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The Washington times., 1909-04-18
LOCAL BANK CLERKS
WIN THIRD DEBATE
Washington Chapter, Institute of
Banking, Takes Silver Cup
From Baltimore.

Washington bank clerks can outtalk
and Outargue Baltimore bank clerks.
This decision was reached as tne re-
suit Of the close of a series Of debates
between the local and Oystertown chap
teps Of the American Institute OF Bank
ing The Washington contingent won
two out Of the three debates and will
be awarded the handsome silver cup Of
fered as prize
The men who carried the banner of the
District TO victory on the forensic bat
tledeld included Samuel J. Henry, as
sistant treasurer of the National Saw
ings and Trust Company; Frank B.
Devereaux, of the same institution, and
Edwin S. F'awcett. of the First National
Bank Of Alexandria. The vanquiShed
heroes were George y. Collars, OF the
Maryland Trust Company: William p
Carter, OF the First National Bank. and
Edwin n. Adams. cashier of the Ma
tional Bank Of Baltimore.
The final debate of the series toSk
place last evening and the subject of
the evenings discussion was: Resolved .
That express cCmpaR RieS should be pro-
hibiJed from Issuing exchange in the
form OF money orders. letters of credit,
and travellers checks and drafts" The
Judges were Waldo Newcomer. DreSi-
dent of the National Exchange Bank,
Of Balun3Ore; H. p. Wills, local corre-
SpoHdent Of the New E5rk Journal of
Commerce. and Prof. Charles Hanan
Mccarthy, of the Catholic University
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
CAMERA PICTURES
WIN MUCH PRAISE
Exhibit of Capital Club Cen
ter of Attraction at Cor
coran Gallery.

Few exhibitions IN the Corcoran
Art Gallery are likely to be more
popular than that of the Capital
Camera Club. judging from the num-
Der of visitors who went directly 10
the exhibit when the gallery opened
this afternoon, to get the first public
view Of the pictures by daylight
The exhibition is the eighteenth by
the club, and marks a great advance
In both technical work, selection OF
subjects, and in beauty OF shadow
and light effects. One fact proved by
the collection IS that clo1d effects,
always so difficult in photography,
have been mastered by hard study.
Almost every cloud form Is shown
with all its beauty. This problem forf
the camera is solved with more or
less success by a majority of all the
pictures on view.
Morning in the Valley" bv A. A.
Ruark, of this city, has attracted
especial attention for its cloud ef-
fects. THE Canoe" by j. G. Pratt,
with its ent1cing promise of cool
streams and careless hours, is one Of
the best Of the many water views.
has three studies OF a deer drinkinE
at a forest pool that draw special at
tentfOn from most visitors.
The committee IN charge Of the ex-
hibition is composed Of DR.. Andrew
Stewart, William F. Peabody, Frank
NJ. Boteler. William S. Adams. Francis
G. Crow, and Ralph W. Magee.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
THE ALDRICH BILL AND THE
PAYNE BILL.

II it is necessary to start a tariff
consideration with a bill Just as bad
as possible, and then work it down by
degrees into something fit and present
able, it must be conceded that the
AIdrich bill is a good deal better than
the Payne bill was The Senate COM
mittee at least had the benefit of the
Houses sad experience. It had learned
that there were some things the coun-
try would not stand; and it had the
discretion to undo them.
The Aldrich bill is a decided con-
cession to the real sentiment of the
country. 1t starts better.
AIdrich starts with tea and coffee
free; Payne put duties on them.
Aldrich starts with free spices; Payne
taxed them heavily.
Aldrich starts with gloves taxed at
the high Dingley rates; Payne greatly
increased even those rates.
Aldrieh starts with hosiery at the
Dingley rates; Payne raised those rates
very much.
Aldrich puts cocoa on the free list;
Payne taxed it.
These are a few of the manifest i'm
provements in the new measure as com
pared to the House bill
But this is not altogether satisfying
TO the country. The fact that condi-
tions are not made positively worse
than ever, in revision which was ex-
pected to improve them greatly, is no
cause for enthusiastic rejoicing. A fair
survey of the Aldrieh bill is not to be
had from the standpoint of Payne; it
must be taken from back OF that; from
the standpoint of Dingley and his
schedules. Viewed in this way, the
comparison reads thus:
Dingley didn't tax tea and coffee;
neither does Aldrich No gain.
Dingley didn't tax spices; neither
does Aldrich. No gain.
Dingley placed very high duties on
Tloves; the same duties are imposed by
Aldrieh- No gain. There should be a
reduction here.
Dingley placed high duties on hos
icry; the same duties are imposed by
Aldrieh. No gain. There should be
another reduction here.
DingIey didn't tax cocoa; neither does
Aldrich. No gain.
Dingley imposed high taxes on
glass; Aldrich greatly increases some
of the most buTdensOme of these.
These are merely samples. Hundreds
items could be named, on which
~ ought to be reductions, but are
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
LET'S DON'T BEAT THE EX-
AMINERS TO IT.

On the special board of naval officers
appointed to examine into the methods
and results of the ordnance department
of the navy, a contemporary puts forth
this opinion:
Whatever may be the purpose of the
special board, the object of which has
been surrounded with more or less
mystery. il ought not to be supposed
that IL will or could disclose anything
which in any way will detract from
the much deserved credit gained for
the Navy Department by the admins
tratiOn of the Bureau of Ordnance.
Hold your horses. Maybe so and
maybe not. If the "examination'-
it is. of course. nothing in the world
at all like an "investigation"-is to be
worth the salt of those who make it,
the wise thing is not to PREJUDICE its
conclusions. Navy officers are not so
certain about the Bureau of Ordnance.
The figures recently published in these
columns as to comparative costs of
ordnance construction in governmental
and non governmental shops have
aroused more than wonder. Those fig
ures were old, it is true, but they indi-
Gated Enthusiastically that the Navy De
partment is paying an extraordinary
price for its theory that outside shops
must be kept employed on Government
work. Let's don't judge the report of
this commission until we get it.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
MA DIVIDEND FOR THE
AUDITORIUM.

IN
tbo fort,'sE tf,,'sEs ior a hall to accommodate
nino. the Laag exhibit on city plan
boo1 forood y citizens committee has
Deeh iofeeu % NEW h,toI bou rooms
the quarters of VA" "otel pan rooms'
and music halls. X, oodies' ehurches'
suitable is TO be had ''Ase T' altogether
private ownership, inaes,,.e.ig, LOT SIZE
something else. every on s''.,ty, OF
places is handicapped. Una. these
some acceptable room will be ,,.saiy
But the situation is not credn
the business interests of the Americas
Capital
Here is another illustration of oul
need for an auditorium. What Other
city OF our size is set back bv any
such lack? Not Detroit, or Kansa
City, or Minneapolis, or St. Louis. OF
Chicago, or Denver. Newark NAV be
Washington certainly is. And now the
movement TO build an auditorium here
has come % a second standstiH and
the whole effort appears likely TO be
lost.
The trouble is that the business side
of this project has been too little CON
sidered. If any member OF the commit
tee on the auditorium had undertaken
TO do this work alone he would have
figured the cost, calculated the income,
and carried the proposition to his as
sociate business men as an investment.
There has been too much appealing 70
public spirit, it seems, and not enough
talk Of dollars and cents.
The auditorium ought TO be planned
as a place to rent. In connection with
the vast hall which is 10 be its chief
feature there should be also rooms de-
signed for such uses as the contem-
plated location makes most profitable
Being so near the Corcoran Gallery.
there would appear to be opportunity
TO let the top floor as studios. If there
Is office room it might be designed TO
take the place of some tumble down
shelters now rented at high prices for
the War Department. The floor migha
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
BOSTON BANK JOINS
RANKS OF LEADERS
Hundred Million Mark in Deposits
Passed BY the National
Shawrnut.
Shawrnut.

BOSTON, Mass, April 1s-FinaneiaI
circles are thrilled by the National
ShawInut Banks official announcement
that for the first time IN the history CT
banking in this city, its deposits haze
passed the red-miIlion-doIlar mark,
with a grand total Of s1O2. 600 The
figures are Indicative of the city's IN
creasing prosperity.
Only two other cities in the United
States, and both claiming tc be many
times greater in population than Bos-
ton. can excel this record New York
has four banks that go higfeE, the Ma
tional City, the Bank Of Commerce. the
First National. and the Park National.
Chicago has but one. the First National
Bank. and il has but slight lead over
the ShaWmut.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
7. P. CULLEY FUNERAL
HELD AT RESIDENCE
Services Conducted By the Rev.
Ernest Smith-Interment in :
Rock Greek Cemetery.

Funeral services for T P. Culley were
held at the Culey home, Takoma Park,
this afternoon AT ? o'clock. The Rev
G. Ernest SHsfth, Of ST. Thomas Epis-
copal Church, conducted the services
The interment took place at Rock Greek
Cemetery The pallbearers were chosen
from old friends and business assOcia-
ties.
Mr.. CulleT was a native Of Salem, IIIS
and first entered business as a young
man in Topeka, Kan. He then went TO
Philadelphia, where he remained several
years. coming to washington about six
years ago. Mr.. Culiey was senior mem
Der of the piano firm of T. p. Culley
< Son, and was well known IN musical
circles He was a member & the CO.
lumbia Golf Club and St Thomas Epis-
copal Church He leaves q wife and
one son, z. B. Culley
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
TURN SUCH RESOLUTIONS
INTO VOTES.

Resolved that: The Pennsylvania
State Association Of Architects ap-
prove the report of the Fine Arts
Council recommending that the pro-
posed Lincoln monument to be erect
ed in the National Capital shall be
upon the site at the end of the Mall,
as originally provided for, and,
That the Pennsylvania state AsSoct-
alton Of Architects IS heartily in ia
vor of Senator Newlands' bill now
before Congress to create Bureau
of Fine Arts
There is good for Washington in
every such action as this. Nothing
that is to reach fine and permanently
beautiful result can grow like Topsey.
Planning is indispensable. And then
conforming with the plan.
What Washington has today of asset
in arrangement and beauty is the prod
uct of care that each part should bear
its right relation to the whole-as is
excellently demonstrated by the rela-
tion of the Capitol to the new Congress
sional office buildings and the Library
of Congress. What Washington has
today of general demerit Is due to dis
regard of the plan for the city's future
as is distressingly demonstrated by
the Pension Building, the break in
Pennsylvania avenue by the Treasury
Building, and the clash in design pro-
duced by the Postoffice Building.
Senator Newlands' bill for Bureau
of Fine Arts is in the right direction
His amendment TO the Census bill per
hitting the Secretary of the Treasury
20 locate the new Census Building, is
more Immediately in the right diree-
ton. because it makes it possible for
Mr.. Macveagh to use $75O,OOO this year
TO the best and not to the least ad-
vantage. But the cause of order, oi
business prudence. of common sense,
will never be won altogether until
bodies like the Pennsylvania State As
sociation of the American Institute OF
Architects sets out in its shirt sleeves
TO make ats representatives in Congress
express in votes the conclusions SC
forcefully set forth in these resolutions
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
Romance On Canal.

|HAT Illuminating publication con-
cerning affairs on the canal zone,
the Canal Record. has come TO
town with a fine story, Illus
trating the esprit de corps Of the canal
organ zatiOn 1t appears that Laurent
Roquebert. general foreman Of dredg-
ing a. La Boca, has been a dredgeman
at tie Pacific entrance Of the canal
since the time Of the Old French COM
pany. While at his work lately, he
was badly crushed and now lies critical
~ I'll at Ancon Hospital. The resident
engineer at La Boca went to see him
How many yards?'' asked the injured
man, referring to the total excavation
on the canal for March.
"AI records broken" replied the resi-
dent engineer.
And the Gopher; what did she do?"
asked Roquebert, referring to an old
dredge used by the French In which
lie had great confidence, but which was
beaten by another dredge last October.
She holds the record by 1900 yards.
The dredgemaster closed his eyes,
sighed In satisfaction and said: Il am
80 happy
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
HARTMAN WINS OUT
IN TERMINAL FIGHT
Judge Kohlsaat Denies Petition of
Stockholders Opposing Balti-
more and Ohio Lease.

CHICAGO. H., april 1S.-Judge Chris
tan c. Kohlsaat, in an order entered
yesterday. declined TO permit stock
holders to file an intervening petition in
the receivership Of the Chicago Ter
minal Transfer Company, in which
STOCKHOLDERS opposed the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroads lease of the terminal
properties, charging Edward H. Harri-
man and his associates with fraud.
The terminal company stockholders
sought 20 intervene in the receivershio.
and have the Baltimore and Ohio lease
Cancelled Judge KOhlsaats order is
held TO be a victory for Hartman in
the litigation that has been going on
since February. 1905.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
NAVY WILL CONTROL
WILLIAMS TORPEDO
New War Machine Regarded AS
the Best On the
Market.

NEWPORT, R. l., April 1S.-It Is
claimed that the Navy Department has
obtained the exclusive control Of one
of the fastest and most useful torpe-
does in the world.
1t is the invention of Harry D. VII
liams. Of the Bureau of Ordnance.
It IS said 10 be able 10 maintain a
speed of forty knots for a range Of
5000 yards. and TO be cheaper to manu-
facture than the Whitehead. II Is also
stated that IL carries an explosive
charge greater than that OF any other
torpedo. and. in trials thus far, IL has
been shown 70 be very accurate.
The mechanism Is said to be a bal
ance turbine with a superheater at
tached in such a way as TO heat the
air before il reaches the engines.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
Machine Made Tariff.

IT HEY are manufacturing the new
tariff bill by machinery.-at least.
to a considerable extent. And
IL is a fOreign-made machine at
that, and comes from Zurich, Switz-
erland.
When this fact becomes known to the
high tariff men there will no doubt be
an uprising, and the American Protec-
tive Tariff LeagJ viii swoop down on
Senator Aldrich as one man and de-
ntand to know the reasons for it.
IN one of .he rooms Of the Senate
Finance Committee a young man sits
operating a Strengthening mechanism
which is called "The Millionaire" ."
Critics of the tariff bill will probably
say II is correctly named. Anyhow,
il is almost human. II adds, subtracts,
multiphes, and divides. and would seem
TO make the study Of arithmetic un-
necessary. The moS complicated prob
lem as 70 imports, exports, duties, and
drawbacks can be worked out IN a
1ifry just by moving a few levers. II
IS understood the Finance Committee
hasn't the heart TO impose a duty on
| the machine, so useful has IL been,
and f. is thus far on the free list
Pretty soon" said a Finance Com
| mittee expert, I'VE are going to get a
machine that will show who the next
member OF Congress will be from any
| district In the United States
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
HIGH WALL TO HIDE
VILLA FROM WORLD

NEW HAVEN, Conn. April Is
George Douglas Miller. a wealthy resi-
dent OF this city, is building a wall. in
some places twenty feet high. to en-
close a plot of land 600 by 10 feet al
the rear of the Skull and Bones prop
eTty in High street.
on the plot surrounded by the wall
Mr.. Miller will erect a villa In which
he viii live when in New Haven.
He says he intends TO shut out all
hustle of the street. and keep the eyes
of the curious from knowing what he
Is doing,
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
WANTS COMMISSION
FOR LUMBER SALES

NORFOLK. Va, April 1S--Claiminy
damages amsunting to $4,000, H II.
Elliott yesterday entered suit here
against Mrs. Jessie g. Johnston, of
Baltimore. widow of Greenleaf John
ston. Elliott claims the amount named
as commissions alleged TO be due him
on account Of the sale of the properties
of the Greenleaf Johnston Lumber
Companies properties located in this
city and in North Carolina.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
CAPITAL Tales

-HE difference in character be-
tween the Senate and House Is
well illustrated by the KIND OF
gavels used by the Vice Presl-
dent and the Speaker.
The gavel used by the presiding ofh-
Ger of the Senate is the same one useo
in that Eody ever since il met at Phil
adeiphia 1t is made of ivory and Is
yellowed and scanned with age. II Is
a single rounded piece of material, with
out any handle and when the presiding
officer of the Senate uses it, he taps
on the desk, not loudly and Obstreper-
ously, but in a calm, quiet, dignihed'
and restrained fashion.
In the House, it is different. There,
the Speaker wields a big mallet, and
he wields II as If he were handling an
axe or trying to split rails with
maui and wedge.
1t frequently happens that the Speak
er breaks the top of his desk, so hard
does he have TO pound TO attract the
notice Of the House wnen it gets in
one OF its real old-fashioned uproars. IL
Is a matter of official knowledge that
one winter the superintendent Of the
Capitol building had to put fifteen new
tops on the desk of the Speaker.
Once in a while, a gavel y broken
or damaged. The Senate would troWn
on any such manifestation OF physical
energy, and II the Vice President SHOULD
indulge in il, II would straightaWay go
into executive session and lament the
decline of our institutions and the ap-
preaching fall of the republic.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
The Serious Frenchman.

Ambassador Jusserend, the capable
representative Of the French govern
ment in washington. has small patience
with the idea so many Americans have
that the Frenchman IS gay. frivolous
person. not bent on serious things.
THE foundation Of the French char
acter is based on conscience, method,
and application" said the ambassador
ia a recent speech. 'The Frenchman
takes life seriously"
Moreover. the Ambassador paid a
warm tribute to American consuls and
their reports from France.
Il read all of them without missing
a single one said he. 81 see constantly
brought to light by them these serious
traits. this clearness, this scrupulous-
ness. this conscience, without which
France would long since have ceased 70
be France"
Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood, who repre-
sents the Ninth Ohio district, has an
ancestry such as should command the
unstinted admiration OF the Daughters
of the American Revolution. He had
two grandfathers and one great-grand-
father in the revolutionary war.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
Hitchcock's Secretary.

Recently, in the quiet and gumshoe
method that now obtains in Washing
ton, since the late administration came
to a close one stormy day early In
March, postmaster General Hitchcock
has taken unto himself a confidential
secretary.
The politicians are interested and are
given TO "seein' things on account of
IL. The young man is Charles r. Does
burg. from Michigan, until lately secre-
tary to Senator William Alden Smith.
Young Mr.. Doesburg, in the brief years
OF his life has acquired 4 reputation as
a shrewd politician and a. good judge Of
men.
He did valuable service for Senator
Smith in a political way. and now that
he has gone with Mr. Hitchcock il is
taken as s. IN by those familiar with
the facts that the Postmaster General,
though he has retired as the head of
the Republican National Committee, in
tends to keep himself closely in touch
with political developments for the next
four years.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
The Troubles of Payne.

Next time the Hon. serene Elisha
Payne, OF New York, the much-dis-
cllssed chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee, sets out to talk at
length on the tariff question he will
have chair moved oCC into the aisle
and will talk from that point Of van
" ge The trouble WiTh Payne as a
loag-distance talker is not his voice or
mis- brain, but his legs.
When il comes 70 avOirduDOis, Mr..
Payne Yields not even to William How
ard Tart In his talk on the tariff bill
he consumed nine hours. BY that time
his legs gave out. He had many more
things he could have said had he not
been obliged TO be brief owing to the
discOmfOrts of standing ur. It was
days before Mr.. Payne could walk
without cane, and he has NOT entirely
recovered yet. He still limps slightly.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18

Mighty versatile man is Mr.. Secrc-
tary Meyer. He changed overnight
from advocacy Of a postal savings
bank as absolutely necessary to the
Of our prosperity, to the
insistence that a great fleet is indis-
pensable to the maintenance Of the na-
ton: and In each case he is thoroughly
\eonvincing. Couldn't he be enlisted TO
Now that the tariff on lemons must
ourrsased by reason OF the increased
ost,,,SsoNpsion in the current slang vo-
The Washington times., 1909-04-18

II Alb Ham is forced TO run for IL. he
can join Castro and Zelaya IN colopiz-
ing a desert island at the North Pole
and thus do society an eminent ser
vice.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18

It certainly does look as n times wore
going to be bad for the Democratic
politicians in Brooklyn. with Senator
Pat in for 10000 in those little specu-
latiOns.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18
This Butler Not Dead.

Former Senator Marion \IButler OF
North Carolina Is not the former Sena-
tor NJ. c. Butler Of South CarolirSa. who
died in the last few days Marion S3ut-
Ter r. still alive and well. but he hSS
been kept busy since the death OF Cen
e4al Butler telling his friends of this
fact. The confusion OF identity has
been such that many newspapers have
used the cut Of Marion Butler for that
leader who has Just died.
The Washington times., 1909-04-18


at a breakfast in honor Of their guests
this morning.
Entertain at Dinnre.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Mclean were
hosts at one OF the smartest dinner
parties of the season last evening, ask
ing their guests TO meet Mr.. and Mrs.
Preston Gibson, whose marriage took
place in February, and who have only
recently returned from an extended BIZ
daI trip.
A cotillon to which several hundred
guests were invited followed the dinner.
There were four favo- figures and the
favors were unusually artistic The
guests included a goodly representation
from official, diplomatic, and residential
circles Of smart society Of the National
Capital
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. George L. Giles
pie viii leave Washington the latter
part of April or early in May for New
York from where they will sail May y
for Europe. They expect to spend the
month of June in Paris.
The bridal party which will attend
Miss Mary Lansing Catlin and Dr. Ed
ward Cussler of New York. at their
marriage which will take place at St
Adams Thursday, will include Miss
honor, and Miss Jane Hunt and Miss
Constance Satterlee, as bridesmaids /;
DR.. Bingham Of New York, as best man,
ana DR.. Satterlee, DR.. bartlett, DR..
y Humphreys. and Dr. Greenway. all Of
New York, as usherS.
Arthur Satterlee of New York, uncle
os the bride, will give her in marriage
and the Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding. Bishop
OF Washington, viii perform the cere-
mony, which will take place at noon