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TALKS OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
H. @. Eddy Delivers Address Before
Society of Engineers.

The development of electric railways
the world over was discussed last night
be Mr. II. G. Eddy superintendent o
the electrical department Of the District
of Columbia. before the Washington So
,:ety Of Engineers at its monthly meet
ing in Hubbard Memorial Hall. 10th and
VI streets.
NJ Eddy exhibited pictures and gave
descriptions of the earliest types of cleo
tric railways the wire carrying the cur
rent being suspended over the side Of
TIE track as was done recently at 9TH
street and Maryland avenue southwest
during the railway repairs there. The
hanging of the current wire in the mid
die Of the tracks was the next develop
mcut.
IT was brought out during the evening
III this city, originated in Budapest. The
Washington system is patterned after
that in Europe There. however. the slot
is much wider and the wagons must keep
ont of it. Here, il was explained. the
ira action company engineers must prevent
wagons from getting into the slots and
therefore make them narrow.
The adoption of the hree-phase- SYSTEM
and later of the mono-phasc system. first
tried in Germany. the speaker said gives
MOST pGbI0lSe lot ttNeippliicHt VI
electric lines New lines are being built
on that system. he said the one be-
tween Washington. Baltimore and An
napolis intending 10 use that system.
The electrical railways have proved a
great benefit. Mr.. Eddy stated. They
have provide better streets. replacing
ovcrworked animals with mechanical pow
er.. developed suburbs OF cities and have
brought men nearer their business. They
have been. introduced into every civilized
country of the globe, are found in China
and Japan. on the border of the jungle
in India. and line now runs from Cairo
To the historic pyramids.
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BUTCHERS ENTERTAIN.
First Annual Ball by Local Benev-
olent Association

The first annual entertainment and ball
under the auspices of the Washington
Butchers Benevolent Association was
held last evening at Masonic Temple. 9th
and r streets. Naacker's orchestra rem
dered appropriate selections and the mu-
sic for dancing.
The entertainment was opened with an
address of welcome by Chris Rammling.
president Of the association. who told of
It's benefits and also greeted the
delegation of Baltimore butchers who
attended the ball. Miss Blanche Smith
gave recitation. Miss r. Levy a
piano solo, Albert Griffith limitations and
whstling. Frank Weigand witticisms.
Billy Franklin. Il. Lawrence Philips and
Miss Mamie Franklin two-act sketch.
The King of the Honolulu Islands, and
]. Backenheimer coon songs. Following
the entertainment dancing was in order.
The committee in charge consisted of
Chr. Rarnmling, eX officio; Fritz p. Hess.
chairman: Albert Hammer. George Auth.
Frank Firor. Frank Wegand jr., J. 2.
D!etZ and Adam Diegelmann
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Vessel Sunk by Ice.

Although there has been no Ice of con-
sequence ON the Potomac. ii has been
thick enough TO cause the sinking OF a
vessel on Chesapeake bay. The schooner
Industry, laden with oak wood and oys-
tars for Baltimore. while being lowed
through the ice in Bodkin creek. which is
reported to have been two inches thick.
was Gu, through by the sharp edges and
the openings made We're SO large that
the pumps of the vessel could not keep
her free and she went down In eighteen
feet Of wafer in the mouth of the creek.
Capt. Embrey, master Of the Industry. and
his crew were taken off the sinking YES
sci by the tug Comet. which had her in
tow.
The Industry was vessel OF twenty
six tons register. and was forty-ninc feet
long. She was built AT Portsville. Del. in
1879. and is now owned in Baltimore
from which port she halls The schooner.
Il is feared. will be "A total loss. This is
the first and only accident 10 vessels
caused by ice on Chesapeake bay this
winter
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CHARGED WITH WIFE BEATING
Brooklyn Manufacturer and Club
man Accused of Crime

NEW YORK. January 222.-Joseph s.
Zeman, rich manufacturer of Go st.
Marks avenue. Brooklyn, who is a mem
ber of the Riding and Driving Club. the
Crescent Athletic Club and the New York
Athletic Club and sergeant in Squadron
c, was to have had an examination yes
terday before Magistrate O'Reilly in the
FlatbusE court for an alleged assault on
his wife, but in the absence of his counsel.
ex-Judge Henry F. Haggerty. the hearing
was postponed until January 2S.
The ZemanS We're married eight years
ago. and have a sX-year-old son. In her
complaint, upon which the pending police
court examination is based. Mrs Zeman
alleges that in the course of heated dis
cllssion January - over the household eN-
penSes her husband broke into a furious
rage, and after choking and beating her
struck her with silver candelabrum and
q heavy tea crane.
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PRISONERS TO ATLANTA.
First District Commitments to the
Federal Penitentiary There.

The first batch OF District prisoners To
be sent to the United States penitentiaES
at Atlanta. Ga. under the recent order
of the ce8rt specifying that institution
for the detention of persons 10 serve
terms exceeding two years. left the Tainn
station at o'clock this morning. There
were seventeen prisoners, in charge OF
Deputy Warden Urner.
The names OF the prisoners the crimes
of which they were convicted and the
terms they go to serve follow: Lewis
King. assault with dangerous weapon.
five years: William Snowden and Fred
Joyce. housebreakins. each three years:
Charles Williams. robbery. five years:
Frank Adams housebreaking and larceny.
three years; Harry Atwood. housebreah
ing. seven years: Lewis Bateman aRd
Henry Wilson. housebreakng. each FIVE
years; Frank Carroll, forgery. three
years: Clarence W. Simms house break
ing. three years: Charles Walton. house
breaking. five years: John Mack. assault
with dangerous weapon. three years: Ed
ward Brown. assault with dangerous
Weapon. four years: Delaware Ross. man
slaughter. three and one-half years.
James Brookins. Harry II. wilson aud
James Larker assault with dangerous
weapon. each five years.
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New Home for Mrs. Sage.

NEW YORK, January 2o-Mrs. Rus
sell Sage. who for some time has been
looking around for new residence
owing to the gradual appropriation of
the block opposite st. Patricks cathe-
dral by the shopping trade. signed
contract yesterday for the purchase of
the four hundred thousand dollar
dwelling at 6o4 9TH avenue, be-
tween 4Sth and 10th streets. The
house adjoins the Collegiate Church of
st. Nicholas. and belonged TO Mrs Will
liam Y. Draper of Fishkill. The pres
ent Sage residence, "A Columbia Col
lege leasehold. at 6t2 9Th avenue into
which Mrs Sage moved when driven
from the neighborhood of 13d street
by the northWard advance of trade in
5th avenue shortly before the death of
her husband, will be converted 10 busi-
ness uses.
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Among the Pleasure Craft.

The steam yacht Giavota. Capt. George
Davis. yesterday went to the coal dock
at Stephenson's wharf and filled her bunk
ers preparatory. it is stated. for leaving
here with her owner. Mr. John II. Dos
Passos of New York. and a party on a
trip to the lower river Since returning
TO port after a trip at Christmas to
Lynchs Point the Giavota has been laid
up in the dock adjoining the X street
wharf. The Giavota will be kept in COM
mission throughout the winter and will
make frequent trips to the country place
of her owner in Westmoreland county,
Virginia.
The steam yacht Gretchen. Capt Keen.
which Is owned by Mr.. j. T.. Reyburn
mayor Of Philadelphia. has gone out of
commission and is laid up for the winter
at the wharf foot of \ street southwest
While laid up the boat will be thoroughly
overhauled and will be placed in readi-
ness for service early in the coming
spring
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Bookkeepers Scared at a Fire.

NEW YORK, January 22.-i'irc that
started on the fourth floor of the build
ing at 126 9Th avenue last night de-
stroyed the factory of I. B. Lyman.
manufacturer of shirt waists. and swept
through the three upper floors. causing
a loss of $4,000. In the store of Pa rk
d. Tilford. two doors away. Supt. G. T.
Myer ordered the iron shutters closed
in the rear. This alarmed the book
keepers on the second floor. and seteral
of them. including James Hartisan OF
10 East 10Th street, jumped into an
areaway level with the basement OF
the building. Hartigan suffered a
broken leg
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Walking speak>asy" Sent to Jail.

Reuben Johnson. coicc ~ of 1Ol1 JEFF
erson street, was -adjuos~f aniitv OF
running an unlicensed bar yestefcay
afternoon by Judge Mullowny of the
Police Court. and in default of $500 fine
the accused was sent to Jail for three
months.
According to the authorities. Johnson
is what is known as walking speak
easy and for many Sundays past had
been peddlins whisky and gin. to a color
ed clientele for ten cents a drink. Ser
seant Brown and Policeman Scanion of
the third precinct discovered the ac-
cused handing out drinks from foIir
half-pint bottles in the vicinity of his
home Sunday afternoon last and placed
him under Arrest
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Personal to River Men.

capt. James I. Barker one of the old
est Of tho Potomac river steamboat pilots
and masters, is confined TO his home in
this city by illness.
Dr. George l.. Marchand of the coast
and ge6detic survey service. who has re-
Gently completed a tour of duty as Inedi-
cal officer aboard the coast survey yes
sells i'll the Philippines. has returned to his
home at Annapolis Md. on leave
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Rebaters Fined $1,000 Each.

KANSAS CITY. January 2..-Davis Fl.
kreaky and William a. McGoNan. who
pleaded guilty last December TO OBJ
tanning rebates. were fined Sl.oDo each
yesterday by Judge Smith Mcpherson
in the federal court. They ':ere in
dicted two years ago.
kresky was an agent for the Howard
Milling Company of Wichita. kan and
MCGOWAN was an agent for the Nickel
Plate Railway.
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DELICATE CHILDREN
All Persons Who Have Delicate
Children in Washington, DC,
Will Be Interested in This
Article.

Rapidly growing children need great deal OF
vitality They grow fast, play hard and work
Too hard at school. Then the appetite becomes
dtful their nights are restless and they soon be-
come weak. delicate and sickly
We want 10 remind the parents Of every such
cod liver preparation. Vinol win correct these
troubles and make FOR each child new vitality
sound resh and muscle tissue strong bone s,ruc
ture and pnre rich. red blood. II Will bpils
them up. nj gu; hollow cheeks and make them
strong. robust and rosy.
Mrs. &. Allen ~ New Bedford Mass writes.
With two pnny. aling children. | WAS very
much worried. had tried almost eyervtlIn, :,
huiid them up without success and as last re-
SORT tried Nin"i The hereft great in IA
vcrx >hort time. ;hey gained hesh anu strength
rapidly.
Th" reason Suor i, 50 far snperior 10 old
fashioned ccd liver oil emulsion, ard oth.r
t"ncs.fcr children is because Niuol is q .IeIcious
modern cod liver preparation without oii made
hy scientific eNtraciiyc and concentrating -tro.
cess from fresh Gods livers combinin. with
l,"ptonai- f-ir"n all the medicinal healing.
t@rlv building elements of cod liver oil but ma
!. ";j. aud children lose il. We ssk parents of
Washington. II. &. who have delicate children
IL try Nin"l guarantee To return rh"ir
money i it f1ils give satisfaction
O'Douueli's Pharmacies,
Washington, l.. c.:
wi r ST, NV. I'D AMI NJ sts. NV. Sd st. anu
Pa ave :,.i aiul % sts NV
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Diving Out Monument

The Washington Monument is being
subjected TO drying-out process to cure
II of sweating. \ thick coating of white
lead IS being applied inside. and three
gas stoves are kept burning so that the
heat may rise and remove the moisture
that has afflicted the shaft For years
hat little light has penetrated The base
there being only two small Headlights. -
hut these have been replaced by two
foot windows. Two small concrete Of
tceS have been built outside the entrance
Tor the Keepers use
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Cross-Town Line Much Desired.

Petitions from the East Washington.
Northeast Washington and North Capitol
and lexington Citizens Associations in
favor OF the passage of an act by Con-
grcsS providing for a croSS-toWn street
railway line to run east on Florida ave-
nue. and south. on -Sth street east We're
presented to the Senate Yesterday by Sen
ator Gallinger. chairman OF the District
committee.
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Proper Field of Regulation.

lit will be seen. therefore that the ulti-
mate interests of the public and OF the
railways are identical. will go further
and state my deliberate conviction that
governmental regulation or railways,
within its proper field. amounts simply to
providing by governmental authority that
The railways shall do what an intelligent
sef-intercst should iEpel them TO do.
The proper field OF regulation is the pre-
vention .. charges that are unreas onaby
high measured hy the service performs
I'd. and OF such d'scriminations as would
tend to place either individuals, localities
or commodities at an unjust commercial!
disadvantage. 1t is To the interest of a
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Officials Not Infallible.

while the ultimate interests of rail-
way are Identical with the objects of
proper governmental regulation. 1t does
not follow that there should be no such
regula ton. Railway officials are neither
impeccable nor infallible. The nature OF
their business is such that it is TO the
public. interest that their faults and their
mistakes should be corrected, and espe-
cially is it proper that the public should
be protected from unjust discrimination,
and that the railways should he protected
from pressure. yielding to which led to
many of the Determinations justly COM
planned of In the past. When regulation
has accomplished these results II has
been carried as far as it can properly be
applied to privately owned business en-
terprise and there is danger that any at
tempt to carry it further may be injurious
both to the railways and to the public.
Though tile railways of the country are
feeling the present business depression
probably more than most other enter
prises. | am not pessimistic as TO the
future believe that the agitation
through which we have. passed has re-
suited in much good by the awakening
OF the corporate conscience and by the
enlightenment Of public opinion. The
abi,sas of the. pasr- having been sub
stantiauv corrected the time has come
for the adoption of constructive policies.
1t is a time for building up, rather than
tearing down The continued prosperity
of the American people must be based on
commercial EXPANSION and not on con-
traction 1t is time for the American
people to unite In support OF. poiicies OF
construction and 10 work together for
the upbu!iding OF our common country
and for its social and material develop
mau,
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Result of Political Turn.

AS result Of the political turn which
discussion of the transportation problem
has taken. this discussion has been con-
cerned more with the Question of what it
is within the power of the federal and
state governments. respectively,. to do in
the way of regulation than with the
question of what it is economically wise
within the power of a government to do
many things that would be extremely un-
wise. For instance. it would be within
the power of the federal government to
impose an internal revenue tax on bread :
stuffs. but it would be very unwise for it
to do SO. !. -.
That governmental regulation of rail-
ways within certain limits is economically
wise cannot be doubted. This grows out
of the fact that railway company per-
forms the. quasi public function of pro!
viding and maintaining public highway v
"a highway ON which the vehicles and
motive power used must necessa rily be
under the control of a single operati ting
organization. which is usually that of the
company owning and maintaining the;
railway. Such governmental regulation
as may be necessary to insure to the
users of the railways equality of rights
and to protect them from unrea sonable
is in harmony with the spirit of our laws
and such legislation as may be needed to
preserve the rights of the users Of rail-
way transportation by protecting them
from unjust discrimination and unreasort-.
able or eNorb!tant charges cannot be
made too stringent and cannot be TOO
rigidly enforced.
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RAILROADS AND THE PUBLIC
RELATIONS DISCUSSED BY
PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN.
Address by w. w. Finley Before
Mems Club of Church of
the Covenant

In an address on the relation OF the rail-
roads to the public last evening by w. w.
Finley. president of athe Southern Rail-
way Company. before the Mems Club OF
the Church of the Covenant the speaker
sion of the railway problem. which he
characterized as political rather than
economic.
THAT discussion has taken this form
is due. in part at least" he said. ''to
what has been believed to be the political
situation of the railway companies. There
has been feeling on the part of the pub
lie that railway, corporations have in
many instances influenced political action.
But it must not be forgotten that a few
years ago participation by railway COM
panies in political affairs was by public
sentiment not only tolerated. but was en-
couraged. Appeals We're made to them to
assist. as highly patriotic service. the
success Of men. of parties and of prnci-
pies deemed essential to our civilization as
a people. If abuses arose from this il
was hardly more than could have been an
ticipated-hGrdly less than a natural and
inevitable consequence. l fully recognize,
however. that such participation by these
companies in political matters is no long
er justified. il it ever was. by conditions.
and is no longer approved by public senti-
ment. 1t has passed away with many
other political abuses which have been
condemned and abandoned. am in hearty
accord with this change and elevation of
public standards. and with the view that
would limit the participation 'of these
companies in public matters to the field of
fair protest and argument. l do not.
however. think il just to the management
OF railways. which have been only too glad
to conform to these higher and better.
standards. to condemn them FOR a course.
now a matter of the past and which was
when in use. adopted and pursued in ac-
cordace with public sentiment which
then atrleast.' even i'll many of its abuses.
70 cd II djd,npt in Sfify
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railway that the production of commodi-
ties of all kinds along its lines should be
increased. II, is therefore TO its interest
that those commoditiss should be placed
in those markets where there exist ef-
fective demands for them. and that they
should be able to compete in such mar
kets on the most favorable terms possi-
Bile with similar commodities produced in
other localities. The effect Of this is to
require an intelligently managed railway
to handle it's traffic at rates that will en-
able producers along its lines to compete
in all markets to which their products
can be hauled. without reducing the
rates so low as to leave no mar
gin of !, profit AS the railway is
interested in the growth OF each To-
cality. in the multiplication of the number
of producers and in the increased pro-
duction of commodities OF all kinds. it is
to its interest that there should be no un-
Just discriminate ton in its charges or serv-
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Protection of the Laws.

But the railways, as we'll as those
who buy transportation from them, have
rights. in. the enjoyment OF which they.
are entitled to the protection of the laws.
1t is the right of a railway company TO
receive fair and reasonable compensation
for each service that ii performs 1t is
entitled to earn from its operations as a
whole a proper margin over-tlle costs OF
operation. and when il has rendered its
service without unjust discrimination be-
tween individuals. communities or COM
modities. at rates that are not unreason-
ably high. whatever income remains to
1t is it's property. in the possession aud
enjoyment of which it is protected by
the Constitution of the United States
and should be as fully protected by pub
lie opinion as any one of you is protected
i'll the possession of his home or any
other property.
II believe. however. that we are en-
tering upon new era in which PROPOSE
tions for railway regulation which pro-
foundiy affect all the business interests
OF the country will be considered as busi-
ness questions. to be adjusted in con-
formity with economic principles. Pub
lie opinion is all powerful in our coun-
try. and believe that. as a result of a,
better understanding of the economic
relations between the public and the rail
ways and of some practical illistra tons
of the injurious effects of radical action
an enlightened public opinion is being
created which will result in future regu-,
lative policies being framed with
clearer understanding of their effects
upon those who use the railways, as well
as upon those who own and operate
them
Whatever may have been the in
stances of Wrongdoing in connection with
railway capitalization | am convinced
that unprecedented students of tho sub
iect will agree that these have been cX-.
ceptionai and | submit that the railway
of the Shnnld
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Interest of the People.

1T is to the interest of the people OF
every locality that its transportation fa-
cilities should be the best that can be
provided. and should be of such capacity
as to be able TO handle constantly in
creasing volume of traffic 1t is, there
fore. no less to the interest of the people
generally than to that of investors in
railway property that public policies
should be such as will tend to encourage
the development of transportation facili-
ties by rail- and also by water in locali-
ties where water transportation is pos
sible. | think that you will agree with
NE that this method of the public in the
adequacy of transportation facilities Is a
matter that should never he lost sight Of
in the consideration of propositions for
railway regulation.
while il NAV not be so self-eyident to
the general public. it is none the less true
that the interest of railway in the de-
ve,opment and prosperity of the communi-
ties along its lines Is equally as great as
is the interest of the public in the ade-
auacy of transportation facilities.
las it is To the interest of a railway
company to handle constantly increasing
volume of traffic. provided ii is able to in
crease its facilities so as to keep pace with
the growing demands for its service it fol
lows that it is to the interest of the
company to aid in every proper way i'm
Tie development Of the territory depend
ent upon 1t for transportation and to
handle its traffic at rates that will tend TO
contribute To in the increase In its vol
ume. 1t is due to the recognition by the
railway managers OF the United States of
their interest in the development of this
territory traversed by their lines that
American railway rates are today the
lowest in the world. and that the rail-
ways. through land and industrial depart
me nts. immigration agencies and in other
ways. have contributed directly to the
settlcmenl and development % the coun-
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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-07-01

place on the grounds of the West
chester Deaf and Dumb Asylum, he
threw out a small rope and was
dragged to earth within fifty feet of
the waters of the Sound. Had he
fallen into the water he would have
been in grave peril with no life pre-
server.
The Boomerang" was loaded on
barge and returned to the park the
next day, where several other ascen-
sions have since been made.
The claim is made for the Boom
erang" that it is the largest dirigible
balloon in the country, and the only
one that can carry passengers, there
being just room enough for two be-
sides the aeronaut. 1t is said to be