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The Washington times., 1912-03-30
HIGH TEMPERATURE
MARK IS REACHED
Mercury Touched 76 Degrees Yes
terday-Fair Today, Cloudy
Tomorrow.

Within the last twenty-four hours
the mercury broke its height record
for the year of 1912, that is for such of
the year as has elapsed. At $50 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon the thermometer
reached its highest point of the year
when 1t CrscpeI up to the mark of IS
degrees There 1t fingered for more
than an hour ana gradually began its
drop downward with the beginning Of
the rain This morning at 10 o'clock
the temperature was s degrees colder
than it was at the same hour yestcr-
DAY.
Sunshine throughout the day and an
uncloudcd sky tonight is predicted for
Washington and its surrounding terri
tory by the Weather Bureau forecas-
tcrs. Sunday will not be OF the same
standard of fairness as today. 1t will
be marked by Cloudiness with moderate
temperature.
At II o'clock this morning the ther-
mometcr had climbed from a mark OF
Il degrees at : o'clock, which was the
"low point" of the preceding twenty
four-h hour period to 40 degrees or about
) degrees lower than the mark Il
touched at the same hour yesterday.
The Weather Bureau foreCaster de-
Clared II probably Will limb higher dur
ing tho afternoon, and that the samo
quality OF temperature will continue
through tonight and tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
VALUING THE RAILROADS.

The House has passed the measure providing
for physical valuation of the railroads. and it is be-
lieved to have fair chance to pass the Senate
we'll. 1t is progressive measure, of the kind that
the Senate always views askance, and to the sup
preston of which the Senate rules and procedure
readily lend themselves.
The country has definitely made up its mind
that it wants this measure to become law. Whether
at this session there shall be legislation, it is certain
to come soon.
Preferably, the valuation ought to be made
without undue haste. The same work will cost two
or three times as much if it is done in year. as
if it is spread three, four five years. More
than that the results would be better satisfac
tory, and calculated to command confidence, if
time enough is taken to permit the most effective
organization to be formed, and to a contnu-
ance and uniformity of policy throughout the entire
work.
or the necessity for valuation, there is no Ion
ger serious doubt among publicists Theodore
Roosevelt and Robert M. La Toilette have been de-
manding it for years; several States have provided
for valuation of their own roads. national ap-
prasa is manfestly the thing most needed; it will
serve the purposes of the States, and should.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
APPENDICITIS AMONG THE PHARAoHS.

manuscript taken from the ancient monuments
of Egypt and recently translated at an enormous
expense" by of the highest-browed of our Egyp
tologsts, proves to be complete treatise on med-
cine We are told that the treatise itself is so old
that it makes Hppocrates, who has been touted for
many years as the Father Of Medicine, of the
very youngest of its grandchildren Not only is this
true in point of time, but asked to believe
that the Egyptians, who had to have a fairly good
knowledge of anatomy to carry OF their embalming
operations, had an excellent idea of general pa
thoogy
AS piece de resistance in the way of sur
prise we are informed that appendicitis was known
to the people of ancient Mizram.
Thus another of our dearest illusions is rudey
shattered All over the country there are men and
women, if report be true, who have subjected them
selves to the scapel and gone through the interest
ing if somewhat doubtful period Of convalescence
simply because appendicitis was one of our most
popular inRrmtes. If one were merely bent upon
coddling ones self and making appeals for sym
pathy it would have been much more safe to contract
housemaid's knee, but so plebeian an ailment is
banned by its very name. Even the gout has in
vaded the bourgeosie to such an extent that there
nothing patrican about it any more. The irritatec
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
ANOTHER HOME COMFORT.

What is home without canned goods? From
canned corn and beans an eager and peasure-lov-
ing public has stepped nimbly to canned music; and
now, to supply the Unsuitable demand for home COM
forts, Wizard Edison has produced canned moving
pictures for hresde consumption. Here is some
thing that beats Bellamy's Looking Backward" All
the live dramas of the day-Casey striking out, De
Mar capturing the Marathon La Toilette dancing in
the ring, the Aliens shooting up Fancy Gap, Bern
hardt in Camille" and, possibly, Eddie Foy at last
as Hamlet-all these gems of the worldwide stage
will enliven the family circle. Grandma will be
tempted to give up her stitching and pa may be
induced to visit the lodge less frequently.
To be sure, the price seems little stiff and
prohibitive, but remember that wages beginning
to 60 up and that the home without the 57 varieties
Of canned goods is indeed exceptional in this land
OF pleasures and palaces. Let the statiscans gowl
about the price of meat Hey, ho! for the canned
life--from soup to moving pictures thrown upon the
paror WALL
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
THE WATER POWER FIGHT.

1t is now pretty evident that the fight for the
control of the water power of the country is nation
wide. The public will do we'll to keep a digent
watch on this struggle, because the future industrial
development of the country will very largely turn
upon it. In New York State the fight has reached the
Legislature, and the electrical interests are fighting
the conservation commissions bill with all the old
time legislative tactics.
Water power will mean even more in the fu-
ture than it has in the past and the States that do
not 60 actively into the business of protecting them
selves against having this form Of energy become
monopozed are tying their hands against free ex-
pansion for years to come. The Albany lobby is
ported to be of the largest best equipped and
most powerful in that State of proverbally
large lobbes This shows the Importance of the
issue
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
THE STRANGE CASE OF SENATOR JONES.

The Hon. Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, voted
at the first Lormer inquiry, to vacate the seat Of
Lorimer He believed there had been sufficient
showing of corruption to justify such a course.
When the second inquiry started, it was
under agreement that special committee of eight,
equally divided between the friends and opponents
of Lorimer should do the work. Mr. Jones placed
on this committee as one of the anti-Lorimer men,
bers. In the tense conditions that prevailed, and in
view of the close division of the Senate the issue,
il necessary, to get anything done, to make this
agreement of an equally divided committee.
From the beginnings of this later inquiry, it has
been manifest that Senator Jones was getting ready
to flop to the Lorimer side. There could be no OBJ
lection to his changing his mind if the evidence
justified the change. He might honestly have been
convinced, year ago, that there corruption; he
might just as honestly be convinced now that there
was not. So there is no reason why the Senator
should not change his mind about the facts as to cor
ruption
But Senator Jones' it seems, takes the position
that the inquiry is without effect, because the
whole issue is res adudicata; it has been settled
once, and cannot be reopened now
1t is quite impossible that the testimony about
corruption has concluded the Senator's opinion on
this question Of res adjudicata If he proposes to
throw out the second inquiry that ground then he
must have intended to do that from the beginning;
and If he did intend, then he did not deal fairly
with the Senate, in allowing himself to be placed on
the committee to make long, expensive and difficult
inquiry, which he intended should be held NULL use
less, and Of no avail
Senator Jones has placed himself in a most un-
attractive position 1t is small wonder that much bit
ter criticism is being directed against him.
The committee has voted the opnion--fve to
three-that no corruption was proved We assume
that Senators voting thus did not hear the testimony
concerning the Broderick letter whose existence was
denied during the first investigation, but which was
found and produced at the second That letter is the
complete the absolute proof of both corruption and
perjury
The question is not, whether Senator Lorimer
had part in the corruption No matter whether he
had or not, if the election was corrupt by reason
of somebody elses corrupt acts then its result should
be nulfed and the Senatorial seat declared vacant
1t may be possible that Senator can commit
himself to such preposterous position Senator
Jones has taken and then fool the people back al
home into the belief that he has served them sincere
Iy and we'll If that is so, then they have different
sort of voters in Washington than in most Stctes
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
GRAND OPERA GUARANTEE.

1t is of course, matter of regret that there is
not an opera house other auditorium in Washing
ton large enough to insure the financial support
which a season of grand opera ought to have. This
is recognized one of the real reasons why we
have never had such season as we all desire.
At the same time it would be possible to seat
audiences of such size as would at least, meet ex-
penses and leave a small margin of profit, and the
arrangement can be perfected if the general public
would come forward with an adequate guarantee
fund If this were forthcoming the Chicago Grand
Opera Company, as already indicated in The Times
would be glad to give a series of performances in
this city next winter.
1t is gratifying to know that negotiations are
still under way, and it should be borne in mind that
the first essential is the guarantee fund Surely there
are enough lovers of grand opera in the Capital City
of the United States to carry this movement to sue
cess.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

appendix was the very sign ard seal Of wealth and
exclusveness.
And now these thousands of appendices have
Uttered the world in vain. A novelty which is some
thing like six thousand years old is trile out Of
date. But of course, the gregarious upper circles
could not know all this until the Egyptian manu-
script had been discovered.
The revelation, on the whole, is so annoying that
ii seems to be almost the better policy to keep WELL
even at the risk of being downright proetarian.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
Chicago Company
Wants Rate Changed

Claiming that the railroads have no
right to raise during the winter the
freight rates which are maintained
during the summer to meet Great
Lake water competition throughout the
navigation season, the American Insu-
lated Wire and Cable Company, OF Chi
cago, yesterday filed complaint with the
Interstate Commerce Commission at
tacking the December l-ApTl copper
wire freight rates Of % cents per 100
pounds between Dollar Bay, Mich, and
Chicago
The company asks the commission TO
order the summer rate of 10 cents to be
maintained the year round.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
Julia Murdock Says Paul Armstrong
Violates SuperStitionS and Wins Out

Paul Armstrong, who writes plays
because, as he says, he lust can't help
doing It," violates ALI the most sacred
superstitions of the drama, and makes
Il pay. One OF the sacred ones which
is built upon a deadly fear of the critics,
is thou shalt not make a newspaper
man a prominent character In a play"
There Is no objection to making the
reporter a comedy relief, but to take
him seriously means failure, or at least
II has in the past.
But Paul Armstrong makes him a
hero in his latest play. BY hero, let
no one believe that Mr.. Armstrong; $
newspaper reporter Is a drawing room
favorite or a moonlight tenor, for he
Is neither of these, but a young man
who does exactly the right thing by
hard work. Armstrong has a habit of
making his heroes work, and this one
finishes his job on the verge OF collapse,
but he gets the girl.
OF course the public knows as little
OF newspaper men, as general rule,
as of the Amazon jungles, and never
by any chance think of them Is having
the same emotions as other human be-
ings Hence the idea OF a newspaper
man being in love with a girl and wish
ing to marry her, just as an artist, OF
an honest working man" or a bank
clerk might, may come as an awful crash
of impossibilities. put Armstrong
CHANGED II in his new play, "A Romance
of the Underworld" which is to be seen
In Washington next week at the Ma
tional Theater, and inasmuch as Arm
strong was himself newspaper man
for some time, he ought to know what
he is talking about.
Now Goes Forth to
End Another Superstition.
So he rides forth to Iop another head
of that many-headed dragon of stage
superstitions, as he did in Jimmy Val
entine," when he made a play that was
given without the third act intermis
sion, that interval so dear to managers
| actors and dramatists for curtain calls
| bows, speeches and impression. He die
| II again in THE Deep Purple" wher
| two love stories were told without ont
word Of love being spoken. hanc
clasp told all in one; a single kiss. jus
as the curtain fell, finished the other
| In his Heir to the Hoorah," the piece
| in which he flashed into prominence
some eight years ago, he changed th'
| drama from theatrical tricks to photo
| graphical truth. And each year sine,
| then he has knocked over some idol.
In "Salomy Jane" he allowed children
TO tell his plot, and the old-time dra
matte critics sat breathless at his au
dacity. But he scored. much to thei
surprise, and one of the sacred stag
| rules was no more.
In Going Some he told the trutl
about that dear old footlight hero. tn
stage cowboy. and brought farce bacl
into favor. This season his first pro
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

ductIon, "The Greyhound" staggered
all the reviewers by it's disjointedness.
1t had no story, meaning no love story
that moved one, but It held the audi
ences breathless and sailed into COM
plete success.
Paul Armstrong has brutal dlsre-
gard for' old forms, mildew and the
has never been done has no effect upon
him. He knows but one master-the
audience. A managers opinion means
nothing to him. He laughs at the crit
les and he does not hear the voice OF
the actor when he critises But the
opinion of tho public Is thunder in his
ears He will reconstruct whole act
which has won the approval OF actors,
critics, and managers the minute he
the ones who pay" he argues; they
must be suited" and that ends the
question.
No Hint of Offensive
In Any of His Plays.
Whatever he writes. Paul Armstrong
never writes anything that has in any
Of its lines a hint of the suggestive or
offensive. Different authors give differ
ent reasons for sticking to clean plays.
put Armstrong gives the simplest one
OF all-his mother.
A manager once brought to him the
rights of a French farce TO see II he
could not adapt II for the American
stage. Armstrong listened while the
story of the play was told, and to the
final question of whether or not he
could make a farce OF II, he said:
"Yes, It can be done"
will you do it?" asked the manager
No" said Armstrong. Il don't dare.
Don't dare? Why not?" asked the
manager.
Because my mother might see It,
said Armstrong.
The manager repeated his answer.
Yes" said the playwright, bringins
come six feet and 200 pounds to
| standing position. "and you're not COINS
| to tell me that is a play my motheI
| could see, are your
The manager agreed.
Until she is dead" continued Arm
strong, mo one will ever find my nam
| to stuff like that farce is made OF.
And is your mothers health good?'
| asked the manager with deep interest.
Finer exclaimed Armstrong. II sen
a motor car the other day SO sh
| cen be out in the air. Looks as though
| she might live twenty-five years longer
| Guess you'd better get some one els
| TO adapt your farce
| The manager did and the farce failed
Mr. Armstrongs unwillingness 4
write a line or deal with a situation
which his mother could not see is per
haps the reason that his play, "A Ro
nance Of the Underworld which sug
| gcsts something we should not see, !
| so written that, though II shows tn
| seamy side of life, 1t Is told in such
! manner that 1t is offensive TO no one
JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
In the Mail Bag x

this their
letter
howeN n
the addresses
OF
Address MAIL
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

At a meeting of the executive com.
mittee of Canton Alexandria, Order CT
PatriarChs Militant, held last night,
the committee on the special features
for the coming fair made a report.
1t was stated that uniform rank or
ganizations of various fraternal or
ders from Washington, would attend,
and that dancing would be held every
evening.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

at Guantanamo; Poto-
mac at Hampton Roads: Paducah at
Caballones Channel, Cuba; String
ham at Tangier Sound: Wisconsin at
TOmpkinsville; Maryland at San
Diego; Nankton. Celtic and Florida
at Hampton Roads: Castine. Severn
TOnapah, CO. ca c., CO D-l, DE-,
D-3, and E-2 at Norfolk; Albany at
Annoy.
Sailed-Bailey from TanGier Sound for
Annapolis: Washington from Santo
Domingo City for st. Thomas.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

The funeral of Col Albert D. Mar
shall will be held from his home at
Riverside at 4 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. the services being conducted by
the Rev. Edgar Carpenter of Grace
Episcopal Church. On Monday morn
ing the body will be conveyed to
Arlington Cemetery for tntermcnt
Alexandria Lodge of Elks. of which
the deceased was a member. held its
Missionary '1odGe of sorrow" last
night.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

The Odd Fellows of this city are pre-
pairing to obscr!e the nineJy-thlrd an
rliYersary Of the existence of the order
rcgular meeting of Potomac Lodge held
last night. the following coy!7mittee was
appointed TO arrange for the event: c:
w. O'Meara, Charles w. Howell. ami
w. Leon Clarke.
The third degree of the order was
conferred upon two, and the second de-
gree upon one candidate.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
What's on the Program, IN
Washington Today


Meeting of st. Johns Lodge, No. II. F.
A. A. M, tonight.
Meeting of Canton Washington. No. l.,
l. o. Q. F., social and drill tonight.
Lecture by Prof. Caspar r. Gregory be-
fore Washington Society of ArChaeo-
logical Institute America, 1929 Six
teenth street northwest, p. m.
Reunion West Point graduates, New
willard, 1880 n. m.
Annual banquet United Order of tho
Golden Cross at Freund's, Sl5 Tenth
street northwest, S p: m.
Lecture on Panama" by Mai. F. G.
Boggs. before washington hn,nd Harvard
Address by Mira Ali Kuh Khan, on
Life in Persia" before University
Club, 9 p. m
Annual banquet Washington Association
Of the alumni of the University OF
Virginia, Raleigh Hotel. 1880 p. m.
Regular meeting Biological Society of
Washington, Cosmos Club, 7:3O p. m.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
ARMY.

Captain HUGH LAF. APPLEWHITE.
retired, relieved from duty with or
ganized militia OF Utah, May 81, 1912:
Tactics at the University of Nevada,
Reno, New.
Captain JOHN r. BOSLEY, Medical
Corps, to Fort II. G. Wright, n. Y.
Captain JOHN w. MOORE, LIST Cavalry,
home; preparatory to retirement.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

A special meeting of Andrew Jack-
son Lodge of Masons has been call
ed for 1880 o'clock this evening by
Thomas A. Fisher. master.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
AInusemehts,

NationaI-Anna Held in Mile limo
cence, 2I5 and S:15 p. m,
Beiasco- Walk" 2:l5 and
s:15 D. M.
Dare's Defense" 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville. 2;l5 and Sis
p. m. -,
Casino-Elite vaudeville.
Cosmos-Refned vaudeville.
Academy-"Don't Lie to Your Wife"
2:15 and S:l5 p. m.
Ma Maiestic-Continuous vaudeville.
Gayety-"Painting the Town." 2:l5 and
sis p. m,
Lyceum-"The Big Review" 2:15 and
S:l5 p. m.
Arcads-skating. bowling. and motion
pictures.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

Officers for the coming year will
be elected at a meeting of NJ. n. Corse
Camp of Confederate Veterans to be
held in Lee Camp Hall on Monday
night. The m Meeting will be followed
by a social session.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

CoRWIN, B. II. BRUCE, and j. B.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
NAVY.

The following are commissioned lieu
tenants Llunior grade) from Febru-
airy l2, 1912:
Lieutenants p. h. McCrary, A. A.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

While sitting on a wagon in King
street yesterday afternoon, the young
son of George Bender was knocked
to the ground when the vehicle was
struck by a passing automobile. The
lads wounds, which were only slight,
were dressed by DR.. Walter A. War
field
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

The condition of Mrs. Edith Phillips,
wife of the Rev. +. Parker Phillips,
remains critical.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

state Auditor of Public Accounts
Moore has notified Commissioner Of
Revenue Callahan that there will be
no change this year in the State
liquor licenses.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

Association last night. the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: DR.. e. A. German, president;
James IIulfish, vice president; NJ. J.
Robinson Moncure, attorney, and
Harrie White, manager. The exeCu-
tive committee is composed of nr.
German. NJ. j. Mcfarland and James
NJ. Duncan.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30
POTOMAC TO WAR
ON AUTOMOBILES
WITH SPEED TRAPS"
Mayor and Corporation At
torney of Little Town
Plan Arrests.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ALEXANDRIA. VA. MARCH 30.

The little town of Potomac, located
about two miles from here, In Alexan-
dria county, has declared war on auto
mobile speeders. Potomac is situated on
Mt. Vernon avenue, one of the finest
roads in this section of the State, and
this thoroughfare passes directly
through the center of the town. 1t af-
fords q constant source of temptation
to the automobilist to "open up his
throttle" Many accidents have been
narrowly averted in the past through
this practice, and the town officials
have announced that preventative steps
will be taken to put stop to scorching.
given space has been marked or
on the road, forming speed trap"
and every motorist who is travelling at
a speed apparently over the limit, Is
timed and his number taken. On the
strength of this, prosecution probably
will be made within the next week.
Both Mayor Kremer and Corporation
Attorney Varney are issuing warnings
TO motorists Within the last few
weeks one arrest was made, and NOM
inal fine imposed, but they assert that
hereafter the limit will be given to the
speeders.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

Less than two moments time was
consumed at the special meeting Of
city council last night in passing the
emergency loan Tor $4,000 to be used
in defraying the current expenses of the
city. There were eleven members OF
council present, President SnO WIDEN
pr, siding The latter stated the pur-
pose of the meeting, The ord finance was
rL adj AMI passed bV an unanimous vote.
1t provides that the finance committee
shall secure the loan. authorizing the
mayor, city treasurer, and city audi
tor to sign notes for the various
amounte, from time to time, as theJ
shall be needed.
The Washington times., 1912-03-30

Members of the Junior School League
Yesterday presented a large American
alag to .he M. Vernon sChoolhouse at
Del Raw. The speech Of acceptance
was made by R. y. Wilkerson. presi-
dent of the board of school trustees:
This was followed by a musical and
literary program.