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The Washington times., 1912-11-23
MEXICO TO TAKE
. UP CLAIMS FILED
BY US. CITIZENS
Ambassador Returns From
Conference Regarding
Damages to Property. /

Ac,..,.o. ,,t,.,,r. ~ rohsl denroda.
A'"er'sa" 'I
tons may be INFORMED. WITHIN snort
time. of the attitude OF tho Madero
government toward the claims which
have been filed. Amba assador Caiero, Of
Mexico, returned to Washington last
nisht after spending two monahs ,ha suh,oe ~ tne
Of Immediate interest TO the two gov
ernments is that OF reparation for rebel
outrnges. ana TINS one o. 'me mt, t",mss ,,as'
sic,,San a,,nn,,nn wh;ie in Mexico CYtv.
SawarsI e,osTa besore Amba ssador Ca.
iero wen, to The Mexican capitai the
Stat. nana rtment compiied n iist of the
ciair,. ;n pspar,h aind n,th ~ NV Americans hava
in1 nronerfv in Mexico.
's popeV !"
Total OF Claims Large.
rh,. +o,., NJ the GLAZING has mt been
.o"' I .S.. A..
puohshed. Dut " hno"h '"a' tne
claims, X all paid, would make q SUB.
sta ntial hole in Mexican revenues for q
per,od m, least. The cIaims range all
~ -, go, ,.., ,,,,,ar., aoi,or. %
tne way n, luun T. ,,I.t. m ev u'ns u ~ ~
many tnouss"uS SuSe'"k VIZ 'oss ~ y.
sneep. cauc. noLses, "nnS samp
equipment vi" "'"e"'"erS' anu 'oSs VI
The Washington times., 1912-11-23
Messenger Boy Travelling
As Miles an Hour Arrested

Arthur burlington. II messenger boy.
was thrown into undue prominence to-
day - Police Court when he appeared
10 answer the charge of moving M The
rate If foIty-iiv" miles an hour when
on his WAY to deliver a message. lie
pleaded guilty to the charge and was
:ined $40.
The officer stated that burlington
came down FoXhall road Yesterday on
u motorcycle So rapidly that there was
II great deal of difficulty IN making the
arrest. burlington pleaded guilty, say
ing that he had II message to deliver
and was in u hurry.
The Washington times., 1912-11-23
SHERlFF'S POSSE
KILLS LUNATlC

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Nov. 3.--IIenry
Poker, twenty-six years old. n escaped
lunatic from Rochester Asylum. was
shot and killed early today at Hamcl.
near here. by sherifY's posse. after
hs had shot and probably fatally
wounded Matt Lerzen. twenty-five years
old, and slightly wounded Leonard Lem
zen. ten years old. The Lenzen boys
were shot al they sat In the kitchen,
the maniac firing through the window
Polkcr's death followed u duel be-
tween the maniac and the posse after
the shooting Of the Lenzen boys. Poker
being intrenched In Il barn and armed
with a rifle.
PILES CURED IN q TO ~ DAYS.
Your drugGint will refund money II PAZO
Ointment fails 10 cure Itching. Hind. Bleed.
ing or Protruding Piles In to II days Ecc.
The Washington times., 1912-11-23
Short Weight Charge
Against Coal Deale

Charles T.. Graves. a coal and WOO
dealer Of Rosslyn. Va. was arrestc'
last evening by police OF the Seven
precinct on complaint OF George Howe.
assistant District scaler. on IA charge Gf
violating the weights ana measure law.
II Is alleged that Graves sold ton OF
coal to a resident OF Georgetown that
was forty pounds short IN weight.
The Washington times., 1912-11-23
Lectures on "Karma." ="

L. w. Rogers. national lecturer for
the Theosophical Society. lectures to-
night at S o'clock before the members
Of Washington Lodge OF the society.
at The Germaina. 132 h street southeast.
His subject will be "Karma, or the Law
Of Cause and Effect" An invitation
10 the public Is extended.
The Washington times., 1912-11-23
Debts Double Assets,

John 4, Biggs, a dairyman. at Sil
North Capitol street. today filed "A pc
tition in voluntary bankr, cy In the
debts at sS29.3l and his assets at $433
Attorneys Cuttings and Chamberlain
ODrear for Biggs
The mirror., 1912-02-22

=
who has spent many years in accu-
mulating a few hundred dollars.
Take your savings direct to a postal
savings bank, keeping only enough
for a few weeks wants and don't
draw out a single penny unless you
really need it. If You do this you
will have more time t. spend look
ing for work and less money to throw
away in saloon, both of which will
react to your benefit and what's
more important it will instilL the
habit of saving which is really the
first step on the ladder Of success.
The mirror., 1912-02-22
OUR POSTAL
SAVINGS BANKS,
H.. R..

A trifie over year ago the first
postal savings bank was established
in this country and although a great
many skeptics doubted the feasibili-
ty of the project at the beginning,
there are few today who do not will
lingly vote it great success.
In the twelve months that t b e
banks have been in active operation
more than $4,000, 900 has been de-
posted, or little more than one
million dollars a month, and when
one takes into consideration the fact
that depositors are restricted to a
maximum deposit of only one-hun-
cred dollars per month this total
looms up large.
The chief opponents of a postal
savings law were naturally the large
privately owned state savings banks.
who firmly believed that govern
ment competition would soon result
in their deterioration if not complete
ruin, but like many other .bugaboos'
they find that instead Of hurting
them the postal banks have actually
helped them.
Ninety per cent. of the privately
owned state savings banks report ar
increase in deposits during 1911.
This is easily accounted for as the
postal savings banks appeal to {
class that heretofore kept their saw
ings in the sugar jar or the fam
ily stocking" and nothing short o
government guarantee would in
duce them to place it in any bank
: Again, the postal banks are grea
help to the wage Garner who wishe
to save a small sum weekly or month
ly, and at the same time to be abso
lutely sure Of i ts safety. Afte
these wage earners get the saving
habit they find it an easy matter t
accumulate hundred, two hundre,
or five hundred dollars an d whe
+
The mirror., 1912-02-22

little less worthy than the gentle
men adventures of an earlier time.
These Gagged persons. you perforce
admit, are often the worlds free
spirits, the, protestants, conscious or
unconscious, against the big saero-
sanct lies of our civilization, blasted,
as Lecky, might say, for the sins of
the people rather than their own.
There are many good fellows behind
the bars; that is certain. And as
you read after them and note their
range of thought and their soar in
song, you recall again that stone
walls do not prison make, or iron
bars cage" and yet again that
every prison that men build is
built of bricks Of shame" There is
SO much of Good in prison, evident
ly, that we must look into our sys-
tenn and our institutions to make
sure that it is not the Evil therein
that drives Good into antagonism.
This, aside from all mushiness of
sentiment based upon lack of knowl-
edge. No man can read the prison
press without finding in himself a
growing sympathy with anything
and everything reasonable til
tends to empty the penitentiaries OF
their inhabitants. Almost some OF
us have become to believe that the
prisons are no longer conducted
with view to the re-making o1
broken men, or even with the end
of social vengeance, but solely fel
the benefit of. the prison contrac.
tors. 1t is a damnable thing -thaf
| the State and private .exploiters
should, in many cases, make money
out of the convict. Read the prison
press if you would like to know
what terrible mistake we are max
ing in maintaining a system tha
operates to waste men instead O
conserving their powers in freedom
for the benefit of society. / SCI
some of the leaders of organized la
Dor are protesting against printing
in prisons. They are wrong. lie
the prison presses grind. They ar
showing us that there, but for tn
grace of God. or something no
wholly ourselves, would many 9
ourselves have our abode.
The mirror., 1912-02-22
S1.oOa Year
TERMS: 6M onths FiftyC is.

like the sun. He had the heart Of a
boy, the will of man, the spirit of
hero, the wisdom of philosopher
and the inspiration Of prophet.
He was indeed, the greatest of good
men and the best of great men; a
man we should all try to initiate.
Washington lived and died with
a firm belief in God, to whom he
prayed and upon whom he relied
for wisdom, strength and guidance.
He was, is, and ever will be to
every true Americans: First in
war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts Of his countrymen.
As Mount Washington, snow clad
and sunkissed rises above the plains,
so the private and public character
of George Washington towers on
our American history. His memory
is as beautiful as the capital which
bears his name; more lasting than the
monument which pierces the sky,
and peaceful he Potomac
which chants his requiem at Mount
| Vernon.
The mirror., 1912-02-22
a Great Man.
A. G.. N.

George Washington, whose birth
day we are celebrating today, was
one Of our greatest men. He was
not a bloodless Cromwell nor steel
engraving, but man to whom ap-
piled the Roman poets words: L
am man and deem nothing foreign
to me which relates to mankind"
1t is our duty and delight to recall
the man, recount the life and reserve
the memory of one of the greatest
names in ancient or modern history.
Providence sent Columbus to
America, and gave us Washington
to be our Joshua to lead our fathers
out the Egypt of British preroga-
tive tc the Canaan of American lib
erty. He is Immortality great be-
cause he made nation of the colo
MES, secured that country's s
freedom by the sword, upheld that
freedom by the power of peace and
bound the country and freedom with
constitutional government, fash
ioned to make liberty and union one
and inseparable.
Washington was great, not be-
cause he was genious, but because
he was good. His private life CLEANS
like star. His public career shines
The mirror., 1912-02-22
R.. S..

From my point of view | will try
to illustrate to the reader what a
train is. At this particular moment
/ will only consider passenger trains.
A passenger train consists of an en-
gine, a baggage car, conductor,
peanut salesman, brakeman with
throat trouble and several passenger
coaches. 1t is operated on what is
known as schedule, which is Amer
ica's most popular work of fiction.
The schedule shows the time at
which the prospective passenger
should arrive at the station to insure
him to get good seat near the wait
ing-room stove.
Passenger trains are divided into
three class, limited, local and accom-
mOdation trains. Limited trains are
very fast and only stop for sema-
phores, crossings, sidetracks, cows
on the track, hot boxes, and orders
for coal. They are very luxurious
and are supposed to get you to your
destination on time for which you
pay from five to ten dollars extra.
This explains the limited part.
/ Local trains stop at all stations
and elsewhere and are very careless,
losing ten minutes here and thirty
minutes there with the utmost un-
concern. like messenger boy. They
are patronized by the plain peo-
pie and are afflicted with prehistoric
coaches and newsboys who prey on
! the passengers and sell them burnt
peanuts, rotten figs and Glynn's la
test works in a low whisper at one
end of the ear.
Accommodation trains are COM
posed of freight cars and little red
caboose in the rear where passengers
are allowed to ride, they are on the
floor and ceiling alternately.
I. Passenger trains transport their
passengers to terrestrial points for
from two to three cents per mile, and
sometimes to the great beyond
without extra charge.
The mirror., 1912-02-22
The Prison Press
WILLIAM MARION REEDY, IN ST.
LOUIS MIRROR.

Prison literature is getting to be
quite volllminous, and it is surpris-
ingly good. The country at large
knows about the PRIsoN MIRROR,
published by the inmates of the
Saltwater, Minn., penitentiary, and
the STAR OF Hope, published at
Sing Sing, New York, because
clever things from those papers are
constantly appearing in the daily
press. They do not know, though
of the REFoRMAToRY PRESS at the
Anamosa, Iowa, reformatory. or the
MONTHLY RECORD, issued by the
men in the Connecticut State Pris-
on, at Wethersfeld. These. and
other like publications, come to the
MIRROR Office regularly. and they
are powerful prophylaxis against
pessimism. Their spirit is cheerful,
in marked contrast with the work
of SO many writer's who are not in
prison. You'd think they were ed
tied by MARK TAPLEY and DIR. PAN
GLOSS. They run strongly to essays
on books, to stories, and particularly
to poetry. The MONTHLY RECORD
has at least one good poet on its
staff-a poet of exalted aspiration
and one EN- RAPPORT with Nature
! After essay and song, the prison lit
erati incline mostly to humor. They
have fun with their fellow prisoners
and with the prison officials. Oh
course, these publications must be
censored to some extent by the off
cials, but even at that, the censor
ship is not wholly responsible fol
the absence of any note of bitter
ness in prison writing. There i
often note of regret and there i
much homiletic at times, but moth
ing of maudlin self-pity. Readin.
, these papers from time to time j
enough to convince anyone tina
there mnst be in the penitentiarie
OF this country, a vast amount o
good brains and good heart-excel
lent stuff. 1t is clear, fror
these publications, that education
doesn't keep men from runnin
= afoul of the law and that the ma
condemned for one sin very often
8 possessed of other virtues. Th
e prison press is on a higher literar
s plane than some of the most SUI
:, cessful daily papers and its tone {
8 morality is at last not subject to th
II suspicion that it is adopted to 81
e cure circulation nd advertising
! Reading these papers too, one
a impressed by the thought of what
n wealth Of the romance Of experiene
is locked up in the penitentiarie
: There are out-croppings of it upo
Ks nearly every page, references an
n allusions that suggest that nothin
10 but untoward circumstance h'
ct made of these men something b
The mirror., 1912-02-22

Let man begin to force himself
to- think each day a few good vigor-i
GUS thoughts. and by and by the
mind will naturally run to whole
some themes. 1t is a religious duty
to write the best thoughts. -Frede-
rich Lynch.
The mirror., 1912-02-22


welcome to the day returning,
Dearer still as ages flow,
While the torch of Faith is burning.
Long as Freedom S affairs glow!
See the hero whom it gave us
Slumbering on mothers breast;
For the arm he stretched to save US,
Be its morn forever blest!
Hear the tale of youthful glory.
While of Britair's rescued band
Friend and foe repeat the story.
Spread his fame DER sea and land.
Where the red cross. proudly streaming.
Flaps above the frigate's deck.
Where the golden lilies, cleaning.
Star the watch-towers of Qubec.
Look The shadow on the dial
Marks the hour of deadlier strife;
Days of terror, years of trial.
Scourge nation into life.
I.o the youth. become her leaderl
All her baff1ed tyrants yield:
Through his arm the Lord hath freed her;
Crown him on the tented field!
Vain Is Empire mad temptation!
Not for him an earthly crown
He whose sword hath freed nation
Strikes the offered sceptre down.
See the throneless Conqueror seated.
Ruler by peoples choice;
See the Patriots task completed;
Hear the Fathers dying voicel
By the name that you inherit.
By the sufferings you recall.
Cherish the fraternal spirit;
Love your country first of all!
Listen not to idle questions
If its bands may be united;
Doubt the patriot whose suggestions
Strive nation to divide"
Father! We, whose ears have tingled
With the discord-notes of shame
We, whose sires their blood have mingled
In the battles thunder-fame.-
Gathering. while this holy morning
Lights the land from sea to sea,
Hear thy counsel, heed thy warning;
Trust us, while we honor thee!
The mirror., 1912-02-22

ally look around for another safe
spot where the interest rate is larger
and in the end they usually select
the state savings bank that pays three,
three-and- -one-haH or four per cent.
As our postal savings banks only
pay two per cent. interest they can
hardly compete with the older banks
that pay three and -one-half or four
per cent, but as the government had
no intention of openly competing for
business we can say they truly rep
resent an element n banking that
can only be likened to our primary
schools in education. After de-
positor takes the postal savings
course he can graduate and go into
higher branch just as the primary
scholar can graduate and 90 to high
school or college, but If he follows
my advice he will stick to the postal
savings bank where he is certain of
safety, which is. without doubt, the
greatest factor to those W b o have
had no financial experience.
| If depositor is not satisfied with
two per cent. interest after he has
succeeded in accumulating one-hun-
dred dollars or more, he can,
through the postal savings bank, Sc
cure government bond at par that
will net him two and-one-half per
cent. and in connection will this
| feature of the postal savings law |
wish to call attention to the fact that
our good Uncle Samuel almost
got into the swindlers category, but
| in the end he pulled himself out al
right.
1t seems that. although Uncle
Sam made provision for purchasing
his two-and-one half per cent. bonds
he made no provision for selling
them, therefore when deposition
who had purchased two one-hun-
dred dollar bonds needed some ready
t money he found that the best Offer
he could secure was but $92.50 fol
!, each $4,000 bond, or $4,000 fol
what cost him $4,000.
This was Wall Streets" way o
: showing it $ disapproval and for
time it looked as though Uncle San
: would climb into the Get Ricl
Quick class, inasmuch as be wa
selling something for $4,000 tha
i only brought $92.50 in the opel
market.
Something had to be done an,
done quick so Postmaster Genera
Hitchcock issued an official ukase
to the effect that these bonds coul
be returned to the postal saving
banks at par, which means that tn
government will pay 500 for a SO
! bond.
p, Although postal savings banks al
10 new in this country they are as oil
~ as the hills in Europe and for tn
reason they appeal particularly
w foreigners who have been taugl
IN since childhood to look at the POI
Office as savings bank.
be Nearly every foreign country b;
a It's post office savings bank and tt
" deposits n the principal countri,
n run into very large figures, Franc
of / believe, leads the world in th
n respect, with postal savings of ov.
k. billion dollars, but many of Il
at smaller countries have from fiv
les hundred millions upwards, whit
.h- shows the possibilities of our ov
10 system.
.er In conclusion would like to +
gs commend these postal savings ban
to- to inmates of this Institution VIII,
ed they secure their freedom, for ]
enl one needs safety more than convi
The mirror., 1912-02-22
WashinSton's Birthday

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Evening journal., 1912-05-20
CHICKS ON
SHORT end
Outbat and 0utfieId Allentown
but Lose by 7 to 4
SCsre
FRITZ FEATURES
WITH HOME RUN HIT

ALLENTOWN, Pa, May 20.-Allen-
town won the final game of the series
with Wilmington on Saturday by the
score of z to 4. Home runs In sue
cession by Tarleton and Camel in the
seventh inning clinched the game for
the local team. Schweitzer. who
started for the Chicks" was bstted
from the mound in the first inning
and was replaced by Salmon.
Allentown scored two runs in its
half Of the first inning. Stutz walk
ed and stole second. Tarleton singled
TO right field. scoring Stutz. Tarle-
ton scored on sacrifice fly by Had
dow. The Chicks" scored their first
run in the next inning, Meyers re-
ceived a pass. pilfered second was
sent across the plate on Weeks sin
gle TO centre. Another run was add
ed in the third inning on a triple by
Mecherly and single by Jackson.
The local team scored again in the
fourth inning. when Bill" Cougflin
stole home. The fourth tally was
made in the fifth on singles by Stutz
and Haddow. Stutz was sent TO the
bench in the sixth inning by Umpire
Keenan, for kicking on a close deci-
sion.
A single by Meyers and triple by
There netted Wilmington's third run
In the sixth inning.
Three more runs were tailed by
Allentown in the seventh inning
Ghnrrrr rnoahAI 80 -
Marhefka and Tarleton and Camel
hit for home runs. Wilmington sent
the fourth run across the plate in the
Evening journal., 1912-05-20
Saturday Baseball Results BoxngOdds and Live Local Sport
LEEDOM WINS The CLASS C CUP

Glass D with 16 out of 25 each.
The class A challenge cup was up
for open competition. It was won by
Mr.. Richardson. The Class d chal-
lenge cup was also up for open COM
petition. J. B. Grier and S. j New
man tying for 16 out of 25.
The final shoot for permanent pos
session of Class c challenge cup,
was the most interesting event of the
afternoon. There we're nine contest
ants. Clyde Leedom was the winner
with a score of 40 out of so. J. II.
Minnick shooting from 20 yards, made
a close bid for the cup with the ex-
cellent score of 43 out of 45. He was
the only marksman shooting from 20
yards. the others shooting from 16
yards
In order to determine the win
ners of spoons in ties made on May 4,
lots were drawn. The fortunate ones
were ]. H. Minick, and w G. Wood.
Three others who had tied, shot for
the prize, J. ]. Magahern being the
winner.
Pistol and revolver scores were: w.
o. Northcott, 75, 75, 81, (Ss calibre) /;
O. l.. Harold. 8S, "a, S5; L. c. S. Dor
sey, So, so, SO, Sc; w. E. Steen, 81, 40,
90.
30 calibre rife. scores: J. T. Birch,
226. 236, 2S5. 232; L. c. S. Dorsey,
217; R. S. Wood 200; ]. w. Anderson,
third, 1870, 203; S. w Russell, 148;
w, ]. Conner, 210; w. G. Wood, 207-
Evening journal., 1912-05-20
Ii: &aE Let's Get
JUOT tIL1O NlOSSIU Togethe
Let's Get 70 and OYnn00rf
Together ui'N ~OaiHAINllS
LET'S Get
Together
Wen win after awhile.

Well win after awhile.
Counting McKenna among our own
select, the Chicks have FIVE men hit
ting over 300. Yes, wen win after
awhile.
You remember our tip that Jimmy
Jackson would burn up this league?
Has doing it.
We outhit and outfielded Allen
town. but those chaps scored more
runs.
Guess well have to call out the
fire department to extinguish the
burning ambition of Tommy Dough
erty's Hillside boys
vandever. too. imagines that TOP
ring belongs to them Maybe there
won't be trouble when they buck
Hillside. We know what will hap
pen, but are mum just now.
Wilmington opens two-game
series with Lancaster today The
schedure for the remainder Of the
present series away York, May 90
% and "a; Harrisburg, May 25, p
%. The team opens at home on May
20 with Trenton. Games at home
with Johnstown. Altoona. Allentown
and Lancaster will follow.
They are beginning to dynamite
players from the United States League
teams Donaldson, a southpaw. and
Wilson. a first baseman have left the
Pittsburgh, u. S. League team, to play
with Connelsville in the o. and p.
Big league clubs are sending their
scouts through the outlawed United
States League now and are planning
TO grab every first-class player who
appears, If they have 10 pay moro
than the player is really worth. ia
this way they can made their superior
financial backing count against the
outlaw clubs.
Mike Joyce is the captain of the
Lancaster team.
Mert Whitney acts as field captain
of the Trenton team.
Oliver H. Gernert. the business man.
agef at Allentown, has had years of
experience in baseball and the af-
fairs of the new club IN the league
are being ably handled.
Infelder Bob Follansbee, a brother
of First Baseman Sam Follansbee, of
Evening journal., 1912-05-20
sPIKEs PITT FLOOD OUT.

Michael Flood. catcher and captain
OF the Imperial club. in retiring Still
we'll al the plate in the second inning
OF the Imperial.Madison game on
Saturday, was badly spiked on the
right ankle. Five stitches to close
the wounds we're taken by Dr. Ma
haffy, who was a spectator. Dr.
McColley is now treating him.
Sullwell expressed his regret over
the mishap
Evening journal., 1912-05-20
Rlrerview .Hlehland.
NOTES.

Freddie Lewis played the clean up
kid with three on in the ninth.
Nice control. Pete. not a walk.
Wingate is there at. the bat and also
on the fielding end.
Kalmbacher was in the game Nice
eve, kid
Booth gave a nice exhibition OF
base running, fooling Rockford's third
baseman twice on his fadeaway slides.
Not a stolen base on Devenney.
Looks like they're afraid 70 go down
on him.
Bradford was there with the stick
when needed.
Nice work Parkside. Three double
plays looks like good team work.
Freddie Smith got a man coming
home In the fifth after he caught a
fly Nice arm. Ebby
Pete Coffin caught two men mapping
off first
Rus Smith was there as usual when
he was needed.