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The Washington times., 1907-06-18
TUESDAY. JUNE IS, 1907.
How You Pay the Freight.

Go to market and buy a quarter
peck of apples. They ought to cost
you not more than 10 cents. They
viii cost thirty.
The dealer viii tell you he is
helpless-and he is. His stock comes
either from cold storage and rots
on exposure 10 the air; or il comes
from Australia and the freight is
put in the price. Yet last fall apples
rotted on the ground in orchards
all the way from the Eastern Shore
10 Oregon.
The reason? Well the chief rea-
son is that for more than year
there have not been freight cars
enough to carry the goods of the
small shiPper-and today you are
paying the cost. So near do you
stand, as a citizen, to a problem of
railroad administration like the
present lack of rolling stock.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
@EvER A SONG SOMEWHERE"

There is ever song somewhere, my
dear.
There is ever a something that sings
Away;
There's the song Of the lark when the
skies are clear,
And the song OF the thrush when the
skies are gray
The sunshine showers across the grain,
And the bluebird trills in the orchard
tree;
And in and out, when the caves drip
The swallows are twittering cease
lessly.
There. is ever q song somewhere. my
dear,
Be the skies above dark or fair;
There is ever song that our hearts
There. IS ever a song somewhere. my
dear
There is ever song somewhere
There is ever a song somewhere. my
dear.
IN the midnight black or the midday
blue:
The robin pipes when the sun IS here.
And the cricket chirrups the whole
night through;
The bud may blow and the fruit may
grow
And the autumn leaves drop crisp and
sere.
But whether the sun or the rain or the
snow.
There is ever a song somewhere nv
dear.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
The WOrkwOman Well Dressed,

Washington is the paradise of the
wOrkwOman. Here she finds en-
ployment which is at once educa-
tiOnai, profitable, and compatible
with healthful, feminine, social rec
reation. And here, in spring, her
Iaiment shines brightest.
On the cars you see her these
days-these latest two or. three
days. Few products of the loom are
too fine for her adornment. Whether
in a crisp, white, embroidered lin
gerie" costume vile phrase, that
or in shirt waist and coIored
skirt, or in a figured suit with long,
rumpled gloves and towering hat,
she looks, as she is, the picture of
happy, conscious, feminine style.
Some viii object to so much dress
for business women. They will be
either the folk who have never felt
the buoyancy offs good clothes or
those who do not themselves work.
For such as they, the well-dressed
young woman might reply:
Life is what one gets out of it.
Usefulness, Productiveness, haPpi-
ness are its best means and ends.
The power OF selection which makes
a woman's clothes attractive to 9TH
ers-including all rignt-minded wo-
men as well as all normal men-is a
power which may well make her
more useful as a clerk. Moreover,
the fruits of that power go further
to make her happy than any other
material gain"
And the Mere Men, who work
within the circles of her influence,
or ride in the elevator with her, or
only catch furtive glimpses of her
trim personality as she sits in the
street cars, will applaud her conclu-
sions though they smile over her
logic.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
ELLIS MAKES HIT
IN "THE PRIVATE SECRETARY

Edwin Arden last night at the Belasco
offered an Illustration OF how a star
particularly OF a stock company, may
be generous and give other members
Of his company an opportunity to dis
play their ability when he preserved
The Private Secretary" Mr.. Arden
gave the center OF the stage TO Edward
Ellis, who saG his chance and made
good.
The Private Secretary is a farce
written on such substantial lines as to
relieve Il Of the feathery character Of
so many similar writings. II tells the
old story Of mistaken Identity accom-
PANIED by the innumerable complications
that are sure to appear Mr. Arden as
sumes the character of "a youns man
with a rich uncle who DEGREES that his
nephew must sow his wild oats before
any money will be forthcoming. The
nephew has no desire for such a course.
but is drawn into IL by friend, and is
persuaded to go down TO the friends
country home as a private secretary,
who is expected on that day. The real
secretary is a clergyman. and so the
young man Is forced 20 don the cloth
The real secretary appears and the ball
Mr.. Arden plays the role OF Douglas
Cattermole. as he plays everything
Edward Ellis enacts the role Of the
real secretary. clergyman who is "A
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
Coast Defense Force
Too Small, Say Officers

NEW YORK. June Is.-Coast defenses
about New York are far from being as
effective as they should be, inasmuch
as they have only one-fifth the quota
of men needed 70 man the guns now
in place. say officers OF the United
States army who took part in the
rnaneuvers last week. For that reason,
army officers are anxious to obtain the
active cooperation OF the entire Ma
tional Guard.
IF Congress fully appreciated our
position said an officer of the Depart
ment of the East on Governors Island
I'VE would have increased salaries for
privates. .corporals. and sergeants. We
cannot get enough men at present rates.
Some day the people may wake up TO
find themselves at war with a ftrst-ciass
naval power. Then they viii want coast
artillerymen. and you cannot make
coast artilleryman in minute II
would take $500 men to defend the port
OF New York and its approaches prop
erlv. Should war with a naval power
start. our outposts would not be at Bath
Beach. but across the island as far out
a. Queens and Long Beach We would
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
Morse immigration.

According TO Herr Lagercrantz,
Swedish minister TO the United
States, there is 10 be in the not far
future a cessation of the emigration
of his cOuntrymen TO the United
States. He believes that this will
take place simply from natural
causes.
THE great trend of emigration
westward will stop of its own ac-
cord later on" he says. although
we might wish to put an end to it
now, we can do nothing, but we are
not in the least alarmed. / do not
think it can be long before these
great swarms of emigrants cease in
vading your country, especially
from the scandinavian races"
What are the underlying reasons
for his belief the Swedish minister
does not state very explicitly. To us
on this side the ocean it seems quite
likely that so long as we can offer
to the Scandinavian more industrial
and financial prosperity and a larger
measure of personal iberty-al-
though the Swedes have no lack of
that now-we shall continue to find
this fine class of immigrants seek
ing our shores and making them
selves happy and influential here.
America would not have stheir
coming cease, for there is no ques-
ton that they are one of the finest
class of new citizens that knock for
admission at our doors. As a rule,
they go back to the soil and all
through the great Northwest they
are a power for good in all depart
ments of life. They are physically
desirable. They are generally edu-
Gated. They make citizens of good
repute and of utility that cannot
be denied.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
RECEIVERS S. BILL
AFTER rs YEARS

LEXINGTON. KY, June ls.-W. H.
De Baum, Of DanvIlle, Boyle county. has
received a message from his father.
l. De Baum, telling Of the remarkable
recovery of five-dollar bill which he
misplaced quarter Of a century ago.
twenty-five years ago l. l. De Baum
moved from Covington, KY, to Perry
Vile, Boyle county. Before leaving his
old home at COvington, the elder
De Baum folded a five-dollar bill and
stuck il into a crack in a wardrobe and
forgot to remove il when he left.
A few days ago Mr. he Baum and his
granddaughter went 10 CoVington and
visited the old De Baum home Arriv-
ing there, the old gentleman went
straight 10 his old room. opened his old
wardrobe, reached In and brought forth
the five-dollar bill
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
The MdnOeupreS of Jane
Admirably Presented

The Manouevres of Jane" by Henry
Arthur Jones, is the delightful comedy
Offering at the Columbia this week.
The enthusiastic reception with which
the members Of Columbia Company
were greeted by a capacity audience
demonstrated the fact that their work
was UP TO its usual high standard
The play is based upon the stubborn
ness of Jane and the slyness of Con-
stance in their matrimonial schemes.
The author has made the two women
fan in love with different men So that
the only obstacle with which they have
TO battle is the opposition OF an i'm
petuous father and dotinR mother.
who are Rbetted by several aunts,
cousins, and uncles.
The lines are sparkling and The stu
atoms amusing throughout
Miss Spong, as Jane. the headstrong
young woman with an ungovern a BILE
temper, and a father with A similar
failing. gave one OF the most delightful
representations Of her summer season
here Her work was particularly efrec-
tive In the first act. WREN father and
chaperon endeavor 20 dictate her choice
of a husband. Miss Spong always gives
an interesting performance. Last night
she did something more. There was
novelty in her charact .riZation.
Miss Walker as Connie, sly by nature
rather than from necessity" gave a
performance that was greeted by pesls
OF laughter and rounds Of applause.
She was at her best in the second scene
OF the third act, when by her shame
less wiles she forces a proposal from
the unsophisticated aud weak-minded
Lord. Bapchild. Miss Walkers comedy
is always delightful. for one never
knows exactly what she is going TO do
next. There is something refreshing
In her work. and the audience enterE
thoroughly into the spirit Of her humor.
Guy Coombs as Lord Bapchild. gave
an interesting performance. IN spite OF
the fact that his impe-sonation was too
highly colored, especially in the fret
act
Dorothy HammacE as 4 Peck BAD Boy
in skirts, gave "A amusing though not
convincing portrayal OF the role.
Walter Howe as Jarvis Punshon,
George CASTOR as Mr.. Nangle. Enie
Darling as Mrs Beechinor, Frances
Younge as Lady Bapchud. Alice Warren
as Mrs Bnstock, and Fanny IIartz in
the double role Of Miss Bostock and Mrs.
Pawsey, were entirely satisfactory.
Last nights performance was given
for the benefit Of the Civil Service Re
tirement Association. The association
has secured the Columbia for tonight
also.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
Is Ii Dissertation?

A certain pastor in certain sub
urban town is very much exercised
over the fact that his church has
been turned into a sort of short
hand school for the use of aspiring
pupils. and that his sermons have
furnished the means for young
tyros in the business to \perfect
the accuracy and the speed of their
art. Said he the other day:
I counted seven girls taking down
my sermon in shorthand this morning.
j am getting tired of this business OF
Dissertation Of the Sabbath and Of the
sanctuary, and II gets worse year by
year
When the sthing first began. I admit
that 1 was battered. / thought the s5h-
tary shorthand writer in my front pew
was a reporter j took unusual pains
that morning and / searched all the
newspapers the next day In vain OF
course. The shorthand writer was mere
" a student of stenography. using me
to practice on.
Perhaps it is the gentleman's
bump of self-esteem, rather than
that of reverence which is the more
damaged. Disappointment seems to
have played an important part in
arousing his indignation, for he
would have scarcely considered the
dissertation of the act had he found
full and complete reports of his SER
mons in the Monday mornings
papers. That of course would have
been entirely legitimate and a sort
of spreading abroad of the gospel as
promulgated by himself; but to find
that he has become a shorthand
school without intending to be wor-
ries the gentleman.
After all, it is hard to perceive any
great difference between the actual
business of taking a clergyman
sermons and the exercises thereon
by young and struggling pupils
These girls, of course, do not violate
the sanctity of the place if they are
discreet, and they must, as a matter
of fact, imbibe considerable devo-
tionsl atmosphere. II is possible
that a small percentage of them
would not go to church at all were
they not called out by the excellent
The Washington times., 1907-06-18

chronic sufferer from Influenza" and
who was brought up 70 be seen and not
heard He kept the audience in a con-
unual roar OF laughter the entire time he
was on the stage. and each time he ap-
pcared, always timidly and looking the
picture Of misery, he was greeted in the
same manner. Edwin Fowler also gave
a good character sketch as the crusty
old uncle. and Charles Arthur proved
that eccentric work rather than juvenile
Is more in HIS line.
There is no feminine lead in ''The
Private Secretary" ana the women
parts are rather subordinate. Jessie
Glendenning looks very pretty. but
again gives the impression that she IS
not sure Of herself and many OF her
lines were lost. Rosetta Brice does ex-
ceIient work as a charming little friend
OF Edith Marsland Miss Glendenning)-
Miss Brice was quite at her ease, and
gave a good account Of herself. Alice
Butler doubles in the roles of house
keeper and a spinster interested in spir-
itualism.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18

opportunities to perfect themselves
in their profession.
Thus some good may easily be ac-
complished and the after-transcrib-
ing of the sermons is likewise apt
TO prove beneficial, even, though, as
most stenographers will admit, they
do not often gain any particular
amount of inspiration from the
writing. However, instances are
many where the opposite is true and
where excellent sermons have been
preserved and reread in the house
hold for a long time. That. in itself,
is proof that good seed is sown in
just such ways as this.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
Halfway ExtraditiOn.

A convict with record in Chicago
and Paris was committed to Devil $
Island some time ago by the French
authorities. He escaped. In Eng
land he was apprehended and trial
was had on a petition from France
that he be extradited. Lord Chief
Justice Alverstone has now decided
that despite the mans residence in
America and France he is still a
British subject and cannot therefore
be delivered over to the nation
which has found him guilty and
lodged him in Jail.
No one will criticise the distin-
guished lord chief justice. If the
law is that a British subject cannot
be extradited from British possess
sions, the court had no alternative.
But the whole civilized world will
stand in wonder before such a law.
What is there in it to prevent Brit
ish burglar from making annual
tours to America, escaping with his
plumber, and spending his gains I'M
molested at home? If that is a pos
sibility-and our police service is
not yet so efficient as to prevent the
flight of many criminals-the extra
dition treaties with Great Britain
are a farce Gaynor and Greene will
then have nothing TO regret more
than that they were not Englishmen
when captured in Canada.
Our State Department and Senate
may be relied upon to study this
latest decision as to the rights of
ether nations under existing conven-
lions. There is every reason to
think they will find it profitable.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
Hats Off to Sag HarbOT!

Sag HarboI is not the capital of
the United States. 1t is only a super
anuated whaling center converted
into a summer resort, with watch
case making on the side. It's popu-
lation in 1900 struggled for the 1000
mark but missed it by 81.
Now on July 4, Sag Harbor, small
as it is, will Guido our proud city
of Washington, great as it is. For
Sag Harbor is to have a real INDIE
pendence Day. None of your lawn
tennis teas, OF automobile parties
at the country club, or excursions
down Gardeners bay, or meaning
less cannon crackers TO MAIN the
small boy. The people of this pa
triotic town are going after local
landmarks with a buster and sweep
them clean for every man, woman,
and child in the village TO see.
Bells will ring and cannon boom
at daybreak. A parade will follow
breakfast. a drum corps will lead
the way and a veteran of '61 will
carry the Star-Spangled Banner. The
people are to assemble in a grove
and hear read the Declaration of
Independence and Washington's
Farewell Address. One of the beau
ties of the village will sing Francis
Scott Keys immortal air. An old
fashioned orator will make the eagle
scream and paint the glory of this
The Washington times., 1907-06-18

need two and half times as many artll-
Ierymen as the Thirteenth and regulars
put together. and we would need a vast
number Of infantrymen for support. The
guns are all right. The Notifications
are all right, but we need men. We
can do nothing without them"
Capt. Z. Q. Sarratt, adiutant Of the
southern artillery district of New York.
declined TO discuss the difficulty OF OBJ
tanning enlisted men for artillery ser
vice. OF the possibility of more Ma
tional Guard regiments becoming coast
artillery commands. he said:
I'VE would gladly give instruction to
any of them Coast defense is an ideal
branch OF the service for men who can
not go lar from home, or who might
occasionally need n day off in war time
to attend to business. 1t is absolutely
necessary that the forts be manned"
Those men OF the Forty-seventh regi-
ment who were at Fort Schuyler are
unanimous I'm desiring that the regiment
leave the infantry for the coast artll-
lery service, and as the regiment has
only a few months grace in which TO
build up from an eight to a twelve
company infantry organization, as pro-
vided by the Dick law. it is likely ap-
plicatiOn will be made by the command
ing officer before that time to have the
eight companies accepted for coast artil-
lery service.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18

blessed Land of Liberty in letters Of
fire in the blue empyrean. The
Presbyterian minister viii pro-
nounse benediction. Then the
Whole party will sit down to a
luncheon of home-cooked goodies,
SIGH as deviled eggs and rhubarb
pie.
Washington will present a very
different picture. It's celebration
will be committed to the Oldest In
habitants' Association, the small
boy and the father who chooses to
spend his good money for fireworks.
The rest of the people win main
tain seeming Indifference of the
day of liberty, and when at night
they tumble into their beds will
feel-if it is not their boy who has
shot his fingers away or burned his
eye-lashes off-very much as they
feel when they have been to the cir
Gus.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
MANY MAY LOSE HOMES
IN BIG CHANCERY SUIT

BRISTOL, Tenn, June 1S.-The homes
Of hundreds Of people are involved in a
chancery case filed in the United States
court at Abingdon. The style Of the
suit is The Buchanan Company, a cor
poration under the laws OF West Vir-
ginia, against Jane Atkins and others. -
The suit involves the right 10 the title
to more than 100000 acres Of the best
coal and timber lands in Buchanan
and Tazewell counties, the properties
in dispute having formerly been claimed
by the heirs Of Frederick Pearson, of
Boston. descendants of the late Gen.
Benjamin Butler.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
FISHES FOR ANT
IN ANGLERS THROAT

WILLIAMSPORT. Pa, June 1S.-A
big black ant nearly caused the death
OF Edgar Smith, a bass fisherman, on
the first day of the season.
Smith could not resist the temptation
to go out on Saturday, and took with
him O. lunch
At noon, Just as he was about 10 take
bite of a sandwich, an ant dropped
on the bread. 1t lodged halfway down
his throat, clinging to the membrane by
its mandibles.
The fisherman ran for aid, but two
doctors were unable TO release the ants
grip. and Smith was being slowly ticklcd
to death. when n brilliant idea occurred
10 a shoemaker. who was present.
waxed thread. coated with honey,
was worked down Smiths thoat. and
the ant. Selling it, was pulled out.
The Washington times., 1907-06-18
Life Jobs for Police
And adequate Pension
Advised by Sylvester
Superintendent Addresses Con-
Vention of Chiefs at jamestown, AdvoCat-
ing Extension of BertiIIon System.

arranged as 70 best meet conditions in
q community The members Of a force
should be well paid. with life tenure Of
employment contingent. Of course. upon
good behavior Officers should not be
fixtures; the law should be sufficiently
elastic 20 permit Of a mans promotion
or cemotlon, according 10 his merit.
Bertillon System.
1T was not many years ago that The
French method Of measuring and de-
scribing an individual was first placed
in operation in this country In the City
OF Chicago.
TO say that there has been a general
introduction Of the system BY the
authorities would be an extravagant
statement. but the leading Jurisdictions
have made IL a part Of their police IN
stitutions. II IS also being used in many
OF the penitentiaries- The work, in brief
nears that the minutest measurements
with reliable instruments. are had OF
the several parts OF the human frame
al a period when its dimensions arc
fixed. When taken they are noted upon
cards Of uniform size, TO which are also
attached the front and profile photo
graphs Of the criminal With these
records against them tho same indi-
viduals in after years may again be
subjects for measurement, when u viii
be found. although appearances may
have changed that the measured parts
Of their anatomy have undergone no
actual extension or contraction. Thus
the criminal subjected 10 the process IL
far OF Japan may be identified al the
Central Bureau in Washington, had he
ever been measured in the United
IT,
request thu bureau in Washington TO
make known 10 them his identity. The
application OF this system accomplishes
much toward the prevention of crime.
punishment Of those disposed 10 COM
nit II. Prevention Of crime is not diff
cult when the criminals are known, and
those who make ND the hardened part
OF the wcrid live in dread of the light
which makes their presence known
Finger Print System.
kindred 10 the BertiIIon system is
what is known as the finger print meth
cd. which has been adopted by several
of the cities and by the War and Navy
Departments. This is manifestly a
nrOper and accurate means OF identi6ca-
ton. old in usage in other lands. new in
our own. As a means OF verihcation in
police work. in conjunction with the
metro system II WOlid prove lnNalu-
able, and its simplicity and cheapness
strongly recommend IT,"
Major Sylvester said that most cities
are inadeduately pOliced. and efforts
are being made 10 have conditions bet
tered in this regard. In conclusion he
said:
Cruelty in punishment for slight Of
lenses often induces offenders TO pass
from the trfiing 70 more atrocious crime
Thus are felloW-mortals made desperate
while the laws which ought to soften
the ferocity of obdurate minds tend 70
corrupt and harden them.