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The Washington times., 1912-08-15
Reasons for Veto of
Tenure Clause Shown
By Fulton X. Gordon

Fulton R. Gordon today went to the
White House and submitted the fol-
lowing statement to Carmi Thompson,
for presentation to the President. The
statement contains a number of reasons
why the seven-year clause to the civil
service should be vetoed. 1t says:
"This law Is harsh to the point of
cruelty, producing mental anguish and
discord among the empolyes. Glass leg
islation Of this order. framed solely to
benefit politicians, disregarding the
rights Of others, is. in my opinion
res2 nov IN our country. and to put II
sfnstsed o{ this law, let civil service
be administered by progressive and hu.
name business principals, that will put
the minds Of the employees at ease sc
thew can render to the Government theiI
most efficient services.
'Tt n a recognized principal by all
suoc essf,nl business and professional
men that the longer a man Is in your
employ the more efficient and valuable
are his services. It, therefore, seems
The Washington times., 1912-08-15
COMMITTEE
URGES NUMEROUS
ARMY PROMOTIONS
Clarence S. Edwards Recon-
mended for Brigadier
Generalship.

The Senate Committee on Military At
fairs took up large number Of nomi-
nations for army promotions which have
been pending before 1t and decided on
recommending nearly all of them for
confirmation today.
1t was decided to make a favorable
report on the nomination of Clarence
8. Edwards to be brigadAr general of
the line. Favorable reports were also
ordered on the appointment Of Col.
Frank Mcintyre to be chief of the Bu-
reau OF Insular Affairs. the appoint
ment of Colonel Sewer to be brigadier
general and that of Colonel Andrews to
be adjutant general.
The committee did not act favorably
on the appointment OF Gen. w. w.
wotherspoon as major general. The
committee did not reject the appoint
ment but held It back for further con-
sideration.
Great interest has been aroused In
army circles over the question Of the
confirmation of General Edwards and
General Wotherspoon. The way now
appears clear for sonfrmation OF Gen.
eraI Edwards. but It looks as IL there
would be continued opposition to Gen.
eral wotherspoon. Senator Bristow op.
posed the advancement Of wotherspoon
because General Funston, who Is n ma
tive of Kansas, is ranking brigadier
general, and is entitled to promotion.
Confirmation of Colonel McClernand
was held back by the committee. because
1T is contingent upon the promotion OF
General Wotherspoon. If General woth-
erspoon Is confirmed the confirmation OF
Colonel McClernand will follow.
The Washington times., 1912-08-15
APPEAL IS noted
IN COURTS FINE
IN GARDINER CASE
Prosecution Says the SIS
Fine Is Too Light a
Sentence.
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will probably ask for writ of error
In the case, on the contention that the
law was drafted with the understand. !.
ing that dispense" sell" and give,
were equal to as great an offense, ono
as the other, and consequently consid-
cred in the wording of the law liable to
the same punishment.
Gardiner In Court.
Gardiner appeared in court today to
receive sentence, accompanied by
Charles s. Darr, who was associated
with Henry Z. Davis, as counsel for
the convicted man In the argument for
a retrial Of the charge against him.
Until the court passed sentence the de-
fendant was In continual suspense as
to whether or not Judge Pugh had IN
terpreted the law as empowering him to
revoke the convicted mans license.
Previously Arraigned.
Arraigned on a charge of selling liquor
after hours Gardiner had already been
convicted on one violation Of the ex-
else law prior to his arraignmeSc on a
charge of selling intoxicating beverages
TO eighteen year old Lillian Sears. The
hotel keeper pleaded ignorance OF the
sale Of the intoxicants to the girl when
verdict Of guilty. but qualified 1t with a
|, cants to the girl Instead Of selling"
and thereby allowed a loophole for the
defendant to squeeze through the ma
chinery of the courts with the payment
OF a trivial fine. .
Immediately following the conviction
Gardiner through his attorneys filed a
motion for a new trial. When argument
was made for a retrial of the case Judge
Pugh denied II on the ground that the
first trial was without fault.
Ever since the court has had under
consideration the question as to wheth-
er Gardeners license could be revoked
The case hinged on the Interpretation OF
| the wording OF the penalty clause Of the
statute.
washington is the most favorable
place in the country for the sale OF
| liquors to minors declared Judge
Pugh today. Not only is there diff
/ ference in the selling and dispensing Of
| liquors under the statute, but the Law
| has been juggled so much since 1888
| that II is almost impossible to convic
a man of selling even after he has beer
! caught.
"a change in the law of 1888. para
| graph six of the statute, makes II nee
| essary for the prosecution to show tina
the lfcensee had not only knowledge o.
| the age of the person TO whom he Il
| charged with Illegally selling. but ais
| knowledge of the sale. Could the olt
nara graph Of the act OF 1883 he re-es
| tablished 1t would be much easier 70
the courts TO pass on these offenses."
The Washington times., 1912-08-15
COUNTY OFFICIALS
CONVENE In PRISON

GREENSBURG. Pa, Aug. 15.-The Of
ficial meetings of the West Moreland
county commissioners are held In a cell
Of the Western Penitentiary. Commits
sioner John e. Shields, who as sheriff
was charged with embezzling 342,1o. is
prisoner, and his associates, w. n.
Reamer and George Brechbill, have to
go to Jail to consult him. The cell win
be the commissioner council chamber
Mt least until September, when Shields
appeal will be heard.
As sheriff he was accused Of the 81. .tC
discrepancy and misconduct. 1t being al
legged that he freed prisoners without
authority Before his conviction his
term as sheriff expired. and Shields wa,
elected county commissioner. He then
was sentenced to two years,
The Washington times., 1912-08-15
Senate to Vote Today
On Fur Seal Measure

The Senate will vote today at
o'clock on the measure to give effect
to the fur seal treaty between the
United States. Japan. Russia, and Eng
land for the protection of the fur sea-
and fur otter in the North Pacific.
At noon today. the Senate resumed
discussion of the measure which wa
begun yesterday, and which was mark.
ed by the attack of Senator Hitchcock
on the conduct Of Fish Commissions:
Powers with respect to the protection
lection OF the seal. but against CLOSED
season for a period of years
The Washington times., 1912-08-15
Bare-Legged Girls In
Atlantic City Surf

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Aug. 1b.-
stockinsiess girl bathers today paraded
the beaches with impunity, and by in
ference. told the censorious life-guards
to take jump in the surf. For didn't
the gallant city solicitor tell cranky old
Director of Public Safety Bartlett that
there was no legal authority for the ban
on bare legs7
He did.
The solicitor told the director that the
city ordinances provided that batheri
should be covered from neck to knee
and went no further.
The Washington times., 1912-08-15
CABINET APPROVES
VETO, EMERGENCY
FUNDS ARE VOTED
Text Of Message on Tenure
Clause Sent to
saL Congress.
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be stricken from the budget At the
President has assurances from a num-
ber of Congressman that the veto can
not be overridden by Chairman Fftz-
gerald and his cohorts who would limit
the terms OF all government clerks.
sion that the tenure clause cannot be
retained in the bill II the matter should
20 to the Senate for final action,
AS to the Commerce Court abolish
ment, the Presidents advisers are not
so sure that that item will be kept in
the bill. Both houses voted to eliminate
this tribunal by large majorities, and 1t
Is expected it will be legislated out of
existence.
The Washington times., 1912-08-15
Seeking More Evidence
Against Nora Johnson

Nora johnson, the colored woman ac-
cused by the police with maitreating
little Joseph wilford johnson, whom
she claims 10 her son. is free today on
$500 ball. which was furnished by pro-
feasional bondsman. When the woman
was hrraigned In the Juvenile Court
next Tuesday by Judge De Lacy. in or
der that the police and agents Of the
Board of Children's Guardians could OBJ
tain more evidence.
The woman Is accused of having kept
the lad locked in a darkened room In a
house at 1715 Nineteenth street north
west for several months.
The Washington times., 1912-08-15

FOR THE BABY:
&c Nipples, for. or.............10 10c
&c Nursing Bottles. for. -. .1Oc
10c Pacifers ................. &c
25c Jobs Tears on String. IOc
1915 Horlick's Matted Milk,
Hospital size ............. $500
$3.50 Nestles Food, Hospital
size WOO
$3.50 Eskay's Food, Hospital
biAo SS.1O
Lime, Water, the Best, pit. ...... &c
Castorla Zoe
Worm Lozenges ..............2O zoe
Worm Powders ...............2 zoe
The Washington times., 1912-08-15
SWindlerS At Work.

A warning has been sent out by the
police against two men who have been
endeavoring to collect money on the
representation that they were members
of the Y. NJ. c. A. soliciting funds for
an excursion to Colonial Beach. The
proceeds of the excursion, they claim,
are for the benefit Of the poor.
The Washington times., 1912-08-15
No Hope of Agreement
On Sugar This Session

A disagreement on the sugar revision
bill was reported from the conference
committee to the Senate by Penrose
today. 1t was ordered to lie on the
table. There is no chance of a con-
ference agreement during the present
session.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08

was iauncnsa IN tns Tnames IN Eng.
land last February. was built BY q
man who can neither sit nor walk.
The most famous Of our racing yacht
designers IL blind. but he could build
q boat that was good enough to de.
fend the America cup year after year.
The head Of the Thames Iron
Works company that built the Thun.
derer is q victim Of chronic rheuma.
tism and passes his days lying on
trundle bed upon which he II wheel.
ed all over the immense works and
oversees everything that is going for.
ward. He knows every foreman in
the shops and has the design Of ev'
cry piece Of machinery by heart. and
they point to him al q wonderful ex'
ample Of the truth of the old adage,
The eye Of . master can do more
work than . thousand hands"
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08
foilinq a Eriber.

The justice of the peace was In the
south and a marked state Of ignorance.
He was approached by man desiring
a divorce, and he did not know what
to do. Calling friend to his side, he
whispered:
whats the law on this p'int?"
You can't do it," was the reply.
TITS out OF your Jurisdiction"
The husband, observing the consul
tation and feeling keenly his desire to
escape from the matrimonial woe, ex.
claimed:
'I'm willin' to pay we'll; got the
money right here in my SOCK"
At this the Justice assumed his grav.
est judicial air. Obviously he was
deeply panied. Never before in all
his life had he been so bowed down
by grief.
"You knew before you came here"
he said sadly, that 1t wasn't for me
to separate husband and wife, and yet
you not only take up the valuable time
of this court by talking, but you actu.
ally propose to b-ibe me with money
Now, how much have you got In that
sock?"
about $3.50, your honor" 4
els that SO? Then 1 fine you Sc
for bribery and $1.50 for taking up my
time with case out Of my jurisdic
tion; and may the Lord have mercy
on your soul!"-Popular Magazine.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08
Didn't Look Like an Actor,


Lawrence Wheat uarry for short),
who has been more or less Broad.
way star for several seasons, made
his first big hit in the part Of Stub"
Talmage in "The College Widow"
Larry had not long been out of col
lege when the Ade comedy was fin.
ishing its long run at the Garden the
ater. Two companies were to be
placed on the road and Wheat, who
had seen the play several times, felt
that he was born to play the part of
Stub" Accordingly he waited upon
Henry w. Savage, the producer.
Savage studied the applicant keen.
ly.
$50 you want to play the part OF
Subj" said the colonel. What makes
you think you can play the part?"
I'm just that sort OF q type" said
Wheat, swelling up his chest and try.
ing to look real brave.
"Well," said the colonel, I'VE need
an actor as well as type for that
part. Are you an actor?"
II am" said Wheat.
"You don't look like an actor" said
the colonel.
"I don't want to look like an actor"
said Larry. TITS tough enough to
have to be one"
That line got the job.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08

~m nkurs out their meaning. Then,
when you have looked them up. sDrtns
them on the next fellow. He will eth
or brand you as highbrow or else
admire you as the inventor Of new
language, though you are neither
Here are the words:
opuscule. tobacconfns. noddy. node.
futtock, galimatias. fade. duvet, dzig
getail. dwale, periotic. predtcant.
younker. quintal. propense. quib. beck
ct. chauvinism. beluga. gar, hypostyle
aoudad. incondite. inly, kelp. 5orum.
rundlet. rupertrine, caddis. hssle. cal
car. finder. hopple. horary. thorp. usi
tative, woof, arcolith, gaum.
All Of them In the diction. Almost
none Of them jawbreakers or over
long. What do any Of them mean7
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08
Some Words You Don't Know,

What is the use of coming slang
words to express your meaning in
more picturesque fashion than your
neighbor when the dictionary IL full
of words just as queer and far more
correct. Here are few perfectly
good words to be found in any com.
plete dictionary of the English Ian.
guage. But don't you go to the die.
tionary for them-yct. See fret II you
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08
MAKE LIVING By THEIR WITS
American Adventures Who Have Got
Wealthy Through Shady DsaIs
In South America.

Ever hear of Jim Dugan Of Curacao3
Well. Jim started q revolution in Cen
tral America some years ago. and was
put out. He landed in Curacao with
stew and IS gold piece. With the
money he bought lottery ticket, and
won prize. While he still had the
money q man who owned a saloon.
and who was looking for sucker.
sold out to him. But Jim has flourish
ed. He got hold Of q seal belonging
to an American life insurance COM
pany, and he stamps his letters with
that, and calls himself the Irish con-
sui. When I was in to see Jim this
time found that everything passed
as currency over his bar. He has
drawerful Of such things as false
teeth and glass eyes, and one morn.
ing saw a man come in and ask for
liquor and then calmly take out his
eye and put it on the counter.
But in Buenos Aires there lives and
operates an American who is the pro
totype Of J. Rufus Wallingford. He
makes a specially Of turning out old
masters and selling them at fancy
prices to the wealthy Argentinians.
who like to blow their money for
works of art. This chap got hold
Of Frenchman who can paint, and
he does the actual work, and they
dry them with electric fans. When !
was there the electric fans we're play.
ing on three Van Dykes. There was an
elderly woman. bit daft, who fancied
she was stuck on the president OF
Argentina. What does the American
do but get hold Of man who knows
the old lady, and cause him to per.
suade her that the president is par.
tial to Van Dykes. Soon she gives
the American an order for a painting,
and he collects the sum of $4,000,
of which the go-between gets $1,000
and the artists $500. The last report
had from him was to the effect: you
ask about the nutty old lady? ]
am getting afraid she might rub some
of the paint of that old master, and
this would affect my artistic sensibili.
ties"
This chap has got hold of all sorts
of concessions. When I first knew
him, by the way, he was a colonel in
the Nicaraguan army. One Of his
most successful ventures was to start
watch club, in which you pay one
dollar for initiation, and then run the
chances of getting watch. Well, the
American showed a high municipal
official in Buenos Aires that in a
watch club there is pretty big per
centage for whoever is running it,
with the result that 10000 policemen
and other government employees were
ordered to become members.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08
American Women supreme

American Women Supreme.
The Countess Szechenyi, nee Gladys
Vanderbilt, praised the good taste OF
American women at . luncheon. She
ended her praise with an epigram
both striking and true. 1.-THE women
of all nationalities," she said. can
make their own clothes. but only the
American woman can make them se
that nobody ever suspects It,"
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08
BoB's RACE FOR LIFE.
ALL SPRINT RECORDS BROKEN
~ YOUNG Mr.. plNkINS.
According to the Old codssr, He Traw
sisd Fast, but the "enaks" Was
q Close Second When Hs
Reached Homo.

The dry goods box and nail keg brt
gade we're loafing luxuriously in the
sunshine that was shedding warmth
and lassitude on the platform in front
Of the village emporium, postoface. etc
They were engaged, as usual. in the
pleasant and unperilous business Of
Assassinating time.
"snakes'll be comm out Nv tn
woods, soon," yawned young yap
who was expending flrst-class farm.
hand energy in aimlessly whiting q
hickory stick.
Did any Nv you-all ever heer u
Bob Dinkins' race fer life fore his pap
left Troublesome Bottoms an went
west?" inquired an old codger, with q
small gray goatee.
It seemed that NO one had heard OF
It, SO the old codger proceeded to mar.
rate:
Il reckin' Bob run bout . mile in
tn same length Nv time t'would take
to wind q watch. There wuz o heap
Nv black snakes that spring. 'Peared
that durin' tn winter all tn snakes
In tn woods had turned black. Bob
wux skeered Nv snakes, an, nacherly,
wuz in a highly nervous state most
Nv tn time. He imagined ev'ry thing
he saw movin' was snake.
We'll, Bob, he took tn horses out
to tn pasture one Sunday mornin'.
pulled tn halter of wv tn one he wuz
leadin'. slung it over his shoulder, and
gone fer when he happened to glance
benin him.
Wow! A long black thing wuz
R-slidin' right up to his heels! He
let out a whoop lack 500 Indian
an struck out down tn path. jes' fair.
ly splittin' tn wind wide open.
when he'd run bout 500 yards he
look a quick squint over his shoul.
ders to see If he'd got away from it.
He hadn't. Theer 1t wuz. spinnin
right along after him. Bob let out
more yells an ran lack a dawg after
q rabbit. He done his best to git
away from tn thing that wuz pursuin', i,
but he couldn't gain an inch on it..
He wuz barefooted. too. an ev'ry
mint he expected to feel 1t nab him
by tn heel.
His hat flew of an his hair stood
on end. His daddy an nanny run
out to meet him, an when he come
rippin' into tn stable lot, hollerin', I,
nanny drapt lack she'd been shot,
clean into q dead faint. She thought
It wuz all over with her darlin' son.
Bob went tearin' round tn lot lack
. colt shet away from its ma, stomptn'
an kickin' an yellin' fer 'em to kill
It. His daddy gazed at him. powerless
lack, till he saw what wuz tn matter.
Then he got a healthy piece of hoop
pole an went for his heroic son."
"Th' snake had hung its teeth in his
breeches leg, I s'pose?" asked fel.
low with a pair of green goggles.
"Snake!" snorted the old codger. Il
didn't say twas q snake, did II"
But it was a snake that wuz after
him. wuzn't it," demanded a gawky
chap who had his mouth open.
Not on yer sweet life," replied the
old codger. ut wuz nuthin' but tn
long. black halter strop. 1t had slipt
of his shoulder an wuz draggin' in
; tn path benin him. Th' young gal
loot saw it an thought it was q
Bnake!"-New York Times.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08
ROSE ABOVE HANDICAP
PosTHUMoUs CHILDREN WHosE|
NAMES ARE FAMOUS.
Birth Of Child Of John Jacob Astos
Has Aroused Interest In the List,
Which Contains Many Per-
sons Of Note. ...'

The birth Of posthumous child OF
John Jacob Astor arouses especial In
terest and sympathy because Of the
tragic death of the father In the IT.
tanic disaster. Yet all posthumous
children excite such sentiments. Some
Of these children have moreover at
tracted additional attention from the
world in after life through their own
achievements.
Alexander the Great has been said
by some historians to have been born
after the death of his father. but &C
cording to other authorities Philip Of
Macedon lived to enjoy the compan.
ionship of his son for several years. It
may be that Alexander's stepbrother
was a posthumous child, but that has
not been proved.
Ben Jonson, the Elizabethan dram
atist. was born in 1873. month after
his fathers death. He was fortunate
in acquiring stepfather who was
good friend to him and gave him an
excellent education.
Thomas Herbert was Of posthumous
birth. says his elder brother, Lord
Herbert Of Cherbury. He Is remem-
bered chiefly as the brother of Lord
Herbert Of Cherbury and Of George
Herbert, the poet.
Early in the seventeenth century
another child came into the world un'
der similar conditions This was Abra-
ham Cowley, the English poet His
father, who had been a grocer in hum.
BILE circumstances. died shortly before
the birth of the son. Thanks to the
unflagging struggle and devotion Of
his mother the boy received a good
education and his poetic genius had
opportunity for development
Dean Swift was born q few months
after his fathers death. Kindly dis.
posed relatives helped his mother with
his upbringing and education.
Adam Smith, author Of "The Wealth
Of Nations" put in his appearance in
this world some four months after the
death of his father.
Still another English poet was q
posthumous child. This was Thomas
Chatterton, who was born in Bristol
about the middle of the eighteenth
century.
Andrew Jackson, seventh president
Of the United States, was born in a
little log cabin on the border line be.
tween North and South Carolina. In
that same cabin his father, who had
come to America from the north coast
Of Ireland. died a few days before the
birth of his son.
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the
nineteenth president, was another
posthumous child. He was born in
October and his father died in the :,
July preceding.
The present king Of Spain, Alfonso
XIII, was born after his fathers
death.
Mary Queen Of Scots just escaped
posthumous birth. her father dying |
when she was few days old. Richard
Wagner, the composer, was also left
fatherless very soon after his birth.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08

English Getting Fond Of Cheese.
Cheese Is coming more and more ir
favor for lunches in England. In I'D
dition to the homemade product there
were consumed last year imported
cheese that cost $34.74S.000.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08
Abalone Meat Ia Demand.

Dried and smoked abalone meat
most of which is cur I'd in southern
California fishing ports, Is purchased
by Oriental importers at fancy prices
Occasionally 1t sells for $500 a tor
In some instances divers are employe
to procure the mollusks, and 1t is nc
uncommon for an experienced man t.
bring to the surface two tons Of meat
and shells In q day.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-11-08
Power Of the Mind.

Some people give up all mental ct.
fort as soon as they get sick or af.
flicted. but there are some minds that
10 pain or suffering can subdue. The
most powerful warship afoat, which
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-12-20
BIG FIRE IN CINCINNATI
Gibson House and Some Adjoining
Structures Prey of Flames.

Fire at Cincinnati, Ohio that start
ed about s p. m. from a gasoline en-
CINE in the basement of new addi-
ton to the Gibson House, one of the
most important hotels in the city, en-
tailed a less to the hotel and adjoil-
ing business structures estimated at a
million dollars.
The fire also communicated to the
Union Trust building at the corner Of
Fourth and Walnut streets in the
same block and total loss of that
building was threatened.
There was a panic at the Gibson
House although, owing to the early
hour, few if any Of the guests had re-
tired for the night 1t is stated that
all the inmates were saved, none even
being injured.