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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
ANOTHER FUTILE EFFORT To
LEVY A TAX ON BACHELORS.

There have been repeated attempts
20 punish bachelors By placing tax
upon them. The idea of the tax is that
the average bachelor, skeptical of the
theory that it is as cheap TO keep two
IS II is 70 keep one. does not take unto
himself q helpmeet because he Is too
selfish. He breads the expense. Hence
it is frequently proposed that he shall
be made TO feel the contempt in which
all good men and good women regard
him by putting him in a class con-
temned by the state, whose displeasure
Is marked by placing upon him an i'm
post to be duly levied and paid.
1t has remained for the State of
Maine TO come along with another ef-
fort 20 indicate to the bachelor that be
is an incumbrance upon the earth, and
that if right prevailed ne would be
made a newer of wood and a drawer
of water as his just desserts. A bill
has been introduced in the Maine
Legislature to compel men who have
not made proper effort to marry by the
time they are thirty years of age to
support spinsters who have not re
eeived at least one bona fde offer OF
marriage by the time they are forty
OF course, the bill is as full OF loop
holes as an antitrust act, and bache-
Tors of Maine would not need any of
the Dutch courage supplied by the
'forty-rod' whisky which they sell in
Maine to snap their fingers at it.
Thus il is provided that bachelor
who has proposed TO at least three
women and has been refused, or who
Lac proposed TO the same woman three
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
FINE FOR THE TAILORS.

The silk 1T habit is virulent among
the members OF the new Administration.
Nobody knows that there is any official
requirement that Cabinet members shall
wear the polished tile, but certain il is
that they do. Report having got abrad
that President Taft is strong for the
proprieties in sartorial effects, the call
ers who trot up to the White House
these days 10 see the Chief Executive
about pOstoffices and revenue collector
ships are getting into the habit of put
ting on their storepipes. OF course,
a sewer pipe Id can't be worn without
the frock coat; and that means the cor
rect trousers with the modest stripe IN
the Erayish body.
Well. they're fairly trooping around
these nice morning.; the very pinks Of
elegance. The Taft regime has done
more for sartor.al reform in Washing
ton than anything since Chester A
Arthur, the best blessed President since
Van Buren,. made ii clear that he ex-
pected callers to be immaculate in
aspect Washington tailors say bust
ness is looking up IL great fashion, and
the front window OF any good shop will
be observed 90 any time, trimmed with
a group or rural statesmen studying
the plates.
This is alTt ady recognized as the era
OF the well-togged statesman
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
Who Is to Blame?
IPIttsburg Dispatch.

Sarcasm and gOod-humored tests have
about equally prevailed in the com
ments on Mr.. MoOres defense for that
slip in the forecast Of the weather for
inauguration day. 1t sounds a little
queer 10 explain that the weather was
so utterly lawless and acted In such
defiance OF weather customs on which
predictions are founded that the mis-
carriage was the fault not OF the fore
cast but OF the weather itself
Yet there IS some foundation for it.
In that especial combination OF highs
and lows" the previous course and be-
haVior OF the coming cod wave, the
Weather Bureau had much justification
in expecting a clear and cold day; and
II the weather itself was so refractory
as 20 90 back on the proper antecedents
should il not bear the blame2
However that may be. this thought
might quiet the cudSelingS which the
disagreeable outcome has inflicted on
Mr.. Moore. Can nation which is so
anxious for nice weather on Inaugural
ton day that the forecaster who makes
an unfortunate prediction. must be uni
years experience that the weather OF
March is ST. lawless q subject that no
one can accurately foretell its vargaries
and which clings to that date without
any constitutional reason for il. justly
take il out on the foreCaSter?
We do not know anyone except the
whole United States to blame for the
spelling Of the Inauguration festivities
after repeated experiences had shown
the date 10 be liable TO just that draw
back
Therefore we say: Don't knock the
Weather Bureau. ks III, rather, the
people who have refused or neglected to
change the Inauguration date.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
CONVENTION HALL
LINCOLN MEMORIAL

washington, March j..
Gentlemen: From the papers l notice
that a suitable memorial is 10 be pro-
vided 10 Abraham Lincoln. Permit me
to suggest that this memorial be, in
stead OF in the shape Of some Orna-
mental monument, a large memorial
hall. Washington very much needs for
conventions OF the Government (fOr in
stance, the past tuberculosis Congress)
and other international and domestic
meetings, a large hall which will be
USED also for festivities like the inaug-
ural ball anC large meetings Of the
citizens OF Washing ton.
Some rooms in such A building could
be reserved for a Lincoln museum and
library. The hail might be so arranged
that it could be subdivided and used in
whole or in part for large concerts, etc.
A large hall properly built with all
modern improvements and to suit all
modern ideas would be self-evidently OF
great vclue and credit to the country.
BY renting the hall for private purposes
il may be that the cost of administra-
tiOp might lie covered.
There is now a plan 70 erect a large
convention hall by the ci zens. but it
is doubtful If such a hall will be suit
able and monumental IL is likely to be
q more simple and, r. I may say, cheap
affair which will not do nonor 10 the
CITY OF washington.
For the reasons stated, I suggest that
Abraham Lincoln Hall be erected by
the government on some suitable site
Nv idea is that such a site might be
found near the present Union Station.
cars and which might be easily reached
from the trains by outsiders. Such a
hall not FAR from the Capitol would be
a fitting ADDITION to its surroundings.
CHARLES ARNOLD.
l2Z5 \ street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
WORKING OUT THE INTER.
STATE COMMERCE LAW.

The Interstate Commerce Commig-
sion recently rendered the most I'M
portant decision ever made under the
Hepburn act. Tt was in the Spokane
rate case, and held that rates to the
city of Spokane from the East were
about % per cent too high. 1t held
that they were too high because the
roads were earning more money, work
ing under them, than they were emit
tied to take from the people.
The effect of such a decision is to as
sumo that the commission may decide
what is a reasonable rate of interest
and dividends for a railroad to earn on
its investment, and may then fix rates
which will earn this amount and no
more. 1t is a remarkable doctrine TO
advance in the present state of the
public mind toward the transporta-
ton question in this country. 1t is
more advanced than anybody has thus
far thought of going. 1t is revolu-
tionary TO an extent which has been
very little realized by the public OF
the press.
But the most important development
in connection with this decision is that
the railroads involved have decided
they viii not appeal it TO the courts.
They will undertake 10 accept the new
rates, and To get along with the re-
duced revenues they viii earn. Why?
Because in this case, at least, they are
fearful of taking the matter into the
courts, lest a sweeping decision be
made against them which should estab-
lish the sweeping and remarkable doc
trine as laid down by the commission.
The decision in the Spokane case is
likely TO become historic. It is one
of the ablest the commission has ever
put out, and it presents the present
day attitude of the public mind to-
ward this question of the relation of
the public to the common carrier II
it stands, it means ultimately the ap-
rication of this view to the whole
question of fixing railroad rates.
I'm making this decision, the commits
sion considered all the possible elements;
capitalization, and its origin; cost Of
the property, and its present value;
cost of producing it now, with consid
GRAFTON OF the element of depreciation.
In short, as thorough a survey was
made as was in the power of the com
mission; with the decision that the
roads are earning too much money.
And that decision, it seems, is so i'm
pressive that the railroads will not ap-
peal. 1t indicates that there is a good
deal of power in the present legisls-
ton. if that power be used.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
ANOTHER CROW STORY

The morning after the big fight inbthe
House on the rules and organization.
Judge Smith of Icaa, one of the lieut.
enants Of the Speaker. turned up in the
cloak room and was asked what he
thought bout it. The question was
which side won, and Judf:e Smith was
appealed to for an opinion.
1T makes me think" he said, ''of the
story about a chap who rushed in with
the announcement that ne had just
seen a most terrific fight
- Greatest fight ever saw; never
heard of the like he declared.
Tell us about It, insisted the by
ISLANDERS.
Well, replied the man fresh from
the conflict, they fought tin one OF
en- dropped dead. Yes, sir, dropped
dead; an the other was mighty near
dead. too.
I" But who were they?' was the In
quiry.
. Two huge black crows; they got
together and fought half the afternoon.
And one Of 'em was killed.
Yes, did.l I tell you. one OF 'em
! fought till he dropped dead
p" But wtilh one was il that was
killed?
g Now, replied the spectator. how l.,
thunder could I tell the difference be-
tween two black crows that looked ex-
actly alike? 1 don't know which one
was killed "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17

SUBTLE UNCLE JOE.

Speaker Cannon is subtle and ne mas
way OF ,loing things alb his own.
When he announced that the new mem
bers of the Rules Committee would be
John J. Fitzgerald of New York, whose
amendment 10 the rules was adopted
bN the, House, and Champ Clark. the
announcement was greeted with Kisses
on the Democratic side. The Speaker
flushed with anger. sent his gavei
crashing to the desk, and everyone
locked for rebuke to the members OF
the minority. The Speaker lifted his
eyes ara remarked:
The galleries will observe the pro-
prieties of the occasion and refrain from
Kissing
The poor inoffensive gallery took the
rnbuke, having no means of proving Its
innocence.
When the Ways and Means Commit
tee appointments were announced NE
Democrats again resoTted TO Kisses tc
demonstrate their disEpproval The
Speaker pounded his gavel once more
and when all was quiet, remarked:
THE galleries viii again refrain from
Kissing
This vas too much for the Democrats,
who burst out laughing at the indirect
methods employed by the Speaker 70
spank them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
UNION MEN PLEAD
NAVY YARD CAUSE
Ask Assistant Secretary for
Gun Casting Foundry
Here.

James O'COnneu. president OF the In
ternationaI Association Of Machinists.
and four other prominent labor officials.
called upon Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy Winthrop at noon today and
urged the reconsideration Of the threat
ened discharge of 500 employees at the
Washington navy yard
These men supplemented the efforts
OF the machinists and the Navy Yard
League. They asked a new foundry for
gun castings at the navy yard that
would make it possible to do work there
which now has to be let out by contract
TO the big steel companies. The Assist
ant Secretary gave his tentative proTliSa
10 urge Congress to provide such a
foundry.
The Navy Yard League viii hold
big mass meeting in Jennings Hail o.
Pennsylvania avenue southeast tonip;Sr
and resolutions viii be passed men1o7sl
izing Congress and the Navy Dem #
ment for the construction of 2 ~
foundry. GeOrge l. Cain. of Fosfo-7
president of the league. will preside
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
STATUE Of LIBERTY
MISSES CREMATION
Heroic Goddess Threatened
by Fire in Bedloe'S Is
land Building.

NEW YORK, March r.-That the
face of Miss Liberty, the austere lady
who stands on Bedloe's Island, over
looking the harbor, ever ready TO point
the way to the worlds incoming thous-
ands, is not swathed in bandages OF
olive oil and -four today is due to the
rapidity with which the fire department
and one OF the city's IRE boats ex-
tinguished a blaze IN the building of
the headquarters of The signal corps of
the Department OF the East. situated on
the island.
Miss Liberty was clearly alarmed. and
at one time was on the point Of snuffng
the torch that she holds I'm her hands,
for fear of adding 10 the fire danger.
But reassurances were speedily given
her. and her wonted compCsure was
restored
The fire was confined TO the signal
CORPS building. which was stored with
instruments and paraphernalia of great
value 10 the corps. The loss, il is be-
neved, will not be heavy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
INAUGURAL STORM
FATAL TO ATHLETE
Joseph A. Courtney, of
Georgetown University,
Dies of Pneumonia.

Joseph A. Courtney, captain Of the
Georgetown baseball team, who con-
tracted pneumonia on Inauguration day,
died at 5:45 this morning n Q orgetown
University Hospital His mother, Mrs.
Joseph Courtney, and his sister and an
aunt. who had come here from their
home IN Worcester. Mass, were at the
bedside when he died Today the uni
versity is plunged in gloom. young
Courtney having 5een one Of the most
popular students there.
He was a graduate of Holy Cross Col
leEe in Worcester, and at the time of
his death was in the graduating class
OF the university law school Although
attentive 10 his studies and the recipient
OF honors in the classroom, he had found
time TO achieve distinction on the ath-
letic held He was fine baseball play
er and an ail-round athlete He had
played left field on the university team
for the last two years. and was looked
TO lead the Blue and Gray team this
season
On Inauguration day Courtney with a
number of fellow-students witnessed
the parade. Standing ankle deep in
slUSh and snow, they all caught cold
Courtney contracted pneumonia and in
a few days he had TO be transferred 70
the hospital from the Strathmore Arms.
&C rner Twelfth and h streets. where ne
was stopping
When he began sinking his family was
notified slight rally last evening led
them TO believe that change for the
better had come. but early this mornins
there was relapse. The mother and
sister are Frustrated over their loss
They will leave with the body for Bos-
ton tonight.
Services Will be held in the chanel of
georgetown University tomorrow morn
Ing at O'Clock. The Rev. John 7
Fleming will officiate. The BODY will be
taken 10 Massachusetts at 5:25 this
evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17

times and been refused, may set up the
fact as a bar to his delinquency and
escape the tax. So, woman who has
refused a reasonable" (sic) offer of
marriage and refused it is not entitled
to a pension
An abominable bill, this would lead
to worse discriminat alton and more de-
ception and fraud than in the Maine
prohibition law. In how many in
stances would woman of forty, for
one thing. admit that she had never
had a proposal? And as to its reason
ableness-that is all matter of opin-
ion. Must she set forth time. place
circumstance. and prove the reason
ableness or the unreasonableness of
offers of wedlock? The way left open
for the bachelor to escape is more than
temptation TO deeeive-it is open in
cent'Ye TO falsehood.
No. the bachelor is a willy duck an
object of contempt, a fellow who pro
fesses an infinite deal of pity for bene-
diets as if they had been SHARED in a
moose. who carries his pity much in his
face as if on purpose to increase his
married friends. Nevertheless, he
seems fated to escape not only the
wiles that he believes are spread for
him by the softer sex, but also the
snares set by the law. More than
that, he regards all such efforts not
as an evidence of the worlds dislike of
him and his kind, but as indication of
envy on the part of those who have
left the state of single blessedness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
MINORITY MEMBERS
TURN DOWN PLACES
Two Democrats Refuse TO
Accept Jobs From
Uncle Joe"
Continued from First Page.)

the appointment OF Burton Harrison. OF
New York. and the place made vacant
by the death OF Representative Granger
of Rhode Island was filed by the ap-
poiutment of Mr.. Broussard OF Louisi-
ana. who was one of the Democrats ID
vote with the Cannon forces on the
rules from start 10 finish last Monday.
Broussard Asks No One
II is understood that Mr.. Broussard
has no intention Of asking his party for
permission to accept the appointment.
Mi Harrison, however. attended the
Democratic caucus last night, explained
that he would not accept the place with
out first having received the indorse-
ment Of Champ Clark and then submit
ted his case TO the caucus.
IL was voted that the caucus should
not interfere with any views that Mr..
Clark entertained on the subject and
Mr. Harrison's case was referred back
TO him.
1t was learned today that Mr. Clark
has no intention of expressing disap-
prevail OF Harrison's acceptance OF the
place. he feeling that party discipline
has been met by Mr.. Harrison's atti-
tude.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
Capital Tales
REAL YOUNGSTER.

Speaker Cannon is a little touchy
about his age, and the statements that
he is a has been. He walked up TO
group Of men in his office today. HIS
coat and vest were wide open, showing
a wide expense OF white shirt front :
his tie was tapping gently under ms
left ear, and the inevitable cigar was
perched i'm a corner Of his face The
Speaker stuck his hands in his trouS-
ers pockets much after the fashion OF a
college boy.
Look me over he commanded 10 TIE
group. He was looked over.
How do 7 look?" was the next ques-
ZION. Il was unanimously agreed tnat
the Speaker looked to be about twenty
years old.
u DON'T feel quite that young, ne re
marked, but. say, / m still IN the ring,
and there's a lot of fight left in me
vet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
White House Callers

Senators WetmoTe of Rhode Island.
Borah OF Idaho.
Daniel Of Virginia
Burrows of Michigan.
Gallinger OF New Hampshire.
Root of New York
Perkins OF California.
Overman of North Carolina.
Smith of South Carolina.
Hale OF Maine.
Jones of Washington.
Scott OF West Virginia.
Browne of Nebraska
Burkett of Nebraska.
Bradley of Kentucky
Representa- ives CfOulden Of New York
Kahn Of California.
Sabbath of Illinois
Coudrey OF Missouri
Hull of Iowa.
Campbell % Kansas.
Small Of North Caro-
lima.
Sparkman of Florida
Dwight Of New York
Cocks OF New York
BenHrt OF New York
J. L. Feeuey, president OF the Book
binders Union. District OF Columbia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
DOCTORS DEBATING
ALCOHOL PROBLEM

Alcoholism and the effects OF inebriety
as seen from the medical viewpoint
will he made the subject Of a three
day discussion and study by the Ameri-
can Society for the Study OF Alcohol
and Other Drug Narcotics, which opened
its semi-annual convention at the Raj
eigh Hotel this afternoon.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, Government
pure food expert. who has been Obliged
in the past TO sit in Judgment upon
everything from bleached flour 10 dill
pickles. is one Of the speakers ON Fri
day afternoon he viii deliver an adj
dress upon Alcohol As a Poison in the
Adulteration Of Foods and Drinks"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
AN UNWITTING ATTACK ON
THE WHOLE MERIT SYSTEM.

"Nfr. Carriers shafts of satire and
ridicule are well directed against the
army of amateurs, secretaries, stenog
raphers. and clerks that are engaged
in the work far away from the wood.
Most of them never saw large body
of standing timber unless from the
windows of a moving railroad train.
Some of Mr.. Pinchot's fOresters must
have guides to steer them through the
woods"
Thus does the st. Louis Republic,
usually careful and well informed, join
in an attack upon one of the most i'm
portant branches of the National Gov
eminent. If the plans of the Bureau
of Forestry shall be fulfilled this will
be remembered not as the age of cor
poration control so much as the age
of conservation and common sense for
our natural resources. And it is work
To that end which this newspaper con-
dennis so lightly.
If it were true that "the army
VI Uthtl SOW q bOAg
OF standing timber save through binocu-
lars, it would indicate little. They are
not employed, most of them, for any
suppositional expert knowledge of
forest growths. They are employed to
put such expert knowledge at the dis
posal of the hundreds of thousands
who have directly TO do with standing
timber, and from whom the nation
hopes for protection against prodigal
ity. As well condemn the employees of
the Government Printing Office for not
having special knowledge of chemistry
il they would print the Wiley reports
on Pure Food
But, of course, it is not true of an
army" of clerks. They all have spe-
cial knowledge within their respective
fields. If they did not have 1t at the
outset they could not help acquiring it
through the correspondence which they
transcribe and mail. Most of them
pass special examinations in the sub
jects of which they write. All of them
who do anything beyond clerical servite
qualify for that service according to
tests more severe than are applied in
most non governmental institutions.
AS for the foresters who need guides,
how little an inquiry would have salts
fed the Republics doubts-not to say
those of Senator Carter! They are APP
-
animation. In order to prevent the
very fault of which such critics com
plain, the scope of those examinations
Is explicitly limited TO practical sub
jects. The Civil Service Commission
believes no man should serve the Gov
eminent who cannot write a report on
his own work. So it viii admit no one
who cannot read and write. Otherwise
every question put TO applicants for
field service in behalf of the Govern
ment's efforts to protect its wooded
land has TO do with the practical eondi-
tions of the prospective employment
In other words, here are a United
States Senator and great newspaper
lending themselves, through mistake,
20 an attack upon the whole merit sys-
tenn. They must realize that if the
Government is ever TO be conducted ac-
cording TO business principles, it must
be by means of selections such as these.
Yet they do not take the pains TO dis
cover before they eriticise how the Sc
iections are made. 1t is not to laugh.
1t is TO grieve
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
COAST CITY WANTS
NO CONSERVATIVES

Los ANGELES, March 17.-At meet
ing of persons representing all the per
manent charitable associations and in
stitutions OF Los Angeles, a resolution
was adopted asking all charitable assO-
Citations OF the United States TO refrain
from sending any more consumptiveS TO
Los Angeles
II more be sent. the resolution says,
necessity viii compel the local aSsOcis-
tons to return them Immediately 10 the
place from which they started.