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The Washington times., 1911-04-11
De VR|ES' OPINION
GIVES CANADA SOLE
RECIPROCITY RIGHT
Customs Appeals Court Rul,
ing Will Bar Other Ma
tions From Favors.

The United States Court Of Customs
Appeals has handed down an opinion
through Justice De Vries which may
have an important effect on the reci-
procity agreement. The decision related
TO whisky, but vital principle is set
forth with respect to the favored nation
clause.
In substance, Justice De Vries' opinion
means that no other country will be
entitled to the tariff reductions given
Canada in the pending agreement. by
reason Of favored nation" arrange
ments. unless such reductions are OBJ
tanned by specific reciprocity agreements
not yet negotiated.
The ruling Is expected to be Of i'm
portance in the consideration of the reci-
procity agreement in Congress. 1t blocks
any claim Of countries other than Can
ada, now without agreements Of a re-
ciprocal nature, that they are entitled to
the same concessions as Canada.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
Famous Aviators to
Compete In Races Here

Aerial contests for distance, altitude,
and duration: passenger flights. and
races will be the features of the aero
plane meet scheduled for Benning race
track. May 5. 6. and Z. The meet will
be held under the direction Of the Ma
tionaI Aviation Company. for the Cur
tiss people.
Three eight.cyinder Curtiss machines
will form the nucleus of air craft to be
seen at the meet, and invitations have
been extended to aviators in this city
and Baltimore to bring their machines
and participate in the events.
Aviators J. A. D. McCurdy, who at
tempted the Key West to Cuba fight;
Lincoln Beachey. one Of whose first
dirigible flights was made from the
Munsey Building, In this city some years
ago. and H. A. Robinson, have been en-
gagged to participate IN the flights 1t
Is probable. too, that Glenn II. Curtiss
VIII be here.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
Big Seamen's Strike
In Coronation Week

NEW YORK, April LIT is an
nounced that the international strike
Of seamen, which is intended to I'M
pede the commerce Of the world Will
go into effect during coronation week
It is officially stated that seven great
camps for the accommodation Of strik-
ing seamen have been estaplisneo IN
The Rritish Isles, at London, Liverpool,
CarG-if, Southampton. Shields, Glasgow
and Hull.
Mathew Tearle secretary Of the Amer.
ican branch of tie National Sailors and
Firemen's Union of Great Britain, says
that on the day the strike Is declared
IN england the strike order will be Ca
bled to every other land and sent by
wireless to men on the high seas.
The strike has been threatened FOR
long time by the seamen, who nave de-
manded redress for grievances.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
Teacher Cobbles Shoes
Of His Poorer Pupils

BOSTON. April 11.-Cobbling shoes
for the poorer members of his classes
is the charity which Headmaster
OBrien, of the Polk Prescott and
Medford schools has practiced for
many years. guarding his secret care
fully until 1t leaked out yesterday.
He had a secret room fitted up In
one OF the schools. There he would
take needy scholars, bind them to
secrecy and fit them out with clothes,
and cobble their shoes II they were
unable to pay regular repairers to
have the work done.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
VETERANS ARE DEAF
TO REVEILLE AFTER
DAYS CELEBRATION
Survivors Tired Out by Pa
rade, Receptions, and
Banquet.

Few of the surviving Boys of 81
FELT like responding to reveille this
morning-and very few OF them did
With the fiftieth anniversary of thelr
enlistment marked by a parade, recep-
tions, and a banquet last night yester-
day was one of the most strenuous
days that had been lived by many OF
the veterans in several years.
From l o'clock yesterday afternoon
when the veterans responded to the
call Of fall in as they did a half
century ago, until late last night.
time was filled with enjoyable events.
Hundreds gathered at Fifth and II
streets and along the line of march
TO watch the veterans on their way to
the White House to see the President.
A regiment of the National Guard In
fantry and a battery of the field ar
tillery acted as escorts.
During the reception of the vet
Grams by the District Commissioners
it was suggested by Capt. J. Tyler
Powell that the Commissioners should
work for a Congressional appropria-
tIon that would make possible the
erection of a monument in honor. or
the men who enlisted for service from
the District OF Columbia. He pointed
monuments of their heroes IN Wash
InHton while none had been Ell,
for the men who helped to protect the
National Capital and make the inaug-
uration of the President possible.
At the banquet last night several
speeches were made and old
were sung. Eighty-eight veterans
were If attendance. Miss Rose NJ. Sef-
ton, representing the Ellen Spencer
Mussey Tent. Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, presented a bouquet
to- Captain Powell. One flower was
given to each veteran.
Among those who responded to
toasts were E. w. Woodruff, Thomas
S. Hopkins, and the Rev. DR.. Samuel
II. Woodrow.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
Petition for Bunks
In Street Car Barns

If the Washington Railway and EIec-
tric Company listens to a communica-
ton which will be sent them by the
Northeast Citizens Association, they
will put cots or hunks in the earn barns
at Fourteenth and East Capitol streets
The need for such Accommodations for
conductors and motormen was pointed
out at the association meeting last
night. 1t was declared that many times
the men have but three or four hours
between tricks. and II they desire to
sleep they have to go to their homes,
often consuming nearly all OF their
or time, with the alternative of
sleeping on benches in the barn.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11

Mrs Housekeeper-" How dread wash-day! Thinking
of Monday drudgery spois my Sunday evening"
A,sty Drsdge-"You are foolish, my dear, to dread
thing that can be made pleasure. Use Fels-Naptha
soap and your washing will be 30 much easier that
Monday win no longer be Sunday nightmare. And
you viii have much better looking clothesg'
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
George Francis Jones
Is Dead In Hyattsville

HYATTSVILLE, Md. April IL
George Francis Jones. formerly OF
Baltimore. later a business man OF
Washington. aged sixty. died at his
home here, Of tuberculosis, yesterday
afternoon. He Is survived by a wife,
Mrs Ida kessler Jones; a son, Howard
P. Jones; two grandsons. Carlton and
Howard Jones: and his niece, Mrs.
Courtney w. Geib.
Mr.. Jones was a graduate of the
University of Maryland Law School.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
morning from the residence. Inter-
ment will be in Greenmount Gene
terry. Baltimore, Md.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
Michigan Students Here
To Study Electricity

Forty-ffve stdents of the University
Of Michigan and three OF the instructors
are in Washington for a practical study
Of some of the largest electrical and
steam machines in use here.
The trip to Washington Is a part of
the annual experimental tour that Is
given the students in the department
of mechanical and electrical engineer
ing. Other cities that will be visited
are Toledo. Pittsburg. McKeesport, and
New York city.
The instructors under whose super
vision the trip is being made are Prof.
8. J. Zowski. Prof. c. H. Fessenden.
and Prof. Benjamin Bailey.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
Japan STORIES ON
CONGRESS NERVES
Legislators Believe That in Justice to All Parties Facts
Should Be Learned Regarding Source of War
Propaganda.

therefore, the mobilization Of the troops
was expected to serve the dual purpose
OF having a restraining influence on
those who were engaged In Ilibusterfng,
and at the same time calling Japan
attention to the fact that this Govern
ment was aware Of its colonization in
Mexico and Of its desire to maintain a
coaling station in Mexican waters.
Object Lesson to Japan.
This view Of the situation is entirely
at variance with practically every in
spired statement which has emanated
from the White House, but 1t was ex-
pressed by a Senator who was con-
vinced that there is some foundation
for the repeated assertions that the
United States Is anxious to demonstrate
to Japan that 1t is ready at any mo-
ment to protect itself, either from an
attack or from a gradual preparation
for war under cover Of concessions from
Mexico and the influx of japanese into
Mexico.
There Is a growing feeling at the
Capitol chat the time has arrived when
the situation should be dealt with with
the utmost frankness on the part Of the
Administration Members of the COM
mittees of the House or Senate, having
jurisdiction over legislation dealing with
foreign affairs have been consulted by
the President in regard to the connec-
also the anti-Japanese stories which are
being circulated so industriously and in
q manner which, 1t is now believed, Is
arousing the country.
Not one Of these members Of Congress
doubts the Information furnished them
by the President, and none is willing
to believe that the information was ex-
purgated before 1t was submitted to
them. Many of them do believe. how
ever, that the Administration must have
some knowledge Of the real source Of
the anti-Japanese sentiment, and they
believe that the time has arrived when
II is up to President Taft and his ad-
visers to take them into their conf
dence.
In Justice to Japan.
1t is pointed out that II this senti-
ment is permitted to grow 1t will not be
long before the leading members Of the
Committee on Foreign Relations in the
Senate and Foreign Affairs in the House
will be precipitated into a debate during
the course of which they will be placed
in an embarrassing position unless they
have all the facts before them.
IF the Administration has not inves-
tigated the source of these anti
Japanese stories," declared a prominent
Senator today. 1T Is high time it began
to do so. We cannot afford to i'm
pugp the motives of a friendly nation
In this manner. 1t is impossible to be-
lieve that this agitation could be main
tained without the assistance of power
full and influential backing, financially
and otherwise.
IF we have nothing to fear from Ja-
pan 1t is due that nation that we dis
close the source of this agitation. II
we have something to fear In that di-
rection the time has arrived when the
Administration must take Congress into
its confidence and disclose some OF its
secrets"
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
South Dakotans Here
Organize State Society

The South Dakota Society is the new
est State society in Washington. II
was organized last night at meeting
held in the Johnson Hotel and attended
by thirty South Dakotans. The follow
Ing officers were elected: President, H.
y, Davidson: first vice president, B. w.
kumler; second vice president, e. e
MCCOY; secretary, r. X. DePuy; treas
urer, /. I. Chorpenning; historian. y. 8.
Osborn. H. c. Shober and John T.
Erickson were elected members ~ the
governing committee,
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
Miss Rivero Goes Up
In Janus Aeroplane

Several of the best aeroplane flights
ever made in a Rex Smith machine
were made at Potomac Park yesterday
afternoon. Besides straightaway flights,
the aeroplane was swung around. cir
cling the park while at a height of
100 feet.
Miss Lenora Rivero. daughter of the
Cuban minister, made a flight with
aviator Janus yesterday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
Seeking Men Who "Shot"
Enfield Falls In Canoe

THoMPSoNVILLE. Conn.,. April IL
The identity of two men who shot the
Enfield falIsIis being sought here. The
men were seen to go over In a canoe
which was dashed to pieces on the
rocks. The men did not reappear.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
His Life As Stake.

PITTSBURG, Pa, April 11.-Nineteen-
year-old d. Rabianobitz played a game
of solitaire with his life as the stake,
lost it, and blew out his brains. His
BODY was found last night seated before
the cards which had decreed his death.
The Washington times., 1911-04-11
DR.. Palmer to Be Buried
In Rock Creek Cemetery

The body OF DR.. Edward Palmer, who
died Sunday night, will be inferred in
Rock Creek Cemetery tomorrow after
noon. The funeral services will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. Patrick Murphy, of
Epiphany Chapel, tomorrow afternoon,
from his late residence, 307 Twelfth
street southwest, at 2 o'clock. DR.. Pal
mer died yesterday morning in the eight
ieth year of his age. He had no reia-
tiveS in this country.
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holiday and had fingered on through
the winter, fascinated by her exuber-
ant attractivensss, and lattered by
her bold and artful pursuit of him.
She had thought to amuse herself in
her dreary. wretched. sordid life by
his fresh. frank. open admiration. The
woman's drunken husband had cared
little at first; but lately, under the
jibes, sneers, and ianuendos Of his
companions. he had become fercely
Jealous. Then In maudlin fury he had
forbidden the boy the house, and had
sworn hat he would kill him on
sight.
The oma thereupon swiftly made
up her mind TO break the thraldom Of
her matrimonial bond, and in the
young strangers company or by his
agency TO leave the country. She
neither desired nor intended to be
tied to the boy a half dozen years
younger than she.
Once in civilization It would be
easy to break away from him, she
knew. Thereafter she had no fear
but with her beauty, her wit, and her
courage. with her utter INSCRIPTIONS
ness, she could make her way In the
east which she had never seen. And
this was TIE night on which they had
agreed to take their departure.
Since her husbands wild outbreak
OF jealousy, she had seen the boy only
once. In that surreptitious interview
they had concocted their plans. Her
husband spent the greater part OF the
nights, whenever he had any money,
In gambling and drinking at the sa-
loon. BY a lucky chance a short time
before In an all night trial with For
tune he had won something over
$1,000. The bulk of II in hard cash
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Varyinu Prices of Iobsters

Lovers Of lobster ought to get a lot
of comfort out of a recent paragraph
in the famous old Kennebec Journal.
which says that the c%rustaceans are
dirt cheap" However, the Journal
adds, they are not a. low in price
as in the old days, when they sold
six for 25 cents, but the price has
fallen to 16 cents a pound, which is
decidedly different from the figures
that were being quoted early in the
spring. Then they were being bought
alive for so cents a pound from the
fishermen. and the price in Boston and
New York scared to so cents a pound,
and, in some cases, beyond"
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A SPOON X
Straight From Cofteedom.

Coffee can marshall a good squadron
Of enemies and some very hard ones to
overcome. A lady in Florida writes:
Il have always been very fond Of
good coffee, and for years drank II at
least three times a day. At last, how
ever, | found that it was injuring me.
Il became bilious, subject to fire.
quent and violent headaches, and so
very nervous, that l could not lift a
spoon to my mouth without splitting Q
part Of its contents.
MY heart got 'rickety' and beat so
fast and so hard that l could scarcely
breathe, while my skin got thick and
dingy, with yellow blotches on my face,
caused by the condition Of my liver
and blood.
Il made up my mind that all these
afiictions came from the coffee, and I
determined to experiment and see.
$50 / quit coffee and got a package
of Postum which furnished my hot
morning beverage. After a little time
was rewarded by a complete restora-
o OF my health in every respect.
Il do not suffer from %biliousness any
more, my headaches have disappeared,
my nerves are as steady as could be
desired, my heart beats regularly and
my complexion has cleared up beauti-
fully-the blotches have been wiped out
and 1t is such a pleasure to be well
again Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from time to time, They
are enuaae true and full Of hunaa
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PR|SONEROFW WEALTH
Her Fortune a Burden to Mrs.
Russell Sage.
Ee9gars Force Her Into Retirement
and Change Her From a Sweet,
Kindly Woman TO One of
Suspicion.

New York.-One Of the most pathet-
&c figures in the world today is Mrs.
Russell Sage, upon whom the fortune
left her by her husband imposes a
fearful burden. There is scarcely a
day that she does not weep, one or
her intimate friends tells US. She
sits and cries at the intolerable bur
den Of having $50, COOS 900 on her
shoulders, at the task OF distributing
that huge fortune in the way that Will
do the most good. She is so years
old and has a New England con
science. She wants to do just the
right thing with it all, and it requires
an amount of thought and study and
imposes a feeling Of responsibility
that is hard on an old who
only wants a quiet corner to spend
her few remaining years in.
Mrs. Sage has aged very much
since her husbands death. She has
grown thin, pale, bent and wrinkled.
Aside from the natural grief over Mr..
Sage's death, Mrs. Sage was plunged
almost instantly into a storm Of ap-
peals which amounted TO a persecu-
ton. Her mail for some years before
Mr.. Sage's death had amounted to be-
tween 40 and so letters a day. 1t
leaped instantly TO 800 a day, and the
entire surplus was appeals for money.
Within two months after Nk. Sage's
death 1000 letters were Carted away
from her house unopened. Two seCre-
taries work night and day almost to
handle Mrs. Sage's private mail. II
she attempted to read 10 per cent Of
it personally she would be able to do
nothing else.
At first she tried co~nsCientiously to
look it over herself. She was aston
ished and Disguised at some Of it.
Before Mr.. Sage's body vas cold In
its coffin she received a letter from
a New York man whom she never had
seen asking her to send him a check
for $1,000 by return mail, and he was
kind enough to inclose a stamped en-
velOpe for reply. She never asked
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I gerod into the room. The woman
screamed slightly and stepped toward
the snow-covered, ice-incrusted figure.
The young man forced the door shut
turned and faced her. He tore off his
fur cap and threw It on the floor. He
stretched put his Icy gauntletted
hands toward her. To reach the cabin
he had been compelled to face the
blizzard. His face was white yet
bleeding. The woman shrank back
from him.
rs this my welcomey" he said in a
voice manly enough In spite Of bis
youthful aspect.
You're so wet and 80 cold.- said
the N THE horses7"
They're outside" returned the
boy. But you didn't think OF ventur-
Ing in this blizzard? Why, it's like
hell itself. or would be II he'll was
coldl"
I'D risk anything" said the woman
ferccly, ito get away from him! You
won't fail me nOwT"
But, my God, grill" answered the
boy with that assumption of superior
age which so satisfied his pride, wen
die In this blizzard"
NO" persisted the woman. See,
the storm comes straight from the
north. Our way is due south; we've
only to keep It at our backs"
An right" said the boy cheerily.
He turned ana stared out Of the win
dow. You've No IDEA how terrible It
Is, though"
81 don't care"
Get ready. them"
I'm ready" she replied. "See!"
She lifted the skirt OF her dress and
showed him a pair Of horseman's
boots with a pair Of her husbands
trousers tucked tightly IN them. IT'S
a good thing he has a small foot" she
sneered.
Curse him!" said the boy. I'D
like to settle with him before we 60"
You'll settle with him enough"
said the woman cynically, when you
take me away from him"
She turned and took down from
m Of the pegs a heavy fur o%yercoat.
The boy assisted her to put 1t on
From a holster hanging IN the wall
she drew a small silver-mounted g.
calibered revolver.
I'm ready" she said again.
Let US start, then" cried the boy,
stepping forward.
On he instant a whirl Of wind dis
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-20
CTo BE C~oNTINUED.)
Modified.

Little Viola had developed the habit
CT holding her thumb in her mouth.
even while eating. Mother had re-
sorted to all sorts OF methods 10
correct the child and finally IN despera,
ton said:
Viola. the FIRST thing you know you
will swallow YOU thumb. and then
what will you do?"
well. mother, I should hate to swaL
low It because I'd have a heaven OF o
time without It."
"Why. Viola" said the astonishsd
mather, where did you hear an express
sion like that?"
well. WELL" hesitated the little girl
Il didn't hear 1t exactly like that.
mother. but I thought Il would sound
better"
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for advice as to the disposal of this
fortune, yet within the first two
months Of her w~idowhood she receiv-
ed letters from more than 1000 diff
ferent men, instructing her how to
give away her money so as to do the
most good.
The letters that really affected Mrs.
Sage at this time were pathetic ap-
peals for help from individuals. Many
of these were to all appearances gen
uine, the appeals Of poor and igno-
rant persons, suffering in want and
hardship, and pathetically confident.
that the kind-hearted woman who had
more money thar she knew what to
do with would give them the little
that would make them happy. Some
OF these letters distressed Mrs. Sage
greatly; but they came not only from
every state in the Union. but from
foreign countries. Had she respond.
ed to them she would have dissipated
her entire fortune in small checks to
individuals all over the world. So
finally Mrs. Sage gave I'D her mail
o a letter which is manifestly from
a personal friend is given her, but
nothing else reaches her eye.
1t is not only impossible to each
Mrs. Sage by letter-it has become
one of the impossible things to see
her. Mrs. Sage formerly vas one of
the most approachable of women
Not a trace of ~snobbery or purse
pride is to be found in her makeup.
A plain, old-fashioned village woman
she started her career, n that she
remains to this day. She never cared
anything about fine clothes or society
and her friends were chosen by pref.
erence from among the people who
are doing the work of the world
With professional women she was mar.
ticularly friendly. That period of her
own life between 1s47, when she was
graduated. and 1869, when she mar.
ried Mr.. Sage. was spent in teaching
school whenever her health would
permit, and she never felt above anv
one who earned his or her living Anv
one who had ever been introduced IN
Mrs. Sage could see her as easily as
her W home as il she had been the
wife of a clerk instead of a multi.
millionaire.
Some one wrote a book once IN
Prisoners Of Poverty. Mrs. Sage Is q
Prisoner OF Wealth. Behind this bp.
man rampant she sits. afraid that
some n may reach to torment her.
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stin reposed In the chest of drawers.
That. with what the boy could con-
tribute. would provide for the expenses
of the Journey. She had got II out
and tied II UP In a little canvas bag.
It lay on the table near the lamp.
Fifteen miles south the Union Pa
cihc railroad ran across the continent.
1t had been her plan to ride thither
and take the first train eastward,
losing themselves in Chicago, and
thence by whatsoever route pleased
them making their way to New York.
Whether her husband would pursue
her or not, she could not tell. He
would be without the money. since
she meant to take all with her. He
would hardly be able to follow her
very soon. But II he did, that was a
risk she must take.
Engrossed in the present, the boy
thought nothing at all about he fu-
ture. The woman's predicament
bulked SO large to his immature imagi-
nation that there was nothing else On
the horizon. There was no other hori-
zon than she. In fact And hts one
desire was to get her away TO free
her. :
And row this storm bade fair to
render the whole plan impossible.
Misunderstanding his temper she fear
ed that the boy would be frightened
by the blizzard. Yet there was more
In the boy than she imagined; for
when she had about made up her mind
finally that he would not come. the
dor Wa thrown open and he stag.