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Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
Alaska Bank is Froze ont.

Seattle, Dec. 1.-THE Fairbanks
Banking company OF Fairbanks,
count of lack Of CurTenCy. The assets
Of The company are stated to be
100000 in excess of its liabilities
The bank will reopen in the spring
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
JURY FAILS To AGREE
IN CODD|NGTON
CASE

After six hours deliberation the
jury in the case of Nicholas Hengel
VS. Sheriff Harry Coddlngton. of Nc
Kinley county, for $4,000 damages
for alleged false imprisonment, an
nounced that it could not agree and
was discharged.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
STANDARD OIL FILES
BILL OF EXCEPTIONS

Chicago. Dec. IA bill OF ex-
ceptions In the appeal of the Stand
ard oil Company of Indiana from the
fine Of 329.24O,O0O was today signed
by Judge lands and was later filed
with the court of appeals. 1t is ex-
pected that the entire record will
be filed within a few weeks and a
hearing held upon the appeal in a
short time.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
INSURANCE COMPANIES
BEING INVESTIGATED

81 Louis, Dec. I4.-In an lnvest-
cation OF the alleged trust OF insur-
ance companies doing business in
Missouri, today Assistant States At
torney continued his efforts to show
that sixty-seven insurance companies
are In an agreement 10 fix and con-
troll the rates.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
EAST IS COVERED
WITH rain AND SNOW

Chicago, Ill, Dec. 1.-THE severe
snow storm, which ragged last night
and today, has delayed service on all
railroads Between five and seven
inches of snow fell in Chicago.
The storm extended over a great
part OF the country from the Rocky
mountains to the Atlantic. In many
localities east of Chicago, the snow
turned to rain today.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
s6,1O7,OOO MORE
IN CASH RESERVE

New York, Dec. 1.-THE state
ment of the clearing house banks for
this week shows they hold $40, 0,101,-
173 less than the required 20 per
cent reserve rule. This is an increase
of $6.107,175 of proportionate cash
reserve as compared with last week.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
SIXTY ROBBERS
WRECK MAIL TRAINS
Passengers and Soldiers Are Wound
cd in Fight TO Protect Money.

Tihis, Trans-Caucasia, Dec. IL
A band of sixty robbers derailed the
mail train running between Tifiis and
Baku last night near Salakstu. The
train guard repulsed the bandits af-
ter a fight in which many passengers
and soldiers were wounded. The
train was carrying a large sum OF
money.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
BRYAN WILL ADDRESS
OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14.--Wm j.
Bryan will deliver an address to the
Oklahoma legislature December 21s
while stopping at Guthrie on his way
to Texas.
continue his trip south and return to
Lincoln January 10.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
BRYCE WILL REMAIN
IN WASHINGTON

London, Dec. 14.-It Is officially
announced that the report that Jas.
Bryce. British ambassador to the
United States, is to leave the Wash
ington embassy, is absolutely untrue.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
DELAWARE EPISCOPAL
BISHOP Is DEAD.

Wilmington, Dell Dec. 14.-Leithon
Coleman, Episcopal bishop OF Della
ware, was found dead in his bed this
morning. He had been i'll for a week
with a hard cold, which developed
into kidney trouble.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14

Honolulu, Dec. 14.-Faning and
Washington islands. OF the Tanning
islands group in the South Pacific
were sold by auction at Suva Fiji.
last Saturday to Father Brougier for
the sum Of $125,000.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
POSTMASTER GENERAL
RECOGNIZES SANTA CLAUS

8 Q 8 81 81 I . 8 . 3
3 Washington, ID. c., Dec. IA.
3 Postmaster General Myers I
b has issued an order to postmas-
o ters TO let people OF their cities I
: know through the newspapers
b that mail addressed to Santa
. Claus will be delivered to any
. responsible persons who will
3 undertake TO act as Santa Claus
, agents.
3 Heretofore the department
B has refused requests for the de-
3 livery OF such letters to phiian-
5 tropic societies and others.
E6e GGxHNT TSGGE "a
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
BOARD OF CONTROL
IHEY IT'D ExN

5 There will be a full meeting &
) OF the board of control of the =
5 territorial fair and the National 4
B Irrigation Congress at the Com 3
8 mercial club next "Wednesday Z
b afternoon, Dec. 18th. Governor I
5 Curry win be present, accompa- .
, MED by number of prominent {
b men from various parts Of the :
b territory Z
4 = = u
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
Colonel Greene Interested.

I'VE met Colonel Greene, of Cana
nea, at Ell Paso, ana ne was greatly
interested in the congress. He said
that he would attend the congress
IL possible and he pledged us his
support. financial and otherwise.
Former Attorney General A. B. Fall,
was also enthusiastic over the con-
gress and said he End his friends
could be called upon for anything in
reason. The bankers and members
of the commercial club also took an
active interest and we viii receive
their assistance.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
TRAIN ARRIVALS

No. LIZ. 80 a. m.
No. 40. IS p. m.
No. 7-I2.3S a. m.
No. SIS 2s p. m.
No. o-I2 40 a. m.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
WEATHER FORECAST

Denver, Colo. Dec. I4.-FaIr tsnighi
colder south portion, Sunday Fair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02

succeeded in getting just as thor
oughly out of step with present-day
Republicanism. 1t didn't under
stand Theodore Roosevelt any more
than it did William Jennings Bryan.
Its soul was possessed with an over
towering fear of both of them, lest
they should lead the people away
from the safe and sane ideals that
inspired the career of man VINO is
now under n somewhat indefinite
but amply suggestive number of in
dictments for violations of the bank
ing laws. The Chronicle was at
least loyal to its guiding genius, but
the public had grown away from it's
quOndam willingness to be intellect
ually bully-ragged. In the end the
Chronicle failed simply because in
the second city of the nation there
was no place for a paper of it's kind
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
GOING BACK ON OLD IDEAS.

There never was a time In the history
of the United States wnen the personal
affairs OF the individual constituted so
Every conceivable device of law has
been invoked to save or protect n citi-
zen from himself. whereas oIr ancient
theory OF government was that the in
dIvidual should be The master OF his
own destiny. while the government con-
cerned itself merely to protect the inter
est of the whole Now the idea seems
to be that no man is capable of attend
ing TO his own affairs. The government
is looked upon as 4 proper agency to
govern his appetite. his business, and In
a moderate way his religion--Houston
Post
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
Logical Candidates.

About this time in the national
political quadrennium there is al
ways a good deal heard about ''Iogi-
caT' candidates.. It is supposed
that a logical candidate is one
who. by reason of his peculiar rela-
tionship 10 a dominating issue or set
of issues, forces himself upon the
public attention as the right man
for the times and circumstances.
At the present time, for instance,
il would seem fair to say that
Speaker Cannon is the logical Re
publican candidate. if the party pro-
poses to stand pat on tariff and
pretty much everything else, and
to let well enough alone. Likewise,
if the wish is to have the nations
statecraft dominated for the next
four years by the traditions and
ideals of the elder statesmen of the
Senate, Vice President Fairbanks is
at once suggested. If the issue is
to be the smashing of great combi-
nations by enforcing present laws,
then Senator Knox, who breathed
the breath of life into the Sherman
law, cannot be overlooked. II
colonial relations and the Panama
canals future are to be dominating
considerations, Secretary Taft cas-
lily has the call.
But if the Republican party stands
for further progress along lines OF
constructive legislation to regulate
corporate interests; if it wants to
go farther into the policy of rail.
road control; if it is TO find valua.
ton of the transportation proper.
ties. and to curb their issue of sc,
curities in future; if it proposes to
give larger power to the Interstate
Commission with view to greater
equity in rate adjustments; if il
wants to do these things, on which
it has now made a fair beginning
then TO whom does logic point?
It seems plain and unquestionable
that if this set of issues is to be
pushed forward, then the Logical
candidate is, first, Theodore Roose
welt; and, second, Robert NJ. La Fol
lettP
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
Showers of Advice.


The tendency to 'view with
alarm" was on the whole notable in
this years Memorial Day oratory.
Pretty much all the orators seem
to have taken advantage of the OPP
portunity to say something very
serious and weighty; to deliver a
message TO the country; to unbur-
den themselves of a troublesome
load of misgivings and advice. The
country can at least feel now that
it is rich in counsel, if a trife dis
tracted as to conclusions.
The average citizen, of course
the person who is expected to read,
digest, reflect upon, and ultimately
adopt such of this counsel as ap-
peals to him-is in a somewhat diff
ficult situation. He may be a trifle
dazed and embarrassed with riches.
1t would be quite excusable if he
should feel so.
But there is one thing about the
Memorial Day holiday that was worth
while. Almost all the orators had
something to say about the current
problems of the country. The old
fashioned sort OF speechifying has
manifestly fallen into disuse even
for the occasion of all occasions
when there is most excuse for it.
The flying of the eagle, the painting
of the Stars and Stripes in words of
fire upon the blue empyrean, and
all that sort of thing, is evidently
out of favor The oratory that peo-
pie want nowadays is not oratory at
all, in the old-fashioned sense. II
is plain talk, common-sense cxposi-
ton of practical problems. 1t is
hardly to be expected that all the
authorities viii agree; but there is
no more meaning sign Of the times
that the fact that so many people
are trying so earnestly TO enlighten
the obscure places. The people are
thinking about the same subjects
that the orators are trying TO illu.
mine; and there will be results from
such concentration of attention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
A Contrast in Graft.

Two stories of graft come in the
European dispatches.
The first is from Russia, and dis
closes the substance of an inter
dicted pamphlet. The author was
Prof. Ozeroh, Of Moscow Univer-
sity. and his revelations are thus
reported:
That the Siberian railway cost five
times the amount Of the highest esu-
mate; that the Prince OF Oldenburg re
ceived A grant of 100000 acres of pub
lie land and a royal gift OF SpOOoJ
rlibles TO establish health resort on
the Black Sea. all by virtue of being a
door relation OF the Gar. while there rs
record Of the grant OF 5.0OO.0O0 rubles for
an unknown purpose to man who has
since become a resident Of this country.
The other is in contrast. 1t comes
from London, and is wen enough
told in the following:
At West Ham, one OF the poorer dis
tricts OF the English capital. nine out OF
the ten members of the board Of guar
dams have been convicted for receiving
nribeS from contractors and employees
The sums involved were not large, $50
accepted from a doctor 10 insure his
getting a certain medical appointment
represents the largest amount But jus
tice has followed with as much swift
ness and severity as though thousands
OF dollars had been stolen. The chiei
offenders have been sentenced to hard
labor. the most drastic form OF criminal
punishment, for two years.
England's vastly superior govern
ment is plainly illustrated by this
comparison. But it is yet signifi.
cant that not even the oldest Anglo
Saxon government records in this
instance the prosecution of the
bribe-giveT. as well as him to whom
the money is given.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
Rise of Arthur Never.

Quo non aseendem." the motto OF
FOuquet. Louis XIV~s famous minister,
ought TO be the motto Of Arthur Meyer,
n he ever takes one. This extraordinary
man. who started from nothing and has
reached the summit Of Partisan ele-
Eance. and who. having been born I'm a
tailOr's shop in Havre, ends in his six
ties By marrying a young woman be-
longing 20 the highest circles OF the
French aristocracy. is worthy Of all our
admiration. For it is entirely 10 his
own unuring personal efforts thar he
has become what he is-that is 10 say,
one Of our greatest journalists and a
sort Of arbiter Of modern elegance.
At his splendid mansion, built by the
Due de Choiseul, first minister OF Louis
XIV, and his wife's ancestor, he had the
other day at his table the DUchesse
Dues, the Duchesse de Luynes. the
Princess de Ia Tour .d-AUverEne. the
Princess de Brogile. the Due de Rohan.
the Comte de Ia Borde, and the Comte
Gabriel de Castrios.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
In MemOriam.

There is a lesson in the announce
ment from Chicago that the Chroni-
Gle newspaper of that city has sus-
pended publication. The Chronicle
was called into existence when the
old Herald was merged into the
present Record Herald. Chicago
avYoke one morning to find that,
though The second city in the na-
ton. it had no Democratic news
paper. Without much delay Messrs.
Russell and Seymour secured the
backing of John r. Walsh, who be
fore that had been the hacker of the
old Herald, and the Chronicle was
founded.
There never was day from its
first issue when the Chronicle was
not one of the best papers in Chi
cago. It was bright, clever, and edi-
torially strong. 1t was an anti
Bryan Democratic paper, and about
two years ago became Republican.
But it was not the curious political
career of the paper which caused it
at last, after eleven years, to give
UP the ghost. From the beginning,
whether Democratic, Gold Demo-
cratic. or Republican, it was a
bigoted and narrow exponent of in
ferests. There was no paper in the
.,.,,,, - ,--l,;,b -oor,oJ co ,n;Forv,,l -
TO be convinced that attachment to
n great pile of wealth made a man
necessarily good. The Chronicle
never discovered what had got into
the American people from the time
when they began to rub their eyes
and awaken &c the new political and
economic faith. The Chronicle al
ways saw ruin in reform, catas-
trophe in change, peril in progress.
1t was able, ingenious, vigorous;
but the pertinacity of its insistence
on disagreement with popular ten
denotes prevented it from ever gain
ing hold OF any clientele 1t WIS
known to be owned by Mr.. Walsh,
but it was an ineffective organ be-
cause 1T was always reminding the
community of its allegiance,
Claiming to be Democratic paper
it utterly misconceived the ideals OF
Democracy, and seemed to pride
itself on the hatred which Demo-
Gratis felt for it. Then afterward,
calling itself Republican paper, il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
HAVE THE TIMES MAILED TO YOU
SUNDAY. JUNE ?. 1907.
They Find Plenty to Do

After a hearing before the New
York senate judiciary committee on
the public utilities bill, corpora
ton attorney is reported 20 have
said:
It's all over. We might as well try TO
mt the Washington Monument out OF
business with a putty blower-thanks 70
The newspapers. Fine situation TINS
with not a single man among the 2Ol
in the Legislature really In favor OF TINS
hin 90 Der cent Of them will vote for
il because the newspapers order theIn
10 do so.
Thus do the trumpets of the OPP
posing camp sound our praise. As
the Schenectady Gazette observes IN
this same connections:
The newspapers do what the average
voter IS too lazy and too Indifferent 10
do-they protest against legislative
wrong and bribery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
DOLPHIN COMMAND
NOW WASHINGTON'S
Leaves Navigation Bureau
on Wednesday
Next.

As fOrecasted IN The Times. Lieut.
Com. Thomas Washington viii be given
command of the Dolphin the dispatch
boat Of the Secretary Of the Navy BY
orders that Wiz be issued by the Navy
Department tomorrow. Commander
Washington viii reliuqUiSh his duties
as an assistant 10 the chief OF Jhe
Bureau OF Navigation next Wednesday
20 assume active command OF the yes
sci. which Will be at the Washington
navy yard at that time.
The new commanders first voyage
with his ship VIII be 10 convey Se-re-
taFy Metcaif and a party OF friends from
Washington on next Saturday % Hamp-
ton Roads. for the Secretary 70 witness
The exercises marking Georgia Day az
The Jamestown Exposition, a week from
tomorrow.
The Dolphin has been without a reg
ularly assigned skipper since early in
January. when Lieut.. Commander Web
ster A. Edgar. who had had charge Of
the vessel the past two years was
transferred as executive officer OF tho
Ohio. upon the arrival or the cid battle
ship from the AsiatiC station In Amer
Jean Atlantic waters. Since then Lieut..
". X Gise has been acting commander
The assignment Of Commander Wash
ingtOn 10 the Dolphin is a promoter
that comes personally from both the
President ana Secretary MetCaf as a
recognition OF his excellent services in
charge OF the ship movements
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02

well attested by two reports on sur
prise signal tests recently made by
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The first report of signal tests
showed that of 2,252 trains tested
81 per cent of the enginemen COM
piled implicitly with the rules, while
the per cent who passed the sig
mails before coming to a stop did so
by but a few feet. But even that is
considered violation of the rules
The latest reports compiled by the
management show perfect records
for the Philadelphia Terminal and
Tyrone divisions in April, and the
same for the Central, Elmira and
Canandaigua and Delaware divisions
in March. On the Pittsburg divis-
ion, with its tremendously, heavy
traffic, the report for April showed
that of seventy-nlne tests one en-
gineman failed to come to a stop be
fore the signal. The Maryland di
vision tests showed one engineman
careless. On New York division the
record was also perfect.
If employees everywhere-and we
have no reason 10 doubt that the
same results would be reached gen
erally-are as accurate to pieces OF
human machinery as those on the
Pennsylvania, it may be set down as
true that the average accident is
caused through conditions not under
the trainmen's control.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
Tests That Show Well.

That railroad employees and espe-
cially engineers of locomotives are
careful and intelligent men may bc
taken for granted. The occasional
lapse of an engineer who runs by
clearly set signals is no more than
the exception that proves the rule,
and for the most part we may feel 4
sense of security in travelling behind
the man who handles the throttle.
Equipment may fail; rails may
spread; wheels may break, but the
human intelligence is almost always
on hand when wanted.
That this claim is reasonable is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
AN IDEAL BLEND.

Everyone knows that the great charm
OF the american girl is her Yivaci'y'
while the 'repose. that marks the caste
of We're De We're is the prominent char
acteristic of the English girl. An in
genious suggestion has been made that
by sending American girls TO England 10
learn repose and sending English EiI1ii
to America to acquire snap and vim an
ideal blend Of girlhood might be achieV-
ed 1t is said that the experiment mas
been tried already with Good results
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02

Strange as il may seem. correct pro-
nunciation of the Presidents name is
rarely heard. Only a few days ago Mr.
Roosevelt laboriously explained 10 Wis
itor the orthoepy Of his patronymic. lie
spelled it out thus: "Ro-zie-velt." 1T
is more nearly RO-za-velt than ii Is
Ro-zie-velt," the President explained,
patiently, but IF I should syllable II
that way for you and you should follow
my spelling IN an effort 10 convey TO
others the historically correct pronunci-
alton Of my name somebody would be
sure to give the broad sound 20 the "a
and make & 'Ro-zah-veit,' so that it is
safer 10 use the diphthong lie in order
20 avoid worse confusion. So, remember
that in my name the double is Just o.,
the is z and the following the S is
short a."
This, from the Chicago Chroaicle, will
be no news to Washingtonians. But II
would be a great relief 20 US II visitors
would take note of II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
CRAr1PED MEANS
MY FATE, SAYS
FEDERAL CLERK
Government Employe Finds Pull Gets Pro-
motions, and Without His Life
IS an Unpleasant One.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times
Ihere has been more or less discus
sion Of late IN relation 10 the man in
office and the man outside; his reIa-
tive chances OF success in life: the pro-
vision for his old age, and the future
welfare OF his wife and family To
write intelligenuy upon this subject
one would be compelled to write ex
tensivoly in order TO cover a subject
OF such wide range OF thought, and
then only after much investigation, re-
search, and comparison.
To cover. however. ones own per-
sonal experience and observation after
a long period Of service in Government
employ does not mean so much, al -
though one mans observations might
be quite contrary to another's. How
ever, the writer has had nearly twenty
years in the same office, and during the
entire interval has worked under prac-
tically the same chief. His Judgment
was, perhaps, better as a young man,
for he saw even then the chance OF dis
advantage office life might entail, and
refused the appointment that circum-
stances afterward caused him to ac-
cept. and he found himself a fulJ-fedged
Government clerk almost before the ink
was dry upon the last entries on the
business house ledger. The position
was not at that time within the classi-
fed service, and he had ample OppOr-
tunity to note what is meant by "a
null
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02

fury Of realism Ike ours, and yet it IS
the fact.
The French grand monde. " which IS
not unreasonably proud Of having let
tered members. started this poetical out
burst Witness the four following
names; The Duchess de Roman. the
Duchesse de Ia Roche GuyOn, the Com
tesse de Ia Roche Quentin, and, above
al, dominating the whole literary COM
monwealth with her great talent, Com
Jesse Matthew de NoaiIIes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02
WHERE EDISON LOST MONEY.

It was suggested to J. A. Edison. presi-
dent of the Kansas City Southern rail-
road. when that position was offered
him. that he accept $4,000 q year fixed
salary, with a percentage of whatever
increase he could bring about in the
gross earnings. Mr. Edison demurred TO
the arrangement and asked for and re-
ceived a stated salary Of $4,000 a year
If he had accepted the former PROPOSE
ton he would have had So. 600 in the
first year. more than that in the second
year, and 5000 in the last year.