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The Washington times., 1911-05-13

the practlceS complalneo Oh De stop
ped.
While in a grocery store on Nichols
avenue yesterday Robert Henson, aged
twenty-five, a resident of Alabama
avenue, was seized with commissions
The police sent him to the Casualty
Hospital in the patrol wagon.
The Anacostia ice plant, which busi-
ness men of this town are managing
this year. will begin operations in few
stalled, and an addition to contain 1t
has been built. 1t Is the only plant in
this vicinity. outside Of the one at the
Government Hospital, which manufac-
lures ice. and 1t Is believed that a thrtv-
ing industry will result from the eff
forts of those responsible for its con-
struction.
The efforts Of those connected with the
Anacostia Methodist Episcopal Church
toward having the new Methodist Hall,
In Fourteenth street. made ready Tor
occupancy by a portion of the Sunday
school tomorrow have been successful:
last night, and tomorrow the infant de-
partment of the Sunday school viii hold
its exercises in the building, as the
Sunday school section of the church edl-
flce Is badly overcrowded.
Mineola Tribe. No. IA. Improved Order
of Red Men, met last evening In the
Masonic Hall here. and completed plans
for the annual excursion Of the lodge.
n will take place on June 20 to Chesa-
peake Beach, in conjunction with Oak
Camp, No. 4, Woodmen of the World.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Wheelock. of
Hamburg. N. Y, who have been the
guests of Mr and Mrs. Henry w. Emo
1924 Good Hope road, en- route from
Florida, have gone to their home.
The BOYS Club and the Junior Daugh-
ters of the King. societies connected
with the Emmanuel Protestant, Epis.
copal parish, met last evening In the
parish hall, In v street.
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"All Local Ills" He Finds
Based on Graft Part
nership."
PROFIT ALL GOES TO
REAL ESTATE SHARKS
Calls the Commissioners Clean
Men," But Victims Of Per-
nicious System.

Victor L. Berger. the Socialist MEM
ber of the House, today trained his
artillery on the real estate dealers OF
Washington. and upon the form Of gov
-ernment for the District Of Columbia.
In a statement giving his views on
What's the Matter With Washington"
he vigorously attacks both and advo-
Gates the adjustment Of the partner
ship between the District and the Gov
ernment. whereby the United States
puts up a dollar for every dollar raised
by local taxation.
Mr.. Berger also declares emphatically
for the enfranchisement of the citizens
of the District. He urges that they be
required to pay their own bills and run
their own government.
He advocates the expenditure by the
Government of a few million dollars
every year for the erection of model
homes to be sold or rented on long
leases to Government employees and
working people
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beautiful city. II it's true that nrst
impressions are lasting, the visitor must
carry away with him a dismal picture
Of the Capital City.
It is doubtful whether the plan to
have District appropriation bills con-
structed by the District Committees Of
the Senate and House will receive much
serious consideration In Congress-, even
though It is promulgated by the Cham
Der Of Commerce, which represents
about 800 OF the progressive business
and professional men of Washington.
While there is certain to be some fric-
ton as long as the Appropriation Com
mtttees frame the measures. the sys-
TEN has much merit. For one thing. 1t
gains the support of the powerful Ap-
propriations Committees for the District
bills. If the Appropriations Committees
had no hand in drafting the bills, they
or some of their influential members
would be more than likely to object
to many of the bills provisions.
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Mr.. Berger Gives
His Conclusions.

Now the following are the conclu-
sions which l have reached at this
time:
The form of government of the Dis
trict of Columbia is absolutely un-
democratic and un-American. The Dis
trict is ruled by three Commissioners
who are appointed by the President,
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Certain Sections Improved
for Rich, While Poor
Pay More.
PREDICTS NATION
WILL SOON REBEL
Advocates Congress Spending Mil
lions Yearly on Model Homes
for Employees.

Washingtonian was a scare-crow which
I saw In the distance In the field.
There are miles Of streets and side
walks made for the benefit Of real
estate SPECTATORS.
Some very ugly stories have been
told to me about certain Senators and
Congressman of former days who have
realized enormous fortunes from the
increased values Of their land holdings
stories which do not care to repeat
Taxation and
Assessment Errors.
The taxation and assessment II In
line with the general scheme. The law
requires that land and improvements
shall be assessed at not less than two
thirds of the actual value. Lands have
been shown to me in and around the
city that have been assessed for not
more than 20 and 30 per cent.
I understand the Commissioners are
trying to remedy this evil the best they
know how.
AS to the housing conditions-Wash-
ington Is no doubt a beautiful city,
though 1t has a little too much asphalt
pavement, and would be healthier and
even more beautiful If 1t had less
asphalt and more grass plots on its
wide thoroughfares. -..
The dark side Of the housing prop
osition is found in the alleys-some 800
of them-where the death rate Is ter
rife and sanitary conditions are q
menace not only to the dwellers In
those alleys but also to the people in
the high-class residences.
Here, as in everything else, the greed
for money Is at the bottomIt Is the
high rent which Is derived from the
old "shacks" Here, as in everything
else, the old capitalist adage that
property Is more important than hu-
man Ife" finds its expression.
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There is no gainsaying the fact that
the Board of Trade has its Moses.
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The beetle is again threatening the
shade trees of this district. Let US
spray.
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The four hundred Philadelphia high
school girls have proven as attractive a
sight as anything they come to see.
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Teach US how to play" good motto
for the Fairgrounds Association.
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(The Times will be pleased TO an
nounce meetings and entertainments
in this column)
Annual exhibition Of the Capital Cam.
era club, Corcoran Gallery Of Art,
a. m. to 4 D. m; to $50 p. m
Fifth annual meeting Of the Playground
Association of America, New Willard,
today.
Ninth annual spring festival at Neigh
borhood House. 40 N street south
west, to 10 p. m.
Concert by United States Marine Band.
Potomac Drive, p. m
university of North Carolina Alumni
Association banquet. Rauscher's, to-
might
Meeting Of the Biological Society OF
washington, Cosmos Club, p. m
Luncheon for the delegates to the
playground convention. Neighborhood
House, 472 N street southwest, p. m.
."Tbe Deacons Second Wife," by the
students of Technical High School, at
the school tonight.
Amusements.
National-Aborn Opera Company in
madame Butterfly" 2:15 and s:l5 D. m.
Beiasco-Fritzi Scheff in mile. Rosita."
olumbia-Columbia Players In Jack
straw" 2:15 and Sis p. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville, 2:l5 and Sis
Academy-"Boots and Saddles" ais and
Casino~Continuous vaudeville. 2:S to
IL p. m
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville. to II
p. m.
Majestic-"A Man Of Mystery"
Gayety-"Big Banner Show" 2:15 and
S:15 d. m
Lyceum-Buriesque Stock Company. Ais
and S:15 p. m.
Arcade-Motion picture, skating, and
bowling. afternoon and evening.
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The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times daily during the month of April
was Lis, ,662f all copies left over and re-
turned being eliminated. This number, when
divided by Is, the number OF days of publi-
cation, shows the net daily average for April
10 have been I7l46.
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A white carnation for Mothers Day is
one of the most graceful memorials pos
sible. The occasion should be generally
observed
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Commissioners Are
Victims of System.

And this grotesaue circumstance is at
the foundation of all the evils of the
District government
AS said before. the residents of the
District have no voice in the selection
of the Commissioners. These Commits
sioners are clean and honest men, and
some OF them are even very capable
men. but they are the victims of the
system.
The fact that the Government Is pay
ing a dollar in taxes for every dollar
In taxes paid by the District has made
the tax rate of Washington the lowest
for any city OF its size It has also
made II possible for the owners of real
estate to hold on to their real estate
indefnitely-to hold II for the growth
of the "unearned increment"-as the
residents call it-and hold 1t for specula-
ton in the future.
The result is that in no other city
In the country-maybe In no other city
in the worlds real estate speculation
so rampant as II Is in Washington.
Five and six miles from the White
House residence property Is sold In
Washington by the square foot-not by
the front foot like In other cities. but
by the square foot-as property Is sold
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The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times Sunday during the month of April
was 27.9 .9O6, all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number,
when divided by 6. the number Of Sundays
during April, shows the net Sunday average
for April to have been l,5S1-
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ANACOSTIA SCHOOL
CONDUCTS SOCIAL
More Than Five Hundred Persons Enjoy Sleight-of-
Hand and Ventriloquism and Ketcham Building Sc
cures Playground Fund.

the attention of the police Of the
Eleventh precinct by Lieutenant Clan
sci. of the Guard. who requests that
the practices complained of be stop
ped.
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but the residentsepf the District have
no voice in the selection of these three
Commissioners.
AS a reason for this partnership the
tween the Government and the District
OF Columbia. AS q result of this part
nership the Government pays half OF
the entire taxation.
AS reason for this partnership the
argument Is made that the Government
owns one-half OF the property In the
District, and should, therefore, pay one
half of the taxes. But the Government
does not own one-half of the property
of the District-although some persons
count in the streets and alleys as Gov
ernrnent property In order to make II so
appear. Moreover, the city of Wash
ington depends entirely on the Govern
ment departments and Government en-
matter Of fact any other city would
gladly pay a vast bonus to secure the
seat OF the National Government with
'ts many departments, public buildings,
and the thousands of employees.
And now let us take the case Of other
capitals:
Supposinz that Albany should require
the State of New York to pay half of
its taxation because the capitol and
all the departments OF the State gov
ernment of New York are located there.
or that Springfield. ILL.,, should require
the State Of Illinois to pay one-half of
ton should require the State OF Massa-
chusetts to pay one-half of its taxes
because the capitol and the State Of
ficisls are in Boston. That would be con-
eidered ridiculous, yet that Is the con-
dition here
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To the fresh breeze: Welcome little
stranger.
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All Ills Based
On Graft Partnership.

All the other ills of the District are
more or less based upon the graft part
nership with the United States Govern
ment.
Because as long as administering the
affairs of the District simply means a
game of graft. II Is natural that the
rich and powerful get the most Of that
graft.
Therefore, Washington is not only
exploited by the public service cor
porations-about which I will have q
good deal more to say some time later
but 1t Is also q notorious fact that
certain sections of the city where the
working people live are neglected, while
the northwest side, where the rich people
are living, has most of the improve
ments. There are streets enough laid
out on the northwest side to accom-.
modate every millionaire in the coun-
try. That section has even lamp
posts in the woods. On a country road
flanked by lamps / have met no one
excepting policeman on horseback
and the nearest approach to live
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To the Marathon victor belongs the
foiI
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Sunday.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
during the nnoDth NJ Anrfl was IN follows.
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APRIL CIRCULATION.
Daily.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
of The Washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month OF April was as follows:
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Entered at the Postoffice at Washington,
d. c.. as second class matter.
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OF course. the new Secretary of War
has never been in a real battle. but he
has passed though an entire campaign
which made him think of the Sherman
definition.
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Government Buncoed
Out of Millions.

Mr.. Berger says the people OF the
United States are being buncoed out
of six or seven million dollars a year
by the present taxation arrangement
and predicts that they will sooner or
later demand that 1t be abolished. He
charges that the benefits from the Gov
ernments contribution to the District
go to "a few land owners and shoddy
aristocrats."
The statement by Mr.. Berger Is re-
suit of his six weeks investigation OF
District conditions. He Is member
of the House District Committee, and
has undertaken to inform himself con-
cerning the District before voting on
District bills, and before introducing
any District measures himself. IA,
Mr.. Berger says he has talked with
a great many people of Washington,
and personally investigated many 8 phases ses
of the District government, and mas
visited schools, alley slums, parks and
various public institutions. His state;
ment today represents his views ,Nsnsn1ion iosmSa
It follows:
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Sprinkle, sprinkle, little cart.
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In each issue OF The Times the circulation
figures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head OF the first page at the
left OF the late line.
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only In the business districts of New
YORK and Chicago and other large cities
Rents Should Be Low;
Nowhere Higher.

Considering the fact that the Gov
ernment has paid about six millions and
a quarter In hard dollars last year, and
corresponding sums since 1878, one
would think that rents would be no.
where lower than In Washington, d. C.
Yet the contrary Is the case-rents are
nowhere higher.
All the benefits OF Government SUD-
port and Government munifcence 20 to
small crowd of real estate dealers
and land owners, while the great mass
OF people have only so much more to
pay. / have repeatedly also heard the
claim that a ring OF real estate specu-
lators, bankers, and corporations mag
mates absolutely own this city, and
have ruled II in the past By being ablo
to influence" the District COMMITTEES
OF both the House and the Senate
Now, i do not know what should he
done in this respect other than to give
the people of the District the right to
vote and make them pay their own
l know very well that all the wealthy
people will oppose this. They do not
care to vote as long as they get the
country at large to pay their taxes for
them. But l believe that sooner or
later the people Of the United States
will wake up to the fact that they are
being ouncoed out of six or seven mil
lion dollars every year. / say buncoei
because, excepting for few land own
ers and shoddy aristocrats in Washing
ton, nobody is getting any benefit out
of II. ~
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The Playground and Recreation Asso-
citation may be sure of a large attend
ance il It will announce beforehand
when it is to have a series of those
folk dances in costume.
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Careful Investigation
Before Stating Opinion.


A residence of six weeks in Wash
ington would hardly give me right
to go into the details of District gov
ernment and District affairs. II 1t had
not been for the fact that I had been
appointed a member OF the Distric'
Committee. Moreover, l have made II
my business, by reading fover some OF
the reports and by going personally
over the territory and looking ur
streets, alleys, pavements. schools, and
other public institutions, to learn as
much as possible about the general
conditions of the District of Columbia
I have also had many conversations
with residents of the District, who did
not know that 1 am a Congressman
and therefore were rather frank In
their criticism Of conditions Other
residents-mainly members of advance
ment associations-have made 1t
point to look me up in my office and
help me with their suggestions and
ody1ce
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Hardly anyone in Washington will
miss Jacob NJ. Dickinson more than will
the members of the Southern Society of
Washington. They have all admired
and liked him and been glad to call
him one of their folks.
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There are many little touches which
make Washington seem like Arcadia.
One of the most striking of these was
the reception of the Mozart Society Of
New York on the lawn Of the White
House yesterday.
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Wherever daring feats of horseman-
ship were admired there Mrs. CIR
Robinson, the Washington woman who
died in a sanatorium at White Plains,
n. Y, yesterday, was known as the
greatest equestrienne in the world, -
which appreciation was made by no less
a competent judge than Buffalo Bill.
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Remember the lesson of the Inter-
city Marathon is, stick-to-it, keep on
plugging, persevere, never give up,
fight to the finish-and keep yourself
at your best by clean, wholesome
living.
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Something of the warmth which pre-
vailed yesterday may be accounted for
by the welcome which was extended
along the Avenue to Dan" Carey, gen.
eral manager of Atlanta's park sys-
TEN, who was greeting his friends. He
usually returns home with a collection
Of armadillos, unicorns and other faunal
w.nders for his big zoo.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13

Another step toward the merger of
the Board of Trade and the Chamber of
Commerce was taken yesterday after
noon, when the directors of the board
voted to put the question up to the
rank and file of the membership at a
special meeting May 25. The directors
have done all that could be expected OF
them. Consolidation is now up to the
individual members.
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Not in a boasting spirit at all, but
merely in the desire of calling atten-
ton to a strange coincidence in the
annals Of science, we wish to note that
Washington is at this particular time
possessed of something which prob
ably doesn't exist anywhere else in the
world. In the District detention hos
pitaI on Reservation Thirteen is a
case Of leprosy. case Of human CLAN
ders, and a case of smallpox. y
The creation of the parkway between
the Union Station plaza and the Capt.
toll cannot come too soon. but that II
will come eventually is indicated by the
action of the Plaza Commission, which
has requested the Attorney General to
begin condemnation proceedings against
the owners of the property to be ac-
quired. The first view of Washington
obtained by the visitor who arrives at
the Union Station and walks out of It to
a cab or street car is now severe
shock to his theory that Washington Il
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Ntat's on the Program, tn
Washington Today.

(The Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments
in this column.)
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The Southern Commercial Congress re-
CARDS itself as exceedingly fortunate in
securing Claude N. Bennett to deliver
his able and impressive lecture on 1.-The
South of Today and Tomorrow at the
Columbia Theater tomorrow night In
language as graphic as his colored Ian
tern slides and he makes facts lum-
incus and presents the new South as ii
really is 1t is an inspiration to hear
him.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13

Mr.. and Mrs H. A. Wheelock. of
Hamburg, N Y. who have been the
/ guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry w. Emo.
| 1924 Good Hope road, en- route from
| Florida. have gone to their home.
The Washington times., 1911-05-13

The BOYS Club and the Junior Daugh--
ters of the King. societies connected
with the Emmanuel Protestant Epis-
copal parish, met last evening In the
parish hall, In v street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-13
WILL TRACE DOWN
 PETT|TT'S LOSES

Chicago, July 12.-EXpert accountants cago bankers, today began an inspection of the books and accounts of the late James Pettitt and the Peavey Grain com pany in an effort to determine the exact condition of the board of trade firms finances. Late developments seemed to indicate thes loss of the concern may reach s1,500,OO0, but this cannot be ac- ourately determined until an audit of the books has been completed. It is expected this work will take a week or more.
 series of big losses in speculative plunging in the wheat and oats market covering a period of two years, during which James Petttt used the credit of the Peavey Grain company to carry on his trades, is said to have led to the large shortage Pettitt, it appears, lost in nearly every recent speculative deal he made, although he had the reputation of being one of the shrewdest operators in the Chicago market.
 Deputy Coroner Conrad of Waukegan, H., declares that an autopsy on the body of Pettitt will not be made unless mem bers of the family demand it. Represen- tatives of insurance companies in which Pettitt carried policies aggregatng s100,- QUO are still Investigating the circum- stances of Pettitts drowning in the hope of establishing that death resulted from suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-13
ANOTHER SHIP
 YARD MAY GO

Washington, July 12.-The retention of Mare Island, Cal, as one of the great navy yards probably will depend ulti- Elately upon the success of the naval plan to acquire the dock at Hunters Point. now the property of the Union Iron works. With the return from Europe of Charles Schwab. president of the com pany, it is expected the matter will be settled.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the navy department is now spending $300,000 in the construction of dykes and that the army engineers are cutting a channel across Finole shoal at a cost of $6O0,0OO, to give an approach to the yard, it Is declared at the navy department that it can never be made safely approachable for big battle ships or anything larger than cruisers and light draft ships.
 The department does not want to aban- don the yard, which represents an expen- dture of SIS, 0.000, so 1t Is seeking to solve the problem by acquiring dock Tn deep water wheresthe large ships can be handled.