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The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Complications threaten to arise In the
Senate in the making up Of committees,
because of the disposition of the regu-
lar Republicans to fill the additional
places on the Democratic side of the
committees with Bailey Democrats.
Senator Gallinger, chairman Of the
Republican Committee on Committees,
and Senator Martin, chairman of the
Democratic caucus, have been con-
ferring over the question of increased
membership on the Democratic side
of the committees.
The Democrats in the Senate are for
ty-one and the Republicans fifty, and
the Democrats want the committees to
stand in the ratio of five Republicans
to four Democrats. This would make
theS larger and more important COM
mittees stand nine to seven.
Secures Increased Membership.
Senator Martin, for the Democrats,
insisted on the Democrats having seven
members and on the five to four ratio.
At this the Republican leaders, that Is
the regular leaders, baked They
pointed out that such an arrangement
would enable the progressive Republi-
cans to hold the balance of power on
the committees and thus virtually die
tate legislation
But tine Republican leaders have yield
ed. They have acceded to the demands
Of the Democrats, but with string tied
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
GAMBLERS FO|LED
TRYING TO K|DNAP
WITNESS BY LAW
Daring Scheme of New
York Sharps Nearly
Goes Through.

NEW YORK, April e.-Deputy Police
Commissioner Flynn saved his chief
witness against gambling house from
being dragged from police headquarters
and lodged in a cell in Haverstraw yes
terday. A detective had told Flynn
twelve hours before that he had over
heard men plot to take this witness
from the Jurisdiction of the Manhattan
courts.
The plot was formed by gamblers
made desperate by the Flynn raids. 1t
is believed they have associated with
them somebody in position to get at
police secrets. Flynn. Inspector Rus
sell, and Lieutenant Collins said last
night the scheme was one Of the bold
est coups ever attempted by men seek
in gto evade the law.
On Wednesday night Flynn made a
sensational raid on house at 311 West
Fifty-ninth street and arrested Robert
Kennedy, who said he was real estate
agent at IS West Sixtieth street, and
Harry Cook, self-styled a clerk, Of 140
West Sixty-third street.
The evidence against the place had
been given to Flynn by a man who
said he had won $500 On the races and
had been told to wait near Columbus
Circle and the proprietor would come
along anu give Ili11 lne CASH. lIllS VIII
ner said that kid" Cook came to the
corner and beat him SO. severely he
had to be patched up in the West Sixty
eighth street station Next day he went
to Flynn One of Flynn's men got evil
dence. and the raid followed.
A detective was standing near the
Circle Friday night when he overheard
conversation between three men and
reported 1t to his chief. 1t showed there
was plot to have the complaining
witness against Kennedy and Cook rail-
roaded to Haverstraw. The witness was
to be arrested yesterday when he ap-
peared In the West Side court.
Flynn sent for the witness at once
and then arranged to have the case
postponed till tomorrow. The witness
was brought down to headquarters. It
was represented to him that he was ac-
cused of passing a check for $500 in
Haverstraw when he only had $3.50 In
bank.
That's mistake in bookkeeping" !"
said he. IT'S ridiculous to think I'd
do a thing like that"
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
FARMERS, OUSTED
BY RAILROAD, TAKE
VAIL TO CONGRESS
Union Pacific Serves Notice
on Thousands to Vacate
Its Property.

Members of Congress representing
districts In the Middle West are being
flooded with letters from their former
constituents complaining about what
is declared to be an unfair encroach-
ment on their land by the Union Pa
cifc railroad, and asking for legisla-
ton to restrain the railroad officials.
Under the terms of an act passed by
Congress in 1862. the Union Pacific
railroad was granted a right of way
from Omaha to Ogden. Utah-about
1000 miles. The grant carried with It
about 200 feet of land on either side of
the proposed right of way. According
to the letters of complaint, the railroad
company made no effort to take DOS
session Of the land adjoining it's right
of way until comparatively recently.
The land remained unclaimed by the
railroad for so long a period that home
steaders took possession of it many
years ago, apparently without protest
on the part Of the railroad and for the
past ten or fifteen years this land has
been sold for farming purposes. The
farmers along the right-of-way of the
railroad are now receiving notice to
vacate and inasmuch as they assert that
they bought the land in good faith they
want Federal legislation to protect
them.
Senators and Representatives who
have looked into the matter say the
right of the railroad to the land ap-
pears unquestioned, and that thousands
of farmers win be compelled to surren-
der their improved property to the rail-
road company without receiving cent
of compensation.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

oughly. Tact and knowledge are the
essential requirements for a woman's S
success in the political field.
Now, the greatest drawback Of the
American woman is her timidity. She
is positively afraid. She says, 1T would
harm my husband IL the public thought
knew his political secrets But in our
country it would hamper a mans ca
reer if the public thought his wife did
not know his party interests by heart.
You see, over there we women are very
close to our constituents. We canvass
among them for our husbands; we know
the number of their children and the in
terests of their everyday life
That branch of the Woman's Liberal
Association, organized by Lady Henry,
is under her. constant supervision. The
work OF the league is done by twelve
secretaries, and its purpose is to
strengthen, through the education and
information of its 900 women members,
the interests of the Liberal party.
The league members are organized
into sewing classes by the secretaries,
Nsnd the mothers meet monthly for
lessons in cutting and sewing. A
political paper. read and explained
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

tion today, "by organizing as we women
have done in England and entering more
actively into their husbands political ca
reers?
Indeed, 1 do believe 1t, 1t seems to
me that nothing better could happen to
the parties in America than that the
women OF this country should learn pol
itics and should go to work with their
husbands
Now, in England, mind you.' inter-
rupted Sir Charles Henry. with a twinkle
Of the eye, I'VE think it really looks
very suspicious when a woman does
not work with her husband. People be-
gin to wonder Immediately If the do
mestic machinery of the couple is in
smooth running order. How could a
mere man in our country afford to rouse
such suspicion by appearing on a pub
lie platform for political meeting with
out his wife?''
But to return TO the women of Amer
ica." insisted Lady Henry, 4 believe
that the first step toward usefulness to
their husbands is to learn politics thor
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
EFFORTS TO ELEVATE THE
BARRIERS TRADE.

General Organizer Shanessy of the
Federation of Labor has been direct.
ing his efforts toward the elevation oi
the barber business from a trade to q
the sympathy of the public by denounc,
ing the common practice of taking
and looking for tips" as prejudicial to
the dignity of the profession he seeks
to elevate The sentiments of his
audience of journeymen BARRIERS who
assembled to hear him a few evenings
ago have not been placed on record, but
no customer has complained to the
police that his gratuity was thrown in
his face with lofty seorn. If the gen
eral organizer succeeds in making this
reform effective he will do more than
he can by polishing up the elocution Of
nasal "Next" which also came in
for some hard words. =! :.
In point of fact, it will be but re-
storing the tonsorial art to its ancient
dignity and prestige if he make it a
profession. As the guild of barber
surgeons it has an honorable lineage.
Is not the parti-colored barber's pole a
surviving symbol of the bandaged arm,
waiting to be bled by the practitioners
of the double crafts for which they
were incorporatedf Though the pro-
fessions have been divorced, the bar
bers bleed us yet-less skillfully, per-
haps, but hardly less profusely. If the
old prestige is to be revived, perhaps
our blood will be more dextrously shed
hereafter-unless, indeed, the tip sys-
tenn be the most subtle method of
bleeding ever devised.
Let us >jpe that the few uplifting
thoughts sown by the general organ
izer will not prove to have fallen on
barren ground. No man can get so
close to US as do these modern types
of the barber-surgeon. By the culti-
walton of that skill which once made
them great they may laugh at the
menace of safety razors or the threat
to grow beard. Retaliatory measures,
such as boosting the price of hair
cut, will fade like dissolving views of
winter before the genial warmth Of
spring. The race of Mambrino and the
shavers of Baghdad will become as
dear to us as they were to our fore
fathers in the tipless historic past.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
Timidity Of Wives There
Would Cause Hints of
Strife in Family.
SEES OPPORTUNITY
FOR SISTERS HERE
She and Her Husband Are in City
as Guests Of Representative
Littleton.

by some weil-informed woman, is the
feature of each meeting, however, and
is followed by little talk instructIng
the women in the platform of the
Liberal party.
Adds Interest to
Lives of Women.
TT is all very wonderful and ab-
sorbing, and makes the life of the
idle woman seem colorless," declares
Lady Henry with fine enthusiasm,
"after one begins to get into the
work At the great open-air political
meetings. organized by the -women's
associations, we women occupy the
chair, and introduce this or that great
public man who is to make the politi-
cal speech of the occasion. These
meetings are usually attended by sew
eral thousand people, but the woman
who presides is quite accustomed to
crowds and political meetings. She
does not attempt an ambitious po-
litical speech, but only a little talk,
made in the most informal, and wom-
anly and gracious way"
At their country estate in Berk-
shire, set down in the heart of what
was once known as Windsor Forest,
SIR Charles and Lady Henry last
Of the house of commons, the Prime
Minister and Mrs. Asquith, Attorney
General Sir Rufus Isaacs, and the
Right Honorable Alfred Emmett,
chairman of the house of commons,
being among their guests.
In addition to her social life and
political interests, Lady Henry has
found time for varied benevolent ac-
tivities. Among these, her favorite
is the recreation home for children
which she has established at her
country place two hours from Lon
don Here wan faced children from
the heart OF the London tenement
districts are brought in relays of fif-
teen or twenty every fortnight, for
fairy-time period of play, fresh air,
and wholesome food. The home is
a woman Of refinement and culture
who has devoted her life to the well
fare of children.
THAT is very beautiful, very won
derful," found myself saying to Lady
Henry about the recreation home,
but you really think American wom-
en- ought to go to work and help
their husbands
And for an answer to the question.
Lady Henry's hostess, Mrs. Martin
Lfttleton herself, appeared on the
threshold. looking for all the world
like a school girl. She is the woman.
you know. who modestly denies that
she defeated Colonel Roosevelt's can
didate for Congress in the coloneIs
own district. but everybody knows
by this time that she went through
the last Congressional campaign side
by side with her husband, who Is
now known as Representative Martin
Littleton, to the chagrin of the col
onefs candidate.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
First to Answer Call
To Arms to Celebrate

LOWELL, Mass, April 9.-Extensive
preparations are being made for the
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
Of the march through Baltimore of the
Sixth Massachusetts, Regiment, which
is to be held in this city April 10. A
parade, a banquet, and patriotic ex-
ercises will be the feature events Of the
day.
strike for the Union fifty years ago, and
the Sixth Massachusetts, was the first
regiment to leave to defend Washing
ton.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
No Ceremony Marks
Appomattox Day Here

No ceremonies are being held In
Washington today as an anniversary
celebration of Appomattox Day. At
the Army and Navy Club, Fort Myer,
the Navy Yard, National Guard. and
G. A. r. headquarters the same re-
port was made that no celebration
had been arranged.
Col. John McElroy, who inaugurated
the custom in Washington of cele-
brating the anniversary of Cen Rob-
ert Lees surrender, which ended the
strife of the North and South, said
he did not expect the patriotic demon
stration would be revived here. Col
onel McElroy, together with num-
ber of other Washington veterans,
will go to Baltimore tomorrow to as
sist nthe Appomattox Day celebration
there.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

advertenty, couple of years ago. when,
as member of shovelers' union, he
was conspicuous at the opening OF the
new Philadelphia baseball park, which
organized labor was boyeotting,
Continued agitation for the establish
ment of an inebriates' asylum Is having
a depressing effect upon the retail liquor
market. Though spot sales have not
fallen off, and there is brisk demand,
trade in futures has notably decreased.
prospective buyers evidently believing
they will profit by putting off any at
tempt to bull the market. at best a
hopeless task. Severai<c chronic 'longs"
who had planned spectacular campaigns
are said to have notified their brokers
that they will be satisfied with the days
takings as they come.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
Autopsy on Police Dog
Ordered to Solve Death

NEW YORK, April 9.-The suspicious
circumstances surrounding the death OF
Jim, prize police dog of the world,
leads the department officials to order
an autopsy. There Is a belief that the
dog was poisoned.
Jim helped to cover a beat in the
sparsely settled section of Brooklyn. 1t
was his duty to search among the
houses for burglars. Yesterday when
Jim emerged from his beat he was
whining. The officer with whom he
worked thought he had discovered a
burglar, and instituted search. When
the officer came back he found Jim ly-
ing dead.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
WORK FOR RELIEF OF GOV
ERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

The direct, candid statement of thu
citizens committee of twenty-one on
improvement of the condition of Gov
ernment employees should dispose ol
any criticism of. the newly organized
movement from the region of Capitol
Hill. 1t is inconceivable that any mem
Der of Congress, after reading the
statement, could object to. the estab'
lishment of the proposed bureau.
1t is senseless to criticise the com.
mittee because it is raising guaranty
fund of $4,000 with which to carry
on the work of the bureau. 1t must
have money, not for the purpose OF
corrupting members of Senate or
House, but to collect information and
to compile statistics; in short, to
prepare its brief for the Government
employe and to put that brief in the
hands of the public and the national
Legislators. ,-
And nobody need be frightened at
the size of the fund. The purpose, as
clearly stated by the citizens COM
mittee today, is to obtain pledges up to
$4,000. 1t is probable, however, the
total amount pledged will not be need
ed. The money is to be called for in
10 per cent installments, and it is
confidently expected that but a small
part will have to be collected.
1t is worth while for citizens of
Washington-who are asked to sub
scribe to this fund-and for members
of Congress to note the declaration of
the committee concerning the expendi-
ture of money:
In response to the appeal to the
public. a guaranty fund is being SUBJ
scribed, to be placed at the disposition
of the committee to meet the necessary
expenses of conducting the movement
thus inaugurated to successful con-
clusion. Whatever amount may be call
ed in from the subscribers to the guar
anty fund will be spent under the public
eye; the books records, and accounts
of the committee will be open at all
times to public inspection; ali moneys
ItCSINeu dIu pdIu Oul Will Dc
accounted for and publicly announced.
The committees statement further
sets forth in unanswerable terms the
necessity for increased compensation
for employees of the classified civil
service and for the establishment of a
sound system of retirement. Any one
who still doubts that these reforms are
imperative should give few minutes
thought to the fact that the scale of
pay of Government employees has not
been revised since 1853; that increases
of compensation to meet the advanced
cost of living have been enjoyed by
persons in every other calling, and that
advances have been allowed-on ac-
count of this same high cost of living
to the executive, legislative, and
judicial officers of the Government, and
to practically all other officers and en-
ployes not in the classified service The
civil service alone is under the same
scale of pay it was under more than
half century ago.
1t is for the purpose of setting forth
such facts as these in clear form and
presenting them to the people of the
United States and to Congress that
the citizens bureau has been created.
A more noble work could not be I'M
dertaken by any group of American
citizens anywhere.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

without valuation and determination
of what elements are entitled to be
recognized in calculating reasonable
earnings. Congress ought not longer
delay ordering general valuation.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
She Wants to Know Why
Women Here Don't Help
Their Husbands.
THEIR PLACE is ON
THE STUMP, SHE SAYS
Tells How Helpmates of States
men at Home Hustle
for Votes.
BY SELENE ARMSTRONG.

why" asked Lady Henry, wife of
the Liberal member Of parliament from
wellington, Shropshire, England, her
frank blue eyes turned upon me re-
proachfully-"why, / wonder, does not
the American woman try to help her
husband?"
81 will put the question squarely to
her." I answered ffippantly, land may
be when she sees 1t in the paper it will
occur to her to come to his rescue"
But Lady Henry was In earnest. The
English woman usually is. No matter
what her wealth, how high her title, or
how complex are the social demands
which both wealth and title entail, she
is sure to have a purpose in life. IL not
a mission. 1t may be suffrage, 1t may
be social work, philanthropy, OF politics
and her husbands career, but ii always
endows her with seriousness and sub
stantiality which make her far removed
from the average aimless American
woman of the wealthier classes.
With Lady Henry it is mainly politics
and her husbands career. with varied
social and benevolent activities thrown
in for good measure. Organizer and
president Of a powerful branch. num-
bering one thousand members, of the
Woman's Liberal Association, a society
which aims to promote the interests Of
the Liberal party of England, and also
prsident for Berkshire of the Liberal
Social Council. she belongs TO that con-
spicuous type of English worpan of rank
who neither seeks nor desirAs the suf-
frage, but who takes politics as seri-
ously (and as intelligently) as any man
in the Liberal party.
Like other titled English women
Lady Henry possesses the friendship of
the party leaders of England. number
ing among her friends many of the
men whose names are most eminent in
the public life of England today.
With her distinguished husband. Sir
Charles Henry, Lady Henry is the guest
of Representative and Mrs. Martin
Lfttleton of New York, at the Shore
ham Hotel. And 1t was in the midst of
an enthusiastic conversation on her
work and interests at home that she
found time this morning to wonder
enter more actively and practically into
politics in order to advance her hus-
bands interests.
Believes Wives
Could Be of Aid.
do 1 believe that the wives of the
Democrats could really strengthen that
party's already strong position and in
crease its chances for lasting success"
she repeated, as 1 asked her the ques-
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
Boy Wanted to Hear
Wreck; Blocked Track

CUMBERLAND, Md, April o.
Stones piled on the railroad track
near lockwood started detectives on
the trail of supposed train wreckers.
The search ended when the officers
found a boy, four years old, carrying
stones to the pile. Asked why he
had placed the stones on the track
the lad said he wanted to hear
noise.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
Doctors Say Tobacco,
Gave Him a Long Life

HAZLEToN, Pa. April 9.-Tobacco
is said by physicians to have given
long lease on life to Ransom Young
who died last night In Butler Valley.
Young always went to sleep with a
chew of tobacco in his mouth. He
invariably swallowed 1t during the
month.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
Can't Trace Original
st. Martin Reliquary

PARIS. April 9.-Although ]. P.
Morgan admits that he owns the st.
Martin reliquary, 1t is not known
whether his is the original
Seven copies have been traced and
original.
The disappearance of the original
still remains q mystery.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
MARCH CIRCULATION.
nafIy.

The net total circulation OF The Washington
1lmes daily during the month of March
E9s l.2Se. 7s3 all copies left over and re-
tQrnsd being eliminated. This number, when
ofNided by q, the number Of days Of publi-
s4uon- shows the net daily average for March
% have been Is sW
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Senator Martin will sympathize with
Colonel Lancaster, even if nobody else
will.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

A good many nest eggs are going to
be Matched out into a bird of hat for
next Sunday.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

1t has been pertinently asked whether
this is an extra session of Congress or
of William Jennings. Bryan.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Ben Johnson's District Committee
might be asked to investigate the Wal
ter johnson case
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Soldier Hurt in Fight" is the. head
line over an Alexandria news item.
Reads like dispatch from Mexacalli.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Everything on wheels gets a tag to-
morrow except the water wagon.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09
Sunday.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
The Washington Times printed Sundays
curing the month Of March was as follows:
March 1f.........46,2S ,2S4 March 26.........4. 26O
1otsl Tor month. -1S5, IS4
sunday average for month. ............ 46. .449
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

johnson has smashed still another
record He can be credited with the
longest homer of the training season.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

If the horse show judges are to do
their full duty, there really ought to be
q few milliners and modistes on the
board.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

The net total circulation OF The Washington
times Sunday during the month Of March
was 1888, all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number
when divided by 4. the number of Sundays
during March, shows the net Sunday aver
age for March to have been 42,l3S.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

And now DR.. Wiley has cast suspicion
on the striped candy of our children.
What is to be left US that we may eat
In peace and digest in comfort?
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

There are more members of cor
porations today than were ever
dreamed of before the Chamber dis
covered its corporate existence.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

The way the old Texas stands up
under fire indicates that the Navy De-
partment knew what it was doing when
It named her for the Lone Star State.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Entered at the PostoffIce at Washington.
ID. C.. as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

In each issue Of The Times the circulation
ngures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head Of the first page at the
left Of the date line
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

See the conquering heroes come.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

The Washington financiers who are
going over to put Persia on a paying
basis will have to begin by destroying
al belief in Aladdins wonderful lamp
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Judge De Lacy would have found
some Of the Sandman stories in The
Times a good corrective for the little
girl whose inquisitiveness brought her
into his court