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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
HEARING OF TESTIMONY.
Union Station Grade Commission Con
sidering Claims for Damages.

The Union station grade claims commits
sion met at the city hall today and COM
menced the hearing of testimony regarding
the damages alleged TO have resulted to the
property the north side of street
northwest. between North Capitol street
and New Jersey avenue, from the change
OF the grade of street. made necessary by
the Union station improvements The prop
erty affected by the change of grade was
viewed by the commission Thursday after
noon.
After hearing the testimony of the assist
ant District engineer. Charles Fernald. who
explained to the commission how the, prop
critics had been affected by the I'LL that
has been made in f street, the commission
adjourned until Monday morning next. at
1890 o'clock when the hearing of evidence
will be resumed.
The property owners are represented by
Attorneys George G. Gertman. William H.
Linkins. Harry S. WEIGH. Leon Tobrner. l..
Cabell Williamson and Patrick r. Hilliard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04

the republican state committee had to take
his name off the ticket when they dlscoV-
cred that he was only twenty nine years
old Two years later, however. they made
good by nominating him for governor, put
he declined because he could not leave MS
business which was then in rather criti-
cal situation. He has been an asplrant
for the Senate ever since. and the fact that
he is the unanimous choice of the republ,
can party in a state celebrated for political
scraps and fractional fights, shows his skill
fulness as a politician.
Senator Guggenheim has a lovely wife,
daughter Of Henry Hirsh of New York. to
whom he was married in 1888.
William Guggenheim, the youngest broth
err born in 1869, is the only one Of the
family who has had technical education
He Is graduate Of the School of Mines OF
the University of Pennsylvania, and can
show diploma as mining engineer he
has also had the same practical training as
the other brothers. He built the big smelter
at Perth Amboy. N j.. after his own de-
sign, when he was only twenty-four years
old. The plant cost So. 100000, and handles
ores that are brought up by steamer from
Mexico and Chile and other parts OF the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
Confederate Veterans Committee.

The Confederate Veterans Association
elected last evening the following members
on regular committees to serve for 1907:
Executive committee. Magnus s. Thomp-
son; Charles A. Huntington. Albert G. Hol-
land, Orlando F. Smith and Capt. John M.
hickey: relief committee. Capt. William A.
Gordon. John H. Cook. John H. Walsh. DR..
G. Wythe Cooke and DIR. A. B. Mitchell;
membership and reception committee. o. 8.
Moot. John B. Fay. J: J: CLEARWATER. J. s.
Duffle and Capt. j. E. Laughton; employ
ment committee Maj. Holmes Conrad. Seth
Shepard, Leigh Robinson. L. 8. Brown and
Silas Hare; special committee Gen. R. E.
Lee memorial, Mai. j. Med. Darlington,
Maj. Holmes Conrad, Judge J. E. Penny
hacker. Capt William A. Gordon. Leigh
Robinson and Judge Charles B. Howry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
Race Suicide in France.

The French government. alarmed at the
decreasing birth rate, Is about to appoint
a scientific commission to devise and rec
ommend measures by which that portion of
the human family may be increased The
same subject has been proposed In the Brit
ish house Of commons. so that you see
President Roosevelt cannot claim mo-
nopoly of the race suicide agitation. In
Julia ct Japia Poppaea," an ancient matrf-
monial code, which provided for taxation
Of bachelors and required chidless parents
to forfeit one-haif OF their property to the
state There are similar laws in nearly
all the Latin-American countries and the
constitution of most of them contain pro-
visions to matrimony. For example: Arti-
Gle "a of the constitution of the Mexican
republic confers citizenship, with. all its
privileges and prerOgatives on every young
man II he shalf be more than eight
cen years old. If he Is not married he
does not become a citizen until he Is twen-
ty-one Article 81 of the constitution of
Salvador confers citizenship upon man
whenever he is married regardless OF age.
In Costa Rica man becomes citizen
at eighteen. IL married; at twenty, II
single. In Honduras he may become a
citizen at eighteen, IL married; at twenty
one, II single. In Peru and Bolivia the
provisions are the same. In Salvador mar
ried men are exempt from military service
and in other of the Latin-American coun-
tries similar exemptions are made. The
French newspapers advocate inducements
Of a similar character. and the imposition
of a penalty upon unmarried men of ma
ture age and childless parents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04

Geneva's Floating Laundries.
The floating laundries are among the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
Canibal Fad Captures Europe.

''Ju-ju is the newest European fad It
is imported from the African jungles. .Ju-
ju' means magic. 1t has just been applied
In a startling way by the hero of Kate
Meredith. Flnancier," C. j. Cutc,iffe Hyne's
newest. best novel. which, before appearing
in book FORM will be published as a serial
in The Star. beginning Saturday. January
8. 1t is ninth of the celebrated $l5O,OOO
series
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
A REMARKABLE FAMILY
Seven Guggenheim Brothers
Are All MiIIionaireS.
NEW COLORADO SENATOR
Patterson's Successor Will Be Young
est Man in the Senate.
RACE SUICIDE IN FRANCE
Authorities Alarmed Over Decrease in
the Birth Rate-Geneva's
Floating Laundries.
BY WILLIAM +. CURTIS.

BY WILLIAM +. CURTIS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
Simon Guggenheim, who succeeds Thomas
NJ Patterson in the United States Senate,
Is remarkab BILE man. with reputation for
integrity, industry and intelligence equal to
any enjoyed by the people in his state. He
Is member of one of the most remarkable
families in America. or in the world. for
that matter. there being seven brothers. all
miilionaires. Mr.. Guggenheim will be the
youngest member of the Senate. Mr.. Bur-
kett of Nebraska who is the senatorial
baby now was born on the first day of De-
cemSer, 1867. while Mr.. Guggenheim's bright
black eyes opened upon this prosperous
world on the both day of the same month
and the same year. Mr.. Guggenheim is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
Bakery Drivers Election.

AT meeting of Bakery Drivers Union,
No. SO, International Brotherhood of Team
sters. held last night at Costello's Hall. the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: X. A. Small. president; II. H.
Hummer. vice president; ]. F. Hagan, re-
cording secretary; J. E. Toone secretary
treasurer; F. W. Fox. magazine correspond
ent; J. E. Dulin, trustee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
Committed to Jail.

Larceny of six blankets from the marine
barracks In this city was charged against
James N. Parks In the Police Court yester-
day. and Judge O'Neal held him for the
action of the grand jury. In default of
bond for $500 Parks was ordered to be COM
mitted to jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04

and as special attorney for the District, A.
Leftwich Sinclair is safeguarding the in
terests of the government
The property owners will begin the intro
duction of their testimony at the next ses-
sion of the commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04

Capt E w. Bowles of Company 4,
Richmond Light Infantry Blues, has been
elected major commanding the battalion, to
succeed Maj. Cheatwood, resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
The Pure Food Law

IL wise move for the protection of the people
DIR. Edwards Comp. Dandelon Tablets and Pills
conform TO all the requirements of the law.
For sale by all druggists. Free trial packages at
Ahieck's drug store. 1929 Pa. NV.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-12-21
LAW OF NORWAY As
AS TO SALE OF LIQUORS
Question of Private Profit Wholly
Eliminated by the samlag
= System.
Has Proved Easy of Enforcement
e.. and: Conducive to Good
-, Morals.

The Samlag system in Norway
gives power, to municipalities to grant
all the retail spirit licenses which it
deems necessary to a company which
would bind itself to carry on the traf-
fic in the interests of the community,
with fixed annual return Of not more
than 5 per cent on it's paid up. capital.
In establishing the system the ques-
ton of compensation does not appear
to have presented . much difficulty.
When the. Samlag was introduced two
kinds Of licenses were in existence
first, those granted annually or for a
term not exceeding five years, and,
second, privileged licenses, granted for
the life Of @the licensee. In the case
Of the first no compensation whatever
was paid to those d1spossessed Of their
LICENSEES. HI regard. TO the latter COM
pensation' was: granted in the form OF
an: annuity equah tat the average year
~ profits for the Tthree years proceed
ing the suppression Of the, license.
. With these provisions the aims and
principles Of the samlag are summa-
rized as follows: The elimination Of
private profit and securing the mon.
opoly value for the, public, insurine
highest quality Of liquors sold, the re-
duction CT the: number of licenses, thu
easy enforcement Of the law, the de.
struction of the, power of the spiri
trade and the furtherance of all pro.
gressive measures of reform.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-12-21
Lack and Loss Of Manhood
.wreeking Body and Soul Of Men, Which Units
Them for High Positions in Lite

life brings ruin to your body and soul.
This country is badly in need of men
with brains. and business men are
looking in vain for them. No matter
how wretched your disposition, there
Is chance for you to be cured by
men who are experts in mems diseases,
who have neither spared time, labor
nor expense in acquiring such Know
ledge, skill. experience and scien-
tific experiments as are most useful to
effect cures for these body-and-soul
wrecking diseases.
The Progressive Medical associat ton
has expert doctors who have studied
in the best of universities in the Unit
devoted their lives and labor just to
one subject Of diseases. No man can
be an expert Of all Diseases as the
field is too large, but he can master a
few and make their cure an absolute
and unqualified certainty, and the pro-
gressive experts do.
They do cure you Of all maladies
peculiar to men. Nervo-Sexual Debil-
ity. Structure, Syphilitic Blood Poison,
Locomotor Ataxia, Bright's and Kid
ney Diseases GonorrhOea, elect,
Stomach and Bladder Trouble, Vari-
cocele, Hydrocele, Sexual Weakness,
Paralysis, Cancer, Tumors, Brain Dis
eases. Impure Blood. Eczema and all
Fistula, Neuralgia, rheumatism, and
all chronic affections Of men.
You will be charged no fee for con-
situations and you can see the doc
tors from 8 a. m. to p. m, and Sum-
day from 10 to /. The specialists Of
fees are No. l West Superior St. Du-
luth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-12-21
open SHOP THEORIES !. !.
VERSUS EXPER|EhsE
Would Not Return to Open Shop
- Methods Under Any Cir ? s
: r. cUmstances.
Is the Decision Of One Thorough
!: ~ Conversant With Both ::
+. Methods.

In g. recent issue Of the Duluth Star
Mr. Hugh Wakefield gives some very
pungent reasons why he doesn't want
; so-called open shop. Mr. Wakefield
said:
Il had an experience with the open
shop Is years ago. says Hugh Wake
field, ."and I have been union man
ever since. -.
Z. Mr.. Wakefield is a. veteran agitator
in Duluth and is now candidate for
alderman on the public ownership
ticket.
:. II came to Duluth in $780," he says,
."and the first job got the boss Offer
led to pay my board at the Wakeltn
shouse and give me a few dollars for
pocket money. I was new to the
country and I had to take it. There.
were no unions here then, every man
for himself.
: Next I got g. job on a mill building
and I had to- dodge the owner for
months before I got my pay. He is
dead now. I got part of my pay by
boarding it out and after a long tussfe
I got a check for the rest which I had
lot of trouble to cash. "
"Another job was for a contractor
, on DR.. V. Smiths drug store, When
I finished the job the contractor
| made an appointment to meet me at
the postoffice in the old Hayes block.
| waited there for him two hours and
| a. few days later when overhauled
| him on the street he told me he would
pay me in the neck if I did not leave
| him alone.
"After a lot more running around
got my money, but not till I had
! threatened to put lien on the proper
! ty. 1t was not as easy to do that In
those days.
"Tired Of being battledore and shut
tlecock I began to look round for a
remedy and when a flying member OF
| the Mollie Maquires was driven to
| Duluth by Mcfarland, I seized the
opportunity of joining the Knights OF
Labor with IL other citizens.
1--WE agitated in St. Paul and got
! the short lien, three months instead
of nine, reduced the day to eight
hours from ten raised the wages one
dollar day an destablished regular
pay DAVIS.
! Il think the contractors will not be
able to get their employees to return
| to the open shop as long as they have
dollar in their pockets or grain Of
| sense in their heads.
1.-The open shop would reduce the
| workers to an existence wage, re-
duce the purchasing power Of the
majority Of, our citizens, reduce the
home trade. and sending more money
! away. and leaving less at home, and
i lowe r the health and welfare Of every
l.citizen IN Duluth except the; specI11a-
= tors. ). i ;.w .i.#-.-! :5s's5e" '>>!',
1.-THE shop keepers should bear, in
mind that the wage workers weat
so per cent Of the clothes, eat up 90
per cent of. the food and occupy IS
per cent of the buildings in Duluth.
"They are the only ones who can
and will make this the Greater Du-
luth."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-12-21
DELEGATE
GOES HOME: PLEASED
Delegate shackleton from Eng
land Compliments Norfolk
Convention.
Bid good bye in the following words

Bid good bye in the following words:
Mr.. President and Friends: Before
I leave this convention I desire to
again express my sincere thanks for
the manner in which I have been re-
ceived This has been one of the hap
piest times of my life, and certainly
one of the most instructive. can
assure you there is one man going
back to England with a feeling of
sympathy and hope and encourage
ment towards the great American
Trades Union movement. We have
had our difficulties in the past, and
we have many to face but l feel con-
WINGED that as We have overcome them
in our country you will be able to
overcome all the difficulties your
movement may have to face. I wish
you every prosperity. good luck, and
for the present good bye.
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destroy all Of the noble faculties
which make men divine. The eminent
Prof Woodbridge estimated that
among the American people there are
80 males and 50 females out OF every
hundred who suffer from it's effects.
The CLASSY eye. the pale face, the
blue circles under the eyes the oen5
figure. the pimpled skin, the irritated
and morose disposition and the fail
ing health and weakened mind. all
bespeak the effects Of the curse OF
this solitary vice. 1t fills our asylums
and drives thousands to suicide. 1t
pucks the rose Of health from the
youthful cheeks and fills our streets
with an endless procession Of nervous
permanently aged men with weak
ened mind and loss of manhood. If
you have violated the laws Of health
and you are conscious Of a constant
drain upon your system. 1t is your
duty to be cured; you owe it to your
self. your family. your future life and
business. Every day Of this wretched
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-12-21
THE MODERN WOODMEN
PLAN FOR SANAT0R|UN
Members of the Order Shows
Wonderful Unanimity Of Sen
timent Thereon
And Are Responding Promptly
the Call for Contribu-
lions.

This organization is not only the
largest, but also the most successful
beneficiary society in the world. 1t
has a membership of 100000, and all
seem imbued with such spirit Of en-
thusiasm and fraternalism, that the
society seems to bring to successful
issue everything which it undertakes.
Recently the supreme governing
body determined upon the advisability
of establishing, in some desirable To-
cality, a sanatorium for the treatment
and cure of tuberculosis, or white
plague. in which members of the order
overtaken by this dread disease, could
find all the comforts of home coupled
with the best scientific treatment
modern science can afford.
Upon due consideration Of the ques-
ton, it was decided that the under
taking should be hnanceered by a
voluntary contribution of ten cents
from each member. No sooner was the
decision promulgated than contribu-
lions began coming in at such rate,
until the aggregate amount Thereon
reached so large a sum, as justified the
| authorities in taking an option on
thousand-acre tract as the location of
the sanatorium.
At this writing, we understand this
benevolent undertaking Is an assured
fact, and the prospects and money
have passed the domain of probability
and the executive council Of the order
are now devoting itself to. the work
Tot completion In a manner characteris-
tic of everything th1sh Society OF. Mod
ern woodmen has ever undertaken. L.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-12-21

: The Trades Assembly of Des Moines,
Iowa, has adopted a. unique method Of
fighting a non-union employer and has
discovered a new way of employing
the greatly abused injunction process.
The city directory Of Des Moines is
being printed in a non-union estab-
lishmen-, and the union men have de-
cided that their names and addresses
! shall not appear in the book Through
the Trades Assembly the 1900 union
! men of that city will enjoin the direc-
tory. publishers from including their
names in the list Of citizens. The
legal advisers OF the assembly have
said that this can be done according
i TO law, as d mans name is his private
property and cannot be used In my
directory Or list WI "a out ais perfs1is-
j. sion. Es
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-12-21
Wealth Is moth

" calIn Is nOln-
ing: position Is
nothing; fame Is
nothing: manhood
Ii ever thing.
This is the state
ment of all the
S p e CT alists In
mems diseases.
The press. the
pulpit and lecture
rooms are silent
on diseases Of the
sexual organism
and men keep on
going on the road
Of vice until they
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-12-21

Mr.. Union Man:-Notify your barber
that the Bell Phone is Unfair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-12-21
REFERENDUM FOR CARPENTERS,

The vote of the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners for the national
presidency, which Is by referendum.
will be taken all over the country
during the third week in November,
the returns to be in the national head
quarters at Indianapolis, Ind. on the
] third week In Dec0mbeg. '..53
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-22
LONDON HEARS NOTHING
FROM sWETTENHkM.
Regards His Silence as Admission
of the Weakness of His
Case.

+ LONDON, January 21.-The Colonial
Office is still without explanation for Sir
Alexander Swettenham. the Governor of
Jamaica, of the situation which led to
the withdrawal of Rear-Admiral Daviss
warships from Kingston on SATURDAY..
government, is construed as a good sign
that this much-regretted affair is capable
of amcable adjustment, and will not
lead to any disturbance OF the friendly
relations between the United States and
Great Britain. 1t Is supposed that II
Governor Swettenham had any reasona-
BILE justification for his extraordinary let
ter to Rear-Admral Davis he would not
delay in placing his government in
possession of the facts: therefore bis
silence is regarded as confession OF
the weakness of his case, or an evidence
of compunction at having adopted an
inadmissibla course.
All the newspapers again print eds
torial articles on the Kingston incident.
which they regard as already virtually
settled.
EXPRESSIONS of deep gratitude for thds
help rendered by the United States. and
while full allowance Is made for the
exception circumstances which may have
accounted for Governor Swettenhanls
rutfled feelings. the newspapers are un-t
animous in censuring strongly the tona
of his letter as absolutely wrong and
uncalled for, and this, In spite OF tha
fact that the papers recognize that Rear
Admiral Davis also may have besn some
what bameworthy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-22
JAMAlCANS RESENT
GOVERNOR LETTER
Beg Admiral Davis Not to Leave
Because of One Mans
Conduct.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, January a.
The indignation of the residents OF Ja-
maica, both official and private citizens,
at the action OF Governor Swettenhan,
In demanding the withdrawal! by Admiral
Davis of the relief forces. Is spreading
and intensifying. The Governors re-
Spouse to Admiral Davs's letter is bit
clared that the only possible PREPARATION
is for the government to apologize and
recall Governor Swettenham.
Jamaicans say that the Indignation
which is doubtless felt in the United
States and England is shared by the
residents OF the islands. They contrast
the acts of the home government, which
has not rendered any relief, and the royal
generosity of the United States. which
rushed warships. surgeons. medicine and
food to the stricken city.
Mayor TAFT, upon the departure of Adj
miral Davis, voiced the sentiments of
citizens In a letter to the admiral, saying:
IN behalf of the Mayor, the Council
and all citizens of the stricken city,
l. desire to express deep regret that
any unpleasantnesss should have oc-
Cured. causing you to withdraw the
valuable assistance generously render
| ed to this country and my unfortunate
fellow citizens Whatever has been the
cause to induce you to decide to with
draw we do not approve nor take part
We ask you not to withdraw and not
to take offense at the conduct of one
! man."
| Many bodies are still being recovered
and cremated. and it is believed the
fatalities will reach a total of seven
| hundred.
The United States refrigerator shll
Celtic, with supplies, arrived here this
| morning. She received orders not tc
delay her departure, and sailed at /
| o'clock this afternoon. The steamer
Otcr has come in and will return to.
morrow with refugees. There are still
| frequent tremors of the earth. A quake
| of special severity occurred ut O'Clock
| this morning. but did little damage.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-22

coincidence Admiral Davis happens to
be an officer to whom England here
tofore has felt the deepest gratitude. as
his course while the American member
OF the International Arbitration Court at
Paris upon the sinking Of the British
fishing vessels in the North Sea by the RUS
sian fleet practically was decisive in shap-
ing decision favorable to Great Britain.
Some phases of the arbitration were not
sealed at the time, as they might have
proven irritating to Russia. 1t is known
that Admiral Davis's staunch support OF
the British contention turned the scales
at the decisive moment. His views were
accepted by the Austrian admiral, and.
this, with the vote OF the British MEM
Der. Admiral Beaumont made a majority
which determined the character of the
Anal decision.
King Edward. on the conclusion of the
court, communicated an invitation,
through the British ambassador at Paris.
to Admiral Davis to come to Bucking-
ham Palace. where marked favors would
have been shown him. But the desire
to avoid anything which might be con-
strued as wounding Russia led Admiral
Davis not to accept the Kings invita-.
ton.