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The Washington times., 1912-02-12
SHAKESPEARE'S EPITAPH
NOT VERY GOOD POETRY

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The following, copied from a news
paper published in 1875. may be Of some
interest relating to the Bacon Shakes
peare controversy:
LET, me direct your attention par
ticularly to. the epitaph on Shakes
Ieare's tomb. 1t was written by him
self When a man writes his own epi-
taph for future generations - read he
expresses himself sententiouslv as far
as he knows himself, gives a clue to his
0wn character. You see this in Johu
fIoward's significant epltaph, and espe-
oially that of Benjamin Franklin. 4
great poet whose mind has been culti-
waited by the long discipline of years Uf
study and composition writes beautiful
ly whenever he takes up his pen. Rob-
ert Burns, even in his address to the
"unmentionable parasite" which he saw
crawling on the bonnet of a Scotch
Presbyterian lady at church., eVinces
the same beauty of style that he Gid
in his "Cotters Saturday Night" Poe
I'V 10 always poetry-ex Unique leonem-
YOU can tell the lion by his tooth. Let
US read the epitaph:
Good friend for Jesus sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blessed be he that spares these stones
And curst he he that moves my bones;
This Is Shakespearean poetry without
doubt. but 10 II of any higher order of
noetiC merit than the stanZaS We used
10 recite from the New England Primer?
Zacheus, he
Did climb the tree,
His lord to see.
The royal oak
II was the tree
That e1Ved his royal
Majestic.
Is there such TeTtullian credunty In
hny man as to believe thai the match
Is, nIet WHO wrote the plays wrote
sIso thSs enitapn? Is rIa sIyle e 'Eo
mia nh ike the stvle of tha plars?
ST. ALBAN.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
DOUBTS CONCERNING LIST
OF STRATFORD BOOKS

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The limit of 200 words is altogether
too little space in which to answer the
absurd and fallacious statements of the
various Shagsperites who have written
letters to The Times for the past two
weeks. These statements are thorough
ly refuted in the books of Judge
Holmes, DR.. James Appleton Morgan.
william II. Burr, A. M; Edwin Reed,
A. M; William II. Edwards, A. M. of
the United States; also by the English
authors, Parker Woodward. Rev. Wal
ter Begley, Hon. G. G. Greenwood, Sir
Edwin Durning- Lawrence. Nearly all
the books of these trained lawyers can
be found in the Public Library and the
AS to that list OF books in the STRAIT
ford school in the letter to The
Times Of February Sd, the writer would
suggest that it is very evident no one
ford before 1880. the period of "willm
Shagfpers' Q563-l6l6) school days, for
at that time over two-thirds OF nine
teen prominent men of Stratford could
John shaxtper" G5S- -l6Ol) being one
of those ignorant men. Halliwell-
Phillips states in his Outlines" that
the town of Stratford was a "bookless
neighborhood Richard Grant White
writes that possibly there was Bible
and a half-dozen books beside" For a
fac-simile of the marks of these STRAIT
ford men see page 40 of Outlines
edition of 1898
II Mr.. l.. Keene will produce some
proof that the books he enumerates
were used and studied before 1880 1t
will be of interest to the public. Why
did not the Divine willm," his parents
and his children make some use of that
extensive library, for they were all
totally iliterate. Read Burr's "Shaks-
per Could Not Write" and Burning
| Lawrence's Bacon Is Shakespeare. !"
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
THINKS LOMAX CASE
EXCITES FALSE CHIVALRY

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Whose shall shed the blood Of man,
by man his blood be shed"
Have we. today, two kinds of law?
One kind for women and another for
men? Why should not Matte Lomax.
the condemned murderess, suffer the
penalty of her crime?
This woman was tried in a court of
law, of order, and of justice. Ably de"
Guarded, her every right under the Con-
stitution and otherwise carefully given
her, and she was found guilty of muir
der in the first degree and the punish
ment of the law i'm such cases was her
iot-she was sentenced to death. Thus
the mandate OF the law WAS Obeyed.
Now, what hear we? The hysterical
rawlings Of a crowd Of probably idle,
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
RECENT EXTRAVAGANCES
IN CENSUS BUREAU

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
The census act provided for only 100
places above the l.soO grade.
In order to get around this clause the
director transferred a number of the
permanent clerks drawing sals les of
$500 and 5000 grades to the special
agent force list, drawing $6 TO 81 per diem
with subsistence 81, when in field serv-
ice. IN order that clerks could be
showed up all along the line to fiji these
vacancies, making far moro expense
than had been intended and provided
for by this act of Congress.
Mr. Koch, the chief OF division of
population, the most important division
OF the thirteenth census was permitted
to furloI gh at the time when this work
was at its most critical stage, and take
up the supervision of the Panama cen
sUs. which will show a population of
approximately $1,000, an Insignificant
work as compared with that OF the
United States. which is approximately
lGn 900. 900.
The director. right in the midst of
the work. accepted a commission to
Europe. and large portion of 1911 was
spent at farmers congress there,
while 1900 clerks were houndering
around in an aimlcss way. with no
definite end ar purpose in view. and no
head to guide and direct them.
Thousands of dollars have been spent
In needless furniture, machinery, .et;,
Approximately 1000 sheet iron lockers
were bought at Sl4 each. Il total OF
Sli,00e. An automobile was bought
within TIE past sixty days 10 haul water
to a couple OF outlying anneXes. TIL sy
used a horse and wagon for this pur-
pose UP to that time and II served tho
purpose woll.
1t is estimated that the office has on
hand approximately $l,000,0O0 worth oil
calculating and other machines. which
Ly the time TIE fourteenth cenEus IL
tc be taken, will be junk. and moi
worth the storage prlce to carry 10 that
date. WIFE OF A'CLERk.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
WRITES IN DEFENSE
OF THE NON-CHURCHGOERS

To the Editor of THE TINES:
II is assumed by ministers and others
that men do not go to church because
thev are irreligious or Indifferent.
A. special effort is being made to
trduce men to attend religious services
II is an opportune time to give some
reasons why men stay away from
churches.
Many non-churchgoers are very lntelIl-
gent. genuinely religious, and OF souno
moral character. An increasing hunloe'
of these men are students or moueTn
scientific literature and are posltlyely
opposed to the fundamental teachings
Of both Roman Catholic and Protestant
churches. The man OF modern culture
cannot accept the fundamental doctrines
OF the churches. For example. ne can
ings called the Bible, as the Word, Of
God in any sense, because he mas
studied 1t and knows that It does not
differ in quality from any other litera-
ture, that II Is all the work OF man.
Again the scientific mind cannot believe
in or worship the deified man Jesus, He
knows not Of any man born without a
father. but knows that all religions,
some before Christianity, have ascribed
a supernatural birth to their founder.
The idea of salvation through blood
atonement is positively pagan and de-
morallzing to man OF moral character
and culture.
Modern religious institutions are op-
posed to the development of the highest
type of personality, lover of truth
and freedom is denied the right OF fell
lowship because he is too truly religious
TO prefer to accept as true what he
knows Is false.
Under social conditions favorable Ia
man, intellectual and moral evolution
churches may be supplanted by other
institutions, but assuming that religious
institutions are still necessary they will
only permaU entity regain the support Oi
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
DOES NOT UNDERSTAND
MECHANICS DIFFICULTIES
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Just a few words in answer to your
educated writer, C. E. Barnes. He calls
the mechanic who wrote his little piece
ignorant. If so, he was better posted
than this man Barnes. If any Govern
ment clerk has worked thirty years
without an increase in salary. he GER
talnly must be a dead one. In refer
ence to 50 per cent of firms and COM
panies allowing their employees leave of
even fifteen days. in case they do, you
can rest assured they don't get paid for
y, and If he takes another look at this
little book he will find the average me-
chanic don't get 81 per day. If this man
reels SO bad toward being a clerk, why
does not he resign? Maybe some me-
chanic will exchange places with you.
CONSTANT READER.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
Notice to Contributors

The Times Is deeply gratified by
the popularity which the Mall
Bag Department has attained,
and II will continue to serve as
a forum for the people. 1t is
obvious, however, that In order
to do justice to oil concerned,
communications must be re-
duced hereafter to the briefest
possible form.
The limit will, therefore, be ex-
tended to $50 words, beyond
' which we cannot guarantee
publication, even where all
other rules are complied with.
Where communications exceed 800
words, we shall be compelled
to ignore them altogether. A
strict compliance with all the
other rules previously estab.
nshed will be insisted upon, as
n matter Of course.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
LETTERS FROM READERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG

see where the penuants Fnd medals are
hung Aside from MS Indifference to
athletics, 1 wish 10 cav that Principal
,\llan Davis is verv able educator,
and IL he will ,levots scme OF his talent
to the advancement OF sport, feel
sure that that branch OF the school will
he as well founded and as successful as
It ia I'm n business way. Here's to the
Orange and Blue. may IT be power TO
be feared on the athletic field and an
asset to be proud of In the battlefield
Of life.
Lct's hear from some 'ther old
A LOVER OF SPORT AND Sue
CESS,
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
STILL HOLDS ORTHODOX
VIEW OF THE DELUGE
=, The Editor Of THE TIMES: ::

To the EDITOR OF THE IMLS'
As ! was very much panied to see
the article in The Times of last even
ing hv John c. Randall. Who. by his
writing shows that he is Of the class
which | am so"rv TO saw arc growing
large I'm thesn days, vino doubt the word
OF God. and lls1 thar the Bible is the
pure revelation of God Himself ana
that II Is The most del lorable fast that
so many people are denying the inspira-
The Washington times., 1912-02-12

men by aboIishing the creeds and be-
llefs of the middle ages and by inter-
preting religion in the light OF the
knowledge OF the evolution Of man, the
universe and morality.
On the grounds that the churches are
not conducive to the development of the
Intellectual and moral nature OF man
there is sufficient justification for men
to stay at homo and permit them to
perish.
on behalf of the honest non-church-
goer.
AN Ex-oRTHoDoX MINISTER.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
MR.. SOTHERN MADE
INGENIOUS ARGUMENT
. ,h. Editor Of THE TIMES:

T.. II. Sotherns ro-Shakespearean
article in the January Munse;' is so
plausible thet it must corTy conviction
to the reader VITO mas not himself
studied the subject Of Mr.. SOthsrn's
kir, sothern makes the best OF a bad
The Washington times., 1912-02-12

per may have been intended as an an
asks, who didn't the Graduate answer
the second paragraph of his article;
also the fourth, and try to back up the
principal in the NTH; or answer the
graph would not effect a change for
the better? ......,
A FORMER BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT
The Washington times., 1912-02-12

o he mes o as
language Will publication
ncwtho eonsnt
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
APPLIES BOOKKEEPING
TO HORSE PROBLEM

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
I will adopt principles of bookkeeping
just sufficiently to present my solution
Of Mr.. Ryans horse problem. To begin,
the value OF the horse was what he sold
him for the first time. Let Mr.. Ryan
debit himself with the horse at $45; she
other entries will be recognized.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12

1t is visible that his debts exceeded
his credits by SO, which balance was
his loss. l.. S.R.
The bee., 1912-03-15
Lone HERO STAYS
TWO BANDITS WITH
MALLET AND GUNS
Beats Armed Captor to Death, Takes His Wea-
pons and Lies in Wait for Accom-
e pIice, Whom he Shoots

having got the drop on the mes
senger before the later could
reach his own gun. Trousdale
was forced to walk ahead of his
captor, back to the coaches which
had been left when the front
part of the train was moved for
ward.
The robber stood Trousdale
with his back to the coach and
the messenger noticed that at
his feet lay heavy mallet,
which apparently had been
dropped by one of the bandits
when the couplings were broken.
Ancient Ruse Successful
Trousdale rememb bered the
story of the ancient gun fighting
ruse and made an obvious signal
to an imaginary person back of
his bandit captor. The robbie r
looked around for half a second
and in the brief space of time
the messenger had seized the
mallet and brought it down with
ali his force on the top of the
masked mans skull.
Robber No. l was deader tn an
Daniel Boone before be hit
the ground, and Trousdale calm
ly took possession of the two guns
he dropped as he fell. Then he
sat down and waited for the sec
ond bandit to come back, as he
had heard the men In in conver-
sation and knew that part of
their plan was to rob the passen-
gers in the disconnected coaches.
Second Bandit Comes in
BE had only few minutes to
wait, and as the accomplice of
his victim loomed into sight out
Iof darkness Trousdale's captur-
ed guns came into play. The
second bandit was shot at least
ten times in moral spots before
be knew what was going on.
Then Trousdale ran;up to the
engineer and told him to back
his cars slowly and pick up his
coaches. The dead bandits were
dumped in on the floor of the
baggage car and railroading in
southwestern Texas once more
pursued the even tenor of its
way.
The bee., 1912-03-15
IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION
Some Measures Passed by Ken
lucky Legislative Just
Adjourned
PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND SCHOOL
VOTE FOR WOMEN GRANTED

Frankfort, KY, March 13.-The
Kentucky general assembly ad-
journed sine die early today.
Among the important measures
passed were those providing for
the compulsory popular prim-
aries for all state and local nom-
nations: extending suffrage in
school elections to women: pro-
viding a uniform county and unit
law, and prohibiting the pur-
chase or gift of liquor in dry ter
ritory, and creating state road
fund aud commission.
Among other measures passed
by the house on this, the final
day of the present session, is that
abolishing the practice of
Sweating" prisoners with a view
to securing confession from them |;
that increasing the annual ap-
preparation for the Kentucky
Home Society for Colored Child
rem from So, 900 to $40, 900; and
that increasing the per capita for
the maintenance of inmates of
asylums for the insane.
The bee., 1912-03-15
BOARD OF CHURCH
EXTENSION MEETS
Important Board ofM. E. Church,
South, in Annual Session
Here
MUCH ACTIVITY IN BUILDING
OF CHURCHES IS INDICATED

The Board of Church Extension,
Louisville Conference, M. E.Church,
South, held its annual meeting here
yesterday In the lecture room of the
local church. Rev. VIC. Brshaon,
president of the Darlington church,
is president of the board. Besides
the president there were present j.
G. Walker, of Louisville, secretary
of the board, and the Revs. D. s.
Campbell, Lewisburg, and P. @. Da-
vail, Eddyville, members of the
board; Rev. E. Watt Smith of Clay,
and Rev. b. M. Curry of Central
City. Both Rev. Curry and Rev.
Duvall are well remembered by
Earling ton people as having served
the Darlington church in past years.
The principal business of the
board is considering and passing
upon the merits of applications from
churches In the conference for aid
In building new churches and par
sonages or liquidating debts upon
buildings already erected. And the
applications are always much in ex-
cess of the funds possible available.
Among the applications before the
board yesterday were those asking
aid for the new church recently COM
pleted here, the new church at Gen.
trail City, and proposed new church
to be erected at Clay. The preacher
from Clay fell in love with the Earl
ington church building and may in
duce his people to build its dupli-
cate. All the visitors praised the
new building and complimented the
pastor and the building committee
on ITS arrangement and appearance.
In addition to passing upon applIca-
tIons for aid from the Louisville
conference, this board also acts upon
all applications to the parent
board, the Board of Church Exten-
sion of the General Conference.
The board will meet next year at
Central City.
The bee., 1912-03-15
BOMB TRIAL
DATE IS OCT. |
Judge Anderson at indianapolis
Makes Final Ruling
ALL THE LABOR DEFENDANTS
WILL FACE COURT TOGETHER

Indianapolis, March l3.--All the de-
PENDANTS indicsed for violation of
federal statutes governing transport
alton of explosives must go on trial
in one cause on Oct. l, according to
the final ruling of Judge A. B. An
-derson today.
8 In the consolidation. of the cases
the indictments against fifty-four
men are merged with 128 counts,
twenty-eight of which charge con-
spiracy to violate the statutes for
bidding carving dynamite and nj
tro-gly cerin on passenger trains, and
100 charge direct violations by the
defendants, both as abettors of and
principals with Ortis E. McManigal,
John J. and James B. McNamara
and Herbert s. Hockin.
Rights to Be safeguarded
"In the course of the trial the
court will be called on to weed out
some of the charges or counts" said
Judge Anderson, "either on motion
of counsel or his own initiative. The
individual rights of the many de-
tendants Will be protected and the
court will see TO it each obtains
justice and Is not embarrassed be-
fore the jury by multiplicity of
charges"
Forty-six of the defendants, pres
eut or former officials of labor un-
ions in many cities, alleged to have
been implicated in dynamiting
campaign against the open shop In
the strutural industry, were in
court and their bonds, were con-
tInued.
OF the remaining eight men in
dicted, the Mcnamara brothers are
In prison In California and McMan-
igal is in jail In Los Angeles. Five
are under indictment and bona in
CALIFORNIA for the same offenses
charged In the indictments returned d
by the federal grand jury of this
district.
The bee., 1912-03-15
SAVES TRAIN FROM HOLD UP
Texas Express Messenger Works
Ancient Rusc and Dashes out
The Robbers Brains

San Antonio, March ia
San Antonio express messenger
named David A. Trousdale is the
hero of all Texas today.
Starting unarmed and covered
with two revolvors held by a
masked train robber, he emerged
from obscurity flanked on either
side by The body of dead bau-
dit, trophies to his prowess as a
defender of the lives and prop
erty entrusted to his care.
That, in brief, sums up the fa-
tai error made by a pair of des-
peradoes when they attempted to
hold up Southern Pacific passen-
ger train No. 8 at lonely point
in the desert a few miles east of
Sanderson, Texas, early this
morning. When the train rolled
into Sanderson more than an
hour late Trousdale assisted the
baggage man to unload two
corpses onto the station platform
aod then gave the coroner a brief
outline of what had happened, SO
that the inquest might be con
Quoted in a regular manner.
Succeed in Stepping Train
The robbers tagged and board
ed the train at a lonely spot In
the desert. The engineer, Gov
cred by the guns of one of the
bandits, was compelled to run his
engine a few hundred, yards
ahead of the train, carrying with
it the mail, express and baggage
cars, which had been uncoupled
from the other coaches.
One of the bandits then took
Trousdale out of the express car,
The bee., 1912-03-15

Miss Margaret Mitchell = who has
been visiting In Nashville, returned
home last night. .a
The bee., 1912-03-15
CALL ROOSEVELT
ENEMY TO PEOPLE
Forgan Says Former President
SslfishIy Killed Taft Peace
Program
DECLARES HIM SELF APPOINTED
OPPONENT" OF PRESIDENT TAFT

Chicago, Ill, March IL. --"The
defeat of the peace treaties with
England and France, providing
for the complete arbitration of
all questions which might arise
between the United States and
those countries, must be laid at
the door of Theodore Roosevelt"
That was the challenge thrown
at the New York candidate for
the presidency today by David
r. Forgan, president of the Taft
Club of Illinois, and it is given
peculiar significance because it
comes so soon after President
Taft's visit to Chicago, and is
issued by a man who is in the
confidence of the president.
But Mr.. Forgan does not stop
there. He refers to Mr.. Roose-
velt as the "self. appointed op-
ponent" of the President. He
says the peace treaties had al
most universal support among
the people of this country, and
that the ''great friend of the
people" used his influence to de-
feat them to further his own am
bition.
Puts it all up to Roosevelt
"The treatses were negotiated
by President Taft" said Mr..
ForgaD. "They represented one
of his most cherishable ambi-
tions in behalf of the American
people and the peace of the
world. He has personally and
with unremitting enthusiasm
striven for the principle of uni
versal peace. These treaties had
received practically the univer-
sal support both here and abroad,
The so.called friend of the peo-
Pile was their only conspicuous
Republican opponent.
"Even Senator Dixon, his
campaign manager, had aunoun-
ced himself in favor of their
ratification. At the lsat mo-
ment, and following a myster-
i i'us visit to his chief, Senator
Dixon changed front abruptly
and cast the deciding vote in
favor of the motion to strike out
the section which provided for
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Continued on Page 81
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Darlington people will have the
chance Sunday. March IL, 1880 p. m.
in Darlington Christian Church to
hear Rev. s. M. Bernard, of Madi-
sonville, lecture on his experiences
in Palestine. Ever since he return
ed he has been promising Earling
ton this treat. Admission Is free.
A silver Offering will be taken at
the close of the service. Mr.. Ber
nard will be dressed in the native
costume of the Holy Land and show
the curlos of that country.
The bee., 1912-03-15
To The Public

| am in the Automobile
Contest and hope to win; but
/ cannot do so without the as
sistance of friends. / ask that
anyone who is not specially
interested in the contest, and
who has not pledged their
votes, will vote them for No.
.I73. Anything you can do
will be greatly appreciated.
JAMES B. GARNETE "
svai ns.AS i)aSvsOns ky1.
a -lN, r. r. u NE q
Miss Margaret Mitchell !, who has
been visiting In Nashville, returned
The bee., 1912-03-15
Ont Lines eOyernments, Plan

1.-The government Will go into
trial Oh the contention that all the
defendants are equally guilty, what
ever the extent of individual parti-
cipation may have been," said Dis
trict Attorney Charles w. Miller.
"The extent of the alledged moral
guilt of the individual defendan ts
may differ, but the government
maintains their legal guilt is tn e
same.
The bee., 1912-03-15

Lilburn Young, of Madisonville,
was In town Tuesday.