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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
COMMERCE COUNCIL
PLEASES STRAUS
Thinks Information Will Aid
Merchants and Manu-
faCturerS.

Secretary Stratus. OF the Department
OF Commerce and Labor. is enthusiastic
over the prospects Of the National
Council Of Commerce, which is 70 esrs.s,-
lish permanent headquarters IN Wash
ington, and before leaving The city yes
terday he issued a statement setting
forth the advantages expected tc be de-
rived from the new organization
It is expected that the manufacturers
and others who bee 'nne members will be
in position 70 avail themselves OF the
Information gathered along Industrial
lines by the United States diplomatic
and consular service, at 4 cost of more
than s.. $4,000 a year.
at is estimated that the maintenance
of a proper agency at Washington by
the National Council Of Commerce. to
take full al vantage Of this Important
information" says Secretary Straus.
will cost the merchants and manufac-
turers OF the country about S30,600 per
annum.
There is no medium today sufficient
ly comprehensive to properly take ad-
vantage of this information or through
which II can be disseminated 50 that il
viii reach the merchants end n,2nufae-
turers who are specially interested
But with the establishment of the
National Council. with permanent bu-
reau IN Washington, such information
which might be or commercial value
could be conveyed in 4 confidential
way, which in the 8bScn.e Of eu< an
organize ton as IS contemplated by the
National Council il is NOT possible 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
CARS POST BOX
WAS GEN. RICHTER

Old Gen. otto Richter. who has just
been gathered 10 his fathers. full OF
years and honoFs, was one OF the most
trusted members of the imperial house
hold at st. Petersburg, OF which he had
formed part for half a century, that IS
TO say. since long prior to the birth OF
Emperor Nicholas.
In spite of his being q Lutheran, as
well as Of German race ana name. there
was no one 10 whom the members OF
the reigninE family Of Russia were more
profoundly attached. He was stern
and rugged old fellow somewhat
brusque ard abrupt IN his demeanor,
but OF the most tried honesty and integ~
rfty as well as blindly devoted 20 the
Imperial family.
At the MuscOvite court he used at
one time TO 80 by the name OF the
Cars Post Box" since Il was 70 him
that were referred, during the reign OF
Alexander III the hundreds of petitions
which were addressed 10 that monarch
daily. It was he, too, who received the
petitioners seeking 10 bring their tTOu-
bles before the sovereign, and certainly
no better man could have been found
for the duty nor one less likely 20
take advantage Of the opportunities
thus afforded 10 further his own inter
ests.
But the duties OF imperial post box
became too OnerOus for him with in
creasing age, and accordingly ne was
appointed by Nicholas II 10 the post
of chief OF the military hOusehOld.-EZ-
change,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
Buildings, Not Methods.

No member of the House Com
mittee on Judiciary should dismiss
the subject of probation and parole
for the Capital on the assumption
that the District appropriation act
has covered the ground. All that is
done by the latter enactment IS TO
provide a commission TO investigate
conditions at the District Jail, in
speet other jails. and report a plan
to improve local correctional build
ings-
Nothing in such a report will
reach penal methods. No feature
of such a report viii be in the least
complicated oy an improvement IN
penal methods. On the contrary,
the creation of a probation COM
mission, by lessening the number of
men and women TO be sent TO jail
will 90 far toward clearing the
problem of confning prisoners not
worthy to be given qualified free
dom,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
SECRET SAFES.

Among the novel features which add
70 the completeness of the plans for
new houses, and particularly for apart
ment houses, Is the specification for
safe deposit vaults built in the walls
These wall safes are q great prOteC-
ton against burglary, as their location
Is known only TO the builder and ten
ant. They are strongly made. carry
full weight, and form a part OF the
wall. The openings are but hand holes,
large enough, bit easier 10 guard, with
less exposure to Tire, and less expense
10 adjust evenly in walls. Little more
than the diaI end its small knob are
seen-nO hand ;es-no bolts, no hinges
When Open tie door IS brought ont
lowing for paIal work when desired
tious suggestions which make the ordi-
nary commercial safe objectionable Tor
use in homes. Nothing can be concealed
more easily. When installed a picture
will hide the dial and the location OF
this secure little receptacle IS concealed
from pTying eyes.
Thousands of private houses ana nun
dreds of apartment houses throughout
the country have been equipped win
wall safes. Architects are now SPECIFY
ing these safes IN the general Dulldlh5
contract ad show them on the buudlIs
9lans. The vaults can be placed IN olo
walls as well as new at nominal cos.
They strengthen the renting attractions
of lOW-pTiCed apartments as wen =
those of highest grade--ArchlIects anu
Builders Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
A VETERINARY CORPS.

A naval officer of distinction, af Z
months of consideration, submitted 20
the Secretary Of the Navy a plan for
the Improvement of the administration
OF the battleship fleet. It was returned
to him 'disapproved." His anger famed
up at the waH in which he had been
turned down, says the Chicago Tribune
There you have it." he said, bitterly.
You work like thunder for the Govern
ment and even your recommendations
meet with 10 favor. / feel, however,
there is one more thing I should recon-
mend to the department-that is the
organization of a veterinary corps"
An. that is for the sea horses" II
was suggested.
Not at all" was the response THAT
IS for the dOnkeys that are found both
lore aud att in the naval service
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
IrncnLent Opponent of Mr.. Gaines
Has Something Coming to Him Soon
WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE.

Joseph W. Byrns, an ambitious and
loquacious resident Of Nashville, Tenn,
has something coming 20 him.
Il Is John Wesley Gaines. Representa-
tive in Congress from the Nashville dis
trict
For the past month the ambitious
Byrns has assembled the platforms and
the rooftrees of his native town. de-
claring 10 an admiring and applauding
few that John Wesley fears 10 return
10 his home town 10 meet Byrns in
joint debate. Mr.. Byrns, by the way,
is a candidate for the nomination for
Congress over Gaines.
Gaines has stuck 20 his duties here.
disregarding the taunts and sneers OF
the hostile Byrns. He takes the posi-
ton that his duty is here, and. while
that is the case. he will stay here. But
as soon as Congress has adjourned.
Mr.. Gaines will ny as the crow flies
to his home in the Southland. He will
alight with a yell and travel up and
down his district with oratcry done up
in roseate hues.
He will indulge himself IN denuncia-
ton and excoriation to his hearts de-
light, for in the Nashville district there
is no Speaker to call him 10 order,
and to his people his voice rings as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
Campaign Publicity Legislation.

1t will be a matter Of genuine re
greet to every advocate of practical
reform legislation that a campaign
funds publicity bin could not have
become law at this session. The
Mccall measure seemed so reason
able, so carefully thought out, so
entirely and unquestionably within
the powers of Congress, that there
was no real argument against it
save on the ground that such legis-
lation was not desirable.
Nobody had the hardihood to ad-
vance such an argument, and so the
people who didn't want the measure
but dared not say so set up the
cheap and tawdry job by which it
was planned to make ali legislation
impossible. They hitched to the
Mccall bill a force law" of the
sort that helped turn the House Of
Representatives over to the Demo
Gratis in 1890, and then they added
a provision for reducing Southern
representation in proportion to the
Acknowledgement of the Southern
negroes.
1t would not all have been so
bIatantly dishonest and indecent if
these two latter propositions had
been attached TO the measure early,
and it had been sent on its legis-
lative way. There would have been
a chance to prune them of and still
leave the essential thing, the provi-
sion for publicity of campaign con-
tributions.
But no; the bin was held back
week after week. reported from
committee, and with Representative
Norris begging the privilege of call
ing it up, which was regularly de-
MED TO him. Then, at last, in the
diving days of the session, the bill
was allowed TO come up. the two
utterly impossible propositions were
hitched on. and it was passed.
1t goes to the Senate 20 die, OF
course. There is no possible chance
at this time TO get 1t amended into
such form that it could possibly
pass. Probably it viii not get out
of committee in the Senate this ses-
sion. The years Presidential cleo
ton viii be held without the pro
lection such statute would give
1t is just one more disappointment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
PRESIDENT OBJECTS
TO CORTELYOU BOOM
Not Believed Secretary of
Treasury Logical Candidate
for Vice Presidency.

Secretary Of the Treasury George p.
Cortelyou is not President RoOsevelte
choice for the Vice Presidential nomi-
nation.
Within the last Few weeks it has
been rumored with more or less ap-
pearance Of authority that the Presi-
dent would be highly pleased il his
Secretary Of the Treasury was chosen
for Vice President by the Chicago con
vention. and. it was even added, the
forces Of the Administration had al
ready been set IN motion to bring about
that result
This story was given its quietus yes
terday. Political expediency, il was
pointed out By a man close 70 the
President, would forbid the presenta-
ton Of AR Cortelyous name 10 tho
Chicago convention, even though geo
graphy would declare him 70 be right
and many other vital considerations
would seem 10 pick hiua as an IDEAL
candidate who would lend great
strength TO the ticket.
There is one great objection TO H-.
COrtelyou and only ole.'' said con
fidant Of the President yesterday, and
that IS he is a member OF the Presi-
AEAAA A-aBlllELs me CLa4EE AA4lk AA4I
President IS striving 10 perpetuate tho
dynasty is already being made By
the opponents Of Sec etary Taft
III the President y ere TO use his In
duence TO secure The Vice Presidential
nomination Cor Mr.. CorteIyou, another
member Of hiss Cabinet. after already
having expresssd a preference for Sec
rotary Taft aa the party's standard
bearer. you can see what fine war cry
II would furnish the opposition. The
/ criticism would really be merited tO a
/ certain extent. and the President IS too
good a politician 10 play into the hands
Of his enemies by any such move. Mr.
| CorteIyou would be an ideal candida te
| ia many ways. He would gain strength
| from the old Hanna faction CT The
| rarity; he comes from New York. which
ought 70 be pIacated If Hughes IS
| shelved; be has the confidence Of the
public 10 a marked degree; he is 4
/ splendid example OF the young man
/ in politics who has made good bat
| nevertheless. II would be tactical mis-
| take TO select him 20 run with Taft.
/ I DO net believe that Secretary Corte-
| lyou himself takes ali this Vice Presi-
/ Dental talk seriously. and I do not
| think he viii be disappointed in TIE
least Il the lightning at Chicago strikes
/ someone else"
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sweet as the tlnkle Of crystal clap
pers in bells Of gold.
4 member OF the House said last
night.
There will be trouble when John gets.
home. NJ. Byrns is not the fighter YOU
would imagine him 10 be- And John
fights his way through a carload Of
wildcats when he has any cause. He
viii take the hopes of Byrns and drag
them through the dust Of defeat.
II don't believe he has prepared his
opening speech for the campaign. but
he doesn't have 10. That speech will
ripple and rush and roar and rumble
forth from his militant mouth with the
ease Of lava running down the size OF
a volcano. And every time he puts out
a hot shot the people Of his district
viii howl with delight
You see, John has way of working
for his people. and he has his name in
the Record to show that he is the real
thing. You might not believe il, but the
people in his district read the Record
''Oh. yes, ia hate 20 be in the shoes of
Byrns when John Wesley goes marching
home"
In the meantime John Wesley attends
the sessions of the House and seems not
at all unnerved by the taunts Of ByrnA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
CruH1packer Amendment
Anti-Taft, Says Johnson

NORFOLK, Va. May 3.-In the OIin-
ion Of Governor John A. Johnson. Of
Minnesota. the enactment of the CTum-
packer amendment. designed To limit
the South's representation in Congress
on the basis Of It's voting population
rather than its actual population. Will
bring defeat TO William H. Taft in the
Chicago convention.
Johnson here gave it 50 his opinion
tina. the amendment is regarded by tbs
public as an Administration measure
and its passage would react against
Taft.
Asked if ne was still in the race as a
candidate. Governor Johnson replied;
Il viii be in this fight until find that
the majority Of my party do not want
me"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
WHAT PAT THOUGHT.

Pat had got hurt-not much more
than a scratch, it is true, but his en-
ployer had visions of being compelled
to keep him for life, and had adopted
the wise course Of sending him at once
to the hospital After the house sur
geon had examined him carefully, he
said to the nurse:
,As subcutaneOus abrasion is not OBJ
servable, I do not think there is any
reason to apprehend tegumental cica-
irritation OF the wound
Then, turning TO the patient, he
asked qUizzically:
What do you think, Pat?''
Sure, sir" said Pat, you're a Won
derful thOught-reader. doctor. You took
the very words out of my mouth. That
Just what / was going to say!'-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
Charm for the New Woman.

Two views of woman's progress
during the last generation are Of
fered by the current magazines.
They do not differ materially.
Thus says the London Sketch:
The ladies' have done well at Glasgow
al the last graduation ceremony. mty
women being admitted 20 the degree OF
AZ. A. and hfty-nine men. Twenty years
Sgo women In the class room were rafd
avis, and we have some recollection or
their first appearance at Edinburgh late
in the SOS.
There were eight young ladies in Prof.
TaIt's class of natural philosophy. he
was explaining the octahedron, paren-
theticaily remarklng that II had eight
plain faces. One OF the sporting con-
t.ugent in the back row interfected the
remark, Front bench thu usgallant
reference being 10 the eight sJaIWHI I
young ladies-the pioneers Of the woman
graduate-who occupied seats IN the
fIOEt row.
And thus Appleton's;
The new woman" Is aor as new as
she was She is last learning
that she hampers rather han promotes
the interests OF her sex Ey aping men.
She is coming to realize that feminine
charm is just as potent a force III the
/ twentieth century as ever IL was III
the days Of ChlValry. She Is beginning
To understand that the sacrifice OF her
WOmanliness Is far too heavy price
10 pay for independence, and that by no
such means viii she ever receive from
men the justice she seeks.
The same truth underlies both
judgments. There is no future for
our sisters in fulfilling the toast of
the sagacious Western banker
Here's to Woman-once our SUI
perior, but now our equel."
If woman is to make progress she
must do so with feminine charm as
an aid. The more truly gracious
and lovely she is, and the less like
/ her brother in clothes and manner;
the more she develops the funda-
mentals of her woman's character;
the more she devotes herself 10 the
substance of education and so
makes sure her neW-found mental
equality; then the more substantial
her new footing will be
With all her intuition Lovely
| Woman in America was certain 10
I perceive this. Those who first gave
impetus 10 the right of human fe-
males to the self-development hith-
erto monopolized by men were not
representative Lovely Women. Per
haps it was impossi, lie that women
truly representative should have
| dared convention so far. Lacking
in the distinctive qualities of their
sex, it is not Surprising the leaders
went far afield in dress and man.
ner, the two directions in which the
woman educationally unregenerate
had gone farthest.
But note the difference now. &c
this spring to the graduation ex
ercises at any girls college; go tC
a meeting of any woman's auxiliary
hunt out the Office Of any suceessfu
woman lawyer or doctor and Jun
less you have the i'll luck 10 hit or
I the exceptional one out If every
score) you viii find a woman who
has added self-support to her fem
/ mime charm instead of ey changing
| the one for the other.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
WHEN TASTES DIFFER.

David Jayne I'M. successor 10 NhaI-
Iemaene Tower at the German embassy
while q professor at Bucl1nel Uni
versitv. according to the Circle, told this
story by way of comment on the remarks
Of a red-hot sOcialisuc student;
young man." he said "you and your
extravagant friends remind me. in your
attitude toward capital, of a Phiiadel-
delpl,ia cooks attitude toward her mis-
tress-
zone Christmas time, whe- lived
at Plainfield, a lady sent her cook out
to buy the Christmas turkey But wneh
the cook returned she had two chick
ems.
{" Martha the lady said. I told you
TO get turkey. NOT chicken
4 know. rum, Martha answered.
but I don't like turkey. ''-ENehanse.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
The Mosquito Paradise.

Our sister city of Baltimore, ac-
cording to the dispatches, is to re-
new with vigor her crusade Of last
year against mosquitoes and their
breeding spots. The campaign is to
be conducted along the same lines
as that waged by DIT. A. II. Doty
on Staten Island, exception one par
ticular. In the latter instance, the
work of determination was carried
out with public funds, while IN Bal
timore il is purposed to hold the
owners of property responsible Tor
all breeding places on their lands
and to compel them TO drain
sWampy spots and sprinkle them
with oil. BY this means an allow
ance of $1,000 will be made to cover
as wide a territory as three times
that allowance covered last year
without enforced cooperation from
land owners.
Washington has its mosquito
farms also. Besides Connecticut
avenue where it crosses Rock
Creek. here and there just OFF Flor
ida avenue in the Northeast, and
in the vicinity of the James Creek
canal-for a few eXamples-every
condition is favorable for their com
ing 10 health and happiness. But
the Capital has neither $4,000 nor
$4,000. And 1t is without effective
law to compel property owners to
pay the cost of DISCRIMINATING the
-,aca
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Also,a House Of Representatives, which
would have the patriotism 10 pass an
appOrtionment bin which would reduce
the membership of the House about
Gne-haif, would do much toward re-
popularizing that branch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

1t takes a good deal of time for the
returns 10 get IN from a primary cleo
ton in some OF these Southern States,
but when It comes 10 a real election
there's no trouble OF that sort, Every
body knows what they'll be before they
start coming.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
HE WAS PRACTICAL.

Young man. you write good zeal OF
poetry to my daughter"
Yes, sir"
ut takes a practical man TO support a
wife"
''Well. It's this way. I have TO write
her an occasional letter, and I'm so busy
at the Office that / just copy the poetry
10 All In"
The explanation was satisfactOry.-Esx-
change.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

It is hard 10 believe that men entrust-
ed with the leadership % a great party's
interests on the floor of the popular
branch Of Congress could seriously have
believed that the fake publicity bin that
was put ~ in order 10 prevent any
publicity legislation this session, could
POSSIBLY fool the country
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

to the public which took seriously
the promises that the present Con-
gress would take its duties seri-
ously and be square with the coun-
fry
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

A New York bride won her case by
testifying that she had to pay the we'd
ding tour expenses. Plenty OF 'em be-
gin paying right after the tours end;
the matter Of a week or two doesn't
seem to justify a serious discrimination
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Senb tor Plat has decided not TO come
back to the Senate One more big news
item that was neither new nor big.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

been 50 thoroughly up in the air as
right now, and realize that worse things
might happen to a man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
HE WOULD

IF Smithers undertakes to pull my
cars" said a fellow at a street corner,
'he will have his hands full
The crowd locked at the mans ears
and SIN. led.-Ezc.la
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Better get done early in the week,
gentlemen; the hunlh is out that it's
going to be fearf'My hot later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Having got the street car legislation
out of the way. Congress shouldn't
overlook the little matter Of those two
gas bills
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Naval contractors on the Pacific coast
are reported anxious to get their fingers
into this submarine construction BUSH
ness. IL will be no violation Of con
ddence 10 assure them that lot OF
statesmen hereabouts are dead willing
that they should have monopoly OF
the submarine business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Senator Rayner has complained bitter
~ that his friend Colonel Stewart is
kept ar so high an altitude. The Senator
should contemplate the positions OF
some Of his colleagues who have never