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vii GET

STcciHl 20 Daily Leader
Washington ID Ca May ls.-An
amendment 10 The general deficiency
bill carving si0O00 for salaries for
district attorneys and marshals for
Oklahoma from November rs 1907 TO
June 30, 1905 al the rate OF $4,000 per
ouuum each, was fav0rahiy reported
f6sm the senate committee on iudici-
AIRY today
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srRlous REsulTs FEARsp.

You may well fear serious results
from a coush or cold as pneumonia
and consumption start With a cold.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures the most
.ob8finate coughs on colda aud prevents
serious results Refuse substituted
For sale by 6 r Renir0
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Tulsa Okla MAY rs The visitors
We're long ON batting and pui io tie
had Two of HE locals tesf pitchers
and Fifsi Baseman lyon vino look
q iurnCiu ille box % nelvfnatiers oui
lne attendance was the LARGEST 0t the
season
Score R.ll y.
TLlsa ....... 900 600 OD2 4
Alusk0gee Gus I9i 900 l0 ~ 8
Batteries Gree0ry Harris iJons
ana Jefiries Ross and Brown.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE


Omaha. May i8 Omaha scored an.
other shut out yesterday sioux Citg
being the victim Corbeit was easy
for ino locals.
Score Y. H. @.
Omaha .....-020 orc 2nf-3 N
Sioux City M 600 600 600 20 5
Batteries. llGnenbeck and GOnding;
Corbett and Henry
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And
Sports
okIahoma cItN. B. Wlohlta.

yFTdTVTT" NIFT1 % FFF-TTN'I y
Wichita Kas May l7-O Opportune
hitting won for Oklahoma city from
Wicnta here yesterday on iicld
heavy with mud.
Score r. VI p.
Wichita .... ono 0l0 MO . ~ z
Oklahoma city 100 0l0 800 o q
Batteries Speer ard Armstrong;
Bemis and Kelsey
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. MEsrERN AssocIATIoN.


4ntchineon kas Aaf io. ID was
4 t4se ol too muc hbarber yesterday
ana Enid lost 10 A muddy ueid
Kept Hutchinson ifom scoring pl
y r.
Enid Hot wv wy
HUTCHINSON epn <'<
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Crescent City.

Summary Three-base hit Blassin-
game htolcn bases, g. Mlze Wilson.
smith. Puilam Earned runs, Guthrie.
%, Crescent 3 Struck out by Os-
bourne. 6. Willis. 8 Bases On balls.
of Willis. 2. Osbourne Hit by
pitcher by Osbourne ! Time of game.
1920 Umpire. Farrell
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Cincinnati, Z: New York, 2.

Cincinnati, O., May 49, Wiltse held
Cincinnati down until ihe eighth 10
ming, wnen six hits including a triple
by Hulswiti, and a home run BY Gan
eel the latter hit coming with the
bases fuis put the New Yorks out or "a,
A onehanded catch by .askert was
lhe fealure.
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EpWkhDA rKNPLE Prszasui
~ cLAaE. vi1o praida1i
tcsQa cteADY TfssgrH
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defeated Boston by a score OF I to D..
The game was aclled a the end of the
sixth inning on account OF rain. u
was pitchers battle between Karger
and lindaman. A base on balls, an
out and O'Rourke's double, scoring
the winning run.
Score r. II e
St Louis ..........O10 O00~l
Boston ..+,......0 900 e00-0
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Oh lahoma CITY al wichita
Ioleaa at Joplin
Webb tiiL al Springfield
hnld ai hutchinson
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Eyers. .,S,,,,s S. a Q Q Q 8 l l
Totals .32 3 q 20 3
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National Lsaaue.
wAeRe IL ~ ToDAY.

Oklahoma State League.
Crescent ai GWhrie
hennessey az hiueiisher.
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American League.

Cleveland al Boston.
Detroit ot New York.
Chicago a. WASHINGTON
St Lonis al Philadelphia.
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funds and Increases, l9O7

HoLl.rH. secfssry
IN BAcHffI,L. Aat 80 40 ssef
eEoHoH BUHfs. neld NlpagA
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Brooklyn al Chicago. =
New York at Cincinnati
Boston at 81 Louis
philadelphia az Piiisbups
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Assels, December So, l9O7
l-IablIILIes. December 81, l9O7

rtin t1d rnpai .t-...-t..tt hout
nr.it CIR. SEA p...a iatli8o1
lrli fnai uf5i1 ani stlan Feyueuf .,t-te laliiq
tr4ouns shs o ianuafy, 1908 ff,o
n.iasa, n.arsss y riaiss Oonsrsct .... -. lfas5sN
= Tois .......-. e. .-... tiifH1f51b
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05
4 Real Nafnre Faker-

The Chattanooga Times has been look
ing up the record Of its local ground hog.
and finds it all to the bad He appears
TO he the very worst nature faker in the
entire realm of sWindlers. albeit tricky
and possessed Of a certain quality of
smoOthness. His representations are ac-
curate at times, but Aearly always
marked by mdeThand and fraudulent
methods.
We have long suspected as much in ref
erence to our own local ground hog. and
We have no doubt the uuworthiness of
its past life might be as firmly estab-
lished statstically as in the case of its
Tennessee relative. It doesn't make the
slightest difference whether the ground
hog-any old ground hog-sees his shadow
on February or not; the subsequent six
weeks of weather may or may not be
such as either alternative suggests. The
Times finds that the one particular ground
hog that does the predicting business
for Chattanooga and vicinity came forth
last year saw his shadow, and the
weather following was so mild that pic
mics were in order, and even "chiggers"
came out of alternating quarters. on
the other hand, the year before that he
came out, didn't see his shadow. and the
six weeks following were cold enough to
freeze the toes off a brass monkey; Eas-
ter Sunday even being so trapped that
spring flowers were badly frost-bitten al
over the neighborhoOd.
We regret to say the ground hogs repu-
tation for veracity in this bailiwick is no
better than it is in Chattanooga. He
hits it right at times, of course. but gen
orally through sinister manipulation ofI
things We have no doubt he schedules
the exact moment OF his appearance TO
coincide with that instant of the dayI
most suited to his purpose, and when
he does make good it is, as rule
largely through cheating. 1t is an old
saying that
Things said false, and never meant
OFT prove true by accident"
And so. upon occasions, he tells the
truth, but not because he is insunctively
or designediy truthful or honest. ANY
thing likely to bolster up his false pre-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1908.
Another Message impending.


In the printed copies of President
Roosevelrs recent message furnished to
members of Congress. but not in the
copies supplied 10 the press for publica-
ton, there occurs paragraph which, we
believe, has hitherto escaped public at
tention:
1t is my purpose as soon as may be 20 submit
some further recommendations in reference 10 cur
laws regulating labor conditions within the sphere
Of Federal authority. very recent decision Of the
supreme Court OF the United States rendered since
this message was written, in the case Cf Adar vs.
United States, seemingly q faTrgaehiug import
and Of yery serious probable consequences has mOd-
ted the previously entertained views on the powers
Of The Congress in the premises 10 such a degree
as TO make necessary careful consideration Of the
opinions therein filed before 1t is possible definitely
to decide in what way to call the matter 70 your
attention"
A very suggestive passage. setting at
rest all speculation as 10 whether there
would be any more messages along the
line of the last or whether the Presi-
dent would press for further labor leg
islation. II is apparent that Mr. RCose-
welt regards it of high Importance to
counterfeit the hostility of organized labor
10 the courts aroused by reason of va
riOus decisions adverse 10 union claims
ard practices But If he considers the
opinion of the Supreme Court annulliug
that section of the Erdmann act forbid
ding Determinations against members Of
railway labor organizations as "of far
reaching import ana very serious prob
able consequences" what does he think
of the opinion of the same court that a
boycott conducted by the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor against a concern doing
an interstate business is a violation of
the Sherman antitrust law2
We suspect it viii prove an embar-
RAISING subject to deal with, and so we
await the forthcoming message with
acute interest.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05
PURE WATER SUPPLY VITAL.
Health Of Community Is Very
Largely Dependent Upon Ii.

Edvari W5gmsnn. in the Metropolitan Magazine.
The health of a community depends
largely upon the purity of its water sup
ply. Formerly IL was thought that water
in which chemistry failed to find any
noxious elements was fit for domestic use.
but in recent years the science Of bacteri-
oI0gy has demonstrated that such water
may contain the germs Of dangerous
diseases. These germs increase very
rapidly in number and are often com
muniCated by the contamination of
a source Of water supply from one in
fected person 10 a whole community. Such
a case occurred in ISS4-1Ss5. in Plymouth.
Pa. a man who had contracted typhoid
fever in Philadelphia was nursed during
tie winter In a house near a mountain
brook which flowed into a river from
which Plymouth derived its water supply.
The refuse from the sick room was
thrown on the snow near the house with
out being disniectsd. AS cold weather
does not kill disease germs. the typhoid
germs were washed into the spring, by the
melting Of the snow, into the mountain
stream referred TO above and, as a con
sequence. more than loo cases Of ty-
pEOid fever and about leo deaths from
this disease occurred in Plymouth. these
cases being ali confined to persons drink
ing the polluted water.
In 1892 Hamburg, Germany, was visited
by a terrible epidemic Of cholera. This
city derives its water supply from the
River Elbe. At the time of the epidemic
the river water without being filtered.
was used for domestic purposes. II has
been proved beyond question that the
germs of cholera were communicated To
the City's water supply by throwing into
the river the excreta Of a sailor who was
sick with cholera on a vessel anchored in
the EIbe. Nearly 5000 persons died Of
cholera I'm Hamburg during this epidemic
but In Altoona, q suburb Of Hamburg,
using EIbe water that had been filtered
through sand. not a case Of cholera oc-
CURED that could not be traced TO the
drinking Of the unfiltered water Of Ham
burg.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05

Senator KnOX's observation, in his Yale
address. that the Federal power to regu-
late commerce is a great affirmative
and constructive power, constitutionaHy
capable Of effective and fruitful develop
ment in a region all its own" is strik-
ingly Illuminated by the Supreme Court
decision holding the boycott by a labor
union OF a manufacturing establishment
doing an interstate business 20 be n vio-
lation Of the Sherman antitrust law.
The principle underlying the decision.
that the course of trade must be free
from restrictions and the liberty Of a
trader 10 engage in business untrammel-
ed, is very old one, and It has often
been applied to the boycott; but in this
particular case the vital question was
whether the boycott affected any trans
actions of the manufacturer that actually
constituted interstate commerce. Follow
ing the precedent of the Addyston pipe
case, in which it was held that anv com
biratiOn operating directly on the sale
transportation, and delivery Of an article
OF interstate commerce by preventing or
restricting its sale was in restraint of
Interstate commerce, the court had no
difficulty with this point, in spite OF the
fact that the boycOtting acts were com
mlJted wholly within q State. Taking
these acts as a whole, the court held
that they constituted such a combina-
ton as is forbidden by the Sherman law
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05
Absenteeism in the Army.

It is interesting to observe that the
House Military Committee. IN It's con
sideration of the army appropriation act.
has been making some inquiries OF lead
ing army officers concerning the degree Of
absenteeism; that is to say, the extent 10
which officers of the infantry, cavalry.
and artillery are separated from their re-
spectiye line commands by the employ
ment which is known as detached duty"
This includes those assignments 10 duty
with the special staff corps and the gen
eral STAFF. ana Il amounts in the aggre-
gate 20 several hundred officers. whose
places with the line il is proposed by the
War Department TO nh by a correspond
ing increase I'm the commissioned per
sonnet of the army. Some information
has been sought by the House Military
Committee concerning the wisdom of en-
acting legislation which viii place re-
strictions upon the assignment Of army
officers 10 detached duty; and while
the advice given the committee by repre-
sentatives of the War Department is not
by any means clearly stated II is believed
90 be ia favor of "a limitation upon the
period which line officers Of the army
may be absent from their troops. At
present there IS no such limitation. AN
infantry OF cavalry or artillery officer
may be with the Pay Department for four
years, and then spend the next four years
as a quartermaster and the succeeding
four years on the staff OF a department
commander. I'm fact. there are several
notable instances Of officers who have
been away from their line commands for
ten or twelve years. In that time a
line officer must necessarily forget much
that he knows concerning his line duties
and when he returns 20 them after such
a long absence, It must be appreciated
that he resumes his tasks with the troops
as one who is confronted by new re-
sponsIbiIites,
This is obviously the defect Of tie much
commended system Of detailing line Off
GERS to duty with the STAFF. Il was
theoretically a plausible device Of making
officers Of aIl-round usefulness. but it
works out so as 10 enable an uniuter-
rupted TeWard.ng Of favorltes and az too
often keeping on staff duty those officers
who are of little use with their line
commands. An officer who does not
measure up to the requirements of "a
captain or major Of coast artillery OF
cavalry would naturally find a coneeuiaI
haven of refuge in a staff corps, and ne
could keep on indefinitely in one or an
other Of the staff branches without his
superior officers desiring him back with
tho troops. But il is in the opportunity
of favoritism that the detail system and
abseuteeism present the greatest menace.
Officers with a pull are bound 10 employ
it I'm keeping away from their troops.
with the probability that when war
comes and the chance Of distinction IS
with the line. they viii seek to be trans
feTred away from the staff, where they
are supposed 10 be gaining information o.
use I'm time Of war
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"a combination falling within the class
of restraints of trade aimed at GEM
Polling third parties and strangers in
voluntarily not to engage in the course
Of trade except on conditions that the
combination imposes"
The decision thus places the acts of
a labor union in bOycotting a manufac-
turer on the same plane with the prac-
tees of a trust in suppTessing rivals or
in forcing retailers 10 buy from it only,
As in the case of the trusts, II has re-
quired the Interpretation of the courts to
bring the labor union and the boycott
under the purview of legislation enacted
by authority of the interstate commerce
clause. which has been so fruitful OF
regulative legislation. Eminent lawyers
have all along believed that the Sher-
man law would be found to be applicable
to labor combinations. and it has been,
in fact. invoked twice TO restrain var
iOus acts of such combinations, but never
before to prevent the use Of the boycott.
Would an agreement to strike among
employees Of an interstate railroad be
such a contract in restraint OF trade as
Is forbidden by the Sherman law? Or
would any combination of strikers which
obstructed interstate commerce be in VIC
lation of the law? If so. then both the
strike and the boycott may be controlled
under the expanded power of regulation
discovered, IN very recent times, hidden
within the comprehensive folds OF the
interstate commerce clause Of the Con
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05
Printing Office Disclosures.

The Audit System, a concern Of sus-
pici0us Affiliations and mysterious rami-
ficauons, with q penchant for furnishing
all manner of supplies-from Ioosc-leaf
ledgers and oil to Office furniture and
white paper-has virtually been in charge
OF the Government Printing Once for
months
Its business, on the surface. is install
lation." 1t has Installed" a lot Of things.
including new-fangled lights. that cost
Uncle sam a pretty penny quite apart
from the generous salaries paid to em-
ployes of The Audit System itself. which
foot up some $4,000 per annum.
Its further business. on the surface is
10 locate lost motion" II has been so
successful in this branch Of its business
that the printing done for the depart
ments, according 10 an official report
costs % 70 70 per cent more than # ever
cost before.
Its business, under the surface, is now
being brought TO light through a conf
mittee inquiry in Congress. on Mon
day one Of its officers admitted on the
stand that The Audit System Supplies
Company had been formed expressly for
the purpose of furnishing supplies 20 the
Government Printing Office. Then there
is the Suffolk Distributing Company. part
and parcel of the same outfit. ready 10
supply anything that perchance may be
ont Of the reach Of The Audit System and
The Audit System Supplies Company.
All these things have been made clear
by Chairman Lands of the Printing Com
mittee. Other things have not vet been
brought out clearly, owing TO the bad
memory OF the active official Of the afili-
ated concerns New York gentleman
whose convenient Il don't know yester-
day kept him from getting into deeper
water than he was already in.
Enough is already known. thanks 10
Chairman lands use Of the probe. 10
show Enthusiastically the existence Of most
sea adalous conditions in the Printing
Ofce-conditions that call for the vigiIant
attention of law officers Of the govern
ment, as well as a new and efficient head
Of that great Institution.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05
sample Prayer Calculated to Bring
Down the House.

A. z. hiszr, IN the Chicago RecHdHarald.
Il is becoming customary TO applaud
the chaplains Of our legislative bodies
when they say things in their opening
prayers that strike the popular chord. -
"ol. Lord We pray Thee" duplicated
the popular chaplain, Ito protect our
fleets at sea lappIausel. and 10 give spe-
cial attention to our hospital ships ana
their eminent commanders. (Cheers) Let
the detestabIe foreigners who would in
terfers with our export trade be over
taken by famine and pestiieHce lcries Of
"Hear. Hear-)-and open the eyes Of
those misguided ones among us who
would pull down our sacred tariff walls
and let in pauper raw materials for the
benefit OF the iguomiaious consumer.
.Frantic applause and prolonged cheersJ
We pray Thee o Lord. 10 let Thy bless
ing rest upon the speaker Of this house,
and to protect and strengthen him in
Ills efforts 20 so arrange his committees
that IL may be possible for him to block
amy legislation which iu his judgment
might benefit the public al the expense
~ the people % whom ne shall have
q. -a...t- HIS cam --tAle AlieE Al-E
time comes for him 20 enter the race for
the high position which he is so eminent
Iy ntred boy nature and circumstances
20 fiL Shouts Of Good! Good, Hur-
rahgI Let Thy wrath we pray Thee,
fail upon those undesirable citizens who
think they can think for themselves-
tgr0ausf-and who basely refuse to re-
main within party lines hisSesJ and
vino iu their blind Jolly would, by en-
acting detestahie primary laws rob our
glorious leaders Of their heaveu-born
rights. (CTies Of Go for EN- Hit
'em agaiH"D Best0w Thy blessing upon
this august ASSEMBLE and let its MEM
bers be flied with the grace that they
shall need in permitting the wise. dis
passionate statesman who runs IT q have
his own way 20 shape legislation ac-
cordins 10 his own Whims and desires
as against the foolish Judgment Of the
people. and when panics and financial
sCiugencies come teach us how we mav
best turn them to use as political capital
Amen 1JUrOari0us applause and long
continued cLeerinE)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05

lenses, he seizes upon with great gusto;
OF that much we may feel assured.
For our part. we prefer an almanac,
or even the Weather Bureau. to the
ground hog. when it comes TO studying
the course of probable events such as
those herein indicated. We don't know
that the aforementioned institution has
ever been improved upon to any great
extent, anyhow. There is as much gen
uine satisfaction in an almanac--and
quite as much truth-as there is in any
thing else weatherwise. Besides. IL the
almanac misses 1t in its forecasting de-
partment. there are the jokes to read
dear old jokes they are, too; time hon
ored and Of ancient origin. The Weather
Bureau never jokes-intentionally; and
the ground hog merely poses mysteriously
for a moment or so, and then scuttles
back into his hole Give us an almanac
and pipe, and we viii never mind the
weather so the wind don't blow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05
WANTS NOT THE APPLE.
Col. watterson Cares Naught for the
Reward of Politics.


Henry Watterson. in the Louisville Courier-Journal
see by the papers, as Mr.. Dooley is
wont to observe, that they are having
some trouble at Frankfort over the cleo
ton Of a United States Senator To me,
personally, it matters little who is elected
Senator. but. since very free use of my
name in that connection is being made
outside the State by professional friends
and brothers. who are more compliment
tary than cOnsiderate-if 1 may say so
without seeming ungracious-it may not
be improper or irreyelant, for me 20 re-
peat. what I have often declared. that If
a certificate Of election were placed in
my hand I would not go to Washington
10 take the oath OF Office. II l had
wanted that sort Of thing I would have
sought It thirty years ago, when, as
young man. / stood in the line Of sue
cession and all the ways were open to
me.
I was born and grew up IN the Ma
tional Capital ] was brought into too
close touch with the ups-and-d0Wns. par
ticularly the downs Of political life
I knew too Familiarity too many poor
great men, their seryitude. their disap-
poinments and their sorrOws. early
resolved that II l ever gained a footing
Ia nay chosen profession l would not fol-
low the fatal examples Of Greedy, Ray
mOnd, and Forney, but would pursue my
destiny as ever a free man and never
q slave wheresoever 1t might lead me.
heWing TO the line. leaving the chips 10
fan as II pleased God and truth. From
that resolution / have never sWerved.
I ana profoundly grateful for the good
viii Of my professional brethren. But 1
cannot help feeling a kind Of resentment
that they should think Office a promo
ton and call Il a reward" It IS rather
badge Of seTvitude For ali diguities
my respect is reverend Of the army and
the navy. of the Senate and the church,
but there is also a dignity IN duty done
its own sake. IN pride Of profession for
IT'S own sake; and this dignity cannot be
enhanced by any blue-ribbon. OF titulaT
distinction.
Honor and fame from no condition rise,
Act Vel ECLr usrt-thele all tie honor lies