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The Washington times., 1911-08-07
PHYSICIANS MUST REPORT
ALL BIRTHS.

The death of seven infants whose
births had not been reported, during
the past two weeks, reveals a state of
affairs which fully justifies Health Of
ficer Woodward in taking drastic
measures to enforce the law. 1t is one
of the delinquencies which cannot be
easily discovered except in case of
death, but if these instances are multi
plying at the rate of lS2 a year it
would be highly important to know how
many births, which are not shortly
followed by death, go unreported in
the District in the course of a year.
The accuracy and completeness of the
vital statistics of a community are
matters of the highest Importance
Upon these records frequently depend
nice questions of inheritance. The
failure to find such records has more
than once worked grave disaster. The
life and growth of the District, as they
appear in the eyes of the world and in
the statistical compilations that are
made from time to time, cannot be
fairly reflected unless the reports of
births are promptly made, as the law
provides.
The law, as it stands, is sufficient to
cover the case, but discovery of its
violation and the failure to enforce its
provisions have made it almost a dead
letter.
Let the word go out that the full
penalty of a 5000 fine, or ninety days
mprisonment-or both-will be i'm
posed upon physicians who fail to make
these reports, and that if necessary the
parents will be called as witnesses, and
we will soon see very different state
of affairs.
We have dallied with this question
long enough. 1t is time for action, and
Health Officer Woodward will find pub
lie sentiment heartily behind him.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
SENATORIAL PREROGATIVE
WORRIED ONCE MORE.

1t is hardly conceivable that enougl
of toryism still persists i'll the Senate
seriously to menace ratification of the
Anglo American and Franco American
peace treaties. Some Yorriment has
been voiced by special guardians oil
Senatorial dignity lest under these
treaties that body's part in the treaty,
making power of the nation may be
impaired.
Probably there is no ground for this
fear. The treaties have been so framed
as to give the Senate a due advisory
and consenting part in fixing the terms
of arbitrations under these treaties. In
any case it is not a point on which
the Senate can afford long to quibble.
Senatorial prerogative standing out
against such a magnificent achievement
as this series of treaties represents
would cut about as fine and hopeful
figure as that ancient king who
warned back the tides.
Gentlemen who are given to address
ing peace congresses, to extolling the
beauties and desirabilities of inter
national disarmament, to depicting the
wicked waste of war and everlasting
preparation for war, present bad at
titude now, questioning whether Sena-
torial prerogative is going to have one
of its square corners sand -papered.
1t would be particularly graceful and
fitting if those Senators who have been
leaders in opposition to Taft, and al
most every man of whom is committed
to the theory of peace and reduced
armaments, would now turn i'll as Il
body and support these treaties. 1t
would help them, and it would crafty
the country. They need not fear that
it would help President Taft. On this
issue he needs no help.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
FLAT-WHEELED CARS =
MAKE LIFE A BURDEN
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
That in the past you have stood by
the people Of this Distric; is my excuse
for writing YOU,
To saw that the cars on this street
makes so much ncisc-altogether too
much--is putting it to mild. 1t is near
impossible to hear ordinary conversa-
ticn inside our house when the cars
pass. Flat wheels. improper equipment.
or something is sadly at fault. Please
send one of your reporters along this
part of Ninth street at your earliest
convenience. Do something for us, 1t
Is unhearable.
1t was bad enough a year age, but
now 1t is much worse, l believs there is
no line in the city that makes the
noise that the Ninth street line does.
PROF, II. n. D.. PARKER.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
Amusements.

Columbia-Columbia Players in Facing
the Music" 8:15 p. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville. 1 to
IL p m.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and
music by section of Marine Band.
Glen Echo Park-Dancing and music
by section Of Soldiers Home Band.
Luna Park-Midway and attractions.
Arcade-Motion pictures, bowling, and
pool.
River View-Dancing and other
amusements; boat leaves Seventh
street wharf 10 a. m. and Q and Z
p. m.
Colonial Beach-BoardwaIk, bathing,
and other amusements; steamers
leave Seventh street wharf daily ex-
cept Monday. a. m: Saturday 2:30
p. m.
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles Ma
calester leaves Seventh street wharf
10 a. m, 2:30 and 6:45 p. m. daily.
Stops made at Mt. Vernon.
Steamer st. Johns leaves Seventh
street wharf for forty-mile trip on
the Potomac. ] d m
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
CURRENT ISLANDER
OF GREAT ADMIRAL

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
I have read in The Times and man.
other papers the following lines in a
sketch Of the life of Admiral Togo, of
Japan:
when he was commanded to sea he
was seriously ill. and his wife so feared
for him that she entreated him to ask
the government to wait. The old Japan
rose within him and he struck her twi~e
in the face. Woman he said, you
speak fooliShneSS.' :"
not to criticise, but to attract attention
to the cruel slander of the great ad-
miral, so that his friends can contra
die: 1t. The admiral was educated in
England and must not be classed AZ a
heather who would smash in the face
the companion of his life, who was So
licitous for his welfare
PARKER TRENT
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
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The Washington times., 1911-08-07
Concert Today
By the Fifteenth Cavalry Band, At
Smithsonian Grounds, at 1890 P. M.
GEORGE F. TYRRELL, Director.

GEORGE F. TYRRELL. Director.
PROGRAM.
March, 'Turenne" "......... Fischer
Overture. "Rosamunde". Schubert
Waltz. Dolores. "..........W .Waldteufsl
a. Melody from Naughty
Marietta, Herbert
b. Cornet Solo. ''Silver Threads
Amongst the Gold" .....Donk
Grand Selection. "Lohengrin-"
Wagner
Poem symphonque. "Danse
Macabre," Saint Saens
Excerpts from Selection Katie
Did, .Hoschna
Finale, 'Vers L'Horison."
Mattausch
"Star-Spangled Banner"
ey the U. S. Soldiers Home Band
Bandstand, at 4 p. m.
EMIL A. FENSTAD,
Assistant Director.
PROGRAM.
March, The First Brigade I. N. G."
Weldon
Overture. Poet and Peasant"
49,, .., ~ Suppe
eo,., Eilenberg
Mascagni
Myddleton
Selection. "The Prince OF Tonight"
Howard
t1nale, "Opie, Fenstad
"Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

1t was into this opening that Varda-
man stepped with his platform.
He declared
The negro must be content with a
distinctly reCoFnized inferior position
In the social economy of the South"
Education is spelling the negro race,
making the race more criminal every
day"
There We're none to oppose this plat
form, and stumping the State. Varda-
spite OF the prediction that he would
wear himself out long before the real
test Of political strength was made.
Has Prevented
Many Lynchings.
The repeal OF the Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth amendments to the Constitution,
giving the right of suffrage 10 the
colored man. was made the real basis
of his campaign. and Vardaman.
strange to say, although bitterly oppos-
ing the social equality of the races,
and the right OF the colored man to
vote. had many colored supporters
And when Vardaman does come to
the Senate he will work in double har-
ness with Representative Thomas Hard
wick of Georgia. whose efforts for the
past ten years in the lower body have
been toward the repeal of these amend
mentS.
Vardaman's following among the col
ored voters of Mississippi was gained
because, although he is fundamentally
against tn" equality of races, his an
taGOEism is directed only against the
right of suffrage and education for the
, olored people. He has prevented more
lynchinGs of negroes in the State of
Mississippi than any other governor
was able to do. because he contented
=,
mary vengeance was imminent, but hur-
r7edly OF IicrCd special trains. filled them
with troops, and personally went with
them to preserve peace and order. Var
dlman's fIiends say that the coolred
voters recognize this. and would rather
have the lives of their ignorant pro-
tected than their educated slain.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

Or. Wiley has carried Colorado, any
how. The State board of health of
that State has just passed strong reso-
luions indorsing him.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

The baseball game between the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans at Georgetown
ills afternoon will be played, it is un-
dcrst"od, according to London prize ring
rules.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

Of his former parishioners. the council
presented an American badge, emblem
attic Of the order, to Mr.. North. The
minister's present charge is at Snow
Hill, Md.
The death of DR.. Joseph Thatcher
Woods, surgeon, soldier and author,
removes a figure of nation-w wide in
terest Eighty-four years old, he had
served with the Union army through
the civil war, at its close being major
surgeon of the Second division of the
Twenty-third Corps. He had minister
ed to the wounded in thirteen major
conflicts, was the author of several
books and many articles, and the in
ventor of several useful surgical in
struments.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

N"ighbor Blair Lee, of Montgomery
county. seems to be sailing before the
wind. with everything in his favor, in
his race for the gubernatorial nUmna-
ton.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

The excursion down the river for the
benefit Of the girls union of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, delicious in
pink and patChouli, should be a great
success.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

The net total circulation OF The Wash
ington Times daily during the month OF
July was l,lS7.S4s. 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
July to have been $3.50.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

the chivalry of Alexandria cannot be
gainsaid. TIE two principal przes Of
f"red IN the Elks contest-a steam en-
ginC and an automobile-were both
awarded to Young women. Both will
learn TO drive their machines.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
Bad Signs,

'I guess their honeymoon Is about
to lunch. h."-petro;t Free Press.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

Daring his campaign. which has just
closed, Major Vardaman was given one
of the most unique receptions in Me
ridian that has ever been rendered in
the South.
His pseudonym of the Great White
Leader" was taken literally by his
supporters, and when Nardaman ar
rived on the river steamer, his friends
had prepared unique welcome.
Eighty yoke of snow white oxen,
drawing a two-wheeIed cotton dray,
which had been painted white, await
ed him. Across the side of the dray in
foot high letters ran the words Great
White Leader" and Eardaman who in
the State of his birth usually goes
garbed in the white summer gar
ments was lifted to the dray and
the eighty yoke of white oxen started
through the streets.
1t was night The flare of torches,
and the cheering hundreds of his
friends among the throngs on the
streets, lent a picturesque atmosphere
that almost suggested the return of
the great white company, the silent
riders of the South. whose banner in
the dread days of the sixties bore the
device of the Ku Klux.
That was how Vardaman was pub
licly Christened Our Great White
Leader"
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
What S on the Program, in
Washfnqton Today

(The Times will be pleased to an
rounce meetings and entertainments IN
this column.)
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
Is a Good Friend
And Equally Strong Foe.

As the first returns from the pri-
maries began to come in and IT was
seen that he was sweeping the State,
all Of the opposition for which SEN
ator Percy stands and all which the
adherents of John Sharp Williams
could bring to bear were alike un-
availing.
Years ago, John Sharp Williams,
running for the House of Represen-
tatives, whipped Vardaman by as
much as 500 votes. Since then Narda
mans stock has risen, and should it
ever come to a political show down
between the two Mississippi leaders.
Williams, say Vardaman's friends will
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

MONDAY. AUGUST I. 1911.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
JULY CIRCULATION.
Daily.

The nEnDer Of complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed daily dur
lLs the month Of July was as follows:
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

y current news item comments on the
fact lhat Representatives Henin of Ala
bama and James of kentucky are con-
stdntly seen together on the streets. in
the House, and in taverns." Surely,
there must be some mistake here.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07
Sunday.

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times Sunday during the month Of July
was 2O2,576. all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number,
when divided by s. the number If Sundays
during July. shows the net Sunday average
for July To have been 4O.515.
Entered at the Postoffice at Washington,
%. c. as second class matter
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

The Dolphin Swimming Club has just
been organized among the frequenters
Of the Bathing Beach and the enter
tainment they promise to give their
friends on Labor Day promises to be
worthy of the occasion.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

Anacostia Council. Junior Order Of
American Mechanics. took a pleasant
method of honoring a charter member,
Rev. Joseph B. North, who was the
first pastor OF the Garden Memorial
Presbyterian Church. In the presence
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

Gen. Powell Clayton. diplomat,
statesman, and traveller, is seventy
eight today, but the unanimous opin-
ION of his friends is that he doesn't
look it. He is the same alert, cheer
full man who served in the Senate in
the '7Gs
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

Not bad bon mot at the expense of
Admiral Halber that he did what
ROiestvensky could not do in putting
Togo TO sleep. II is a pity that some
official scrvenoter is not in attendance
10 perpctCate the wit that drips on
every hand
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

Another Washingtonian has been
honored by a national convention.
D. J. Callahan, vice president of the
Chamber Of Commerce, was made ma
tional treasurer of the knights of
Columbus at their convention in De-
troit last week.
The Washington times., 1911-08-07

Latest in police frills is the chan
tecler squad. Plain clothes policeman
mounts tree and gives a signal, while
his comrades, on receiving the alarm,
creep about in grass below and nab
Petty thieves, red handed. The
"birdies" have arrested several men
as they were trying to rob sleepers
in the parks.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-23
JUDGE BOLTON
HAS announced
Candidate For Reelection to The Of
flee of Justice of the Peace
Beat 8.

In today's News will be found the
announcement of Judge ]. w. Bolton
as a candidate for reelection to the
office of Justice of the Peace of Beat
3, of Forrest county. Judge Bolton
has held this responsible office nearly
eight years. His record the first four
years was such that the people I'M
hesitatingly chose him to serve them
for another term. He has been active
and untiring in the discharge of his
duties at all times and holds to the
belief that a man whether in public or
private life should constantly strive to
improve. Feeling that experience has
taught lesson and that he has be-
come better and better equipped for
satisfactory service, Judge Bolton
comes again to the people asking their
franchise. Success, whether in public
or private life, is purchased at the
cost of some Jealousy and some en-
nifty, and Judge Bolton has been sue
cessful, but clever and genial Judge
Bolton has many friends in spite of
this, who will rally to his support in
the coming race and render him a
candidate well to be reckoned with.
Previous to his present official posi-
ton, Judge Bolton represented his
ward as alderman and was a member
of the committee which secured for
Hattiesburg her present excellent
water service.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-23
SIGNING OF PETITIONS
WEAKNESS OF PEOPLE

Don't sign petitions for pardons
without carefully considering the
case. This indiscriminatng signing
of petitions is one of the weaknesses
of the American people. They would
just about as readily sign a petition
to hang an innocent man as to par
don guilty one. The petition racket,
generally worked up by paid attor-
Recorder. And yet, these same men
who are ready to sign these petitions
are among the first to deplore the
they expect anything better?-Colum-
bus, (Ga) Enquirer-Sun.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-23
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I. SAYS uNWARRANTED ;
= USE OF THE ARMY. !.

: West Point, Miss, March % Z:
: Ex-Governor James X. vardaman. :.
: in a political speech here Tues :.
: day, denounced the national ad- :.
: ministration for what he termed !:
: the ''unwarranted use of the ar :.
: my to suppress the rebellion in :.
:: Mexico" He said the revolution I:
: lists in Mexico are exercising the I:
:: God-given right to fight for the ::
: privilege of living and enjoying !:
:: the fruits of their toll. He re- I:
:: ferred to the incident of the ::
: mobilization of troops on the Mex {.
: lean border. He said, in order to !.
!: stress his conviction, that the :.
:: great army and navy would be :.
= thus employed against the poor :.
: man in the ultimate conflict be- :.
&: tween capital and labor. :.
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-23
CAPITAL CITY
WANTS COLLEGE
Citizens viii Not Willingly Give Up
6eIhaven colIese'For Young
Ladies'.

jackson, Miss, March 23.-Jackson
at least that portion of the citizens
VINO are DESTROYS of seeing the city
progress along proper lines,-are go
Ing to strain every effort to retain
Belhaven College in this city, and
present indications are that the pub
lie meeting in the County Court house
next Monday evening for the discus.
sion Of the matter will be one of the
most enthusiastic "get-together" meet
ings ever held in the city of Jackson's
progressive citizens.
m ITO permit Belhaven to leave our
city would be the height of folly" said
Mr.. Remington yesterday afternoon.
The school has always held a high
reputation throughout the state and
many of Mississippi's fairest daugh-
tiers have graduated from its classes.
And now,-with the moral and finan-
cial support of the Presbyterian
church and the increased impetus that
viii be given it's attendance by reason
of the vast influence of the church, it
will undoubtedly be to Jackson what
Millsaps College, with the support of
the Methodist denomination, has prov
en- itself to be-"
When asked to discuss the most
practical benefit that would be derived
from such a growth in the schools
educational popularity, Mr.. Kenning-
ton concentrated his reply in a single
word ,-"Citizenship."
"The new Belhaven will bring fam
lilies to Jackson from all parts of the
state. Men whose daughters have
reached the age of college entrance
will hesitate before permitting their
fair maidens to leave the all-too- brief
influences of the home circle. Men
with substantial means will consider
this deeply and, as their affairs in
many instances win permit, will move
to Jackson rather than be separated
from their daughters
1t is to this class OF citizenship, be-
lieved Mr.. Remington, that Jackson,
1.-THE greater Jackson look for
ward. Men with capital, men inter-
ested in educational matters, who are
willing to come and be a part of our
city that their families may derive the
benefits of our colleges,-these are the
men who are already making us indie
pendent of the boil weevil ravages
and who will continue to make Jack
son the educational center of the
state and, perhaps. the entire South"
4rs
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-23
TAFT SYMPATR!zES
WITH BOOKER I,

New York, March 23.-Booker T.
Washington, the negro educator whose
alleged assailant of last Sunday night,
Albert Ulrich, was held yesterday for
trial on an assault charge, today re-
ceived a Letter from President Taft in
the Presidents handwriting, in which
Mr.. Taft expressed his sympathy for
and confidence in Washington. The
letter as given out by Washington,
read:
Il am greatly distressed at your mis-
fortune and | hasten to write you Of
my sympathy, my hope that you will
soon recover from the wounds inflicted
by insane suspicion of viciousness, and
of my confidence in you, in your in
tegrity and morality of character and
in your highest usefulness to your race
and to all the people of this country
ut would be nations loss if this
untoward incident in any way i'm
paired your great power for good in
the solution of one of the most diff
cult problems before us.
81 want you to know that your
friends are standing by you in every
trial and that | am proud to subscribe
myself as one"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-23
TO STRIKE IN TWO MONTHS.
(By Union Associated Press1

London, March 23.-Two months
from today, May 23, is the day now
set for the International seamen's
strike. when, unless the difficulties
are settled before that time, all sea-
men on all ships carrying the English
flag throughout the world will quit
work
1t is stated by union leaders that
when the strike order is issued all
the ships at sea which can be reach
ed by wireless will be notified so that
the crews can quit their work when
their vessels reach their home ports.
The American seamen have a work.
ing agreement with the English I'm.
ion, but the English union could not
call the American sailers out on
strike.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-23
A HAREM SKIRT
Law IS URGED
parel Causes Fear Of Dangerous
Consequences.

Birmingham, Ala, March 23.-Al-
derman Frank Smith has drawn up a
proposed ordinance, designed, as it
reads, to maintain "the public calm -
1t is made an offense punishable by
fine and Imprisonment to appear on
the streets of Birmingham in a harem
skirt. The ordinance of Alderman
Smith follows:
BE it ordained by the city council
of Birmingham as follows:
Section 1. 1t shall be unlawful
for any female person to wear or ap-
pear upon the streets, avenues, alleys
or in any public place or where the
public is accustomed to frequent or
gather in the city of Birmingham,
while clothed in a harem or trouser
skirt, or any device or substitute for
a harem or trouser skirt, or any fur
Their or other wearing apparel fash
iOucu III oiilldl nldhHei' VI Ill any
other wearing apparel calculated to
disturb the public calm.
Section 2. Any female person
convicted of violating the provisions
of this ordinance shall be fined not
less than 81 nor more than 500, or
may be imprisoned in the city jail
for not more than ten days in addi-
ton, at the discretion of the court
having jurisdiction thereof"
Mr. Smith drafted this ordinance
at the instance of some people who
foresaw dangerous consequences in
the skirts being worn on the streets.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-23
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= IukA TEEToTALERs ASK :
= FOR SEPARATE CAMP. !:

: Little Rock, Ark, March 3D. :
:: Declaring that all members of :
: Lamar Camp, U. c. ", at Iuka, :
: Miss, are teetotalers, G. w. :
: Dudley, Adjutant General, writes :
: asking that separate camp be :
: provided for them. 'Unless we 8
= can be separated from the intern :
= perate veterans in the camps we :
: would rather be located outside :
: the camps to ourselves" writes :
: Gen. Dudley. The executive COM :
:" mittee will give the matter con- :
: sideration. !.
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