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The Washington times., 1911-08-23
ROOSEVELT, TAFT, AND Leg
.. ...s ISLATION.

In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt as Presi-
dent demanded of an unwilling Con-
gress the enactment of a long pro-
gram of progressive laws. Congress
met in December that year, and con-
tinued in session about seven months.
When it adjourned it was with the
record of passing more strong, pro-
gressive legislation than any other
session in twenty years. The most i'm
portant accomplishment was the Hep
burn act.
That was the accomplishment of a
vigorous, aggressive, fighting President.
Roosevelt had to deal with Cannon
controlled House and an Aldrich-or-
ganized Senate
The powers were against him. The
most powerful machines of toryism
that ever dominated the two houses
were in the height of their power.
Yet President who meant business,
and knew how to appeal to public SEN
timent for support, terrorized that re-
dictionary Congress into giving him
what he wanted.
Five years passed. The country be-
came more progressive with every
year. Its demand for accomplishment,
its willingness to uphold the hands of
a fighting President, was immeasure-
ably greater.
The Cannon machine had been over
thrown in the House; the Aidrich hier-
archy was only memory in the SEN
ate. Everything was auspicious for
session of great accomplishment.
The Democrats controlled the House,
the Republicans the Senate. They
were trained to the minute for a foot
race of progressivism, with popular
favor and the Presidential award as
prizes.
. Thus matters stood when in April
last Congress convened for the special
session which ends today.
The country had declared for tariff
revision, and was reconciled to thu
idea; wanted it over as soon as pos
sible, and a chance to get back to
basis of business assurance and con
fdence
Everything pointed to a session of
accomplishment; every
thing save the fact that Roosevelt was
no longer President.
Congress was willing, and it present
ly proved itself capable. 1t passed the
reciprocity measure; it revised a large
part of the tariff, including the most
and Objectionable schedules
But when the work was done the Presi-
dent vetoed its results. A session of
accomplishment was turn
to the embarrassment of business and |
the disgust of the public.
That is the summary of the extra |
sessions history. Congress will be
blamed by unthinkirg people for the
paucity of results, but Congress ought
not to be blamed Congress has ad-
vanced long way toward the capacity
to represent actual public opinion,
since the great Roosevelt session of
1906.
But Congress could not quite over
come the obstacle interposed at the
White House.
To appraise the present national Ad-
ninistration, or to judge the influence
which the Executive Yields over legis-
alton, no more effective presentation
AN be made than this parallel be-
,ween Roosevelt, extorting results from
In unwilling Congress, and Taft, kill
ng the product of a Congress that
wanted to do things.
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NAVY.

Rear Admiral B. A. FISKE, commits
stoned from August 8.
Lieutenant Commander w. G. ROPER,
from Tacoma to the Florida.
lieutenant E, E. SCRANTON to York
town as executive officer and nav!-
gator.
Lieutenant f. l. IRVINE from York
town: to home and wait orders.
Lieutenant c. A. RICHARDS, from
Ensign w, W. SMITH, from navy rifis
team and leave one month.
Midshipmah F. L. RIEFkOHL, from
Maine; to the Florida.
MidshiprIen F. s. CRAVEN. F. 8.
HATCH, and W. d. CHANDLER,
JR., from Delaware; to the Utah.
Midshipman T S. KING. from North
Dakota to the Utah.
Midshipmen r. NJ. GRIFFIN, o. C.
BADGER, z. D. CAPEHART, anu
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Empty Frame Found on a
Staircase of the
Gallery. ssl
NO TRACE OF THE
THIEVES is FOUND
Sale of the Picture Would Be Inl-
possible Without Immediate
Detection.

has been dead many times, and learns9
the secrets of the grave; and has been
4 diver In deep seas, and keeps their
fallen day about her; and trafhcked for
strange webs with Eastern merchants;
and, as Leda, was the mother of Helen
of Troy. and. as st. Anne, the mother
of Mary; and all this has been to her
but as the sound If Tyres and flutes.
and lives only in the delicacy with
which 1t has nodded the changing line
aments, and tinged the eyelids and the
hands"
Mona Lisa" is a portrait Of Ma
donna Lisa del Gioconda of Florence,
third wife of Francesca del Gioconda- It
was painted in the course Of Leonardo's
second Florcntine period, lo03-6. The ar
tist spent almost four years on the
work, and even then pronounced it un-
finished Soon after the picture was
painted y was purchased by King
francis of France, who was an ar
dent admirer of Leonardo's work, and
painter. Leonardo died In France in
1919.
That Mona Lisa is one of the first
half dozen pictures In the world Is q
commonplace; that IL is the finest pic
tIIre IN existence has been the opinion
of a number of those best competent
to judge. 1t is said that s5.0O0,0O0 was
once offered TO the French government
for the picture. This may not be true,
though the story has frequently been
repeated, but it serves as a criterion OF
the value that is set on this magical
little cabinet piece.
Music In
His Studio.
According to legend the painter kept
the wonderful smile lowering round the
mouth of Madonna Liza while he was
at work on the picture by having beau
tiful music continually played in the
studio.
The frama from which the picture
was removed is a finely carved one OF
Italian sixteenth century workmanship.
The only case in modern times COM
parable to the theft of Mona Lisa" Is
that of Cainsborough's Duchess Of De-
vonshirr." which was taken from Its
frame in the showroom Of an art firm
in London MANY wears ago. and after a
long interVal returned to its owners by
the late P. F. Sheedy, a well-knoHn
American gambler. who acted as inter-
mediary between the thief and the art
dealers. Later the picture was pur-
chased by j. Pierpont Morgany
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

T. E. HAMMOND, from Minnesota:
to the Utah.
Passed Assistant Surgeon NJ. DONEL-
SON, from Naval Hospital, New
port; to the Glacier.
Passed Assistant Surgeon ). R. DYKES,
from navy yard, Portsmouth; to the
Naval Hospital, Mare Island. Cal.
Paymaster ]. BROOKS, to assistant to
the inspector in charge of the pro-
visions and clothing depot, New
York
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READER" ENJOYS
EDITORIALS IN TIMES

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Your editorial page today is full OF
interesting and sound matter. No other
paper here can come up to The Times
editorials. Congratulations.
A READER.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

~ John Lewis Smith isn't elected COM
mancer-in-chief of the United Spanish
War Veterans this afternoon, some very
promising signs will have failed.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

Congress was SO glad to get away
that 1t dispensed with the usual con-
cert and horseplay. THE shadows
murmur, but the deeps are dumb"
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CULTIVATION OF TEA
IN SOUTH CAROLINA

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
The cultivation and manufacture of
tea on a commercial scale has been
practically demonstrated, IN co-opera-
ton with the Bureau Of Plant Industry
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
ARMY.

First Lieutenant WILLIAM o. CUT
LIFE, Medical Reserve Corps, Fort
Mcintosh, to Fort Lawton.
Colonel GEORGE E. BUSHNELL, Med
ical Corps, to represent Medical De-
partment at annual meeting OF New
Mexico Society for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis, Las We
gas, New Mexico. September to 8.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

All the world loves a lover and the
District takes a special interest in the
marriage Of Aviator Paul Peck, which
took place yesterday.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

We have laws, for a great many
things. but not one. apparently, which
Is sprightly enough to catch and pun
ish the stray cat.
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should reserve their spleen" to vent
on themselves in the Day of Wrath ap-
preaching. L. D. BARNES.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
Paris in an Uproar Over
Loss of Its Great
Treasure.
USED
TO GAIN ACCESS
Police Searching Every Nook and
Corner for the Priceless Work
of da Vinci.

The thousands OF Americans who have
visited and marveled at the art treas
ures of the Louvre were startled by
this mornings cable news that the
Mona Lisa the masterpiece of da
Vinci. and judged by many 10 be the
most beautiful picture ever painted, had
been stolen from the place which II oc-
cupied on the walls Of the famous Salon
Carre.
According to officials Of the Louvre,
the last time that the picture is known
positively to have been in its place was
on Monday morning at o'clock. Mon-
day being cleaning day, the galleries
were closed, and the absence of the
picture was not noted by the few per-
sons who passed through the rooms.
The empty frame Of the picture was
discovered early yesterday on a stair
case leading to one Of the cloakrooms,
and Immediately notice was given to
the police Of Paris of the theft of the
Louvre's great treasure.
Gain Access
BY Scaffold.
Access to the gallery where the pic
tGre was hung is supposed to have been
gained by means of a scaffold which
was BEING used in connection with the
institution Of an elevator. Pending the
further search for the painting the
Louvre remains closed to the public,
and little or nothing else IS being talked
about In Paris.
Mona Lisa" or La Joconde," Is II
Is often called, has been described by
Walter Pater in a passage that is re-
garded as one of the finest pieces of
prose ever written IN the English Ian
guage. He describes the painting as in
the truest sense da Vinci's masterpiece,
and the most graphic revelation of his
mode Of thought and work
I'VE all know. |APater goes on to say.
1.-The face and hands of the figure, set
in its marble chair. in that cirque of
fantastic rocks. as in some faint light
under sea. Perhaps of all ancient pie
lures time has chilled 1t least"
And then, after speaking of the oues-
tion OF the relationship Of an actual
Florentine woman to this creature of
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
Older Than
The Rocks.


wi letters
pp
out ~
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

Examine your hve-spots carefully
There's a phony abroad.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

beauty, into which the soul with all
its maladies has passed, All the
thoughts and experience of the world
have etched and nodded there. in that
which they have of power TO refine
and make expressive the outward form,
the animalism of Greece, the lust of
Rome, the reverie of the middle age,
with its spiritual ambition and imagina-
tive loves, the return of the pagan
world, the sins of the Borgias."
Older Than
The Rocks.
"She is older than the rocks among
which she sits: like the vampire, she
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

1t will look like the old pioneer days
when the members Of the Alexandria
Light Infantry and the osceoIa Tribe of
Red Men engage in their sham battle.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

The net total circulation Of The Wash
IInEton Times daily during the month OF
'uy was l,lS,s4s, all copies left over and
returned being eliminated. This number,
Nhen divided by 26, the number Of days Of
Pophcation, shows the net daily average for
July to have been g. $50
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST q, 1911.
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JULY CIRCULATION.
Daily.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
me washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month OF July was as follows:
The Washington times., 1911-08-23
Sunday,

g.. me net total circulation Of The Washington
1ines Sunday during the month Of July
~as Ner576. all copies left over and returned
oy agents being eliminated. This number
wnen divided by 8. the number Of Sundays
curing July. shows the net Sunday average
Tor July TO have been lo5B
Entered at the Postofnce at Washington.
ID. c.. as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

The membership committee of the
Chamber OF Commerce will meet tomor-
row, and 1t is hoped there will be
large number Of names 20 be acted
upon.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

w. c. Hibbs. private secretary of
Commissioner Rudolph, 70 tramping
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

"he sentiment seems to be that there
Is n" way to keep the films of Beulah
binford out af Washington 81 long as
they are not too filmy in :he matter
OF costume.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

Washington will welcome as a new
resident former Senator Nelson w.
Aldrich. 1t is also pleasing to know
that Col. Robert NJ. Thompson haN de-
cided to remain here for some years.
1t is to be hoped that they will Join
the Chamber of Commerce and Board of
Trade.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

Savannah, Ga.
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ToII.. n'Oht ,5e5, Jus
OaiEy average for month. 5205O
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

The English sparrow has also had to
adjourn. His nest in the caves of the
various public buildings is being swept
away by the authorities, and while
there may be no sensible decrease in
,the number OF the pests when Summer
comes again, we shall at least get par
tial relief for a few months.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

The deafh Of the widow Of 8. S. Cox
lis sincerely mourned by a large circle
OF friends among whom are many who
were also friends of her distinguished
husband. Sunset" Cox won high dis
tinction In public life. and did noble
work for the improvement of the civil
service. His widow found congenial
diversion in zealously carrying on the
work which he began.
The Washington times., 1911-08-23

Henry Trine, the oldest Odd Fellow
In the District. had been a member of
the order for sixty-three years when
he died at his home on Third street
Yesterday, in the eighty-fourth year of
his age.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-18
TEN YEARS AGO
Items from the Budget of this week in 100


w. S. Manning came down from
Ladysmith today on his way to Long
Lake to dispose of some real estate for
the Gates Land Co.
Mrs. Iona NJ Davis has received
stock certificate No. l in the Chip
pewa Valley Telephone Co. and Nor
man lyman has received stock certi-
ficate No. 2.
Robert B. Hunter, president of the
American Pacific r. r. Co., has filed
on the point of crossing at Ladysmith
and line up the river to the forks of
the Flambeau and also line of route
from Cedar Rapids south through In
gram to the center of Township 81.
the prospective junction with the Mar
inette Branch of the same system.
The American Pacific R. r. Co., was
Incorporated according to the laws of
Kansas, September, 18th 1887.
Judge Vinje, before whom the Gates
county case was tried today, rendered
his decision upholding the demurrer of
the defendants. This sustains the
constitutionality of the law which was
passed creating the county of Gates.
The case was brought by several large
property holders in Gates County, who
objected to its creation on account of
the extra taxes they would be COM
PEELED to pay. The members of the
county board of the new county were
made defendants in the case. They
demurred to the complaint and their
demurrer was upheld. The case will
be appealed to the supreme court.
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COMING TO LADYSM|TH
NORTHWESTERN UNITED DOCTORS
Will be at the Baker Hotel
Thursday, August d,
One Day Only
Remarkable Success of these Talented Ply
scians in the Treatment of
Chronic Diseases
OFFER THEIR SERVICES FREE OF
CHARGE

The Northwestern United Doctors,
licensed by the state for the treatment
of deformities and all nervous and
chronic diseases of men, women and
children, offer to all who call on this
trip, consultation, examination and adj
vice free, making no charge whatever,
except for the actual cost Of medicine
All that is asked in return for these
valuable services is that every person
treated will state the result obtained
to their friends and thus prove to the
sick and afflicted in this locality, that
at last treatments have been discover
ed that are absolutely sure and certain
in their effect.
MANY WONDERFUL CURES
So great and wonderful have been
their cures that in many cases it is
hard indeed to find the dividing line
between skill and miracle.
Diseases of the stomach, intestines,
liver, blood, skin, nerves, heart, spleen,
kidneys, or bladder, rheumatism,
sciatica, diabetis, bed-wetting, leg,
ulcers, weak lungs and those afflicted
with iong-standing deep seated, chronic
diseases, that have baff1ed the skill of
the family physician, should not fail to
call. .
If you have kidney or bladder trou-
bles bring a two-ounce bottle of your
urine for chemical analysis and micro
scopic examination.
Deafness often cured in sixty days.
NOTHING IN THEIR TREATMENT
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A KNIFE
By their developed system, no more
operations for appendicitis, gall stones,
tumors, goitre, piles or cancer. They
were among the first in America to
earn the name of the "Bloodless Sur
geons," by doing away with the knife,
blood and pain in the successful treat
ment and cure of these dangerous dis
eases.
Their new treatment for cancer, tu-
NOR, tubercular glands, eating ulcers
and other malignant growths is won
derful in its effect. A germ Destroy
ing fluid is injected hypodermically
into the very heart of the growth until
it reaches every root, fibre, cell and
substance One treatment in many
cases is sufficient to cure.
No matter what your ailment may
be, no matter what others may have
told you, no matter what experience
you may have. had with other physi-
clans, it will be to your advantage to
see them. Have it forever settled in
your mind. If your case is incurable
they will give you such advice as may
relieve you and stay the disease. Do
not put off this duty you owe yourself,
your friends, and your relatives, as a
visit this time costs you nothing and
may save your life.
Remember this free offer is for this
trip only.
Hours 9 A. M. to P. M.
Married ladies must come with their
husbands and minors with their par
ents. 20-2
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WARRANTY DEED

Myrtle M Peterson to Ellingson Lbr
Co e3 ne 36-35-3 ...............$ $500
George Bodiner and wife to C G
Magnussen, part of lot A, blk 5,
Ladysmith Townsite Co.'S 1st adm
Louise Corbett to billiard Gown, lot 7
blk Corbetts End adm. .......$ $40
j H Dotson to Abner Bernard, sw Sc
32-35-7 $1,000
w D Turner and wife to Chas Museus,
Ell sw sw Sc 16-34-5. ..........
National Investment & Collection Co
to John Boulne, sw sw nj Sc sw l.
$40 ................. S465
Arthur Slater and wife to Mary A
Sabin, Sc sw 35-36-7. .......
T M Thomas and wife to O C Sabin,
part of sec 1916 ). 80. ...,,. $3.50
E M Worden and wife to Mary A
Sabin, sw ne 1886 5000
Ida Starr to John S. Owen Lbr Co, ne
NV II mel II NV NV ID, ne ne IA 7
81, R
John j England and wife to Eda
Schroeder, sc sw 90 1916. $3.50
O E Peterson and wife to John S
Owen Lbr Co, Sd NV Is nj Sc 1874
o..'... -. 9loUU
l. Gates Land Co to O E Peterson,
ST NV Ii nj Sc 14-34-3 -. $144O
wood, 81 sw 24-335. ..........,..$ $500
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For anything in the sporting goods
line see C. Herbert Jung, sole agent
for the famous A. G. Spalding &
Bros. 20-4
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At Kleinert's jewelry store things
either are better or cost less, and his
stock is the largest in the city. 49tf
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What People You Know Say:

MRS. STEVE HENNEsSY, Shell Lake, Wis.
"Had terrible sick headaches, and nearly crazy.
After wearing DR.. Bersee's glasses four years am
entirely cured
PROF c. TONOLLI Barronette, Wis; "My wife
and both DR.. Bersee's glasses. No else
has fitted US WELL"
MRS. S. NJ JONES, Bruce Wis. ''Your glasses
very satisfactory to me. Your work is fine.
PAGE N. BUTTS, Postmaster, Luck, Wis. cam
we'll satisfied with work done for me by Dr. Bersee
Can cheerfully recommend him to the public
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MARTHA PFISTER Recorder, Governors office,
State Capitol ST Paul. Mimi q find the glasses you
fitted for me the most satisfactory have ever had
Headaches are utterly foreign to me. All those
in the building for whom you have done work. speak in
the highest terms of it,
HON H. P BURDICK, Tacoma, Wash, formerly
of Osceoa Wis ''In addition to paying you for the
glasses allow me to thank you for the excellent service
thew have rendered me-
F. F. PIERCE, 844 Grand Ave, st. Paul, Mimi.
"After wearing your glasses nine months my little
girls eyes are entirely straight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
DEFEATING ALTUS' FRIDAY AND
AGAIN YESTERDAY p VI L S
THEM DOWN A PEG.
PLAY At L0RENA PARK TODAY
Local Team viii Try to Make il Three
Straight From AItus-Team Goes
to Ourant Tomorrow for Series Of
Three Games.

Defeating Alus Friday and again
yesterday pulled that team out of sec
ond place and the local team advances
into second place.
Towers had his "spittcrs' breaking
fine yesterday and with his team
mates clouting the ball, Altus never
had lookin. Only poor hase run
ning on the part of the local team kept
the game from being very onesided
affair.
Ardmore. as usual, 1egan scoring
in the first inning. with two men
down. Porter hit safely and scored on
McCullum's hit and wild pitch Ard
more scored another in the fourth,
when Sherwood's error gave Spence
life at first. He was sacrificed to sec
ond by Williams and scored on Klien's
hit In the sixth, with two down,
Spencer hit for two bases and Will
liams repeated with a two Dagger scor-
ing Spencer. In the seventh with two
out, Nichols reached first on McMa-
hans error and scored on a PASSED
ball and a wild pitch.
The visitors were shutout until the
seventh when Friarson hit into cen
terfield and scored as a result of slow
fielding of the ball.
The final game with Altus will be
played at Lorena park this afternoon
The score:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
EIZz{d35Ai:|3

they wouldn't be there. Later, if the
games goes to pot, Danny Shay will
have a few words to say. But they
viii not be of the kind that looks well
in type. Neither will they be as re-
proachful as those of the college
coach. Nor will the sunburned help"
weep thereat. They will say heated
things, also.
Time for practice, boys" Danny
Shay says, quietly. Tumble out"
And the cigars are chucked and
fresh "chews" bitten off of borrowed
plugs, and a score of quiet, ready, un.
palpitating, businesslike men jog
easily out on to the blazing diamond.
The days work is on-Kansas City
Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
Ardmore Athletic Club.

The Ardmore Athletic Club in or
der to add more new members have
decided to put on special rate for
the next few days as an inducement.
The special rate will be three dol
lars and this includes one months
dues. The club is a splendid organi-
cation and deserves a larger member
ship. The membership is composed Of
the best young men of the city, and
it is hoped that all who are interest
ed in athletics and good c,ean sports
viii heCome members.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
PROF. LA ROSE DEPARTS.
Goes to a People Among Whom He
Worked for Series Of Months.
Made Good in Ardmore.

Prof. LaRose, who has been here
some weeks, leaves today for Tex
arkana, the city from whioh he came
when he arrived here. He announced
his going before he took his depar-
ture that any person who desired to
consult him may do so without diff
Guilty. While here he has made many
friends and has given the profession
of clairvoyancy more prestige in this
city than it had when he came. From
what those say who have pa,ronized
him he has been faithful in his work
and has been honest and frank to a
degree that has attracted much at
tention. when he has returned to Tex
arkana' he goes back among peo-
pie with whom he worked for Sc
ries of months and to whom he
needs no Introduction. He will be well
coined to Ardmore at any time he
desires to return.