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The Washington times., 1912-02-16
WHITMAN REFUSES
TO PERMIT SCH|FF
TESTIFY TO JURY
Not Convinced Witness Has
Power to Waive Immunity
In Brandt Case.

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-Because he
was not convinced that a witness had
the power to waive the immunity he
would obtain through testifying before
u grand jury. District Attorney Whit
man refused again today to permit
Mortimer l.. Schiff and his lawyer,
Howard s. Cans. TO testify Lefore the
grand Jury investigating the Brandt
case.
Cans then made public this state
ment.
On Wedn esdav last Mr. SchlT and
myself Offered and requested TO 20 be-
fore the grand jury and tell what we
knew about the circumstances Of this
case, but District Attorney whitman
has steadfastly refused to grant us
this right, although we positively
agreed 10 waive immunity"
Il don't know that immunity can lie
waived" was Whtmans reply to tho
statement. and l am taking M
chances =
The Brand. case nunE fire today. the
only public developments being con.
tlnuatlon Of the grand jury investiga.
ton. the witnessGs being police OFF,
cials concerned In the original arrest
and the events that preceded tho
thirty-yuar sentence mctcd oIt 10 tho
Schiff vale.
Hccausc he did not receive tho brief
of the attOrnav general until late last
night. Justice Gerard said that he would
not decide TO habeus corpus proceed.
lngs today.
The Washington times., 1912-02-16
MORO PR|NCELING,
SEEKING BRIDES,
DUE IN CAPITAL
Abdula Piang Lands In San
Francisco With Golden
Crown.

Abdula Piang, a Moro prince, son of
Datto Piang and heir apparent to
sultanate IN the Philippine Islands, is
on his way to Washington. War De-
partment officials said this morning
they lack definite information about
the datt of his coming here, but that
they expect him in about two weeks
He IL now in San Francisco.
Prince Adbula is said TO have Travelled
to America in search OF wines. Adbula
Is a monogamist, and Datto Piang, his
royal father, is said to be extremely
dlssatified with this state of affairs,
highly unbecoming to a good Moham-
medan.
Prince Aubula bears letter of in
PRODUCTION to Gen. Leonard Wood. The
letter In from John j. Pershing, gover-
nor of the district of Calabato.
prince Abdula will be considered in
Cognito when he visits Washington -
said Col. Frank Mcintyre, Of the Bu-
rcau of Insular Affairs of the War De-
partmcnt. There Is some question about
the proper formalities to be accorded a
prince who is at the same time a sub
and even If Prince Abdula should in
sst on being received as prince, he
probably could not have his way.
But Prince Abdula has brought with
him his gold crown. gold embroidered
robes, and jewels including the scepter
of an heir apparent.
The Washington times., 1912-02-16
Potomac Grand Army
Elects New Officers

The officers elected at the closing OF
the forty fourth annual convention OF
the Department of the Potomac, Grand
Army of the Republic, which was held
at the G. A. r. Hall, 14l2 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest, last night, will
be installed at the meeting on February
"a.
Heartily indOrsinG the Taft policies
in maintaining the army at its present
strength, condemning the practice OF
charging fees at the tomb of Washing
ton, and pledging support of the lSlS
in Congress for the purchase of the
OIdrovd collection of Lincoln relics, the
department drew up resolutions to be
presented.
The officers elected for the year are:
]. d. Bloodgood. department command
er; Thomas II. Mckee. senior vice
commander: the Rev. n. II. Miller, ju-
nior vice commander: DIR. Thomas Cal
YER, medical director; and the Rev. n.
II. Holmes, chaplain. Messrs. G. l..
Goodlow, w. r. Ramsey, NJ. NJ. Lewis,
p. l.. Balne, and r. f. Grant were
elected delegates to the national en-
campment at Los Angeles in Septem-
Der. W. II. Bailey, b: f. Chase, and
r. II. Marcellus, F. J. Young. Edward
Webster. j. E. Clifford, and w. l.:
SchmallOff were elected to the council
of administration The convention was
presided over by George c. Ross.
The Washington times., 1912-02-16

George o. Watson presided at the
meeting of the Men and Religion For
ward Movement in Methodist Hall last
night. when II. G. Jones was the speak
er, his subject being, Social Service" :"
The Rev. Arthur ]. Smith will be the
speaker tonight.
The Washington times., 1912-02-16
Brooklanc Residents
To Canvass for Fund

4 house o-house canvass of Brook
land will be made soon to get sub
scriptions amounting to $1,000 needed to
complete a fund of $4,000 to purchase
building site for the erection of branch
of the Public Library.
This canvass will probably begin to-
morrow or Monday. and will be in charge
of a toint committee from the Brook
land Brotherhood. the BrOokland Ctti-
zenS' Association, the Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Association, and the
University Heights Citizens Associa-
ton.
AS soon as the needed amount is OBJ
tanned the committee will get some
member of the House or Senate to in
troduce a bill In Congress directing the
Carnegie Library Fund Board here to
give the amount needed for the erec-
tion of a library in Brookland.
The Washington times., 1912-02-16

performances, under all sorts Of con-
dltions in all parts of the country, long
before any professional organization
had opportunity to make a tour.
In We shington a splendid company
of amateur singers produced this opera,
causing even the popular Joe Proctor
who was then appearing IN Washing
ton In "The Nick OF Time" TO play to
an almost empty houGc on the opening
night. Henry Watterson, Joseph Black
burn, Uncle Joe" Cannon, James q.
Blaine, Senator GARFIELD. aud Chester
A. Arthur were among those who saw
the Capital city. Those were fearful
days for East Lynne" The French
Spy" "Solon Shingle," and The BlacN
Crook" Even such popular plays as
"IGvangeline" and Uncle rom CAP
in were sent glimmering by the Pima
fore" companies that spranG up every
where
In cincinnati the opera was highly
praised by young newspaper report
or who found but one fault with tho
staging-that when a ship Is at anchor
In q harbor It Is not necessary Tor
sailor to keep heaving the lead from
the bow of the vessel This young
reporter was none other than William
Howard Taft, who was at that time
employed on n Cincinnati paper.
a queer coincidence, by the way, in
the similarity of appearance between
President Taft and De Wolf Hopper
An old college friend of President Taft
has discovered an old photograph OF
Mr.. Taft, taken when he was student
at Yale Placing It alongside the photo
graph of Mr. Hopper, he has invited q
study of the two portraits. and those
who have seen them declare they are as
like as two peas. The resemblance Is
striking. not to say startling. Each face
presents the same aspect OF placld Con-
edy that in later life was TO make for
its owner a name and a place In the
world of humorists Each Is slightly
not TO say decidedly, good looking Time
has dealt Charitaby with both Mr.. hop-
President Taft has accumulated flesh
and raised mustaChe. much is stu
detected OF the resemblance that exist,
ed between them in the carly days OF
The Washington times., 1912-02-16
California Valley
Promising Oil Field

The south end of the San Joaquin
valley, Cal. has oil prospects that
are valuable, according TO a report
made to the Geological Survey by Geol-
ogjst Robert Anderson, who has just
completed reconnaissance survey in
this district.
Mr.. Anderson found that two or more
areas, near the borders Of the foot
hills at the south end of the valley.
offer favorable conditions for the aC-
cumulation of oil.
On the recommendation Of the survey
these lands have been withdrawn from
entry.
The Washington times., 1912-02-16
Injuries Prove Fatal
To Derrick Rigger

John c. Rogers, trigger" on a derrick
on the new Powhatan Hotel, under
construction at Eighteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, died
this morning in the Emergency Hos.
pital.
Rogers was standing on the end of al
derrick when he lost his balance and
fell four stories, striking on hard con-
crete surface. The accident happened
last Tuesday afternoon.
Rogers was forty years Old and lived
at 4SO Eleventh street southwest.
The Washington times., 1912-02-16
Julia Murdock Gro1Us Reminiscent
OUer Return of Tuneful "Pinafore"

1t Will seem like old times at the
Belasco Theater next week, when the
revival of "Pinafore," with Dc Wolf
Hopper and n company of stars will
sing that tuneful and delightful light
opera that has survived for thirty years
To be eXacting, II has been precisely
thirty-four years since this deliciously
whimsical Gilbert and Sullivan classic
was first seen in America at the old
Boston Museum, which in those days
was the only place in New England
that attracted both the godly and the
ungodly. A whole chapter might be
written about this old museum, where
deacons and their families bought tick.
cts to see tho stuffed animals and the
tableaux in wax that pictured the curse
of the demon rum, the dreadful doings
of pirates. and those dramas that cX.
plotted the rewards of virtue. There
were wax figures and relics of the Pill
grim fathers in that old museum, to say
nothing of the Bunker Hill mcmentoes
All the deacons and other goodly folk
always managed to find their way into
the part of the museum where the stage
people played these highly moral
dramas, and for which there was nc
extra charge. 1t was a fine body of pop
ular players who brought out II. NJ. s.
Pinaforc," at the good old museum,
which has now vanished.
Prominent Persons
At Initial Performance.
Among the first-nighters on this occa-
sion were Henry w. Longfellow, DR..
Eliot, of Harvard College; DR.. Phillips
Brooks, and many others whose pres
CnCc at new play gave It high con-
sidcratlon. The new opera was lusty
one, and caught popular fancy from
the first. 1t was not long until Pima
fore" was being played or whistlcd or
hummed by almost every man, woman,
and child In America. "PinaforC' COM
panies. amateur and otherwise, sprung
up by the score. There were enough
eyes" and Ralph RacKstrmws' to popu-
late a fair sized State. The love woes
of Josephine and Ralph; Sir Joseph
Porter's rise from the humble state OF
the big front door to that of ruler OF
the queens navee;" Little Buttercup's $
naive explanation of how she mixed
them babies up were detailed night
after night and afternoon following aft
ernoon to delighted thousands for years.
and still "PinafOre" lived on, long
after. according to all theatrical ethics,
it should have died, or at least become
passc. But "Pinafore" has steadily re-
fused to die.
In the words of its contemporary
opera, 1t still hobs up scr1Ily.' 1t IL
doubtful If any comic opera has had
such a great career and one so differ
cnt from any other musical work.
Though it had been tremendous sue
cess in England, 1t did not come un-
der the copyright protection in this
country, as the law stood then. Hence.
there were all kinds of "Pinafore"
The Washington times., 1912-02-16
People Still Laugh
At the Operas Jokes.

Though some OF the fun in INC opara
has, aftcr thirty-four years, lost
little of It's tang, not much of 1t cs-
capes the audiences of today. Young
people laugh at the jokes, just as their
fathers and mothers did third of a
century ago. and pllddle-aged people
chuckle rcminiscently at the jokes that
carry them back to their own courting
days. Its melodies have an exhilarat-
ing freshness about them that keep
the fine old opera from hecoming stale.
There g q whimsiCality about its hu-
NOR that places il in a class by itself
in these days of alleged operate hu-
NOR. 1t Is fragrant, wholesome and
delicious. Is brightness undimmed by
the passage of time. An old aCquain-
tanCC, but an ever welcome one, thous-
ands of friends will be glad to see it
upon its return to Washington next
week JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1912-02-16
COUGHS, COLDS, CATARRH,
GROUP and CATARRHAL DEAFNESS
Hyomei Will Give Satisfaction in Any of the Above
Named Diseases, or Money Refunded Just
Breathe Tt-No Stomach Dosing

You can use this letter " you like for
certainly think IL saved its cost many
times I'm doctor bills"
HYCMEI is made of purcst Australian
Eucalyptus and Listeriun Antiseptics.
1t Goes not contsin a particle Of cocaine,
oTiJm or other injurious drug.
breathe II for colds, coughs. catarrh.
Group, catarrhal deafness and bronchitis
and the soothing artiscptic air will
quickly heal the soreness and Danish all
misery. tIYOMEl outfit. including in
haler $1.0O, extra bottles so cents. Sold
by James O'Donpell and Henry Evans
and druggists everywhere.
The Washington times., 1912-02-16

Salem Lodge, No -, Indcpendeut
Order of Odd Fellows, which net last
night in Anacostia Masonic Hall. with
samuel j. DamerOu, noble grand. Drr-
siding, discussed plans for a celebration
Of WashiDSton'c Birthday anniversary.
Secretary Joseph X. DAWSON was
named to take charge of the plans for
the celebration 0
The Washington times., 1912-02-16

Agents of the Associated Charities
have been busy investigating cases of
destitution in this section of the Dis
trict. The police have been directed to
place all such cases with Miss Spencer
at 700 G street southeast
The Washington times., 1912-02-16

Good for Men and Women; Boys,
Girls and Little Children.
Do az Mrs. Fred Robinson, Iartwick,
N. Y, r. +. ID. 2, writes she did. Read
II have HYoMEI outfit and use II
for my little girl. She has always had
such stubborn colds that we we're badly
frightened whenever she caught one.
We never could get anything that
would break up her cold until / pur-
chased HYOMEI. Now, don't worry
any mere when VIC have It in the house
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-09


simultaneously with the foregoing
steps the war department has been
proceeding with the reorganization
gf the army at home. The formerly
disassociated units are being united
into tactical organization OF three
divisions. each consisting OF two or
three brigades OF infantry and. so far
ae practicable proper proportion OF
divisional cavalry and artillery. OF
course the extent to which this re-
form can be carried BY the executive
lb practically limited to a paper or
ganization The scattered units can
Be brought under d proper oreaniza-
ton. but they VIII remain physically
scattered until congress supplies the
necessary funds for grouping them
IN more concentrated posts. Until
that is done the present dlmculty ef
drilling our scattered groups toketh-
er. aad thus training them tor the
proper team play can not be re-
moved
One ol the most important reforms
accomplished during the past year has
been the legislation enacted In the
army appropriation bin of last sum.
mef, providing ior regular army -
serve Hitherto auF national pellay
Aes assumed that at the outbreak of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
HOSPITAL BUREAU Bill.

There is invested in hospital plants
in this country today about a quarter
of a billion dollars, writes S. S. Gold
water, of the Mt. Sinai hospital of
New York, in The Survey And yet
half the population of the country, ap-
proximately, is without access to hes
pitfalls.
AS against 500 hospital beds per
100000 of population in the European
capitals, and $50 beds, approximate
ly, in New York state, there are
states where there have been provid-
ed thus far only fifteen to twenty
beds. As American hospitals increase
in size and mum Der they should adj
vance in efficiency. Hospital admins
tration concerns the whole country.
In the hope of promoting the scien-
tif1c development of hospitals, a bill
has been introduced in congress by
Representative Doremus of Michigan
and by Senator Fletcher of Florida,
authorizing and empowering the pub
lie health and marine hospital service
"to collect, receive, maintain and
classify in such a manner as may be
accessible to federal, state, municipal
and other hospital authorities, plans
of hospital or dispensary buildings.
descriptive matter relating to their
equipment, rules and regulations, re-
ports of Institutions, reports of COM
mittees, engaged in investigation of
hospital problems. and other litera-
ture relating to hospitals. dispensaries,
nursing associations, and other agen-
cies for the care of the sick
The proposed bureau, If established,
will bear to hospital administration a
exists between the United States de-
partment of education and public ed
ucation in the several commonwealths.
The maintenance of the bureau
would be so inexpensive that it may be
difficult to make congress realize the
tremendous power for good that the
bureau would represent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
THE PHANToMs BEHIND US.

Man is the heir of all the geologic
ages; he inherits the earth after count
less generations of animals and plants,
and the beneficent forces of wind and
rain, air and sky, have in the course
of millions of years prepared it for him,
writes John Burroughs in the North
American Review for September. His
body has been built for him through
the lives and struggles of the countless
beings who are in the line of his long
descent; his mind is equally an accu-
INFLATED inheritance of the mental
growth of the myriads of thinking men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.I

GF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
Youth is a sprinter. but Old Age over
takes US all in the long run.
The high cost of living doesn't bother
those whoa n beg, borrow or steal.
Virtue isn't going to take people 10
heaven until it has been thoroughly
f~-'-I
At any rate there is lot more satisfac-
ti... - al,enullis as you go than in lend
ing.
The higher education sometimes demon
strates that the more we know the less
we believe
Tell a woman that distance lends en-
chantment to the view and she will at
once become distant.
The people who jump out of the frying
pan into the fire had no business in inc
frying pan in the first place.
The Manicure-"'I always have my bust
ness well in hand" The Chiropodist-'-I
have my business pretty well in toe, too"
BIobbs-"I believe Skinnum to be a man
who is as good as his word" Slobbs-
Sure; his word isn't good for anything.
BiIly-"I see Maude has a new decoIle>e
gown" Milly-"Yes, she puts everything
she has on her back" Billy-"Well she
isn't stoop-shouldred at that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsOrE GLOBE

1t takes a rejected sutton some time TO
realize his good luck.
A good many travel for their health, but
only few catch up with it,
Many politicians rally round the flag
preparatory to rushing to the trough
Generally speaking, man prefers his
everyday clothes, be they good or bad.
Sometimes 1t seems that women who
don't drink have as many headaches as
the men who do.
What has become of the old-fashioned
mother who thought home was the place
for her daughters at night?
Link Preston says he began wearing
full beard as a matter of self-pro tection:
that his wife bought his neckties
Sometimes a man succeeds by getting in
debt as much as possible to enlarge his
business, but it isn't a good general rule
If a bad man wants to create a sensa-
ton in court some time, let him rush over
and shake hands with the jury which con
victs him.
A man who finally quits smoking
doesn't feel that he is missing ANYTHING,
although the one who never started may
feel that way about it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
Crepe Aviator's Pennant.

A black pennon, fluttering from .he
aeroplane of Charles K. Hamilton
when he engaged in the first round of
his duel in the air with Nels Nelson,
was noted by the spectators at the
flying field as curious selection of
color.
1t seemed to bring Hamilton luck,
however, for at the conclusion of the
days events his score stood 80 points
to 10 for Nelson.
Curious persons gathered about
Hamiltons aeroplane when it rested
on the ground, and on closer view the
pennant proved to be a piece of heavy
black crepe. 1t was explained that it
was a piece from the covering of the
coffin of Miss Harriet Quimby, the
woman aviator who was killed a
month ago at SCuantum, Mass. To
four other aviators besides Hamilton
We're given pieces of the crepe as kee p-
sakes, but the use Hamilton made Of
his trip caused shuder to go
through the crowd when they discCv-
cred it's significance.-Berlin Comm
dispatch to New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

marriage. OF course, 1 refused you.
You love a hoyden, when wish you
to love a better woman. The life you
offer me is one have always mao,
and not the one I have always hopeo
for"
And did you know, my little hoy
den, that when 1 saw merry TOM
boy, 1 also saw a true, gentle girl.
one with all woman's best attributes
1 did not fall in love with you because
you were a tomboy, nor ask you 70
marry me because you pulled me OUT
of the lake. 1 fell in love with you
because 1 realized what sort of a glri
you are. 1 asked you to marry me pc
cause 1 wanted you in my house OF
dreams. This is my house, my olu
home. 1 came to Lakemoore to see
if the old house needed repairs. l saw
you and 1 could not go away. 1t is
our house of dreams, and the dreams
shall all come true-they shall come
true for both of us. "-(Copyright, 1917
by the Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

and unthinking animals that went be-
fore him. In the form of his humber
forbears he has himself lived and died
myriads of times to make ready the
soil that nurses and sustains him to-
day. He is debtor to. Cambrain and
Silurian times, to the dragons and sau-
rians and mastodons that have roamed
over the earth. Indeed. what is there
or has there been in the universe that
he is not indebted to?"
One would fain arrive at some con-
crete belief in image of his lire of de-
cent in geologic time as he does in the
historic period. But how hard it is to
do so! Can we form any mental pic
ture of the actual animal forms that
the MAYNARD impulse has Travelled
through? With all the light that pa
leontology throws upon the animal life
of the past, can we see where amid
the revel of these bizarre forms our
ancestor hid himself? Can we see him
as a reptile in the slime of the jungle
or in the waters of the Mesozoic world?
What mark or sign was there upon him
at that time of the future that was be-
fore him? Can we see him as a fish
in the old Devonian seas or lakes?
Was he a big fish or a little fish? The
primitive fishes were mostly of the
shark kind. Is there any connection
between that fact and the human
sharks of today? Much less can one
picture to ones self what his ancestor
was like in the age of the inverte-
brates amid tie trilobites, for example,
of the earlier Paleozoic seas. But we
must go back even earlier than that,
back to unicelIular life and to original
protoplasm, and finally back to fiery
nebulous matter. What can we make
of it all by way of concrete conception
of what actually took place-of the Wis
ible eating, warning, breeding animal
forms In whose safekeeping our heri-
tage lay? Nothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IF'rom the Chicago News.J
1t takes a smart man to look wise when
he isn't.
Some men are dumb because their wives
talk too much.
A reformer is usually just outside the
political ring.
An essay on How to make Pudding
ought to create a stir.
It sometimes happens that the silen-
vote makes the biggest noise.
Wise is the man who doesn't play fav-
orites among his wife's relatives.
From maiden's point of view, a ring
on her finger beats two at the door.
Some mems idea of justice is to get
what they want instead of what they de-
serve.
If a woman will prevaricate about her
age, sometimes man will lie about his
income.
When a girl marries the man she's en-
gagged to she is apt to lose a mighty in
dulgent friend.
1t is reported that gum chewing will
prevent seasickness. Probably some gum
reported it.
When the average man hands his wife
money without being asked, she wonders
what kind of michief he has been up to.