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The Washington times., 1913-10-30
CONTROL OF CAPITALIZATION.

1t is more than ten years since the old Interstate
Commerce Commission began the struggle for greater
powers and usefulness, which ended in the passage
of the DolliverHepburn law. At first little attention
was paid to the commission 1t has been viewed
with little less than contempt because it has done
little for the community The public didn't recognize
that it had insufficient powers, and blamed the COM
mission instead of the law.
In the end the commission sharply told Congress,
ir of its reports, that it ought to be given power
enough to be useful, or else to be abolished. That
made Congress and the country sit up and look
around, The law giving necessary authority re-
suited.
In quite the same fashion the commission has
now been engaged for several years in effort to
induce Congress grant effective authority over
capitalization. Congress has been slow to act, and
while it has delayed convincing proofs have been
pilng up in favor of the commissions contention.
There is little difference of opinion about the
necessity for such governmental authority the
issuance of stocks and bonds. The time is at hand
when it is to be expected that the legislative part Of
the Government will act upon the conclusion that
has been so definitely reached by community opinion
In the present instance the Interstate Commission
will have the backing of the State commissions
These have become real power in the land A
decade ago most of them had fallen into condition
of innocuous desuetude; they had gone to sleep,
been hypnotzed by corporation influence, exercised
through controlled conventions and political machn-
cry. They nave been rescued from that condition.
and are now taking active and effective part in
the formulation of demands for more delegations of
the Legislative authority.
This is going to be one of the foremost questions
from now until legislation is passed recognizing these
demands. The National Association of Railway Com
m1issioners, in session here, has adopted vigorous
report presented to it by committee named year
ago on this subject. In its general principles the
plan is good; but there is danger that mistake NAV
be made by dividing this authority too much 1t will
only confound present confusion if State and Fed
eraI authorities all insist in taking part this buSi-
ness. The same reasons that have convinced most
people in favor of centralized control the opera
tons and the rates of railroads. apply with equal or
more force in favor of centralized domination over
the problems of capitalization.
There are some intrastate railroads, but not one
of them that does not do interstate business. Pre-
domnantly transportation business s Of interstate
nonstate character State lines simply have moth
ing to do with it through legislative fctions that
assume some unnecessary and unnatural significance
of State boundaries. The State commissions would
dc patriotic service if tt:ey would frankly recognize
that this power capitalization should be reposed
as to railroads. in Federal authority and there rest
undivided and unimpaired.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
MAIL BAG
The Sufragist Maxim.
from The Times Readers
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
When sufragists huri at us tho
maxim Of 177s: Taxation without rep
resentation is tyranny" do they mean
what they say? I thought so once and
proceeded to reason from this maxim
In the precise form in which suffragists
use IL, and as IL stands above. But hav-
ing been chided by suffragists for using
"unrepresented" and "disfranchised'' an
synonymous, have grown cautious, and
I am willing to amend the suffr,siss
maxim for them, although I cannot see
why i should be expected to do %.
Do suffragists believe that taxation
without representation, or taxation with-
out the franchise. is tyranny? II they
do, then the suffragists Of MasRchu-
setts and other States that have sduea-
tional qualifications for voting should
place themselves officially on record -
opposed to such qualifications, for Mas
sachusetts today disfranchises men and
women because they are illiterase. leav-
ing them subject to taxation by United
States tariff and internal revenue laws.
and imposing upon them by local au-
thority, II they possess property, better-
ment assessments, municipal, county,
and State taxes.
Is taxation without representation, or
without the franchise, tyranny? Then
Massachusetts, suffragists must do one
Of two things: Give MP the maxim or
demand the repeal Of the educational
qualification for voting. The male suf-
fragists Of Massachusetts, actually pos-
sessing the ballot cannot even bubble on
the matter, and IL female suffragists
say that they will consider the matter
when they obtain the suffrage they re-
sort to the tricky evasiveness Of politic-
ians. They must not forget that their
proclaimed mission is to refine and ele-
vate our politics. II Massachusetts suf-
fragists, male and female, believe in
their maxim, intellectual sincerity and
straightforwardness demand that they
shall be true to it-and now, not next
year or when something happens. but
at this very moment-now. Nothing
prevents suffragists from recording Of
ficially or semi-officially their opposition
to educational qualifications for voting
II they are now playing politics" when
principle is involved, what reason is
there to hope that they will refine our
politics II they obtain the suffrage? IL
suffragists do not take their adopted
maxim seriously, why expect others to
do so? CAYUGA-
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
GRAFT AND DICTOGRAPH.

Mr. William ]. Burns landed in Hoboken from a
German line steamship to find himself awaited by a
small army of private detectives and special police
There had been report that attempt the detec-
tive chieftains life would be made at the pier, in
behalf of people who wanted him out of the way
lest he reveal some dictograph records which are
said to incrmnate folks high in political authority in
New York.
No wonder the grafters would be we'll rid of the
champion photographer. He has made it dangerous
for two thrifty gentlemen to get together anywhere
to divvy their swag.: Honesty threatens under the
Burns system to become not merely the best policy,
but the only alternative to the lookup Making the
invisible government not only visible but vocal is a
blow at an institution highly cherished by its bene-
fciaries at least.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
Aroused His Curiosity.

-HE prisoner at the bar had ac-
cumulated a load of intoxicants
taken from the curb a motor
car that was not his own,
gathered a few kindred spirits and
broken all speed laws until he had
landed in a ditch with the car IRE
mediably smashed, says the Cleveland
Plain-Dealer The pursuing bicycle cop
had brought him Immediately to court
and his honor was preparing to soak
him good and hard.
Il want this case postponed till | get
chance to see my lawyer" hiccough-
ed the joy rider.
"A lawyer" Jeered the judge. You
we're caught with the goods and you
have no defense. And you have been
in trouble before for the same thing.
What could your attorney say in your
defense?'
That's what I'm curious 10 know
He's a mighty clever feller.'
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
AS to the School Board
That Bans Motherhood
By Sophie Irene Loeb

been to maintain this standard in be-
| half and encouragement of the mother.
These twenty-seven representatives of
millions of people should have profited
by the well-developed laws of Europe
and should know and understand by
Europe's long experience that when any
law is made against nature there is
suffering somewhere.
Strange that in the school room.
where supposedly CSiven efficiency.
motherhood would be most welcome,
the door should he closed against il,
There are very few positions open 70
women where the question is ask~d
Are you a mother Rut the scno1 1I
board attempts TO say by it's action:
''If you are a mother. no matter how
well you can teach, you must not enter
here"
Well might they put over the door
way of every school house in para
phrasinS Dante's words: ~, who enter
here. leave all motherhood behind. IL
il were smallpox the patient could not
ne treated with more isolation than
this
Also. if it we're very common. every
day. plain proposition. then. perhai 5
might the school board have the RIG H.
To ponder and create such law. But
from all statistics there is 4 very small
percentage 0f the large corps of teach
crs who are required to leave The school
loom for period in such a worthy
cause as this. Other motives and more
reasons than rtuse already set rortn
should hc demanded from the school
huHrh IpT nc future ~ all women
t. a"hCrS whu wu Id hC M, &c x ~ well
as tor The gens.'al good uI he COM
Wu0lS,
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
The Celtic Muse
By Eugene Geary

When you read a poem telling of an
ancient Celtic sage,
And the fairies gambol round
Some elf-haunted bit of ground,
With winds and waters" plentifully
peppered DER the page,
Mid flashes of human hates
Sure, It's Yatesi
II you come across story told in
breezy discomfort,
With impressionistic flash,
And Latin Quarter dash.
And polemical advice that tenants
shouldn't pay their rent
The chances are fairly sure
'Tis George Moore.
At the theater you're gazing calmly on
the brilliant scene,
And the plot is upside down,
Yet the play has caught the town.
And the epigrams are jumping from
their little coats of green
You win murmur, with low-droppsd
jaw:
Bernard Shaw
Oh, the muse that's known as Celtic
now is working overtime
Old Ireland needn't fret.
For she'll have her freedom yet
Her destiny's worked out in pinky-
prose and sky-blue rhyme,
And the ink of days long gone
F'loweth on.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
Insult to Injury.

\ western Maryland cOuntryman made
a trip to Baltimore. He saw many
things that excited his interest and was
particularly impressed by large and
gaudy parrot in a cage hung out in
front of a beer saloon. He had heard
that parrots could talk, but had always
been skeptiCal on that point. He stop
ped to look at the bird and was anxious
to hear IL say something. but the Crca-
ture seemed not To be ia talking
mood.
BY and by. the owner of the saloon
a German. stepped out on the pavement
TO him the wayfarer addressed himself
as follows:
II SAY, Minimum mum mister. can
that pup up-pup-pup-parrot tut-tut-tut-
talk
Looking down upon HIM with much
disgust the owner replied: can he
talk? Well II he amt talk 81 better as
you, / chop him his d n head off"
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
Schedule Got Twisted.

-HAT fate often ordains different
ly was demonstrated by a story
told by Gov. Elias NJ. Ammons
of Colorado while on a recent
trip through the East.
Some time since. so narrated the
governor. Smith returned to his home
town in the West after short alb
sence. and while walking down the
street ran across his friend Jones.
Glad greeting and then some conver-
sation.
What in the world is the matter
with Brown" asked Smith. stirring up
the ice in the aforesaid greeting Il
saw him on the opposite side of the
highway a few minutes ago and h"
looked as gloomy as a candidate who
had run on the wrong ticket.
He failed in business" responded
Smith. but I heard that he had every
thing made over in his Wife's name be-
fore the cyclone hit him
so he did" rejoined Jones, and then
his wife eloped with the principal cradi-
tor. philadelphia Telegraph
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE.

The new management of the New Haven road
announces that by the close of this year all wooden
sleeping cars will have been taken off the system.
None but al-stee or steel underframe will be used
Six months ago, to hope for such an accomplish
ment would have been as futile to cry for the
moon. The foolish public must be rebuked for want
ing the impossible.
But the foolish public gets lot of things it ought
to have had long time ago, when it becomes suf-
Eciently earnest about its wanting
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

IN
room. Since the example has been set
in the case of one who has taught
eighteen years. suggestions are made
to put out all teachers who are mothers.
Twenty-seven fathers of education
in New York decided that the school
room was no place for a mother.
Twenty-seven persons. elected TO carry
on the cause Of education have decided
the destinics OF the woman who would
work as A teacher and yet DARE TO be
"A mother.
In truth. they have put a premium
on unnatural conditions. Besides they
have endcuvorcd. by this action. to
create a precedent here for a problem
that has long been solved by older and
wiser countries across the sea.
These older countries recognize NA
TRIAL LAW first of all. And man
made law IS SubS.rVicnt to il. There
fore. they Il" not add to the burdens
of il. hut rather alleviate" Il. Thus. not
only is sufficient leave of absence given
TO the cNper,ant mother. but il is az
ranged that she shall not SUFFER
from monetary HIS.
Motherhood should hc encouraged
rather than discouraged among teach
ers For 1t may he presumed that their
progeny might indeed prove 10 he above
the mental average.
Never in the history nf all ages. even
in tho dark ages. has motherhood ever
I,.r y,ya' drd ~ 1uNthin@ hat the
IFIGIII.ST MD BEST LAW or Ma
1IN. Aud Ihs tARdsncx hAl Always
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
THE EXPECTED VERDICT.

Tammany pretends not to realize, but Tammany
does realize, that the issue for the voters of New
York city to vote upon next Tuesday is not what
peached governor is saying to excuse himself 1t is
ao whether convict senator agreed or did not agree
10 become informer for pardon. 1t is not
whether such mans interviews with enc
mics of Tammany were confidential" 1t is not
whether Fusion candidate was hostile to Mayor Cav
nor. 1t is not even whether stump speaker is ex-
posing Tammany men and Tammany methods to get
revenge for Sulzer.
Ii is not Mitchell who is on trial before the voters
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
A Troublesome Tower.

AMI Mrs. Nanderfarr never wished ior
bctter. Eut in the matter Of pictures
Jennie Wis wemk. There was one IN
u2rticulIr, which show ed ;nC leaning
lowe: "f Pisa. Every day Mr. "
nun" it straight and every morning
Jclnic r'ut ii crooked.
So Mrs. ~. watched
"Ncw. look here. Jennie" sh" sad
..you',, hung mat picture of the .ow-
"Thnt's Just what I say nuIm. o.
.r;I.ned g." ~" domestic duirrulIv. 'I.n,k
81 it Th" only wa ,ur, c:,n :ct 'rn.
.il, tower to hang -. raight il to hai.;.
the p.rtuxs eto9ksd.'
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
DNGTNGS.

"a Revampage)
A restless thing is man, and strange
And never quite content;
He usually would have some change
In how his life is spent.
Some would achieve undying fame;
Another would be king;
A few would stay the very same,
And do not want thing.
Some long for wondrous wealth. and
some
TO live cternally-
I'D tain Nave a chrysanthemum
Named specially for me.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Meetings, evening:
Observation-Disclosures Lodge, No. 49,
n O. T. M.-Georgetown Tent. Ne. y
District Tent, No. s
Odd Fellows-Columbia Lodge. No. 10;
Excelsior. No. Il, and Salem. No. -.
Red Men-Logan Tribe. No. s. WILSON,
sin avenue and \ street; Sioux Tribe.
No. Is. X near Four-and-a-half street
southwest.
Joint ceremonies of installation Of
knights of Columbus councils, even
ing.
oyster feast by the Washington Lodge
of Eiks, evening.
Lecture on ''ZoroastrIanisIl and Chris
tianIty." by the Very Rev. Charles +.
Aiken. assembly room. McMIhon Hall,
catholic University. 4:JO p. IN.
Banquet to Baltimore shoe dealers BY
the shoe section of the Retail Mer-
chants Association. the Ebbitt House,
evening.
October meeting. BriShtwood Park
Citizens Association. Van Horn Hall,
Georgia avenue and LonSfellow street,
u. m
Annual meeting of the Building AsSo-
citation Council. Oriental building.
Sixth and + streets northwest. p. m
Informal dance. Eagles Hall. Sixth AMI
f. streets northwest, SD D. IN.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

4 model Washington. be it ever so
model, would disturb us 10 perfractional
scLntilla. But the possibility of having
to operate a model column. as we have
hinted before, is causing us to toss
nightly until approximately all hours of
the morning.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
IGNATZ.

Public nuisance number eight.
who sends out the agricultural
bulletins that clutter up mail
boxes. telephones to inform us
that turn about is no robbery.
since picking out ones letters
from an agricultural warren is
analogous to reading this entire
column for the Paragraphs that
please. Hence the indentation of
this item, that number eight's
labor may be minimized.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Does this open window bother you?'
qucricd the artisan who was removing
the awnings this morning. Yes" We
answered. Satisfied, the gentleman con-
tinucd to remove awnings.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
THIS THAT
with Sometimes Little of tho Othss

REVERSE.
A mighty theme,
That, it Mould seem,
Presents a persing field,
The daily bard
Finds pery hard
(Or worSe) to force to yield.
But such is the
Per-perS-i-ty
Of matters in a pinch,
The topic that
Seems dull and flat
Turns out to be a cinch.
To illustrate:
Affairs of state
Induce pa-ral-r-sis-
And who'd have thought
| could have got
Three perSeS out of this?
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
Good Stories
Directing the Conversation.

~ ATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN told of
II an old butler in an aristocratic
n old family whose sense of re-
sponsibility extends even to the
debutante daughter of the house, a
girl Of eighteen. At a recent dinner
party this girl devoted herself to the
handsome young man on her right,
turning her shoulder to the elderly cur
mudgeon on her other side.
The old butler noticed this and it wor-
ried him, SO during the game course,
under pretext of filling the young ladys
glass with champagne, he whispered
hurriedly:
"A little more conversation to the
left, miss. Detroit Free Press.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
This Arrived on a Postal.

G. 5. X: You had better print this.
else a lot of postoffice clerks will be
disappointed, since they probably read
it in transit.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
1t Isn't In Mt. Pleasant.

G. S. X: ! know of shop in town
that hasn't any pumpkins in its show
window at present.
a. -
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Our enlargement of Fred Schumm's
cafe. picked uD from the Gotham
dispatches, is a room containing long
Ia ble, on one side of which stand Tam
many hackers and on the other the
Fusionists, each wildly waving rolls of
money at the other.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
Impressions of Some Plays and Players

Our Wives'-Discovering. when one
goes downstairs in the morning, that
tho hall light has been left burning all
night.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

One may. if one wishes, take ones
Keith-Chase data from the Post"
When seen early last evening, Paul
Keith said:
7 arrived at about II
O'Clock, and was eating my dinner when
the waiter asked me If had come over
to attend the ceremony. 1 asked what
ceremony. and he told me that my
father was to marry Miss Chase. l
was greatly surprised, but that is just
the way father does things"
Or one may prefer to take it from
the Herald
'.At the Shoreham it was learned that
Paul Keith was in the city. About Z
O'Clock he came to the telephone and
expressed surprise when asked If lie
knew his father had been married.
oh, is that so? That's news to me,
he said. L knew nothing about it
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

This col. like the New York theaters. will
play matinee election day. Subscribe now.
-Ad,t
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
AmusementS.

Ndtional-'The Poor Little Rich Giri.r
S:l5 u. m
Relasco-SOthern and MARROW. s D. m
CoIumbia-"IUung WISDOM, els and
S:l5 p. III.
Po'Ts-''Captain Jinks of the Horse Ma
r1nss," ":l5 and sis D. M.
X citi,' 's-VaudeSilIc 2:l5 mad Sis p. m.
COS Smos-NaUdrvillC. cChtinuouS
-. .u"-Naudevillc. continuous.
NrIti-.L.y--'ThC Round Up" S:l5 ., m.
GaYstY-RYrIelSYe, 2,G and S;lS = N
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Ii is not unlikely also that some %
the small fry Will pad their incomes to
get their names in the tax list.-Topeka
State journal
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

What's that? Redondo Beach. Gal.
goes wet $50 to 64. when women cast
half the votes? Why. that's not at all
according to the suffrage prospectus
indianapolis News.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

An ambassador enjoys great privi-
leges. For instance, Mr.. Page mad the
ineffable pleasure of wearing his dress
suit at the wedding of British royalty,
although 1t look place in daytime.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Licensed here yesterday: James NJ
Dove and Emma V. Petit.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Still. it may turn out that TammAny
has also thrown a monkey wrench into
its own machine - Philadelphia In
quirer.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Pray tell: throughout the coming
Nint.
Must we continue reading "guInt: 2"
Girl Shot Through Window Pitts
burrh paper.
\ paneful wound, suggests 4. u. q.
occasionally our copy dead line
sneaks up on rs with the idea for "A
final paragraph just as far away as
ever
Under these circumstances there is
"uIv one thing to do.
BuI we've forgotten what I, -
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
FAMILIAR PHRASES.
X%%N.

Working like a Trojan
The Washington times., 1913-10-30
Hits From Sharp Wits.

Probably the Chicago judge who had
the tango danced in his court wanted
chance to reverse himself.-Pitts-
burgh Post.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

It is estimated that John D. Rocke-
feIler's income rolls in at the rate OF
5000 a minute, and the beauty of Il.
from Rockefeller's standpoint. as com
pared with that of the average stage
star is that he gets 1t.
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Nd nov il has come to pass that
in the one place where mother
\ hood should he most respected
it is rejected-in the school
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Three perSeS out of this?
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Bur we've forgotten what I, -
The Washington times., 1913-10-30

Gaysty-BwIss9us, s,N and s:lS .. N
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-04-19
BAD CASE OF HEMORRHOlDS

Okalona, Ark-I had a bad case
Of itching and burning piles, and tried
many remedies without relief. could
not sleep nor rest at night. The affect
ed parts were irritated, also infiamed.
and my family physician said l would
have to undergo an operation.
II bathed good with Cuticura Soap
In pure water about fifteen minutes.
then applied the Cuticura Ointment
I did this four times q day for two
weeks, then three times day for an
other week, and in the space Of three
weeks l was cured sound and well.
One box of Cuticura Ointment with
Cuticura Soap cured my case Of piles
Of six years. standing. When I COM
menced to use the Cuticura Soap and
the Cuticura Ointment, only weighed
one hundred and twenty-eight pounds.
Now l weigh one hundred and eighty
eight pounds" (Signed) Floyd WEIGH.
Dec. II, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L. Boston"
Adv.