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New-York tribune., 1907-11-11
JAPANESE WATER SYSTEMS.

The exceptional care and attention which
were given by the japanese army to matters Of
sanitation in the Russian war. and especially To
the water supply, suggest that slmila- prac-
tices should be found 10 prevail in Japan itself
Such is in fact, the case, according 10 a writer
in Engineering News who has lately made
special study of the subject. The result Of his
expert observations indicates that sanitation is
tho rule in civil as we'll in military life, and
that the water supplies of cities are as scrupu-
lousy safeguarded in time OF peace as those OF
the army I'm time of war
At present thirteen OF the chief cities and
towns of Japan have municipal water systems
Of the best modern type. or these no fewer
than ten are equipped with highly efficient tiltra-
tiOn plants, SO that Of the 100000 Inhabitants
supplied by those systems 100000 receive
filtered water of assured purity and of the best
quality We DO not know that the natural water
supply of Japan is any more subject 10 con-
tamnation than that OF other countries but we
are not sure that any other country makes SO
sure of It's purity by filterlng so large Il proper
tion of it's supply. Actually more than 97.5 per
cent of Japan's municipal water supply is
filtered
Water is plcntifully provided in all the cities
for public and private uses There is a fire
hydrant in the streets for every fifty houses, an
amplitude Of provision surprising that in other
lands, but probably demanded in Japanese cities
account Of the infammablc construction of
many Of the houses More interesting still,
especially to New Workers. is the use of meters
1t Is estimated that about one, fourth Of all the
services in the cities and towns are mctered, and
the system appears 10 give satisfaction. Nor
does the use Of meters discourage the use Of
wafer for told that the average CON
sumption is from twenty-five to thirty-fve gal
Ions a day for each person. That is, Of course,
much less than is got rid of-wasted, rather
than used-in New York, but 10 compares well
with the amounts used in cities here and else
where where meters are installed or where care
is exercised to avoid waste.
The testimony of Japan is, therefore in favor
of filtration of all municipal water supplies and
in favor also Of the general use Of water meters.
The former measure becomes increasingly desir-
able in all countries as population becomes more
dense and danger of contamination of streams
becomes greater while the latter is obviously
to be commended ordinary sound business
principles which dictate that consumers should
pay for just what they consume, no more and no
less. The example of Japan will not, we trust
pass unheeded in our own land and city.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11

stitution Of bona fde suffrage tests Nor VIII
n fair and equal restriction programme be seri-
ously opposed by the Republican party, which
has nothing to lose through any attempt any
where in this country to raise the general quail
ifcations for suffrage. limitation based on
lteracy or any test of intelligence or fitness
which could be automatically applied would be
welcomed. There is a general feeling OF dis
gust with present election conditions in Mary
land, where vicious trick ballot laws are ap-
piled in spirit OF rank partisan dishonesty
The Democratic party has no respect for the
theory OF majority rule and has taken means TO
obStruct any free expression of the will of the
registered majority. 1t would be n gain FOR
honest methods if the electorate were dimin-
ished legally and mpartially and then allowed
TO vote without hndrance. The election OF
last Tuesday a scandalous denial of what
Mr.. Bryan considers the elemental principle of
Jeffersonianism. Maryland Democrats have as
little use as Massachusetts Democrats for ma
iOrity rule. But growing independent senti-
ment may compel them 10 substitute disfran-
chiSement by law for diSfranchiSemCnt by trick
cry and to give the ballot thereafter equal
weight i'll the hands Of each qualified voter.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11
THE SUFFRAGE IN MARYLAND.

1t is not astonishing 20 hear that the Demo
cratic leaders IN Maryland are already planning
TO submit 20 the people new disfranchisement
amendment Having elected a Governor more
tractable than Governor WarfleId and having
secured n three-ffths majority IN each branch
OF the Legislature, the way is clear for renewal
Of the fight lost two years ago, when the Poe
German ancestry worship hodgepodge was sub
mitted 10 the voters and deservedly rejected
Mr.. Crothers was chosen Governor this year by
a smaller plurality than Governor Warfeld had
IN 1903, and his election and the capture of the
Legislature were both probably due to the whole
sale rejection of ballots under the present trick
ballot law. From thirty thousand TO thirty-five
thousand voters were disqualified on technical
ities connected with the marking and folding of
ballots, and probably ten thousand TO fifteen
Thousand more were prevented from voting for
more than one or two names on q confusing
blanket ballot. So uncertain hold on the state
is CALLING to the Democratic managers who real
ize that with an untrammelled vote last Tues
day the Legislature would probably have been
lost enc the state ticket defeated.
The trainers of the new disfranchisement
amendment will doubtless avoid the errors
made two years ago by Mr.. Poe and Mr.. Cor
man. They will bend their energies to eIiminat-
ing the negro as far as possible. But they will
not try TO set up class distinctions among the
white electors, putting natives and descendants
OF natives into privileged aristocracy and let
ting those naturalzed since 1869 and their de-
scendants constitute plebeian commonalty sub
5ect TO special and arbitrary tests of fitness.
The drafting Of the new amendment has been
intrusted 10 the Hon Isaac Lobe Straus, Attor-
ney General-elect, who was destined presumably
10 be one Of the second cabin passengers under
the PoeGorman scheme. BE will naturally not
want to revive the odious ancestry qualification
Of 1905, and he will be supported In declaring
against en- attempted ostracism of the newer
elements in Maryland's citizenship by Senator's
Whyte and Rayner, Governor War1eld and the
Other leaders Of the old anti-Gorman contingent
'The Baltimore Sun" says that the new re-
strfction scheme will be planned on broad
lines" ThereiE no Inherent objection to tho In
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11
PERSONAL.

The Rev T. Ward Denys. who was so seriously
overcome by the heat in Baltimore last summer
that he resigned his work there, has almost en-
tirely recovered but will pass the winter with his
family in Dresden, where his daughters are at
school.
The wedding dress OF lilac poplin worn by Queen
Alexandra the occasion of her marriage. forty
four years ago and in which she first won the
hearts OF her subjects. is still carefully pre-
served by her majesty. The dress was chosen in
fondnesS for lilac
the Rev Thomas Lord. OF Horncastle. Lincolnshire.
April % last, Mr. Lord still takes active part in
thousandth sermon on the seventy-third ami
Versary OF his ordination. Owing 10 falling eye
sight, the veteran pastor has trust entirely TO
his memory. which is so clear that he recite
whole chapters of Scripture.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
OF Teaching has voted Professor Frank II. Loud
Of Colorado College, annual retiring allow
ance Professor Loud has been connected with
colorado College for thirty years. He is a grad
from Harvard and Hayerford. He is well known
as an astronomer.
Attorney General Edward T. Young Of Minnesota
who was fined sloO for contempt by Judge Lochran
OF the United States District Court in the railroad
rate cases which he is fighting for the state. was
born In Minnesota fifty years ago. He was grad
uated from the State University and was admitted
10 the bar in 1851. He served two years as a
ineinber or each branch OF the Legislature. u IS
expire in 1909.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11
II 7nnSemenfS.


ACADEMY Of MIsIC-s:l5-The lion and the Mouse.
ALHAMBRA-2-s-Eaud
AS1NJTs-S:l5-Tom
BELASCO- -S:I5r-The or the Rancho
BE 3ERIGELEY-9-After the Opera 9:45-A japanese
Lady; 10:30-The Van Dyck.
g8IJOIr-S:I5-The Master Builder.
JsLANIY'S S:l5-Bohemian Girl.
BROADWAy-S: S:l5-Jhe Round Up
CASINO--s:15-Tle Gay White Way.
CIRCLE S:I--Twa Islands.
6'OLONIaI,-2-E-Nau
CRITERION-s:lJ-T The Dairymsids.
lDAIT-S-s.2o-The Great Divide.
DENEY-2-S-N audevtle
1EDEH AHT-SEE--The World IN Wax.
ENPIRE-S:20--My VIE.
GARRIC,K-S:20-Artie
GERMA%-S:i5-Der gruene Kakadu. Die letZten Massen
Hteratur
GOTHAAi-2-s-Vaudevilie
HACKETNT-s:90 s:90-When knights Were Bold.
HAMMERS TEN 'S-2-S I5-Naudevilie.
fERALD SOTARE-S:I5-The Girl Behind the Counter
HIPPODROME-2-S- Daughter and Pioneer
HUDSON -S:I5-C1assmates.
kNlCkERBOCKER-s:l5-T Eoyden.
LIBERTY: -s:l5-I'he Christian Pilgrim.
LYCEIrM-S -S:30-The Thief
I,YPIC-s:I5-The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.
MADISON SQCARE-S:15-Thc Coming Of Mrs. Patrick
MAJESTIC 1!-T'he TOP o, IN World
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-S-Adriana Lecou-
NEW AMsTERDAA-S:l5-T Merry Widow.
NEW YORK-2-s s:30-Advsnced Vaudeville.
SAVOY -s:15-The Man of the Hour
ST. NICHOLAS RINn-Tnree Sessions Daily Skat-
sTUYVE ANT-s:l5-A Grand Army Man.
WALIAArK -S:15-The Right OF Way.
WEBER -s:15-Hip. Hin Hooray,
WEST ENi-2-S-Eight Bells
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11
MONEY AVID BUSINESS.

Although the average OF the sixty most active
railway shares continues close to the lowest
point in seven years, the fundamental position
of the market for securities is much improved
by the steady absorption of odd lots OF stock by
investors Transfer departments are falling
further behind, and some purchasers have been
compelled TO wait many days for their certlfi-
Gates. This business would be even larger IL
funds could be readily withdrawn from savings
banks while boarding in safe deposit boxes is
rapidly giving place 10 investment il stocks and
bonds. Through the exchange Of Tennessee
Coal and Iron stock for Steel bonds it has be-
come possible to liQuidate loans on the former.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11

musical organization which is the joy, and
the ''enemys country" This organization is the
idol of every musical Philadelphian. 1t Is young,
but its youth makes it all the dearer to the hearts
of the Quaker City. Philadelphians believe that 1t
represents the finest ideals in music that its har-
monies and melodies and technique incompar-
able So when this excellent organization went to
Gotham to show the New Workers what musical
perfection is the Philadelphians expected that 1t
would receive the plaudits of metropolitan critics
and music lovers We regret to report that their
expectations were not realized.-BaItimore Sun.
Thus learn the true inwardness Of Phila-
delphias strange outburst. It is hard to put
ourselves in Philadelphia's place, for New York
never feels that way about any of its local or
CARNATIONS their visits to other cities. 1t Is.
indeed. painful duty that rests upon our mu-
scal critics. When the Kankakee Chorus comes
to town every heart in Kankakee comes with it.
Shall the critics lay all these hopes in the dust
PROSTATE civic pride and convey to Kankakee
that bitterest of all reflections, that 1t has poured
out its soul over something spurious and wor-
shipped clay-footed idol? Rather let Kanka-
kee Keokuk and Kokono be spared until they
have become hardened and philosophical Ike
Philadelphia and care not how Gotham goes
upon its sneering way"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11

vertiser." to get through in ten days, but the
members. talking it over. found they all had
little local bills which they were interested in,
and so they agreed to prolOng their stay at the
capital till about December /. "They talked
''some of crops and the money market, but most
sly they talked Of A desire to hurry up through
"the affairs before them and get back home"
If the Governor had only been as thoughtful
and painstaking in preparing, letter perfect all
the little local bills as he was in getting ready
n brand new set of railway laws the whole
legislative job might have been done up in two
weeks We are sorry that through an oversight
on his part the Legislature should have to con-
tnue its deliberations week or so longer.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11

Dr. T.. W. Forbes Rosss method Of treating
consumption. described by him In The Medi-
cal Record" and briefly outlined in Sundays
Tribune will doubtless receive the respectful
attention of his fellow practitioners, for the
author was at time an assistant in a Lon
don hospital devoted to tubeTculous patients and
has apparently enjoyed unusual opportunities
for the study of the subject. Encouraging as
the results of the present mode of fighting
consumption, il has not yet achieved a complete
conquest. and the world would welcome even a
slender chance of improving upon IT, DIR. Ross
processes to find his curative agent. his anti
toxin, not in the blood OF an animal which has
been rendered immune by carefully adjusted in
jections of bacilli. but in the flesh OF one which
has succumbed to disease--a paradoxical as well
a novel proposition. One of the reasons
given for faith In the alleged remedy is that the
bic to consumption than those of the extremely
poor. But the same thing is certainly true in
regard to other diseases. and the comparative
immunity enjoyed in the one class OF cases has
usually been attributed TO ample nutrition alone
In fact, hearty feeding is OF the two great
reliances in the modern treatment of sufferers
from consumption. Can IL be that the unoues
tionable benefits secured have been assigned 10
the wrong cause, and that the work is done nv
a hitherto unrecognized antitoxin? If So &c
that wholesome agent TO be found only in nrato
And does cooking lessen It's value?
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11
aep2lurk DAILY Gtribm,rs
MONDAY. NOVEMBER II. 1907.

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New-York tribune., 1907-11-11

And It is not much q question of capturinp tbs
Presidency of presenting some kind OF res1ect
able appearance OF strength In the returns-RaItt
moro News.
Exactly so. but that consideration doesn,,
greatly simplify the problem for the Democracy
1t is just as hard 10 do one as the other. Mr..
Hearst. for instance. has about 100000 votes in
this state which he deliver to the Demo
cratic candidate. II he does so, the terms IN
which he will deliver them will drive awav an
other 100000 votes which otherwise would have
New-York tribune., 1907-11-11
been Democratic. So there you are. 1t beats
the "fifteen puzzle"

Whether the choice of so many doctors as
mayors in New Jersey this year was due to
Mount Vernons example or to a spontaneous
recognition of the wisdom of the policy, It ought
to insure fine sanitary conditions in several mu-
nIcIpalities which might not otherwise have en-
ioyed that advantage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-07
POLITICIAN BEFORE COURT
ALLEGED THAT he VIOLATED
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
Sent Letters Through Mails to EN-
ployes of the Government.
New Point Raised.

Special Dispatch to The Star
DALLAS. Texas, June 7.-Whcthcr II Ia
against the civil service laws to send let
tiers soliciting campaign contributions 10
| civil service employees In 4 government build
ing is the question which is up for decision
by Judge Meek in the United States district
court for the northern district of Texas. I'm
session here.
The question came up in the trial OF Ed
ward :. Thayer. chairman OF the sixth sem
atorial republican district OF Texas who
was charged in the court with violating
section IL OF the civil service law I'm tho
act of January Ii, 1883 which prohibits
the soliciting Of campaign contributions in
size FEDERAL buildings. The trial was taken
up last week and has just been completed
the judge reserving his decision to deter
mine what decision he shall make. OF tho
legal point raised in the trial
Section II of the civil service law is a.
follows:
No person shall. in any room or building
occupied in the discharge of official duties
by any officer or employe mentioned In this
civil service) act nor In any navy yard
fort or arsenal, solicit In any manner what
ever money for any political purposes
whatever
Section 13 prescribes the punishment.
which Is not more than 5000 fine and not
more than three years imprisonment in
the penitentiary, either or both I'm the dis
erection OF the court.
The prosecution In the case practically
admitted that the defendant In the case did
not physically enter the building used by
the civil service employees for the purpose
of soliciting campaign contributions, but
the testimony which was produced indicated
that Mr.. Thayer did send letters to th,,
employees In the building and which were
received by them in the building asking
them TO contribute to pay the expenses OF
the political campaign then on hand.
The attorneys for the defe nse in the case
maintained that the charge against their
client should be dismissed, because the law
only made it an offense when the person
charged was shown to have gone person
ally into the federal building and asked
the civil service employees for contribu-
lions. The prosecution argued that the
law did not contemplate any such narrow
view of the case.
The opposing ideas were argued before
Judge Meek here for several days; and at
the conclusion he announced that, while
usually he rendered his decisions at once
without writing an opinion. he would re-
serve his decision in this case for a few
days, he regarded the legal point a very
important one and the arguments on both
sides being very strong.
1t is expected that the case will be car
ried by one side or the other to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
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Cabrera to Execute Twelve.

CITY OF MEXICO, June 7.-Accordng to
a telegram received in this city, twelve
of the nineteen men condemned to death
by court-martial proceedings because of
an alleged attempt on the life CT Presi-
dent Cabrera of Guatemala will be exc
cuted. Eleven of these men are Guate-
malans One of the Mexicans accused
Jose Mendoza. was executed. The other
Mexican implicated, Nazare Vendor, was
sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment
Two Italians charged with completely in
the attempt were each sentenced to f1f-
teen years Imprisonment. OF the other for
eigners on trial. one, Spaniard, will be
executed. The dispatch characterized the
condemned men as honorable and innocent
victims. At the state department no COM
ment was made on the action of the re-
vision court.
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The committee is composed of P. NJ. Brown.

The committee is composed OF P. NJ. Brown
Greed NJ. Fulton and William +. GUIDE.
The committee will meet tomorrow after
noon at o'clock to complete arrangements
for the trip.
Chairman Brown yesterday announced
the personnel of the committee on recep-
ton as follows: Charles Iinkins, Percivai
NJ. Brown. Charles Clagett. A. Leftwich
Sinclair. +. l.. Siddons, f. c. Graham S.
s. Shedd, Joseph Strasburger, Thomas S
Hume. u. d. Blackstone, Thomas Blagden
James A. Cahill, John Doyle Carmody, Rob
ert Cook. Greed NJ. Fulton. Frank c. Ber-
ems, John Magruder, Joseph l. Sacks, Tay-
lor G. Wade and Sidney West.
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Death From Dumplings.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, June Mrs. Ellen
Kelley. housekeeper on the farm OF John
Montgomery. near here, put arsenic In APP
pie dumplings by mistake for saleratus.
being in similar packages. or those who
ate the dumplings, Joseph Brown is dead.
while Mrs. Kelley and Andrew Luken are
seriously Ill. The children, Paul Kosten-
bauer, Beulah Harrison and Stanley She'd
win, are also in a serious condition.
They were all taken violently iii soon
after eating the dumplings and all would
probably have been dead had not a ply
stefan been nearby.
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Hess MAY Plead Guilty.

NEW YORK, June Former Policeman
Theodore Hess. who eloped with fourteen
year-old Elizabeth Grady and was after
wafd caught in Baltimore. was up for
pleading before Judge Foster yesterday
His counsel Col. Robert ]. HARE, told the
court that he wished to postpone pleading
until he had a talk about the case with
the district attorney Assistant District
Attorney Marshall said he had no objec-
ton, so the pleading went over until Mon
day. 1t is understood that Hess will plead
guilty and that his counsel will so inform
District Attorney Jerome.
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Japan's immigration Pact.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1T is re-
ported that the japanese in this city have
decided to send a special envoy to Toxic
to urge the imperial government to take
steps to bring about a modification of the
immigration pact made recently by japan
and the United States. Kiulario Abko
president of the Japanese Association OF
America, will, it is said, be selected for the
mission.
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Chesapeake &Ohio Railway

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 3, 1907.
c:OO P.M.-OLD DOMINION EXPRESS week
days.Stops at principal points In Virginia.
testibule train; standard coaches; parlor car
to Clifton Forge. with connection for Virginia
Hot Springs. Pullman sleepers Clifton Forge
to Louisville. Cincinnati. Indianapolis, St.
Louis and Chicago; dining car with a la carte
service from Gordonsyille.
$3.50 P.M.-NEW c. Il o. LIMITED, daily-Fast
new yestfbule train: stops only at Gordonsville,
Charlottesville Staunton. Clifton Forge and
Covington, Va: Horceverte and Hinton. w.
Va. Pullman sleeprrs 10 Lexington. Louisville.
Cincinnati. INDIANAPOLIS, st. Louis and Chicago.
Dining cars. la carte service. One night out.
II 10 PM. u. V. LIMITED, daily-Solid
thule train. Pullman sleepers to Cincinnati.
Lexington and d,L louisville COMPARTMENT n sleep
Dining cars la carte service. Sleepers Gin
cinnati to Chicago and st. Louis and Louisville
to Memphis Nashville and southwest.
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
Offices. 513 Pennsylvania avenue, 600 18th street,
F, and Sixth Street Station. Telephone Main
373O fer Pennsylvania R. R. Cab Service and Main
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Atlantic Coast Lime.

Effective April g. 1907.
Notice.-These departures given informa.
tion. well connections with other companies.
but arrivals and connections are not guaranteed.
400 am. daily-Sleepng New York to Jack
sonville, Fla. Through coaches Washington to
Jacksonville.
8:45 pm. daily-sleepins Car New York to Jack
sonville. Fla; New York to Port Tampa, Fla. via
Jacksonville; New York 10 Augusta, Ca; New
York to Charleston. s. c.: Washington to VIII
mington N. c. Through Goa hes washington to
ICE.
For tickets and all information apply at the
OFFICE OF THE LINE. COL PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE NORTHWEST. AND PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD STATION.
GEO. p. JAMES,
District Passenger Agent. Washington D. G.
I. c. WHITE, Gen Pass. Agent.
". J. CRAIG,
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Garden Party of Nurses.

Arrangements have beeen made for a
garden party to be given by the Graduate
Nurses Association of the District tomor-
row afternoon on the lawn surrounding
Garfield Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-07

1t matters little what It is that you want
whether a situation or a servant-a
want" ad. in The Star will reach the per-
son who can fill your need