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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
STEEL TRUST MINES
TO CUT DOWN WAGES

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Dec. 12.-President
Cole. of the Steel Trust mines in the
Iron Range country, announces as a re-
suit Of a conference called in New York
from which he has just returned. that
his wage schedule will be cut 10 per
cent on January l.
The same action will be taken at the
independent mines on the ranges. At
the Brotherton and Sunday Lake mines,
in Michigan. operated by Joseph Sell
wood. of Duluth. 10 per cent cuts also
win be made. 1t is also said that
through the entire lake region IL has
been tacitly agreed to cut schedules on
the same date. bringing mines outside
the trust and independent range prop
erty under the same action
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
A Similar Contention.

Some two years ago a contention SINH
lar to that now put forward by the
government regarding the ownership of
the Vatican, arose in connection with
the catacombs at Rome. the extremists
in the national legislature insisting
that their preservation. as well as the
work Of excavation aT,A of exploration,
so rich in valuable -'finds.' should be
transferred from ecclesiastical TO lay
hands. At the time of the incorporation
of Rome into the kingdom of italy in
1870 the cataconbs. as sacred places of
pilgrimage containing bodies OF martyrs,
were left by the government in the
charge of the Papacy. which, in 1851.
had, by a decree OF Plus TX. confided
the task of preserving the catacombs
and continuing the work Of excavation
and exploration TO a board Of prelates
and archaeologists known as the com
mission of sacred archaeology.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
An Old Landmark.
A Scheme for the Restoration of Pieree's
Mil.

y letter has been received by The
Times asking if it would not be pos
sible to restore Pierce's Mill, a we'll
known landmark of the District. sit
mated just within the limits of Rock
Greek. and, while preserving all the
features which characterized 1t as Il
nil, TO furnish the interior as a tea
house in which tea, coffee, fruit, and
light refreshments could be pur-
chased, and picnicking parties could
rest. This scheme appears both posi-
bic and desirable
Pierce's Mill was built at the begin
ring Of the last century, and so solid
~ constructed, according to the Gus
tom of the time, that the foundations
and walls are sill in existence The
process Of restoration would, there
fore, be comparatively cheap. 1t Is
about four miles from the Capitol.
and could be made a most attractive
resort for people driving out on the
Rock Greek roads. At present there
i nothing of the kind in that neigh
bcrhood. and the people of Washing
ton, to say nothing of the multitudes
of visitors who go sightseeing, have
no particular reason for staying in
Rock Creek Park unless they wish to
see the animals. They can, of course,
bring luncheon and picnic on the
ground, but for the greater part of
the year it is either too warm or too
wet and cold to do this. A well-eon-
Quoted tea-house in which people able
to pay for the privilege could be en-
tertained could hardly fail TO be
profitable.
Aside from this, we have very few
historic buildings in Washington, and
almost none In which such an enter
prise could be carried on. Rock
Greek Church and Its surroundings
are historic and picturesque, but no
body wants TO eat luncheon in :
graveyard. AT Mount Vernon, moi
only does the guide trot his victims
about too rapidly for any purely
social delights, but luncheon on tn
grounds is forbidden. Arlington Is
beautiful, but equally depressing
when considered as a picnic ground
Really, almost the only pleasure
ground we have which Is suitable foi
3 picnic party. and also furnished
with an historic building, Is Rocl
Greek. We can afford to rehabilitat'
Pierce's Mill, and, since the days OF
water ground meal and -four are owe
much to the grief of those who re
r,cmher those products-we can Il
lcast suit the old building to the needi
Of the present generation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
Defective FlueS.
Some Means should Be Taken to Pun
:sh Careless Builders.

News of terrible tragedy due to
defective chimney comes from
Connecticut town. Four children
we're left alone enc evening while
their parents visited a neighbor. The
chimney caught fre and the children
we're burned 20 death before the par
ents could come to the rescue.
Such events cannot properly be
called accidents, any more than it is
an accident when 2 badly constructed
building collapses and kills a lot Of
people, or a dozen persons are upset
Ia the river by the man who rocks the
BE- at. They are preventable casualties
and in the present conditions of
human life il is imperative that pre-
1eniion should be made a science.
In the ease of the Connecticut fam
ily the blame for the defective CHM
rey may or may not have fallen on
the householder. If he built or
bought the house it was, Of course, his
business TO see that the chimney was
safe. If ne merely rented it he could
not have helped himself, whatever
condition the chimney was in. The
owner in that case was the culpable
person.
The great majority Of Americans
live in houses which they do not own.
In the cities this condition is almost
universal. In most cases the tenant
does not possess the requisite knowl-
edge to find out what Is wrong with
his heating apparatus, if anything Is
wrong with it, and If he did know he
could not help matters without the
owners consent. Many of the de-
fects in heating apparatus are so hid
den as not to be known by anybody
hut the careless builder, until some
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
Fincastle Known Here.

Viscount FincastIe is so frequent q
visitor to this cOuntrS where he has a
number Of American relatives. that
the news Of his engagement 10 Miss
kemble. daughter of a Scotch laird. who
owns the greater part of the Isle OF
skye, Is certain to excite interest here.
lie Is popularity known BY the name
OF Long Fin on account of the alb
normal height of his stature. is the son
and heir of the six-foot-three Earl OF
Dunmore, and received the Victorian
Cross for an act of conspicuous gaIIan-
Try performed in the Indian from Ter
campaign in 1897. IN which he took
part, not as militry man (although an
offeer Of the Sixteenth Lancersl. but as
special correspondent from lhe London
Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
Rescued an Officer.

Lord Fincastle was serving on he
STAFF Of the VicerOy of India when the
frontier war broke out. volunteered for
active service, and being unable to
get 10 the front as a cembatant vent
as war correspondent During a
brush with the enemy he managet to
rescue a dangerously wounded comrade.
Lieutenant McLe9n. whose horse had
been killed.
II was one OF the bravest feats of
the campaign, and those who Wftr essed
II cannot 10 this day understand how
ne managed to escape unhurt as he and
the wounded man were literally sur
rounded by the savage foe. l NAV
add that on the same day he had no
less than three horses shot under him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
Obligations to State.

This law. based on the somewhat
socialistic doctrine that owners OF OBJ
Jects of national interest have certain
national obligations 20 fulfil, and that
their right to such belongings is limited
by conditions which do not apply in
ordinary cases, is not. as many people
seems to belie4-e. an arbitrary act OF a
spoliatory nature of the present gov
eminent. Fer 1t existed long prior 70
the union of Italy, IN each Of the numer-
Gus sovereign states into which the
peninsula was then divided, and IL was
only the corruption of officials that en-
abled the evasion Of its provisions.
All that the existing government has
done has been to codify and to unite
into one statute the Pacca edict issued
by the Papacy in 1920. the Napoleon law
OF 1892. the Lombardian decree of 1927.
the Modena law of 1857, and the edict
first proclaimed in Tuscany in 1854. Some
OF these were even more sweeping in
their provision than this present social
ed Gallo law, which the Italian authori-
ties assert applies to all antiquities of
artistic or historical interest. no matter
whether they happen to be in the pos
session of a nobleman such as Prince
Borghese or of the Papacy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
DunmOre's Famous Ride.

One OF the college friends of King I'd
ward. Lord Dunmore obtained. through
the latter. personally signed letter OF
recommendation from the late Car
which enabled him to accomplish his
famous ride on horseback from Pel1in 10
Constantinople. In the course OF this
trip he managed 10 explore Cashmere.
Tibet. the Pamirs, and both Chinese
and Russian Turkestan, and was conSid-
cred so dangerous by the Russian au-
thorities that they would haze turned
him back or arrested him had II not
been for the Cars letter. He almost
persisted from cold. and had no less
than four horses frozen TO death. When
he got hack he published a volrme de-
scribing his travels. which resulted in
rather odd controversy in the London
Times.
Lord Dunmore having asserted that
one Of the great central Asian rulers
by whom he had been entertained. was
so convinced or divine consideration
that he was in the habit of granting
free passes to heaven by means of -N.-
ters OF recommendation addressed 70
MY Mother Gabriel" the dusky poten-
tate wrote a letter 10 the London
Times denouncing the earl as a liar
declaring that he had made but poc7-
return for the hospitality received and
incidentally showed to travellers that the
day for pulling the long bow is gone
by and that the explorer Of distant
lands nc longer enjOvs the privilege OF
rawing upon his Imagination, or OF
embroider1nE his facts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
women Workers.
Newell Dwight Hills Warns the World
Against Them.

Newell Dwight Hills, in his general
of the universe, has
found time 10 attend to the case Of
women's work. He reproaches them
with ''cheapening labor" and cites the
case of a woman who did certain work
at a salary of $4,000 less than that
Of the man who preceded her. 1t
would be interesting TO know who this
apocryphal woman was.
The highest Salaried woman IN the
employ of the Government is said TO
receive some $4,000 a year, and the
positions open to women which pay
more than this are comparatively few.
If woman could be found TO do any
sort of work for $4,000 a year less
tl.an a man 1t would mean IN most
eases that she was willing to pay sew
eral thousand dollars a year for the
privilege of doing it.
The reproach Of cheapening labor
Is about as old as the entrance OF
women into well-paid industrial work
Il is difficult. however, to see what the
women can do about it. II they were
to form unions and attempt to regu-
late wages, that would be immoral, of
course, and the men won't let them
into their unions, at least not often.
The idea of the theorists Is that
women work for the fun Of the thing.
and not because they are obliged to;
but If a census were taken Of the
working women of the country who
are earning salaries above 81 900 .
year it would probably show that
nine-tenths of them have no natural
protectors. Some have gone to work
because their fathers died and left
them with younger children TO look
after, and perhaps a mother to sup
port; some are widows, some have
been deserted by their husbands, and
some have taken TO earning their own
living so that their brothers might
have a chance 10 go to college and get
better chance in the world, instead
OF taking any offered position and
supporting the women Of the family.
1t is only reasonable to suppose that
woman in any of these positions
will take as much money as she can
get, and that her failure TO get the
same salary as a man is due to the
prejudice of which employers take
advantage, pleading that no woman is
worth as much as a man, even if shC
is in the place of a man. Let DIR
Hills turn his attention to the en-
ployers.
OF course, there is always the
chance of marriage; but while the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
WHO OWNS HOME OF PONTIFFS?
Claimed by the Authorities Property They Insist That
Pope Shall Safeguard the Treasures Therein

by the existence OF the law dealing with
the preservation of antiquities of his
torical or artistic interest in the king
dom, which practically gives the state
title thereto irrespective OF the rights
of the actual owners. The latter are
prohibited. under penalty of confisca-
ton, fine and imprisonment, from dis
posing OF these treasures TO anybody
save TO the government itself. or to per-
sons who, having bound themselves not
to take the works in question out Of the
country, are provided with an AUTHORIZE
ton from the state duly specifying each
particular object.
Nothing of this nature can be removed
from the kingdom, and not only has the
government the right OF presumption and
appropriation. but # also by the terms
of the law IS enabled to impose such
conditions upon the owner or holder of
such works of artistic or historical in
terest as II may deem necessary for
their preservation. Thus a piece of van
dalism such as that perpetrated by a
well-known peer in England. who. tir-
Ing Of his magnificent old tapestries,
converted them into carpets for the nur-
series and playrooms of his children.
would be impossible in Italy. where the
authorities would at once intervene, and
either force the owner to take proper
care of the tapestries or else would as
sumo possession thereof themselves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
A Fatal Habit.
A Scientist Inveighs Against the Bath
ing Habit.


ing Habit.
A paper was read before a COM
pany of scientific men not long ago by
one John Dill Robertson, who argued
against what he called the fatal habit
Of bathing. He said that frequent
bathing only made a sewer of the
skin, permitting refuse TO escape
through the pores which would natur-
ally seek other channels. He cited as
an example of the terrible effects of
water applied externally the case of
an Eskimo who was brought to this
country in perfect health, never hav-
ing been i'll day in his life, but who,
after taking a bath, died of pneu
monia in two days. He moreover
said that he himself had not taken a
bath for two years and was in perfect
health.
1t used to be said by old-fashioned
lurses that it was injurious to chill
dren's health TO be kept too clean, but
this doubtless may be explained by the
fact that some of the early advocates
of keeping clean restrained the chill
dren from playing out of doors OF
taking any wholesome exercise, fol
fear they would soil their clothes. II
is not recorded that any child thor
oughly scrubbed every day and al
lowed to make mud-pies in the IN
tervals of scrubbing ever suffered evil
effects from either baths or dirt.
A hundred and fifty years ago Mr.
Robertson's remarks would have
sounded quite sensible TO the majority
Of people. Those were the days IL
which night air was considered I'M
wholesome, and rooms were hermeti-
caIly sealed at night; when fashion,
able women kept their hair in elabor.
ate structures devised by the hair
dresser, who did not come every day
and when ventilation and sanitation
were as yet unknown words. But IL
these times it does sound little queer
Bathing nowadays is, in fact, less 6
matter of health than of taste. Mos
people have a prejudice in favor OF
cleanliness. 1t may be true that, a:
the small cracker said to John Fox
we are a good deal of trouble TO our
selves, but We might IS well die OF
that sort of trouble as of any other.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
Japan and Korea.
The Little Island Power Is Tenacious of
Its Purpose.

1t looks as if Japan had taken her
stand ON the principle, "Korea or
fight" and the probabilities are that
Russia will retreat gracefully and al
low her to stand there. Japan has
every reason for wishing to hold
Korea. 1t gives her a vantage ground
On the Continent, and furnishes a lit
tie wedge by which she may hope to
gain more ground in case of future
trouble. Moreover, Japan Is a eoun-
try with the power of expansion. She
can be, and is likely to be, the coloniz-
ing force of the Orient. She has no
mind to remain shut mp in her islands.
ringed by protecting seas which might
prove no protection in case of war
with a power possessed of a strong
navy, while Russia gradually, calmly,
but firmly gains possession of one
slice of Asia after another.
Of course, Russia understands this.
The fact that Korea Is an entering
wedge for Japan is the very reason
why Russia wants it. But she does
not want it. if it is going to be too
much trouble to establish title. She
does not want il if it is likely to IN
volve trouble with other powers, who
may be disposed to stand the allies of
Japan. 1t is, in short, a ease of the
game not being, at present, worth the
candle
Russia is possessed Of illimitable
patience. She has waited, and viii
wait. for generations before coming
To the fullness of her power. This pa
t;enee is characteristic of her people,
and due to her peculiar form of gov
eminent. The Russian bureaucracy
makes impossible such popular aglta-
ten as might sway the government of
this country, England, or France.
Moreover, the Slav Is characterized by
something of the fatalism of the
Orient, and while his ambition, when
stirred, may be boundless, 1t Is not
easily stirred, and he awakens only at
the call of manifest destiny. There
may be a war between Russia and ia
pan, but it will hardly come now, OF
be oceasioned by Japan's desire for a
free hand in Korea.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

wcman is waiting for the man to come
along she must eat, or he will find
nothing but bones awaiting him.
Moreover, the day of the prince who
hunts in the chimney corner for Gin
derella is past and gone, and the av-
erage man declines 10 look at the girl
who makes her own gowns and hats,
if there is a more fashionably dressed
specimen of femininity within reach.
Let DIR. Hills preach to the young
Nc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

day a fire breaks out and the cause is
discovered.
All these things plainly indicate
that modern life cannot be safe with
out strictly enforced laws by which
every chimney will be made safe, and
every ordinarily earefuIAenant made
secure against fire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
AMERICAN ART STUDENT
DISAPPEARS IN BERLIN

BERLIN. Dec. 12.-The police fear
that Selden Miller. young art student.
whose home is in New York. has been
the victim of some crime. Miller came
to Berlin last October to study art.
About month ago he disappeared.
leaving his belongings in his room. and
since that time no traces Of him have
been found
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

The latter. while charging entrance
fees to the various subterranean Gene
teries. has devoted the money thus OBJ
tained, as well as large subscriptions
from Catholics all the world over. to the
opening up Of more OF these long hid
den catacombs. recovering numberless
ancient paintings and statuary. while
the inscriptions discovered have added
In no small degree to the knowledge OF
the conditions Of thu Eternal City eco
wears ago
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
Wrote Books of Travel.

Lord Fincastle has written one or two
books cI travel like his father, Lord
Dunmore- who, although one OF the
most powerful supporters and eloquent
advocates of Christian Science. is in
other respects a singularly level-hetd-
ed man, his experience of the worli
being OF an unusually extensive char
acter. His career, indeed. has been a
strange blending OF soldering, art, let
tiers, and adventure.
A guardsman in his earlier DAYS. the
es I'll has been a Nimrod among hunt
erS- pioneer in explorations. has writ
tel books OF travel. a novel a number
OF songs. an orchestral composs ton
which has been performed in ST James
Hall, added TO which he is the in
ventor and originator OF the now 50
popular smoking concerts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
Of MalodOrous Memory.

The Earldom of Dunmore was given
to the second son of the Marquis Of
Athou, Lord Charles Murray who was
master of the horse to Princess Mary
and Princess Anne. the daughters OF
King James IL II was this first Earl
Of DunmOres grandson who was the
last British governor of Virginia. and
while his memory Is obnoxious in that
part Of the United States. owing to his
wanton destruction of property In the
War Of Independence. he was sum-
GENTLY attached to Virginia TO give itS
name, not only to one OF his sons. but
also TO cause II to be given to several OF
his granddaughter.
IL was his daughter. Lady Augusta
Murray, whose marriage TO King George
IFS son. the Duke of Sussex. at Rome
without the sanction of the crown. led
to the enactment of the so-called royal
marriage law, which makes unions con-
tracted by the members of the English
reigning house Illegal. unless the consent
OF the sovereign in council has previous
" been given under the great seal Of
England.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
U. S. COMEDIES S764,185.61
FOR SEIZED PROPERTY

Admiral Dewey has received a brief
of the United States in the case con-
corning the amount OF property can
tured at Manila which is subject 10
prize. The amount claimed by the
captc-s is 1895, O94.49. The Government
comedies 764.1s5.s1 The case will first
be argued before the Auditor for the
District Supreme Court. and cannot
come up before December 16
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

Queen AIexandrs's escape from a
fiery death seems TO have been due less
TO the direct interposition Of Providence
than 70 the fact that she had for years
drilled her household so that everybody
knew what to do in case of fire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

Friends Of Governor Pennypacker are
now talking OF his sensitive nature. A
man with that sort of equipment for
Pennsylvania politics ought TO go and
get a boiler-plate case made for it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

The English house Of lords has refus-
ed TO admit a woman to the practice
of law. on the ground that there has
been no precedent Here is a pointer
for some of our Back Bay legislators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
MELVILLE IN TOWN.

Rear Admiral George Melville, L. 8. /
N. retired. who is now living in Phila-
delphia, called at the Navy Depart
ment yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

A special session Of the Louisiana
Legislature has been called to consider
the boil weevil. The bug, meanwhile. s.
not doing any legislative work at all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
Preservation of Antiques.

There is no doubt tina, the decision of
the courts would be further influenced
in a sense favorable to the government
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The New York Herald says Nordica
was married first in 1873, and who would
want to be the next reporter from that
paper to interview Nordica?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

The dramatic editors are complaining
that there are no comedians in these
days. Probably they have gone into
DOIifics
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II has been found that the President
reads Punch" but the marvel appears
less when 1t is learned that he formed
the habit quite early in life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

A deer scrambled into the room Of two
Harvard students. who now say that
deer hunting is more fun when done out
OF doors.
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May peace be with YOU But we
need the money answered Dowie' S
creditors.