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Evening star., 1915-02-28
The Jitney Bus Service.

1t is undoubtedly wise for the jit-
ney bus promoters to wait until they
can obtain a status before the public
utilities commission so as to face an
assured future. The commits sion first
ruled that the buses should not be
held subject to regulation, but later
modified this position somewhat, and
it is now undecided whether this new
service will be classed with the
hacks or as public utility. Public
interest is keen on the subject be-
cause in some parts of the District
there is urgent need of additional
transportation facilities. Whether
the proposed service can compete
with the street railway lines is a
question to be answered only
through practice. However this may
be, it is highly desirable that there
should be a public understanding a.
the odtse.. to put the jitney bus upon
a permanent basis under an appro-
ppate regulation and classification
and with suitable provisions impos-
ing equitable taxation.
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terested before the war began. II
| was a general feeling that our trade
expansion should be largely in that
direction. Investigations were in
progress as to trade credits, trade
customs and all matters bearing on
business in that quarter of this hemi-
sphere.
Now, of course, the interest is
much greater, because of the i'm
proved opportunity for us. The two
great nations we should have found
strongly intrenched there and OPP
posing US in our aims are at war, and
forced to suspend temporarily their
activities. Great Britain and Ger
many have their hands full at home.
and cannot attend to their Latin
American interests. 1t is our chance,
and we should study and improve it.
Information on this head will be
but a portion of that Mr.. Burton
will gather; but all should be grist
that comes to his mill. For if he
misses the presidential nomination
and his party wins under another
leadership, he should yet fill con-
spicuous place under the new ad-
ministration. The State Department
would fit him like a glove. In Con-
gress he has had much to do with
foreign affairs and knows the sub
ject thoroughly in all of its present
aspects.
AS Secretary of State, Mr.. Blaine,
it will be remembered, gave much at
tention to the Latin-American field,
and urged its cultivation by us on a
large scale; and since his day the
same line has been recommended.
Secretaries Root and Knox visited
those countries, and were most hos
pitably received. Their overtures
were greatly appreciated, and their
visits returned. So that if there
should be Secretary Burton he will
find himself on ground we'll prepared
for any seeds of closer friendship
with our southern friends which he
may SOW.
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Mr.. Burton's Journey.

Mr.. Burton's long journey abroad
viii qbe made at very interesting
time for a man of his thought, and
experience, and prominence. He is
a4student of government and politics,
has helped make some important his
tory, and stands so well advanced in
the public esteem he is considered of
presidential size. Among the booms
now booming for next year is Bur-
ton boom.
Such a man should at this time
find much worth his while in both
South America and the orient. The
war has not as yet extended to those
quarters, but there, as here in the
United States, the topic has subordi-
mated all others, and the future is
being discussed in connection with
speculation about the result. Changes
may be expected everywhere from a
convulsion which is shaking Europe
to the foundations.
In this country we are especially
interested in the future of Central
ssd South America. We were in.
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A Joint Commission.

stb;eot to approval by the Senate
which may be expected, the House
in Esprit of justice to defenseiess
Washington, yesterday afternoon
adopted a compromise in the mat
..r. of the District-federal gov
crnsnent financial relations that IS
altogether satisfactory to the Ma
,iofiaf Capital community. With the
conferees in agreement on all but
,hisy one item Representative Onder-
wood proposed an amendment pro-
viding for the continuance OF the
half-and-half payments for the next
fiscal year, pending a full consldera-
,ion of the subject by joint commis-
sion of three members OF each mouse,
instructed to report to the next
Congress a plan for financing the
District. and the House, after de-
bate which disclosed desire to treat
the District with fairness, agreed to
the compromise. In the debate the
leaders on both sides of the House
co-operated to do justice to Wash
ineton. and the District is heartily
appreciative of their action and that
of the majority of the House, who
indicated their determination that
The capital should have fair play.
This is a gratifying solution OF
the problem offered by the deadlock
on the District bill. The District IS
entirely willing to submit the case to
an impartial joint commission. which
will. examine all the equities involved
and consider the conditions that
prompted the legislation of 1873 and
that have developed since the en-
aetment of the capital partnership
legislation in that year.
For several years the District has
been subjected to incessant harrying
by critics in Congress who have
charged it with mendicancy and have
sought by various means to repeal
or nullify the organic act in respect
to District maintenance. The case
has never been fully and properly
considered in any of these efforts to
change the system. If the joint COM
mission plan is finally adopted it will
be possible for the District to pre-
sent its case in full and for the men,
bers of the commission to consider
it deliberately and to reach a sound
conc ION unhampered by the re-
strietions OF parliamentary proce-
dure, limitation of time or urgency
OF ythe sessions work. The District
is gratifed at this opportunity to
present its case, so satisfactorily Sc
cured through the justice of ma
jority OF the House. and is confident
that an unprejudiced commission will
find that the equities demand con-
tinuance of virtually the present sys-
tenn OF capital upbuilding.
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From the New York World.
What the mayoralty primaries in Chi
caeo prove in regard to woman sug-
frage, as usual, is whatever either side
wants to believe.
From the Buffalo Commercial.
The result is surprising when the
fact il considered that Harrison Is a
suffragist and his wife has been max
inR speeches in his behalf during the
campaign. Are women, like republics,
ungratefu1?
From the Syracuse Post Standard.
It is safe to assume that Mr.. Sweit-
zer. whom the democratic women
nominated for mayor of Chicago over
Carter Harrison, is not a member Of
the new German political alliance.
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are heavy patrons of the post Office
and have unquestionably been seri-
ously inconvenienced by the removal
from the Pennsylvania avenue build
ing and the substitution for the
main city post Office of drug store
branch, at which, it is the general ex-
perience, adequate service cannot be
secured.
1t is obvious that economies will
not increase the efficiency of the post
al service. 1t is equally obvious that
time is not needed to demonstrate
this fact effectually. The post Office
has now been removed from the
Pennsylvania avenue building for
over two months, and in that time
downtown Washington has been
greatly inconvenienced. 1t is not
eontended that the room in the de-
partment building is so urgently
needed that branch could not be
maintained there. The sole reason
that can be advanced for the cur
tailment of the service is one of
economy, and considering that the
business men of Washington are the
main factors in the maintenance of
the capital city post Office, which
is chiefly burdened with the handling
of franked official mail, it would seem
to be only fair for the government
to grant them the comparatively in
expensive accommodation which they
are respectfully and patiently asking.
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Continental Stumping Tours.

Mr.. Wilson's transco mental
stumping tour idea may have a
vogue. 1t may spread to other men
in the presidential limelight. 1t has
already spread to one other IT we
may believe report. Gov. Whitman
is scheduled for a visit to the San
Francisco show in May, and his
friends are considering arrange
ments to have him SAY something"
on the way there and back. AS he
is a new man in affairs, and at the
head of great state, interest in him
would attract crowd wherever he
stopped to speak.
And why, in time, though not all
at once, should not Mr.. Mann, Sen
ator Weeks, Mr.. Burton, Gov. Willis,
Senator Borah and others take train
and journey leisurely to the Golden
Gate, and look over the ground" en-
route and back? Well distributed,
so to say-not crowding upon one
another's heels they would prove
sources of pleasure for their coun-
trymen living on the lines of travel
between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
Now is the accepted time. Next
year will be too late. Delegates are
already being sought Organizations
are being perfected and are getting
busy. There is expectation that by
this time twelvemonth a fair line
will be obtainable on what the first
ballot in the republican national con-
vention will show.
The fight between the two parties
next year will be waged in portion
of the country embraced in this pro-
gram. The south will remain demo-
cratic. 1t will require no attention
from Mr.. Wilson's managers. The
east is very likely to go republican.
Protection will be the issue there,
with the business interests solidly
against the Underwood tariff.
But in the middle states, the north
west and the near west, matters to-
day appear debatable. Republican
prospects are regarded as good, but
as the democrats are intrenched in
power in some of the most import
ant states there, it will require a
great exertion to dislodge them,
even with the assistance of ma
tional ticket and national issues.
In Mr.. Wilson the voters will see
not only the President, but the next
democratic nominee for that Office.
All talk about displacing him in the
party's leadership is idle. 1t does not
serve the purpose even of good en-
tertainment. Politicians of neither
party take it seriously. Ali know
that Mr.. Wilson will be the issue,
and party managers on both sides
are making preparations according
ly. His stumping tour, therefore,
will be of a more definite character
than that of any republican who
may copy his example.
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GLAD TDINcs.

The price Of eggs is going down!
I brought four dozen home from town,
All labeled ''Strictly Fresh"-feel
We now can serve them at each meal.
Yes If 50 minded, We can use
One now and then for hair shampoos.
seem, indeed, q millionaire
To have an egg or two to spare!
The winter through stood before
The window at the grocery store
And weighed the question pro and coz,
Then passed up eggs and hurried on.
All grades there were-good, bad and worse
Only the last grade touched my purse.
The grocer watched me count my hoard
And then groan, Eggs can't anord!"
His plying grins 90 hurt my pride
That ehall never 60 inside
His store again-tust put that down!
These eggs? bought these eggs OF Brown.
can't believe I'm in the flesh
Four dozen eggs and strictly fresh!
Well have some cooked for Dreak0st. Tee!
think can dispose Of threeS
Chicago News.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
CARTER HARRISON'S DEFEAT.


From the Rochester Herald.
Carter H. Harrison seems to have
gone to the political spring once too
often. Being satisfied with enough 10
a good policy
From the Chattanooga Times.
Mayor Harrison Is suffraEist, yet
the majority of the women voted
against him. Possibly his opponent is
a very handsome man.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
It's not only in Europe that things
are topsy-turvy. In Chicago Carter
Harrison has been defeated for mayor,
From the Pittsburgh Gasette-Times.
Evidently Chicago doesn't believe In
the Harrison family's divine right to
rule. =
Evening star., 1915-02-28
EUROPE'S BREAD PROBLEM.
From the Birmingham News.

From the Birmingham News.
The more acute the food problem be-
comes in Europe the sooner the people
will see the foolishness of continuing
the destruction.
From the Scranton Tribune -Renublican.
The scramble for food in Europe
shows that preparedness for war de-
pends on more things than dread
noughts and large standing armies.
From the Savannah News.
The fitness of things would suggest
that Emperor Williams appeal to his
people to eat as little as possible should
be needed first by the Prussian diet.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
The Price of Philosophy.

A lot of wisdom was produced by
Hezekiah Bings.
He wrote about the good and true
and various other things,
But his very best production was a
long typewriter page
Descriptive of the vices and the fol-
lies of the age.
He said a man should be above the
cares of sordid pelf;
He ought to seek the birds and
flowers and just enjoy himself;
The stuff that we called money is a
superstitious sign
Which mystifes US as to what is
yours and what is mine;
We should avoid its contact. for with
evil it is fraught,
And happiness is something which
with coin cannot be bought.
The men who crave not lucre, scrib-
bled Hezekiah Bings,
Escape the cares which have undone
philosophers and kings.
He copied it with care and then-oh,
reader, do not laugh
He sold those beauteous thoughts
for seven dollars and q half.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
From tne phil.delphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Berlin may recall that when Marie
Antoinette heard that the people had
not enough bread she asked why they
did not eat cake.
From the Galveston News.
Europeans are now lodging around
the corners. wondering just what Old
From the Seattle Post -Intelligencer.
American pork and beans is dish
that has made a distinct hit with the
Belgians. It will be an accepted part
Of the national dietary when the war
10 over.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
Downtown Postal Facilities.

The Post Office Department asks
that the business men of Washing
ton possess their souls in patience
pending the experimentation in
which it is hoped to demonstrate that
the economical changes recently in
stituted yield as efficient postal serv-
ice as in the past. The business men,
not granting that the experiments,
which include the closure of the Of
fee in the main department building,
have yielded as good service as be-
fore. urge the department to fix a
period for determination. Their re-
quest is undeniably reasonable. They
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Early Demonstrations.

Early Demonstrations.
The sunshine of the public smile
brings forth in glad array
Some hopeful demonstrations that
befit later day.
Defiant of the frost, ambitions min
gle in their glee
Till you cannot tell snowbird from
presidential bee.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

1t was hardly necessary to men
ton Belgium and Serbia as being in
accord with the reprisal program of
the allies. They are scarcely in a po-
sition to raise serious objections of
any kind.
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Financial experts naturally incline
to the opinion that man who has
not had practical experience in large
commercial enterprises is not fully
qualified for systematic research into
their details.
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A Thumb Print Fantasia.

you seem very much interested
in those thumb print records" COM
mented the man at police head
quarters.
"Yes." answered the visitor. II
can't help feeling the greatest Curl
osity about how one of those things
would sound if you put it on phon-
ograph and played it."
Evening star., 1915-02-28

grin order to a.eid as1:Zs ,,r on srsF sSoua
- ne addressed to any Individual connected
Win the onIce but simply to THE STAR; T,no Or 10
,he Editorial or Business Department Aee'iuA's
70 tenor purpose
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Belgian women are forbidden to
wear soldiers caps. The necessity
of such a decree vouches for the in
domitable patriotic courage of its
people.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

The demonstrations made by the
Japanese on the Asiatic continent
naturally incline the Chinese to listen
with difference to any suggestions
the emperor may have to make.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

The amount of information dis
played by Joseph Letter concerning
the relations of the farmer to gen.
eral trade conditions ought to make
him an available man for the Secre-
taryship of Agriculture some day.
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Mans Ingratitude.

my employers played me rather
heartless trick" remarked the man
who is always kicking.
why, thought they had in
creased your compensation"
"Yes. But they increased it just
enough to compel me to keep books
and employ an expert accountant to
figure out my income tax"
Evening star., 1915-02-28

The biggest waterway problem
that the world now has to consider
is found in the Dardanelles. Unfor-
tunately, it is a little out of Col.
GoethaIs' line.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

The dove of peace, having been
made into badge, can demonstrate
that even when not practically use
full it is ornamental.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

Red tape is usually to be avoided,
but the method of collecting taxes in
Mexico must sometimes be regarded
as a little too informal.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

Charles Becker has been regarded
as fortunate by many fellow con-
demned prisoners whom he has man
aged to survive.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

Almost every investigation brjngs
forward some man who insists that
Abig business" is not nearly as prof
table as is popularity believed.
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Waste Eliminated.

Does your husband waste his
time talking politics?"
NO." replied the determined look
ing woman. Il don't let him waste
his time. When it comes to politics
he improves his time listening to
me-"
Evening star., 1915-02-28

Russia, takes its stand on the water
wagon with a simple demand for
less vodka and more ocean.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

A revolution in Haiti is so ordinary
an occurrence that it is not even re-
garded as worth a moving picture
film.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

Italy may conclude that after all
war is a riot that has broken over
geographical boundaries.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

Parable in advance-by mail. postage 20 n9spsu s..
Daily Sunday excepted. one month - eon.s. &c
SATURDAY star 81 year: Sunday Star. I4o year
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SHOOTING STARS.
By PHnANDBR JOHNSON.
The Classic.

The Classic.
DO you admire the classic7" in
quired the student.
WELL" replied the theatergoer,
Il don't care much for it in litera-
ture, but it's all right in dancing"
Evening star., 1915-02-28

The Evening Star With The sunday mofni.s .t
.d;ticn Is delivered nv carriers within the Guy
s cents month daily only; MON se'es Orders M
NAV be sent BY mail. telepnone Main <44v.
collection is made By carrier ct the cad OF eaen
month.
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rntered as second class mall matter at tine posi-
ofBce at Washington. d. q.
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prs,,.ss omce nth st. and Pennsylvania Avenue.
New York once: Tribune Buiidins;;
Chicago ONCE: First National Bank buidnk1
European ONCE: Regent St. LONDON nnS
Evening star., 1915-02-28
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

Federal forces occupied the city OF
Charleston. s. c.. the 18th of Febru-
ary. 1865. the Confeder-
Charleston ates having evacuated 1t
n...., the 18th. The news reached
occupied. washington the 21st and
The Star Of that date has several ac-
counts. from various sources, of this
important contamination Of Federal
campaigning. One account is in the
form Of the usual announcement from
Secretary Stanton to Mai. Gen Dix in
New York. briefly telling Of the sur
render Of the city. Another Is dis
patch from New York giving informa-
tfon brought by the steamer Fulton,
which sailed from Port Royal at pm.
the 18th. This stated that the first
flag over Fort Sumter was raised by
Capt. Henry M. Bragg. aid on Gen. GILL
more's staff, using for a Flagstaff an
oar and boathook lashed together.
In the same issue of The Star Is an
announcement by Secretary Stanton OF
the occupation Of Columbia, S. c., by
Gen. Sherman the 18th. The Secretary.
wiring to Gov. Fenton, said:
army. and the rebellion must receive
the final blow in this spring campaign"
A salute of 100 guns was fired in
Washington by direction of the War
Department on the morning of the 21st
of February in honor Of the evacuation
Of Charleston.
In The Star of February % is dis
ment from Rear Ad-
pA1aA
r,n4r.l ing the capture Of Fort
Anderson, below Will
mington. N. c., which placed that city
virtually at the mercy of the Union
troops. Admiral Porter said:
II have the honor to report the sur
render or evacuation Of Fort Anderson.
Gen. Schof1eld advanced from Smith
field with 5000 men the 18th: at the
same time I attacked the works by
water, placing the monitor Montauk
close to the works and enfilading them
with the Pawtuxet, Lenafee, Umadilla
and Pequot, the tide and wind not al
The fort answered briskly, but quieted
down at sunset On the 18th. at 8
o'clock. moved UP close with the moni-
Huron, Sassacus Panteosuc, Maratanza
Lenafee. Umadilla, Pawtuxet, Osceo1a,
Shawmut. Seneca. Nyack. Chippewa and
Little Ada, and kept up a heavy fire
through the day until late in the after
noon The enemy's batteries were
silenced by o'clock. though we kept
up fire until dark. We also fred
through the night. In the meantime
Gen. Schoffeld was working round to
get in the rear of the rebels and cut
them of. The latter did not wait for
the army to surround them, but left in
the night. taking five or six pieces of
light artillery with them. and every
thing of any value At daylight this
morning (February 19) some of our
troops that were nearby went In and
hoisted the flag on the ramparts. when
the firing from the monitor ceased.
There were ten heavy guns in Fort An
derson and a quantity of ammunition.
We lost but three killed and four
wounded"
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washington celebrated the victories
appropriately In The Star Of Febru-
ary %, 1865. Is the
Decorations following paragraph:
e,. 1.-THE anniversary of
ana Salutes. the birth of Wash
ington is a gala day. indeed. Flags are
flying from all quarters, public build
ings and private, and the vessels in the
river are gay with bunting. At noon
the salute ordered by the Secretary of
War to be fired in honor Of the restora-
ton of the flag of the Union on Fort
Sumter woke the echoes from all the
environs of Washington, as the long
line Of circling fortifcations thundered
forth their several responses to the
call. The occasion attracted crowds to
the southern facade of the Treasury
extension, the Capitol roof, tops Of ho-
tells and other prominent points"
That night the public buildings were
the President and many private build
ings as well. In The Star of February
% is a description of this celebration.
1t is to be remembered that an illumi
nation in those days was much
more difficult than at present, candles
night Sky sign" of electric lights had
not then been invented The War De-
partment was the center of interest, for
the decorations there were especially
effective, with appropriate notices re-
citing the Federal victories of the war.
In the yard of the building on each
side Of the pavement Roman candles
were fired. The 9th Veteran Reserve
Corps Band rendered a program Of ma
tional airs. The White House was bril-
liantly Illuminated and many visitors
entered to pay their respects to Presi-
dent and Mrs. Lincoln. Secretary Sew
ards house, on the east side of Lafa-
yette Square, was Illuminated, and cur
tains of the national colors were dis