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The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Dobbius' Addition-HsHy L. Rust ct al, trustees,
to William {. Bhndon. lot and part lots
and s block l9. 5000
go Seventh stnrt northeast Herman n. HOvon-
stein q uN. 1. May NJ. Kelly. lot Il. square
s57 Slu
Twenty fifth and | streets uOrthU cSt Charles II.
CLARK ct uS. to Morgan McInermcy part orisi-
nal lot u. square L. SO.
c street northeast. h.twceE Thirteenth and -Four
tecnth streets-ClareuCe Leroy Parker ct TX.
to Harry a. Kite, lot, l. 5, and 6. square north
west Of l033 $40.
Thirteenth street northeast between r and C
streets-GeOrge s. Cooper et to Harry 4.
Kite, lots and t. square northwest Of 1855 SO.
Addition to Congress Heights Geraldine NJ PipeT
10 Andrew f. Mckay. lot l. block .. $40.
Florida avenue northwest. between First and Third
strccts-JOhn J. Madden ct 10 James j..
Clark lots ls5 and 49, square 55l. SO.
Kentucky southeast. between and e
streets Charles II. Nussbaum to Mary d. Buck
lot 50. square 1889 -
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plsins-Nora +.
O'Hara to James Il. Ketner, lot 81, square
303s $40.
p and Q. South Caritol and First streets south
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
I ailoring Talks.
Edited by Vandoren & Co. Qnc.)
928 Fourteenth Street fs:d ssi'cssS c...R.nl

We've just time to get out that
Full-Dress Suit and Double
breasted Frock for New Years.
Let us have the order within the
next day or two and we'll have
the garments ready without fail.
We're featuring both at $50
and using a specially imported
French Worsted that is an ideal
weave for these formal garments.
Jet black-and drapes beauti-
fully. The price is really a SPE-
CIAL PRICE-and includes
SILK LINING THROUGH
OUT.
It's hardly necessary for us to
say anything about the make
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
TO GATHER AIR SAMPLES.
Railway Commission Asks for Re-
port on Car Ventilation.

Secretary Eddy, of the District electric
railway commission. has been asked TO
collect samples Of air in street cars for
analysis. Local cars have been charged
with bad ventilation facilities, particu-
larly those OF the pay-as-you-enter type,
and II will be Mr.. Eddy's task to gather
samples and make report on conditions
Notwithstanding the fact that through
car service has recently been installed
on the Brightwood line, the District rail-
way commission has asked the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to order five
more cars into service during the morn
ing and evening rush hours. The Dis
trict Commissioners and Maj. Sylvester
have asked the local railway commission
TO assist In regulating traffic. which the
commission has signified its intention Of
doing.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
4 Successors to
VI. Fred Gatchen. !

manship. If there's anything
that Mr.. Vandoren cuts and
makes better than another, it's
Full-Dress and Double-breasted
Frocks-and if there's anything
you want to be just right in
every way-ft and style-it's
these garments.
But we don't ask you to take
anything for granted. You will
place these orders with the plain
understanding of FIT OR NO
PAY" We think it's poor tai
loring that hasn't. confidence in
its own ability. That's why we
say Fit or No Pay"-and don't
even require a deposit.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
worL Berun ON Memorial.

Work on the Columbus Memorial, to
be erected in front of the Union Sta
ton. has already started. Excavations
have been made and everything is in
readiness for the erection of the memo
rial to the great discoverer, which must
be finished by May, 1912. A large mar
BILE ball, representing the world, which
forms a part of the memorial. alone
weights 5000 pounds
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Bar VIII ExtoI Harlan To-day.

The bar of the United States Supreme
Court will hold meeting to-day to honor
the memory of the late John NJ Harlan,
associate justice of the court. Augustus
c. Wilson will preside and eulogies will
be delivered by Solicitor General Leh-
mann, Senator Bailey, and others. Reso-
Iutions will be adopted and sent to the
members of Justice Harlan's family.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

W. ]. Abrahams, senior grand warden;
R. l. Stewart, junior grand warden:
Henry Coleman, grand treasurer and
William H. Myers, grand secretary
These officers will be installed December
q at the Masonic Hall, Fifth street and
Virginia avenue southeast
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Record OF rrnn.fer FiIcd.

Record has been filed by the deal in
which Mrs. Henrietta Halliday trans
ferred to Clarence F. Norment and j.
ThiIman Hendick the Rich Building. In
f street. and I5,0oc square feet of ground
on Meridian Hill for the Hendrick Build
ing, at 734 Fifteenth street northwest. Mr..
Hendrick assumes a trust Of $4,000 on
the Rich Building.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
New Qunrter. for Dental Firm.

New quarters Of the Southern Dental
Supply Company win be erected on the
property recently purchased by A. &
R. z. Reside. members of the corpo-.
ration, at 1926 New York avenue. from
Mrs Amelia Miller. The new building
will be three stories high. and the con-
struction work will begin In March next.
The property has frontage Of thirty
feet
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
work Begun ON New Po.t-oaice.

Ground has already been broken for
the new city post-office. to be erected at
the intersection of Massachusetts, avenue
and North Capitol street. A big steam
shovel IS at work. grading the site. Gil
A Sons. Of Cleveland Ohio. are the con-
tractors.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

The Japanese are gradually becoming
addicted to bread eating. Last year they
Imported 20I. .703 barrels of wheat flour.
1Sg s26 of which came from the United
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
EVERGLADES LAND
HAS UNSURPASSED
VALUE FOR CROPS
Drainage of Lowlands Chief
Obstacle to Developer.
DEATH RATE LOWEST IN UNION

Soil Is Richly Fertile When
Drained, but Overflow from Lake
Ject of Difficulty in Development.
FIorida's Crops Largest.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

new vegetables bring the highest prices
of the year. This is one of the great
advantages of an Everglade farm. The
season is ahead of any other portion of
the country, and naturally the crops are
marketed before the products of any
other section, therefore receiving the
highest prices paid for the early fruit
and vegetables.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18
COUNTING on Tile 1nn-

For cishteen months an active eam-
paign for United States senator has
been in progress in Mississippi and
y still has six weeks 10 run before
u will he decided at the Dcmocratic
primaries There are three candidates
in the field Leroy Percy, tho incu1n-
bcnt;gC II Alexander and James X
Nardaman. Yardaman has been max 4
Ing hand TO hand campaign for Inc.
place, and has been loading Inc winds
with his violent demonstrations. SOAK.
Ing by every means in his power ana
within the range Of his rhetoric t.
Keep the dying nres Of sectional and
race animositlcs alive. Percy is q vory
good man. and has made an uccaptitble
Senator. and Alexander appears to he
OF better sort than the iirobrand VIC
would disrlace the one and defcat TIL,
other.
r,aYardaman is an agitator OF TIA
Denis Kearncy type pure and simn,o
HIS Violence Of speech ana disposition
would defeat him before any thourht.
ful and self-respectng constituenty
but it is of such as nc thar the primary
system makes Its selections arbe
tyre OF politician Represented ~ for.
mer Governor vardaman,r saya HIM
Montgomery Advertiser which is
ashamed that II ever had anvi,,ins
70 &c with the system mas Been ro,o.
gated TO the rcar IN nearly All South.
&ern States. Such Q type rameinto con !
spicuous prominence some six or eteh,
years ago. when the primary system
first began 10 he installed III ,he sonth
ern States. Men, gifted only in lid
rrts of the agita,or, found their way
1ppen and clear TO The preiudiccs III IN.
3 voters They were aiicccssfnl. ta- no.
yond their deserts. The people van,
( to do the fair thing and the ins, ti,ing
! hut they are slow in Selling mold Of
the realities, They move siowiy. IN,
they move steadily The seal Of popular
disapproyal has been put upon the agi-
, tator in practically every Southern
4ftate except Arkansas and Misaismppi.
MIssisslppi Is offered The oppai trnity
Of returning to IT'S Did ideals of public
men,
There is said to he a good deal d
doubt as 10 what mississippi win Dc
%ithsits present opportunity, The mol
friritifs stlil very strong n.that state
nnd Mr. Vardaman Is an Ideal leader OF
Tie mob We shall hope that the re.
rrsctable, law abiding people OF III,
ha.e VII shex hin and MP k'ad, once
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

, nnndicran, and tho most cxtraordi-
nary success oftradcs unions {guilds>
the world has, seen. M 3
inaustriai Insurance. and old age
pensions which aafcguardod the work
srs against want. {.
This WAS. Indeed. a great century
IN the aseerlninnient OF human rights
'i'd duties in the development of So
cal conscience. but there will be gen
era i demurrer to the declaration OF the
fordham scholar. Great moh lived
before Agamemnon. we are told Plato
and and Aristotle lived before Bacon and
A 'o rd . Before Louis Nj. julius
caesar i,' rode down the ways OF fame,
any inc eonauerors and empire build
ers OF Egypt must be takcn into nc.
count confucius and LILO Tsa, Buddha
Moses Noses Isaiah. the authors of the
Psalms and Job belonged to great
age.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18
'rnE ANCIENT GAME.

Professor Frederick Starr has dis
covered that dice throwing was non
MAR 200 years before the beginning
Of the Christian Era. According 10
me nashville Tcnnessean, on account
OF this revela lion. crap shootin has
climbed out of the humble hands of
the negro deckhhnd to the gaming
table OF the ultra ia shionabic." II Is
sald on excellent authority that in
one OF the greatest of American mi
versitics there is II club in which venl-
craele teachers OF sSanskrit and Youth
ini instructors in Old Irish get To-
sethelr occasionally and shoot craps
for nm hour or so,
The stately Greeks ana the noble
Romans who played the game prob
ably gave it a much less picturesque
veroai accompaniment than i, has
now The Tenne; sean thinks it would
be interesting to know what Aristotle
said when calling for = Big LIZ which
is the way the newsboy ana the boot
black call for combination on the
Two dice which will total nine" Our
contemporary also seeks the Greek
equivalent of the Afro American Big
Dick.''''Little Joe" and phoebe Five"
Whatever may be said of the history
OF the game. let, 1t at least be agreed
upon that If the Greeks discovered
the game, it remained for the modern
Philippians to develop it into science
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18
TLowEns ron "oIn Miss !,

FROM the Fredericksburg Free Lance
is learned Very interesting and
touching story concerning the tie of
affection which bound together slave
and owner. Mile Carter, a colored
. woman, was once owned by the fam
lly OF John P. Coleman. OF spotsrl t.
vana. After the war she and her
husband went to Oakland, California,
put they have never forgotten the days
when she lived in Virginia or The
People who raised her.
Last February John T. Coleman. who
lives near Massaponax, received let
Ter from her and later a silver sugar
spoon for each member OF the family.
few days before Memorial Day she
sent a check for So TO be expended
ior fiowers, TO be placed on the grave
OF odd Miss" This as, the Free
Lance says. was simple and touching
tribute, and il gives evidence Of the
ties which bound the colored people
OF before the war 10 the whites
There are only a fewlleft, and they
are as true as Steel as is demonstrat
ed in instances like this our contem-
porary rightly says. Mr. Coleman,
presumably the son OF the owner Of
Mile Carter, wrote Aunt Mile" that
~ e*er adversely overtoos her she
should come to the old homestead
in Virginia and make her home there
the balance OF her life"
This eS-siaye agrees with him Of old
who said that st is sometimes pleasing
@ remember. In many heart there
Is still the sweet picture Of an old
Mss vino now belongs to that choir
Invisible Of those whose NOBILITY ana
ioveiiness still live as Influences in
The WORTH of ours. l-.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18
TliE GREAr cES,rI,uY

Neither in the eighteenth, ninetcenth,
nor twentieth century has the pessI-
nistic pragmatism Of the laudator
'einporis acti prevailed. Up 10 the
eighteenth century. however. the great
majority 81 the cducatcd people Of
Europe looked backward 10 ..the plorv
;hat Was Greece aud the grandeur that
vas Rome II ~ not a c onmon trait
of@nankind at present 10 regard that
winch IS past as best. but rather to
agree with the words put into the
n1uthof Rabhi Ben Ezra by brown
ing The hest Is set TO be-"
Esther unusual. If not discordant.
tomHs the voice nov Of Professor
Jamrs j.. Walsh. OF tordham Uniyer-
sly, "ho declares that the Judgment
OF the romantic revivailat mas correct
hnh mat . renaissance IL The need Of
ule age. ne % Of opinion that the
thirtcen,h century vas Inc greatest
Of centuries. II i, was, it was great
N measures ratiiar than in men. n
gave Dante 70 Tho world. ii gave
o''' ~ rahclb OF AsssHi
and Louis H.
ffofefsor Waish names the follow
ing az nc achievements or the tnir.
'eanth century which entities II to FIRST
distinction:
I nc hiHi nnlYersitIcs conducted on
"hes IKE those Of to-day
Marna charta. With ltB reprcacn-
4 's,'Fe soyernnGtst. constitutional guar
4 "n'@es ana protection OF the rights
/ 81 lhc poor.
,EiEhl-ltonr day FOR workmen. wi.h
! ,tai ,,'!y hai:-holiday mud forty rll
t hpl'da$s IA tho year.
! ,'nmhni'r-sery ANAL mcasured In
| ,npneye but very large measured by
, ~ power. when compared with
'ne WaKes of to-day. :. Ill
! peheIai education IN trndca ana
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18
san 10Y Rl.,la..s.

Louis Davis 4 aou;h Carolina doe
tors clianncur disresarded his in
sstuctions to put the car in the garage
some months aeo. and a5 about mid
nisht Vent out for a1spin with HE
chnms, whom he met a !, "biind tiger
the term applied To saloons in the Pal
metto state The car going iron, IS
10 10 miles the hour, struck a horse
and buggy. throwing out the occu-
pants Nobody was seriously injured
but The automobile was smashed 4
criminal prosecution followed and the
defendants were sentenced TO imprison-
ment for 1--WE years. This sentence was
upheld by the State Supreme Court
Criminal conspiracy to use the motor
car'of another without his consent was
one OF the counts under which the de-
PENDANTS were found guilty The higher
court held that criminal conspiracy
Is not restricted TO unlawful acts
which affect the community or the pub
nc. as distinguished from the indi
ridual conspiracy being a combina
ton of persons to accomplish Grim
maj or unlawful object. or an object
neither criminal nor unlawful by Grim
maj or unlawful means
This decision ought to stand as a
warning TO those who whiz through
ne city streets and along curying
country roads in the midnlgh, hours.
very oiten the joy rider is using some
machine other than his own.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

4 :
Net II ans iegrce overs;n;ing the
case, the Roanoke World has ,his 10
si,y as 70 thy fee system:
Tic voters Of Virginia may as Vel
z realize thai in any effort made before
The ncxt legislature for the abolition
or the fec SYSTEM they have 10 make
tho hottest kinu Of night with tile
Office holders combine ia the state,
and the time 10 make inc light IS in
the election preceding the meeting of
the next General Assembly Every
man who Is a candidate for Tile Leg
iSinture iii either house ofthat body.
should he called on to declare hinlsel (
either IN favor Of abandoning the fee
system or opposed to IT. Any canci-
date who fails 10 declare unequiyocally
that he will vote for measure pro2
yidlns salaries Instead OF fees for all
public Offices should be defeated"
AZ our contemporaries goes on 10 say,
she zee system Is n heavy tax on the
people OF the State, and thousands OF
dollars can be saved by paying straight
salaries. Under the present system.
the ofiicer is the only man who knows
what amount he receives, What all do
know is that. with this system in vogue,
many public officers have incomes far
in excess of the actual value of tho SER
vices which they render, and far more
than they could earn for similar work
in other business,
On the second count the World is
right again. There arc in some cities
and counties too many officers In
=
The work which is now done by two
men. In such cases the Offices should
be consolidated Thousands can thus
be saved to the state
4 one II the chief obstacles which
blocks the establishment of economy.
and fair play-in the governmental sys-
tem OF Virginia is the personal equa-
tioa. Your average fee l'sys,em officer
IS shave. plausible popular, Mara
thon handshaker ana saver OF natter
ing rothings. He is ioval, hail-fel-
lev we'll met does tavors gladly, con
tributes to worthy causes as he is
eMply able 10 DO, affects much sympa-
lthy f6r those in distress is a profes-
sipnai mourner and entertainer at The
same time. You like him. and you do
cot think OF him at ali when attacks
ere made on the fee system, The av-
etaEe an.thnks about This way: "oh.
1ierz Blank. hes . mighty nice man!
ne eight not 10 he interfcred with.
titheush on principle Oppose the fec
system THAT is the asset OF the Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

banking business and are under the
s up OF the government. a
banking business, muchli in the manner
as the national bank. though il can
not issue money. and Is under the SUI
government. In addition. trust com
p3ny Is empowered to perform a VA
fiety OF services; some OF Thorn act
lion, the general acts and ass,inini-
tho general responsibilities Imposed
upon individuals under the laws OF
the function of private savings bnnt
conduct Il mortgage Investment bust.
ness, title guarantee and other ins,lr-
uncc. i lt1'aEI 49,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

Dr. Frederick a. Cook. the Original
Discoverer. of the North Pole. and in
consequences the most abused man OF
his age. because somebody else coveted
the distinction he had fairly won by
his own intrepid daring. Is still in the
land Of the living. On Thursday he
appeared as witness before Commits
sioner Carl l. Schurz, in New York,
in the suit brought by Rudolph
Francke in a German Court for the
recovery of the value of quantity Of
vIalua BILE furs obtained by Franclse and
Or. Cook from the Eskimos and left
with Commander Peary. The furs were
worth about $4,000, and Francke
wants the money and so does Dr.
Cook, and they are both entitled to 1t.
1t was bad enough for DR. Cook to
lose the North Pole in the scuho for
Arctic honors; 1t is worse now If he
should have to give up his furs also.
Judgment for the claimants.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

| HNbA1C SHIPS AS PRIVATE YACHTS.
/ Las, month while tho dispatch boat
/ Dolphin was cruising in the Potomac
{! River The motorboat C;lpritl Fay was
run down and N least one person, we
believe, was drowned. The naval board
OF inquiry appointed 10 investigate the
accident has decided that the Dolphin
was not responsible for he collision
/ ann us fatal results. and the findings
% the hoard have been approvc. By
the coroner We have no doubt that
tho board did It's work faithfully ana
there Will be general agreement, with
It's decislon; hut tile question that is OF
lar greateri interest is why tic Dol sin
was cruising at the time OF the acci-
cent? WAS il engaged in lie service
% 'iie Government OF ii, the scr.
Nice 81 private individuals a, The cN
ncnse OF the GoycinHent2 M
White the investigating Spirit is in.
russession ofsihe members OF congress
~ would not he q bad idea ii INJURY
should he nude into the uses to which
tho ships OF the Gnyerninent are
Turned We are s;ire thai the s;scre
tarN OF The Navy would welcome The
fullest inquiry into this feature OF til,
service. Tile Government SHIPS afe not
private yachts, and they shoGld he ON :
hl"ye'i only in the public service. Are
they?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

Sarah Bernhard deserves the adjec-
tive. wonderful. She played continu-
ously on her long tour of the two
Americas, for which she received
s1,ooo,Ooo. She took time and energy
to- go on excursions She. visited the
steel works :at Homestead, Pennsylva-
mia. an outing that kept her up all
night. At5Montreal she went slelghing
on the st. Lawrence. with the Their
momctcr at % degrees below zero. Shc
visited the military camp ut San An
tonic. and paid call ut Juarez, Just
before the Mexican city was attacked
by ;thc Insurrfdctos. Age has iittlo
effect on her. Il ~ .l a, Is,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

Professor S. c. Curry. of Boston,
breaks all records for politeness and
nice feelings. He was knocked down
and bruised BY street car Sunday
lie jumped up, promptly said that it
was his own fault, and apologized to
the conductor for delaying traffic or
course, no is frem Alabama. The story
recalls that Of the Kentucky major
who shot and slew man through mis-
take He explained the matter to the
widow with profuse apologies, "and
she' bein' perfect Kentucky lady,
said It was all right"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18
THE INVITATION.

tSeiecteu Tor me -Dispatch) y
Come unto Me. all We that labor
and are heavy-iaden. and l will give
You rest,"-Matt. ri. IS
II Is human nature TO shun those
creatures and things that are not attrac-
tive TO us. We try TO avoid them, and
turn away from the unpleasant with
a shudder Not so is It true of our
Divine Saviour. He calls lovingly TO
all manner of men to come to Him.
We often hear that Invitation of our
text, and we know 1t was meant for
us, for are we not all more or less
weary and heavy-laden, are we not
bowed downrhy the weight of our sin?
Many of us feel or say that 1t was
very good of our Lord Jesus to come
down from His throne in Heaven to
suffer and die for our sins. and that
II was merciful TO have compassion
even upon His enemies. And thcre we
end. How trite our thought or words
are in comparison 10 the real mercy on
His part and the real sacrifice,
Let US remember how He, the all
''o'y' an pure ana uhaehieu' a dominates
en- ana nov our ives are In most
ass .%'n'e' WIN y ana oiten made
up OF little else. And yet 1t is to those
Wno arg most bowed down under It's
49,, 'hat re youehsates to say;
~ an.o ne surely no word m
-, 800 ~, 80, - = 're IS more wonder-
80, 80. ms 'nfohe IN
~ ~ "lps "s az h'gh ana low
III ~ poo'' 70 come lie
80 to'''e 70 can sinners 10
80 . seek ana ma 70 save V,
-. 'S 'os'
!. -, 80 '"5 80 eoi'f 10 u.s. re nids
- - '''',e 70 rum ana re never bids
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

Why reporters so insane. is the
caption used by the Chicago Tribune
oyer the following question: put 10
newspa per men:
ing" ''ei 60
DO you really have to associate
win bartenders, hold.up men and an
those rough people"
Why didn't you put the picture in a
better placer" -"
the society column" ~
40. no you write your own artlcies?"
WAT is d. l.. IT'S real'name? Can
20, /, 3, get one of my jokes Into his col
And there are a thousand more
question Just like these that are heard
daily by the bromidion- weary news
paper man.