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The Washington times., 1914-02-27

partment of Justice would seem 30
Indicate purpose TO take no risks, 20
insist that every possibility u sGs-
picion shall be cleared away from
the judicial establishment. In this
attitude, without doubt, Mr.. Justice
Wright will altogether agree with
the Chief Executive. He cannot Lut
wish opportunity, in the fullest and
most complete way, to eNoneratc
himself. That he may do SO wil! 1e
the hope of everybody who warts
justice done and the character OF the
judiciary held above possibility OF
n1isgivings.
Quite without reference to the per
sonnel of the bench in this jurisdic-
ton, there are matters which, 1t
would seem, ought to have attention,
concerning the judicial establish
ment. 1t is too common complaint
that the processes of the courts are
So slow ard tedious and expensive
as to be, in no few Instances, ecuiIia-
lent to denial of substantial justice.
This complaint is not peculiar to this
jurisdiction; it is altogether too COM
monty justified as against American
courts and court procedure in gen
cral. There is no very apparent rea-
Son why the judicial establishment
of the District should not be made a
better example to the rest of the
country in this regard; and doubt
less if there is going to be any
special attention to the judicial or
ganization, these things will get
their share of it.
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
THE WRIGHT CHARGES

Mr.. Justice Wright, on o: OF tie
bench, is man OF fighting quality
and vigorous, dominating personal
ity. Without doubt he will dea! with
the grave charges that have been
fled against him, in the :1ost deter
mined manner, sighting at c"cry
point. The brief statement which he
issued Immediately he was informed
that the charges had bceH fled,
leaves no room for doubt Oh this
point.
The charges which have been laid
before the President, and by him
forwarded to the Department Of Jus
tice for examination, come from a
man of responsibility and standing,
and they affect a man VINO OCCUPIES
one of the most honorable, powerful,
and responsible stations in the gov
ernment of the District. The fact
that the President has seen ut to
s.s,d the charges along to the Dc
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
THE HEFORBES-ROBERTSON
SCHOOL OF ACTING.

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
H II not be likely to find time hang
ing heavy on his hands if he devotes
his years of retirement to his pro-
ie-ted school of acting with the er-
Il gy indicated by his OWL account
Of his plans.
If the school were to be a mere
place of instruction, it would possess
:. distinct character because of the
Individuality of its head. Put it is
TO be place where standards will be
formed as well. That means much,
ard yet without expert training
St tlndards are all but useless for the
p,rpose of producing a practical e.
feet upon the public taste.
People are not compelled to go 30
good shows, or any shows at ali.
They will go where the greatest at
traction is. Sir Johnston has deri-
olstrated his power to ill a house,
md only the excellence Of his acting
has enabled him to do it. In less
r-orthy hands, his Shakespearean
projects would have been utter fail
ures, ard he would have Joined the
innumerable multitude of those who
insist that Shakespeare will not
draw"
The higher form Of the drama,
imposing greater demand upon the
actor, can appeal to the multitude
only when it is not debased in p,cS-
entation. Sir Johnston will do well
to look carefully to the de"elcpmcn;
of power as well as the Development
Of standards in the men and WoIacr
whom he will try to mold according
TO his own ideas.
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
Hardest to Conquer
Yourself When You
Try to Lose Fight
Bv TONY BIDDLE.

nTHE hardest fight ever had"
Bob Fitzsimmons says,
"was against myself and
the habits of lifetime,
when I once tried to lie down and
throw fight.
"My sympathy was with the other
fellow. ! knew victory meant life to
his mother, who was sick. I was hop
ing with all my heart that he would
beat me, but he could not do it, and
the time came when saw that must
either knock him out or lie down cold
1 made up my mind to lie down, and
tried to do so, but a carefully cultivated
sense of duty which had become a
habit of mind and body was too strong.
l simply had to fight, and by fighting
I beat him. 1t hurt me worse to beat
him than to be beaten myself a dozen
times"
Habit is the strongest force in the
world. 1t is the moral gravitation that
keeps the social world from flying
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
WEALTH OF THE ARC
TICS.

The Mawson expedition returns
from the Antarctic continent, after
more than two years Of excellent
work, to confirm much that has
been suspected about the potential
wealth of that region. The geo.
logical story of the earth led many
people to believe, long before OK
ploration had confirmed the hypoth-
esis, that there ought to be great
stores of coal in the Far North and
The Far South. Our own Alaska,
and some latter-day discovering in
north Siberia, have shown how we'll
The scientists had diagnosed the
situation.
Now comes the Nawson report
hat without question there are also
great coal deposits in the Antarc-
lie; also that copper is to &c found
and developed, which corresponds
after a fashion with the huge and
extremely rich copper deposits Of
the Far North of this continent.
1t would be a curious thing i
the Far North and Far South should
one day prove treasure houses of
rcsources for the rest of the world.
Yet it would not be particularly
II ore remarkable than the discovery
v hich has been made about the pos
sibilities of Alaskan resources.
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COSMOPOLITAN NEW
YORK,

The English and Celtic stocks con-
stituted 2l per cent Of the people OF
New York city, by the census of
1910; that is, in the greatest Ameri-
can city, the English tongue was the
native language Of only one-fifth of
the people. The Yiddish and Hebrew
came closely after, claiming 10 per
cent; then the German, IS per cent
"a percentage so large, by the way,
that it will hardly fail to cause con-
siderable surprise. Italian claimed
- per cent, Polish 3, French, Swed-
ish, and Magyar each 1 per cent.
The distribution of the various
racial groups throughout the city,
as set forth by the census bulletin.
is of much interest. 1t is summar-
lied thus:
In Manhattan Borough the proportion
Of the total white population whose
mother tongue was English or Celtic was
less than that whose mother tonS'lc was
YiIdish or Hebrew. being 81 per cent.
~ per cent. or 53S, 444. for the fiddish
ur Hebrew. The proportion whose
mother tongue was German was Is per
cent. or 337, ,40S.
In Bronx Borough the proportion of
those whose mother tongue WAS German
took the lead. being 81 per cent of the
total white population, or 1899. The
English and Celtic was represented by
u per cent, or ss,541: Yiddish and He
brew. by IL per cent, or 45,6S7: and the
Italian, by 10 per cent, or 41,i2G
In Brooklyn Borough the English ant
Celtic again went to the front. tina,
mother tongue being represented by Il
per cent of the total white population OF
3i3.S43; German was second with Ia
per cent, or 279,010, followed very close
ly by Yiddish and Hebrew with H. per
cent, or g77,3l2: Italian. IL per cent. or
leg, So and Polish per cent, or 4l,oS.
In Queens Borough the German mother
tongue held the lead with "A per cent
of the total white population or 1885,
The English and Celtic was represented
by Is per cent, or 49. ,93: Italian, pei
cent. or 1898, and Polish, per cent. oI
1l.1S7
In Richmond Borough the English and
Celtic mother tongues We're in the lead
with total of H.IeS people out of 56.'f;
persons of foreign white stock, or =
per cent of the total white population
Those of the German mother tongue
represented 10 per cent or l5.6sS; the
Italian, per cent. on 7,156. and tine
Polish, :, per cent, or sec
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his trade as blacksmith then to make
a living between fights. Fighting wai
not highly paid occupation in New
Zealand in those days. When two local
champions fought the winner would
sometimes get as much as s25, but not
always. Five hundred dollars looked
like all the money in the world to Bob
krating had consumptive mother
Everybody knew about her. Everybody
knew that her only chance for life was
to . . Australia, where there we're
spcciri:ots in the big cities. Keatina
was = pretty good man, and expected
to beat Bob easily and take his moth
er to Australia with the $500. The
Timarus papers learned the facts ant
printed stories of the fighter WHO wa.
fighting for his mothers life. Fit=sim
mons began to grow restive. He didn't
relish the idea OF beating Keating ant
indirectly killing his mother.
Before the fight Heating came to Fit:
and said: Bob, 1 think I can beai
you, but if can't you've got to let me
1t means life for my mother" Fitz re
piled, Harry, hope you do beat me
I won't say I'll lay down, but I'll d'
what I can"
In the fight Keating's supposed su
periority failed to materialize. Afte
the first squirt the Freckled Wonds
Leaf him all over the ring, although
fighting carelessly and listlessly. Tim
and again it seemed as though he mus
be knocked out, but each time Fit
would step back and let him recover.
At last he staggered to the cente
OF the ring and into a clincli. M.
God, Bob, I've got to win, and you'v
got to let me-" he whispered "Al
right" replied Fitz, dropping his hand.
go ahead"
Keating stepped back and drove hot
hands to Fitz's unprotected jaw The
he repeated the dose, but the force wa
gone from his punches, and the.
scarcely even shook Bob's head.
A look of disappointment came int
Bob's eyes, and he grunted disgustedly
Then he feinted Keating out and de
liberately drove punch to his jaw tina
ended the farce.
He dressed burriedly and made hi
way out, while they were still tryin
to bring his adversary back to hi
senses. Straight to the Keating hom
he went and placed package in th
hands of Mrs. Keating, who answere
his knock on the door. There's tn
money your son won tonight" he sait
and hurried away to avoid the fleod
questions the mother poured at him.
Copyright. 1914. by F. A Walker.
| Tomorrow Article: "BE WILLING
| AND VIM
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gressor on his smirching downward
way and leads him at last to tie
Jail and the gallows.
What your habits are you will be.
Cultivate good habits, habits OF eff
cient thought and right action, and you
insure yourself busy, useful life, sue
cessful in proportion as ability has
been given you. Allow evil habits to
become rooted into your life through
years of usage, and unless you are
person of exceptional force of charac-
ter you doom yourself to life Of dis
appointment and failure.
The strongest habit-principle of Bob
Fitzsimmons' life was his fighting hon
or. Bob was not only a fighter by in
stinct, but keen-thinking philosopher,
with a splendid, simple, manly, If
somewhat savage code of honor. He
reasoned that when he fought he was
paid to deliver the best he had in the
pugilistic line, and unless he fought his
best he was cheating the audience that
paid to see him. As Bob was one who
could not lie if you paid him and
would starve before he stole,' he al
ways fought his best.
It was out at Timarus, New Zealand
that he was matched to fight one Har-
" Heating for a purse of hundred
hounds or $500. Fitz was working at
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
DR.. McKim Will Lecture
On a Dangerous Subject

The Rev. DR.. Randolph II. Mckim,
pastor of the Church of the Epiphany,
will address the Washington branch of
the American Federation of Patriotic
Societies on a Heart-to-Heart Talk
With WASHINGTON Patriots on Il Danger
ous Subject" at Pythian Temple to-
night. DIR. Mckim will be introduced
by A. j. s Bourdeau. vice president of
the branch.
other speakers will be Oscar Nauck.
president of the federation: Sanford II.
Horton. secretary. and Prof. w. w.
Prescott. The ushers and escort OF
honor will be composed of members of
Washington Court, No. 1. Guardians OF
Liberty.
The Washington times., 1914-02-27

of per asked and
| ! France to war and conquered
Frances mobiles busy wreckns
lowest eb And Henry KING
to lay claim to the frech
France But Henry was not unrea
whole
French territory and to accept IN
besides marrying Chere daush-
oft the poorn French King. 49,,
But
certain he had the Might he
countless msfortres was s supposed
of earth
Bargain a Bride
So Henry ondescended to bully
and he had demanded lie stopped
whee and
rog m and whose her dress in
and when France said NO. he
But soon ne . , hsr dover Of crowns France
crime marry do"ey of &c., 900 crowns instead
of a mn ,. - ~,
(Which exactly "ha
tie Henry asse"eo '' anu set S"
H., landed invading usually
] f. nl,,er at will country IIenrys
anything this made
property OF all French n1ush MS
half starved and stolen food "ou'u nave 0 ~ ~ GUM
mand sic go . , ., -
llarfeur month fell Next Henry moved on
Calais than his barred MS way near
M his
ground synp a "
, own Then they the battle
The Bat of Agincourt.
The wihsod unak'n the assault by an army several
~ =, large AS their Frencmen killed that
and about French host broken and utterly beaten fled in
terror befDre smaller, doughieT foe - . ,, !. -.
land But fresh and took up the where
his Catherine
a,n" his wife French throne
off the original
but 1t 'eu wal ana had
the English King the master OF france.
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
MAIL BAG
(FrOm The Times Readers. }

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Fl.ase publish an explanation of what
mean i,v the EXPRESSION trial maj
riagc" q, ! am strong advocate of
saC red marriages.
MI marriages that are not polygaIn-
Gus are tri'i marriages, sine they are
without specifications.
Marriage is the only contract that is
legal Oh Sunday. and could not be "A con-
tract without the consent of both par
ties.
There il an Inconsistency in a dissnlu-
ton Of this contract. since, unlike all
other contracts that must have both
rartios consent to dissolution the bar
is placed o.L dissolution of mn:riase
contracts. II both parties wish dissOlu-
ton. MARY +. WALKER NJ. d.
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
The Cars Private Car.

The private car Of the Car of Russia
is said to be practically dynamite proof
and owing to its weight 1t could not be
rr,It on the maj jor part of the European
lines, The car is elegantly furnished
and also contains a chapel. where Tray
ers are offered for his safety. The Car
travels with only one chef. vino il well
.,,or., in wears and who served his IA
,ber md for A while the grandfather
of the present German Emperor-The
Argonaut
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
Bv THEODORE H. TILLER.

hardest workers in the
House and he's never
away from his seat II
there's anything do
ing. The Democrats
sometimes wish he
would stay at home a
bit more. He has
probably given the
Democrats more worry
than any man in pub
lie life.
When Mayor Curley.
of Boston. was q
member of the House.
he liked q practical
joke. as he doubtless
does now. He was
wont 10 chuckle over
the uneasinesS of Con-
gressman ] e n e r son
Levy at the time when
Mrs. Martin w. Little
ton was leading a
tight to have Month
cello taken away from
jeff" Mrs. Little
ton hasn't abandoned
her efforts. but MI
Levy won the first
skirmish in the House
and still retains pos
session of the old es-
tate of Thomas JET
fersou.
Az the beight of the
Little ton campaign
when the House was
about TO vote on L
resolution TO inquire
into means of wrest-
ing Monticello. by con-
demnatiOn or other-
wise, from Congress
man Levy. his col
league, Curley. noted
the nervousness with
which Levy ap-
preached the vote. FL
nally the roll call was
begun and it seemed
pretty evenly divided.
Remember, that dur
ing the long cam
paign Of publicity Mr..
Levy had never been
able to appreciate the
efforts of Mrs. Little
ton. and he wanted
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
THE OLDEST INHAB SEZ-
lhE ULOES4 !.
Overhead troll
ley wires were un-
slightly and dan.
gerous, but they
used to be fine to
complain about"

German officer is killed in. duel over
a gross insult Gross? Thank heaven,
our legislators are only retailers as yet.
Muggsy McGraw's baseball team tailed
to impress King George. 1t failed TO
impress King Connie. either.
Fellows who always use seltzer on
the side fail to see the value OF
hygienic survey of the Potomac.
The only fun some people get out OF
a snowstorm is looking at the paper
and discovering that the weather man
predicted flair and warm"
Major General Wood urges the train
ing of young men in the use of arms
That's the spirit. We always like to
see a man remember that he was young
himself once.
Glenn Curtiss states that his flying
boat can cross the ocean in sixteen
hours. That's two eight-hour days
We are not opposed to the independ-
ence of Mexico, but we are opposed TO
their being too doggone independent.
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Mcet.nGs. evening:
MaSUnIc-St. Johns No. II: Hope. No. 20
K"y al Arch Eureka. No. :: Capitol. No. II.
Th.. Shrine. ceremonial. Eastern Star Ia =
kuiu. No l.: Cathedral. No Il, st. Johns
Lodge chapter. NJ. IS
Odd Fellows central No. !: METROPOLITAN.
So T.: PhorriA. No. =. kcbekah Lodges
Martha Washington. No. .: Dorcas, No {
knights OF -Syr:iCusians. No 10.
Eaihh"Ir -SCI"rior. No. -. Pythian Sisters
--kathbUn". No. =
National ninI- East Washington md M
kinney Councils.
Socialist Party Local Central. 81 T.: street
northwest. Local Northeast. 1876 T. stree;
northeast.
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
New Use for Old Saws.

Old hand saws, which formerly were
thrown on the scrap heaps of lumber
mills in the Puget Sound district, have
been put to a new use ds lining for
fumes for sand and gravel. Discarded
SAWS were bought at a price of one-half
of a cent pound. and IA they are OF
oil tempered tool steel they last three
or four times as long ordinary struc-
turaI steel Tho Steei-lincd fumes will
carry ECO cubic yards of sand and
gravel before wearing out.-EnSineerinS
Record.
The Washington times., 1914-02-27

dc with the George bill as it was
introduced, or as Mr.. George wanted
it to be passed. 1t will have 20 he
defeated or else Washingtoa's whole
fiscal status must be reorgaHiZed in
most revolutionary fashion.
The Washington times., 1914-02-27
During the lull which
followed the passage of

During the lull which
followed the passage OF
the currency bill in
the House. Minority
Leader Jim" Mann
slipped away for a
week to see about his
flower beds in Chi
cago. The Republican
floor leader is always
worked up over his
garden and flowers.
but for the past two
wears Congress has re-
mained in session so
persistently that he $
had little time to
spend at home.
Mr.. Mann wanted
just a weeks rest,
with the privilege Oh
communing with his
. friends of the tioweV
kingdom without IN
reference. He went
quietly to Chicago and
quietly to his home.
He wasn't to be dis
turbed and the gate 10
the Mann homestead
WAS securely locked.
The minority leader
supposedly wasn't al
home to anybody ana
he sought nothing but
A chance to rest
Imagine the surprise
of the minority leader
one day when he look
ed up from a Hover
bed and saw standlnS
beside him a fellow
who might be either 4
iob-hunter. a doom
agent of some other
species of trespasser.
How did W get IN
here" asked MT.
Mann. rather severe
II came over the
fence" said the intru-
der. frankly.
The fence is 10
keep people out: not
let them in. said Mr.
Mann. I'm resting.
you know.
The Young man went
and Mr.. Mann reSuill-
ed the pleasing ocCc-
patton of strokinS ms
flower pets.
Minority lie a d G I
Mann is one of the
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The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Every time a New York judge tries a
gunman. it's only the leniency of the
jury that allows the judge to escape.
Atlantic City mayor wants to make
a Monte Carlo out of the place. CD
ahead. every American likes to take a
gambling chance. which is something
nobody ever gets in competition with
an Atlantic City hotel keeper.
There are two sides to every story,
but the trouble with stories emanating
from south of the Rio Grande Is that
there are Mexicans on both sides OF 'em.
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THE NEW GEORGE BILL.

The House Committee on District
Affairs has been considering the
George bill, and has reached an
agreement to report it tomorrow,
according to current report. The
George bill was, when introduced,
measure for the accomplishment OF
certain administrative reforms. Its
most important requirements were,
first, that property should be assess
ed annually, instead of triennially;
that it should be assessed at its full
value. instead of at two-thirds of
true value; that the rate Of levy
should be left to the discretion Of the
Commissioners, to be adjusted each
year to that years revenue needs;
insted of being rigidly fixed at s1.50
per S10C as now.
These were the essentials of the
measure. 1t looked to better admir-
istration; that was all. There might
have been some disagreemenrs as to
the propriety of certain features Of
it, but none the less it was intended
to improve, not to revolutionize. Ii
was not in the mind of Mr.. George
when he prepared the measure, or
of the District Commissioners, when
they approved it in principle, that
such a measure could by few
amendments be made a revolutionary
and ruinous one.
Yet that is what has happened to
it.
First, the House Committee, with
the Johnson crowd of enemies of
the District in control, has ADDED
one amendment providing that the
rate of levy on the full valuation Of
property, shall never be less than
$50. That provision instantly adds
so per cent to present taxation; pos
sibly more.
Second, the johnson crowd added
a provision for the taxation of in
tangible PERSONAL property--stocks,
bonds, moneys, and credits, etc
like other property. Nobody knows
how much this would add to the tax
rolls. Everybody. pretty nearly,
knows that that kind of taxation is
unsourd in economics and bad in
practice. No matte. Washington
is to have it, Just about at the time
when communities organized on
/ modern lines are all getting rid of
: it.
Now, the addition of one-half to
the general realty valuation, as al
ready pointed out, Increases oar tax
! burden 30 per cent. The addition of
! this big volume of personally Won.d
mean yet much larger increase. 60
in the end, The new measure, as il
has been agreed upon by the John
son-anti- Washington crowd IN the
committee, looks to The collection Of
/ from S1l,OOO,O0O to $12.G00,0n0 4
wear from the people of Washington.
That is to say it looks TO raising
as much revenue a5 we are row
using, and to raising it without an!
contribution from the Federal Treas
;.iv.
Here is a repeal of the whole plan
of Federal contribution to Distric:
expenses. without even mentioning
repeal, 1t gets the result without
once suggesting the actual purpose
There can be no doubt that thes,
are the effects of the measure Il!
now framed. 1t will come before
the House, and there the ener!ics o!
the District will make z desperate
fight to carry it. There will without
doubt be a big and a critical con
test: for the whole Washington sit
nation will be brought in issIc a
once.
The George bill as it will be re
ported has nothing worth while t
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apart; it is the
momentum that
keeps lis moving
along the path
we have chosen,
whether that path
leads us to de-
struction or TO
salvation.
Habit crowns
the saint with his
diadem of glory:
habit leEds cour-
age and resolve to
the hero; habit