davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Fined Fifty Dollars
On Charge of Assault

Lee hewitt was fined $50 in United
States side of Police Court today for
assaulting Arthur T. Cheek with a BIZ
cycle wrench a week ago. The assault
occurred in Cheeks fish market at
Eleventh and H streets northeast. New
lit claimed that Cheek sold him bad
crab meat and a pigs foot unfit to eat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30

the soap and q
single applica-
ton Of the ONT
ment and rest
and peace fall
for the first
time perhaps
in weeks, on a
d / 8 ira ct g d
household. To
those who have
tried andfound
wanting tn Q
usual remedies
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
J. P. Morgan at Court.

LONDON, May 30.-Ambassador Reid
has presented J. Pierpont Morgan and
William Forbes Morgan, of New York;
Albert Cook Myers, of Moylan, Pa. and
Edward Bringhurst, OF Philadelphia, to
King George.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
The Score q:

Totals .4212 80 8 8 Totals. 80 80 4
Gardner hit for Cicotte in ninth.
"'Thoney ran for Gardner in ninth.
s''Schaefer hit for Cunningham in tenth.
''"'EIberfeld hit for Henry in tenth.
Boston ..........O l 0 2-6
Washington .......1 . 0 0 Is
Two-base hits-Hooper Carrigan. Speaker,
Gardner, Hall, Schaefer. HitE-On Cicotte,
z in innings: Hall in innings. Sacri-
fee hits-Cicotte, Engle Lelvelt. Stoleni
bases-Wagner, Cunningham. Conroy. Yerkes.
Base on balls-off Cicotte. .: OF Hall. l; on
Hughes T. Struck out-By CiCotte, in
innings; by Hughes, .. Times Of game
hours and 20 minutes-Umpire-Perri and
Sheridan
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
IN MEMORIAM

HUGHES-In kindly remembrance Of my es-
teemed scnoolmate and friend SIMON
HUGHES, who departed this life Decem-
Der Z. 1910, for whose kindly disposition
and integrity of character / have ever
had sincere regard. A Friend.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
TIRED, FRETTED
MOTHERS REST
Skin Tortured, Disfgured
Infants Sleep.

This Is what happens when Cuticura
soap and ointment enter homes dis
tracted by the su6erings Of little ones
from eczennas, rashes, feelings and irri-
tations. Sleep follows q hot bath with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30

ton, notwlth-
standing that
these p ur e,
9 " e ct and
gentle emol-
lients are sold
by druggists
q n d dealers
everywhere.
Read what
q Justice Of
the Peace, D. j
Pierce, Of Cam
n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30

and who have lost faith
aliberal sample Of Cuticur
ment, with 32-page book {
Of the skin, may be obtain
application to "Cuticura,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18
NEW YORK sun
CHANGES OWNERS
William c. Reick obtains
Control of the Paper.

Prom the New York Evening Post
William c. Reick, who for years was
James Gordon Benefits right-hand man
in running the New York Herald, has
bought control of the Sun.
Purchase of the majority stock was
made by ReIck from Mrs. William NJ.
Laffan. Reick is now a minority share
holder of the New York Times, control of
which is in the hands of Adolph s. Ochs.
Reick was born in Philadelphia on Sep
TENDER .. 1854. and studied for a while
at Harvard and the United States Naval
Academy. He began newspaper work in
Philadelphia. Later he worked on a news
paper in Newark, n. J.. and was subur-
ban correspondent for the Herald.
His enterprising reporting attracted
Benefits attention, and he was taken
into the Herald office. For a time he
edited the London and Paris editions Of
the paper and in 1889 he was made city
editor in New York. He afterward be-
came president Of the New York Herald
Company and general manager OF its af-
fairs under Benefits direction. In 1907
he left the Herald and acquired an in
terest in the Times and Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger, controlled by the Ochs broth
ers. He is second vice president and gen.
eral manager of the New York Times
Company and president OF the Public
Ledger Company.
Charles A. Dana, who controlled the
destinies of the Sun from his acquisition
Of 1t in 1868 until his death in 1897, ranked
with the great American editors. With
Il handful OF men like Franklin, Greeley,
the elder Bennett, and Pulitzer, he ex-
erted a dominant country wide influence
upon his profession. His methods were
entirely different from those of all the
others, even his contemporaries, and, to
be sure, in this fact lay the reason for
his greatness. Perhaps nothing better
illustrates his own particular idea Of the
kind OF journalism than his direct di.
vergence from Horace Greeley upon one
particular point.
Greeley, it will he recalled. was always
opposed TO the college man. He said he
would not have a college man for janitor
On the other hand, Dana was always
watching the universities for young men
who knew a past partIciple from a split
infinitlve. The roster of Sun men gen.
orally has shown that about 70 per cent
of them were college graduates. But a
man did not have to be able to show a
diploma from Yale or Harvard or any
other seat of learning to get a chance.
He had to have brains. personality, and
grip on English-and after that moth
ing mattered, so long as he was honest.
When Mr.. Dana died in 1897, his son.
Paul Dana, served as editor for a short
time hut the elder Danas real successor
was Edward P. Mitchell, who had grown
up in the atmosphere OF the institution
and whom for many years previous to
1897 had been the papers chief editorial
writer Mr. Mitchell is now president Of
the Sun Association.
Laffan, from whom control has been
purchased, was formerly the Suns art
critic He subsequently became the pub
Usher, and in 1900 purchased the paper
from the Dana estate.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18
Aviation in 1911.

Even a cursory review OF the prog
ress made in aviation during the year
1911 shows that substantial advance has
been made in the conquest of the air.
This year the acroplane has been first
used in this country to carry mail. Its
first use in dropping projectiles, with
view to possible employment in war,
belongs to the same period 1t was in
1911 that Atwood made his world-fa-
nous trip from Boston to Washington,
and later from St. Louis to New York
Rogers, another daring and persistent
aviator. few across the continent from
New York to Los Angeles.
While these are a few OF the more
striking achievements in the United
States, equal if not greater progress
has been made in Europe Count Yep
pelin, after many failures, has at last
succeeded in bringing the dirigible air
ship to something like efficiency as an
engine of war or a means of carrying
passengers. Similar success appears to
have attended the efforts of Adjt. Reau
of the French army, in developing a
dirigible air ship that will rise high
enough in the air to outrange the larg-
est guns. While the achievements OF
the Italians in the use of air ships is
somewhat uncertain, we read constantly
of their use with deadly effect in opera
tons in Tripoli.
1t is evident from these and many
more examples which might be cited
that the aeroplane and the dirigible air
ship have passed beyond the stage OF
mere experiment into practical use with
some degree of efficiency
Unfortunately, this measure of sue
cess has not been achieved without a
long death roll and a chapter of acct
dents truly appalling, but mistakes and
fatalities do not seem to dampen the
enthusiasm of courageous men who
have placed before themselves the mas
terry of the air as the servant of man.
AS time progresses, the element of safe
ty will certainly be increased.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
By FRED C. KELLY.

William E. Chiffon, Senator from West
Virginia, has the queerest fad on rec
ord
1t is giving away pocket knives.
Where other men would hand out a
cigar. or suggest buying a drink, Chill
ton presents a handsome stag-handled
knife containing three blades, button
hook, nail file, and cork screw.
In Il last several years he has given
away almost 1000 knives. He calls its
enrolling people in his Knife Club.
Sooner or later, nearly every man and
boy in west Virginia will be taken into
full membership Of Chilton's club. He
gives a knife to nearly everybody he
knows NewsboyS United States Sena-
tors, Pullman porters, walters, water
boys, peasants, taxi driyers-all carry
knives handed to them by Chiffon. Some
times he'll think OF a friend in remote
part OF the country who hasn't one OF
his knives and he can't get his mind on
anything else until he has mailed him
one. For the purpose he keeps on hand
a special shape of pasteboard box just
70 mail knives in.
Some time ago Chiffon bought some
stock in a wholesale hardware concern,
and his friends declare that he did il
largely to get the expense Of his annual
knife gifts on more businesslike
basis. 1t is believed that he takes his
dividends all in the form OF knives.
Chiffon. himself, carries a $40 knife
that was sent TO him by a friend who
takes great pride in being one OF the
earliest members Of the Knife Club.
All his life Senator Obadiah Gardner,
our latest Democratic Senator from
Maine-say it casually. just as If there
always had been Democratic Senators
from Maine-has been in the habit of get
ting up early in the morning. He is
fond Of the big outdoors and OF walking.
and when he's at home he gets up and
putters around for an hour or so before
| breakfast. Then by $50 he feels like eat
ing about eIghty-hve batter cakes and
going ahead with the regular tasks of the
day.
When he came to Washington to make
his living by being United States sena-
tor Obadiah Gardner supposed that
just as a matter of course, he would
keep right on getting up early in the
morning. The morning after his arrival
he woke up about 5:45, tossed about in
bed until he couldn't stand it any longer,
then arose, dressed and started out for
little walk before breakfast He
walked four or five miles through the
broad, deserted streets Of our National
Capital, and ended up at his hotel for
breakfast.
where's the dining-room?" he asked
the clerk.
You wanted breakfast" the clerk in
Quired back.
Sure
"Ah, I'll see what can be done. It's a
little early yet, but perhaps We can get
something for you"
The next morning the Maine Senator
managed to sleep until a little after s.,
| when he got up and started for another
walk. This time the streets seemed even
more deserted than the day before, and
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18
OLD HOMES DISAPPEARING.
Southern Mansions Giving Way to
Modern Structures.

Southern Mansions Giving Way to
Modern Structures.
From the Birmingham News
The grand old before the war" homes
STEPPED in romance and dear to the heart
of the children of the old South, are
fast going. Set in a grove Of oaks, the
big house with its imposing columns,
ample verandas and its air Of hospitality
and cheer. soon will be no more Some
Of these old mansions have fallen into
wreck and ruin: hundreds have been
burned. The surviving ones are relics of
an age that is past.
For several years there has been a
movement in the South for smaller farms
This movement has been constantly &C
CELEBRATED. And 1t means much for the
welfare OF this section. The old planta-
tons were manageable only when labor
could be relied Upon-and when one per-
son was willing to pass his life in the
employ of another
The South is becoming more utilitarian.
Descendants of those cavaliers who
charged with Rupert and melted their
plate to support the tottering throne Of
an unworthy Stuart have scanned their
ACSSOi "CAl. l1lA0 10 dCllNlAyB anu
turmoil 1t still would be an elysian ex-
istence forever to loiter in the shade and
yell to Pompey for another julep-but It
is no longer practicable.
This month will see two Of the fine
old plantation homes OF Barbour County
go under the hammer. Historic Rose
lands and the splendid Pugh estate alike
are to be sold. Some of these days when
the South gets enormously wealthy again
the grand old times may be revived.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18
No Occasion for Alarm.

There is no occasion for alarm be-
cause the Russian government expresses
its dissatisfaction with the action of the
American Congress concerning the
passport question. Russia is not going
TO war with the United States because
we assert the fact that it has failed TO
observe the provisions of treaty which
guarantees security and protection to
American citizens. The United States
will not go TO war with Russia, even
if that nation continues TO dishonor
American passports. 1t is true that the
situation requires a combination of
sanity and patriotism, frmness and tact,
but the exercise of these qualities may
be expected in the President and in
Congress.
1t needed. however, the unanimous
and emphatic expression of Congress to
bring Russia to a realizing sense of
public sentiment in this country. For
years and years the State Department
has appealed to Russia to cease its dis
elimination against American citizens
on the ground OF religion. These pro-
tests have been ignored and evaded
The United States has been always
courteous and patient Now that firm
stand has very properly been taken,
Russia hopes by an exhibition OF blus-
terry indignation to hide the vital facts
The United States simply insists that
law-abiding, reputable citizens OF the
United States, travelling with a pass
port issued by this government, shall
be accorded the security protection, and
freedom of action which the treaty with
Russia guarantees. 1t is entitled to this
consideration, and cannot. with due re-
gard for its own dignity and sclf-re-
spect, be satisfied with less. In this
case, every element of right is on its
side
And Russia, when it fully appreciates
the high value which the American
people place upon their citizenship, will
not sacrifice the friendship of the United
States because We maintain that that
citizenship shall be respected, even in
the dominion OF the Gar.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18
PRAISE FOR THE HERALD.
New Orleans Paper Comments on
Rivers and Harbors Congress.

Rivers ana HarbOrs Congress.
From the New Orleans PicAyune
The Rivers and Harbors Congress,
which assembled at the National Capital
last week, did not attract as much at
tention as the great interests 1t has I'M
dertaken to promote and conserve merit
ed. Outside the Mississippi Valley. ex-
cept at a few seaports, the press Of the
country has had little to say.
Therefore an expression like this from
The Washington Herald is Of value. 1t
says:
AT this time, when the Panama Canal
Is approaching completion. it is Of espe-
ciaI importance that there be constructed
a nayigable waterway from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf Of Mexico. The entire
Mississippi Valley will bear post In
innate relation to the trade Of South
America, and there is no doubt that the
Improvement Of its waterways will ma
terially assist in developing this trade.
If il is possible, for instance, to connect
the Lakes and the Gulf so that. the COM
merce Of the former can be successfully
transported by water to the Gulf, the
work ought to be commenced at the earli-
est moment. The estimated cost OF $780,
oOO,O 900 is by no means prohibitive. con-
sidering the enormous returns which such
a project would insure"
The congress held at Washington was
devoted to national interests instead Of
local schemes. Heretofore the effort has
been made to secure the spending of
money on particular constructions, but
II the work Of river and harbor improve
ment can be impartiaIly done where 1t
is most needed, the greatest good will be
accomplished.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18
Streets as Fairgrounds.

An interesting experiment is being
tried in Chicago, which gives fair prom
Use of solving the problem of play for
children in the crowded tenement dis
tricts. In brief, it is proposed to use
portions of certain streets for play pur-
poses during specified hours of the day,
the games of the children TO be under
the direction OF responsible and capable
men and women, who will keep order
and give the sport its greatest physical
effectiveness.
Gault CourN an Italian quarter. in
the North Side of Chicago, and block
in Thirteenth street. in another part OF
the city, are to be closed by police or
der to traffic two hours in the afternoon
and set apart to play purposes. These
are called play zones" and the project
has the approval of Mayor Harrison
and the city council Miss Helen Gun
bingham, of Hull House. will have
charge of the experiment, and employed
helpers of the establishment will afford
the necessary supervision.
1t is proposed TO gather the children
of the neighborhood after school hours
in the afternoon in the streets men,
toned, and there direct their play, much
as is done in the ordinary Fairgrounds.
Some portable apparatus will be put in
place for certain kinds of play, but for
the most part ordinary winter outdoor
games will be employed to amuse the
youngsters.
The experiment will be watched with
great interest outside of the city where
it is made. Closing portions of the
streets to public traffic for a portion
of the day may cause little hardship
to drivers of delivery wagons and other
vehicles. but the authorities of Chicago
assume that this will be trihing as COM
pared with the hardship imposed upon
children with no place to play. More
over. the use of the street involves no
outlay beyond the supervision of the
men and women who have direct charge
of the games. If successful, the plan
will he a practical solution of a social
question which has bothered settlement
workers for many years.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18

he was so lonesome when he got back to
the hotel that he felt like picking a quar-
rel with somebody, just to make CONVEX
sation.
up to the desk and said to the clerk IN a
low, confidential tone:
I wish to leave a call for Q o'clock"
One of the comic sights now to be seen
II the House smoking room Is Uncle
Joe Cannon and the insurgents. To all
appearances he and the insurgents are
thick enough to sleep together and wear
each others clothes. This time last year
Uncle Joe wasn't speaking to Insurgents
Norris and Lenroot and a number OF
others. He not only didn't speak to them
when they passed in the corridors, but he
ignored them as completely and con-
temptuously as If they had been an &C
tress' bleary-eyed white dog. But now
Uncle Joe is as friendly and affable with
the whole insurgent bunch as II he had
started to sell life insurance. All the SOU
, brette-like petulance that he showed just
after election last year is gone. He is
mild now to degree. 1t is no uncommon
sight to see the former Speaker with his
arms around Insurgent Lenroot or Nor
ris, telling stories. And they frequently
save up their best stories to tell in re-
turn.
Senator George Nixon, Of Nevada, went
travelling through Europe this last sum-
msr with a title affxed to his American
nomenclature. He was billed everywhere
as Sir George Nixon. However, Nixon
is none of your expatriates. The title
took up with him accidentally just as a
stray dog or queer laundry mark might,
and for the life of him he couldn't get
rid OF 1t. till he got back to Reno.
1t happened like this: Nixon went into
a railway ONCE in London to buy trans
portatlon to Paris. The man making out
the tickets said something to him that
| Nixon didn't catch, so the Senator said
Sir" meaning for the fellow to repeat
whatever 1t was he had said. But the
man didn't repeat: instead he went right
ahead making out the checks for Nixon's
baggage, and the incident was apparently
closed.
The next morning when the Senator
went to climb into his compartment on
the train, he found this sign posted on
the window: Sir George Nixon"
1t seems that the question the railway
clerk had asked him was Have you a
titleT' And when the Senator came
back with Sir" that settled It.
1t is easy for the keen observer to tell
that Champ Clark has been a school
master and college president. His ped
agogical training crops out in various
little gestures when he is presiding over
the House. When the members become
| too boisterous, Champ taps on his pulpit
for order with the handle OF his gaveI
in much the same manner that any one
has seen a school-teacher tap on the
desk with a ruler. And yet with all
his experience in presiding over noisy
congregations in chapel, Cousin Champs
charges in the House are Just as OBJ
streperOus as they were when Uncle
| Joe Cannon was their superintendent,
II not more so.
! Copyright, 1911, by Fred C. Kelly. AL rights ~
serTed.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18
Economy in the House.

1t is not surprising that Mr. Under
wood, the Democratic leader in the
House, and Mr. Fitzgerald, the chair
man of the Committee on Appropria-
tions, should be somewhat apprehensive
over the possibility of large expendi-
lures. Having passed a pension bill
which, if it becomes a law, will add
about 100000 to the governments
annual outlay, there is an insistent de-
mand upon the part of members of the
House for a public building bill, which
will require at least S2o,ooo,ooo addi-
tional, to say nothing of river and
harbor BILL which will aggregate even a
larger sum.
Although pledged to an exercise of
the strictest economy, the Democrats
will find it difficult to withstand the
temptation of an assault upon the pub
lie Treasury. A campaign is approach
ing, and nothing is so conducive to pop
ularity in a Congressional district as
an appropriation for a new public build
ing or for the Improvement of some
commercc-seeking creek. In this re-
gard, the Republicans always have been
and are now happily situated. Without
any pretense to economy, they made
such appropriations as they deemed
proper. The Democrats. on the other
hand, have mission to perform. They
must materially reduce the amount of
the annual budget, or else they will be
charged with recreancy to their solemn
promises. 1t is a difficult position for
them, especially with Congressional dis
tTicts hanging in the balance.
We submit from the standpoint of
IN impartial observer, that the Demo-
cratic majority can solve the problem
by making such appropriations as are
absolutely warranted by facts and con-
ditions. That new post-ofices and other
public buildings are needed in some To-
ealities is undeniable, and money ap-
propristed for the purpose of their cree
zion would be wise and proper ex-
penditure. There are also river and
harbor Improvements which are in every
way conrmendable If these legitimate
projects can be provided for, eliminat-
ing all the undeseving claims, Con-
gress need make no apology to the
country. II is the @IogrolIing" meas.
nre, framed as a political factor, which
Is resented and criticised. The people
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-18

do not want economy practiced at the
expense of national development They
object, however, to waste of public
funds in extravagant fashion.
There is vast difference between the
policy which would spend nothing and
that which, on the other hand, would
spend everything. If the Democrats can
find this happy medium, they need not
fear to make appropriations. 1t is not
the amount Of money which is expended,
but the manner in which it is spent, that
reflects upon the party in power.