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The Washington times., 1911-06-13
Agricultural College
Festivities Are Begun

Preliminary to the graduation exer-
cises of the Maryland Agricultural Coll
lege tomorrow, a program, consisting
of cadet drills, the annual meeting OF
the alumni. baseball, presidents recep-
ton, and debate. is being given today
at College Park. Nd.
The program opened this morning at
9 o'clock with a competitive company
drill. This afternoon the ball game be-
tween the alumni and Tie college
teams began.
The commencement exercises are to
be held tomorrow morning at II o'clock
J. Harry Covington, Of Easton, Md,
win deliver the address. At 2:30 o'clock
In the afternoon there will be an ex-
hibition drill, and from $50 in the even
ing until / o'clock Thursday morning
the commencement ball win be held.
The degree Of bachelor Of arts will
be conferred upon nineteen young men,
and the degree OF master of arts upon
one. There are five candidates for GER
tificates awarded for the two-year
course in agriculture and like number
for the two-year course in horticulture.
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FIGHTING THE RUM DEMON
WITH BALLADS.

Orpheus and the Pied Piper and the
Indian fakir have all won distinction
by the influence of their music over
the animal instincts. and now the Sec
retary of Boston's associated charities
purposes to carry the power of music
a step further by singing away the de-
sire for a drink. Miss Higgins argues
that the scientific data which demon
strates that highballs make short life,
if a merry one, is too technical and
forbidding for the comprehension of
tipplers and topers. According to her
contention, labored treatises on dipso-
mania, which show that overstimula-
tion of the gastric juices is harmful, are
far less effective, in the case of the
man in the street-or, to be more ex-
act, in the gutter-than a few stanzas
such as THE lips that touch liquor
shall never touch mine" And if that
mellow old classic, "Ten Nights in a
Barroom," is still enjoyed, there seems
to be no good reason why stirring
ballad, setting forth that the Rum
Demon brings on aphasia, melancholia,
and rabies, should not bring a large
part of the world to its sober senses.
The ballads such as Miss Higgins
has in mind would introduce a new
species of literature. They would diff
fer from the temperance hymns with
which we have become more or less
familiar. Poetic in form, they would
in fact be pathological and physiolog-
ical in substance. 1t would be no easy
matter to set to music an editorial
from the London Lancet or make emad-
rigals of the tables of mortality in
their relation to wet and dry areas.
Homer succeeded only passing well in
converting the catalogue of the ships
into tossing hexameters, and his
works are not sold to any great extent
by the train butcher. Heine dreamed
that he had dramatized the Roman
law, but he was content to thunder in
the index, SO to speak, and passed
along the realization of the dream to
some one else. About the only lyrics of
this kind which have really lived are
Multiplication is vexation" and
Thirty days hath September" and
their authors are not remembered as
they should be. There is grave danger,
therefore, that the daring spirit which
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What's on Program in Washington Today

r Order Sons of America. Camp 3 Hall
tonight.
Meeting of Idaho Tribe, No 13, I. o. r.
NJ, Twelfth and H streets northeast,
tonight.
Meeting of Saltese Tribe, No. 16, I. o. r.
NJ, Seventh and D streets northwest,
tonight.
Meeting of osceola Tribe, No. 10. I. o.
R. M, Masonic Hall, Tenleytown, to-
night.
Pocahontas, Fifth and G streets north
west, tonight. w.
Meeting Of Camp No. 5, Patriotic Order
of Americans. Mariners Temple, Sey-
Lenth street southwest. tonight.
Meeting of jefferson Council, No. Il, j.
o. U. A. NJ, Twelfth and H streets
northeast, tonight.
Meeting of Independent Council, No. 2.
]. o. U. A. NJ, Seventh and D streets
northwest tonight.
80. u. A. NJ, 1O75 Thirty-first street
northwest, tonight.
Meeting of Jasper Council, No. %, ]. o.
U. A. NJ, Fifth and G streets north
west tonight.
Meeting of Washington Council, No. 1s.
]. o. U. A. NJ. $40 Twentieth street
northwest, tonight.
Concert by the Fifteenth Cavalry Band,
Fort Myer, 7:30 p. m
Amusements.
National-Aborn Opera Company In
Carmen" S:15 p. m.
Belasco-The vagabonds In THE Lot
terry Man." $40 p. m.
Columbia Players In Before
and After" S:15 p. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, / to II
p. m.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and mu-
: 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 - ~
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Eighth annual exhibition of the Wash
ington Architectural Club, Corcoran
Gallery of Art.
Meeting of the milk committee Of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Retail Clerks International Protective
Association excursion to Indian Head,
boat leaves Seventh street wharf, Z
D. m
western High School class night exer-
cises, Business High School, Ninth
street and Rhode Island avenue north
west, s D. m.
Washington Aerie, No. 125, Fraternal
order of Eagles, excursion to Mar
Nativity choir festival, Naval Lodge
Hall, Fourth street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, tonight.
Following is the program at Maryland
Agriculture College today: Competitive
drill, a. M; alumni meeting, II a. m. !;
baseball, 2:30 p. m; battalion review,
4:30 p m; presidents reception, $50
d. M; debate for alumni medal, s p. m.
The following Masonic organizations will
F. c.; Acacia, No. Is, E. A.; Takoma,
No. 20, F. C. Royal Arch Chapter;
Mt Horeb, No. Z, mark. Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite-Evangelist
ern Star Chapters-Electa. No. 2, and
Bethlehem, No. Z.
The following /. o. o. f. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Washing-
ton, No. 6; Golden Rule, No. q; Amity,
No. q; Phoenix, No. 8. Encampment,
Fred D. Stuart, No. Z, degree work.
The following Knights of Pythias lodges
will hold short business meetings prior
to the annual memorial services: Web
ster, No. z; Excelsior, No. IA; Capital,
No. "a; Myrtle, No. Is; Germania,
No. Is.
Meeting Of Camp No. 8, Patriotic Order
Sons of America, Conduit road, to-
night.
Meeting of advisory board, Patriotic
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DOCTOR WILEY AND THE
REMSEN CHEMISTRY BOARD.

The Remsen board, so-called, Of
chemistry appeals in pure food matters
has never stood very well with the
public When it was established, by
Executive order and without authority
of statute, it was generally regarded
as having no excuse for existence, un-
less that excuse were to be found in a
desire to be more lenient toward the
makers of food preparations. DR.. Wiley,
as chief chemist, has put the screws on
with vigor. He had the confidence of
the people, who, knowing all about his
long and determined fight, considered
that the pure food act, left in his
hands, would be enforced with an eye
single to the interest of the people.
When DR.. Wiley decided that ben
zoate of soda was an undesirable pre-
servative, he brought down upon his
head all the walls of wrath that the
benzoaters could uncork. They were
going to be ruined forthwith. The cost
of prepared foods was going to be ad-
vanced. The producer was going to be
injured because much of his output
would be wasted for lack of the privi-
lege of saving and preserving it.
DR.. Wiley would have to be over
ruled if the manufacturers were to
get their way; and so the Remsen
board was constituted. 1t conducted
elaborate experiments to decide what
effect benzoate actually had when
used in connection with foods.
In connection with this investigation,
which was handled by the poison
squad" method, it was noted that
there were curious and wide discrep-
ancies between the general conclusions
of the board and the detailed testi-
mony as to effects of the benzoate diet
in particular cases. The different squad
managers reported a long list of in
stances In which effects were produced
upon the physical functions of persons
under study which were decided de-
partures from normal and which could
not possibly be set down as indicating
anything except bad effect from the
preservative.
Yet in reaching the conclusion that
benzoate was harmless in any reason
able quantities, the Remsen board
brushed aside all this evidence from its
investigators, paid no attention what
ever to it, and decided as the food
preparing interests desired. ~.
Comes now the announcement that
the Prussian pure food authorities,
after a like study of the same subject,
have reversed the Remsen board and
completely sustained DR.. Wiley! They
find benzoate should not be used in
foods. 1t will not be, hereafter, in
Prussia
1t occurs that an appeal from our
supreme court of chemistry needs to be
devised if the pure food law is to be
saved.
The Washington times., 1911-06-13
Safe and Sane Fourth
At University Heights

The Fourth of July will be safely and
sanely celebrated this year on the site
of old Fort Bunker Hill, in University
Heights, according to plans that are be-
ing formulated. A meeting was held
last night at the home of c. P. Judge.
in Quincy street, and plans were dis
cussed and committees named to further
the arrangements.
The University Heights Citizens Asso-
citation, the Brookland Citizens Associa-
ton, and the citizens generally of tho
northwest and northeast, sections Of the
city were represented in the meeting.
The naming of committees resulted as
follows: Finance, a I,iISe ]; iD0eing. B; {; C.
M M. Mclean, L. R. Wilson, and c. ].
Judge; ATHLETIC events isrrsE F. = freer9 Hove; D:
g r Burgess and F. T. Howe; grounds,
j. s. Rodler; decorations, s. D. Boss:
man: refreshments. w. H. McCloskey
and p. J. Whiteside; police and fire pro-
lection, L. r. Wilson; lights, +. Muckle-
bauer.
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Gettysburg Scouts
Visiting Mt. Vernon

The Boy Scouts from Gettysburg left
this morning on the steamer Charles
Manchester for Mt. Vernon. where they
spent the day in looking over the
historic home Of Washington. They
were the guests on this trip of Rufus
Sheads, Of Cumberland, Nd, who for
merly lived at Gettysburg. and takes
much interest in the Gettysburg Scouts.
The boys were up early this morning,
and left the Church of the Reformation,
where they have their headquarters,
before o'clock. They marched down
Pennsylvania avenue to a restaurant,
and after breakfast spent the time be-
fore the boat left at 10 o'clock in look
ing around the city.
Tomorrow afternoon the Scouts will
call at the White House and zee Presi-
dent Taft. Carroll Mcdonnell, fifteen
years old. will present the President
with a cane made from the wood of a
cherry tree growing on the battlefield
of Gettysburg.
The Washington times., 1911-06-13
TRANSFERS AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES BOARD.

Before the Works universal transfer
bill gets very far in the Senate or the
Anderson universal transfer bill gets
very far in the House we're pretty
likely to be told, by some member of
Congress or some street railway rep
resentative, that transfer legislation
must be held up pending the House
committee investigation of public serv-
ice companies. 1t is even likely the
passage of the transfer bill will be
opposed on the ground that transfers
constitute a service which the pro-
posed public utilities commission should
pass upon and order installed if it finds
it necessary to the public and not an
impossible burden to the street rail-
way companies.
There has already been hint of op-
position of this character. That it will
develop into full-grown antagonism
may confidently be expected. As a
matter of fact, there is some justice in
the proposal. Logically, the public
service commission is the body to in
vestigate the transfer question and de-
termine whether the companies should
exchange passengers without addition
al charge. This question is typical of
the many questions of service which
are constantly arising, and for which
a public service commission is needed.
1t is the very existence of these ques-
tions-and the fact that at present
there is no Government agency clothed
with authority to settle them-that has
given rise to the demand for a local
commission and brought down to the
immediate future the day when such a
commission will be established.
In this particular case, however, fur
ther investigation of street railway
conditions in Washington is not need
ed. The necessity of universal trans
fers and the ability of the companies
to issue them without injurious finan-
cial loss have already been established.
The companies reports, filed with Con-
gress, show they are well able to fur
nish the improved service which would
result from interchange of transfers.
The District Commissioners have re-
fected this fact in their Endorsement
of universal transfer bills last year
and this year, and the House has re-
fected it by passing one such measure,
a year ago.
If the Senate and House District
Committees, however, wish to be tech
nically consistent, and therefore post
pone the transfer bill until after the
House investigation, or pass it up to
the new commission, it is incumbent
upon them to show good faith. There
is serious question whether either of
the public service commission bills now
pending gives authority to the COM
to compel the companies to ex-
change transfers. If the committees
would escape just criticism, they will
see that this authority is contained, in
specific terms, in the measure as
passed.
The Washington times., 1911-06-13
Capital Boy Graduates
From the Tome School

PORT DEPOSIT Md, June 13:-John
twenty-two other students OF the
Tome school for Boys, today are in
nossession of coveted sheepskins, re-
ceived yesterday at the annual com
mencement exercises OF the institu-
tion.
oriaI Hall, Dr. Thomas Stockham
Baker, president, presenting the d.
Dean LIE Barron Russell Briggs, of
Harvard University, delivered the
principal address to the graduates.
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to represent the river ST. Croix, but I
could nowhere find Duluth.
Sure That 1t
Existed Somewhere.

70 represent the river ST. Crox, but l
could nowhere find Duluth.
Sure That It
Existed Somewhere.
Nevertheless. 1 was confident that 1t
existed somewhere. and that its discov-
cry would constitute the crowning glory
Of the present century, If not Of all mod
ern times. 1 knew it was bound to ex-
ist in the very nature Of things, that
the symmetry and perfection Of our
planetary system would be incomplete
without II; that the elements of mater
ial nature would long since have re-
solved themselves back into original
chaos II there had been such a hiatus
in creation as would have resulted from
leaving out Duluth.
In fact, sir, 1 was overwhelmed with
the conviction that Duluth not only ex-
isted somewhere, but that wherever 1t
was, II was a great and glorious place.
I was convinced that the greatest ca
lanity that ever befell the benighted
nations of the ancient world was in
there having passed away without
knowledge of the actual existence of
Duluth: that their tabled Atlantis, never
seen save by the hallowed vision Of
inspired poesy. was, in fact, but an
other name for Duluth: that the golden
OrchaTO Oh the f1eSDGTIuGS was OuI q
poetical synonym for the beer gardens
in the vicinity Of Duluth. l was cer-1
tain that Herodotus had died a miser-
able death because In all his travels
and with all his geographical research
he had never heard Of Duluth. 7 knew
that if the immortal spirit of Homer
could look down from another heaven
than that created by his own celestial
genius uLon the long lines of pilgrims
from every nation Of the earth to the
gushing fountain Of poesy opened by
touch of his magic wand. II he could be
permitted to hold the vast assemblage
Of grand and glorious productions Of the
lyric art called into being by his own
inspired brain, he would weep tears of
bitter anguish that instead OF lavishing
all the stores of his mighty genius upon
the fall Of Trey, 1t had not been his
more blessed lot to crystallize in death
less song the rising glory Of Duluth.
Agonized But For
The Precious Map.
Yet, sir, had It not been for this map,
kindly furnished me by the Legislature
of Minnesota, might have gone down
to my obscure and humble grave in an
agcny Of despair, because l could no.
where find Duluth. Had such been my
melancholy fate I have no doubt that
the last feeble pulsation Of my breaking
heart, with the last faint exhalation Of
nv feeting breath. should have whis-
pered. where is Duluth?"
But, thanks to the beneficence Of that
band of ministering angels who have
their bright abode in the far-off capital
Of Minnesota, just as the agony Of my
anxiety was about to culminate in the
frenzy of despair this blessed map was
placed in my hands, and as I unfolded
IL a resplendent scene of ineffable glory
opened before me, such as imagine
bursts upon the enraptured vision of
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w. c. T. u. Outing Will
Be Held at River View

Preparations are being completed to-
day for the outing to be given under
the auspices of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. Of the District, on
Friday, June 16. The day will be spent
at River View, but the tickets sold will
include an excursion to Indian Head at
night, on the steamer st. Johns.
Athletic events will be the feature Of
will be open to all the youthful excur-
sionists, principal among which will be
the members Of the Boys Liberty
League.
Boats will leave the Seventh street
wharf at 10, Q, and o'clock. returning
to Washington on the final trip about
1880 Friday night.
The Washington times., 1911-06-13
Gonzaga Boys Hold
Banquet and Celebration

Celebrating the close Of the school
year, the graduating class Of the high
school departmtnt Of Gonzaga College
held banquet at the New Fredonia
last right. Father Morning, 8. j., acted
as postmaster in the absence Of the
class professor, Father O'Connel, s. J.
The speakers were John ]. O'Day,
Francis Connolly, Bernard Edmonds. A.
Ganev. r. Shlesinger, 7. N Gormly.
David Nugent, John Delaney, j. Shea.
M. Harding, william ]. Cullinan, and
Charles T. Peck. jr. -
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attempted to write the hbretto Of the
Drink Evil would himself be in danger
of falling vicim to the temptations
he denounced. On the whole, it would
seem that diet of buttermilk and
apples should be given q further trial
before any extensive plans are made to
charm away the drink habit by the in
effable power of song.
The Washington times., 1911-06-13

Washington will have four more lieu
tenants after tomorrow, when that num-
ber of graduates from this city Will be
commissioned at West Point. after four
years of study.
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1t sounds a little strange to speak OF
scorching on the river, but the Navy
Department regards it as a very real
menace and intends to put a stop to 1t.
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the subject Of great deal of favorable

comment.
Recognition of faithful service has
come to another Government official
who has lived in Washington so long
as to be claimed as a citizen. He is
Thomas C. Dawson, the Latin-American
expert of the State Department, who is
now technically minister to Panama, but
in reality the Governments confidential
representative in any South or Central
American diplomatic crisis that arises.
Today 1t is announced Mr.. Dawson will
head the American commission to Ven-
ezuela, on the occasion of the centen-
Rial celebration Of Venezuelan inde-
pendence.
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The board bosom Of the Potomac
in a storm is getting to be almost as
perilous as the great deep
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Sunday,

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times iSundayl during the month OF May
was 1855, 357, all copies left over and returned
bv agents being eliminated. This number.
when divided by l. the number Of Sundays
during May. shows the net Sunday average
for May to have been l5S9.
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There seems to be some question as to
whether "BilP' Otey is coming or going.
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In each issue Of The Times the circulation
figures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head Of the first page at the
left OF the date line.
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Entered at the Postoffice at washington
d. G., as second class matter.
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1t seems a little unnatural to have to
assume that the man who attempted a
disrobing act on the Avenue while the
thermometer boiled and bubbled was
necessarily crazy.
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Wonders Where City
OF Duluth Could Be.

Hence. as 1 said sir, was utterly at
a loss TO determine where the terminus
of this great and Indispensable road
should be until accidentally overheard
some gentlemen the other day mention
the name OF Duluth
"Duluthr The word fell upon my ear
with peculiar and indescr1bable charm,
like the gentle murmur of low foun-
tain stealing forth in the midst of roses,
or the soft, sweet accent of an angels
whisper, and the bright, Joyous dream
OF sleeping innocence. Duluth! Twas
the name for which my soul had painted
for years, as the hart panteth for water
brooks.
Put what was Duluth Never in all
nv limited reading, had nv vision been
giaddeed by seeing the celestial word
in print And I felt profound humilia-
ton in nv ignorance, that its dulcet syl-
tables had never before ravished my
delighted ears. / was certain the drafts
man of this bill had never heard of IL,
or It would have been designated as one
of the termini Of this road. asked my
friends about 1t, but they knew nothing
of IL. I rushed to the Library and ex-
annined all the mars could find. 1 dis
covered in one of them a delicate. hair
like line. converging near a place named
Prescott. which suppose was intended
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gate Of paradise. There again for the
first time my enchanted eyes rested
upon the ravfshing word Duluth
This map, sir, as 1t appears from its
title, is intended to illustrate the posi-
ton of Duluth in the United States,
but if gentlemen will examine 1t, think
they will concur with me in the opinion
that 1t Is far too modest in its preten-
sions. 1t not only illustrates the posi-
ton of Duluth in the United States, but
exhibits its relation with all created
things. It even goes further than this.
1t lifts the shadowy veil of futurity and
affords US a view of the golden pros
poets Of Duluth, far along the dim vista
OF ages yet to come.
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The net total circulation Of The Wash
ington Times daily during the month Of
May was 1,2Ss $50, all copies left over and
returned being eliminated. This number,
when divided by "a, the number Of days OF
publication shows the net daily average for
Nav to have been. 45g17.
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MAY CIRCULATION.

Total for month. l2s, ,1s1
Daily average for month............ s., no