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The Washington times., 1911-07-20
THE INTERSTATE TRADE
COMMISSION PROPOSAL.

Attorney General Wickersham gives
his Endorsement, in principle, to the pro-
posal of Senator Newlands for the
creation of an interstate trade commits
sion. Like the Senator, the Attorney
General would prefer Federal incor-
poration plan for concerns intending to
do an interstate business. Mr.. New
lands, however, does not provide for
this, because he is a Democrat and un-
derstAnds tke Democratic prejudice
against Capitalization of such powers in
the National Government.
An interstate trade commission would
be started with comparatively modest
powers, just as the Interstate Com
merce Commission was. 1t would have
to feel it's way, demonstrate that there
is field for its usefulness, and con-
vince Congress and the country of the
advisability of increasing its powers
from time to time.
Much would depend, in this evolution,
on the personnel of the commission. If
it were as fortunate as, on the whole,
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has been in its later years it would
not have to wait long for such extern
sion of its mandate as would make it
a powerful and useful authority.
As matters stand today, the Supreme
Court of the United States has become,
in relation to the Standard Oil and To-
bacco trusts, practically an administra-
tive authority. 1t must determine,
with the assistance of the appropriate
circuit courts, the details of the meth
ods by which their great aggregations
shall reorganize themselves so as to
come within the law.
This is no function to be imposed on
court. There has been enough COM
plant already of the courts assuming
legislative functions. If now they are
to have administrative duties
added to their others, the courts will
presently have absorbed to themselves
about all the most important preroga-
tives of government.
Despite vast prejudice against COM
missions, the fact remains that they
represent, when properly authorized,
and made up, the practical modern
method of dealing with these great
problems The Interstate Commerce
Commission can boast today of enjoy
ing a larger fund of public and busi
ness confidence than any other instru-
mentality of government. Last win
ter it decided the advance rate cases
without causing furry in the financial
or business world. The railroads ac-
cepted it without appeal or serious pro-
test, the public was delighted, business
went on, the railroads adjusted them
selves at once to the new situation,
and a sweeping new policy had been
imposed by the Government on the
carriers without jar or friction. A
thousand times better if our problems
of the great industrial corporations
could be handled in some equally safe,
sensible, and practical fashion.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
DON'T MAKE A BAD MISTAKE
NOW, GENTLEMEN.

Messrs. Clark, Underwood, Kitchin.
and the rest of the managerial group
in the House, should consider carefully
before they commit themselves irrev-
ocably to reject any wool legislation
that is not strictly Democratic
They have been giving forth indica.
tions of a purpose to permit no wool
revision except their own. They know
they cannot get such measure without
the help of the Senate insurgents. To
reject bill dictated by an alliance OF
Democratic and insurgent Senators
would be to take the narrowest, most
partisan view. 1t would be depar.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
AmusementS,

Columbia Players in Little
Lord Fauntleroy," 2:15 and SA5 o. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville. to u
p. m.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and mn
sic by section of Marine Band.
Glen Echo Park-Dancing and music by
section of Soldiers Home Band.
Luna Park-Midway attractions.
Arcade-Motion pictures, bowling, and
pool.
River View-Dancing and other amuse-
ments; boat leaves Seventh street
wharf 10 a. m. and 2 and D. m.
Colonial Beach-Boardwalk, bathing.
and other amusements; steamers leave
Seventh street wharf daily excepI
Monday, 9 a. m; Saturday, 2:3O D. M.
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles Macal-
ester leaves Seventh street wharf ID
a. m: 2:30 and 6:45 p. m. daily Stops
made at Mt. Vernon.
Steamer st. Johns leaves Seventh street
wharf for forty mile trip on the Po-
/ tomacr p. M - 49,.
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To the Editor of THE TINES:

~ VI AAhA1
As secretary of the outing COM
mittee Of Navy Yard employees. I
am directed to extend your com
pany the appreciation of our COM
mittee for the publicity given by
The Times to our recent outing
at River View for the needy moth
ers and children of the city.
The photographs and articles
were characteristic of the event
Especial mention is made Of the
feature story OF Saturday evening s
edition.
Respectfully, ]. W. EDELIN,.
For Navy Yard employees.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
Chevy Chase Lake Is
Drawing Large Crowds

Crowds of pleasure seekers continue to
go TO Chevy Chase lake every evening,
throrging the beautiful resort lying to
the northwest Of Washington. Attend
aDce during summer evenings at the
lake is good because the resort is always
cool end attractive. The dancing pavil-
ion is filled feverv night with dancers.
for whom a section OF tho Marine Band
PLAYS. following the concert. lasting
from To
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
Joseph Harper Passes
Crisis in Pneumonia

Physicians attending Joseph Harper.
clerk Of the Juvenile Court, who has
been dangerously i'll with pneumonia
at his residence, Az B street northeast,
saw his condition is improved, and that
everything is favorable for a quick re-
covery.
Yesterday was regarded as the critical
day. and Mr.. Harper passed that we'll.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
EDWARD HESS.

batons used effectively by the police.
but in case of riot. It is the weapon by
which the police can beat their way
through a crowd and quell the disturb
ance. True. there are not many riots
in Washington: in fact, they are almost
unknown in the National Capital, but
there is always a possibility of one oc-
curing. and the police are supposed
to be ready for every emergency.
Strong Batons Necessary,
The Men Say.
1t would be embarrassing. to say the
least, for a squad of police to attempt
to break up a mob and find that their
batons were about as effective as IL made
of bamboo II probably would result
In the police being put on the defensive.
OF course, the police can always resort
TO their reyolvers in extreme cases, but
there are not many circumstances under
which they are justified in using them.
The police are never expected to use
revolvers except when II is a case of
self-protection or prisoner charged
With a felony endeavors to escape. In
raids the police frequently draw their
revolvers. A member OF the force who
actually undertakes to use the weapon
under such circumstances finds himself
I'D before the police trial board.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

Concert by the United States Marine
Band, Marine Barracks. 4:S0 p. m.
Meeting Of National Circle, Protected
Home Circle, Royal Arcanum, Third
street and Pennsylvania avenue south
east, s p. m.
Meeting Of Logan tribe. No. s. 1. o.
r. NJ, Wisconsin avenue and N street
northwest, tonight.
The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Naval,
No. 4. +. c.: Lafayette. No. 19. e. A.
Royal and Select Masters-Adoniram
Council No. 2, not bulletined.
The following l. o. o. F. lodges will
meet tonight: Columbia, No. 10, and
Salem, No. %, degree work.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

knows anything. that the g. o. P. is
held down body and brceches." owned
ard controlled bv trusts and combines
that have robbed the people Of untold
wealth, under the disguise of law. en-
a.ted nv the influence of these all-pow
erful trusts and conrbines-forced
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG


denied publication Letters
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
Batons Used by Bluecoats
Here Brittle as Tooth
picks.
OFTEN SPLINTER WITH
THE FIRST SMACK
Kiln-Dried Rosewood Used, and
Is Found Defect
i've.

Every few weeks a policeman arrest,
some one in Washington who object.
to being escorted to the station house
by the minion Of the law. The prisone,
shows signs of fight, gives the police,
man a couple of jabs on the jaw with
his fist. and the officer is obliged to tar
the prisoner gently but effectively or
the head with his baton. Frequently
the stick breaks in two on the prisoner
skull. and the public rises up in arm,
about the brutality Of the police toward
prisoners.
But. according to Edwin y. Hesse
chief clerk OF the Police Department
the policemen are not as brutal as they
are painted. Everybody knows that q
policeman has to use his stick now and
then. That is what he has it for. The
fact that the baton breaks when II
comes in contact with an exceptionally
hard skull is not due to an excessively
hard blow, but to the inferiority Of the
wood in the stick, Mr.. Hesse says.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

cold comfort in the fact that Mary
landers who have no District tags arc
getting of with s. fines here.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
Concerts Today
Bv the q. S. Marine Bind at
Marine Barracks, at 4:3o P. Il
WILLIAM H. SANTELMANN,

Leader.
PROGRAM.
March, THE Rifle Regiment. .Sousa
overture, Der Freischuetz"
Won Weber
Scene Espagnole, "SeTllana". .Elgar
Euphonium Solo. The Weldon
Polka" a"............-.... .Simons
Musician George Frey.)
Music de Ballet, Pas des Es-
chapres" ......-Chaminade
Selection, THE Spring Maid
Reinhardt
Waltz, Gold and Silver. .Lehar
Descriptive Fantasia, I'm the Bird
Store ................ .-...-......Ortn
The Star-Spangled Banner"
By the U. S. Engineer Band, At
Washington Barracks at 8 p. NJ
JULIUS HAMPER, Leader.
PROGRAM.
March, ION Wisconsin. "....... .Purdy
Overture, "Orpheus" ...... .Offenbach
Waltz, Enchanted Night Moret
Grand Fantasie, THE Opera Mirror
Tobani
Habanera. Mexican Kisses"
Roberts
Selection, The Soul Kiss Levi
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
Some Talk of Substituting
Sticks of Hard
Rubber. -
COCABOLA GOOD, BUT
1T is TOO HEAVY
Great Demand for These Veap-
ons as Sou
venirs.

recommended to the Commissioners the
enactment of a law makinS . punish
able by fine or Imprisonment for any
member OF the force to dispose Of his
uniform or equipment.
The souvenir hunters are most per-
sistent sometimes. They try to buy
batons, revolvers, and badges from thh
patrolmen, but if any ever succeeds u
Is certain that no one at headquarters
ever hears Of 1t.
Chief Clerk u
Busiest Man There.
But testing batons is not by any
means the principal work Of the chief
clerk of the Police Department. As
matter Of fact, he is the busiest man in
the entire department. On his should
ers rests the responsibility of looking
after all the clerical end Of the Depart
ment and much of the detail work con-
nected with policing.
Many persons might think that crime
and criminals were the principal things
with which the police have to deal. bot
IL Mr. Hesse's mail can be taken as
criterion such is not the case. The
great source of annoyance and trouble
in the District Of Columbia Is not crime.
1t Is small boys and cats. OF course,
there are some persons who look upon
small boys and cats as criminals, but
such is not the consensus. The PUBIC
generally looks upon them as things
which have to be tolerated.
From all sections of the District come
letters TO the chief clerk complaining Of
the boys and the cats. The lives OF
many, II seems, are made miserable
during the day by children playing on
the lawns and yelling in front of their
homes while at night the feline frater-
Ill he ell n N.nlnnuyT1 ~
Every complaint means work for the
chief clerk. But Mr.. Hesse Is young
man of energy and ambition, and while
his duties are a big load on his should
ers they do not weigh him down. He
always has a smile for every complain
ant who comes in person, be 1t man,
woman. or child. and all leave his Of
fee with the impression that they have
done the District in general and the Po-
lice Department in particular a great
service by letting their troubles be
known.
Formerly Secretary
To Major Sylvester.
For many years Mr.. Hesse was pri-
vate secretary to Major Sylvester. He
was made chief clerk about four years
ago.
He has the workings of the depart
ment at his fnger-tips, can recall names
and dates as accurately as an adding
machine puts down figures, and is
veritable encyclopedia OF police matters.
He also has the great faculty OF antici-
patton. For instance:
An important matter has ceme UP In
the department. Major Sylvester wants
the facts and figures. He looks for
from various sources Then
he pushes the electric button which
summons the chief clerk.
Mr.. Hesse," he begins, "I want you
to get"
4 thought you would, major" replied
the chief clerk. so l brought the
papers with me-" he adds, as he takes
them from his pocket.
And anyone who has ever been a
chief of police will tell you tia: antici-
patton is the greatest talent that a CHIEF
clerk could possibly possess.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

ington Times daily during the month OF
June was l.lS5, T6s. all copies left over and
when divided by e. the number Of days OF
publication, shows the net daily average sor
June TO have beeh 4S3I
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

CThe Times will be pleased to an
pounce meetings and entertainments in
this column.)
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
Seeks Sticks of
Better Quality.

For the last few years the Police De-
partment has experienced considera Bile
difficulty in getting batons made Of
well-seasoned wood. Most of them are
brittle as toothpicks. They warp and
twist, get out of shape, and break OH
the slightest use. Because of this fact,
Mr.. Hesse is endeavoring to purchase
Some sticks that will prove satisfactory
and give the right kind of service and
protection TO the police.
Next to a revolver. baton Is the most
important piece of a policemans equip
ment. He doesn't need II often, but
when he does, he needs II badly. II
the prisoner proves to be a powerful
man and hard to handle, the policeman
finds himself in a tight place If his
stick breaks when he tries TO put 1t in
use.
Recently Mr.. Hesse has had a
number of samples submitted to him
with view of getting the right quality
of wood. Rosewood is used by the po-
lice of practically all cities, including
Washington. and is supposed to be the
most satisfactory. So II would be, II the
sticks were properly seasoned. How
ever, II practically is impossible to get
rosewood that is not kiln-dried. and this
makes II so brittle that the batons
frequently prove worthless.
Cocabola Is
Found Defective.
Cocabola is a wood used by some de-
partments. but It is very heavy and
hard, and Major Sylvester will not per
NIT the use Of these sticks. The wood
is almost as hard and heavy as iron.
and an exceptionally hard blow might
cause the death of a prisoner. Rose
wood subdues, but does not kill. There
is a give and spring to the wood, and
sticks are light and easy to carry.
Major Sylvester has also been con-
sidering the use Of rubber clubs, but
these are something OF an experiment.
and It is not likely that they will be
adopted. Various styles of rubber clubs
are made Some are Of hard finished
rubber similar in shape to the regula-
ton baton, while others are made more
on the line of a blackjack.
Not only in subduing prisoners are
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times Sunday during the month Of June
was l66,Sl9, all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number
when divided by 4. the number Of Sundays
during June, shows the net Sunday average
for June TO have been Il, ,76.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

Once more Alexandria makes US en-
vious. She is to have mounted post
men.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
JUNE CIRCULATION

The number Of complete and perfect copies
u The Washington Times printed daily dur
nC the month of June was as follows:
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

Total for month nth........................l SO
Daily average for month..,.,.,..... 61,67s
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

EveryAody seems to be worrying ex'
cept DR.. Wiley.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
Sunday.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month Of June was as follows:
June t...........4s.0 002 June ls...........E.l!l
June u...........47.065 June 3...........46.N7
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

An heads up! Here comes Atwood
over the city again.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

We have with US today ex-senator
Sldrich.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

Total for rnonth .lSS, ,545
Sunday average for month.......-.... T.l3S
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

A delivery wagon horse found out
how to silence a street piano yester
day. He ran away and bowled it
over.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

Entered at the Postoffice at Washington
.. c.. as second class natter.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

With Dolly Gray on the mound at the
Mound City. tie Nationals should be
able to place somebody under the turf
today.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

Lieutenant Kirkland circled and scared
in me army aeroplane at College Park
yesterday as If he were in his native
element.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

Washington motorists are pleased to
see the District enforcing the license
tag law against their Maryland
brethren. But for the local drivers
who had to pay nearly $50 apiece for
violating the Maryland law, there Is
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-19
NOT THERE NEXT DAY
INSOLENT OFFICE BOY MEETS
WITH BIG SURPRISE.
Tried His OVerbearIno Manner With
the Managers Wife, to the Great
Delight of His Enraged
Victims.

The new office boy was exhibiting
his "insolence of office" air for the
benefit OF those poor u~nfortuntes who
were sitting listlessly or n~ervously
about the vicinity Of the seventh Dor
TAI from the throne OF a theatrical
manager. Every time the door opened
the n who had beer there longest
was permitted to slip through to the
sanctum sanctorum. AL the rest
looked on enviously but resignedly.
There was no use fighting against
custom. The room was full of aspt-
rants for positions, and each new
conner was carefully scrutinized and
mentally labeled. Only the office boy
paid no attention to them. He was
not at all interested and was deter
mined that every one should plainly
understand his attitude.
The insolence OF the fellow was al
most unbearable, and both men and
women longed to throttle him, but
what could a poor, do~wn-trodden &C
tor do? The Office a had the right
to be impudent to him, If it SO desired,
for did not the cat belong to the man
ager, while as yet he himself did o
occupy even as big a position as that
or super. Never mind, some day
WELL, who knows what may happen?
Stars have been known to burst forth
in a single night, and, then, all hard
ship can be forgotten. But, oh, If
some one would do something to that
boy!
At this tuncture a pretty, little WON
an walked with an air of authority up
to the office boy.
q" want to see Mr.. Manager at
once" she said briskly.
Impossible, madam; he can't see
o now" answered the boy pertly.
Whats that?" said the little WON
an loudly. "Oh, 1 think he will. Hurry
up, now, l nave no time to lose"
The boy curled up his lip, and, as he
started to turn his attention to ONE
thing else, said for the benefit of the
professionals. You'll have to take
your turn, l guess, and here's a whole
room full that he's got to see before
o can get in"
The little woman's face blazed.
Take my name in just the same
she ordered.
What is it?" air1ly inquired the of
fee boy.
Mrs. Manager" she answered.
Needless to say the entire room Of
Thespians heartily enjoyed the dra-
matte surprise, and the next day when
they again waited their turn at the
seventh portal from the throne there
was a new face to greet them.
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President raft'a Joke.

President Taft likes a joke and
loves to be liked. When he drops
work for play he is as boyish about II
az when In college. Neither does the
president appear to be ov%ersensitive
about his weight, which ig rather more
than that OF most men.
He had gone to the Chevy Chase
club outside Washington, for an after
noon game Of golf recently, and came
swinging out of the clubhouse in golf
toys, which, II anything, add to his
stature. Passing the tennis courts he
saw a Washington friend who Is heavy
enough to have been taken for the
president at a distance before now.
The president stopped and smiled
broadly at the efforts Of the stout one
to reduce.
Hello, Walker" he said, as the
game slackened, FAR be 1t from me to
suggest that you need that exercise,
old man."
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Australian Voting.

Our Australian ballot" system
was made in Massachusetts, but it's
old name still holds, though the Aus
tralians have eve had anything like
1t, their ballots being a decided i'm
provement On "the Australian ballot"
h Of all candidates for an
office are placed one under another
in alphabetical order and without
party designation. The voter must
use some discernment in voting, and
the bonds Of a party organization are
weakened. Two new ideas have been
adopted. The man absent, or five
miles removed from his voting place,
casts his ballot by mail, or, under an
other law, he nay declare his eligibil-
1ty for voting in Australia and cast
his ballot at the place where he hap
pens to be. The first idea, though Ia
beled new" in the cable dispatches.
is not entirely SO. for the New Zea-
landers have had a somewhat similar
provision for some a and 1t evil
IDENTIFY has worked SO satisfactorily
as to commend it to their nelghbors.
The Australian feature of balloting
transmitted to US was the secrecy and
official character of the ballot rather
than its arrangement.
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FOOD IN SERMONS
Feed the Dominic Right and tho Ser
mons Are Brilliant.

A conscientious, hard-wOrkng and
successful clergyman writes: Il am
glad to bear testimony to the pleasure
and increased measure OF efficiency
and health that have come to me from
adopting Grape-Nuts food as one OF
my articles of diet
For severa years / was much dis
tressed during the early part Of each
day by indigestion. My breakfast
seemed to turn sour and failed to d.
gest After dinner the headache and
other symptoms following the break
fast would wear away, only TO return,
however, next morning.
Having heard Of Grape-Nuts food, I
finally concluded to give 1t a trial. l
made my breakfasts Of Grape-Nuts
with cream, toast and Postum. The re-
suit was surprising in improved health
and total absence of the distress that
had, for so long a time, followed the
morning meal.
my digestion became once more
satisfactory, the headaches ceased, and
the old feeling OF energy returned.
Since that time I have always had
GrapeNuts food on my breakfast
table.
st was delighted to find also, that
whereas before I began to use Grape
Nuts food I was quite nervous and be-
came easily wear1ed In the work OF
preparing m and in study, a
marked improvement in this respect
resulted from the change in my diet.
II am convinced that Grape-Nuts
food produced this result and helped
me to q sturdy condition Of mental
and physical strength
81 have known Of several persons
who were formerly troubled as was,
and who have been helped as I have
been, by the use OF Grape-Nuts food,
on my recommendation" Name given
by Postum Company, Battle Creek
Mich.
There's a reason"
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
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of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
the City of Macon, Miss, held the 14th
day of April, 1911. Same having been
reduced to writing, was considered and
voted upon by sections, then as a whole,
Aldermen ~Featherstone, Grace, Patty
and Patty voting yeas, none voting nay.
Alderman Allen being absent and not
voting, said ordinance was ordered pub
lished as provided by law.
1 further certify that said ordinance
is duly recorded in Minute Book F, page
IS ct seq and Ordinance Book page 1876
ct seq. j. j. SCOTT, Clerk.