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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06
COUPON.

Csc POKER CHIPS 35c.
Upon presentation Of this
coupon we will sell you a
set of 100 poker chips of
the celebrated "Clover
Brand.o We doubt IL these
same chips may be pur-
chased elsewhere under
cSc h,,t with c0unon
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06
THE GREATEST NOTWITHSTANDING SALE

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off Clothing.
Clothing Department crowded all
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
Railroad Collisions a Crime.

There is no more excuse in this
day and age for a railroad collision
than there is for deliberately put
ting your hand into a blaze.
Railroading has reached such
degree of perfection as a science
and an art that collisions should
not be given consideration as a pos
sibility. The rules and regulations,
mandatory upon every official and
employe of a railroad, are clear and
adequate for the prevention of such
accidents.
But collisions, more or less fatal,
are almost of daily occurrence.
They can be due to nothing but
gross carelessness on the part of an
official or employe, and gross care
lessness that involves the lives of
the confding and helpless passen-
gers can have no excuse. 1t is as
much a crime as any other form of
manslaughter.
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
LADY WARWICK
TO TOUR AMERICA
Famous Socialist Countess
Hopes to Own English
Newspaper.

LONDON, Dec. So.-In order that she
may own and edit a newspaper Of her
own, the Countess Of Warwick has an
nOunced thai she would make a lecture
tour OF America next year. The pro
oeeds Of this tour, as well as the earn
iHgs from the sale Of my memoirs,
which I am now writing" said the
countess. Will be devoted TO realizing my
hfe's ambition 10 become the uutram-
meled proprietor OF a daily journal"
The countess has been assured by her
prospective manager that the American
lectures will net her enormous amounts.
She viii start for the United States
early in 1905 Whether she intends TO
-1und g newspaper or purchase one Of
n.e great English journals already eX-
tan, she declines 10 say.
ThN countess is considered one of the
hands Nmest Of all European peeresses.
She Is moreover, a fast friend Of King
Edwar
In e 4 il was the King who shielded
her " zen she was accused Of divulging
the kecrets OF the notorious baccarat
scandal at Tranby Croft, which won for
her the Sobriquet, "Babbdng Brooke" "
1t IS expected that the countess will
make Socialism and "Suffragism" the
themes Of all her American lectures.
The Washington times., 1907-12-30

a cruel and unusual punishment to
exact 100000 fine from it. The
answer seems to bt. that the Stand
ard by reason Of enjoying that
6-cent rate to the exclusion of
others, not only, riveted its mo-
nopoly upon the great Southwest,
but was actually able TO project its
absolute control into that region in
the face of the immense oil develop
ment there; that the Standard took
into its own Golfers about all the
benefits of that development; that
the people who discovered the oil
and owned the land, and bored the
wells, got little out of it; that the
people who ought to have been
benefited by cheaper oil were not
benefited; that the Standards rail
road rate preferences were 3uf-
ficient to enable it to absorb to
itself practically all the benefits
that should have gone to the de-
velopers Of this field and to the
public. Is not that a sufficient an
swer to the argument that the ine
was cruel and unusual?
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
TAFT IN BOSTON,
SPEAKS TONIGHT
Busy Day for Secretary,
With important Address
at End.

BOSTON. Dec. 30.-Speculatlou and in
terest surrounding Secretary Taft's
speech tonight before the Boston Mer-
chants Association Increased this mcrn-
ing when the Secretary, upon his ar
rival here. absolutely refused 70 dis
cUss it, He arrived from Washington
at 7:IO o'clock. and was met at the South
station by Mr.. Carr. whose wife is his
cousin. After talking with a group Of
newspaper men at the station, Mr.. Taft
drove with Mr.. Carr to his home, where
he Will be a guest during his stay in
Boston.
a small crowd was waiting for the
Secretary Of War when he stepped from
his car, but there was no necessity for
the honorary police guard furnished by
the city authorities. When the ques-
tions turned to politics Mr.. Taft was
silent
Mr.. Taft's engagements here today
are a short speech before the weekly
meeting Of the Congregational ministrs
at l:9O O'Clock: a reception at the Ely
Club from to 1 o'clock; a large public
reception in the Hotel Somerset at &
o clock, followed by the dinner Of the
Merchants Association. at which he is
expected 10 make a speech announcing
his policy toward corporations, and pos
siblv his attitude toward the Republican
Presidential nomination.
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
OIL FUEL IN NAVY
FOR NEW SUBMARINES

Should plans Of the Navy Department
carry, the torpedo boat destroyers
which are next 90 be built for the navy
viii make a speed Of thirty knots an
hour. and viii burn oil. This will be
an important departure in the construc-
tion Of these vessels. The speed Of the
latest destroyers authorized is twenty
eight knots an hour, and it is believed
this can be increased to thirty by burn
ing oil.
The adoption Of liquid fuel requires
provision for Its storage and its distri-
button TO boats upon which it IS con
sumed. The English navy has estab-
Eshed a system OF maintaining Derma-
nent reservoirs on land and a tank serv-
ice afoaU, and It is believed a similar
arrangement viii be made by this Gov
ernment.
Provision Is made IN the new battle
ships for using oil for auxiliary purposes
and the latest vessels designed provide
storage room for oil.
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
LABOR LEADERS
CALL ON NAGOOE
Striking Masons Threaten
to Tie Up Havana
Industry.

HAVANA. Dec. O.-Representatives
Of twenty-three labor unions waited on
Governor General NIagoou today 70
warn him that the striking masons' de-
mands must be complied with or there
viii be a general sympathetic waIk-out.
ueing up nearly every Industry in Ha-
vana.
The labor representatives say they do
not wish TO proceed TO -exremities with
out giving the governor an opportunity
10 use his influence toward arbitration
OF the differences between the masons
and their employers.
The governor general promised to do
his utmost in the interest OF peace. and,
in his turn, gave warning that violence
OF any kind viii be vigorously sup
pressed, and that labor leaders viii
serve their cause by eNerting themselves
10 the utmost 70 prevent repetitions OF
termitJently since the Industrial strug-
gle began.
The employers have already repeat
edly announced that they viii negotiate
no further with the men. lnasmuch as
enough masOnS are at work TO supply
present needs and 10 insure the gradu-
al dying out OF the strike. The sup
port the naSOns are pledged from the
other unions makes the formers posi-
ton, however. very strong.
The most Important Of the masons'
demands is for an eight-hOur day with
out q decrease IN wages
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
.SAWOUR'S PICTURE
AS CURE FOR INSANE

MASSILLON. Ohio. Dec. Sl.-The phy-
sicians at the State Hospital for the
Insane have tried the experiment Of ex-
hibiting 10 the patients a big painting
Of Christ illumined by electric lights. Ii
is believed that by thus concentrating
the attention Of the insane upon this
picture a beneficial therapeutic effect
viii be produced and may result in their
recovery.
The experiment was made today at
the religious services. a big picture en-
titled. Christ Knocking at the Door" a
copy Of Hofmann's masterpiece. was
placed IN the chapel with a battery Of
electric lights ready to be concentrated
upon IT, ! fter some religious music Of
an impressive character the lights were
suddenly II rned on TO the painting. The
insane wers evidently impressed. They
stared at ne picture long. The lights
were then -urned out and after more
music the process was repeated.
The physicians at the hospital Uere
well satisfied with the experiment.
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
Work the Foe of Woe.

Tagliapetra thrilled countless
thousands with his superb rendition
of the song whose theme was Grief,
and whose chief refrain was that
Memory is the only friend that
Grief can call her own" This in
spite of the fact that it is to be
doubted if memory is any but a
false friend to Grief. Memory keeps
Grief alive, but does Grief care to
live? Is it not better banished,
swept into oblivion and forgetful-
ness, and replaced In our hearts
with the JOY of today, the apprecia-
tion of the present, and the hope of
the morrow?
All grief, all woe, all sorrow, all
anguish of the heart and soul is
more or less deeply tinged with
selfishness, when it is not wholly
selfish. When loved ones are called
from us never to return, is it not
chiefly our own loss we mourn? +?
They are done with toll and trouble,
and suffering. They rest in peace
We miss them. Loneliness enters
our lives. We weep, because some
thing has been taken from US. We
sorrow because a shadow has been
cast over us. Our sadness is for
ourselves.
IF Memory is the friend of Grief,
1t cannot be our friend, for it is by
Memory alone that Grief is kept
croaking to us like the raven of
Poe. Grief checks the activity of
the mind. and puts a weight on the
hand. Aspirations and ambitions
fall back in torpor. The soul sick
ems, the world becomes twisted, and
the times out of Joint. We forget
that we must live, that we still have
battles to fight, that yielding to our
grief is but a form of creeping
paralysis that can end in but a liv-
ing death.
How, then, Danish Grief? How
cut the insinuating tendrils with
which it would bind us? There is
but one way-the only way-work.
1t is not the work you viii take up
when your sorrow is less poignant,
but the work that lies at your hand
today. The spirit and the flesh will
both be weak-but work. The tools
will be heavy and the effort irksome
but work. Slowly, but steadily
and surely, Grief viii give way.
Hope viii revive. Your aspirations
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
The Business Resumption.

The demand for workers is the
best index of business conditions.
Some months ago Secretary StTaus,
of Commerce and Labor, started the
interesting innovation of n bureau
to study industrial and labor con-
ditions, and assist employers and
employees in search Of each other in
getting together.
Some folks disposed to criticise
the appearance of the Government
as a bureau of information, an en-
ployment bureau; but the plan was
soon working so well and pleasing
so many people with its practical
results that criticism was disarmed.
Down TO about October / it did n
land Office business; then there
came notable slackening. People
out of jobs became more plentiful,
but people wanting to hire them
didn't come forward, and the bu-
reaU found difficulty getting results.
1t was, of course, the result of the
sudden money panic, and not even
the reports of bankers to the Comp
troller, it is said, provided a more
accurate barometer by which to
judge the developments and prog
ress of the financial storm as it
moved across the country from
East TO West.
Now comes from Chief Powderly,
of this particular bureau of employ
ment, the cheering information that
there is suddenly a renewed de-
mand for his services. There is de-
mand for labor once more. The
newspapers have been telling OF re-
sumption of operations in mills and
factories, and Mr.. Powderly finds
himself crowded with demands once
more for working people. Natu-
rally, there has been some disar-
rangement of the balance of things.
\ good many people who were
thrown suddenly out of employ
ment have moved away, and now
that their old employers want them,
are not to be found. Then a very
large number Of laborers have left
the country-immigrants returning
to their old homes. 1t is not impos-
sible, therefore, that with n sharp
and quick resumption of industrial
activity, such as now seems 10 be
fairly afoot, there may be serious
difficulty getting the workers and
the work together so fast as condi-
tions demand.
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
Fleet Is Cheered
In Trinidad Port
On It's Departure

Followed by the eyes Of thousands Of
natives, the American battleship feet,
under command of Admiral Evans,
weighed anchor AT 4 O'Clock Sunday
afternoon and steamed from Port OF
Spain, the harbOr of Trinidad. for Rio
dc Janeiro. The start was similar IA
every Instance 90 that at Hampton
Roads, and taking advantage Of every
possible means. the population watched
the vessels with straining eyes until
they passed out Of sight through the
grand Boca,
The impression made uoon the people
by the greatest fleet Of war vessels
they had ever seen was added TO by
the starting maneUvers that brought
every vessel TO her place In the four
columns, with the Connecticut leading.
ana the supply ship Cuigoa and the re-
frigerator ship Glacier bringing up the
rear.
According TO advices received by the
Navy Department. announcing the de-
parture OF the fleet, long before he hour
set for sailing a myriad OF small craft
launches and steam yachts moved up
and down along the long line Of an
chOred war vessels, the merry parties
ABOARD shouting farewels 10 tho de-
parting visitors. Thousands Of residents
climbed the surrounding hills, while
many thousands more went to the small
Islands in the gulf to catch the last
glimpse of the ships as they sailed
through the grand Boca. The fleet pre-
sented a magnificent appearance as II
steamed out maJestically. II is expected
that Rio dc JaneirO viii be reached the
evening OF January 10
Navy Department officials are elated
at the reports OF the Dleasantness Of
the visit az Trinidad and the exemplary
behavior Of the American seaman. The
people and newspapers are free IN their
comment and praise. There We're enter
tainments ON top OF entertainments. on
shore and then aboard ship. and the
visit was in every way "A most pleasant
one. Pleasure is also expressed II the
reception OF the British governor
Visitors continued 20 stream on the
vessels Of the fleet until the very last
minute before sailing, and there were
many expressions Of astonishweut at
so great q fleet Of such vessels.
Il was intended 10 start at o'clock
Sunday morning. but the hour was de-
layed 20 wait for the Maine, which had
not finished cOalinE-
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
COAST TO COAST AFOOT,
IS GOTHAM GIRLS FEAT

SEATTLE. Wash, Dec. 3o-With only
a Scotch collie and a revolver to protect
her. Miss ollie Granston. a graceful
young woman Of twenty-five years,
has walked all the way from New York
TO Seattle and is preparing 10 continue
her journey to san Francisco. thence
TO New Orleans and back 10 New York.
Only the fact that II is impossible 10
walk uPOn the waves. she asserts, pre-
vents her from attempting to cross the
Pacific 20 the Philippines. She believes.
however. when she returns 10 her home
in New York she Will have Travelled
farther afoOt than any other young
woman in America
Miss Granston says she was formerly
employed as a bOokkeeper In a whole
sale house in New York and had
through lack Of exercise and a limited
amount OF fresh air lost the bloom
from her cheeks She was the sole
support Of a widowed mother and could
not AFFORD to take q vacation. but un-
ezpectedly a relative died and left the
family a considerable fortune. She then
quit her job and sought means to re-
cuperate.
She had read OF men and women in
the early days in Europe walking
through Italy, Germany, France, and
Belgium as a means Of recreation. and
she thought she would try il and see
how IL worked in America. About six
months ago she left New York, put her
face toward the West and never once
looked back. In some sections of the
country where the roads were good she
took the highway, but where mud ana
slush impeded her progress she decided
10 count ties"
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
PLANTS NEAR BUFFALO
RESUNING FULL FORCES

BUFFALO, N Y, Dec. S0.-It is be
heved the first week in January viii
see the large industrial plants Of Buff
falo and vicinity resume operations with
their full working force. The Snow
Steam Pump Works is now within 200
men OF its full working force. and, II
is expected, these men Will be added
TO the rolls January ].
The managers Of the L.ackawanna
Steel Plant have been holding daily
conferences this week and expect to
place another portion Of the plant into
commission early in January. Since
forces were reduced three months ago
this extensive plant. which, under nor
NAL conditions, gives employment 10
1890 wOrkmen, has been thoroughly
repaired.
The railroads report the outlook IN
the West very bright, with a bumper
grain crop.
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
That Standard Oil Fine Again.

After waiting a long time to think
it over, the Bureau of Corporations,
which worked up the evidence
against the Standard Oil Company
on which conviction and the S29,-
100000 fine were secured, has issued
an answer to the complaints and
explanations made by President
Moffet, of the Standard Oil Com
pany Of Indiana.
The discussion between President
Moffet and Commissioner Smith is
the discussion in which everybody
else has more or less engaged here
tofore: the discussion of whether in
truth the Standard Oil Company
was guilty, and if so whether it
was guilty enough to deserve such
"a big penalty. President Moffet took
the ground that the Standard had
not been proved guilty; that it did
not know the Scent rate to East
St. Louis was anything like a secret
rate; and that there was nothing in
the nature of a rebate about it.
Commissioner Smiths statement
puts strongly the position of the
Government. There has been a good
deal of maudlin worrying about the
fearful menace of huge fines reck-
lessly imposed for technical viola
tions of dubious statutes. The no.
ton has been industriously prOpa-
gated that this particular fine had
much to do with breaking down
business confidence, and tossing the
country into the midst of panicky
conditions. Now, this same worry
ing is done largely by people who
a few months earlier were demand
ing that somebody be locked up. 1t
was declared that fning a great
corporation was no way of enforc-
ing the law. The corporation could
afford TO pay a snug fine on those
rare occasions when it was caught,
because of the profits of lawbreak-
ing in the great majority of cases
when il got away unscotched. The
argument seemed rather good, too.
The National Administration got
the notion that it would be good
business to put a few distinguished
malefactors in Jail, and if none was
thus treated it was rather because
of inability to accomplish the de-
sired result than from any feeling
of delicacy on the part Of the au-
thorities.
Everybody was convinced that
fines wouldn't reform offenders.
The men who had to do with en-
forcing the laws knew that locking
up men of business was just about
impossible. Then came the Stand
ard fine. This served the most use
full purpose of convincing the rich
est of all corporations that a fine
could me made to have it's terrors
even for right well-to-do concern.
The Standards guilt in this Alton
case seems TO be clearly proved.
The real question is whether &c is
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
CRATER IN DESERT
NYSTIFIES SCIENCE
Hole Is 900 Feet Deep and
Nearly a Mile
Wide.
Extinct Volcano or Result
OF Mammoth Meteors
Striking?

a huge crater-form depression IN the
desert near Canyon Dlablo. Ariz.. has
attracted widespread attention among
scientists, and Prof George P Merrill.
Of the National Museum. believes Il TO
be akin TO an eighth wonder Of the
world.
While there are many who aver thar
the crater-f0rm depression is an ex-
tinct volcano. there is an equal num-
Der who hold tenacioUsIy 20 the theory
that II was made by a mammoth ne
tecr which struck the earth centuries
ago.
Six Hundred Feet Deep.
DR.. Merrill was permitted. 20 study
the crater-form with particular refer
ence TO its geologic origin by a grant
from the Smithsonian Institution. and
recently returned 70 Washington TO write
a paper on its wonders. II is nearly
three-Quarters OF a mile across and
about 600 feet deep.
Since II was brought 10 the notice OF
men Of science this great hole has
caused much discussion. Prof Merrill
is inclined toward the meteor theory.
In speaking Of his conclusion, Prof.
Merrill says. ''The crater could not
have been formed by any volcanic ac-
ton, for all tho phenomena have su-
perdcIal nature Some 800 feet OF over
lying limestone and 500 feet Of sandstone
have been thoroughly shattered as
though by some powerful blow. and the
quartz particles IN the sandstone In
part fused, indicating a very high e
gree Of heat
Underlying Sandstone is entirely IN
changed This. OF course. absolutely
precludes the formation OF a crater bv
any deep-seated agency. and I have
been forced 10 consider an origin BY
impact Of a stellar body.
Without Comparison.
AN exhaustive study Of known rne-
teOric falls shows that there IS no rec
ord OF any faU comparable with this.
The largest known meteorites, such as
that brought by Commander Peary from
Cape York, Greenland. or the enormous
Irons from Oregon. having fallen with
so little force as 10 scarcely bury them
selves The nearest approach 70 the
Canyon Diablo occurrence happened at
Knyahirya, Hungary, IN 1856. when a
600-pound stone penetrated the ground
20 a depth OF eleven feet
NO meteoric mass Of sufficient size
20 have made this enormous crater has
been brought TO light, but there still
remains the probability OF its having
become entirely dissipated through the
heat developed by its impact while trav-
cling at a speed Of many miles a sec
ond."
In his report on the investigation.
now IN press. Prof Merrill goes very
thoroughly into details He has secured
many specimens Of the meteoric irons
and their associations from the locality.
which are now on exhibition IN the Ma
LfOuaI Museum
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
Our Foreign Commerce.

The report issued by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor con-
cerning the foreign commerce of the
United States in 1907, shows that
the business of the country over
seas Is in a healthy condition. and
constantly increasing. The report
says:
The foreign commerce Of the United
States in 1907 makes new record both
as TO imports and exports. While but
eleven months figures are vet avail
able. the record for that period so far
exceeds that Of any corresponding Pc
rtod OF earlier years as TO justify the
statement that the total Of both imports
and exports viii be larger for the cal
endar year OF 1907 than in any preceding
year in the history of our commerce.
For the first time the monthly export
record has crossed the 5000 100000 line
the total for November, 1907, being S2O4,-
$50 while the import record OF S133.-
I0.1IO, made IN March, is the largest
total Of importatiOns in any single
month in the history Of our commerce.
The figures at hand justify the estimate
that the imports OF the full year win
exceed 81 10000. 600 and that the eX-
ports Will probably exceed 81 900 900, 900.
II to this we add the trade with the
non-cOntinguous territories of the
United States. the value of the mer-
chandise entering the ports of the con-
tinental United States would aggregate
nearly $500, ,0O0. 900. and the merchandise
leaving the ports OF the continental
United States would aggregate nearly
81 900, 600, 900.
This increase in imports and ex-
ports occurs in the trade with near
" all countries of the world.
A record of this kind is something
for the American business man to
he proud of. American exporters,
particularly, have reason TO feel
pleased.
The Washington times., 1907-12-30
PLAN RECEPTION
FOR EVANS FLEET
At RIO JANERIO

RIO JANEIRO, Dec. S0.-Elaborate
preparations are being made here for the
entertainment Of the American feet,
now steaming toward Rio Janeiro from
its last stopping place. Port Of Spain,
Trinidad
Word has been received that the ar
mada left Port OF Spain at 4 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon and is travelling
the 2.90o knots between that port and
this at a ten-knot rate
Ihe United States collier Caesar ar
rived here yesterday with coal for the
American fleet, and the minister Of ma
Tine has ordered the hospital ship Car
los Frederico 10 report TO Admiral
Evans for service as soon as the Amer
lean war vessels enter port