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The Washington times., 1914-10-13
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

New York geological expedition dis
covered rare. queer bird in South
America Distinguishing feature is
long bill. Call It the butcher bird and
let 1t go at that
By taking zap. the Japs gave para
graph writing the biggest boost since
Senator Ham Lewis threatened to shave
off his pink whiskers.
New Hampshire man knocks his
friend senseless as a joke. Sure. bit OF
unconscious humor.
They call 1t the worlds series. but
We'll wager that the winner doesn't in
sist on his European rights.
Deposit OF diamonds has Just been dis
covered in the region of Station Zilovo
Of the Transbaikal railroad, on .he
Botshoi Urium river. There's your in
formation, go to 1t.
Hope that the diplomats sign no more
peace treaties. There are enough ma
tions fighting as 1t Is.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
By J. R. HILDEBRAND.

Watch the aged and infirm men anC
| women. tottering forth from any Gov.
| ernrnent department building at 4:3t
| o'clock. There Is something wrong with
any state Of society that compels per.
sons of that age, who have worked
faithfully. brought up children. and
served their communities we'll, to toll
and struggle along in the eventide OF
their lives"
This statement introduces the plea OF
the Rev. DR.. Charles Everest Granger
pastor Of Gunton Temple Memorial
Church, for the superannuated Govern
ment employees Of Washington.
= The pulpit and the press should work
as are presented in this situation" he
said. Popular education is needed II
we are to get an old age pension for
these clerks
DIR. Granger has carried out his
theory that this social problem is a part
Of church work by preaching sermons
here. and by presenting the case Of the
Government clerk In lectures In other
parts Of the country. Last Sunday even
ing he made before his congregation a
plea for the Old Boy" declaring their
case was adequately summed up In the
seventy-frst psalm. ANY Government
clerk who does not believe the Bible
Is always timely and very much up-to-
date should read the PSALM" he as
serted.
~. Quotes Roper On Pensions.
Interest again was aroused, in the
civil retirement matter by the address
of First Assistant Postmaster General
Roper before the postmasters who as
sembled here last week. He talked
much Of efficiency. and gave the i'm
preston that he was not a believer in
the civil pension movement. At one
point in his remarks he said: The
American people will never indorse civil
PENSIONS
Later Mr.. Roper told me, in tele-
phone conversation, that he personally
favored a pension project and was now
working on a plan by which efficiency
might be maintained and Justice done
to veteran employees.
Il wish that Mr.. Roper had said pub
licly, on an occasion when his remarks
were quoted all over the country, what
he was willing to tell me individually.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
Exports of Lead to
Europe Are Increasing

Increasing shipments to Europe of
domestic lead. In the closing months Of
the last fiscal year have developed as
a new factor in the American export
trade, For years domestic lead had
been a negligible quantity in the eX-
port trade All such exports were ship
ments Of Mexican bullion or ores.
From -arch to August last, domestic
lead exports reached total Of q. 75o.O 900
mounds valued at s2.Sl0.UOO. making the
first record of such exports. Imports
from Mexico have fallen Off.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13

ment service are many professional men
and many others recruited from bust
ness life. These men should not be com
PEELED to pay the penalty Of a penniles'
old age for their Willingness to serve
their Government. Some dead wooG
But. likewise, there are many brigh,
men here, working unselfishly for theil
country, and their loyalty is as fine al
that of the soldier and the sailor. In the
navy a man is boosted In rank so he
may retire on a substantial pension, in
the departments he is boosted out fol
being DID,
Denies Plan Is Costly.
Many persons admit all this, DR..
Granger said, yet declare that efficiency
must be the first consideration in Gov
ernment service.
MY answer to those folk" he con-
tinued. 'is that a pension system is
needed to make for higher efficiency. /
am aware that many chiefs of divisions
are kind hearted men, Their duty is
not easy. Some ruthlessly fire out
aged men who long have served honox-
ably and faithfully. Others heed the
plod along. In many Offices the work
could be done with half the. force, and
with the aged employees on pension of
half their former pay there would be
no increase in expenditures.
State and municipal Governments by
indemnity provisions. and workmen's 8
compensation acts are compelling cor
porations and private individuals to
establish the pension principle Cities
are giving teachers pensions. These
Government clerks are public servants
as truly as are teachers"
Continual agitation so that tho coun-
try may realize the value Of its Gov
ernment employees, and urgent appeals
to Congress, in DR.. Granger's opinion,
are the methods by which civil PEN
sions finally will be established.
I'VE are coming to the civil pension
because the principle is just" he con-
cluded. This petty economy, which
spends millions in pork barrel schemes
and saves thousands Of helpless and
faithful employees is bound to be dis
closed in its true light. In the mean
time the pulpit should work with tho
press in helping to hasten that day"
The Washington times., 1914-10-13

II the people OF the country are op
posed to civil pensions 1t Is because they
are misinformed about the Government,
clerk. We are told the farmers never
Government spends millions yearly In
assisting the farmer. The same cry
Is raised by bankers. manufacturers
and shippers, yet the Government,
spends more millions each year in help.
ing their business"
the position Of the Government employe
among those outside Washington, DR.
Granger believes. He told of his ex-
pe-ience this summer when he set forth
their situation before the group of pro-
= 1esslonai men from all parts OF the
These men were surprised by the
facts l presented. They told me this
condition WAS a revelation to them.
They. too. had entertained the idea
that the average Government clerk was
a highly paid. underworked parasite OF
Omitted for Other Work: e..
Despite the few examples of men well
paid for comparatively simple work, the
vast majority Of Government employees
not only earn their salaries, but they
are untitled by the highly specialized
Government work for any other occu-
patton. according to DR.. Granger.
There Is a combination Of forces
tending to make the condition Of the
Government clerk difficult" he ex-
planned. Some of these circumstances
seldom are taken into consideration.
These clerks live away from their homes.
That fact alone makes living more ex-
pensive for them. Most Of them spend
an appreciable sum each year in visit
ing their former homes. Then there are
certain standards Of living in Washing
ton. We might wish them changed But
the Government clerk must accept things
as he finds them. There are many legi-
innate inducements toward expenditure
here; These clerks are intelligent, cuI-
tured, progressive folk and In their
actual cost Of living should be Included
attendance at lectures and concerts.
III anyone wishes to contend these
factors should not be considered In an
praising clerks legitimate expendf-
lures, let him turn to other. facts, even
less open to argument. In our Govern
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
ASSESSORS FACTS.

| The report OF the assessor OIL the
District, on the real estate appraisal
just finished, may be regarded as a
statement of carefully determined
facts. Two new assistant assessors
have been named under the present
municipa: administration, both Of
them men understood to be in SYM
pathy with whatever reforms might
be found proper and practicable. But
there is no dissent to the declaration
of Assessor Richards, who insists
that the new assessment has been
made with great care, that values
have been thoroughly tested, and
that there has been much exagger-
alton in regard to the ineouities
in property appraisals in the past.
For example, the assessors office
force stand on a valuation of $780,
100000 in business property, while a
Congressional investigation declared
its actual value to be above $780,
C00,00O. The assessors valuation is
declared 20 be based On a study and
application of actual values shown in
transfers in recent time.
In the outlying sections, likewise,
the inflated valuations placed upon
property by the Congressional pro-
tagonists Of higher taxes for the
people Of Washington, are dissected
in the light of facts. The assessor
concludes that to compel Washing
ton to raise the amount of taxation
revenue that has been proposed by
those who would abandon the half
and-half program, would wipe out
many equities in small homes and
practically double the taxes Of all
these.
The whole discussion at last gets
hack to the question, whether the
property Of small city like Wash
ington ought to or could bear the
burden of the extraordinary munic-
ipal establishment that Congress
provides here. Il is only necessary
to consider most casually the area
of asphalt on the broad streets and
avenues Of the town; the vast mum
bers of the beautiful shade trees that
,oaka Nh, citv'S crown Of heoJ,ty. the
special and extraordinary expenses
ncceSsitated in a hundred directions
by reason of the fact that the city
is the National Capital. Like prop
erty values, distributed among a
like number of people, with like in
comes, would not be compelled, in
any other city, to attempt the main
tcnance of such an establishment.
Why should the people of Washing
ton be forced to impoverish them
selves in order to provide a beauti-
fdl Capital for the nation, when it is
demonstrated by the experience Of
other cities that the thing would in
fact be economically impossible!
Suppose that some other American
city, of Washington's size, but not
possessing the special attractions Of
this town, should unde: take a pro-
gram of expansion and physical
identification. of which the first fea
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
HE CASE OF HOLLAND.

II Holland could remain neutral
htoughout a long war, she would
."~haps reap larger commercial ad-
utages than could accrue to any
ner country. Holland is Germany's
'"or and window looking out On the
estern world. Through Amsterdam
~ Rotterdam has been coming
ost of our news of Germany. and
'at is the sign of the important re-
, onship Of Holland to the empire
~vond.
But il is going to be a fearfully
ficuIt operation, to keep Holland
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
Pittsburgh Evangelist
Is Heard by Ministers

The Rev DR.. o. S. Sims, of Pitts
burgh, one OF the widely known col
ored evangelists of the country, was
the principal speaker at the coIored
Baptist ministers conference ut Cos
mopolitan Baptist Church yesterday.
DR.. Sims also preached the openin ng
sermon at the revival being held at
the church. This revival opened with
the services held at the church Sunday
and will continue with nightly meet
ings until October 2S. The Rev Simon
?. W. Drew, pastor of the church, will
preside. The revival is being held un-
der the auspices of the National Col
ored Baptist Alliance of America,
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
Amusements.

Natona!-"The Silent Voice." Sis D. m.
Bessco-"Fiigh links" $40 y. m.
Columbia-"My Best Girl" S:l5 D. m.
Puli's-"Fine Feathers" 2:lJ and SIR n n,
b. f keith's-Naudeville 2:l5 and S:I5 m
Gayety -Burlesque. 2:lj and S:l5 p. m
Cosmos Vaudeville, continuous
Casino-Vaudeville, afternoon and evening
Crandall s-Photoplays. continuous
Meetings. evening;
MasOnic-Harmony Lodge, No II. Noun,
Pleasant Chapter, No 49, ROYAL Arch
Washington conmandery. No l. knight.
Trmplar Naomi Chapter. No. 2 and Brook.
land, NO. II, order of the Eastern Star
Elks-WashingtOn Lodge. No. 15 Il + y r
Odd Fellows-Eastern Lodge. No Z Har.
muny, No. 3 Friendship. No L. and Fed
"r1l city. No. 20: columbia Enca nnment
No. l.
knights OF rythias Mount vernon Lodge
No. and Union. No. y; Friendship TGm.
pie. No. 8. Pythian Sisters
The Washington times., 1914-10-13

That rumblng sound is Pennsylvania
politicians getting ready to blame
Boies Penrose for the loss of the
worlds series.
Heavy purse makes light heart
saith the old proverb. But not in Yap
money.
II Nine Thebes. the famous Partisan
seeress, could really predict the fu:ur-
can't understand why she wasn't In Ice
land or Terre Del Fuego ten months
ago.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
Naval Officers Wife to
Become Red Cross Nurse

NEW YORK. Oct. E.-Anxious to
assist in relieving the suffering of the
wounded soldiers in the war. Mrs. Rob
ert Collyer, of so Lincoln place. Brook
lvr. soon will go to the front to be-
come a Red Cross nurse.
Mrs. CollYcr is the wife of Lieutenant
CoIIvnr. Of the hattleshin Utah She
was a professional nurse for two years
previous to her marriage to Lieutenant
Collyer.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
6. w. University to
Give Ph. D. to Townsend

The degree OF doctor of philosophy
will be conferred upon Charles II. T.
Townsend BY the George Washington
University for his thesis on "Muscoid
Flies
Mr.. Townsend has recently returned
from Peru, where he was employed as
governmental entomologist. inaugural
Ing an chronological servtcs-
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
What's on the Program, in
Washington
Today.

Meetings. evening:
Mnsonc-Federal Lodge. No. /, Acacia. No
Is. and Takoma. no. 70. Mount Horeb
chapter. No. :. and Potomac. no g. Royal
Arch; DcMolay COmnandery. No l.
knights Templar: Evangelist chapter, Scot
tish Rite; EIecta chapter, NO 2, Friend
ship. No. II. and Fidelity. No 49, Order of
the Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows Washington Lodge. No. s.
Arnity. No. p, and Golden Rule No. y:
Fred D. Stuart EnCampment No :
Excelsior. No. "A, Capital. No "a. ard
Myrtle No. %.
Red Men-Idaho Tribe, No. Is
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
Declares Old Age Pensions
To Be Duty of Government
Peculiar Nature of Employment Makes Clerks Serv
ing Uncle Sam Dependent in Their Old Age, As
serts DR.. Charles E. Granger.

The and the rewards of Government clerks small when
compared opportunities in private professional employment
Charles Granger prominent Washington clergyman
He outlines this situation argument for cipH pension
project He touches points the condition of the depart
employe generally overlooked considering
tinaion of complex dependent age
through fault Of his 1s. .~..-... -.
Asserting that he believes pulpit Join press
its demand for provision for the ore
Dr. Granger this interview, presents strong plea for ciua
pension
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
NAIL BAG
(From The Times Redders.)

Communications to the Mail Bag must
be written on one side Of the paper
only: must not exceed 200 words In
length and must be signed with name
and address Of the sender. Tho pub
ncation Of letters in The Times Mail
Bag does not mean the endorsement
by The Times of the opinions Of the
writer. The Mail Bag II an open forum
where the citizens Of Washington c>a
argue moot questions.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
Gas Company Dividends.

Holders Of capital stock in the Wash
inpton Gas Light Company were given
their regular quarterly dividend of
81 % a share at the meeting Of the
directors of the corporation yester-
day. Payment Of the dividend will be
made November !.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13
TIE olDf51 INKAB 81

Don't like to
start no world wide
war, but l hope
that tn next
world series won't
find us in neutral
territory"
The Washington times., 1914-10-13

Mrs. Francis ]. Koester win leave
Washington on Thursday to join Major
Koester, who 10 stationed At Laredo.
Tex.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13

Mrs. Horace Lurton. wife of the late
Justice Lurton. has given up her house
on N street and taken an apartment At
1627 Sixteenth street.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13

who has been ordered to command the
U. S. S. Nebraska, has Joined his ship.
Mrs Wood Is recuperating from an III
ness at Garfield Hospital. but will re-
turn shortly to her apartment In the
Connecticut, where she will pass the
winter.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13

Mrs Harry Hodges and Miss A!rpn
Hodges, who spent some weeks in
Washington. have returned to Ia.auGr
and joined Colonel Hodges ut !Eglrpt
Heights. They will return later in the
winter. when Miss Hodges will make
her debut.
The Washington times., 1914-10-13

Senator and Mrs Robert L. Owen have
returned from Oklahoma Senator
Owen left shortly afterward for Cleve-
land, Ohio. for stay of several weeks.
Miss Dorothy Owen is In New York
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05
PeIicans and Their Pouches.

The pelican is not an attractive bird
He offends both the eve and the nose.
But he is commercially regular in his
habits The parent birds catch fish
and after eating their fill deposit the
others in their pouches under their bills
and carry them to their young. These
pouches will hold from three to eight
pounds of fish They are elastic and
when distended to their utmost nearly
touch the ground When empty the
pouch lies close up under the big bill
and Is merely mass of wrinkles. 1t
Is this pouch that gives the pelican his
Characteristic and disagreeable odor.
caused by particles of decaying fish.
The pelican's legs are short and strong,
ana Its feet have large webs. 1t is not
fast swimmer or a rapid fier. but it
is practically tireless in both air and
water On land 1t is awkward and un-
wieldy
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05
TWO FACED RONCONl.
He Could Depict Tragedy on One Side
and Comedy on tho Other.

He Could Depict Tragedy on One Side
and Comedy on tho Other.
In 1.-The Memoirs of an American
Prima Donna" by Clara Louise KeI-
logg, there is good story of Ronconi,
who played second cobbler in Girls
pino la Comare." We are told that
he was one Of the finest Italian BARI
tones that ever lived and succeeded in
getting degree Of genuine high CON-
edy out of the part that has never been
surpassed
"He used to tell Of himself a story OF
the time when he was singing In the
Royal opera at st. Petersburg. The
czar-father of the one who was MUIR
dered-said to him once:
"'Ronconi, understand that you are
80 versatile that You can express trag-
edy with one side Of your face when
you are singing and comedy with the
other. How do you do itY
"'Your majesty rejoined Ronconl,
when sing MARIA de Rohan" tomor-
row night will do myself the honor
Of showing you
"And accordingly the next evening
he managed to turn one side of his
face, grim as the tragic mask. to the
audience. while the other. which could
be seen from only the imperial box.
was excessively humorous and cheer
full. The czar was greatly amused and
delighted with the exhibition"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05
The Actress Retort.

Georgette Leblanc. the actress. wife
OF Maurice Maeterlinck. was on tour
IN French town. where the local
company supported" her in one of
her husbands plays.
But the support was weak and halt
Ing. The poets lines were mangled,
and several characters seemed unable
TO understand what they were saying.
Nine. Leblanc sought out her man.
ager and spoke to him.
"A writer like Maeterlinck should be
treated with more respect
Madame" he answered. m. Mae
terlinck Is not the first to suffer. Soph-
ocles, Moliere. Racine. Shakespeare.
Goethe and other great dramatists are
daily murdered IN the same way"
Possibly. but they are not murdered
alive, at any rate ST.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05

1914, at o'cock a. m, and to entry
or other proper appropriation on April
ID, 1914. Warning is expressly given
that no person will be permitted to gain
or exercise any right whatsoever under
any settlement begun prior to the date
Of settlement fixed herein, and subse-
quent to the reservation of the tracts
involved, and all such settlement or oc-
cupancy is forbidden, and those set
Ting in violation hereof are liable to
be elected. The land office records in
dictate that the above tract is vacant
land.
T. Fl. Bartlett, Register
B. G. Barbor, Receiver.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05
RECOGNIZED ADVANTAGES.

You will find that Chamberlain Is
Cough Remedy has recognized advan
tages over most medicines in use fol-
coughs and colds. It does not suppress
cough but loosens and relieves it. II
aids expectoration and opens the secre'
tions, which enables the system to
throw off q cold. It counteracts any
tendency. of cold to result in pneumo-
MIA. 1t contains no opium or other
narcotic, and may be given to child
as confidently as to an adult. For sale
by all dealers.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05
ANYTHING to Please.

speaking OF accommodating hotel
clerks. the best ever saw was In a
certain small town reached the no
tel late in the evening Just before
retlred ! heard scampering under the
oed and saw couple of large rats just
escaping. | complained at the Office.
Inc clerk was as serene as summer
breeze.
II hx that all right SIR" he said,
front! Take cat up to room % at
once. "-Exchange.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05
PREVENT BILIOUS ATTACKS.

Coming events cast their shadows
before" This is especially true of bill
ious attacks. Your appetite will fail,
you'll feel dull and languid. If you
are subject to bilious attacks take three
Of Chamberlain IS Tablets as soon as
these symptoms appear and the attack
may be warded off. For sale by all
dealers.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05

a sEA Sec. 80, T. 81 NJ, R. W., B.
NJ, which was included in power site
withdrawal, has been restored to the
public domain, and where not otherwise
reserved, withdrawn, or appropriated,
shall become subject to settlement on
March 2, 1914, at 9 o'clock .. m, and
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05
PoLARIzED LIGHT.
Why the Rsys Of the Moon May chsm.
ieaIly Affect Foodstuffs.

Why the Rsys Of the Moon May chsm.
iealiy Affect Foodstuffs.
Moon rays are said to make men
20 blind and mad. and to turn food.
stuff bad. There IL even quoted bv
the London Lancet death the cause
of which was officially stated to be
exposure to moonlight Apparently
the food most seriously affected by the
moons radiations is fish. and seeming
ly trustworthy statements have been
made as to the III effects produced In
persons who had partaken of fish
which had been freely exposed To
moonlight.
E. G. Bryant. writing from Port Eliz
abeth. South Africa. suggests that a
possible explanation might lie In the
well known fact that the light of the
moon. being reflected light, is more or
less polarized. and possibly polarized
light may exert peculiar chemical
action. POlarized light was obtained
by him from powerful metallic fila T..
ment lamp. the light being polarized
by means Of pile of sheets Of plate
glass backed with silver and placed at
the correct angle.
The experiments showed certain
marked results when fish were submit.
ted to this light. When two slices cut
from the same fish were hung, one in
the direct light and the other in the
polarized beam Of light, the latter in.
variably began to decompose before
the former. though the temperature of
the polarized beam was several de.
grees lower than the direct light.-New
York Press
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
United States Land Office, Lewiston,
Idaho January 81, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that lots 8
and 6 and NEA NWH Sec.. 80, T. 80
NJ, R. E., B. NJ. which was included
in. power site withdrawal has been re-
stored to the public domain and win be-
come subject to settlement on March Z,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-02-05

wire ,pOuting, You have ceased to
'o'e me. Hub enjoying cigar and
hewspaper No. my dear: I've only
ceased making love to you. Boston
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