraemer. p. J, Nees,
julius Peyser. z. n. Richards. Frank
lin T. sanner. and Charles ]. Walker.
The property was purchased from
Herman Gasch through the ofice Of
Jordan & Bloomer. the senior partner
Of the firm being a director IN the bank.
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freight service TO local points in the
valley OF Virginia, "a territory considered
20 De peculiarly Washington's.
The September Meeting.
The next meeting Of the full asso-
citation Will not be held. It Is thought
until the early part OF September, by
which time many members. now absent
from the city. VIII have returned. BY
that time also the committees. IL is hop
ed. viii have much OF value and interest
to renoTt
Two new members wero added 10 the
associations roster this morning. These
are J. Sondheimer and II. II. Hancock,
the latter Of the National Engraving
Company. With his application for
membership. Mr.. Hancock sent also an
offer TO do whatever printing and en-
craving the association needs in It's In
fancy. entirely free OF cost or expense.
The support OF the Immensely power
ful union labor interests OF Washington
Will be sought by the new association.
Union labor IN this city numbers 2i.00o
men and represents an influential and
intelligent class in the community.
Secretary Howe this morning received
a letter from T. NJ. Ring, manager Of
the Trades Unionist pleading his own
support and that Of his paper TO the
movement, and promising earnest efforts
10 enlist the sympathy and help OF
organized labor
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BEGINNING FIGHT
TO ENFORCE LAW
EIGHT-HOUR DAY

District Attorney Baker today began
investigation to determine whsther the
eight-hour law is being violated IN con-
nection with the construction of build
ings. or other public works. by the Gov
eminent or District authorities.
The investigation is a result OF the
complaints made to the President by or
ganized labor. The matter was referred
by Mr.. Roosevelt. TO the Commissioner
OF Labor, who. in turn, referred it TO the
Department OF Justice. The Department
OF Justice called the matter TO the at
tention of the District Attorney.
In referring the matter 10 him the de-
partment incIosed letter from the
Commissioner of Labor, which referred
to complaints OF eight or ten violations
of the law Starting with this Mr..
Baker summoned several witnesses in
his office today who are employed on
public works in the District Il could
not be learned definitely what complaint
these witnesses made, but it is under
stood that they are employed in the
construction of the Piney Branch bridge.
1t Is not known at this time when Mr..
Baker will be able to make his report
to the Department Of Justice relative 10
the situation.
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Peterhof in Flames.
Douma Will Fight Gear;
Members Meet at Viborg
Prepare Plan of Action

VIBORG. Finland, July 2S.-The mem
hers of the douma who came here for
the purpose OF continuing their -ses-
sions. following the dissolution Of par
lament by the Cars ukase, held a
sitting which lasted all night at which
the situation was canvassed thoroughly.
Several speakers favored the plan of
having the douma follow the precedent
of the French revolution tennis court
parliament" declaring that they did not
consider the dissolution legal.
other speakers said that the douma
should take up the Cars challenge by
pyoelaiming that the county must have
a constituent assembly. and drawing up
an election program.
This suggestion was received with pro-
loneed cheers from the deputies. and
was at once taken Up for serious con-
sideratiOn.
The douma has asked prominent Fin
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PREMIER
INSPIRES CHEERS
FOR THE DOUNA

LONDON. July s.-Cheers for the
Russian douma greeted the opening OF
the first session Of tho interparliamen-
tary union here today.
In welcoming the delegates. who repre-
sent every national legislature in ex-
istence. Premier Campbell -Bannerman
said:
Il especially welcome the members OF
the douma who are here. The people of
this country have grounded their con-
fidence in parliamentary regime and I
am certain the douIna VIII meet again
in some form or other. The dOuma is
dead. long live the douma"
This was the signal for a most re-
markable demonstration. Long live
the douma" was shouted IN dozen
languages, and the cheering lasted for
several minutes.
Mr.. Campbell Bannerman expressed
himself as in thorough sympathy with
the object of the union. which Is TO
bring about the substitution of arbitra-
ton for war in the settlement of all
international disputes. The British pre-
mier made fat-footed declaration IN
favor OF this. He said in addition:
''The world has too long been mil
itaTy camp. / hope that the next Hague
conference viii draw up a general act
for submitting all the questions with
out restriction TO The Hague tribunal. "
There are more than 800 delegates
present. including former Congressman
Continued OF Fourth Page,)
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t1lileAF DAit VI Japan tltAOCS III TIE war
with Russia, is dead at his home here
Gen. Baron Kodama. when war was
declared With Russia. was assign
ed as chief OF staff to General
Kuroki, whose army comprised the
Guards. and the Second and Twelfth
divisions. and opened the campaign on
lend with the battle Of the YaIu. May
l, 1904
Il was understood that a large part
OF the credit for the slkillfui disposition
Of the Japanese troops IN this action was
due to KodGma, who had already ac-
quired a high reputation as a strategist
and tactician. Soon after this action he
was promoted to be a general and TO
serve on the staff OF Marquis Oyama in
the leading battles of the war.
General Kodama was educated at Rut-
gers College. New Brunswick, n. j.
after the retirement Of Field Marshal
Oyama General Kodama was made chief
of the general stan OF the Japanese
army. His wife, Sutematsu Yamakana,
was educated at VaSsaE.
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Lieut.. WorsWick and Thir-
teen Others Killed
by FilipinoS.
BATTLE IN VISAYAS
WITH FANATIC HORDE
Constabulary Greatly Out
numbered BY Palajanes ;
Troops Sent in
Pursuit.

MANILA, July 28.-At o'clock
yesterday morning, at Baruen, in
the island of Leyte. Lieutenant VIII
liams and a force Of forty-fve of
the constabulary engaged 500 Pala-
james in battle.
The constabulary were defeated.
losing fourteen killed, including
Lieut.. James Worswick, Scout Ne
Bride, and twelve privates.
Fourteen Springfelds and two re-
volvers were captured by the in
surgents.
Eleven Bodies Recovered.
The bodies of eleven of the Ameri-
can soldiers were recovered.
Nearly 600 Palaj james are reported
in the vicinity moving toward
Bulag.
Gen. Leonard Wood has ordered
two battalions of infantry TO the
scene and promises TO send more
troops if necessary.
Soldiers in Pursuit
Ma jor Nevil, with fifty of the
constabulary and fifUy-fve of the
colored troops under command of
Captain McMaster. are in pursuit
Of the Palajanes and are expected
to strike them tomorrow morning
in the vicinity of Lotobabon.
fhe Palajanes are fanatics and
have given great trouble 10 the
troops and constabulary-
Hitherto, however, they have con-
fined their depredatious almost en-
irely TO the island of Samar
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URGENT APPEALS
FOR AID TO SAVE
RUSSIAN RULER
Palace Commander BegS
for Loyal Soldiers and
Guns by Sea.

LONDON. July 28.-The Tribune to-
day received a dispatch from its Buda-
pest correspondent. declaring that n.
VInaver, vice president of the Constltu-
tional Democrats. who was in that city
to attend a meeting 70 protest against
the Russian governments action In dis
solving the douma. received the follow
ing cipher telegram,
ROmanoffs in Danger.
Return at once. Frightful rising
Peterhof. Romanoffs great danger.
Palace guards and troops refuse Obe-
dience. General Jesoron, commander
at the palace. has telegraphed to Cen
eraI Alexandroyoff, chief OF St Peters
burg garrison, to send reliable troops
and guns by sea"
Peterhof in Flames.
Mr.. Vinaver received another dis
patch, saying;
''Peterhof is in flames. About 10000
workunen are besieging the palace. The
troops refuse obedience"
Mr.. Vinaver before leaving Budapest
declared that the kilograms were abso-
lutely reliable. Similar reports have
been heard IN Paris and Vienna.
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TWENTY ARE DEAD
IN S. A. |. WRECK
At HAMLET, n. c.
Most of Fatalities Are
Confined to Colored
People.

CHARLOTTE, \. c.. July 23.-
Twenty persons were killed and
twenty-four injured in the wreck Of
the Seabort Air Line, near Hamlet,
y. C., last night. The wreck occurred
between the Hamlet and Rocking
ham stations, and was caused by
the failure of the operator at Rock
ingham TO deliver an order to the
passenger train. The trains, which
collided head-on, were passenger
train No. A, from Rutherford to
Wilmington. and an extra freight.
Most of the victims are colored
people.
The known dead are:
F. B. LEWIS, of Hamlet, engineer.
TOM HILL, fireman.
II. S. BIRD, baggage master.
Such was the speed of the trains
when they met that every car and
both engines were wrecked beyond
repair The uninjured. aided by
others, worked steadily to succor
the wounded and recover the bodies
Of the dead. So far only a few of
the killed have been identified. The
injured were brought to Charlotte
hospitals.
The wrecksge blocked the tracks
for hours.
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BOMB SENT BY MAIL
INJURIES PARISIANS

PARIS. July pa bomb which had
been sent by post exploded this morning
in the porcelain shop OF NJ HaegieI IN
the Rue Blondy. near the Boulevard.
Haegiel, who was handling the pack
axe at the time it exploded. was badly
hurt and two other persons We're in
iuTed
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

Showers have been general from the
Mississippi valley eastward. and there
We're heavy rains from Maryland south
ward into South Carolina and Georgia
There were also scattered local thunder
storms over the interior districts west OF
The Rocky Mountains. There has been
a considerable fan in the temperatures
in .he Missouri and Upper Mississippi
valleys and the Upper Lake region.
where they range from Z to IL degrees
below the seasonal average.
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CITY ICE SUPPLY
CUT TO ONE-HALF,,
PRICE IS RAISED
Unless Cargo Comes by
Wednesday Famine
viii Reign.

The ice scarcity OF the past few weeks
will pale into insignlncance by Wednes-
dav morning. unless the ice schooner
Kreger. now somewhere on the high
seas. reaches its Washington dock be-
fore that time Unless the l,Soo tons OF
ice in the Kreger's' hold comes that
day the daily order of every dealer and
consumer In the city. supplied by the
American Ice Company, viii be cut IN
half
This announcement was made today
by Samuel Kimberly. local manager OF
the company. Accompanying 1t, In point
Of time, was an order increasing the
price of ice to small dealers from $3.50
10 81 a ton.
The Kreger completed loading and left
its dock IN Maine July z, so that II has
been already sixteen days on the trip
South. Up TO this morning it had not
even been sighted from the capes Of the
Chesapeake. II is long overdue. but just
when Il Will arrive can be cOnjectured
only 1t ray be sighted at any moment.
and II may not reach the city for
another week. The barge Kennebec, also
consigned 10 the American Ice Company,
bringing 3,lO0 tons Of ice, is expected
Saturday or Sunday
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The eastbound train OF the seaboard
Air Line. which was wrecked at $3.50 o.
m. four miles west OF Hamlet, n. c.,
yesterday WIS from birmingham, Ala,
and was TO have connected with the Sea-
board -iIr Line special from Jacksonville.
Fla The wreck broke the connection,
however, ard the Jacksonville special
pulled into the Sixth street station on
time at 9:45 this morning.
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10 VOL I'D Once.

The committees. however. will get "a
work at once. The membership commit
tee VIII canvass the city for new mem
bers and make special efforts TO secure
the applications Of every business man
interested IN the matters for which the
association stands. 1t is believed there
viii be no considerable difficulty in in
creasing the membership 70 20.
Upon the freight committee VIII de-
volve, it is probable. the association s
most important and difficult work.
While Il Is now generally admitted that
freight rates 20 and from Washington
are oppressive or bVrdensome IN rela-
lively few instances. freight facilities
are admittedly very defective. It is
these that an effort will be made to
improve.
The committee and the association VIII
strive TO secure, in especial. a daily fast
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Lumber Trust Broken.

s2.75 Stock Boards now So . per 100 r.
Libbey s. Co.. 9th & New York Ave.-Ady.
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Cut Is Necessary.

Mr.. Kimberly said today that unless
the kreger came in early Wednesday
morning It would be absolutely neces-
sary to cut the daily supplies of dealers
and consumers in half.
1T Is better 10 do that and keep up. the
half-supply regularly" said Mr.. KIM
berry, than 10 deliver a full supply one
day. and the next day no ice at all. II
is between these alternatives that we
shall have TO choose. It Is not a pleas
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
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JAPANESE HERO DEAD
At HIS TOKYO HOME
General Baron Kodama Served With
Singular Ability in War With
Russia.

TOKYO. July 2s-Gen. Baron Ko-
dana, one OF Japan's heroes in the war
with Russia, is dead at his home here
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Shippers VIII Select
The Foremost Fighters
For Capitals Advance
Committees on Finance, Freight Member
ship, and Publicity to Be Partially Made Up.
Bell Will Make Nominations Later.

Greater Washington viii be given an
other boost this afternoon when the first
regular meeting of the board OF drec-
tors Of the Jobbers and Shippers As
ISOLATION viii be held. There are ccm-
mittees TO be named and other iElpor
tant business viii probably be consider
ed. The directors purpose 70 start the
movement with a full head Of steam.
From now on the fight Will be wagsd
stmdily. More diversified jobbing inter-
ests, larger invested capital, and bet
ter facilities for handling the shipments
of these houses are the primary pur-
poses the association holds. but IL in
tends also to be an active agency in
the upbuilding OF the city and the crea-
tiOn Of a Greater Washington.
Greater Washington - Give II a
Boost" is the slogan with which II Is
hoped to rally every loyal citizen.
Bell Big Factor.
-Four committees OF the Jobbers and
shippers Association will be named. IN
part. at the meeting this afternoon. at
the Offices OF the American Security and
Trust Company. II was tentatively de-
cided this morning to postpone the COM
plete organization OF the committees
until TIE return TO the city OF the asso-
ciauons president. Charles J. Bell. who
IS now IN Maine
The committees TO be organized In
formally this afternoon are those on
finance. freight. membership and public
lty. In addition a special committee on
bylaws viii be named, which VIII have
In charge the preparation OF a report
upon this subject. 20 be submitted and
considered al the associations next
meeting.
The meeting win he presided over by
Milton Z. Allies. one Of the directors
both President Bell and Vice President
Andrews now being out OF the city. Air
Allies said today he would advise that
the whole membership Of the committees
be not named. In the absence Of Mr..
Bell. Mr.. Allies thinks that the presi-
dent OF the association. beins largely re-
sponsible for the executive part Of fits
functions. should have a decisive voice
IN the selection OF the committees. The
plan now Is 20 name some OF the mem-
bers Of the committees-euOugh 10 give
each OF them a good working force-and
postpone the selection or the others un-
TN Mr Bell returns. some time about
the middle OF August
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TEMPERATTRE.

DOWNTOWN TEMPERATURE.
laaL.aaEaa Arlla.E-a s-anlarl Lharnnnela
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freight service to local points in the
valley or virginia, territory considered
20 be peculiarly Washlngton's
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-06-30
GET READY.

While quite a number of peo-
pie are now coming into this dis
trict from all parts of the world.
the influx is not marker to what
it will be in another couple of
months. The people who are
coming in now all report that this
section is attracting much atten-
ton on the outside, and that when
the Walker Lake Reservation is
thrown open to prospectors there
will be rush of from 1900 to
10000 people here. The greater
part of these people will come d.
rectly to Yerington as the starting
point for the Reservation. Will
the town be prepared to receive
them? Not at the present rate of
making ready. The Reservation
is pretty sure to be thrown open
in October, possibly in September.
That will be along towards cold
weather, and the strangers will
need comfortable quarters and a
generous supply of clothing and
provisions. Probably many of
them will secure camping outfits
here; they will want tents, horses,
jacks, wagons, powder and other
mining supplies. The people who
desire this trade should be pre-
pairing now to handle it when the
time arrives. Those who come in
here to reach the Reservation will
undoubtedly stay over from a day
to week. Under present condi-
tons how would we take care of
them! Might not the question re-
solve itself into how would we be
able to take care of ourselves? 1t
is time to move. gentlemen, in sew
eral directions, if you expect to
corral the business that will soon
be offered to you.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-06-30
GREAT NEVADA.

shadows, is having her inning
now. She has been in the past
subject to much abuse; for twenty
years it was the JOY of educated
idiots on some of the great East
ern newspapers to vent their con-
tempt upon Nevada. Especially
in the days when the wholesale
robbery of the people through the
decentralization of silver was going
on, Nevada was the butt of the
ridicule and scorn of that press
that really knew no more what
they were doing than did the mob
that shouted Cruelty him! Cru
city him!" before Pilates judg-
ment hall. And there were learn
ed men who joined in the cry, and
among them Grover Cleveland,
who while, like most men of his
architecture, is money-getter,
knows no more of the significance
of the volume of metallic money
in nation than a Goshoot Indian.
In the stress of the mighty war
Nevada, with her gold and silver,
held up the credit of the nation.
She enabled the government to
meet on time her interest obliga-
tons. Except for that, greenbacks
would have sunk as low as Con-
federate notes-a peck of them
would not have bought a break
fast.
But it took but seven years for
the "great !" financiers of the East
to forget that. In their greed to
rob the people, even if it made our
country the pity of poor Mexico,
they set their journals to work to
expose the dishonesty of the West
who protested against paying with
their sweat-drops the premium on
gold which those eastern conspir-
ators had by legislation establish
ed. And Nevada received the
brunt Of their imprecations, not
withstanding that it was Nevada
that taught men deep and scien-
tific mining, notwithstanding that
it had taught the favored ones of
the East to cease thinking of thou
sands in the larger thought of
millions.
But all the time under her robe
Of serge, Nevada was holding con-
cealed more than the treasures of
"Ormus and of Ind"
Now she is bringing them forth.
AS in the early sixties she was the
center of the financial worlds con-
cernment, she is beginning to as
sumo her old position.
Today she has three of the
worlds very greatest copper de-
posits. She has fabulous gold and
silver leads. The morning is a
stupid one that does not herald
some new great discovery within
her borders. And those that re-
turn from there cry out: Why,
Nevada is not yet scratched; her
deeper treasures remain yet to be
explored"
In this metallic age she comes
forward with her gold, silver, cop
per, lead, iron, borax, nickel, salt,
bituminous shales, and sulphur to
claim full recognition as one of the
chiefest controlling forces of the
age. And though a desert State,
she will have more land under
cultivation ten years hence than
some of the agricultural States of
the East. And because of her
treasures and the genius required
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-06-30
The East raises food and textiles

The East raises food and textiles
that like the leaves appear and
vanish yearly. She produces the
rougher minerals and metals, but
the wealth that is not changed by
the abrasions of time and which is
the vital fluid of trade and COM
merce, comes from the West. In
that production Nevada is, and is
to be, a great factor and is entitled
to the hearty congratulations of
all her old friends and to the pro-
found respect of the nation and
the world.-GOodwin's Weekly.