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The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Capt James E. White Viii
Leave the Railway Mail
Service.
Was General Superinten-
dent for Past Six
teen Years.
High Tribute to His Worth
From the Postmaster
General.

Capt. James +. White. for sixteen
years general superintendent Of the
Railway Mall Service, and who has been
connected with the service In various
capacities for over forty years. has
rendered his resignation To Postmaster
General CorteIyou, effective February 3.
In asking that his resignation be ac-
copted Captain White gives as the rea-
son his failing health, which he states
makes il impossible 20 give 10 the ser
vice the management il should com
mand, al the same time expressing re-
greet that lac feels obliged 10 sever the
pleasant relations of forty years.
No higher testimonial as 10 the worth
OF the retiring officer and the esteem
ia which lac Is held b. the department
Is needed than the cOmmeudatiOn ex-
pressed by the Postmaster General in
accepting the resignation Of Captain
White ia the following words.
'In accepting your resignation, which
do with mush regret, 10 is proper 10
say that the reasons you have assigned
for this voluntary action reflect credit
upon YOU
1T gives me pleasure 10 speak in
highest commentator OF your excep-
ti0nal career in connection with the
one branch OF the postal service which
Is. perhaps more largely indebted 90
your intelligence and organizing ability
for jus present efficiency than 10 the
service OF any other one person. Enter
ing the postal service Ca 1866. after an
honorable record OF more than four
years Ga the civil war. in which YOU
We're severely wounded, you have
passed through an the grades Of the
railway mail service from the lowest
10 the highest wiki an. unblemished
record and with the result OF having
mastered every detail of the Orgeniza-
zion You have presided over with great
ability as general superintendent for
the past sixteen years"
u is understood that Capt and Mrs.
White VIII make their future home
with relatives near Philadelphia.
As set the department has not an
nouuced the appointment OF Mr..
Whites successor.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

majority of votes mailed direct 10 the
company VIII be found ia favor Of the
International committee ticket
III Is 10 be remembered that the very
first circular sent out by this commit
tee called upon all p0licyh0lders 10 give
no proxies. but % vote direct, This
policy has been continuously urged By
US from that time 10 the closing Of the
polls. We, therefore. believe that the
administration vote is substantially linn
tied 10 proxies solicited by the company.
and that the free expression OF the pol
icyholders' choice by mali is overWhelm-
ingly il cur favor.
Gives the Figures.
Thus. as Mr.. kingsley says. the ad-
ministration ticket cast On the day Of
election Il4000 proxies. and the commit
tee cast l00,0 votes on that day.
1T viii be easily seen that giving The
natural effect 70 the company's course
Of soliciting proxies and 10 the interna-
uonal committees work IN urging d.
rect ballot vote. il Is safe 10 announce
that a large majority OF the ls3. 900 votes
cast by mail are IA favor OF The policy
holders ticket and that the ticket has
won
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
"0uiet Days" and the Mall.

The men / want 1 can't get and
those L can get / wouldn't have"
This time it is the Smithsonian
Institution which is meeting the
proyerbial employers difficulty
sooner or later its regents must
find "A man suited TO the task they
have on hand. a man combining the
enthusiasm of the born student of
science and the restraint of the
born banker. But the hunt must
seem fairly discouraging in the light
of the letter from Prof. Henry Fair
field Osborn, of Columbia University,
in which tina, gentleman declines
the post of secretary of the institu-
tion. These two paragraphs pres
ent very interesting attitude:
1 am myself convinced HAT even with
the assured GO operation OF very able
stan, the ideal development OF the
smithsonian with all its auxiliary in
situations viii require no ming less than
the entire time, thought energy, ana
strength of the secretary for foul az
p
Joseph Henry and even or Spencer =.
bard IN this couEtry have passed The
enormous growth of the country, the
telephone. the taleEFaph the wireless
the great newspaper. make the seciu-
sion and quiet absolutely essential for
research increasingly difficult every
daV.
Failure in the post or anything short
OF complete sue ess would disappoiut
YOU and WOuid disappoiat the public.
VINO naturally can not appreciate the
undlsiGrhed conditions essential 10 the
Prosecution of successful intellectual
work. Other men may be so constitu-
ted as 10 assume a grand ONCE like
The SecretaFN shIp, with IT'S splendid pos
slbihues Tor she future and not have
d. ON their minds day ard night; un-
fortunately, perhaps, / am not 50 COLI
sututed.
Jlave the quiet days" passed even
for the scientist Cannot man
escape the whirl of our modern life
If he undertakes even such admins
trative labor as the direction of the
Smithsonian Is our Washington
Mall a place OF such noisy, pressing.
driving business that "a scientist
must decline the greatest honor he
has ever received or ever expects To
receive-as Prof. Osborn puts it
in order 10 keep at his chosen work?
Here in the Capital we are bound
10 think the situation cannot be
as bad as Prof. Osborn thinks. If
we had To choose a place ideally
near 10 the active life of today and
yet sufficiently removed from it for
every purpose of investigation and
study, we should probably hit upon
the territory bounded by the main
branch of the Potomac. Seventh
street, and the two b streets north
west and soul Invest.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Gossip About Congress
More for Maneuvers
In Army Money Bill

At a meeting OF the House Committee
on Military Affairs yesterday the army
appropriation bill was practically COM
pleted. II VIII be reported TO the House
Monday By Representative Hull. chair
man OF the committee
The details of the bill have not yet
been made public. IL is learned how
ever, that one OF the important items
IL Will contain viii be S2.000,000 Tor
maneuvers the coming summer. Half
this sum viii be for the regular forces
and half for the national guard This
allowance is the same as last year for
regular army, 5ut IS $3.50 90 larger for
the national guard.
There was some disposition in the
committee 10 appropriate Tor the
maneGVers every other year, but the
final conclusion was TO make an appFO-
priatiOn this year.
In case Congress allows the appropria-
ton the War Department viii arrange
FOR nnaneuveFs IN connection with sum
mer brigade camps as il did last sum
meF.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Passing the Blame Around.

The coroner's jury and the Inter
state Commerce Commission are in
curing into the recent Terra Gotta
railroad wreck Pretty soon the
grand jury will be sitting on it, and
there is a proposal to have Congress
make an investigation. 1t is just
possible that there will be SO many
Investigations that the results will
be lost in the scattering chaff of too
much threshing.
Both the coroner and the COM
mission, however, are showing com
mendable disposition To get at the
ultimate merits of this affair. 1t
has been charged repeatedly that
the railroads have rules that are
more frequently honored in the
breach than i'm the observance;
rules that are chiefly intended to
safeguard the company in ease of
disaster; rules under which the EN-
ploye can be blamed and the com
Tany can escape its share of the re-
sponsibility. If this is true. if the
men are expected, and know they
are expected. constantly To violate
the rules and take the chances, -
in order TO make time" the com
munity which travels IS entitled TO
know. 1t has been iterated and re-
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Greene Silent Now,
Once Auctioneer

Representative Greene of Massachus-
etts. known as one of the hardest work
ers in Congr,s IS, aecomplishes all that
he does FOR his district by working
where work counts He appears before
committees who have charge Of his bills,
ana ne achieves results. But Mr.. Greene
rarely makes a speech on the floor OF
the House Although he is at his desk
every day he INDUCES in no oratory as
a rule.
Funny thing about Greene said
one of the wits Of the House.
What's that2''
well, he used TO be an auctiOneer.
YOU know; and yet he doesn't do much
talking in the House. / suppose he
talked himself out when he was auc-
pioneering. The sound Of his own
voice no longer eharmes him-not like
most auctioneers.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Expects to See Smoot
Ousted at This Session

Senator Dubois OF Idaho, who went
home in the recess and is Stin in the
West. has given out an interview in
Salt Lake CITY. i'm which he predicts the
Smoot case will be disposed OF by the
Senate this winter He SAYS he looks
TO see a vote taken On the resolution
late in January or early IN February
expressing the sense OF the Senate that
Smoot is not entitled 10 his seat. and
that he believes the resolution will be
adopted.
Senator Dubois says he is aware there
Is a desire on the part Of some Senators
not 70 vote on the question this winter
but that Senator SmO0t insists he wants
a vote, and that the members OF the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
that voted for a favorable report on
the resolution are anxious TO see vote
taken. While there win be an effort TO
prevent q vote. he does not think the
matter viii be allowed 10 go over this
session.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
CHICKENS PERISH
IN downtown FIRE

Scores Of chickens and turkeys were
smothered 10 death in a Louisiana ave
nue. FIRE last night.
While the market space was filled and
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street
were thronged with the usual Saturday
night crowds, a hre was discovered
about SO O'Clock last night on the TOP
floor of the three-story building at 927
Louisiana avenue.
The fire started in the rooms of Keis-
Ter Bros, commission merchants, who
occupy the third floor of the building
at 90. The flames spread rapidly 10
the adjoining building. occupied Ly the
Hickman Company, commission meF-
chants, at 939 Louisiana avenue.
On the top floor of the Hickman Com
pany's store were about 100 chickens
and several turkeys. All OF the fowls
except three were smothered TO death.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
RULES IN PIECES
ON B. & D. LINES.
EVIDENCE SHOWS
A IaxIp Of admlnlstratlon.

A Iaxity OF administration.
An apparent desire by superiors 10
avoid trouble with the men.
That serious breaches of the rules
governing the block system are pun
ished - short suspensions
That train disPatlhers lose trains for
from five To ten minutes.
That operators al the block towers
sometimes neglect 10 report trains.
That the engineer Of the train which
rushed past danger signal had, at The
time of the accident, been hfty-cighl
hours iu continuous service except two
in,e-nals of four hours each Tor sleep.
That tie official clocks keep irregular
tiEae, that they are not relied upon gen
orally by engineers and conductors and
that they sometimes run down.
That signals GA the blocks are some
times iisregsrded 10y uIc engineer when
he has reason 10 believe that they are in
error.
That the rules assume that signals can
bee seen through the fog.
That train crews realize the fanibil-
Ity of the operators. but depend upon
them 10 bring things out right.
That engineers receive no official no.
thcation of what is behind them.
That men ride in the cabs in open vio-
lation of the rules
such were the facts developed in the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
Qulry into the Terra Gotta wreck, COM
pleted yesterday afternoon.
II announced that on January Il il
would begin an inquiry OF the block
system on the Southern railway. II viii
especially probe the disastrous wreck
OF Thanksgiving Day, in which Presi-
dent Spencer was killed. This accident
and several since that time we're caused
by two trains being admitted IN the
same block
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
ROUSSEAU SELECTED
ENDICOTT'S SUCCESSOR

Civil Engineer Harry II. Rousseau
yesterday formally succeeded Rear Ad-
miral Mordecai T. Endicott. the naval
member OF the LIST lmian Canal Commis-
sion. as chief OF the Bureau OF Yards
ana Docks OF the Navy Department.
After having been in the naval service
but eight years Mr.. Rousseau. with the
rank OF lieutenant. ascended over the
heads OF a number of officers and as
sumed the duties that nave been per
formed for many years by an officer
with the rank OF rear admiral. and who
was retired yesterday because o. age
sixty-tWo years
Such promotion is without parallel
in the history OF any bureau Of the
Navy Department and Mr.. Rousseau,
VINO now is entitled TO the rank OF rear
admiral, is the youngest bureau chief
ever known in the department
Admiral Rousseau's record is re-
markable one in many respects. Totally
without political pull. he received the
much coveted plum purely because of
his mcdesty and unassuming. but am
bilious manner.
Admiral Rousseau WAS born April 10,
1870 and was appointed as civil enSi-
neer from civil life in September. 1895.
lie was dSSlSueu 20 uutg IN ire New
York Navy Yard and in June, the fol-
lowing year. he was detailed TO duty in
The Bureau OF Supplies and Accounts.
In February, 1893 he was sent tO Mare
Island where he has been stationed
since in charge of the engineer work at
the Navy Yard.
Admiral Endicott although retired
has been detailed for special service by
Secretary Metcalf. 10 prepare data
concerning certain yards and docks.
He VIII also continue on the Istllmian
Canal Commission. having hi offices
in the Mills building.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Col. BrownloW Whistles;
Better Than Knocking

Col. Walter Preston BT0WnlOw. one OF
the best friends the Government clerks
have in the House OF Representatives,
is from Tennessee. where he has work
ed as a timer. a locomotive engineer,
and a newspaper reporter and editor.
ITS a wonder you're not something
Of a .knoeker.' " said one Of lis friends
the other day. You were knocking on
tin waen you were ten years old, and
a newspaper reporter and editor gener-
ally gets in some good knocks
.'WeH. you see" sad the Colonel. Il
was also an engineer. When you are
an engineer. you quit knocking and go
70 whistling.
And whisrIing" added the colonel.
always keeps Won in q good hum0r No
knocking for mine.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
College Girl ELOpeS;
Married at Early Hour

DANVILLE. Va. Jan. "a pretty
coll age girl OF eighteen summers and
an excited young man, just a few years
her senior. were the principals in a
romantic elopment which eliminated in
their marrying at the early hour Of
a. m yesterday
Miss Ruth Jones, who has been a stu
dent at the Blackstone Female Insti-
tute. left her home in Roanoke Thurs
day for the purpose of returning 10 re-
sumo her studies Of French. music. Lat
in. ana mathematics, il was supposed
by her parents
She had grown tired of tho long-faced
professor and in Lynchburg met another
tutor, who instructed her In the school
OF love. The new teacher was Robert
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

d. Hinson, a young business man OF
Roanoke.
After coming 10 Danville the couple
drove ten miles through the toughest
roads IN the section in a buggy before
reaching their destination. On account
Of the age Of the bride, she could not
wed in Virginia without her parents
consent They had TO 80 10 Pelham,
y. c., just over the State line. TO have
the knot tied
After the journey from Lynchburg TO
banNiile was made without a railroad
wreck, the couple little feared the rough
roads. the still rOugher weather and the
darkness. After Northern honeymoon
they viii make the future home IN
Roanoke Papa and mamma have been
notified by telegraph. They have net
replied,
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Hitchcock Re ports
On Land Withdrawn

Secretary Hitchcock has reported 10
Congress on the public lands Withdrawn
from entry ana fling since July /. lStS.
The report shows that the total amount
of land withdrawn is "a 1925 acres OF
this all bat 600 acres is supposed 10 be
coal land Land Withdrawn for irriga-
ton projects aggregated l,OJo, 454 acres
The land permanently Withdrawn Tor
forest reservation is %, 200. % acres.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

Anybody VINO is still uncertain whether
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has secured any powers that are worth
while would do well to address E. II. II.
Alden. N. Y
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN JERSEY.

BOUND BROOK, y J.. Jan. 5.-A
slight earthquake was felt here this
evening at 1880 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

In excluding a California newspaper
from Japan on the ground that il isn't
iii TO be read By the subjects Of the
lIikado. the Toxic government shows a
sense OF humor.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

Holman and Mrs. William Thaw that
they are not being tried, and that ia
case of an eleetrocutlon II viii cot be
their funeral that viii tollOw.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

They don't handle bombs 50 skiufldly
in Philadelphia as in ST. Petersburg,
not having had 50 much experience.
The man who threw that one yesterday
was killed by IT,
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Mental Telegraphy.

Mental biography and "telepathy
are not 10 be COMPOUNDED Mental teleg-
raphy'' as distinguished from ''telep-
atPy" is wholly volitiOnal and re-
quires the concentration of the objec-
tive mind on the message 10 be COM
municated. This may be done at any
time. therefore it is not dependent upon
the sleep condition.
While we cannot have mental teleg-
raphy without 'telepathy," We can
and do have "telepathy' without
mental biography
For those who ask derisiv=ly (as if
derision settled the question:: How can
mind influence mind at a distance? there
is for sufficient answer. the counter
question: How can matter influence
matter at distance? It should be re-
membered that thought recognizes no
limitations of time ar space.
The Psychological Research Society OF
London England, after a thorough in
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

front line for insrection, statesmen with
Presidential tendencies are advised 10
consult Secretary Shaw or Secretary
Taft
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

Thomas ". Lawson is reported TO
have made big killing on the New
York curb market for coppers. Recol-
IeCt Laws0n2
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

There is ground for lhe belief that a
man who refused 10 take the governor
ship OF Colorado at tho hands Of the
gang which now runs that State. has
some qualifications for a commissioner
OF tie General Land Office.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

ar. Hartman" said William Nelson
Cromwell, moves In another and higher
realm The interstate Commerce Com
mission declined To go out To his house,
however, and investigate the realm
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Observation-Disclosures
of
Personal Magnetism TeIepathy- Psychology
Suggestion HypnOtiSm and SpiritualiSm.

BY the eminent Psychologist and Hygienist.
EDWARD b. WARMAN, A. M.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-14
The Increase of Insanity

In an extract from the New York Medical Journal it is said that Git is a very striking and significant fact that while the percentage of the foreign born to the state population is 26, the percentage of the foreign born insane is 46 Whence the higher prevalence of insanity among the foreign form it is hard to state.'
 This is easy of explanation, for it is we'll known that when insanity devel- ops in families, especially in Great Britain and Germany, they immediately emigrate to America under the impress sion that voyage across the sea and a settlement in a new land will remove the ban. But it seldom does anything of the kind.
 The prevalence of insanity in rural districts proves that absence of society and amusement greatly increases the tendency to mental trouble, 1t is re- markable that there is less insanity in Japan than in any other land. The cause of this should be investigated. l believe it can be found in the social and religious conditions of that marvel ous country-Letter in the New York Sun.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-14
Wanted Teeth Like Roosevelt s

"That's the limit" said Market street dentist day or two ago. "What do you think that man wantsi" Then he turned and wiped off an instrument. "Asked me if could make him a set of teeth like President Roosevelt s. I told him I could if he would bring along mouth like the presidents So he went away mad. Said he was great admirer of the president and all that, and wanted a set of teeth just like Rooseveit's. Yes, he wave all sorts of eranks coming along here. The other day a woman brought in monkey and wanted me to fill tooth for it. I told her We weren't t in the monkey business, and away she went in a huff. Ohl that's nothing. Part of the business, you know. ''-Philadelphia Record.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-14
A WORLDWIDE CONDITION

In England bread has increased in price three cents a loaf Flour costs $l95 more per sack, and coal dollar more a ton than they did a year ago. That has very familiar sound. It seems like a voice from home and brings the consolation of knowing that there are others.
 But that is not all. In Germany the cost of living has brought an epidemic of strikes with their assistant burdens There the tariffs which shut out foreign food supplies have made meats lux ury which the workingman cannot af- ford The cost of four has forced the use of millet, and there has been actual suffering among the lower classes of labor, which happily has not been the fact in the United States.
 Throughout Europe and indeed throughout the world, not excepting Ja- pan, the price of labor has also mater ially advanced, as have taxes and so- has the price of the necessities. It is not a condition peculiar to this coun- try, but the same factors that have been at work here have been active every where.
 It has been a period of tremendous business activity. The development everywhere of the natural resources, of the mines, of the water powers, building materials, agriculture and other sources of wealth have compelled or followed the increase in other industries.
 There has been an abnormal demand for transportation, the building of high ways, steam roads, trolley lines, canals and steam vessels, for mills and factor ies, for business houses and residences, and the result has been an activity along all lines of business beyond the increase of the money supply to pay the bills.
 Ado to this the destruction of wealth by earthquakes and wars and the world conditions clearly foreshadowed the high cost of living, the high price of labor, the making of the few suddenly and enormously rich, the resultant spr'ad of extravaganza and the growth of socialism. Hindsight makes it all plain. It needs no theories, for it stands upon the facts of now known condi- tions.
 The world has run to the limit and beyond in this direction. The reaction is really overdue, but we are entering upon it. The problem now is to keep it from being extreme, to hold what has been won and is wholesome and weed out the bad and corrupting. Certainly the world should be wise enough to do this, as it surely is rich enough.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-14
At the Alexander

Owing to non-arrival of films, no change of program took place last night but tonight an entire change of pro- gram will be shown, featuring Miss Edna Mcdonald, quick change artist, in Indian and Scottish dances. Miss Mcdonald is considered one of the best artists in the business. Reyo brothers will appear in comic sketch and Haynes and Mathews will present their slap stick comedy sketch. New pictures and new songs will also be shown tonight.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-14
Reflections of a Bachelor

A girl can write herself love letters if nobody else will.
 Anybody could get money if having it was really the root of all evil.
 Some divorces cost lot, but are worth all the alimony that must be paid.
 The only man who doesn t hate to have gray hair is when it was red be- fore.
 The best way to safeguard what you own is not to have it worth anything New York Press.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-14

In South Carolina court the other day man named Knuckles and another named Ankles appeared before the judge, who rapped Knuckles with lec- ture and pulled Ankles leg for a $1O fine.