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The Washington times., 1911-12-12
THE DURBAR AND THE
VISIBLE POWER.

In view of the fact that Thousands
of Indian subjects are dying of the
plague; that age-old poverty has pro-
gressed to the point of actual starva-
tion, the glitter of the Durbar at Delhi
carries, specifically, cynical com
ment. 1t is, however, consistent with
the nature and desire of the country,
in line with almost prehistoric ideals of
royalty and power, attuned to the
imagination of a people who see amid
their sufferings the deity in a ruler.
Strange contrast that may be formed
between King George, the titular ruler
of the almost perfect democracy OF
England, and George, Emperor, sur,
rounded by kneeling vassals of royalty
far more ancient than his own, it is
reasonable to hope that the Durbar
will make for India's good and for the
enlightenment and prosperity of her
hundreds of millions. india, in word
is Eastern to the gasp. Its mind needs
for it's understanding the pomp and
tinsel and gleam of jewels. 1t needs
the caparisoned elephant, the brilliant
soldiery, the royal gifts, and the royaI
condescension. The jails opened to
thousands of pardoned prisoners. The
royal largesse was distributed. The
royal toe was kissed by royal lips. II
all these things, as in the progress o
the fetes of the Roman conquerors
exists the visible and concrete expires
sion of power necessary to a peopl,
prone to worship the person of au
thority.
Since it is demonstrated that English
authority, hampered as it is by i'm
memorial custom, is of civilizing ad
vantage to. India, its reforms may b,
better conceived and better execute,
for the fact that the people in a mag
nificent and costly spectacle hav'
ground the face of want for the privi
lege of gazing on the divinity that il
force. Good to India and humanit,
should come from this Durbar, il
which, for the first time, a great sub
ject people saw their ruler as some
thing more than a name and an alb
straction. Good should come, too, from
the diplomatic edict changing the capi
tai from Calcutta to its ancient seat a
Delhi. The insidious trend toward re
volt, the restlessness under an invisibl
ruler, may well be dissipated by tn
sight of the Emperor in his robes am
the sound of his voice assuming hi
kingdom as his right.
If this be true, the millions spent o.
a spectacle almost within sound of tn
dying groans of the starving, ma,
prove to have been well justified.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
IRON WORKERS SHOULD AID
INVESTIGATION.

1t would come with a better grace
from the international Association Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
If, through it's officers, IL frankly
avowed that it was aiding the Govern
ment in it's efforts to ferret out the
"men higher up" who may have had
guilty knowledge of the dynamite con
spiracies to which the McNamaras
confessed.
1t was reported yesterday in In.
dianapolis that the books and records
of the association were being sur
rendered voluntarily to the Federal
authorities for use in their investiga-
tions. There was an underlying init
nation that this was being done by
those who were in jeopardy in order
to secure immunity. The prosecution
was very clear and specific in its state
ment that the necessary documents had
been forthcoming, and that no inn
munity had been promised.
As soon as the report gained cur
rency, however, the secretary of the
association-who has succeeded to the
office held by J. j. McNamara-vigor.
ously denied that the association was
giving any such assistance to the
Government in running down the guilty
parties.
In other words, he is Indignantly
denying that the association has done
the very thing which it should be proud
to do, and should, in fact, hasten to do
namely, throw all possible light upon
the inner workings of the conspiracy
which has brought reproach upon the
association.
1t need not be repeated that fair
minded public will not allow the de-
pravity of a few individuals to preju
dice the whole case of labor, but al
the same time it is imperative that its
ranks should be purged, high and low
of all who may have had any part in
the atrocities which sent twenty -one
men to their death, and who conducted
reign of terror and property destruc
tion duringa long series of years.
An effort to stife the investigation
would not be thing to be proud of.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12

q pig in a poke he can blame only his
own utter neglect.
Beyond this. the commission demands
physical valuation of the railroads.
This the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion has been demanding for many
years, and recent proceedings, notably
in the intermountain rate cases, have
made more apparent than ever the
necessity for such an appraisal. IL is
one piece of legislation of the useful,
constructive sort that nobody seems
seriously to oppose any longer. IL
used to be regarded as vicious and
dangerous; but like so many other
things that Roosevelt pioneered it is
now accepted as good thing for all
concerned. The present session Of
Congress could do few things more use.
full than to order such an appraisal
and probably will do none SO desirable
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
What's on the Program In
Washinqton Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Federal,
No. Il; Acacia, No. IS: Takoma, No. 90.
knights Templar-De Molay Com
mandery. No. 4. Scottish Rite-Evan-
gelist Chapter, Rose Croix. No. I,
knights of Kodash, No. ], twentieth
and twenty-first degrees; Eastern Star
Chapters-Electa. No. 2; Bethlehem.
No. Z. election of officers.
The following ]. o. o: F.: organizations
ton. No. 6; Golden Rule. No. q, and
Amity, No. q. degree work: Phoenix.
No. q, business. Encampment-Fred
d. Stuart, No Z. degree work.
The following ast Knights Of dSsnr pythias hodges
rank: Germania, No. 15. business;
Capital, No. q, esquire rank; Myrtle
No. 25. page rank.
NJ, Northeast Temple. Twelfth and II
streets northeast, p. m.
Meeting OF Saltese Tribe, No. 16. Sew
enth and ID streets northwest, 9 p: m.
Meeting of Osceola Tribe: No. ID, i. o.
r. NJ, Masonic Hall, Tenleytown,
FORTHWITH annual convention, Ameri.
can Institute of Architects, the New
Willard Hotel
Annual election of the Deutscher Cen
Monthly meeting of the Washington
Chapter, American Institute OF Elec'
trical Engineers, Telephone building
722 Twelfth street northwest, p. m:
Sale of fancy articles for the bensh' s,fi
teenth and Columbia road, p. m. tc
70 p. m.
"Brotherhood Night" Lord Memoria
Hail. Twelfth and Newton streets. un
der the auspices of the Brooklane
Brotherhood. p. m. II.
Informal reception in honor of the Ma
tional Republican League and the ex
ecutive committee, club house OF th'
National Republican Clup' i'4' rem"
sylvania avenue, 9 p. m.
Dinner of the Union Soldiers Alliance
Ebbitt House, 8 p m.
Bazaar for the benefit OF st. Matthew
Church, II a. m. to II p. m;
Meeting and dinner of the Ohio Society
Rauscher's. 8 p. m.
Annual convention of the Southern Sur
gical Association the Shoreham' o.,
Gallery instruction of the Signai com
pany, District National Guard, Mis-
souri, Avenue Armory. 7:So p. m.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
A CASE OF COMMON SENSE
PROCEDURE.

A perfect illustration of the asirin-
tiles of court procedure in this country
comes from Missouri That State has
long been one Of the gravest offenders
against sense and decency in criminal
practice, the last refinement of tech.
nicality being persistently employed in
the effort to save criminals from pay
ing the penalty of their crimes. The
present instance, coming at time
when there has been so much attention
to the question of court reform, de-
serves more than passing notice. =
DR.. B. Clarke Hyde was indicted,
tried, convicted, and sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of Col
Thomas H. Swope. The allegations
were peculiarly sensational, going to
the suggestion that Hyde had tried
to kill of all members of the family
who stood between his wife and the
inheritance of the Swope fortune.
The trial court denied new trial,
and on assignment of a technical list
of errors the case went up to the State
supreme court and was sent back for a
new trial. There was little of sub
stantial basis for this action; only at
tenuated technicality could have pro-
vided ground for it. But back it
went, and the second trial is now in
progress.
Having progressed well along, this
second trial is now likely to prove abor.
tive, because one of the twelve jurors
overcome with melancholia and home
sickness due to the confinement and
long separation from his family, es
capped from the hotel quarters of the
jurors and has disappeared. 1t is an
nounced that If he is not found the
jury will be discharged and there will
be nothing for it but to summon 9
new one and start third trial.
In State where such finicky notions
of procedure prevail as in Missouri il
is of course unthinkable that the tria
should proceed with eleven jurors. THAI
is done in some other States in like
circumstances, and often in other coun
tries. There is no sound reason agains,
it. But in the majority of American
communities the idea of doing anything
SO entirely sensible and reasonable. il
connection with criminal trial, - llt
of course be utterly unthinkable.
There ought to be reforms of crimi
nal procedure that, in this particular
case, would, first, have made secont
trial impossible on any such fimsy ant
ridiculous grounds as were urged
second, that would have made it i'm
possible to wreck the nearly completed
work of trial by reason of such al
incident as has been described.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12

should be, a retirement system of some
kind-any kind-is much more important
at this time than the increase Of sala-
rfes, both for the good OF the service
trembling on the verge Of dismissal.
have Ia mind now an old man who
spent four years IN the civil war, a gall
laEt SOLDIER, and since tie war has been
civil service of his country. He reared
and educated family in Washington,
and Is now a poor man. old ard trem-
bling on the verge of being dropped.
When he can get to his desk no longer
spend the last year or two of his life
in poverty. Had he not better be re-
tired with even very modest monthly
stipend than dismissed with nothing
II Is a shame and disgrace to this great
Christian nation that such a man
should be compelled by absolute neces
sity to totter to his desk promptly at
0 o'clock and remain there until 4:N
every day, when ne should be allowed
shine with the assurance of enough in.
come, at least, to keep him and his old
wife out OF the poorhouse. =.
bu: the debate in the House today
Saturday, the reniarIs of Messrs.
Tribble and Dies. shcw conclusiyely
that no straight civil rt nsicn will ever
BE- paid. then why waste time and
energy talking for such n measure?
believe that Mr.. O'Donohue and others
who are urging such a law are the
worst enemies retirement has.
The Herbert Brown contributory plau
Of retirement vs. just and equitable u
be tn the Gavernms mt and the clerks. II
has the Endorsement of members Of tho
Cabinet and OF Senator c,mmins, and
is the only retirement measure which
has the ghust uf show cf heconnns
a law.
The friends of the civil service, oi
the old clerks, and the friends of h,i.
manity should get together for con
tributory retirement-and that right
early. ALBERT H. DAVIS.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
OF FIRST IMPORTANCE

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
I feel that 1t is a duty as well as the
privilege of every civil service einploye
to thank YOU for your earnest and per-
sistent efforts In their behalf. ard at
this time especially for your strong
article on the first page Of today's
Times relative to increase of pay and
retirement system.
Every Government clerk is indebted to
you. and should express his gratitude
in words and in other more substantial
ways.
But ] want to say again that while
salaries are, as rule. lower than they
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
Star Bears Out Reputation
for Pretty Leading
Women. {
MARGARET MORELAND
HAS PERSONALITY
Piece Should Prove Pleasing to
Those Who Like Broken
Comedy.

impersonate him until he manages to
slip away from Manila. The complica-
tions that follow come thick ana fast.
The bogus hero falls in love, and as a
sort Of penance for having fooled
her" agrees to lead forlorn hone
against the insurrectos. Still posing,
he goes and returns safely. ana then
comes the denouemerft.
OF course. everything works out beau-
tifuliy. the three love affairs that are
limited at throughout the comedy are
all settled and everybody is happy.
Has His Usual
Pretty Leading Woman.
Margaret Moreland is the girl in the
story, and the reputation Nat Goodwin
has made in years gone by OF having
beautiful leading women does not suf-
fer. In addition to her pleasing person
ality, Miss, Moreland more than meets
the demands, which are not e<acting,
which are made upon her. The rest q
the cast, with two or three exceptions.
gives good support.
While the comedy is not Of the hilari-
ously funny variety, 1t can be highly
recommended to those who prefer COM
edy in broken doses. for, after all. Nat
Goodwin is Nat Goodwin. and he can
amuse and entertain in any old role he
finds himself in.
JULIA MURDOCH.
| Tomorrow "The Real Thing" In which
| Henrietta Crosman is appearing at the
Belasco will be reviewed by Miss Muir
| dock.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
The Play
Abounds In Plot.
Suit Against the War
Department Dismissed

Sustaining the claim of the Govern
ment that the court lacked Jurisdiction.
Chief Justice Ciabaugh. of the District
Supreme Court. has dismissed the suit
of Mrs. Rebecca Ord Pershine, against
Secretary of War Stimson for an in
junction restraining the War Depart
ment from occupying land she claims
In Monterey, Cal.
The tract In question has been a MILL
tary reservation for years Assistant
United States Attorney r. 8. Huide-
koper appeared for the War Depart
ment. and Attorneys Ralston, Siddons
& Richardson represented Mrs. Per-
shine.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
THE ANTIDOTE
~. WITHIN THE LAW

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
IL the plays presented by the Irish
Players be travesties or libcls what
can be the object of their presentation
by Irish men and women?
A riot In New York last week during
one of these performances furnished us
with the ironic spectacle OF Irish rioters
being subdued by policemen of the
same race-guardians of the peace.
II the victims Of caricature on the
stage be Irish, or Jewish, Yankee, or
Hottentot, the antidote must be within
the bounds of law. LEX.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
Amusements.

Pelasco-Henrietta Crosman. in The
-a, Real ThiHNgtt hN.t s;15 no6SSwIn, d n; The Cap
Commbia-washington Symphony Or
chestra, 4:45 y. m.
National-'"The Pink Lady" p. IN.
Acadcmy--."Ten Nights in Barroom,
2:15 and S:15 p. m.
hase's-Polite vaudeville, els and S:l5
Observation-Disclosures vaudeville. els and
Sis D. m. -
Casino-Elite vaudeville, 1:So 10 b and
73n to 1890 y. IN.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville.
Gavety-"Biy Gaiety Company" 2:15
and S:l5 D. m.
Lyceun,-"Giris from Reno" 2o5 and
S.l5 d. n.
hrcade-Skating. dancing. bowling.
Convention Hall-Roller skating.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Lieutenant ]. S. DoWELL. Jr., detached
can embassy, Berlin, Germany.
Lieutenant A. l.. BRISTOL, jr., detach-
ed Mayhower. January 2. 1912. to
American embassy. Berlin, Germany.
SON, detached Reserve Torpedo Di-
visions, Charleston, s. c., to Naval
Hospital, Naval Home, Philadelphia
. Pa -'
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
South DakOtans to
Hold Meeting Tonight

Tho South Dakota Association will
hold a banquet at Freund's tonight.
Speeches will be made ty members of
the association. 1t is probable steps
will be taken for the launching Of a
concerted effort to get every man,
woman, and child in Washington from
South Dakota to join the association
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
NAVY.

Lieutenant Commander N l.. JONES,
detached North Dakota, December
10. 1911. to Navy Department. WASH
ington, ID. c.
Lieutenant 8. w. WALLACE. detached
Minnesota, to Asiatic station.
Lieutenant r. C. McFALL, detached
Delaware, December Is, 1911, to works
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company, Newport News, Va.
as assistant to the inspector of ma
chinery.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
ARMY.
AKMY.
Chaplain JOSEPH III. SUTHE

Chaplain JOSEPH III. SUTHERLAND,
Twelfth Infantry, retiring board
San Francisco. Cal.
The name of Captain JAMES JUSTICE,
= Twenty-second Infantry, placed on
list OF detached officers, and the
name of Captain ISAAC NEWELL,
Infantry, removed. Captain NEW
ELL is assigned to Twenty-second
Infantry.
Captain HENRY b. DIXON. Twelfth
Cavalry, to Chicago, ILL.,, before army
retiring board for examination.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
ARRIVED,

Yorktown at Amapala, New Hampshire
Call. Paulding, Terry. Perkins, May
rant, Sterrett, Warrington, Burrows,
Peoria at Charleston, Colorado at
Hilo, Maryland at Honolulu, Nam
shan at Shanghai, Patuxent, Poto-
mac at Pensacola, Elcano at Kiu-
kiang. a
SAILED.
Ammen, Trippe. Wake, Vulcan, from
Boston for Hampton Roads, Florida
from Guantanamo for Pensacola.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
FREED ON CHARGE
OF STRIKING NAN
WITH BLACKJACK
Clarence Gillott's Partner in
Garden Was His
Accuser.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU.
ANACOSTIA, D. c., DEC. II

ANACoSIlA, ~ u, DES. H.
Clarence elliott. a young Anacostia
blacksmith. was acquitted by jury in
Criminal Court No. late yesterday
evening of the charge Of assaultih3
Frederick Vangeuder. another young
Anacostian, with a blackjack. The trial
consumed the greater part of the day.
and numerous witnesses were heard.
Among them were half q dozen police
men.
The trouble, according to the testi-
mony, arose over the garden the two,
conducted on shares in Anacostia, and
on alteration ensued. Vangeuder'
claimed to have been struck on the jaw
with a black jack. and he has spent
much time In a hospital. The conten-
ton of Gillott was tt at he was acting
In self-defense. He asserted there was
no weapon in his hand when he hit
Vangeuder.
James Brisolano. thirty-six. who
drives a team for Harry Sweeney. a
gardener. fell from mis- wagon seat while
driving on Giesboro road and was in
| ternally injured.
He was dragged some distance by the
| team of mules he was driving, and the
| animals nearly collded with the Board
| of Charities ambulance. The injured
| man was unconscious when he was
picked up. later became violent. He is
being treated at the Washington Asylum
Hospital.
Pupils of Miss Cora Shreve appeared
| before an audience in the Anacostia Ma
sonic Hall last evening and took part in
a program of fancy dances and topical
| hA tarto iy,r, ytxy an,
by Oneita Council, No. 2, Degree of
Pocahontas. The children taking part
were Lena Callan. Irene Meyers. Elsie
F'risbie. May Shank, Ada Kelley. Anna
Price. Mabel Burch. Edna Wilcox, and
Marian Frisbie. Those managing the
affair were Margaret Wilkinson. Mrs.
Wilbur Dodge, and Mrs. d. T. N. Shank.
| Swathed In bandages. James Dean.
the Geological Park employe, who was
gored by a buffalo In a pen at the Zod
several weeks ago, is at his home, S22A
Thirteenth street. after having spent
some time in Casualty Hospital. He will
| recover. b.
William NICK. Clayton. president Of
| the Federated Citizens Associations has
accepted an invitation to deliver an ada
dress before the Anacostia Citizens As4
sociation at its meeting tomorrow evenI
| irg..
Policeman Vernon Eskridge. member
of the Anacostia force, will be asst shed
to the shopping district OF the city until
| Christmas, In order to assist in capturI
ing shoplifters, Special details from
other precincts have been made in the
shopping center for the same purpose.
The attention of the school authorlI
ties will be called by citizens to the
need of a suitable fence around tha
large grounds of the Ketcham School,
at Good Hope road and Fourteenth
street
Tile pupils of the Van Buren, School,
I'M W street, have additional playground
space since the demolition of e large
frame building between the school end
the annex building
The Progressive Association of tha
Anacostia Baptist Church, John T.
Dent, president. met last night and
nominated officers for the annual eiec-
ton. to take place next month.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
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Play at Columbia This
Week Doesn't Quite
Reach.
NOTED COMEDIAN
PROVES SAVIOR
Plot Built Around Mistaken lden.
tity, and Is IN
volved. h

Some of these days before many
months have passed, Nat Goodwin will
finish the comedy drama to which he
is devoting all of his spare moments.
and, let us hope, will blossom out as
an author-nctor with a vehicle that
will give full opportunity again for
the display of his real ability.
In THE Captain" which IL the Offer
Ing at the Columbia this week TIE
possibilities of a real comedy are
there. but in the authors handling,
many of these possibilities are
slighted or overlooked. As a result
the star is forced to coax merriment
by the use of those tricks of stage
craft Of which he Is past master.
Little by-plays and asides. bit Of
burlesque now and then. a few clever
lines that f1t in SO well with the
comedians marital experiences that
one suspects they have been written
for purpose, all do their part and by
using all his ingenuity. the star re-
lieves his play from monotony and
makes 1t at times a very enjoyable
offering.
The Play
Abounds In Plot.
In addition to the star there is also
a plot. one of the obliging kind that
would lend itself to generous treat
ment better than to the somewhat I
farcical handling the authors have
given 1t. 1t all hinges about the ex-
citing experiences New York club
man, Capt. Jefferson Lorimer. of the
National Guard. has in Manila in i'm
personating an old friend, Captain
Hastings. OF the regular army.
Captain Hastings. hero of the Boxer
The Washington times., 1911-12-12

Not the least Of the sights to be seer
oy the visiting boy corn growers 10 tn.
one and only perennial Cabinet officer
The Washington times., 1911-12-12

Oysters, charged with being the cause
cf local typhoid. continue to stand
mute.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12

The street crossing policemen hav
found friend in Senator Gallinger, an
he's mighty good one to have q
court
The Washington times., 1911-12-12

The net total circulation Of The washington
Times Sunday during the month Of Novem-
Der was 14s,37s. all copies left over and re-
turned by agents being eliminated. This
Sundays, during November, shows the net
Sunday average for November to have been
37.06.
Entered at the Postofnce At washington
ID. c.. a. second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
TUESDAY. DECEMBER II, 1911.

The rise in real estate is contemporary
eous with little shop lifting here and
there
The Washington times., 1911-12-12

Chief Justice Whites system OF tabloid
Supreme Court opinions is a rule o.
reason which will meet with heart,
lay approval. 1
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
SmMday.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
y The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month VI November was ~ fol-
The Washington times., 1911-12-12
NOV EMBER CIRCULATION.
The number Of complete and perfect copies
mr. the month on November was as follows:

Total for the month. ............... i,s2s, 81
Daily average for the month. ..., So 500
he net total circulation OF The washington
Times daily during the month OF November
WAS LIE, ,6S, all copies left over and returned
being eliminated. This number, when d.
vided by IS, the number Of days Of publica-
tion, shows the net daily average for No.
Sember to have been l3,e71.
The Washington times., 1911-12-12

The boys who escaped from the Ma
tional Training School possibly wanted
to get in training for the Sunday School
Christmas tree. 3.