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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11
Peasioned Former Adherents.

DevO-ing the greater portion OF hi7
allowance and his property to the
maintenance and the promoting Of his
former adherents, who had suffered in
his c,mse, and IA that of his brother.
he started out to complete his educa-
tion according to Western ideas. visited
this country at the time of the centen-
NAL exhibition. and then went on TO
Paris, where he took up his residence
il the most unassuming manner in a
small suite of three rooms in the Quar-
tier Latin, living the life of a student.
none of his associates having the
slightest idea OF his antecedents or his
rank
Only on three occasions did he betray
the latter. One Of these was at DIN
ner given by the then Prince of WSlSs,
who mad been made aware Of his pres
ence in france, where he wore the
grand cross OF the Legion Of Honor
After spending several years in Paris
he returned to Japan. devoted himself
TO the opening of agriculture, and on
the creation of a system OF nobility
patterned on those OF Europe. he re-
ceived the title of ''prir Sc and scat
in the Japanese house of lords, Of which
he is now president. If I draw atten-
ton to him it is because it IS the only
instance on record of an ex-sovereign
being raised 10 one Of tie most i'm
pOrtant offices in the government OF the
monarch who deprived him OF his
throne.
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Superluous Letters.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
At first it seems scarcely possible that
two letters OF the alphabet Could be
suddenly dropped out of use and not be
ba dly missed, but "a and k are two
such letters. They are letters that do
not occur oftener than ten or fifteen
times il. a column, and. not having any
value of their own. the rightful sub
stitutes make the words In which they
do occur seem right, even II the let
ters in question themselves are absent.
1 will illustrate to your readers how
the purpose of "a and "qu" may be
even better served by 'cw'' and * by
"cs;" also how the dollar mark 60 may
be successfully used to serve for the
"sh' sound.
Take the following paragraph
The spelling reform viii probably come slowly
and IN spite Of great inerSs, just other essen
sal reforms have come. Living wells and springs
Of unknown sources were Characteristic OF print
tive days when disease was a disI;ensaSon Of
Providence and health an accident The old
oaken bucket is sacred to poetic meTnofy, but
il was loaded with slime and microbes. FL
tered water is better than poetry or primitive
cOncepSons Of Providence, but the masses viii
long cling to the slime and microbes.
Taliow dips, mule Gers and grade crossings are
other reminders Of prr-itive concepSons. They
must yield 70 arr lights. electric motors, and
elevated railways
The unsightlv, Jujaeketed, red-hot. smoking,
lettering old-time schoolroom stove, like a
blind monarch, once held undisputed sway, bak-
ing chidrens brains while their damp, blue
feet were freezing This relic Of incspient civil
izaSOn reluctantly yields to tempered air driven
by steam and regulated by thermostats. One By
one our tradiSons and snperstiSons yield 20 bet
ter things. In the distant future (when we are
all dcad) our anticwated and unwieldy spelling
viii be rernOdeled. to permit the Substitution
Of a brief, simple, rsSonal and systematic writ
ten ecspresOn Of our vocabulary.
In that passage OF 200 words-a letter
from John r. Kirk. president of the
State Normal schools, Kirksviile, Mo-,
"cw'' serves for "qu'' once. "cs" once
takes the place of * and the dollar
mark % serves for the Ssh sound
eleven times, or a ratio of 1 to 20 words
ROBERT w. MASON.
| Washington Dec g.
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Nh. Bakers Testimony.
Here Is a Gotham Editor Who Did Not
Read It.

Our always interesting contempor-
ary, the New York SUM-" does us the
honor to quote from an editorial pub
Eshed few days ago in The Times
the following statement:
Mr Ray stannard Baker denies that General
Wood was aware, before It's publication, Of the
now famous Runcie article, or that he was con-
suited concerning it.
The "Sun," with the customary
good breeding for which its columns
have long been famous, comments on
the above statement thus:
Mr. Baker makes no such denial. nor has he
been reported in any newspaper that we know
Of making such denial.
The "Sun" Is, Of course, truthful.
Indeed, strict veracity is another Of
the qualities upon which It's reputa-
tion has been founded The trouble
in the present instance is that its
knowledge Of Its contemporaries is
limited. While the Wood investiga-
tion has been in progress, it has
doubtless read only the "Bungtowr
Bazoo," and the "Arizona Kicker -
for the Associated Press reports Of
Friday, December 4, contain the fol-
lowing:
He Baker denied that there had been any
consultation between himself and General Wood
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Remains .Tn the Cold

The publishers Of the "Almanach. -
who are exceedingly independent. and
whose predecessors declined even 70
submit to the dictation of the first Ma
poIeon. when at the climax Of his power.
do not seem disposed to confer with the
Mikado's wishes.
They point out that Part I of their
"Almanach." which is the wade me-
cum OF Old World royalty officialdOu
and society. is restricted to the ''sover-
eign houses of Europe" and declare
that the domestic arrangements of the
Japanese Emperor haze nothing 10 do
with their attitude IA the affair, seeing
that the Sultan OF turkeys wives are
immense seragliO. Meanwhile the 1fl.
kado remains out in the cold as far as
the "Almanach' Is Concerned.
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A Voice From HinteTIand.
Information Wanted on the Absence of
a New York Middle Class.

The prevalent New York literature
gives a strange impression to the
reader who has never visited that me-
tropolis, and for the benefit of such
readers an explanation is needed.
Why is IT that there is apparently in
New York no middle class, the popu-
lation Of the city being composed en-
tirely Of the rich and the poor, or, TO
put it in the vernacular most often
used by certain saffron papers, "swell
mugs" and those who refer TO others
ar "swell mugs?" Must the intending
immigrant make up his mind on en-
tering the city either TO keep a chauf-
feur and valet and dine at the Wal
dorf, or to take up his meek residence
in a tenement of four rooms, one of
which is hghted2 Is there really no
New York middle class7
Certain it is that one never sees a
middle class referred to in any account
of the metropolis. Pages are devoted
t. the doings-one is almost COM
PEELED to say antics-of certain kinds
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Defends Mr.. Bristow.

To the Editor of The Washington Times
May a layman ask a simple question
ana receive an answer through your pa
per-for l want to know, you know?
Suppose Bristow's son was in the post
office. working for Uncle Sam. Was
there any harm in that? / don't know
Bristow: never saw him. But a man as
well educated as the father could surely
have a son who was worthy the salary
Of postoffice clerk. 1t seems a very
strange thiUs to an outsider-one not
versed in the law of politics-whv q
worthy father. having a capable son
could not have that son occupy a posi-
ton as a clerk In a postOfice. merely
because his father happened to be ar
Assistant Postmaster General.
r. E. GREEN.
washington nac O
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relative to the publication OF Major RUnCie's
article rejecting on the administration of Gen
oral Brooke. Concerning the article
which was published over the signature of Major
Runcie. Mr.. Baker said it had been given to him
by Runcie: but. so far rs he knew, General
Wood had no knowledge Of it before it was pub
lished.
The "Sun," in Its eager desire to be
unprecedented and fair-especially IN
the Wood case-should increase the
number Of papers that it knows"
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An Unequal Division.
The United States Doesn't Pay It's
Proper Share of District Taxes.

Proper Share of District Taxes.
The Fifty-eighth Congress has con-
vened in regular session; the esti-
mates to cover the expenses of the
District of Columbia for the next fiS-
cal year have been transmitted by the
Secretary of the Treasury; and the
struggle to secure tie necessary APP
preparations Will soon begin. We
wish, therefore, to call the attention
OF District taxpayers and of members
OF Congress to the fact that the
United States, through the present
system of doubling the District reve-
nues in lieu of paying taxes for its
holdings, is practically saddling upon
the District the payment of 100000
per annum, which it ought not be
called upon, in equity, to pay.
On June II, 1873, Congress pro-
vided that the United States should
pay fifty per cent of the expenses of
the District of Columbia, and be de-
clared exempt from taxation. At the
time that law went into effect the
United States owned real property in
the District valued at $50, SD.
The assessed value of all other real
property in the District was $50, 49l, :
442. The District taxpayer bad lit
tie the better of the argument in 1873.
Members of Congress, however,
were not blind to probable Federal
development, and within half a dozen
years the value of realty holdings had
become .equalized. From that time on
the United States has been condemn
ing land here, there, and everywhere,
not only increasing its holdings to an
enormous extent, but depriving the
District Of both the tax and the equiv
alent appropriation from the National
Government.
This is not a theory, but, on the
contrary, condition which confronts
Us. According to the Assessor Of the
District, and we feel that we can rely
Oh such authority, the United States
Government owns today $237 zoos
worth of real property in the District,
while the value Of taxable real prop
erly is only S2OS,519, 436. This shows
that the United States owns SIS, 81 :
432 in property in excess TO the
amount upon which taxes can be col
lected. As the total realty valuation
is $40, 62O, 3O4, the excess represents
about Ga per cent. In other words
the taxpayers own 43.6 per cent OF
District property, and the United
States 56.4 per cent.
These figures show conclusively that
the present ratio of dollar for dollar
paid by the Federal Government is
far from being equitable and just. l;
it not high tiiae thal some steps were
taken to obtain a revision of the
present ratio, so that Uncle Sam shall
pay for his excess holdings?
This S2S,5S1, 432 represents a ta1
of S42S, 721.4s, which the District is
losing annually. According to the
law the United States doubles all rev.
elues. so that the actual amount lost
+, the District each year Is $751;.
1926. This is something for the tax
payers to consider. In our opinion
the law Of June II, 1878, has outlived
Its equity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11
ASSASSINS KILL HOST.

VICTORIA. B. G, Dec u.-News is
received here from Kobe of the assas-
sination Of notable Korean political
refugee, L. Pan Chong. ex-minister of
foregn affairs. BY two Koreans at Kure.
on November 2i The assassins stabbed
the victim In the course OF an enter
tainment he gave them.
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Communications From
Readers of The Times
Inviting Accidents.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
desire to call the attention of the au-
thorities OF our steam railroads to the
fact that some of the local officials are
requiring or permitting employees in
charge of trains and in other RESPONSE
Die positions to be twenty-four and
thirty-six hours continuously on duty.
Is any other statement or comment
needed on such practice? II some ter
riole accident were to result from this
system there -%ould be plenty of critics,
while everyone would wonder why such
carelessness prevailed. QUERY.
Washington, Dec. 9.
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THE PRESIDENT AT HOME,
AS SEEN BY A VISITOR
Extracts Travel Diary Of "TO by, NJ P" (Nr Who Was
Lately in Country n

est Of Rough Riders. For myself. though
hadn't 70 make speeches. was thank
full after the turmoil to turn into my
berth for snooze OF a rest. As soon as
the train moved of, out came the Presi-
dents book. and he read away till, the
train pulling up at another crowded sta
ton. a fresh speech was demanded, and
delivered under the abiding sense Of su-
preme ministerial responsibility"
This practice the President observes
wherever he Is in residence. Il read
when I can he says, always bit be
fore ! go to bed Sometimes, at periods
OF great pressure 1 awake about in
the morning. II 1 lay there thinking Of
things 1 should be worried to death, IN
fit for my work in the coming day. So 1
switch on the light. take up my book,
read a chapter or two, fall asleep, and
wake up bright and early"
In his philosophical. CHEEKY way the
President makes the pest OF what-say.
TO the Duke Of Devonshire-wOuld be an
intoIerable nuisance.
When 1 was a young man. he
said. Il lived mostly out of doors, and
enjoyed abundant exercise. Now I can't
get much. But you go and stand in my
place On an autumn afternoon and
have your hand shaken by from 900 to
1000 sturdy citizens. and If when it's
over you don't feel as If you had been
telling a tree or two. you are made
of harder grit than l."
Valuable Paintings.
President Roosevelt has inherited at
the White House many valuable en-
cravings and paintings. the latter in
Guiding portraits of some famous pref
ecessors in the chair.
Come along. Toby" he said after
luncheon; come up to my study and
I'll show you one of the most precious
OF my art treasures"
Hanging on the wall near his desk
was Bernard Patridges original draw
ing which appeared in Punch" shortly
after the Vice President was suddenly
called to assume the Presidency. The
Rough Rider is its title. and it bears
the inscription. with Mr.. Punchs COM
pliments to President Roosevelt
u had many complimentary messages
at the time said the President. but ]
don't remember any that gave me more
pleasure than this greeting from across
the sea from an old friend I have
known and studied nearly all my life"
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CHIEF CLERK DAWSON
DEMANDS Jury TRIAL

Trial by a Jury was demanded by
Edward NJ. Dawson. chief clerk of the
Interior Department, who was arra;gn-
ed In the Police Court yesterday on a
charge of violating the smoke laws by
permitting dense volumes of thick black
smoke to issue from the chimueys Of
the department building Mr.. Dawson's
plea was not guilty, and Prosecutor
Pugh will set the date Of his trial for
some time in January.
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Startled the Cashier.

stranger-Are the walters here attentive to
your
Pretty Cashier-Sir-r-i
Stranger-Oh, ofense, assure you. I was
only carrying out the instructions as printed on
the bill OF fare. which says, please report any
nattention of walters 20 cashier" And /
thought if they ars inattentive to you l would
report them-that's all--Baltimore American.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

Mr.. Christy is now occupied in draw
ing pictures of John Alden and Priscilla.
good innocent people all over the coun-
try Will be saying that they never sup
posed the Puritans looked 50 much like
other folk
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II is said that If Mr.. Hanna resigns
the craftsmanship of the national COM
mittee. Mr.. Foraker will succeed him;
but # is not thought that ldr. Foraker
has begun to stand about and walt for
Mr. Hanna TO rise
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

A Boston educator thinks that children
should be encouraged to read more fairy
tales. The average politician might be
a better man If his magma ton had been
coaxed in childhood t. occupy itself
with fairies rather than facts.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 14.-PresiCent
Roosevelt is the kind of man who would
make himself at home anywhere.
whether In the backwoods of the West,
in the stately home the United States
provides its Presidents, or anywhere
In the wide range that lies between
these extremes Healthy in mind and
body, he is gifted with the CHEEKY ma
ture whose price is above rubies.
The President is an omnivorous
reader. At one turn OF conversation he
Is reminded of a passage in Homer, the
next he Is expatiating on the history of
Tfttlebat Titmouse" Contemporary
eously with the announcement of The re-
bellion In Panama, dexterously exploited
by the President and his Secretary of
state, John Hay, a personality a pOpu-
lar in London as in washington there
was published in the States a new edi-
ton of the works of Samuel Warren. The
time seemed to II. President opportune
Tor renewing his acquaintance with the
works of the author of Ten Thousand
Year" so while the opposition papers
Illuminated denunciation OF his Panama
policy he read ''Tittlebat Titmuuse. -
As for Dickens. he knows him sc, init
mately that he would have been a dan
ated by Calverley in his famous ex-
animation paper on ''Pickwick.''
Busy Men Have Leisure.
How does the President, a man upon
whose personal labor the sun never
sets, find time for this miscellaneous
reading? Well, all over the world it is
the exceptionally busy man who has
spare moments for Desirable ends.
President Roosevelt shares a secret pos
sessed by Mr.. Gladstone. whom IN his
animated and varied conversation, with
it's wide range and intimate acquaint-
ance with any topic started, he strongly
resembles.
''All my life." Mr.. Gladstone once said
to me, II have taken care of my ten
minutes, certain that the hours and the
days would take care Of themselves"
a ministerial colleague who accom-
panied the President on a recent trip
Westward told me of a habit that ex-
plains everything.
A Refreshing Habit.
I'VE Travelled day after day. he said.
'the President addressing at successive
stations crowds of country folk. 1t was
a pretty hard days work for the tough
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

The house OF lords has failed to see
how women can practice law in Great
Britain. Britons are apt to be short
sighted when # comes 20 disturbing old
established traditions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

Deluded people who go by the col
lections OF chatting dish recipes pub
lished in some papers will find them
selves cooking pork and cabbage in the
results
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In a Lighter Vein.
Soporifc.

Playritc-I heard one man who attended the
premiere Of my new play last night complain
that it was late when he got out.
Crittick-Tesq
Playrite-Yea. and the final curtain fell before
10:45.
Crittick-Hml Perhaps he oversight himself.
Philadelphia Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

Dowie has been calling himself the
Restorer for some time, and perhaps
creditors are justified in asking him to
restore something just to keep his hand
In.
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Possibly. II some resoUrceful inventor
the center Of the earth. Il would turn
out to be a flying machine just out Of
contrariness.
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Got His Start in Steel.

Kind Lady (pityingly)-How long, my good
man, have you been a tramp2
Tramp-Madnm, e~Sg since l bought United
States Sseel.-Life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

There Is a rumor that Andrew Carne-
gie will give lake 10 Princeton Uni
versity, but whether TO encourage the
interior or exterior use Of water is not
known
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

The chorus Of SON" mushroom opera
companies might appropriately sing:
Twinkle. twinkle, little star,
How we wonder what yor are.
How yoUz price went mp so high.
Like a diamond in the sky.
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An Enthusiast

''Who do YOU suppose the most enthu
siastic person met at the horse show?''
''Some horse owner2"
''No, a dressmaker." -Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Behind the Scenes.

The Manager-who is that man over there in
the wings?
The Leading Lady (complao, ntly)-Oh. that is
my angel.-Judge.
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A Chicago statistician finds that more
suicides take place among married peo-
pie than among single folk. Before
using this fact as a deterrent of matri-
mony one should reflect that there are
more married than single folk in Chi
caEO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

A Mormon elder says that according
TO the doctrines of the Mormon church,
no negro can enter heaven. That is
just the church 20 suit the Rev. Thomas
Dixon. 1r.
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Great Stunt.

Silas-Down at the county fair Zeke paid IL
cents 20 see man break nails with his teeth.
Cyrus-What kind Of nails did he break?
Silas-FEis fingernails. Philadelphia Record.
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A man writes to New York paper
complaining that while there are hos
pitfalls in that city for the cure of all
diseases. there is no place in which
one may be cured of drunkenness or
the morphia habit. Yes, and there is
no place in which one may be cured Of
sin or have his breathing done for him.
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CREMATION For SPENCER.

LONDON. Dec. 1.-The body of Her
bert Spencer. who died December s, will
be cremated on Monday next
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

Senator Hoar has sharpened UP his
Revolutionary snickersnee for the Presi-
dent. but the President has Revolu-
tionary ancestors. too.
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Such a Crust.

Now Of the Gas Trust funds he hates
Like thunder 20 let go:
But other people doubt IL it's
Mell-bred TO keep the dough.
Indianapolis News.
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joy, which is cheap toot-material for
Panama
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Mr.. Heath AYERS that he has heard
Hanna talk in the West. The signifi-
canoe of this statement depends on
whether the Hanna talk was done by
Mr.. Hanna or somebody else.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11
Not an Admirer.

Gee! l wish I had de money to git coat
like dat,"
''You do?'
Yes, but dafs de last ting l would do
Wit i-."-Puck
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Panama is at present on record as the
Lou Dillon of Republics.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-11

General Calculation Grosvenor says
that the Senate is it. Should GrosvenOr
meet Cannon some whiskers viii fly.
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A Refreshing Habit.

I'VE travelled day after day., he said.
''the President addressing at successive
stations crowds of country folk 1t was
a pretty hard days work for the tough