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The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Demanded That He Be
Given Room In Prison

It's a seldom thing when a fellow
breaks into jail, but this kind Of an
experience was recorded at the police
station Tuesday morning when a
white man put in his appearance
about o'clock and applied for ad-
mtttance.
The station was almost deserted at
shat time. and those who were on
hand endeavored to have the fellow
wait until other officers came, but this
he could not do, demanding a room in
The city prison and 1t was given him.
''Tm full up-hix-chuck full -hic-
and I'm goin' to have a room-hic-
1'm-hiC-sure- ugh-hic-Tm-hic
And ne was led upstairs and placed
inside the CRATES to await a better Cor
worse) feeling.
At the afternoon session of the
court he had lost some of the enthus-
iasm and was ready to get out
really more anxious than he had been
to get in.
The Judge heard his story.
He is a waiter at a boarding house
and his job depended on his getting
back to the place at once. His mis-
tress would not aloow extended lay
offs, and some other fellow might
have his white apron and dining-room
place II he didn't hurry back
He was released on the promise of
never. never doing such thing
again." after a strong reprimand and
q positive Injunction that the county
road was made for second d-offense fell
lows, and that he is in line for pro-
motion-HouSton Post.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Courted Trouble and
Got All of II He Wanted

A meek. mild, miserable citizen. whose
stomach must have been squeamish.
thought that Two burly men in a car OF
an elevated train were putting occa-
sionaily on charred stumps OF cigars,
and he spoke to the guard about it. The
guard went up to the two and surveyed
their bulk Of bodies and plug-ugly mugs
timidly. Then he returned to the pro-
testing passenger and reported in an
awed whisper that the smokers aren't
doing nothing against the rules.
They heard the report. for they came
plunginE down the car and with pro-
family that would have hung Up rec
ord among the truck drivers Of West
street offered to tear the meek citizen
into chunks Of raw flesh and eat him
alive II he did not get of the train. The
guard urged him to get of, even IL he
had to jump into the street without
waiting for the train to pull UP at a
station platform. The friendly advice
was taken at the next station.-New
York Press.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Dude Whips Rowdies
Who Taunt Him on Car

Going uptown late one night on an
elevated train. Tip saw a young, slim
man in evening clothes, and silk hat
made the object of ridicule and abuse
by a trio of rowdies, whose mouths
were as foul as any thar were ever
left ungaEged. AS far as Twenty
eighth street he paid no attention to
them At that station he arose to
get off. a storm of vituperation fol-
lowing him to the door. where he
turned.
You muckers," he said quietly,
shave been trying to have some fun
with me. If any Of you, or all of you,
would like to come out on the plat
form, I'll be glad to see you"
They came rushing after him. a
string of three roaring bullies, every
body else in the car also scuttling out
TO see what happened. The first
rowdy who stepped off the car he
smashed into insensibility with one
swinging blow that left him mo-
tionless on the platform. The one who
followed walked against a rain of
blows that pounded him into a pulp.
The third ran back into the car IN
such panic that the spectators
shrieked with laughter. The fighting
dude went down to the street without
saying a word to anybody.-New
York Press.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Dogs Used in Fishing
On Siberian Coast

The Inhabitants of Saghalin island, on
the Siberian coast. use dogs in fishing
for salmon trout. The waters about the
island are so wonderfully clear that SAL
mon trout may be seen swimming.
The people of the island are known
as the Anus. When they go out to
fish they take with them a number of
dogs The dogs are divided into groups,
and at a given signal they swim
straight out seaward In single file, in
two columns, the columns some dis
tance apart. At cry from their
owners the right 9Dlumn wheels left
and the left column right, till the
heads Of the column meet and then
they swim in a line to the shore. As
the dogs near the shore many fish are
seen in the shallow water. making
frantic efforts to escape, but frightened
forward by the splashing of the advanc
ing columns of dogs, which. as soon
as their feet touch bottom pounCe upon
the fish with lightning-like rApidity. AS
soon as a dog seizes a fish, 1t hastens
ashore with its prize, after which the
master cuts off the head of the fish
and gives 1t to the dog. The dog that
catches nothing. gets nothing. The
AinUs are the only people, so far as
known. who use dogs for this unique
purpose. The feat is extraordinary,
the more 80 when the dogs, many OF
wrich have been captured in the forest,
are still half wild.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Treatise on Aeronautics
Written Centuries Ago

over a century ago more than one
French scholar was haunted by dreams
Of aerial navigation, and Jean Jacques
Rousseau wrote a treatise on aeronau-
tics, called LIE Nouveau Dedale," in
which occurs this remarkable sentence:
Men walk on the earth. they sail on
the water, and swim in 1t. Is not the
air an element like others? What busi-
ness have the birds to shut us out of
their premises, while We are made well
come to those of the fishes?"
Rousseau evolved two problems: First,
to find a body lighter than air. so that
It would rise, and he was confident that
such a body would be found. His sec
ond problem was how to make that
body when It was found to step rising
and how to make 1t come down. He A.
nally gave 1t up in despair. admitting
his inability to grasp this second propo-
'sitiOn, and toward the close Of his
treatise he frankly admitted as much
He declined to publish his treatise for
several years, but IT finally made its
appearance in 1901.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Laborer's Argument Too
Much for His Jailer

A day laborer IN one of the rural dis
tricts OF France was recently con-
demned to fifteen days imprisonment
for poaching. He presented himself at
the local all TO serve his term, but
brought his wife and two children with
him, explaining that they were depend
ent upon his daily work for their sus-
tenance and that the state had no right
to deprive them, who were innocent OF
all offense, of his support. Ergo. by
condemning him 1t had incurred the
moral obligation of providing for them.
The jailer refused to take them in, the
laborer refused to be locked up without
them. The case was referred to the
procureur of the republic who suspend
ed execution of the sentence while look
ing into what appears to have proved a
puzzle to French justice.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
BLEEDING" Held Cure
For All Known Diseases

That all diseases can be cured by
bleeding is still firmly believed by sew
eral savage tribes and especially by the
Papuan negroes When one Of theiT
physicians becomes convinced that 1t io
necessary to bleed a patient he goes sew
eral feet in front of him. and then,
drawing his bow. he fits a sharp point
ed arrow to 1t and, after careful aim,
fires the arrow into the vein which he
desires to open. The arrow, il is said,
invariably goes straight to the mark.
and the thorn or splinter of glass with
which 1t is tipped does the work as
successfully as a lancet. Moreover. the
patients never show the slightest fear.
since they are convinced that from the
moment the arrows pierce their veins
they will begin to -ecover.-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
URGES TENEMENTS
ABOVE FACTORIES
Human Beehive Plan Sug-
gested By An Architect
of Boston.

In order to improve the conditions for
housing factory opera tives, which have
been the subject of much adverse COM
ment. J.. Randolph Coolidge, a Boston
architect, has suggested the novel plan
of building the homes Of the workmen In
tenements directly over the factory it.
self.
The suggestion for having tenements
built over factories" Mr.. Coolidge says,
although It has many disadvantages,
would make it possible for the men and
women who furnish cheap factory labor
to get sufficient light and air.
The plan could be used where the
factories are of two stories, as In cotton
weaving sheds. 1t would give the op-
eratives the great advantage of being
near their work, which is of great value
Such an arrangement would do away
with the problem of transporting men
and women to and from their places Of
work. which is waste of time and ex-
pense.
"One of the drawbacks to the tenement
of the present day is the lack Of light
and of proper ventilation.
Under the factory tenement plan sys-
tenn this drawback would be obviated to
a great extent. On account of its height
the dwelling of the workman would be
as we'll ventilated and as adequately
lighted as could be desired, even though
It should be in the heart of the city"
The Bournville village trust, model
plot of factory tenements near Birming-
ham, England, has been suggested as an
example which might be followed in this
country to solve the congestion problem
in Boston and in the larger cities of the
country.
In the BournvilIe village trust a fac
tory is situated in one corner Of the
plot Of land, and the remainder is filled
with houses. These houses are occupied
by the operatives. Every one of them
is a model tenement. Every one has its
own garden, from which most of the
produce used by the family is raised. II
has it's own stores and churches and
public buildings.-Boston Post.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Wins Twenty-sixth
Annual Flowing Prize

Twenty-six prizes in twenty-seven
years in plowing at the annual
matches Of the Wheatland and Big
Rock Flowing Associations is the re-
markable record of William Fair
weather, who recently was given the
gold medal and championship held
out to plowers in the postgraduate
class. In four years Fairweather
took three of the same class of prizes.
In a period of twenty-seven years
there was only one year in which he
had nothing to show for his effort,
and of all the other prizes won by
him only one was of less value than
second. In one instance only he was
given third. OF the firsts and seconds
the majority are of the first order.
This piowman gives most Of the
credit for his unusual success to his
father, who he says taught him the
first lessons in correct soil tilling. He
was required to carry a chain and
wood cutter so that the trash of his
lands was properly covered.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
SAILORS CHANGING
LIKE THEIR SHIPS
Old Order of Things Has
Been Twisted About by
Progress of Times.

THE old order changeth, giving place
to new" and aptly enough those lines
were uttered from a barge. The flavor
that has long clung to them who go
down to the sea In ships, that do busi-
ness In great waters" has almost van
ished away.
The odor Of tar and okum is van
quished by the smell of oil fuel and
coal gas; shrouds and rigging give place
to steam derricks and Marconi installa-
tions. The reorganization OF the navy
under Secretary Meyer Is based upon
this assumption. At the heart Of the
new and increasing efficiency of the
service is the express recognition of the
fact that the sailor is no longer a sailor,
but, as the Secretary has called him, "a
fighting machinist:" his officers are me-
chanical engineers, and the navy itself
a great militant machine shop.
Listed As "Seamen"
On board the modern battleship one
third OF the crew are firemen and coal
passers and the remaining two-thirds
are not sailors, though listed as sea
men," Their duties are in various spe-
cial branches of applied mechanics. AS
electricians, chemists, engine-room men
and as the operators of modern ord
dance they have lost a sailor mans in
innate association with the sea, though
their business is still upon the face Of
the great waters, And what is true of
the navy is true, although to a lesser
degree, of the merchant marine. Take
guns. and the life and duties of the
crews Of steam men-of-peace are very
similar to the days work on board
men-of-war. Modern freighters have
abandoned all vestiges of sea hamper
for hoisting and slowing mechanism,
and the modern passenger liner seems
floating combination of palace hotel and
power plant.
Provisions for Shore.
And now the crowning touch comes
with up-to-date provisions for Jack
ashore in New York. A model hotel
for seamen, costing half a million dol
lars, Is to be built down on old Coenties
Slip at South street The new boarding
house is to have a capacity of 500 sea-
men. or rather mechanics, and IT is TO be
equipped with a savings bank. eleva-
tors. manicures, flower stands and
rooms for educational classes and
wholesome recreation" And all of this
is most good and in keeping with the
changing life of those who go down 10
the sea in machine shops But some
thing is lost with the old seafaring life
OF the sailing ships and the race of men
r bred: lost from life though embalmed
in literature And shades of ancient
mariners dead and gone. when they
visit by night the unfamiliar water
fronts of their well-known ports, will
pass by model hotels to gather again
in "Fultah Fishers Boarding House."
where in the other days
"Regally they spat and smoked,
And fearsomely they lied
New York Press.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Artistic History of
Pottery Is Divulged

Max Weber. the first Of our younger
painters TO take up post impression
ISM seriously, went to dinner in an
East Side cafe that might become cele-
brated for the variety of its crockery If
celebrity was ever one of it's proprietor S
faintest hopes.
Weber and his companion became ar
tistically interested in a sugar bowl that
was on the table. the disciple of post
impressionism advancing the faith that
the piece" was of the Empire period.
His companion was equally certain that
1t was Coalport.
AS both of the men were artists, the
dispute grew in length and violence.
When the argument had been going on
for a half hour a man got up at one of
the nearby tables and came over TO
Weber and his companion.
Il hope you will pardon me" he said
urbanely, but | could not help over
hearing your discussion as to the style
of this piece of pottery. If you will per-
NIT me to say so, l can tell you all
about 1t, as am perfectly familiar with
its history. Both of you are wrong.
The piece is neither Empire nor Coal
port 1t is early Hoboken Renaissance" "
New York Press.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
ASYLUM CHARGES
SOON TO BE FILED
Attorney Evans to Submit Formal Allegations of Msman
agement With Secretary Fisher, of Interior Depart
ment Within Next Three Days.

Formal charges that the Government
Hospital for the Insane is mismanaged
| will be filed with Secretary Fisher, of
| the Interior Department, within the
next three days. With the return today
of Secretary Fisher, Richard P. Evans,
the Washington attorney who has made
sensational allegations against Superin-
tendent White, announced that he would
be prepared to submit facts demanding
an investigation without further delay.
In ttA event a searching inquiry is not
ordered by the Secretary Mr.. Evans ex-
poets Congressional action. He has
been assured, he says, by more than one
Democratic member of the House that
a probe of the institution will be had.
Mr. Evans will charge that the in
mates are improperly fed, that DR..
White does not devote personal atten-
ton to the different wards, that young
and inexperienced physicians pass upon
the most difficult cases and that the diff
ferent classes of patients are not prop
erly segregated. Mr.. Evans said today
that he could also produce evidence to
show that patients have been assaulted
by keepers.
DR.. White declares he will welcome an
investigation of the institution and its
staff. The present agitation. following
several escapes. will have resulted in
good, says the superintendent, if the at
tention of Congress is directed toward
the real needs of the asylum, the lack
Of modern equipment and the antiquated
building in which some of the most des-
perate Of the criminal insane are now
kept.
Robert V. La Dow, superintendent of
Federal prisons and a member of the
committee of six appointed a year ago
to inquire into the needs of the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane, said
today:
DIR. White has a hard task. The
public does not realize, perhaps, what
it means TO care for $500 insane persons
thought that DR.. Whites defense OF
his administration was most able
enc.
I do not know Of my personal knowl-
edge as yet, but l understand that
Howard Hall, where the criminal in
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Railroad Right of Way
For Alfalfa Growers

The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
is now planning TO offer the use of its
right of way to farmers in parts Of New
York State for the cultivation Of alfalfa.
The experiment will be made first on
the Buffalo division. in the Limestone
belt" as the soil there is most favor
able to the growing of the plant
This is a practical step in the agri-
cultural campaign which the company
is carrying on. The railroad agricul-
turist will assist the farmers here, with
expert advice, just as he has already
assisted them on their own farms. Not
only will the new use of the right of
way thus afford a demonstration of the
possibilities of alfalfa: It will prevent
the spread of fire, and II will beautify
the route of the railroad.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27

, sane are kept, is an antiquated struc-
ture. Our committee has not yet reach
ed the point in our investigation where
We may decide just what should be
done, in order to make the asylum Sc
cure and to prevent escapes. We are
holding frequent meetings on the gen.
eral needs of the institution
Citizens Start Campaign.
Upon the theory that reports of
series of escapes will hurt the COM
munity socially and commercially,
citizens of Congress Heights today be-
gan a campaign to prevent sensation
al publicity of this sort in the future.
The Congress Heights Citizens Asso-
clation takes the attitude that this
sort of publicity brings the commun-
ity into bad repute, and it would sup
press. so far as possible, all news as
to rowing maniacs.
DR.. White, however, while depre-
eating sensational accounts of the
escape of insane prisoners, says that
news of such escapes must be made
public in order that the fugttives may
be captured, and that society may be
put on guard.
Confidence In DR.. Smith.
Replying to the charges of Mr. Evans,
WHO mas CndTReQ Ut. NnJe Win HliS-
management of the big asylum and its
near 5000 patients, a number of min
listers of the northeast and southeast
sections of the city-those nearest the
asylum-expressed their confidence last
night in the administration Of DR..
White. These ministers, who frequent
ly visit the institution, deny that there
has been any mistreatment of inmates
or that they are improperly housed and
fed. DR.. White, they agree. deserves
commendation instead of condemna-
ton.
DR.. White, the ministers think, has
been placed in a false light and in an
embarrassing position because Of the
niggardliness of Congress in appropriate
ing for the asylum. The ministers who
came to DR.. Whites defense in inter-
views last night include the Rev. DR..
J. D. Bloodgood, the Rev. DR.. Hubert
Bunyea, the Rev. DR.. Henry France.
and the Rev. DR.. Nicholas Gibson, all
Of whom come in frequent contact with
the asylum management.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Paying the Senator
Back In His Own Coin

'I want you to subscribe something to
the fund we are raising for the purpose
of giving Senator Bunk a grand recep-
tion when he comes home from Wash
!rgton How much shall we put you
down for?"
Nothing"
Nothing? WHY you must admit that
Senator Bunk has made a great record
in Congress. He has succeeded in max
ing himself one of the leaders of the
most dignified deliberative body on
earth"
Yes. but he's got all the offices at
his disposal filled, so what's the use?'
Chicago Record Herald, -
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Only Man Who Didn't
Sell Vote Was AWaV

''1 understand" says the special cor
respondent TO the long. lank. bewhis-
kered native Of Adams County, Ohio,
that you are the only man in your
section who was not indicted for ac-
cepting a bribe for his vote at the last
election.">
That's right, SIR" replied the native.
Would you object to telling me your
reasons for not taking a bribe? You
see, you being the only man who didn't
sell his vote, anything you have to say
will be"
I didn't know a thing about 'em buy
in votes. l was up in Logan County
visitin' my sick son an missed the cleo
tion."-Chicago Post.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Drivers Taught English.

Il respectfully salute your lordship
1t is truly a great honor for me that
you condescend to use my cab. VIII
you kindly let me know where l am
TO leave you, my lord?" Thus, accord
ing to LIE Matin. the Paris taxicab driv-
ers now address their English fares
The cocheros are taught English at a
school of polite languages. There are
row thirty pupils.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
She Has Positive Proof.

The Cook-Sure, an ye don't name to
tell me that We think it's bad luck to
break a mirror?
The New Maid (earnestly)-I don't
think; I know 1t.
The Cook-Glory be! An how do We
know it?
The New Maid-Every time I break
one l lose my job.-New York Journal
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
MiSdirected Energy.

The motorist emerged from beneath
the car and struggled for breath. His
helpful friend, holding the oil can,
beamed upon him.
I've just given the cylinder a thor
ough oiling. Dick, old chap" said the
helpful friend.
"Cylinder," said the motorist heated
Iy. That wasn't the cylinder; 1t was
nv ear!-Tit-Bits
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Earliest Irish Tobacco
Too Strong for Smokers

We believe any savage who smoked
consecutively three pipefuls of the earli-,
est kind of tobacco grown in ireland
would have lain down and died. All that
is altered The Irish tobaccos produced
and sold in the form of cigarettes are
as good as anything of the kind on the
market-Irish Homestead.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
Mixed, But Emphatic.

"Since you got married you are late
every morning." complained the boss.
WELL explained the breathless clerk,
Il have to button up the ashes, and
shake down shirtwaist, and carry out
the furnace every morning.
The Washington times., 1911-03-27
CLANS for Temporary Use

Il came across an cid sign down by
the shore the other day." observed the
Long Islander. THE old chap who has
lived and done business there for half
century has painted up over his door:
Boats and CLANS to Let"-New York
I,rncr
The Washington times., 1911-03-06
7SS$z-] THE TIMES SOCIETY AND HOME PAGE -
THE TIMES $loo PRIZE MYSTERY STORY
The Sins of the Fathers
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
By EDGAR FRANKLIN

When John Deston, multimillonalre,
died, he left his fortune 10 a younger
son. named Norman Destun. and neph-
ew, Gerald Forbes. By his own wish,
Wilkes, his older son, was excluded from
sharing the great fortune.
Gerald Forbes, after the funeral, began
TO suspect that his uncle had been muir
dered, and conflded this belief to the at
torney, who had settled up the estate,
Mr.. Barker. That gentleman tried TO
dissuade him from the belief.
In the midst of his efforts TO quiet
GeraId's fears, Norman Deston was found
dead one night on the floor Of the Deston
home. Gerald Forbes had disappeared
and did not return for the funeral. An
ether strange circumstance was that
Amato. father of Nina Amato, the girl
TO whom Norman Deston was TO have
been married, had left just before the
funeral and he had not been heard from.
Though the coroners jury had an
bounced Norman a suicide, Mr.. Barker
discounted this theory when he found the
pistol In the dead mans hand was Ger
AIDS.
Thorough search failed to disclose any
trace of Gerald nor could Amato or his
daughter be found at the places to which
they were supposed to have gone.
Their first procedure was to question
Mr. Barker and Deston closely. After
this cross-examination and after a quiz
zeng of the servants they gave il as
their opinion that Norman had been muir
dered