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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-10-24
LTMRER COMPETITION!

Be it ever so sharp, should be in fair play. We
sell lumber at the fair price found everywhere,
but we claim higher grades and greater variety 8
AS to shingles,
Shingles by Is, No. 2, at $3.50 per 1000
by 20. 6 IS 500 6
5 by 20, No. l, ' $50 6
These are all Florida Cypress shingles and
mostly heart timber in them. Lumber yards as
well as trees are different and yet many people
cannot see the difference between our lumber
ward and others. 1t is only by visiting our yards
that YOU see the many differences Of betterment
AS to Cypress Palng and Pickets,
Square OctagOn pickets, No. 2, at 2 l-2c each
Flat curved-head palings, No. 2, at 2 l-2c each
We are not under contract to boost anyDOdy's
moor lumber. Our contract is with you. We owe
il to YOU to give you the best lumber when you
huv here and wel stick to that contract We
are as particular about the quality Of lumber as
YOU are, and we two will get along very we'll to-
gether when you come in for that bill of lumber,
mill work, etc.
Our Free House Plans, too, are great help
whenever and wherever any one builds cottage
or frame dwelling in this part of the world. Ihey
all come to us and we suit them. Free plans go
with our good lumber.
FRANK LEBREr s. CO.,
LUMBERMEN, .....
9th st. & N. Y. Ave-,
Washington, I'D. G..
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14

couraging or supporting of revolution
airy movements in Latin America by
citizens of the United States. The
greatest danger of serious complica-
ton is with Mexico. Our citizens,
who acquire interests there, do so un-
der Mexican laws They take their
own risk. This government has no
right to intervene to protect them
against the consequences of insurrec-
ton and disorder, but these may be in
stigated, supported, and even sustained
from here There is little doubt that
the Madero rebellion owed its success
10 American aid, and there is constant
danger of that kind OF Intervention"
that docs not come officially from the
government, but from revolutionists,
operating from this side of the bor-
der, and from assistance derived from
citizens of this country.
If this resource can be cut off, ii
will be easier for the established gov
ernment to maintain itself.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
NELL CONFIRMATION
RECEIVES SETBACK
Labor Commissioners Case Not Con-
sidered by Senate Committee
Owing to Absentees.

Confirmation of President Wilson's ap-
pointment of DIR. Charles T. Neill as Com
yesterday, when n majority of the Sem
ate Committee on Education and Labor
failed to attend the meeting which Chair
man Borah had called 10 act upon the
nomination.
Senators who stayed away We're PEN
rose. Mclean. Kenyon. Rankhead. Shive-
". and Swanson. Those who attended
were Borah, Page, and MARITIME.
Senator Borah had intended that Sena-
tors Tillman and Overman. who are max
ing the fight against Neill because OF his
attack on child labor conditions in South
ern cotton mills. should he heard by the
committee. He now proposes that unless
a new committee is elected this week hts
committee shall hear the case on Monday.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
PRESIDENT WRITES
LETTER OF REGRET
Unable to Attend Dedication Of
Former President Clevelands
Birthplace.

In = letter to President John ". Finley,
If the College of the City Of New York,
President Wilson to-day declined. on ac-
count Of previous engagements, an in
vitation to he present at the dedication
of former President Cleveland's birth
place at Caldwell, y. J., as a public
memorial.
The Presidents. letter read:
My Dear President Finley: ! wish
with all my heart that il were possible.
consistently with the performance OF
my new duties here, to he present on
the occasion OF the dedication of Mr.
Cleveland's birthplace to the public as
memorial. But, inasmuch as | am
bound here by obligations cannot
escape. / must content myself with re-
questinC that YOU will read this brief
message 10 those assembled.
From the first ! have been deeply
interested in the plan to acquire Mr.
Cleveland's birthplace for the public, and
this consummation of the plan seems to
me of great significance and delightful
omen. I think it must be evident to
everyone who has given any attention
to the matter that the feeling of the
country the feeling alike of admiration
and affection, toward Mr.. Cleveland
grows warmer and warmer as the years
pass by As We see him in Just per-
spective. he looms up one of the most
notable figures in our long line of Pres
idents. I send these lines therefore. as
a sincere tribute of respect and admira-
tion.
MAY I not add also my hope that
the administration of the property may
be productive of pleasure and stimula-
ton to those engaged in it and real
profit 20 the community at large?
VERY truly yours.
WOODROW WILSON"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
BANK PRESIDENT TO
LAND In TREASURY
John Skelton Williams, Former Sea-
board Air Line President, Nom
mated Assistant Secretary.

John Shelton Williams, of Richmond.
Va, the former president of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway. who unsuccessfulIy
contested with Thomas Fortune Ryan for
control of that system. was yesterday
appointed Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury.
Mr.. Williams is now the president of 4
bank in Richmond, and has other finan-
cial connections. The salaries which no
will relinquish to accept the position in
the Treasury Department aggregate SIS
Geo. He is the son of John l.. Williams,
who founded the Seaboard system.
In financial war with the Ryan inter-
ests, which was one of the most spectacu-
lar in the history of Southern railway
development. he lost control of the great
carrier which his father had created.
With the control of the Seaboard the
Virginian lost the fortune which he and
his father had built up. Mr.. Williams Is
a man of high degree of financial
ability.
Robert W. Wooley. of Virginia and
Kentucky, will be nominated within
the next day or so as another Assist
ant Secretary. it was announced yes
terday He will take the Office in
charge of bureaus and miscellaneous
subjects, including public buildings and
the Revenue Cutter and Marine Hos
pitaF Services. now handled by Sher-
man Allen. II is expected that he will
assume his duties early next week.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
Hit Her Again; She's a Suffragette.

The monopoly Of mere man. TO the
right to think and the right to vote
being contested by a larger number OF
women, both in Our country and
abroad, than many critics OF the
cause" are inclined to concede. it is moi
singular that the world OF matrdnS and
maids should be deeply stirred by either
open opposition or silent Indifference.
The already voting woman, and the
woman who wants the right to vote in
her own State, subscribe 10 the Scrip
tural sentiment. He who is not
with Me is against Me" She has no
use for either men or women perched
on the fence from which they may
comfortably view both sides. Still less
is she tolerant OF her avowed anti
sisters, who block her way with what
she considers old-fashioned prejudices.
1t may be easily conceived, then.
with what resentment she views the
combined ignorance and prejudice OF
rampant rowdyism There are. of
course, suffrasettes and suffragettes !;
the American suffragette. with rare ex-
ceptiOns, has no sympathy whatever
with the militant methods employed by
4 certain type of Englishwoman, and il
is natural that she should therefore
object TO receive the same treatment
that is accorded would-bc woman vot-
ers who have proved themselves
demons OF destruction on a par with
the Furics OF the French revolution.
She expects for herself the same re-
spectfld treatment she bestows on
others, and only asks fair play 1t is
unquestionable that the woman who
wants the vote has at least half per-
suaded many. doubters who have lis
tened to her pleas and arguments
throughout the current month in
Washington.
Each and every fair orator has made
good" and in the case of that brilliant
and wcll-poiscd dcbatcr, Miss Incz
NIilholIand-thc new Portia OF the
New York bar-thc triumph over the
opposition was specially complete.
1t Is possible that if a few OF the
enemies Of suffrage for women would
devote some 81 the time they employ
in talking through" their grand
mothers hat to li>t-aing to thoughtful,
well-equipped, and logical speakers for
the cause they would cease to join
in the campaign OF ridicule crystallized
in the cry. Hit her again. She's a
sufiragettew
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
A D A M
ny GEORGE FITCH,
Author of cat Good Old Siwash."

Adam, whose rear name seems to have
succumbed TO the tooth of time, was a
citizen of Eden and other eastern points
about 400 f. G.. His record was roman
tic and brilliant. Born an orphan and
later thrown out on his own resources
at a time when employment was notori-
ousIv hard TO get, he succeeded in living
900 years and becoming the worlds
greatest ancestor.
No photographs of Adam are extant
and no historical society has preserved
the cottage in which he first saw the
light He is known to have been wild in
his youth, having seen snakes, and
shortly after having been appointed Gus
todian for life of the Garden of Eden,
he was bounced for stealing apples.
Later on he steadied down. however. and
lived irreproaChably and perseveringly
for MANY centuries. accumulating grand
children to the SD degree and holding
THANKSGIVING family dinners each year
in some capacious valley with two-mile
table down the middle.
Adam was not an educated man.
There was no learning to pick up when
he was young. and besides it was 10ooo
miles and 600 years to the nearest Car
negie library. He was no politician and
never-made but one speech, from which
speech, however, womankind is only now
recovering. He is famous principally
for his work in the Census Bureau. APP
pointed head of the vital statistics of
Mesopotamia at a time when that coun-
try consisted entirely OF climate and pos
sibilities, he threw his whole heart into
the work and did not cease his efforts un-
til the country was thoroughly settled.
This was after he had made a lamentable
failure as student of natural history
and only FAIR success in agriculture.
From Adam we should learn that no man
should despair when he fails in business.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
A Good Beginning.

Mr.. JoscphuS Daniels is said for
years to have treasured an ambition to
be Secretary OF the Navy. He has the
honor from an administration which
was elected on a pledge to maintain an
adequate and wcll-proportioncd navy,
but. which. to say the least, is not en-
| thusiaStic about increase of armaments.
The leaders OF the party which adopted
such a high-sounding national defense
plank at Baltimore prevented the au-
thorization of two new battlcShips at
the last session Of Congress Mr.. Dan
iels. then a private citizen. did what
he could to assist the cause of two.
1t is announced that he will make
a tour OF the navy yards and stations,
that he will witness the target practice
OF the fleet and endcavor TO put himself
thoroughly in touch with the spirit of
the service.
Mr.. Daniels follows a Secretary who
enjoyed the advantage. unusual in the
Navy Department, of an unbroken
four-year tenure. Mr. George Won L.
Meyer had time to adjust himself as
the civilian control between the con-
flicting elements OF the service which
frequently clash in their zeal to pro-
mote the efficiency Of the naval defense
Mr.. Meyer did much to coordinate
the energies of the personnel. and he
sought earnestly, but without the support
of Congress, to effect much-needcd
economies in administration.
In this line of endcavor lies Mr..
Daniels opportunity. Congress pro-
fesses concern at a naval appropriation
bill of SI4ooooooo, and while this solic-
itude is hard to credit TO body which
votes pork barrels through with a |
whoop. it is known that this sum
would be much smaller if navy yards
were conducted with the economies that
prevail in private industry. OF course, |
no government work ever will be done
as cheaply as that, but the abandon |
ment of useless navy yards and the
concentration of the shops required for
the fleets upkeep in two great sta
tions at Norfolk and somewhere
around New York would cut down the
cost of the navy ashore and give more
aroney for the fighting machine. If
Mr. Daniels will employ the economy
professions of his party to obtain ap-
proval of the economics which naval
officers readily can suggest he will do
his country a great service. =
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
The State Department.

The almost unprecedented regard OF
President Wilson and his colleagues
for merit as measure of qualihca-
tions for government service probably
will be extended to the State Depart
rnent as generously as it has been eN=
tended-for example-by Postmaster
General Burleson TO the management
OF his department.
The office of Solicitor for the State
Department is especially one that may
be filed in respect to merit, with no
concern for political or partisan pref
erence or opinion.
Such an Office should be given per
1nanent tenure and a rank next TO that
of the Secretary himself. Under intiu-
ence by President Wilson probably
Congress would enact the necessary
LEGISLATION. The Senate four years ago
passed a bill with that purpose in
view. but the House would not act
upon il
In realization OF these facts, The
Washington Herald suggests John
Basset1 Moore as a man pre-eminentiy
fitted for the office OF Solicitor for the
State Department. In the fifty-three
wars OF his life Mr.. Moore has
equipped himself with splendid uni
versity education upon which he
founded his training in affairs of State.
He was law clerk of the State Depart
ment for two wears. Third Assistant
Secretary for six years, secretary and
counsel OF the Spanish-American peace
commission, and representative OF the
United States in numerous other inter
national conferences. Additionally, he
is an earnest student, and thorough
scholar. and both as professor of
international law at Columbia Univer-
sity and As an author is an acknowl-
edged authority on matters OF di
plomacy.
Ii is understood that Mr.. Moore is
unwilling to enter government service
unless secured from partisan impulse
and influence 1t were a pity for the
government to lose the. services of
man so peculiarly. so uniquely fitted to
serve. The administration would gain
added praise by providing a pcrmanen:
place for such man as Mr.. Moore,
and the country would feel the more
secure in the knowledge that there is
always in the State Department man
familiar not only with the present, but
with the past policies OF the nation.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
FRAUD ORDER ATTACKED.
AshbrOOk Wants
Post-Oftice Deartment Restricted.

To do away with alleged despotic use
of the fraud order, Representative Ash
brook of Ohio will introduce at the COM
ing session of Congress a bill to greatly
restrict the power of the Post-office De-
partment. Ashbrook is chairman OF the
post-ofiice investigating committee. which
made an extensive inquiry into the T.. G..
Lewis Publishing Company case, in which
ii was found the post-office made unfair
use of the fraud order.
Ashbrook's bill will provide that all per-
sons accused of using the mails to de-
fraud shall he furnished with a complete
copy of the charges against them, includ-
ing the reports of postal inspectors. and
may have the opportunity to examine the
inspectors under oath, produce witnesses
in their own defense and. further. that
the proceedings may be made public A
special committee will be authorized to
hear appeals. This committee Will be
made up of postal officials. The Assistant
Attorney General for the Post-office De-
partment must review all the proceedings
before fraud order issues.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
An Assurance and a Warning.

President Wilson's declaration in re-
gard to our relations with our sister
republics in Central and South Amer
ica can he taken both as an assurance
and 4 warning. While seemingly in
definite. it CONVEYS distinct meaning,
and its primary object plainly is to i'll
iicate that there is to he no change
NJ policy under the new administra-
ton here. II" departure from vigi-
liant attitude and the exercise of
proper influence in behalf OF stable gov
ernment and the protection OF the lives
and property OF aliens. No doubt this
was intended TO di,pcl any idea on the
part OF revolutionary plotters that there
WAS to be a relaxation OF the policy Of
the United States in behalf of the
maintenance OF orderly government.
These assurances of the President
are significant, and they should have
a soothing effect in Latin America,
where the designs OF the United States
forever are misunderstood or purposely
misreprescnted. These were President
Wilson's words:
The United States has nothing to
seek in Central or South America ex-
cept the lasting interests OF the pco-
pics of the two continents. the security
Of governments intended for the peo-
pie and for no special group or in
,,,i 4I,a Il
Sonal and trade relationships between
the two continents which shall rebound
10 the profit and advantage OF both and
Interfere with the rights and liberties
of neither. 1t will lend its influence
to the realization of the principles OF
Just government resting upon the con-
sent of the governed. and freedom
based upon law, and upon public con-
science and approval"
This may be considered in the ma
ture OF gcneralitieS; but. if So they
certainly convey a meaning that can
not he misunderstood. They tell of
consistent adherence to policy that
has been clearly established and was
followed under the Taft administra-
ton with reference to disturbances in
SIexico, and more especially recently
with regard to the effort to overthrow
the existing government in Nicaragua
when upon the request of the President
of that republic our marines and blue
jackets were sent to the scene of dis |
turbance
The policy indicated ivHahs Presi- |
dents statement, however Mould in !
clude one other thing, to which not
enough attention has been given
hitherto This is. as far as possible,
the prevention Of the fQmentipg or en-
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
French Revolution
PLUMS FALL!
President Nominates for Five 1H-
portant Departmental Positions.


port,pt Departmental Positions.
President Wilson yesterday sent five
nominations to the Senate. They were:
Franklin d. Roosevelt, OF New YORK,
TO be Assistant Secretary of Navy.
James A. Edgerton. of New Jersey. to
he purchasing agent of the Post-ohice
Department.
Beverly u. Galloway, OF missouri. TO
he Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
Edwin +. Sweet. of Michigan, to be
Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
John SHELTON Williams. of Virginia. to
be Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury.
The new Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture has served under the Taft Ad-
ministration as chief of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. The appointment was
based upon Secretary Houston's knowl-
edge of DIR. Galloway's efficiency in this
bureau.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Sweet, of Grand Rapids. Mich, was a
member of the Sixty-second Congress.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the
nominations of three assistants to the
Postmaster General, as follows: Daniel
c. Roper. of South Carolina, for First
Assistant Postmaster General. to succeed
Charles p. Grandfield, of Missouri; Alex
ander NJ Dockery, of Missouri. to be
Third Assistant Postmaster General. to
succeed Jameg n. Britt. and James l.
Blakeslee. of Pennsylvania, Fourth As
sistant Pos. master General. to succeed
Peter V t4oe Graw, of the city of Wash
ington.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
To Probe Seaman. Death.

Baltimore, March 13-Coroner Wolf
ram will hold an inquest in the Brook
lyn. Md, police station late this after
noon over the body of Joseph Towers.
a seaman on board the steamer High
lands. from New York. which was
found floating in the river at Curtis Bay
yesterday afternoon by ]. w. Cox and
Albert Baker. Towers was seen for the
last tlue aboard ship on Tuesday night.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14

Custodian for life Of the Garden Of Eden"
the grand old man, and other local cele-
brities, and while he never went into
politics. he succeeded in getting relatives
into every public job as long as he lived.
He was greatly mourned at his death,
and all of his great-great-great-grea
great grandchildren, who were not too
feeble from age and disabilities, attended
the funeral.
We may all look back with pride upon
Adam, for he is the only famous ancestor
whom most of us have.
lCopyrisht, 1915. by George Mathew AdamsJ
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
MORE SNOW IS WANTED.
Navy Department Needs IL to Re-
move Coal from Alaska.

The Navy Department is worried for
fear there won't be enough snow in
Alaska this winter. The reason for this
anxiety is that the department must
obtain 500 tons of coal as a sample from
the Bering River fields.
Should the snow not hold on until late
spring. it will be impossible to get
the coal out except at great expense
for the construction of trails. II the
snow holds on long enough the coal
may be brought to the sea on sledges.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
Rca ding Up.

Got a copy of Nietzsche?' inquired
the first lawyer.
What do you want with Nietzsche?'
inquired the party of the second part.
want TO post up little. 4 client Of
nine from Boston contemplates getting
hiShbrow divorce"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
March II in History.

March Il. 117S.-Richard the Lion
Hearted refuses to tip waiter. and gets
away with it.
March Il. 1a37.-Henry VIII is attacked
by dodo while coming home from the
club.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
Hamilton Pscates the Southern Members Of Congress Advocating the
Locating the New National Capital the Potomac Rveferson
Chagned Find that He Had Been Ouwied by
Supports Hamilton in His Secreays Financial Policy.

would be glad to lend what aid he
could. Would not MIR. Hamilton dine
with him the next day. TO meet and con-
fer with a few Of the southern MEM
bers?
In the genial air or the dinner-tabIe
Two of the diners agreed 10 vote for
the assumption Of the State debts If Mr..
Hamilton could secure a majority for "A
capital on the Potomac: and Congress
presently ratified the bargain. There
was not a little astonishment at the
sudden clearing OF the skies. The waters
did not go down at once; hints of
scandal and OF the shipwreck Of n fair
name or two went about the town and
spread to the country.
But Congress had come out Of its an
CRY tangle of factions. calm had returned
to the government. and Hamilton's plan
stood finished and complete.
He had nationalized the government as
he wished.
Jefferson Deeply Chncrincd.
1t was this fact that most struck the
eye of jefferson when he had settled
to his work and had come to see af-
fairs steadily and as whole at the seat
of government.
He saw Hamilton supreme in the Cabi--
net and in IegisIation-not because either
the President or Congress. was weak. but
because Hamilton was a master in his
new field. and both Congress and the
President had accepted his leadership.
1t cSagrined jefferson deeply to see
that he had himself assisted at Ham,
iltons triumph. had himself made IL
complete, indeed. He could not easily
brook successful rivalry in leadership:
must have expected to find himself, not
Hamilton. preferred in the counseIs of
a Virginian President; was beyond meas
ure dismayed to see the administration
already in the hands, as it seemed, of a
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14

He can still sell life insurance or run for
office.
Adam became the father of his country
when he grew up, and filled the position
in an earnest. painstaking manner, spank
ing the entire body polite personally
whenever it needed 1t. He became also
the earliest settler. the oldest inhabitant,
The Washington herald., 1913-03-14
An Outsider.

The early bullsnake goes to bat
Along with other pets.
But doesn't get the welcome that
The early robin gets.