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The Washington times., 1908-03-13
DISTRICT BILLS
BEFORE SENATE
Committee viii FaVorably
Report New Hampshire
Avenue Measure.

At a meeting OF the Senate District
Committee today the Cal1nger bill TO
amend the act 10 extent New Hampshire
avenue was ordered favorably reported.
The bill proposed to change the law SO
that the extension viii not have to be
in a straight line, and viii not inter
fere with certain existing improvements
along the proposed extension.
A favorable report was ordered on the
Gallinger measure to amend the law
regarding proceedings for condemnation
Of land for street purposes.
The Whyte Dill 10 authorize the town
of Chevy Chase to connect it's water
system with that OF the District was
ordered favOrably reported.
Adverse reports were ordered on the
following bills: The Gallinger bill TO
asnend the law in relation TO taxes and
tax sales; the Gallinger bill making per
sonal taxes in arrears a claim against
the Gallinger bill 10 amend the law for
the protection Of property so as TO pre-
vent the kindling OF FIRE In any front
or rear yard and certain other premises.
Senator Martin OF Virginia introduced
a bill today 70 pay of the clatSns of
a number of pensioners OF re police
force. II provides for an appTOpria-
tiou of S15.64S out of the District reve-
nues TO pay the amount withheld from
pensioners in the police force on ac-
count Of deficiencies in funds from
June so. 1894. 10 May l. 1896. Accom-
ranying the bill were reports from the
police department certifying that de-
nclencles existed between those dates.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
TIDAL WAVE
OUT Of CALM
STRIKES SHIP
Sea Rises Up for Miles
and Water RuSheS To-
ward Steamer, Sweep
ing Deck Clean.

NEW YORK, March 13.-The German
steamship Allegheny, FROM Colon. Pana-
ma, which arrived today. reported hay
ing been struck by a tidal wave last
Tuesday evening, while running through
a calm sea. The vessel was consider
ably damaged. The forward ventilators
were carried overheard, the rails smash
ed, and all the forward deck fittings
were swept away The cabins and sa-
looms We're flooded ana a lookout mar
rOWIy missed death by being washed
into the sea.
1t was Just 8 O'Clock and the ship
was sailing through a calm sea, with the
stars shining brightly" said q. II. Peet
bia. who was the only passenger, when
/ went on deck.
II was watching the vessel cutting
through the seas when Second Officer
Horne called the lookout up on the
bridge The lookout was just mounting
the stairs when we saw forward a ire
mendOus eruption in the sea. II was
many miles long, stretching as far as
we could see on either bow. Ii was
coming for US and we were going for
It. There was no time TO reverse the
engines, had that move been advisable
for, suddenly, the great wave smashed
into US. l barely had time 10 dart into
a cabin, or 1 would have been carried
overheard
Had not the lokout left the peak
when he did he would certainly have
been killed by the first blow of the wave.
and then his body washed into the sea.
The wave was of Such tremendous
force that it smashed up everything on
the main deck forward Of the bridge,
sweeping the deck clear.
The water shot through the doors
and matches, all Of which were open
because the weather had been so calm
and fine, and the cabins were eighteen
inches deep with water. There was Just
the one wave. The boat righted itself
quickly. and a moment after the wave
struck US we were sailing along In just
as calm a sea, just as though nothing
had happened.
three hours they were bailing water
ont Of the cabins. More than 100e
buckets were carried up. not counting
the thousands of gallons which the
pumps elected
CAPTAIN Devantier, of the Allegheny,
sale il was one of those unaccourtable
mysteries Of the sea, although he had
am idea that there had been ire
mendous submarine upheaval, or earth
quake, which suddenly caused the huge
wave.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Steamers departing today tor Euro
pean ports viii have fresh southeastern
y winds and partly cloudy weather to
the Grand Banks.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
MULLEN WEEDS GIRL,
SHOT LAST FALL

After hguring in a sensational shoot
Ing case which resulted in severe injury
10 John Mullen and the arrest Of Anne
LA Weiss father the two were mar
ried in Washington today.
Mullen, who was shot in the back
while escorting his prospective. bride
through a lonely road in Rosslyn. Va,
last fall. called at the City Hall to-
day and procured a license for the GER
emory. and it was performed this af-
ternOon.
The screams of the Injured .9ung man
IN the woods of ROsslyn las fan at
tracted the authorities, AMI he was
taken to Georgetown Univ srsity Hos
,,ifaI where he remained for several
weeks. Tie boy and girl, ths latter be-
inc seventeen years old insisted that a
eoIored man committed the assault but
the authorities OF Alexandra county ar
rested Miss Weiss father and thought
thew had the crime fastened on him.
Mullen. however, refused 10 prosecute
his future father-in-law.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
TO RETIRE CLERKS
AT THE AGE OF 70
NEW PROPOSITION
Proposed Bill viii En-
force Saving to Pay
AnnuitieS.

Retirement Of superannuated Govern
mcnt clerks IN Washington, with the age
limit OF active service placed at seventy
years. viii be provided for in bill
which VIII be reported 10 the House by
the Committee on Reform in the Civil
Service IN the near future.
This statement vas made today by a
prominent member OF the committee,
and IS backed BY his knowledge Of the
sentiment in the committee, as it has
been demonstrated IN the series Of hear
ings that that body has given TO MEM
bers of the Keep Commission concern
ing the proposition.
Whether the House and Senate viii
pass the bin is a matter OF doubt. The
Senate viii. in all probability, refuse 10
do so at this session. even * the meas
ure goes through the House,
Members Of the committee believe
that. IN the plan Of Herbert Brown,
formerly OF the Department OF Com
nerce and Labor. but now engaged in
private business in Chicago. they have
found the ideal plan for the retirement
Of the aged clerks. This plan prohibits
any general fund. but provides that
each clerk. upon reaching the age Of
retirement, shall draw an annuity made
uD o. the savings that have been de-
Quoted monthly and put in the Treas
ury from his o. her salary. That IS,
it meets the objection that has been
raised by the clerks that none wanted
to be compelled to contribute to anndI-
ties for other people.
According to the plan, a separate
bookkeeping account win be had for
IL NIL
be entered TO his or her credit as they
are deducted from the monthly salary,
and interest at the rate of 4 per cent.
compounded annually. viii be paid on
such savings.
Mr.. Brown appeared before the COM
mittee today and explained the tech
meal details Of his plan. It is the out
come OF his knowledge and experience
as an actuary and a man skilled in al
insurance problems.
The committee realizes that the Gov
eminent clerks object In many instances
10 the retirement plan. Bat they main
tain that such Dill, II enacted into
law. will DE for the good of the clerks,
as the time is sure TO come when the
tendency in Congress to demand the
most rigid economy IN governmental ex-
penditures will demand that superan-
nuated clerks shall not be retained in
the service. They say II will be best
for the clerks to have the annuity plan
on its feet when that blow comes.
Although no decision has been reached
on this point. IL Is thought that the
plan viii be put into effect so as TO
save the clerks Who are old in the serv-
ice from instant dismissal without an
ruities How this will be done has not
been determined, but there may be a
provision in the measure that viii ex-
cent from its provisions the present SUI
perannuated clerks and make the an
nuify system so into effect five or ten
years hence,
This provision will be fought for by
friends OF the clerks.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
HAGOON'S NIECE
OUTWITS PARENTS
AND IS MARRIED
Joseph L. Rhodes Won His
Wife in Old Lee Mansion
at Arlington.

When Governor sIagoon sailed away
Tor his post in Cuba last Saturday he
carried secret locked tightly in his
breast that all the military forces IN
der his control could not have dragged
from him. It was the news that his
young niece. Miss Myrtle Lola Magoon.
was to run away and be married March
II TO Joseph I. Rhodes.
Miss Magoon took her distinguished
uncle or into a corner and told him the
secret only after he had promised SOL
EMMY that he would never teII-and he
didn't. When Governor Magoon gave
his niece a handsome gift just before
sailing for Cuba no significance was at
tached 10 the matter by Miss Magoon's
family, but there was a twinkle in the
governors eye ard a responsive one
from Miss Mag50n when she told her
uncle how she appreciated his present.
Mss MagOOn and MF. Rhodes were
noon in the rectOrY Of St. PauTs Episco-
pal Church, Twenty-thIrd street, bv the
Rev. Alfred Harding. Their wedding
Wis delayed somewhat through the loss
Of license procured earlier in the
day Mr.. Rhodes was compelled to re-
turn to the courthouse and get a second
license
NO prettier romance has even come
out Of historic old Virginia than the one
involving Miss Magoon and Mr.. Rhodes.
Miss AagOon Is the daughter of H c.
MagCCn. superintendent OF Arlington
National Cemetery, and Air Rhodes Is
the son OF David II. Rhodes. chief i'll
ePeetor of national cemeteries. She is
twenty, and he is twenty-One.
Courted in Lee Mansion.
Mr.. Magoon and his family occupy
che apartments on one foo- of tho
stately Lee mansion. and Mr.. Rhodes
and his family are CHARTERED in an
other 1t was under this famous old
roof that the two young people re-
newcd q childhood friendship eighteen
months ago.
When il became known that the
steady companionship OF the two young
est members Of the Rhodes and MagoCn
families had resulted in stronger bonds.
they were urged by their respective
families not to think Of maria geEuntiI
hev were a little older. Each appar-
entity acquiesced. but the long walks
through the famous old grounds were
continued.
Finally Miss Magoon decided there
CONTINUED on Page TwO.)
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
WAR PREFERRED
TO SURRENDER
BY THE CHINESE

PEKIN, March 12, - The
Dowager Empress, with the
courts support, has forbid
den the release of the Tatsu
Maru to Japan, preferring
war to surrender.
Officials of the foreign Of
fee, however, are asking the
British minister to arbitrate,
fearing international compli-
cations and rebellion in their
own country.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
Raying Husband At
temptS to End Own
Life.
SAYS He Has No Rec
election of
Shooting.

"We believe from the evi-
dence that Hugh Hollis was
unconscious at the time the
pistol shot was fired, and
therefore do not hold him re-
sponsible for the death Of his
wife. "
Such was the verdict re-
turned this afternoon by the
coroner's jury at the inquest
over the body of Mrs. Hollis.
Awakened from a sound sleep
early this morning by the screams
of his mother-in-law, Hugh Hollis,
IT,, of i4f5 Newton street, rose
from his bed, still grasping a smok-
ing revolver, TO find his young wife
dying on the floor at the foot of the
bed, shot through the heart by his
unconscious hand.
"Hugh, you've killed 'Evelyn!"
screamed the dying girls mother.
As the full horror of the situation
struck through Hollis numbed
senses, the revolver fell to the floor
and he dropped on his knees at his
wife's side, sobbing Historically.
Dreams of Burglars.
81 was dreaming Of burglars" he
cried again and again, as he sought
to restore some sign of life to the
unconscious form.
From the inner room came the
wailing cry of their eleven-months-
old child. At the sound Hollis rose
TO his feet and turned his agonized
gaze toward his mother-in-law, who
stood leaning over the footboard of
the bed, moaning Historically.
With the sudden determination,
apparently, to end his life, Hollis
reached for the revolver. Mrs. For
sythe's prompt action in throwing
herself between the half-crazed man
and the weapon prevented a double
tragedy. Hollis turned and rushed
toward the bathroom, where he
kept his razor, but Mrs. Forsythe
again interviewed, reaching the
door Of the bathroom in time to
lock it and Illustrate Hollis designs
upon his life.
Hollis seized his bathrobe and,
crying that he was going for a ply
stefan, rushed from the house bare
footed He ran to the office of DIR.
Dwight G. Smith, 1921 Fourteenth
street, and told the physician of the
tragedy. Dr.. Smith hurriedly
dressed and went to the Hollis
home, to find the young woman
dead, and the police in charge of
the premises. Hollis gave himself
up at once, and was taken to the
Tenth precinct station.
Here he was interviewed by q Times
CONTINUED on Page TwoS
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
s1.ss to baltimore and Return

Every Saturday and Sunday via Penn
syivania Railroad. Tickets good return
INK until Sunday night. All regular
trains except the Congressional Linz
Ited. "-AdYt.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
DR.. CROOK WINS SUIT;
Is AWARDED S4,476

After a trial which lasted ,wo days
before Justice Anderson, III Circuit
Court No. 2, the jury which heard the
case Of DIT. Harrison Crook against the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. awarded
Dr. Crook s., 476 for the medical services
which he rendered victims of the Terra
Gotta wreck. He claimed 1851.
Wilton ]. Lambert and Edward Nc
Lean represented DR.. Crook, and ]. J.
Hamilton and NJ. ]. Colbert tie railroad
company
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
John R. Walsh, Bank Wrecker,
Gets a FiYe-Year Sentence
To Prison in LeaVenWOrth
Former Prominence and Ad-
Vanced Age Wins the
Courts Mercy.
Jail Term eliminates Ca
reer From NeWSboy to
Millionaire.

CHICAGO, March 13.-JOhn r. Walsh,
convicted bank wreeBer, was today
sentenced to five years In the peniten-
tiary by Judge Anderson, in the United
States District Court. In announcing
the sentence, the court stated that be-
cause of the bankers former business
relations. his association with men, and
his advanced age, he would impose only
the minimum sentence of hve years
Judge Anderson overruled all motions
OF the defense.
Walsh viii be sent 10 the Leaven-
worth, Kan. prison.
John r. Walsh's career as banker
railroad magnate, newspaper publisher,
and political boss, furnishes an instance
of the rise of a newsboy and the down
fall of a millionaire. Walsh was born
in Ireland. His father. a poor immi-
grant. left the boy on his own re-
sources.
His Early Life.
Walsh rose TO the position OF dealer
in periodicals. Aided by powerful in
fuences he won success I'm ward poll
ties. This enabled him 10 become a
money lender. He started small bank.
and, through political influence, pro
cured city and county deposits. He
bought stock in d newspaper. then start
ed the Chicago Chronicle, and for years
used it as political weapon. BY taking
advantage of bankruptcies. he bought
stone quarries, railroads, steamers. and
coal mines in Indiana.
The money he used, it is charged, was
that deposited by the state. county. and
mi n "a ma
Walsh was convicted OF having violated
the laws which forbid banks 10 lend
more than 10 per cent of their capital
stock TO any single person. He loaned at
least a dozen of his corporations many
times in excess of the legal limit.
Beginning Of Trouble,
he signed otEer persons names TO
the notes, and the testimony on which
conviction was secured showed that ne
drew out many hundreds of dollars. In
1873 ne was warned by the national
examiner. 4 year later he was told
the conditions OF his bank were worse
than before. and again warned. In De
celuEer, 1895, an examination by Spe-
Gial Examiner Monkey resulted in the
til es Walsh banks-the Home Savings,
Equitable Trust Company, and Chicago
acknowledging closed
The clearing house prevented wide
spread panic b. taking over the assets
and assuming liability for SlI,000,000- OF
this il is said, they viii lose $1,000 CO.
Walsh was Indicted a year later and
tried in the latter part of 1871.
Walsh Is seventy years old. He still
owns millions Of dollars worth of rail-
roads, coal and stone quarTies. proper
ties, shelters, and manages all his az
fairs.
It was necessary to bring Judge An
deTsOn from Indianapolis in order 70 get
a Federal jurist who had not had per
sOual relations with the banker. Among
the assets of the bank were found over
due unpaid notes for thousands OF dol
lars, signed in the names of leading
politicians and Judges. Walsh took
these notes and assumed liability for
them.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
JANlT0R GETS FORTUNE;
LEFT HOME 81 YEARS AGO

WASHINGTON, Ina.. March 12-By
means OF his passport, issued when he
left Switzerland, and by means Of pho
tographs of mis- mother and brother,
Louis Lauby, janitor at the courthouse
here. today established his identity as
the heir to an estate of $4,000 left by
his brother who died in Switzerland
few months ago.
Lauby left Switzerland thirty-seven
years ago, and in all that time had but
one letter from home.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13

A Times classified ad. viii shorten
your search fer a buyer. 4 seller. a
trader, a teacher. a clerk, typiste-
on ~
The Washington times., 1908-03-13

Yes; you may get a Job without Times
want advertising sometimes, PER-
uAPS.
The Washington times., 1908-03-13
GIvEs LEGAcY no cHURcH.

November %, 1907 and fed for probate
yesterday. two-thirds IF The estate is
left 10 the First Methodist Church Of
Retworth. Mr.. Cfomie was veteran Of
Che civil war.
Evening journal., 1908-03-18
PUBLIC SALE

Having decided 70 close out our coal.
feed and nour b usiness win sell without
reserve at No. Si7 Lancaster avenue, on
MONDAY, MARCH %. 1908. at ~ o'clock.
All our personal property, consisting OF
horses, wagons, harness, warehouse and
office fixtures. 10 head good heavy draft
horses; ! driving mare two-ton shute
coal wagons; I two-horse feed wagon, 1
two-horse feed wagon. nearly new with
extension top; 2 single feed wagons. 1
slnge feed wagon, with extension top; 8
sets double harness, some nearly new.
3 sots single express harness: storm
blankets sets heavy ny nets; breast
protectors.
Collars. halters and brides curry combs
and brushes, stable forks and hrooms. set
automatic feeders and clock used in
stables but short time, all I'm good order.
Double trees. spreaders, single trees
chains. wagon Jacks. wrenches. coal
shutes. screens, shovels. picks. forks can
vas coal bags. rRkes. wheel barrows, car
wrenches bars. and coal baskets.
warehouse fixtures consisting Of sets
600 pound scales. l set 1000pound scales.
counter scales, corn shelter. large bar
rel truck, bag trucks. A-hushei. peck
and h-peck measures. feed chests, hrooms
etc, About 1000 good feed sacks.
Office fixtures consisting OF New Carey
SAFE, new Smith Premier Typewriter. high
desk with cash drawer. chairs stove. etc
No postponement on account of weather
Terms-90 days credit on all sums over t25
RICHARDS a. ECTOR.
stidham & Son. Auc. ml6-6t
Evening journal., 1908-03-18
Thinks Rent the Cause.

Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL.
For the last few months we have
heard much talk Of business depres-
sion, panic and hard times; we hear
men talk OF the financial stringency:
the boarding of money stock gam
bling, currency legislation and many
other things, but if you ask them the
cause Of the business depression they
will tell you they do not know, but
this we do know, that there is a de-
preston in business and there is a
cause for ii, and we should try TO learn
what il is so that we may avoid it In
the future.
What has put the brakes on the
wheels of progress? Some have said
it was the boarding Of money, but that
is like saying the clock Is the cause Of
time, the steam gauge the cause Of
steam or the Thermometer the cause
.of hot or cold weather. Money is the
medium Of exchange, the representa-
tive of wealth; it is not the cause but
simply registers the effects of the
cause Of our business depression.
To get a clear understanding Of the
cause Of the business depression you
must have a clear understanding OF the
factors of production, and then II will
be easy to see how the wealth Is dis
tributed, for Il Is the distribution Of
the wealth that determine whether
capital and labor will continue to pro-
duce. for il there is not enough left to
them to make the return for their in
vestment and labor profitable, they
cannot or will not continue TO produce.
Thus we have our business depression,
so that by tracing out the factors Of
production, and then by the way In
which it is distributed. we shall be
able to determine the cause OF the de-
preston of business, for IL labor and
capital do not have wealth after they
have produced It, then someone must
have it who did not produce 1t.
Land, labor and capital are the three
factors of production. Labor applied
TO land produces wealth and then we
take the wealth which we have pro-
duced and use II to aid in producing
more wealth. This wealth which we
use to aid in production we call capi-
tai.
The term land includes all things
which are natural, other than those OF
human production; things which exist
without the aid Of human beings.
Labor includes all human exertion,
that is, when it is applied in any way
TO the production Of wealth.
Capital includes all that portion Of
wealth which is used TO aid in the pro-
duction of more wealth. Now we have
a clear understanding Of the three fac
tors Of production. Thus we may pro-
ceed to get a clear understanding Of
the distribution.
AS land, labor and capital are the
three factors which produce all wealth.
then the distribution must be between
the three.
How is it distributed?
Land gets rent
Labor gets wages.
Capital gets interest
Rent is all that portion OF the wealth
produced which is taken for the use OF
land.
Wages iS that portion OF thu wealth