davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
Another Step.

Those Representative who had
part in the favorable report given
last Friday TO the bill for the pre-
ventiOn of tuberculosis in the Dis
trict deserve the gratitude of the
community. They have taken the
latest and one Of the most impor-
tant steps in the fight against the
White Plague in the Capital.
a committee of citizens, which in
cluded many leading physicians, has
been doing noble service along this
line for four or five years. 1t has
accomplished much. But a consider
able part of its work has been nuIli-
fed by the carelessness or ignorance
of patients over whom its members
have had no control.
Realizing this, they asked three
years ago that cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis should be registered as
are cases of typhoid, diphtheria, and
similar diseases. The chief effect of
such Legislation as illustrated in
fifty other cities would be to limit
the danger Of spreading the con-
tagion without imposing any irk-
some espionage on the afflicted. 4
secondary effect would be to put the
local Health Department in such a
position that it could aid effectively
in the fight
Such registration, for such pur-
poses, is provided in the bill Just re-
ported. The only objection urged
against it has come from local ply
sicians. They seem to have felt that
the record might be made public,
and, in some cases, the free exami-
nation for germs might injure their
practice.
Experience elsewhere shows both
fears to be groundless. The prac-
titioners of no city where compuI-
sorry registration is now in force
have found the law hard. On the
contrary, only two or three in
stances Of diseourtesy or publicity
have been reported out of thousands
Of cases registered; and the bust
ness of bacteriologist has grown
rather than diminished. Significant
", the establishment of rhe great
private laboratories of New York.
Chicago, and Boston has invariably
followed the opening of free institu-
tions of the same general nature.
Without more substantial obiec-
ton to the measure than this Con-
gress should not hesitate to pass it.
in the light Of experience in other
cities more substantial objection
will be hard to find.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
WOLF HUNTERS PROFITS.

L. i. fainter brought to Ladysmith,
Wis, six wolves and FIVE wildcats for
which he received $1JO-$2O each for the
wolves and Sc each for the wildcats
Mr.. fainter is the only man In this
county who has succeeded in trapping
many Of the larger or timber wolves
His methods he keeps TO himself. The
Increase in the bounty made by the last
Legislature has stimulated the destruc-
ton Of wolves and wildcats. 1t is be-
lieved that the killing off OF the wolves
viii save many deer.
Marion Smith, farmer living near
Sisseton. s D., is the champion wolf
hunter of that part Of the State In ad-
ditiOn to the sport he also finds wolf
killing quite profitable This is Illus
trated by a recent experience OF his
While out with his rifle in the vicinity
OF Cottonwood lake he was fortunate
to run upon five wolves. one female
and four males, which he succeeded in
shooting and killing. The bounty on
female wolves is and on males SO:
therefore Mr.. Smith cleared 500 From
his days hunt. aside from this. the
pelts of the wolves are worth s. or SO
ST. Paul Dispatch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
Free Passes Again.

IT is doubtful if there is good
ground for the charge that a pro-
vision in the army appropriation bill,
as reported to the Senate, would
open the way to giving free or re-
duced-rate transportation to public
officials in general. But the fact re-
mains that no chances ought to be
taken. The safe way 20 assure that
the business of granting free trans
portatiOn will not be resumed is to
leave the law stand just as it is now.
Free passes were about the most
demoralizing thing that the country
knew for many years Men who
couldn't be bought with any amount
of money would be complimented,
fattercd. persuaded. by the pass.
The best single provision in the rate
bill was the irOnclad provision
against free passes. 1t should re-
main there, without any changes.
The country believes in il.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
The Income Tax.

That the United States should be
so far behind other countries in ar
irving at the realization that the in
come tax is the most reasonable.
just, adjustable, and logical form of
taxation, is one of the anomalies
that at times seem to Justify inquiry
whether, after all, this country's is
the best government.
Britain, Australasia, Japan, some
of the South American countries, all
have the income tax as a basic fea-
ture of their economic schemes.
Most of the European countries
have adopted it. France has just
taken the step which viii fix it as
one of the lode stars Of that ma
TONS fiscal policy in future.
The United States is moving to-
ward it, however. President Roose-
welt turned opinion in that direction
by his discussion of the inheritance
tax, and there is small doubt that
means will be found before long to
establish the system in this coun-
try.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
PRO AND CON

Water has not touched Nine. PATHS
face for seventeen years. She holds
that water makes wrinkles. and for her
smooth skin thanks the cold cream with
which alone her facial ablutions are
performed
Mrs. COrnwallis-West Oady Ran
dolph ChurchED imputes her splendid
bloom 10 cold water and to her repudia-
ton OF al creams and cosmetics. which
clog, she claims. the pores and make
the skin dry aud yellow
Booth darlington. whose hair is I'M
usually thick. thinks that strong rich
food-plenty of meat three times a day
gives vigOr TO the scaln
George Bernard Shaw minutes his fine
ana beautiful gray hair to his vege-
tartan diet. Vegetables. he holds. keep
the hdlr in a glossy and superb coudi-
uon-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
QUIET WEEK IN RUSSIA

y recent week in Russia was not ex-
cePtionally productive OF news. Ii was
not marked by the assassination Of any
very conspicuous victim. But the score
for the seven days was thirty-twO exc
cUtions. fifty-fOur murders. robberies
amounting to 100000, and countless
seizures by the police Of explosives. FIRE
arms, and unlawful literature. In more
recent weeks the terrorists have been
more successful and several officials Of
high rank have been done to death and
the military authorities and the police
pay decreasing attention to the forms OF
trial when they get hold of suspects
Philadelphia Record
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
TOO GREAT sum
NAMED FOR PARK

IN letter disappearing Senate Dill
1854 of the Fifty-ninth Congress, which
provides for a public park al Maryland
avenue. Fifteenth and II streets north
east. which viii be sent TO Congress to-
morrow, the Commissioners say:
The Commissioners believe that this
property is suitable for a large park and
that such a park would be desirable.
as there are now none existing in that
locality. They do not believe, however,
that the bill should name any specific
piece Of property for the park, but that
If Congress desires 20 locate a park in
this vicinity it should appropriate a sum
OF money for the purpose without desig-
mating the locality. leaving the selection
90 the Commissioners"
The bill approprlates $4,000 for the
purchase of the land, which the Com
missloncrs estimate is worth $500 per
acre, OF Sl0l.2l0.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
The Tendencies.

Two decidedly interesting political
Incidents have recently occurred in
Washington, into which may be con-
strued a significance not likely to be
overestimated.
One of these was the appearance,
in the course of routine business of
the upper chamber, of remarkable
joint resolution of the Legislature
of South Dakota, transmitted
through Senator Robert j. Gamble.
This resolution, duly signed, sealed
in gold. beribbOned in red-and blue,
done on parchment, and engrossed
in the highest Spencerian art, was.
i'm substance, a declaration of the
Legislature Of that State that il was
for Theodore Roosevelt and his poll
cies; and its Senators were in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
Farm DiStillerieS.

Much inquiry has been made of
late as to the methods by which the
friends of denatured alcohol pro-
pose to make it possible for the
farm distillery TO be operated. The
plan is simple, and is copied from
Germany, where it works fairly
well
As the alcohol measure passed
last winter, it surrounded the proc
ess of>,naking and denaturing alco-
mol with so many expensive restric-
tons as to make it practically inn
possible for any but very large es-
Establishments to produce it. The
prospect of a monopoly in the hands
of the few big distillers soon be-
came real, and it was seen that
there must be amendment if the real
possibilities Of the industry were TO
be developed.
In Germany the greater part of
denatured alcohol is produced in
small or farm distilIeries. Each of
these small stills is so constructed
that the alcohol flows, when it is
produced, into a casl1 of the neces-
sary size. from which it can be
drawn off only by breaking a seal
and using a key which none but a
government inspector possesses. At
intervals the inspector comes, in
spects the seal, opens the cask, and
views the process Of mixing with
the alcohol the denaturing agent.
Thus the expense OF keeping an
agent at each still all the time is
avoided, and the governments su-
pervision is made inexpensive, yet
effective.
1t is proposed to amend the act
which Congress passed last session,
and which the House has already
expanded widely, to adopt this sys-
tenn. The amendment is being Wig
orously pressed. and its friends
hope ii may become law this session.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
A KNITTER's ROMANCE.

Romance may certainly figure in many
Of the knitted WaiStcOaJs and gorgeous
stockings worn by our undergraduates
an origin as the first OF these articles
produced in this country For tradition
has II that William Lee, who in the six
teenlh century Invented the knitting
frame on which both stockings and
WaistcOats We're produced mechanically.
was driven to this piece of ingenuity by
the cruel GOuting OF the lady he loved,
who happened TO be a stocking knitter.
EnrdEed At his failure 10 make an i'm
preston on her heart, he sought to
make it on her purse by killing her
means of livelihood, and one is glad 10
read that all stocking makers COM
bined 20 Illustrate his cruel purpose.
with the result that he fed with his in
VentiOu TO France, where he finally died
of a broken heart, whether for love of
his lady or Of his spoiled invention,
tradition does not Say.-LOndOn Chron-
icle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
CIVIL SERVICE ORDEALS
SCHEDULED FOR MARCH

Civil service examinations are sched-
uled for March and 10.
For unmarried men as IailOrs in the
Indian service at Fort Shaw. Montana
salary 500 Ter anEum, age limit IS TWEEN
" and over. an examination will take
place March 6.
on the same cay a wet plate photog-
rapher Tor the Geological Survey will be
selected. Salary Sl.OeO q year. Also for
wireman in the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, az 50 or $50 a day.
Four examinations will be given on
March Is. A general mechanic for the
Fort Peck agency, Montana, salary $500
a year. is wanted. a junior clerk for
the reclamation service at $50 to SO a
month. An ink chemist and an ink
maker. salary $500 is wanted at the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing.
Marine firenen for, the four Quarter
masters Department steamers are be-
ing sought by the commission.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
WOMAN CIVIL ENGINEER
GETS GOOD APPOINTMENT

The first woman civil engineer in the
United States is Miss Nora Stanton
Batch. granddaughter OF Elizabeth
Cady Stanton She was recently ap-
pointed a member of the staff of civil
engineers having in charge the work on
the new Sl60.O 00.0G Catskill system that
has been added 10 the New York water
supply. Miss Batch received her train
inz at Cornell. where she was the only
woman i'm the class.
At first IL Is said the men students
purposely chose long trails, hard climbs
and almost impossible barriers in the
attempt to tire her out but she dOuned
short skirts and boomers and man
aged to keep up with the best of them.
thus winning their respect and admira-
ton.
Before her election to this staff Miss
Blatch was offered a most flatterinC DO
sition in China. the offer coming through
"A high-class Chinese official sent here
20 organize a corps Of engineers for
work in the FlOwery Kingdom. She was
recently elected a member Of the Amer
lean Society of Engineers. and was the
first woman to be so hOnored-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
PIPE DREAMS

Il dreamed Of pipe lines when a
boy. John i Rockefeller.
When Johnny D had hardly ceased
To cry. "Oh, rock a fellerI'
His business head had so increased
That he was made bank teller.
And not To waste the implements
Dame Nature hides In slumber.
He breathed in dollars snOred I'm cents
And dreamed one golden number
But more than this, he spent the hour
When others fed their faces
In plans for butyTaceous power
In UnctuOUs petrol places.
And. lighting up his penny clay
tLoug years ago discarded
He lost the sense Of noisy day,
Nor friend nor foe regarded
ECstatiC. he would fabTicatc
A pipe dream comprehensive,
In which appeare, u Standard State,
Where oil was most expensive.
Intoxicated by the weed,
Ills wits began boiling
And we whom he has stung may read
The genesis of OilinE.
Vincent Van AIafter Beede. in New
York sun
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
BATTALION MEMBERS
HOLD INITIAL DANCE

More than 100 members Of the third
division Of the Naval Battalion OF the
District of Columbia National Guard
were present at the initial dance Of the
division. which was held at Mrs. Dyers,
1917 r street northwest, last night
Dancing began at o'clock and con-
tlnued until after midnight, when re-
freshments We're served.
II. i. Simcoe, George Landrick, and d.
L. Hendricks composed the committee
which had charge Of the arrangements
for the dance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
Curious Dancing Stars
That Play Hide and Seek
With the Astronomers
Celestial Orbs That Tip-Toe Through the Heavens With
Invisible Partners, Alternately Approaching and
Recedng From the Earth
By GARRETT P. SERvISS.

Among the most picturesque results
OF recent astronomical studies Is the
revelation Of a surprising number Of
stars which alternately approach and
then racede from the earth. or else
either advance or retreat with aston
ishing changes Of velocity, at one time
rushing earthward At the rate OF per
haps twenty miles per second, and then
arresting themselves and reducing
their speed 70 only three or four miles
per second.
These erratic dancing stars are found
in all parts Of the sky Some Of them,
IN spite of their changes or variations
OF velocity, are gradually drawing
nearer to us. while others are moving
away.
Among them is included one of the
greatest stars in the heavens. the
fiery red Antares, in the constellation
Scorpio. This huge orb, which is known
to be many times brighter than our
sun. has been found at times to be
approaching the earth with a speed OF
about a mile and quarter per second,
and at other times to be retreating at
as much as three and a half miles per
second. Upon the whole, Antares ap-
pears TO be receding into the depths OF
space
The swifter motions mentioned above
have been detected among smaller stars,
some Of which probably possess less in
trinsic brightness and a smaller mass
than our sun.
All the Stars in Motion.
The fact that all the stars are in
motion. some going one way and some
another, has long been known. but
the peculiar motions here refererd TO
have different origin. The only ex-
PLANTATION suggested for them is that
the stars thus affected by what seems
a kind of dance craze are in all cases
double-thet Is 20 say, there are really
two stars concerned, where only one
is visible, and it is the revolution Of
the visible star around the center of
gravity common to II and it's unseen
companion which causes the alternate
advance and retreat, or the successive
quickening and retardation of the mo-
ton.
Suppose that the star under observa-
ton is one of those which, upon the
whole, is approaching the earth. but
which at certain times appears to be
receding. 1t must be supposed 20 have
very massive invisible companion.
heavier than itself. The two revolve
around one another in a plane nearly
coincident with the line of sight from
the earth. The consequence is that they
are, alternately, on opposite sides of
that line When one is retreating from
us in it's orbit the other is sinful
taneously approaching.
But we see the light of one only. the
other being invisible. Consequently, at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10

trial. The lawyers for the prosecution.
on the other hand. sought 10 prove that
the man was perfectly sane when he
committed the deed.
After many APPOINTMENTS the accused
was brought into court and the prelim-
mary proceedings began with the Sc
lection Of a jury.
ThE proceeding often lasts for more
than a week and, I'm the case ia which
! was retained as expert for the defense,
II took six DAYS TO empanel a jury. out
of about 80 men who were summoned
to serve.
ON the sixth day the trial began. and
what struck me most as an expert was
the laxity of the whole proceedings.
The judge came 20 the court unrobed.
and, taking mis- seat on a high chair,
was not content II remain there Dur
ing the whole of the hearing he con-
tinually walked up and down as though
bent on taking certain amount OF
exercise.
Without pausins in his stride he
would occasionally make remark or
ask a question
In such cases. too, the legal gentlemen
engaged are either counsel or solicitors.
tween these two, and they are also I'm
ROBBED II is. however, my duty 20 record
that, whether engaged FOR the prosecu-
ton or defense, these gentlemen do
everything they can for their clients
10 the utmost OF their ability.
His Evidence Accepted.
There had been specially selected to
combat my evidence a pompOus gentle
man who was described as 1.-The leading
medical expert in New York" He was
accommodated with a seat on the lat
form, but he showed his real cards
when ne was asked by the counsel for
the defense the reason for his forming
an opinion that the accused was a per
son of sound mind
His reply was that he judged by his
pulse, but upon being pressed as to
whether he had felt the accused mans
pulse he replied that he shook hands
with him after his examination ana as
he did 50 he passed mis- thumb over his
pulse and felt il.
This was. Of course. nonsense. and in
the end the jury accepted my point OF
view. after q trial which lasted over a
month
/ may mention the fact that on the
last day I was asked a hypothetical
question 10000 words long.
Their first idea, too, was % prove that
the accused was Of sound mind az the
time Of the murder but OF unsOund mind
AT the time OF the trial They did this
with the hope that in the distant future
when he should again be certified Of
sound mind. they might bring him I'D
for trial and convict him In this EFFORT,
however, they We're unsuccessful
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
SMALLEST OF BRIDAL COUPLES.

Two dwaTfs. named Carlisle Perry
Harley and Emily Maud Philips travel
ing with cinematOgraph company.
We're mGrried at POntypridd, Wales
They are supposed to be the smallest
couple ever married in Wales. for their
combined height is only feet 4 inches.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
CLAIMS LAWS ARE LAX
IN OUR MURDER CASES
Noted English Scientist, Who Has Testified Here
CritciSeS Methods Adopted to Secure
Delay in Trials in America.
By DIR. FORBES wINSLOW.

We in England are accustomed 10
talk of the laws delay but from what
I have observed OF legal matters in the
United states, especially In regard to
criminal proceedings. l think that En-
glish people may congratulate them
selves that the law is as expeditions as
ii is
The delays, indeed. in criminal pro-
oeedings in America would be almost
incOnceivH6le 10 those who are unac-
quainted with them. This Is especially
the case in regard to murder trials.
which often take months 10 decide, and
are occasionally dragged out over long
years.
The reasons for the extraordinary de-
lays are manifold. one of them being
the exceeding bitter spirit which counsel
throw into cases. They beiabor every
point until IL has been practically
threshed out Of existence
1t is possible 10 get an adjournment
on almost any pTetext. and month after
month is often frittered away in the ef-
forts Of counsel to postpone the crucial
moment.
Refers to the Thaw Case.
This sort OF thing viii probably ap-
ply 10 the trial OF Mr. Thaw, and I.
personally. should be exceedingly sorry
TO be in the place OF anyone. however
innocent, awaiting trial I'm such circum-
stances as these. The delays are such
That in the end they must, Of neceS-
sity. weaken the mind and BODY Of the
man IN custody.
All persons waiting their trial for muir
der in New York are confined in the
public prison which is known as the
Iombs. Here there is a special gallery
provided for the accommodation OF peo-
pie charged with the capital offense. and
this gallery Is known as the Murder
crs' Row" When 7 was I'm New York
! spent large portion Of nv time in
studying the prisoners who were therein
confined.
The case upon which I was engaged
as expert was rather similar TO that Of
Mr.. Thaw. IL was that Of q man who
had undoubtedly committed murder
when of uHsoCnd mind. inasmuch as he
had -perpetrated the crlr.s under the i'm
preston that he was bidden 10 do so
by his sisters ghost A man had deem
~ wronged and practically killed this
sister. and that man was shot bv the
prisoner IN whose case 7 was interested.
In other words. il f-as called IAN
emotional crime" meaning really that
II was a case that appealed to the emo
lions Of the public
Testified as Expert.
! was called in as expert witness. and
II was my sincere conviction that the
murder had been committed while the
man was insane. but that he was per
fectly sound in mind at The time Of the