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Evening journal., 1907-12-17
WILL ROOSEVELT
SUPPORT HUGHES?
This the Question Country is
Asking Just at This
Time
BY THE JOURNALS Special wire.

by The JODhNALS Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. Dec. l7.-Tf Hughes
comes to the front as a presidential candi-
date, viii Roosevelt be for or against
hlmYr
"Will the President go so far as to run,
himself, I'm order to prevent the New
York Governors nomination.
These are sample questions that the
politicians, both Republican and Demo-
cratic, are now asking each other.
The Presidents reiteration Of his cleo
tion night pledge not to become a candi-
date again has, it is generally conceded
materially boosted the New York Gov.
ernors boom. With the President finally
out Of the race there seems to be no rea-
son why Hughes should not come boldly
to the front and ask for the New York
delegates.
Certainly no other candidate in the
field has a better right to claim them. II
he makes the demand for support there is
only one contingency that win prevent his
getting a solid delegation from his home
state, that Is the opposition of the Presi-
dent That the President held back Is be-
cause he did not wish TO give aid or COM
fort to Hughes. Although the President
backed Hughes during the gubernatorial
campaign, he Is said TO have very ltu,
use for the New Yorker now.
While admitting the ability and hon
esty Of Hughes, the President believes
that the governor IS unfortunate in hav-
ing his presidential boom furthered By
Odell. Hartman and other gentlemen be-
longing to the Presidents gallery Of un-
desirable citizens.
mot that the President likes Hughes
less. but dis'ikes Hughes friends more, "
Is the way one Republican leader express
ed the situation, after recent call at the
White House.
Evening journal., 1907-12-17
THREE EL0PERSlN
MUCH TROUBLE
Young Man is in Jail and
Girl Friend in Charge Of
immigration Officers
BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Denying he
had intended any wrong doing in elop-
ing with the pretty English girl he
had brought to this country, John
Henry Parrot. handsome young
Englishman besought the permission
of the authorities OF the tombs, where
he is a prisoner 90 marry Miss Grace
Lawrence. AS the young woman is
held by the immigration authorities
until the question of her return to
England is settled Parrot and the girl
will be separated The woman is a
ward in@ chancory. Parrot Is charged
with eloping with her-a serious Of
fense. local attorneys say under
English laws There is another ac-
cusation to be cleared up relating to
the sale of an automobile by the young
man.
Tho elopement came as the climax
of a pretty romance. Parrot says he
met Miss Lawrence at Margate last
summer and they soon became engaged.
Mrs. Lawrence offered no objection.
The young lovers could not agree TO
await two years, they decided and an
elopement was planned. They left so
hurriedly that there was no time to
get married They registered on tho
Lucania, however as man and wife.
AS to the auto deal Parrot says he
holds a machine for a customer for
$1,000 lie has until January 10 to
turn over the money He declares he
has S24,O I'm bank in London. but all
the money ia his possession was a few
dollars.
Evening journal., 1907-12-17
ON THE CHOOSING
OF AN AFFINITY
DR.. Van BernaueT Hands Out
Some Timely Pointers On
the Subject
BY THE JOURNALS Special wire.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
CHICAGO. Dec 17-Dr. Van Bernauer's
sage sayings
MARRY a man who is well developed an
inch and a half behind the ears where the
chronological love lump lies. Feel bis
head. Look out for the man broad behind
the ears. He makes a quarrolsome hus-
band"
Think twice before marrying a high
spirited man. He is apt to become melan-
choly. II you find a round faced man
husbands.
Evening journal., 1907-12-17

The best, and only the best of bon
bons and chocolates at Govatos, 403
Market street,
Evening journal., 1907-12-17

"You women think too much OF your
clothes" said Mr.. Tyte severely.
Mrs. Tyte looked down, patted her
skirt and smiled a demure and yet
ironical smile.
Il certainly don't think very much
OF these she murmured sweetly.-
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Evening journal., 1907-12-17

Eskimo and Indians and other sav.
age tribes that are skilled in the use
Of the bow and arrow can shoot an ar
row so it will go sldewise. This is
their way Of shooting when trying to
hit a descending arrow or one sticking
upright in the ground.-Minneapolls
Journal
Evening journal., 1907-12-17

Linen Shams and Scarfs
Fancy silk Carriers in Boxes
Dress Suit Cases
Travelling Bags and Grips
Leather Hand Bags
Fancy Side and Back Combs
Mems Fancy Neoi<wear
Fancy silk Suspenders in Boxes
Mems Sweaters and Knit Jackets
Evening journal., 1907-12-17
"KU KLUXERS" AFTER
MORE NEGROES
BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
OKLAHOMA, Dec. 17-Members of a
negro colony northeast Of Norman. on
a ranch owned by Dowd and Company
of this place, have been threatened
with murder if they do not leave. No
tices have been sent by a <u Klux
Khan, which STYLED itself Community"
and IS causing CONSERVATION among
the negroes. The negroes are arm
ing.
Evening journal., 1907-12-17

There is an old fashioned precaution
Of keeping a goat in a stable. Suppos-
Ing always that the animals are loose,
the goat viii leave the stable on the
cdtbreak Of fire, and the horses will
follow the goat when no amount OF
persuasion from man will get the terri
fed creatures to budge.-London Mail.
Evening journal., 1907-12-17
snnoIal &c 80.

During December j am giving free
with watches sold, a $500 chain. S1.O0
ier week viii furnish you n nice watch
chain. ring. bracelet, clock. cut glass
OF any article in .he jewelry line. Open
an account Your credits good. H. S.
Mitchell. Seventh and Poplar Streets
Evening journal., 1907-12-17

tributlng stations for the purpose Of
bettering the poultry OF the country
Evening journal., 1907-12-17

, "Why did Brown marry a widowT'
"Did you ever drop a penny in q
weighing machine and then find the
thing wouldn't work?"
"Yes."
"Thats the reason"
what do you mean?"
Couldn't get a weigh. Exchange.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-02
AN OFFER OF ONE CENT pos
TAGE.

A sharp and positive challenge to
the drift of sentiment toward govern
ment ownership, says McClure's, ar
rested the attention of the country
some weeks ago. A fifty milion-dol-
lar corporation, represented by Chi
cago publisher and capitalist, pro-
posed to take over the operation of
the national postoffice, and to guaran-
tee under heavy bonds to cut the rate
of postage in half. Directly consid-
cred, this is simply great business
proposition; reversed, it is a definite
charge that we are now paying double
what we should for our postal SER
vice, because of the inefficiency of
government operation.
The promoters of the proposed pri-
vatc enterprse-said to be highly sue
cessful and practical men, especially
in the field of transportation,-be-
lieve that their plan, if it could be
given trial., would be surely profit
able for two reasons: first, because
the lower rate on both first and sec
ond-class mail matter would greatly
stimulate postal business; and sec
ond, because of the saving which
could be made out of vast wastes now
going on in the Post-Office Depart
ment. The first of these theories is
merely a good business conjecture
based on previous government ex-
perience; it is interesting, but not of
immediate consequence to the Amer
lean public; but the second deserves
early attention.
The Post-Office Department, for
the last fiscal year, was operated at
nominal loss of ten million dollars.
Really, viewed from the standpoint
of private enterprise, the deficit was
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-02

10 uo!lruIoJ-oI 9ql 20 HIooul lrIo
-uoS oql uodn uMoIql lqSH eql s! lrql
society of which we are all thinking
so much nowadays. The post-offce
is the greatest and most familiar ex-
ample of public ownership. Is it rue
that governmental management of
business is in its essence so inclfec-
tual and UNACCEPTABLE and futile? If
so, or if this is nearly so bad as it is
painted, is it to be Believed that So
ciety is tending to such form? Or
is it rather to move toward some
other plan of rganization-some
compromise which will combine the
level justice of state control and the
elasticity and aggressive self-ntcrest
of private enterprise?
1t should be said that Mr.. Corte-
you could in all likelihood, with prop
or cooperation of the other depart
ments of the government, put the
post-office on very sound basis. He
has laid the foundations for great
Improvement in the public service
He has greatly reduced the so-called
deficit and the percentage of increase
of expenditure. He has been alive to
the necessity of making the postal
service a business institution. The
various divisions in the department
have been overhauled; attempts have
been made to secure a body of ac-
citrate statistics which would be of
great value and it is probable that if
the department could secure what
the Postmaster-G General recommended
in his last report, millions of dollars
could be saved, and greatly in
creased service rendered to the peo-
pie.
Mr.. Cortelyou has come very near
being the ideal postmaster 1t is
likely that with completely free
hand he could have brought about
still greater improvements. But
there is apparently no assurance that
men of his calber will be often found
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-02

in his position The operation of the
rostoffice ought certainly to secure
the services of men who would, at
least, be able to operate a great rail
road system, and it is to be hoped
that the people will demand perma-
ncnt and efficient officials in charge
of this great business.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-02

The Thaw murder trial holds the
center of the stage at present among
the morbidly curious. Mrs Bradley
will probably be the next.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-02

ment buildings occupied by city post
offices are not charged to this de-
partment, but to the department Of
the Treasury. Yet, according to its
own system of accounting, the Post
Office Department has not been self
supporting i'll any year since 1883.
Last year it's annual gross receipts
were Sos, 100000, while its expenses
were $I78,ooo,ooo
A little more than one quarter OF
this great total of expenditure, or
about $47,ooo,ooo, was paid over to
the railroads of the country for trans
portation and the rent of special pos
tai cars. 1t is believed that the first
great cut should be made here. In
deed, it has been definitely charged
before the present commission IN
vestigating the postal revenues Tor
Congress, that the private express
companies are getting practically the
same service from the railroads at
third OF the cost. That is, equal &C
commodations would cost them over
S3o,ooo,ooo a year less, sum repre-
senting more than one-sixth OF the
total expenditure of the Post-Oftice
Department.
We pay our postmasters $4,000
ooo The private corporation would
cut down this total by millions and
secure much more efficient local man
ayers. The rural free delivery is cal
culated to be operated at a loss OF
$50 900; the private corporation
would plan to make this self-support-
ing by uniting with the routes par
GELS express-not parcels post, to
which the country merchants object,
but local express service, carrying
goods only along the routes on which
they are received. The $4,000, ooo's
worth of mail, now carried free every
year under government frank, would
be paid for, under private manage
ment, by the Government, the cor
poration in the meanwhile paying
rent for its use of government build
;ngs.
1t is scarcely news that the Post
Office Department is an extravagan
and wasteful institution. The man
agement is political from the top
down; a system whose whole tenden-
cy is to make two office-holders grow
where one was before. Its working
force has the negative virtues of the
civil service. Its whole management
is bound by the stiff unadaptability of
official methods: That tnt govern
ment pays high for every dealing with
private individual or corporation is
commonplace knowledge; but is the
proportion Of inefficiency so great!
Do we pay twice as much as we
should for our postage? Plans tor
the private operation of OR national
post-officc arc scarcely Likely 10 be
carried into practce-certa:nly not in
the near future; but the charges
against Our present system which arc
involved in this episode are too SER
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-02
The GAS WATER HEATER

A "GAS WATER HEATER" at
tached to your present kitchen boiler
at cost of about three cents, will
give enough hot water for bath.
Don't forget that with GAS
range in your house you can sleep an
hour longer in the morning. We sup
ply the best make of each and
would be glad to talk it over with
you. Call phone II or drop us
postal. We are at your service.
UTAH LIGHT & RAILWAY, CO.,
rtment, No. 9 South Ma
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
GREEN LIGHT INDlSTINCT
Capt. Hubbard's Perilous Exper-
fence in a Steam Launch

Captain Nicholson will be relieved
II his duties in Washington about the
first Of the month and will rroceed 70
seattle. Wash, and assume command
OF the new frst-elass battlesbip Me-
braska.
Captain Hubbard. Of the battieship
Minnesota. has reported 10 Acting
Secretary New berry. Of the navy, that
he personally has had an experience
in his steam launch very much like
that which occurred in the case 81 a
launch 81 the same battieship about
six weeks ago. y hen a number Of mid.
sbipmen lost Their lives In Hampton
Roads.
Ills launch crossed a tow line mad
vertently. because the green light on
the barge which WAS being towcd was
almost invisible in the thick weather.
Another launch belonging 10 one Of
the Atlsnffc fleet had similar expef.
ieacc. also reporting that the light on
the t0N was indistinci.
Acting Secretary New berry has sent
these communications to SnpcriDten
dent Uhicr of the steamboat inspection
sert ice asking him whether the Tegn.
fafi0ns cannot be amended 30 a. 10 70.
quire these lows 10 have lights strong
enough 90 insure safety for other craft.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22

Mrs. j. W. Martin and daughters
Misses Gladys and Lillian Martin are
registered 81 the PequOt House, New
London. Conn.
Mr. aud Mss. joseph W. TrautSein
have been attending the Elks C0Dyen-
ton IN Philadelphia.
Miss Annie Clifton Markli, Of LexiDg.
ton Va. who IL q student NJ the Mary
land Institute Of Art and Design.
Baltimore sd. spent the day Friday
ia Annapolis with her brother Mr.
Frank A Markli aud friends Mrs.
Robinson and Mrs. Fold, Mics Marklt
viii leave Baltimore Tuesday 30 com
pany with he sister aud niece Tor
Lexington for the summer where she
will remain until the opening of her
school in the fall.
SIR. aud Mrs. william II. Bell 81
Baltimore Nd spent the day yesterday
with her sisters Mrs Robinson and
Mrs. Fold, Mr.. and Mrs. =. A.
Richardson ARE also stopping with
tbeITchildfen size. Robinson and Fold.
Miss Mufiel GeaIe, Of Cumberland,
sister Of Mrs. 81. g.. EdmEnds formt
superintendent nj The Emergency
Hospital spent today ~ Annapolis
with friends
Miss EyallDe Nichols, 81 Jefferson
street, II visiting relatives ~ Baltimore,
Mise Gladys hayden has returned
to- her home M Charles county after a
visit 10 relatives Oh Jefferson .fffci.
Mr.. Alton Arnold, Of Aruold's this
county. who recently graduated NJ st.
John College, and has been seriously
III, n reported much improved today.
Miss Ethel VaBsant daughter Of
| City Commissioner Vansant, " visit
ing her aunt Mrs. Harry Hines, al
GovaDs, Baltimore Nd.
Miss Jeanette Rosenberg has re-
turned home after pleasant visit 10
her grandparents, Col. and Mrs. Je-
rome Lang, Of Baltimore.
Miss Camille lang. Of Baltimore,
is visiting her sister. Mrs. =. /. ROseD-
berg, Of Gloucester street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22

a provisional battalion Of the First
Regiment composed Of Companies VI.
0f Annapolis; T., ~ ElktOn F; D,of Bel
air, and +, Of Easton, concluded a
weeks practice at Saunders range
Saturday afternoon. The battalion
has made the best record Of any which
has visited the range a. yet. OF Off
GERS and men in attendance, ia quail
fed either as expert, sbarpsboOter 81
fnzrksman. Another battalion Of the
First secured i02 qualified rigemeD,
making the total PIG.
The Fourth Regiment has 2GO quail
fed and leads the Guards So far. How
ever. the First has still battalion 70
shoot. and if IL obtains nearly 80 good
a standard as the other two, the First
will easily lead for the season, a. u
did last year. Company VI, Of this
city. has the highest average of any
company for those who have shot, "a
having qualified out Of p members.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
Practicing for Rifle Match

Midshipman jules James, captain Of
the Naval Academy rifle team, and
sixteen candidates for the team ar
rived a. the Naval Academy Saturday,
having been granted leave 10 return
from the practice squadron IT New
London for the purpose of practieing
Cor the national matches, which will
take place at Fort Perry, Ohio. ne
ginning about August p The mem
bers If the team will practice at the
Academy until about August 3, and
will then leave FOR Fort Perry, con
tinuing their practice there.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
Negro Woman Reported Assaulted

Word was received in Annapolis this
morning Of a reported assault upon
a coIored woman by member Of her
own race. near the head Of the Sew
ern River. this county. The victim,
Maggie Hall, is about twenty years
OF age and one Of respectable col
ored family. She was assaulted, ac-
cording to the report, on Saturday
night. by Richard Davis.
\ peculiar incident in connection
with the ease is the fact that the man
is a brother Of Henry Davis, who was
last winter lynched after being taken
from the Annapolis Jail, where he
was incarcerated, charged with an as
sauIt upon Mrs. John Reid, a respect
able white woman Of the Second dis
trict Of the county.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
Capt. Osterhaus' Story

Hugo Osterhaus, the new captain of
the battleship Connecticut, praised AT
a dinner in New York the old salt Of
the past. ''IIe has disappeared, said
Captain Osterhaus. sadly. We made
fun Of him. and before our Tidicule
he bIushed and vanished. such stor-
les as we used 10 tell OF him. one,
for instance, dealt with an old she'll
backs beard. Why is it, Bill, a
youth asked the old fellow, that you
never shave your upper lip cleanY
We'll. you see. Bill answered, "A
mans gOtter have some place to strike
his matches on
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
An Awful Warning

Miss Priscilla Layton, of COalyilIe,
Utah, disocated her jaw while in a
debate ut the Utah Federation of
Woman's Clubs over the pTopriety Of
expelling Reed SmoOt, the Mormon,
from the United States Senate. She
was talking at the rate of $50 words
a minute when something snapped.
She turned pale. covered her face with
her hands and dropped into a chair
with a hysterical sob. The other
women thought she had been stricken
with paralysis. Upon examination
the physician discovered that the jaw
bone had jumped out Of place and
declared that il was an awful warning.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
Death Of Infants

The infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. r..
4. Hopkins died on Saturday night At
the parents residence ut PASSPORT. The
burial took place yesterday afternoon,
the Rev. Joseph T.. McCOmas, rector
Of ST. Annc's, officiating.
Rachel H.. the infant daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. IIarry.c. Robinson, Of
East street, died Saturday might, the
funeral took place this afternoon. The
Rev. Joseph r. Mccomas, Of ST.
Anne s, was the officiating clergyman.
Undertaken j. =. Taylor & Son was
In charge Of both funeral.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22

"A good American flag IL worth G. 81.
THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS r.
fem fine hand-seEed American Flag
fsIze X feet, and a yearss subscrip-
ton TO THE DAILY PRESS. both f9r
$50. As THE DAILY PRESS alone
j. worth 800 you practically are get
ting the flag free. Cash n1sf accom-
pany all orders send - 30 O. dsy
and get in on fhis great bargain.
Address THE PRESS 7th 4 Chestnut
Sts.. PbiIadelphis, Penn. n iyIs.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
Presidents Son to March With Army

The first squadron Of the Thirteenth
Cavalry will start on Thursday on a
march from Fort Riley, Kan, To Fort
Sheridan via Fort LeayeDworth. Cap
tain Fitzhugh Lee and Lieutenant
Philip Sheridan will accompany the
squadron. Captain Lee saws that Ker-
NIT Roosevelt would join the loops at
Fort / eayenworth and would march
with them TO Fort Sheridan.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
Large cOIOred Excursion

The steamer Annapolis, Of the Toll
chester Steamboat Company, today
brought here a large excursion Of
colored people from Easton, Nd. The
excursionists were under the auspices
OF the colored Knights Of Pytbias
from EastOn. The excursion party
mum bered 700 coIored people. II
was an orderly crowd. IL will be re-
membered that a colored excursion
here from the Eastern Shore last
year landed with a wounded man
aboard, who subsequently died at
the Emergency Hopital, the result Of
a stab wound on the steamer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22

II Is undigested food that causes
sourness and painful indigestion. KO-
dol For Indigestion should be used for
relief. Kodol Is a solution Of vegetable
acids. 1t digests what you eat, J
corrects the deficiencies Of digestion.
K0dol conforms 10 the National P1rt
Food and Drug Law. Sold here by
Feidmeyer Bros Druggists.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22

II was understood that the preIim-
mary hearing in the case Of James
Blair. colored, charged with the muir
der Of William Scott, also coIored,
was to have come up today before
Justice John y. Davis. States At
torBey Nicholas II. Green, however r,
said today the date had not been fled,
but il is expected TO be definitely
decided upon soon. Blair is nov in
the county Jail here.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
Sunday School Picnics

O1 Wednesday, July "a the annual
picnic OF 81. Martins German 10th
eran Sunday-school will be given at
Boucher s-on-fhe-Spa. II not clear
Wednesday, the next clear day.
Everybody is promised good time.
The annual picnic of Maryland
Avenue n. 4. Sunday-school will be
held at Boucher s-on-the-Spa on Thurs
day. July %.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22

A lady customer Of ours had suffered
with letter for two or three years. II got 20
bad on her hands that she could not attend
10 her household duties. One box Of Cham
berlain's SaIyc cured her. Chamberlain's
medicines give splendid satisfaction in this
III. RODNEY Il Co, Al
mond. Ala. Chamberlain's medicines are
for sale BY FeIdmeyer Bros. Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
those Delightful Trips

The Colchester Steamboat Company
will give another Of those delightful
trips down the Day on Tuesday, Au-
gust 3. The steamer Annapolis will
leave here AT go. returning Al . y.
m The Colchester Company does
everything possible 10 make these
trips pieasurable and comfortable.
For particulars see al. in another
column.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
Scalded By Steam

john HuTlock, a workman in the
employ Of Mr.. William T.. Feldmeyer,
contractor. who has his force working
on Market. Conduit and Union streets,
which are being paved with macadam.
vas badly scaldcd by the blow
inc out Of a steam pipe in the ma
chine roller.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
Returned From Europe

Miss RosaIie Magruder, daughter Of
Judge aud Mrs. Daniel X. Magruder,
has returned from a trip abroad, ex-
tending over several months. Miss
Magruder accompanied a party Of
friends, among whom was pupil for
" HON she had been preceptress. Miss
Magruder is graduate Of Bryn MawT,
Penn.