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The Washington times., 1907-09-03
JAPAN SEXES
ISLAND CLAIMED
BY AMERICANS
Looked Upon as the
First Step of Ag-
gresSlon.
Territory Just North
of Philippine Archi-
peIago.

MANILA, Sept. 3.-American resi-
dents OF the Philippines are much per
turbed over the MikaGo's seizure Of
Protus (or Pratas) Island. close to the
Philippine Islands.
Officials are silent concerning the in
cident. but men uneonnected with the
civil and military branches Of the IN
sular government openly express the
fear that the step Is. but the first Of a
contemplated series Of aggressive move
ments against the United States colo
uial interests in the orient
Part of Philippines
Americans generally hold chat the
Islend is a part of the Philippine group
and that the japanese claim that Il
does not belong 10 the archipelago, be-
cause north OF the twentieth parallel. is
mere pretext-
Hopes are still expressed that the
AIikado's government will repudtate the
seizure, which was not by accredited
representatives. Of the government, but
by an exploring party from Formosa-
Though the island s. small and unin-
habited, it IS believed here tc be OF
value from a naval standpoint
Japan and China Near Clash.
in the threat Of trouble between China
and Japan over the ownership OF
/ kwanto, Kando, or Middle Island, q
rich territory between the headwaters
OF the Tauen and YaIu rivers. there IS
also much interest Dispatches from
Yokohama indicate that Japan IS much
excited over the news that Yiceroy Hui,
/ Of AfanchuriC. has sent Chinese soldiers
| 10 dispute with the 1iilIado the title 20
! the territory.
| This territory has long been the sub
/ feet OF dispute between China and
/ Korea. Before the Russian war. both
/ governments sent officials with military
/ forces for the protection OF their re-
/ spsctive nationalities. At the outbreak
! OF the war, Korea withdrew her offi-
cials.
/ Several months ago Marquis Ito sent
! Lieutenant Colonel Sait0 with q small
| force Of troops 10 assume the admins
| tration This fact seems just 10 nave
| become known 10 the Chinese authori-
! ties, who now enter a protest, claiming
| sovereignty.
The Middle Island population is esti-
mated at about 100000 Koreans and
! 200. .OeO Chinese. the territory is rich
extraordinarily, and Is said TO have vast
mineral resouces.
The Washington times., 1907-09-03
THE WEATHER REPORT.

There will be showers this afternoon
and tonight in New England and the
Middle Atlantic States, and tonight or
Wednesday in the South Atlantic States.
In the lower lake region, the Ohio val
lev. and Inc East Gulf States. The wealth
er viii be generally fair tonight and
Wednesday. It VIII be cooler in the
Middle Atlantic and East Gulf States
Rad the Ohio valley.
Steamers departing today for Eu-
~opean ports will have light 10 fresh
southerly winds, becoming variable,
showers TO the Grand Banks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-23
IInfair Distribution Of Cost.

A special dispatch from KirkWo0d
Mo-, to the Chicago Tribune states
that the municipal electric light plant
of that city has proved a failure. The
generating plant will be shut down
and electricity viii be pu chased from
q private company at one-third OF what
it has cost the city to make it. The
city will sell to its customers At 4
price high enough to enable it to light
the streets without cost to the tax
payers. This is typical Of municipal
ownership ineQuity-to force the users
of electricity to pay for all the street
lighting. although they are not bene-
flied any more than the citizens who
use gas or oil.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-23

seem to take the cost of these things
into consideration"
''Who pays for the parks. the police,
the fire Department. asked the idiot.
"It will all come out of the pockets Of
the city, of course All the city has to
do is to establish a municipal printing
establishment and publish q few
bonds whenever the sinking fund gets
below the water line. Say they need
a hundred million to start with That
means only a hundred thousand bonds
of a par value of $1,000. or they
might get 'em out in smaller denoll-
nations of 500 each. so that the reo-
pie could buy them and thus put a lot
of us in possession of Il certificate OF
ownership They'd look mighty pref
ty framed and hung on the wall The
best way to do. however, would be to
send them over to England and sell
'em there, for it is an established fact
that there is always somebody in Eng
land somewhere that will buy any
thing"
THAT remains to be proved" said
Mr.. Brief.
"Well, all | have to say is that If
you'll pay my expenses to London and
back, guarantee me immunity from
prosecution and provide me with the
certificates I'll have Boston Common
Incorporated at $1,O00,000 tomorrow
and sell the whole issue at 43 before
the first day of next April, said the
idiot. I'll make the late G. Whitaker
Wright look like 80 cents
'That may be, but they'd prosecute
you just the same. They landed
Wright and they landed HoOley for
very much the same sort of thing.
And after awhile they'd do the same
with the city if it put its privately
printed bonds for municipal ownership
of the trolley on the market" persisted
Air. Brief Cant you see that?'
YES" said the idiot. But that's
the biggest point for the municipality
IN the whole business. You can't send
whole city to Jail, you know"
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-23
PhiIadeIphia's Waterworks.

The Philadelphia Public Ledger pre-
diets a general shakeup in the water
department as the result of a recent in
spection of the pumping stations. 1t
states that evidence of neglect and in
efficiency was found on every hand.
This is not surprising in view Of the
fact that some of the 'engineers" in
charge of pumping stations were orig
inally appointed as coal beavers and
owe to political influence their promo
ton to their present responsible posi-
tons. The officials admit that the con
dition is serious, as much of the mo
chinery is so worn as to be incapable
of performing anything like its full
duty. 1t is also admitted that much OF
the material received for repairs, etc,
is defective and not in accordance with
specifications. This condition has been
known to members of the council for
years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-23

the commissioner Of parks. Beautiful
hedges Of japanese japonica VIII con
ceaI the tracks from public gaze. At
each street corner VIII be flower beds
in which the number of the street is
set forth in growing plants. Trailing
arbutus and Virginia creeper or Wis
taria vines will cover the trolley poles,
and in time, when these have had q
chance TO grow, the whole trolley line
Will look like q beautiful floral and
green arbor. and people living along
the line. instead Of looking out upon an
ugly highway of steel ana iron and
wire. will gaze upon what appears to
be a stretch OF Eden running Though
their midst. Now what could oe bet
terY'
1T seems perfectly lovely" said Mrs.
Pedagog, the idiots landlady, enthusi
asticaIly.
"Who's going to pay for all this:
asked Mr. Brief You people dou1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-23
1.-THE idiot" ON NJ O..
A Suppressed Chapter OF Coffee
and Repartee" by ]. K. Bangs.

Glorious Times Coming, When Each
Passenger Will Be Paid For Riding
on the Street Cars-Morris Chairs,
Desks and Carnegie Libraries to Ee
Provided-The City to Pay the Bill.
q see" said the idiot as he folded up
the morning paper and sat on it 50 that
bis fellow boarders might not come
into possession. that the municipal
marshmallow and peanut brittle plant
at Hohokus has been sold to the candy
trust, and the dream or comparatively
free and absolutely pure marshmal-
lows and peanut brittle under the con
troll of the city fathers has turned out
to be a mere bit of bankrupted rides
cence."
Its all iridescence-the whole mu-
nicipal ownership scheme" said Mr..
Brief, the lawyer. It's bubble with
out even the soap"
"Oh, / don't think that said the
idiot. Seems to me it's a pretty good
scheme, only they ought to make it
comprehensive. What l want to see
Is the day when the municipality owns
everything that now fills the individ-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-23
LOSS $4,000 A WEEK.
Cost of Municipal Ownership to English
Wage Farmers.

Cost OF MunlclPal ownership 10 EnShSH
Wage Farmers.
During the years 1901-05 the rate
of wages paid in Great Britain declined
to such an extent that at the end OF
that period the workers were getting
$4,000 less a week than in 1900. The
total loss in wages for the five years
compared with the wage scale Of 1900
was more than $100,000,O00. The par
liamentary report from which these fig
ures are taken records reaction dur
ing the first half of last year, but the
increase is but a bagatelle compared
with the enormous loss recorded above.
AS England is the country where gov
eminent and municipal ownership is
most general. these figures show that
public ownership does not raise wages
in general, but raises the wages of the
few at the expense of the many.
This tremendous reduction in wages
is due largely to increased taxation
caused by the losses of the government
and municipal industries, for higher
taxes mean higher rents and q general
increase in the cost of production
which must be offset in some way if
England is to maintain her trade in the
face Of the worlds competition. The
easiest way to economic is to cut
wages, and so the wage Garner has
had to pay for municipal experiments
both in lower wages and higher rents.
When the wage Garner is asked to
vote for municipal ownership he should
bear in mind that at the same time he
would vote for all that goes with it
higher living expenses and lower
wages, perhaps no wages at all. Who
benefits? The politician who gets a
new popular issue, the politicians close
friends who are put on municipal jobs
and the large consumer who gets his
service for less than cost. Where does
the wage Garner come in? He pays
the bills.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-23
Failure Of Municipal Bakeries.

The failure Of the municipal hak-
cries at Catania, Italy, is reported by
Mr.. Churchill. the British consul at
Palermo. There was a $4,000 deficit
in the balance sheet. and the request
governing loan Of $4,000 was re
fused by royal commission. In con
sequence the institution has beer
ports.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-23

The First National Bank Of Ian
caster
Buys and sells Foreign Exchange;
Pays interest OF 5 and - months
deposits;
All kinds Of checks cashed at par
Makes collections;
Sends money anywhere at lowest
rates;
Has safety deposits for rent,
and solicits q share of your
business 52tfl-
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
FRANCHISE EXTENSION
PROVIDED FOR IN BILL
Railroad Control of Sacra-
mento River Front
Alleged Motive

SACRAMENTO. Feb. 20.-Caminetti
of Amador declared there was a big
centipede in the bill of Mccartney of
Los Angeles concerning the extension
of franchises when it came up for
third reading In the Senate today. The
bill provides that corporations may
extend their franchises any time prior
to their expiration for period of fifty
years from the day of extension
Caminetti drew attention to the fact
that the franchise of the Southern Pa
cific on the Sacramento water front
would expire in 1911 He recited how
this franchise had been granted by
Legislative act to the Central Pacific
in 1853 and was meant to run for fifty
years from the time It's charter was
granted, in 1851.
Caminetti offered an amendment to
the bill providing that the extension
in no event shall be construed to pro-
long or extend the period of any fran
chise or privilege heretofore granted to
any corporation or joint stock company
by legislative act
Mccartney declared the amendment
uncalled for and unnecessary. Heated
debate followed, Caminetti charging
that the measure was aimed primarily
to give the Southern Pacific something
that it should not lawfully enjoy.
Wolfe of San Francisco ended the
debate by moving that the amendment
be printed in the journal and further
action on the bill be deferred
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
GREAT CORPORATION
To SHARE PROFITS
WITH ITS PATRONS
Regal Shoe Company In
vites Subscriptions for ST.
100000 of 7 Per Cent Pre-
ferred Stock, to Be Used in
Extending Vast Business

BOSTON. Feb. 20.-Not in years have
financial circles shown such interest
and curiosity as have been aroused by
the announcement that the great Regal
Shoe Company, which has grown so
phenomenally from modest beginning
IA years ago, will at once offer for pop
ular subscription S1,500,000 of its per
cent preferred stock. Prophecies are
freely made that the invitation will
meet with a ready, widespread re-
sponse, as a tribute to the high stand
ing and uniform prosperity of the con-
cern.
Starting in 1898 as pioneer tannery-
to-consumer institution-a distinct in
dustrial novelty at the time-the COM
pany is only following a Regal tradi-
tion in its present enterprising step.
With an authorized capital of $4,000, 600,
one-half of which is per cent pre-
ferred stock and one-half common, 800
par value, full paid and -assessabIe,
only three-tenths of the total capitali-
zation is offered, according to the an
nouncement. AS this 15,000-share issue
is not dictated by any necessity or idea
of meeting any Indebtedness, but solely
for the purpose of enlarging the capa-
city of its factory and taking care of
business already in sight, the success
OF the plan is trebly assured.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
WOMEN WIN IN HOUSE
Suffrage Amendment Reconsidered and
Adopted by Assembly

SACRAMENTO. Feb 2o.-Through
the courtesy of Abe Ruef the consti-
tutional amendment calling for woman
suffrage was reconsfdered by the As
sembly today and approved. Fifty
four votes were required and the
amendment got exactly the necessary
number.
On the test vote yesterday nearly
all the members of the San Francisco
delegation voted against submission,
but Abe Ruefs orders came up dur :
ing the night and today nine of the
stalwarts changed front. Those who
switched from aye to no overnight
were Beban, Cullen, Fratessa, Hart
mann, Kohlman. Stroll Toomey, Vogel
and Wilson. The total vote showed
54 ayes and 16 noes.
motion to reconsider the vote by
which the amendment failed to pass
the Senate is pending, and If Ruef' s
orders include the upper house the
question of giving women the ballot
will surely be submitted to the peo-
pie at the next election
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
RICH MEN BOOST PROJECT
Exchange Representing Millions Pledges
Entire Strength to the Work

Entire Strength to the Work
BERKELEY, Feb. 20.-With the de-
parture of large delegation of promi-
nent men for Sacramento, all commit
ted to the movement for bringing the
State capital to this county, the main
proceedings in the project have been
transferred temporarily to that city. If
the plans of the Berkeley, Oakland and
4-4ameda committee do not fail, these
men Will be back here on Friday, and
with them will be the entire Legisla-
ture, prepared to inspect the site for
the Capitol building which the Berke-
ley Chamber of Commerce has offered
The Berkeley Real Estate Exchange
has adopted resolutions approving of
the transfer of the capital, and pledg-
ing all its strength to make the project
go through. The exchange is a power
full body, numbering more than hun
dred members and representing mill
lions in capital. All the resources of
the exchange will be at the call of the
executive committee of the capital site
propa ganda.
kilograms and letters indicating ap-
proval from various sections of the
State are pouring into the Chamber of
Commerce rooms. The Oakland Cham
Der of Commerce sent Secretary Wyck-
off the following letter today:
At meeting of the board of directors of the
Oakland Chamber of Commerce the resolutions
indorsed by your body last evening relative to
the changing of the State capital from Sacra-
mento to Berkeley were unanimously indorsed
with the further recommendation that kilograms
be sent to all of the Alameda County repre-
sentatives in the Legislature of the State of
California.
WILDER Walker, secretary of the Mer-
chants Exchange of Oakland. has for
warded the following resolution, which
the exchange adopted:
Tv,a state of (solifornf, hoe haap
offered a magnificent site for the location of the
State capital in the city of Berkeley; and
Whereas, Such location would be a great con-
venience to the people of California, owing to
its central location, its nearness to the center
of population and its eminent fitness for the
purposes suggested; therefore, be 1t
Resolved. by the Merchants Exchange of
Oakland That the Senators and Assembymen
from Alameda County are urged to use their
best efforts to induce the Legislature now in
session to take such measures as will secure the
acceptance of this generous offer and will secure
the location of the State capital in the city OF
Berkeley.
The Chamber of Commerce at Calls
toga and at Covelo sent information
today that hearty support would be
given the movement. f. H. Thorpe
wired from Redwood that county
newspapers there would support the
project. Other kilograms received were
of like import.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
ROOSEVELT To FURNISH
PEARY WITH 4 BALLOON
Arctic Explorer Decides to
Make Another Try
for Pole

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-That Com
mander Robert Peary has reversed his
assertion, made upon his return from
his last trip to the frozen north, that
the pole cannot be reached by the bal
loon method, was shown in a state
ment he issued today at the Grand
Union Hotel.
It appears that he has been led to
believe in the balloon plan through the
arguments of President Roosevelt
Commander Peary says he will make
another try for the north pole in 1908
in a balloon, which President Roose-
velt has promised to furnish. The de-
tails have not been arranged.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
RACE BILL GOES no SENATE

SACRAMENTO. Feb. 20.-Racetrack
interests suffered another defeat today,
when Assembly Beckett asked recon
sideration of the vote by which the
Eshleman bill forbidding betting on
horse races had passed the Assembly.
His motion was beaten and the bill now
goes to the Senate.
A motion to reconsider the vote on
Grove Johnsons bill making an affi-
davit of prejudice sufficient to compel
a change of judges in either civil or
criminal cases also met defeat.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
HOLY ROLLER" GIRL INSANE
Esther Mitchell, Who Killed Her
Brother, Is Sent to an Asylum

SEATTLE, Feb. 20.-Esther Mitchell,
who since July last has been confined
in the county jail here charged with
the murder of her brother, George
Mitchell, was sent to the State Asylum
for the Insane at Steilacoom today.
The killing of George Mitchell by his
sister was the result of the reign of
Holy Rollerism" in Oregon. George
Mitchell killed Franz Edmund Creffield,
the Holy Roller leader, in this city last
May.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
Confer With Governor
on Capital Removal
Leading Men of Alameda County Secure
Support of. Legislators to Project

capital to this city has already been subject of
extensive discussion
H C. Lucas and S. II. Rambler, Sac
.ramento-We understand, movement On
foot to change capital from Sacramen-
to. Our board prepared to make bet
ter offer than Berkeley. Take matter
up with vigor."
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
SANTA CRUZ ENvIoUs
Beach City Lays Plans to Secure tho
State CAPITAL

SANTA CRUZ Feb. 20.-The Santa
Cruz Board of Trade will not support
the movement to have the State capital
changed to Berkeley, but instead will
bring every influence to bear and offer
special inducements for its removal to
this city. A special meeting was held
by the board of directors last evening
and the two following kilograms were
dispatched today, one to the Berkeley
Board of Trade and the other to the
representatives of this district at Sac
ramento:s
Chamber of Commerce, Berkeley Santa Cruz
regrets impossibility Of supporting Berkeley s
claim to State capital, as the matter OF changing
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
FRENCH CRUISER RAMS
AND sinks STEAMBOAT 7

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2o-In hazy
weather the French cruiser Kleber
rammed and sank the small American
fruit steamer Hugoma tonight in the
Mississippi River, just off the center
of the city.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
ANTITIPPING BILL

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.-waiters,
hackmen and bellboys of this city look
upon Assemblyman Lemon tonight with
lofty contempt and declare he is no
gentleman. 1t is because he has intro
duced a bib aimed at the tipping evil.
The member from San Bernardino
would do away with tips by furnishing
both giver and receiver.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
Northern wheat Market
nRECON

PORTLAND, Feb. 2O.-wHEAT-Club, soc
bluesten, Tic; red, 69c; valley. SIC.
WASHINGTON
TACOMA, Feb. o.-WHEAT-Bluestem, Tie
club, soc; red, 6Tc.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21

hospital being managed by the same board of
directors that manages the affairs Of Cooper
Medical College
We have gone into the facts of Dr. Ellin-
woods connection with the Lane moneys simply
because Of DR.. EIlinwoods S public statements
which we obviously could not pass by without
refutatiOn. Cooper College has never carried on
its work for profit either TO it or to its fac
ulty, nor Will 1t ever lower its standards TO any
money basis. DR.. EllinwOod was without dis
senting vote dismissed from his offices because
all confidence in him had been lost, and his
further continuance in office would have been
greatly prejudicial 10 the best interests of the
college.
REPLY OF ELLINwOOD
After reading the foregoing state
ment Dr. EIlinwood said:
The conclusions arrived at in the signed
articles of the Cooper College controversy are
matters OF opinion and Imagination. Mrs.
Lanes will speaks for itself with more force
and exactness than any one can do by the lima G.
years ago The Lane medical lectures / have
always advocated and maintained since DR..
Lanes death. The course of 1906 did not COM
mand the attention of the medical profession
the interest of the faculty as It ought to
by the catastrophe and the conditions then fol-
lowing Over 5000 invitations were extended
to the profession TO attend the course. and only
81 answers were received and of these "a were
acceptances. The attendance at the lcturs was
very small, greatly TO the embarrassment Of
the lecturer as well as myself
After seeing the result of this course I ex-
pressed myself as discouraged for the course OF
1907 and advised a comprehensive postgraduat te
instruction which l thought might appeal more
forcibly TO the wants of the medical profes-
sion Nv advice was NOT we'll receivad and I
said more about it. Never at any time have
] thought best that the Lane lecture course be
discontinued except for 1907. / have so far
provided for the maintenance of these lectures
and, as 1 have frequently announced, 1 expected
to provide for them in honor of DR.. Lane and
for the advancement of the science and art Of
medicine.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21

that seven coalpassers and hremen of
his vessel. mostly Japanese, are miss
ing, but 1t is believed some of the
men were saved.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21

TO HOLD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Feb. 20
Superintendent OF Schools Dewitt Montgomery
has decided to hold the Sonopa County teach
ers' institute In Petaluma during the week be-
ginning April g.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-21
A NeM pennrfnre

Merchants lunch, 1870 to 2:30 p. M
SOC with wine Cafe Francisco, S84
Van Ness avenue, near Ellis street