NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder A 67 
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THE 
National Capital 
Events of Interest from the Seat of 
Government 
By J. E. Jones 
The Breeze Bureau. 
Washington, July 28, 1914. 
Founpb, AN Honest MAN 
And he was discovered without 
the aid of Diogenes’ lamp, for he dis- 
covered himself. The gentleman is 
no other than Representative Wither- 
spoon of Mississippi, who returned 
$82.20 to the payinaster of the House 
of Representatives for salary that was 
tendered him, with the explanation 
that he had been away four days. It 
is estimated that at this time of the 
year when the House of Representa- 
tives is practically marking time, 
waiting for the Senate to complete its 
work, that there are over two hundred 
members of the House absent from 
the city, and should these gentlemen 
follow the action of Representative 
Witherspoon, it would save the gov- 
ernment over $4,000 daily. 
Dip Linp LAnpb $25,000? 
A few of the Republicans in the 
House of Representatives in an effort 
to make some political hay, have been 
endeavoring to inquire into the de- 
tails of the mission of John Lind, who 
was the President’s personal repre- 
sentative to Mexico, and they also 
want to know about his pay. The ex- 
cuse for the inquisitiveness is fur- 
nished by the fact that this is the time 
for making the annual appropriations 
for expenditures under the direction 
of the Secretary of State. However, 
there is no information following 
from Bryan or the White House. It 
it is a fact that Lind received $25,000 
then the Republicans who made this 
claim will not have the satisfaction 
of being able to verify it before the 
fall elections. 
CoUNTING THE ‘BIRDIES 
The Capital ‘City is quite proud of 
the fact that the bird census which has 
been undertaken by the United States 
government has shown that a portion 
of Washington—the Chevy Chase dis- 
trict, is the most thickly populated dis- 
trict for birds in the United States. 
The average was found to be about 
seven birds per acre. It may be sur- 
prising to learn that timber land sup- 
ports a much smaller bird population 
than an equal area of farm land. In 
the bulletins issued by the bird count- 
ers of the government no special ref- 
erence is made to the golf course of 
Chevy Chase, although everyone 
knows that this place is famous for 
its country clubs, and as the spot 
where ex-President Taft used to take 
his daily exercise in order that he 
might keep from weighing half a ton. 
SPRINKLE Borax On THEIR TAILS 
The United States Department of 
Agriculture has issued a bulletin stat- 
ing that as the result of experiments it 
has been found that a small amount of 
ordinary borax sprinkled daily on fer- 
tilizers, garbage, etc., will prevent the 
breeding of the typhoid or house fly. 
The “swat the fly” campaign has been 
carried on in Washington for several 
years, and the result is that there has 
been a great diminishing in quantities 
of flies. The Department says that 
the most important thing that can be 
done is to prevent breeding. 
THe “Hoosters’” Kick 
Even the ‘Civil Service Commission 
with its supposed leaning toward the 
Democratic party, fails to please Sen- 
ator Kern and Representative Cullop 
of Indiana, who have instigated an 
investigation that is being carried on 
under the direction of the President 
to ascertain whether the claims of the 
“hoosiers” to the effect that the inter- 
ests of Republicans are being favored 
in government service is true. All 
the racket has been stirred up because 
a small postmastership .t Merom, In- 
diana was filled by the namirg of a 
Republican over the heads of Kern 
and Cullop. 
KEEP THE ROADS DRAINED 
“No permanent road has ever been 
constructed or ever will be,’ accord- 
ing to road specialists of the United 
States Department of Agriculture, 
who amplify the statement with an 
appeal for keeping the roads in good 
repair. The federal officials claim 
that the general impression that there 
are certain types of roads that are 
permanent is erroneous.” It is pointed 
out that the only things about the road 
that may be considered permanent are 
grading, culverts and bridges, and 
therefore the Washington authorities 
assert that “the first and last com- 
mandment toward. road maintenance 
is to keep the surface well drained.” 
WueEen WILL Concress ADJOURN ? 
There is serious talk to the effect 
that the Senate may continue its work 
almost up to the day of election, and 
a few people even predict that Con- 
gress will be in session until Decem- 
ber. With the anti-trust legislation 
still in the foreground, the fight un- 
settled as to just who will be mem- 
bers of the Federal Reserve Board, 
and the Colombia and Nicaragua trea- 
ties promising a splendid row, there 
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is but one conclusion. Either the ad- 
ministration plan must be cut and 
these matters passed over to the regu- 
lar session in December, or the law- 
makers will be wrangling ntil late in 
the fall. 
“Joy Riptnc” 1n GovERNMENT Boats 
Representative Good of Iowa has 
been making considerable fuss because 
Secretary McAdoo took his bride out 
for a little boatride on one of the 
revenue cutters. McAdoo is the Ad- 
ministration’s head of the revenue ser- 
vice and it has been the custom for 
former secretaries to avail themselves 
of the privilege which he and his bride 
enjoyed. Good called it “joy riding” 
at the government expense, and the 
way he went “after” the President’s 
son-in-law made some good copy for 
the red type papers. 
Butt: FIGHTING AND BASEBALL 
General Funston put a stop to the 
bull fighting at Vera Cruz and de- 
clared that “it does not give the bull 
a fair chance.” Captain Leonard, U. 
S. N., who has just returned from 
Vera Cruz, says that on the corner 
lots the boys are now playing the 
game of baseball, and there is a fever- 
ish anxiety for that game among the 
Mexicans. Who knows but what the 
great American game will yet become 
a national sport and civilizer in Mexi- 
Oa: ty, 
Tur PeopLe WHo Work 
Over thirty-three per cent of all the 
people who work in the United States 
who work for a living are engaged 
in agriculture, forestry and animal 
husbandry, and considerably more 
than one-fourth, or 27.9 per cent, are 
engagéd in manufacturing and me- 
chanical industries. It has been de- 
termined that 53.3 per cent of the po- 
pulation of the country ten years of 
age and over are bread winners. 
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Rumpus Over SECRECY 
The rumpus in the Foreign Rela- 
tions Committee of the Senate contin- 
ues, and Senators Borah and William 
Alden Smith are insisting that the Co- 
lumbia and Nicaragua treaties should 
be discussed in the open Senate, in- 
stead of behind closed doors,  Al- 
though those treaties contain certain 
features that are of intense to the 
American people, yet Senator Stone, 
and a few others, are insisting on 
maintaining the old government poli- 
cy of secrecy in considering treaties. 
TuHat’s So 
Figg: “My hair comes out in hand- 
fuls. If it keeps on, I’ll soon be bald.” 
Fogg: “Nonsense! If it keeps on, 
you can never be bald,” 
