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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
OLD LAW GIVES
CONGRESS RIGHT
TO NAME FARES
Fight for Transfers Devel-
OPS Two New Lines of
Legal Action.
Continued from First Page.)

constitutional, II the company can show
that II has been caused actual loss
through complying, It can be reirn-
bursed through a Congressional appro-
priation, and no injustice is done any.
one.
But. on the other hand, If the court
says the Capital Traction Company
need not obey the plain command OF
the statute until final decision as to
by the United States Supreme Court.
but meanwhile may continue for years
10 make passenger pay double fare,
WhCn the court of last resort finally
decides that the act Is constitutional,
there Is no possible way In which these
tens Of thousands of passengers may
be reimbursed for the money illegally
eXtorted from them. A gross injustice
Will have been done.
While q corporation should not be
compelled to devote its property to pub
lie use without due compensation,
neither should II be allowed to deprive
those who use Its lines of their nickels
without due compensation.
If the Commissioners will allow a
suit to be brought in the name Of the
District of Columbia instead Of in the
name Of mere private citizens, 1t Will
be much easier in many ways to con-
vince the court that on account of the
public rights involved the Capital Trac-
mediately to observe the requirements
of the statute and to continue to do so
while its constitutionaity Is being test
ed. Viewed in this light, II is hoped
the Commissioners will reconsider their
determination to stand aside and do
nothing, leaving the individual pas
sengers TO make their fight alone"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20

ELDER DAVIS DEATH
|. DUE TO HIS CRUSADE
AGAINST POLYGAMY
Missionary Poisoned by Dis
carded Wives of
Savages.

Elder o. z. Davis, the Adventist mis-
sionary, with headquarters in Washing
ton, who was killed early In September
In the far interior Of British Guiana,
where he had gone on a mission tour
to the Indians. came to his death at
the hands OF savages who had been
practicing polygamy, against which
practice Elder Davis had been preach
ing, according to word received at Ad-
Nentist headquarters in Takoma Park
this morning.
He was killed In the village Of Ak
away, in the far interior, by slow poi
son. and lived long enough to get to
the house of a friendly chief. Jeremiah,
of a tribe not far from the Akaway
Sills &c, where he wrote two letters and
made arrangements for the death which
was surely coming. II Is thought that
he was poisoned by the wives of the
polygarnists who were to be separated
from their husbands through his teach
ing.
According to the letter received at the
Adventist headquarters, which Is the
first word received since a short cable
gram announcing the death Of Elder
Davis. reached here about three weeks
ago, Mr.. Davis left Adventist mission
airy headquarters in Georgetown. capital
of British Guiana. in the company OF a
young Indian. early in July for an ,ex-
tended trip into the far interior, which
was to be among Indians who had never
seen a white man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
Commission Has No
Authority to Force
Transfers, Is Opinion

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has taken the position that IT has not
authority to pass upon the petition of
Mayor w. G. Plat, OF Takoma Park.
Nd. for enforcement of the interstate
rate OF a single carfare between that
suburb and the center OF Washington
by way OF the Baltimore and Washing
ton Transit Company's line and the
Fourteenth street line Of the Capital
Traction Company.
letter to this effect was sent last
night to Mayor Flat. 1t was signed
by Chairman Clements.
In the matter OF transfers between
street car lines in the District the COM
mission says II Is vested with authority
only in the case of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company and the
Coach Company. II points
out that what authority Is given over
the Baltimore and Washington Transit
Company Is vested in the District Com
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
JUST TRY A TEN CENT
BOX OF CASCARETS
Headache. BiIiousness, Constipa-
ton. or q Bad Stomach.

Put aside-just once-the Salts. Cath
artic Pills, Castor OILS or purgative
waters which merely force a passage
way through the bowels. but do not
thoroughly cleanse, freshen, and purify
these drainage or alimentary organs,
and have no effect whatever upon the
liver and stomach.
Keep your inside organs pure and
fresh with Cascarets. which thoroughly
cleanse the stomach. remove the I'M
digested. sour and fermenting food and
foul gases, take the excess bile from
the liver and carry out OF the system
all the decomposed waste matter and
poisons in the intestines and bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you feel
great by morning. They work while
you sleep-never grippe. sicken and cost
only 10 cents a box from your druggist.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never have
Headache, Biiousness, coated tongue,
Indigestion. Sour Stomach or Ccnsti-
pated bowels. Cascarets belong In every
household. Children just love to take
them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
Foster Parents Fear
That Girl Was Kidnapped

ROCKVILLE. Md, Sept. 20-Mr.
and Mrs. William A. Kisner, of Law
Hill, visited Rockville yesterday after
noon and requested the assistance
Of the county authorities in locating
their adopted daughter, Priscilla NJ.
Knight who is also a niece of Mrs.
kIsner. The young girl disappeared
nom the Kisner home Saturday morn
ing and her whereabouts have since
been mystery. The Washington police
also have been asked to assist in the
search.
Mr.. and Mira. Kisner left their home
produce, leaving the young girl at home
alone. When they returned, about noon,
she was gone, and all or her clothing
had also been taken. 1t was learned
foot Of a hill near the house, and II was
also said that a buggy containing the
girl and young man was seen on its
way toward Washington.
The girl has lived with the Kisners
since she was five years old. She has
not been allowed to nave young men
company and the Kisners fear she may
have been kidnapped, although they
think It possible she may have been
induced to Join her sister, who has
made her home in Washington several
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kisuer have no children
and said today they care as much at
otached to the girl as n she we're their
own. It Is understood that Mr.. Kisner,
who is a well-to-do farmer, had ar
ranged to make her his heir.
Miss Mary Nelson Terry. twenty-one
years old, of TaylorsvilIe, Va, and
William Leverne Smith, twenty-five, OF
Laurel, Va, were married In Rockville
yesterday by the Rev. s. II. White, of
the Baptist Church.
Charles E. Ross, of this county, has
filed suit 10 the Circuit Court here for
an absolute divorce from Louise S. Ross
on the ground OF infidelity and deser-
ton. He also asks that he be awarded
the custody of their only child, four
years old The plaintiff is represented
81 Attorney Thomas Dawson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
Courses in Geography
Mapped Out by Stuart

New courses in geography for the fifth
to the eighth grades have been mapped
out by A T. Stuart, and outlines Of
the program are being printed to- be
put into the hands OF teachers before
the end of the week.
raphy," an effort will be made to con-
meet geography with the history. indus
try and Inhabitants of the places under
study.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
British Admiralty
Receives Report
Of the Collision

PORTSMOUTH, England. Sept. 2o.-An
official report of the collision between
the White star liner, Olympic, and the
cruiser Hawk, received by the British
naval authorities, stated that the Olym-
pic was so badly damaged that she had
to be beached in Osborne Bay.
The Hawk was also smashed about
the boom by the impact. The Hawk
stood by at anchor while fleet of
tugs fiocked out to assist the giant
liner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
Bicyclist Hurt in
Collision With Auto

Fourteen-year-old Raymond Skinner,
Of sos Mclean avenue southwest. while
riding a bicycle at Ninth and E streets
northwest last night, fell in front of
an automobile driven by L. w. Richard
son, of 702 Eleventh street northwest.
The boy was bruised on the head, and
the bicycle demolished. He was treated
at the Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
The Palais ROYAL.
A. Lisner Open Until O'clock G Street
Consultation Free

Come tomorrow-and learn Of your eyes as L
never before. This Is Observation-Disclosures the
professional wav IL to. not enlighten patients.
DR.. Samuels plan 10 to explain every point Of
his treatment Get acouainted-ask for the doc
Samuel is both optometrist and optician.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
The Washington Suit
:: SIS

These Suits be Si5oo-ony because of great contract
avoby made with New YorkS leading maker of manaod suits
Note that many kind garments in the collection type
for every phase of girl from 10 to IS years. and women of all
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To Withstand real hard Atwood cloths mixtures
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The correct 28nch coat with variations of Styles lined with
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ngs $500 for suits superior every respe-bee than the
average sold at $1,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
The "Washington" Dress Of 1911-12

This Autumn Winter dress has many phases represented in three
fashionable onepiece models The material used WEewoven
Serge black and navy guaranteed every respect The
tons styles include round shawl collars and reyes collars of
plain black san collars braid trimmed and collars of attractive
For the pce-s5oo-these dresses without peer Wash
ington. < 49,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
Valeska Suratt Hat, Made to Order

This fascinating hat be reproduced for as little SIS
much 1925 The best reproduction view and for sale here
tomorrow at S5oOo of black velvet with round dome
trimmed with two superb specimens of Paradise Agetes This
sounds prosac-see the hat and learn of the fascinating T given
it by the lovely queen of the stage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-20
Best Known Aviators
At Long Island Meet

NEW YORK. Sept. 20-Thirty-fve
flyers, among them the best known
aviators In the world, will compete In
the aviation meet on Long Island, be-
ginning Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

came the providential sign-their entire
bodies turned blue that, like the smile.
would not come off. In the baths they
were objects of wonder and suspicion, and
the curse went away only gradually, with
prayer and fasting.
1t is with these Blue Brothers that
France is having trouble in her new
Atlantic colony Of Mauretania.
Shade of their palms. My exploring
French doctor has a nostalgia for the
pale star on the darkling deserts horizon,
that grows to a beacon light as the tired
camels trudge on.
He knows how to behave In one Of those
rich converts of the Kadria Brothers.
where regularly the Roumi who ventures
to them is ''kif' the gazelle that goes to
the "sloughi dog.'
Lights shine radiant in the tired trav-
elers' eyes; they cannot see the mass of
buildings beyond There are voices Dogs
bark. At d complicated gate two giant
negroes show their teeth in wide smiles
The night breathes fresh and perfumed
from garden where colored lanterns
shine among trees. A variegated crowd
presses round the visitors, and, further
back, the glitter of gold and jewels and
soft whispers attract the discreet glance
to shadowy female forms. There is a
cry of greeting: May the night be pro-
pitious to thee" Though a court as large
as a market place, long colonnades and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
COncelninu
Well-knOWn peODle
The Turn of the Worm.

THE Rev. Sylvester Horne, the noted
liberal clergyman and member OF
parliament of London, was talking at
a dinner in New York about charity.
THE trouble with most charity" he
said lis that it is administered in a.
grudging, condescending spirit Charity,
to have any effect, must be administered
in a spirit of absolute sympatny-a spirit,
l may also say, of absolute humility. To
uplift, get underneath as the phlosophic
AIDE well said.
There was once a London lady, the
wife of millionaire promoter, who de-
cided, being rather bored. to go in for
charity. So she rang for her electric
brougham and glided in a luxurious 81
lence down to the New Cut.
The laG1 selected the very worst house
in the Ne-H Cut, and she paid a call of
about half an hour on the poor, tired,
underfed woman who lived there. The
questions she asked this woman were
supercillious and impairment. The lady
had very good time.
But when she came to go, her hostess,
whose cheeks were now unwontedly red,
rather spoiled her good time by saying
quietly:
well, goodbye, madam. / don't sup
pose I'll see you again. The fact is, |
haven't time to go Summing myself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
Now, go in and think long whle-then decide
neither you actually ucous merely irresponsible

lively, sink to a low rattle. Men and
women roll and gasp and lie inert.
20 God! 0 God, Cod"
And before they are quite overcome
with emotion the saint gives them the
great treasure-the ''baraka'' or benedic-
ton. His face is bathed in the light of
the setting sun. The ocean of sands rolls
away in purple glory.
20 brothers, open wide your souls.
Love God as wide as the sands extend! 1
bless your sick; I bless your afflicted; l
bless your absent. l bless the waters OF
your wells, the dates of your palm trees.
the grain of your fields, the young of
your camels. l bless your goods. 1 bless
your blood, o brothers of the way!''
1t is the final frenzy, ecstasy let loose,
with cries as of tigers in joy. 1t is the
delirium, the apotheosis, amid the purple
and gold splendors of the sunset.
Loaded with it the pilgrims go back,
bearing across Africa and Asia what they
have been told to bear: pardon of sins
and counsels for guidance, even to insur-
rection against the infidels, when the time
shall come
Italy can take the coast of Tripol from
the Tunis of the French to the Egypt of
the English: but few miles inland she
finds rocky plateaus and the IimitlesS
Sahara.
She is up against the mystic line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
A Superior Waiter.

D ICHARD HARDING DAVIS at din
N ner in New York said of snobbish-
ness:
You'll meet the snob everywhere.
Once, in search of local color, l toured
north Devon. Who'd dream of finding
snobs in that rich country of fishermen
and yeomen and sailors. Yet
In Combe Martin / put up at the
Kings Arms, an inn 300 years old. with
furniture of pollard oak that would make
collectors mouth water The dining
room OF the Kings Arms is called the
coffee room. and at my breakfast of ba-
con and mushrooms in the coffee room,
seated at a table looking down on the
wild sea, 1 said to my superior-looking
waiter:
- suppose visitors here are not very
common
The walters upturned nose turned still
further up as he answered:
. Indeed they are-painfully SO, most OF
them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
On the Conductor.

nR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
- was talking. in the saloon OF the
kaiser Wilhelm III, about American hon.
esty
For all our undertaking WRITER'S" he
said, Il think that the American people
are the most honest people i'm the world.
Is an American ever subjected at home
to the petty cheats and extortions to
which he is subjected in Europe?"
Then, apropos of foreign honesty, DIR.
Butler told railroad story.
On foreign railroad" he said, "a
commuter had row with the conductor
AT the end Of the row the commuter
turned to friend and said:
We'll, the r. ID. r.. will never see
another cent of my money after this
The conductor, who was departing,
looked back and snarled:
'What'll you do? Walk
oh, no. said the commuter. IN stop
buying tickets and pay my fare to you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
These 0ptimistS.

WTHE late Admiral Schley.' said an
officer of the Navy Department.
mad no use for the unreasoning opti-
mst-the optimist who won't contend
against evil. excusing his laziness on the
ground that all things work together for
good and so forth.
Admiral Schley once tried TO have GER
tain reforms instituted in the navy. He
found at headquarters a good deal OF the
optimistic or lazy spirit, however. and so at
dinner one night he rebuked head
quarters optinist with a story.
You remind me, SIR he said, ''of old
Jimmy Tradoles Jimmy was a laborer
Noon sounded one day, and he sat down
and felt in his pocket for his lunch But
the pocket was empty.
Boys he said, I've lost my lunch
Then he gave CHEEKY laugh.
It's good thing I've lost it too he
said.
why so, mate?' man asked
Because said old Jimmy, L left my
teeth at home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

buctoo, have existed since 1852 in Tripoli.
and it is they who started the prayer
that runs:
Keep us far from the infidelsr'
The Senoussis had their greatest pros
perity around 1SS5-1S9O through the un-
firing activity of the venerable Sheikh-el-
Mahdi. who has often been COMPOUNDED
with the Mahdi of the Sudan, but whose
work was greater and more lasting He
was the second son of the founder of
the order Si-Mohammed-den-Si- Ali-ben-
Senouss. who died in 1859. His name
showed his whole genealogy, not only as
a son of the Senoussi family, but a de-
scendant of the prophets own, as a son
of Ali.
1t was his elder son, the Shereef ST.
Mohammed. who built up the great Sc
noussi mother house in an oasis behind
Tripoli. But the younger son became the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

more eminent, the Peter the Hermit OF a
veritable Moslem revival, and many OF
the newer brotherhoods date from the
faith which the Sheikh-el- Mahdi famed
red hot.
With his tent and praying carpet. he
went in his day through all central
Africa. Arabia and Turkey preaching the
revival of the law of the Koran. Z cry
where his passage was marked by mira
cles among be levers. Hours minis
tered to him, cooked his cakes and "oous-
cous,' pillowed his gray head in their
laps, and bore his name i'm let ers Of
dancing light on their lovely foreheads
He was supposed to journey under his
tent through the air-an aeroplane far
beyond the invention of the Wri his both
in point OF time and easy handling
Senoussi Brothers. who of late years
have seen aeroplanes. tell you gravely
that the Sheikh-el-Mahdi had no need OF
motor or petroleum. The motor of his
magic tent was faith. and its petroleum
was the baraka-the prayer and IFS bene-
diction. STERLING HEILIG
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Turks or Old Turks do not count. Here
Is the storm-center.
+ +
On the edge of the oasis camp the rank
and file OF the pilgrims.
All day long. camp-meeting exercises
continue. Each batch of ten Is given a
convent teacher, to indoctrinate and act
as guide and friend. Five times a day
they learn to repeat the usual prayers of
Mosiems. the saving first chapter Of the
Koran, and. In silence. to go over their
"dikhr. or rosary. Swiftly the prayers
must fall. for haste helps the ecstasy:
one hundred times-"God Is my helpr'
One hundred times-''There is no God
but God!'
One hundred tmes-"O, my God, pour
Iorth thy graces on our Lord Mahoinet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

smaller courts, where float the doors OF
hen ioin and musk the visitors pass.
Suddenly the negroes and moving Ian
terms stop Under a deep-vaulted arch
stands, alone, the rigid imperious figure
of young man of Twenty-Five. draped
from head to foot In white.
The doctor knows the ceremonial greet
ing: Saliva. ion be unto thee. Art thou
the master Of this habitation?"
With passionless voice the young saint
replies: For few hours, l am IN MS
place-by the will of Allah the Almighty.
The doctor and his Arabs. with the In
dex FINGER pointing to their breasts, re-
peat: THE guest of God!'
The saint in white, not lifting his eyes.
answers You are here in your own
house"
1t is enough. They are safe In peace
of soul they wander through the guest
rooms before going to bed-among hun
dreds Of whispering, praying. listening,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
The Girl Drummer.

MISS IVY BRAYTON HODGE. one of
1VA the well known girl drummers OF
the west. at a commercial travellers BAN
quet in Chicago responded to toast with
the words:
"A woman's face is said to be her for
tune. In the girl drummer's case, how.
ever, it's her cheek"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

the old women are reached, in their turn
young women are not given the prayer.
but are saved by their men-the young
saint places the thick stuff of his robe be-
tween his hands and their shriveled
palms.
20 Masterr the cry swells with each
initiated one. Holy sultan. Father of
the standards! Overthrower of the infideI!
Sword of the prophet
He speaks with noble gesture, his
white-draped form outlined against the
sky:
20 brothers of the prayer, there is no
God but God, best defender, best lord.
best help. His generosity is without end.
All comes from Him, all goes back to
Him-your prayers your good deeds, your
aims He shall give back to you: the
prayers II times over; the good deeds
1T times over; the aims LOTT times over. 4"
The ecstasy is coming. Hoarse cries
intermingle, forms rock, walls rise plain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

The watchers of the desert have given
their instructions
Should she attempt to subdue the popu-
lations there will be sullen resistance,
mysterious raids and disappearance into
the sands. If she is wise she will at
tempt to buy them off. as France has
often been able to do partially-and leave
their last port of Tripod absolutely free
to Moslem travel and commerce.
Much has been recently told of the Sc
noussi Brothers of Tripoli, but the Ita.-
ians are coming to learn that they are
up against, not one religious order but
forty-five of them,
The Derkaouas, whose mother house is
in south Morocco, have twelve converts
III the Algerian Sahara, and fourteen in
Tripoli. The Tidjan as. founded in Bag
dad in 1850, with their mother house in
the Algerian Hinterland, have eight
Tripolitan converts. The Bakkaias.
though very wild and extending to Tim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

RANCE. Spain and
Italy are up against
a mystic line.
1t is not Turkey
or the Sultan OF
Morocco. but the
Mussulman revival
that radiates from
the Sahara.
y line of watch
full. sulking broth
erhoods e KITE n d s
across North Africa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

the prophet, who knew not letters, thy
messenger. and all that are his own and
grant them peace!''
Forty tmes-"O, my God. bless me at
the moment of death and in the trials
that followi''
Seven times-"Glory be to God.'
Seven times-"There is no power but
God!''
White, black, brown, with turbans of
many hues, they wait patiently for Him
that is to come" all believing in certi-
tude, all thirst.ng for joy.
The teachers start up interminabe
hymns:
May God be exalted
The Great One the Certain One:
May God be exalted,
He who hears. He who sees;
May God be exalted.
Friend of the repentant.