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The Washington times., 1911-05-30
The Grand Army of the New Republic

The Federal Capital is more the scene of mill
tary pageanry The broken battalions marching
Arlington where so many of their fallen comrades
sleep Their bowed forms and fatering footsteps only
clearly betoken that they too must join the
bivouac of the dead.
1t is a day set apart for the noblest sentiments
which the heroic dust express a tempered
grief for those who died. but yet clearly repre-
sent a patriotic pride that peace and union
restored.
From the vantage ground of half century since hos
ttes began survey the great struggle with jul
dical calm impossible those who participated in its
focal fires We realize that the divergent interpretations
organic law which had existed since the founda
ton of the republic could have been reconced
However long and far might have drifted, there
could be no escape from the ultimate appeal to arms
Whether the territory of the West should be slave
or free, whether the advocacy of Sumner or Toombs
should prevail but incidents of the times They
were proved by the event. crucial and bloody Incl
dents but unless the issue had then been Joined and
fought to its conclusion it must have later
day with ten-fold more tragic force
In the white heat of those four fierce years the re-
public tried nation has been, or, being
thus tried has yet endured, since first beat his
plowshares into swords. The earlier fields over which
time and legend shed unnatural luster but
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

fancy loved to linger over the ques-
ton as to what part Aida or Gladys or
Myrtle had had in the matter. Orchids
are dearer than lettuce, and the
slowest automobile can rapidly run
up a bill. Mayhap our staid contem-
porary gave the bargain hunters
timely warning that at such and such
time and place a choice lot of old
furniture was to be knocked down to
the highest bidder. Again speculation
delighted to wander among the mem
cries which probably clustered about
every sofa and armchair and to re-
call the time when Fanny sat there"
But under the new regime the R..
E. and c. Record drops frankly and
freely into sentiment. There is a GER
tain originality about these lines to
Aida which will bear reproduction.
Take, for instance, the third stanza:
Listen, now, dear Aida.
Where thou art sitting
Near the windows screen,
Thy little fingers twisting
Whalebones, all unseen
There is something about that clos
ing line which seems reminiscent of
"Stay, jailor, stay;-I am not mad!"
But perhaps it is merely the family
likeness of genius. 1t may have been
can Ode to the Wishbone" we had in
mind. There are other stanzas which
tell us for example that "Life's battle
seems hard"
And so it is. But cheered on by
the Uplift Department of the R. E.
and c. Record we can face the con-
fict with lighter heart.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
LETTERS, TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG

money during the uncomfortable dog days.
The advice ignores the fact that WASH
ington has long boosted the notoriety
of being the worst place for climate in
the United States. The official weather
report of last week told the tale. The
heat would not be so bad were 1t not
for the sweltering humidity, which can
not be excelled anywhere for its de-
bilitating effects. No, vacation is as
much a necessity as an occasional bath.
But where shall we take 1t? The dangers
the Health Officer warns US against are
real. We don't want to go to the so
hotels with golf, claw-hammer coats,
and midnight revels thrown in; nor to
the $12 and SIS boarding houses, so
temptingly and unconsciously adver-
tised at seashore and mountain. Most
of us needful and needy ones-and they
number several thousand-can stand
only about 81 a week outing.
Now, cannot the peoples paper, The
Times, open it's columns of the Mail
Bag, as medium through which its
readers may tell each other of good
places within 200 miles of Washington,
where fresh air sound food, and honest
folk can be found? Let US swap expert
ences. Where can we get the right sort
of mountain spot or seashore for tent
ing, or rusticating, where neither jiggers
nor shelters bite. nor water poisons, nor
sharks bite, nor leeches bleed?
HOT AND TIRED.
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PLEASE SHIFT THE
SPOTLIGHT, IS NOW
CRY IN Mt. RAINIER
Disguised by Sunday Law
Notoriety, Citizens Call
for a New Deal.

Were you arrested?" is the question
in Mt. Rainier. And the answer by
three men notified by the constable to
appear before a justice OF the peace On
charges of violating the Sunday laws.
in that they pulled weeds, swept the
front gallery, and painted fence post,
is that they don't know.
They do know that they are not under
arrest now, and that, except for the in
convenience of going to the home OF
Justice of the Peace Arnold and for
mental anguish, they have not suffered
The mental anguish Of the three men
has extended over a large part of Mt.
Rainier, however. for the citizenry
there is angry. There is feeling that
the town has suffered because of a no
toriety that 1t has not deserved.
Benjamin Winslow, who was alleGea
to have pulled weeds on the Sabbath.
Turner L. Funkhauser, alleged to have
used a broom, and Joseph Bernard. al
legged to have used paint brush on
his fence. are the men arrested.
Judge Arnold said today that he had is
sued no papers in the case, and none
of the men was arraiSned or tried. 1t
was Arnold before whom they were or
dered on Sunday by Constable Thomas
L. Unsworth, to appear last night
The men arrested" were from resi-
dence part of town, and there were
threats that on next Sunday everybody
in the business part of town who sold
cigars and ice cream and things of that
sort, would be arrested. Only ice and
milk were to be excepted. The news
papers were to be under the ban, too.
That retaliation, however, will prob
ably not happen. Peace seems to have
settled upon Mt Rainier. Many of the
residents feel that their town has been
discredited by undesirable publicity.
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border forays when compared to spottsylvania and
Gettysburg -
In conflicts such these the men who measured
skill and courage could not fail to learn higher
gard for another and thrill with that ecstasy
which foemen feel in meeting foemen worthy of their
steel To minimize the herosm of the conquered would
be to cheaper the prowess of the conquerors.
The contrasted columns which move down the Ave
nue. today symbolic the brotherhood and patriotism
which characterize this Behind the grizzled
veterans marches the Grand Army of the New Re-
public The tatered ensigns borne aloft in the great
civil conflict futter in proud proximity to the flags
which waved above the Cuban chaparral where, in the
face of common foe, North and South made common
cause.
Out of the ordeal we celebrate today we have
emerged with strength and sngleness of purpose born
only in such conclusive crises 1t is p-service
to proclaim the loyalty and patriotism which animate
united country No rakes dead ashes now by say
ing that if threat Of should the nation
life or liberty from all the land would rise the
spontaneous RESPONSE Eve are coming Father Abra-
ham, in tribute to the lowering spirit of the Great
Emancipator, whose virtues national heritage
And If, under the providence of God may work out
destiny undsturbed by the complaining bugle" and
the alarum drum in the spirit of concord graphing
with issues scarcely less than those that
have gone before shall achieve those victories of
peace no less renowned than war"
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
Sentenced Wireless Men,
In Tombs Await Appeal

NEW YORK. May 30.-Four officials Of
the United wireless Telegraph Company
are now confined in the Tombs, without
bail, under Federal peniten:iary SEN
fences. A ten-day stay has been given
to allow the attorneys time to prepare
an appeal which will be filed in the
United States circuit court of appeals.
Already the case has cost the Govern
ment $4,000.
The sentenced men are Christopher
Columbus wilson, president; William A.
Diboll, treasurer; Francis X. Butler, le-
gal adviser, and William W. Tomkins,
president Of the New York Stock Selling
Company. The terms are from one to
three years. All but 100000 of the So
600, 900 received In the three years the
company operated was pocketed, and
each defendant was convicted on four
counts, three charging misuse of the
mails and the other conspiracy.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

LAW BLAMED FOR
DELAY IN THE MAILS
Postmaster Merritt Says
Limit on Carriers Time
-~ Checks Deliveries.

How letters reaching the Washington
postoffice before noon of one day are
handled as expeditiously as possible in
their dispatch to local addresses, and
yet are not delivered to the addresses
for more than thirty-six hours, was
shown today.
Postmaster n. A Merritt explained
how this could happen. He was asked
about a statement made to The Wash
ington Times to the effect that letter
mailed locally and addressed locally
had taken more than thirty-six hours to
reach its destination.
Blames the Law.
Postmaster Merritt said it was the
forty-eight-hour-a- law for carriers
that caused the trouble. He did not
sing or even cite this song, but it Is in
a way appropriate:
"Oh, I've worked eight hours this
day, and I think I've earned my
pay;
At half-past six he threw down his
bricks, and he wouldn't work half
minute longer"
There is a law that letter carriers
work forty-eight hours a week. 1t used
to be that the law was construed to
mean Indl Iney HluSI "OEh eight HOuLS
each of six days. About a year ago it
was construed to mean that they must
work forty-eight hours in six days, no
matter how distributed. On that ac-
count they can finish delivering mail
five days in the week.
But If on Saturday, the sixth day,
they have not ended delivery Of mail on
a route they must deposit 1t in letter
box on the route. They must not work
half a minute longer. There Is not an
other delivery of mail until Monday
morning. So there can be that delay
despite all the postmaster and his as
sistants can do.
For be it said to the credit of the
mail carriers, that they would be will
ing to work the half minute longer
the Government just will not let them.
A Nights Delay. 49,.
When a route has not been finished
on any other day than Saturday by a
man who has used his, forty-eight hours
the delay is only through the night.
Postmaster Merritt said the force of
carriers in Washington was sufficient,
and the delays spoken Of were unavoid-
able. He said the carriers were not
overloaded with mail. They are al
lowed, while on their routes, to de-
post some of it temporarily IL a mail
box IL their line of march doubles back
bv the same point. On one route in
northwest Washington the carrier three
times passes the same mail box.
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Can like TO see the sting taken out of
our nation, or cur type-for a nation Is
only type?
Look at India and China, Or anu neo-
pie who lack the martial spirit, and see
that which awaits us if we cater tn the
ambition OF Andrew Carnegie to perpet-
uate his name: it's fine for Andrew hut
would 1t be for America?
If We become Carneqieized how lone
will it be before the descendants of the
Aztecs stand upon the ruins of Wash
lnGton Monument and make a sketch
Of the fallen pillars of the Capitol and
comments upon the destruction of a
peaceful civilization? The fate of India
and of China are ours if we give IN
that which has made us a nation and
has preserved US as one.
There are worse things that can befalI
a nation than war. War is only the nm
heaval Of the hidden fires of a peoule
at something they know to be an unen-
during wrong. It is the aspirations of n
nation, it is 4 response from. the self
reliance within US to the things that do
not harmonic from without-the grasp-
inss of intelligence for some change.
some step in advance TO be taken
Things have reached that point where
orr manhood is aroused, everything
converges to that center, and we must
clear the atmosphere by a war; nothing
else will do IL.
Would England arbitrate the Question
of her right to Belize? Would she arbi-
trate her bona fide right to her aggres-
sions in Venezuela? Would she even
arbitrate her right tc British Columbia !?
OF course she would not. She has no
more right 10 Belize than she has to
the District of Columbia.
we hope our Congress will never sur
render its prerogatives. The time will
surely come when a war will be fought
between us and England. and the sooner
the better. GEO. G. TANNER.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

A pessimistic view Of the Mexican situ-
alton is taken in higl; official and diplo-
matte quarters here. In spite of the
resignation of Diaz and the issue of a
call for new election, those who know
most about the nwerdness of things in
Mexico still insist that dark clouds Of
trouble are lowering over the republic,
and that the end of difficulty is far
from being reached.
In fact, there is q strong disposition
here to believe that Mexico is merely
at the beginning of her troubles, and
that what will follow will be much
worse than whas has gone before. To-
day, when one OF the best informed
authorities here on Latin American
matters was asked what he thought of
the Mexican situation in view of the
resignation Of Diaz, he replied in this
single word:
Worse"
He exclaimed that There was in his
opinion scant hope for the early res
toration of stable government lie
fears that the abdication Of Diaz is
merely the beginning of turmoil be-
cause he does not deem 1t likely a
strong man will soon be put at the
helm to manage matters, repress dis
anu D1nuIl anu lGSlO4G O
reign of law and quiet.
Presidential Possibilities.
The same authority three months ago
and ever since has consistently pre-
dicted that Diaz would be forced out.
Now. that Diaz has gone, it is not
easy to tell who is going to become the
elected president. The temporary Pres
ident. De La Barra, has declared he
will not run. Here. in Washington,
there is no disposition. at least among
American officials and diplomats, to
question the patriotism or good faith Of
De Ia Barra.
Madero will be pressed for the Pres
idency by his friends, ant Genertl
Bernardo Reyes, returning from his
exile from Europe, intends to be
candidate, according to reports.
Whether there will be other entries
in the race remains to be seen.
This points to trouble. Madero and
Reyes are enemies, despite the fact
that both were opposed to the Diaz
regime. Many indications have been
given that Madero and his friends
would not sit quietly by and see Rey
es made President, especially as they
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
OUTLOOK DARKFOR
STRICKEN MEXICO
End of Troubles Far Away Is Pessmistic View Taken in
High Official and Diplomatic Circles Here.
Fear Further Turmoil.

think this would be another military
dictatorship. The hesitancy of Ma
dero about going to Mexico City, the
attack on Diaz by one body of revo-
lutionists, the arrests of persons al
legged to be in the conspiracy against
Madero and the alleged uncovertng OF
plot to kill him, all point, as viewed
here, to a seething and disturbed con-
dition of things and to the brewing OF
more disorder.
Is Significant
Significant of the view OF the TAFT
Administration, which has all along
been in close touch with Mexico, Is the
announcement that the American troops
will not be withdrawn from the border,
but will be kept modified there all
summer.
Now that Indications are given of
disorder in Mexico when the hand Of
DlaZ is removed from the lever, and
signs are not lacking of a contest
among various leaders for control,
with the country torn by bloody dis
senslons in consequence of the rival
ries of the ambitious, the fact is re-
called that this is just what American
army men have all along been insist
Ing would come about.
1t is the very thing that has been
predicted before the House Commit
tee on Military Affairs by such able
army officers as Generals Wother-
spoon and Wood. Consequently, the
members of the House Military Com
mittee will not be surprised to see
the end of the Diaz regime followed
by reign of terror instead of q
reign of peace.
Madero's Strength.
Opinions differ as TO the strength of
Madero. 1t is questioned here whether
he would be able to maintain order II
elected President. He is criticised as a
visionary and an enthusiast without
great capacity of administration. He is
said to be a spiritualist, and this has
given rise~to various stories about him
On the other hand, when it is consiG-
cred that Madero is a young man OF
only thirty-seven there seems more or
less warrant for taking with a grain
of salt the reports disparaging his ca
pacity.
The ability of Reyes in many respects
is not questioned. He was a comrade IN
arms with Diaz, and is accounted a fine
soldier and able military leader. He Is
a man OF conservative tendencies, and
is not given to doing things rashly. If
he runs for President II will be in the
determination to win at any cost.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
THE r. E. AND G. RECORD
DROPS INTO POETRY.

Our ever interesting contemporary,
BE Real Estate and Court Record, has
SsNssomed into poetry. Like a Grim
son poppy amidst the dry stubble of a
wheat field, four pulsing, passionate
stanzas entitled Aida Fair" relieve
the drab monotony of bankruptcy pro-
ceedings and auction sales.
This little excursion into the tiowery
meads of sentiment came as a COM
plete surprise to the R. E. and c.
Records host of lifelong readers. The
publication has always been full of
human interest, but it revealed itself
only to those gifted with Imagination.
Noting that John Smith had gone
broke and was asking the court
to give him relief from his creditors,
=.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

Why not ADOPT Mrs. Letters plan and
make all houses revolving sun houses?
1t would equaiize me value of residential
property on the norm and south sides
of the streets. Everyone then could
have a southern exposure"
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
Not In Good Health.

Queen Alexandra is said to suffer
from heart attacks and her condition
is the one note of sadness in tina prem
aration for the coronation Ceremonies in
June. She took part in the memorial
on the anniversary OF the death of King
Edward last week. and was very much
affected by it, reports say.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
THINKS WE MUST YET
FIGHT GREAT BRITAIN
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES: =
1t is all very fine to hook oneself to a
star and lead the human race into
elysian fields, to paint all sorts OF beau
tifih mirages upon The sky, and trans
NIT name to posterity by the advo-
cacy of peace" disarmament" "ar-
bitration,' and such roseate allure
ments. But would any patriotic Ameri-
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
WANTS TO EXCHANGE
OUTING EXPERIENCES

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The Health officer tells US to eschew
our vacation, and be comfortable and
enjoy ourselves mere at home as the
most rational way of spending time and
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

A restaurant waiter has been impli-
Gated in the overlapping swindle re-
Gently unearthed here. He probably
wishes he had confined himself to sling
ing hash, and kept away from the
tureen altogether.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

Just at this juncture May days are
getting las rare as a day in June"
There's only one of them left.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times daily during the month of April
was us. Coz. all copies left over and
turned being eliminated. This number, when
divided by Is, the number OF days of publi-
cation, shows the net daily average for April
TO have been {7i46.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

The thin blue line grows thinner
every year.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

The umpire himself has not been
handing out decisions more rapidly than
has the Supreme Court of late. While
Standard Oil and Tobacco have been
most conspicuous, they were but a
small part of the entire number OF
cases
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

II the new "Cobweb skirt gets to F
street-well, who wouldn't be a fly?
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
Sunday.

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times Sunday during the month OF April
was D7, 905 all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number,
when divided by 5. the number Of Sundays
during April, shows the net Sunday average
for April TO have been 1851.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

Entered at the Postoffice at Washington.
d. c.. as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
APRIL CIRCULATION.
Daily.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
Of The Washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month of April was as follows.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today.

CThe Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments
in this column.)
The Department of the Potomac, Grand
Army of the Republic. will conduct
services in the different cemeteries as
follows: Arlington. National, Soldiers
Home, 9:45 a. M; Congr essional, 10
a. m Holy Road, $50 a. m; Oak HUI,
1880 a. m; st. Elizabeth's 1920 a. m
Battle Ground. 2:15 p. m; Harness.
1890 a. m.
Services at Mt Oliyet Cemetery, under
auspices of the Maryland Division,
Sons of Veterans, $50 a. m.
Patriotic address by Martin A. Morri-
son, of Indiana, Vacation Lodge,
Cherrydale, Va, p. m.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

In each issue OF The Times the circulat ton
figures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head Of the irst page at the
left OF the date line.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30
Amusements.

Naturalization English Opera Com
pany, in Lucia di Lammermoor."
S:15 p. m.
Belasco-"Old Heidelberg" Sis p. m.
Columbia-"Forty-F Five Minutes From
Broadway 2:15 and Sis p. m.
Chase's Theater = Washington Canoe
Club Minstrels, S:15 D. m.
Sis p. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, to
IL p. m.
Casino-Vaudeville, / to D. m, and 7
to II p. m
Luna Park-Midway' attractions,
Glen Echo-Midway attractions.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and Music.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell will do
nate to the Washington National Mu-
scum the collection of antique toys
gathered by ner grandmother. Some of
them date from beyond the Christian
era and possess an absorbing interest.
The Washington times., 1911-05-30

The number of girl babies reported
yesterday as having newly arrived was
just sixteen, while there were seventeen
boys. 1t is hoped that the awful dis
G. epancy will be kept from the odd boy
until he is old enough to stand the
shock and look elsewhere.