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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-31
ASTR0L0GERS ENTHRONE
HINDU CRlCKETER PRINCE

BOMBAY, India, March SO.-The new
Jam Of Nawanager. who was until re-
Gently famous cricketer in England
Prince RaujitsinhJ, has been set on his
throne under the auspices Of astrologers
me ceremony took place in q great
tent erected in front of one of the Jam s
three palaces. RanjitsinhjI was arrayed
IN a splendid jeweled costume. his belt
and sword elittering with gems. He
was Installed as reigning Jam by Mr..
Fitzgerald representing TIE Indian gov
eminent, who was received by the Jam
with salute Of artillery. After a
speech eulogizing the prince and his
ancestors. the British agent handed the
Jam the keys of the treasury.
AS an orthodox Hindu of the Raiput
race. the Jam had to consult astroIogers
before fixing the date Of his instaIla-
ton There was some haste in appoint
ing the date. because the astroIogers
declared th3t II il did not take place rat
a certain date. there would not be an
other suspicious day for two months.
= ne astfologens. even azed- tha-exact
laolaFnF Iof 1ne Jsfn arriVal al Ma
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SPANISH PEOPLE AWAIT
ARRIVAL OF HEIR

PARIS, March 30.-Ever since the news
Of his birth was announced, the young
King Of Spain has been the darling of
his people. They all watched his grow
up with pride, and it was with great
satisfaction that it was noticed that he
was a good Hatured. pleasant hail-fel-
lOw-well-met young monarch. All the
people greet him. when they meet him,
with personal inquiries about his health,
etc. To all these questions he answers
with kindly. good-humored and joking
answers, until he has made himself alb
sOlutely adored. His marriage natural
iy was an event of great Importance
to his people, but the event which causes
the greatest excitement among his peo-
pie is the announcement that an heir iS
shortly expected to the Spanish throne.
AS the King was returning the other
day from the hunt a. Savanna he was
accosted by an old woman who indGired
with the utmost sang-froid What does
your Majesty expect the stork to bring
YOU shcrtly7" We all hope fervently for
an heir Fortunately, this little scene
was snapshcted, and the picture APP
peared IN due course in the shops I'M
mediately they were snapped up. every
one wanted "A copy, and in a short time
they were ali sold out. Il IS TOR them
the proof OF their E9ues king demo
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.ERRlC0NE, CAM0RRA CHIEF,
ESCAPES TO THE u. S.

PARIS, March 3O.-The prisons at
Naples are fun of members of the Ca
mora, the terrible secret society which
is responsible for most of the murders
and vendetta crimes Of Naples.
The government is carrying on a Wig
orous campaign against the Camorra
and 500 Camorrists are in jail. But now
the authorities have had TO transfer
numbers of them TO other prisons in diff
ferent parts of the country, because the
prisoners were holding communication
with their comrades outside by a code.
and also because the prisons were over
crowded.
Erricone. the supreme chief of the
Naples CamoTra, has escaped to the
United States. He sent an impudent
message TO the police saying he had only
gone away for his health and would be
back before long. He got on board the
steamer disguised as a coal-heaver and
without paying his passage The 500
CamOrrists viii have to wait some
twelve months in Jail before their trial
commences.
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New YOrk's Peace Congress.

Our Gotham contemporary is to
be congratulated that it has the
high honor of being the seat of the
Peace Congress for 1907. There is
singular appropriateness in the Sc
lection, for New York is such a
peaceful and picturesque little place
that no Earring note can possibly be
heard by the delegates when they
gather inside Carnegie Hall on April
IA
All the disquiet that can possibly
arise will come from their own de-
liberations, unless possibly Mr..
Hearst has a row with Mr.. McClel-
Ian as to VINO is mayor de jure, "
and therefore entitled to welcome
the members to the freedom of the
metropolis.
But even this would hardly disturb
the serenity of the peace men who
assemble at Gotham. They VIII prob
ably prove superior even to the
fmobs at the Brooklyn bridge termi-
nal or the prices at the hotels
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Chicago.

Not in modern times-politically
speadng-has Chicago elected a Re
publican mayor. To recount how
many times one Carter Harrison or
another has been elected mayor of
that interesting and expansive com
munity, with all the newspapers
against him. would involve a stunt
in the higher mathematics hardly
justified by any apparent Importance
of the accurate information. The
point is that Mayor Dunno is now a
candidate for reelection. with all
but the Hearst papers against him;
and for ten days the situation has
unquestionably been growing day
by day more favorable TO Dunno.
Chicago is a Republican city, ex-
cept on street cars. It has been
voting year after year with logged
determination for whoever came
nearest to promising it public own
ership. Dunno now stands for that;
and if he is beaten, It viii prove that
Chicago has got tired of the long
and seemingly hopeless fight. IL
will mean nothing more.
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DOWIE'S heir"
APPEARS AS NEW PROPHET
Arrival of Zionist Leader From Mexico Leads to Frenzy
Among People of the Religious
City.

CHICAGO. March 3O.-A battle for a
kingdom, the temporal and spiritual
leadership Of the sect founded by John
Alexander Dowie. promising more SEN
sations than the most exciting chapters
of the dead prophets career, is being
planned in Zion City by the opposing
forces
John A. Lewis, believed TO have been
named in a will by Dowie as successor
TO the title of Elijah III. first apostle
of the Christian Catholic Church, ar
rived today from Mexico. The religious
frenzy OF the formative days OF Zion
appears to be returning among DoWie' s
followers. many OF whom regard the ar
rival Of Lewis as a divine inspiration.
A great detection from, Voliva's sup
port IS said 70 be taking place as the
people are not satisfied with his conduct
OF affairs. II General Lewis combines
the dictatorial force OF his predecessor
with ability to preserve with ,the world
at large the religious and financial in
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Narrowing Down.

Some phase of the problem of cor
poration regulation seems almost
certain to constitute the issue in the
Presidential campaign of 1908, The
tariff can hardly be forced into the
primacy, because the Republicans
are practically certain to promise
revision, and the Democrats can do
little more than that.
There must be substantial, funda-
mental vital disagreement between
the two parties on some question Of
the first magnitude if the campaign
is going 10 be a race. Otherwise, it
win be a mere procession. But
where is this difference to crop up?
The parties are not far apart on
tariff; nobody cares about imperial
ism any longer; the money question,
as General Hancock said of the tar
if, has become largely a local issue
Localized by the eNgencies Of the
individual citizen; the Democrats
will not dare try To make State
rights the keynote, because if they
did they would be thrashed out of
their boots IN every State except the
solid South, and likely a. not would
lose half of it; and until very re-
Gently it has not been plain that the
two parties differed about anything
essential in this matter of corporate
legislation.
But it may be that here viii Yet
be drawn the line. Mr. Bryan and
Mr.. Whitney agree, apparently, that
railroads are entitled to earn re-
tuns on their physical valuation;
the Presiden: and the dominating
influences in the Republican party
cqksider that they should earn re
turns on their commercial valua-
ton"
There is the differeRee Of one
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SUNDAY, MARCH 81. 1907.
Out the Back Window.

A first step toward the redemption
of Washington's back yards will be
the removal of the high fences that
hem them in. They seem TO have
been erected for three purposes, all
of which they fulfill, TO wit:
1. To shut out the breezes.
>. To cut the view into pens.
3. To give the cats fine roosting
places.
Not a single advantage can be
cited in their favor. They are a
prime factor in the unlOvehness of
our back-window outlook. And If
hours comes down this spring, may
he your neighbor win take as much
pride in his grass and flowers as you
40.
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tegrity of his constituency, a noble career
awaits him. There are several thousand
people in Zion City who need the din
Of some such leader. They want fire.
works as Dowie gave them. If they
get them they viii be satisfied. Voliva
Is said to have been too staid, too con-
sentative. There are likely to be some
dramatic and pathetic displays Of hys-
terra In the neighborhood of Zion City
when the conflict begins.
Madame Ho:er, the disciple Of Alex
ander DOwie, does not believe the
prophet is dead. When the news
was brought to her she said:
II do not believe it. The prophet him
self tolc me he would never die. He
said he might 50 away for a time, but
would come again end return the money
l lent him"
When the papers came with the notice
OF the death she added:
He VIII return again 10 ne I shall
see him again before long"
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a tremendous battle over. 1t is not
an easy question to answer, this of
whether the water in securities is
a vested right c. a vested wrong.
Neither is it easy 20 tell how much
there is, or, for certain, whether
there is any water in the railroad
securities. A good case can be made
on either side by a good advocate.
We believe that the water which
the American people have permitted
TO get into these securities ought to
be paid for, somehow, by the Ameri-
can people. But we are not at all
certain on which side of the ques-
ton a majority of people would
vote.
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STEEL PEN INDUSTRY
RESULT OF ROMANCE

LONDON. March 30-A romance Of
the steel pen industry is recalled by the
death of Joseph Henry elliott. son Of
Joseph elliott who Invented the process
Of maChine-made pens. Old Joseph Gil
lott came TO Birmingham as a young
man and worked as a bucklemakeT. He
loved Miss Mitchell, sister of two broth
ers who made steel pens by hand.
Through his cOurtship of Miss Mitchell,
whom he afterward married. he learned
all he could about making steel pens,
and he gradually developed a system OF
mechanical production. He was soon
producing steel pens so cheaply that the
new competition of handmade pens
was killed. and he rapidly made a for
tune. eventually dying worth over So
OO0000 II is said that elliott and his
bride made and sold gross Of steel
pens on their wedding morning before
they went TO church.
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TWENTY-FIVE HEIRS
FOR SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS

NEW YORK. March 9o-One of the
most complicated cases on record III the
recovery of dead" funds in savings
banks is being Investigated by William
T. Hamilton, jr., and Albert J. Graefee,
lawyers, of 206 Broadway, who are trying
TO divide a $1,000 pie among twenty-five
hungry heirs.
Stephen Skeer. or Scarr, who was born
a slave in Elkton, Md, came to this
city in 1873, and the following year de-
posted 500 in the Chambers Street
Bank, now the Bank for Savings. at
Fourth avenue and TUenty-second
street. In August 1924 he drew out So
The bank was unable to find any OF
the heirs In 1901 George A Smythe of
S64 St Nicholas avenue. took hold of the
case. He found two heirs, John Andrew
stephen SkeeT. Of $40 Third avenue, and
John Alfred ScaTr, of 90 Fifth avenue,
Brooklyn, and had them appointed ad-
ministratoTs of the estate.
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BEAUTY'S PHOTO
FREE OF CHARGE

In response to many letters of
inquiry, The Sunday Times has
made arrangements with several of
the leading photographers of Wash
ington whereby photographs of
prospective participants in The Sum-
day Times contest for the honor of
being declaFed the most beautiful
woman in Washington may have
their photographs taken free of
charge until and including Friday,
April u.
All that is necessary is for the
woman whose photo is to be taken,
or the person Swho is to enter the
photo in the c pntest to call at the
news room of The Times, tenth
floor, Munsey Building, and obtain
an order for he photo from the
Beauty Editor, Sunday Times.
These orders will be addressed TO
any one Of tho following photog-
raphers;
Atkinson. AN 18th st. northwest
Bachrach. 1881 F street northwest
Bell. ...1321-23 @ street northwest
Boyce. ..t335 F street northwest
Buck.......itt3 F street northwest
Gilbert COZ htth street northwest
Harris s. EWING. ...f3tf F St. NV.
Paine CPS F street northwest
Parker. 1928 F street northwest
Prince. :. Pa a Ke. and nth st. n. W.
Rice .-.-. i2o4 F street northwest
To0les. .1l01 F street northwest
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ROSES AND LILIES.

Roses and lilies TO dream Of, dream Of
them coming again
After the hill-wlnds blow over, after the
April rain.
Roses and lilies In visions. and lilies Of
light in the gloom,
With their old, inefable fragrance, their
dainty and velvety bloom.
Roses and lilies in gardens Of faery and
elm CLEAN,
With soft little, bloom little whispers Of
glOTies that dwell in a dream;
Roses and lilies that wander so sweet IN
the sweet OF the day,
All ND the sweet paths OF the valleys IN
delicate footsteps Of May.
Roses and lilies I love themi All let
them lean sweet by the gate
Where blossom the hearts of the living,
and blooms of the living love wait;
Roses and lilies TO dream Of dream Of
them coming again,
After the hil-winds blow over, after
the April rain.
Baltimore Sun.
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ance in a community. A few brave
spirits will combat it with Unfagging
vigilance, while the many viii shrink
from actual participation in its suppress
sicn, but when the victory has been won
by the minority the majority viii join
in the general rejoicing and felicitation
over its eradication.
Persons Of vicious character will some
times dare 10 intrude themselves upon
society. and it is astonishing 70 witness
the cowardice of the many who seem too
tiinid 70 do their part toward the expul-
sion Of dangerous spirits, leaving the few
10 accomplish the desired step.
when the country is in danger from
foreign or domestic foes it is the few
who spring to the rescue and the hosts
lag behind until victory is vouchsafed
TO tie patriotic.
The most appalling Sinking OF re-
sponsibiiity follows great disasters that
are the result Of criminal careIessness-
Incompetent agents of corporations are
entrusted with important duties that
should not be given into the hands Of
any but intelligent and we'll trained men
Of absolutely correct habits. Other re-
liable and experienced agents are forced
10 remain on duty for so many hours
That tired nature gives out and catas-
trophies ensue.
IS there not gross disregard Of in
GividuaI responsibility somewhere. or in
competency and overtaxed human ma
ture would have no place in the service
Of great corporations.
II may be asked, What can one person
accomplish with the mUIUtude2 II every
one would stsnd firmly on the principle
Of individual responsibility the multitude
would be on the SIDE OF right. and acct
dents would be fewer and there vOuId
&c an equalization OF the obligations OF
rankind. No one can cancel the per-
sonal accountability Of another. Fach
must render an account in that day
when the secrets OF all hearts are laf5
bare.
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KING EDWARD EN4HUSES
OVER MOTORING CLUB

LONDOlS, March Skiing Edward.
who is an enthusiastic mOtorist and
owns several autos. has shown his in
terest in the sport bv raising the Au-
tomobiie Club Of GREAT Britain TO
royal" dignity The club, which is IN a
fourishing condition, with 5000 members
will hencefoTth be known as the Royal
Automobile Club and this mark Of the
Kings favor viii undoubtedly increase
the membership sUH further. His ma
jestv, who has been a patron of the club
for some years. was referred to at the
club dinner at which the announcement
was made, as the foremost notorist in
the Kingdom"
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Individual Responsibility
By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.

r. He question of individual respon-
siDility has latteTly occupied the
attention Of thinkers, teachers,
Jurists, and preachers, and it is
TO be hoped that there may be a uni
versaI awakening on this simple prop
osition.
We have drifted too far into a feeling
that society, legislative bodies. corpor-
atoms, associations and those in author
ity, are responsible for existing cOndi-
tons, for the welfare of the church. the
State ana nation, without stopping TO
inquire whether or not we have as in
dividuals performed our duties faith
fully.
Upon every human being rests a direct
obligation and accountability for the
talent he has. Everyone has one or
more according TO what God has given
m
individuals forget that they are an
integral part OF society, church, COM
munity, State and country. And yet
the days 80 by without their feeling
twinges of conscience because Of their
Indifference to their moral responsible
ity IN human affairs. II approached in
the interest OF charity they are ready
with excuses for their lack Of gener-
osity. If requested to aid IN the pres
ervauon Of law and order they insist
uoon their exemption from duty be
cause they are not IN official position
or are unacqUainted with the mOdus
operandi of legal matters.
II some knotty question affecting So
ciety comes up they dodge behind some
leader and play fast and loose sinking
their duty and leaving the few to
struggle for the supremacy OF right and
the condemnation Of the wrong II
trouble arises in the church they are
rra0y % accuse the congregation OF ne
gsect and indifference. invariably failing
10 include themselves in the category
in which they place others
A hideous evil often makes its appeas-
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NIGHT RIDERS DESTROY
TOBACCO AND PROPERTY

PRINCETON. Ky. March 50.-Night
riders destroyed tobacco and property
valued at several thousand dollars near
Lamasco. on the Lyon county line. last
night
party Of thirty masked men went
TO the home of Tom Reddick and forced
MIN to go 10 his barn and point out the
tobacco belonging 10 Wallace. a promi-
nent independent grower
They poured oil on the tobacco and
burned it. They then went to Wallace
barn and set FIRE to it, totally destroying
H. The people are wrought up and are
talking of vigilance committee. Wal
lace had refused 10 join the Tobacco
Growers Association.
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Typhoid Not the Only Menace.


4 committee exceptionally calcu-
lated TO hold the confidence of the
community has been named by the
District Commissioners to investi-
gate the problems involved in the
Districts milk supply. Producers,
distributors, business men. experts
in hygiene, chemists, and bacteriolo-
gists are all included. Their work is
ito fix upon the best policy to pro-
cure an absolutely pure milk supply
for the residents of this city"
In connection with the appoint
ment Of this body, Commissioner
mcfarland mas said:
The Commissioners and the Health
Officer have been for years endeavOring
TO improve the milk supply. Their sue
cess has been marked, as the report of
Surgeon General Wyman attributing
only 10 per cent of the typhoid fever
cases to the milk supply. shows. BY
procuring legislation and appropriations
and making and enforcing regulations.
conditions have been remarkably i'm
proved, but we want 70 make them as
nearly perfect as possible, Just as other
communities are trying to do.
This statement, together with
news references to milk as a source
of typhoid, threatens to cloud the
questions which the committee must
consider. Mr.. Macfarland makes the
position of the Board of Commits
sioners clear when he states its pur-
pose as an endeavor to make the
regulations as nearly perfect as pos
sible; which IS a very much broader
undertaking than tracing the rela-
ton of milk to the recent spread of
typhoid.
For. if it should be proven that
not a single case o. the fever had
been due To contaminated milk, and
that yet local conditions might
probably spread typhoid, it would
still be needful and urgent to cor
rect those conditions. Or, if there
were no conceivable likelihood that
milk might spread that disease at
all. it would still be the duty of the
authorities TO safeguard the com
munity from the spread, by the
same means, of consumption or any
other disease.
As a matter of fact, the menace Of
the Districts prevailing supervision
over its milk supply has not been
typhoid fever, but tuberculosis
Cows are peculiarly susceptible to
this ailment, their milk is easily in
fected with Il, and the channel for
its transmission to the human con
sumner is so easy that the AgricuI-
tural Department rates it as chief
source of consumption.
Effective methods of preventing
the spread of tuberculosis through
contaminated milk have been
proven They are practical, econom-
zeal, and comparatively easy to en-
force. If this new commission shall
weigh them against each other and
choose one which. in its judgment,
is well calculated TO safeguard the
city from tubereular milk, and the
/ Commissioners shall then-by OBJ
tanning additional legislation or
otherwise enforce that method, the
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Faust Badly Sung;
PanCon RedeemS
Poor Performance

more should have been made Of the
great trio in the last act. II seems a
pity we cannot have opera uncut. and
so familiar an opera, but as matter
OF fact there was a plenty Of DIPPED
as il was.
Plancon saved Games life at the close
Of the first scene Of the third act. When
she succumbed with terror at sight Of
Mephisto. at the close Of the scene, she
fell too close to the front Of the stage,
and but for the presence Of mind Of the
great bassO, who walked coolly behind
her while the curtain was coming, she
would have been struck on the head
by the heavy pole He caught the end
Of the curtain as Il fell and threw ii
out which was the only thing which
prevented a serious accident
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INDICT HISSISSIPPIANS
! FOR LOTTERY SCHEME

JACKSON. Miss, March so-As the
result Of sensational disclosures made
today regarding the operation of the
lottery scheme on the Mississippi coast.
indictments involving some Of the most
prominent citizens in that section of
the State are expected. A special term
Of the Federal court will meet at Biloxi
10 Thoroughly sift the matter.
While the authorities decline to reveal
any OF the details. it was learned that
the regular drawing Of the lottery prizes
took place aboard vessels in the gulf.
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And speaking of the premature ripen-
ing of the Louisiana peach crop, II
might be added that some Of these towns
that expect TO compete with Washing
ton women in this beauty show are
picking their peaches without the best
Of Judgment.
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Any young woman who IS surprisingly
lovely but never happened TO be told
OF the fact, viii please hurry around to
the Beauty Editor and turn in her
photo so that Washington may make
assurance doubly sure of winning this
contest
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are advertising for wives doubtless read
about the beauty contest in the news
papers till It made them realize their
ignominious situation.