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The Washington times., 1911-01-13

The citizens kept putting up money
for the case, bringing experts here from
all over the country, employing law
yers, and sending to other cities for
depositions, and the issue was threshed
out in the Supreme Court of the District
again. This time the court found for
the company, holding the rates fixed by
law were so low as to be confiscatory.
The citizens did not appeal again.
The next legislation fixing telephone
District appropriation bill providing
money for the electrical department.
1t was in the act approved April q,
1904, and was as follows:
No part of the money herein appro-
prtated shall be used for the payment
to any telephone company doing busi-
ness in the District of Columbia at
rates in excess of the following: Sixty
dollars per annum for a telephone on
an individual metallic circuit; $4s per
annum for each telephone on the same
premises, there being not more than
two on the same metallic circuit, and
no contract shall be made with any
telephone company for such use of such
telephones in excess Of the rates herein
specified.
Provided, that until the population
of Washington be $4,000 or over, no
more than the above specified rates
shall be charged by any telephone COM
pany doing business in the District OF
Columbia for such use of such phones
at private residences within the District
of Columbia"
The penalty for violation of this act
is fine Of from $50 to $500, thus insur-
Ing criminal prosecution by the United
States district attorney II the law were
broken. The telephone company ac-
cepted the provisions OF this law so far
as residence telephones are concerned.
Decision Stands Unchallenged.
The District Supreme Court decision
that the law Of 1898 is unconstitutional
stands unchallenged. This being true,
and the law of 1904 being what 1t is, the
result Is that there is no legal rate for
commercial telephones in Washington.
The company is at liberty to charge
whatever 1t thinks 1t can get-"what the
traffic will bear.
AS to residence telephones. the rate
charged is less than that fixed by the
statute of 1904. That was $50 for one
party telephones and s4s for two-party
telephones On October l. 1906, the COM
pany voluntarily made a fat rate for
residence telephones (one-party lineD OF
S4S and rate of $50, with a limit of
thirty calls per month, for phones on a
two-party line.
The bill proposed by Mr.. Darr and
now pending in the Chamber OF Com
merce and slated for discussion at the
February meeting makes the law of 1904
apply to all telephones, whether used In
residences or in places of business, pro-
viding the fat rate of $50 for telephones
on one-party lines and $4S for telephones
on two-party lines.
At present the companv refuses N
make a fat rate Ior commercial teIe-
phones. 1t requires every subscriber to
take what is called the measured serv-
Ice for which he pays a fixed mini
mum amount and from 5 to cents ad-
for each call, according TO the
OF additional calls made
The question of fat rate or measured
service rate is likely to be the issue
around which a contest will be waged in
the Chamber of Commerce.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
Forests DevOured
By Match Industry

Manufacture of matches is doing more
toward wiping out the great forests Of
the nation than the manufacture of
paper from wood pulp, according to a
statement Of Curtis Guild, tr.. president
of the American Forestry Association,
In his annual address at the New VIII
lard Hotel this morning.
The reason assigned by Mr. Guild for
this condition is that the paper manu-
facturers, realizing that conservation Of
the wooded sections Is imperative, take
from the forests scientifically, while the
match makers take every tree, regard
less Of ultimate result.
President Guild made an impassioned
plea for support In securing the passage
of the Appalachian forest reserve bill
on February Is. He cautioned the dele
gates against permitting the considera-
would be simply a play to secure post
ponement and ultimate defeat. Mr..
Guild pointed out that for many years
the Atlantic coast had paid its part to-
ward the 100000 annually appropriated
for the care of the 195. 5.OOo, 900 acres of
forest reserve in the West and said that
nothing had ever been given the Appa-
lachian slope for the creation OF forest
reserves
Following the presidents address, a
paper by Prof. Herman H. Chapman Of
the Yale Forest School was read. He
discussed and advocated State reEula-
ton Of the cutting OF timber. This
was followed by a discussion.
The resolutions and nominating COM
mittees spent the entire morning in ex-
ecutive session.
At the dinner tonight which will
mark the close of the two days ses-
sion, President Taft, Senator Lodge,
Senator Overman, Thomas Nelson Page,
and United States Forester Graves will
make brief addresses.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
affidavit Maker" Dies
Of Twist of the Brain"

NEW YORK. Jan. 13.-Robert cald-
well. known for years as the Great
American affidavit maker" who has
figured conspicuously in sensations of
international interest, Is dead of q
mental ailment known as a twist of
the brain" Caldwell died on Wards
Island. after an illness OF two years,
and today his body was taken charge
Of by a relative.
Caldwell, who will rank In history
as a second Munchausen, leaped into
prominence about thirty-eight years
ago when he produced affidavits to
prove that the body of A. T. Stewart, q
millionaire merchant OF New York, had
been stolen from its grave by ghouis.
At various times Caldwell bobbed up
with affidavtts, but he reached the
climax four years ago when he swore
to affidavits which, he declared would
establish George Druce, an English
shopkeeper. as the rightful heir to the
title of Duke Of Portland, through q
secret marriage of the fifth holder Of
the title
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
DR.. Winbigler Argues
Woman Is Mans Equal

Victor Hugo once said that the twen-
tieth century will be woman's century,
and the Frenchman spoke wiser than he
knew" said Mrs. Julia Leavitt. presi-
dent Of the District Womens Suffrage
Association, in introducing DR.. Charles
F. Winbigler, who addressed the asso-
citation at its meeting in the Public Lii
brary last night.
The burden of DR.. Winbigler's address
was an attempt to prove that woman is
mans equal.
Going back to Biblical authority" he
said, we do not read that woman was
made from mans head, and so intended
to be his master; nor do we read that
she was made from his feet, to be his
slave and serve him, but she was taken
from his side to be his equal"
The Washington times., 1911-01-13

The following extracts from letters Dr. Caldwell has
received:
1T with pleasure that DR.. Cadwers
Syrup Pepsn husband constant sufferer
from dyspepsia and indigestion and bilious collie him
pened think Of the bottle OF Syrup Pep.n friend had left
with which would give him at the time Il to
him and he improved the first doses He s
without Pepsin in the
house since Mrs. D. NJ. Davis. Grigssvtle ILL.,
say enough Syrup Pepsin 1t godend
suffering terrible shape
it all O. and feeling fine Both myself
usng
have had three neghbors Syrup Pepsn and they
think Il is hne"-Mrs Eva Gaskins No. 30 Madison To-
peka, Kan.
IT have trouble for
thought pains
heart and weak have had good doctors
but little
bought bottle Of Syrup Pepsn to try The first bottle
helped bottles and feel like
man can sleep and work every day'-Rudy Kasner
NO. ss4 Sh Moline, Ill.
O and let know thar
the greatest remedy all stomach
six
all medicines doing good,
I like a ma
eat anything want and three square meals day H
Gavellas, Wagner, Okla.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
follower
TELEPHONE RATES
Have That Body Take the Initiative to Secure
Regulation Foreshadows Bitter Contest

Rates for commercial telephones In
the District of Columbia are not now
restricted by law. The Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company, which
has a monopoly OF the telephone busi-
ness OF Washington. may charge for
commercial service whatever it pleases,
so far as any legal prohibition is con-
cerned.
This is the condition revealed by the
history of telephone legislation and liti-
cation In the District covering a period
of twelve years.
That Charles w. Darr, the director of
the Chamber of Commerce who has
asked the Chamber to take the initiative
in obtaining regulation of rates for
commercial telephones, is UP against a
hard battle is indicated by this same
history.
But two laws on the subject of local
telephone rates have ever been passed,
and these were riders on District ap-
preparation bills. One of them was
the storm-center OF a long, bitter fight
between citizens and the telephone COM
pany. The company finally wore the
ed, after several years had been devoted
to it and many thousand dollars spent
in litigation.
Law Without a Penalty.
The law in question was a proviso
tackled onto the appropriation for the
electrical department of the District
Government in the appropriation act
approved June 30. 1898. 1t was as fol-
lows:
From and after the passage of this
act 1t shall be unlawful for any person
or any telephone company doing busi-
ness in the District of Columbia to
charge or receive more than $50 per an
mum for the use of a telephone on q
separate wire; $40 for each telephone,
there being not more than two on a
wire; $50 for each telephone, there being
not more than three on a wire. and SIS
for each telephone, there being not more
than four on a wire"
The most noticeable thing about this
law is that II provided no penalty. This
made It necessary for citizens to bring
suit and conduct the case. J. Forest
Manning and Harry E. Rupprecht, Of
the firm of J. Forest Manning & Co,
marble dealers. filed a bill in equity. to
enjoin the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company from removing
their telephone when they refused to
pay more than the legal rate.
Both sides presented expert testimony,
an association of citizens being behind
Manning and Rupprecht, and the Su-
preme Court OF the District decided
for the citizens.
Company Wins an Appeal.
The telephone company appealed to
the District Court Of Appeals, and lost
again. Then 1t appealed to the Supreme
Court of the United States, and that
court reversed the decision, and sent the
case back for retrial, on the ground
that additional evidence was necessary
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
Insane Man Foretells
Time He Would Die

ENGLISH, Ind, Jan. 13.-when Philip
Burkhart, aged ninety, who has been
considered insane for some years past,
told his attendants few days ago that
he was going to die on January Il, at 8
o'clock In the evening, they considered
II only as another evidence of his weak
mind. But Burkhart passed away last
night at precisely the time he foretold
and English Is divided as to whether he
was a prophet or II the time Of his
death was merely q coincidence.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
Lisbon Faces Famine
On Account of Strike

LISBON, Jan. 13.-Despite the partial
success Of President Braga, OF the Re
public Of Portugal, in settling the rail-
road strike. which has tied up traffic
all over the country, the capital today
faced famine as a result of the in
ability TO move provisions into the
city.
The pending negotiations between the
Portuguese president and the leaders of
the striking railroad employees were
resumed today, and It was believed that
all the roads. including the lines owned
by the state, would soon be in opera
ton.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
NEW YORK CENTRAL
WRECK KILLS SEVEN
Boston Special Runs Into
Western Express At
Batavia, N. Y.
GOALS SET FIRE
TO SHATTERED CARS
Engine Rolls 200 Feet, Spreading
Boiling Water Over Manned
Passengers.

BATAVIA, n. Y, Jan. 13.-Four per-
sons were killed and twenty injured, in
a rear-end collision on the New York
Central railroad here today. The wreck
caught fire.
The Buffalo SPECIAL was in the sta
tion discharging and taking on pas
sengers when the Western Express
crashed into it, telescoping two
Slecpers and a passenger coach.
The engine of the express turned
over and rolled 200 feet, emptying boil
ing water over the passengers who had
been hurled from the telescoped cars.
Two of the dead were found pinned
under the upset engine.
Rescue Is Difficult.
The fire in the ruins hindered the res
cuers. Batavia is not a scheduled stop
for the Boston Special, but the train
stopped to take on water. A heavy fog
prevailed which obscured the signals.
and this is believed to have been the
direct cause of the accident.
The trains were running about twenty
minutes apart Within a few minutes
after the accident twelve of the injured
who were found lying along the track,
were rushed to the Batavia hospital,
where it was said that a number OF
them were mortally hurt.
Nearly every physician in town was
hurried to the scene OF the wreck.
Trainmen expressed the belief that two
bodies lay under the wreck OF the
Western Express locomotive in the
ditch beside the tracks, and orders were
sent for a wrecking train to lift the
giant locomotive. The boiler of the
engine was punctured and boiling water
and Jets of scalding steam played upon
the wreckage.
Wreckage Piles on Engine.
Several were riding in the smoker on
the Western Express, which crumpled
up, the wreckage pilinG down upon the
PROSTATE locomotive which had been
hauling the train.
The impact was so great that the
forward cars Of the locomotive of the
BOSTON Special were derailed, but did
not turn over. All of the passengers
were badly shaken up.
Four cars which were telescoped were
reduced to fragments and pieces of them
streWn for hundreds of feet.
The railroad officials, who arrived half
an hour after the accident, made an in
vestigation, after which they declared
that the signals had been set correctly.
The opinion was expressed that the
Western Express was running ahead of
schedule.
Arriving with the railroad officials
came two W-recking trains and a special
train carrying doctors and nurses. The
Batavia fire department was summoned
to the scene and eXtinguished the fire
which had threatened to consume the
mass OF debris.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
Five Bodies Taken From
Ruins at Connellsville

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 13.-wfth
five bodies recovered, firemen and police
today resumed their search of the ruins
of the McCrorey and 10 cent store and
nine adjoining buildings which were de-
stroyed by fire yesterday following a
gas explosion in the basement of the
McCrorey store.
Two of the bodies found are still un-
identified, owing to their terribly charred
condition. One Is of a man, the other a
woman. An estimate of the total dam
age by fire and water, made today,
placed the loss at SS5,000.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
NO jim CROW CARS
WANTED IN CAPITAL
This Is Commissioners Atti-
tude Toward Bill of Rep
resentative Clark.

Jim Grow" cars in the District Of Co.
lumoia are not regarded with favor
by the District Commissioners.
The era of separate travelling accom-
modations for the white and black
races in Washington, in their opinion,
has not arrived. In fact they say they
know of no demand or sentiment In the
District for such legislation.
This Is stated in the brief letter for
warded to Congress today recommend
ing adverse action on the bill introduced
by Representative Clark of Florida to
require the street railway companies to
provide separate cars or COMPARTMENTS
for white and colored passengers.
No hearings were held on this bill.
The Commissioners simply say that they
DO not believe any such legislation de-
The Washington times., 1911-01-13

supply you. But if you prefer to
make a trial of it first send your
address to DR.. Caldwell and he will
forward a free sample bottle to
your home.
DR.. Caldwell does not feel that
the purchase of his remedy ends
his obligation. He has specialized
In stomach. liver and bowel diseases
for over forty years and will be
pleased to give the reader any ad-
vice on the subject free of charge.
All are welcome to write him.
Whether for the medical advice or
the free sample address him DR..
w. B. Caldwell, 70S Caldwell Build
ing. Monticello, Ill.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
Long Buried Tragedy
Revealed in Village

est inhabitants of this city are busy
today telling what they remember of
the disappearance Of Eugene. Wood
mansee, who was last seen on the day
he was to be married In 1867, and whose
supposed bones were discovered yester-
day in an old trunk under the house, in
which Woodmansee formerly lived. It
is believed that the young man was
murdered because Of q large sum of
money he had on his person at the time
of his disappearance.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
Panic in Restaurant
Follows Pistol Fight

NEW YORK, Jan. 13-Guests in Max
inns restaurant in the Tenderloin sec
ton were thrown into panic early to-
day when pistol shots were fired during
a fight between patrons and attaches.
Four men were arrested, one of whom
was slightly wounded.
About $50 men and women had throng-
ed to the place from the automobile
show. They insisted on making a night
of it, and when the attaches tried to get
them out before daylight there was
trouble. While walters and patrons
were mixing 1t with their fists some one
started to shoot. The panic was only
quelled when the police arrived.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
Railroad Man Promoted.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 13-The many
friends Of George NJ. Shriver are today
congratuIating him on his promotion
to the second vice presidency of the
baltimore and Ohio railroad. to sue
ceed Hugh L. Bond, jr. Mr.. Shriver
entered the service of the Baltimore
and Ohio in 1887. and has spent the
major part Of the last twenty-four
years with the road.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
PoeteSS Dead at SO.

HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. la-Mrs
Annie Phillips Clarke, widow of Judge
Rufus L. B. Clarke. who was a lawyer
and jurist of Washington, D. c., died at
the age of eighty-three years in Glas-
yesterday. Under her maiden
name of Annie H. Phillips, Mrs. Clarke
had published a number Of poems.
The Washington times., 1911-01-13
kim of Stomach Remedies Free to Trv

1t is the opinion of all who have used DIR. CaldwePs
Syrup PepSin that it has equal in the of all
ments pertaining to the stomach liver and bowels.
We only have room here to print few letters
Gently received but it is fact that thousands have
been received In complaints like constipation, head
ache, bousness drowsiness after eating heartburn,
gas on the stomach and similar troubles whether in
infancy or old age DIR. CaldWes Syrup Pepsin is the
one reliable remedy for you to take. Its action is
mild that it can be given to babyin fact thousands
of mothers buy it for their chdren-and yet it is suf
icently strong that the most robust person will
get action. People who Syrup Pepsin never again
take salts cathartic pills. which often by their
violence do much to upset the stomach, for Syrup
Pepsin is pleasant to take and does its work perma
nenty. Many have been able to do away entirely
with the of medicines after but brief experience
with Dr. Caldwell's wonderful remedy. 1t is sold in
fifty and one dollar bottles and any druggist
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10

straw hats. Bryan Bros
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10
SWIMMING At THE
LOCAL Y. G. M. A.
Many Applicants for In
structions, from Corsan
Next Month

h H Corsan, who is TO teach the
men and boys the correct way to swim,
at the 7. N. c. A., viii arrive Monday
morning and viii start on his work
that evening. Each person will receive
about three or more lessons, although
Corsan has a record of teaching in
two lessons The beginners will be
separated from the more advanced stu
dents and the boys from the men. The
boys will get their lessons from uu-
I'll S. From until the employed boys
viii be taken, and from until 9, the
men will be Instructed.
Over leo names have been handed
fl and the undertaking will undoubted-
IL be z success.
Al the cid OF the week Corsan will
give an exhibition. aid will illustrate
the following strolx es: Australian
crawl three styles, Trudgeon, re-
volving or spiral stroke, English over
arm, one. TWO, three stroke, double
overarm, overlapping overarm, double
alternate, steamboat, marching, skull
ing (three styles, racing (indjan
style), torpedo, bicycle, spinning and
cart wheel, waltzins, log rolling and
submarine. crab, feathering and
racers turn, porpcise, and will do 81
sores Of unnamed fancy swimming and
diving
AS the room can only hold 100 spec
tators- first come viii be first
served"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL
RALLY FOR CITY
Special Train VIII Reach El
Paso For Short Stop,
June 10.

The Nineteen Fourteen New Or
leans Special" to the thirteenth Inter
national Sunday School, convention will
arrive in FL Paso June 16. at o'clock,
and will stay until 9. The special is
composed Of about 800 delegates who
viii stop over at this place TO have
a rally with the Sunday school work.
ers Of FL Paso. The following letter
was received today by c. V. Nafe, F.
A Hodge and Percy. MCGEE:
Mr. Virgins has requested me to
give you the exact schedule OF our
Nineteen Fourteen New Orleans Spe-
cial' We will arrive IN FL Paso at 4
o'clock p. m, June 16. and will leave
at ; o'clock the same evening. We want
two hours for sight seeing. one hour
for supper In one Of your best hotels,
and about an hour and a half for rally
or. rallies
I'VE shall be glad 10 assist you in
every way possible in the work that
night We viii have q number Of
speakers from Florida and Mississippi.
Yours for others,
Thos. V. Ellzey.
General Secretary"
As soon as the train pulls in, the
delegates viii be met by large num-
Der Of FL Paso Sunday school workers
who viii take them around the city
and over to Juarez. They will then
get supper at the Sheldon. and from
there they viii all go to one Of the
larger churches, where they VIII give
the people OF FL Paso some real Sun
day school information.
It is sincerely hoped by the workers
Of the city that all interested in this
work viii be present
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10
SIMS TO REPRESENT
LUMBER TRUST PROBE

Chicago. Ill. June 9.-Edwin W. Sims
will represent the United States gov
eminent il the investigation of the al
legged lumber trust now beginning be-
fore a special federal grand jury. Mr..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10

Frank Riley left on Thursday for
Chicago where he will spend the
summer visiting his sister, Mrs. J. L.
Bunke. He viii also visit relatives
in Wisconsin and Michigan
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10

c. V. Nafe left this morning on a
business trip up the valley.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10

Frank Brooks will leave the latter
part Of next week for San Francisco,
where he viii atteEd the international
Sunday school convention.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-14
ADJUSTMENTS
RAYMOND TEAL COMING.

The Majestic thcater will all be in readiness for the opening Thursday night of Raymond Teal and his big musical song show Teal and his big company are prime favorites here, be- ing the first big popular priced mus ical attraction to play Phoenix. That was some two and a half years ago when the company opened the Grand.
 Raymond Teal. unlike most musi- cal comedy stars. does not rely on his own versatility to carry his at fractions through. but has surrounded himself with a galaxy of musical stars that would do justice to many New York attractions played here at advanced prices.
 "TeeZy Weezy," chosen for the op- ening bill is a high class Weber X Fields production that will be giv- en an elaborate staging There are r musical numbers to the production and many novelties
 The Sultan of Morocco" "A Court ship In Japan" The Musketcers. % The Girl from MeXico.' "The Talk of New York" Come Back from Erin" The Geezcr from Geek will all be played in turn. Mir. Teal has com plete control for the production of these bills for the west and no other musical show ever playing here has played these productions, so you can rest assured of a rare treat in the musical comedy line.
 There will be no advance sale of seats. all seats will be sold at the box office Doors open at 7.30 and cur tain at S:30