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The Washington times., 1912-05-15

But to give the decision more pith with the rail-
road Associate Justice Hughes recalled the case Of
railroad operating in Kentucky, which contracted
to give certain parties lifetime passes in lieu OF
other damages, but the moment the anti-pass law
was enacted cancelled its contract upon the plea that
it dare not violate Federal laws by pleading priority
Of private contracts to the contrary This plea was
sustained by the United States Supreme Court, to
the benefit Of the railroad and Justice Hughes drew
the inference largely and plainly that what is sauce
for railroad in Kentucky must be sauce for rail-
roads employe in the District Of Columbia
1t might be added, in passing, that were all
judicial decisions as equitable, consistent and cogn
zant of the spirit and intent of laws as this one,
there would not be any criticism of our courts from
any source 1t is such high lights as this which
throw into bold contrast the courts and decisions
that inimca to the greater interests of the peo-
pie, and which emasculate the very laws they pre-
sumo to uphold.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
THE MAN WHO HAS CHANGED.

Theodore Roosevelt says it has been President
Taft, not he, who has changed. One need not go
back Of the returns to verify that statement. During
the course of his campaign through Ohio Tuesday
the President melted down his collar and saw
toothed his voice depicting Roosevelt as a dema-
gogue, an egotist a neurotc, dangerous man, a
>faterer, purveyor of "unfounded accusations and
Misrepresentation" honeyfuggler, pretender,
and generally unfit to be nominated by the Republi-
can party or elected, in event he is nominated.
Now the whole world knows this is not the same
calm, patient, charitable Taft with judicial tempera-
ment, that once tolerated Ballnger and defended the
Aldrich tariff as the best ever"
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
Here's a Book

Stevenson has said that the fortune
of a tale lies not alone in the skill Of
him who writes, but in the experience of
him who reads. II the success Of some
books depended entirely upon the skill
Of the writer, very few of them would
be a success. but having chosen as a
plot, a situation that is as old as the
hills there is but little doubt that there
will be many readers for Marie Van
vorst's new book, The Broken Bell"
That the author is an expert at short
story writing is quite evident, for the
book would have been bettered by being
half its present size. However, 1t pro-
vides a sort of hammock" literature
necessary for summer, and without be-
ing too absorbing, can furnish a pleas
ant hour or two for the idler. Present
day Italy is the scene Of the plot, which
one may mention in passing; is the
wife. and lover. The heroine is an
American girl Brought to Italy at a
tender age. and marrying there, has
become practically exPatriated; Al;
has been Italian, her American blood
continually asserts itself. Married at
seventeen to an Italian count, she finds
herself at twehty-one a lonely woman,
Rnsbsnd Ruf sG T unfaitSfuI fa % to her' % He % bess
forgiveness for his latest indiscretion,
and gives the usual promises of excel
lent behavior in the future. While she
realizes the futility Of II all, she forgtves
him. and shortly after leaves for a trip
to visit her old nurse. There she meets
a friend of her husband, with whom she
falls in love. She has decided to fly
with him and partake of all that in
tense happiness which she has so long
been denied, but just as she is about
to leave she reads letter from her
husband written some time previously
and which she has failed to open, in
which he assures her Of his love and of
his unhappiness at their separation. and
pleads with her to return to him. There
is no doubt as to the sincerity of his
words: they ring true. and she realizes
that the happiness Of all three of them
rests upon her decision. An interesting
character in the story who acts as sort
of a lay figure is the priest, Faversham.
His part, though small, is consistent.
| and his place in the story could be
made of more importance with agree
able results.
The descriptions are interesting and
full of color, and the artist has original
and startling methods of applying heI
adJectives.
The Bobbs. Merrill Company are pub
| fishers of this book.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
"JUsT BECAUSE THEY WANT HIM."

California did the same thing as the other prm-
ary States yet it is different Mr. Roosevelt has not
been there in years. He did not tai-end the State
and "hypnotze" it with his personality. He had
his own natural following of progressives sharply
divided by La Toilette.
There was ground for more amiable attitude
toward Taft in California than in almost any other
community. He had helped it get the Panama Ex-
position, and the sole Roosevelt policy that Taft
has managed to carry forward effectively and with
out hopeless blundering-the canals construction
appeals more strongly to California than to any other
State
There was no chance for the threadbare argu-
ment that Roosevelt was winner because Democrats
voted for him, because the Democrats had red
hot fight of their own, and attended to their own
business
Yet Mr. Roosevelt sweeps the State, captures
solid delegation of twenty-six, and makes his VIC
tory emphatic against the greatest odds he has con-
fronted in any primary State.
The explanation is not far to seek. Roosevelt
won because the people, the plain, common people,
the man in the ditch, the folks whose capacity to
govern themselves Mr. Taft doubts, and to whom he
has referred as the "rabble," are for Roosevelt.
Lincoln observed that God must have loved
the common people, for he made so many of them
The common people must feel mighty sure of Roose-
velt for they vote so regularly and unhesatingly
for him.
There is left only New Jersey, of all the States
that have the preferential primary-nominaton by
the people-to declare itself Every other State
in the group has gone against Taft New Jersey will
ioin the column in due time.
American politics has never seen such an up
rising With the Administration, the offciary, the
interests" the traditions, everything except the
people for him, Taft has lost in every popular ex
preston Of choice.
Roosevets nomination is even more certain
than it was before California. The Republican
national convention is not going to apply for thu
services of lunacy commission.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
THE CENSUS AND THE HEN.

While the folks back home" regularly complain
about the naccuracy of the figures given out by the
Census Bureau, because they simply know that their
beautiful city has seventeen more population than
accorded to it, have fresh proof that figures don't
lie and the Census Bureau is model of efficiency.
The Census Bureau has given to the nation
the real facts regarding that grandest of American
institutions-the hen. We are apprised that in the
last ten years that bird of plutocracy has laid sci
.3l1 ,37l eggs and her value in that period has in
creased 48.0 per cent
We maintain that any department. which is so
accurate and panstaking that it tabulates even the
odd egg and afhxes the cipher in the percentage
column, instead of carelessly Jumping it off as 48
per cent, is efficiency itself!
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
H. SMITHNAMED
AS COUNCIL CHIEF
Chosen President of Alexandria Body to Succeed HUI
bert Snowden-Other Business Accomplished at
........' Busy Meeting.

railway and for the Agnew estate
with the United States Attorney Gen
the title to this property The Gov
ernment has agreed to take the in
itiative, and the case will probably
come to trial before the United states
Pending the settlement of the suit,
the property will be leased and the
funds thus derived held in escrow.
with Walter 8. Nicklin. past grand
sachem. in charge, the first session Of
the Great Council of Virginia, I'M
proved order of Red Men and Degree
of Pocochontas, was held in the
Young Peoples building this morn
This afternoon the visiting dele
gates were conducted to the various
points of interest.
gree Of the order will be conferred
upon a class of candidates by a Sc
lected stan composed Of members Of
the great council. Degree OF Pocohon-
hall. and at s:15, a Joint session Of
the two bodies will be held
After the business session tomor-
row morning the visitors will be
taken to Mt Vernon.
The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Citizens Savings Bank
was held at the office of Attorney Leo
P: Harlow, in Alexandria, yesterday.
These directors were elected: j. Martin
Sgranage. John Herbert Corning, Harry
NJ. Packard, William E. Abbott. VIII
lam p. Chalice, Bestor r. Walters.
James A.. Sample, John Quinn, P. g.
mour, s. ]. Besselievre. James T. Gibbs,
| William II. Martin, Edward J. Quinn,
| e. J. McQuade, Henry 8. Powell, Will
lam T. Ballard; Anson g. Tayler; L. M M.
William T. Gill. Ralph d. 'ouinter. J.
| Tyssowski. Charles A. Drake.
The annual stockholders meeting OF
the Smoot- -Jelleff Company was held yes
Harlow, 119 South Fairfax street, Alex.
andria. These directors were elected
for the ensuing year: Frank r. Jeleff
z. P. Jelleff. Fred s. Smith.
The semi annual inspection OF the loca
| police force will take place late thi
| afternoon in the chamber Of the polio,
| court. The inspection will be conducted
Commissioners Bryan, Barrett, Fisher
and Oehlert. The uniform and equip
ment of each officer will be CAREFUL!
| examined
Funeral services OF Mrs Mary E
Meade. former resident of this city
who died in Philadelphia, we're he'll
from Union Station today, they bein
! ConuuCteu py the hsN' ma ~ NJ: al
ter. Burial was made in the Methods
| Protestant Cemetery.
| The funeral of Herbert B. Thoma
took place from his residence. 906 Frank
lin street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, tn
Rev. w. F. Watson, of the First Bar
tist Church. officiating. Burial will b
in Bethel Cemetery.
| A final decree of divorce was granite
Mary Z. F. Sonner from her husband
Calvin Lee Sonner. in corporation cour
yesterday, the grounds of the suit be
ing desertion.
The carnival, which was to be heI
under the auspices of the Reliance Fir
Engine Company, has been indehnitel
postponed.
At the session of the Patriarchs Mil
tant. Order of Odd Fellows. which ha
! been held in Norfolk, Capt. w. L. MAJ
tin. OF Alexandra. was elected treasurer
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
SANDER CHARGED
AGAINST NOVELIST
BY BYCATERER-MAYOR
Anthony Hope and Actress
Lena Ashwell Figure in
Amusing Suit.

LONDON, May 15.-Anthony Hope. the
novelist, and Lena Ashweil, the famous
actress, figured prominently in an anus
ing lawsuit in the London courts,
wherein curious incidents at the mas
querade ball of the Three Arts Club
last December we're described. The suit
was for slander, the plaintiff being G. s..
Elliott, a caterer and mayor of Isling-
ton. who sued DR.. Simpson, husband
of Lena Ashwell.
Elliott. who was supplying the re-
freshments for the ball, objected TO
guests smuggling their own champagne,
etc, in to the boxes, which violated his
contract. He found twenty eight bot
ties Of champagne in the-box DR.. Simp-
son and his wife occupied. Later on
DR.. Simpson accused Elliott OF stealing
from the box, and called a police in
spector, who refused to take Elliott into
custody.
Anthony Hope was stopped by Elliott
as he was taking hamper into the
hail. and an alteration ensued btween
theanthor and the mayor. Mr.. Hope,
on ,hs witness stand ssid hs took tho
the ball. Inside the hall he met Ell
liott. who asked him what was in the
hamper. Hope answered that. there
ensued, during which Elliott remarked:
II have lust done the same thing to
Hone said Elliott's temper was not not
good, and. In his opinion. ne was not a
gentleman. After Lena AshwelI had
given evidence, blusningly admitting
heen arrested, the Judge awarded e.
lott one farthing damages.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
MAN WHO FOUGHT
AGAINST MEX|CANS
N|NETY.TWO TODAY
John Cunningham, at Sol
diers' Home, Watches
Events on Border.

Among the newspaper readers who
have watched the progress of the steel
constructed army transport Buford in
the cruise Of relief to Mexico, none has
been more interested than has John
Cunningham, veteran of the Mexican
war, who at the Soldiers Home 10 to-
day celebrating the ninety-second ahni-
versary of his birth.
He was sent as a soldier in Scott's
army to Mexico In 1S47, in one Of the
SLOW going, wooden, sailing vessels then
used as transports, requiring weeks to
make the trip from New York to the
seat Of war. He tells interestingly of
the affairs OF that period, and OF ex-
eriences as one OF the frst engine
drivers in America, for. prior to hos
tIlities in Mexico, he was a first-class
engineer on the old Reading railroad in
Pennsylvania.
A native son Of Erin, where he was
born May Is. 1890. Mr.. Cunningham still
possesses the genuine Irish wit. His
memory is exceptionally good, and al
though he has been taken to the spa
cious wards of the Home hospital, where
he can receive the particular attention
that his extreme age requires. he is able
to be about much, and during fine days
enjoys the sunshine of the grounds
about the Home.
Among the thrilling adventures he car
recount is the three months he was one
of Scott's invested army in the wretchec
"Quartelle section of Pueblo. as tina
leader waited for re-enforcements, whil,
the Administration at home was wrest
with the problems Of the war anc
with politics. He tells convincingIy o.
the tightening of the siege lines b,
Santa Anna of the Mexican forces. wht
hung like a wolf about the American
until dispelled by the combined attacks
Of Scotts army and reinforcement
| which finally arrived. Mr.. Cunningham
served in Battery l. OF the Fourth Ar
| tillery.
After the Mexican war Mr. Cunning
| ham answered the call for engineers I,
| work on the newly built railroad o
Cuba, where he was at the time of tn
civil war. He came to the Home Il
1902
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
WEDNESDAY, MAY Is, 1912.
ONE CHEERING SIGN.

President Taft at Youngstown said Of Colonel
Roosevelt:
am here to say why he ought not to be nominated,
and If nominated why he will the risk of defeat in
election.
This is the first time Mr.. Taft has indicated any
possible concern for the fate of the Republican
party in the November election.
If he fears that Roosevelt cannot be elected
what does he think Of his own chances in the face
of what the voters have done in
North Dakota, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, Massachusetts,,
Maine, Maryland,
Illinois, California,
Oklahoma, Kansas,
Nebraska, Minnesota,
Missouri, West Virginia.
If Mr.. Taft fears that Roosevelt can't win he
must KNOW that Taft can't May we assume that
the President is getting ready for the partys sake,
to withdraw?
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
VICTOR LOUIS MASON.

Washington must feel intimate grief in the
sad death which has overtaken Victor Louis Mason
upon an English aviation field He was. a product
of the National Capital, native born son who was
educated in its schools, and who has reflected honor
upon it by the successful career begun here and
carried on in other fields. Through his pen he
lighted dim pages of history; through his admins
trative ability, he aided his country in the War De-
partment during the with Spain; through his
financial genius he helped to tap new sources of
wealth and to develop opportunities for industry
Death, taking him untimely, proved again that il
loves shining mark
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
COMMON SENSE AND THE LAW.

The application Of common sense and the square
deal to judicial decisions was amply illustrated in
the decision of the United States Supreme Court
Monday, in the of Schubert the Baltimore,
Potomac and Washington railroad. The decision,
read by Associate Justice Hughes, in addition to be-
ing founded in the equity was important in that it
wiped out the last line of technical opposition to a
reasonable employers liability law.
Schubert, a brakeman, had been injured and
entered suit under the liability act. The railroad
pleaded he member of a relief association
organized by its employees, and to the support Of
which il contributed and that when he joined this
association he signed contract absolving the road
from all damages he might thereafter sustain while
in its employ This contract pleaded the road re-
leased it from damages, and its priority to the enact
ment of the law, took precedence over the law
The court promptly and properly held that the
operation of the interstate commerce law or other
Federal laws cannot be nulfed by the pleading OF
prior private contracts 1t is perfectly obvious that
any other decision would have opened the gate to
a renewal Of rebating and score of other evils
which have been eliminated after years of fighting
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
EVELYN THAW WILL
DEFEND ALLOWANCE
Ready To Take Action If Her
$4,000 Year Cut
Of.

NEW YORK, May 15.-Harry X.
Thaws family heard today on good au-
thority. and with little pleasure. that
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is in the city
without the baby boy, whose existence
became publicly known on Monday. and
determined to take retaliatory action II
her allowance of 5000 a year Is stopped.
She is said TO be willing to appear
against her husband, who Is now in
Matteawan pending his fight for liberty,
at the proceedings In White Plains next
month, when her husbands sanity Will
again be put TO judicial test.
Broadway was interested to hear that
Mrs Evelyn Thaw experienced a sense
of relief at the story of her baby be-
coming public and that she now feels
free to show herself in public.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
SunShinerS Meet.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, May 15.-The
annual national convention of the In
ternational Sunshine Society began ir
this city today with an attendance of
delegates representing 5000 branches of
the organization throughout the coun-
try. The convention will continue three
days. Mrs Cynthia Westover Alden. of
New York, president general and or
ganiZer of the society, presiding
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
Festival at Ann Arbor.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, May 15-Muslc
lovers poured into Ann Arbor today to
attend the nineteenth annual May fes-
tival given under the auspices Of the
Michigan. The festival opens tonight
with every prospect of eclipsing all of
its predecessors from an artistic stand
point. The famous soloists to be heard
during the week include Nine. Alma
Gluck, soprano: Nine. Nevada Van der
Veer. contralto; Miss Florence Hinkle,
soprano; Ellison Van Hoose, tenor, and
Herbert Witherspoon, basso. The Theo-
dore Thomas Orchestra Is to furnish
the instrumental part of the festival
program.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
Concerts Today
By the United States Marine Band
Z at Potomac Drive, at S p. m.
WILLIAM H. SANTELMANS,
Leader.

March. The National Fencibles,"
Sousa
Overture, "lS12," ....... .Tschaikowsky
Largo and Scherzo from Sym
phony New World" "........ .Dvorak
Waltz, "Hydropaten" ..... .WaldteufeI
Excerpts from III Trovatore". Verdi
Spanish Dance, mo. T.. ....Moskowsk
"Reminiscences of Scotland"
Godfrey
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
BY the U. S. Soldiers Home Band.
sandstand, From 4 to 5:ao o'clock.
JOHN 8. M. ZIMMERMANN.
Director.
March, THE Enterprtser" .,...Lampe
Overture, Raymond" ........ Thomas
Idyl Mexicaine. Mexican Kisses"
Roberts
Selection. THE Quaker Girl"
Monckton
Rag Oddly, That Haunting
Rag ..................,...L .Lenzoerg
Excerpts from "Old Town" .Luders
Waltz Suite. Youthful Spirits"
KomZak
Finale. "Klown Kapers" .......... Ball
THE star-spangied Banner"
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
Expect Clark Victory.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, May 1.-Many
delegates are arriving for the Demo
cratic State convention, which will meet
here tomorrow to select the Iowa dele
gates to the Baltimore convention.
Clark has a good lead in the number of
Instructed delegates, and Congressman
Jameson, in charge of the Clark cam
paign, predicts a certain victory for
the Speaker on the first ballot.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrivcd-Washington at Portsmouth. N.
H.: Prometheus. Maryland, at Mare
Island: Petrel at Helena. Ark: Me-
braska at Vicksburg: Georgia. Rhode
Island. ut Rockland; Minnesota. Mis-
souri, Ohio, at Provihcetown.
Sailed-Misslssippi from Rockland for
Provincetown: Barry from Shanghai
for ChinkiaAE.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Navy Yard. Norfolk, Va, home, wait
orders.
Lieutenant Gunior grade G. T
SWASEY, to Asiatic Station.
Ensign G. X. STODDARD, to Asiatic
Station.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
Wkxt's on the Program, IN
WASHINGTON Today

will meet tonight: Lodges-Wa shing-
ton Centennial. No. u, business: Osi-
ters-colmmbia, No i. p. NJ. and NJ. Z.
M. Rrightwood, No. 9, mark. knights
Templar-Potomac Comma ndery, No.
S, temple and malta. Eastern Star
will meet tonight: Lodges-Eastern.
No. Z: Harmony. No. 9. and Federal
10: 70, business. Rebckah lodges
washington. No. 3, business.
The following KNIGHTS Of Pythias or
MT. Vernon. No. 8, and Union, No
80. business. Pythian Sistcrs-Friend-
ship Temple, No. 0. business Uniform
Rank-Washington Company. No. l.,
Meeting Of Congressional Circle. No.
69S., r. H. c.. Pythian Temple. 20
night.
of Columbia Fire Department.
Wreaths will be placed on eighty-eight
graves in the several cemeteries.
Seniors of German Turn Verein will ap-
point committees to meet Baltimore
Address by Congressman r. P. Hobson
on Woman Suffrage in the twentieth
Century" at the Public Library. 8
twelfth Night" performance at s:15
by Eastern High School Dramatic As
sociation.
Reception and entertainment to the
Christian Endeavor Society's Red
Team" of the First Baptist Church,
by the Blue Team" p. m,
| Testimonial reception in honor of Sig
mund Dirnseld, by Nelson A. Miles
Camp, No. l, United Spanish War Vet
erans, Costello's Hall, p. m.
| BANQUET to Notre Dame baseball team
by Washington alumni of the Notre
Dame University, Rauscher's, p. m.
Concert by United States Marine Band,
Potomac Drive, p. m.
Concert by United States Soldiers Home
Band, bandstand, to $50 p. m.
Graduating exercises and address by the
| Rev, Charles w. Gallagher, Lucy
Webb Hayes National Training School
| for Deaconesses and Missionaries,
North Capitol and M streets, P; m.
sinner" and the Mountain Pageant"
assisted by a section of the United
states Marine Band, for the benefit OF
the work of Southern Industrial Edu'
| cational Association, by the Wash
ineton College, on the lawn, Third and
r streets northeast, p. m.
The Washington times., 1912-05-15
Amusements,

Hclasco-"If I Were King" 2:15 and S.15
c6EIumbia-"The Dawn of a Tomor-
NaIional-"Aida," ,2:l5 and S:15 p; m.
li's-''Madame X, 2:l5 and Sis p. m.
Academy-VaudeYille, 1880. 8. 1890,
Ma ale aIiesticEvaudev;lle. 1870. 8. 1880. and
cssihno~vaudeville, In 1880. 8. 1880. and
Cosm smnos-Vaudeville, m / to II p. m.
mperial-Vaudeville. 1 to IL p. m.
Gayety-"The Social Maids" 2:l5 and
Sis p. m.
Aietures.
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ARMY.

The following transfers are ordered:
Veterinarian WlLFRED j. STOKES,
from the Fifth Field Artillery to the
Sixth Field Artillery.
Veterinarian CHARLES H. JEWELL,
from the Sixth Field Artillery to the
Fifth Field Artillery.
Second Lieutenant RALPH X.
FLETCHER. Philippine Scouts, re-
Gently appointed from corporal. to
San Francisco, Cal, and thence to
Manila, Philippine Islands, July 5.
NAVY.
Lieutenant Commander w L B f r T
SMITH, detached Missouri; home,
wait orders.
Lieutenant r. A. KOCH, detached
The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-18
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

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 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of deafness (caused by Catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars, free.
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