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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-17
N. LOTT SAILS OFF
FOR DEAR FRANCE,
FLEEING OUR NOISE
Thence Noted Litterateur Will
Go to Quiet Stamboul to
Take the crest Cure"

Pierre Lott. the French writer, after q
months visit to New York, which he
frankly desplses, sailed away for
France. to-day, on the Provence, Of the
French line. He came in protesting he
feared an interview with the crude re-
porters Of America would wreck his ar.
tistlc temperament he threatened to
disguise himself and did go so far al to
adopt an assumed name.
But there was nothing shy about his
going away. He took a position on the
sunnlest spot OF the promenade deck,
where most OF the people aboard and on
the pier could see him. Most of his
conversation was regarding the distress
Ing noise OF the city.
M. Lott wore gray velvet caterpillar
hat and necktle OF TRULY oriental
splendor-oranse and red and blue.
There was also the green overcoat,
which he wore on his arrival, and his
moustaches were waxed upward until
their sharp tips almost touched the sor.
pink bloom which warmed his pale
cheeks.
II sail to France" he said. "and then
to Stamboul. where l have bought a
house in the quietest part of the city.
There shall seek the rest cure for this
terrible noise and hustle of New York"
Mr.. Lott was accompanied by NJ &c
Tessan. French newspaper correspond
cnt. who thinks the person Of his IL
erary friend is sacred because his liter
airy achievements are undisputel. NJ &c
Tessan was annoyed because Of the lev
ity with which his willingness to fight
dueis with critics OF NJ. Lott had been
treated In New York. lie had fought
two duels with sabres In France, and In
one had nearly covered mis- opponents
arm. Recently, he said. he aad been
studying boxing. lie requested the re-
porters to feel the muscles of his good
RICH; arm. especially the representatives
of those papers whose writers had not
shown what he felt a proper reverence
tor his hero.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-17

REGISTER ro-MonEow.
Tomorrow and Saturday are the
last days OF registration. II you do
not register you cannot vote. Regis
tlation booths will ops at 2 A. IA. and
Gloss ct 10 p. H.
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
CONGRESS HEIGHTS
WILL URGE RELIEF
AT TRANSCRIPT
Improvement Association to
Show Discrimination in
Through Service.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,


The street car transfer problem has
been taken up by the people of Con-
gress Heights with renewed energy. out
Of the institution of through street car
service by the Washington Railway and
Electric Company between the city and
this suburb, there has arisen a transfer
question peculiar to the local conditions,
and the larger issue will be pressed
toward effecting transfer arrangements
between the Capital Traction Company
and the Washington Railway and Eiec-
tric Company at Eighth and @ streets
southeast.
Discussion Of these topics occupied
large part OF the session las night of
the Public Improvement Association Of
Congress Heights. held In the town hall.
with J. 8. Lyon presiding.
lndorsing the attitude Of the suburbs
neighbors in AnacostiS, as expressed In
The Times. in endeavtring to have the
Capital Traction Company and the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company exchange TRANSFERS. Gus
tave Bender cited that the Capital
Traction Company and the East WASH
ington Heights Traction Company ex-
change transfers at Fifteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, the
condition being Identical.
The discussion over the question was
participated In by A.. Il; Mckay. Ed
unanimously agreed to have the railway
committee call upon the presidents of
each company and ask that transfers
be exchanged at Eighth and g streets
southeast.
What was termed discrimination
against the people of Congress Heights
upon the part of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company in the mat
the, through car service was inaugur..
ated was expressed by A. E. Mckay and
Gustave Bender, with q protest received
from d. w. DAlcorn. 1t was explained
Congress Heights. takes a transfer at
First and + streets southeast, to the
Union Station cars, intending to reach
some point northeast instead OF riding
around the city to Ninth and + streets,
a transfer is refused from the Union
Station car on the ground that 1t would
result In the issuance OF a transfer on a
transfer.
officials Of the railroad company for
| correction OF this condition.
Postmaster N. A. Merritt notified the
association of the placing of letter boxes
Brothers and High View places.
The purchase of the tracts OF land In
the southeastern part OF the District
hHoWH as bupOut bhNlS was
recommended by the association as a
part of the Mcmillan park system for
the District. An estimate of $32 900 has
been made by the Commissioners and
! forwarded to Congress for the purchase
Of this ground. located in the far south
eastern section OF the District.
A. T.! Mckay discussed the necessity
for additional lights in Nichols avenue
Mr.. Mckay said. there is no appro-
priation in the District appropriation
bill for the Improvement Of street In
Congress Heights. He declared the
| town has not been receiving It's share
Of the public money for road improve
mentS
The Washington times., 1912-01-03

received is distributed in deserving
channels. Where no checks, no periodi.
cal investigations are brought to bear
upon the charity work Of community
there is always at least a possibility
that abuses will creep in. The first re-
suit of this is to bring reproach even
upon the deserving charities and to
make it increasingly difficult to secure
contributions for legitimate purposes.
The personnel Of the committee ap.
pointed to investigate the private
charities of the District is such as to
insure thorough and impartial ex-
animation. The members are men of
high standing and in many cases of ex-
tensive experience in regard to charity
work. Every charitable institution in
the District will be on sounder and
healthier basis as q result of this
investigation.
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
INVESTIGATING DISTRICTS
PRIVATE CHARITIES.

4 The committee recently appointed by
the District Commissioners to investi-
gate the private charitable institutions
which make appeals for public funds
met in the office of Commissioner Ru-
dolph yesterday to perfect its organ
ization and outline a course of pro.
cedure.
The, future course of the committee
and the facts which it may bring to
light will be watched with the keenest
interest by the general public. 1t has
been amply shown during the holiday
season that Washington is ready to
make liberal response to all worth,
appeals for charity, and throughout tn,
year the public contributes large sum:
of money to private charities. 1t is
Important in the highest degree tc
know that all these charities are
worthy of support, and that the money
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
FLORISTS TO AID
CAPITAL CITIZENS
IN GROWING LAWNS
Members of Club Provide
for Lectures by Experts.
First of Series.

II the lawn grass was blIghted last
summer and the garden truck did not
grow. return of these conditions may be
prevented BY the gratuitous advice
which the Washington Florists Club
proposes for Washington citizens IA the
spring. A course of lectures will be
given for the benefit Of members of the
club and the public. and the growing Of
flowers. lawn grass and garden truck
will be discussed by experts.
The first paper of the series was de-
hvered before fifty club members, last
night. by H. A. Huston. Of Baltimore.
American representative of the German
potash syndicate. who discussed the use
Of nitrate OF potash and other fertil-
izers.
He told how to determine whether
alkali IL present In the soil by the use
Of litmus paper: how to use various
acid compounds. so that the roots of
grass Will strike deep or remain near
the surface; how to make q lawn light
or dark green. and the effects of differ
ent fertilizers as used in experimental
stations He advocated more extended
use Of phosphoric and potash fertilizers
in hothouse and outdoor flower growing,
The next paper before the club will
deal with insect pests. Only meetings
held In the spring viii be open to the
public The program was in charge of
n. A. Hammer, Otto Bauer and o. A. c.
Oehmler. .-.
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
ACCIDENT VICTIMS
|. OPERATED UPON At
HOSPITAL TODAY
Man and Woman Struck by
Senator divers Automo-
bile Will Recover.

Although they are in a serious condi-
ton, hope Is entertained today for the
recovery Of Aquilla Smith and Miss
Sarah Fitzgerald. who were crushed be-
meath the wheels of an automobile be-
longing to Senator George T. oliver of
Pennsylvania, and driven by Alexander
Ewing, at Seventeenth and H streets
northwest. last night. ..
At the Emergency Hospital this
morning u WAS stated that Miss Fits
gerald was suffering from "A broken left
leg. cuts and bruises on her head, body
and arms. and possible internal injuries.
while Smith had both legs fractured,
was badly cut and bruised about the
body and may be suffering from inter-
nal injuries. 1t was necessary to per-
form operations on both victims today.
Ewing, who is twenty years old, and
employed as chauffeur by Senator OIL
yer. was taken in custody by police of
the Third precinct. He was kept at the
station over night and this morning ar
rangements were made for his release
on bond.
The binding snowstorm last night.
the first OF the season. was responsible
for the accident. Ewing, who was the
down Seventeenth street. while Smith
and Miss Fitzgerald were crossing II
street. AS he turned the corner Ewing
struck the couple. knocking them down.
The wheels passed over them before he
could stop the car.
Both said they had their heads down
to keep tie snow out Of their faces. the
police say. and failed to see the auto
mobile. Ewing told the police that the
snow blinded him 90 he did not see the
couple Until he was within a few feet
of them.
Miss Fitzgerald is employed as maid
Secretary of State, who lives at Six
tecnth and II streets. Smith Is a butler.
and lives at 1743 Rhode Island avenue
northwest
accident
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
What's on the Program, in
Washinqton Today

The following Masonic organisa TONS
will meet tonight Lodges-Washing-
ton Centennial. No. "a: Osiris. M. ~,
King Solomon, No. 81 daylight lpdgc)
Royal Arch Chapter s-Columbia. No.
/; Brtghtwood. No. 8. Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite Albert Pike
GoasstSry rs, tecr NJ Fssts,n +; g. Nc thirty.
Chapter. No 10.
Tho following l. Q. O. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Eastern,
No. z, and Harmony, No. 8, joint in
stallation; Federal City, No. 20. and
Friendship, No. II, installation Of Of
ficers. Rebekah Degree-Ruth Lodge,
No. 2, and Martha Washington Lodge,
No. 8, installation Of officers.
The following knights Of Pythias or
MT. Vernon. No. 5. and l:rion. No.
90. Installation of officers. Pythian
Sistcrs-Friendship Temple, No. 9. in
stallation of officers.
Meeting of White Eagle Council, No. 1,
Degree OF Pocahortas, Fifth and q
streets northwest, u n.
New Year services, and address by the
of Discipleship," Emmanuel Baptist
Church. Sixteenth street and Columbia
Meeting Of the executive committee OF
the Citizens Conference on Universal
Transfers. office of Charles w. Darr,
705 G street northwest, p. m.
Mystery Play on the birth Of Christ,
Carroll Hail. 5 p. m.
Reading Of Shakespeare, entertainment
P%bl,a fSr tne i,ibraTI blna ey miss ms ineA Ryan,
Spanish War Veterans dance. Eagles
Hall, Sixth and e streets northwest,
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
PLUM PUDDING is CALLED
INTO QUESTION.

1t is appalling to think what might
happen to an Englishman if he were to
eat something which had not received
the approval of the London Lancet.
And on the other hand the Lancet it.
self would probably corrode for very
shame if Briton should eat something
which it had openly condemned.
1t has placed its gastronomic CEN
sorship in great peril, however, by dis
turbing the recent Christmas revels
with some sarcastic remarks concerning
that venerable institution, the plum
pudding. This comestible, in fact,
seems to have fallen upon evil days. 1t
will be recalled that DIR. Wiley, in his
The Washington times., 1912-01-03

Christmas dinner discourse on things
which other people ought to eat, went
out of his way to throw. reproach upon
the plum pudding, although he gave no
bill of particulars as to which of the
ingredients was public menace.
The Lancet is equally vague, and
contents itself with pointing out that
the plum pudding is chiefly marked by
a conspicuous absence of plums. It
argues that raisins and currants can
not by any stretch of license be regard.
cd as belonging to the genus prunus,"
to which the plum owes allegiance. The
great tribune of the table even hints
that the "plum" pudding may have to
face the law some day for wearing a
false brand.
The question therefore arises whether
the plum pudding of our foremothers
shall change its name or its ingredi-
ents. The raisin is not a plum, and
yet prunes are so distinctly plums that
they give name to the whole genus.
Does it need the prescience of a
Zadikel to foresee what will be the re.
sultf A soggy amalgam of prunes and
molasses may flaunt itself abroad as
real plum pudding while the time.
honored pudding whose blue flame
pleased our grandsires must pale its in
pffectua1 fros Eat ahli ahvnonta uh;ch
entertain few paying guests at "a
per, including ballroom, will make
the venerable name of plum pudding q
by word and a jest. Even the stern
and rock bound conscience of New Eng
land has been glad to wink at the
kindly imposture of plumless plum
pudding. The British scalpel might
have spared us this wanton wound.
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
CONGRESS RESUMES;
LONG GRIND AHEAD
Leaders See Little Chance Get Away Before Late in
Summer-Tarif to Hold Sway in House, While
Senate Will Wreste With Pensions

With the legislative leaders agreed
that the session will run far into the
summer the Sixty-second Congress re.
sumed Its labors today, following the
holiday recess.
The reconvening Of the House finds
the program in the lower body especial
ly crowded. Politics sizzled everywhere.
for the House will be the battle ground
Of tariff revision for the next few
months.
Chairman Underwood, OF the Ways
and Means Committee and Democratic
floor leader. thinks the session will ex-
tend into June. II would not venture
a definite prediction as to when the ses-
sion VIII end" he oaid, but II will be
long seige. l hope that We may be
abic to get away some time in June"
Congressman Mann, the minority
leader. was rather pessimistic concern
Ing the probable date Of adjournment.
Mr.. Mann has found no reason to
change his opinion, ventured early In
December, that the session may
dawdie along until October"
Senators Hopeful.
In the Senate the leaders are more
hopeful OF an early adjournment, but
there are few in either house who think
that the legislators viii be able to leave
Washington before July. The proba
tiles are that Congress will still be In
session when the national conventions
are held.
House. Tariff revision will divide time
with the ten big appropriation bills.
While the House considers this legisla-
ton, the Senate Will debate the sher-
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
DAD DKN|CKERBOCK[R
FACES TR|BULAT|ON
Of UNCLEAN LINEN
twenty-five Thousand New
York Laundry Workers
on Strike.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-New York city
today is facing a clean linen famine.
Already 5000 laundry workers have
gone out on strike. 10000 more will go
out before night. and by tomorrow
night II Is more than probable 5000
will have obeyed the general strike or
der, closing down 900 steam laundries
and 1900 hand laundries In Greater
New York alone.
That the strike, IL prolonged. will
shortly involve upstate New York and
New Jersey points, was the decoration
To-Day Of William Armour. president CT
workers Union, in charge Of the strike.
Begin Complaining.
Steamship lines. railroad companies,
hotels and restaurants today began COM
planning over their failure to secure
quick return Of their linen. Several hun
dred househoIders were notified today
that no promises of speedy work could
be made.
The strikers declared they are conf
dent of winning shortly Strikebreakers.
they say, cannot take their places. be-
cause the claims against the laundries
for linens torn and burned by inexperi-
enced hands would cause too great
financial loss.
nave never TedO Upton sinclair
book, The Jungle Well, IL he had
worked in New York laundries, he would
have called them the HE'LL
Margaret Hichay has worked for more
than twenty years In the hand and
steam laundiies of New York, and she
knows the conditions. Above the ordi-
nary intelligence, keenly observant, this
woman, who had risen to the position
Of forewoman, walked out with 5000
other laundry workers. and became the
Joan Of Arc OF the laundry strike.
Discloses Conditions.
II hate to see this strike come" she
said. "for I know what suffering II Is
going to bring to thousands Of poor
girls whose wages have been so meager
they couldn't even make both ends
meet.
But 1t had to come. Now we are will
ing to suffer because we know we are
right; we are going to improve condi-
tions for ourselves, and for the thou
sands of poor girls who will come after
us.
People who take their clothes to the
laundries never get any closer to us
than to tiled-walled, scrupulously clean
offices; they never hear of the hells
back there In which we work.
I'VE get to work at Z in the morning.
and work every day until o'clock at
night: we get only half hour for lunch.
When there Is overtime work to be
done, we are forced to stay as long as
we are told; we get nothing extra for
this work"
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
Death of Woman Who
Saved Snug Fortune

NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-Mrs. Marietta r.
Adams, a widow. sixty eight years old,
was found dead In he'd at her home in
brooklyn. by her nephew. Samuel ].
phillips. who had gone to the house to
pay a New Year cell. Mrs. Adams had
been employed as al operator In the
Western Union Telegraph Company for
thirty-five years. ana during that time
IN weekly wage of 81. had accumula-
ted $4,000 In property.
Mrs. Adams boastcd that she obtain
ed her wealth through fortunate real
estate investments and the supervision
of her own properly, According to the
nephew she was injured twenty years
or SO ago through the short-circuitine OF
q telegraph wire. She made no claim
for damages. but her employers decided
she could have her Job for life. or could
retire at any time ON full pay.
The Washington times., 1912-01-03

wood dollar.a-day pension bill, and may
reach the bill for the direct election of
Senators. This bill has been in confer
ence since last session and no agree
The iron and steel schedule Will be
ready for report by the Ways and
Means Committee to the House during
the next week. The Democratic MEM
bers of the committee held an informal
meeting today and discussed in q gem
eral way the extensive program OF
tarifY revision, Actual work on the
framing Of the wool bill, which Is TO
lie the chief bone OF contention during
or more. as the full report Of the tariff
beard has not come from the Govern
ment Printing Office.
Tentative Program.
A tentative legislative program for
the House, the chief point Of activity at
the Capitol just now. 10 as follows:
Sweeping revision Of the rates of the
Fayne-Aldrich tarlff law. the schedule
revised probably being In the following
order-iron and steel. sugar. chemical.
wool. and cotton.
The enactment of legislation providing q
for the payment Of tolls for the use Of
the Panama canal
General reductions in the Govern
ment's expenditures in the ten big ap-
propi iation bills.
Reports Of the various investi gatins
committees Of the House. some OF
which are unearthing material for use
In the next campaign
The inauguration Of triple trust In
Guirv into tine affnirs of the Money
trust. the shipping trust. and the Har-
vtster tSust.
District Of Columbia legislation. and
probably. a public buildings bill, COM
monty known as the pork barrel"
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
Colorado Woman Is
Great Grandmother at AZ

DENVER. Col. Jan. s.-Early mar
rago seems to run in the feminine
ancestry and progeny Of Mrs. Hazel
Conklin. Of this city, who at the age
of forty-seven finds herself a great
grandmother.
TIE fourth generation of the family
Of which she is the material head was
born to her granddaughter, Mrs. Lydia
Rauch, today.
Mrs Conklin was married in Men,
phis, Tenn, when fourteen years old.
and In opposition to her mother, al,
though the latter was no older when
she was married.
The first Of Mrs. Conklins daughters.
Mrs. Mildred F. Ferguson, was married
at the age of sixteen. She is now
thirty-four and is a grandmother. Her
daughter, Lydia Rauch, married at If
teen and Is now sixteen.
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
SOUNDING THE DEEPS IN
CHINA.

Herbert Spencer makes clear that
thought cannot outrun the vehicle with
which it must be conveyed: language
Words, in ample supply, are absolutely
necessary before the delicate differcnti.
alton of clear ratiocination may b.
possible.
Going a step farther, education of q
people is possible only as the knowl
edge, use, and writing of words is made
easy. That is largely why Western
education is more practical than that
of the East. The phonetic alphabe,
makes it possible for the Engls.
language to develop something like
10000 words, all accessible and usable
by people of moderate attainments. Or
the other hand the ideographic writing
of the Chinese and Japanese makes i,
a tremendous accomplishment to &C
quire, memorize, and write with q
vocabulary that would be hopelessly
restricted to an Occidental.
Not only this. Transmission of pic
lures by telegraph and cable is not YET
possible; consequently, Chinese ant
japanese must be translated into some
language that is written with the pho
netic aiphabet, transmitted by wire il
this manner, Ind then translated back
into the original. While there are ex
ceptions to this rule in the very sim
plest communications, it nevertheless il
the rule, and it restricts greatly tbs
Oriental utilization of modern mean.
of communication.
Therefore, Sun Vat Sen, the pro
visional president of China, has de
clared that English is to be made The
official language of his country, ant
just as fast as possible is to be intro
duced in the schools and substituted al
the national, popular tongue. This
change will take, it is estimated, fifty
years; probably the estimate is very
much under the mark, and not i'm
probably such a change will prove alb
solutely impossible. National and race
prejudlces nowhere show more strongly
than in attachment to the inherited
language. -
How fundamental is the reform
movement which underlies the revolu
tion in political forms now afoot il
China is suggested by these things. Sur
Vat Sen is thorough cosmopolitan
AS loyal Chinaman as any, he knows
the world, knows what China need,
in order to give it an even chance will
the better-equipped outside world. Fl,
is willing to send his plumb-line dowr
to the lowest deeps of tradition, Gus
tom, prejudice, and institutions in or
der to find what China needs and tt
adapt new instruments to those needs
The effort to force new language OF
third of the worlds people seems alb
surd; yet there is no doubt of the alb
solute necessity for it, or for tn.
adaptation of a phonetic alphabet te
write the Chinese tongue, if real prog
ress, real, effective education, are to b,
possible.
The Washington times., 1912-01-03
Leap Year, Girls Get
Licenses to Marry

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 3-Remem-
bertng that this Is leap year Dan
Cupid locked up. and smiled when
two young women called on him in
the marriage license bureau and ask
ed for the necessary papers to marry
brothers. The girls were Rose Miller
and Mary Harris OF this city. and
after satisfactorily answering the
questions put to them they received
Jung. of Haddon Heights, N. J.
why didn't the boys come for TN.
license?" asked the clerk.
Don't you know this Is leap year."
replied one Of the girls.
The double wedding will take pIa, G.
here tomorrow.