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The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-22
LAWSON'S SENSATION.

Taft's Nomination Termed an lnsul,
 and Will Support Bryan.
 Boston, June 22.-A political sensa. ton was created by the report that Thomas W. Lawson intends offering to furnish Bryan $1,OOO.OOO for the Democratic national campaign. Law
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-22

Buy 25 cents or more Thursday | from us and get you sack of candy free-N ariety Store.
 Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Blake of Arkadelphia, spent yesterday with relati ,eS in Prescott.
 Mrs. l.. P. Beiddleman will en- certain the Fortnightly Club cn Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moody at tended the big meeting at fh" e Christian Church in Hope yes terday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Andrew Cor don. of Hope. came up yesterday and spent the day with relatives in Prescott.
 The people of Prescott welcome the family of Rev Keeling to the city. They came to town last week from Philadelphia.
 Miss Jean Friganzi. of Hope spent a few days in the city as the guest of Miss Ruth Moncrief. She returned home last evening 5 or 6 doses of "666" will cure any case of Chills and fever. Miss Ethel White of Texarkana after a short visit here with her sister, Mrs. F. J. Johnsonre- turned home last night accom- panied by Jack Johnson Jr.
 Mr. and Mrs Geo. J. Terry and Miss Marybeth. left Saturday ,,Int for Newport on visit to relatives and friends. Mr. Ter " will return in a day or two and Mrs Terry and the little one will remain on an extended visit
 Carl Delay, a brick contractor of TeXarkana, is spending to- day in Prescott. Mir. Delay wal a former Prescott boy, spending many years of his younger day here, and although living in Tex arkana ever since leaving here had not been in Prescott before today in over 20 years.
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Winters Horrible Death,

Fullerton. Cal, June 22-S. O. Min ter, formerly of Indianapolis, met a horrible death in an auto accident. Minter was subject to heart failure, While driving car mile minute he had an attack. He dropped the steering wheel. The auto dashed down an embankment. Winters body was badly mangled.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-22
Each County to Determine.

Dallas. June 22.-State Democratic Chairman Garden rules that the posi- ton of state candidates on the official ballot in the primary election is to be determined separately in ach of the counties. This Is at variance with pre- vious rulings to the committeeman in the counties, and all former orders are therefore rescinded.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-22
TERRIBLE HURRICANE.
Damage Dreadful and Several Hun
 dred People Lose Their Lives.

Madrid, June 20.-A terrible hurri- cane ravaged the coasts and the in terior of Spain and Portugal Crops are practically ruined. Thousands of persons are homeless. Terrible loss of life resulted. Casualties in Spain are estimated at 250: Portugal, 100. Along the coast is estimated POO sail ors were drowned. The storm regions were mostly occupied by poor farmers, It is feared a famine will follow.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-22
Additional Arrests.

El Paso, June 22.-Additional ar rests of alleged Mexican revolutionists were made by rurales at Nueva Casas Grandos. Mex. Thirty are now in jail. Among the prisoners is Santa Ana Pe' reg, leader of Temosachio revolution Of 1893, when the Mexican customs house at Palomas was raided.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-22

son is preparing letter in which it is believed he makes the offer. The if nancier favored Roosevelts re-nomi- nation. He declares the Chicago con, vention trampled vital Republican tra- ditions in the dust and Taft's nomina. tion is an insult. ,.. --
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Overawed by Arrests.

Columbus, O., June 22.-Infantry which have been guarding tobacco growers were ordered withdrawn. Sheriffs in affected regions notified the adjutant general tobacco has been transplanted and nightriders overawed by arrests.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-22

Frank Shrieves is staying at the confectionery stC.e of Geo. J. Terry during the latter's ab- Sence on visit to Newport.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-22
Marines to Be Rushed.

Chicago, June 22.-The navy re. cruiting stdon received orders to rush mstines to Norfolk preparatory to starting for Panama to watch the election
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-22
Explosion on Steamship.

Philadelphia, June 22.-By an ex' plosion on the steamship Arcadia, from Bremon, one negro stevedore was killed and sixteen others injured. The majority of those hurt are ne groes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-20
ADMIRAL COURTS
DIES SUDDENLY

Rear Admiral Frank Courts, retired,
died at the Cairo at an early hour this
morning. His death was a result OF
heart trouble. He had been iIl only four
days. and his death was unexpected.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed, but it is thought ne will be
buried In Arlington Cemetery.
Admiral Courts was Torn in Cincir-
natl on June IS, 1914. and was educated
in the schools Of Cincinnati and Oak
land. Cal IN 1866 he was graduated from
the Naval Academy with high honOrs.
Two years later ne was promoted 10
ensign, and the commissions of lieu
tenant, lieutenant commander, com
mander. and captain fOllowel at inter-
walls OF two years each.
In 1900 he was retired with the rank of
rear admiral because Of physical disabil-
itv. He performed various duties and
was stationed at q number of navy
wards during his service in the navy.
Rear Admiral Courts COMMANDED the
United States steamship Essex from
1898 10 1900.
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HARTMAN S FOE
CHIEF WIT NESS
OF GOVERNMENT
Former Senator Said to
Have information on
Many Schemes of
Railroad Magnate.

The most sensational exposition of
the ways OF high finance which has ever
been made in this country is believed
to be foreshadowed by an announce
ment made today by Attorney General
Bonaparte, that his department. will
very soon issue a statement about it's
plans for prosecuting f. II. Hartman
and the Hartman railroad system for
violation of the Sherman law.
1t is fntimated on high authority that
when the case comes to trial William
4. Clark, of Montana, former Senator
and or of the richest men in the worI4.
will be the Governments star witness.
and that he will tell in wonderful de-
tail the story Of the methods by which
Hartman wrested from him control OF
the San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt
Lake road, which Clark had built as an
independent line.
The two men OF millions fought for
years and at last the power of Harri-
man prevailed and Clark surrendered.
Conference at White House.
Attorney General Bonaparte was at
the White House this morning for a
brief consultation with President Roose-
veIt. It was understood his call had to
do with final approval Of the statement
which has been prepared at the Depart
ment Of Justice. about the Hartman
prosecution.
The Attorney General said on leaving
that the statement would be given TO
the public soon. but added probably
not today" That the documents last
draft has been completed is definitely
stated
Concerning the basis Of prosecution
nothing is giver out officially. The In
terstate Commerce Commission, which
took the evidence on which prosecution
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Regulation of marriages by the Gov
ernment and the gre 1ting OF public
pensions to large families Of selected
parentage were the startling principles
advocated by Prof g W. A. Veditz
this morning IN an address before q.
number of society women at the home
Of Gen. o. II. Ernst
Radical though his statements were,
Prof. Veditz was amply supplied with
statistics covering birth and death
rates in the United States and other
countries.
THE agencies and devices" declared
DR.. Veditz, which make for racial i'm
provement and for the triumph OF Oc-
Cidental civilization are now so few and
so insignificant. compared with the
blind and instructive forces that involve
race degeneracy, that unless systematic
ingenuity and conscious control are
soon introduced upon a large scale
Western civilization will within a few
centuries be wiped OF the map.
Conflict Coming.
Sooner or later the inevitable con-
fict between the yellow. brown, ana
black races. on the one hand, and the
white races on the other, IS coming
upon us; and when il does come our
only hope OF ultimate triumph lies in
meeting numbers with skill Numerical
ly, We can never begin TO cope with the
so-celled inferior races successfully.
Yet numbers tell ,Then il comes to a
test Of physical strength, and that is
the test which is apt at all times 20 be
applied in the conflict OF races You
may cultivate the arts OF peace, and dc
yelop the highest conceivable spiritual
ity, vet neither the hopes of reward,
nor the fear Of punishment will keep na-
tiOns from the ultimate test OF brute
strength Let the teeming millions Of
the Orient, combined with the millions
of blacks and yellOWs now within the
borders OF the national domain, learn TO
use a few of the destructive devices In
the invention of which we have been
so fertile, and our only escape from eN-
termination lies in the development OF
race superiority, in skill and in meeting
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DIRECT MARRIAGES:
PENSION FAMILIES,
URGES DIR. VEDITZ
Washington Society Women Are Warned That
Trouble Is Inevitable With the Yellow,
Brown, and Black Races.

quantity with quality. And that is
precisely what We are not doing
our self-complacent assumption that
in all the higher tests OF civilization We
are racially superior to the OTientals
Is altogether without foundation. Meas
ured by cur own standards. ara not
moral courage and physical courage,
economy. industry, honesty. tenacity or
purpose, thrift, amenability to disCip-
line, cleanliness, temperance, and ra-
tionai habits IN food and dress. val
liable elements OF individual and ma
tionai greatness7 Yet where will you
find them more In evidence than among
the Chinese?
Inferior Stock.
THE population Of Western nations 50
far as II is growing at all. is growing
from the inferior stocks, from the most
undesirable elements. While next TO
nothing is being done TO improve the
race by conscious regulation and con-
troll, the breeding process goes on mer-
Tily ard unchecked among detectives,
dependents. and deiinquents, and a vast
amount of ill-directed effort mutiplies
the unfit in the name OF philanthropy
and benevOienCe-
ALREADY the silent Invasion OF the
Occident by the Orient and the seizure
of the outpusts of civilization Is well
under way, as Karl Pearson showed
ten years ago. Coolies from oversIOcked
China are reaching out for the oppor-
tunitites that Australians, Canadians,
and Americans have been planning 20
hold OUen for their children. In South
Africa the white stand agEsst at the
ra5bitlike increase OF the blacks
Unless a radical change brings about
the abandonment OF the 81 ort-sighted-
ness OF Western nations we shall wake
TO fiTd ourselves elbOwed and hustled
and perhaps even thrust aside by peo-
pies whom we looked down upon as ser
vile and thought OF as bound always 10
minister 20 our needs. Unable to create
and keep for ourselves the sole devices
and weapons that would enable us 10
maintain our dominion even in those
parts OF the earth IN which We can live
and develop the parts that were once
ours others will enter in and enjoy
upon a footing OF equality or OF super
iority-uuless. perchance, the feeling OF
caste is so strong in Us that We shall
have preferred TO pass away before the
day arrives"
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TEACHER ADMITS
GETTING PETITION,
EXONERATES BOARD
Committee VIII Call on
Senator Dolliyer This
Afternoon.

Denying emphatically that the board
OF education had any knowledge Of the
petition circulated among the teachers
asking that the board should not be
abolished, three principals representing
the teaching body will this afternoon
call on Senator Dolliver ard endeavOr
TO set him Alright" on the question.
In addition the Senator will also re-
ceives in consequence Of his charges
published in The Times yesterday that
coercion was being used by board mem
bers in the matter Of teachers signing
the petition, letter from the originator
OF the now famous petition, taking all
responsibility for it.
Originator of Petition.
The petition was started by Miss NJ
A. Awkward, principal of the Peabody
school, who confirms the statement
made by Captain oyster Saturday
night that the board had nothing what
ever to do with It's origin or eircula-
tiOn.
Il started he petition Of my own ac-
cord and don't deny it," said Miss AUX
ward today. Furthermore. I am going
to write Senator DoIliver and Senator
Burkett a letter tonight enphaticaIly
informing them of this fact and taking
full responsibility. 1 began the petition
after talking with a number of teach
crs and 1t vas, you might say, a spon-
taneOus outburst on their part. II Lad
been signed by over 500 teachers before
the board knew anything OF il. The
statement that it was inspired BIZ the
board OF that there was any coercion
used is prepcsterous.
Teachers Not Coerced.
Il would like to see the teacher who
says that she or he was coerced into
signing it, l don't believe 1t. The board
has been so maligned that 1t seemed
almOss a unanimous desire on the mart
OF the teachers that we should have
some peace and the petition resulted
from this feeling"
Miss Flora L. Hendley. principal of
the Seat ton School, will head the commit
tee of three which will this afternoon en-
deavOT 10 see Senator Dolliver. The
other members Of the committee will be
Miss ADELAIDE Davis, principal of the
Emery School, and Miss Annie Beers.
prinC ipal Of the Wallach.
Dolliver Reticent.
Senator Dolliver declined for the ures.
ent TO have anything more to say re-
gsrding the charges he made Saturday
night; in substance that teachers had
complained to him that theye were vir.
tus+SS being made TO sign the petition
under duress.
He will also decline for the present
to reveal the contents of such COM
planning letters, as challenged TO do by
President Oyster. of the Board of Edu-
cation, but it is understood that all these
matters will be thoroughly aired by the
Senator when his bill comes before the
District. Committee On Friday The
Senator intimsted this morning that
until that time ae would have nothine
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STREET CAR BILL
PASSED IN SENATE
NO OPPOSITION
Amendment for Univer-
sal Transfer Defeated
After Short Dis
CuSSiOn.

Senator GaIinger called up today the
bill for the extension OF street railways
lines to the Union Station. It was
passed without division after a short
discussion.
Senator Hansbrough introduced the
amendment providing for universal
transfers. Senator Tillman raised
question as to whether this amendment
would require a fat scent rate.
Senator HansbrOugh addressed the
Senate briefly in support Of his amend
ment. Senator Gallinger spoke in oppo-
sItion. A vote was then taken on the
amendment and It was defeated.
The vote was next taken on the bill
and it was passed without objection.
Construction Of Tracks.
The bill makes provision for the con-
struction Of tracks to the Union Station
bv the Anaeostia and Potomac River
Railroad Company. the Washington
Railway and Electric Company, the city
and Suburban Railway CT Washington,
and the Capital Traction Company.
IN other words, it provides for such
extension Of tracks as will enable all
the street railway lines of the city TO
gain access to the Union Station. Since
the completion of the station last fall
and the opening of its doors to the
public. the facilities for getting to and
from tie station have been OF the most
unsatisfactory sort. and there has been
widespread public demand for the i'm
provements that are now proposed.
/ The street railway companies viii be
put to large expense to make the sE-
tensions According 10 Information tuI-
nished the Senate District COMMITTEE
the aggregate cost may reach well to-
ward $l,000,O00-
Overhead Trclleys.
So far as meeting the immediate needs
of the public is concerned, the most i'm
portant provision Of the bill is section
. which provides that the Washington
Railway and Electric Company and the
CAPITAL Traction Company shall be re
ouired to construct, within sixty days
from the date of the approval of the
act. temporary tracks with overhead
trolley for passenger service from the
Union Station to the intersection OF North
Capitol and c streets north. The plans
for these temporary tracks are 10 be
approved by the Commissioners and
they are to be used jointly by the two
/ companies. These temporary tracks are
| 10 be removed after the construction OF
the permanent tracks. within thirty days
after notice from the Commissioners.
/ construction Of the permanent lines
will be begun within thirty days after
| the approval OF the proposed act and
| completed by or before February ], 1909.
| In event Of failure to comply, all rights
granted by the proposed act are to be
nullified
Authorization is given by the bill for
| the companies to lay duct lines on such
4 streets as may be necessary, subject TO
/ the approval of the Commissioners.
| It is provided that there shall be at
/ least two sets of double tracks iInme-
diately in front of the main entrance
10 the Union station
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Two Men, Woman, and
Four Children Arrest
ed on Request
From Iowa.
Two American BOYS Be-
lieYed to Have Been
Stolen by the For
eignerS.

A band OF dark-eyed, dangerous look
ing Seryian gypsies was arrested in
Alexandria today and held on a charge
Of grand larceny and kidnapping in
Council Bluffs. Iowa.
The arrests were made after a raid on
the gypsy camp, and Lucien Marino
George Marino, woman and four little
children are held by Chief Goods at the
police headquarters pending receipt of
a message from the at thoriues Of Coun-
ell Bluffs.
II IS charged by Chief Of Police
George H RlchmoVd, of Council Bluffs,
that Lucien MaTino, evidently leader Of
the rovors. stole several hundred dol
lars from horse dealer I'm Council Bluffs
and kidnapped the son Of a prominent
resident Of that city.
To Hunt for Parents.
Two OF the four children are AmerI-
cans ana the others are foreigners. Sat
ished that both the American children
were taken from their parents by force.
the Alexandra authorities viii make
every effort to locate the parents. The
American boys appear 10 be about five
and seven years Of age, respectively.
They were lily clothed and poorly nour-
ished and seemed TO relish the food
given them at Police Headquarters.
Lucien MarinO was searched at Police
Headquarters and several telegFa ms
which he sought to hide were found In
the inside pocket OF his coat. The dis
patches were signed by another gypsy
IN Iowa, who advised Marino 20 ''sklp
70 Pennsylys7ia, But don't 20 10 West
Virginia"
Wires for Arrest.
Last night Chief Goods received the
following dispatch from Chief Rich
mond: Arrest and hold Lucien Marino.
a servian gypsy and girI. charged with
grand larceny and kidnapping"
Early this morning Chief Goods and
Policeman Garvey started the search Of
the gypsy band, About 20 O'clock the
TOvers were found near the outskirts
CT the city and arrested.
MarinO. a shrewd. middle-aged man
with earrings and many ornaments on
his hand and wearing a gaudy shirt
and sOmbrero hat, protested that he
d.d not understand English and no
statement could be secured from him.
Evidently with a desire to throw the
police of the track, Marino repeatedly
caressed the little boy believed 10 have
been KIDNAPPED The lads conduct
toward the man showed clearly that he
bore no love for the gypsy.
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Charles H. ThOmp-
son Says She Was Mis-
treated on Bridal
Tour.
Court WithholdS DeCiS-
ion and Progress of
Novel Suit is
Blocked.

An aftermath OF the trouble between
Charles II. Thompson, principal Of the
Jefferson School. and his wife, Jessie
I. Thompson, has been furnished in a
suit for S7O,ee0 damages which Mrs,
Thompson has brought against her nus
hand. The latter obtained a limited di-
vorce last summer in Hamilton, Va.
and his attorneys say the suit just in
stituted by Mrs. Thompson can have no
legal status as she claims the damages
as his wife.
Decision Reserved,
Mrs. Thompson's counsel, on the con-
trary, argues that the divorce obtained
by the husband in Virginia cannot be
legally recognized in the District. Judge
Gould, before whom the case is being
heard, has reserved .:ecision and until
this is given the case cannot proceed.
Mrs. Thompson's suit is the first Of
its kind on record in the District OF
Columbia. She has supplemented her
petition for damages by a prayer for
separatiOn from her husband.
The story of the Thompsons' marital
infelicitles has been aired many times
in the newspapers. Mrs. Thompson ;
various complaints are based on inhu
man treatment by her husband. The
latter denies these charges. All this
was made known last summer when
Mr. Thompson went TO Hamilton. Va.
and obtained a limited divorce from his
wife.
The suit for damages which Mrs.
Thompson has instituted recites a mum
Der of alleged brutal assaults which
Thompson made upon her and names
seven specific occasions when her hus-
bands treatment was such that she suf-
fered bodily injury.
MistTeated on Wedding Tour.
Mrs. Thompson states that they were
married December Il, 1906, and that her
husbands inhuman treatment began on
their wedding tour. SHe says her hus-
band became violent and brutal toward
her. Frequently beating nd striking her
and calling her vile names"
The entire declaration of Mrs.
vTbon1pson is filled with such complaints
and recites a narrowing story.
Tbe s1it was filed by w. NJ. Levin,
counsel for Mrs. Thompson.
Considerable interest centers in the
s1Iit through the prominence of Mr..
Thompson in school circles or the Dis
trfct. He has been principal Of the
Jefferson School sever2l years and is
x,-ideIy known among teachers and pub
lie school children % th 2 District. He
Is said to be about t7irty- eight years
old while Mrs. Thompson IS many years
his junior.
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

Since Friday night there has been no
precipitation Of consequence in the
i-nited states. except in the northern
.5is+r{cfs west of the Rocky mountains
where storm conditions still persist with
abnormally low pressure over the eX-
treTne northern portion.
1t is cold in New England, but else
where moderate 10 high temperatures
rray,siI- The greatest eXCesses existing
al-er the lake region. the Mississippi. and
SgfssoUri valleys, the Northwest, and
me north Pacific states.
while there will be considerable
oIo3,diuess tonight and Tuesday in the
ETest and South, 10 precipitation of con-
se0ueuce is indicated.
Temperatures will rise steadily.
Steamers departing today for Euro
mean ports viii have brisk south 70
eoI1tbwest winds, with fair. warmer
1veafher TO the Grand Banks.
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TEMPERATURES.
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Pullman Sleeping Car Service to Erie.

through Pullman drawing-roOm
sIaenine car is now operated between
washington and Oil City, Pa. via the
Pennsylvania Railroad and Cory. af-
fording improved sleeping car accommo-
dations to Erie and Northwestern Penn
sylvania. The car leaves Union Station,
Washington, daily. at 1:VS ?. m.-AdYs
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