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The Washington times., 1910-10-18
NOW FOR REAL WORK ON
THE WRECKED MAINE.

With the Presidents approval of
the army engineers plan to raise the
Maine, another important step is
taken in a task which has dragged
along much to the discredit of the
United States. A work that might
easily have been done within a year
or two after the disaster which has
tened the outbreak of the war with
Spain viii not be finished before the
lapse of thirteen years But in this
case it has been a marked success for
popular sentiment to have the worl,
undertaken even now
1t is expected that the raising of
the shattered battleship will reveal the
true nature of the explosion, and rs
Spain has rested under suspicion ever
since the disaster occurred it is but fair
that she should have a representative
present when the time comes for ex-
posing and examining the wreck The
Presidents invitation to Spain to have
a representative present is eonsiderate
from every point of view.
1t is further expected that the re-
moval of the wreck will be the means
of recovering the remains of men who
went down with the battleship and
giving them honorable burial That is
another prominent feature of the obi
CATION which the country has been
resting under. Finally, the work soon
to be started will result in the elimi.
anton of an eyesore which has offend
ed every American visiting Havana
and which has frequently caused not
only the Cubans but other foreigners
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
SCHOOL JOURNALISM
WELL UNDER WAY
THE Western Goes to
Press Today for Years
First Issue.

With the publication Of The West
ern" on the first day OF November.
high school journalism for the year of
1901 Will be launched
y week later The Review" the
monthly published By the pupils at
Central. will be issued, and about the
same time the initial number of "The
Balance Sheet" at Business Will make
its appearance.
Not until about the middle OF the
month viii Hand and Mind" McKin-
ley Manual Training Schools paper.
and The Fastener" published at
Eastern. make their appearance. The
last two publications are quarterlies-
1.-THE Western" which went to press
today, is a publication Of standard
magazine size of forty-eight pages. II
contains departments for athletics. de-
batting, and other school interests. as
well as a literary department It is
edited by Paul Bushnell. while James
B. Lockwood is business manager OF the
enterprise
THE Review at Central. which will
be the next high school publication IS
sued. is one of the largest maya zines in
the high schools and the oldest. II
usually turns over a handsome profit
TO tina athletic association of the school,
besides paying its editor and business
manager q percentage for their work
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
conveys BIG SHOW
MAY Be BANKRUPT
SOlVency of Luna Park Com
pany Questioned in
Court.

The greatest attraction on COney
Island has been introduced 20 a bank
ruptcy court, and the hearings that are
TO be had shortly are TO determine
whether the greatest OF all Luna Parks.
whose glow IS visible fourteen miles a.
sea, IS q paying investment
So far x has not developed where there
Is q good foundation FOR the legal row
over the finances q this remarkable
amusement plant. which IS capitalized
at s2.ooo.OOo. and has property valued At
s. 000. 900.
COney's LIMA Park IS the CREATION OF
Frederic Thompson, and Frederic
Thompson got his start IN the amuse-
ment business at tho Nashville Expo
sition some years ago. He set up there
a scenic contrivance called the Blue
GrOtto-" On the strength OF the sue
cess OF that venture he spread out, and
was represented az every large subse-
Quent exposition BY some device that
thrilled the public and raked n the
dimes
Everybody recalls the mechanical L.
fusion, Trip 10 the Moon" That was
Frederic Thompson's. II made such q
hit at the Pan-American Exposition al
Buffalo that Thompson took II 10 Coney
Island. and he has remained there ever
since Around the Trip 70 the Moon. q"
Thompson in one successful season after
another, built up the famous plant which
gradually blOssOmed out into the won
derfuI Luna Park
The electric light bulbs that enveIOped
the plant IN q Hood OF light and ban
iEhed physical darkness from COney
Island throughout the summer. mum Der
ed millions II is said that these lights,
strung one inch apart on q wire would
stretch from New York 70 san Fran
: cisco. and then hang over n the ocean
at each side Of the continent.
a dispute over the payment OF a 1856
water bill was the cause OF getting this
1 immense amusement plant into the
( bankruptcy court
The wholesale price OF milk in Eng
Z land is 81 cents q quart
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
CAN COLONEL ROOSEVELT
COME BACK7

Indiana, next to New York, will
come nearer deciding whether Theo-
dore Roosevelt has lost his hold on the
people of the United States than all
the rest of the States in the Union
put together This is made inevitable
by the very nature of the campaign
conducted in the Hoosiar State by the
former President in behalf of Senator
Albert J. Beverage
Colonel Roosevelt took possession of
the Beverage campaign during his
whirlwind tour through the State; in
effect he made the reelection Of the
Senator a personal affair. He has
spoken in many States since his return
from Africa, but only in New York
and Indiana has he undertaken to
make the election of candidates per
sonaL Upon the outcome in each State
will depend, in large measure, the
future political influence of the
Colonel. He is fighting against ire
mendous odds in New York, and Sen
ator Beverage is engaged in a des-
Perate struggle for reelection in In
diana.
The manner in which Mr. Roosevelt
was received throughout Indiana must
have given him food for serious re-
Fiction. In that State he encountered
a condition which is proving a puzzle
to many candidates in States where
the voters are credited with being
thoroughly familiar with the issues at
stake There was no doubt about the
personal popularity of Mr.. Roosevelt;
he was cheered to the echo at In
dianapolis and other cities where he
made speeches His utterances, how
ever, were received with a calmness
and lack of demonstration which is en-
tirely new.
Far from being a sign unfavorable
to Colonel Roosevelt, OF Senator Bev-
eridge, or the cause for which they
are fighting, it may safely be regarded
as condition which should please
progressive candidates.
This close attention to every word
uttered by Colonel Roosevelt is a posi-,
tive indication that the voters are
familiar with political questions, and
that they are digesting with care the
Interpretation put upon them by the
campaign orators. It is a healthy
sign of the times. Evidently Colone
Roosevelt believed it to be such, FOL
as he left Indiana he expressed the
opinion that he shifted victory in tn,
atmosphere which he had been breath
ing all day.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

yards of silk az 81 per yard He is now
waiting on another customer and has
not vet charged that silk 20 the lady
because he knows her, knows her &C
count IS good and is going TO enter It
I'D on the daybook when he gets leisure
That's your system, or rather your lack
Of SYSTEM He Will charge II II he don
forget II. The charge viii be right If
he remembers whether she bought five
yards or six, and If she got II on Of the
81 Piece )r the S1-25 piece
HAD ne made out a charge slip. bad
her sign II, sent il to the credit man for
approval, then shown It TO the head OF
his department and secured his o. X.
and then wrapped the stuff that would
have been red tape and if the woman
had been willing to wait for the clerk
10 waste this amount OF her time and
his she would have had more patience
than the average shopper. This would
have been = good example Of red tape
System would have been TO put either
cash registers or cash carriers in this
store. to have expedited in every pos
sible way the entire transaction with
the customer; TO have reduced TO the
minimum the risk OF having that item
not charged or charged incorrectly.
Every store. every office. every transac-
ton in every office has q right and a
wrong process to 20 through and the
very basis Of business system is simpli-
fication rather than complication
In manufacturing, every time the
article manufactured is handled-just
picked up and laid down-it costs
the time % the workman handling
it SO the entire energy OF the estab-
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
SMUGGLING AS A NATIONAL
DISGRACE.

The Federal judge who announced
a few days ago that hereafter those
convicted before him OF smuggling
would get prison sentence instead
of the usual fine seems to have been
just in time to make the rule apple
able to what is now said TO be one
Of the most fragrant cases of swim
ding detected in many years. 1t is
high time that the Government showed
by the severity of the punishment in
fieted that violation of the revenue
laws is too risky a thing for anybody
to undertake and that being caught
means a term in the penitentiary.
1t has been made perfectly clear
that as long as nothing worse than
q fine is visited upon the crime men
and women will continue TO take a
chance. At the worst they are out
only little more money than if they
had paid duty. knowledge that detec-
ton means certain imprisonment
would at once do away with the bulk
of smuggling done by persons who do
not think it is a very serious offense.
As for those who make a business of
bringing in goods without paying duty,
they certainly deserve the limit both
in the way of fine and imprisonment.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

and wedding it out, but back of these
questions lies the more practical ques-
ton whether the milk that We drink
every day contains the tuberculosis
germ.
! badly the most reliable inf'rma-
ton available on that subject is the
report of a series of experiments with
Washington milk by DR.. John F. An
derson, assistant director of the
hygienic laboratory of the Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service.
Under date ofsA1arch, 1909, Dr. Ander-
son published the results of his ex-
aminations. He took 22S samples of
milk from dairies and wagons and in
jected some of each sample into gum "a
pigs. Fifteen, or 6-72 per cent, of the
aliimals developed tuberculosis.
Samples of milk from IO2 dairies
were injected into guinea pigs, and
eleven of the animals, or lO.7 per cent,
developed tuberculosis. As the milk
from each dairy was injected into a
different guinea pig, DR.. Anderson's
conclusion is that lO.7 per cent of the
lO2 diaries handle milk that contains
the germ of tuberculosis.
DR.. Anderson's conclusions as to the
condition of the milk consumed in
Washington are particularly interest
ing at this time He says:
These results showing that aD-
proximateIy IL per cent OF the dairies
whose milk was examined contained
tubercle bacilH virulent for guinea
pigs do not. however, give a fair
idea OF the frequency OF the presence
Of tubercle baciui in the market milk
OF Washington. The amount inocu-
lated, less than two cubic centimeters
OF milk, is a very small portion OF a
pint bottle. The creamy layer was
not inoculated. and others workers
have shown that tuberCle bacilH are
more frequent IN this than in the
bottom milk; il is very probable that
If more animals had been inOculated
with the same sample and both
cream and sediment used the per-
centage OF positive results would
have been very much higher.
The results, however, as they were
found, are sufficiently high to empha-
size the great necessity Of the enact
ment and rigorous enforcement OF a
law requiring that all cows supply
ing milk 10 the District be tuber-
culfn tested and free from tUbercU-
losis. This test. which IS now uni
versauy recognized as a Ireans Of
determining whether an animal has
tuberculosis. should be made by a
competent veterinarian, and those
animals that respond should be dis
posed Of in some way so that their
milk may no longer DO a source Of
danger 10 the community.
The District Commissioners and the
milk committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce might be able 20 obtain
some valuable information from DR..
Anderson in elaboration of his pub
Hshed report. They will be making no
mistake if they invite him to testify
at the forthcoming hearing
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

purposes going get scared
had dropped his abueer would oggd
picked up coming
tumble Willow him and
sebrng he col
lateral all $4,000 six weeks
appreciate the
money build airship
There sparrow
the don't ask Congress for an approon to prevent its
happening DEAR upift
rising low
salaries acting drag rome to keen e from going too high Walter
trying
with the fact the average man more interested feminine anatomy
smoke viii
Of ourb city up
aeropane present unreabi
Schey parade
genial smile every sunny afternoon and you NAV retire your home as
Fifteenth G. Nothing
looking for new tangled av n kin themselves IT'S no longer consider
bending
bile
the pOO
gather mngled
deciding that
holding inquest
greenhouse
in Petworth
District of Columbia like
yOu got to cut
lot nine times when she gets caterpillar her dnenta
ter o 10 consequence
right he said And spite Spite
get an aero
making
don't come
under the head Of the Navy Department
army as there
will
there l. be high death
hobbe trouble
Anything better
waiting till
dollars They will
sailing dinner story
lightweight speaker
pugiist
the flying machines you will
smashing they fall out of
goes I'D
flirting undertaken
sewing circle will been
over you long happens"
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
IS ASKED
FOR SLAYER OF TWO

MADISON. Wis. Oct 1s,-The stat
board Of control today took under con
sideratIOn an application for a pardon
for Gustav Scharf. who Is serving a
life sentence for the murder OF Ollie
King and her six-year-Old daughter IN
Milwaukee IN 1893 Scharff murdered the
woman and her little daughter by ciTok-
ing them 10 death on board a small
boat. After killing the pair he threw
their bodies n the Milwaukee river.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
4H AV Z y T
II tine 70 fool

III Az .,L,d E n ct T
with red tape Of a
business system,
eh2" The Busi-
ness Doctor looked
in gnant- My
dear SIR, you are
labOring under the
same impression
that many other
old school mer-
chants are labor
ing under Sys-
TEN and red tape
are not synonyms
It h g J are the
ve-v autfAheSfs -
each other. Red
tape and system
are just about as
much alike as a
horse chestnut and
and a chestnut
horsei
Five minutes ago
one Of your clerks
sold a lady five
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

to wonder how a big and ordinarily
alert nation like the United States
could be SO dilatory.
Now that the plans have been given
Presidential approval, let us hope the
results viii be satisfactory to the
common sense of justice both here and
abroad.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
Amusements Tonight

Belasco-"The Summer WidOwers,'' 500
National-''Arsene Lupin," S:15.
Columbia-''The Third Degree" S:l5
Chase s-POlite Vaudeville SIS
Academy-''The Man Of the Hour" S:I5
Gayety-The New Jersey Lilies, S:I5.
Lyceum--The Warrington Society Girls.
Sis.
Arcade-Dancing and motion pictures.
Casino-Vaudeville and motion pictures
Cosmos-Vaudeville and motion pictures
Avenue-Grand-Vaud and motion
pictures.
Majestic-Vaudeville and motion pic
lures.
Masonic AudiJOrium-MOtiOn pictures.
Georgetown Open Air Theater-Aotion
pictures.
Aihambra Theater-Motion pictures.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
NOTED INDIAMAN
TO ADDRESS VEDANTA

Announcement is made that the first
regular meeting of the Vedanta Center
in its new quarters at Iowa Circle will
be held tomorrow evening at $50
O'Clock. Swami Paramananda of india.
will be in charge. The center IS to
teach the practical side of ethics and
religion, Vedanta meaning supreme
wisdom" The Swami came from India
four years ago and speaks excellent
English. He IS the author OF several
books on Oriental philosophy.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
HOFFSTOT GIVES UP
ON BRIBERY CHARGE

PITTSBURG, Oct. 1s.-Frank y. Hoff-
slot, president Of the Pressed Steel Car
Company, surrendered at the office OF
District Attorney Blakeley this morning
and arranged TO give bail on the charges
Of bribery. His final fight to escape ex-
tradition from New York was lost be-
fore the Supreme Court az washington
yesterday,
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
BRITISH RULERS
TO VISIT MANUEL

DONDON, oct. 1S.-King George and
Queen Mary viii visit King Manuel and
Queen Mother Amelie at WoOdnOrton.
Arrangements have been completed for
the visit to be made on Saturday.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

Persons returning to the city
may obtain prompt and SatIsfae-
tory delivery OF The Washington
Tines TO their homes or Offices
b. notifying this office either by
mail or telephone. The Times
will be delivered at the rate OF so
cents a month or cents a week.
Telephone Circulation Depart
nent, Main $3.50.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
What S on the Program in
Washington

Meeting Of Anthropological Society at
Cosmos Club.
Ladies' night, Congress Heights Public
Improvement Association, tonight.
Band concert, Soldiers Home, 4 D. m
Soldiers Home Band.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
Excursions.

Steamer Charles Manchester leaves Sew
enth street wharf at 10 and 2:SO o'clock
for Mt. Vernon.
Old Point Comfort and Norfolk steamer
leaves Seventh street wharf. GAS
O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The net total circulation OF The Washing
Times daily during the month Of Sep
tem5er WRX 916107. all copies left over
enc returned being eliminated. This number.
When divided oy %, the number OF days OF
puDllcation. shows The net daily average for
september to have been IS, rs.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The men who are accused OF grating
on a Pittsburg benefit show may have
figured that charity would cover a null
titude OF sins.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The housewife ear dispense with the
rule Of thumb and use some system in
her work also The old recipe OF "a
handful Of these mixed with a fee OF
those and cooked slowly a Httle while"
has given away TO accuracy. Here is
an example.
with my work in the kitchen fin
ished. and my apples. pudding. OF cake
in the oven, I wish 10 be working in
other parts Of the house. I can say 10
myself 'Oben the oven at ul0' but rs
likely as not I forget II TIL 11-20 So
now I set the alarm clock for the time
TO open the oven. can 90 about mr.
work with no thought Of the oven on ny
mind. and at the appointed time comes
the loud and unnistakable call from the
kitchen, In the clock alarm. Il has
saved countless dishes from rum"
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
The Business Doctor
By Roe FuIkerson

hshment is bent TO the problem OF
simplifying the process and. reducing
the number Of times the article IS
handled. for the trifing moment thus
saved represent immense sums at the
end Of the year.
In manufacturing machinery the
great end to be attained Is the sim
plihcation Of its working parts. Re
dUcing the number Of pieces in its
mechanism 10 the minimum, for every
additional part makes one more place
for the machine 10 get out OF order.
This same theory Is the basis OF
modern business methods. The per
Sonal equation is the greatest factor
OF error Every new mar. who has
70 handled an account. every time an
item must be transferred from one
book TO another, each new pair OF
hands a paper must 90 through give
more and more opportunities FOR err
ror and error Is the bugaboo Of
every mercantile establishment for
mistakes mean apologies. customers
lost and in time TO rectify the error.
50 system and simpIifcation are
synonyms. and. the so-called system
which loses time instead Of gaining
1t, which complexities a transaction
instead Of simplifying IT, has degenerate
ed into red tape. and is fully as bad
as laxity- A story is told Of a man
who drank so much that it fnterfered
with his business, and so he aban-
doEed the business. to properly at
tend to his drinking so also NAV a
man systematic his business till II
reaches the point where he must neg
leCt the business 10 attend 20 the
system This is, no doubt what Won
had in mind when you confused the
two terms red tape and system.
The perfect system eliminates the
personal equation-the human error
and simplifies every transaction nil The
work is done with the least possible loss
OF time on the part Of the customer s1S
the employees"
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

and by just dropping bomb here and
there they would have the city at
their mercy!"
Don't you get worried, dearie. till
Teddy quits ridin' in EN-! AS long as
he takes an occasional sail in 'em you
can depend on it they are dangerous
and unreliable. He don't do things IN
less they are dangerous" Andrew
smiled at her. when the day comes
that a biplane sails over my house
and drops a can Of baked beans down
my kitchen chimney for advertising
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
Sunday.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
81 The washington Times printed Sundays
lows:
September -. 1913 September 1s... 1914
september H. 1885 September Is. q. $40
TOTAL FOR the .1s6. e3l
sunday average for the month. ........ Al, SIS
me ret total circulation Of The Washington
times Sunday during the month Of Sep
temDer was 1895. all copies left over
ano returned by agents being eliminated.
Ihls number, when divided by (. the number
q Sundays during September, shows the net
sunday average for September TO have been
IN each Issue Of The Times the circulation
ngures FOR the previous day are plainly
PIintei at the head OF the first page at the
teft OF the date line.
Entered at the Postoffice az Washington.
ID. c. as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
Andrew and Imogene

61 SEEMS to me like it's dangerous said the
avaors should
after banding together sail
the cities like
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The farmer is uttering his annual
CIV for help to harvest the bumper
crops that were utterly ruined three
months ago.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The farmer Is uJLeTlnE MS annual
crv for help to harvest the bumper
crops that were utterly ruined three
months ago.
The problem Of the railroads Is wheth-
e7 to increase rates 10 maintain credit
or 10 reduce them 20 allay discredit-
Even his most ardent admirers admit
sthat Collector Loeb's recent art store
raid was a play on the gallery.
Perhaps. a hundred years from now,
some Leslie Carter Will show how Gaby
DesIys wrecked a kingdom.
Murphy Is the coloners mark, all
right; but it remains to be seen whether
he's one Of the easy variety.
Senator Aldrich is back home after
being away for his health-and the
health C his party.
Manuel evidently didn't realize. when
he played the king. that the ace was
out against him.
The Barney statue offers our new ane
arts commission an early opportunity
/ for effective work
/ The horseback test is one of the few
cases wherein one man rides another's
hobby.
The Hitchcock and Bauinger retire
ment rumors are running neck and neck
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The problem Of the railroads Is wheth-
er To Increase rates 10 maintain credit
or 10 reduce them 20 allay discredit.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The horseback test is one of the few
cases wherein one man rides anotner's
hobby.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION.
Daily.

no5aI Tor the So
Daily average for the month";. A.2h
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The Barney statue offers our new fine
arts commission an early opportunity
for effective work
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

Even his most ardent admirers admit
kthat Collector LOeb's recent art store
raid was a play on the gallery.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The Hitchcock and BaIlinger retire.
nent rumors are running neck and neck
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

Manuel evidently didn't realize. when
he played the king, that the ace was
out against him.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

Perhaps. a hundred years from now.
some Leslie Carter viii show how Gaby
DesIys wrecked n kingdom.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

Murphy Is the cOloners mark, all
right; but ii remains to be seen whether
he's one Of the easy variety.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

Senator Aldrich is back home after
being away for his health-and the
health C his party.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

The wholesale price OF milk in Eng
land IS g. cents q quart
The Washington times., 1910-10-18

Entered at the Postonice az Washington,
ID. c, as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1910-10-18
Total for the month

September -. 1913 September ls... 1914
September H. 1885 September Is. Is .a9