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The Washington times., 1912-03-12
SHOULD NOT DISCUSS
RELIGION AND POLITICS

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
In the Bible discussion allow me a
few words. The two subjects, religion
and politics, should be left TO the free
will OF every citizen. have been at
the head OF a schoolrOom over thirty
years having taught the sons and
daughters of parents of every religious
belief and of every political party. MY
invariable rule has been never to allow
my pupils to discuss either of these
subjects. AS they grow into manhood
and womanhood most Of them will be
followers of their parents religious be-
lief and will join the political party to
which their father or brother belonged.
It occurs to me not only a waste of
time to argue these subjects. but it Is
contrary to the CourtcsicB of life to
tell your neighbor that he is entirely
in error because he follows or adhcres
to certain religious Crceds opposed ia
your belief. or. he follows a political
party to which you would not belong.
That Is his business, and not yours.
These arguments do no good, but are
liable to do harm and sometimes cause
you to lose your best friend. Let us
each obey the dictates of our con-
science. and we may hear from the
still voice. Mind your own business
and let your neighbor's alone.
MRS. T., A. +,
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
CUNNING EFFORT
TOWARD ANGLOPHOBIA

I" the Editor "f THE TIMES
The effusion signed "Mdyfair.' ostcn-
sinlv by an Engllshmdn, contains alb
surdities which an intelligent. Travelled
Englishman would not be guilty of. II
it be suggested that a pseudo-AmeriCan
residing at the Capital City is respons-
able for it. that individual would prob
ably attempt to laugh off the episode as
being merely intended as a taunt anent
the meagerness Of American musical
genius. Not the silliest Of his state
ments was that concerning the playing
of God Save the King" in hotel to
the words" of a Baptist hymn.
No, not an Englishman nor any intel
ligent man was the author of that mis-
sire, but rather cunning person seek
ing to stir up enmity against the Brit
ish. He would, no doubt. strenuously
deny his real motive and methods while
just as strenuouSly seeking the effect
l indicated, regardless OF the means.
AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
MAIL BAGS FREE FORUM
NEEDED INNOVATION

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
1t is only recently that. l have been
reading the interesting communications
appearing in the Mail Bag, being
especially interested in the Bible dis
Cussions.
A free forum like that of the Mail
Bag where all sides can be heard is a
much needed innovation in newspaper
dom. and The Times is to be heartily
commended for opening its columns
for free public discussion.
In nearly all those letters that I
have so far read. find that the de-
tenders of the Bible and of super
naturalism take the ground that those
who oppose them do SO from base and
unworthy motives. This is unfair. Let
us be Just with one another. Let us as
sumo that our opponents are as honest
as ourselves and that those who re-
ject the Bible and Christianity are just
as honest as those who believe.
Acacia" in the issue OF March Z
closes his letter as follows: "Infidels
despise religion, because it disturbs their
conscience; they hate it, because they
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
REFORM AND THE BARONESS.

So Wagner music is all deep reds to the
Baroness Won Schomberg! 1t was luminous and
iridescent to the lady whom DR.. Suarez de Mendoza
met twenty years ago. Chopin is all blues
and grays to the baroness To others has appeared
yellow or pale pink The baroness has come over,
we believe, to abolish the new danceS--the turkey
trot the bunny hug the grizzly BEAR the extra Bos
ton the aeropane filter, the tango; but fear that
if she keeps talking about color addition she will
soon be tangled up in dispute from which there is
no logical escape. For it is question whether any
two of these impressionists who color in
music see alike. There is end of remarks on
the subject AnaoIe France said years ago that SYM
bolism would rule the future if the condition
which produced it should become general. Is the
baroness a symbolist? And will she excite all the
others?
The controversy is still on, in Boston and in
New York, whether Debussy music spells old rose
or gherkin green; whether the atmosphere Of Pei
leas" is that of medieval French castle or of a
place filled with strange jokes and illusions. Per-
haps the baroness is like the Italian dancer who was
so sensitive as BerIioz tells the story that she was
tagged out by dancing in the key of E. mo wonder
she said. please put it down tone. | can dance
only in D."
The baroness promises to make it interesting
for if she persisc in preaching the gospel of SYM
bolism. She will rrove lively rival for the English
countess who is to tell us how England has been
set to- 5y-urvy since hose merry days when she was
kpown at court as "Babbling Brooke
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
TOO MUCH ATTENTION
SHOWN TO THE RICH

TO the Editor OF THE TIMES:
] want to call the attention of some
people in this city to the great respect
they show to the rich man and COM
parativcly none to the poor Why is
this: Is not the poor man in your mind
as good az the rich man? Are not all
men created equal? l was once en-
ployed by local iirm as clerk and there
were several others with me. We mad
charge of the counter and served the
people that came in. or course. the
business was such that all Glasses OF
people patronized 1t. The clerks were in
n position to know the financial stand
ing of each customer, and when the
poor man came in they did not care
to wait on him, but as soon as the rich
man came in all OF US would rush to
wal: on him. Now can you tell me why
1t Is that the majority of people show
so much respect to the rich? or course
] can answer 1t by saying that they are
led by the almighty dollar, have no in
dependence, can be bought and sold like
horses f.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
WRITES PEN PICTURE
FOR FREE THINKERS

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
have whipped Tommy" soundly, and
sent him to bed.
have tod him the man, was not bad
like he said.
Now, ! hope youll feel better, Mr..
Fair Play.
My duty is done and | bid YOU good
day.
We ATTENDED the funeral OF ATr. Athc-
lists little daughter. Lucille. :lis week
Death came suddcnlI, and bore away
the idol and sunshine OF his home. MIR.
Atheist is one Of our best nciGhbors.
and We esteem him highly in every way
Except his sEeptiCism. knowing his
views VIC could but wonder what rod
and staff would comfort him. AS VIC
stood by the grave into which the rain
was falling our hearts aChcd for Il .
STRICKEN father Never have We wit
messed such utterly hopeless grief. ~
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
PRESENT ADMINISTRATION;
SHALL 1T CONTINUE ?

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
The edar public, the real sufferers in
times of distress and high prices. like
the present. must and will have their
innings. 1T may be later, it, may be
sooner. VIII the present Administra-
tion tell the public on thing It has done
for the public-we mean to relieve the
stress Of hard times and high prices? Is
1t prctense. this question IL investiga-
tions" we would not for one minute i'm
a girp that investi2ations are started for
anything but a desire to relieve and
protect the public from fraud and gross
imposition. But we want to know Why
are none of hem pushed to finish
nrbitant prices. they 20 still higher.
Butter investigation. and beef do.
| Express business, likewise. farce it
anEcars to us. most cmphatiCally
IT the powers that be desire the sup.
port Of the public. end by this We
mean the vo.crs next November. lot
the powers do something. and that Mt
once. to convince the voter they are
honest in their efforts to protect them.
AS IT Is Just now, we do not believe it.
l!o"sevclt, cverv ono knows. is for tho
people. and with the people. and the
people. The voters are tn" ones TINT
count
Even should party get the nomina-
| tion. bV ana through influence. money,
ana corrupt political wirC pGllng. who
IS not with the people. The people s
| candidate can very easily. and surely
will. strike 1pt anew on peoples plat
form and rISh to victory next NIvenl-
b"r. as never before.
There Is an underCurrcnt sweepinG
| over the country in this very lirec.
| tinn. and tha; current will win on
whic hover side It turns. Personally, the
| writer would like to see Taft succeed
! himself. but. under the present unrest
| he never can.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12

the awful sound of the cords grating
against the sides of the little white
casltet, as II was gently lowered the
strong intellectual man trCmbled like
an aspen leaf in a storm. Yet how
could IT be otherwise? Mr.. Atheist does
not believe in the immortality of the
soul. He believes that Baby Lucille Is
dead like the withered leaves at his
feet. lie believes that never again here
or hereafter will her blue eyes brighten
at his coming. but that like some sweet
Hover that has bloomed for a season
she has faded from his sight forever.
lie has no God. No heaven, no hope.
o, Saviour in Heaven, please guide men
Through the mazes Of dark unbelief;
For If we have no life beyond this
We have nothing to comfort grief
If the Bible be only fable,
Then where can look for the light?
Science, cruel as the grave, is not able
To give us one hope that is bright.
RACHAEL
Beltsville, Nd
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
A REVOLUTIONARY DECISION.

The Supreme Courts decision that patentee
holds an absolute monopoly, under which he may i'm
pose any conditions he may choose upon the sale,
use price, ETC., of his DEVICE does not mean that the
patent laws to be made shelter to monopoly.
1t means that the patent laws must be revised,
petely and sweepngly, in the interest alike of the
inventor and the consumer.
Our American patent laws have long been ar
chac. They have not been kept in pace with modern
conditions. For example, they do not protect Am
erican industry they ought. In Britain, Canada,
Australia, Germany France-almost all countries
the patent laws provide that alien patentee shall
have protection under his patent only for limited
period, unless he shall manufacture the patented ar
ticle in those countries. Consequently American
makers of shoe machinery, typesetting and casting
machines, and numerous articles have been COM
PEELED to establish factories in foreign countries
: The American patent laws do not impose like
conditions on alien patent owners. Consequently,
American invention does not bring this country the
share of industrial advantage it ought We let our
: inventions become the basis of foreign industries
without compelling foreigners to secure their patents
here by making their articles here
1t seems remarkable that after so many decades
Of patent legislation and adjudication, so revolution
ary decision could be possible as the just hand
ed down. If it shall stand as the national policy
then the antitrust laws unenforceabe against ar
ticles protected by patents.
1t is common knowledge that inventors whom the
patent laws supposed to encourage and protect,
commonly reap very small share Of benefits The
promoter and capitalist get the lions part.
For a long time the idea has been gaining
i ground that there ought to be monopoly rights
under patent, Instead, the patentee ought to be
shorn of all such rights and given instead, royalty
right in his invention. Anybody so wishing would be
permitted to manufacture patented article, under
license from the patent authorities of the Govern
ment; this license to determine what royalty should
be paid to the owner of the invention.
Thus monopoly under the patent would be i'm
possible, and the many evil practices arising under
the present laws would be ended. 1t is notorious,
for instance that many valuable inventions are sup
pressed because to utilize them would make conSd-
cradle investments in existing plants useless 1t has
been charged that this is particularly true in the
field of telephony, shoe machinery, etc. A revou-
tonary device is patented and thereupon the inter
est which would sustain a loss if that device were
placed on the market, promptly buys up the patent
and then declines to make and market the improved
article. The patent thus becomes a means to sup.
pressing and discOuraging invention and of forcing
archaic devices public that is entitled to the best
and most modern.
There has been for years a crying need for care
The Washington times., 1912-03-12

fear,it Is true rs that a fair or a true
statement? Does not Acacia" wish
to prejudice his readers against Inf
dcls' by impugning their motives?
Is 1t true that infidels hate, religion?"
is true nor do they hate the good in
any system of religion. They accept
the good, but reject the bad. They ac-
Cept the good found in the Bible. but
hate the cruelties. absurditles, and SUI
perstitions found therein. Does Acacia"
really believe that such infidels as
Franklin, Paine, jefferson, Hume. Hum
boldt, Darwin, Huxley, Lyndall, Hack
81, Ingersol. and John Burroughs dis
pissed religion because II disturbed their
conscience?" l want Acacia" to show
me. JUSTICE.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Tho following Masonic organizations
VIII meet tonight: l.odSe-Acacia; No:
IIorcb, No. l. p. NJ. and NJ. e. Nj;
Potomac, No. s, mark. Eastern Star
Chapters-Electa, No. 2; Bethlehem.
No. Z
will meet tonight: Lodges-Washing-
ton. No. G, degree work; Golden Rule,
No. y. lecture; Amity. No. q, and
Phoenix, No. y, business
EnCampmcnt-Fred ID. Stuart, No +
visitation and degree work
The following knights of Pythias lodges
will meet tonight: Capital, No. "a; EN-
CclSior. No. IA. and Webster, No. /.
business.
Meeting Of Brightwood Tent, No. 5,
Is. o. T. NJ, regular business and in
itiation by the degree team tonight.
Meeting Of the PLAYERS Club. Of Wash
ington, the New Willard. p m.
illustrated lecture on Dutch Painting" ="
by Charles II. Caffin, under the aus
pices of the Washington Society of
Fine Arts, at Public Library, S p. m.
Meeting of the Tennessee Society, W.
G. T. L. Building, 522 Sixth street
northwest. p. nj.
Regular meeting of the Anthropological
Society, of Washington, and lecture
on The Sun Dance OF the Teton Sioux
Indians by Miss Frances Densmore,
National Museum 4:45 p. m.
Meeting Of the Gales-Seaton Home and
School Association. at Seaton School,
tonight.
Lecture, on Plant. Diseases Found on
pathologist. Department of AgricuI.
ture. at the Y. NJ. c. A.. 8 p. m.
Meeting of the executive camp of Wood
men of the World, Mt. Vernon Hail,
Lecture by Speaker Champ Clark, In
gram Memorial Church's Iyceum
Merti1s Of F 'il 'Brooklsnd brotherhood.
Lord Memorial Hall, $ p. m.
Poisoning" by Or. Charles Griffith,
before Boy Scouts of the Emery
School. $50 p. m.
Physical examination of applicants for
police department, No. 8 truck house,
Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue,
Monthly meeting of Washington SEC
ton Of the American Institute of
electrical Engineers, and lecture by
Politics" Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone building, 722 Twelfth street
northwest, p. m.
Lecture on Around the World Today. ~
by Frank f. Buckland, Carroll Hail
p. m.
SPECIAL religious service by Col. Rich.
ard +. HOltz, the Salvation Army Hall
$50 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
First annual meeting of Consumers
League of the District, Rauschers s
4:45 y. m.
Monthly meeting of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce. Chamber ot
Commerce building, Twelfth and +
streets northwest, s p. m.
Lecture on illumination" by V. r
I.ansinGh, before the Washington
Architectural Club. at the Cosmos
club, Madison place and II stree
northwest 8 p. m.
Monthly meeting of the Randle High
lands Citizens Association. 7:30 p. m
Examination for promotions of cadets
Mckinley Manual Training School
| n. m.
Meeting Of Principals Association, thi:
| afternoon.
Meeting of combined Home and SChoo
Associations of the sixth division
s o. m.
Meeting Of the Thomson Home anC
School Association, s p. m.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
WANTS POSITIVE PROOF
OF MYTHS" FAILURE
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
noticed I'm the Mail Bag of the Sun
day Times the statement of "B." that
'the belief in the Christian myth Is
nearing it's end" / :.m certainly sorry
TO hear It,, as I have hIgged this de-
lusion 90 for about fifty years, with n
great deal of satisfaction to myGclf.
Is "H." sure tbout its being a myth.
or is /. simply his personal opinion?
OF course, | know that Christians are
supposed 10 be lot Of deluded people,
who accept everything on faith, with
cut using what little reasoning power
they have; but II "B." has positive
proofs that we are following a myth,
will he kindly produce them in the Mail
Bag? MISSOURI.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
ANSWER ONE QUESTION
BY ASKING ANOTHER

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
DO Washingtonians send for actors
and thcatergoers when they are on
their death beds?' inquiries the Rev.
L. Hez Sven. Let us hope that they
do not. In the first place such a course
would be un-Christian, and in the next
place the actors and theatergoers, when
they are on their death beds, would
hardly leave them to make calls.
But We have a little question OF our
own: Do WsshiEgtonians. when they
are on their death beds, send for minCe
pies and ice cream sodas? Both mighty
good things. HE HAS SUNK.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
ARMY.

ARM1.
Lieutenant EDWARD Is. MASSEE, in
fantry, detailed as acting judge ad-
vocate of department of California.
Captain GEORGE d. ARROWSMITH,
Fifth Infantry, detailed to pay de-
partment, vice Captain ROBERT f..
FIRTH, paymaster, assigned to
Fifth Infantry, April Z 1872.
Colonel REUBEN 3. TURNER, infan-
try, retired on account of physical
disability.
Lieutenant THOMAS j. LEARY, Medi-
cal Corps, resignation accepted,
March 15, 1912
Artillery Corps, detailed to pay de-
partment, vice Captain +. n. HOW
ARD, paymaster, relieved April O.
1912, and assigned to F1fty-tifth
Company, Coast Artillery Corps.
Major THOMAS w. WINSTON, Coast
Artillery Corps, detailed as member
examining board at Fort Monroe,
Va. vice Major WILLIAM CHAM
BERLAINE. c. A. c.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Lieutenant r. w. MATHEWSON, de-
tached New Jersey. to Dixie.
Lieutenant A. w. BROWN, commits
stoned a lieutenant from September
49, 1911.
Lieutenant p. l.. WILSON, commits
stoned lieutenant from February
l3, 1911.
Ensign 4. W. RIEGER, detached New
Hampshire, TO sick leave two
Ensign W. W. TURNER, resignation
accepted March 10, 1872
Mldshipman NJ. X. GOODRIDGE, t
duty Nebraska.
Surgeon +. NJ. SHIPP, detached Nava
Hospital Washington, d. c, to com
mand Naval Hospital. Yokohama
japan.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12

full investigation Of these and other aspects Of the
Patent laws practical work. s. i ought to be known
definitely how common is this alleged practice Of
buying up valuable patents to suppress them. There
can be no acquiescence in the construction now
placed on our patent laws by the Supreme Court.
The decision forces the ISSUE and should point the
way to complete study and then the necessary re-
form of the whole patent system.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS,

Arrived - Stringham. at Annapolis:
Nashville, at Santo Domingo CITY;
Panther, at TOmpkinsville; BunaIo,
at ChcfoO;; Arethusa, at Pensacola.
Sailed-San Francisco. from Guantanamo
for Norfolk; Utah, from Hampton
Roads for South drill grounds.
Wheeling, from New Orleans for
Galveston, C-l, from navy ward. New
York, for Newport Caesar, from La
GuiIa for CariaCo Gulf, Venezuela
Paul Jones, from San Diego for Mare
Island.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
AmuSements.

Natinnal-"Re5ecGa of Sunnybrook
Farm" S:l5 D. m.
Bclasco-"Baby Mine" and Mikail Mord-
kin. 815 D. m.
Columbia" --"The Common Law" SI5
p. IN.
Chasc's-"A Persian Garden and other
polite vaudeville. 2:15 and SIS D. m
Alias Jimmy Valentine" la
and sis p. m.
CaSinO-Elite Vaudeville.
GaNCtv-'The College Girls" ola
and 5 10 u. IN.
Iyceun'-"The Cherry Blossoms" 2IJ
and SIS p. m.
Arcade Skating, bowling. and motion
pictures.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12
NAVY.

Lieutenant Commander ]. Is. TAUS-
SIG, detached Ammen, to home,
wait orders.
Lieutenant Commander w. NJ. HUNT,
detached New Jersey. to Ammen.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12

If there are any other things to be discovered,
may be we'll to profit by experience to the extent
of forming an international agreement that no ex-
porer shall start until the one who left before has
either returned or been hopeleSsly lost.
The Washington times., 1912-03-12

in h mt 1t however, word Ehm an mdH h nj none
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-01-19
KEUTERVILLE ITEMS.

There are quite a number OF
our citizens on the sick list this
week.
The Misses Agnes and Mary
Fuchs and brother, of Nezperce,
visited friends and relatives here
several days last week.
The pupils of the Keuterville
public school intend to have a
free entertainment Thursday
night, Jan. 25th. Everyone is
cordially invited.
The dance given here Tuesday
night was wei! attended az usual
and enjoyed by all present. Mu-
sic was furnished By the Traut-
man orchestra and supper was
served at Schindler's.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-01-19
AUCTION SALE.

/ | will sell at public auction at my
farm q mile south of Greencreek
Idaho, sale to begin at 10 O'Clock
A. M. on Wednesday, January "a,
1912, the following property: One
gray team, mare and horse, weight
5000 lbs, one 8-year old bay gelding
weighing 1900 lbs, one span of
sorrel geldings 3 and years old,
weight 200 lbs, one bald faced
geldlng 4 years old, weight 100
lbs, one excellent saddle horse $
years old, weight 900 lbs, one iron
gray mare years old, weight 1900
lbs, one brown yearling colt. One
sucking colt, one Jersey COW, will
soon be fresh, 1 Durham fresh
COW, I Durham COW, I Hereford
cow, 3 heifers, 3 calves, steers
coming two years old, I yearling
Holstein bull, s head of brood
sows, one with young pigs, about
IS head of pigs narrowed last fall,
about 90 head of shoats weighing
from IS to 200 pounds each, about
= or 7 dozen chickens, IL geese,
one new Mccormick 5-foot mower,
one 6-foot Standard mower, ? rakes,
one 14-inch Flying Dutchman gang
plow, I stubble pillow, garden
cultivator, potato digger, cider
press, sleigh, I wagon, new
buggy, I hack, Superior tanning
mill, 4 sets of harness, sets of
breeching harness, one set brand
new, saddle, 40 gallons of tar, 10
or IS tons of wheat hay, some
White Russian wheat, some pota-
toes apples and sweet cabbage, all
kinds of household furniture, and
other articles.
A big free lunch served at noon
TERMS; All sums under $40,
ash. On sums oyer $40 ten
months time will be given on
notes bearing 10 per cent
NICHOLAS ADEHM, Owner.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-01-19

August Schroeder returned Mon
day evening from his trip to New
Holstein' Wis, and said that the
storms and cold weather THROUGH
the eastern states were sometime
terce. When he passed through
Lacrosse on his way home the
thermometer registered 81 degrees
below zero and the trains were all
late, the one he came west on beino
"a hours late getting into Spokane,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-01-19

G. W. Frederick, formerly a res.
ident of this section for s.ya-o,
years. was in town Saturday from
his home in eastern Oregon. After
leaving Cottonwood Mr.. Frederick
went to Denver, Colo, but found
that country too cold to suit him
ana came back to Oregon. He
likes that state pretty we'll except
tor the wind but says the Camas
Prairie country is the best yet and
ne may return here to live at NO
Instant day. And SO it goes. Few
who have ever lived here are salts.
he'd elsewhere but eventually drift
pack again to the best country Tho,
les out of doors. s"a'
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-01-19
Notice to Farmers.

, Notice is hereby given that on
Saturday, Feb. sd, at the regular
meeting OF the Cottonwood local
the matter of ordering sacks and
Irvine for this seasons use will he
taken up and it is desired that all
members be present at this mest;ra
ana be prepared to- furnish est;'
mates of the probable amount of
sacks and Irvine they will need.
RILEY RICE, President,