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The Washington times., 1908-01-19
He, Too, Has Thawed.

From that gentleman likewise has
dropped the mantle of secretveness and
Tesentful silence. He, too, is free from
the dominating sign of silence" that
is the law in the offices of the Chief
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
WILEY CAMP SAD
OVER LOST POWER
Board Nj e m yer Be,ittles
Value of Professors From
California and Virginia.

VIII the BOARD Of Food and Drug In
spection pine away in innocuous desue-
tude. now that the President has de-
termined to appoint commission o.
five university scientists to thresh ont
the mooJed questions that may arise2
This IS the question which scientists
of the Department OF Agriculture were
anXIously propounding today. after an
nounccment from the White House that
DR.. H. W Wiley's final court OF appeal
would no longer nave deciding opinion
on questions Of adulteralIoH OF foods.
When Or. Wiley was asked for some
expression. he sadly declined 90 make
any comment, beyond suggesting Iugu-
hrously that maybe the change would
BE a good idea. One of the otI.zr mem
bers Of the board. however. was in
clined 10 be wrothy. Particuiar exceD-
tlon is taken by this expert to the uni
veraities from which the President saws
lac viii make selection Of tine commits
sion. These were Yale, Johns Hopkins,
California. Chicago. and Virginia.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
OF RECTOR'S SERVICE

In st. Andrews Parish han. at the
corner Of Fourteenth and Corcoran
streets northwest, the anniversary Of the
Rev. George Calvert Carter's rectorship
Of four years was celebrated by large
parish dinner.
Many people were IN the hall between
o:SO and 7:3O and were accommodated al
the tables as fast as places could be
found. An excellent dinner was Drcvid-
ed by the ladies Of the parish, with Mrs.
Soule ia charge, and was served By
them in most delightful manner.
When al had dined every one was
Invited to the main floor Of the BUILDING
t. witness the burning Of the $1,000
worth Of $50 bonds CT the second
mortgage, which the congregation has
been able TO clear Off
AT o'clock the curtain before the
little stage a. the end Of the han was
raised disclosing the Rev. Dr. Carter
ana the members OF his vestry gathered
10 "A seml-circle around a large bras
bowl, and after few appropriate words
from the rector the bonds were burned
amid the applause Of the OnIookers
Following this at 500 o'clock a weII-af.
tended meeting CT the Ivy Club TOOK
place when over seventy-fiVe YOUNG
people enjoyed dancing.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
NO LYCURGUS STATUE
FOR CLEVELAND WOMEN

CLEVELAND. Jan. 1s.-The women o.
Cleveland are protesting against the
county building commissions announced
intention 70 make a figure Of I.ycurgus
one Of a group Of Iaw-givers before the
new court house.
Its preposterous." exclaimed Mrs A.
T. Mckee, of the council for women
why. he made It lawful for men IA
borrow each others wives. He eava
children TO the state and the weak to
be destroyed"
Mrs. Stella A jacob. secretary of rba
Women's Republican League. said.
ANY statue on our public buildings
should be suitable for our children ia
study His would not be- WHAT'S the
use Ct going back to the sunrise ages
anyway
Our whole tendency is 70 debaucbarv
anyway said Mrs. s. X. Waterman
head Of the Purity League. There Is
enough impurity TO swamp the on-com.
ing generation without any more"
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
Ships Dynamitcd
In Fertile Mind
Of Joker at Sea

some 5oker on the high seas at the
active eni of wireless telegraph aa-
parv'us is held responsible for the flood
OF inquiries that have been coming 10
the Navy Department over repeated re-
ports of the destruction Of Admiral
Evans battIeships.
According TO these reports. three ships
of the fleet have already been blov,n nv,
tho Connecticut, the Rhode Island
and the Louisiana The teIe1hoDa bells
in Secretary Metcalrs onics and rba
Bureau of Navigation have been kent
JiHgllng by the anxious ones who nave
relatives with the fleet
One dispatch as near. as. can he as,ar-
tanned, came from Boston. another from
Norfolk. A third was picked I'D in
some fashion at Panama Reports have
come 10 he so common in the corridors
of The Navy Department that if a real
live one came in naval officers wouI5
stand OF and smile al it, and the mes
seRgers woGld turn their backs on fl.
Up in the further end of the building
the State Department. end, where Jana
nese apprehension is alleged 10 oriri-
nate, there is only slumbrous quiet also I
War talk has become so enaciated il
could lose itself in the shadows of the
corridor. The financial difficulties of
the Mikado's realm let the bottom out
of the pot of rumors that have been
providing space for the foreign CORE /
spondents. There is such a stringencv !
in the supply of war talk that HaitYs /
revolution, which doesn't lend itself 70 /
very readily. hss suddenly
become a center of interest.
II bv any chance any war vessel !
should run down the source of the wire
less rumors, it is likely that the first
bona-1d2 casualty that has bobbeS M
for many days would be chronicled by
the press
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
Tips the Porter
But Uncle Samuel
Don't Foot Bills

Does il pay to be strictly honest in
rendering expense accounts? is a ques-
ton that at least one Government en-
ploye is prepared to answer in the mega
tive at the present time.
Travelling in one Of the Western
States where chair. ears are commonly
used, he made the fatal mistake Of tip
ping the porter some Is cents, and
charging it TO Uncle Sam, as per his
expense account
When the statement reached the de
partment yesterday the hard hearted
chief clerk spied the innocent-looking
item, gave a grunt that signifed that a
big discovery had been made, and
promptly drew a heavy blue pencil
through the line.
Now. that shows" said the chief
clerk TO a reporter for The Times, that
it does not always pay to be honest
The clerk was honestly trying to travel
economically. and simply took a chair
car. which, by a peculiar construction
Of the law, does not come under the
provision that permits tips to be given
to porters, as is the case with sleeping
cars.
Had the clerk walked back into the
Pullman car and taken his seat he could
have tipped the porter and the de-
partment would have stood for the
charge, but he put himself without the
pale Of official recognition when he did
business with the chair-car people.
There is no provision Of law or de- /
parNment usage that officially recog- !
niZes the chair car
The employee will be allowed mis- ex-
Dense account minus the charge of Is 1
cents. The officials realize that the
department is losing money by not al
Owing the charge in the present in /
stance. as the employe will be wise |
enough not to get caught the same !
way second time. vet there is no
1ther way out of the difficulty.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
LET JUGS TRAVEL,
IS BARTHOLDT'S PLEA

Representative BarthoIdt OF Missouri.
appeared before 2 subcommittee Of the
Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday
TO oppose the TillmSn bill. the Dolliver
bill. and other bills which seek 10 give
the states the control OF liquor shipped
into their borders.
Mr.. BarthoIdt appeared for the Ger
man American Alliance and he protested
that such legislation was an interior
ence with PERSONAL liberty. He pro
tested against the bills on other grounds
also.
Other representatives. Of the same or
Sanization VIII be heard later by the
subcommittee. Senator TIIIman and
Senator Deliver spoke in behalf OF the
Legislation
The Washington times., 1908-01-19

Chief Executive. He. too. is anabIe and
laxative and free from ice.
But II is the warming up Of Loeb that
is now the talk Of the town. OF ali the
refrigerating secretaries he is the great
high commander. He can make refrig-
orator cars look like a flaming house. He
can put a blighung frost on the sunniest
hopes that ever presented their helpless
souls on the doormat of the Executive
offices Reucence is his realm and the
mysterious smile his handmaiden-
The Washington times., 1908-01-19

mussed up watching the stock ticker
He could have fist tight about the
value OF the preferred stock q the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany-
William Loeb. jr., stands before the
world today i'm much the same position
as that Of the Polar bear who. in spite
OF a lifetime i'm frigldity. is able TO live
in hot climates.
lie is Tcmade.
And he owes TT all to the business
men OF Washington.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19

But all that is changed now. Loeb.
who astonished the world by getting
MAD with rabbit and shooting IL 10
bloody and frosty death, could at this
moment pursue elephants and. by the
strength of his flashing and gore-dlIel
eye. track them 10 their farthest re-
treats He could get all excited and
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-15

Number of registers received fol
Tucumcari for same quarter, (Oc'
tober, November and December,
Ioo6) was 3I2, and for the same
period 1907, 1885, or a gain OF BIS
per cent, 1907 over 1906 quarter,
October, November and Decem.
ber.)
The number Of registers han
died through the Tucumcari office
for the thirty county post Offices
supplied through this Office by
the star routes during the same
period 1906 was $50 and for the
same quarter in 1907, 1000 or a
gain of gas per cent.
The gross receipts for stamps
of this Office for January 1908
were So72, or a gain Of $50 per
cent over the same months Of 1905.
At the present time and for
some time past the Office has been
doing the business of a second
class post office, yet the allowance
for clerical help is the same as it
has been for the past three years.
In addition to the increase of
business for Tucumcari is the sur
rounding country supplied through
here which averages 5000 pieces
of mail daily all of which has to
be handled by this postmaster
with his allowance of one clerk,
which is wholly inadequate to at
tend to the business at hand. The
postmaster has been compelled to
hire additional help since October
first last year and is now paying
two additional clerks out of his
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-15

own salary in order to meet the
| requirements Of the general public.
OF course he could not afford to
do this and would not do it but
for the fact that he is living in
hopes that Uncle Sam will come
to his relief in the near future and
supply him with the requisite help.
1t seems that it has been i'm
possible for the Postoffice Depart
ment to understand just what the
growth Of Tucumcari is and what
the postonice facilities should be.
During the months OF October,
November and December, 1907,
2o52 money orders were issued
amounting to S2~2o33.26, and for
the same period OF 1906, there
were issued I74o money orders
amounting to SI82So.o4. There
were paid during the same period
of 1905, 2o3 money orders amount
ing to S565S.I5, and during the
same period Of 1907 there were
3I3 money orders paid amounting
to S82oo.o7.
These figures show absolutely
the inadequancy Of the present
postofice facilities in Tucumcari,
and it is not to be wondered at
that the people complain about
the postofice Accommodations.
With the number Of strangers
coming to Tucumcari each week,
with the population of the city and
the residents of the community
getting mail here, a count at the
door Of the postoffice during the
day will show three to five thous-
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contested CONDITION OF
TVCUMCARI POST OFFICE.
Seven Hundred Names Receive
Mail Through Boxes Paid
for By Others.
POST OFFICE SECOND CLASS IN
BUSINESS.

A news reporter in an inter
view with A. Il. Carer, post
master has learned many things
about the work done in the Tu-
cumcari office. The Office has
gre wn considerable during the
past year. Business has doubled
and then doubled again, and yet
the postmaster and his present
help are unable to take care Of the
business in the way it is expected
OF them by the general public.
Under the regulations of the gov
eminent this postmaster is allowed
n clerk, when in fact he is using
three, and yet with three clerks
proficient as far as that goes, the
business is in a contested condition,
for instance, a comparison of the
business with last year is as fol-
lows:
Gross receipts for October, Nov
ember and ID e C e m b e r, 1906,
SI33I.SI, same period 1907 $500
50 or ia per cent gain.
The number of registered letters
and packages, same period for 1906
74o and Tor 1907, 1858, a gain of
over o per cent.
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and people calling for mail. There
is one general delivery window
and less than four hundred boxes,
and one clerk at the window can
not possibly attend to the business
that is expected of him. The
number of rent boxes is about one
half of what it should be, hence it
is not surprising that we hear
complaints Of the service.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-15

Attorney Samuel Eppstein OF
Kansas City, Mo-, was in town
one day this week on legal bust
ness.
w. A. Gamble expects to re-
turn to Tucumcari in a week or so
from Amarillo.
Chas. Paulk of near Montoya,
farmer, was in town on business
for a day or so this week.
Lee Butler and wife of St. Louis
are new residents Of Tucumcari;
They arrived last week.
Mrs. F. b. Croford was quite
i'll the first part of the week but is
much better.
Mrs. J. N. Gamble left Thurs
day for South McAlester, Okla,
where she will make an extended
visit with her daughter.
\. Rose, contractor is erecting
five cottages just east Of the An
tiers hotel for J. X. WATSON.
The Tucumcari Business Mems
Club will hold a business meeting
Monday night at the court house
ut 3 o'clock.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-15

36-inch black Taffeta, heav,
weigh, and has the cry" tina
characterizes the best. Thi.
will be our regular SIPS seller
Special. $l.O(
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05

AMSTERDAM, June %, 1908.
VIE committees of Dutch women
who arranged for the interna-
tional woman suffrage congress
i that Used this week deserve
warm concentrations I1non tfs
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home themselves and do their house.
work and take care Of their children.

home themselves and do their house.
work and take care Of their children.
London Gets Next Congress.
Women in Holland have no suffrage.
but any man may vote II he earns eleven
forms Qess than $50 a week. If his wife
and children earn this amount and he is
a drunken loafer he still does the voting
for the family. Any man may vote who
has 80 forms In bank. or, il his wife
has earned this amount and put 1t in the
bank, he may not only vote on the
strength of il. but he may order the bank
not to let her draw out the money. Far
be it from the women of the United
States. however. to throw any stones, for
last winter the legislature Of Maryland
submitted an amendment to the male
electorate which probably has been adopt
ed by this time. that any man may vote
in that state whose wife owns $500 worth
Of property; and at the same time this
legislature refused even to consider the
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professions, except the clerical, have been
fOr~many years open to women, and they
are engaged in all kinds Of business. The
laws, however. as in most other countries,
are very unjust to wives. but here, as
elsewhere, the men for the most part are
better than the laws. The husband is
under no legal obligation to make any
provision whatever for his wife at his
death, but may leave her absolutely pen
niless. Unless there is a marriage con-
tract forbidding it. all the property the
wife may earn or inherit becomes the
possession Of the husband, and he may
deprive her Of all of it by his will.
He may also dispose Of the children
without her consent. A tax is levied on
families for every servant they keep, but
when a man becomes a widower he IS
allowed one servant free Of tax. on the
principle that while he is away from his
home attending to his business some one
must be there to look after 1t and his
children. A vast number Of women who
are left widows must engage In some
outside occupation to support themselves
and their families. but the government
puts the full tax on the servant they
are obliged to keep. When they protest
they are told that they should stay at
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| the evil war and before that stormy
time she and her husband conducted a
| shoe store In Baltimore. Every incident
in connection with those days OF strife
| is impressed her mind and when I'm
| a reminiscent mood she Is very enter
| tanning.
Mrs. Philpott was born in Adams coun-
| ty. Pa. of old colonial stock. Her ma
| ternal grandfather John Weaver. served
George Washington In the capacity OF
body guard, while her paternal grand Ia
| Their John Leonard, was also q soldier in
! the revolution.
Mrs. Philpott was seen by the writer at
her work few days ago. She was OBJ
literatipg dirt at rapid rate. but she
found a few minutes to talk:
Il was brought up on a Pennsylvania
| farm and my life was the same as that
of any farmers daughter in those days
milking, spinning. weaving. caring for
the poultry and the thousands of little
| things that came into a woman's work on
| farm. When 1 was young farmers did
not have things as pleasant as they do
now. 1t was all hard work from sunrise
to sunset and every member of the fam
lily had his or her share to do.
But they were pleasant days, especially
In the long winter evenings. when the
family would sit around the fire and talk
over the days of the countrys beginning
as nation. which the older ones remem-
bered very well. Some time after I mar
RED Mr.. Philoott We moved to Baltimore
and remained there until after the war
broke out. Those were terrible times. We
were engaged in business in Baltimore but
the times were such that we sold out and
came to Georgetown. where I have lived
since. My husband died In 1875 and A
short time after I obtained a position in
the bureau. where / have worked ever
since"
Quite a record for an old woman, and
she smiled while telling her simple story.
She lives ably with her widowed
daughter in Georgetown now-happy and
contented in being allowed the privilege
of working on to the end. Such Is her
only ambition and its fulhllment Is prom.
ised.
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large steamer for an excursion up the
River Mas to Dordrecht Luncheon was
served on the boat, with Mrs. van
den Bergh- Willing of Rotterdam as host
ess of the entire party. At the end of
the picturesque trip all returned to the
noted seaport, where handsome dinner
was served in the park of the Geological
Garden. The festivities ended with the
long-to- entertainment by
the Society of The Hague at it's famous
seaside resort, Scheveningen. An elabo-
rate afternoon tea was given in the spa
cious new Palace Hotel. and after an
hours rest, the invited guests assembled
in the Kurhaus for a dinner and special
concert by we'll known performers. The
evening closed with a display of fire.
works, and at the end. to the delighted
surprise of all. the motto of the alliance,
Jus Suffragii," the right of suffrage.
flashed across the sky. With these words
shining in the heavens and their bril-
lance reflected in the deep blue waters
OF the North sea, we bid goodbye to the
congress of the Women's International
Alliance. IDA Hustled HARPER.
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about the city next day after she came.
1t is in this respect that American
women most deficient. and they
have no opportunity of displaying the
many branches of learning In which they
are proficient. they do not get credit for
their wide general education.
Dutch Laws for Women.
The Dutch have stubborn tenacity of
character which is rather trying when
you come up against it. but 1t commands
a great deal of respect. and because of it
they have preserved their integrity as
nation. There is other country in
Europe where custom permits as much
freedom and independence among women.
They go and come and do as they like,
with no more comment or criticism than
they would have in the United States.
Complete co-education prevails from the
kindergarten through the postgraduate
courses in the universities. and people
come from ali countries to study the
general system Of education. All Of the
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Tv7ORKINQ In the world for ninety
wv three years and wanting to die in


w three years and wanting to die in
harness. Such is the life story OF
Mrs. Annie E. Philpott, who Is employed
at the government bureau Of engraving
and printing in this city. She Is hale
and hearty. blessed with perfect eyesight
despite her age and does her work in a
very creditable manner. Descended from
a revolutionary family of stout Pennsyl-
vanians,. Injured to labor and to its joys.
the old lady's one wish is to die in har-
ness. She has made her wishes known
in this regard and while her present &C
tivity lasts. her position is assured
Nor does Mrs. Philpott's work cease
when her days work for the government
ends. She spends her time away from
the bureau in her regular duties as a
housekeeper, putting in her spare mo-
ments reading the newspapers and max
ing fine lace, for which Washington Of
fers a very lucrative market Another
field of endeavor that appeals to her with
considerable force Is the manufacture of
the linen and odd-and-end bags so dear
to the feminine heart. 1t is source of
great pleasure to her to present one of
these to her women friends and many OF
them are gladdened by such gifts.
Mrs. Philpott is firm believer in the
gospel of work At her advanced age
she says that the most OF the pleasure
she has found In life has come from the
consciousness of doing her share in the
world And the work she does for the
government is not the kind that can be
classified among the easy jobs 1t is
hard. physical labor cleaning and busting
the offices of the officials and they bear
&c
The memory of events. both historical
and political. that this gracious and
bright old lady can recall is bordering on
the marvellous. During the early days Of