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The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
NAVY YARD TRACKS UP TODAY
Mr. smith Expects tn Call BiII-Bet-
ting Bill May Come, Too.

AnE Bill Nay Come. Too.
Flushed with the flowers of yesterday.
Representative Smith, chairman of the
House District Committee. will this
morning, if not incompatible with the
Speakers eye, bring up before the House
the bin extending the time for the re-
movaI of the railroad tracks TO the
Washington Navy Yard TO two years
This bin was reported out from the
District Committee recently, and, under
the regular order it might not be called
up until the usual District Day-which
viii come no one knows When-but under
MIR DalZells latest rule adopted yester-
day any old day is District Day or ma
ti0nal day. or any day-except for Demo-
cratic business
Mr. Smith will, observation-disclosures pro-
vided he can manage TO catch the Speak
ers twinkling eye. call up the bill in
question. move for suspensioa OF the
rules and for fits passage. r.. House
District Committee has already tabled a
bill coming from the Senate affecting the
navy yard tracks so that this measure
will likely pass.
AIr. Smith said yesterday that it's pas
sage Will mean much he believes. to-
ward the retention of the working force
at the local yard, and, therefore. he
hopes to get it up as soon as possible
Mr.. Smith hopes 10 obtain the consent
Of the Speaker 10 the institution Of a
real District Day seither tomorrow or
Monday, but this seems problematlcal, as
no one knows what the rulers Of the
House have in their ten sleeves.
It is possible that the Sims anti-gam-
bling bill will be called UP to-day. as
both Mr. Smith and Representative Sims
are anxiously awaiting that gleam Of
recognition from Mr.. Cannon which Will
mean that it may be called from the
Speakers table.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
CONGRESS BRIEFS

The Senate Yesterday passed bill authorizing E
public building st Easton. Pa, 70 cost not to ex-
ceed 100000
Senator Gallingers absence IN New Hampshile will
prevent the consideration ct the District appropTia-
.ion bill until Thursday OF Friday Of this week
He is expected to return to Washington on Wednes-
day evening
The bin CREATING the Appalachian and White
Mountain forest reserve was called up by Senator
BTandeEeo Of Connecticut Yesterday but was dis
placed at o'clock by the unfinished businssS-wheh
. is still unfinished.
The Senate passed q bin yesterday reported hr
Senator CuIbeTs0n. Of Texas extending the uro-
visions # the pension laws Of 1892 to the Texas
volunteers who defended the Texas border IRON
. marauding Mexcans and invading Indians be-
tween 1850 and 1850.
The proposed abolition Of the District pension
agencies. recommended By the President and in
serted in the pension appropriation hill by the
House, viii be cut out by the Senate Committee
on Pensions, which has nearly finished its consdera
tion Of the bill ant viii soon report it to the
Senate.
The omnibus public building bill. carrying appro-
pTatons in excess Of s2060a 008 was yesterday re-
ported to the full Committee on Public Buildings
BY the subcommittee that assigned the duty Of
framing the measure. The bill recognizes nearly
every State in the Union. It win soon be reported
% the House.
The Senate has begun adioirning early. usually an
unfsiling sign Of approaching ldnUmment. Some
Capitol frequenters Offering odds on the proposi
ti0R that adjournment win be tgsen on May Is or
l6, bait they find few takers. Senator Aldrich yes
terday moved an adjournment at 2;30. aud the
motion prevailed.
Senator CulbeTSOn Of Teas. presented a long
memorial in the Senate yesterday in favor Of legis-
lation requiring the publication Of campaign ex-
peEses. The Senator called attention 10 the fact
that bills had been pending in the Senate Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections since shortly
after Congress met but no reports had been made
thereon
Resolutions opposing tho proposed site for the
Grant memorial in the Botanic Gardens. were for
warded to Congress yesterday by the officers Of the
Army and Navy Union The site is designated as
obsuro and swampy. Gen S. s. Burdett. however.
has issued an appeal asking that opposition to the
ste cease, in the interest Of early action for the
construction Of the memorial.
detailed statement, showing the relative total
cost Of inspection and construction Of the battle shin
Connecticut, built AZ the New York Navy Yard and
the battle ship Louisiana built by the Newport
News Shipbuiding and DTydock Company. was sub
mitted 10 the House yesterday By Secretary of the
Navy Metcalf The Connecticut, built by the gov
eminent. cost So G005, and the Louisiana. con
structed in 4 private yard, cost s, $3.50
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
kokomO Woman
Gives Fortune
To Help Women Who Suffer.

In the past few years Mrs Cora 3,
Miller has spent Sl25. .0OOo0 in giving med
ical treatment 10 afflicted women.
Some time ago we announced in fhs COL
umus OF this paper that she would send
free treatment TO every woman who suf-
fered from female diseases or piles.
More than a million women have ac-
eepted this generous offer, and as Mrs.
Miller is still receiving requests from
thousands of women from all parts Of the
world. who have not yet used the remedy,
she has decided 10 continue the offer for
awhile longer, at least
This is the simple, mild. and harmless
preparation that has cured so many
women In the privacy OF their own homes
after doctors and other remedies failed.
It is especially prepared for the speedy
and~permanent cure OF lucorrhoea or
whitish discharges, liberation, displace-
nents or falling of the womb. profuse.
scanty. or painful periods, uterine or
ovarian tumOrs or growths; also pains in
the head, back, and bowels, bearing down
feelings, nervousness, creeping feeling IN
the spine. melancholy. desire TO cry, hot
flashes. WEAKNESS, and piles from any
cause, or no matter Of how long stand
ing.
Every woman sufferer, unable 10 find
relief. who will write Mrs. Miller now
without delay. viii receive by mail free
OF charge, 50-cent box OF this simple
home remedy. also book with explana-
tory illustrations showing why women
suffer and how they can easily cure them
selves at home without the aid Of a
physician.
Don't suffer another day, but write at
once to Mrs. Cora B. Miller, 57es Miller
Building Kokomo. Ind
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
MAY NOT GUARD G.P.O. FUNDS
Appropriation for Printery VIII Be
Similar to Previous Years.
House appropriations Committee
said Not TO Have Inserted Pre-
cautions in Bill.

In spite Of the disclosures of queer
practices in the Government Printing
omee, when Charles a. stiilings and
the odd Audit System fourished there
recently, it is understood that no special
safeguards are thrown around the appro-
priatlon for the big printery in the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, on which the
House Committee on Appropriations Is
now working with might and main.
At the time Of the printing Office in
vestigation 1t seemed to be assured that
the 100000 or more that is given each
year to the Public Printer would. in
the future, be more thoroughly placed IN
der the control of Congress. From pres
ent indications, however, il is possible
that the same few lines which have ap-
peared in former omnibus appropriation
bills will be found in that for the fiscal
year of 1893
The only material which is purchased
for the Government Printing once. over
which Congress has placed some re-
straint, is that of paper. Over all the
other thousand and one things which
the Government Printing Office must have
each year. no one but the Public Printer
has a word TO say.
Former Public Printer Stillings was
well aware of the injustice Of such lack
Of precautionary provisions. ard in his
annual reports to Congress he men,
toned this fact at some length.
officials who investigated the printing
office when Stllings was ousted reached
the same conclusion which he had reach
the funds IN the Public Printers
hands should be more carefully surround
ed by the checks which Congress alone
may create,
At the time of the investigation Of the
Suffolk Distributing Company-one of the
concerns allied with The Audit System Ia
strange government contraets-the mem
bers of the printing investigation COM
mission were all agreed that the money
given to the Public Printer should be
more specifically guarded IN justice TO
the PubllcHrinter and in justice to Con-
sress and the nation.
II the sundry civil bill, as is reported,
contains no provision curtailing to some
extent the power of the Public Printer
to spend money on whatsoever he desires,
Il is held possible that the House will
attempt to insert some restricting pro-
vision when the bill comes up for debate.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
ADD TO APPROPRIATION BILL
Senate Committee Reports It with
Substantial Increase.
Bison Range in Montana Is Provided
For, and an Appropriation fer
Education of Farmers.

Increased to the extent of $3.50 900 above
the total amount allowed by the House.
the agricultural appropriation bin was
yesterday reported TO the Senate by SEN
ator Warren, who acted for Senator
Hansbrough, chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations. the latter having for
several weeks been confined 10 his apart
ments by Illness. The total amount car
ried by the bill is Sli $40, 142
The largest single item Of Increase is
the allowance of Sio9o0, for setting aside
2 500 acres as a bison range in the Flat
head Indian reservation, in Montana. Ten
thousand dollars is appropriated to Inn
prove the land to be taken for the pur-
pose. $4,000 being allowed for the land
itself.
Zen Thousand dollars Is allowed for the
expenses of an expedition to Siberia, to
study the plant life of that region, and a
like sum for experiments in the manu-
faeture of denatured alcohol for the in
struction Of farmers.
Other increases allowed are as follows:
Bureau of Plant Industry, general ex-
penses $4,000, to enable it 10 cooperate
with the Reclamation Service in showing
the feasibility of crop production on re-
claimed lands. and a like sum for the
purchase and distribution of seeds for the
purpose Of producing forage plants in the
Northern Plains region; Bureau OF Chem
istry. ss5. coo more for general expenses; f.;
Weather Bureau. for additional buildings
at weather stations, $4,000: Office OF the
Secretary, including increase in salary of
the solicitor, from $500 to $4,000, 81, 400;
division Of publications, $3.50, for salaries
and o5her expenses; contingent expenses,
S33. 600. of which $s,000 is &c be used for
renting quarters; for an agricultural ex-
pertinent station in Guam. So 5000; nutri-
tion investigation appropriation, in
creased $1,000; 70 further investigation
into preservation of naval stores, $1,000
The sum allowed for the Bureau of
Soils was reduced by the Senate Commit
tee to the extent of S133, $50, but the ap-
preparation for this bureau remains at
the amount estimated by the Secretary.
The appropriation for the Bureau of En-
tomology was also reduced to the extent
of $3.50. which brings IL down 10 the
sum asked by the department for this
bureau. The Senate committee also
struck out a proposed increase in the sal
airy Of a custodian Of records in the di-
vision of disbursements and accounts. In
the Bureau of Statistics one first-class
clerk is added. and one clerk In the same
bureau, at $1,000, is omitted.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
SENATE.

Senator B0rah. in speech which consumed
an hour and q half. dissected the testimony in
the Brownsville ease and maintained that the
negro soldiers we're guilty, and that the Presi-
dent did right in aismissing them without honor
Senator Hale reported the naval appropriation
bill. with the battle-ship provision unchanged
and over y.OOo.0oO added 70 the total sppEopria-
tions.
Senator Warren reported the Agricultural sD-
propTiation bill with an increase Of about
$4,000 over the House figures
The diplomatic and consular appropriation sill
was sent to the Senate from the House and re-
feTred 70 The proper committee.
Senator Long reported from the District Com
mittes the bin authorizing the Takoma Springs
Ice Company to lay pipe lines within thosDis-
trict
Bills authorizing the construction Of q Federal
building at EaSton. Pa. and extending the pen
sion laws to include certain Texas veterans
were passed.
At go p. n. on motion of Senator Aldrich.
the Senate adjourned until noon to-day.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
EVERY DAY SUSPENSION HAY.
Mr., DaIzeH Further Binds Democrats
by Latest Rule.

Rule IS of the House. governing the
matter Of legislation by suspension Of the
rules was modified for the rest OF the
session to-day in line with the repeated
declaration that the Republicans would
legisIate In their own way and their own
time.
Hereafter until adjournment. under
resolution reported by Mr.. Dalzell, from
the Committee on Rules, and approved
by party vote IL shall be IN order at
any time 10 suspend the rules instead of
confning the privilege to the first and
third Mondays of the month
A majority instead of twO-thirds shall
be sufficient TO pass a proposition. and on
demand a second TO the motion shall be
considered ordered, without waiting for
a vote by tellers
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
PIeases Submarine Probers.

Grant Hugh Brown, promoter, OF
New York, yesterday testified before the
submarine investigating committee of the
House that 1t was he who really set on
foot the much exploited deal whereby It
has been asserted that the Lake Tor
pedo Boat Company sought to buy out
the Eelctric Boat Company, even after
the submarine hearings on the Ldlley
charges had begun. Mr.. Browns straight
forward and refreshingly candid tasti-
mony was the only noticeable event of
the hearing.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21

the Senate and wields one-thirteenth of
the legislative power Of that body. and he
stands with $l20,000 of property in the
very corporation that Congress controls.
Nothing but Praise.
4 have got nothing to say about him
except commend him. He has the courage
to have the stock in his own name. What
else? Why, last fan the papers were
full of what? Full OF the story that an
other gentleman in high official station,
who must necessarily have great influence
In legislation, had become a large stock
holder in the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, which owned the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company.
Who was Il? William Loeb, jr. of
New York. Who is William Loeb and
what are his qualifications? What els? g?
The newspapers show that he was elected
a director of this company, and the news
papers further say that he is to be presi-
dent of the company. The report sworn
to says that he owns 400 shares Of the
stock of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, which owns the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company that sells
its service 10 the government of the
United States.
His whole qualifications are those Of
stenogFapheT. This fits him fer the quail
fcations Of a private secretary, and /
understand he is one Of the most efficient
we have ever had; but why should he l.r
made a director, and mentioned for the
presidency OF corporation that in part
sells its services TO the government of
the United States, and is regulated alone
by the laws 6 Congress?
What do you think about 1t when you
are up against a proposition Ike this?
Is it not embarrassing? Now. it is not
unlawful TO own these shares of stock;
but suppose the private secretary Of the
Speaker Of the House, or suppose our own
individual secretaries own stock2
Right for All.
If it is right for one to own stock. It
is right for all If it IS right for the
secretary to the President of the United
States. on the pay roll OF the government
Of the United States. to be a director
I'm a public-seTvice corporation. which is
selling part OF It's service to the govern
ment. It is right for every secretary OF
every Cabinet officer to do it. and it is
right for us TO do it. Now, what would
we look like? If it is right to own part
Of the stock, it is right TO own it all.
If this is right. let us pass a few laws
that viii bear the stock. buy It in. and
then we viii own it and pass laws to
feather our nests and replenish our pock-
cts. BY the Eternal God, let us distribute
Il -
think you would be in this body or In the
other?
4 want to look the man in the face
who will vote to send the street-car track
down there. with the absolute knowledge
beforehand that it means you VIII never
touch them again so FAR as service reg
ulatiOn is concerned. or so far as a reduc-
ton of fares is concerned. You do not
have 10 instruct me. I am going to stand
out until this Congress ends, If the Union
Station goes down with 1t,
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
Tmo PoIffienI nIeetinns HeIa

Well-ettended meetings were held last
night at Fisherman's Hall, in f street
southwest, and at Irving Hall, in D street
southeast. by the voters of the Seven
tenth and Twenty-fiTst districts. Resolu-
lions were unanimously adopted indorsing
the Foraker-Flather-H -Horner- -Tindail- Muir
ray ticket.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21

Mr, Holmes, though comparatively new
man in Washington newspaper circles,
is not by any means new hand at the
business.
He attended the University Of South
Carolina for four years, and coming to
Washington last September entered upon
his newspaper work here.
He Is "a member of the Washington bu-
reaus OF the Charleston Evening Post and
Columbia Record, and is credited also
to the Brooklyn Times.
Mr.. Holmes expects to make newspaper
work his lifes work and Washington his
home
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
TIOIsE.

Under a suspension Of the rules the House
agreed to the Senate amendments TO the Indian
appropriation bill
resolution eensurins the action Of Speaker
Cannon in adjournihg the House On Saturday
ehen Representative Williams had ssked fer
division was tabled
Tie Union Station trackage bill, under a sus-
pension of the rules. was sent back to confer
ence, the Couferees being instructed TO insist on
the amendments which the House inserted in
the bill
At Sis the House took recess until n:39
to-day
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
wYMAN Is RENoMINATED.
President Ignores Opposition of ST.
Louis Congressmen.

The President sent to the Senate yes
terday the nomination Of Frank Wyman
to be postmaster al st. Louis. This is
a denomination,
AIr Wyman is a brother Of DR.. Walter
Wyman, Supervising Surgeon General Of
the Marine Hospital Service. He has held
the Office four years
All the delegation in Congress from 81
Louis opposed the nomination. Senator
Warner is also credited with having been
opposed 10 Wyman, but that has ap-
parently been removed.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
PROBE PAPER TRUST
Speaker Would Have House
Committee Dig Deep.
B0NAPARTE FAILS TO PLEASE

Cannon, in Spite of Attorney Cen
erals Reply, Decides that House
shouId Probe Paper Monopoly.
Wants Commission Of SIX Members.
ReciteS Facts Absut Wood Pu1p.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
SIMS ARRAIGNS LOEB
Gets Sarcastic in Debate on
Union Station Track Bill.
HOUSE WANTS AMENDMENTS

On Measure Under Suspension of
RuIes-SO1v COnfeEees Must, Under
Hoase's Order, Stick out for Uni-
veFsal Transfers - Senator Also
Scored-Smith Explains Position,
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
A Suggestion to Men:

Call and inspect our newest importa-
tons in seasonable suitings. Every pat
tern is characterized by Individuality.
uSLevyest prices, quality considered.
E. II. Snyder & Co., TaiIcrS.
All PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NV.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-21
Quotes Officers Judgments.

Another thing to which desire to di-
rect your attention before discussing the
evidence is the fact that judgment was
passed upon these soldiers by their own
officers"
Here quotations were made from the
report of Maj. Penrose and the testimony
Of Lieut.. Gresr and Capt MaekIin, where
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-09

at Albany and 5000 tons for the con-
struction of sugar refinery at Bos-
ton.
The Bethlehem plant has not been
overwhelmed with orders for govern
ment work or for steel rails, but the
blast furnaces have been in full oper-
alton for long time, and have
enough business ahead to keep them
busy for months. The company has
sold large quantities of pig iron and
has many orders untitled. The struc-
tural mills are running in double
shifts.
1t Is not believed that Mr..
Schwab's plans involve his costly new
residence at Riverside Drive and
Seventy-third street, which he has
occupied but little since it was An
ished. A member of his household
there said that he had given no init
nation that he intended to dispose of
his house.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-09
Wild MAN ON THE
AMARGOSA DESERT

AL McCausland, who returned
Monday from Indian creek. where he
is interested in oil locations. renorts
having seen wild man perfectly
nude in the vicinity of mile post SS
on the Las Vegas and Tonopah rail-
road between Amargosa and Rose
well. Mr.. McCausland informed
Deputy Sheriff John Casey in regard
70 the matter, and the officer left
Tuesday morning to investigate, but
returned without having found a
trace of the wild man.
Mr.. McCausland drove through
from Indian creek and he said at the
point mentioned he saw the man SIT
ting down besides a greasewood
bush. When he approached the man
look 10 his heels and ran like a deer.
Mr.. McCausland says he met the man
VINO runs the speeder between Amar-
gosa and Roosevelt and he told him
that he had also seen the crazy man
In the same locality. The speeder
person said he tried to catch the wild
one, but it was no go. He then filed
couple of bottles with water from
his canteen when the first heat of the
race had ended, and walked away
motioning to the water The nude
Individual caught the meaning of the
action, and returned for the water.
When he had secured the bottles, the
speeder man again gave chase, but he
was outclassed the same as before
Bullfrog Miner.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-09
WANTS AN ARMY
OF 10000 NEN.

WASHINGTON, Sept s.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, in his final annual
message to congress, probably will
recommend an increase in the nu-
merical strength of the army to at
least 100000 men. At present the
army is on a footing of $4,000 men,
the number provided for in time of
peace.
To the general staff it has become
evident in the last two years that
$4,000 men are too few properly to
garrison the posts at which it is nee
essary to maintain an army force.
These posts include the garrisons in
the insular possessions of America.
The law provides that the army may
be increased to 100000 men in time
of need. This provision, in the
opinion of military experts, is likely
to prove a serious handicap to the
army if a larger force is needed.
1t is pointed out that the recruiting
of the army from 10000 to 100, 900
men would bring into the service an
addition of approximately two mex
perienced men to every three expert
enced soldiers. The injection of so
many raw recruits would hurt the
army's efficiency.
1t is also pointed out that a con-
siderable force will be required to
garrison the Notifications at Pearl
harbor in the Hawaiian islands. An
immense amount of money is to be
expended in the erection of these
fortifications, and it is the opinion of
the officials that a garrison of at
least 10000 men will have to be
maintained there in order to protect
the works and insure against inva-
sion by possible enemy. Just now
there are approximately 10000 jap
anese in the Hawaiian islands. In
the remote event of war between
America and Japan and some other
power with which Japan is on friend
ly terms, it would be impossible for
the comparatively small force of
United States troops now in the Ha-
waiian islands to prevent the land
ing OF arms and ammunition to sup
ply the Japanese in the islands.
1t is expected that the president
will recommend in his message an in
crease in the army by the addition Of
at least ten regiments of infantry.
five regiments of cavalary and sew
eral regiments of coast artillery.