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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-08
ASIATICS
AND ORIENTALS
IS BRYAN'S PLAN

CHICAGO, jan S-William Jennings
Bryan, who Will deliver his keynote
speech at a Jackson Day banquet here
tonight, today gave out an interview
in which he came out fiat-footed for
the exclusion Of ''Orientals or Asiatics,
impossible OF assimilation with the
Caucasians Of the United States" This
was taken TO indicate that IN his speech
Bryan viii follow with q formal decIa-
ration against admitting japanese.
Bryan reiterated his position on Gov
eminent ownership OF railways and Of
the immediate necessity Of State and
national legislation for guaranteeing de-
posits I'm the banks. but said he did
not think Government ownership would
be an issue in the coming campaign.
Prohibition victories III State cleo
tons in the South, he said, would not
in his opinion. cut any figure in the na-
JiOnal election.
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" OUR BOB'S" GIRL
WEDS TENNESSEAN,,
ENGAGED A YEAR
Senator's Daughter Mar
ried in Hotel ParlOr to
Young Lawyer.

Catherine Taylor, the pretty nineteen
yeaT-old daughter Of Senator Bob"
Taylor, the adding statesman from
Tennessee, today showed her affection
for her fathers notable name, when she
was married at the EbbItt House to
Matthew HiIlsman Taylor. son of Rob-
eTt Taylor. OF Trenton. Tenn. Although
rejoicing in the name Of Matthew Rills-
man, the bridegroom has always an
swered to the nickname OF Bob" so
that the sobriquet adds another Bob"
70 Senator Taylors family.
The young couple, who have been en-
gagged for a year, we're married in the
private parlor of the Ebbitt House by
the Rey, ". +. Locke. The bride en-
tered the beautifully decorated room
leaning on the arm Of her father, who
gave her in marriage. She was dressed
in a tailored suit Of dark blue broad
cloth, and were blue travelling tOqUe.
She carried a huge bouquet of Bride
roses.
The maid of honor was Miss Mary
Huey, of Trenton, a girlhood friend of
the bride. Miss Huey also wore blue
brOadcloth, but OF a lighter shade, and
carried American Beauty roses. Mrs.
Girdler, OF Indianapolis, played the we'd
ding march. MI Taylor's best man was
Paul Harlan, of Nashville, a college
Chum
After the ceremony a luncheon was
served, and later the young couple left
for New York, where they will spend
portion of their honeymoon. afterwaTd
going TO Trenton, Tenn, where Mr.. Tay-
Tor has a lucrative law practice.
The brides sister. Mrs. ". =. Camp
bell-Pilcher, Of Nashville, came TO
washington for the ceremony, as did
Mrs. s. =. Williamson. of the same
CITY
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LITERARY ACCIDENT,
GEORGE AIDE SAYS
Of OWN CAREER
Playwright Here to Help
Copyright Fight IN
Congress.
George Ade is an accident.

George Ade IS an accident.
In the dramatic line, he just hap
pened.
Struggling with a collar button and
stubbing his toes on a wilderness Of
silk hats and white kid gloves left
over from his last nights society get
up, he explained this morning t.Iat he
is an accident.
Il never thought ! could write for
the stage" he declared. 4" The Sultan
of Sulu' was written by myself and
another fellow for an amateur per
formance. After that 1t was put on.
with the regulation stipulation that he
and I should have a look-in on the
royalty proposition. That's how I start
cd. / had been around the thsater so
much that it never occurred to me that
I could get anything on the stage"
Help Composers Fight.
Mr.. Ade is in Washington 10 help in
the fight that is being made by song
writer's and music composers to compel
phonograph companies to pay them
royalties on the songs Vsed in the phono-
graphs. The composers want a law
passed by Congress giving them these
royalties.
They ought to have it." said Ar.
AIDE, surveying himself triumphantIy in
the mirror after adjusting his collar.
These phOnOgraph companies put few
holes in a disk, put the disk in their
machines and say they are not produc-
ing the songs and music. It's absurd.
They reproduce it as much as if they
printed 1t and sold it. Besides, they
make fortunes out Of it. Why shouldn't
the composers get their royalties?
You have no idea Of the phonograph
business. out through the corn belt
every family has a phonograph The
farmer comes in at night, takes off his
boots. hangs his feet on the stove. and
says;
Boys. turn her loose"
The boy turns her loose, and the
thing plays all the evening. Now, our
contention is that the composer is en-
titled to some pay for the entertain
ment that is gotten out of the turning
loose performance.
I'VE framed up a copyright law some
years ago, but we couldn't be expected
10 see Ihat some freak invention would
come along that would reproduce our
songs by series of pin pricks. Nov
that 1t has come, the law ought to be
changed so as to proyect US. That s
CONTINUED on Sixth Page
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Gas Trust Fight
Calls People TO
Impress Congress
National Legislature ReasScmbles With Mo-
nOpOIy Boosting it Controls the Two
District Committees and Will
Cut It's Melon.
CHEAPER GAS BILL
COMING IN HOUSE

Sentiment In Of District
IS growing in the House Committee District Affairs.
4 Representative who a opponent
today Representative
Madden Of Illinois, author of the BILL
the justice Of the demand fer lowering the price
Madden said today;
Sentiment in this District Committee
Congress. Ny personal inquiries
TeaIed the fact that the committee is rapidly growing
people Washington cheaper
believe that bill to this Will be reported
passage before the close &C. this session"
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TAKAHIRA PLEASES
STATE DEPART THENT

The State Department today informed
the Japanese government, through its
charge O. 'afaires here, in response to a
query. that the appointment of Kogoro
Takahira, as ambassador, in place OF
Viscount Aold, recalled, would be en-
tirely satisfactory 10 the United States
Government.
This practically assures the transfer
Of Takahira from the ambassadorship at
Rome, and his return to Washington.
where he served as minister previous to
Aoki's appointment.
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SURGEON STOKES RECEIVES
ORDERS FROM METCALF

Surgeon Charles F. Stokes, whose or
ders tc command the hospital ship, Re,
lief were issued by the Secretary Of
the Navy yesterday, called at the Navy
Department this morning and had a
lengthy conference with Secretary Met
calf. and from his office went to that
of Surgeon General Rixey for iustruc-
tons
Surgeon Stokes says merely that he
Is going out to obey his orders.
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STOCK MUST EQUAL VALUE OF PLANT.

BY the fifth section Of the act Of Con-
gress, approved June 6, 1896 % Stat, ~,
both the Washington Gas Light Company
and the Georgetown Gas Light Com
pany are in effect prohibited from issu-
ing any greater number OF shares Of
stock than shall be equal TO the actual
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What Congress Did Todau
IN THE HOUSE.

IN The HOUSE.
The Committee on Banking and Cur
reney reported to the House for
passage the James resolution calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for
Information as to the standing of na-
tiOnal banks October I and December
], 1897.
The House adopted the resolution from
the Committee on Rules opening the
way for consideration Of the bill of
the Committee on Revision of the Laws
for a classification and revision of
the penal statutes Of the United
States.
The reading Of the bill then began.
IN THE SENATE.
No session until tomorrow.
]. H. Small & Sons, Florists,
Washington and New York.-Ady.
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cash value OF their respective plants and
necessary cost Of the construction Of
future extensions or future enlarge
ments OF such plants The cash value
OF the plant Of each company and the
cost OF extensions are to be ascertained
end authorized upon petition therefor
to the Supreme Court Of the District Of
Columbia, under regulations to be pre-
scribed by the chief justice or some
justice OF the court.
Both gesiight companies have invoked.
by petition, the provisions OF section i've
OF 5aid act Of Congress, and the juFis-
UlctIOn OF the court hereunder 10 Oh
tam decree allowing an increase Of
shares OF stock equal 10 the present
actual cash value OF their respective
plants, and apparently without anv ne
cesslty for the use Of the proceeds OF
the sale Of such stock, IT a sale of such
STOCK Is contemplated by the said COM
PaDiesr Tor the future extensions or en-
iAfsetleht or etther of the said plants,
Why Is Stock Increased?
ihe first question that presents it.
sell, then, is. Why do the gaslight com
panies want to increase their capitaI
stock? IL they are not to extend or en-
large their plants, there Is no good rea-
son for the increase Of the stock. WHY
issue an increase Of volume of stock IL
ii is TO he sold for the simple. uurDozs
or placing the proceeds in the treas7Iries
or the companies2 If -he stock. when
issued, IS 10 be distributed gratuitousIy
among the present stockholders of she
respective companies pro rata with
their present StOCkhOIdings for the as
tenslble purpose of charging the volume
OF stock so that the large profits earned
by the companies may appear TO be
lcssened as dividends. so that the com
pshles may urge the small dividends Is
an argument and excuse for high
priced gas to consumers, the whole Dro-
Seedlng is a scheme or suhterfuge and
demands the prompt attention and In
VestjEatiOn of Congress.
II appears that bill. II. R NIB was
gTess, first session. autb5riziDe ~
Washington Gas Light COMPANY to DII--
chase the Georgetown Gas Light CON,
pany. and for other purposes. for which
the Committee on the District OF COl-
umbla recommended as q substitute
therefor II. r. 1905, and upon which a
majority report (H. r. 14cq) and q rniB
oFlty report Oh. r 1859, part p were
made. In both Of these bills Congress
was asked 10 authorize the company 10
change the par value OF the shares OF
the capital stock from so 10 800 par
value the new shares Of the stock TO be
allotted, when issued to the stockholders
Of said company pro rata according to
their holdings.
It's Capital Grew Apace.
In the views Of the minority H. r.
1863, part p. it Is shown that the said
company was organized July s, 1S4s. with
capital OF $4,000. $4,000 Of which was
paid in, and 1880 distributed 10 sub
scribers as a bonus. BY Nav .. 1855
the capital stock had increased t0
$4,000. On this subject Il is interest
ing ID read what Senator SpOoncF said
u Sa1ate Report No. 1860. Forsv-ninfh
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

The storm that occupied the South
Carolina coast Tuesday morning has
moved nOrthward TO the st. Lawrence
valley. Another disturbance is central
over Lake Erie. Rain or snow has been
followed by clearing weather generally
in the Atlantic States, and snow Is re-
ported in the Lake region and upper
Mississippi valley.
The temperature has fallen decidedly
in the Northwest, and is 10 TO I2 degrees
below zero IN the valley OF the Red
river of the North The tsmpera tllrs
continues below the seasonal average
in the Southern States, and light frost
IS reported this morning along the Mid
die and East Gulf coast and in northern
Florida.
Steamers departing today for Eu-
ropean ports will have brisk to high
sOutherly shifting to westerly and
nOrthwesteTly winds, with rain or snow,
followed by fair weather, 10 the Grand
TlauIrz
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THREE WEEKS
Won PRAISE FROM
WRITER'S HUSBAND
A u t h Dress COrrcctS
Some False impress
SionS About Her
Personal Exper-
lenCe.

Three Weeks" Mrs. Elinor Glyn's
novel Of romance and love, will not be
barred from the United States mails.
This was ascertained at the Post
Office Department today Postmaster
General Meyer has read Three Weeks
and does not believe II obscene. Oper-
ating on the theory that people usually
want what is denied them, and that
barring the book from the mails would
serve only to Whet the appetite Of
young girls and others, Mr.. Meyer be-
Iieves it would be an iTl-adyised action
to bar Three Weeks"
The Postmaster General believes the
book is remarkabla in many respects,
and contains e story extraordinarily
we'll told.
Goodwin Disliked Book.
Assistant Attorney General Of the
Postofflce Goodwin declared yesterday
that the book was decidedly obscene"
and inadmlssable sS mail matter. 1t
was thought that IN consequence of his
opinion, after reading the book, that he
would suggest its teing denied the use
of the mails, but nothing has been said
or done in thai direction, and viii
not be.
II IS salQ al ire FoStOInCe Depart
ment that very few copies OF the book
have beer sent through the mails. ana
that others that may be mailed viii not
be mGlested.
Mrs. Glyn when seen at the Willard
this morning was dressed becominsiy
In an elaborate purple gown, and said
she had several social engagements
which would consume most OF her time.
Mrs. Glyn has invitations which viii
claim her undivided attention until she
leaves the city Saturday afternoon.
To Dine With Depew.
This afternoon Mrs. Glyn is at lunch
con with the Misses Patten on Nassa-
ehusetts avenue northwest. Tonight she
will dine with Senator Chauncey NJ. De-
pew and Mrs. Depew.
Mrs. Glyn was asked what she thought
of Washington. She replied:
''IJ is a pretty place, and must be much
more beautiful in the spring. l have
been impressed with she incOngruity
of little shacks adjoining the handsome
residences of the city"
Asked If her book had met with as
much criticism in London as in Ameri-
ca, Mrs. Glyn said:
''Some of the papers there criticised
il severely, while some were pleased
with It. All the clever people Of Eng
Continued on Sixth Page
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EIGHTH STREET HOUSE
SOLD FOR INVESTMENT

Emmons S. Smith has sold the three
story and basement brick dwelling, 1923
Eighth street northwest. to a local in
vestor for 5000. The house contains
nine rooms and bath and is under
a rental Of $500 per year, the same
tenant having occupied it for twenty
years.
Artistic Printing Executed Quickly as
you want it.. Globe Printing Co., 14th &
z SITS. nW,-AdY, :,
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Body Discovered.

The body of Gerstenbers was discov-
cred by Officer T, ]. Whalen, of the
Anacostia station, about 10 o'clock this
morning. II was evident from the Po-
sition in which the body was lying that
Mr.. Gerstenberg had shot himself i'm
mediatelY upon entering the SD.
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Continued on Sixth Page
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-08
Drexels

In a game characterized by few in
teresting features the Keokuk Club de-
feated the Drexels last evening at the
Drexel alleys by nearly 200 pins, 1913
pins separating the two teams when
the final count was made
b. w. Cox carried off the honors of
the evening with high score OF 1872
and high average of III. The even
i.-g's play IVES characterized ty only
fair bowling, and at no time during
the three games did the Drexels dis.
play form. O'Blennis was tie best
performer for the loosers with an aver
age OF 156. Britt's 166 was higl game.
Hesbacher lost heavily OH account
OF the foul line. The summary.
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Fans. 15c to $500 lie Bron's.
baptist bazaar. 623 Mort, Fourth
Why not piano for Christmas ?
See ". w Kimball Co.
Tell your neighbor about getting
a complete newspaper for ten cents a
week The Daily Gate City contains
all the news
A marriage license was issued last
evening TO Cornelius j. Hickey and
Mrs. Margaret G. Tigue, both of Keo-
kuk, WHO We're married this morning.
Mrs. Alva Waugh has received the
sad intelligence of the death in San
Antonio. Texas. on Sunday afternoon
a l:30 o'clock OF her sister, Mrs H.
V Heaslip.
Opera glasses, SO to s12. LIE
Bron's.
Snow and ice should be removed
from the sidewalks at once At the
council meeting last evening, this mat
ter was referred to the street super
visor with instructions to risidly en-
force the city laws and make the peo-
pie clean of their walks at once.
ST. Johns Guild will hold its an.
nual Christmas bazaar at the parish
house, Thursday, December 10, at
O'Clock, followed by a New England
supper from $50 to 80. Price Csc.
Two youths giving their names as
Edgar Pendergraph and Ugen Jenkin
arrived in the city this morning on the
2:40 O'Clock train and were arrested
BY Officer Cox and locked up over
night on suspicion. being bad looking
men to be turned loose in the city
over night. Jerry Moore was locked
up at 8 O'Clock last night by Officer
Wilson. for being drunk and Charles
4. Gray was locked up at 500 O'Clock
last evening by Officer Holiday on
suspicion Leon Fitzgerald was
brought up from Hannibal last evening
at TAO O'Clock by Marshal Kenney
and locked up, being charged with the
robbery of the Wedler home last Octo-
Der.
Hear our new interior player. W.
w Kimball Co.
Hamilton Fish. Ir.. Of Garrison-on. (
the Hudson, will lead the Harvard foot
bah team next fall. having been unan.
/ imously elected captain. Fish was
the acting captain of the team Guring
the last season when Burr was out Of
/ the game. He is a member OF the
1910 class and has played right tackle
/ On the varsity team for two seasons.
he stands feet, 3 inches tall and IS
I OF the All American tackles selected
/ by experts this fall.
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Details.

Yesterday afternoon after the
schools of the city had been dismissed
more than a score of students made
their way to this skating place, the ice
being about two inches thick Appar-
emily the ice was strong enough to
hold the skaters and did so when they
were skating. About 500 O'Clock. the
time when the accident happened.
number of them were crowded togetn-
er at the upper end of the lake, for
protection from the wind and cold af-
forded by the large stone bridge. While
many of them were thus huddled to-
gether the startling sounds of breaking
ice were heard and the skaters scam
pered in every direction to escape
from breaking through So thick were
the skaters that several of them fell
and by the time they mad risen to pro-
coed to shore the ice had broken. Five
of the girls went down into the water,
but the water was only up to their
necks and by holding onto the ice they
were in no immediate danger. The
boys present came quickly to their as
sistance and the victims We're hurried
ly brought to dry land. When brought
10 the surface they were wet from
head to feet and hurried home as
quickly as possible.
1t is not thought that the Ice would
have broken had the skaters remain
ed scattered but even at present the ice
is hardly safe.
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! Huxley

Huxley .15s 1876 1873 IA
-
100 SO7 745 80
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-08

Foley's Orino Laxative cures chron-
ic constipation and stimulates the
liver. Orino regulates the bowels so
they will act naturally and you do not
have to take purgatives continuously.
Wilkinson & Co.. and ]. F. Kiedaisch
& Son.
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Headq arters|
Get Your Christmas
Toys TO-DAY

Search the world you'll find no il,
like the Christmas JOY Of the little cb ,i
No JOY like giving JOY to little children ~
Christmas And there's no limit to the noe
slbilities of this Joy giving. The Tow stor.
will SHOW you how Beg pardon, our
Greater. Toy Store-more space for Christ
mas toys than ever before; more toys-eyerv
kind of toy you can think Of and lots he.
sides. Many new toys, out for the first
time this Christmas don't miss the "Flvino
Cupid" But every things on the 90 IN IN
toyland airships flying, trains whizziDo
boats whlrling, mechanical animals per-
forming, and the dolls looking on SO sweet
and smiling. But here's the most import
ant of all: pick out your Christmas toys at
once; you gain nothing by delay. Stocks
are freshest, finest, fullest now. Most COM
plete selections now-why be caught In the
last grand rush?
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CITY NEWS

75c to $500. lie Bron's.
bazaar 623 North Fourth.
not piano for Christmas
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Ice Broke at Hubnsers Lake and
Five Young Girls Plunge
Into the Icy
Water.
BOYS TO THE RESCUE
The Girls Were Brought to the Dry
Land az Quickly as Possible
and None Of them Were
Drowned.

Crack, crack, went the thin ice on
Hubinger's lower lake yesterday after
noon and a score of young girls and
boys went scampering towards the
shore to escape cold plunge into the
icy water. But some were too late and
five young girls sank as the ice broke
and were soon laundering about with
the water nearly up to their necks.
Quick assistance of those near helped
the girls from their perilous position
and none were drowned, although they
We're in great danger, some being saw
ed by clinging to the ice and walls of
the nearby bridge. The young girls
who plunged into the Lake when the
ice broke were the following:
Helen Pond.
Mary Bell.
Dorothy Renaud.
Florence Green.
Geraldine Parsons.
Two high school boys are prominent
IN : rescue of the above girls and
by their quick work the danger was
averted as quickly as possible. James
Hodge and Rolla Erdman assisted by
several other quickly came to the res
cue and pulled the gi.Is from the
water
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A Dangerous Operation.

Is the removal of the appendix b.
surgeon. No one who takes DR.. XIII
New Life Pills is ever Subjected
this frightful ordeal. They work
quietly you don't feel them. Cure
stipation, headache, billiousness
malaria. Csc at Wilkinson & Co5i
Kiedaisch & Sons drug store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-08

Spaghetti. Made in
buy is Faust Brand
the Spaghetti you
ness. But be sure
and wholesome
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DO Your N
Holiday
BNytng ~
Early
--For yOu, o7Cu Saffstac-
tim 70e urge you 10 shop
eorly--ea,1y IN the day and
early in the month.
THE achvlty al,eady
shozOu only Joyeshadozps the
crush to come IN the last
1eaO days.
Stocks are complete here
no7O--the cleUe1sst styles zce
haze euer beeu pylvxleged
to sho7O--and zoe nepev Of
tered such strong valuss.
Here's a little list:
Smoking Jackets, 81 to $50.
Bath Robes, SO to $3.50.
Fancy Vests, 81 tc SIS.
Night Robes, SOC to 81.
PaJamas, 81 to $3.50.
Suspenders, SOC to ST..
Suspender combination sets SOC
to ST..
Silk, Ia hose, S1.5o
shawknit la hose in holiday box
es, containing 6 pair, S1.5o.
Fancy Ia hose, 15c, Csc and SOC.
Gloves. Sec to $500.
Fur Gloves, $3.50 to $3.50.
Boys Dress Kid Gloves, unlined
or silk lined, 81.
NeckWear, 25c to $1.oo.
Initial Handkerchief, Toe, and
25c.
Linen Handkerchiefs, extra quail
ity 25c and SOC.
Holiday umbrellas 81 to $500.
And a Aousand and one
othe,- sensible, s6rv1ceable
and usgul articles that
pfease men and gfue cam
1ovt M10ughonf the year.
ualEll ono
MEMS &BoIs oUTFITTERS.|
w III IHUV
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DO your Christmas shopping v
Keokuk merchants.