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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
Commerce Commission Re-
fuses to Amend Recently
Promulgated Demands.
DAY OF THE TRAILER
SEEMS TO BE OVER
Answer to Capital Traction Com
panies Indicates Long Drawn
Out Fight.

In one Of the most singing de-
feats ever received by a local street
railway company at the nands of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
notice was served today upon the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company that of its five requests
recently made that the new orders
and regulations issued by the COM
mission be amended in five places
but one will be granted, and that
only partially.
FINISH OF PRELIMINARY.
The answer of the commission
marks the finish of the preliminary
skirmish in what, it is believed,
viii prove a long fight by the Dis
trict electric railway companies
against the recent orders and regu-
lations promulgated for their gov
ernment and operation.
The fight is expected to terminate
only after the companies have com
bined. in a final effort, to prevent
the diseontinuance Of trailers. The
preliminary skirmish has been
based upon the orders AMI regula-
tions Of the commission relating
entirely to schedules and equip
ment
Knapp Signs Order
Martin A. Knapp. chairman Of th9
Interstate Commerce Commission. sign
ed the orders which we're received this
morning BY Ward Thoron. vice presi-
dent of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company. who personally ad-
dressed the objections OF that comapny
10 the recent orders and regulations OF
the commission.
The action OF the commission in stand
ing by its previous orders is taken as
an indication that it intends 70 sup
port them practically in their entirety.
II this is done. the abolition OF the
trailer is almost assured.
The action Of the commission Is also
a personal triumph for Secretary ana
Executive officer H. c. Eddy, Of the
District Electric Railway Commission.
a branch of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. as, in every case the new
orders issued this morning we're based
upon his recommendations
Five Complaints.
Less than two weeks have elapsed.
since the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company made formal objection TO
the orders and regulations. There were
FIVE complaints, IN all. and they were
considered, for the first time. at a meet
ing Of the railway commission, Wed
nesday a week ago.
At that meeting the objections were
turned over 20 Mr.. Eddy for a report. I
Lest Wednesday Mr. Eddys reports.
accompanied by recommendations, were
submitted 10 the commission. and were
Immediately sent 10 the Interstate Com
merce Commission for final action. This
body at once made separate orders with
respect 10 each complaint. carrying out
the recommendation Of Mr.. Eddy
The orders were mailed Saturday
night, and were received at the railway
cOmpany's Office this morning.
The complaints, received last week bv
another railway company operating in
the District, but OF the nature Of which
no ilforms tion has been given out, have
not yet been acted upon by the com
mission
One Of the principal complaints de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
yonster Rncentio., Planned.

PARIS, july 2o.-A monster reception
will be given TO 81 Bleriot next Satur-
day at AerOstatic Park hy the Aero
Club. All the r.. SJTs of the cabinet
will be present ai-e' n II make addresses,
while all the air s,appers VIII be among
the guests,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
TWO MEN MUST BE
IN AIRSHIP TONIGHT
Lieutenant Lahm or Lieuten-
ant Foulois to Accompany
Chevalier Orville.

OTville Wright is scheduled to begin
his official fights this evening at Fort
Myer.
He notified the War Department this
morning that he would undertake TO
comply with what is known as the
endurance clause" of his contract
about o'clock this evening. At the
roplane shed he said this morning
SIT he will later inform Gen. James
Alien, chief of the Signal Corps, whether
q. not he vii lattempt an official fight.
The wind was hitting twenty-five
miles and hour this morning at Fort
Myer. If it goes down Mr.. Wright is
practically certain to ny.
II Mr.. Wright attempts an official
flight, he win have 10 fly for one hour
or more carrying a passenger. It does
not matter where he flies or how fast
just so he takes a man with him and
stays up for sixty minutes.
Lahm or FouIois.
Lieut. Frank P. Lahm. a member Of
the ae onautical board, which has charge
of the tests, Will be Mr.. Wright's com
panion in all probability, although Lieu
tenant Foulois may go up.
All test fights must be made in the
presence of the aeronautical board. or
majority of that board. Major George
0. Squier is chairman, and other men,
bers are Major Saltzman, Lieutenants
Lahm, Foulois, and Humphreys, of the
Signal Corps, and Lieutenant Sweet, Of
the navy.
If Mr.. Wright flies tonight for the
hour with a passenger, or If he doesn't.
Hv~ sF-raru rr-r.w- N
Alexandria barring accidents and violent
winds. This straightaway flight, to be
made also with a passenger at a speed
OF at least forty miles an hour is the
other remaining test of the aeroplane's
efficiency. If both tests are met sue
cessfully the two brothers are entitled
10 $4,000 OF Uncle Samuers coin.
II the aerOplane doesn't make at least
forty miles per hour the Wrights will
lose 10 per cent for each mile less than
the forty prescribed, down to where the
register shows only thirty-six miles pei
hour.
Chance fro Bonus.
For every mile above forty ger hour
they are to get bonus of 10 per I'D
to forty-four. Orville has made. ac-
cording to WiIbur's calculations, as high
as forty-four. If ne makes forty-four
miles In the tests the brothers will get
SS5,OO0
Mr. Wright has until wednesday
night to comply with the Government
requirements. Doubtless he can obtain
an ext tenaion of time if he desires It.
He bella es, however, that he can easily
meet both tests in one day, so he isn't
worrying.
1t started out like a large morning for
the Wrights and If Orville meets that
test II viii certainly be a big night to-
night
First OF all Orville and Wilbur Wright
were notified that they have been made
Chevaliers Of the Legion of Honor by
the French government.
rs that so" said Chevalier Wilbur,
who at the moment the information
came to him was engaged in walking
calmly about the aerUpIane shed wait
ing for a piece of wood to use for a
skid.
rs that So" said Chevsher OrviIIe,
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-17
RUBBER MEN
JOIN IN BANQUET
Continued from Page One.l

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time, but petered out like the invest
ments already mentioned and, to hear
Mr.. Castle tell it, one would imagine
that everything he touched at this time
ally slipped in a little smiling allusion
to the fact that he was saying nothing
about sugar.
The pith of Mr.. Castles talk was
that all industries are thankless to the
pioneers who introduce them. He drew
attention to the fact that few of the
original sugar people now own any of
the plantations. They worked only to
lose, but the fruits of their experience
were gathered by others who saw how
to make success where they had
failed
He spoke of the tobacco industry
and how well it was doing on Hawaii
He compared this with liquor manu-
facture and defended it as a thorough
~ iustifable business.
He also referred to the pineapple in
dustry and promised a bright future
for it. He said that when he was in
Boston he had occasion to go into
Pierce & CO. store, one of the big
groceries of Massachusetts,. He saw
canned pineapple with the name
Pierce & Co." very large and cha
waiian pineapples' very small on the
tin. Inquiry elected the information
that people all wanted Hawaiian pine
apples and that there was far greater
demand than supply.
Finally Mr.. Castle referred to rubber.
He stated that he knew little of it
and was not financially interested in it
at present but might be in the future.
At present he has a man on Hawaii
experimenting in tobacco, sisal and rub
Der and he could see a chance to make
a final success of all three of them.
Mr.. Castle finished with the quota
ton that appears above. Coming from
a man of his financial and social posi-
tion. his speech was a great encourage
ment to the rubber men who had gath
cred to have friendly reunion after
the more or less tedious business of the
day.
j. L. Coke of Maui, was the next
speaker, he spoke in a straig htforward
way about the money and interest that
the Maui people had put into rubber
and he felt confident that they would
not lose by it.
Dan Logan made a very witty
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-17

was the next paper. read by W. G,
Anderson, which at first east rather a
damper on the meeting. The first rub
Der plantation was incorporated in Jan
uary, 1905. The plans of this company
were. broadly speaking, to plant Ceara
the first wear. believing they would
Weld earlier than Hevea. and TO follow
with Hevea, when seeds of this variety
had been obtained. Returns were ex-
pected from the first trees in 1909 at
the rate Of one-half pound per tree, to
be gathered at q collection cost of Soc.
per pound and TO sell for 81 per pound.
The first unforeseen difficulty was
encountered when the young trees were
transplanted from the nurseries. Rats
ate most of the first year s planting
before method could be found of cir
cumventing them and to check their
ravages. AS fast as the trees were re-
placed, they were eaten off again. This
multiplied expenses and divided profits
by a large figure and much less was
realized from the year S work than was
expected.
Prof Ralph S. Hosmer. superintend-
ent of forestry, then read a paper on
- Rubber and Reforestation. "TO
those familiar with local conditions it
goes without saying that certain sec
tons are better adapted to given crops
than are others. The rubber industry
is case in point. Rubber demands
for its best development certain con-
dition Of soil, moisture and elevation
which can only be met in particular
districts,' he said. "From the invest
igation of the Federal Forest Service
and of others connected with the
broad movement that, within the last
few years, has come to bear the name
Conservation, it is apparent that
in the future there is going to be a de-
cided scarcity of wood. In this Terri
tory we already have to nav higher
prices for lumber and other wood
products than are customary in many
parts of the country. In connection
with rubber growing it may or not be
possible and advisable to establish
plantations of eucalyptus and other
trees, but the thought that | wish to
leave with the members of the Hawai-
ian Rubber Planters Association is
that those who establish forest planta-
tens now, whether of rubber, eucalyp-
tus or of any other kind, will reap
sufficient reward in the years to come
to Justify the thought and financial
outlay that may be necessary to get
srch groves started.''
+. L. Waldron read paper on Mar
keting RUBBER On account of the
small area suitable for the raising of
rubber trees, Hawaii can never be
producer to the extent of influencing
or rather bearing upon the market value
OF rubber at any mart of Importance.
At the present time Hawaii probably
contains the most thorough and pains
taking sugar growers in the world.
These remarks not only apply to the
raising of sugar but also to the system
attic method of raising and marketing
rubber. Rubber growers of the Ter
ritory will realize good results, provid-
ing they market as unit and the re-
suits will be particularly apparent and
gratifying at any time when the value
of rubber might be at comparative
low level of price as it now is high.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-17
AMERICANS WILL
PRESENT STATUE

BUENOS AYRES.-America citi-
zens-or as they are called in South
America, to distinguish them from
South Americans, "North Americans. -
resident in Buenos Ayres, are planning
to present to the Argentinian govern
ment statue of Gen. George Washing
ton, upon the centennial of the declara-
ton of independence of this country in
1910. The interest of South Americans
in the history of Washington is par
t1eularly keen, since the two great
South American liberators, Gen. San
Martin and Simon Bolivar, of the south
ern and northern half of South Amer
lea, respectively, derived great inspira-
ton from the achievements and ideas
of Washington
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-17

speech. He was introduced as the
father of the rubber industry in Ha-
wall, and he explained how he came to
gain the title. 1t seems that he wrote
an article on an interview with some
men who had come down to exploit
rubber. 1t was more or less of a roast
on the government for not allowing
them to use lands on Oahu for the
purpose. But the result was that some
Maui people took the matter up and
the first Hawaiian rubber plantation
was started. Mr.. Logan, with his quite
pronounced brogue. interpolated a great
many witticisms that kept everybody
laughing.
{. ID. Lufkin made a short speech, In
which he spoke of the rubber business
and raised many a laugh by his pun
ming remarks on "elastie coinage. -
He was in excellent form. and the vein
of humor that ran through his speech
pleased everybody.
L. G. Blackman, W. W. Thaver and
G. r. Ewart also spoke The latter
has had experience with rubber trees in
Mexico and South America, and he
gave it as his opinion that the new in
dustry had just as good possibilities
here as anywhere else.
Among those present were Fred L..
Waidrou. r. S. Hosmer. ". w. Thaver,
L. g. Blackman. @. @. Bradford. James
L. Coke. I. NJ. Church, c. J. Austin,
D. B. Murdoch, Charles Baldwin, Fl.
Streubec5, D. C. Lindsay. John Gill,
r. A. Wadsworth, C. D. Lufkin. Dan
Logan. G. r. Ewart DR.. A. B. Clarke,
R. B. Booth. B. Won Damn, R. j. Pratt,
c. NJ. V. Forster, w. A. Anderson, J.
Clarke Jr., A. L. Castle, F. T. P. Water
house, w. r. Castle
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-28
He KNOWS WEATHER
w. 7. Foster of WASHINGTON
Writes He Is Old Fox
On Subject.
GIVES HIS PREDICTION

w. T. Foster of Washington, ID. c.
insists that he is a weather merchant
and that he is real old fox when
1t comes to doping out what the fu-
ture climate is going to consist of.
He says:
Editor of the Palladium.
. Il positively assert that there are
weather cycles. that I have discovered
enough of these cycles to enable me
to make valuable long range forecasts
of crop weather and therefore l beg
you, as test. to publish my calcula-
tions for April. 1909, which I give be-
low. and let your readers determine
whether my claim is well founded:
In the great central valleys April
temperatures will average above nor
NAL from March Both to April 14th and
excellent crop weather will continue
during those sixteen days. April 18th
to Gath will be unusually cold making
10 days of bad crop weather, temper
ataures going uncomfortably close to
the frost line in northern sections as
the cool waves pass. Rising temper
atures and better crop weather April
25th to May I'd with very little rain
fall. Most severe storms will occur
during the five days of which April
4th, 18th and 18th will be central
days. Heavy rains in Texas 9Th to
18th. Drouth in central sections.
wv. T. FOSTER"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-28
BY That Time Tariff Measure
Will Be Masticated Suffi-
ciently for Tender Mouths
Of Senators.
DEMOCRAT PLEADS FOR
WOMEN AGAINST RAISES
Says Wives and Mothers Are
Singled Out to Bear Burden
Which Falls Most Heavily
Upon Them.

Washington, March 27.-Indications
by the House to the Senate by April
Is. The opposition in the House to
the cut in lumber is growing and it is
not improbable that the Dingley rate
will be restored. An amendment to
keep the duty on lumber at 81 per
thousand will be referred to eau
Gus and it will be determined at the
caucus what shall be submitted to
the House to vote on. There is a
report that the caucus will also con-
slider an amendment for an income
tax as a substitute for the inheritance
tax and it may be finally included as
separate measure.
Debate is Resumed.
In the House today the debate on
the tariff bill was resumed with in
terest unabated. Representative
Francis Burton Harrison. of New
York, who figured in the recent fight
over the rules as one of the in
surgent democrats" caused surprise
when he came to the defense OF
woman against tne tdTlII Dill.
Pleads for Women.
THE bill contains heavy taxes upon
the women of America" he said. IN
many respects they seem to have
been singled out for attack. The
new tariff upon tea and coffee, on
women's gloves and stockings are a
direct provocation to woman's suf-
frage. If this tariff bill does not
bring about the franchise of women
their cause is hopeless. But the most
serious aspect of the situation is that
these duties are chiefly imposed and
fall more heavily upon the poor than
upon the rich. In hose and half hose
the enormous increases in taxation
are chiefly upon the cheaper grades.
Mr.. Hartman declared that every
item on the steel and iron schedules
should be put upon the free list in
order to cheaper the products to the
American consumer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-28
Mrs. Mary Farmer Will Be
EIectrocuted Within For
ty-Eight Hours.
DOCTORS WANT HER BRAINS
ALL YESTERDAY WOMAN SAT
STARING At CEILING OF HER
CELL, HER MIND APPARENTLY
BEING eENUMBED.

Auburn, n. Y, March 27.-Mrs.
Mary Farmer. who dies within the
next forty-eight hours in the electric
chair relapsed into complete stupor
today while the final preparations for
her death were being made.
Oblivious to her surroundings she
sat continuously staring at the ceiling
Of her cell, her mind seemingly be-
numbed and her reason apparently
utterly dethroned. In spite of the
wave of protestation that has swept
the state against the killing of
another woman by electricity, the ar
rangements that have been almost
completed for Mrs. Farmers death
come to signify that nothing can posi-
bly, save her from her fate.
Want Her Brains.
Physicians have already made re-
quests to the governor for the wom-
ans brain after she has been killed.
80 that they may dissect and study it.
1t is said that DR.. Edward A.
Spitzka, of Jefferson Medical college.
who attended the autopsy on Chester
Gillette the murderer of Grace Brown.
and carried the dead youths brain
away will be granted similar privi-
lege in Mrs. farmers case.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-28
From Decision of Appellate
Court of District Modifying
G0uId's Decision.
UNDERSTOOD By LABOR
SIGNIFICANCE NOT MADE PUBLIC,
HoWEvER-co coMPANY'S coUN-
Sci LEFT NO POSSIBLE ERROR
UNTOUCHED.

Washington. March 27.-Labor will
seek no appeal from the decision of
appellate court of the districe which
modified the Injunction granted by
Judge Gould restraining the publica-
tion of the Bucks Stove and Range
company in the unfair" list of the
American Federationist. This is gen.
orally understood in labor circles. The
Buck company in it's grounds for
error, filed this morning, subsequent
to the appeal taken to the supreme
court, late yesterday has left no posi-
BILE error untouched. in its bill for an
appeal, it would appear. 1t is alleged
that the appellate court in modifying
the injunction robbed it Of all force
and that it does not reach the cOndi-
tions which prompted the action for
its issuance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-28
Republican Voters of the City
Have Recovered From Op-
ton Campaign and Again
Take Interest.
HARRIS Is PROVING
VERY STRONG FACTOR
It Is Generally Admitted on all
Sides That He Is Now Lead
Ing the Race, Which Is a
Hot One.

The five candidates for the republi-
can mayoralty nomination, towit: Ed
ward Harris, w. w. Zimmerman, J. B.
Gordon, Henry w. Deuker and s. K.
Morgan, are out looking for the COW
oted honor. and they are looking hard.
Incidentally 1t might be remarked
that none of the candidates, in max
1nE the canvass, is employing the
brass band method, consequently the
noise and clatter that goes along with
most political campaigns have been
conspicuous by their absence.
But the absence of this noise does
not mean that the candidates are not
On the jobs, and allowing the grass to
Jprout under the well-worn soles of
their shoes. Far be it from SO. Every
one of them can give pointers to the
busy bee.
Richmond voters. having exhausted
all their supply of arguments during
the local option campaign, greeted the
republican primary campaigns en-
trance In a sort of ''oh, wait-a-min-
Nte-till-Iget-my-b breath" fashion. De-
velopments during the past three or
four days point to the fact that the re-
publican voters have fully recovered
their breath and are now waking up
and taking interests In ths- contaat,
which IL generally admitted, will short
~ turn out to be the most lively pri-
mary scrap that has ever been pulled
off within the confines of Wayne
county.
e. H. Harris has been working like
q beaver for the past three weeks and
ne has developed wonderful strength
and, at the present time. it is frankly
admitted even by quite a number of
the supporters of rival candidates,
that he Is an exceedingly live wire and
u most important factor. Harris had
taken especially well with the shop
men. and great bulk of his support
will be from that quarter. They like
him because he formerly worked in q
shop for his daily bread. and because
they know he is not politician, but a
thoroughly capable and wide awake
man.
Another sign which points to the
Fact that Harris is now leading the
race. are the statements made by the
supporters Of the rival candidates. A
Gordon man will say that he thinks
Gordon and Harris are going to fight
81 out. - A Zimmerman man will
Yemark, Looks like Harris and Zim-
1serman to me-
1t 10 generally predicted that Gordon
and Zimmerman will cut into each
Others vote. Harris has all the best
OF 1t now. according to my way Of
looking at It," remarked prominent
politician, formerly Zimmerman man.
but now quietly boosting the candida
cy of Gordon. Its cinch that Cor
don will bite into Zimmerman's fol-
lowing, and its also cinch that Zim-
norman will get a lot Of support that
Gordon is confidently banking on.
While all this cutting and slashing is
going on, there is Harris, with good
support he can always depend upon
and adding strength every day by the
vigorous campaign he Is making. l
hear q large number of shop men and
business men talking strongly for him.
AS for Morgan, he may poll his own
vote and two or three others. but that's
about all"