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The Washington times., 1911-10-08
Secretary to Commissioners
Has One Coming and It's
Worrying Him.
BE ANIMAL,
AGAIN MAY NOT
"shall l Keep Ii in Parlor or
Pasture?" Official
Asks Self.

say what's a Wizick, anyhow?
Ihats the question just now causing
sleepiess nights to DIR. William Tindall
secretary to the Commissioners, dean
or the officials OF the District of Co
iumbia, and for forty years past n
prominent officer in every one of the
many governments that have reigned
over Washington-a question filling him
WIN perplexity that makes his prob
!en OF soothing the thirty-seven Citi-
zChs Associations seem as easy as
guessing the fake puzzle In a patent
medicine "ad."
say what is a Wizick, anyhow he
hervously questioned a Times man.
Oh' yes he explained, as he noted
MS Victims surprised survey of his
hair dtsheveled and cravat awry, IT
know l haven't got the debonair bear
ing that usually marks me on Sunday,
but It's all this Wizick business. I've
been sitting up all night with that
question like a hoodooed man in a
poker game. and my last state is worse
than my first. Don't know what a
Wick is. you say? Well, If Times
man don't know the answer. l guess I'll
have to keep on digging myself-and
I'm going to dig II out IL 1t takes till
ground-hog day.
Troublesome Message.
You see. it's like this" The doctor
got frner grip on the buttonhole
drew ii out Of the current of street
travel, and anchored in the peaceful
eddy OF doorway.
You remember Jim Scott. 'Scottie'
We used to call him? Oh, Of course,
you don't. When Scottie left here
years ago you were spending all your
infant energies trying to get your toe
in your mouth. But he and / were
chums, and I've just got this cablegram
from him." The doctor pulled out a
formidable looking message from his
inside pocket and handed 1t to The
Times man.
You see it's dated Manila and
reads: Am sending you by steamer
only one in existence. Make prepara-
tior for Its reception Now" continued
the doctor wrinkling his brows In
manner that evidenced high-speed
analytic activity, what's a man going
10 do in a case like this? First things
tn find out what a Wick is, amt II ?
Else he wouldn't know whether to hire
a pasture or build an addition to the
hen coop or buy a new center table to |
set It on in the parlor, would he? Now
got this message late yesterday after |
noon and after dinner l set myself down |
10 look up WiZiCks I've got a splendid |
library and / didn't think I'd have a |
minutes trouble in running down a 1T !
tie two-syllabled thing like a Wick; |
would you:
well, 1 started in continued the !
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been given instructions to enforce the
new regulation, and the order will
doubtless be carried out with all rea-
sonable diligence. 1t certainly ought
to be.
Taking down the billbOards is one
of those obvious things that it would
be supposed might have commanded at
tention long ere this at the hands of
the municipal administration. Perhaps
this especial Disagreement has become
SO nearly universal in America that it
is looked upon as inevitable, like a
wart on ones nose. A man riding from
here to New York on a railroad train
would be quite justified in getting the
impression that the only crop to which
real effort was addressed was that of
advertising signs. In a country in
which everything from Niagara Falls
to Pixies Peak is seized, or attempted
to be seized, by the enterprising press
agent as a background for his purpose
of selling a patented speciality, it is
small wonder that the streets of Wash
ington should particularly commend
themselves as opportunity for appeal
to tourists whose particular business is
to stop, look, and listen. All the more
reason, then, why the beauties of
,hould be saved from this
particular sort of commercialization.
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as to snatch the laurel from the brow
of the conquerOr or conquered that
stood under the apple tree at Apo
mattoX."
We are in accord with this sentiment
so far as the question of valor is con-
cerned, they were Americans and there
was no difference in their bravery, in
dividually or collectively, but we do
pluck from them their claim that Sc
cession was justiflable, and more We
fail to see where there was any glory
attached to their cause: If there Is glory
in treason, yours was a glorious cause;
II treason is right, you were right.
We firmly believe that Congress at
the close of the war should have passed
stringent law prohibiting the display
of the Stars and Bars to public view:
on the other hand, however, we do not
question your right to revere the flag
under whose folds fought and fell the
bravest of the brave. We believe 1t
right that you should treasure your
flag and it's memories, but keep 1t with
in your Southern homes, and by your
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NOT ALL CONFEDERATES
APPROVED SECESSION?
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TINES:
70 those who bore a part as soldiers
in the great struggle in this country
half a century ago, the current discus
sion of it, for the most part by those
who were not in it, is interesting, tire
some, or eXasperating, according to the
spirit or attitude of the writer. The
middle class of people in the North in
lo5l were a much larger portion of the
population than those in the South, and
SO were not as easily led or controlled
by so few leaders as those in the South
L have at various tines been associated
with the people of all sections Of this
great country, and lcng ago concluded
that those who supposed themselves to
be different from the reoplc, Nof any
other section, except for their environ
ment. are mistaken.
Nest Of the people, North and South,
refer to Confederate soldiers as having
fought for what they thought was right.
which 1 think Is assuming too much.
Soldiers generally IN all time have
fought as desired by kings and princes
or other leaders, and not according to
their own inclination or convictions of
right and wrong. It should not be over
looked that whenever In the South the
people had a chance to vote on the
question Of secession a majority were in
most cases found to be opposed 10 IL.
and there is nothing tc warrant the
supposition that tEey thought differ
emily, when they Joined the Confederate
army or thereafter. With charity for
all.
Al VETERAN OF THREE YEARS
SERVICE AT THE FRONT.
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SURPRISING THE BILLBOARD
NIGHTMARE.

If there is any town in the country
that ought to be immune to the bill
board nuisance it is Washington. This
city is presumed to be maintained with
an ever present concern for the main
tenance of the esthetic ensemble.
Money is invested in broad avenues
that ought to be uniformly attractive.
but that a man from Mars might in
some cases suspect of being mere set.
tings for the hideous panorama of
proclamation in behalf of peculiarly
virtuous laundry soaps, So shoes, safety
razors, and predigested cereals.
Wherefore some satisfaction must be
entertained, anent the determination of
the District Commissioners that the
billboards shall be gradually elimi-
mated. The purpose is not to DESTROY
what mayhap should be called vested
interests in existing plants. Billboards
now standing may remain; but the
signs now on them may not be replaced
by Others, and new ones, in other loca-
tions, may not be erected.
If this program is strictly adhered
to it will not be long before the town
will be relieved of the grotesque incon-
gruity that mars SO many of its most
attractive sections. The police have
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Riordan Going AWay.

Forrest H. Riordan, for fifteen years
connected with the advertising stafYs
Of Washington newspapers, leaves the
city today to accept a position as
advertising man on a Philadelphia
newspaper. Mr.. Riordan is a WASH
part Of his life here. He win be joined
by his family on November /. He is a
member Of the Washington Ad CIub
and connected with several fraternal or
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
Stolen Automobiles
Are Found in Mall

Automobiles reported stolen from E.
R. 8. Embrey, of 1852 Kilbourne street
northwest, and Alfred Muelheisen, OF
Kenyon street, were found this morning
abandoned in the Mall and the police
are now hunting the parties that in
dulged in joy riding in the machines.
The cars were taken while Embrey
was attending a theater and Muelheisen
was dining at a downton restaurant last
night. Passersby say they saw a gay
crowd of young men and girls climb
into two automobiles answering the de-
scriptions Of the machines that disap-
peared. 1t is believed that one Of the
automobiles was taken to Baltimore
and back before 1t was finally abandon-
ed in the Mall this morning.
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Queer Gift Is Sent by Jim"
Scott From Philippine
Islands.
CABLEGRAM BRINGS
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Search for the Secret Will Be
Diligently Pursued by
Washingtonian.

cabled me from New Zealand a couple
OF years ago that he'd sent me an
orn1thorynchus I thought II was a joke
until the thing came: 1t was an Orni-
the part; it's family name was duck
pilied platypus," and II had a head like
duck and a hairy body like a coon,
and tall like beaver; and It spent most
OF Its time under water, like a fish.
you'll find him in the dictionaries, all
right.
Scottie's Freaks.
And what makes me think there's a
real Wizick coming, Is that Scottie al
ways was a crank on freak animals.
remember when he got the chicken-farm
fever, that every man gets some time o.
life, like whooping cough and measles,
instead of getting some sensible eggs. he
laid in about hundred of these double
yolk fellows and put 'em In his incu-
bator, and all he obtained In the hatch
ing was a four-legged rooster and a hen
that crowed like fog-horn. Then Scot
tie swore he'd make a success of 1t!
When the Belgian hare epidemic
gripped the country, Scottie got him a
little place out in Brightwood-he knew
BrightWood folks were gentle and
would put up with most anything.
Then he got a few specimens and a
couple Of chafing dishes and started in
TO cross the Belgian hare with the
Welsh rabbit! But even a Brlghtwood
mans got his limits and when Mayor
Shoemaker brought around the Citi-
zens' Association and unanimously in
formed Scottie that every facility for
that sort of work was offered at the
house behind the wall over on the hill
above Anacostia, and they'd cheerfully
finance proceedings in court to get him
a permit to move over, Scottie got in
q hum, left Brightwood, and planted
over Chevy Chase way.
Gets Disgusted.
said there were just dead loads
of wild flowers there, and he was going
to make a fortune in honey by crossing
the bee with the lightning bug, SOS he'd
work all night. But c. C. Lancaster
brought the Citizens Association around
and informed Scottie they'd all gone
broke in that very business; cause the |
bug part slept all day and the bee part |
all night. Then Scottie got disgusted, |
and said there wasn't any enterprise in |
this blasted Eastern country and |
started for the West: kept going West |
until he got East again. over in the |
Orient And he's been travelling around |
Asia and the Philippines ever since.
Anyhow" concluded the doctor. look |
ing much relieved from having unbur-
dened himself If there's anything |
known anywhere about Wizicks. it's |
known in Washington, and I'm going to
dig IL up this week. Next Sunday I'll |
give you all the information about |
Wizicks that a man needs in ordinary |
business"
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doctor. mopping his brow. I've been at
1t ever since, taking out time for meals,
and II / wasn't too completely lost I'd
say ! was farther from WiZicks now
than when started. I've been through
everything in the animal, mineral. and
vegetable Kingdoms, and / can't find a
fur or fin or a feather. or whatever 1t Is,
a WiZiCk wears-not even a finger print,
that Captain Boardman might chase
down for me.
And / went at it systematically, too.
commenced with the serpent In the
Garden Of Eden and worked straight
down through 'em all to the last
nature-fakir animal that DR.. Long had
in last Sundays supplements. | was
just going through the list of creatures
in the clearance papers of Noah's Ark
when my wife called down that II was
time to put out the cat; that meant 1t
was II o'clock: called back that
hadn't found II yet but was now at
work at IT, and she snapped back down
the stairs: why, william, You know
it's in front of the kitchen range:
what's the matter with you. anyhow?
Then / woke up; Id been so wrapped
UP in Wizicks that I'd forgotten about
the cat that I haven't had to be re-
minded putting out at eleven n single
night for twenty years. That shows
you what this Wizick business was do
ing to me, see?
Curator Is Curt.
81 thought I'd call up Curator Black
burn out at the Zoo. didn't want TO
show my ignorance. so 1 asked. in a
casual way, what he did for his Wizicks
out there when they got home sick;
that mine was depressed and In bad
neaIth-and right then he snapped the
receiver back on the hook. rema rking
something about Good health though
1 couldn't hear the 'th' on the end OF
the last word
I'D begin to believe there wasn't any
such thing as a WiziCk II Scottie hadn't
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WOULD PROHIBIT DISPLAY
OF STARS AND BARS"

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
The great struggle between the States
terminated in April, 1865; forty-six
years have come and gone since the
curtain was rung down on the most
causeless war Of history. and the uni
versal motto of our people should be
one country, one flag. But 1t is trav-
esty on loyalty for Southern people to
talk of a united country and their love
for the flag, and at the same time pay
all their homage to the Stars and Bars.
A Senator has said: Nobody can
take away the glories of either side;
man might as well attempt to scale the
heights of Jehovah and pluck from
heavens diadem Gods brightest star,
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
Mother Thinks Missing
Boy Will Come Back

Believing that her son will return
when he learns that he is not to be
tried by the Juvenile Court for tres
passing on the grass in Judiciary
Square, Mrs. E. A. Mitchell today de-
clined to ask the police to search for
the missing boy.
Edward Mitchell, aged thirteen, ran
off yesterday after he had been ar
rested, along with Frank Royal, 265 F
street northwest, while shooting mar
bles on the grass. Franks case was
dismissed and the park policeman who
made the arrest was Iectured by Judge
De Lacy for bringing the boys into
court.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
Central Labor Union
To Elect Delegates

One of the most spirited elections held
by the Central Labor Union in years is
scheduled for tomorrow night, when a
delegate to the American Federation of
Labor from the central body Is to be
chosen.
Two candidates, each representing the
strongest labor unions In the city, are in
the field. F. c. Roberts, president of
Columbia Typographical Union, Nc. 1O1,
Is bein gopposed by Charles T. Smith,
editor Of the Plate Printer, and a mem-
Der Of the Plate Printers' Union.
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LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG

a writ frankly
IN do
the m o gdfa It the name nj b public
the I the AddrssM
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Legion Meets Tuesday.

Ladies' Union Veteran Legion, AuxL
Hilary No. 80. win held it's next meeting
Tuesday, October 10, 1T H9 Tenth street
northwest SEusiness Of importance will
be consldercd
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II Colonel Armes wins his suit for o
cents against the street car company,
the courts will establish special sessions
tc handle the similar contests that will
follow.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08

Tq the absence of the great Wash
ingfon Memorial Auditorium, the Ma
sonic Temple Is doing what it can
as Q substitute and is very acceptable.
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SUNDAY. OCTOBER s, 1911.

Lbuis P. Shoemaker has the right idea
in expressing confidence in the country's
sentiment in favor OF a great Capital
Ciiy.
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The net total circulation of The Washington
Times (daily) during the month OF September
was 1.4O7.412. all copies left over and returned
beihg eliminated. This number, when di-
vidsd by Is. the number OF days of publica-
ton shows the net daily average for Sep
ten1ber to have been 81 1Sl
September, 1911, includes 2s.1n9 extra pa
pers sold on labor Day and 80, SS6 extra pa
pers (Beatte verdict sold on September g.
Deducting these figures the average net cir
culation for September is shown TO have been
s., l,fsS.
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The work of the campaign committees
is beginning to show in the local post
office receipts, which showed in Sep
tember an increase of 2.07 per cent over
last year.
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streets northwest is one of the most ac-
cessible in the city, and q large at
tendance may confidently be expected.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
Sunday.

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times Sunday during the month of septem-
Der was 1S5.60o, all copies left over and re-
turped by agents being eliminated. This
number, when divided by 4, the number OF
Sundays during September. shows the net
Sunday average for September to have been
Ie. 4oo
Entered at the Postoffice at Washington,
d. C., second class matter.
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SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION.
nRhIV

The number Of complete and perfect copies
Of 9he Washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month of September was as follows:
The Washington times., 1911-10-08

The delimitation of the bill poster has
begun. No more billboards may be
erected and the present ones may exist
only as long as the Commissioners so
will it.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08

The Washington undertaken does not
take kindly to the name of "Mortician. &"
And If the truth must be known, no
one else sees the direct need for this
new coinage.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08

The treasures of the new National
Museum viii be open henceforth on
Sundays from i to 4:S0 p. m, and will
thus afford the general public an ex-
|eellent opportunity to enjoy it when
they would be unable to do so during
he wed The location at Tenth and 3
The Washington times., 1911-10-08

The women now are taking a hand in
.hei universal transfer game. The rail-
way companies have a fine opportunity
10 be chivalrous by granting transfers
without a fight.
The Washington times., 1911-11-05
Il. N. COUDREY, ONE
time CONGRESSMAN,
NOW UNDER ARREST
Former Member From Mis-
souri, Accused of Fraud
by Government.

Department Of Justice agents have ar
rested former Congressman Harry M.
Coudrey, who represented the Twelfth
Missouri district In the House In the
Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses. and
who Is a well-known figure In WASH
ington. The arrest was made in New
York yesterday on the strength of an
Indictment In ST. Louis by the Federal
grand jury. Coudrey and eight others
are charged with using the mails with
intent to defraud in connection with the
Continental Life Assurance Company
and the International Fire Assurance
Company. of both OF which he was at
one time president.
.udrey's affairs in Ugh finance are
quite familiar to people of Washington.
At one time he is alleged to have useo
letter heads of the House OF Represen-
tatives in promoting the Lincoln Ma
tional Holding Company of America, a
SIT. 0OO enterprise. He has NOT given
this enterprise up, and has been In New
York of late trying to interest investors
in Il, and planning, II Is said, on remov-
ing II from Washington to New York.
Coudrey Is forty-four years old, and
twice married. Friends of Coudrey in
sist there is some mistake about his in.
dictment.
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.M|[ANO IN TEARS
when HIS FAMILY
SEES HIM IN CELL
Alleged Murderer Tries to
Convince Children All
Will End Well.

Tears streamed Tony MilanosN face
when he saw his wife and children last
evening at the District jail. The
italian. held for the murder of Harry
Elton Smith, talked to his wife, and IN
soft tones tried to make his baby boy
understand that all would be well in
the end. Maggie and Jimmie, the two
oldest children, crowded to the cell
door, and talked to their papa.
Mrs. Milano carried Tony something
to eat, diSh Of macaroni, which is his
/ favorite food. Some bananas were
purchaser by the little, girl from a fell
! low countryman Just as they ap-
preached the jail and these were given
Tony.
Before being admitted to see her
husband Mrs. Milano and two older
children were cautioned not to refer to
her condition at home. for fear that
Tony might brood over II and cause
trouble In the jail. His family spent
Little Jimmie says he doesn't believe
his father killed the Smith boy, and so
does Maggie. the little girl. After see
ing Se consnce sne y ss ability hsS to
prove his innocence when tried.
AS a result of the meeting, Mrs.
Milano promised her husband she would
remain in the city city .I,s at least ~, month t,
help her she will stay through his trial,
before going to Brooklyn to live with
Jimmie. the little boy, said that his
and took the baby away 1t would make
cruelty of his confinement. He ex-
pressed a feeling that the sympathy OF
boy would brace his nerves when the
time came to stand trial.
The Washington times., 1911-11-05
Three Horses Burned
To Death in Stables

Three horses were burned to death
and half a dozen narrowly escaped
that fate in a fire at the stables of
Peck Adams. hauling contractor. in
the rear of Seaton place northeast,
this morning.
The blaze was well under way be-
fore 1t was discovered by a stable
hand. His cries for help brought Pc
destrians and nearby residents to the
scene. Efforts were made to lead the
horses from the stable. Blinded by
smoke, the animals refused to bulge
them SIX wv Were ~ saved deTFh eThe otHers %eIs
could not be led out, and their would
be rescuers were driven to the street
by the heat.
Firemen arrived in time to save the
buildings from destruction. The dam
age to the stables and a shed next
owned by j. A. Laumar is estimated
at $55, The horses were valued at
from $50 to SIS each. \
The Washington times., 1911-11-05
New Flag Presented to
Playground Children

A. new nat floats this morning from
the peak OF the fiagpole at the Mt.
Pleasant Fairgrounds. 1t was presented
yesterday afternoon to the playground
children by the Gov. Thomas Welles
Society. of the Children Of the American
Revolution.
The new flag is the third memorial
banner given by the Society, organised
in April, 1909, by Mrs. Clayton Emig.
and another viii lbe presented soon to
the Hubbard School children.
Two hundred children marched to the
playground for the presentation exer.
cises. opened by singing Of america"
and prayer by the Rev. II. 8. Pinkham,
Of the Baptist Church. Miss Florence
Kent, directress Of the playground, pre-
sided.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Mrs. EN-
ig, president, and Mrs. J. 8. Enslow.
Vice president, Of the Coy Thomas
history Of the nag. Edgar 8. Martin.
secretary of the washington Play
ground Association, also made an ad-
dress.
The Washington times., 1911-11-05
ALEXANDRIA CHIEF
WARNS BICYCLISTS
Riders Who Garry Extra Passenger Will Be Arrested
,s.. Under Law Passed About twenty-five
+ ~ .s..,. ~. ..@... Years Ago

10 about sixty-five years Of age, the old
est man on the force.
The funeral of Mrs. 8. r. Vaughan
was held from the family residence at
Lincolnia, Fairfax county, at 2 o'clock
this Afternoon, services being conduct
ed by the Rev. w. r. Langford, pastor
OF the Second Baptist Church.
Walter u. Varney, referee in bank
ruptcy for the Columbia Cotton OIL and
Provision Company, of Relee. Alexan-
dria county, yesterday received the
claims filed by various creditors, at a
special meeting held In the United
States court room.
r. E. Lee Camp of Confederate Vet
Grams will meet tomorrow evening.
The dinner and supper to be given
for the benefit Of the Alexandria Anti
tuberculosis Society, Thursday next,
will be held at the Young People s
Building in Washington street. instead
OF at Lee Camp hall, as originally
planned.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Finnell have
issued invitations to friends to Join
with them in the celebration Of their
twentieth Wedding anniversary on No
vember 13, at their home, 116 South Lee
street.