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The Washington herald., 1907-05-06
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New York. May 5--Auived- -Bluecher from Ham
burg. April .; TraTe from Bremen April g
Sailed from foreign ports-oampania from Queens
town for New York; Petsdam, from Boulogne for
New York
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06
TemperafureH i'm Other Ctties.

Temperatures in otheg cities, together with the
amount Of rainfall for the twelve hours ended al
D. n. yesterday. sse follows:
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06
BRANDED BS TRAITOR
DepOsed Rector Cooke De-
nOunced from Pulpit.
YOUNG GIRLS WEEP IN CHURCH

Bishop Burgess Refers to EIoDement
OF Former Clergyman with His
ward, FIOretta Whaiey-DepIOres
Attitude of American People To-
ward Men OF Great wealth.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06

FINEST ACCOMMODATIONS LARGE OUTSIDE
rooms and hath. on car line. direct to exposition
grounds select location; s. per day 3lrs- J. J.
OTTLEY 100 Main ST., Bsykley, Norfolk, Vs.
my5-st
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06
HARRY GREENE,

ROOMS TO LET BY DAY OR WEEK AT REA-
sonable price; locality strictly residential section
Of the aristoEatie class expastIon cars pass door
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06

IA COLLEGE PLACE. NORFOLK. vA--cLE7N
rooms fer jamestown Exposition visitors: one-haH
block from car lines TO ali points, special rates 10
parties Next door 20 Eiks Club myAst
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06
Promises Rare Treat.

IF the general will only deign TO come
down here TO my humble tea garden.
said Mizogouchi-San to-day while speak
ing for publication, Il and my five car
pentcrs AID three Nesan, who are waiting
the opening Of business now down in the
hotel on the sand, viii bow to him and
crave his indulgence that he enter our tea
garden. one of my carpenters was a SOL
der under Kur0ki-San I'm Manchuria and
he wears medal He wants to see his
general very much.
I'VE will decorate the doorstep with
pine boughs and hang two Holsters over
the doorpost for luck to the general if he
does only Sd much as pass our way"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06
F irst-class Accommodations A
- For Those Visiting -
The jamestown Exposition.
The NEW LEKox,

NUM- UIIAI a
Granny Street. Opposite Monticello Hotel.
Most centrally located All ears and boats egsgys
where. Half hour TO grouuds and naval display,
Sleeping accommodations Ter visitors %
1871 TamestoHn Expositiou-i90i.
HOME COMFORT CORPORATION,
aTE5-aGt Norfolk Va
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06

PLEASANT ROOMS FOR EXPOSITION VIsI-
toEs. For particulars address q Middle 81 and
2l4 North st, Portsmouth, Va. myfst
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06

BIZ BOtetOurt ST., "Ghent,' = Norfolk, Va.
my2-sat
The Washington herald., 1907-05-06

At JAMESTOWN EAPUSIIION-ifOUD BOARD,
plenty roOms; nice peopisi best location very low
est rates. Write Mrs JACKSON, care 5ll Board
Of Trade Bldg. Norfolk my2St
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
EDISON co. TO THE p. S. T..
Raised Price of Electricity to 1Ooid
Discrimination 1t Says.

The New York Edison Company replied yester-
day 70 the statement Of Abel T. BlacknaT' counseI
for the Public Service Commission, that certain
counnIar- Is made against the company were wen
founded and advising the commission 10 orueE 'lo
connpanv to make an explanation
The Edison company said that II russu '1
nrice OF electricity TO 10 cents kilowett houI
because it's counsel advised It that unless 1t old SO
the charge Of discrimination might be made against
g. The raise was made with great reluctance tie
connanv said. and affected only about twenty
~ tts seventy thousand contracts
To explain this statement II said that the Legs
1ature in 1905 passed a law making the maximum
nrice Of electricity q klowatt hour 10 cents on
,1orbat+an Island At that time the company
ms charging from . TO - cents kiioVatt houI
1t-bar, the law went into effect IL complied WIN II
co far az IL affected contracts above the IV-cel'N
rate hut did not raise the price on consumers
no, q was furnishing electricity TO al less than
10 cents -. At,
Tn. Edison company further says that conul-
+tons governing its business make II hecesSotS "
a. m reouire a time contract from Its cusOoiie
br+ thar 81 charges only for the amount OF eioo
t-,c.v used and il further says that us postum "a
,ro question OF breakdown service was So'
Zines sustained in the courts
,e +o1d in The Tribune Of September ~ the uo-
liz service Commission probably VIII Hl'es. 81
~ alsctric companles Of New York City WITHIN q
rao,,b II has not yet decided how conprehehsi'e
ON Investigation II Will make
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
NO PANIC SIGNS IN WEST.
State of Money Market Not a Criterion of
Countrys Condition, Says 0. C. Gayley.

ollVer g Gayley. second vice-president Of the
PRESSED Steel Car Company. who has just returned
lfom business trip to Chicago and Pittsburg, was
exceedingly reluctant to break his rule against
talking for publication when at his office. NO
- Broad street. yesterday He was induced 10
reply To several questions however In regard 10
the business feeling outside of New York he said:
There are no panic indications anywhere.
see nothing tiatd enotes even widespread reces-
sion There are indications OF a slowing M IN
business. but think il Will be only temporary.
Out West they trouble and inclined to
think 1t IS all here. II there is any trouble. You
see, here IL New York they apt to gauge things
hy the money market. With that in mind they
talk about general financial depression. Now, out
IN Kansas they used 20 think the general pros
perity of the country depended on the crop,
while in the South they look upon the success or
failure of the cotton crop the indication of gen
cral prosperity depression. But there are
great many factors IN the prosperity Of the
country than those TO be found in money cOndt-
tions in Wall Street
Regarding the business of the Pressed Steel Car
Company. Mr.. Gay1ey said
They good. Our order books all filed
up for this year and our shops running on full
time. AS for the coming year. we are getting many
inquiries So far now, our business
VIII be good formerly. There is ample time
between ROW and the first of the year for all
manufacturers to fiji up their books, II business Is
forthcoming It has been in the past"
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
BREST VERSUS H4VRE.
Improvement of Formers Hdrbor
Urged by Tice-Admrdl

OrcIaI details Of the great project for the i'm
provement Of the seaport Of Brest whereby that
city, already the military stronghold of the French
Republic, may assume the commercial supremacy
not alone of the Atlantic coast of France. but of
the entire western seaboard of Continental Europe.
were received at the French Chamber or Commerce
IN this city yesterday. The details came in the
form of a preliminary report issued by Vice-Ad-
mral de Cuverville. Senator from the Department
of Ffnisere Of which is the capital city This
report is TO be made tho basis oil determined cam
naig In the Chamber OF Deputies this fall 10 obtain
for tie big undertaking the fullest possible aid of
guarantees.
Formidable opposition to the plan has developed
mt Havre which enjoys the distinction and
prosperity of the first commercial port of France
It is a significant fact that the Chamber or COM
1nerce of HaVre recently proposed the expenditure
of A 600 900 francs In expensive port improvements.
including the building of a drydock LOCO feet In
DEPTH sufficient 10 accommodate vessels or greater
dimensions than the Cunard liner Lusitania.
According to Vice-Admiral de Cuvervile's re-
mort Brest offers advantages as a terminus for
Transatlantic freight and passenger traffic such as
gre possessed by other port on the west coast OF
Europe So excellent in point of approaches. depth
and accommodations is the anchorage of the al
most Iandlocked Brest Bay that little no work is
contemplated for its physical improvement The
building of concrete viaduct quays additional and
extensive railway termini, grain elevators. ware
houses and a drydock WILL however. require the
outlay of a vast amount of money
It is calculated that a saving or twelve hours
will he effected in the journey between New York
and Parts by the inauguration or irst class reg
,,,or steamship service terminating at Brest. The
.,.onco h,, t1is route is 1g1 miles less than that
of the existing Havre-New York line.
Another advantage asserted by the exponents OF
the Brest movement lies in the exceptional facil-
ites which the proposed terminus afords to trans
atlantic travellers wishing to make connexions 10
81 ,rop, tha centre and south of France the
Riviera. Italy. the Peninsula. Switzerland Austria
Hungary Germany. Russia and the Orient without
the necessity of change at or even approach 10
parf
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
NEED or CENTR1I BANK.
George L. Roberts, Of Chicago,
.Speaks to Nebraska Bankers.

Omaha. Sept. 19.-The Nebraska Bankers Asso-
citation, which is IN session here. listened TINS
morning address by George F. Roberts. presi-
dent % the Commercial National Bank. OF chicago
on A Central Bank of Issue" lie said. in part:
There is persistent agitation for some change in
our monetary system which VIII give a degree oi
elasticity to t. I believe such reform Is needed.
and that the need will become more and more I'M
pe-atiVe the country grows ana as our cTeditS
become greater in volume and more and more IN
terralatcd and tntcrdepcudcut. The effects OF IN
Gividual or local weakness arc not Couhned TO thn
individual or the locality when conditions are
strained There is Il nervousness everywhere al
such times that peculiarly susceptible To alarm
and the influence of every unfortunate develop
rnent. Of every mishap, Is cumulative AS II moves
/ Would adopt the general plan Of the great for
eicn banks but | would not have the contra baHE
in this country do general hallkl!E oielIl. =,
would make Institution to 90 business Win
and for the other banks. IL YOU have any piei
against the word, suppose We DO not can II a
hut central agency for the existing banks thtGusi'
will be EerVceahls 70 them and 10 ihe comm
II should take all the government ni0iit5s
as the foreign banks do. That would eHd ''e "l'''e
z-exr ed DTOhlGm OF government depoSitS
hank the country. by reason OF us S''tfN
in the central organization, would nave rs -.
tiuuats benefit from the government uep"sI,,iS .
note issue up to say sltH.goro. and more uidei d
fax nroIlsinn It should make loans oIiy 70 ~
Stockholders on good. live bills r"celvsDie a. 90
IL or by reGSC0Uuts Of paper whch tleg ~
,iGrsa ] do not believe = would be wise Tor tis
central bank To loan bonds or stocks Ht ~ :,
,bil- II youId I've safer keep tn 1t door absotey
closed and confue the operation or 49, M ~ %
tho strictly commercial field hannnS paper W ii -
70 ba Sod on staple commodities on tnelF way 70
,,,arEet There would be danger t1eh that us
resources would BE- tied up tndennteiE IA hnSs, uI"
and the bank would always be in shape 10 heip
keep business moving.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
TURKEY COULDN'T COVER MORE EGGS
I. C. Weir's Explanation Of Present Busi-
ness Conditions.

L. = Weir president Of the Adams Express Com
psny and director in score OF other corpora
iiens. including railroads, banks and insurance
companies. when asked yesterday TO express his
idea regarding general business conditions replied:
i believe they good"
But there is feeling that we are passing
through a genera; business depression. Mr. WeirT'
That is due he replied, ito the fact that the
turkey tried too many eggs You know
the number of eggs turkey can stretch her wings
is limited
You don't think however, there is any justifca-
ton for worrying about panic, do your
NO. indeed That cry is being raised only by
those IN Wall Street who want money and can't
get 81"
-'Do you think have reached the limit OF the
business depression"
We'll we have got yet whether there are
any raore eggs that need covering We have about
reached point when shall be able TO tell about
this
DO son think tie psrioe OF business depression
Nil be z long one?"
Nc: by next spring we viii have returned u
.ornsl conditions ana VII have almost forgotten
that anything OF This kind ever happened.
ITO what do you attribute the timidity OF capital
that is causing tsghtness In the money mariHet?
We'll, ! won't go into that; but you may rest
assured that outside Of New York there is little
taik OF s. business recession
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
SAY FARMERS G. DRovERs IS SOLVENT.
Remarkable Allegations at Stormy Meeting
of Stockholders. Depositors and Creditors.
rBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune. !

TFy Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Pfttsburg. Sept. I2-ReInarkable allegations were
made to-day at joint meeting Of the stockholders
depositors and creditors of the Farmers and DTo-
vers' National Bank. OF Waynesburg, which failed
last December. The meeting, in the MonoAgahela
House. was attended by two hundred deDcsitors
and stockholders and by the representative or
ninety-1ve different banks and trust companies or
PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio. West Virginia, New Jersey and
Illinois. The allegation was made by representa-
tives Of the different banks and trust companies
that instead of the hank being insoivent Il has at
the present time 81 go 70 :ts credit
The representatives OF the banks were asked by
the board OF directors accept - per cent Of the
face value Of $4,000 doubtful paper that is out
standing They declare that the directors should
paw the face value of every obligation. It was de-
cded that unless this is done the Controller Of the
Currency will be asked TO close the bank perma-
nently. and that whatever funds 1t possesses be
divided among the creditors and stockholders.
State senator n r. walton. president Of the banK'
made every effort to bring about harmony IN 'he
meeting but without avail. Several times It looked
as though blows would he exchanged. so bitter was
.ba feeling The probab biiities are that ell attempts
to open the bank will be abandoned
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
HARVARD AND YALE FAST BOATS.
Turbine Steamers Beat New York-BoSton
Schedule Time.

The turbin. steamer Yale or the ",---I
I,re which. with her sister ship the iiaFN a -
Will maintain n regular service alo"s .- -
~ w ,..o Navv York and Boston. arrived here
- - m Yesterday. fifteen minutes ahead o.
her schedule time. She made the run OF " nI,sS
q, "a hours and 20 minutes. and at one Ifno u7
,-eIoped a speed OF twenty-thres knots
The chief engineer said the tur0i''e
annie opportunity OF testing them
.,+o, sant 1s-The new turbine steamer Har-
- ~ Tho Metropolitan Line. arrived in Boston
~ 80 o'clock this morning from New York with
more than four hundred passengers on board
after completing her maiden trip for the line from
that city in thirty minutes less than her ScheuNe
time fifteen hours.
Tho uarvard left New York at p. M yester-
dav having on board party OF company ofncais
ard a number of invited guests of the line
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
LOWER COPPER PRICE.
EiecfTotytic Reduced to 10 Cents by
Big Dealers.

The United Metals Selling Agency. which handles
the output of the AmaIgarnated Copper Company.
announced yesterday Il further reduction Of half
cent IN the price of eectrolytic copper making the
PIice 10 cents a pound, which is decline of 10
cents from the top price OF the year. Phelps,
, Dodge & Co. said that they were ready to do
business on that basis also This is the second time
WITHIN week that the price OF the metal has been
cut by the big selling agencies the last previous
reduction being from 19 1872 cents pound. So
far the cut in price has not been successful in
bringing any Of the large consumers into the
? market
There was change in the quoted price of
copper on the Metal Exchange yesterday from the
preceding day. EIectrolytic was quoted at 1+&s
cents to Is cents a pound Traders reported sales
OF small lots of copper below 16 cents pound
yesterday. No large sales have taken place for
several months. representative OF Phelps. Dodge
& Co said. however, the indications were that the
turning point for the better in the copper situation
In sight.
The large consumers are rot buying" he said.
but as soon as confidence is restored they VIII
readily enter the market. The stringent conditions
Of the money market responsible for the denor-
allied conditions that prevail, but there Is
every to believe that there will be read
justment in the near future
Another well informed interest said: THE whole
trouble at the present time is the money market
which is a bar TO enterprises. Just as soon as
money becomes easier and the large consumers OF
copper. like the railroads. trolleys and telegraph
and telephone companies, raise new capital on
favorable terms you will decided Improvement
in the copper market. It Is merely matter OF
time
Copper authorities yesterday. in discussing tie
curtament in output announced by the Amalga-
mated Company and Phelps, Dodge & Co. said
that If of the other large copper companies
would follow their example the surplus copper. eS-
tmated at between I5000O0o0 and 2o0ooooo0 pounds.
in the hands of the producers would speedily
vanish.
The Engineering and Mining Journal In IT'S
forthcoming issue estimates the total production
Of copper this year at 1892 ono pounds compared
with IO400S7, ISL pounds In 1906, but this estimate
made before the announcement by the Anal
gaulated and other companies of the curta!lment
production. The output for the first eight months
of 1907 The Engineering and Mining journal
says totals eSs go 600 pounds. or this amount l56-
ocoO0o pounds was lake copper and the remainder
clectrolytic
The three big electrical companies. tho General
Electric. the Western Electric and the WestinE-
house Electric used total OF 162,00o0 pounds
Of copper last year Using these figures as basis.
the recent decline of n cents pound in the price
81 the metal would mean an annual saving OF sli.-
0G6.eY0 for the three companies.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
NOTHING To DEPRES.S US
". H. Nash Says Business Needed
the Rest Cure"

There is nothing to be alarmed at" said William
A Nash. president Of the Corn Exchange Bank
speaking yesterday of business conditions. Nj
Nash IS also trustee If the Bo7yery Savings Bank
and oI the American Surety Company a member
OF the Clearing House committee Of the Clearing
House Association vice president and director Of
the Audit Company Of New York. a director Of the
Home Life Insurance Company and e number OF
other corporations.
TO what Go you attribute the present unsettled
business coudtions2" Mr.. Nash was asked
Things got too high Tie replied. That IS
mean, securities. All / was concerned about was
TO have them get lower without too much disturb
I think that has been successfully accom-
plished.'
Asked as TO tie extent Of the business recession
Mr.. Nash said;
Tt has not troubled US any right here but
have heard Of il all around Just at present Il
seems TO be largely local New York, but #
viii probably spread TO extent I do not
anticipate any serious trouble anywhere. There
viii be some curtailment in business. The trouble
was that everybody seemed TO be doing bust
ness than they had resources to handle. II was
only natural proper that VIC should stop TO see
where were going TO. The rest cure you know.
Is often exceedingly beneficial The present siua-
ton inevitab BILE: but IL has been ably handled
87d 7 am exceedingly grati7ed by the way the gen
ersl curtailnent has proceeded so far
Mr. Nash was asked when he thought business
would begin 10 advance again. The uncertainty
Of the political future resrains people from going
into ventures just now the reply 'Po-
hticsl developments viii be watched with the great
est during the next year. At the end of
ether year I think you will a great difference
very strong There is certainly nothing that should
depress
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
NEW YORK CENTRAL MUST EXPLAIN.
Operation of Boston & Albany System Not
Yet Satisfactory.

,,. Cant aTbo New York Central Rail-
road Company will be called on to explain 10 the
Massachusetts railroad commissioners why certain
ir,nrovenents demanded by the commissioners in
,,oo.io,, with the operation of the Boston &c
Albany system have not been carried out by the
conpany according 10 a statement MADE to-day
bv Chairman Jackson of the State commission.
The declaration given at a conference heId at
the State House regarding Boston & Albany con
dtIons between the railroad commissioners and
members of the Boston Chamber OF Commerce.
the Boston Merchants Association and tho Asso-
citation of oBards of Trade
Heroine Jones president of the Merchants Asso-
citation asked that the New York Central com
n,, 20 which the Boston & Albany is under
lease be made to fulfil its promises of better ser
vice and equipment He said that complaints
from shippers were constant. Members Of the
other bodies represented at the conference also
criticized the management of the road
Chairman jackson said that the road was De-
ing carefully watched and that the New York Cen
trail company would be asked TO suorlit report
giving the reasons for It's delay In carrying out
the commissions recommendations as TO equip
ment made last spring. He said also that the
ros+ion oF the New York Central was that it
ought not be expected TO furnlsh the same
equipment for the comparatively .ew passengers
between Albany and Boston that 1t does for the
great number between Albany and New York
This contention, Mr.. Jackson siiiu ti1e "o'iu "os
not ready to indorse.
offices of the New L ofk CeIitidi isaliioau
Company 1t was said last night that the company
had contemplated extensive improvements on the
BOSTON g. Albany system. including an extension
Of the terminal facilities in Boston and an addition
"a the equipment of the road These improve
ments 1t was said. recommended by the
Massachusetts, Railroad Commission about seven
months ago 1t said that at present 1t was
tu1possible carry out the plans that had been
made because of lack Of money with which to co
the work The railroad is carrying out improve
r,ants which viii amount to than soo,OO0O0O
when they are completed and on account or Che
,tebtn.ss of The money market IL is Impossible TO
obra{n ANYTHING like the amount needed. Conse-
,,entIv those improvements which In the judg-
,a,t Of the officials least needed had to pass
for the time.
II was added that the railroad was Just as anx-
sons az were the merchants OF Boston 10 nave the
tr,nrcvennents on the Boston g. Albany carried
opt and that the yards in Boston would be en-
1arged and improved at the earliest possible mo-
r,ent IT was said that last summer much had
baen done to relieve the congestion on the Boston
e. Albany and that transit facilities were so much
better that there fewer cases of complaint
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
CITY BONDS IN DEMAND.

The new A. per cent New York City bonds were
strong and active on the Stock Exchange yes'e'
dar and a considerable number were traded IN at
prices ranging from 1O514 1855. which was much
the highest price reached since the issue WAS
brought out. The demand for them came from
ALI classes of investors. but was especially heaVy
from the large savings banks The total amount
tradad An was s623 COO the majority at prices rang
; fro, 1861. TO 1O5ss The advance In the price OF
the n.w bonds had a good effect on the old is OF
1885 and 1887, and they advanced from = to u
New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
READING RATE LESS THAN CENTS.
Interesting Point Brought Out in Annual
Report of the Company.

Philadelphia, Sept 1e.-The average rate OF rare
a mile paid by the 29.9 .97032S passengers carried by
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company IN
the year ended June 30, 1901. was l58i cents 1ihs
IS one of the most interesting facts in the annual
report adopted by the directors following year
Of unequalled prosperity. Last year the rate was
1857 cents.
The large suburban passenger business of the
Heading OF course, reduces the average rate OF
fare even though the long distance riders pay
than the maximum imposed by the 2-cent fare
law the constitutonaIity Of which is now being
tested by the allied railroad interests of the state