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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
VOTE ON ALDRICH BILL
MAY Be TAKEN MARCH 5

Voting on the AIdrich financial bill IN
the Senate win begin next Thursday,
unless present plans miscarry. Senator
Aldrich has been especially busy dur
ing the last day or two chatting with
members on both the Democratic and
Republican sides OF the chamber, with
the view of ascertaining the number
Of speeches that are yet TO be made.
AS a result Of his conferences, he
and the Democratic leader, CuIberson,
are agreed that it viii be possible TO
have the vote taken on March .. Aid
rich will request the Senate that this
date be fixed, and that arrangements
be made for consideration of the bill
by sections and the disposal OF amend
ments. The Finance chairman Is conf
dent that the bill will be passed.
In order to meet some Of the objec-
lions that have been made, the Finance
Committee win recommend amend
lnents, the most important Of. which
viii be a provision requiring that the
Secretary OF the Treasury shall first
satisfy himself OF the value of the
railroad bonds that may be offered as
security for circulation before accent
ing them. and that all national banks
IN their own VaUlts-One-third being
permissible IN securities such as are
acceptable under the Aldrtch bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
SAY SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
WILL GET BY CONGRESS

Ship subsidy legislation seems likely
to pass Congress this session The Gal
liz ger measure IS regarded as certain
to reach a vote in the Senate. Indeed.
the Democratic leader, MIR. Cuiberson,
has given his assurance on the floor
thee no effort viii be made TO dlibuster
to prevent a vote.
The legislation passed both houses
last session, but so late that, the House
having made numerous amendments in
II. there was no time to rush It through
the Senate in the face Of the dlibuster
that the Democrats made in the last
DAYS of the session.
This year the measure started ear
Her. and IL is eXpacted to get to a vote
IN the Senate soon. It Is rather a de-
natufed subsidy bin, but II. serves the
purpose; 1t viii, according to promise
put into service 8. couple CT new lines
to South America, and one each to the
East and - Australia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
The Way to Better Waterways.

If, as has been reported to the
President, unreguI5ted railroad
competition has prevented or de-
stroyed the development Of com
merce on our inland waterways, it
is not likely to be long before some
reasonable scheme Of regulation,
alike acceptable to the railroads
and the people, makes such obstruc-
tions impossible. Eventually the
railroads and the waterways will
flourish as compliments one Of the
other, and the people viii be there
by immeasurably benefited.
AS for the principles upon which
the general plan of waterway m
provement is based, they are so
familiar and impressive that 1t
would seem to require no effort to
gain the favorable attention of
Congress. The report of the COM
mission, which the President has
transmitted to Congress, is there
fore largely a call for plain and
direct action. 1t recommends plain
" and practically on behalf of the
country at large such great and
growing problems a. are involved
in the development Of the Missis-
sippi, the Atlantic coast canal, the
connection between the Atlantic
and the Gulf of Mexico and the i'm
provement OF the Pacific coast
streams. Not a sectional but a ma
tional advantage is contemplated.
Our people," reports the COM
mission, ARE united in support OF
the immediate adoption of a pro-
gressive policy of inland waterway
development" But the development
cannot all be attempted at once,
The most urgent steps should be
taken first. IN that way only Will
the favor of the conservative mem
bers of Congress be secured Still
more important, only in that way
can the work be done economically
and effectively.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
Help the Woman LabOrer, loo.

-four jurisdictions Of the United
States are without special and COM
enactment for the pro-
lection Of child and woman Iaborers.
They are
Nevada.
New Mexico.
The Philippine Islands.
The District of Columbia.
So much has been already pointed
out in these columns. For the cor
rection Of that discredit, as far as
the children of the National CaDitaI
are involved, Senator GaIlinger has
introduced and Senator Deliver. as
chairman of the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor, has approved. a
broad, explicit, and generally salts
factory child-labor act. 1t ought to
pass at this session. 1t ought not
be delayed for anything, save Tor
the scrutiny and possible ameHd-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
OPPOSES ALDRICH BILL
BEFORE BANK CLERKS

The AIdrich currency bill was vigor-
ously opposed by Albion K. Paris IN
a speech before the Washington Chap
ter OF the American Institute OF Bank
ing. at a social meeting Of the chapter
last night. Mr.. Paris opposed the
measure on the ground Of its probable
bad influence on the stock exchanges
OF the country.
William 4. Nearns also addressed
the members on The New York Stock
Exchange and Its Influences" defend
ing that institution, although admitting
shat abuses obtained at times, and
probably would continue.
Owen T. Reeves Endorsed Mr.. AIearns'
remarks and advised the bank clerks
TO develop their interests outside OF
their profession. IN order 10 obtain
broader views,
". +. D. Heron. first president OF
the chapter, recounted the early eX-
periences OF the chapter and the diff
fiCulties in establishing it.
The Washington Canoe Club string
orchestra rendered selections, and re-
freshments were served. Reports Of the
committees on the annual banquet, TO
be held on March 2. and on the annual
debate with the Baltimore Chapter,
were made. More than 100 members at
tended.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
CLASSICAL TEACHERS
TO FORM ASSOCIATION

The Classical Association OF the Middle
States and Maryland has accepted the
invitation OF The George Washington
University to hold its next meeting here
April a ard %. This is an Organiza-
ton in which all the classical teachers
OF the District are interested, conse-
Quently il has seemed wise TO a large
number OF them to organize a classical
club 10 prepare for the meeting TO be
held here and to promote the interests
in classical studies in Washington and
vicinity. The membership is 10 be COM
posed Of all local teachers Of Latin,
Greek. and classical art, and all who
are actively interested IN classical pur-
suits.
The organization will be perfected at
a meeting in the women's building Of
George Washington University, 1888 I
street. tomorrow at 1870 O'Clock
The call for the meeting has been is
sued by the following classical teachers:
George Melville Boiling, Mitchell Car
roll, Miss Edith NJ Clark, Wilbur f.
D2les. Miss Mabel Halves, Mrs. A6elia
=. Hensley. Louis L. Hooper. the Rev.
Charles Baxcy, +. w. Matthews. Robert
L. Preston, Miss A. L. Rainey, Thomas
". Sidwen. Charles S. Smith, and Miss
NJ. Elsie Turner.
As soon as business is over tomorrow
morning Prof. Harry Langford Wilson.
Of the Johns Hopkins University, regent
~ annual professor IN the American
School Of Classical Studies In Rome.
viii give an address on The Relations
of the School IN Rome TO Classical
Teachers in Secondary Schools"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
WAITS Is YEARS TO WED
WOMAN He ONCE SAVED

TRENTON, Feb. 2S.-David Mar. q
Trenton artist, has just married Mrs.
+. r. Lenox, OF Perth Amboy. whom
he saved from drowning twenty-five
years ago. when she fell through the
ice while skating on a local pond.
Mar and the girl each married years
age, and each was only recently be-
reaved. Several months ago they met
IN this city through a friend OF both.
Mar did not at first recognize the wo-
man he had saved from death a quarter
OF a century before, but Mrs. Lenox
had not forgotten him, ard il was easy
for both to fail IN love.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
Helping the MOuntaineerS.

1t seems that some Virginia
mountaineers are hard up. AS the
saying goes, they need the money.
They have been living long enough
on bacon and eggs, fapjacks, corn
fritters, hominy, sugar-cuTed ham,
and broiled chicken. They want
more of the great metropolitan
luxuries, such as canned soup,
canned beef. and canned salmon.
And New York society has pitied
them in their dire need, and has
held some tableaux wants for their
benefit. It might have occurred to
the members of the Four Hundred
10 send checks for a thousand or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
Baltimore Editors Welcome
Frank Il. MatmSey TO Field

speaking was founded by Messrs. Ju-
liam Leroy White Douglas II. Gordon,
Thomas X. WOrthington, LaWrason
Riggs. and myself AIessrs White and
Gordon have continued TO be stock
holders. and are now, with myself,
transferring the property. Naturally as
a newspaper man, I have had the
craftsman's point OF view. To my as
sociates has fallen the very burden
some work of sustaining, through a
long period, one OF the most difficult
OF human undertakings. Baltimore
ought To remember for many year
the splendid public service they have
rendered II.
Our successor, Mr., MuEsey, is a man
Of large enterprise and pre-emlEent sue
cess. He comes 10 Baltimore enthusi-
aGtic in his belief in her great future.
He Is a man of independent views, ana
We are assured win keep the News on
the lines that IL has so long followed
we bespeak for him the cordial good
will of the people Of this city ana
State. CHARLES H GEtASIH,
President and General Manager.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
THE PLACE I CALL MY OWN

Knowing that IN this hour thou think'st
OF me,
I feel thee knocking at my spirit-door.
Though never may'st thou walk
across this floor
And never these four bounding walls
shalt see.
The place I call my own is full OF thee.
The place I call my own7 oh, moro
and more
Not any walls on any time-built shore,
Are mine, TO dwell within-to hold IN feel
But IN the starry house that is my
own.
Where !, this moment. ops the door TO
thee.
There shall not ente- one SAD murmur
blown
From down the Past-nor, from the dim
To-be,
Shall any fear creep in, with rising
So shall this place Of mine be fun Of
thee.
Edith NJ. Thomas IN Success Maya
zine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
cRoPLEY FUNERAL TODAY.

Funeral services for Samuel CrOpleyi
who died last Wednesday morning IN
his home, 1926 Th1rty-third street. VIII
he held at o'clock this afternoon in
g. John's Church. Georgetown. The
Rev. Frederick B. Howden, rector Of the
church. will Officiate
Mr.. CrODley had been employed in the
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
A number of years, and was one Of the
most popular men in It's employ. He
had been in III health for several months,
although he had been confined to his
room but three weeks before his death
Mr.. Cropley was the son Of Thomas
Cropley, who survives him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
WORKS CLEVER SWINDLE,,
BANKS EASY VICTIMS

PARIS. Feb. 2s.-The police here are
investigating an ingenious swindle in
volving $1,000. Six months ago a man
deposited a large sum of money in
hank in New York, asking for a letter
of credit. which was given 70 him He
returned the letter in q few days, say
inc he had no further use for it, and
withdrew the money from the bank.
+ thu meantime. however. the let
ter 81 credit was photographed and
several reproductions were mailed 70
accomDIices. who cashed them stimuli
taueouslv in London, Hamburg, Paris,
MarseiIles. Rome, Genoa. MUNICH duu
Vienna s
AS vet no clue has been discovered
mat would lead 10 the identification OF
the swindlers-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
High School Orchestra
70 Give Concert Tonight

The orchestra OF the Technical High
School will give a concert at g O'Clock
tonight in the Business High School
building, Ninth street and Rhode Isl
and avenue northwest, under the d.
rection Of George ". Sunderland. The
orchestra has frequently played Al
various high school affairs and its in
dividuRl concert tonight is OF more
than ordinary interest in school circles.
The orchestra IS composed OF Messrs
Lansburgh, Lepper, Webster, Edwards.
Murphy, Stein, Hough, Mccarthy. King,
Whitbeck, Zebley, EZdorff Feiter,
Cheney and ChatfeId. augmented by
-dessFs. ZleHan. Darby, Cello and ia
CODY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
SECRETARY ROOT DECLINES
INVITATION FROM WEST

Mayor Taylor and former Mayor Pie
Ian, OF San Francisco, have. in behalf OF
the citizens committee. extended to the
Secretary Of State an invitation to be
present and participate in the welcome
to be given the American battlesbip
feet on it's arrival at San Francisco
after completing target practice at Mag
dalena Bay.
The Secretary said that while he would
be pleased 10 accept the invitation. ba
did not feel that he could do 50 AZ
official duties would be pressing at that
tina
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
DISTRICT SOON TO BUILD
TRUCK HUUSE IN SOUTHEAST

In a letter 10 the Commissioner. the
South washington Citizens Association
asSs through its president, r. Harrison
Johnson, to be informed what steps
have been taken for the establishment
OF a tTuckhOUse IL the southwest Sec
ton, as provided Tor in the appropria-
lions act of 1901.
in reply. the association will be in
formed that the Corporation Counsel VIII
institute proceedings within the next
few days for the condemnation of a lot
upon which the truckhouse viii be
erected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28
DOOMED TO DIE
FOR PLOT TO SLAY DUKE

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. Pa mill
taT-y court has condemned to death seven
of the terrorlsts charged with compile
ftv in the attempt upon the ANes OF
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholale q
Chegiovtoff. the minister Of justice. en4
sentenced three others TO fifteen years
iuprJsonnent at hard labor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28

Tho requirement that the Ways and
Means members occupy an Office in the
House once building means that there's
going 70 be a lot OF underground work
in connection with schedule hereafter.
LII be done IN the subway.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28

The only reason why a surgical opeT-
alton was needed by Mr.. Edison doubt
less was that, having been entirely oc-
cupied with other matters, ne never had
time to make himself a new and i'm
proved ear that couldn't get out OF
whack.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28

ment Of the legislators from Massa-
chusetts. Tennessee. and such other
Commonwealth as have proven
their local legislation on this same
subject by years of successful en-
forcement.
But even it viii not eradicate all
the Districts diseredit. The posi-
ton Of woman laborers in the Dis
trict is not bettered by it in the
least. At present three restrictions,
and only three, are imposed on the
employment of girls and women in
this territory-that the earnings of
married women shall not be liable
for the debts of their husbands. and
shall belong exclusively to them
selves; that all woman laborers
shall be provided with seats; that
there shall be suitable toilet ar
engagements. That is all. Yet the
Supreme Court of the United States
thought the need for protecting
such operatives great enough to
warrant this language in an opinion
announced by Justice Brewer with
in the week:
Differentiated by these matters
from the other sex, she is probably
placed in a class by herself, End leg
islation designed for her profession may
be sustained, even when like legislation
is not necessary for men, and could not
be sustained. II Is impossible to close
ones eyes TO the fact that she still
looks TO her brother and depends upon
him.
Even though all restrictions on Qoliti-
cal personal. and cOnrractuel rights
were taken away. and she stood, so far
as statutes are concerned, upon an aD-
solutely equal plane with him, II would
still be true that she is so constituted
that she VIII rest upon and look to him
for protection; that her physical struc-
tuFe and q proper discharge OF her ma
terual functions, having in view not
merely her own health. but tho we'll
being OF the race. justify legislation to
protect her from the greed as well as
the passion Of man.
By this decision the law OF Oregon
was upheld in so far as it forbids
the employment of women more
than ten hours day or sixty hours
week. Unless new Jaw is rad for
the District Of Columbia, any EN-
ployer who chooses may keep his
female operatives over their ma.
chimes as long as their eyes viii
stay open or their aching backs car
hold their shoulders over a bench.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28

Senator Dolliver complains that no.
body IS interested IN money legislation
and that the finance orators talk 70
empty seats It. used TO be supposed
that nobody took any interest 81 Indian
AFFAIRS, too; but when Senators owen
and Curtis got busy with a dry dues-
ton OF Indian law. they had no trouble
getting an audience and keeping it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28

The Interstate Commerce Commission
is tndisposed to nuIlify the laws or Con-
gress. Nobody but tie high fnanciers
and the Supreme Court seems disposed
to do that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28

Maybe the low esteem IN which the
Ways and Means Committee IS held
" the House IS Indicative OF a rise in
tariH revision sentiment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28

4 commission should be appointed at
once 20 Determine which is the best IN
dian, Curtis or Owen. Certainly neither
Of EN- is good on the ground Of being
dead one
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28

Bishop Ingram is sorry his tennis con-
test with the President got into the pa
pers. The good bishop plainly doesn't
realize how much the stories contributed
to the Joy Of the nations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-28

Oklahoma IS slower about getting her
star INTO the nag than she was about
getting one into the Senate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-26
SPECULATION.
How It Acts as a Brake on the Fluc.
tuation of Prices.

Speculation makes the change in
prices gradual. There is not sud
den drop. 1t is impossible to Sc
cure absolute stability of prices,
and speculation accomplishes the
next best thing by putting a brake
on fluctuations. 1t is the theory of
those who denounce all forms of
speculation that there is no relation
between speculative prices and the
law Of supply and demand. But the
main function Of the exchanges Is
to make an absolute free market,
with free competition between buy
crs and sellers. This compels mi
mute regulation of prices. There is
no speculation in potatoes, and the
housewife will tell you that the ex-
pcctation of a bad crop will put the
price up 50 quickly that she will
have suspicious of the honesty of
her dealer. When a speculator on
the cotton exchange sells July cot
ton at 1912 cents Il pound he is reg
istering his belief based on a close
study Of conditions at the present
time that before July next cotton
will not be worth 1912 cents
pound. He and hundreds of others
try to discount nature and antici-
pate events, and, as we have seen,
the user of actual cotton utilizes
this situation to his own advantage
and security.
During the seventeenth century
one Edward Lloyd kept a coffee
house in Tower street, London,
where several Of the big merchants
used to meet. Many of them would
have ships at sea with rich cargoes
facing the many uncertainties of
voyages to and from the east, in
volving great loss if they did not
arrive safely. These merchants de-
veloped a plan of each assuming
part of the others risk. Each
would write his name under the
names of the ships of the other
merchants, and it is here we find
the origin of the modern system of
underwriting, which is nothing
more than a division of risk.
Lloyd's has become a familiar name
in every corner of the earth, but in
1868 it was denounced as a gam
bling house that ought to be sup
pressed.-John Paul Ryan in Met
ropolitan Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-26

whether the sum is even or odd If
it is even, the even number is in the
right hand. and if odd it is in the left
hand. For example: He puts two coins
in his left hand and three in his right.
You have him multiply the number in
his right hand by g. that in his left by
>, and add the products, thus-3 times
3 is 8. and times > is 4. making 13.
He tells you that the sum-13-iS odd.
and YOU therefore know that the even
number is in the left hand. Had the
two coins been in the right hand and
the three in the left the operation
would have been-2 times > added to 3
times makes l.. and this number be-
ing even would show that the even
number was in the right hand.
OF course this trick depends upon a
mathematical principle, and if your
friend performs the operation right
you cannot help getting the true an
swcr. Multiplying the number in the
left hand by must always bring
IN even number as the product. while
multiplying the number in the right
hand by 3 brings an even or odd
product according to whether the
number in the hand is even or odd;
hence when the even number is placed
in the right hand the sum of the prod
uctS must necessarily he even and
when in the left odd.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-26
Pengreave's
Helping Hand.
By w. F. BRYAN.
Copyrighted. 1905, by Homer sprague.

:: Copyrighted, 1905, by Homer Sprague. .
5*%@*:..+... !. +....s.:.s...
Pen"reIve. coming slowly down the
street. gave no heed TO his surround
irgs. For twenty years lie had been
coming down the same street, some
times little earlier sometimes very
much later but always he passed
along with unSeeng eyes. his thoughts
fixed upon his business and his home.
At fifteen he had first turned into the
side street from the main thorough
fare Horse cars had run unevenly
over the badly set rails, and fiickering
gas lamps had lighted all save the
business streets. Now there were troll
leyS everywhere, ana even the alley
ways were lighted 10y electricity, but
Richard Pengreave gave no heed to
these changes.
1t had been 4 good locality once.
When pcngrcayc. in the glory of his
first long trousers and his first real"
Job. had sought Il boarding place Mrs.
Bcldin'S had been recommended as be
ing in nice residential neighbOr-
hood"
1t had been a we'll swept street then
lined with rows of three story brick
houses and here and there Il brown
stone front to break the monotopy
Now the homes had given way to five
ana six story tencmemts. Mud heaps