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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
Proud Old Virginia !

No discredit would have attached
to Virginia had the latest issue OF
bonds for her exposition been
fioated in New York. But great
deal of credit attaches to her In
taking the issue herself. She is a
proud old State, and her pride is
directly involved in an enterprise to
which she has invited all her sister
States and the whole world beside
AS was said in these columns yes
terday, she will soon have cleared
away the confusion with which her
fair is now encumbered. 1t is good
TO know she purposes herself to sub
scribe the money which that work
viii cost.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
Label on Goods;
Contents Remain Same
"OIiViuS" Wants to Know How People May
Procure Genuine Articles Made According
To Pure Food Law Provisions.

ciates and. with strong faith in the
medicinal proportion Of olive oil, have
told of great benefit derived from its
use. Every bottle that has been deliv-
cred % me by the afore-men toned
agent has been labeled pure olive
juice" with the exec tion OF the last
one which has no label at all 1 ques-
toned the said agent about IL and he
chose only 20 say, We are no longer
labelling our bottles, but. I assure you,
il IS precisely the same kind OF oil that
you have been getting through me for
years, and which, according 10 your
own reiterated statement. you have
found quite satisfactory"
I consented TO retain the bottle and
paid him therefor. even after this IN
satisfactory explanation OF the missing
label. because did not know where tn
turn to get pure, genuine olive oil
Are there no dealers about town who
have straight whistles and oils, and
can venture TO label them as such with
out fear Of the pure food law?
VIII The Times please enlighten US IN
this natter OLIVIUS.
Washington, d. c., Nay %
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
p thanksgiving

five pages. with pictures and biographies
Of the graduating class. Then comes
the medical department. treated in the
same manner. and occupying nearly as
much space. The dental and pharmacy
classes. while not as large, are handled
with literary merit
That The university student is an ard
ent devoIec OF the fraternity system. il
exhibited in the long list OF fraternitieS
that with group pictures OF the mem-
bers and interesting facts Of their his
tory. and lists OF officers. follow the
class histories in the Mall
The impetus given TO oratory in The
organization Of the Columbian and
NeeCham Debating Society is artfuily
worked up ia the story OF these clubs.
OF course, athletics are not forgotten
and r.. =. Wilson. manager OF the foot
bail team, has contributed a sparkling
resume Of the victorious team of 1876
1907. Clever short stories and slSits are
scattered throughout the book
The Mall STAFF consists OF Karl Nor
gan Block. editor IN chief; Joseph r.
Biggs, business manager. A. j. Smith,
Jhree-year law; r A. Holmes, two-year
law. P A Stuart, One-year law R D.
Brown. fOur-year college: E P Gates,
three-year college, L H Call. tWO-year
college; y. T. Johnston, one-year col
lege; r 4. Sullivan, architecture; A G-
Flowers. four-year law, 3 G. Wilkin-
son, graduate studies; Allen Smith, Sc
nior medical: T. s Avery. junior med
[ ical: S. W. Frenzy. sophomore medical;
| H L. Amos. freshman medical, c E
/ Detmer. senior dental: ". H Hildreth,
Junior dental: r NJ Bear. freshman
/ dental. A Day. pharmacy 2 W Ross
/ fraternity, and n n. Magruder. attn
! letics-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
The Land Prosecutions.

No such energy or effectiveness
was ever known in the prosecution
of offenders against the public land
laws, as is being displayed this
spring. Grand juries are grinding
out indictments at rate heretofore
unknown, while trial courts are Sc
curing convictions and judges are
pronouncing real penalties in a
fashion that two or three years ago
would have been thought utterly inn
possible.
The great public land country has
awakened, under the spur of the
Washington Administration, to a
recognition of the seriousness of
violating the laws of the country,
even when those laws relate merely
TO the public domain. II is notori-
Gus that for many years the public
domain has been treated with scant
consideration by the people of the
West-or Of the East, for the matter
of that. The land laws were re-
garded as rather impedIments than
aids to the development of the coun-
try; and so when they got in the
way of plans, why, they were
brushed aside with utter impunity
The general sentiment of the com
munities undoubtedly acquiesced in
this contemptuous attitude, and the
situation at last grew so grave that
a reaction was unavoidable.
Now the law is being restored to
the respect of the people. The adj
ministration of Commissioner Bal.
linger gives every promise of results
that will convince the land hooters
of the impracticabilitly of old meth
DDS, and bring the whole West tC
understand that a bad law must be
repealed, not ignored. If the pub
lie land communities will once get
together in a recognition of the in
adequacy of present land laws, there
viii be little difficulty changing
those laws. There is still enough
of the public domain left to b'
worthy of protection. There is
every reason why the right kind o.
laws should be enacted in place OF
many which have become anachron
istic. And the best way to get thu
laws changed when they need
change is to enforce them.
Present indications that thi:
years crop of land-grabbing con
yksts will be the largest and tn,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
Pure Food Law Labels.

A correspondent of The Times
asks, in letter in another column,
pertinent questions about the work
ings of the pure food law. He has
found that the pure Rye Whisky
which he used to buy is not now
labeled with the word Pure" The
explanation, doubtless, is that this
whisky never was pure rye, but that
it was called pure rye So long as
there was no penalty for lying in
the label
Likewise, our correspondent has
been accustomed to buy very fine
article of olive oil, labeled Pure
Olive juice but finds that lately
the label is taken off, and the dealer
explains that I'VE are no longer
labelling our bottles, though 1 can
assure you that it is precisely the
same oil you have been getting for
years"
In this case, again the explana-
ton is easy. 1t never was pure olive
oil, though label was used which
declared il to be such.
Our correspondent asks where
really pure foods can be found. 1t
is to be presumed that the new law,
involving so many and such compli-
Gated problems of administration as
il does, will not be vigorously en-
forced at once. That would be i'm
possible. Yet the penalties of the
law are now effective. The dealer
who has changed the label on his
whisky or his olive oil rather than
take the chance of a violation is the
one who is proving his respect for
the law. Any article that he will
sell with the pure" label on it may
be expected to be the real thing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
HARGIS VERDICT
IS EXPECTED BY
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Trial for Cox'S Murder
Begins Monday in
Remote Spot.

LEXINGTON. Ky. May 20-Testi-
mOny in the case OF Judge James Har-
gis, charged with the assassination OF
James COckrill. viii close today Argu-
ments will be heard Tuesday. and the
Jury's report is expected Wednesday.
Some important witnesses were Tut
on the stand today. s. Kingford. OF
New York. Ed. Callahan, Senator Alex.
Hargis, and Bill Britton. the last three
charged also with the CocBriu murder.
testified. as did Tom White. brought
here from the penitentiary by the de-
Tense.
HaIgis Worried.
Hargis and his henchmen are very
nervous, and are busy keeping their
men together. Both sides have spies
watching their enemies.
The trial of Judge Hargis, Alex. Har-
sis, Ebert Hargis Britton. Ed. Gala
nan. John Abner, John Smith. and Jesse
Spicer. set for next Monday. at Sandy
Hook. Elliott county, on the charge OF
the asSaSsinati ton of DR. b. d. Cox. will
likely go on. as the defense announces il
Will be ready
Far From Railway.
Some sensational developments are cx-
pected there.
side world by one lone telephone wire.
and there is not a foot of railway or
telegraph in Elliott county. The case
will be heard by Special Judge Carnes.
who transferred the case from Breat-
HIT TO Elliott county.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
Plain Talk on Assimilation.

America is new to the colony bust
ness. She has been so accustomed
to governing on the theory that
every citizen was capable of self
government that even at the close
of the civil war she saw no other
attitude to take as to the negroes.
Now she has millions of brown men
and islands populated by possibly
as many more men of mixed race to
rule. In the light of this new re-
sponsibility and the utter futility of
applying her old principle to it, her
citizens will find interest in a speech
recently made in Paris by NJ. G.
Leygues, French minister of colo
MES. Out of practical experience
that official said this:
This talk of assimilation" is I'll
wrong. There is no such thing possible.
The idea is an error. and we must re-
nounce II now and forever. No one has
ever "assimilated" the races. In the
diverse forms racial genius, racial
morals, racial intellect-the essential
laClal QuauIleS-lneIe dre eQulNdien CleS
or cOrrespondencies. but there can be no
identity. Why should we impose our
mental habits, our tastes.s our manners.
customs. and laws on people for whom
the words family" society" and
property" hold a meaning diametrically
opposite TO the meaning that they hold
for us7
Surely we people of the United
States do not need French testimony
/ of the fact that mo one has ever
'assimilated' the races" We have
only to journey through our own
Southern States. There we shall
find, indeed. that there can be no
identity of racial genius, racial
morals, racial intellects. There we
shall find also wretched evidence Of
the mistake which underlies the as
sumption that law can reorganize,
or regenerate, or uplift any lower
race to equality with higher race.
Nations which would COLOMBO can
not expect to shortcut generations.
The japanese, who seem to have alb
sorbed in sixty years the teachings
of a thousand years of civilization,
are no exception to this rule. They
had a civilization before Lief ever
landed his Morse sailors on our
shores. What they did was simply
to adopt certain material improve
ments, and if they had not been
themselves intellectually the full
equals of Americans and Europeans
they must have failed in the effort.
Our work with the Filipino and his
brothers of Sulu and Guam must be
slower-Perhaps hundreds of years
slower. The sooner we cease all
talk of assimilation" therefore, the
better it will be for them and us.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
WILSON NAMES
FOOD AND DRUG
INSPECTION MEN
Thirteen Hundred Appli-
cantS and But Fifteen
Are Appointed.

Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson an
nounced this morning the list Of appoint
ments to the position Of Pure Food and
Drug Inspector, resulting from the re
cent examinations held to I'LL these
positions. While only fifteen appoint
ments have been made so far, probably
forty In all will be appointed within
a short time. and that number increased
to meet the needs of the service.
The examination for the position was
a most difficult one, and at first it was
feared that not enough had passed il
to fill the requirements of the depart
ment The result Of the paper marking
by the Civil Service Commission. which
omitted the grades given for expert
ence.' and included only the results OF
the theoretical examination, showed that
not enough had received sufficiently high
grades to make them eligible to APP
pointment. although some !. 800 had taken
the examination. a large number OF
those examined, however, showed that
they had had experience that would
prove valuable in the work of the poSi-
ton. so that when this was taken into
consideration, no difficulty was found
in filling the register.
TFose pIOinted TO date and the States
from which they come are as follows
the District Of Columbia being repre-
scented by Howard w. Barker:
A Brown. Iowa jas. A. Beer. Ohio.
James c. Duff, New Arthur b. Woolsey,
York. New York.
Benjamin Perry, Ill. George II. Adams
Arthur Stengel, Pa. Mass.
John c. Haley, Ill. Barclay c. Wins
Harry II Wagner low, Kan
New York. Walter c. Miller,
Charles A Meserve New York
Ill. John II. CARRIER. Ia
Daniel NJ. Walsh. VT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20

TRAITOR of these days is a stranger TO
the old theory that public Office
is private snap" He works like
n horse, and his work is invariably
hard. Not infrequently it combines
the nagging, exhausting, soul-wear-
ing watch over details which makes
men little and squeezes them dry,
with the bigger task Of overcoming
primal difficulties and reorganizing
complicated services. If this is the
truth as to old Offices, like that OF
the First Assistant Postmaster. Gen
eral, it is less than the truth as TO
new ones, like that of the Chief OF
the Bureau of Corporations.
Such occupation demands fresh
minds and strong bodies. Neither
can long be had of man who takes
no exercise, has no recreation, de-
MES himself even the evening hours
with his family, and draws, day
after day, on his account without
renewing his principal.
In the end IL is doubtful if the
fourteen-hour program accomplishes
as much as that which covers only
eight or ten hours. Men do not
make the most progress by sitting
unfortunately at desks, driving them
selves 10 close attention, and turn
ing away only when the eyes viii
no longer stay open or the brain
receive the impressions they tele-
graph. They cover ground best
when their impressions are fresh
and their perception keen. These
columns have already cited the ex-
perience of the Bank of England
that its clerks do more work and
make less mistakes in the first
hours of the morning and those that
follow close after luncheon than in
any other part of the day. The
same lesson, though in vastly more
impressive form, could be learned
any day in the office of any active
bureau or department chief in wash
ington.
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To the Editor OF The Washington Times:
It Will. am sure. be greatly appre-
c,ated by many readers Of The Times,
II you will tell them how TO avail
themselves Of the provisions Of the pure
food law in procuring genuine stun. As
far as my experience goes this Jaw has
as yet merely deferred dealers from
falsely labelling goods. For instance.
have Tor some months been occasionally
buying a bottle OF whisky from a local
wholesale dealer in liquors and, prior
10 several weeks ago. the bottle was al
ways labeled pure rye" on the Label
Of the last bottle purchased, apparently
the same whisky, 1 observed that the
word pure" was blotted out and the
word blend" substituted
Again, 1 have been buying olive oil
from an agent OF some firm. 10 me IN
known, for several years, and il seemed
TO me 10 be OF excellent quality In
fact. have often praised il TO my asso-
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are OF the opinion that the two will be
indicted and the case allowed TO go 10
the petit jury. but that an acquittal on
the unwritten law will follow. There
are few who believe that a conviction
for murder can be secured.
Pretty Priscilla Bowie. the cause OF
the homicide, was a family favorite. one
Of the bellies OF the surrounding neigh
borhOod and generally admired POsey' s
failure 10 marry the girl after the we'd
ding date was set and the guests had
actually assembled, in the opinion OF
many defenders Of the unwritten law.
gave the mother and brother a reason
able amount OF provocation and justi-
fed the method used in avenging the
girls honor.
The case will be holly contested on
both sides. the POSey and Bowie family
connections possibly exceeding that OF
any other two families in the county.
Should the grand Jury indict, the trial
would probably be called by the middle
OF the coming week, The circuit court
here generally remaining IN session but
the one week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
Mrs. BOWie and Her Son
Plead "UnWritten Ldw''
SIayers of Daughter and Sisters Betrayer at
La Plata Say They Gave Posey Every
Chance TO Make Amends.
WALDO PoNDRAY WARREN

LA PLATA, Nd. May 2o.-The "un-
written law" and all the term signifies
Will be the buIwaTk upon which the
defense win rest its cause. when the
case OF the State VS. Mrs. Bowie and her
young son. Henry Bowie. Is called here
this week. and the two face the charge
of murder for the killing Of Hubert
Posey-
Mrs. Bowie's defense viii be he be-
trayed my daughter. promised to marry
her, and then refused 70 do So" With
this thought before her. and believing
she would be upheld in her act. Mrs.
Bowie and nor son met Posey upon
the highway. gave him another chance
10 make amends. so they claim, and
upon his refusal. leveled their guns
and fired POseys body was picked up
riddled with buckshot and with life ex-
tinct
II Is currently believed that the grand
jury will fail to indict the BOwies. Some
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20

! to coherer and thence to the man who
is waiting TO receive it.
While there are a score or more OF stu
dents stations in various parts Of the
city only those nearest the navy yard
have seriously interfered with the Gov
eminent work.
All the boys have a call" and when
their station receives their two letters
they answer Every day and night they
talk with one another. but when they
get keep out from the navy yard they
close their instruments and allow tha
Government 10 transact its business.
Messages coming from Norfolk. Pen
sacola, or ships in the Atlantic are
weak because of the long distance, and
the operators have all they can do to
get the waves While they are taking
these feeble dots and dashes a student
or two living within a few blocks OF the
yard might begin sending 10 some other
student The waves going IN every di-
rection, would prevent the navy yard
operator from receiving his official dis
patches.
Many Of the students have learned =
great deal about wireless telegraphv
from Superintendent Woods. who has
taken great deal OF interest in them
and demonstrated the instruments to
them. When the navy yard first experi
creed trouble with the students. Ar
Gods was asked 70 talk the matter
over Sith them. and II they did not
deslst 10 inWoke the law The bows
natly refused TO take their Instruments
from the roofs. When the Navy Depart
ment oIncials looked for law on the
subject they found that there was none
Unable 10 accomplish anything wits
threats Mr. Woods politely requested the
Students 10 refrain from talking TO
one another when they knew the navy
yard was busy. The aapeal was A.
fective-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
Good for Mr.. BuSSe!

Bureau chiefs and officials higher
in the governmental scale here in
Washington may well note the de-
cision of Mayor Busse, of Chicago,
to take a day off Sunday. The Gus
tom here, save in routine positions,
is to work seven days in the week,
and fourteen hours a day. 1t is a
bad habit. with nothing IN the world
to commend e.
For the Government admins
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20

most distinguished ever gathered in
through the processes of the courts.
1t will be garnered from all the pub
lie land States, but largely from
Colorado, Oregon, Washington
Wyoming, and Utah. The courts
and the prosecutors are working in
perfect harmony, and it is apparent
that the law-breakers are at last
in a condition of Generalization and
rout.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
Tech" Boys mterfered
With Navy Yard Wireless

Students Of Technical High School
have so successfully mastered wireless
telegraphy that half a dozen Of them
recently had to be appealed to in order
that Government messages might be re-
ceived at the Navy Yard. The students
have sending and receiving stations on
the roofs of their houses and untn a
day or two ago took keen delight in
talking 10 the Navy Yard operator
when they knew he was receiving a
message from Norfolk or Pensacola
Supt. Elliott Woods. of the Capitol, who
is personally acquainted with many Of
the students, was asked by the COM
mandant OF the Navy Yard to call
orr the boys. After a futile attempt to
scare them with threats Of imprison-
ment he asked them to be kind enough
to keep out" when the Navy Yard
was receiving.
Whenever the operator at the yard
wishes to receive a message he must
notify the youthful telegraphers and
request them to keep silent.
The principles of wireless telegraphy
are taught at Technical High School
and the professors say the boys learn
rapidly. Many drawings have been
made by the students and some have
gone so far as TO suggest improvements
or simplifcations for the Mareoni, Shoe
maker, De Forest, and Fessenden sys-
TENS.
Several weeks ago the students rugged
up stations on their roofs. They have
ordinary telegraph instruments, oper-
ated by dry batteries. The receiving
station consists OF a sharp-shaped in
strument. across which is strung a
number of copper or bronze wires.
From these the message is transmitted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
RECEIPTS OF FETE
NOT YET REPORTED

1t will probably be several days before
the various charities interested in the
recent fete at Friendship are able to
report the exact returns for the two
days, but present indications are that
each of the institutions will have added a
material sum to their respective treas
uries
II is estimated that the gate receipts
for the two days were more than s.. 800
Six thousand tickets. in round numbers,
is the estimate made of the number sold
for the two days.
One of the most successful features of
the fete was the Streets of Paris"
in aid of the Newsboys' Home, and it Is
understood that the last days receipts
alone for this section were $500.
Announcements from each of the char
tiles interested are expected within the
next few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
PLAN MEMORIAL SERVICE

Memorial services will be held next
Sunday evening, beginning at o'clock,
in Carroll Institute Hall. 9l6 Tenth
street northwest, under the auspices Of
the Department of the District of Co
lumbia, Spanish War Veterans. Capt.
J. Walter Mitchell, department COM
mancer, viii preside. The veterans will
attend In uniform The speakers will be
the Rev. II. A. Brown, of Fort Myer,
late chaplain Of the Rough Riders; the
Rev. Father Donoghue, of st. PauIs
Catholic Church, and the Rev. Julius T.
Loeb. of the Adas Israel Jewish Syna-
gogue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
IS LOOTED
WHILE FAMILY IS AWAY

While members of the family were at
church yesterday morning. thieves ran
sacked the home of Mrs. Phillip Beav-
ers. III North Carolina avenue southeast
securing ring set with three rubies
ROOM
From the room Of Mrs Mary Marcy,
a roomer. the following articles were
taken: One amethyst ring. one gold
snake ring set with diamonds and sap
phires, a PLAIN gold ring, gold neck
chain. and a butterfly pin
Mrs. Beavers suspects two white boys
who were seen lettering about the prem
ises early in the morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20

The Hon. John Temple Graves is max
ing so many explanations Of his declara-
ton for Roosevelt that it can only be
assumed that he designs TO do most OF
his Iecturing this season In Republican
States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-20
CHARITIES APPEAL
FOR 1888 MORE

In announcing the following contri-
buttons recently received the finance
committee of the Associated Charities
make an appeal for sixty-seven con-
tributors of $40 each to complete the
sum OF $66S75 needed to sustain the
work until November l.
John Joy Edison. treasurer of the AS
ISOLATED Charities. acknowledges. on be-
half of the beard of managers, the fol-
lowing contributions received at S11 G
street: