davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
Tells of Difficulties in Get
ting Pictures in South
America. a
TAKES DEVELOPING
OUTFIT WITH HIM
Is Kept Busy, When Not Lectur-
ing, Preparing Future
Courses. !!

This enables vs. to see what We hass
and how well we. have got 1t. although
we have reached degree OF diecers~
raent where We can tell exactly what
will please our audiences
In South America the cities Of Rio
De Janeiro. Buenos Aires, Santo ana
Montevfdeo, Bahia, Pernambuco, and
Madeira occupied nineteen days. Pic.
lures and notes. which were afterward
worked up for the traveloyue, were ia
ken en- route. Striking straight across
the continent. Valparaiso was visited.
And what will require another travel OF
thousands of miles is the grandeur Of
the western coast
Mr.. Holmes made an interesting trip
70 the Fails OF Jguaza on his return to
Buenos Aires. They have never been
visited by more than LEO people In a
year. owing to the difficulties encoun-
tered In getting into northern Argon-
tina. The entire journey from Buenos
Aires to the falls and return took
twenty-seven days.
Prepares His
Material In New York.
On his return trip Mr.. Holmes landed
In New York the middle OF August. and
Immediately set about the work Of pre-
pairing his material, a eull three
Inonths' job. This in .ludes-tha printing
Of positive films from the moving-ptc-
ture films obtained and developed
abroad, the making of lantern slides
from his own plates. and the classify
ing and passing upon material that is
destined to enter into each travelogue.
In addition to this. the accompanying
stony is framed up and got into shape
for delivery.
Then comes q full fifteen weeks on
the lectures in different parts Of the
country tefore the arduous duties of
another campaign for more material for
another travelogue call him away again.
This has been the portion for full
nineteen years. .'
And If you wnui6 expect, upon close
| scrutiny, TO observe tired, world
weary Individual, you would be mis-
] taken. JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
THE EVOLVED CAUCASIAN
AND HIS SOCIAL SYSTEM
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TINES:
The Caucasian is inquisitive about
matters that his unaided powers
are unable to fathom, and unless this
inqpisitiveness be answered he becomes
less amenable to wholesome restraint.
His inquisitiveness Is anticipated, and
one OF the first things that he Is taught
Is a creed. In the creed he Is promised
rewards and warned Of penalties.
Creeds grew from tales that were
originally composed in a pleasurable ex-
ercise OF their authors fancy. and also
for the entertainment of others The
authors Of the tales were poets who had
vivid Imagination.
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unseen, the poets
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy
nothing
local habitation and a name"
The product of the imagination came
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
FICTITIOUS BIDS
AT AUCTION SALES
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In regard to the Dead Letter Sale
now drawing near. would like to know
II the Postoffice Department sanctions
the custom that has been prevalent for
the past few years. that is. allowing the
auctioneer to start all packages at a
fictitious bid.
Last year In particular the bids were
all. or nearly all. started by the auc.
tioneers, oft ,ntimes at a dollar. and
then run up. on an average. to about
double the auctioneer's starting bid
thereby causing some people to pay fol
some packages about three times what
they were really worth.
think the Postoffice Department
should put a stop to this bunko game
Let the purchasers start the bids. and
not the auctioneers. The way the sale
has been conducted lately by starting
nearly every pae kago at the auction.
on to squeeze the last cent out Of the
buyer. would lead one to think the Post.
ofrlce Department Is on the ragged side
of bankruptcy. JOHN X. BROWN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
Suspicion Grows of
Plot Against King

LONDON, Dec. s.-The suspicion that
the fifty-four sailors of the Medina, on
which King George and Queen Mary
sailed to India. were involved in a plot
against their majesties is growing to-
day, although the government officially
announces that the men mutinied be-.
cause they were dissatisfied with their
martialed.
The government is making strenuous
efforts to cover up the facts In the
case, though 1t is admitted the mutiny
was discovered only few hours before
the ship sailed.
Winston Churchill, first lord of the
admiralty, will speak on the question
in the house of commons December 10
He will claim the dissatisfaction arose
because they had not been given time
to prepare proper quarters for the crew.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

astonishment. George AIDE took ad-
vantage Of his position as toastmaster
to send in advance copies of q bacteria
logical ode which reads like . report
on the San Jose scale, and-wculd you
believe itf-Dr. Wiley has come forth
with a glad burst of song entitled II
Wonder What's In It."
1t looks like an invention Of his
enemies, for he is down on the pro-
gram to speak on "Below the Genius
Belt" whatever that equatorial zone
may be; but the news has gone abroad
that the doctor is responsible for the
stanzas in question. Hear him:
Oh. maybe this bread contains alum
Or sawdust chopped up very fine,
Or gypsum In powder. about which they
Terra alba. just out of the mine.
Truly, 1t sounds like him and moi
like him. The hand IL the hand Of
Esau, but the voice is the voice Of
Jacob.
And our faith In the butter il apt ID
be weak,
For we haven't good place to pin II
Annato's SO yellow and beef fat q
sleek
Oh. I wish I could know what ID in III
Isn't there q McCabean sound In
thisf Can it be that the friend, the
idol, of tho people, has thus wandered
off after the strange gods Of Par
nassusi
If all this il one of the Hoosie,
jokes perpetrated by tho bellwethe,
of the rollicking flock, George AIDE may
be used as the moral to ono of his own
unconscious fables.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
OLD SOLDIERS NEED
SERVICE PENSION

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
see by your paper OF the 9Th instant
that the Democratic House, is strong
ly inclined to pass a service pension
bill. That such q bill Is just and should
have been a law before this no one will
deny.
When the old boys were younger and
could get out and hustle for themselves
they did not think SO much about a
pension and they stuck pretty close to
party lines when 1t came to voting but
In their declining years they are forced
to look more to the source of their sup
port then to party lines, If the House
thing similar, every Democrat who
supports the measure can count upon
the support (vote) of nearly every old
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
NAVY.

Commander c. ii. HAYES. detached
command Annapolis; to home and
wait orders.
Commodore T. j. Semi, detached con-
nection board of inspection and sur
vey for ships. as recorder of the
board of inspection and survey for
ships.
Lieutenant j. F. GREEN, detached An
Lieutenant Junior grade) S. A. TAI
FINDER, detached Anne polls; to
Buffalo as senior engineer officer
Ensign c. c. CLARK. detached Annap-
oils; to Asiatic station.
Ensign 8. DOHERTY. detached Vicks-
burg; to home and wait orders.
Ensign II. T. KAYS. detached Buffalo
TO Independence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS,

Arrived-Maryland. at HiIo, Hawaii;
Salem. Panther. at Hampton Roads;
Monaghan. at Charleston; Connect
cut, Vermont. Louisiana, North Da-
kota. at New York; Mississippi, Min
nesota, at Philadelphia Georgia,
Nebraska, Virginia, at Boston ~.
Wheeling. at Santo Domingo civ
Nanshan. at Marking: Decatur at
Glacier at San Francisco.
Sailed-Ohio, from Newport for PhiIa-
delphia; Patuxent, Potomac. from
Pensacola for Key West: Hopkins.
Hull. Truxton, Paul Jones. Stewart,
Farragut. Lawrence. Rowan, from
San Diego for Mare Island; Supply,
from Nagask for Kobe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
What's on the Program in
Washington TODAY

Meeting of Mt. Horeb Chapter. No. Z.
Royal Arch Masons, tonight.
Meeting of Canton Washington, No. /,
/. o. o. F., drill and social session,
tonight.
Address, Taxation in the District" by
Congressman Henry George, Univer-
sity Club. 8 p. m.
Installation of officers Of the Washing
ton CHAPTER, Kappa Sigr,a fraternity.
KAPPA SIGMA house. 100 Vermont
avenue, $50 p. m.
Annual dinner of the Gridiron Club.
New Willard Hotel. tonight
Inspection OF the Soldiers and Sailors
Temporary Home S0l C streeg north
west. by the department commander
OF the q. A. X. and his stan. tonight.
Weekly debate of The Young Mems
Christian Association Debating Club.
in the u street building. s p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
HOW ABOUT THE "DICK TO
49,. DICK" LETTER.

1t is not . satisfactory conclusion
of long and careful investigation of
the Controller Bay episode, to receive
from the committee in charge a re.
port that does not allude to the mat
ter most in the public's mind and eye
in connection with that affair.
The Graham committee makes some
wise and excellent suggestions about
the management of Alaska, and dis
agrees with Secretary Fisher about the
value aSd utility of Controller Bay
But not word about the famous let.
ter whose alleged existence constituted
the damatic incident that forced the
whole Controller Bay affair on public
notice.
Was there such letter?
A young woman writer said she saw
1t in the Interior Department files.
Her story was given dignity and i'm
portance by the prompt ordering OF
an inquiry into the whole affair.
That inquiry was dropped without
ever letting the young woman testify
Neither were any of the Interior De-
Partment people, who were prepared to
testify that the letter never existed
placed on the stand.
The whole procedure is unsatisfac-
tory and uneonvincing. The cloud OF
suspicion and uncertainty is not re.
moved. Either Miss Abbott is done an
injustice, by the failure to give her a
chance to make good if she has told
the truth, or else the people who were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
PROBABLY STRUCK
BILLY PATTERSON
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
In connection with the inquiry Of H.
NJ. In your issue Of December 6. az to
whether or not James Smith. the man
whom the Metropolitan police force &C.
cuse of so many crimes. could DO Leon
think that 1t would be wise for the
police of Washington to direct their
investigations into the life of said
Smith with the view OF establishing the
fact that he is also the man who hit
Billy Patterson" L, H.
Laiton, Va.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
ABOVE ALL THINGS, THE PUB
Lie UTILITIES BILL.

The conference held by Senator Gal
linger, of the Senate District Commit.
tee, to discuss the details of his pub.
lie utilities bill, which he has recently
redrafted, directs public attention once
more to the Importance of this legis.
lation, for which The Times has earn,
estly and consistently contended.
1t is generally conceded that what.
ever may be the value of universal
transfers and other reforms in all the
public utilities of the District they are
secondary to the broader proposition Of
creating commission with large pow.
ers to regulate all these public func.
tions.
A number of different bills were in.
troduced at the last session of Con.
gress varying in minor particulars
The greatest point of departure, per.
haps, is in the question as to whether
these powers should be lodged in the
existing Commissioners of the District
or should be placed with q new com.
mission which would be known ex-
clusively as q public utilities commits.
sion. Senator Gallinger feels that the
additional powers should be given to
the present Commissioners, while Sena.
tor LaFollette and others take the
view that a special commission should
be created.
1t is not too much to say, in this
connection, that the great body of the
people of the District have manifested
their public spirit by practically sink.
ing any individual preferences they
may have as between the two plans,
and are concentrating their demands on
the essential proposition that the Dis
'trict be given q commission, whether
that commission shall be the same US
the District Commissioners or another.
These citizens, as represented in the
Federation of Citizens Associations, for
instance, realize that the abuses to
which the people are subjected by the
public utilities of the District far over
shadow every other consideration, and
that it is now imperative that some
action should be taken toward giving
them relief.
1t was a matter of surprise to many
of the visiting governors, who were
recently in Washington, that we had
no such commission, and they were
emphatic in their Endorsement of the
proposition. Indeed, the wisdom and
necessity for such regulative authority
is no longer within the province of de-
bate. 1t is a crying necessity, and the
feeling is general that no more time
should be sacrificed to the mere de-
tail as to where the powers should be
lodged. At any rate, the Senator or
Representative who takes up and
pushes to final passage a public utili-
ties bill for the District, with those
definite and extensive powers which
the situation demands, will win the
gratitude of the people and of the
country at large, which realizes that
the District of Columbia should be the
model of Federal control for the whole
country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
Death Claims Victim
Of Paralyzed Lungs

TULSA. Okla, Dee. 9.-William Hub.
tarc, the iron worker whose lungs
died. while other organs continued
their normal functiors, is dead rere to-
day, after physicians had kept him cor
scious for ffty-three hours. Using arti-
ficial respiration.
His Inalady was diagnosed as paral
ysis OF the lungs, only a few cases OF
which have been recorded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
ARMY.

Captain LOUIS Fl. BASH. Fifth In
fantry, to San Francisco. Cal,
Western Division, for duty as as
mssary.
Captajn SAMUEL MOP. RUTHER-
FORD. commissary. to Chicago. ILL.,,
central Division, for duty as as
sistant in the office of the chief COM
missary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
LICHTENSTEIN,

Ensign e: a: ,LICHTENSTEIN, de-
tached Buffalo; to Independence
Midshipman F. E. JOHNSON, detached
Annapolis; to Independence
Midshipman G. A. TREVER, detached
Annapolis; to Independence.
Passed Assistant Surgeon c. e. RY-
DER, detached Naval Hospital.
Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa; to
Naval Hospital, Puget Sound,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
Has Visited Every Inhabit-
able Portion of the Earth's
Territory.
JOURNEYS COVER
NINETEEN YEARS
Compelled To Gather in New
Crop Of Films Each
Season.

TO have Travelled three-Quarters Of
million miles and to have visited every
inhabitable portion Of the earth's terri
tory, and to have made a business of
telling and showing. thousands of people
what has BEEN seen and experienced,
surely wins for one the title of distin-
guished traveller. Add to this the
geniality and suavity Of the story teller
ana scholar, and we have none other
than Burton Holmes, to whom WASH
ington II paying its annual homage.
II 10 not by reason of this peculiar
distinction alone that interest attaches
to the man with the wonderful ability
to make interesting to his audiences any
subject he undertakes To the layman
little 10 understood of the story Of how
the annual crop Of travelogist gems are
harvested ana marketed, and this 10 u
feature upon which he does not dwell in
public utterances.
"The most difficult problem have to
contend with" said Mr.. Holmes. 'is to
determine what not to use. In the
course OF my travels. Mr.. DePue, my
Photographic expert and operator, ana I
obtain thousands Of feet OF moving pic
ture nlms and innumersble slide mega
tives. only small portion of which
can be used in the limited portion of
time occupied by q travelogue. FIRE.
quently pictures that we regard at the
time Of taking as most important for
our collection do not appeal to our audi
ences. and lose no time in discardinR
them for something else"
He Has Been At
1t Nineteen Years.
: all II has taken Mr.. Holmes lust
nineteen years to arrive at that degree
or excellence where only the salient fea-
lures Of trips and travels can be. pre-
scented with the virility that now char
acterizes his entertainment. Mr.. Holmes
undertook to trace his movements in the
exploration OF the South American con-
tinent last year.
Il sailed from New York on Wash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
ADJUSTMENTS,

Naticnal-''The Pink Lady," 2:l5 and
d. m.
Belasco-"The Wedding Trip" 2:l5 and
S:l5 p. m.
Columbia-"over the River" 2:I5 and
S:.5 y. m.
Academy-''Rock of Ages" 2:15 and IL
p. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville. 2:15 and s:ls
p. m.
Cosmos-Continucus vaudeville.
Casino-Vaudeville. afternoon and even
ing.
Observation-Disclosures. 2:l5 and SIZE n m
observation-disclosures, 2:l5 and S:l5 ID. m.
Arcade-Skatipg, motion pictures and
other attractions.
Convention Hall-Skatinx,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
Chaplain to Speak.

Chaplain George Robinson, Of the
United States army, will speak at the
auditorium meeting of the Central Union
Mission, 622 Louisiana avenue. tomor-
row evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

When he RECEIVERS from this attack of
ptomaine poisoning, the Attorney Gen.
eral will be a more devoted friend of
DR.. Wiley than ever. 2&1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

Senator Newlands seems to have per-
Termed the impossible. He certainly set
the rivers on fire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

speaking Of real detectives, Chief
Wilkie Is with us once again. Did he
catch that mongoose7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

A Montgomery country farmer re.
Gently killed bald eagle. which meas.
ured five feet ten inches from tip to tin
Some Bird Of Freedom! -.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09
He Has Been At
1t Nineteen Years.
TIMELY LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG

nT 1m ,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

ington's Birthday. and spent a month in
Spain and Portugal refreshing my menu
Lisbon I was Joined by Mr.. DePuc,
who had spent the interval In getting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

Hearing from people who haven't no
uced you in some time, eh?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09


BY the number of protests from mcr-
chants against its continuance, the
.Tech' High lunch room must be do
ing f1ourishing business.
The Potofhce clock quit at 5:1b o'clock
this morning. Which seems to en-
phasize the good record that the South
ern Railway clock has been making
lately. ... 00'
The glad hand" program Of the con-
ventions committee OF the Chamber of
Commerce ought to be put into effect
before any more strangers are feeced
BY the "penny-matching" sharpers.
The office Of president of the WASH
ington branch Of the Letter Carriers
Association is an honorable one which
may well enlist the ambition of the con-
testants. May tho most deserving win.
Even realty investors seem imbued
with the buy early idea that is urged
on Christmas shoppers. The first week
in December takes second place only
to the biggest real estate week the Capt.
tai ever had.
The crossing policeman's lot Is not a
happy one at any time, and during the
next few weeks alone he will entitle
himself to the vacation which his
friends in Congress are trying to secure
for him.
President Louis w. Hill, of the Great
Northern, evidently didn't read Govern
or Vests interview favoring better pay
Tor Government employees when he cri-
ticised the Oregon governor yesterday
FOR talking politics instead Of business,
A damage suit for 10 cents may sound
very unimportant, but II Colonel Armes
wins his case against the WASHINGTON
Railway and Electric Company in the
matter Of transfers, the street railway
company will regard 1t as highly i'm
portant.
One Of the most delightful lectures in
the National Geographic course was
that OF Admiral Chester on conditions
In Turkey. delivered in the New Ma
scnic Temple last night The audience
included many members Of the Diplo-
matte Corps.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

BY the number OF protests from NOR
chants against its continuance, the
Tech" High lunch room must be do
ing Hourishing business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

The number Of complete and perfect copies
Of The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month of November was e. fol-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

The Potoffice clock quit at 5:15 o'clock
this morning. Which seems to en-
phasize the good record that the South
ern Railway clock has been making
lately. ...
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-09

The glad hand" program Of the con-
ventions committee Of the Chamber of
Commerce ought to be put into effect
before any more strangers are fieeced
BY the penny matching sharpera.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-30
WARNS AGAINST SOCIALISM.
Bishop Urges Priests TO Emphasize ;
Need Of Christianity.


Milwaukee, Nov S0--1n a letter to
the Roman Catholic clergy of the arch
diocese Of Milwaukee bearing upon
Thanksgiving services. Archbishop S.
G. Messmer called attention to the
energy with which the socialist pro-
paganda Is being pushed, and urged
the clergy to emphasize in their serv-
mons today the need of christianity in
the public and private life Of the peo-
pie. The letter in part says:
I'VE shall know of the tremendous
and perservering endeavors of social
ism and infidelity to establish modern
society on the basis of unsectarian or
neutral morality. independent and free
from all religious principles. This in
sidious theory is spread broadcast
among our laboring classes and fer
tile soil for it's rapid growth is pre-
pared in the minds of the children of
the land. unconsciously perhaps, yet
none the less efficaciously by the un
sectarian principles Of our public
schools
Hence II becomes a sacred duty of
the Catholic clergy to profit by such
an Opportune occasion as presented by
national Thanksgiving day. in order
to bring home to our flock the old
truth that the great teachings and
PRINCIPLES of the christian religion
must guide and rule christian citi-
zens not only in their private conducts,
but also in their public and civic life,
and thus pervade the social and ma
tional life of the country If our people
are to enjoy true happiness and lasting
peace, for which blessings they may
offer praise and heartfelt thanks to
the almighty"