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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26

Mrs W. ". White and Miss Louise
White. wife and daughter Of Comman-
der White, u. 5. N, have just returned
to their home on . street from a visit
to annapolis, where they were the
guests of the superintendent Of the
Naval Academy. Capt John NJ. Bowyer.
and Mrs. Bowyer
Miss White also spent few weeks
with Miss Katherine CIabaugh, daugh-
ter Of Justice and Mrs. II. NJ. Clabaugh,
at their country place, Antrim, fancy
town, Nd.
Mrs. White and her daughter will
probably go North for a few weeks
early in August.
Mrs. MCGOWAN, wife Of Rear Admiral
MCGOWAN, is visiting Dr. and Mrs ".
Duncan McKim at their summer home.
at Cazenovia. n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell, who
are also summer residents of CazenOvia,
will entertain at dinner tonight in honor
Of Mrs. MCGOWAN.
Lawson-McCaH.
An interesting engagement just an
uounced in Boston is that of Miss Dor
othy Lawson, daughter of Thomas W.
Lawson, To Henry Mccall. son Of Repre-
sentative Mccall OF Massachusetts. The
wedding VIII take place at the Lawson
residence, DreamW old, in January
Miss Lawson, who is prominent in so
ciety in New York and Boston. is an
enthusiastic sportswomsn and is espe-
ciaIIy interested in horses. Air. Mccall
graduated from Harvard with this
years class.
Mrs. Josephine Jones returned TO
Washington Saturday after a stay Of
several weeks at Hot Springs. Va.
=.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur d. Dep. Mesny
and their small daughter, after a visit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
Capital Tales

THILE the appointment by Presi-
w dent Taft of Charles r. Crane, Of
Chicago. a business man Of
ability, as minister TO China, has been
nailed with approval in many quarters,
Ihere are those who Criticise the appoint
ment and say they will have to see
results before they viii believe that Mr..
Crane, or any other man unskii'ed in
the ways of diplomacy. will make good,
Mr.. Crane has already done more or
less talking for publication as to what
ne believes should be the policy of this
Government with respect to China, and
this has brought down on him some
criticism. That Mr.. Crane has no easy
road before him may be judged from
this comment made b. a former official
himself thoroughly versed in diplomatic
matters and conversant with the far
Eastern situation:
Mr.. Crane may turn out to make an
admirable minister. but he has hard
road before him. He has already begun
by talking when. he should have kept
silent. Every word he has uttered will
be seized upon instantly by the repre-
sentatives of foreign governments here
and sent to Their chancelleries and will
reach the diplomatic representatives at
Picking.
AT Peking Mr.. Crane VIII meet the
tricktest and ablest Of the worlds dip
lomats. and. If he is not careful while
he is talking business, they win be
working 10 their ends by diplomatic
ways with which he is not conversant.
Ii is an extremely difficult position for
any one to be placed in. The most ex-
peTienced and able Of this cOuntrys
diplomats should have been sent to
China, where he would have found
room for all his talents"
This means that it is u to Mr.. Crane
to prove to his critics that there is
stin merit in American shirt-sleeyes
diplomacy, and that if he makes a
success of his mission ne will be en-
titled 10 a nigh measure of credit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
PREMIER ASQUITH ON THE
NEW AMERICAN TARIFF.

1t viii be one of the curious and
interesting results of our tariff re
vision if the unpopuIarity Of the
measure in this country shall prove
potent argument for the English Liberal
party in its determined stand against
the establishment of a protective tariff
program.
Certainly, there is suggestion of real
significance in the coincidence that on
the same day the dispatches bring It'd
ings of the critical condition of Joseph
Chamberlain, the leader of British pro
tee.ive sentiment, while the Liberal
premier, Mr. Asquith, boldly comes out
in a speech setting up the American
and German tariff troubles as horrible
examples which should warn England
against following in their footsteps.
For a long time the Liberals have been
losing ground, and their sturdy oppo-
sition to making any concessions to the
protective idea has undoubtedly con-
tributed to their weakness. But, far
from being disheartened, the party of
Tree trade is rather casting about for
means to press its fight; and it finds
arguments in the tariff experience of the
United States and Germany. Said
Premier Asquith:
Two great countries, the greatest
commercial rivals we have in the
world. have been trying their hands at
tariff fabrications in the last Two or
three years. Germany has for two
years had in operation full blown
scientific tariff, and Germany's deficit
is much greater than our own, and
has already caused the downfall of
one OF the most powerful ministers In
Europe
This bold assumption that the Ger
man tariff program is responsible for
the downfall of Won Buelow may OF
may not be quite fair. Without doubt
the general fiscal situation in Germany
is bad. and it was the fiscal situation
as a whole which compelled a change in
the Berlin government. But there is
no significant evidence that German
public opinion is the less devoted 10 tiII
scheme of a scientifically constructed
tariff
Turning to the United States, Mr.,
Asquith is undeniably very close in
touch with facts when he says:
If we look on the other side Of the
/ Atlantic, they have just completed a
revision Of the Dingley tariff. II Is
not for Us to speak disTespectfuly OF
I to ind pleasure or cOmplacency in the
struggles, troubles, and misfortunes
! OF our friends and neighbors; but
when we are told that the sovereign
remedy for our financial troubles is
/ 10 create in Great Britain what has
been created in Germany, and what Is
! Just being re-created IN America
/ general tariff-We are entitled 10 look
at the experience of those who have
adopted these methods. And what is
! the case of the new American tariff
| AS far as 7 can make out 1t is uni
tversallv condemned by the whole
/ American press, and regarded by the
/ American people as triumph OF par
/ ticuIar interests over general In
/ terests, for they see the trusts and
imOnopolies reintrenched and re-en-
1 forced ia their long and too victorious
/ campaign against the consumer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
BORROWING" GETS
BROWN IN TROUBLE

For wholesale borrowing Of the prop
erty OF another, Harry Brown was to-
day sentenced to six months in Police
Court by Judge Aukam this morning
and was held under $1,000 bond to an
swer TO the charge of grand larceny.
Desiring TO take "a trip down into
Maryland, Brown took a buggy, two
sets of harness, and horse. He made
his trip safely and left the horse and
buggy at Fort Washington under the
care OF an old COlOTed woman This
happened during the first week in July.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
In the Mail Bag

The Times will accept for pubIi-
cation in its Mall Rag columns,
short, vigorous letters On questions
of public interest. If cannot un-
dertake t0 pubIizh letters exceed
Ing go words, and reserves the
right FigidIy to eOndense commu-
BieatioEs which are OF greater
length. Letters must contain the
name and address OF the yvrstef,
but these viii nOr be published II
request 30 that effect O. made.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
GREEK FACES GREEK
IN A LEGAL BATTLE

Because Mike Mandis, a dweller in
Washington's Little Greece, is alleged
10 have refused an accounting to his
brother. George S. Mandis, following
the rush of business March 4, in he
lunch room conducted by item, the SUI
preme Court of the District was today
asked to dissolve the partnership De
tween them.
Tho two men operated restaurant at
GJf PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest,
which will go under the control Of VIII
liam l.. Ambrose, who was appointed
receiver
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
TOT LURED TO DEATH.

TRENTON. July 26.-Lured from her
mothers side by the sight of a trained
monkey and the strains or a hand or
gan, Florence Shaher. three-year-oId
daughter OF Carl Shaffer, Of Bruins wick
avenue, was ground to death beneath
the wheels OF a trolley ear on North
Warren street. Attracted BY the mon
key and organ, the child let go her
mothers hand and started across the
street so as TO get a nearer view. She
failed TO see a trolley car moving
slowly down grade at this point.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
FUNERAL ARRANGED
FOR JUDGE CLOPTON

RICHMOND, Va, July B.-Ths fu-
neral of Judge William II. Clopton. Of
the Corporation Court Of MszchesteT,
one Of the best known among Virginia
jJEists, who died yesterday at his home,
at Crockett Springs, will take place
there tomorrow.
Judge CiopIOn was a direct descend
and of William CIOpton. who came
from England in the seventeenth cen
tury. He served with distinction ia
the Confederate Army.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
CAPT. w. H. SHEETS
RESTS IN ARLINGTON

The body Of Capt. William H. Sheets
was Inferred with military honors at
Arlington Cemetery this afternoon. Cap
tain Sheetz was sixty-nine years of age
and died Friday last after a short ILL
ness, at the home of his sister, Miss
Mary Sheets, 621 Rock Greek road. Cap
tain Sheets had Been a resident OF
Washington more than a quarter of
century,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
MONDAY EVENING. JULY 2s 1903
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BY TAFT.

From the very beginning of tariff re-
vision, it has been apparent that the
duty on hides and leather and shoes
was the real keystone of the protective
arch as Mr.. Aldrich was rearing it.
Mr.. Aldrieh indeed told the Senate and
the country that the textile schedules
were the keystone. He may have be-
lieved his statement was fair, but
events have not borne him out.
The duty on hides was the cement by
which the range Senators were held to
the Aldrich organization during the
long struggle over the bill 1t was the
one item which, more than any or all
others, could claim enough of popular
support in the West to justify Senators
IN standing by it even though, to do so,
they were compelled to sacrifice all idea
of real revision. 1t was made a pre-
text for supporting all the iniquities of
the whole bill, for repudia ting the party
pledges of downward revision.
This newspaper, at the very begin
ming of the revision, pointed out the
disproportionate significance which the
duty on hides had thus taken on, and
urged that if the Western Senators
would but have the courage and eandor
to Stop bluffing and announce their sur
render of this piece of pie, they would
then be free to join in the effort for
honest revision. But they didn't want
TO surrender it. They refused to give
it up simply because it was such a good
Fretext. They didn't want real revis-
ion; they wanted an excuse for denying
it, and they found that excuse in hides.
There was a vast deal of blufing
back and forth between New England
and the range countries. Certainly
New England would be willing TO grant
free boots and shoes if only she were
given free hides. And, TO be sure, the
cattle statesmen would grant free hide.
if only they could get free shoes.
So they said; but they didn't mean
it, and in this comment it was repeated
ly insisted that they didn't mean it, OF
either side. Now President Taft has
come to the same conclusion. He i:
calling that bluff, and finds that neither
side meant what it said. The duty on
hides is Of chief benefit to one of the
most eXacting mOnopOlies in the land
and 1t turns out that the Senator who
more than anybody else represents, il
the last analysis, the opposition to fires
hides, is no less person than Lorimer
of Beef trust antecedents and afilia
tious
The sentiment for retention of tn,
duty on hides is a myth, so far as am
real, overwhelming popular sentiment il
the cattle States Is concerned. In othel
words, Western Senators who have beer
voting for the Aldrich program in orde
to save their hide tariff, have been il
fact voting for the Aldrich program
because they wanted 10, and have giveI
the hide duty as their excuse.
Now President Taft has called tn
bluff of both sides, and both have de
elined TO make good on their earl,
promises. 1t turns out, just as wa
recognized at the start, that neithe
side was honest in the insistence tina
mutual concessions would be mutual,
agreeable and acceptable
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
BOY SEEKS $4,000
FOR HEAVY SHOCK
Alleges Potomac Electric Power
Company Was Negligent-He
Claims Permanent Injuries.

When his body came in contact with a
550-vOlt wire in the plant of the Poto-
mac Electric Power Company, says
Clarence H Keefer, fifteen years old.
formerly employed by that company. he
sustained injuries Of such a nature that
he has been incapacitated for employ
ment since.
Through his next friend. Louise X
Keefer. he today fIed suit 10 recover
damages Of $4,000
In the suit placed on record by At
torneys Berry. Downing, and Padgett,
it is set forth that the youth was learn
ing the trade OF electrician under the
company on January 30, 1906, and they
allege he was set TO work repairing an
arc light without having been warned
OF the danger or instructed as TO how
the current should be cut of. They de-
clare the electricity has rendered his
arms practically useless, and otherwise
permanently injured him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
CONCERT BY THE SOLDIERS
HOME BAND
THIS AFTERNOON AT O'CLOCK.
John S. NJ. zimmerman, Director.
PROGRAM

Queen Of the Antilles" Intro
ducing Cuban national hymn
Mussud
Overture. Dame Valentine" .Suppe
Idyl, Nightingale Serenade"
Zimmerman
Firss time in public.)
Grand selection. Fedora" .Giordano
Egyptian Serenade. ''Amina." Lincke
Excerpts from M 'le Modiste"
Herbert
(Requestl
Valse Tres Lente, AmouTeuse,
Berger
(Request)
Finale, Albanian Hall
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
DIES IN FIRE NET.

BOSTON, July 26.-Johu McFarren and
John Coughlin were cut off by flames al
an early morning fire in Chariestown,
and In jumping from the third floor into
a life net, MCFarTen was instantly killed
and COUghliI injured. The fire was
caused by The explosion OF a lamp and
did little d2.lsZe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
CAVALRY BAND CONCERT IN
WASHINGTON CIRCLE
THIs EVENING AT 1850 O'CLOCK
George F. TyrTell, Chief Musician.
PROGRAM

March. American Beauties"
St. Clair
Overture, Jolly Robbers" ...... Suppe
Waltz, Danube Waves .Ivanovici
Spanish Mazurka, "Senorita,"
Walker
Idyl, "Capricious Wood Nymphs'
Losey
Selections from comic opera, The
Royal Chef" ...............,...Je jerome
Polonaise, Youth and Beauty
Robinson
Medley March, 1855 Calvin
THE Star-SpangIed Banner"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
BATTLESHIP SPEEDY.

PHILADELPHIA July 26.-The United
States battleshio Michigan, which has
returned here from her trial trip, is
reported to have broken all speed rec
ords for vessel of the battleship type.
The Michigan is said 10 have made a
fraction more than nineteen knots an
hour Her speed requirement was l11s
EHGfH
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
EMINENT PREACHER
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Rev. DIR. Huntington, of Grace
Church, New York, Dies at
Nohant Mass
Nahant, Mass.

NAHANT, n ass, July % The Rev DR..
William NJ Huntington, rector Of the
Grace Episcopal Church. New York. and
one Of the leading divines Of America.
died here today, after a lingering i'll
ness.
After hurried trip from Europe. his
daughter, Margaret, arrived Friday, and
was at her fathers bedside.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
Mrs. White and Miss Louise White Back From An
napcLs Where They Were Guests of
Captain and Mrs. Bowyer.

to friends in Philadelphia. have gone
10 Atlantic city for several weeks.
Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis. who
spent few days at her Washington
residence last week, has returned to her
country place, Oatlands, near Leesburg,
Va, where she is spending the summer.
=
Paymaster and Mrs. Stewart E. Bar
Der were hosts at dinner at the Chevy
Chase Club Saturday evening in honor
OF representative and Mrs J. Van
Vechten OlcOtt.
Miss Mclean Is at Towanda.
Miss Elsie Mclean, daughter OF Caps.
and Mrs. Walter Mclean, L. s. N, is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. A A.
Jarvis. at Towanda. Pa, where she is
being constantly entertained. Mrs.
Jarvis has had a house party in honor
of her granddaughter, and they have
been making frequent motor trips
through Pennsylvania.
=
Solicitor General John NJ Bowers is
the weekend guest of Representative
and Mrs. Herbert Parsons al StoneOver
Farm, Lenox-
Mrs Henry R. Lemly and her little
daughter will close their apartment at
the Marlborough IN a day or two and
will go 10 Ocean City, n J., for the
remainder of the season.
=
Col and Mrs. John R. Williams will
close their apartment in the Connect
where they viii spend the summer at
the country place Of Mrs. John Paul
Jones.
Miss Madeline Miller. of the IPortner,
viii leave Washington the last of the
week for Atlantic city and New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Levy have gone
to Atlantic City and viii spend the re-
mainder of the season at the Hotel
Isleworth-
Miss sara Levy will spend the re-
mainder of the summer at Narraganseu
Pier
=
Returns to Beverly.
Miss Helen Taft will return to the
summer White House at Beverly, Mass,
this afternoon from Newport, where she
has been the guest Of Miss Eleanor
Rocker for several days. assisting At
Miss Rockers debutante reception Sat
urday afternoon. Later in the season
she will probably make another visit
to Miss Rocker, who is one of her
most intimate friends.
*
NJ. and Mrs. Fielding Lewis Mar
shall sailed from New York for a visit
10 their daughter, Mrs. Richard F, Am
phlett, at her home IN England.
=
Miss Frederica Morgan. who is visit
ing Miss CaTTight Lynch at Lakewood,
y. J., will not return TO Washington
until the end Of the week
=
Capt. and Mrs. Walter Mclean. U. S.
N, entertained a company at dinner
at the Chevy Chase Club last evening.
Among others dining there were Mr..
and Mrs. j. c. Sibley, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. r. McLeran, and Mrs. \. J. Nc
ClintOck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
Bevendge's Prospects.

Friends Of Senator Beverage, Of In
diana all give glowing accounts Of
the situation in the Hoosier State, with
respect to the political prospects of that
statesman. They say his return to the
Senate is a practical eertainty-if the
Republicans retain control Of the Leg
islature
Last winter" said an Indiana poll
ician, 1T looked doubtful whether
Senator Beverage could remain in the
Senate. It seemed almost a certainty.
IN fact, that he would be beaten. The
tariff question has been his salvation.
He took the side Of the downward
reVtsiOnists and made a vigorous fight
for lower duties This is what the peO-
PIE OF indiana want Ever since the
tarin bill got into the Senate, Bever-
idge stock has been rising, and II Is
now admitted on all hands that he is
likely to be returned. Former Governor
Durbin for time expected 10 run
against Beveridge. He has sized up
the situation and gone to Europe with
out making an announcement. and
probably viii not enter the race at am.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26

Two Colorado girls went out on the
road. held up the Glidden tourists. and
took their valuables. The Colorado
suffragists seem to have It on their
English sisters at several points. The
six-shooter beats the scheme Of going
to jail and then insisting on starving
oneself
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26

All the reports agree that as the
tariff bin nears the statute books prices
are firming up and there is promise of
a new era Of great prosperity-for the
people who sell things to eat and wear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26
"Lame Ducks" Recovering.

1t looks as If but one or two of the
lame ducks" of Indiana would recover
from their defeats Of last fall. Former
Senator Hemenway is digging into pub-
lie expenditures for a Senate committee
Political resurrection may come to him,
but it is doubtful Former Represent
alive Jim" Watson is spending most
of his time in Washington and is not
likely to rehabilitate himself in his dis
trict Former Representative Jesse
Overstreet Of Indianapolis probably
could return to the House II he wanted
TO. but his health is bad and he may
not venture into politics again.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, former
Vice President, is touring the world
and Will be away for a year. He may
break into the political game, but il
Is not likely to be for several years.
Former Representative Charlie" Ian
dis has gone back to his printshOp in
Delphi. and if hard work can do il, will
be back in washington at the beginning
Of the Stxty-SacOnd Congress.
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Going to the Bottom.
Senator Joseph Little Bristow Of Kan
sas. says he's going to get at the bot
tom of this business Of what the tariff
extracts from the ultimate consu'aer.
He's putting up a building out at Salina
and is keeping books on the structural
. steel and other steel and iron prod
ucts he uses.
when I get that building put up, 80
says the saturDine Kansas statesman,
I'll be able TO tell just how much I've
been robbed by the operation of the
steel tariff"
Senator Bristow opines there's no
question about the ultimate consumer
at last being awake on The tariff dues-
tion. He has been asked to 20 to a
small Kansas town to speak on tariff
at a farmers festival aud is promised
an audience o. 12,000 people. The idea
OF that many people getting wrought up
over tariff is convincing evidence TO
Bristow thac there's something doing
with the down-troddsn consumer ard
that he's ripe for revolt
These lOng-dTawn-Out sessions Of the
conference committee get on the nerves
Of the most iLapeTturbable of the con
ferees. Even Senator PenrOse. who is
usually a placid and optimistic person.
shows the effects.
When viii the conference get
through Penrose was asked I've
quit predicting said the Pennsylvania
Senator as he hurried for an elevator.
Il thought we'd get through Thursday
thought we'd get through Friday; and
was pretty sure we'd finish Saturday.
I'll make no more forecasts"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-26

It's a fine fit they'll throw in England
now, because a Frenchman managed TO
fly acros- their channs! in a toy aero
plaue