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The Washington times., 1913-01-01

up at midnight and exchanged New
Year greetings.
Passed Through Home Towns.
The special passed through the home
towns of four of the defendants. Will
liam J. Mccain and w. Bert Brown
lived at Kansas City. which was passed
about 6 a. m. today, and Paul j. Nor
n and John II. Barry live in st. Louis.
which was passed at s o'clock last
night. When some one remarked TO
Barry he was passing through his home
town he said:
mo, my former home, you mean"
As the old year died the prisoners de-
clared, almost to man. they would be
model prisoners.
Frank NJ. Ryan said his New Year
resolution was the Golden Rule. When
told Bernhardt, of Cincinnati, had re-
solved to write no more letters, he said:
Poor Bernhardt and many of the
others are victims of circum mstances.''
A. E. Clancy, of San Francisco, had a
slight attack of heart disease during
day.
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RAILROAD MEASURE,
SHORN, EXPECTED
TO Be A Law soon
Senate Subcommittee Will
Hold Series of Hearings
in Few Days.
By JUDSoN C. wELLIvER.

Within a few days after the recon.
vening of Congress on Thursday. a
series of hearings on the physical valua-
ton of railroads will be commenced
before the La Toilette subcommittee
of the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee.
AS a result of these hearings, It is
expected that considerable notifications
will be made in the House bill. recently
passed, on this subject, and that with
these notifications the measure will
pass and become law before the end of
the short session.
This bill is regarded as the big piece
OF constructive legislation that may be
expected from the present session. AS
soon as II becomes law the Interstate
Commerce Commission will organize for
the great work of valuation, which Is
expected to sum from s3.000,000 to S..
100000. IL will cost more in proportion as
IL is hastened.
Big Bureau Is Plan.
All elements are agreed that the work
shall be done under the direction of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, but
1t will not be done directly by that body.
Ample appropriation will be made to
enable the organization of a great bu-
reau, which viii include engineers, sta
usticians, construction experts, econo-
mists, and an array of clerks and field
workers. These will do the actual work,
under the general policy that will be
laid down in the law and the regula-
tions made by the Interstate Commits
sion
There is still a possibility that this
measure may become the subject Of a
controversy, in the closing days of the
short session, that may make Its pas
sage at this time impossible The House
bill is alleged by some students of this
problem, to have grave faults. For one
thing, II contains a provision which Is
feared by experts to be dangerous. This
Is, that the valuation when made shall
be fled. and shall thereafter be the
prima facie valuation, for evidence in
cases where such valuation may be
Important.
Interests Change Front.
The House bill is alleged to be very
satisfactory to interests that very re-
Gently were opposed TO having any val
ration whatever made Searching for
their reasons for this change of front.
Il is pointed out that in fixing rates.
various elements must be taken into ac-
count. Valuation Is only one of these.
The measure of importance to attach to
IL may vary in every case. II, then, a
rigid and fat valuation were establish
ed. and IL that valuation could be
proved, to the satisfaction of court,
TO be erroneous for the purpose of a
particular proceeding, any order based
on that valuation might be set aside by
the courts.
This is the weakness, in effort, that
is suspected of InherIng in the House
bill. 1t Is desired to develop, through
the Senate committee hearings, a more
accurate understanding of the purposes
of valuation, and a Statement OF those
purposes. in the law. that may be GER
tain not to come into conflict with con-
stitutional limitations and court adjuoi-
cations.
The Washington times., 1913-01-01
CENTERS ATTACK
ON Won BERNSTORFF
German Organ Does Not Want
Him As Imperial For
eign Secretary.

BERLIN, Jan. 1.-Die Post, the organ
OF the German war party. is probably
helping the chances Of Count Won Bern
storff to become imperial foreign secre-
tary by vigorously assailing the sue
cess with which, as ambassador at
Washington. he has aided the cause Of
German-American friendship.
The Post seems to want to eat an
American or an Englishman alive for
breakfast every morning.
Ambassador Leishman called at the
foreign Office to convey his personal
coincidence over the death of Herr Won
kiderien-Wachter, with whom he was
associated in Constantinople before both
were stationed here.
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subsequent death Of his father. This
has prevented him from giving the
matter the attention he would have
otherwise given II.
The question Is the subject OF
vice correspondence among Repubil-
cans" said Senator Cummins. II am
convinced the plan Of calling a con-
vention Is rapidly gaining ground.
Illinois Republicans have endorsed
1T. believe the national committee
win call a convention and taat 1t
the recess to confer with q number
of the Republican leaders in Con-
gress on the movement for q ma
tional convention.
The Washington times., 1913-01-01
Empress Frightened
By Flight of Aero

BERLIN. Jan. 1.-The JohanEisthal
Flying Ground Association. 10 which
most German airmen belong, has sp-
pesled TO them not 20 ny over castles
Is result of a nervous shock suffered
By the Empress on her birthday, oc-
tober 2. In consequence OF the daring
eyoluttons executed over the palace al
Potsdam by the Airman Hanmuschke.
who dropped wreath on the roof Of
the palace.
The Washington times., 1913-01-01
Lusitania Unable
To Sail OF Time

LONDON, Jan. i.-Considera5le sur
prise was occasioned by the anounce-
ment that the Lusitanias sailing next
Saturday had been Cancelled, especially
as a large number of passengers had
been booked. The Cunard officials ex-
planned the caacellation on the ground
that slight derangement in the ma
chlnery was discovered"
A correspondent teiegraphs today that
the trouble is an accident to q turbine
by the heavy weather on the homeward
crossing. The repairs will take some
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Thief Prepays Express
In Returning Plunder

YONKERS, N. Y. Jan. Ia burglar
who stole a tin box filled with papers
and bank books from Maurice Lowen-
berg, returned them by prepaid express
from Jersey City.
The Washington times., 1913-01-01
GATES HAS RIVAL
FOR SENATE JOB
Thomas B. Stallings, of Alabama
Seeks Place as
Secretary.

The race for the office of Secretary
OF the Senate Is getting animated.
Col. Robert NJ. Gates. newspaper cor
respondent here, is seeking the place.
and Thomas B. Staliings OF Alabama,
clerk Of the committee on the Uni
versity of the United States, Is also
out lining UP votes.
The entrance OF Mr.. StalIings into the
race has just become known. Colonel
Gates friends, however, say he has
the victory won
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James R. Keene, Turfman
And Financier, Is iii

NEW YORK. Jan. Lit was stated
today that the condition Of James r.
Keene, the financier and horse breeder,
has become SO much worse that he has
an uptown hotel to a private hospital.
Mr. Keene's health has not been good
for over q year. and recently he was
compelled to take to his bed.
The Washington times., 1913-01-01
More Numerous

NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-Maybe it was
leap year and maybe 1t was not. but 1t
is a fact that many more marriage
licenses were issued in Greater New
York in 1872 than in 1911.
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Foss Governor.

BOSTON. Mass. Jan. l-Goyernor
oath of office at noon today In the
assembly chamber OF the State House
Immediately after the inauguration
ceremonies the two houses OF the leg
fslature convened for the annual ses-
sion.
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up at midnight and exchanged New
Year greetings
The Washington times., 1913-01-01
Remnants of 19C
and 25C
White Goods
12aC CaYd.

This remnant sale of white goods
points the way TO unusual economies
in Just the fabrics needed for spring
sewing Anticipate your needs and
buy ct these big savings tomorrow.
At l2izc a yard, choice offered OF
a large variety of the most desirable
white fabrics. including White Mer-
cerIzed Figured Madras. White I'm
ported 40-inch Wolfe. White Pique,
White French Percale, White Check
Dimity. White Irish Linen, etc. All
in useful lengths.
white Goods Dept, 1st floor)
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kersey fancy
materials cossack.
2s IL Remnants of lines
$780, 5000 price ............... 04.lC
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27

ance FOR his flash OF savagery. He
grasped the menu card, and scarcely
looking at 1t began to order almost
ut random. Half way through II a
messenger boy burst upon him with
score OF kilograms, and forgetful
Of his dinner he tore them open and
began to read. They were from all
parts of the city, the country, the
state-even the United States. They
were from friends and acquaintances.
They were from men and women OF
whose very existence he had never
heard. They were from plebeians and
mIl1ionalres, ltom ministers and
statesmen, from lawyers, doctors, sci.
entists, priests. They derided and
they threatened, they upbraided,
begged, prayed and implored. In the
midst Of them he came upon this ono
sent by the chief at Warrington:
Desmond, care Peak Observatory:
Make no more statements to the
press regarding threatened collision
until you have heard from me further
II your prediction 10 fulfslled this bu'
reau will be destroyed by an act Of
the Almighty, II It ~ not fulfilled the
bureau will die OF shrine. In either
case you seem to have settled US.
"HEADMANN, Chief"
Fills face gone white now, he crushed
the mass of sheets into ball. and,
arising, left the room with his dinner
a forgotten thing. Walking as though
in a trance and seeing the curiosity
filled faces about him but mistily ha
seized a wrong hat and plunged un.
certainly into the street; thoughtlesa
Of where he should co.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27

MS eyes were set and staring. At ev.
try corner the newsboys still shrieked
and Haunted their damp wares before
The eyes OF all who passed, on every
land were struggling groups and soil
lary individuals with noses buried in
i'le sheets, while from several quar-
| re- came the insistent throbbing of
he drums of the Salvationists, the
;xhorting of the Adventists and the
larvent shouts Of the self-ordained
;urbstone preachers as they cajoled
pr threatened the populace in the
aame of impending, and universal
loom to come to them, be blessed and
saved, or failing to do 60 pass on to
everlasting torment. Wandering down
,treet after street, frequently turning
corners with the zig-zag instinct Of the
pursued, Desmond for the first time
became thoroughly imbued with the
magnitude Of the movement which his
voice had started. He saw men reel.
Ing from saloon to saloon and mo.
mentarjly becoming more drunken up,
on the strength of his announcement
that this would probably be their last
night of earthly life. He saw scrub.
women strewing their savings which
had been earned upon their cal!oused
knees into the fingers of jeering gut
!tersnipes. He saw wanton women
kneeling with tears streaming down
their crimson painted cheeks; he saw
erstwhile staid men of responsibility
hurryfng into public houses, for what
purpose good or evil-he could only
guess. He saw the stolid march of the
undisturbed whom nothing short OF an
earthquake ea2lA anSS;ess; he saw the
Satirfoaf smiles d tho cynics, the
boisterousnsss of the reckless, the
maudlin bewildsRment Of the weak Of
mind as they swaysd alternately be.
tween doubt and despair. and he saw
here and there n earnest faced one
hurrying sileatiy past or slipping into
church or chapel. From somewhere In
the city church bell was booming
solemnly, and from this place and that
came the sound of voices that dis
corded In tumble Of rag time and
psalms. He saw human nature keyed
to It's highest pitch and taut a. . harp
as 1t sounded fts manifold notes OF
harmony and tangle. He saw The
wicked become vtrtuous and tho vir-
tuous wicked, the thief restoring and
the erstwhile virtuous thisvinE. while
above and around this human bsdianl
hung the stiffness OF air such as often
precedss great electrical storm. And
this was bat c1s Insignificant spot up.
on the oo1tinSaH And II this was bat
sample, what thea was happening in
the great cities Of the land which were
strewn from the Atlantic to the Pa.
cifc-what naAelsss crimes and cut
RACES which must be laid at his door
II he had erred. Fortunes gathered TO-
gether by years of labor would be scat.
tered riotously In one debauch. Muir.
ders would be committed, suicides
done- souls dan,ned---and out Of It III
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27
CHAPTER u.
Tho Collision.

no Cos1I6IOn.
He went rsntdly vet uncertainty, al
most - -. rs - d.. was
pm wrong end before, his rumpled hair
protruded in wisps beneath its rim,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Professor Desmond Of tho
Peak observatory causes a great sensa-
kton throughout the country by announc-
png that what appears to b . satellite Is
approaching ct terrific speed. Destruction
bf the earth Is feared.
CHAPTER II-Panio prevails every
where. The satellite barely misses the
earth. The atmospheric disturbance
Knocks people unconscious. but does no
Damage.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27

his eyes fixed upon the 1oor as hs
pondersd ever his swn position. On
Of three consequences must happen
to him. II he was suffering from q
delusiou he was. as the press man
had sad q rulaed man, aasgpced.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27


the diameter Of this state, and appears
to be body complete n itself rather
than giant fragment torn from some
mass. Now how do you szplain-"
Il beg your pardon. or. make no
attempt to explain" |
you said It was apparently soaaaag
from ont Of the confer Of space. i
had always thought thak We were a.
the exact center Of space"
And so we ara, madam. 30, also.
- everywhere elsa" /
And you have no consolation what
over to offer usf'
Yes i ono mus diA- I think e
preferable to perish in collision Of
worlds rather than by. microbe."
And you are certain 1t will annihi-
late ID destroy no this very evening"
Il can only hops that my fears ass
wrong and that you will perish BY o.
microbe after ALL" He raised his hand
Rppealinsly.
Ladies' and gentlemen. please grant
me mercy. At present l have nothing
to say that you have not already
heard. And il you will only be pa
tient few hours! For If am correct
and we are standing upon the verge
Of eternity, what matters an a. pted
exp .anation at this time? And If I
am wrong and we escape, tomorrow
will certaic,I, have its tale to unfold.
Ito be conrinusd.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
PEACE OR MADNESS!

The alternative in the Near East Is
hot merely peace or war. II is peace
or renewal of war which would be
madness. The most competent judges
are pretty well agreed that the Turkish
cause WAS doomed TO disaster from the
beginning. So complete were the prep
arations of the allies, so skilful were
their plans of campaign and 50 imp"tu-
Gus and IeSOl,te was their attack that
no leadership of the Turkish armies
could have withstood them. Indeed, il
is not clear that il could have 50 much
rs delayed materially the catastrophe
which came so swiftly.
But even if il would have been pos
sible TO repe the, allied onslaught and
10 defend the empire with wiser
strategy AT the beginning, it would GER
tainly be a hopeless task 10 undertake
the recOuping of the enormous losses
which have now been suffered and the
regaining of the ground which has been
lost The achievement would requir,
such inspired leadership a. Turkey
has not known since Osnan Of Plevna
passed from the scene and such a re-
vival Of national spirit and resources
as there l. no reason for regarding as
possible under any leadership. Yet
even if il should be granted that such
an achievement were within the limits
of human power. il would be- practical
Is ruled out of consideration by the
mad acts of the last few days AT Con
stantinople A government which when
united could not win can surely not
hope 10 win when il is rent aSunder
by murderOus intestine feuds
renewal Of the war would surely
mean. then. one of two things: Either
the utter crushing of the already beaten
and now demOralized and chaotic
Turkish Empire. with later terms of
peace dictated under the dome of ~.
Sophia. or the involving Of other pow
ers in the conflict through some such
means aS Turkeys ceding Macedonia
and SalDnica 10 Austria Hungary as
the price of her Intervention in Tur-
keys behalf But that would mean
plunging all Europe into something
like Il worldwide war. II is scarcely
conceivable that the powers. which
after all have controlling influence
over the Porte. will permit either Of
these calamitieS. The COustantinopie
mob may have delayed peace and made
il more difficult but it cannot have in
fected all Europe with its own insen-
safe fury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
NOT LIKE JACKSON.

THE Portland Oregonian' recently
suggested that all Governor Wilson had
TO do in cider to escape the single term
issue was to follow the illustriOus ex-
ample Of Andrew Jackson. 1t found
this resemblance between Mr.. Wilson's
predicament and General Jackson's:
Although Jackson had been a famous
advocate Of a single term for the Presi-
dent. he succeeded himself by a vote
which barely missed being unanimous
Out OF the 288 electoral votes he won
2l9. Here another ominous parallel
presents itself for Woodrow Wilson
was elected on a platform which speaks
out for a single term. Will he be fort
innate enough to make the country for
get it and march back into office as
triumphantly as Jackson did?
The parallel is unhappily not very
exact. There is great difference he
tween yielding at the behest Of q party
n private opinion. however stoutly held,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

ard trying TO make party recah' dh
eyplicit public pledge for ones own
benefit. Andrew Jackson never ran TOT
the Presidency on IA single term pat
form. He could Justly say that he put
aside Il personal conviction because his
party would not recognize its force ana
called upon him 10 serve again III Sll'e
of himself as its candidate. Mr.. tleNe-
land also expressed an intention not 10
seek a second term, but yielded IL Wheh
he saw that the Democratic party was
prepared TO offer him unanimous re-
nomination.
In those instances the voice OF the
party was more potent than the opil-
ion of the individual. But in Mr.. Will
sons case il would be the Will or the
individual which nullified the pledge OF
the party. When he accepted the
Democratic nomination last summer he
entered constructive!y into contract
10 observe the declaration in favor oil
single term inserted in the Baltimore
platform. That platform committed
him TO the single term principle ana
throughout the campaign he never said
a word in public TO indicate that he
felt himself absolved from the promise
made on his behalf by the national con-
vention.
Governor Wilson told some New Jer-
Sey legislators the other day that they
ought to pass his antitrust DIS De-
cause those bills carried ont the decla-
rations of the Democratic platform. II
he believes that such declarations olnd
other Democrats he cannot well TAKE
the position that he himself Is not
bound by them. Before he begins his
service as President he ought To make
il clear that he will live up 10 the Dem
ocratic party's promises in regard to
single term,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

South Carolina. Tennessee and fenh-
sylvania. Both these birds are vora-
cious insect eaters. If the year,!
slaughter Of these species alone were
stopped ii would cut down a goon part
Of the OO.OOO.OOO loss which agrl-
cultural authorities estimate is the an
nual toll Of insects on agricultural
products.
Dr. Hornaday is authority Tor thr
statement that within our own times
seven species of migratory birds nave
been entirely exterminated. ana al
least fourteen others are threatened
with determination. No better wa!
Of protecting them has been suggested
than that set forth i'm the Mclean bill.
It's enactment into law would rank IN
Importance with Mrs. Russell sage 5
purchase Of March Island for Dird
refuge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
REJUVENATING A DISTRICT
Reconstruction Needed Between l4tn
and 23d Streets, Says Bank PRESIDENT.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is vital to the interests OF all
doing business or owning property In our
section Of the city, mean that portion
Of Manhattan lying between 18th and Z3d
streets-that immediate action be taken
for our mutual protection.
There is much to be accomplished. and
the work cannot be done by few men.
The loyal support OF all concerned Is
necessary At a recent meeting held IN
the Offices OF the Central Mercantile
Association ! promised to write to you
and a few others whom | know to be IN
terested, urging that you join us in what
we have undertaken to do.
Fourteenth street and ed street have,
as you know, been reconstructed, and
Fifth and Sixth avenues will be. IL is
our plan to persuade the city to do much
better lighting in Broadway, 18th street,
23d street and Sixth avenue. The Sixth
avenue elevated structure Is TO be paint
ed and thoroughly lighted.
Free bus lines should and will run
from the subway and elevated stations
in and around our district. at the expense
of the merchants benefited.
subway stations must be established at
18th street on the new Broadway and
Seventh avenue lines, and also an ex-
press station must be established at lith
street on the Seventh avenue line.
We have promised to help the Hudson
Tube connect up to i2d street thus max
ing It trunk line which will be of great
value to this district.
Sixth avenue must be extended south
ward to the wholesale district, so that
We may have better business thorough
fare. The extension of Seventh avenue
IS progressing as rapidly as possible.
Finally, and of very great Importance, it
is necessary that We should have bridge
OF tunnel crossing the Hudson and with
its Manhattan approach between lith and
I'D streets.
May we count upon YOU for your very
best support? X. ROSS APPLETON.
President Security Bank Of New York
New York. Jan. 70. 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
JAPAN AND COREA.
Itor OF The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir What has become OF that right
mindedness which we have attributed TO
Japan? u must be staying at home. TO
say the least OF II. not showing itself in
Corea-the field OF all others fitted for its
manifestation.
Poor little country, Poor helpless peo-
pie. thrown by the fortunes of war, not
its own. into "A conqueror's hands; driven
To the wall in hundred ways. and need
Ing beyond measure the protection OF that
conqueror-more protection. perhaps. We
must admit, than any government could
fully give. Instead OF that il has been
cruelty treated in many quarters. by the
government itself; it's subjects impris-
oned and put to the torture for improved
and. to all appearances. uncommitted
crimes The civilized world stands aghast.
Well probably II was very silly of the
world to fall down and worship Japan as
IL has done.
MARGARET MEREDITH
New York, Jan. |. 1918.