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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
CABINET ARCHITECTS
ARE HARD AT WORK
Knox Will Have Another
Conference With Mr..
Taft on Matter.
BY JAMES HAY. Tr.

ADGUSTA,N Ca. Jan. E-Phisudar c.
KNOX. the next Secretary of State. wired
President-elect Taft today that he viii
arrive In Augusta tomorrow morning
Ever since Mr.. Knox was chosen as
head of the State Department in the
next Administration. he and MY. Taft
have been iu constant c0rresuoudrnce
regarding Cabinet and other matters.
For this reason and because AIr Taft
has had much advice from National
Chairman Hitchcock. Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts and John HAYS Ham
mond regarding Cabinet matters. Ir De-
. important 70 note that, as reported fn
these dispatches two weeks ago. the
Cabinet lineup for eight Of the nine
positions seems 10 be as follows
Secretary OF State. PhlIander C.. Knox.
OF Pennsylvania
Secretary Of the Treasury. lEgr0n T.
Herrlck. Of Ohio
Secretary Of War. Luke F.. Wright. Of
Tennessee.
Secretary Of the Navy. Robert ~
Thompson. OF New York.
Secretary OF the Interior Richard A.
Bs4lugers Of Washington
Secretary Of Agriculture. James Will
son. OF Iowa
Attorney General George N'. wick
ersham. OF New York
Postmaster General Frank H. Hitch
cock, Of Massachusetts.
Who shall occupy the post OF Com
HaTce and Labor. according 10 the best
Information now ChtairalIa IS as var
undecided but it seems 10 Die between
FarweI. of Chicago. Meyer. of Nas=a-
ChusetLs, and Knight, of california
There has been a. report that William
Loeb. lr might be given this place
but lt is not here considered uroaa bic
II he ls made a member Of the Cabinet
80 VIII be solely because 1f the insist
encs with which he Is being urged bv
President Roosevelt Even this E0H-
ever, Is not thought 20 be- likely
In case Wright does not serve r4f
the entire Tart Administration as SEQ
TelaTy OF War ne may ba succeeded
ry Charles Eago0u. I'm the maaur.I=
Magoou mas put In his time as gov
eTuor general Of the Philippines
Frank IT, Hitchcock and John EFave
Hammond returned TO Augusts t1Ger.
from Atlanta. Col Robert 81 THrmg-
son. regarded ass On. next Aerrefar. Of
the Navy. le srH here. end these rMrar
VIII remain for the most part of
kUCEs visit
This afternoon, Nr. Taft VIII have
q call from the Rev. A T. MrErrua-
Of Columbia, s.. o. secretary frT ne
Southern States Of the National Crra
Labor Committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
Ruined Cities in Italy
Practically Evacuated

CATANIA, Jan. 6-with the exesp-
ton Of troops, Reggie IS practically
evacuated today. The complete evacua-
tion OF Messina has been ordered for
the end Of the week.
Another man was L zen alive frera
the ruins at Nessina this morning. Hs
had been without food or water for
nine DAYS He was unconscious uhsn
taken out. but quickly revived
Tales of reckless heFoisnn contin51s fs
come from the ruined city. one OF TIE
most striking Of these was that OF the
rescue or the regtmeutal Colors in the
Messina barracks by a on-conniss
stoned officer Of the Eighty-ninth Ins
fantry He was one OF the few SOLE
diers who escaped from the barracks,
bat returned amid falling walls sna
fame and rescued the colors
There IS little fear Of a typhoid epls
demiCs a. practically the last survivors
viii be removed before the end Of the
week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
SERVICE
REPORTS READY
PreSindent Will Send Mass
of Interesting Documents
to Senator Hale.
CABINET MEMBERS
PREPARE PAPERS
Tell of Work Of the Government
Agents in Different Depart
ments of Government

President Roosevelt will tomorrow,
send TO Senator Hale a mass OF most
interesting documents on the workings
of the Secret Service
These documents will include reports
from all the members of the Cabinet,
telling of the employment Of Secret Ser
vice agents within their respective ju-
risdictions, the need for the service, the
results 10 has accomplished. and the
prime necessity that IL shall not only
not be crippled, but that it shall be
strengthened by the REORGANIZATION
which the President suggested in his
last message 10 Congres So on the sub
ject.
Congress viii get, wherever Senator
Hale has these reports printed as a pub
lic document all the information it is
likely TO want for long time to come.
on Secret Service. The President some
time ago instructed all the heads Of de-
partmeuts 20 have sucE reports made
up for him, I'm OFtier 20 comply with
the Senate r request for The material
on this subject. The showing Is cx-
haustive, and according 70 people who
have had opportunity tO know just
what is tu the reports. viii prove an
eve opener TO Congress and the public
alike
For example. there is a report from
Secretary OF State Root that viii prove
hardly less than sensa tiOnaI.
II will make plain tLat If. for in
stance the Government "a ere notified,
while it is acting as chIclaI host to
Prince Henry, Of 9. pIo- Of anarchists
10 murder the prince with = bomb it
would be practical impossi biIity. un-
Ger the laws rs now framed. and as
Messrs. TaWney. Smith. and others
have insisted IL should be kept. to
- ke necessary steps 10 protect the
The many varied and extremely
useful functions of the secret Service
ia hunting down crime i'm the public
service viii he outlined in great de-
tan. IT is said indeed, that the docu-
fs VIII constitute rae basis FOR
~ series or secret service detec-
tIFe stories as literary ina agination
has never yet conjured up
Iue President IS immensely nIe-eed
"lth the matter which his officials adj
vlseTs have brought 20 him in this con-
nt-upHs and confident thar If there is
anyialng needed TO complete the roIt
oL his Congressional critics, this arsenal
.i ammunition VIII prove that thing.
Personally the President isn't I'm tina
eugnIesr concerned what Congress may
do, or what the House ma, do. by way
or censurlng him or otherwise express
ing dispIeasuTe.
The House is welcome % adopt reso-
Iutiou5. 70 return his last MESA zes, or
at the messages he ever ent 20 f. IL is
quite Of liberty 10 eEpuuCe the offend
ing observations from its record or n
leave them lying ON the table
What the President wants is 40 z,t
the Secret Service restored 10 a status
which viii insure IT'S practical utility [
as an iustrumentaHtv for stopping
crime. and he thinks he had the in
formation which viii compel such ac- !
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
NEAR-ZERO WEATHER
ON DECK TOMORROW
Forecast Is For Continued
Cole Until Close of Week.
No Snow.

From ten to fifteen degrees above
zero tomorrow morning with the mer-
curry lowering even lower than that by
tomorrow evening is the cheering news
from the Weather Bureau at noon to-
dav.
While q cold wave has been predict
ed for several days, 1t was not expected
that it would reach so near the zero
mark nor last so long as at present
indicated. For there is little likelihood.
declares the official progostigator that
the warm breezes viii break the freez-
ing temperature until Saturday or per
haps Sunday.
The cold wave In the Northwest is
persistent and this morning covers the
entire Northern and Central portions
Of the country between the Rocky
mountains and the AppaIachians. Indl-
cations are, says the weather man. that
fl viii spread over the entire zone OF
the Eastern States and reach the South
tonight, and tha6 it will be even colder
In the interior
The line Of zero temperature viii
probably extend into northern and
western Virginia by Friday morning,
and freezing temperature will be felt
IN Florida by tomorrow morning.
The discomfort Of the cold viii not
even be tempered by a little snow to
lend a little touch of winter to the
the weather will be fair except along
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
AZ INCHES OF RAIN
IN 3 DAYS; RECORD
Great Damage Caused in Costa
RlCa BY Remarkable
Deluge.

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.--Port Limon,
Costa Rica. suffered the worst rain
storm in her history between December
q and December 29 according to in
formation brought here today by the
steamer Siberia. from West Indian and
Costa Ricdn ports.
Forty-two inches Of rain fell IN three
DAYS. and the average for the six days
was eight inches. Fifteen lives were
lost. ffy miles Of railway track dis
abIed. telegraph lines destroyed. and
three large bridges washed away
Many fruit farms were ruined.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
Two Especially Heavy
Shocks Topple Over Re-
naming Walls.
SURVIVORS AGAIN
THROWN IN PANIC
Latest Disturbances Most Severe
Since the Initial One, De-
clare Experts.

PALERMO. Jan. 6.-Two OF the six
recurring shocks at Messina yesterday
we're the most severe since the initial
quake, according to reports made here
today
Ihe survivors and TsscueFs alike vers
thrown into panic by these heavy
shocks, and half the remaining wallis
In the city were t0ppled over.
80 many slight tremOrs are felt THAI
the people no longer notice them. The
earth at Reggie is described a. bsiur ~
almost constant tremble."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
RETIREMENT
CRITICISED BY HOUSE
Published Rumor That Officer Was Ordered Report
to President as Retired Officer Scored
by Mann

the President. Mr. Mann said u was
tuconCeivabls that the President should
exceed his authority in such a manner
1T is so irconceivabIe. said Mr.
Mann. that I am inclined to believe
that the papeTs announcing it ueTpe-
trated a libel ou the President Of the
United States
Mt Hull said he agreed heartily with
the statement OF Mr. Mann
.-6ur." continued MT Mann ssTcasEi-
csIly, "I have not heard that anyone
has been placed I'm the Ananias Club
as a result or the publication Of the
story"
The bin provides that officers of the
army navy, and Marine Corps on the
retired list whose rank has been OF
shall hereafter he advanced by opcr4-
uon Of or ln accordance with law shall
he entitled TO and shall receive COM
missions in accordance with such ad-
VauCcd rank.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

The retirement OF Major Edgar o.
sr-z-re from the ny With rank of
lieutenant colonel, laree-quarters pay
and with orders to report to President
Roosevelt after March 3 next and ac-
company him 20 Africa, came I'D lot
sharp criticism iu tHe House today when
The biz providing for the retirement OF
army. navy. and marine officers came
un for consideration.
The bin was reported by Representa-
tive HuI of Iowa. chairman Of the
Committee uu Military Affairs Mr.
Mann of Illinois demanded 90 know by
what right the President rad ordered
that retired officer should report 10
ntm after He becomes private citizen
Hr HW replied chat ho had mo- kLnwl-
edge yt any such action on le par, OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
Massachusetts, Relief
Fund Reaches S125,OOO

BOSTON, Jan. 6.-Ths Massachusetts,
Italian relief and Red Cross funds are
near the $4,000 mark. according 20 the
trea asurers.
Already approximately $4,000 OF this
sum has been sent 70 italy, and II iv
expected that the balance will follow
either today or tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

EHAlIOETE. Pa. Jan 6.-Rear Ad-
rnf~aI James LacQueen Forsythe, re-
tired. recovering from a. recent critical
illness. has received from the Govern
-ra-r two handsome campaign medals
frr services rendered iu the civil war
and srauLeh-AmerIcan war
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
WEATHER REPORT.

The indications are that the cold wave
prl continue ifs movement eastward
and oveTEpresd the Atlantic coast States
tonight with very low temperatures The
fair and cold weather win uT0ba bIv
continue several days
Cold wave wa ruiuge are displayed in
the Atlantic coast and east Gulf states
t0 northern Florida. and froEt warnings
have been issued for Florida as far
south as the 9th parallel.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be fresh UOrthWestErIv
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
Fleet Officers Guests
Of Americans al Cairo

JAIRO, Jan. 6.-The American diolo-
matte agency was the host today AZ q
dinner to Admiral Potter ana nearly
score OF officers of the American hasf
Among those who were invited to meet
the Americans were Sir Eldon Czorzt
Colonel Watson. represeatatinx ths
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
Through 80 10 ChIcaal-

80 extra fare. The Pennsylvania Linn
itcds leaving Washington daily at l1.55
r. no. and arriving CHICAGO $40 the next
morning. now carries q through sleeping
car Washington to Chicago $50 extra
fare 20 Chicago on TINS famous train.
-AdFt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

Fair tonight Thursday. and Friday.
severe cold wave. minimum temperature
westerly winds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06

FloTida and Carolina Resorts

Best reached by Seaboard Air Line.
Three daily trains with through Pull
mans and dining cars. once 1927 Pa. ave.
-AdVt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-06
House Committee Recon-
mends S9,837,OOO in Place
of S16,OOO,OOO Asked.
GAS AT IS CENTS
IS RECOMMENDED
This Figure Urged on Commission
ers As Limit For Other
Than Street Use.

The District appropriations bin for
the fiscal year of 1910, carrying S6l69.-
I6l less than the amount asked for
by the District Commissioners, was pre-
sented 90 the House today. The total
appropriations for the District for the
next fiscal year, exclusive of the Water
Department. is S9S 1852. of which sum
the General Government pays half The
amount asked for 10y the Commission
ers was Sl6,Oo5. .935.52
The public school system of the Dis
trtct comes in for a large share of the
reduction. For the maintenance and
renairs of the schools, together with
salaries. the Commissioners asked
A.nS,Si0 or this amount only sg.Sl1. .2l5
is reported by the Appropriations Com
mittee
School Items CuL
Among the school items not allowed
by the Appropriations Committee was
the $4,000 asked for 10 enforce the child
labor law; for evening lectures 81 800;
for equipment, maintenance, and super
vision of Fairgrounds. S. 500
The Board Of Education and C0mmis-
sioners asked the sum OF S2270500 for
new school buildings. The Anpropria-
tious Committee recommends only S658.
oo0, q g against $541000 for the last wear
For salaries of the Metropolitan po-
IiCes the sum Of 1929, ,51852 is aDnr0-
priated. or only s., 900 more than allotted
last year In lieu of the 81. .0zS. Gss. 81 asked
for The committee failed 10 apDrove
OF the estimate for the establishment
of a National Bureau Of Criminal Tdeu-
uhcauOu, amount $500
Street Work Hit.
Street improvements and repairs are
also hard hit. The Commissioners
asked S251o0o for the elimination Of
grade crossings they viii receive
S15o0o1. The item Of repairs on streets.
avenues. and alleys, estimated at
500. 90. is reduced TO 10000
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
How. the Government nI-Iredts
Its Women Workers
BY RUTH g. D. HAvENs,


ARGE numbers of girls appointed as unsknled and skilled labor
ers 0 n a low-grade competitive examination at a very small salary
- or with compensation Is piece workers. The money counters in the
Treasury Department are almost exclusively women, frequently entefng
the service by the road of appointment as skilled laborr in the bureau of
engraving and printing. When the wearisomeness and health destroying
nature of their employment are dereds and then responsibility for all
an eforth has been made to reduce it far below living wages because the
field is solely occupied by women. s
ucces in any attempt to d women's wages in hi service seems
probable, if me appeals to history for precedent and prophecy. Forty years
ago the minimunywage for men engaged in clerical work in the civil service
was $1,000 per annum; or women, 5000 The official hours were from 8 a.
m. to 3p M <Aftaward a grade for women established at $70 per
annum, n a hour vas added to the clerical day Following in rather
at $780, at $3.50; a year or W ago a grade OF $3.50 was proposed, nut failed
of enactment Meantime another half -hour a added to the day, ad the
hours are TO- from a m. to 430 p m. .f1 f
1t is thus made apparent that while the present clerical grading is said to
have been established in the early hfHes The standard OF wages has been re-
|duced by the institution OF seven lower grades. through which women. and
sometimes men,. mus chmbvto reacha living salary. and by two additions to
the length OF the official day; and this has occurred during a period when the
cost of living mas been constantly advancing
IN 1904 the force of Federal employees numbered 15083 of whom 1922 or
between s and 8 per cent we're females OF this small proportion 959 re
ceved less than 1900 per annum, which was h lowest salary at which women
appointed forty years ago. This we'll illustrates the attitude of the gov
eminent towardw women. & .& ST
In pausing to glance Il the anomalous rarosresaon of wages 1 do not
from he service 80
This question was asked o. a certain bureau omcer"You have said many
times that your women clerks are more faithful, more accurate, more con-
sdentious than the men and equally competent. and hence entitled to pro
motion. Why, then, do you always ask the commission for menu"
This vas hiss answer: Women are entitled to the appointments under the
the suffrage But they have not the suffrage. and o they cannot have the APP
pomtements The voters musth have the places. If o women want positions
in the civil service you must first secure citizenship through the banot'-Har-
pers Weekly. $500
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
" interesting nroeram. h.s bee,

Y " interesting program. has beer
"a arranged for the annual spring
institute of. the Essex. COUNT
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
to taxi place in the Roseyilla Presby-
terrain Church on Thursday. Al feature
will BIS an address by DR.. Eva M. Lake,
OF Pleasantville, who will discuss 1.-THE
Effects of Moderate Drinking on Pos
terity." =. :
Purity in Literature and Art will
be the subject Of papers by Mrs. Emile
D., Martin. Of New York, and Mrs. M.
B.. Stout, of Baxonne. Mrs. Jane IF.
Mtllin, of New York. will conduct a
Bible reading and an address on TEN
perance" will be given. by Mrs. Mar
garet Dye Ellis. Devotional exercises
win be conducted by Mrs. Sarah I.
Blanchard, of East Orange, who for
many was president of No. 1
Union of this city. Mrs. Emma Bourne,
the State president. will hold a ques-
ton box conference.
The evening session will be given
over to an elocution contest, in which
a number of young persons will take
part. The judges will b Professor
Morris l.. Barr, of the Barringer High
School: the Rev. William Y. Chapman.
pastor of the Roseville Presbyterian
Church, and Mrs. Irving Brown.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
is the end"

me tonight. This is the end"
Let go, fooii'' roared the prince.
slashing Giovanni across the face with
the heavy crop.
Giovanni laughed again and drew his
knife. 'I shall not miss you this
timei"
The prince, a trained soldier, shifted
the reins to his teeth, buried his knees
in the barrel of the horse, unlocked
his scabbard and swung it aloft, deftly
catching the reins again in his left
hand. But Giovanni was fully pre-
pared. He released the bride, his arm
went back and the knife spun through
the air. Yet ii thai instant in which
Giovanni's arm was poised for h cast,
the prince lifted his horse on its
launches. The knife gashed the ami
NAL deeply in the neck. Still on its
launches it backed, wild with the un-
accustomed pain. The lip of the road,
at this spot rotten and unprotected.
gave way. The prince saw the danger
and tried to urge the horse forward. 1t
was too late. The headquarters sank,
the horse whinnied in terror. and the
prince tried in vain to slip from the
saddle. There came a grating crash. a
muf1ed cry, and horse and rider went
pounding down the r~ock-bound gorge.
Giovanni listened. He heard the
light, metallic clatter of the empty
scabbard as it struck projecting bould-
ers; he heard it strangely above the
duller. heavier sound. Then the hush
of silence out of which came the faint
mutter of the stream. Giovanni trem-
bled and the sweat on his body grew
cold; less from reaction than from the
thought that actual murder had been
snatched from his hands. For several
minutes he waited, dreading, but there
was no further sound. He searched
mechanically for his knife, recovered
It. and then crept downAthe abrupt side
of the gorge till he found them. They
were both dead. A cloud swept over the
benign moon.
-"Holy Father. thou hast waited seven
years too long," Giovanni crossed
himself.
He gazed up at the ledge where the
tragedy had begun. The cloud passed
and revealed the shining muskets OF
two carabinieri. doubtless attracted BY
the untoward sounds. Giovanni. agile
and muscular as a wolf, stole over the
stream and disappeared into the black
ness beyond. But there was an ex-
preston of horror or his face which
could not have been intensified had
Dante and vergil and all the shades OF
the Inferno trooped at his heels.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17

The two, Merrihew and O'Mally,
finally succeeded in separating the men,
and none too soon. The prince stag
gered to a chair and sank heavily into
1t. A moment more and he had been a
dead man.. But he was not-grateful to
any, one
La Signorina turned upon Hillard.
'.And you would have done this thing
before my very eyes!"
II was mad he painted, shamed. Il
love you better than anything else in
Gods world, and this man means that
I shall lose you"
"And you would have come to me
across his blood?" w~rathfully.
81 was not thinking of that. The
only thought l had was to- kill him.
God knows I'm sorry enough" And
he was.
"Ah, what a night She swayed and
pressed her hand over her eyes. mo,
do not touch me" she said. II am not
the kind of woman who faints."
The prince lurched toward Hillard.
but fortunately Merrihew heard the
slithering sound of the saber as it left
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-17
A Bridesmaids Duties.
Ny Dear Miss Doom:

Ny Dear Miss Doom:
What are a bridesmaids duties when
there Is only one maid. and what sort
Of flowers should she wear If bride and
bridesmaid are both gowned in white
and who furnishes them?
WEDDING
It is her duty to assist the bride in
every way possible. During the eers-
mony h stands near her, generally
at the left side, to render any neces-
sary assistance, such as holding her
glove while the ring is being placed on
her finger. etc. Flowers for all are
furnished by the bridegroom. I sup
pose h bride will carry white flowers.
In that case you might carry pink
roses and white lilacs, which are beau
tiful just low; or just an arm bouquet
OF roses. sweet peas. marguerites or
5onquils.