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progressive accomplishment Of the
Roosevelt Administration; the Hepburn,
rate law.
First was the decision Of the ST.
preme Court multiplying the commodit-
les clause on the ground that it was
not so drawn as 10 effect its purpose
Of separating transportation from pro-
ductioh.
Second came the circuit court decis-
ion. in the Missouri river rate case.
a short time ago. that the Interstate
Commission has not been granted pow
er 20 create rates.
These two decisions leave little Of the
Hepburn act The feeling is strong
that the Missouri river rate decision
will he sustained in the higher courts;
the Supreme Courts dtspos ton has
been very technical in regard TO these
questions.
Add TO these two emascullting decis-
ions the fact that in hundreds OF cases
the railroads have dehed tie. commits
sion and denied its authority To en-
force Section 81 of the Hepburn act
which provides for uniform accounting,
and for inspection and supervision OF
accounts-and It becomes plain that the
Hepburn act requires to be practically
made over or abandoned.
First Great Task.
And so the remaking Of this meas
ure, with the addition Of new powers
which experience has shown are need
ed. viii constitute the first great task
ahead OF the Administration.
There has been much discussion Of
the Taft program, alleged to include
a division OF the powers OF the Inter
state Commission. It has been claim
ed that the President wanted 10 make
the commission more distinctively ju-
dicial: TO relieve Il OF administrative
duties, and turn these over to the
Bureau Of Corporations or some other
under the Department of
Commerce and Labor: and to take
away all the commissions function OF
give IT 10 the Department OF Justice.
Whatever may have been the Presi-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13

Each pair OF these Scissors is
stamped with the name "Palais
Royal"-and each pair is guaranteed
to the effect that il they fail TO give
satisfactory wear for an indefinite
time a new pair will be promptly
furnished
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13

The PalaiS Royals Annual
Special Sale of Notions is look
ed upon by the wholesale houses
as one of the great trade events
of the year. One of the leading
makers of Dress Shields sells his
goods stamped with we'll adver-
tised name, and they retail every
where at 16c, t8c, and zoe per
pair. For this sale he agrees as
follows:
To supply 10000 pairs of these
Shields, to retail at 7c pair, or
four (4) pairs for 25c, instead of
46c, i8c, and zoe a pair. Every
pair to be guaranteed, the same
as if the we'll known name were
stamped on each pair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-13
Their History

The Scissors that have grown In
favor more and more for eleven
years have a history TO be proud of.
Eleven years ago we determined TO
sell better scissors for less money
than usual. A leading maker was
sought and thousands Of pairs were
contracted for. The stipulation was
that the scissors were to be guaran-
teed 81 that the name ''Palais Roy
al" could be indenbly marked on
each pair.
Hundreds of thousands OF pairs
have been sold in these eleven years.
with practically no complaints.
or razor steel, with adjustable
blades. made with the skin and care
A guarantee demands. these scis-
sors are as good as the best retailing
at soc to zoe. though here regularly
at only 29c pair.
Note that all sizes are 20 be l9c
pair tomorrow-and the guarantee is
to be as binding as if you paid the
regular price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-16
Sheet Metal Workers Election.

Officers have been elected by Sheet
Metal Workers international Alliance
Local No. 1O2. for the year 1910, as fol-
lows: President. r. s. Murphy; vice
president. Al Burns: recording secretary.
Henry c. Clnge: financial secretary, Her.
bert Leach: treasu er, j. II. Steffy; con-
ductor, Godfrey Coolidge: warden, Mar
tin Cady; business agent, Charles Dausch;
trustees James w. Considine, ID. n. Dens-
man and j. Il. Egloff: executive board,
Thomas +. Ryan and John ~. Densman.
Invitations have been issued by the two
locals OF the Amalgamated Carpenters
and Joiners for a smoker and social
which will be held next Tuesday night in
Costello's Hall. 9Th and G streets north
west. Many labor leaders will be present
and President Gompers OF the American
Federation of Labor will be the guest Of
honor IL he is in the city on the Dd&1a
the affair is held.
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ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Robert Bratton, lumber from
North Carolina point to local dealers:
scow Fannie, cord wood from Wades
bay for the market here: tug ID. NJ. Key,
with a raft of pine piling from Occoquan
q. Farren, lumber for Newbern, n. c.,
G. Warren. lumber for Newbern. n. c.,
to dealers here; schooner William Parks.
cord wood from Marshall Hall; schooner
NJ. A. Shea, lumber from Coles landing
to local market; j. and w. lighters Nos.
i and =, lumber from Aqua creek:
schooner Jumping Jack, oysters in the
shell from the Potomac beds to the
Alexandria market tug Eugenia. with a
tow from dowh-river point: fiattie A. p.
German. oysters from Cape Charles for
the local market.
Departures.
Schooner Maud S., light for Potomac
creek to load cord wood for dealers here:
schooner Edith Verrall, light, from Fort
Washington to Occoquan to load back to
this city: schooner Thomas w. Kirby,
light, for the Potomac oyster beds 10
load for this city: schooner Robert Brat
ton. light, for Nomini to load lumber for
Baltimore: schooner Irene, light, for
Nomini creek to load back to this port
tug Camilla, with a tow of oyster-laden
craft for the Potomac beds: schooner NJ.
+. Cofbourn. light. for Coan river to
load for the local market: schooner Will
liam Cunningham, light. for Potomac
creek to load cord wood for the dealers
here: schooner Willie Clarence. light, for
the lower Potomac to load oysters for
the market here.
Memoranda.
Schooner William Henry is in Malta
woman creek loading cord wood for the
dealers here; barge Nansemond is at
Liverpool Point loading pulp wood for
Elkton. Nd; barge Albemarle, laden
with lumber at Aqua creek. and barge
Sassafras, laden with ties at Quantico,
are waiting tug to take them to Phila-
delphia; barge Totuskey has been trans
ferIed from Port Tobacco to Boyds
hole to complete a cargo of cord wood
for Baltimore; schooner Eta is at river
point loading oysters for this market
schooner Blue Bell is at q Potomac point
loading for dealers here.
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CORPORATION TAX M|X-UP
REGULATIONS ISSUED BY MAC
VEAGH ARE CRITICISED.
Lawyers in Congress Say Instruc-
tons in Present Form Are I'm
lawful-May Be Recalled.

A serious difference of opinion has
arisen among officers of the government
charged with the responsibility of adj
ministering the corporation tax law. SO
serious 10 the mix-up that it may lead to
the withdrawal OF all copies Of instruc-
lions and regulations sent out by the
Secretary of the Treasury. and their mod
ification to meet the objections raised by
some Of the ablest lawyers in the admin
istration and in Congress. Incidentally
there is some criticism because the legal
opinion of men who ordinarily would be
consulted on such matters was not asked
before the regulations were sent out to
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Tug Eugenia in Commission Again.

The tug Eugenia of the fleet of the
Smoot Sand Company of this city. which
was on the marine railway at the Alex
andria shipyard for a new propeller and
to have her hull scraped and painted.
has been put overheard and has returned
to service with the sand-towing fleet.
The tug John Miller OF the Miller
Company service, is having her hull COW
cred with metal at Benefits boatyard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-16
Largest Mail to Cross Atlantic.

NEW YORK, December 16.-The larg-
est Christmas mail ever brought to
America by transatlantic steamer-iu
fact. the largest mail that ever crossed
the Atlantic-arrived yesterday in the
White Star liner Oceanic. 1t was con-
tanned in 5156 sacks. and when the New
York post Office employees saw it they
realized that the annual holiday rush had
begun. The consignment consists largely
of packages containing Christmas gifts,
which are mainly responsible for SWELL
ing the mail to such unusual size.
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the country. AS it is some of the ablest

the country. As it is some of the ablest
lawyers in the administration and In
Congress take the view that the regula-
tons and the instructions in their present
form are unlawful.
1t is said that the instructions given to
corporations in the matter of making their
returns are directly in conflict with the
opinions expressed by Attorney General
Wickersham in his letter to the American
Association of Accountants. Complaint is
made also that the Treasury Department
has taken the view that returns Of In
come should be based on the ledger state
ment of corporations instead of upon
the cash book showing.
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and will be ready for launching about
the end of the present week. The Miller
Is to be kept in service i'm light ice and
the metal will keep her wooden hull
from being cut by the ice While she
is on the railway the tug Martin DALI
man is I'm service In her place.
The new wheel and shaft for the Tay-
Tor tug James o. Carter OF this city is
being made ready for installation in the
vessel. and the latter part OF this week
the tug will be hauled out at Alexandra
to have 1t placed in position.
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Injustice TO Taxpayers.

1t is learned that as the regulations
were first adopted they provided that re-
turns should be based on cash books in
stead Of upon the ledger showing, but
Secretary MacVeagh changed them after
a conference with many prominent ac-
countants who pointed out to him that
returns based upon cash book entries
would be absolutely unreliable for pur-
poses Of taxation and work a great in
Justice to the taxpayers.
Preparations are being made already to
attack the constitutienality of the cor
poration tax law in court. 1t will not be
by Injunction. as it is held that the proper
way in which to test the matter will be
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Wilson to Preside Over Conference.

BALTIMORE, December 16.-Bishop
Luther b. Wilson. who is q doctor OF
medicine as well as doctor OF divinity,
and who was presiding elder and pastor
Of important charges in the Baltimore
conference, has been assigned by Bishop
H. w. Warren to preside over the next
session of the Baltimore conference. next
spring. For the last year and half
Bishop Wilson has lived in Philadelphia.
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payment of the tax under protest and a
suit in the court to recover the money.
Attorneys who are now engaged in in
vestigating the matter believe there Is
no doubt that they will be able to estab-
lish the unconstitutionality Of the tax
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
WILL BE WORLDS
BIGGEST BANK
Standard OIL and Morgan IDStl-
tutiOns to Merge.
CAPITAL WILL Be SIOO,OOO,OOO

Deposits VIII Bs About $500, 100000
When the National City and Com.
meree Join Forces In New York.
Frank A. Vanderllp to Be President
Of New Concern.
New York. Feb. Sit WAS learned
that plans are approaching completion
for a consolidation OF the National
City bank, the Standard OH institt
tion, and the National Bank OF Com
merce, known as the Morgan bank
with a combined capital and surplu'
Of S100OOOOO0 and deposits Of abou
$500 600, 600 making it by far the big
gest bank in the world.
The consolidation, il is said, will b.
very easily carried out. The Nationa
City bank has nearly $lO,000000 more
surplus than the Bank OF Commerce
so that all that win be necessary to
do will be for the City bank TO de-
clare an extra dividend for the amount
and then the stock in the new ban
would be exchangeable for the stoci
Of the two consolidating banks
It is said that Frank A. Vanderlip
now president OF the National City
bank. win become president OF the
merged institution. Valentine p Sny-
der is president Of the Bank Of Com
merce and ii is presumed he will have
a high position in the new bank
The National City bank has a cap
tai of s25.O0O.Oo0 and a surplus OF
S2l 676. 600. Its deposits are in excess
Of s200.O00 900
The Banl. OF Commerce has capi
tai Of S25.000.0OO a surplus of $15.25o.
600 and deposits of about $500, 900 OO0
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
DENIES CRAFT
IN PANAMA
President OhaIdia Defends VIII
liam Cromwell.
TIMBER CONTRACT REJECTED

Sixteen Members Of National Assem-
bly, Also Deny Participation Of Any
American In Alleged Timber Deal.
Railroad to Be Built With National
Funds and to Be National Property.
The allegations of Representative
Rainey. Of Illinois against Don Jose
Domingo dc Obaldia, president of the
Republic OF Panama, and others, have
brought out denials from the presi
dent and sixteen members Of the na-
tional assembly of Panama. A sta.e
ment which states that they wei,
present at a meeting in Obaldias OF
fee where the contract for the eA
ploitation Of the timber industry alone
the Atlantic coast of Panama was dis
eussed and that during the meeting
neither Obaldia nor anyone else sal
or implied that Charles Taft, Villa.
Cromwell or Richard L. Farnham haD
any direct or indirect participation il
the business, was signed by the as
semblymen.
President Obaldia has given out TINS
statement:
At the meeting in my Office th
railway proposal was presented by
Mr. Ward and rejected The assem-
bly, then enacted a law authorizina
the construction Of a railway with ma
tional funds. to become national prop
erty. Mr.. Ehrman's timber contract
also was rejected by the assembly
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
MALONEY-OSBORNE
Hsirsss sseemes Bride Of Man Once
Forced to Give Her Up.

Forced to Give Her Up.
Philadelphia. Feb. g. - Miss Helen
Aaloney. Of this city. and Ar Her
bert Osborne. Of New York mar.
ried by Rev. Stephen NJ. LyC..s at s;
Catherlne's R an Catholic churc1
Spring Lake, y. j.. where Martin M
loney. father Of the bride. has sum
mer home.
The social world was startled IL
1907 by the announco v-3t that Helen
Maloney had eloped - her fathers
summer home at Spung Lake with
Samuel R. Clarkson Of London. who
had been a guest Of Mr.. MalOney
Mr.. Maloney finally found his daugh-
ter in London and brought her home.
It was learned that she and Clarkson
had applied for a license to we'd IN
London but It had been refused be
cause their application stated that they
had been previously married in Mon
treal.
In the meantime II was discovered
that Miss Maloney had gone through
a marriage ceremony with Arthur II,
Osborne. then student At Princeton.
Miss Maloney took the name Of Helen
Eugene. Pittsburg, and Mr.. Osborne
used the name Of Herbert Ogden. Pitts
burg
Finally the matter was taken to the
New York courts, where action was
started for the annulment Of Miss Ma
loney's marriage to Osborne This an
nulment was granted on the ground
that they had never lived together.
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
EXPLOSION KILLS
SEVENTEEN MINERS
Accident in COIIlGTy Of Alabama
Coal Company,

Birmingham. Ala, Feb 3.-Seven
teen men are dead as the result of an
explosion in the No Short Creeh
mines OF the Birmingham Coal & Iron
company. Five OF the dead are white
and twelve are negroes.
The explosion is thought to have
been caused by a windy shot. The
mine itself is practically uninjured
Ambulances were sent from Enslev
to the scene and coffns will be rushed
to the ill-fmed mine, which was run
ming ON short force.
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
WARSHIP CAPTAIN ARRESTED
E. T. ouatroush, Of the Georgia, charg
ed With Being Drunk at Reception.

E. T. oualtrough, Of the Georgia, Charg-
ed With Being Drunk at Reception.
Gibraltar Feb S.-Captain Edward
F. Qualuough, of the battleship Geor-
gia, OF the fleet under Rear Admiral
Sperry. is under arrest on board his
own vessel, and will be tried by court
martial on a charge that he was under
the influence OF intoxicants at a recep-
ticn given on shore a few days ago.
Captain Qualtrough denies the ac-
cusation. His defense will be that he
was under a heavy strain during the
last run Of his vessel on account OF
rough weather: that on the day of the
reception he had been on the bridge
since 4 o'clock in the morning; that
he did not drink anything during the
day. and partook sparingly Of the wine
served at the dinner which preceded
the reception.
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
THREE ARRESTED
FOR MURDER
KeIghbOrS Of Slain Farmer
Charged With Crime.
TWO HAVE CONFESSED

ems st0sd Guard With shotgun While
Two others Entered the House to
Rob Hallman, and Shot Him Down
at Bsdsids Of Sick Wlfs-suspeeted
Of Other Crimes.
Lancaster. Pa, Feb. 3-Walter As
ton, Paul Fornwalt and Benjamin As
con, all residing in the neighborhOOd
where the crime was committed, were
arrested for the murder Of aged Alfred
EAllman. who on Sunday night was
shot down, by masked robbers while
at the bedside Of his sick wife at his
home in Pequea township Fornwalt
was caught in this city, where he had
come. It is believed, to escape the
Aatons, as they had threatened to
shoot him II he told Before he had
been taken TO the police station Walter
Aston turned up at that place to in
Quire if FOrnWalt had been arrested
and was held there. Benjamin Aston
was arrested at his home in Pequea
township and brought to jail here.
Fornwalt told all about the murder
after his arrest. He said the two As
tens had persuaded him to go along to
do the job. but he had no idea there
was to be any shooting They were
20 rob HallmAn. Walter Aston entered
the house first. and while he tForn-
waltz was in the door Walter began
shooting They then ran away Ben
Aston. he said had stood guard outside
With a shotgun.
Walter Aston, when confronted with
the confession OF Fornwalt, denied be
ing there, but was very nervous and
mixed in his story.
Told Of other Crimes.
Ben Aston at first denied all con
hection with the crime, but said he
knew Walter and Fornwalt had gone
from his house to do It. Later he /
broke down under severe questioning. |
admitted he had been with the other /
two and had stood outside while the /
others went in. and corroborated Form /
waits story IN every important fea-
ture. He also told of other crimes /
that had been committed in the neigh
borhood. and connected his cousin.
Walter, with the murder. IS well as
another man. whose arrest will likely
follow.
The two Astons have bad reputa-
tions IN the nelghborhood and the law
abiding citizens feared them. Walter
Is a young man. while Ben. his cousin.
is married and has two halfgrown
children. Young Fornwalt says his
home is At Middletown. Pa.
Fornwalt told the officers that after
the shooting Walter Aston had given
him the pistol he had used, and he had
taken It home and put It on the wall
IN the barn. 1t was recovered there by
the officers. In his confession Form
walt told OF a number OF persons who
had met them as they were running
away from the place OF the crime. and
evidence will be worked up to cor
Fornwalt's story.
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
TAFT TO Be MADE
MASON AT SIGHT"
Ceremony viii Be Performed on
on His Arrival Home, Feb. IS.

Cincinnati, Feb. 3.-Willism H. Taft
president elect. will be made "a Masol
al sight in this city on Feb. Is, tht
day he returns home.
The ceremony will be performed b
Charles s Hoskinson, OF GAINESVILLE
o., the grand master Of Ohio Mason9
and will take place in the Scottish Rite
Cathedral.
The act OF making a man a "MasoL
at sight" may be used only by tin
grand masters of the various state
and has been used but once before i.
the history OF Ohio Masonry.
Judge Taft. after he has been made
an initiate by the state grand master
will be made a master Mason by the
members OF Kilwinning lodge, OF C.n
cinnati
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
Lincoln Highway to Gettysburg SURE.

Lincoln Highway to Gettysburg Sure
without any amendment the Unite
States senate passed the house bill
making Feb y. 1909, the Tooth ami
Yersary of The birth Of Abrlham Lin
coln. a legal holiday and recommend
ing its celebration throughout the
United States. for which purpose the
president is authorized to issue spe
cial proclamation.
The bill also declares that as q
part of national memorial to Lincoln
there may be built a highway from
Washington city to the battlefield o
Gettysburg. to be known as the Lin
coin Way" An appropriation Of $50.
600 is made for a survey OF plans ald
estimates for such a highway.
Representative lafean fathered the
bill in the house and Senator Knox
in the senate.
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
FIRE AID BY RAIL

Trenton May Equip Trolley Cars to
Garry Apparatus.
Trenton. N. j.. Feb. S-The recent
fire that resulted in a heavy loss for
Princeton has led to a movement for
equipping the suburban trolley lines
with trucks capable of carrying the
equipment Of at least one fire engine
company, to be used in case OF SINH
lar need
Chief Allen. Of the fire department.
has conferred with the superintend-
ents of the trolley lines and has found
them willing to cooperate in the mat
ter, provided the cost OF such trucks
is betrayed by the towns which will
be thus benefited Such service would
also be OF benefit to the farmers.
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
KISSES COST $40 EACH

That ls, When Stolen From Your Land
lady, Who Happens to Be Married.
Chicago, Feb. 3.-Kisses are worth
SO each, provided they are stolen
from ones landlady. who happens to
be married Such was the value place
on osculations by Judge Newcomer at
the municipal court who fined John
Fallon. who claimed to be the son O.
a millionaire real estate dealer Of New
York. $50 and costs for stealing three
kisses from his landlady, Mrs. Edna
Caramelh
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
115.year.oId Man killed ev Fam.

-
Henderson CremeRns, known to b.
the oldest man in the state Of Wes
Virginia. and probably the oldest per
son in the United States, died at the
home Of his grandson. Clark Cremeans'
near Point Pleasant. Mason county
w. Va, aged 115 years. He was
strong and hearty to the time Of his
death. falling ON the roadside on his
way home from the grocery store. H.
was removed to his home and died q
few minutes later. His mother die,
at 1870; his wife at 1O1. He was one
the first settlers in the Ohio vale:
coming here from Virginia at the ag
OF eighteen. He has seventy g am
children. 12l great-grandchildren an
nineteen great-great- at-grandchildren. lie
never tasted liquor or tobacco in hi
life.
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
Mother saw Lon EatIna Her Rabv.

Mother Saw Lion Eating Her Baby.
A mountain lion crunching the life
less and mangled body Of her two
year-old boy was the sight thar
greeted Mrs. Chris Brown when sh,
entered the family tent. four mile.
from the Hotel Delmar. at Balboa
Cal. after a short walk. The mother
in despair rushed screaming at tho
beastly slayer of her child. The lior
grOwled savagely and backed SLOWLY
out OF the rear OF the tent, its moutl
dripping with the baby's blood, and
disappeared. The lion had partly dis.
nembered the child after staying 1t.
The Brown family arrived from Della
ware two weeks ago
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
Chased BY Saying Rip Van wlnkIs.

Chased by 5aying Rip Van WInkls.
The sight and sound of what he de-
scribed as a baying Rip Van Wrinkle
caused John Nee. OF Rowleysville y
J., to go racing into Dover. spreadin
an alarm that a wild man is living j.
the woods near Mount Hope.
Nee told Marshal Bryan that Will.
hunting with his dog. his attention wa.
attracted by what sounded like th'
baying Of another hound but prove,
to come from a weird human-like crea
ture. who was scudding through IN,
woods on all fours. his long grayisl
beard trailing under his body. Nee
dog started for the peculiar being, bu
was frightened and chased by the a
legged wild man. who. according to Nee
finally galloped away into the woods