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The Washington times., 1908-11-28
Flour Must Be Flour.

If the Pure Food and Drug Act need
ed any justification, it has been amply
provided by the hearings Just eonclud-
ed by the Agricultural Department on
the aging" of flour The defenders of
the process furnished the evidence
against themselves. Here it is:
That by means of electricity with
the help of certain nitrous compOunds)
lower grades of flour can be whitened
70 the appearance of the best patent"
That this process is now in wide use.
That it represents a property value
TO the miller.
What is the purpose of all this? Is
it TO let the buyer of fiour-whether
baker or housewife-know exactly
what is bought Not so you can no.
tice .. The purpose is TO enable the
miller 20 sell the flour made from in
ferior wheat at the prices charged for
flour made from the best wheat. OF
-four made from practically the whole
wheat berry at prices charged for flour
made fom the best portion of the berry.
Do the millers warn the buyer that
the thing he seems to get is not the
thing he actually does get? Again, not
so you can notice it. They insist on
permission to do two things as of
right; 1. To sell this product as -four
OF the best grade. 2. To sell it without
revealing this aging on the label.
What do the millers get out OF it?
About $50 per barrel What does the
consumer get out Of it? Something he
does not intend to buy; does not know
he is getting, and would not pay the
highest price for if he did know.
All this is Independent of the mar
rover question: Does this process less
en- the nutritive value of the -four?
Impressive evidence was offered that it
did; that it was directly injurious:
that it so far disturbed the process of
fermentation as to upset the calcula-
lions of the baker and make the bread
soggy-
A layman attending the hearings at
the Agricultural Department could
hardly doubt, from the testimony, that
these were the true effects of the proc
ess. But whether they are OF not, there
can be no doubling by anybody that
the very principle of the Pure Food and
Drug Act Is Immediately and seriously
involved in the claim of the miIlers.
If they can doctor their product to
make it seem something Il is not and
then sell it as something it is not, with
out warning to the purchaser, then the
whole catalogue of food supplies is
open to fraud and the Act is an empty
delusion. There has just been a fight
TO prove this latter contention untrue
as to whisky. Is it TO be true as TO
-four?
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
King Caucus in the House.

Representative Gardner Of AIassachu-
sets comes forward with a proposal
which has heretofore had the indorse-
ment of many of the disafected Repub-
hcans of the House of Representatives,
and which looks practicable and reason
able. 1t is simply that the insurgents
decline to caucus on rules for the
House; that they refuse in advance to
tie their hands; and that, refusing 70
do this, they throw the whole question
of rules into the open House, where
Democrats and anti-organization Re
publicans may make common cause in
the effort to revolutionize the rules of
procedure.
Proposal to bolt the party caucus
will look startling to many people.
There viii, of course, be Mortified pro-
test from the camp of the forces now
strongly intrenched in management.
Such a proposal ten years ago would
have been the height of folly. There
was no possibility, in that day Of de-
voted partisanship, Of carrying out such
= program He who would have sug-
gested it would have been pariah
among his party colleagues.
But times have changed, and eondi-
tions. Today there is a snug minority
of Republicans who give willing ear to
this suggestion. It strikes them as eff
fective and workable. They know that,
short of an appeal to the country.
which would force a revolution against
present conditions, and fairly drive
members of the House to violate
pledges and sacrifice what they con-
ceive to be their interests, the defeat
of Speaker Cannon is impossible. They
know, too, that the fight is not so much
against the Speaker as against the
rules. They realize that any Speaker,
endowed with the immense power
which these rules confer, would be
either a car or an incompetent. The
rules were made to give him the pow
ers' of despotism. They simply believe
that the time has passed when such
powers need be used, and, therefore,
that the rules should be amended.
The adoption of the present rules
marked revolution in procedure in
the House. Their abrogation can only
be accomplished by something like rev
oVti0n. Mr.. Gardner proposes jYst
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
ANGRY RELATIVES
PURSUE ELOPERS

Two trains are speeding toward
Washington this afternoon from Roa-
nOke. Va. one bringing a prospective
bridal couple and the other bringing
the relatives Of tn young woman, who
are determined to stop the marriage.
Miss Ellen G. ColognI. a beautiful girl,
eIghteena years old, OF Roanoke, and
William watts a wealthy young man
OF the Virginia city, made up their
minds to get married: the relatives OF
the young woman objected. and SO they
just slipped away, boarded a train for
Washington. and viii be married here
this afternoon by Bishop-eleCt Harding,
rector Of st. PauTs Episcopal Church.
The station agent at Roanoke could
not pass tickets for Washington
through the window fast enough this
morning. when a delegation OF rela-
tives Of the young woman bore down
on him after learning that Miss Co
logui had run away 20 marry young
Watts.
They didn't stop for baggage or any
thing else. All they wanted was a rail-
road train bound this way. They got
one, but II was sometime after the
young couple had left, and now both
trains are coming as fast as they can,
but II plans already perfected by Mar
win II. Altizer. the prospective best man.
develop without q hitch, and II Is ex-
peCted they viii, Mis- COlOgni VIII be
blushirlg bride long before her parents
and other relatives can get through the
gates at Union Station.
Dir. AlUZer has planned everything
with the precision v-hiCh might indi-
cate that he has figured IN arranging
eiOpemeuts before. He burst into the
City Hail this afternoon just one min
ute before closing time and procured
the license. Then ne went to the Ra-
leigh. engaged a suite Of rooms and
secured the promise Of BishOp-elect
Harding 20 be on time.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

llon or the Navy Department, condemn
ing the Minneapolis and Columbia, the
charleston, st. Louis, and Milwaukee,
lhe six armored cruisers OF the Cali
lorna class, and the battleships Missis-
slppi and Idaho as examples. He says:
The men who are 20 handle the in
trlcate machinery Of the modern man
oT-war IN the great navies are no longer
trained in sailing vessels, That this
method Is obsolete Is self-evident. But
In 1905, three small sailing ships. one Of
which was OF wood, were authorized
by Congress, One OF these was built
In the navy yard Of Portsmouth, n. H,
and il Is natural that the building Of
this obsolete ship increased the political
prestige Of Senator GsIIsnger, Of that
State, and a member or the Senate
Naval Committee. A sister vessel was
built Ia the Mare Island Navy Yard IN
California, which Is represented by an
other member Of the Naval Committee.
Senator Perkins. The third vas launch
ed from the Boston Navy Yard.
Inc wooden brig cost $VV,VV; the
other two over $4,000 apieCe-an for
ships that have never performed ser
vice and are now tied 10 the dock as
perfectly useless The repair OF useless
and obsolete vessels has during the past
years run INFO millions. The gunDOdt
NlcksbuTg cost TO build some 5000
and IL was sAEOpOsed % spend IN repairs
$4,000. The military value Of this ship
can be understood from the fact that
the Navy Department loaned the New
York board Of education q sister vessel,
as a school snip"
The battleship cruise has demOnstra-
ted, ReuteTdanl says. the splendid
qualities Of the officers and men, but
has also proved that the freeboard Of
the ships was too low, the guns too
near the water ana the torpedo defense
inadequate. The armor belts position
was also questioned as being too low.
or the results Ct the Newport confer
enCe ReuJeTdahl says.
The North Dakota and the Delaware
are half finished. Il IS impossible 70
correct the major defects: only minor
Improvements can be made. All the
plans are drawn for the Utah and the
Florida and as IL takes six months to
make new plans, il was decided, for
political reasons, 10 so ahead With their
building. They viii be built as original
~ designed except for smaller changes.
These new battlCships cost nearly
$40 000,0 jO. They viii go into action
handicapped with the defects placed on
them by the bureau system and Il will
be a help TO the enemy. While the con
ference could not correct the errors IN
these ships. its findings indicate that ~
the future American battleships will De
designed on the sOundest principles and
equal to foreign vessels"
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
Marriage Takes Place at Fort Riley Kan, December IS.
Miss Huff Leaves Her Home Today for
the Post.

Mrs. John Arthur DodsOn and her
daughter, Miss Ethel Warren Hun, left
their home in Cornelia, Ca. this morn
ing for Fort Riley, Kan, where the
marriage OF Miss HUFF TO Lieutenant
Adna Romanza ChaTee. jr-. will take
place Tuesday, December Is. IN the post
chapel
Miss Helen Chafree. who on Tuesday,
December 9, Will become Mrs John
Hastings Howard. viii be the matron
or horor, and the maid OF honor viii
be Miss Gladys Levin, OF Atlanta, Ga
Miss E.vira Dickson, OF New Orleans
Miss Christine Guilfoyle, daughter OF
the lieutenant colonel Of the post; Miss
MAY Ward, daughter OF the command
ing officer of the fort; Miss Katherine
Rockwell. Of Kansas City: Miss Nir-
gfnia Rockwell. Of Junction City, KAN
Mrs. Bertrand Clarke, Of Kansas City
viii be the brides other attendants.
Lieut.. J. ". Riley will act as best
man for Lieutenant Chaffee, and the
ushers will be Captain Long, Lieuten-
ant Hoyle, Lieutenant Williams. Lieu
tenant Martin, Lieutenant Pope and
Lieutenant Pegram, al OF Fort Riley.
Little Miss Dorothy Remington and
little Miss Mary Averiu win be the
flower girls, and Masters Reed Rob
erts and John Hind viii be ribbon bear
q lieutenant Chanee is the son Of Gen
A r. Chafree, chief Of stan. Z. 5. A.
retired.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
Presidents NeQus on Macy
GVen in Magazine article
Artist Reuterdah Credits Roosevelt With Some Startling
Statements, and Then Sums Up Costly "Mis-
takes" in Construction of Ships.

There are only q few military rifles
n the whole of this country. and II an
army of &0,Oh men could land the
Americans would have nothing but
pitClfOrks and shotguns TO fight them
with, President Roosevelt has told
Henry ReJterdahI, according TO an
article by the latter IN the forthcoming
number OF Parsons Ma sazine.
Heuterdahl is the artist and eX-naval
man who accompanied the batueship
fleet TO the Pacific. and whose criticisms
Of the warshiDs were largely responsible
for the recent naval conference at New
port The Presidents Views on the
Navy. as Told TO Mr.. Reuterdahl' is
the title OF the article.
Mr.. Roosevelt, according tc' Reuter-
ds.hl, IS the first President who has
taken the navy seriously. He believes
there should be more public interest in
the actual state of the navy as a fight
ing force. He wants a feet of ships in
each ocean, and with that attained. and
the Panama canal completed, he be-
lieves the country can look forward 20
years OF peace and prosperity. The fleet
is stiu deficient in aUXlliarses, ia sub
marines, destroyers, and golfers.
He is impatient" says Reuterdah,
"Of the silly talk about the tTeemen
who night for the country, and thinks
that 1t Will not do for US to bare our
chests and bark back to the civil war
or the war of 1872, but that modern
sea lighting is d professional man. job,
a scientific development 1T many parts.
The President" says ReuterdaIl.
''resents strongly the resistance on the
part of the legislators VINO are disposed
20 exploit the navy for their owu and
their constituents selfish ends. lie
realizes that the responsibility lies with
the people end particularly with the
press. which should demand the same
efficiency in the Navy DepaTtmeIs that
il does In all other branches Of the Gov
CTnmCnt.
Most strongly he believes that the
navy en- only be made better by
changing the present adI1inistr ration OF
the Navy Department, and he wishes
TO do as much for the navy IN this re-
spect as ne has done for the army.
That the tide Of politics must be
stemmed and not allowed TO interfere
with the efficiency Of the service is
strongly fixed in the Presidents mind"
In the second pa Of his article, Reu-
terdanl sums up NRast ne calls the costly
blunders Of the bureaucratic adninistTd-I
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

Tenney afterward taught in the school
from which they were graduated. and
when it was finally closed by Miss
English they decided to start school
in the two large rooms on the right
side Of the o street house. the other
side being used for their residence.
THE mouse was built about 1925 by
Otto Zed MuncasteF, hardware mer-
chant OF Water street, IN George
town, for many years. It was OcCu-
pied by him until his retirement from
business and his removal to his farm
on Rock Greek. The house was pur-
chased by Miss Anna Mitchell Tenney,
and at her death was Inherited by the
Misses Caroline and Rebecca Tenney.
AT the death or the sisters the prop
eTty came into the possession Of Mrs.
Henry Brown, a niece OF the Misses
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
White House Callers

Senator Penrose OF Pennsylvania
Representatives Fowler Of New Jersey.
Fitzgerald OF New York
Former Representative Littauer OF New
York.
Charles P. Taft, Cf Ohio
Arthur R Vorys. CT Ohio.
W. NJ. Chase. Of New York.
James B. Townsend. OF New York
V. d. Fisher. OF washington.
Prof. ]. w jerks, of Cornell.
Charles F. BROKER, Of Connecticut,
David owen. OF Milwaukee.
Victor Mason.
W. II. Haywood.
Victor ROsewater
/. J. Behan.
Fred w. Upham.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

date another. Gen. Fred Grant fol-
lowed his fathers footsteps, so far as
a military career is concerned, and Is
now commander OF the Department
Of the East, u. S. A.
This old house is notable for the
thick. rough clapbOards used for sid
ing. Some years ago, the front Of
the house was provided with tn more
modern siding, bat the back OF the
house and the sides remain thu same
as they were seventy-f1ve y1ars az
In the garden. the high board fence.
which divided the boys playground
from that of the girls, stlll stands the
little school house with its sloping roof
is worm eaten and covered with Grim
son ramblers, while Aonly the frame
work remains of what was once a vine
clad arboY"
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
WANTS $4,000 For LEG

For the loss Of his left leg. amputated
as the result of injuries caused by be
the trolley rope, Conductor Edward A.
Downey filed suit for $4,000 damages
against the Washington, Alexandra,
and Mt. Vernon Railway Company, in
the District Supreme Court today.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
Georgetown,

whose marriage to the former Russian
ambassador Baron BOdiscO, created a
social sensation; Miss Jessie Benton,
who, at fourteen, was bridesmaid TO
Miss Williams, and at sixteen elOped
with an army officer: Miss Clara Smith,
who married the Rev. DR.. j. G. Butler,
of Luther Place Memorial Church;
Miss Clara Morris, a Well-knoWn lit
erary woman, now residing IN the West;
and other young women who were
daughters OF prominent merchants and
professional men Of Georgetown.
'The NJ .sses Tenney were educated
at the historic and fashionable school
for girls conducted by Miss Lydia Eng
lish, and at that time considered the
leading seminary In America, standing
where the Colonial fats and the Mar
garet Faces home are now. The Misses
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
Seeing Washington With The Times Gdide

Tenney. Prior TO
their death. how
ever, Mrs. Brown
had built the small,
and extremely plain
fr a N Q building,
which you see in
the garden adjoin-
ing the house,
where she conduct
ed a school for
boys. Il is related
that while living
at 323S 2 street,
General Grant en-
deavored to have
Mrs. Brown find a
place for his son,
Fred, as a, pupil
but so crowded was
the school that It
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

that remedy. The manifestation of ma
tion-wide approval Of the suggested re-
volt would seem to be ample answer to
overcautious statesmen who would like
a change, but dread the means Of get
ting it.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

Society Of the National Capital was
well represented today at the footDau
game at Philadelphia between the West
point cadets and the Annapolis boys;
Miss Ethel Roosevelt chapeIohed oy
Mrs Metcaif, wife Of the retiring Sec
retary OF the Navy. occupied the Presi-
dents box IN her party were Miss
Hagner, Miss Mum, Captain Cheney,
Captain Logan, NJ. Steight. and Mr..
HuidekOper.
~ Representative and MRS. LongWortn
went in the party Of the Secretary of
War and Mr.. Wright, which also in
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

cluded the Secretary Of Commerce and
Labor and Mrs Straus, Major Cen and
Mrs. J. Franklin Bell. Miss Marion
Oliver, General Ide and Miss Ide. and
Representative and Mrs. BOuIks Cock
ran
Mr.. and Mrs. John HUMPHREYS Wat
klns. the sOn-in-law and daughter of
Secretary and Mrs. Wright. WIN foin
them in Philadelphia, returning TO
Washington with them.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
Meyer, and the Misses Meyer also went
over, as did Captain and Mrs. Summer
lin, Mrs. William Manning Irwin Miss
irwin, and Harrison B. Irwin. Mrs.
Felree, wife OF the minister OF NORWAY.
ana MISS GWendOlyn Cummings, Mrs Z
Z. BUlmer, Miss EdgariDs Hastings
and the Misses Remev. 6aurbfers IF
Rear Admiral Remey, Mrs. John Fred
eIlck Deech, and Miss Leech. Miss
georgia Catherine Knox, Miss Ruth
Haltord, Miss Frederick MORGAN Miss
Elizabeth Rogers daughter Of NTr md
MIS-. Richard Reid Rogers: William
BOWIE Clarke. and a number OF others.
one large party which went over Jon
me private car, Sunset. and 0CCuusei
two boxes as the guests OF the Assist
ant secretary OF the Navy and Mrs
truman II, NewDerTy, included the
secretary Of the Interior and Mrs. Gar
held, commander and Mrs A p Nib
lack, OF Annapolis Capt. and Mrs s H
campbell Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
townsend and Miss Townsend Miss
Esther Denny, Miss Vera Downing Miss
Alice Nandergrift, Lieutenant Read.
BeaIe BloOmer, Lieutenant Hart and
Lieutenant OsteThaus.
Mss Pearl Mcclure, Miss Edith M
Clure. and Miss Anita HeutmuIIer.
chapeTOned by Mrs. R p. Drurv. also
went over for the game and win re-
main in Philadelphia for several davs.
The Columbian Women OF George
Washington University wish to make
the woman.s building, 1886 street
northwest. a meeting place OF the wom-
en- OF thought and action OF Washing
ton To bring this about, they have
decided 70 serve tea al a nominal
charge, In the reception rooms. every
afternoon except Sunday, from $3.50 10
$3.50 o'clock, beginning yesterday after
noon.
Mrs. F. E. Edgington. president OF the
Columbian Women. acted as hostess.
and II. S. Niche. Of the School Of Arts
and Crafts, spoke informally on his
collection Of Japanese prints.
The Columbian Women are DESTROYS o.
the cooperation Of college women,
young women students. and wOmen's
clubs.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
BUYS INDIANAPOLIS STAR.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov Z8-JOhn
c. Sharer, Of Chicago said yesterday
that he mad purchased Daniel r. Reds
interests In the star Publishing Com
pany' which includes the Indianapolis
Eaute Star.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
81 IE R E; at It
street, la

II WI
dies and gentle
men. you see the
old Tenney School,
a private insutu-
ton conducted by
the Misses Tenneyin
the years gone by,
from which many
young women, af-
terWard prominent
in the diplomatic,
social. and liter
airy life Of the Cap
ital were gTadu-
ated.
a m o n z [ he
number were Miss
Harriet Williams,
of Eanrvprpuvr7
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

Baron de HardenbrOeck de Bergan-
baCht an Ocffier Of the German army.
who has been assigned 10 duty here. viii
report at the German embassy Deem
Der l.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs. William Phelps Emo Will
arrive IN Washington Sunday, and will
open their house on n street for the
winter
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

The Haitian blockade is not only a
paper one, but tissue, at that
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs John Leggett PuItz, who
are spending the winter in the South.
have arrived in Washington and Join
ed Mrs. Pultz's parents. Mr.. Justice
and Mrs, MckennaY for a few days
visit Mr.. and Mrs Davenport Brown,
the latter a sister OF Mrs. Pultz, are
also visiting Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Nc
Kenna.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

Justice and Mrs. Wright have cards
out for a tea Saturday, December u.
from 1 to 7, when they will present
their daughters, Miss Claire Wright an
Miss Gladys Wright, to society. Mrs
Wright and the Misses Wright will be
at home Monday at their home, 2052
Sixteenth street
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

Il is observed that the wife of a
recently banl1rupted New York high
hnancieE has lost a $1,000 necklace.
Nothing succeeds ike successful fall
IRE
The Washington times., 1908-11-28
One Home Wrecked in Twelve.

The summary of a census bulletin
makes public statistics on divorce that
are little short of startling and which
viii do much to arouse the public to
the need of making divorce laws more
stringent and for tie various States
making their laws on the subject more
uniform. Figures have been compiled
for period of forty years and percent
ages are given showing the steady in
crease in divorces decade by decade
The most significant thing about the
statistics is that they show that out of
every twelve marriages there is one di-
vorce-out Of every twelve couples who
marry the ties Of one are severed.
While there is difference of opinion as
TO what Is the best method to prevent
50 many unhappy marriages, there
does not seem to be much reason to
doubt that, by making divorce easy
giving married couples to understand
that it Is not difficult to secure sepa-
ration and that they do not lose social
position or anything else much by ap-
plying 10 the divorce court-many
quarrels which might otherwise be
smoothed over now end in a separation.
Is it possible that, while President
elect TAFT has been making a frontal
demonstration against Speaker Cannon.
Representative Gardner has been con
Quoting a flank movement against the
rule that Is going to turn the stand
pat forces out OF their positions just
when they felt secure in their c0ntrOI2
So many Of the new sort Of Senators
are coming TO town now that there IS
reported 20 be grave concern lest the
Senatorial refrigeration plant viii pro-
vide frost enough to 90 round.
It Is entirely appropriate that the
first announcement concerning the
makeup OF the new Cabinet should be
that which makes Mr.. Hitchcock a
member. Mr.. Hitchcock IS responsible
for a large share OF the effort which
imposed on Mr.. Taft the obligation Of
making a Cabinet.
The United States and Japan, being
now agreed On q pDiiCg WHICH VIII pro
tect the interests Of both in the Philip
pines, yellow journalism will have to
find a substitute for the yellow peril
Pittsburg seems TO have been left
at the post, in comparison with Paris
as a frst-class sensation center.
One way to prevent some Of the auto
speeding, II IS Ventured, would be to
lock up some Of the owners Of ma
chimes, instead Of their chauheurs.
The Washington navy yaud has nailed
TO the masthead the gooo old motto,
Don't give up the ship" and proposes
to stick to the bitter end.
The waterways movement and the
prohibition crusade. Of course, are go
ing forward hand In hand, as they
should.
Hon. "Gussie" Gardner doesn't talk
a bit like his front name. when he gets
In sight OF a fight
Il is observed that the wife of a
banlpupted New York high
hnancieF has lost a $1,000 necklace.
Nothing succeeds like successful fail
ure.
The Haitian bloclyade IS not only a
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

Hon. "Gussie'' Gardner doesn't talk
bit like his front name, when he gets
IN sight OF a fight.
The Washington times., 1908-11-28

The United States and Japan being
now agreed on a policy which viii pro
tect the interests Of both in the Philip
pines, yellow journalism will have to
fnd a substitute for the yellow peril.