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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27

loaded in a similar manner upon the
town that sent the first one away.
So it goes on unfortunately. Every
year the number % wanderers without
available means of support is increased
by new recruits The habit or tdieness
once contracted Is rarely abandoned,
except under compulsicn- This COM
pulsiOn has not been supplied by sep
arate communicate viii probably
have 20 be brought about by State or
National action
Records of accidents on railroads in
the United States show tiiaT in the
years 1901 to 1906. 3. 96l trespassers were
killed and 25.23G were injured. If va
grants, beating their way on rail-
roads are killed as frequently as rail
road employees in proportion 10 the
number travelling. over half a million
Migrants ride every year on American
railroads or use the right Of way. last
year some 5.OO tramps are reported
TO nave been injured on the railroads.
and many undoubtedly failed 10 report
their injuries TrespasseTs supply n
very large majority of the fatalities
in any year
on the Illinois Central 12i Migrants
were hi-iSu anu hAt4 hIAiGA 4ASt , ed
On the Northern Pacific, about lJ0 va
grants are killed or injured annually.
The Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
had a record for 1906 Of foTty-twO va
grants killed and fftg-eight injured.
The Chicago and Northwestern. in re-
porting to Mr.. Lewis. estimated that so
per cent of the people killed on rail-
roads in this country are tTsspasSeTs-
So 1t goes throughout the list-nearly
every one of the large railroads find
that trespassers form a great portion
Of the victims of accidents
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
Puts Armed Guard.

He sent his daughter TO T,r room
and placed an armed guard at her
door. Then he retired to his study to
face the crisis that confronted him.
He had sacrificed Henry CasweH and
Joseph Phillips. and would willingly
have faced torture himself but when
his daughter was attacked he could
sc no way out of it but surrender.
Late into the night he thought and
thought. II was almost midnight when
he rose at last and stretched himself.
Next day was Friday. There was still
one more day left. He had at last
decided on his line of action.
For the first time in ten days John
Harrington slept soundly-the sleep of
a tired child that fears no awakening
till morning.
He was early awake and left early
for his office. But half way down
town he poke TO the chauffeur
Albert. he said. "let me out here.
The day is fine and need exercise.
On the sidewalk he had recognized
James Elder, and he walked straight
to him. Elder bowed slightly. without
taking his cigar from between the
strong. white. even teeth.
Good morning. he said. swinging
has cane nouchalantiy
Harrington was too experienced in
dangerous games to lose his temper.
much as he would have liked to have
spoiled the clear-cut features of the
younger man.
Good morning. Elder. he said. I
am glad 1 met you. If you viii come
TO my office this afternoon at ? O'Clock.
J will settle with YOU. I surrender
Thanks drawled Elder. "As this
afternoon
Harrington hurried on down the ave
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
THE SHADOW BEHIND THE MENDIcANT.

dreaded than ali the other terrors of
The law. IL every tramp were SEN
fenced under penalty of diet of
bread and water to work hard before
he was passed along. the end would be
IN sight. The construction of good
roads would be assisted by compelling
every tramp to break stone. wheel
dirt. or go hungry. This. with fine
enforcement of the criminal laws by
the local authorities. would probably
furnish a simple and satisfactory So
luton Of the vagrancy problem.
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Harrington, Millionaire
lcontInued Lon - -

Continued from Fifth Pags)
mind. knock came at the door ana
servant handed him a note
IL was Enthusiastically from the hama
Of James Elder. and he sat for mo-
inent ueTvelUss. afraid u open IL
When finally he tore the envelope ana
read the contents he found the mes
sage threatening to carry the war
into his own house hOld
Rapidly he scanned IL, and chen,
with nameiess something clUtching
al his heart he returned 10 MS man.
y here is Fiorerceg9 was his first
question after removing hi overcoat
and hat, when he came home from the
Office that night
He found her in the sitting room,
quietly reading. and filled her arms
with The fragrant blooms.
Thank you. father" she said You
are a very good, thoughtful father
Not many girls have daddy like
YOU" And she kissed him
But whatever in the world did YOU
send me such shoes fOr2' she asked.
You know l never wear these awful
high heels. and yet The shoes you sent
me this morning are rhe Frenchiest
Of the French.
john Harrington protested smilingly
that the shoemaker must have made
SOME mistake.
In a moment the offending shoes had
been brought in by F1orence's maid,
md Harrington had them IN MS hand.
These are not the shoes I sent ,rou,
he said.s There must be some mis-
take about them"
lie turned them sole up in his hand
&c iooa at the size, and as he did SO
Il trim piece Of brown paper came
l3Usc from one Of the neels and fiut-
tered To the floor, revealing a row Of
queer little brass nails.
Good Cod" cried the old man.
They're no nails; they're percussion
caps. Is there nothing that can save
us? Child, If YOU had set foot 70 the
lioCr With that DEVILS contrivance on.
your life would have been snuffed 0It
like a candle. the man who did tins
is a ficnd incarnate, q devil in human
Iorln Who else ever would have
Il ought Of sach satanic eXpeaient
10 destroy a human lifc?"
John Harrington tremDied like leaf
IS he gathered his daughter to his
i.osnm. For the first tine in all his
life o. storm and stress he knew HIM
self beaten. utterly and completely
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
LICE. on DE- PennssItanIa.

Nine hundred Migrants were arrested
on the PENNSYLVANIA railroad last year
for trespassing and that is only
small proportion OF the total number
travelling over this railroad.
Railroad police have been mentioned
as q probable cure for vagrancy. but
II goes only a short way. II a tramp
is arrested but is discharged in court.
the lessonsis of little value-he is then
free to resume his occupation" Tu4s
failure to punish, In most cases. may
be laid 10 the matter Of expense.
Therefore il is suggested that the ex-
pense of maintaing prisoners. or at
least part OF H. be- shared by. the State.
Another method suggested is en-
forced labor. Work, SAYS James J.
HH. OF the Great Northern. '1s more
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Cooperation OF Railroads Needed.


Naturally eBcUeh. the railroads hsV o
always bCCn anxious 10 st0D free
rides" The trespassers not infre-
G1ently steal valuable packages OF
freigh-, damage ears interfere with
signal and switching apparatus. and
az times atta-k and seriously iniure
employees. Bu- il has been Impossible
60 make any Roadway against ride
stealing because the trespessers. if
ocsected and arrested. are rarely
punished by county o. town officials.
hut are ordered TO "move or"-which
means t5st they board lhe next
freight tram that comes along.
Thus, to accomplish results. there
must be cooperation between railroads
and authorities. To secure this CO.
operation several clarity organizations
vii begin an educational campaign and
seek 70 have adequate legislation
enacted and the laws enforced. The
railroads through their regular en-
Tloyes and through their police de
partments viii work i'm harmony with
the efforts of the charity organiza-
tons
Orlando r. Lewis, an officer of the
Charity Organization Society of New
York. and Of the New York Association
for Improving the Condition of the
Poor, has made n thorough investiga-
tion of vasrarcy in the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
Problem Taken Up Seriously.

y Europe the governmental au-
thorities long ago began TO make
a systematic study OF the va
grancy problem, bat in America
no concerted action has been taken In
regard TO the army of idlers who prey
upon the country. Sociologists. how
ever, have now begun 10 realize The
seriousness of the situation
They have gathered statistics re-
garding vagrancy. and made investi-
cations of laws, arrests. and conyic-
lions.
Their object is TO have the question
treated as q national and not a local
one-to have tramps disposed OF by
employment or Imprisonment, and not
merely shifted from one. town 10 an
other
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
Railroads an Aid to Vagraney.

To nearly everybody the picture OF
a hobo" riding or a freight train is
. familiar sight. It takes only a mo-
nents thought to grasp the fact that
the railroads are the most valuable
asset in the tramp's existence. A
tramp cannot remain a tramp long UNI
less he can move. about ard be a
stranger to whomsoever he meets.
Otherwise he would have TO go 10
work. because no community. and Ger
tainly not a small one, viii endure the
habitual idleness Of any of its an
habitants
Thus the hobo" depends upon the
railroads Ia so from city to city and
from state ID State. lie cannot pay
his fare. rarely having money, so he
steals his rides and thereby becomes
a trcspasser. If ride stealing can
bc prevented, thereby vagrancy will
receive its death blow And that *
the peg upon which the effort to dis
band tie army OF Migrants is to be
hung.
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in the attempt to put to an end
vagrancy. Nowadays, the tramp IS
usually told to "move on" In the
future, if plans do not go awry, the
direction vii. be: Go to work. "
Professional jokemakerS have
created out of the "hobo" a pic
turesque, happy-go-lucky soldier
of fortune. Possibly one tramp
out of a thousand juStifieS this
pleasant conception, but those who
know them best have no illusions
about the thousands of vagabOnds
who roam over the country In
cities, people may regard the tramp
frivolously as they laugh at the col
ored pictures in the comic papers,
but it is very different with those
who dwell in thinly settled districts.
There the "hobo" is a serious men,
ache treSpaSSes, steals, frightenS
women almost out of their wits,
and sometimes even wrecks a rail
road train.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27

Not only did be call upon the state and
Town authorities in his researches. but
he received letters from railroad Of
hcials representing more than half the
mileage IN the country Al the Ma
tional Conference Of Charities and Cor
rections, held in Minneapolis lasl June.
steps were taken to organize a Ma
tional VaGrancy Committee. ia 3 con-
mittee viii do the active work in
forwarding the anti-YagTancy cam
paign.
80 80
Small Towns Have Most nj stale.
II is the country districts and little
towns that suffer most from the
hobo" At the same tine they sre
less able to deal with the question.
because Of the expense involved In the
prosecution and Imprisonment OF Of
tenders. II a tramp drops OF a freight
train at some village. il is much easier
and cheaper for the village constable
10 say get out OF town IN twelve
hours" than it is to put the tramp Ia
Jail and feed him for ten days This
move on order relieves the town of
that one tramp, bat some ether town
gets him, and some other tramp is un-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27

argon is tue product in varying cir
scunistances or conditions of environ
nivat' and something comes Oft the c..a-
Der salt IN he form OF lithium. or some
ether degradation element These r.
suits are Sufficiently marvellous to Inn
part more interest TO his paper for thu
chenical society than 10 q G entire pro-
ceeClings 81 the British Association this
Week. Tie trend of these transm,Ifn-
lions j. from the higher ID the lgXTt.l
ana ths direction must be- reversed be
ioiC chemists in their laboratories can
be prepared TO produce copper, silver. on
gold
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
ABLE TO CHANGE METAL

sr William Ramsey disclains the DIS
cuvegy OF TIE philosophers stone. FuIl
oe,ails Of his recent remarkable expert
n.crts with carnations OF radium are
pr1Elised or the chemical society a.
tan end II August, but he does not en-
courage expectation that baser clements
en- be transmitted into higher members
Of their group or that gold can ne arti-
heialiy pr1uuced nom atmospheric
gases. In the process of the decompU-
sluvn of radium tremendous energies
ar released. AM helium or neon or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27

death ty RAILROAD casualty is actually
a case of homicide"
An official Of the New York Central
lines wrote:
Migrants ride on freight and pas
senger trains; impossible TO keep them
of freight trains. Driven off passen-
ger trains. but in some cases extra
stops made to unload them. Amount
Of loss from theft Of railroad properly
and the pilferage Of freight in trans
portation cannot be estimated"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
Opposed by Union Labor.

Railroad policemen who have had
experience with ride stealers" are
quite as enthusiastic advocates OF en-
forced labor as is Mr.. HlIl. But. >,
they ask. how can we have enforced
labor for tramps when labor organiza-
tions have worked up a powerful sen.
ument against giving work to prison.
ers when honest men 80 idle2" This
opposition ia letting prisoners do work
that Wage-earners might do Is now
erful obstacle TO the enforced labor"
solution Of the yagrancy problem Il
Is the same sort of opposition which
has made il impossible for prisoners
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27

nue. 10 Twenty-third street, and then
swung abruptly into Broadway. At
several drug stores he purchased
chemicals in small quantities.
Then. cailin~ a hanson. he was
driven 10 his office in lower Broadway.
As soon as his letters were answered
he dismissed his secretary for the day
and gave orders that no one on any
preteXt was 10 be admitted 10 his
private Office until further orders
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
This Tramp Was LOADED

An incident at RidgWay. PA. on the
Pennsylvania railroad week or two
ago shows how train crews are IN dan
ger from tTamEs- In this case it was
"a bottle of nit-oglycerIn that d'd the
damage. putting four or FIVE men IN
the hospital and injuri1g enc Of them
50 badly that mis- leg had TO be ann
putated-
Two freight trains We're about &c
leave Ridgway when the conductor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27

freight houses. and stations is prac-
ticaiiy of daily occurrence. To esu-
mate the cost of overcoming the inter
ference with operation and in making
good the losses for which The com
pany is responsible would be guess
work"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
THE WAY YOU SAY 1T.

Does the razor huri sir?" inquired
the barber. anxiousIy.
Cant say, replied the victim. testify
but my face does. '-Harper's Weekly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
Migrants Are Grave Peril to the Community.
They Steal, TrespaSs, Brighten Women Even
Commit Murder, in Their WanderingS.

HfRiTY organizations
and the largest rail-
roads in the country
are going to cooperate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-27
KING EDWARD
MILLIONAIRE

HILE the King of England
is granted about 100000
year 5y the British parlia-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-22
Statement by Barlow.

Alfred Barlow of the Christian Science publication committee, one of the de- fendants, after the dismissal of the suit today, gave out a statement in which he characterized the suit as a gigantic farce, an effort to annoy and dlseredit Mrs Eddy and stigmatize the religion of which she is the founder"
 The Christian Science publication made public a statement from Dr. Allen Me Lane Hamilton of New York; the alieniSt who, at the request of counsel. examined Mrs Eddy recently at her home in this city in which Dr. Hamilton said of Mrs. Eddy:
 q am firmly of the opinion that she is competent to tdKe care of herself and manage her affairs, and that she is not coerced in any way. In fact, 1t would appear as though she takes the initiative upon all occasion ns."
 The suit withdrawn today was brought in the Merrimac county superior court on March 1 last by George w. Glover of Lead S. D., Mrs Eddy's son, and his daughter, Mary Baker Glover. and other relatives of the Christian Science leader as next friends against Calvin A. Frys, secretary of Mrs. Eddy: Lewis Strang. assistant secretary; Herman Herring and Irving C. Tomlinson of Concord, Alfred Barlow Ira C. Knapp and Joseph Arm strong of Boston, Stephen A. Chase of Fall River and Edward A. Kimball of Chicago. all prominent in Christian Science circles.
 The plaintiffs asked for an accounting of Mrs. Eddy's property to determine whether she had ben for some time past, and was at present, competent to manage her estate and whether receiver should be appointed to take charge of her finan cial affairs for her benefit. Before the case came to a hearing, Mrs. Eddy an- nounced that she had placed all her property in the charge of three trus-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-22
Defense of EIkins Bill.

After deYoting considerable time to a defense of the Elkins bill and answering statements made by the secretary regard Ing that measure, Senator Foraker pro- ceeded to discuss MT. Taft's view on the tariff.
 Referring to his recent requests that Secretary Taft give bill of particu- lars as to his tariff revision views and aeclaring the Columbus speech not suf- ficiently "luminious on this point" the senator continued:
 One who was able a year ago to de- clare himself unqualifiedly in favor of an immediate revision at that time should be able now to give some speci- hcations as to what then prompted him to make such a declaration. But in- stead we are told that he merely as sumes that the cost of production in this country has far diminish ed since the Dingley law was passed that the duties now in force are higher than necessary to cover the difference in the cost of labor here and abroad. Assum- Ing for the sake of argument that he ls correct in his contention that the diff = Terence in labor and that difference alone should fix the duty, he seems to overlook the fack that the cost of all kinds of labor has In the meanwhile advanced from 25 to 50 per cent in this country without any correspond Ing advance in foreign countries
 For a second reason for immediate revision, we are told that a majority of he members of the National Manufac- turers' association have declared them- selves in favor of revision of the tar If.
 Except his assumption and this &C., lion of this also, the secretary practi- ally assigns no other ason why the .ariff should be revised, except only f-f, ,,cf T hat if we do not revise the democrats nay.
 That is all true, and in due time, md in our own way we doubtless will 'evise the tariff. But what I contend Tor is that before any such revision Is entered upon the people shall be ieard on the subject. and I have all ways suggested that such a step should ,ot be taken until after we have a lhance to consult them in the presi- iential campaign of next year"
 Senator Foraker called on the sec 'etary to say what. in his opinion the thief executive should do about the lehant nullification of the war amend nents to the constitution involved in iuch statutes that passed in Georgia ,nly few days ago.
 He is properly in favor of doing all our power for the eight million of brown people in the Philippines, who were until recently entire strangers and pen enemies. But how about the ten millions of black people in America, not me of whom ever drew disloyal ,reath, who are openly and dehantly 'eing denied their constitutional rights If citizenship. Is there no power to ,revent such an offense against human tights and such an overthrow of our or Eanic law, and if there be such power anywhere, why is 1t not in some proper manner asserted or if there be no such 'ower why is not our attention direct ,d to the necessity of supplying it?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-22
Money Still Missing.

Chicago. August 21-The police are working on a clue in connection with the s25O 900 mail robbery on Saturday night on the Burlington road. A bulky package if is known was mailed to Chicago from d point near Denver, Colo, shortly after the robbery. The police have the name of the man to whom it was addressed and claim that he Is such a person as would be chosen as an intermediary for thieves There is nothing definite as yet in the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-22

Georgetown. August 21.-In his address after the Columbus speech of Secretary Taft. United States Senator Foraker, be- fore the Chautauqua assembly here to- day. characteristically discussed his fel- low townsman, Secretary Tafts opinions, with which he differed in many particu- lars In the course of his speech he said:
 All the provisions of the Hepburn rate bill specifically mentioned by Secretary Taft in his commendation of that meas ure, except the rate making provision, were incorporated into that bill by the senate. Most of them with my active as- sstance and some of them upon my own motion.
 "The bill as 1t came from the house was a very imperfect measure. The in terstate commerce committee of the sem ate recognizd this fact. but a majority of that committee, acting under instruc- tions that should never have been given refused to allow any amendment what ever to be made in the committed and it was with very great difficulty and only after parliamentary contest upon all most every point that the amendments were finally adopted were made in the open senate
 If the bill had been put through the senate as it was put through the house and the senate committee under orders to allow no amendments whatever, it would have been without any redeeming features, except such as the friends of that proposition may find claim to find in the provision conferring the rate-making power on the interstate commerce com mission -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-22
FAIRBANKS WILL SPEAK
Texas Will Welcome the Vice Presl
 dent In October.

Indianapolis. Ind. August 21.-(SpecialD The invitation extended by the officials of the Texas State fair to Vice President Fairbanks to speak in Dallas on october 2o has been accepted by him. MT. Fair hanl,s will 20 into Kentucky on October o5 and will make two or three speeches in support of the republican state ticket after which he will proceed to Texas.
 The furry occasloned by the famous cocktail incident" has about subsided' and Vice President Fairbanks VIII not only address the approaching Methodist conference. but there is now ittie doupt but he will be elected delegate to tne btg conference in Baltimore. as was the orjo,naI nlan before the cocktail incident threatened to change things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-22
Awful Deed of Husband.

Washington Court House. O.. August i.-Clarenee Haines today shot and kill d his wife and then turning the weapon m himself. inflicted a mortal wound When the horror stricken parents of the Eoman rushed into the room they found ,oth bodies upon the floor, while the g. ear-old babe of the couple was caressing he body of the mother and crying as hough it's heart would breab
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-22
Search for Murderer.

New York, August 2.-The Brooklyn police today arrested three men as wit nesses in an effort to find the murderer of Mrs Lena Scham. young widow whose body was found in her apartments fin Flushing avenue, Brooklyn, last night. She was last seen alive by occupants or the building on Sunday evening, when she returned from a picnic, and was es- corted to the door by three women.