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The Washington times., 1910-12-01
ESTIMATE WATER
NEEDED FOR CANAL
Work to Be Done In Con
nection With Survey
of Great Falls.

In connection with the survey of
Great Fails incidental to the establish
ment Of the proposed municipal electric
lighting plant, the Commissioners have
requested Brig Gen William H Bixby,
chief Of engineers, Z s y, 70 have
determined the amount Of water needed
in the operation the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal
The request was made in response
to the suggestion Of NJ O. Leighton,
chief hydrOgrapher Of the United States
Geological Survey. which is making a
preliminary survey OF the water power
''The canal company" says Mr-
Leighton, claims the right to use all
the water in the Potomac for power
purposes in spite Of the fact that. under
the terms Of its charter, 1t is permitted
to use therefor only the wastase Of
the canal
This claim seems TO have encourage
the company 20 entertain liberal views
concerning the amount necessary for the
operation Of its canal It VIII be ad-
visable to have an authoritative est
mate Of a reasonable minimum actually
needed for IOckaEe and leakage under
maximum operation
''The United States Engineer Corps ts
accustomed 10 make estimates Of this
kind As this particular matter prom
ises to be of extreme importance IN the
eventual adjustment OF the water nights
II is believed that the opinion Of the
corps should be secured at as early a
date as possible"
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
STEEL TRUSTS PENSION AND
RETIREMENT PLAN.

1t is announced that the United
States Steel Corporation VIII put
into operation a new pension and re-
tirement plan for the protection Of its
workmen at times of disability from
injury and in old age It comes in the
form of a pension system for long
service, and viii supplement q dis
ability benefit and relief plan which
has been applied for some months past.
The new system viii 60 into effect
the first of the year, and VIII apply
to workmen between sixty and seventy
years of age. It is modelled largely on
the German employers liability laws,
and viii be followed not only by the
United States Steel Corporation, but
by the subsidiary companies also. The
funds come from the companies, with
out any contribution from the men
whatever.
Without going into the details Of
the plan, it may be said that at the
age Of sixty, employees who have been
on the pay roll twenty years viii have
the privilege of retiring, while at
seventy retirement viii be compulsory.
The scale of pension pay allowed is
not high, and the amount granted IN
case of men killed at work is only one
and a half years pay, with an addi-
tional 10 per cent for each child IN
der sixteen years and per cent for
each year OF service Of the deceased
above five years. In the case of the
average workman of small wages, his
family at his death would not receive
sum sufficient to keep the wolf from
the door very long
But regardless Of anything that may
be thought as to whether the sums
allowed in the Steel Corporations
plans are adequate, 1t must be said
it is long step in the right direction.
If big corporations generally should
do likewise, It would 90 far toward
settling the labor problem, in that II
would bring a closer relationship be-
tween capital and its employees
If a great corporation, commonly
described as grasping and soulless,
does this thing advisedly and dehber-
ateIy, and because its management
finds it is good business to do 1t, why
does not the Government of the United
States do it, Are not the Govern
ment clerks and employees who spend
their lives IN ths sexSiCs Of QnOls Sam
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
BABIES PLEAD FOR STRAUS
LABORATORY.

No better evidence in favor OF the
maintenance of the Straus modified
milk laboratories by the District could
be presented than that offered by the
babies who filed the COMMISSIONER
room at the District building yester-
day
Miss Hurn, the superintendent of the
laboratories, slowed most excellent
judgment in giving the Commissioners
such Give" argument. The little
ones themselves-fat, rosy, and good
natured-testify more effectively TO
the value of the laboratories than
many columns Of statistics. More
than fifty mothers were present, each
with a healthy, bouncing baby. One
after another they told their stories,
which were al OF the same general
character:
Last summer baby was thin and
sicIzly; doctor said it probably would
not survive the hot weather; we fed
It Straus' modified milk, and this Is
the result
The question confronting the Com
missioners- the people Of Wash
ington-is simply this:
Shall the District, as the govern
ment for the people, take over the
Straus plant and continue the work
of saving babies lives, OF shall it re
frain from lifting finger to save the
little boys and girls who VIII be the
meng and women tomorrow
1t might cost as much as $4,000 a
year TO maintain the milk labora-
tories. Can we spare this much out
q the sI2OOO.OOO that we viii spend
every year for public purposes? Are
the lives Of 400 or 500 babies whose
parents cannot afford to provide proper
food for them worth a thousand dol
lars month to the community.
II this question could be left to the
vote Of the people who pay the taxes
that create our $4,000, 600 of yearly
revenue, there's not much doubt what
the verdict would be. There should be
no greater doubt as TO what the yer
dict Of the Commissioners and OF Con
gress viii be.
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
Mail Bag Correspondent Ex-
plains How w. R. & E. Co.
COuld Be Improved.
SAYS ROADS BECOME
RICH ON THE PUBLIC
Urges Utilities Commission That
viii Have Power to
Regulate.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times.
Permit me TO thank you for the ser
vice rendered the public By your ex-
ceHrnt paper, in not only publishing the
letters Of those citizens who take time
10 give vent TO their opinions as re-
CARDS the service Of the tract Son com
panies Of this city. but for the splendid
editorials that have recently appeared
therein on this interesting subject.
The Times is certainly the peoples
champion, so it is, therefore, appro-
pirate that II should lead the fight for
Improvement in this matter. which af-
fects the vast majority-rhOse who use
the street cars.
I do not, Of course. agree with my
friend Another Citizen Carticle ap-
Pearing on November -. If he is sat
isfied with the management Of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany. he Is evidently not progressive.
or is a stOckhoIder-
7 wish 10 state that I am a Govern
ment clerk, am not stockhOIder in
either Of the companies operating IN
this city, and am interested IN the mat
ter simply from the standpoint Of the
patron
The gentleman seems 70 lay great
stress upon the faCL LFaL zen George
H Harries and General Manager H
". Fuller have succeeded IN improving
the service on their lines 20 what f.
was FIVE years ago Well why should
IL not improve? Are they paid salaries
% let the road remain in the condition
It was five years ago2 We are pro-
crossing, each year brings forth i'm
movements in other matters. why not
p 20 street CaTS2
The gentleman cites several instances
where passengers boarded the cars, one
with "a crate OF live lambs" another
with two crates Of tomatoes and a
bag OF potatoes" gtiu another with ga
large basket OF meat. about $50 pounds,
the basket took UD all the platform
tust so; this plainly shows the su-
DeTioTiJy OF the Capital tract IN Com
pany over the Washington Rai,-v8y ard
Electric The former maintains a
freight service between this city and
Chevy Chase. Why should not the lat
ter maintain a similar service between
the market and Forest Glen. anli there
by AFFORD those passengers who do not
carry their freight with them, ths COM
tort they should have and are entitled
q, instead OF falling over lambs, to-
m.ltoes. potatoes, meats. etc.
I hope 1r- E5.tor. that this beautiful
CITY wiz soon have a Public Utilities
Commission. that will not only have
the power 10 regulate. but viii regulate
effectively. the corporations. which are
daily growing rich on the people
CITIZEN.
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
OF HOUSE
FORCED TO SHOW HAND
Progressves Begin Canvass of New Members While
Many Letters From the People Demand Commit
ment for Committee on Committees

Of recruits to their ranks and that this
number viii be increased shortly after
Congress convenes-
Members Of the House who are close
20 Champ Clark believe the minority
leader is weakening in his position to
refrain from all discussions Of tariffs
and rules and to content himself with
tne assertion that he Is willing to abide
by The decision Of the party caucus.
Letters Firm Constituents.
Notwithstanding the fact that, barring
an unlocked for extra session Of Con-
Gress. the Democrats viii not take pos
session Of the House for more than a
year, many Of those already in wash
ington have been getting letters from
their constituents demanding that they
stand with the progressive members who
want 10 begin the new Congress with a
committee on cornmittees-
Some OF Mr. Clark's most loyal sup
porters for the SpeakershiD have an
committee on committees; prominent
among these being Representative Ollie
n James Of Kentucky. James Is an in
is believed to be closer TO Clark than
any nan In the House, but James has
announced that the Democrats cannot
20 back on the statements they made
about the rules in the last session Of
Congress and OF the stump. and he pro-
poses 20 fight With the Drogressives-
The Washington times., 1910-12-01

Democratic members OF Congress
viii not have an opportunity TO es-
cape placing themselves on record in
regard to a further revision OF the
rules OF the House. 1t was learned
today that the progressive Democrats
who are determined to carry on re-
vision Of the rules at the point where
the combined forces Of DemOcra, 3 and
insurgents stopped a year ago have
begun a canvass OF the members
elected TO the next House.
Letters are now being mailed to
every Democrat who will have a seat
in the House In the Sixty-second Cor =
gress- These letters declare that tt e
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee went before the people on
two great issues-the high cost OF living
made possible by the Payne-AIdrich
tariff bin and Cannonism and the rules
Of the House OF Representatives.
Pledged on Rules
The letters point out that the Demo
Gratis are quite as much pledged 70 re-
wise the rules OF the House BY depriv-
ing the next Speaker Of the great power
now enjoyed by Speaker Cannon as they
are morally bound to make a down
ward revision OF the tariff
The progressive Democrats assert
that they have already had a number
The Washington times., 1910-12-01

as 1t concerns the new Democratic
House of Representatives. Foremost
among the nIembers of that body is
a man, well known as the minority
leader, but now slated for the Speaker
ship, and as such a total stranger to
the public and to his colleagues. Who
can tell us about this individual, this
Hon. Champ Clark, of Bowling Green,
MOI
Echo answers, who's" But We
don't have 20 depend on any such
evasive thing as an echo Thanks to
the progressive age in which we live,
light is offered from a much more
Trustworthy source
This is where the dictionary comes
in
In the Twentieth Century Subscrip-
ton Edition of the Standard Die
tiOnary we find this illuminating ard
comprehensive entry:
Champ, V. Ito bite upon repeatedly;
hence, TO gnash violently or nOIsily, OF
10 produce by gnashing. as foam To
crush and chew noisily; MUNICH; 70
mash; 10 trample under foot; 10 make
jagged by biting. To make a biting or
chewing movement; TO chew with diff
ficulty.
Champ, n.-The action OF champing.
Turning over fourteen pages and
following the "C's" down to the mid
die of the second column we fnd this:
Clark, n--Obsolete-
The definition of Champ" one may
readily see, is clear, concise, and direct
1t demonstrates with remarkable
vividness the broad intelligence pos
sessed by Mr.. Standard, who, when
he wrote his dictionary, was fully
cognizant Of the 1911 crisis in the
House of Representatives over the
rules question, and came out boldly
with vital information concerning De
mocracy's candidate for presiding Of
ficer, publishing it for the benefit OF a
nation thirsting for knowledge
The definition of CLARK" is not, at
first blush, so easily grasped, but if
one turns to the "O'sD and finds "ob-
soleteD he instantly gets Mr.. Stand
ards idea.
Obsolete. n-Gone OUT Of use; no longer
practiced or accepted; OF a discarded
type or fashion; bygone, antiquated;
something that has ceased 20 be used IN
living speech
This, considered with the definition
of Champ" and placed beside the
minority leader most recently eK-
pressed views on the duties, response
bilities, and privileges Of the Speaker
(when he's a Democrat), Is not only
enIightening TO politicians and public,
but is ample justification for our origi-
nal assertion that the dictionary is de-
serving OF better fate.
The Washington times., 1910-12-01

the officers ashore in small boats plum cut Of the gal
hatch. sailed
they thiryour pound
weighing
light revolution lasted
amnesty
button, who's the button? into Navy.
navyg suppose paper
population Of Rio into the creek and
they not also having trouble of those countries
she drew the needle
The Isthnus Of Panama" said Andrew in singsong voice fs a
trouble separating the United States
Why
higher pay country ANY
entirely cigarettes tabaoo coffee and chile
interior Why,
hair fighting and
the mandolin in the moonlight These things inclined
disposition interest
Does something to do
these counes Don't nation stand little in
peope?" The flower she working
passl" people
have heard that they had this other thing mentioned
understand it,
President up
suicide country would have 70 have some place for Its overflow he laid
these Latinnecan countries
themselves this country to see to it that Of the nations
Europe to De allowed 10 because ne saw that by the time
other out and we oo sort OF ooze over the Rio ae and take
that hashaped piece OF country between and canal
What in do Inogene ct
has been country Of all past"
Andrew, got it Luther
Burbank pry pears other and
soled Bureau OF Animal Industry could hair
tobacco price
people would have to quit smoking
would raise the beef TIL could no longer afford
bull Sylvester would
send patrol pinch the
Muown would talk kindly to them and send them
ouan thirty away from the young
they would have less gold braid on r coats and better shoes their
feet cents
the markets
you making?"
But it's blue"
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
A Protest.

To the EdItOr o. The Washington Times:
A very serious question seems to be
raised in the case OF the young girl
Nellie Johnson, who stfI protests her
innocence She is only fifteen years old,
s1E Il is 70 be doubted il. at that aEe.
she even knows the deadly influence Of
gas.
Il may be well TO remember this girls
helplessness. the power Of prejudice
and the possible mistake in suspeCting
her The writer does not consider her
guilty as accused Would it not be well.
in this case. TO hold consistently TO the
tenet that aII are innocent until Uroved
guilty2
II seems TO many readers a very far
fetched case so far II she IS guilty
~ her II her situation was not q trick
ct fate, spare her until more evidence
tflsss has been shown may be produced.
There IS something fnConEruoug and
unnatural in a ffteen-year-OId girl plan
ming a murder in this manner The
writer CaTDOt believe II.
Give the girl a chance JUSTICE.
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
Freight Rates on Coal Is
Important Topic At
Conference.
RAILROADS DESIRE
TO ADVANCE TARIFF
Proposed Increase May Be Agreed
Upon By Both Sides At
Later Date.

a conference has just been held in
this city between prominent coal one
ratOrs and the officials Of the coaI-car-
rylng railroads in the hope OF reaching
an agreement as 70 the date when the
freight rates on coal from the West
Virginia Maryland. and Pennsylvania
feds may go into effect
The railroads wanted to advance the
coal rates from the fields 70 the tide
water ports Of Baltimore, Norfo1F.
Philadelphia. and New York and from
the fields 10 the Great Lakes abo-- 10
ceE.S a ton
The Operators opposed any advance
Whatever al this time, suggesting, how
ever, that they might agree not 70 or
pose an increase at some later date.
Compromise Reached.
80 far as can be learned here, the In
terests which participated il the con
ference reached q tentative couprouizr
10 the effect that no higher coal rates
would be asked for until some time
after the first Of the year
The coal operators became conce-ne5
over the situation On account Of tha
propose advances on coal rates OF. fra
Nortolk and Western and Bzltimoro
and OHIO railroads, which were TO have
become effective on the Ist Of Dsceu-
oeF.- They have now, however, bea-
suspended by the Interstate Couueroo
Commission until the latter part Of
February
II was evident to the coal men that
the move on the part Of these Two big
coal carriers for a higher rate on Their
coal 20 tidewater would be followed b,-
tariffs making effective q general in
crease 10 all the territory supplied by
the coal fields Of Maryland. West yfr-
siniaI and Pennsylvania
The coai-carrying railroads claim that
they are IN eXaC-iy the same POSITION
as are the trunk lines which move ger
eral merchandise. They urge that the--
have given their employees the same ad-
vances in wages. granted By the trrnz
!ineSs and that their cost Of operation
mas increased IN the same manner Il
IS upon this ground that the coal roads
wish 10 Increase their revenue.
Opposition Stubborn
II is the general understanding here
that Just as soon as the rate issue IN the
case OF the official classification roads
is settled that the coal roads win press
their claims 20 q greater income This
viii Be during the late winter or early
spring
AS certainly as the railroads propose
a general advance in coal rates they
sFill meet stubborn opposition on Jhe
part CT the coal producers. This is the
statement Of a representative Of one OF
the big West Virginia companies, who
was present at the conference
Il is learned. too. that II any higher
coal rates are 10 be imposed that the
railroads VIII e1dedTOT 70 make them
effective by the first Of next April All
the coal producers OF this territory quote
their prices and make their contracts
from April. and IL IS important 70 them
TO know that the coal rates from April
10 April each year are the same
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
SPEAKER ADVOCATES
SUNDAY AMUSEMENT
Paper of DR.. Edward Peterson, Of
Cleveland, Creates Stir
Among MethodiStS.

CHICAGO. Dec L-Dr. Edward A
Peterson. Of Goodrich House, Cleveland,
Ohio, shocked the Methodist National
Conference, which is IN session here, by
appearing as an advocate Of Sunday
amUsements.
In his paper, The Place of Recrea-
ton in the Modern City, Dr. Goodrich
came to the defense OF Sunday base
ball and motion pictures, declaring they
should have the official sanction in
stead OF the official ban of the Meth
Odist church
7 believe laws against Sunday games
for the people are bad and should be
repealed" said Dr. Goodrich. They
are really dead letters IN most places,
and a constructive policy should be
adopted for the recreation OF on this
vyOrAinsmans' day
In reply Herbert Welsh, president of
Ohio Wesleyan University. said.
IF the Methodist discipline, the book
Of Methodist laws. had been on this
desk and heard that, I would have ex-
pected II 70 crawl to the edge and
fall or
The Washington times., 1910-12-01

Public Square 10 hear the band play,
and all Of a sudden some wild-eyed
Mexican with a comic opera mus
tache rushes up 70 you, fun OF meseal
and enthusiasm, and yells Viva the
revolution shoots his gun up in the
air, and every man IN the square
takes 70 the brush and the village is
depopulated- Every fuIl-grOwn man
in the town thinks some one is chas-
ing him"
How did they settle that difficulty
in Brazil? Didn't their navy revoIt2"
asked Imogene, as she pulled a long
strand Of silk from a hank.
Yep" replied Andrew, they had
a fine time. One day there was
not enough beans in the chile con
CaTne, and the sailors mutinied, sent
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
SENTENCED AFTER
CHASE OVER WORLD

SCRANTON, Pa, Dec John Ma
jores, the Hungarian banker, arrested
on the battIeship Texas a month agc,
after being trailed all over the world
is under sentence OF nine months i'm
pTiEonment-
Majores left Scranton September I3
Of last year. An examination Of his
books showed that $500 was missing
Majors enlisted in the navy, and went
with the feet TO the South Atlantic for
battle practice. When the vessels re-
turned to port he was arrested at
Charleston harbOr. He was penniless
H-a hardships were taken into considera-
ton BY the court
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY IN
POLITICS.

Although 1t could in no sense be
classed with the SIX best sellers in
popular literature, the English die
tionary, nevertheless, might very prop
erly be accorded in the esteem of man
a place more worthy than it occupies
today Reading the dictionary is not
exciting, but it has its advantages.
Many Of us could well afford to give
1t share Of our attention which Is
now so abundantly bestowed upon
vastly inferior pages.
A case in point pertains to the po-
Etiosl situation Of today, especially
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
QUEEN ALEXANDRA
SEXTY-SIX TODAY
Flags Displayed on Public Build
ingS and SaluteS Fired By
Army and NAVY.

LONDON. Dec Queen Alexandra
reached har sixty-sixth birthday an
nfversary today and was the recipient
OF many presents and messages Of con-
graduation from relatives and friends
at home and abroad
FIaGe were displayed on public build
fngs and the customary salutes were
fred at ali naval and militarv stations
The anniversary was made the occasion
for q family reunion, attended by King
George and Queen Mary, Princess Vic
toria, Queen Maude OF Norway. and
other members OF the royal famila
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
PORTUGAL REBELS
HOLD MACAO CITY
Capture Without BIoodshed,
Thought Freat Alarm Is
Felt for FOREIGNERS

MACAO, Island of Macao, Dec l.
RevOlutionists flying the flag Of the
republic Of Portugal are IN complete
possession OF the city today. including
the Eunboat Patria-
Expulsion Of the religious orders.
Increased pay for, the soldiers and
sailors Of whom the insurgent force
IS principally composed. the suppress
sion Of the newspaper Vida Nova. and
the righting Of alleged wrongs Of the
soldiers and sailors are demanded.
No lives have been lost nor property
been damaged Great anxiety IS felt
for foreigners.
The Washington times., 1910-12-01

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Obtain prompt and satisfactory de-
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sflce- The Times VIII be delivered
at the rate Of 80 cents a mont or 7
cents a week Send postal OF telephone
Circulation Department, Main sz6o.
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
FLASHLIGHT CAUSES
FIRE AT GATHERING

When a fiashlight exploded and ig-
nited waste paper & broke up the meet
ing OF the stationary engineers at q
hail at Twelfth street and Pennsyl-
vauia avenue The session was held
last night and the accident occurred
while more than a hundred members
were posing for their pictures.
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
PANAMA MINISTR
IS ON HIS WAY HERE

PANAMA Dec Thomas G Dav-
son, the American minister at Panama.
sailed for home today on the steamship
Alnlirante- On his arrival in the United
States he will proceed directly to Wash
ington, where II is understood he will
make a detailed report on the
financial and political conditions In Mica
ragua-
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
COLONIAL FRUITS
SHOWN IN LONDON

LONDON, Dee The most notable
exhibition OF coIonlaI-grown fruits and
vegetables ever seen in London was
opened today under the auspices OF the
Royal Horticultural Society.
Sir Edward Grey, secretary OF state
tor foreign affairs, delivered the ad-
dress formally OpeniTE !; the exhibition
The Washington times., 1910-12-01
NEW YORK VISITOR
BEREFT OF MEMORY

NEW YORK, Dec IA man believed
70 be Thomas p Young. of Browns
vile. Pa, IS AT Bellevue Hospital, minus
a memory When sent there yesterday
for observation he seemed to be under
the influence Of a narcotic. According
70 adviCes from Brownsville, Thomas 3.
Young is wealthy, and left home Sunday
night