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The Washington times., 1908-10-12
Bank Guarantee Again.

From New York comes the story that
the proposal for guarantee of bank de-
Posits is gaining great strength for
Bryan with the foreign born voters Of
that city, because these latter have re-
Gently had a good deal of sad experience
with bank failures which tied up their
savings and caused them much suffer
ing.
To these people, naturally enough, it
looks like mighty wise idea to have
bank deposits guaranteed by the Gov
eminent. The Government ought to
be able to do anything it liked; why
not, once and for all, put an end to
further possibility of such troubles, by
adopting Mr.. Bryan's panacea?
1t isn't much of an argument, but it
has taking sound. Mr.. Bryan has
been making the most of it. It might
easily prove that this very proposal
which was assumed originally TO have
no strength outside the lately Popu-
hstio West, was really the best card
the Democrats had in the great pivotal
city of New York.
In 1896 Mr.. Bryan had a panacea-
free silver coinage. It was as impossi-
bic In economies and reason as is Gov
eminent bank guarantee. The people
rejected it. They would reject this new
eureaH if they had it properly pre-
sented to them; but TO be entirely
frank, the speakers and writers who
have presented it in the strongest light
have been few and far between.
A lot of worse things might have
happened in 1896 than the election OF
Mr.. Bryan. One thing vastly worse
would have been the adoption Of the
silver money standard. So in 1908.
Many worse things than Bryan's cleo
ton could happen this year; and one
of them would be the serious effort, as
a result of the election, to inaugurate
this marvel in bOot-strap economies,
guarantee of bank deposits.
If there Is any one thing which would
justify President Roosevelt in going on
the stump it would be a menace of this
issue becoming so grave as to survive
the election. Two OF three speeches of
the Presidents hard headed, hard hit
ting common sense would serve to lay
this ghost. 1t ought TO be laid. If it
can't be laid otherwise, the President
should make a speech about the subject.
There is no aspect in the campaign
more inviting for one Of his plain
speaking, direct, and honest utterances
than this.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
Compare Police Results |

An increase Of twenty-four patrol
men Is recommended by the Major and
Superintendent of the District police
force. His suPeriors, the Commissioners,
viii no doubt approve it. Then it will
go forward to the two Congressional
Committees on appropriations for the
District of Columbia and be debated
with as much warmth as a proposed
new tariff schedule. And then?
Well, the Senate will incline to grant
it. But the House viii range against it
a series Of parallels, vouched for by no
body, gathered from any and every
source, and all intended to show that
Washington is now better provided than
any Of two or three dozen other cities.
chiefly Chicago. In the end, the decid-
ing factor will not be the protection
of life and property in the American
Capital, but the chance which deter
mines the number of concessions to be
made the Senate eonferees on the Dis
trict appropriation act
Nj OF Sylvester would anticipate this
attack in Congress by presenting com
PARSONS with certain and selected other
cities. That course is, perhaps, wise.
But, like the argument made hitherto
by Representative Madden, it is based
upon figures open to almost destructive
question mus:
According to Mr. Madden, Washing
ton has more policemen per 1000 of
population than Chicago. What of it ?
II the comparison Is to have any value
1t must show not only the relation OF
the number of policemen TO the number
OF arrests, but reveal, also, the sue
cess Of each force in maintaining order
and preventing violation of law. If
Washington is to be subjected 20 the
daily hold-ups and murders of Chicago,
then, PERHAPS, it has policemen enough.
lie best gauge to be applied to our
local situation Is that Of administration
and results. If the two Congressional
subcommittee which frame the Dis
trlct appropriation act think themselves
competent, let them review the assign
ment of Major Sylvester's force If,
then, they think too many are allotted
TO railway stations, the main streets,
the White House, and other special de-
tails, let them cut down the allotment.
With the knowledge thus obtained, let
them then consider if d day patrol force
of less then l25 men is sufficient for the
Capital of the United States, a terri
tory of seventy square miles, and d
population of 5000.
Major Sylvester does well to ask for
twenty additional patrolmen. He
needs fifty more.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
SEEING Washington With The Times Guide
THE HOLLAND HOUSE."

'Of good. old Puritan stock. and a
man Of culture and education. Roger
Johnson gathered in his home The
scholars, scientists, and patriots Of his
time. Probably more Of the men who
have made the world better by their
having lived In it. have been entertain
ed IN this house than any other in
Washington. Here were found such
men as Charles Sumner. Senator Hale
Fred Douglas, Wendell Phillips. and
William II. Seward. and here. over sin
pie teas, big plans were aid and o,,r
countFy's history made
In the front room Of the Holland
House, over the old-fashioned hre place
once hung an immense portrait Of
Washington, and near II the cost-
of-arms Of the washington family. The
colors Of which suggested the Amor
lean flag.
After the first battle Of Bull RIM
Roger Johnson's wife. a daughter Of
DR.. Donaldson, a soldier in the revoI,,-
tiOnary war, turned her home into a
hospital for the wounded, and under
took the task Of binding I'D their
wounds and nursing them until they
regained their strength. Roger John
son died soon after the close of the
war, and at the death Of his wife a
number Of years later. the house pass
ed into other and less kind hands"
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
CAMP AIGN PLANNED
BY SUFFRAGETTES
War TO the Knife viii
Follow Unless Parlia-
ment Acts.

LONDON. Oct E--Unless prominence
is given 10 wOmen's suffrage in King
Edwards speech at the reassembling
Of parliament tomorrow, the sunraget-
ties will turn loose their dogs OF war
again, and they promise 10 harass the
government more than in any previous
campaign
A depUtaJon Of women viii listen 10
the speech, and viii hasten from the
parliament chamber 70 make a report
20 the ,women's parliament" IN Cax-
ton Han
IF the speech IS sufficient, the suf-
fragettes viii Immediately begin their
attacks on Premier Asquith 10 give
suffrage legislation Il he proves non
commlttalr the women VIII descend on
the house OF commons in a rush.
u hich VIII be the prelude 10 a series
Of attacks on parliament house and
the residences Of ministers
The sUtragetteS admit that they eX-
peCt little from the forthcoming parlia-
ment. and Mrs. Emily DTumm0ud, one
leader, said today that it would be
war TO the knife"
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

ductors welcomed the opportunity TO
join in the glorifcation. A news dis
patch provides this local color:
In these lines were pompous railway
magnates. dignified gentlemen from the
Southern states, women with their hats
out OF plumb, native Chicagoans without
any hats. having torn their headgear 10
fragments and danced upon them in
their eXuberdnt joy Pennants suddenly
appeared from thousands of coats and
dresses, and the downtown streets
picture of wild-eyed humanity and NOV
ing color. Noise-there was enough Of
1t 10 drown out Niagara.
Out of such interest did 10000 men
and women see the Cubs" beat the
Pirates" at'Chicago a week ago. Thirty
thousand more saw them beat the
Giants" in New York on the day of all
this furore. Thirty thousand more have
seen the two interleague games with
Detroit's Tigers" Thousands and
thousands, not so many in number but
no less in interest, have seen the games
in every other league city, from New
York TO Lynchburg, Va, and from
Washington, d. c., to Paris, III. And
the total Of all these multitudes is a
total of Americans lifted for two hours
a day out Of the inclosing worries of
business and work by a game, which,
if it is professional, is yet clean and
filled with the very spirit of true sport.
As the Boston Journal remarks sen
tentiously: Europe ought to try base
ball" If she did, she would think
less and do less about war.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
FANCY HORSES CHEERED
BY ADMIRING SMART SET
First Annual Show at Benning Draws Large Throng
Wrapped to Chin to Keep Out Crisp Au-
tumn Wind.

Society Hooked out % the Benning
race track this morning 10 assist in the
opening day Of the horse show. The
bright sunshine and a fresh breeze that
blew across the track gave just a SUI
tcient touch Of fall in the atmosphere
10 suit the occasion.
Smart traps ana touring cars were
lined Jp within tire enclosure and when
the first class Was called the ring was
soon filed with spirited horses that
pranced under their drivers hands with
every consciousness or being the center
of attraction
Everything tended 20 make the first
day OF tie show a success IDEAL wealth
er. the presence CT many Of the smart
est exhibitors n the East and an Un-
usually large crowd Of visitors TibuL-
"a toward the success Of The opening
day
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
Miss Norris Engaged.

announcement IS made OF the engage
ment OF Miss Harriet Norris 10 II. ".
Kennard, second secretary OF the Brit
ish embassy. the wedding 20 take place
next month
Miss Norris. who since the death Of
her mother several years ago has re-
sided in the family home on EIllyeT
place, chsperoned by Mrs. William
Wakeman. will return 20 the Capital
IN a few days.
Mr. Kennsrd mas been attached 20
the embassy AT washington Tor about
a year. He is now al AanChester-by-
the-Sea. with the ambassador and the
other members OF the staff and IS eX-
pected q return with them October 20.
Senator Richardson, the junior Sena-
tor from Delaware, has leased the nome
Of Mrs. Allen Mclean, 1900 Vermont ave
nue., FOR a term Of years.
Senator and Mrs. Winthrop Murray
Crane entertained at Luncheon yesteT-
day IN honor OF Mrs. Cranes parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ". j. BOaTdman, VINO are
visiting al LenoX-
Mrs. Leonard W. Groomes. Of 1875 L
street. will be at home Fridays in No
VemDeT-
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
TO PAY
CAMPAIGN EXPENSE
Connecticut Association Proposes
Penalty for Trust Con
tributIOn.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct 12--ResO-
lUtiOns demanding that city, state and
national governments finance all politi-
cal campaigns and make any private or
corporate contributions prison Offense
have been printed and are being sent
out throughout the country today by
the Fair Haven Association, an Organi-
zatiou numbering in its membership
some OF the most influential men in this
state. Tie amount OF the cOntribu-
ton 10 be contributed by the Govern
ment according TO the plan is 10 be
based upon the vote of the parties At
the previous election.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
RUILDS "SPITE" FENCE.

BOSTON, Oct 12--TC prevent he
business rival. and the owner Of a fat
house which adj0ins hG property O.
the rear. bothering her 81 looking int
her fat on the top for Of her five
story apartment house. sccOrding to he
story, Mrs p MalishNy has built
sixty-foot spite fence btween her IA
house and the property owned by Mr.
John PiscOpo.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
PLAN CONFERENCE.

BOSTON, Oct. 12.-The governors or
all the New England states met here
and made arrangements for q three
days conference on the promotion or
New England's interests and the preser-
walton Of New England's resources. The
subjects viii be tree planting. protection
of shelhsh and highways. with the pos
sibility of uniform regulation and taxa
ton OF automobiles
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
CHOLERA RACES.

MANILA, Ocs. 12--Five new cases of
cholera are reported in this city for
the day ended on Sunday morning.
while three new cases were discovered
for the day ended Monday morning.
These figures were secured after the
first two days Of the resumption OF
dorniciliary visits, the insurance in
spectors calling at each house twice
each day.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
Secretary Root Attends Wedding.

The Secretary or State left Washing
ton Friday for his home at Clinton. n.
Y. 70 attend the wedding Of his niece.
Miss Laura Gordon Root. 10 Stanley
Gilbert, OF New York, which took place
Saturday afternoon in Hamilton College
chapel
Edwin r. Root, OF New York. brother
OF the bride, gave ner In marriage The
best man was Harry r. EarrOWs, and
The ushers were Edward Wales Root
son Of rhe Secretary u State FLOYD
D. Mclean. MOsSmaE Mclean. and Les
lie Slrles- The bride was unattended
She IS the daughter OF the late Dr. OreIu
Root, OF Clinton, brother OF The Sec
rotary
Among the guests at the wedding
were Mrs. ElitI Root. wife OF the Sec
retary; Lieut.. and AIRS. L. s. Grant
third. the latter formerly Miss Ed.-E
Root, AIr- and Mrs F. + Root. Mss
DeACOsLa- M and Mrs OTem Root
Miss Netting. and Ar and Mrs ElilU
Root, IT.s of View York.
Prof and Ms Robert Koch. Dr.
LuCius Spengler. IgDacc Warschaw siSv
and Gregory NileukeC are among those
booked 10 sail tomorrow from -SeW EOva
OF the Kaiser Wilhelnn OF the North
German Lloyd line
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
GETS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE

Although Mrs. Kara Gnidotu has q
child. she today asked Justice Wrigh
TO restore TO her her maiden name O.
Peschiera n granting her an absolute
divorce from AmerigD GnidOttL Shit
was granted her Wish by justice
Wright when he signed the decree O.
divorce.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
Miss Gardiner WEEDS.

Miss Alice l. Gardiner, daughter OF
Mrs. Priscilla Gardner, was married at
IL o'clock today 20 John o. Evans. son
Of the late Dr. Daniel F. Evans. OF
Fayetteville, ~ Y, in the rectory OF
the Church o. the Sacred Heart. the
Rev. J F. Eckenrode officiating. IN the
presence Of the members OF the two
families.
The bride, who was unattended. wore
a travelling suit Of golden brown French
broadcloth. with a hat Of the same
shade She wore a COTsage bouquet OF
orchids and lilies OF the valley.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.
Evans and his bride left Washington for
a wedding "trip. Upon their return they
will reside at the Burlington
Mrs. Evans IS a member Of an old
Maryland family, and M Evans IS a
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
MASTER OF HOUNDS HURT.

BOSTON. Oct. IA. Henry HiEgin-
son. master OF the hounds OF the M.ddl-
sex Hunt Club. was put out OF COM
mission in the first race yesterday.
when his horse, OWlassa. drOpred dead
while leading the Masters Cup event.
Mr.. Higginson's leg was wrenched
badly.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

The following IS the schedule OF new
work or streets and avenues, arranged
in order Of their relative Importance as
viewed by the Engineer Commissioner,
and work VII begin as soon as the
money Is available:
Northwest Section
c. from Tenth to Eleventh streets.
Florida avenue. from Eleventh TO
Fourteenth streets, $3.50
E, from Nineteenth TO Twentieth
', from Tenth TO Twelfth streets,
Northeast Section.
Eighth. from Maryland avenue 10 n,
North Carolina avenue. from TEir-
'e Florida avenue iliU from Ninth 20 Tenth.
Seventh. from x TO Florida avenue,
'1i I! from Tenth to Twelfth. 5000.
The estimates for the construction OF
county roads total S319.05o- Engineer
Commissioner Morrow viii recommend
that $4,000 be appropriated for that
purpose for the next year
Southeast Section
New Jersey avenue, from L to N,
5000.
Is. from eleventh 10 tlLLeentn. S-orv1u-
Z, from Fifteenth TO Eighteenth.
Twelfth, from Pennsylvania ave TO I,
81. COO.
Pennsv.vania avenue north side),
from Eleventh to Thirteenth. $500.
Southwest Section
L. from Four-and-a-half to Seventh
SO 900.
Second, from F to 7. S11. 600
I, from First to Third, $4,000.
Georgetown Section
Thirty-fourth, from s &c T. 5000;
Twenty-seventh, from NJ to y. $4,eo0.
Got But SIS, 900
The estimates Of the Commissioners
for the current year were $4,000, and
Congress appropriated $SS.S00. II the
sum asked for next year should be
granted. good progress, says Major
Morrow. viii be made toward that in
crease OF area Of paved streets required
by the city's growth, especially in that
section east OF the Capitol, for which
the Engineer Department is asking
$4,000
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
White House Callers

Secretary OF War Wright.
Assistant Secretary Of State Bacon.
John F. O'Brien, New York.
Judge Martin. Georgia
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
WILL ASK 100000
FOR STREET PAVING
Commissioner Morrow Files
His Estimates for Submis-
sion to Next Congress.

Engineer Commissioner MORROW to-
iay submitted 10 the Commissioners a
list OF streets 10 De paved within the
cid city limits and Georgetown, 10 be
incorporated n their estimates, and Will
recommend that 100000 be appropriated
by Congress for this work IN the follow
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Maybe the major and superintendent
could get a few more policemen II he
omitted to assign any To the neighbor-
hoods tenanted by the members Of the
subcommittee on District Of Columbia
appropriations.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Well-znown young business mn OF
Washington and New York
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

William II. Taft has climbed the high
est Of Cincinnatrs seven hills, and then
an observation tower on top. Must be
out for the Observation-Disclosures vote.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Supreme Court 10 Resume" says a
contemporary. Had baseball and poll
tics compelled the highest court in the
land to suspend2
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

New Stamps Are Ready" says a
news story. Have the Commissioners
worn out theirs reading Not For Pub
Ucation2"'
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

oIrs. Todd c. Woodwork, OF Chi
huanua, Mexico, IS the guest OF Mrs. J.
Worth Canadian.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Governor Hughes has started home to
register. not to weigh in.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Miss Margaret Gale, who spent the
summer at Narragansett Pier. has
closed her cottage there. and has re-
turue1 10 Washington, opening her
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Before the story gets started ne
hasten TO deny that the slight blaze in
the White House stables was caused
by any Of the Presidents fiery steeds.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

One good thing about all this talk OF
war Is that it enables little Johnny to
take the shine off the old man.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Major Tanaka. the military attache
Of the japanese embassy, who has been
travelling for some weeks in Central
America Is expected 70 return 10
Washington early in November.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
.monts C From Europe.

Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont, who
spent the summer season in Europe,
have arrived in this country and are
stopping al the Hotel Belmont
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Miss Mary Sue Hurt, Of Bristol, Va.
IS the guest OF her sister, Mrs. W 6
Stamper, in her home. in Drummond.
Nd, for several weeks.
Miss Hurt VIII be married 10 Dr.
George Edward Campbell. Of Teunes-
see, early n November
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Miss Katherine Crane. daughter OF
Mrs J. Burnett Crane. Is spending
some time IN New York. the guest OF
Mrs. Charles 3 Byrne, on Governors
Island Mss Crane viii attend the
luncheon 70 be given by the Alumni
Association Of the National Cathedral
School, OF Washington. from where
Miss Crane was graduated last spring,
ana she VIII also attend the Yale West
Point football game October IL
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-02

Southern California. On the 26th of August 1910,
he cast anchor in the mouth of the Colorado, he
and his men being the first Europeans to view the
waters of the most remarkable stream of the New
World. He christened it Rio de la Buena Guia',
River of Good Guidance and navigated its
waters for a distance of 230 miles. little later
in the same year, Mechior Diaz, with so men,
reached the banks of the same stream, and named
it Rio del Tizon' and in the autumn Don Lopez
de Cardenas discovered the Grand Canyon. On
rather insufficient evidence, he is said to have
reached the giant gorge at Bright Angel.
This glimpse that Cardenas and his twelve COM
panions caught of the Grand Canyon was the first
and last seen of that Titan of Chasms", by Euro
pean eyes, for 200 years; and an interval of so
years elapsed before white men again visited the
great river at any point.
In 1904, Don Juan de Onate, colonizer and Cover
of New Mexico, determined to from his
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-02

capital to San Gabriel on the Rio Grande, to the
South Sea-" Accordingly, he set forth accom-
panied by 80 soldiers and two padres, visiting Zuni
and the Hop towns, and then travelling on to the
Colorado-which he named "Rio Grande de Buena
Esperanza" or River of Good Hope-foowing it
to the Gulf of California. In 1618 Zalvdar with
Padre Jiminez and AZ soldiers, went out to Hopf
and thence to- Rio de Buena Esperanza, reaching
it at Marble Canyon. Years later, Padre Eusibio
Francisco Kino, an Austrian by birth, and mem
Der of the order of Jesuits began his efforts to
establish mission among the Indians of Arizona
In 1898 he followed the ella river to the point
where it empties into the Colorado and bestowed
upon the latter stream its fourth name, RIO de
los Martres," the river of the Martyrs: 1t had
been christened four times in century and a
half but the sum total of human knowledge con-
corning it was still very small. In 17O2, he set
foot on the barren sands that line it on either side
where it debouches into the Gulf-the first white
visitor since Onate, 9S years before 1t was not
vet popular route for tourist travel.
In 1921 Ugarte sailed up the Gulf of California
to the mouth of the river, and in 1744 Padre
Jacobo Sedemair caught sight of its waters at the
mouth of the Bill Williams Fork. Two years later
Fernando Consag followed the route of Ugarte,
looking for mission sites, but found nothing at
tractive in the sands of the lower Colorado.
In 1771 came Francisco Garces, of the order of
Franciscans, seeking an overland route of COM
municaton between the newly founded missions
of California and those of Sonora and New Mexico.
He went down the ella to the Colorado, and may
have descended the latter to its mouth. He
trudged up and down the lower course of the
stream several times and is the first to place upon
record the name Colorado" saying that the
Indians called it the red river on account of its
color when the SHOWS melt in the spring He
visited the Grand Canyon and the Marble Canyon,
and then travelled to the Hopi towns
In 1776, Padre Francisco Silvestre Velez Escal-
ante left Santa Fe, in search of a route of travel
between the missions of the Rio Grande and those
of the coast He and his companions kept far to
the north, by way of Abiquiu and the Chama river
crossing the Grand river, the Book Plateau, and
the White and Green rivers. The season growing
late they concluded that it would be wise to
strike out for the Hopi towns, believing that the
road thither was easy travelling. Imagine their
dismay reaching the terrific abyss of Marble
Canyon. With incredible labor, they descended to
the river at two different places, but unable
to effect a crossing Their supply of food ran