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The Washington times., 1914-07-13
THE SUPREME BENCH.

Two names have been mentioned
in connection with the vacancy in
the Supreme Bench, that will find
echo in the considerations of a very
great number of people. One is that
of Frederick W. Lehman, of St.
Louis, and the other that Of Secre-
tary of the Interior Lane.
The Supreme Bench is tradition
ally so far removed and remote
from ordinary touch and influence,
so entirely apart from the rest of
the machinery of government, that
there is always danger that the men
who occupy it may forget to pro-
gress, to readjust their processes of
thought to the needs and the con-
ditions of the times. Perhaps this
danger is imagined and imaginary,
rather than real; certainly, how
ever, many people believe it is de-
cidedly real.
Wherefore the more reason why
men should be chosen for the high
est bench without reference to the
intellectual methods and social views
which they had demonstrated in
their earlier careers. The country
has right to want Supreme judges
to be more than segmcnts of pure,
colo intellect. II wants them to feel,
know, and understand what is going
on in the mind of the mass of people.
1t will judge them. when they are
appointed, by the records they have
made in the past.
Because they have made records,
written in big letters where the
whole nation has seen. Me3srs. Lane
and Lehman are especially entitled
to consideration at this time. Both
are Democrats, and the vacancy is
caused by the death o. one of the
Democrats on the bench. There is
TO geographi objection to either
Of them, if, indeed, there could pos
sibly be a geographical reason
against the right man for such an
appointment. Each has done a share
cf public service, and made a mea-
sure Of personal sacrifice in the do
ing Of it. that deserves considera-
tion. Each is known to and has
received high mark of the confidence
Of Presidents representing both the
cid political parties. In short, there
is every reason for the belief that
the appointment might logically lie
between these two.
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
A SUBMARINE BATTLE.
]. E. WILLIAMSON.

swing with the tide. While 1t was
| swinging, Mr.. Gregory. down in the
chamber, turned the crank Of his
| camera and photographed a panorama
Of sea bottom. The clearness OF the
water and the perfect illumination af-
| forded by the sunlight coming through
it and striking the white coral bottom
was remarkable.
Nearly every one who has toured In
tropical waters has seen the native
black boys dive for coins. One Of the
most interesting of the films Is that
which shows these boys while they are
beneath the surface fighting each other
for the elusive bit of silver. Sometimes
three OF them were caught at once
struggling to get the piece OF money at
a depth Of twenty-five feet
For the first time in the world photo
graphs were taken of a deep-sea diver
working on a wreck. Near Nassau
there is the hulk OF an old blockade
runner that came to grief while seek
ing safety in that h>rbor during the
civil war. She lies at a depth OF fifty
feet and scattered on the bottom neal
her are some rust-encrusted cannon and
many cannon balls.
George Williamson volunteered to be
a diver and a suit was borrowed from
the colonial government. Although he
had never been beneath the surface In
this sort of garb before, Mr.. Williamson
gamely went down and strolled about
the wreck, picking UP cannon balls and
sending them aloft in wire basket at
tached to a line. While he was so
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
THE SILVER LINING
EDITED BY ARTHUR bAER.

hundreds Of thousands in graft Ill the
form of railroad passes.
John d. uses poor business methods
on the golf links. Rides a bicycle,
when motorcycle would boost the
gasolene game. Always patronize the
home industries.
Dull summer. Unless somebody gets
shot up on New York roof garden
soon. the newspaper game will be on
the fritz Looks as IL we will have
to rake up that old Southern railway
cavern on First street
II always makes poor, stay-at-home-
father peeved to get a dunning letter
from mother-in-the-country Espe-
cially after he has just paid a roof
garden bill for 1910. Women amt got
any sense of economy.
John d. also tells the kids IL ther
want to get rich to save their nickels
instead Of their pennies. Right And
IL they want to get real rich, let the
III darlings save their thousand-dollar
bills instead of their plugged nickels.
Can't dope out why fat, sweltering,
unhappy citizen insists on lamping the
thermometer to see how much he Is
suffering. Pretty much like turning the
knife around In the wound.
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OUR MODEL CITY. ="

Washington, the model city of the
nation, is going through an interest.
ing experience incident TO being q
model.
Being a model is rather tiresome
Washington would rather like to be
coarse, crude, horny-fs:ed com.
munity, running its own affairs ir
its own rude way, and knowing who
was to blame when something went
wrong. BIT that's out of the ques-
ton.
So, because we must needs be q
model city, the municipal play
grounds will be locked up tonight
till further orders.
There's no money with which to
keep them going.
That is, no money available. The
Treasury is full of money, of course;
out it can't be spent till Congress
appropriates it. The old appropria-
ton expired with June 80. Congress
hasn't been able since to agree on
the new appropriation bill.
So the town has no money.
Thousands of city children who re-
sort to the Fairgrounds daily will
lie turned out on the asphalt streets,
right in the midst of the years hot
test spell of weather.
That's because we're a "model
city" Fine thing, isn't it! So nice
to have somebody else do it all for
us, and do it so much better than
we would ever be able to do it for
ourselvesi
The city bathing beach also closed
down, because there wasn't money
to keep it running. But then, why
shouldn't it? Bathing is rather a
luxury anyhow, and maybe the ap-
preparation bill will be agreed upon
b. Saturday night. in time TO NEE:
every necessity of our rural over
lordsi
Two of the Fairgrounds have been
kept open by dint Of private philan-
thropy; Mr.. Arthur c. Moses. long
leader in the work of providing the
grounds and equipment, put up the
needed money personally. Likewise,
the bathing beach has been re-
opened, because money enough was
raised by subscription to keep it
running temporarily.
Great thing, this living in a
model city,
1t produces. lot of sensations
that one really couldn't enjoy any
where else.
If a town council were responsible
fer some of the things done to this
town-things like the plaza-awards
hold-up, the suspension of play
grounds and bathing beach, the re-
fusal to improve Seventh street.
it would be mo3ted.
But we're a model city; too polite
to object.
The Washington times., 1914-07-13

So hot that you can fry eggs on
Philadelphia pavements. Still. can't
figure out how Hampy Moore can use
that as an argument for greater navy
yard at League Island.
Stranded liner jettisons fifteen auto
mobiles Man in our block who has
been bawling the pesky things all his
life has Just purchased a diving suit.
Kelley's army sees absolutely no use
of constructing several more bridges
across the Potomac. They weren't able
tC make use of the ones already there.
District law says no automobile can
stand in the public highway more than
fifteen minutes. Stingy with their time.
Father will have to do all his cussing
in shorthand the next time the old
machine stalls.
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SYNTHETIC CAMPHOR.

Camphor comes from the hard
9 ed sap, or gum, of a tree native
Z Japan and Formosa. It's use by
! dies with delicate nerves and a
\ 0dency to faint on slight provoca-
4 n is very much less important
tan the part it plays in making
e lluloid, artificial leather, explo-
tves. and an expanding list of other
q ricles.
The japanese have long had a
r onopoly of the original supplies,
{ ID in recent years have been max
j. ? a good thing of it. Like the
{ ermans with their potash and the
J ~azilians with their coffee, the Jap
0ese have been charging all the
{ affic will bear-perhaps more,
" hey have been "skinning" the
= orld's users of camphor on a small
f; ale. as America might "skin" the
; aers of cotton Or of copper if we
- ere disposed to retaliate against
Countries that take advantage OF
Cur necessities.
Some time ago German chemists
l1dertook the manufacture of arti-
.ial camphor, and succeeded in pro-
OIcing it, turpentine being the base,
Now it is reported that the Japanese
monopoly has raised the price SO
n gh, and imposed so many rev and
impossible conditions on the traffic
that American users OF camphor
have decided to go in for the syn
thetic article. Accordingly, a Penn
sylvania concern has conducted ex-
peiiments which have been so sue
oessful that a single establishment
is TO be installed that will produce
Cf the artificial article one-fourth
Is much as the world is now using,
- about half the price!
ZAis u going to bs a real blow
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
WOMAN VS.. FASHION,

Indications are abroad that the
American woman grows weary of
such implicit obedience to the die
tates of Dame Fashion as she has
yielded in the past. The time is not
yet, assuredly, when woman is ready
to break the tie that binds, but there
is plenty of substantial evidence that
she wants to loosen it.
Scarce any gathering nowadays in
which woman is solely or largely
represented but takes whack at
fashion slavery. The recent conven-
ton of the General Federation of
Woman's Clubs took strong action,
urging the members of the fedora
ton to lead fight for simpler and
more appropriate habits Of dress.
Now we have the executive commit
tee of the Cloak, Suit, and Skirt
Manufacturers Protective Associa-
ton proclaiming to the world that
the American woman refuses to be
dictated 70 in the matter Of the
length of her coats and skirts.
Here is weighty evidence. truly,
when the position the women take
becomes sufficiently general to at
tract the attention of a great nation
al organization of garment makers.
The committee says:
We believe that the matter of lengths
is year by year becoming Of less i'm
portance in determining style. Individ-
uality of design and adaptability TO the
needs Of the American woman of all
grades Of society is the controlling fac
tor. In tn" next place, the style of to-
day, even II declared by us. would not
be the style OF tomorrow We are
unanimously Of the conclusion that to
make a declaration would only be mis-
leading and would give undue impor-
tance TO the matter of length.
All of which is heartening. So far
as mere man is competent to pas1
judgment on the present rode-or
cny mode, for the matter of that
the dresses women Wear today are
both comfortable and attractive, suf-
ficiently ornamental to answer the
demand that beats in every woman's
heart and so constructed, apparent
ly. as to afford ease as well as grace
the skirts may be just triile mar
row, but it is not well to carp.
The mournful fact is that women
The Washington times., 1914-07-13

TO the Japanese monopoly. The
Germans have net undertaken arti-
fetal production on any snch exten-
siye scale, but they will promptly
be forced to it, because they are
large users of camphor. and their
specialties, based on its use, will lose
the market unless they can get as
cheap camphor as the Americans
have. Consequently, Germany will
presently be assailing the Japanese
monopoly, and the world will see a
particularly good illustration of how
an overgreedy monopoly car be ex-
pected pretty regularly to defeat its
own purpose.
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
MELVILLE E. INGALLS,.

Melville E. Ingalls,, who died yes
|te DAY, was a railroad man who
stuck to his job and made it con-
|spicuous success As president OF
|ke Chesapeake and Ohio and other
r. lroads and chairman Of the board
|of directors of the Big Four he con-
# ed himself to the upbuilding of
/ |ho properties under his charge and
[i,aited his financial operations to
tire necessary provision of money
4 improvements and extensions.
The railroads that had the benefit
|o+ his executive ability profited also
b mis- avoidance of the dubious
n zes of high finance AN avoidance
IT. more remarkable because Mr..
J gals years Of greatest activity
were the years of overexpansion and
|o"ercapitalization in this country.
Virginia and West Virginia owe
J m much, for he contributed large
D and farsightedly to their develop
n cnt.
The Washington times., 1914-07-13

in the past have shown themselves
willing to adopt almost any fashion,
no matter how foolish or how i'll
adapted the costume may have been
to the special use for which it was
intended; there have been bustles
and trailing walking skirts. just to
select two random examples.
That the revolution reported is an
uctuality and not temporary revolt
or an evanescent dream will be
hoped widely. There is no reason
why women should not combine
taste and even ornament in dress
with modesty and fitness to purpose
and occasion,
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
HARVESTING THE HANDS

Il turns out that Uncle Sans
nrmy recruiting officers are exten-
|sively harvesting the harvest hands
who rushed out West to help save
the crops. Whenever there is big
crop in West and Southwest, the
kables are revived about the tens OF
thousands of harvest hands, needed
a. their own price, to save the grain
Thousands are tolled West on the
strength of such fanciful tales; and
| De spite efforts to prevent the DAM
age, every year sees new thousands
of victims.
This year, Kansas having given
en- ployment to considerable numbers
of the migratory workers, they
moved northward, 20 find that there
was little demand for their services.
Stranded in the towns along the Mis-
souri river, hundreds of miles from
home, these men have been enlisting
r Jhe army in great numbers. They
|diGn't necessarily like to do it, but
tthey could not help themselves.
It's a fine thing for the diligent
recruiting sergeant, out it goes hard
with he unfortunate who finds him.
self, against his will, compelled to
enlist in order to avoid starvation.
And it presents one of the very
proper problems for the Commission
|on Industrial Relations to consider.
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
THE MARINE GARDENS.

engaged Mr.. Gregory. safe and dry In
the chamber was photographing him.
Many. many feet of film were made
of the hundreds of different kinds OF
fish that abound in the Bahama waters.
Some were caught as they swan abous
in their natural haunts among the cor
al reefs and others, by means OF a
baited line were drawn close up to
to the chamber.
As in all tropical waters, the sea
around the Bahamas abounds II sharks
and a film that has no counterpart in
the annals of photography was secured
of a battle between two of these mon
sters. There have been many fish films
taken in tanks at aquariums, and from
the surface. but the tank has never
been built that could stage the spec
tacle made by those sharks.
Many stories have been written OF
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
MONDAY, JULY 13, 1914.
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hand-to-hsnd conflicts with msn-ral-n :
sharks. hut when 1t comes to finding .
native diver who Will actually go down
armed with nothing but a short knife
and engage in a single-handed combat
with one Of these brutes. IL means con-
siderable more effort than an exercise
Of fertile Imagination with a pencil
and paper.
Such man was at last found, and
motion pictures made of a naked diver
meeting one of these kings Of the deep
In his own element, and with a long,
sweeping stroke OF his keen knife dis
embowaling an immense shark who
darts toward him with open mouth,
escapes the yawning jaws as a matador
lodges a bull. and with one swift thrust
of ouivering steel lands a death stroke
in the monsters vitals.
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
Tomorrow.
Meetings. evening:

Meetings, evening:
Masonic-Federal Lodge. No. /: Acacia. No;
Ihapter No 6; Mount Horeb. No. !, end
Potomac, No. S. Royal Arch; Evangelist
Chapter, Rose Croix. Scottish Rite; ami
versary celebration. Electa Chapter' no. :.
Friendship, No II. order OF the Eastern
Star.
Maccabees-Brightwood Tent. No. s.
knights of Pythias-Weoster Lodge. NO; T.
Excelsior, No. Il. Capital. No. "a. and Myr-
tie. No. 25
Odd FeiIows-washington Lodge. No. 8.
Fred ID Stuart Encampment. No. -.
Baseball, Washington VS.. Detroit, American
League Park $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
Newton Denies McAdoo
"Sponges' on Cutters

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Byron r. Newton, who has super
vision of the revenue cutter fleet. is in
dignant at the assertion of Congress
man Good Of Iowa that Secretary
pleasure jaunts.
Mr.. Newton declares that such Is far
from the fact. and that when Secretary
McAdoo has been aboard a revenue
cutter he has personally paid his share
Of the mess or any other expense.
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
What's ON the Program in
Washington

Meetings, evening:
Masonic-Dawson Lodge. No. Is: Hope. No
20. and Stansbury. No. "a: Mount Vernon
Chapter. No. ,; Hiram. No. TO- and Ana
costa. No. IL. Royal Arch.
National Union-Pressmen's Council and
East Capitol Council.
Maccabees-National Tent. No. /. Mount
Vernon Tent. No. 4. and Anacostia, No. I.
knights OF Pythias-Decatur Lodge, No. 3.
Calanthe. No. IL. and Equal, No. Il.
Odd Fellows-UniOn Lodge. No. II. Beacon
Lodge. No. Is. Langdon. No &C. and Cove
nant. No. II; Esther Lodge. No. 5. Re-
bekah Lodge.
Concert by United States Soldiers Home
Band, Bandstand. p. IN.
Concert by United States Marine Band. Ma
rine Barracks. $50 y. IN.
Baseball, Washington vs.. Detroit American
League Park. d" NJ.
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
Rob Girl of $4,000.

ST. LOUIS. July 13.-Miss Esther CO.
hen, cashier OF the l.. Cohen whole
sale Grocery Company. was robbed by
a lone highwayman of 5000 in cash
and checks down town today. as she
was on her way from the store TO de-
posit the money in q bank
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
Amusements.

Columbia-''The Girl in Waiting" 2:l5 and
s:l5 .. m.
Polfs-"Ready Money" e:l5 and s:lS p. m.
Cosmos-vaudevilIe, afternoon and evening,
Glen Echo-All amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-Concert by section Of
Marine RanA
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
AmuSements.

ColumbIa-"The Girl in Waiting" Sis p. m.
Poli's-'.Ready Money 2:l5 and s:15 p. m.
Cosmos-VaudeviIle afternoon and evening.
Glen Echo-An smusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-Concert by section OF
Marine Band
The Washington times., 1914-07-13
THE OIDEST INAAB

Hard headed cit
izen buys his coal
now, but DANCED if
it don't look soft
headed this kind O.
weather"
The Washington times., 1914-07-13

Huerta Is wise in sending all those
millions out of Mexico. He knows that
a profit is without honor In its own
country.
The President Is bending every enort
to get Warburg. while the Senate isn't
lending at all.
4 man can't help where he is oorn.
but II must make Northern politicians
sore to read that Tennessee stu Issues
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-27
lsNEAI
Gibson Kidd.

Fairmont friends Of Miss vern
Kidd will learn with interest OF her
recent marriage with Harry x. Glib
son, OF Wheeling. Which was solcm-
4 iitZed last week, IN Cleveland, Miss
SRidd, now Mrs. Gibson, has been a
frequent guest in the city and is
popular among a wide circle OF ac-
quaintances. The Wheeling News
says:
wedding that will come rs a
surpriselto their many friends in this
eityiis that Of Miss Vera Kidd. daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. I. Kidd, of
South Penn street, to Mr., Harry Ken
non Gibson, son Of Mr.. C.. w. Gibson.
.ofathe Island, which was solcmnizcd
Thursday evening at 6, O'clock in
Cleveland. Immediately following the
wedding the couple left on an extend.
ed lake trip, after which they will
come to- this city to visit the brides
parents and later go TO Cleveland;
where they will make their future
home.
\ The bride is q popular member of
the younger social set of this city
and the groom is connected with a
1 prominent Cleveland firm as travel
ing salesman. Their lost OF friends
in this.city swillihasten to:eXtend con-;
sratulations and best wishes. II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-27
! EE!x !, i: ] ]! i
Oh City Lots

The work of exeavating the city
lot, located between Monroe street
and Parks avenue was started this
morning. The first work to be done
is the tearing away the foundation
for atbuilding which has been laid
for several years. When this founda-
ton was laid, It was the, original
plan to erect the addition to the pres
ont, city llall,son a level with Monroe
street, making room on the first
floor for the accommodation of the
city prisoners. Since that time 1t,
llassbccn deemed advisable by tho,
commissioners 10 excavate down to- d
level with Parks avenue, changing
the quarters for the jailito this loca-
tion, making tile entrance from
Parks avenue, instead OF Monroe
street. In order to do this. sc was
necessary TO put in Ia now lounla-,
ton. : Y
The plans for the entire additia1
toSthe city building are not quite
finished. They arc being drawn By
Architect Lyons and will be complct-
ed in a few tinys " VI q III
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-27
Arnu:se N el'n:t It! s.
Are st bed
VAUDEVILLE PER RI OF oRMAN N d Or
= EUREKA PARK YESTERDAY
4 CALLED OFF:

J 81 Y -. e 70 +
Eureka Park, near Huntington,
was visited yesterday by eonntyEofri=
GERS and certain amusements which
llavclbeen carried on during tho sum
mer on Sundays We're ordered to quit
business orssubniit to arrest. ~. D
Theayaudeyille performance whief
was. billed for yesterday afternoon
had not begun its performance and
when they were warned not to show
they soon left ,thepark. ,A"Ringithr
cane" game which was In full blast
was also ordered To- close up i shop.
Several other amusement booths
MereHon the ground, but we've not
operating at tie time OF the, Officers,
arrival. Sai v - i i,ll.f Is l,s,,t e q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-27

|; ST. PETERSBURG July q The
workmcn in the Russian capitol who
lad been on strike for a week today
decided to resume work in order to
emphasize their approval Of the Rus
sian government support of seryia.
They made patriotic demonstrations
in the street and sang the Russian
national anthems.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-27
NO QUORUM

Fort first times since the Iinaug=
luration of the new city government,
the regular public Monday meeting
of the city commissioners was not
held today.
AT theregular meeting stimeaat il
O'clock, theretwas no quorum of5the
comm ssioners present. Commission,
icrs Smith and Lehman were absent
from the city hall, us their duties
called them TO other parts Of the! city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-27
Return from VIRGINIA.

Miss Elizabeth Stone, VINO had
spent the past two months with her
sisters, Mrs: 7. NJ. Gathright and Mrs.
Edgar Waddell, in Covington, va,
VIII return home the latter part Of
the week. She will be accompanied
by Mrs. Waddell who will spend SOW
eral weeks with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Stone, in Quincy street.
To Asheville, NC
Mrs. Lester Snow, who had spent
the past several weeks5here vita Ice
aunt, Mrs. II. f. Smith, Will leave