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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
ADMIRAL DEWEY DECLINES.
Regrets He Cannot Accept Invita-.
tions to the Pacific Coast.

With expressions of sincere regret Ad-
miral Dewey has declined invitations to
participate In the festivities incident to
the entertainment OF the Atlantic battle
ship fleet on the Pacific coast. The invf-
tation came from all the cities where the
fleet is to stop, but to each the admiral,
while indicating his appreciation of the
honor shown him, was compelled to re-
turn a negative answer.
The mayor of San Diego, where the
feet Is now. wrote to the admiral under
date of February Ii as follows:
Sir: Without your presence the occa-
sion of the arrival at this the first Amer
lean port. Of the magnificent fleet under
command OF Admiral Evans would be in
complete. The good citizens of the Pa
cific coast would take special pride and
pleasure In extending to you a cordial
welcome on that occasion. On behalf OF
all the citizens of the city of San Diego.
In which / am sure ali of southern Cali
fornia VIII unite, invite you to he pres
ent as guest of the city, assuring you
that nothing will be left undone to add to
your pleasure should you be able to
honor us with your presence
Under date of March so. Admiral Dewey
replied:
My Dear Sir: With great regret, L am
compelled TO give up my visit to the Pa
cine coast. which l had hoped to make
this coming month. / have looked for
ward with keen anticipation to sharing
feel In the homecoming of our splendid
fleet and to my personal enjoyment in
meeting the people who have always been
so cordial to me-
Edward Robeson Taylor, mayor of San
Francisco, wrote the admiral in part as
follows. under date of April 2:
Ny Dear Admiral: Believe me when
assure you that we cannot but feel that
the reception planned by us to the fleet
would be incomplete without your pres
ence. 1t would give an eclat to the oc-
casion that nothing else could possibly
give. l do but speak the universal will
when j say. Come.-and IL you come
bring Mrs. Dewey
In answering that invitation, Admiral
Dewey wrote to Mayor Taylor under date
Of April 8. as follows:
My Dear Sir: ! indeed feel highly
pleased to receive your very cordial letter
requesting my presence al the reception
of the feet in your city. but I find that
j cannot go, and on the :Oth of last
month I wrote to the chairman of the
official reception committee for the fleet,
Mr.. James d. Phelan, to that effect. 1t is
with much regret / must forego the
pleasure our fleet will receive at the
hands Of your citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.
subcommittee Could Not Report It
to Full Committee Today.

No meeting OF the Senate District COM
mittee was held today. Senator Gallinger.
chairman. was occupied in the room of
the committee on appropriations, where
his subcommittee completed it's consid-
GRAFTON of the District appropriation bill.
II was expected that the District ap-
prep ration bill would he reported to the
Senate today, but no meeting of the full
committee was held this morning. and
the presentation of the subcommittee $
report was therefore delayed until tonnor-
row. The full committee will meet to-
morrow morning and will take favorable
action on the report
The bill will then be reported to the
Senate at once. and will probably be given
the right Of way Monday.
Senator Gallinger smilingly declined to
say anything about the bill today. and
especially about the seYenty-five-ce gas
anne nd.nent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
TROOPS FOR CHESTER SQUADRON Will SP
National Guard MobIzinq at -Four Ships to Visit Four
Media, Nearby ferent Ports.
200 PRIVATE DETECTIVES lSAN DIEGO VISIT enc
Street President Rgg Refuses Jack Ashore Is Entertained
to Arbitrate Hospitality
SPECIAL DEPUTIES ON GUARD NO UNIFORMS BARRED tn
Procama Theaers Al
Warning People Re- Places All Crowded b
FromD Disorder. Liberty Parties.
National Guard MobiIizing at
Media, Nearby.
200 PRIVATE DETECTIVES
ES SAN DIEGO VISIT ENDING
Street Car President Rigg Refuses
to Arbitrate.
SPECIAL DEPUTIES ON GUARD
Mayor johnson Issues a Proclama-
tion Warning the People to Re-
frain From Disorder.

CHESTER, Pa, April 1.-THE three
troops Of the state police which were or
dered 70 Chester late yesterday afternoon
by Gov Stuart because of the street car
strike arrived at Media, a short distance
from the city. during the night. and will
come into town later In the. day. The
troops, 4 of Greensburg, Of Wilkes
barre and of Reading, aggregate about
16o men. They will make their head
quarters in the car barn Of the Chester
Traction Company, at 18th and Edgemont
streets, which will also be turned into a
temporary prison. The troopers, 1t Is
said, will search all suspicious persons
for firearms. prevent crowds congregat-
ing and protect the cars of the company
if an attempt is made to resume traffic
About 200 private detectives employed by
the company also went on duty today and
will cooperate with the state police. In
addition to these the sheriff OF the coun-
ty has about 200 special deputies in serv-
ice.
No Arbitration.
WAS no ulStuTDduCe the
night and. the city today is quiet. The
company may attempt to resume the run
ming of cars this afternoon under the pro-
lection of the state police.
John A. Rigg. president OF the United
Power and Transportation Company,
which controls the Chester Traction Com
pany, has refused a request made last
night by the Chester Board Of Trade to
arbitrate., He said: Chester is m the
hands of the governor, and the state
police are mobilizing at Media. No cars
will be started until the streets are
cleared, nor will we run any cars while
there is any prospect Of bloodshed.''
Striker on Bail.
He also said that the company operated
trolley lines in fourteen other places. and
that In each town the reduction in wages,
the cause Of the Chester strike, was made
without protest by the employees s7-
James Lynch, one OF the striking em-
pioyes has been held In bail charged with
inciting TO riot.
Mayor Johnson has issued proclama-
tion in which he requests the people to
keep away from the car barn and other
property of the company. He also COM
mands them not TO interfere with the op-
GRAFTON of the trolley lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Selections Sent to the Senate for
Consideration.

The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
To be postmasters-Indiana. William A.
Phillips. Atlanta; Ohio, William A. Camp
bell Lima; Tennessee, John w. Jackson,
Columbia.
To be surgeon with the rank of major,
Thomas S. Bratton, assistant surgeon: !:
lieutenant colonel to be colonel, George
A. Dodd, Attn Cavalry; major to be lieu
tenant colonel, John Pitcher. I'd Cavalry;
captain to be major, Stephen L. Fl. Sio-
cum; first lieutenant to be captain, John
W. Moore I'd Cavalry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
DIPLOMATIC BILL READ.
Agreement in House to Limit Debat,
to Five Hours.

With ali agreement that generar debate
shall be limited to five hours, the House
today. after some delay in securing
quorum began consideration of the djplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill.
Mr.. Williams objected to dispensing
with the first reading of the bill, and IL
accordingly was read at length.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
UNION OF INTERESTS.
Merging the Control OF Two Finan.
cial Institutions Proposed.

A plan is under consideration for the
bringing under one control a national
bank In the uptown business section and
a large savings bank. Thus far no def
mite decision has been reached. but II is
believed the outlook for the carrying to
completion Of the proposed arrangement
Is favorable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
"H0WDY, HANDS UP!'
Daring Bank Robbery in a
Kansas Town.
JOKE WAS ON THE CASHIER
Locked in the Vault at the Point
of q Gun.
H0LD-UPS TOOK THEIR TINE
One of Them Was Weu-Known
Man About Town-Got Only
Half an Hours Start.

COFFEYvILLE. Kan, April 17.-T'ne
Citizens State Bank at Chautauqua,
twenty-five miles west Of Coffeyville. was
robbed of about 5000 today by two men.
The men entered the bank and forced
Cashier G.. c. Walterhouse and Del
Easley, business man. to go into the
vault. The bandits locked them in. Sc
cured all the currency In sight and es-
capped to the Usage hills across the line IN
Oklahoma -Four posses are In pursuit
anil as the roads are muddy 1T is believed
th.. robbers will be captured. The robbers
secured but half an hours start.
Is an Outlaw Country.
The robbery was one of the most daring
ever executed in this part Of Kansas, the
scene Of many bold hold-ups on the part
of the Dalton, Starr and other gangs Of
outlaws who from time to time have
made their rendezvous IN the mountainous
country of nearby Oklahoma. -.
Cashier Walterhouse had scarcely open
ed the bank at Chautauqua this morning
and placed his currency on the counter
ready for the days business when the two
robbers entered. The only other person in
the place was Del Easley.
The robbers both Of them we'll dressed.
made their way leisurely to the cashiers
window. One of them was man well
known about town. ana when he COM
manded Walterhouse and Easley to throw
up their hands the latter two took the
matter in the light of joke The Sc
rious intentions of the robbers were re-
allied moment later. however. when
they both drew their revolvers and. point
ing them at their victims. ordered them
ado Walterhouse and Easley complied.
The robbers quickly slammed the door
shut and then leisurely went about their
business of looting the bank.
Took Things Easy.
First they drew. down. the window
shades facing the street and locked the
doors to prevent interference. When
they had scraped up all the money in
sight they walked out the front entrance
and up the main street. One of the men
carried gunnysack. Several persons
who knew the man spoke to him in a
friendly manner. Nothing in the ap-
pearance of the robbers betrayed the part
they had just played.
A block away they mounted horses that
they had had tied. at the curbins and
drove off. After going few blocks from
the center of the town they directed their
horses south toward the Oklahoma
Kansas state line and whipped them into
gallop.
L ne rODDery WAS not OIScoVSIeu III
half an hour later, when J. H. Edwards,
president of the bank. entered his office.
After releasing Walterhouse and Easley
from the vault President Edwards gave
the alarm locally and to surrounding
towns. Within another thirty minutes
posses had been made up in Chautauqua
and at Elgin and Sedan. Kan. and
Pawhuska, Okla. all contiguous to the
scene OF the robbery. and from three
sides armed men began a hot chase after
the robbers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
Luncheon to Sir William white.

Rear Admiral Capps, chief naval con-
structor, gave luncheon today at the
Metropolitan Club in honor of Sir Will
liam White. formerly chief constructor
of the royal British navy, who Is now on
q visit to this ct4y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
Explanation When Offered.


On the District day that the House
passed the Benning road bill Mr.. Simms
explained to the House. following a point
of order against his proposed amend
ment by Representative Kahn of Cali,
fernia, d member. of tha House District
committee, the reason he had been forced
to offer the provision on the floor of the
House as an amendment to bill no.
gernane.
Mr.. Kahn had just told the House that
the anti-gambling provision had mot been
before our committee (the House District
cOmmittee) in such way that the com.
mittee could take action on it. 1t is an
unusual way to come in here and offer
an amendment on a bill of this charac-
ter, and 1 submit it is of sufficiently seri-
Gus Importance to be considered by the
committee"
MIR. Sims then made the following state
ment:
"A bill of this kind, except broader, and
going to the extent of making 1t unlawful
to make wagering contracts on futures,
was introduced and went to the District
committee. The bill was introduced by
the gentleman from Kansas, Mr.. Camp
bell. and it was we'll. thoroughly and
.ully considered, and / offered this pro-
vision as a substitute for the bill and it
was voted down
"Then after consideration of the bill,
which included this and other matter, the
bill of the gentleman from Kansas Mr.
Campbell. was tabled. SO the subject-mat-
ter has been considered by the commit
tee, but am sorry to be compelled to say
that 1t did not meet with the approval of
ma jority Of those present"
Friends of the Sims amendment are
watching developments with the greatest
interest and anxiety. their principal atten-
ton being concentrated upon noting
whether the bill will be permitted to lie
on the Speakers table. whence it can be
called up at will, or sent to the District
committee, where its fate is, at best, prob
lematical.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
Weather:

Fair. warmer tonight: to-
morrow increasing cloudiness
and warmer, followed by. show
erS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17

in the House seem to be taking consider
able interest in the Benning road bill
with its important amendment. and that
interest is not being exerted according
to indications, to hasten action by the
House upon the measure and bring about
Its speedy and final enactment into law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-28
BRUTAL Finance"

In the face of a declining revenue
the Republican majority in congress
has dug into the great treasury sur
plus at a rate which will make the
treasury SIPS, O0O, 900 worse off by
June 30, 1908, than it would be if last
years conditions were duplicated this
year.
And yet, with all this lavish out
pouring from the treasury, it still
holds more than 5000, 100000 for which
there is no present use, the taking of
which from the pockets of the people
has needlessly helped to %impoverish
them.
AS Ellis H. Roberts, former treasurer
of the United States, has said, such
brutal finance would not be tolerated
in any other civilized country on earth.
1t would not be practiced in this coun.
try by any other organization than the
Republican party,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-28
Effects of the Tariff,

The Albany ARGUS, urging the need
of tariff reform, calls attention to the
present status thus:
ut is a very old rule of supply and
demand that when business is slack,
and we are in a period of depression,
the prices of commodities will drop
automatically to a lower level. Thus,
there is a certain law of compensation.
But at the present time there is no
drop in prices, but on the contrary the
prices of food, clothing, building mate
rial, ETC., are maintained on the same
wal basis which they reached in the
highest period of the preceding flush
times. This is due to the fact that
the Republican party has enacted and
kept ~unrevised on the statute books
the tariff schedules and other special
privilege and class legislation under
which monopolies and combines and
corners of all sorts have been created,
su~perseding the natural laws, so that
even a panic, widespread idlehess and
lack of employment, and a most seri-
Gus abatement of business all over the
country, have not changed the prices
of trust products which the consumer
must buy in order to live"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-28

The Washington Herald has been
Btudying recent Republican declara-
lions for tariff reform, only to be dis
couraged, considering the last, the
Pennsylvania utterance, which it
thinks marks no advance whatever
over McKfnTeyfsm or D~ingleyism at
their worst. 1t says:
There is observable, with the ap-
proach of the presidential campaign, a
progressive degeneration of Republican
tariff revision sentiment. Everybody
now declares for revision, but not for
the sort of revision that was originally
demanded by the tariff reduction wing
Of the party. Each state platform gets
farther and farther away from the
tariff reform idea and 5older and bold
er in advocacy of a bald and naked
protectionism, until in the Pennsyl-
vania document is promised the true
and unadulterated gospel of standpat-
ism, II the Pennsylvania delegation
forces from the national convention
the privilege of debating the Repub-
lican tariff plank, what encouragement
will that plank afford to the large num-
Der of independent Republicans who
believe that the protective system con-
tains some hoary wrongs that ought
to be righted."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-28
Trusts in the Senate.

That eminent Republican, United
States Senator Guggenheim of Color
ado, although when elected to the
senate he resigned as president or
director of the smelling trust, is still
evidently looking after the interests
of the trust. On April %, the Con-
gressional Record discloses the fact
that he submitted to the senate an
amendment to the sundry civil .appro-
priation bill proposing to appropriate
$4,000 for the transportation of sill
yer dollars by registered mail or 9TH
erwise. AS such an appropriation will
allow the treasury to pay the freight
by express or otherwise on silver dol
lars for such banks as can use silver,
1t should add to the demand, and thus
help to create a demand for silver dol
lars, and thus put up the price of sill
yer which the smelling trust controls.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-28
NO GOOD TRUSTS"
SECRETARY TAFT's ARGUMENT A
PALPABLE FALLAcY.
"cost Reduction" Through combina-
tion, If True, Has Proved of Mo
Benefit to the American Peo-
ple-Whole Theory Wrong.

Secretary Taft seems to have got
into trouble over his late remarks to
the railroad conductors at Chicago.
The Socialists quote what he said
with satisfaction as admitting the
fact of the class struggle" The secre-
tary declares he vas misquoted, and
that what he did say was this:
THAT unless laborers united into
organizations, the laborer would stand
no chance in that inevitable contro-
versy that we always hope will be
peaceful, but that must exist-that
inevitable controversy as to how Ia
Dor and capital shall share the joint
product of BOTH.
The effort of Secretary Taft to aIlay
the dislike of labor to him, on account
of his former injunctions when judge,
In the interest of employers, and
against the strikers, will require more
than such a small tub that he has
thrown to the labor whale.
But whatever may come of the con-
troversy between Mr.. Taft and or
ganized labor, there is another state
ment he is reported to have made in
the same speech that no Democrat can
indorse, because it does not agree
with notorious facts. Combinations
of capital" said Mr.. Taft" within the
bounds of the law are necessary for
business ~expediency and for cost re-
duction." Mr.. Taft evidently believes
with President Roosevelt that there
are good trusts" which through mo-
nopoly can produce 'cost reduction"
1t would be interesting to know how
these eminent Republicans explain
the fact that although the steel trust
by combination virtually controls the
steel production of the country and
has undoubtedly reduced the cost of
production, yet persists in maintaining
the price OF its products at the top
notch. Cost reduction" of trust prod
ucts is but of little service to the
American people if they do not par
ticipate in the reduction by buying
cheaper goods.
There can be no trust or combina-
ton unless there is some kind of mo-
nopoly back of it. Therefore, there can
be no combinations that are good for
the people. Those trusts that are pro-
tected by the tariff would soon become
comparatively good" if the tariff that
protects them was reduced to a reve.
nue. basis so that the competition they
have smothered at home by combina.
ton would be revived by competition
from abroad. If by combination un.
der free competition the trusts, be il
the steel trust or any other trust, can
then by cost reduction" sell their
products cheaply to the American peo-
pie, there would be some ground fol-
saying such a competing trust is a
good trust. But there never can be q
good trust as long as it is so pro
tected by the Republican policy Of
tariff protection that it can charge
more for its products here than it sells
such products for in foreign coun
tries.
If the trusts have any bargain
counter propositions to offer, they
should be first offered to the American
people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-28
An important Bill,

The senate almost unanimously
passed the very important bill of Sen
ator Overman, of North Carolina, de-
signed to curb the power of inferior
federal court judges in issuing injunc-
lions against state laws, by requiring
that all applications for such injunc-
lions shall be heard by at least three
judges, two of whom must be above
the grade of district judges" The
bill, if it becomes a law, will restrain
the power of the federal judiciary in
taking c~ognizance of cases which
would otherwise go to state courts.
It aims to limit the issue Of injunc-
lions restraining the operation Of
state statutes and thereby make 1t
harder for federal courts to assume
jurisdiction in a given case.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-28

maran is a favorite Of the Chinese fisherman and
the larger streams Of that oriental country are
we'll populated with these boats. They are con-
structed of two narrow canoes fastened together
and propelled from the stern with a long, narrow
oar. In it's originalform the catamaran consisted Of
three logs, the middle one being the longest,
dashed together. 1t was used by the natives of
he Coromande4 coast, particularly Madras, and
also in the West Indies and on the coast Of
South America.
The Fiji islanders developed the catamaran
idea in their war canoes, which consist of two
parallel logs Joined together with a platform on
which a mast is placed. These boats are safe
and also very swift.
The flying proa of the Ladrone islanders is
another type of the catamaran made with two
hulls of unequal size. The larger hull, which car.
ries the rigging, is perfectly fiat on one side and
rounded on the other. On this are placed bam-
boo poles projecting beyond the rounded side,
and to their ends is fastened a boat-shaped log
one.half or one-third the size of the larger hull.
This prevents capsizing as effectually as the Fiji
double canoe. Both ends of the proa are made
alike, and the boat is sailed with either end first;
but the o~utrigger is always to windward.
Against a head of wind the proa Is kept away till
the stern approaches the wind, when the yard
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-28

Manufactured by Peruna Drug Manti-
featuring Company, Columbus, Ohio.
Feeding the Stock.

The victim Of the following story,
told in Mrs. Henry w. Coles "a
Lady's Tour Around Monte Rosa"
was possessed Of a keen sense of
humor. Otherwise his dignity might
have been ruffied by the unconscious
revelation which came to his ears.
I'm the course of Mrs. Coles trav-
els she met Rev. Robert Montgomery,
the poet, who told her an incident Of
his early career in the pulpit. When
ne was first admitted to holy orders
he was appointed curate in a rural
Scotch district, and lodged in the
house of a small tenant farmer.
Notwithstanding his Office Of
clergyman, the family did not appear
to held their boarder in high venera-
ton, for one day he heard the woman
servant call out to her mistress:
"'Missis, shall I feed the pigs first,
or gle the mon his dinner? Youths
Companion.