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The Washington times., 1912-05-26

shown conspiring with European bankers to skin US.
Again. Brazil is the chief source Of the worlds
rubber supply and again. this country is its largest
market II comes in free: in 1910, l9i 100000
pounds worth $l06 Ooo about half Of il directly
from BAIL.
To summarize, we imported from Brazil over
$103 100000 Of various commodities in 1910, and
exported to Brazil in that year less than $250oo0o0
Practically everything that came from Brazil
entered our ports free.
Practically everything going to Brazil was
charged high duties.
Brazil gives her commercial preference in ev-
cry possible way to Europe as against us.
She sells most to us, buys least from US, and
then conspires with the powers of international
finance to boost the prices on us.
If the United States would quit for three months
buying either coffee or rubber from Brazil that ma
ton would be involved in the most fearful financial
and industrial collapse that any country suffered
Thus important Is commercial goodwill to Brazil.
Yet Mr. Choate would have us believe we must
submit to the extortions Of the BrazilEuropean cof
fee syndicate rather than disrupt valuable COM
mercial relationP
To the contrary, the time is come when this
Government must find means, however drastic they
may be, to protect itself against such extorons The
coffee trust must 60 on, and If there found
not to be broad and effective enough laws to meet
such an eMgency, more and better laws must be
devised.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Pursuit of "Joyrider"
Brings Complications

Central Office Detective Cornwell,
while pursuing an alleged 'joyrider' in
an automobile he impressed in police
service, was himself taken for a law
breaker last night by Bicycle Police
man Connors of the First precinct, and
but for the fact that the detective was
uicklv recognized by the policeman.
the chase might have ended favorably
for the real offender
Jesse Maloy, of 40 Sixth street north
west, was the man whom Cornwell was
pursuing. Maloy will be arraigned In
Police Court tomorrow morning on a
charge of taking an automobile belong
was employed, without the consent Of
the owner. He will be further charged
with buying a quantity of gasolene In
Mr.. Friedlander's name and selling 1t.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
RAISING CHILDREN BY RULE.

The good folk of the borough of Bronx, in
Greater New York, have protested to the authorities
against the discontnuance of the curfew. Since the
ringing of the curfew has stopped, complain the
citizens, their children do not know when to come
home, as they have long been accustomed to depend
upon the bell for notification as to their bedtime.
What are the children to do when they grow
up, and move into communities that have not cur
few? Seriously is not the rising generation being
jeopardized by too much red tape and rules? They
are confronted one side by line of Don't" and
on the other by row of DO" Nothing is left to
the childs initiative. Nothing is put up to his COM
mon sense. He lives and moves automatically. The
great weakness in our educational system is the
fact that all children through the same ma
chine, grooved and tongued, and planed and pol
ished all alike and turned loose. If there is any
differentiation it must be furnished by technical
school. The boy must even get his answers" in
arithmetic by fixed formula To get them correct
ly, but by some other rule than laid down in the
book entities him to grade of only IS per cent.
The hygienic, rule-rased, machine-made child
may get through the world all right, but the chances
are that some day it will be in some community
where the curfew doesn't ring and them like the chill
dren in Bronx, it won't know enough to 60 home
when it is sleepy.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
THE DOLLY MADISON SURPLUS.

More laurels for the leading spirits in the Dolly
Madison harmony breakfast! And then intertwine a
few immortelles! One Of the striking facts about
the harmony was its entire harmoniousness and one
Of the impressive characteristics of the speeches de-
livered on the memorable occasion was eloquence
worthy of the stateswomen that they were.
But the merits of the breakfast did not end with
the last toast, for it is given out that with the
feast paid for, there is surplus in the treasury Of
$6.25. Such expert Rnanciering deserves of some
thing more than passing notice There were Gates
and delicacies worthy of the occasion. There were
hundreds of invitations, with the inevitable uncer-
tainty as to how many Promises would appear at the
last moment. 1t required a skill amounting almost
to genius to strike balance between income and
expenditure.
Mere men who have served as chairman Of a
committee entertainment have experienced the
necessity Of going down into their pockets, the
day after the feast and the fanfare. The lady man.
ayers of the Dolly Madison affair not called upon
to seek the Isle thread depository. So the whole
it seems wise that this overplus of $6.25 should be
set aside nucleus for next year. 1t would 60 far
toward insurng the annual repetition Of occasion
which ranks among the most notable in the history OF
Washington life And not least notable because
financially, both ends met.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
A Woman Desires Less Description
of Gowns, and More News.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
II was refreshing to note that The
Times did not make mention OF the
gowns worn at the Dolly Madison
breakfast. Far too often In the news
paper accounts of the gatherings of
women, 4 great deal of space is given
to a detailed description of clothes, and
very little space as to what was said
as II dress and display were the chief
end of womenkind.
II Is humiliating to a vast ma jority of
women to be >lassed with the puppets,
the marionettes, the lay figures OF the
custumer, which are decked out and ex-
hibited for the gaze and admiration and,
far too often the amusement, of the vul-
gar multitude. Mrs. 10" and her
daughters may take delight in showing
off their gay feathers and beads, but not
the civilized, cultured women OF this
age. II would be far more edifying IL
men recognized the fair sex as intel
lectual beings and cease to regard them
merely as moths and butterflies.
1t was disappointing also to have such
brief accounts of the speech-making,
especially in this city, where the break
papers especially the New York Times,
deemed the affair of enough interest to
devote nearly two long columns to 1t.
The late w. T. Stead once said
American men do not respect women.
They treat them like children. They
work for them, they suffer for them,
they indulge them-too much for their
own good But they do not take them
seriously M. X. NJ.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Count Wants Hotel
For Suicides Only

TROY. N. Y. May 26.-Believing that
death is only prolonged slumber. and
that a man has a perfect right to seek
sleep whenever he pleases, Count Au-
gust Seymore, who says he is a first
cousin of Count Boni de Castellane, said
at the Rensselaer, Hotel that his one
ambition in life is to establish a hotel
where persons may commit suicide
whenever and however they choose.
This is my plan: | open a hotel. We
call II Paradise Found, or some other
beautiful name. The man who is tired
of life comes there. He has arranged
his affairs. He has accomplished every
thing he wished during life. The life
that is his he is tired of. He wants to
sleep, sleep, sleep. He enter the hotel
and registers. AS he signs his name the
clerk asks:
"A room with or without, sir?'
He means with or without cremation.
Very well, the guest wants it with. The
clerk, very businesslike, remarks:
please
The guest goes to his room. Then.
'pouf-its all over"
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
A DEFENSE THAT FAILS.

Mr. Joseph Choate, defending the Brazilian
international coffee trust against this Governments
conspiracy suit, declared that to press this action
would insult Brazil and disrupt valuable commercial
relations with that country.
Let us see. In 1910 this country imported about
$7000o000 worth of coffee, and about three-fourths
Of that came from Brazil Every pound of it came in
free Of duty.
In that year, too, as in all others, the United
States took of Brazls coffee than all the rest
of the world put together, .
We have, then, not only been the chief market
for Brazls chief product but have been good enough
to let that product in free. How has Brazil recpro-
Gated?
II organized the coffee trust composed of the
Government of Brazil, the Brazilian State of Sac
Pauo, and group of international banking interests
and has, through the power of money and monopoly
added about 60 per cent to the price we must pay
for coffee. ....... ....t.
That is the sort of commercial amiE Brazil has
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Plot to Kill Taft
Told by Prisoner

PITTSBURGH, May 26-Investigation
is being made today into the startling
plot to kill President Taft. as related by
William d. Pastorious, a prisoner sent
to Riverside penitentiary after being
convicted of sending a bomb to Alexan-
der r. Peacock, former partner of An
drew Carnegie and millionaire capitalist,
and attempting to extort 5000 from
him.
Before being taken into court Pastor
ious sent for his attorney, A. c. Stein.
and, according to Stein. related details
of the alleged plot to assassinate Pres
ident Taft as the result of the abroga-
ton of the Russian treaty. The plans,
he said, were made in the Hotel Ma
varre, in New York. 1t was STEMS
purpose to have Pastorious to tell his
story in court, but this was abandoned
and the entire matter was placed in the
hands of Government officers here.
Attorney Stein further said that Pas
torious told him he was a dupe of Euro
pean anarchists, and asked that secret
service men be sent to him that he
might give all the information in his
possession.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Evening Services in the Churches

"A SCENE FROM AN OLD WORLD DRAMA"The James
Montgomery D. D. Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church.
SPECIAL MUSICAL SERVICESemon the Rev. c. Herbert
Thomas Episcopal Church, pm.
PRAYER LAW"-The H. Woodrow
gregationa Church, spm
MEMORIAL SERVICE TO GRAND ARMY-The Rev M
Hamine Methodist Church, p. m.
NATURE"-The W. Weddrspoon Foundry
Methodist Church,
"THE SMALL THNGS"The Frank j. Goodwin, Mt
Pleasant Congregational Church, p.
"How THE CENTENNIAL BAPTIST CHURCH CAN PLEASE WASH
INGToN FoLKSThe Rev. E. H Centennial Baptist Church.
EVENING cHoIR-The Baptist Church, TEAS
CHAPEL third anniversary the dedication
Sixteenth streets northwest Epiphany
Lutheran Church, the Rev. c. F. Steck, pastor, p.
BACCALAUREATE SERVCE-The Henning Nems
uang of Bristol School, Margarets Episcopal Church. m.
CHORAL EvENSoNG AND SERMON The Rev. Talbot,
Pauls Episcopal Church. m.
CHOIR AND BANDThe Rev Robert Johnston Philadelphia will
preach service Washington Episcopal Cathedral
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Wants to Know Who Put Cracked
Granite In Thompson School Play
ground

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
1t is to be hoped that The Times will
see that the outrageous condition of
Thompson school playground is rem
edied. The cracked granite was put
there last summer, but now, after a
years use, is still so rough and harm
full that few adults would care to walk
over many of the parts.
The brilliant genius who put cracked
stone for children to play on evidently
thought that the tender feet OF the
children will in time wear II down-so
they will, but what of the children and
their shoes? Following out this theory
10 will be an equally good idea to fill
the yard with cobble stones and broken
brick-in time the children will wear 1t
down smooth. 1t may be fun for the
stone. but 1t is very hard on the chill
dren.
Will The Times look into this matter
and let many interested parents know
who was the designer of cracked gran
lite Fairgrounds and If the kids of this
city have any protection from such a
genius who evidently needs a padded
cell. 8. NJ. c.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
An Appeal in Verse to Immortalize
the Orchestra of the Titanic.

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
Come build ye would be movers
OF mans God-like estate;
Come and be willing provers,
Thet the humblest has a fate.
Come build shaft eternal,
That for all time shall be
To those who played that anthem
Nearer, My God, to Thee!"
Not to the Croesuses of gold,
The Antonys of power;
Not to the few of lineage old,
Or the favorites of the hour;
But to the unknown heroes
Who, waited DER the sea,
The warning cry to heaven above
Nearer. My God. to Thee"
God help our nations failing,
When we such men forget,
Then Is our being ailing,
Our star begins to set.
Come build a shaft eternal.
That for all time shall be,
To those who played that anthem
Nearer, My God, to Thee"
DONALD F. r. MacGREGOR.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Why Spanish-American Veterans
Are Not Treated More Literally.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
In your issue of the 23d instant ~"
wants to know why the Spanish war
veterans are not looked after the same
as the civil war veterans. In the first
place the pension would have been out
of proportion to the service rendered
and the good accomplished. AS II Is,
the size of the war, It's duration, and
the hardships endured, the pensions are
pretty we'll balanced. Then again the
prompting motive was to be perpetuated
or destroyed. Six hundred thousand
men were in arms to change our flag
and perpetuate slavery. 1t took four
years of a bloody struggle to prevent
them from doing II. Had ~" gone
through those four years of war, even
with all the food. good clothes good
shelter, and good medical attention tf at
he had. he would not have been dropped
from the pension roll at the end Of the
first quarter. Wait fifty years. ~" ds
the old vets have, and you will
have no cause to complain. K.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
HIGH REQUIEM MASS I
FOROSCARLUCKETT,
PROMINENT LAWYER
Knights of Columbus to At
tend Funeral Tuesday at
St. Peters Church.

Funeral ceremonies for Oscar Luck
EFT, prominent lawyer of Washington
for many years, who died yesterday
after brief Illness, will be held at st.
Peters Church, Second and 9 streets
southeast. Tuesday morning at
o'clock. Requiem mass will be sung by
Father James O'Brien. rector of this
church.
Members of the knights of Colum-
bus will attend. Pallbearers will be
chosen from among the knights, and
from the business and professional as
sociates of Mr.. Luckett.
Mr.. Luckett was born on Capitol Hill
in Washington, forty-three years ago:
He began his legal career when lad
of nine, serving as office boy for the
firm of Carlisle and johnson. Later he
was graduated from the Columbian
Law School, now George Washington
University, and soon after entered
practice for himself. ..
Besides his widow, Regina NJ. Luck
ett, Mr.. Luckett is survived by three
children. Raymond, Oscar. and Regina.
Mr.. Luckett had enjoyed exceptional
health until about a week ago.
Burial will be in Mt Olivet Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Thinks House and Insurance Better
Than Retirement Fund.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Please allow me space enough to add
the statement of a 81. 800 clerk to the one
published in your columns of the 18th
instant by a $500 clerk.
I, too, have been making provision for
my old age and my family, In that
am not only buying a home but carry
ing a fairly good amount of life tnsur-
ance. My policies total 5000 and cost
me just under $50 year. BY the time
| am seventy years old, they will be
worth a cash surrender value of Just
about what the retirement bill offers
me. In addition, they mean vastly more
TO my family should l be taken of
suddenly, and can even be used as q
basis for a loan II some unusual pinch
comes, SO that they are far preferable
to the provisions OF the bill.
am sometimes told by my people, not
hill farmers of Carolina, but valley
farmers of Pennsylvania, that / ought
to save half of my salary, and could IL
/ would condescend to raise my own
meat and vegetables.
Now here are the brass tacks / am
sure and certain to fall heir to, as an
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
DIR. |. R. BROMWELL.

Funeral ceremonies for DR.. ]. r.
Bromwell, well-known physician OF
Washington, who died of pneumonia at
his home, 1147 Connecticut avenue, yes
terday. will be held there tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. Henry
Branch, of Baltimore, will officiate.
Pallbearers win be DR.. NJ. F. Cuth-
bert, DIR. William Fox, Samuel Maddox,
DR.. Robert s. Beale, and II. l.. Con-
stable. The body will be taken to Bal
timore TuesdSS morning, where inter-
ment will be in Louden Park Cemetery
Tuesday afternoon at l o'clock.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
CHARLES E. COFFIN.

Funeral ceremonies for former Con-
gresham Charles e. Coffin of Mary
land, who died yesterday at his home
in Muirkirk, Nd, will be held at st.
Johns Episcopal Church In Beltsville,
Md, tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o clock
He was seventy-one years old.
A native of Boston, Mr.. Coffin re-
moved to Muirkirk in 1853, where he
established the Muirkirk Iron Works.
His first political service was In 1884,
when he was elected to the Maryland
house of delegates. In 1890 he was
elected to the State senate, where he
remained for four years. He was first
elected 20 the Fifty-third Congress-, be-
ing reelected to the following term.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

upon temperance people to stand for
their own against the encroachments
Of the saloon and its environments. so
forcibiy enthroned in overcoming godly
conditions.
| The saloon. the vicious relic of bar
barism, carries its head Just as erect
In it's sphere OF degradation >as though
II we're the most gorgeous exhibit OF
creation and entitled to equal respect
with the best conditions the world af-
fords or can suggest.
The world is alive to the enormity of
the liquor question, exhibited by the
saloon and its influence, tearing the
godly foundations from society, and
filling the ugly gaps with cripped flnan-
ciers and candidates for the insane
asylum.
Its criminal relations, in the Capital
City of the greatest nation on earth, is
protected by legal statute and legal con-
tinuance, side by side, with its noted
schools of high degree. in their high
est exhibits of scholastic attainments.
The nideous rivalry of the saloon In
displacing godly conditions in society Is
not altogether In vain. as police records
show continuously.
The investigation of the Jones-Work
| bill shows its humane intent and Its
| preference In anticipated results for
good only. above any and ell other bills
| for remodeling society, with the de-
moralizing exhibit found only in the
| saloon eradicated forever. ...
Public sentiment showing that the
best conditions are good enough. was
| fully confirmed at a recent hearing be-
| fore the Excise Board regarding the
attempt to establish a liquor store al
the corner of Third and F streets north
| east.
| This is a strictly residential section
where no liquor has ever been sold.
Two residents and taxpayers signed
| for the license. One hundred and fifty
signed in protest against the license
| forty-eight of whom are residents and
| taxpa vars A. NJ BROWN. q
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Street Car Men to
See Aeroplane Flight

An exhibition aeroplane fight over
Chesapeake Bay will be one of the fea.
lures of the annual excursion of the
Washington Railway Relief Associa-
ton to Chesapeake Beach June 27, II
present plans of the amusement COM
mittee carry.
Tentative plans call for a hydro
anchored in the bay.
Aside from the aeroplane fight a
number of athletic events are being
arranged for men, women ard children.
The probabilities are for a ball game
or two and many running and jump
ing events.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
White Plague as Topic
At Annual Meeting

Two days of earnest discussion have
been mapped out for the Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
loss which will hold its annual con-
Vention in Washington May 80 and 81.
All social diversion Is under the ban.
There will be no dinners and no re-
ceptions of any kind. Those attending
have been notified that the convention
and all it's sessions are for business
purposes only.
The program for the two days is
crowded. Fully two score of speakers
will tell of the work and the plans Of
the association and map the future
work.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
World Is Alive to the EnOrmity OF
the LIQUOR Question.

To the Editor of THE TINES:
The Jones' Works bill now before Con-
gress on the liquor question for the
District of Columbia. is of special in
terest to all citizens looking for better
conditions.
In the remarks of w. ]. Hendrick. Sec
retary of Representative z. e. Holland
OF Virginia, Mr.. Hendrick freely enjoins
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Asks That Names Of Orchestra Sc
lections ut BeIasco Be Printed.

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
II the management of the Belasco
Theater would publish in the program
the musical numbers rendered by the
orchestra. during intermissions. the
music would be more appreciated, by
the audience.
The orchestra renders some very good
selections, and many people desire to
know the titles, but as there ks no
musical program the patrons cannot
satisfy their curiosity. "A PATRON"
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

This does not take into account any
thing for charity. for upkeep of house,
repairs. furniture. ETC., for the thous-
up' for recreation. nor for dentist or cGe Sncs
tor bills. The latter amounted to over
500 one year, while another year
brought a bill for $500, including a
funeral and a cemetery lot.
Now IL I am to be assessed per cent
OF my salary to furnish a retirement
fund, you can readily see l will have
either to risk losing my house or giving
up some of nv Insurance, either OF
which is more advantageous to me than
the retirement fund promised.
BOOKKEEPER.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Memorial Services
For Deceased Members

Memorial services for deceased men,
bers of the United Irish Societies OF
the District will be held in Mt Olivet
Cemetery at o'clock this afternoon.
Music will be furnished by a choir
of 40 voices from the Church Of the
Holy Name. Congressman Michael F.
Conry, of New York, and George f.
O'Shaunessy, of Rhode Island, will
speak, delivering their eulogies of Irish
patriots at the grave OF Thomas Devon
Reilly
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
MRS. IOHN V. B. BLEEKEER.

Friends in Washington learned last
night of the death of Mrs. John v. B.
Bleekeer, wife of Rear Admiral
Bleekcer, u. S. N, who died of heart
failure Wednesday evening at the home
of her sister, IN Morristown, n. j. Mrs.
Blocker was a native of Boston. She
had many friends in naval circles in
Washington.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
Charge Woman With
Assault on Druggist

Charged with being one of the gang
of colored men and women who as
saulted DR.. J. S. Tyree. a druggist.
who conducts a pharmacy at Fifteenth
90. jamie Brown. of Wylie court north
east will be arraigned in the Police
Court tomorrow morning. The Brown
woman Is the hrst person arrested In
connection with the affaiT.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
WILLIAM LEONARD DAVIS.

Word has been received in Washing
ton of the death of William Leonard
Davis. brother of Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer.
and former vice president of the Press
Publishing Company of New York in
Tuscan, AriZ. He had been i'll for two
weeks.
Burial will be in Washington.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
JOB AND M'CABE.

Quoting the Scripture, James Wilson, Secretary
OF Agriculture, says that Job, the much afflicted,
would have made a ine Secretary Of Agriculture.
Job bore plague Of boils, but he never would
have stood McCabe.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
SUNDAY, MAY 2s, 1912.
TWO PROPHECIES.

Senator Cranes prediction that Taft will be nomi-
mated at Chicago next month recalls his prediction
Of 1908 that Mr. Taft would be beaten at Chicago
by the "allies" with whom he fought to the last
ditch.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
In the Mail Bag +.


owno write freely that letter
Of writer's evidence will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-05

FOJNDCGold watch; owner can have same by paying for adr Call Main so7s-J Bell.
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