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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
NOT TO- LET THE PROCESSION
SAIL BY.

Graf Won Zeppelin's third dirigible
was built from the German treasury
The 1906 lie Baudy airship, and all its
successors of the "La Patrie" type were
built from the French treasury. The
Capper airship, which flew from Alder
shot to London in October, 1907, was
built from the British treasury.
But the United States Treasury has
constructed no airships of any sort, ex-
cept as it may be presumed to have
helped in the building OF such craft as
are to be purchased by the Signal
Service as the fruit of the remarkable
trials at Fort Myer this past summer.
The allowance of 100000 which the
House voted Saturday for experiment
jng with, developing. and purchasing
airships, has not come any too soon if
the United States Is not content to
stand still and let the procession sail
by.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
Builders License
Strongly Opposed

TO the Editor of The Washington Times:
Your valuable paper viii DO a great
service to the people of. the District Of
Columbia If it viii arouse them To the
dangerous bill which is about to be in
tToduced i'm Congress to license builders
This bill has no other Object in view
than to shift the responsibility from the
Inspector OF Buildings where it should
properly lie. No possible good can come
of it, and it would only be the means
of giving "a monopoly Of the building
business in the District TO "a favored
few This bin is absolutely of no pTac-
teal use, and no other city has ever
found such necessary.
The only reason that this city has any
trouble is from lack of proper iuspec-
ton. II Us proven fact that buildings
are erected here and not a building in
spector or field man goes to the build
Ing TO look al the work from the time
the footing goes i'm until completion.
r furthermore, some favored few are
allowed 10 use 9-luch party walls and
olItFs are required TO use l5-iuCh in
The same size and style of building
Why they should try to license build
eTS is hard to understand. Builders have
no discretion. They work absolutely
from plans and specifications furnished
by the architect and owner. and these
plans and specifications are approved by
the Inspector of Buildings. This office
receives large sum annually TO enforce
the laws and rules of the District and
has every power TO do So
There rs no possible reason for uCen-
sing either the builder or plumber than
DTIckayer, or other mechanic trying to
make an honest living.
January %. 1909
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
TEA TO BE GIVEN THIS AFTERNOON IN
HONOR OF MISS GODOY AND GUESTS
At HOMES

Mrs. LOTUS. wife Of the first secretary
of the Siamese legation, viii receive
today at the Arlington.
Mrs. Rhett Stuart will receive infOr-
mally Saturday, February 1e and %.
Mrs. Grahame II. awell, 2503 wiscon-
sin avenue, will receive Friday. Febru-
airy 5, assisted by her house guest, Miss
Mabbatt, Of New Haven.
Mrs. Mortimer H. Acheson will receive
Thursday, February %.
Mrs. Howell. wife Of Representative
Joseph Howell, will receive tomorrow at
1926 Vermont avenue.
The Congressional ladies receiving at
Congress Hail today from 3 to are
Mrs. De Almond Mrs Russell, Mrs.
Underwood, Mrs. Edwa rds, Mrs. Shack
elfoTd, Mrs. Hinshaw, Mrs. Burnett, Mrs.
Craig, Mrs. Gordon, Mrs AdaiT Mrs.
Madison, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Cook, Mrs.
Kip. Mrs. AdamsOn Mrs Pollard Mrs.
Lenahan, Mrs. AshbroOk, Mrs Macon.
Mrs. Griggs, Mrs. Sturgiss Mrs Lar
rinaga, Mrs Hackney. Mrs. HEyes, Mrs.
Willet. Mrs. McLain, Mrs FtOdenberg,
Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Davenport, Mrs. Fer
RS, Miss Subway, miss Dennetson.
Miss Hanger, and the Misses Kuster-
mann.
Mrs Dryden, assisted by her daugh-
ter. Mrs Anthony r. Kus ar will re-
Ceive today.
Mrs. Augustus Jackson. 211 H street,
will receive informally this afternoon.
Mrs. Hefiin. wife of Representative
Hefiin OF Alabama; Mrs. f. L. Fulton.
wife Of Representative Flu ton OF Oh
lahoma. Miss RinehdTt. o. Oklahoma,
and Mrs. Rainey, wife Of Representa-
tive Henry T. Rainey, viii receive to-
day from 3 to o'clock at the DriscoIl
Hotel.
Mrs. Charles Elwood Foster and Miss
Curtis viii receive today.
Mrs. Cassel and the Misses CasseI
wife OF Representative Casssl, of Penn
sylvania, VIII receive at the ShoTeham
tomorrow from to Gel )Ck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
GOODREASONFORDR. ELIOT'S
CHEERFUL PREDICTION.

President Eliot, of Harvard, prophe-
sled confidently before the Aesculapiau
Club OF Boston, a day or so back, that
the near future would produce prod
igious changes for the better i'm the
medical profession and other great
agencies of human civilization. AT
that very time two remarkable stories
were being telegraphed the newspapers
which went far indeed TO sustain his
very optimistic opinion.
From Philadelphia came the details
of Dr. r C. Rosenberger's discovery Of
a method Of determining the presence
OF the tubercucIe bacillus in the pa
TENTS system. A little blood is taken
from the patients arm, mixed with a
saline solution, put on Ice in a tube for
twenty-four hours, and then, when the
deposit has spread upon the glass slides
of the tube it is treated first with a red
stain and then with a blue stain, after
which the germs Of consumption, if
there be any, stand out ia red on q
blue field
This recalls the method, discovered
several years ago by an Italian scien-
list, OF revealing the presence of the
rabies germ. The value of immediate
and reliable results ia "a diagnosis where
either rabies or tuberculosis is suspect
Cd can hardly be estimated AS re
CARDS rabies. the prompt determination
Of the presence Of the germ is necessary
for the successful employment of the
Pasteur cure. Combined the method of
discovering the germ and the method of
treating the infected patient have re-
duccd the death rate from hydropbobia
70 almost insignificant proportions. So
too, an early discovery Of the germs of
tuberculosis very reasonably means a
great increase ia the patients chances
OF recovery.
Then from New York, 10 be printed
30 the very same issue with DR. Eliots
interesting prophecy. came the news OF
the checking of the generous growth
IN the celebrated case Of DR.. William T.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
EXPERT TESTIMONY ENOUGH
TO SINK A SHIP.

If man Is caught with a stolen pig
in his hands, no one falls dead to hear
him plead mot guilty" No member of
Congress ought to fall dead, then, to
hear the Washington Gaslght Company
plead mot guilty. to an Indictment for
overcharging and undergrading its
product. Particularly, there ought to
be no spksms of wild amazement when
experts are produced to sustain that
plea. Did anyone ever hear in his life
of a cooperation which could not hire
enougA expert testimony in its own be-
half to sink a ship?
The process now on IN the House
Committee on the District of Columbia
would be IaughabIe if it did not
threaten TO cost so much TO the con-
sumner. Certain experts for the Gov
eminent have analysed the output OF
this corporation. They have pronounc-
cd it dangerous. That they had no
axes to grind is obvious. That their
Judgment is infinitely better than that
of any experts the gas company could
possibly present is likewise obvious.
Yet ia spite of these facts these
steps are seriously proposed:
/. That the District Commissioners
shall submit further expert testimony
on the Governments side.
?. That the committee shall under
take so exhaustive an inquiry into the
relative merits of coal and water gases,
the cost OF producing gas, the academic
question whether or not a franchise
should be capitalized, aud the color OF
lamp posts, that its deliberations shall
be the reference OF every other munich
pality in the country.
3. That the SO-cent gas bin shall wait
on these proceeding
If the man caught with the stolen
pig were TO ask the constable to wait
until he could cook the animal and eat
the pork. what would the House Com
mittee % the District Of Columbia
think Of it?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
A DOCTRINE WHICH NEEDS
STILL MORE PREACHING.

"Spend your money in the city in
which you earn it." urges one of the
advertisers in The Sunday Evening
Times. 1t is a good doctrine, not new,
and yet not well enough understood
in Washington.
For if we who make the Capital of
the United States were really alive to
the advantages of spending our money
where we earn it, it would not be pos
sible for Washington to pay steady
tribute TO Baltimore, Richmond, Phila-
delphia, and Norfolk Almost any one
of those cities does more wholesale and
jobbing trade for the District of Column
bia than the District of Columbia does,
all told, Tor itself.
No extensive movement toward an
industrial Washington is needed to cor
rect this situation. No disregard of
the Capital Beautiful underlies this doc
trine. 1t is a matter merely OF keep
ing profits at home.
If our merchants can meet the prices
Of these other cities, If to the same
selling price they add the advantages
Of opportunity to inspect the goods for
sale and immediate delivery, then sure
ly we ought to hold ourselves ready TO
do our buying at home. Yet this very
man who advertises has looked on while
Richmond wholesalers bought from him
as a jobber. had his wares shipped to
Richmond. then sold them TO Washing
ton retailers. and shipped them back
again to Washington, adding two
freight charges to a selling price at
which all Washington might have
bought these goods direct in the first
place
Now this is an old story, TO be sure.
1t is the story which brought the old
Jobbers' and Shippers Association into
existence. 1t is the story which has
led to the organization of the Chamber
of Commerce. But it is a story which
needs constant reteIIing. The Chamber
Of Commerce has found If easier to i'm
press it upon out-of- town buyers than
upon our own people of Washington.
Every time it is emphasized the city
comes that much nearer commercial
common sense. This advertiser has
rolled up his sleeves in a public cause
when he advertises:
Spend your money in the city I'm
which you earn it,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

Bull. A few months ago DR.. Bulls
case was spoken of as hopeless. Those
who knew it was cancer that had at
tackled him took this decision as a mat
ter of course. Science had up to that
time made no appreciable progress
against this terrible malady, though
high hopes had been aroused from time
to time, notably by the discovery OF
the Finsen rays.
But i'm DR.. Bulls case a reatment is
being used to which the patient has at
last responded promisugly. What this
treatment is. the doctors are not yet
ready to say. The case Is still on
trial; the original source of the trouble
has not been removed, and so the
progress made cannot therefore be call
ed cure up to the present time; but
the great fact is that some progress
has been made.
DR.. James Ewing, who speaks for his
colleagues at work ON the case, ex-
presses the belief that this new treat
ment Is responsible for DR.. Bulls i'm
proyement and present condition"
Steady improvement would result in a
cure; so the Bull case IS proceeding to-
ward the prodigious stage.
DR.. Eliot was sustained, it viii be
seen, by the most substantial sort of
evidence when he made his prediction
that the next half century would see
great progress in the medical PROBES
sion. He had not only the great prog
ress of the last half century on which
to base his cheerful message, but re-
markable progress recorded on the very
day Of his prophecy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
CHANGES ANNOUNCED
IN FRENCH EMBASSY


VIDE interest SIS being manifest In dl-
nlOmaue and social circles here over the
news of several transfers Ia the French
diplomatic service which affect the STAFF
of VI. Jussaraud
NJ. Des Porlcs de la F0sse. who has
been nrst secretary of the embassy for
several years. is 90 go 10 Tuuis NJ Lee
feyre-Pon-a.s, at present first secretary
of the embassy al Athens. IT, to come TO
Washington as ursL secretary.
la addition, there are several transfers
iu the French consular service in tho
United States. Maurice Heiimann vice
consul at New York. is transferred 10
Philadelphia. .u place of NJ. de L0beI-
Many. A. Neltel. commercial attache
of the embassy here. as appointed 10 the
consulate lt Dublin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
FUNERAL TOMORROW
OF FATHER CHAPUIS

Funeral services for Father Henry NJ.
ChapuIs, the aged priest who died IT St.
Charles College, EIicott City. Nd. wiII
be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
from ST. Charles Church.
Requiem mass viii be celebrated by
Bishop Monaghan, of Wilmington. Del
The Rev. Father Harvey, Of St Thorn
as University. viii deliver the sermon.
Father Chapuls died Saturday evening
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
FILIPINO CONGRESS
OPENS ITS SESSION

The second session of the Philippine
Legislature opened in Manila at 10
O'Clock this morning with an exchange
OF greetings between the delegates and
the American officials iu the islands.
A cabIegram. received by Gen. Clar-
ence r. Edwards. chief OF the Bureau
OF Iusular Analrs, from Governor Gen
eraI Smith. at Manila. told OF the event
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
FUNERAL is HELD
FOR ALICE CROWLEY

The funeral OF Alice Margaret Grow
lev, the young daughter of GIr. and Mrs.
John J. Crowley. who died at the family
residence. I343 East Capitol street, after
a short illness, was held this afternoon
at the home. She died early yesterday
morning
Mr. Crowley is an official IN the en-
ploy OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
GOODS IN WRANGLE
ABOUT MEN CALLERS
Question Of Receiving Them On
Sunday Evening Argued
at Miami.
AZ Miami.

TOLEDO Ohio, Feb. Whether fair
co-eds of Miami University shall be per-
m.gted To have meu callers 0u Sunday
nights, or whether Che men shall De
barred on that evening IS a question
that has widely spite the girls student
council of -ue school.
Recently The girls who lives In Hep
burn Hau decided Hat Sunday night
callers ought 10 bee cut out The giTss
who live out I'm town at once arose In
rebellion, and refuse 10 recognize such
rule.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

OsSINING, N. Y. Feb. Mr.. Frost,
warden of Sing Sing has been inform
ed that Tomasso Corriue, a convict.
has escaped from the camp at Bear
mountain, fifteen miles above this VII
lage, where pTeuaratious are being made
TO lay the foundation for the new State
prison. He is the NTH man that has
got away from the camp since last No
Nemher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
SIGMA NUS HEAD
is WADE E. ELLIS

Wade z. Ellis has been elected Dresi-
dent OF the Washington Alumni chan
ter Of the Sigma M fraternity. The
election took place at the annual din
ner and business meeting Of the local
chapter. other officers chosen include.
Vice president, Edison S. Basin; seere-
tarys G. A. Johnson. treasurer. Fred
II. Kay. and ergeant-at-arms. Robert
L. LOngstreet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
EAGLES TO REPEAT
THEIR PERFORMANCE

The entertainment given by the Wash
ingtOn Aerie Of Eagles at the ReIasco
Theater last night was so successful It
was announced today, that the affair
VIII be repeated on date TO be decided
upon later
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
The Students Ball.

'The Students Ball." which adds a
brilliant event to the social history of
washington each year, will be held
under the auspices Of the board of lady
managers of the George Washington
University Hospital Friday evening,
February 70, I'm the ballroom Of the
New Willard Hotel.
The receiving committee includes Mrs.
HeuIeu Jennings, Mrs. Henry Cleveland
Perkins, Mrs. Arthur D. Addison, Mrs.
Charles E. Monroe, Mrs. Charles w.
Needh m and Mrs. J. II. Crawford,
chairman of the hall committee.
Arthur D. Addison will act as chair
man If the floor committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
Nine. de Calderon and
Miss de Calderon VIII
Bethe Hosts.

Nine de Calderon and Miss de Cald-
eron, wife and daughter of the Bolivian
minister, win entertain at O'Clock
tea this afternoon i'm honor OF Miss
oodoy, and her house guests, Miss
L-azo and Miss CanaIiz0. of New York.
me tea table win be adorned with a
cehLefplece OF Killarney roses and ferns
and the candles viii have pink silk
SHADES. Palms and pink roses and car
nations VIII form the house decorations
Assisting the hostesses to receive
their guests and dispense the hospital
tiles OF the afternoon viii be Miss Han
nan Taylor. Miss Winifred Davis. -asg
Edgarina Hastings. the Misses Carlo
and the Misses Bourke
Those assisting and a few a55i+fo-,.4
guests VIII be entertained AT dinner D.,
the Minister and Nine. de Ca1deror
after the tea.
Nine. de Calderon win wear bi.oi
velvet gown and Miss de Calderoo ain
wear white messallne silk with
touches Of pink embroidery.
Mrs. Alexander sharp, wife of Can
tam sharp, y. 5. NJ. is spending few
days in Washington. the guest Of
Lieut. Com. d. +. Sellers. L. s. n, ana
Mrs. Sellers, in their home on Efrbt-
aentb street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
NOT RECEIVING

Nine. Alfred Tbierry viii not receive
today. but viii be at home at the Port
land informally the remaining Mondays
throughout he season.
Mrs Samuel ". Smith, wife OF Repre-
sentative Smith OF Michigan. will not re-
ceive tomorrow, but viii be at home in
formally on Tuesdays. February 9
and 10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

Confidence IS entertained that when
John ". Gates offers 10 bet the judi
ciary Committee q billion dollars on
&C.. he'll discover for once what The Con-
gFessl0uaI game is Ike.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

4 real menace to American naval SUI
premacy has been discovered ia PhiIa-
de-phia, where throngs of young women
each Sunday beslege the navy yard and
are declared to be running the discipline
among the sa.Iormen OF Jhe establish
uent The cOmmaudauu has been COM
PEELED 10 issue the ultlmatum that if
they don't stay away .n future they
VIII Doe locked up. II this works. the
proportion of deserlous at Philadelphia
viii be found increasing at a ru.uous
rate. There are some things that even
military discipline cannot accomplish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

VINO married a Russian prince ought 90
give some satisfaction 60 the employees
of Uncle Sam. IL they don't get Lue.r
salaries raised, Du- by the time il gets
spread out among the 10000 OF those iu
Washington it'u be a little thin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

Secretary Root has been mistaken for
a pugllisL Certain late lamc1tcI cauGi-
dates for the New York SenatorshiD
VIII decline absolutely to note anything
funny about IT,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
Copyright by Buck.
REPRESENTATIVE CURRIER,
He Has Voice Like Roosevelt and Bite
OFF Words.
Holding House in Check,
Woman Thinks Big
Stick Welded.

One of the best presiding officers in
the House, for the purpose of maintain
ing order and ezpediung business, Is
Mr.. Currier of New Hampshire. He
has a voice a good deal like that of
President Roosevelt, and the same quick,
incisive way of talking He bites off
bis words with exactly the same preci-
sion and precipitancy that the President
does, and his conversation often could
be mistaken for that OF the Chief Exc
cutive.
The other day two women were sit
ting in the gallery back Of the Speaker.
and couldn't see who was in the chair.
IT, was an interesting occasion, and Cur
rier. IN the chair. was intent upon keep
ing things iH hand.
Insists Upon Order
"The House VIII be in order" he final
Iy declared very sharply, bringing down
the eaveL Gentlemen viii be In their
seats. The gentleman who has been
recognized viii suspend until order is
restored
Mr. Currier was very short and sharp
In his dlction, and one Of the women.
turning % her companion, said.
isn't il a shame the way the PresI-
dent has TO worry himself over Con-
gress."
"Why, yes. what about ito"
Don't you hear him trying TO make
them 1alare2 There he goes again.
That's The big stick he's pounding with.
] suppose they just hate TO do anything
he wants 'am TO do. and so they won't
keep quiet when me insists on it, /
should think he'd bee worn 10 a FRAGILE.
It.
Cannot Proceed.
'eThe House cannot proceed with bust
ness until better order is secured" pur-
sued Currier, suu pounding with Uncle
J0es gaveL
I'D just like to tell 'em what we
think about 'eu out iu our state" went
on the woman. Everybody there's for
the President just because Congress is
so mean 60 him."
"But that isn't the President in the
chair. trying TO make them keep RIDER, %
said the other woman.
yes he is,' replied the Executives
sympathizer 81 heard him make a
speech once. and Z couldn't be mistaken
ll his voice. Besides, the President runs
Congress- everybody says so.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

We do not always get the girl
For whom We clamor.
Which goes to show that life is no
True mel0drammer
Louisville CouTier-J ourual
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
White HOtSe Callers

CenatOrs CuIom. Illinois.
Bever.dge, Indiana.
Curtis, Kansas
Gamble. South Dakota.
Warner. Missouri.
Representatives Foster Vermont
GOuldau. New York.
Hinshaw. Nebraska.
Anthony. Kansas.
Pulmy. Vermont.
Bernet. New York.
Perkins. New York
Cushman. Washington.
Campbell, Kansas,
Keller Ohio.
MOUseT Ohio.
Former Representative Lacey OF Iowa
Commissioner keefe
Gov Joseph n. Kibby, Arizona.
Harry Hail, president Gridiron Club.
Samuel @ Blythe.
Dr. a. W. Hams.
Bishop Mcdowell
Prof A. Pinck Of the University %
Berlin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

Weather seems TO justify expectation
o. another announcement that the sun
spots are again IN business on q big
scale
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

Texas legislator has introduced O. bin
10 bar AN stockholders OF tle Waters
Pierce OH Company forever from doing
BUSH ness lu the State Sort Of scheme
10 assist nature ln preventing iIe oil
and the Waters from mixing 30 90
zUaeE x
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
For Mrs. Mackay.

For Mrs. Mackay.
Representative and Mrs. BoUrke Cock
ran have as their house guest Mrs.
Clarence Mackay, Of New York, IN
whose honor they viii entertain at din
ner this evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
Ninth Century Ruins.

The second part or Mr. Holmes lee
ture carried his hearers through the
BhldtlsJ castle ruins OF the ninth cen-
fury. the seaport of Suabaya, the city
OF S1eracarta, the volcanic regions
where smoking and Inactive volcanoes
are seen 40 close range, the street
Hfe OF Solo with Jas prucely posses
sLlus and sL"au- c ceremonies, and final
Ig visit 10 the palace of the native
ruler the SoesoeEueuau, VINO has his
dancing girls perform before the moving
picture machine
Mr. Holmes added 20 the lectures eff
fec-iveuess by appearing III the Japa-
Uese native dress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01

More money and less cheering would
help Alessrs. Gompers. Morrison and
Mitchell with their appeal case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-01
Postmaster General and
Mrs. Meyer Entertain
at Dinner.

The German Ambassador and the
Countess Won Bernstorff. and their
daughter, Countess Luise-AIex&ndra
Won Ber-storff were the honor guests
of the .2stmaster General and Mrs.
Meyer at dinner last evening.
Miss Mathilde Townsend will leave
Washington this afternoon for New
York, where she will visit her cousin,
Mrs. Ronalds, formerly Miss Thora
Strong.