The Washington times., 1911-06-18

Lett of the date line.
Entered at the PostoTice at washington.
d. c., as second class matter.
It must be remembered, however, that
.Portia didn't have to pass bar exam
'ination.
Mayor Plant will have some difficult
ty in making this a dry Sunday in Mt.
Rainier.
1t is hoped that a clear and balmy
evening will be among the silver we'd
ding guests.
Justice Days portrait will rank
among the Old Masters before the
voucher inquiry is ended, at the pres
ent rate.
Prophet Smith has probably decided
that it will probably be warmer to
stay in Salt Lake City than to come
on to Washington.
It's reasonably safe to assume that
Victor L. Berger won't be selected as
the chief speaker at the proposed Wash
ington real estate show.
The craftsmanship displayed by the
District National Guard indicates that
there are among them William Tells
of skill as we'll as of patriotism.
1t is worth while being an orphan
when there is a prospect of becoming
q guest for a days outing under the
auspices of the Best People On Earth.
Weather Bureau figures show that
Cincinnati and Washington average
almost the same as to temperature
tainly can't notice the heat much
here.
Gerald D. Grosner's record as a stu
dent has won him a scholarship at the
University of Pennsylvania. This is the
logical result of a career in the Wash
ington schools which has been continu-
ously of the highest standing.
Night sessions. the calling of the en-
tire Illinois Legislature. the advance
Inent of the date of the first hearing in
order to get the testimony of witnesses
. leaving for Europe: these things look
like a REAL investigation Of Lorimcr.
Washington is going to have a specia
bank examiner, engaged and paid fol
by the District Bankers Associa ton
This puts the Capital bankers in line
with the financial interests of New
York, Chicago, and other large cities
A party of distinguished Georgians
from Barnesville. who have come
IN H.
ington today. They have set out TO
'boost GAINESVILLE" where the bug
gies come from, and incidentally to
, spread the gospel of good roads.
washingtonians are thrifty people
The fifteen savings banks have $l2,205, SO;
Individual deposits the eleven nationa
banks $25, ,9O6, ,469, and the five trust com
panies 81, ,563, ,563-a grand total of indi
vidual deposits of $63,675, ,725-and this i:
not a manufacturing center, at that
The Smithsonian Institution starts It's
aeroplane collection by the donation
from the War Department of the frs
heavier-than-air machine used in mill
tary service. The progress OF the sci
ence is shown by the fact that this ma
chine only two years old is entirely ou
of date.
Lee Beall, the fireman who was
killed yesterday, narrowly escaped
death in the Knox stable fire in 1884
when three of his companions were
killed, and won recognition for hi!
brave work at the Posey fire il
Brentwood in 1902. He had been {
member of the department since Jul!
/, 1893.
Congress should take cognizance o
the work of Frederick E. WOODWARD
in locating the first cornerstone o
the District boundary and take step
to preserve the marker for the future
Mr.. Woodward has devoted years t
study and investigation of Distric
history and has located a number o
the old boundary stones.
The newly welded couples from Mort
Carolina that tried TO dodge each othe
in Washington ought to have know
how impossible that was. Hundred
come here; but they are one Of I'll
sights of the city, and bound to be see
even by each other. II they had onl
met in the Congressional Library, tt
little comedy would have been complet'
Former Senator Nathan B. Scott, o
West Virginia, who is to be electe
president of the United States Trus
Company, served long on the senat
District Committee, and his wor
there must have convinced him Wash
ington is a good place for a progres
sive banker to locate, for he says
will not be a "figurehead."
William Barlow. writing IN The Tim'
i ''lisn Bag, suggests that, as the chi