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The Washington times., 1911-10-16

Rostand barnyard, in which the in.
tervafs between eggs will be whiled
away by elevating conversations on the
questions of the day. OF course It
may take the trained ear Of a DR..
Garner to understand what all the
garrulous young pullets and sedate old
hens are talking about, and to the lay
ear it may much more closely resemble
the chatter of a Brazilian forest in
which parakeets and cockatoos are
swapping gossip with the mormosets.
He may be able to bring his chickens
tosa fair degree of proficiency, although
there are certain physical obstacles
which, to plain, blunt man, would
seem to be insurmountable. For in
stance, the ability of the parrot and
crow to talk more or less intelligibly
is largely due to their fat tongues, and
it would take great deal of de-
velopipg to produce a conversational
thickness in the tongue of chicken.
All this is without stopping to con-
slider the important fact that chickens
already speak language which is per-
fectly ineligible to the dullcst of
humanity. There is a peculiar note in
the cackle of hen which leaves no
doubt that she has laid an egg, and
the crow of Chantecler makes it cer-
tain that if the sun is not yet up Il
is altogether the fault Of the sun.
Coincident with this announcement
comes another from up in the Nutmeg
State to the effect that a laying con-
test is about to be held under the
auspices of the Connecticut Agricul-
tural College, in which five hundred
hens will be entered. It is absorbing
the attention of the whole State. Some
of the approaching football games are
exciting less interest than this tourna-
ment of the nest. No effort will be
spared to arouse a spirit of emulation
in the competing teams of hens, and
when the end has come we shall know
just how productive the hen can be
under the best auspices, and what
breeds are the finest.
A work.a-day world, which prefers
omelettes to dissertations, and Adam.
and Eve -on-a-raft to the best speci-
mems of parrotese will be inclined to
hold that the labors of the Connecticut
College are much worthier
than those of the California poultry
breeder. 1nthe barnyard, as in pretty
nearly every other field of endeavor
with which we are familiar, it is
great deal better to accomplish things
than to be able to talk about them.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
ALL NIGHT SERVICE
ON STREET CAR LINES

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
The citizens in general, and those who
are compelled to ride on the street cars
in particular, appreciate your noble ef-
forts in behalf of the movement for uni
versal transfers in the District Of Co
lumbia; and they also appreciate your
fight against that soulless corporation,
the Washington Gaslight Company, for
the reduction of gas, etc. But there is
also another evil to which the disfran-
chised citizens Of this District have to
submit. There are hundreds of our
fellow-citizens who are compelled to
work at night, especially when Con-
gress is in session, and who are COM
PEELED to walk home in the rain and
snow at 2:30 and $3.50 a. m. because there
Is only one street car line in the city
that gives the public the benefit Of all
night service. 1t seems to the casual
observed that something should be done
to remedy this evil-this injustice to
those who are employed at night and
are compelled to walk home in disagree
able weather.
Can't you take this matter up and
call the attention of the Commissioners
OF the District. the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and to Congress, when II
reassembles in December? Anything
you can do in this matter will be highly
appreciated by the residents of the Dis
-trict Of Colurtyia. s. M 8,
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
LEHMANN FOR THE SUPREME
BENCH.

AT the top of the list of possible
choices for the latest vacancy in the
Supreme Court stands today the name
of man who is so big lawyer, so
good a citizen, so long useful, practi-
cal public servant, so little politician,
30 much Democrat, and yet so little
a partisan, that his selection would
please every faction and interest. 1t
is difficult to imagine any viewpoint
from which serious objection could be
urged to Frederick w. Lehman.
This man, a native of Germany, be-
gan practicing law at Nebraska City.
When they were yet both young men
he divided honors with Albert b. Cum
minis for the distinction of leadership
of the Iowa bar. At the same time
they were close friends, and have re-
mained such ever since. Cummins went
into politics and became leader of his
State; Lehman, after a period Of
political activity and notable leadership
while 2 young man, left that field and
devoted himself entirely to the law.
He rose to leadership of the Missouri
bar, and president of the American
Bar Association.
In that position he was especially
successful by reason. of the very quail
ties that now commend him to con-
sideration for the Supreme Bench. He
is scholar in the law, representa-
tive of its finest, truest, highest ira
ditions. Not a specialist, he has prac-
ticed in all its branches with distinc-
tion and eminent success.
When the lamented Lloyd w. Bowers
came to the Taft Administration as
Solicitor General it was tacitly but
accurately understood that he was
destined to the Supreme Bench. Death
took him untimely, and his place was
turned over to Mr.. Lehman, whom
the President had considered for the
headship of the Department of JUS
tice. 1t has been understood that Mr..
Lehman succeeded not alone to the
Bower position as Solicitor General,
but also to his prospects as heir-ap
parent to the Supreme Bench.
Mr.. Lehmann's friends in the Ameri.
can Bar Association are already active
in his behalf, and his case will have no
need of urgings from any political
sources. The best sentiments and ira.
ditions of the national bar will turn
to him as man beyond criticism for
the position. He is in the early prime
of life, in magnificent health, with
every promise OF a long and honorable
service.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
TURKEY, ITALY, AND THE AR
BITRATION TREATIES.

| The arbitration treaties which tn,
Senate declined to ratify at the las
session of Congress, and which will
come before it for further considerable,
at the coming session, will look les,
attractive in view of the recent events
in the Mediterranean.
All Europe, and the United States
thrown in, joined in the Algeciras pac
for the maintenance of peace on tn,
Moroccan issue, yet Germany in day
brought Europe to the verge of war by
her startling move at Agadir. The
menace is not by any means ended
even yet.
Italy, bolder, more acute in percep
! tion of the weakness of internationa
accords and continental concerts, plung
ed right into hostilities when she de-
cided that the time had come for hel
to seize her slice of north Africa. Wal
was actually on before the world had
realized that it was threatened.
Our pending arbitration treaties are
like any other treaties of the sort
One days war, one act of open, avowed
hostility, ends all arbitration arrange
ments. Nations nowadays do not de.
clare war in the courtly, deliberate
way that once obtained. They strike
first and then admit that they meant
it. The first move, the surprise, the
naval coup, means everything in this
modern epoch of easy communication
wireless telegraphs, aeroplane couriers
and quick mobilization by rail and
motor.
Nations prate much about national
honor as the thing they cannot arbi-
trate; but it is a polite fiction. Vital
interest and national advantage are
the things for which they fight. Japan
fought for her national life against
Russia, while Russia was merely fight
ing for the national advantage of ex.
tended possessions and warm sea port
on the Pacific. Italy is fighting for
territory; Germany nearly forced a
war for advantages in Morocco.
That sort of thing is well enough to
talk about, but the truth is that peace
pacts which contemplate a years
negotiation before the blow shall be
struck are more likely to be disadvan-
tageous to the nation that takes them
seriously: the sudden blow, struck when
one side is not expecting it, may turn
the balance of advantage, as did
Japan's Port Arthur surprise, so de.
cidedly that it can never be reversed.
1t is safe guessing that there will be
more direct, definite, outspoken oppo-
sition to the treaties when Congress
sits again than there was last session.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
GLAD LINCOLN'S SPIRIT
is STILL ALIVE
To the Editor of THE TIMES.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In reading the press reports of the
italian Turkish war. observed that a
mandate was issued by the Italian COM
mander of the forces of Italy by which
slavery was abolished in Tripoli II
no other good comes of the contest
than this one order it is well for the
poor unfortunates who have been lib
Grated from bondage and every Ameri-
can believing in the betterment of man
kind regardless of race or religion fea,s
proud that the spirit Of Abraham lin
coin is still alive and that other ma
tions are adhearing to the motto of uni
versal liberty, regardless of tongue or
color, religion or politics. God grant
that the day may soon come in this
country when all nations can live i'm
peace under the shelter of Old Glory.
have all nations, religions, and de-
nominations and pray the day Of
brotherhood of man and fatherhood of
God to the end that all sections of this
country may flourish as a green bay
tree and live in peace as branches OF
one body. L. c. MOORE.
So2 F street northwest.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
INJUSTICE OF SHIELDING
NAMES OF MEN

To the Editor of THE TINES:
A heartrending account appeared in a
paper a few days ago Of a young girl
being mistreated and drugged by five
prominent men and left on the door
steps.
The article went on to say, Every
effort was made to keep the facts of
the case secret, because of the promi-
nence of the men involved. When the
case was called, Judge De Lacy had
every one not directly concerned In the
case excluded from the courtroom, and
instructed that none of the facts in
volved be mentioned by the attend
ants"
Think of it.! judge shielding crime!
And think that anything intended for a
man should act as these creatures have
done, and then sneak out of 1t and
let their victim take the blame. The
name of the girl published and the
names of the criminals withheld! Could
anything be more unfair and disgrace
ful-so utterly beneath contempt? The
iuinstice is appalling! For their pun
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
THE SUPPRESSED REPORT ON
THE EVERGLADES.

In publishing such facts as can be
reached, concerning the strange sup
preston of an important engineering re.
port on the Florida Everglades, The
Times has had no thought or purpose
of influencing, one way or the other,
sentiment about Florida investments.
The State is engaged in the greatest
single reclamation project ever under
taken in the country: the reclamation
of some 1000 square miles of the huge
swamp that occupies great part of
the lower end of the peninsula. There
can be only one wish in that connec.
tion and it is that the splendid project
may be an unqualified success.
The Federal Government is not con-
cerned with this enterprise. It sent en-
gineers to investigate the project and
after spending much time and money
they prepared report. That report
seems to have been regarded with sus-
picion by some Florida interests. There
was opposition to its publication and
the charge is made that both business
and political forces were set at work
to prevent these engineering facts get
ting to the people.
Whatever the motives, the report
was not published. One story is that
the report was favorable to the Ever.
glades reclamation project, and that
powerful financial and railroad in
terests, which wanted the State project
to fail SO that private interests might
get the lands and profit by them, op-
posed its publication. Another story
is that land dealers in Florida, en-
gagged in peddling Florida realty all
over the country, opposed publicity lest
it should injure their business.
The whole latter-day political his
tory of Florida is closely bound up
with this controversy over drainage of
the Everglades. 1t has been the issue
in three gubernatorial campaigns. SEN
ator Taliaferro was defeated at the
last election chiefly on the charge that
he was the friend of railroad interests
that wanted to make a private snap
out of the reclamation business. The
whole affair is wellnigh hopelessly
tangled up. One man who knows
Florida thoroughly declares that Con-
gresham Clark is opposed to the
reclamation project because he is the
friend of the East Coast railroad; an
other declares that he is not opposed
to it at all, but wants to protect in
vestors throughout the country from
being swindled by sharpers who are in
juring the State and robbing innocent
purchasers.
The Florida sharps seem. utterly un-
able to agree. The Jacksonville
Metropolis, referring to publications in
The Times, declares that various mag
azines are about to expose the Florida
land speculation business and says:
The publication of these articles will
undoubtedly prove injurious but no
more so than the sale Of worthless
countries The Metropolis hopes the
public, and particularly the investing
public, will be given the whole truth
with reference to conditions in the
Everglades.
There seems to be good reason for
such a demand when the results of a
careful, technical engineering investi,
cation, made at large expense by the
National Government can be suppress
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

ed. Whyf Who Is thus powerfuii
What influence in Florida land.grab-
.bing or land speculation is SO great
that it can clog the channels through
which the experts Of the National Gov
ernment have attempted to give the
truth to the whole publicf
The inquiry seems entitled to con-
sideration alongside the recently solved
question of who was running the
Bureau of Chemistry and administering
the pure food act.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

ishment and the example it would set
other bad men, and for the protection
Of the public, the names should be pub
lished.
II physician will deliberately aid in
the ruin of one girl, would it be safe
Tor woman or girl to go to his office?
Should he be allowed to practice?
1t is a crying shame that such con-
ditions exist and that such men are
not branded in some way.
And we send missionaries to foreign
countries!
1t Is criminal to suppress the names,
and judge who will so advise Is not
fit to serve the public.
Has the Judge been bribed?
A. r. N.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

He prevails upon her father to permit
her to attend the school at the Gap.
June develops, and after she has had a
year of schooling, Hales interest in her
grows. There is talk among the feud-
lists as to whether he will marry her,
ard upon the heels of threats from her
relatives. the boom bursts, and ruin
threatens him. Young Dave Tolliver,
who hates Hale because he has taken
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

Juno away from him, brings word of
the gossip concerning June to the girl,
and. carried away with jealousy. he
threatens to kill the engineer. June,
who does not understand the gossip,
sends for her pap" to take her back
home. There in the mountain cabin,
Hale finds her, more attractive than
ever, beGs her 10 marry him. and Is re-
fused. Just at this period the feud
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Concert Today
BY the U. S. Soldiers Home Band,
This Afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
JOHN s. M. ZIMMERMANN.
Director.

PROGRAM
March-"The Two Eagles" .Boehme
Overture-"Nabuco" .........,.V Verdi
Two popular Irish songs
(a) ireland, Love You.
Acushla Machree". ........ Brown
(b) Where tho River Shan
non Flows. Russell
Selection-'Vcronique" Messenger
Characteristic-"Cocoanut Dance"
Hermann
Excerpts from Algeria" Herbert
Finale-'Winter'' .............. .GuE?I,Ie
The star-SpsnRled Banner"
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Play Is Taken From Novel
by John Fox,
Jr.
CHARLOTTE WALKER
IN LEADING ROLE
Dramatization Of Story BY Walter.
Coming To the
Columbia.

breaks out with violence, and young
Dawes father is killed.
While discussing the murder of her
uncle with Billy Beams and her father.
the crack of a rife is heard. and Judd
leaves the cabin to investigate. Dave
rushes in and acknowledges that he
has made mistake and snot police.
man. June fears Dave has shot Hale.
When the hut is surrounded by the
volunteers she hides Dave in her room,
Berkeley. who has been wounded by
Hale. who insists on searching the cabin
for Dave. Judd is permitted to leave,
and June, who has bandaged Berkeley's
wound, Is left alone to save her cousin.
her, though at the same time he de-
mands a surrender of Dave as a matter
of duty. In spite of June's protesta-
tions. he is about to search the place
pleas, saves Dave by emphatically stat
ing that he is not the man who fired
the shot.
June Knew 1t
To Be Untrue.
June and Jack knew this to be a lie,
but Jack, apparently glad, bids her
good-by and leaves the cabin without
his prisoner. Hale keeps a guard around
the cabin to prevent any further out
break Of the feud, and the following
Belhtley COHneS out lOOk1nR IOr
him in order to bring about a reconcilia-
ton with June. .Iale, who is at the
Lonesome Pine at sunrise, meets old
Judd. who forces Dave, who is with
him, to apologize. Dave admits that
he has been bad, but tells Hale he is
going West as soon as his fathers body
Is buried. Berkeley, meantime, has
brought June to the Pine and she ap-
pears as Jack first saw her, barefooted
and in her red homespun dress. Both
catch the spirit of the meeting, being
Lonesome Pine, where they first met.
Here they wait for Uncle Billy Beams,
the old justice of the peace, to come
and marry them as the curtain falls.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
will be seen at the Columbia Theater
the week Of october %. In the cast
with Miss Walker are Berton Churchill
Richard Sterling, George Woodward,
Lillian Dix, w. S. Hart, Willard Robert
son. Alice Lindhal. and Cyrus Wood.
The play is in four acts.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
THE DOUBTFUL VALUE OF
TALKING HENS.

A California poultryman announces
that he is Burbaking in the direction of
developing race OF chickens which
will be able to talk like parrot. When
his plans are perfected he will be able
to exhibit to the world something like
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
OBJECTS TO SMOKING
ON THE STREET CARS

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
I would define a gentleman as one
whose conduct in public was not Of
fensive to persons of refinement; then
no gentleman. be he a member of Con-
gress or commercial magnate, mechanic,
or mendicant. could be guilty of smok-
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

Both the law and the equity in the
universal transfer question will be
threshed out in the two suits coming
before the District courts today.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
What's on the Program In
Washington Today
Concert by the Soldiers Home Band,
Soldiers Home. $3.50 p. m.

Amusements.
National-Robert Edeson. in THE Cave
Man." 8:15 p. m.
Belasco-Harry Lauder. 2:20 and 500
p. m.
Columbia-"The Old Homestead" Sis
y. IN.
se's-Polite vaudeville. 2:15 and s:15
p. m.
Casino-Vaudeville. 2:15. 3:45. 7:l5. and
p. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville
Academy-"A Prisoner For Life" S:15
y, m.
Gayety-Harry Hastings show, 2 and
S:l5 D. m.
Lyceum-"The Whirl of Mirth," 2:Is and
S:l5 p. m.
Majestic-''Prince Chap" evening
Misunderstanding, dancing, and bowling.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

One company Is about to build ten
new residences in Alexandria. Looks
like the ancient city was beginning to
take on a boom.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

They are already preparing for Hal
loween. Numerous parties are being
planned by church societies, social or
ganizations, and private families.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

Pauline Wayne Is having an excellent
time on her Western visit. She has
about every kind of an attendant except
a lady's maid
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Washington, d. c.
Lieutenant Commander L. p. SAR-
GENT, detached South. Dakota, TO
aide to admiral Of navy and addi-
uonal duty connection General
Board, Navy Department.
Boatswain J. l.. THOMAS. to navy
yard. Puget Sound, Wash.
Gunner r.. A. ROBIE and Machinist A.
SCHULZE, to Pensacola
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS,

Arrived-Brutus at Philadelphia, Stand
ish at Annapolis, Tallahassee at
Newport News, Des Moines at New
York. Wheeling al Puerto Cortez,
and Prarle and New Jersey al
Hampton Roads.
Sailed-Eagle from Hampton Roads for
Charleston, Mohawk from Washing
ton for Norfolk. Hector from Boston
for Tompkinsyille. Ajax from Guam
tanamo for Hampton Roads, and
New Orleans from Manila for Shang-
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1s. 1911.

The National Style show will soon be
In our midst and conservative people
will know what not to wear.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
ARMY.

ANm1.
CAPTAIN PALMER E. PIERCE. Thir-
teenth Infantry. 10 relieved from
duty at the Army Service Schools.
Fort Leavenworth. Kan. and will
proceed to the Philippine Islands,
and upon arrival at Manila will pro-
Ceed to join his regiment.
First Lieutenant CHARLES ]. ROEHS.
Medical Reserve Corps. is relieved
from duty at Plattsburg Barracks.
New York. and will proceed to Fort
Banks. Massachusetts
The following transfers. at the request
of the officers concerned. are
ordered:
Captain SAMUEL V. HAM. from
Twelfth to Seventh Infantry.
Captain FREDERICK w. BENTEEN.
from Seventh to Twelfth Infantry.
NAVY.
Commander r. J., sENN. to Hoard of
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

The woman who got into trouble on
Indiana avenue because she wore a
harem skirt says the garment was made
in Chicago. That makes it all the
worse.
The Y. M. C.. A. is to undertake an
educational campaign for the improve
ment of babies. AS If every mother
didn't think her baby Is all right just
as 1t is.
Tho silence has already been broken
and the first gun in the 1913 campaign
for the presidency of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution has been
sounded.
The Knights Of Momus are preparing
to live up to their name by giving a
little dinner at which they will seri-
ously devote their attention to having q
good time.
The Postmaster General evidently
counts on an increase in our foreign cor
respondence. He is having some taste
full new postal cards Of the two-cent
denomination prepared.
II the new electric road to Bluemont
is operated upon progressive lines. 1t
will do much to make available to
Washingtonians a large section of good
suburban residence property.
The Thompson school has lost it's ca
nary, which recently flew in and was
adopted as a mascot. The chances are
that, somewhat after the fashion of the
King Of France, 1t flew out again.
An Anacostia woman is seriously Ill
from the bite of pet cat. The feline is
to be examined by the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry to determine If it Wits
diseased. Another argument for the
foes Of pussy.
The adoption Of the all-steel passenger
car by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company is an advance everyone
in Washington will commend. The COM
pany did not wait to be forced to buy
these cars.
The annual report of the. Commits
sioner of Pensions contains the interest
ing fact that the last pensioner Of the
Revolutionary war died during the past
year. She was Mrs. Phoebe M, Pal
meter, aged ninety.
DR.. L. r. Klemm says, in his criticism
of coeducation. that girls are interest
ed in poetry, love letters and other SUBJ
jects, which boy hates" And yet
there is pretty widespread opinion
that some boy usually writes the love
letters. at least. In which the girls are
so interested.
II concerted action will arouse Con.
gress to the point of placing the police
and fire pension fund on a firm basis
then by all means let the community
rise as one man and ask for 1t. The
recent tragedies at the Avenue fire
have brought home to us a realizing
sense OF the situation.
Prominent Masons from all over the
country have arrived in the city to at
tend the biennial session of the council
OF the Scottish Rite. and will remain
until after the laying of the cornerstone
OF the new million-dollar temple. They
include some of the most distinguished
citizens of the United States.