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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-25
Cough Caution

Never. positively never poison ycur lungs ifSou
cough-eyen from a simple cold only y-you should
always heal soothe. and ease the irritated bron-
chial tubes Don't blindly suppress Il with .
supplying poison. It's strange how some thines
Hnaiis come abous For twenty years Dz. shooD
has constantly warned people not 70 take cough
mixtures OF prescriptions o,ntaining Opium.
Chloroiorfn. or similar poisona. And now--e little
late Acknowledgements says Put "a on the label.
n polsons are Ia your Cough Mixture" Good
VERY good here aiterior rthisveryreason mothers.
and olberA should insist on having Or. 6hoop'S
Cough Cure. No poison marks on Or. shooDt
lnbeis--and none ia tho msdioine, elsa II must b.
Law bo on the label. And its not only safe. bul u
4 said 70 be ~ thoso that know Il best truly -
nsrkable cough romody. Take no chance then.
particularly with your children. Insist on haTine
Df. sboop's Cough Cure. Compare carsillliy ths
Dr. ehoop package with others and nots The
dlIiersncs. No poison marks therel You en-
always b on the 1afe Gids hy dgmandlng
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-25

4If Speakers We. your Committee
on Revenue and Taxation 10 whom
was referred House Bin No fls by r.
n Casieel eniifled An Act ncenesne
lunefunl fendors Of mcdlclhe hfg
leave 70 report that We have bad lh<
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
FOR MOUNTAIN FOREST PARK.
Senator EIkins RefntrOduees Bill for
Ambitious Project.

Senator Elkins. OF West Virginia, yes
terday reintoduced the bill which failed
of passage by the last Congress, to pro-
vide for the establishment of national
park and forest reserve in the Appala-
chan Mountains.
The bill includes provisions for the
conservation of the waters of all the
rivers which find their sources in the
Potomac watershed. and in this connec-
ton concerns the District Of Columbia
as well as the States Of Maryland. Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania. and
Ohio. 1t aims to bring under control Of
the government all parts OF these terri
tories which contribute to form the water
shed of the Potomac, as Well as those
sections which contribute to the water
sheds of the MOnongahela, Big and Lit
tie Kanawha, and Big Sandy rivers. and
the western slope of the Appalachian
highland to the Ohio River
A commission, TO be composed of the
Secretaries of War, Agriculture, and
Interior. tn Attorney General, the Chief
Of the United States Engineers, the Di-
rector OF the Geological Survey. the
Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, and
the chief engineers Of the several States
named, provided those States give their
consent, is proposed, TO inquire into the
project and an appropriation Of 100000
is made TO pay the expenses of such in
quiry, A report is required within three
years from the passage Of the bill.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
DISCUSS GRANT MONUMENT.
Committee Members Hear COmmis-
sion's side of Case.

That the Grant Memorial Commission
was given by Congress the right 10 To-
cate the immense statue in the Botanic
Gardens was the claim Of Representa-
tive Smith. of Iowa, in q hearing be-
fore the Library Committee yesterday. At
the hearing were Secretary Of War Taft.
Gen. C. NJ. Dodge, president of the COM
mission; Representative Sherley. who has
proposed means for an appropriation to
continue the work II the site OF the
statue is changed; Frederick Law Ohm
stead, member Of the commission, and
H H Hicks, Of New York, an expert
in moving trees.
Mr.. Smith further stated that the act
Of Congress Of March 8. 1S99 providing
that before January /, 1903 the fence
around the gardens should be removed,
and providing, further, that the Com
mittee on Library prepare plans for the
removal OF the gardens, precludes oppo-
sitiOn 10 the present plan.
Gen Dodge and Secretary Taft told
the committee that the decision to place
the statue in the site that has been
selected is in line with the plans of
the Park Commission that prepared plans
IoT DeHutliyils tAe Clly. MI SihitH Iuf-
Their said that the trees were not planted
by act Of Congress and there was no
reason why they should be preserved
Mr. Olmstead, who is a landscape archi-
tect, and Mr.. Hicks said the trees could
be moved without damage to them. Mr.
Hicks said he would undertake the work
on guarantee.
The session lasted for about three
hours and will be resumed again, prob
ably this week.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
MINORITY LEADER VICTOR
Defeats Amendment Proposed by
Judge De Almond.
Discussion Comes Up Over Revision
of the Old Ku-kiux Khan
Days.

The differences existing between Minor
ity Leader John Sharp Williams and his
political colleague on the Committee on
Rules. Mr.. De Almond, Of Missouri
which caused a personal collision just be-
fore the holidays, were further empha-
sized yesterday in the course Of the con-
sideration OF the codiication Of the Grim
inaI laws.
In the text reported by the joint com
mittee the minimum punishment was
either fine or Imprisonment for conspiracy
TO prevent a person from accepting a Fed
eraI position OF 10 prevent a Federal Of
dcial from diseharging his duties as such
This met the criticism of Mr. De Ar
moud that it invested too much discretion
in Federal judges.
Mr.. Williams took the floor and ex-
/ pressed his deep regret at being compelled
10 oppose his colleague, The law in ques-
ton. he said was a relic Of the recon
struCtiOn and ku-kluX klan days. an eX-
preston OF sectional hatred, and ought 10
pass away with the conditions that pro-
duced IT, He would move at the proper
time 20 strike out the section, but if il
were 10 remain, it should be in the form
reported
A Judge might impose a fine as low as
/ cent and Imprisonment of one day. the
law az present compelled fine Of not
/ less than 500. OF Imprisonment Of not less
than six months.
MT DE Almonds amendment was de-
feaJed without a discussion. and Mr.. VIII
liams' motion 20 strike out the section
/ failed-114 TO 129.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

All medical authorities are agreed that
the blood is the great source Of disease
or Of health in the human system II
the blood is pure. the Individual is strong
and healthy; if the blood is impure or
diseased. then there is sickness or de-
cay in the whole system.
rheumatism is strictly a blood disease.
II is caused by excessive uric acid.
Sores, pimples. &c. mean bad blood.
Catarrhal affections must be treated
through the blood to get permanent re-
suits. To get we'll to feel strong. hearty,
and vigorous, one must have good clean
blood and lots Of it. You can't clean
the blood thoroughly unless the Kidneys
are made active. Bad blood means clog
ged, inactive kidneys and liver. which
causes, too, such symptoms as backsche,
nervousness, bladder and urinary diff
culties, and other sympathetic troubles.
Here is a simple home remedy. and
the Recipe for making it up is as fol-
lows:
Fluid Extract DandeliOn one-half ounce,
Compound Kargon one ounce, Compound
Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Shake
well in a bottle and take in teaspoonfuI
doses after each meal and again at bed
time. The ingredients can be obtained at
any good prescription pharmacy at small
cost.
Here the readers Of this paper have a
simple yet powerful and effective remedy
. for ali forms Of blood, kidney. and blad-
F der diseases which should relieve rheuma-
tism and catarrhal affections and replace
that weak, worn-out indifferent feeling
T with strength, vigor. and health.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Death or RengO,
Which Is 1t For You ?
Always Danger of Fatal End by Al
lowing Fat to Accumulate. How
to Prevent the Terrible End"

As a rule, the victim of fat grows fat
Ter 4heIe Is no stopping the growing of
rat save by death. This is true. and sad
because 1t is true. There are hundreds
OF lat people who positively do not be-
lleYe IL And they die refusing to believe
IL At hrst there is fiabby fat, and then
1t grows solid. This solid fat accumu-
lates especially around the heart; and al
though the heart beats, il beats with
dlfnculty, until finally it will skip a beat
row and then, then skip two beats, and
When IL sklps more than that-well you
VIII De already stone dead. These are
facts. Startled relatives before whom fat
victims have smiled one minute and died
the next can testify to it. It is not a
laughing matter.
If you are a victim of the terrifying
eveF-growing disease, you can save your
RengO.
How long, for instance, will it take you
TO lose SO pounds? As a rule, only 81
days. In most cases there Is a safe loss
of pound a day. Some OF those SO
pounds will come off from that fat coat
ing over your heart and save your life
Your health will at once grow better the
ttngle Of new fresh blood viii make your
muscle grow, clear your mind. regulate
your whole body, and make you happy
This is exactly what has happened to
hundreds Of fat people who have taken
Rengo. It can do the same for you-save
You before It is too late.
There Is nothing 'just as good as
Rengo. For sale by all druggists at 81. %
per full sized box. or by mail prepaid by
The RengO Co. 5222 Rengo Bldg, Detroit.
Mich. The company will gladly send YOU
trial package free by mail If you write
them direct to Detroit; no free packages
at drug stores.
For sale and recommended in Washing
ton by H. Evans. 924 F street northwest
Affieck's drug store, 1923 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest; Peoples drug store,
S24 Seventh street
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

honor OF profit, as well as the bFibe taker.
and by Mr. Brodhead Dem., Pa making
the directors Of corporations engaged in
interstate commerce ineligible as mem
bers of Congress.
Mr.. sherley Dem, Ky) called atten-
ton to the fact that the Constitution pre-
scrbed the qualifications of members OF
Congress, and that any attempt to en-
large or restrict the qualifications or to
interfere with the right Of the House to
judge Of the qualifications Of its mem
bers would probably fail of effect.
Mr. Gaines Critieises.
In this connection Mr.. Gaines tDem.i
Tenn criticised as unseemly the conduct
of a member Of the Senate acting upon a
currency bill when he was a large stock
holder In a national bank Answering
question by Mr.. Foster (Rep.. VI, he al
luded to the failure in the Senate Of his
bill affecting the tobacco trust. Mr..
Gaines said it was probably due to the
action Of Senators some of whom had
gone 70 their judgment before the great
White Throne. who. it had developed
held the stock of the trust
Mr. Sherley. conceding that no member
should vote upon a question in which
he was personally interested, said that
if men were debarred from service II
Congress who might be interested in any
question likely TO come up for action
there would soon be no members left.
The motion Of Mr.. BrOdhead was lost
81 to g..
Having disposed of twenty-five sections
in a fve-h0ur session 6here are 3l2 sec
tions in the bill), the committee rose, and
the House adjourned
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
LAMAR HAS SUNDAY LAW.
Introduces BiII In the House TO Gov
ern the District.

Representative Lamar of Missouri. yes
terday introduced a bin IN the House
providing for the observance of Sunday
in the District He said that he was
impelled to take such action as the re-
suit Of the pamphlet issued by Seventh
day Adventsts, in which they said any
such law was an attempt on the part
of the state to adjudicate religious mat
ters.
Il did not know at that time" said
Mr. Lamar, that there is no law in the
District governing the closing of stores,
and other Sunday observances, and at
once began to investigate. I could find
no law on that subject. SO l asked Maj
Sylvester about it. The major said there
was none. At once / prepared and in
troduced a BILL and I hope it will be-
come a law. Every State in the Union
has laws governing this subject, and the
National Capital certainly should have"
The bill introduced by Mr.. Lamar is
patterned after that Of the State Of
Missouri. under which Gov Folk shut
up the city of st. Louis. mailing thereto
a lid" that has stayed in place.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
CIVILIANS AT NAVAL SCHOOL
Senator Dick Offers Bill to Give
Them Solid Status.
Promotion, Compensation, and Re-
tirement OF Professors at the
Academy Provided For.

Senator Dick, Of Ohio, yesterday intro
duced in the Senate a bill TO provide for
the promotion. compensation. and retire
ment of civilian professors and instruc-
tors at the Naval Academy. The bill has
been introduced in the House by Repre-
sentative Weeks.
1t is provided that there shall be en-
ployed at the Academy ten civilian pro-
fessOrs. and such number Of instructors
as the Secretary Of the Navy may from
time TO time consider necessary.
The civilian professors are 10 receive
during the first FIVE years Of their en-
ployment $3.50 a year. for the second five
years S2,500 annually, and for the third
five years, $3.50 annually. Any such pro-
fessor who may be detailed OF appointed
10 act as head OF a department is TO re-
ceive during his performance Of such
duty $3.50 a year.
Any civilian professor who reaches the
age Of sixty-six years or shall be found
by a retiring board TO be incapacitated for
further active service, ia 20 be retired on
% per cent Of the annual pay which he
may be receiving at that time.
Such professors are To be entitled 10
quarters or communication for quarters
similar 10 those enjoyed by officers who
are performing like duty
Civilian instructors are 10 be paid
During first three years, 1850 annually
second three years. 81. 10 annually; there
after during their employment in such
capacity. 5000. They are 10 have quarters
egra5Iar "a fbsco snfgvad hV afTpnro doir o
like service.
Professors who shall have served TWEEN
ty years as such and have reached the
retiring age are 10 be retired as profes-
sors emeritus. on % per cent OF the an
nuaI pay they may be receiving az the
time Of retirement Instructors may be
promoted through their own grades "a
profess0rships, and up through those
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
TILLMAN GAINS POINT.
Senate Passes Resolution Asking
About Railroad Pools.

The Senate yesterday. on motion Of Mr..
THlman. adopted a resolution directing
the. Interstate Commerce Commission to
inform the Senate whether any corpora
tions engaged in interstate commerce
are the owners of any stock Of other
corporations which are transporting pas
sengers and freight.
If so, the commission is further di-
rected 10 transmit statement showing
the extent and details of such ownership.
so far as the facts now appear in the
Office OF the commission, and to state in
what cases the corporations whose stock
is so owned have been competitors for
traffic with the corporation owning their
stock.
Before the resolution was put on fits
passage Senator Aldrich withdrew an OBJ
lection he had offered to the considera-
ton OF It when Mr.. Tillman first pre-
sented IL.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
MAI. PIERCE'S RETIREMENT.
L. :. army Chaplain Una bic 10 Take
the Required Army Test.

Mai Charles c. Pierce. chaplain, Z. S.
A., Will soon be placed on the retired list
for inability TO take the horsemanship
test, Maj. Pierce suffers from "A chronic
trouble. which prevents him from taking
part in a violent exercise.
He was ordered before the Davis retir-
ing board, and was recommended for re-
tiTement The action Of the board has
been approved by Secretary Taft and
President Roosevelt.
Maj. Pierce is a native Of New Jer-
sey, and was born in February, IS5S He
entered the army in 1852 as chaplain Of
the Ninth Cavalry. Later he was trans
ferred to the Artillery Corps. and in
June, 1906, to the Corps Of Engineers.
He became a major in June, 1904 He
is a graduate Of the New Jersey State
Normal School, the Wesleyan University.
and several theological schools.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
TELEPHONE COMPANY REPORTS.
shows Earnings and Expenditures
I'm District Last Year.

The annual report Of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company, cover
ing its operations in the District of
Columbia for the year ended December
81 last, was yesterday submitted to Con-
gress.
It shows that the telephones Of the
company in the District during the last
year earned a total income Of S1,Os4, ,753.0 .0l.
and that its real estate holdings In the
District during the same period returned
an income Of S64,74SgS. The net earnings
OF the company in the District for the
year are stated to have been $19S. So. 80. its
expenditures in this territory having been
Tor the year, $3.50 S7Z59.
To depreciation in the value of the com
pany's property in the District, however.
is charged up the large total Of S123. .2o5. .19.
which gives the revenue balance of the
company for its District business. accord
ing TO the report, as $7g,41S.37.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
MARTIN OFFERS MANY BILLS.
Virginia Senator Introduces Meas
ures of Interest 90 HIS state.


Senator Martin. Of Virginia. had a field
dav In the Senate yesterday, and she in
troduced a number Of bills Of general
interest 70 the people OF that State, as
well as several Of a private character
The Senator would have the government
acquire, by condemnation. land at Cape
Henry. Va, 10 be used as "a site for coast
defenses. He wants the Fredericksburg
and adjacent National Battlefelds Me-
mortal Park established in his State to
preserve 10 pOsterity the great section
over which the final struggles Of the civil
war ragged. He asks that dwelling be
erected at the Cape Charles fog signal
station for the keeper of the station.
A monument 10 the pathfinder Of the
seas" Commodore Matthew Fontaine
Maury, Of Virginia, is proposed, to be
erected in Washington and to cost $50, 600.
The Senator also proposes that me-
mortal be erected on the grounds Of VIII
liam and Mary College, at Williamsburg,
Va. to Peyton Randolph, another son of
the Old Dominion. who was the first
president Of the Continental Congress.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
AFFIRMS RIO TREATY.
Senate Acts on Pan-American Natu-
raIizatIon Convention.

The Senate yesterday confirmed the
adherence OF the United States to the
convention adopted by the Pan-American
Congress at Rio de Janeiro in 1906, pro-
viding that when a naturalized citizen
returns to his native country and remains
for period OF two years. that fact shall
constitute a renunciation Of the acquired
citizenship.
A law to the same effect vas enacted
by Congress some years ago, to cure
particularly fiagrant abuses of naturaliza-
ton privileges.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
SENATE.

Alleged injustice to individuals in the al
iotnent Of Panama bonds, recently issued, led 20
q sharp debate, and Senator Aldrieh promised
eoihpete information from the Secretary OF the
Treasury on the financial relief measure to-mor-
row.
Senator Gallinger reported favoraby The Union
Station tEackage bill. the tuberculosis prevention
bill, and Other District measures
p Senator CulbeTson introduced a bin 10 penalize
interstate railroads for falling to transport freight
when offered 20 them
Senator Frazier introduced bin to authorize
the President 10 suspend the taTi1 on products
the control Of which is acquired by trust
Senator Bankhead, Of Alabama. suecessor OF the
late Senator Morgan, was sworn in as a menlber.
The Senate. after a short executive session, tooh
up the biii for the revision Of the penal cole,
and, after considering II for about ali hour and
half, adjourned at 3;22 p. H., to meet again
at noon to-day.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
OFFERS COURT BUILDING BILL
Senator GaIIinger Introduces Meas
nse in the senate.

Senator Gallinger yesterday introduced
in the Senate the bill providing for the
purchase Of a site and the erection of
a building northeast of the Capitol for
the use of the Federal Supreme Court,
which has been offered IN the House by
Representative Ldttleheld.
The proposed building, which is to be
Of granite and to cost not exceeding
sS,oo0,Oo0, is to be a companion structure
to the Library OF Congress in exterior
and WILL if erected, bear the same rela-
tive position toward the northeast end
Of the Capitol as the Library has with
<eference TO the southeast end.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
STATE CONTROL OF LIQUOR.

The Judiciary Committee of the Senate
voted yesterday to refer all pending bills
and resolutions relating to the regula tioE
of liquors in interstate comm cree % a
subcommittee, to be appointed by the
chairman of the committee
Later Senator Aldrich. OF Rhode Island.
asked in the Senate that certain resolu-
tiOns by ar Tillman, calling for an opin-
ion as 10 the power Of the government q
Issue liquor permits in local option States,
be withdrawn from the Finance Commit
tee and re-referred TO the judiciary.
It is understood that a report will be
made later from the Judiciary Committee
on the question of State control over
liquors in interstate commerce.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
TO PENSION WEST vIRGINIANS
EIkins Would Include vaIorous Com
pany in Laws Provisions.

Senator Elkins, Of West Virginia. yes
teTday offered in the Senate a bill 10 give
10 the surviving officers and members Of
Company 3. Forty-sixth West Virginia
Volunteer Militia, the benefit OF the pen
sion laws, the same as if they bad been
members Of the regular force during the
civil war, in which, the bill states, they
rendered meritoriOus services.
The widows. children. and other de-
pendent relatives Of deceased officers and
members Of the company. which was
commanded by Capt. Isaac Alt. are 10
share in the benefits Of the proposed law.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
KENILWORTH COMPLAINS.

Cifizens want street Dpened
Across Railroad Tracks.
Allen W Mallery. of Kenilworth. has
presented TO Representative Gardner, Of
Michigan, a letter. plat and bill, asking
for the opening Of p street northeast. to
the District line. The bill viii probably
be introduced to-day and referred TO
the proper committee
The complaint is made that the street
is not open across the Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks. and that there is not
now a thoroughfare across those tracks
for teams bound to a -four mill on the
other side of the tracks. A request is
also made for the opening of other
streets.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
Frazier Goes After Trusts.

A bin authorizing the President to
suspend the duties on any imported ar
ticle whenever the same becomes the
product exclusively Of a trust. was in
troduced in the Senate yesterday by SEN
ator Frazier, OF Tennessee, as a remedy
for the trust evil
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
WOULD PENALIZE RAILROADS.
CuIbeFson Wants Them Compelled
to Move Freight.

I AuABeEsuA u ants 1Gem tom pSlieu
to Move Freight.
Senator Culberson, OF Texas. yesterday
followed up a memorial which he sub
mitted in the Senate early in the present
Congress from the Cattle Growers Asso-
citation, and introduced a bill penaliziHg
the railroads FOR failure to promptly move
freight offered for transportation in in
terstate commerce.
The Cattle Growers Association.
through their attorney, Judge Cowan, who
is alleged 10 have furnished the President
much Of his material for the rate bin
fight. has been persistent in its complaints
against the railroads for failure 10 fur
nish the necessary cars TO move cattle
from the Southwest TO the Northern and
Eastern markets
The bin applying penalties for the al
legged derelction is said TO have been
framed by Judge Cowan, or with his
advice and suggestion.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
SENATOR BANKHEAD SWORN
Successor to John II. Morgan Finally
Takes His seat.

Senator John II. Bankhead, Of Ala
bama, appeared in the Senate chamber
yesterday for the first time since mis-
election as the successor Of the late
John T. Morgan. His absence has been
due 10 illness
The credentials Of Mr. Bankhead were
submitted by his colleague. Senator
Johnston. and Mr.. Bankhead took the
oath.
The new Senator served for many years
as a member Of the House, and was de
feated for denomination by Richmond
Pearson Hobson.