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The Washington times., 1907-12-06

money ranging anywhere from Is TO Is
per cent.
The reason why these extremes are
not seen In other countries Is that only
ia New York are stock spectators per
mitted 10 abSorb so large a portion
Of the cOuntry's available loan capital
at boom valuations for the stocks they
Qf1er as collateral. Our 40. 50. 70, and
100 per cent RACES for money are never
bid by business men, OF course. Only
the Spectator stands 10 make as much
as i or per cent or even 5 per cent
or money in single day or say. at
the rate OF from 800 TO ] 800 per cent
a year. Hence only ne can afford under
any circumstances to bid 4 10 4 of 1
per cent a day. or a. the rate OF 80
to $50 per cent a year, for loans
Our Money TrebIes England's.
Our periodically fantastic rates for
money are all the more significant be-
cause with the single exception OF
France (whose peasantry habitually
hoard their savings) the United States
mas the largest per capita circulation
IN the world. 1t trebles that or Great
Britain, whose loan rate nevertheless
does not average more than 9 per cent
and has touched per cent only once
since 1913. The difference in volume OF
aetuai business transacted outside OF
STOCK SpeculatiOns, In the two countries
Is not important Great Britain does
Ihe larger foreign trade: we the larger
domestic II there IS anv difference AZ
al IL Is too small 20 explain undlsturbed
money markets in Great Britain with
a total stock OF money not exceeding
fylVO10 and periodically sense setfonaf
rates IN the United States with a sock
OF SS.OooOo.o0. more than three times
The spectacle OF the easiest and most
even money market where there Is M
parentiy the least money in uronorffOr,
10 tne amount OF work to be done is
one That should make Americans
marvel When we are told that We
nave not enough money in circuia- :
tion-that we have outgrown orr cs1J-
tai-We wonder, looking toward Britain.
WhetEer II would not take more than "a
central bank to make money Dinches
auI cfedlt strains as infreOuent and as
Illlld mere as IN that country. We had
no cenLrai bank, no asset currency. and
q smaller per capita circulation In 19Oi
nan this year, vet in only six weeks
" tnaL year was money quoted on the
New York Exchange at a higher rate
Ihan 3 per cent. And business was
every ywheTe prosperous and active The
boom was absent only IN Speculation.
Next year Wall street was in the saddle
again. the sales OF stocks exceeding
those OF the preceding year by 1000 OJl
shares az New York alone. And money
during the last quarter Of the Yea :
ranged from 10 is per cent Must N
not occur 10 every mind that psrhaps
our greatest need for prevention OF
money market suueezes and their ensu-
ing credit spasns IS probably not so
tluch new institutions as new policies.
including more discrimination on the
part Of banks in favor OF commerce. 2
loans az against those OF 8 purely spec-
ulative character?
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The Truth About the Schools.

The Senate has ordered AN inquiry
into the situation of the District
schools. In sense this is unfortu-
nate. Few similar Investigations have
contributed to quiet disorder and
make easier the progress of public
education in the District. Gener-
ally, better plan would be to legis-
late after personal study of the
situation by the members of the
Congressional committees, and ac-
cording to tried principles of school
administration.
But in this case an inquiry viii
not be without advantage Much
misunderstanding prevails as to
present conditions in the schools.
Several bills to correct SUPPOSE
tiOnal evils are sure to appear
by lesser authorities,
even if thorough, would hardly OBJ
tain full public confidence, and it is
almost impossible they should be
thorough. But this inquiry viii be
in the hands of an authority the
whole District is bound to respect,
and it VIII preclude further disturb
ance of the system by agitations in
behalf of new measures either in
Congress or out.
The author Of the resolution of
inquiry is Senator Scott. With
Chairman Gallinger, chairman of the
District Committee, and Senator
Burkett, chairman of the Subcom-
mittee on Schools, he has proven in
works not only his friendship for
the schools, but his openmindedness
in dealing with them. Any course
upon which these three men agree
may be accepted by the District as
reasonably calculated to work good
in the schools.
Beyond the operations of the
Board of Education the committee
need hardly go. The present law
subject, perhaps, to a few slight
amendments-has proven good. Al
the disturbance over the superin-
tendency has not interrupted the
regular work Of the teachers.
The Times has followed the pres
ent management of the systers
closely. 1t believes that the Board
of Education as now organized has
done impartial, capable, and reso-
lutte service for the good of the
children, and no one else, and that
it has made great progress toward
a businessike administration of the
system. This inquiry, guided by
such men as Mr. GaIlinger, Mr..
Burkett and Mr.. Scott, will disclose
whether that judgment is based
upon fact or not. If il shall prove
70 be sound, the committee may be
trusted to give the board the most
valuable help it could hope to have
Endorsement and support in Con-
gress. If, however, that judgment
is unsound. The Times and every
other friend of the schools for the
sake of the children wants 10 know
the truth as soon as possible.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

Silent I stand and watch the old year
dying,
swlrled round my feet the duh red
leaves are blown;
Out the motley hue there comes the
sound OF signing,
Borne on the wind 20 mingle With my
own.
All! How I wish to leap towerd her
crying,
Bidding her 70 stay. II only ror a
breath.
But all around see the season flying
Down the red path that leads 10 death
Down the long path 50 faint with scent
OF roses.
Old roses. lavender, ard mignonette:
Their enduring scent a world Of pain
iuclOses.
Pain inexplicable linked with regret
Hunger of heart, old as the wOrld-old
sorrow.
sweet-bitter-sweet. ye know not what
ye seek.
Only there comes the heartache of the
morrow.
And lips that are dumb IN agony 70
speak
Paul Richards. in Harper's Weekly.
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Clara Bloodgood Popular
In New York's Smart Set;
Public Foresaw Success

NEW YORK. Dec 6.-Born 10 a life
of luxury. inheriting from her psternal
grandmother. Mrs. Ann Stevens. the
novelist. personality and brains, Clara
BloodCOod- Laimbeer had more than the
ordinary woman's share Of yicissitudos-
At seventeen she eloped with and
married william Havemeyer. a relative
of the Sugar trust magnate. who died
Wednesday. She was a favorite leader
in society for some months. but after
a couple If yeCrs disagreed with her
husband and div breed him.
At thRt time she was the pet OF the
Four Hundred, and soon afterward she
married Jack BlOOdgood, lr., son 0f y
wealthy broker, but when BloOdgoOd,
ST.. died his estate was badly involved,
and the young couple was peuniless.
The blow was too much for the husband
and. broken IN health he went Into Sc
clusiOn. His wife, however, went on
the stage. In 1901 she had her first I'm
portant part in "The Climbers" The
following season she WAS with Elsie
de Wolf in The WAY Of the World -
and while this piece was running she
met William Laimbeer. a member Of
the stock exchange The couple is said
70 have lived happily. but Mrs. Lain
beer insisted on continuing IN her
CHOSEN profession, and has been az the
head or her own company for some
time.
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with Mrs. Bloodgood all season and
those who had been with her but an
hour or so before were filled With sor-
row and dismay. No one could account
for the deed except 20 say that ex-
treme nervousness. probably induced by
WOrry over q poor season, and the fact
that a sum OF money belonging 70 Mrs.
BloodgoOd was tied up IN the knicker-
booker Trust Company might have
prompted the act.
Many little instances are now recalled,
however, tending 20 indicate that Mrs.
BlOOdgOod had contemplated suicide
the shots. answered a call 70 her room
early IN the evening. She asked him 20
mail two special delivery letters, and
gave him q tip. asking him II there was
anything more she could DO for him.
He told her ne would Ike 10 see Lhe
play, and Mrs. Bloodgood wrote OUT an
order for two seats on the hotel letter
head, and signed il While this circum-
stance does not IN itself indicate a plan
on her part TO end her life. Il is believed
the letters contain something that
might throw more light on the situation.
Mrs. BiOodgOod bought the pistol with
which she killed herself last Tuesday
In Baltimore She asked the man VINO
sold IL 20 her how 10 fire It. and IS
also said TO have asked members Of her
company how TO handle pistol some
significance IS placed in the fact that
Mrs. BIo0dgood bought the pistol Tues
day, and that night was very 4dle Tor
the theater. delaying the performance
twenty or twenty-five minutes
About O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Manager Do1Tls. OF the stafford, sent
a telegram for Mrs BIOodgoOd 70 her
husband. which read
"Go 10 my vault AT the KnickerbOcker
Trust Company. get the Shubert con-
tract. and take g. 10 Jacobs Broadway
Coroner HayCen was notified OF Mrs
BiOodgoOd's de2th and gave a certihcate
It Hr~tHfgH wrr4 2 Ell
an underta klne establishment 10 be pre-
nared f0r hurial.
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Anything From Lingerie
To Substantial Cow Bell
At Dead Letter Auction

Strange. indeed. are the articles 70 be
auctioned of on December 16 By the
dead letter office Of the Postohice De-
Dartment Probably the place Of auc-
ton, 426 Ninth street. never behld such
a peculiar cOnglomeratlon OF toys
books, articles Of wearing apparel, jew
elry and what not as will be offered
there to the highest bidder during the
days following the opening or the sale.
The annual sale OF the dead letter Of
fee always attracts more or less atten-
ton. 1t is the only sale. IN the first
place, where a person can go with a
catalogue, assured that they viii be
able to ultimately buy exactly what
they want IL they outbld anybody else.
II matters not whether their need is an
ivory elephant a box Of candy, or a
pipe. they win be sure 70 ind it in some
obscure corner OF the catalogue.
Apparently. there is nothing that is
not offered for sale at this strange an
nual aTction.
Packages Are Incongruous.
The lists OF various packages offered
for sale are. 70 say the least, incOngru-
Gus. Everything that is offered for sale
is sold as It was originally turned upon
the patient and long suffering mail car
riers. Nothing Is disturbed. Packages
which would have seemed to have been
gathered from the ends OF the earth are
offered SOr sale together.
A pair Of girls shoes. a pair OF baby 5
stockings, a mans necktie. and a cow
bell may be purchased by the citizen
who Is sufficiently Interested In the va
rious articles MENTIONED TO bid upon
them. Why a COW bell should be, sent
with a pair OF girls shoes and man s
necktie IS incOmprehensible.
Among the lists is a complete travel
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Poor Cooper Turned Donw.

Mr.. Cooper, OF Wisconsin, then tried
TO tell his sad stor3 about the probable
ity Of Wisconsin Es;ng deprived OF rep
resentation In the convention, owing 10
a pathetic arrangement of laws and no
laws in his State. FIe was briefly hut
firmly informed that his grievance might
be considered by the committee on call
this afternoon at $50 o'clock. but that
the national committee could not bother
with it
Having decided to call on the Presi-
dent this afternoon. the committee ad-
JOuTned to meet at 10 O clock tomorrow
morning 10 select the tin Z and place for
holding the convention Then the mem
bers OF the committee took a long
breath and tried 20 rush through the
boomers" but they failCI.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
Fitch Hears the News
While Writing Her Play

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-C1yde Fitch, the
playwright, who wrote THE TRUTH in
which Mrs Bloodgood was starring. was
terribly shocked when the news was tel
esraphed 90 him from the Shuberts' Of
fee. He was at work 1T that moment
on a new play for her.
~She was a woman from whom I
looked for great things in the future"
Mr.. Fitch said Already she was a
sucCs Csss, as actresses 20. She was a
good actress, in the hrst rank But the
best part about her was that she had
by no means reached the zenith OF her
powers
Clara Bloodgood was better in each
new play than she was In the last Her
improV ement was constant and steady.
She was a splendid woman, well
equipped mentally, and would have
taken one OF the foremost places on the
American stage, 1 am sure
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
Mrs. BloodgoOd's Letter
To Friend in New York
Doesn't Clear Mystery

NEW YORK, Dec. 6-Elsie DeWolf
who left the stage TO engage in the
decorating business. was one o. the
last persons 10 whom Miss BlOOdgOOd
wrote in New York Miss DeWof re-
celved the letter yesterday. II was an
order for a dressing table, which the
actress was 20 have delivered 10 the
Hotel Lorraine. II was couChed IN bus
mess terms, But as the two women
were friends, II closed with an anec-
uOnate sentence.
There was nothing in the missive to
indicate that Miss BlOOdgoOd intended
TO commit suicide. To the contrary
Miss DeWolf judged from its contents
that the actress was IN a happy mood.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

attempting to limit the capitaiiza-
tion and earnings of the gas com
pany. Here is the faliacy. The
learned counsel for the Gas Monop-
oily fails TO discriminate between a
public service corporation given a
franchise and the free use of the
streets to conduct monopoly in a
necessary of life, and private bust
ness to which attaches no sem
blance of monopoly, and which
cannot be termed a necessary.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
GRAFT I,974 PIECES SKIN
TO HEAL WOMAN'S ARM

wESTBORO, Mass, Dec. Gone Of
the most remarkably skin grating
achievements on record has been COM
pleted at the farm OF J. c. Kestler,
when the last OF l,ST4 pieces OF skin was
placed on the arm of Mrs. Kestler. An
the pieces were taken from the arms
and legs Of the husband. The operation
aus lasted more than three months.
Mrs Kestler was severely burned IN
a kerosene explosion last July, the righs
side OF her body and her faca being left
without skin The entire side is now
covered
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
HARVESTER CO. CONVICTED;
MAXIMUM FINE $4,000

TOPEKA. Kan. Dec. 6.-After an
hours deliberation. the Jury in the case
Of the State against the international
Harvester Company yesterday reached
a verdict against the company on forty
two counts. The verdict charges the
company with being trust and with
enteriaE into a combination to con-
trcl the price OF harvesting machinery.
TIE original suit was en- seventy-fve
counts. Attorneys for the company
failed in a motion for new trial The
maximum penalty which may be i'm
posed is s., Doc on each couHt.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
England With Less Money
Has Lower Interest Rates
Money in a Nutshell
By Frank C. Harper
NUMBER 9.

1t Is easy to prove from the state
ment OF the New York city banks since
october 10 that the Withdrawals Of cash
from those banks alone since that date
have aggregated hardly less Than S25,-
Oo0.O For their net holdings OF cash
between October 10 and November 3
decreased in round numbers S52OOO.00O,
Notwithstanding the Secretary Of the
Treasury had in the meantime deposited
with them the sum Of 100000, and
in addition to that they had received
no less than S5OOOOO0O in gold from
Europe II IL should appear that the
boarding had reached an aggregate Of
$3.50, 10000 in this period in New York
alone, II would not be surprising. Much
OF this boarding has been by rich in
diViduals living In New York, who have
reaped a profit by buying stocks at low
prices and lending currency at pre-
inium. There has been some hoard
ing, too. by Western banks, suspicious
OF Wall Street methods. and deter
mined not TO intrust their own and
their depositors funds in such large
amounts as heretofore 10 New York
until satisfied that the bankers recently
Ousted there for good and sufficient
reasons have been Ousted 10 stay.
To what extent this policy has been
followed by interior banks generally
cannot be known until their reports are
forthcoming in the various States-an
indeterminate time But official sta
tistics indicating the drift have just
come from the center, and 10 is an
important one no less than Chicago.
There the State banks have just made
report showing reserves amounting
TO S0.03 per cent Of deposits. This IS
the largest ratio IN their history. While
withdrawing funds from New York,
they have not as yet begun 10 eX-
pand loans AT home. but they may be
expected TO do this as soon as the
New York banks have generally re-
sumed cash payments and confidence
In all directions Is more completely as
sured-
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

ing mans outfit, consisting OF two neck
ties. a PAIR OF shoes. three ceHuloid col
lars, twenty-four cigars. and a pack OF
playing cards. What more would q
knight OF the grip want7
Fifty cigars. a pair OF mans sus-
penders (the book always specifies
mans susPenders, although few women
wear them nOwa3ays), a bottle OF ladv's
perfume. three lady's handkerchief, a
man 3 muffrer and a lady'S night gown
Is another bundle that may be bid for.
II IS a strange combination OF mascu-
line and feminine, half OF which Is USE
less 70 either sex.
Another Strange Assortment.
In another package there is q pipe.
five ounces Of evil-smeiling tobacco. "a
dime novel," a half-emptied flask, and a
deck OF cards. With these appurte-
Harces one might make a new start on
he road 70 riches!
Yet these strange packages. ludlcrous
though they seem to the bidder. are in
reality filed with tragedy
Did not Emily weep out her little
heart when her. muCh-c0Yeted slippers
failed 70 arrive last Christmas2 She IS
waiting now. hoping against hope that
they have been delayed and Will arrive
this year, with loving messages from
Harold
little does she suppose that frreverent
persons are testing about the smallness
OF her feet. and laughing at the efforts
Of some clumsy clown 70 wear her uny
slippers
Even the jOviaI travelling man awaits
the package OF good things promised
him by his friends Would he not be
come humorously indignant II he could
bsst see some one else drinking his
whisky and smoking his cigars2
II seems strange that we are able TO
buy wnat another paid for and sent 70
a friend who was fated never TO re-
ceive -
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
ADOPTS LIN crow LAW.

GUTHRIE, Okla. Dec 6-By a vote
of 80 to 10. with four absent, House
bill No. l. known as the "Jim Crow
measure. providing for separate coaches
and waiting rooms for races, was passed
yesterday. An enthusiastic denonstra-
tion accompanied the announcement of
the vOte
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
WILL PAVE ANAcosTIA STREET

In response to their communication.
calling attention TO the delay in re-
moving the street car tracks from
Johnson street, Anacostia. the Ana
costa Citizens Association will be in
formed by the Commissioners that the
taken as soon as possible, probably
within the next two weeks.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
Why Is New York Blamed7

II any one asks US why the disposl-
ton OF the country 10 blame New York
for financial fiurries exists, II Is peril
nent 70 answer the question by asking
another-namely, why IS II that New
York. which IS permitted 20 manage
the finances OF the country. manages
them with seemingly 50 much less pru-
dence than Paris manages those OF
France. Berlin those O. Germany. or
London hose OF England2 In those
countries * is seldom that the open
market rate for money advances above
the normal Yet the United States wit
nesses huctUa Ions OF the most violent
character.
In 1901. again In 1903 and now. In the
IIlost OF abounding commercial and In
dUstrlHl prosperity business men are
disturbed by stock exchange bids for
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

After Mr. New had blushingly accept
ed the honor thrust upon him, and
told all about what a fine party and
committee he thought he belonged TO.
the committee stopped fooling with
words, and appointed the following com
mittees.
Noriles. StreCter. ard Kellogg. 70 draw
up the form Of the call for the next
national convention
Raeburn, Capers, and Lyons. 70 pro-
vide a method for electing delegates TO
the convention from the District OF
Columbia
Hepburn and Duncan, 70 provide a
method Of eiecting delegates from Porto
Rico and the Philippines.
Murphy. Hill and Luna, TO thank Mr..
CCrtelyou for his services as chairman
OF The committee.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

A steepie-jack hung 100 feet IN the air
until he nearly frOze TO death. The anti
Imperialists went up in the air eight
years ago and have hung til In he
cold ever since. and yet mur male
considerable noise.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

Michigan is a mighty particular State.
IL Is raising a fuss because Its governor
borrowed 5000 from the State treas
urer's hank before his election and has
only just paid It back. over IN Penn
sylvania they don't seem TO care when
the governor borrows from the State
treasurer himself and never expects 70
pay II back.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

Up in Middletown. ". Y, a woman
acted strangely and was put IN Jail
We know OF cities where the men would
find il lonely II all the women who acted
strangely were 20 be locked up.
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

Now IL Is the Yale team that was
helped win its Thanksgiving Day game
by prayer. II that worked. we know
now how TO explain the defeat OF a good
many other teams
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

It's a great cause that can get jim
Hin and Hoke Smith on the same plat
form
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
HUNGER OF HEART.

There Is no doubt that a St Peters
burg delegation would be solid for Taft
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

Why not appoint Tom Lawson to the
Wall Street police force?
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

Woodrow Wilson says the President
talks as soon as he thinks. Would he
have him talk sooner?
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

Maybe that French balloon will break
a few records against its will
The Washington times., 1907-12-06

special delivery. TO New York. bat the
authorities here d. not know 70 whom
they were sent
The Washington times., 1907-12-06
CHICAGO LEADS RACE
FOR THE CONVENTION
Committee Gets to Work.
Continued frc,a First PageO

motion OF Senator Crane. that he be
chosen chairman OF the committee.
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INSANE FROM WORRY
EXPLAINS THE SUICIDE
OF CLARA BL00DG00D

CONTINUED from First Page)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-12
WOMAN AND THE CHECK.
She Thought II Was a Bill That Had
to Be Paid.

A woman stepped up to the win.
dow of the paying teller In Denver
bank and pushed check through the
grating. 1t was for four dollars.
Put your name on the back,
please said the teller,
She did so.
rs this your name?" he asked
The woman sighed. YES" she re.
piled, that's my name. 1t calls for
-four dollars, doesn't it?"
ut does" said the teller.
While the man in the cage was
looking the check over the woman
fumbled in her hand bag and then
placed flve-dollar bill before him.
Take it out of this, please" she
said. 1T seems to me III never get
through paying bills"
For moment the teller was puz-
died. Then he realized that the WON.
an didn't understand the check. You
don't have to pay me- he said; 81
have TO pay you four dollars
He pushed back her five.dollar bill
and gave her four dollars in silver.
The woman was very much surprised.
you have 10 pay me?' she said.
why, ! thought 1t was bill and |
had 10 pay it."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-12
Well Equipped.

The morning after the wreck of the
fast trains running between New
York and Chicago, an old farmer was
standing on the bank of the river
into which the train had plunged,
intently watching the water
A stranger approached. and natu.
rally the conversation reverted to
the wreck and the fortunate escape Of
all the passengers.
1T was the costliest train in the
world" informed the stranger.
Yes" grunted the other, still
watching the stream.
And also the best equipped" the
newcomer continued.
NO doubt about It," assented the
old farmer. I've fished dozen bot
ties out of the water already. Harp
er's Weekly