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The Washington times., 1911-07-29

II my modest efforts. IN accordance
with my governments instructions,
can contribute to the consolidation of
Our international friendship.
II indulge hopes Of the best success,
relying on the facilities and assistance
which the respected Government OF the
United States of North America has
extended with such friendly cordiality
to my distinguished predecessors, and
in telling you, in the name Of my
people and Government, how ardent
are the. wishes they make for your
personal happiness and the growing
prosperity of this great nation, whose
uLceastng progress Is the admiration
dent, that you will permit me to add
to those wishes the friendly and earn
est expression Of my own.
Presidents Reply.
In reply to this the President said:
You rightly estimate, Mr.. Ambas-
sador. the cIoseness Of the manifold in
terests and the answering loyalty of
friendly purpose, which have played so
important a part in fomenting good will
and mutual esteem between our two
peoples, and l share your appreciation
OF the benefits to accrue to both ma
tions by the solid upbuilding of the
material relations of our peoples in the
paths OF commerce.
"A Just reciprocal understanding Of
the sentiments and conditions on either
side of the long line of demarkation be-
tween our two countries surely will
tend to make that border what il
should be, :he political boundary where
the sovereign rights of the two great
independent ratIons meet on terms of
equality, rather than a barrier to OBJ
struct the beneficent exchanges wrought
by the commercial and normal activities
OF two people who. differing In race and
speech. yet feel a profound conviction
Of their mutual needs, and cherish the
desire to enlarge their wholesome in
timacy to The uttermost.''
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
MARYLAND
REPRESENTATIVE IS
S|XTY-E|GHT TODAY
Joshua Frederick G. Talbot
Has Served Sixteen Years
in Congress.

Representative Joshua Frederick C.
Taioott OF Maryland, who has served
sixteen years in the House. is sixty-
eight years old today. And the veteran
ialpott seems just as spry as any man
In the House.
II was Representative Talbot who ad-
nnhlstered the oath of office to Speaker
Champ Clark, thereby performing a
deed which the country had not wit
messed In some sixteen years. Occa-
slonally, just in order that the HOUSE
may be impressed that Mr.. Talbot has
seen long service, he is called upon 10
preside and he does preside lust az
nrmiy as though he were handling a
Maryland convention.
MT. Talbot has been a power in mill
tIcs over the Maryland line since the
early seventies. He was elected tc
congress in 1879 and served three fer,,S
Then he was oIt of the House until ISaS
ne came back" then and served an
other term. He again returned in 1902
ana mas been familiar figure of Wash
lngton ever since
Representative Jones of Virginia Is the
democratic veteran OF the House In
point OF consecutive service but Mr.
Jones did not serve away back in tne
sSeEenles' hence they generally refer to
Representative Talbot was born in
Baltimore county, Nd, July g. 1S43 He
finished d course in the public schools
and then began the study of law. Be
fore he had completed his legal educa-
ton he enlisted as a private in the
Second Maryland Cavalry and served
with the Confederates States army until
the close Of the war. He was admitted
to the bar in 1866, ard from 1s1 to 1875
ne was prosecuting attorney of his home
county. In addition to his service in
Congress he served Several years as in
surance commissioner of Maryland.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

The preseptation by a new ambassa-
dor Of his credentials Is undoubtedly the
gravest and most dignifed ceremony
that the democratic government at
Washington affords. This formal re-
ception to the foreign representative
always takes place in the state apart
ments Of the mansion, and never in
the Executive Offices.
While the new envoy is presenting his
letter the President always has on the
one side his military aide and on the
other his naval aide. And the ambas
sador has his military attache on the
right and on the left his naval attache
Sometimes Coached.
There is no introduction" There is
nobody Of rank sufficiently high to act
as a medium between the President of
the United States and the personal rep
resentative of foreign powers. The two
principals in the ceremony simply ad-
vance, mutually recognizing each other
In most cases Assistant Secretary of
State Chandler Hale is present and acts
as sort of third party. He is the Off
cial expert on social amenities and in
ternational etiquette of the State De-
partment, and where the formal presen-
tatton is especially imposing he coaches
the participants.
Then, too, the exchange of assurances
of good will and fine feeling between the
two nations involved is always couched
in the choicest language. Only the
highest ideals Of peace and friendliness
are entertained toward each, according
to the way the speeches read.
Crespo's Presentation.
President Taft has just received Senior
Crespo, the new Mexican ambassador,
and in presenting himself the envoy
said:
Il shall be given great satisfaction
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
EXTENDING MATRIMONIAL
AGE LIMIT.

Just why the National Society of the
Daughters of California, or the presi-
dent thereof, should have any special
knowledge as to tbe best mating sea-
son is not entirely clear. Still, Mrs.
tom" Vivian, founder and head of the
order, has projected herself upon the
first page by declaring that the hap
piest and most successful marriages are
those between the man of fifty and the
woman of thirty-five. She Eliminates
her subject by declaring that the only
person in the world harder to get along
with than the girl of twenty is the
young man Of twenty five, and with a
charming directness negatives the Os-
lerean doctrine that the man of fifty
is too old to marry. At that time of
life, she points out, a man usually has
acquired a competency-the Importance
of which she duly estimates-he has
become more tolerant and has knocked
about the world until all his angles
have become curves" She even goes SO
far as to hint that the law should be
invoked to keep inexperienced young
persons from marrying until they are
thirty.
About the strongest argument in
favor of Mrs. Vivian's contention is
that the man of fifty has probably been
married once already and knows how
to love and cherish a wife-however
he lost the last one-and the woman
of thirty five, if she has not passed
the same experience has at
least learned not to expect very much
from the featherless biped, man.
Sense, as Mrs. Vivian delicately puts
it, has taken the place of sentiment
Mrs. Rorer has come it over the Ouch
ess. AS a matter of fact, Mrs. Vivian
is not proposing anything so revolu-
tionary, after all, for in actual practice
the average age at which people marry
is increasing steadily, and in countries
like Belgium, for example, hovers
around thirty as it is. The whole sub
iect is one on which it is impossible to
for the syllabub miss of
sweet and twenty will protest through |
her tears that love is the only wisdom,
while the man of two score and ten,
natrimonially inclined, will swear that
he has but begun to live.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Lincoln Memorial Road
Is Provided in Bill

An Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Highway is the object of a bill in
troduced by Representative Borland.
The measure would relieve the Lin
coin memorial commission of the re-
strictions Of previous acts. requiring
that the memorial projected shall be
located in the District of Columbia.
Representative Borland's bill pro-
vides that the road be constructed
from Washington to Gettysburg, and
If enacted will empower the commis-
sion to negotiate with the States of
Pennsylvania and Maryland, through
which the road would pass, for the
necessary concessions
The construction of a highway as a
memorial to Lincoln has been fre-
quently suggested. Only recently.
however, the fine arts commission
recommended to the Lincoln memorial
commission that a memorial be placed
in Potomac Park.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Big Decrease In Imports
During Last Fiscal Year

The value OF the imports into tho
United States in the fiscal year 1911 was
about s2s,oOo.0O0 less than in the fiscal
year 1910. the Department of Commerce
and Labor announced today. This
amounts to about per cent less than
the figures for 1910, which was the rec
ord year.
The decline in quantity IS in most
cases greater than this slight percent
age OF decrease would indicate, because
the import prices of many articles were
smaller in 1911 than 1910
Coffee is cited as an example. The
value of coffee importations in 1911
is greater than that for the previous
year. while the quantity is about the
same
Sugar, raw wool, lumber, silk, tin,
and hides and skins are among tho
articles which show the most marked
decreases. The totals for the two years
were, for 1910, $1,65S, 800, 900; for 1911
8, SIS, ,0O0, 200.
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edge of the needs of the situation.
There is no opposition to it in the sub
committee of the House District Com
mittee which has it under consideration,
and no opposition elsewhere, 50 far as
is apparent. 1t is simply a question
of securing routine action in reporting
the bill to the House and enacting it
into law, since it has already passed
the Senate. There should be no further
delay in this matter. The beneficiaries
need and deserve their pensions and
they should not be allowed to suffer
because the committees half the time
cannot get a quorum.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Comptroller Settles
Disbursing Problem

A decision Of the Comptroller of the
Treasury today holds that certain rub
Der hip-boots and overshoes used in the
Interior Department ought to be paid
for by the Government.
George W. Evans, chief disbursing
clerk for the Interior Department, had
appealed from disallowances made by
the Auditor for the Treasury eDpart-
ment. He had paid for four pairs of
rubber hip-boots costing SIS, and two
the ice plant and by men in the differ
ent shifts" The Interior Department
auditor held that they were personal
furnishings.
The Comptroller decided that the<
should be reg 4rded as stock equipment
He cited a case exactly in point from
the same department December 3, 1903
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OBJECTS TO SITE
. OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Permit me as a newcomer to Washing
ton and without any personal interest
whatever beyond that Of an American
citizen, to express few sentiments on
the Lincoln Memorial site.
The report of the so-styled Fine Arts
Commission deserves the respect and
consideration due gentlemen, but as
an infallible verdict 1 am utterly at
variance.
The many costly, artistic, and beauti-
full Government buildings grouped
around the White House, the Potomac
Park, and Pennsylvania avenue are per-
manently fixed Additional Government
buildings should be in harmony with
thts group, and additional park and
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Ambassador Wilson
Silent About Mexico

Ambassador James Lane Wilson. who
arrived in Washington a few days ago
from Mexico City. is in Indiana visiting
his family. He eft without making any
statement about Mexican affairs.
Mr.. Wilson declined to discuss Mex
leo for publication. The State Depart
ment today was Just as inexorable when
asked what the ambassad0r had report
ed. He stated, however, that he had
not come to Washington for a confer
enre with the department. but was on
vacation. He will remain in the United
States several weeks. and will probably
come: by Washington on his way to
Mexico City.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Navy Clerk Returns
After Disappearance

Benjamin F. Yaste, clerk in the Navy
Department, living at 26 Ninth street
northeast, who disappeared last Sunday,
following nervous breakdown. is back
home today
Yaste. who is fifty-nve years old,
walked into the house about O'Clock
last night and seemed surprised at the
anxiety Of members Of his family over
his absence. He was located last Mon
day night in Tyrone, Pa, where he
had engaged a room in a hotel A reIa-
>tive was preparing to start for Tyrone
to bring him home when word was re-
ceived that he had DISAPPEARED from
there.
Asked regarding his absence, Yaste
said today he had been in PENNSYLVANIA.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Publisher Lewis Praised
AS Champion of Women

Holding e. G. Lewis up as "one of
the greatest champions of women since
the days of John Bright" Belva A.
Lockwood, the only woman who ever
ran for President Of the United States,
today issued from her home in F street,
statement Of the connection of the
American Woman's League with MIR.
Lewis. She said that his financial trou-
bles in ST. Louis and the appointment
of receiver for his publishing COM
panytng in University City in no way
Affected the league '
She explains that there will be n,
embarrassment to the league by reason
of Mr.. Lewis business troubles.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Socialists Will Inspect
Milwaukee Government

Representative Victor Berger of Wis
consin, a member of the national execu-
tive board of the national Socialistic
party, stated today that the meeting
of the board on August II would be
followed by a conference with Socialists
now holding municipal offices.
The meeting, which is held quarterly,
will be In Milwaukee, where the Social
lists control the city government. The
visiting officeholders will be able to get
frst-hand knowledge Of how the So
cialists can run things.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Signatures In Pencil
On Vouchers Vali;j

Signature in pencil on a Government
voucher is valid, the Comptroller of thu
Treasury has decided. in sesponse 10
aninQuiry by the chairman of the
Isthmian Canal Commission.
The decision was made in a case
where claimant for a guava bush and
several coffee trees destroyed incident
ally to the construction of the PanamI
canal had signed the voucher with az
indelible pencil.
The Comptroller in his decision thar
a receipt in pencil Is a valid receipt,
said that the signing of Government
vouchers in pencil ought to be 63
couraged but for precautionary raths
than legal reaSonA
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Mississippi Valley
Rail Rates Protested

In a complaint filed with the Inter
state Commerce Commission today, the
Greater Des Moines Committee request
ed that all the freight rates Of the thir-
teen railroads operating in the Missis-
sippf valley be reduced in accordance
with the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion decisions in similar cases in the
East. The commission claimed the pres
ent rates were excessive and extortion-
nj
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
AmuSemeutS.

Columbia-Columbia Players in ga
Texas Steer" 2:15 and Sis m
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, / to IL
D. m.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and nus;c
by section of Marine Band.
Glen Echo Park-.Dancing and music bv
section of Soldiers Home Band ~
Luna Park-Midway and attractions
Arcade-MPtion pictures. bowling, and
pool. N
River View-Dancfng and other amuse-
ments; boat leaves Seventh street
wharf 10 a. m. and and D. m.
Colonial Beach-Boardwalk, pathinp
and other amusements; steamers Les Gee
Seventh street wharf daily except
Monday, 8 a. M; Saturday, $50 q. ny
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles MacaI-
ester leaves Seventh street wharf 10
a. M, 2:30 and 6:i5 p. m. daily. Stous
made at Mt. Vernon.
Steamer st. Johns leaves Seventh, street
wharf for forty-ruile trip on the Po-
temac. z p. m.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
THE BRASS TACKS" IN THE
REMSEN BOARD AFFAIR,

Inv ih'S9IlSdIOIS OI Une wiley con-
| spiracy will strike a vein of pay dirt
when they call the members of the
Remsen board Pnd ask how it happens
that they were able to give Endorsement
to benzoate of soda while scientific au-
thorities and food experts all over this
country and Europe have reached con-
trary decisions.
Men OF high scientific Sattainments
and professional pride, the members of
this board will not permit themselves
to rest under the imputation of being
parties to any plan of getting a vindi-
cation for the food poisoners. They
can be relied upon to make the expla-
nation of their investigation and its
results, which will 60 farther than any
thing else to demonstrate how serious
was the plot against the pure food act.
They will show that they were asked
to answer, not the big, practical, work
aday questions with which Wiley had
dealt, but certain limited, restricted
and unfair inquiries about the effects
of benzoate of soda in restricted expert
ments with good food and healthy peo-
pie.
These men will make this distinction
clear, because they must do it in
order to protect their own regulations.
Wiley found benzoate of soda used to
disinfect, disguise, and embalm disgust
ingly unfit vegetables and fruits and
give them semblance of respectability
that made it possible to purvey them
to the public.
Thus disguised and embalmed these
doped products were sold as of high
class, and fed, not to vigorous young
men in the best health for a limited
period, but to women, children, babes.
invalids, and patients in the home and
the hospital.
These high class" products of the
garbage heap were always put up in
style which invited confidence in them
as peculiarly fitted for the use of deli
cate persons. Therein lies the pecu.
liarly insidious character of the wrong
which was inflicted on the public.
Wlley's question was not whether
little benzoate served with good, sound
tomatoes, for instance, was harmful to
an athletic young man. 1t was whether
decayed tomatoes, embalmed with ben
zoate, were harmful to woman, chill
dren, and average users.
Wiley's problem was not the problem
submitted to the Remsen board. 1t is
altogether probable that if the Remsen
board had been given the Wiley equa-
tIon to solve, it would have reached the |
same result that Wiley reached.
Not so. The Remsen board received
a stateemnt of a very different case,
and on that statement reached a de-
termination. The immedite need is to
discover in exact terms the problem
Wiley was trying to solve, and that
which was laid before DR.. Remsen's
board.
When this wide difference is meas
ured and understood, then we will
know how the pure food law was man.
by the false friends who ought
TO have been its sincere guardians.
Wiley found that I
2+2=4
The Remsen board was asked:
2+3=x?
The board found that the answer
vas 5.
Then somebody transposed the an
wers, and the pure food law has been
enforced ever since on the mistaken as
that
243=4.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
CRESPO BEARS HIS
COUJNTRY'SREGARDS
President Taft Formally Receives New Ambassador at
the White House-Presentation of an Envoy Is
Most Dignifed Ceremony.
Crespo TO Taft
The Mexican ambassador

The Mexican ambassador
said:
"Peace, the logical result Of re-
spect for the law; obedience to
the wise maxim that leads man
kind on the path of moral prog.
ress which enjOins performance
Of duty upOn all and every one,
sincere and deep laid reverence
for the high principles of JUS
tice and equity, and the cult of
labor are happily, the corner
stones of the friendly relations
between this great nation and
my beloved Fatherland.-
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Taft to Crespo
President Taft replied:

President Taft replied:
Il am especially impressed by the
frank cordiality of the assur.
ances you give Of the purpose
Of the Government of the Mexi.
can Republic, In fulfilIment of its
high mission as a common.
wealth founded on respect for
the right and obedience to the
moral precepts Of international
duty and to the sacred prin.
ciples of Justice and equity, to
give even greater strength and
permanence to the many close
ties which happily exist be-
tween your great republic and
the United States"
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
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The Washington times., 1911-07-29
What's on the Program in
Washington. TODAY

CThe Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments in
this column.) -
Concert by the United States Marine
Band. White House grounds, $40 q. m
Annual excursion Of the Societa Unione
e FratelIanza italiana to Marshall
wharf, 10 a. m, and 2:3O and $50 n n,
Meeting of Mt. Horeb, Royal Arch
Chapter, No. Z, Z p. m.
Meeting of Canton Washington. No.
J., O., o. F.. drill and social session, to,
night
The Washington times., 1911-07-29
Grocer AWakenS to Find
His Room in Flames

Awakened about o'clock this morn
ing by the explosion Of a lamp In his
room at 1761 s street northwest. Will
helm Schmidt found the carpet and
several articles of furniture in flames.
He smothered the blaze with rugs.
Schmidt owns a grocery store at the
street address and, with his family,
occupies apartments on the second
floor.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

Senator Bailey resigned again vcster-
DAY. and this time it stuck; but it was
only from the Committee on PRIVILEGES
and Elections.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

Twelve flights was the aggregate out
at College Park yesterday The sight is
getting to be as common as the fiutter-
iE< of pigeons around a dovecpte.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

Cleveland at Washington" The very
name calls up some mingled emotions
among those who associate all names
with politics.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

record of long and faithful service
is left behind by Policeman Martin
q Brien. who died yesterday. A men,
Der of the Washington force for more
than twenty-one years. he lad been
detailed as a White House guard for
eighteen years. His assignment at the
Mansion dated back to the time of the
invasion by Coxey's army.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

Little Harry, the practical JOKER who
wrote suicide note and Incidentally
asked about papa's ankle will direct
his next inquiries TO papa's wrist and
elbow.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

Practically nothing is now left on the
Mexican border except a thin stream
of very muddy water
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

The net total circulation OF The Wash
tngton Times daily during the month OF
June was 1,l65, 769 all copies left over and
returned being eliminated. This number
when divided by 26, the number Of days OF
publication, shows the net daily average for
June TO have been 4SS7
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

The Commissioners have come out
strongly in favor of the bill giving them
control over the herdic line Nothing
that Congress could do would redeem 1t
so completely from the reproach which
rests upon it in regard to the District
as TO pass this measure and enable the
Commissioners to make the herdic serv-
ice really efficient.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

The Indian maidens. all forlorn, who
appear 20 have been euchered out of
many tacres OF their earthly hunting
grounds, are attracting a great deal of
attention
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

The twenty members of the Wash
hIston Ad Mems Club who are speeding
tt the big convention in Boston will
make an effort to secure The next meet
ing for Washington. The rivalry will
be great, however, and 1t will be high
tribute to the Washington representa-
uVes If they succeed in getting what
they want.
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times Sunday during the month of June
was 1888, all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number
when divided by 4. the number of Sundays
curing June, shows the net Sunday average
for June to have been H.705
Entered at the Postofice at Washington.
d. c., second class matter
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JUNE CIRCULATION.
Daily.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
% Inc washington Times printed daily dur
Ing the month OF June was as follows:
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Sunday.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month of June was as follows:
June 4...........4s, 0O2 June lS......47l71
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der the gilded dome for another term.
Congressman Redfield is another ora
torical recruit
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

They are getting ready in Massa-
chusetts for an old-fashioned tariff
campaign and Speaker Clark has
promised to take the stump in the
Bay State to keep Governor Foss un-
The Washington times., 1911-07-29

A Washington wife withdraws an Of
Tered reward of $500 for the return of
her husband, who is lost, strayed or
stolen She has decided the investment
wouldn't pay