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The Washington times., 1907-07-23
HAVE THE TIMES MAILED TO YOU.
TUESDAY. JULY %. 1907.
A Remarkable Charge.

There Will be large interest de-
velopments tending to prove or dis
prove the charge, which a Govern
ment board is soon to investigate,
that safety appliances, signaling de-
vices and in general apparatus for
assuring safety of railroad trains,
are controlled by a combination of
manufacturing concerns, which pre-
fers to suppress many of the best
and cheapest ones because it is
more profitable to suppress than to
manufacture them.
The charge is by no means new.
Representative Sulzer, last session,
made it in great detail, and had
some remarkable facts and figures
with which to enforce his point. In
Tentors have long insisted that there
was something very like a conspir-
acy TO prevent their new devices
from interfering with established
manufacturing business. The i'm
mense capital required to engage in
this line of manufacture. and the
intimate relations with railroads
and their officials, make il practi-
9cally impossible for an inventor to
get his devices taken up and ex-
plotted, unless some powerful and
'established firm will lend its sup
port and prestige. The charge is
that instead of doing this, in the
case of meritorious and useful de-
vices, the great manufacturers, in
league with an important associa-
'tion of railroads, make it a deliber-
ste policy to buy up inventions and
then suppress any of them which in
terfere with established conditions.
The Public's right to protection
seems not to receive consideration,
It is announced that the new block
signal board, created by authority
of Congress and provided with an
appropriation to test all the safety
and signal devices, will start its
work by going through the Patent
Office and learning just what patents
have been taken out, and who owns
them Then there will be effort to
ascertain why patents for which
large sums have been paid have
never been used. Beyond this, it is
promised that the suppressed inven-
tions, if found to deserve it, will be
given a chance to be tested, and
some Of them may be adopted for
standard use.
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
Holy Jumper Preacher
Taught Heart Affinity
To Sisters of His Sect
Brother HuCkabee, of Texas, Confesses to
Unusual Methods, and Official Organ, Pill
lar of Fire" Has Letter About II.

conduct h Denver meetings, and since
the revelations concerning Huckabee'B
misdeeds have been made some asper-
sioDs nave been cast in the direction OF
Mr.. Woodrow because he asked the gay
Texas evangelist here.
At Mr.. WOOdroOfs residence an IN
Quirer was told that Mr. WoodroOf was
not al home, but Mrs. WoOdroof, his
wife, a devOUt. sincere. n most excel
lent Young woman. said that she could
explain in a word or two why Mr.
WoOoroOf had asked the evangelist to
come.
Misled in Denver.
Ny husband wanted hin because he
knew Of his value in the rescue work
and Gs IN exhorter OF sinners" said
she. land he felt that Brother Huckabee
could DO much good here. and he did do
a great deal OF good. Ny husband and
I knew nothing Of that he had done
until long after ne left h State We
both believe that he was absolutely sin
less until he came 20 Denver and was
misled by the devil OF some one
My husband arm OF his conduct
with Mrs Da Foe from Miss Slade. who
is with the C. h 4 al 1870 Champs
about II, my husband having told ne.
and Ar. Chambers then wrote that let
ter 70 the Pillar Of Fire"
Heart Affinity"
II was Miss Etta-otherw1se Miss Eta
ChitwoOd-around whom the storm
ragged when Brother Huckabee's fail
from grace became known. When he
was not preaching to the holiness people
Of Christian love and brotherly snec-
ton he was teaching Mrs. Da Foe and
the girls. who are known Is converts
or Missionaries, the lessons OF heart
afirity." These lessons consisted OF
earnest prayers for FIVE days and then
a call from the Lord, at the end Of that
time
The call came first 70 Mrs. Da Foe.
After the eventful night when the girls
followed her around In her night
clothes, Miss ChitwOod seemed TO hear
a call. a visit 10 the high school steps
followed, but there is no accusation Of
~wrOngdOing at that time.
After the Rev Huckabee LEFT here and
went TO Lawrence, Kan. TO hold meet
inEs Miss ChitWoOd received a 80 bill
m a letter from him. telling her 10 buy
some clothes and 90 TO Fort Worth.
Tex, the hone Of HuckabeA
These plans were carried ouE Now
she Is In Texas attending the Hills
HUckabes Holiness School az Pencil
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
ELLIS IS THE STAR
OF GOOD PLAY AT BELASCO

Edward Ellis is unQuestionably a star,
az he is the central figure IN the pres
entation Of "A Bunch Of Violets" by the
stock company at the Belasco this week.
Although Miss Walker Is featured as
the head Of the company, the leading
character in Sydney Grundy's four-act
philanthropy Is a male and II is Mr..
Ellis who portrays il and makes the
production the success tina 1t IS.
Cast as Sir Philip Marchant, a Lon
don stock manipulation who uses phil
anthropic Institutions and religion as
a cloak to his unsavOry manipulA
tons, he is seen to his best advantage.
His conception Of the character could
hardly be improved upon. Not a minor
detail OF word. look or act was over
looked, all of which added to the de-
light Of the performance.
Miss Walker does what little she
has to do well. She only appears in
the second and third acts, and as Mrs.
Murgatroyd, the legal but c~ast-off wife OF
Marchant. she is particularly ~convinc-
ing toward the close OF the third act
when she demands of her lawful hus-
band the right to share his life. For
the time being she forgets herself and
is Mrs MurgatToyd. In doing so she
overcomes what has been a fatal week
ness with her-inability to be other than
Charlotte Walker.
Edwin Fowler, as Harker, the secre-
The Washington times., 1907-07-23

DENVER, July ITO help along the
cause OF the Holy Jumpers the Rev.
3. w Huckabee came here from Texas
Lass February and held a series Of meet
ings at the Pentacostal Union Taber-
nacie. Whatever good he accomplished
has been wiped out by his own action.
for he has confessed TO sinful deeds.
and in his confession he says that Mrs
J. A. Da Foe. a leading sister Of the
Holiness Association. sinned with him
The Holiness Association Is all stirred
up over the affair. The pillar Of Fire,
the official paper OF the Holiness people
in the Rocky mountain region, contains
a letter from the Rev. Andrew J. Cham
bers, IN regard to the case, slightly ex-
purgated, runs thus:
In the Pillar OF Fire for July 3 IS
Mrs. ]. A. Da Foes letter 10 me. In
that letter she speaks smoothly OF Mr..
Huckabee's conduct with a young
woman, but gives no hint Of her own
oorduct. il is only Just 10 give the
other side OF the diabOlical story"
Women Missionaries.
Mr. Chambers, in continuing. states
that among the at the Holiness
building, superintendent by Mrs Da Foe,
were three young women missionaries
Miss VirEie. Miss Dora. and Miss Eta.
Becoming uneasy one night, they went
TO Mrs Da Foes room. n had dis
robed and was On her knees AT the bed
side praying. The young ONE re-
tired without interrupting her
The same feeling OF dread con-
tinued AIr. Chambers, came over them
again, and again they went 10 Mrs. Da
Foes room. but they found no Mrs.
Da Foe. They went to Mr.. Huckabee's
room n found his dOO locked. They
heard talking inside OF MS room He
aid Some one is at the dOOr. He I'm
locked II n came out. n struck a
light or turned It up" The remainder
is eNpurgated-
A majority Of the Holy Jumpers agree
with the Rev. Mr.. Chambers nat while
Mrs. Da Foe has referred 10 sins. she
has confessed 10 nothing b has. how
ever, resigned from the association
II was the Pew. John II. WoodrooE
who invited Brother" Huckabee 70
come up from Texas last winter and
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
ROMAN CANDLE MAKER
MUST WORK ALONE

The most solitary person in the world
during working hours" says Rene Bache
In the Technical World Magazine. 'is
the maker of rOman-CandleS. He oc-
cupies an isolated cell somewhat like
that of an old time hermit. save that its
precincts are more contracted. and no
body comes near him while he Is en-
gagged in his patient toll. The wages he
gets are high, but not by reason Of TIE
loneliness TO which he is condemned. he
is paid for the risks he is obliged 10
take.
The quarters occupied by this eremite
artisan are a tiny house, which might
almost be called a hut, with a floor
space not more han six fet square.
Standing by itself at least sixty wards
from any other structure, the little
building is of wood, Of the simplest
imaginable architecture. IF It were 10
be blown up, the financial loss would
be almost Mia point of some Import
ance inasmuch as its diurnal tenan is
obliged TO use considerable quantities
Of explosives In the business which en-
cages his attention. For a roman candle
is a sort OF magazine, or repeating gun
with a paper tube for a barrel and balls
OF fire for Droiectiles."
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
Justice Pritchard Again.

Mr.. Justice Pritchard. in his opin-
ion in the habeas corpus proceed
iings which ended with the release of
Southern Railway agents who had
sold tickets at higher than the
statutory rate, makes these signif-
cant observations:
The penalties prescribed by the State
statute for charging more than the
statutory rates are so enormous that if
epermitted to be inforced they would
practically bankrupt the railroads In an
exceedingly brief time, and before a
final hearing could be a in the cause,
and thus place the complainant in a
position where 1t would be powerless to
assert the right which Is guaranteed to
f1t by the Constitution Of the United
States.
If the criminal prosecutions against
the agents, conductors, and employees
are permitted TO continue. the managers
of the railroads cannot successfully
operate their trains, carry the malls or
continue their usefulness in interstate
commerce
Justice Pritchard has not made a
good impression with his handling
Sf this affair. He has not strength
cned his case with the public at
large by his statement of it in the
habeas corpus opinion. The judge
expresses great concern about the
danger that a railroad disobeying
the law would be b~ankrupted by the
heavy penalties imposed by it. In
that case, it would seem, the simple
and effective way to avoid this pain
full experience would be TO obey the
law. The judge does not appear to
have thought of this possibility. He
is r~eassuring in his statement that
the whole matter Will before long
be brought to orderly judicial de-
cision, but very firm in the conclu-
sion that pending that decision the
railroad company must neither obey
the law nor pay the penalties for
disobedience.
The judicial establishment of
North Carolina is amply equipped to
afford justice to all interests. Thus
Justice PritclRrd says:
TIE state constitution Of North Caro-
lima, as well as the statutory law. afford
ample protection TO every citizen who IS
deprived OF his liberty without due proc
ess OF law. and. such being the case. It is
remarkable that any one representing
Athe State should be opposed to the
hauupS OF tho writ OF habeas corpus.
is remarkable that any one
Eresenting the State should be
posed" to the notification of the
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
ELKS SPENTS 2,25O,OOO
ON LAST
HOTELS GOT SL,O0O,OOO

PHILADELPHIA, July 23-What I'D
the vacation trip OF a week 70 he big
convention cost the ETks?
This IS q mathematical proposition
with which the mathematical minds OF
the order are wrestling for their own
Information.
Enough data are at hand upon which
an estimate may Be computed. The
computation gains interest when Il IS
remembered hat the recent gathering
was the largest and most successful in
the history OF the Elks and one Of the
largest and costIiest in the history Of
any fraternaI organization.
The calculatOrs find closest 70 their
hands the official mileage figures OF
some OF the most distant as well as
some OF the nearest lodges.
Fare Alone Big Item
For instance. there is the New Orleans
Lodge. with a total mileage Of I4SI4s.
Grand Esquire John P Sullivan, OF New
Orleans, IS authority for the statement
that the cost OF such extra accommOda-
tons as chair cars and berths-not in
Guiding the cost of meal-made the cost
TO each member OF the delegation well
Taking 2 cents as the multiplier. the
cost Of transportation for this delega-
ton alone was &.92256.
Then, there is Denver. with a record OF
1880 miles. Calculated on the 2 cents
per mile basis. their transportation cost
that bunch S2.5S2. FL PasO. Tex. with
a total Of los, sos miles, paid S2I76l2.
Kansas City, Detroit, Cincinnati
Cleveland, Boston; in fact, q number OF
other lodges paid out for transportation
alone sums which approached the 2C0O
mark.
Even the comparatively nearby lodges
paid big sums for transportation. The
Scranton Elks with a total registration
OF 800, including Bsuer's Band. paid \
special OF S4J0 apiece. That
brought their total expenses for trans
portauOn alone up to $3.50
New Hork's big delegation, the LARGEST
IN the parade, paid about as much as
did Scranton, n so did such big dele
cations. as Brooklyn. while Pirtsburr
paid a great deal more.
Eliminating the delegations OF Cam
den n such other lodges as travelled
10 the city by trolley, n including the
delegates from Alaska the Philippines.
and Honolulu, il is well within The lin
Its OF conservatism 10 estimate that 100
lodges paid for their own mileage and
that u n bands accompanying them
an average Of H,O00 apiece. That makes
100000 as the cost Of the first item
railroad transportation.
To this must be added the railroad
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
REFUSED,
REPEATS
REQUEST
Had Letter From PreSi-
dent to Ambassador
Reid.

Americans IN London are whispering
over their teacups as TO just why Mrs.
Theodore p. Shonts was not invited to
the Kings state ball last Friday night.
The ball is quite the smartest affair Of
the entire season, and a card 10 It IS
priced higher than diamonds. Only the
ultra smart people are asked. and ones
presence is sufficient to name his or her
place IN the colony Of really exclusive
LondO society.
Repeatedly Applied.
Mrs. Shonts was not only not invited to
the ball. so the dispatches ay. but was
r~esolutely refused a card OF admission
when h repeatedly applied for one at
the American embassy. In spite Of the
fact that Mrs. Shonts and her daughters
have been presented at court and thai
the former went 10 London recently
armed with a letter from President
Roosevelt to Ambassador Reid, she could
procure a card. but was CURLY told
that the list was filed.
Had Things Their Way.
Mrs. Shonts and her daughters have
been spending the spring and summer
in Paris. and they ~journeyed to London
especially to attend the Kings pail
When they went to Europe two years
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
]. ]. HILL IS SUED
OVER $IO,OOO,OOO
PROFIT IN STOCKS
Illegally and Fraudulent
ly Acquires Money,
Alleges Plaintiff.
Buys Burlington Stock
When His Roads Are
in Market.

MINNEAPOLIS. July B-J&mes ].
Hill has been asked to account for So
100000 which he, according to 4 COM
plant, Illegally and fraudulently &C
CURED" as personal profit out OF a
transaction by which the Great North
ern and the Northern Pacific railways
secured control of the Burlington rail-
road.
The complaint was fled in the Ramsey
county court at st. Paul yesterday af-
ternoon Clarence H. Venner, Of New
York, is the plaintiff.
Venne- alleges nat James ]. Hill was.
until April last, president OF the Great
Northern, and that November. 1900, III
and other officers n directors OF the
Great Northern entered into a scheme
to obtain in conjunction with the North
ern Pacific a controlling interest in the
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy.
James j.. Hill was authorized on April
.. 1901. by the board Of directors OF the
Great Northern 10 purchase of Bur
lington stock at 500 a share, which he
did some time before January 1. 1902.
IN conjunction with the Northern Pa
eihc, paying S2l5, Sl54. and 800 per
share. Joint collateral trust bonds
were issued by the two railroads TO
paw for this purchase.
The complaint alleges. that Hill.
knowing OF the plan 20 purchase the
Burlington by the stockholders Of the
two roads, in violation OF his duty as
officer and dtrec-0r Of the Great North
ern conceived act entered into certain
Illegal plans TO make a large profit for
himself personally and at the expense
and 10 the loss and damage OF the Great
Northern by personally purchasing ard
causing 70 be purchased and held for
him subject 10 his control a large
amount Of h capital stock Of the
Chicago, Burlington. and Quincy Rail-
road Company, which was acquired at
prices far In advance Of those paid by
him for the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific Railway Companies.
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
The Strange Hau Case.

1t is not possible to form an en-
tirely satisfactory conclusion as to
the merits of the case which has
just concluded at Karlsruhe with a
verdict of guilty and a death SEN
tence against Karl Hau. The array
of circumstantial evidence against
the accused man certainly was cal
culated from the outset to Justify
the feeling that he had almost no
chance of proving his innocence;
but whether the prosecution could
prove his guilt, beyond a reasonable
doubt, was still uncertain.
As the trial approached it became
evident that the terrible machinery
of German police power was being
used to the utmost to prove the ac-
cused man guilty. Then, as the
trial itself developed and the deter
mined prejudice of the presiding
judge was added to the seeming un-
fairness of the prosecuting attor-
ney, opinion steadily turned in favor
of the prisoner. Perhaps the pro-
cedure, which TO Americans seems
strange and calculated to give the
accused a poor chance to make the
best of his case, is regular enough
according to German practice; yet it
is agreed by all the cabled reports
that from beginning to end sympa-
thies developed progressively in
favor of Hau. This may not be
based on any conviction that he
really is innocent of the murder, but
perhaps merely on the manifest I'M
fairness of the prosecution toward
him.
Throughout Hau's examination he
made strange and seemingly unac-
countable admissions to his own
prejudice; admissions which it
seemed in the light Of the general
evidence he did not need to make.
He refused to answer questions
which it seemed he could and should
have answered. At first his declina-
ton TO answer created new preju-
dice against him; but as time passed
the conviction developed that he was
either shielding another person,
perhaps a woman, or else trying to
make himself appear a hero by pre-
tending that he was doing so.
The attitude of the presiding
Judge would certainly seem to JUS
tify a new trial, if American no.
tions about administration Of the
criminal law are in any wise paral-
IeIed by German methods. It is
announced there viii be an appeal.
but appeals in Germany are not
treated with great respect in such
cases. From this distance, the most
that can be concluded is that Hau's
case is vastly stronger with the
Karlsruhe public at the end than at
the beginning of the trial, and that
he has been convicted by the m
pIoyment of the most drastic meth
DDS known even to German pro-
cedure. Apparently, there is no
chance for Intervention through the
American Government. as he has
never become an American citizen
1t can fairly be said that the Wash
ington friends and associates of this
brilliant young man, who from the
beginning could not believe him
guilty. are justified at the end of
the trial in stin entertaining grave
doubts. The case is a remarkable
one in all it's aspects.
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
DUCHESS PLANS TO KILL
GRIZZLIES OF COLORADO

DENVER, July 29-Colorado bears
must hide. for a princess OF the blood
royal is coming to Colorado to hunt
them in their Iairs, and with her will
come her husband.
The princess is the Dpchess Vendome.
a sister Of the future King of Belgium.
she is a great sportswomsn and has
done much hunting in the Tyrol and
Black Forest.
Fol- a long time it has been the ambi-
ton Of the duchess to shoot a grizzly.
She has shot bears. but of the smaller
European variety. and she wants greatly
to meet the larger and fercer brute face
to face with herself at the butt end of
a big rife. She vii sail for the United
States in August.
The Washington times., 1907-07-23

fares fer side trips 70 Atlantic City,
Jamestown. Washington, and other
places. Daniel j. Shern, OF the execu-
tive committee Of Philadelphia Lodge,
fares total somewhere between $1,000
and $4,000.
Accepting the minimum a as cor
rect. We have $4,000 as the total amount
spent IN railroad fares for the main
and side trips.
For the EIks who came from great dis
tances attendance at the convention and
indulgence in the side trips involve a
stay away from home and business OF
At least two weeks. For many, that
estimate IS too low, three weeks and
ever a month. being their time allow
ance for the trip. The big Pennsylva-
tickets, and most Of these men Will take
the limit.
Railroads Got S7so,oOo.
In the first place. the estimate FOR
railroad fares must be al least doubled.
in order that the fares OF the women.
children. and friends who came with
the Elk may be included That makes
a grand total for transportation OF
$4,000.
Then. the cost to each person for each
day, outside the railroad fares, averaged
at least s. Estimating again on the
basis OF 1000 persons in the parade, and
4LOWlu IOE q LOLa4 OF A,ul ElkS- relG-
lives. and friends, We find that $4,000
was spent IN Philadelphia by these per
sons every day the convention was here
The total spent IN the five days. at
this rate, vas 100000
The expenses for side trips. the money
spent n shopping. and the great mass
that must be grouped under the head Of
Incidentals viii swell the total by an
other S00.O0l-
Estimate low, the sacrifice involved IN
q weeks absence from their regular en-
ploynlent by moo men. Let the average
sacrifice be only SIS for the week-in
reality IL was probably double tina
amOunt-6nd you add another half mil
lion dollars TO the total
A summary OF the most obvious ex-
penses. therefore. based on the mini
mum and most conservative estimates
o~btainablc. makes the following showing
Of the cost to the Elks Of their vacation
trip to Philadelphia:
Railroad
Hotel bills, meals en- route, and
sleeping car L.00noo0
Incidental expenses IN Philadel-
phta and on side trips...-...... $4,000
Sacrifice in salaries and business 10000
Total cost OF trip, excluding
badges, costumes, etc-------- $4,000
All Of this money Bill Elk con-
tributed from his private purse and
sent into the general circulation
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
At BIER
TO SISTER Of WIFE

ALLIANCE, Ohio. July 2-Rari
Fouser. a ~machinist has married Miss
Mary Helwig. sister Of bis second wife.
whom he buried recently FOuser went
TO Germany 70 bring 10 this country a
son by hts first marriage. During his
absence his second wife died Under ca
bic Instructions from him. her body was
held for burial until his return.
When Fouser again reached Alliance
he was accompanied by his dead wife's
sister. Both wept at the funeral I'M
mediately after the burial Fouser told
OF his approaching marriage 10 Miss
HelWtg. Another sister OF his wife. Mrs
Salmon, objected 10 the wedding, and
endeavored 10 induce her sister tosac-
company her to Cleveland.
Miss Hclwig refused. however, and
instead went with Fouser to Canton.
Yhere they were married.
The Washington times., 1907-07-23
DIAMONDS AND $40 LEFT
FROM C0NVICT'S HOARD

CHICAGO. July 2-Frank Van Rec.
q prisoner in the New York penitentiary
at Sing Sing, will receive tomorrow $40
and a pair OF diamond cun buttons.
which he left in Chicago. An attach
ment suit for $3.50 owed for lodging was
oe9un against Van Rec, and in a safe
deposit box opened by the courts order
was found enough TO pay the claim and
a Zee OF $50 to a Ree's lawyer. The
deputy bailin sent the buttons and the
remaining SO to the prisoner.