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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
A S40,O0O,000 FIimfIam.

Congress ii is that fixes the COM
pensation paid the railroads for
transporting the mails. That com
pensation, by the postal appropria-
ton act now pending, is reduced by
the sum of $4.OOO,OOO. There has
been a bitter fight to obtain even
this, which does not amount to
much in the shadow of total allow
ances TO the railroads of $4,000, 900.
Yet the bill does not touch an abuse
so Palpable and 50 costly that the
country would gasp if it was once
comPrehended.
Representative Murdoch of Kan
sas put the case squarely before the
House last December when he said:
Today the mails are to be weighed for
los days, Sundays and all. and this is
all totHled. Then. TO secure the aver
age daily weight. I am informed, the
total is not divided by 105 days. but by
ninety days; that is. the Sundays are
excluded. Reducing the system TO the
basis of a week, seven days weighings
are aggregated and the result is divided
by six.
The figure thus obtained is taken
as the daily average of mails, and
the Government pays the railroads
accordingly. In other words, the al
lowance for railway mail transpor-
tation is not only too high per
pound-as every thoughtful citizen
I,I;o,oc l,,,+ -. -.,ly,,,aI -. n r,ra
posterous method of accounting
which credits the roads with trans
porting a sixth more mail than they
actually carry.
Briefly, the explanation is that the
Sundays were excluded, according TO
an old ruling of some subordinate in
the Attorney Generals office, on the
basis of n law passed in 1873, when
comparatively few roads had Sunday
trains. The decision may have been
ever so sound then; with the law in
its present form it may be perfectly
sound today. But it cannot in the
least degree offset the responsibility
of Congress to change the lava
law which in the past ten years has
cost the nation somewhere in the
region of $4O,OOO,OOO more than it
should have paid on a true average, y
as Mr.. Murdoch puts it.
And in considering this abuse, the
people should not forget that the
House of Representatives at this
session has deliberately refused to
correct it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
FILED
BY GEN. HARRIES
In Case of Damage Suit for
Militia Mans Drown
ing.

Gen. George H Harries, commander
OF the District National Guard, and
Lieutenant Thurston, of the District
militia. have filed a demurrer attacking
the right in law 20 maintain the suit
instituted against them in the District
Supreme Court by William G. Cleve-
land as an administrator on the estate
Of his son, who lost his life while serv-
ing on the United States steamship
Oneida. In his declaration Mr.. Cleve-
land represented 10 the court that he
was entitled 10 damages because OF the
drowning of his son, an enlisted man in
the naval militia, SOME time last No
vember when on a speed launch IN the
tow OF the United States steamship
Oneida. The declaration averred that
the boy was drowned by the negligent
manning Of the Oneida and the alleged
incompetence Of the officers in charge.
The demurrer states that there is no
right Of action in an enlisted man
against an officer. IN the absence Of the
showing of some Illegal or malicious act.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
BESIDE THE CAMPFIRE'S DYING
LIGHT.

Night seems but warp and wool Of many
sounds
That blind their voices as the darkness
falls;
The hum of myriad insect wings re-
sounds
And solitude is filled with mystic calls.
Each throbbing note Of mournful whip
poOr-will,
Each hurting cry Of loon out on the
lake.
Intensity the fancies strange that thrill
And fill me as l lay but half awake.
The waves lap time upon the sandy
shore.
The camp fires cracking embers fal
apart
And fade to ashes gray; while more and
more
The forests mystic charm steals DER
my heart,
TIL, lulled by all the voices OF the night.
dream beside the camp fires dying
light.
Grant Cook. in the Cutters Box.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
Lost Fight Against Smoot
and to Retain Seat,
But Wins Fortune.
Idaho Senator to Tell
Country About Menace
of MormoniSm.
Booking Firms Scramble
for Dates and Dubois
IS Pleased.

Driven out of a seat in the Senate
and driven fairly into the arms of the
nckle goddess Of fortune
That is the experience Of Senator
Fred Dubois Of Idaho.
For years Senator Dubois has been
lighting the Mormon church in bis
State. He has been the real leader Of
the determined struggle to Dust Reed
SmoOt from the United States Senate.
He has lost that battle, and he has lost
control I'm his own State. He has been
defeated for return to the Senate. He
has cast everything into that fight
against the Salt Lake hierarchy and
lost
And now he awakens to the discovery
that his defeat is really a vic:ory. that
II has earned him reputation. money,
the possibility OF putting his fight on a
new basis which will bring him final
success.
Leaving seat in the Senate. where
his salary was 5000 3 year, Senator
DUBOIS will comfortably earn from $4O.-
GOO 10 $4,000 the first year after his re-
tirement. He has closed the contract
which assures IL, and will go to work
very soon after his retirement to pri-
vate life
The Chautauqua circuit is to be the
new field OF endeavor for the Idaho
statesman. The women Of America are
10 be his patrons. They have made the
hight Tor unseating of Senator SmCot,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
DRIVES MAD DOG
FROM SCHOOL DESK
Animal Waits Outside to
Bite Children Going
Home.

HATBORO, Pa. March children in
q school room here were almost thrown
into a panic when a dog. believed TO
have ben mad, ran into the room. dash
ed about and finally jumped on the
teachers desk The instructor. cooIly
chased the animal from the room be-
fore any of the children were bitten.
After the session, and while the chill
dren were on their way home, the dog
this time giving every symptom of
rabies, dashed among a crowd and bit
two of the boys.
Then IL made a dash through the
streets of the borough, and, before it
was finally shot by Burgess Winner, is
believed to have bitten a number Of
other dogs.
There Is a complete quarantine of
dogs in the borough, every animal be-
ing closely watched, and IL is probable
there VIII be almost a wholesale slaugh-
ter of dogs within a few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01

and they are not ungrateful to the Sem
ator who sacrificed his place in public
life in their cause They are today de-
handing through every Woman's club
in the land the privilege Of hearing him
tell OF MOrmonis m and the Mormons.
Az a result Senator Dubois has been
tho most sought after man In the coun-
try be- managers Of Chautauqua book
ing bureaus, and he has just closed tie
contract which assures that he WI
probably make more money I'm the com
ing year than his entire salary for tn,
siN-year term in the Senate 20 which his
StaIe refused 10 elect him.
Senator Dubois contract was made
with the manager of a Chicago concern
which has been angling with him for
some time The manager finally came TO
Washington and succeeded 81 CLOSING
the arrangement He vas the best
pleased man IN town after the sigma
lures had been put on the document.
Senator Dubois is 10 60 practically
from coast 10 coast the coming season,
telling Of the menace Of MOrmonism.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01

the very opening of the session in
December they should ask for hear
ings from the two committees on
appropriations. If they encounter
the objection that the title to the
fats is in doubt, they must be pre-
pared to argue that the inquiry into
ownership and the preliminary sur
veys can proceed simultaneously,
and the District be the gamer by n
year or more of good health. In
this work The Times will do what
it can.
The essential is that the people of
the District shall be ready for the
campaign when Congress opens, and
then push it forward with genuine
grit and determination. If they are
not and do not. they viii probably
wait a long, long time for the
reclamation of the fats.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
BEYERIDGE LOSES
MEAT BILL FIGHT
Senate StrikeSOut Provision
for Putting Inspection
Dates on Cans.

For the time at least Senator Bever-
idge has been beaten in his fight 10
force the packers 20 put on meat cans
the dates Of inspection The conferees
on the agricultural bill last evening de-
cided TO strike this provision from the
bill, the Senate conferees giving way 10
the determined opposition Of the House
conferees. led by Representative Wads-
worth
The House conferees accepted the
Senate amendment which prohibits the
creation of additional forest reserves in
Idaho. Montana, Wyoming. Colorado,
Utah and Oregon
An agreement has been reached on
every point except the Nelson amend
ment relative 70 more pay for support Of
State agricultural colleges. The House
Conferees have taken the bill back 10
the House for additional instruction on
this point
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
CAMP ANARI QUITS
OPERATIC STAGE
Noted Baritone to Abandon
Singing Parts After Long
Career.

NEW YORK. March 1--Word has
been received here from Kansas City
that Giuseppe Campanari. the leading
baritone Of Henry Russel's san Carlo
Opera Company, had decided to retire
from grand opera. He mas been singing
with that company all season, begin
ming in New Orleans and going thence
TO Chicago. He has sung this season in
''Rigoletto,' La Giaconda," and other
works OF the Italian repertoire, with
Nine. Nordica. Miss Alice Nielsen, and
Constantine. the tenor.
His repertoire includes the principal
Italian and French baritone parts He
is a brother OF LeandrO Campanari, who
is now filling Fritz Scheels place as
conductor of the Philadelphia Orches-
ira. during the convalescence Of the
latter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
A Neighbours Success.

Neighborly admiration - b.Aef
interest with which Washingtonians
note the prospective retirement of
William S. ShaIlenberger from the
post of Second Assistant Post
master General. In their near view
he has been much more than a salts
factory officeholder in a city of Of
fees.
Through the six years of his ser
vice in the House of Representatives
and the ten years he has directed
the transportation of the mails as
Second Assistant, Mr.. Shallenberger
has been conspicuously active as
citizen of the District, identified
with its civic associations and a
forceful though quiet leader in it's
churches. So it is that when, more
than sixty-five years old and secure
!, at the head of a great bureau which
Pie has made exceptionally business
pike, he announces his purpose to re-
enter the competition of CONNER
cial life, his Washington neighbors
extend TO him their unaffected and
spontaneous good wishes.
In the Postoffice Department Mr..
Shallenberger has achieved a sue
cess which is thrown into especially
clear light by the career OF that
office during the past ten years. All
the whispering. suspicion, open
charges, and convictions of fraud
which lately brought the postal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
MARINES FOUND GUILTY;
GET TERMS IN PRISON

Corporal Cooper and Private Ash
worth. of the Marine Corps. have been
sentenced to dismissal, Cooper to
be imprisoned for one year. and Ash
worth two years. The finding of the
court-martial board was approved by
the Navy DepaT -ment Cooper and
Ashworth were stationed at the ma
rine recruiting station at Dayton. Ohio.
They were charged with scandalous
conduct, which involved introducing Inn
proper characters into their quarters
and using abusive language to veterans
of the civil war They were brought TO
Washington for trial at the Navy Yard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
THIEVING CLERKS
MUST STAND TRIAL
Bank Officials Show
No Leniency to En-
beZZlerS.

CHICAGO, March Efforts made by
friends an5 relatives of Charles H
Thornton and William W. Baker,
charged with embeZzling So. 500 from the
Hamilton National Bank. to have the
charges against them withdrawn by
making good the shortage proved IN
availing The officials Of the bank an
nounced their determination Of making
an example OF the two young man.
Both men are in the county jail and
when told Of the failure Of the attempt
to secure their discharge they showed
signs Of collapse. Each, il is said, is
ready TO bare the details Of the bank
theft. if by so doing he can escape pun
ishment.
There is. however. little likelihood OF
the authorities accepting the offer, even
IL made, of either TO turn states evil
dence. sufficient proof being available 10
convict both, according 10 one OF the
officers OF the bank.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
CATTLE STARVE ON PRAIRIE,
VICTIMS OF MEMS GREED
Mrs Minnie Madden Fiske Describes the Sufferngs of
Animals Left to Mercy of Blizzard and Trans
mits Appeal for Aid.

ers have reported that fully 20 or 50
per cent OF the herds have been de-
stroyed, either by starvation or freez-
ing.
Death Is Cheap.
The question naturally arises in the
public mind. Can these figures be con-
sidered reliable Is It conceivable that
the cattle kings would subject their
herds 20 conditions which entail such
tremendous loss? The answer is that
many Of the cattle men believe that it
is cheaper 10 sustain terrible losses than
il is to erect shelters for the cattle
or drive them south.
This year" continued Mrs. Fiske,
there have been several heavy snow
falls. then thaws. followed by freez-
ing weather. As a result the plains have
been covered with an impenetrable
blanket Of ice, and the sheep and cat
tie have been unable TO get at the
Withered grass. The result Is inevitable
The cattle fail by the hundreds; another
blizzard sweeps the plains and the car
cases. still quiVering with a last spark
of life, are covered with the mantle OF
snow / have seen the white mounds
dOtting the prairies for miles. and L
cannot tell you how the sight affects
! one The utter helplessness Of the
/ beasts and their inability 10 make a pro-
/ test against the cupidity Of their own
Indescribable Misery.
Il saw letter from a former member
| OF Congress 20 Mr.. SuHman few days
! ago IN which he said: "In some in
] stances reports from this country are
/ exaggerated, but no human tongue can
f; portray the miseries and sufferings that
| come from what is known as pastoral
stock raising in the United States. HUI
! man greed in the cause
The American Humane Society real
/ lies the tremendous obstacles IN the
way OF effectirg adequate reform, but
/ there ought to be some way OF putting
a stop 10 these most inhuman methods
/ Of treating dumb animals W. o. Still
( man, president OF the American HUI
7 name Society. Of Albany, N Y, IS now
| asking for subscriptions from the pub
| lie TO be sent TO him in order that
| agents may be sent West TO study the
conditions more in detail and 10 fOrmu-
/ late some plan by which another winter
/ viii find the beasts sheltered from the
blizzard, and adequate provision made
for their maintenance during the months
! when the ground is completely covered
with snow and ice
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01

Look at the splendid position Occu-
pied by the Irish race in America Some
are governors Of States, others mayors
Of your great cities, and we md thcm
in your Senate and legislative mans,
declared Hon. Richard Hazelton, mem
Der OF the British Parliament from an
Irish constituency at an impromptu re-
ception arranged in his honor by the
United Irish League last night at Good
Samaritan Hall. 1T only shows what
those Of the same race would achieve
at home were they in the enjoyment Of
a modicum Of the liberties you possess
here. The Irish people as a race have
figured prominently in the history of all
nations. and stand 20 the foremost in
all sections Of the world except where
their opportunities been restricted by
the blight Of British misrule, which
shadows them in their own home" Mr..
Hazelton spoke Of his visit 20 President
Roosevelt. whom he admired. not be-
cause OF his transcendent abilities or
because he occupied the position OF first
citizen Of this great republic, but for
the fact that his heart beats in sym
patty with the cause Of Ireland, and
with all other peoples who hnger in the
shadow OF oppression.
Must Have Home Rule.
We must have home ruie in Ire
land" continued Mr.. Hazelton. ''Step
by step we have wrested the justice that
is our due from n reluctant and bigoted
English government. The measure now
before parliament will give Us a council
that will supplant the fifty commits
sions that now misrule Ireland and give
US some ssmblance Of home government.
II is not all We desire. but we are fol-
lowing the policy OF the late Charles
Stewart Parnen ia wringing what they
could from the British government and
using that as leverage 10 obtain more.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
ONE KILLED AND FOUR HURT
WHEN BOILER EXPL0DES

CHICAGO, March IA railroad fire.
man was killed and four other persons
were injured by the explosion Of the
boiler of a Michigan Central freight
locomotive on the tracks of the Indiana
HarbOr railroad, at Milard avenue and
Fifty-Sscond avenue The locomotive
was demolished. The dead man is Au-
gust Kreff. whose mangled body was
found in the tender, under a pile Of
coal.
The injured men were all railroad
men
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
WORLDS OLDEST JESUIT
DIES IN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE. March 1.-The Rev. Jo-
seph NJ. Ardia. the Oldest Jesuit in the
world, died here at midnight at Loyola
College Up TO a little more than two
weeks ago the venerable priest was
able to attend his regular duties and
celebrated mass daily.
Father Ardia was ninety years old,
ana was born in Naples. He came to
this country about sixty years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
IRISH MEMBER OF COMMONS
PLEADS HIS PEOPLES CAUSE
Richard Hazeon Delivers an Address at Reception Ten
dered Him by United Irish League and Sub
scrpton Was Raised

But. until we get absolute home rule,
we shall carry on this struggle. There
is a united ireland behind this move
ment." cmtinUed the speaker
Sympathy Of the English.
The English people themselves are
in sympathy with US in our fight fer
justice. We were robbed by Great
Britain Of our lands and holdings, and
they are being restored to US. From a
population of 10000 people British
misrftle reduced the number 70 10000,
and the London Times once gleefuily
declared that there would be fewer
Gets Ia Ireland than redskins on Man.
haitian Island But the Tory Journal
erred IN It's prophecy-under the English
Idea Of government parliament is re-
garded as q rich mans preserve Only
those who. nave means can sit within
its council halls Elections IN England
and ireland are paid for by the esndi-
I had 70 pay 81, 100 70 the sheriff Of the
county from which ! aspiTed 10 a seat
in parliament.
Warmly Received in America.
During his four months visit to this
country Mr. HazeltOn said he had been
royalty received by the Irish people. II
viii carry home the message" he de-
clarcd, that We have the sympathy of
the American people in our struggle for
Justice"
The meeting enthusiastically applauded
the COmmOuer at the conclusion OF his
address. President William F. Downsy,
Of the league. headed the subscription
list with 500, and a number OF amounts
in lesser Suns were given To aid the
Irish cause.
Representatives DriscOu and Sulzer OF
New York. and Judge DeLecy, OF the
= Addressed
The Rev Father Quill had a few witty
remarks to make. He said: we have
TO free Ireland and it's not by talking
The real way 10 do il Is 10 dig down
in your pockets" over a thousand dol
lars was subscribed TO the cause at the
! conclusion Of the meeting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
WORTH s6,OOO,OOO, AN OLD MAID.

The wealthiest British woman living is
a Welshwoman; more, she is single.
Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot was one
OF the three children Of Christopher
Talbot, popular NJ. P. of the mid
Victorian era. The only son died in
early youth and Miss Talbot's sister,
some what younger than herself. became
the wife. just forty years ago, of Mr.
Fletcher, of Saltoun- Miss Talbot re-
NAMED at home, keeping house for her
father. and on his death found herself
lett his sole executrix and owner OF all
me Talbot real estate, valued at about
el,50e,000, as also Of a reversionary inter-
est IN huge trust fund In consols.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
OLD VETS PLAY EUCHRE;
COMMANDER HONORED

cuchre party and dance were given
last night in Masonic Temple by mem
bers of the Old Guard of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Fourteen games
were played and the prizes were award
ed to Mrs /. Jones, Mrs. Fenton. Mrs.
Woodgate. ". Il. II. Gould, Isaac Cole.
and NJ. Harvey. Capt. James NJ Edgar,
who has been commander twenty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
WORLDS GREATEST LIBRARY.

Tho library at The British Museum
which now contains between 1900 900
and 100000 volumes, is without eXcep-
ton the largest in the world, the only
one which approaches II in size being
the BibliOJheque Rationale, Paris; and
it is interesting 70 note that for the ac-
comm odation of this immense number
Of books upward Of forty-three miles of
shelves arc Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
|. CANS MADE DIRECTOR
OF AMERICAN NATIONAL

At the regular meeting of the board
Of directors of the American National
Bank held yesterday afternoon l. Cans.
of the firm OF Saks & Co. was elected
"a director To fill the vacancy caused nv
the resignation OF Charles A. Douglas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
Homeless Herds.

"Expediency and hearuess cUpidity on
the part Of the stock-raisers are the
sole explanations for the suffering Of
the dumb creatures Of the plains" she
said Il cannot imagine more pltful
sight than the homeless herds huddled
together. with their heads lowered to
the sweeping blasts. without food, with
out any shelter from wind or snow.
and with no opportunity or possibility
Of making an appeal to the cattle kings,
who could provide relief did not their
greed overtop every other consideration
Our humane societies in the large
centers of population see To the welfare
Of horses. dogs. and cattle that come
under the watchfuI eyes OF agents. but
on the plains the almost unbelievable
suffering Of live stock goes on. year
after year. and the general public is
wholly oblivious to the facts. The herds
are literally buried alive in the snow
drifts, and no one is the wiser.
i was informed recently by Mr.. Still
man that in the pasture lands of North
Dakota and Montana. embracing an
area Of some 10000 square miles this
winter has been the worst since 1861.
II was in that year that live stock OF
the West was almost completely ami
hilated This year competent Observ-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
HAPPY DAYS.

There are no days
Like the good old days,
When we were kids together.
They were the days
When dad, not I,
Bought coal in winter weather.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01

Anyhow, when the date isn't on the
canned goods it avoids disturbance OF
the mental peace of folks who having to
eat them viii be better of If they don't
know too much.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01
COOPERATIVE CANTEENs.

The British army is TO have co-opera-
tive canteens under control Of a reg
istered cooperative society. bound to re-
turn all profits less working expenses,
and 8 per cent interest on capital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-01

How'd you like to be able TO sell bonds
against something that wasn't there.
and by doing so merely acquire a repu-
tation for financial genius?