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The Washington times., 1914-06-21
ASJATIC IMMIGRATION

II is reported that Japan is TAX
ing steps to reopen the diplomatic
discussion of immigration from that
country to the United States, in the
hope Of pressing it to some solution
that shall consist with what she be-
lieves to be her national and racial
dignity.
Instantly there is revival of more
or less sensational reports that
Japan is moved by purpose to take
advantage of our preoccupation IN
Mexico; that Japan has a treaty of
alliance with Mexico, and at the
right moment will force a situation
highly embarrassing to this copn-
try; and so on.
The jingoes, in their efforts to ex-
aggerate the difficulties of this dis
cussion with Japan, rely on the inno-
cence Of the public. The notion that
Japan has any idea of assuming
sponsorship for the dignity of the
Oriental races is ridiculous. Japan
confronts the same prejudices, as to
the mingling of races, in a dozen
countries, that face her in Califor-
MIA. The people of our own Pacific
coast are assuming precisely the
same attitude toward Oriental immi-
grafton that is taken by the Cauca-
slams of British Columbia, Of New
Zealand, of Australia, Of South Af-
rica. In every one of these ccun-
tries there is determination to shunt
of the immigration of the Orientals;
10 prevent, while there is yet time
to prevent, the rush of Hindus, Chi
nese, and japanese, seeking for new
lands to occupy and develop. Ex-
perience has proyed-and some Of
these countries have had much more
acute experience than our own-that
the immigrant Oriental brings his
standards of living, of wages, of eco
roInics; he does not mix well with
the Caucasian, and that is all that
need be said. Therefore the British
imperial government, maintaining a
close alliance with Japan, is con-
stantly embarrassed by the insist
ence Of the oversee colonies in TAX
ing attitudes toward Oriental immi-
grafton that are highly offensive to
Japan. But the colonies decline To
be moved from their straight course
they are going to keep out the Ori.
The Washington times., 1914-06-21

The Burglar Dog" whose escape reads
like that Of a canine Jean Vatican.
Jim Burrlll. who rides on the pound
wagon and in his thirty years expert
ence under the late Jake Einstein, Emll
Kuhn, and the present Poundmaster
George w. Rae. has captured and
helped kill nearly a half million dogs
Burrill brought the famous unknown
Burglar to the pound on June l. He
is a white bulldog, had a collar and
tag but no muzzie, and was running al
large
in the pound house, where he was &c
have been held forty-eight hours fol
his owners appearance.
On the morning of June :, Pound
master Rae looked over the dogs, and
the white bulldog was gone. His cage
dor had been pushed back. Once the
day before II had been noticed that he
had ratified the wire gate, and had sue
ceeded in dislodging the hook, but
nothing was thought of II.
Now the pound room, where all the
dogs are kept for retention until own.
ers claim them before they are either
sold or killed, is cage-ltned chamber
thirty by forty feet Alleys run Le-
tween the cages, which are six feet by
six feet. and are more than eight feet
m.
windows which open out, swinging from
the bottom of the sill, to provide ven
tilation.
The white bulldog, The Burglar, had
shaken loose the fastening on the wire
cage, slid back the door. jumped cut
into one of the alleys. and made tour
of the other cages some time during
the night. In an effort to escape he had
stood on his hind legs and succeeded In
gnawing the wooden support between
the window panes. The mutilated door
bears evidence today of the work Of the
crushing incisors
Failing in this task. though un.
daunted, he gnawed the rope attached
to the trapdoor in the death box
Failing in results here. he went on an
other tour OF the cages and. climbins
upon a bale of sawdust used 20 sprinkle
on the floors of the cages, he mounted
up more than eight feet over a cage
until he reached the window ventilator
AS this swung outward. he had diff
rculty In squeezing through the narrow
V-shaped opening. Below was the
The Washington times., 1914-06-21
THE POOR KIDDOES!

DR.. Oscar H. Allis, of Philadel-
phia, has been telling the orthopedic
convention in that town that it is a
hygienic crime TO send children to
school before they are ten years old.
Putting them for hours in cramp-
ing seats, working over desks, he de-
clares, tends to produce various ply
sical deficiencies, chief among them
troubles Of the spinal column.
DR.. Allis will find a good many
sympathizers in his view; probably
more than in any previous decade.
Bot what's to be done aoout it? The
child that is sen. to school at six
Years of age can hardly do better,
Under present conditions, than to
complete the grades, the high school,
the college and the professional
course comfortably inside of twenty
FIVE years Of age. That means that
the first third Of a good, long life is
spent in school. Parents find the
burden heavy, and if children were
TO he sent to school at ten instead
Of six it may be presumed the
schooling period would be corre-
spondingly heightened.
Here comes the real question.
Would it be correspondingly length
ened? How much does the child
gain by being put into school at six
Void he be as far advanced, say,
a. sixteen, if he were started in
school at ten, and kept there forty
eight weeks of the year, cutting out
a good deal of the vacation period
that nowadays is coming to be more
and more criticised as wasteful and
unnecessary, as well as, in many
cases, demoralizing?
These are questions to which onl,
The Washington times., 1914-06-21
ALUMNI WILL UNVE|L
BUST OF GALLAUDET
Semi-CentenniaI Celebration OF
College Opens With Many
Graduates Attending.

The .emi-centennial celebration at
Gallaudet College opened today at Ken
dali Green with morning service In Trim
itv Church. the Rev. Herbert Merrsll Of
ficiating. More than go alumni were on
hand and the ranks Of the graduates
will be increased by many more in time
to take part in the four-day program
starting tomorrow.
Services will be held tonight at Cal
vary Baptist Church. the Rev. Arthur
D. Bryan. a graduate Of the college
conducting the service. \ bust of DIR.
Edward NJ. Gallaudet. founder and for
many years president of the institution,
will be unveiled. DR.. Gallaudet will be
here for the celebration and will ad-
dress the alumni in the chapel tomor-
row.
As soon as the Columbus, Ohio. dele
CATION arrives 1t will be known when
the bust Of DR.. Gallaudet will be un-
vei,ed. II is explained that the Column
bus alumni have cnarge of the eNer-
cises and are expected to announce
l!ans of tie unv,:ilng. II is expected
that the ceremony will take place on
Tuesday, when the grand reunion VIII
be held.
Tomorrow night President and Mrs,
Hall will hold reception TO the fac
ulty and alumni Of ihe institution. Dur
ing the day business sessions will be
held. On Tuesday the alumni will he
addressed by J. n. Macfarlane. DIR. j.
8 Hotchkiss. DR. =. \. Fay. and Or.
F.. NJ. Gallaudet. The honorary degrees
will be presented Tuesday.
Hr. Robert Patterson, DIR. j. K
I.obyus. Mrs. Sylvia Chaplin Balls. and
the Pcv. Francis Maginn. of Ireland
are scheduled for addresses on We'd
ncsday picnic will be given to Great
Falls in tne afternoon. On Thursday
an election of officers will be held.
The Washington times., 1914-06-21
Clark Urges Masons to
Take Interest in D. &.

Urging Masons to take a deeper in
terest in the affairs of the District,
Speaker Champ Clark spoke last night
at Pythian Temple at the joint session
of eight clubs OF Master Masons of the
District. which were guests OF the Eel
lowship Club of the Bureau OF Engrav-
ing and Printing.
The program opened with an overture
by Herman Rakemann's orchestra. fol-
lowed by Introductory remarks by Ben
jamin Goldsworthy, president OF the
FelloN ship Club There was an address
by f. c. Ford. members of Lambskin
Club and a coval solo by Miss May
Sherier. Richard Backing contributed a
tenor solo, and a gold watch fob was
presented TO James A. Williams. retir-
ing president OF Fellowship Club. The
presentation was by J. +. Borland.
The committee in charge was J. l..
Rhodes. chairman: John Redng. s. T.
Farmer. and Charles Some. Guests
were members of Trowel, Compass,
Level Trestleboard. Ionica. Ashlar and
Iambskin Clubs of Master Masons Of
the District
The Washington times., 1914-06-21
TAKE The TINES ALONG.

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Subscribe for the paper now Tele-
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The Washington times., 1914-06-21
SIDDONS FOR THE BENCH

If it shall prove that the President
has been correctly reported as in
tending to name Frederick L. Sid
dons to the Supreme Court bench
of the District, there will be general
satisfaction with the selection. Mr..
Siddons is not only an excellent
lawyer, but he would bring to the
bench an attitude toward public and
social questions that would insure
for him the fullest confidence of
bench, bar, and litigants.
There was a time when, in this
jurisdiction, men of the well known
and frankly expressed liberal views
of Mr.. Siddons were regarded asks
ance. That time is happily past. To-
day, the man who adds social vision
and an instructive love for substan-
tial justice to an intimate under
standing of principles and cases, is
the one 10 whom the community nat
uraIIy turns when judicial appoint
mcnts are considered. Mr.. Siddons
precisely fits this ideal. He has been
leader of progressive thought for
many years, and since he has been
Commissioner of the District has
given ample proof that lofty ideals
and practical administration are
thoroughly consistent. 1t is fair to
say that Mr.. Siddons' appointment to
the bench would be very real en-
couragement and inspiration to a
higher and better view of the obliga-
tions of every man called to deal
with the administration of justice.
The Washington times., 1914-06-21
THE THINGS INCOMPRE-
HENSIBLE.

Some things having to do with
British politics and affairs are quite
past American understanding. To
say this is not to presume that the
British ways are wrong. Perhaps
American intelligence is Of so low
an order that it is incapable of un-
Outstanding the subtleties of the
British processes
For instance, a young woman, be-
ing repeatedly refused audience of
the premier, goes to the house of
Darliament and, sitting herself down
IN a pile of cushions on the steps of
that sacred pile, announces that she
will not eat any more.
Thereupon the premier sends for
her and "ignominiously surrenders;'
that is, he consents to talk to her,
which is pictured as surrender.
Just why conversation is surren-
der is not very apparent; neither is
il clear why the government should
not have picked up the young WON.
an and lifted her OF the parliament.
ary steps to some other nice, appro,
pirate starvation headquarters.
Nor, finally, is it altogether OBJ,
vious why the young woman should
not have been permitted to starve il
she liked that sort of thing so well
Most folks don't; but there's no &C,
counting for tastes.
The Washington times., 1914-06-21
I AN SOME T0Ff DAWG.SG !!

, owners of animals allow them - roa
at will without regard TO restrfctfof
imposed by law.
Dogs Of all sorts are impcundt
daiIySfos terriers, hounds, setter
noodles. bulldogs, cur dogs. good dog
bad, sick, and suffering animals Of q
dog tribe, and cats galore. although u
cats are Immediately killed
Three wagons make round OF th
city daily. collecting animals runnin
hours until owners claim them or the
are sold to those desirous OF buytn
them for s. and the price Of dog IA;
Dogs are called for upon notice an
either killed or held for examinatio
for rabies
Cat Trap Catches Strags.
An ingenious device called cat ira
recently has made an appearance at II
pound. II is an oblong wooden bo
fitted with a trap door. and when Il
inouiring cat enters for tempting mo
sci placed in the box the door Is spruni
The poundmaster is notified and tt
cat is taken away. Cat traps may
had upon application, and the poup
wagon will leave the device. provide
notification is Immediately given VINE
the trap is sprung. 1t IL also necessar
to feed the cat until the wagon cal
within twenty-four hours
None of the cats are ever kept. q
though all other animals are held ft
forty-eight hours. The pound is con
plete modern plant containing office
stables for the wagons and horses
the Health Department, a pound room
where dogs are held and q room whei
the feed is cooked
Dogs and cats are killed by charcos
fumes, the animals being placed in
tightly sealed box. the vents opene
and the fumes allowed to suffocai
them. Death Is painless and quick.
1t Is estimated that something III
1000 animals are killed a year. Ft
more than forty years the plant he
been in operation. being first started
Twenty-third street and New York av'
nue. northwest. All the half-millic
dogs doomed to die unless claimed
owners or bought outright. have gone
inevitable death-that Is, all save one
The Burglar Dog.
But the Burglar Dog, the white bull
dog who outwitted. with persistent
fort and painstaking stick-to-ttivenes
the brains and carefulness Of men yeaI
In the business Of impounding dogs,
today frea
II take my hat off TO him." "a,
George w. Ree- He Ii o wonder.
deserves to be free
The Washington times., 1914-06-21

ground at the entrance of the pound
gate 1t is more than eight feet' out
the ingenious canine squeezed through
the tight aperture and dropped to the
ground below.
The pound gate, which opens on to the
hard bluestone courtyard IN the pouno'
is constructed of wooden bars at iour-
inch intervals. The Burglar dog, to AL
intents and purposes, was free from the
confines of the pound room, but en-
countered the gate, the bars OF whlcn
run perpendicularly to within two Inches
Of the hard road.
Nothing daunted. the Burglar Dog az
tackled the bars. partially snaWins 1i.
one wooden bar four inches from the
ground and biting away the sides oi
two other bars. Sharp claws attacked
the blue stone road bed. which Is az
hard as macadam. A hole four inches
deep was scraped away and the Burg
lar Dog went home free.
Down at the pound at South Capltol
and I streets F'oundmaster Rae viii
show you the .gnawed sash over the
door. You may examine the window
over the cage and plainly see the dog
footprints, where he tried the venulat'
ing window, before squeezing through
for an eigat-foot drop. You may sex
the palIngs of the gate torn and man
gled by anxious teeth, but the dog Is
free He is home with his owner. who
is. perhaps, zone the wiser and mayhar
never missed him on June /. believing
him to have gone out overnight as
some dogs will do. ...
Kindly Man at Pound.
All Of which introduces washinston's
Dog Pound, presided over by George
w. Rae, who. far from being an ex.
ecutioner, unspeakably vile and cruel
is the kindliest Of persons. who viii
put down a little gray kitten that hak
clambered up on his shoulder. and wher
YOU visit. tell you about the pound
which collects more than 1000 animals
year. including horses, dogs, cats
hogs, goats. and cows
George w. Rae has been many things
He is well-known Shriner, was mas
ter carpenter at the Capitol. was con-
tractor at FL Paso, Tex. built the post
office and court house there. was clerk
of the Committee on Claims, Is a friend
of former Governor Sulzer. and has
received the Endorsement of ONE
James, Oscar Underwood, Champ Clark
and a host of notables.
The pound annually sends thousands
of dogs to death. 1t reduces the dos
and cat populations, and all because
The Washington times., 1914-06-21
MONDAY.

Meetings evening:
Masonic-Dawson Lodge. No l6. "asnlnston
Centennial. No. IA, and NJ NJ StansoGIs y
No "a: Mount Vernon Chapter. No. 5; HI,
ram. No. 10 and Anacostia. No. i. koyal
Arch. monthly meeting directors. Masonic
and Eastern Star Home; Temple ChapteI'
No. l3. and Columbia. No 10. order bts'e'i Il
star
Odd Fellous-Union Lodge No. II; Beacon.
No. Is. Covenant No 10. and Langdon' No
Is: Esther Lodge. No. ). Rebekah Lodge.
knights Of Pythias-Decatur Lodge. NO. .
Calanthe No II. and Equal. No. IL
National Union Scott Council, and washing
ton Council,
Meetings. evening
Masouic-FederaI Lodge. No. |: Acacia. 20, 70
Is and Tsk9ma a. no, Po,GS,sc i M%on %o > s Royai
Arch: De Molay Commandery' No.,f 10.
knights Templar: Robert de Bruce Soutt.L sn
scottish Rite. E.lects chapter. 20 =, ~
Iahcm No :; Friendship. No Il. ana RI
odd FelIows-Washington Lodge 30 o. o; 30, III
den Rule. No. =. and AmiN; 30 - SHu
Fred d. Stuart Encampmeni' NO I"
knights of Pythias-Webster Lodge. NO. :;
Excelsior. No, u. Capitol, No - and
Myrtle. No. =.
Meetings. evening: ~ IN L,r,rorv
Masonic-Hiram Lodge. No. ~; - fnstDI,S'
No n and Grand Lodge school OF ,nstruSi
e i,on. Mount Pleasant chapter. No l3 toysl
Arch: Washington Comnandery. 10. l.
knights Templar: Naomi ~ C"a Eas,crn S,sT
odd FeiIo~s~Eastcrn star Lodge n. - :.
Harmony. No 9 FriendsniT; fnIS,,n No H. nRc
Federal. No %. and Columbian Eh'A'"p'
EnTab,. mieI, ~ Pvtbias-Mount Vernon IndSe
No 3: Union No %. and Columbia 40 .
Friendship Temple. No. . f!thian sisters
THURSDAY
MesoniS"The MeecI,Ss, New jerusalem LodEe No ?
M9somio. GanrH. - Whiting. No. -, and Temple
Soyes No q wasnns1om G9sn3eT GnsnG ~ No; No;
'g hoSay yiIiiar, = Hunt chapter. No. Is, or
oSs asr rEssiI1oSwssICoiumbia sISsC Lodge. No 10; Excel
sior. No. II. and salem. no, Ioa ~, >,
Sstionsl IJnion"Bancroft Council. and Dahl
gren Council.
The Washington times., 1914-06-21
What's on Program This Week
FRIDAY.

FRIDAY.
Meetings. evening:
Masonic-St Johns Lodge, No. II. and Z 4.
Hope. No. 20: Eureka Chapter. No. 4.
Royal Arch; Takoma Chapter. No. l.. Ca
thedral. No. IA. and ST. Johns Lodge Chap
ter. No. IS, Order Eastern Star.
Odd FeIIows-Central Lodge. No. I: Metropo-
lis. No. Is. and Phoenix. No IS. and Martha
Washington Lodge. No. J. Rebekah Lodge.
knights Of Pythias--Syracusisns Lodge No:
10 and Rathbone-S Superior, No. :S. and
Rathbone Temple. No. S, Pythian Sisters.
National Union-East Washington Council,
and Mckinley Council.
SATURDAY.
Meetings. evening:
Odd Fellows-Canton Washington. No. J,
Patriarch Militant.
National J'nion-Federal Council.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-12-10
FARMERS SLAIN FOR MONEY
Uncle and Nephew Admit Killing Two
." %. Z ~ Brothers,

-" Brothers. IT.
st. Louis, Dec. 9.-Thomas Clapp,
twenty years old, of Tamms, ILL.,, con-
fessed to the ST.. Louis police that he
murdered David and Adam Brown,
two brothers, who were found dead in
their home near Tamms Sunday. He
also implicated Lester Moody, sixteen
years old.
Moody and Clapp, who is Moody's
uncle, were arrested here at the home
of Mrs. Verney Grace, a half-sister of
Clapp. The arrest was made at the
request of Lee B. Davis, a deputy
sheriff of Alexander county, Illinois.
The Browns had received money in
business transaction recently and it
was understood that they kept more
than $1,000 in the house.
According to Clapp's Confession he
and his nephew, Moody, had been
boarding in Tamms. His mother and
Moody's sister lived near Tamms.
When the two men learned that the
two women had no money, according
to the confession, they decided to rob
the Browns.
Moody later confessed his share in
the crime. He said he went to the
Brown farm with Clapp, but he denied
that he fired any of the shots.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-12-10
Resolutions of Coincidence

Whereas the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe has removed from our
midst Brother e. A. Ross, who had
been faithful member of our order
since April, S, 1895, and always ex-
empnfied the cardinal principles of
Oddfellowship,
Therefore, Brother E. A. Ross will
be greatly missed, and be it resolved
that Princeton lodge No 2Oe, l. O..
O. F.. tender it's heartfelt sympathy
to the bereaved relatives, and that
out charter be draped in mourning
for thirty days.
Be it further resolved that a COPY
of these resolutions be spread upon
our minutes, published in the local
papers and sent to the bereaved
family.
M. L. Wheeler,
J. G. Herdliska,
Henry Marpe,
Committee.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-12-10
Try This For NEURALGIA

Thousands of people keep on suffer-
ing with neuralgia because they do
not know what to do for it. Neu-
ralgia is a pain in the nerves. What
you want to do is to soothe the nerve
itself. Apply Sloan's Liniment to
the surface over the painful part-do
not rub it in. Sloan's Liniment
penetrates very quickly to the sore
irritated nerves and a]lays the in
f1amation. Get a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment for Is cents of any druggist
and have it in the house against
colds, sore and swollen joints lum-
bago, sciatica and like ailments.
Your money back if not satisfied,
but it does give almost instant re-
lief. Advertisements.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-12-10
TO SUE 500 CORPORATIONS
Arkansas Will Seek to Collect $780,.
900 in Taxes.

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 9:-Suits in
volving the payment to the state OF
$1,000,0OO or $1,5OO,O00 of taxes will
be instituted Immediately against
about 500 domestic and foreign cor
poratiOns operating in Arkansas, as a
result of the decision of the United
States supreme court in the case of
the state against the St. Louis and
Southwestern Railway company, won
by the state.
According to w. L. Moose, state at.
torney general, the amount due the
state under the decision will total
more than $4,000 for the past four
years.