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The Washington times., 1907-03-25
CONSULAR CHIEF
SOON TO Be NAMED
Monaghan's Successor May
Be Bennett, HaWley, or
Davidson.

It was stated at the Department of
Commerce and Labor today that a sue
cessOr to Prof. J. G. Monaghan, chief
Of the consular division of the Bureau
of Manufacturers, who resigned last
week 70 devote his time to lecturing,
will shortly be announced. Those who
have. been spoken of in the line of pro-
motion are Acting Chief Clerk r. r.
Bennett, c. S. Davidson. statistician.
and E. NJ. Hawley. of the appointment
division.
Prof. Monaghan was appointed chief
of tbs consular division July I, 1903. The
position was in the classified service.
but was excepted by executive order
for Prof. Monaghan Unless the Presi-
dent should issue another executive
order the place goes back IN the classl-
fed and can be filled only by promo
ton or by an examination by the Civil
Service Commission.
Several weeks ago Prof. Monaghan
secured leave of absence, going TO his
home in Madison, Wis. where he de-
Iivered a series of lectures. He met
with such success that he determined "a
give all of his time to the lecture plat
form. He goes West from Madison to
Butte. Mont. and from there by easy
stages TO San Francisco, where he viii
be Joined by his wife and children
Prof. Monaghan was very popular with
his clerks and the officials of the de-
partment, and it was with regret thai
Secretary Straus accepted his resigna-
ton.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
IENLARGE IMMIGRANT STATION
AND ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL
Elaborate Arrangements for Isolation and Care Of Con
tagious Diseases on Adjacent Arti-
fetal Area.

half so numerous as at present. The
capacity of the building is 5000. On
many occasions more than COCO immi-
grants have been accommodated. al
though half the number We're huddled
up on the floor and two score or more
were crowded into one small room. The
number of immigrants having more
than doubled, Commissioner Sargent
deems it necessary 10 enlarge the build
ing.
The artificial island upon which the
hospital is being built has been com
pIeted for some time. costing the Gov
eminent about $4,000. II contains APP
prOXimateIy Eve acres of land, and IS
go feet wide and 500 OF 800 feet long
To Prevent Contagion.
It is removed only about $50 feet from
Ellis Island, which distance is consid-
cred adequate. according to the quar-
antine regulations. to prevent the spread
of disease
There will be practically a series o.
hospitals. each one set apart for a given
disease
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
MASTER BUILDERS
SCENT TROUBLE
Both Sides Now Seeking
Hard to Avoid
Trouble.

The master builders are waiting with
much concern the outcome Of tomorrow
nights meeting Of the Structural Build
ing Trades Alliance on the resolution
adopted Saturday night by majority
vote Of the Master Builders Associa-
ton. to refer back TO TIE arbitTators
for Interpretation sections and or
the award handed down in the matter
of dispute between the master plumbers
and the jOurneymen.
Members of the Structural Building
Trades Alliance said this morning that
every effort would be made TO avert
trouble, and nothing would be left ur-
done by them 20 bring about a better
understanding between the master
plumbers and the journeymen-
The opinion was expressed today that
the Structural Building Trades Ali
ance will vote down the proposition 70
refer the question back to the arbi-
traitors, because, as the matter now
stand :, the proposition of the open shop
would be presented. and when arbitra-
ton was agreed TO last August it was
distinctly understood that the open shop
was to be left out OF the deliberations
OF the aTbitTatOrs.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
Let Him Get Away.

Up at GuilfOrd. in the rugged
State of Vermont, scores of hunters
are reported on the trail of a noble
black fox. The chase has been hot.
But it is to be hoped the Yankee
trappers viii fail to secure their
coveted prize.
To be sure, the perfect skin of
the black fox is worth $1,000 in the
fur marts of the world, but that
does not prove the necessity of pur-
suing this particular animal to his
death. \ black fox is a rare and
wonderful animal, and wherever he
lives there is. a possibility of others
like him coming into the world. Ger
tainly such a remarkable exception
TO the laws of nature might be per
mitted, without any particular
harm, to roam the woods and fields
Of Guilford unmolested.
This ;ly old fellow, it is said,
has been pursued time and again by
the best dogs and the cIeverest
hunters in all the region where he
makes his home, but up to the pres
ent writing he has succeeded in
escaping both the fangs of the
hounds and the bullets of his human
pursuers. There is something in
spring. and in a sense pathetic, in
the continued triumphs of an animal
of this sort over the combined eff
forts of his natural enemies.
just as there are those who grieve
from a very true and creditable sen
timent when a magnificent old
moose that has escaped death for
many years is finally brought low, SC
there would be others, we belize e
who would regret to hear that the
$1,000 clever old black fox of Gull
ford had been slain. More power
therefore, to his swift legs and more
keenness TO the clever brain that
has thus far outwitted even that
noble animal, man.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
How About Retaliation?

\ bill was introduced in the Penn
syIvania House of Representatives
the other day opening up most en-
Pertaining questions for journalists
and others. BY its provisions a sort
of ''unwritten law" in libel would be
established, for it distinctly stipu-
lates that anyone in the State shall
have the free and untEammeled
right, without penalty, either in the
civil or criminal courts, to assault.
punch, and disfigure the person of
any proprietor, editor. or reporter
of any newspaper that shall have
printed false or defamatory matter
about him.
OF course, that is a highly salu-
tary and wise law, but it has one
serious defect; No provision in
flicts life Imprisonment on the
newspaper mar who should happen
to retaIiate. There are editors and
reporters who are neither worms
nor weaklings and who would meet
the assaulting avenger of his or his
family's honor with a few short-arm
jolts judiciously placed. Such calam-
titles should, of course, have been
provided against.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
Essentials of Beauty,
CoLormg and Bearing,
Photographs Don't SRow
Correspondent Holds That While Women Pictured
In Sunday Times Contest Are Lovely, Highest
Attributes Cannot Be Judged From
Counterfeit PreSentmentS.

me some standing as a poet and made
me a passionate lover of beauty and
perfection in nature and human nature
/ have been. besides, a travelling man
for some tWenty-eight years, and IN that
period have noted in various parts OF
the land some transcendenJly bedullful
women. Some Of these have lived IN
small obscure towns which are not IN
this contest. In Florida / met young
lady living in a small town OF western
Ohio, one Of six sisters, all or them OF
the most magnificent type OF rich Dru-
nette beauty. In a little mining Town
Der Of mountain girls whose superb per-
iectlOns would throw many city ana
society women into the obscure shade
Met Dazzling Beauty.
In a small city not so far from Wash
ingtor I met a young stenOgrapher
whose wonderful beauty would in my
judgment win the prize against any OF
those whose portraits have yet ap-
Ueared during the present contest OF
several cities. / have met some on the
street in cities and towns east, west
and south, as might well happen IN this
National Capital, whose dazzling love-
Illness has made me stop and gaze al
ter them IN Amusement
Well. let Us hope that your inquiry
may md the true beauty Of them all,
tit 10 be crowned with roses ana en-
thrOned on a golden chariot so that she
may be carried about the whole land
for all men TO behold and worship.
Sincerely yours
RICHARD LEW DAWSON
Washington, d. c, March "a lSJs-
The Washington times., 1907-03-25

the instrument Commissioner Mac
farland has described as ending the
long neglect of the Capital by the
National Government"
Furthermore, Mr.. Shoemaker con-
tends that the plats for the extern
sion of District highways comprise
"a great national street plan" of
pretensions and cost far beyond the
needs of the residents, and yet inn
poses the whole cost of that extern
sion upon the 10000 landholders of
the DistT: It. Not only is this true
of streets, he says, but the District
has been made to pay half the cost
of a reservation defined as a ma
tional park for the benefit of the
people Of the United States" mean
ing Rock Creek Park.
Perhaps the most interesting sin
gle feature of Mr.. Shoemaker's
article is that which contradicts Mr..
Macfarland's statement: 1--WE have
here real self-government." 1t is
only fair TO quote the former with
out abridgement:
Men I'm authority here or elsewhere
who are not responsible to the people
cannot be expected to represent the in
terests Of the people unless Il be true
that The American idea of government ~
wholly wrong. Because, however, the
American idea is correct and ought to
be enforced here as we'll as elsewhere,
we find officials approving legislation
derOgatory to the interests of the tax
payers and without consulting them or
first ascertaining their wishes with ref
erence thereto.
One of our largest, If not our lars-
est, taxpayer, remarked a few days ago
that the Commissioners had given their
approval TO a bill which directly at
fected his property, because II cOntem-
plated the taking of a large part there
Of, yet he knew nothing about IL. though
engaged IN business here. until after
IL had been approved by the Commls-
siOneTs, ana passed by the House OF
Representative. This is what some call
good administration This may be
what some call respect for the property
rights OF the citizen.
In this light it is that this citizen.
though he labored with himself for
years ''to avoid public utterance in
favor of change" is now convinced
that the District needs representa-
ton in Congress. and that such rep
resentatives should be elected by
the people" The declaration is not
only extremely interesting but I'M
deniabIy impressive.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
BEAUTY'S PHOTO
FREE OF CHARGE

In response to many letters of
inquiry, The Sunday Times has
made arrangements with several of
the leading photographers of Wash
ington whereby photographs of
prospective participants in The Sum-
day Times contest for the honor of
being declared the most beautiful
woman in Washington may have
their photographs taken free of
charge.
Ali that is necessary is for the
woman whose photo is to be taken,
or the person who is to enter the
photo in the contest to call at the
news room of The Times, tenth
floor, MunSey Building, and obtain
an order for the photo from the
Beauty Editor, Sunday Times.
These orders will be addressed to
any one of the following photog-
rapherS:
Atkinson. .f4i6 18th st. northwest
Bachrach. 1851 F street northwest
Bell. 1928 @ street northwest
Boyce. -. 1925 F street northwest
Buck. ......i1t3 F street northwest
Gilbert. .602 nth street northwest
Harris & Ewing 1911 F street n. W.
Paine. .....923 F street northwest
Parker. 1928 F street northwest
Prince. Pa. ave. and nth St n. W.
Rice. ...f2Q3 F street northwest
lTowles. ..tl97 F street northwest
The Washington times., 1907-03-25

said, who are talking much about
child labor. AS TO the child labor
craze, which is better for the boy:
that he should work between eleven
and fourteen years, or that he
should be joining gangs to destroy
property"
With all proper respect for this
man, who ranks high in the indus
trial life of the country, we see lit
tie sense in his query.
Why either? Is it necessary that
the boy under fourteen, who does
not work must be Joining gangs
to destroy property" The very OPP
Posite is the root of most of the OBJ
lection to his labor, namely, that if
he is not at work he is and must be
in school, developing his bra n and
his body at the same time and MAX
ing of him a better citizen in the
days to come.
The trouble with such men as Van
Cleave is that they allow no golden
mean between the grinding tail i'm
posed upon a lad under fourteen and
the supposed running wild of that
same boy if he does not labor. No
argument of this sort can weaken in
the slightest the force of the cru
SADIE against child labor in these
United States.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
THOUSANDS VISIT THE zoo
OPENING OF SUMMER SEASON
New Monkey House Center Of Attraction Where the
Various Siman Specie Vie With Each Other
in Funny Stunts.

nut vendor was a busy man, as each
child as it arrived at the park, wanted
10 have something 20 feed the animals
with. This important parsonage did a
land office business. and long before
the crowd had started 10 return home
he had sold out.
Attraction for young and old seemed
TO center in the new monkey house,
where the funny little animals seemed
10 appreciate the big opening day and
the great thrOug of callers by doing
their best and funniest stunts The
monkey house was packed with an en-
thusiastic applauding throng Of young
SteTs all afternoon that made IL almost
impossible for the elders 10 get in The
day was a notable one for the park.
The gathering showed its value as q
pleasure grounds
When the crowds started home there
was trouble. The street car company
did not have nearly enough cars to
handle the crowds. People with chill
dren had 10 wait until tho crowd had
thinned out so as 10 get on the cars
with their little ones.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25

An enthusiastic cosmopolitan crowd,
estimated al 10000 persons. visited the
Geological Park yesterday afternoon
II was a gala gathering Of young and
old from every walk of life. with the
younger element predOmiHaung- The
beautiful summerlike weather brought
the people out in large numbers, ana
every car that arrived at the park at
ter midday was packed with men, wom-
en- and children.
The spring fashion plates were re
fiected in the attire OF the men and
women, and II was no difficult matter
for an observer TO determine what is
the most popular fad for clothes and
spring bonnets. The driveways were an
ever shifting panorama of automobiles
carriages and wheels rushing past so
closely together that at times il was
difficult for pedestrians to cross the
roads.
At the entrance Of the park the pea
The Washington times., 1907-03-25

To the Editor OF The Washington Times:
It is Iaudable enterprise you have
undertaken to determine as nearly as
possible who is the most beautiful
woman I'm Washington. Yet l would
submit 10 you that the method of Judg-
ing this from mere photographs is not
complete one. A photograph may. if
the photographer be an artist, disclose
some points of beauty Of contour In the
face and head and bust; but the higher
essentials of beauty cannot be reached
by photographs A woman may have
exquisite color and complexion; she
may have hands and feet Of rare per
lection; her smile may reveal express
sion far lovelier than mere form or
fiesh-tints; her voice may nave divine
charm. coming from purity and sweet
ness and amiabiIity Of disposition: her
walk and pose may show graces Of per-
son beyond the symmetry of outline
yet none Of these qualities or the high
est attributes of beauty are indicated in
a photograph Of her. Possibly the pic
lures you have printed are those Of
women possessing all these deeper
charms; but / protest that all the eIe-
ments Of beauty should be taken into
consideration by your judges
Beauties in Small Towns.
Possibly my standards are too exact;
bur they come from lifelong study of
humanity as a writer, which has giver
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
LITTLE GIRL KIDNAPPED,
HAND ASKED IN MARRIAGE

MT. GILEAD. Ohio. March 25--The
authorities here believe that the six.
year-Old daughter of William Harvey,
Of BloOmen Grove, who disappeared I'VE
days ago, has been kidnapped and -
being held for a ransom. The only clue
to her fate was contained in a letter
found fastened TO the latch OF the gate
demanding the little girls hand I'm mar
riage when she became of age. The let
ter further stated that if the demand
was granted the child would be re-
turned. There was no signature to the
letter. The child is very pretty. Mr..
Harvey is a well-to-dO farmer, and he
says he viii spend all he has 10 find
her.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25

In order to economic space and give
additional sleeping and dining room
facilities $4,000 Will be expended in I'M
proving the immigration station at Ell
lis Island. Part of this sum will be
devoted 10 the completion of the huge
contagious disease hospital under course
of construction on the artificial island
adjoining Ellis Island.
Architects in the Treasury Depart
ment are working on plans for the pro-
posed improvements. The money Will
be available July I of the present year.
Work probably will begin in August O.
September.
-Four hundred thousand dollars is To
be spent on the main building. and the
remaining $4,000 will go toward COM
pleting the hospital. Congress was
asked for $1i5,000 for a new ferrybOat
and $4,000 for an ice plant, but de-
clined to make either appropriation.
Quarters Are Cramped.
The station at Ellis Island was built
at a time when immigrants were not
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
Three Things the Matter.

What's the matter with Washing
ton?
This question evoked in yester-
days Times three distinct specifca-
tions in bar of the reassuring reply:
It's all right" They are briefly
/. That the present government is
not reflective of public opinion, in
matters of taxation not well admin
istereG. and in Congress not so eff
fectiveIy represented as by dele
gate elected from the District
through a qualified suffrage.
2 That the city's development as
a place of beauty is proceeding
without the best effective observa-
ton of general plan and without
effective restrictions against inartis-
tic adornment
,. That the growth of the Dis
trict is directly away from certain
sections, and that those sections are
now neglected by the people who
are residents there. by the District
Commissioners, and by the General
Government"
Louis 2. Shoemaker, president Of
the Brightwood Citizens Associa-
ton, vice president of the Business
Mems Association, and prominent
operator in real estate, cites the
first. Glenn Brown, secretary of the
American Institute of Architects
since 1899 and a foremost writer on
municipal improvement, urges the
| second. Thomas W. Smith, once
president of the Board of Trade,
long at the head of the East Wash
ington Citizens Association, and a
successful manufacturer, argues
the third. Clearly they are not to
be lightly put aside.
Today gives opportunity to discuss
Mr.. Shoemaker's reply only, and
that briefly. Those of Mr.. Brown
and Mr.. Smith, of no less interest,
must be treated later in the week
And first Mr.. Shoemaker contends:
That annual taxation has been
greatly increased in the District
every three years, notwithstanding
there existed no necessity for such
defensive increase, except because OF
the fact that Congress refused Il
meet its share of the expense Of
tn local government by complying
with the compact of 1873" This i
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
PASTOR DEYISES
CODE FOR FLOCK
Urges Males to Clean Walks
and Kill Mos
quitOeS.

EAST ORANGE, March 2j.-The Rev.
Charles B. Billiard. pastor Of the Elm
wood Presbyterian Church OF this city,
has prepared a set of maxims to be
observed by tie men of his cOngrega-
ton. They are headed. Things the
Good Elmwood Nan Does. and are as
follows:
He cleaneth the snow from of his
front walk sessOnably.
HE scattoreth sand. sawdust o.
ashes over the slippery places, lest he
that thinketh he standeth should SIT
down suddenly-and hard.
He carrieth in his empty ash can
and garbage pail betimes.
He putteth up his street NUMBER
where il can be seen.
And if he be very. very 5000 man,
he burneth Unison weed and saltpetre
i'm his cellar for the suffocation of the
alternating mosquito.
Nay; If he be g perfect SAINT. ne
waiteth patiently for the plumber &c
look after the burst water pipe ana
sweareth not to his own hurt.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
FIRE RUINS HAIR
OF ARTIST MODEL
Caused by Wind Tanning
Spirit Lamp Flame at
Barber'S.

NEW YORK. March 25.-Miss Maude
Rodney. an artists model, OF l3l. West
FOrty-ninJh street, was probably dis
figured for life from a spirit lamp when
her hair caught fire while she was
having it dressed at 124 West Fortieth
street
Taos" a prize winning Boston bull
terrier that has been her faithful com
paniOn for years. The dog leaped upon
her and tried to fight the flames. but
only burned himself. He seized her
skirts in his teeth and pulled Miss Rod
ney into the store. where she could be
seen from the street
1t has been Miss ROdney's boast that
her hair was nine-tenths Of her beauty
and artists have sought her when they
wished a model for an ideal head
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
WOMEN BLOCK PLAN
OF RAZING CHURCH
Owner Wants to Turn
EdiflCe Into a Sum
mer Hotel.

DERBY, March 25.-WOmen are stand
ing guard over the Methodist Church at
West Rocky Hill. determined 10 prevent
Moses Pomeranz. owner of the build
ing. from carrying out his plan to con-
vert il into a summer hotel. Because Of
removals and deaths among the con-
gregation, services at the church were
discontinued six years ago
PoraeTaT. acquired the property by
foreclosure three years ago Recently
he prepared to remodel the church for
hotel purposes, whereupon the metno-
dists decide to reopen the building for
worship. Pomeranz and his daughter
put new locks on the doris and posted
warnings against trespassing- Women
broke in. however. and the Rev. a. A
Lancaster held services for sixty WOT-
shippers on Sunday. Since then womeI.
have taken turns guarding the church
By day, while men alternate watching
at night POmeTanZ has made several
attempts TO enter the church, but has
been driven away.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn. March o.
Capt. William Toby. OF East Nor
walk, claims the distinction of being
the only man who ever sailed a boat
over land. The land was creek mud
and his boat was a SHARPLY thirty-five
feet long.
While waiting for the tide to rise that
ne might go oystering yesterday morn
ing Captain Toby set his sails to dry.
There was almost gale blowing at the
tune, and the first the captain knew
ne was spinning over the mud flats He
hade no attempt to reach the channel
but steered on the mud all the way To
Gregory's Point, a distance of almost a
mile "
Saliing on the mud is feat not con-
sidered in boating annals II is hold
that the heavy ice of the protracted
winter season had leveled and hardened
the mud. yet leaving It with a moist
surface which permitted the feat.
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
Why Either?

Among certain noted manufac-
tuTers there seems to be precious
little sympathy for the movement
which has now spread we'll over the
country in behalf of children who
are compelled 10 work under the
age of fourteen. Only the other
night at a banquet of the National
Metal Trades Association in Boston,
President Van Cleave, of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
pronounced the whole agitation as
unworthy the attention of serious
people.
There are a few hysterical peo
pie scattered about the country" he
The Washington times., 1907-03-25
WASTE ASHES BURN,
JUST LIKE COAL

ALTOONA, Pa, March 25.-The inge-
nuity of an aged, Woodworking cobo-er'
John Gilmore, has succeeded N ptiAs
ing the waste product of ashes INTO
service, and by means Of prepared
compound he makes them burn more
readily than coal. He has applied LOT
a patent.
By taking a small quantity OF MS
substance and mixing il with little
water, then spIsnkling it over the asnes
and stirring them Up with coal he
makes them ready 10 burn.
Gilmore took as basis for his eX-
periments the getting of I've from ashes-
He worked long before he made his dis
covery. The ashes from a ton of coal
are converted into fuel and when burn
ed only a few small clinkers are lett
A test was given at a local electric
Illuminating establishment todey- One
of the boilers WIS heated by Gilmore $
method and the nine others with btu
minous coal. The one furnace produced
greater heat than the nine others
combined.