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The Washington times., 1911-02-22

You ask me wy go away
An leave da bootblack stand all day
L~tella you: | finda NE
A front seat in da gallerie,
An maybe eef / watch da clock
I hear da Meester Baila talk.
I lax to hear da Baila talk:
Sometime my seat ees hard as rock;
But eef eet ees I nevvar frown,
Until da Baila ees sect down.
You nevvar hear da Baila, Boss?
You suffer wat you say ees loss.
Da Baila ees one granda man.
He shaka da head an pound da han
An eef he speak eet low or loud,
He win da Bravo of da crowd.
An eef da pape say Baila speak,
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
PRESERVE JOAQUIN MILLER'S
LOG CABIN.

The movement set on foot last night
by the Columbia Historical Society to
preserve the log cabin built and oc-
cupied by Joaquin Miller on Sixteenth
street should meet with hearty sup
port, not only OH the part of Cali
fornians resident here, but also by the
people of the District at large 1t is
not often recalled that "the Poet of
the Sierras" is, by birth, one of the
tuneful choir whom Indiana has given
to the world, for it was in the Wabash
district that he was born in lS4l. He,
OF course, belongs more peculiarly to
the life of the far West. He was one
of those who followed Immediately
after the Argonauts of Forty nine, and
if he failed to accumulate much wealth
he at least succeeded in absorbing the
free. open life of the Pacific slope, and
acquiring mastery of the moods of
the impressive peaks and canyons.
There is something fresh and orig
inal in his earlier work, at least,
and it is not entirely strange that, like
Poe and Lanier, he found his first and
greatest appreciation abroad.
His adventurous career covers his
participation in the Walker filibuster.
ing expedition to Nicaragua, an early
visit to the KIondike, service as a
Judge, and partially successful efforts
to practice as an attorney. He found
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

Da beega crowd get ready queek.
An some ees ride an some ees walk.
But all to hear da Baila talk.
He es wat you call orator:
An wenn he speak no one ees stir.
A man wat sect behind my back
He say: "Ees Danna Web come backo'
An nicea lady wipe ia eye
She look to me as eef she cry.
| donna how eet he can do
But wat he say eet sure ees true.
An eef my leetle Tone grow beeg,
He sell orange, banan an feeg,
I tax heem to da gallerie
An let heem sect close up by me
An ecf bimeby we watch da clock
Maybe, he too, hear Baila talk
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
Wills ST, 900 and Costly
Diamond to Old Friend

In remembrance Of their lifelong
friendship, Myra s. Walker, of Moline,
ILL.,, is left 5000 in cash and a costly
diamond crescent pin in the will Of the
late Mrs. Lucy G. Williams. filed with
the Register of Wills. Mrs. Williams
left an estate of about 5000, including
ten pieces of diamond ieweIry. given to
her sister Mrs. Helen Conant. and two
nephews, uanry p Merwin and Samuel
Marwin. attorney Thomas B. Huyck
filed the will.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
PENSIONS FOR THOSE
WHO REALLY NEED THEM
IN the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF The llMES.
Permit me to indorse the letter of a
Soldiers Home inmate, and to go him
one better. 1t seems to me that If had
an annual income of even $500 I'd be a
long time asking the Government for a
pension. l can understand how man
who has served twenty-five or thirty
years in the army, ard who has no In
come can accept retiring pension. But
for men with an income of $1,000, and
more, to ask or receive any pension is
past my old-fashioned conception of a
man. l am well onto three score and
ten quite disabled for physical labor,
and $12 per month / consider quite
measly support from a grateful coun-
try" My wife, too, is past three score,
and naturally falling into disability. Let
Congress appoint a committee to dis
cover how two people can live on $12
per month.
AN OLD SOLDIER.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
CURB THE FOOD TRUSTS
IN THE CANADIAN PACT

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
Is there any clause inserted in the
reciprocal agreement with Canada that
prevents the so-called Food trusts from
controlling the output of products from
canada that would come in duty free?
II Is the hope of the American peo-
PIE that this agreement will bring down
tne 1000 prices in this country, but il
there is a flaw or il is left out of this
Dill Il. e., means of protection against
any such calamity, there is absolutely
no reason as far as l am able to judge,
1or having this bill pass Congress. /
am sending this letter to you and your
paper because I know that The WASH
inston Times has always stood by the
people and for the people, and will
continue to do so.
JOHN LEWIS HINES,
l5O1 Eleventh street northwest.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
AmuSements

National-"United States Minister Bed
Ioe," 2:15 and SIS p. m.
-"Everywoman," 2:I5 and Sis
p. IN
Columbia-"The Maestro's Masterpiece"
2:15 and Sis p. m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Flats" 2:I5 and
S:l5 p. m.
Chase's-Dustin Farnum and poIIts
vaudeville. 2:15 and Sis D. m.
Lyceum-"The Ducklings," 2:15 and s:I5
D. m.
Gayety-"Beauty Trust" 2:15 and Sis
d. m
Majestic-Vaudeville, 2:15 and Sis D. m.
Casino-Continuous vaudeville, 12:45 to
IL p. m.
Arcade-Midway attractions. afternoon
and evening.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
AS FATHER
OF ANTI-GRAFT POLICY

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
have read with much interest your
editorials upon the question of the ne
nessitv of increasing the salaries OF
Government clerks and quite fully APP
preciate all that you have said IN theiI
behalf, having at one time Deeh lhe
chief clerk of the United States, Patent
Office. and at a time when the only SUD
stantIal graft for Senators and Con
gressmen resided in the appointment OF
Government clerks, pOstmasters ana III
ternal revenue officers. This type oil
craft however. was very effectually cut
off by the late Hon. Carl SchurZ, the
father Of the civil service law.
In view of the position which you nave
taken in behalf of the underpaid clerI-
cal forces of the Government and OF the
fact that more profitable source of
graft has grown up, | am enclosing
herewith a copy of letter written by
General Washington. to his eNcellencE'
the governor of Virginia In 49,, whlch
disclOseS the fact that he-MasnlhSto
was not only the Father OF HIS Couh-
try." but was also unquestionably the
father of ''anti-graft.
l beg to inform you that am also
forwarding copy OF this leIter 10
every Senator ard Representative of the
their desks on the morning of the Z2d
day of February, the anniversary or
Washington's birthday. / also beg TO
state that ! am purposely leaving the
prefix Hon" from before the names OF
these public officials Gn addressing the
envelopes containing the copies of said
letter. in view of the fact that the
word HONORABLE lis used loosely"
in the United States, as l know and as
nv silent, truthful, daily companion
the Standard Dictiopary-states, leaving
It to the consciences of these officials to
settle in their own minds whether they
are HONORABLE gentlemen within the
intendment of this wonderfully patriotic
letter from General Washington.
| have to reqeust, therefore, that you
will publish this Washington letter on
the morning of the 22d and advise your
readers that a copy of the Same has
been put in possession of the Senators
and Members, as above stated, as a fit
ting remembrance of the day. BY a
strange coincidence Senator Lorimer of
Illinois proposes to argue the question
of the propriety of his election on that
day. 1t Is my earnest prayer that the
spirit of Washington may pervade the
Senate chamber when this matter comes
to a vote.
CHARLES ]. KINTNER.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
Capital 7 ales

newly
a
his reached
he is destned to become on the sde.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
New York City.

Letter from His Excellency General
Washington to the governor of Vir-
ginia, declining the acceptance of fifty
shares in the companies for opening
the navigation of the James and Po-
towmack rivers, which had been
vested to him by act of Legislature of
that Commonwealth, as a small ac-
acknowledgement of his merits and serv-
ices:
to transmit to me a copy of the act ap-
propriating to my benefit certain shares
in the companies for opening the navi-
CATION of the James and Potowmack
rivers, ! take the liberty of returning
the profound and grateful acknowledge
ments. inspired by so signal mark of
their beneficent intentions toward me-
81 beg you, sir, to assure them that
am filled on this occasion with every
sentiment which can flow from a heart
warm with love for my country-sensi-
BILE to every token of its appreciation
and affection-and solicitous to testify,
in every instance, a respectful submis-
sion to its wishes. With these senti-
ments in my bosom, 1 need not dwell
on the anxiety 1 feel in being obliged,
in this instance, to decline a favor,
which is rendered no less fattering by
the manner in which it is conveyed,
than II is affectionate in itself In eX-
planning this obligation l pass over a
comparison of my endeavors in the pub
lie service with the many honorable
testimonies of appreciation which have
already so far overrated and -overpaid
them--reciting one consideration only,
which supersedes the necessity of re-
curing to any other. When was first
called to the station with which / was
honored during the late conflict for our
the diffidence which had
so many reasons to feel in accepting il,
] thought 1t my duty to join 3 hrm
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

Readers Times are department
freely frankly
Objectionable will be denied publication Letters
one of he paper TIMES
Of
of
conseu of the cOntr rbutOrs
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
PORTO RICANS RESENT
THE JOHNSON CRITICISM

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In the issue of The Times of January
81. 1911. appears letter, or rather
very smalP' letter, by Mr.. W. T. John
son objecting very much to bill intro
duced in Congress some time ago asking
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

Emboldened by the project to revise
the Ten Commandments, a Connecticut
minister has now revised the Beatitudes,
on his own hook. But when he begins
with Blessed are those who rise early
Sunday morning the average reader
turns right on over to the sporting page.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

The little territory on the borderland
over which Russia and China are quar-
reling is so far from the centers of
civilization that 1t might almost be a
case of "fndance is havance.'
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

An heroic statue of the noble Red
Man is to be erected at the entrance of
New York harbor. To keep down envy
we SHOULD have the noble cowboy at the
entrance of the Golden Horn.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

Having disposed of ST. Valentine,
Bobbie Burns, George Washington,
Jackson, and Lincoln, the banquet world
waits impatiently for st. Patnck's to
bring the real thing.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

We are left to infer that a few weasel
words are to be exchanged in separate
documents in regard to the new jap
anese treaty.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

When it comes down to the facts,
wasn't it at Port Deposit that Father
George crossed the river on the ice?
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

In reference to the Hon. Washington
Gardiner. it is no exaggeration to say,
He's an right"
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
What's on the Program in
Washington Today.

CThe Times will be pleased to announce
meetings and entertainments i'm this
column. Phone or write announce
mentS.)
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

We fail to find any reference in the
Congressional Record to the efforts of
the gifted page who kept the dead
locked House in good humor.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

Here's a bit of cherry bounce to the
Father of His Country
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1911.
JANUARY CIRCULATION.
n1FIr

The number OF complete and perfect copies
Of The Washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month OF January was as follows:
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times daily during the month Of January
vas l,lSO, S35, all copies left over and re-
turned being eliminated. This number. when
Slyided by &c. the number of days OF pub
ncstion, shows the net daily average for
January to have been a. 263.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

The net total circulation of The Washington
lines 'Sundayl during the month Of Jan
uafy was l93. 36S all copies left over and re
turned by agents being eliminated. This
plumber, when divided by o. the number Of
sundays during January, shows the net Sun
Gay average for January to have been 1874.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
Sports.

Cross-country championship run at
Brightwood, at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

Total for the month. 224 337
sunday average for the month. A,SS7
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
Sunday,

he number OF complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed Sundays
euring the month of January was as follows:
January 1.......42.91O January 22.......43.2 29S
january S.......46,2 293 January 29.......A. $50
January l5.......47,l56
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

In each Issue Of The Times the circulation
figures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head OF the first page at the
left OF the date line.
Entered at the Postofrice at washlngton,
D. c, second class matter
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

otaI for the month. 29S, LOO
DAILY average for the month";. 4S.sl3
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24

traffic will be diverted from the main
streets of the city to give place to the
choral festival unique in the customs
of American cities.
Just after shutdown a hand concert
will open the fete Then a grand
opera company will give the chorus
from Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana Then will come the Christmas
hymn, THE First Noel by the choir
OF the Cathedral Mission church
which will be followed by Jan Kube-
Xix, the famous violiniss, with a Christ
mastide selection. A number of other
numbers will be rendered before the
finale of the fete when the thousands
who pack the streets will unite in q
great burst of melody with the strains
Of Come, All Ye Faithful.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24
ECZ z MI q
Also Called letter, Salt Rheum, Prur.
titus, MiIk-crust, Weeping
Skin, Etc.

ECZEMA CAN BE- CURED TO
STAY, and when say cured, | mean
lust what say-C-U-R-E-D, and net
merely patched :. for awhile. to re-
turn worse than before. Remember
make this broad statement after put
ting ten years of my time on this one
disease and handling in the meantime
quarter o; million cases of this
dreadful disease. Now, l do not care
what all you have used, nor how many
doctors have told you that you could
not be cured ! ask Is just a chance
to show you that know what ara
talking about. If you will write me
TODAY, I will send you FREE
TRIAL of my mid, soothing, guaran
teed cure that will convince you more
in a day than or anyone else could
la a months time. II you are dis
gusted and discouraged, / dare you tc
give me chance to prove my claims
| Bv writing me TODAY you will enjoy
more real comfort than you had eyel
| thought this world holds for You. JUS
| try it and YOU will see am tenins
| you the truth.
1 Or. j. e. cannady, 1860 Park Square
Sedalla, Mo.
References: Third National BAN,
4 Sedalia, Mo.
Could you do better act than to sent
! this notice to some poor sufferer
OF Eczema?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24
A Good Idea.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
In large cities contagious diseases
like diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid
fever as we'll as some others are al
ways endemic and liable at any time
to become epidemic, for the reason
that large number of people attend
ing school and especially children
who show no sign OF illness whatever
are germ carriers, their threats in the
case of diphtheria, containing a non
toxic to them, bacillus which cannot
be differentiated from the virulent
toxic Klebs-Loeffer diphtheretic bacil-
lus, and which may communicate the
disease to another who is rendered
susceptible from other cause.
The same is true of scarlet fever al.
though no one so far has been able to
isolate the specific germ. The same
is true of typhoid fever. There are
nearly always walking cases of ty'
phoid fever in every community
There are also germ carriers of this
disease who show no symptoms of i'll
ness, but who are capable of commune
eating the disease to others.
To be quarantined for scarlet fever
or diphtheria is a serious matter te
!, the average head OF family In
ninety-nine cases out of every one
hundred the patient contracts the in
! lection at school, thus subjecting the
! family to q long quarantine for some
thing they are in no way responsible
/ for. This being the case and to les
sen the chances Of inflicting this
hardship on families, it seems that i
should be the duty of the Board o
Health to see that each and ever.
school house in the city be subjected
to a thorough germ destroying fumi
cation at the end Of each week. Thi
procedure will certainly largely dimin
! ish the liability of spreading disease
lessen the liability Of an epidemi
and also OF inflicting serious hardship
on people who are i'll able to afford il
DIR. H. A. KINNAMAN.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24
ORDINANCE NO. ss7.

BE IT ORDAINED, BY the the city
council of the City of Keokuk, Iowa:
Section That beginning with Jan.
uary /, 1912. there shall be, and there
is hereby, levied against each person
dealing in alcoholic liquors as bev-i
erage, at retail, and against the pro-
erty in which such business is carried
on, tax of six hundred dollars per
annum, payable quarterly, at the same
time and in the same manner, as the
mulct tax. And the city clerk is here
by ordered to certify such tax to the
county auditor on the first of each
year.
Sec. 2. That beginning with Janu-
airy /, 1912, there shall be, and there
| is hereby. levied against each person,
! firm or corporation dealing in alcoho-
| lie liquors as a beverage, but not at
retail, and against the building in
which such business is carried ON, a
tax of one hundred dollars per an
mum to be collected at the same time,
and in the same manner, as the mule,
tax. And the city clerk is hereby
/ ordered to certify such tax to the
county auditor on the first of each
year.
Sec. 8. Each drug store, person,
firm or corporation dealing in al
coholic liquors capable of being used
as a beverage, for medicinal or other
purposes except those enumerated in
the two preceding sections, shall on
the first day of January, 1912, secure
from the city council a permit to car
ry On such business, which shall be
granted upon the following conditions
There shall be paid into the city
treasury license fee of twenty dol
lars (s2O.O0) per year, payable quar-
terly at the first of each quarter, al
the Office of the city clerk of the City
of Keokuk. A failure to pay this fee
or sale of alcoholic liquors contrary
to the provisions of the state pharm
acy permit, shall cause revocation
of this permit without further actor
except proof Of same, and any sale
contrary to the said state pharmac,
permit, or made subsequent to viola
Con tnereo1 is mlSdemeanOr ant
shall be punished as provided In the
!, following section.
Sec. 4 Any person, firm, Or cor
poration selling or keeping for sale in
, toxicating liquors in the City of Keo
! kuk, without complying with the three
: preceding sections hereof shall b,
, guilty of misdemeanor and shall BIT
. subject to fine of one hundred dol
. lars for each sale made prior to tn
! compliance Herewith, or after failure
to comply.
> Sec. 5. All permits granted by tn
). city council shall specify the time TO
!. which they are granted and shall b
!. subject to revocation at any time b
!. resolution of the city council.
! Sec. G. All ordinances and parts o
/. ordinances in conflict with the prov
. sions hereof are hereby repealed.
: Passed and adopted this y day O
! December, 1911.
j. F. ELDER, Mayor
Attest: O. w. Sandberg, Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24
REFUGEES HOME
FROM CHINA
Many Missionaries And Their Fami
lies Reach Port After Perilous
Adventures.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2S.-After
long and perilous journey from the
heart of war stricken China, with
tales of suffering and dangers shared
equally with women and children,
many missionaries and their families
are safe here today having arrived
on the liner Manchuria from Shang-
hal The party constitutes the largest
number of refugees brought from
China by any vessel since the begin
ming of the revolution
In the party are twenty children
who came with their parents from the
interior of China The trip was
made through dangerous territory by
almost every method Of travel. Many
hardships were suffered en- route.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24
CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY FIFTY THOUSAND
Great Welcome to the Day by the
People of the Golden Gate
City.


limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 23.-swell-
ing to heaven in the magnificent
"Adeste Fidelis,'' the voices of fifty
thousand San Franciscans tomorrow
evening will carol welcome to Christ
mas day from Lotta's Fountain, in
the heart of the city, where one year
ago Tetrazzini's golden notes inaugu-
rated custom peculiar to the metrop-
oils of California.
Forsaking for the hour the Christ
mas shopping and the gaily decorat
ed cafes, as large a throns as can get
within voice range of the city's bust
est corner. will take part in the cele
bration while street cars and all othel
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24
NEGRO CHAUFFEUR
CHECK FORGER
Ed. Scott Paid Fifty Dellars by TWO
Main Street Saloons After elsn.
Ing Employers Name
to Notes.
BUYING FOR DARK LOVE
Forser Went Christmas Shopping A.
ter Failing to Cash Third Check
at state Central Saw
lnas Bank.

After forging the name of B. F.
Jones to two checks, and cashing
them at two saloons, one for forty and
the other for ten dollars, and then
making a fruitless attempt to cash
a third note for forty dollars at the
State Central Savings bank, Ed.
Scott, negro chauffeur in the employ
of the local attorney, ended his ca
reer of obtaining money falsely, in
the city jail last night.
Scott was arrested at Ninth and
Main by Night Captain of Police
Fuqua and Officer Baldwin. The two
saloons which paid money on the
notes presented by Scott We're those
of j. A. Porter, Eleventh and Main
for the larger amount and the Dia
mond bar room for ten dollars.
Bought Christmas Presents.
After getting money from the sa
looms, at which places he bought Z
glass of beer, Scott gave dusky fc
male friend OF his, who lives between
Eighth and Ninth On Johnson street
twenty-five dollars. For this same
colored love, lola Taylor by name
Scott bought a coat, two head scarfs
pair of kid gloves and a pocket book
The negro also purchased some whis
ky and other articles for himself.
The Taylor woman returned thu
/ twenty-five dollars to Chief Scheyer
that Scott had given her. The mai
is about twenty-four years old an
has been in Keokuk a couple Q
months. He has served time in tn
state reformatory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24
At podqe,s Tomorrow Night.

Pathes Weekly, the Illustrated
magazine, will be shown on Monday
night at Dodge's, showing late hap
penings in the world which are i'm
portant enough to get into the leased
wire reports. Among the scenes to be
shown besides the latest midwinter
fashions in millinery from Paris as a
special picture for the ladies, will be
the great football game between the
Army and Navy at Annapolis: the Old
Guard parade to Battery Park in
New York, to participate at a flag
raising. The Chicago-Wisconsin foot.
ball game; at Bologne, France, Avia-
tor Colliex tries out his new hydro
plane; the launching of the new Chin.
csc cruiser Chaotic; Mrs. Pankhurst
addresses crowd of messenger boys;
Teheran. Persia, fanatics toHturine
themselves in the streets by beating
their heads with swords for the an
niversary Of the death OF Hossim, sor
of the prophet, and others.
Besides the Pathe Weekly, there vii
be other good pictures and the music
as usual, will be feature. 1t will be
Christmas night There will also be
matinee Monday afternoon