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The Washington times., 1911-11-18
HYGIENE REQUIRES
Houses BE BANISHED
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
A correspondent on Saturday pro-
tes ted against the exposure of cab
horses TO the weather on Union Station
plaza; and last evening another sec
cirtied the protest. vlso pointing out
that these cab horses sccm overworked
by standing and underfed. The hui
mapity CT there correspondents Is COM
mendable-but why sCdander words over
the mote and neglect the beam? Why
not strike through the trivial details to
the essentials, and bsnish the horses
not only from the plaza, but from the
city? The fact is, that Washington. like
other cities of the country, is In that
st ate of development with respect to the
horse through which every village
lasses when tine propriety of permitting
cows to wander and pigs TO wallow IN
The streets is questioned. Yet the cases
are not quite parallel. the horse-the
most indecen: of domestic auiTals-iS
worse burden on the city than kline
and swine In the village. where earthenl
roads absorb their fith. The streets OF
wcll-paved Washington are literally
roisome with the unmentionable NTH
nN 'orgeS: AZ great expense white
wings" are oonsts nuy employed IN re-
dries and rises as dust to oe breathed
into lungs, caught into mouths and eyes
and ears now5crel over the food We
eat, literally poisoning the air. The
go ge Uses at The dis gustingnesS OF the
condition, which we tolerate only nv ha-
bitual inhibition or the refined senti-
Eients of a proper humanity. Nor Is
this all; the chief breeding places of the
hoUsefiy in Washington are, the filth
burdcned stables for the forscs we
tolerate. Thence these winged mes
sepgers of corruption spread into home
and office, polluting food, distributing
disease, poisoning the very air, In ways
we are only beginning to realize. Ban
add one to three years to our average
expectation of life; yet the housefy can
hardly be eradicated until the worse
than Augean stables for horses are not
simply cleansed bct abolished. That
done, the rest will be easy. The horse
Is a noble animal. save for his un-
cleanness; when first domesticated he
was a sacred animal, and in the oren
and oft-moved tents OF Arabia became
virtually part of the family: In the set.
tlepent of America he was an essential
fa,tor of progress. and so remains to-
day in rural dlstri'ts-but in The city
he las no fit place, Is not needed. Is
tolerated only through thoughtlssS Ven
Grafton for archaic custom, and Is not
only an economic burden, b"t a handi-
ca p on comfort ann pleasure and length
of life. The village COWS and pigs have
gone; II is but a question of years until
the city horse will foIlow-with vastly
greater tenefit! What city should lead ;
might, hut the lld-be-and-ought-to to-
Re model city of Washington, Capital OF
the most progressive country on the
globe. shcOld be first 10 move.
no. Sc as for thai still better thing. man
kind; yet a plea fer the comfort and
pleasure of the horse where he belongs
In the open country. w ] MCGEE.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
AND DISCOVERY DAY
To the Editor of THE TIMEs.

To the Editor OF THE T1MEs.
p. g. r. has changed his statement
relative to John Cabot, and now insists
only that the Genoese. known from his
naturalization as a Venetian. was a
loyal subject Of Henry VII. No Knight
of Columbus has ever asserted anything
to the contrary. While your correspond
ent was rejecting on->fhis subject. he
might have added that Cabot and his
English crew were Catholics and were
sent out by Catholic king. He might
have admitted further q little pro-
priety in the celebration Of Cabot,s dis
covery by a Catholic society. Henry
VII gave to England not only her
claim to America, but he also laid the
foundations Of her greatness. That was
vastly developed by Elisabeth. but was
not begun by her.
We do not know precisely what Co
lumbus, In his latest moments, thorfht
concerning his discovery. In my optn-
ion, he was little puzzled. The new
facts that he recognized did not har-
monize with his cherished theories. AS
p. 8. r. seems to depend for his In
formation upon antique school books,
1t may surprise him to learn that In
sailing to Cipango (Japan) Columbus
expected to discover some islands and
possibly continents. (See Navarretc,
Collection de los Wages, IL, p. o; also
Markham, Journal of Columbus, III
CHARLES II. MCCARTHY.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
WANTS, TO KNOW WHO
HAS JURISDICTION
To. the Editor Of THE TIMES:

TO. the Editor of THE TIMES:
On the 9th inst. wrote the Inter-
state Commerce Commission: ''on
tuesday last, at noon. took an
street car, at Twelfth street northwest
with the intention of going up to New
York avenue and out that avenue east
paid my fare and asked a transfer
on New York avenue-four blocks away
! was brusquely refused on the ground
that j was going-or seeking to take
advantage of the company by riding
two blocks west before going east.
mention this, not expecting much,
though 1 believe that under paragraph
16. of the act of May q, 1908, you appar-
emily have the authority to force that
company to give me a transfer to IL,
either line at Fourteenth street and
New York avenue, and obviate my pay
ing cents for riding four blocks"
A man, however, must take these rob-
berries unless he goes armed or takes a
bull-whacker with him. God bless King
Harries or somebody who controls that
railroad company.
l received reply simply acknowl-
edging the communication and saying
1t would be laid before the company.
Today l received this: Referring to
being refused a transfer from a George
town car to Columbia car, at Four
teenth street and New York avenue
northwest by direction of the District
Electric Railway Commission ! have to
inform you that the Interstate Com
merce Commission is without jurisdic-
ton over the matter of transfers in
this city. Very respectfully,
III. c. EDDY,
Executive Officer and Secretary
/ had not asked about transfers in
any other city and my reference was
to the following clause OF the law:
Section 16-That every street car COM
pany or corporation within the
District of Columbia shall >" 80 oper-
ate the same as to give expeditions
passage - to all persons of the use
Of said cars. - Said Interstate Com
merce Commission is given power to
make all such orders and regulation
necessary, etc. ..
The cars involved were those Of one
company the fare on which is fixed at
cents.
Who has Jurisdiction?
p. S.-This same company carrying
me four days ago from the Homeo-
pathic Hospital at midday to the Post
office Department, held me over four
cars at Ninth and G streets-also many
others-each loaded to the lower step
so that no one could get on. 1 then
walked the balance of the way, leav-
ing a dozen waiting to take car. Has
this commission ANY iurisdiction?"
H. A. KELLY.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
TOO MANY TICKEKTS
ISSUED TO LECTURE

To the Editor of THE TINES:
~. Dick Clarkson" in Sundays Times
criticises the management Of the Ma
tional Geographical Society's lectures.
The first trouble is that too many
tickets are issued. and either the society
or the municipality should see to 1t
that tickets, to the capacity of the hall
only, should be issued. Otherwise the
society is gambling on somebody stay
ing away to avoid cheating some one
else. I was cheated out Of my lecture
several times last year by being un-
able to get view of the screen. On
other times after thirty minutes In line
in a cold street / waited forty-fivo
minutes in a seat before the lecture
commenced, by which time the air was
so bad that the chill from the outside
developed into sore throat. One lee
ture cost me s75 in sickness. The
twenty-four directors are wise enough
to remedy conditions. but unfortunately
their position entities them to com
sideration and the extra cost of re-
served seats is of no moment 70 them.
Nor Is the bad air thirty feet above In
the galleries. But, money or free, E,ooo
persons cannot all get into 400 reserved
seats. The only thing is to stop going
and give up the ticket. The society is
bership, sufficient funds. and is prac-
tically a business corporation. The
members theoretically have a vote.
Elections, however, are cut and dried,
and the ordinary member a nonenity.
While write, let me Ask why certain
fossils without lecturing ability con-
tlnue to haunt our program. / recall
consul TO somewhere whose lecture was
confessed a compilation from encyclo-
pedias, his delivery fierce" one or two
who lacked voice (the board should
spoke poor pigeon English and was un-
Ineligible to the galleries, one whose
only recommendation was that he was
a college professor, and another OF two
greet such a slim audience (some not
forewarned by previous seasonsl that it
must be inferred from their reappear-
ance as lecturers that they need the
money. w, Il. ALLEN.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
CATHOLIC CHURCHES NEED
NO EXTRA EFFORTS
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:


Your correspondent "A Catholic" asks
why Catholic churches do not join
other denominations In the Men and Re-
ligiop Movement. The predominant and
perhaps all-sufficicnt reason is that the
circumstances which necessitated that
movement do not exist In the Catholic
church. The originatcrs Of the move
inent tell us. and they ought to know.
that there Is an alarming lack of in
.erest in church work and church at
tendance among men who call them
selves Protestants. The very large ma
jority of attendants and workers in
their churches are women. with only
one morning and one evening service
on Sunday the churches are frequently
not half filled unless special induce
ments In the form of concert music and
sad to say, sometimes sensational SER
mons are advertised. No such state Of
AFFAIR exists in the Catholic churches
in this city at least. With four to hve
services a Sunday. most of these
churches are SO well attended that II
10 frequently difficult to get a seat.
ANOTHER CATHOLIC.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
RUSSIA, THE JEWS, AND PRESI-
DENT TAFT.

Mr.. Jacob H. Schiff, the New York
banker, makes the charge that the Rus.
sian government interested John Hays
Hammond in various industrial and
railroad explorations in Russia, and
put him in the way of gaining large
business advantages there because of
Mr.. Hammond's great influence with
President Taft.
Mr.. Hammond hotly retorts that no
Russian agency ever suggested the idea
of reaching President Taft through
him. He did go to Russia, at the in
vitation of officials, to consider bust.
ness opportunities with the view to
making recommendations that might
interest British and American capital.
But he declares that he has no present
interests in Russia, and should he ac.
quire any in future they would be
unimportant compared with those he
holds elsewhere.
MIR. Schiff's charges are made apropos
of the alleged failure of the Washing
ton Administration properly to protect
Jewish citizens of this country in their
right to travel in Russia. For many
years Russia has declined to recognize
passports issued to these citizens, and
the Jews have rightly been highly in
dignant. Russia has been anxious to
cultivate the good graces of the United
States, especially since the Russo
Japanese war brought home to the st.
Petersburg government realization OF
the fact that it had lost much of the
friendship which the United States
formerly entertained for it.
The debate between Messrs. Schiff
and Hammond is likely to be highly
Illuminating. Mr.. Schif makes his
charges very detailed; he quotes a
Russian official as telling him that
Mr.. Hammond was sought out because
of his great influence with the Presi-
dent.
From the beginning of this Admin
istration the intimacy between the
President and Mr.. Hammond has been
very doubtful asset of the President.
Mr.. Hammond has been a wonderfully
successful international exploiter. He
has operated in many countries, and
the favor of princes, dictators, and
rulers has always been an important
feature in his plans. He has been
wondrous successful in opening the way
to high authority, in making his
projects appeal to rulers. He has left
record of intrigues in Africa, in Cen
trail America, and elsewhere. He has
been accused of an influence with
President Taft in connection with
Alaska, which has not strengthened
public confidence in Alaskan politics
of this Administration. 1t is to be
hoped that Mr.. Hammond's denial of
using his personal friendship with the
President as means to promote
projects in Russia will be fully con-
frmed; the fact stands, however, that
such a procedure would be quite of q
piece with the methods of Mr.. Ham
mond in other countries in other enter
prises.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

ambition, youth, enthusiasm, don't
want to enter career at whose very
gateway they read, in letters that
every year are more impressive, "all
hope abandon
There must be recognition of these
things, or the great civil service reform
movement, at bottom desirable and
useful, will presently be discovered to
be complete failure.
The truth is that the civil service
reform movement needs to be supple.
mented with some sensible administers.
tive legislation. There must be recog-
milton of the crisis that impends. II
must be viewed in broad, inclusive
survey that will recognize the benefits
and also the injuries thaf have flowed
from a policy of assuring permanent
tenure, but that has removed every
possibility to keeping legislative au-
thority interested in it.
That is the great task, before General
Dicks committee of 100. If Congress
and the country understood the real
needs of the civil services; if they re-
allied that the condition is bad and
getting worse; If they were impressed
with the fact that the Government is
trying to get its great intricate bust
ness handled by an army of underpaid
people who have no longer the power
to enforce consideration of their needs,
the reforms would not be long delayed.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
WANTS GOOD CLOCK
ON PALAIS ROYAL
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
OF course yoL ard everybody else ad-
nires the splepdid New Palais Iioyal.
VIII you not suggest to Mr.. !isner
e. have a correct time piece inserted
somewhere on the outside? The official
clerks thousands of whom are custom
ers of the Palais Royal, are continually
led into trouble by the Palais ROYAL
clock, as IL is now. having the wrong
hour. in the early morning many of Ms
want TO stop in at the Palais Royal for
some little purchase, and going by the
outside tu3epiece on the corner of
Eleventh and @ on the store, have been
late III Our desks and. of course. had to
put in Disgrace card.
MIR DCMIiAY.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
BOARD OF GUARDIANS
SYSTEM CRITICISED

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
was struck with the headlines of an
item in The Times of the 7th instant,
Tears of Veteran Fail to Win Court"
Upon reading the article l find that II
was one more of these outrages against
all natural ties of blood and kindred,
this all too common occurrence of
turning children over to body
called the Board of Children's Guar
dams" Children's guardians, for
sooth. 1t is composed of people that
would not know child II they saw It
on the street. but would not hesitate
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
VIOLATES
ONE OF COMMANDMENTS

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In my letter the other evening prom
ised to quote Mr.. Mahoney from a few
Socialist leaders to show him how really
and truly they believed In Christianity,
or even religion. Karl Marx, the Ger
man Jew. the great master, Is credited
with the following statement: Man
makes religion, not religion man."
Bebel, in speech in the German
reichstag, on March 81, 1881, said: I'VE
aim, in the domain of politics, at re-
publicanism; in the domain of eco
nomics, at socialism; and in the domain
of what Is called religion, at atheism. ="
Quelch, in the Social Democrat of
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

ships. Washington, d. c.; to COM
mand Birmingham.
Paymaster j. w. MORSE, to navy yard,
Boston, Mass, for instruction in ac-
counting office.
Chief Boatswain ]. WINN, placed upon
the retired list from November 26,
1911, and detached navy yard, Nor-
folk, Va; to home.
Chief Machnist j. +. VENABLE, de-
tached Connecticut: to Washington,
ID. c., for examination for retire
ment and wait orders.
Chief Machinist B. B. BOWIE, to
Hartford
Machinist F. R. KING. to duty Phila-
delphia.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
ARMY.

ARMY.
Major ALMON l.. PARMERTER,
Twenty-frst Infantry, will report
to the commandant. the army
service schools, Fort Leaveuworth.
Kan.
Major HERBERT IL, SARGENT,
Fourth Cavalry, having been
found by an army. retiring board
incapacitated for active service on
account of disability incident
thereto. and such finding havins
been approved by the President.
the retirement of Major SARGENT
from active service, Is announced.
First Lieutenant JOHN B. BARNES
Infantry. is relived from station
at Montpelier, VT, and will pro-
ceed to Burlington, VT, and take
station at the latter place in con-
nection with his duties as inspec-
tor-instructor of the organized
militia of Vermont
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Utah and Patterson at Boston;
Vicksburg at Mare Island; Oregon
at Tlburon, and California, Mary
land, and South Dakota at San
Francisco.
Sailed-Quiros from Annoy for Shang-
hal. and West Virginia, Colorado,
ard Glacier from San Diego for San
Francisco.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1s, 1911.

Most parents Of school children will
approve Captain Oysters EFFORT to have
schools protected from the slightest
possibility of fire.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

Alexandria is always doing something
IN Keeping with her age. Her new
drinking fountain will have as its CEN
tral column a cannon which dates back
to 175O.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

1t won't be many years before we. too,
will have universal transfers-and, let
us hope, 3-cent fare.
AN Ex- Ex-CLEvELANDER
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

In setting regular office hours Thomas
e. Noyes, the new president of the
Board Of Trade. has started out in a
way that means business.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

,lEn the baseball season were on, the
customs men who are searching wash
tnston Tor those imported glass eyes
might inspect the umpires at baseball
F., park.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

in no ~ exceed Mh hhhm aud
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
NAVY.

Commander C. +. HUGHES, detached
board OF inspection and survey for
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

to 175O.
The double, wedding at the Pure Food
snow last night did not lack for wit
nesses With 1900 people looking on.
the contracts should be binding for time
and eternity.
The Sunday closing movement in An.
acostia Is to be kept to the fore The
committee in charge will meet again
Iuesday to discuss the agreements win,
grocers to close, their places on Sun
day. :. & : 80
What's the use to waste any moro
time on maneuvers and shipbuildinp un.
Ill the momentous question has been
settled as to the candy canteen for the
navy and the chewing-gum habit In
the army?
The Capital Traction Company's re-
fusal to put the "shop Early" signs on
the street cars for the Retail Merchants
Association may have been Influenced
by the associations stand in favor of
universal transfers.
At farewell reception rendered the
Rev. John Reid Shannon by the MEM
bers Of the old Metropolitan Church, the
departing pastor was presented with
loving and fitting tributes to the great
work he has done in Washington.
IT Will probably go hard with the four
culprits accused of stealing butter. The
value of gold, silver, and precio~
stones has remained comparatively
steady, but butter has become a vain
able possession to those who can afford
. It at all.
The cavalry and artillery drill at Fort
Myer next Friday, to be followed by
tea and bazaar for the benefit of the
Army Relief Society. will attract a
large number of visitors. President
and Mrs. Taft will be among those
present.
The preparations for the new build
fngs In which the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing will be housed are now
going forward rapidly This would indi-
cate that there Is a certain magic in
the very idea Of planning for the cur
rency factory.
Frederick McCormick's lecture on
China before the National Geographic
Society at Masonic Temple last night
was highly instructive and very time
ly. Mr.. Mccormick, who is we'll
known newspaper correspondent, has
but recently returned from the Celestial
empire. He does not think 1t will be
such a Celestial republic.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

The net total circulation of The washington
plmes SSlnday) during the month OF October
Was lV, $50, all copies left over and -e,drned
~ agents being eliminated. This number
eshen divided ~ I. the number Of Sundays
curing october. shows the net Sunday aver
Ass TO- October to have been 81. 5ss.
Gnsered at the Postoffice at Washington,
Pc. AZ second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

The double wedding at the Pure Food
show last night did not lack for wit
nesses. With 1900 people looking on.
the contracts should be binding for time
and eternity.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
What's on the Program, In
Washington Today

Meeting of Canton Washington. No. /,
]. 0. 0. T., social session, 8 q. ni
Annual inspection of Lincoln Circle, La
dies OF the Grand Army of the Re-
public, home of the president, Mrs
Winnie Ream-Hoxie, 1852 K street
northwest, p. m.
Meeting of the Biological Society of
Washington, Cosmos Club, p. nj,
Monthly meeting of the Mississippi So
street northwest p. m.
Meeting of the Washington branch OF
the American Pharmaceutical Society
Hall of the National College of Pliar-
macy. sos | street northwest, p. m.
Immigration Day exercises st. Johns
parish and Eastern Presbyterian
Church. 4:i5 p. m.
Opening Of Masonic fair, to be con-
Quoted by King David Lodge, No. %,
+. A. A., NJ, new temple in Brook
land, tonight
AmuSements.
NatioAal-BlanChe Bates in "Nobody's
Widow" 2:l5 and S:15 p. m.
Belasco-Irish Players, 2:l5 and SI5
Coiumbtn-Lulu Glaser in Miss DudeJ.
sack" 2:l5 and S!l5 p. m.
Academy-"The Millionaire Kid" 2:l5
and sis p. m.
Chase 's--P"lite vaudeville, e:l5 and Sl5
D. m.
Casino-vaudevilie / to p. m: to
l0:30 p. m.
Cosncs-Continuous vaudeville.
Gayety-"Queens of the Jardin de
Paris" 2:l5 and sis p. IN.
Lyceum-"Queens of the Folies Ber-
gere," 2:l5 and S:l5 p. m.
Misunderstanding, dancing, bowling, mo-
ton pictures. and other attractions.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

The Sunday closing movement in An
acostia is to be kept to the fore. The
committee in charge will meet again
Tuesday to discuss the agreements win
srocers to close their places on sun
day.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
OCTOBER CIRCULATION.

~ Total for the month. 4 as, 7ss
DAILY average foe TIE tnonth......... A.>sa
= The net total circula ton of The Wash,netot
Nimes ,0aily) during the month OF OctJber
wss IA. ali copies left over and ret nrnAd
peing eliminated. This number, when II
vided BY e. the number OF days OF publioa-
,kicn, shows the net daily ayeraSo Tor Outo-
Der to have been l6,643
The Washington times., 1911-11-18
sunday.

~ The number Of complete and perfect copies
q The Washington Times printed Sundays
n E9rfns the month Of October was a. follows:
, ra........"..... to,ie 22................ s,sS
0..s............ f7,1o0
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

What's the use to waste any more
time on maneuvers and shipbuiIdine un-
TIL the momentous question has been
settled as to the candy canteen for the
navy and the chewing-gum habit In
the army?
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

Total for month. h........................ .3ss, ,o9s
sunday average for the month. <7,S2e
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

The Capital Traction Company's re-
fusal to put the SHOP Early" signs on
the street cars for the Retail Merchants
Association may have been Influenced
by the associations stand in favor Of
universal transfers.
The Washington times., 1911-11-18

At farewell reception rendered the
Rev John Reid Shannon by the mem
bers Of the old Metropolitan Church, the
departing pastor was presented with
loving and fitting tributes to the great
work he has done in WASHINGTON.