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Statement Is Corroborated.

This cheering message to Wilson head
quarters is corroborated in all statements
OF fact by Representative Albert Burle-
son. the chairman of the democratic
House caucus. who has just returned
from Michigan, where he went by invi-
tation to address the democracy of Bay
City. He reports that the democratic
sentiment in Michigan Is overwhelmingly
in favor of the nomination of the New
Jersey governor at Baltimore.
Another tainted news story has been
put out from Nashville with reference to
the action Of the democratic county con-
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TELLS OF GEOLOGIC PERIODS.
Prof. Knowles, Museum Curator
SDeaks at Friends School.

The consecutive geological periods Of
the earth's history were outlined and de-
scribed by Prof. Knowles, curator Of
mesozoic- palace botany OF the National
Museum, at the Friends School yesterday
He illustrated the types Of vegetable and
animal life common to the respective
periods.
The speaker compared the various
strata of the earth's crust TO volumes Of
q large encyclopedia. laid one on another.
In these volumes. he said. must be sought
the history of the ages that have left no
other record. The fossils of vegetable and
animal life were compared by Prof.
knowles with the illustrations In an en-
cyclopedia. He told Of the resources Of
the National Museum and invited the pu-
rils 70 study the subject thexe,
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LOCAL MEN ON COMMITTEES.
Gov. Hooper Heads Southern Soci-
illogical Congress.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 1O-Gov. Ben
w. Hooper Of Tennessee, who originated
the idea Of holding q southern sociological
congress. was last night elected 'presi-
dent Of a permanent organized southern
sociological congress-, which will meet
annually and discuss the problems con-
fronted by the leaders in the uplift move
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Other Senate Increases.

The remainder Of the increase made by
the Senate was composed mainly of
smaller amounts, principal among them
being: Nantucket Sound. $4,000; ia
maica bay. $4,000: Allegheny river.
$500, 700: Delaware river, 100000; Cape
600: Chicago harbor. $3.50. GOO; Ohio river
near Cairo. $25O.O00; Los Angeles harbor.
1921, $50.
Senator Burton took positive ground
against resumption OF plans for tho i'm
provement of the Missouri. II the move
ment were to lower railroad rates, he
thought the interstate commerce commits
sion might accomplish that result.
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RIVERS AND HARbORS
BILL PASSES SENATE.
Appropriations for Work in
District Go Through
Undisturbed.

Without changing the appropriations or
other provisions for improvement OF
waterways in the District Of Columbia
and vicinity. as passed by the House and
recommended by the Senate committee on
commerce, the Senate last night passed
the rivers and harbors appropriation bill
The House appropriations of Sc. 600 for
continuing the work of improving the
Anacostia river, and $4,000 for improv-
inging the Potomac river in the District
were agreed to. And the Senate also
adopted the amendment, recommended by
the Senate commerce committee. taking
away from the District Commissioners
any power they now have over the fixing
Of harbOr lines within the National Cap
ital. The amendment would also allow
the army engineer in charge of local
waterways Improvement to hire larger
office quarters. where tho work can De
done more efficiently and quickly.
School Is Provided For.
The amendment recommended by the
Senate commerce committee providing an
appropriation Of 10000 for the construc-
ton OF an additional building at the Engi-
neer School at Washington barracks. to
provide accommodations for tho instruc-
ton Of officers Of the Army Engineer
Corps for work on rivers and harbors.
was also adopted. There was no debate
on any of these provisions
AS it passed the Senate yesterday the
bill carries appropriations Of about 1884,.
100000. or about 5000. 900 more than thu
House provided. The principal increase
was the addition of 100000 nteh ap.
preparation for improving the Mississippi
river. This feature Of the bill was much
discussed.
Senator Percy, in pleading for liberia
expenditures Of money on the Missis.
sippi. told the Senate that the money Loss
caused by the present floods was twice
as great as the cost OF a complete levet
system down from Cairo. The loss te
the cotton crop alone, ne said. will bl
about $50.OO0.0O0 The region would be.
come a waste, he said, IL Congress should
withdraw its support for the maintenance
Of the levee system.
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Florida's Democratic Vote.

A. canvass of the vote cast in the
florida primaries April 80 by the state
democratic executive committee shows
that Underwood received 2S.34S and VIII
son 2O.4S2 for President; Trammeu got
27.111 and Milton l., 400 for governor.
Second primaries are necessary to de-
termine the contest for representative
from the second district between clark
and Hilburn, from the third district De-
tween Mays and Wilson and for repre-
sentative at large between Claude
LEngle and William Tommer.
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McCreary for Clark.

Gov. McCreary of Kentucky has come
out for Champ Clark for President.
MY long service with Clark In Con-
gress," he said, my confidence in his
craftsmanship. ability. democracy and
knowledge Of national questions, and the
fact that he was born and reared IN
Kentucky and that his wife is my cous-
in. all contribute to my desire that he be
nominated, and believe that, with or
without instructions. he would get the
delegate vote of Kentucky"
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Lectures Before Bankers.

Charles A. Douglas lectured on the
Transfer Of Negotiable Instruments
before the Washington Chapter Of the
American Institute of Banking last
night in the chapter rooms. 1914 F
street northwest This was the eighth
lecture in the law course which is being
given under the auspices Of the chapter.
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Lead Of Waggaman.

Complete returns for Mondays prima-
ries show that Waggaman leads Blair by
253 In the race for the republican nomina-
ton for representative in Congress from
the sixth Maryland district
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ment throughout the southern states. DIR.
A. J. McKelway Of Washington, D. c..
was elected first vice president.
The congress selected an executive COM
mittee which includes DR.. Wickliffe Rose,
Washington, d. c. Dr. A. J. McKelway
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Delegates Uninstructed.

Democratic city conventions in Peters
burg and Danville. Va, yesterday elected
uninstructed delegates to the Virginia
state democratic convention.
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It is believed the strike at the Grant
Town mine Of the Federal Coal and Coke
Company, at Clarksburg, w. Va, lie
broken. Two hundred of the 500 striking
miners have returned to work.
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Lynchburg, Va. contractors now have
the plans for the rebuilding Of the
Academy of Music, which was burned
year ago. and the bids will be in next
week. The building Is to be completed
by September IS
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''WH|TE SLAYER" GETS
TEN-WAR SENTENCE
Plea of Edward E. Myers of
York, Pa, for Mercy Dis
regarded by Court.

Edward E. Myers Of York. Pa. re-
Gently convicted in Criminal Court No.
2 on two charges Of violating the
white slave traffic act, was sentenced
today by Justice Barnard to serve ten
years in the penitentiary.
Myers pleaded for mercy, saying
that he had never before been con-
victed of any offense. The court point
ed out that the community should be
considered as we'll as the defendant in
exercising mercy. and that the inter-
ests Of society required that violators
Of this particular law should be Sc
verely punished.
Law Must Be Obeyed.
Persons must be made to understand"
said Justice Barnard, that this law must
be obeyed and that they cannot ship
girls or women from one state to an
other for immoral purposes without sub
jecting themselves to the maximum PEN
atty"
Assistant United States Attorneys
Proctor and Hawken urged the court to
impose the maximum sentence. saying
that Myers had been the cause OF sepa-
rating husband and wife and had twice
sent the woman into this city and kept
her here for some time on each occasion
by intimidation.
Attorney John c. Foster relied on the
previous good record OF the defendant
in asking leniency.
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Bets on Ohio Primaries.

Bets were made in New York yesterday
at even money that Roosevelt would carry
the Ohio primaries over Taft
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Many residents of Allegany Grove Nd.
and vicinity called up States Attorney
Perdew and other Allegany county Off
Gals Wednesday, and asked for help in
capturing or getting rid of wild man
who came down from the mountain, al
most nude. whose only speech was a
grunt. and who created CONSERVATION at
the different homes he entered
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Annoy, China, May 1o.-The United
States monitor Monterey arrived from
Swatow this afternoon
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"nach pays directly the home Including
ana Streets
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MASSAGE.

SCIENTIFIC MASSAGE BY ANNA B. JOHNSON.
For rheuma tfsm, paralysis and poor circua non;
magnetic massage; alcohol rub appointment ny
nbone North 1895. Address 1914 10Th 81. NV.
SWEDISH BODY MASSAGE; RHEUMATISM.
poor circulation. lame limbs treatment spc-
cialty. Can all patients at their homes.
Rest of refs Call address ANNA u.
THOMAS zoos ST. NV. Hours, ! TO I'm.
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Ftonians from the present term. Elton
has been famous as the very cradle Oh me
tan topper." It was born among the
young hoods who gravitated In IT'S cary
history to oxford and Cambridge For
years. it has been a compulsory part VI
the Elton students dress. straw mats
for summer and soft felt hats for winter
and the 'in between" months are to be
substituted.
From Glasgow comes a remarkable
dream story. John Martin, an elderly
man Of irreproachable habits. on two
successive nights saw IN a vision the sfls-
ure of an old maid cousin, Grace cam
eron. wandering over Keeling Burn,
barren spot in Ivernessshire, many miles
away. The woman called to him for help
and then appeared 10 sink Into bog, IN
the inire of which he could see her dead
body as the dream dissipated. So inn
pressed was he by the vision that he
wrote TO friends In Iverness-shore They
paid no attention to the letter until II
was found that the woman actually dis
appeared from her lonely cabin ON the
night Of the first dream. Martin was no
titled and he went to Keeling Burn and
led the search party to the bog where the
corpse was found just as he bad seen 1t
in his sleep at GLASGOW. The truth of
this story is youched for by the police of
Inverness and of Glasgow, as well as by
hundreds of hard headed Scotch people,
who know that Martin was In Glasgow
when the woman apparently lost her
way in the midst of the moor and was
caught In the bog.
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The CAPTAIN Had to Decide

Prom the London Opinion.
tttiouette on the great liners has its
difficulties, to judge from the Following
aetter: 1.-THE question of precedence
makes a morgue of the first dinner on
hoard. when a few foreign titles happen
10 let their cerulean blood boil over into
the soup. On recent voyage the COM
inander was told by the chief steward
that there were two Austrian ladies of
title on board. One was an elderly bar
oness: the other was higher in rank, but
quite young. Both were determined to
sit on the right of the skipper Driven to
despair he said: will let the ladies set
tie the matter for themselves, and /
won't go down till dinner is half over"
We had reached the cheese when the I'M
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OFFICIAL FISH GUESSER
Veteran Maine Angler Loses His
Unique Government Job

Bangor (Me) Cor. New York Press
The official guesser of the United States
government has lost his job. For years
the government has bought live salmon
upon the good eye Of a veteran fisherman.
who took squint at each fsh, and then
put down in his book what he guessed to
be the right weight. The bills were paid
accordingly. thousands of dollars. Every
year the government buys from 600 to 1860
live salmon for breeding from the weir
owners on the Bucksport. Verona, Orlan1
and Penobscot shores. The price paid is
the market raie, from 20 to IS cents a
pound. with 60 cents bonus for each fish,
for the truble OF keeping them alive.
To get at the exact weight of live
salmon is practically impossible. for 1t Is
very delicate work at best Ia dipping
them from the pound in the weirs to th-
ear which Is an old dory filled with
water. carefully lined with cotton flannel
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and covered with a netting, which is
covered outside with canvas. The utmost
caution Is necessary, for IN the spring
the salmon is strangely delicate. SO 1t Is
that Weighing them is entirely out of the
question. The government has for years
hired veteran fisherman to make the
rounds of the weifs on the little power
boat and keep account of the fish. All
the man had 10 go by was his judgment,
but he could tell by a glance at n fish.
even In the seml-darkness OF the car,
about what 1t would wegh-10, y, IA. or
perhaps 16 or IS pounds. 1t was guess
ing, but by years OF experience IN hand
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ling fish he could guess very near. At
any rate his guessing was accepted for
years by the fishermen who sold the fish,
as well as by the government.
Perhaps the government officials In
Washington didn't approve of paying out
money by guess. Whatever may have
been the conclusion, the government
guesser has lost his job. Hereafter IL
pounds viii be the fixed weight of every
salmon paid for. IT may weigh eight
pounds or 1t may weight 20 pounds, blu.
the FISH ernen are to be paid for a IL
pound fish and no more nor less. This
weight is below the average as the fish
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happy commanded crept warily to his
seat Both ladies were still standing frig-
idly behind hts empty chair. He had to
do something, so he gave the younger
warrior the seat of honor, while the van
qushed baroness looked chain lightning
at the enef1y,
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Truthful Story Teller

From Judge.
William had been west with his mother
and had enjoyed the trip in the glass
bottom boat. He was telling 1t to little
friend.
Eyes. Edgar, we could see the fish lay
ing on the bottom of the ocean,
Lying, dear put in his mother
mo, I'm not, mother" he replied
stoutly.
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run, but, of course. the fisherman is moi
obliged to sell an Is or 20 FOUNDER at the
y pound basis to the government unless
he chooses. He can send it to the mar
kets. The government is buying 1000 fish
this year. which at the Il pound standard
will cost from 81 to $3.50 fish.
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Too Near

What animal said the teacher Il
the class in natural history. makes the
nearest approach to MANI"
The hea?' timidly yentured the little
boy with the curly hair,
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More About The EASY"
Way Of Raising Taxes
of
n

County rather than in the state as a whole. In
other words, this Legislation has been actually
special while professedly general.
We are speaking with especial reference to
the system of making tax assessments, which
has been built up by this legislation 1t has
gradually grown partial and oppressive that
attempt to make it really operative all
the state would cause the people to rise in arms
against it.
Commenting on the State Tax Commission
law in his message to the Legislature, session of
1907, Governor Jelks said:
I'm one-half the counties it is entirely inef-
fective with any execution this administration
could give it, and with any execution, indeed it
ever had at any time since the passage of the
act'
This statement is virtually true today. The
law cannot be enforced generally because it lacks
the spirit of equity. And, remember the state
tax commission law is only a part of this par
tial and oppressive system of assessments.
Indeed, the evils springng from the ineouity
of tax assessments in Alabama are so numerous
they cannot be Indicated, much less discussed,
within the limits Of this article.
One of them, however, must be mentioned in
this connections
It is the persistent creation of prejudice
against Jefferson III The mlnuS OF Jne people OF
the state-the playing of the state against JEFF
ferson for no other than political purposes.
This is one of the natural results of the
"easy way of getting tax money into the state
treasury. 1t is always easy to abuse those whom
we have injured or intend to injure. Self Just
ificaton inspires it. Prior to devouring the
lamb which stood below him in the stream the
wolf accused the lamb of muddying the water
above.
that the interests Of Jefferson and the state are
identical; that blow at Birmingham is a blow
at Mobile, Montgomery, Selma-aye, at the
smallest town in the state-and demagoguery
is already at discount.
We shall dwell on the politics behind assess
ments in Alabama until we show the people of
jefferson County that even if they were dis
posed to submit to additional increases of their
assessments, the "easiest way out of their
troubles under the present system, their duty to
the state as well to themselves, would sternly
forbid them.
Watch for our next article and in the mean
time remember the issue is: Shall the people
of Jefferson County, with only onet tenth of the
property values of the state, and now paying
two-tenths of the total taxes of the state, allow
the state tax authority to continue to raise their
assessments which are already too high?
1MTTTEE
Der OF COMMERCE
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In our previous article we said that the root
of the inequity of tax assessments in Alabama
in politics
And that by reason of being regarded as the
richest county in the state
With a comparatively small proportion Of the
population OF the state, as the logical sequence
of the limitations imposed by boundary lines OF
counties
Jefferson is now and has been since It
began to develop its resources, a standing tempt
alton to state officials and legislators to defect
from the fundamental principles OF equality III
taxation and to PIT unjust proportion OF the
burden of taxation upon the people OF this
county.
AS proof that this temptation has not been
resisted, but, on the contrary, has continuously
grown more seductive and enthralling, cited
the fact that jefferson County, which is cred
tied with one-tenth of the wealth of the state
and only onetenth of the population, is today
paying two-tenths, or one-fifth of the taxes col
lected by. the state.
Here is incontestabe evidence that there is
ineuuty in the tax assessments of Alabama, and
that there is something radically wrong with
our system of taxation, from which Jefferson
County suffers heavily than any other
county insthe state
And the end is not yet.
1T will never come until the people of Ala
bama awaken to the truth that injustice to Js
ferson is injustice to every county in the ST &c.
And the people of the state will never awaken
as long as the people of jefferson continue to
sleep on their wrongs
Hence patriotism, as well as self-protection,
demands that jefferson County arise and lead in
the movement for a reformation in Alabama
system of taxation.
As all reformation must be preceded by
clear realization of the nature and effects of the
evils to be eliminated let see how this temp
taton of a large body of taxable wealth within
a comparatively small area, and held by only
one tenth of the people of the state, works pc
litically:
In the first place, it lessons the sense of &C
countability, that most effectual of all checks
dubious political action.
''Why disturb the people of my county with
tax raises or agitate-the state by an attempt
to bring tax assessments up to common level,
when jefferson County, with its large wealth
and limited voting power, stands on the line of
least resistance offering the quickest surest
means of getting tax money into the state treas
ury with the smallest volume of outcry?''<
This is the siren thought in the politics of
Alabama For years it has been moulding tax
laws with view to their operation in Jefferson
TAX CO.
BIRMINGHAM CHAN
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fourth share In an estate valued at
UPWARDS Of 81, 300. co., which was derived
from successful raids on Malayan pirates
by a privateer skipper, Joseph Vance. in
the early days of seafaring off Indo-
China, awaits an American claimant. The
matter has Just come before the London
probate courts and an order has been
granted authorizing a search for John
George Bartlett, son of the elder broth
or of the testator, Joshua BARTLETT who
sailed for America about 1881 or 1892. and
Is known to have gone into mining and
ranching in the far west. No tidings have
been heard from the missing heir for
Il or Is years, but 1t is believed that he
married and has several children living
In either. Utah or Wyoming.
p. r. Uooey the well known financier
who is at present undergoing term Of
Imprisonment, plays the organ every Sun
day at NORWOOD Scrubs. lie Is very
efficient musician, and In addition to this
occasionally leads the singing of the
HYMNS The hymn Hooley likes best is
Onward Christian Soldiers II will be
remembered that his admiration for the
splendid music at ST. Paul's induced him
10 present the cathedral with $4,000 worth
OF gold plate, which at the time brought
Forth such generous recogRition from
the dean of St. Pauls
The formation of groups or circles in the
great West End clubs seems to be the
fashion lately. Emulating the National
LIBERAL club. the Constitutional has now
formed a Gold Circle, with Mr.. Bonar
Law as president. A match between the
rival political institutions is projected
Another precaution to be adopted to
keep anarchists and other suspicious per-
sons out of the houses OF parliament Is
the forwarding of a photograph with all
notes sent to members asking for admis-
sion to the strangers gallery. Unless the
member recognizes the face of the appii-
cant. admission is to be denied.
The silk hat has been handed deadly
dent by the decision Of the masters of
Eton to abolish its use by the young
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The silk hat has been handed a deadly
dent by the decision of the masters Of