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New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
PRAISE FROM BRYCE.
1mbassador 4 Enlos7~es 4mer-
iran WOrb, an Panama Canal.

Tampa. Fla. Feb 1S.-Addressing several
Thousand visitors to the Panama Canal
celebration here. the British Ambassador.
the Hon James Bryce, declared that when
the Panama Canal is completed the physi
,a1 and commercial status of half the ma
+iors Of the earth will be changed, and
,hat America will be the greatest bene
t,,arv of the establishment OF navigation
through a channel across the isthmus.
Tho Panama Canal celebration. which
Ambassador Bryce's address formally
opened. was held i'll accordance with
resolution passed by Congress two years
ago designating Tampa as the proper place
for holding the celebration. as this is the
nearest port to the eastern terminus or the
canal In attendance were several thou
sand troops of the United States army, two
runboats of the American navy and two
visiting gunboats.
In his address Ambassador Bryce paid
q glowing tribute to the splendid achieve
n,ent Of the American government In adj
vancng the canal so near TO completion.
declaring that the eyes OF the world stand
open in wonder.
1T Is indeed a stupendous undertaking."
he said, IAN undertaking that will reflect
unending glory upon those who complete 1t.
upon LDe ildtlOf1dl SbN NeIiitlctit NiiiSli NeA-'
not afraid of 1t. upon the people OF the
United States who supported the national
government. upon all those who are carry
ing it through TO completion, among whom
] will not forget those officers and those
military governors who have succeeded in
rendering q service to humanity, over and
above the commercial services of the canal,
in showing how possible it is to take land
which was cursed by disease and make it
perfectly healthy country.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
RAILROAD MEASURE UP SOON.
Mann Expects Favorable Report on
Bill by March /.

Washington. Feb. 1S--If the calculations
OF members of the Senate and House COM
mttees on Interstate Commerce do not go
aniss. the probabilities are strong that the
administration railroad measure will be un-
der discussion in one or both houses of
Congress within the next month.
Representative Mann, chairman of the
House Committee on Interstate Commerce
said to-day that he was hopeful that the
ln could be reported by his committee by
March l. and it is understood that he feels
equally confident 1t will be taken up and
favorably acted on by the House soon af-
terWard.
The bill will be amended III many respects
by the House committee, but 1t is already
well understood that it will cover the es-
sential features of the Presidents measure
AS outlined to-day. the bill will cover the
following points:
First-Control of the issuance of stocks
and bonds BY railroad companies and the
prohibition of the purchase of competing
lines.
Second-A provision requiring railroads to
furnish their rates on application, with
penalty for failure to do so,
Third-Cfiving the Interstate Commerce
Commission power to suspend proposed
rate before it goes into effect.
Fourth-Making effective the long and
short haul clause of the present law. so as
to forbid higher charge on short haul
than on a long haul which provision was
DESTROYED by decisions of the courts.
Fifth-GiYins TO the commission power TO
control the classification of freight and OF
all reeula tons and practices of the railroad
companies.
The provision for a court of commerce.
probably will not be included in the House
committees report.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
NO TIP, NO SERVICE.
Murphy's Anti Tipping Bill Strikes a
Snag

Washington, FEB. lS.-The Inherent right
OF a man 10 give away his own money is
the snar on which the newest t-tipping
bill has been split and broken.
Congressman Murphy, of Missouri intro
duced an anti i-tipping bill Tor the District of
Columbia in the House a few weeks ago
IL uas-Jent TO the District Commissioners
10 see What they thought about IL. as is
usual In such cases.
The reasons why the bill should not he
passed are varied. but the one which
seemed to apgya! most to the commission
ers came from a person who declared that
the man who refused 10 tip walter wotId
be marked and could beat his butter dlsil
with knife Tor an hour 10 get glass of
water or any other service.
The commissioners have decided not 10
stand between the waiter and his tip.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
JEFFFRSON'.S DEFY.
Declined to Produce Papers an
Barr Trial.

Washington, Feb. l2-The fact that
Thomas Jefferson. then President, declined
90 appear in court ana produce certain pa
pers in the trial Of Aaron Burr for trea son.
taken in connection with the attitude of
the Senate and House on the rlandamus oe
Judge Wright to the joint committee on
printing IN Congress 10 appear In the S;i-
prene Court OF tie District of Columbia
last week. aroused interesting comment
yesterday among some Of the officials of
the Department Of Justice who were look
sng over the court records bearing on the
case.
Mr.. Jefferson was asked TO bring, among
other papers, a letter from a general who
Tas believed TO have knowledge Of Burr's
alleged reasonable designs upon the South
west. but lie contended that as the execu-
tive officer OF the government he was ex-
eropt from the process OF the court.
The documents DO not disclose just how
the incident ended, but one OF the officials
said II was his recollection from reading
the history Of the trial that the Presidents
sttitu6e was upheld by the courts Burr
was tried at RichGnond, Va. in 1897 and
was acquitted
The papers, now more than a hundred
years old. we're lent by Judge Edmund
waddill, Of the United States District
Court at Richmond, to Chief Clerk Field
of the Department Of Justice TO form part
OF the exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Pacific
Exposition az Seattle last year. They were
returned safe and sound some time ago
Attorney General Wickersham asked that
they be kept here while, as he was anx-
lcus to look over them carefully. He has
now 1inisbed with the papers. and they viii
be returned 10 Richmond. While the ink
on some OF them has faded considerably,
set most are readable with the naked eye.
and the indictment itself, inscribed in q
.lear, distinct hand, IS easily distinguished.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
STRENUOUS WEEK OF PRACTICE,
Rear Admiral Schroeder Reports on
Work at Guantanamo.

Washington. Feb. 13.-The Atlantic bat
tleship feet at Guantanamo Bay has fin
ished a week of strenuous practice. Rear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder, commander in
chief. in his weekly report to the Bureau
of Navigation, says that. III addition to the
scheduled fleet practice marine regiments
had been landed ashore during the week
and went in for practice marches across
the country The fleet had searchlight drills
al night. mines were laid, torpedo practice
was held and admirars inspection was con-
Quoted.
A regiment of the landing forces from the
Minnesota. the New Hampshire, the Mis-
sissippi and the Idaho camped during the
entire week at Deer Point, and had rifle
and pistol target practice. Boat crews of
all ships In port exercised daily under oars
and sail. Instruction in swimming contin-
ues to be principal feature of the pro-
prammc.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
TENANTS FIND LANDLORD DEAD.

Orange. n. J., Feb. Is (SpeciaD.-When
tenants OF William Rankin, who owns the
house at Ne. IS Mechanic street. this city,
noticed at noon to-day that he had not
emerged from his room, they made an in
vestiga ton and found him dead In bed,
with the gas pouring from an uniighted gas
jet. 1t is believed that he inadvertently
turned on the gas after turning IL out when
he went to bed last night Rankin was
sixty five years old, and, it is understood.
had wife and children in Canada.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
THREE MORE BODIES FOUND.

Primero, Col. Feb. 13.-Three more
bodies were recoSered from the Primero
mine to-day. making sixty-five taken out
since the explosion, on January 81. one
body was Identified as that of David Will
Jams, Welsh mine boss Workmen say
more bodies will be recovered tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
BOOMING CHAMP CLARK.

Montgomery City, Mo, Fen. 73.-Eesolu-
tious indorsing Congressman Champ Clark,
Democratic floor leader Of The House. for
the nomination for the Presidency ia 1917
were unanimously adopted ~ meeting "
.lie party members Ia the county here to-
GAY.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

The National Press Club has arranged to
hold novel entertainment this week It
has been designated Hobby Night" and
half a dozen well known public meu. each
Of whom las some great issue that is close
10 his heart" have consented to talk on
their hobbies. The list of speakers includes
Speaker Cannon. Commander Peary, DR. H.
". Wiley. Professor Willis J.. Moore Gif-
ford Pinchot. Champ Clark and Senator Ia
Toilette Each speaker will be limited 10
ten minutes. 1t is rega r1ed as doubtful if
the club officials viii be able to enforce the
limitation as TO time. It has been suggest
ed that If Senator La Toilette undertakes
10 deliver his seventeen-l1our fflibuster
speech, Speaker Cannon may be asked to
enforce the House rules. q. G. H
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

Rumors that the Pennsylvania interests
are acquiring more property in Market
street. Newark, near the present station.
and at other points along the main rail-
road. for the use Of the McAdoo line, have
been numerous during the last few days
A Newarker who has been closely in touch
with the rapid transit plans for more than
two years is authority for the statement
that the McAdoo trains will enter Newark
at the Market street station of the Penn
sylyani1,
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

The per capita consumption of coffee in
the United States IS steadily increasing,
While that OF tea remains almost stationary.
t1gures made public to-day by the Bureau
OF Statistics show that the United States
is the worlds largest consumer of coffee.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

The rivers and harhors bill, which has
been reported TO the House, carries an ap-
propriation of s5e0.000 for experiments TO
improve the present type of river freight
carriers The British government has been
designing shallow draft boats for use on
the Nile and the German and Austrian gov
ernments have been working along similar
lines with reference to methods of trans
poriation on the Rhine the Danube the
Elbe and other waterways. The boats de-
signed have been very successful, having
been used in connection with modern loading
and unloading appliances. Little change
has been made in the design of towboats,
harges, etc. on the western rivers of the
United States since 1850. In connection
with the proposed improvement Of the upper
Mississippi. it is now planned that tests
shall be made by the government with Il
view to developing IL type of carrier that
will be able TO handle commerce in water
from four 10 six feet deep. In the improve
ment of the river tho government must ar
range 10 transport great quantities of GEM
ent and other material. In doing this the
engineers will have at their disposal $500
600 for experimenting with tugs built for
power and for deyisng a system of towing
that will be practice bic in private commerce.
If the experiments prove successful II is eX-
pected that private capital will adopt the
governments designs and that there will be
marked increase in traffic on The shallow
non-tidal rivers of the country. It is
thought that type of carrier may be de-
yeioped which will reduce the cost of all
bridges across navigable streams due to
lessened requirements in the matter of head
room.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

How long will the conditions prevailing
at the grade crossings of the Lackavsnna
in the Oranges be tolerated." asks COM
muter. After long agitation and great ef-
fort. the locomotive whistle as a public
nuisance was practically suppressed. Yet
mark the public inconsistency.-no sooner
had the steam railroad whistle nuisance
been conquered than the automobile began
to "honk.''
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
THE DAWN WASHINGTON

Germany, the Netherlands. France. Bel
GUM and Austria-Hungary being next in
the order named. The United Kingdom and
Russia rank the United States in the con-
sumption of tea In 1899 the consumption Of
coffee In this country was 916 pounds per
capita, and in 1900 1t was 1i.74 pounds The
per capita consumption Of tea In the United
States is exactly the same es It was twenty
years ago. namely, 1.2s pounds Last year
Brazil furnished 81 per cent of our coffee
imports. while Japan furnished 42 per cent
of the tea imports The statistics show that
Sc per cent Of the champagne imported hy the
United States last year came from France.
OF still wines imported, Germany furnished
e5 per cent. France "A per cent, and Italy
nearly u per cent. These figures are now
receiving close attention from the French
officials who are negotiating with the
American Tariff Board. They can readily
see the effect on their export wine trade II
the United States should impose the maxi
mum rates of the Payne act on imports
from France while permitting those from
Germany and Great Britain TO enter Amer!-
can ports % per cent below the maximum
tariff. Oficials of the state and Treasury
departments are convinced that when the
French statesmen exporters and producers
reflect on these statistics they will realize
the economic Importance of eliminating all
undue Determinations against American eN-
ports.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

Isaac H. Bandriff. OF Salem County, IS
one Of the few trappers who are still en-
gagged proitably In capturing New Jerseys
fur bearing animals. He has two assist
ants, and since 1880 the trio have captured
no less than forty-seven thousand musk
rats. The hest year was 1909. when they
captured sixty-seven hundred of the ami
mails.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
GOSSIP OF THE
COMMUTERS.

Is monthly Communication ticket good for
the entire month. or is II only possible 10
obtain sixty rides on the ticket? This Is a
question that is stirring many commuters
OH the New Jersey suburban lines whose
business in New York requires them to
travel back and forth every day. Sundays
included Recently the conductors have
been scrupulously exact in punching the
tickets and commuters found that they
were required TO pay for the two extra
trips made I'm a month containing thirty
one days. in February the railroad COM
panies are ahead OF the everyday commut-
ers. as the limit of sixty rides will not be
reached at the end of the month.
Announcement has been made by the
North Jersey Rapid Transit Railway that
the new trolley line from Paterson to Ho-
hokus will be In operation by May 1. 1t
Is expected that he line will be extended
TO Sufern a month later.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

ID ITTSBURG, PA.-"So-called Phil
1 anthropy' has become one of the
leading crimes of Pittsburgh crime
to which we have found 1t necessary
to apply heroic treatment
Peter Pry Shevlin, a Pittsburg de"
tectiye, who has been given the task
of running down "Philanthropic
crooks" in Pittsburg, made this re-
mark:
"The good people of P1ttsburg are
virtually sandbagged each year Out of
more than enough to keep our poor
in luxury" he continued, land yet of
each dollar given through the honest
philanthropic promoter only about
forty ce' of it reaches the point for
which it was intended. AS for the
dishonest promoter who is now in
Testing Pittsburg-well, he gets it ALL
and in most cases comes back with
an expense account to collect-and
collects it,
1t has been proved that a man with
good quit Of clothes and a good ad-
dress can, by gaining an audience
with some of the social leaders in
Pittsburg and getting name or so
signed 70 paper, start out and COL
lect from $1,000 to $4,000 with little
trouble. The amount of money he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
YOUR STOMACH FEELS FINE.
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sourness, Ga.
and All Stomach Misery Ended
In Five Minutes.

This harmless preparation will
promptly digest anything you eat and
overcome sick, sour, gassy or out-of-
order stomach within five minutes.
If your meals don't At comfortably,
or what you eat lies like lump Of
lead in your stomach, or If you have
heartburn, that is sign of Indigestion.
Get from any drug store here in
town a 50-cent case Of Papes Diapep-
sin and take dose just as soon as
you can There will be no sour ris-
lngs, no belching Of undigested food
mixed with acid, no stomach gas or
heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling
in the stomach, Nausea, Debilitating
Headaches, Dizziness or Intestinal
gripping. This will all go, and, besides,
there will be no sour food left over
In the stomach to poison your breath
with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is certain regula-
tor for out-of-order stomachs, and be-
sides it takes hold of your food and
d1gests it just the same as if your
stomach wasn't there.
These large 50-cent cases contain
more than sufficient to thoroughly
cure any case of Dyspepsia, Indiges-
ton or any other stomach disorder.
Remember, If your stomach feels
out of order and uncomfortable now,
you can get relief in five minutes by
taking a little Diapepsin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
All Betting Now Illegal in New York

The fixing Of the liability on the race
track directors themselves put things
IN an entirely different light
The laws apparently leave no lion
hole and several of the poolrooms and
handbook men, who have done
thriving business in New York Nave
put up the shutters and others have
lntlmated that they will make No
further fight for play when it NAV
mean arrest and a Jail term. If any
plan has been devised to evade the
law 1t is not generally known. Of
course there are many who will con.
tlnue to bet as they have before hnt
the handbook men are looking for ,,ew
customers. There is fear and tremh-
ling all along the line.
Though horse racing is \ favor;+o
medium for bettors, there is another
sport that will feel <the effects Of tbs
new law. 1t is boxing. At all of tho
club affairs there has been plenty NJ
bets made on the result, and it has
been the custom to make them oneo1v
Now it will have to be done under
cover, and then in violation Of ,he
law. orally or otherwise" as the law
reads, puts up the bars just about AZ
tightly as could be imagined.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
laundering a City's Philanthropists

gets depends largely on the nature of
the scheme.
The first of the alleged high-class
by the Pittsburg police through
Shevlin's work is one named Silver
man, who, it Is alleged by the police,
has already cleaned up $4,000 through
the laxness of rlethod in giving, by
the rich of Pittsburg. Silverman has
least twenty times, but each time,
until the present, he has been helped
out by very rich relatives of his wife.
Now the postal authorities have him.
Detective Shevlin went to arrest
him some days since. The detective
grabbed Silverman, put his stenogra-
piers out of the offices, locked tho
rooms, and proceeded with the indig-
nant Silverman to the police station.
where he registered as "philan-
thropic promoter"
Shevlin then rushed back to open
up the rooms and get what data he
could from the books. In his absence
the mail carrier had come to the Of
flee Of Silverman, and not being able
to gain entrance, had showed under
the doors letters containing checks
to the amount of more than $1,000.
And this from but one trip of the
mailman!
The police claim Silverman is but
one Of the gang that has ben in the
habit Of collecting an aggregate of
100000 per year out OF rich people
in Pittsburg on the "charity game"
then not turning over anything, or at
least small percentage, to charity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

A LBANY, N. YAH Of the several
"A laws prohibiting betting of every
character in the state of New York are
now in effect. These laws were orig
inally aimed solely at racing, but
amendments and changes were made
until now it is hazardous to offer to
make a wager by word Of mouth.
While there can be no wager unless
there are two persons to the transac-
ton, but if the offer Is made and &C.
cepted, though no money be passed,
the law is violated.
Directors and managers Of race
tracks are made liable for any viola
tons that may occur within their
grounds. Just as long as the blame
was not fixed on them directly they
were willing to race, and those desir-
ing to bet on the races could find
ways of their own to evade the law.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
The Pursuit of the Tricky Smuggler

yOnd doubt. It might blow the culpr1t
into Jail; it certainly would blow a:
heavy fine out of his pocket.
Dozens of explosions have occurred
of late and it is, in way, refreshing:
to run through the list of victims-al7
though, of course, this also has it's mel!
ancholy aspect. The rich smuggler gots
no more mercy than the poor one-and
the smuggler oftener is rich than
poor.
In numerical proportion do you
catch as many smugglers among steer:
age passengers as among travellers IN
the first cabin?" the vigorous collector
was asked.
"Nc," he said. Il don't believe we
do"
What is the psychology of that?"
"I-haven't thought it out" said he
little hesitantly 1T would be inter.
esting, though. Perhaps the fact that
one has money makes him nervier.
That may be it,
1.-The average of human honesty Is
very high. Newspaper readers are
likely to go wrong in thinking about
that. You see there Is no mention
made in newspapers of the ten thou
sand passengers who come into this
port and make completely honest dec
larations of their baggage; there Is
not the slightest comment on the one
hundred thousand business men who
continually import material without
effort at evasion. Only the crooks
whom we manage % detect attract at
tention. That's one trouble with this
world. No reporter dashes down here
with his pencil and his pad, his fin
gers eager to record the fact that no
dishonesty has been discovered among
the passengers Of an incoming ship.
Not a Smuggler Caught would be q
tiresome headline, possibly, to most
newspaper readers"
Are you getting all the smugglers
nowadays?"
He answered without hesitation.
There is very little smuggling at this
port which we do not discover. No;
don't believe we miss so very much
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

CT. LOUIS.-Judge William Jeffer-
~ son Pollard of the Dayton street po-
lice court is sore as result of the
action of an undiscovered enemy who
wounded his dignity and neither limbs
by inserting bent pin into his an
atomy while he was sitting on the
bench.
The bent pin was fastened in a
board underneath the desk under
which he stretched his legs.
The Judge, after hearing a case on
trial, started to cross his legs, pre-
liminary to launching his judicial die
tum, when an explosive "Ouch!" from
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23


toward she in question: but what what every ouo
macaly like bird will aVe1
Were working Avos seem
flights
exhibition The public delighted applaud the press gives
plenty OF but that won't There WI"
public will practical More WORK
being done ashps abroad They things deeply over
We Americans hampered D
of the
hampered by
believe arships will carriers within five years
trolley field
ships They can used for Think what difficult marches they
will
for them
to be
1T that II hours
and then sleeping
spent lot OF time studying the formation the bro You
the Of
actual
all drawing
model
especially
interested aviation making possible things wouldn't
otherws do