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The Washington times., 1909-08-12
THE LESSONS OF MIMIC WAR
FARE.

There is a great opportunity for the
militiamen in the war game which will
be played along the Massachusetts,
coast next week, which should be taken
advantage of. They viii have an oP-
portunity to gain an immense amount
of knowledge about phases OF military
.ife which they would never see in the
ordinary course of their encampments.
They viii have a chance to rub
shoulders with regulars of long expert
enee. They viii see the execution OF
tactics which are the result OF. years of
study by experts in the regular army.
All OF these things and many more,
The militiaman viii have an oppor-
tunity to observe, but his participation
IN the war game VIII have been a waste
of Government money if he is content
with being interested for ten days and
then forgetting about it until the next
encampment.
The annual eneampment of volunteer
troops is not a joke today as it was
formerly. It is only few years since
kegs Of beer we're considered as neees-
sary a part Of the camp equipment as
the tents and horses. Fortunately for
the nation and for the State troops that
sort of encampment has practically
gone out q cxistence. The Government
is now spending immense sums of
money to increase the efficiency of the
militia, and the Government is fairly
entitled to a fair return on its invest
ment.
The evolutions to be worked out III
the war game this summer should be
the subject of study for the militia
men throughout the winter months.
Less attention to the manual OF arms
and marching and counter-marching
across an sunory floor, and more study
OF some real problems of warfare will
produce better soldiers. Let the re-
cruits be drilled by themselves, Just
IS they are in the regular army. Let
the officers and veterans concern them
selves with a serious study of military
tactics and the Government viii have a
reserve force OF soldiers upon which it
can depend in time of war.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
STATUE OF ROBERT z. LEE IN
The CAPITOL.

Il soon viii be fifty years since, as
tradition goes. Robert Z. Lee, standing
IN front of the beautiful Lee mansion
at Arlington and looking out over the
Potomac at the city of Washington,
pohdering whether he would cast his
fortunes with the North OF the South,
turned sadly away to draw his sword
for the cause which his native State Of
Virginia had espoused.
It probably never entered the imagi-
nation Of the great soldier that the time
would come when his statue would
stand in the Capitol OF a reunited and
nightly expanded nation, and that his
own likeness would be chosen for that
honor along with the statue Of George
Washington.
And yet that is exactly what has hap
pened. The statue of Lee has been
placed in Statuary Hall. and at the
same time the statue of Washington
was placed there. Later on, both viii
be dedicated with fitting ceremonies.
The historian VIII search the pages
Of the past in vain for a stranger
mutation than this, by which a man
who at one time led armies in great
campaigns against nation IS, within
the lifetime of hosts who participated
in those campaigns, honored with a
place in the Hall Of Fame of that
nation
II viii not be until next winter that
Congress will formally accept the Lee
statue, but it is doubtful if its ac-
eeptance viii raise a murmur Of protest
from anyone in either house Least OF
all viii any objection come from the
men who soldered against the forces
Of Lee and fought back and forth for
four long years between the Potomac
and the Rappahannock.
1t has come 10 be recognized by near
ly all Americans that Gen. Robert J.
Lee is worthy of q place in the coun.
try's Hall Of Fame Men may differ
about the Gauss for which he fought
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
THINK NEBRASKANS
WILL ELECT BRYAN
Friends Pushing Peerless
Leader to Succeed Sen
ator Burkett.

OMAHA. Eeb.. Aug. i2.-That William
>. Bryan will be elected Uaitee States
aeHator 10 succeed Elmer j. Isurkett
aHd that ar effort vii immediately be
made ~ him % secure the position Of
chairman n the National Democratic
Committee IN order 20 retain his posi-
ii9H - leader Of his party. IL the an
HssiiHaemsBf that has been made by
ssfas ~ THE close friends OF the com
meter ~ EAls city
Mf lHVsa Il not an active candidate
fsf tHe seHste. DFeferring rather 10 re-
tasiH 90 private iifs. but the rank and
sic ~ the party 10 this State Is coming
sfgaisa 81 The belief that ne Is the only
sasH Wfle asH - victorious IN the next
ssfapsi&B % looks az though Mr
sfasn Yiii ~ forced 70 become a can
aiasfs fef ths senate bv his friends
VIC viii insist that Il Is bis duty 20
fgs party - run With Bryan as
sssaiaafs Tor the Senatorial toga and
Governor saslienDefger again candidate
f9f tie position he nov holds. Demo
efsfs beilsgs Nebraska viii remain
safely Democratic.
Tie legislature Was dominated last
winter - q large Democratic majority
8Ha tids vii assist IN carrying IT. again.
as many ~ the present Representative
VIII be candidates for reelection. The
Oregon plan ~ eiectlng Senators Is
also in vogue ln Nebraska, the ieEisis-
tors making pledges before elected "a
vote for the candidate having the
greatest popular vote. II Is GENERALLY
believed by Democrats and by many
Republicans that Mr. Bryan car easily
defeat Senator Burkett under this
method u election as the latter has
invited much criticism because Of his
votes on the tariff bill which was re-
Gently passed.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

the base of the stall was q long row
OF giant watermelons. looking for all
the world like terrible death dealing
bombs ready to be thrown into a
hungry enemy and burst in splendid
luseiousness. And perhaps that simile
OF death-dealing is not far wrong
watermelons are treacherous. A further
touch of fairy land was a heap of
erinkled peanuts, huneh-backed and
mis-shapen like the gnomes in a play.
Over all hung a fragrance and aroma
like September in an orchard or a
week in Cuba. 1t pays to look for
beauty when the weather is hot and
the temper wited.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
RESTORES STRIKERS
TO POSTAL SERVICE
French Minister Gives Eighty Men
Their Old Places.

PARIS, Aug. Fin view of the rejec-
ton by the French court of the claims
of the pcscal, telegraph and telephone
employees &c right to form a trade
union NJ Millerand, minister of public
works and posts and telegraphs. has
deemed the time appropriate for the
government 10 show its magnanimity,
and has renstated eighty of the postal
employees who were dismissed for taking
part i'll the strike last May.
The court held that under the law Of
1884 the right to form workmen's unions
did not apply TO State employees, and or
dered the dissolution Of the union which
the postal, telegraph and telephone en-
ployes had founded.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
CUMMINS' PLAIN TALE FROM
THE PRAIRIES.

Senator Cummins' plain tale from
the prairies presages a warm time by
and-by for the present Republican
bosses in Congress. Some times these
bosses are called leaders," but that
term is too fattering altogether. Mr..
Aldrich and Mr.. Cannon are not popu-
lar, and true leaders must be. They
are not respected for their unselfish-
ness of purpose, and true patriots must
be. 1t was not one of these veteran
standpatters, but one of the new in
surgents, Senator Dolliyer, who said the
other day that ''the Republican party
is face to face. as in the days of its
youth. with the elementary questions
which concern justice and liberty" The
bosses have lately shown that they be
lieved the party to be face to face
with another opportunity to fool the
people.
Mr.. Cummins. however, believes, with
Lincoln, that you can't fool the people
all the time; that the people want
progress and a square deal; that the
issue to be fought out at every Re
publican convention from now on IS
this: "Shall tho men in control of the
party destinies be permitted further to
disregard plain party declarations 2"
The advocates of this program are
the real leaders. They are the men to
whom the President must turn when
he seeks champions for his reform
policies.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
DOROTHEA CORNELL
MARRIES NOBLEMAN

ITHACA, y. Y, Aug. 12.-Under a
canopy Of Dutch and American flags
and the Cornell University colora, Miss
Marguerite Dorothea Cornell, 6augh-
ter of the widow OF a former cover
nor of New York, and Agnoud Jacob
Joris Van der Does de Rye, son OF a
noble Dutch family. were married
here. The marriage is the culmina ton
Of a romance Of Cornell.
The bridegroom is now an American
citizen, and is in charge of the loco
motive testing department of the At
Gibson, Topeka and santa Fe rail-
road
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
BANK MAY MEET
ALL OBLIGATIONS

Comptroller Of the Currency Murray
to-day received a dispatch from Deputy
Comptroller Fowler, who was sent to
Upton, Ind, 10 make an examination
into the condition - the First National
Bank, Of that place, the cashier Of
which recently looted it for large
amount of money.
Mr. Fowler reports that he expects
the bank 10 go into voluntary lquida-
ton This is taken to mean that II
will meet all Of its obligations
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
ALFONSO WILL NOT
TRY TO LIFT CUP
Story That SPANS King Would
Challenge American Yachts
Denied.

MADRID, Aug 12.-Premi4r Maura
today, speaking for King Alfonso, de-
MED positively that the King has any
thought Of challenging for the Amer
icas yacht cup.
.'The only possible basis for such a
rumor." said the premier. is the fact
that the Kings yachs Hispania took
part In the recent COwes regatta But
as he has been taking Fart in yachting
regattas for years. sucii a conjecture
was wholly unwarTanted. Alfonso
would dislike very much the notoriety
that would attach 10 an attempt 0y him
to lift the cup"
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
ECUADOR OFFICIALS
LENGTHEN THE FAIR
United States Will Open Exhibit in
South America Next
Week.

GUAYAQUILs Aug. 12.-The govern
ment OF Ecuador has received telegraph
&c congratulations from all ports Of the
world on the one hundredth anniyer-
sary Of the movement on the part OF the
people OF Ecuador to win independence
from Spain. and it has been decided 10
continue the exposition. which was
opened yesterday. until the end OF De-
cember. The exhibits Of France. Peru
and Chile already are opened. That OF
the United States viii be ready next
week
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
KING READY TO TAKE
CURE AT MARIENBAD

MARIENBAD. Aug. liking Edward
arrived here safely this Afternoon. He
left the train at Eyer, a frontier town
sixty kilometers from Marienbad. and
drove TO the town in his own forty
horsepower automobile. An exchange
Of cordial kilograms has taken place
between the King, at Marienbad, and
F,n1per0r Franz Josef at Ischi
Or OFT has seen the King and pro-
nounced his health very satisfactory. 1t
was arranged 10 commence the cure at
once.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
TWO HUNDRED MEN
MISSED SINCE STORM
Fishing Fleet Caught OFF japanese
Coast, and But Fifty-Nine
Survivors Found.

TOKYO, Aug. 12.-The fate Of 258 coral
fishermen. caught in storm of Tosa'
near Kobe. is in doubt today. OF the
400 fishermen who are known to nave
occupied the fishing fleet of forty boats.
af.v-nine reached the shore sately'
Twelve are known to have been drowned
and the rest are unaccounted for
As the storm occurred week ago.
it is feared that all OF those missing
went to the bottom Of the sea.
Three torpedo boats were dispatches
to Tosa today to search the coast Ior
possible survivors
The storm was Of unprecedented sud
.5enness and severity. and the fishermen
had no time to put TO shore.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
LONG REST SOUGHT
BY SENATOR LODGE

NANTUCKET. Mass. Aug 12.--Sena-
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, accompanied by
his son. George. arrived at Nantucket
today. and went in a power boat 70
Tuckernuck island, where the Senator
win spend several weeks in sealusioin
at the private reservation Of DR.. ". S.
Bigelow. of Boston. who owns a large
estate there.
Senator Lodges health is not of the
best. and he is seeking rest and quiet
after a protracted session of Congress.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Victor D. Bremen is about to ask fer
an injunction TO prevent the removal
Of his initials from the Lincoln pennies.
While he is about It. he might request
permission TO put his address on the
coins, together with his office hours.
OF course, Mr.. Lincoln does not c1;,nt.
From the standpoint of Mr. Bremen,
the pennies seem to have been designed
for the glorihcation and advertisement
OF the artist
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
LIFE GUARDS SAVE
DROWNED" SWIMMER
Man Dragged From Surf and Pro-
nounced Dead by Physician
Is ReSuscitated.
Is keSuScitated

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. IL Life
guards. who rescued Lester LeNeis. OF
Nashville. Tenn. from the surf. brought
him back to life after he had been Of
hcialiy declared dead" BY physicians.
Guards Smailwood, Clements and
Nichterline. who caught the man after
he had been swept under the breakers
of New Jersey avenue, put in an hours
hard work before he regafned conscious
ness after being brought ashore.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
CAPTURES DOG AND OWNER.

CHICAGO, Aug 12--After seeing a
bulldog bite twelve-year-old Franz Mel
son. Mrs Martha Murphy pursued for
five blocks and captured J. d. Meyer
and the dog, which he had in leash, aud
held both prisoners until patrol wagon
arrived and took theI1 TO the police
station. The boys wounds may prove
fatal
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Treasury Department has a scheme to
wash bank notes. Most folks can't hang
on TO a bank note to let It dry, even if
they were frugal enough to refrain from
spending it long enough to administer
bath
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

AS was confidently expected, Capt.
Archibald Willingham Butt is strictly
on the job at Beverly The captain
learned how 90 cover an assignment
thoroughly when he was on Newspaper
Row
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Some one is likely to get hurt before
Secretary Ballinger and Forester PIN
chot settle their differ ences. and Mr..
Taft NAV have to restore peace to his
official family by ejccting a member
Of it.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Money is not menace. says Secretary
MacVeagh. That's the way the average
person feels about his share of Il.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
"Sunny jim" Sherman
Has Made Good.

Vice President Sheruan's first session
OF Congress as presiding Office Of the
Senate has ended. and IL is everywhere
Acknowledged that sunny jim has
"made good" He has been regular in
attendance and he has developed in
timacy with the Senate ruies I'D quick
ness of dispatch of business. Sherman,
in adiournlng the Senate, said. in re
Spouse 10 a resolution Of commentator.
passed BY that body:
Senators. I desire you 10 accept my
grateful thanks for the action which
you have just taken. The courtesy
shown, the good viii manifested for,
and the kindness extended TO me by the
Senators. regardless of party, have
made my services here not a task, but
a constant pleasure,
Il congratulate you Senators. upon
the completion of your arduous labOrs.
beg to express to each of you the
wish that YOU may find it possible soon
10 leave Washington; that you may
Journey in safety and comfort TO your
homes. that you may there find all OF
your loved ones in the enjoyment Of
health and happiness. and that the va
cation period ma bring you the rest
and the pleasures which your work. well
done, deserves.
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A good deal has been heard about the
Hon. Serene Elisha Payne going up to
Massachusetts, and doing violent eXer-
else with a view to melting" away his
flesh But in the meanwhile Mr.. Payne
Is trying the melting process in Wash
ington. Through the recent hot spells
he did considerable walking up and
down Pennsylvania avenue. Several
months ago a newspaper man ventured
10 say that Payne "waddled This
made the WAYS and Means statesman
mad. and he's now bent or showing
folks that he can be graceful and sylph-
like.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Clements likes the farm, ard doesn't
care who knows it. Judge Clements IS
spending his vacation on a farm in
Virginia, near Washington. Now and
then he runs in to town to see whether
the railroads or the Government Is Oh
TOP The farm is well up toward the
Blue Ridge, and the judge finds it the
best resting place he knows Of.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Miss Jane Adams says the idea OF her
running for President is absurd. That's
more than any man would have said.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Now it has been discovered the former
Sultan had 1900 wives. No wonder he
was peevish and irritable at times.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

A frightened aeronaut is reported to
have kept his machine within six feet
OF the ground The ordinary pedestrian
win soon look like a pretzel from watch
ing up and down to keep niger Gus avi-
ators and chauffeurs from combining to
shear him in two in the middle
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

1t is now entirely plain why they cut
the duty on strychuine in two. They
were making II easier for the ultimate
consumer.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Many valuable articles are lost at
the Capitol during the session. "-Capitol
Police. Any signs OF one revised down
ward tariff bilI2
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Evelyn Thaw is so poor that she had
to send Kara, her pet snake back to
the Zoo. Don't let a cruel world part
them-send EVELYN too.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
FAILS TO FORM CABINET.

COPENHAGEN. Aug. 12,--Count Fri
jis informed King Frederick today that
after consultation with his political
friends. he found it impossible TO form
a new cabinet.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Persons leaving the city for
long or short period during the
summer can have The Times mailed
20 them at the rate OF thirty
cents q month or seven cents a
week. Addresses may be changed
as desired. All msiI subscriptions
must be paid IA advance.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
Go to Manchester.

Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gibson have
returned to Manchester-by-the By
automobile from Newport. where they
were the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. James
3. Haggin. After a few days vi n Mrs.
Mcmillan. Mrs Gibson's grand mother,
at Eagelhead, they viii go To Lake
Placid, where they have taken cottage
for tha autumn They VIII make anoth-
or short visit to Newport in September
as the guests of Mr- and Mrs. Reginald
G. Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Frank L. Graham and daughter
Miss Edith Graham, have gone 70 At
lantic City for a fortnight
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The marriage of Miss Hattie G. Gaines
to Jesse T. Nussear took place yesteT-
day at noon I'm the parsonage Of the Fiji
teenth Street Christian Church the
pastor, the Rev. j. +. Stuart, officiat-
ms in the presence Of a small party Of
relatives and friends,
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FoOse-Raymond.
Miss Eva NJ. Fcose was married 10
Charles II. Raymond yesterday morning
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Local dealers say the price OF milk
viii be, increased on account Of the
drought. We had no idea they used that
much wafer
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

Turning a searchlight on a criminal TO
detect signs Of guilt Is not as bad as
turning a searchlight on Mars to dis
cover signs of men.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12
Capital Tales

I OOK out for trouble next winter
from the direction of Senator
William Edgar Borah of Idaho
Reliable reports are afoot 70 the effect
that he viii be one Of the leaders Of in
surgency in the Senate. He may be ex-
pected to take his place alongside Of
Cummins, La Toilette. Bristow, Dolli-
yer, Beveridge. and the others who are
bent on breaking the back of the old
AldriCh-Hale organization, and to &C
cupy most prominent part in the pro-
.ceedings.
Friends Of the Idaho Senator say
there's none who's been here or here
abouts for many a long day who IS
possessed of a more Astounding capacity
for stirring up trouble and keeping II
boiling hot for a long period Of time
than "Bill" Borah He fell into the
system Of insurgency when he was
studying the ways of che unhOnored
and Unsung. but strenuous mules which
ne used to Break down in Southern IL
linois lie supplemented this by some
experience in Kansas.
Nobody questions Borah's nerve and
courage. He's a natural born scrapper'
and nature set down the marks or pug
nacity in his countenance.
The case of Senator Borah has been
peculiar All through ne special ses-
sion he showed repeated symptoms or
a great yearning to jump the reser-
walton and to go out looking for the
scalps of the Senate leaders. But, much
against his will. he was obliged TO main
tain a certain measure Of regularity. He
was under great pressure from his own
State to watch over the rates of duty
on certain of it's products. IN order
to get these rates, he had to line up
with Senator Aldrich and his forces.
When it came TO the corpora t'En tax,
Senator Borah backed, but for local
reasons felt it was impossible Tor MN
to vote against the tariff bill. aHhoueh
he would have liked to do So ana Ia
mented that he vas so tied up he had
to support It.
Now. the tariff Is past and Borah' s
hands are free. 1t is learned that ne
intends to align himself next winter
ives, and 10 take a leading part 10
compelling a change in the present SEN
ate conditions that make 1t possible
for the few insiders in the Senate TAM
lily to run the institution.
At the next regular session corpora
ton and railroad matters viii De much
at the front on these things Borah
has some advanced ideas. He ranks
as one of the ablest of TIE Senate law
yers, and will, no doubt, be one OF the
leaders in the forces of the young sen
atOrs in their struggle against the oidef
elements.
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

One Of the few Senators who have
rot vet left Washington is Jonathan
Bourne. ir.. of oregon. Senator Bourne
is lingering around these parts with
view to promoting the work OF the new
Senate COMMITTEES on Public EXpendi-
lures. He has at least two hobbies. one
of them. as every body knows, Is golf.
The other IS economy in Government
expenditures He is bent - making the
work Of the new cOmFdtteS effective
The Washington times., 1909-08-12

The Forestry Department evidently
doesn't believe in saying nothing, but
saving wood.