The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-09
WASHINGTON
NEWS LETTER
INTERESTING INFORMATION IS
GATHERED ABOUT THE CORR.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. s9.--The Treas
lury. Departmentlihaying decided that
hen is not "a bird-ITbirds eggs being
admitted free of dhtY and hens eggs
having to pay five cents dozen@ft
is now up tothe Postofice Department
10 settle momentous question arts.
ing from the ownership Of eggs laid
in the mails.
The National Association OF Ponl-
try Breeders, anticipating the passage
of the Parcels Post bill, recently in.
CURED OF Postmaster General Hitch.
cock II poultry might be sent through
the mail. In an unofficial statement
the department answered that, should
the parcels post measure be enacted,
there would probably be no objection
to shipping the fowls, stamped. The
Postmaster General, however, was Of
| the opinion that some one would have
to be delegated to look out for the
well being OF the "perishable mail"
and then some one raised the Dues
ton of the ownership of the eggs laid
by the hens while in Uncle Sans care.
Would they BELONG to the sender
of the ahens; to the receiver of the
hens, or;to ;thes8oyerpment2ai..
There not being any Legislation al.
ready enacted upon thel subject, the
Postmaster General delegated Jesse
Suffer-. chief Gf the Bureau>of Informas
ton ofathe Postofice Department, to
look into the matter. Jesse. after sew.
eral days spent In vain search
through dusty tones on postal laws
and regulations, has about decided to
give up the job, for he says there are
no precedents. Therefore, 1t will be
up to the courts to decide the owner
ship OF any offspring of the fowls.
Like the freight agent in Ellis Park
er's Pigs is Pigs" suter thinks the
eggs ought either to be given to the
mail clerks or be con1scated by the
government as an aid in further de-
creasing the deficit which is the bug.
bear of the department.
Realism on the stage. i
1.-THE cry of realism on the stage had
reached :tAe oarhy, Gthd
war Department. having Just rissded
orders regarding the usd'lof "ialnoss
reaIP in actual target practice dn army
posts. The targets, to- be,used iRithis
are to be Tealmen, live horses
will carry them at full speed past the
firing party and real revolvers will
be utilized-the only unreal" thing
about the skirmish being wax Duii
let's. II
The participants in sham battles
and ,sldrmisbes in which the wax}en I
bullets are used viii present an qp.
pearance akin 70 that Of the knights
of old on jousting party. Both horses
and men VII. Wear wtte-hettfng coy:
eeEEs-ior it has been 'dlscovered that
wax bullets are liable to cut and
burn-and hand shields will likewise
be provided, mask, containing
glass eye-pieves, will cover the faces
of the participants and the number
Of fatal hits" will be counted to de
termine the score of sharp-shooters.
1t is thought that, in this way, the aim !
Of the soldiers will be much improved
or they will have an actual enemy"
1t which to fire.
Fresh Air Feud.
A fresh air feud is "riling up" the1
Jerks in President Taft's office. When
,r how it will be settled is problem;
ltical, at least until spring. Ii
ITO ventilate or not to yentilate"
heir office is the question. So serious
las become the squabbl9 that the win,
low weights are being worn out with Z
llternate raising and, lowering, as the
ants" and pros" are B III The major, :
ty. ~ nv II
Great gusts OF fresh air, letting in
he wintry breezes, are demanded by
ne faction of the Presidents clerks,
mother insists the offices shall be +!
ired out only twice daily, before the
BEGINNING of a work day and during q
inch hour. It
This fresh air problem is preva' c
ent source OF trouble in all govern. a
tent departments, but never before C
cached the White House. Unable. to
tand the cold air OF the fresh air
ranks" Col. Warren G. Young, SO.
iety arbiter of the Executive Man.
ion, has voluntarily exiled himself F
ON the offices and moved his desk v
Ito an adjoining fire room-in soil. S
Try, coy. warm grandeur.
President Taft and Secretary Hills
,em to favor the fresh air cohorts, :
indows in their Offices always being
lightly opened during business hours,
Famous Americans,