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Korean fisheries, AID other matters.
The dispute over the Antung Mukden
road recently got to a point where
there was talk of use OF force. The
feeling over the fisheries along the coast
of Korea from which Chinese will be
shut out is bitter.
China realizes she cannot cope in
arms with Japan, but she understands,
too, that Japan needs her trade, and
that by policy of delay and turning
OF trade elsewhere she can iniure Japan
and, perhaps, force a favorable settle
ment. In the meantime, China is
reaching out her hands cor closer re.
lationship with the United States, and
American trade in the Far East ought
to feel the effects. The danger lies
in the possibility that the feeling be-
tween the two Oriental nations. with
so many questions in dispute. will get
into a grave collision before an adjust
ment is reached
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upon the Chief Executive or the Secre-
tary of War to rescind the order. This
political interference has become so
much a matter of course that the regu-
lations prohibiting hazing are a joke.
1t will be interesting to watch what
action with be taken by the seven
cadets recently dismissed. If they fol-
low the precedents they will appeal to
their Representatives aHsi Senators in
Congress to intercede for them. IF
President Taft follows many of the
presidents he viii rescind his order Of
dismissal. Many members of Congress
have become accustomed to lending
themselves to this unjustifable inter
ference with justice. Let us hope that
President Taft in his desire to stamp
out hazing viii refuse to listen to over
lures in behalf of young men duly
convicted.
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BANKS ARE OPPOSING
CHANGES IN CURRENCY
Suggestion Of Secretary MacVeagh That Size Of Bills
Be Reduced Meets Witt Objection All
Over the United States.

Secretary OF the Treasury MscVeagh
has not struck a chord which is entirely
popular with the bankers OF the coun-
try in his suggestion that the size 2f
the currency be reduced.
In fact, it appears likely that AZ
MacVeagh viii stir up something OF a
hornets nest if he goes about the bust
ness Of putting into effect his idea that
the size of the bills should be smaller.
National bankers In many cases are
not taken with the plan of making tlgs
reductions in the size OF notes proposed
by Mr.. MacVeagh. It goes without say
ing that If the Government reduces tho.
size Of the bills over which 1t has juris.
dictiOn, the size OF bank notes viii
have to be made to correspond. This
would involve the national banks in A
lot Of trouble and expense.
Most national banks have plates ~
three or four different notes. Some haze
plates for the oaes. Practically all have
plates for the fives. the tens and the
tWenties- To get new plates would en-
tail a good deal of expense.
Still another reason given by some
of the 5ankers why the size Of The pap5r
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CHICAGO HAS A PLAN TO DO
AWAY WITH SWEAT SHOPS.

Chicago has come forward with a
plan for the adjustment of the sweat
shop which is certain to attract wide
spread notice in other large cities 1t
is proposes to centralize the combined
garment manufacturing interests of
Chicago by the erection of a group of
buildings, eighty in number, to cost
approximately s5.O0O0OO, and to
abolish the sweat shop by the building
of homes, club houses, Libraries, and
gymnasiums for $500 employees The
Chicago Garment Manufacturers As
ISOLATION has launched the plan, and is
extremely enthusiastic about it.
The project is not an imaginary one,
as committee has been appointed to
carry out the preliminary plans and
look for a location. 1t is said the un-
dertaking is in every way feasible In
the membership of the association are
more than 100 manufacturers of
women's and chiIdren's garments who
do an annual business in Chicago of
$4,000, 900. Their plants now are scat
tered, and it is said the federation of
the industries in central location viii
mean the saving of thousands Of dol
lars in rent. insurance, building repair,
and incidental expenses.
This is the business side of the
scheme Of a great combination or fed
Grafton. What the public viii be most
concerned about is the humanitarian
side of it. If it works to better the
living conditions of the thousands of
poorly paid workers now existing in
sweat shops, it viii have accomplished
an important result. The Chicago plan
on the face of things is a good one,
and its development will be worth
while following.
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CHINA'S DISTRUST OF JAPAN
AND QUESTIONS IN DISPUTE.

The situation in the Far East be-
tween China and Japan is not a reas-
surfing one. The more it is studied the
more it appears fraught with serious
possibilities. For the United States,
in view Of American insistence on the
open door, the situation Is disturbing
enough Light on the relations of
China and Japan has been shed in re
cent letter of the Picking correspondent
o. the London Times, who can in any
event be relied upon to make matters
no worse than they are, out of con
sideration for the feelings of the Eng
fish ally, the japanese nation. Hessays
that Japan is now regarded by China
with a comprehensive distrust that IS
most disquieting.
This distrust is shown, for one thing,
in large reduction Of the number of
japanese employed in China Not long
ago there were more than ] 900 in col
leges, in electric companies, on rail
ways and the like. Now there are less
than 100.
The number of Chinese being edu-
Gated in Japan has fallen in three
years from 10000 to about 5000.
Disputes in large number exist. They
relate to railroads, to the big timber
industry Of the Yalu region, to the
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WEST POINTS LATEST HAZ-
ING EPISODE AND THE
PENALTY.

II is unfortunate that some means
cannot be devised to put an end to the
hazings which occur from time TO time
in the military and naval academies.
The penalty of dismissal does not
seem to deter the young men who give
sway 20 their instincts under the pre-
tense that they are doing their part to
develop unler elassmen into a type
worthy Of the service.
The latest instance Of unwonted bru-
tally was at West Point, where at
least seven cadets took hand in beat
ing a fellow student with a tent peg
until he fell to the ground unconscious.
Inc seven hazers have been expelled
from the Academy, but there is nothing
TO indicate that their dismissal viii de-
ter the upper classmen of the future
from INDUCING in a practice which may
possibly result in murder. Instead of
being looked upon as men who have dis
grsced the institution they are regard
ed as martyrs. Their victim is a hero
because he declined to assist the board
of investigation in its endeavors to dis
sOver the identity of his assailant.
1he code of honor which prevails at
West Point and Annapolis IS in reality
q code Of dishonor. There is nothing
gentlemanly about it, any more than a
street fight among brawlers can be said
70 be for the purpose of upholding the
code Of honor. There may be extenu-
sting circumstances when two cadets
have q serious quarrel and attempt to
settle the matter by fighting, but when
seven young men deliberately plan and
execute severe beating upon fellow
student they are guilty Of eowaTdice.
They should be held up to scoin and
Stunned by their fellows That would
prove far more effective than any regu-
lations that can be drawn up by the
officials in charge of the Government
institutions. The naval and military
cadets have it in their power 70 relieve
their institutions from the disgrace
frequently brought upon them. If fair
play is made a part Of their code of
honor there viii be an end to the dis
graceful spectacle of seven men beating
q defenseless man into Inconsistencies.
It is fair to say that the penalty Of
expulsion for cadets found guilty of
hazing rarely has terrors for the guilty
ones. There are too many instances
Of successful political interference with
justice TO cause them any great amount
Of uneasiness. Cadets have been dis
missed for hazing before, and they
have been restored to good standing
among their classmates. Howl By
virtue Of s Representative or a sena-
tor Aho is powerful enough 70 prevail
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MANY TRIBUTES TO A FAITH
Full DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL.

The official or employee in the depart
ments is sometimes discouraged because
he feels that no matter how hard and
faithfully he may work in the service
of the Government, his efforts are no
where properly appreciated. It would
seem there is by no means entire
warrant for this feeling. The case of
William F. MaeLennan, who has just
died. and who for long years was chief
of the bookkeeping and warrants d.
vision in the Treasury, is Illuminating
on this point. From all over the United
States, the newspapers are Fastening
20 pay a proper tribute of honor and
appreciation to Mr.. MacLennan.
Many an official higher in rank
passes to his reward with less mark of
public esteem than Mr.. MaeLennan. For
a third of a century ne was the chief
reliance of one administration after
another in making up the annual esti-
mates, and he was freely consulted by
the leaders in both houses of Con
gress Mr. MacLennan often might have
stepped out into other fields Of service
where the compensation was greater, but
it is doubtful if he could have entered
any other field that would have brought
to him at the close of a long and sue
eessful career the attention and COM
incubation which his meritorious en-
deavors have deserved and have com
PEELED.
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The BANK DIRECTOR AS AN
ORNAMENT.

In his trial on the charge of con
spiracy to defraud the First National
Bank of Asheville, n. C., one of the
defendants testified that his indebted
ness was authorized by the directors
In the light of some facts recently sd
duced by the Comptroller of the
Treasury as to the acquaintance of
bank directors with the affairs of ma
tional banks, it will not be difficult to
convince the public that the bank
director does not attend strictly to
business.
The comptroller's inquiries disclosed
that per cent Of the directors who
answered said they knew nothing at all
of the banks with which they were con
nected, while only % per cent were
willing to state that they had personal
knowledge Of the actual conditions of
the institutions of which they were
officers. In a third of the institutions
from which answers were received it
appears that directors pass upon loans
and discounts. In the balance these
important duties are transacted by the
officers OF the bank.
The bank director Is a busy man
and he must in the very nature of
things leave much to the officers who
are in constant touch with the banks
affairs; but the name of the director
is used to give the bank credit and to
obtain deposits. He is compelled both
by the law and by the ethics Of the
case to be something more than
igurehead. Moreover, the number of
instances in which his neglect is the
direct incentive to fraud are so numer-
Gus that they present all the argument
necessary to show that director in
financial institution ought not to serve
purely an ornamental purpose.
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currency should not be changed is that
the )CZes and other paraphernalia on
the desks of cashiers and all bank Of
fcials and employees who handle money
are made to At the bills now used II
another size is adopted. all these would
have TO be changed. This would N
volvs more trouble and expense.
The number OF national banks In the
country is rapidly approaching the 1000
mark. Each one would be required 70
go to more or less expense by the shift
in the dimensions of currency proposed
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
All this says nothing about the poE
itics of the proposition TO change the
dimension of the currency. In this
there are some possibilities
Let any good Democratic orator get
out before a crowd on this business ef
cutting down the size OF the money.
said a well-infOTmed financial expert
land 7 can see trouble for the Sscfe-
tary of the Treasury He would doubt
less first call attention to the fact tEat
everything had gone up and a doliaF
bous ht less than il did before Then
De WSSld turn around and charge the
ReDubiicans with cutting down the size
of the money. / haven't any doubt he
would catch the crowd with that idea.
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SUSPECTS
PUT UNDER GRILL
Police Trying Hard to Fasten
Blame for Murder of
Bow Kun.

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Under condi-
tons shrouded with the deepest secrecy,
the police today are subjecting to a
grueling third degree two Cinnamon
who were dragged into the rear en-
trance of police headquarters today in
connection with the killing of the pref
" Chinese slave girl, Bow Kun. who
was found slain In her room in China
town Sunday.
The reason for the secrecy is the sue
cess which has attended the efforts Of
the on Leong toIg Ina hampering the
search for the slave girls slayer Ching
Len, the girls ma ster was arrested by
the police as a material witness. A set
of daggers similar to that which killed
the girl were found in his home
Money and influence have effectually
blocked the police I'm Chinatown.
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BAD MONEY TRUST
COMES To GRIEF
Daring Attempt Of Counter
feiters Is Checked by
Louisville Police.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 20.-Charged
with the organization of a bad money"
trust for the sale OF counterfeit stock
and currency. John C. and Marion Rob
erts, the sons Of a former judge of this
city, are under arrest here. When taken
into custody John Roberts had a trunk
with S,eG0.000 in counterfeit Mexican
pesos In his possession.
The Roberts brothers, it Is alleged, ap-
preached J. NJ. Fetter & Co, brokers,
with scheme to organize a counterfeit.
corporation with counterfeit stock GER
tlficates, its business to be done with
counterfeit money. It vas proposed, Il
is said, to counterfeit stock Of the Penn
sylvania and Louisville and Nashville
railroads, and 20 buy real stock with
fake money. ard give counterfeit stock
certificates IN any exchange they might
make.
When Marion Roberts offered ]. n.
Fetters & Co, high commission TO go
into the scheme, the broker notified the
police and Roberts was arrested In
formation obtained from him led 10
the arrest Of his brother.
John Roberts says he viii plead
guilty at the October term OF court. He
only wanted TO get rich, he said. and
seems resigned at the prospect Of fae-
ing q long term in penitentiary.
The Washington times., 1909-08-20

Amateis, OF this city, sculptor of
one Of the designs for the monument to
Southern women. a model which was
rejected, writes to The Times to pro-
test against designation of his prod
uet as "a bucklered AJ,lazon." Mr.
Amateis says that mis- design was never
submitted or exhibited at the Memphis
convention. and his work was accepted
by the committee in charge and par
tally paid for. Mr.. Amateis adds that
the committee called in Senator Daniel
and other prominent persons. and they
officially reported that his conception
was beautiful in design and execution,
being fully comprehensive of the sub
tect intended 10 be renresented
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ENGINEER BAND CONCERT IN
DUPONT CIRCLE
THIS EVENING AT 7:sO O'CLOCK.
julius Hamper, Chief Musician
PROGRAM

March-"Georgetown University"
Lent
overture-'Fra Diavolo" (requested
Auber
Paraphrase-"My Maryland
Heinemann
Grand War March and Battle Hymn
from "ReinZi' Wagner
Waltz-''La Serenata' .....~..-Jaxone
Selection-"The Yankee Consul ore
quested) ........................R obyn
s,alome Dance-'Dance of the Seven
Wells" Tobani
Gems from the Honeymoon Trail,
Howard
The Star-Spangled Banner"
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pied a sea. on the grandstand, wac at
tractively gowned in heliotrope linen
tailored suit with black velvet collar
and cuffs, and an English walking hat
of black straw faced with white.
=
DR., and Mrs. Molyneaux L. Turner
and Miss Turner. of 1919 Massachusetts
avenue, left Washington TO-DAY for
New London. Conn, w1ere they VIII
be the guests of DR.. Turner's father.
Dr. James Turner, until the middle
q large portion of the summer at Berke-
ley Springs, w. Va.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Watson are
sspeEdlng the summer at Blue Ridge
Summit, Pa.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Winfield
f;eott Schley have gone 10 Lake George,
- ~ where they viii remain un5-i
the iatteF part OF next month.
Miss Bette B4ines has gone to Bcs-
Ton, Mass, where she viii be the guesl
month OF August at Kinsafe, Va, TIE
guest OF relatives.
Mrs. William Hoffman and Miss Holt
man wa spend the month of September
IN Atlantic City
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Minnix ac-
eso9inpanied py their daughter, Miss Mary
Park. 3N'Ou's
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The Assistant Secretary of the NAVY.
Beekman Winthrop, will leave Wash
ington tomorrow for Norfolk to attend
the target practice. Mrs. Yfptbron
viii also leave Washington tomorrow.
going to Morristown, n. J., where she
VIII be the guest OF her mother. Mrs
Wood, until next Wednesday, when both
she and Mr.. Winthrop viii return 10
'HighwoOd, Chevy Chase, where they
have spent the summer.
General and Mrs Corbin, who have
been abroad since early in the spring
VIII sail on the 18th for this country
on the Rotterdam. which will arrive In
New York on September 4
Miss Nellie NJ Lewis and LLOYD A.
Dement, were married at noon today
in the parsonage of the Gorsueh NJ
r. church, the pastor, the Rev. ". l.
Lynn. officiating.
Mrs. c. B. Leet and her daughter.
Miss Winifred Leet, who have been the
guests of relatives ia Suffolk, Va, for
several weeks have returned to their
home in Washington. Miss Bernice
Croeker, OF Suffolk. who will be their
guest for a short time, accompanied
them TO Washington.
Mrs. J, II. Davenport, of washington.
is the guest of her sister. Mrs c. A
Long, in her home in Elizabeth City,
n c.
Mrs. Harry Mead and her daughter,
Miss Annetta Mead. have gone TO
Portsmouth, Va, where they are the
guests Of their cousin, ]. c. Fletcher.
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Nj. and Mrs. D. J. Kaufman and
daughters, Miss Alma and Miss Mar
guerite. left yesterday for a trip through
ing the month of September.
George. Strauss and Sydney West re-
turned home Monday, after q two
weeks stay at Atlantic City.
=
Miss Carrie Robinson has left town
for Braddock Heights to stay the re-
mainder of August
MIS- Marx Kaufman returned home
yesterday. after a months stay at
Providence Farm, No,
=
Lawrence D. Engel, who is spending
the summer in Prince George County,
Maryland, spent the weekend With his
parents.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot Strauss, of Balti-
more, who spent the month OF August
at Providence Farm, are stopping a
few days IN town before returning home.
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STOCKHOLM STRIKE
is NEARING ITS END
Forty of the Large Factories Ac-
cept Terms and Resume
Work.

STOCKHOLM. Aug. 2O.-Nearly forty
Of the large factories Of Stockholm to-
day accepted the strikers peace over
lures, and announced that they viii re-
open under normal conditions Monday.
This viii mark the first big break IL
the ranks Of the strikers, and Il is be-
lieved the example win be followed BY
the other strikers, and that within ten
days the strike will be over
The Washington times., 1909-08-20
CONCERT BY THE SOLDIERS
HOME BAND
rAts AFTERNOON. 4 to $50 O'CLOCK
John S. NJ. Zimmerman, Director.
PROGRAM

March, Get IN Line .scout6n
Overture. "Ruy Bias Mendelssohn
Descriptive fantasia. Village
Life In Olden Times" lie There
synopsis-Night; Sunrise; Astir in
the Village; Children GOING to
school; Blacksmith shop: the May
Queen; May Pole Dance: curfew
Bell Strikes 3; the Village Choir:
Lovers serenade; Finale.
Grand selection. Faust" ....Gounod
CRequested.)
Grand English Military Tattoo.
Rogan
(ReQuested)
Excerpts from ''fhe Partisan
ModeI -..-.--..--..----.-...-H Holman
Valse L.ente, Loves Last Word"
Cren1ieUx
Finale. Zenith ..............B Lincoln
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PAY sHACKLEToNs DEBT

LONDON, Aug. 20.-The debt incurred
by Lieut.. E. H ShackIeton and the
members Of his family over his South
Pole expedition is to BE nquidated BY
the government Premier Asquith an
nounced in the house Of commons that
he would ask the house TO vote 100000
for that purpose.
The Washington times., 1909-08-20

Every citizen OF washington ought 70
support the report of tie wharf COM
rnittee. which has declared that the
conditions on the water front are a dis
grace. No good reason exists why the
long stretch Of water front, covering
not far from twenty miles. should not
be made one Of the attractions OF the
Capital It is to be hoped that Congress
will give this subject the consideration
nnYf rplnfer which Il deserves.
The Washington times., 1909-08-20

It has been calculated that if Amer,
cans used as many cigarettes In proper
ton as the FilipipOss they would con-
sumo 1000. 10000 a year. The new crop
OF college youth this fall will do the
best it can to achieve that deadly con-
summation.
The Washington times., 1909-08-20

When the ladies begin wearing these
Cossack hats the aviators will have to
quit "skidding along the ground I'M
less they want 10 get a propeller full
Of fuss and feathers.
The Washington times., 1909-08-20
Capital Tales

n IoT many years ago the railroad
companies were so careful OF the
health of their passengers that
they refused to run their trains after
dark They also refused to sign up
contracts with the Postoffice Depart
ment, which they did not feel certain
they could carry out
In running through some old letters
which were laid on his desk, Postmaster
General Hitchcock has come across an
old manuscript signed by Cen Robert
T. Hayne. of South Carolina, the Sen
ator who was linked to fame through
his debate with Daniel Webster, IN
which the Carolinian refused 70 sign
up a mail contract which would keep
his trains out after dark. The letter
was written in long hand by General
Hayne at Charleston. December %, 1898.
General Haynes letter came as re-
ply TO one from the department. asking
him TO sign up a contract for the car
rylng of mail rom Charleston TO Ham
burg. The department wanted the rail-
road to make the run between the hours
of and 4. but General Hayne declined.
1T was stated to you frankly in the
beginning. and has been repeated in all
our communications. that from the char
acter and condition of our road and the
nature Of the country, it was not
deemed safe to undertake to convey
passengers upon It in the night" he
wrote. underscoTing the WOrGs in the
night, to call it TO the attention of the
department.
IN the present state of the road, it
would be impossible to make the run
with certainty so as 10 meet the hours
OF and as proposed by you. In par
ucular seasons. or under favorable cir
cupstances It might be done, but we
know that we would frequently fail, and
We could not contract to DO tina. which
we know beforehand could not be per-
formed; and having determined that
the safety Of the passengers forbids
our running IN the dark, we have no
alternative but to adhere 10 the hours
stated"
The Washington times., 1909-08-20

Day Of Prosperity Dawns Cor the
Farmer" Perfectly natural-he's about
the only man that ever sees any kind
OF a day dawn.
The Washington times., 1909-08-20

A New York suburbanite carrying a
basket Of catnip was the involuntary
hostess for every stra.' cat in New
York. That ought to furnish Harry
Iehr with an idea for the amusement
Of Newport
The Washington times., 1909-08-20

They are writing songs about Bleriot
in France. Wen, when we namesa cigar
for him his fame will be secure.
The Washington times., 1909-08-20

once more the name Of Aldrich APP
pears in the public prints Having
achieved his own peculiar success in the
tariff bill he seems unable 10 win
friends for his currency program.