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The Washington times., 1909-08-27
PRESIDENT DELIGHTED
HE'S NOT A YACHTSMAN
Since Stay at Beverly Taft Has Seen So Much Trouble
Connected With Breezy Sport, He's Congratuahng
Himself He Never Wasted Time to Learn.
BY JAMES HAY, Jr.

Augustus T. Gardner Of Massachusetts
on the Essex County Clubs links. Ia
front of the tenth hole on this course
there is a trap" six feet deep and at
the bottom Of it is three feet OF white
sand. When player goes into that
trap to get his ball out he is invisible to
the other players.
Gardner said the count the other
day, as he sat smoking a cigarette on
the clubhouse veranda, lis an exasper-
ating man 10 golf with because, al
though he makes good scores and drives
the ball well, he doesn't seem to be
playing a good game at all
Here the count paused, blew out a
thin wlsp of smoke, and smiled as if
coming 10 the most pleasant part of his
story.
But today. he said. II had The pleas
ure of seeing the Honorable Gardner
disappear into that trap at the tenth
hole at 1920 o'clock and he emerged
from 1T with his ball al 1l:10."
What battles Gardner fought, what
prayers he uttered, and what futile
blows ne aimed at his baIl-aI these
things appealed - the Frenchman as
subjects for day dreams and happy fan
ttfE4
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS LEG
ISLATION IS IN DANGER.

If President Taft hopes to have Con
gress redeem the plank in the Republi-
can platform which pledged the party
to establish a system of postal saw
ings banks throughout the country he
viii have to take firm stand and re-
fuse 70 permit some of the mighty
members of Congress to swerve him. Ia
order to see such a system enacted into
law during the Sixty-frst Congress he
would undoubtedly have to make his
demands with show of determination
which would not permit of misinterpre-
tation.
In asking for postal savings bank
legislation, the President will find that
he must first reckon with opposition
from the leaders of both houses of
Congress. In the lower branch the
Committee on Eostoffces and Post
Roads would have jurisdiction. Speaker
Cannon has appointed as chairman of
that committee John w. Weeks, of
MASSACHUSETTS,. Mr.. Weeks is a bank
er. a member of the Committee on
Banking and Currency, and also a mem
Der of the monetary commission. Fur
thermore, he is a Cannon organization
man. Mr.. Weeks has frequently ex-
pressed the opinion that a postal sav-
ings bank bill should not be considered
until the monetary commission made
its report.
That means, to put it bluntly, that
any postal savings bank bin which goes
to his committee will be pigeon-holed.
The same condition may be said to ex-
ist in the Senate. The Committee on
Postoffiees and Post Roads is presided
over by Senator Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania, member of the Finance Com
mittee. Senator Aldrieh does not desire
postal savings bank legislation in the
Senate at the coming session Of Con
gress and Senator Penrose is likely to
respect his wishes.
That is the situation in the two
houses unless President Taft calls the
House and Senate leaders before him,
makes it perfectly clear that this par
tieular piece Of legislation must go
through, and warns them that they must
not block it. Otherwise it is Il certain
ty that one of the pledges of the Re
publican party solemnly made to the
people viii be broken.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
IS ATLANTIC CITY THE REAL
LITERARY CENTER?

What is the literary center of Amer
lea lndianag No, Indiana is just a
literary experiment station They dis
cover new species out there; raise nam
moth literary cabbages and strange
plotless noyels-and then export the
crop. No Indiana author stays in In
diana. Competition is too fierce.
The real source of our best imagina
tive literature today is nothing less
vivid and modern than Atlantic City.
There, where the board walk resounds
TO the tread and trip of holiday mil
lions, where money melts into mad
ness. and music inspires sartorial va
carries that would give a Martian a
brain storm, in this whirlpool Of love
and laughter, is the ten thousand horse
power generator Of more fiction TO the
minute than can be found in all the
Carnegie Libraries.
Take a recent issue Of the papers.
r Ching happened at Atlantic City
The Washington times., 1909-08-27

or IN a correspondents brain. Geysers
danced out of the sea near Chelsea. A
pale blue ghost with a limp frightened
late promensders The wind blew so
hard that 1t took an elderly gentleman's
coat off and left him in a pair of pink
galluses. Children floated away on the
gale like aeroplanes. Papier mache
palm trees were consumed in a forest
fire that had to be extinguished with
seltzer bottle A girl in a don't-g
near-the-water bathing suit was thrown
into the ocean by four philanthropie
strangers. And an effort was made 20
stop Sunday drinking.
Did anything like that ever happen
in Indiana Did anything like that
ever happen saywhe.e' No, for lyric
splendor and original; y, for general eff
fulgence of the fancy, for all-age, lofty
and ground tumbling free for all i'm
aginative stunts, Atlantic City has
other regions crowded off the fve-foot
book shelf
The Washington times., 1909-08-27

young August searched Scotland in
vain
TIE lad sailed from Glasgow to New
York to join his mother, who had landed
in 1898. and was continuing the searcn
for ier husband. There came hard
times for the little boy. He sold papers
in the streets OF New York. picked np
what scanty pennies he could find. aud
spent what he made buying postage
stamps TO write to every postmaster OF
every capital city in the Union.
The letters came lack with the same
monotonOus infOrmaJiOn-nO Nathan
linde was recorded in the city direc-
tory. Eight years ago the boy turned
his attention to the Dominion of Cana
da- lie wrote to the Postmaster Cen
eral and his letter brought the reply
that mail had been delivered to a man
named Nathan Linde and an address
was sent.
Finally Found.
Last October he learned that his
father was at Dorchester. Ontario. A
letter TO that address found the man
for whom August had searched for
years.
In 1897 the mother had died. Her
daughter had married a Brooklyn man.
AS a result of correspondence between
the son and the father. August went To
Dorchester. He returned Sunday.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
HARTMAN GETS NO SYMPA-
THY IN COMMERCIAL WORLD.

Evea IN the cruelest, most bitter
warfare there are humanitarian rules
10 restrain the brutality of men in
spired by the sight Of blood and ex-
oitement Of conflict. THE regulations
- var forbid the use OF dum-dam
lsasilets and. among civilized nations.
poisoned missiles are barred.
Yet, in striking contrast with the
barbarity Of warfare what do we fihd
as the nlle Of conduct between men in
commercial strife?
Here is the man Hartman. who
controls G5O00 mics Of railroads and
whose innsence extends to 5000 900.
600 worth Of properties. Returning
home from Europe, perhaps only 10
die, and certainly not in the full yieor
necessary te his old time control Of
financial affairs, Hartman no sooner
lands than his financial associates. re.
gardless which side they are on. begin
stock market raid, seeking to drive
down the price. OF all the Hartman
securities Union Pacific, Erie, United
States Steel, Texas Pacific aud others
IN which Hartman is known 10 be "A
heavy holder.
Why Simply berause the greed OF
The fl.aHeisl world admits of no losses
70 be incurred when a man Of inau
znce and power lags beeaase u broken
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
INVENTORS INTEND
TO BAND TOGETHER
Men of Ideas Plan Perma-
nent Organization-Want
Better Patent Laws.

The International Inventors Protec-
tive Association will be made perma-
nent organization tonight, when the
committee on constitution and bylaws,
appointed by a preliminary meeting of
the association, win meet at Flynn's
Hail. 926 Eighth street northwest.
Necessity OF new and better national
legislation for the protection of the ia
ventors of the country is the belief Of
many members of the association, and
plans for new laws viii be suggested.
Congress will be asked next session
to enact legislation that viii give the
inventor better protection than they
enjoy under present laws.
J. J. O'Brien. secretary of the assOcia-
tion, says the attack made upon the
Patent Office at the last meeting Of the
association held in Eagles Hall about
two weeks ago. and which ELECTED
very caustic reply from Commissioner
Moore of the office, was directed more
at the laws of the Patent Office and the
practices of the certain attorneys than
at the Commissioner. MIR. Moore is all
right, said Secretary O'BTien. I'VE be-
lieVe he is doing the best he can /
would ike to say, though. that the Coz
ernment needs new building for tile
Patent Office
It is admitted By ". p. Armstrong
that the assOcia ton is working upon
new aeTODlane. The invention viii be
the product Of many minds The en-
sine of the new airship Is already com
pleted and the rest Of the machine IS
under construction. Just where the
workshop Of the association. where the
aeroplane is being put together, is To-
Gated Mr. Arms trong would not teii.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
MRS. NOSES BODY
TO Be BROUGHT HERE
Wife of Founder of Big Firm
Dies at South Bris-
tol, Me.

Arrangements viii be made tomorrow
for the funeral Of Mrs. Rebecea J.
Moses. widow of 1g. B. Moses. founder
OF 1be firm Of ". B Moses & Sons. OF
this city. Mrs. Moses died suddenly
yesterday morning at her summer home
at South Bristol. Me. She had been III
for some time, but her ecadition was
considered serious.
Her three sons. Arthur c. Moses, ".
H. Moses. and Harry c. Noses. left last
night for South Bristol. and viii ac-
company the body of their mother TO
this city tomorrow afternoon While
no definite arrangements for the funeral
have been decided upon the tentative
plan Is to hold the funeral services at
the residence or Harry c. Moses. 171f
Rhode Island avenue. on MONDAY.
Mrs. Moses was born in Cleveland,
Ohio, and was Miss Rebecca j. Nc
Knight member of one OF
the most. prominent families in
that city. \ After her marriage TO
". B. Moses she came TO this city.
where in 1851 her husband founded the
firm OF W. T. Noses < Sons. She has
lived IN this city since that time, and
was very well known here both so
cially and on account of her many char
tiles. She contributed generously TO
many charitable organizations IN this
city, and was active in relieving the sui
ferings of the poor. Fer many years
she was a prominent member of ths
Metropolitan Episcopal church, ard vas
interested in all parish work. Though
she lived in Washington the greater
part Of her married life. she was also
well known in the social circles Of
philadelphia and New York, and had
many friends IN those cities.
In addition to her three sons. Mrs.
&oses is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
AColph Goslins, OF st. Davis, Pa.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
THE BRITISH RECORD OF AC-
CIDENTS ON RAILROADS.

In the year 1908, not a single pas
senger was killed on a railroad train in
Great Britain.
Americans, familiar with the facts in
this country as to the number OF fatal
ities on railroads might be inclined to
doubt this statement were it not from
such a reliable source as the British
board of trade, of which a member of
the British cabinet is the head. 1t is
an astonishing showing when contrast
ed with the terrible list Of deaths from
railroad accidents in the United States.
But this is not all. In 1901, the Brit
ish railroads made a record as good as
the one of last year. In the past ten
years. the number of passengers killed
has averaged only twenty-one per year.
The injured in 1908 numbered 283 in
comparison with 623 the year before.
In decade on the British railroads the
official reports show that one passenger
has been killed to every I2,5OO,OOO
Journeys taken ard one passenger in
iured in proportion TO 57O,O49 journeys
taken.
Such a showing as this ought to be
a profound lesson for the American
public It demonstrates that if public
sentiment compels such legislation and
such enforcement of law as viii insure
safety to the lives Of passengers there
is nothing about it to interfere with
the proper handling of trains and with
train service Everybody
knows that English trains make high
speed in many cases and afford trans
portation facilities that rival the ex.
cellence Of American trains and surpass
them in some particulars.
While Congress is going into the bust
ness Of further regulation Of railroads
it viii be eminently proper if it takes
occasion 70 probe deeply into the sub
iect of safety on trains The fearful
list Of the dead and injured on the
trains of the United States has no ex-
euse, as anyone must believe who ex-
amines the record Of accidents in Great
Britain.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27

District Attorney Jerome of New
York city announces his candidacy for
reelection in the following terms: II
am simply seeking to ascertain whether
or not "a majority Of me electors desire
that I shall further serve them as dis
trict attorney Of this county" With
this he presents his petition for nomIna-
ton, and lets the matter rest with the
people. Whatever may have been Mr.
Jerome's mistakes, whether of attitude
or action, this direct method Of letting
the citizens decide. appeals to the ma
jority of the voters Of the United States
as the simplest and surest means of
settling some of our grave political
troubles. Let a man offer himself di-
roctly for the office. standing on his
past record and stating his qualifica-
tions. With free Investigation and
comment by the press. his worth can
be estimated. And without interference
by boss or machine, the vote will ex-
press the actual feeling in the COM
munity.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
Tafts Office Deserted.

When the people of Beverly heard
that the President would have mis- sum
mer home here they Immediately de
cided that they Gould lean out of their
windows along Cabot street every day
and see the ruler OF the nation bowling
down that thOroughfare on his way to
work al the executive offices. But Mr.
Taft has not been to these offices since
he came to Beverly, as ne dictates his
correspondence to his secretaries at the
cottage.
The Beverly people, not to be deprived
OF seeing the President, go III big crowds
every afternoon 10 the gate leading out
of the Taft grounds and stand there
until he and Mrs. TAFT come out for
their afternoon automobile ride
Old man Shakespeare knew what lie
was writing about when he set down
the line about there being a divinity
which doth hedge about a king
The Washington times., 1909-08-27

BEVERLY. Mass. Aug Z7.-The Pres
iaent Is rather glad be has lot
wasted much tine In yachting. To-
day. when he was at the Myopia Cub
house, he heard two scions of wealth
discussing yachting.
"The trouble about yachting here,
said one, is that you go out. and you
never know when you viii get back.
ITS not as bad here as it is at New
port" reDlied the other. up there you
go out. and you never get back
After that Mr.. Taft decided that he
had been very wise in putting in his
time with automobiles and golf
There is a hotelkeeper in this town
who cares even less than did the two
old ladies near the Frick estate about
real money Since the President came
10 Beverly there has been "A rush TO the
hotels Of the town by tourists who want
to see the Taft cottage. Prices have
gone up, ard the hotel prCprietcrs have
been in clover.
When two young men went 70 one OF
the proprietors and asked for a room,
he said.
Il have a single rom with a single
bed. and I have anotha room with two
single beds i'm il, Uu, that room has
been taken 10y a fellow
Move the spare bel into the other
room which now has only one bed,
was suggested
mo" replied the host Of the hotel.
'it's too warm 10 lug gsbeds around now.
Besides, I don't want 10 disturb the fur
nimre"
All OF which was another great blow
TO New England thrift
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
SIGHTSEERS BURN.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug. 27.-As a
sightseeing automobile returning from
Lexington and Concord was passing
through Cambridge, the steering gear
broke and the car dashed against a
tree. 1t took fire and the flames com
municated 10 the clothing of the Occu-
pants. Those who suffered from burns
and bruises were Mrs. Carl Weigand,
wellesley, Mass; Miss Bertha Cipperly,
Troy, n. Y; Mrs. Elizabeth de Freest.
Troy. n. Y, and ZadOck sherman.
guide. Of Lexington, Mass
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
SUGAR TRUST GIVEN
EXTENSION OF TINE
Federal Grand Jury Wants
More Time to InveSti-
gate Case.

NEW YORK. Aug. 27.-Under an
agreement between the counsel for the
American Sugar Refining Company and
United states District Attorney Wise,
the time for the Sugar trust officials
to plead to the indictments found
against them by the Federal grand
jury which was set for today, was
adjourned until September 10.
The adjournment was taken because
neither the prosecutor nor the defend
ants seem TO know what viii be the
outcome of the present Investigations
of the Federal grand jury, which is
still digging into the sugar cases.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
BENZOATE OF SODA ADVO-
GATES SCORE A VICTORY.

It appears from dispatches from Den
yer that by close vote, following a
stormy session. the Association of State
and National Pure Food and Dairy Of
ficers has indorsed the report of the
referee board appointed by Secretary
Wilson upon the use of benzOate of
soda in food products. This Endorsement
is looked upon as a victory for the ben
zoate Of soda advocates and as a defeat
for DR.. Harvey ". Wiley. chief of the
Bureau of Chemistry, who has consist
entity opposed the use Of benzoate Of
soda.
While the supporters of benzOate
have thus scored temporarily, 1t does
not follow that the benzoate of soda
question is by any means settled. It
appears that fourteen States by their
officials voted against the use Of ben
zoate. If those States stand out in de
termined fashion against employment
Of this substance, as a practical matter
the manufacturers of food products viii
be forced to discontinue its use.
The whole controversy over benzoate
of soda is a regrettable one. II is the
more so as it has led many critics Of
the Department of Agriculture to feel
and declare that the pure food law is
not being rigidly upheld but On the
contrary, gradually undermined. No
doubt Secretary Wilson IS taking the
stand he thinks is justified in this mat
Ter. 1t is equally true that he is con
seientiously working for a thorough
administration of the pure food and
drugs act as he secs it.
But the problem that viii appeal to
the man in the street, who doesn't like
the idea of having his food mixed up
with substances that Mother Nature
never intended it should be mixed with,
is why the public is not given the bene-
fit of the doubt in this business of use
OF benzoate. 1t is a mooted question on
which doctors disagree. Why eonstrue
the doubt in favor Of certain interestsf
Moreover, there are distinct indica-
lions that, having won a point as to
tse Of benzoate, many manufacturers
sre now at work to fight against any
use Of labels that tell the presence of
chemicals in food products.
One thing that stands out with great
elearness in the whole proceeding is
that the influences which are seeking
TO weaken and drag down the pure food
law were all arrayed at Denver in favor
Of the use Of benzoate They viii be
heard from further in other efforts to
outAank the pure food measure. 1t
Locks ike another case of the camel
that, having stuck its nose INTO the
Arabs tent, insisted on showing its
whole body in and crowding the form
er occupant out into a cold world.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27

health, admits not even of a compro
mise with the sentiments of humanity
in case Of death.
Harriman's Is not the exceptional
case, bat simply the most striking pres
ent example of the cruelty Of our com
mercial life, which neither knows hu-
manity nor respects sentiment. What
q sad commentary it is
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
ENGINEER BAND CONCERT IN
IOWA CIRCLE
THIS EVENING At 7.so O'CLOCK
julius Hamper, Chief Musician.
PROGRAM

March. "Empezor's ManeuYers"
Friedman
. Overture, tThe Bronze Horse .Auber
Chilean dance. "Manana" Missud
Grand Fantasia, The Opera
Mirror ......................... .Tobanf
ION themes from Carmen. Barber Of
Seville. Rigeietto. = TreYotore. Luck
% Bammermsor. La Glaconda. and
L'Eclair)
Waltz, Wiener Riut' ........ Strauss
sclection, Tire Merry war. Strauss
Fantasia on My Old Kentucky
Home ................e......, .Laugey.
Excerpts from The Honeymoon
Trail" .........-...............H Howard
The star-spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY
HAS A PRESS AGENT
President Pratt Says Continued
Misrepresentation and Hound
ing" Of Professors Responsible.

CHICAGO, H., Aug. IA bureau
of publicity has been officially es+ab-
hshed by the University. Of Chicago.
Repeated misrepresentation in certain
newspapers and the desire of the pro-
fessOTs TO avoid being "hoUnded by in
sistent reporters, are the reasons gives
for having a press agent for the uni
versity.
President Harry Pratt has given his
hearty approval of the new move
II want 10 do all / can 20 clear up
the il-feeling which evidently exists
at the present between some newspapers
and the university" said the newly
chosen press agent today. What we
object 10 is continued misrepresenta-
tion. We want publicity of the right
kind.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
EXPLAINS TREATIES.

PARIS. Aug. H.-The Official Journal
today viii publish a decree Of PresI-
dent Failieres. announcing DEGREES reg
ulating the application of the CONNER
cial treaties between France and the
United States of 1858. 1902. and 1893.
which viii cease to be in effect after
November J.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
INSTRUCTS AS TO TARIFF.

ROME. Aug. 27.-The minister Of COM
merce has issued a circular Of instruc-
tions 70 commercial Centers regarding
the new situation arising out of the
change in the American tariff affecting
Italian exports.
The changes are not applicable to
italy until 1910.
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
FINDS HIS FATHER
AFTER LONG SEARCH
At Ten Years of Age August Linde Set Out From
Russia to Seek Parent in Europe
and America.

NEW YORK. Aug. Z7.-August Linde,
cashier for the Athens Hotel. Forty sec
ond street and Fourth avenue. has
found his father after search that
lasted yesrs. cost the life and fortune
of his moths~ and extended half way
around the world.
The father was Nathan Linde. a mer-
chant in the Russian government Of
Volynst, in the year 1886. possessed Of
property, a wife, little boy and girl
one day the father disappeared when
August vas two years old. Year after
year tie mother searched Europe for
traces II ncr missing husband. When
AugUst vas Ten he set out 10 realize a
day ,;I~ am OF a home in which lis
father was rcstored to the chief place,
a dream that became & haunting pas
sion
The Washington times., 1909-08-27
RUSSIA DROPS OUT.

ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 27-Russia
has dropped out of competition for
share in the -Szechuen railroad
loan. out has been given assurance at
Peking that she shall have a part Of
the next railroad loan.