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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-25
age OF SEVENTY" RULE
"CRUEL AND UN-AMERlCAN''
John A. Rawlins Post, G. A. R., Ham
mers Home Lincoln Post Protest.

John A. Rawlins Post No. 1. has fol-
lowed the lead Of Lincoln Post in adopt
ing resolutions condemning the bill now
before Congress TO retire Government
clerks at the age Of seventy.
At a recent meeting the Rawlins Post
unanimously decided against the pro-
posed act. which they hold to be
'manifestly cruel and un-American. %
They call on ali friends Of the old sol
der TO fight the bill.
The following are the resolutions:
Resolved. That John \ RawIins
Post No. ]. Department Of the Poto-
mac. @. A. r., Is in hearty accord with
the preamble and resolutions passed by
Lincoln Post No. g. OF this department.
regarding the legislation proposed 10 be
made by the Congress. which. If en-
acted Will arbitrarily discharge every
clerk In the classified service on arrival
al the age OF seventy years:
THAT we thoroughly indOrse the sem
timents expressed in said resolutions.
and add our earnest protest against the
passage OF an act by Congress that is
manifesty cruel and un-American.
Therefore, we urge upon every one Of
the friends OF the Union veterans in
Congress 10 raise his voice. and by word
and act defeat this unnecessary meas
ure
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MEASURES TO PREVENT
LACE CURTAIN" FIRES
Fire Department Would Require Dan
geroUs Gas Jets Inciosed in
Wire Globes.

Within the past few months almost a
dozen fires. occasioned by the contact
of lace and other curtains against light
ed gas jets, have occurred in Washing
ton. Precautions will be taken in the
effort 70 prevent these small fires.
In instances of the kind the damage
done IS less than S.. 1t has been esti-
mated that 1t costs the District more
than $40 for it's fire department TO re-
spond to an alarm.
When an alarm is sounded the fire.
men do not know whether the entire
business section of the city Is in flames
or merely fire IN an ash barrel They
go at their work with the same zest and
expedition. In addition to the strain
upon the men there Is heavy wear and
tear upon the apparatus and horses
In most instances gas Jets are placed
near windows in residences. Some OF
these lights have globes around them
and others have not. Even in those
cases where the Jet Is incased In a
globe, slight puff of wind will blow a
lace curtain or window shade directly
over the flame
In second the entire curtain IS abIaze.
After the curtain or shade IS Consumed
the flames set fire to curtain pole or roll.
The window sash next takes fire.
Within a few moments or perhaps i'm
mediately the fire is discovered and an
alarm turn in
Seldom is anything other than the
curtain and window damaged. In ninety
nine cases out of a hundred the fire
department is not called upon TO go into
service. a bucket of water from a nearby
hydrant safflcing TO extinguish every
spark.
There is seldom or never today a FIRE
in theater dressing rooms, although gas
is used as well as electricity. This is
due largely to the fact that the mana
gers of the playhouses have procured a
kind Of round wire globe. or basket-like
Continuance. 10 prevent clothing or In
hammable material from being blown
against the blaze
Ilasmuch as lives and a great deal OF
property are liable 10 be consumed by
lace curtain-gas jet fires, the fire de-
partment proposes TO make IL compul-
sorry TO have the flame of the jet covered
with a wire or glass globe, when in a
location of danger.
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charmer, Nine. MagEon, brought over
a box full of the wriggiing snakes, which
were duly declared TO be tools, by no
less an authority than the Court of APP
peals, the case having been carried up
from u lower court. IN rendering the
decision the court cited the law and it's
Interpretation as follows:
Professional books, implements, in
struments. and tools of trade, occupa-
ton or employment. in the actual pos
session at the time of persons arriving
in the United States. shall be admitted
free
These snakes are clearly instruments
within this definition They are instru-
mcnts with which she practices her pro
teSsiOn, and are her professionl instru-
ments. As such, she seems to have been
entitled to have them come with her,
duty free"
Mr.. Winschermann, however, loses
out II IS not because his bears are not
as good tools as Nine. Magnons snakes
but the law has been changed to rea1
emigrating' where before it read AR
irwin"
In other words the intention of the
law now is that. in order To get his
snakes, bears or monkeys into this coun-
try free Of duty, the charmer or organ
grinder must make up his mind 10 settle
down and live here. He may not merely
tour the country and then return to his
native heath with all the cash gathered
from generous Americans.
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MICHIGAN WOMEN
TO CLEAN STREETS
Kalamazoo Council Lets
the Contract.
TO IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE
Club Composed of Many of the Most
Prominent Ladies of
the City.
TO IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE

KALAMAZOO. Mich. April 25-The
city council has awarded the contract
for cleaning the streets of tbs bust
ness section of Kalamazoo to the Wo-
mems Civic Improvement League Mrs.
Howard Murray Jones, wife OF the pas
tor Of the First Congregational Church.
has been appointed assistant street
commissioner
The club is composed Of the most
prominent women of the city and will
have full charge Of the street cleaning
for three months. The object is TO i'm
prove conditions in the city Mayor
Osborne, who urged the council to
award the contract. said:
we have the most beautiful city in
Michigan. but have the dirtiest streets.
and should be glad to have women
teach US the proper method TO keep
them clean"
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TO OBSERVE BIRTHDAY
OF ODD FELLOWSHIP
Craft Organized Eighty five Years Ago
at Seven Stars in Baltimore.
Fund for Tablet

Thousands Of Americans all over the
country who belong to the great fra
ternity will celebrate tomorrow the
eighty-ffth anniversary of the birth of
Odd Fellowcraft.
On April &c 1919, Thomas Wildey and
four Of his associates, met at the Seven
Stars in Baltimore and organized an
association which was destined TO grow
rapidly and extend its sphere of influ-
ence, not only all over America. but
into Europe as well. From half a dozen
members the odd Fellows have grown.
in eighty-five years. to a membership Of
1.3O0, 900.
speeches delivered upon the growth and
healthy condition Of the fraternity a
special feature of nearly all the celebra-
ton programs Will be the story of or
ganization In the Seven Stars, the old
Baltimore building.
This building was at different times a
sailors boarding house. Il shipping
house. and a chandler's shop. The struc-
ture was in the FIFE district, and on
February went UP in smoke, as did
many another Baltimore building
The building belonged TO Charles J..
Bonaparte- Washington Lodge. No. /.
OF Baltimore. has gained permission to
erect tablet TO mark the pace where
the Seven Stars stood. A committee
from this lodge has purchased all the
whole bricks that were left from the
Seven Stars. These bricks will be sent
as souvenirs to lodges which con-
tribute to the fund FOR erecting the
tablet
The grand sire Of the Odd Fellows,
John 3. Goodwin. of Atlanta, Ga, and
J. Frank Grant. the grand secretary,
together with many other high officials,
have already contributed to the tablet
fund, which has reached the 81. 900 mark.
Elvin J. Curry, of Baltimore assistant
grand secretary. has consented that the
net proceeds Of his recently published
book, THE Red Blood of Odd Fellow
shin" shall go TO the fund
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Preacher Loses Pulpit
But Wins at Roulette
Had Worked in Streets. Washed Dishes in
Hotel, But Failed to Strike Luck Till
He Bet on the Red.

BUTTE. Mon. April sc. E. Hender-
son, a Methodist minister, sixty years
ole. lost his pulpit in Salt Lake City a
year ago on account OF his age, and
came 10 Butte with his wife and two
children. Since then he has been I'M
able to get a call as pastor. and has
eked out a scant living for himself AMI
family.
He has worked in the streets. washed
dishes at Hotels, but could not supply
his wants. Today he called at the city
employment agency, where he had for
a year been a daily caller, and an
nounced that he was going 10 Los Ange-
les. He had a prosperous appearance
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and said that re had suffered from want
long enough; he had turned gambler
and fortune had smiled upon him.
Il would have committed crime to
save my family from hunger, for could
get no assistance said the old preach
er. Il believe It was God that put II
into my head to try my luck at rou-
lette. ! played my last dollar on the
red and won. l doubled and won again.
l played them all and Providence re-
manned with me and lifted me from the
quagmire Of despair. Every day for
two weeks ] have played and continued
IN luck, and today | have $3.50 in ny
pocket and we are going to California
to start life over"
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BANKER A SUICIDE.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April sc. ".
Taylor, president Of the First National
Bank of Morristown, Tenn, committed
suicide at Hot Springs. Ark, last night
by shooting himself in the breast. Ill
health was the cause of his act
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MIsER's LAVISH FUNERAL.

ST. LOUIS. April 25.-Henry Eggert
miser, who committed suicide to es-
cape the privations he imposed upon
himself, was buried In a coffin trim
med with gold. The casket cost 81 600
Eggert left an estate of 500 900, and his
nephew thought his uncle was entitled
10 a lavish funeral.
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CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS.

ST LOUIS. April ZJ.-Caught between
two Olive Street cars going in opposite
directions. J. H. Good, OF Little Rock,
was killed here. and +. j King. who
accompanied him, was fatally injured.
Almost every bone ia Goods body was
broken
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Study Is Required.

The fact is that we use differeOnt
prepa rations for different cases. Every
reser yoIr, pond. lake. or whatever the
supply may be. has to be carefully
studied by experts. and the proper treat
ment cannot be determined except by
such study The effect OF the treat
ment on the typhoid organism was a
matter entirely secondary TO the NAH.
purpose of our investigation We be-
lieve We have discovered some impor
tant facts relating TO the effect OF the
copper preparations upon typhoid and
related bacteria, and the results viii be
placed IN the hands Of authorities COM
petent TO judge of their usefulness at
the propert time.
Another erroneous impression that
seems TO be widely spread Is that We
have a process that is calculated 10 take
the place Of the present standard means
of publication, This is not the case.
and we have not made any statements
which could be properly thus inter
preted. The Importance Of sand hltra-
ton In getting rid of typhoid organisms
TO be beyond question. 1t is a system
that should be adopted by every munich
pality, large and small. in public water
supplies. The value of our process Is
more in the nature OF supplemental
methods Of cleaning out and disinfect-
ing with materials which do not have
the poisonous property to human life OF
ordinary disinfectants.
II cannot be too emphatic in the state
ment that any method of publication
must be controlled absolutely by fully
qualified experts, and no attempt should
be made by any person not so qualified
TO NEEDLE in these matters.
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The new rural free delivery system
established at Silver Springs covers
nineteen miles of territory. and serves
81 persons in that vicinity George T.
CasheI has been appointed carrier, with
Irving Cashell as substitute.
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NEWS FROM BoYDS.

BOYDS. Nd, April Pa ball, one Of
the social events OF the season. was
held IN the town hall at DawsonytIle on
Saturday night, and was attended by
over $50 of Montgomery most promi-
nent young people. Others were there
from Baltimore. Washington. and Fred
erick- The committee Of arrangements,
John Williams. Frank Dyson, Ernest
Aiinutt. and Joseph D. Byrd, had every
thing arranged for the comfort of their
guests. Mrs. Lawrence Allnott. Mrs.
Joseph n. Darby. Mrs. Lewis p. Allnutt.
and Mrs. l. A. Darby. jr.. were chap
erons.
Dancing began at 8 o'clock and con
tinued until midnight. music being fu-
nished by the frederick Select Orch =
ira. Refreshments were serv.d at IL
o clock Those present from Washing
ton were Albert Beard. and VI sses New
ton and Jones; from Boyds, = Frank
Lewis, Georgtanna Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs
3 {. Gott. Mr.. and Mrs. n. z. Gott;
from Buck Lodge. Reginald Darby and
LAWRENCE wan; from Darnestown.
sadie Cissell. Maude Broone, Clyde
Griffith, and Claude Tschiffely: from
Jacksonville, Katharine Pyles, Mr. and
drs- Joseph Darby. Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis p. Allnurt, Helen Nourse, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. D. Nourse. Henry Allnutt Law
renee Z. AllRutt. Mary and Eslie Byrd,
Benoni Allnutt. Mr. and Mrs Lawrence
Darby. and Margaret Allnutt: from
George and Joseph Dyson; from Der
wood. J. Beall; from GAINESVILLE, Messrs.
Percy Pyles, Mr.. Jones. Misses Mary
Pyles Margaret BrOsius, and Mary
Hayes. from DickersOns. Lottie White
Linda Jones. Messrs. Lawrence CHS
well and w. Jones; from Poolesvllie.
Anna Poole. Nora and Bette williams.
Mamie White. Mamie and Florence
pN-ia a mi - me
Messrs. Edgar lrhiswell Charles sell
man. Roland WoottOn. Hazel Metzger,
Frank Davis, Walter Pyles, and Miss
Anna Hershberger.
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At Kensington few days ago, J. J.
Wire. prominent farmer of that place.
formerly of Poolesville. was attacked by
a negro. George Duffin. from Boyds,
and badly injured. Mr.. Wire was struck
in the head by a milking stool and
knocked insensible and layed so for
three hours. Duffin became angry at
Mr.. Wire because he caught him asleep
under the cows and was asked TO either
milk or leave the stable When Mr.
Wires back was turned Duff1n struck
him q vicious blow on the side OF hiz
head. and followed 1t up until the son OF
Mr. Wire attacked the negro, when they
were parted by a white man. Marion
Bassford the negro getting away.
officers are now looking for him here
and at other points.
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SUMNER
RHEUMATISK

The idea that Rheumatism IS strictly
a winter disease, that comes from expos
ure or cold, iswrong; spell of indiges-
ton, torpidity of the liver, inactive state
of the kidneys, or sudden cooling of the
body when over-heated, being frequent
causes of On attack Rheumatism is due
to an over-acid condition of the blood
and bad circulation. As it flows through
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Statements Incomplete.

An article which appeared III the pub
lie press on the subject was based upon
a statement which 1 made 10 the Agrt-
cultural Committee, and which was
printed by the committee in its regular
report. The statement was not suffi-
GENTLY complete 10 warrant the publ
cation of a newspaper article.
The simple facts in the case. as has
already been stated. are that the de-
partment has been working for some
time upon a process Of destroying the
communicating organisms above meE
toned and we believe that we have Sc
cured results that will be useful In the
hands OF properly qualified persons. The
materials that we use are preparations
of copper. There Is absolutely no dis
agreement between DR.. Moore and my
self in regard to the nature OF these
preparations.
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SAFE IN HANDS
OF EXPERT ONLY
Woods Warns Laity Against
Bordeaux Mixture.
PUBLICATION PREMATURE
Chief Pathologist Says Experiments in
Regard to Publication of Water
Are Incomplete.

No person will be at all warranted In
attempting to purify the sources of
drinking water. according to The officials
of the Department of Agriculture, by
The use of Bordeaux mixture or other
preparation OF copper in the absence of
explicit instructions from the depart
ment and Of the supervision of compe-
tent authorities.
The premature publication of the pre-
sumptive discovery of j method of Grad
icating typhoid contamination has re-
suited in numerous inquiries addressed
to the Bureau of Plant Industry, none
of which can be answered In advance
of the completion of a statement which
is 10 be issued in the sorm of a bulletin
within the next two months, but, for
fear that inexperienced persons may
be led to undertake experiments which
are likely to result disastrously, Albert
F. Woods. chief pathologist and physi-
olOgist Of the department, has made q
comprehensive statement which follows:
with regard to the work that this
office is doing in its laboratory of plant
physiology on the subject of algae and
bacterial contamination of water moth
ing more can be stated until the bulle-
tin presenting the experiments in de-
tail is issued. which will probably be
within the next fifty or sixty days.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

belt are quite different from those OF
Guatemala.
Prof. Cook hopes that the ant Will
hibernate in the United States. but ad-
mits that only time can determine the
fact. It is believed that the~GuatemaIan
ant. accidentally discovered by Prof.
Cook, will be exceedingly helpful in the
production Of cotton-a belief that sug-
gests again the parallel between this
latest immigrant and another that
was brought to our shores against his
viii and without our knowledge.
Held in Slavery.
The Guatemalan ant is now in bond
age-imprfsOned as he is in eighty-five
large jars. in various sections Of the
South: the day OF his redemption is
drawing near. II IS said that Prof. Cook
has already prepared a rough draft Of
emancipation. and that as soon as it is
approved by Secretary Wilson. The
Guatemalan ants-queeus. drones. md
nest and colonies in Southern cotton
fields, ard direct their war Of extermina-
ton against the cotton boil weeviI.
The cotton boil weeviI, in the meantime
is protesting vigorously, saying that IN
der the Constitution Of the United States
It is entitled to the rights of life, lib
erty. property. reputation, and fair IN
dustriaI opportunity, and the Secretary
Of Agriculture shouIi see TO il that the
door of Iife-the door OF opportunities
not closed against any member Of the
insect kingdom.
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man. with black hair touched with gray.
brcnzed complexion. soft speech. and an
eye that seems TO be always on the look
out for cotton boil weevil or a Guate-
malan ant. His eye makes his listener
think that Prof. Cook has spent no
small fraction of his life looking through
a microscope. He has what might be
called the microscopic eye-alI botanists.
biologists. and chemists have IL, precise
y as all astronomers have the telescope
eye-an eye accustomed 10 take long
range visions. and mirroring the sense
of imagination.
Studied Coffee and Found an Ant.
AS head Of the Bureau Of Tropical
Agriculture. Prof. Cook went to ,Guate-
mala two years ago TO study coffee cuI-
ture, or. 10 put the thing in every day
English. to study how coffee is raised in
that country. He found out more about
coffee culture on that visit than was
ever dreamed OF In the. coffee planters
philosophy. And what was more to the
point Of this article he for the first time
made the acquaintance Of what has be-
come his especial PETITE Guatemalan
ant II was not exactly an acquaintance.
either. but rather an intimation that the
ant inhabitated the Guatemalan cotton
fields and that he might make himself
known If his acquaintance were stu
diously sought.
Prof. Cook was studious enough. He
/ had been a student for twenty years
/ had graduated from Syracuse Univer-
/ sity IN 1890. taught biology there IN 1891
and later went 10 Siberia, where he
/ studied explorations for five years, re-
/ turning TO the United States in 1897.
/ and landing his present job in the Blu
| reau OF Tropical Agriculture the same
/ year. But he had his mind on coffee
| rather than cotton. and treated the
/ Guatemalan as a sort OF ship that passes
| In the night. He might meet him again
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II so. well and good: II not, then none
the worse would he be.
One day iI Guatemala-how the Guate-
malan ants. imprisoned now in eighty
five Jars in the cotton belt. must curse
that dayi-Prof. Cook. IN walking
through a cotton field. observed that the
cotton was not infected with the boil
weeviL
He made a mental note Of the fact.
and when he returned to the United
states reported to the department that
he had found what he believed to be
boil weevil resisting variety of cot
ton"
When the announcement was made the
chiefs in the department rubbed their
eyes and wondered why It was that the
Guatemalan fever had a tendency to
make even the sanest scientists candi-
dates for St. Elizabeth's. A boil weeviI
resisting cotton? Impossible! But Prof
Cook persevered, and the upshot was
that he and his assistant were permitted
to go TO Guatemala and experiment with
the boil weevil-resisting cotton.
Giving Credit to the Ant.
They had humorous time Of #. Gu,
there in the mountains. among the
Guatemalan Indians who spoke neither
| Spanish nor English. but merely a dia-
iect of their own, hardly Ineligible even
TO the interpreter, the tropical agricuI-
tural experts were confronted with real
difficulties However, they We're not
discouraged. One day they discovered
that though the field cotton was free
from the boil weevil, yet the bush cot
ton-that is. cotton growing on bushes
and small trees-was being wholly de-
stroyed by the boil weeviI pest
Prof. Cook then wondered why It was
that the boil weevil in Guatemala
avoided the field cotton. He examined
the field cotton closely and found a
great number of ants in and near the
cotton. II then occurred to him that the
ant was an enemy Of the boil weevii.
To test the accuracy Of his deductions.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
A Personal Account of the Manner in Which
the GuatemaIan Ant Was First No
ticed, Then Studied, and
Finally Imported.

At any rate, the Guatemalan ant IS
here, and. like the negro. he is here to
stay. He has come not TO complicate
but TO simplify our problems. He is ex-
pected to settle the question whether
or not the cotton boil weevI should en-
Joy life, liberty. and the pursuit OF hap
piness IN the cotton belt Of the Southern
States.
It is thought that what he will do
to the cotton boil weeviI will be a-pIenty
and that when he gets through with the
weevil the latter insect. Ike the Arab.
will fold up his tent. and silently steal
away.
To remain VIII be 20 court instant
death; for It is a bugological. astrological.
and weevil logical fact that the queen
in every Guatemalan ant nest makes
everyone OF her offspring take an oath
to exterminate the boil weevn tribe pre-
cisely as Hamlicar swore Haunimal to
vengeance against Rome.
Az chronological Gallileo.
The discovery of this scientific fact.
namely that the Guatemalan ant has an
inherent and inalienable propensity to
XIII the cotton boil weeviI. was made
by Prof. o. r. Cook. the head Of the
Bureau Of Tropical Agriculture
Prof. Cook IS a shortish. weIl-knit