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The Washington times., 1913-09-24

vide for justice in the political representation of Bal
tmore, means that those measures will have the sup
port of Republicans in the legislature next winter.
There is always the possibility that minority
party may become the majority, and elections fol-
lowing Presidential year are full of uncertainties.
1t is a notable thing that both the Democrats and
Republicans of Maryland have shown disposition
to constructive State legislation. There can be no
doubt to the attitude of the original Progressives
at their convention still to come, and Maryland will
therefore have the stimulating spectacle of all of the
leading political organizations pledged to progress
sive course. Maryland voters must fpd in the
prospect exceptional for satisfaction And the
political cause which works such an effect in Mary
land must follow to similar results in other States.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
CLEVELAND MARCHING AHEAD.

The intimate relation between good government
and community prosperity has been recognized by
Cleveland, and explains in large part that towns
persistence in progressive measures Of administra
tion The calamities that were promised when Tom
Jonnson's enemies were fighting the beginnings oi
his forward movement have not only failed of reaza
ton, but the town has been of the national mar
vels Of growth, expansion and prosperity. No won
der it presses on with the fight for government tina,
will really serve the whole people.
The latest is municipal electric lighting. The
city voted million dollars to install plant, and was
tied up by injunction proceedings. The injunction
has now been dismissed and tine city can 60 ahead
and build. Already it owns three such plants, two
of them acquired through annexation of suburbs
These and the new one, are to be unified and their
facilities extended to the whole city.
Washington, in the Great Falls, has far more
auring invitation to just such municipal enterprise
than almost any other city in the country.
Can't it find way to get in step with the times,
too?
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Needs Of the New Haven.

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
II Senator Tf1lman wishes to THANK
God he lives in a State in which there
10 no di~prce." he ought first to see II
there Is no need Of divorce in his State.
The fact Is there is as much marital
unhappiness, as much drunkenness and
infidelity In South Carolina as in any
State, but that state alone refuses to
give a wife protection. No matter
what the character Of the husband,
what a drunken beast he may be. the
antiQuated laws of South Carolina give
the children to him, and he alone is
recognized as their legal guardian.
The illiteracy Of that State Is among
the greatest in the Union; there is no
white slave law. none against the vag-
rancy of the white man; no compul-
sorry education; women's wages are at
the lowest-in fact, 1t would be well for
Tillman to inform himself Of what
the rest Of the Union Is doing In the
way Of civilization before he talks in
public of his home.
He blameSa suffrage State because the
Camenetti case happened there Would
any sane man lay the horrible murder
of the factory girl by Frank. in Atlanta.
Ga, on the fact the State Is non-suf-
frage? A SOUTHERN READER.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
GAMBLING IN PANAMA.

1t is about a century since the lottery
was used in this country as a means to raise
money for many public purposes, and people who
protested against it looked upon as more less
cranks. In many countries and cities of the world
it is still employed in much the same way, while
gambling in general is nowhere treated with quite
the rigorous measures that applied in this
try.
The difficulties of imposing one peoples opinions
on another people that entertans different set of
views is nowhere better illustrated than in this mat
ter of gambling. The Latin people take a less
severe view of gaming than we do and a sharp
clash between national and racial ideas is imminent
in Panama. The government of that little republic
needs, or, at least, wants, the revenue that is to
be derived from the games. The Washington
Government induced the Panamans to stop gambling
during the period of the canal construction. Now
the Panama administration takes the position that
this period has expired; that the blowing of the
Gamboa dixie marks the substantial opening of the
canal and therefore, proposes TO permit the gambling
establishments in Panama City and Colon to be re-
opened next month. The American Government,
whatever it may be able to do, will regard the move
with dsapproval. Americans were good deal de-
moralized when gambling permitted, and the fact
that the canal is nominay opened makes no real
difference. The ne is going to continue practically
American territory, and highly important piece of
it. Shall American moral views obtain there?
1t would be very easy for'Panama to be converted
into a combination of Suez and Monte Carlo 1t is
going to be highly cosmopolitan community that
will grow up at the termini and along the line of
the canal. That kind of community earned for
Suez the repute of being about as wicked place
as the modern world knows. Great Britain inter-
fered little in local administration and Suez was tine
wide open town of the whole East. Panama will
occupy the same relation to its part of the world
if Washington gives it the chance. Our own people,
quite as much as the natives, will be responsible, for
the loosening of moral bonds under the tropics and
far from home is as natural as it is easy Perhaps
it will present some diplomatic difficulties, but none
the less our State Department will find way to
prevent Panama becoming Suez for immortality.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
Professional Rivalry.

VERIFYING on the street was
II dim and quiet. for the thorough
IL fare was a highly respectable
neighborhood and the hour was
/? o'clock a. m. In fact. save for q stray.
wandering cat and a constable now
rounding corner in the far distance,
there were no signs Of life or animation
anywhere.
William Skies stepped out from ths
shadow Of friendly tree, glanced fur
lively around him and then assisted
Tom Cooke, his bosom friend and part
ner. to alight from the drawing room
windowsof No. g.
well. old pal. what luck?" he whis.
pered.
mo luck at ALL" growled Tom. Tho
bloke what lives there Is a lawyer"
William looked apprehensive.
Then 'ow much ave you lost? he
asked.-Philadelphia Record.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
PROGRESSIVE INFLUENCE ON RE.
PUBLICAN PLATFORMS.

In the platform adopted by the Republican and
amalgamated Progressive State convention of Mary
land there plain marks of two distinct political
forces. They have clear meaning for all States
where there used to be debatable ground between the
great parties of the past.
First there is in the Maryland situation the normal
disposition of the minority party to 60 far in promis-
ing local reforms in order attract support While the
Republican party national organization grad
ually assuming standpat attitude tactical egencies
compelled its adherents in Maryland to adopt diff
ferent course.
In addition to this and partly result of it, the
party has long included a strong element which
was naturally progressive Existence of that element
helps to account for the fact that when the break
came at Chicago last year the Progressive party
developed amazing vitality in Maryland and was able
to muster $1,000 votes at the polls in November.
Hope of attracting large proportion of the
Progressives to unite with the Republicans was
necessarily based framing platform satisfactory
to them. How far the work done will GO in that
direction remains to be seen but the fusion as so
far developed explains fully the general Characters
tics of the platform.
Adoption of every one of the planks put forward
by the progressive Baltimore News embracing a
program of needed legislation to correct long-stand-
ing defects in the administrative system and to pro-
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
MAIL BAG
Anti.ViyisectiOn.
From The Times Readers

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
/, In q recent edition Of your paper
there is an editorial THE Hair of the
Dog" and containing this statement:
There are still plenty Of people who
would knock scientific progress on the
head by prohibiting vrisection. They
generally cat meat, too"
The majority Of the opponents OF
vivisection do not eat meat; but even II
they did. the animals killed for food
are usually killed In a humane manner.
and without the great suffering caused
by vivisection. People are being con-
verted to vegetarianism very rapidly,
and most Of these converts are firm
believers In the rights Of animals.
1t Is new religion and the best one
OF all. Christianity has done but little
for the lower animals. / hope The
Times cares something for the rights
Of animals.
At present there Is a big fight to get
the birds protected in the pending tariff
bill. Senators Gallinger and Mclean
and other noble people are enlisted in
this work of love and sentiment Qf you
please).
THOMAS W. GILMER.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
WHY NOT, INDEED!

With the opening of the school year Philadelphia
finds it has 10000 children ready and anxious to at
tend school for whom there are no accommodations
in the inadequate buildings provided.
Whose fault it is, considering that it is a Pha-
delphia condition, requires little discussion The
answer is easy. But what to do about it, right now,
is another matter. The Evening Times of Philadel-
phia comes forward with suggestion that deserves
attention and adoption. Ii will be worth while TO
note whether it gets either.
Philadelphia churches not in use by day.
They pay no taxes. They owe an obligation to the
public. Twenty thousand Philadelphia children
need their help. Are they not as we'll worth saving
as naked beathen in foreign lands?
II the churches would tender use of their edihces
to the school board it would Immediately solve the
problem of room.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
4 Dlv1N1Nc ROD CONGRESS.

The heading, Divining Rod Congress, is Meth Fl
a joke nor q paraphrase of a sentence from q
history Of the Middle Ages 1t records an actual as
/ ,mblage gathered in Halle, Germany, under the
sanction of the worlds governments to test the ef-
icacy Of the curious natural instrument known the
dvining rod in its ordinary and extraordinary func-
tons That is to say the congress is inquirng into
the proved usefulness of the divning rod as dis
coverer not only of water streams, but also of de-
posts of coal and potash.
That Germany should father such gathering of
scientists to investigate the fored branch of hazel
variously called the Rod of Aaron, the Caduceus
Wand of Mercury, and the Virgula Divina, is not
strange since some of her older scientists have be-
leved in the powers of the magic wand, and in
temporary times it has been the subject of serious
official consideration. in the Fatherland.
Nothing seems to be too remote from govern
mcntal and scientific investigation by Germany, as
bears witness the flood of ponderous volumes on
recondite subjects that issue from her printing
presses. But this familiar scientific and literary
phenomenon does not alter the seeming strangeness
of a modern congress of German and American scen-
fists devoting itself to something which
mote from ordinary beliefs the infalIibiliy of
the philosophers stone.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
Replies to Tiumsn.

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
In connection with the latest evidence
Of the negligent operation of the New
Haven railway system. as a reader OF
your paper II does not seem to me i'm
pertinent to suggest a comparison OF
traffic conditions on the New York
Central between New York city and AL
bany with the traffic situation on the
New Haven between New York city and
Boston.
THE New York Central has for years
maintained a four-track line, and an
efficient signal system.
THE New Haven has for years been a
rich and profitable railway. and instead
of spending its surplus in perniclous po-
iitjcal activity in n vain effort to forever
dominate the financial and transporta-
tJon affairs Of New England, why should
r. not four-track its New York Boston
main line, and double-track its main
branches, and install efficient signal ap.
paratus.
modern stee, cars will not prevent fatal
accidents unless the tracks and signal
system OF the railway are OF sufficient
cauacity TO handle its traffic.
ROBERT .. LITTLE.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
Queer Stamps for Polar Expeditions.

were issued. and. though only penny
ones, they are now worth Is shillings
each unused and are getting more val
liable every year.
The stamps used by Captain Scott and
his expedition will naturally become ex-
tremely valuable.
The Australian Antarctic expedition,
under DIR. Mawson. which also has met
with an unfortunate mishap, used the
stamps OF Tasmania. Cancelled with a
a figure of penguin The stamps used
by the Terra Nova expedition were also
Cancelled by a design noticeable for the
figure Of a penguin.
The German South Polar expedition of
1911 had a special stamp of its own
manufacture. showing Q picture Of its
ship, the Deutschland.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

wiH heaven friends,
III ] en-not a husbands and wipes.
live equally happily
With or without him.
What in wfe is not entertainment and Inspiration,
comfort solid rest siuuLan but sedaipe not
repartee but propinquay-dnd not too much of that
eyes every guilty. of matrimonial designs
Upon him until proved herself marrying another
man.
As long youth tender and sentimental he deeepes himself
by talking eynsm after hardened
ceres by talking sentiment.
ought to be- during ordinary glood 90
through the process of playing eight brands of nge
before she manages to land the right
II awfully moying business girl to have her employer
treat her opinions lightly and ndferen though
she his wife
love YOU because you things love- may excellent
phoophy couldn't you Just ADORE person the
things you hates
The kind of girl every falls love re-
NICE neesng harmless (but unnecessary human being
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
What Is 4 Meal?

WAITER: Something one some
times gets tipped for serving"
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
What's on tie Program, IN
Washington Today

George washington University Law
School begins forty-ninth session.
Meeting evening:
Masonic-Meeting Of Harmony Lodgs,
No. II; School Of Instruction. Royal
Arch. Washington, No. l; KNIGHTS
Templar, Naomi No. 8, and Brook
land. No. II. Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Eastern. No. q; Friand>
ship. No. T. and Federal City. No %
business; Harmony. No. 8 degree; Co
lumbian. No. ]. encampment. degree
work.
Red Men-Osceola Tribe. No. u. Ten
nallytown: Seltese Tribe. No. u, eve
ming; White Eagle Council. No. 4. de-
gree Of Pocohontas. Society Temple.
knights of Pythias-Mt Vernon. No. 8:
Hermoine. No. IL: Union. No. 2 and
Columbia, No. S. evening: Friend,
ship Temple, No. 8. Pythian SisterA
Amusements.
National-''Fine Feathers" 3:15 and
Beiasco-"At Bay" 2:I5 and Sis D N.
Polis-rhe Girl In the Taxi" is and
Academy-"A Fool There Was" SIS
Keith's-vaudeviiie s:ls and SIS n m.
Columbia-Marceline. 8 as p. m.
Cosmos-vaudeville.
Casino-Vaudeville.
Gayety-BurlesQua ! IL and SIS .. N
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

And when Morgan muffed it," some
one was recounting. "a roar went up
from the stands" Aha" put in one
Of his listeners. "A muffled roar?'
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
SOME MARRIED LIFE.

IFTotn The TIImes."D
William A. Hopkins sued Ruby v. Hopkins
for an absolute divorce. The couple were
married May &C. 1872.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

G. S. X: Do you ALWAYS close the
column with the days best paragraph?
BERKSHIRE.
q. 3. x.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

As to the edict that meal must cost
Is cents. we opine 1t would be more to
the promontory were It commanded
that Is cents worth of food be served.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

Keen as we are for the expression,
we believe that by employing certain
amount of will power we could be hap
py IL we never heard '"Thaw's nemesis
again.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
IRRITATiONs.

Here's the thing that gets my billy:
When Pm asked to pound the Keys,
And some rdttle-pated silly
Beats a tattoo on his knees.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
CLIFFORD T. MYNporr

do ! understand from your pro-
Bryan outbreak" queries A. A. J.,
that no standpat Republican owns q
sense Of humor7" You do IL you dope
US rightly. No man with a sense of
humor COULD be a standpat Repub-
lican.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
addition to P

A distinguished addition to p. F.
ranks is the title of 8. 8. McClure's
life story, which starts in the October
"McClure's" - bes pardon, NC
CLURE'S." 1t Is: My Autobiography"
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

NOT coRNED BEEF AND CABBAGE.
From the Wilmington. Del. "NewsD
Noble Grubb Is spending his vacation with
relatives In Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
No, Not ALWAYS.

To Second Baser Morgan: Thanks
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
PIANIST,

As to things ! am not keen for
This Is What dnnoys me most:
When the seat pay beam for
Is behind a blooming post.
c. L. o.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

Nova left for New Zealand on Novem-
ber %. 1910. for instance. she had on
board $500 worth Of New Zealand penny
stamps overprinted with the words
Victoria Land"
Captain Scott was specially made post
master Of the British Antarctic-an ap-
pointment first held by Sir Ernest
Shackleton. in 1907.
The stamps used by the Shackleton ex-
petition we're the ordinary New zealand
stamps surcharged with the words
King Edward VII Land" says An
swsrS. More than 1900 Of these stamps
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

Some youths are preternaturaIIy az
fected and others wear their neckties
parted In the middle. with an end
thrown carelessly over each shoulder.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
THIS& THAT
TO THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR.
WHICH IS POSSESSED OF A

~ 1nE FAMILY NEXT DOOR,
WHICH IS POSSESSED OF A
PH0N0GRAPH.
Number one in a series of Optimistic odes.
in which We endeavor to look on the
bright side of things.
You who own one of those music affairs;
You. phonographical neighbors;
You who turn on the grand opera airs
During my columning labors;
You who have stored In your musical
house
Records by seventy-'leven-
Gounod, Berlin. Herbert. Hauerbach,
Strauss,
Cohen. Puccini and Nevin;
You whose great ardor and warmth
never flags;
You whose delight never ceases;
You who play all OF the flims.est rass,
Also the highbrowy pieces
You are aware Il. e.. In case that you
Ever have done any reading)
How many bards have sent messages to
Owners of monographs, pleading,
Many and many a poetic line
Many message implorinR:
stiii' I'm desirous Of sending you mine,
Zen at the danger of boring.
l have definite something to say.
II l am able to strike It:
Turn on your Instrument louder. I pray.
Turn 1t on louder; LIKE IT,
Eugene Geary. poming for the right
half Of the editorial page of Washing
tons Most Popular Evening Newspa-
per. u permitted to rhyme -sorrows''
with "sparrows" till the kline come
home to roost. But viii the gem
tleman note that in the third column
from the left on said page bush league
rhyming Of the sort is sternly frowned
upon?
Lines In Contemplation of q Certain
Event.
When the Climbers. lusty scrappers,
Pass the slowly trav'ling Nappers,
Which I think they're pretty liable
to do;
And when also (here I shiver,
The esteemed Potomac River
Closes softly but completely over
Since your dive into the deep1l
Mean the wind-up of your steeple
(This my sole and selfish reason for
this sob).
I'm the kiddo. right here waiting,
Who. without no hesitatins.
VIII make speedy spplicatioH for your
CY rr.rSopD - .<-~,-~--
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

1.-TWO beans. but there's no rhyme.
The Washington times., 1913-09-24
FAMILIAR PHRASES.

Well-balanced bill,
The Washington times., 1913-09-24

n lost Arctic and Antarctic eX
MI plorera have taken a specia
Nl supply Of stamps with then
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
-FOUR WARSHIPS
ORDERED SOUTH
United States Fears Outbreaks
in Central America.

Washington, Feb. Storm clouds
over Central America, with the single
exception Of Costa RIGA, caused the
United States to order four warships
there.
Reports upon which this government
took action come from many quarters
and, though in most cases they are
somewhat vague and speculative. they
are strongly of the same general tenor
that it was no longer thought wise
to permit American interests in Cen
trail America to remain exposed to
any dangers.
In Salvador, where for a long period
peace has prevailed, the attempted as
sassination last Tuesday of President
Aruajo by band Of conspirators is
believed here to threaten trouble, al
though the president sent assurances
to his minister that the country was
quiet.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
PROHIBITS INTERSTATE
SHIPMENT or LIQUOR
House Passes Important Tenn
perdnCe Measure.

Washington, Feb. 10.-The Webb
bill to prohibit the interstate ship
ment of liquor into dry states for
purposes of sale "or in any manner
used" in violation OF the state laws
was passed by the house, 240 to 65.
The passage Of the bill ended one
of the most stubborn fought contests
of this congress. Senator Kenyon of
Iowa, author of the senate measure Of
the same general purport. sat in the
house watching the fight. which opened
with a contest over the rule to bring
up the Webb bill. Representatives Of
organized anti-saloon advocates sat in
the members galleries and kept tally
on the roll calls.
Representative Fitzgerald OF New
York criticised his fellow Democratic
leaders for not devoting more time to
essential appropriation bills. Repre-
sentative DalZell of Pennsylvania, Re-
publican, said this Democratic house
would go down in history as "one Of
masterful inactivity" Representative
Mann Of Illinois characterized as film
fam" the bringing up OF the bill at
this time. Former Speaker Cannon
declared that the states should regu-
late traffic themselves.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
LORD ALvERSTONE Is DYING
Little Hope Held Out for Ensiand's
Chief Justice.

London, Feb. lord Alverstone
lord chief justice OF England, still IA
military known as Dick Webster, al
though his peerage is already dozen
years old, is reported to be in criti-
cal condition
At his town residence, Hornton
Lodge, Campden Hill. Kensington,
Lord Alverstone is lying surrounded
by all the members Of the family. The
king sent special equerry from Buck
ingham palace with a sympathetic mes
sage, and judges and leading kings
counsel have visited him.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
PURCELL duplicates MANY
Veteran Gambler Tells of New York
Police Graft.

New York, Feb. y.-An even two
still on the New York police force
were branded as grafters Or go-be-
tweens in the recital of James Pur-
cell, veteran gambler, who told the
aldermanic investigating committee
how he and associates had given up
$4,000 protection money in seventeen
years.
His story was the most important
told to the committee since it began
lowing the murder of Herman Rosen-
thai, shot down because he "squealed."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Feb. 10.-Wheat-May,
SSMc; July, 90Bc. Cash close on
track: No. l hard, $3.50; No. North
ern, 87as @88%c; to arrive. size;
No. Northern, S5% @S6asc; No. 3
Northern, 1925 @s4asc; No. yellow
corn, 45h @46c; No. 4 corn, 44Q 45c;
No. white oats, 31A @32Ac; to ar
rive, &c: No. 3 oats, 29Q30hc; bar
ley, 440sSs; lax, Si.57A; - arstvs,
S1x7k.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
EXONERATES TWO SENATORS
Elections Committee Closes West Wiz.
sinia Corruption Probe.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Senators Wat
son and Chiffon of West Virginia are
exonerated of the charge of corrup-
ton in connection with elections two
years ago in a report decided upon by
the senate elections committee.
The only charge was traceable to
the assertion by Delegate l.. J. Shock
of the West Virginia legislature that
he had been paid 81 ,000 and was prom
ised more If he would vote for the
two senators. He later retracted.