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The Washington times., 1911-01-17
MEYER ASKS REPEAL
OF E|GHT.HOUR LAW
Other Recommendations to
House Naval Affairs
Committee.
Copyright, Marceau.

That private shipbuilding concerns can
build battleships cheaper than can the
Government yards under the eight-hour
law; that two new dreadnaughts Of from
5000 to 10000 tons displacement should
be authorized by this Congress, and that
the Bureau of Equipment should be
abolished, were some of the recon-
mendattons made before the House Naval
Affairs Committee by Secretary Meyer
of the Navy.
Mr.. Meyer wishes the authority of
Congress TO construct the battleship
New York at a private yard instead Of
at the Government plant at Brooklyn,
s required in the last naval bill. He
also asks the committee to recommend
the repeal of the eight-hour law which
was inserted in this same bill and,
which, the Secretary declared, is costing
many hundreds of thousands additional
in battleship construction.
Mr.. Meyer recommended an increase
of the navy along the usual lines He
wants two new battleships with twelve
fOurteen-inCh guns and four triple tur-
rets, instead of two-gun turrets now in
use. He also wants one collier, one
river gunboat, one ordinary gunboat,
two seagoing tugs, two Submarin and
one submarine tender.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
THE RUMORED SLUMP IN
BUTTER AND EGGS.

Rumors that a condition approaching
panic now prevails in Chicago among
the dealers in butter and eggs have
sent a selfish thrill of happiness
through the hearts of the nations
housekeepers. Tons of dairy and
poultry produce, we are told, are to
be unloaded on the market by monopo-
lists who have over-reached themselves.
The omelette is to come once more
within the reach of the wage-earner.
Those who are tired of bread may eat
cake.
Washington dealers take a con-
servative view of the situation, how
ever. They know their Chicago, and
as one of them has graphically ex-
pressed it, "those fellows know their
business" The slump in butter and
eggs is more Immediately important
than fluctuations in Government bonds.
But the bald truth seems to be that
there will be no violent decline in
either group.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
Delegates Ready
For First Session

The delegates to the National Board
of trades forty-first annual session
were registered before the meeting will
be called to order at noon today by
President Frank La lame, at the New
Willard, for a three days session.
While the chief interest in the meet
ing this year is being taken in the busI-
ness mems monetary conference which
Is scheduled to occupy both morning and
afternoon sessions tomorrow, the board
will be kept busy tins afternoon hearing
resolutions from the commercial bodies
throughout the country and referring
these resolutions to proper committees
for later report.
The resolutions cover proposed action
upon a merchants marine, conservation,
currency and banking, parcels post,
postal affairs, river and harbor i'm
provement. tariff and reciprocity, rail-
road transportation, arbitration, diplo-
matte and consular service, commercial
education, export trade, and the ma
tional bankruptcy act.
A resolution proposed by the Scranton
board OF trade calling for 1-cent letter
postage is expected to provoke a lively
discussion. A similar resolution is also
on the program from the Wilmington
board of trade.
The Boston and Philadelphia cham
beys of commerce are on record as l1av-
ing introduced resolutions favorinR the
passage of the Tou VeIle bill, to dis
continue the free printing of stamped
envelopes by the Postoffice Department.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
AldriCh'S Return
Is Not Expected

Has Senator Aldrich done his last i'm
portant work in the Senate?
This Is the question raised by the de-
parture of the Rhode Island Senator
for the South to recuperate. It is the
general Impression about the Capitol
tlat with his going he has practically
terminated his Senate career. and that
he will not be back In time to transact
any important business In the Senate
before his term ends, March 3.
Senator AIdrich has been greatly wor-
RED about his health ever since his
arduous labors in the special tariff
session. At the end of that sessian, he
was exhausted, and his nervous system
mere or less shattered. Last fall he
was knocked down by a taXicab in New
York, and later he had a slight opera
ton. Recently, he has had an attack
Of tonsiIitis and bronchial trouble.
Ordinarily, Senator Aldrich has not
needed to show great concern about his
health. But he is getting to be an
old man. He will be seventy his next
birthday, and the strain of years and
hard work is telling on him.
1t 10 likely that his absence will mean
that the report of the monetary COM
mission will not be submitted to Con-
gress at this session.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
GREAT FALLS POWER SCHEME
DECLARED FEASIBLE.

The first step toward harnessing
Great Falls has been taken. The In
terror Department, at the request of
the District Commissioners, has had
made preliminary investigation, the
result of which is the conclusion that
no insurmountable difficulty stands
between the District and the use of
Great Falls power for lighting streets,
parks, and public buildings.
The most striking feature of the in
vestigation by the chief photographer
of the Geological Survey is the dis
covery that the difficulties to be over
come are so comparatively few. True,
they will require close study and the
expenditure of about a million dollars,
and they may involve litigation with
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company, which has certain rights at
Great Falls, but considered from the
standpoint of the benefits to be de-
rived they do not seem to be alarm
ingly serious.
For two reasons the development of
the Great Falls power, which is now
wasted, is a project of the greatest
Importance. The first is that it is ex-
pected to save the people of the Dis
trict thousands of dollars in light bills
The second is that it will stand as an
object lesson to the rest of the country.
The Government has an opportunity,
right here at the National Capital, to
make practical demonstration of the
of natural resources. In
view of the advanced position which
this question of conservation has taken !
in American affairs recently, it is diff I
ficult to imagine that Congress will
look on the harnessing of Great Falls
with any but the most enthusiastic
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
Portugal Army Ready
To Turn on Leaders

LISBON, Jan. 1.-THE cabinet was
agitated again today by the report that
disaffectton in the army has reached the
point where the army is about ready to
turn on the goverGment. The surrender
Of the government to the demand of the
Elvas garrison for Increased pay has led
other provincial garrisons to make SINH
lar demands, under threats of mutiny.
The concessions made to the industrial
and commercial workmen who struck
last week have had the effect of spread
ing the strike to other workmen who
did not benefit from these concessions,
and the strike is now worse than at any
other time.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
Central Labor Union
e.. Thanks Two Friends

Senator Elmer ]. Burkett of Nebraska
and Representative Walter /. Smith of
Iowa today received from the Central
Labor Union, of the District. copies of
resolutions, which were adopted last
night, thanking them for introducing
bills in Congress providing for an in
crease in wages for the pressmen in the
service of the Government.
Under the provisions of the bills,
which are now pending. the wage scale
of the pressmen would be increased
from 55 to so cents per hour. Treasurer
Charles T. Smith presented the resolu-
tion to the central body.
Last nights meeting marked the ini-
tial appearance CT the newly elected of
ficers. 1t was announced that the COM
mittees for the current year will be
announced next Monday NIGHT.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
What's on the Program in
Washington Today.

Meeting of the Sunday School Institute.
1915 / street northwest. 7:3O D. m.
Third exhibition of contemporary Amer
lean oil paintings. Corcoran Gallery of
Art, a. m. to 4:3o p. IN. and to 10
p. m.
Meeting of the Washington Arcbitectu-
raj Club, 1917 H street northwest. 8
p. m.
Meeting of the Anthropological Society
OF Washington, Public Library, Mt.
Vernon square, 8 p. M
Annual meeting OF the Columbia His
torical Society. Washington Club, ITO
street northwest, p. m.
Annual meeting of the National Roard
Of Trade, New Willard. 1880 a. m.
Annual meeting of the stockholders NJ
the American Security and Trust Com
pany, Il o'clock.
Address by former Representative Ed
ward H. Morris before the Bethel Lite
rary Society, Metropolitan A. M. F.
Church, tonight
Eighteenth annual convention of the
National Liquor League of the United
States, National Hotel. p. m.
Meeting of the executive council Of the
American Federation of Labor. Ouray
building, Eighth and G streets north
west, this morning.
Meeting of Sheridan Corps, w, p q
at G. A. R. hall.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
OBEDIENCE TO THE VAGINA
TON LAW.

Opposition TO the compulsory vacci-
nation law has in large measure spent
itself, and now that the District Su-
preme Court has handed down a de-
cision holding that the Board of Edu-
cation has no choice but to administer
the law, it is hoped that the general
public will yield a willing compliance
In many respects it has seemed strange
that in this day and time there should
have been any barking back to the
early protests which were only allayed
when an English Queen Consort sub
mitted her own child to vaccination. 1t
is, of course, conceivable that there
should be some opposition to vaccina-
tion, but without entering into the
merits of the question it is now suf-
fcient to know that compulsory vac
cination as a condition precedent to
the admission of children into the pub
lie schools of the District is a law,
upheld by the court, and the Board of
Education is entitled to a wholeheart-
ed support in the enforcement of this
as well as all other of its rules and
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
Army and Macy
Service Orders
ARMY.

The following changes in the stations
and duties of officers of the Medical
Corps are ordered:
Captain EDWIN. D. KILBOURNE up
on arrival at San Francisco, Cal, to
Columbus Barracks, Ohio.
arrival at San Francisco. Cal. to
General Hospital, the Preside Of
San Francisco. Cal.
Captain GEORGE II. SCOTT, to Fort
Bayard, n. NJ.
The following changes in the stations
Corps are ordered:
Major JOSEPH T. CLARKE, from Fort
Crook, Neb., to Vancouver Barracks,
Wash.
Major FREDERICK A. DALE. from
Fort Lincoln. N. D., to Fort Crook
Captain LOUIS BRECHEMIN, JR.,
from duty at the General Hospital,
the Fresidio of San Francisco, Cal,
to Fort Lincoln, N. d.
Captain GUY v. RUKkE. from General
Hospital, the Preside Of San Fran
cisco, Cal, to Jefferson Barracks,
Captain HORACE D. BLoOMBERGH
upon his arrival at San Francisco,
Cal, to Fort Yellowstone, Wyo.L,
Captain G. MACRY CPALLIA Tenth
Infantry, detailed in the quartermas-
ter's department, to JeffersonNille,
Ind, relieving Captain LAWRENCE
D. CABELL. quartermaster.
First Lieutenant KELTON L.. PEP
PER, Twenty-third Infantry, from
treatment at the Army and Navy
General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark
to his station.
Captain PAUL H McCOOK, Twenty
sixth Infantry to Walter Reed Gen
eral Hospital, District OF Columbi
Lieutenant Colonel JAMES A Nancy,
Second Infantry, from Navy Gen.
eral Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark, to
Fort Assinniboine, Mont
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
PLAN A HONEYMOON
HUNTING AND FISHING
Lord Decies and Vivien
Gould Will Go to Woods
of California.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. E-Lord De
cies and Vivien Gould, whose wedding
Is to be a social event of International
Importance in New York early in Feb
ruary, have planned to spend a honey
moon in California. tracking bear in
the forests and spearing salmon in the
mountain streams.
A wire was received here from Lord
Decies this morning asking for routes
and otherwise soliciting whatever avail
able information might guide him in his
unique hunting honeymoon trip.
Lord Decies and his bride will spend
the early portion of their visit at Del
Monte, later on going to Santa Bar
bara, where 1t is probable that Stewart
Edward White will be one of their
guides in the hill country.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
SUNDAY.
Secretary Nagel Wants Civil Service Sal
ary List Revised.

humanitarian is
Nagel his statement in The
Times the salaries of Government employees and pro-
a adequate retirement plan
difficult tell which important of these arguments
The condea employer 1t must set
example employers this regard.
But must have its business done WE'LL promptly accurately
efficiently.
a its relations with
the empOyes of the classified service.
which Ngel makes
with his cordial Endorsement of the efforts
workers.
He did decide
that salaries low till he had made study of the subject He did
there threatening and dangerous condition of
increasing till he had thoroughly nves
tgaed the facts with reference to his own He did not determine na
until had
himself fully with the
Nagel the clerks
circulated that it has
believed almost everywhere.
about themselves
commonly every
annual sick leave which department regulations permit
weakest the
generally believed he takes
day Off that the law allows.
out He
hundreds individual investigated He wanted
to know how many people took all their annual and
in being many days pay.
There unofficial, that if
the sasans had found 80 cent Of employees who
taking just thirty vacation and by freak of coincidence
thirty there would been big of
help in that department.
the vacancies didn't happen Secretary Nagel discovered that
all department
annual actually taken less than the
entire roll
actually not thirty days but
That ancient libel the lazy and worthless clerk
and twenty-hree a
have been business
experience and honestly
a of who would a
departments
the trouble examine their
works only month"; a year be all
Without doubt the record which investigation
substance duplicated
Washington Why
essential differences among them.
plain laggards They
conscientious workers giving the Government good deal
for and doing it with goodwill
duplicated in other employment on
reading the other day employees the French railways
striking.
a employees Of
nalan government railways striking
you times years,
of the railways in Australia threatening tie
the business of the and twice doing it.
tied strike? There is the strike that would
trang business than other imagine.
Only that it has taken
These Governments
patriotic
People enjoned and locked
strikes but strikes happening
work
for him class of people
you to think about it that is something worth whue /
Great business corporations civil pensions, conduct immensely
expensive retirement plans, Of
and then don't to insure themselves against strikes
pays pensions begun think about
onversed lot about
the middle of the revised
Government clerks pay.
because despite disadvantages
service to keep class of people
How Uncle
employers shall continue be the only employer the
afflicted with total deafness
N'fAs'''
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The Washington times., 1911-01-17
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS

Arriyed-West Virginia and Maryland al
San Francisco; Yankton and Leb,
anon at Guantanamo: Stringhom al
Norfolk; Rocket at Washington; I;
Wheeling at New York; Potomac at
Santiago; Washington and Dolphin
at Hampton Roads.
Drayton, Roe, and
Terry from New Orleans for Key
from Guantanamo for Sarnana Bay,
santo Domingo.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
District Bird Law Lax,
Fish and Game Men Hold

Laws pertaining to migratory birds
in the District were condemned as be-
ing too elastic, by the Fish and Game
Protective Association, who met last
night to name officers for the coming
year.
Money was set aside to stock Rock
Creek Park with squirrels. The of
dcsrs were Es-slected.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17

Among the distinguished memorialists
who are urging that the Panama canal
should not be fortified we note the name
OF that great military expert, Major Will
liam Dean Howells. It is sometimes said
that he can travel farther on less bag
gage than any man in the literary arm
Of the service.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17

The sooty dialectics over those COL
liers would have soon reached a point
where Massachusetts would have had to
conduct her Senatorial. like her guber-
natorial. nonination-by mail.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17

Since the increased cost Of glycerin
bears direct relation to the consump-
ton of soap, the scrupulous anarchist
is presented with a painful alternative:
Whether to take a bath or blow I'D a
ruler.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17

One gathers from the contentious of
the defense that it YVES only by the ex-
ercise of great vigilance and presence
Of mind that Mrs. Schenk escaped with
her own life from evil conspirators
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
NAVY.

Leutepant ]. c. KRESS, to duty navy
yard. Portsmouth, N. H, as aid.
Chief Machinist G. w. JOHNSON, to
navy yard, New York, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
Amusements.

National-otis Skinner. in Sire" Sis
p. m.
Belasco-'"The Chocolate Soldier" $50
Coiumbta-"The Travelling Salesman"
iumbia-washington Symphony Or
chestra, 4:45 d. m.
Academy-"The Little Girl That He
Forgot" 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
Chase 's-Polite vaudeville, 2:15 and s:15
p. m.
Avenue Grand-Vaudeville, 2 and sp. m.
Lyceum-"Broadway Gayety Girls, 2:I5
and S:15 p. m.
Gayety-"New Majestics," 2:15 and Sis
p. m.
Casino-Vaudeville, afternoon and even
ing.
ajestic-Vaudeville 2:15 and S:I5 D. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, ] to ii
p. m.
Convention Hall-Royal & Adams In
door Circus, afternoon and evening.
Arcade-Skating and bowling, afternoon
and evening.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
POSTOFF|CE CLERKS
WANT FREE SPEECH
President of National FEEDER
alton Here to Seek Relief
From Congress.

Postoffice clerks the country over, in
Washington and other cities as well.
are fighting for the right of free speech
They maintain they are now deprived OF
the constitutional right of free speech
and that one Col. Theodore Roose-
welt did, il.
Now. If postoffice clerk ventures to
speak out and criticise the adfninistrs-
tion OF things, no matter how closely II
may concern him, he is likely to find
himself out in a cold world without a
job.
President Oscar F. Nelson. of Chi
cago, head of the National Federation
OF Postoffice Clerks. is in WASHINGTON
Tor the purpose Of helping along legis-
latlon which, as he explains It, will put
Tie postoffice clerks on the same foot
ing as TO saying what they think as
other American citizens. When Colonel
Roosevelt was President, he issued an
Executive order which forbade the
clerks from taking up matters with the
heuds of departments or with Congress
or giving publicity to any criticisms of
coi'di'lons under which they worked
J Order Still Obtains.
This order still obtains. Mr.. Nelson
himself was discharged from the Gov
ernment service for violating it. This So
stlrred up the federation to which he he
longed that he was made president of
II. He complained about the unsanitarv
conditions in the Federal Building in
Chicago. He said men were diving Of
tuberculosis because of these conditions
Nothing was done and he told some OF
the chicago new spaperS about the Sit
ua;ion.
The resrlt was that he was. in plain
English fired. He accounts its substan-
VA; PROOF that he was not let out for
lneffiCiency, that he was promoted July
l. and was removed July 10.
Same Condition Here.
The same conditions prevail among
all the civil service employees here"
said Mr.. Nelson. IF any of these en-
ployes attempts any criticisw Of the ad-
Of his bureau, or division, |
or department. his head will fall"
Bills are pending now in the House |
and Senate 10 right this situation and |
nuIilfy an Executive order which the |
rostoffice clerks. and no doubt others |
as well. look on as sitting free speech. |
Representative Poindexter has intro |
duced bill in the House, and Senator |
Jones. in the Senate
Another matter which Mr.. Nelson is |
Interested in. as head of the Federation |
Of PostoffiCe Clerks, Is to have the |
etSht-hoGr law enforced as to them |
selves.
The postoffice clerks" said Mr.. Mel
son, ARE the only Federal employes
mat haven't the protection of the eight
'0ur Law thrown around them. Letter
'arriers and other postal employees have
The protection CT this law
the economy regime of Postmaster
General Hitchcock falls hard on the
oostoffice clerks. according to Mr.. Mel
son. 1t also hits the rural free deliy-
,ry carriers, and the railway mail ser
ciCe employees.
Want Eight-Hour Schedule.
Mr.. Nelson said that the clerks we're
lot working on an eight-hour schedule.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17

DR.. Evans is doing his full share t.
make health contagious.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
Want Eighth Schedule.

Mr.. Nelson said that the clerks we're
not working on an eight-hour schedule,
despite the fact 1t had been SO repre-
sented to Congress by the Postoffice De-
partment. He pointed out that in Chi
cago for eight weeks before Christmas,
the postoffice clerks worked nine hours,
and this was true of the men on the
night shift.
Mr.. Nelson does not believe there is
any demand for postal economy from
tEe public that reaches to the extreme
of wanting the clerks and employees of
the service to suffer. He declares resic-
nations from the service are numerous.
The pay of e postotfice clerk range;
from 5000 TO s1,200. the latter being the
topnotch figure, and allowed to com
paratively a small percentage of the
clerks.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17
Sports

Observation-Disclosures championships Sc
ries, Georgetown VS.. Catholic Unfyer-
sity, Arcade, p. m.
The Washington times., 1911-01-17

Rats is at once the name and the
criticism of Gerhard Hauptmann's new
The Washington times., 1911-01-17

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-27
rEDDrs BOOMERS CONFIDENT.
Making Dig Dsts That Colonel. Will d
Next President.

Washington, Dec. 20. - Theodore
Roosevelt's name as . possibility for
the republican presidential nomination
continues to hold its. little portion Of
the political stage, despite all efforts
Of the Taft people to kill It. and the
apparent efforts Of the former presi-
dent to push 1t out Of sight.
Betting odds on Roosevelt's candi-
dacy. however. seem to vary greatly.
Alexander p. Moore, editor Of the
Pittsburgh Leader. has wagered $500
against $1,000 that Roosevelt will be
the next president Out IN Cleveland.
O.. the Roosevelt sentiment seems to
he more rampant than in Pittsburgh.
There Dan r. Hanna, son Of the late
Marcus A. Hanna and owner Of the
Cleveland Leader. Is the chief Roose-
welt booster. That paper has adver-
tised that amn whose initials It says
are "E. c." has $500 which he wants
to wager against $500 that Roosevelt
will succeed Taft and will be elected
president In 1912. He has deposited
the money with the newspaper, and to
date no takers are reported.
Politicians here still insist that
Roosevelt is doing his best to remain
in the field Of presidential possibilities.
Despite the vigorous Ananias club
performance that figured as its sequel.
the men who are watching events here
declare that the publication of the
Roosevelt Sheldon correspondence con-
corning the famous 100000 Hartman
fund was merely one Of the publicity
events in this Roosevelt program.
Those same politicians also insist
4
one Of the comic supplements Of the
present campaign. That former Gov
ernor Odell of New York should have
needed the intercession Of Theodore
Roosevelt to induce Edward Fl. Harri-
man to help Cornelius N. Bliss In Sc
curing funds to help Higgins In the
race they claim is preposterous, as
Messrs Odell. Higgins Hartman and
Bliss were far closer friends to each
other than any Of them were to Roose-
Welt
AS sidelight. they declare that the
publication Of such a tale after the
death of both Bliss and Hartman may
be referred back to the famous day
before the New York convention OF
1902 when. at the last minute, thu
name of George r. Sheldon was wiped
from the republican ticket as a lieu
tenant governorship candidate and
Frank w. Higgins was made the rum
ming mate Of Governor Odell