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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
TRADE WITH CHINA
IS NOW FALLING OFF
Flowery Kingdom Was Over
stocked With Cotton Goods
and Oils.

WASHINGTON.. y. c.. January IL
That American importauons Of cotton
goods into China suffered a heavy falling
om during the year just closed. is the
assertion made In a statement issued TO-
day by the Bureau of Statistics OF the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor. The
reason for this marked decline in China's
importatlons OF cotton products is due,
il is explained. TO the fact that the Flow
cry Kingdom bought more Of these goods
than she could consume one year ago.
II IS shown that China purchased about
Sl4 10000 worth less Of cotton goods for
the eleven months ending with Novem-
Der last than during corresponding pc
riod in 1905. American importauons in
China the eleven months In 1905. aggre-
gated S8l O0O000. and I'm the same period
during tho past year they amounted TO
only Si7WO.O00
Kerosene oil. tho second article In i'm
portance OF the American export trade
TO China also shows a marked decline
for tho last yea. During eleven months
In 1919 our export trade in that product
amounted 20 1850 OO0 gallons. while in a
like period IN the past year the exports
TO China had fallen 70 only about A.
QOQ.0o0.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12

tnnt % was determined hr tne committee
that the Investigation would ao deferred
untI February. as, tlis mssmuch as
Tho public expected "a statement f-om me
to-day Sincerely.
JOHN p. KT.~NFnv
Addressing tho lbrsrin from tho chair.
NT Byrd said. Mr. Kennedy. SID f4~
as tho taking testimony IS concerned. tho
committee has decided 70 rise until Feb
raarv ist but 70 you wish 20 add 90
zonr statement OF Yesterday. tho conn
mittec viii gladly hear you now"
! have nothing To- add. Nr Chairman
Z simply wished the public 10 know that
? was present. and ready To- answer any
questions the committee might desire TO
ask mo-"
At - O'Clock ". tho committee rose and
feIt brief executive session i'm the
clerk Office Of -the Senate
Chairman Byrd will remain here FOR
several days-perhaps ~ week-carefuuv
going over the Transcripts Of the evidence
Boz tho library matter. and when tho COM
mittee meets here again ON February
9Th. AR. Kennedy Will very likely be tho
first witness Senator Strobe has gone
homo. hut Ar Cox VIII meet IN execu-
tive session with Mr.. Byrd from day to
dav.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
FURTHUR TESTIMONY
IN BROWNSVILLE RIOT
President Roosevelt Will Send
Further Information to the
Senate Monday.

WASHINGTON. u. c.. January H.
The President had "a conference to-day
with Milton u. Purdy. OF the Department
Of Justice. VINO went 10 Texas and Okla
loma 10 make an independent invesuga-
ton Of the riot at Brownsville last summer
in which soldiers Of the Twenty-dfth In
fantry are alleged 70 have participated
Practically all the testimony taken Nv
Mr. Purdy and the afidavits secured nv
him are in the Presidents hands ana
these. with a special message. are TO be
sent to the Senate on Monday next Mr..
Purdys report. IL is sand. does not in
clude any conclusions OF deducrjoas frou
the testimony secured by min.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
HEPBURN D0LLIVER
BILL NOT CONSIDERED
The Committee Defeated Bill bv
Vote Of Nine to
Seven.

WASHINGTON. January l.-Th. House
Committee on Judiciary decided to-day,
By vote OF TO Z. NOT to consider The
Hepburn-Dolver bin making liquor car
ried I'm Interstate commerce subject TO
the laws of any state it enters.
The members who voted against com
sideriug the bin We're REPRESENTATIVES
Parker. OF New Jersey; Alexander. of
New York; Ne.in, Of Ohio: Sterling Of
Illinois. Birdsel, Of Iowa. Foster Of
Vermont: Brannon. OF Ohio: Brentiey.
of Georgia. Jenkins. of Wisconsin
Those who supported the hin were Rop-
resemtatives Littleheld. Of Maine: Pearra.
of Maryland; Trrel. Of AIassachuso It's .
DeArmond. Of Missouri; Smith. Of Ken
lucky; clayton, OF Alabama, and Henry.
OF Texas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
Or. COOLEY-LECTURES
ON ISLAND Of SICILY
Harvard Professor Pays Pleasant
Visit to William and Mary.
Delights Audience.

WHLIAMSBURG Ma. Ianilar,- IL
Dr. Arthur >. Cooley. a member Of tina
faculty OF Harvard University. Iect,rrsd
last night ou THE Island Of Sicily" In
the college chapel On the almost entire
student body. and also large number
OF people from Williamsburg. who had
been invited by the faculty
DR. Cooleys services had been engaged
by tile faculty some weeks previously.
and the lecture had been looked for
ward TO with "a great deal OF interest.
as pr. Cooley has been d visitor To WIZ
hamsburg before
DR. Cooley was listened 20 with tbe
closest attention by the large audience.
The speaker Was wen acquainted with
his subject consequently the lecture
was highly Interesting as well as IN
structive. Ster-opticon views were used
% illustrate the subject.
As an Introduction to the lacturs q
map o, Sicily was shown. the sneaker
explaining flhy the geography or tho
famous ltre island. and also giving a
hrirf ret isr of its historical assocla-
tnns. Beautiful views Of the harbors
ard shipping were shown. views uIus-
trItiu4 Cine characteristics and habits oe
ta- Inhabitants following Then. wi.h
Tho most graphic descriptions bv DR..
cooley. almost llfo-like views o. the
wonderful sights Of the island vera
shown views OF tho enurrna. and thu
derful gardens and parks. The almost
marvellous statuary. and t'e remains ~
old Greek statulrv the r.naius % old
temples sin standing and places flu %
interest because of tla.r historical as
sociations. fnn lecture was one % tha
best ever heard rere and was thor
oughiy enjoyed hv the audience.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
Friend of BRYAN.

Mr. Clark has for years been an uu-
swerving friend u william J. Bryan Mr.
Williams at the ST. Louis convention. In
1904. indicated that he was far from be-
ing Bryan man through thick and thin.
In A statement published in New York
paper to-day Mr. Williams said he would
vote for Mr.. Bryan for the presidential
nomination in 1905. u the latter would
surrender his views on the government
ownership OF railroads. Mr. Clark is for
Bryan. government ownership and an
The difference in sentiment mav mean
victory and defeat for the two members.
The Kentucky delegation is stirred up
over tho action Of the Post-ofice Depart
ment in ordering that rural delivery
route running ont Of the little town 90
Cerulean be discontinued because Of the
refusal Of the patrons 10 receive their
mall from negro carrier.
Il did not know there was n negro
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
Maynard Indignant.

alr Maynard was uQlguaut today
over tlc circulation OF Silly rurl0r
thai q certain member OF Congress had
agreed 90 support the ulil 70 loan the
exposition company "A million dollars o-,
the condition that contractors from his
cltf De- given contracts for all the work
20 he done down there in tie way OF
erecting buildings
The buildings have been contracted
for. said MI. MAYNARD That fact
aIoue would stamp the story as ridlcu-
ious. Furthermore. is 10 To be supposed
ans man would give so much for one
mans vote2' and the Second District
representative laughed heartily.
II DO not wish you 10 constrlie this
as denial or "a story SO ridiculous it
should not De- diErlNed bv "a serious
-Latrrleu- courerrfrg il"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
Into the Next Dav.

When j leave YOU tonight said Mr..
Staylate 81 hope YOU"
Gracious. Are you coming again TO-
night?" exclaimed Miss Patience Con
ne
Then for the drst time tho proximity
OF the dawn dawned on him ana he Et
Out-Phuadelphla Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
For jamestown

Colonel Thomas Smith. OF Warrenton.
and =. / Kelley OF Richmond VIII 20
20 Nashville on Monday for the uur-
pose ~ presenting the claims % Tie
Jamestown Exposition 70 the Tennes-
see l.egl stature. Later they will 20 20
Montgomery. a ia. and show the legis-
.arorS 90 that State the " lsl0r. OF
being represented at the greatest OF
ali expeditions. The reason that tie
matter % ma kim an appropriation for
repre- RI tattoD at the exposition has
not been urged on these States prior
70 this is that 20 was felt that n was
make an appropriation Tor an exhibit a.
en- International exposition held on Vlr-
glula soil
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
Fire Destroys Barn.

--|---I- = Y" limos I--T0-0II
WIN'HESTEN. VA, January 1.-THE
fine new barn oa the farm of Mrs j. b.
Mccartney near Nincveh. was totally
destroyed by fire this morning. together
with its contents. entainng a loss of
$5.0o. with only $500 Insurance. Tie
fire was the work OF incendiaries, and
arrests are expected To- follow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
Virginia
Trust Company
NO. 922. Northwest Corner Tenth and
Main Streets.

The Safety Deposit Boxes ia
vault Of thi, Company. in poins
o. security against frc and bur-
glars, are equal to any. Rental
charge. $500 per annum and 40,
according % size. Courteous at
tentiOn 10 renters.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
One
Doctor

No sensein running from one doctor
to another. Select the best one, then
stand by him. Do not delay, but con-
suit him in time when you are sick.
ASK his opinion OF Ayers Cherry Pee
toral for coughs and colds. Then use
II or not, just as he says.
We publish tho formulas J. g ArerCo
or oil sur preparatlous. Lowell Eass
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12
Martin Back.

senator Martin and Mrs. .Iartln have
returned from Charlottesville. AFTER q
snort absence. They are looking after
'taA Ecs ana lmpreF erurufs e. TIE p. 81 -
c'Ace winch tie Senator purchased
Do ar fHaf-of tesrlile short time ago.
S-ttF selling hls farm near ScottsvlII e.
ana make other improvements wffrrr
VIII make the residence more attrie-
tive.
The time % make money in timber
lands ia LuueublrS county has uut
passed. az somebody said th. other
day.. said E-preS- ntatlyc 9lrfualL
Ire construction of the Tidewa-er
'>"en Through the county put up the
prices enormously. but even though
they seem high. / believe there il
hardly % De found a better Investment
fat0 some OF the pine lands or I.un-
tnh-rs when the road ls completed
tn- demand for these lands viii uc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-12

r.ira1 lofivor,, c.--fc- %, .h.. e..... ...,.f
t,.,.,...,,,..f-... Gri, -
~ "'s- 'eI-
ilcFe WAS one should have protested
against his appointment The Repfbiica.,
l'"''F 81" 'u' H'-tN rs nara put 10 when
,f... .,.' 7p, 'iDie ~"ile i'puo-
'''''N7 u" ''He 'Ae PAGES oi carriers
i-Fi.i essen wv" flppt ls being much
troubled with complaints ~ the patrons
r..-.-. Do INV 'H.'i
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13
Facts About BUILDING Stone.

Almost everybody knows the rule of
the masons that stone used in build
ing should be so placed that it will lie
as it lay in its natural bed when quar-
ried. But Francis w. Hoyt in the En-
cheering News says that this familiar
rule is not always to be depended upon
and needs in many cases to be supple
mented with other precautions. There
are three planes of fracture known to
quarrymen. The rift is the direction
in which the stone splits most easily,
the grain that which is next easiest,
the head that which offers the greatest
resistance. In a paving block the two
sides represent the rift fracture, the
top and bottom the grain and the ends
the head. But in a quarry the natural
bed Is sometimes considerably inclined
to the plane of the rift; hence the i'm
perfection of the ordinary rule for plac-
ing the stone in building.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13
In the Bathroom.

The one thing to be avoided is a clut-
ter of small things-too many bottles
and boxes on the shelves and tables, a
number of rumpled towels and, above
all, a rack of clothes hung up to dry.
The nickel plate should be kept shin
Ing with constant polishing and h
white porcelain, tiles and enamel I'M
maculate. The nickel quickly collects
the green oxide, and the white enamel
takes on a peculiar yellow stain If neg
lected. Any one who has attempted to
correct the results of this neglect IN
either case has found her task a diff
cult one and If the neglect has con-
tlnued too long almost an impossible
one. With daily care, soap and water,
combined with vigorous scrubbing and
rubbing, are quite sufficient. A gritty
soap should not be used on either the
nickel or the enamel.-Harper's Bazaar.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13

up Of some girls 1t is utterly neglected.
They are never taught to hold them
selves properly, and as they get older
they deteriorate In this particular to q
dreadful degree. Some women at thir-
ty-fve look fifty and more simply from
the ungainliness Of their department
and the way in which they have al.
lowed their figures to, as 1t We're, run
to seed.
They have neglected to throw back
their shoulders so as to preserve ths
fairness of their backs: they have neg
lected the selection of a suitable make
of corset; they have neglected the ex-
ercise which would make them agile
and keep them supple. The conse-
quence is that they grow stiff of limb.
heavy OF movement and unwieldy OF
figure long before they ought.
In some cases, of course, advice is
superiuous and perhaps impertinent.
We have all a right to do what we like
with our own, and If we prefer to look
old before our time there is no law to
hinder us from doing SO.
Those, however, who think otherwise
and who consider 1t worth while to
make the best of themselves as long as
they can should remember that in this
particular the figure Is as important
as the face, and that If we wish to
keep looking young we must of all
things not neglect to attend to our de-
portment.-St. Louis Republic.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13

er so long an absence, M the next
afternoon ut 4 o'clock Donovan went
to the trysting place. The street before
the church was filed with carriages,
which surprised the captain, who could
not understand how so many people
would attend service on n week day.
Then, seeing a canopy stretched from
the sidewalk to the church door, he
concluded that some friend of Miss
Bertrand was to be married and this
and not the ordinary service was wha
had brought her to church.
He had scarcely entered when q
wedding mstrch came rolling out from
the organ. Who should Donovan see
proceeding as the groom down Il side
aisle but his friend Major Price. As.
founded, he turned to the correspond
tenfold ut seeing IN the bride Tie lady
he had come to meet, Miss Bertrand.
Donovan was entering a pew at the
moment and caught at its back to
steady himself. In a twinkIing he saw
himself from being about to be lifted
into heaven cast down into hell. He
stood during the wedding service sup
porting himself on the back of the pew
In front of him, and when the bride
and groom walked out through the
center aisle, passing within a few feet
Of him, he stared at the bride like q
condemned man at his executioner.
But she mercifully kept her eyes to the
front.
Captain Donovan went to his rooms
a sadder and a wiser man. He had
fiirted with women who had vented
upon him the wrath of d scorn-
ed. Their treatment had only fiattered
his vanity. Providence had sent the
gentle Miss Bertrand to teach him
that no pain inflicted on the body can
equal that which may be inflicted upon
the soul.
Captain Donovan met Mrs. Price oc-
~casionally in society, but she never no.
ticed him. Indeed, she seemed I'M
aware Of his presence. On one occa-
sion he was presented to her by n
friend who knew nothing of their past
relations. She received him without
the slightest embarrassment and with
the unaffected manner for which she
was conspicuous.
AMY B. KENNEDY.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13
Sink knowIedue.

Several times a year the average
housewife finds herself confronted with
a stopped up sink. Amateur efforts
at opening the d~rainpipes are %unavail-
Ing. Trained skill must be called In,
and commotion and plumbers bills fol-
low.
This Is one of the many instances
where an ounce of prevention Is worth
q pound of cure. There are kitchens
to which the plumbers visit is almost
as rare as a blue moon, and with a
fairly modern system Of drainage and
a little care their number might easily
increase and multiply.
Sink stoppage is usually caused by
grease, sometimes by coffee grounds
and in nlnety-nine cases out of a hun
dred by carelessness. See that your
plates are scraped free from grease
and scraps before they go into the
dish pan. Insist that coffee grounds
shall find their way into the garbage
can rather than the sink. Keep a
small, stiff scrubbing brush and an iron
sink scraper with a rubber edge near
at hand and enforce their use after
each dishwashing time.
If these few simple rules are obeyed,
IL nom of the greasy water In which
vegetables have been cooked, GRAVES
or other greasy liquids are poured into
the sink-and 1t Is not the place for
them-if the pipes are scalded daily
with clean water and plenty of COM
mon washing soda, you run very little
risk of %stoppage.
A plumber once said to me: IF wom-
en- would use more soda in their sink
pipes, there would be less work for us.
Some Of them use I've, which cuts the
grease, but ruins the pipes. Soda is
far better"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13
Ysleta.

st. Augustine, Fla, founded by the
Spaniards in 1864, Is generally said to
be the oldest European settlement
within the present limits of the United
States, but some twenty or thirty
years earlier Coronado, the Spanish
conqueror and explorer, leading an ex-
petition from the City of Mexico north
ward, had founded some sort of a
Spanish colony at the ancient Indian
village of Ysleta, in Ell Paso county,
Tex In the southwest 1t is therefore
claimed that Ysleta is the Oldest Euro
pean settlement in the United States.-
st. Louis Republic.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13
GMWOMAN'S q
g4S WORLD q
.-&MSEHkH
MRS. EMMA A. M
The California "oil Queen" and Her
Business Ability.

Business Ability.
One of the most interesting person
alities in California Is Mrs. Emma A.
Summers of Los Angeles, the "Oil
Queen" This name has been bestowed
upon her primarily because of her vast
operations in one of the greatest min
eral in the state, but it most
aptly describes one who by virtue of
most superior mental powers rules.
There is no brute force in her sway,
but nevertheless 1t has been most eff
~fective, and, could the story be told,
this modest, refined and truly feminine
woman has gained victories over COM
blnations of masculine training and
abilities that have been backed by
capital and Influence so powerful that
strong captains of industry have gone
down under the impact.
But the story of today is success. 1t
has come through purpose and genius.
Inheriting from her father, a banker,
a farseeing intelligence In financial
matters, but reared in a southern
home, where all the womanly qualities
were accumulated, she is a rare COM
bination of the artist and the business
person one seldom seen, but when
found always at the heights of attain
ment. 1t was with money earned at
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13

who had ever been especially attentive
to her, and her poor little head was
soon turned. He was her constant at
tendant at dress parade in the after
noon AID in the evening vas always
seen sitting in one of the luxurious
chairs opposite her at the hotel where
she was staying with her parents.
Then one day came Miss Olcott, a
New York belle, and whisked most of
the young officers of the fort in her
following, as a train of cars will draw
papers on the track flying In the air
after it. Captain Donovan at once be-
came the favorite, and he made no
more Of transferring his attentions
from Miss Bertrand to Miss Olcott
than of changing his uniform of khaki
to full dress. Poor Miss Bertrand met
her first attention and her first deser-
ton very near together, but IL the lat
ter troubled her she did not show 1t.
Outwardly at least she accepted the
situation, and, as she was just grow
ing into attractiveness, she found no
difficulty In filling up her time with
other officers.
From Fort Monroe Captain Don
ovan was ordered to the Pacific coast.
He remained there three years, when
he was transferred to the war depart
ment at Washington. On the evening
of his arrival at a reception of the sec
rotary of war he met Miss Bertrand.
Three years had filled out her figure
and stamped beauty on her face. She
was the same retiring, gentle creature
that she had been when Donovan had
first met her, and when he approached
and spoke to her, after a slight appar-
ent embarrassment, she received him
not unkindly. As Donovan surveyed
her critically from head to foot he re-
GREETED that he had not taken her when
she was ready to fall into his net.
However, not being troubled with back
wardness, he manufactured a cock and
bull story about his conduct, limiting
at excuses greatly to his credit, and
asked permission to call and explain.
Miss Bertrand told him that she would
be at church the next wednesday, aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock and he might see
her there.
Donovan went from the reception to
the Army and Navy club, where he
met Major Price, with whom he had
passed some time in the Philippines
when they were both s%ubalterns. They
sat down together at a table for re-
freshment, and Donovan, who was at
the moment full of his former love,
spoke to Price of having met her. Price
smoked in silence while Donovan gave
him an account of his attentions to
Miss Bertrand, his switching off to fol-
low Miss Olcott-"couldn't hep it.; she
was such a stunner"-and ended by
telling of the appointment between
himself aud Miss Bertrand the next
afternoon.
"Oh, she wouldn't hurt any ones feel
ings for the world" said Price. "She's
a lovely girl and has recently inherited
a fortune from her grandmother"
The two officers parted with express
sions of satisfaction at having met aft
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13
Mendinq Mackintoshes.

An excellent mending cement for
mackintoshes is made by dissolving
some shreds of pure india rubber In
benzine, which will form a stiff paste.
Spread the injured part of the mack.
intosh on something fat, apply a little
Of the paste to the part to be mended
and leave until the cement Is harden.
ed. This may also be very satisfac.
torily employed in mending rubber
gloves.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-13

music teaching that she made her first
investments in lands and oil wells. In
the former. depending upon her W
Judgment, she has had wonderful sue
cess, and she owns lands and houses in
various sections of Los Angeles, buy
ing and selling for herself.
But it is in her oil operations Mrs.
Summers has attracted the widestea -
tention. When oil was first disc - -
fa,naey-AA uSA NFr~s~ssv
home she secured a location for her
first we'll. This was most profitable,
and she kept adding to her collection
Of wells until she had a large number
From the very first she has been thor
oughly businesslike in all her dealings
and soon commanded the respect of all
with whom she was associated. 1t mas
not been plain sailing. She has taken
her hard knocks without ~whimpering,
however, and has asked no fayors in
her business because of the fact that
she is a woman Possessed of an I'M
daunted spirit, every backward step
has meant an effort that has lifted her
still further In her business career.
Among oil men she Is known as a
good fellow" and there isn't n of
them better in touch with crude oil
conditions and the market han is she.
In personal life Mrs. Summers Is q
charming woman, full Of spirit and del
icate intuition. She is intensely inter-
ested In Los Angeles and feels herself
q part Of Its innermost workings. Its
development is the spirit that anlmates
her. Simple and unaffected in her
home life, she is n to comfort and
command.-Los Angeles Times.