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The Washington times., 1912-06-15
THE NEW DISTRICT ARMORY.

The people of the District and the members of
the National Guard in particular highly gratified
by the announcement that the Senate Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds has ordered favor
able report on the bill introduced by Senator Gal
lnger setting aside a site and appropriating sum
not to exceed ST 100000 for the construction of an
armory which shall be adequate to the needs of our
citizen soldiers.
Senator Sutherland, chairman Of the committee
having the bill in charge, and Senator Gallinger
chairman of the Senate District Committee have
been treless in their efforts to get at the real needs
of the District in this matter and to secure the adop
ton of the proposed The public spirit they
have shown has won the highest commentator from
the National Guard and it is hoped that Congress
will lose no time in making the necessary appropria-
ton.
The proposed plans, which have the Endorsement
Of the Secretary of War will not only give the Dis
trct militia worthy and impressive home in lieu Of
the scattered makeshifts with which they have had to
content themselves, but will furnish model armory
which the several States Of the country will do we'll
to initiate The drill hall will be one of the largest
in the United States and as the unobstructed floor
area will be practically double that of any hall avail
able for the inaugural balls it is expected that the
new structure will make possible these historic func-
tons on a more splendid scale than ever before
The importance of an efficient National Guard
can scarcely be exaggerated and an important fac
tor in securing this efficiency is that this branch
of the military service should be properly housed
The proposed armory, which is to be placed in the
northern portion of the Mall between Twelfth and
Fourteenth streets, will be ornament to the Ma
tional Capital and at the same time supply vital
need 1t is hoped that early legislation will hasten
along the armory as an accomplished fact.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
WHAT THE BOSSES FEAR.

Nothing that Roosevelt could do would strike
terror to the heart of Special Privilege much
a decision to start independent party, appeal to
all progressives of all parties and 60 it alone.
Starting with the moral certainty of the support of
one-hird the electoral votes such move would dis
rupt not only the Republican party but it would also
disrupt the Democratic party, which gives consa ltly
increasing evidence of being controlled by the bosses
who have everything in common with the bosses of
the Republican party.
1t would provide instant cleavage of both old par
ties and realignment of political forces into two
great camps conservatives and progressves 1t would
draw the issue at once between Special Privilege and
Bosssm and the Rule of the People.
This is just what the Warwicks back of the scenes
in both old parties do not want done. They do not
want it done more than anything of all the many
things they don't want done
Rather than force Roosevelt to do that, the Old
Guard at Chicago would nominate him unanimously
then start to whetng their knives and trust to the
Democratic bosses at Baltimore to give them an
opportunity.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
"NOTHING DOING"

/, "Then they (Roosevelt's managers) tried to
/ work the feelings of the small party leaders,
the men who carry the hod but there moth
ing dong."-Manager Mckinley, Of Taft's
Bureau.
No, nothing except the swamping Of the telegraph
companies with personal kilograms of protest and
with copies of resolutions passed by Republican
county committees and Republican clubs throughout
the West
Nothing except the calling of indignation meet
ings by the regular Republican organizations in
scores Of localities, where official denunciatons of
the Taft Road Roller were made
Nothing except Republican candidates for the
United States Senate for State legislature for COVER
nor for all kinds of State and local offices have wired
and written the Taft managers that if their program
is jammed through these candidates will withdraw
from the ticket, because their communities will 60
Democratic.
Other than these things, the work of Roosevets
managers in calling the attention of the country to the
theft committed by the Taft Steam Roller was barren
of results.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
Returns From Vacation In Worse
Condition Than Before.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES;
Not all of US may be SO fortunate as
to obtain a vacation, much as we desire
to leave for a time the hum-drum OF
our daily toll and the unending same
ness of our environment. When the
strain Is especially hard and the temp
tation comes to chafe and fume and fret,
then II is that we long for green helds,
the smell of the forest. and the quiet
Of the lake; then 1t is that we wish to
relax taut nerves and completely ahan-
don ourselves to the allurements OF ma
ture Yet many vacationists arrive
home in worse physical condition than
when they started on their outing. and In
the great majority OF cases there Is no
one to blame for II but the vacationist.
JOHN n. QUINN.
TakomR Park. D. c.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
Advocates Air Brakes For Street
Cars in the District.

To the Editor OF The TINES:
In this day of street railway reform
why Is it that air brakes are not in
stalled on the cars operating over the
steep grades on the Georgia avenue
line? The cars operating over all other
suburban and interurban lines entering
the District are equipped with air
brakes. OF my personal knowledge
there have been two recent accidents
on this line that might have been pre-
vented had the motornen more perfect
control of their cars. The public safety
demands that air brakes be installed
on all cars operating at high rate Of
speed over heavy grades such as are
on Georgia avenue.
Yours respectfully,
R. T. NJ.
RrightHood Park.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
"SOciety" Manners Not Always
Carried Into Affairs of Every Day

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
What a difference there is between the
"society" manners OF some people and
the behavior OF the same people in pub
lie! Witness the rough talk Of men at
baseball. sometimes provoking assault
and battery (as in a recent celebrated
easel See the crowd pushing and
scramhling into street cars. illustrating
the "survival of the Attest" the fittest
being the strongest. Watch the end
seat hog block the way against
women and children and others who
are too timid to disturb him in his lair
Watch those same women spread them
selves over seats intended for twice the
number. Note the nerve of the women
ture shows.
Listen to the women on the street and
The Washington times., 1912-06-15

Arrived
Annapolis at Corinto: Drayton, Nc
Call, Paulding. Roe, Terry. Smith,
at Newport Standish, Bailey, at
Norfolk: Louisiana, Kansas, New
Hampshire, South Carolina, at
Hampton Roads; jamestown at Nor
folk; Yankton at New York Yard,
Eagle at Guantanamo.
Sailed
Dolphin, from Washington for New
London; Scorpion. from ConstaHti-
nople for cruise in the Aegean Sea
Patterson, Ammen, Monaghan,
Trippe. from Newport for Bangor.
Me-; Caesar. from Guantanamo for
Hampton Roads; Nicksburg. from
Corinto for San Diego.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
Thrift Is Good Only to n Limited
Extent, He Says.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
have read the remarks of Senator
Hepburn in reference to the clerks sal
airy and the spending of 1t. You clerks
ought to take his advice save your
money, ard don't be a 'slave to salary"
Go into business and be a slave to those
who have salary to spend. but who also
are taking the same advice and saving.
Soon he will have enough, and he also
The Washington times., 1912-06-15

in any crowd. making rude remarks
women. specially about those who are
unprotected.
Then. again at the opera, what
chance has the music lover to hear the
sweet and soft. strains of the inter
mezzo from "Cavalleria" or the Medita-
tion from "Thais' when surrounded by
lot of people who chatter during tho
performance. even II they cannot think
OF ANYTHING to say during the intermis-
slons? THOMAS w. GILMER.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
ACCURATE VITAL STATISTICS.

The new law under which the rural districts as
we'll as the cities of Virginia will be required to keep
an accurate record of vital statistics has just gone
into effect and the cooperation of the citizens of
the Commonwealth in carrying out the provisions
Of. the statute has been earnestly urged. Although
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

Concert by the United States Marine
Band, Potomac Drive. 5 p. m.
Public Schools Athletic Meet for the
benefit of schools and public play
grounds, National Capital Horse
Show Grounds. Eighteenth and c
streets northwest, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Entertainment by the Tech Ministrels
for the benefit of the Signal Corps,
District National Guard, the New Ma
tional Theater.
Baseball game between two Congress
sIonal teams, the American League
Park, this afternoon. =,
Lecture on The New Professionalism, y
by Bouck White, central building of
the Young Mems Chrlsuan Assocla-
Meeting Of Canton Washington, No. /,
I o, o. F., drill, tonight.
Amusements.
ro,o osco-Rutterfield Players. in The
Prisoner of Zenda," 2:l5 and S:15 p. m.
PoIi'sWPoli Players in The Chorus
LADY" 2:l5 and S:l5 p; m.
CoiuGbia-Coiumbia Players in Mary
Jane's Pa" 2:l5 and S:l5 p. m.
Cosmos-Vaudeyille, to II p. m.
Seossino-Vaudeville S:15 p. m.
Ma iaiestic-Vaudeville. / to IL p. IN.
NNrHcsdeNMotion pictures and other at
Glen Echo Park-Amusements for all.
Admission free.
chevy Chase Lake-Amusements and
music by section of Marine Band.
Marshall Hall-Dancing and other at
fractions.
Chesapeake Beach-Bathing, fishing. and
other attractions.
Luna Park-Dancing and other amuse-
ments.
Indian Head and return. steamer St
Johns, forty-mile moonlight sail at
p. IN.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
NAVY.

Commander B. F. HUTCHINSON, de-
tached Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Md; to command Wheeling,
Lieutenant Commander A.. b. KEAT-
ING. to fitting out Arkansas and on
board when commissioned
Lieutenant ii. L. PENCE, to Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md.
Ensign F. z. JOHNSON, detached
Preble; to Buffalo.
Ensign w. S. NICHOLS, detached Vir-
ginia; to Ammen.
Ensign A: L. EIDE. detached Truxtun;
TO Preble.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
Becomes a MILDLY.

R. L. Lamotte, of this city, was on
the list OF those who were admitted to
the Annapolis Naval Academy as mid
shipman Of the fourth class yesterday
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
Concerts Today
By the United States Marine Band
at Potomac Drive, at S p. m.
WILLIAM H. SANTELIhANN.
Leader

March, emperor Frederick"
Friedemann
Overture, Tampa" .Herold
Serenade, "Hongroise" .....Joncieres
Waltz, wine, Woman and Song"
Strauss
Excerpts from THE Bohemian Girl"
Balfe
Humoresque, "Oh! You Beautiful
Doll" Lampe
"Sursum Corda" Elgar
Grand March, Coronation"
Meyerbeer
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
ARMY,

ARMY.
Captain CLARK D. DUDLEY, retired,
at his own request. is relieved from
duty at Mt. Tamalpais Military
Academy, San Rafael, Cal.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Assistant Surgeon c. "A. DRAGOO. to
Receiving Ship at New York, n. Y.
The Washington times., 1912-06-15

Takoma Park. d. C.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-20
SAVES LIFE OF WHITE BOY.

Key West, Fla. June 1S.-Emil
Whitmarsh, a boy about 10 years old
was saved from drowning by a negro
lad of about 16 years of age.
Young Whitmarsh was sitting on
the south end Of the Mallory dock
watching some swimmers in the wa.
ter. Two other boys were playing on
the dock, when one pushed the other,
knocking him overheard.
While he was falling his outstretch-
ed hand struck the Whitmarsh boy on
the shoulder, and he fell In the water.
Two of the swimmers went to his
assistance, but 1t was not until James
Hall. the negro lad mentioned in the
first paragraph. sprang overheard
without removing his clothes, that he
was rescued, but little the worse for
his experience.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-20
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

The extravagant person Is one
who Is wasteful of emotion, opportun
ity or income. Habitually to spend
more than one earns and to mortgage
the future for the pleasure of the
present Is to be extravagant. He OF
she who abridges health by making
unwise drafts on physical capital Is
extravagant and will one day pay the
price of folly in sleepless nights and
ill-adjusted nerves. There may be ex
travagance in the line of It's opposite
The miser who boards as the crow
does for the mere satisfaction of &C.
cumulating and hiding away his spoil
is as extravagant as the spendthrift
who takes no thought for the morrow
in the indulgence of today.
We are extravagant in speech when
we pile one adjective on another and
use italics in vehement assertions
when We might much better restrain
ourselves and not push language to
the breaking point. The student who
burns the midnight oil or uses his
eyes in the small hours of the morn
ing Is extravagant and may rue his
folly in days of darkness.
Extravaganza simply means wan.
dering from the safe road in any di'
rection, and though the price be long
delayed, Nature will be sure to exact
the acknowledgement e. Sangs'
ster, in the Christian Herald
(The above definition for extrava
gance covers the case. The informa.
tion therein contained should be laid
close to heart and the colored man
above all other peoples should ponder
well the advice. OF a truth, the poor
colored man (average) is eXtravagant
along all lines, and to the limit. The
failing health of the negro youth, the
fatal effects of tuberculosis and other
deadly diseases are all traceable to
physical extravaganza. His ignorance
arrogance superstition and bigotry
are the effects of his extravaganza OF
opportunity to learn, while his pov.
erty-stricken condition, all over and
everywhere with rare exceptions, are
but part of the program of extrava
gance in matters where he should
practice a rigid economy. There is a
cause for all this extravaganza, and
while we may not take the time to
enter into discussion of the same
it is the bounden duty of every friend
of the colored people to cry out
against this great and awful crime)-
Dallas Express.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-20
MussEL MUD AS FERTILIZER.

Around Prince Edward Island in
Canada deposits of mussel mud have
been encountered from to % feet
deep. and this is now being extensively
taken for use as fertilizer. This ma
terial is the organic remains of count
less generations of oysters. mussels,
clans and other shellfish. The shells.
usually more or less intact. are found
imbedded in dense deposits of a mud
like substance, and this combination
Is a fertilizer of high value and po-
tency 1t supplies lime and organic
matter, besides small quantities Of
phosnhata and alkalies
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-20

A slogan with that ring in it is
worth while having in every com
munity We need such a one in New
York. Brooklyn and Jersey City. with
an automatic arrangement that will
keep it ringing all of the time. We
need dry goods, laundry. shoe and
grocery stores of our own in all parts
of the big city where the people are
mostly the tenants. on the east and
west sides in Harlem and in the
Bronx. We need these business en-
terprises in order to accumulate
money values to give the race finan-
cial consequence. and we need them
to furnish employment for our sons
and daughters. who have small
chance to secure employment with
white concerns of like character
New York Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-20

If the strike of the international As
sociation of Hotel Walters in New
York should result in reopening the
hotel service to blacks as well as
whites, and if, that being accomplish
ed, it should teach the association that
to make no discrimination on account
of color in its constitution and yet to
brutally enforce it as a policy is a
subterfuge of fact that resents false
hood and evens up I'm the end the
strike will not have been in vain. 1t
should also teach hotel proprietors
that hotel workers should receive de-
cent wages, and not have to depend
upon the "tip system" foisted upon
hotel patrons for their support, and
that they should have reasonable and
not unreasonable hours of service.
Whatever the outcome may be, it is of
the utmost importance that negro ho-
tel workers organize and maintain an
association for business and for
pleasure Their interests need to be
protected and promoted, and this can
not be done if pleasure and not bust
ness is made the primary purpose of
the association.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-20

The Alabama Penny Savings Bank
has been selected as the depository of
the funds of the A. NJ. E. Zion church,
which means that the headquarters Of
that great religious body will be trans
ferred from Philadelphia to Birming.
ham and the money hitherto manipu-
lated by white men will be under the
management and control of colored
men.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-20

If everybody would keep courage
until they have either won a victory
or have been defeated, there would
not be so many failures. Most peo-
pie get discouraged at the first hard
place they encounter. and as soon as
a fellow becomes discouraged. unless
some one with a strong heart Is near
to encourage him. he is sure to fail
Tho Interstate Reporter.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-20

The Charleston News and Courier
the South Carolina white mans guide,
philosopher and friend, makes the
sweeping statement that mot ten per
cent. of the negroes in this part Of
the world do full days work a
month" 1t claims that the negro will
mot pick cotton unless he needs the
money for actual bread" and so it
is with the cooks, the draymen, the
entire race" Now, what are the facts,
what is the real truth? Educated ne
groes on the spot should make 1t
business to get the facts and place
them where the News and Courier and
the rest of mankind can get at them.
The Columbia Southern Indicator en-
ters a general denial and protest, say
ing Ignorant men of all races work
only when they want bread and that
intelligent negroes, like the intelligent
people of any other race. are working
for more than bread"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-20

The presidency of Howard Univer-
sity is an all-absorbing problem. The
kind of a man he should be is form
ing the subject of learned papers in
the press and is leading topic on
the street corners and in the church,
the school and the barber shop. Shall
he be white or colored is also burn
ing issue, and there are able and ag-
gressive champions of both sides of
the question. Sentiment favors the
appointment of a colored man, but 1t
is the general feeling that the trustees
will find it expedient to choose a
white president. 1t is insisted upon
by all that the man chosen, whether
he be white or colored, must be a
great big man, one who measures up
to the exacting demands of the situa-
tion and who "looks the part" as we'll
as reaching the intellectual and execu-
tive standards expected. Prof. Kelly
Miller is far and away the favorite OF
those who urge a colored president
No white man has yet been mentioned
who appeals to the popular imagina-
tion of our colored citizens. A sug
gestion has been made that the col
ored candidates caucus and find some
method by which the strength of the
pro-negro element can be focused on
single negro candidate. This is re-
garded as the only means by which
colored candidate can inspire serious
consideration. There are eight col
ored trustees on the board, but they.
as well as their white colleagues are
non-committal as to their attitude. The
colored trustees are DR.. c. B. Purvis,
Dr. Booker T. Washington, DIR. ]. E.
Moorland, Rev. F. ]. Grimke. DIR. Mar.
Gus F. Whiteland, ]. C. Napier, DR.. ].
H. N. Waring and DR.. John R. Fran.
cis.-Illinois Chronicle.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-12-12

orn is.lie ie Is !: ard q With cit.e
c'i ton aHd r, fo';. n hAGNtil!e
'iein. t.o ota~t q : IL i -.
;ep4 ile~s.. ,..o roet. caro-, !
fsses.or q f.s ~.a
,.aa3a oe I IS :, te! sd
49, et4 .'#e, ;i:i ai.t~n, il
4. .ef..a ii iss.e l.. yir-
81. Uon.nea.e. ~.
Tie s.s.ttrr' a. :ae are compelled -
ptt 'ih".. sole IN aal earne,
.sf.., from hr. STUART rannut be too
.dci. 1'.a.ed;
=! fr:,ard Ike sr"rch nf fioscr.or
l,lease before the convention of gov
einogs III Richmcnd last week as !.
,"ost piiablc and ignorant display
cf ineapability and unworthiness for
the oiilce OF governor of q grea,
State When by his speech he en-
ccgrased mob law, and cried with
triumph, TO hell with the constitu-
ton. he not only disregarded the
state Of South Carolina, but he in
suited the commonwealth of Vir-
ginia. where under the fostering elo-
Quence of Patrick Henry our ma
tianal freedom was born. No won-
Ger the Virginia woman left the hall
He displayed cheap, insincere
and false boast of loyalty and h. aor
to southern womanhOOd; he trans
f"rred power from the ccol Justice O.
q court to the hot whims of an ex-
c!tcd mob; he committed ludicrOus
tiaNesty on both civil and ethical
law, his en- engagement of anarchy
I" correct one criminal hy producin
a huadled others He boastcd
Vicious Use OF executive authority in
'hrQurtalHg in South Carolina an
aiNhy, cruelty, ra hatred and cap
i'a' crime, IGNORANT AMI inronsistcn
iit'in9 to secnrn laW by anarchy
o'd"r +. mob!sn, iacrcy by cruelty.
''ili(at.an ~ barb. riam, Justice by
injtftie,. tc elevation of an inrerio,.
&c y II" PROSTITUTION of superior
race.
n ht,t :,
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-12-12
WHAT REAL1.y TURTS
THE DIGNITY OF THE LAY,

Up In Atlanta the lawyers are in
d.@nant because a leading pastor
g ID from his pulpit last Sunday.
""d-handod mGrlnrcrs have been
termed loose on this community by
the courts simply because they wcr,
Backed hy money aud influence, ="
lhey take this as a reflection upon
The presiding judsc and IA clear in
t.m&tion that money has inilucnr ri
ms az tions. The gentlemen of the
bar are too sensitive. The Atlanta
preacher was simply giving voice t.
We universal disgust of the law
ar!dine people of this country over
the villainous jury >erdets that are
ri\ing freedom aad vindiaation to 50
hany notoriousiy guilty murd"rers.
who have moncy and iAaucncc.
w" do not believe that our iud.r.
are corrupt. We haven't heard of =
corrupt JUDGE in the South since Re
''uSiruftion days: but the jurics
constitute part cf the court as well
aS the Judge, and doubtless il WAS
/ ~ them the Atlanta preacher hurled
his denun iation Weak intclliccnc.
4 al charhrt"r in a jury can briae
! ''+'s'"r to Justice as readily as cor
! F!OtiaA. ri,h man with influential
! trends and good lawyers can ",o,,,,
Il Ger jnry wcaElnrs without any
resort to bribery ur othnr m,tbod.
Prohibited by law.
! On" of the lawyers said th,, H..
"hcrdh""S ol tEc Atlanta preacher
inrt the dignity OF the law" |,
cldn't hurt il hundrc,l,h par, -
Huch. brother. as too technical
system of criminal procedure acting
in concert with a jury Of low-grade
Tcn does when ii turns loose uno,,
tn" community notoriously cuilty
criminals and says in effect that our
courts are inadequate to the work
'or which they are created. That is
what hurts the dignity of the law.
Where there is so much smoke
tcere must he some fire. and the uni
N'Tsal criticism of the system of
'rimlnal justice in this country
Isl have a valid cause.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-12-12
A LITTLE NONSENSE
NOW AND THEN
VIOLATING HOSPITALITY.

1t was TIE cats fault, darn her skin. /.
IL was SO cold let her in
The stall where was milkin at.
An that ends me an that there cat :
She rubbed as'in me. an said :.
"M'yow!"
While | was milkin' of the COW,
An leaned up on me with her paw.,
She knowed that | could squirt her
Plumb full OF milk if I'd Il mind,
An 50 did just to be kind
Say Maybe that eat wasn't pleased,
size rurrcd around. then she squeezed
Between the milk stool an my lcs
IN every minute She would beg
In such Il tone as ii il hurt
For me to give her one more squirt.
>n then, because let her beg,
Shc rose up on the COW S hind lr.
Ne not a-noticin' i, hit
IN shar,,p,J nn ,,r o,,u;.,
lcs. that s the reason I'm 50 sore,
he stables got ilimsy door.
,n if il haJn't on, an, rra
No cause +, think ia J., III
THAT cows foot hit mo ,i,,o ,,a..,.
M br;,th., ...,. maui
4. h,.i