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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28
SEE
HOPE Of FORCING
EXPRESS DELIVERY
Unofficial Complaint Before
Interstate Com
mission.
MAJOR SYLVESTER.

Ground for belief that the Interstate
Commerce Commission will make a rul-
ing 10 the effect that common carriers
cannot charge greater delivery rate
In Anacostia than in Washington was
given at the offices of the commission
this morning. when contentious of the
Anacostia citizens were presented I'M
officially. Formal complaint is being
prepared today by II. o. Burr, secre-
tary of the Anacostia Citizens Associa-
ton, and will be presented either late
this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
1t is claimed that under the present
arrangement express companies deliver
packages free to Fourteenth and w
streets northwest, but that they refuse
10 deliver packages to Fourteenth and
w streets southeast. Fourteenth and
w streets southeast is the extreme
limit of AnaCOstia. Fourteenth and w
streets northwest is far from being the
the territory in which packages are
delivered free, the complaints say.
Must Call for Packages.
1t was explained by Charles r. Burr,
president of the citizens association,
who is an employe in the Navy Depart
ment, that the express companies re-
quire AnaCoStia citizens TO call for
their packages in the offices they have
established in. that suburb. He cites in
stances where telegraph companies
charge a Scent delivery fee for serv-
ice they give without charge in WASH
ington.
There seems to be good grounds for
applying to the Interstate Commerce
Commission" said Chief Clerk \. Hol-
mead, of the commission, This morning
1T looks as though the people were
being Disseminated against. AnaCostia
is no longer a separate municipality,
and should be considered d part of
Washington.
Conditions Considered.
However, it is often true that de-
livery conditions within similar dis
tances from a certain point aIe not al
ways the same. For instance, 500 pack
ages might go to Fourteenth and w
streets northwest in a single day, while
only three would go to Fourteenth and
w streets southeast. The delivery con-
ditions could hardly be considered the
same in such an event"
1t was explained that the railroad
companies are required o file tariffs
of their charges. and that the commits
sion can pass upon the Justice of the
delivery rates, but with the telegraph
companies it is different. They file no
such tariff schedules.
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WHY NOT JOLT THE MEMO
RIES OF WITNESSES

The Lorimer scandal investigators
have got to the point where they must
determine whether they intend to COM
mand the respect of witnesses. Next to
unseating Lorimer, this committee
could do no greater service than by
giving effective encouragement to
perjury.
1t is notorious that-the Lorimer> in
vestigations, before grand juries, legis-
lative and Congressional committees,
have been marked by persistent resort
to that form of perjury which consists
in suppressing the truth.
1t is almost always possible to de-
termine whether a witness is telling
all the truth, or only part of it, or
is fabricating. Legal, convicting proof
of perjury is, indeed, very difficult to
secure; but every experienced lawyer
knows to a moral certainty when a
witness is lying or suppressing.
In trial such as the present, there
is excellent opportunity to impress a
useful lesson upon witnesses who per-
jure themselves. The witness swears
to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth" Suppression is
perjury.
The witness who persistently refuses
to remember those things he does not
want to tell, but has an acute memory
for the things he wishes to put forth,
ought to be admonished. To stop the
examination and solemnly reread to
him the oath he has taken, as a re-
minder that lying on the stand is not
nice practice, and may prove disas-
trous, is a most effective procedure
with many witnesses. To proceed vigor-
ously with prosecution for perjury is
yet more impressive.
At a time when the eyes of the
whole country are on an inquiry of this
kind, it would be especially fitting and
impressive if witnesses with facile for
getteries should be given jolt by the
institution of perjury proceedings
against some of them. 1t would have
excellent effect in other tribunals, and
on other witnesses endowed with the
faculty of convenient lapses of recol-
lection.
Perjury is one of the commonest
crimes. There is plenty of law against
it, but courts and officials become
hardened to it; they cynically expect
it, and do the best they can with such
shreds of truth as can be forced from
unwilling witnesses.
This is a fine occasion for making a
few examples of the liars. The inquiry
is now approaching the stage where the
skilled, trained perjurers will come to
the witness chair. They should be
given a taste of the real possibilities
of the perjury statute, sincerely ad-
ministered.
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SCHOOL TEACHERS
: GET CERTIFICATES
IN ROCKVILLE, ND.
Scholarships Also Announc-
ed Following Ex-
aminationS.

ROCKVILLE, nd, June 8-Prof
Earle B. Wood. county superintendent
OF public schools, has announced the
following who viii be awarded certifi-
Gates to teach in the county schools as
result of the recent examinations:
Helen Riggs. Katherine E. Hughes.
KaFSHFs5 RSodas Emma W 2stt
Doree G. Holman, DeIos c. Cissel, Es-
telle Moore. Mary Z. GLAND, Evelyn
McAtee. Eleanor n. Darby, Ruth E.
Beall. Bessie Woodward, NJ. Landella
Etchinson, Susan T. Reinhardt, Edward
Story. Courtney Burdette, Richie Ha-
ney, Harry D. Amiss. and w. Earl An
derson.
The school board has awarded schol-
arships as follows: State Normal
School-Lillian w. Sage. Estelle Rick
Murphy; Western Maryland College
Ruby Robertson; Maryland Agricultural
CoIlege-N. R. Warthen; st. Mary's
Seminary-Josephine Lee Saunders;
Washington College-Bryan White.
ington Grove will begin August 3 and
continue through to august IL. 1t will
be in charge of Rev. ]. w. r. Sumwalt,
of Washington. presiding elder Of the
Washington district of the NJ. E.
Church, and the various services will
De participated III Dy many HllIllSleIS
OF Washington, Baltimore, and other
placeS
E. W. Mollohan, of Washington who
was held up by Sheriff Welt near Rock
vile Sunday afternoon on a charge Of
running his automobile in excess of
the legal speed limit, failed to appear
for trial in the police court there yes
terday and his collateral of S25 was de-
clared forfeited. The case against DR..
H. A. Fowler has been postponed I'M
til next Monday. Others were dis
missed.
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TRACKS ON CONNECTICUT
AVENUE BRIDGE.

The National Commission of Fine
Arts, created for the purpose of making
Washington artistic, has decided that
"esthetic objections should not be per-
mitted to outweigh utilitarianism" in
the settlement of the controversy which
has arisen over the operation of a
street car line on the Connecticut
avenue bridge.
: Where, oh where, will we end if our
Fine Arts Commission, our bulwark of
municipal beauty, succumbs to COM
mercialism when thus lightly pressed
by material necessityr The only reason
for the existence of the commission is
the desire of the community for pro-
lection from the encroachments of those
whose spirit of sordid gain makes
them incapable of approaching the
beautiful, yet it fiickers when called
upon to make its first defense of the
art for which it is supposed to stand.
If this is what we are to expect from
the National Commission of Fine Arts,
what hope is there for the artistic in
city building from such practical, hard
headed business men as our street rail-
way magnates, our District Commits
sioners, our architects, and our
builders?
The surrender of the Fine Arts Com
mission is ineXplicable. Surely it, too,
has not fallen under the baneful influ
ence of the public service corporations
that have held sway over agents of
authority for so many years, but there
stands the commissions report, yield
ing gracefully to the street railway
propaganda and in direct conflict with
the views of the District Commits
sioners as expressed in a bill max
ing radically different plans for the
street railway line in question.
The surprising feature of the sugges-
ton of the Fine Arts Commission is its
lack of necessity. There is already
street car line across Rock creek but
a stones throw from the Connecticut
avenue bridge. Why disfgure the new
structure with tracks and cars? Why
put upon the people who will use the
proposed line to Wisconsin avenue the
burden of paying interest on the in
vestment in new track? Why not use
the bridge that already has a track
on it?
This is where the case gets interest
ing. The track on the bridge is owned
by the Capital Traction Company.
The new line is to be built by the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany. Neither company will consent
to the joint use of the bridge tracks.
If the new line is constructed, they
say let it be over the Connecticut
avenue bridge; let the public pay the
bill.
The result of such a solution of the
difficulty would be both inartistic and
yet the Fine Arts Com
is willing to accept it.
It's rather unusual-but not sur
prising-to find that pocketbook and
ideals have been swatted simultane-
ously.
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WARM WELCOME FOR THE
QUAKER BONNET.

The most exciting moment at the
classic French races at Auteuil is when
the hired models of the modistes and
milliners make their appearance in the
new corrections which the world out
side is expected to wear. The sheath
gown, the jupe culotte, the Persian
turban, and the chantecler bonnet have
all made their debut at the railside,
preparatory to a pilgrimage around the
world.
By the cable led, comes the news
that something sane in the matter of
headgear has been sprung at last.
Just as Refine dor came into the
quarter stretch the other day a sweet
young thing made her appearance wear
ing a Quaker, bonnet. There was some.
thing SO naive and refreshing, SO dis
tinctive by reason of simplicity about
her that she created a sensation. The
winners on the race forget to cash in
and hardened boulevardiers followed
her about like lap dog.
The milliners on this side the water
have been rummaging among the
style books of a quarter of a century
ago and adapting frames" to the new
mode. The F street of every alert
community WILL, in a few days, be
thick with glorified editions of the
headgear of Sunboniet Sue, for the
Quaker bonnet is but little else than
the bingham bonnet of the old-fash.
toned, knockabout variety, done in
costlier materials.
The only wonder is that the Quaker
bonnet has not been revived long ago
Within its oval outlines the most
rakish countenance becomes demure
The guileless face seems ready to kpurr
for the slightest encouragement. Zone
feels instinctively that the owner of
such face would become an admirable
helpmate If she could be coaxed not to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28
MacVeagh Favors Move
For Records Building

Although Secretary Franklin Mac
Veagh. of the Treasury. has given no
official Endorsement, he is strongly in
favor of the Sheppard bill providing
for an archives building in this city.
Such a building has been one of the
Secretary's hobbies ever since he en-
tered the Taft Cabinet. He is convinced
a fireproof building for the storage Of
the Government documents and valu-
able records is absolutely essential.
Recent fire trap disclosures, following
the destruction of invaluable papers in
the Albany capitol fire, have given
great impetus to the archives building
movement
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become missionary. The peace and
quiet of the Friends meeting house are
in her eyes and grace suffuses her like
an aureole. In its happy ascendant
the style carried Benedict captive to
the altar and kept him at the hearth
stone until the style changed. Its re-
turn is welcome many times over. 1t
will come as sedative to tired nerves
after the rocco business and exag-
geration of Conservatives and truck
farms worn by way of trimming" A
place is waiting for it, and a pious hope
is INDUCED that the spirit will not
move the fashion makers to change the
style for many moons to, come.
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TUTORS ON footing
WANTED BY BOL|CE..
ANXIOUS TO LEARN
Are Handicapped in Fight
Against Raucous Auto
mobile Horn. !.

The police would like to have some
body tutor the tooters, as well as them
selves, to toot. Most of the police have
not automobiles, but walk, except where
they have dashing steeds or quite as
dashing bicycles, which are not yet ex-
tinct.
But since Judge Pugh, Of the Police
Court, had a case of too raucous auto
mobile horn before him, and made few
remarks as Simeon Ford might say, to
the effect that the police must not let
automobiiists make riotous, unnerving,
and not esthetic noises, the policemen
have been wanting to know just what
kinds Of noises to suppress.
Responsive Chord.
Judge Pugh's judgment struck a very
responsive chord in several hearts. Au-
tomobilists who have no more idea of
the difference between a sound and a
noise than they have of the dissimiIa rtty
OF speed laws and the vague poeticsl
remark Of Hamlet about the laws de-
lay, naturally were not altogether
pleased with the order.
They feel that the bigger and mGre
disagreeable the noise is the more apt
the populace is to leap nimbly aside
ana lose only patch out of their
trousers Instead of having the human
knee cap, more important as haber-
dashery than the trousers, knocked
galley-west, as it Is said on the high
seas. They felt a trifie aggrieved when
Judge Pugh fined a horn SO which
could have been so much better used to
stop punctures. or buy spark-plugs, or
gasolene. But Judge Pugh was much
in earnest. He knew that the screams
and torturous noises that automobile
horns make were too noisy. Noises
like that make gray hair and wrinkles.
Arrests to Follow.
Major Sylvester, of the Police De-
partment, made a few remarks, too.
His took the form of an order inform
ing the police that the court had held
that whistle, calliope, or other discord-
ant or disturbing warnings would not
be tolerated. Arrests must follow.
And there is to be strict enforce
ment of the noise order. There has
been a steadily growing sentiment here
that Washington suffers from a great
many noises that are unnecessary, and
that many OF them can be suppressed.
The automobile noise has been especial
ly grating to some people, and the order
for its suppression has been followed
by much favorable comment by those
who walk as distinguished from those
who ride in the chaises that proceed by
motors.
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What's on the Program in
Washington Today.

CThe Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments in
this columE.l
Cornerstone laying of the new Metro
politan Baptist Church, Sixth and A
streets northeast, $50 p. m
Ladies' night at the Cathedral of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite,
Third and E streets northwest, to-
Concert by the United States Engineer
Band, Potomac Park, p. m.
Concert by the United States Marine
Band, Capitol grounds, $50 p. m.
The following Masonic Organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Harmony,
ular NJ. M, 7:SO p. m; School of in
struction. Eastern Star Chapters
Naomi. No. 3: Brookland, No; II;
Grand Chapter, special, st. stephens
Parish Hall, Fourteenth and Irving
streets northwest, to constitute Co.
lumbia Chapter.
The following /. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Eastern,
No. 20, degree and election OF Of
ficers;- Friendship, No. Il, election or
officers. Encampment Columbian,
No. l, degree and election OF officers.
The following Knights Of Pythias or
ganizations will meet tonight: Lodges
Nit Vernon. No. 5, special business;
Herrnione, No. II, Union, No. p; Co
lumbia, No. IS, business. Pythian Sis
ters-Friendship Temple, NO. >, busi-
ness. -
Meeting Of Georgetown circle, No: 62s,
Protected Home Circle, Pythian Tenn
pie, 1912 Ninth street northwest to-
night. ,., ~
der Of Americans, Mariners Temple
Seventh street, near n street, south
west, tonight
Meeting of Camp No. 2, Patriotic Order
of Americans, 62S LOUISIANA avenue
northwest, tonight.
Meeting of White Eagle Council, NO. I
Degree of Pocahontas, Fifth and .
streets northwest, tonight.
Meeting of Francis Scott Key Council.
No. p, Jr. o. U. A. M. Seventh ana
Nfeetine of Old Glory Council, No. "a,
Jr. o. U. A. NJ, 316 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast, tonight.
Meeting of Valley Forge Council, Jr.
o. Z. a NJ. E9 Tenth street north
west, tonight.
o. U. A. NJ, 3O4 B street SOUTHEAST,
tonight.
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Amusements.

New Naturalization Comic Opera
Company in Robin Hood" 2:15 and
Sis p. m.
Belasco-The vagabonds in 1.-THE Mer-
chant of Venice" 2:15 and $40 D. m.
Columbia-Columbia Players in "An
American Widow" Sis p. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, / to II
D., 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-Motlon pictures, bowling, and
pool.
River view-Dancing and other amuse-
ments; boat leaves Seventh street
wharf 10 a. m, 2 and p. m.
Colonial Beach-Boardwalk, bathing.
and other amusements; steamers leave
Seventh street wharf daily except
Monday, a. M; Saturday, 2:30 p. m.
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles Macai-
ester leaves Seventh street wharf 10
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-
tomac, p. m.
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4 In the Mai Bag X

have shown any less respect for the
emblem that. the old-fashloncd Fourth
had taught me to reverence. Now,
when the swell heads who start and
handle this affair get tired of climbing
onto a pedestal of self-esteem and
starting the cheers by yelling "Hurrah
for mel" maybe we will get a show.
DISGUSTED,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times Sunday during the month Of May
was 166, 357, Ill copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number.
when divided by T. the number OF Sundays
during May, shows the net Sunday average
for May to have been 1859.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28

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

The District National Guard may not
pitch camp at Frederick, Nd, 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 Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28
Divorces Pugnacious Wife

CHICAGO, June 2S.-Because his wife
has punch that would make her a
white mans hope" and laid him up
twenty-five weeks with aeveral broken
bones, James Edwin Laughlin secured
divorce from Mrs. Estelle Laughlin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28

All persons concerned In advancing
civil service retirement legislation should
obtain a copy of the book on civil
service and retirement written by Her
bert d. Brown, and just published as
Senate document. Mr.. Brown is the
author of. the Gillette. Perkins. and
Austin bills providing for retirement of
civil service employees. He has spent
the last twelve years investigating the
civil service systems of the world. ana
is unQuestionably the best Informed
man on this subject in the United
States. His new book contains Us
pages, and is the last word on the
problem with which 1t deals
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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
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28

The net total circulation OF The Wash
ington Times daily during the month OF
May was 1888. $50. all copies left over and
returned being eliminated. This number,
when divided by q. the number Of days Of
publication. shows the net daily average for
May to have been 45,917
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28

At last, o tempora, the thunder of the
heavens has proven itself superior to
the oratory of the Senate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28

Entered at the Postoffice at Washington
d. c.. as second-class matter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28

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.
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Concerts Today
By the q. S. Marine Bad, at
the Capitol, at $50 P. M.
WILLIAM SANTELMANN,
Leader.

PROGRAM.
March, THE Speedway
-. Virgie Simpson
Les Preludes. List
Excerpts from 1.-The Dollar Princess"
Duet for piccolos. "Tne Nightine gale
Musicians r. SeeI and w. De Luca.5
Grand scenes from Samson and
Delilah'' .Saint-Saens
Waltz, THE Bachelors. .Santelmann
Descriptive Fantasia. "a Hunting
Scene" ....................B ucalOSSl
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
By the U. S. Engineer Band, at
Potomac Park, at S P. M.
JULIUS HAMPER, Leader.
PROGRAM.
March. inspector General. .Losey
Overture, Poet and Peasant
Suppe
Chilian dance, "Manana" .Missud
Waltz. .The Dollar Princess. Fall
Introduction and bridal chorus from
'Lohengrin ::.:..........;. Wagner
Salome dance, Dance of the Seven
Selection, Madame sherry
Fantasia, "Tone Pictures From the
North and South. .Bendix
Van Allstyne
Sc 10 d 4
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Sunday.

The number OF completed and perfect copies
of The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month OF May was as follows:
May 7............4S, Dol May H...........47,1H
aIay 14...........4S.2l6 May 2s............4s.343
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bring out more muscles than, the offi-
cial dog catcher could produce with, q
score OF captures.
DR.. Samuel H. Woodrow, pastor of
the First Congregational Church. who
preached sermon last Sunday on
THE Greatest Need of Our Nation"
declared that I'VE love TO make laws.
but have a temptation to break them"
He might have made his point stronger
and. incidentally, have followed It to its
logical conclusion by quoting from Mr..
Kipling's An American
He loves to flout the law he makes;
He loves to make the law he flouts;
Till, dazed by many doubts, he wakes
The drumming guns that have no
doubts,
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MAY CIRCULATION.
Daily,

The number of complete and perfect copies
ing the month Of Nav was as follows:
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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 Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-28

The women and girls of Washington
will be overlooking a treat if 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-
days, from 2:30 to 4, and 4:3O to 6, the
pools are reserved for their exclusive
use,