The Washington times., 1911-09-20

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911.
Well, this is one case where Bloom
didn't fade.
P. ]. Ryan. Central Labor Unions at
itorney, will be welcome in the battl,
for universal transfers.
The citizens associations are begin
ming their winter activity. It's none to-
early to get into the universal transfkl
fight
Washington will be the model fo
other cities Of the country in postoffic,
Facilities when the new postoffice /!
erected.
Superintendent Davidson is daily dem
,onstrating his progressiveness Hi
plans for the vocational schools ar,
a long step forward
Can It be possible that General Dicl
has collected information about condi
lions in the classified service Of which
Congress is ignorant?
Ones loss is ¬her's gain Gler
Echos former mayor. Louis c. Witgow
ski, has purchased six lots In Kensing,
ton and is going to build house
The Washington Ad Club is leadfnl
the Chamber of Commerce in puttinl
the ''glad hand" policy into operation
Its members now wear the welcoming
badge.
ha
real estate market when sixty-seveu
home buyers take a quarter of a mil.
lion dollars worth of homes from one
realty concern in two weeks?
Perhaps it will not be necessary to
extend the Prince of Wales any special
invitation to visit the Capital City, but
while other cities are doing so it would
mot be out of place by any means.
When the delegates to the National
German-American Alliance Convention
= are introduced to the chairman of the
reception committee. Wolfgang Ruck-
daeschel, they will feel at home at once.
The fans were never more alive than
at this end Of the season. With that
hope which springs eternal they are
trying to figure out how the Nationals
can get in speaking distance of the top
next year. ....-.-
Col. and Mrs. George F. Schutt, who
leave tomorrow on an automobile trip
to Spring Valley. Mimi, to visit Mr..
schutts mother. will carry with them
the best wishes of n host of friends for
safe ana pleasant Journey.
Senator Blair Lees campaign for the
governorship of Maryland cost him
$A,5SS That is the amount of money
he spent. He received S4,95o. OF this
amount, relatives contributed S222OO.
The Senator contributed the remainder.
The activity of District Tax COL
lector Rogers is said to be making de-
linQuents anxious. to pay taxes, but
this is merely inexact use Of English.
The anxiety is to find some new and
more successful way to escape paying
them.
Suburban residents whose chief
amusement on Sundays is the weekly
fire drills given in The engine houses in
their localities, are going TO find things
pretty lonesome when Fire Chief Wag-
ner sup2lants "Old Dobbin' with up-to-
Date motor engines.
The prediction that the construction
Of a Misunderstanding highway
would result in better roads through
out Virginia, made by Col. Robert N
Harper, is about to Dmaterialize The
Bristol-to- Washington highway is prac-
tically assured.
The District jail has seventeen muir
derers and alleged murderers within its
walls. This is the highest number ever
in the institution, and it will shock a
lot of people TO know it. Still, there
are communities where the criminals are
on the outside of the jail walls.
Somebody will have 10 do something
20 conserve the fish OF Virginia II DR..
Arthur L. Murray and DR.. Charles r
Holman, both of the District Health
Department, make many more voyages
to the streams of that State. They
caught twenty-niue bass in a single
Sunday.
Anyway, the 42,O29 District youngsters
whose vacations were cut short by the
opening OF school Monday will have a
few adults to sympathize with them.
The nine young men recently designated
TO fill consular posts are to be sent to
school for thirty days in Washington
next month.
Department Of Agriculture pure food
inspectors have discovered that New.