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The Washington times., 1909-07-10
Entries for Event at Park
Grow Beyond ALI Ex-
pectation.
JUDGING BEGINS
AT 4:30 O'CLOCK
Conductors Have Merry Time With
Youngsters on Way to Com
pete for Prizes.

The grizzled old conductor Of the
Alexandria and Mt Vernon line leaned
over the rear dashboard" adjusted
the trolley Of the trailer with a jerk
and a mutter, and Strengthening up
,enser who remarked, You're feed
wire must be snort circuited, isn't Il old
sport. you look like a night at sea"
'Feed-wire, nothin'. There amt
nothin' the matter with muh, but II you
was to be a single unmarried person
and all the babies in Washington come
down here and rode over TO Lune Park
on your car I 'spose you feel gay as
a mosquito in oil wouldn [ you Why
they come down here in squadrons
Small babies what couldn't really see
much of anything, large babies what
was so big their mothers had hard work
to hold them. Babies in white dresses,
with long curly hair; with big eyes
starin' at yer, CROWN like a whole
chicken-coop; red mouths smiling at
yer some of 'em cryin' at yer Oh I
say mister it's too much for me. IL they
don't quit hayin' these baby shows I'm
gona go back TO the Old Capital Trac-
ton line or I'm gona get married
Procession Starts.
All Of which was true. After II
o'clock this morning the procession Of
Washington mothers whose babies are
entered in the Luha Park snow started
down to the resort, and the cars were
crowded with babies of all sorts and
conditions. From the number of entries.
and the way IN which the mothers were
turning or it is likely that the big
pavilion will be filled to the very doors
at 4:9O this afternoon. when the judges
begin their work.
There are more than 300 entries, some
to be shown in special costume. some
in decorated gC-carriageS or carts, 9TH
ers in arms, and some without costume
at all. All babies not in the pavilion
by 40 o'clock whether entered or not,
viii be ruled from the contest. The
judges are Judge William H. DeIacy,
OF the Juvenile Court; James E. West.
and Virginia Temple
James +. v rnsteln, two years old.
1901 Third street southeast
Ruth c. Verkins, three yC-Is old, CAS-
Morris street northeast
William Graham. two years old. 2204
First street northwest.
Maxine A. Glossbrenner, ten months
old, PISA Bates street northwest
Otilia Etcher, seven months cid, 1856
Fifth street northeast.
May GreenWaId, two years oil 1853
Twenty-first street northwest.
Helen GreenWald, fifteen months old
1863 Twenty-first street northwest.
Clara L. Trerathaw and Mary K
TrerathaW, TWO years old. 641 Maryland
avenue southwest.
Fielder 3. Hays, three years old, 1871
G street southeast.
Francis L MOreland, three years cid,
so Ninth street northeast.
Mary Roseublatt, three years old, 1l55
Eighth street northwest.
The Washington times., 1909-07-10
Who Benefits
BY Dingley Bill.

''For these men the Dingley bill pro-
Vided that most Ubiquitous rebate
scheme BY this the Government gives
a rebate Of IS per cent on ali hides
imported and tanned IN this country
to be shipped out Of it again. What
is the result? The trust imports hides,
pays the duty, tans them, ships them
20 customers in Canada and other
countries gets back its Is per cent and
enables the Canadian 20 produce shoes
cheaper than we do because thu trust
compels US 70 pay that duty Thanks
10 that law, a foreigner eau purchase
American tanned hides cheaper than
We can az home. That is not protection
20 American industries; IL is protection
20 a few at the expense Of The whole
country. And this trust consists of
just four men. Think OF it, -Four men
debating 10 s0,0g0,00o."
The Washington times., 1909-07-10
RUNAWAY TRAIN
HITS AN ENGINE

sHAMOKIN, Pa. July 10-whiIe a
train OF unnamed cars was standing
on a siding near here, some unknown
boys Ioosened the brakes on the train,
and it ran away. A locomotive was on
the southbound track close to the
switch connecting the main line
Engineman Matthew Barton was on
the running board at the time, and
noticed the runaway cars about to dash
into the locomotive. He jumped IN
time to save his life. The engine and
some Of the cars were wrecked.
The Washington times., 1909-07-10
Even Carpets
VIII Be Higher.

John Gay. Of Gay & sons manuIa-c-
turers Of ingram carpets, predicted an
increase in the price Of his goods, but
"a. that this would be necessary.
I'VE asked for a higher duty on mat
tings 10 protect us from the cheap
goods imported from China and Japan.
he said, "and an increase In duty on
foreign rugs, as the ingram carpet in
dustry was badly crippled by the old
tariff on these aBticles-
awe would ike, however, third-class
wool admitted free of duty, or the duty
greatly lowered, IN which event we
could with the revised schedules J. nave
mentioned, not only compete with the
mattiugs and rugs and build up the in
grain CARPET industry, but could sell our
product at a reasonable figure HhicP
would be perfectly satisfactory 70 the
consumer
The Washington times., 1909-07-10

is a most serious menace 70 a great
american industry . The Beef trust
now controls the domestic supply OF
hides and Is extensively IN the tannlhs
brsinnss The domestic supply Of hides
is fnadeouate 10 the demand, and the
duty prevents the importation OF large
quantities Of hides at competitive
prices. The packers are enabled 70
maintain abnormal hide prices IN thls
Country which win make an increased
COST TO the consumer of shoes OF ~
Der cent or more, making working
mans shoe which formerly sold az =
Der pair. cost $50 or more. and follow
ing the example or otner taohol'o 1. i.s5s.
vii eve.,ttfalIv control the manufacture
of leather and the products, and 70
great extent the retailing OF same
The Washington times., 1909-07-10
VIII Visit Capital
To Make Protest.

In the hope Of having the drawback
clause relating to medicines or prod
ucts In which manufactured domestic
altOhul enters Incorporated in the new
bin, Mshlon n. Kline viii go 10 Wash
ingSon next Monday. rhe provision
was put into the Payne bill. but in the
Senate it WAS knocked out, and if the
Aldrich bill stands. Americans wiz be
virtually barred from South America
1--WE have" said Mr. Kline, "a handi-
cap Of sos per gallon. which Germany
allows In consequence. the immense
trade Of South America in medicines IS
controlled by that country with this
handicap removed the United States
would speedily supplant Germany in
The Washington times., 1909-07-10
Porcelains Sure
To Advance.

A representative Of the. firm OF John
n. Maris & Co, importers and dealers
in druggists glass and porcelain ware
and other sundries, said.
'POrcelains will advance. particularly
porcelain pill tiles. Of which we sell
many. This is square of porcelain
of various sizes upon which druggists
make pills by prescription. Heretofore
1t was listed simply as tiles. but the
new bill lists pill tiles as manufactured
porcelain. 1t will be charged for ac-
COrdingIy
Other porcelain goods will advance.
Glass viii not, / think Some sundries
VIII he greatly increased i'm cost. We
are not IN favor Of this bill as It ap-
plies TO our lines, and others we have
paid but little attention to-"
The Washington times., 1909-07-10
Big Advance
In Clothing.

GAS a result Of this new tariff bill
there will be a big advance IN the price
Of clothing next year." said T. Allen,
Of W. K T. Alien. manufacturers Of
clothing, as Market street we have
already been notified Of 25 per cent
Increase in the cost Of sergcs, and that
means that the consumer viii pay on an
average Of s. more for suit Of clothing
next year than this.
"A delegation Of clothing manufac-
turers has gone to Washington 70 pro-
test. and demand a reduction IN the
duties provided in the bill. but there Is
little hope that they will be needed. The
imposition of such nigh Iarlu on
woolens is little short of criminal
A member Of the firm of Joel Baily
Davis x Co. said. Il am hardly pre-
pared to discuss the question, as have
not given the schedules any particular
study OF course. an increase in tariff
means an increase in prices TO the con
sumner, who always pays. We are pro
teCtOnists, but. there Is limit 10
everything. and It would seem that it
has been passed
The Washington times., 1909-07-10
Denounees Bill.

NJ. c. Paul, Of Paul Brothers, one Of
the largest shoe distributing houses in
the country, controlling the output of
1ifteen or twenty factories. denounced
the bill in unmeasured terms.
'fWhat would you think" ne said, eli
the State OF Pennsylvania would call
upon ali the convicts IN its penitentiar-
9es and prisons 20 draft a new penal
codef Would the public stand for thatZ
Then why should the sole beneficiaries
Of high taxes be permitted 70 dictate. as
they have done, a tariff schedule which
snfeS.s every man, woman and child
in II Q country? One Is just about as
sensible as the other.
IT am answering letters daily from
our customers on this question, and
! can only tell them that the passage
OF the present tariff bill VIII ultimately
mean an increase In the price Of shoes.
The increase will strike hardest at the
persons who are least able TO bear it..
too. / have a shoe that I wholesale at
s15e a pair. 1t retails at about $1S5.
The increase in the duty Will mean that
1 must charge $50 and the retailer g.
To thousands who wear these shoes that
10 cents difference viii be a serious
matter.
since the passage Of The Dingley bill
you have had 10 pay on an average OF
. cents a pair more for your shoes, and
it has not helped the manufacturer,
a mill. The sole benefciaries have been
the little group OF men IN Chicago
which absolutely controls the hide in
dustTy.
The Washington times., 1909-07-10

South America. This would mean more
work, more employment, more money
for our Workmen, and a greater com
merce for the country
Under the existing law and that of
the Aldrich bill the drawback allowed
IS only upon alcohol imported, manu-
featured into medicines and exported
again. This is a direct discrimination
against American alcohol In favor of
Germany.
All wholesale and retail druggists
and manufacturers, as well as the
Treasury Department and the Depart
ment of the Interior. are united on
this question, but the men who are
designing the new tariff have paid no
attention to our Demands. Next wee
we will make a final effort"
The Washington times., 1909-07-10
Say Prices of Shoes Have
Already Advanced in
Anticipation.
MERCHANTS VIEWS
GATHERED BY TIMES
Agree With Washington and Bal
timore That Burden Will Fall
Upon Consumer.

PHILADELPHIA, July 1O.-In-
quiries prosecuted by The Times in
this city show that in the case of
shoes prices have already advanced
as a result of the probability that
the pending Aldrich tariff bill will
become a law.
From merchants who sell the
necesSaries of life, ranging from all
sorts of clothing to the most neceS-
Sary articles of food, there comes a
startlingly unanimous declaration
that upon the average consumer, the
person in moderate circumstances,
the burden of increased prices all
along the line will fall with tre-
mendouS weight. This is but an
echo of the verdict rendered by
leaders in the business world of
Washington and Baltimore. It
shows that the Aldrich bill, studied
by those who are most vitality con-
cerned in If, signifies but this one
thing:
The consumer is going to be
hard hit by increases in the cost
of living because Of the unneces-
sary amount of protection accord
ed to American industries by the
unreasonably high duties in the
proposed tariff law.
According TO dealers here, whole
sale prices for shoes have already
been advanced because of the AID
rich bill, this advance being so
great that shoes will cost the re-
tail buyer % or so cents more a
pair than In the past.
This is used by the business men
OF Philadelphia as an instance OF
what the consumer must expect If
the Aldrich bill goes through. With
the assertion that prices are go
ing up. there is no ray Of hope
that they viii later be lowered.
NJ. c. Paul
The Washington times., 1909-07-10
Shoe Dealers
Fight Measure.

On June 30 the Western manufactur-
ers. wholesalers. and retailers Of shoes
met In Chicago. and determined to send
q committee Of thirty 10 Washington TO
fight the passage Of the bill, and If
necessary viii appeal to President Taft.
As a result OF this meeting a circular
was sent 10 all the shoe men in the
United States which read as follows.
THE Western retailers, iObbers. and
manufacturers Of shoes and tanners in
meeting assembled IN Chicago on June
30. 1903. earnestly protested against tho
action OF the Senate In voting a IS per
cent duty on hides.
1.-THE Beef trust is wolf masQuer-
aiding in Sleeps clothing and the argu-
ment that the farmer suffers by the
removal Of the duty on hides IS but q
shield 20 protect the special interests
OF the packers. The overwhelming ma
jority IN the House of III votes demon
strates the urgent demand throughout
the country for the removal Of tfeis
iniquitious duty This duty will place
a tremendous burden on the public at
large through the increased cost OF
shoes and all leather commodities, AID
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-23
INLAND WATERWAY MEETING.
Business Sessions of the Convention tC
Continue Two Days.

Corpus Christi, Tex, Oct. 21.-With
several hundred delegates in attend
ance, coming from numerous cities
and towns of Louisiana and Texas, the
fifth annual convention of the Inter-
state Inland Waterway League was
opened here today. The aim of the
gathering is to promote the construc-
ton, as a national enterprise, of
channel nine feet deep and 100 feet in
width across an important section OF
Louisiana and Texas to connect the
Mississippi river with the Gulf of
Mexico. The business sessions of the
convention are to continue two days
and addresses will be delivered COW
ering every phase of the subject by
men familiar with the problems the
undertaking presents. President Tart
has accepted an invitation to come to
Corpus Christi from his brothers
ranch and deliver an address to the
delegates tomorrow morning.
Today's forenoon meeting was CIV
en- over largely to welcoming the
guests and organization. Roy Miller,
secretary of the Corpus Christi Com
mercial Club, welcomed the delegates,
for whom response was made by Hon.
Henri L. Gueydan, vice-president of
the organization. The exchange of
greetings was followed by the address
Of the president, G. S. E. Holland, of
Victoria, Tex.
This afternoon, following reports
from the standing committees, the
convention listened to an address by
Secretary of War Dickinson. Other
addresses we're delivered as follows:
Need of Coast Waterway Improve
ments,' Congressman John N. Gar
ner: ..Transport tation and Freight
Charges" Lieut.-Col. Lansing N.
Eeach, U. S. Corps of Engineers;
rate Influences Of Water Routes Of
Transportation" Congressman James
L. Slayden; Appropriations Alone
Will Not Establish a System of Water
Transportation" Congressman Rufus
Hardy.
Governor Campbell Of Texas, ex-
Governor Blanchard of Louisiana and
EIgar C. Ellis, of Kansas City, are
scheduled as speakers at tonight's ses-
cion t)f the convention
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-23
Polar Dispute AdiudicatOrs.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 2O.-An
even dozen members of worldwide
standing constitute the rsearch COM
mittee of the National Geographic So
iety, which is to pass on the merits
of the north polar controversy. The
chairman is Henry Gannett, the chief
geographer of the United States Geo
logical Survey, vice-president of the
National Geographic Society and one
of the founders of that organization
in 1888. He is the author of topo-
graphic surveying books, statistical
aliases of the tenth and eleventh cen
suses, the dictionary Of attitudes and
other books of government reports on
geography, magnetic declinations, etc.
The other members are o. P. Aus
tin, chief of the government bureau of
statistics and secretary of the Nation
al Geographic Society, and author of
books on territorial expansion and
other works; DR.. L. A. Bauer, director
of terrestrial magnetism of the Car
negie Institute; Rear Admiral Colby
M. Chester, known for many years as
one of the best navigators in the naval
service; Frederick V. Coville, botanist
of the Department of Agriculture; DR..
J. Howard Gore, formerly professor of
mathematics in George Washington
University; Gilbert II. Grosvenor, ed
itor of the National Geographic Maga-
zine; C. Willard Hayes, chief geologist
of the United States Geological Sur
vey; fired J. Henry, professor of me-
teorology in the United States Wealth
er Bureau; W. H. Holmes, chief of the
bureau of ethnology; DR.. c. Hart Mer-
riam, chief of the United States Bio
logical Survey, and DR.. o. H. Tittman,
Geographic Society.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-23
MIR. KOPE ELIAS STRICKEN.

Asheville, N c., Oct. 19.-His many
friends in Asheville and Western
North Carolina will learn with sorrow
that Kope Elias, of Macon county,
while visiting his son, DR.. L. W. Elias,
at Biltmore, last night suffered a
stroke of paralysis.
The entire right side was paral-
yzed and for time it was feared that
the patient could not recover. Today
however, it is stated that Mr.. Elias is
improved, that he is regaining con-
sciousness and that strong hope is
now entertained for recovery. He was
removed to the Biltmore Hospital foI
treatment.
Mr.. Elias suffered the stroke about
nine o'clock last night. He was with
his son at Biltmore and saying thai
he was feeling bit bad and would
retire, went or rather started to his
room Shortly afterwards DR.. Elias
going up the stairs in the dark, STUN
bled over his father, who had suffered
the stroke after reaching the top o
the steps and fallen unconscious OF
the floor.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-23
STRANGE PAINTINGS FOUND
IN AN OLD INDIAN CAVE
No One Able to Decipher Many Pic
lures on Walls of Cavern Found
in Washington.

Spokane, Wash, Oct 2O.-The old
two miles from Cliffs, Wash, has been
visited by many persons during the
last few weeks. There are a large
number of Indian paintings on the in
terror walls of the cave, but so far no
one seeing them has been able to de-
cipher any meaning.
The cave has sand floor, which
seems very strange, as it is in one of
the highest cliffs, which is practically
all rock in the surroundings. The
sand must have been carried there,
where it forms a level floor. Some
of the visitors have dug into this floor,
hoping to find some hidden treasures,
hut so far nothing has been reported,
although holes more than three feet
deep have been dug into the sand.
The cave is large enough to make
shelter for two hundred and fifty to
three hundred persons standing, and
no doubt was a valuable asset to the
Indian tribe that made it.
Fart of the cave appears to be of a
natural cavity made by the disintegra-
ted lava rock, while a good portion Of
it 10ust have been worked out in a
crude way by human hands one thous-
Ind CT more years ago.
There is still another wonder that
PRODUCES thought for study as to it's
robable use, and that is a window
carved through the cliff rocks about
fifteen rods from the cave This
window is about a foot wide by three
feet in height.
Standing on the cliff in which this
window and cave are located many
miles of the surrounding country can
he seen at glance. From the window
through the cliff one can look over
large fiat of about one hundred acres
| TWO hundred or more feet lower down,
lying between the river and the cliffs.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-23
w. C. T. u. AT OMAHA.
From Every Part of the Country Dele
gates Have Poured Into the City.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 21.-Throngs of
White-ribboned women on the streets
and in the railroad stations, hotels and
ether public places today gave evil
Gence of the fact that the national
convention of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union is at hand. From
every part of the country the dele
gates have been pouring into the city
during the past twenty-four hours,
and by the time the opening prayer
is said tomorrow, one of the largest
gathering at any national convention
in years is expected to be on hand.
Several receptions were held in diff
ferent parts of the city today, and
there was general activity among the
delegates in anticipation of the open
ing of the convention. The official
board held a meeting to complete the
preparation of the annual reports and
to put the finishing touches to the
convention program. The sessions of
the convention will continue through
next Wednesday night. On the pro-
gram as speakers are many Of the
foremost women temperance workers
in the country. Several public men
of prominence and a number of noted
divines will also be heard during the
week.
The present convention marks the
close of the thirty-f year of the
well-known organization. Though To-
cal and section organizations had ex-
listed for some years previous, the
national w. G. T. U. was given birth
at a convention held in Cleveland in
November, 1874. The first officers
we're: President, Mrs. Annie Witten.
myer, of Philadelphia; corresponding
secretary, Miss Frances E. Willard, o1
Chicago; recording secretary, Mrs
Mary C. Johnson, of New York; as
sistant recording secretary, Mrs
Mary T. Burt, Of New York; treasur
er, Mrs. W. A. Ingham, of Cleveland.
| The announced purposes of the. or
ganization were ito educate the young
to form better public sentiment, to re
| form the drinking classes, and to Sc
cure the abolition of the liquor traffic.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-23
IT'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT.
Raleigh News and Observer.

Raleigh News and Observer.
Visitors from other states attending
the State Fair declared yesterday that
it was the most extraordinary agri-
cultural fair ever held in the South.
For several years the management
of the fair have directed their ener-
gies and efforts toward achieving what
inspired the organizers of the North
Carolina Agricultural Society in es-
tablishing the State Fair forty-nine
years ago. The agricultural depart
ment is a veritable exposition. Never
before in the history of any Southern
fair have the displays in field crops
approached those which may be seen
in the agricultural building. Notable
in this excellent department are ex-
hibits from Haywood, Cumberland,
Chatham and Wake counties, which
excel other county exhibits.
The poultry displays have eclipsed
all previous exhibitions of land and
| water fowl ever held in the South,
The number and variety Of birds on
exhibit overshadow any previous pouI-
try show known in the Southern
states. The quality and character of
the exhibits in this department are
noticeable at first glance
In the agricultural machinery ex-
hibits about five times the usual space
is taken and all manner of farm i'm
plements and other labor saving and
economic devices are displayed.
Second to neither of the foregoins
departments is the livestock exhibit
This also transcends all previous suc
cesses, and in this department Ii
enough to entertain all the breeder,
OF livestock in horses, cattle, sheer
and swine many days.