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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07
GOVERN CANALZONE
BILL INTRODUCED BY REPRE-
SENTATIVE MANN.

A bill providing for the government Of
the Panama Canal Zone, the construction
of the canal and for kindred purposes has
been introduced by Representative Mann
of Illinois. 1t provides, in brief. that the
Canal Understanding five miles from
either side of the canal and three marine
miles Of each mouth of the waterway
shall be governed ''by such persons as the
President shall from time to time ap-
point" that the President shall cause the
canal to be constructed as lock canal
sufficient for the passage of the largest
vessel now in use, and shall cause the
construction Of safe and commodious"
harbors at the canal termini, land make
such provision for defense as may be nee
essary for the safety and protection of the
canal and harbors,'' The management of
the Panama railroad Is placed in the
Presidents hands, tentative to the &C
quirement of that right.
The bill authorizes the President, with
the consent Of the Senate. to appoint one
chief engineer of the canal, one chief
counsel of the canal and zone, and one
governor of the canal and zone, land to
fix their compensation, duties, powers and
relative jurisdiction until SUCH time as
Congress may otherwise provide One
clause of the bill reads: Authority is
hereby given for the procurement, use
and maintenance of each and every thing
necessary for the complete construction,
maintenance and operation of the canal.
The President is given further authority
to define and determine the laws which
shall govern the zone, and to appoint
with the consent of the Senate, supreme
court of the Canal Zone. whose decisions
shall be renewable by the Supreme Court
of the United States. By the terms Of
the bill the isthmian canal commission
T,,1x nd ho
new government as provided for in the
bill shall come into power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07
lhDORSE CHANGE IN SCHOOLS
CITIZENS APPROVE ACTION OF
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
petition Congress to Make No Inves-
tigation-Meeting of North
Washington Association,

We do heartily commend the board of
eooca'ion Tor It's wise and coura geous ac-
tipn in dismissing DR.. Chancellor from the
superlntendency of the public schools of
our city We sincerely hope, and present
as request that the House and the SEN
ate OF the United States shall accept the
action of the board of education in dis
missing DR.. Chancellor as superintendent
as final and as satisfactory to the patrons
OF the schools; that in our opinion any
further investigation of this office will be
detrimental to the school system and its
various interests that we heartily indorse
the action of the board of education in
unanimously electing Prof. A. T. Stuart
superintendent of the public schools: that
we have the fullest confidence in the
ability of Prof. Stuart to satisfactorily
discharge every duty connected with the
Office to which he has been elected, and
that we sincerely desire that he continue
in the Office
ne foregoing resolutions were present.
ed last night by Mr.. George Topham and
unanimously adopted at meeting of the
North Washington Citizens Association
at the parish hall of the Church. of the
Advent. I'd and U streets northwest
. The secretary of the association was in
structed TO transmit copy aof the above
resolutions to, the board of education. to
Prof. A. T. Stuart, to the board of Com
m1ss1oners and. to the chairmen of the
District committees in the House of Rep
resentatives and Senate, respectively
In Interest of Schools.
Mr.. Topham contended that: LAS the
members of the association, nearly ali of
whom have children or others in whom
we are deeply interested, attending the
public schools, having it's best interests at
heart and having an earnest desire that
harmony shall prevail, and believing
progress is almost impossible where con-
tention and strife rule, do adopt the reso-
lutionS."
Mr.. E. A. Mess presented resolution,
which was adopted. indorsing the action
of the District Commissioners in their eff
forts to get cheaper gas and Of a better
quality. -
A; communication from w. E. Brooks,
chairman of the public meetings commit
tee of the Anti-Saloon League, was read
requesting. the association to grant him
the privilege of delivering an illustrated
lecture on The Liquor Traffic of Wash
ington," at the next meeting of the asso-
citation. The matter was referred to the
executive committee.
4; The secretary was instructed to commu-
nicate with the District Commissioners
and the street railway company urging
that flag stones be laid on North Capitol
street at the intersection Of v, w and
Adams streets northwest.
A large number of new members were
admitted. They were w. Seaton Kent, J.
McMeelin, Mary E. Shedd, M. P. Sikken,
M. ]. Weaver. T. E. Allpress, W. Fischer,
J. o. Belz w. f. Harding A. H. Munda,
c. r. Shund, Mahlin D. Kiefer, Philip
Addison, Thomas F. Fuinin, w. A. Saun-
ders, Theodore Hodes H. ]. MCGOWAN,
w. L. Buckley. L. NJ. Schaefer, c. ].
Ortlip, A. Briscoe and j. w. Brannin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07
SERUM CURES MENINGITIS.
Discovery Used With Success al
Johns Hopkins Hospital.

BALTIMORE. January IA case of
cerebro spinal meningitis has been
brought to the Johns Hopkins HOSPITAL
from Atlanta, and the physicians in charge
have used with success the new serum
which Dr. Simon Flexner. head of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search, discovered recently.
The case had been running for five weeks
before being brought to Hopkins. and
showed all the malignant symptoms of
the disease. Soon after Dr. Flexner
made public his discovery of the serum
he sent quantity of it to the Hopkins
hospital.
One of the most prominent members of
the medical staff at the Hopkins. who has
charge of the case there. said yesterday:
while not enough cases have been
treated to make the percentage of cures
absolute. nevertheless the great success
which DIR. Flexner met with, together
with our own experience in the two
cases now at Hopkins. encourages us to
believe that this percentage will be great"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07
HOBsON RETRACTS.
Believes He Has Done Judge Humid
ley an Injustice.

The Senate committee on judiciary met
yesterday, but failed to recommend for
confirmation the nominations Of three
federal judges which were referred to
the committee at the opening of the con-
gressional session in December. These
are Oscar r. Hundley, to be district
Judge in Alabama; William B. Sheppard,
to be district judge in Florida, and Silas
H. Reid, to be district judge in Alaska.
In a letter to the committee Repre-
sentative Richmond Pearson Hobson
withdrew certain objections he had
filed against the confirmation of Humid
ley, saying that in the light of recent in
formation received by him he believed
he had done Hundley an injustice. Con-
sideration of the Hundley nomination.
however, was passed over until Senator
Bankhead of Alabama, yet to be sworn
in, could express his opinion to the COM
mittee.
The nomination of Sheppard was re-
ferred to a subcommittee consisting of
Senator'S Knox, Dillingham; and Bacon.
The confirmation of Reid was referred to
a subcommittee consisting of Senators
Nelson, Knox and Culberson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07
TO LAND OF SUNSHINE
FLORIDA SPECIAL OPENS 10TH
CONSECUTIVE SEASON.

From the icy blasts of midwinter to
the 'balmiest of breezes and the land of
continuous sunshne-all in the space of
a little more than a day and without
change Of cars, or even of seats unless one
desires-fs the particular office of one of
the most luxurious trains in the country.
the famous FLORIDA special of the At
lantic Coast Line. This train entered upon
its nineteenth consecutive season yester-
day, when 1t left New York on the first
trip of the winter at 2:1O o'clock, and
passed through Washington on the way
south at $40 o'clock last night. There
were more than 100 passengers on board
when the train drew out of the new
Union station, and all of them will be in
Florida at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon.
The FLORIDA special" makes loriy six
stops in its whole journey of IO59 miles,
aside from the stops to change. engines,
and no tickets are sold from any point
south of Washington because IL is
solid Pullman train and the last reser-
vations of seats and berths held for pos
sible passengers are in Washington. Nine
times on its trip to the sunny southland
each day, the special changes engines and
engine crews, and eight times there is
change of conductors. The same UNI
broken thain of eight Pullman coaches,
however, makes the entire journey.
In the equipment there is even "a Pull
man baggage car; next t3 that the diner.
then two sleepers, a stateroom car. two
more sleepers, and on the rear a combina
ton stateroom and observation car: IN
til two years ago the FLORIDA Speciaf' was
made up of only six cars. In 1907 the
number was increased to seven, and this
year one more has been added.
Pullman Improvements.
All of the cars are provided with the
latest improvements of the Pullman es-
tablishment and the whole train is lighted
from its own electric plant, which is To-
Gated in the baggage car. and which is
operated by steam from the engine. There
are tiny reading lamps at the head of each
berth, and the observation car is provided
not only with reading lamps beside the
chairs, but with every Comfort of the
travellers library at home, including all
the best magazines and stationery In
scribed "Enroute, Florida Special, Penn
sylvania Atlantic Coast Line"
Special attention is given to the cuisine.
and the table dhote breakfasts, lunches
and dinners are of the best the land af-
fords." On the return trip the first train
left ST. Augustine at IL 80 o'clock this
morning, and it reaches New York at 1870
O'Clock tomorrow. To keep up the daily
schedule of the FLORIDA special the At
lantic Coast Line Company requires four
complete. trains, and each crew includes
an electrician, who makes the entire
tourney to care for the lighting plant. The
special will be continued in daily service
(Sundays eXcepted) until about the middle
of April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07
JOHNSON PRAISES BRYAN.
Governor Indicates That he Has Not
Opposed Nebraskan,

CHICAGO, January Gov. Johnson of
Minnesota, who is being exploited some
as a presidential candidate on whom
center Bryan's foes, has sent a letter re-
GREETING that he cannot attend the Bryan
banquet of the Jefferson Club Wednesday
evening.
His letter contains a tribute to Mr..
Bryan. expressing such high admiration
for the Nebraskan that the Jefferson
Club managers feel the Minnesota govern
or will be with them in spirit If not in
person. His letter says in part:
Il am a very sincere aGmirer of Mr..
Bryan's splendid personality and won
derful craftsmanship and ability. It
would give me much pleasure to be with
your club on this occasion and listen to
the words of eloquence and wisdom which
am sure will be spoken there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07
Wife Killed While Romping.

LYNCHBURG, Va, January It'll
shoot you." said Mrs. Bessie Markham,
wife of ]. E. Markham. Sunday. as she
was sitting in his lap with pistol in her
hand. The husband cautioned her to be
careful and attempted to grasp the
weapon. They struggled for it. and It was
discharged, exploding the only cartridge
in it. The ball entered Mrs Markham's
left breast and then through her body,
causing death in less than an hour. A
coroner's jury yesterday decided that
death was accidental. Mrs. Markham was
nineteen. aand had been married two
years. She leaves two children. ;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07
Shall Women Smoke in Publicp

NEW YORK, January Little Tim
Sullivan introduced in the board of al
dermen yesterday an>ordinance forbidding
iproprietors of hotels, restaurants and
other places of public entertainment to
allow women to smoke in the public
rooms. The matter was referred to the
committee on laws and legislation. with
instructions to the committee to hold
a public hearing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07

they met in Gainesville, Tex, Saturday,
Ira Hart and Alva Skinner farmers.
walked to an Enclosure and fought with
knives until found by friends. Hart was
fatally and Skinner seriously wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-07

Charles Sander, editor of the Hungarian
Day News, was killed by falling down
the elevator shaft in the Presbyterian
building, New York, Friday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Personal and General.

Next Monday evening the Rev. Marvin Hefin will address the meeting of the Epworth League at the Methodist church. The theme of his address will be the prin ciples advocated by the Law and Order League. Mir Hefiin is a pleasing and eloquent speaker and a large congrega- ton is predicted.
 Ensley exhibitors secured number of prizes at the State Fair in fact more than any other city except Birmingham. The Tennessee company, F. M. Slye, the Semet-Solvay company, w. R. Stewart, and others were awarded prizes. An ex- hibit that the people of Ensley could point to with pride was that from the Ensley public schools. It was one of the best at the fair.
 MT. A. T. Cohn returned today from De- mopolis, where he attended the funeral of his brother-in-law. MT. M. Ely.
 J. A. Miller of Oxford, Ala, is in the city the guest of J. c. Blackwell, principal of the Moore school.
 Miss Ludie Young of Montgomery, who has been visiting Miss Sara Gelders, re- turned to her home today.
 MT. and Mrs. F. S. McPherson of Fay etteville, Ala. are the guests of Mir. and Mrs. l.. A. Daniel on Thirtieth street and Avenue r.
 But little hope is entertained for the recovery of F. M. Slye, the well-known contractor who has been so seriously i'll for the past week. He is suffering from an abcess in the head, which has produced other complications. At late hour he was very low.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Violate Prohibition Laws.

Chief of Police Merrinan and his as sistant made several arrests yesterday of alleged violators of the prohibition law.
 A white woman who runs a boarding house on Avenue F and Fourteenth street was arrested, charged with selling whisky at her residence. It is claimed she sold two pints of whisky which came in pos session of the chief. A search warrant was secured and a small quantity of whisky was found on the premises. At the police court this morning she was fined S100 by Mayor Sugg. She gave notice of appeal. and later made bond.
 Will Jackson, negro, was arrested by Officer John Wren and charged with "boot logging at the fair grounds, it being alleged he sold pint of whisky to another negro. His case was called to- day and as a, result he was fined $50.
 Mat Horner a white man employed in the soft drink establishment of Joe Hol- land, on Avenue and Eighteenth street, was arrested by Chief Merriman, charged with violating the city ordinance in refer ence to the storage of whisky. He waived examination and was bound over to the criminal court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
ENSLEY WILL HAVE ELECTION TOMORROW Will Be Under Auspices of the
 Commercial Club ROGERS HELD FOR CRIME Negro Will Be Given Hearing On Mur. der Charge as Result of Coroner's
 eation-Personal
 and General News.
ROGERS HELD FOR CRIME

Ensley, October 17-(Special )-Notwith- standing reports to the contrary, the peo- pie of Ensley will be called upon to say whether or not they favor expansion. The election set for Monday on the consolida- tion of Ensley and Wylam is to be held by the Commercial club and not by the city, as is commonly thought The cleo tion was called simply to get an express sion of the people as a guide for the action of the city council in this mat ter. H. s. Meade, ex-president of the Commercial club, and N. R. Stewart president, have the matter in charge and the election will be held at the city hall, at which any qualified eleetor of Ensley can cast his vote It is not thought that any opposition will develop since nearly every member of the Commercial club is in favor of expansion, and the mem bers of that body includes leading men in nearly every branch of industry in the city
 Mayor sugg states that he has not stated that the election would not be held, but that he said the matter was in the hands of the Commercial club and the people of Ensley. Should the cleo tion on Monday be favorable to the con- solidation, the matter would then come before the city council for action and should there be no pronounced opposition to the measure it will be New Year before the annexation of Wylam could be consum- mated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Many Experiments Have Been Made
 To Relieve Drouths.
From the Indianapolis News.

From the Indianapolis News.
 Speaking of drouths, it may be gen.
 erallv known that Congress has digni-
 fled the question of artificial ram
 making by authorizing costly experl-
 ments and considering an extensive re-
 port on the subject. Different methods
 of producing rain have been proposed
 at different times, the main features
 being by extensive fires or by causing
 a severe concussion of the upper air.
 Prof. James P. Espey was the origfna-
 tor and for many years ardent advo-
 cate of the fire theory. He was born
 in Pennsylvania, but spent most Of his
 adult life in the west, and died Tn
 Cincinnati in 1864. He maintained that
 extensive rains could be produced by
 extensive forest fires in the far west
 and he demonstrated it theoretically to the satisfaction of scientists. His the- ory was that if the fires were con tinued for a sufficient length of time they would cause an upward current
 of hot air which would certainly bring
 rain His theory was indorsed by European scientists and the dis
 tinguished French savant, Arago said: France has it's Cuvier, England its Newton, America it's Espey." He tried to get an appropriation from Congress to enable him to test his theory, but failed In 1843, however, he received an appointment under the war depart ment and prosecuted his investigations in the Wash ington observatory. He
 was a man of real scientific attain = ments. but his theory was never fully tested.
 In 1891 a Chicago man named Gath man patented method of making rain by suddenly chilling the atmosphere by rapid evaporation through the release of liquefied carbonic acid gas. This th cory was never tested. In 1880 Gen. Daniel Ruggles of Fredericksburg, Va, obtained a patent on making rain by explosions in the clouds, the explosions | to be torpedoes from balloons. He also failed to get an appropriation | from Congress to test his plan, but l Senator Farwell of Illinois took it up and succeeded in getting an appro-
 priation of $7000 for carrying on the | experiments. The experiments were | carried on in the vicinity of Washing 1 ton and in Texas. At the next session | of Congress another appropriation of | s1O.OOO was made for the purpose, of | which about $5000 was expended un- | der the direction of the department of | agriculture and the remainder was | turned back into the treasury. The l experiments were partially successful | in producing a little rain under cer- l tain conditions. but were too expen- 1 sive to justify continuance.
 l All the experiments thus far made l indicate that while under favoring con ditions, slight precipitation may be 1 caused by artificial means, no metho od has been discovered of producing rain | on anything like a large scale. Nature has a monopoly of that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Rogers Held for Crime.

Coroner Paris held an inquest on the body of Alonzo Sims, the negro store keeper of who was assaulted and killed Thursday night in his store by two rob bers. A postmortem examination was made, the object being to ascertain the size of the bullet that caused his death. number of witnesses were examined and while little testimony was obtained, the evidence was sufficient to connect the negro Joseph Rogers, who was arrested the night of the crime by Officer Wren, charged with the crime and a warrant was issued for his arrest charging him with the murder.
 It is stated that the bullet found in the body of the deceased corresponded with the size of the exploded cartridge in the pistol found on Rogers when arrested. The coroner's jury went into the case thoroughly and after hearing the testi- mony brought in a verdict charging Rogers as one of the participants in the crime. He will be given preliminary trial next Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
LITERARY LIGHTS
 AND SHADOWS
(coNrIUEp FROM PAGE as.)

s~-~~~~-~-~-~~~~~-~-~-~-~ at home, when this ill-assorted trio re- turn to Darley Even when they return home the preacher keeps up his pursuit of the girl; then Gilbert wakes up his own self and the reader has been won dering all along why he did not do that before-but families never do. Just how Gilbert Neal straightens things out to his satisfaction if not to the preachers de- light, must be left to the reader to find out for himself from this really pleasing book. MT. Harben very kindly and very properly, too, brings in another kind of love affair to show by comparison how the real love works when hampered by conventions. For it must be understood that Gilbert Neal loved the preachers s wife How is that for a mix-up? Did they run away from home and go to At lanta? Not bit of 1t, but they remained at home and "sat like Patience on mon- ument smiling at grief" Not very un- consoling, but they tell us in books that that is the best way. No doubt it is
 "Gilbert Neal" is as good as the other novels. dealing with the same class of people, situations and so on, that have come from MT. Harben, and that is fitting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
IT IS TO WONDER.
T. Brigg Can Answer These Questions.
 Can You?

From the New York Sun.
 Among various problems asked and an- swered by one Thomas Brigg In the Strand are the following:
 "Why can an elephant push heavier load with his head than if he dragged it?"
 why would a horse travel faster and further with his forelegs on wheels than in the natural way?"
 "Why can one man standing on one foot resist the combined thrusts of three men?'
 Why does a long motor car travel faster than a short one?"
 "Why can baby, unable to stand or walk alone, yet be able to push chair twice it's own weight about the room?'