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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
TREATY WITH JAPAN
MAY BIND NATIONS
Politico Commercial Ar
rangement Interests Lead
ers of Both Countries.
Free Trade Between Japan
csc and Islanders May
Result.

The proposal Of q politjoo-e commercial
arrangement between the United States
and Japan TO settle for all time the
possible differences between the two
countries. is much closer to the stage
Of direct and serious negotiation than
Is commonly known.
Publication a few days ago OF some
tacts I'm this regard caused something
Of a sensation. II was said that IN
Japan there is influential support for
a scheme Of commercial union between
japan and the Philippines, under agree
rlent with the United States. 1t does
not look to political union. II is simply
proposed that the United States and
Japan agree that hereafter there shall
De free trade between japan and the
islands while the United States and
the islands shall continue their present
tariff arrangements. In other words.
the islands would become a part of the
japanese commercial system while re-
naming part Of the American political
system.
Scheme Is Unique.
So unique Is the scheme that some
people, uniformed as to how far its con-
o-uNA aNlOu A+de bullNs nave ANEdi lEu II
as mere Action. But in fact the idea
is far from vain imagining. Not only
has Baron Kaneko given his hearty in
dorsement to the proposal as both prac-
tical and desirable, but he has written
an article on the subject, copies Of which
have come TO Washington and are now
in the hands OF people who believe the
plan is good. Secretary TAFT has OBJ
posed the idea from the first sugges-
ton. Whether ne has been induced c
change his view since his visit in Japs n
is only to be conjectured. 1t Is known,
however, that on the eve Of his return
there has been renewal OF interest at
the State Department and also at the
White House, in the idea of such an
arrangement.
1t has developed that a few days ago
a prominent state Department Official
was invited TO the White House to dis
euss some aspects Of this very proposal
President interested.
The President. It is said. has become
much interested IN the scheme. What
took place at the conference Is not
known, but It is certain that people
friendly 10 the proposed Arrangement
are feeling hopeful Of favorable results
The plan. OF course involves important
concessions by Japan, which would put
IN end to all future possibility Of Diff
ierences over japanese immigration 10
this country, etc. Japan is said to be
willing to make such concessions II the
United States will give Philippine free
trade as a consideration. As this coun-
try has thus far been utterly unwilling
TO open its own markets to Philippine
products there seems nothing to lose IN
giving the trade 70 Japan. Japan
wants II; We do not; therefore why not
give away what we don't want in order
10 got what we do very much want-a
settlement Of difficult problems between
MS and Japan? That is the argument
Tor the arrangement, and Il has been
making converts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16

Elizabeth Carroll and the father VIII
lam Fairfax Mrs. Baker said further
that the mother had died when the
child was born and that the father had
gone TO Canada
The marquis was notified OF the cir
cunstanees and was oyer5oyed 10 ind
child Of such gentle breeding and ca
bled for its immediate transportation
10 France. Mrs. Baker volunteered TO
take the baby herself, and did 90.
his Paris home but went 70 The steamer
70 meet Mrs. Baker and the baby. He
vas overJoyed 20 see the little fellow
and lost no time IN taking out the
necessary papers 60 adoption. Mrs
Baker. IN the meantime, was entertained
by the marquis aud returned to her
Wincheshter home several weeks later.
Tells Story of Adoption.
All the friends Of the marquis and
his wife were told OF the new member
Of the family. He vas a bouncing boy
with Bis blue eyes al auburn hair and
the hearts OF the marquis and the mar
QUise went out TO him. One night IN a
burst OF enthusiasm for the little fellow
the marquis related the details Of the
baby's adoption and told the names Of
us parents. In the group Of friends TO
Whom be was talking was a man who
was connected with the Carroll family
OF Carrollton. He explained 20 the mar
quis that he had been made the victim
OF a gross deception and the marquis
Immediately began an investigations into
the parentage OF the boy.
He cabled 70 his friends in America
ana they al one set about running
down the story Judge Conway ".
Sans or Baltimore. president OF the
Baltimore Bar Association was re-
tanned by the marquise 70 straighten out
the tangIe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
DOCTOR RECOMMENDED
CUTICURA REMEDIES

Ny little girl was born two weeks
before her time and my wife died four
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
NOT A PARTICLE
OF SKIN ON BODY

Worst Case Of Eczema Doctor Had
Seer in 90 Years - For Six
Months Father Expected His Baby
to Dis-BIood 0ozed 0UtM Over
Her Body-Had to Be Wrapped
in Silk and Carried on a Pillow
Now She Is Perfectly Cured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16

ton increased to 1a2s per cent. On
June 30, 1907, national bank notes repre-
sented 1913 per cent of the stock OF
money IN the country.
In the District of Columbia.
LAS the result of liquidation OF the
Central National Bank OF Washington.
for consolidation with the National
Bank OF Washington, the number Of as
sociations in the District has been re-
duced to twelve, but there has been no
change in the authorized capital stock
by reason OF the fact that the absorbing
hank increased its capital to the extent
OF that OF the Central National. The
capital OF these twelve associations Is
s.. t0zOOO
'5e authorized capital the trust
companies in the District was Increased
curing the year 10 the extent OF 81. 600
Q" by the organization OF the United
states Trust Company. Corporations Of
TINS character 20 the number OF s with
au horned capital or s.. 200 600 are now A.
fH -stence. There are also in Operation
M the District eleven banks. organfzee
uhaeT state laws and one savings bank
organized under the District C,o6e
These Concsrns are generall., Irnou-n : q
savings hanks. an paying iptsrest ~, A..
posts and at an average rate ~ an
proXimately ~ per cent
There have been no failures nor sus-
pensions OF banks In the District during
Savings Bank. which fnstjt,tfior $500
an lS0o, nay6 been settled, creditors hsyr-
ing receives. payment OF their claims IN
Iuil- The Aetna Banking and Tr1Et
company Virginia concern. which
tailed In 1906. IS still IN charge ~ = -
eelver' through whom a dividend has
oeen paid 70 the extent Of % Per cent
mainly from funds obtained from a
montana stockhotder. who was largely
Interested ~. IN tsanch OF the bank al
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
Billions in Resources.

Summaries at the close of the fiscal
year ended June %. 1907, show that
there were IN operation I2.S17 banks
other than national. with aggregate re-
sources Of Sli,1Ss.SlL5ls. being An IN
crease Of l565 banks and over $50. 900 GOO
IN resources reported the previous year.
The returns include 1857 commercial
banks, 7si loan and trust COMPANIES
LIS savings banks (of which SIS were
OF the mutual class. (. e., without cant
tai stock, and LII private banks.
Capital stock OF the State banks Is
20. 6s3, 0S5, individual deposits S3.Oas 6ta :
20. AID surplus and undivided profits
SzSl,25L4S- Loans aggre gate 81 SD 81. goo
Investments in stocks. bonds, and Other
securities, S4S9.504. 81 and total re-
sources, s. 1ie. 1a9. S37, an increase IA re-
sources Of sz42.l40. 900 over 1905.
Returns have been received from 7s1
stock savings banks located in the Dis
trict OF Columbia. North Carolina
South Carolina. Iowa. and California
stock savings banks said TO be IN ex-
istence in other States being Included
with the returns for State banks re-
cefved from those States. Resources OF
these banks amount 70 $507, sS4. s95. q. gain
OF 500 As, 025 over 1906"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-16
Marquis Wanted an Hair.

Miss Lowe and Miss Johnson went TO
Winchester and traced the baby. At
first Mrs. Elizabeth S SaNer, who had
charge of the baby, refused to give It's
parents names. but was finally persuad-
"a 10 do so and said the mother was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
Trains Run Too Fast.

John c. Barclay. the chief electrical
engineer of the Western Union Telegraph
company, who was formerly with the
Pennsylvania railroad, says that the pri-
mary cause of nearly all the railroad
disasters is the great speed at which
trains are run. Then Mr.. Barclay made
the surprising statement that the speed
limit for all trains in this country should
be twenty-five miles an hour. Said he:
ut may be very pleasant to go to
Chicago in eighteen hourS-if you get
there But is it worth the risk? The
greater safety to life and property with
an average speed of twenty-five miles
an hour of railroad travel would more
than offset the delay. The business of
the country would not be materially
damaged, and could readily adjust itself
to saner schedule"
The first railroad accident in the United
States occurred on July a. 1916, sixty
years ago. 1t happened on the Erie road,
then less than five years old. A car
went through Seaman's bridge near Mon
roe. Pa. There persons were killed out
right, and three died later of their in
| juries This casualty aroused great in
! terest at home and abroad.
| In suits for damages 1t was established
| that the wreck was caused by the col
lapse of cast iron spoked wheel, and
| the wheel with spokes gave way to the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
1o1 and She Smokes.

Mrs. Sarah O. Brien, who lives in Hes
ter street, down on the east side. had
a birthday this week-1ust common
place sort of birthday-one that seemed
to bore her as she sat propped up in
bed with pillows and tried to extract
some comfort from a short clay pipe.
This will be my last birthday" said
Mrs. o Brien, as she replenished her pipe
from the package of tobacco that lay
on the chair beside the bed.
Rather odd you may say that one
should not want to see another birthday.
This old woman has no troubles except
fancied ones perhaps. Her health Is
good, that is, her appetite is good and
she sleeps sound-many a younger per-
son may we'll envy her this luxury. But
she can't walk. She sees nothing of
the outside world. Her horizon is that
little room with the plant in the window
and with prints on the wall of saints and
ships and prize fighters. The only faces
she sees are those of Katy the janitress,
who takes care of her. the doctor VINO
looks after her health which really doesn t
need looking after, and "a few friends
who call now and then.
Why doesn't she want to see another
birthday? Mrs. O'Brien Is 101 years old
and she says she has lived long enough.
I've been here too long and I'm tired,
she says.
Mrs. O'Brien has had ten children, but
they have passed away long ago. The
last one to go was her baby boy. He
was % years old when he died. Things
We're different when she and her man
came to the new land There were WOODS
where there are skyscrapers now and the
streets We're fragrant with flowers and
green things.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
caruso Demands More Pay.

Signor Caruso. the tenor of the Metro
politan house, has notified Herr Conried
that season after next when his present
contract expires, he will demand $4,000 a
performance instead of sl400, which he
now receives
Jean de Reszke received S2500 for each
of thirty performances on his last visit
to New York. Tamagnos price here was
$1,000. Campanini got as high as $4,000 a
month. In Paris and in his prime Tam
berlick refused an offer of $2S,2OO for
II years singing at the Grand opera.
Duprez, who retired from the French
opera in 1910, got $4,000 season at his
best.
Campanini would have died rich but for
his personal recklessness. Jean de Res
IKE made much of his fortune in Amer
ica-for he is rich even If he has gone
to teaching music. Tamagno created no
furore in New York, but saved cash with
true Italian thrift.
Among stage sopranos Patti has receiv-
ed in America $1,000 per night Melba is
credited with getting more than $200O
and Sembrich who now has $3.50 for
each appearance got S125000 from Abbey
& Grau on the first visit she ever made
to this country
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
Wireless Wire Tappers.

The wire tapping gang that never taps
wires but only pocket books, has been
at work again. The latest victim is
said to be the absconding treasurer of
New Britain Savings bank whose
pockets they tapped to the tune of $780,
900. Here's the way the wire-tappers
work:
A crook goes to the prospective victim
and represents himself as a representa-
tive OF the racing department of the
Western Union Telegraph company, who
is in a position to hold the results of
the races back for five or ten minutes,
thus allowing his friends time to get
their money down in the poolrooms after
the races have been actually run and
the winners known. There is no chance
of losing, the crook tells his victim, and
it is possible to clean up as much as
81 .00o,000 in a day.
Then the victim Is taken to a corridor
of the Western Union building where d
man who has temporarily slowed his hat
in his pocket and seems to be at home,
poses as the racing manager and agrees
to hold back the winners for a share of
the spoil.
Then the victim Is taken to another
building and introduced to a man who
is Just as likely as not to bet his money
on a horse that has already run second.
Then he Is told that he has lost his
money, that he was foolish for not play
ing the horse second place as had been
suggested to him. Then the victim tries
again in order to get even. He Is al
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
Scales That Cheat.

There are 1912 persons in New YORK
who are mean enough to cheat the puphc
by short weighing and measuring, &C
cording to the annual report of the chief
of the bureau of weights and measures,
Patrick Derry.
The total number of scales, weights
an l measures inspected was S29.s29 against
216,o42 in 1902 Violations included 453
grocers 1853 butchers. 179 ice dealers and
thirty-four junk dealers. Wine and
liquor dealers appear to be honest, as
only eight out of 500 were accused of
violations.
The Manhattan coal dealers who give
short WEIGHT cut out from 80 to 240
pounds from the ton. In Brooklyn the
deficiencies ranged from 10 to 300 pounds;
from so to $50 pounds in Richmond, and
from 50 to 225 in Queens. The average
shortage was 1909 pounds to the ton.
1.-THE nature of the violations found
is astonishing and is hardly credible.
says Mr.. Derry, but it seems that the
coal buying public will receive any weight
that locks like a ton without question.
The report on groeers shows that wo-
men and children get shortweight pack
ages, but adult males never. Mr..
Derry says that in one grocery store
he found II hundred "put-up'' three and
one-half packages of sugar. but when he
asked for three and one-half pounds 1t
was weighed by the clever grocer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
CONTEST is FILE.
N. G. Wynn, Defeated Candidate for
Mayor, Calls for Recount.

Demopolis, February 3.-(Spectal.)-N
g. WYNN has contested the election OF
i. b. Merriweather as mayor, and the
elections of Messrs. Wilson and McCarty
as aldermen have also been contested
The date for settling the matter has not
been fixed.
Prof. S. c. Starke, principal of Mont
gomery school for girls in Demopolis'
registered at The Inn.
w. C. Blasingame. superintendent OF
public schools left today for Chicago to
attend the meeting of superintendents
Henry Mcdaniel has been quite sick
for the past two weeks, but is able tc
be up again.
DR.. r. Macdonald OF Atlanta is spend
ing few days In Demopolis.
The Episcopal church has extended q
call to the Rev. Mr. Ways of Baltimore
to become assistant to DIR. Harrison,
who is unable to conduct all services.
It has not been learned whether Mr..
Mayo will accept.
Jesse Hearin has just returned from
a business "trip to Birmingham and Mont
gomery.
II. w. Hayden has opened a theator-
ium for the summer, and the crowd at
the opening Thursday night was very
large and seemed to enjoy the pictures
thoroughly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
A Soldier of Fortune.

Capt. George Boynton, a witness in
the case of two men who are accused
of counterfeiting the money of Vene-
zuela told an interesting story in court
the other day. Captain Boynton con-
fessed to sixty-four years. His whole
life he said. had been devoted to con-
fiict, not for gain in money or power
but as he expressed it, for the pure
deviltry of adventure" Never had he
earned a dollar, he admitted. as men
generally earn money although he ac-
lxnowledged having made money" His
memory regarding names and dates was
faulty.
The captain was born in this city. He
had never had to work, he said. his
father having bequeathed him the income
of a large fortune, safely invested. When
only nineteen reading of the war in the
south, just then beginning, the wander
lust took possession of him, and, having
no home ties to bind him, Captain Boyn-
ton told how he wandered south and soon
became engaged in the dangerous oc-
cupation of blockade runner That
this work and life appealed strongly
to him was shown from the fact that time
and aagin, under half dozen flags, and
in half a dozen seas, he ran blockaded
ports as a vocation. After time Captain
Boynton said he went to Illinois, where
he enlisted in a northern cavalry regi-
in a score of big battles. Once more
he took up blockade running on the
lower rivers Of the southland Starting
as a private, he was mustered out in
49, as major.
After the close of the war the captain
just ''roughed'' 1t until about 1870, when
he read of the Franco-Prussan war. He
was soon in the thick of the fray, and
remained there until the war was ended.
For a time he wandered through the
Orient, visiting China, Japan and even
taking a trip to the gold mines of Aus
tralia- waiting for trouble to break out
in some place Later he dropped into
Chill and joined the forces that were
seeking the overthrow of the dominant
government He found time he said, to
run a few blockades past the govern
ment guns. That ended the captain
Joined a body of revolutionists in Brazil.
Again he ran blockades at Rio Janeiro
and other ports along that coast. Captain
Boynton just fooled around with half
n dozen little penny revolutions in
TIL, South American states for several
years, and finally allied himself with
the patriotic citizens of Cuba to throw
off the Spanish yoke. He was a major
in Chill, a general in Brazil and he soon
became a colonel In Cuba.
He fought with the Cubans even
through the time when the United States
Joined forces with them. Then he went
to Central America and mixed in" with
few little difficulties there But of all
the countries Venezuela appealed most
strongly to him. and ne returned there.
He was sent to this CITY the fnan-
cial commissioner Of the revolutionary
party seeking the downfall of President
Castro.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-24
THE STRANGE TALE
OF AN OLD SLAVE
Returns After Being Stolen to
Buy Freedom
SOLD TO FOUR MASTERS
Us Given Large Sums of Money by John
A. MurreI to Allow Himself
to Be Stolen and
Resold.
BY WILL w, NELSON.

Not far from Maysville in northern
Alabama, nearby a rugged country roau'
which winds out among the foot-hllls
of the Blue Ridge mountains, there lies
a lonely little mound of earth. Beneath
that moss covered grave sleeps noted
character, whose peculiar life's story is
now almost forgotten. For many years
.TJncle" Henry Scott, an old ex-slaVe,
has been sleeping there among the tan
gled vines.
"ITncle" Henry was a free negro long
before he died and for some time before
the emancipation proclamation set Tree
all the southern slaves. Henry bought
from his master his own freedom and
the manner in which he obtained the
money to make the purchase is a most
strange and interesting story and Is
sometimes related today in MaysVllie by
a few of the older citizens
Was a Slave.
For many years Henry belonged to
Thomas Scott, u wealthy planter whose
plantation was near the little town of
Maysville The present prosperous lit
tile city of Scottsboro. II few miles from
Maysville, was named in honor of
brother of Henry's master, Robert Scott
When a slave Henry was sent to the
field by his master one day to chop
cotton When the dinner hour arrived
Henry did not return to the quarters
and a search for him was made at once
but to no avail. Weeks passed and stlli