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gates were opened, it would seem
the majority leaders would have a
hard time shutting off debate on
the whole matter of State jurisdic-
ton.
Then what? Either a Republican
Congress must make some show
of abolishing immunity baths" and
the present opportunity of corpora
tons TO use Federal courts as a
shield for fictional residence, or it
must make ready TO go before the
country and fight a Democratic
claim that it failed TO do so when
it had full opportunity. 1t does not
stretch the imagination TO conceive
the people asking very embarrassing
questions in this connection of the
men who make their laws.
OF course the subject may not
rouse the country. Or, attracting
general attention at one time it
may be obscured at another. But
many stranger things have happen
ed than that this proposition from
Judge Benjamin shall seize and hold
the public interest. If it does, the
answer to it viii 60 far toward de-
marking the two jurisdictions of
our Government for the first half of
the twentieth century.
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Coming to a Head?

State rights and Capitalization
may stop arguing and come to blows
sooner than we think The issue
may very reasonably come to a head
in the course of the Forthcoming
long session of Congress. Indeed,
it is not altogether impossible that
it may devolve upon the Senate and
House to settle for this generation
the limits of the two powers, Ma
tional and State.
Curiously, it may be the jurisdic-
ton of the Federal courts subordi-
nate to the United States Supreme
Court which will bring the current
discussion to a climax. Everyone in
Washington remembers Mr.. Bailey's
remarkable speech to the Senate, es-
tablishing the power of Congress to
limit the authority of all the courts
which it creates. Now comes the
venerable and distinguished Reuben
NJ. Benjamin, an accepted leader of
the Illinois bar, to propose that
this power to limit be used to keep
corporations doing interstate bust
ness in their proper places.
Congress already withholds from
fiesh-and-bloOd citizens the aid of
Federal courts unless "the matter
in dispute exceeds, exclusive of in
terest and ost, the sum or value of
$4,000" why" asks Judge Ben
jamin in the Bloomington Panta-
graph, "may not Congress constitu-
tionally withhold from the corpora
lions created by New Jersey or any
other State the aid of the Federal
courts in enforcing their claims
against citizens and corporations of
ether States unless they comply
with such requirements and restric-
tions as to publicity and aggrega-
tons of'corporate wealth as may be
prescribed by Federal law?''
To our Washington view the law
makers viii hesitate to extend Fed
eral supervision over citizens
whether fictional or naturally de-
nying them access to the nations
courts. But suppose the proposition
goes before either house? Or sup
pose that, taking the other tack, a
Democrat introduces a bill provid-
ing that the Federal courts shall
have jurisdiction only where the Of
ficers OF corporations are in fact
residents of the State from which
the corporation sues? Once the
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A Wise Judge.

Chief Justice Aiken, of the su-
perior court of Massachusetts,, has
just given the boys of Holyoke
something to think about. He has
held three youngsters hostages and
all the rest must behave themselves
or by their bad deeds send the trio
to the reformatory. The boys had
been found guilty of breaking into
summer cottages along the Con-
necticut river, and in finally dispos-
ing of their cases the judge revealed
his really remarkable plan.
Il have had serious misgivings
whether or not I should not impose
a sentence" he said The matter
has troubled me greatly. 1t is
hardly possible for me TO feel that
1 have made an exact differentiation
between criminals. My misgivings
have been particularly strong 1
wanted that you young men should
realize what probation meant. You
boys will be under the most careful
watch of the district attorney. If
there are any more disturbances in
Holyoke of this general character,
you boys will be sentenced. If other
boys commit these crimes, / shall
not sentence you for what they do,
but l shall sentence you for what
you have already done. The good
behavior of the community is there
fore on your shoulders"
The country viii like a justice
who confesses that the matter of
disposing of youthful offenders
troubles" him. And it viii approve
his way Of making young America
in Holyoke toe the mark generally
Not every member of the bench
would have had the happy inspira-
ton of resting the further punish
ment of a few on the conduct of
the many. 1t is an imposed respon-
sibility that should do good in all
directions
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TEN ARRESTED
FOR CONSPIRACY

DENVER. June 25.-Ten prominent
citizens of Colorado have been arrested
in connection with the indictments made
by the special Federal grand jury on
Saturday. The charges against them
are conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment under the coal and timber laws.
Those who were placed under arrest are:
John b Mcmillan. Robert Forester
chief geologist of the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad; Otis B. Spencer. for
merly clerk of the district court; f w
Keitel, a coal operator; John A. Porter.
formerly president of the Porter Fuel
Company; Edgar NJ. Biggs, president,
and John ]. McGinnity. and Charles d
MCPhee. directors OF the New Mexican
Lumber Company; Alex Sulenberger,
president of the Pagosa Lumber Com
pany. and Charles H. Freeman, of Pa
gOSa.
All were arraigned before United
States Commissioner Sanford V. Hines
dale and held in 5000 bonds. with the
exception Of Mcmillan, whose bond was
placed at $500. The bond was furnish
ed In each case.
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DELIGHTFUL SARDOU COMEDY
PLEASES BELASCo AUDIENCE

As a fitting Offering for the torrid
weather. Edwin Arden selected one Of
the lightest and most entertaining bits
Of literature Of the French school when
his company last night opened the week
with Sardou's "A Scrap Of Paper"
Electric fans kept the atmosphere In
the house fairly cool. and the light,
feathery character OF the play made no
undue demands upon ones mental facul-
ties, so the audience merely sat still and
was highly entertained.
The Sardou comedy tells the story of
the dire consequences that confront
those who conduct their love affairs on
paper The chase for a piece Of paper
a love note Of three years past from a
young woman. since married, forms the
basis Of the plot and as the elusive note
darts merrlly from the hand OF one &c
another. each time almost within the
grasp OF the two who are most anxious
pitch Of excitement
Mr.. Arden and his company give the
comedy a bright snapDy Interpretation
II the role OF Prosper Couramont. the
man 10 whom the note was written. he
again brought into play his ouieter and
more convincing methods OF reDOse
amy Rcard, the new leading woman
OF inc company, was warmly welcomed
-4.J~NNNh- lAAN NECESSARY NlNdCllT and
spirit into the role OF the artfuI SUI
Zanna- Miss Picard is popular IN wash
inSton, although her visits have been
Few. Laura Oakman. a young Washing
ION gHl. played the eXacting role Of
Louise, the writer Of the fateful letter
with ease and self poise. Edward Ellis.
IN another OF his character roles. gave
much HE TO the performances and
Charles Arthur, who weekly grows moro
interesting in character sketches ~ =
capital as AnatoIe
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THE WAY TO GET THERE.

II YOU chance TO lose your grip
Some dark day, young feller,
Don't parade a droopin' lip.
Ner begin TO heller;
Jest spit on yer hands, my son,
An a fresh trail foller:
Run the race you've got to run
Don't lie down an boiler!
Grab a fresh hold; don't you quit.
Cause you've made one blunder;
No use sQuealin' yer bit
You're the dog 'twuz under.
Jest put UP a sassy fight,
An Up bet a dollar
That you're gOin' II come out all right
Don't lie down an hOller.
Yelpin' never done no good.
When yer troubles thicken
Do as any scrapper would
Don't you play the chicken;
Roll your sleeves up good an high,
Toss aside your collar;
Simply say you'll do er die
Don't lie down and holler.
Buckle IN fer all yer worth;
Show folks you amt daily:
Prove they's one cUss on this earth
Who amt iilled on taffy.
II you're sinner or a saint.
Blockhead or a scholar.
Listen 70 this timely plant:
Donit lie down and holler!
Set yer teeth and show yer sand,
S'pose you chance 10 tumble;
That's the time to play yer hand
Tain't no use to grumble.
II yer out to win a name.
Or to win the dollar.
Here's the way TO bag the game
Don't lie down and holleri
Los Angeles Express.
The Washington times., 1907-06-25

The Stubbornness Of Geraldine" one
Of Clyde F1tch's most wholesome and
enjoyable comedies, is the attraction
offered at the Columbia Theater this
week, and the initial performance
served TO show the Columbia Stock
Company under the most favorable con-
ditions. and in the best possible form.
Notwithstanding the extremely oppress-
i've atmosphere. the house was more
than well filled. q fact In which the cir
cumstance that the evening was de-
voted to the benefit Of the Washington
Choral Society probably played no IN
important part.
The play presents no problems" nor
is there in it even trace OF unpleasant
suggestiveness. With the first scene
laid aboard an ocean liner. II IS as II
the pure sea breeZes pervaded the
action from beginning TO end The in
terest centers in two good, honest
American girls-the one. Geraldine Long,
coming to the United States after hav-
ing spent her childhood abroad; the
other. vi Thompson. Of Butte. Mont,
returning from a taunt through Europe.
Though Numerically opposed TO each
other in temperament, they become fast
friends on their trip across the water.
and each also meets her fate. one in
the person OF the Hungarian Count
Kinsky. the other in the guise Of the
British Lord Tilbury.
EiIda SpOng carries the title role. Like
everything she has done since her ad-
vent here this summer. she does this
part extremely well. The stubbornness
with which Geraldine Is taxed by her
friends. but which. as It turns out. is
really nothing more than a most
womanly and womanlike faith in the
man 70 whom she has given her neart,
becomes under her manipulation a de-
lightful attribute Of a very engaging
personality.
Charlotte Walker presented, in the
personatiOn Of vi Thompson, the most
charming, whOlehearted, true-blue Amer
lean young woman, albeit with decidedly
imagine. She fairly dubbed over with
mirth-it burst forth in every word she
uttered. sparkled IN every glance Of her
miSchieVOuS eyes. fairly OOZed from her
fingers ends. To use WIS most favor
lite expression, she was lovely, per
fectly lovely"
Guy Coombs gave an excellent por-
trayal of the young Hungarian count.
Herbert Mckenzie, as Lord Tilbury
failed to be convincing. Frances Younge
as Fraulein Handt. Alice Parks Warren
as Mrs. Jars, Effie Darling as Mrs.
Wrighton, George CASTOR as Jars, con-
rounded performance, and all the minor
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rates TO different Eastern cities
from rs and 81 cents to 70 and 76
cents and the lowering of the re-
frigerating charge from 1875 cents
to IL cents a crate. Then it says:
This can be taken but one way: the
roads are going to be treated with rea-
sOnable consideration and they have
nothing TO fear from the commission
so long as they do right. On the other
hand, the rights of the people are going
to be protected and rates will be made
as low as the members of the commits
sion feel II is safe to go, and at the
same time. keep up good service, not
overlooking. of course, a reasonable
profit to the carriers on the money in
vested.
Indeed, the moderation of the
commission is remarkable. For it
had in its possession persuasive evil
dence that the roads had maintained
all their rates on shipments of this
class unnecessarily high. Complaints
covering practically every food COM
modify had been made to the Com
declarations in substan-
tiation of them had been filed, and
then the railroads had avoided trial
by voluntarily reducing their tariffs.
None of this, il viii be noted,
bears any relation to the Sherman
antitrust law or any other older
law. 1t is a direct consequence of
the Observation-Disclosures oose-
welt amendment to the interstate
act, and the benefit which
it made possible will reach 70 every
Eastern consumer of fruit.
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be plucked. have. for some occult rea-
son. turned out highly profitable
TO show that / am not quite so ig-
norant of the value Of dollar as some
Of my friends seem TO believe. l may
tell you / have made money since
Was sixteen years old" says Mr.
Barnes. AT that age / began specu-
lating in the market. I had saved $40
out of my allowance, and / took Z 10
a bucketshOp- My first venture was
success, and ! have been moderately
successful in that line and in real estate
deals ever since"
One Breakfast for $500.
Since Mr.. Barnes has been in New
York his daily expenditures have been
pUnctuated by little breakfasts and
vaudeville entertainments About two
weeks ago, for instance. Mr.. Barnes, in
a cafe in FOrty-fourth street, Just OF
Broadway, gave 10 a few fOOtlight ia
vOrites a small breakfast. for which he
cheerfully paid $500. Last week he was
the delighted host at a little vaudeville
show IN the back room OF another cafe
the cost Of which, from a. m TIL s
a. m. was $500.
Another OF Mr.. Barnes foibles is the
hiring OF automobiles He began 10 in
dulge in that pastime by engaging an
auto by the hour. He kept the machine
one year, paying for it little more than
so each day.
Mr.. Barnes said he bought the Hotel
Rand because he was dissatisfied with
the way hotels are run in New York
Il think some Of the rules and regu-
latiors are fussy and silly" he de-
clared I'm addition, the hotels are
not up-to-date. Finding that Mr.. Miz-
ner held similar sentiments, 1 Joined
him in the purchase Of a hotel which
we Intend 70 make the finest in New
York But that's only side bet"
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Off for Germany.

The selection Of the three Ameri-
can sender yachts to go abroad this
summer and enter conflict with Ger
man and Spanish boats is the pre-
Urinary act in an international
struggle that Will be watched with
tremendous interest by yachtsmen
on this side the water The three
boats viii leave our shores on June
%, and by the middle of July they
will be skimming around German
waters, and viii, it is to be hoped,
be covering themselves with glory
there. Though it is no novelty for
American boats to race in Germany,
the Spanish part of the program is
decidedly new.
1t would be gratifying, though not
particularly surprising, if our own
design of this type of yacht that
had its birth in Germany should be
able to conquer decisively the leu
tonic craft themselves. As for the
Spanish races to be held under the
auspices of the Royal Yacht Club
of San Sebastian for a royal trophy
given by Alphonso XIII, American
yachtsmen confidently expect to do
up" their Castilian opponents. All
good fortune, then, to the little
Spokane /, the Marblehead, and the
Chewink, the lucky craft that are
to carry the Stars and Stripes into
many a good contest this summer.
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HAVE THE TIMES MAILED TO YOU.
TUESDAY. JUNE Is. 1907.
The Colorado View.

Dispatches from Denver telling of
the Indictment of a long list of
leading citizens of that State for
various infractions of the public
land laws shed interesting illumina-
ton on the animus and aims of the
recent public lands convention in
that city.
Colorado and Wyoming, il would
seem, were the States whose repre-
sentatives were especially bitter in
their denunclations of the Admins
tration's land policies, and deter
mined in their efforts to secure
some expression hostile to the Presi-
dent and his methods. These two
States prove to have been the seats
of the greatest share of land frauds,
and the residence of an exceedingly
large proportion of the swindlers-
} both individual and corporate.
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Monte CriStO, Age %,
Spending $500 a DdY
On JOYS of Broadway
Gives Vaudeville Breakfast Parties at ST 500
Apiece, and Keeps Automobile by Year
at $72 Day

NEW YORK. June 25.-The latest
Broadway Monte Cristo" has been dis
covered.
Everybody in the White Light district
is amazed at the lavish expenditures
OF Oliver Barnes. the twenty two-year-
old grandson Of Col. Oliver Weldon
Barnes builder OF the famous Horse
shoe Curve. on the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
Mr.. Barnes, Il is estimated by those
who have kept careful account or his
public spendings. has been getting rid
Of about 500 a day in his ''inalienable
right" the pursuit Of happiness. In ad-
dition he has periodically disposed Of
tens of thousands of dollars in various
ventures, the latest of which was the
purchase. in connection with Wilson
Miner. former husband Of Mrs. Yerkes.
Of the Hotel Rand. at Forty-ninth street
and Broadway.
Lucky in Investments.
Up 10 midnight last night he had
given no Indication of any immediate
diminution of the amount OF his daily
expenditures. When questioned deli
cately as to the probability OF that soon
happening, he said, with a laugh:
well. / don't think / shall go broke
just yet"
That statement was corroborated by
those who are In closest touch with him.
BY them his experiences were likened 20
those Of the famous young Mr.. Brew
ster. OF dramatic fame, inasmuch as the
major portion, II not all. the invest
ments'' he has been induced 10 make
by the rocks Of upper Broadway who
at first took MIN for new pigeon 10
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The Commissions Work.

Seeds of mistrust for the Inter
state Commerce Commission were
sown assiduously during the agita-
ton for the railway rate bill. What
is it?" was asked. You couldn't
call it court. 1t isn't an executive
bureau. What is ito"
The recent decision in the Georgia
peach rate case reveals to ''The
Packer" of New York, Chicago, Gin
cinnati, and Kansas City what it's
work is, no matter what the COM
mission may be called. That trade
journal published exclusively for
the benefit OF shippers of fruit and
other food supplies) notes the COM
missions order reducing freight
The Washington times., 1907-06-25
Breezy Burlesque at LYceun.

The Lyceum Stock Company OF Cav
Burlesquers entered upon its third week
yesterday.
me program is made up Of two breezy
burlesaues entitled An Egyptian Mum
my and The Arrival OF Prince Henry.
May Belmont, Is usual. made the hIt
OF the evening. and received enthusi-
asuc applause in her song. Lucy Il, -
Kitty McVey and Lily Harrison in tbeir
song. Won't You Come over to PbIII,,-
Willie, delegated the audience.
a rev new faces seen in the chorus
Torrance 'O PO-
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ELEVEN DIE FROM HEAT
IN PITTSBUR'. DISTRICT

PITTSBURG, June 25.-EIeven persons
are dead and many Frustrated as a re-
suit of the warm weather experienced
In the Pittsburg district At present
there is no relief in sight.
A peculiar feature of the present
warm spell is that the heat has has
tened death IN several cases Of heart
disease.
The Washington times., 1907-06-25
Chimes Of Normandy

Planquette's The Chimes of Nor
mandy was presented last evening in
the National Theater by the Aborn
Summer Opera Company, with a cast OF
new singers, with the exception of Rob
ert Lett, who sang the Banli. and Har-
old Blake who impersonated Jean Gren-
icheaux.
Soberry D'Orsay replaces Estelle Went
worth as the soprano
The opera is, on the whole well sung
but, with the exception OF the work of
William WOlff, most indinerently acted.
The Washington times., 1907-06-25
SWEDISH-AM AMERICANS DRINK
TO ROOSEVELT AND OSCAR

CHICAGO, June 25.-Toasts to the
health of President Roosevelt and King
Oscar were drunk. standing, with equal
enthusiasm by the Swedish-Americans
who attended the banquet given at the
Auditorium Hotel in honor of H. L. F.
Lagercrantz, the new Swedish minister
to the United States. Corporation
Counsel Edward J. Brundage and
Health Commissioner w. A Evans were
about the only persons in the company
age.
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DOMINICAN TREATY
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT

OYSTER BAY, June 25.-President
Roosevelt has signed the DOMINICAN
treaty. The convention, which regulates
customs matters between the United
States ana Sauto Domingo, was negoti-
nted February last by the plenipoten-
uaries Of the two countries. and has
since been approved By the United
States Senate and the legislative body
of Santo Domingo.
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1t is entirely proper. prima facie, that
Aktiebologet Observation-Disclosures and A.
b. Observation-Disclosures should be denied
the use Of the mails II they were al
lowed II at all, they would have z
mOnopCly
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The action OF the japanese chambers
Of commerce in asking the cooperation
of like bodies IN the United States In a
program 10 preserve the peace and re-
store cordial relations doesn't read right
for the purposes Of wood-type screamers,
but it, nevertheless, is significant OF
what is going on in Japan.
The Washington times., 1907-06-25

New Jersey milkmaid left her milk
ing to rescue two boys from drowning
in nearby lake, diving fearlessly in
after them. Reports state that she took
20 water as II il was her native eIe-
rlnanf
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1t was hardly to be expected that a
windstorm OF the proportions Of a Kan
sas cyclone would do any harm TO
Senator Long. who escaped unscathed
from the Senatorial debate on the rail-
road rate bill.
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DAN HANNA'S LATEST BRIDE
ONCE HOTEL CLERKS WIFE

CLEVELAND, June &-Daniel
Rhodes Hanna. son OF the late Senator
Hanna, remained single only three days.
His second wife. Daisy Gordon Hanna.
obtained a divorce from him last Fri
day. As was confidently expected and
announced yesterday, he has married
his third wife. who was Mary Elizabeth
Stuart. divorced wife Of Frank Sicily, a
hotel clerk.
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Uncle Sam had a surplus yesterday OF
81, 4s9, S16 which is as good as Mr.. Rookie
Teller can show, except on a few ex-
cepuOnally prosperous days
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New Jersey man Is suing Mr.. Harri-
man for little matter Of $500, 900. He
should know that Mr.. Hartman is al
together too busy to give attention to
such a minor item as that
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Mr.. Graves is entering a denial that
he said it, It's good 10 know there are
some combinations Of words he hasn't
uttered.
The Washington times., 1907-06-25

The best way to have a safe and sane
Fourth of July is to regard it as In
dependence Day instead
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These Pittsburg steel millionalres don't
seem 10 be well tempered.
The Washington times., 1907-06-25

This black hand outfit needs to be
severely shaken.
The Washington times., 1907-06-25
TheaterS Well Filled
In Spite of Weather

roles were inteIiigently and effectively
handled
The Washington times., 1907-06-25

any decrease in the price which the
consumer pays for drugs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
AGED LADY WAS
STRUCK BY CAR
Mrs. Patram, Seventy-six Years
Old, Has Narrow Escape
From Death.

Mrs. Henrietta A. Pntram. seventy-six
years of age, OF No. 612 Holly Street. was
run down by Broad Street car No. 146 in
charge OF Motorman w. 7. Clarke and
Conductor W. c. Angie, at Sixth ana
Broad Streets yesterday morning about
10 o'clock, and narrowly escaped being
ground to death beneath the wheels. The
motorman applied tho emergency brake
and brought the car to n standstill Just
as tho front trucks grazed the body OF
the aged lady
Mr.. j. ID. Hooper, who witnessed the
accident. took Mrs. Patram into tho
hardware store OF Howell Brothers.
where she was treated by DR.. W. Arrns-
tend ellis. Tho ambulance surgeon ar.
rived few minutes afterwards.
Mrs, Pattam was ldtor removed to Tho
office of DIR, ellis. where her wounds
We're further treated In the afternoon
she was taken home.
II was found that her right wrist was
broken. that her limbs We're lacerated,
and that she was suffering also from a
scalp wound.
+ rNIrs, Patram said she did not see che
car. and when she was picked UP her
first quetion was. "Who hit me?''