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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
Canada BareS Her Arm.

The railways of Canada are at the
parting of the WAYS. 1t is not TOO late
Tor them 90 regain the trust and con
idcnce of the people. 1t can only be
done by the square deal. They may
Tor the time violate their charters. laugh
AT the courts. and interfere with the in
dependence of parliament. but they Will
fad IN the end, that the people are the
masters. Is IL wise for them to provoke
the conflict Is II wise for the eggshell
10 invite blow from the triphammer?
Thus the Toronto World.
Canada has shown such rare ca
pacity for handling kindred prob
lens that American readers will be
surprised al so much doubt when it
comes TO the railroads. \ system
OF courts which has not hesitated TO
keep capital and labor straight to
the line might be expected to act
before any great corporations were
violating their charters, laughing at
law. and interfering with the indie
pendence of the Legislature. But if
the eggshelI' is 10 Invite a blow
from the triphammer," it viii do
well TO study the present situation
IN other British colonies-particu-
larry Australia and New Zealand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
A Halfway Jury Reform.

Texas follows the lead of half a
dozen other States, and considers
the substitution of a majority vote
IN jury trials. Her senate has re
jected the proposition as to crimi-
nal cases. 1t is hoped now TO pass
d bill providing that nine votes,
after six hours of deliberatiOn. shall
determine a verdict in civil causes.
Arguments for the change will
occur TO every reader. 1t ought to
be adopted in every jurisdiction in
America. Six hours is time enough
TO develop if a single member, or
two, or three, will prove irrecOncila-
BILE to the judgment of the others.
The vote of nine is as likely to ac-
cord with the law and the facts as
the vote of nine plus the yielding
vote of the other three; and if the
minority does not give way, the
State--which means every buyer of
a newspaper-must pay the cost of
= new trial.
The only trouble with this Texan
measure is that it stops at a way
station.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
Special Export Rates.

Wide difference of opinion has al
ways prevailed about making special
low rates for transportation of arti-
Giles intended for export. The pol
icy, however, has been adopted, not
only in this country. but in others.
All the concessions which American
railroads have made to the encour-
agement of export trade. important
though they have been, are small in
comparison to those which the Ger
man empire has made.
The domestic consumer naturally
feels that If the Pennsylvania road
can haul steel products from Pitts
burg to New York. when intended
for export. at 9Jl cents per hundred,
it must be imposing an excessive
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entire audience last night was manifest
In the fact that during the greater part
Of the first act, when the robbery of
the Melrose diamonds occurs, the ten
sity Of the scene was 50 far felt over
,ue fOotlights that one might indeed
have heard a pin drop in the house.
The "RafIles' stories are widely
known and present as their chief figure
q man who steals Tor the love Of the
sport. He is man of position in So
ciety, a college graduate. a champion
cricket player and an idol OF women
He is known as the Craftsman and
has ali Scotland Yard AT his heels. bot
after each robbery he disappears as
completely as If the earth had sWal-
lowed him, only 60 reappear few hours
later the suaye, chivalrOus society man
and athlete. No one has ever seen
Raffles. consequently he goes abroad
unrecOgniZed. He will not steal money,
but goes for the 'sparllerS, and has
so teTrOriZed society IN England that
private detectives are employed by each
household IN the play the thread OF
the story is the chase Of Rallies by an
amateur detective who has solved many
problems that puzzled the police" The
man knows Raffles is the one he is
seeking. but cannot take him for want
Of that last bit Of conclusive evidence
Raffles knows the detective has found
him out but realizes Bedf0rd's (the de
teCtiveJ pTediCamenJ ana the love or
sport leads the craftsman 10 make a
wager for charity" with his blase and
rather persistent pursuer- II Is indeed
''the hound and the hare" but IL Is a
pretty game and one well worth the
playing.
Mr. Arden was member Of the orig
nal 'RaftlcS' company and is. COuSe-
quenuy. well equipped 10 present the
play with a wealth OF important and
interesting detail His performance was
well poised throughout. He gave Wash
inEton Raflss ful Of the abandon
/ that Hornung conceived In him, he was
| the gentleman 10 his finger dips. the
| sport at al times. and the cOnCenCa-
ton Of daring.
Edward Ellis in the role OF the de-
teCUye offered Mr. Arden an excellent
/ foil His work in the last two acts was
much better than the earlier scenes He
got into the character and made Bed
I ford most interesting person and one
20 bc more feared than liked.
/ Miss Herne grows more interesting
/ with each week Of the engagement. Her
portrayal OF Gwendolyn Conron was
/ sweet and effective. Charles Arthur was
/ q manly Bunny" Raffles' Chum, and
Charles Hammond gave the best work
he has yet done here in the role OF
l CraWshay, the real burglar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
FIRST WIFE SELLS
OLD COREY HOME

BRADDOCK. Pa. May 2S.-The house
in which William r. Corey and the wife
who divorced him began housekeeping,
over twenty-three years ago, has been
sold It was not a small, three-rOOm,
red frame "shanty." as has been pic
tUred, but was cOmmOdlous twelve
room dwelling. which even now IS
modern. II cost about $500 and was
built with money which. the bride had
received as a legacy from Rev Dr.
John Laucks. a pioneer Methodist Epls-
copaI preacher. Of old BraddOck, who
died shortly before Laura Cook mar
rage with Ellis Corey.
The house stands on Hawkins avenue
North Braddock. one of the pretuest OF
the suburban residence districts OF Brad
dock. and adjoins the home Of A a
Corey. Of similar style. After her oil
vorced husband married Mabelle Gilman
Mrs. Laura Cook Corey cut loose from
All the old associations. selling thc
prettv home 20 which she had gone as q
bride. TO William Bowling. Braddor Z
business man. The price is said TO have
been s.. 500
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II would be just as acceptable under
any other name
Sine appears on TIE stage like an over
dressed sOubrette and as she sings the
roles from the seven different comic
operas she sheds garment after garment
and gives the audience a slight idea
how many Of the rapid change artists
do their seemingly remarkable work.
Miss Hazard has a pleasing voice.
which. with her sivacity, makes her
altogether charming. She gives songs
mandie," THE Bohemian Girl" and
others.
The Kita- BanZai troupe Of eight Jap
anesc equilibrists and feet jugglers
have been appearing in this country for
several seasons but their act has lost
nothing by repetition. in fact 1t seems
more marvellous each time IL IS seen
Emmett De Noy and company, featured
as the headline act present sketch
called "Dreamland.' The plot Of tie
playlet is Identical with one that made
quite a hit last season. It is well pre-
scented. however, by a capable company
OF five.
Billy CASTOR. a seemingly Would-be
George NJ. C0hau II and Ethel Green
Opeu the bill I'm bits OF musical comedy
thar make IL q good appetizer for what
is 90 come. Martini and MaNimillian
are quite ordinary in an act Of legerde-
, main. Jack Gardner entertains for a
few minutes with comic songs and then
feature Of the little elephant act is the
fact that the diminUtive beast can
smoke a pipe as good as an Ir1shman-
The vftagrap pm. with pictures OF a tramp
dog finishes an excellent two and a half
| hours entertainment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
CONNIE NCEMENT PROGRAM
FOR TRINITY COLLEGE

The commencement exercises at Trini-
" College for the higher education Of
Catholic woman in America viii omen
Thursday at $50 D. III, and continue
until Tuesday. June 4. The order of cx-
ercises Will be as follows.
b. Thursday-Scenes from AS You Like
It." the Dramatic Society.
Friday-COncert by CeciIian Society.
Sunday, 10 a. m.-Potifical high mass.
celebrant, the Rt. Rev. Alfred A. Curtis
d. D.; assistant priest. the Rev Thomas
F. Shields, D. D, deacons Of honor
the Rev. Edward A. Giligaa. :. 6 the
Rev. John NJ. RedOn, S. S: deacons OF
the mass. the Rev. John ". Melody
ID. D., the Rev. Henry r. RohInan.
masters of ceremonies, the Rev. William
J. Kirbys d. D.. the Rev. L Szbowicz
6 5. C; baccalaureate sermon John
d. Mcguire, d. d.
Monday, June s, ID a. m-Annual
meeting of the Alumni Association of
Trinity College
p. Injecting of the advisory board
4;30 p. m.-Class day exercises.
Tuesday. June 4. II a. m--Conferring
Of degrees. his eXcellency. the Mcsr
Rev. DiOmede FalcOniO, d. D.. amos
tolic delegate.
Address to graduates. ''Woman's Re-
SpOnsihility in Modern Life"-Walter
George Smith.
At the close of the exercises each dav
the O'Connor Art Gallery viii be open
70 the visitors.
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rected here as theoretically as the
greater is corrected in the city by
the lake. Wagons and carriages
turn our corners with nonchalant
disregard for pedestrians. They
cause more genuine fright than all
the automobiles of which we hear
and read so much At present the
police must wait until the Offense
has been committed before they can
act, and then chase the driver down
the street, with slight chance of
capturing him.
What is needed has been asked of
the Commissioners many times 1t
is that the patrolmen be empowered
TO slow up vehicles as they reach
the corners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28

We would like TO have seen fewer
lawyers and 'inanciers.' more doctors
aud engineers and educators, and. If
politics goes with farming. more
politicians" says one newspaper.
Others think the number of journal
lists surprisingly small, in view Of
numerous applications from college
men for work as reporters. Still
others talk Of the need for more
production and less professionalism.
To the man who cons his history
this table viii be rather an encour-
agement than otherwise. New Eng
land has not been remarkable in
earlier generations for her product
Of non-professional college men. As
little as twenty years ago her crop
would have consisted entirely of
novitiate lawyers, teachers, physi-
clans, and preachers. NThe Harvard
University, which the Pilgrims es-
tablished, was designed to fit Yankee
youth for those callings. and those
alone. Comparatively young men
can remember when engineering was
strange to the curriculums Of nine
colleges out of ten. Halls of his
tory were plentiful; laboratories
were scarce.
So the 800 boys who planned de-
liberately to use their studies in
finance" the 10 who have under
taken TO unite farming and politics,
the loo who made their course a
training school for mercantile pur-
suits, the 60 engineers, and probably
all the "a miscellaneous workmen.
are clear gains for practical bust
ness. We have not yet reached a
fair proportion. according to this
table. But we are working toward
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charge when it compels the same
articles, destined for domestic con-
sumption, to pay 16 cents for the
same haul. Yet the discrimination
in favor of export business is even
greater than this in some instances.
Right or wrong. the export rates
have helped greatly in developing for
eign trade in iron and steel. There
fore, it is a highly significant an
nouncement which the railroads
have made. that after June 1 these
export rates will be withdrawn and
the domestic rates applied also TO
export business, except steel and
iron rails. IT is inevitable that in
the foreign trade this difference in
transportation cost must have dis
tinct effect.
1t seems apparent that the rail
roads are taking this course, not for
the purpose of securing a needed adj
dition TO revenues, but TO arouse
feeling against the regulation policy
of the Government. The claim that
q patriotic desire TO promote foreign
commerce has animated the traffic
men will hardly stand, in view of
the fact that specially low rates
have also been made on imported
goods: so much lower than the do
nestle rates as in many cases to
overcome the advantage which the
tariff gives the home manufacturer.
This whole business Of giving dis
eliminating rates TO export business
is closely related to the policy of
selling goods cheaper abroad than
at home. There is violent protest
against that method of developing
commerce, yet it is done by the man
ufacturers of almost every country.
It has contributed much to the un-
popularity of present tariff SEIZED
ules, just as special export rates
have served TO convince many peO-
pie that domestic rates are unduly
high. Apparently, the withdrawal
of these export rates is to make an
opportunity for some careful study
of the whole subject Of such dis
ordinations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
SON A TRAMP,
PREFERRED LIFE OF SQUALOR
George Baggot Dies in Chicago at County Hospita
Revealing Identity, and Is Buried With
HonorS Due Real Position.

CHICAGO, May 28.-George Baggot.
a tramp by choice, and who died the
death OF 4 tramp. has been buried with
the honors usually accorded the son OF
a millionaire. Baggot's father was Ed
ward BaggOt. founder OF the E Baggot
Company, one Of the largest plumbing
and gas fixture supply houses IN the
country. He is said to have been worth
more than S1,OO0,O0O when he died four
years ago.
It vas at the death Of his father that
the young man deliberately chose the
life OF hobo. He was college bred,
Of more than ordinary intellectual at
tainments, and Of refined manners. yet
his death. which occurred at the
county hospital. ended a four years
existence among the lowest dregs Of hu-
mainly.
The young man, while at the Vesti-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
ROSE MELVILLE CHARMS AGAIN
IN ROLE OF ISIS HOPKINS"

Miss Rose Melville, as the iuimitable
SIS Hopkins. opened a weeks engage
ment at the Majestic last night. playing
10 standing room Manager Esler is
fortunate in securing Miss Melville ana
her capable company as the closing at
traction Of the season
This is Miss MelviIe's eighth season
before the public as Sis Hopkins. the
hashcuI. awkward country girl OF Posey
county. Ind. As has been said. it takes
more than a singEam pinafOre. tight
pig-tal braidS ana an Indiana dialect 10
make a SIS Hopkins IL requires true
art, such as Miss Melville possesses,
which accounts for the fact that she mas
tresses Of less ability have failed 10 last
more than the sea son through. II is
announced that this is her farewell
season as Sis. but the same announce
ment has been made before. and the
public would regret TO see Miss Melville
as any other person than Sis
. The support last night was excellent.
the company in the main being the
same as seen here last season Frank
Mlnzey, as Ridy ScarboIc. the country
lawyer-lOver of Sis. divided the honors
Of the evening with the star. J. T Ray.
as obadiah Odlum, an energetic under
taker. furnished a large part OF tha
comedy work Of the production. The
remainder of the cast. with the excep-
ton Of Fred ECkhaTI as Nibert the IN
ScrEpulous railroad contractor. is tn.
same as seen here on former occasions.
Eaacn player found old friends I'm Tho
audience and the individual work of the
enu-e support was above the ayera 90
During the action Of the play mum
her of specialties typical Of Indiana
country life and Of the seminary which
SIS attended were introduced by Sis.
and several capable members Of the
cast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
BANZAIS AND GRACE HAZARD
FEATURES OF CHASE BILL

What Is unquestionably the best bill
seen at Chase's in a number Of weeks
is the Offering for the closing week.
With one or two exceptions every act
IS above the usual standard or vauGe-
Vile attractions and aCcOmplishes the
somewhat difficult task of fully enter
tanning the dyed-in-the-wOOl vaudevil-
Iians.
Il is hard To say just which is en-
titled 20 the headline honors on merits
Of the act. the Kita-Banzai troupe or
Grace Hazard Both are exceedingly
good, but Miss Hazards act being more
of q novelty. she should be given the
decision by a narrow margin Petite
and winsone and possessed of a mag
netic personality. she has the audience
bound hand and foot at her feet before
she begins She gives what she pleases
TO call Five Feet Of Comic OPERA but
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
RESENTED JOKES.
LEAVES THE CITY

CLEVELAND. May 2S.-W. d. Law
renee has closed MS office. gone out OF
the adding machine business. and viii
leave Cleveland. Further. he intends 10
change his name. and all because OF. a.
joke.
Some one has been inserting ads in
the, newspapers. saying Lawrence
wanted bulldogs. chorus girls. and teddy
bears, the ads appearing on separate
days. As a result. Lawreuce's office has
been stormed all the week by people.
who became indignant when ne grew
angry.
The last ad calling for teddy bears
was too much. "TH change my name
and get out Of this mans town." said
Lawrence. as he cancelled his lease.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
EDWIN ARDEN AS RATTLE
PLEASES BELASCO AUDIENCE

Several years ago Eugene Presbrey,
the American playwright, selected one
incident from the series OF -Raffles"
stories by +. w. Hornung and made it
into q play. Eyrle Bellew presented the
fascinating thief to the American the
atergoinc public and last night as in
the HornUuE stories, he bobbed up
again. this time in the BelasCO TRrater
in the person Of Edwin Arden
AIr. Arden has been particularly sue
cessful I'm his selection Of plays so far
and the choice OF Rallies" is most
fercitous. The play itself is absorbing
and has the happy attribute OF exciting
interest al the start and holding IL until
the surprisingly ingenious conclusion.
That this interest was shared by the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28

bule. a tramps' hotel, 10i Van Buren,
street, was stricken with peritonitis and
was taken 10 the hospital without his
connection with the wealthy Baggot
family Of Chicago being suspected
He fingered without revealing his
Identity until less than an hour before
his death Then ne told a nurse that
his brother was James +. BaggOt. 4lu3
Nincennes avenue. president Of the com
pany his father had founded
What caused George BaggOt to choose
a life Of degradation and sQualOr rather
than that Of luxury and refinement 10
which he was born. probably always
viii remain mystery. He always OBJ
tanned money from his brother when
ever ne asked It,
His descent was rapid and he soon
was known 10 the denizcns OF every
cheap lodging house on Clark and Van
Buren, streets. He was thirty-five years
old and was the youngest member Of
The family.
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WHERE CAIN KILLED ABEL.

''While cycling around Kettering l
was startled to see what appeared 10
me to be two men fighting in held,
saws a correspondent to the London It'd
Bits ION reaching the field / dis
mounterd and climbed over the fence TO
see what it was, and discovered that
il was stone stature representing Cain
Staying Able. IL is unique. Cain has
one knee pressing Abel TO the ground
ard one arm uplifted ready to strike.
TAe statue must ne hundreds OF years
old. and is supposed 10 be on the exact
spot where the murder was committed. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
Sentiment for Wagon Drivers.
No such danger threatens Wash
ington as is here accredited TO Chi
cago by the Chronicle of that city:


cago by the Chronicle of that city:
Decent respect for the rights OF 0edes-
TRANS in the streets is going to be en-
forced upOu tCamsters ard drivers by
tho police department. Such a policy is
rs commcndable as Il is necessary
II e were not for the police the streets
especially the downtown thOrOughfares.
would be practically impossible for foot
,,assengers. Fear OF the station cell and
of the poliCemens club is the only senti-
ment that is Influential with the savages
and brutes who occupy too many of the
drivers seats. The regulation and re-
straint of these dangerous persons con-
stitute perhaps the best service that the
police can render to the public
Yet it is good for Washington to
see how the greater abuse in Chi
cagO is TO be met. Sentiment ex-
pressed by the station cell and the
policcman's club is TO be the remedy.
Applying IL viii be perhaps the
best service that the police can rem
der the public"
Less rigorous methods viii serve
for the lesser abuse of the Capital.
But the lesser abuse must be cor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
STATISTICIAN PIDGIN
FIGHTS FOR HIS JOB

BOSTON. May 2S.-WorlIing for the
State and writing novels do not go wei
together. according TO the opinion Of
Charles FELTON, Pidgin, the author Of
several good sellers" Mr.. Pidgtn IS
now engaged in the fight of his life TO
retain his position as chief Of the State
bureau of statistics and labor, and his
appointment is being held up in the scv-
aInor's council. His enemies say that
he is developing the literary side OF
his bureau at the expense of the praCti-
cal and spending too much time with his
hobbies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
AbOrn Singers Score
Brilliant Success in
De KOven'S Robin Hood

Wis and her successor in the part. Lizzie
MacNichol, familiar TO the public al
over this country. were uppermost in
the thoughts, and both are now dead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
MILLIONS IN IT.

A Philadelphia man found a can con-
tanning $500 in gold while cleaning up
his backyard There is 2 far bigger
bonanza for a city that Introduces a
system of keeping back premises clean
and improved with grass. flowers, and
trees.-St. Louis Globe-Eemocrat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28
A College Crop.

Philosophers of the tripod affect
to be disturbed by the following
table of occupations chosen by 2,243
recent graduates from Yale:
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By the time the Republican politicians
get done with playing horse with Okla
homa, they will have made IT so Demo-
cratic that Texas will look like doubt
full State and Arkansas will have the
appearance Of being solidlu Renuhlican.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28

People must ike 10 be chiefs Of police
in Russia almost as much as they Ike
TO be aldermen here Otherwise the sup
ply would long since have been eXter-
minated and the assassins would nave
no more 10 kill
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28

The Choral Society seems to have the
same proportionate capacity for trouble
as a common or garden church choir,
but it Is several times larger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28

The Michigan Legislature unanimous
~ adopted a resolution declaring for
Roosevelt for a third term. and the
same day It showed harder than the old
est inhabitant remembers at a CORE
spending season Of the year. Can't the
anti-ROosevelt element take 81 hiutg
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28

Nothing could be more fortunate than
the fact that just when the world is
confronted with So many serious diff
culties Of finance, crop shortages. up
risings in many regions. etc, the college
and high school graduates are just
ripeuing their yield OF wisdom and Will
in a few more days have solved all the
problems
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-28

The third-term movement is doing
more business than a marked-down bar
gain-counter sale advertised in all the
newspapers.