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The Washington times., 1907-04-27
bath HOUSE JOHN"
PENS LAY OF SPRING

The bard Of Chicago" Alderman John
Coughlin, Of the First ward known to
fame and poetry as Bath House John, -
mas written another poem.
His first poem. Dear Midnight of
Love- was greeted with great enthu-
siasm, especially in newspaper offices,
Now the Bath House" IS moved by
the arrival Of the maple sap season,
and thus he sings.
I'm living in hopes that the rays of the
sun
VIII soon start the sap IN the maple
TO run.
You may nave your marshmallows and
chocolate creams,
But give me the sap when it's boiled
and cOngeals.
There are kisses and bonoons and
Judges galore
Piled high on the counters Of each
candy store;
I care for them not, but I'd 60 without
meals
For the soft maple sap when it's boiled
and congeals-
The robbins and book beer VIII soon
pipe their lay.
You can ten by the moon that they're
headed this way.
Oh, where are my pals and the auger
10 tap?
I want to be in on the first run OF sap"
Columbus Citizen.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27

DENVER, April 27.-AIfred Packer,
known as "the man-eater Of Colorado, -
died on a lonely ranch twenty miles
east Of this city He was parOled eight
years ago by Governor Thomas, after
serving thirteen years Of forty-year
sentence. Governor Buchtel was about
TO make the pardon complete when
Packer died
The story Of Alfred Packer. the Colo
RADIO cannibaI. IS Il tale as brutaIly al
Turing as the black tales Of pirate days.
Packer and five companions left Gunni-
son city. Col. one day in the early
seventies TO start on prospecting trip
IN the Sangre de Christie mountain
range. Packer and his party was sup
posed 10 possess secret knowledge Of
some bonanza mining prospects hidden
away IN the fastness Of the great range
At the breaking up OF winter Packer
appeared at Lake City. In Hinsdale
county. on the other side of the range.
His hair had grown below his shoulders.
his beard was long and unkempt, and he
was haggard and wild-eyed.
He told a remarkable story II was
that all his companions had persisted in
the snow after the party became lost
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
Expanding the Smithsonian.

Secretary Walcott reveals a pur-
pose to make the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition more active IN the increase
and diffusion of knowledge among
men"-as its founder intended
when he undertakes to bring into
closer touch with it the representa-
tive national scientific organizations
of the country. Invitations have been
sent TO the National Academy of
Sciences and the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science
to make the institution their head
quarters. Both have accepted, and
now part of the space to be freed by
the occupation of the new National
Museum Building viii be set apart
for their archives and records, and
a meeting place provided for their
business sessions.
If this course shall Ubviate the
need for building the proposed home
for scientific bodies in Washington,
the District viii be somewhat the
loser. But the District viii more
than balance that loss in the success
Of the Smithsonian and the up
growth of such bodies as the two
scientific associations indicated.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27

Of its Investigations in the most
practical ways. Captain Hobson
proposes to carry this work down to
the people, and give everybody a
chance to absorb its benefits.
Secretary Wilson opines that other
Congressman viii find the scheme
worth trying; and he adds that his
department will be ready to help in
every way it can in such a practical
fashion of giving the benefits of the
work to the people. Captain Hob
son may be more of a sailor than of
farmer; he may possess more de-
tailed information about a turbine
engine than about a Missouri mule;
and, as likely as not, he could pillow
the sea more effectively than the
soil; but he seems, all the same, to
have. some highly practical ideas
about politics.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
The Trade of Canada.

An Ottawa dispatch TO the Toronto
Globe reports that the trade returns
of the Dominion for the last fiscal year
indicate that the increase in Canade's
trade with the United States has been
considerably more than double the in
crease in her trade with Great Britain"
The trade returns for the eleven months
ended February IS show an increase in
imports from Great Britain OF $13,64O,5l2
over the corresponding term of the year
preceding, while the increase in pur-
chases from the United States was S31.-
654 696. a similar condition is shown in
the export account Canadas sales TO
Great Britain during that term were IN
creased by 5000 60 while sales TO this
country We're increased by SlS,3O9, 1886
The total increase in commerce, both
import and export, was 81, 664 .542 with
Great Britain and $40 So, 032 with the
United States.
The foregoing is from current
financial and Industrial paper. 1t
suggests most interesting inquiry
In the markets of Canada, Great
Britain has an advantage of So Is
per cent in tariff rates as against
the United States. Yet, with such
tremendous handicap as that, the
United States is increasing its Cana
dian trade Two and one-half times as
fast as Great Britain is increasing
hers. How long would it take the
United States to get substantially
all of the trade of Canada if under
reciprocity arrangement it could
get into Canada on an equal basis
with Britain?
Further, If the infant industries
OF the United States are now strong
enough to climb over n 30 Is per
cent tariff discrimination and beat
England so badly in the business of
Canada, why should these same in
FAINT industries fear to meet Eng
land on something ike equal terms
in the home markets of this coun-
try? There has been no more com
plete demonstration of the absurd
ity of maintaining the present ex-
cessiyely high schedules than is af-
forded in these Canadian trade fig
ures.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
COL0rad0'S "Man Eater"
Dies on Lonely Ranch
Before Pardon Comes

He told how provisions had given out.
as well as ammunition; how lots were
drawn 20 determine who should die 20
feed the rest. and how one by one all
five Of the men had sacrificed their lives
that Packer might live to get hack to
civilization and thrill it with his mon
stTous tale.
Packer was forced by popular clamOr
to lead crowd of miners to the place,
on a broad plateau about twenty miles
from Lake City where ne claimed that
ne had buried the bodies.
They were ali found. but no money
gold dust, or other valUables, which
they were known 10 have had when
they disappeared Another suspicious
circumstance was the fact that bullet
holes were found in the backs Of the
heads.
Packer Vas arrested and charged with
the murder of his i've companions. A
jury convicted him of murder. and the
punishment assessed was death. reduced
IN a later trial TO forty years cOnfne-
l.lent for the death OF each man. max
ing the total sentence Of 200 years i'm
prisonment.
He was finally sentenced to serve only
the first forty years. It was over the
Packer case that Tammeu and BOufls,
newspaper publishers. were shot here
by ". W Anderson, attorney for
Packer. in 1895.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
Back 10 the Flesh Pots.

Mayor Reyburn's delivery of the
city of brotherly love into the
hands of the machine is now com
pIete. He has forced from his posi-
ton at the head of the Bureau of
Filtration, Mai. Cassius z. Gillette,
who left the United States Army to
construct the great plant honestly,
and was unexpectedly called upon TO
duplicate his exposure of the ODER
lin NJ. Carter frauds at Savannah.
The only consolation for this de-
livery is expressed by the Philadel-
phia Ledger, in this wise:
Perhaps it is better so. At least we
Shall have no false pretenses. After all
Reyburn's promises were never so eX-
plicit as those OF AshbridGe. nor faiIer
than those Of Weaver. Why should we
expect more Of him than of themE tie
was always an organization man and II
is the organization that we have re-
stored in him. We know what to eX-
pect of it. and there is no further need
of DISCUSSES. II can no more change
its nature or its methods than could The
Suarts or the BOuTbOns when restored
10 the power
But it is hard for other Ameri-
cans TO watch and keep their shirts
on
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
Captain HObSOn'S Latest.

1t takes a real genius TO figure out
such clever political enterprise as
that on which Congressman-elect
Hobson of Alabama is about to en-
gage. He is going to tour his dis
trict accompanied by his wife and a
group of experts in scientific and
practical agricultural matters. There
viii be a cotton culture expert, a
soil expert, a forestry specialist, a
road builder, and a representative of
the rural free delivery sevice of the
Postoffiice Department. The people
viii be invited to come out, meet
their Representative, and hear adj
dresses on thoroughly practical
topics.
No section has shown so much
appreciation of the work of the
Department of Agriculture as the
South. It's representatives in Con-
gress have been the first in loyalty
10 the great work that has grown
up under Secretary Wilson. The
Southern people untilize the results
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
UNLOADING CIRCUS
TOMORROW MORNING

Tomorrow morning the Adam Fore
paugh-Sells Brothers combined shows
will reach Washington, and sightseers
will flock 10 the show grounds to wit
ress the strange and interesting work
Of esta blishing a great circus organiza-
ton. Caring for the horses and the
geological collection will occupy the
workmen's attention. Since it viii be
Sunday only the necessary work will be
performed. At dawn Monday activity
will prevail in order 20 have all in
readiness for the parade. which viii
start from the show grounds about 9:3O.
Among the features of the circus viii
be wonderful feats of eGuestrianism,
acts showing the perfection Of animal
training. daring aerial flights. and the
hundred and one novelties which go to
make up an interesting performance.
Among the principal artists engaged are;
Oscar Lowanda, chief Of the worlds
great riders; Grin Davenport, in bare
back exploits: May and Victoria Daven-
port, with their beautiful English thor
oughbreds; SPessardy and his company
of performing bears. in a series of pan
tomimic tricks: three herds of trained
elephants; Captain Webs two schools
of educated seals and sea lions; Edward
Ships group of high school horses; the
Fisher family. in a flying aerial novelty;
VIII Adair, sky-high trapeze specialist;
the Stirl1 family in aerial evolutions.
Frederick Zobodie. in graceful gymnas-
tic feats: the Navarros. hand balancing
experts; Nettie Carroll. golden wire
artist; the st. Icons, in an exhibition
OF steel ribbon equilibrium; Mamie Klein.
who dances on : silver line: Joseph La
Fleur. in his Partisan athletic novelty:
the eight Dollars, a troup of English
acrObats. and the Yerxes, performing on
swinging steel circles; and the clowns.
Many rare animals have been added to
the Geological collection, and the me-
nagerie is said to be unusually interest
ing and attractive
The street parade will be a great fea-
ture Of circus day
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
Making the Label Tell.

Signs multiply that the pure food
law is to be no dead letter. The
stride taken in regulating the meat
packers is not to be shortened for
the makers of cereals. the Gamers,
the whisky manufacturers, and the
wholesale druggists This is not
only good government but good pol
itics; for the pure food law reaches
almost rs many voters as the rural
free delivery and touches more
stomachs.
The latest step taken by the Pres
ident and the Secretary of Agricul-
ture is the creation of a Board of
Food and Drug Inspection. It is
virtually a new bureau designed to
relieve the Bureau of Chemistry of
the burden of enforcing the law, and
yet to retain in that work the coun-
sci and broad knowledge of the head
of the bureau, DR.. Harvey w. Wiley.
Most of the details viii be intrusted
TO DIR. Frederick L. Dunlap, former
ly Of the department of chemistry
at the University of Michigan, and
a lawyer as well as a scientist. The
other member viii be the solicitor
of the Agricultural Department,
George P. McCabe.
All of what might be called
the administrative work under the
law viii be done by this board, it
viii examine food supplies, scan and
weigh the advertised claims of man
ufacturers, interpret clauses Of the
act, and gather testimony against
violators. Without this work Con-
gress might as well never have
passed the law.
But this is not all that is needed
and what remains can hardly be
done by the Department of Agricul-
ture. Editors of grocery and drug
trade papers, as well as paid agents
Of dealers associations, have openly
contended that the Administration
is without attorneys to enforce the
law even against willful violators.
An effort, avOwedly predicated on
that assumption. was made lately to
organize local dealers in ice cream
to disregard the act. Not many
dealers will loin such a movement.
Here in Washington the enterprise
failed utterly. But the disposition
10 defy the law on such a ground
emphasizes the need for full CO.
operation between the Department
of Agriculture and the Department
OF Justice TO enforce it.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27

his associates. and so went on record,
fdvoring awarding the whole contract
10 the Brennan Company Later the
matter was the subject Of a public hear
ing, after which II was decided by Com
rnissioners Macfarland apd Biddle to d.
vide the contract, the brick and asphalt
going 10 the Crawford Company, and
the asphalt 10 tbs Brennan Company.
At the meeting Of the Board OF Com
misSioners yesterday Commissioner
West again dissented from the decision
OF his associates, saying:
MY position remains unchanged. I
vote against the proposed award, in
asmuch. as ] believe il should be made
10 the lowest bidder on asphalt paving
and to the lowest bider on furnishing
Vltrlf1ed brick, which was the form in
which bids were invited. For every
square yard Of asphalt pavement which
IS 70 be laid the Crawford Paving Com
pany VIII receive more money than the
Brennan Construction Company, and
yet the Crawford Paving Company IS
given half OF the work, which agEre-
gates Sl8,OJ1- More than this. the Bren-
nan Company IS told that If II does rot
agree to surrender this half of the work
10 its next highest competitor, the lat
ter viii be given all Of the work. This
does not appear 10 me 10 be wise or
equitable; especially as IL is a result
reached by awarding the contract upon
basis at variance with the uemized
pld6- 1t SHtu4u also De 4loAeA t4ioN al
though the Brennan Company Is COM
PEELED 10 surrender half of the asphalt
paving. the other company is given The
entire contract for furnishing vitTIhed
bTICS."
It was contended by Engineer Com
missioner Biddle, Assistant Engineer
Commissioner Morrow. and Superintend-
ent of Highways Hunt that il would bs
impossible for one firm to do asphalt
work and another vitrifed block brick
laying on the same contract, as Inf
work was so different in their nature.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
FEEL YOUR WA Y
Thoughts on BusinesS---NO. II
WALDO PoNDRAY WARREN

ANY of unpleasant experiences merely the work
~ ing out of wrong theory we have admitted man
who beginning new business got the idea that it
was good thing to put appearancewheher circumstances
warranted not 81 going to show hem he said chat
am prosperous in my business and know business will gavi
tate my way because people like to deal with who making
success On this theory he drew his limited capital and
bought an expensive mahogany roll top desk oriental rugs and
other office equipment to correspond took expensive quarters and
organized office force Then he leaned back uousy in his
great chair and waited for business to gTavae his way
But it didn't work Business Slowly-Tegardess Of the
mahogany desk Within three months the desk and fine rugs
were sold at sacrifice to pay running expenses.
AS matter of fact there business enough to make
encouraging start his expenses had been planned accordingly
But he had planned his running expenses to be in keeping with
tie business he expected to havepeaps with the business he
desired to have-hnng that the show Of prosperity would draw
enough to make the difference
When you proceed theory be the theory not
falacy Many man has wasted five years out of his
because his theory wrong.
Copyright 1901 Waldo
Number IS Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1907-04-27

the occasional terror, people fee,
and then they return. Mont Pelee
was known to be one of the most
dangerous volcanoes in the world
for generations, yet the islet it DOM
mated was thickly inhabited till the
disaster of day made it a desert;
Under the shelter of Colima has ex-
listed the city of that name for SO
long that there is no history of its
beginnings
Galveston, stricken by a power
that may manifest itself again in
any year, has been rebuilt in the
same location. The enginery of
man has undertaken this time to
fOrtify it against the forces of ma
ture, and its people are confident it
is safe. All over the United States
great cities, threatened year by year
with tremendous food devastation,
have grown richer and more impor-
tant with the possibility of such Wis
itations always hanging over them.
It is so throughout the world. Man
seems rather TO like to tempt the
forces he cannot control.
It Is doubtful there has been IN
the last few years any real increase
in volcanic and earthquake phe-
aomena, as compared to former
years. There has been, however, a
marvellous proportion of destruc-
ton incident to these phenomena.
Nature seems almost to have set
herself about rebuking the presump-
tuousness of man for disregarding
her warnings and placing himself
where he is liable TO destruction. If
this has been her aim. it must be
conceded that she has reached the
mark.
OF volcanic and earthquake phe-
nOmena science knows pitifully lit
tie. General cIassifieations have
been made with what seems TO be
approximation to accuracy; but the
total of information Is small, and
its availability for purposes of prog
nosticating or safeguarding against
disasters is still less.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
Mrs. Talbot j. TaUlor'S
Expected Divorce Case
IS Begun in New York
James R. Keene's Beautiful Daughter Applies for
Examination of Witnesses Outside of the
State, and Rival Is Hinted At

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE 1ong-ex-
pected shattering of the romance OF
millionaire James r. Keene's beautiful
daughter and her husband, Talbot J.
Taylor, formerly of Baltimore, occurred
today. when il was announced that she
had asked the New York courts for an
absolute divorce
Society had known for three months
that the young and daring Wall Street
representative OF his Iather-in-IaW had
not been living with his wife. and Il
vas even intimated that Mr.. Keene' s
only daughter contemplated divorce. but
there was 10 confirmation until her
lawyer, Samuel Untermyer. fled a petit
tIon in Justice O'Gormau's division of
the supreme court asking for the eX-
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
Commissioners Disagree
Over the Sum of Less
Than FOrty-nine Dollars

The disagreement between the mem
beers Of the Board Of Commissioners over
the paving bids hinges on a matter OF
less than S49
The Board Of Commissioners. through
the office Of the Engineer Of Highways,
this morning let the contract for the
paving with sheet asphalt and yitrified
block cutters and with sheet asphalt
for some fifteen or more streets, aside
from the Pennsylvania avenue work.
This was decided upon at a conference
Of the Commissioners yesterday.
The Crawford Paving Company VIII
be awarded the contract for the laying
of the sheet asphalt. with vitrided block
guttering, and the contract for the lay
ing Of the sheet asphalt will go 10 the
Brennan Construction Company. The
two contracts amount to nearly $4,000.
Bids Opened March go
March 80 bids for this work were
opened. with three concerns bidding for
the wO$k. The Crawford Paving Com
pany offered TO do both jobs for SIS. SO:
the Barber Asphalt Paving Company, for
$83, $50, and the Brennan Construction
Company for s7S659
The Brennan Construction Company
cOntended that on the two bids II was
the lowest bidder. and should be given
both contracts. The answer TO this from
Commissioners mcfarland and Biddle
was thar. on the laying Of the Vitrified
block guLtering with sheet asphalt, the
Crawford Paving Comp any was the low
est while the Brennan Construction
Company had bid lowest for the sheet
asphalt in which no brick work was to
be laid.
Commissioner West did not see the
matter in that light, and dissented from
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
ALNAS SHRINERS
START WEST WARD

Twenty-Five members Of the Almas
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order. MOBILES
Of the Mystic Shrine. headed by Illus
trious POtentate Frank Sebring, will
leave Washington at o'clock this af-
teTnOOn for Los Angeles, Cal, to attend
the biennial convention Of the order. The
meeting was 10 have been held in san
Francisco last year, but because II the
earthquake was postponed until this
spring.
II is understood that the Washington
Shriuers viii make a strong bid for
the next convention, and IL is consid-
cred highly probable that the National
veution city.
At the last meeting, held in Niagara
Falls. y Y, Almas Patrol won the
prize drill
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
PEASANT DEPUTIES
REASSURE GEAR

ST. PETERSBURG. April 27.-Em-
peror Nicholas today received twenty
two peasant deputies. who expressed
their desire TO work in harmony with
the Emperor and their hope of a speedy
introduction Of a system of general edu-
cation.
The application of the deputies for an
audience has been the subject of pas
siOnate arguments in the Hobbies of the
lower house for two days past. The ap-
plicants We're constantly surrounded by
wrathful fellow peasants denouncing the
.Reactionary plot to misrepTesent the
sentiment of the house" ana -ging that
the deputation to the Emperor should be
sent by a caucus of all the peasant
deputies
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
COMMITTEES MAKE PLANS
FOR DECORATION DAY

Decoration Day committees, who will
have in charge the ceremonies incident
TO the observ ance of that day on May
So have already been announced by
Department Commander Newton Fer
rec, of the Grand Army of the Republic.
and these. together with various sub
committees from the Army and Navy
Union and Spanish War Veterans. have
begun their labors.
Members of the Army and Navy IN
ion will participate this year for the
first time.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27

animation Of witnesses outside Of the
State.
Mystery centered today on a woman
in the case" Hints have been dropped
that she Is a beautiful woman. pTOmi.
uent IN the affairs OF wealthy Ions
Iela"l residents She IS said 10 stand
very high in the 400"
Mrs Taylor was Jessica Harwer
keene, only daughter OF the noted Wal
Street Spectator and race horse devotee
James r. keene, and sister Of FOxhal
p keene, the gentleman sportsman.
Taylor. with his brother. sJarte6 the
brokerage hrn Of Talbot J. Taylor * Co
in 1893. Foxhau Keene was a s1ecia'
partner, and James r Keene for sOme
time had his offices with the company
Taylor met his financial Waterloo in
1913, soon after he backed William II
AmOry in his raid on the metropolitan
railroad.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
BANKS HOLD $I2,346,775
OVER REQUIREMENTS

NEW YORK. April 27.-The weekly
statement % the associated banks. is
sued today, shows the following
changes
Reserve on all deposits. increase S6H. -
$50; reserve on deposits other than
United States. increase SOL. OPS: I5ans.
decrease Sl.5Sl, 900; legal tenders, increase
=, $50, co., deposits, decrease 81 $50 200:
circulation. decrease $37, 800; total loans
s., 123, AZ. 600
The banks now hold in excess of legal
requirements s12,546, 10 against S10.357.-
400 last year and Sl6.665,250 two years
ago.
The Washington times., 1907-04-27
The Rebuke of Nature.

Generation after generation, cen
fury after century, men build their
homes and live their lives in the
shadow of possible destruction.
blithely, thoughtlessly taking the
chances that have brought disaster
to Others before them. Vesuvius'
slopes and base are populated just
as they were before Hereulaneum
and Pompeii were founded. There is