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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-01
Postal SerUice Appropriations
Provide for Many Innovations

while incapacitated for performing their
duties by illness. under such regulations
as may be provided by the Postmaster
General.
An additional division OF the railway
mail service is created with heaaquart-
ers at New Orleans La. and provision
made For thS appointment or DIVISION
superintendent at 5000 per anhuh 10
take charge of same.
Section 1898 OF the Revised Statutes Is
amended by adding thereto the Follow
ing: And the term indecent. WITHIN tne
intendment OF this section shall include
matter OF a character tending 70 inclte
arson, murder, or assassination
Street Directories Provided for.
To defray the cost OF printing a new
edition of Street Directory o. the Prin-
cipai Cities Of the United States $4,000
IS appropriated. This directory is TO be
compiled In the bureau of the Fourth
Assistant. and will show the streets by
names and house numbers thereon in
every large city in the country.
1t is stipulated that the appropriations
made in the bill for the officers, clerks,
and persons employed in the postal ser
vice shall not be available for the COM
pensation of any persons permanently
incapacitsted for performing such ser
vice
The term and authority or the joint
commission appointed last year to N
vestigate the business system of the
Postoffics Department and the postal
service, and the time for the Ming OF
the report of said commission, are eN-
tended until the beginning OF the next
session Of Congress.
The "drys" are given boost by the
concluding paragraph or the bill when
provides that no part OF the appropri-
alton shat De used for the carrying In
the mails any malt. vinous, or spirituous
LIQUORS. or intoxicating liquors Of any
kind, or any cocain or deriNauVe
thereof.
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In the new act making appropriations
for the postal service Is a provision car
rying the sum OF $4,000 for the purchase
and installation OF mechanical convey
ors and equipment for the handling or
mail in the washington city Postofhce.
The sum of S1O,OO0 is also set aside for
expenses incident to the investigation
and testing OF mechanical and labor
saving devices for the postal service. 10
be expended under the direction OF the
Postmaster General For payment OF re-
wards for the detection, arrest, and con-
viction OF postofhce burglars, robbers,
and highway mail robbers &200d is ap-
propriated.
Messenger boys come in for 3 large
sum 81 .2O0, goo being carried In The bill
for fees to special delivery messengers.
For car fare for special delivery mes
sengers in emergency cases, $1,000 Is
appropriated.
Pnuematic Tires Ordered.
one million dollars is appropriated for
the transmission of mail by Pneumatic
tubes or other similar devices and the
Postmaster General is empowered to en-
ter into contracts for construction of the
s., SSS, 759 under the provisions of the
law. for a period not exceeding tea
years The Postmaster General is also
authorized to investigate and report TO
Congress. not later than January /.
1909, the feasibility. and desirability of
the Government purchasing or instalAing
the equipment for pneumatic tube serv-
Zee, and thereafter operating the same
IN the cities where such service IS now
In operation.
II is provided that when in freightabie
lots. and whenever practicable. postal
cards, stamped envelopes. newspaper
wrappers. empty mail bags, furniture,
and equipment, shall be Withdrawn
from the mails and shipped by freight
or express
Provision IS also made for allowing
clerks in the railway mail service pay
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ALWAYS A WAY.

.'Fi6o shakes the water over every
thing In the house"
why don't you correct him?'
"Oh. We couldn't correct little Ftd0.
we arranged TO give him his bath
with a vacuum cleaner. Exchange
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We are carrying an immense
stock of Porch and Lawn Goods
this year, including very large
number of pieces of Genuine Old
Hickory. All will be offered at
greatly reduced prices during this
sale.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
Answers TO Queries

WINDOW BREAKING-J. j.. City. If a
person from any cause should break window
in store is 1t part of the business of the police
taken against the party who broke It?
If the breaking was malicious the
party ought to be arrested and the
matter brought before a police Judge;
If it was an accidental breaking or the
result of carelessness, which might
make the party liable to civil dam
ages, the policeman might suggest that
it would be better to pay for the dam
age done than stand the cost of trial
for damages.
GARRITY-w. B. H.. Pinole. Cal What
was the last political office Thomas Garrity
ran for in Alameda county before his death. and
in what year?
He ran for county recorder of Con-
ira Costa county in 1890. Came to
Oakland in 1892. Two years later he
was candidate for superior Judge, was
beaten by Hall, despite the fact that
he ran 5000 ahead of his ticket. In
1897 and in 1899 he ran for city attor-
ney of Oakland against w. A. Dow,
but each time he was beaten by 210.
He died in 1902.
CoCoANUT OIL.-Subseriber. Pacific Grove
Cal. Please tell about the proportion OF cocoa
nut oil TO nut, and how ii is expressed.
ms keTnel OF the COCOdHuI contains
more than 20 per cent of a fixed oil
called cocoanut oil or butter. 1t is OBJ
tanned by pressure of the bruised
kernel or by boiling over a slow fire
and skimming off the oil as it floats
to the surface. 1t is said that a quart
of oil may be obtained from or 8
nuts.
HUSBANDS DUTY. N. City. Man and
wife and wifes sister are at a table at supper
wife asks her sister TO pass her glass of
water and she refuses. claiming that 1t is the
husbands duty to get 1t for his wife. Was she
right?
The husband should wait upon his
wife, but in this case the sister GER
tainly did not show much sisterly love
by refusing on the ground that it was
the husbands duty to pass the water.
MARE ISLAND-F. F., City. What is the
correct pronouncation of Mare island? Is it
one syllable as to the first portion Of the name
two. as Mare?
The first portion of the name is pro-
nounced the same as the name of the
female of the horse.
HENEY-Mrs A. D. c., City. Where was
Francis j. Heney born?
In Lima. New York, March II, 1859
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
Permanent Cure for ExtOrtiOnate
Express Rates
: p1roR The call-sir: Once agai

~ DITOR The Call-Sir: Once again
permit me through your columns
to remind the public that they
have in their hands a real remedy for
the extortion practiced upon them by
express companies.
Every other country. worth classi-
flying as civilized has an up to date
parcels post, by which packages are
carried long distances at low rates.
AS an instance / would cite the Brit
ish-Indian postal schedule. by which
parcels are carried upward of 10000
miles. sometimes over very difficult
routes, at charge of "a cents for three
pounds, As cents for seven pounds and
70 cents for II pounds. Postmaster
General Meyer has proffered a similar
boon to the American public, but, by
some singular faulty. certain CONNER
cial bodies have been inveigled by the
minions of the express companies into
a rejection of Mr.. Meyers overtures.
Such an incomprehensible and in
credible course was recently taken in
San Francisco by the Trans mississippi
commercial congress.
Would it not be well for such bodies
to reconsider their standpoint and ac-
cept the recommendations of their own
postoffice?
EDWARD BERWICK,
President Postal Progress League.
Pacific Grove, Cal, Nov. Fl.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
BIGGYs QUEER CONDUCT IN THE HAAS CASE

NORONER LELAND'S inquiry into the death of Haas the
assassin proving the of the people against
petent chief of police Bggy One of the strongest
against Bggy Biggy private
more likely Somebody elses private layer-to block the
investigation Failing exposed that Buggy trying
conceal the actual facts of the suicidf sudeo
which he morally responsible He has succeeded thus far
proving the untrut OF his designed
the and the interests behind Haas demonstrating
absurdy and npossblity of his pistol in the shoe theory.
Among other devices toobscure the situation Bggy had
Of his spend the night with the suicides pistol inside his
the hope that this process might demonstrate
would show consequence of this the mans
The only result was to prove the contrary and show that Haas
could possibly have carried the pistol in that
quite that Haas had neither pistol cartridges the time
ne was searched by captain Duke and Special Agent Burns in the
Immediately after the shooting What happened after
that search how he got the pistol shall probably
with certainty unless Bgy and the Ruef policemen who guarded
Haas fell the full truth.
directly positively to the interest
OF the higher ups that the Haas
Haas nsolvent sought get Jury
in April He told Mrs Miriam Cohn then expected get
sufficient money for that pay his certainly
could get much money of his small per jury
Undoubtedly Haas had lived he would exposed the
machinery personnel jury fixing the employ
Of the gaers open did get on that
were bbed to acquial Haas knew exactly who
The engaged that work
by own hand or not was in every
the interest OF the gaes that he should be put
Men who engage jury fixing dynamting kidnapping
in the least scupuous about and their
this obvious the understanding AS long
Haas lived they were in grave danger.
That the police played known because
Police Sergeant Burke gave him newspaper containing full
of the indignation meeting Deamland
doing Burke played his part for the behind
purpose was to drive the wretch to despair by letting him know
what his fellow citizens thought of him and his
Burke may be easily understood.
OF the pogra press unanimous in the opinion
that Haas irresponsible crank acting of his motion
These newspapers have had their orders fallen into
ne but none OF them has yet had the ardhood explain
the undoubed fact taaa acting OF the
jury fixing bureau back April expected get large
Of for his juror He failed get price
of his and there believe that continued
the service although different field not the
kind Of to bak any of long brought him
the price
It IS this obvious interest of the grafers get Haas at
whatever coupled with the proved neggence-to call it by
naeo the chosen by Buggy guard the
prisoner that makes the black police It
might public of San Francisco Buggy explain
why he chose from the whole police force of Rues
guard Haas gave them orders prevent to the
prisoner by the officials of the prosecution
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
CIubWOmen and Their Work
By Alice q. EccIes

"HE modern clubwoman has
evolved from the self-centered
creature who was seeking culture
alone and has developed into the
type of philanthropist who refuses to
be termed philanthropist and insists
upon the name sociologist The mod
ern clubwoman, in short has an aim
outside her own immediate welfare.
The attitude of the clubwoman toward
weaker humanity is not any longer an
attitude of tolerance, but of sympathy
and efficient help. The self helping"
clubs have almost disappeared, except
ing where they include a broader pur-
pose, and the modern clubwoman has
before her a wider field than was
dreamed Of by the club founders. who
were considered Missionaries in former
days. Reports from various organiza-
tions show progress in every line Of
endeavor.
The Caedmon club. which devotes it.
self to art and literature held a de-
lightful meeting last Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Clinton Jones, in Buchan-
an street. A reception followed the
musical program. Among those who
contributed to an unusually artistic en-
were fl6N. ROBERT SeSnOn,
Miss Davis and Mr.. Wincutt who re-
ceived enthusiastic applause. The ac-
companist was Miss Kelly The off,
GERS of this club are: Mrs. Eleanor
Martin, president; Mrs. Francis ]. Sui
livan. vice president; Miss Florence
Murphy, recording secretary; Miss
Louise Sprague, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. M. ]. Fottrell, treasurer;
board of directors-Mrs. J. NJ. DriscolI.
Deane, Mrs. William Geer Hitchcock
Mrs. Garret McEnerney and Mrs. d. w.
Nesfield.
This afternoon the Daughters of Cal
ifornia Pioneers and their guests will
enjoy musical program to be given
under the direction of Mrs Kathryn
Day Boyne. as follows:
Song (a) Autumn" OBJ Spring" Mrs. wol-
ter Janke; violin obligato. Miss Turner: accom-
panist. Miss Edith Lincoln; reading Her Letter.
His Letter Her Answer Bret Hartel. Miss
Margaret Trnett; song. The Night Has Thou
sand Eyes tMetcalfl, Mrs. Roy McPharl;
Pixleyi song. Until You Came (Metcaff1, Mrs.
Walter Janke: reading. Nell" (Caro Romal
Mrs. e. +. Easton; pioneer Characteristics, =
The Woman's Public Health associa-
tion will hold meeting at 1890 to-
morrow morning at the California club.
The president of this unique organi-
cation, the only one of its kind among
the various clubs, is Mrs A. W. Scott.
She is assisted by capable commit
tee of clubwomen who will devote
their attention to the public welfare
and the medical guide for the club will
be DR.. Charles Rucker. The object of
the club is the education of citizens
to the value Of sanitary conditions.
The California club. always busy,
will have the following department
! meetings during the week: Tuesday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
'SWELL DONE, OAKLANDl"

NNCE Oakland the congratulations all
California Compeently and generously aided by sister
- cities Alameda and Berkeley she has raised for group
OF worthy and needy charities and planhrops by days
efforts the gratifying total of above S20O00 splendid
spone appeal sympaties the
people the side of the bay bat their local pride
civic spirit
the purses OF community inevitably includes kind Of competition
well doing rivalry benevolence Los Angeles tags
Francisco sends out her of aggers and they bring
S28OO0 Oakland, less rich and less popuous than
this side OF the bay makes nearly all the difference by still harder
work and m liberal giving and hands kindergarten
hospital and relief work round $4,000 may
proud Her neighbo proud of Oakland
helped make her close second the Pacific tag
record
In Oakland here and other cities that tagged
themselves chiefly the that work with
the boys and girls aanty assisting them Mere may have
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23

charitable instincts and impulses but he needs be reminded Of
them, and the the efficient converting
instincts and impulses real money The and the children
of Oakland asking in the of charity and appealing local
pride answered that worth witnessing So
such appeals Francisco Tag day pretty
good institution something than the financial
brings dimes and dollars and brings smile with every
day of kind
Tagged all the cities of California rejecting
penny of this $4,000 goes little children who would
be untaug the overtaken by illness buying food and
fuel and shelter and clothing for the destitute cry
"Wel done OaklandP
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23

parliamentary law section, 1889 D. m. !;
wednesday. department of civics, 10 a.
M Thursday, optimist section. D.
m Friday, choral section, 1880 a. m..
at the clubhouse.
The Clionian club is delving into the
literary treasures of Spain. and the
program announced for Tuesday is one
1f rare interest for the devotees of
Spanish art and literature The fol-
lowing topics will be discussed:
'Jusepe Ribera" 15ssl656) la spagnolette,"
mrs. W G. Leale: Two Types of Spanish
Queens. Isabel Of yalois and Mariana of Aus
tria.'' Miss Mabel Bigelow; ''Bartoiome Esteban
Muriiio (161s-l6S2). the painter of the ''Concep-
Non, Mrs George Howe; The Historic Banks
or the Bldassoa," Mrs G, E. Torres; general
subject: Corona, the immortal"
The officers of the club are: Miss
Emma Campbell, president; Mrs. Wes-
ley l. Gorham, first vice president; Mrs.
ROBERT Vail, second vice president; Miss
DAISY h1ttredge, recording secretary;
Mrs. F. H. Iones. corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs e. G. Eisen, treasurer; Miss
Alice M. Way. auditor.
The Woman's auxiliary of the Society
of California Pioneers will hold its
regular monthly meeting for members
and guests Saturday at Pioneer place.
Inc lecture on this occasion will be
delivered by DIR. George Wharton
James. A special announcement is made
OF the annual breakfast to be given
Saturday, December 8, at noon at the
Hotel Argonaut corner of Fourth
street and Pioneer place. Each mem-
Der may invite two guests Applica-
tlons Tor seats should be made without
delay and the names of guests fur
nlshed not later than December to
the president, Mrs. Charles J. Deering,
2025 Broderick street This will be
the first breakfast given since the fire
and the president hopes that there will
be large gathering.
The Equal Suffrage league of San
Francisco will give a Thanksgiving
dinner Monday night, November 80, al
the Fairmont. and among the organiza-
tions represented will be: The College
and Professional Womans league. the
Suffrage Amendment association of
Oakland. the Political Equality club of
Berkeley, the Susan B. Anthony club
the Wage Farmers league. and officers
OF the various women's clubs. Among
those expected to be present are:
George Wharton James Albert Eliot
William Keith Thomas f. Hayden
MIS- Mary McHenryl Mrs. Charles Newman
Keith Mrs. Robert Dean
DR.. David Starr Jordan Miss Lucille Eaves
Prof Lille j. MartinlMrs. Frank Deering
OF Stanford Miss Kate Ames
Prof. George H. Boke Miss Katherine FELTON,
Prof. Adolph Miller Mrs. Louis Hertz
Prof NJ +. Jaffa Of Mrs. f. l.. Baldwin
the state university Mrs. Emilia Tojettf
Rev. William RAIDER William French
b. Fay Mills DR.. Amy g. Bowen
Austin Lewis John W. Sweeney
James G. Mcguire Mrs. Amelia Truesdale
The Corona club announces meet
ing to be held Thursday afternoon at
? o'clock at 1865 Mission street, when
business of Importance will be under
discussion. A large attendance is re-
ouested.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
Impertinent Question No. 7S
Why pS11 Sid You Msny7

For the most original wiest answer to this queston-he
bnefer the beter-The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS
For the next FIVE The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH. Prize winning will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed the winners at once Make
your answer short and SEND 1T ON A POSTAL
CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23

The Corona club announces meet
ing TO be held Thursday afternoon at
o'clock at 1865 Mission street, when
business of Importance will be under
discussion. A large attendance is re-
ouested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-27
GOSH

The published itinerary Of Mr.. TAFT's
fishing trip contains this detail Of cam
paign decoration:
II win be In Athens unals SIS In the afternoon.
Then he will leave for Toledo. arriving there At 10
o'clock In the evening. In order to asotd travelling
on Sunday Mr.. TAFT and his party will embark AZ
once for Middle Bass Island
MIR. TAFT Is one of the most sincerely
respectful OF men toward religious be-
lief and religious observanoes, but this
Is the sort Of thing which ARTEMUs WARD
has described as 2 mulch.
Spare the hardened old globe trotter
from the ridioule and the rest Of us from
the nausea Of this particular variety Of
campaign humbugl
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TIE TALK or THE TOWN.
Observations From . nay state
Visitor.

~ DoS oStO
Visitor.
To EDITOR OF TER SUH-Sr: Ibelons
to the genus Bore. but not to the species
Constant Reader" 10 you need not have
any conscientiouB scruples about refusing
to Listen to me. Treat me. II you wish, a. an
unmannerly butter In. though the line Of
conduct TO pursue In that case has not, &c far
as / can see. been officially determined.
You remember Walter Baeehot's very
wise observation about talking, how II acted
as o safety valve for dangerously surplus
energy. Have you ever considered what q
notable exception you New Workers. are to that
rule; how you talk and talk and talk and yet act
and act and aesi YOU talk uptown and deyn-
at noop and at midnight; but you are buying
ehile you talk. You take o day on to rush
q. Coney Island. and there you take Q fear
fully active rest-and talk, talk, talk.
How In the world do you do 1t? You're not
at all robust looking. and hygienac eating
seems to be out Of your line. Furthermore,
you apparently never sleep. ] wonder II
your secret is that you never worry. ] know
you have q great many thines TO trouble yeu.
but you never really FRET s6oy. sueh tPis.s;
sressmbis sorrow only a. ths. Mat resembles
the rain Maybe you are right.
Still, I think that some day. you win change
the Coney Island built In day form o. en-
erey for Q more Roman. kind. All things
ocnsidercd. that might be . most useful
DEDHAM. Macs. August rs.
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To TIE EpfroR OF TIE suN-Sir: As to
e. r.. d." criticism In to-day's Sun of my
letter Of August %, in which I intimated that
as q real Democrat I might go fishing" cleo
ton day rather than vote for the State Social
list Bryan or register my approval OF the
undemooratio policies Of Roosevelt In sup
porting Taft, I dc not nec the force Of his
contention that I should do violence to my
convictions by voting for either Taft or
Bryan. much less hat I should throw my
ballot away on my OF the other candidates.
The fisherman vote. though uncast, may be
the measure Of virtue left In the electorate.
To relieve the evident concern of my critic I
will promise that II Judge Taft between now
Ind November will give an assurance that
will satisfy me that In supporting him I am
not thereby giving my sanction TO the revo-
lutionary doctrines Of MIR. Roosevelt. / will
postpone my fishing trip to the day after
election. We fishermen are q jolly lot, for
we hold the balance OF power. and in real
emergencies like that OF 1893 always bob up
and are counted on the right side. B.
NEW YoRE, August rs.
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~Constantia's" Opiniea OF the Csmic supple

"Constantia's' Opinion OF the Cenic Supple
ment.
To TIE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sfr: TIE SUN
deserves TO be canonized for abstainlng from the
comic supplement. That institution 10 . school
for malicious mischief. am moved to let out
about Il by noting the OBJECT on . pair Of twins In
q anil OF our acquaintance. These children
cannot even read. but they understand the pictures
Their great concern Is 10 initiate the pranks OF the
imps whose mischief Ii Rlorined 10 luridly every
Sunday.
Am ! deficient In intellectual power or In sppre.
citation Of real humor when ] cannot see anything
funny when children spill three pals of water
which the servant was using TO scrub the door
with, Is Il puritanical sternness that prevents one
from going into kinks OF laughter when one OF the
twins pulls a chair from under q visitort Am I
wooden that I cannot enter into the spirit Of q
child who delights to kick q mahogany table "a
priceless heirloom, for an outlet 70 anger on being
denied any privilege he covets'
The comic supplement and the penny theatre
where crimes like murder. blackmAl and assassi-
nation are infinitely Observation-Disclosures are pc.
culiar food for thought. Arc they notr The comic
supplement goes into the homo and the sensational
theatre Is planked down az the tenement door.
People have to 20 In search Of good Entertainment.
but that OF evil tendency Is brought TO them. Noro's
the pity.
TIE SUN has been our breakfast food since the
time l had TO spell out the w~ords-and I thank tho
stars for my good luck. CossTANI1A,
NEW YORK. August %.