The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Postmaster General Hitchcock is de-
that employees of the postal
service shall not act as FIRST aid to the
thirsty" in those now rather numerous
States where the sale of Intoxicating
liquors is illegal. and has Issued from the
Post Office Department to all postmasters
and their subordinates against acting as
agents for liquor dealers and soliciting
business for them:
This order of the Postmaster General.
It appears, is due to many complaints
that have reached the department from
prohibition States. especially in the South.
that postmasters and their subor-
dinates have got into the habit--very re.
in some sections-of solicit.
ing business for liquor dealers in non
prohibition States, with the object of
swelling the fees Of their off for money
orders issued in payment forlhe liquors
Hereafter, postmasters and
post Office clerks who acts as drummers
for liquor houses will do so at their peril.
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Congress became acquainted at the
extra session with much harassed and
downtrodden. class of people, the men
who frequent the cocktail route,'' and
imbibe mixed drinks over the polished
mahogany bars. These poor people,
gazing at the slice of lemon in their favor
lite beverages, figured that if the farm
ers free list" could include lemons, the
price of that juicy frnit would be less ard
the quantity of flicker" in their glasses
could be made more generous. Their
cry for "free lemons" was pitiful, but if
someone would only start cry for free
juleps," what an answering echo would
rise TO heaven!
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When Congress folds its tent and steals
away from its legislative haunts, the
cleaners and renovators get busy in
The big buildings where
the Senators and Representatives have
their officers are scrubbed. mopped, paint
ed and cleaned from top to bottom. The
Capitol itself is put through similar treat
ment and the outside is subjected 10
treatment with lines of hose through
which fire engines force water TO the very
top ofthe dome. It's always an interest
ing operation to see the Capitol getting
its annual bath. Then the streets are re-
paired and the trees trimmed and eyery-
thing around Washington is got into the
best possible shape for the reconvening of
Congress in December. Owing to the
extra session there was little time to do
all this during the present summer, so
there is unusual hurry and hustle now
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1t may be thought by some that the
two Panama Expositions are in some
way related; that one is in sense
branch Of the other. This is not the
case. While the management of each is
working in cooperation and friendship
with the other, each is distinct and
separate, each has its own board of
and each is financed separately.
They both will celebrate the opening Of
The Panama Canal. but they will do it in
different ways. but there will be friendly
rivalry to see which one will prove IF the
greatest interest TO the public. The,
managers of the San Diego Exposition
believe that they will produce an aggre.
ton of attractions which will be absolute
" unique. The group of exposition build.
ngs will, of themselves, be an attraction
which it would be worth crossing the
continent to see. They will mbody all
The best and most artistic in the old. but
still new style of architecture which the
Did Mission fathers introduced when
hey undertook TO evangelize the new
and of California. known as the
Spanish Renaissance, this style will be
standardized and the exposition buildings
will present tie best ideas by the leading
architects in the world who specialize in
his style.
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Tie declaration Of war by Italy upon
Turkey, coming as it did with practically
no notice. created profound impression
IN official Washington. The State De-
partment had felt reasonably confident
hal The other signaiories 10 the Berlin
treaty, which fixed the status Of Turkey.
would be able TO bring combined pressure
70 bear upon Italy to divert her from her
purpose to seize Tripoli
The only conclusions that could be
irawn from the developments were that
what bias happened is only natural
sequence Of the Franco German Moroc-
IAN negotiations. and that all along il
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