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The Washington times., 1915-02-17
Tax On Land Cited As Bar To En-
nlOymant.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Has Daniel Edw ards heard the state
ments OF Congressman McDonald and
A Assistant Secretary of Labor Louis +.
Post to the effect that II all the NAH
less Jobs" were to be hlled by 'jobless
men" there would still be large NUM-
her of people for whom employment
could not be found? How can ten men
be brought together with only nine
Jobs?
How could the ample lands Of good
soil" be put TO use ii they are owned
by a few individuals who will neither
use it themselves nor permit others to
do so? Does Mr.. Daniels know that the
moment any man dared to put the soil
70 any use the Government would im-
mediately step in and punish him for so
Does he not also know that as soon
as a number of people find it desirable
to apply their labor to any piece of
Gods earth. here or elsewhere, and
make that desire known, the land specu-
lators Immediately raise the price OF
the land so high as to make 1t almost
impossible for them to do SO? Has the
gentleman ever thought of q heavy tax
ON all lands held for speculative pur-
poses as a possible solution Of the 1ues-
lion Of unemployment?
HYMAN LEVINE.
Washington. February l6.
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
CHILD LABOR LAWS

The passage of the Palmer Child
Labor bill by the House marks the
partial consummation of reform &C
complished in ten years of vigorous
campaigning. Through the latter
part of this period Washington has
been the headquarters of the Ma
tional Child Labor Committee and
the scene of the successive efforts to
pass such statutes as the Beveridge
.nd Kenyon bills.
The essential difference in the
Elmer bill, which made it more ac-
reptable on Capitol Hill, is that it
paces the responsibility for a viola
ton of its provisions squarely up to
the manufacturers, rather than upon
the carriers, as was the case with
the previous measures.
While this concerted effort was
making in behalf of national legisla-
tion, State friends of children ham
mered away until today every State
in the Union, except the two Caro-.
inas, Alabama, Mississippi, New
Mexico, Nevada, and Vermont, has
'ome protective measure for work.
.ng children. Most have set four.
.een years as the minimum age fo,
he employment of children in fac.
;ories; few have gone beyond, set.
ling the age of work at sixteen.
In view of this fact it is hard tc
see why the resistance to nationa
statute on the subject persisted. Ir
act this measure passed largely be-
,ause various States have variou.
>tandards. and the surest way t.
!rotect one State against the pos
,ible laxity Of another and a conse
',uent advantage in competition wa.
10 place a Federal supervision upor
mild labor.
The Palmer bill sets a fourteen
ear age limit for all children il
tactories, which is the most con
ervative figure set by any Stat,
bot has legislated upon the sub
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
"HOME RUN" BAKER

"Home Run" Baker, sensational
batter of the Philadelphia Mackmen
and winner of sundry league and
world pennants in virtue, of his AZ
centimeter stick work, is going to
retire from baseball and attend
strictly to his Maryland farm. This
is the announcement that Manager
Mack makes public. Baker wasn't
released, and didn't jump to the
Federals; but on the other hand his
work the last season, though landing
him high up among the batters, in.
dicated shading-off in snap and
vim. Seemingly, Baker has decided
for himself that he doesn't want the
narrowing experience of becoming a
fading star, doomed at last to have
it's light 60 out.
1t is creditable conclusion. The
hero of thousand diamonds learns
quickly the lesson of that bitterness
which comes when his powers begin
to wane. The same crowd that lion.
lied him a season agone turns un.
feelingly against the man whose arm
grows CLASSY and whose eye is not
quite as sharp as of yore. It is a
pathetic experience. "Back to the
minors" is only postponement OF
the end, with humiliation and futile
introspection thrown in. Better fol-
the star who drops from the game
especially better, if he has cashed ir
his years of gladiatorial glory anc
has a good farm and knows what
to do with it. Baker has, and does
Spartacus is going back to "the
vin-clad hills and citron groves"
The Washington times., 1915-02-17

white families left. until today there
remain but three white families out Of
forty-five. and these three are property
owners. holding on with the hope OF
getting something like a fair value.
Some have referred to the aggregation
law as un-Christian. but I fail to see
how 1t is any more 80 than separate
churches. schools. cafes. theaters. Y.
M. G. AS, etc.
In a nearby city, in which resided
for some time. there is a part Of the
city set apart for the colored race, and
both the white and colored persons APP
pear perfectly contented. would not
favor giving the colored residents the
undesirable parts Of Washington. but
1 would set apart certain streets.
squares or sections to be inhabited by
whites only. I think that this question.
combined with the independable servant
problem. has caused the unusual or alb
normal growth of apartment dwellers
in our city. j. F. N.
Washington, February Is.
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q. w. u. Announces List
Of Y. w. C.. A. Leaders

George Washington University has
announced the following list of student
leaders for the Y. w. c. A. chapel serv-
ices held each Monday at 12:15 O'Clock
in the assembly hall OF the Arts and
Sciences building. 2O23 G street north
west:
garet Willis; March Is. Mildred Lou
den: March %. Rachel Whine: March
%. Easter service. Elsa Weber; April
L. Florence Wingate; April 10. Joanna
Best: April 26, Anna Washington Cra-
ton; May 3, Elizabeth Richardson; May
10. Fredericka Neumann: May II, Agnes
Nelson. and May "a. Flora Hull.
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
New York to Witness
One-Man Parade TODAY

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE police de.
partment issued a permit for one.
man parade to assemble at Battery
Park, proceed up Broadway and dis,
band at Columbus circle. The parade is
to be held today. 1t will consist of the
Rev. j, w. Van Kirk. Of Youngstown
Ohio. small bell known as the bell
Of fraternity" and the world peace flag
which Mr.. Van Kirk designed and
which he says was accepted by the in,
ternational peace conference at The
Hague In August. 1918
Before the parade Mr.. Van Kirk viii
speak along Broadway at all squares
from Columbus circle to the Battery
and deliver an apostrophe to tho
Statue OF Liberty. He Is making his
third tour of the world in the interest.
Of universal peace.
The Washington times., 1915-02-17

been an electrical storm. So. believing
that II fus. had blown out. he buckled
on his "climbers" and worked his way
high on a pole among a network Of
wires to set new fuse in place.
,, 1.-THE new w. fuse blew "nsm out; he SAID said
flare literally wrapped me about. do
not know what saved me from death" I"
Years later he became superintendent
Of the test department in the RoeblinR
electrical engineer his speciality being
the location Of faults in cables.
Today he declares that he can take
a 'Wheatstone bridge apply 1t to the
Atlantic cable where 1t runs into New
Y ork. and tell to the fraction of foot
how many miles reparers will have
to so to discover a fault as large as a
pin prick in the insulation.
Can Save $4,000.
Congressman Walsh declares that
$4,000 year measured in time can be
saved through an electrical apparatus
to record the votes. He does not in
tend to have any OF his ideas patented.
he says. being willing to give them to
the Government.
When he first came to Congress he
noted the quantities of time consumed
whenever roll call was taken, and
later. statement by Speaker Clark
that such an electrical device could
be made of untold use. started him on
his search for the apparatus.
The system which Congressman
Walsh has In mind will broadly consist
Of row OF buttons upon each mem
hers chair. one voting aye another
mo" and a third present" These
buttons will be secured with a lock
which will open only to the individual
key which WAS Intended for it, When
one Of these buttons Is pressed IT regis
ters the vote in r central" located
behind the Speakers desk.
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
WOULD PUT J0BLESS
TO WORK FOR U. S.
Secretary Wilson Says Govern
ment Thus Can Wipe Out
Unemployment Problem

Uncle Sam can wipe out uncmploy-
ment by enabling men to work on Fed
eral construction projects when busi-
ness Is not brisk" declared Secretary
of Labor Wilson today
Put the men to work on land reclama-
ton. Government buildings. and river
and harbor improvements. said the Sec
retary. Let Federal. State and munisi-
pal authorities do the same, and there
will be work the year round for all who
want to work.
But until the whole business of Gov
ernment is revised, the Secretary added
will this be advisable or possible
1T Is my opinion" he said, that ia
tional. State and municipal Govern
ments should make appropriations for
work to complete a job. and not for
periods. This would enable the funds
to be used in employing men when in
drstries are not brisk. They could be
given work on river and harbor i'm
provements. building construction, land
reclamation and scores of othsr cnan-
nels where the Government Is active
But because of the obstacl in the
way, l am not prepared to set bac X
of this plan now.
'The greatest obstacle is the fear of
Congress that funds appropriated for
any length of time will be squandered.
Another obstacle Is the fear that
those who have authority to spend the
money will use it to build up political
machines.
And Congress desires to keep it's
iingertips on appropriations"
Suggestions that the President is
playing politics by his unemployment
census and that there are no employers
seeking employees We're denied by the
secretary.
Because the present unemployment
scheme has been in operation only a
short time. he said he did not have full
information concerning the number OF
employers seeking help. but he declared
the ngures would be published as soon
as they were obtained
I'VE are making no pretence of Gre
ating jobs he said. There are al
ways times when business is not brisk
that men need Job: and employers need
workers. Our task is to bring the two
together. Satisfactory replies are being
| received daily from employers and un-
employed.
We are using all the means at our
disposal to relieve the situation We
are utilizing Government facilities which
have been sleeping, and We believe we
! are going to be able to do some good -
II the plan Is the success the officials
believe 1t will be. they hope to have an
unemployment bureau established in the
Labor Department under the direction
| Of experts.
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Speakers before the Mothers Con-
gress meeting at the Raleigh yester-
day added their pleas to those al
ready made for some provision of
vocational training in the Washing
ton public schools.
More than six months ago COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
announced survey of Washington
industries as preliminary to recon-.
mendations regarding vocational
guidance. This committee has not
been heard from. Speakers of ma.
tional note in the vocational educa
tion field, such as Meyer Bloomfield
Of Boston, have been brought here
to address teachers Institutes. But
no active steps have been taken ir
the schools toward the furtherance
of this project.
Business High School now repre-
sents the one school institution di
rectly related to vocational worl
which does not require college train
ing. And Business only prepare!
pupils for stenography, bookkeepers
bank clerks. and those other fields
already believed to be overcrowded
No courses are offered leading to tn.
more highly specialized business
positions, such as window decora
tors. department store buyers, ad
vertising agents, sales managers
and similar openings where salarie
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
The Segregation Question.

To the Editor OF The TIMES:
! cannot agree with Mr.. Adrians that
the colored population should be sent
to Liberia or some other far away coun-
try, for even II we do feel frequently
like consigning the whole race to a
warmer climate when our cooks fail to
appear when we need them most, 1t
would be hard to get along without
them; nor do l feel that the so-called
Jim Crow law Is needed here, but
there Is one thing the writers and
sneakers have touched on but lightly,
and that Is the segregation OF homes.
This 10 q question that affects every
home owner. for 1t has gotten to be SO
that when a man buys home he
doesn't know what moment the colorsd
folks will take a fancy to his particular
square and cause him to sell out at
a sacrifice. | have In mind a block
lust off Ninth street, where five years
ago not single colored family lived.
but there came vacant house and I,
co!ored family took il. one by one the
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
Washington as Literary
Center, Treated in Paper

Washington as a literary center was
treated in II paper on Authors who
have lived in and about Washington
read last night by Mrs. Margaret Brent
Downing before the Washington His
torical Society in the Shoreham.
Among those mentioned as >having
homes or temporary abodes here were
William Writ. Thomas Law, Joel Bar
low, Washington Irving. Edgar Allan
Poe Prescott, John Lothrop Motley.
Bret Harte. Mark Twain. George Bap-
croft, John Hay. David Jayne Hill,
John w. Foster, and owen Meredith.
The paper was discussed by Allen Z.
Clark, who presided. and Dr. Lewis
Thomson. 1t was announced that the
society's library. in room 81. Pacific
building, go II street northwest. was
open Wednesdays. from II a. m. to
p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
Congressman Allan B. Walsh,
About to Become Lame
Duck, Working on "WiII."
DEATH BLOW TO FILlBUSTER
Apparatus Would End Forty.five
Minute Ro|I.CaI|, Only Meth
cd Left in Congress.
Bv KENDRICK SCOFIELD.

CONGRESSMAN Allan B. Walsh, of New
Jersey. who joins the Ancient and Hon
orable Brotherhood Of Lame Ducks on
the stroke OF noon. March 4, is busy
writing the final bequest In. his legisa-
tive last will and testament"
His legacy to those Of his fellows who
will remain members Of the lower
branch, is not OF money. or lands, or
goods. II is an idea and it is directed
against the final institution left in the
House of Representatives by which a
filibuster can be waged-the old forty
five minute roll call.
Ever since he entered the House. as
a member of the Sixty-third Congress,
with the distinction Of being the first
Democrat in fiftyseven years to be
trict. In which President Wilson is a
voter. he has worked with two objects
in view.
The first was to support any measure
looking to the indemnification OF work.
ingman against injuries suffered while
on duty. and the second to find some
way OF circumventing the time astinR
potentialittes OF the old system Of cali
Ing the roll.
Realized . Part.
As one Of the supporters Of the Mann
Bremner bill. which establishes a bureau
OF safety and sanitation for working
men. he realized a part Of his first am
uition.
In a resolution which bears his name,
and which. he has been promised, will
be given consideration before the life
Of the Sixty-third Congress Is spent, he
Is in a fair way to realizing his second
ambition. for the measure provides for
the establishment of an electrical vot-
ing system, founded principally upon
his ideas.
In this flsht Congressman Walsh was
merely following out the trend Of his
whole life: for twenty years Of his ex-
istence has been spent among such IN
tangible forces as amperes. volts. and
kilowatts. and such concrete apparatus
as transformers. current breakers.
switchboards. and cables.
Starting toward the realization Of his
tRyhood ambition to be an electrician
with the humble duties attendant upon
changing carbon sticks In the arc lights
of Trenton. he progressed until early
manhood found him In charge Of sub
station.
Narrowly Escaped Death.
1t was then that he narrowly escaped
elecuocution by q 4000o-volt current
Called one night to locate the trouble
which had plunged one section Of the
city into darkness. he overlooked the
fact that earlier In the day there had
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
The Silver
Lining
Edited BY ARTHUR BAER.

It's Donation Week.
That doesn't mean q weak donation.
Make 1t strong. There's no fllibuster-
Ing In charity. And no clotures.
All some misanthropes win donate
during Donation Week is the week.
High cost trend is now universal
Even the thermometers are rising, not
to mention the rivers.
Congress Is right. why should they
donate good money to deepen rivers,
when they can wait for the spring
floods?
Henpecked man might introduce the
cloture rule into the domicile.
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
Tomorrow.

Masonic-Nayal. No v; =; hhiraTn Nc, no TO- Ia
So: Potomac. No r. knights Templar: Es-
Their No >. Eastern Star.
Odd Felows-Columbia, No. 10: Excelsior.
No. Il; salem. No. 80.
knights of Pythias-Franklin. No. ..
Socialist party-German Branch. Local
Stag oyster roast, Elks' Club. sls II street
northwest. p. IN.
Meeting of contributors OF Ida NJ. DAILY
scholarship fund, Mckinley Manual Train
ing School. ! p. m. ,. -,
banquet, California State Association ka-
leigh. p. m.
Mass meeting Episcopalians Of the Diocese
OF Washington. Memorial Continental Hail.
p. m.
Address Industrial Peace" Secretary Of
Labor Wilson. New Jerusalem Church. .
p. m.
Banquet. Second Corps Association. Army OF
the Potomac, New Ebbitt. s p. m. =,
Lenten address What We Mean by Family
Rehabilitation" Walter S, Uford Rausch-
er's. II a. m.
Annual dinner North Carolina Society OF
Washington. Rauscher's. 1880 p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
Cites Again Dangers of the Twilight
Sleen

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
At this time when the Federal Govern
ment IL about to enforce the most dras-
tic anti-dope laws ever passed by any
country, II seems 20 me that II would
be appropriate for the public press to
lend it's assistance in preventing the
creation of an unlimited army Of doVe,
victims. Among the several ways OF
so doing would be to expose to public
view the true character of the so-called
twilight sleep, which Is nothing more
or less than morphine doping.
An army Of good women, many I'M
married, have gone stark mad upon the
subject Of its dangers. both in the pras
ent and future. There IL plenty Of au-
thority to condemn it's use. and plenty
of danger which should forbid its use.
ROBERT B. TOMBSTONE. NJ. -.
Hyattsville. Md, Feb. Is
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
THE BUSY METER

The other evening a man hired a
taxicab to make a trip for which
the meter rate is regularly 81,
"Want a return trip later?" asked
the driver. "Yes," replied the pas
senger. give dollar fat. rate, then,'
rejoined the driver.
Patron demurred, and was charged
$3.50 for the one-way trip. Next
morning he called the taxicab COM
pany and protested against paying
$3.50 for 81 trip. The company
explained that the fiat rate of S.
for a round-trip over $1-each-way
course was the regular thing; HIdone
for the protection of the PATRON" it
was explained. Some curiosity be-
ing expressed as to how a charge
of SIS for 81 worth of service helps
the patron, it was further explained
that when a cab goes for its patrons
for the return trip they are fire.
quently not ready; the cab must
wait; the meter goes right on regis
tering, whether the cab is running or
not; it is liable to meter off tre-
mendous amount, if the passengers
wait long enough; SO, in order to
protect them against this danger
the company thoughtfully charges
all Of them-the prompt ones and
the slow ones-the fiat rate Of $5!
Surely any passenger ought to ap.
preciate so much thoughtfulness.,
In this case, the passenger, having
paid $3.50 for his one-way trip worth
81 at meter rates, and having regis
tered his protest, was refunded $3.50
with the explanation that the
chauffeur had held him up for the
extra $3.50, quite without authority
This sort of thing happens alto
gether too often. There may be
justification for the IS rate for a
round trip that at meter rates would
click off 81; but it is not very obvi-
Gus. Certainly the explanation that
$50 per cent is added to the meter
rate in order to "protect" patron
against the fact that maybe hell be
slow, is gauzy enough from the view.
point of the man who isn't slow. 1t
seems as if the man who keeps his
cab waiting ought to pay for the
privilege; but the one who doesn't
delay it ought not to be soaked as
testimony that he has paid for the
privilege of an extra dance or for
milady's delay getting her wraps on
It is just such experiences as this
that establish the necessity fol-
proper regulation Of the taxicabs
Altogether aside from rates, the fact
that the driver can be made the
"goat" SO easily, suggests place
for application Of some stringency
A system loose enough to permit
such overcharges is bad and needs
the quick attention of the Public
Utilities Commission. There is not
even need to wait for physical
valuation of properties in order to
decide whether such practices are tc
be effectively stopped.
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THE SHIP BILLS FATE

! i 1HlTLCCH DcIIlOCIdVS WIN ATc UlcIIl.
bers of the present Congress and
will be members of the next voted
against their party in the test in
the House yesterday on the ship pur-
chase bill. In the next House the
Democrats Will have a majority Of
twenty-nine votes. If, then, the
opposition should line up against
such a measure, and these thirteen
should 60 over to re-enforce it, the
Democratic majority would be cut
to three. If in the new membership
coming in, there should be two more
Democrats willing to join to opposi-
ton, the House would contain ma
jority against the measure.
On the other hand, the Senate will
considerably increase its Democratic
majority next session, and whereas
there is at present an apparent tie of
its membership, giving the Vice
President the power to carry the bill
with his casting vote, another ses-
sion will probably strengthen the
Democrats in the Senate almost as
decisively as it will strengthen the
Republicans in the House. 1t is
a curious see-saw, resulting from
the fact that the House, having a
short term, is more promptly amen
able to shifting public opinion than
the Senate.
The parliamentary situation is
greatly changed by the passage of
ship bill in the House, as substi-
tute for a measure that had already
passed the Senate. This measure
as amended now goes back to the
Senate, where a motion to concur
is in order. Thus the opportunity
for amendment, and for interminable
discussion on amendments, is cut
off; the motion to concur will be the
sole proposition pending, and a fill
buster, if it is continued, must be
directed solely against it. Whether
the opposition will feel able to keep
the fight alive till the session ends is
uncertain. The uncertainty is
whetted by the fact that the Demo-
Gratis threaten to make fight for
cloture if the filibuster is continued
to the end; and a cloture fight is
decidedly not wanted by the minor
ity. If the ship bill were defeated
at this session, and an extra session
were called, the Democrats would
have an increased strength for the
purpose of carrying forward their
cloture program.
Thus the Senate Republicans see
themselves in situation that threat
ems cloture if they persist in de-
feating the ship measure; while the
Democrats see greatly reduced
chance, cloture or no cloture, of
passing the measure next session
on account of the changed situation
in the House. If a special session
is held, most of the Democrats and
about all Republicans believe it will
be unfortunate, politically, for the
party in power. Yet, if it were to
develop into a fight over cloture
there is some difference of opinion
whether it would be altogether un.
fortunate for the party; for the
belief is strongly entertained in
some quarters that the country
would be sympathetic with such ar
effort.
The Washington times., 1915-02-17
Mayors Wife on Stump.

CHICAGO. Feb. 17.-Mrs. Carter Fl.
Harrison has taken Mayor Harrison's
place on the platform and addressed sew
eral meetings urging his denomination
next Tuesday as the Democratic candi-
date for mayor
Mayor Harrison, because of illness
~xS unable to IN his snSaSementS