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When the Flood Subsided.

Many natives. too, showed heroism and
fortitude.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
No Other Methods.

Charleton 7. Lewis, of New York,
is no doctrinaire. 1t would be hard
TO find a man more distinguished
for success at the New York bar,
for authorship on many subjects,
for authority on the practical prob
lens of prison management. 1t is
enough to say of him simply that he
was head of commission which re-
wrote the penal code of New Jersey
TO get hearing for what he says
of American penal conditions. Here
is one of the things he has said re-
Gently:
With all the solemnity and emphasis
OF which 1 am capable, 1 utter the pro-
found conviction. after twenty years OF
constant study Of our prison population,
that more than nine-tenths or them
ought never to have been confined.
They are there in reality because a
careless, indifferent. impatient com
munity has not known what else 10 90
with them, and has found Il convenient
mus 10 put them out of It's sight. For
the moment they and we are safe. ana
we can forget them in our buying ana
selling. in our golf and tennis
The highest reform of the criminal law
is in finding other methods OF dealing
with offenders. In all but extreme cases
OF depravity. what is needed with the
youth beginning a lawless career Is mat
The social motives In him be awakened
and strengthened: that the habit OF
foresight the sense OF responsibility,
the regard for the esteem of his fellows.
the sympathy with mankind be awak-
ened 10 constant action.
If nine-tenths of those who go to
prison in the District of Columbia
ought never to go there, it means
that we are sending about $4,000
men and women TO Jail unwarrant-
ably every year, and we have no
"other methods of dealing with Of
lenders
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06

New York firm Of Lord & Taylor
puts another difficulty in these
words:
Business requires the best that Is in a.
man. Often men put into IL their worst.
Beyond doubt, most Of the business fail
ureS are due TO conditions lying en-
urely within the business men them
selves. / believe that almost any bust
ness will succeed If It has the concen-
tration and effort that goes TO make
success.
Henry a. Havemeyer thinks that
most of the men who fail in bust
ness jump in the dark" John H. IAN
nan, shoe manufacturer, contends
that the one-man idea is the bottom
of the most failures, arguing You
VIII always find that the successful
business man considers the quality
of an employee of greater import
ance than the salary to be paid" A
trust company official put his finger
on "overdrawal of credit" so that
''men are successful only as long as
prosperity lasts" Charles H. Stein
way has it that "the main cause of
failure is lack of knowledge" FL
nally, Leon Mandel, retail merchant,
observes: Il have long been con
WINGED that business failure is
largely due TO extravaganza and
hurry TO achieve success"
Compared, these several causes do
not uncover a single new defect or
reveal a single localized shortcom-
ing. Failure, as consequence of
these lacks, has been part IF bust
ness since the first cavs-dweller
stood behind log and sold big
sticks. II will probably continue,
as a consequence Of these lacks, I'M
til men cease to trade and give
their possessions away The one
cause which is really new-that is
to say, the suppression of comPeti-
ton through the rise of the over
shadowing business-is not even
mentioned. Yet at least one Of the
men consulted by System" could
have spoken of that cause with au-
thority.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
Another Question Mark.

Glen Echo's voting population OF
thirty-six men puts another ques-
ton mark before the attempt OF
that town to patrol the whole Con
duit road. For months that munich
pality-worthy otherwise of all con
sideration-pur out authority, as a
farmland puts out a rake, way to
the other side of a highway and
hauled in automobiles. What passed
for a trial resulted nearly every
time in a contribution TO the town
treasury; and, whatever the out
come, it depended solely on the
word of one man. no matter what
evidence in rebuttal might be Of
fered for the motorist. This in a
town Of thirty-six votes.
The Times WOULD not add to the
difficulty of any community which
undertakes reasonably to regulate
the speed of automobiles passing
through. But the course of Glen
Echo was unreasonable for three
things:
First-Thc town had no jurisdic'
ton over the road, and apparently
took no steps in advance to deter.
mine whether it bad or not.
Second-The trial of supposed Of
tenders against its speed regula
lions was wholly ex parte-
Third-A marshal, an arrest, and
a fine have a thousand times beer
proven not half so efficacious foI
the control Of chauffeurs as simple
unspectacular, and commOn-senst
devices like a thank-you-ma'a an
built across the road.
If the reelection Of the 'boy
mayor" was a vote Of confidence IT
him on other grounds, outsiders are
not interested. But If it was ar
attempt on the part of his neigh
bors 10 disregard these three OBJ
jections TO his course as 10 automo
biles, the people and town Of Gler
Echo wasted an election
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06

thousand feet. This decrease of
more than Is per cent was due to a
diminution of the supply. not of the
demand, as may be gathered from
the fact that between the two years
mentioned the wholesale price of
various kinds of hardwood timber
advanced from 25 10 65 per cent.
Moreover, it is reported that "every
kind of hardwood found in quantity
sufficient to make it useful has been
put on the market, and hardwood
timber is now being cut IN every
State and every locality where it
exists in quantity large enough TO
be cut with profit. These condi-
tons could not prevail were the in
crease in production due to falling
off in the demand"
Estimates are published by the
Government showing that there re-
mains now in the cutting stage
about a fifteen years supply of
hardwood timber The Ohio valley
States, once a fertile source of
hardwood, have largely become
agricultural. The Lake States and
the lower Mississippi valley country
are fast turning that way, too. So
there is practically nothing but the
Appalachian group Of States, which
includes Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, New York,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Vir-
ginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennes-
see, North Carolina, South Carolina.
Georgia. and Alabama. 10 depend
upon for a future supply.
But even in this region the cut
over lands are in such a condition
that no great increase Of merchant
able timber can be looked for in
side of thirty or forty years. The
question, then, is how TO reduce the
inevitable gap between the present
supply and the future supply This
much is true beyond doubt" says
one Of the Government foresters,
that we are dangerously near a
hardwood famine, and have made
no provision against it,
The solution of this problem is
70 protect and improve the Appa-
lachian forests. In the opinion Of
the expert previously referred TO,
this work. if done promptly and
properly, will insure continuously
the hardwood supply Of the country,
and do it without exhausting the
forest. in fact. il can be DONE" he
says, $50 that the systematic treat
ment viii at the same time improve
the forest"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
Plans for Increasing the Macy
Please Officers and Experts

Navy officers and experts see great
possibilities in the virtual adoption by
Congress Of the policy OF two great
battleships a year. They say It cannot
raiI 10 keep this country well % the
fore as a naval power While the policy
OF maintaining a fleet in both oceans
has not been settled. It Is realized that
II naval construction IS to be carried
cut at the rate OF two great fighting
monsters a year, It viii not Dc long
before -he country las enough vessels
20 keep powerful hOtillas IN both the
Atlantic and the Pacific. And. once
the vessels are at hand, It is we'll un-
CerstOod By navy officers and others
that there viii be abundant political
reasons for forcing an administration
to see that the Pacific coast and the
Atlantic coast are treated alike in the
matter of distribution OF battiesnips,
Plan Not Adopted.
It IS true. there has been no formal
adoption OF the policy Of two battle
ships a year, and the next Congress
could abandon Il Il IL desired But the
view IS quite generally accepted here
that public opinion viii demand. at
least, TWO 20,OOO-tcn fighting machines
annually. This being so. the experts
have been doing some calculating 10
ma out where this country IS goinS
10 stand in the near future, If It KEGS
on adding two big battleships every
twelve months. The result Ct their cal
cuIations IS 10 show that the United
states Is sure 10 keep ahead OF every
other naval power. but Great Britain
for an indefinite period, unless, OF
course an unexpected squirt ts made on
the Da-t OF Germany, France. or Japan
The United States is now regarded as
the second naval power Germany. how
ever. has been making great strides and
has laid down a formidable building
procram that viii last through the year
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
MINISTER WI SPEAKS
FOR CHINESE TEMPLE

NEW YORK, May 6.-AIinister wa
Ting-fang this afternoon addressed a
gathering OF his coUntrymen in New
York on the value OF religion. The
meeting was held al / O'Clock at the
DOyers Street Theater. and with It
plans for the erection OF ConfUeian
temple for New York-s Chinatown were
given their finishing touches. Minister
WI spoke IN Chinese, and discussed the
benefits OF Confucianism-
The plans for the building are elab0-
rate II will cost nearly 100000 Not
only VIII Il be devoted 10 the old idea
OF religion as the Chinese know It. but
it will have modern Y NJ. c. A. depart
ments. This. IL IS said. has greatly
pleased the Chinese minister. He ex-
planned 20 the audience that the Chinese
can keep their religion and progress at
the same time. adopting modern ideas.
and that a temple that has rest rooms,
q gymnasium. reading rooms and large
assembly halls IS the sort OF equipment
that the Chinese national religion needs
in New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
WIFE BEATS SOUSA
PLAYING BILLIARDS

NEW YORK. May 6-1Irs- John PHI
ip Sousa. wife of the famous bandmas-
ter, excels him in at least one thing.
and that an unusual one for a woman.
Friends Of the March King" recently
have expressed their sympathy for him
because OF a severe trOunCing he re-
ceived at the hands of his WHEAT a
game of billiards.
1t IS not generally known that Mrs.
Sousa IS an expert with the cue. She
Is one of the women who have resisted
the seductiOns OF bridge whist, pre-
ferTinG the game of skill TO that OF
chance. Mrs. Sousa wields cue like
a professional.
It Il customary in the SOusa house
hold for Mrs. Sousa after dinner 60
engage her husband in q try at the
cushions, and she IS more often the
victor than the bandmaster. Mrs. SOusa
IS also an expert with the racquet,
but at tennis she has not yet been
able 10 persuade her husband TO join
her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
REPRESENTATIVE PARKER,
Who Wants Tariff Revision Because hi
Constituents Do.
South Dakota Member Signs
Petition for Free Wood
Pulp.

Representative william IT. Parker OF
South Dakota Is a brave man and a
militant Republican.
He stands on his rights and fears no
man a. yet.
He is the only Republican who has
signed his name 10 the petition gotten
I'D by Minority Leader Williams asking
the Speaker 20 allow the House TO enact
legislation TO put wood pulp and print
paper on the free list. The petition now
bears the signatures o. ali The Demo-
Gratis and one Republican
Mr. Parker said he dcfed Republican
ethics and the ire Of the leaders IN
signing the Williams petition because
his people want tariff revision
What the leaders viii do TO him has
not yet been divulged. 50 FAR. how
ever, Mr.. Parker IS without a fear or a
trembie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
ARTIST SUES DENTIST
FOR SLANDERING HIN

NEW YORK. May 6.-In the studios
Of Carnegie Hall where harmony is sup
posed 20 reign. a discordant note Of Cos
sip has intruded. II first compelled
general attention in the colony OF mu-
sicians, when Albert Gerard THEIRS. a
teacher, who numbers among his pupils
members OF influential families. caused
the arrest OF DR.. II. Palmer King, OF
I35 West I23d street. last Saturday.
Mr.. Theirs charges malicious SANDER.
snC has sued DR.. King, who is a widely
known dentist or the upper west side.
for $50 O0o damages. Following DR..
Kings arrest, he was released by Su-
preme Court Justice Bowling in $, 90
bail.
In the complaint prepared by William
We'll or $50 Nassau street. counsel for
Mr. Theirs, IL IS alleged that Dr. King
said il vas a reflection upon any woman
to be seen entering Mr.. Theirs studio.
1t is also alleged that the statement
was made with malicious intent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
FORAKER ASKS QUERY
ABOUT HEPBURN Law

Senator Foraker Of Ohio got resolu-
ton through the Senate today which
is intended to force the Administrations
20 show its hand with respect 20 the
enforcement or non-enfoTcement Of the
commodity clause Of the Hepburn law
70 prevent railroads from engaging IN
the coal business. Senator FORAKER m
10 with amendments calling on the IN
terstate Commerce Commission TO IN
form the Senate whether the commodity
clause was being computed Win. anu
JgbefFey. ar asreement had been made
whereby roads that did not observe the
Ia v-oilId he immune from PROS cutlon-
The commission is also directed 70
rsil7oad which is now in the hands OF
n receiver. has complied with the COM
modify clause. and. II not why not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06

Do 95 per cent of American men
who embark in business fail?
If so, why?
System" schoolmaster of bust
ness as it is, assumes yes" as the
answer to the first question. But
it goes to leading subscribers for
the answer 10 the second.
To our judgment-though the
ratio may not be so high as 95 out
of every 1OO-our percentage of
failure is great enough to warrant
the second question. More men fail
in business than ought to fail. if
they open shop with Yankee thrift
as part of their stock in trade. Why
is this? System" answers
Business is a science. Men who study
l. as a science, succeed Men who trife
with It. fail 1t is reassuring 20 be told
that success is not luck, but logic The
man who reasons, and adapts his bust
ness TO reason, wins. Business failure
in most instances. comes from wantor
disregard OF principles that are only
common sense. Men fail because they
Dc things I'm the wrong way.
That is the view to be expected
from editors impressed so far with
the need for organizing business
knowledge that they venture, and
succeed, with a magazine devoted
solely TO tnas subject. But it is not
the whole tory as told by their pa
irons.
The president of the weu-known
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
Boys Home Benefit.

A large attendance IS expected - the
musicale 70 BE- given IN the tapestry ga
lery in the home OF Ms Charles II
FfouIke. 3011 assachusetts avenue, this
afternoon at 4 O'Clock Tor the benefit
OF the Working Boys Home This mus
icaie was TO have been given last week
but on account Of conflicting charity
entertainments. It was postponed until
this afternoon
Mrs. Hough. Miss Eccles. % New
York. ana Mr.. Gareissen VIII give The
program.
The pa<ronesSes are Mrs FAIRBANKS,
Mrs Bacon. Mrs. Charles J. Bel Mrs
Briggs. Mrs. Buckley. Mrs Crane, Ms
Depew. Mrs. Eustis. Mrs. Ff0ul<e, Mrs.
Foraker. Mrs. Fremont Smith. Mrs Car
field. Mrs Hay. Mrs. Jennings. Hiss
knox Mrs Ker, Mrs. Isow'ndes. Mrs.
Duncan NcKfrn. Mrs NeWberry. Ars.
II c Perkins, Mrs Hunt Slater, and
Mrs. Henry Wells
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
The House Conferences.

The rather unsatisfactory results
of the conference of House Repub-
licars. which was held last night
and will be continued tonight, need
not Justify too pessimistic a view Of
the outlook for the session-closing
legislative program 1t was hardly
TO be expected that a single session
would reach anything like an agree
ment; and the fact that the session
was able TO keep together three
hours, TO avoid an explosion, and 10
agree TO meet again for further
consideration of the same business
is really rather a cheerful manifes-
tation.
Down at the bottom Of the House
situation is the fact that the house
leadership wants currency legisla-
ton. while probably a comfortable
ajority Of the House-if the Demo
Gratis be included in the calculation
doesn't want It; on the other
hand, the House leadership doesn't
want anti-injunction legislation,
while a big majority of the House
again including the Democrats
does want 1t.
The constantly repeated express
sion is heard from Republican
members: "My district doesn't care
cent for currency legislation. 1t
does want anti-injunction 1egisla-
ton. I can't afford to support a
proposition'in currency amendment
which has no popularity with my
neople. and has vast deal of posi-
tive unpopularity, unless get
something in return that my people
want"
Thus the Representative is in a
hard position. For once, 1t seems
that even the Roosevelt policies
mantle is not broad enough TO cover
everything he might DO The fact
that the President is for the Vree-
land bill, and very earnestly for It,
doesn't mitigate much of the oppo-
sition to that measure, coming from
sources usually devoted to the Presi-
dents policies. There are scores of
Representative who complain shat
their people at home insist that
they follow the President implicitly
and vet refuse 10 believe that the
President wants currency legisla-
ton passed The poor Representa-
tive must get in bad" with either
the Administration or his cOnstit-
uents.
Most of the opposition to the
yreeland bill now represents mere
prejudice. It is regarded as the
successor of the Aldrich bill; and
the Aldrich bill was condemned in
advance of its introduction. The
fact that it was the Aldrich bill was
all that was needed to create a pref
udice against 1t which persisted and
still persists, quite independent OF
the merits of the measure.
There wiz probably be no cur
rency legislation unless it is made
possible by substantial concessions
to the people interested in other
parts of the Presidential program
These concessions ought TO be
made. promptly and in good faith
Then the business of this session
could be wound up in short order.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
WANTED IT SUPPRESSED.

john said Mrs Iighthead to her
husband. as that gentleman settled
down 10 his evening meal. Il have been
corresponding with authorities on the
subject. and I find am descended from
some OF the oldest families in the coun-
try"
what good is that going 10 DO us?7
why, / think it is perfectly lovely
To be well cOnnected.'
Maybe II is. but don't tell the grocer.
lie Is charging us enough for everything
as II is. Nashville American.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06

1877 with one bsttleshIp a year FOR this
country. Germany would draw I'D even
with the United States.
Germany and America
The Germans are building three big
battleships this year. next year. and IN
1910. They viii build two IN 1911. and
thereafter one each year TO the end or
the 1917 program.
This viii add seventeen vessels 10
their present battleship force. In the
same time. the United States VIII add
twenty The United States VIII then
have fOrty-nine battleships thar will be
presumably. effective. NOW the Ameri-
can navy has twenty-five battleships
that are rated effective. and four more
that are well started. At the end OF
1911 the Germans VIII have but thirty
eight battleships. though they viii have
twelty armOred cruisers and a powerful
feet OF smaller fighting craft This Gov
eminent. however. Is showing a disposi-
ton TO appropriate literally fO- smaller
vessels. and Il IS unlikely Il viii droD
much behind Germany In respect to
such vessels. while getting a long lead
IN hartleShipS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
The Hardwood Problem.

Another side to this question of
protecting the Appalachian forests
from ruthless cutting up is dis
closed in the opportunity afforded
the country to maintain sufficient
supply of hardwood products need
ed in the conduct of several import
ant industries.
In 1899 the cut ~ hardwood lum-
Der amounted t9D s,esA o2l thousand
feet. Last year it ms 5,sl5,491
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
PASSES TUBERCULOSIS Blu.

The House passed late yesterday aft
era7on the bill providing for the regis
tratiOh with the Health Ohicer OF all
cases OF tuberculosis in the District OF
Columbia L has already passed the
Senate. II provides that physicians
shall report 10 the Health Oncer all
cases Of tuberculosis within one week
after they have discovered the disease.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
White House Callers
Senators Smoot OF Utah.
Hemenwav of Indiana

Senator's Smoot OF Utah.
Hemenway OF Indiana,
owen or Oklahoma
representatives Allen Of Maine
Gillett OF Massachusetts
Roberts OF Massachu-
settS.
Husband OF West Vir-
gina
Porter OF New York.
Calder OF New York.
Hale of Tennessee
Murdoch Of Kansas
Admiral Pillsbury.
General Elliott comuandant 81 the
Marine Corps.
Cen Powell Clayton. national commit
teeman from Arkansas
Committee from Chicago 10 invite the
President TO the secopd conference OF
the Chicago-St. Louis waterways con
vention in October.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
Lawn Party Plan
of Mrs. Roosevelt
for Governors.

Mrs. Roosevelt has issued invitations
for lawn party on the White House
grounds Friday afternoon. May Is. IN
honor OF the governors C the States
and Territories and the Inland Water
ways Commission.
Tuesday evening. May u. there viii be
dinner in the White House in their
honor, and Thursday evening May a..
the party will be the honor guests Of
clifford Pinchot AT a large receptiono-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-06
Nation Has Advantage.

One fact pointed. out in the Senate
debate on the naval bill is CT interest
81 the comparison % navies- It IS that
the time 5 drawing near when foreign
countries will reach their limit or ability
to maintain navies OF greater size than
now exist. In other words. foreign
navies cannot so on increasing indea-
nitely on account OF revenues. whereas
the United States scarceGy feels the cost
OF its navy. and is not likely 10 feel n
IN the near future Under these condi-
tons. apart from the policy OF two hat
tleships year. the conditions are favor
orable for this country 10 keep close to
the front as a sea power.