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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
AN OHIO MAYOR VETOES
PLAN OF LABOR union
Ordinance to Restrict the City Printing
to Certain Shops Denounced.

TOLEDO, Ohio. Dec 1s.-Several
weeks ago the members of the Typo
graphical and other unions of Fremont
Ohio. petitioned the city council to
cause to be put on all city printing the
union label. The council passed a reso-
luton to that effect, and the resOlu-
ton was sent TO Mayor Engel for his
signature 70 make it effective. He We
toed it. The veto was accompanied by
several pages of rebuke. The mayor
said:
1T is impossible for me to under
stand upon what theory a Legislative
body designed for the benefit of all the
people OF our city can Justify its action
in denying, as this resolution does, to a
part of our people the equal protection
and benefit of the law. Any legislation
designed to limit its benefits 10 one
class and denying the benefits 70 an
other class is class legislation"
He closed by saying:
If membership in some union is
made a prerequisite 10 the right TO la
Dor, cannot conceive why membership
in some religious, political. or social
organization may not with equal pro-
priety be also made condition
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
WAS SOUTH CAROLINA
EVER OUT OF UNION :!
Southern Negro, Contesting Congress
Election, Raises Unique Point in
House Committee.


Was South Carolina ever out OF the
Union by reason Of her act Of seces-
sion?
This question has been raised in the
contested election case of A. ID. Dantz-
Ter against Representative A. F. Lever.
from the Seventh South Carolina dis
trict, now pending before Election Com
mittee No. ] of the House Mr.. Lever,
the contestee-a Observation-Disclosures
Union, Notwithstanding its act OF seces-
sion. and that. therefore, Congress could
not impose upon South Carolina any
conditions precedent 10 her readmission,
or reinstatement. Gen. w. w. Dudley.
representing Dantzler, maintains that,
for certain purposes. the State was con-
sidered out OF the Union. and for certain
purposes 1t was not
Dantzler is a negro He is illiterate.
but has the right TO vote under the
property qualifications OF tile state law.
He was born in slavery, but is now said
to be worth more than 100000. At the
Congress election he received 167 votes.
against 4.220 cast for Lever. although he
maintains that more than 1900 negroes
offered themselves at the polls and
would have voted for him, but were pre-
vented from doing so. Gen. w. W. Dud-
ley said yesterday that. although seek
ing the seat held by Lever, his client
would be satisfied to have the House
declare the seat vacant by reason OF
no valid election.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
.PENROSE SPOKEN OF
AS HANNA'S SUCCESSOR
Pennsylvania Senator Thought to Be
Presidents Choice for Head of Re-
publican National Committee.

The latest political story in circulation
is to the effect that Senator Boies Pen
rose Of Pennsylvania is TO succeed SEN
ator Hanna as chairman OF the Repub-
lican National Committee. This is. OF
course. contingent upon the refusal of
Senator Hanna to hold the position
again. The change II made. Will not.
Of course. take place until the national
convention is held next June 1t Is
now quite certain that Senator Hanna
will decline to serve for another term
at the head of the national organization.
and in view of this fact those who as
sumo to be close to the President de-
clare that his next choice is Senator
Penrose
There has been much talk Of former
Governor Crane, of Massachusetts, as
Senator Hanna's successor. but it is
said he IS not anxious for the position,
neither is Senator Lodge. who is one
of the Presidents closest advisers
Senator Penrose. next 10 Senator
Lodge. probably stands closer TO The
President than any other man in the
upper house OF Congress. The Presi-
dent and the Pennsylvania Senator were
in Harvard together. and the friendship
which sprang up between them has con-
tinued uninterruptedly. Senator Penrose
gained his political acumen in the Quay
school. and. although comparatively new
in the national arena, as compared 10
Quay and Platt and some of the other
leaders of the party. is regarded as one
Of the most capable managers of the
Republican organization he has execu-
tive ability TO marked degree. and
stands close TO the commercial interests
of the country The President would
doubtless feel that his interests We're
safe in the hands Of the Pennsylvania
Senator. In addition to this feeling Of
security. the Administration would be
assured that with Penrose as campaign
manager. it would encounter no oppOsl-
ton from Senator Quay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
The Christmas Present.
The Difficult Question of Knowing
What to Select.

In Bayonne, New Jersey, the gro
Gerry clerks have all banded together
and announced that they will accept
no neckties for Christmas presents
this year; no, not from their sweet
hearts. Any clerk found accepting a
gift of a necktie will be fined $40.
They say that they have trunks full
Of neckties at home, gifts from CRATE
fui customers in other years, and that
some Of these were not new when pre-
scented.
The protest Of the clerks Is reason
able, and most people viii recall SINH
lar instances of misplaced generosity
IN their own experience. In the days
Of embroidered slippers a clergyman
received so many of these useful ar
ticles that he saw fit to explain from
the pulpit that he was not a cent?
pede. Pin-trays, puff boxes, and pa
per weights are now as abundant on
many Christmas trees as the book
mark, the photograph frame, and the
watch receiver used to be III the DAYS
of perforated cardboard embroidery.
But, the perplexed buyer asks, how
shall we know what people would like,
especially when the things we know
they want are far beyond the limits
Of our purseP 1t is rather difficult to
decide in such circumstances, but
there are few rules which can
usually be followed.
Don't give articles Of personal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
COURTS AND CAPITALS
OF THE old WORLD
Kaiser Wilhelm Rewards Prof.
Schmidt's Devotion to His Ma
jesty in Recent Illness.
By the MARQuIsE De FoNTESoY.

Dr. Moritz Schmidts elevation by the
Kaiser to the rank of a plsvy councillor.
with the predicate Of "exceiIency,'' con-
stitutes his reward. not alone for his
successful operation on the Iarynx OF
his sovereign, but likewise for the dis
erection with which he watched over his
illustrious patient for two full months
before the knife was used.
IL Is now known that the Emperor
VAS aware for eight or ten weeks pre-
vious to tire operation that there was
something serious the matter with his
throat There were but two persons to
whom he impaired the secret, namely.
10 his wife and to his principal ply
stefan, and so well was II kept that
not alone the public, but even the most
trusted officials Of his government and
OF MS court, as well as the members OF
MS FAMILY, remained in total ignorance
ot MS condition until the day on which
the operation took place, and when the
news was finally impaired to the world
a large II was accompanied by an
authoritative announcement that the
CROWN IN the throat was not % a
immigrant. that Is TO say. Of a cancer
Gus character.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
ISLAND OF PORTO RICO
IS POYERTY-STRICEEN
Siren Song of Prosperity, Sung by
Gov. Hunt, Put Our Government
Asleep, Says Mrs. Halsey.

Mrs George F. HaIsey has return
ed from an extended visit TO Porto
Rico. While speaking enthusiastically
of the hospitality of many Porto Ricans
and their loyalty to the United States.
she said that in many of the cities
there exists a strong hatred against
Americans. In referring to the causes
which have led to this and the de-
plorable condition OF the people and
business, which continues to grow worse
instead of better. she said:
The Americans do not know these
people until they have lived among
them, nor do many persons who have
written as with knowledge know the
conditions prevailing there. They
gather things from hearsay and a
bird s-eye view. but they know not of
the poverty to which this island has
been reduced. They have not seen the
raggedness. the naksdness, or the
hunger. Sometimes. upon consideration
and comparison. L have been moved to
compassion and have admitted to my
self that their hatred toward my peo-
pie is justified and is almost a righteous
hatred. From all I sec, and close OBJ
servation, the misuse of power on the
part of the administration Of the island
has had much to do with this condi-
ton.
Governor Hunt sang Prosperity and
rocked our Congress to sleep. Our Gov
eminent slept when Il should have been
awake and doing 1t mas always been
known that coffee was the most profit
able product OF this island. When sthe
Government of the United States as
sumed control and when Spain lost
Porto Rico, Porto Rico lost her market.
Then and there is where the trouble be-
gan. Had we supplied our colony with
a coffee market this widespread dis
aster would have been averted and this
hatred would not have been.
1T is said the hundred eyes of Argus
were once bound in slumber. While
Argus slept he was killed by AsCrrlJry.
This mythical story exemplihss the
event which will be added to the his
tory of the United States of America.
and also that of unfortunate Porto Rico.
Governor Hunt sang the eyes ~ our
Government to sleep. and while IL slept
Porto Rico fell into poverty. The echo
% that song rebounded, as il were. and
Governor Hunt is MORALLY wounded"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
The Passing Of Wages.
Carroll D. Wright Predicts an Era Of
Cooperation.

n somewhat radical address was
recently made by Carroll d. Wright
before the Philadelphia Society of
Ethical Culture, in which he predict
ed that the wage system will pass
away, and that. in its stead. a system
composed of the profit-sharing and
cooperation ideas would be accepted.
he takes the ground that while the
employer invests his money in bust
ness enterprise, the employee invests
his strength. intelligence, and time.
and is therefore to be considered an
investor.
This view seems rather more radi-
cal than it is. All students of indus
trial history know that European
countries, including England, have
been advancing toward some such sys-
tenn as that outlined by Mr.. Wright.
for at least a generation, and that in
more than one of England's colonies
innovations have been made which
would be considered socialism in the
United States.
The idea that the employee should
be an investor is, however, not by any
means new. In the palmy days of
the New England whaling industry it
was common enough for every able
seaman to have his share in the prof
its of the voyage, and it is not re-
corded that the labor market was
thereby injured, or the whaling bust
ness made less profitable. Farming
Oil shares has also been tried In one
way and another, and the West has
found that a good deal of co-opera-
ton IN one way and another is neees-
sary in such enterprises as that Of
irrigation. The thing in the way of
the general acceptance of co-opera-
ton has been the immensely of the
enterprises by which this country has
been developed, and their peculiar ma
ture. The continually changing con-
ditions lead the employer TO fear that,
ii he undertakes to run his business
on a plan different from that of his
competitors, he viii fail, and wreck
the fortunes of his employees as well
as his OWL This is a reasonable fear
IN the circumstances. But, as the
country becomes more settled and its
institutions rest more firmly on their
foundations, there will be less reason
for such apprehension, and Mr..
Wright's prediction may be fulfilled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
PRODIGAL SON HEIR
TO FATHERS FORTUNE

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 16-William
Cheney, Of Jeffersonville. Ind. for many
years estranged from his father-Judge
James Cheney. of Fort Wayne, Ind.
who died last Sunday night-win in
herit. it is said. s6.OoO.0O0. Young Che
ney was at his fathers bedside when he
died.
William Cheney was eXtravagant, and
he and his father disagreed. He went
TO sea, and afterward orifted all over
the country. Cheney finally wound up
his wanderings in JeffersonvilIe. Ind.
and, being in reduced circumstances,
opened a Laundry. II is understood that
during his illness, Judge Cheney. who
was a director in the Chemical National
Bank OF New York, became fully recon-
ciled TO his estranged son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
SEEKING A COMPROMISE
ON THE APPOINTMENT

Because they alleged that none Of
the members of her family. with the
possible exception of a brother who is
now dead. ever voted the Republican
ticket. some of the Republicans of Will
mington, n. c., are seeking to defeat the
reappointment Of Miss Derby. the post
mistress of Wilmington The candidate
in opposition to Miss Derby is AS
sistant Postmaster Thomas Wallace.
State Chairman Thomas S. Rollins AMI
National Committeeman Robinson nave
been in conference here over the ap-
pointment The controversy has aroused
much feeling. and there Is talk of a
compromise by appointing Mrs. Russell
wife Of Ex-Governor Russell The iex-
governor was in the city yesterday to
confer with the committeeman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
TAFT ORDERS OILERS
FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Three Deported Men Held at Tacoma
Until They Prove Their Ameri-
can Citizenship.

TACOMA, Wash. Dec. 1.-THE steam
ship Shawmut brings news from Ma
Mia that, by order of Governor Taft
and other high officials. al idle men
in the Philippines are 10 be shipped. at
the expense Of the Government, back
to the United States. Government work
is scarce. and the industrial situation
does not warrant feeding idle men.
Three deported men arrived on the
Shawmut. The immigration inspectors
refused to allow them to land until
proof was offered that they were Amer
team citizens These men say that strict
vagrancy laws in the Philippines are
being enforced. So many discharged
soldiers and men who drifted into the
country during the war have remained
there that the idle population has he
come a serious problem
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
RAILWAY To BAGDAD
SOON To Be BEGUN
German Financiers Succeeding in Over
coming Effect of England's
Withdrawal.

BERLIN. Dec. 16.-The construction
of the Bagdad Railway. which viii give
through communication from the Medi-
terranean to the Persian Gulf, is again
nearing commencement. While the
withdrawal Of England from the enter
prise, some months ago, gave the
scheme a severe setback. the German
financiers have been working hard to
regain the ground lost.
1t Is learned today that a directorate
for the railway was yesterday decided
on. The directors will be four Germans.
one Frenchman. one Italian, three Turks
and one Greek
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
Attended Emperor Frederick

During all those ten weeks the EN-
peror was under the almost CONSTANT
supervision of Prof Schmidt, the most
eminent specialist in Germany-Derhaps
In Europe-and who was one of the
most trusted medical attendants Of EN-
peror Frederick in the last year Of the
iatter's life The professor, knowing
the influence OF heredity in the case OF
cancerOus ailments, was afraid 10 COM
NIT himself until assured OF his dag
nosis- The latter could not be given
with any absolute certainty until the
operation had taken place, and the
operation itself could not be performed
until the growth had sufficiently ma
tured-
Yet 50 cautious and discreet was the
professor that no one at court dreamed
Of the secret, which the Emperor. the
Empress. DIR. Luthold, and Prof
Schmidt were alone 10 share, or had
any idea OF the terrible anxiety which
all four underwent during those long
and weary weeks until the operation at
length allowed the eminent sur keOn to
declare that tie alarming growth in his
sovereign's throat was not Of a maIig-
nant or cancerous character
Rarely has a secret been better kept,
and the German people are not unmOved
by the consideration which the imperial
couple have manifested for their feel
ings In keeping them in the dark about
the matter until they could at the same
time reaSsure them as 10 the nature of
the malad-.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
FUR BEARING SEALS
FOR LAKE SUPERIOR
Believed to Be Ideal Breeding Place for
These Animals.

ASHLAND. Wis, Dec. 16.-Preliminary
steps have been taken for the formation
of the Lake Superior Seal Propagation
Society, the object being to stock Lake
Superior with fur-bearing seals. The
head of the society viii be Soben NAL
aroff. OF Ashland, a retired Russian
sailor, with thirty-seven years experi-
ence as a sealer; former Lieutenant
Governor Fifield, and J. r. Robins, OF
Rhinelander
1t is figured that ten male and forty
female seals in the lake will increase
TO 10000 in twenty years. The Apostle
Island or Isle Royal together with the
rocky shores of Lake Superior. would
be ideal breeding places for seals, IL
is held, and Mr. Melaroff says the eli
matte conditions are .erfect. Efforts
will be made TO secure governmental
regulation by agreement with Canada.
The projectors figure on large profits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
CHANGES ANNOUNCED
IN WAR DEPARTMENT

Changes in the clerical force at the
War Department have been announced
as follows;
Appointments under civil service rules:
Office of the Adjutant General-Harry
]. Fitzgerald OF New York. messenger.
at $40.
Office of the Paymaster General
William w. Lemmond of North Caro-
lima. clerk at $S46.
Office OF the Chief OF Engineers-Ed-
ward II. Prescott of Iowa, clerk at 500.
Bureau of Insular AfTairs-Hugo G.
Goelitz of Illinois. clerk 20 $50.
Promotions: Office OF the Secretary
William ID. Searle of New York. from
clerk at $1,000 70 appointment clerk at
York Frank NJ Hoadley of New
York, from clerk at 81. 400 to clerk at
81. 500: Henry c. Lehman of New York.
from clerk at S1,2Oo 70 clerk at s.. 400.
Record and Pension Ofice-Rudolph
Heinrichs Of District of Columbia. from
clerk at S1,4OO TO clerk at 81. 600; John
+. Henry of New York, from clerk mt
1920 to clerk at $1.4OO; Michael A
Gruber of Pennsylvania, from clerk al
81. 200 to clerk at 81, 400; George E. Graves
of Vermont, from clerk 81 II, 600 to clerk
at S1.2O0: Susan S. Logan of West Vir-
ginia, from clerk at 1900 70 clerk at
s.. 200
Office OF the Chief of Staff. Edwin
Young of District OF Columbia, from
clerk at $1,000 to clerk at 1920.
designations: Office of the Paymaster
General-John B. Pettis of District Of
Columbia. clerk at 5000.
Office Of the Chief Signal Officer
Nicholas j. Barron of Illinois, clerk at
500.
Bureau of Insular Affairs-Mary E.
Bishop of District of Columbia, clerk at
81 600
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
DEATH OF SOLDIERS
IN THE PHILIPPINES

Deaths in the Philippines have been
reported by General Wade to the War
Department as follows:
John J. Schauweeker. Troop !. Twelfth
Cavalry. lightning stroke. December 10.
Robert Ziggle, Company X, Fourth In
fantry, drowned, body recovered. De-
cemDer 5.
Philip NJ. Osmun. Company Z. Signal
Corps, missing, supposed drowned, body
not recovered, October 20.
Martin J. Murphy. Company d. Fourth
Infantry, abscess of the liver, Decem-
Der 9.
Morgan l. GLADDEN.. Troop d. Four
teenth Cavalry, heart disease Decem-
Der H.
William A. SomerviIle. Company l.
Twenty-eighth Infantry, gastritis, De-
cen,ber Z
Richard Lawton. Company r. Fourth
Infantry, alcoholism. November "a
CiricaO Cristobal, band Twenty third
infantry. beri-beri. December IL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-16
RumOrs Continue.

OF course. stories viii continue to cir
culate for some time longer to the ef-
feet that the Emperor is really suffering
with cancer of the throat, IN spite of the
fact that Prof. Schmidt and four Of the
leading physicians of Europe have
staked their entire professional reputa-
tons on the assertion that the Kaiser Is
free from any ailment of that charac-
ter. and every piece Of news THAI can
be construed so as TO confirm the tale
Will be used to bolster up this alto
gether unfounded belief.
II may be classed however, in the
same category as that foolish rGmor-
originated no one knows how. and
which has spread far and wide. espe-
cially among the lower classes in Ger
many-to the effect that the Enperors
only daughter is bereft Of the power OF
speech Yet 40 one who has seen little
Princess Luischen. now about twelve
years old driving with her father or
mother. chattering gaily 10 them, fun
OF life and fun, and a popular favorite
with everybody in Berlin or Potsdam,
would give a minutes credence TO The
idiOtic story that she is dumb In fact,
there Is no merrier little chatterooX at
the court of Berlin than the only daugh-
ter Of the Emperor and Empress and
their favorite child