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The Washington times., 1907-12-24
COMMERCE CHAMBER
TO CHOOSE OFFICERS
Forty-SiX Nominations Made
for Thirty Vacancies
on Board.
General Disposition Seems
to Be to Re-elect Pres
ent lnCumbents.

The approaching election OF officers
and directors Of the Chamber OF Com
merce is becoming a matter OF gen
eral interest 70 Washington business
men, Already forty-six nominations for
thirty directors have been posted with
Secretary William T. Guide This list
includes all Of the present directors
and The following additional names:
A. D. Marks. Isaac Cans, Conrad II.
Syme. Charles Linkins. o. G. Staples,
z n TIlden. z H Daniel. T. c. H
Vance, Percy S. Foster, Ralph W Lee.
ID. s Porter, p. = Brennan and Thomas
T. Walsh.
The next meeting OF the Chamber win
be held January a. ~ this meeting
there viii be chosen a president and
two vice presidents, besides the thirty
directors. As lending particular inter
est 10 the campaign. the clause OF the
constitution providing for length of
term according to number OF votes re-
ceived goes into effect after the next
election Then the directors chosen
VIII be divided into three classes. those
receiving the highest number OF votes
viii hold office for three years. the next
highest ten viii serve for two years
and the last ten for one year An
nually thereafter but ten directors viii
be chosen.
The general disposition IS to re-eiect
t1e present officers and directors. thus
glxing them tenure Of a full year. II
ls felt that the present officers have
done q great deal Of work and spent
much time IN the interest Of the Cham
Der, but have not had time enough TO
bring most OF their plans 70 frIition
Robert y. Harper. president OF tha
Chamber. has Just presented to each
director beautiful engraving with ths
portraits OF the officers and directors.
il ls entitled The First Board OF d.
rectors of the Washington Chamber of
Commerce. 1907" The engraving Is y
by 20 inches in dimensions
A meeting OF the retail trade com
IElttee wiz be held shortly 70 review
the work just completed.
The booklet committee rofav co7-
tracted with the SudWarth Printing
Company 20 print al least 5000 COMES
or the booklet which tne Chamber has
contemplated issuing. A book OF eighty
pages VIII be published
The Washington times., 1907-12-24
TRAVELLING F1ELn KIrcHErs

The demands on the marching powers
OF modern armies have shown the me-
cessitv OF relieving them OF the obIlga-
ton TO do their own cooking. so that
on arriving AZ the end of an "etape''
they VIII find their meals already pre-
pared This holds good especially OF
troops, cavalry, and infantry on recon
nOiterilg service.
These travelling field kitchens. in
which the food is cooked while the
wagon Be- on the move. rendered excal
lent service fin the Russian army during
the war with japan. No final choice
Of the various models submitted 10 the
German military authorities has yet
been made. though extensive experi-
mentS have been carried out at the
ulaneuvers during the last three years.
-ENchan nEe-
The Washington times., 1907-12-24
BUT ONCE,
GETS PENSION OF SEQ

After serving the Fire Department
well and faithfully for thirty-six years
and with the unusual record OF only
one reprimand for a minor oTense
against him, Daniel Williams, driver OF
No. 2 Truck COmpany.- is to be retired
from the service with a monthly pension
OF $50. Williams was appointed a mem
Der OF the Fire Department February l.
1872, and on November 20. 1879, was pro-
NOTED 70 hOstler, which position he has
held 70 this doy. He Is s.<ty-six years
old.
The principal cause OF his retirement
Is an injury resulting from a collision
between Truck No. and Il street car
October .. Williams, who was driving.
was thrown 70 the ground and his knee
permanently injured.
The Washington times., 1907-12-24
GATHON MILLS CLOSE
FOR REST OF WEEK

PROVIDENCE, r. T., Dec. A.-AIOre
than 1000 operatives will be laid of for
the rest OF the week when several Of
the big cotton mills in Rhode Island
and Southern Massachusetts close to-
night. The mills affected are those Of
B. B. & r. Knight in this city; West
erly. WoOnsocket, Pawtucket Valley.
Manville and at Mancachuaga, Read
vile, and Dodgeville, Mass. The Coven-
try mills, at Anthony. and the Warwick
mills. at CentrevilIe. will also close to-
night for the rest Of the week
The object is twO-fold-to curtaH pro-
duction and give employees a longer holi-
day
The Washington times., 1907-12-24
CUPID CHEATED
BY MANS DEATH
Brewer Gould Not Live
For Deathbed Cere-
mOny.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24.-C. W.
Stenger, president Of the Fengel Brew
cry. at Newark. \. j.. died here this
morning before his contemplated mar
riage TO Mrs Mary Fiegenspan could
be solemnized. He was brought here
last night TO be operated on for append
citis.
He failed to rally and asked Mrs
Fiegenspan to marry him at Cnce. but
ne died before the ceremony could be
performed.
The Washington times., 1907-12-24
DOG BITE RUINS EYE.

SCRANTON, Dec. A.-During a coast
ing experience, Gilbert Smith, the ten
year-old son OF Arthur Smith. became
mixed up with bulldog. which bit the
b " 80 severely that the loss Of an eye
~. Il probably result. The animal Is a
thoroughbred, owned By a school teach
sr, Mss Susan Frank, who was taking
her pet out for an airing.
The Washington times., 1907-12-24

yRrded as safe. In the room I formerly
occupied there IS a broad ledge about
ten feet below the window that gives a
Blrl chance 70 rest. II she tries to es-
rope.
Bed Clothes to Break Fall.
y had 10 use bedclothes, but I pre-
pared a box with thirty feet OF rope
and sent Il to Miss Kendall. marked
Merry Christmas from Z. A. X Those
are my initials, but they also happen
10 be the initials Of Miss RendalPs "a
ther' so the box was given 10 her with
out inspection told her 70 try TO get
my old room. and 20 throw out all her
Dedclothes so as 70 make a soft place
20 Iand upon when she reached the
end Of the rope.
Miss Kendall. or rather Mrs. Kent.
received the rope without any suspicion
being excited ana on "wednesday last
WAS able 10 secure the room that had
been suggested by her friend Nr. Kent
was already in NOrwalk, ana through
day night
Mrs Kent said last evening:
IL was all so Jolly and lust as
romantic as girl could imagine IN her
! WAS obliged 10 walt until about g
o CLOCK. as regular trips through the
rooms are made by teachers I'D to thar
hour. / was afraid that I would slide
TOO rapidly down the rope and not be
able 20 cheek myself at the ledge mark
cd out as rest ng place.
BeIore attempting her descent Miss
Kendall and a girl chum who was in
tensely Interested in the romance placed
knots IN the rOpe az regular intervals
Miss Kendall Is an athletic girl and led
her gymnasium class. so that she had
no doubt OF her ability 10 make the
tnirty-fOOt journey through air from
her window 70 the ground
Married at A. NJ
Kent was waiting at the bottom OF
the rope. and just outside the school
grounds he had a carriage in hiding. At
8 O'Clock in the morning they called
upon minister and were married. leay-
ing later for New Haven and coming
70 New York on Sunday. Both young
people have numerous friends IN the
city, and they kept tne telephone wires
hot spreading the news OF their elope-
ment
Miss KendalTs father IS wealthy. as IS
the father % the young man Mr.
Keut's father Is prominent In the r,oIi-
tics OF his State. and the two fathers
are said 10 have quarreled over civil
was issues. Mr.. and Mrs Kent lefr
New York last evening for a tour OF
the South. They have notified their
parents Of their marriage but do not a
not
T guess everything viii come out all
right" said Mrs Kent ut IS foolish
Tor our families TO quarrel. We arc go
Ing TO make II all up. and they viii
not have the heart 20 oppose us
The Washington times., 1907-12-24
Married at Deathbed,
Woman's Relatives Say

NEWARK. y. J.. Dec 24-Relatives
Of Mrs Mary /. c. Fiegenspan stated
today that she and Brewer C. w. STEM
gel were wed late last night before
Stengers condition became desperate.
The Washington times., 1907-12-24
'TAFT'S BOOMERS
AFTER THE SOUTH
Recognize Importance of
Getting Large Block
of Delegates.
Other Candidates Hope to
Win Strength With
Contests.

The efforts OF the Taft leaders TO
round up the South and get control of
the delegation from the Southern States
is attracting the notice Of politicians
just now.
The TAFT leaders, which means in a
large degree the President and Secre-
tary Loeb. have been shrewd enough 10
see the Importance OF controlling this
large block OF delegates. and they have
set out to do it. Already there are indi-
cations they will be successful. South
ern Republican politicians are showing
a disposition TO climb aboard the Taft
band wagon that IS gratifying 10 the
Taft leaders and dlsconcerting to Tafts
opponents.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12
What Does III Mean /?

Comnerttag upon Judge Newman's decis-
ion IN the Central Railroad case, the Atlanta
Journal seems to take the position that this
Morganized concern has the legal right to earn
dividends upon the forty odd million dollars
of wate~ whic. Pat Calhoun's gang and J. P.
Morgan's crowd poured into it when they stole
it from the old stockholders, some years ago,
If we understand the Journal correctly, it
now abandons the purpose of freeing the peo-
pie of Georgia from the annual burden of
being taxed to earn dividends upon fictitious
capitalization. If this is now the position of
the Journal, we should be glad to know why
it has changed it's tune.
Last year we were told in a considerable
number OF very mournful numbers that this
thing Of burdening the public with fraudulent
issues Of stocks and bonds was robbery
If our memory serves us right, the aid of
arithmetic was called in to show us how much
the annual robbery amounted to-just as
arithmetic was called in to prove that Hoke
could have been elected as easily without Pop
ulist help as with it.
If we were being robbed by the Central and
Southern and Georgia railroads last year on
watcred stock, when did the robbery stop?
Guyt McLendon figured it all out in splen-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12
Good God!

(1OOd GOD!
Wouldn't it be a sight for gods and men to
see that Indiana gambler, Tom Taggart, help
ing himself to public money to pay the expens-
es of the Democratic camp-followers?
Wouldn't it be an inspiring spectacle to
see the Tammany crowd squatted around the
naional treasury, helping themselves to pot
tage?
Wouldn't it be glorious to see the Repub-
lican managers take off their coats and begin
to lift out sacks Of dough for the stand-pat-
tiers?
Thus the system which now sucks up all the
surplus wealth of the country for the benefit of
the Privileged Few, is. to be perpetuated by
allowing the two parties which are committed
to the system to maintain themselves, forever,
at public expense.
Of course there is no constitutional author
ity by which Congress can do anything of the
kind, but who cares for the Constitution?
What's little thing like that, between two
such good friends as the two old parties?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12
ATLANTA, GA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER p, 1907
LabIeSSnesS in High Places.

Certain well-meaning readers Of the Jeffer-
sonian who are not aware of the fact that Mr..
Watson himself is Director and part owner
OF a state bank, appear to have taken up the
notion that he is prejudiced against banks.
Not at ALL Banks of loans and discounts we'll
managed, are of immense benefit to com
munty. They multiply capital, stimulate en-
terprise and cut the time-price system which
is risky for the merchant and ruinous to his
customers.
But the Jeffersonian is against ng-doing
anywhere and everywhere. This thing of re-
fusing to pay depositor his money when he
needs it and calls for it in the customary way,
heats the old mans blood.
What! A poor man puts his savings into
bank, to have it where he can check it out as
he needs it, and then, when the larder is
empty, or the hearth cold, to have his check
turned down. his demand for his own money
refused and nasty little Clearing House Ger
tifcate forced into his hands!
IT'S A BURNING SHAME. More than
that, 1T IS A CRIME.
The money of depositors is not the property
Of the bank. What right have |, as banker,
to keep what isn't mine?
Does being banker give me the right to
take away from my neighbor that which is
his, without his consent?
Have I got the right to say to Smith and
Jones and Brown, 1T is true that you trusted
me with your money, and it is true that still
have it in my hands, but, if [ let you have it
you will hoard it, therefore [ will keep it AND
HOARD 1T MYSELF?
To say that such banker ought to be Civ
en- a nice new suit of striped clothes, and put
to work in the peptentiary is to state the case
with great moderation.
The bankers who have taken this lawless
course contend that they are acting from patri-
Otto motives; they are holding money which
does not belong to them to stave off panic
But the very line of conduct which they
have adopted is the best possible method that
could have been adopted to destroy all conf
dence.
How can you ever again trust your money
to one Of these bankers who refused to let
you have your own money when you most
needed it?
How can you ever again put any confidence
in banking system which has to beg the Gov
errors of States to declare legal holiday, so
that no legal demand can be made for money
which the banks have no legal right to keep?
These nasty little Clearing House Certif-
Gates are the badges of a nations shame.
They are the written proof of national bank
infamy
They are the highest and best evidence of
the slavish submission Of brave, intelligent
people to the organized rascality which uses
the political machinery of both the old parties
to plumber the inert unorganzed masses.
And the President in his message to the Six
tieth session of Our corporation agents recon-
rnends that both these old parties be allowed
to put their hands into the national treasury
and take out enough of the money of the vic
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12
WILSON'S WEEKLY JEFFERs OMAN.

that useless treasure. It ministers to pride
and vanity, but it answers no indispensable
need Of the human race. Mo6 ", on the contra
ry, is made to circulate; the very purpose of
it's being is that it shall be worker; it's duty
is to move and keep moving, circulating like
the 1ife-bood in ones body. Under Our pres
ent system, we put our cash in bank, and on
the day that we most need it we cannot get
it. The wife may wiring her hands because the
rent is due and the landlord is insistent: the
hungry child may cry for food; winter may
be coming and there is no cash with which
to buy fuel; installments become due; fixed
charges become due; taxes become due; the
butchers bill knocks at the door; and
the banker who has the wage-earner's cash
tells him that he cannot get it. Instead
Of his money, to which he is enti-
tied in morals and law, the depositor must
accept a nasty little Clearing House Certif-
cate. With this paper credit, which is issued
on another paper credit, which in turn was
issued upon still another-he may or may
not be able to keep starvation from his door
and roof over the head of his family. Shame
upon these Clearing House Certificates They
are disgrace to Our financial system and a
crime against the depositor. q
It must be perfectly apparent, therefore, that
we need system Of banks of deposit which
will absolutely guarantee to the depositor that
he can have what is his whenever he needs it.
No orhcr system will fill this want but the
Postal Savings Banks. Think of the advant-
ages. First, it gives to every citizen place
to put his surplus money whSner that SUR
plus he la1 ge or small-which is just as strong
as the Government itself In the second place,
this savings bank will be as convenient as the
postof1ce. In the third place, it will check
that rtlinous concentration of money in the
great financial centers, and will inaugurate
new system of distribution which will i'm
mensciy benefit the entire country. Tn the
fourth place, it 1oosens, if it does not break,
the financial despotism now exercised by the
great metropolitan banks and trust companies.
In the fifth place, it makes accessible to the
Government, reserve funds which would tide it
over in sudden emergency, without the neces-
sity Of calling upon the metropolitan banks, or
of issuing bonds.
Let us hope that the Sixtieth Congress will
cooperate with public-spirited and pro-
gressive Postmaster General, and carry into
effct some of his magnificent plans.
What Does 1t Mean?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12

&e T.
A Progressive Postmaster General.
The country will be gratifed to learn that
Postmaster General Meyer intends to in
troduce 4 number of Improvements which will
mode1nizc Our antiquated Postofice Depart
ment.
In many respects we are the foremost peo-
pie on earth; in many others, we are the hind
most. In applied science in improved agri-
culture. Ill all kinds of mechanical pursuits,
in mining and manufactures-we are we'll TIP
to the very best standards which civilization
can boast. In many things we excel all other
nations Yet, it is an astonishing thing to
consider in how many ways we have allowed
special privilege to hasten its own vested in
terst5 tron our system of Government, and
thus clogged our own advancement
Several generations ago it may have been a
desirable thing to gran the franchises which
are now exploited by such corporations as the
Express Companies-one of which recently
divided tWenty-four million dollars in net prof
it's among it's few stockholdrs-a dividend
Of 200 per cent. But it will readily be seen
that suc charters are no longer to be toler-
ated. The Postal Department should be en-
1arged, just as it has been in Europe, until
the Government applies to the transportation
of small parcels the same principles and privi-
1eges which are extended to letters and news
papers,
Again, we are far behind the world in allow
ing the telephone companies and the telegraph
companies to monopolize the transmission of
messages. In Europe, it is recognized that
messages sent by the telephone and telegraph
are practically the same as communications
sent through the mails. When one cannot wait
for letter to go and a reply to come, one tele-
phones, or telegraphs. Consequently, the very
purpose for which the Postofice System is es-
tablishcd requires that the patrons of the Of
flee ShoHId have the privilege of communicate
ing by wire, or over the telephone, with their
correspondents, when the time is too short for
communication by card or letter.
Agaa we are far behind the world in the
matter of Savings Banks. 1t is universally
recognized that there should be some place
where the savings of the people can be safe
ly deposited 1t is not wise to hoard these
sums in private houses. The money of a peo-
pie should be placed where it is most Access
sible not only to the owner, but to the bust
ness world. To hide it away in private places
is to retire it from circulation, and to defeat
the purpose for which it was created. Every
diamond, every pearl, every ruby on earth
might be hidden away in a cavern, and the e11-
istence Of the cavern become lost secret
yet the world would not miss the loss of all
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

Major Delmar defeated Sweet Marie
in match race for a purse of 81, 500
at the Hudson River Driving park,
Poughkeepsie, y. Y, winning two out
of three heats. Best time, 2:0615.
By the explosion of vat in a stave
factory at Belleville, Ont, Geo. Ora
ham and P juicy. workmen, were
killed outright and FIVE other men bad
ly injured.
General Booth, of the Salvation
Army, who is i'll at Chicago, continues
to hold his own.
The sawmill Of the Garth Single
and Timber company at Garth Mich,
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
The seventeenth annual convention
Of the International League Of Press
Clubs is In session at Birmingham,
Ala
Reports at Chicago show that few
securities and local financial institu-
tons west have been affected by the
furry in New York.
United States Judge Thompson at
Cincinnati. in the'case of the Typothetae
vs.. the pressmen who intended TO
strike, declared the CLOSED shop
against public policy.
The financial crisis in New York is
attracting the greatest attention at
London.
4 number OF independent coal opera
tors of West Virginia has combined in
a complaint TO the department of JUS
tice against the Baltimore and Ohio
| railroad. charging discrimination.
Secretary Taft Is expected to ar
rive at Yladivostok Nov. II.
John f. Bristol, veteran landscape
painter. and one Of the Oldest mem
bers of the National Academy of De
sign, is in hospital ar New York suf-
fering from stroke of paralysis.
The fifth annual sessionof the Amer
can Society Of Equity has convened at
Indianapolis.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23
HUNTERS REMARKABLE SHOT
Fires at One Duck, He Sees and Kills
Seven, Six of Which He Had
Not Seen.

Columbus, Ind, Oct 23.-Edward H.
Godfrey, county clerk; Ralph H.
Spaugh, William J. Beck and Albert
W. Phillips, prosecuting attorney, have
just broken camp south of the city,
and they are telling about remark
able shot which the county clerk made
Godfrey saw a wild duck sitting in the
water near the edge of the river, and
shot it When he went to retrieve it
he found he had killed seven ducks
at the one shot. The other ducks had
been in the weeds and were not seen
by the clerk when he fired.
The party was much surprised to
catch number of blue gills" in the
river. near Jonesville, this county. Blue
gills are hardly ever found outside of
the lake districts of northern Indi-
ana
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23
TAFT CONFERs WITH OsMEKA
Secretary Expresses His Satisfaction
with the Assembly as Far as
1t Has Gone

Manila. Oct %. - Secretary Taft
ended a day Of hard work in the
transaction of official business with an
important conference with President
Osmena. of the Philippine assembly
They discussed the attitude of the as
sembly which the secretary said was
satisfactory. expressing his gratifica-
ton that its tendency is not radical
During the day the secretary attend
ed a session of the Philippine COM
merce commission, the governor gem
eral being present. at which a hearing
was given to Representatives Of rail-
road contractors who are dissatisfied
with the strict auditing OF their ac-
counts
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23
ALLEGED LOVE AND TRAGEDY
Woman and Her Husband Shot he
cause She Wouldn't EIope with
the shooter, Who Suicides.

Cleveland, o.. Oct 23.-What viii
result in a triple tragedy was enacted
in a house on Buckeye road in the
southeastern part of the city. Two
men are dead and q woman, the wife
of one Of the men. is fatally wound
ed. The shooting occurred in the home
Of the woman. and one of the dead
men is her husband, while the other
Is the triple slayer. who shot the wo-
man and her husband after the woman
had refused 10 leave the latter TO
elope with him. The murderer after
shooting the other two turned the
weapon upon himself
The slayer was Michael Szekeley. "A
years old. who recently came here
/ from Buffalo, and the other parties to
the tragedy were Erman Burray. 81
years old. and his wife She told the
hospital officials that she eloped with
Szekeley some time ago. and lived with
him in a small town near Buffalo. but
had deserted him to return to live
with her husband.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23
WEREN'T THE REAL BREED
If They Had Been the Heroic Driver
Would Have Been Dead, Not
"BrutaIly Beaten"

Helena, Mont, Oct GA special
from Lewiston says that the Mussel-
she'll stage was stopped by two rob
bers, but that the driver, named
Launceford. put up such a fight with
one Of the robbers that the second man
was obliged to leave the horses heads
to assist his eonrade in crime
While the fight was in progress the
team ran away, thus permitting the
mails and other matter to escape the
hands of the robbers. The driver was
robbed and brutally beaten. A posse
is in pursuit.