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The Washington times., 1911-01-25
ASHFORD IS ASKED
TO SCHOOL INQUIRY
Other Critics of District Sys-
tenn Invited to Shed Light
to Committee.

Percival NJ. Brown, chairman OF the
Chamber of Commerce public schools
committee. today will invite Snowden
Ashford. Municipal Architect, and
others who may criticise the public
school system or throw light upon
school affairs to address the commit
tee so that full and accurate report
upon local school conditions may be
made to the Chamber.
Mr.. Brown was authorized to do this
at meeting of the committee last
night at which eighteen members
were present. The meeting was call
ed. said the chairman. to consider tine
attack upon the school system, and to
arrange to give Mr.. Ashford or any
one else an opportunity to make
charges which might be investigated
Mr.. Brown was authorized to watch
the Peters bill which proposes to put
the schools under the management OF
the District Commissioners, and to
oppose it or any other measure direct
ed against the Board Of Education.
Attitude on Subject.
An extensive report upon the history
of school legisla ton in the District,
and showing that both the Chamber
of Commerce and Board of Trade are,
therefore, on record in favor Of con-
trolling the schools through a repre-
sentative Board of Education and
against a centralized and unchecked
control" had been prepared by Mr.
Brown and was read by Charles W.
Clagett. A committee of five was au-
thoriZed to formulate the views ey-
pressed in this resolution, and reduce
them to printing, and mail a copy To
each member of the Chamber"
"If the Commissioners cannot CO.
operate with the Board of Education"
says the report, then the friction
should be removed by intrusting
larger powers to the Board of Edu-
cation. or by better defining it's pow
ers and limiting the function of the
Commissioners.
In referring to legislation the re-
port warns that criticism should be
carefully Investigated. particularly
If the interests of those most active
in making the charges would be likely
to be advanced by a change of school
control"
Takes Up Peters Bill.
The report analyses the Peters bill
and concludes that the proposed "Iegis-
lation could not well be more vague
and indefinite" 1t SAYS that no
parallel for school law of this kind
can be found elsewhere in the United
States.
The Commissioners are taken to task
for reporting in favor of the Peters
bill without holding any hearing to
ascertain public sentiment
meeting of the public school com
mittee of the Board of Trade will he
held tonight at s o'clock at the rooms
of the Board. at which the Ashford
charges will be considered
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Dillingham;. Offers
immigration Bill

Senator Dillingham; of Vermont has
introduced in the Senate a bill TO pre-
vent the landing of aliens who have
not passed inspection at the ports of
the United States. The bill embodies
other recommendations of the Immigra-
ton Commission.
Responsibility for introducing aliens
is put up to the steamship companies
and their officers. Heavy penalties, re-
coverable by seizure OF the vessels. are
provided in cases where aliens are all
lowed to land in American ports unlaw-
fully. No possibility exists for the pro-
posed legislation to pass Congress at
this session.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Amusements.

Nationally Frank Daniels. in "The Girl
in the Train" 2:l5 and Sis p. IN.
Belasco-"Excuse Me-" 2:15 and $50 p.
m. .
CoIumbia-c Olcott, in Barry
of BaIlymore," Sis p. m.
y-"Superba,' Sis p. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville, 2:15 and S:1i
D. m.
Casino-Vaudeville, afternoon and even
ing.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, TO Ii
p. m.
Gayety-"Ginger Girls" 2:l5 and Sis p
m.
Lyceum-"The Merry WhirI," 2:15 and
Sis p, m.
Convention Hall-Royal & Adams Cir
Gus, 2:15 and S:15 D. m.
Arcade Skating and bowling, afternoon
and evening.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
CurfeW Sunday Feb. 5.

The first >"Curfew Sunday in WASH
ington will be held on the first Sunday
in February, provided plans to be dis
russed at meeting tonight materia-
lize. The meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. G. T. Smallwood, under
the auspices of the citizens committee
on curfew regulation. Pastors of all de-
nominations will attend.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

The crimson aurora seen recently in
the direction of Illinois was merely the
reflection from a Socialist wedding in
which the bride arrayed herself in rich
scarlet from head to foot. She prob
ably got her orange blossoms from a
holly tree
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

A young Russian violinist has come to
us declaring that he does not have to
practice to keep his fingers supple and
his car in tune. Thus another excuse
is taken from the amateur tormentor in
the next fiat
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

On the ground that Banker Robin is
crazy, William Travers Jerome declines
to represent him. An earlier William
Travers would have said that enabled
an attorney to represent his client all
the more completely.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

People live so long out in Uncle joe
Cannons State that lady who recently
died at the age of 1O1 only got three
lines in the public prints. She ought
to be entitled to more than that on her
gravestone.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

The pibroch and the hagsis and the
plaintive charm of 'Loch Lomond-'
Bobby Burns is having a birthday and
never a Sandy will forget it. The melo-
dious eXciseman was no htterateur,
apart from the people, but the inter-
prefer of their most intimate life and
emotions. To stop to say that they love
him would be a waste of words. Can
Won reach the GlenliVet?
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

Readers The Times invited this department their
To write freely and frankly with the that letter
Objectionable will be denied publication Letters must
side of the paper.
Address MAIL BAG EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

bath House john has offered a re-
ward of s. TO the man who sees the
first robin in Chicago this year. Round
or feathered?
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Concerts Today
By the q. s. Soldiers Home Band,
at Stanley Hall, at $3.50 p. N.
JOHN S. III. ZINIMERMANN.
Director.

PROGRAM.
March, The Triumph of Old
Glory Observation-Disclosures. Pryor.
Overture, Norma" "............ Bellini
Selection, Madame Sherry
Hoschna
Characteristic. 1.-The whirling
Dervishes" Robinson
Excerpts from Little Memo
March, 1.-The Pet of the Army
Rosey
THE star-spangled Banner"
By the Fifteenth Cavalry Band and
Orchestra, at Fort Myer, at 8 p. m.
GEORGE F. TYRRELL, Director.
PROGRAM.
First Part-StringsOr
Wedding March .Mendelssohn
Selection. The Shotgun L uders
Novelette,. Cecilia" Klein
Reverie. "Roses Honeymoon =
Bratton
Yankee Patrol Meacham
Second Part-Band
Overture, "Summernight's Dream"
Suppe
Waltz. Les Sirenes." .waIdteufeI
Ptccolo Solo, Scenes that are
Brightest (from Msritana)
Jacob WaSserman
Concert Polka. "Bonne Bouche,''
Wa1dteufel
Fackeltanz. in B fiat. -. Meyerbeer
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Sports.

asketball-Georgetown VS.. Gallaudet,
Georgetown. gymnasium, 3 p. m.
Weekly athletic contest, Y. NJ. C. A,
p. m.
pany H, at National Guard gymna-
SiliDo
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times daily during the month of December
vas SO. all copies left and returned
belng eliminated. This number, when divided
by q, the number of days of publication,
shows the net daily average for December
TO have been 40, 80
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

property is in the United States Gov
ernment. Z. 7. MASON.
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today.

(The Times will be pleased to announce
meetings or entertainments in this col
ulnn. Phone or write announcements.)
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
Sunday,

The number OF complete and perfect copies
or The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month OF December was as
follows:
December n.....4l,724 December 25.....40,S9l
Total for the month. ................... 1855 317
Sunday average for the month. .,.... A,329
The Washington times., 1911-01-25
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 70. 1911.
DECEMBER CIRCULATION.
Daily,

The number OF complete. and perfect copies
of The Washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month of December was as follows:
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times (Sunday) during the month of
December was las, 532, all copies left over and
returned by agents being eliminated. This
number. when divided by T. the number OF
Sundays during December, shows the net
Sunday average for December TO nave been
37,OS3.
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 Postoffice at Washington.
d. G. second class matter
The Washington times., 1911-01-25

Total for the month, 237, sol
Daily average for the month........ 45, S33
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

under promise of liberal concessions once the revolutionary leader has gained control of the government machinery
 The Honduran convention was framed last winter and presented te the Senate, but was never acted upon. It was taken up during the extra session and favor- ably reported out of committee.
 The Nicaraguan convention. which is identical in terms with that entered into with Honduras. was framed a few weeks ago, and received a favorable report from the Senate committee on foreign relations The Honduran convention was so framed as to permit or its applfca- tior to other Central American repub- lies. as it is the intention of the depart ment, If these treaties be accepted, to ne- gotiate others.
 Fl7e conventions stripped of diplomatic yerbiaee. provide that any loan made by American bankers to Central American republics, shall conform 10 certain con dttions before the contract shall have the approval. of the United States gov ernment.
 The most significant requirement is that the nation receiving such loan shall give as security a claim upon the GUS toms receipts Certain portions of the monthly custom receipts, the percenta ee to be determined by contract, shall be set aside each. month for the payment of the interest due the lenders. To in- sure the proper collection of the GUS toms, and the prompt and regular pay mont of interest charges. it is stipu- lated that the customs shall be collected by 2 man to )e chosen by the bankers lending the money, the collectors to be approved by the state department. This collector shall. however. be en employe of the government receiving the loan, and shall not be any one connected in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
an official capacity with the United

an official capacity with the United States fm
 The effect of this is to practically give the United States the power to designate the customs collectors for na- tions borrowing from American bank CTS Officials thus named would be men thoroughly trusted by the state department and the American bankers. They would be accountable to the bank CTS, and it is practically certain that the frauds now existing would no longer be possible In case of revolu- ton. the new regime would be bound by the terms of the treaty as much as the old, and would be obliged to set aside the same portion of the customs receipts for payment of the interest charges on the loan. Thus, say state department officials, there would be no use in leading revolution, as the spells will be unobt ainable.
 Supporters of this policy of Secretary Knox point to the great success of a similar arrangement with the little re- public of Santo Domingo. By this treaty made in 1903, Santo Domingo has been freed from revolutions ever since, whereas before the treaty it was in constant turmoil. In this instance, 1t is an official of the United States who collects the customs, but it Is not proposed to go to this extreme in the cases of Nicaragua and Honduras. In 903 the total imports of the Dominican Republic were valued at $2,- 399,S52, of which B per cent came from the United States. In 1910, seven years after the treaty was put into effect. the imports were s6.257,691, SO per cent of which came from this country. The 7ex- ports have increased in that period from four millions to.ten millions with a cor responding increase of the United States share in this trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Results lust as satisfactory can be ef-

Results just as satisfactory can be ef- fected in Central America, American diplomats believe. Nicaragua and Hon duras are almost as badly in debt as was the Dominican republic when the United States took hold. It is hoped that the proposed arrangements will eliminate from Central American governments E'i- ropean influences, as the bankers of Eu- rope are not as corsiderate of the Gen. tral American nations as the United States finds 1t to it's own interest to be.
 It Is pointed out that with the creation of stable business conditions in Central America, and the maintenance of law and order, American business firms will greatly increase their trade with the southern republics. It is believed the ports of the gulf coast, especially New Orleans, will derive great benefits from the expansion of commerce between the United States and the Central American republics. II is the hope of the state de- partment to replace the trouble-making hilibustering ships now clearing from New Orleans with many times their number of ships laden with American-made goods, to be sold in Central America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY
Estimated Value of the Countys Poultry and Egg Product
 for 1911

last winter and spring for s9o6s at the rate of S2 an egg. Some specialists of popular varieties now receive from S to 8 each for matching eggs from choicest specimens and the demand for them IS greater than the supply. Day old chicks now sell in great numbers at from 10 cents to s5 each, according to the quality of the parent stock.
 But it is still the poultry produced an- nually on the farms of the United States that form the solid foundation of the eountry's great poultry business. The poultry fancier, so called, has done and will continue to do a great work, but the farmer is the natural poultryman, and it is on the farms of America that the thousands of tons ol poultry meat are produced and the millions of dozens of eggs are laid each year. It is the farmer and his everyday hell pers who are send ing to market the trainloads of poultry and egg products, it Is the farm product that must be considered in tabulating the immense figures that pile up into bill lion dollar poultry industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
END REVOLUTIONS BY NOVEL SCHEME Give Uncle Sam Custody of
 Customs NEW ORLEANS AIDS Busiess Men Indorse Idea of Having Loans Made to Honduras and
 Nicaragua Under Govern
 ment Supervision
By SIDNEY EPsEY

Washington. July 1.-(Special.)-Of- ficials of the state department are con vinced that New Orleans has finally seen the light and wishes to remove from itself the stigma attached to 1t through its reputation for being the revolution making center of the west ern hemisphere. The evidence upon which this conclusion Is based is the receipt of a set of resolutions, signed by 1700 business men of New orleans. indorsing the conventions now pend ing in the Senate. providing for loans to be made under government super vision, to Honduras and Nicaragua oN. American bankers. These conventions, t is believed by Secretary of state Knox if put into effect, will put an end to the revolution making business intermittently carried on with New or leans as the headqua rters of the nii- busters.
 It is A recognized fact that reVolu- lions in Central American countries are not political, but mercenary. lnsurrec- tions against the government of any of these little republics Is regarded by all familiar with their character1stlcs as the attempts of the outs 10 get possession of the spells in the posses sion of the 'ins." These spells consist chiefly in the cutom house receipts The party that controls the government collects the customs and as the GUS toms are the great source Of revenue in these countries there is. therefore rich prize awaiting the men who can successfully lead a revolution.
 Rv- the terms of the conventions with Honduras and Nicaragua, which are rev olution-ridden countries of the most ex- trene tyne, state department officials be- lieve that the customs houses of those countries will be effectively placed beyond the control of any revolutionary plum derer. With this prize of all revolutions taken from them it is believed the in- si1rrectionists of Central America, and Americans who have been financing their 3libusterlng and revolutionary expedl- tions. will be without an occupation.
 With revolutions once stopped. it Is be- lieved the resources of the Central Amer ican republics will be properly developed. without danger of interference. The con tinual upheavals in these countries make the operation of any extensive business enterprise almost impossible. Not only arc railroads interfered with and prop ertv damaged. but capitalists are reluc- rant to invest their funds under the nrecarious conditions usually existing. Furthermore, 1t is the almost universal Dracticc of the reVolutionists, once in power. to levy heavily upon foreign busi- ness interests for contributions" Often times, too. business firms of all sorts of development companies and corporations are invited to help finance revolutions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
DOESN'T MAKE SNOBS
F. Townsend Martin Says Coronation
 Visitors Are Not Affected

From the New York Sun.
 Paris.-Frederick Townsend Martin said he did not think Americans should be accused Of snobbery in Hooking to the coronation although he does not be- lieve they are Hooking in great num- bers as is popuarly supposed. Such a spectacle. he said. instead of turning the heads and making snobs of Ameri- cans, only makes Americans love their own country the more. They admire it's simplicity and realize more fully l that their own government is built upon the rock of democracy.
 MT. Martin said he feared that the i London season would disappoint many as so many foreign and colonial guests i had to be entertained that invitations would necessarily be limited. Already, many Americans have been disappointed in not getting seats within the royal en- ] closure at A&cot. The number of tickets issued was limited owing to the many official guests. Heretofore seats within the enclosure could be obtained easily through the American ambassad dor.
 There has been much exaggeration about the new court giving the cold shoulder to Americans" MT. Martin said. q was in London all last season and the King was always civil to Americans The King appreciates the power and greatness of our country and the import ance of keeping on friendly terms with us The King is in a different position from that of his father. He has kept ir the background while King Edward pushed forward so that people got tC know him and to love him.
 King George and Queen Mary have determined to win this love. Queen Mary is a most wonderful woman. know hel ehildren's governess well and she tells me that the Queens ambition Is to be, a, it were a mother to the masses. Since 1 the period of court mourning is over Americans of position, power and in1u- ence in their own country have received just as much attention as they did al the previous court"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
MRS. HETTY GREEN
 SELLS PROPERTY

Chicago, July Mfrs. Hetty Green of New York has sold another parcel of her realty holdings in Chicago for s155,o00 The tract is of 2s acres in Halsted and SiXty-eighth streets.
 It was announced recently that Mrs. Green intends to dispose of all her prop erty in this city valued at several mil lion dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
BLOUNT SPRINGS Annual favor German Tues day morning, July 4, 10:3O.

FOR RENT-9-room house near Capital park. Fine place for roomers or boarders. 713 north 21st street. Newly painted and papered. Call and let us show you this dwelling. JEMISON REAL ESTATE 6
 INS. co.
 .21r N. 20th Street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
SEVEN YEARSF0R
 BIG BANK THEFT

Cleveland, Ohio, July Julius w. Hopkins, former teller of the First National bank, indicted by the federal grand jury for embedding funds of the bank totalling approximately $104,- 0O0 today pleaded guilty before Fed eral Judge W. L. Day and was sem fenced to serve seven years in the fed eral. penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Polo Rich Mans Game

From the New York World
 For obvious reasons. polo, although introduced much earlier into this coun- try from abroad, has attracted far less popular interest than golf. Like crick ct, another exotic game, for years It has had a firm hold in number of localities throughout the United States
 but necessarily the cost of keeping
 strings of ponies and providing good
 grounds makes it a rich mans sport.
 That is a drawback which its great ad-
 vantages as high test of skill are
 never likely to overcome even among
 horse-loving people.
 Yet merely as a spectacle, from which standpoint most persons past their youth regard outdoor sports, polo is one of the greatest of games. It Is easy to follow and Is exciting to watch. l The international match on the Mea- dow Brook club grounds naturally ex- cited unusual enthusiasm because tho teams were made up of the crack play
 CTS of the United States and England. Nevertheless, the true measure of the affection in which any sport Is held by the every day public is the extent to
 which 1t has played the game Amer jeans cling to baseball as Englishmen do 10 cricket because 1t was their boy hood game. Polo may occupy one of the most honorable positions in the his tory of athletic sports. descending as 1t does from the Persans of the tenth century to the British merchants and army officers in India and through then to England and the United States In the last 40 years, but 1t remains an alier game whose claim Is on the eye and not on the heart of the great American public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

Don't act as your own rental agent.
 Our immense business and numerous prosperous clients are the strongest evidence of the success of our methods of handling rental property.
 List your property with us and get the best results from your investment.
 We are having good demand for stores and dwellings. List your property with us and se- cure a tenant. HENSON REAL ESTATE &
 INS. co. 211 N. 20th Street
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-11-23
NAV Stewart.

No engagement of the season oneIS
A better opportunity to enjoy and learn
than does that of the popular young
artistic May Stewart and her excellent
company at the Opera House Thanks
giving, matinee and night, Nov. 30, III
an elaborate production of "Ingomar'
the Barbarian, a romantic and sensa-
tional drama in four acts written by
the noted German Baron Friedrich
Hahn and translated into English by
Maria Lowell. Those who object to
deep plots or heavy tragedy, will find
in "Ingomar" a beautiful love story
that is easily followed and Astounding
in some very intense dramatic situa-
lions that appeals to all classes OF
theatre-goers.
The scene of the play is laid in an
cient Gaul during a period that gives
scope for magnificent and rather spec
actular costuming, and ar rare treat
is promised in that line.