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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

Because the New York officials Of the
Postal Telegraph Company received in
a fIattering and gratifying manner the
committee of three from the local teleg-
raphers' union In its presentation of the
Postal operators demands In the Wash
ington offices OF the company, the op-
orators viii not go on a strike.
The committee, which consisted Of W.
81 Patton, W. ". Beattie. and +. NJ.
Canada returned 10 this city last night
Their conference with W. H. Baker.
first vice president and general manager
of the company, and ". J. Nally. and
Charles p. Bruch. officers of the COM
pany. took place Friday afternoon and
lasted nearly four hours.
Assures Fair Treatment.
W NJ Patton. president OF the local
union, No. p, and chairman OF the com
mittee which went 20 New York, said
last night:
The New York officials Of the com
pauy manifested a disposition 10 cor
rect all irregularities in the treatment Of
the operators here, and assured as that
these matters would be corrected imme-
diaJely.
Cl4S r4-il Oh AllF TT Alia OF AlatNE t-se-4-
ton that they were even more anxious
than the committee 10 have the opera
tors here receive good and just treat
ment, was the fact that they provided
the two men on the committee who
were employees of the Postal with free
transportation back 10 Washington.
Injustice Admitted.
we were also assured that the prac-
tice of employing the Government tele-
graph operators. as reported by US, was
unjust. and that there would be an or
der that the practice should not be in
dulged in so long as there We're regular
non-Government operators DESTROYS OF
working extra.
The matter OF salaries and easier
hours could not be taken mp Friday. be-
cause we found Mr.. Baker on the eve
OF his departure Tor the Pacific coast
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
Hope For Good Roads.

Cooperation between the Federal
postal service and the highway
commissioner of the several States
may abolish the bacIlwoods sooner
lThan any of us now think possible.
AT amy rate, the association seems
10 promise real progress toward
good roads. and they are the first
requisite to rural Development of
every sort.
Mr.. Cortelyou's idea has been to
make the $1,000 rural delivery ear
riers volunteer agents of the State
highway officials. lie has instruct
ed them TO answer queries from
State officers as to the condition of
the roads included in their twenty
four miles of daily travel each. and
no doubt they have extended their
Instructions To include few words
of vigorous comment wherever the
situation requires and the comment
seems likely to do any good. The
average American is not chary of
advice, and when il is considered
that these carriers all travel roads
which were represented to the de-
partment as well up to the mark.
no one will be surprised if they
speak out.
In the end such cooperation 81,
the best help the Federal Govern
ment can offer the States ia this
cause. Congress may build the
great national highway proposed by
Mr.. Brownlow. 1t may even build a
dozen. as the needs of the milton re-
quire. But ii it does all this-which
ma one thinks at all likely-nine-
tenths of our farmers and rural car
riers will still be left 10 bump over
rocks and pull through mud. The
bulk of road Improvement, 90 per
cent of il. rests with the States. and
if employees of our Postofice De
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
Is Ii a Failure !?

According to a Mr.. Everett w.
Burdett, municipal ownership in Eu-
rope is in a very. very bad way in
deed. This gentleman has recently
been abroad and studied with as
much impartiality as was possible
TO him the manners in which various
European cities handle their various
public utilities. From his address
at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology the other evening. be
fore the New England branch of the
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers. there is little hope for citi-
zen ownership of anything that
costs money TO operate. Along this
line he said:
The subject OF municipal ownership
has recently assumed a new Importance
in this country. While IL was previous
ly debated In a more or less academic
fashion. IL has suddenly developed into
a live political issue
Many OF our people have turned I'm an
inquiring frame OF mind 10 the expert
ments in municipal ownership on the
other side OF the water. II has been
found, and all of the leading journals. on
the other side viii tell you, that muni-
cipal ownership has been complete
that the vast majority OF English towns
that have engaged in such projects find
themselves saddled with huge debt
OF course the fact that Mr. Bur
dett is counsel for the Edison Elec-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
Root on Taft.

Secretary Root has taken himself
out of the Presidential list and pro-
posed a thorough consideration of
the merits of his Cabinet colleague,
Secretary Taft. In this the For
eign Secretary backs up his chief.
who. if he has not exactly convinced
The country that he would not take
+ another nomination, has pretty we'll
satisfied it that if he doesn't run
again he wants TO see Mr.. Taft make
the race.
The time is approaching when
ipeople interested in Presidential
politics will have to obtain somehow
, or other a consensus of view as to
whether there is To be any race for
/ the Republican nomination in 1908.
THE President really seems TO have
been as plain as could be asked, in
I his assurances that he viii not seek.
desire, or take the nomination.
There seems no good reason why he
should not be taken at his word.
isYet it is matter of everyday OBJ
servation that he is not. The coun-
. try still insists that it is going to be
I Roosevelt again, and that insistence
comes as well from people who do
not want as from those who do
want another term of Mr. RoOse-
Welt
The new session of Congress will
/ likely be moro tractable, under the
Presidents management, if il
doesn't feel very sure whether it
has two years or six years more
of Roosevelt ahead. The Congress
, just elected, likewise, will doubtless
. be more easily managed if it is per
mitted to continue in the impression
that it may have a chance to ride
back in 1905 on another Roosevelt
wave" If the President should con
vince the country right now that he
would not run again. his chance, say,
of satisfactorily revising the tariff
At an extra Session next summer
if he had notion of trying that
would probably be damaged. 1t is
good for the Presidents legislative
program To keen a reasonable meas
ure of uncertainty in the Legislative
mind And the Presidents skill as
a politician has not been much ques-
toned Of late
But the fact remains that this un-
certainty cannot be continued much
longer. Other candidates, political
and business interests, party devel-
opments-cvcrything is conspiring
10 force the Republican parry to be-
gin preliminaries to the next cam
paign. Secretary Roots views of
Secretary Taft are therefore of
especial interest just on the eve of
the Congressional session, which can
hardly close without some solution
! of this interesting political puzzle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
Predicts Race War
BLOOdieSt KnOWn

SOUTH HAVEN. Mich. Nov 24-At
the request OF che local citizens, Sen
atOr Benjamin Tlllmau spoke here to-
night Ola the race problem and gave the
Republican party a scoring which il
viii Uo- be likely 10 forget Tor some
time "a come.
Upon opening le informed his hearers
that ne had no set speech on the SUBJ
ject, buJ could tails from one 10 Ave
hours ola the question and stiU have
something 90 relate.
The facts of the race problem are
not known 10 the Northern people and
those who write about il are largely
smart alexis" he said.
After referring 90 the vast number OF
negroes in the South. He ventured that
almost alb or them We're by nature liars
and al would steal. The Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments came u for bitter
announcement. ana he predicted yuat
within twenty wears the United States
VIII have the bl1odiest OF race wars the
world has ever known.
The younger element OF negroes IS
being taught that they are equal 10 the
white man and are a. this time endeav-
oring 90 get these rights led by Booker
T. Washington, halt-breed. who ls
seeking a political position" he coutin-
ued.
wives OF SouthemeTs arc prisoners.
for IL is not safe for them 10 leave the
houses. for fear OF negro intrusion. We
have i'm South Carolina exhausted all
remedies. We have gone the limit
If we could have gone further. We
would have forbidden any man voting
except he Doe white"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

trio Company and the Old Colony
street railway, of Boston. and has
been associated. more or less. as a
paid servant Of a great many quasi
public utility corporations, has no
bearing upon his decision in the
present case, for Mr.. Burdett. we are
assured, is man of great fairness
of spirit. Yet il is barely possible
that his affiliations may uncon-
seiously tinge his Investigations and
his conclusions with the color of
bias.
For instance, il is hard to believe
that Mr.. Burdett found the handling
of municipal water supplies any
more a failure on the other side of
the pond than il is here. or that
cities should not control, TO GER
tain extent, at least, the methods of
rapid TRANSIT, as they certainly do
here. If Glasgow is saddled with a
huge debt as a result of its public
utility management. America would
like a little more explicit informa-
ton on the matter.
The time may not be ripe for
municipal control of every utility,
although such contamination is
more and more looming sarge in the
future But it is absurd 10 believe
or TO say that proper and honest
management in a city cannot profit
ably supply its people with light as
it does with water, or with heating
as it does with the disposal of
sewage. With all respect 10 Mr..
Burdett's ability and fasness. this
country is not yet able 10 accept
without reserve his assertion that
municipal ownership abroad has
been "a complete failure"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

lie is the only man who could pass on
these TWO items. He requested US,
however, 70 leave our schedule of hours
and salaries there. which we did.
He said he would take IL up and give
il his careful consideration Immediately
upon his return from the coast Mr.
Baker admitted To as that operators are
uuderpaid all over the country.
He told as that the cOmpanys profit
on the stun IL handles is less than
cent per message. He showed statistics
demonstrating this, and said that were
il not for leased wires and similar
sources OF revenue. the company would
be forced out Of business.
The committee feels perfectly salts
fed with the results or its visit, and
feels sure the operators OF the Postal
VIII be IN the same mood about II wEen
they have all the facts laid before
them.
"Cur complaints VIII be sifted 10 the
bottom. OF that there IS no doubt"
Operators Were Warned.
Before the committee left this city for
New York It was generally understood
among the POstaTs operators that they
would go on strike unless some relief
was granted 10 them. communication
lad been printed in the Commercial
TelegTapners' Journal from a Washing
ton correspondent signing himself w"
asking telegraphers not 10 come 70
Washington 10 work for the Postal until
there had been some change for the bet
ter in the management Of the Office.
OmceIs Of the local union declared
that the discomfort IN the Postals Offices
had been growing for two years and had
come to a point where something had 10
be done 10 relieve the tension.
The Washington officials of the com
pany. however, said they had no fear
of a strike and did not know that the
operators under them had any grounds
for complaint.
The committee which went 10 New
York is convinced that II won prac-
tically complete victory In its CoutCn-
lions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
OPERATORS OF POSTAL co.
DECIDE NOT TO STRIKE
Washington Committee of Three Headed by w. M.
Patton, Given Gratifying Hearing in New York
by Companys Officials.
ASKED

4 10 per cent salary increase.
4 minimum monthly salary Of
$40.
4 15-minute relief in forenoon
and afternoon, and thirty minutes
for lunch.
4 9-hOUr day.
Better treatment of operators.
Cessation of hiring Government
operators TO the exclusion of nom
Government operators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
WIFE HID SILK HOSE
IN THE SUGAR BOWL

MILWAUKEE. Wis. Nov. 2i.-Georgc
w, Dalton testified that Albert Heine-
mann. president OF the George II. Heine-
mann Manufacturing Company. took
Mrs Dalton TO the Empire restaurant.
and there gave her three pairs OF silk
stockings. which she hid in the sugar
bowl at home and which he subsequent
ly found.
The statement was made in the course
Of the examination Of Mr.. Dalton IN
connection with the 5000 damage suit
brought by Mr. Dalton against Nj
HeinemaEn for alternating the affections
Of his wife. Zayda Q. Dalton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
GRANTED

Cessation OF hiring Government
operators to the exclusion OF nom
Government operators.
Immediate correction of treat
ment OF operators.
Immediate investigation OF man.
agement Of local offices.
General managers promise 20
take up in near future question of
higher salaries and easier hours.
Thanked by New York officials
FOL laying the matter before them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
TRIES TO UPHOLD
ARBITRATION ACT
II. b. Perham Wants 1t De-
clared Constitutional by
u. S. Supreme Court

The arbitration act Of June ]. 1898.
has been held unconstitutional IN part.
ar least. by Judge waiter EEauz 81
the Federal court in Tennessee, and.
as result. organized labor has new
troubles in store for the legislators and
thu courts.
This act was considered one az the
most important concessions 10 organ
lied labor that had been secured from
Congress. among its provisions was
THAI OF section 20. that corporations IN
interstate business must not discrimiu-
ate against employees because of me-u-
bership IN labor unions. Il Is This see
ton which Judge Evans has held IN
constitutional
Especially Hostile.
The case in which the ruling was
made was r. 3. Pcrham VS. the Louis
Vile and Nashville road That system
has long been especially hostile u or
ganized labor. and Perham last June
filed suit for Injunction % restrain
the corporation from discharE.ng and
discriminating against teIegraplers be-
cause they belonged 10 the order Of
Railway Photographers. OF which Per-
ham is president
The railroad lawyers demurred 10 the
petition on the ground that the law on
this point was unconstitutional claim
ing that the Government could not thus
interfere with matters which were prop
eriy the subject OF contract. This de-
cislOn had been feared. and the case
viii be appealed at once on the demurrer
and carried 10 the Supreme Court,
Government Assists.
Mr.. Per1am IS in Washington for
conference with Government officials.
who are giving him assistance in his
efforts 10 get the law sustained. There
IS talk or asking the Department or
Justice 10 intervene IN the case for the
purpose Of lending its power 10 the ef-
fort 10 sustain the Law.
Attorney General Moody recently an
nounced, after conference with the
President, that he would intervene in
any case involving the employers Tia
bility bill, in order 10 help establish its
eOnstituuOnality. Organized labor Is
scarcely less interested il the arbitra-
ton act. and particularly IN that sec
ton which Judge Evans has just held
unconstitutional.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
AID Of CONGRESSMAN
TO SAVE Fl. N HENRY

BALTIMORE. Nov. 2I-Mayor Timan-
US has appealed to Congressman Wach-
ter. GIN. and Mudd 20 use their infu-
ence at washington in order TO prevent
Fort McHenry being turned into live
stock quarantine station. Mayor rim
anus is very much exercised over the
prospect of the historic fort being con-
verted into what he terms such base
uses, and proposes to do all In his
power TO avert the calamity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
MAGISTRATE TOO HEAVY
TO Squeeze into CAB

AURORA. H.. Nov. 2l-P5ter <laes.
Aurora's H0-pound police magistrate,
was icebound, due 10 slippery sidewalks.
a condition that nearly stopped the
wheels of justice. Chief or Police
Michael dispatched caU 10 convey me
missing official 90 police court, but, IN
fortunately. the doorway OF the vehicle
proved too narrow 10 allow even the
narrowcst side ot Klecs anatomy 10
enter. Therefore. Justice L. A. Look
wood was detailed 10 administer the law.
Magistrate klees VS. elected last
spring. For number Of years he
served on the Aurora police force.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

partment can wake them mp TO a
little digging, seraping, and rolling
on their own account they will be
vastly better of than if they get
everything that has been asked #
Congress in the name of good roads.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
LOSES AN0THER'S PURSE
WHICH CONTAINED STA

.Nnlis-II Erweller. who gave his ad-
dress as Eighteenth street and Florida
avenue northeast. reported TO police Of
the Ninth precinct last night that while
on his way home he lost brown leather
pocketbook containing STA He said the
pocketbook AID contents belonged TO
Richard Elliott, of 1905 Seventh street
northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
EFFECTIVE DIET.

The Wag-I hear that as a young
man you were extremely thin2
Ancient MarineT-Yes. / used to be
Just such Iong-Iegged lath of a chap
as yerself I got fat swallowing ev-
erything l heard.-Comic Cuts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
PHI BETA PI CHAPTER
MOVED INTO NEW QUARTERS

The Chi chapter of the Phi Beta Pi
fraternity of Georgetown Medical School
has taken possession of its rooms in the
Federal building A house warming
smoker to celebrate the move. The
nished.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
RETURNS NOT ALL IN.

The wealth of the United States is now
estimated at S10d. 000 O00 eco. but Mr.
Rockefeller is not as Old as he looks
without his wig. and he may get il all
Journal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
THE CYNIC AGAIN.

We always dislike a man who has
grasped an. opportunity we failed 10
sec. When We say of q man that he
won't listen TO reason he Is probably
saying the same of us.-The Taller. :
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25
CHARITY AIDS ONE-TWENTIETH
OF CITY'S PEOPLE IN YEAR
Associated Charities Helps 992 Widows and 266 Deserted
Wives, and Gives Assistance to 4377 Families Or
14824 individuals.
Y EARS WORK FOR ASSOCIATED CHARITIES

charitable 14S24
poor $21320
Visits
Visits needy u772
special 7OO22
Volunteers
Children protected
Applications medical
selected
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

Railroad earnings Increased 10 per
cent for The year ended last June. Even
better reports are expected when the
politicians become more accustomed to
paying their fares.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

The chief Of police of Pittsburs has
issued an order for the arrest of all sus-
Idcious characters found on the streets.
and the Pittsburg millionaire is spend
ing his evenings at home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

Mark Twain's book, Ewes Diary
has been barred from the public library
at Worcester. Mass. because Of the OBJ
jections Of the fastidious. readers TO the
scantiness of the heroine's attire Twain
will not care fig about IT,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

"Win Congress work. asks the Chi
cago Tribune. Congress viii have To
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

right if the press agent should turn out
10 be guilty of the Caruso episode
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

Wall Street would be- more popular
with the rest Of the country il IL had
more men in its construction gangs and
fewer IN its wreckinp crews
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

Nat Goodwin is reported to have won
$4,000 in 4 poker game and 10 have
made S10J,O 00 additional i'm mining deal,
all I'm one week There's "a suspicion
that the press agent has been handing
M, some more stage money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

Captain Bernier says the Northwest
passage can be navigated by a vessel
TrovisiOned Tor two years. The man
who has money enough 10 buy prOvis-
ions for a ships crew for two years.
at prevailing prices, would simply re-
tire and live on has income. Instead or
fooling around through the Northwest
passage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

Washington Rechabites have com
piled a long list OF evils under the
heading Results of Drink" even re-
fusing 20 place the prosperity or the
barkeeps on the credit side OF the led
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

Anna Could is allowed To resume her
maiden name. AS a matter OF fair play
and protection FOR the future, her chill
dren should be allowed 20 take some
name other than CastelIaue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

The British soap trust has been killed
by public opinion. That's more cred
liable TO the British than il they had
killed il by lack of patronage.