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The Washington times., 1911-09-17
THOMPSON SAYS
HE SHOT FARMER
IN SELF-DEFENSE
Arrested for Murder Of Aged
Joseph M. Pope With
Shotgun.
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called, and reached the scene In about
fifteen minutes. Mr.. Pope died a few
minutes after the doctor arrived News
of the shooting soon reached Rockville
fourteen miles away
Thompson denied emphatically today
that he had any quarrel with the elder
Pope. He said Mr.. Pope kept out of
the trouble he had with John Pope, and
that he had no Intention Of shooting
him.
John Pope had the gun pointed right
at me-" Sheriff Viett quotes Thompson
as saying. Il thought my life was In
danger, so ] picked up the gun and
fired. thought l was shooting at John
Pope"
John Pope denies that he was point
ing his gun at Thompson He says
when Thompson killed the elder Pope
he picked up his shotgun and emptied
1t at Thompson, but the shot went wild
Victim a Public Man.
Mr.. Pope was regarded as one Of the
most prosperous farmers in the lay
louisville district. He was seventy-two
years old and a native Of Montgomery
county. He had been supervisor Of reg
istration in the Laytonsville district
for many years, and was closely ldenti-
fed with the Democratic organization
in that section Of the country.
Thompson has a wife and daughter.
He leases a 100-acre farm adjoining the
Pope property and the family Is said to
be in comfortable circumstances.
Besides his son, Mr.. Pope Is survived
by a wife and daughter. All Of the
members of the two families involved
were summoned as witnesses at the in
quest this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
CANADA AND THE Reel
PROCITY VOTE.

President Taft has not been talking
thus far on his trip about reciprocity
and he explained that he should not do
80 till after the Canadian election,
which will take place. next Thursday.
The President is probably right. The
bitterness of the contest in Canada, the
appeals to prejudice, the rank misrep.
resentation of facts, have been so ex-
aggerated that without doubt anything
the President might now say would be
distorted and misconstrued by the
Canadian tories, just as the facts about
tariff have been so uniformly misrep-
resented in this country by our own
tories.
1t is gratifying, as the close of the
Canadian campaign approaches, to note
the stronger tone of confidence among
the liberals. Apparently such. out
rageous appeals to prejudice as Mr.,
Rudyard Kipling cabled to the Mont
real Star, have reacted against the
conservatives. It will be highly credit
able to Canadian intelligence if that
shall prove true.
The liberal majority in the parlia-
ment recently prorogued was forty
three. Early in the campaign it was
commonly believed that the liberals
would return to control, but with a
considerably decreased majority, COM
monty placed at about half the former
figure.
But in the last few days, largely as
result of Premier Laurier's campaign
in Quebec, the tide seems to have been
swinging back toward the liberals, and
it is now claimed that Sir Wilfrid will
be returned to power with a majority
as large as in the old house, and very
possibly larger. This would be q strik-
ing vote of confidence, for never since
the federation of the provinces in the
Dominion has there been such de-
termined contest as the conservatives
have made on this question of reci.
procity.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
NAVY YARD KICKERS
AND TAYLOR SYSTEM

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
OF late I have seen much about the
Objectionable Taylor system, as the
Navy Yard employees call II. I, for one,
don't see what they are kicking about.
II they knew they were doing fair
days work for their wages, they would
rot kick. I, for one, have knowledge
about thoss kickers, as l was employed
there for about FIVE years, and know
well how the Government is abused by
a lot of would-be someone's after they
get in the Governments employ. Many
Of the kickers against the system are
those that did not even know what q
gun factory or Government yard looked
like until the Spanish war, when Uncle
Sam had to rely on what he could get.
and that class Ii the ones that are
putting up the howl. I could mention
the names of those who are at present
the chief hckers.
It stands to reason II those employees
that are raising all this rumpus would
do what was required Of them they
would not have to holler about any
kind OF system. The only thing is, their
work and output is 80 rotten that II
would not stand any system anyNhere.
G. MEYER.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
Two Representatives
Observing Birthdays

Forty-seven years ago Representative
James c. Needham. OF California was
born near Carson City in an emigralt
Representative Needham is prouder Of
plains of Nevada bound for California
Representative Needham is prouder OF
the fact he was born in a prairie
schooner than he ts of any other phase
of his interesting career. He was edu-
Gated in California schools and at the
University of Michigan and engaged in
the practice of law in 1889 at Modesto.
He has served in the House since the
beginning Of the Fifty-sixth Congress.
Today also is the birthday of Rep
resentative Sydney Anderson of Mime
sofa. Mr.. Andersen, who Is one Of the
youngest members Of the House, he
being only thi-ty-one, is a native OF
Minnesota, a lawyer and a veteran of
the Spanish war. he is known TO fans
as the man who beat Jim Tawney
in the Republican primaries last year.
This was followed by his election TO
the House of the Sixty-second Congress.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
LABOR CHIEFS PLAN
TO FIGHT FEDERAL
CIVIL SERVICE BODY
Courts to Be Asked to Pass
on Union Qualifications of
Colored Bricklayers.

"If the United States Civil Service
Commission does not voluntarily furnish
Information to the special committee
from the Central Labor Union regard
ing the qualifications of the persons
who vouched that John Moore, colored
laborer at the Government Printing Of
fee, is an experienced bricklayer. the
committee will file suit in the District
this Information.
IF the courts do not sustain the Ia
Dor men. Representatives Buchanan and
Hamill have volunteered to go before
Congress in December and offer special
resolutions requiring the officials to
give the desired information"
This statement was issued today by
Emmett l.. Adams. member OF the leg
islatfve committee of the Central Labor
Union, who, with James J. Brosnahan
and John ]. Wolfe, of the Bricklayers'
Union, appeared at the Civil Service
Commission offices last week and re-
quested information concerning Moore.
Plan Drastic Move.
The committee. after a lengthy ses-
sion this morning, at which was pres
ent P. ]. Ryan, attorney for the Central
Labor Union, decided to take the most
drastic action possible in order to OBJ
tain the desired information concerning
Moore.
Moore, the committee asserts, Is on
the rolls of the Government Printing
Office as a laborer, and as such re-
ceives 50 a day. Recently the superin-
tendent of the building transferred him
10 the brick garage now being erected
at the big printery, upon which seven
union bricklayers were employed. The
Ia tier went on strike, contending that
as a labOrer Moore could not legally be
employed as a bIicklayer with Il salary
Of IS a day. The bricklayers later were
informed that Moore had been placed in
the class of temporary bricklayers, and
that three persons by whom he has
been employed lad vouched 70: him.
Not a Bricklayer.
Moore never has been a bricklayer,
and the Civil Service Commission was
imposed upon when they accepted his
papers asking for a transfer" Mr..
Adams said this morning. The persons
who youched for him, we believe, cam
not truthfully say ne is recognized
bricklayer.
"If Moore is qualified to do the work,
then the union will pay him for all the
time he has lost since the strike was
called. We want to know about It,
however"
Mr.. Adams said that even II the
garage, now in an incompleted state, Is
finished and is occupied when Congress
convenes, the matter will be carried be-
fore that body, II the District courts do
net upheld the committee In its de-
man6s.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
SOUTHERN SOLDIERS
WORTHY OF HONOR

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The writer Of the letter signed Man
gan, only arouses deep pity for one
SO ignorant and narrow minded. Ev-
ery liberal and broad minded individ-
ual will always give praise and hon
or where praise and honor are due,
and surely these loyal. brave, true
hearted men who fought so valiantly
for four years deserve the greatest
honor. praise, and reward for lighting
for a principle they believed was
right. And can you blame them for
showing love and patriotism for the
flag they fought for so well-against
the greatest difficulties and hard
shins' M. ANDERSON.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
SOUTHERN REUNIONS
NOT ACTS OF TREASON

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In The Times Mail Bag Of the 18th In
stant was a letter under the caption.
"Calls Reunions Acts Of Treason" II
.b,s writer who calls himself "a Com
rade, will consult with @. c. Round, a
prominent Grand Army man, who took
an active part in the Jubilee reunion at
Manassas, Va, he may learn some
things that will doubtless prove a val
,,able lesson to those unjust and mar
row-minded people who strive so hard to
.sret into the iimelight' by feebly at
tacking those well-worn topics, Con-
federate Reunions" and the "Confeder-
No people, on either side of Mason
and Dfxori's line, honor and respect our
'sStar-Spangied Banner" more than we
virginians, but where IL the treason N
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
HUNNEWELL EXPERIMENT
NOT A SUCCESS.

The lady mayoress of Hunnewell,
Kansas, hasn't had time to do very
much fancy work or preserving since
she was elected to the proud eminence
she occupies. And just about the time
she gets matters more or less quieted
in her city council trouble breaks out
in the Hunnewell chamber of commerce.
That sordid body which finds chivalry
a poor equivalent for the loss of trade,
has memorialized the governor of the
State to the effect that the newspapers
of the country are doing downright
harm by the stories that are being
printed in regard to the town with
the lady mayoress, and they want her
removed. These wicked stories set
forth that gambling, bootlegging, and
all the forms of vice prevail in the
little Kansas town over which Lady
Mayoress Wilson presides, the inference
being that her effeminate fingers are
too feeble to sway the rod of correc-
tion.
1t may be recalled that, in point of
fact, the lady mayoress was the only
member of the distaf ticket which won
out in the election. So it is not true
that the police force-that is to say
the town constable-is q woman. There
is no good reason why there should
be anything more the matter with
Hunnewell than there is with the rest
of Kansas.
But these evil newspapers, which
are always pruriently seeking q SEN
sation to exploit, have left the i'm
preston that the Mammon of Un-
righteousness has built its throne right
on the public square of Hunnewell, and
this reputation is running down the
price of real estate and discounting the
prospective value of the municipal bond
issue. So long ss the ridicule took no
material shape and did not interfere
with the normal growth of Hunnewell
the citizens themselves rather enjoyed
the sensation of being on the map.
But now that the reflex action has
come, it's all different. The chief ex-
ecutive is asked to take q hand, and
as he can't call off the newspapers, he
is requested 10 call off the lady
mayoress.
Candid people, on their way to the
storm pit, pause to remark once more
that the Hunnewell experiment has
not been a success.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
Wife AWakes to Find
Babe Smotnered by Gas

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. H.-After ly-
ing unconscious for nearly twenty-four
hours from the effects Of coal gas which
filed her home, Mrs. Florence Wolford,
twenty-seven years old, awakened to
find her fifteen-month-old baby lying
smothered beside her and her husband
unconscious In the next room.
The window of her room was raised
about a foot from the potion. This
fact probably saved her life. Her hus-
band Is in the Episcopal Hospital still
unconscious, and the physicians are
doubtful IL he will recover.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
BOatmen Accuse
Rosslyn Gas Company

H. Harold Miller, general manager OF
the Rosslyn Electric and Gas Co.,
must appear in Police Court tomorrow
to answer a charge against his COM
pany for alleged pollution Of the river
by waste oil and coal tar.
Boatmen have been complaining to
the seventh precinct station that the
refuse In the upper river Injuries the
bottoms of their craft. 1t Is chiefly
noticeable, they say, in the vicinity of
the acqueduct bridge. Sergeant Hess
and Policeman Birkight hired boat
and obtained samples OF the water
which examination showed were pol
luted After examination of the samples
by the District chemist it was decided
to begin proceedings against the cori-
pany
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
ONE RESULT OF A FIGHT
AMONG THE BOSSES.

Because of factional troubles in the
Republican party, municipal conditions
in Philadelphia are to be investigated.
What professional reformers have been
unable to accomplish the warning bosses
have brought to pass. Men who for
years have been safely ;ntrenched as
part of the Philadelphia system are
facing an examination that may result
disastrously for the system as well as
for Themselves.
The fact that the investigation -
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

an annual, friendly reunion Of the fast
falling ranks of the ole gray-haired vet
Grams on their final march? We know
some Grand Army men who do not
agree with "A Comrades" cranky,
narrow-minded views, but yet would
.'dcff their hats" as we would, to Miss
Spencer, simply because she Is wom-
an. We enjoy the many interesting
and edifying letters in ''The Mail
Bag" but as for such as this one
signed "a Comrade''-oh. scati
WILLIAM w. PUGH
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
Il In the Mail Bag Il

their
that no lettor
publication Letters
written
one bear the name and
faith but the name VIII
be made Of the contributor Address
TIMES
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
Fire Destroys Packing
House at Wheeling

WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. 1z.-Firs
early this morning. originating In
smokehouse, totally destroyed the
packing house Of +. Weirer Sons, and
the residence OF Mrs. Elizabeth Simms,
adjoining, besides seriously damaging
the packing house Of Adolph Landohl
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

Constable Garrison's speed trap is in
fine working order, so says he to him
self. says he: ITS a fine day; let's go
out and catch something"
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
Darr Declines Honor
In Transfer Fight

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he believes, lies in prosecuting the
present suit with all vigor, and then
in asking for specific legislation. by
Congress, in case relief cannot be had
from the courts
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

It's rather hard to take in a Wash
ingtonian with a new fiIm-flam game
But this is hardly necessary, as he usu-
ally falls for the old ones
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times Sunday during the month Of August
was lS0,ll0, ali copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number.
when divided by 4, the number OF Sundays
during August, shows the net Sunday aver
age for August to have been 45, 028
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times daily during the month of August
was l,slo. .225. all copies left over and returned
being eliminated. This number, when di-
v1ded by "a. the number Of days Of publica-
ton. shows the net daily average for Aug
ust to have been 4S.527.
august, 1911, includes 9,1m Rochester,
n. Y. wreck extras printed August Is.
Deducting these figures, the average daily net
circulation for August is shown to have
been 47,S2Q
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

In the case of Aviator Rodgers, a
promise to drop in on the folks at
home" may be taken literally.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

There will soon be a new opening at
the zoo. 1t is for the general public,
and not the animals, however.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

Have you made up your mind as to
who you think would make a capable
manager for the Nationals for 1872?
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
Sunday.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
Of The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month OF August was follows:
August 6........4s, ,467 August 20........50. .4e7
August 1s....-..4S,44S August H...-....4S.16 1872
Total for month 1885, 574
Sunday average for month. Ss4
The Washington times., 1911-09-17
Time to Get BUSY.

When a girl gets to telling q man
(WQly affairs he might as well 20 ana
~ the engagement ring.--New York
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

The Y. NJ. C. A. bachelors had to
move the scene of their entertainment
from the roof to the reception room,
but they had a high old time, just the
same.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

Entered at the Postoffce at Washington,
D. c., as second class matter
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

With the resignation of A. Leftwich
Sinclair, Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci, the legal advisory department of
the District government loses one of
its strongest members. No more
sterling lawyer or. active figure in
the life of Washington can be found
than Mr. Sinclair
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1911.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

fulness OF Clara Barton, who at an
advanced age has recently been near
death.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

Chief Clerk Weed. of the Postoffce
Department, who holds the record as
a non-vaca ZIONIST is now out of the
city for brief rest for the first time
in ten years.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

out and catch something"
The Y. NJ. c. A. bachelors had to
move the scene of their entertainment
from the roof to the reception room
but they had a high old time, just the
same.
Chief Clerk Weed, Of the Postoffice
Department, who holds the record as
a non-vaca ZIONIST is now out of the
city for brief rest for the first time
in ten years.
John Willis, the Washington dog
catcher, who has taken In 135, 200 dogs
of all degrees, should even look forward
with pleasure to reaching the happy
hunting grounds.
This controversy between the Govern
ment and the amateur wireless opera
tors is becoming acute. The amateurs
insist. however, that It is the novices
who cause all the trouble.
The insinuation by the police that
tramps set fire to the dIstilIery In
Southeast Washington yesterday
sounds just as reasonable as a report
that they burglarized a soap factory.
The past week was an active one in
real estate circles, but all the indica-
tions are that. with a touch of au-
tumn in the afr, business during the
next few weeks will take a decided
impetus.
The Chamber of Commerce conven-
tions committee is getting ready to
extend the glad hand to the National
Association OF Railway Commission
ers, which meets in Washington next
month.
The new capital of Australia will be
laid out very much on the same plan
as that Of Washington. The fact of
the matter is that those Australians al
ways have manifested a very high de-
gree Of intelligence.
me burglar who insists upon return
ing again and again in the effort to rob
the same saloon at least pays a tacit
compliment to the amount Of business
which he imagfnes is done by the re-
freshery in question.
The comedy regatta, which the WASH
ington Canoe Club pulled off on the
upper Potomac yesterday, was the last
aquatic event Of the season. Henceforth
it will be more or less quiet along the
Potomac In that neighborhood.
Francis Mclaughlin, whose death has
5ust occurred, was for thirry-five years
an engraver in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. From the age of nineteen
he was a resident OF Washington, and
his death is sincerely mourned.
It is tc, be hoped that the delegates
appointed by the District Commissioners
TO attend the Municipal Congress at
Chicago will reconsider their intention
not to attend. The District should be
well represented at this gathering.
Residents Of The Parry Farm district
Of Anacostia are about to get what
they have been fighting for for ten
years. They will soon have a water sup
ply. Work on installing a water main
from Congress Heights was begun yes
terday.
The housewarming for the benefit of
the Mckinley Manual Training School,
: which is TO be held du-ing the week pre-
ceding Thanksgiving, promises to be not
only a delightful social event, but will
+ do much toward raising that 100000 nec-
essary for the addition.
The Red Cross is making an appeal
for funds to aid the sufferers In China,
where the famine has brought about
a fearful condition OF affairs. This is
one of the crises which would have
stirred all the energies and resource
i :, $500.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

catcher, who has taken in 135,OOO dogs
of all degrees, should even look forward
with pleasure to reaching the happy
hunting grounds.
The Washington times., 1911-09-17

This controversy between the Govern
ment and the amateur wireless opera
tors is becoming acute. The amateurs
insist. however. that It is the novices
who cause all the trouble.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-04-19

must think quickly and clearly. The
educated farmer" concluded Prof.
Halleck, "is the real Lord Of C-ea-
tion.'
Mr. Athertons committee was
made. Mr.. Atherton read the report
and resolutions, which were as fol
lows:
To the People Of Kentucky:
This conference of many of your fell
low citizens has had under consideration
the condition of the rural schools
throughout the State and the ways and
means for their Improvement We have
met to confer with each other in the
hope that we may find the quickest, most
effective and most practicable methods
of relief from the difficulties which lie
Immediately in the way of improve
ment.
Indifference due to a failure to appre-
ciate the real value of education is one
of the very serious obstacles which has
confronted every movement towards
higher standard of educational work. In
the last few years greater interest has
been exhibited generally over the State,
people were shaking off the lethargy Of
the past and were aspiring to place the
State ON sound progressive educational
basis. Every citizen must rejoice over
this awakening and all should now unite
in a continuous, earnest effort to atone
for the neglect of the past. 1t would