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The Washington times., 1907-04-19
BANDIT CHIEFS JOIN
TO DEFEAT SULTAN

TANGTER. April IJ.-Word is n7omen-
tarily expected OF an important battle
being fought in the region OF the Mou-
louya river between the Sultan's troops
and the marines Of Bu Hammara. the
Moroccan pretender, and RaIsuu. the
bandit chief
The alliance between Rais-I and the
prcte12er was only recently formed.
The bandit chief joined Blu Hammara's
army with 1000 OF his followers. Il the
allies are successful IN defeating the
Sultan's troops they plan an immediate
march on Fee. the Sultan's capital
Re-eTforcements ere being hurried TO
the MoulOuya river to strengthen the
Sultans army. as It is feared the allies
are too strong for the force now in the
field. The greatest alarm Is felt in Fee
lest an attack shall soon be made on
that stronghold OF the Moroccan ruler
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
HER DEAR PROFILE.

To her whose smile ike softest gold
light fingers
In nay hearts gloom, firing its dark re-
treat.
Whose voice is like a harp with fairy
fingers,
Maiden so sweet,
How sweet 10 dwell upon your moods
and shiftings,
Soft shadows. sunshine, sweeter all the
while,
How sweet TO watch those eyes de-
mure uplifings-
But sweeter still TO trace that dear
profile,
That fine profile and face Of graceful
CuTving
So fitted 10 your moral strength, Sc
meet
To tell Of that young will so firm. IN
sWeTVej-
Maiden so strong and sweet
Lawrence Mcdonald.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
Two Words for Gotham.

New York is neither the least ag-
gressive nor the worst governed city
of the United States. As the visitor
views her antiquated docks and
reads of her corrupt police and
magistrate systems. he is impelled
TO the opinion that she is both. But
she is not, and two proofs that she
is not are much impressed on the
mind of the outsider by the cur
rent news.
The first is that Gotham has very
possibly the best school system of
the nation. The New York problem
is unusual; the teachers must deal
With a disproportionate number of
aliens, 'terrors," and sIum bred
youngsters and combat an appalling
amount of mental handicap. For
such as these-though not for the
children of Indianapolis or Wash
ington-the schools of New York
are the best in the land.
Of late they have been doing a
wonderful work for the health of
the children. They have come now
to particular stage of that under
taking. The chairman of their com
mittee on the physical welfare of
children has discovered that $4,000
of their half-million charges need
eyeglasses. And to meet that need
it is proposed the city shall supply
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
MRS. IDA VON CLAOSSEN
RETURNING TO CAPITAL

Although Mrs. Ida NJ. Won Claussen
has left Washington, she apparently has
BY no means given up the hope of bring
ing Charles n. Graves. American min
lister to Sweden, to time. Mrs. Won
Claussen is now in New York. but a
letter received from her in Washington
states that she may return TO the Capt.
tai. Regarding her experience at the
White House. Mrs. Won Claussen saws:
7 can understand how Mrs. Morris
must have felt when they got finished
with her; If I am fatigued. notwithstand-
ing the courteous treatment l received
IN Washington, how must that poor
woman have felt When / return, my
mental springs will be well oiled. and
perhaps results viii speak for them
selves and gain for American women
abroad the protection that 1 am striv-
ing for"
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
The Mueller Law.

Vested interests in public fran
chises won an immense victory and
the public sustained a correspond
ingly grave defeat when the SUI
preme court of Illinois held that
Mueller law certificates" are in
valid 1t is not merely a defeat for
Chicago, but for every other city
that has had hope of wrestling better
terms from its franchised corpora
tions by holding over them the
threat of public ownership.
The constitutional limitation Of
city debt has tied the hands of most
cities and prevented their entrance
upon the field of municipal owner
ship That limit is commonly 8 per
cent. which. considering that as
sessed valuations are ridiculously
low, makes it impossible for most
cities TO undertake public develop
ment programs. New York city's
limit was made 10 per cent, which
enabled that city to employ its
credit in subway construction.
In Illinois the Mueller law was
passed to increase the credit limit
of Chicago. 1t provided that certii-
Gates might be issued by the city
for the purchase of street car lines;
these certificates TO constitute a lien
on the property and revenues only of
the properties purchased, and not
TO become a lien on the general reve-
nues. This is so manifestIy reason
able and fair that it seemed hard to
believe the law could he nuIlified
even by the most conservative court.
But it has been.
! Intrenched behind such constitu-
1 tional limitations and such court de-
cisions, the franehised corporations
can have things pretty much their
own way. Whether one favors mu-
nicipal ownership or not, it must be
plain that a great city ought to have
! some alternative to absolute control
by private corporations. The posi-
billy Of public ownership is a club
with which TO force concessions from
pubIic-service concerns. That in
strument being taken away, the city
is left well-nigh helpless.
However, the Chicago decision
may, in the end, prove a blessing. It
will result, sooner or later, in an
agitation in that State which will
bring increase of the debt limit of
cities; and when that step has been
taken by Illinois it will be easier for
other States.
It is perfectly obvious that the
credit of the city, the confidence in
Its future, the assurance that its
business viii warrant the invest
ment, is the real medium that must
float securities issued against its
public utilities. This is public
credit" in the largest way; it is not
the credit of a corporation CHANGING
to have franchise That this very
real public credit" may not be
used by and for the public is hope
Iesslv ridiculous. There must be a
broader view of this question before
the problems of city government
and city utilities can be solved.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
CHAUFFEUR HELD
AWAITING CORONER
Inquiry Into Death of Man
Run Down by
Auto.

There viii be an inquest al the Dis
trict Morgue at II o'clock tomorrow
morning over the body Of William Col
Inns. ooloIed, siZty-fiye eears old, Of
I44S y street northwest, who died last
night from injuries received by being
run down by an automobile owned by
Dr.. A. L. SJavely, Of Il44 NJ street
northwest.
Isaac Bailey. colored. DR.. Stavelys
chauffeur, is prisoner at the Third
precinct police station, held without bail
Tor the action OF the CorOner's jury.
Collins was knocked down by the ma
chine at Sixteenth and II streets. II
was net thought at first that his in
iur!es were serious. and he was taken
10 his home, where he was treated by
s J. Juett. Last night, however, his
condition took q turn for the worse.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
WORLDS IMPORTS Is BILLIONS;
u. S. SUPPLIES ONE-SEVENTH
This Country Receives Less Than One-Tenh of Worlds
Imports Honduras Takes Largest Percentage
of Exports.

The international commerce Of the
world now exceeds s26. COS, COO 600, Of
which sl3. 80. 100000 cover imports. and
sl2, 800, 600, 900 exports. OF the imports Of
countries other than the United States,
Il I-3 per cent are drawn from this
country. and of their exports, 91z per
cent are sent 20 US.
This is a standardization Of table
published in the annual statistical alb
stract Of the United States. just issued
by the Bureau Of Statistics Of the De
partment OF Commerce and Labor. Il
shows the total imports and total eX-
ports Of each country Of the world FOR
which statistics are available IN the
latest year for which figures can be
had, a large proportion Of the statements
relating 10 the commerce Of the year
1906 though in e. few cases they are
fer the year 1906 and Ii certain other
instances necessarily accept 1904 as the
latest date for which statistics can bc
had
Worlds Imports, Thirteen Billions.
The total value Of the imports Of al
the countries for which statistics are
available IS set down at s13, 80 697, 900
and the total value OF their exports Is
set down at Sl2. 49C $1,000. these figures
OF exports including only the domestic
products exported and not Including
the foreign OF colonial merchand.s,
brought into the country and re-ex
ported. The total imports OF the coun
tries other than the United States ar,
given at S12.5lS. 1900, and the shar,
Of these imports drawn from III.
United States, at 81, 7Ss, 333, 900, or l4S
per cent OF the total. The total export,
Of the countries other than the Unite,
States are given at go. as. 466 COO. and tn.
share sent TO the United States at 81
05l,ilS.oro, or 9.57 per cent Of the total.
Honduras Good Customer.
The share which the United State
supplies Of the imports Of the variou
countries OF the world and which d
takes Of their exports is shown by al
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
CASH OFFER MADE
FOR ST. MATTHEWS

Negotiations are known 10 be again
in progress for the purchase of the St.
Matthew's Church property. AT the
northeast corner Of II and Fifteenth
streets, and it is SAID that a good cash
offer has been made. An architect from
New York has been on the ground
making q survey OF the surroundings
and IL IS believed that deal yin soon
be efTecte-
The property is considered one OF the
finest and most destra bic pieces in the
new business section and has been sew
eral times or the point OF a successful
sale
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
Raising RuCtiOnS.

Even as the great Peace Congress
set itself into shape in New York
and congratulated itself for the
glowing outlook on the surface OF
the worlds events, there arose in
the seIf-same city a man who is an
expert in peace society doings, but
who dealt his fellow-laborers a
vicious thrust in their collective
midriff This man was the far
famed William T. Stead, traveller,
author, critic and all-around crank,
and at a meeting of the Ethical Gull
ture Society he thus unburdened
himself:
Give me the fighting man every time
against the peace man. If you have
attended as many peace conferences as
] have, you would know how sick l am
of them. A more impractical lot of
politicians than the men back of the
peace movement I never knew. except,
perhaps, the teetotalers. The Lord has
put into them so much goodness Of
heart that there was net enough COM
mon sense left to supply them.
One Of the latest projects Is 70 organ
lie the United States Great Britain.
France, and Germany into a great in
ternatiOnal police force. but there would
be as much chance of the promoters OF
this project flying 10 the moon as car
Tying 1t to success.
Here was furnished at one loud
outbUrst abundant material to &C.
cuPy dozen Peace Congresses.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
As Seen 5000 Miles Away.

Perspective is mighty valuable
commodity. specially is it so with
relation to political controversies;
for, as Mr.. Reed observed on closing
a session of the House marked by
the bitterest antagonism, What
ever is political cannot be viewed
from a near standpoint"
So it is good to see a careful, eau
tious, and intelligent review of the
decentralization discussion in the
London Spectator. Americans would
find much to interest them in any
such analysis at a range of 5000
miles, but they viii find also much
TO crafty them in one which has
this form:
As we have only Geographic sum
MARES before us, ana as III Such con-
troversies a great deal turns upon points
Of verbal detail, we cannot profess to
deal adequately with the Incident. We
feel. however, that we may safely con-
clude that when il is a question of tax
ing the word of Mr.. Hartman or Of
Mr. Roosevelt Ii is the word of the
President that should be trusted.
Mr.. Roosevelt has the faults of an
impulsive and eager, though absolutely
straightforward man, but. in spite of
the deadly animosity which he has Gre
ated IN the minds of many of his oppo-
nents, particularly OF the rich men who
he believes are "cOnspiring' against
him now, he has never yet been shown
TO have committed mean OF corrupt
act, and we are absolutely certain that
whatever record leaps to light" in
this respect he never win be shamed. -
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
TRAIN ROBBER
CAUGHT IN OREGON

ST. LOUIS, April I9.-John j. McHugh.
one OF the secret service agents OF the
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain sys-
ten, made q sensa tional capture at
Myrtle Point. Ore, of Joseph Bush one
of the men accused Of rObbing a Mis-
souri, Pacific train between Pittsburg
and Cornell. Kan, on March 4.
McHugh rode siXty-three miles from
Roseburg, and got his man.
{. O, Eanes. special agent of the
Gould lines, who is in charge Of the
secret service bureau. says that two
men. Joseph Bush and John r Merri-
field, have been arrested for the rob
berry. Merrif1eld, who is IN Jail at
Pittsburg, Kan, has been identified by
four passengers, who also have identi-
fed Bush by his photograph.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
GENERAL MARKLEY
ON RETIRED LIST

Brig. Gen. Alfred c. MarkIey, who
served with the Nineteenth Pennsylvania
Volunteers in the civil war, mas been
placed on the retired list Of the army
because Of age. He was recently pro
NOTED from colonel Of the Thirteenth
Infantry The vacancy in the grade of
brigadier generals was filed by the pro-
motion of Col Earl c. Thomas, Eleventh
Infantry, now in Cuba. He was a pri.
vate in the Eight Illinois Cavalry dur
ing the civil war.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
Illegal Cartoons.

The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that an editor
cannot ridicuIe or denounce, either
pictorially or in type, judges whose
decisions have displeased him.
The circumstances are interesting.
On November %, 1906, ex-senator
Patterson of Colorado was held by
the supreme court of his State to
be in contempt of court for print
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
A Matter OF Choice.

4 contract for four bronze lions TO or
nalaeut the Connecticut avenue bridge
yesterday was awarded 10 r. Hinton
Perry. of New York, the work TO cost
s. 800
The Times reads with satisfaction
this news of the near completion of
a great improvement. The struc-
ture is graceful, imposing, and orna-
mental, and viii prove, no doubt, a
considerable convenience to those
who set out for Chevy Chase in car
riages and automobiles. But The
Times would have been great deal
further satisfied if the S1,25o,00
spent for this improvement had
gone to reclaim one-half of the Ana
costa flats
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

examination Of the details. and this
examination disCIOses some interesting
facts. The country which draws It's
largest share Of its imports from the
United States Is Honduras. which. in
1865. took 1877 per cent Of its imports
from this country. Next in rank IN this
particular is SantO Domingo. Of whose
imports IN 1886 7l.G5 per cent were from
the United States. Mexico. IN the same
year. took 65-s9 per cent OF its imports
! from the United States; Canada, $3.50
per cent; Nicaragua, 5295 per cent;
/ costa Rica, 5l65 per cent; Cuba, 45.54
per cent; Guatemala, 3s.55 per cent:
ftaiu, 35.55 per cent, Colombia, "a. ID
per cent; Salvador, Bis per cent
venezuela, 4122 per cent, Ecuador, $3.50
hihgdom, zJf5 per cent; Peru, 17-Ss per
I cent; the Philippines 16S per cent;
emma, lo-6S per cent. Denmark, 1905
I per cent Argentina, IA per cent; Ger
many, 1891 per cent: Italy, 1z.48 per cent:
/ the Commonwealth OF Australia, III
] per cent: New Zealand III per cent:
SPAN, III per cent. France, 10.72 per
cent Brazil. 1913 per cent; Chile, 9.92
J per cent; Uruguay, S.67 per cent; Russia.
9.66 per cent. Austria Hungary, s.46 per
per cent Netherlands SS8 per cent,
s BOLIVIA. S.45 per cent; Belgium, 7.SS per
cent: Sweden, ~ per cent: Portugal
'-l5 rer cent. and Korea, 6l9 per cent.
Cuba Leads in Imports.
Considering the share Of the exports
Of rhe various countries sent to the
( United States in the order Of the rela-
! tive share, the table shows that Cuba
sends to the United States 8553 per cent
/ OF its total exports. Mexico. $500 per
/ cent: Santo Domingo, 65l5 per cent:
I Colombia - N vga~ cont N-f-7 "a rrrra "a 81
! per cent. Costa Eica. z7.1+ per cent; the
/ Philippines. &czs per cent. Venezuela,
/ Bill per cent Canada. 3541 per cent;
Guatemala. $40 per cent: Japan, q 4i
/ per cent; Ecuador. 1872 per cent SAL
! vador, PIP per cent. Chile. 15-2 per cent;
I Switzerland. $3.50 per cent; Italy, Il g
! per cent. China. 1856 per cent Germany,
/ 9.46 per cent: Peru. 2.54 per cent; Haiti,
/ $50 per cent, and the United Kingdom,
/ - per cent Of The total exports.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
NEGRO LYNCHED
NEAR NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS, La, April lS.-Fred
IiIbourne, a negro charged with an at
tempted attack on Mrs. ". S. Steward
the wife NJ a white farmer, was lynched
by a mob'in East Feliciana parish early
today.
Kubourne was captured shortly after
the . tempted assault and lodged IN the
parish Jail at Clinton. Hundreds OF
farmers fIocked into Clinton with the
avowed intention of hanging the negro:
The Sheriff spirited the negro out or
the Jail and the officers had gone some
dfstspra before the mob discovered they
we're olftwitted Then began race for
The sheriff and his deputies reached 6
The csheFiR and his deputies reached
fbev v-eTt. overtaken and overpowered.
The negro was dragged 10 the nearest
| tree swung TO a limb and his body was
riddled with bullets.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
TRUSTEES FOR w. C. T. U.
HOLD ANNUAL GATHERING

At an executive session Of the District
Women's Christian Temperance Union
held Wednesday morning, an apprO-
priation was made for the purchase of
a COW for the use of Camp Good VIII
for the summer. The board of trustees
will hold their annual gathering this
evening, at which twenty local unions
will participate in the exercises. The
District organization has decided to
send TO this Virginia w. c. T. u. and
the Crittentsn Mission. at the James
town Exposition. 10 be used in the rest
rooms provided by these two organiza-
tons, a box OF cups. saucers. ana plates.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

The South is getting ready for real
jnsurrection against the enforcement Of
the new immigration law. passed last
session. which IS now expected 70 put
an end to the plan Of organizing agri-
cultural colonies of immigrants.
Under this colonizing plan the South
has for a decade been securing an
nually Increasing numbers of agricul-
tUraI Immigrants. who have formed IN
an the States many communities which
are fast becoming ceHters Of prosperity
and development Of exactly the kind thai
the South wants. The question has just
been laid before tie Department Of
Commerce and Labor. whether this plan
can be continued under the new law
and there is a strong impression that
IL viii not be permitted.
Working "On Shares"
The plan is simply to make leases Of
lands 10 persons intending 10 immi-
CRATE TO this country. This was held
permissible under the old law, which
will continue fl effect till July l. The
landowner in many cases agreed 10
provide land, tools, houses, farm ami
mails. seed. etc. IN consideration OF a
fixed interest I'm the crop and an agree
ment that the amount thus advanced
should be paid hack from the immi-
grants share Of the crop.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
LOWS SENTENCE SUSPENDED.

Capt. T. il. Low, United States Marine
Corps. who was recently sentenced to
be suspended from duty for three
months and 70 be publicly reprimanded
FOR ineff-ieut mana cement of post
funds, VIII set off with suspension Of
sentence BY Secretary Netcaif.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
SWANSON WANTS AIDES.

General D3.Flr. acting Secretary OF
war. has seen requested by Governor
Swanson. Of Virginia. TO detail three
officers and three cadets from the Mill
tarv Academy TO serve on his STAFF dur
ing the jamestown Exposition.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

In the matter Of marrying into the
nobility, the American chorus girl now
leads the American heiress by a snuh
nose: but in the matter Of divorcing
their aristocrauc husbands. the heir
esses are comfortably ahead.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

A Pittsburg newspaper complains
that the exploitation of fashy Broad
way has grown tiTesOme. When Pitts
burg begins feeling that way it is Ger
tainly time to do something about IT,
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

If the lawyers once get their clutches
on that silent" Smith Will they'll show
why this country doesn't need an In
herItance tax law 10 insure a more
equitable distribution.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

The views OF the Hon James NEads-
worth viii naturally be suspected OF
Justifyiug a deadly parallel with those
of the fox which didn't like the flavor
Of the grapes on the higher sections OF
the vine.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

Illinois legislature is passing an anti
cigarette law. 1t seems too bad that
the legislatures should persist in adding
attractiveness to a really bad habit
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

II VIII be serious mistake TO assume
that the promoters of his candidacy ex-
pect 10 make Harmon synonymous with
harmony
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

Having had the expense of a wedding
in the family. the RockefelIers doubt
less will feel the necessity Of cutting of
their donations for a spell. and raising
the price Of kerosene.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

Those saiIOrnlea who are afraid the
batueship Kansas viii not turn out q
good fighter should look Up the tradi-
lions that go along with the name.
The Washington times., 1907-04-19

Lots of worse things could happen to
some States than to have only a sing
gle Senator. For instance, to have
three
The Washington times., 1907-04-19
MILK REGULATION
IS SUPPORTED BY
PLENTY Of Law

In reply 10 the proposition advanced
by the producers and dealers in milk
that the Health Department has no
authority TO refuse or withdraw d per
NIT to sell milk in the District. nor
the authority 20 go into the jurisdic-
ton OF Maryland. Virginia, or even he
District of Columbia in enforcing a
compulsory tuberculin test on mich
cows. Health officers Woodward points
out the laws and regulations made
hereunder.
Law Strong Enough.
he shows that under the act OF Con
gress. approved March ., 1898, TO regu-
late the sale Of milk in the District, It's
provided that no person shall bring OF
send into the District for sale any milk
without a permit so to do from the
Health OFFICER and that IT, in the judg-
ment OF the Health OnIcer. all condi-
tons are favOrabI for the sale OF the
milk, that there is no danger TO the
public health, he shall issue the permit,
on the conditions that none but pure Un
adulterated milk shall be brought into
the District
The law further provides that the
management Of all such dairy farms
shall be governed by the health Office
Of the District Of Columbia 10 regu-
lation, however. TO be enforced that
may be in conflict with any law Of
any State prohibiting anything that
the health regulations Of the District
OF Columbia may prescribe.
Law On Tuberculin Test.
As TO the right Of the health Officer
to enforce the compulsory tubercUIir
test, Dr. Woodward points out the de-
cisiOn Of the supreme court Of Min
/ nesota in the cause of State Of Mime
apOlis, respondent, VS. Hans G. Nelson
appellant, the decision sustaining the
dairy ordinance Of the city Of Mime
apolis. providing for the inspection OF
dairy herds outside Of the city and the
use Of the tuberculin test
It is held in the case that the re-
/ quirement that he CHE owner OF tbs
mich herd shall consent. as a condi,
ton precedent 10 obtaining such t.
| cense Ito sell milk in AInneapols). tina
! the animals from which he obtains
the milk shall be subjected 20 the tn
| berculin test is not unreasonable" bu
a matter Of public policy in the pro
lection OF the public health.