The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28

Entered at the Postofice at Washington,
D. c., as second-class matter.
At last, o tempora, the thunder of the
heavens has proven itself superior to
the oratory of the Senate.
The appointment Of john NJ. George
as fifth assistant corporation counsel
comes as a recognition Of ten years of
faithful and efficient service while en-
ployed as a stenographer.
The District National Guard may not
pitch camp at Frederick, Md, because
the drinking water is not good Boiling
the water is one way out. And then
there is the plan of using a substitute
The resignation of Charles H. Turner,
after eight years of efficient work as
assistant United States district attor-
ney, will remove one of the best known
and most capable of the prosecutors
who have looked after district affairs.
1t is a real honor to re chosen an
officer OF the Society of the Cincinnati.
In becoming the assistant secretary
general of the order. Henry Randall
Webb. Of this city. is receiving the
deserved congratulations of a host of
friends.
The women and girls of Washington
will be overlooking a treat il they fail
TO avail themselves of the bathing ia
Cilities provided at the public bathing
beach. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri
days, from to 10 a. m. and Wednes-
O.o0 c
pools are reserved for their exclusive
use.
After thirty three years of existence,
the METROPOLITAN Baptist Church, the
Oldest Baptist organization on Capitol
Hill. tonight lays the cornerstone for
it's new edifice Since its complete Or
ganization, III 1873, but seven pastors
have been in charge. its present pastor,
the Rev. John Compton Fall, having
served for eight wears.
Charles n. Gregory, who is to be the
new dean OF the law department of
George Washington University, is in
the city for a few days, making ar
Engagements to take up his residence
here in the fall. He is receiving a
cordial welcome, not only IN profess
Eional circles, but from Washingtonians
in general WHO are delighted at the
prospect of numbering him among our
fellow citizens.
Washington is to learn all about the
typhoid fever within it's borders and in
adjacent suburbs, If the best efforts of
the Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service can be of any assistance.
FT-l-.
law by Acting Comptroller of the Treas
ury L. P. Mitchell Surgeon General
Walter Wyman is authorized to distrib-
ute his bulletin on local typhoid condi-
tons among residents of the District.
Hon. Hannis Taylors new book on
'"The Origin and Growth of the Ameri-
can Constitution" is receiving golden
opinions from all sorts of people. His
contention that Peletiah Webster was
in reality the father of our organic
law has caused much discussion, and
on the whole has won wide acceptance.
The book could receive no higher praise
than to say it is worthy of the distin-
guished author.
Washington's foremost woman real
estate operator, Mrs. Mary F. Hender-
son, has written to The Times from
Bar Harbor, her protest against the
loss OF the site of the Mt. Pleasant
playground for playground purposes.
She declares that not even her own pet
project, the Meridian Hill park, will be
suitable for playground paraphernalia.
Every person familiar with the work
of the District Board of Charities will
commend the action Of President Taft
in reappointing George z. Hamilton
and Myer Cohen to the board. Both
have rendered effective service. While
membership on the board Is a place of
honor only, having no salary attached,
Mr.. Hamilton and Mr.. Cohen have given
faithful attention to their duties. to the
advantage of the board, the bene-
ficiaries of the charity 1t dispenses, and
the people OF the District
Another supposedly mad dog has bit
ten three people in Washington, run
ming the number Of mad dog victims
of the season up to nearly a dozen. The
Commissioners muzzle order still stands
on the books, but unmuzzled dogs still
run at large, while the Health Depart
ment complains of a shortage Of dog
catchers. Why would 1t not be good
idea to make each policeman in the
city responsible for the dogs on his
beat? He knows the dogs and their
owners, and word from him would