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The Washington times., 1911-06-12
]. BARTON MILLER
FAILS TO TESTIFY
IN HIS OWN BEHALF
Defendants Brother Does
Not Remember" When
Placed on Stand.

Trial of John Barton Miller, alleged
embezzIer Of $135,O00 as secretary treas
urer Of the defunct First Cooperative
Building Association of Georgetown. re-
sumed this morning in Criminal Court
No. l. before Justice Wright, is ex-
pected TO close this afternoon and go to
the jury tomorrow.
Failure of Miller to take the witness
stand marked the closing Of the trial
this afternoon. At his former trial a
year ago, Miller did not face examina-
ton as a witness, the same procedure
being followed today. HIS failure to
testify, Justice Wright will instruct the
Jury. Is not to be held pretudicial to his
case or be considered by the jury when
debating upon his guilt or innocence.
Miller's defense closed this afternoon
with the testimony Of Frank Sellers, a
clerk in the office of the Georgetown
company. Opening of the safe of the
company by former President A. B.
Jackson after Miller had become i'll and
unable to attend to his duties was testi-
fed to by Sellers.
This testimony contEadicts that of the
Government that the safe was never
OpeneOt uIlltSS ny D1lllSlp hlNil ~ "SAS
found stripped of practically all of its
contents and the books and records
missing.
Brother on Stand.
This morning Donald Miller, brother of
the defendant. occupied the court en-
'tirely, being on the witness stand under
sriIling eross-examination by United
for fNHrn
hours.
II don't remember" and Il can't
recollect just exactly" and That may
be so, but not to my personal knowl-
edge were phrases used frequently by
Miller to questions of the District At
torney concerning his knowledge of his
brothers conduct of the building asso-
citation finances.
Miller testified that he was present
in June, 1905, when former President
Jackson opened the office safe. He said
jackson used a memorandum slip, evil
IDENTIFY bearing the combination.
When asked If he had told anyone of
seeing Jackson open the sale, Miller
said he first told his brother during the
August.
had asked him to secure the combina-
ton o. Inc safe from his brother, say
ing IT don't remember when asked II
he had not so stated in an interview.
Recalls "Hubbub."
Miller said there was considerable
"hubbub" in the office of the company
after an audit of his brothers &C
counts had been ordered at a stock
holders meeting, June 4, 1908.
This statement caused many specta-
tors, persons who lost their savings in
the failure ofu the Georgetown COM
pany, to smile broadly. The court
room was crowded today with specta-
tors, including many officers and men,
bers of the defunct company.
Deputy United States District Attor-
ney Proctor will make the opening ar
for the Government tomorrow
TO the Jury, United States District At
torrey Wilson reserving his argument
in closing.
Attorney John E. Laskey will make
the opening argument for Miller, and
Henry E. Davis will follow
with the final plea for the defendant.
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Sh-h-h-h!

Sh-h-h-h!
Washington has been visited by two
Russian imperial secret service agents.
Sounds like international compiled
tons might be in the wind doesn't it?
But such is not the case. Listen and
the secret of their mission to this coun-
try shall be unfolded. They were look
ing for the crown jewels which have
been stolen.
That sounds something like the
speech of the hero in the third act of
a melodrama when he starts out to
find the papers," only this is almost
q drama IN real life.
OF course, this business Of the Cars
secret agents being in Washington Is
strictly on the quiet. No one would
ever have known they were In this
country II they hadn't ordered a sec
ton of the Marine Band to meet them
at Union Station, so that a good-sized
crowd would be on hand to greet them.
Naturally, no one knew the identity
Of the two bewhiskered travellers from
Russia; in fact II 1t hadn't been for
their black hair and bushy whiskers
they could have passed for Scandi-
navians Curiosity, however, got the
best Of the crowd that gathered at the
station. and In response to numerous
requests, one Of the self-styled i'm
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Chambers Executive
Committee to Meet

A meeting of the executive committee
of the Chamber of Commerce lis to be
held at 11:3O tomorrow to consiRer prior
to the regular meeting of the Chamber
tomorrow night the report of the manu-
features committees investigation of the
plant of the Washington Motor Vehicle
Company and the present status of the
milk situation In the District.
The committee may formulate a report
to the Chamber defining the Chamber
attitude toward the bill now before
Congress for the maintenance of the
Straus Milk Laboratory.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
SPECIAL NOTICES

OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR OF THE DIS
/. TRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, &c,
June 8, 1911. Notice is hereby given that
on the thirtieth day of June, 1911, will expire
all licenses granted by the Assessor of the
District of Columbia to the propTietors Of
automobiles. auto-vehicles. electrO-vehicles
hacks, cabs, omnibuses and vehicles of all
kinds for hire used for the transportation of
passengers sightseeing automobiles eXceptedl.
Also private banks and bankers mot incoE-
porated), note-brokers and the Washington
Stock Exchange. Said licenses must be
promptly renewed by all persons desiring
TO continue business after the above named
date VIM. P. RICHARDS. Assessor, d. c.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Dolphin Accident
Report Not Ready

1t was announced at the office of
Secretary Meyer of the Navy that the
report on the ramming of the Culprit
Fay by the Dolphin would not be is
sued today. The court of inquiry has
finished its work. but its conclusions
are not ready to be made public
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
Lad Bitten by Stray Dog
Is Returned to His Home

Suffering from wounds on both legs
where he had been bitten by stray
dog, Albert c. Joseph, a fourteen
year-old boy, of Is Eighth street
northeast, was today taken to Casual
ty Hospital. His injuries were found
not to be serious. and he was after
ward able to return to him home. The
dog escaped In the excitement follow
Ing the accident. It is not thought
to have been mad.
The Washington times., 1911-06-12
SPECIAL NOTICES

UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, g2O
18th st. y. W. Washington. D. c., June
TO- 1911. Harbor lines were established by the
Secretary Of War on June 2 1911, in that por-
ton OF the Potomac River between Aqueduct
Bridge and the foot Of 26th Street, y. W.
All future constructions of wharves. docks,
bulkheads, etc, TO be legal. must conform to
the lines established. Interested parties are
invited to call at this office and inspect map
showing the established harbor lines W. O.
I.ANGFITT, 1t. Col, E,ngrs.
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h0yQQf Or OMAR

city OF the Pslarnist and the King:
the witness yet OF splendid Solomon
a memory and hope to be fulfilled.
The Moslem holds her second but
to Mecca I'm her sanctity-for here the
prophets heavenward journey was be-
gun-and here the Mosque OF Omar
stands. most splendid monument OF
Islam. A wondrous thing-this Dome
| OF the Rock. indeed. Surrounded by
great walls It stands on Mount Moriah
where once the temple stood-gar-
dens. fountains and shady palms sur
round It: arcades, with minarets and
muluple-pointed arches form its ap-
proach. While from a marble plat
form rises the mosque itself-a glis-
tening marvel OF encaustic tiles, blue
and green. purple and gold-all inter-
laced In delicate arabesques-the only
piece OF Oriental splendor in all this
dismal Oriental town!
But now at Easter week Jerusalem's
sleep is broken and all her streets are
filed with busy life and color, for now
three faiths keep festival, and pill
grims flock from near and far to pray
at their most sacred shrines.
From the attempted Dorio hills OF
green Chose earthly slopes of Jove's
Olympia) Greece. with her golden suns
and silvery olive groves; from far
Siberia; Auroran haloed daughter OF
the North; from Jaffa and the Sea
Of Galillea; from crescent-crowned
Damascus. have they come-a pied
and motley throng that overfows the
streets. impassabiy. Here you may
see the native peasants In bright yell
low turbans and striped robes; Ar
menian pilgrims with their broad red
sashes: Jews in Oriental garb. or with
the curls and fur cap of the Pharisee;
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-13

| Russians. knee-booted. and long
haired Greek monks; Turkish sol
diers. black-skinned deryishes, M
bians, Hindoos, Persians, Tartars
Arabs-a very picturesque kaleido
scope Of nations-a sea OF tropical
fiorescence that Gibbs and flows be
meath the moon OF faith. whose phases
change. but whose great circling truth
Is one eterna1y.
Borne on the surge and resurge OF
the human tide you find yourself In
evitably cast up before that central
rock OF Christendom. the pale Church
OF the Holy Sepulchre. But not TO
pause for long. The Romanesque and
vaulted limestone vastness OF the
place seems earthly, tawdry. bare OF
that dignity its site should have en-
dued It with; and so, although its
gilded splendors mark the homage OF
barbartc ages. although the spot Is
drenched with martyrdom. although
the knees and kisses of centuries OF
worship have worn the stones away
with rapt sincerity. although the can
die lights burn solemnly about the
rosy-hued Amounting Stone. although
the very tomb itself be here. yet all
the tinsel. pomp. theatric pageantry.
but mar the thrill. the sanctity and
the transcendent sweetness OF that
Life, that Death-so simple and SO
great.
No. not here: but rather In some
quiet olive grove without the walls.
where 1t may be that once he sat
alone: where spring Is showing now.
despite the ages blight 1.-THE early
green and silver OF the leaf: where.
beneath the rounded Pascal moon.
Jerusalem looks fair and beautiful and
clothed In mystery; where family
comes the calling OF the muezzin from
the tower. the glad hosanna from the
far-off church. blending In unison Of
praise to the one God: here may the
city's immemorial heart beats reach
your ear, the ultimate spirit-whisper
OF her soul. the silent music OF her
Calvary. the message Of the deathless.
ness Of life. whereby forlorn Jeru.
salem still hopes. even while she looks
out over Kedron's naked gorge aud
Moab's purple and eternal hills be-
yond the Valley Of the Salt Dead Sea
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Thus the majestic event which
Easter commentaries is not only
religious and spiritual In its true
Specification but mundane and com
monplace and familiar and secular.
II IL an incessant event in every life.
The hope of resurrection was planted
deep In the heart Of things. Why
should II not be formally remembered
and celebrated once a year. and at
the season when nature herself joins
In the festival!
Not In the profound and despairing
pessimism to which Job gave utter.
ance Is the highest wisdom: my days
are past, my purposes are broken OF.
even the thoughts Of my heart They
change the day into night II l wait.
the grave Is mine house. have made
my bed in the darkness. l have said
to corruption. Thou are my father; TO
the worm. Thou srt my mother and
my sister. And where IL now my
hope? They shall all go down to the
pit. when our rest together Is In the
dust"
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neglected. she left the Gar soiied or
the spinning wheel broken.
Once year the goddess took out
her sacred car. and mounting II. went
along the Milky Way As she drovs
over tho lands. all the coldness OF win
tor passed away and spring awoke In
| all i's gladness. The leafiess trees
shook out their tiny buds: the flowers
raised their heads and smiled Birds
began TO twitter on the boughs ana
the rabbits began 10 run about. Then.
too. little children came from their
homes and played In the sunshine. and
Easter, looking down. smiled to see
the earth glad with the same life that
hiicd her cave In tho misty noun.
tains.
One time the car Of the White Lady
was damaged. She told a wheelwright
to repair II. and for payment said h.
should keep the chips. The man was
Indignant. not knowing who the god
dess was. and kept but a few pieces
What was his amazement on the NOR.
row. to ind the waste wood turned 10
gold. But the pieces that hs had dis.
carded he could not find so he
learned wisdom from his folly, as per.
haps we all must learn
AS long rs the goddess was duly
honored she remained In hor home.
blessing tho people. But once, Il H.
recorded. she left her cave. her infant
train dragging her pillow. and took W.
her abode In distant land. Then
sorrow and mourning spread among
the people. and in pity. the goddess
returned and restored her past favor
and benefits. SO the land was glad
dencd once more.
In different countries thia goddess
was known by different names, aui
though her occupation was the same
Its form was sometimes slightly al
tered. Hut In all lands. at her ap
proach. earth was giaddened. warriors
laid down their arms. and peace and
goodwill reigned on earth.
Is II any wonder, then, that. when
Christianity was introduced aInongs,
the people. though they discarded
their other gods they refused TO en-
tirely give mp Easter? Not they held
the name. the symbols. and the Kind
feelings. and grated them onto thei,
new faith. and today we oelehrat.
Easter. with the feeling OF Joy. AS Of
old. at the new life. the resurrection
And II is, as OF old. a day for the
children; for the flowers: for the gift.
OF eggs as symbols OF The new NE
Nor does II lose anything OF sweet
ness or glory. because. lar back In IN,
darkness OF nopsivilization. the Pee
pie were reused. gloriaed. humanired
By the influence OF the rsswaxen,us
the resurrection Of nature
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the kind goddess looked after the flow
ers and the plants which sprung
blooming In her pathway. and her In
tant train. each with a watering pot In
hand. gave the thirsty plants water "a
nourish them.
Though surrounded by all these 1T
tie ones. Casters abode was not a
Noisy place. The goddess herself vas
renowned for her silence, and though
she was gifted with foresight and
knew all that was TO happen In the
world. she never revealed the secrets,
which fate. with kind hand. hid from
mans eyes.
To umo and experience the White
Lady left the harsh duty OF dragging
from youths hopes the veil OF iilssion
For her. each moment as II came was
'ull OF its own interests. and she put
from her the visions Of the future. As
typical Of this silence which she wore
as crown. 80 freighted was Il with
wisdom, Easter was always acoompa.
MED by a heron and crowned with
heron plumes. the symbol OF silence
or forgetfulness.
This beneficent goddess possessed
also a magic fountain called Quics.
born. which was virtually a fountain
Of youth. SO the goddess herself was
always young. and her attendants,
babes, birds. rabbits and flowers were
always fresh and fair. like 'iilies In
the morning with the dew upon them. :"
Easter was the goddess OF spring. OF
the new life. of the resurrection, and
In her honor. the people presented to
each other on her feast day. presents
OF eggs. many colored. as symbols OF
the new life. The colors In the eggs
were signs OF the many -hued clouds
that the White Lady spun. For spin.
ming was one OF her great tasks. and
many golden threads she wove into
the lives OF her chosen ones.
Often. n, nightfall. the soddess
would wander through the darkened
cities, looking at the work OF the
maidens. Where she found the spin
ming carefully performed. she fire.
quently left distaH fab OF sxtra-nne
Dan. or perhaps a golden strand OF
her own weaving. Hut where she
found the work carslessV done. or
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-13
Rolling the Stone Away

The suggestion Of the true philos-
ophy is rather In the words of the
young Galilean to Nlcodemus; Mar.
vel not that have said unto thee.
Ye must be born again" Growth 10
not otherwise possible. and ia with
out growth would be intolerable. For
tunately resurrection in Its true sense
Is attainable by every one right here
on this earth. and no life is so dead
or so wrong that 1t cannot reach the
light-Dudley.
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out across the riverless canons and
unfruitfui slopes. even TO the iifeiess
valley OF Che salt sea Of the Plain
Forlorn and brought TO desolation In
her sad old age. q childless and de-
serted Niobe, or some old goddess
shorn of deity. she yet. amid her
squalid poverty. holds out TO you the
sacred chaiice Of remembered things.
and sends her temple ven to let you
through into the holy Of her living
past. But in the spirit only may you
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-13
Beats sonneteerlno.

The late David Graham Phillips. as
is the way Of bachelors. struck many a
satirical blow at matimony.
A sonneteer. having married last
autumn. came up for discussion one
evening in the Manhattan club.
DO you suppose his wife really sup
ports him?" an editor asked.
II know st." said Mr.. Phillips. He
told me he didn't know what real
happiness meant till after he got mar
ried"
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and there q guaried and blightet
olive tree-a lonely paIm-a gloom,
cypress. to dot their white and wind
swept slopes: from bookiess Kedror
and arid Hlnnom. to the poverty and
squalor Of her streets.
Viewed from afar, indeed. some re
minder of past dignity still ciings
about her. High-perched upon her
zion-mount. surrounded by her crum.
bling. massive creneiated walls, en-
forced with bastion and many an
ancient tower. there is a martial, an.
dque grandeur In her look. not out of
keeping with her early pride.
But once within the walls, the splen-
dor fades. and disbursement falls
heavy on the spirit. Close-crowded.
stony. coioriess. the gray walls of the
houses rise on either side of narrow,
flthy streets. each with It's door re-
vealing want and wretchedness and
dirt, each with fiat roof and tiny
cupols-nOnotonousiy similar, mo-
notonousiy mean. No pavements dig
nifty the streets. and through their
mire foot passengers. cameis, mules
and horses jostie each other In close
and unsavsry contact. while here and
there an overspanning arch shuts out
the strip Of radiant sky that alone
makes It tolerable. Now and then. In
deed, some more pretentious building
meets the eye-a convent or a church,
q mosque with dome and minaret, a
BIT Of Roman ruin. or q glimpse of
picturesque and Oriental arabesque.
Yet little by little Jerusalem spells
out her message for you--from David's
tower. which Herod built where
David's palace stood, and In whose
shadow Christ must once have rested;
from Omar's mosque that Oils ths
ancient temple site with barbaric
splendor: from the Wondering ruins
that mark the enclosure of the
Knights Of st. John: from Roman tow
or, from crescent and from cross. the
city speaks TO as.
Her fates and her vicissitudes be-
long to those historic moods that
make the whole world kin. Since
David built her first, on Canaan's soil,
she has felt the ambitious pulse alike
OF Babyionian. Assyrian. Egyptian. Ro-
man. Saracen and Turk. By all alike
has she been coveted. and fought for
and possessed. She has seen mighty
empires rise and flourish and pass
into the misty limbo OF forgotten
things. And from her own ashes and
the dust OF falling nations she arises,
and while they vanish she remains.
Wars and distinctions. and the
hates OF klngsi What wonder that
the land is desolate. and that the city
sleeps In wretchedness. with but the |
dreams of vanished splendor woven
for CROWN
Unlovely and unbeautifui, indeed! |
And yet a holy city and a triple |
shrine. A threefold robe Of venera-
ton shrouds her. For not alone to the |
Christian does she hold symbolic
things. To every Jew she Is still their
David's Zion. this old Jerusalem. the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-13
Thine Easter Day

II IA His day; there's no more death
nor night
No dark. no hurt. no more sharp shams
nor loss;
All buried. hidden. meath tho graves
dark sod.
All ways forgotten. save the road He
trod:
All burdens naught in sight OF His-
the cross.
All Joy. alive and safe with Christ
and God.
nary Lowe MnS.nsua
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Within thine heart 10 there an open
tombf
Have Gods strong angels rolled the
stone awayf
Rises thy dead self from its bonds
OF clayf
Breaks heavens sweet delight across
the dark aud sloomf
Then Is this day In truth thine Eas-
ter Day.
U broken down are stony gates Of
pride.
II shroudss sands OF earth are torn
AwaA
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n sin and wrath and scorn in thee
have died.
Mourn not the past. The folded shroud
beside
Angels will watch: II In thine Eas-
ter Day.
Rise. newborn soul. and put thine ar
NOR on:
Cap round thy bresst the garment
OF the light;
Gird up thy loins for battle In the
fight
He leads Who upward from our sight
has gopsi
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" a great cave In q noun
tain OF Thuringia there
dwelt in by-goue days n
goddess called by some peo-
pie the White Lady. by
others Ostara or Easter.
This deity had a large train
Of attendants. for Il was her
work to watch over and
guard the souls OF unborn
children.
When she went abroad,
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the sad
eyed daughter Of
the past. the keep.
or OF the histories
Of man. the mother
OF immortal mem.
cries, who ancient.
iy received the
word Divinian and
brought Il forth. a
light to light the
world! How solemn
and how pitiful she
ats upon the rocky
fastness OF her hills.
locked In the gaunt
arms OF her two
ravineE and looking
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bco tuat phbt
for outwardly she
bears no scep-
tered majesty.
as Rome or
Athens do. With
which to point 10
you the footprints
OF her memorial
hours. About her.
her prophetic
desolation lies
and misery has
clothed her as q
garment - from
the waste and
barren aspect OF
her limestone
hills. unfruitfui
and q Q o q z q cd
nth ~-s- A.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-09
less THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS
INVESTED IN MEXICAN REVOLUTION

Houston. Texas, June The cost
of the overthrow of the Dia2 regime
in Mexico was less than Sl,0oO,ooO.
Excepting the loss of life, The pillase
and the financial losses TO individuals
through the operations of war but
$4,000 was needed to force Diaz
from the throne he had created and
return Mexico to the hands Of the pco-
pie for government, as the constitution
Of the republic provides
This war fund was pm. up entirely
by the Madero family. Francisco J..
Madero. Jr, the rebel leader, invested
about 100000: Gustavo Madero about
$500 900 and Francisco J. Madero, Sr.,
about 100000. The money was invest
ed in arms and ammunition. The sol
Giers served without pay, love of free
dom and patriotism for the constitd-
ton and their rights drawing thou
sends to the cause of the Maderoists
Slutt llc tIuSHlHS VI 'Ht o'll 'o'l
stituted monarchy in Mexico an inter
esting bit of history regarding an in
trigue by the government to make i'm
possible the financing of the revolu-
ton, has come out. 1t appears that
when Madero pronounced" the revo-
luton the government attempted TO
crush the bank of Nueyo Leon, in
which the Madero family was heavily
interested. The pad-up capital of the
bank was $2,0OO,000 and it had a So
900 900 reserve, largely in guayule rub
ber plants. It WAS also heavily inter
ested in varied Mexican industries.
At the outbreak of the revolution
the bank had s3,OOOOOO in outstanding
bills "Senor Madero declares" credi
tors were urged by the government TO
insist upon liquidation within 80 days
and that an Intervene" was appoint
ed to take charge Of the collateral,
The bank withdrew from the rubber
market and realized upon its own
plants to the extent of $4,000 600. II
vas at this time that Jose T. Liman-
tour, minister of finance, returned
from Europe and told President Dia2
taat the country was in the hands of
the rebe's.
Despite the intrigue the Mexican
says Madero, reckoned
without one of the strict laws of the
country. the national banking law. Ac-
cording to the Mexican banking sys-