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The Washington times., 1912-08-21
RejOices With The Times Over Re.
suIts In Virginia.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
You are to be highly commended for
your splendid editorial in yesterdays
Times, bearing upon the recent victory
Of eX-Gov. A. ]. Montague in his con-
test for the seat in Congress now oc-
cupied by Captain Lamb, Virginia's
"noblest son of them ALL" has partly
come into his own, Amen! Amen! and
Amen!
Yes. "Virginia is going to have q
political revolution one of these days.;
and the time is not far distant; II not
otherwise, inside the Democratic
party"
Most certainly you are familiar with
conditions politically in the Old Do:
minion, for surely 1t is ruled by one OF
known.
In his contest for the governorship.
the writer followed Mr.. Montague to
victory, and later followed him to de-
Senate. but IN that defeat, the writer
was proudly cognizant of the fact. that
he had gone down In defeat, with the
most brilliant of Virgtnia's sons, not
Virginia, but by the tyrannlcal political
machine, that has so often thwarted
the will of the people.
When Governor Montague enters the
halls of Congress, he will be a national
leader, his intellectual powers, his bril-.
liant oratory, his graceful. and amiable
manners, and above all, his clean cut
life and character, viii at once make
for himself an erViable position in our
national Government, When has Vir-
ginia sent to our national Congress
such brilliant statesman? Well might
some now occupying a seat in Congress
through the dominant power of the ma
chine, and who 1t is being whispered
will seek other honors, stand in awe
of this recent victory which is but the
mutterings of a great political revolU-
tion started in the Old Dominion Great
almost 20 the sublime in his defeat for
the Senate, Governor Montague in his
recent victory will for many years to
come, be a great and mighty factor IN
Virginia politics AS a Virginian hav-
noiiticai "Besseu" toward those wbo o
oppose their plans and purposes, these
thoughts are submitted without fear of
those in power, submitted by one who
refuses to be bound in political shackles.
Being a rebel against the Powers thai
be-. an sincerely II. e. Il.
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
NAVY.

Commander B. c. DECKER, to Naval
War College, Newport, r. I.
Lieutenant L. H. MAXFIELD. to re-
ceiving ship at Norfolk, Va.
Lieutenant J. II. INGRAM. detached
Maine. to temporary duty receiving
ship at Philadelphia, Pa.
Ensign ]. II. FALGE, detched Maine,
to temporary duty receiving ship at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Ensign G. S. GILLESPIE. detached
Tennessee, to temporary duty receiv-
ing ship at Philadelphia, Pa.
Ensign J. P. DALTON. detached Ten
nessee, to temporary duty receiving
ship at Philadelphia, Pa.
nsign ELLIOTT BUCKMASTER, de-
tached Kentucy. to temporary duty
receiving ship at Philadelphia, Pa.
Ensign H. E. SAUNDERS, detached
Kentucky, to temporary duty recetv-
ing ship at Philadelphia. a.
Ensign ]. Y. DREISONSTOK, detached
y Kentucky, to temporary duty receiv-
ing ship at Philadelphia, a.
Ensign r. E. BYRD. detached Ken
lucky, to temporary duty receiving
ship at Philadelphia. Pa.
Ensign GARLAND FULTON, detached
ing ship at Philadelphia, Pa.
Ensign e. NJ. ZACHARIAS. detached
Kentucy, to temporary duty receiv-
ing ship at Philadelphia, Pa.
Ensign ]. o. MONFORT. detached Gen
lucky, to temporary duty receiving
ship at Philadelphia, a.
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
Uncle Sam Hitchin' Up

IT'S DARNED important journey, an I'm caculatn which
OF the critters stable 'ud be the best htch
He'll be against hauln for I'm loaded like the
The Elephant The Donkey? Or the Old Bull Moose?
When last I tried to make it, with the Elephant
Well couldn't ans
pachydermic hide,
An S he inside!
He's standn here atrumpetn the he
o thinkin' all
81 a o
So I'll have to hitch the Donkey-or the Old Bull Moose
The hauln-just yard
But he's had to tackle goin that hard
An I'm takin' amt related a cinch,
Why he'll mebbe founder when I
Then somethin' FREE
An I wouldn't want him mahn EVRY TOLL GATE the way!
a donkey, ANY donkey, o
So I better be a.squintin' at the Old Bull Moose
him lately, he's prancn in STALL
An e if his lay-of didn't m at all;
Tho it wouldn't awful if he a little
hemloc hat a
When we'd hit the my places could bet
he'd clmbn through the
snowy, he an spruce
For I a puller like the Old Bull
It's darned important journey an I'm caIculatn which
OF the critters stable it 'ud be the best to hitch,
But he's to do hduin for Pm loaded like
So guess RI put the harness on the Old Bull Moose
edward Morrsey, in the Philadelphia North American
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
CHAIRMAN HILLEs AND CoNGREssMEN

It was not brilliant idea Of Chairman Hilles,
that of coming to Washington for roundup and
medicine mixing pow-wow with the Republican Con-
gressmen. Mr.. Hilles would have stayed .way if he
had known how gun-shy most Republicans are, just
now, about getting identified with the campaign to
elect the candidate of the stolen nomination.
Even the members who most devoutly hate
Roosevelt or most genuinely fear everything called
progressive, know that to associate themselves with
the campaign is to invite the
wrath of constituencies. 1t mistake to ask
Congressman publicly to manifest loyalty to the Taft
candidacy 1t provided the possibility for just what
happened-an August frost.
Very few members called on Mr. Hes and vet
fewer gave assurances of their purpose to give him
active support. why pull ourselves down to defeat
in order to be loyal to candidate without a ghost
of chance?" their way of putting it. pitiful,
slender few feel strong enough to carry the handicap
of an active support of Taft.
1t is explained that Mr. Hes did not come here
to demand that Congressional candidates come
into the open as supporters of Taft. Perhaps not;
to make such demand would have been to invite
wel-nigh unanimous rebuff. But the attitude of the
national committee has been from the start that of
opposing and destroying whoever would not give
himself completely up to the Administration pro-
gram. The Congressional campaign committee has
been seized and made adjunct to the national
committee in the effort to tie the hands of Congress-
men and bludgeon them into loyalty. The plan, Of
course, has failed and the chilly reception given to
Mr.. Hes is the proof of its failure.
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
GEN. BOOTH, PRACTICAL RELIGIoNIsT

Gen. William Booth founder of the Salvation
Army, who at the age of eighty-three is dead in
London, was a strange combination of fanatic and
practical of crusader and great business organizer.
Out of the most unpromising material, he organized
army of salvation-of the most literal sort of sal
vaton-hat spread to all the world and accomplished
untold good for those who most needed its mnistra-
tons.
General Booth began with the conception that
those who most needed igious faith and moral
monton, would not come for it to any of the then
established agencies. 1t must be carried to them
He found as a Methodist evangelist that he could
not bring the slums to the church, but he devised
ways to bring the church to the slums. The sub
merged tenth, the desperately struggling fve-tenths
of London's myriad population fascinated him with
the thought of the vast social service that would be
accomplished if he could but lift them to plane of
self-resPect and efficiency.
So he sought to make religion practical useful,
helpful. He fought savagely against drunkenness
and other vices. He cared no whit for the ridicule
and reproach that were heaped upon him. and it is
one of the striking evidences of the insight and
woman's understanding of Queen Victoria, that at
the very time when his expanding work being
most bitterly prosecuted, she gave her hearty ndorse-
ment and support to it, General Booth thereafter
suddenly became something like popular hero 1t
grew fashionable to take an academic interest in
The Washington times., 1912-08-21

psrlor evangelization But the leader was not to be
rnisled. His head was never turned for a single
hour. He went steadily on, using every means and
instrument to build his work broader and stronger.
Intolerant he was at times, even to the point Of
rending his organization and driving his son and
daughter to establish the Volunteers of America,
which in its own sphere has done most useful work
1t is not exaggeraton to say that no other man Of
his time has contributed more than William Booth
to the worlds work of practical moral upft for the
unfortunates of society.
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
ONE BY ONE THE ROSES FALL.

Fred S. Buggie, Republican nominee for eector
in the Sixtieh Indiana district has announced that
IL elected he will vote for Roosevelt
The Indiana State convention carefully combed
out the electoral ticket and removed everybody sus-
pected of loyalty to Roosevelt. Buggie got caught
by the Roosevelt swing after the convention had done
its work.
We learn, too, that the Kansas primary count
shows that the Roosevelt electoral candidates were
nominated by $4,000, instead of $4,000 as first re-
ported
BY the time the election gets here, at this rate,
there will be few Taft candidates for electors as
there will be constituents willing to vote for them
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1912.
ANOTHER WAY TO GET NICKELs.

The street railway authorities in addition to allow
ing passengers to ride the running boards are also
allowing passengers to stand and occupy the space
between the seats open cars the seats themselves
being occupied by passengers. This is a condition
which is indecent 1t is an insult to every woman
passenger. 1t is further evidence of the entire in
disposition of the street car people to furnish the
necessities Of respectable transportation 1t means
that public sentiment is the last thing considered by
the nickel collectors who control the street railway
lines
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
Sanitary Committee
To Continue Work

Plans for the continuation of its work
In keeping the city in sanitary condi-
ton will be considered at a meeting of
the clean city committee at the District
building Tuesday, September 8.
The work of the committee, which
was organized last winter, has resulted
in ;he removal of hundreds of wagon
loades of rubbish and a general i'm
provement in conditions in. every sec
ton.
one of the principal objects of the fall
campaign will be to destroy the breed
ing place of the flies. The chairman of
the COMMITTEES Is William p. Richard
Association.
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
Seen and Heard

Fifteenth
minute
stand the sidewalk
filled with announcing the Roosevelt
this Wednesday
handing He disposed
number who did
only Nearly
be the New York
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
MoVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Severn, CO, ca. CA,
C-5, Tonopah, DE-, D-3. Ell. E-2. and
Stringham, at Provincetown; Hector.
at Lambert Point; Sewall, at Sewall
Nashville, at New York navy yard; /;
Patapsco, at Norfolk: Roe, Drayton,
Paulding. Smith, Lamson, Flusser,
Terry, and Reid, at Newport; San
Francisco, at Hampton Roads; Sara
toga, at Shanghai.
Sailed-Ala bama, from Newport for
Hampton Roads; Jouett, from New
port for Boston; Thornton, from
Charleston for Port Royal, S. c.;
Monterey, from Shanghai for Annoy.
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
Mail Bag
Objects to the Methods of the Dog
Tax Collectors.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The District Assessor. evidently not
satisfied with returns from dog assess
ments, is resordng to a rather unusual
course to swell that fund. I refer to
visits made by his representatives to
private residences having pet dogs and
their warning that unless dog tax is
paid within given time the dog CATCH
err would call and take the dogs to
the pound.
The writer has two pet dogs that are
allowed Off the premises but once a
week and then taken for walk under
leash.
Without any desire to evade the pay
ment of q lawful tax, l will appreciate
your views as to the right of the dog
catcher" on failure to comply with this
demand under the circumstances
named. to enter a private residence and
remove such pets to the pound.
j. A. B.
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
Army and Navy
ARMY.

Major EDGAR s. WALKER, United
States army, retired. relieved from
detail at the University of Florida,
GAINESVILLE. Fla, August 81, 1912.
Major EDGAR 5. WALKER, United
States army. retired detailed as pro-
fessor Of military science and tao
tics at the University OF Florida.
Gainesville, Fla, to take effect Sep
tember /, 1912.
The Washington times., 1912-08-21

fertilizer blows the Potomac river
Virginia
Harvey Wiley who that he has addressed himself
farming extracting
from the air for fertizing
the Hudson which
but it small affair that
could handled
would be paying investment ALL
revivifng
the and South The of nitrogen the basis of all fertilizers
contained by the air is practically inexhausube"
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
MerseY Report Printed

At the request of Senator Smith OF
Michigan, the findings of the English
court of inquiry which investigated the
Titanic disaster have been ordered
printed as q public document.
The Washington times., 1912-08-21
MARINE CORPS ORDERS.

Captain GEORGE VAN ORDEN, de-
tached headquarters Marine Corps,
to Marine Barracks, Washington,
n q
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02

there was the lurking suspicion that
he was going To come out shy some
of his anatomy and that they wouldn't
have to iced the beast again that day
They took all the starch out of aerial
acts when they started putting nets I'M
der the performers. An automobile race
sans tragedy Is as futile as Hamlet
without a ghost. Baseball is made dou-
bly, enjoyable by the fact that you never
cease hoping that the umpire VIII be
torn limb from limb Fair madens
cheer when their football hero is thrown
fifty feet by another husky brute. Aero
planes viii he q joy only as long as
they continue to kill
But the motorcycle race goes one bet
ter. There is not Il single spectator who
has suspicion that anybody is going
to get hurt They Just know it, They
look forward with an absolute certainty
to an afternoon of carnage undreamed
OF in the philosophy of a Balkan war
correspondent.
The only people who don't expect
something sinister are the men who
race. The fact that Pattersou's ambu-
lance and DIR. Hancock, with his three
nurses. were standing ready to rush for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02

and with the opportunities that The no
toreycles and the men that 4 dc them
offer IN this particular form OF umuse-
ment 30 per cent of the popuaCe wouIG
be going around shaking like gentle
man accustomed To a quart day sud
denly deprived of the Wherewithal to
purchase liquid solace. The other 10
per cent would be riding motorcycles
for the further filling of =. It's Golfers
About 5000 Atlantans saw the races
Of the Atlanta Motorcycle club at Pied
mont park last Saturday. and there
were more cases of jimmies in Fulton
county that night than were ever caused
by the raWest wood alcohol sold by
Decatur street tiger
| attended the races myself. ana en-
joyed them. It's peculiar kink in
human nature that causes "A man to
spend money or walk miles or get his
throat clogged up With dust for the
privilege Of seeing some performance
the probable climax of which will be
the breaking OF somebody's neck.
1t wouldn't be worth a Whoop to see
the non tanner so into the cage. unless
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02

the injured didn't perturb them at all
They seemed TO have q faith in their
machines as sublime as the belief of
the early Christian martyrs just before
they We're being made ready to be con-
verified into a Roman torchlight pro
cession
The stage has a somber setting for
motorcycle races. The ambulance
doesn't look any too cheerful however
merrily its gong may clang. The nurses
may be pretty in their uniforms and
starched collars, but nothing looks pref
ty when you've got hole in your head
The machines themselves are barking
away with all the sinister sound of
glory and gore stained battlefield. The
riders look like Martians They prob
ably dress that way in anticipation of
making a sudden trip to the skies, you
think
Even George Brigham. who started
the races, sent them away with a pistol
that looked like it had committed two
dozen murders. But the races
From the crack of the pistol until the
final flag, the riders forget their earthly
sins, They couldn't think of them and
ride like they do. On that little half
mile track at Piedmont park, with the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02
GARFORD MAKES CLAY
MODELS OF ALL CARS
BEFORE MARKETING

Common clay ia an expression often
heard in referring to the ruman race, and
seldom, if ever, connected by the lay
man with an automobile plant. But some
Of the most expert sculptors are to be
found in the engineering and designing
depar iments of the big motor car plants.
The Garford Company, of Elyria, Ohio,
ance Of the modeler in clay i'll the motor
car INDUSTRY. Every model of automobile
turned out by this company for the APP
proval of the buying public is first per-
fected in clay before a machine starts
working on the metals and wood of which
the completed car is composed Touring
car or big limousine, in exact scale and
true TO the slightest detail, is built Of clay
in the designing room, away from the pry
ing eye of the public and the possible
competitor.
I'VE find this is the best way to realize
our ideals in building new models says
President John n. WHY'S. of the Garford
Company. "Soma concerns build new
part at time and then fit their special
machinery to make this part, only to
find, later. perhaps, that it IS all wrong
when assembled This kind of expert
menting is costly. Our engineers find the
clay model a much more economical and
certain way of carrying out their ideas,
for everything is correct before machine
in the shops starts to work"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02

curves barely banked, they roared
We're worth, while the spectators shut
their eyes to keep from seeing the
tragedy and then opened them to see
the extent of the fatalities.
And they did this for nothing-that
is, nothing but sport There wasn't a
purse hung up. The prizes were hardly
such as would tempt a man to risk his
neck. If there was a bet, down on any
race ! didn't hear of it, and / could
spot g bookmaker if he wore ninety dis
guises. They simply did it to thrill the
crowd, thrill themselves, and hear the
shouts for the winners and the express
sions Of admiration for the losers.
Men l knew, like Harry Glenn, ollie
Roberts, James Pritchard, Bert Green
and Reno Lancaster. shot around that
track, seemingly making q fool exhibit
ton of their disregard of death.
knew them all and knew them for SEN
sible men. | couldn't account for the
discrepancy. l decided to ask
why, the only people who are afraid
of motorcycles are people who don't
know anything about them" q rider
told me, when ! asked
1t was simply a case of ignorance
again qualifying as bliss / had been
shaking like an aspen leaf all after
noon. l had enjoyed horrors that had
delirium tremens beat a mile, and when
[ had asked an authority I had discov-
cred that | had been witnessing some
thing about as dangerous as a spelling
bee.
Just the same, if anybody wants a
thrill, don't fail to have a front row seat
when the next races are staged
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
CHIC TAFFETA HATS.

Very pretty and comfortable are the
new two-ounce hats made of taffeta
silk. The crown, brim and trimming
are usually OF the same fabric. and
with something like eighty-two shades
of silk to choose from and with which
to form attractive combinations there
is little likelihood of these dainty and
practical hat showing a sameness
The possibilities for achieyeing novel
effects are greater now than ever be-
fore, and so the temptations to in
crease the number of spring and sum.
mer hats in ones wardrobe have
grown correspondingly greater.
The brims of these taffeta hats are
faced with silk Of bright and be-
coming shade, and the same color is
used to line the inside Of the crown.
The outside part is trimmed in some
'shapely contrasting color of taffeta.
For example, a dark blue seashore hat
which is to be worn well down over,
the head has a twotoned pink lining.
The only stiffness is supplied by fine
wire sewed in at the seams of the
melon shaped crown
These little hats may he bent and
turned into any shape, and when on
the head there is nothing to spoil the
couture or make one feel conscious
of supporting heavy weight. They
cling to the head in way that will be
ponds largely upon pins to keep her
headwear secure, Il would take a
strong gale TO dislodge them after
they are pulled down to the rim of the
ears and the lrim tilted coquettishly
/ upward in front, and "a small pin added
for final security.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
MOTHER AND SON.

In Harper's Bazaar for May Marion
Harland writes some startling things
about the ''Immolation Of Mothers"
For example, she says:
He Yves a bitter cynic who said
that parents would seem to spend the
best part of their lives and their fin
est energies in teaching their offspring
how to get along without them. He
hit the bull's-eye squarely, rs far as
sons are concerned. Mothers have
labored, and daughters-in.law enter
into their labors. Have you ever
known a sons wife who did not, in
the depths of her soul, believe that
she could have trained her husband
better than his mother succeeded in
doing? 1t is not enough that he is
all hers now. to have and to hold She
laments that she could not have had
the bringing-up of her lord. What a
man she would have made of him had
high heaven granted her the privilege
of being both mother and wife.
She gives practical proof of the
greed for full and absolute possession
by taking all her John does for her, be
it the gift of half his kingdom, as her
right. What he does for his mother
is all of free grace, and usually the
grace is on her part"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
CONCERNING EYEsTRAIN.

Eyestrain eXhausts the entire nerv-
Gus system, occasions the most In
tense headaches known to human be-
ings and deranges digestion, to say
nothing of other ills which it induces.
This being the case, the eyes must
be given rest. They should never be
used for reading when one is weak
from illness or suffering any headache
or fatigue or strain; they never
should be used in a bad light or with
the light shining directly into them
No eyeglasses-and this includes in
furious cheap smoked glasses-should
be used, that have not been prescribed
by an oculist of established reputa
ton, after careful examination. II
many cases disfguring glasses would
never need to be worn if people gave
their eyes the rest which they re
quire.-HaTper's Bazaar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
SOAP BUBBLE FUN.

A good deal of fun at bubble party
may be secured by asking a novice TO
place a bubble upon a flower, lie will
make attempts, but without success.
Then the master of the ceremonies will
do it with ease-his flower having
been first secretly smeared with soap
solution, which provides a 'foothold, %
so to speak for the bubble
To blow bubbles with funnel calls
for a little practice, but the knack is
well worth acquiring, as it opens up a
wide range of possibility, One may
wish to blow a bubble over a flower OIL
a small ornament
Begin by placing the object upon the
sheet of soapy glass or in a shallow
saucer containing a little solution
over the object put funnel Of suit
able size and start to blow gent!
down the tube, the while you cauti
ously raise the funnel