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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-20
FIRST REPORT OF
SPECIAL BODY IS
GIVEN TO CHAMBER
Contains Speeches of Con-
gressmen on Relations of
District and Government.

The first report Of the special commit
tee appointed b ythe Chamber Of Com
merce odefend attacks upon existing
relations between the District of Co
lumbia and the general Government by
members Of Congress and others was
made this afternoon to the executive
committee Of the Chamber.
The report is compilation Of
speeches and statements made by SEN
ators, Congressman. and other public
men on the relationship Of the District
to the United States. 1t Is in the form
Of a brief Of authorities, compiled by a
subcommittee of which A. Leftwich Sin
clair Is chairman, and approved by the
special committee. Of which Henry B.
#. Mcfarland Is chairman.
Will Print Copies.
Upon motion of Mr.. Macfarls nd the
executive committee ordered that $500
copies Of the brief be printed, and that
plates be made for future reprints.
Copies ere to be sent to every Con-
gresham and Senator. to the governor
OF each State, and to the Chambers Of
Commerce and other commercial AMI
civic organisations ,thropFhout the coap-s
try. ~ o. ~ ss-.,
to consider action with reference to the
employment OF publicity agent, took
NO action, and the time for calling a
special meeting of the Chamber to re-
consider its action OF the last meeting
in authorizing the employment OF such
an official, vas left 20 President James
F. oyster.
President Oyster presented a petition
with the signatures Of thirty-two men,
bers. requesting a special meeting Of
the chamber. which, he said. had been
given to him a few days ago. William
f. Shannon, upon looking the paper
over. caused a stir by repudiating his
signature. He said that evidently
liberty to put my name on the petition
for me, but this is the first time 1 have
ing is to be called by the president, II 1t
is found the required number of sigma
lures, twenty-five, are genuine.
Appropriation Made.
An appropriation of $25 was made to
buy colored slides Of scenes in Wash
ington. The expenditure was authorized
at the request OF B. H. Warner, who
will add them to his library of slides
for use by speakers In various parts OF
the country.
An appropriation of. $3.50 was made
toward the entertainment of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science. which holds its
convention here next week.
Protest against the policy of the
gas and electric light companies in
low cost was made in a letter from a
| dealer. The matter was referred to
| the Retail Merchants Association.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Washington Raj
way and Electric COMPANY VIII ~,
and East Capitol SITS. washington. d.
c., on SATURDAY. January 20. 1912, az
1900 o'clock noon.
books for the transfer Of stock Of said
company will be closed from December
q. 1911. to January 20. isf2. both days
r. J. WHITEHEAD.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Anacostia &c Poto-
mac River, Railroad Company will be
held at the office Of the company. Hth
c. ' on sATJ JRitUs January %. 1872. a
12:0O o'clock noon. N
. In accordance with the bylaws, the
books for the transfer of stock OF said
p, 1911, to January 20. 1912. both days
r.. J. WHITEHEAD.
Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Tennaiiytown Railway Company viii Be-
held Mt the office Of the company. 18th
and East Capitol SITS. Washington. d.
G., on SATURDAY. January 20. 1912. at
In accordance with the bylaws. the
books for the transfer Of stock OF said
company will be closed from December
%. 1911, to January 20. 1912. both days
F. ). WHITEHEAD.
Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
. stockholders Of the City & Subur-
ban Railway Of Washington will be
held at the office of the company. nth
and East Capitol SITS. Washington. D:
c., on SATURDAY. January 20. 1872. at
In accordance with the bylaws. the
books for the transfer of stock Of said
company will be closed from December
p, .9il. to January 20. 1912. both days
f. j. WHITEHEAD.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders OF the Brightwood Rail-
way Company will be held at the
office of the company, 18th and East
Capitol SITS. Washington, D. c.. on
SATURDAY. January 20. 1919. at 12:oo
In accordance with the bylaws, the
books for the transfer Of stock OF said
company will be closed from December
%, 1911, to January 20. 1912. both days
F. J. WHITEHEAD.
Secretary.
| THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Potomac Electric
Power Company will be held at the
office OF the company, 18th and East
Capitol SITS. Washington. D. c., on
SATURDAY, January 20. 1912. at LOO
| In accordance with tho bylaws, tho
books for the transfer of stock Of said
| company will be closed from December
%, 1911, to January 20. 1912. both days
FL. WHITEHEAD.
Secretary. !
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Washington Postoffice at
Christmas Time

Area, go square miles.
Number Of people, nearly $4,000.
Stations, main and 81 branches.
Carriers, SCI.
Extra holiday carriers, 50.
Clerks and other employees, 495.
Extra holiday clerks, 90.
Wagons for house delivery and
collection, 90.
Average Christmas mall per day
to handle, 100000 pieces.
Sacks Of mail per day, 1900.
Registered mail per day, 1900
pieces.
Sale Of stamps per day, $4,000.
Yearly Increase in business, Is
per cent.
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MaccabeeS to Have
Public Installation

Brightwood Tent, No. 5, knights Of
the Maccabees, at Its meeting last
night, decided to have a public installa-
ton Of officers on the night Of January
3. in connection with Brightwood Hive,
which is to give an entertainment on
the same date. This tent at its last
meeting initiated five new members
The enrolment has passed the moo
mark, and Is getting larger each month
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Looks Needn't Count.

1--WE found a splendid match for you
Three hundred thousand marks dowry."
"Ah. that sounds all right. Can
see herr"
What! With such a dowry as that,
you want to see her first?"-Fliegende
Blaetter.
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Used to Excitement.

What an awful cold your husband
has He coughs and sneezes all the
time"
HE does, but Vt amuses the baby
81 lendilly. "-Sourare.
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Not Expected.

I'VE don't hear any more Of that orig
inal Floradora seXtet."
True, but you can't expect a sextct
to last as long as light brigade. -
Exchange.
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Worth New Hat.

Lets drop in this restaurant"
"Oh. don't believe I care TO eat
ANYTHING"
well. come In and get a new hat
for your old one, nyway."-Exchange
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Wouldn't Hold Water.

Where are you going?" ,,.
ITO fetch some water, sorr."
What, in those disreputabie trous-
"No. $sorr; in this ere pail."-London
OpinionE
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OPPORTUNITY NO. IA

Young man, stricken with tuberculosis; is
now In q ssnitarfum, but SO per week ID
needed for eight weeks in addition to the
81 per week furnished by his family, IL he
10 to stay until the dread disease 10 cured.
1t Is not often that the gift OF help is
available for Christina6tide-
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OPEN EVENINGS.
LAWRENCE'S
LITTLE
PIANO STORE.
70s 10TH, NEAR G ST.
BIG VALUES; LOW TERMS.
MARSHALL & wENDALL UPRIGHT. ss5.
Square Pianos, SO. Organs. IS.

CHOCOLATES THAT
YOU'LL LIKE
We put up a. fine a box of pure chocolates
at 25c per pound as you can buy for Coo else-
where. The quality 10 absolutely PURE.
the assortment large. DORAN'S, 80 II ct.
N. w. opposite @. p. o. de17-t
$50 Reward.
THE MARYLAND MOTOR CAR IN
SURANCE Company of Baltimore,
Md, through their agent, Ralph w.
Lee, Commercial Bank Building. offers
reward Of Fifty Dollars ($60) for the
arrest and conviction of the person or
persons who stole the following articles
from an automobile in front of Chase's
~ e daie! On rsw Emni esen oasines ec a.xa.
tire covers. I inner tubes. ax4: tire
trunk.
Evening journal., 1911-08-16
Editorial Opinion
Punish the Lynchers.

Baltimore American.
In the Coatesville (Pa.) lynching is
recorded on outburst of brutal fury
that parallels anything that has been
recorded I'm states below the Mason
and Dixon Line. The more usual ex-
cuse for mob violence was not pres
ent The man burned upon a hos
pital cot was so treated because Of
murder. There was every prospect
of the courts giving him his just de-
serts and the wretched being had
sought suicide by shooting himself in
the mouth.
The accounts of the burning are too
horrible to dwell upon and the cir
cumstances are disgusting In the eX-
treme. Not only so, but the excite
ment among the patients at the hos
pital the man was dragged from was
so intense as to probably cause seri-
GUS results In some cases. The morbid
spectacle and the heinous conduct OF
the mob at work cannot but have
permanently debasing influence upon
the minds OF the participants and the
witnesses Of the outburst of murder
Gus frenzy.
Here is a case where the law should
be rigid in it's inquisition and in its
penalties. and the sentencing OF the
leaders of the mob TO terms OF i'm
prisonment for manslaughter should
follow swiftly Only thus can Ameri'
can law and order command respect
and the unwarranted outbreaks OF
lynch mobs be prevented
Evening journal., 1911-08-16
NEW NEWS of
YESTERDAY

drill which his genius gave TO the
world.
One Of Ingersoll's boyhood play
mates was DR. Beverly Z. Mead Of
Greenwich. Conn, now a man nearly
80 years of age.
when ! was lad Of fifteen or six
teen years of age" said DIR. Mead, re-
Gently Il often saw lngersoll at work
upon an improved boiler which he had
made himself. One day, as ! stood
watching him, he said to me:
Fl" I am going TO make an engine and
boiler and I am going TO fix it to
fathers carriage and you will see me
driving that carriage without any
horse
But it was not until some twenty
FIVE years later that Ingersoll, VINO
had gained in the meantime something
of reputation as an inventor of val
liable apparatus, found time to work
out his old plan of building a self-pro-
pelling vehicle. Then, to a wagon
somewhat like a market wagon al
though not quite so long. he attached
a boiler and an engine having in the
wagon little coal bin from which he
fed the furnace In this wagon, aftel
some preliminary experimentation
Evening journal., 1911-08-16

A year or two ago. while upon an
automobile ride over road which par
allels the northern boundary of New
York State and Connecticut-in fact,
being exactly upon the verge of that
line-I was shown little, old-fashion-
ed stone house which stood apart from
the other farm houses In that vicinity
Ia house almost concealed by a grove
OF elms and naples. In II was born the
first American to discover a means by
which vehicles could be self-propelled,
and he actually put his discovery into
practice.
This man was one of the great cap
tains of industry Of the United States,
and like many of them he died in the
nineties, If not In real poverty, az
least without any considerable possess
sions His name was Charles Inger-
soil, and IL has been estimated that by
means of one of his inventions not
only has the wealth of the civilized
world been increased by hundreds OF
millions of dollars, but, in addition
much Of the development which has
been so marvellous within the past fif-
teen or twenty years would have been
greatly delayed but for the steam rock
Evening journal., 1911-08-16
sERvING nae PEOPLE.

A MUNICIPAL campaign is under way IN Ches-
"A ter and our sedate contemporary, The
Chester Times, is somewhat disturbed More than
a dozen men have been mentioned in connection
with the nomination for Mayor but The Times
regretfully says that il has heard of no specific
declaration by any one of them to his program
If elected Each and every one, however declares
that he will serve the interests of the people This
at least is comforting. The people want specih-
cations, says The Times but they are not likely
20 &c, them.
We have often wondered what would he the
fate Of the man who should boldly announce that
he didn't intend 10 serve the interests of the dear
people but intended to serve the interests OF him
self
He would not be elected anywhere, except pos
sibly in Philadelphia or Chester, where, If he got
on the ticket Of the majority party he would win
but well wager that man running on platform
stating that ne didn't intend 20 serve the interests
Of the people but his own would poll very large
percentage Of his party vote
After ali many would admire the pluck of the
man who told the truth so frankly for they know
that serving the interests Of the people in nine
cases out of ten is mere platitude.
Some men want the supposed honor of public
Office. others the financial emoluments; others long
for the supposed fun of holding Office, but they
all must say they intend TO serve the interests
of the people. for that is the conventional thing TO
say Just as conventional as it is for man TO wear
hat
Evening journal., 1911-08-16
A YANKEE WHO WAS
AHEAD OF HIS TIME
By
"HOLLAN D.

upon country roads, he rode into tie
city of Stamford, Conn. one day, and
great was the amazement to behold a
man riding about the streets with his
wagon under perfect control-for he
had a steering apparatus--but not
having It pulled by horse.
"In a little while the constables of
the city apprehended him. They had
pity on him, thinking that he was a
demented man, so that instead Of
prosecuting him for a breach of the
peace as was first proposed they dis
missed him with a caution and upon
his promise not again to appear upon
the public streets driving his myster-
ious vehicle.
Well, will do as you say Inger-
soil told them. | myself think 1t is
best now not to make use of this high
way car'-that is what he called IT..
For the horses see it, and they Won
der what makes it move, and as they
can't reason the thing out they get
frightened Then, Just as he was go
ing away with his car in tow, he adj
ded
Gentlemen, / want to make a pre-
diction. ] want to say to you that
some of you will live long enough TO
Evening journal., 1911-08-16

see the self-propelled wagon practi-
cally supplanting the horse. | hope
myself shall live long enough TO Wit
ness the coming of that day. / see 1t
now, in my mind, as clearly as / see
any of you. What 7 have done is only
crude. | could make it much better.
Perhaps something better than steam
power may be found to drive the en-
gine; but as sure as l am here the
prophecy, Wagons without horses
shall 60 is going to be fulfilled
Having made this prediction, Mr..
Ingersoll turned his attention to other
inventions which he had in mind, and
at last gave the world the steam rock
drill with which his name is now as
sociated permanently and which has
proved one of the most valuable aids
in developing progress, not only in the
United States, but throughout the
world, of all those invented since the
steam locomotive, the electric tele-
graph and the cotton gin.
Copyright, 1911. by Il. J. Edwards. All
rights reserved.)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell Of
''The Artisan Who ReyOlutiOnized a
Great Industry
Evening journal., 1911-08-16
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

coming home from work one evening
and 1 saw a mother with her babe in
her arms sitting on the doorsteps try
ing to get a breath of air. The baby
was struggling Tor life, and the moth
er was haggard from worry and
work. Below their home was a sewer
sending fourth its foul odors, enough
to knock you down If you were
healthy. These conditions made life
more miserable for the poor soul and
the babe. This is case where the
city is responsible for maintaining n
nuisance, in that it is detrimental to
public health.
This poor woman and her babe We're
helpless on account of poverty, they
bad to live there on account of cheap
rents. but ! forced the Cwner land
lord into the sewer but I cannot force
the city to abate the nuisance.
You may ask the reason. why? In
brief, ! will say they promise TO do It.
someday. Now for publicity and
public sentiment that is the citizens
only chance. Citizens think it over.
II is up TO you.
Yours Truly,
George II. Litz.
Wilmington, Delaware. August 16.
Evening journal., 1911-08-16
DOESN'T LIKE AGITATION.

Editor of THE EVENING JOURNAL.
Why all this commotion-in the
ewspapers-about a simple little
thing like the withdrawal of the strip
tickets by the Wilmington and Phila-
delphia faction Company? There has
been howl about It, and it all sim
mers down to the fact that one man
makes formal complaint of the action
of the company. II Mr.. Crosby had
known that he would probably have
also abolished transfers. Business
men serving the interests of the pub
lie by furnishing the public trans
portation should not be harassed or
disturbed in any manner. If the COM
pany needs the money. it should have
il in order to make improvements. If
the people don't like the rates charg-
ed, let them walk or stay at home.
Walking would be fine exercise. and
perhaps Mr.. Crosby believes in the
value of this kind of exercise, and
thought that he would encourage II.
But the people won't walk. They will
pony up their nickels and stand off
the landlord
As for me. ! don't like this agita-
ton. Let things alone, and let us
trust that Mr.. Crosby's company will
do the right thing. Look at the
throng of merry people on Market
street Saturday evenings. Does any
one think they are disturbed over the
increased trolley rates or such mat
ters? As for me, tell me the scores
of the ball games promptly and / shall
be happy.
Yours for quiet.
Rest
Wilmington, Aug. 16- n
Evening journal., 1911-08-16
MR.. LITZ PLEADS
FOR SANITATION

To the Public: / beg to inform you
through the press as member of the
Board of Health that you have one
condition existing in your city that
ought to have your attention. I refer
TO the Police Station. II is in con-
dition that is detrimental to public
health and a disgrace to a Christian
and Civilized community. / have made
two Investigations and the same con-
ditions existed In the station On
entering the police headquarters to
make these Investigations l have been
shown due consideration for which
am appreciaive.
But when ] get in and the iron
doors swing shut and the locks click.
I find the first thing TO confront me
is lot of filth on the floor, banana
skins, and on going further find
the bench with its combination toilet
equipment absolutely nithy. Now the
conditions there are enough to spread
diseases everywhere. The style Of
flush they use, understand is one
hundred years behind the times. This
flush Is operated by som sone In the
ready and feels inclined. IL struck me
that this city through a number Of
its representatives should give more
attention to outside improvements.
am an admirer of beauty, but
I don't think anything can be beauti-
full until the filth and instances
are eliminated. When 7 saw the
new auto patrol installed "a
thought came to my mind that was
laughable to me, not TO the public, II
was a private laugh. That was that
the city had purchased through a
progressive notion a speedy patrol TO
hurry the prisoner to n quick or slow
death by filth, according to the condi-
tions on the inside. Now there would
be no room to criticize If the condi-
tions on the inside would meet those
of the outside. There Is a way for
you to get a City Beautiful, and a
sanitary city First, put the city in
strictly sanitary condition as far
as the city is concerned in its parks.
public buildings and sewers. AS citi-
zens when you allow such conditions
to exist in your city departments such
as have described, you allow disease
to be transferred and in my Judge
ment ] would say that there should be
charges made against the building
committee Of city council for main
tanning a nuisance. MY reasons for
saying this are that a city govern
ment should set an example as to
strict sanitation and it also should on
its individuals, through it's health de-
/ partment TO abate nuisances detri-
mental to public health. | believe
what is good for one Is good for the
other.
Then you people who constitute the
! government are protected from disease
breeders, and your children grow hale
and hearty; then for the Playground
and parks and the city beautiful. The
way things have been conducted il
our city for the past ten years il
such that a close observer will note
that there exists a waste of money
also a gross discrimination in manl
improvements. Where the rich live
people get all they ask for. and thu
poor people get what Is left, in othe
words the rich district and the poo
ones are classed.
] want to cite one case and Their
are many which appealed to me
During the recent warm spell / wa
Evening journal., 1911-08-16
UNIFORM DIvoRCE LAWS.

- NE effect of the agitation over the coming
~ Astor-Force wedding is that Congress may
establish uniform divorce laws. Senator Curtis
of Kansas speaks in favor Of such legislation The
question has been agitated more or less in the
past and the coming wedding will renew such agi-
tation.
The trouble will be over the wide differences
of opinion on these matters, for there is a con-
siderable body of people that would oppose such
legislation. On one side for example, is the
Roman Catholic Church which regards marriage
indissoluble, a sacrament Then there the
Episcopaans many Of whom and increasing in
number, who take the Roman Catholic view
Bishop Greer of New York, for instance Other
religious bodies shunt away from these views more
or less although there is probably not religious
body that would not favor national law.
large part of the people, however, hold the
reverse They regard marriage simply as a civil
contract TO be easily broker. This view is really
pagan in IFS import, but statistics of marriage
and divorce show that il is gaining ground. No
wonder that those who hold the old time notion
of marriage believe that the least that could be
done would be TO have the Government enact a
sniform law as TO marriage and divorce.
Evening journal., 1911-08-16
WEDNESDAY. AUG 10. 1911
NO RED TAPE.

TT is TO be hoped that the Public Utilities Com'
4 mission will not surround its proceedings with
an unusual amount of red tape AT its meeting
Yesterday the Board reversed former decision oy
voting TO have the sessions in private, and we shal
have to wait to see what such a decision leads to.
IF the Board is determined that the public shall
have only bare minute record OF It's business
that would. we think cause dissatisfaction. The
Board could hold executive sessions when some
matters could be discussed very freely but the
formal meetings, the actual hearing OF complaints
and examination of witnesses and the like, should
be free and open TO the public Otherwise the pub
lie will be kept practically in the dark as to the
points at issue.
There should be the freest kind Of opportunity
for citizens TO make complaints, and the manner
and form Of receiving complaints should not De
made so difficult that citizens will be deferred from
interesting themselves in matters that should
properly come before the Board