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The Washington times., 1908-09-20
Ask Water With Mail.

The officials Of the Postofhce De.
partment are called on 10 act as peace
makers in a variety OF difficulties. ovz-
Ing 10 the vast number OF persons in
all parts OF the country who are on
the pay roll Of the department, and
look 70 It for advice on every conceive
able subject
Some OF the matters that are sub
T'iitted by rural pOstmasters almost
h ach the limit OF incredulity. A mat
ter submitted last week by an assist
ant postmaster at a small place n
Arkansas afforded coIsiderab bic amuse-
ment 20 those who were charged WITH
the duty Of handling f.
The faithful postal official, as could
readily be seen from the tenor OF his
communication, was IN dire distress,
and doubtless felt that he would be re-
ported and possibly discharged for his
failure 10 meet the demands OF his
patrons
The people who get mail at this
Office wrote the official, are rover
fully hard 20 please. / have been
packing from two 20 three buckets OF
water every day for them 70 drink,
and they complain and demand more.
Please let me know what the law Is
on the subject. and be sure 10 tell me
how much water an assistant postmas-
ter is supposed 20 give the patrons Of
his Office"
The officials have spent a good part
OF the week endeavOring 10 frame an
answer that will relieve the assistant
post master OF this great burden. and
at TIC same tine not offend the Gus
toners OF the Office, as there IS some
hope OF Judge Taft carrying Arkansas
they say, and IL is desirable that no
voter be turned against the party for
the want Of a few refreshing draughts
OF cool water.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
CORRESPONDENT "SCOOPED:"
FAULT OF CABLE OPERATOR
Interest in Flights of Orvle Wright Is Keen Abroad
and European Papers Spare No Expense
for Early News. s5

green as can be. These country couples
shun the big hotels and like 10 secure
rooms in the smaller places.
Mrs W. A Valentine. who keeps q
lodging house at 522 Fifth street north
west, directly opposite the city hall,
where the marriage licenses are Sc.
cured, has had two such couples at her
house in the past two weeks. One
couple from FaruUier county, Va, never
had seen a street car before The other
couple were so afraid Of asphyxation
that they demanded oil lamps instead
OF using the gas.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20

- HI immense amount OF the inter
est taken IN the flights Of Or
Vile Wright by the nations OF
Europe has made the continental
newspapers eager for the first intelii-
gence Of those record-breaking trips.
and has caused the correspondents at
Fort Myer no end Of trouble.
Recently c H. Claudy. who is cover
ing the flights for the papers conducted
by James Gordon Bennett-and for
others, tools said to have received a
dispatch from the commodore then in
Paris, in which Mr.. Bennett wanted TO
know why In tEa name OF a well-adver-
tised place, ne couldn't get his dis
patches over to Paris as soon as the
Daily Mail The Daily Mail Il seems,
had beaten tho Paris Herald by an
hour or two.
So they looked into the matter. the
commodore being reputed a choIeric
person and used to having his own way.
This Is what they found The Washing
ton correspondent in signing the dis
patch 'Claudy'' had confused the cable
operator, who made It cloudy" IN
which shape it was sent to Paris.
The Paris operator has Instructions
not to call it a complete dispatch until
he gets a signature, so he started OUT
on a new sentence with the word
cloudy" thinking he was about 10 take
a Dit OF descriptive literature about the
American weather. He hasn't gotten
the signature yet. but the next time the
Washington correspondent sends a dis
patch, so the experts have agreed. he
must sign thirty" which all teIe-
graph operators understand means SUI
fciencY
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
YOUNGSTERS BEMOANING
SCHOOL DAYS" APPROACH
Authorities Are Jubant Over Prospects of Most Sue
ceSsful Opening Attendance Expected to Show
Increase of Thousand Pupils.

Some fifty thousand school children
awoke this morning. gazed fondly
across the back lot and sighed. Then
their eyes Travelled TO the bedroom
wall, whereupon hung a calendar, with
the date. September 81, standing out
like a nightmare to the average small
boy.
Tomorrow, September q, is the day
set apart by the powers that be for
the opening OF the public schools. For
the past ten days school officials have
rubbed IL in on young America by
chortIing gleefulIy each day that
everything was in readiness, things
would move of smoothly, and a most
successful school year launched.
No such idealistic conditions can ex-
list, in the opinion Of the yOungster
most concerned He fails 20 appreciate
the substitution Of a second reader for
good, dependable baseball bat He'd
rather sell newspapers every afternoon
at a dead loss and have the excite
ment Of the thing, than buckle a
leather strap around a lot Of nauseat-
ing books and trudge hOmeward for
the daily grind. It is fearful. II you
doubt it, ask any OF the fifty thousand
who begin the new regime tomorrow,
and who each day thereafter will set
the family bulldog on any hurdy-gurdy
man who plays school Days"
All Is Propitious.
But coming down TO facts. the open
ing OF the schools tomorrow Will be a
propltious one, in the opinion Of every
official connected with the schools
President Oysler, Of the Board OF Edu-
cation. received yesterday afternoon,
reports from a large number OF prin-
cipals and supervising principals who
informed him that everything was in
readiness.
Final meetings were held between the
various heads OF departments and all
details for the opening day perfected.
The principals of the various schools
have beer On duty two days enrolling
pupils, closing their labora a. 6 o'clock
last night superintendent Stuart ex-
poets loo Increase over the enroll
rnent Of last year. which VII run the
attendance nearly $1,000. on tomorrow.
Before the end Of the week the first
portable schooIhouses used in the Dis
trict will be placed in position TO re-
schools. Under direction Of S. +.
Kramer, director Of intermediate IN
struction and a representative OF the
Engineering Department, six OF the
portable buildings are now being IN
loaded. The work moving began yes
Uerday.
Portables En- Route.
Seven more uortabIes are en- route. and
will reach here by October l. Each
one is capable Of seating at least forty
pupils, is % by Is feet. and has a pat
ented heating and ventilating arrange
ment. The first six buildings to arrive,
the larger sections Of which are already
upon the school grounds. have been as
signed to relieve crowded conditions in
the following schools: Ross. Morgan.
Chevy Chase, and Jefferson OF the white
schools, and the Garnet and Ivy City,
colored.
The pOrtables will prove OF great
value at several of the above locations,
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
See Moving Pictures.

While many members Of the Diplo-
matte Corps who already have returned
10 town attended the opening night per-
fornances at the principal theaters.
three members of tEo Turkish legation,
headed by Mundt Beys the charge
d affaires. were going into raptUres over
a moving picture show on Pennsylvania
avenue
The pictures were the talking kind.
and the three subjects Of Abdul Hamid
were more delighted than II they were
nearing prima donna As each new
character was thrown on the screen and
started 10 talk, Mundu Bey would muir
muir his ecstacy and Ihsan Bey. ths
third secretary, would laugh like a de-
lighted child, while the Fench secretary,
connected with the Legation. sat solemn
faced throughout the performance.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
RELIGION NOT COMPULSORY.

TRENTON, n. J.. Sept Estate
e,I,,srirtendent c. J. Baxter. Of the pub
Tic schools. has just rendered decision
mat children attending public schools
need not participate in the religious ex-
ercises in the schools unless their par
ents wish 70 have them do So He says
that no child will be compelled 10 take
part in the prayers in school If his
Rarents objects.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
Mails Persistent.

The persistence Of the Postoface De-
paTtment in chasing a man about the
United States 70 hand. him a letter. all
for the sum Of cents, is well Illus
trated IN the case Of a missiye which
reached W. c. Kimball, Of I74s Willard
street, this week
The letter was mailed in New York
TO an address in Brooklyn II followed
Mr.. KimbaH 10 another house in which
he had lived in Brooklyn. then back 10
New York TO two houses he had lived
IN there. and then back to Washington
When II reached here both back and
front Of the envelope were covered with
addresses. It took the letter only two
weeks 20 make the round.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
TO CONFISCATE GIN.

Justice Gould yesterday authorized the
District Attorney TO seize. confscate,
ana condemn 100 cases OF gin said 10 be
In possession OF local wholesale and re-
tail liquor dealers II is charged II at
each case and bottle bears a Iabe. which
is false and misleading and does not
conform 10 the pure food and drug Law
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
Continued from First Page)

mace was so swift that RiverpOint was
reached before the dust had cleared
avyav from Apponaug. This may be an
cremation from the Republican national
committee.
Major ]. J. Dickinson. Of Washington
and New York. declared he would walk
but he hadn't time 10 light He vowed
IT was worse than being thrown by
Colonel Bryan's trick mule 1t River
point. Mr.. Bryan's closed auto gave OUT
and he had to take one of the other
machines. a huge, open affair AT 0:lo
the marty started for Woonsocket via
Providence, tWenty-eight miles in all
twelve from RiverpOint 70 Providence.
Here again, let the veil of dust be
drawn over the speed limit 1t might
as well have been in retirement, for so
Ear as known 1t was not used by any
one on this occasion until the ProVi-
dence police got busy with it.
Bryan With J. W. Mills.
Mr.. Bryan was in the car o. John w
Mills. of Quidnasset, or woros to that
effect. Mr.. Mills was o. the party, also
state Representative John +. O'Connell
and ]. Walter Mills, son Of the owner
Of the car. Mr.. Mills, ST.. is wealthy
manufacturer and a Republican, who
attended the meeting at Riverpoint to-
day. and in the course OF the meeting
told Mr.. Bryan he was going to sup
mort him because he believed he was
right. Young Mr. Mills has no ex-
cessive regard for speed laws, and while
Mr.. Bryan and his companions were dis
cussing great affairs Of state he sour
ried along at a brisk pace.
On Elmwooo avenue, in Providence,
the police have measured on an eighth
of a mile for the special purpose OF
catching autoiscs. When the car Bryan
WAS in reached the trap" as 1t is
called here. Patrolman Frank Walters
sirnaled Louis A. Hall, motorcycle
policeman. and the latter gave chase
under the supervision Of Sergt. Frank
P. Lay. This motorcycle man can run
sixty miles an hour when he gets his
dander up. He overlook the Bryan car
halted it, and told the occupants they
were breaking the speed limit
1.-THE chief Issue of this campaign
Mr.. BRYAN began and then stopped, see
ing his audience was not in the usual
tractabIe mood. He did not try TO de-
bate with the officer. The latter took
the name of the chief chauffeur and OF
the members Of the party. The car
was then allowed to proceed, the Of
fcer being told whom he had halted.
Quite crowd collected to see the per
Torrance.
O,a Auto H;+c Car
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
BRYAN AUTO PARTY HELD
FOR SPEEDING BY OFFICER

in the party, containing influential poll
ticians and newspaper men, were halted
in another part OF theCity and the names
Of the chauffeurs were taken.
After the episode, Mr.. Bryan went on
to WoOnsocket by auto and spoke late
in the afternoon and then returned TO
Providence for a night meeting. which
was largely attended and enthusiastic.
Timid Democratic souls. when they
heard Of the mishap OF the Nebraskan,
falteringly inquired whether his pros
poets Of election were ruined and would
he be forced to retire from the race?
Wide and hard-headed politicians, how
ever, are ready to offer longer odds
that Bryan will now get the solid au-
tomobilist vote. and that his campaign
viii henceforth be swifter than ever.
unless Taft does something TO check
it.
Pays Honor to Troup.
One Of the incidents Of Mr.. Bryan's
trip to New England today was
his visit to the home Of Alex
ander TrOup, the distinguished Demo
cratic editor Of the New Haven Reg
lister. who died recently. Mr.. Bryan
paid his respects TO Mrs. Troup at her
home, and offered his condolences, and
then went to the grave and placed
thereon a wreath Of lilies of the val
ley, his favorite flowers. He had great
difficulty in finding any. but after
much efrort was able TO do so.
Mr.. Bryan has been giving keeG ct
tention to the charges made by Hearst
involving Governor Haskell IN rela-
lions with the Standard OIL Company.
He is known to realize the Importance
Of this matter, and il can be predicted
that he will take pains to 20 to the
bottom Of It and ascertain the facts.
he believes, Of course, that Governor
Haskell is not guilty of the charges
made. he is the more concerned be-
cause 1t was at his instance that Has
kel was made the treasurer Of ghe
| national committee. Mr.. Bryan today
found that one Of the men who have
lined up for him in this State IS P H
Quinn, who was d delegate to the Den
yer convention, and opposed then to
the Bryan nomination. He has, how
ever. become an ardent Bryan advocate.
like National Committeeman McGraw,
OF west Virginia.
Hears Bryan's Speech.
One OF the men who listened to Mr..
Bryan's speech at Riverpoint this after
noon was Walter r. Stiness. Republican
leader IN the State senate On ZACH
ing Rhode Island today Mr.. Bryan was
told by National Committeeman Greene
that the people Of Providence were
anxious to hear about the issue Of Co.
eminent guarantee of deposits. owing
to the fact the Union Trust trouble OF
last October was severely felt by many
| small depositors, and that Providence
was considerably embarrassed at the
! time of the panic by runs on certain
| banks. Mr.. Bryan therefore took this
matter up in his evening speech at
Providence
The Washington times., 1908-09-20

Mr.. Kern would set more support by
showing his face in Kansas than in
Maryland.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20

If you're poor at mathematics, Just
take TO election figuring. Nobody will
ever find you out.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20

The coming month promises to put the
frost on a good many campaign pump
kins.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20

Is it possible the Congressional Can
non is a fiareback7
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
A Gretna Green.

Washington is noted as a Gretna Green
for clipping couples from Maryland, VIr-
ginia, and West Virginia, and some OF
the clippers who come from the rural
districts of those States are about as
The Washington times., 1908-09-20

Prohibition acts a little suspicious OF
the boost 1t got In Maine.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
One Auto Hits Car.

The car back of Mr.. Brysn's contain
ell Mayor Charles G. Martin. Of New
Haven. and a party Of prominent Demo
Gratis. They turned over TO another
street to evade the police and smashed
into a street car. breaking the lights
OF the auto and otherwise damaging 1t.
No one was injured. Two other autos
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
Must Be Taught.

How can liberty be given TO a PEG
pie so dense in ignorance that thew
don't understand what liberty is. They
must be taught Our real ' ards are
not the really educated wealthy people
Of the Philippines, numbering but 5 or
10 per cent OF the population; they are
the ignorant 90 per cent, and we shall
not discharge our plighted duty to them
until we can be sure that the govern
ment which is TO be established over
them will secure to them their rights.
and not maintain them IN a permanent
state Of darkest ignorance
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
TAKEN I'LL HERE
GRAND REPRESENTATIVE OF
ODD FELLOWS FORCED TO
FoREeo TRIP TO DENVER.

Hon. r. b. H. Shearer of Tisho-
mingo arrived in the city last ev.
ening with the evident intention Of
joining Judge l. r. Mason and uarty
who left today for Denver. Mr.. Shear
-
er is Grand Representative to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows. which convenes in Denver, be-
ginning Monday morning, and was
buoyant Of his trip.
During the night, however, he was
stricken with pneumonia and com
PEELED TO forego his trip and returned
TO his home in Tishomingo this
morning.
General regret will be felt through
out the jurisdiction on account of
Mr.. Shearer's inability to attend the
present session of the Grand Lodge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17

freight will know at glance
whether he has been mistrcatcd or
not and no agent or employe will VIC.
late the rules of the company when
he knoNb he is to give an account.
ing. Tor 1t m ans The iorfeiting of his
situation with the railroad company.
Following is taken from the dcmui
rage and storage rules which became
effective september ) /, 1905. Rule 4.
Cunsiguccs shall be given written no.
ticc boy mail or otherwise, upon ar.
rival of ears at destination.
Rul. 9 Storage will be charge.
when freight unloadcd at railroad
warehouses OF on railroad platforms
is not removed 10y he consignec with.
in forty eight hours from next Z a. m,
after notice of arrival has been scrv-
ed Such notice must be served i'm
the manner prescribed in Rule 4. (See
anoyD. Rule 10. When freight l..
held i'm railroad warehouses or cars
or ON railroad platforms In excess OF
free time. charge will be made for
storage at the rate Of cents per ton
per day. Any fractional part of a
ton will he computed as ton and
any fractional part of "a hours will
be computed as day.
Also found in Rule 10 is this article.
In the state of oklahoma on intra-
state business only. the rate Tor stor-
age on less carload freight will he
lc per hundred pounds per day, and
not more than 10c per ton of 1000
pounds per day, or fraction thereof.
ON carload freight, but not exceeding
81 per day
1t is to the interest of Ardmore that
every country merchant get his freight
here. There is no excuse for any mer-
chant having his shipment made u,
any other point. These same rules
apply to every station in Oklahoma,
on the Rock Island, Santa Fe and Fris-
CO.
II the railroad offices in Ardmore
are charging more than these rates
/ that fact should he reported. II rail-
roads I'm other towns are charging
less that fact should also be report'd d.
Any of these reports handed to the
/ Ardmoreite will be fiven attention.
| The people OF Ardmore have always
done everything possible to bring
/ trade to this town. Every citizen Is
on the alert and If any merchant holds
a grievance of this character agains
/ Ardmore the Ardmoreite would like
to have a personal statement or \ Jet
| ter from him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
ADAMS WAS A MEMBER OF THE
OLD CITIZENSHIP COURT.
FIFTY THOUSAND Doll..r,~
Senator Butler Newspp
legged to Have Pub shea ~.
Gus Matter-Wip Come n ~
lahoma for Evid.,,.

Judge Spencer B. Adams, of N..,th
Carolip'a, who will he Irmem, ,ncred
by 10 e people Of the old Indian 2 alri.
tor as the chief justice of the Uhoc.
tow-Ch!ckasaw citizenship coarr. has
brought suit against Ex-U. $. Senator
Marion +. Butler for libel. asking
5000 damages,
Some weeks ago Sena .or Butls
published in his newspaper in North
~arolina a news fisem about the suit
flied by J. +. Fleming against McCur-
lain, which was recently before L.
5. Judge Campbel for the eastern
district os the stsl e, and in comment
ing On the sansa, accused Judge
Adams OF having been unduly influ.
enced or bribed uo render judgments
against the cour claimants. Sena-
tor Buter with q corps OF assistants,
attorneys, viii be in the eastern part
OF the state of Oklahoma during the
month OF November taking testimony
whereby he expects to prove the
charges made against Judge Adams
10 be true.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
Police Court.

Only two cases were tried In pc
lice court today, very drunk Missis'
sippi Choctaw, and a drunk and dis
orderly Mexican we're up before "hiz-
onner" and asked to explain why they
should be allowed to get sloriously
saturated and then not be made to
pay the usual nine dollar fine wita
the extra dollar for hoodlum fare.
Not being able to convince the court
that they had a perfect right to do
such tnings, they were given the us
ual fine and told to go forth and sin
no more.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
BENZ. F. HACKETT
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS is
EN- ROUTE TO c. A. r. RE-
UNION AT SULPHUR.

Major b. f. Hackett OF McAlester,
candidate for congress on the repub-
lican ticket in this district, was an
Ardmore visitor today. ell was here
en- route to sulphur to meet IN an
nual reunion with ais comrades OF
the civIl war. The major appears to
be about 60 years of age, has a flow
ing white beard and dignified ap-
pearance. lie came here unanpor.nc.
ed. but met several of The Garty lead
ers while in the city, lie will return
by way of Ardmqre but will make no
speech here while on this trip. Later
the local committee will arrange for
him 10 meet the Ardmore voters
From sulphur he will go to Ada and
other towns in that section on a
campaign tour.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
I'LL ''I'1" pr VOTERS
ALLY AROUND CARTER
George

g.. >nins OF near MadilI was
y yesterday. Mr.. Watkin.
- J Adlan and is interested in nol,.
-, me country He Is an ardent
=, ~ or1er or the Hon. Chas. ID Carter
''" i"rratic nominee for congress ana
"a d he knew OF no Indians I'm his
art OF the country who were opno..
mg Mr. Carter The republicans are
, trying 10 make capital with the In.
dians in getting them to bolt the dem.
ocratic ticket on account OF the ac,
OF congress taxing land. The renubli.
can politicians who make this 6eb,
on MI Carter will fail I'm their de.
signs Whenever they attempt to
hght an Indian the brotherly feelin,
that exists among the tribesmen will
ARISE In the breast OF every Indian.
and they will be more loyal than in
MT Carter's first race.
Joe ,.ibsOn of Pauls Valley who 20
a member of tho republican party stat.
ed to Mr. Carter that he approved m.
course OF Mr.. Carter IN congress Al,
would lend him all support possible.
charlie Garter will win the race for
congress with hands down.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
EIGHT PRISONERS
COUNTY JAIL HAS FEW
MAIDSTONE U. S. PRie ,n
locNeo ,oNeR

IL ~ ,'4on of Ae regr ,ty, at
2" -4tet County Hotel eh,ws "A
changes since our IS, report.
rhe business seems tta gradually
sra" worse as several q! the Old
hcarders are going out .aaH not m,ny
new ones coming In, l2rcle Joe Me
h"e says that he eX'yrtas business N
pack up soon and / Hs made arrange.
ments TO accommo aarr several more
guests by buying "a dozen or so new
beds ant some Now n ankets So that
NE may be prepared for the fall ana
winter rush OF business. The fol.
lowing guests we're registered in and
out yesterday; j. B.. Bingham. rbarp.
ed W. h mailing obscene matter was
placed IN Yesterday by the United
Stitfas marshal. Paul Stephenson
charged with Transporting llquor. was
released on bond. Wilson I'm. cbare.
ed with robbery, was released an
bond. A. B'Whlte, charged with as.
s"ilt TO KILL was released on bond
There is at present only elgb,
prisoners in jail, the smallest mum.
Der that has been there for many |
years.