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The Washington times., 1907-12-09
KILLED IN NIGHT RIDE,
WOMAN LIES UNCLAIMED

NEW YORK, Dec. "A woman, said
to be Miss Annie Clark, Of Boston, was
instantly killed, and William O'Hal-
loran and Fred Burbeck were injured,
by the overturniug Of a taxi-cab dur,
ing a midnight ride Saturday on the
road between Hastings and Tonkers.
The woman lies in Boyd & Mulcahy's
morgue. at One Hundred and Eighty
ninth street and Webster avenue un-
claimed. except that her companion,
O'Halloran, asked the undertakers TO
take charge of II. A Mrs. Hammond
Of so Cathedral Parkway, who was
telephoned TO Immediately after the
tragedy left her home early yesterday
saying she would not return until to-
day.
The identity Of the dead woman Is
unknown.
The woman was sitting Gu the front
seat with O'Halloran, who vas driving.
Burbeck, the chauffeur, employed by
the New York Transportation Company,
was inside. O'Halloran was thrown out
and severely bruised. Burbeck crawled
through the broken window Of the over
turned cab. with a great cash in his
forehead. When assistance was sum-
moned and the vehicle was righted
the body of the woman was found
underneath. Her neck was broken.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
RURAL ROUTES PAID
WAGES OF CARRIERS

Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
De Graw, In his annual report, sub
mitted TO the Postmaster General. saws
there seems TO be a mistaken idea that
the rural delivery service requires ideal
roads Such is not the case, he saws.
all that is required is a good road.
free from washOuts and ruts.
NJ. De GTaw, in commenting on the
rate Of pay of rural carriers. points out
the absolute impossibility OF taking in
70 consideration the varying conditions
in different states and different locaIi-
ties. In fixing salaries.
A list is giyen Of twenty-eight rural
routes where the Carriers each handled
more than 5000 pieces OF mail during
the quarter ended June 80 last. and
where cancellations on the amount OF
mail collected by them, exceeded Iht,
compensation paid them CompIete
cOung service is in operation In &c
counties. 20 Of which were established
in the last year. These are all in thick
" populated districts
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
LIFE.

OH 1 feel tie growing glory
OF our life upon tbs sphere,
OF the life that like a river
Runs forever and forever,
From the Somewhere 10 the here.
And still on, and onward flowing,
leads us out to larger knowing,
I'hro' the hidden, to the clear.
On. 1 feel a deep thanksgiving
For the sorrows 1 have known,
For the worriesB and the crosses.
And the grlevilgs, and the losses
That along my path we're sown.
NOW the great eteTna! meaning
OF each trouble Z am cleaning,
And the harvest is my own.
/ am oDulent with knowledge
OF the purpose and the Cause.
And I go my way rejoicing
And in singing. seek the voicihg
OF Loves ne er-faIling laws.
From the Now unto the YOnder,
Full Of beauty and OF wonder,
Life flows eve, without pause.
And ! feel the exaItation
or child that loves its play,
Tho the rankg of friends are thinnin
SUI the end is but beginning
OF a larger. fuller day
And the joy of life Is spilling
From my spirits as. all wiling.
/ go speeding on my way
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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FAMOUS BEAUTIES.

Where are the glorious beauties that
awakened the admiration and passion Of
our fOIbears2 Where are the modern
Helens, the Recamiers, De Castigliones,
and Lady Hamiltons2 If Nine Re
camier came again TO London would
she inspire the cockneys to draw her
carriage through the streets2 1t is
more than doubtful. People might turn
and say 10 their neighbOrs, What a
lovely Womani but no man among
those a0ventitOus admirers would sit
up o. nights composing a sonnet to her
eyebrow. No; those days are gone
killed by elegance and by intelligence
IL must be confessed that since woman
began 20 cultivate her brain she has
been less exclusively occupied in max
ing conquests Of the other sex. ANY
woman would be beautiful If she cOurC,
but she would first be intelligent The
average FrenchWOman in society pleases
because OF her charm and piquancy-
characteristic Of her face as well as
her intellectual fOrtune-and not be-
cause she is a Venus OF MilO-Pall
Mall Gazette.
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can be filled in with any number
from ten to one hundred.
Broadway, already uncomfortably
jammed, viii soon become impassa-
bic Noon meetings of walkers from
bingham Junction and perhaps
Pawtucket and (to the Hub other
foreign places, viii be held on Bos-
ton Common. Rallies viii fiji the
Capitol and the Field Museum.
For much is to be expected hence
forth from walking. We are almost
persuaded that virtue is to flourish
as never before, but we think that
there will be sufficient cause for
Thanksgiving if the fad succeeds in
counteracting the plague of indi-
gestion.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
FIGURES Of BANKS
CLOSELY WATCHED
Interior Points. Likely to
Show Large Cash
Holdings.

Under the call OF the Comptroller OF
the Currency for reports OF nationsl
banks. showing condition at the close
Of business December 3. reports are be-
ginning 20 come 70 the Treasury. They
are being watched with keen attention
by bankers and fnanciers everywhere
because when the returns from all the
baS6s are at hand they are expected
10 throw light or Just where the money
Of the country IS boarded, so far as
the banks are concerned
-niications are that many Of the in
te-lc- banks viii be shown to have ac-
c-'mulated abnormally large reserves
and 10 be holding tight 10 them. and
this despite the criticism that has been
pOCred out on the New York banks Tor
undue accumulation Of currency. For
instance. the reserves Of the Omaha
banks average about IS per cent. when
the law requires but .. Some Of the
Omaha banks have reached over so per
cent, and one as high as SO. Salt Lake
City, New Orleans, s.. Louis, Tacoma.
and Chicago have also been Accumulate
ing reserves larger than the law re-
quires.
The great question now is whether
with the call for reports TO the Conn.,
troIler answered, the banks that have
been acCumulaung currency Will release
II and Will resume policy OF loaniuR
literally. New York bankers are nnain-
tanning low reserves, but they are be-
ing subjected TO criticism from fnterI0R
points on the ground that. while in
terror banks cannot get their money
from New York, the New York instit1i
tions are loaning all they can scra0e
together al high rates OF interest
In the House and Senate the develop-
ments in the banking situation are bs
ing watched closely for the obvious res
son that they will undoubtedly have .
marked bearing on currency legisIetior
Few OF the Congress leaders want -
legislate on currency II they can rs+
out Of IL, and they would be pIeased
Il sIlch q marked Improvement IN con-
ditions were shown as 10 make leeIsis
ton unnecessary.
Untils the banks generally RESUME
cash payments and a liberal policy .
10 loans, however. there will be cisn7or
for currency legislation, and the pra-
vailing opinion is that II will be ba~d
for Congress to turn a deaf ear to IL
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
MINISTER ASSAULTED,
PUSHING LIQUOR FIGHT

SEAFORD. Del. Dec. 9.-The attempt
OF the opponents OF license 20 ascertain
who brings liquor 10 town for Sunday
consumption has resulted in the Rev.
W. o. Hurst being knocked down at
the railroad station by General W. NJ.
Ross. The general happened TO he ar
The station waiting for friends and con-
sidcred that he mad been insulted when
the clergyman, who was watching for
the arrival of liquor shipments, asked
State Treasurer Rawlins. rs ne a man
or a moUse2"
General Ross turned on his heel and
dealt the clergyman a stinging blow
which Knocked him down and from the
effects Jf which he did not recover for
several minutes.
Saturday by boat and train over 100
gallons Of whisky reached town. mostly
FOR the jug trade and the town IS
filed with noise and disorder, which the
local authorities seem unable 70 sup
press.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Where America Fails.

America is the greatest and most
progressive country of the globe.
But it IS not great or progressive
enough to do what practically eveEv
nation of Europe is doing to safe
guard the lives of its miners. Last
year we injured or killed 6.S61
workmeu, of whom more than 1000
died as a direct result of their hurt.
Our average Of deaths is more than
4 to every 1000 men; Europe's is
less than to every 1000.
Furthermore, we are becoming
hardened to the thought that the
miner has no chance When forty
were killed and fifty were injured
in the railroad wreck at Terra Gotta
the newspapers of every State in
the Union gave all the details.
Again, when eighty were killed in a
bridge disaster at Quebec, Ameri-
cans read of it and studied pictures
of it for weeks. But the asphyxia-
ton of 400 men in a mine in West
Virginia last Friday is hardly men
toned within 300 miles of the dis
aster.
What is the reason? Why is
America-whose sympathies have
reached within ten years to Cuba,
Porto Rico, China, Russia, Japan,
and India-so careless of her own?
The answer is that we have failed
to do the characteristically Yankee
thing-to begin with this trouble at
the beginning.
England, Germany, Belgium, and
France, for example, have by law
fixed upon '1imit charges" and for
hidden the use of any save safety
explosives" BY that means, chiefly,
they have reduced their death rate
among miners from the discredit-
able 4 per 1000 now prevailing in
this country TO the fair average of
about 1 per 1000 Yet in these re-
spects there is hardly a State in the
Union with efficient law, and there
is none with efficient administra-
ton.
As in road making and forest pres
ervation, the lead in such a move
ment must come from the Federal
Government. 1t alone is IiSely to
give either the funds or the atten-
tion required for thorough study of
mining dangers. This is the pressure
behind the movement for national
bureau of mines. 1t ought to be
enough to move Congress to action
without further delay. The need
less sacrifice of three lives in every
thousand is an appeal to humanity
and reason which legislators cannot
well ignore. And no quibbling over
the creation of a new bureau should
be allowed longer to obstruct the
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
HEAD CAUGHT IN Dish,
BOY SEEKS HOSPITAL

CAMDEN. y. J.. Dee 9.-From bones
in the throat TO ingrowing nails the sur
geons OF Cooper Hospital encounter
some mighty curious cases I'm the course
OF their service. but yesterday they had
one of the oldest on record
1t was fOur-ycar-old Louis V. Ben
son, who was brought by his mother
from their home lgl Diamond street,
with q china vessel so tightly jammed
upon his curly little head that nobody
at home could bulge fl. The child at
TaCted much attention a- he trudEed
along by the side OF his -.-her on the
way TO the hospital but after a few
little sninles he did not seem 20 mind
his predicament very much.
The surgeons managed 10 SO maulpu-
late the vessel as % remove IL without
damage 20 either IL or the boy. and the
gratitude OF the mother and child was
worth going miles TO see The boy
walked home with the offending yes
sci under his arm
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
WeStOnitiS.

It looks very much as if there
would be a period Of Westonitis.
Almost every mail brings US a paper
containing a beautiful sermon on
the benefits of pedestrianism.
Money may or may not be the root
of all evil, but there seems to be
no doubt that walking is the crown
of all goodness.
Weston clubs are forming East
and West. People are walking who,
apparently, had almost forgotten
that they had such things as legs.
From the White House flies the or
der that all field officers must march
at least thirty miles a day for three
successive days every year, and the
wonder is that the order did not
read three hundred instead Of a
meager, infantile thirty. Every
man." urges an enthusiast-possioly
a should walk to his Of
fee. It would be better for both his
mind and his body" Once the boss
catches the fever he will nail up the
sign: Every employe is expected
10 walk at least - miles a day.
Per order ETC." The blank space
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
APPOINTS
MINORITY COMMITTEES

10 Senator Culberson, minority leader
has announced the selection Of the
Democratic steering committee, which is
also the committee on committees, and
the committee to prepare rules Of pro
cedure for minority conferences
Senator Money OF Mississippi is
chairman of the steering committee.
and the other members are Senators
Bacon. Martin. Tillman. Clarke, Stone,
Simmons. Newlands, and CulbersOn.
Senator Clarke IS chairman Of the
committee TO prepare rules. and Sen
ators Daniel and TaliaferrO are the
other members.
A meeting OF these committees Is ex-
pected this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
SECRET EXPRESS RATES
CHARGED BY ANTHONY

That the express companies are max
ing secret rates to mail order houses IN
large cities, thus enabling them TO de-
liver goods in small towns in competi-
ton to home merchants. and that the
arrangement 50 made is in violation OF
the interstate commerce act, Is the
charge of Representative Dan r. An
thony OF the First Congressional dis
tTict Of Kansas.
Mr.. Anthony has made an investiga-
ton, the results of which he has laid
before the Postmaster General
Mr.. Anthony believes that unless these
determinations are stopped the estab-
lishment Of the parcels post wiz be
necessary, if the Government would put
the country merchant on par with the
mail order houses.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

periodicals. when sent entire. 1 cent
1or each FOUR ounces, or fraction thereof
Books. circulars. and misceTlaneor1s 3
printed matter. including ohotoEraDhs
seeds. bulbs. roots sci0us. and plants.
! cent for each two ounces. or fraction
thereof
All oluer matter, I cent an ounce
Ile limit NJ weight on 1st. Sd. and
an class matter is four pounds. exceDt
Il be single book. There is no limit
or weight on p class matter.
Foreign Postage Rates.
''The rates Of postage on matter TO
be sent abroad are as follows:
Letters, and other sealed matter. >
cents for the first ounce. and 8 cents
for each additional ounce or fraction
theRaof.
Commercial papers. for the first ten
ounces or less. 5 cents: and fOr each
acoluonal Two ounces. or fraction Of
two ounces, ! cent. Limit OF weight.
four pounds, six ounces.
Postal cards, 2 cents each.
Samples OF merchandise. for the first
loCr ounces or less, cents, and for
each additional two ounces, o. fraction
OF two ounces, ! cent. Limit Of weight.
twelve ounCe5. Limit Of size. twelve Ly
eight oy four inches.
II merchandise. other than mere
samples thereof, is TO be mailed, il must
be put up - nearly as pracUic abIe ia
the form o. a letter. sealed against .eX-
aunina- On, ana paid for at the letter
rates OF postage.
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS TO
MEET.

Travel Expense Accounts" viii be
the subject Of an address 10 be deliv-
cred by T. o. Robbins, Of the Office OF
tht. auditor for State and other depart
ments. at a meeting of the Association
of american Government Accountants
at the Public Library tomorrow nieht.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09

work. If, however, in the light of
the excellent service done for our
forests, the legislature is afraid 10
create another such organization,
let it follow the suggestion of the
President and appropriate funds for
the doing of the work as best the
present organization of the Geologi-
cal Survey will permit.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
PORTUGUESE LEADERS
FAIL TO FORM ALLIANCE

LISBON, Portugal. Dec 9.-The con-
ference Of anti-government leaders that
was called yesterday TO discuss sum-
moning parliament together I'm January
IN dehance OF the wishes OF King Carlos
was a hascO- Rival heads Of parties
could not agree on program and Pre-
micr Franco did not even think Il
worth while to interfere with the gath
ering.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Credit Loans.

The banks main business IS therefore
the loan not OF money but Of credit.
IL Is found that in ordinary practice
a certain sum OF cash viii carry loans
and discounts four or five times that
amount The requirement OF the law
that deposits shall never be more than
four times the actuaI amount OF cash
money on hand is the only restraint
upon the amount Of Credit-deDOsirs the
bank may establish. The whole Ope-a-
Lion is nothing more or less than the
banks selling money short II il eX-
tends credit too literally. iC IS running
the risk OF lending to those who VIII
either not pay at all or pay too slowly.
owing 20 lack OF resources or ulDrOft-
ablcneSs Of their ventures. Their slow
ness to respond 70 their obligations
diminishes the ability OF the bank 20
meet It's own obligations. II gets
Binched for cash. begins calling On It's
demand loans, and we have straight
way what IS known as a squeeze in
money.
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
SECRETARY STRAUS
ADVOCATES SUBSIDY
Scores Chinese Exclusion
Law and Avoids Japanese
immigration.
Predicts National Super
vision of All Industries.
Trusts q Necessity.

Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
straus in his annual report TO the
President, made public today. declares
himself unequivocally in favor Of a ship
subsidy that will place the merchant
marine Of the United States on "a foot
ing commensurate with its standing as
a world power. He scores the present
Chinese exclusion law and its opera
uon, ard carefully refrains from men
uOninS Japanese immigration.
He recommends rearrangement Of
the immigration laws. and announces
the belief that ultimately the national
development of Industries viii force the
adoption OF a national system of regu-
latiOn or supervision OF all industries,
but says further that combination in
trade is a necessity.
BY comparison" said the Secretary,
speaking of our maritime power, with
our rank in other OF the great divisions
OF Industrial and commercial endcavOr,
the position of the United states AS an
ocean carrying power IS insignificant
IT Is humble by comparison with tie
CONNIE -cial sea power Of other leading
nations. with which in nearly every
other respect we are classed-
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HER IDEA.

stocks were all down few points
today" remarked the broker.
The idear' exclaimed his wife. Its
a wonder the- didn't advertise IL as a
bargain day."--Catholic Standard and
Times
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
HOV Best to Use Mails
At Christmas Time
Postmaster Barnes Issues Memoranda Tell
ing Rates and Giving a Warning About
Violating Law Governing Classes.

Following he plan OF the merchants
cf the city who have been giving timely
hints as % Christmas shopping. the
best way TO purchase 20 save both tume
auG money. and other equally import
ant facts. Poaamaster Barnes, has pro
mUlgated a series OF interesting notes
cetung forth the proper manner FOR
mailing such of the Christmas pur-
mails for out-of-town friends. They
read.
IAN matter that IS to be mailed
should have attached 70 II the necessary
amount OF postage stamps, and other
wise prepared fer dispatch before. II Is
brought 10 Tie postofIce or station
Whenever practicable, packages TO
be mailed should ne brought TO the
main Office. rather than 70 d station.
This will facilitate their dispatch, and
lessen the liability Of mlscari se OF
letters.
Every package should bear in the
upper Ieft-hand corner Of Il the name
and address OF the sender. This is very
important II is better 10 do this also
In the case OF letters.
The address Of every letter o.. pack
age should be written plainly, and II
should include the name OF the street
and the number OF the residence OF
place Of business Of the addressee.
Some Should Be Unsealed.
An packages should be wrapped Sc
Curely. so as to lessen the chance OF
breakage: but they are not 70 be sealed
against inspection. unless paid for at
the letter rate OF postage. nor should
they contain any written matter.
Matter OF value should be registered.
When renittances are TO be made, the
money should be sent either registered
or by means of money orders.
"All matter should be mailed as muck
in advance Of Christmas as is possible.
'"The rates OF postage on domestic
matter are as follows
Letters, and other sealed matter. .
cents an ounce.
Magazines, newspapers, and other
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
LIABILITIES
ASSETS


The $5s5.oo0 OF deposits are Of course
obtained by adding 20 the 500 600 OF cash
deposits the 1886 600 Of crpdit-deD0sifs <
Que 70 the customers as the proceeds
ot their $4,000 Of pTOmissOry notes. The
5000 profit is the discount the bank
charges. The discounts are not all made
az the same time. Some are always
maturing and are being paid of. and
II is on this money that the bank de-
pends az well as on cash deposits. TO
meet the checks that are constantly be-
ing made nnOT IL
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Timely Warning.

In mailing other than first class mat
ter, the senGers must be careful not 10
include written matter. PostoTce in
spectors are constantly investigating
such cases, and whenever persons are
found 20 be violating this rule they arc
required 20 lay a fine Of SO in eve /.
case, according 10 the requirement. OF
lar-, ~-'lich is as follows.
'f'r knowingly coEcealinC or In
cioslng any matter Of 4 higher class in
that Of a lower class, and depositfnp or
causing the same to be deposited FOR.
conveyance by mail at a less rate than
would be charged for both such higher
and lower class. the offender will be
OF So - --''O
The Washington times., 1907-12-09
Sound Money Conditions
Assured by Farsightedness
Money in a Nutshell
By Frank C. Harper
NUMBER 2.

il requires very little investigation to
show that panics are not caused by
the boarding Of money. Money gets
tight before the supposedly fright
ened depOsitor has any idea that there
is any trouble. Take the. recent money
market upheaval, for instance. One
heard nothing about boarding Of money
until a month ago. Yet it was nearly
two years ago. in the early part Of
l9n5 that the rate for money in New
York began 10 reflect a strain on credit
Hoarding, instead Of being the cause
Of panic, is merely symptom that the
crisis has been reached and that
sounder conditions Will soon be at
hand
The real cause Of Ight money and
the ensuing commercial crisis can best
be understood by studying the opera
lions Of banks. A bank is commonly
thought OF as an institution for the
deposit and loan Of money. But we
have already seen that a large part
OF the deposits of a bank consists OF
checks, which are not money, although
ordinarily accepted by the banks as
such and doing in most respects the
same mOrk that is done by real money
Itself AnG now we come TO a more
significant fact still. and that IS that
1t is not money that "A bank lends, but
generally something which IS entirely
diHerent-yIz. credit.
Conservatism Needed.
II banks only Tended actual money,
and limited their loans to the amotnt
of the deposits made them by their
customers, there would never be any
credit spasms. We should bear in
mLud that under the s-stem adopted
by modern banking the banker lends
money that DE does not nave.
Let us assume that a BINS has q cash
capital 10 begin w.. amounting %
SL.JJ. and that the p IIlic has depos-
lteu with i- 100000 in ash. Our first
tlOuslt Is tlaLNtIe amO mt * can lend
ls this $4,000 minus tho cash reserve
required by law Csay S25UD. which
would be 500 0g- But as a matter oF
fact the bank does not look al * IN
f1is light Ir argues that AZ the law
considers. a cash reserve OF - Der cent
sufficient security for what the bank
owes the public. it may safely make
every dollar iu cash that Dc receives a
Euarautee for the loan OF three or
four dollars. Il proceeds 20 discount
the proWissOry notes OF customers on
thlS principle. When a note for s.. 600.
due In sixty days, Is presented the bank