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The Washington times., 1911-08-27
Lieut.. Arnold's Biplane
Is Ready for Flights

After a week of idleness. the "old
warhorse" Wright biplane. at College
Park, which was badly damaged last
Monday evening, near Gaithersburg.
when Lieutenant Arnold was making
an ascension in II, in an endeavor 10
finish his return trip from Frederick.
Md. to the aviation school. will he
ready for use tomorrow afternoon. all
necessary repairs to the machine having
been made.
Because OF the injury to his machine,
I Lieutenant Arnold has not been able 10
make his usual flights. Tomorrow af-
ternoon he will resume his work In the
Wright.
The Washington times., 1911-08-27
YELLED. PROPHETS
ANNOUNCE PROGRAM
FOR SESSIONS HERE
Supreme Council Meets in
; Washington Latter Part
of September.

The program Of the sessions Of the
supreme council Of the Mystic Order %
Yelled Prophets, to be held In WASH
ington, September %, rs and q, which
more than $500 members are expected
to attend, was made public this morning
by Monarch John II. Shreve, Of kalli-
polls GrottO, of this city.
The coming sessions promise to be the
largest attended OF any IN the history
OF the order. The exercises will be held
in the new Masonic Temple, and head
quarters will be at the New Willard
Hotel. The feature of the meeting will
be the big parade, IN which at ;cast
5000 persons will participate. The Of
ficial program is as follows:
September 25-10 a. m. to D. m, resis-
tratiOn bureau opened; q. n, informal
reception to the visiting prophets and
their families at the New Willard.
September 2S-9 a. m. to l p. m, reg
istration; $50 a. m. uniformed parade
from the New Willard to the Masonic
Temple, over a route 10 be selected; TO
p. m, grand ceremonial session; 8 D. m,
theater party to women visitors at
Chase's; 10 p. m. to ! a. m, social ses-
sion
September 27-9 a. m. converting of
supreme council and election of officers:
2:3O p. m, trip to Arlington and Fort
Myer: p. M, farewell reception at the
New Willard
The Washington times., 1911-08-27

White Lawn Waists; splendid
quality, with deep sailor collars
and turn-back cuffs of0n
Iis plain n blue I5.toS color; sailor rZSc
The Washington times., 1911-08-27
SEE JAIL AS ONLY
SMUGGLING CURE
Treasury Officials Convinced Only Way to Stop Gus
toms Frauds Is to Send the Vioators to Jail-Wick-
ersham Opposed to Fines for Big Offenders

cept that the department had done
what 1t could to bring about jail
pun .shment.
the New York circuit decided to quit
the policy of imposing fines in SNUG
CLING cases and to inflict Jail sem
tences. Treasury officials think this
a good effect. 1t appears the offenses
charged in the Rosenberg case were
committed before the courts deter
mined on this policy.
The policy of the New York courts
has not been adopted elsewhere, and
in other jurisdictions II there is a
prosecution for smuggling there Is a
notew orthy tendency to keep away
from the jail sentence and resort to
the fine. 1t depends, of course, on
whose OK is gored
Politics In Job,
The average district attorney Is q
political appointment pure and SIM
pie. He is put into office by some
Senator who probably has the con-
trolling political machine back Of him.
II one of the bright and shining lights
Of the machine gets caught in violat-
ing the customs laws it cannot be
expected the district attorney is go
ing to tear his shirt in order to get
him sent to jail or otherwise cruelty
punished. Things do not work out
that way where the enforcement of
the law depends on appointees who
are deep in the tolls Of politics.
1t is a singular fact that there is a
strong disposition on the part Of
large share of the public to look
on offenses against the customs laws
lightly. The chief concern OF many
seemingly good people Is not to avoid
doing a bit of smuggling or under
but to avoid getting found
out.
The best the Treasury officials hope
for is to gradually bring about a
stricter law enforcement. and in time
to get the courts generally to hold to
the rule of failing the smuggler. They
think this would remove most Of the
to smuggle.
The Washington times., 1911-08-27

Attorney General Wickersham is not
the only official who Is complaining be-
cause he can't have iail sentences i'm
posed. The Attorney General, since he
became head Of the Department Of JUS
tire and got acquainted with tine ways
OF violating the Sherman law. has been
urging jail Instead Of fines for the yio-
latorG.
He has not succee ded in getting many
Offenders thrust into the cold. dark cells
of the prison. however.
The customs officials find difficulty in
getting the laws against smuggling and
allied irfra.tions of the customs laws
rigid!y enforced. The disposition Of the
courts is TO let the smuRgler down easy
and allow him to escape with fine.
What is true of cases of outright snug
Cling is true of differentiation cases,
which in many instances arc as bad or
even worse.
Treasury officials are fighting to get
the courts to carry the laws against
smuggling ard undervalEution into rigid
effec. And most of the time. they find
obstacles either in the leniency OF the
cudrts or the unwillingness Of district
attorneys to push the cases to the limit.
The Rosenberg Case.
The Rosenberg case is an example.
though there was in that case no indis-
position of the district attnrney to prose-
cute In fact. District Attorney Wise
told the court he wanted a Jail sentence
and would rather have a short jail SEN
ten>e imposed than a big fine. The
court Imposed the fine. though the Of
fcnsc against the Government was
heavy ore and large sums were in
volVed.
Curtis, in charge of customs, said
recently he was thoroughly In accord
with District Attorney Wise in the
Rosenberg case, and that on various
occasions the department had turned
down propositions for settlement of
it Mr.. Curtis, however. had nothing
to say in criticism of the court, ex-
The Washington times., 1911-08-27
CHURCHES SOON TO
GET PETITIONS FOR
SUNDAY CLOSING
Papers Will Be Given to
Delegates at Meeting To-
morrow Evening.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.


The representatives OF the churches
who are planning a Sunday closing cam
paign have been called together again
for tomorrow evening in the parish hall
of the Episcopal Churcn.
Nathaniel X. Harnish and Lloyd w.
Biddle, who were named d committee
to draw up petitions, have completed
their work. The petitions will be pre-
sented to the church delegates tomor-
row evening, and If approved they will
go to the different churches for sigma
lures
1t Is stated in the petitions that there
will be no objection to the drug stores
remaining open at all times on Sundays
for the sale of medicines.
Elmer Mattingly, 6l7 Nichols avenue,
has asked the police 10 find his watch.
which he left in a room ct his home.
1t is a gold-plated watch, with link
chain attached. and worth $25.
Charles J. Friedman, a sixteen-year-
old messenger boy, was taken suddenly
III yesterday on Nichols avenue. Charles
w. Hayes, who was passing in an auto
mobile. took the boy home.
James Mcpherson was called to Mar
ley Anne Arundel county, Md, by the
death of Mrs. Sarah J. Mcpherson, bis
mother. She was eighty years old, and
her death resulted from shock follow
ing a fall in which one of her arms
was fractured.
Frank NJ. Finotti. chief clerk at the
Government Hospital has returned with
party of relatives and friends from
a voyage by sea to Boston and ports
in the South. Those accompanying him
were Mrs. Finotti, Misses Katharine
Harleston. of AnaCOstia; Mamie O'keefe
and Maude Brady, of Washington, and
Annie Wagner. of Congress Heights.
quaintanCes formed there in boyhood
days
The Rev. willard G. Davenport, rec
tor of the Emmanuel Protestant Church,
who has been passing the summer a
Colonial Beach, will return home to-
morrow.
O. p. Bohman, Of Faulkner. y. Y, is
the guest Of the family Of George F.
Pyles. in. L street.
Frank Isaac. of the Anacostia Bank.
is completing his vacation by visit to
his parents the Rev. and Mrs. Charles
o. Isaac, formerly Of this place. in
Baltimore.
Miss Louise Weiss, daughter Of c. H.
Weiss, is at Betterton. Nd, following
visit to Atlantic City.
Nichols avenue between Good Hope
road and L street, east side. II the
petition now in circulation and signed
by a majority OF the property holders
there is approved by the District Com
miSsioners.
The Washington times., 1911-08-27
OFFICIALS
PUZZLED BY LETTER
WRITTEN TO TIMES
DR.. Woodward Doesn't Un-
derstand Complaint Made
by L Street Resident.

The dweller on l. street between N,as-
sachusetts and Connecticut avenues
northwest who complained through The
Times that the Street Cleaning Depart
ment wouldn't move the trash from
his yard, and that the Health Depart
men would have MIN arrested if he
didn't, would lid little confor: in the
Offices of either of those departments.
Il never heard of the case Dr. w.
c. Woodward. the Health Officer, said
If our inspectors found his yard dirty
they reported ii, but l don't know who
this complainant Is. ! do not know the
equities, if any. OF his complaint.
think il probable that whate""r action
either department took was due to his
not having the trash placed in proper
Teceptacles for moving"
Superintendent Paxton, of the Street
Cleaning Department, is absent. 1t was
said at his office that the specific case
in which complaint was made TO The
Times yesterday was not known. The
contractors who move trash are not re-
Quired to move it unless ii is placed in
proper recepIaCes If the contractors
neglect to remove trash when 1t is IN
proper receptaCles, il was declared they
are subjected to fine.
Altogether, the l. street resident who
complained that he and others were
between the hammer and the anvil
seemed to be in fair way to stay there,
unless there are those equities" that
the departments of the District gov
crnment do not know of.
The Washington times., 1911-08-27

Miss Louise Weiss, daughter Of c. H.
Weiss. is at Betterton, Nd, following
visit TO Atlantic CITY.
The Washington times., 1911-08-27
Representative Latta
Is Reported as Better

In spite of severe pains resulting from
the surgical operation which James P
Latta of Nebraska underwent while in
St. Marys Hospital, Rochester, Mimi,
few days ago, he is reported today
as improving.
So severe was the operation that for
time the physicians were in doubt
as to whether he would recover. Con-
ditions now favor the patient.
The Washington times., 1911-08-27

Granolithic sidewalk will be laid in
Nichols avenue between Good Hope
road and L street, east side, II the
petition now in circulation and signed
by a majority OF the property holders
there is approved by the District Com
missioners.
The Washington times., 1911-08-27

Frank Isaac of the Anacostia Bank.
Is completing his vacation by a visit to
his parents, the Rev and Mrs. Charles
O. Isaac, formerly OF this place. in
Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1911-08-27
So Repp and All-Linen
Skirts, $1.59

AllLinen and Repp Skirts. in tn
panel front and back effects; butto
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The Washington times., 1911-08-27

Appropriate Floral Designs.
The most artistic work-the prettiest
and freshest flowers. GUIDE, 1914 F.
AdVt.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02
FOREIGN.

Provisional figures returned by the
census officers give the population of
England and Wales this year as 36,-
O75.269. compared with 32.527,s43 il
1901.
Enveloped In heavy wraps. trem-
bling with weakness. fear and old age.
Porfirio Diaz. long dictator of Mexico
in the darkness of early morning,
stole out OF his home and in bor-
rowed auto was whirled away to a
remote suburban station to board A
special train for Vera Cruz. There he
boarded a steamer which is making
trip to Coalzacoalcos and will return
to Vera Cruz soon and sail for Eu
rope.
President Diaz. in letter read by
the president Of the chamber Of depu
ties. in Mexico City, resigned the
presidency OF the republic of Mexico
and the acceptance of the resignation
by the deputies was announced. Vice
President Romon Carol. who is in
France, also resigned. Francisco
Leon De La Barra, late ambassador
to Washington, was elected temper
ary president, pending the general
election.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02

II is announced that the Democrats
OF the House will not stop with re-
vision of the wool schedule, but Will
follow with a revision OF the cotton,
metals and chemical schedules.
The battleship Michigan. command
ed by Captain Nathaniel r. Usher. Is
the premier shot of the American
navy. In the spring battle practice
lust concluded, the Michigan scored
99.929 points OF merit and will be
awarded the gunnery championship
trophy.
Charges that American newspaper
publishers. are compelled to pay high
er prices for news print paper be-
cause the International Paper Com
pany is practically in control OF the
industry in this country, were mad. at
the Canadian reciprocity bill hearing
before Senate Finance committee.
President Taft has issued a DRASTIC
order designed to prevent the return
of deported convicts to the Panama
canal zone. Any convict who has
served an SShlchSS ~
the canal zone and been deported and
then returns to the zone is 10 be
deemed" guilty OF a felony and pun
ished by imprisonment for one year
and thereafter removed from the canal
zone.
President Taft has denied the appli-
cation for the pardon of Charles w.
Morse Of New York and of John r..
Walsh OF Chicago. the two most prom
inert bankers ever convicted and SEN
fenced to federal prisons under the
national banking law.
Representative Taylor. acting for the
alto, ney general OF Colorado. filed in
the Supreme Court a petition for re-
hearing in the case OF the United
States vs.. Fred Light. involving the
LEGALITY of the grazing regulations es-
tablished by the forestry service in ma.
tiona! forests.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02
RODENT RUNS RIOT.

Wonder why women are frightened
by rats? That's one thing we never
could understand. We recall an ex-
exchange of courtesies between q
man and wife one night In a restau.
rant. and the courtesies were curious
and conflicting. and were fast leading
up to the riot standard. the woman
holding her own" and even more
than that. when a rat ran across the
room. That settled the dispute. The
woman jumped ON the. table. among
all the dishes. showing ankles and
lingerie thot would have made Dutch
danseuse dizzy with delirium. But the
row stopped and the laughter began.
says the New Orleans Picayune. The
latest rat story. however. comes from
Brooklyn. and 1t runs like this Dur
ing matinee performance at one OF
the theaters. while the house was
crowded. a rat appeared in ono OF the
aisles. and CONSERVATION seized the
crowd instanter. Women jumped on
orchestra chairs. danced the highland
fling, and other fiings. screamed and
acted like mad. while the rat ran riot
through the rows of seats. At one
stage OF the stampede all the women
screamed together: that put the show
out OF business. The actors lost their
lines. the women lost their reason.
and the rat lost it's life. Why are
women frightened at rats. and still
wear them in their hair?
The Keota news., 1911-06-02
SPORT.

Tony Caponi has been signed to
fight fifteen rounds June 10th with
Eddie McGorty of Oshkosh, Wis.
Milwaukee.-John Neville, manager
OF AL Kaufman, has agreed with To-
against Jim Flynn for ten rounds.
Jack Twin" Sullivan and "Porky"
Flynn boxed ten rounds to draw be-
fore the new Star Athletic Club in
Milwaukee. Both men finished strong.
Sullivan showed himself to be more
clever than his opponent.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02
WARRINGTON.

Senator Frye. after forty-one years
Of continuous service in Congress, is
leaving Washington late for his home
in Maine.
With snow falling in Montana and
freezing temperatures in Nevada and
Oregon. q hot wave IL now centered
over the middle West and the South.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST week
REC Ord OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN.

"6o
Chief OF Police Seymour OF San
Francisco, has been suspended from
duty by the Board OF Police.
A marked English coin lost twelve
years ago in Selma. Kans, by Mrs. f.
Parker, has been found In Cripple
Greek. Colo.
In broad daylight the State Bank
OF Albany. Okla. was robbed by two
masked men who entered the bank and
secured $4,000.
President F. A. Delano OF Chicago
OF the Wabash railroad system. speak
ing before the Chicago Traffic Club,
advocated the regulation of newspa-
pers by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission as semi.public utilities.
Lured from his home on the pre-
tense that he was wanted to perform
a marriage ceremony. the Rev. DR.. +.
E. Fairchild. pastor OF st. Pauis
Methodist Episcopal church at Hele-
ma. Mont. was brutally and possibly
fatally assaulted on the street
Clarence Patrick. a telegraph opera
tor of Oklahoma City. broke fast
of forty days and ate An orange. Pat
rick claims to have cuEed himseii OF
rheumatism and other Ills. he de-
clares he took nothing but pure water
during his fast. He lost thirty pounds
In the hurry attendant upon the last
night of the session OF the Missouri
legislature, the revenue bill providing
the tax levy under which appropria-
tions amounting to SIS. 100000 are to
be raised got lost in the Senate and
failed to PASS The discovery was
made the next day.
In the case of John ]. Mcnamara
and his brother James. charged with
dynamiting the Times newspaper
plant last October, at Los Angeles. 1t
has been agreed that a formal motion
by the defense for q delay would not
be opposed by the state. The trial OF
the labor leaders will not begin until
next fan. s--..
After being separated from her hus-
band, Peter c. Sharp Of Pittsburg.
Kan, since the Chicago fire in 1871.
Mrs. Anna Catherine Sharp OF Oak
land, Cal. arrived and was welcomed
into her old home. Her husband and
his present wife, Mrs. Louisa Sharp.
whom he married nine years ago. aft
er giving up search for his first wife.
met her at the train.
Bert H. Conners and ]. Mansel
Parks. both said to be members, and
the latter q former officer in the Los
Angeles local union Of the Structural
Iron and Bridge Workers. have been
arrested In Los Angeles by detectives
working under the direction Of Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks. on charge
OF being implicated in an, attempt to
destroy with dynamite the new Los
Angeles county Hall OF Records last
September. some weeks before the
blowing up Of the Times building.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02

Mushrooms are cheaper in New
York than they have ever been at any
other time in the history Of the trade.
the fact being due to a rapid devel-
opment in recent years Of mushroom
farming by suburbanites. It seems.
therefore. that not all tho suburban
farmers have been devoting their en-.
tire attention to the raising of squads.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02

Somebody has discovered q substi-
tute for radium. but 1t II almost ~ sx-
pensive as the real thing. hence q ma
tority Of the radium users will no
doubt refuse to listen when they are
offered something equally good"
The Keota news., 1911-06-02

A woman arrested In New York as
. shoplifter explained that her house
WAS being painted and that the fumes
Of the paint had gone to her head.
making her irresponsible for her &C.
tions. Yet some pessimists declare
ing in imaginative power.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02

Some iconoclastic professor has dis
covered that the Sphinx was built to
preserve the countenance of an old
Egyptian king and not merely to give
a splendid model In impassiyity to re-
dictionary senators engaged In stand
ing pat.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02

Owing to the stealing OF pet dogs
and their sale to a medical college.
the women's branch of the Anticruel-
ty Society In Philadelphia have de-
mand9d law putting scientists who
purchase dogs under the same police
supervision AZ pawnbrokers. claiming
they are far too lax in their accept
ance Of animals 30 brought to them
to accord with property rights. In \
discussion Of the kind lately one ply
'sician attached to such an institution
admitted that no questions were
asked about where animals brought
to him came from. ~ the purchasers
preferred not to know. This virtual
admission of receiving stolen pets will
probably arouse dogowners> every
where t. demand similar restrictions.
The Keota news., 1911-06-02

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The Keota news., 1911-06-02

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The Keota news., 1911-06-02

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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-08-25
Tariff The Issue.

The special session OF congress Is
over. Its work has become matter
OF history, aud strange history IL will
make for the student OF the future,
An ambitious program was mapped
out at the beginning by President
Taft. He stood alone among the re-
publicans In this program and was
playing for high stakes In the politi.
cal game, a game In which he has
demonstrated that he Is past master.
That he has strengthened himself
throughout the country by his general
attitude goes without the saying, for
IT is very self.evident that he is much
stronger with the republicans today
than he ever was before. His vetoes
have tended to help the democrats,
however, 10 every particular. His
yetoing Of the tariff bills has had the
effect to force the tariff as the fore.
most question before the people 10
the national election OF next year, Il
question: upou Wuioh VnS uenoS'"''
are we'll equipped to 20 into the fray
as they now stand. Out OF the maze
OF the tariff tight one figure looms
large upon the political horizon, and
that figure is the person OF Oscar
Underwood OF Alabama. Mr.. Under
wood has given actual demonstration
OF the possession OF rare ability as a
statesman, both executive and con-
structive, aud the eyes OF the entire
nation aro turned admiringly 10 his
direction. He stands foremost and
distinct as the embodIrnent OF the
democratic idea Of the tariff, the first
national figure TO do so In over n gen.
Grafton, and this fact will make OF
him one Of the big figures in the next