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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-01
Substantial Reduction All
Along Line by Conferees
Is Their Claim.
JOKER IN BILL"
READILY EXPLAINED
Figures Cited to Show Cut in Rates
Ten Per Cent Duty Will
Be Needed.

That there has been a substantial re-
duction all along the line in the hide
and leather schedules by the confer
enee report is the claim Of the advocates
of free hides, and they cite the figures
given above to disprove the claim OF
Joker in this portion CT the conference
report which was passed by the House
OF Representatives yesterday.
"Uppers Are Imported"
The Joker" which was reported to
have been discovered by certain West.
ern Senators lies IN the statement that
the reduction TO 10 per cent on shoes
made from hides of cattle means
nothing whatever to the consumer. be-
cause no shoes made froFa "uppers''
with hides of cattle" are Imported or
ever will be imported. It is claimed by
these Senators, or reported to have been
50 claimed. that the shoes which are
imported into this country are made OF
other leather which Will bring them IN
under the Is per cent duty, which was
the same as agreed upon by both the
House and Senate committees. while
shoes made from hides of cattIe' need
no duty whatever to protect them.
The advocates Of free hides insist that
this is failacious. When cowhides are
tanned, they are split" thereby Sc
curing two hides that may be used for
the uppers Of shoes. The flesh" hide
thus obtained is of an inferior grade
and goes into the cheaper shoes, sucn
as brogans ard heavy work shoes. The
grain" or hair side Of the hide goes
into the manufacture Of high-grade
shoes, which experts can hardly dis
tinguish from "calfskins," which take
the Is per cent duty. Thus it is that
the great percentage o. middle and
better class of shoes are made from the
cattle hides and are protected by the
10 per cent duty alone.
It is insisted by the shoe manufac-
turers who have been fighting for free
hides that reduction 70 10 per cent on
shoes made from the hides of cattle
is a substantial reduction. and the
statement that the President has been
'buncoed" thereby is without .founda-
ton In fact.
The representatives of the shoe manu-
facturers insist that the retention of
the 10 per cent duty on shoes lie simply
In line with the protective policy OF thu
Republican party. They declare freely
that no duty is needed at the present
time to protect thg American trade. as
America is now on an export basis as
regards shoes. But. they declare, the
American manufacturers OF shoe ma
chinery have bee, busy abroad estab-
fishing plants ead installing improved
and nistructing cheap labor
p the use of this machinery. so that
he time may come when American sx-
ports will be limited and the American
will be driven back home
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SOMEBODY SHOT
THE ALBATROSS
Republicans on the Water,
But Not a Drop to
Drink.

Chief Edgar Snyder and his league Of
Republican State Clubs of the District
OF Coiumbis. have a thirst.
Within the last tWenty-four hours they
have had two thirsts.
Yesterday they thirsted for-well, yes
terday was a hot day and the leaguers
were excursiontng with their families
But yesterdays thirst compares With
TIE desires Of today like the merry
humming bird to the Wright aeropIane.
Today the burning and raging is for
gore-real red gore-the gore of the
Democrats Of Maryland.
The Democrats of Maryland are ''ip
bad" They viii go TO the polls next fall
III fear and trembling. A volcano is
smoldering beneath them. The league
Of Republican State Clubs of the Dis
trict of Columbia is after them. Not
only is the ennlity partisan in the ex-
IRENE bat il is personal. No Maryland
Democrat can expect to be greeted
caeerfuIly or greeted at all by a Re
7 ublican Lacquer. But every Lacquer
is working, working as he never worked
before to see that no Democrat gets
office in Maryland at the next OF any
succeeding election. And the reason is
SOOQ one.
Yesterday the league of Republican
State Clubs gave an excursion to Mar
shall Hall. Il was a well attended ex-
cursiOn. About 5000 trusty warriors of
the @. o. P. made the journey with
their wives and families. Also a pr1m-
airy was helG IN Maryland yesterday. A
real primary Is a warm occasion in
Maryland. The leaguers played base
ball and ran Marafhons and boyled
and did all manner of hot and enjOy-
able things to work up a large, healthy.
Republican thirst And after the thirst
had been cultivated nursed and proper
ly priIned, the lea yuers walked to the
proper place TO quench4 II. And then-it
ali happened.
Under an act Of the Democratic Leg
islature in Maryland no spiTituous or
malt liquors car be sold In the State
when the voters are called to the polls
for the primaries.
Marshall Hall is "a Maryland.
That's all.
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JUDGE DlSBELIEVES
THE SOMNAMBULlST

BALTIMORE, Nd, Aug. la remark
able tale Of sOmnambulism was related
before Police Judge Lewis this morning
when John A. Handy, colored, was ar
raigned for attacking Helen Harris. also
colOred.
This morning al 4 o'clock Handy went
into a room where Helen Harris was
fast asleep. Selling the woman By the
throat he choked her almost into IN
consciousness and then dealt her several
hard blows on the face.
At the hearing Handy told the magis-
trate that he was in the habit Of walk
ing ia his sleep.
Handy that tale OF yours Is a little
too thin said the Judge Sixty days
In Jail and SO and costs"
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NEARLY MOB OFFICER
MAKING AN ARREST
Atlantic City Crowd Sympathizes
With Woman Accused of
Being Pickpocket.

ATLANTIC CITY. n. J., Aug. l.
Posing as a dowager intent on watching
the dancing Of children during a car
nival on one Of the big piers. Mamie
Saddle, whom Detective Abrams, Of
Philadelphia, declares TO be an old Of
fender. was detected making way with
a handbag containing money and lew
els belonging TO Mrs. Margaret Trot-
tiers, Of Philadelphia.
Men and women who sympathized
with the Saddle woman. nearly mobbed
Abrams before he could summon the
police who landed her in the city fan.
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ENTERTAIN ELKS.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. Aug. IA del
egatiOn Of lie Philadelphia E1ks resumed
their journey hOmeward today after
spending nearly tWenty-four hours here,
the guests of Minneapolis EIks. They
arrived in Minneapolis at noon en- route
TO Philadelphia from Los Angeles, Cal.
where they attended the annual con
vention.
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RUMOR THAT MORSE
WILL RUN STEAMERS
Former Ice King to Head Hudson
Navigation Com
pany.

BOSTON, Aug. Lit Is rumored that
Charles W. Morse. the ice king of New
York. who was recently released by the
Federas Authorities on bail, will take a
hand in the management of the Metro
politan Steamship lines which run boats
between this city and New York.
In steamship circles it Is figured that
Morse viii soon take charge of the Hud-
son Navigation Company which owns
the Metropolitan line. In this way il
is expected that Mr.. Morse will have
more or less TO do with the Boston
New York boats.
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CONVERT CHURCH
INTO A THEATER
Toledo House of Worship Will Be
Sold 70 New York
Syndicate.

TOLEDO. Ohio, Aug. 1.-The First
Congregational Church building, stu
ated in, the heart OF the city, il TO be
abandoned and converted into a thea
ter
Such Is the announcement of Irving
B. Hiett. who is in charge Of the effort
10 sell the structure Mr. Hiett states
that New York syndicate is making
an effort 70 buy the property and that
as soon as a price can be agreed upon
the property viii be sold TO the New
York people
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Tor their entire market Then. they in
sist, the duty OF 10 per cent will be need
cd as protection against the very
plants In which American machinery
has been installed and which are man
aged by American superintendent.
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CONTINUED from First Pags)

be heard of it on the floor, but nothing
more than limited amount Of kicking
will come Of it.
Adopted By Small Margin.
One fact may arise to trouble the bill
| seriously in SIS course through the SEN
ate. This is the extremely narrow mar
gin by which the conference report was
adopted by the House The fnal vote
on the adoption of the conference re-
port, taken shortly after 9 o'clock last
night, was 1s5 TO 1S3 In favor Of ii.
Seven votes more against the report
would have defeated it and struck
stunning blow at the House Republican
organization headed by Speaker Cannon.
Earlier than the vote on the conference
report, a vote was taken on a motion
to recommit the bill to conference. on
this vote. the organization came OF
with victory with but five votes ahead.
A change of but three votes would have
sent the bill back to conference and
would have been interpreted by the
country as a rebuke from a majority
of the House to the conference commit
tee for accepting a bill Of the sort it
has accepted.
The bin will go to the Senate with
every Senator understanding fully that
IL fse@S % 0AtSdAi1AdlAOAF 10 the HOUSE
that II barely escaped defeat in that
body and that, with the White House
and the organization eXerting all man
ner OF pressure, il was at one time with
IN few votes of being beaten. This
fact viii not tend-to- strengthen il in the
Senate Moreover, the country has not
yet been heard from. and ii cannot be
said how the public will receive the
measure. Further than this, the op-
ponents OF the bill in the Senate are
busy picking il over to ind jokers and
they are locating some. They will talk
plainly about them when the debate in
the Senate opens.
May Meet Opposition.
Under such circumstances 1t is easy to
perceive that the conference report en-
bodying the tariff bill may encounter
Unexpectedly strong opposition before
the struggle is over. The debate in the
Senate may add re. enforcments TO the
Republican insuTectionists. But condi-
tons at present warrant the belief that
the bin viii be put through the Senate
early and that by a substantial majority
and that the pressure which was exert
ed so strongly in the House viii hold
down the Republican opposition to about
seven votes.
In the House the bill was passed by
the votes Of men who have been ranked
as Republican insurgents Most of these
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BRINGING BACK ACCusED.

CHERBOURG. France, Aug. Ser
geant McMullen, Of the st. Louis police,
left today on the steamship St. Paul for
New York with Marion Dwight Fort
ner. alias William Wells, charged with
forgery.
The Detroit times., 1909-02-25
Our Safety From Earthquakes

were swallowed up by yawning clefts
in the earth. III the Sicilian earth
quake had been equally severe. the
destruction there would have been
much greater than IL was.
Following so soon after the disas-
ter in Sicily and Calabria, this earth
quake might seem To have been as
sociated with the former, and. in fact,
IL may indicate a critical era In the
progressive adjustment of the shell Of
the earth. But We have no evidence
of any relation between the lines OF
weakness in the crust in western Eu-
rope and in Asia AS the great shell
settles. slips occur, now here and now
there.
But there is significant fact about
this Persian earthquake which should
not be overlooked 1t is simply an
other indication of our own compare
tive safety. The center of the shock
was in the Zagros mountains. which,
in a geological sense. are new noun
tains, having risen in relatively recent
times. They mark the dividing line be-
tween the low lands along the Eu-
plateau of Iran, the traditional home
of the original Aryans.
Every great earthquake of recent
times has tended to prove that such
disturbances occur with cataclysmic
force only along the lines OF new
mountains Near our Atlantic sea
board the mountain ranges are very
ancient The Appalachian chain is
one OF the Oldest on the planet The
lines OF weakness here have been
sealed, SO to speak, and there is very
little yielding In the meantime the
sediment carried into the Atlantic is
building up along our, coast the foun-
dations OF mountain range which
will rise out of the sea in the remote
future. and then only will earthquakes
and volcanic phenomena recur in this
part OF the world.
At that time New York will have
become an inland city. If ii continues
to exist.
The Detroit times., 1909-02-25
ev WILLIAM =. KIRK.

Pa cain hoam aggenn lait last mite,
ne sed he was waiting till the town
dried up. Hevings knows, sad Ma, II
you stay In any town long enuff, that
town Is sure to dry up. You are the
original blotter boy. sed Ma.
n Glide me mot, sed Pa, how canst
chou bear to chide me, the Jacks in the
zee. wife, sed Pa, the Jacks In the
|Case are these:
$s AZ ! was working at my tiperiter,
working like the slaiv that | am.
looked up at the sky Il sed Well, the
sun il shining, now will go hoam 20
my darling wife & Intel child,
will talk them out in ottomobeei
That's what sed to myself, Pa toad
Ma.
n Even as was speaking. sed Pa, the
hevings loosened thare food gates a
Il the sky, witch had previously been as
the cheek of a bride, becaim dark q
lowering, like the face of cashier the
Gay beefoare pay day.
The elements ragged, sed Pa, x the
4 dS rkness was on the face OF the
waters. The thunder leeped from crag
h &c crng q the tightening crashed, Pa
4 red.
You doant say so, sed Ma.
y Yes, eeven SO. sed Pa. You know
bate to git my feet wet vile in this
'climut. sed Pa, SO | sat down q tore
on this littel poem. which | Will now
recite to you. II is a parody on line
Afrade To Go Home In the Dark. This
- the song WITCH Pa reesited.
~ always iuvd my darling wIre a. little
Eobbie. too.
always hurried to them when my
Once work was thru,
~ when I cain TO this old town a.
Thought no more TO roam
~ streets MAS all so muddy that /
hated 90 80 hoam.
VILE a. keeps on raining every day.
ooe words 20 you. wife, do sadly
deer. laeen here. Inc afrade TO
- home In the mud,
~ mtGht ut osd from GELD In my
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LOVE WITCHES ,jgsz :.u
. a :Ss @ ,,'. .'

ed. her jealousy getting the better OF
her curiosity.
NO. didn't love her
You didn't love her. and yet you
called every day." Jacqueline said in
creduity appearing in her blue eyes.
Very well, then, | did love her,
Andre said. growing impatient.
Jacqueline was again The little fury
in an instant.
OH she cried. you loved her
and you threw her over in a second
10 please me. That's a nice way TO
behave"
This was too much for Andre. IL
gave him emotions beyond expression
surprise. bewiderment, exaspera-
ton. all mingled. The swift changes
of Jacqueline were too many for him
To follow. He threw up his hands with
a muttered exclamation and began 10
pace the floor again.
Jacqueline calmly went over 10 the
table, took up the handsome photo
graph OF Lucy and studied II critically.
commenting to Andre on her rival $
points OF beauty.
Does she dye her hair" she ask
ed. innocently
No indeed" Andre protested. IT'S
that exquisite color that"
Andre, you'd rather be married to
her than TO me- JacQueline cried,
banging the photograph down on the
table again and turning swiftly toward
him.
Nonsense" Andre replied, rather
taken aback. Nothing of the sort,
I've never regretted her nor thought of
her
Then" said Jacqueine. triumphant.
ly. III that's true, you'll be willing to
promise me-"
Anything" he assured her.
A Rash Promise and Its Sequel.
Swear never 10 see her again,
Jacqueline demanded.
II swear" he answered readily.
"Or speak TO her"
Yes, yes, or speak To her.
Word of honor?"
Word II honor"
Jacqueline seemed to settle down
within her diminutive self in quiet,
self-satisfied content.
Now | can feel quite happy and
contented." he said. I'm never men
ton her again. Never
That's right Jacqueline,' Andre
said.
\ servant came in to say that the
marquisG was waiting in her carriage
for Jacquelne, whom she wished to
take calling. Jacqueline sent word to
say that she would come at once.
"Oh. how | hate TO leave you" she
said TO Andre. Are you going out
soon?"
Yes, right away"
Don't take cold" she admonished
him Wear your warm overcoat. And
don't on any account forget your silk
scarf" She pointed to the scarf on
the desk.
At the door she looked back
Andre. tell me; am | as nice to
kiss as she was?" she asked.
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30 B B | E
p Tries To Be Good Felton, But Makes no Hit With Ma

he'd * perish in cold blood.
* you Will agree, IL that happened to
me, genius wud be nipped In
the bud.
Thares no plais like home, deer. but
I'm afrade TO go home In the
mud.
That is swell song, isent it, wife /?
sed Pa.
Ii Is swell song sed Ma, but it Is
a very poor excuse.
Then you doant believe the streets
are muddy? SEQ Pa Maybe they are
muddy, sed Ma. but how in the wurld
am | ever going to git chanst to
fnd out wether thay are muddy OF not
If YOU doant ever take me out?
So Pa promised Ma that he wud take
us all out tomorrow. He sed he wud
talk us out 10 the ZOO AZ let us look
at the animus.
That will be fine sed Ma Every
time | look at seal at the ZOO think
about the seaiskin coat that ! had &c
pawn wen We vas first married.
DO you near that. Bobbie? SEED Pa
Can YOU beat that for beeing crude
What is the use VI me trying 10 De /;
good fellow? sed Pa.
Then Pa went 10 bed.
The Detroit times., 1909-02-25
CHAPTER XIII.
Lucy's Little Triumph.

No visitor could have been more UNI
welcome to Andre at the moment, al
most, that he had sworn To Jacqueline
never to see or speak to Lucy again
He stood helplessly gazing at her an
absurd figure. with his silken scarf
thrown over his shoulders. as she adj
yanced smilingly toward him. The
servant left them together.
Then you're afraid of poor little
me-" Lucy said. pouting prettily. The
idea
oh, no, er-what an idea," Andre
stammered. I'm delighted TO see
you" he went on; delighted only it's
surprise that particular
ly surprising today"
An agreeable SURPRISE" Lucy ask
ed.
Gould it--er--be otherwise An
DIRE replied, with brave effort TO be
gallant.
Andre talked on in a helpless sort
OF way, asking absurd questions and
making absurd answers Lucy told
him that she had only arrived in Par
is that morning
You remember, | promised Jacque-
line that my first visit should be 10
her, the dear thing" she said sweet
ly. And | always keep my promises.
How is your wife,"
My wife? Oh, yes. my wife. She's
very well, thanks; very well. We're
having such cold weather for this
time OF year
Lucy regarded him quizzically. An
Dire caught her look.
You think I'm an IDIOT" he blurt-
ed out.
Not an Idiot; Just Married.
mo. | think you're married." Lucy
replied. laughing. You seem a little
changed. You look rather a dear old
gentleman in that silk muifier. But
where are the carpet slippers?" she
went on. as he threw the scarf aside
hastily. IL don't see them. Can they
have been forgotten"
Andre was amused, in spite of him
self and he thawed a little.
Ito he Continued.)
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CHAPTER xiI.-(continued.)

SHHF EN- AL SOHAihSSN'j
fvlnHAT are you talking about -
M Jacqueline asked. puzzled.
HI "Lohengrin. he answered.
solemnly. And the swan Will
carry me off You'll lose me.
And it will bt your own fault. You
will be rightfuly punished for your
curiosity, just as were tiresome Elsa
and foolish Psyche and Mother Eve,
not 10 mention number OF other la
dies
Andre felt self.righteous and rather
triumphant after this deliyerance. JAG
queline regarded him with steady blue
eyes that showed unfiinching purpose,
and said. quite calmly. as II the pros
pect of the swan in no way terrified
her:
How did it Begin"
Andre got up aud strobe around the
room. thinking it over. Suddenly he
resolved. rather as punishment To
Jacqueline, 10 make a clean breast or
the whole thing.
Very we'll" he said, shortly. Now
you know what 10 expect; III answer.
His tone seemed 10 convey another
threat OF the swan and the mythical
boat that would carry him away. but
Jacqueline had thrown down the gage
OF battle.
How did it begin?" she asked
again, very sweetly.
1T began by her fainting one even
ing when was seeing her home,
Andre explained. When pretty
woman faints in a bachelors arms.
there are only two possibilities.
What are they" Jacquellne asked
interestedly.
ITO kiss her or be scratched on her
visiting list" Andre said.
oh" Jacqueline exclaimed. And
where did YOU use to visit herr she
asked. with the ready assumption that,
as Andre had not been scratched on
her visiting list, therefore he must
have kissed her.
AT her house | passed as the Sec
rotary Of a charitable institution-the
Society for the Protection of Little
Tartars. Whenever was there the
butler had orders to tell callers that
Lucy was busy with the secretary Of
the society"
did you love herr" Jacqueline ask
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sy GARRETT p. SERviSS.

I~1INCE the news came the other
J\l day of the great earthquake
1. ID in Persia a good many peo-
III pie must have opened their
eyes 10 the fact that there Is
really such a science as seismology
and that il can do wonderful things.
About a month ago those little stetho-
scopes OF geology, the seismographs.
which are continually recording the
slightest irregularities of the Internal
organs of the earth, wrote. in their
quaint chirography, the story OF a
great shock that had occurred many
thousands OF miles away, somewhere
in Asia.
Both in Europe and America they
told the same story. Not only ala
they indicate where the blow had TAI
len, but they also measured its force.
II was a very heavy shock, they saie
-mightier than that which had re-
Gently leveled Messina and Reggie.
The direction of the waves that ran
swiftly through the she'll OF the globe
gave information about the locality or
the center of disturbance. II was like
the fall OF the hammer on bell, and
the quivering undulations, radiatisg
from the point Struck, betrayed the
location of the latter
The precise spot was not known,
but no doubt existed that IL was east
OF Asia Minor. In few weeks,
said the seismologists. we shall hear
news Of that shock"
The center OF disturbance lay. as
anticipated. in country where there
are no telegraphs or other means OF
rapid communication. and weeks have
been required To bring Us the facts.
Now We know that the scene was in,
southwestern Persia. and all that the
seismographs told OF the terrific force
OF the impact is corroborated. The
very ground was pulverized. and many
villages were so completely destroyed
that even the places they occupied
can hardly be determined. Some
The Detroit times., 1909-02-25
Diary of a Jailbird.

fused to open the doors before the
usual time, 49, 80. As a result, | lost
heavily in c. q. ID. preferred.
Fortunately, the warden was sensi-
BILE, and the new man lost his job very
promptly.
The lack of proper attendants In
this Jail is almost intolerable. | went
TO the theater yesterday evening. and
since the tyrannical regulations re
quire the presence Of Jail represen-
tative. was accompanied by a guard
for whom | bought seat in the bal
cony. Imagine my feelings when, be.
tween the acts, this attendant, who
was not even In evening clothes. came
up and spoke Familiarity 10 me. had
him fired this morning.
II anything makes me disconnected
with prison life II is the oppressive
rule that a guest must return to the
jail by | a m. Just when man Is
beginning to enjoy a little supper OF
The Detroit times., 1909-02-25
BY WEEK JONES.

BY WEEK JONES.
EE, this Is third-rate jail,
The bars are only nickled.
The bars are only nickeled.
pets are almost worn out, and
the furniture is hopelessly out
The Detroit times., 1909-02-25
Yes. yes. much nicer. "

Yes, yes, much nicer.
She threw him kiss and disappear
ed Andre walked over to the uesk.
looked at l.ucys photograph and threw
the silk scarf around his neck. lie
rang for the butler to fetch his over
coat.
Madam de Morfontaine has called.
the butler announced when he enter
ed.
Lucy" Andre exclaimed. aghast.
Il told her Madame the countess
had gone out. She asked TO see mon
sieur"
Say I'm not at home; I'm not 1T
home Andre said
Lucy had followed the butler and
entered just In time 10 hear Andre.
Aren't you?" she said. coolly, walk
ing into the room.