The Washington times., 1911-08-27


popular.
The record shows that the sane Fourth
once more reduced the number of
deaths and injuries as compared with
previous years. And toward this end
Washington contributed her full part.
The Indian Head experiments show
that the new gun invented by Admiral
Twining has a greater range than any
airship that has ever flown, so there
seems nothing to do but to learn to
soar higher or use armOr plate.
The Importance of the Government
aviation school at College Park, as one
OF the sights of the Capital. grows
daily. The school will have seven ma
chimes by October l. and the number
will be increased to fifteen before next
summer.
While so many young girls are break
ing swimming records in every bay and
inlet on both coasts. Carl Carrick and
Edward J. Ford, out at the Municipal
Bathing Beach, are valiantly uphold
ing the honor Of their sex and of the
District.
The children Of the Columbia Heights
playground have at last come to the
sad realization that they can play there
no longer. The youngsters have been
reading a big sign at the playground,
which DEGREES that they must vacate
September %.
The many friends of Deputy Clerk
Charles Beirne, of the Juvenile Court,
are boosting him heartily as successor
to the late Joseph Harper. They are
urging his qualifications as shown by
his work as deputy and the ability he is
showing as acting clerk a. present.
There is to be no lull in the crusade
for strict observance of the Sunday
laws in Maryland. Rev. w. w. Davis,
secretary of the Lords Day Alliance
of the State. addresses two meetings
on the subject today. He is being as
sisted by Rev. J. w. R. sumwalf, of
Washington.
The exhibit of Southern products
which Senator Fletcher of Florida has
planned for the Capital for October will
present in a striking and convincing
manner the wealth and progress Of
that section Of our common country.
The exhibit will attract thousands Of
interested visitors next fall.
And now are we to begin the fall
by having trouble with the heating
plants? The rumor runs that such may
be the case with the Armstrong Colored
Manual Training School, which may
o1Il
comes on account Of the lack Of heating
facilities The investigation should be
thorough.
Col. Edward A. keeler is just as
courageous in the declining years Of
his life as he was at the front in the
EOS. 1t appears the coloners injuries
in the Manchester wreck were received
while rescuing an unfortunate woman,
and the gallant old soldiers friends to-
day have the assurance that he will
speedily recover.
In the death of Sergt. Patrick Ford,
Indian fighter, civil war veteran, and
for the last twenty years gatekeeper at
the Park road gate at the Soldiers
Home, the District loses one of its in
teresting and unique characters. Sew
enty-nine years old, he had been a SOL
der for twenty-eight years, had organ
tzed three Grand Army posts. and had
seen service from Maine to Alaska.
The departure of DR.. w. F. r. Phil
lips, who goes to Mobile to accept the
chair Of anatomy in the University Of
Alabama, is a matter of deep regret
fo a large circle of friends As dean
OF the George Washington Medical
School. he was very popular. and in
Knights Of PythIas circles he ranks