davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
WASHINGTON VIEWS
GO ALL OVER WORLD
Inserted in August Bulletin
of Bureau of American
Republics.

In publishing its August Bulletin in
the Spanish, Portuguese, and French
languages, the International Bureau Of
American Republics has inserted valu-
able Photographic and descriptive views
Of the National Capital under the title
of Washington. the Capital OF the
United States"
Many inquiries from Europe and
Latin America have been coming in
during the past few years, concerning
the Capital, it's government. history.
and social life, and in publishing and
circulating this very tersc article all
over Europe and Latin America, the
bureau has, IN addition to filing a
long felt want. accomplished something
that has never before been attempted.
In assigning Julian NJ. lie Gale. one
Of the interpreters Of the bureau, 10 this
work, Mr.. Barrett, the director re-
feTTed him to the daily guides as pub
ished in The Washington Times on the
places OF historic, public, and social in
tereSt In the city OF washington.
This bulletin. printed in the Bureau
Of Printing and Engraving building, Is
distributed among all the Libraries Of
the United states and all foreign cOun-
tries, goes To the officers Of the foreign
legations, and by subscription reaches
fully as broad a field Paris. London.
Berlin, Naples, and many more Of the
principle cities Of Europe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
SLIGHT TO UNIFORMS
INCENSES METCALF
Secretary of Navy Emphatic in De-
nouncing Exclusion From
Synagogue.

When shown a telegram stating that
a United States marine In Boston had
been excluded from service at a Jewish
synagogue, because he was in UHiforCl.
Secretary OF the Navy Metcah did not
hesitate today to express his Condem-
nation OF those who discriminate against
the uniform Of United states sailor
or soldier
The department is PCwerless in the
matter, however" SAID the Secretary,
but 1 do not believe that the American
people will tolerate this mucn longer.
We have had numerous cases brought
to our attention where sailors IL uni
form nave been excluded from places
Of amusement, but this is the first time
7 have ever heard Of their being eX-
cluded from a church CT synagogue.
Solicitor Edwin +. Hanna, of the
Judge Advocate Generals office OF the
Navy DeDa Ttment said The precise
legal status of this question has yet TO
be determined. In d test case, tried
some time ago before a Rhode Island
court, a sailor. who had been eXCluued
because Of his uniform, received as
damages only the price Of his ticket
OF admission"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
VAUGHN CLASS PLANS
FOR BIG CELEBRATION
Twentieth Anniversary Will Be OBJ
served SOon-New Officers
Are Elected.
Are EIected.

Preparations are being made 10 cele-
brate the twentieth anniversary OF the
Vaughn class, which held its first meet
Ing Of the year last night In the Sunday
school Of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Preceding an informal banquet, a short
business session was heIe. at which DR..
p. G Rice was elected president Of the
class, and other elections were: Tnstruc-
tor. F. w. Vaughn; constructor, Prof.
Mitchell Carroll; first vice president, J.
w. Bell; second vice president. George
K. Hebbard. secretary. Victor L. NJ
: er; assistant secretary. Z l. FOLSOM;
treasurer, II. F. Farmer: financial secre-
tary, A. l. Sampson. librarian. 4. l..
Garter; chaplain, Harry A Wood;
guard, F. W Bird; guide Dr. G. II No
Neil; ushers, 3. s CARRIER, chairman:
J. ST Z. Hambiy. and Hugh W. Smith;
relief committee. F. W. Vaughn; look
out committee, II. =. Ellis; membership
committee. j. A Councillor. and social
committee. John HebbaId.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
NOISE IS PLENTIFUL
IN DISTRICT BUILDING
Big Corridors Take Up and
Magnify Sound Until Foot
falls Resembles Explosion.

THE noisiest building in town" is the
way many people refer to the new Mu-
nicipal building.
Situated a good distance back from
Pennsylvania avenue, far enough, it
would seem, TO be away from the din
OF the busiest thoroughfare In Washing
ton, the handsome structure conveys
from the exterior the impression that It
would be noise free; but once inside.
this idea is given a severe jolt.
It is not so much the noise outside as
It is inside. In fact, it is the building
itself that is the big noise. Every sound
echoes through the corridors and rooms,
reverberating until it becomes a deaf
ening racket This is especially notice
able on the first floor, where the cell
ing5 are unusually high. In some rooms
it is almost impossible for two persons
standing a few feet apart to carry on
a conversation.
Strangers frequently do not recognize
their own voices. A word Of inquiry to
an employee goes floating off into inco-
herent sound, resembling the shrieking
of a fog horn, and It Is necessary to
shout TO be understood In many Of the
rooms a few persons walking across the
IN the thick of battle When two per-
sons walk across the floor at the same
time II IS necessary for the clerks to
hold their hands over their ears.
The rooms facing on Fourteenth street
are probably the worst in this respect
The din Of street cars, heavy vehicles,
auC other noises make il difficult 10
work, and conversation in regard 20 Of
fetal business almost has 10 be carried
on in the halls or by the use Of mega
phone.
OF course. all Of these noises are due
to the style of architecture, and in time
the clerks will get used 10 it. but there
are other noises which contribute to
the confusion. A good share of the
time since the District government took
up its quarters I'm the new building
some one has been hitting an iron pipe
with a maChinists hammer OF pounding
rivets on a boiler Many of the clerks
say that FOR solitude and quiet they
would prefer 10 work IN a foundry
THE acoustics in this building are
enough to drive an ordinary man in
sane remarked a man who does cler-
zeal work for the government. Some
days I am trying TO get my figures
straight and my books up in shape, and
10 is no noisy that ! can't hear myself
think. I have to keep cotton In my ears
half the time. Maybe III get used 10
the noise, but now IL looks like III have
10 quit the job or land in St Eliza
beth's."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
METHODISTS ATTACK
JUNGLE JOE" CANNON
Urge Their Members TO Give
Speaker Two Years Vacation
Without Pay for Ser ices.

Los ANGELES. Cal. Sept 2s-UaIi-
fornia MethOdists. In conference here.
have attacked Speaker Joseph G. Can
non Of the House Of Representatives.
calling on members OF their denomina-
ton throughout the country to vote
against Representatives who would
support Cannon for Speaker.
The resolution urges Methodists in
Cannon's district 70 vote against and
give him vacation Of two years with
out pay" that he. may become amenabIe
20 public opinion.
Failing In defeating him for Congress
f. is proposed that BIethOdists shall ask
the Christian citizenship OF The United
States, without regard 10 political anil
atoms, 20 bring all possible moral in
huence 10 bear on every Congressman
elect 70 put man in the Speakers
chair who viii not abrOgate 10 him.
self the functions or the Supreme Court
but instead. will grant 20 all the people
and their lawful representatives In Con-
gress the rights granted 20 them by
the Constitution OF the United States"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
BUREAU ANNEX SITE
OWNERS ARE ANXIOUS
Condemnation Proceedings May
Not Be Necessary to Get Land
for Government.

a temporary halt in the condemnation
proceedings Instituted Dy the Depart
ment OF Justice at the instance OF tbs
Treasury Department 20 obtain squares
81 and 2S5, which IS part OF the site
for the annex 10 the Bureau OF Engrav-
ing and Printing, has been called by
Treasury officials because the owners
OF the property have Just submitted a
proposition whereby Il Is hoped the
land may be acquired BY private pur-
chase. Square % was bought By the
Government a few weeks ago, and II
was believed az the time the owners OF
the land IN square 81 and % would
offer the land al a reasonable price
But the ri2ures submitted to the Treas
Ury Department. II was said, were FAR
from satisfactory. and IL was deter
mined 10 institute condemnation pro
ceedings- The Department OF Justice
was requested 10 begin such action, and
Just as the first move was made the
owners or the land thought Il would
be cheaper and more satisfactory 20 sell
70 the Government without the inter
Eention Of jury The proposition sub
mitted viii be taken up by the Treasury
Department without delay, as the de-
partment is anxious 70 begin the work
on the foundations for the annex
The Government paid $4,000 for
square 20 The total appropriation for
the site was $4,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
TAFT IS HANDICAPPED
BY MEDICAL" ADVICE
MiSinformation Is Showered Him by Travelling Com
panions Prolific With Suggestion and Solicit
Gus as TO His Welfare

gle, he mas 10 wade through the argu-
Inents, eNpostulauOns and medical lee
lures OF al the assistant orators and
local committeeman on the car.
His ear begins TO sound IKE a clinic
IN one OF our leading Medical schools.
representative Boutell Of Chicago is an
authority on the tariff, but what he
KNOWS about that abstruse subject is as
nothing to his profound knowledge Of
What a candidate should do in order to
preserve everything but his, peace, Of
finished platform orator, but he is
most eloquent in stopping draft or
closing door.
Prolific With Advice.
Then there are other suggestions and
bits OF advice which are given to the
candidate in prOfusiOn and with a
lavishness which no ordinary mind can
imagine. These are some OF the iln-
portant things that smite the at
mosphere Of the private car and make
the air culver with the electricity of
deep thought high Ideas and drugstore
amenities.
b. Don't Don't, let him wear his golf cap when
Tell him 70 put on his alpaca coat
when he gets 10 Squeedunk Gap"
NOW, this audience wants some fun
ny stories Tell them some, Judge"
L think you'd better show yourself
as we run through the next town"
Luck Is With Him.
But the judge is a lucky man. lie is
so lucky that, il he went 10 a church
bazaar, he'd pull out a gold watch
every time he put mis- hand in the grab
bag. + G is lucky because he has main
tanned the VIII power necessary TO with
stand all the foolish wisdom that has
been handed TO him By gentlemen who
have learned politics IN correspondence
schools and picked up vast medical lore
by careful perusal Of patent medicine
labels. IL has been q hard struggle for
nm. Sometimes he feels like taking all
The advice given him, but he Is re-
strained by the memory that IL Is his
duty To- lye-nOJ 10 die
Tie Republican candidate for the
Presidency Is alive today I'm spite Of
MS friends Those VINO hear him speak
from the rear platform OF his car have
no .dea or the conversational torture
which awaits him as he bows smiUngly
and siep1 from view. Those who see
him standing on a platform !n a public
square. little think that he had 10 fight
desperately IN order not 20 appear be-
fore them with a red blanket swathing
his feet ana a japanese kimOnO wrapped
around each wrist To them he seems
10 be merely fine man.
But he is more than this lie IS a fine
man fighting against the medical mis-
Information of his travelling compan-
ions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
GEORGETOWN READY
FOR LAW STUDENTS

At the opening Of the law school OF
the Georgetown University tomorrow
evening at $50 o'clock. in the law
school building. 50s-s f street northwest,
chief Justice Harry n. CIabaugh. OF
the Supreme Court OF the District OF
Columbia, and dean OF the faculty. viii
act as master or ceremonies. Associate
Justice Ashley ". Gould. OF the District
Supreme Court. and also member OF
The faculty. viii deliver the opening ad-
dress The Rev Father Joseph Him
mel. 5. J.. the new president of George
town University, viii preside and ad-
dress the student body. An Invitation
has been extended 70 the public 20 at
tend
The classes and course OF instruction
viii open on Thursday evening. 10
changes have been mace IN the faculty.
Debating societies and other college or
ganIzations VIII be formed this week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
CAT CLUB MEMBERS
PLAN FOR A BAZAAR

The Washington Cat Club at its first
meeting held since the summer vaca-
don, decided TO have a bazaar in thenear
future, where kittens, both long and
short haired, will be exhibited and solo.
EhiB VIII take the place of the regular
winter show. The club also decided 20
devote 10 per cent Of its income to res
cue work among animals.
The challenge cups of the Washington
Cat Club We're recently competed for at
the Canadian national exhibition in To
rontO. and at the Connecticut Cat Club
show In Hartford. These challenge cups
Will be offered at all championship
shows under the rules of the Cat Fan
Ciers' Association, The first fall meet
ing Of the club was held with Mrs II,
L. West.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
INHERITS
SISTERS ESTATES

BY the terms OF the wills of the
Misses Elinor and Alice Pairo, who
were drowned while sailing or Deer Is
land September /, Richard r Pairo, a
brother, viii come into possession of the
greater part Of their estate.
Each Of the sisters made the other the
chief legatee. with the proviso that
should the beneficiary of either not sur
viye, the estate was 10 go 10 the
brother. who is named as executor in
both wills.
The testament OF ElinOr, dated FebrtI-
airy >, 1903. bequeaths $1,000 to DR.. Ed
ward 7 TrudeaU. Of Saranac Lake, in
trust to the use OF the Adirondack Cot
tage Sanitarium OF Essex county, n Y
Mrs. Nellie Conway Willis. Of Orange,
Va, is left $1,000 by the will Of Alice
Pairo, dated June %. 1906.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
OFFICERS SELECTED
FOR BOYS BRIGADE

Field officers for the Boys Cadet
Corps Of the public schols have been
tentatively selected at an examination
held at the Central High School, and
their names Will be acted upon by the
Board OF Education this afternoon. IN
I'll the board passes upon the selections,
the names will not be made public A
colonel, lieutenant colonel, three majors,
and a regimental adjutant were named.
The examination was conducted by Col
Burton r. Ross, Colonel OBrien. Of the
Second Regiment and Major McCarth
ran, Of the District National Guard. un-
der the direction of Superintendent
Stuart and Assistant Superintendent
Hughes.
The regiment this year will cOnsits of
twelve companies, comprising about yJC
boys.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
BIBLES FOR HOTELS.

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 29.-An orgar r
lied movement TO place a Bible in tie
rooms of every hotel in the United
States was formulated at the CT -
Avenue Methodist Church last night a
a meeting OF the "Gideons." an c--ln-
iZation Of Christian travelling men With
.. 900 members.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
TO QUIT WITH HASKELL.

GUTHRIE, Okla, Sept. 29.-JOhn B.
Doolin, appointed assistant TO Governor
Haskell when the governor was made
treasurer OF the Democratic national
committee. will resign and return from
Chicago to his home at Alva, Okla
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
CALEB POWERS BAPTIZED.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Sept 29.-Caleb
Powers. who spent eight years in a
Kentucky penitentiary in connection
with the GoebeI assassination case be-
fore beirg pardored by Governor VIII
son, was baptized in the Baptist Church
aC JslIica last night in the presence Of
so persons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
By JAMES HAY. Tr.

FARGO, n. D., Sept Zg-WflIian,
Howard Taft is having a hard time
these days
The difficulty is that he has to tight
a pitched battle in order to keep from
acting on the advice which is handed
TO him every minute by well mean
ing gentlemen. His trouble is that his
special train IS infested with friends,
who seem to be laboring under the i'm
preston that they are training a prize
fighter
DR.. Richardson is the only physician
on the train, but Judge Taft knows to
his sorrow now that any man can be
doctor at a minutes notice. Conse-
quently. the candidate is overwhelmed
with advice. This one runs up, taps
him on the shoulder and says solicit
Ously:
Judge, you must lie down ten min
utes now"
Another whispers in his ear:
You have five minutes before the
next stop. You had better have your
throat sprayed"
Thus it goes on from o'clock in the
morning until a late hour at night,
when the much advised man advise Ily
fights his way 10 his state room and
goes 70 sleep. As soon as he awaiies in
the morning, he loses his appetite Who
wants To eat when. between his bed
and breakfast, fifty garrulous. self
instructed. self-licensed doctors lie in
walt 10 pounce upon him and tell him
how breakfast bacon affects the voice
or how coffee Injuries the bronchial
tubes?
Remedies for Everything.
The thing is terrific. By luncheon.
some one more industrious than TIE
rest, has read IN the almanac that
EsEdmos grease their throats with whale
oil and has loa led himself up with a
box Of axle grease to be applied 10 the
muscles Of the candidates neck. or.
perhaps. another has read i'm the Ladies'
Home Journal that a cedar pillow in
duces slumber and las found one on
which Taft must rest his M willing head
lust a few minutes anyway"
The knowledge OF drafts on this tram
is something beyond the human mind
To- appreciate. There are forty men IN
the party who have delivered Iong.
their victim on how a draft on the foot
Will AFFECT him. how a breeze on the
back or he head will make hirc feel
and. IN short. how a draft on ever
square inch OF aim will njure his
throat
At one time. there was weII-deveI-
Cped theory that air was free 70 every
body But this Is not 50 with Judge
Taft. He has 20 fight for all he gets.
Before he can raise a car window. ne
has 70 have a finish fight with James II.
Williams. who represents the national
committee and the American College OF
Pharmacists. Having ended that strUg-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
THE ETERNAL FEMININE.

This shoe FITS you perfectly" said the
clerk
Then show me something half a size
smaller" replied the lady.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
s1.a5 TO Baltimore and Return

every day via The Electric Line TwI-
light excursions 800 round trip. D. m
returning up 70 midnight, Saturday ard
Sunday excepted See time schedule
Advt-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29

Coal. Buy Now, Save so Cents.
a ton-Egg, Stove and Nut. S675. R J &
n. c Grace, 4th & L ne. Linen. 233--Advt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-29
l78 dresses

Of messaIine satins and chif-
fon taffetas, IN Empire and
Princess effects. Values up to
$50.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

The beetles seem to come out just in
time to feast on the flowers and
young sets, and single beetle can ac-
count for many punches of grapes at
such time.
On just such an occasion, the
writer, in company with his assistant,
Mr.. E. j. Kraus, visited a vineyard at
Decatur, well-known grape region.
Here a pan seven feet six inches long,
% inches wide and one inch deep was
made from a sheet of galvanized iron.
To one side of this was fastened
light frame three feet high and run
ming the entire length of the frame,
being securely braced to the frame of
the pan. The pan was prepared by
placing a number of old pieces of
cloth, soaked in water, in the bottom
and over this pouring about quart
of kerosene When the pan had been
made ready, it was placed alongside
of vine and the beetles beaten into
1t by means OF switches made of
broom corn. After collecting the
beetles from one vine the pan was
moved along to the next and the beat
ing repeated. Some Of the beetles
fell short of the pan, some struck the
shield and bounded back, but most Of
them stayed in and died. 1t is likely
that a deep notch in the side of the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
THE ROSE BEETLE HAS
INVADED VINEYARDS
Pest May Prove a Serious Problem Grape Growers
Year

Our hereditary enemy, the rose
chafer, or rose beetle, has of late been
making such bold invasions into the
grape territory that any measures
which promise even partial success
are welcome to the vineyard owners.
The life history of this awkward
creature is known pretty well by
those interested; the eggs are laid
usually in sod land and in we'll
drained sandy sod by preference. just
such land as abounds in the fruit belt
The larvae are white grubs, resem-
bling, in miniature, the grubs of the
ordinary white grub of the June
beetle. Like their larger relatives,
they feed on the roots Of vegetation.
They attain their full size in the fall,
and at that time hollow out small
cells in the soil, where they pass the
winter. In the spring the larvae
change to pupae and, later in June,
the adult beetles, with their long awk-
ward legs, come out and spread over
the countryside, collecting in regions
where their food plants are to be
found, new legions appearing from day
to day as earlier ones die or are
killed off, sometimes collecting in al
most unbelievable numbers.
Grapes suffer most of all the fruits.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

pan, which would admit of placing the
pan closer to the vines, would make
it possible to catch more OF the
beetles. OF course, all the beetles
that touched the oil died.
Quite a large number of beetles
were collected in this way, but on the
day of the trial the beetles we're not so
plentiful as the writer has seen them
at other times. 1t is likely that when
the beetles are not numerous, two men
with ordinary milk pans, with oil rags
in the bottom and with switches
would do about as well. When very
numerous the large pan should be
efficient. 1t requires hard work to
carry such pan over the hills, such
as are ordinarily used for grape grow
ing. Our illustration shows such a
pan in use.
A test of arsenate Of lead in heavy
doses was also made at the same
time. A certain portion of the vine
yard was sprayed with arsenate. us
ing four pounds to the barrel OF wa
ter. The ordinary prepared paste
was used. We started with a we'll
stirred charge, but owing to the in
efficiency of the agitator, the applica-
ton was far stronger at the part hrst
sprayed than when farther along.
AS to the results of the spray, Mr..