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The Washington times., 1911-08-24
INDIAN CONVENTION
IS ATTRACTING THE
NAT|ON'SATTENTION
President And Prominent
Educators Plan To At
tend Gathering.

In the convention for the organiza-
ton Of the American Indian Association.
to be held in Columbus, Ohio. October
II TO Is, great interest Is being shown
by both Indians and whites, and there
will be a good attendance, according
to Prof. F. A. Mckenzie, secretary of
the temporary organization.
President Taft has signihed his In
tention to be present at part Of the
sessions. provided his Western itinerary
can be arranged SO that he can reach
Columbus during the convention period.
Lyman Abbott, editor-in-chief OF the
Outlook. has made application for as
sociate membership. and Superintendent
Moses Friedman, OF the United States
Indian School, at Carlisle, Pa, also is
deeply Interested. Commissioner of In
dian Affairs Robert G. Ballantyne, Is
cooperating actively. Letters from In
dlans and from Indian agents and In
dian superintendents in the Government
service are pouring in upon Secretary
Mckenzie in large numbers heartily In
dorsing the association proposal and
promising aid.
Commissioner Ballantyne in a letter
to Secretary Mckenzie said:
1T Is the first real effort / know OF
to create an Indian public opinion about
the AFFAIRS of the Indians. It Is the
one thing Of the year. outside Of WASH
fngton, that ! do not want to miss at
tending. 1t marks an epoch"
Supt. Friedman of Carlisle says:
This Is the noblest association ever
projected. I. shall urge some of my
students to attend. l will do this be-
cause I am interested and I believe
that under careful guidance the associ-
alton can be of inestimable service to
the race"
When the convention meets Prof Nc
Kenzie, the secretary. will be the only
white man to have official part in the
program. and the motto Of the associa-
ton will be "An organization of The
Indians, for the Indians. and by the
Indians"
The program of the sessions, tenta-
lively arranged, will include an address
by DR.. F. A. Eastman, a Sioux, Of
the Amherst College faculty. Arrange
ments are being made to secure the
services of Miss Nora Mcfarland, of
the Nez Perces tribe, to give her hymn
recital in the sign language Of her
race, accompanied by a quartet of In
enacted.
Place on the program will be occupied
by s. s. Jones, international general
secretary CT the Y. NJ. c. A., an In
dian doing association work in the
Sioux tribe. Carolyn W. Andrus, heaF
Of the Hampton Institute, is another
friend Of the Indian who Is aiding in
promoting the convention plans.
The Washington times., 1911-08-24
Uncle Sam Will Send
Mail By Fast Freight

The Postofflce Department has per-
fected arrangements whereby second
class mail matter, consisting Of maga-
zines and periodicals, heretofore carried
in railway mail cars. will be carried by
fast freight, beginning September
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
taken advantage OF an old statute, per-
hitting the department to send this
matter by freight The expense to the
department will be much curtailed. and
publishers generally and railroads are
satisfied with the arrangement.
The Washington times., 1911-08-24
Urges Free Public Baths
In Report To City Heads

The work Of the plumbing depart.
ment of the District was greater dur.
ing the year just ended than during any
previous like period, It is declared in
the annual report of Inspector A. r.
McGonegal. sent to the commissioner
and made public today.
Mr.. McGonegal suggests that al
plumbing work In the public schools
be taken from his once and placed
under the supervision of the municipal
architect. The establishment of rec
public baths and that swimming be
made compulsory in the public schools
are among his recommendations.
The Washington times., 1911-08-24
Attorney Leo Simmons Says
Experiment Will Destroy
His Property.
CALLS PLAN USELESS
WASTE OF RESOURCES
Power Plant And Water System
Recently Installed At Great
Expense.

A writ Of injunction to restrain Sec
retary of War Stimson and Secretary
OF the Navy Meyer from destroying
Fort Hunt, Va, one of the two forti-
fcations which have guarded Wash.
Ington for more than two decades, by
the shell-and-powder method, is to be
sought by Leo Simmons, a Washing
ton attorney, IL the Cabinett officers
persist in carrying out their plans.
Mr.. Simmons owns a large estate
upon which buildings valued at more
than $4,000 are located. The estate lies
between the Potomac river and the
fort Should a battleship stationed to
the south and west of the fort be per-
mitted to hurl shells at the fort. they
must, Of necessity. pass over the Sim.
mons property, the owner says. and
will subject 1t to great danger
An official statement concerning the
plans of the War and Navy Depart
ment to destroy the fort, and in so
doing conduct a series of experimer.; S,
Is to be requested by Mr. Simmons. A
special messenger will carry a letter
to those officials or their representa-
uves this afternoon. In this letter, Mr.
simmons will ask for Official infor-
nation
Expects Ruin of Estate.
III the plans of the department as
outlined in The Times yesterday are
carried out" Mr.. Simmons said this
morning. "it means that my valuable
estate would be ruined.
have no desire to sell my property
to the United States Government. 1 do
not think 1t right, however for the Gov
ernment to destroy property of this kind
just to experiment on a fort. The experi-
ments, according to my way of looking
at them. will be useless. There is abso-
lutely no use in the world for abandon
ing Fort Hunt. If either Fort Hunt or
Fort Washington, opposite the former,
on the Maryland shore, is to go, let
Fort Washington be the one
Fort Hunt, the newer Of the two
places. Is ideally located from every
standpotnt. Last year only one artil-
leryman at the fort suffered from chills,
and this year not 4 man has been in
the hospital At Fort Washington more
than sixty soldiers have been in the
hospital this year with malaria
Recent Improvements Made.
! Mr.. Simmons Gays the abandonment
Of Fort Hunt Will mean a useless waste
! OF money. The fort, he says, recently
has undergone q course of improve
ments.
! Last year a powerhouse was erected
at Fort Hunt, at a cost of 100000, and
q reservoir and a water system costing
equally as much were constructed re-
Gently.
IAN these improvements, according to
present plans of the War and Navy De
partments officials. will be made the
target Of the guns Of battleship.
LAS I understand t, the ships will
fire from 1000 yards away. That mean1
that my property will be devastated.
The fine old mansion will be directly in
the path of the incoming shells If one
Of them falls short. and they often do,
It mems the building will be wrecked
The Washington times., 1911-08-24
How to "Shed" A
Bad Complexion

It's foolish to attempt to cover up OF
hide a sallow complexion, when you
can SO easily remove the sallowness. or
the complexion itself. Rouge and the
like on a brownish skin. only empha-
size the defect. The better way Is to
apply pure mercolized wax-the same
as you would cold cream-putting It on
at night, removing 1t In the morning
with warm water and soap. The effect
Of a few applications is simply marvel
ous The half-dead cuticle Is absorbed
by the wax-painlessly, gradually, In
tiny imperceptible particies-revealing
the beautiful velvety white new skin
beneath.
No woman need have a sallow,
blotchy, pimply, or freckled complexion
II she'll Just go to the druggists, get
some, good mercolized wax and use as
apSFRtsa XswA9a Rsslu
The Washington times., 1911-08-24
Good Will Campers To
See Coronation Scenes

Nearly one hundred OF the persons en-.
Joying the hospitality of Camp Good
VIII are to see the moving pictures at
the Belssco Theater this afternoon OF
the coronation OF King George and
Queen Mary. The treat was arranged
for them by the Associated Charities,
and Mrs. E. X. Bushee. in charge of
the camp, has planned that all the Good
Willers except the mothers with very
young babies shall attend.
Frederick B. Wright. editor OF Records
Of the Past" will lecture this evening at
the camp on Children Of Many Lands. :"
Mr.. Wright will illustrate his lecture
with lantern slides. The camp will be
closed next TuesdRD
The Washington times., 1911-08-24
Ten Thought Drowned
In Georgian Bay Storm

BYNG INLET. Ont. Aug. A-By the
sinking Of the barge AIbatross Of Md
land. in a storm In Georgian bay on
Monday night, II is believed the tug
c. c. Martin was dragged down and
Captain Vent of Midland, his wife and
eight men were drowned. News Of the
accident reached here today.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
IA Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF 1au
This Date 1897 49,

Judge Kemp went down to Maria to-
day on a business trip.
Nick Carson went to DIesiIIa Park
today to work on the new college build
ings.
Mr.. Rogers, of the FL PasO Brick COM
pany, leaves tomorrow on the limited
for st. Louis on a business trip.
The Y. NJ C. A. auxiliary will hold a
New Years reception at their San
Francisco street rooms New Years
day.
The school holidays will be extended
until January 10, because Of prevailing
sickness in town among the school chill
dren.
At the coming annual meeting of the
street car company the matter of cleo
tricity as motive power will be dis
cussed.
Mrs. B. F. Hammett and Miss LObb
viii receive at the PiersOn hotel New
Years day between the hours Of four
and six.
superintendent Ward, of the T. & P,
came up today in his private car for a
brief stop in FL PasO during the levee
meeting.
A Matthias left this morning over the
T. & p. for New York. He will meet his
wife there, returning from Europe, and
will escort her to FL Paso.
The Trinity Epworth league viii hold
a watch service tonight The young
people viii have plenty of refreshments
and Will sing out the old and sing in
the new year.
Mayor MagOffin and general manager
ThOrne, of the T. & p, held a confer
ence relative to the levee. Thorne said
that if the other roads stepped in that
the T. & p. would do its share.
Mice gnawing into a box Of matches
set fire to the pantry at the Lindell
hotel last night, but the blaze was ex-
tinguished before any particular dam
age was done
A local drug store viii give free
gramaphOne recitaIs every day at 10
o'clock. The gramaphone produces the
human voice the same as life, and ev-
erybOdy should see and hear the won
derful instrument
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
Success Talks To Men and Boys
DO IT NOW

TT GRACE GREELEY. tail. gawky.
with tow-colored hair, a pale face
- and a whining voice, came to
New York at q, with bundle Of
clothes slung on a stick over MS
shoulder, walking so miles through the
woods from Buffalo, riding in canal
boat to Albany, descending the Hudson
in a barge, reaching New York Just as
the sun was rising. August IS, 1881
His 500 miles journey from western
Pennsylvania whence his father had
moved from Vermont. cost Horace So
He found board in New York over
saloon at $3.50 week For days he
wandered up and down the streets Of
New York nobody wanted "a hand"
One Sunday he heard at his boarding
place that printers were wanted at
Vests" He was at the door at
the next morning. He was on the job
at T.
The proprietor protested to the fore
man against the greenhOrn" and in
sisted that he must go when his first
days work was done, but at night
Horace showed a proof of the largest
and most correct days work that had
been done. In 10 years Horace was
partner in small printing office He
founded The New Yorker" the best
weekly paper in America, but it made
no money
Big Circulation but No Profit.
In the Harrison campaign The Log
Cabin" reached a circulation of 5000.
at penny q copy Out ne MADE no
money. His next venture was the New
York Tribune" To start. he borrowed
$1,000 and it's first edition. beginning
with 600 subscribers. increased to H.
600 in six weeks. For the first time
he enjoyed the liberty Of untrammeled
utterance. For the first time he was
the real, unique Horace Greeley. Reared
in poverty and hardened by poorly paid
toll in his youth, he hated the con-
scienceless monOpolist Those who dis
liked him advertised his paper free Of
charge, Common sense was his capital
and he invested it,, and received great
returns on his outlay
Success Due 20 Originality.
Horace Greeley's success was Origi-
nality. He was somebody, because he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
TURKS DEFEAT
ITALIAN TROOPS
Reports From Constantine
pie Claim ROut Of
Italians
Italians

Washington, D. c.. Dec 50.-A q
hours battle in which the Turkish
troops defeated the Italian forces. kill
ing half Of them in the rOut, IS dis
cussed in official messages from Con-
stantinOple-
The message was transmitted to the
imperial minister Of war at Constan-
tinOple by the commander Of the Turk
ish troops from TObruk, TripOli. under
date OF December p. The report fol-
lows;
I'VE have attacked the fortified posts
Of the enemy Notwithstanding the fire
from the Warships and fort batteries
we entered the fort and the garrison
has been annihilated. Ammunition. pro-
visions war material and a quick fir
ing gun have been carried into our
camp In its forward march, one OF
our wings cut of the retreat OF the
enemy who fled toward the coast. Dur
ing the retreat the enemy lost haf
their number.
The battle lasted all day and night
Among the killed were three officers
Of the enemy. Our losses were seven
killed and a few wounded. The Cheikh
Meri. who, with his five sons, came
al the head Of his tribe. is among the
dead The courage Of our officers and
soldiers Is exemplary Lieut.. NOdjib
Bey was the first to enter the fort. He
destroyed the quick firing guns and
carried away one into our camp"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
By Dr.
Madison
c.
Peters

stood for something. This is generally
J conceded. But his prOmptness is char
aeJerisJlc would mere emphasize,
Asked near the end of his distinguished
career what was the best advice he
could give a boy who was about TO
leave the printing office TO go into
mercantile business he quickly an
SWered that all the advice the boy
needed was the advice a New England
farmer gave him when. as q boy, he
left home Horace. if YOU have any
thing to say, say 1t now, and II you
have anything TO do. do il now"
Herein lies the real great reason OF
Greeley's wonderful success Do il now.
prOmptneSs in present action. If a man
met Greeley on the street and said
Mr.. Greeley. want to see YOU some
time, Greeley CURLY replied See me-
now. il friend said, Il have some
tning to say to you, when you have
time TO listen he would answer. Say
IL now. If some employees suggested
that such repairs ought to be made
some day, he would reply Make them
now The backbone of his great char
acter vas never to postpone anything
that could oe done now.
Do 1t Today.
Ihis is the only way TO get the most
effective work into each day By con
tlnual self-discipiine do the most pos
Sible today Bismarck's motto was.
DO the next thing. and under A uth-
oSraph of the great statesman bearing
this motto. J. r. MOrgan the banker.
wrote IN pencil and dc it now"
Napoleon laid great stress on the "su-
preme moment What may be done at
any time viii be done at no time.
Don't perpetually calculate risks and
adjust nice balances. Jump in.
or course some things can be done.
better some other time, but not now.
IS rule so general in its application
that extraordinary exceptions should
only prove the rule. II you have a duty
TO perform, a reform to make. an en-
terprise TO start, a letter to write, DO It
now Push. act in the living present.
You can double your life by doing the
next thing noW-at Oncei Do the best
your circumstances allow Hold your
self closely to the habit Of doing cheer
fully the next thing, and do It now,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
HU1IOR OF THE DAY.

MY new hat is a poem" she said en-
Enthusiastically. Il have just received
the bill for It." replied he. Il don't un-
derstand these stories Of so many poets
dying in poverty. w Washington Star.
80" said TOmmy's father, you took
dinner at Willie StOut's house today
hope when IL came to extra helpings
you had manners enough to say No. 2"
yes. SIR" replied Tommy, 'T said No
several times" All! you did?" yes.
sir. Mrs. Stout kept askin' me If
had enough catholic Standard and
Times.
NY dear brother" said the clerical
looking man, are you doing anything
TO keep your brother from falling2"
why. yes was the reply. I'm inter
ested in a concern that manufactures
lamppostsl ''-Boston Courier
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
IJNcV1E, ,rs Denatured Poem

mbegoten world by hui
NJ failures Of hope yhOve reached the end OF all their rope
W
hold was through the nights and when
departed is ifes mo andt
thevIe us the a
odp place A thousand who like
tHzebra
ssafa
and world nest
with
Copyright 1911 B, o.ors. Matthew. Adams. C0aaA7le<o1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
The Daily Horoscope ByT-k- Hsdrist
December 90

Now does the enter the Taurus sign, with cOmpi-
cations of an enormous nature Venus being in command
ing position The indications highly favorable to love
romance such should delight the heart Of the young per
son Princes and dukes disguise wandering about
eveere-onlv waiting to be encouraged by the fair ones
to declare sudden, but ardent and enduring passion The
ink confidently predicts that today viii witness the be-
ginning of numerous love affairs that viii eliminate hap
PLY and will full of agreeable surprises the parties OF
the first and second part Do not imagine that because you
have known the young or the young woman opposite
for some time that he or she is devoid Of story Every
BODY has "last" or busily engaged in making
Were we Just iligent in making future now6ut that
IT the Princes and Prnoeses disguised They thick
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
RICHESON MUST STAND TRIALs
No COMPRnMIsE SATS PROSECTTT

Boston. Mass, Dec. 5O.-,Active prep
arations are on for the trial OF Rev. c.
Y. T. Richeson for the murder OF Avis
Linneu. scheduled for January Is.
Lawyers fOl the defence have issued
statements that while their client might
be surgically well by that time, his
men tai condition. in their opinion.
would prevent the trial being held in
January.
Reports that an agreement had been
reached between district attorney Pei
letter and counsel for the defence by
which Rev Mr.. RichesOn Is to plead
guilty to- second degree murder, are
denied by the district attorney.
There is only one agreement pos
sible." Mr. Pelletier says, and that Is
a plea Of guilty 10 murder in the first
degree
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
In An Opera House

Jacksonville
Florida the relatives Of the suspended preacher
OCCUPIED execution The sheriff conducted
The entertainment sprung eternity
Reverend preacher He confessed to killing
white farmer during the Of
the condemned friends The gOws erected on the stage Before
the tran was sprung negro warned his hearers to let
whisky
Turner had melted the to acts
aggression against arrested with him. and
ynd Florida If they had
not been whisksd away to anOther
Jacksonville largest costly moving picture
show Jacksonville novel entertainment o.
fsn preacher stage house BE-
fore? little deH interest the state Of civilization IN
the 1912 after the birth Of the man
v-hos zmenO o bring peace sword"
The question arises president of China with its
100000 people, president % malcOnen looking for
vorkv excitement
Forty percent of university self supporting
splendid well proud The
univerdty's greatest s developed
Yend casualties contnue Fe twice
The city of Demn showing
to carry on an intelligent publicity FL PasO
spending general publicity pursued this mistaken
neghbors
Americans continue to be shot and robbed in Mexico
the United States
To Judge from advertisements Herald
might be
LAYING presents
offered prices mail"
every purchase their
attention
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

INtW IOTh TTeSs.J
A fatal mistake is to think you can't
make one
Give a boy his choice of a shotgun
or fine education, and the birds had
better look out
The prouder a man can be of hay
ing done his duty the madden he usu-
ally was when he was doing it.
A man can travel long Journey
without thinking of going back home
unless his family is with him.
heap Of fun in life is missed Just
by trying to buy it.
Buying flowers in a shop is the
cheapest way for an amateur gardener
to raise them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
One-Sentence Philosophy
GLOBE SIGHTS.

GLOBE SIGHTS.
(FrOm the Atchison GIobe.)
About all you find at the average
celebration is a big crowd.
When a man has little to do and
asks for an assistant, people laugh.
When you borrow another's time,
you are probably asking for something
you don't intend to repay.
little boy was quarreling with a
companion somewhat larger. Maybe
I can't whip you, said the little boy,
but I can dirty your clothes"
We don't know If 1t is cause for
alarm or not, but girls Of the age
when Louisa NJ. Alcott used to be the
favorite writer, are now reading Rob
ert W. Chambers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.
PhlIadeIphia Record.l

IPniIadeIphla RecOrd-J
Many a man has stubbed his toe over
his own ambition.
wit IS the wine Of intellect which ill
nature turns into vinegar.
The more a man goes around the less
Of q crank he IS apt-to be.
For one office that seeks the man
there are a thousand lodging him.
It is one of the mysteries Of life how
two men can make a bargain and both
get the worst Of 1t.
The philosophy Of life demonstrates
that many a good dinner is wasted on
q poor appetite
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
One Minute Sermon
Written For The El Paso Herald.

strength and power; and He maeth my way perecX SO.
There Is strength that which from God;
And as understand higher selves,
We nearer draw the Perfect Heart
OF Life Of which part But
Are only children ready be led
Along the path that points to Truth and Love.
The Father watches DER Us carefully,
And is not far away. It be so,
For when ask for strength with earnest heart
At relieved from WEAKNESS
Why need we then be burdened down fear
Since God is strength for
If would cast aside all doubt dsrust.
Wed make ourselves receptive Gods love
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
FAITH.

Spin cheerfully,
Not tearfully,
Though YEARLY you plod
Spin carefully,
Spin prayerfully;
But leave the thread with God.
ANONYMOUS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30
THE BATTLE OF n PAsO.

From Houston (Tex-) Post.
The FL PasO Herald asks What ais
the Texas senators and congressman
that they do not open their mouths in
reference TO the blOOdstained pages Of
FL PasO's history dated May s. 9 and
102" Leave Ii 10 little Oscar, he's the
man who does things And you notice.
too. that our governor hasn't over
revolution in our sister republic.