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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
HELM ATTACKS
COTTON REPORT
Resolution Declares Will
sons Figures Have Caus-
ed Loss to Producers.

Alleging that the Secretary Of Agri-
culture has greatly injured the cotton
producers OF the South by his recent
estimate OF the balance OF this years
cotton crop, Representative Helm OF
Alabama introduced in the House to-
day a joint resolution to request Mr..
Wilson TO furnish Congress with the
figures and information upon which hS
based his estimate.
The reasons for this request, as cited
In the preamble OF the Helm resolu-
ton, are:
THE recent report OF the Honorable
Secretary OF Agriculture, estimating the
cotton crop of the United States fer
1907 at u,67S,OO0 bales. is so at variance
with the Census Department ginners'
hgGres, which have been given to the
public from time to time;
And such an estimate is not war
ranted by the figures shown by the
Government report of this years crop
And the Secretary of Agriculture,s
estimate has injuriOusly affected the
producers of one OF the worlds greatest
commodities"
In discussing his resolution, Mr.. Hef-
lin said: This estimate of the Score
tary has cost the producers several mill
lion dollars already. The facts do not
warrant his estimate that there remains
to be ginned Of this years crop 3.34O. 900
bales No such crop has been made. II
we are going to have and rely on Gov
eminent reports OF the cotton crop, we
must insist that those in authority base
their estimates upon information. and
not upon suggestions from any other
source"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
POOR WIDOW INHERITS
100000 FROM AUNT

NEW YORK. Dec. 16.-With the ar
rival OF two letters from Ireland last
week, the smile OF fortune illumineS
two tiny rooms at 1852 Bushwick ave-
nue.. Williamsburg, where Mrs. Kate
Cole. a poor widow. lives with her son
John, la5orer. The letters brought
news that a fortune Of nearly 81. 0O0 0O0
10 which Mrs Cole and a cousin are
the sole heirs. awaits their appearance
Mrs. Coles uncle. the Rev. Father
Richard Seymour, died In Carrigtohlu,
County Cork, IN 1855, leaving his for
tame TO the convent in that town. His
sister. Johanna Seymour, contested the
VIII and obtained approximately 500 900.
Johanna Seymour died an old maid in
1906, and Mrs. Cole. who mad been ignor-
ant Of the extent Of her uncle's property,
was notified that her aunt left only
5000. Mrs. Cole heard nothing Of the
disposition OF the estate until a fort
night ago, when an old friend OF her
mothers IN Cork wrote asking why she
didn't claim her property.
At the same time came a letter from
an ex-official Of the town, stating that
Johanna Seymour left nearly 81 900, 600
and that dishonest officials had con-
cealed the facts and were converting
the estate 20 their own use.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
und-Facd Men
Best "AffinitieS,"
SaySLOye Expert

CHICAGO. Dec. 1s.-Bear4ng in mind
that the coming year IL a leap year
those women who heard the lecture of
DR.. Julius Won Bernauer on Love
and Affinity" before the Physiological
Society are today reviewing a choice
bunch OF pointers.
In discussing the choosing of Of
fnities. Dr. Bernauer declared that a
woman might avoid thcrny paths by
following some OF this a6vice:
The right man Is much more i'm
portant than the right age
The right man is honest, clean, sober,
aftectionate. and not less than twenty
five years old
Marry a man who Is well developed
an inch and a half behind the ears,
where the chronological love bump lies.
Feel his head
Look out for the man broad behind
tho ears. He makes a quarrelsome hus-
band
Think twice before marrying a high
spirited man. He is apt 20 become
melancholy.
If you find a round-fa ced man, nab
him on the spot They make the best
His advice for men anxious 10 main
tain domestic happiness was:
Don't hang around the kitchen"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
MAKES PROJECTIL.ES
) FOR BIG CANNON
The Firth-Sterling Company
Begins Work on Its
Contract.

Work has been commenced by the
Firth-Sterling Steel Company at Giles
boro Point. on rhe large contract for
projectiles, received from the Navy
Department. knowing their bid was
the lowest the company was in readi-
ness to push the work as soon as the
award was made. 1t will probably be
two years, however, before the last
projectile is received by the Govern
ment. Some of them-that is the bigger
Ones-weigh over half ton apiece, and
each requires great amount or work
and handling.
To the lay mind Il seems impossible
that 1850 projectiles viii cost the Gov
eminent over one million and half
dollars, and even more remarkable that
one I3-inch projectile costs 500 at
wholesale on a 800 order. Each time
n 13-1nch gun is fired with full ser
vice charge and proJectile it costs in
the neighborhood of $500.
The project,les are of the most formid-
able type. aud when fired with a fun
charge are calculated to pierce and
shatter the heaviest armor. one Of
them, we'll aimed, and striking a vital
spot would put the famous Dread
nought'' out Of commission.
II is proposed by the Navy Depart
ment TO put these projectiles In re-
serve, in eastern magazines, 20 be held
until occasion demands their use. They
Will in large part, make up the reserve
supply taken away by the Atlantic feet
for It's long cruise. The first draft upon
them Is expected to be for the maya
zines OF the North Carolina, Montana
Idaho, and other big battleships. either
completed or nearing completion In
eastern shipyards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
TOO TL[
TO ATTEND COURT
Trial of Libel Charge Goes
Over Until Thurs
day.

BERLIN, Dec. 1s.-Maximilian Har-
den, editor Of Die Zunkempt, was too
Ill to appear in court today at the hour
set fer his trial on a charge OF ubeling
the knights OF the Round Table" and
the case was adjourned until Thursday.
Counselor Kleinholtz informed tho
court OF his clients illness. DR.. Max,
the editors physician, corroborated the
lawyer story, and DR.. Hoffman, the
official physician, was sent to his house
to investigate formally. His report fully
bore out the defense's assurances. Har-
denis case is said to be serious. and Il
is Uncertain whether he will be able
TO appear Thursday. His friends ore
IT Ich alarmed concerning him.
An American newspaper man who re-
sambles Harden so strongly as often
to be mistaken for him, received an ova-
lion from the crowd before It was d.
covered that Harden himself was not
present
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
WALKS 46S MILES
SEEKING EMPLOYMENT

CHICAGO, Dec. 16-Another long dis
lance walk ended IN Chicago yesterday.
The walker. however. had no desire to
rival Edward PGyson Weston. although
he walked for twenty-four days. He
had Travelled from Pittsburg, Pas
miles. His feet left blood marks In the
snow, for he wore so shoes or stock
ings. He was half frozen. and the sole
purpose OF his long walk was 10 get
work
The pedestrian was George Gadiyale.
nineteen years old. For three years he
had sent remittanoes 20 his mother in
Italy. but was thrown out OF employ
ment during the financial stringency. so
ne came 20 Chicago. whence he hoped
70 continue sending remittances. De-
tective Anstrome found the youth on
Exchange street He had cut the
sleeves out Of his coat and tied them
about his feet, but was near the limit
Of his endurance. Captain W. p. Clancy
at the stock yards station called In a
physician, had the mars feet ban
daged. and gave him food and shelter.
The captain will seek work for Gadi-
yale today
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
NEW BATTLESHIP IDAHO
ENDS SUCCESSFUL TEST

Word has reached this city that the
new battleship Idaho has successfully
completed her preliminary and stand
ardization trial. making, slightly over
seventeen knots, her required speed.
The Idaho was recently completed by
William Cramp & Sons. Philadelphia,
and her trial was conducted by the
builders with their own crew. No re-
port has yet been rendered by the
naval board. under whose observation
the trial was conducted.
The Idaho left Philadelphia Monday
to have her trial OF the Delaware
capes. but owing to the severe weather.
1t was postponed until Wednesday. The
new vessel has a displacement of 1900
tons, 1000 indicated horsepower, and
VIII carry twenty guns in her main
battery
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
WATCH GIVEN FREE
FOR BEST ANSWER
Questions Relating to Presi-
dent Contain Catch
Word.

In a few days The Times will publish
a Presidential Page" showing the
pictures and autographs of each Pres
ident from George Washington of tho
"hatchet-fame" to Teddy the Rough
Rider"
There will be several questions to an
swer about the Presidents and one in
tentionally n'lsspelled word on the page
TO find. The first one TO carry out these
conditions Will receive a ladies' gold
watch free. There will be an advertise
ment beside the picture of each Pres
dent.
This doWn~to-date way OF advertising
should interest our merchants and pro
fessional men. as the short history given
OF each President makes the page inter
esting and literary. Thousands of these
pages will be torn out OF the paper and
pasted on the walls OF homes and Of
fees for future reference.
Watch out for the page and read care
fully the conditions at the top OF the
Presidential Page" the day It appears
The ladies' watch will be on exhibit
ton in the show window OF r Harris
G. Co, jewelers., 400 Seventh street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
BITES ON LARGE PEARL
AFTER ARGUING WITH WIFE

GREAT DARLINGTON. Dec. IA
William Martin, l resident Oh this place,
yesterday argued for about fifteen min
Utes with his wife to determine whether
he should eat oysters raw, fried, or
stewed. He won the battle. and started
In 70 clean UP the dish the bivalves be-
Ing raw.
When he struck abnnIt the sixth his
teeth crunched, he yelled, leaped from
the table and then found ne had bit a
pearl which may oe worth several hun
dred dollars, according to local Jewell
ers. If he'd had the oysters stewed he
probably wouldn't have lad the pearl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
Feed Your Nerves

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taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, and you
viii be free from those spells Of de-
spair, those sleepless nights and
anxious days, those gloomy, death
like feelings, those sudden starts at
mere nothings, those dyspeptic
symptoms and binding headaches.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done this
for many others-it will cure you.
Hoods SarsapariIIa \
In usual liquid form or in chocOlated
tablets known as ssrsatabs. 100 doses 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
45 MINUTES
JUDGE TIES THE KNOT

TECUMSEH. Neb.. Dec. 16.-Ndiss
Hester 3. Young, OF Lincoln, aged nine
teen, and Oliver Sacks, of st. Louis,
aged twenty-five, were married here
forty-fve minutes after they first met
each other. The young man and the
girl met on the street.
II was a case OF love at first sight.
They strolled down the street together.
her arm In his, talking and laughing
merrily, and soon came to the court
house. There Sacks declared his pas
sion and made a proposal Of marriage.
Miss Young consented TO becoming his
wife, and a few minutes afterward
Judge Livingston performed the cere-
mony uniting them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
LINER MAKING RECORD,
BRINGS Reds HOME

QUEENSTOWN. Dec. ia wireless
message from the Mauretania. thirty
six miles west of Daunts Rock. says
that she is making Z215 knots and that
the sea IS smooth Passengers on board
the liner. among whom are WIitelaw
Reid. United States ambassador to Eng
land, and his family. expect that on
this triP west the ship will make
new record
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07
THE HEARST CONTEST.

The new development in Mr..
Hearst's effort to count the ballots
cast when he ran for Mayor against
Mr. Mcclellan in 1905, is motion on
the part Of Mr.. McClellan's lawyers
for an order adjudging Attorney
General Jackson in contempt Of
court, and Furnishing him for his vio-
lation of the writ of prohibition, OBJ
tanned by the Mtyor. If the Attor-
ney General should refuse to with
draw his action, in the name of the
people, this, in motion, asks for his
Imprisonment until he does so. The
motion will be held in Albany =
Saturday. ~
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07
OREGON AFTER HARTMAN.

Oregon proposes to make the boot
ut both feet. Now it says the rail-
roads will have to pay some demur-
rage, say ten dollars a day in case
they fail to furnish when a demand
is made for them. The roads make
you pay for the cars, when not un-
loaded promptly, and the shipper
should have some lick at the roads
when they want to ship and have no
cars. 1t is thought that when Ore
gon's Legislature meets, and this law
is put into effect, that Hartman will
scramble about and squtnder some
money on building cars.-Eagle,
Dothan, Ala.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

glishman ever accredited to our gov
ernment as the British diplomatic rep
resentativc. The entire diplomatic
establishment as now conducted is ar
chaic and should be abolished, but if
it is to be continued, as it no doubt
will be, then we hail James Bryce,
ambassador, ETC., as the harbinger of
better day.
CHAMP CLARK.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

MY SEASON o. THE YEAR.
There a time at scots my fancy,
Tho it may not jist fit yours,
When the house is like prison,
An l long fur out o. doors.
[NE;l lI IT,.
There is joy to me in winter,
When the stingin' frosty bite
Sends my blood hoppin jumpin'
An makes me feel bout rite.
What joy the fust brite blossoms,
Which, like visions from above,
Are blessings ever welcome
An they tech our hearts with love.
An L like the time o. summer,
When the golden harvests wave,
An the house-wren an the bobolilk
In the meadow brooklets lave.
But the time love the best
OF all the pleasant year,
Is when the squirrel gathers store,
An the autumn leaf is scar.
t.I::.d Ns u:i6fl1f&lj;yi4n
When the day is sorter dreamy,
An the cooin' of the dove
Fills the mind with restrospection,
AM the heart with mellow love.
Itt> i II
When the death 'at Mother Nature
Some day will send to all,
On every leaf an blossom
Is seen to lightly fall;
lhIIhE
When the soul o. man is quickened
An his thOts to heaven ascend.
An it seems the Past an Future
In holy union blend;
When [ see the Hand o. Heaven
On all things far an wide
An [ feel the life within me
Has reached it's ebbin' tide;
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lis then my soul in rapture
To its highest pleasure scars,
An the fields air so invitin'
AT [ must git out o. doors.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07
STOCK WATERING AND RAILROAD
OPERATIONS.
CHAMP CLARK.


States, has been demonstrated time
and again. This watered stock may
be illustrated in several ways. For
instance, suppose the grocer in local
town has a ten thousand dollar stock
of goods, including his building and
equipment and his business is very
prosperous on account of lack of com
petition, and he is making twenty
to twenty-five per cent over and above
expenses each year on his investment.
This big profit invites too much in
quiry and temptation on the part OF
persons disposed to be inquisitive. The
grocer organizes corporation" and
so manipulates matters that he sells
another fifteen thousand dollars worth
Of stock, the money which he sue
ceeds in getting, or notes for it, as
promoter" and he still retains his
ten thousand dollars worth of stock
and perhaps gets some of the new
stock. If the original stock was max
ing an average annual income Of twen-
ty per cent, the whole new stock of
twenty-five thousand dollars, instead
of the original ten thousand dollars,
would be making per cent, the pro-
mOter, the holder of the original ten
thousand dollars would have his ten
thousand dollars worth of stock, would
have the fifteen thousand dollars paid
in for the new stock, would still be
getting per cent on his ten thousand
dollars and would have fifteen thous
and dollars of loose money for other
purposes.
Not cent would have been added
to actual assets of the corporation, but
fifteen thousand dollars would be add
ed to the capital stock, and instead
of reducing the price to the patrons
of the store, as ought to be done,
without issuing watered stock, the con-
sumer has to pay prices to sustain and
maintain an income on stock that rep
resents nothing at all, except a graft
upon the public.
The case is much more fragrant
in the case of a railroad corporation.
1t is a public service corporation, and
Of such large capitalization that new
anu COulpCIluS IOduS CduuOC De DullC
in hurry. The store in the supposed
case is a strictly private concern and
a small capital could put in a COM
peting store in short order. The sup
posed case can be remedied easily,
that Of the railroad corporation from
it's nature and business enjoys privi-
leges and opportunities that the small.
er concern does not and the railroad
can easily confuse the public where
the other could not.
Railroads are permitted to be built
and operated for what is supposed to
be the public convenience" for the
better handling of the traffic of the
people-at reasonable cost. In good
faith the cost of the traffic to the pub
lie, in charges should be based upon
actual investment-not upon water
and water frequently many times
more than the actual investment. II
the watering of stock is permitted, 1t
may be indefinitely multiplied, and If
freight and passenger charges may be
based rightfully on such watered
stock, then the process may be carried
on so as to absorb every dollar of
earnings of the people.
But the watering of stock Is not con-
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

pretending Missouri conductor, and it
was wholesome deed. To charge
battery in the excitement of battle
animated by the gaudium certaminis
In company with hundreds or thou
sands OF ones shouting comrades has
ever been accounted heroic perform
ance, but it is easy beside what was
done by Haywood. Unarmed, watch
Ing an opportunity, single handed he
pounced on the robber who had his
pistol In his hand, knocked him down
and held him till he could be tied.
Certainly Carnegie ought to give him
a medal, and the railroad company
ought to give him life pension equal
to his salary. Leonidas at Thermopy-
lac, the Light brigade at Balaklava,
the Old Guard at Waterloo-none of
these showed more courage than did
Conductor Haywood. All honor to his
name. May his tribe increase. Like
Lord Byron, he awoke one morning to
find himself famous. Conductors who
act as he did are as scarce as poets
who write as Byron wrote. II Hey
wood were of proper age, he ought to
be sent to West Point, but as he is
siXty-fOur that cannot be. If he had
performed his heroic feat within the
realm Of Napoleon while that mighty
man was emperor Of France, he would
most certainly have been rewarded
with the cross Of the Legion of Honor
and given even more substantial re-
wards. Even in this prosaic age Hey
wood should not go unrewarded.
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A Contrast.
Little Delaware is to be most heart
lily congratulated on having unloaded
Gas Addicks, the greatest incubus that
ever afflicted any American common
wealth. He has kept her in the lime
highland such a limelight!- ten
or twelve years, humbled her, dis
graced her, made her name hiss and
a by-word among the states. Twice
he forced her to have only one Unit
ed States senator for the space of
two years each time, and once for a
period of two years he prevented her
having any United. States senator at
all. That's Republican Delaware! What
an awful contrast with the Democrat
ic era when Delaware sent to the SEN
ate such splendid Americans as the
Saulsburys, the Bayards and Judge
George Gray!
Holding On.
What has become of the Platt res
ignation rumors? For months they
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07
THE WEEKLY tEFFFRsON1AN.

EFFERSONIAN.
and other corporations of like chai
acter. We are at critical period in
the history of the country, which
needs not be alarming, but which calls
for sound craftsmanship, and which
will also require that the strong and
certain power of government, govern
ment by nation, state, county and mu-
nicipality, be exerted to control and
regulate corporate wealth and prop
erty of every class, keeping it at all
times in subjection to the best inter-
ests Of the people, while permitting
it at the same time to yield fair re-
turn to the investors.
The stock watering is, in effect, for
gerry on an extensive scale. This is
the plain and unavoidable result to the
paying public, and a government or
ganized by the people themselves for
their own protection, surely must have
enough virture in it to correct a plain
and dangerous invasion of the intent
and purpose of all government, the
equal protection of all-The Search
light.
WILL KEEP UP THE BOYS ON THE
FARM.
BY Farmer.
The subject Is one of great mo-
ment, for in it lies the solution of
the labor the ''vagrant negro" and
the "boys leaving the farm" prob
lens. One of the sages has said
fools learn by their own experience,
the wise by the experience of others"
1 think the southern farmers would
do we'll to consider this.
Go into their homes and you will
find all up-to-date household necessa-
ries-the sewing machine, washing
machine, cream separators and other
labor saving inventions. Go to the
saw mills, cotton mills, printing Of
fees, etc., and you find every known
device for saving labor and reducing
hired help to the minimum. Go into
the field and you find the old fashioned
Dixie plow; one, plow, one man, one
mule, making one furrow. Flowing
around stumps that have to be wed
every year. Turning at the rail fence
which has to be "righted up" every
year, and distributing manure with
shovels, utilizing both the boys and
hired help.
While gang plows or disc plows or
harroWs with two or three mules and
one man would do more work, do it
better and do it all "just at the right
time," why plow and weed around
stumps when improved machinery will
rid the farm of them once for all at
a very small cost? Why fix up old
Cor new) rail fences when timber is
SO valuable and wire so cheap? WHY
spread manure by hand when spread
er with one man and two horses will
do more and better work than the
same team with a wagon and four
men.
l say uptO-date equipment solves
the labor problem because the farm.
er needs less help" consequently can
pay better wages and secure compe-
tent men. l say it solves the "vagrant
negro" problem because the farmer
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

the use Of labor saving machinery
Union News, GAINESVILLE, Ga.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07
Holding On.

What has become of the Platt res
ignation rumors? For months they
came thick and fast, but the aged. not
venerable, Thomas Collier Platt still
sits in the house of the ancients and
gives no sign. 1t will be remembered
that he once resigned. That was away
back in the dog days of 1881, during
the Garfield -Conkling feud. Most folks
believe that the lordly Roscoe com.
PEELED Thomas Collier to resign, and
they therefore and thereupon dubbed
him "Me Too Platt" His friends say
that he suggested the idea to COnk-
ling-a statement taken cum grano
That Conkling would have needed his
advice is altogether improbable when
We reflect upon the known character
istics of the two men. At any rate,
Plat hasn't resigned any fat posi-
tions since Conkling died, and, what's
most likely, he never will.
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Perhaps somebody some time some
where has done a more unwiSe and
inopportune thing than Governor SWEET
tenham did when he wrote his rude
and uncalled for letter to Admiral Da-
Wis. If so, 1t has escaped the histo-
rians of all time. 1t is the ne plus ul-
ira of bad manners. In this era of
good feeling betwixt us and Great
Britain there is no danger of its pro-
ducing international complications, but
nevertheless the British foreign office
did well to promptly disavow it.
The world moves, and no mistake.
James Bryce is the only untitled En-
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

The world moves, and no mistake.
James Bryce is the only untitled En-