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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-05

whose yodling 90 the cows had such
an effect that they would have made
him rich II the girl, Lena by name
Eadu got married. The accidental
Introduction of the photograph at the
farmhouse gave Smith Il tip as so lis
adVautag es as a substitute for Lena.
and now the COWS are in "A fair way
10 become heavy milk producers as
of yore.
Early this week the people of Bos-
ton were expressing their annual re-
grets over the announcement that a
shortage OF milk was nigh. The con
smers' regrets were shared by the
producers and the dealers. Of course
the trouble lay with the cows, who OF
late have preferred TO work under
time instead of overtime. But no one
thought of trying to convert the cows
from the error of their ways Yet
the story of the New Jersey farmer
points a way out of the difficulty.
Whether music really has charms for
such purpose whether the yodel,
either natural or artificial, can induce
bossy to be generous-is a subject
whose value must be weighed by the
agricultural societies. We respectfully
suggest that it be put on the scaI,z
without delay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-05
NOTABLES GATHER
AT LAKE CHANPLAI
DiScoyerer of Famous Body
of Water Honored at
Celebration.

PORT HENRY. N Y, July Sow
ernor Hughes of New York and Governor
Prouty of Vermont Joined today IN the
opening Of a series of celebrations ia
honor Of the tercen,Snnial OF the ar
rival of Samuel De Che mpIain upon the
shores of the lake bearing his name, and
which played such a prominent part in
the early history of the United States.
The main event Of the DAY was a sham
battle. arran sed by the Tenth Regiment
of the National Guard, which was
fought within sight Of the shattered
walls CT Fort Amherst and Fort Fred
erick.
speeches by the governor, former Mayor
Seth Low, of New York city, and Judge
Albert G. Barnes. of Chicago Repre-
sentaTives of the French and Canadian
governments Joined with the Americans
and the descendants of the Indians in
the opening Of the celebration.
a poem, written for the occasion by
Clinton Scotland, was ~ead as a part
of the program. The governors and
other guests viii leave this evening for
Fort TicOnderOga, where President Taft
viii join them in the events cOmmemO-
rating the historic battle grounds
The governors today were the guests
al luncheon of Walter c. NNitherbee.
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THE GUSHING OF AN HONEST
POLICE COMMISSIONER.

The new police commissioner for
New York city is a graduate of the
AicCarren school of politics and a
membe. of the AIcCarren political or
ganization in Brooklyn. He VIII do
what he is told to do, and he viii be
told to do what the politicians want
linn to do. General Bingham made
many mistakes, due largely to a trop-
zeal temperament, but he is an honest
man, he was steadily, gradually getting
the department out of control of the
politicians, and he was hated by the
political leaders
There is no doubt that General Bing-
ham made mistake in the case Of
George Duffy, the young man in whose
behalf Judge Gaynor interested him.
self, but the Duffy case was merely a
pTetext for the removal of Bingham.
Mcclellan is a small man, he has been
a small mayor. and he never looked
smaller, even when ne was fighting
against a recount of the Hearst Nc
Clellan vote, than he does at the pres
ent time, as he sacrifices an honest
faithful head of the police department
to the RIAL bands of political high
waymen that respectively control the
boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The honest, self-respeeting men in
the New York police department viii
regret the ousting of the police com
missioner The parasites and bene-
ficiaries of the system" win rejoice
with exceeding Joy And the cause of
genuine reform, where reform was
most needed, gets a setback at the
hands of George B. Mcclellan, 'the
scholar IN politics
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NEW RULES OF CONDUCT FOR
THE SALOON-KEEPER.

There are many evidences that whole
sale and retail liquor dealers realize
that the time has come when they must
put their houses in order. In almost
every large city there Is evident a de
sire 10 clean up and To regulate the
business. The Liquor Dealers Protec-
tive Association of Chicago has just
adopted new rules of conduct for
saloon keepers TO live up TO, among
them these
To obey ali ordinances.
To cease serving drinks TO women
81 pub ic bars
10 stop an forms Of gambling what
ever on saloon premises.
To exclude all indecent pictures or
advertisements from saloons.
To drive away all disorderly per
70 refuse 10 sell drinks TO intoxi-
Gated persons, or to known inebriates,
OF 70 minors
IF the dealers in liquor had begun
ten years ago to conduct business on
this plan. they would not have been
the victims of the present wide.sweep-
ing temperance wave. The trouble Is
that by persistent violation Of the
law, by training with the worst elc-
naents Of the community, by dabbIing
in politics--and always for bad ends
BIZ putting their business on a very
low plane, many saloon-keepers sue
ceeded, not in making prohibitionists
or even local optionists out OF every
body, by any means, but in driving
away support Of large number OF
people and putting them in frame
Of mind in which they are as willing
as not to see local option tried out.
It Is a case IN which the good suffer
yith the bad, the decent saloon keeper
With the lawless. What the former
class should do is to begin to clear
house IN cities and counties in which
as yet the anti saloon sentiment ha,
not reached the stage where it is de
handing the saloons suppression II
other words, clean up while it viii Dc
some good
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-05
Speaker Cannon Out
For FOWler'S Scalp

When Speaker Cannon gets through
reorganizing the House Committee on
Banking and Currency il is generally
expected that Representative Charles
n. Fowler of New Jersey viii no longer
ne the head Of IT, Representative Ed
ward B. Vreeland Of New York is look
ed on as his successor.
No Official promo uncement is yet forth
coming. The Speaker has not yet named
his committees and has not disclosed an
intention to do so until next December
though there is much speculation wheth-
er he viii name them at the close of the
special session This would enable him
to catch a fast train for Danville, III
and go into retreat there untE the dis
appointed ones had recovered from their
obsession of wrath.
In the absence q an official state
ment. there is strong belief about the
Capitol that Fowler is slated 70 retire
as chairman and that Vreeland viii
succeed him.
It IS learned that the friends Of Mi.
Fowler are aDprehensive and they have
done some intervening in his behalf.
If Fowler remains chairman of this
important committee it viii not be be
cause Mr.. Cannon wants him left in that
position, but because Of the Intervention
Of friends of Fowler who have drag
with the Speaker. Uncle Joe's" ideas
ard those of Fowler do not agree and
wouldn't agree if each lived to be a
hundred years old.
1t viii not be long before Congress
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Panama Canal Mosquito
Problem Solved by Fish

At last the Isthmian Canal Commits
sion thinks the mosquito problem of the
canal zone has seen solved. Strange 70
say. it has not been done by any scien-
tific invention, or what Senator Tulman
calls "hOcus pOcus.' A FISH has been
found that suhsists on the mosquito and
Colonel Gorgas and his aides have done
what Is entirely natural under the cir
cunlstances-they have called the fish TO
their assistance
Il the mosquitoes are devoured in suf-
hCient numbers. yellow fever, malaria,
and other maladies OF the sort which the
mosquito is charged with carrying about
are expected to become unknown in the
region.
The ish is known popularity as mil
lions" and has q scientific appellation
IN Latin as long as a mans arm. It is
indigenous to the waters of the ISLAND
of Barbados in the West Indies. It only
recently has been imported to tie
isthmus TO participate in mosquito eN-
termination.
These fish belong to the group broadly
known as top mlnnOWs, so called rom
always feeding at or near the surface ot
the water. Tor which the structure Of
their mouth and habit of swimming with
"a large part OF their back out of water
adapts them This habit. in COuueClloH
with their small size, Is of especial
value as IT enables them 10 secure their
food by pursuing IT across plants over
which there Is only a thin nlu of water.
rhev are found in large schools. hence
the name millions
II has been discovered tHat the fish in
question have "a special liking for mos
quito larvae. They take TO them as
many folks do TO lobster. But they also
eat the adult mosquito. They multiply
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has before It the currency question. The
monetary commission viii have a report
to make in due time and then VIII come
up the question of enacting it into leg
islation AS the joint author Of the
Aldrich-Vreeland bill and as a member
Of the commission. Mr.. Vreeland would
be a great deal more likely to help put
through the legislation favored by the
commission than Mr.. Fowler would.
Fowler is q good deal of an independ-
ent who mas gone deeply into fiscal and
currency problems, and there are plenty
Of people who think he knows more
about financial legislation than anyone
In Congress. He mas followed his own
bent of mind on a good many occasions
and has net followed that OF Uncle
joe" He is not built that way, and it
hasn't helped his standing about the
Speakers room.
II Fowler is put out Of the chairman
ship and Vreeland or some one else is
put in, il viii no doubt raise a right
merry protest, but there Will be no way
of getting around it. 1t may be pre-
vented but once done cannot be cured.
Other chairman have been dCposed and
Fowler can be if the Speaker chooses
TO do so.
The charge made against the House
Banking ard Currency Committee is
that it IS composed of theorists and not
practical financiers This charge is made
against Fowler. Those who argue for a
change in the craftsmanship ccutend
that with the important money Iegisla-
ton that is ahead of the COIuUiittee
theory must be thrown 10 the winds and
practical things only considered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-05
HONORARY DEGREES MARK
THE MEN OF PROGRESS.

Honor courses" to spur the student
to greater intellectual activity, may be
delayed, but honorary degrees continue
to impress the world with the fact that
me mind is the handspring of progress.
Thus we find Harvard bestowing on its
president emeritus the exceptional
honorary degree of doctor of medicine,
not. of course, on account of any
special attainment of his in the med;-
cal field, but on account of his syn
pathetic and broad minded interest ~
the advancement Of the science of med:-
cine. It has frequently been acknow-
lodged by distinguished authorities
that DIR. Eliot has done more for their
profession in the last quarter of a
century than any other man in the
country. And there Is no reason why
his influence should not remain, for It
is based on qualities entirely indepen-
dent of office, namely, sympathy and
imagination, the one being a sincere
interest in the cause and the other be
ing a means of promoting the cause.
The influence of intellectual giants like
Charles William Eliot runs deeper and
lasts longer than can very well be esti-
mated.
So, too, Dartmouth honors Arthur
Fairbanks. director OF the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, with the degree
of doctor of letters, in recognition not
merely of his success in the artistic
world. but also OF his energetic efforts
10 make the famous museum more
popular. All these leaders, all these
intellectual master minds, have In view
the advancement OF the people IN SG.
eral. Their great work is essentially
popular. 1t is ON this ground, also,
that Yale honors Rear Admiral Sperry,
yslse. though ranking officially as the
commander of the mightiest Ameri-
can fleet ever assembled and the
most powerful military force that
ever circumnavigated the globe,
nevertheless made the deepest
impression and the greatest success
abroad as d champion of peace and
prosperity. The tongue, on these oeca-
sions, Is mightier than the gun; the
mind that. in extreme circumstances,
must stoop to war, frankly advocates
the cause OF peace.
The honorary degree Is therefore one
Of The choicest rewards the civilized
wcrld has TO offer
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Engagement of Mile. dies
Portes Is Announced
From | unis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke Wag-
gaman to Spend Sum
mer in Italy.

The former counselor of the French
embassy and Nine. des Portes de la
Fosse, now at Tunis, have announced
the engagement C their daughter, Mile.
Gi1lia des Portes de la Fosse, 10 NJ.
Henri de Rousseray. Mile des Portes
was one Of the most popular girls of the
young set during the time she was in
Washington. Nine. des Portes and her
daughter left Washington last January.
Miss Mary James Ferguson, OF Lees
burg, Va. who has been The guest Of
Mrs Harry Ellis Chandlee for several
days, has returned to her home.
MIS-. Vrooman. daughter of General
Black, left Washington this morning for
Canada, where she will spend the sum
mer. General Black win remain IN
Washington for several weeks before
starting for his place in the West,
=
Mrs. Albert Ordway and her grand
daughter. Miss Valerie Padelford. sailed
toda from san Francisco for Honolulu
where they will spend the summer
Mrs. John Lindsay Moorehead has
closed her residence on Farragut Square
and gone to Cazenovia, where she has
taken cottage for the summer.
=
Mrs. James r. Barbour has gone TO
Narragansett Pier for the summer sea-
son
Mr.. and Mrs. II Chadwick Hunter
will close their apartment in the Con-
necticut on Wednesday, ana leave
Washington for an automobile tour Of
The West. They viii visit the Yukon
Seattle Exposition, the Yellowstone
Park. and will spend much time IN Cal
ifoFnia and Mexico.
Mrs. Franklin H. Hough and the
Misses Hough. OF Washington, have
gone to Asbury Park, y J., for the
summer. They have taken apartments
at the Fifth Avenue House.
=
Miss I. N Blakely and Miss Jessie
BIakely, of washington. are guests at
the Hotel Neptune, Beimar \. j., for
a short stay.
Mr.. ard Mrs Byron Post. of Wash
ington, are spending some time in At
lantic City, guests at the Monticello
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Curtis, accom-
panied BY their daughter, Miss Marie
Curtis, have gone to Avon-by-the-Sea,
n. J.. for a portion of the summer. They
are guests at the Avon Inn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-05
THUGS ROB VICTIM
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

-MORRIsTOWN. n. j.. July 5.-Frank
Riley, twenty-one years old, of Provi-
deuce. was set upon by thugs here this
morning and beaten and robbed. At err
the robbers relieved him Of the Sl3 ne
had ina his pockets they took his clothes
and shoes, not even stopping at ais
shirt. Then they dragged him into the
bushes and left him there. He was found
an hour later
At the hospital it was found he had
been struck on the head and beaten
about the body lie could not describe
his assallants.
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SERVICES ARE HELD
FOR LOUISA HOUCK
Resident of Washington for Over
Fifty YearS-HuSband
Survives Her.

Funeral services for Mrs Louisa
Houck who for more than half a
century had been q resident of Wash
ington. and was the wife of Samuel ID.
Houck. q prominent business man of
this city, win be held at her resi-
denCe, 40 Lamont street northwest
The Rev. Joseph Dawson. pastor of
Calvary Nj. r.. Church, of which church
Mrs. HOuck was for many years a mem
Der, will ofiiciate Mrs Houck vas taken
i'll yesterday morning and died before
a doctor could be summoned.
She was born in northumberland
county, Va eighty years ago, but came
to this city while a girl. Her husband.
samuel ID. HouCk. and one daughter.
Mrs. ;. j. gardner, survive her.
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rapidly, the young are born alive and
not Matched from eegs TheY are a6rdy
and stand transportation wel, fact
That makes them valuable for stocking
the waters.
The absence of malaria in Barbados
has been attributed TO the presence Of
these fish II is said they destroy the
larvae OF malaria-carrying mosquitoes
On the isthmus are other spa les OF fish
not reliable. and it has been found i'm
possible TO depend ON them fCT d5sCTuc-
u0n under all circumstances The ish
will be bred and distributed 10 the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-05
HELBIG WILL HEAD
MANNECHOR AGAIN

f. T.. Helbig has been reelected presi-
dent of the Germania Mannechor for
the sixth successive time. The annual
election Of the singers took place last
evening, and the other officers chosen
include: Vice president. Louis Bauer.
corresponding secretary William Lerch
financial secretary, William Aue; treas
urer George j. Bessler; c0lor bearer,
j. Goetz; lbr Irian, p Mattern; collec-
tor. j. H. Buichling; trustees, c..
FISCHER. Karl Braun, C.. Cussler; musi-
can director Prof. T.. L. Christ.aui,
delegate 90 the German Orphan Asylum,
T. Pitt.
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Roxana, at Btattapoisett. Mass. wi ere
the> are spending the weekend Mr.
Ande1 sons touring cars are following
along the coast and at each port where
the Roxana stops they make tour Of
this neighboring country.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Morris, of Wash
ington, are among those from Washing
ton spending some time at Cape May,
guests at the Windsor Hotel
=
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ Cushman and
their daughter, Miss Eleanor Cushluan,
have arrived at the Hotel La Refine,
Bradley Beach. y J., for several weeks.
=
Mr.. and Mrs August Sellers, Of Wash
ington, are spending July at the Hatha-
way Inn. at Deal, n. j.
Mr.. and Mrs John Reid. who left
at the Brentwood Hotel, Atlantic High
lands, n j.
Mrs. Richard Weightman. of Wash
ingtou, is spending some time at C9pon
Springs W Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Henderson, OF
Washington, are spending a few days
at Sea Girt, \. j.. guests at the Ire
mont Hotel.
Miss Maude Moore. of Washington. is
the guest OF the Misses Elgin, near
Leesburgs Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. r. TiTlman. of Wash
ington, are the guests of Mrs. John
Maddox, of Rockville, Nd, for few
days.
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MUSIC MAY HAVE CHARMS TO
CONVERT THE COW.

II music hath charms to soothe the
savage beast, Why may it not have
charms to coax the cow to give more
miik7
This Is not by any means a purely
fsnciful question. We read in a New
York paper about a Great Notch, n. J.,
farmer named Smith who has been
buying phonograph records for use in
his dairy. So remarkable a combina-
ton of music and milking Is thus eX-
planned;
smith said that Ire formerly had in
as employ as dairy maid q swiss girl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-05
Dinner Served
In New Market.

The democratic committees served their
dinner i'm the newly completed Center
Market House. JoeI Harlow, Esq, pre-
siding. assisted by General Mason and
Captain Smith. There We're many dis
tlnguished guests including the heads
of departments. the Attorney General.
Postmaster General, Treasurer, and
Comptroller To the accompaniment of
guns and music 10y The Marine Band
seventeen set and eleven volunteer
tOasts We're drunk to celebrities and ma
tiOnal ideals At sunset the cOnVfViaI
crowd adjourned to the theater
From a communication 10 the Intel
Iigencer we learn also that number Of
the citizens Of washington without dis
tiuctiOn or party sat down TO an ele-
giant dinner prepared Dy Mr.. Long, at
which the utmost harmony and hilarity
prevailed. Robert Brent. mayor Of the
city, presied, supported by Elias g.
Caldwell ahd Thomas Munroe- Among
the guests were Mr.. Pope, Of the Sen
ate, and MessIs. Howard, Lyon, and
Lewis, of the House OF Representatives.
After p8rtakiug OF the dinner many
toasts were drunk between which tie
company were entertained by apprOpri-
ate music from an excellent band and
by patriotic and cOnvivial songs from
gentlemen composing the party"
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In the Mail Bag

The Times VIII accept for Publi-
cation I'm its Mail bag columns,
short. vigorous letters on questions
of public interest, II cannot I'M
dertake 90 publish letters exceed
ing $50 words, and reserves the
right rigidly TO cOndense sOmmu-
ntcatiuas hich aSe of greater
length. Letters must contain the
name and address Of the writer
but these viii not be published IL
request to thnt effect is made.
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To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
The celebration of Independence Day
100 years ago i'm washington, village
of some 300 Inhabitants, was as no
table i'm its way as viii be the safe and
sane" method of today in the great
city.
James Madison, the new President,
had a. few weeks previously made him
SELF Immensely popular with all par
ties 10y a convention wiki the minister
from Great Britain by which trade
between the two countries, which had
been interrupted had been resumed
T'his achievement, though fated to be
transient, caused an ebulIitiOn of patri-
otto enthusiasm throughout the country
which found expression in the annual
celebration of the nations day.
At daybreak the guns at the navy
yard fired the national salute. The In
dependent Blues, with their guests. tn
Washington Light Infantry, paraded IN
the center of Georgetown. and afife
a salute of seventeen rounds; an al
fresco breakfast was eaten: then fol-
lowed the call 10 arms at O'Clock. and
the march TO Join other militia com
D5nies for the Crane parade in the
city.
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Citizens Received
By the President.

From the church the citizens and
strangers proceeded to pay their re-
spects to the Presidese and his amIable
lady in their residence. They are cor
daily received and treated 70 cooling
refreshments.
Meanwhile the line Of review had
been formed by the various militia COM
panies on the parade ground north OF
The Presidents residence, the Wash
ingtOn Light Horse, commanded by
Lieutenant Johns, on the right OF the
whole; Captain Smiths Rife company
On the left, am. Captain Burch's ar
tiIlery in the ceHteT-the others. with a
handsome company OF patriotic Wash
iEgton youth, iu their respective stations
ln the displayed column At noon the
General (Aiason), escorted by a detach-
meut of the Washington Horse, ap-
A Federal salute was then fred by the
artillery the troops were formed in
solid column marched TO the para de
from whence they filed off to their re-
sDectiye places of en.ertainment The
Washington Light Infantry and hide
pendent Blues dined at Mr. Ruths taV-
eru in Georgetown, waere a handsome
provision was spread for their enjoy
meut.
According 10 the Georgetown Museum
of that date, an elaborate dinner was
served at the Preslden 5 Is a numerous
party of ladies, whose husbands and rel.
atiyes were officially dlned elsewhere.
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ODDS FOR CUSHNAN
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE
Representatives Condition
Holds Strong Hope for
His Recovery.

NEW YORK. July 5.-Physieians said
tEia morning that Representative Cush-
uISu of Tacoma, Wash, who IS Ill at
the Roosevelt Hospital, from pneu-
guouia, is a little better. and though he
is having a hard fight for life, they have
greater hopes for his recovery than at
any time during the past few days.
Mr.. Cusaman passed fairly good
night and is resting easily. 1T viii be
several days before any predictions can
he made.