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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-19
PRESIDENT FAYORS
GREATER G. Y. U.
Gives Approval in Letter to
Dean of University.
WANTS NATIONAL SCOPE
Secretary COrtelyou Also Sends
His Congratulations.

site Fund Raised TO sIZ2,8I5 at
Meeting at New willard Hotel Last
Evening-Attendanfs Most Enthu-
sIastie - George Foster Peabody
Writes That Capital Must Do It's
Share Before Calling on Country.
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HUNDREDS AS
SEAS CRUSH SHIPS
Rescuers Perform Acts of
HerOism in Storm.
STREW BRITISH COAST
Six Huge Vessels Pounding to
Pieces on Rocks.

One Hundred and sixty ChiIdresa
Taken on the suevic-KaiEer Will
helm, Crowded with New Workers,
Sees Brave Rezcues-FFishermen
wives Assist ia saving Women and
Babies Near Deyer-Jebba Also Lost
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SAFER GETS APPOINTMENT.
Ohio Judge Makes Place Despite Op
position Of senators.

position of senators.
Announcement was made at the
White House last evening Of the ap-
pointment of Judge John E. Safer, OF
Columbus, 20 be United States Judge
for the Southern District of Ohio.
Judge Safer lad strong backing for
the place. but lacked the Endorsement
of both the Senators from ohio. They
recommended Judge J. J. Adams, Of
GAINESVILLE. Tor the place.
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A IN Carte Lunch Served Daily
At Eekstein's s from II 10 3. lE2 \. =. ave
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Richnrd Croker IN.

At the meeting at the New Willard next
Monday. men and women VIII be present.
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Libbey & Co., 9Th St. and New YORK eve.
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Ruef.s TriaI Postnoned.

San Francisco. March 1S.-The trial of
Boss Ruef for extortion was postponed
to-day until March 26. on motion of Pros
ecutor Heney, in order that a decision Of
the appeal to the United States Supreme
Court may be had. The writ OF error
from Judge HebbaTd's court will come
up In the Supreme Court in Washington
next Monday. Heney said he suggested
the postDonement because of a doubt
whether the writ of error aeted.as a stay
Of proceedings in Judge Dunne's court
Personally he did not think 1t did. but he
wanted to take no chances.
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Alabama FF1oorIng. mostly edge grain

Fragrant VIoEefs. 25e Bunch,
At Kramer's. the florist. 9l6 + st. NV.
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Consider Safety first. The banking dept
Of Union Trust Co, 1914 + St. affords alb
solute protection. Interest on all accounts
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Boards. wide all heart. sec per 100 #.
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Civil Service Examination April -.
Prepare now at The DriileFy. 100 n Y. ave
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CONTINUED or THIRD PAGE

Boards. wide. bright. SEQ per 100 it
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Libbey & Co.. 9th St. and New York ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-03

Number of Prominent Bank
Officials Obtained In
Washington Constant
ly Increasing.

In his administration During the time the
responsibility Of handling the countrys
finances was in his hands there came seri-
Gus disturbances. Every one of these
saw him emerge a victor In some in
stances the methods he employed were
novel! but In every case they awaited
In their object. He was by far the
most picturesque member of the cabinet
and his homely but apt illustra tions made
him great favorite as political speaker
When the offer came from the newly or
ganized Carnegie Trust Company that he
accept the place Of president, Mr.. Roose-
welt urged him to stick to the cabinet. He
did defer his withdrawal from public life
until Congress adjourned, so that pending
matters could be cleared up before the blu
reau was committed to Cortelyou.
Mr.. Shaw made his first notable success
IS an advocate of the gold standard at a
time when silver sentiment was still rife
in the middle west. He had the courage
to oppose his neighbors then, and he has
lost none of 1t now.
He admits that he is still a receptive can
didate for the presidency, but denies that
he will make any active canvass.
The Case of Mr.. Morton.
When the corporations can't get a Treas
ury chieftain for head of their organiza-
tons. they go over the remainder of the
Presidents cabinet in search of a man with
the right kind of talents.
Thus Mr. Paul Morton was a valued men,
Der of President Roosevelt's advisory forces
till the corporations decided that they
needed his talents, and made him president
of the Equitable Assurance Company,
knowing that his ability and clean name
would go far toward convincing the coun-
try. that new regime of honesty had sue
ceeded the old administration of crooked
ness. sas-
President Cleveland's former Secretary of
the Treasury. John G. Carlisle, now a lead
er of the New York bar finds his ripe legal
abilities drawn on frequently in matters IN
volving a knowledge of finances in the big.
President Cleveland himself was hired by
insurance companies after the humiliating
exposures Of the investigation, led by
Charles E. Hughes, now governor, of New
York, to aid in housekeeping.
1t is significant of the business proves
of the American mind that there is no lack
Of talent for these high places. Despite the
special ability required and the immense
amount of responsibility that must be in
CURED by those in executive positions a
constantly rising number Of alert young
Americans keep up never-ending supply.
There need be no regret that the big sal
aries offered to treasury officials weans
, them away from the service Of Uncle Sam
Their presence in places of trust will help
confidence In our financial institutions, fol
men like Roberts, Vanderlip, Lacey, Shaw
Morton, etc. have the trust of their fellow
citizens.
1t is a good thing for the country that
the Treasury Department can continue to
be training school for heads of the ma
tons big financial Institutions.
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TUCKED IN THE TRUNK
A FEW ESSENTIALS TO DANISH
SUMMER UaLINEss.

To a woman who loves home comforts
and attractiveness there are drawbacks
in going away for the summer to a board
ing house or hotel in the ugliness OF her
room that strike encouragement to her
soul To effect a great revolution takes
less time and money than one may think,
and a few extra things tucked into the
| trunk are more than worth while.
Chief among them is some inexpensive
cotton stuff for hangings, cretonne or
something else cheaper being chosen. One
need not be afraid Of taking too many
yards, nor call it an extravaganza, for the
stuff can be used over and over again for
other purposes when summer is done. A
few photographs take little room in a
trunk and help the effect tremendously.
Also it is a good thing to take along sew
eral collapsible peg arrangements some
times used for hat and coat racks. Added
to these should be some separate clothes
hooks or pegs. The wooden variety of the
latter, each with a screw in the end, is
cheap, and put up without using any tools
other than scissors, perhaps, to make the
first hole for the screw to bite In. A paper
lamp shade should be part of the Furnish
ing outfit.
There is seldom any closet room. and
never enough. To obviate this, find a place
in the wall where curtains of the Gre
tonne would look WELL and then have the
native carpenter put up board eight
inches wide and five feet long. This should
be about five feet six inches from the floor.
The owner of the house will not object if
he understands that you are building
permanent closet. and the cost will be small
Use the board a foundation to screw
in hooks on the under side, thus not mar
ring the wall, and hang full curtains across
the front and ends, letting them fall 10 the
ground.
Cut piece of the cretonne to fit the bu-
reau top and put little ruffle around ii.
Make similar covers for any tables or
shelves there may be In the room. and IL
there Is couch stitch pOlIDle of brpadthg
together and throw the cotton material over
for loose cover.
The entire work would not take more
than a day, and extremely pretty fabrics
are to be had for 10 cents a yard and
twenty-five or thirty yards will be none too
much
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New 5roNE SPHINX.

tive Egyptians. There are some French
among the officials who have held over from
the time when France was powerful In
Egypt; few have come here to manage
sugar and cotton mills owned by French.
men, and others are shopkeepers in Alex.
andria and Cairo.
Alexandria the Ancient.
Returning to Alexandria, sitting here In
this IS day hotel. surrounded by all the
luxuries Of Paris or New York, find Il
hard to realize that am in one of the very
oldest cities of history. started out today
to look up relics OF the past, going in q
cab by mile after mile Of modern build.
ings, and travelling over the site of the
metropolis which flourished here long be.
fore Christ was born. The only object OF
note still left Is Pompey's pillar, and tha
is new in comparison with the earliest his
tory of old Egypt. 1t was put up only six
teen hundred years ago. and long afte,
Alexandria had become one of the creates,
cities of the world. The monument has
been said to stand over the grave. of Pom.
pey, but 1t was really erected by an Egyp.
tan project as a landmark for sailors. a
burning fire upon its top being visible 70,
miles about this part of the Mediterranean
sea. Inc pillar consists Of a massive col
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IRRITATION OF TRESKIN
soOTHED AND CURED BY SIMPLE
METHODS OR LOTIONS.

An excessive irritation of the skin that
does not amount to prickly heat. but still
is most uncomfortable, is one of the I'M
pleasant effects Of warm weather, that un-
less allayed often becomes serious. It's
the constant rubbing or scratching of af-
fected parts that develops soreness which
cooling soothing applications will pre-
vent.
If bites OF any insects. including mos
quitoes, are responsible for the discom-
fort. a combination OF q half dram of beta
napthol and a gill of lavender water will
be found excellent Alcohol may be sub
stituted for the lavender water II desired.
This should be rubbed on frequently. An
other good thing Is half ounce of ONT
ment of oleate of mercury with five grains
OF camphor This should not be used if
the skin Is broken.
When the Irritation can be traced as be-
ing due to OVerheated blood almost any
thing cooling Is soothing. In simple cases
frequent bathing with cold water made
strong with bicarbonate OF soda is excel
lent, but IT is not a cure. More likely to
subdue the itching entirely is mixture of
half a dram of carbolic acid in crystals and
half pint of alcohol. This is strong and
may be diluted with more alcohol If wish
ed. In any case 1t Is poison If taken in
ternally, and the bottle should be SO mark
ed. 1t IS used by hopping the irritated
places with soft muslin.
Nettle rash, that looks and feels so like
prickly heat, comes from a slight poison
in the blood and requires internal medi-
cines AT the same time the frightful Itch
Ing may be allayed by using a preparation
of one dram of boracic acid. quarter of
an ounce of ointment of rosewater and a
quarter OF an ounce of oxide of zinc ONT
ment. This should be well mixed and APP
piled externally frequently.
The same is good for prickly heat, but
this form of summer irritation does not re-
quire quite such a strong remedy. Every
thing possible should be done to cool the
blood. lightweight clothing should be worn,
heating foods avoided. alcohols entirely
eliminated from the diet and cool baths
taken twice day. AS frequently one
may the affected parts should be mopped
with lotion made of two ounces of lime
water and a quarter ounce of levgated
Calamine. This should be shaken before
using. Any simple toilet powder. such as
talcum, or even powdered starch. chalk
or magnesia, may be plentifully sprinkled
over.
The infection from poison ivy distinctly
takes the form OF itching, and at the first
indication OF II the place should be washed
in alcohol moppng well. After that apply
lotion made OF quarter ounce OF i'm
pure carbonate of zinc and one ounce each
~ glycerine and lime water. 1t is well to
wet q thin muslin with this and keep il
constantly moist over the place.
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AIExANDR1A5 NEMHARBoR

Mohammedans are being corrupted by the
Christians. and the simple living taught by
the Koran, whereby the believer abstains
from strong drink and other vices. has be-
come infected with the gay and giddy pleas
| ures Of the French. Cairo, the city of the
Arabian nights, is fast becoming a city Of
Partisan nights, and the Mohammedan call
to prayer is now mingled with the bac-
chanalian songs Of the cafe chantants. In
many the system of the harem Is be-
ing exchanged for something worse. The
average Mohammedan has but one wife. but
in many cases he has a sweetheart in a
house around the corner. -.-
The ghouls of modern science ire robblng
the graves of those who made the Pyra-
mids. A telephone line has been stretched
out of Cairo almost to the ear of the
Sphinx, and there is a hotel at the base Of
the Pyramid Of Cheops. where English men
and women drink brandy and soda between
their games of tennis and golf.
The Egypt of today is land of mighty
hotels and multtudinous tourists. Our con-
sui general estimates that Americans alone
spend almost four million dollars here every
winter, and the English, French and Ger
mans spend almost as much. He estimates
that there ten thousand Americans who
visit the Nile vallef every season and that
1t costs each one Of them something like
$40 per day for an average stay of two
months.
When 1 first visited this country the DON
key was the chief means Of transport, and
men, women and children went about on
lOng-eareQ DeaStS, Win AraD DOSS III Dlue
gowns following behind and urging the ami
mails along by poking sharp sticks into
patches of bare flesh. as big as a dollar,
which had been denuded of skin for the pur-
pose. The donkey and the donkey boy are
here still, but can get a street car in Alex
andria that will take me to any part Of the
town, and l have to jump now and then to
get out Of the way of an automobile. There
are cabs everywhere and Alexandra and
Cairo have thousands of them
The new hotels are extravagant beyond
description. In this, where l am now writ
ing the rates are from so to 100 piasters per
day, and inside the hotel walls am as far
from the old Egypt as 1 would be in the
Waldorf at New York. The servants are
French speaking Swiss in swallow-tail
coats and their palms itch for fees just
do those of their class in our big hotels. In
my bedroom there is an electric bell and l
can go out into the hall and talk over the
telephone to tt = consul general at Cairo.
The hotel Is packed with guests. and on its
register l see counts by the score and lords
by the dozen The men come to dinner In
steel pen coats and the women in silks with
low necks and short sleeves. There is
babel of English. French and German going
on in the drawing room while the guests
drink coffee there after dinner, and the only
evidence one perceives of the land of the
Pharaohs is the tall minarets which here
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Since the English took hold they have been
steadily making other improvements, and
they have works now under way which
will cost millions more. The commerce OF
the port is increasing enormously, and tho
city promises to become even greater than
It has been in the past.
Egypt in 1907.
The conditions at Alexandria are typical
of the new Egypt. Old Mother Nile has
drawn on the seven-league boots of modern
progress and she is growing in wealth like
Unison weed in an asparagus bed. When
| first visited her a quarter of a century
ago, her country was a land Of the dead,
with the obelisks and the Pyramids as its
chief landmarks. Then its most interesting
characters We're the mummifed king of
2OOO odd years ago and her chief visitors
were antiquity hunters and 0ne-lunged
tourists after warm winter climate.
These same characters are here today, but
in addition have come the capitalist. the
syndicate and the ardent dollar chaser.
Egypt is now land of banks and stock
exchanges 1t throngs with civil engineers.
irrigation experts and men interested in
the development of the country by cleo
tricity and steam. The delta or the great
fan of land which begins at Cairo and
stretches out to the Mediterranean is grid
ironed with iron tracks and railroad trains
now carry one almost to the heart of GEN.
trail Africa. When | was last here about
sixteen years ago Egypt was importing
goods to the amount of twenty-five or
thirty million dollars. She is now buy
ing more than S1OOO00,O0O worth every
twelve months and her exports are more
than twice what they We're at that time.
They now amount to $110,GOO,O0O a veal
and are increasing right along.
In other letters 1 shall describe the Won
derful banking development that has gone
on here and the extraordinary increase in
land values throughout the whole valley
of the Nile. l am told that in the lower
delta farm lands are selling from $500 to
$1,000 an acre and that especially good
tracts bring even more. AN the way up
the Nile from Cairo to Assiout, for dis
lance of about 800 miles. you cannot buy
an acre of cultivable land for less than
$500, and many a farmer would refuse to
sell his little tract for $500 per. Rents of
lands have gone up In the same proportion,
and l know of farms which are bringing
from $40 to $50 an acre per year.
The same conditions obtain to the
real estate of the cities. Both Cairo and
Alexandria are initiating their values, and
land is high in Cairo itself that subur-
ban development has begun, and in the
future the poorer of the foreigners will
probably have their homes outside the
city.
Western Civilization and Vices.
l find Egypt changing in character. The
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on the part of the government. that bank
lending money to the farmers at per cent
to within 30 per cent of the value of their
farms. Today the peasants all over Egypt
can get money at 8 per cent, and the
Greeks have had to come down their
rates There are now over forty thousand
Greeks in Egypt and they operate as far
north the Sudan.
The Italians number about twenty-five
thousand. and the French somewhere be-
tween fifteen and twenty thousand. There
are many Italian shops here in Alexandria
and there are hundreds of Italians doing
business in Cairo. They also furnish some
of the best mechanics. Many of them are
masons and the greater part of the AS
souan da n and other works of a similar
nature have been constructed by them.
There are also Germans, Austrians and
Russians. together with a few Americans
and Belgians. The Germans are largely
in evidence clerks and they carry on
mercantile businesses in many of the cities
The British community amounts to about
twenty thousand but a large number of
these are soldiers or civil officials. and
among them are something like six thou
sand Maltese and six hundred British East
Indians. Practically the whole government
is administered by the British. although
many of the subordinate officers are ma
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Mohammedans Growing Rich.

Mohammedans Growing Rich.
The changes which 1 have described are
by no means confined to the Christians.
The natives are growing rich and the Mo
hammedans are for the first time in the
history of Egypt. pling up money. They
| are investing their surplus in real estate.
and it Is this that has done much o.swell
all land values.
Egypt is still a country of the Egyptians,
Notwithstanding the government of the
English an: The influx of the foreigners. 1t
has now about 100000 people and of
these 9SO00G0 are either Arabs or de-
scendants of the original Egyptians. The
most of them are Mohammedans. although
there are all told something like 100000
Copts. The Copts are the defendants OF
the ancient Egyptians They have rude
kind Of Christianity, and are, as a body,
better educated and weather. than the
Mohammedans. They are noted as clerks
men in gold and silver and in other such
trades. They are money makers and money
savers and l understand that many of
them. especially in upper Egypt. are now
making fortunes The pure Mohammedans
do not as rule go into banking or money
lending. That is against the Koran and
they invest most of their savings in lands.
The foreign population of Egypt is less
than 100000. The greater part of 1t Is to
be found in Alexandria and Cairo, and In
the other towns of the Nile valley. as we'll
as III SueZ anu IoIt mere diS iIoio
Greeks than any other. The Greeks have
been exploiting the Egyptians and the Nile
valley for more than 1900 years and they
are today the sharpest, shrewdest and most
interruptions business men in it. They do
much of the banking and money lending,
and until the government established banks
of it's own and brought down the rate of
interest. they demanded enormous
usury from the Egyptian peasants They
loaned money on lands and crops, and theiI
interest rate is said to have averaged
100 per cent per annum
This was changed about six years ago by
the establishment of the Agricultural Bank