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The Washington times., 1914-01-04
ARBITRATION ARGUMENTS.

Whatever may be the difficulties in the way of
arbitration in labor disputes such affairs as those in
the West Virginia coal fields and the Calumet copper
country suggest that the evils of doing without
of settlement yet greater.
Colorado is in the midst of labor controversy
which may at any time reach climax less fright
full than some of the incidents of the Western Fed
Grafton number of years ago. The truth is
that old controversy of the inter-mountain country
was really settled. Under present conditions
it is doubtful whether more than truce can be
reached in the Michigan country.
Here is question big enough for the biggest
and best brains of the nation to consider. We have
made very great progress toward industrial peace.
The Erdman act, as amended to the satisfaction
of all parties seems to insure against strikes in the
railroad business. In New York there has been es-
tabshed working scheme of mediation and conciI-
iaton to overn the relations between the employers
and employees in the garment making trade. 1t is
pretty thoroughly demonstrated that there is nothing
impossible about the effort to work out plans for
such adjustment of differences.
To have conditions like those of Michigan, Colo
rado, and West Virginia continue indefinitely, while
the nation stands impotent is to confess ncapacy
of government which this nation should not be will
ing to admit
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
A RESERVE BANK FOR WASHINGTON.

The special committee of the Washington Clear
ing House, appointed to prepare arguments on the
advantages of Washington as the location of of
the regional reserve banks, will meet this week to
consider the situation and outline a statement for
the consideration of the organization committee of
the new banking system.
The advantages of Washington as the location of
of the regional banks are so numerous that the
special committee ought not to have task of great
difficulty its hands This, of course, does not alter
the fact that the strongest possible showing ought to be
made. Baltimore and Philadelphia are keen competi-
tors for the regional bank in this part of the United
States. And there has been too much of diSposi-
ton in Washington to take it for granted the Capital
of the nation would get one of the banks in any
event and not enough of disposition to take the pre-
caution of forfyng the situation against the assaults
of rivals Considered from the standpoint of geog-
raphy, of convenience, of accessibility by railroad
lines as we'll as from other standpoints, Washington
is by far the most satisfactory place in which a
gona bank can be located to the needs of that
vast tributary territory comprising Maryland, Vir-
gnia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and an even
greater expanSe between the Appalachians and the
Atlantic seaboard.
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
TROTH
SURPRISES SOCIETY
Marriage to Miss Willard Is Ex-
pected to Take Place a!
Embassy in Madrid.

Society's chief topic Of eonversatiog
today is the engagement OF Kerml
Roosevelt. second son OF former Presi-
dent Roosevelt. to Miss Belle Wya :.
Willard. daughter Of the United State
ambassador to Spain. Both young peo
pie are popular here. the brfdegroo n
to-be having spent most pr his earle
hfe in Washington. and the younE
woman having been a frequent visito-'
here from her home IN Richmond.
II Is Understood tina: the weddinS
will be celebrated at the American en-
bassy In Madrid next April. The exac'
date was not stated in the cabIegrar
from Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph r.
willard. the bride-to-be's parents
which announced the engazemerf
Miss Willard made her debut IN Rich
mond two years ago. She Is twenty
one years old. II was at Hot Springs
Va. that she FIRST met young Roose-
yelt's sister. Ethel. and on a visit ia
the latter's home at Sycamore Hin
band-to-be. Miss Willard win be pre-
month
After their marriage the couple prob
ably will make their, home IN Brazil
where young Roosevelt has been To-
recently Joined his father when the
latter went to that country for a lee.
turing tour and a hunt in the Andes
Miss Willard numbers arlcnz her
Washington relatives DR.. and Mrs John
=. Anderson, Medical Director J. q.
Boyd. Y. s. N. and Mrs. Boyd anc
Col. Robert E Lee, jr.
Kermit Roosevelt is a Harvard alum
nus, and accompanied his father on ths
African hunt trip.
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
Declares Old Greek
Form Beauty Possible

Rhythmic movements of the body IN
physical culture will be demonstrated
at a joint meeting of the District of Co.
lI!lhia Suffrage Association and the
Anthony League next Thursday evening
al the Portner Fifteenth and streets
northwest. Mrs. Mary Gale Davis will
lecture on the subject. Ancient Greek
beauty of form is believed to be with
in reach of those who practice the prin-
ciples to be explained by Mrs. Davis
In the rooms of the Anthony League
at the Portner next Tuesday afternoon
at 3:S0 Prof. George Henry Howard
viii deliver An address on Some Ma
tional Aspects Of Real Education in
Music" The league classes on parlia-
mentary law, public speaking, Spanish
and Esperanto will open next Monday
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
EXPENDITURES IN 1913.
Mrs. William Hemler
Is Named Treasurer

Mrs. William F. Eemler was e'ected
treasurer of the Pennsylvania Society
Of Washington to I'LL a vacancy caused
by the death of Miss Annie NJ EckbeTt,
who was kill.d by train at Lewiston,
Pa. en- December l., last, six days
after she was elected to the position.
The election Of a successor was held
prior to Saturday nights meeting at
the Pythian Temple.
F;ulogies on Mss tckbeIt We're deliver
ed 0y several of the members Of the
society and David McCleland. of Fhila-
delphia, was elected to membership.
). 5. Manning was made chairman of
the entertainment committee fer the
February meeting. Under the direc-
ton CT NJ. D. Keifer. an elaborate pro-
gram had been arranged.
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
FIGHT ON PHTH|S|S
COST S2O,OOO,OOO
Out of That Sum 69.3 Per Cent
Was Derived From Public
Funds in 1913.

Out OF nearly $2O.0O0.OO0 spent last year
In the treatment and prevention OF tu-
berculosis in the United States. 79.3 per
cent of the money was derived from
public funds, either Federal. State, coun-
ty or municipal These are some of the
interesting figures given in the annual
statistical statement of the National
Association for the Study and Preven-
ton of tuberculosis, made public today.
The statement is based largely on act
ual reports received from anti-tubercu-
losis agencies throughout the country,
but where reports were not available
the figures have been estimated.
Treatment of tuberculous patients in
the more than 500 sanatoria and hos
pitals of the country and the construc-
ton of such institutions cost over $1s,-
100000 of the total expenditure. Care OF
patients in dispensaries and open-air
schools cost about $s25, Anti-tubercu-
losis associations and committees spent
nearly s675.OOO in furthering their work
of organization and education, while
State and local boards of health and
special tuberculosis commissions spent
over $25O,OOO.
More than sl3,SOo, OOO. or 6s.3 per cent.
of the total expenditures came from
public funds. The National Association
points to this growing increase in the
spending Of public money for tubercu-
losis as one CT the most significant
facts in the report. as il indicates the
shifting of the burden of Institutional
care Of consumptives from the private
purse to the general public purse.
where it rightly belongs. Since 1909
the percentage of public money spent in
tuberculosis work has increased from
53.5 to nearly 70 per cent.
New York State spent more money in
work than any two other
States, due largely to the increased and
growing activities of city and county
governments in building adequate hos
pitaIs for consumptives. The following
table shows the estimated public and
private expenditures in each of the five
leading States:
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
DR.. ELIOT DEFINES GOD.

President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard
believes he has discovered the twentieth century
Christianity and comes forward with his definition
of God Nothing radical as his definition of God
has appeared for years; that is coming from a man
of his Intellectual eminence, and there can be no
question that what he says will command widespread
attention and arouse the most intense discussion
among clergy and among laymen.
Sweeping away the Bible versions of the Garden
of Eden, of the making of man out of the DUST of
Moses and the Ten Commandments, of Joshua COM
manding the sun to stand still, of Jonah and the
whale, DR.. Eliot would drop the word God and sub
stitute the word Father or Creator Then he defines
his conception of the Almighty. He says:
The Creator is, for modern man, sleepless ac-
tive energy and will He is recognized chiefly in the
wonderful energies of sound light, and electricity
With all due respect for DR.. Eliots- intellect, we
desire to differ from him. The time has not yet come
when the minds of men of science, no matter how
great direct the religious thought of the world
in the direction he to believe it should be d
rected.
If God is to be seen in our day chiefly in sound
and light and electricity, if God is God chiefly of
will and energy, what has been the advance in $500
years since the age when the Greeks and the Romans
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
HOT TIMES IN KANSAS.

Word comes from Kansas that Congressman Vic
tor Murdock is thinking of running for the Senate
against Senator Joseph L. Brstow. If Senator Bris-
tow runs as a Republican, Congressman Murdock
will run as Progressive.
Kansas has never been distinguished for the
quietude of its politics since the days when John
Brown made things hum at Osawatome. If, in this
year of grace, 1914, Murdock and Bristow both get
into the game and former Senator Curtis takes a
hand while the Democrats make effort TO capture
the prize from all of the rest, there will be hot
times in Kansas
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
National Press Club
Reports Prosperity

An increase in membership OF seven
Iy-fve and the fast that the business
of the National Press Club amounteS
to $S3, 200 during tie fiscal gear, were
items in the report of the secretary,
made at a meeting at the clubhouse.
Fifteenth ard F streets northwest on
Saturday night
The work of reconstructing quarters
in the Riggs building. which. will house
the club. was reported TO be progress
ing rapidly The following newly elect
ed officers we're installed at the sans
meeting:
Frank B. Lord. president; j. FREQ
Essary. vice prCSident; Charles {.
Hart, secretarv; y. ". Brown, treas
urer: Donald Craig. financial secretary,
Theodore II. Tiller, Austin Cunning
ham. Louis Garthe. W. L. Crounse,
and Fred Emery. board Of governors.
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
Clubs Plan Lectures
To Educate Women

Miss Frances G. French. Of the Dis
trict Federation of Women's Clubs. re-
ports increasing activity by the fedora
ton to promote civic and educational
work among the women of the District.
by lectures at the Public Library.
The educational committee of the fed
Grafton has been working hard for the
past few months in the interests of the
Page-Smith-Lever bill. introduced in
Congress three years ago and still pend
ing. providing for the promotion OF in
struction in secondary schools and COL
leges in agriculture, trades. industries,
and home economics.
Miss Margaret Wilson. daughter of the
President. has taken an active interest
in the work of the federation
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
His Choice.

a FTER the fire that destroyed
" Barnum's Museum the proprie-
n tor consulted his friends as to
his wisest course. He told
them he had fortune and could easily
retire from active business.
Among his friends was Horace Gree
ley
What shall / do?" asked Barnum.
IF | were you," replied Greeley, Il
would go fishing. I've been trying for
thirty years to go fishing, and have
never been able to do it''-Youth's s
Companion.
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
Canal to Be Open
Within Seventy Days

The Cucaracha slide at Culebra cur
and a few minor landslips are all that
block progress of vessels from ocean TO
ocean on the Panama canal, and in the
iud=ment of canal officials, the water
way will be IN service within seventy
DAYS.
The dredging work is progressing
rapidly, and as soon as the channel Is
Sufficiently cleared of the slides, the
canal will be opened. Several months
Ill be necessary tC train the operating
Ioice before the canal can be opened
10 commerce.
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
Returns His Salary
As State Legislator

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Jan. BE
cause he thinks he is not entitled to tfIe
money. George c. Cranston. representa-
tive from North Kingston. has returned
to the State treasurer his Sl.2CO salary
for the last session of the Legislature.
stating he felt he had not earned the
money. Mr.. Cranston was in attend
snce only at roll call on several occa-
sions at the session, partly owing TO
illness.
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
GOOD STORIES
1t Hurt the Effect.

r ERE is a little story that comes
~ across the lake from a staid
Ontario town:
An imported clergyman, who
hailed from within SOUND Of Bow Bells,
was called upon to preach a funeral
discourse over a departed citizen of
ripe year, and referred to him as a
smoldering ember that had finally re-
solved itself into ashes
The effect was somewhat spoiled,
however, when, in a soothing tone, he
said:
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
Canada Will Build
A Huge Dry Dock

OTTAWA, Ont. Jan. 4-The govern
ment has decided to build an immense
dry dock at Esquimault. B. c. The dock
will be 1.l50 feet long, and will cost
$4,0O0,O00. II will accommodate the larg-
est dreadnought afloat.
The site has hnen purchased, and bids
for the building will be opened early
this spring.
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
Hits From Sharp Wits.

The hand that rocks the cradle Is sell
dom seen making gestures in a suffrage
meeting. State
Just one more drink" is always re-
Sponsible for one more drunk. Phil
adelphia Inquirer.
King Alfonso. says Madrid dispatch
smokes twenty-four cigarettes an hour
He must be saving up coupons for a
piano.-Boston Transcript.
One OF the late discoveries IL thlt Of
a London scientist, who says moonlight
rays have = softening effect on the
brain. May he that accounts for so
much lovemaking by moonlight.-Toledo
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
SAYS j. s. SUPPLY
RENTAL IS WRONG
Postal Purchasing Officer Sug-
gestS New Method of Gov
ernment Ownership.
By RALPH A. COLLINS.

I he rental of supplies by a Govern
ment department is not only wrong in
principle but invites abuse, is often
attended by scandal, is unbusinesslike,
and generally wasteful."
This is the sentiment of ]. A. Edger-
ton, purchasing officer of the Postoffice
Department. who declares for a new
form of government ownership. Mr..
F'dEerton would have the Government
manufacture its own supply of steel
postmarking stamps. He favors govern
Ilept ownership OF automobiles and
other supplies and appurtenances used
In :he postal service. He says:
THE Congressional investigation OF
carr elling-machine contracts for the
POstoffice Department, occurring near
the close of the last administration,
called attention to the desirability of
purchase rather than rental OF supplies
and service of this nature. I, therefore,
n.nI hased outright
This recommendation was. contained
in the report Of Mr.. Edgerton to the
Postmaster General. That the Post
master General is likely to look with
favor on this recommendation as well
as others with respect to ownership of
automobiles and other appurtenances is
Indicated in his attitude with respect to
Government ownership of telegraph and
telephone lines. Further Investigations
regarding Government ownership of au-
tomobilcs are now being made by the
Department under direction OF Mr.. Bur-
leE0n
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
Prompt Payments Needed.


Projections on merely technical
grounds can only result in injustice to
tho manufacturer and increased prices
to the government.
The expediting of payments would
also result in a better feeling among
contractors with possible resultant Of
lowering of prices. Some progress has
recently been made in this direction, but
there is still considerable delay, which
often is due to time lost in jouTnaliZing
accounts and also from congestion OF
work in the auditors office. II might
BE- feasible plan to have the tournaliz-
iEg done in the purchasing agents Of
fee. as was the rule several years ago.
I also suggest payment before audit. as
chargeable to the appropriation for con-
t!ngent expenses. The Postoffice De-
Dartment is a great business Institution,
ard should be conducted along lines that
have been found efficient and necessary
in the business world.
Heretofore many miscellaneous sup
plies have been purchased by postmas-
ters under system of allowance.
Wherever such supplies are in common
use in a large number of postOtfices |
recommend that they be purchased un-
der contract in Washington and distrih-
uted as are other supplies.
The slight increase in price of steel
PostmarkinG stamps and the fact that
only one firm seems to be in a position
to bid on this item. thus creating q
PRACTICAL monopoly, would suggest the
aGvisiblity OF the departments investi-
eating tho manufacture of its own SUD-
plies of this kind!
"Jute twine has been found the only
staple article for the tieing Of packages
of letters and NAH, but the continued
rise in the price of jute has suggested
the adviSlbilitv of a tieing device MANY
experiments have been made with such
devices in the past but those tested did
not seem practical Recent experiments
and II is recommended that the depart-
mCnt thoroughly test out tieing devices
during the coming year.
approximately 500. 900 annually is ex-
pended for twine which is used but
once and thrown away. Tying devices
made OF a good grade of braided cord
can be used many times. and would
thus result In saving to the service"
New Rule Facilitates Purchases.
The purchase of automobiles for the
postal service is a comparatively new
departure. the first HAVING been put in
service few months ago. An investi-
cation of the relative merits and econ
omy of Government owned as against
contract machines. has been on since
last March, however, and Is still in
progress.
After citing a saving OF nearly $1,000
on the years contracts. Mr. Edgerton
also indicates in his annual report that
the office Of purchasing agent, through
recent regulations enlarging its duties
and the decision OF the comptroller Civ
ing the department authority to pur-
chase all field supplies. is in position
now to give much better service in pur-
chasing Government-owned appurte-
nances of the service.
He says: The ability of this office
to serve the department has been great
" increased by the new regulations
adopted June 20. These not only restore
TO the purchasing agents office some of
the powers and duties evidently con-
templated by the law creating this
The Washington times., 1914-01-04
Forty-one Motors Bought.


Forty-one Motors Bought.
Mr.. Edgerton says in this connection:
Investigation by q committee of the
Department looking to the standaroiza-
ton of the vehicle service has revealed
similar condition to that applying to
cancelling machines in regard to the
contract system for automobiles, wag-
ons, etc.
while this inquiry is by no means
completed, it hasA gone far enough to
indicate that the department can own
and operate its own vehicles at a less
cost than has been the rule under the
rental system. AS already stated, a
purchase of forty-one motor cars was
recently made, most Of which are now
in the service. Daily reports are made
as to cost of operation, repairs and
supplies. So far, these have shown a
marked saving as compared with rent
ed cars. 1 recommend the purchase of
automobiles and other vehicles so far
as possible and as rapidly as present
contracts permit
''It is the belief of those who have
looked into the matter in the Postoffice
Department that thousands Of dollars
annually can be saved in the Postal
service by the purchase of supplies
rather than continuing the present rent
al contract system.
Il also suggest that IL may be de-
sirable to specify a maximum and mini
mum quantity in contracting for sup
plies. At present the department is
not bound to order a single unit,
although the contractor may go to a
considerable expense in preparation for
manufacture. This is manifestly un-
fair and unbusinesslike, and II results
in higher prices to the department, for
the simple reason that would-be bid
ders are frightened, and when they bid
they quote higher prices to protect
themselves. Maximum and minimum
estimates are the rule in some other
departments, and l believe are worthy
of consideration.
Another source of complaint among
contractors Is the rejection Of supplies
on technical or theoretical grounds.
While all goods purchased should De in
spected before being accepted, it is not
good policy or good business TO reject
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-12

er me with business. ], E."
In his angry efforts to see Mrs.
Emery after this sharp and cruel
retort, Davis was forcibly elected
from the house by the butler and
the footman.
Inspectors at Factory.
True to the tip" inspectors APP
peared at the plant next day.
Their discovery of padlocked
doors, barred windows, blocked
passages, and rust-eaten, weaving
fire escapes astounded them.
In his office sat Davis, fighting
ii out with himself as to what he
would do. If the inspectors turn
ed in their report, his employment
ended, and the unfortunates in
the place were left to the mercy
of strange, probably a heartless,
man. And the factory might not
be improved. There are ways of
avoiding such things, even after
reports are at headquarters.
Would Davis bride the inspec-
tors?
They entered his office. He in
vited them to sit down He
evaded their gaze, Offering cigars.
Gives Them a Bride.
place is In pretty rotten
shape" said one of them, lighting
his cigar.
Fierce" echoed his companion.
Davis started to speak. He
paused. A rush of heated stencil
came through the office door
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-12

from the workroom. Davis drew
a roll of bills from his pocket and
handed it to the inspector.
Out in the workroom the next
morning an employees desire for
a cigarette overcame his desire
to observe the rules of the fac
tory. A small infraction of the
rules. But was it small?
Cigarette Starts Fire.
He lit his cigarette, puffed
few times, saw the foreman COM
ing, and slipped the burning to-
bacco upon a metal strip in the
underframe of his machine. The
jogging of the machine knocked
the cigarette into the rubbish.
A tiny blaze sprang up. Smoke
began to fill the room. The fire
was found. The girls and men at
the machines tried to stamp it
out. They failed. Someone ran
for the emergency fire hose, but
with the first rush of water the