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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Time to Wade In.

No taxpayer in the District would
have extraordinary improvements for
the District if they had to be pan.
for in
Dangerous school buildings
Inadequate police and fire protection
Inadequate protection of the public
health and safety.
There was manifest at the sittings
of the House subcommittee on District
appropriations last session a disposition
to make payments against the bill for
extraordinary expenditures disreoardinc
the need for more and fireproof school
buildings, additions to the Police and
Fire departments, more help for the
Health Office and the office of the Build
ing Inspector The result was an order
70 pay SI,OOO,OOO against the District
debt at the cost Of these services. which
has since proven to be a fiscal i'm
possibility. Manifestly, the District
must pay its debts; but it need not
cut its throat to pay them all at once.
The Capital is full of citizens asso-
iRtions and has two bodies representa-
tive of its business and professional
life. As long as these organizations
look on inactively, the District must
expect a repetition of this process. By
fighting m earnest for moderate pay
ments they may help the authorities
avert so large a withdrawal as again
70 cripple the schools, the police service,
the Fire Department, the Health Office,
and the Office of the Building Inspector
But these bodies must study the stu
alton, obtain frst-hand information on
1t, and make their influence felt in Con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
JACK LONDON'S DEFENSE OF HIS DOG
STORIES SHOULD GIVE THEM
NEW LEASE ON LIFE

Jack London's defense or his dog
stories, in a recent issue Of Golfers
Weekly. is good enough 10 give a new
lease OF life to The Call Of the Wild, ="
AMI White Fang" were they in need
Of any such stimulus A critiC who
is entitled 10 speak with some author
ity on the subject Of animals. com
ments as follows on London's conten-
ton:
"One may know a good deal about
animals in general and be densely ig-
nOrant as 10 dogs in particular. one
may know one breed intimately, or a
dozen different individuals Of various
breeds, for that matter, and yet know
nothing at all about some special and
particular member OF any one OF the
species.
''PrepOndeTaHce Of evidence is worth
less unless il bears on the case in Ques-
ton. and since neither the President
who Knows all about everything. nor
Mr.. Burroughs. who knows something
ABOUT some things, happened TO be in
a position 10 speak with authority con-
corning the special and individual dogs
that gave Mr.. London his points. they
could know nothing about the case. 1t
Is Ike an anecdOte told Of the King Of
SDain when he was a small infant. Be
ing reprOved for his table manners with
a general admOnitiOn that Kings do
not eat with their fingers the royal
infant continued his meal I'm his own
way, dismissing the subject with This
one does
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
CASE HINGES ON
FUCKERS ILLNESS
Wife of Army Officer and
Mrs. Logan Await His Re-
covery Before Going On.

CHICAGO. Oct las col William
ment OF the Lakes. is now believed 10 be
critically ill in the army hospital at
Hot Springs Ark, the chances are
that the grand jury will never be asked
10 Inquire into his domestic troubles.
His wife. Mrs. MaTy Logan Tucker.
who charges him with q -sertion. ana
her mother Mrs. John a Logan, are
stiH al the Auditorium AnEex awaiting
the outcome Of the case" When, al
noon yesterday they learned officially
that the army officers condition was,
precarious. the women and their coun-
sci. Attorney Haynie r. Pearson. con-
Guided to take no further action fO-
the present.
Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. Logan, however,
do not propose rushing home. II they
get wore that there is a change for tile
better they viii look for a sufficient
recovery to enable Colonel Tucker 70
come here.
cit looks now as II Colonel Tucker
might die from his present Illness, ana
We wouldn't consider the matter OF his
indictment unless We were sure that
his condition would not be Jeopardized
BY a trip 10 Chicago said Attorney
Pearson.
Mrs. Myrtle L. PIatt, claiming 10 be
the cOlOnels nurse. but whom Mrs
Tucker names as the cause Of the do
nestle difficulty and her brother
George II. Frey, registered at the Ar
lingtOu Hotel IN Hot Springs, and visit
ed the colonel at the army hospital
and required assistance upon her de-
parture
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
National Duty in Light of History.

There are two millions of American
holders of shares in Industrial enter
prises, including railways. There we're
in 1907, according to reports recently
published, S3,69O,OOO,OOO of deposits in
savings banks. Deposits and also the
number of depositors about doubled in
twelve years. The number of share
holders had increased in even greater
ratio.
These figures are only suggestive and
symptomatie. They indicate how widely
the prosperity of twelve years of Re
publican rule has been distributed.
They show that this distribution has
been taking in larger and larger seq
ment of the whole population Of the
country. They confuse the ignorant
argument that the rich are getting
richer and the poor poorer. The truth
is that the rieE have been getting
richer-and more numerous-and that
the poorer have been getting scarcer
and less poor.
The best of all arguments that the
Republican party can present in sup
port of its demand for retention in
power is the argument that it is the
party of business expansion, pros
perity, and opportunity. 1t is the party
which gets results; which gives to most
people the greatest chances TO get on
in the world. 1t is the party whose
policies made this the greatest in
dustrial country, whereas it had, before
those policies were adopted, been merely
an agricultural country.
The Republican party is party of
progress rather than Of protest. 1t rec
Ognizes that inequities and iniustices
arise, incident to so tremendous a de-
velopment as this country has enjoyed.
No other land ever saw the like OF it.
History records nothing comparable.
Is it to be assumed that the party
under which the achievement record
was made is less capable than the
party which has been merely the op-
position throughout this Golden Era,
to cope with the difficulties and en-
barrassmehts incident TO such a won
derful advancement? The record of the
Republican party is known TO all the
world. 1t is the party of practical work
of getting results, of business methods
and statesmanly conceptions. 1t is the
party of Greater America.
On this record and in the light of this
history, the Republican party i at this
time peculiarly entitled to be intrusted
with continued control of the nations
affairs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Paint for Pastors.

Hartford, Conn, appears to have pro
duced a fragrant and ferocious church
treasurer in the custodian of the funds
of the Universalist Church, who is
accused Of having spent for paint the
money intended to pay the quarters
salary due the pastor. As result the
latter, the Rev. DR.. Fisk, is unable to
get his pay, and has resigned.
In the absence of any report as to
the color of the paint for which this
money was so ungraciously disbUrsed,
the precise degree of turpitude ascrib-
able 10 the treasurer must remain I'M
ascertained. One thing is sure, and that
is that between paint and theology any
well balanced church treasurer would
have chosen the latter.
Was the treasurer well balanced
That is a question. No doubt his ac-
counts balanced, for there is no limit
to the depth of paint when laid upon
the external surface of a church edifice.
But what about the paint that the
treasurer has laid upon his soul?
We leave him to the contemplation of
its hues. The incident is genuinely dis
tressing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Seeing Washington With The Times Guide
No. CXXXI SALMON P. CHASE HOME

the property OF Edward Brice- II was
from him that the Fraternal Order OF
Eagles purchased it about three years
ago
THE Chase residence IS of brick and
gray stone. three stories high. and
rather plain in style. A large bay win
dow on The east side, and the narrow
iron balconies with their ratings. found
al every window, relieve somewhat this
severity q style. As IL many OF the
early residences. the windows extend
down % the floor. and are tall and wide
A long flight of stone stairs lead TO
The wide arched doorway. The hall is
wide. extending the length Of the house
and the staircase proPortiOnately wide,
with heavy and carved oak baunisters-
There is little now 10 remind one Of its
former noted occupant but the sign
which stands on the lawn. ever remind
ing the passer-by that Salmon P Chase
once lived in this house
The club members 70 a man take
great pride IN the ID residence and
OF the man who made it worth pre-
serving, one OF the few big men who
were capable Of taking the initiative
and helping guide our country through
a crisis that threatened the very
foundation Of our social and political
hfe.''
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Observation-Disclosures.

Horace F1etcher's works on dletetics
have now become so widely known that
the verbal progeny Of his name-netCh-
erism. TO fetcherize, etc, are beginning
10 be spelled with a small initial letter.
Mr.. Fletcher himself looks on this proc
ess with some amusement, and wonders
If he will be immOrtaliZed by being put
into the dictionary as a synonym IOT
to chew" and thus join the band Of
martyrs whose CHEZ members up TO
this time have been Mr.. MacAdam and
". Dolly.
II Is, o. course, matter OF history
that the former OF these gentlemen In
vented a road. and the latter, a very di-
lTinuJ.ve tableclOJh. Mr. Fletcher, how
er. as a personality. IS not 80 easily to
be lost sight Of as MacAdap. and Dolly.
He permits himself 20 be heard Occa-
siOnaily, as, for instance, recently at
ChautauQua, where he gave a very sue
Cessfui and fully attended series OF lee
lures.
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~N the northwest corner OF sixth
and E streets. ladies and gen
- tlemen, you see fine old req
brick mansion. which, as the sisnooafu'
ernblazoned with its coat-of-arns- tells
voU. was formerly the residence OF
salmon T. Chase, successfully gov
ernor Of Ohio. United States senator.
Secretary OF the Treasury. and ChleI
Justice Of the Supreme Court
The home was buiIt in 1891 for sal
mon p. Chase when ne became SecTe-
tary OF the Treasury, and he and ms
family lived here for number o.
years II was in this house that Kate
Chase gained her ascendancy in society.
through her beauty, her exquisite grace
and her position as the daughter Of the
great Salmon P Chase. AS Mrs Kate
Chase Sprague, wife Of c. n Sprague.
L. 5. N, a man OF great promise AT
that time, she entertained lavishly in
this home. and her popularity made
1t one OF the social eenters OF wash
ington.
1T remained for a number OF years
a part Of the Sprague estate, after Mrs.
Sprague went to Europe, where she
educated her children, living quietly
and in social exile. The property was
sold 70 en- organization known as the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
NUPTIALS OF AFTERNOON
END DAINTY COURTSHIP
Miss Anna Wybergh Ansley Will Become Bride of David
Shelby Davis, Both of Whom Are Members of
Southern Families

Miss Anna Wybergh Ansley. daughter
OF H"rry Craig Ansiey. formerly or 40
Eusta. Ga, and the late 5Irs. Ansiey.
who was formerly Miss Hattie Fuller.
81 Beaufort, s. c., viii be married this
afternoon at O'Clock 10 David Shelby
Davis, formerly u Huntsville Ala
rut now OF Chicago. In St Thomas
Church. the Rev. O. Ernest Smith, pas
Tor Of the church, officiating.
fine church Will be profusely adorned
with palms. ferns. and white fail bios
SONS.
An Informal RECEPTION for the reIa-
lives ana intimate friends viii follow H.
the Ansley home, or Nineteenth street.
which viii also be beautifully decorated
with palms and white asters, chrysan-
themums, and Jahlias.
The bride, who viii be given IN mar
Rage by her father. will wear a beauu-
tut gown o. white crepe de chine. made
empire. with a long train. and trimmed
in hand embroidery Her long tUiIe veil
will be caught with q wreath Of orange
blossoms She VIII carry a shower bou-
quet Of Bride roses and lilies OF the
valley
Mrs Phillip Harrison, OF New York
the matrOn OF honor, viii wear a hand
some gown OF white crepe de chine
made princesse style. and trimmed with
irish lace and seed pearl embroidery
she Will carry a shower bouquet Of yio-
lets and lilies OF the valley. and wear q
large white haJ trimmed with long
white piumes-
Miss Ar-ze Neal. OF Huntsville. Ala.
the maid of honor, will wear white
messaIine satin gown made empire style
and trimmed with rose point lace she
Will carry a shower bouquet Of white
chrysanthemUms ana wear = large white
hat trimmed with Plumes-
Rodney Davis. OF Louisville, KY
brother Of the bridegroom, will be the
best man, and the uslers VIII De Neal
BassetT and William orr, OF chicago
l. n Ansley, brother OF ne bride. from
Char eston, 5 G.. and Robert W Fuller
Of Alexandria, Va
Mrs Ansley. the brides stepmother,
will wear a beautiful lavender puau dc
sole gown made sirng modified diTec-
tOire lines, and trimmed with touches 81
purple velvet and SEED pearl trimmings
Her hat Is 4 large lavender silk hat
trimmed with long purple plumes and
silver embroidery
Mrs. T. ADDISON Hefter viii wear q
black satin gown trimmed with ross
point lace and a black nat
Among the Jur-Of-rOWu guests viii Ot
ar and Mrs Philip Harrison. or New
York. Miss Neal, Of Huntsville. Ala.
Mr. and MIS- Girard Glenn and Miss
Helen Glenn, Of New York Ms NJ "
Wait. of Chicago. Mrs c n Based
and Neal Bassett, Of Chicago, and VIII
lam Orr. OF Chicago
MI Davis viii take his bride Tor q
Northern wedding TIP ending IN chi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17

o, We. who have delved deep into your
packing boxes and drawn forth your
Iur-Iined coats. slip them quietly e1cN
into the shielding recesses and don your
thinnest Of garbs. It's not the merry
Jingle OF the sleigh bells which will tin
llle IN your ears. It's not the cold Bit
ing winds Of the Northwest which viii
blow through your golden locAs-it they
are colden-or raven tresses. If 50 they
he. FOR the weather man has taken "A
turn.
It is a turn for the better, TO judge
by the looks OF things. but O. there be
some sad hearts in our midst today
They are those OF the coal man and OF
him who makes his living by shaking
down our furnaces. And there are mer-
" hearts. too, 10 Wit. the ice man. SIN
rolling in the ccin which. If the weather
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
New York Society from the Inside.

THE Sovereign Good" the novel Of
New York society which the Putnans
published very recently, Is a story ex-
CeediLBly entertaining and every way
out Of the ordinary The portrayal Of
New York SOciety-SOciety = it'll the cap
ital initial, let II be noted-ls As faithful
JnG varied a. q mOving-picture show.
and a vast deal NOR pleasing and en-
tcTtalring, L. say nothing of its artistic
merits. The author, II may be said by
the way. Is Mrs Archer NJ Huntington.
Archer NJ. Huntington. the son Of the
late Coins Z. Huntington. is a disslE-
cuished scholar who has made a special
~ az Spanish literature and Of Spanish
American history. II was he who found
cd anil endowed the Hispanic Society.
ard who has recently housed fl In
beautiful and app opriate building here
On New York
Mrs. Huntington shares her husband s
taste for literature and sChOla rShlp. and
THE Sovereign Good" is a book OF tie
kind that CCuld only have proceeded
from n mind trained in tie traditions OF
good literature.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
LOW LEVEL BELOW
GATUM LOCK NOW
Progress in Panama Made BY
One Shovel Is Graft
flying.

Word comes from Panama trst one
% the steam shovels at work in the
lock site at Gatun is below sea level
This lock Is the lyNasr UL The tIIee,
and so far little trouble has been ex-
perienced from seepaEe. one twelve
inch pump has been sufficient TO keep
the water below the .eyeI, where II
would interfere with ne operation Of
the shovel Two additional shOVeIs are
being held for an emergency. and 10 Is
expected they Will BE- brought into play
later.
The excavation IN this lock Is 20 go
down for a depth OF ffty-five feet seven
inches, and the earth taken IS being
used 10 fill IN on a high treslle on the
new line Of the Panama railroad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Good Reading in Biography.

The new Life OF John Keats" by
Prof. Albert f. Hancock, Of Haverford
College. would seem 10 show that biog
raphy may sometimes attain the dra-
matte vitality OF fiction. Modern
scholarship demands, OF course. that
there shall be no tTansgressions against
the truth.
In this book Prof. Hancock has en-
deavored 20 conceive OF Keats as the
prOtagOnist OF a domestic drama. com
ing upon a stage OF shifting scenes. as
IN the old chronicle notwithstanding.
playing his part. and passing tragically
under the blight He has selected sig
nihCant moments 10 reproduce the aU-
thentic local color OF the daily life OF
Keats. and 10 make him live In q world
Of good cheer and veXation as a vivid
reality.
The book throws new hight upon the
poet s character and his poetry II is
illustrated with sixteen portraits and
views.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
President viii Speak Abroad
On Emerging From Wilderness

gree Of D. c. L. A similar honor was
time ago.
Immediately after the delivery Of the
oxford lecture. the President VIII 80
10 Paris, where he viii deliver an al
dress at the Sorbonne. II vas said al
the White House today that the nature
Of the lectures had not yet been de-
cided upon
It is the present intention Of the Pres
ideut 20 Join Mrs Roosevelt at Khar-
toum on his Journey Northward from
South Africa, making the trip together
on the Upper Nile
Mr.. Loeb said today that a detailed
itinerary Of the Presidents trip could
not be given out at this time, for the
reason that II had not yet been COM
pleted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
HASTY SHEDDING OF HEAVY CLOTHES
CAUSED BY STUNTS OF WEATHER MAN

man had not been so eccentric, would
have fallen into the open palm Of the
coal HEAVIER
The temperature today shot up 70 s.
degrees al the Weather Bureau At
Afneck's II went 10 S.. Eighty-eighL
degrees on the 18th OF October Is
not 20 be smiled AT, particularly when
there are certain persons who have not
vet purchased their fall hats OF their
fan suits. White linen gowns and hSnt
straw hats Popped from around every
street corner yesterday and tairly haunt
ed themselves until one found one S
self turning back the leaves or one ;
little pocket calendar to July.
II is a great day for summer trocks
and today they are all over the
uIace-in r street, Pennsylvania ave
me hundreds or them at the White
House pastoral plays. IN The shops, tea
rooms. ana theaters. Summer has IN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17

Confirmation was made al the u L'1e
House today of the statement pu2l.si--'
IN London this morning that FTeSl -e---
Roosevelt would deliver series OF lcg-
lures in Louion and Paris ia April -S-o-
II the conclusion OF his hunting mp n
south Africa
The President had originally planned
TO make no stops 70 or from the hui'l-
ing grounds, and did not change ms
mind until last Wednesday, while enter
tanning Lord NCrthcliffe- part owner os
the London Times. AT luncheon. loTd
NorthcIine urged the President TO &C
cept the urgent invitation OF ON.oTl
University to deliver the Romaaes lee
lures
In comrnemorariOn Of the occasion the
President will receive the honorary de-
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deed, come again. and a hearty welcome
fl is getting on Its return
AS If 10 show folks that he can per
form a good trick twice, the weather
man is Swing Washington just another
such day as yesterday Little OLD Ner-
curry IS steadily climbing up the tube.
and indeed. there IS every indication
that yesterdays record may be eClipSeG
Around the streets TO-DAY one heard con
rfu1lauv she "V Eew.'' so closely aSSo-
ciated with August DAYS and many even
veurured rs ir hot enough for yOU2
Even tne mosquitoes have been fooled
fnro coming hack and the thrifty house
keeUers VINO were So early in taking
down their screens are TO-DAY busy put
ting them up again. Straw hats again
made their appearance. the men arguing
that II the girls could come out in their
comfortable summer frOClzs there was
no reason E-hy the straw hat should be
tabOOed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Two Of Cupid's Friends.

"Cupid's AImanac' has made a de-
cided hit among the booksellers. who
have ordered it With sush confidence IN
advance OF pub ication that three print
ings were nece. sary to supply the initial
demand. This amusing little gift-bOok
is a bona fide collaboration Of an Un-
usual sort by oliver Herford. the price
Of whimsicalists. and John Cecil Clay,
the premier fantastic craftsman; yet
their work has been Interchangeable for
HerfOrd drew sOn.a OF the pictures and
Clay wrote some Of the text The result
is an immensely taking, amOebean con-
test OF humOr and sentiment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17

Out Of s,175 white Americans in the
service Of the American Government in
the canal zone. there were but two
deaths last August. There has not been
a case Of yellow fever or bubonIc plague
upon the isthmUs in two years Yet
there are those who say modern medI-
cine is all a fad. that the mosquito is
the victim Of a medical joke. and that
the germ theory is a nightmare.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17

fuller representation in the executive
councils OF the nation
State Is Brysn's-
Republicanism is stronger in North
Carolina than IN any other southern
State. Bryan VIII carry the State, but
The Republicans expect TO get three Con-
eressiOnal districts and there is a
chance that the Stale legislature viii
Re Republican, If this turns out to be
tue. Il means that Senator Overmau
viii be defeated Tor reelection TIE
outlook for the Republicans is better
than ever. because OF the apathy amOuE
the Democrats This state was a great
supporter of John A. Johnson, Of Min
ueSOta. for the Presidential nomination,
and IL Is tired OF Bryan
The Democrats have not been able 10
raise enough money q nuarc- TNa cam
Faisu and had IT not been for rha sur
port OF he Charlotte New aEE s.r
serve-. they would have Ea.a Haub-
-upteu long ago TAFT IS much plea sd
with the evident interest OF the North
CarOIinians in the doctrine he preael=s.
Al 10th salisbury aAe Ihls place tkg
crowds were so large tl0r Cva-1aur
meetings were held outside the tli-1lrg5
and were ada-cssed by Leslie n shaw
All Like to Ride on Train
The Taft special mas been a regular
heaven fer tie local committeeman IN
this state and Tennessee. Republican
committeeman seldom have a chance 10
shine in The South. and none OF them
overlooked -he opportunity 10 ride on
the special train and look important
The train has been infested with them
for two days
Tonight the candidate viii speak IN
the Auditorium in Richmond, Va under
the auspices Of the Independent Taft
Club Of $50 members. which has been
formed there He VII. then take the
train Tor Washington, where, on Sun
day, he Will have a consultation with
President Roosevelt and Secretary Root
al the White House In this conference
he VIII discuss with his two distIn-
ggished advisers what shah be the tenor
OF his speeches IN New York State. It
Is probable that while IN New York the
keynote Of his addresses Will be The
argument that the Republican party is
the only one which safely can he in
trusted with the business welfare Of the
country.