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New-York tribune., 1909-11-18
TO RAISE STANDARD.
Insurance Agent Certificate
Order DispIeases Com paHies.

Albany. Nov. 1.-THE State Insurance De-
partment issued to-day a circular OF in
structions to all insurance companies doing
business in New York. relative 10 applica-
tions for agents certificates IN force on and
after January /. 1910.
The department rules that all applicants
who have not been licensed under the new
law must file written applications therefor
through the companies they desire 70 rep
resent on blanks to ne furnished by the
department. which blanks are now ready
for distribution. These blanks are in
tended 20 draw OUT the applicants expert
ence as a life insurance solicitor and 70
develop whether he intends 70 devote him
self chiefly 70 this occupation. An addition
al requirement of the companies hereafter
will be that they shall furnish with each
application a written report stating tnst
such company has investigated the quail
fcations Of the applicant and giving the
facts 20 the Iattsr's character and eX-
perience developed by such investigation.
For agents who have already been IT.
censed under the amended Law bv reason
Of their applications having been fled on
or subsequent 70 Nav last. the companies
will BE- required 70 hle renewal applications
on blanks furnished them by the depart
rnent and now ready for distribution. These
blanks require the companies % Indicate
not merely whether the agent is a part
time or whOle-time man. but also the
gross amount Of insurance or number Of
policies written by the agent in 1H09.
Superintendent Hotchkiss. when asked
to-day concerning the policy of the depart
ment in the matter OF the granting Of life
agents certificates. stated
The PURPOSE OF shs Legislature in amend
ing Section 81 last spring was.
understand it, 10 elevate the standard OF
the life agency field by vesting in the
Superintendent discretionary power to
grant refuse agency certificates. In
giving effect 20 this policy. IN has been
the rule since the date mentioned 70 refuse
certificates 10 purely professional men.
bankers. merchants. and manufacturers
as well as 70 many others whose answers
20 the questions DrOpOUnde1 by the de-
partmant did not seem 10 indicate bona
fide intention on the part Of the applicant
10 devote his time largely or chiefly 10 the
solicitation OF life insurance
New-York tribune., 1909-11-18
TELEGRAM FROM BANNARD

In his opening speech Mr.. Morris read
telegram from Mr.. Barnard from Cold
Spring HarbOr. which said.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
AS TO INVESTIGATIONS BY
CONGRESS.

Congressional investigations are ira
ditionally Of little value. Sometimes
they serve 20 whitewash people or stu
ations sadly in ned of it; sometimes
they develop matters which were al
ready known; sometimes they help
offenders by giving them warning and
opportunity to fix their records. And
yet on the whole the process of turn
ing on the light is a healthful and
wholesome one, and Congress has at
times shown a marked experiences in It..
Various Congressional Investigations
are being proposed just at present.
There is widespread demand for an
investigation of the Sugar trust.
There Is demand for investigation Of
the present conduct of the Department
of the Interior. There is insistence
that investigation ought 70 be made
Of certain political charges aired dur
ing the past summer affecting the
Cannon-Tammany deal last March.
What would be gained by a Sugar
trust investigation is not easy to I'M
derstand. The Sugar trust is under
investigation in the various courts. in
civil and in criminal proceedings About
all that needs to be known about it is
already known. What is needed is not
investigation, but legislation; legisla-
ton which will forever end the real
inspiration 10 the criminality of the
trust. namely, the protective duty on
sugar. Drop the investigation and put
sugar on the free list, and the best
service will have been rendered the
public.
Likewise, there is no good reason for
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
MANN WOULD MAKE
ENGINEER SUP RENE
Thinks 1t UnwiSe to Have
Director to Whom Chief
is Subordinate.

Representative Mann of TlinoiH
chairman Of the House Committee on
Interstate Commerce, announced to-
day that when r reintroduces his bill
providing for the adjustment of the
Isthmian Canal Commission. he will
amend IL so that the er ginear in charge
OF the work viii be irt supreme com
mand.
Under the provisions Of the Mann bill
which passed the House last winter. but
which failed Of passage in the Senate. II
was intended to do away with the pres
ent commission Of seven and to sub
stitute a commission Of three members,
one TO be a civil engineer, another a
chief engineer, and the third a direc-
tor.
The bill provided that in the discretion
Of the president. tho offices Of the di-
rector and chief engineer might be com
bined. Mr.. Mann has now come TO the
conclusion that in order TO avoid any
possibility Of friction in the cOnstTic-
lion OF the canal IL would De unWise to
have a director 10 whom a. chief en-
pineer would ZEE subordinate. and ne
therefore will amend his bill accord
iugly.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
Miss Wells VIII Wed
Lieut.. Wilcox tuesday,

At the marriage Of Miss Laura elf
ford Wells and Lieut.. Julian P. Will
cox. Z. s. VI. c. Tuesday afternoon.
the bride viii be attended by Miss
ALTA Emory. Of Morristown, ". J., as
maid Of honor. The four bridesmaids
will be Miss Marion Leutze, Miss Esther
Denny. and Miss Henrietta Fitch. OF
Washington, and Miss Antoinetre
Heckscher. Of New York
Nathan c. Wyeth. half brother OF the
bridegroom. VIII act as best man. and
the ushers will be Capt Frank Evans,
U. S. NJ C. retired; Lieut. Philip H.
ToTey, T. S NJ. c.; Lieut. Randolph
Coyle, q. s NJ C.; Lieut. Henry $.
Green, L S. NJ. c.; Lieut.. Chauncev
Shackford. u. s. ". and Lieut.. stephen
Rowan, L. S. y.
The wedding VIII take place Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock in the New Yorl,
Avenue Presbyterian Church, and will
be followed by a small reception for the
bridal party and a few intimate friends
at the residence OF Mrs. Wells, on
Twenty-first street
Miss Emory, the maid OF honor will
arrive in Washington tomorrow and
VIII be the house guest of Miss Marion
Leutze, daughter OF Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Leutze, at the Navy Yard. until
after the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Chamberlin ara
guests at the Hotel Chalfonte for a
few days.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
AGITATION FOR NEW IN
AUGURAL DATE.

The question of a change of the IN
aupurai date from March to time OF
year when the weather is less likely
tn be inclement will not down. In past
years it has been agitated a great deal,
but the agitation has as a rule been
confined to period close TO the time OF
the inauguration, ghen everybody had
in mind the discomforts apt to arise on
March 4. In this instances however,
the agitation is more prolonged and
more vigorous than usual, and IN this
fact there is hope for success Of the
movement. The~~blizzard that swept
over Washington the night before the
Inauguration of President Taft was so
severe. and the isolation of the Capital
from the rest of The country made
such an impression on the general public,
that the effort to get the date changed
is much more strongly supported than
it has ever been, at least in recent
years.
Representative Gaines of West Vir-
GINA, chairman of the Committee on
Election of the President, Vice Presi-
dent, and Members of Congress, intends
20 help keep tre question stirred up by
having his committee conduct hearings
upon it. He believes it is too important
TO be decided hastily, and that the
committee should 90 into the question
thoroughly This determination to con-
duct hearings in itself viii doubtless
meet the approval of the advocates Of
a change Of date. It will give them
chance TO impress members Of Con-
gress more fully with the need for a
change and to set forth the best
methods of bringing the change about
The question is one of great impor-
lance and enc TO which Congress should
give due consideration and then action.
It means a large number Of changes in
the complicated machinery of the Gov
eminent. The committee viii do well
TO consider not alone the matter OF
moving the date ahead TO such a date
as April 80, but also to ponder on the
wisdom OF having the inaugural earlier.
late in the fall, or early in December,
with such changes in the time for end
ing the life Of each Congress as would
be entailed.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A
CERTAIN BOOZE.

It seems altogether likely that the
British budget campaign will do one
great service to the world of thinking
and responsible people 1t is likely 70
demonetize the boyle of Socialism"
For Some decades now it has been a
final condemnation u utter solemn de-
nunciation of any given policy or
proposal as "socialistic." We were as
sured that President Rooseyelt's rail
road regulation program was socialism.
The income tax was branded with the
awful epithet. Every proposal that
Government intrude let or hindrance
upon the free and unlimited coinage OF
watered securities has been protested
as representing socialism, with all its
menaces
They started the present campaign in
Britain against the Lloyd George bud
get with the apparent idea that they
could damn the whole procedure by
using this epithet. It is good to note
that the effort has been a failure. In
England, at any rate, they are coming
to look at the thing not the name that
chances to be applied 70 it. They are
inquiring whether God really did make
the land for the people; not whether
Karl Marx or Henry George once OBJ
served that God made the land for the
people. They are bent on finding out
whether, the land having been taken
from the people, it can be somehow re-
distributed TO them by plan that will
on the whole improve social conditions:
and they are not giving much thought
to anybody's protestations that to effect
such redistribution will incur the ter
rors Of an application Of this epithet.
Socialism means almost anything
that is desired to be subjected to the
prejudice Of ignorance. In Germany
the socialist program involves demand
for various things. most Of which we
have in this country. In this country
it represents insistence on various
things which Germany has, such as
public ownership of railroads, national
control Of mines, municipal ownership
Of municipal utilities, etc. In England
1t Is being made to mean still some
thing else. But the point is that with
thinking people it is no longer equiva-
lent to final and conclusive condemna-
ton, to call any proposal by the name
Of socialism. The thing itself must be
examined and condemned quite apart
from the name applied TO it; and
there are evidences that It will at last
stand on its merits, not be condemned
on the name.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04

the House of Representatives investi-
eating the Cannon Tammany deal. That
is matter for the political part''
eaUc1Ises to investigate, if they are
enough interested to take it up. 1t
doesn't concern the House; it does
concern the parties and their integrity.
But in the matter of the Cunningham
coal land claims in Alaska there is
something which Congress could wcG
investigate. 1t is evident that unless
Congress does it nobody else will. There
have been some very pointed and direct
and uncomfortable charges. The light
is needed on them. Congress has the
power and the responsibility to let the
public know the truth. 1t would do
well to drop bootless and useless in
quiries in other directions and to make
an inquiry which will not be white
wash in this direction Let it be known
whether the Interior Department is in
the wrong, or whether the Forest Service
is a Meddlesome Matte of the admin
istration, stirring up trouble for the
mere sake of trouble
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
THE DEATH OF ROBERT
HENRY LYNN

The death of Robert Henry Lynn
will be mourned by everyone who had
the good fortune to know the man.
The suddenness with which he was
taken off caused shock to his friends
from which they have not yet recovered.
Mr. Lynn, although a resident of
Washington for only a few years, had
come to he recognized as one of the
Capitals foremost citizens. H:s ex-
ceptionaI ability as a business man was
recognized Immediately after he became
connected with the American National
Bank, and at the first opportunity he
was made president of that institution.
In addition to his qualifications as
a business man Mr.. Lynn had a most
lovable personality. He could count his
Washington friends by the hundreds. In
the seven years he spent in this city
he endeared himself TO everyone who
had the opportunity of knowing him,
and these friends will feel that there
has gone from their midst a man whom
they could i'll afford to lose
II is not too much to say that the
untimely death put an end to a career
which was destined to be source Of
qualification not only to Mr.. Lynn but
also to his friends and associates. He
has left behind him an excellent record
as a business man and a memory that
will ever call forth kindly expressions
when his name is mentioned
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
What's on the Program
Tonight in WASHINGTON

Christmas sale for benefit Of the kin
dergarten at the Mt. ernon SENT
nary. 100 NJ street
Annual social session Of Local No. 4.
International Brotherhood Of Book
binders, at Typographical Temple.
$3.50 p. m.
Church fair in St Andrews Parish
Hall. Fourteenth and Corcoran
streets.
Church fair in Parish Han Of the
Church Of our Lady OF Victory, New
Cut and Conduit road
Robert Downing. the converted actor. IN
lecture at Grace NJ. z. Church. Ninth
and streets. p. m.
Theaters.
National-Anna Held. in Miss limo
cence." at S:15 p. m.
Belasco-"Going Some" at $40 p. m.
Columbia-"The Next Of Kim" at s:I5
p. m.
Chase's-Vaudeville, at S:15 p. m.
Academy-"The King Of the Bigamists,"
at S:l5 p. m.
MISUNDERSTANDING pictures and vaude-
vlle.
Lyceum-"Cozy Corner Girls" at SIS
p. m.
Gayety-'Jersey Lilies" at s:15 D. m
CThe Times Will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments in
this column Write or phone announce
mentS)
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
THE STRANGE CASE OF JOHN
r. EARLY.

1t appears that John T Early is Of
fcially a leper in the District of Co
lumbia, but is not in New York. He
IS leper at the offices Of the health
department Of the District, but at the
Pension Oface he is a perfectly healthy
man.
This case is developing mighty
strange aspects. Early is a leper ac-
cording to the diagnosis of people who
have based their diagnosis on the read
ing Of the books, but he IS not leper
according 70 DR.. Buckley, of New York,
the greatest specialist in skin diseases
in this country. The case Of Early.
prosecuted in one jurisdiction, locked
up the moment he is found in Washing
En-, but free man else-abere, is akin
% that of person who 5inds himself
good citizen in one State Tut a bipamist
in another.
It is not possible to entertain a high
impression Of the intelligence. bu
mainly, and common sense that have
guided the policy Of the District health
authorities in the Early matter. 1t
has been stated positively that the skin
trouble which Early had developed
while working in Carolina paper mill,
was common to people there, and at
tributed to the operation of chemicals
with which they worked. It has also
been declared that since he left that
employment the evidence even Of this
disorder has vanished.
But Early, having once been held
lePer within the sapient purview Of the
authorities Of this District, forsooth
is and must continue a leper. Not only
is leprosy incurable, but it would seem
that verdict Of leprosy at the hands
Of these authorities is unappealable.
The best that can be SAID for the
local authorities in this affair is that
they have acted with great zeal in be-
half of the public health, and with the
inspiration of a medieval understand
ing of the disease with which they have
supposed they were dealing. Early was
stricken from the pension rolls when
the authoritative specialists in New
York found he was no lepcr. By the
same token, il would seem that he
ought TO be stricken from the list Of the
prescribed in the District of Columbia.
But he is not, and having carelessly al
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
NAVY.

Commodore K. ROHRER, detached as
SiStant 70 inspector. Third light
house district, TonpkinsvilIe, n. Y,
and continue other duties.
Captain Y : NELSON. detached navy
yard. Mare Island, Cal; command
Colorado.
Captain t. NJ POTTS. detached com
mand Georgia; TO office of naval m
ington. d. c.
Captain w. I. CHAMBERS. detached
command louisiana; to duty as as
sistant 10 aid for material, Navy De
partment, Washington, .. c.
Lieutenant Commander S. r. MOSES
detached assistant Of inspector Of
machinery, New York ShipbuildinC
Company, Camden, y. J., 10 navy
yard, Norfolk. Va, as an assistant
70 the engineer officer.
Lieutenant Commander T. c. HART
detached Virginia; to North Dakota.
as ordnance officer.
Lieutenant CoUmcnder E. H De L4AlY.
detached Panther 10 navy yard
Boston, Mass, as assistant to en-
gineer officer.
Lieutenant r. P. MCCULLOUGH, de-
taehed OhiOs TO navy yard. Philadel-
phia, Pa, as assdsb4slt to engineer
officer
Lieutenant NJ JOYCE. detached New
ark; 10 inspector I'm charge OF the
Third sub-district Of the lighthouse
service, San Juan. =. +.
Lieutenant r. WALLACE, detached
Missouri; TO navy yard Philadelphia.
Pa, as an assistant 70 engineer Of
7cAr
Lieutenant c. s. JOYCE detached Gel
tic: to navy yard, Portsmouth. y.
H. as an assistant 10 engineer Of
fiCcr.
Roatsman c. MURRAY. 20 naval sta
ton. Narragansett bay, R I.
Colonel IT. *. WHITE. L. s. II. c., re-
tired. placed upoa the retired list
from November o.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
PRACTICAL POLITICS JARS
THE SUFFRACETTES.

1T is hard, perhaps says Mrs. En-
incline Pankhurst, "to make women
here understand the exact nature of the
conduct that caused Mr.. Churchill to
meet with a whipping But men, l
think, will readily understand the whole
business
We don't know about that. Accord
ing to Mrs. Pankhust's story, the Hon.
Winston Churchill ran fo- parliament
from Dundee and wen by promising to
fight for votes for women. The other
day he decided to honor Dundee with his
presence again, and the women natural
ly asked him what the prospects might
be. He calmly replied that there was
no prospect Of any suffrage legislation
during the present session of parliament
and that the government had no inten-
tiOn of laying the issue before the coun-
try at the next general election. Can
YOU wonder" continued Mrs. Pank-
hurst that one Of those women was
so angry with the effrontery of this
breach of faith that she was moved
to administer punishment to Mr..
Churchill with a horsewhip27
Only militant suffragette or a plain
suffragist burning with zeal Ia Mrs.
Nation can fully grasp that situation.
To men-to the hereditary, happy-go-
lucky voters who have seen personal
pledges and party pledges forgotten or
rePudiated ever since campaigners be-
gan 70 make pledges-the situation
must seem to be nothing less than an
other proof of wOman's incapacity to
deal with politics.
Women should learn to forgive and
forget. Otherwise their whipping arm
will suffer from overwork.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
Senator and Mrs. Martin
Are on European Trip

Senator and Mrs. Martin, Of Virginia,
went to New York yesterday and sailed
from there this morning for a months
trip abroad.
Miss Sophy Johnston. the debutante
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs James Marion
Johnston, had as her guests Z { luncheon
yesterday Miss Jean Loring, Miss Eu-
dora Clover, Miss Elizabeth Parier.
Miss Constance HOyt, Miss Adelaide
Heath. Miss Mary Chew, Hiss Gladys
Hinckley, Miss Joanna Schroeder. Miss
Evelyn Chew, Miss Laura Merriam.
Miss Mary McCauley, Miss Frances
Goldsborough, Miss Alice Whiting, Miss
Frances Noyes, Miss Margaret Draper.
and Miss Martha Bowers.
DR.. and Mrs Duncan McKfm loaned
their residence yesterday afternoon for
a song recital by Miss Katherine Lee
Jones, daughter of the late Gen. Roger
Jones. L. S. A, who is spending the
winter at the Marlborough with her
mother
+
Rear admiral and Mrs Richardson
Glover entertained a dinner companv. Of
sixteen young people last evening for
their debutsnte daughter. Miss Eudora
Clover.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
White House Callers

Secretary Of State Knox.
Secretary Of Interior Bauinger
postmaster General Hitchcock
Senators Jones OF Washington.
Smith of Michigan
Dixon OF Montana.
Gamble OF South Dakota.
Clay Of Georgia.
Piles Of washington.
Nelson Of Minnesota.
Warner Of Missouri.
Beverage OF Indiana.
Newlands Of Nevada.
Oliver Of Pennsylvania.
Representatives Brownlow Of Tennessee
Vreeland OF New York.
Townsend OF Michigan
Campbell Of Kansas.
Brownlow Of Tennessee
Frank B. Kellogg. Of Minnesota
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
Army and Macy
Servtce Orders
ARMY.

First Lieutenant JULIAN 7. DODGE
Nineteenth Infantry, from ARM
transport Service to his company.
First Lieutenant HENRY ". TOR
NEY, Coast Artillery Corps. recruit
ing officer. from duty at Fort SIO-
cum. y. Y, 10 New York city. re-
heving Captain JOHN O'SHEA.
Fourth Cavalry, from further duty
on recruiting service.
The following assignments Of officers
recently promoted are announced:
Colonel ROBERT X EVANS, TO Thir-
tieth Inafntry
Lieutenant Colonel CHARLES G. NOR
TON, TO Fifth Infantry.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
Barracks Hop
Attracts LarPe Crowd.

A large gathering of yOuag people at
tended the hop at the barracks last
night
General Mackenzie, his daughter,
Mrs. Eugene Heudley, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Rose received for the committee. which
includes Captain ConnOr, Lieutenant
Sultan. Lieutenant Cocktails, and Lieu
tenant Atkinson.
The officers club was effectively dec
GRATED with flags as usual, and the
Band.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
Debutantes Aid
In the Reception,

Mrs Spencer Cosby and AIrs. Watson
presided at the .ea table, and others as
sisting in doing the honors OF the occa-
sion were Miss Octavia Gilmore. Miss
Leonora Finley, Miss Alice Bouten. Miss
Ruth Pilling, Miss Alice Boyd. Miss Luz
cinda Pennebaker. Miss Frances Miller.
Miss Stella Carusi, and Miss Daniels, OF
New York, the house guest of Miss Car
penter.
The debutante wore a girlish costume
Of white lace over white satin with gar
penter was handsomely Eowned in nile
green satin with a tunic Of white mar
quisette.
A dinner and Informal dance for the
receiving party followed later in the
evening
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
Dr.. and Mrs. Macdonald
Are Honor Guests At Dinner

Senator and Mrs. Sutherland Wera
dinner hosts last night in compliment
10 DR.. and Mrs. T. I. Macdonald. In
the company asked to meet them were
the minister from Panama, c. c. Arose
mena- Senator and Mrs. Burkett, Prof.
and Mrs Willis L. Moore, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilkie, Mrs. lie Droit Barber. Miss
Edith Sutherland. and Philip Scantling.
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Lehr. whose mar
riage was an important event of the
fall season in Baltimore. have taken
the house, Z233 Florida avenue, formerly
occupied by the Second Secretary of the
British embassy and Mrs. George
Young.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
DIR. LYMAN SPERRY
TO TALK AT Y. NJ. G. A

Or. Lyman Beecher Sperry, we'll
known lecturer. will begin a series OF
talks 10 the men of Washington in the
Central Y N. Q. A. building tomorrow
afternoon on 1.-THE Science Of Living"
There will be six lectures In the series,
all in the Y NJ. c. A. building, except
those of tomorrow evening in the Sixth
Presbyterian Church. and Friday even
Ing In St Paurs Southern Methodist
Church.
The Washington times., 1909-12-04
Mrs. Haywood
Entertains Debutantes.


Mrs. William Haywood entertained a
company Of the seasons debutantes at
luncheon today at her residence, on I
street Her guests were Miss Alice Bou-
tell, Miss Eudora Clover, Miss Margaret
Draper, Miss Elsie Downing. Miss Eve
lyn Carpenter. Miss Laura Merriam,
Miss Ruth Pilling, Miss Mary Stead,
Miss Gladys Hinckley. Miss Jessie Krog-
stadt' Miss katherine Brown, Miss Mar
guerite Barbour. Miss Leonora Finley,
Miss Catharine Britton, Miss Marthena
Harrison, Miss Alice Whiting, and Miss
Doris Haywood, who viii be presented
TO society next season. The table was
prettily decorated with a large center
piece Of pink roses and pink-shaded
lights.
Mrs. Haywood will give a dance for
young people during the second week Of
the Christmas holidays In honor of her
daughter.