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The Washington times., 1914-03-26
AN UNEXPECTED DEVEL.
OPMENT.

The idea has been entertained ir
Maryland that something other than
Intellectual conviction of the right
eousness Of the Presidents policies
had brought to him during the last
year the warm, not to say the en-
thusiastic, support of Senator Smith
for pretty much everything wanted
at the White House, from the lower
ing of the tariff on lumber to repeal
of the Panama tolls-exemption
clause.
1t has been suggested that live
ly. and grateful appreciation of
favors to come in the way of Fed
eral patronage had not been entirely
absent from the Senator's mind.
Then came the report that IN agree
ment had been reached between Sen-
ator Lee and Senator Smith as to
the division of the spoils. But un-
less, under the terms of this agree
ment, the party of the first part was
to get all the plums while the party
Of the second part stood by and
looked pleasant, one does not know
how to explain recent developments.
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What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

Meetings, evening:
Masonic-The New Jerusalem Lodge. No
E A.: George c. Whiting Lodge No. =
&c special. o'clock: 4. A, l:Se; TenS
ple-Noyes Lodge, No. %. NJ. NJ: Wash
inSton Chapter. No. .. K. A: William r
Hunt Chapter. No 10. o. T.. :.
Odd FeIlows-Columbia Lodge. No 10. busi
ness; Excelsior Lodge. No. II. and Salen
Lodge. No. 80. degree.
Knights OF Pythias-H Hermione Lodge. No. Z
and Harmony Lodge. No. =. business.
acknowledgements Tent. No. 8. Thirty
second and NJ streets northwest: Distric
Tent Four-and-a-hali and G streets south
west.
National Cnion-Bancroft Council. Typo
graphical Temple: Dahlsren Council. Pyth
ian Temple.
Royal Arcanum-Capitol Council PythiA
Temple: Kismet Council, Third street a.
Pennsylvania avenue southeast
Lecture by DIT. Joseph Dunn at Cath0D
University at 40 p. m.
Discussion OF Taxes in District at Pub0
Library at p. m. -.
Amusements
Belasco-"The Lure" $50 p. III.
National-"Change." S:l5 D. m.
Columbia-''The New Henrietta.' Els sAa
Poli's-."The Resurrection" 2:15 and Sis D. .
Keith's-Vaudevile. 2:I5 and Sis p. m.
Cosmos-Vaudeville. continuous.
Casino-Vaudeviile. afternoon and evening.
Gayety-BurlesQue. els and SIS p. m.
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the water level. We have in this ac-
count testimony to great changes OF
land level since the human race
came into existence.
Geology furnishes us striking con-
formations of this fact. 1t Is now
established beyond all reasonable
doubt that man was in existence be-
for, the close Of the glacial period.
his remains being found In many
undisturbed glacial deposits. II is
ecnally we'll established that there
was a great depression OF land over
a large part of the Northern Hemi-
snncre ar the close Of the glacial
period. causing ocean foods to COW
or n large part of northern United
States and Canada, northern Europe.
and northern and central Asia Here
are some of the facts:
Tho skeleton of a whale was found
I'm the post-glacial clays of western
Vermont. 300 feet above sea level
Another skeleton was found at Arm
prior. in Canada. at still higher
level. Recent shells are found In
post-slacial deposits on the top OF
Mount Royal, in Montreal. 600 feet
above the present sea level. while
still farther north in British Amer
fca the evidence indicates depres-
sion of the land level of more than
1.npl feet. In Sweden recently
abandoned shore line can be clearly
traced at various levels from south
ern sweden up to 1000 feet In the
northern part of the Scandinavian
peninsula. At Kiev, in Russia. the
remains of man have been found
buried fifty feet in post-glac!al de-
pnsits. indicating a depression OF
several hundred feet. At Trebezond,
on the south side Of the Black Sea.
an extensive, recently abandoned
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THEHOUR-GLASSTURNED

A day brought a weil-nigh CON-
plete reversal of form in the Brit
ish political crisis. The liberal min
istry seemed tottering to it's fall.
Superficial observers, imagining
that clamor without information was
indicative of developed sentiment.
expected the home rule bill to fail
and the ministry to go to the coun-
try, covered with confusion and in
volved in failure.
Then came reaction, with infor-
nation. Colonel Seely, secretary for
war, went on the floor of the COM
mons and confessed that he had been
personally responsible for the OBJ
jectionable part of the governments S
agreement with the revolving army
officers. He mad appended two para
graphs to the governments state
ment of its position, which assumed
to pledge that it would not expect
the officers to handle a campaign
against Ulster in any conditions. Of
course, such an agreement would
have been pusillanimity in the last
degree. A government that must
dicker and deal with the army could
not possibly maintain the respect of
the country.
The government, it turns out
gave no such pledge. Seely unac-
countably assumed to do it, contrary
to the determination Of the minis
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Allied with the bureau is corps
Of vocational counselors. one from
each school of the city. Trained men
of Harvard are on the board. and
rich manufacturers and large busi-
ness concerns are supplying the
fund.-. Thus the bureau Is valuable
not only to that locality. but to all
others, through its investigations and
conclusions. Surveys Of all the oc-
cupations are being made with a
careful analysis as to wages and op-
portInities m each.
In Washington il Is stated that at
least so per cent Of the children do
not go through high school. 1t Is
also stated that there are $500
women and girls in employment.
Through the generosity and inter-
est Of some of our social workers.
a bureau has been opened in Wash
inSton, in rooms N5-319. woodward
building, Fifteenth and H streets.
Besides the analyst, DR.. Gustave A.
Blum enthal, we have list Of thirty
business men who are willing to act
as vocational advisers to young peo-
Die seeking knowledge of particular
callings This number we hope VIII
soon be doubled. We have also an
increasing list Of vocational coun-
selors who win give time to individ-
mai cases in considering further their
qualifications and personal needs
School Board Interested.
Two members of the school beard
OF the District are on our executive
committee. and a committee Is
forming in the schools to CO.
operate with the work Of the bureau
All social organizations can profit
ably cooperate in this work. and
many are realizing the Importance
. of doing SO.
we believe that each person placed
in a career for which he is suited
and also prepared. will make for IN,
dustrial efficiency and prosperity:
conversely, that each misft VIII
sooner or later become a problem
to himself and probably the COM
munity.
believing this movement to be
constructive aid to better conditions
of living, 1 am glad to help as can
and bring il to the. attention ana
consideration of others.
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Theta Delta Chi Men
To Observe Anniversary

Members OF Theta Delta Chi from
nineteen of Americas leading educa-
tional institutions will gather tonight
at the University Club to celebrate the
eighteenth birthday of the Chi Deuteron
Charge. at George Washington Uni
versity.
The speakers of the evening will be
DR.. William Colby Rucker. assistant sur
geon general United States Public Health
Service, tOastmaster; Congressman
Stevens, of Minnesota: Prof. William
Mason Coleman, lie Grand Powers.
Frederick w. Albert. William Albert
Draper. Graham Hughes, and George
l.. Townsend.
The following colleges and univerSi-
ties will be represented: Harvard.
George Washington. Leland Stanford.
California. Dickinson, Wisconsin. Dart
mouth. Williams. Lafayette. Rensselaer,
Polytechnic. Lehigh. Cornell. Tufts,
Bowdoin, and William and Mary.
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
Bryan's Danish Treaty
Strikes Snag in Senate

Secretary Bryan's Danish arbitration
treaty has struck a snaG in the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee.
Mr.. Bryan has been before the com
mittee twice to urge action on this
treaty. His attention was called by
Senators to the fact that under the
proposed treaty the question of dis
posing of the Danish West indies.
which are of great strategic Importance
with reference to the Panama canal, to
some European power or Japan. would
he arbitrable. The United states Is
,vjuinT tn LET the islands remain with
Denmark. but would sharply object to
having them acquired by any otber
foreign power. ,.;,.io
At times. there have been neGotiatlons
over requirement of these isianus by
the United states. Secretary Bryan ad-
mittsd 10 the committee he had not
thought of this matter when he drew
he treaty.
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THE POMERENE CON-
MISSION.

Senator Atlee Pomerene's resolu-
tion, introduced yesterday, propos-
ing to create a commission to make
. complete examination of the rela-
tions at present existing between the
Federal Government and the Dis
trict of Columbia ought to be adopt
ed and made effective at once.
The Pomerene resolution has the
advantage over other similar pro-
posals in that its purpose is to make
available to Congress and the coun-
try the facts relating not only to
taxation in the District, but the
whole story of District affairs. An
other advantage of the Ohio Sem
ator's resolution is the equal balanc-
ing of Federal and District repre-
sentatives as the commissions per.
sonnel, three Senators, three Mem.
bers of the House of Representa-.
tives, the three District Commits.
sioners, and three actual, bona fide
residents of the District.
The distinct advantage, however
ct an investigation and report by
such a commission is that the very
facts about the relations of the Dis.
-trict of Columbia to the United
States, which the Chamber of Com.
merce, the Board of Trade, the
Southern Commercial Congress, and
the Committee of One Hundred are
laboring to get before Congress and
the country will be brought out and
effectively impressed upon the at,
tention of the people and their rep.
resentatives in Washington.
The people of Washington are
sufficiently confident of the interest
of the nation in its Capital and OF
the fairness of Congress, to abide
by any action that may be dictated
by the findings of such a commits.
sion as the Senator proposes.
There has not been any wide.
spread, national attention to \ the
affairs of the Capital City since the
centennial celebration in 1900 ant
no thorough investigation of it:
affairs since 1877. Here is the op
portunity to clear the air of mist!
and revive the national interest il
the National Capital.
The Washington times., 1914-03-26

shore line is 100 feet above the pres
ent level of the sea. indicating a
post-glacial depression to that ex-
tent. 1 Similar recent shore lines are
found on the Crimea, of about the
same elevation, and upon both sides
of tie Caspian Sea.
In Central Asia the Indications are
of still greater recent depression
Of the land level In Lake BaIkal.
2GOJ miles from the Arctic Ocean and
LEO feet above sea level. there are
.rcat numbers of arctic seal, which
could have reached there only dur
ing q depression of land sufficient
to allow arctic waters to cover the
Intervening area
While these facts do not positively
prove the truth of the Bible story.
they go far to remove objections TO
the story. when rightly interpreted
In this case. as in many others. II
is not knowledge. but ignorance,
which produces unbelief.
Copyright. 1914. by Joseph B. Bowleso
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
SOUTH DAKOTA PRIMARY

The outcome of the primary elec-
tion in South Dakota brings sur
prises to about all the political ele-
ments. Senator Coe /. Crawford,
who is finishing his first term in the
upper body, has been rejected for
denomination, and Congressman
Charles II. Burke is nominated by
decisive vote. MIR. Crawford has
been progressive Republican of
the somewhat mottled type. He
might be called a half in
surgent and regular. Early in his
career, having come to Washington
as real insurgent, he fell under the
influence Of the conservative leader
ship, and his sincerity in insurgency
was never afterward established
quite to the satisfaction of . the peo-
pie back at home. That was during
the tariff session of 1909. A year
later, during the railroad-legislation
session, he was equally unfortunate
in commencing himself to the con-
fidence of the radicals at home.
On the other hand in various mat
ters, and perhaps the majority Ct
them, he has affiliated with the pro-
gressive faction of Republicans, and
they had come latterly to regard him
as pretty reliably one of their band.
Congressman Burke has permit
ted no uncertainties as to his align
ment. He was a prominent figure
in the old Cannon organization, n
standpatter Of purest ray. He didn't
equivocate or falter at anything.
There is little room for doubt that
Crawford would have carried South
Dakota handsomely if he had made
a record for radicalisn as positive
and uniform as has been Burke's
record for conservatism. The out
come of the primary suggests rather
less that the State is returning to
old moorings. than that it has been
displeased at the tendency of Sen
ator Crawford to wa:,blc. If Craw-
ford had maintained the consistent,
persistent course that has been laid
down, for instance, by Mr.. Cummins
or Mr.. Norris, he would have been
pretty certain to be renominated.
The standpat Republicans are
pleased at the result of the primary,
and the Democrats are just about
rs we'll satisfied with the prospects
for the November election. The
effect of the popular election meas
ure will be shown in Il strong light.
If Mr.. Burke is elected, it will be
demonstration, hardly to be reject
ed, that decided return to conser-
vative ideas is in progress in the
West. That he will be elected, how
ever, seems a difficult conclusion un-
less the Democrats manage to get
their politics woefully mixed.
The Washington times., 1914-03-26

monopoly now exists in the making
of radium in this country, and that
neither the prospector nor the own
er of carnotite ores has any chance
to develop a business or sell ore.
The contention of the Federal
Government is that if preferential
right is given to it to purchase car
notite ores it will develop the entire
field and smash the present monopo-
ly, which is charging prohibitivc
prices for radium.
The plea of those opposed is that
the miner must be protected. That
plea involved in 1913 $50 miners and
prospectors and is used as an argu-
ment against 200 deaths a day from
cancer.
In the sixty-five days of discus
sion there have been $4,000 victims
of cancer and each succeeding day
of delay there are 200 deaths, some
of which might be- avoided if the
Government had an opportunity to
place radium in the different hos
pitfalls of the country.
Colorado has the greatest known
deposits of radium-bearing ores,
and these ores are all on the public
domain. Colorado has had the most
wonderful humanitarian opportunity
ever offered a State, and yet the
selfish interests of a few people
have so far blocked any attempt
upon the part of the Federal Gov
ernment, on its own property, to OBJ
tain for the victims of cancer a
remedy which has been wonderful
in its results.
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
Dog, Woman's Companion
For IL Years, Poisoned

When the valuable fox terrier of Mrs.
S. H. Cunningham. cf 1886 Monroe
street northwest. was poisoned yester-
day. a companionship Of twelve years
was broken. The little animal had
been a sympathetic comforter In many
hours of sickness and loneliness for
Mrs. Cunningham" said Mr.. Cunning
ham. land in my opinion no human
being ever contained a truer heart than
that OF little Bon nor blacker than
that Of the coward who poisoned her"
Mr.. Cunningham said other dogs in
the neiGhborhood had been poisoned
with strychnine lately.
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
ROasts Are Plentiful
At Masonic Meeting

Hits. knocks and roasts predominated
at the fourth degree exercises and
banquet held in the Masonic Temple hy
Harmony Lodge. +. A. A. NJ, last night.
Few escaped the good-natured quips
and jibes.
Roe Fulkerson Was toastmaster. franE
Lord Carter b. keene. Robert IL.
Young and Theodore ii. Tilier spoke
The entertainers included NICK Al
trock and Germany Schaefer. of the
Washington baseball team, in their IA
nous shadow boxing stunt. Edwin Cal
low. Richard =. Backing and J. Walter
Humphrey.
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
THE POOR MANS CURE.

Cancer is a poor mans disease.
While physicians do not know the
cause of cancer, the mortality sta
tistics show the disease has greater
prevalency in the crowded portions
of cities where housing conditions
are bad.
Radium, now selling at $4,000
per gram, is a rich mans remedy.
Hospitals, which are charitable and
philanthropic institutions, cannot
afford to pay the price that is de-
manded for radium. The result is
that certain wealthy corporations
have succeeded in obtaining radium
with the intention of using it in the
treatment of cancer among wealthy
men who can afford to pay the price
The deaths from cancer in the
United States reach $4,000 each
year, or 200 every day.
Congress has been engaged for
sixty-fve days in an academic dis.
cussion as to whether or not il
would be wise thing to allow the
Federal Government to purchase
carnotite ores for the making OF
radium. This discussion continues
while the Federal Government gives
assurance that it can make, ant
have ready for the hospitals of thu
country, radium at less than one
third the present price-at s0,00(
less per gram than the Commercial
companies are now selling it.
DR.. Holmes, the director of th'
Bureau Of Mines, has shown that
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
Ignorant Butcher.

Mrs. Putton-Ayres had picked up a
few French phrases WHICH she N:srkcd
irto her talk on every possible occasion.
Entering the butchers shop one day.
she inquired if he had any bon vivant."
"Boned what. ma ann" asked the
butcher, puzzled.
Bon vivant," she repeated. That's
the French for good liver. you know.
Boston Transcript
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
Saengerbund and Arion
Chorus Have Songfest

The Arion Gesangverein conducted
ar entertainment at .Nrion Hall last
night "StradeIla'' and Maid Marion.
rendered by the orchestra OF Prrt.
Christiani found favor. Miss Eleanfre
SchWarZ and Miss Else Hammel were
the Soloists Thomas Murray and Ed
ward Stitt also contributed. Prof.
Christiani was in charge of the AriOn
chorus and Prof. Gumprecht led the
Saengerbund. .-.. -
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
Gives $25, 900 to Church
AS Pre-Nuptial Token

NEW YORK. March 2o--ln nonor OF
bis annroachinc marriage to Miss Elise
wall Iadew. Of Glen Cove. r. l., Will
liam Russell Grace. grandson Of former
Wavor Grace. Is to give $1,000 to st.
Aioysius' Roman Catholic Church. OF
Joseph r.. Grace. brother. has al
ready provided $4,000 for an altar in
the church. which was founded by his
father. Grace's mother recently gave
two lots to All Saints Episcopal Church
an a site for chapel.
The Washington times., 1914-03-26

deep" as the
principal cause
Of the flood.
For the water
continued to
rise 10 days
after the rain
ceased. But as
the rising of
the water upon
the shore cor
responds to the
sinking Of the
land beneath
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
Fees For Framing The
Currency Bill Held Up

The Senate Banking and Currency
Committee has balked. at paying the fees
asked for services in framing the cur
rency bill.
G. II. Shibley, OF Washington, promi-
nent in the popular government move
lnent put I'm a bill for $1,000, and II. c.
Millikin, of Washington, asked for
$2E00.
The committee has not yet allowed the
bills,
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
Truths By Women Who
Know 'a'0e BureaSs' Bl voesa0na'
Fitting the Child for Life Work

RS WOOLARD in her search do good has hit upon SUBJ
lvl Gect which promises lasting benefit generations yet
take their places in the world Of commerce and business
little public attention directing the minds of the young their
proper spheres of life activity will be repaid housandfod
The Washington times., 1914-03-26

The Bible represents the breaking
I'm of the fountains of the great
The Washington times., 1914-03-26

KANY be born to blush unseen but that should not
NI be the With Beauties
Whatever passing pleasure they give to worried
troubled world merely by showing their faces The Times ed
tora page, obviously ought not to be neglected.
Though there has been rapid procession of beauties across the
page weeks growing suspicion that have far
And The Times beauty board determined
in its beauty dragnet.
Those long pndcated their modesty
now is time to display the sweet spirit of charity ALLOW the pub
lie a chance o look upon their photographs.
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
Back to the Bible

"The Grand old God still stands and this old ear the
o, its leaves turned pondeed the will sustain
and illustrate the sacred Word-Richad Dwight Dana eminent
geoIogist
The Washington times., 1914-03-26
GEOLOGY AND THE FLOOD.
Rx G FREDERICK WRIGHT, IL D. E. G. S. A.

fc.ooV Author North America "Man ard m
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-08-13
STATEMENT FROM Mr. E C EPPs.

Kingstree, S C., July "a, 1914.
Mr. L w Gilland, Kingstree, S c.
Dear Sir:-As per your request as to
certain information desired by your COM
mittee appointed to investigate rumors
concerning interest payments by the
Bank of Williamsburg to the Treasurer
of Williamsburg county, | hereby SUBJ
nit the following:
On the 9th day cf October, 1906, Mr.
J Wesley Cook, County Treasurer, made
his initial deposit in the Bank of Will
liamsburg, and thereafter from time to
time until the 18th day Of December,
1906, on which day his credit balance
amounted to upwards of five thousand
dollars ($5.000.00.
On this 18th day of December, 1906,
the Treasurer, without solicitation on
our part voluntarily offered for deposit
in the bank check drawn against funds
then in our savings department. |
thereupon asked the Treasurer whether
or not he desired the amount to remain
as savings deposit. His reply clearly
indicated that he had not considered
such an idea or proposition, and l pro-
pOSSO yQeI llldC lle lSI ~ oil SO w llC
account in the general ledger already
amounting to over FIVE thousand dollars,
and that we would allow two per cent
interest on the average monthly bal
ance, computed on approximate amounts.
This plan was agreed upon. and con-
concurred in by the President of the
bank when reported and explained the
transaction to him a few days later
And let me say here that this was the
only time that the matter of interest
had ever been mentioned, and the idea
of personal profit had never been
thought of.
There was nothing secret or hidden
about this transaction or the interest
payments made from time to time. Mr.
Lamar Montgomery, assistant cashier
of the bank. afterwards cashier of the
Wee Nee Bank and now cashier of the
Bank of Cowards, knew that this inter-
est was being paid, and it was also re-
ported to the State Bank Examiner
upon his official visits.
During a considerable portion of the
year 1918 the county, instead of being
a good depositor, became a heavy bor-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-08-13

Executive Department, Office of Comp
troller General.
Columbia, S C, August 9Th, 1914.
Mr. ] Wesley Cook, County Treasurer,
Kingstree, S G.
Dear Sir
Relative to our conversation over
long distance telephone this morning /
beg to say that the records show that
you have been Treasurer of Williams
burg county since 1906 and during that
time, l, as chief clerk to the Comptrol-
len General have witnessed most Of the
annual settlements between you and
the County Auditor, and ! take pleasure
in stating that they have always been
satisfactory.
All charges against you have been
properly accounted for and the cash
balances as called for in the settlement
sheets have always checked correctly
by the amount of cash on hand in bank
and in office.
Yours very truly,
CARLTON w SAWYER,
Chief Clerk to Comptroller General.