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The Washington times., 1906-10-13
MEN WANTED TODAY.
vTho cannot he .bllIght.

Men who cannot be bought.
Men whose word is their bond.
Men who put character above wealth,
Men who possess opinions and a will.
Men who see the divine in the common.
Men who would rather be right than
be President"
Men who viii not lose their individu-
ality IN q crowd.
Men who VIII not think anything
profitable that Is dishonest.
Men who Will be honest in small things
as we'll as in great things
Men who will make no compromise
with questionable things.
Men whose ambitions are not confined
10 their own selfish desires.
Men who are willing 70 sacrifice pTi-
Vate interests for the public good.
Men who are not afraid TO take
chances; who are afraid OF failure.
Men OF courage. who are not towards
in any part OF their natures.
Men who are larger than their busi-
ness: who OVeTtOp their vocation.
Men who viii give thirty-siX inches for
a yard, ana thirty-two quarts for a
busdel.
Men who viii not have one brand OF
honesty for business purposes and
another for private life.
Young men who will be true to their
highest ideals in spite OF the sneers and
laughter Of their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
A" Welsher " Rebuked.

The people Of the country will
read with considerable satisfaction
the dispatch from San Francisco
which announces that the Trans
atlantic Fire Insurance Company
has lost very important point in
the superior court regarding its
liability in the recent disaster al
the city of the Golden Gate. This
company joined that noble band of
.'welshers" that recently refused to
pay fire losses at San Francisco on
the ground that they were relieved
from liability ''in case of loss caused
by invasion, insurrection, riot, civil
war or civil connections, or through
military or usurped power, or by
order of any civil authority" The
Transatlantic had no earthquake
clause. but fought payment just the
same.
The superior court of the State of
California defeats this ''weIsher's"
tOANFhNAOAA Al FNFl 4NS itNNAs AANA z
is no evidence that can bring the
case within any of the exceptions
contained in the policy" said the
court; even if the earthquake caus-
ed the fire, the defendant would
still be liable under the policy, but
there is no evidence that would
justify a finding that the fire was
caused by the earthquake"
It is TO be hoped that this de-
cision win be sustained IN as high
a court as the insurance company
cares to carry it. AS a matter of
fact, the defeat of this particular
concern is for the good of fire in
surance companies in general, for
if it becomes certain that they can
not evade such losses as that at San
Francisco, confidence Will be re-
stored and more business viii ac-
crue TO them.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
Mr. cleveland,s outdOOr AphOrisms.

In the course Of a new book TO be pun
ttshed this month under the title, FISH
ing and Shooting Sketches Grover
Cleveland observes;
The unstrenuous, philosophical hshinB
fraternity does more Tor humanity than
The strenuous people.
Fishing stories are always to be be-
ncyed.
II IS better to go home with nothing
},IlIed than 10 feel the weight Of mean.
unspOrtsmanlike act.
There can be no doubt that the prom
tse M industrial business. OF eontented
1a1,or and OF healthiul moderation IN the
pursuit of wealth in this democratic
country OF ours would be Infinitely I'M
proved, If a large share OF The time
which has been devoted 70 the concoc-
ton OF trusts and business com mDinauohs
had been spent in fisbing-
The biggest hsh are always lost
Fishermen necessarily see ana 90 Won
derfuI things. II those not members OF
the fraternity are unable 70 assimilate
the recital Of these wonders. II Is De-
cause their believing apparatus has not
been properly regulated and stimulated
Daniel Webster most lhrilnB ora
toTlc@s ulgnts were composed WHilo Wa0-
ing waist deep and casting flies
no man can be completely good nsh-
erman unles he is generous, sympatnet-
&C. and honest.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
In Ugly Temper.

There is something ominous in
the extraordinary outburst Of rage
and pugnacity that comes from
Newfoundland anent the new fish
cries modus viyendi arranged by the
United States and Great Britain
over the head Of the island govern
ment. America was prepared for
wrath, but scarcely to the extent
that finds expression in thinly yelled
threats to defy the whole power Of
Downing street.
The colonial ministry announces
that it viii hamper the Americans
IN every possible way; that it viii
suspend the regulations prohibiting
the local use of purse seines, there
by putting tie colonies upon an
equality with the American fisher
men; that all existing colonial laws
viii be rigidly enforced against the
Americans, and for the least offense
American vessels viii be eonfscated
instead of fined as formerly, and
that every concession hitherto
granted the Americans will be with
drawn. An ugly temper is manifest
throughout.
That the people of Newfoundland
are fighters We have had much proof
in the past fifty years. Their re-
fusal to become a part of the Do
minion of Canada Is evidence enough
of their independent spirit, were
other things lacking. So there is
good reason to fear that they viii
cling stubbornly to what they sin
cerely believe are their rights in
the fisheries dispute, and viii make
the season an unpleasant one for
the Gloucester men.
Now, more than ever, is there
need Of tact and forbearance on the
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
'Dixie After the War"

4 significant contribution 10 tho liter
ature Of Reconstruction" IS Mrs. MyTta
LOekett Avary's new book Dixie After
tie War" which has just been brought
ont. This book was originally intended
Tor publication IN the spring, and has
been widely heralded. 1t is the third OF
Il remarkable group OF memoirs BY
Southern women including a. Belle Of
the Fifties," and "a Southern Girl OF
'61." thus covering the whole period
from before the war until years after
Dixie After the War IS In the nae
ture OF q revelation in that IL potTays
the Southern situation =ith peculiar
ViYidness. Mrs AVary, who has been
called "a born reporter" herself a mem
Der OF a distinguished Virginia family
which distinguished itself in the war,
obtained all her material at first hand.
The book covers a wide range. All
those problems which tried the soul OF
the South are discussed with frankness
and without prejudice This book is
daring too. because u discusses the
crimes against wOmanhOOd in the South,
a subject which most writer's have
avoided, but which ali must face, Among
the many rare pictures in Dixie After
The War" Is hitherto unpublished
portrait OF Jefferson Davis taken im-
mediately after his release from i'm
prtsonment IN Fort Monroe.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
dc Personality Of Lafeadio Hearn.

when in 1883 Hearn appeared In my
reception room" writes DT. George n.
Gould IN Putnam's Monthly for Oc-
tober, although / had not seen any
photograph OF him, and had not
even known or his coming, / at once
said. You are Lafcadio.' The poor
exotic was so sadly out Of place, so
wondering. so suffering and shy, that l
am sure he would have run out OF the
house II ] had not at once shown him
on overfowing kindness. or If a tone or
voice had betrayed any curiosity OF
doubt. 80,
''It was at once agreed that he should
stay with me indefinitely, and there was
no delay in providing MIN with sea-
al nav table and q room where ne coulu
be az his work or prOoi-cOffecllne Iils
Two Years in the French West Indies
was then going through tht pI css ana
reading illustrates how Impossible II
was for him, except when necessity
drove. TO meet any person not already
known.
ole wished 80 give his reader the
tune Of the songs printed on pages 4=o-
E3I. but he knew nothing or music l
arranged with LADY 10 repeat the AIRS
on her piano as he should whistle theT9i
and then 10 write them on the music
stan When the fatal evening arrived.
Hearn and i went TO the lddy'6 house.
but as We proceeded his part in our
chatting lapsed into silence. and he
Jagged behind. although lie finally
step. After / had Tung the bell MS
courage failed. and before the door was
opened / saw him running as II Tor lIes
half square away.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
ID : LiterarY Man in Love.

Lover. II you would Lander aoW,
and nay advice VIII Borrow
Raleigh your courage storm her Harte-
In othcr words, be ThoFeau.
Noul Q have 10 Stowe away some sand,
For doubtless yOu'u FtndIzter
That 70 secure the uaiden's hand
Hugo and tackle Pater.
Then Hunt O Church 20 Marryatt,
An Abbott for the splice:
And es you RiGeuuU afterWard
You both must Dodge the Rice.
Next. on a FIeaVen-Gissing Hul,
4 Grant Of Land 60 buy.
Whence VIII be seen Tar Fgelds OF Green.
All Hay and ROmany Rye
Here tWO-S Story H0useman builds.
The best II Holmes is II
II YOU make sure that on its Sill
The dove Of peace HaZlitt,
'iough does one Wright this Motley verse
This airy p@rslfiage %
MarYeli no Norris 10 H0Witts Dunno,
Just Resde Watson this Page,
Elizabeth Dickson COuoVeT, IN Putnam
Monthly Tor October.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
RUSSELL SAGE EULOGIZED
BY RAILROAD PRESIDENT I

NEW YORK. Oct. ia tribute to
the memory of the late Russell Sage is
paid in the annual report of the Iowa
Central railway, of which Mr.. Sage was
a director from 1889 TO the day of his
death. President Edwin Hawley. in his
report to the stockholders says OF Mr..
Sage;
During the entire period OF his con-
nection with the company he gave 10
his interests his sagaeious attention,
serving with the fidelity so characters
tic OF the man. never failing. except in
Illness, OF attendance at the meeting OF
the board while his uniform courtesy
and geniality endeared him 20 all who
were brought into contact with him.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
GiIsen as a Newspaper Man.

Katrina" Roy Rolfe Gilsou's new
book makes use OF the newspaper field.
a neH one ia Mr. Giison's writing. Larry
8feRae. a humorous. kindly, bachelor
newspaper man, who lives over again
the romance Of his youth in the little
daughter OF the woman he lost. brings
10 light the fact that for several years
Mr.. ellison was a newspaper man. His
father was q newspaper publisher ia
Benton Harbor, Mich. where Mr.. Gil
son has worked IN every department OF
journalism, and later ne served on
Grand Rapids, Detroit, and New York
city papers
The results IN the present book are
many delicate and charming touches OF
the ideal newspaper life and one very
humorous chapter on THE Cub Re
pOrteT's Tale" which Is the highly ro-
mantle story every aspiring newspaper
man writes early IN his career. and
suffers the keenest depression OF spirits
az the editorial COndensatiOns which APP
pear. In his despair this cub reporter
cries.
What chance have I9 What chance
has literature?'
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
Employers and Guardsmen.

The taxpayer must have been
amazed at the disclosure in our
news columns OF yesterday that at
least a score of white worlmen had
lost their places on the ground OF
| attendance on the recent encamp-
ment of the National Guard, lie
must have been more amazed at the
further statement that every year
a total of about fifty-fve men, white
and colored, suffer the same expert
ence
From every point of view this is
to be regretted 1t is almost in
variably a sign of wretched stand
ards Of citizenship on the part of
local employers. Making every fair
allowance for the use of the en-
camPment as an excuse for the dis
charge of undesirable employees, it
yet remains a fact that a consider
able number of guardsmen are pen
allied for their service in the uni
form of the United States. The
only fair inference is that a surpris-
ingly large number of our mer-
chants and other operators have
either totally underestinated their
obligations as citizens or willfully
disregarded them.
The volunteer soldier has been
the military strength of the United
States since the Government was
founded. Whatever training he has
these days must be obtained
through service in the militia. That
service is little enough attractive
at best. If il is TO involve loss of
position, the young men of the COM
munity viii find it totally unac-
ceptable.
That such service on the part of
his employees costs the merchant or
manufacturer the aggregate of
their wages for the period of an en-
campment is a poor reason for pre-
Guiding it altogether. The burden
of such aT outlay is only an equi-
table addition TO the employers
taxes. He ought to assume it will
ingly where he considers that the
value of order and security from
strikes is in direct proportion to
the use the citizen has for them.
He can choose To bear it if he
chooses, and with all reason accept
At as he accepts jury duty. Or he
can avert it and pay the cost in in
creased general taNes-as now he
pays the cost of jury service in the
employment of incompetent tales
men-when il has become necessary
TO offer the militiamen double the
present wage in order TO get him
10 attend camps of instruction.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
SATURDAY. OCTOBER Is. 1896,
Foreign Holding Concerns.

The discovery of a foreign holding
company, headquarters in London,
as part of the Standard OILS chain
of corporate establishments, has
been taken seriously in some quar-
ters, and exploited as a striking
development in financial methods.
The question is seriously raised 10y
some people whether Il foreign com
pany can by this device avoid the
whole force and operation of anti
trust laws in this country.
Any such notion is utterly unwar-
ranted. The foreign holding com
pany Is not destined to do any par
tIcular damage SO long as the Gov
ernment at Washington lives and
- preserves sovereignty in this coun-
try. There is no important ques-
tion involved in this foreign holding
company plan which may not be an
swered from decisions now in the
court records.
The Department of Justice has
had experience with the foreign
holding company. That device has
been proven fiat and Improbable.
The concerns party to the organiza-
tioT of one such arrangement are
now under Indictment in Federal
court and awaiting trial; and the
law officers OF the Government are
especially confident OF results. de-
spite that a criminal action involves
much more difficult problems than a
civil. When an aggregation of
American concerns set about delib-
erately 20 remove their nominal
ownership beyond the pale Of their
country's laws, the strongest pre-
sumption at once obtains that they
did it in order To violate those laws
without liability.
The foreign holding company was
believed by the man who invented
it, and by those financiers who first
adopted ii, To be an inspiration. 1t
is instead rather a stupid failure.
In the greatest antitrust case ever
won by the Government the court
applied a remedy that is equally ap-
plicable to a foreign holding com
pany. 1t made a decree ordering
that the companies thus controlled
should pay none of their earnings
into the treasury of the holding
company. Therefore the holding
company could not pay any divi-
dends to its Stockholders; the whole
scheme was clogged, and dissolution
of the holding arrangement was
necessary.
The foreign holding company is
quite an effective bogie for sensa-
tional exploitation for a few days;
but it viii not give the Governments $
lawyers much trouble When il is
run to earth il will simply be a
powerful argument to prove that
the people who formed il were con
EpiTatOrS.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
A New Kipling Story.

Kiplings new book, Puck Of Pook' :
HILL" grew out Of q Characteristic Incl
dent, Il Is the authors habit TO proWl
through the village OF Burwash, which
lies near his farm in Sussex, England.
One day two years ago he went into an
old bookshop and picked up a time worn
History OF Sussex" He began to reaff
the volumes and became ABSORBED IN
thcm. Finally he bought the set When
he brought the books home Mrs. Kip
ling asked:
why did YOU buy these old books?''
81 am going to get a book out OF
them" replied Kipling.
The result was the group OF fanci-
ful tales which compose Puck OF
POOk's Hin" and which have the Sus-
sex background. II IS a modern MID
summer Nights Dream for II deals
with fairies and knights.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
PASSES B0GUSS CHECKS;
ARRESTED IN ASYLUM

PHILADELPHIA. oct. I3.-After eIud-
ing arrest for three weeks. Solomon X.
Meyerhoff. son Of a reality shirt manu-
facturer OF POttstown. Pa, has been
taken into custody at the Friends
Asylum here. where it is alleged his
friends had placed him TO avoid prose
cution. and held IN bail to await reQui-
sition papers from New York.
He is charged with having passed two
bogus checks for more than $2.0o0 on
O. kohner, of Brooklyn.
MeYerhoffs father furnished bail and
the young man was returned 10 the
asylum.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
Live Frogs for Material.

An interesting fact in connection with
Miss Mary c. Dickerson's Frog Book
Is that living material was shipped 10
Providence from all parts OF the United
States. Hundreds Of letters were written
10 people in all ranks Of life. definite di-
rection for packing sent. all manner OF
prices paid from 10 cents TO SO per toa9
or frog. The material usually arrived
in good condition even from the Puget
Sound region or from the sOuthernmosL
parts Of California and Texas.
The wonder was that (even BY prcdig-
ious effort and Notwithstanding repeated
disapDOintmentsl people could be found
in this busy world who were IN posi-
ton OF mind 10 collect and ship the ma
terial.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
CHILD ASKS BURGLAR
IF HE is H0BG0BLIk

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-The Brooklyn
police today were searching for burg
lar who entered the home Of James
II. McCIerment, a broker at 325 East
Seventeenth street. Flatbush, but was
frightened away BY nine-year-old Lena
McClerment
The child was awake when the burg
lar came up to her window. She asked
him II he was a hobgoblin, and ne said
he was vomething worse. The child
then screamed, arOusing her mother IN
the next room, and the burglar dropped
out of the window.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
DEAD BABY GIRL FOUND
TIED TO BRIDGE PIER

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Oct 1a.-Tied
with a piece of rope TO the central pier
Of the bridge that spans Rocky river
at Scenic Park. the body of baby
girl has been found. The coroner de-
clared that the child had been murder
ed. 1t was clothed IN apparel which
showed that those who had 1t in charge
are in comfortable circumstances. The
body was In the water. death having
been caused by drowning rather than
stTangulatiOn. The pClice GrG making
an Investigation
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
R. B. ROOSEVELT ESTATE
PURCHASED BY CLUBMEN

NEW YORK, oct. 1S.-The Long IS
land home OF the late Robert B. Roose-
welt, uncle Of the President, IS TO be
made one of the finest club estates in
the country.
Lotus Lake" as the estate is known,
has been sold to a syndicate OF rich
men. who Will constitute the club.
The membership fee IS 20 be S2'oO0, ana
acres of property with a lake frontage.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
"On Eewfound River" Rewritten.

Thomas Nelson Page has rewritten
and enlarged his early love story ION
Newfound River" and the new YER
sion OF that successful story will be
published in October. IL is fifteen years
since Mr.. Page wrote this, his first long
story, which at that time added much
10 his reputation and increased MS
growing circle of readers,
Since then ne has written elaborate
long novels such as Red Rock" which
have given him a permanent position as
"a novelist. F{is revision OF f'On New
found River is said to be so complete
and thorough ii is really an entirely
turity Of the authors power to tell a
love story. The novel will be Illustrated
from drawings by John Edwin Jackson
reproduced in coloTs.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13

part Of our Yankee captains cour-
ageous" and those in their COM
mands. We want no ''little wars"
nowadays over such an industry as
that of catching fish.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
Starting in Life"

LAS the boy or young man starts, so
is he likely to CO." is an automatic
maxim. How TO start in trade. business,
or profession is all important, for sue
cess depends largely upon our begin
nings. That the boy or young man may
be assisted at the start, and all along
the line OF his career, Nathaniel c.
Fowler. 5r. of Boston. has written a
book entitled, Starting In Life" to be
published shortly by Little, Brown &
Co, of Boston. The book is designed
to be intensely practical. unbiased and
entirely removed from the prejudice OF
personal opinion, and tell the truth
about the leading trades, business, and
Professions. that the boy or young man,
and his parent and teacher, may obtain
advance information concerning the i'm
portant callings-what each has to Of
fer, its advantages and disadvantages.
The manuscript OF every chapter was
read and approved by several authori-
The Washington times., 1906-10-13

anniversary. Mrs Cans has issued no
invitations. but viii be glad 10 see all
her friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Levy, Of Patcr-
son, n. j.. ere the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Levy, OF Fifth street.
Mrs. X. Peyser. of L street. is in New
port News. Va. the guest OF her daugh-
ter, Mrs Garner.
Mrs. Abe King, and son, Henry King,
have returned 10 the city. after a trip
10 Paterson, y. j., and Deal Beach.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
CHILE NEEDS S25,000,000
TO REPAIR QUkKE'S WORK

SANTIAGO. Chile, Oct. 1S.-The Chill
ian congress. at its coming session. viii
discuss a project TO raise a loan or
S25. 600, COO 10 be devoted to the work of
reconstrueting the public buildings and
other property destroyed by the recent
earthquake.
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
Berkshire Hunt Club Ball
Event of Season at LenoX
Mr. and Mrs. Robert w. Paterson Hosts at Brilliant
Function Attended by All Members of Colony
Not in Mourning.

The third annual bail Of the Berkshire
Hunt CIub was given at Blautyre.
Lenox last night. with Mr.. ard Mrs.
Robert w. Paters0Es as hosts,
II was n brilliant affair. being the only
bali IN the Lenox colony this year, and
brought out all Of the LenoX cOttagcrs
not in mourning and their house guests.
The parl0-s Of Blantyre needed no de
coration, but tie colors Cf the hunt ana
trophies of the chase were displayed.
The active members wore hunt costumes
and gave brilliant color 10 the scene.
Them usie for The bail was by the Ho-
tel AsDlnwaH orchestra, under William
Fenrich. Those present included Am
tassad0r and Baroness lIengelmuller
n the Austrian Embassy; Sir Mortimer
and Lady Durand. Miss Josephine Dur
and, AIR. and Mrs. Giraud Foster. Air.
End RITs. Samuel rockingham, Mr.. and
Mrs Charles AstOr BrisLed, AR. Gud
Mrs. Cortlandt i. Bishop. Alr. and Mrs.
William -. sloane, Mr. and Mrs.
George T.. TCmuTe, A1r. and Myg. For
syth WiCkcs. Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald
X. Mackay, Mr. and Mrs John T. Alex
andre. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward =. Whur-
ton, Mrs. George Westinghouse, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Il. Stutgis Mr. and Mrs.
David LydIg, Mr ana Mrs. LINDSEY
Fairfax, Capt. and Mrs. John II. Barnes.
Or. and Mrs. Richard ~. tiTeen.eaf, Mr..
gnd Mrs. George W. FOLSOM. AIr and
Mrs. Howard Grant Watson, SIR. and
Mrs William b. O. Field, Eustace
Jacques, Roland G. Lindsay, the Misses
Barnes, Bacon. Folsom Cary. and
Oliver. Mr.. and Mrs. Harold s. Sidvay,
Miss ShOtter. Herbert l.. Shaw. and
Marshall X. RcmOChan.
Mrs. Reginald De Koven has returned
"a Newport and will be hostess at a
The Washington times., 1906-10-13
Statesmen in Novels.

r. view OF the fact that William Jen-
nings Bryan is the model for the hero
OF Mrs. Mary DillOn's new book, "Fhe
Leader" IL is interesting to recall list
o. statesmen who have figured in Ameri-
can novels The list includes;
Washington, ia Richard Carvel." by
Winston Churchill Grover Cleveland. IN
THE HOE, Peter Sterling By Paul
Leicester Ford. Lincoln, in ''The Crisis, %
by Winston Churchill. Alexander Ham
llton in ''Thc COnqueror. by Gertrude
AthertOn. Andrew Jackson, in Peggy
o Neal by Alfred Henry Lewis. Cen
eraI Grant, IN THE Captain" by +. c.
Williams; Aaron Burr, IN "BlennerbGs-
sett." by Charles + Pidgin. Richard
Croker. in ''rhe Boss" by Alfred Henry
LEWIS.