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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
TUESDAY EVENING. OCT. p. 1905.
The Streets Need Attention.

The post OF Superintendent of Street
Cleaning in the local government has
been vacant for three months. 1t
should have been filled ten weeks ago.
While it remains empty the streets
are being poorly cleaned and the service
is suffering inevitable deterioration.
A dozen men are candidates for the
office. The salary, $500 a year, should
insure competent supervision. Out OF
the applicants the Commissioners should
be able to choose one able to do the
work. But if none of the dozen pr ,m-
ises effective administration, surely for
the pay provided some one else can be
found.
And in the choosing of the new Su-
perintendent, the Commissioners are
trusted to remember that this office
has not always been filed according to
reasonable standards; that indorse-
ments and recommendations Though
they come in bound volumes) are an
extremely uncertain gauge of a candi-
dates qualifications that administra-
tive ability is the pressing need. And
to those thoughts, The Times now
adds this:
TL1t further delay is worse than
dangerous.
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BELASCO.

For the blue-devIls: one dose Of ''The
Merry Widow and the Devil" This
prescription 10 be filled at the BelascO
any evening this week.
AS "a sure cure, this remedy has few
equals, aud the relief is not temporary,
for not only does one laugh straight
through the performance. but the fetch
ing strains Of Miss Blanch Ring
clever little song. Zip Idee. 1 Aye.
run through ones head on the way
home. and recur again and again the
next day DOUBTLESS before the week
is over the refrain viii ne familiar 20
every newsbOy, for fully nalf the audi
ence Whlstled II as the big house
emptied itself last night.
The bunch of fun-makers that the in
imitaDle Joe Weber has surrounded
himse II with in his fantasa leave little
TO be desired, and the atmosphere Of
the Merry Widow is ever-present.
The first act is the Devils. and Walter
Jones, as his satanic self calling him
self DeJoliidog, a Wine agent. presents
an admirable characteriEauon OF his
satanic majesty up-tO-date The other
Two acts are the Aor-y Widows and
Miss Ring is given an opportunity or
showing what very delightful widow
she could be. Her personal attractive
ness is well known TO local theater-
soefsI but she has never seemed more
charming than in the role Of Fonia.
wife Of Baron kaucham, DESTROYS of
becoming a widow. She. Weber. and
Charlie Ross divided the honOrs last
night but her song in the last act was
Tie hit OF the evening
one OF the novel features Of the pro-
gram was the Russian dance by Miss
Jeyo, which was put on last week for
the first time
The catchy music. the riot Of gorgeous
cost umes, the clever lines thar are so
4 freely lnterspeTsed, and the real humor
with which the fantasia abouuds make In
thoFoushly enjoyable. and the iudica-
tious are that the S. Il. q sign viii Ia
much In evidence at BelascO's the rest
of the week
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Dictator Indeed.
"All eyes in Europe are on Berlin"
When are they off Bcrling

"All eyes in Europe are on Berlin %
When are they off Berlin?
Ever since the Kaiser showed Bis
marck the door, Europe has slept with
one eye open. A more aggressive ruler
than the German Emperor never issued
a rescript or sliced a port or two out
of foreign territory.
international etiquette did not hinder
him from expressing open sympathy
with Dom Paul. German guns have
followed German merchants to the out
skirts of civilization. The German ex-
petitions to the Arctic have been few
indeed compared with those that have
penetrated the commercial zones Of Cen
tral America, South America, Africa.
Australasia, Mexico, Asiatie Turkey.
Sumatra, and China.
Hence the well-established fact that
since the accession Of William II Ger
many has become cone of the chief fac
tors in the questions arising from the
colonial enterprises of the nations OF
the West and the increasing solidarity
of mankind"
Today the Kaiser Is the recognized
European dictator. He can make peace
smile or war roar over the Balkan
states.
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Confidence for Publication.

As the final stage of the campaign
is reached each side becomes "more
confident" Now, this week, they are
"stin more confident" than before.
Of course, it Is usually difficult to be
more than most confident, but diff
Guilty of that kind is not encountered
in political forecasts.
As a political asset and for pur-
poses of publication confidence is a
great asset, for it begets more conf
dence. But the plain fact is that
neither side is fully confident OF salts
fed, Both sides are anxious, because
of the big silent vote-the vote that
thus far in the campaign has refused
TO become excited, has declined to grow
delirious, Is still uncommmicative as
TO its intentions.
1t is undoubtedly true that Mr.. Taft
has gained of late, just as Governor
Hughes in New York has recovered lost
ground. That Mr.. Tart viii win, as
he deserves to win, there should be no
doubt, and yet, on the part of the
campaign managers, there Is doubt.
They show it every day in half a dozen
ways They have now called out the
reserves, and the present week prom
Uses to be a Republican week. But the
votes cannot be counted in advance of
the close of the polls, and until they
are counted all confidence" is chiefly
for purposes of publication
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
CHASES

With the entry into vaudeville OF
Thomas Z, Shea, il has been demon
strated that the serious drama is not
too heavy diet for the dainty appetite
OF patrons of this form Of amusement
At Chases this week. Mr.. Shea and a
capable company present a condensed
version Of the great psychological study,
The Bells" and IN the leading role
OF Matthias. the star gives an inteFpre-
tation that has been sur assed by only
one other-the late Henr Irving. The
now celebrated hypnotic scene is pre-
scented in the fullest way with a magni-
tude of scenic effects J ardIy deemed
possible in tabloid vers on. Mr. Shea
IS sterling actor Who III be greatly
missed in the legitimate anks but well
coined to vaudeville.
Assisting Mr. Shea are Messrs. Char
tiers, Lake, and Cassaday, and Misses
Burkeut and Ford. Mr.. Shea's presen-
taU0n is by far the most preteuti0us yet
seen in the local house.
James X Murray and Clara Lane do
comedy singing act. entitled "A
knight at Home, during which they
render numbers from II TrOvatOre. 90
Pat Rooney and Marion Bent repeat
their former success. The Busy Bell
boy" Like his father, young Rooney
depends upon his dancing, and gives too
much time 20 comedy, sacrificing his
speciality.
Dan QuinIan and Keller Mack appear
I'm The Travelling Dentist" introducing
Mr.. Macks latest song, I'm Coin
Away Some of their comedy could
we'll be omitted. Julius Tanner returns
with a new collection of stories, and
the Cooks do a fairly good juggling act.
Tom Bateman, a character vocalist and
dancer, and the vitagraph presentation
OF TAFT and Bryan complete the bill.
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in it than all the argument the bankers
have put out" etc. This is not re
markable But it is surely noteworthy
that the indianapolis News should ask:
Gust what would be a good and suf-
fieient answer to the old German farm
err"
The good and sufficient answer is
obvious:
Endorsement was your only means
of making Us secure. If that were not
so, Endorsement could not be justified
on any ground. For it is never called
into use save when the principal party
to the transaction has failed to meet
his obligations anG the only effect of
it is to make an innocent man bear
the burden of one who is either guilty
or incompetent.
Banks have, however, other means
of making depositors secure. 1t is not
needful to make the innocent pay the
debts Of the guilty or incompetent. In.
dorsement in the form of Mr. Bryan's
bank deposit guaranty plan would do
this. But also it would do it at cost
out of all proportion to the benefit.
In Connecticut, for example, the total
losses to depositors in many years un-
der supervision without guaranty were
only $4,000, while the payment for
that security under Mr.. Bryan's plan
would have been over S3,50O,OOO. If in
dorsement were the only security it
would be poor enough. But there is
one better and cheaper"
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CANAL YARNS FALSE,
DECLARES ROBINSON
Presidents Brother-in-Law De-
MES Campaign Stories
About Panama.
About Panama.

Douglas Robinson. brOther-in-law OF
President Roosevelt. started an Ananias
Club of his own today.
In denying charges which have been
receztIy made connecting him with an
aIleE I combination, which il was said
Tulles down most OF the $4,000. 900 paid
for the Panama canal franchise. he
said: The statement which recently
appeared in the New York World, con-
Meeting Say name with the so-called
Panama Banal syndicate, is absolutely
unfounded, inasmuch as I never had
any connection with any such syndi-
cate. I 90 not even know whether such
a syndicate exists. tt was an outrage
to connect my name with what was OBJ
viously a mere fabrication for cam
paign purposes.
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Endorsement a Poor Security.

That night Bill read his bank had closed.
An I jus nacherly supposed
He'd hike TT home a-feelin' blue,
JUS like l had-an' SO would you
But Bill, he laughed, an said, Il guess
That amt a-gOIn { make distress"
But all your money, Bill?" I said.
Guaranteed, " said Bill; lets go { bed"
Thus picturesquely does w. NJ. NJ
sing the praises of the bank guaranty
scheme of the Commoner in the paper
which modestly shares his title. Also
does the indianapolis News tell much
the same story in an aneodote re
urinted editorially from one of Mr..
Bryan's speeches, The effect of it is
this:
A German who kept his money at
home found that the Endorsement of
q neighbOr or two with tested credit
at the bank was prerequisite to OBJ
tanning a loan from the bank, Sub
seQuentlV the TeutOn was asked 10
deposit his personal funds in the bank
which had made the loan to him. Said
he, yes, I viii let you have my
money but you get your banker
friend to go your security"
By Mr. Bryan this reply is com
mended as having more common sense
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ACADEMY

His Terrible Secret" played 90 q
large ard interested audience last
night. Tie play IS. as billed, a mod
ern version OF Jelzyu and Hyde. and.
though IL falls short OF that high at
taInmeut. IL Is yet sufficiently horrible
and Intense. 1t Ceuters on the char
acter Of Melmoth. a man monkey pos
sessed of the mind OF a man and the
outward appearance of a gorilla The
scenes are land in the depths Of Africa,
and are greatly above the ordinary
scenic effects used az the Academy.
ia the character of Meimoth, Harry
HammiI makes the show, his acting
in the ciimaXes being excellent Rich
ard Earle, the william both looked and
acted the part cTeditably. and was
assisted in the work Of complication
by RAY Purcelle, as SalOme the Egyp-
tlan adventures. The entire company
gives a smooth rendition Of the play,
and seems much more at ease than
when last here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

Douglas. from Illinois, from whom the
buildings get their name; and JOhn =.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky. who was
then serving as Vice President. Douglas
row was also styled Minnesota row,
because Senator Rice came from that
State.
Senator Douglas moved into the frst
house No. 291. and Il was there that
he received notification OF his Presiden-
tial nomination. one Saturday evening
ia 1860. when the Illinois band. direct
from the convention. which had been
held at Bait more, naming him against
Lincoln, Brf ckenridge. and Bell. came
ever to Washington and serenaded him
al this residence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
The Pearre Paradox.

President Roose relt's open letter to
Senator Knox and the promised replies
of Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Gompers have
brought our neighbor, Col. George \.
Pearre, Republican candidate in the
Sixth district OF Maryland, into the
limeIight of national prominence. The
colonel is a Republican md the author
.of the Pearre anti-injmction bill, which
for seyeral years has had the support
of MIR. Gompers and the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and which has just
been so severely arraigned by President
Roosevelt.
The President declares that this bill
would legalize the blacklist and would
make it possible to carry the sympa-
thetic boycott to any extent. lie de-
clares that it would be an industrial ex-
communication of the innocent MGR
chant, and he virtually dares Mr.. Bryan
to state publicly, definitely, and cate
gorically" whether he accepts this bill
as part of the Democratic program.
Yet this very bill was introduced by a
Republican member of Congress, who at
that time served upon the Committee
on Judiciary.
Only a few weeks ago Mr.. Pearre
was at the White House comforting with
the President as to the best method Of
making Maryland safe to the Repub-
licans; only a few days ago the colonel
was with llr. Taft in Cumberland, Nd,
addressing the miners and other labor
/ ing men of that section of Maryland.
Now the President in striking a blow
at Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Gompers, hits
Colonel Pearre at the same time, and
/ the Democrats of the Sixth district have
seized the Presidents letter as a cam
paign document. Surely, political con-
ditions in the Sixth district are mixed.
! To make the situation more paradox
zeal, Mr. David j. Lewis, the Democratic
candidate for Congress, Is almost an
avowed socialist, who has been an
ardent supporter OF Government owner
ship, and who was nominated in the
hope that he could draw the labor vote
from Pearre in Allegany county.
Some time since the Democrats of
Montgomery county, hoping to deprive
Colonel Pearre of the advantage of his
apparent popularity with the miners
and union railroad employees in the
upper part of the district, sent a dele
CATION to John Mitchell offering to sup
port any labor man the miners would
suggest for the Democratic nomination
in the Sixth district. Mr. Mitchell in
formed them that Colonel Pearre was
quite satisfactory to the labor unions
and that therefore the American Fed
Grafton of Labor would not interfere in
she campaign against him.
OF all the Republican members of
the Committee on Judiciary in the Fifty
ninth Congress, Pearre was the only
one who was not opposed by the labor
! leaders-and that fact is accepted as
explaining Mr.. Cannon's unwillingness
to reappoint him to his Old post on that
committee. Yet this same Representa-
tive is now being criticised by the Dem
oerats of his district, under the leader
ship of a socialistic candidate. for the
advance stand he has taken on the anti
| Injunction issue, and the authority
quoted is President Roosevelt, with
whom these same Democrats disagree
/ on about all other issues.
The situation is a paradox in every
aspect,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

Marked Improvement IS to be noted In
the quality Of the entertainment pro-
vided By the Lyceum. The Rollickers. %
with their two-act musical comedy en-
titled "B. Dunn Goode & Coz" III the
requirements Of good burIesque TO the
most eXactiug taste. Watson and
Cohen. in parodies that are really good,
head the bill. But Alfred X. Hall, as
Wood 3. Holmes in the musical
sketches, is excellent, and Be- has a
competent company Ga Nat S Jerome.
". !. Patton, Matt Taylor, J. B. Mills,
Hazel Sanger, Violet Pearl and others.
The girls are many and good 10 look at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
NezU Author Has Thrilling PagUnshop Drama at Columbia;
Joe Weber and Hattie Williams Lark Gayy at Other Houses
WEEKS ATTRACTIONS
At LOCAL THEATERS

BEGAsco-"The Merry widow and
the Devil"
NATIONAL - Katie williams, in
FLUFFY Runes."
COL UMBIA-''The Right to Live"
cHAsE's-Thonas <. Shea. in lThe
Bells" and Vaudeville.
ACADEMZ-"His Terrible Secret"
GAYETY "The World Beatsrz"
Burlesque Company.
LYCEULI 49, ''Ths EolIickersD Bur-
lesque Company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

Before the houses are rose
bushes growing near the entrances and
interviewer here and there with the iron
fences before them. The three-story
brick structures, with their extremely
low attiCs, supplied with numerous win
dOws, and smuggling beneath a fat. gen
erOusly projecting roof. are disintegrat-
ing rapidly. Cracks, fast becoming ifs
sures. appear in their walls the win
dow slls Of gray stone are crumbling,
and the cleUatis, ivy, and weeds, which
abound in these once splendid gardens,
are unable to hide the crumbling cOndi-
ton of the thick brick walls. A few
years more and Douglas row Will only
be q memory"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
GAYETY

The standard Of high-cIass. Iaughable
burIesque. set by the Gayety Theater
at the opening Of the season. and for
that matter, at the opening Of the
house, was more than preserved last
night by "The World Beaters," an ag-
greEau0n Of good-looking women and
funny men.
AS announced in the program, the
show was one of progressive Novelties,
and only during the usual intermission
was there q lack Of action, from the
opening number, a musical eXtTaVa-
Wind-up.
A one-sct oddly, which forms the
last half Of the performance. is decid-
edly funuier and better played than
such stunts usually are.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
White House Callers

Secretaries Wright
COrtelyou.
Assistant Secretary Bacon
Phillip Marshall.
Pablo Ocampo de Leon, Philippine
legate.
General Oliver.
General Bell.
Or, J. Leonard Levy, PittsburE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
ONCE REFUSED COIN;
NOW He is DEAD
Honest John Miller Spurned
100000 in Real Money Of
fered as Otferv Rriha
Tered as Lottery Bribe.

DULUTH. oct. 27.-The death Of for
mer Gov John Miller. OF North Dakota.
here yesterday. recalls the famous fight
gainst the Louisiana lottery in North
Dakota. Mr. Miller led the fight against
the lottery, and the story is told that a
representative Of the lottery came into
sir. Miller's office and laid down a SUM
case containing 500 600
That is yours If YOU win permit the
lottery TO enter North Dakota" he said.
MY price is higher tnan that" said
Mr.. Miller. and threw him out OF the
office.
They called him Honest John" Miller
in North Dakota. His figSt against the
lottery was TedOubIed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

m S you pro-
u coed east
ward, Ia
dies and gentle
men. along ! street
10 Third street. you
will see on your
right, three brick
buildings. identical
in appearance, and
numbered 205, 2o2,
and 2o1: this group
is known as
Douglas row.
"Ail three Of the
houses in this row
were built at the
same time, about
1858 and 1859. by
Henry NJ Rice
who had Just en-
tered the Senate
from Minnesota;
Senator Steven A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
Seeing Washington With The Times Guide

THE most easter
ly Of these houses.
201 I street, was az
terwand occupied by
the papal legation.
it is still the prop
erty Of the Catho-
lie Church, through
Cardinal Gibbons,
and incong ruOusly
used as a dancing
academy. For a
number Of years
203 I street was the
property Of Thorn
as Kirby, and his
widow Ellen ].
Kirby. now resides
in the house. The
house fuTthest west
was for many years
the residence of
the late Mathew
@. Emery, the last
mayor of Washing
ton city.
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NEW SENSATION.

Mrs. BuIlion-I wish knew something
to do that would provide me with an
absolutely new sensation.
Mr. Bullion-Go cut and pay cash for
sOmething.-Iife,
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The second or central mousse OF Jnis
row was builC for John c. Breckenridge,
but he never had occasion to move into
it, The excitement connected with the
development of the civil ar was at It's
height and the interior OF tGe Brock
enTidge house had not yet been finished.
But Senator Rice moved into the third
OF these houses, at 205 ] street, and oc-
cupied IL until the actual beginning of
the war. Douglas died at Chicago, june
g. 1861, after the Inauguration Of Lincoln.
and all three of the h6uses in Douglas
row were then taken over by the Fed
eral Government for use as the Douglas
Hospital: directly across the street was
49, AkasAksa 2oS2ifsi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

Miss Cora Woodland and Alvin Kesfcha
both OF Washington. were married in
Rockville Tuesday evening, October 20
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

Miss Beatrice NJ Davis. Of NJ .treet
northeast, who has been I'll with typhoid
fever in her home is convaleSciug
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

James. Hoy, L. S. n. and Mrs. Hoy
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Nora Hoy, to Pierre WenzeI.
of Venice and Paris
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

Mrs Robson and Miss Robson. who
have spent the autumn season abroad.
are now in Paris, and will sail for this
country on the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse November T.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

The Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury and Mrs. Beekmau Winthrop
were hosts at an informal dinner last
evening In their home on Masga-
Chusetts avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

Max Mustadter will sail today from
Westfhalen. Germany. where he will at
tend the celebration Of the golden we'd
ding Of his parents. He will visit ia
Berlin, Paris, and London before re-
turning to Washington, about Decem-
Der 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

Mrs. Richard Townsend was hostess
at luncheon for a, small party yesterday
I'm her home on Massachusetts az enue.
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Mrs, d. p Mccartney, who epent
the sumner ia her country place in
CsteTVille. Mass. has returned 10 Wash
ingtOu, and has opened her house on
Nineteenth street for the winter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27

The japanese Ambassador ard the
/ Baroness IakahiTa were hosts - lunch
con yesterday in theirEhome on K street
complimentary 10 Mrs. Buck, widow OF
/ the former minister to Japan.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-01
JACKSONVILLE.

Frank Robbins was sick a few days
lately.
Mrs. Tennie Coleman has recently had
an attack of mumps.
Guy Smith is home from his studies at
the Albany business college.
Fred Rawson OF Jamaica visited his IA
Their, j. l.. Rawson, last week.
b. j. Cobb made a business trip to
Brattleboro Friday of last week.
NJ. II. kingsbury has returned from
spending the winter in Fitchburg, Mass
Mrs. A. T.. Dutton of Windham has
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Tennie Coleman.
Mrs. Frank Pier and daughter have
returned from two weeks stay in Ches-
ter and Andoyer.
Mrs. Arthur Williams with her son
Ernest and Miss Florence Hunt visited
over Sunday in Bellows Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ennis and four
children from Arlington have been visi-
tors this week at L. Il. Styles's.
Mamie Rawson of Windham, who has
been spending few weeks at w. L..
Rawson's, went home to begin attending
school Monday.
Miss Nina Styles, who for the past
year has had employment in Cambridge,
N. Y, has finished work there and is at
home for the present.
Repairs are being made on Mrs. Phoebe
Landmarks buildings, and it is expected
that she will soon return from Winhall
and occupy her house.