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The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Lehigh Club to Be
Host to Students

Plans 10 entertain the football team
and visiting students from Lehigh Uni
versity on Thanksgiving Day, when the
Leh!gh eleven meets Georgetown, are
being made by the Southern Lehigh
Club. composed of 200 Lehigh alumni
In Washington.
A smoker on Wednesday night pre-
ceding the game is the principal feat
ure planned. Sightseeing tours and
other festivities for the college boys also
are mapped out.
A section OF $50 seats in the east stand
or Georgetown Field has been we'd
for the Lehish rooters. A cheer leader
will come from the college to lead the
elumni and undergraduates.
Twenty Lehieh alumni held n smoker
last right at the University Club Ia
plan the reception and entertainment ol
the holiday visitors
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
and insistent problems Of the

searching and insistent problems Of the
day.
Even the masses Of the people have
begun TO realize that in thu MONDAY
of scientific thought and Investigation,
when the laboratory is bringing before
the very eyes the expounded mysteries
of which the previous generation did
not even dream, the man of culture
cannot remain altogether ignorant of
this new world Of facts. Out of the
fermentation of economic and political
ideas Is coming forth school Of
thought which disengages itself from
tradition and seeks to adapt itself to
conditions as they are. The overthrow
of the atom as the ultimate and in
divisible unit of matter, and the sub
stitution therefor of the electron,
with all the infinite potentialities which
the very name Of electricity suggests
even to the lay mind, has made it
necessary to rewrite all the sciences
and renew all the theologies. The adop.
tion of useful appliances in carrying
on the work and play of the world has
literally transformed the face Of the
earth and justified the most startling
prophecies for the early future.
This activity could not go on for
long without percolating into the mind
of the masses of the people. In some
of its phases it has found expression
in the current novel. The automobile
and the flying machine were readily
seized upon by those who-as Victor
Hugo put it-wished to "create new
shudder"-who were depressed by the
WEAKNESS produced by the old god in
the machine. And yet even these were
in many cases but the shallow counter.
feits of novelty, and, combined with
hasty and slipshod craftsmanship, turn
ed the novel reader naturally to the
masterworks of more leisurely and
conscientious age.
From any point of view the new
tendency is inspiring. When the 70.
mantle princelings have finally faded
against the background of their i'm.
possible Zendas and the six best sellers
have become uncomfortable in polite
society, feverish readers may pause
long enough to turn to the deathless
panorama of Dickens and Thackeray-
may dip into "Don Quixote" and make
acquaintance with Uncle Toby, dis,
cover the tenderness and power Of
Manzoni's "Betrothed," the heroic
analysis of "Crime and Punishment" ;" and
a few score other types of the aristoc.
racy of romance. 1t goes without saying
that it is gratifying to find the heirs
of the ages coming into their inherit
ance in the matter of scientific thought
and advancing within hailing distance
of the men who are making real his
tory.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12

constitute q reason for literal enforce
ment Of the Fourteenth.
All this, however, is mere constitu-
tionsl technicality. The broad ques-
tion is whether IL would be good pub
lie policy to compel the Southern States
to choose between universal manhood
suffrage and reduced representation In
Congress-. With the passage of time
and its modification Of the asperities
which, grew out Of the war between the
States there has risen q different con-
ception of this problem. 1t is recog-
nized that the Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth Amendments could not have been
approved by the necessary majority of
the States save for the extraordinary
conditions that prevailed In the South
after the war. And as the war and
reconstruction periods recede farther
into the past there is less and less dis
position to insistence on the injustice
which literal enforcement of these pro-
visions would impose.
Let us assume case for purposes
of illustration. Several States permit
women to vote for Presidential electors.
Suppose in the next generation the
woman suffrage States should become
the majority, controlling a majority in
Congress. Suppose the suffragists
should undertake to amend the Con-
stitution so as to reduce the repre-
sentation of those States which did
not give the ballot to women. That
would be precise parallel in all es.
sentials to the proposal of today to
reduce the representation of the South
ern States. Would it appear as fair
or as conducive to harmonious, salts.
factory Federal Government! Mani.
festly, no.
The Federal scheme must necessarily
depend for its satisfactory working on
q fair proportional representation OF
the States in Congress; fair in proper
tion to their population, wealth, great.
ness as integral parts of the nation
This is the practical view which has
always dominated, at the last, all con.
siderations of the question of repre-.
sentation. 1t is the view which ought
to and will continue to control in such
considerations.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
May Fight Compromise
In Vondermiller Case

Protest OF relatives Of John Reeves
against the agreement reached in the
case of Louis ]. Vondermiller may be
made when the case comes up in Alex
andria county court tomorrow, but de-
spite this, Commonwealth Attorney
Crandall Mackey says he will stand by
the decision he has reached with julius
Whiting. jr., counsel for Vondermiller.
BY the terms Of this agreement. Wonder
miller, who shot and killed his brother
in-law at Syphax Station. June 5 last,
is to get off with twelve years in the
penitentiary.
Mr.. Mackey recently announced that
he was confident Of securing convic-
ton at the second trial, but his agree
ment on a compromise seems to indicate
strong.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
GOOD ROADS AND THE COST
OF LIVING. ..

Ihere Is tardy perception nowadays
of the intimate relationship between
the question of good roads and the
problem of high cost of living. Good
roads, plus a properly organized and
administered parcels post, represent the
potentiality of the most effective check
on the middleman that has yet been
devised.
For proof we can turn to the ex.
perience of Britain and continental
countries; or we may study develop
ments in many suburban sections of
our own country. Good roads, plus
economical transportation for small
consignments of freight, mean that the
producer in the country and the con-
sumer in the town or city may be
brought into immediate touch with each
other, without the Intervention of the
various gradations of middlemen.
1t is one of the best signs of the
times that all this is coming to be un-
derstood. 1t is going to have the
effect before long of overcoming the
prejudice of small towns against the
parcels post. That prejudice has al.
ways been founded on ignorance and
fostered by insincere interests. 1t can.
not long survive when the light OF
truth is turned against it.
Read the British agricultural press
and even the general newspapers, and
you will be struck constantly by the
number of advertisements of farms fol
sale, in connection with which it il
explained that prosperous and regu
lar hamper trade with the adjacent city
market is established" What does
that mean2 T.
1t means that the owner of this farm
has retinue of city customers who
once or twice week, or perhaps daily
receive from this farm hamper con
tanning consignment of vegetables
eggs, butter, etc. This is sent by par
cells post. The rates are just as low
as the immense volume of the busines.
and the insistent demand for cheap liv
ing can make them. The farmer snt
his city customer, though they may no
see each other for months at time, ar,
thus brought into close association. No
body stands between them except thi
transportation function of the govern
ment.
In our own country we have nov
reached the point in development an,
population where that system is in
creasingly necessary if the masses il
the cities are to be fed at living prices
But in order to do this it is necessar,
that good roads be provided so that tn
rural ramifcations of the parcels pos
system may perform their part of tn
service at possible costs. That is tn
final, conclusive argument for goo
roads.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
IRISH PLAYS ARE
insult TO RACE,
CATHOLICS SAY
Truth Society Distributes
Circular, Denouncing
Productions.
Continued from First Pase.)

VIOntIuueu rTOfn FdBo.l
taking snap Judgment when they con-
demn the plays, before they are pre-.
sales for this week are. four times as
Purple. think there are enough lib
ington to make the productions a sue
cess"
Manager Talks.
I'VE have become familiar with the
hostility of a certain class of people to-
the satiric comedy of The Playboy
Of the Western World by J. M. synse,"
said Edward Flynn, special agent for
the Abbey Theatef, of Dublin.
"In Boston several Irish county socie-
ties tried to prohibit the production of
The Playboy.' They demanded that
Mayor Fitzgerald stop the play. The
mayor sent his private secretary, Mr..
Leahy, to see the play. Mr.. Leahy Is
Irish. He wrote an official report to the
mayor In which he not only did not
condemn the play, but warmly eulogized
1t as wonderful satiric comedy with
moral purpose
"its language is almost Eiizabethan in
,ts strength and simplicity. It has
almost RabeIaisan, But these lines
never have been spoken on. the stage.
Our critics, who seem unable TO grasp
synge's purpose and satire. object TO
these lines, but they appear only in the
printed book. There was opposition
to The Playboy when we first pre-
sented It In Dublin, but that opposition
has disappeared, and the play is now
popular not only in Dublin, but in Cork
and Belfast, while In Boston. New
Haven, Northampton-univer cities
II attracted large audiences and was
highly commended by the critics. ~
Lady Gregory, vice president Of the
Irish National Theater Society, has
been invited to address the Gaelic
League of Washington this week.
From that one may judge that all the
people Of irish blood In Washington are
not in agreement with the people who
oppose The Playboy."
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Two Ambassadors
Are Due Here Soon

Two ambassadors are due to arrive in
Washington in a short time. Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador,
will reach New York tomorrow from
his native country and may come at
once to this city.
George Bakmetieff and Nine. Bakme-
ueff, sister OF Mrs. John r. Mclean,
OF Washington, sailed today from
Havre for this country. M. Bakmeteifi
succeeds Baron Rosen as Russian am.
bassador here.
No further word has reached the Jap.
anese embassy rega riding the appoint.
ment of Viscount Chinda as ambassador
to this country, though the appointment
still is regarded as likely by other mem.
bers Of the embassy.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Scotch Ships to Garry
Coal for Uncle Sam

Unable to secure American ships IN
which to haul the coal for the navy
from the Atlantic ports around the Horn
to the Pacific naval stations, the Navy
Department has been compelled to coIi-
tract with the Scotch line to handle
this business.
A contract with this lire has just
been entered into by the Navy Depart
ment, and the shipments for the COM
ing year will be made in foreign mer-
chant vessels.
One American vessel, the ]. J. Luck
enback. the only American Fhip that
bid, has been chartered by the depart
ment to transport one cargo or coal
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
THE SOUTH'S REPRESENTA-.
TION IN CONGRESS.

The Times recently expressed its
opinion that the representation of
States in the Republican national con
ventions ought to be based on the pro-
portion of Republican votes cast by
the States. This rule would greatly
reduce the representation, particularly
of the Southern States while it would
reduce some and increase other North
en States representations.
Following this publication, a number
of commendatory letters have been re
ceived. Several of these, however, have
suggested that the same rule ought to
be applied to representation in Con
gress: that the Crumpacker plan of re.
ducing Congressional representation to
the proportion of votes cast by the
States should be adopted. Various
correspondents have asked The Times
views on this proposition.
These views have been expressed al
various times, as unalterably opposed
to such a reduction of Southern rep,
resentation in Congress. The two cases
are not parallel. 1t would be unfair
and revolutionary to deny to State.
their fair proportion of representation
according to population, in Congress
1t would impose taxation without rep
resentation. Every argument that
favors representation in national con
ventions in proportion to VOTES
CAST FOR THE PARTY, also sup
ports representation in Congress IN
PROPORTION TO POPULATION.
1t is not the business of Congress
to determine the qualifications of vot
ers. That is left to the States. On,
State let's all its women vote, as wei
as all men. Another denies the ballo
to women. The right of State t,
impose property or educational quail
fications is unquestioned. When tn
Constitution was adopted there wa
not State in the Union that had tn
institution of universal manhood suf
frage. The Constitution did not under
take to establish such an institution
Section two of the Fourteenth Amend
ment does indeed look to such reduc
tion of representation; but it has com
to be an accepted part of the publ
policy of the country to acquiesce i
that measure of abridgment of tn
franchise which has been adopted i
Southern States. There is small roor
for uncertainty as to the power O
Congress, under this article, to adop
plan of representation in proportio
to the number of males who are allow
ed to votej but this provision has nc
been enforced against the Souther
States by reason of the social condition
J there prevalent, and is unlikely to be.
) The Supreme Court has uniforml
declined to interfere with the "granc
, father clause" amendments to Soutl
: ern constitutions, despite that thes
, have seemed to many to conflict wit
+ the Fifteenth Amendment. II is ther,
fore held that if the "grandfath,
, clauses do not conflict with the Fl
> teenth Amendment, they should nj
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
BACK
AT White HOUSE
after LONG TRIP
Reaches the Capital al
Seven O'clock This
Morning.
tcontInued from rsrrt Page,

circle" He spent yesterday morning at
OF "Parson" Brownlow. ninety-two
years old, for several minutes.
All records for Presidential railroad
"marathons'' have been broken by
President Taft in his trip just ended.
He has even outdone former President
Roosevelt as q continuous traveller. Ex-
cept for flying visit Of two hours last
week, President Taft has not been In
the White House until this morning for
eighty-seyen days.
Started September IS.
Leaving the summer capital at Bev-
erly, Mass, on September Is, President
Taft has been travelling ffty-seven days
only three being spent In rest at vir-
ginia Hot Springs.
Including automobile trips, President
Taft has ridden nearly 1900 miles, II
Is estimated, when he stepped from his
car this morning at the Union Station
On the journey the President went
through a variety OF stunts FROM
shooting down into the depths of q
gold mine to climbing mountains. In
cidentally. he found time to vote, breah \
ground for a worlds exposition, and re.
view the greatest naval gathering Amer.
lea ever presented.
Almost appalling is the work he now
faces. His first business will be to
prepare his message to Congress.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Paul Beattie Denies He
Repudiated Testimony

Little stock is taken in Washington in
the story from Richmond that Paul
Beattie, cousin Ct Herry Clay Beattie.
jr., the convicted wife murderer, has
rei.udiated his testimony at the trial.
Paul Beattie himself has made affi-
davit denying that he executed any
affidevits for The attorneys of the de-
fense. The prisoners cousin has gone
back to Richmond exceedingly angry at
publication here OF an article TO the ef-
feet that his father-in-law had re-
pudiated him. and that this was why
he was seekipg work IN washington.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Columbia Turnverein
In Concert Tonight

The Columbia Turnverein will give
musical program this evening In
the clubhouse at TBS NJ street north
west. Besides general chorus num-
bers, others will be given by Miss
Nellie Flemming, soprano; Charles
Roth, pianist. and Otto Klause, vio-
linist.
The house committee of the Verein.
Bernard Endres, A. Meissner. John
Alt, and Max Schmidt, together with
planning for a series of social events
during the month of December. The
woman's auxiliary of the organiza-
ton will assist in arranging for the
series
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Knights of Columbus to
Hear Father RiOrdan

The third Of a series under the aus
pices of Keane Council, Knights OF CO.
lumbus. will be given this evening.
Rev. NJ. j. Riordan. of Hyattsville. be-
ing the speaker. Father Riordan will
talk on Spain and the Alhambra, and
will illustrate his address with stere-
opticon pictures taken by himself.
The knights lecture series began with
an address by Monsignor Shahan, rec
tor Of the Catholic University. Rev.
Charles Warren Currier was the speaker
last Sunday evening.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Gets Ten Wild Turkeys
On Hunt in Virginia

w. NJ. Mooney, of this city. has re-
turned from a hunting trip In Abe
marie county, Va, where on Friday lie
killed ton wild turkeys, the largest. a
gobbler, weighing twenty-four pounds.
Mr.. Mooney went with Jim Bishop
an old timc turkey hunter. at Pine
Knot, Alhcmarle county. Bishop is a
clcse friend of Theodore Roosevelt. and
hiss been turkey hunting with the ex'
President.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Held for Theft of
Woman'S Suitcase

When Miss Ethel Turner, OF the
Dinsmore apartment, boarded an Ana
costa car last evening she set her suit
case on the platform and went inside.
When she looked for II, 1t had disap-
peared.
This morning Jerry Anderson, a
twenty-nine-year-o white man, who
lives near Anacostia. was arrested
charged with the theft.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Cruiser Des Moines May
Be Sent to TripOli

Because the division of operations in
the Navy Department has ordered the
cruiser Des Moines to New York. there
to await orders, the report has gained
circulation that she is to be sent to
Tripoli. Orders have been issued to take
aboard coal and ammunition.
The cruiser is now at the Charlestown
navy yard undergoing repairs.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Ensign's Resignation
Is Accepted by Navy

The Navy Department has accepted
the resignation of Ensign L. c. Stark, to
take effect on November II. No cause
for the retirement of the young officer
is vouchsafed at the Navy Department.
He was appointed to the Naval Acad-
emy from Missouri. and graduated in
| the class of 1908
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
Alexander Funeral
From Daughters Home

Funeral eervices for Charles ]. Alex
ander. who dropped dead from heart
disease in a shoe. shining parlor yester-
dav, as he was going to his home from
work as a typesetter in the Government
Printing Office, will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:2a o. clock, at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. William King. 49 M
street northwest. Intcrment will be in
Glenwood Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12

Roast pork will run a close race with
turkey for the favor of the Districts
thanksgiving dinner guests. Inmates
OF charitable institutions are to be given
both delicacies.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12

1t Is a tr,ily-truly storl that has WIS.,
ited the Zoo, and along with It has
come some Of the most interesting
fauna OF South America.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12

back with The feeling of having had n
delightful outing, even If they brought
little else ............ A..
The death of Richard ]. Bcall re-
msves another prominent citizen and
member of the Oldest Inhabitants AS
sociation, who has just passed away at
the age CT eighty-five. Ile was an active
member of the G A. R.
Major Sylvester will be among the
speakers and other Washingtonians will
be among the delegates to the road con-
grcss soon to be held in Richmond The
highways reaching out into Virginia are
sadly in need of Improvement.
Although washington, with It's incom-
plete new building figures, was twenty
second in the list of cities in October,
Her increase over October. 1910, was
more than twice as great as the average
increase Of the country in value of new
building.
The Southern Society is preparing to
increase its membership ard to set on
foot activities which promise great
good for the District, while at the sarce
time providing many enjoyable occa-
sio3s for those who constitute Its mem-
bership.
1t is not the small boy alone who re-
Joices to hear that the Department of
Agriculture Is to make vigorous efforts
to stay the ravages Of the disea u
which Is destroying the chestnut trees.
A blight which has caused loss OF
$25, 100000 Is worthy Of serious attention.
People who have read Senator Vest
tribute to the dog would hardly want a
soldier censored because he bruises his
pet with military honors. The burial OF
q pet at the aviation school had brough;
down the wreath Of the society for the
Prevention of the Dissertation Of the
United States flag.
Pure milk for the hospitals and asy.
lums of the Capital is to be the slogan
OF the District Health Department. THAI
tile present high death rate in these In,
stitutions is due directly to the ba6
milk Is the contention OF DIR. Woodwa re
and other physicians and criminal pros,
ecution will be resorted to, as peaceful
measures have failed.
The Society OF Colonial Wars in hon.
orfng the memory of Colonel Belt, In
dian fighter and original patentee OF
Chevy Chase, is doing the sort of WORK
for which patriotic and ancestral So
cities were instituted Many member.
of the d. A. r. are eager that this
branch of their work shall receive more
I emphasis in the newspapers and tina
their office-sseking squabbles cease
and consequently cease to be printed.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12

1t appears today as If the wandering
child" Of Old Boreas had strayed here
from Medicine Hat.
The Washington times., 1911-11-12

The party of business men who went
over into Virginia to enjoy An old
fashioned Virginia coon hunt, cagoe
back with The feeling of having had n
delightful outing, even If they brought
little else ......... A.. r
The Washington times., 1911-11-12
MRS. BALL OBJECTS
. TO USE OF FLAG AS
SHROUD FOR DOG
Woman's Relief Corps OFF,
cial Makes Protest to Sec
retary of War.
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she summoned one Of her sfonographers
and dictated the letter to the Secre-
tary OF War.
"Insult to the Flag"
THE action of the soldiers at College
Park is the worst insult to the flag that
/ have ever known the wearers of the
uniform to give" she continued. Twice
a day. in the morning and evening,
when colors are blown they have to
face the flag, stand at attention, and
salute at the final bugle note.
Throughout all their enlisted life the
dignity of the flag is impressed upon
them. The burial OF a soldier In the
American flag Is one of the most Inn
these men consider a dog worthy OF
such burial 1t IL an action that is re-
voting to every lover of the flag
"Muggsie,' the little terrier, who In
real life was just common dog, but is
now demanding official recognition By
the War Department, was buried with
military honors. Soon after he had been
killed by a Baltimore and ohio train
Friday preparations were made for an
elaborate funeral James w. Whaien
had charge of the ceremonies. Private
Charles Morgans made coffin OF white
pine. Private Buiifant cut a headstone
painted an Inscription on II.
The inscription closed with the verse:
A friend In need
Is the Dog, indeed;
He'll be sadly missed
In a place like this.