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The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02
Breaking II Gently.

Simpkins always was soft-hearted.
This is what he wrote:
Dear Mrs. Jones-Your husband
cannot come home today because. his
bathing suit was washed away.
"P. 8. Poor Jones was inside the
it."-From Norman e. Mack's Ma
tional Monthly.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02
Wolgast Defeats Burns.

San Francisco. - Outfought, out
paced. outgeneraled, everything but
outgamed, frankie Burns of Oakland
was forced to hoist the white towel of
surrender as the gong rang for the
beginning of the seventeenth round of
his fight with Ad Wolgast, light
weight champion.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02

will venture to bet chew of tobacco
that there are not four able seamen on any
one boat on the lakes, including the full
crew from captain to deck hands.
/ mean by able seaman man that can
handle a marlin spike and a palm and
needle and can do all kinds of rigging
work or sail making, just as he would
have to do on sailing ship on salt water.
I don't consider man an able seaman
that can do little at splicing ropes or
sculling boat and hoystoning decks, but
one that can do well everything and all
things aboard first class shin excent naxi-
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02
Generous.

"John. that man next door came
over here today and offered to tune
little Lucy's piano"
Great! Did you let him do it?"
mo, dear. He wanted to tune 1t
with an axe."-Baltimore Sun.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02
How MANY
Moving
Pictures
Help
Young
BY ROGER KING
St. Louis

being hurt he started out ragged and hungry look for his child
When he stopped country house make inquiries asked
if he cared for bit to His thanks fearful
The spectators knew and knew that act of practical Christianity
had been the
Why did the tears start in my eyes?
Why edge my waiting see if the man of the
house would turn him away hungry?
Right then and there started think many times door,
deserving has been turned hungry and
Of who lets his Christian feelings
the Sunday service.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02
A etudsnt Of Nature.

The teacher had been reading to
the class about the great forests Of
America.
"And now. boys" she announced.
which one of you can tell me the
pine that has the longest and sharp
est needles?"
Up went hand in the front row.
"Well. Tommy"
"The porcupine."
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02

Percy-Weally, Daisy. dawnced 30
stwenuously in that last waltz that
me head feels light. doncher know.
Daisy-Indeed! I supposed that
sensation was 90 common with you
that you had ceased to notice It.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02
provIdsrt Gambler.

A PrcvIdsnt Gambler.
amitherson went home one evening
after bad day at the gambling table
''Wife." he said. have you anything
to eat?"
AYes, lots of things"
~Weil, cook up everything in the
horse-everything.
aGracious! Are you 20 hungry?"
emo" answered Smitheson, with H.
nality. ~I'm going to sell the stove"
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02
Shortage
of Able
Seamen
on Great
Lakes

CATION have sailed 1858 and have many that called then
selves able that wouldn't make good deck hands
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02
Easter Note.

Mrs. Characterization. you really
mus. give up smoking so much, un-
less
Mr.. Crimsonbeak = Unless what.
dear?
"Urless you discover some brand OF
cigar the coupons for which can be
exchanged for bonnets.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02


whole nations and continents noticed hovsvs
think noticed that children brought alike Ths
first usually brought less wisely than the third and two fam
lilies schools pursue the
American parents perhaps expect little too much Of schools and
quite enough Of themselves 1t be that schools unenonay
and indirectly, promise too much.
think poor education It needed but
educational The chief qualification educator
character onsecrated personality parent friend
ready and forgive much overlook many hng
help hope gladden. inspire to bless by
refuge in the catastrophes Of youth.
Do Americans underrate the importance religious
ing? OF much for religious
perform the relQous duty
The Holly chieftain., 1911-06-02
Young
America
Exceed European
I'm Spirits and
Nerve Power
By C. ". Usssf

RE American children than othes! think not They
Ill with the general endowment to morality
and conduct Physicay, American children dishtly
larger and stocer than the corresponding grad Of ehdn
in Europe American children to exceed English and
French children in animal spirits and power So il
may take s to manage them; and sha have
e1ubesnces not found elsewhere But il not deminng
element.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
FIGURES SHOW PAY
FOR LABOR ABROAD
Statistics Show Tariff Ex-
perts In Congress Com
parative Cost.

Tariff experts in Congress who are
studying the difference in the cost of
labor at home and abroad have just
been supplied with some interesting fig
ures by the Department of Commerce
and Labor. These figures are expected
to play a prominent part in the discus
sion of the labor question in connec-
ton with the next revision Of the tariff.
According to Consul General Frank
Dillingham;, at Coburg, Germany, many
classes Of wcrkmen in that country earn
about as much in day as workmen in
similar classes in the United States
earn in an hour or two. The highest
paid of the skilled workmen are the
pattern makers, who earn from $l.43 to
$l.67 a day. Bricklayers get from S1.W
to $1.19: carpenters from SO cents to IS
cents; painters from SO cents TO So cents;
plumbers 81 to $40; compositors % cents
TO $40; horseshoers and blacksmiths 76
cents to SO cents; iron molders, 95 cents /;
cotton weavers, GA cents; wooden weav-
ers, 40 to Ga cents; street laborers, 50
cents to II cents: sewer workers, 48
cents; kettlemen in breweries, 81.
Wages which have a direct bearing
on importations into the United States
are lower than in the trades which have
little to do with German exports.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
FOG HALTS TOURIST
AFTER SPEED MARK
Millionaire Aims At Round
Trip From London to
Chicago In II Days.

NEW YORK, Jan. IA pail of foe
today put a check on the plans of H,
Gordon selfridge, the millionaire London
merchant, who is trying to establish a
new worlds record in travel by making
the round trip from London to Chicago
In twelve days, thus outdoing w. r.
Holt, the meteor-Journalist, who got
Impressions of America as far ives,
as Washington in the same length OF
time in December.
Mr.. Selfridge. nervous and irritable
with delay, was on board the Maure-
tania, and the Mauretania was on the
lower bay in the midst Of a feet OF
other vessels all held up by the fog this
morning. 1t was even too dangerous
for tugs to venture out
Except for the fog the Mauretania
would have been at her pier at o. o'clock
last evening and today Mr. Selfridge
would have arrived in Chicago to greet
his daughter, Rosalie, and other rela-
tives.
The Mauretania anchored Off the Am
brose channel lightship at S:1s D. m, after
establishing the new record Of making
SIG knots in twenty-four hours run.
Mr.. SelfHdge asked by wireless to
have a special train held in readiness.
The total mileage Of his journey is 5000.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
MACON WILL FIGHT
SEATING OF POWERS
Thrice Convicted Kentuckian
Should Not Be Member of
House, He Says.

Representative Macon of Arkansas de-
clared today that he would oppose on
the floor Of the House the seating of
Caleb Powers, member-elect from the
Eleventh district Of Kentucky. Mr.. Ma
con will base his opposition upon the
fact that no one who has ever been
convicted of murder, even though sub
sequently pardoned, Is entitled to a seat
in Congress.
Upon the principle that no man who
has thrice been convicted of murder
and who Is at liberty solely through
the clemency Of a prejudiced executive,
should be allowed to take his seat in
the House. 1 shall be obliged to object
to the seating of Mr.. Powers" declared
the Arkansas member.
Mr.. Macon added that he proposed to
make a speech in the House when the
matter of Powers election Is presented,
and that he would aid in any way pos
sible those minority members Of the
Kentucky delegation who are opposed
to Powers becoming a member.
On account of his connection with the
famous Goebel murder, II has been pre-
dicted that a fight might ensue when
his credentials are presented, and Mr..
Macons announced intention today
means one sensation, as the Arkansan
always carries out his program.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Bancroft Council Picks
Heads for Coming Year

At a meeting of the Bancroft Coun-
ell, National Union, held last night in
typographical Temple, the following
officers were installed:
F. w. Gardner, president; W. T.
Hearst. vice president; F. NJ. Price,
speaker; j. H Mullen, usher; c. Par
ker, chaplain; E. e. Rankin, financial
secretary; H. H Martin, recording sec
retary; D. Weaver, treasurer; C. Al
len, sergeant-at-arms; S. Pearl, door
keeper; trustees, H. C. Knapp, NJ. II.
Keys, and ]. Brandt.
A banquet followed the installation of
officers, and a short musical program
was given between courses.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
"DASHEEN'S" DEBUT
PROVES A SUCCESS
West Indian and South
American Product Makes
Bow Here.

Brother to the potato, half brother to
the turnip, cousin to the chestnut. ana
resembling an understood cocoanut- the
"dasheen," hailing from the West IN
dies and South America, is begging lor
recognition as an American food.
It's fate is now in the balance. Wheth-
er it will become a familiar sight on
market stands. and be another guess
wCrd in the huckster's jargon, depends
on the favor it found with the palates
of the diners at the recent banquet OIL
the National Geographic Society.
David Fairchild, of the Bureau OF
Plant Industry in the Department OF
Agriculture, is the patron Oh the
"dasheen" To every man who was
present at the dinner of the Geographic
Society on January Il, he has ad-
dressed u series Of questions. asking lot
individual opinions as TO the commercial
possibilities of the foreign vegetable. by
courtesy of the society, the "dasheen
was on the menu, and was served with
a meat course. Stuffed Dasheen' Is
the title II appeared under, which means
that the raw vegetable was baked. then
followed out, the meat mashed ana
fixed up with butter and seasoning, then
stuffed back into the skin.
Did you think the 'dasheen' was de-
cidedIy different from the ordinary po-
tato?' is one question.
Il object to the question" comes an
answer. IF the "dasheen' had come
earlier on the menu 1 should have peen
more able to discriminate. At that time
I was playing no food favorites.
Have YOU any criticism to offer as 10
flavor. texture, or appearance" Is the
second question.
II have. In my opinion, the uasheen'
would be more successful If he could De
raised without whiskers."
Would you have it served on your
own table If 1t were on the marketE Is
question three.
Il would not. 1t is too new. You
don't know our cook"
In spite OF the few unfavorable re-
niles that have come in response to Mr.
FairchiId's inquiry, the "dasheen" Is
running well ahead Of the opposltion
over half of the answers received thus
far are favorable. This was the hrst
public appearance of any extent tnat
the "dasheen' has made on an American
table, and the verdict Of the Geographic
Society banquet will go far in de-
Gliding the future Of the outlandish plant
in this country.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Nixon Reelected Senator;
Will of People Obeyed

Senator Nixon of Nevada has been re-
elected to the Senate under unusual cir
cumstances. Though a Republican, he
has been elected by a Democratic leg
islature. He received the majority of
votes under the Oregon plan, and the
members OF the legislature for the most
part had signed pledges to abide by the
result. The outcome was that though
the legislature was Democratic, the Will
of the people was respected and Senator
Nixon chosen without the least friction.
Governor Tasker l. Oddie, OF Nevada,
has written a letter to Senator Nixon,
forwarding his commission and congrat-
ulating him. Governor Oddie is a Re-
DublicaQ-
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
TALK OF ENFORCING
VOTE ON LOR|MER
Definite Senate Action to
Avoid Public Feeling
k Regarded Best.

That a vote on Senator Lorimer will
be forced before the end Of this ses-
sion, in spite of the efforts at delay.
is the drift Of talk about the Senate
end Of the Capitol today.
This Is in contrast with the tone
voiced about the Senate a short time
ago. Then, the anti-Lorimer Senators
were showing signs of encouragement.
Senator Burrows, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections, has practically given his
word that there will be a vote. He can
give assurance for none but himself,
but as chairman of the committee his
assurance has more weight than other
wise.
Need of Final Action.
Numerous Senators, whether for Lori
mer or against him, feel that it would
hurt the Senate in the eyes of the
country not TO take vote and dispose
of the matter. Some of the most in
fuential pro-LoriCler ones on the COM
mittee are understood TO feel this way.
They may stand by Lorimer, but do
not think it wise to have the country
criticising the Senate for putting off
and dallying.
Generally speaking. Senators who
have made up their minds TO vote
against Lorimer, and Senators who are
Idlly lOI llllIl are lOT d NONC NAAio
session. Much of the disposition to
delay comes from Senators who have
not made up their minds. A few Of
the anti-Lorimer Senators are credited
with trying to block a vote, but by no
means all of them.
One of the interesting questions mat
arises in case Senator Lorimer should
be ousted Is what course he will take.
He might go back to Illinois and
submit his case to the people, in the
belief that he would be vindicated.
His difficulty would be that II he
should bo before a primary having ig-
nored that primary himself, he could
hardly insist on the Legislature being
bound by the primary.
Might Be Returned to House.
Senator Lorimer has firm grip on
his Congressional district, and he might
hold himself in public life by getting
returned to the House. In any event,
his enforced retirement would raise an
interesting question as to his political
future.
Senator Lorimer continues to be about
the Senate chamber while the discus
sion RACES. He walks in and out, SEEM
ingly cool and nonchalant, and not
concerned about the fight. Under the
surface, however, Mr.. Lorimer and his
friends are not so Complacent. HIS
attendance on the sessions while his
case is being discussed, is something ex-
tremely unusual.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Old Liebeg Workshop
Now to Be Preserved

The old chemical laboratory Of Gies-
sen University, where Llebig from 1924
to 1852 did his epoch-making work,
should be a shrine to all men of science.
and ii is now to be preserved as one.
According to a contemporary. commit
tee is going to acquire the premises
from the municipality and to preserve
them in perpetuity as a Liebig memorial
museum The interior will be restored
as a faithful reproduction of the old
laboratory, and will exhibit the history
Of chemistry in all its developments. 1t
in its day was the only place in the
world where important chemical ex-
periments could be performed and Wit
messed.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
No Commerce Court
Names Yet Confirmed

The commerce court appointments
were not confirmed by the Senate In ex-
ecutive session Thursday, though ex-
pected in some quarters.
The Judiciary Committee is still hold
ing I'M the nomination OF Judge Will
liam H. Hunt. 1t has reported on tne
other commerce court nominations but
combinations are delayed on account
of the delay in a report on Judge Hunt
The opposition to Judge Hunt continues
active, growing out of his leaning to-
ward the Amalgamated Copper Com
In Montana, but it is expected favor
able report will be made next Monday,
and after that the combinations Of the
court appointments will follow.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Paying Season on for
National GuardSmen

The opening season on paying Ma
tional Guardsmen of the District of
Columbia is on. Special Orders No. 4,
issued from headuarters, provide for
payment of troops as follows:
Second Battalion, Second Infantry, s
O'Clock, January 30. Center Market
armory; Signal Corps Company, 8
O'Clock, and First Battalion, Second In
fantry, $50, January 81, Center Market
armory; Second Battalion, First In
fantry' o'clock, Center Market ar
mory, and First Separate Battalion, 9
o'clock in its own armory, February
2; First Battery Field Artillery, s o'clock,
at its armory, and Third Battalion,
First Infantry, 9 o'clock, Center Market
armory, February 8: Third Battalion,
Second Infantry, o'clock, and First
Battalion, First Infantry, 8 o'clock,
Center Market armory February s.
All hours named are postmerilian
The companies will be paid in their
alphabetical order
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Press Club Announces
Second Hobby Night

Next Tuesday night at the National
Press Club will mark the second hob
by night to be held since the forma-
ton of the club, and the board of gov
ernors has been successful in obtaining
the promises of five Of the leading men
of political, military and civil life to
give the members an exhibition of their
prowess in riding their favorite mounts.
The names which appear on the pro-
gram for this night are those Of the
Right Hon. James Bryce, British am
bassador; Secretary of the Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh, Governor Wood
row Wilson, of New Jersey; Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, U. S. A, and DR.. Will
liam H. WelCh.
The first hobby night" was held a
year ago, when Uncle Joe" Cannon,
Champ Clark, Commander Robert E.
Pea-y, Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, Clifford
Pinchot, and Prof. Willis Moore were
the speakers. This event was such a
success that it was decided to make it
an annual event.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Kaiser Is Fifty-tWo;
Germany Pays Tribute

BERLIN, Jan. N.-National celebra-
tions upon an extensive scale today
marked the fifty-second birthday ami
yersary Of Emperor William. TIE deums
were chanted throughout the empire In
honor of the monarch, military reviews
were held and many municipal celebra-
tions conducted During the day the
Emperor received congratulatory mes
sages from nearly all the rulers Of Eu-
ro9e. This evening the anniversary was
made the occasion for an unusually
Magis Flute," at the Royal Opera
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Would Limit Shooting
Game From AirS1ips

Legislation regarding the carrying of
lights on aeroplanes, and limiting the
shooting of game from the, heavier
than-air machines is today being dis
cussed in the California Legislature,
according to dispatches received from
the Pacific coast State.
The bills were introduced by Assem-
blyman Fitzgerald and Senator Wolfe
They are thought to be the first of the
kind ever introduced in any legislative
body.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Alumni Reunion.

The Western Reserve University has
received the congratulations of Presi-
dent Taft on its growth. At the annual
reunion OF the alumni association held
last night at the Cosmos Club. Presi-
dent Taft's letter was read. several
addresses were delivered during the
course OF the meeting.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Talk on Merchant Marine,

Representative William E. Humphrey
of Washington will address the Com
mercial Club tonight upon merchant
marine matters. Tonight is CLUB
night" weekly occasion for which the
entertainment.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
Leaps From Window.

BALTIMORE, Jan. N.-Investigation
"a being made today of the death of
Mrs. Mary Ferguson, who committed
suicide by jumping from the seventh
story of the Church Home and Infirm-
ary. where she was patient. Nearly
every bone in the woman's body was
broken.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27
STEAMSHIPS

At an average cost of less than 2Sc
every enc can use The Times Want
Ads To advantage,
The Washington times., 1911-01-27

Made only By Swift Z Company. U. & A.
The Washington times., 1911-01-27

est efficiency was expected, but it would
also be unjust to the Government and
to the clerk next in line found to be
capable of giving the Government the
kind Of service for which 1t was paying
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-25
WOULD USE scHooLHousEs. David M. Lackie of Bridgeport seska Permission to Hold Meetings oi WorIinsmen in Structures.

The question of using the Bridgeport public school buildings for educational work, besides holding daily sessions of the schools in them, was put squarely up to the board of education Monday night by lengthy petition from David M Lackie, representing the socialist party of the Twelfth district.
 He cited the desire of the working people to use them for gatherings in which to discuss public questions and the like, and said all the people were students as we'll as the children. MT. Lackie called attention to the fact that the buildings, having an appraisal of $1,500,0Uo. were used scarcely 12,00e hours out of the S7,000 in the entire year. One-third of the total tax raised was expended in these buildings, and he claimed. that the working class paying this bill was entitled to the use of these buildings, the same as is permitted in other places. He pro- tested against the policy of exclusive ness adopted by tho board few years ago in deciding that they must be used for school purposes only.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-25
aEb MEN.


 Thfoush theif .visit to Harftcrd last seSss s slass ss'isa initietion tS fSfss insmbszs sometSinf = of sescisl istSreet {o reaa1s et tho next mseting of tho trfbe n describing the fne work NEnich tney saw done in the degrsee; insy tCC. of the class of 15U which WAS duly led into the mysteries of the 1. Q. R. M.
 Althou&h 1t was true tkat the Great Incohof,ee had a heap biz medicine man If t1ie homo In Houston. TSx.. and could not leave the frontier tQ attend the b,tf fhere were 1axa1nores and sAchems and braves and p4l6eceb and about everyth4nf if tf1e human C0nnecttcut iino exc4Gt DduxsW0 on hand. MembeTs of the finpfpv6d 0raef of H6d Men wsre on hand. from a4 over the colony. Al! ef the EiewsIs e1 @ fns 2rdsr rl Tn , sRe cial1y rspresentsd and about all the rest wers ufionacially feprese4ted- The totAl number of braves on hand was very close to sse. arsst incSncRss @ a'ss with pnsumdnia and had tele9faDhed a day in advancs that he was unable " dfeat sschetn H. J. Hopkins called the meeting to order: Hs and hts staR of Sreet chisfs opened the cere- monies which progressed to the con serrins ef ddsTsss. , Nsudua,hssas d., ffiss. ss 2 saoption de9sss ts;I @attzses.stt ses,ng5fsd dfsA that of warriors and Compounce tfiSe. No. 15. of Bristol exemp1ified that of
 Great Senior ssgamore Carl Foster of Bffdgeport, Great Junior 9agamcr0
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-25
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 Tho pofnt is sasn1inG1Y Ms1T t6ken that II paSxinK 1nch a1 0rdi4ance tho coliuA l1 ukurpfnG th6 dz[Ef86 Of the b94t4 o3 At61th IT 3E4Qfnent j4 n nese se ot s es sss s,sx si s IF IF sses n6Srss os fAld occnp6hts q m honse M en- dan$ete4. oMinE perhAp4 A0 tlie pfes- ence q dige6se, q present which may have infected the house B4sin1 t91edr Ar9ument on these spass tss aedanss sasss tsf se ts isEs % sl ton would fsbalve itseif into a mat tor to be attended to by the board of health, in whom the power is vested to act In such circumstances.
 At the meeting of the council last GMphday evening at which lime Cosii1- dat1on and the council appfo76d Of 1t by vote to refer the matter to the corporation counsel with Instructions to him to draft Such an ortlinance. The presence of bugs or Yermin in under the paper was the pEincipai such an ordinance in this. city. The point was also brought out that in New Ybfk city and other places ordinances of this character were in vogue and were rigidly enforced.
 It Is understUod that some pres some M Of file -1 msmSers of the councii to vote against the passake of this ordinance aut the outcome of the mat ter is being awaited with interest.