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ROOSEVELT ASKS
HONESTY OF ALL
RAILROAD MEN
AdvisesThemtoShun
Politics
;hief Executive Unveils Lawton Mon
ument and Improves Opportunity
to Discuss Curbing of Com.
mon Carriers
ROOSEVEI/PS RAILROAD HI.MS:
" Let the local attorneys of Ms; rail
road companies keep out of politics and
let their business be open and above
; board.
| Big railroad men should refrain from
.any attempt to Influence politics or bov
\crnmeat aside from the duty tltnt every
cltlsen owes. What we have to de
mand In our public servants is honesty.
I Railroad legislation, such as I have
'-asked, In not merely In the Interest of
ithc public but of every honest railroad
manager.
By Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 30.—
President Roosevelt and party, accom
panied by Vice President Fairbanks,
today attended the ceremonies incident
t> the unveiling of a monument to
MaJ. Gen. Henry W. Lawton, at which
President Roosevelt had consented to
make the principal address.
The president and vice president were
met at the depot by a. iaige reception
committee in carriages, at the head of
which were Senators Beveridge and
Hemenway and Representatives Over
street. They were at once driven to
the Fairbanks home in North Meridian
street, where luncheon was served.
' Seated with the president and vice
president at luncheon were forty
guests, Including Gov. Hanley, Senators
Beveridge and Hemenway, Representa
tive Overstreet, members of the presi
dent's party. Mayor Bookwalter. Chair
man New of the Republican national
committee. Chairman Taggart of the
Democratic national committee, James
Whltcomb Riley, Meredith Nichols and
other officers of the G. A. R. and other
organizations.
Following the luncheon began the
formation of the march to the court
house grounds for the unveiling cere
monies. The parade was south on
Meridan street, through Monument
place to Washington, and east to the
court house square at Alabama street,
two miles In length and through solid
banks of people, who gave the president
an. enthusiastic greeting.
The program of exercises included
an Invocation by Rev. Dr. Lucas, an
address by Governor J. Frank Hanley,
music by the Seventh Regiment band,
the reading of a poem dedicated to
Gen. Lawton by James Whltcomb
Riley, the Introduction of the president
by Governor Hanley and President
Roosevelt's address.
President Makes Speech
The president, after a few words on
Memorial day and its significance, paid
a tribute to Gen. Lawton. Then reach
ing out to national topics he spoke at
length on the railroad situation in the
United States, saying in part:
"Today I wish to say a word to you
about the first and most important
ieature of this task, the control of the
common carriers doing an Interstate
.business; a control absolutely vested
In the nation, while in so far as the
common carriers also transport the
mails It is in my opinion probable that
whether their business is or is not in
terstate it is to the same extent sub
ject to federal control, under that
clause of the constitution granting to
the national government power to es
tablish post roads and therefore by
necessary implication power to take all
action necessary in order to keep them
at the highest point of efficiency.
For Additional Legislation
"Such additional legislation as that
for which I have asked in the past, and
especially that for which I asked in
my message at the opening of the last
session of congress, is not merely in
the interest of the public, but most em
phatically in the interest of every hon
est railway nuinager and of all in
vestors or would-be investors in rail
way securities.
"There must be vested in the federal
government a full power of supervision
and control over the railways doing in
terstate oiirfiness; a power in many re
spects analogous to and fis complete
as that the government exercises over
the national banks. It must possess
the power to exercise supervision over
the future issuance of stocks and bonds,
"The movement to regulate railways
by law has come to stay, The people
of this country have made up their
minds— and wisely mado up thi ir
minds— to exercise a closer control over
all kinds of public service corporations,
Including railways. Every honestly
managed railway will gain und not lose
by the policy. The men inor>'
to manipulate stocks than to make the
management of their roads efficient
and honest arc the only ones who have
cause to oppose it.
"We who believe in steady and
healthy profrrosfs stand unalterably for
the new era of widest publicity and of
fair dealing on the part of railroads
with stockholders, passengers and ship
pers.
Hints to Managers
"We favor tho railway manager who
keeps in close touch with the people
along his line rather than in close
touch with the speculative market;
who operates his line, with a view to
the advantage he can Lsitimately get
ont of his railway as a permanent In
vestment by giving il fair return to the
stockholders and to the public good
servii'e with reasonable rates; who doos
not operate his road with a view to thr
temporary speculative advantage which
will follow capitalising an uncertain
future and unloading the securities on
the public.
"The grave abuses in individual cases
of railroad management in the past
represent wrongs not merely to the
general public, but, above all, wrongs
to fair dealing and honest corporations
and men of wealth, because they ex
cite a popular anger and distrust
which from the very nature of the
case, tends to Include in the Bweep of
lta resentment good and bad alike.
"Keep Out of Politics"
"Let the local attorneys of the big
roads keep out of politics; and when
they haVo to appear before the na
tional or any state legislature let their
names be put on a special register, and
let their business be above board and
01 "But let the railroad man remember
that to purchase Immunity in wrong
doing or to defeat blackmail by bribery
is the worst and most short-slehUid of
politics. Let the plain people insist on
the one hand on governing themselves
and on the other hand on doing exact
Justice to tho railways.
Duty of Magnates
"Let the big railroad men scrupulous
ly refrain from nny effort to influence
politics or government save as It Is
the duty of every good citizen in legit
imate ways to try to influence politics
and government; let the people as a
whole, in their turn, remember that it
is their duty to discriminate in the
sharpest way between the railway jpan
who does well and tho railway man
who does 111; and, above nil, to remem
ber that the Irreparable moral harm
done to the body politic by corruption
Is Just as great, whether the corrup
tion takes the form of blackmailing a
big corporation or of corruptly doing
its bidding.
"What wo have to demand in our
selves and in our public servants is
honesty— honesty to all men; and if we
condone dishonesty because we ilmiK
It is exercised in the interests of the
people, we may rest assured that the
man thus showing it lacks only the
opportunity to exercise It against the
Interests of the people."
INDIANAPOLIS, Mny 30.— Fresident
Roosevelt left Indianapolis at 6 p. m.
over the Big Four road. Tho first stop
was scheduled for Anderson. Then
he will make a short stop at Muncle
and will then go to Fort Wayne, where
he will spend the night. He will go to
morrow to Lansing, Mich., where he
will speak at the celebration of the
founding of agricultural colleges.
BARRINGTON TO
DIE ON GALLOWS
"LORD" BARRINGTON
Bogus Nobleman Must Pay Penalty for
Murdering St. Louis Horseman.
Supreme Court Decides
His Fate
By Associated Press.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 30.—
The supreme court, sitting en bane, late
this afternoon declared that "Lord"
Frederick T. Seymour Barrlngton, now
in jail at Clayton, Mo., shall be hanged
on July 25, for the murder of J. P. Mc-
Cann, a St. Louis horseman.
"Lord" Frederick Seymour Barring
ton went to St. Louis in 1902. He posed
as a British colonel on detail to pur
chase mules for the army in South
Africa, and special British representa
tive to the Louisiana Purchase ex
position. Supposing Hiss Wilhelmina
Grace Cochrane of Kansas City was an
heiress, he married her and was re
pudiated by his bride.
For a time he was very lavish with
money. Barrlngton went to live at the
1.. Lin 1 house with James McCann and
his wife. On June 18, 1903. he enticed
McCann to a lonely spot, and his dead
bo^y was found floating in a deserted
quarry pool. After this Barrington re
turned to the McCann home and an
nounced that he would run the hotel
thereafter. It was supposed that the
wife was accessory to his deed.
POSTOFFICE MEN
WANT MODE PAY
Clerks Meet in Convention, Elect Of
ficers and Discuss Plans for
Bettering Their Con.
dition
By Associated Fress.
SACRAMENTO, May 30.— The third
animal state convention of postofflce
clerks was held here today. Delegates
from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Rlv
ergld«, San Bernardino, Oakland, .Santa
Cruz, Vallejo, San Francisco, Pasadena
ami Sacramento were present.
Officers for the ensuing year were
Sleeted as follows:
President, L. il. Umsted, Los Angeles;
first vice president, Carrie Ewart, Santa
Cruz; second vice president, Ralph J.
Fanuef, Oakland; secretary, Joseph F.
Cone (re-elected), San Francisco; chair
man of grievance committee, Walter R.
Chambers. Pasadena; delegate to na
tional convention in Peoria, 111., in Sep
tember, James Longshore, Sacramento;
alternate, D. B. Dwyer, San Francisco.
Uesolutions recommending passage of
a $121)0 a year salary bill for clerks anU
for an eight-hour day were adopted.
The association agreed to ask con
gress for a thirty-day annual leave of
absence and indorsed the pension bill
for superannuated employes.
San Diego Shipping
By Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, May 30.— The American
Hawaiian liner Texan, which has been
here several days discharging cargo
brought from Hallna Cruz, sailed today
for San Francisco.
The British cruiser Sheerwater ar
rived from Acapulco this evening.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1907.
TAFT DEFENDS
POLICY IN CUBA
AND PHILIPPINES
Shows the Wisdom of
Taking Islands
Secretary of War Delivers Address at
St. Louis in Which He Upholds
Course Adopted by Ad.
ministration
Ny Associated Press.
ST LOUIS. Mo.. Mny 30.— Before nn
audience of millers from all parts of the
country unending the mass convention
ami making the largest convention of
millers ever held in this country, Secre
tary of War Tnft this afternoon made
n "address at the Odeon on the topic
"R«cent Instances of National Altru-
Vhe assembly constituted the final
session of tho convention of the ie°>rn,
tion. which had invited Secretary Taft
recs the body. President J. W.
Burke of Sprlnpneld. 0.. presided and
introduced former Governor E. O. Stan-
I miller of St. Louis, who In turn
brief sr<^-n. introducing Secre
tary Tnft. He spoke In part as follows:
•i ask your attention to the page of
Urn nation's history covering the last
■ nBM yo:irs. with the hope of showing
that thoro never has been on the part of
:ry a greater exhibition of pure
• thnn that exhibited by the
States from the beginning of the
■rc.ir down to the present day,
the peoples who were imme-
B ted. a study of the cor.-
I ir nation with respect to Cuba.
; the Philippines, covering
■.:■■>■ a decade, ought to fill every
.-art with pride.
■That which the American people be
!■ bo tho oppression of the Cuban
• -c r.iisgovernment of that beau
- md and the continued failure of
to restore any kind of order—
compelled the United States to interfere
to yr<?vent a continuance of that which
to our people to be an lnter
. national scandal at the doors of this
■ : eo-.ir.iry. and as we went into It in order
I that we might free ourselves from the
I charge of land grabbing or spirit of
conquest, we made the declaration that
we would not retain Cuba but would
make her an independent republic as
soon as circumstances would permit.
Big Expense Incurred
"We expended in the Cuban war up
ward of $200,000,000, and we never have
invited from Cuba the return of a single
cent. We offered up in deaths and
wounds find disease in that war the
lives of 148 officers and over 4100 en
listed men. We paid $20,000,000 to Spain
under the treaty of peace. The exact
consideration for this sum it may be dif
ficult to state, but the result of the pay
ment was the treaty, and by treaty was
secured a concession of Cuba and Porto
Rico, and the Philippines were freed
from the debts which Spain had in
curred In their maintenance.
"When the Spanish army left Cuba
the cities were crowded with thousands
of refugees and reconcentrados. It
was necessary to furnish immediate re
lief for the prevailing distress. Five
million four hundred and ninety-three
thousand rations, at a cost of $1,500,000
to the United States, were Issued to dis
tressed persons throughout the agency
of the officers of the army.
"The subject of sanitation of the Isl
and, from one end to the other, was
taken up with thoroughness, and in the
course of this effort one of the greatest
and most useful discoveries known to
medical science, to wit:
"The transmission of disease by the
mosquitos was added to the sum of
human knowledge. For four years this
sanltage went on, and under American
occupation the amount expended for
this out of the Cuban treasury reached
$10,000,000. At the end of the first six
months of American occupation the
public school enrollment of the Island
numbered 143,000, and this was increas
ing until the island was turned over to
Cuba in May, 1903, when it had reached
300,000, or 163,694 more than under
Spanish rule.
Cuba Her Own Ruler
"In May, 1903, the United States
turned over to the republic the control
of Cuba. For three years and a half
the republic of Cuba maintained itself
'with great apparent prosperity, but an
abuse by the party in control of its ex
ecutive power in respect to elections
brought on an insurrection which the
government of the republic had not
properly prepared itself to resist or re
press, and the United States intervened;
sent first a formidable fleet and then an
army of 5000 men, secured a dtsband
ment of the opposing forces and estab
lished a provisional government till
tranquillity was restored to such an ex
tent as to permit the holding of a fair
election.
"The fortune or misfortune of the
Cuban war carried us to the Philippines.
The exigencies of the situation brought
us Into such relations with Aguinaldo
and the Filipino troops in insurrection
against Spain that when peace came wo
could not turn the Islands back to
Spain. Accordingly wo undertook, first,
the establishment of order In the isl
ands and then the maintenance of civil
government. In establishing order we
expended $170,000,000. In July next an
election will take place by which an
assembly of seventy representatives
elected by the qualified volunteers of
the Christian provinces will constitute a
national assembly, which will be one of
the two houses, the other being the
Philippine commission, to constitute the
legislature of the Islands. The national
assembly elected In January will meet
for the first time in October. Thus has
the promise of our government, made
through President McKinley, been kept
of gradually Increasing the measure of
self government extended to the Fili
pinos." _
Waite Monument Unveiled
By' Associated Press.
ASPEN, Colo., May 30. — A monument
erected here in memory of Governor
Davis H. Waite was unveiled today
with appropriate ceremonies. An ora
tion was delivered by John O'Neill of
Denver, editor of the Miners' Magazine.
My Best Friend
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Rural Route 1. Fort Edward, N. T.,
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formed a wonderful cure of incipient
consumption for my son's wife. The
first bottle ended the terrible cough,
and this accomplished, the other symp
toms left one by one, until she was per
fectly well. Dr. King's New Discovery's
power over coughs and colds is simply
marvelous." No other remedy has ever
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Silverwood stores with this new idea clothing and securing the ex- /jaH^^^^M^BEfeip^f^
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but here was something different— the only ready-made suits we had • mS^^^^m/f l/iT
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85c Wash Petticoat 4&M Tffi ##**& Work and Vote for the
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striped ginpliam with 18-inch sectional T% A InnP 1?
flounce and dust flounce ; extra full and '^aßfiifgggaißßW^ DOfIQS * iUI Vu
good quality. Special, 50c. | 107-109-111 North Spring Street l
ANOTHER GREAT EMBROIDERY SALE
10,000 Yards of 25c, 35c and 50c
Embroideries 15c
An importer's sample line of fine embroideries, swiss, nainsook and cambric; from narrow, fine, dainty patterns up to the wide,
showy skirt floundngs; 15 inches wide. We bought these from one of the largest importers m New York, and being .sample
pieces, naturally would be the best work on the best of cloths and in the choicest designs; no cheaply made goods in meioi,
widths from 4to 15 inches; a great many insertions and bands to match in widths from 1 to 3 inches; values up to 5Uc. mesc
will be placed on sale this morning at 8 a. m., at choice, 15c per yard. '.
Big Special for Today II 25c Medallions 5c 1 I J**Zs&™?]hn.
$2.00 Lace Waist Patterns 98c Thousands of lace and embroidered medal- w j d co]ors . Tegular 15c,
A lot of fancy al over wart lace patterns In cream, white and lons and mot 8 f ° r shirtwaist tpl ™™'" 8^ 20c and 25c values. Today,
ecru; 4 y*rds in each; worth fully $2.00 a pattern. For a big large and small. On sale today, special, 5c
sale today, 98c a pattern. : ,_. each. No phone orders. . -.* .y* l "- ■ ' .
$1.00 Yard Wide Taffeta 75c I 45c carpet samples 25c I Friday Notion Specials
SLSSSe'te 11 : arfc^pa^e! g royaT^r^. SCol^SmpS^Soin the 20c spool si.X fln..h crochet^ cotton •; g
red, reseda, lavender. Alice and olive; regular C lot; 3-ply all-wool one yard 25c ? lec ? colore , f bone cas!nSl .^^ !" 3c
value $1.00 a yard. Special for today '«t IUL> ° •"'.' V t. 11 r Be bottle vaseline -
v * square; nice for hallways, din- 15( . box cabinet hairpins; 150 pins £
AOr Panrv rim Hip ?0r m 8m 8 rooms, bedrooms, etc. 7c roil black tape .•••• 9
4VC rancy cnauie £vc hile th last tod 25c a 19c large ha ir rons... ......... a -- kV -— s:: ,)C, )C
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dots figures and Persian patterns; full width; <7Q piece. JNlOt more tnan dto a $2.00 fancy mounted rhinestone back combs..... 5c
regular value 49c. For today only •*" v customer. 25c odds and ends of jewelry "
2 Knit Underwear Specials Friday's Hosiery Leaders
* • Special 19c— Value 25c . . . i 10r
WOMEN'S gray ribbed fleeced cot- Snecial 64"C Soccial 9c Special 1"C
TON VESTS— neck, long sleeves; drawers OpCtlfll U^ C O^CCiai 7V y. *->f hlldl . en ., foreign
ankle length; French band; regular price 25c. Women's black cotton hose, Broken line boys' 2xl ribbed Sample lot of en» an(J
,;/. :« ! Special 25C-Vallie 35C , : double heel and toe; reg- r^Cef^ra oSS SMj^M* blue, red.
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— High •'> neck, long sleeves; drawers • ankle customer. regular price 15c. to 76c. .
length, French band; regular price 35c. '
Millinery Flowers Worth to $1.50 c c 19c Velvet Ribbbn 12c 75c Lawn Waists 25c
Your Choice *OC three uinch tuck on each ,w.
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v French Net Curtains $2.95 35c Door Panels 18c .
Values to $5 SO - " White IrlBh P° lnt door panels: 30 by 42; mounted on good quality of
White or Arabian color French net curtains" with linen cluny edge and In- French net; large motifs. Extra speCial at Wo. each,
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? " $3.50 Couch Covers $1.95 /UM to $t.so t . B cro,, pattern borders
A rich heavy.oriental tapestry couch cover in beautiful combination of Whlte Nottingham lace curtains; strong ; heavy^e .« ' » '
colors in blue, red and green; fringe all around; 60 inches wide; regular engraved centers; 45 inches wide, 2^ yards long.
$3.50 values. To close out, $1.95 each. . All odds and broken lots to be closed out at 69c a pan. .■.