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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04
ONE TINE LEADERS
BACK FROM EUROPE

NEW YORK. Sept A-FCrmerIy prom
inent politicians continue returning from
Europe
George 2 Mcclellan CsynOr-s p-ede-
cesSor as mayor Of New York. has just
returned and today former Governor
OdeI- and Herman Metz. who was
comDtrolIe-, got back.
Mr.. Odell. who came on the LgapIand.
is tanned as the result Of several weeks
auto-sobilinS in France and Great Brit
ian.
I am out OF touch with politics. he
said Il have been trying 10 forset all
about old guards, machines. and rings,
and have succeeded"
Some one showed him a picture OF
Roosevelt on a rostrum. a mantle OF
Bryan hanging over him He was ask
ed for a comment
That doesn't interest me today half
so much as To find a place in New
York where I can get one Of those old
fashioned New England dinners After
those European table d-hote meals and
those queer things they serve. give me
i corn beef and cabbage for a change
Metz was asked f he had met Hearst
and Mcclellan abroad, as was rumored-
Yes. he had met Mcclellan, but not the
editcE He said he would try 10 think
/ I'd something Tor the reporters this
afternoon and invited them TO call later
at his Brooklyn home
| Nathan StTaUs, who has decided to dis
| continue mis- pasteUrized milk stations
/ in New York because OF the criticism of
/ a daily paper, was a passenger on the
baltic He regards the attacks that
have been made upon him as ScurriIous
| and says he Is tired OF them The milk
charity Will be maintained in some cities,
/ but not here
| Pierre LOri1ard was on the CeItfs, and
as soon as his baggage was declared
and egOt through with the customs
| officials he left for Tuxedo. Ask Cd
| about his European experiences. ne
| twirIed his cane lanEuidly and replied
| u know not thing Of interest. dear
| boy"
/ All three boats were crowded, and
an additional force Of customs Of
/ fciaIS was at the piers In view OF
/ the recent attempts to SmugEle aTti-
/ cIes of value into the country. the
] customs house is watching returning
/ voyaeers closer than ever before
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and then taking more Of the excess re
eeipts from the sale of gas and paying
dividends on that capital. Don't for
get that.
Now as 10 the gas world events
Out in Cleveland they've been strug-
Cling with the price of gas. The gas
company managers displayed the usual
intelligence in Withholding information,
and adopted the usual public be
damned policy when approached with
the proposition that the price of gas
was too high. However, the mayor
sent an expert down to Indianapolis, TO
see what the rates were in that city.
His investigator found an independent
gas company. composed OF $500 citizen
stockholders, selling manufactured gas
at so cents per thousand cubic feet, and
making money
The expert went back to Cleveland
and made an investigation of the gas
companv's affairs without its consent
From other sources he obtained IN
formation upon which he decided that
II was entitled to a capitalization Of
1892 for every thousand cubic feet Of
gas sold This. he maintained, was a
liberal allowance
Such basis OF capitalization applied
to the Gas Monopoly of the District Of
Columbia would give a capitalization OF
S7.S10.OOO, Vet the Gas officials mod
estIv state they are entitled TO a CAPT
taIization of sI3.OO0,O00. Exploited to
that figure. the Gas MOnopoly's seeuri-
ties would amount to $3.50 for every
thousand feet Of gas sold.
After completing his investigation
the expert employed to help the Cleve-
land mayor recommended a price Of 70
cents straight, admitting 1t leaned
toward the company in reasOnableness-
Washington, remember, pays 90 cents
Another interesting event in gas hrs
tory was the action of the Laclede
Gas Company in St Louis, which re-
duced its rate for gas TO 50 cents per
thousand cubic feet This came on the
heels of the discovery that a movement
was gaining Roadway to bring natural
gas into st. Louis from Louisiana.
Boston, New York, Milwaukee, ChI-
cago. St Louis, and q number Of other
cities now have sO-cent gas Wash
ineton has 9G-cent gas, and the man
ayers of the concern that controls the
field here give no Indication of m IN
tention to reduce the price at any time
in the near future
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

A good local advertiser when questioned
about The marvellous success he had had
said there was nothing unusual about II
we used nOCutS that were shabby or did
not do justice 20 the goods themselves.
We made our typography artistic, pleas
ing AMI leEibIe as POSSIBLE, using but
not wasting white space We planned
OUT COPY g month before hand 10 cover
subjects which would be seasonabIe. and
we wrote the copy deliberately We put
on no special sales OF unusual attrac-
tions, but published our ads regularly
according to plan
Nothing startling happened in tho
first few weeks. but the business soon
began TO Increase and It has kept on IN
creasing I'D 70 the present writing The
first seven months OF this year We have
done more than We did the whole OF
last year" This was a perfect example
Of sane conservative advertising which
will bring business as surely as sun
shine and showers viii make grass grow
Steady. regular, sensible advertising in
the daily papers IS not an experiment.
It IS settled fact
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GAS CAPITALIZATION AND
GAS PRICES

Consumers OF gas IN Washington,
always ready TO svmPathize with the
local Gas Monopoly IN its perennial
sorrow. superinduced by its paUpeTized
condition. VIII be interested IN a series
Of significant events IN the gas world
TINS summer
As basis for the information which
Is to follow. please remember that the
price OF gas in Washington i 90 cents
per thousand cubic feet-niuety cents.
Please remember, also, that practically
every cent Of value IN the Gas No
nopoly's property was created by the
clever process OF investing surplus
earnings-takiHg the excess money
paid in by the users of gas and buy
ing machinery and laying mains viii
II, afterWsrd issuing capital against It
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lean sharks, and realized that this con
dIt1on was IN the first place conducive
to dishonesty, for weak man will Weld
10 temptation under these Circum-
stances that he would Scorn under nor
nal conditions Again, a man being
worried and harassed BY a debt Is IN
no mental condition TO give his atten-
ton 10 his work He is cross and wor-
Tted and cannot handle patrons "a
well If your help get into financial
straits il IS 20 your interest 70 help
them In every possible way
IT YOU are in doubt about Dzv day
call IN half a dozen OF ycur head people
and let them decide the matter"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04
ROOSEVELT, TAFT, AND IN
SURGENTS TOGETHER.

In his textbook letter to Chairman
Mckinley OF the Republican Congress
sionaI Committee, dated August %.
President Taft gave expression 10 the
following:
The bill is not a perfect JarIfI bill.
or complete compliance with the
promises made. strictly futerprere ed.
but a fUlhllmeuJ free from criticism
in respect to a subject matter iuvolv-
ing many schedules and thousands OF
articles could not be expected ~ -
When the ttarifID commission com
-pletes its work either on the entire
respect 10 which issue has arisen. and
The work OF the commission shows
that the present tariff is wrong and
should be changed. I expect 20 bring
the matter 70 the attention of Con
ETesS- with view 10 its amendment
Of the tariff IN that particular. Of
course. this VIII be impraCtiCabIe uu-
less Congress itself shall adopt the
parliamentary rule. as I hope IL VIII.
that a Dill 20 amend one schedule OF
The tariff may rot be subject TO a
motion 10 amend by adding changes
IN other schedules
On August 30 the Republican council
CT Kansas, dominated by insurgents,
adopted the following tariff plank as
part OF the Kansas platform OF 1910:
We 60 not recognize the revision
Of the tariff Of 1903 as a satisfactory
-TulhIlment Of The tariff pledge Of the
.RePu bi-can platform We, therefore,
pledge the people of Kansas, and our
Rep bliCau Senator's and Representa-
-tives, TO work and vote for legislation
that viii create nOn-partiSan tariff
commission 10 ascertain accuraueIy
the difference between the cost Of
production at home and abroad. and
Immediately 10 fix the duties on the
~ r--r u F~p-r III
our Senators and represents tlVeS 70
vote for q joint resolution that VIII
promote the revision Of the tariff, one
schedule at time
On August 81, at Osawatomie, Kan
Bas. former President Roosevelt, In his
~new nationalism7 speech, made the
following declaration on the tariff
question:
The duty OF Congress IS to provide {
method BY which the interest Of the
whole people shall be all that receives
consideration To this end there must
removed from the possibility Of pOliti-
cal pressure or improper business in
nuenCe. Such q commission can find
out the real difference between cos
OF production, which Is mainly The
difference Of labor cost here and
abroad As fast as its recommends
lions are made, I believe in revising
one schedule at a time
Here we have three Endorsements o
The tariff commission one-schedule-at-a
time method Of tariff revision They
ought to go a long way toward bring
ing down 70 date that ideal day whel
athe tariff VIII be taken out Of poll
ties"
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makes no difference 20 you. and there
are times when il makes a great dix
ference to them. There is one large
store here employing about 500 people
who have adopted the rule of always
paying on Friday, as this enables the
money TO be turned over to the wife in
time for SATURDAY mornings market
ing. The plan seems to me a good one.
There was a time when the plan was
universal to hold back the first weeks
pay from every employee, paying him
only when he left the employ of the
eCmpanv- This was Zone in order that
the man would have to give the COM
pany weeks notice before leaving
them. as their rule was that this mon
ey would only be paid on one week s
notice, and they were thereby enabled
to have another man for the place by
the time he left In an establishment
where the pay roll runs $500 a week
the interest on this sum is well worth
considering.
There are other establishments who
pay their help in checks to save the
trouble Of having them sign the pay
roll as their Endorsement on the back
Of the check acts as a receipt bit &c
nv mind the very best principle is &c
leave the matter entirely to the people
themselves, for when you have pleased
voUr employees in the matter of salary
psvment you have helped your bust
ness: for satisfied people are the big
Eest asset any employer ever had. This
IS borne out by q. recent notice from q
big Pueblo department store to theil
employees They notified their heir
that any OF them in urgent need OF
money had better interview the treas
,,rer. They had discovered that soma
of their people were N the hands Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

Mr. and Mrs. Evan S. Cameron en-
tertaired a small party Informally a.
breakfast today at their residence On
Twenty first street
Miss Gladys HinckIey. daughter Of
Mrs Robert Hinckley, OF Washington
ard a debutante Of last season who Is
Spending the season at Bar Haroor,
vas hostess at dinner Of twelve
covers last evening at the Malvern
8Ir. and Mrs. Edward 5 Munford, Of
r street. nave Joined Justice and
Mrs. Burton az the Homestead, Viz
ginia Hot Springs
Senator Nelson W AIdrich Of
Rhode Island, accompanied by Mrs.
AIdrIch and their son and daughter.
Richard S AIdrich and Miss Lucy T.
AIdrich, sailed from New York yester-
day to spend some time in Europe
II Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rapley have
returned TO Washington from an auto
trip 70 Poland Springs, Ne En- route
10 Washington Mr. and Mrs Raplsy
stopped in Atlantic City for q few
days
Mr. and Mrs D s FOurChette. Of
Y sShIngtOn. are spending some time in
Atlantic City, guests at the Monticello.
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MI and Mrs Dunn
And Son At Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn.
accompanied by their son, Nidshipman
Dunn are at the h-Blen-
helm. AIIartic Cit They viii spend
some time In New York before returning
10 Washington late in September
=
Mr. and Mrs Charles Weaver an
nouuce the marriage Of their daughter
I Marguerite Powell, 20 Walter Jerome
/ Worthen- The wedding took place
I "Wednesday evening. August 81. at the
formal reception followed and later in
Z the evening Mr. and Mrs orthen lef,
Westminster for an extended tTiT
fLtUre home in Portland, Ore
=
Miss Louis Hodges. Of Takoma. D c,
z IS spending a few days in Atlantic City,
at the Hotel Monticello
I Mrs Yung Kwai. wife Of the first sec
rotary Of the Chinese LEGATION, who. ac-
! COmpanied by her children. has teen
] spending the season az Colonial Beach,
viii return to washington shortly.
Mr., and Mrs. ". Y. Peyton. Of wash
1 ingtOn. are spending several weeks al
: Colonial Beach, Va
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/ M and Mrs A r BauIsin and their
I children are spending several weeks II
( Atlantic City, guests at the Hotel Mon
/ ticello.
! Dr.. and Mrs. ". NJ. AI0nftt. Of ~ E
/ street southeast, have returned q
I Washington from an extended stay al
/ "a glesmere, Pa
/ MIS- John J Burrows, Of washington
I who IS spending some time in Atlantic
| City, Is a guest at the Monticello Hotel
/ Ar and Mrs 3 Stanley Simmons
( nave ISSUED invitations for the marriage
I Of their niece. Miss Johsunah Ignatfs
| Williams 20 Louis AIOysius Spices, OF
[ Wednesday evening, September l. al
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

One Of the characters IN ''The vir-
ginian'' saws The whole Ter Command
ments are wrapped I'D IN TIE one word
responsibility, and the statement has
more truth in it than most aphorisms.
for the man who appreciates his respon-
sibilities and lives uD to tt-m can hard
II fail to win success in any line OF en-
deavor. Employers ali over the country
are seeking in vain for men who viii
do their work in the same manner that
they would do it themselves were they
there. The man who asks himself the
question. How would the proprietor
handle this matter2' is the man who
wins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

II should not have been necessary
for the superintendent Of Police 10
demand a thorough Investigation into
the circumstances surrounding the
death OF NorvaI r Harris. 1t should
not have been necessary for a news
paper TO bring to the attention OF the
department the fact that the suicide
verdict reached by Coroner and police
was, - least. hasty- on their own ac-
count. the officers in whose hands the
case Jay should have investigated
every detail When the body Of a
human being is found in the District
OF Columbia il is the business of the
police to ascertain, to the very best
Of their ability, what caused the
death. That's what the police are
there for.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04
THOUSANDS DEAD
OF RUSSIAN PLAGUE

ST PETERSBURG, Sept At is ad-
United that there have been 5E25 new
cholera cases and 5,25f deaths during
last week in twenty-four provinces OF
Russia
An exact estimate OF the number Of
deaths and new cases would be almost
impossible TO obtain, for IN nur berless
instances peasants are cOnceaIin1g. mem
bers Of their family who fail III with
the disease.
The plague is at its worst in Sahara
where IL is officially admitted there
wers- 1,191 new cases this week In
kief, 81 cases are reported in
kjarkOff, $50; and in Tatboff. 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

Commissioner Judson, just home from
refreshing vacation, thinks the Dis
trict's street lights should be placed
where the greatest number Of people,
residents and visitors-can see them
His theory is that as the Government
pays for half the lights. the lights
should be in such position that Official
and unofficial representatives of the
Government viii benefit from them
This is a unique theory, but it's rather
hard on suburban residents Why
wouldn't it be more just 10 abandon
few lights Ia the best Illuminated sec
tiOns-Say, one on each corner where
there are now three or fOUr-and use
the light thus saved in thinIy settled
sections. giving suburban residents at
least a few bright spots by which 10
take their bearings in going from street
to street2
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The Business Doctor
By Roe Fulkerson

9sVvyHEN IS the best time to pay of
w your heIpg-' The Business Doc
tor looked thoughtful That's about
the hardest question you could ask
me. There are a dozen points Of view
7 believe that It Is best to let the help
themselves settle the matter. Il really
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Persons leaving the cft- for =
GGuE Or short period during the
Sumner can have The Times
mailed to them at the rate OF
thirty cents = month or seven
ecn1s a week Addresses may be
changed as often as desired. All
EssH subscriptions must be paid
In advance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

The net total circulation OF The Washing
ton Times tddiIy1 during the month Of Au-
gust was 90 $50. all copies let over and re-
S0rned being eliminated This number when
divided by =, the number Of days OF publ
cation shows the net daily average for Au-
gust 10 have been 8, 40
Sunday
TIE number ar complete and perfect copies
% The washington Times printed Sundays
during the month o. August was as follows
august 7.-..... q 1HS August FL. 40.Il4
August IL Ss,sI7 August 1s------ 4o-5}5
"a LOT me Illlf-lLLl A3l-..f'
Sunday average for the month zo.e65
The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times Sunday during the month OF August
vas lSs-AS2- all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated This number
when divided by T. the number or Sundays
during August. shows the net Sunday aver
age for August 10 have been 54Slh
IN each Issue q The Times the circulation
ngUTes for The previous day are plainly
printed At the head OF the first pa &c Al the
left @ the date line
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SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1910.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY NAIL
7 mo mos 6 mos ! IT {
Daily and Sunday $3.50 $3.50 E--5 $50
Daily Only = 10 80 ace
R1nday Only $500. . 50
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long way toward abolishing the
pessimism which business men were
beginning 10 feel over the outlook for
the immediate future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04
Last German
Of Season at Warrenton.


The last german Of the summer sea
son was held last evening IN Warren
ton, Va, at the town hall Il was one
Of the largest and most brilliant
events Of the season
The patrOnesses were Mrs. Robbins
Mrs White, Mrs Hardin, Mrs Scott.
Mrs Belt Mrs Shannon, Miss Chap
lain and Miss Watkins
W H Gaines Of ROsslyn, Va, dane
ing with Miss Margaret Williamson. OF
Washington. LED the dancers They
were assisted by J. :. White and
Miss Carter
Announcement IS made. Of the marri-
exc OF Miss Myrtle NJ King and Arthur
l. Harding The wedding took place
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon at
Christ Church the pastor the Rev
= 5 Johns officiating in the presence
Of a small party OF relatives and
Miss Ruth HaIfOrd. who spent last
week in washington. the guest Of Mrs.
t1eorce Y Wheeler, Of Massachusetts
acme. returned yesterday TO the
Brooklyn Navy Yard where she Is
spending the summer with her brother
Capt. Frank Halford, [. s " G
RTr. and Mrs Sol Meyers viii leave
tomorrow for a weeks stay in Atlantic
=
Miss Lorraine Herman, who has beer
/ tn guest % Miss Annette Goldsmith
has returned 10 Mt Holly.
Miss Louise Einstein has returned &c
the city after a six weeks stay n At
I Iantic City
/ Miss Adele StrasbUrger. OF Jackson
Vile. Fla who has been the guest Of
l Mss HOTIenSe BTyIawski, has returned
/ 10 her home.
Z MI and Mrs. Max Fischer have re-
( turned home after q water Trip 20 New
I OK and Boston
I Harold Levy will return home tOmOT-
I row from ten days trip 70 Boston and
/ Maine, by sea
The Excelsior Club is entertaining z
/ number Of friends On a, tug tide today
+ Nr. and Mrs H Blondheim and then
{ daughter. Miss Fannie BIOndheim. OF
I Eleventh street northeast, have returned
Z TO Washington from a months visit a
{ BUeua Vista Springs, in the Blue Ridg'
I mountains They were guests al tht
summer home Of Mr. and Mrs Ella.
BIOndheiu.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

In spite of the popular belief that
John Browns body has been
a-mOuld' ring in the grave Tor half a
century there's reason 10 believe II
turned over on the afternoon of August
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04
Short Talks on
Classified Advertising
"Ouick returns make rich merchants
(PyO0er6.)

Mr. Business Man. your returns, your sales quick
enough? Do you sell your stock promptly do you "tun
your money" often enough? If not why? Is it because
business is slow?" Mr.. Business Man. if your business is
SLOW it is your own fault If you have good goods
good services to offer the public II is merely question of
the public knowing of your bargains your good services
and if your business is slow it IS BECAUSE YOU DO
NOTHING TO LET THESE PEOPE KNOW AND TO
BRING THEM INTO YOUR STORE OR SHOP.
Do your business and yourself the justice of letting
TIE people Of Washington know who you are where You
are what you doing and do it at reasonable, prac
tically nominal cost.
At an expenditure Of a few cents daily you place
YOUR proposition before the entire city of Washington through
Times Classified Advertising method Of securing
TONERS and increasing business that has proven universally
successful What present advertisers say of their own
success is shown in fac-simile letters reproduced daily
one of the classified pages, Read them They PROVE.
Investigate this Drop postal to call up Main $780,
and ask for the Classified Advertising Manager of The
Times who viii be glad to explain send representative to
show YOU how you can INCREASE YOUR BUSINESS at an
expenditure of a FEW CENTS daily.
Talk To The Town Through The Times.
The Average AID Costs Less Than 25c
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6;Se o'clock at the Shrine Of the Sacred
Heart Church.
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Major Merriam
And Family Return
Major Louis Merriam and Mrs. Mer-
RAM ac-ompsnied by Their daughter-in-
law Mrs Merriam wife OF Capt. H c.
Merriam. and their little daughter. have
returned to Washington from Atlantic.
City.
Mr. and Mrs. George Clunton. OF
Washington. who are spending the sum
Tner at their cottage at the Virginia Hot
springs have as their guests Mr. and
Mrs William B. Lowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. r S Burch. of Wash
inEtCn. have arrived at the Virginia bot
Springs for an autumn visit.
Dr. James r Mitchell has gone 10
Atlantic City, y. J., to Join Mrs Mitchell
and their children at the Chelsea, where
they have been spending the season To-
morrow they viii leave for EasthaUnD-
ton L l.. where Mrs. Mitchell and the
children viii spend several weeks with
her mother. Mrs John s Webb
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Richardson returned
10 washington today from the Virginia
Hot Springs. where they spent several
weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

How can one reconcile the alleged
wane of the Bryan influence with the
fact that Dave Francis got up at 3
a. m TO meet the Commoner2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

However. it Is doubtful II 8Ir. Cannon
is very much peeved at the obscuritv
into which Danville has been Temporal
lily plunged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04

The report that Eeographers contem-
plate leaving the town Of Beverly of
their next years maps Is emphaticaI-
d. denied
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Mr.. and Mrs. Evan S. Cameron
Hosts at Breakfast Party
Guests Entertained Informally Residence on Twenty
first Street-NIiss Gladys Hinckey Hostess at Din
ner at the Malvern, Bar Harbor.

6.9o O'Clock at the Shrine Of the Sacred
Heart Church.