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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
First Bath Tub Built
In United States
Was In 1912

The first bath tub in the
United States was built in Gin
cinnati and installed in q home
in that city in 1912. The bath
tub was made Of mahogany,
lined with sheet lead, and its
far-seeing owner proudly ex-
hibited II at o Christmas party.
The next day the newspapers
In Cincinnati denounced It in
no uncertain terms as . lux
urious and undemocratic vanity.
Then along came the med
zeal men and solemnly pro-
nounced it q menace to health.
In 1042 Philadelphia under
took to prohibit by public or
dinance bathing between Mo-
vember 81 and March Is.
Boston, in 1845, made bath
ing unlawful except when pre-
scribed by q physician, and
Virginia was so wrought up
that she taxed bath tubs $50
a year.
With all the above opposi-
ton against it, the bath tub
today has become a vital ne
cessity in our homes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
SPANISH VETERANS CHIEF
ADDRESSES LOCAL CAMP

Speaking before members of Gen.
Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1. Al
bert Alcorn, Of Cincinnati, national
commander n-chief Of the United
Spanish War Veterans, last night
declared that veterans organizations
are cooperating in securing the
legislation sponsored by the differ.
emit groups.
Charles w. Mccartney, chairman
of the Maine committee, announced
that plans are proceeding for the
annual Maine memorial services at
Arlington, February 16. Depart
ment Commander James Murphy
and his staff made their annual
visitation.
A concert will be held by the
department at the Masonic Temple
on February 10, George Kimmel
announces. owen r. Beaver was
admitted to membership. Com
mander Charles A. Belknap pre-
sided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
HOME FOR ARTS
HERE CROWDED
IN BILL
Langley Asks House for Com
mission to Select Most
Efficient Plan.

Creation Of . commission to con.
slider the proposals to establish in
Washington q national building
dedicated to the arts and indus
tries, IL provided In q bill intro
duced In the House today by Con.
gresham John W. Langley. Of Ken
lucky. chairman Of the committee
on public buildings and grounds.
This commission would look into
the proposals Of the American Arts
and Industries Association to create
in Washington q national art CEN
ter for applied and Industrial arts.
The association proposes to erect
q building which would serve as
q headquarters for the nations
artists and art organizations. The
commission would be composed Of
two members Of the Senate, two
members Of the House, and. four
members to be chosen by the Presi-
dent as representatives Of tho OK.
ecutive branch Of the Government.
The commission IL authorized to
hold hearings and to report back
to Congress it's recommendations as
soon as possible.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
INCREASE mus.
BUILDING IS
Shown
Total 1929 Valuation Is Over
Four Times That
Of 1924.

When we think Of total figures
for building construction today we
have to think In billions Of dollars
mo easy job. There was a time
when we used to think In millions,
and most Of US looked upon that
figure as big for the sum total of
a years work in the construction
industry.
When we think in billions, we
must think Of the enormous differ
ence which $1,000, 10000 makes.
This years total figures from 20S
cities officially reported to the
American Contractor are $S,167.-
969, 220. In these same cities the
total valuation Of the building
permits in 1922 was only $2,-
| 574,778,871.
The enormous increase In dollars
expended for building construction
| exhibits itself particularly forcibly
when we study the building permits
granted in twenty cities whose
records have been traced back o.
far as 1914.
The total 1898 valuation In over
four times the money value OF
1914. In 1921 the event Of one
billion for the yearly valuation was
thought Of as remarkable. This
year, for the first time in history
is the 100000, 900 mark passed
| for the twenty cities.
At first thought, 1t may seem
unreasonable that roughly two
thirds Of the whole valuation for
10S cities should be conferred in
twenty Of these cities. But con
! sideration Of the population and OF
the growth of the cities show the
reasonableness of the statistics.
| New York City alone accounts
for $776,O25,9S1 of the valuation
for the twenty. The total for New
York last year was $611 ,075, 099,
| The total for this great city in
| 1914 was only $1S8, 227,543.
| Chicago's valuation for the past
year has been 1928, 6O4,312. During
1929 it piled up the much smaller
total Of 1927, ,01O. Its valuation
In 1914 was only $S3,262,110.
Los Angeles ranks third in this
years totals with it's permit val
uation amounting to $200,1 1871
The valuation in this city last year
was $121, 2O6,7S7. Thus are seen
three samples Of huge gains made
over last year. Before leaving Los
| Angeles we should note that its
total In 1914 was only $18,155 S23
When we think Of the big growth
Los Angeles has made we can &C
count partly for the dearth of build
ing tradesmen in other parts OF
the United States.
Philadelphia gain for this year
over last year IL not so spectacular
The year just passed has been
not only the record breaking year
but also the follower of what Rad
been itself q record breaking year
Both 1922 and 1898 witnessed big
wave Of building permits in the
month Of March. In both years
this was the peak, but the March
1 Of 1928 so far outstrips the March
of 1929 that there IL but little com
parison.
Only in the month Of Juno dc
this year drop below last years
records. The memory of the june
stabilizing slump, is still fresh in oul
minds. Probably 1t was good fol
construction, because 1t cast Il
one side any intention, arising
out Of the boom situation. to raise
construction costs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
League Labor BODY Meets.

GENEVA, Jan. 26.-The twenty
first session Of the League Of Ma,
tons Labor Commission will open
Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
MEN FIND JOY IN JUG,
KISS. HUG; GET JAILED

vINELAND. N. j., Jan. 90
When Mike Lenie and Morris Randy
came up lands avenue, frequently
kissing each other. the police were
called. The pair were taken to
city hall. Ionic explained that he
was going by a stairway in the
center Of the town when he say a
Jug. He took q ''whiff," found Il
pleasant, took q drink and found
the best peach brandy he ever tast.
ed. He said ne took three or four
more drinks and then wanted to
hug the whole world. Before the
recorder Ionic wondered why any
Vinelander would leave such good
stuff" standing around. No one
has 30 far claimed the jug. Both
were held for trial.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP
INCREASED BY SEVEN

The following new boards were
elected to membership in the, asso-
citation at a meeting Of the board
OF directors at Augusta preceding
the convention Of the national COM
Smittee.
Elgin Real Estate Board, Elgin,
ILL.,; Alton Real Estate Board, Alton.
III; Morgantown Real Estate Board,
Morgantown, w. W, Jackson Real
Estate Board. J&ckSen, Miss; Dade
City Rea' Estate Beard, Dade City,
Fla; zeal Estate Board Of Somer-
- SIounty, Somerville, N. J.:
Board OF Realtors, Bogota and
Teanech, N. J.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
EARLY ACTION
ON BUILDING
PLANS
Committee to Consider $780,
100000 Program After
LIncoIn's Birthday.

Consideration Of q $4,000, 1000
building program for the District OF
Columbia will be undertaken by
the House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds Immediately
after Lincoln's birthday, February
IL, It was announced yesterday by
Congressman John W. Langley OF
Kentucky, chairman Of the commit
tee.
The program In line with the
policy voiced by President Coolidge
in his message to Congress is to
be extended over q period Of about
ten years.
Chairman Langley says that he
win call q special meeting Of his
committee as soon a. possible after
February IL when details Of the
program win be considered.
One OF the first pieces Of con.
struction under the proposed pro-
gram would be q group OF cen.
tralized buildings for the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture which Is now
housed In some forty structures
throughout the city.
The program calls for completion
Of the main Department Of Agricul'
ture building, south Of the Mall.
two wings Of which already have
been completed.
The plan viii provide for de-
velopment Of the Mall and the cen.
tralized parkway system according
TO the original plans for the de-
velopment Of Washington.
Read Elsie ROblnsOn's article on
kv,a ailaAnvaaI VNa1a k0dav
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

Read Elsie ROblnson's article on
the editorial page today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
TO INSPECT

nv block
street and the Western High
School) or 35h walk north to
Street. Wisconsin Avenue to Street and walk west to
Street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26
Detective Killed by Bandit.

TTRRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. ga
stephen Kendall, q detective, ives
shot and killed in a revolver fight
with q bandit who robbed a gnso-
fine filling station here. The ban
dit escaped. but Il y believed he
= wounded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-26

pointed chairman of the program
committee Of the Southern Confer.
ence Of Building Owners and Man
ayers, to be held In Birmingham
February 1910.
The Washington Association Of
Building Owners and Managers rep
resents property with an assessed
valuation of over $4,000, 900.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20
CONTINUED i'm Our Next Issue)
HAIL TO THE "sTAG" SLEEPER

Men and women alike will hail With
joy the "stag" sleepers just intro
duced by the Pennsylvania railroad.
For it must follow as the night the
day that with men entitled to their
own sleeping cars, women will insist
upon special cars for themselves.
No innovation of recent years can
make a like contribution TO human
comfort. Clothes can be DOTTED and
donned while standing in the aisle.
That series of painful writings recall
ing the efforts of a snake to shed its
skin and the occasional bumps against
the top or end of the berth will be
done away with. Man will defy the
gaze of man, and woman that of wom-
an, once the element of sex antagon-
ism has been banished from the sleep.
err.
Nor will it make any difference to
what end of the sleeper one stumbles
in the blindness of early morning.
Either will serve since both are de-
voted to the same sex. And by jul
dicious allotment of the rush-hour
traffic between both Mushrooms the
porter will leave himself more time for
those final amenities which induce gen
erosity.-Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Il
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20


amount OF foreign news and special ar
ticlcs than any newspaper had done be-
fore
Whatever the critics of the Herald
may have urged against its editorial
policy and its general conduct, it exerted
a lasting impression upon American
newspaper work and American newspa-
per methods. 1t set faster pace than
ever had been known in news gathering.
The Herald that is merged with the
Tribune is not the Herald that Bennett
founded and a succeeding Bennett CON
Quoted through hectic career. 1t is a
far different sort of publication. It's day
was done and the merger was overdue
Newspapers of today have become so
intensively mechanical. so expensive to
operate, so hcdged about with business,
that the individuality of owner or editor
is thing OF the past. 1t was the per-
sonaity of the elder Bennett that created
the Herald. 1t has been the individual
ity of men that created all the great
newspapers of America in their day and
time. But the newspaper game has for
years been slowly entering upon new
epoch. Mediums of communication
bring the four corners of the world to-
gether. Newspaper production is no
longer a matter of individual initiative
and creative ability. It is now a ques
ton of mass output, an octopus OF news
gathering, constant battle for news su-
premacy, struggle for circulation, a
scramble for advertising lineage and over
all, the constant mounting overhead
which strains the entire Stats to meet
and surmount.
Yet the newspapers task is none the
less pressing. The greatest editorials
that are written today are not written
by human hands with pencil or type
writer. They are formed in the public's
mind through the medium of the news
columns. Today, it is not the beratings
of a vitriolic editorial writer that the
rascal in public life fears one-half so
much as the cold. unvarnished facts as
related by reporter in the course of his
DAYS work.
In giving to the public more news on
all subjects than has ever been made
available before. the press OF the United
States is the greatest safeguard of that
heritage which the newspapers Of the
old school fought so valiantly to help
establish.
This is the day of the reporter. The
day of the editor is no more.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20
THEY ARE PASSING

The New York Herald was sold the
other day by Frank A. Munsey and will
be combined with the Tribune by Ogden
Reed. The deal includes the Paris eii-
ton of the Herald. a brief announce
ment carries these few details. Under
the agreement, the name OF the Herald
must be carried at the masthead and
the combined papers will be known
henceworth OF The New York Herald
Tribune. That's all that is left of the
Herald-a name.
Not only are the old newspapers pass
ing, but likewise the old newspapermen
are going. With them are passing from
the newspaper business, ethics and forms
that had much to do with building the
greatest free press in the worlds his
tory.
James Gordon Bennett founded the
Herald in 1885 and for many years it was
known all over America for its aggres-
slvc news gathering, its reporters not
only covering the domestic news as no
newspaper before that day had covered
it, but they also went into foreign fields
and gave the American reader greater
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20

1T was lest your grace should be
tempted TO such ungentle measures
that | took the precaution to lock the
door" HOLES was smooth as velvet.
buckingham laughed, and, even as
he laughed he whipped the light rapier
from its scabbard. and flung forward
in lunge across the distance which he
had measured with his very practiced
swordsman's eye.
1t was an action swift as lightning
and of a deadly precision, shrewdly
calculated to take the other by sur
prise and transfix him before he could
make a move to guard himself. But
swift as it was, and practiced as was
the Dukes skill, he was opposed to
one as swift and practiced, one who
had too often kept his life with his
hands not to be schooled in every trick
of rough-and-tumble. Even as the
duke drew and lunged in one move
ment, too, HOLES drew and fell on
guard to defect that treacherous light
ning-stroke.
Mans sudden scream of fear and the
clash of the two blades rang out at the
same moment. The ColonePs parry
followed on into the enveloping move
lutIis VI TlpoSlt ludL Wuitftu bi'
point straight at the Dukes face on
the low level to which this had been
brought by the lunge. To avoid it,
Buckingham was forced to make a
recovery. retreat as precipitate as
the advance had been swift. Erect
once more, his grace fell back, his
breathing quickened a little, and for
a moment the two men stood in sill
ence, their points lowered, measuring
each other with their eyes. Then
HOLES spoke.
that dice are heavily cogged against
you," he said gravely. "Better take
the course 1 first proposed"
Buckingham uttered sneering
laugh. He had entirely mistaken the
others meaning.
"Why, you roaring captain, you pit
iful Bobadil, do you think to alright
me with swords and antics? 1t is
against yourself the dice are loaded.
Unlock that door. and get you hence
or I'll carve you into ribbons"
"Oho. And who's the roaring cap
tain now? Who the Bobadil? Who
the very butcher of a silk button"
cried HOLES, stung to anger. He
would have added more, perhaps, but
the Duke stemmed him.
Enough talk" he. snapped. '"The
key, you rogue. or I'll skewer you
where you stand"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

You never can tell. The friend who
is most anxious to take your part may
never return it.-Illinois State Jour.
nal.
Just because your shoes squeak Is
no reason for claiming to be a mus
sician.-Rockford Republic.
The government can furnish you 4
free bulletin on almost everything ex-
cept taking out oil stains.-Birmins-
ham News.
Mud may be food for the COM
plexion-but consider the turtle, the
alligator and the catfish.-Little Rock,
Ark. Gazette. -
Another thing which has suffered
somewhat lately is the hounds tooth's
reputation for cleanliness.-Columbus
Ohio State Journal.
Chickens may come home to roost,
but there's a growing disposition on
the part of some Of them to get IN
late.-Portland Express.
The rooster is the only genuine
feminist. He cackles approval OF the
hens OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Her
aid.
Girls used to marry for wealth. NOW
some of them are satisfied with an
automobile.-Des Moines Register.
Speaking of symbolism, a teapot
tied to a politician means the same
as a tin can.-New Haven Register.
Mother-I gave you penny yester-
day to be good, and today you are
Just as bad as you can be. x
Willie-Yes, mother. I'm trying to
show you that you got your moneys
worth neutrality-suspicious.. tHarris-
burg Patriot.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20
A DANGEROUS GAME.

With the degeneration Of the sena-
torial investigation into a mudsling-
ing contest which finds each party in
tent upon inflicting the greatest possi-
BILE political damage upon the other,
the public senses the departure of sim
certify. The idea at Washington seems
to be that for every Republican who is
dragged into the limelight a Democrat
must be besmirched, and for every
Democrat whose name is mentioned in
connection with the scandal Republi-
can character must be assassinated.
In prostituting the investigation
to narrow partisan purposes, the
politicians are playing n dangerous
and an unworthy game. They are
tearing public confidence into shreds
and inviting the voter to turn his back
upon both major parties and to look
elsewhere for a Moses who will lead
them out of the wilderness of doubt
and Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20
AN OLD BOGIE-MAN

CchdtOi i1CIIlll Oh S1idDdInd, VINO can
seare himself more often and for less
cause than any man in American public
life, has Just had another fit. This time
he is exercised over what he alleges to
be the fact that the large newspapers of
the East are controlled by the enter
ests" whatever that is or whatever that
may be.
1t will be remembered that Senator
Helm, with the inconsiderate and in
temperate use of his vocal organs that
is characteristic of him, tried to make
it appear that President Coolidge was
the individual mentioned in one of the
famous Mclean messages. The man
who wrote the telegram swore that the
President was not the man he had in
mind when he wrote the telegram. He
further testified that it was Senator Cur
it's of Kansas to whom he made refer
ence.
Naturally, HELM was left in an en-
barrasing position. He had tried, for
cheap partisan political purposes, to con-
meet President Coolidge with the Tea
pot Dome affair and had failed. Also
naturally, he received lot of letters
from all parts of the country in which
opinions were expressed that could not
by any stretch of the imagination be
construed as complimentary to Senator
Heflin.
AS might be expected, Helm was
greatly hurt and abused. He is one of
the men who claim the right to say all
sorts OF unkind things about others and
who always whine and scream when
ever brick happens to come his way.
Therefore, Senator Helm arose in the
Senate chamber and at great length and
with the ill-tempered style he invariably
employs, denounced all the people who
had made it plain that they did not care
much about him and then proceeded tc
pay his respects to various newspapers
in the larger cities of the East who hat
ventured to criticize his wretched little
effort to besmirch the President fol
political purposes.
1t was the burden Of Helms remark:
that these newspapers were controlled
by the "interests." This is term fre
quently used by people who really dc
not know what they are talking ahou
and who are trying to make somebody
believe that they possess the details O
some dark, deep mystery against thu
welfare of the United States. The Gin
terests," as these orators use the word
means, so far as it is capable OF being
understood at all, some combination o
moneyed men banded together for pur
poses of corrupting the sources Of ou
government and, in some way, which i
never defined or outlined, robbing tn
American people Of some part of thei
constitutional birthright.
Unfortunately these takers never ge
down to details. They never explai
who is, or who are, or who may be, 0
might be, the Interests" They alway
know everything except the things tina
the public would like to know. Not on
of these orators has ever mentioned tn
name of an individual or a corporatio
in connection with the term Interests.
Neither has one Of them ever pointe
out any dark decd that has ever bee
performed by the interests
1t would be refreshing if one OF thes
people who profess to know MI abor
the Interests" would some time 90
down 10 fundamentals and let the publ
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20

know what individuals or what corpora
tons really comprise that awful and
mysterious influence known as the "in-
terests." 1t might be we'll if they would
then inform somewhat weary public
Just what the Interests" have ever
done to, by, with, through, for, against
or in connection with anybody or any
thing at any time.