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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-10
NATIVES ABUSED
BY KING LEOPOLD,
SAYS R. H. DAVIS

LONDON. May 10.-Richard Harding
Davis. the novelist and war correspond
ent. has returned from the Congo. In
Africa he made a personal investigation
Of the charges against King Leopold
IN the administration Of the Congo
Free State.
In my opinion" said Mr.. Davis in an
interview with London newspaper men,
the charges are true that King Leopold
has enslaved 100000 people. over
whom he was placed as a protector. that
he has prevented any foreigner from
trading in the Congo although he was
placed in authority or the understanding
tina; he would keep the Congo open TO
all nations; and that he has taken all
the trade. all the products Of the
country, which ought 70 belong 70 the
world 10 himself
I saw no atrocities. To get into the
atrociIy zone you must travel three or
four months So / say nothing about
atrocities.
But the other charges are certainly
true, and ] am quite ready 10 believe
that II one could go into the ninterland.
where one man has absolute control over
thousands. the stories OF barbarOus
cruelty would also be proved. 1 am
willing 10 accept the evidence on this
point given 70 me by eX-officers, mis-
S4tLdt4tSs ana traders
Van Damme, the governor. IS an ex-
celent intelligent man. and a thorough
gentleman Among the officials are
many Ike him. But, for the most part.
the Belgian officials are men with q
past They are men who have m.de q
bad mess Of things - home and have
been given a chance here. They ara
unscruDulous and absolutely under me
thumb Of Leopold.
You never seen an old man or woman
IN the Congo country terribly signf-
cant fact Here. too. the natives possess
no chickens, no goats, no gardens. no
goods OF any kind The reason Is sim
pie Taxation leaves no margin for any
OF these things A chicken Is a ire
mendous luxury. Bat In neighboring
French territory YOU see a verv differ
ent state of affairs.
SO long as Leopold is King OF the Bel
gians I am afraid little will be done
/ think the only -emedy is for the
English 10 take II over. / know il would
be alleged that England did so from
Interior motives. But IL you chase a
plckpocket 10 recover your watch no
one accuses you OF Interior motives. -
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date. He has made the Taft candi-
dacy what it is today, so strong and
overshadowing that at this writing
there can hardly be said to be any
second in the race. He has executed
wonderful coup in Ohio, and there
is evidence that he viii presently
give an exhibition in New York that
will make the masters of the art in
that State take due notice. He is
looking carefully after Illinois, and
Speaker Cannon knows il.
II is a very commonplace charac-
terization of the President to say
that he is the greatest politician
this country has known in a genera
ton. He has in the last two months
put on a political whirlwind which
kept everybody dazed by its start
ling evolutions and developments,
until suddenly it was realized that
he had cleared the field and stood
forth master of the situation. with
the 1908 convention fairly in his
grasp, and, because of that, with the
assurance that he will get what he
wants out of Congress at the ses-
sion next winter,
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Must Pay Street Rentals.

Out in Ohio the high court has just
made a decision of enormous i'm
portance to public service corpora
tons and the people alike. 1t is, in
brief, that a municipality can charge
for the use of its streets, and that
The company must pay. Heretofore
every utility corporation in the
State had refused to come to time
financially, even when a payment
had been expressly stipulated in
their franchises, and the lower
courts had backed them up. They
have all been Overruled, happily for
common sense and the best interests
of the people.
The principle that a city owns its
streets, on the surface and below il,
ought never to be disputed. That
being the case. it has the undOubted
right TO charge for their use by any
sort of corporation that in turn ex-
acts money for its service. To adj
nit any weakness in such position
would be TO relegate a community's
power over its own TO the dustheap.
Much is yet to come of this question
of public service franchise, and il is
we'll to have the air cleared occa-
sionally as by the far-reaching de-
cision in Ohio.
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WELDON BRAVES
GHOSTEY MYSTERY
Member of Wanderers Club
Enters Suspicious
House.

Weldon, OF the Wanderers Club,
braved the ghostly mystery surrounding
the House Of Suspicion by passing alone
and at midnight through the gloomy
portals Of the gate which swung open
without the aid Of human hands What
happened 10 him after the gate was
closed behind him by the same myster-
ious agency. leaving his friend. Carr.
on the outside, overwhelmed with
amazement and fear. viii be told in
new chapters of this intensely absorb
ing story in the magazine section Of next
Sundays Washington Times.
Weldon is the first Wanderer who
heard Maltby's strange story about the
old mansion to determine TO investigate
the mystery for himself. This bold fell
low took the whole thing as a joke at
first, but as will be seen little later ii
turned out to be a pretty serious affair
both for Weldon and other members Of
10 follow his example and one by one
entered the House of Suspicion. as Wei
don had done, alone at midnight and
were heard from no more.
In the chapters to be printed next
Sunday, WeldOn's adventures begin with
a rather pleasant incident once he is
inside the strange mansion, this being
nothing less than his discovery of a
note containing certain directions. Wei
further directions which land him in
difficulties far from pleasant.
Lovers OF the mysterious in fiction
and persons who are clever at unravel-
ing the authors concealed plot. should
not fail to read the House OF Suspicion
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ENLISTS IN NAVY
BY ACCIDENT

ATLANTA, Ca, May 10.-His desire TO
get free medical examination has re-
suited in the arrest Of Ed J. Sheeran, a
seventeen-year-old printer, who resides
with his bride OF six weeks at So AImo
street, and before young Sheeran gets a
receipt IN fun he will have TO give the
next four years Of his life to the United
States Government.
On the afternoon of April 80 Sheeran
was feeling sick. He was passing along
North Forsyth street, when his eye was
attracted TO the sign OF the United
States Marine Corps enlistment office.
A happy thought entered bis brain.
He would proceed to the enlistment Of
fee. undergo the medical examination
and let the matter end there.
Immediately the examining surgeon
had finished with him ne was requested
10 hlI out an enlistment blank, after
which he was sworn in.
He was notified that he must return
to the enlistment office at 1870 D. m of
the same day. as he was TO join a SQUAD
of recruits which would leave for Nor
folk, Va.
Sheeran did not return at the an
pointed time He soon dismissed the
matter of enlistment from his mind
Not so with the officers at the recruit
ing office. They kept their eyes omen
for the young printer, and when one
OF them saw him at the corner of
Whitehall and Alabama streets. he
pointed him out TO Patrolman Coogler
and had him locked UP ON the charge Of
being deserter-
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HARTMAN LINES
TO Be REFINANCED
To Issue S75,OOO,O0O Bonds
and SlOO,OOO,OOO Com
mon Stock.

NEW YORK, May 1o.-The expected
happened when the announcement was
made that the Union Pacific manage
ment had decided 70 issue $4,000, COO con-
vertible debentures, and the Southern
Pacific 100000 preferred stock. The
directors Of the Union Pacific voted 10
give the new bonds 10 the stockholders
Of the company at 90 and the new pre-
feTred stock OF the Southern Pacific viii
be onersd 70 the preferred and common
stockholders at par 10 the extent Of Is
per cent OF their holdings.
The directors OF the Union Pacific also
recommended an issue Of $1,000 GO
common stock against the S75.O0O.O10 con
Verubie bonds, which are 10 bear interest
az per cent. and convertible into stock.
between three and five years al l75. Both
common and preferred stockholders are
given the privilege Of subscribing.
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A New Railroad Thought.

Judge f. II. Farrar, of New Or
leans, recently sent a letter to Presi-
dent Roosevelt embodying his
thoughts on Government regulation
of railroads. That letter has just
been made public. and it is so novel
and interesting in its conclusions
and suggestions that it should not
pass unnoticed. In the course of it
the writer says:
In my opinion, as an humble student
Of the Constitution, and as a Demo-
crat who belongs 10 the school OF fair
cOnstructionists," there is full power in
the Constitution of the United States,
as now written and interpreted, to take
full, absolute and exclusive control of
tle whole subject, by the exercise of
the power granted in paragraph Z. of
section s, Of Article l, of the Constitu-
ton which grants to the Congress
power Ito establish pOstOffices and post
roads The postal grant contained in
this paragraph is exclusive in The Fed
eral Government No divided control
of such a system by separate sover-
eighties in the same territory is think
able.
Just as the Government in the exer-
else OF It's power 10 borrow money and
banking system, just so under It's power
70 establish post roads IL may organize
corporations for the purpose of build
ing and operating such roads to carry
the mails of the United States, the
troops Of the United States. the sup
plies Of the United States, the officers
of the United States. and, incidentally,
70 transport individuals and the freight
o. individuals under the regulations
IXed by the Congress.
These corporations being creatures
of the United States and instrumentali-
ties provided by IL for the proper and
convenient performance Of It's govern
mental functions, the United States can
regulate ihem-
From a Southern Democrat the
above is a surprising admission, and
it is all the more striking from the
fact that it opens up a broad vista
OF Government control, if not actual
ownership, of the great railroad sys-
TENS of the land. If, as Judge Far
rar asserts, the Federal power can,
by the mere use of the name post
roads, constitutionally acquire con-
troll of the lines already built or
build lines of its own. the transition
could be made remarkably easy and
swift, and instead of the arising of
the DOGGY of interference with COM
merce among the States, to regulate
which is often beyond the control of
Congress, there would simply arise
the question whether or not GER
tain railroad was a post road of the
United States. 1t might easily be
made so, and the7question answered
in practical and far-reaching way.
This post road theory will hardly
be accepted by the constitutional
students and the practical politicians
Of Congress at this time, but il at
hast furnishes a very interesting
theme for discussion. 1t is espe-
cially suggestive as showing the
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ANALYzED STOMACH
Of HORACE MARVIN

WILMINGTON. Del. May 1O.-Dr. Al
bert Robin, city bacteriologist, who has
been making a chemical analysis Of the
stomach and intestines OF little Horace
Marvin, has completed the work. He
has submitted a report of his findings to
Attorney General Richards
DIR. Robin would not make public any
statements regarding the result Of the
analysis as obtained by himself He said
he did not want to cause any interrupt
ton Of the plans made by the authori-
ties in charge CT the case. He would
not say whether any poison had been
found In the stomach and refused 10
discuss his work
Attorney General Richards said he
would not give out any information con-
corning IL until after the inquest.
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The Reynolds Report Analysed.

James B. Reynolds-special COM
missioner of the President TO inves-
tigate the Chicago packing houses,
the District school system, and the
condition of Washington alleys, and
long distinguished for practical So
Geological labors in New York-has
submitted to the Executive the
draft of a complete change in the
District government. His recon-
mendations are radical. The inclina-
ton is TO dispose of them out of
hand, especially in view of a pro-
posed importation of mayors. But
we who live in the District will do
better TO analyze the report before
we pass judgment upon it.
Certain features have the indorse-
ment of years of effort by the pres
ent District officials, local business
bodies, the newspapers, and every
one else. Such are the extension of
the civil service regulations TO in
clude the District Office force; an
enlargement of the Health Office;
the enlargement of the Police De-
partment, together with a develop
ment of the bureau of Identification;
the introduction of taxameters for
cabs and better regulation of street
traffic; energetic efforts to clean the
slums; and the transfer TO District
officials Of practically all power of
legislation not involving appropria-
tions. With most, if not all, of this
no thoughtful! citizen will disagree.
Another and separate feature is
the project of a committee of 100
citizens, selected by the President
and equipped with the authority of
his selection, to advise with the Of
ficials con all questions of social re-
form and administration" Such
bodies as the new Chamber of Com
merce and the Board of Trade can
be trusted, Mr.. Reynolds thinks, TO
care for what is material and per
sonal. The new body is needed 70
care for what is disinterested and
general.
Otherwise, the report is built upon
the theory that authority and re-
spOnsibility must be coordinate;
that responsibility must be specified
and fastened upon particular officers,
and that these conditions do not
now prevail in the District of Column
bia. The present administration, -
the Presidents commissioner says.
has the advantage of the intimate
association and frequent conference
of three executives of equal rank
But it has the inevitable defects OF
divided responsibility, confusion OF
authority and of administration by
d board, instead of by single re-
sponsible executive"
Accordingly, Mr.. Reynolds turns
away from Galveston, which has
lately instituted a commission form
of government (headed, however, by
q mayor with full authority, and
recommends a governor and coun-
Gil. The field of their labors is di-
vided into bureaus and, subject to
the governor, each councillor is SUI
preme in his own department. Incl
dentally, this council would take
over from Congress practically all
the non-apPropriating legislation
for the District. In some details
this system would probably prove
economical. In the aggregate, reck-
oning with $4,000 and $4,000 sala-
ries, it would probably increase the
cost of the government. The ques-
ton, Would it increase its eff
ficiency?" is not to be answered in
a breath.
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ANTITRUST PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST HARVESTER CO.

CHICAGO. May 10-Chicago has been
made the center for the next trust liti-
cation, and the International Harvester
Company is 10 follow the path already
trod by the Standard Oil Company and
the School Desk trust This New Jer-
sey corporation, capitalized at $40 co., 600
is charged with a violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law, but it remains 10
be decided whether the CONTEMPLATED
action shall be criminal cr civil.
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10 be soldier, and on his deathbed
swors the boy 70 avenge the wrongs
OF Poland against Russia
The other medical people studied the
group while IL waited for the camera
to be snapped, and their unanimous veI-
dlet was that Kuro5l was the most Oc-
cidental japanese they had ever seen,
or else the most Oriental European
He was pronounced on close comparI-
son with the other japanese in the
group. to iii the bill completely for the
son Of a European father and a Jap
onese mother
Chummy With Americans.
The general took the greatest interest
In everything he saw. and was as
chummy with the American officers as
he could be under the circumstances
He expressed the greatest appreciation
OF the honors shown him, saying that
he regarded himself as merely the rep
lesentative Of his country. and these at
tentions as the evidence Of the real feel
ing of this country toward japan. on
matters remotely involving the recent
negotiations regarding the status or
japanese in this country he declined 10
say a word, and nobody was disposed
70 urge him 10 speak after one refusal
General Kuroki has received an I'M
mense number Of invitations from Ell
over the country TO be the guest Of
cities, commercial and civic organizs-
tons. and he expects TO accept several
and 70 see as much Of the United States
as possible
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-10
WATERWAYS BOARD
SELECTS LEIGHTON

The Inland Waterways Commission
has designated Marshall o. Leighton,
chief photographer of the Geological
Survey, as consulting photographer.
He will serve in an advisory capacity
in all matters relating to the flow OF
rivers and related problems Of water
supply. water power, river pollution, etc.
He has spent his whole professional
life since graduating from the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology in
water supply work. especially that re-
iating to the rivers of the United
States, their flow and power develop
ment, and the damages from sewage
and industrial pollution. At the pres
ent time Mr.. Leighton is ore Of the
New Jersey.
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STEEPLEJACK NORRIS
WASTED 100000

CHICAGO, May 10.-After having dis
sipated 100000 he had earned as a
steeple1ack. Joseph Norris. sixty-flve
years OLD, applied at the South Chicago
police Slation for n nights lodging
MOTIFS h-s worked in England. Scotland,
ireland, vance. and Germany since he
lett his residence in Iowa forty-fve
years ago he says he Is the original
steeplejack and claims 10 have worked
On the Ethel Tower in Paris The last
Few years he has been working on
ehimneys and smelter stacks IN South
Chicago
The police say Norris. after accumu-
Iatlng fortune lost It through drink
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-10
CIGARETTE GIRLS STRIKE;
SYMPATHY FOR INSPECTOR

RICHMOND. Va, May I0-Because
Mrs. Theresa Klotz. inspector Of the all
tobacco cigarette department. was trans
ferred to another department forty girls
employed as packers in the Allen &
Ginter branch OF the American Tobacco
Company are out on strike The girls
demanded the Immediate relnstatemento OF
Mrs KlOtz, who is a favorite with the
packing forces. They threatened 10
walk out in body IL their demand
was not compiled with, and they de-
clined to work under new inspector.
The management refused TO reinstate
Mrs. Klotz, and the girls made good
their threat, They quit work I'm the
middle Of the day.
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DoctozS Study Gen. Kuzoh
As He Poses Foz Plctuce,
And Su1n1iSe Nationality
Physicians Agree That Features of japanese Hero
Lend Strength to Story of Polsh-Nippon
Ancestry

General Kurok and a group OF Jap
anese officers, with General Macarthur
and one or two other American officers,
stood out in the sun for ten minutes
on the steps OF the New Willard Hotel
10 get their pictures taken. The camera
didn't do its business promptly, and the
group was kept posing for an uncon-
scionably long time. While it was wait
ing for the little rubber bulb 10 be
squeezed, a crowd gathered, including
a number Of the distinguished physi-
clans who have been attending the con-
gress Of medical organizations in the
city
General Kuroh was placed in the
middle of the front row IN the group.
He was patient and impassive, and per-
sisted In getting his negligee travelling
capy pulled down too low over his eyes.
The photographer repeatedly Induced
him 10 raise the cap and throw his head
farther back, and each time he promptly
acquiesced.
Doctors Study 0rientals.
Meanwhile the medical men. experts
in such subjects, were studying the
group Of Orientals. One Of them re-
called the story which had 50 much
currency during the Japanese-Russian
war, that Kuroh was the son Of
Polish patriot who had been eXiled from
his own country by Russian ofhciaIisIn,
went to Japan. and there welded Jap
anese woman. The story in. some OF its
more lurid versions represented that
this old Polish patriot raised his son
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-10
MORGAN IS OUTBID
FOR ANCIENT COIN

ROME, May I0-J. Pierpont Morgan
has allowed a coin 10 slip through his
fingers In doing so he has met with
a temporary setback 10 his apparent de-
sire 10 possess himself of all available
art treasures and curios.
The coin which has ESCAPED was a
small gold piece OF ancient NIessina,
sold at auction when the Strozzf coHee-
ton vas disposed Of.
Morgan was OuJhid for the coin by
Baron PeDnisi, who paid $3.50 for II
Great satisfaction IS expressed here
that at least one rarity has been saI-s4
10 Italy.
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vast change of public thought that
has come about among the old-time
Southern Democrats. To have sug-
gested such a plan of centralized
governmental power fifty years ago
below the Mason and Dixon line
would have made a man an object of
derision and even suspicion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-10
CLUB ACCOUNTS
HAVE VANISHED

PITTSBURG. May 1O.-A scandal
growing out Of the disappearance of
all account books and papers Of the
Country Club OF Pittsburg, when an
auditing committee was appointed to
overhaul the books. bids fair to disrupt
the organization.
Officers Of the organization. Including
President Alexander NJ. Jenkinson
threaten to resign. The club has entar-
tanned many leading men of America
and Europe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-10
GENERAL PORTER IN PARIS;
SEES PRESIDENT FALLIERES

PARIS, May lO.-Gen. Horace Porter.
former American ambassador TO France.
and one Of the American delegates to the
peace conference at The Hague, had a
long audience of President Fallieres. at
the Elysee Palace. During his visit here
General Porter will confer with Premier
Clemenceau, former Premier Bourgeois.
and other prominent French statesmen.
He will go to Switzerland at the end OF
the week to visit his daughter before
proceeding to The Hague
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-10
TWO SUiTORS ARRESTED;
ALLEGE ONE SENT BOMB

ATLANTA. Ga, May 10-The police
investigation into the sending OF an in
fernal machine TO Miss Katherine Nc
Carthy. which seriously wounded her
mother and wrecked their home result
ed In the arrest OF Fred Bush and
Charles Doolittle business partners and
roommates, charged with suspicion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-10
BIG OCEAN STEAMERS
WITHOUT MACHINERY?

LONDON, Nav .e.-In less than a
century great stea- ners will cross the
ocean with little or no machinery aboard
and extremely small crews, propelled
by electricity transmitted wirelessly
from Niagara Falls This is the predic-
ton of Sir Hugh Gill. of the Iron and
steel institute. In his inaugural address
he voiced this prophecy.
This sounds like a strange forecast -
he admitted, but 1t Is no more incredi-
bic than the prediction for 1907"
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LOST so YEARS PROFITS
IN SAN FRANCISCO FIRE

NEW YORK. May 10.-The San Fran
cisco confiagration of April. 1905, swept
away not only every dollar of profit
previously made by the Insurance COM
panies out of underwriting since 1860. but
cost them S79, 7OS. IVA besides. accord,ns- to
statement made by President George
W. Burchell. of the National Board IF
Underwriters, at the annual meeting at
that organization.