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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02
CIVIC FEDERATION
COMMITTEES DELAYED
Bodies That Are to Deal With Concilia-
ton of Labor and Capital
Interests.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The members
of the Cancellation committees 10 be
appointed by Senator Hanna for the four
subdivisions OF the work OF the Ma
tional Civic Federation. Of which he is
president, were 10 have been announced
yesterday, but will not be named until
ext week. In some OF the branches
the committees have been selected. but
no public announcement will be made
until the fun list Is complete
Ralph NJ. Easley, secretary Of the Ma
tionaI Civic Federation. is working over
the plans which it will take the execu-
tive officers several days more to COM
plete.
The building trades, said Mr. Eass
ley, 'Ae regard as a very important
section now. The Cancellation commit
tee viii consist Of twenty-five of the
largest employers in construction work.
selected out of fifteen cities. and twenty
five heads of national labor unions in
the building trades.
How many viii be on the metal trades
division. which takes i'm the nachinists.
iron molders, boiler makers. pattern
makers. and similar trades. has not yet
been decided The National Metal
Trades Association OF employers will
not enter into the plans of the Civic
Federation. but the local metal trades
associations in New York. ST. Louis,
Fittsburg. and other large centers who
are not as locals affiliated with the
national body are all favorable to the
plans Of the Civic Federation.
Mr.. Easley said that the public SER
vice corporation division would occupy
a good deal OF attention. 1t takes in the
gas, electric and water systems Of cities.
the telephone and telegraph systems,
the street railroads and other semi
nuhIIc work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02
The Forest Reserve.
The Appalachian Forest Reserve As
ISOLATION Redoubles It's Efforts.


il has been some time now since the
Appalachian Forest Reserve Associa-
ton began bombardiug the Govern
ment with reasons why national
park, similar to the Yellowstone
should be set apart in the Appalach-
ian Mountains, fdr the good of States
II, the neighborhood of those forests.
and for the general good of the lum-
Der interests of the country. 1t is I'M
Portant that some action shall be
taken on THIS before the forests are
entirely cut away
The statement that the people of
this country have reclllessly wasted
their wealth of forest III the past Is
already trite. They have done so no
less wantonly in the mountains of the
South than IN the mountains of the
Northwest. and the fact that the de
siruction of the Southern forests has
been so long delayed is due only to the
fact that owing to the plantation sys-
TEN of the South it was not possible
t. exploit them quite as early.
Ii Is important for the welfare of
the South that this park be estab-
hshed. This Is matter which OBJ
viously cannot be touched by State
legislation. South Carolina. whose
interests depend largely on the preser-
walton of these forests. lies entirely
outside the limits Of the forest tract.
Congress must settle the question.
One feature of the Appalachian
forests is essentially different FROM
anything in Northern Woodlands.
The soil. instead OF being composed
OF matted mass of roots and dead
trees and vegetable matter, holding
the moisture even after the trees are
cut away, Is loose and sandy as q
lule, and IS easily washed down into
the lowlands. while the cleared laid
does not hold water as Northern soil
does. 1t follows, therefore. that the
denudiBg of these mountains would
mean drought and disaster for tin
leighboring States, ard, in certain
seasons. floods which would be de-
stIuetive TO the infant manufacturing
interests. Let Congress act.
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TROLLEY SYSTEM TO Be
LARGEST IN THE WORLD
Big Western Cities to Be Connected by
Lines Centering at Column
bus, Ohio.

RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. Aft the plans
of the men back Of the Columbus.
Greensburg and Richmond Traction
Company materialize the company will
have one Of the greatest systems of
trolley lines in the world. The plans
contemplate not only "A line from Co
lumbus through Greensburg TO Rich
mond, but also several long branch
lines
One IS TO run to Louisville. Another
is To run into Cincinnati. At Greenfield
connection will be made with the In
dianapols and Eastern for indianapolis.
The line to Richmond is not merely 20
run into this city. but is to extend
through the city and east 20 Cleveland.
with Buffalo as its ultimate terminal.
This would give the company direct con-
nectiOns with indianapolis, Louisville.
Cincinnati. Cleveland and Buffalo.
The third-rail system Is to be used
except inside the corporations. where it
is necessary TO resort to overhead con-
struction. The company will make use
Of private right of way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02
TORTOISE SHELL CANE
FOR CARDINAL GIBBONS

BALTIMORE, Nd. Jan. 2-Joseph
Friedenwald. who purchased "a beauti-
ful cane made of tortoise shell during
recent trip TO Europe. will present it
TO Cardinal Gibbons next Monday. Dir.
Friedenwald and the cardinal are friends
of many years standing. and Mr. Fried
enwald bought the cane Tor his emf
hence 10 show his respect and admira-
ton for the prelate. The cane is now
AT a jewelry establishment, where an
Inscription is being put on it, Mr. Fried.
enWald VIII be accompanied To the car
dinal residence by Simon Kemp. \
bought the cane at InterlaMn. Switzcr-
land
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LONDON. Jan. 2.-The Times" pubHs

Years moving onward. onward Whence. wither
why?
Age after in the sef-same world. with sefsame
in the sky;
The selfsame glory Of light in Heaven and light
still on the way:
outooking of the damse dawn droop decln-
ing day;
All things always the same unchanged interchangeable all
Who come like clouds like disappear form and
fall like Of the sea:
Message and meeting Of severed friends Yue carol
Year chime
And Eternity moving and the passionIess
wheels o Time;
Peace but hungry life darlenng menace OF
And Muscovte legions tampng on doing the win of the
Gar
New PHILOSOPHERS policies; new like the old
Fervent in faith at the birth. then questioned at
obsolete cold;
Nailed. blowing the MAN. backs bullying
the foam.
Watching vomit forth letha fire drive desoation
home
Frefu heart of dreading the crnsoning
verts OF Spring
Moving meEow1ng slowly TO become poet and sing:
Or destined by Heaven wake and
mighty voice
And make the of the quail heart Of
the slave rejoice
To gather the tumu OF every tide the fury ev.
cry blast,
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and pile fresh thunders of thought the feshening
storms OF thu past
British sentinels standing the fortress
world
And British flag every sea with its splendid symbol
unfurled.
Carrying liberty reverence law wherever wave-pulsez
To bae-laden quay. highway stream and pann-va
tied island beach.
Lovers, husbands. like like from their
homes afar,.
Marching marching. on doing of the
Gar;
Past sinking and snarlng whtefangled soth through
lmitless leagues of snow
after monotonous months till the blue
eyed scilla's blow,
And the cod-seepng rivers and wake and nightly
flush and flow:
Peasant mother maiden left their desolate
ajar.
sons march warward deathward.
doing will of the Car.
glory light in Heaven and light that IS
still
hearts despond of look and be
with despair dismay
British sentnes stand the fortress gates Of
the world
the British nag with its splendid sym
hol unfurled.
Of Right sun sits His throne still
Yields scepter rod
And winds and the and the years
ing the will Of God.
Special Cablegram the New Times
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The Reasons Mhu.
Chicago Business Men Investigate the
Cause of the Fire.

The one sole eonsolatory thing
about the Chicago theater fire is the
disposition shown by the men who
control business life there to investi-
gate its causes and make a repetition
Of the horror impossible. With the
splendid courage shown thirty years
ago, when the city was practically in
ashes, the men who have helped TO
make Chicago are now turning from
their own and their neighbors' grief
TO the problem of Furnishing the au-
thors Of the calamity, and makinS
places Of amusement safe from this
time on. 1t is to be hoped that they
viii succeed.
Inevitably. after the first shock OF
the news passed, the people began tc
ask how il happened. The causes
are shown to be, first, the stretching
o. wire out over the audience for
the aerial ballet, 50 that the asbestos
curtain caught when lowered second.
the locking of doors of exit so that
those who started out in time could
rot get out; third, the fact that the
alleged asbestos curtain was so inham-
nable that charred bits of it were ali
that was left TO examine, and much
infammable material was unnecessa-
r;ly used on the stage; fourth. the IN
eItia of the employees Of the theater.
only two or three Of whom. appar-
emily, knew what TO do in the emer-
gency. In addition TO this. II has be
come plain that the construction of
the house was favorable TO Just such a
crush as occurred, and that it was
open to the public for a month with
out any ladders leading off the fire
escapes. This dismaying array of
facts having been spread before the
public, surprise at the occurrence of
the calamity ceases. How, indeed
could fire on the stage have resulted
otherwise, with the usual matinee
audience filing the seats? The Won
der is not that so many were killed,
but that any escaped alive.
The question, How did it happen ?
is now succeeded by the far more mo-
mentous question, Why did il hap
pen7 Why were these conditions al
lowed TO EXIST Why were men al
Lowed to make money by herding
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02
CHICAGO BARS FIREMEN
FROM LABOR UNIONS
Order Promulgated Forbidding Them to
Join or Remain in Any Such
Organization

CHICAGO. Jan. mo member Of The
fire department can belong To a labor
union and retain his position with the
city under a rule drafted by Monroe
Fulkerson. attorney for the department
approved by Corporation Counsel Toll
man, and 70 be promulgated in the
January general order by Fire Marshal
Musham.
The rule may be applied TO either the
FIRE cr tie police department. when
adopted. II is as follows:
Whereas. 1t is necessary for the eff
cheney of this department. that all its
members give TO II an undivided allie
glance, therefore no member of this de-
partment shall be member of any or
ganization which requires Of its mem
bers any obligation the effect OF pur-
pose of whereof Is to require such mem
Der. in any matter pertaining 10 his
duties as a member of this department,
to obey the orders of any such orSani-
cation or Of any representative. thereof"
Engineers Of the fire department have
Joined the Engineers union in large
numbers. and truckmen have affiliated
themselves with the Transfers union,
it has been said. although when ques-
toned by Chief Musham the men have
denied any such affliation.
The reports. however. led to lively
fear that circumstances might arise
some time in which, at time of strike.
the tiremen might be called cat and re-
fuse TO eXtinguish a fire. Mayor Har-
rison declared that firemen and DO ice
men should have only one allegiance.
which should be 90 the city. and that
when the men took the oath of Office
they became public servants. Employees
who are engaged in purely mechanical
occupations. the mayor said. might not
fall into this class, but he insists ,hat
policemen and hremen keep themselves
free from any entangling alliance with
any outside organization.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02
GEN. MILES PREDICTS
WORLDS GREATEST WAR

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. > - General
Miles was in Richmond, Ind. for a few
hours on his way from ST Louis to
Cincinnati In speaking Of events that
might take place during the new year.
the general said:
II predict that the year 1904 will be
signalized by one Of the worlds greatest
wars. 1t VIII be between Russia and
Japan, and the conflict may involve sew
eral European states / do not believe
the United States will be dragged into
it"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02
NO BID FOR ST. THOMAS,
SAYS OENMARK'S PREMIER
Denied That Germany Is After Coaling
Station IN West Indies.

COPENHAGEN Jan prof Deunt-
ger the prime minist or and minister Of
foreign affairs was asked regarding the
statement that Germany was secretly
negotiating with Denmark to secure a
coaling station on the Island of st.
Thomas, Danish West Indies.
The minister authorized the statement
that Germany had never approached
him or any member of the cabinet on
the subject, nor had il ever shown any
sign Of wishing TO negotiate in that
direction. He added that the rumor
was absolutely unfounded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02
FORMER SENATOR MURPHY
RETIRES FROM BUSINESS

TROY. Jan. 2-Ex-United States Sen
ator Edward Murphy has retired from
business. selling his extensive interests
in the Kennedy Il Murphy Brewing
Company in this city to J. J. McCor-
mack. Kyran WEIGH. and William J.
Wilson
The brewery is one OF the largest In
this portion OF the State. The plant
was founded in 1905 by Mr.. Murphy's
father Ex-senator Murphy has had a
half interest in the business more than
fifty years The concern will continue
to be known by the old name
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Wildly ExtraYagant.

FItz-Bilc-I never know til this morning
that De BroJnc was a wildly cXtravagant chap.
Van Quzz-Ncither did l. Is hc2
Titz-Bilo-Of course. Ny dear Van, lac mar
Red girl who isn't in society -yet.-New Or
leans Times Democrat.
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Equally Aggressive.

siraugr-But hov did the feud start? Which
FAMILY was the agzresssr?
Nstive-lrs hard % .eIl which was the ag-
grtssor, mister. As near as We can make out.
each pulled the trigger at exactly the M
slant sah.-Judge.
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Laureate Austin.
The Prospect of War Inspires Him to
Deathless Verse.
Why

Deathless Verse.
1t Is long time since Alfred Aus
tins has had an attack of poetry-a
bad one, that is-but the prospect Of
war and the New Year together seem
to have been too much for him, and
he has come out with a speckled sort
of ode which is superior to anything
which has come from his pen since his
remembered lyric on Mafeking. 1t is
called
MOVING ONWARD
The full text of the poem will be
found in another place. 1t must be
read slowly and thoughtfully to be ap-
preciated without causing Indigestion.
Some of the passages, however.
move the reader to mingled admira-
ton and criticism. We were taught
il our youthful days, IN the rhetoric
class, that there was a certain proprie-
~ in using metaphors suggesting
natural phenomena; for instance, a
kite might be compared to a bird, but
lot, properly, to a mole; the genius of
Mr.. Austin himself might be com
pared to that peculiar missing link
described in one Of the odes of Hor-
ace, but not TO the Pegasus of the
gods. Here, however, we have a line
which violates this understood rule.
and reads:
Mailed msstodons blowing the main, their backs
bullying over the foam.
The meter of this may be a little
difficult, but not half 50 arduous as II
would be for a mastodon to swim.
The Encyclopedia Britannica" gen
orally recognized as an authority on
mastOdons and many other. things,
says that the mastodon was an extinct
elephant-like animal belonging to the
sub-order Proboscidae in the order
Ungulata, characterized by teeth of
and tetraphodont forms.
which lived in the Miocene and PHO
Gene periods, but 1t does not say any
thing about his having web feet.
From his skeleton. which is to be seen
IN museums, 1t seems extremely unlike
y that he ever plowed the waves,
however much he may have plowed
the jungle. Mr.. Austin must have
been thinking of the ichthyosaurus, a
distant relative Of the ornithorhynch-
Us. when he wrote that line. 1t is true
that ichthyosaurus would have made
the meter a little more humpy than it
Is, but it would have a better scien-
tife effect.
Again, we find two lines quite mex
phcable without serious cogitation:
Fretiul heart Of some dreading bay in the Grim
souing coverts Of spring.
Moving mehowing slowly on 20 become a
poet and anR.
The question is, does Mr.. Austin
mean a vegetable or an animal bay 2
III the former, how in the world could
tree expect to become a poet and
sing2 Is that the explanation of the
evolution of Poet Laureate, and is
that why he is spreading so like n
green bay tree7 If, on the other hand.
it is the animal bay which is meant,
the mooing cadence Of some of Mr..
Austin's verse is explained the more
easily. 1t does sound rather like the
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Her System.

How is l. tina. you always seem TO know
all the news. Mrs Faddlewaite? You must
make reading the papers a regular business
''Oh, no. Our church society meets every
Wednesday. and l always go."-Chioago Record
Herald
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Squelched.

Mr. Elder-There is something want 10 say
10 you, Bessic-cr-that t. Miss Kutecy.
Miss Kutelcy Call me Bessie II you wish.
Mr.. Eldcr--Oh. may ]?
Miss Kuteley-Of course; al old gentlemen
call INC Bessie.-Philadelphi Public Ledger.
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Not in Herself.

'TIas the prima donna any talent2"
"Quite a lot"
But I thought YOU said she could neither
cling act"
''She can't. The talent is in the company she
carries with her. Cincinnati Tmcs-Star.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02
In a Lighter Vein.
He Rides on a Pass.

'.Who is that fellow who is blowing 50 loudly
about this being a free country"
'Oh, he's a railroad official. Syracuse jour
nal
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General assertions about the safety Of
theaters are not what is needed just
now. Let the public demand something
definite
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sub iect. As for the rest of the poem,
il is all mystery, all a sesquipedalian
wonder. The lines quoted have a,
least a glimmer of meaning, though
enc is not sure what it is. The rest of
II Is hardly even a misft metaphor or
a word-puzzle
Colombia may be able to provoke
chastisement. but she can never pre-
cipitate war.
one of the things which moves the
reader to a sardonic smile in the inter-
views with theatrical managers regard
ing the Iroqouis Theater. is the reitera-
ton of the statement that it was fire
proof. and is but little injured. What
was needed in that case was not so
much "a freproof theater as a freproof
audience.
A negro in Anacostia yesterday, when
accosted by a policeman, threw a bag
containing three chickens in the officers
face. \ fowl blow. perhaps.
The biologists tell us tin IRE has been
discovered in Alaska. The tin is moth
ing new mp there.
1t has been decided that no employee
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was
responsible for the wreck at Dawson.
Pa; if anybody wants to blame en-
ployes of other roads for the catas-
trophe ne is at liberty TO do so.
The correspondents tell us Russia can
not leave Manchuria and she also wants
Korea. We know what happened when
we could not leave Colombia and also
wanted Panama.
Two men froze TO death in Kentucky
last Monday night II the whisky supply
Is that low out there. something ought
to be done at once.
A dispatch from Salt Lake. Utah. says
the Mormons have sided against the
union in the coal strike difficulties ont
there. We are suspicious as to the We
racity Of this disnatch-we didn't know
the Mormons opposed any unions
The Gar is said to have insomnia. He
will have more Of it if he tries to digest
Japans ultimatum.
The President has had his fencing sa-
bers repaired. we are told Are his
fences perfectly safe and strong?
Menellk has sent President Roosevelt
two lions. and there is more fun in
store FOR the receiving committee out
at the 100.
The Moqui snake dancers are getting
mercenary. They charged spectators
one dollar admittance this year. with
an extra fee for seeing the snakes.
1t is reported that Bernhard viii ap-
pear IN a French version of "The Light
That Failed" 1t will be interesting to
see the divine Sarah as Dick HeIdar.
but one is inclined to wonder WHIT
Kipling will say.
If Russia goes to war with Japan
there will be new cror of hard words
to spell What comfort it would be
IL we could call them all Jerusalem and
let them go.
one Of the lines in the poet laureate's
poem reads:
And pile fresh thundefs Of thought upon the
freshening storms Of -he past.
Perhaps King Edward may be in
clined to allow that TO pass without ar
resting the author for lese majesty.
but he would be quite justifable if he
took Austin's head Off.
This is leap year, and it Is about time
for Mice Deuocracv IN make nm her
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Chicago has proved the danger Of
canonizing a man before his death. A
banker Of that city, after whom one
Of the public schools is named, is now
I'm the penitentiary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02

This is leap year, and it Is about time
for Miss Democracy to make up her
mind
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Colombia may be able 10 provoke
chastisement. but she can never pre-
cipitate war.
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NEW VERSES ON THE MENACE OF WAR,
BY POET LAUREATE ALFRED AUSTIN
Moving Onward New Year PoemThe Lord of Right Still His
Throne British Sentinels Stand Erect"

the following Austin the poet laureate:
MOVING ONWARD
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One of the things which moves the
reader to "A sardonic smile i'm the inter-
views with theatrical managers regard
ton of the statement that it was fire
proof. and is but little injured. What
was needed in that case was not SO
much fireproof theater as a fireproof
audience
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A negro in Anacostia yesterday, when
accosted by policeman, threw a bag
containing three chickens in the officer s
face a fowl blow. perhaps.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02

Two men froze 10 death in Kentucky
last Monday night. II the whisky supply
Is that low out there. something ought
TO be done at once.
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President Roosevelt will be delighted
TO learn that Skinner is on his way
back from Abyssinia- bringing two lions
from King Menelih. The President can
add these charming pets to che zoOlOg-
zeal collection which he has already ac-
quired from his admiring countrymen.
ana which are no doubt supposed by
their donors TO be gamboling about the
halls ana corridors of the White House
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The correspondents tell us Russia can
not leave Manchuria and she also wants
Korea. We know what happened when
we could not leave Colombia and also
wanted Panama
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The biologists tell us tin IRE has been
discovered i'm Alaska. The tin is moth
ing new up there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02

1t has been decided that no employe
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was
responsible for the wreck at Dawson.
Pa: if anybody wants to blame en-
ployes of other roads for the catas-
trophe. he is at liberty TO do So
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-02

dispatch from Salt Lake. Utah. says
the Mormons have sided against the
union in the coal strike difficulties ont
there. We are suspicious as to the We
racity Of this disDatch-we didn't know
the Mormons opposed any unions