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The Washington times., 1910-11-18
In the Mail Bag
POIiteneSS.

To the Editor q The Washington Times:
May 1 say one word to sO-caIled Maud
Crawford about the hat-tipping? She
seems to be one Of those strong-minded
persons that viii be satisfied with
Hello, theTer' which I hear so otter
from men and women on the streets:
but there are a few left who do and VIII
appreciate those little things in life I
never knew anyone 10 take cold from
tipping his hat to be polite A woman
regards those things as true poIiteness
from q man. Ny husband wears an
Alpine the year round. and I should be
sorry to know he had so far forgotten
himself as not to tip his hat to a wo-
man. One would have TO be very shall
low pated to take cold from such
cause. honor the man that wrote the
article, not to let the old-tirne pOliteness
pass Poiiteness in all things is pass
ing too soon for something more rough
and uncouth, and I for one pray for
the oId-time manners That is whas
makes life worth living; pOliteness for
always, when little things are all there
is IN life. MRS. E. A. S.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
NORTH POLE STILL UNDIS-
COVERED?

Having eaten Of the blubber and
drunk of the sperm oil Of DR.. Cook,
those leading citizens Of the Arctic
Circle, Ahwelab and Eturishuk, have
WEIGHED on their benefactor. Their
testimony is a link IN a new chain Of
evidence by which Knud Rasmussen
proposes to show that the North Pole
has never been discovered.
Rasmussen, half Eskimo anC half
Dane, is Denmark's Inspector for
Greenland, and, by common cJn-ent,
his word carries weight It was as a
partisan Of Dr. Cook that he returred
to Greenland after his vacatic- -
he rejects the claims Of both Cook
and Peary, neither Of whom, he de-
clares, got within hundreds Of miles
OF the coveted goal
Just when peace had come, ike a
pouItiee, must this sanguinary coHtrO-
versy bleed again? Is there no statute
of limitations for the protection Of
our great explorers? We may next be
told not merely that Spoke did not
discover the sources OF the Nile or
Julius Chambers penetrate to the first
fountain head Of the Mississippi, but
that those mysterious sources still re
main Undiseovered-kRown only to the
eye Of the jungle beasts and the eagle
In the meantime a public which has
lost interest IN Dr.. Crippen and turned
with ennui from the house Of Bra
CANA, IN order to concentrate its at
tention upon the redemption OF the
country, looks with cold Indifference
upon the North Pole It has begun to
regard the whole frozen region very
much as Geraldine regards the dukes.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
OFFICERS TAKING
NAVY WALKING TEST
Some Still Remain TO Cover
the Annual Fifty Miles
AfOOt.

With the approach OF the end OF the
calendar year, naval officers assigned 70
departmental duty in Washington are
Fastening 70 take the hfty-uIe walk.
required once q year as a tess Of eacR
mans ability TO Withstand sustained
physical stress
Zach day now sees naval officers
siugly and IN groups, trUdging over tss
hills away from Washington Those
who have not as vet sisnified their in
tenuon Of completing the test. or have
not already fulfilled its requirements
VIII have their memories logged soon
BY officers OF the Bureau OF Navigation.
Under the requirements Of the test
each man must walk a distance OF fifty
miles in three days The maximum
period OF actual walking time, exclusive
CT all stops and rests. is twenty hours
Before starting out. each man must
undergo a physical examination by the
medical director. IN order 70 establish
his fitness for undertaking the long hike
on the return. G report must be made
10 the Bureau Of Navigation with a
schedule or arrivals and departures IN
the course OF the trip
Officers are allowed 10 ride ninety
miles in three days, OF make q bicycle
trip CT 100 miles in the same Period II
they prefer either one 70 walking Most
OF them, however, are choosing the
walking test
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
TALKS IN SCHOOL
ON CONSERVATION
Women Supporters of the Movement In Washington Say
the Series of Lectures Will Be But Opening
Wedge Of Course of Study.

As an entering wedge toward Drocur-
ing the Introduction into the hi-a
schools Of Washington course &C study
In conservation. women coDservaIi9l,;sts
Of the District, under the leadership OF
Mrs J. Eal1in Gadsby, VIII this winter
present to the high and normal schools
in the city a course Of lectures by men
eminent in the conservation movement
H A. Graves, chief Of the Bureau or
FOresty; DR. J. A. Holmes. director of
the Bureau Of Mines: Dr. W J MCGEE,
chief OF the Bureau OF Soils OF the De-
partment Of Agriculture; and Z. J.
blanchard, statistician Of the X ana
ton Service are among those who viii
contribute 10 the course Of lectures on
conservation for high school girls and
boys and their instructors.
u was MIS-. J. Eakin Gadsby, District
vice president OF the WOman-s Rivers
and Harbors' Congress. and Mrs r II
Newell, wife OF Director Newell, Of the
Reclamation Service. and chairman Of
the District education committee Of the
W0manS Congress. who iuaugurated
the movement 20 introduce q course Of
lectures into the schools during the
present term.
Last spring Mrs Gadsby and Mrs.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND THE GLASS TRUST.

Colonel Roosevelt Is not the only
individual who, at times, feels called
TO eriticise the courts. Attorney Gen
eral Wiekersham has taken a hand in
1t by finding fault with Judge John
S. Young Of the United States district
court at Pittsburg- lie says, in effect,
that the court has been guilty OF "a
very mistaken Ieniency" in imposing
merely fines on the principal offenders
in the case Of the Imperial Window
Glass Company, commonly called the
hand-blown window glass trust.
This concern was guilty Of violation
Of the antitrust laws; when indict-
meuts were found against fifteen Of
feers and directors Of It, they entered
pleas that were the substantial equiv
slent Of pleas Of guilty and we're let
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

Newell put the matter before Superin-
teLdent stuart, OF the public schools.
ana asked his permission 10 provide lee
lures on forestry for high school pupils
tFils term Prof. Stuart brought their
proposed plan TO the attention Of the
Board OF Education, whose members
readily agreed to it.
While we believe that the Woman's
Eiye-s and Harbors Congress OF the
District has accomplished much IN get
ting these lectures IN the high schools
SAID Mrs Gadsby today, we hope and
plan TO do much more. With US. this IS
simply an entering wedge toward get
ting tex books on conservation IN the
high scr ools- Ali men and women work
ing IN this great movement realize that
We mus educate the coming generation
in conservation IL they are 70 continue
the work We have begun
No. we do not contemplate trying TO
put conservation text books into the
grammar schools We believe Il Is bet
tar not to try 20 present the subject.
except IN q general way, 70 children IN
III they have reached hiEh school
The fundamental principles Of cOnSer-
vatiCns states Superintendent Stuart,
axe already taught iB tie schools in
connection with history and geography
:. lie superintendent does not consider It
TTacJicaI 10 introduce into the schools
teNt books on conservation
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
CLARK WON'T DRIVE
THEM Mules HERE
MiSsourian Backs Down on
Prediction Vow As
Jeff Davis Did.

Champ Clark's change Of mind about
the team Of mules he proposed. 70. drive
down Pennsylvania avenue IL elected
Speaker promises 70 become quite as
hi5toric as some other famous changes
Of mind on the part OF eager candidates.
Nhen the distinguished AIissourian
was making his race for return 20 the
House he told hts homefoIk he expected
to be elected Speaker. He said there
would De a Democratic majority IN the
next House and he would preside over
it Yet this honor would not spoil his
local patriotism. He said II elected he
would drive a team OF Missouri mules
down Pennsylvania avenue
Now the candidate for the SDeakership
says he didn't say 1t. and that ne would
not have meant It II he had said it.
This recalls the disappointment which
Senator Jen Davis OF Arkansas handed
MS aumlrlng friends. When he was
campaigning for the Senate he toIG the
Arkansans that u he were sent TO
Washington he would be mighty quick
70 show his independence and scorn for
the Senate "oligarchy-"
shall take or my boots said the
candidate and in my sock feet shall
march down the center aisle OF the SEN
ate and shake them boots under the
nose OF the Vice President"
But he cidn't do IT. He underwent 2
change % mind when his election be
came assured and his credentials had
been accepted.
Then there was Candidate Francis
Mccoy ern. Of Wisconsin, who enter
taiued ambitions fer the gOvernOrship
He announced that Il elected he would
forthwith marry ana provide the state
with q first lady" The election came
and he swept the state. But he refuses
10 take his medicine
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
SEND THAT FAIRGROUNDS
DONATION TODAY.

Everybody in Washington knows about
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Practically every
body in Washington wants to have
the Fairgrounds maintained Nearly
everybody IN Washington would con-
tribute to the Fairgrounds if a So
Iicitor were TO walk up and demand
money.
Thousands OF people IN Washington,
in the last two weeks, have said TO
themselves:
must send a check to the Play
grounds Association tomorrow; III do
f. sure. and won't forget it
All this is true, isn't it,
Why, then, has the treasurer Of the
Fairgrounds Association received but
$500 in the face Of repeated declara-
tons that unless $1,000 is contributed
at once the grounds must be closed
until spring?
The answer Is easy The inertia of
human nature Is fighting the play
grounds. Hundreds Of Washington
ians, who know all about good inten-
tons and what they amount to, are
increasing their holdings Of street i'm
provements in a suPerheated hereafter
and failing, from sheer, mental slug
gishness, to do for the Fairgrounds
what they really want TO do, intend
TO do, and would do If it didn't involve
q little exeT,i2n-
To these a word.
Half the needed 5000 has been
raised On the strength of that, 1t has
been decided to keep the Fairgrounds
open until December 1. If, however.
the other $500 Is not subscribed by
December I, the gates wiz close, the
Fairgrounds viii cease TO exist, so lar
as the children Of Washington are
concerned, until spring.
Get busy and send that money today.
John B. Sleman, SIS Metropolitan
Bank building, Is the treasurer of the
association.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
STRUCK BY AUTO,
HIS ANKLE BROKEN

knocked down by an automobile at
Sixteenth street and Park road, James
Adkins, thirty-6ve years Old. received
a fracture Of the right ankle and In
jlries about the body, and is under the
care OF 3 physician IN his apartment In
the Parker. His condition is not Sc
riOus-
Adkins had Just come out OF the
apartment house and was crossing Park
road when he was struck and thrown
10 the pavement by an auto driven by
Dr. Z. P. Beckley, Of 81 street
northwest The injured man was car
ried TO his room and the family physi-
clan summoned
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
ART SALE RECEIPTS
REACH FIVE FIGURES
Total Sum Realized In
Four Sessions Is
SIS, 248.50.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S-A total o.
s6.SS5.50 was realized at the third and
fourth sessions OF the sale OF the col
lection OF Nj and Ms John V L
Pruvn. at the American Art Galleries
yesterday afternoon and evening.
The grand total for the objects sold
thus far Is now S15,24S-59-
The highest price Of the cay-Sa2l-VVaS
given hv Miss Lorenz, for q blue and
white hot water urn OF the kanEhSi
period. In clear white hard paste II IS
oviforul- with two Dragons and sCSpter
handles A Hawthorne temple Jar OF
the sane period CNO. Is Of the cata-
1OgIef- sold for S1Q45 a pair Of old chi
uese blue and white temple jars, mount
ed as French astral lamps, for 50,
pair Of old Chinese Jars modelled y
haste in high RELIEF and enaIneled IN
red. rle1 de- ~anzin. salmon pink, and
gliding, for 500, and two mammoth blue
and white pIant Jars went 20 OtIO Ber-
Thsse are tn. best figures Of the
afternoon session The highest price
of the evening session during which
much Of the literary property OF the
collection was disposed OF, was SsO-
This was realized on a CaZtOn rag
ment- It contains a manuscript note
by q former owner. stating that u
was purchased from Henry Stevens,
who, about the middle OF the last cen
tr7rv cntafned q fragment OF eight
leaves. which he divided with four sets
two leaves each and bound them One OF
these IS in the LOganiau Library in
PHILADELPHIA two are owned BY the
New York Public Library, and the
fourth is this volume.
4 copy Of the "Breeches Bible" sold
for $50 70 Thomas FOoter- Andres
Journal published by the Bfbliophile
Society at Boston in 193. IN an edition
limited to ten copies. brought $50
while So was paid for De Bry's Grand
Voya Ees. S54 for the two volumes OF
the Costumes Of Rome. and the Papal
Court. and $50 for John Fiske's The
American Revolution"
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

the House out of three. The State
has gone back to woman suffrage.
Idaho defeated Gov. James II. Brady,
charged with being tool alike of the
Mormon church and of the Hartman
railroad interests, and has elected for
governor a strong man in James Il.
Hawley. Thomas L. Hamer, an I'M
compromising seandpatter, is succeeded
in the House by Burton L. French,
who promises to be progressive, and
who Is, at any rate, an improvement
over Hamer.
Even in Wyoming, over which the
Republican machine, headed by Francis
Warren, has 50 long lorded it, an
insurgent Republican, former Senator
Joseph NJ. Carey, has been elected by
insurgents and Democrats, and War
ren's throne is tottering. Montana
has revolted to the extent OF electing
a Democratic Legislature and thus de-
feating Thomas II. Carter for re-elec-
tion, and, while there is small hope of
sending a progressive man to the Sen
ate j. his place, the revolt that IN
seated Senator Carter is not without
significance.
Utah and Nevada alone seem to have
achieved nothing, but on the whole the
disposition o the far West to over
throw the I,lilroad and corporation
machines thai have so long held sway
there Is one Of the most encouraging
signs to be read in all of the election
returns.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
THIS FIRE TAKEN
TO THE FIREMEN

Members OF FIRE engine company, No
s, which has its headquarters az DeIa-
ware avenue and G street northwest.
received something Of shock ea-Iy
this morning. when a man dashed into
the engine house and announced that ne
had brought them a real sure-en0ugn
FIRE 20 extinguish
Rushing TO the street, the dremen
found an auto belonging TO Arthur JOr-
dan, Of Z2s East Capitol street. Ia flames
The machine had caught FIRE near In
diana avenue and First street.
Instead OF calling out the FIRE depart
ment, Frank Padgett, who was driving
the car. put on full speed and took the
blaze around 10 the nreu-oD- The fire
was put out after the auto had been
damaged 10 the extent OF So
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
ON HUGHES
FOR HOUSE SEAT

HUNTINGTON, W Va. Nov IA
protest wiz be fled with the House Of
Representatives in the Sixty-second
Congress against seating Representative
the only Republican Congress
sional candidate who survived the
Democratic landslide in this State
Rankin Wiley, the Democratic can
dfdate who opposed Hughes. has gwen
notice that he VIII protest Hughes
election, alleging frauds in AIingo and
Mcdowell counties
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
WARRANTS SENT OUT
FOR LABOR LEADERS

KANSAS CITY, nov. Is.-Warr.nts
have been issued for various leaders OF
the striking machinists following the
testimony OF P E Sweeney and ". O.
Owens. machinists' apprentices. OF
Sedalia, Ohio. who told Judge Latshaw
that the union leaders had planned 70
destroy property Of the Missouri Pa
ciiic-
The names Of the accused men will
not be made public until after their ar
rest Ia their confessions. Sweeney and
Owens said that they were inside
men," who gained entrance TO the shops
as non-union laborers. and then &C
ComDlished the destruction OF property
by doping the bearings OF engines and
machinery. This they did, said the two
men. IN ArEenta, Ark. and Kansas City.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
SENATOR ELKINS
MAY RESUME SEAT
Improvement So Rapid Friends Elk
pect Him to Attend This
Session.

The belief IS increasing that Senator
EIkins VIII be well enough 20 take his
seat during 8. portion OF the coming
session Of Congrc
At his residence today II was said
ne is continuing 10 improve; that he
sleeps wei every night, and 8 raTtdly
regainIng his strength
His recovery IS being Effected even
more rapidly than was anticipated, II
was declared. and, II there are TO re-
lapses. the chances are he viii b. axle
% resume bis work IN Congress.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
MURDER FOLLOWED
BY ARREST OF TWO

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Nov. 1s.-James
Concorda and Domini5 Macedonia were
arrested last night, charged with the
murder Of William Tressler. employed
by the Consolidation Coal Company, at
Elk Lick, several weeks ago.
Tressler was ridGied with bullets at
night while az work. He was not
known TO have any enemy, and It is
thought he was mistaken for an Italian
who is said to have been marked for
death b. fenoT-counTymen.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
BAPTISTS
MEET AT ROANOKE

ROANOKE. Va. Nov. 1S.-NearIy a
thousand delegates and visitors have
arrived here 40 take part in the annual
convention OF the Baptist general asso-
citation Of Virginia The convention
meets for organization tonight. and the
sessions VIII continue until next Non
dav or Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
COPENHAGEN WANTS
NO MORE OF COOK

COPENHAGEN. Nov Is.-DT- Cook
cannot come back to Copenhagen Re
Gently the doctor wrote the university
commission that examined his naDers,
offering to come here and meet his crit
les. he also teIegTaphed &c former Min
lister Of Commerce Hansen The reply
was.
We have nothing 10 do with you
Never come here unless YOU have some
thing absolutely reliable 70 tel US The
feeling against YOU IS more intense than
ever after the evidence OF your Is
I-fr,cs -
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
.CURLEY RIDICULES
IDEA Of PROTEST
w h O
Served Jail Term Ready
for Session.

James NJ. Curley. the Democratic
nember-eIect frork the Eleventh BGassa-
chusetts Congressional district, against
whom protest viii be filed when he at
tempts TO take his seat IN the House Of
Representative, ridIcule the assertion
that a Democratic House viii refuse to
seat him because he was found guilty
Of a misdemeanor and served one year
in the Boston jail He declares that he
win be in the hands Of his friends and
that his friends. being in the majority
in the SiXty-second Congress. Repub-
ncan protests against him VIII avail
nothing
Calls PTotesteTs Fools.
1T is Just as well not to cross a bridge
until you come to IT," says Mir. Curley. in
a statement issued IN Boston. IT can
do nothing 70 prevent a Republican
member Of Congress from making a fool
of himself. nor can prevent all Of the
Republican members Of that body from
making fools Of themselves IL they 50
desire.
I never committed a felony. I may
have been guilty Of a misdemeanor.
There is lot Of difference between a
felony and a misdemeanor.
Ready To Fight
Il am prepared to meet the issue, and
TO thunder with the Republican member
Of Congress. He cannot interfere with
me and he viii not interfere with me.
7 am going to Washington to sit in the
House with ny friends. Who are in the
majority. That is all 1 care 10 say about
the matter"
Curiey served time fn fail for taking
Federal civil service examinations in
the names OF others Ills brother
Thomas Curley. who was convicted OF a
ike OGeuse, was refused a seat in the
Massachusetts house after his election
10 that body upon his release from jail
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

The Outlook say he is purple in the
face from the strain"
DO you suppose he viii discuss
the question Of the day." innocenJly
asked ImOgene.
MY dear said Andrew. q can de-
scribe that meeting perfectly I can
save you the tripi The colonel viii,
10 doubt, open up thus:
60 Friends and feIIow-citizens: I
always feeI at home in Washing
ton Then some fellow over in
the corner is going to ask: More here
than in New York; and the police
viii lead him out by the ear.
"'I have come before you tonight to
explain TO you my experience among
the jungles OF Africa, and TO describe
to you the life and habits Of the
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

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cents a week Send postal OF telephone
Circulation Department, Main $3.50.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
What S on the Program IN
Washington Today

Annual meeting Of Washington auxil-
farv Of the National Indian ASsOCia-
ton. First Congregational Church,
Tenth and G streets northwest $50
D n.
Lecture by Col. Theodore Roosevelt
The Wild Man and the Wild Beast
IN Africa" Convention aiaIl. D n
annual rally Of Young Peoples Branch,
Is. c. T L. Grace Methodist Epis-
copal Church, Ninth and S streets
northwest, p. m
Mass meeting Of Hampton Institute
Alumni Association Metropolitan A.
NJ E Church, N street, between Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth streets north
west, p. m
Address by the Rev. Abram Simon
Roger Williams, the Prophet Of Re
ligicus Freedom Eighth Street TEN
FifonzaIey Quartet, Columbia Theater.
$50 p m
Gospel meeting, Grace Baptist Church
Ninth and D streets southeast 0. m
Fair at St Andrews Episcopal Church.
Fourteenth and Corcoran streets
northwest. afternoon and evening:
dinner served, 5 to .. m
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

It IS not stated whether the use Of the
battlesbip Tennessee for the Panama
trip was a mark Of courtesy for the
performance Of the Volunteer State on
November s.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
Andrew and Inogene
By Roe FuIkerson

ffI ELL Imogene UP darnng
wv National Geographic
Roosevelt for them tonight"
meeting going
streets but
opened election and reports
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

While they're at It, the members %
the fine arts commission might make
some recommendations as to the Barney
statue
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times daily during the month OF October
Uas SIS, Isl. al copies left over and returned
being eliminated This number, when d.
vidsd BY 26 the number OF Gays Of publica-
ton, shows the net daily average for October
10 have been IS as
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
Amusemeuts

NSatfonaI-''Three Twins" Sis D m
ReIascO-''The Passing OF the Third
Floor Back $50 D. m
CoIunbia-'s8Iy Man." BIS D. m
chase s-Polite vaudeville. 2:I5 AMI Sis
.. N
Cssiuo-ContinuOu vaudeville
Cosmos-Continuou vaudeville, begin
ming i p IA
Acsdemy-''The White Captive" SIS
., m
Marathon Girls" 2:15 and SIS
p m
Lyceum-"The Jolly Girls" 2:15 and Sis
T. m
ATcade-skating and dancing. afternoon
and evening.
Matestic-vaudeviIle and motion pic
turess ?. II
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER IS. lsla

SUBSCRIPTION RATES By MAIL
mo NOS mos VI
Daily and Sunday. S3-s0 $os9 SO $50
Daily oily - % 1o5 80
Elnlay only ...-.... -. = ..
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

There can be no argument as TO
whether the coloneTs visit gains or loses
him votes in Washington, anyway.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

Every man who shows his head over
the Rio Grande these days looks Ike
a company Of armed Mexicans.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

When T r finally breaks his silence
it's a cinch the crack viii be visible
10 tie naked eve.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

Even II Senator Lodge IS defeated. the
hirsute averag,- Of the Senate viii be
maintained Kern is coming.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

However. II is entirely probable the
high cost OF living isn't one OF these
thinEs that can't come back.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

The aUeged decrease II the high cost
OF living at least furnishes plenty OF
food for thought
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

IN each issue q TIE Tines the circulation
figures for the previous Cay are plainly
printed at the head OF the first page at the
left q tns date line.
Entered at the PostoffIce ~ Washington.
D c. ss second class matter.