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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
The Bucket Shop Crusade.

The United States government is pro-
ceeding vigorously in an effort to break
up one of the most vicious methods of
gambling which tempts people today. The
crusade against the bucket shops just in
augurated by the Department Of Justice
is calculated, if successful, to save an
immense sum Of money to the legitimate
lines of trade, to prevent personal disas-
tiers by shutting off opportunities for
hopeless speculation and to demonstrate
that no discrimination is to be shown
in favor of any one form of gambling.
According to the accuse lions brought
against the bucket shop owners and man.
ayers. a large business has been done by
them, not as individuals. but as members
of cooperative system, virtually a con-
spiracy to defraud large numbers of peo-
pie. The term bucket shop has come
to mean a place where the money of
Spectators lis taken in so-called mar
GIN operations, where the customer or
patron or bettor has practically no chance
to win. No stocks are bought or sold.
No investments are made. The transac-
ton begins and ends at the cash window
of the shop In some of these estab-
liShments the victim is not even assured
that his bet on the rising or falling of a
certain stock is legitimateIy lost when he
is informed that his margin has been ex-
tinguished. There is no assurance that
the quotations upon which his funds are
swept into the till of the establishment
are correct.
These bucket shops are not part of
the necessary machinery of business
They do not contribute one pennys worth
Of value to the commerce or industry of
the country. They bear precisely the
same relation to the business world at
large as the poolroom and the faro game
and the roulette wheel and the poker ia
BILE. When the transaction is comparative
ly legitimate. the quotations are straight
and the shop is honestly conducted as be-
tween customer and proprietor. it is no
more nor less than a clear-cut gamble,
with the patron of the shop betting a
certain amount of money that a speci-
fed stock will rise or fall, in circum-
stances which are not only infinitely be-
yond his control, but which are even
unknown to him. He is as much a victim
of chance as the patron of a poolroom
who prcks his betting card with a pin
with his eyes shut and bets on the horse
whose name is punctured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
some subjects the answers are very clear;

some subjects the answers are very clear;
on others they are cloudy.
On the tariff question, for an instance,
Gov. Harmon generalizes with confidence,
but does not particularize. But a tariff
bill must particularize. Glittering gen.
eralities may not be relied upon to raise
revenue. Mr.. Clark and Mr. Underwood
in the House know that, and will not be
early future by Gov. Harmon's assertion
that from the revenue viewpoint. the
tariff is a simple proposition. Morrison.
Mills, Springer and Wilson did not find
it so. Has Gov. Harmon a bill. or could
he prepare one, embodying his idea
Mr.. Clarks address is care of the House
of Representatives.
The declaration against second term
in the White House is aimed at Mr..
Taft. But is it appropriately aimed?
Gov. Harmon owes his appearance in poll
tics to Mr.. Cleveland, who. at the time,
was serving his second term as President,
and had made three contests for the office.
He, too, was on record in favor of a
single term. But circumstances-old as
the government itself-had easily changed
his view. Suppose they had not. Sup
pose Mr.. Cleveland had declined renom-
ination and retired to private life in 1889
Politics might never have known Gov.
Harmon. He might have ended his days
as an honored member of the Cincinnati
bar. We should not quarrel with the
bridge that has carried us over
But the Buckeye governor is a good
man. and his opponents at home are not
undertaking him. He wants to be Presi-
dent, and in an indirect way-entirely
proper-is showing the country some of
his points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
The President and Rumors.

The President, it is stated, has dis
posed of rumors growing out of some
recent remarks he made on the value
of experience in a legislator. He should
leave good many rumors to dispose Of
themselves. Everything of public nature
and many things of a private nature
he may say, are liable to be twisted
into interpretations for political pur
poses. The campaign has begun, and
taking is unconfined. He cannot nope
to overtake 1.-THE of the yarns that
will circulate about him before No
vember. Only very few will be wortl,
his while. The great majority will af-
ford at most but days entertain
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
Conger and His Conscience.

Senator Conger follows Senator Aids
into retirement and disgrace. Industrious
In their official lives, they are not now
divided. Doodle was. the undoing OF
both. The one demanded, the other ac-
coded. Each knew, and used, the other.
The case of Mr.. Aids presents nothing
startling or complex. He played the
game, got his share, and was contented.
He envied nobody, gave away nobody
He probably knew that others were
getting larger sums for the same sort of
service. but he took what he could get
and was thankful. After the addition
and division, he was silent
Mr.. Conger is of a different mold. He
runs to pretense and proclamation. He
would have the public believe that he
has moments of conscience and character.
He yielded to Aids demands for money
by becoming the medium OF communities
ton between the bridge companies and
the striking legislator. and was not
made uncomfortable by the experience.
He remained the personal friend and
official associate of the man he had
helped bride. 1t did not gravel him to see
that man a member of the body of which
he himself was also member.
Not until the bribe-taker was elevated
to the place of leader in the body of
which both were members did Mr.. Con-
ger wake up. Then something he took
to be a sense of duty began to stir in
his bosom. He must expose this man in
the interest of the people. Exposure,
he well knew, meant disgrace for him
self and family, and the covering of his
dead brothers memory with odium, but
duty called and he must obey. What
ever did call he did obey, and both he
and the object of his attack went down
together.
But, however much Mr. Conger de-
luded himself as to his motive of aotiAp,
the public has gained by the action he
took. The New York legislature has
been purged of two most unworthy men,
Neither was fit to serve the state. The
one a bribe-giver, the other a BRIDE
taker, they had dishonored their COM
missions and deserved to be cast out.
Nor does Mr.. Conger's performance
stop with his self-destruction. He has
shown the necessity for further investi-
cations, into legislative corruption, and,
if they are made. other men may join
him and Mr.. Aids in the realm of the
departed. Albany has long been fruit
full field of cultivation by grafters, and
men of both parties are suspected Of
having reaped richly. Mr.. Conger may
mans testimony would require strong
confederation, but it might supply val
liable clues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
The Bucket Shops.
II the Scranton Times.

From the Scranton Ilmcs
While the recent laws of Pennsylvania
have practically wiped out bucket shops.
like illicit distillng and selling of liquor
without revenue license, it takes Uncle
Sam to get to the bottom and to prose-
cute and destroy an illegal business with
out interference or Difference of local in
fiuences. There Is not more Ubiquitous
lottery than the bucket shop, and when
the so-called lotteries were put out of
business 1t is strange a worse form of
gambling was not wiped out at the same
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
Not Sufficient.

II have resolved" said the fortune
hunter, "to put my ancestral title into
the matrimonial market
THAT is your affair." replied the lit
erary young woman, but you must re-
member that these days 1t requires some
thing more than title to make a best
seller"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Another Theory.

How do you explain this charge that
beef magnates sell their product abroad
cheaper than at homer"
Patriotism" replied Mr.. Dustin stax.
''Ttey believe that nation of meat
eaters is likely to be at disadvantage
in the event of any conflict
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

So many rumors of his death have been
survived by King Menelik that it is al
most impossible to be sure whether he
should be the subject of congratulations
or an epitaph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
Protection.

What makes you wear your automo-
bile goggles to the theater?" asked the
carefully dressed young man.
''Those aren't automobile goggles
they're hat-pin-proof armor."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

The Italian peasants who regard Mr..
Roosevelt as king of America are in line
for a few sentences of terse reproof in
case the colonel takes occasion to address
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

DIn order to avoid delays on account
q personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not be addressed to any
Individual conn scted with the once. but
simply to THE STAR. or to the Editorial
Or Business Department, according to
tenor Or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

quiet and transformations homecom-
ing for Mr.. Bryan can be effected only
in the event of his refrainirg from bril-
liant oratory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
Impractical.

'I'm afraid Bliggins is impractical"
"Yes. He's the kind of man who goes
along tie street wondering whether the
comet will strike the earth, ard gets hit
by passing street. car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
April Melody.

Vain are the songs of merry spring
That float upon the sylvan breezes.
How can we hear the robins sing
When everybody coughs and sneezes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

1t is only recently that Mayor Gaynor
has doomed up as a possibility in national
craftsmanship. But he has shown rare
qualifications in the avoidance of en-
tangling alliances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

The Sultan of Turkey has eighty-two
titles; which has possibly given support
to a theory that he has right to marry
eighty-twO heiresSeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

Mr. Roosevelt has certain journalistic
sense which enables him to recognize the
value of exclusive news even when he
makes it himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

Pittsburg and Albany do not discuss
each other. They are exempt from the
temptation to throw stones at anybody's
glass house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

The base ball score card is now taking
its place as best seller, with every
reader hoping for happy ending
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

Another man who finds tariff revision
the simplest thing in the world before an
election is Mr.. Judson Harmon of Ohio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

1t will soon be urged that poultry is ex-
pensive because so many barnyard fowls
have to be sacrificed for chanticler hat
trimmings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

Mr.. Tillman has recovered sufficiently
to enjoy d little congenial pitchfork ex-
ercise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

The weather man is always forgiven
any style of prediction that is not fol-
lowed by bareback.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
Pistol-Toting.

From the Atchison Globe.
If man carries a revolver, that is one
that he hasn't sense enough to
be trusted with one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

Castros attack of inconsistencies is pro-
ducing symptoms of distress in some
circles of Venezuelan politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

Receptions accorded American notables
abroad are calculated to cause new ire
mors in anti-imperialist circles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
Go Fishing.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Catch your own fish and be independent
of the meat trust. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05

Sprinkle Rice Around Her.
From the Baltimore American.
The April bride is among the early and
loyeliest products of the spring season.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
CLUB ARRANGES FOR SMOKER
Republicans VIII Formally Open
New Quarters Tomorrow Night.
Notable List OF Party Cohorts Sc
Iected to Receive Guests-To
Give Musical Programme

The board OF governors of the National
Republican Club yesterday announced 10
members and their guests the formal
opening OF the clubrooms at lsH Penn
sylvania avenue tomorrow evening In
the form OF "elub night smoker"
A programme OF vocal and instrumental
music has been arranged and several
vaudeville acts viii be presented The
club, which b but one week old, has a
membership OF about 80. and is steadily
growing. The following members VIII
compose the reception committee: Edgar
c. Snyder president OF the club. chair
man. Nebraska: Hon. George Peabody
Wetmore. Rhode Island; Hon Nathan b.
Scott, West Virginia; Hon George s.
Nixon. Nevada: Hon John NJ. Morehead,
North Carolina; Hon Eben W. Martin,
South Dakota: Hon. Ernest ". Roberts,
Massachusetts; Hon. -. y. Thistlewood,
Illinois: Hon. Andrew ]. Barehfeld,
Pennsylvania: Hon Cuno II. Rudolph,
District or Columbia: Hon p. V. De
Graw, Pennsylvania William ]. Board
man. Ohio; Gen. George Uhler. Pennsyl-
vania; William r. Andrews, Nebraska;
Milton T Adkins, Tennessee; John G.
Capers, South Carolina; d. 3. Atherton,
Pennsylvania: John r Berg, Nebraska;
Charles c. Randolph, New York; l. Still
well, Missouri: Capt L NJ. Kelly. MI
nois; George c. Havenner, District Of Co
lumbia: Arthur ". Hodgkins. District Of
Columbia; Patrick }. Sheehan. Connecti-
cut; Ed J, Cantwen. New York, and Ev-
erett NJ. Bryant. Rhode Island.
The committee on arrangements for the
opening viii consist OF Donald II. Nc
Lean. chairman. New Jersey; Henry M.
Camp. Connecticut and T. Lincoln Town
send, Pennsylvania
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
TREASURY CLERKS
LOSE SICK LEAVE
Annual Allowance Is Cut
to Ten Days.
TARDY ONES WILL SUFFER
Departmental order Reduces Leave
Because of Illness from Thirty to
Reporting Must Lose More Than
Actual Pay, Say Officials.

The Treasury Department has issued
regulations regarding sick leave and ABB
sence OF its employees that cut down the
annual leave on account of sickness to
ten days, 10 go into effect on January l,
1911
For years the government has allowed
Treasury clerks thirty days Of leave
when i'll BY the rules just issued. only
ten such days viii be allowed. If the
employee should not use all OF this allow
ance in the year, the unused part will
be placed to his credit for use in subse-
quent years If needed The duration OF
sick leave on accumulated unused time
from previous years. however. is limited
to thirty days in any one year.
officials OF the Treasury Department
assert that the thirty days sick leave
that has been in force for years has led
to serious abuses by the employees. and
that greater stringency is demanded on
the part Of the authorities.
Further provision is made that clerks
who are transferred from another execu-
tive department or an independent bu-
reau are entitled TO have credits Of IN
used sick leave transferred with them
This has not been customary in the past
when a transfer meant starting afresh
in the new location
Fairer TO Employees.
The new regulation is read as meaning
that clerks must not take sick leave
simply because it is coming to them and
Of getting credit for periods Of impera-
tive or enforced absence on sick-ieave
account 1t is maintained that the short
ened time and the cumulative provision
wiz be fairer to the deserving employees.
upon whom Il Is maintained that no
hardship viii be worked
The new regulations provide that alb
sences or hardness OF a period less than
thirty minutes shall be in all cases
charged u9 to the clerk as thirty min
utes, and IN al cases over thirty minutes
only muluples OF thirty minutes shall be
considered IL was formerly the custom
TO charge up the actual time lost or late.
The department says OF this regula-
ton: The 4eV' equation viii correct
abuses ana ~ nat. in the opinion OF the
department, l. any appreciate extent,
work a hardship upon deserving en-
plOyes."
Sick leave is tn be granted under the
new rules by the head OF each bureau,
who may not. however. grant any sick
leave in advance. The shortest period
OF sick leave that will be granted Is one
half day Thus IL a clerk is late, say.
thirty-hve minutes. IN the morning on
account OF illness. he has his choice OF
losing one hour from his annual leave
or half day from his sick leave
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16

A Phone Number YOuTI Remember
Is North 1912 Call IL when you desire
TTCO taxicab g hour. Best service.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
ALUMNI DAY IN SCHOOLS.
Entertainments Next Thursday Will
Mark Opening of Holidays.

entertainments Next khurSuay VIII
Mark Opening of Holidays.
Alumni Day has been set aside in the
high schools for next Thursday. the last
school day before the Christmas vaca-
ton. when dramatic and musical enter
tainments win be given in the assembly
halls of the various buildings.
"Tom Sawyer" ''Huckleberry Finn. .
and other OF Mark Twain's stories will
be given by the third and fourth year
pupils of Central High School
Christmas Boxes, a short play. will
he given by the Eastern High School
Dramatic Association, and Thackeray' 5
'"Fhe Rose and the Ring" win be pre-
serted by the Western High School
pupils. AT the Mckinley Manual Train
ing School a popular farce is being re-
hearsed by the students.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
Inm. and JeIIies for Tar

President Taft yesterday received from
his aunt, Miss Della Torrey. of Mflbury.
Mass, a big box containing all sorts Of
jams and jellies of the kind the Presi-
dents mother used to make Some of
the iellies and jams are expected 70 ap-
pear on the White House table Christ
mas
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
HYDE COLLECTION SHOWN.
Exhibition of Wood Cuts and Etch-
fnEn at Art Gallery.

An exhibition of wood cuts, etchings
and water colors. by Miss Helen Hyde,
was opened to the public yesterday in
the hemicycle, Corcoran Gallery OF Art
A large number of visitors saw the ex-
hibit yesterday, which viii be open until
Thursday The exhibit consists Of sixty
four japanese studies, and includes some
wonderfully artistic drawings.
DR.. George Woodward, of Philadelphia.
has bought the painting Interior, .
by Edmund c. Tarbell. which was
awarded the S2,0OO first prize and the
gold Corcoran medal at the exhibit re-
Gently opened.
The galleries will be open from s until
10 o'clock each evening during the ex-
hibit.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
LOCAL MENTION.
EXCURSIONS TO-DAY.

Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
steamers from foot Of Seventh street for Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk daily al 6a5 7. nj.
Steamer Charles Manchester for Meant vernon
leaves Seventh street wharf at 10 4 %. and l.gs
D.
Cars from Fifteenth street and New York avenue
every quarter hour for Zoo psrk. Chevy Chase. and
kensiugtoE.
Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railway opeTSt sixtythree limited trains each day
between Washington and Baltimore. leaving fifteenth
81 and New York on the hour and half hour
Also hourly iThins to Colonial Annapolis ana tbs
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
CAPT. MULHALL BURIED.
Pull Military HonOrs Mark Funeral
at Arlington Cemetery.

The funeral of Capt IS. J. Mulhan
u. S. A. retired. who died at his home
near BaIlston. Va. last Sunday. was
held. with full military honors. Wednes-
day afternoon, in Arlington Cemetery
The funeral was attended by a large
number OF his friends and a delegation
of the Loyal Legion, OF which he was
q member. Services We're conducted by
Rev W. +. Calender, of balls Church.
Va, and Capt W. W Brander. chap
lain at Fort MyeT
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16

When Horace Havemeyer, late director
and head of the sales department OF the
American Sugar Refining Company. re-
signed his positions the other day. the
Havemeyer family severed all connection
with the company with which il has been
so long and so actively engaged
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
wife Seeks maintenance.

Alleging deseriOn and nonsupport.
Rosa Cohen yesterday filed writ for
maintenance from Benjamin Cohen,
otherwise known as Louis Bennett The
couple were married September 9. 1898.
in Chicago. H., and there are three chill
dFen-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16

The Sara Franklin Chapter. D. A R.
met Wednesday at the Arlington. Mrs.
c. D. Merwin. regent. presiding Reports
from officers showed an Increase Ia
membership. A committee was appointed
to arrange for a tea and musicale.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16

Pure California Port and Sherry Wines.
CSC qt-; sl-5 gal, or 3 qt bots, 81. Eu-
gene SchWab. as sth ST. Sc Phi lin. 92i.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16

Arranging Flowers for Teas & Dinners
lis a specially with Shaffer. 18th & l.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16

haint mentionin' any particular
sex, but | don't think that anybuddy
that haint got sense enough t shut
car door ort t vote.
No wonder tn girl that's with
tn same Teller four or FIVE times a
week allus wants t waltz with
somebuddy else.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16
TEACHERS OF PHYSICS ELECT.
DR.. William A. Hed-iek Chosen
President at High school Meeting.

At the seventeenth regular meeting OF
the Physics Teachers Association. held
yesterday afternoon in Central High
School. the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Dr.s William A.
Hedrick. president; F. b. Couch, vice
president. and A W. Miller, secretary
and treasurer.
The principal speaker was DR.. Arthur
W Gray, OF the Bureau OF Standards,
formerly a teacher Of physics in the sec
ondary schools of California He urged
the teachers to present the studies and
discussion Of physics in a manner IA
miIiar 20 students, and not in long scien-
tific talks that could not be grasped-
Attractive Floral decorations
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16

If you order Jno. G. Meinberg's. Speak
for an ample supply now, so as To avoid
disappointment Your grocer viii SUD
ply you. or order at market stands. or
from bakery, 716 18th Sc. Tel Line. 1zz7.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16

Attractive Floral Decorations
And choice flowers for dinners, receptions
and all social functions. GUIDE, liza +.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-16

Buy Your Xmas Wines and LfauOrs
or John 7. Crowley. S51 14th NV. Famous
Criterion" Rye. 81 full OF Phone Nj. 3e4l