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The Washington times., 1915-07-11
ASKS GOVERNOR TO
PROBE HOLT DEATH
Prosecutor Storms at Reporters
After County Investigation Is
SqueIched.

MINEOLA. N Y, July III hope
that Governor Whitman does send his
men down here to investigate. l hope
that they turn the whole thing upside
down. Then the governor will find out
all about the lies that have been pub
lished.'
With these words District Attorney
Lewis ]. Smith. of Nassau county, hot
ly voiced his dlsapproval of the wide
spread conviction that the Official in
vestigation" into the death OF Frank
Holt Is, SO far, disgraceful farce
Mr.. Smith spoke his views atter long
conference with the Board OF supervis-
ors OF Nassau county. behind closed
doors in the court house at Mineola-
The result Of the conference was the
complete squelching OF the boards open
ly announced plan to make an lmme-
No one. apart from the participants
In the conference. knows what potent
argument Mr.. Smith employed to halt
the plan of investigation. Emerging
from this conference Mr.. Smith con-
He was ST asked IL Governor Whitman
had written asking him FOR a report
of the circumstances OF Holts death.
message OF any kind from the gov
Other questions followed along the
same line and then Mr.. Smith cut
loose"
There are no suspicious circum,
stances in this case" he snapped
angrily. You men have been send
| ing lies TO your newspapers he rat
| tied on. You have started the fa,s,
story that Governor Whitman is soine
| to order an investigation.
| Every fact in the case has beer
| made clear to you by the officials OF
| this county and you have misreprc
sented and tried to spread suspicion.
| You have written that Holt wat
| shot" he stormed, and that tnert
was a bullet wound on his toreneac
that the undertaken filled with putty
| You were told that 1t was not buHe
wound. and l tell YOU now that yo.
| lied when you said 1t was flled with
What was 1t filled wtth7" Ques
! toned a reporter.
"Wax-thats what the undertake,
used" half shouted Mr.. Smith. "Yol
| lied when you said putty"
The situation here is best summed
| I'D by a re sident of Mineola, who said
! The friends OF Sheriff Steven Petit
are holding or in order to give I'M
| sheriff a chance to return from hi
| visit to California and investigate. II
the meantime, " course. interest II
the suicide OF Muenter Will grow les.
! According to a report in circulation
| TODAY the board of supervisors agreed
that great negligence led TO Holt's sui
eide, and decided to hold thorough
| Investigation 1t is thought probabl,
| that the chief blame Will fall on Jere
miah Ryan the aged keeper who wa
supposed TO be watching Holt at tn
| time.
Ryan. shortly after the suicide, ssv
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
DRIVE THEM OUT

1t is encouraging to find the local
jewelers. Association preparing to
take some definite action against the
fake auctioneers who are at present
operating in Washington without
much hindrance and little control.
Mr.. Charles A. Goldsmith, president
of the association, announces that
he will advise at the first fall meet
ing of the members that legal steps
be taken and that bill be drafted
which, when enacted into law, will
rid the city of the present evil.
This is a movement which the
loca auctioneers of repute and
star&ng should heartily support
The> know their business bette,
than anybody else and can give val.
uable advice in the proceedings.
Another class of business mer
which might well put itself behind
this movement is the real estate
agents. 1t certainly does a piece OF
business property little good to be
occupied by a merchant who is here
today and gone tomorrow, and ar
agreement on the part of real estate
brokers that they would refuse tc
rent to this class of tenants woulc
be a most effective way Of keeping
them out of the city.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
THE BUDDHIST REVIVAL

Much ink has been split since
Kitchener was at grips with Fuzzy
Wuzzy in Soudan over the menace
of Moslem. It was said that the
followers Of the prophet were work.
ing all over the east for a reunion
of Islam, that tremendous con-
spiracies were afoot, and that when
the Holy War-the much-heralded
Jehad-was proclaimed, there would
be grave danger that the crescent
would once again endanger the
supremacy Of the cross as the EN-
blem of civilization.
Well, the Sheik-ul-Islam pro-
claimed the Holy War. He obeyed
the Sultan of Turkey, and only the
Turks obeyed him. The rest of the
Moslem world is on the side of the
allies in the great European ntrug-
gle.
Now there is much talk Of a great
revival of Buddhism.
Buddha spread his influence over
the earth as did Jesus-by peace
full means, teaching the doctrine OF
self-denial. Mohammed converted
the infidel with fire and sword and
promised much to the lusts of the
flesh. In the twentieth century thy
Islamic Holy War falls to the
ground; but what of Buddhism?
Japan demands Of China that hel
missionaries be permitted to propa
gate the doctrines of Buddha IL
China-something that alarms tn,
Christian missionaries quite as much
as it disturbs China.
The Buddhists Of Ceylon are quar-
reling with the other religionists il
that beautiful island, and there have
been some riots that We're almos
battles.
The wrack of war has convinced
the Buddhist that the complexitie!
of Christian civilization do not jus
tify the European assumption O.
superiority, and he is standing up t
assert his own faith.
Two things are interesting to not,
in this connection. One Is that In
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
THE PRUSSIAN MADNESS

The Prussian mind seems incap-
able of recognizing the existence of
any system Of thought different
from it's own materialistic concept.
The latest German note appeals to
the gross selfshness that Germany
assumes exists in America, but
which is in fact utterly foreign to
our national spirit.
Germany might dicker for points
while forgetting piratical murders
but America will not do so. The
safety Of our citizens at sea il
founded upon something vastly more
important than a permit grudgingly
granted by the German admiralty.
The Prussian In his madness
thinks he is superman and cannot
understand that the rest of the
world does not see him through the
magnifying glass of his own insane
epotism.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
A POINT TO KEEP CLEAR

One thing should be kept clearly
In mind in the present discussion of
our affairs with Germany and with
England.
That is a distinction between af-
fairs that represent money only and
affairs that represent the basic
principles of human civilization.
The few discordant notes to be
heard in the countrywide chorus of
editorial comment on Germany's
latest note are the result of a con-
fusion of thought upon this subject
One Southern newspaper of fame
goes so far as to say that our nego,
tiations with Great Britain at this
time are more delicate and danger.
Gus than those with Germany.
This means, of course, that in that
editorial mind, cotton is more
precious than child life; that a de.
layed shipment of cotton bales is g
greater crime than hundred mur,
ders; that lives are of no account il
the business of making dimes be moi
interrupted.
There was a time when King Cot
ton ruled many subjects to the ut
ter disregard of human rights, but
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
GERMAN EDITORIAL FOOLISH.
MISS

The Morgen Post, Of Berlin, in
commenting on the most recent Of
the German notes, announces that
one of the reasons why it feels GER
tain that the latest proposals Of the
Kaiser will be acceptable to the
American Government Is because
American public sentiment regard
ing the German side Of the case has
changed greatly
OF course, this opinion is "Made
in Germany" for home consumption,
but what can be the use of fostering
an idea so untrue and SO preposter-
Gus? 1t is altogether outside of
probability that the official represen-
tative of the German government
has forwarded to this country any
intimation that the people of this
nation were growing lukewarm in
their support of the President OF
that the delays of diplomacy were
serving to quiet the resentment
against German slaughter.
On the other hand personal rep
resentative Of the ambassador went
to Germany with the publicly an.
nounced purpose of explaining tc
German officialdom just the attitude
Of the American public. 1t cannot
be that so active and enterprising g
newspaper as the Morgen Post die
not acquaint itself with the message
of Herr Meyer Gerhard. 1t is quite
natural to expect that authorized
representatives Of the paper inter.
viewed him, that the editor might
have for his own guidance If not
for publication first hand knowledge
of across-seas opinion and attitude
of mind.
In view of the sources Of infor.
nation available the statement tina,
American opinion has changed Is
quite without reason and must be
knowingly untruthful.
But after all we may be Judging
the editorial from the wrong view
point and that Herr Redakteur was
in reality only whistling.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11

II 10 to the credit Of the Southern
newspaper (it must be acknowledged
that the South has suffered most
from the effects Of this war) that
only a few see the thing from this
point of view. Most Of them agree
with the newspapers in the other
parts Of the country that Germany's
note is an evasion, characterized by
insolence.
To compare the stste Of our nego-
tiations with England about the
orders-in-council to those with Ger
many about the Lusitania Is to set
up a grossly material standard Of
conduct that hss no sanction In
American thought.
Suppose John Smith lives next
door to you, and keeps chickens. You
have a garden. Smiths chickens in
wade your garden and do great dam.
age there. You 60 into court, per-
|haps, and try to get money damages
out Of Smith, and you may even
have some bitter feelings about the
matter. But when James Jones
your neighbor next door on the
other side comes into your house
and kills your wife and babies, nc
one will criticise you If you seem
to thing the Jones case different in
degree from the Smith case. Tres.
pass may be annoying, but 1t is not
murder. That is the difference be.
tween England and Germany. Eng.
land may have stopped some Of ou,
cotton shipments, but she has not
murdered any Of our children.
This is a point to keep clearly ir
mind,
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
EIGHT CENTS A DAY

If the reduction In wsges Of 8
cents a day causes any considerable
number Of the mechanics at the
Navy Yard to quit their jobs they
will have forfeited the respect of
many earnest friends and support
ers Of organised labor.
If they leave merely to get bet
ter jobs at higher pay with private
concerns, that Is another matter.
But to lay the blame Of deserting
the Government employ upon the
s-cenr reduction, a matter con-
trolled by cast-iron law and that
could not be corrected in any event
by any authority except Congress,
is to discredit the whole labor move
ment and furnish the enemies of or
ganized labor with most effective
ammunition.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
Suffragists to Invade
"ConSerVative South

The Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage is preparing to invade the
South.
The men of the conservative South"
it is claimed. are not so violently op-
posed to the enfranchisement Of the
other sex as are the politicians found in
the corridors of the National Capitol
and the capitol buildings OF New
England and Central states,
Every consideration has been shown
the suffrage advocates who have lately
"campaigned" In Virginia and South
Carolina, according to the union More
over. they declare the women OF the
South want the vote.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
THE ALLIES BLOCKADE

An index to effectiveness Of the
embargo maintained against Ger.
many by the allies is contained ir
the report by the Department OF
Commerce on the exports of thi.
country to Germany during the re,
cent month of May. In May, 1914
we shipped goods to the value of 6
little more than nineteen million dol.
lars. During the same month, this
year, the figures dwindled to q
paltry four hundred dollars. 1t IL
not to be doubted that goods to g
much greater amount than this
reached Germany indirectly from
American sources, but even with
khat In mind the figures make the
allies blockade look pretty reason.
obly effective.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11

dia, where Buddhism began, now has
no Buddhists. The other is that the
militant missionary spirit Of south
ern Buddhism has been fired by a
training school in Colombo presided
over by two American women who
used to be clerks in the Postoffiee
Department.
The things are unrelated. They
merely go to show how mixed up the
world is getting to be.
Just now. when the Christian
world trembles for its future, the
followers of the Buddha are taking
courage. 1t may mean nothing, it
may mean much. No man can say.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
TO DISCUSS AIMS
OF ANTtSAL0ON MEN
Rev. Dr.. Martin to Preach at
Dumbarton Avenue N. E.
Church.

THE National Anti-saloon Conven-
tion" will be the subject of a sermon In
Dumbarton Avenue NJ. E. Church by
the Rev. D. H. Martin tonight at s
o clock. The Rev. DR.. Martin will treat
of the activities Of the convention, its
aims, and its promises.
A twilight lawn service will begin at
o'clock at the Waugh NJ. z. Church.
with the Rev F. NJ. Mccoy preaching
on Cleansing from Sim"
The Rev. John MacMurray. at the
Union Methodist Church. in Twentieth
street. south OF Pennsylvania avenue,
will continue his special sermons to-
night at o'clock. his discourse being
on The Nearness of God"
In the Church Of the Epiphany, DR..
Randolph H. Mckim will preach on
The Vision of the Unseen" at S o'clock.
Bible Lands in the Great War" is
the title OF an illustrated sermon 10
be given tonight at s o'clock by the
Rev. Earle Whitley in the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church.
The. Rev. Charles E. Fultz will
preach at the union services Of Eek :
Brethren Churches tonight in the
latter church at North Capitol and
lexington streets.
In the tent service at Thirteenth
and Fairmont streets, Henry B. II.
Macfa rland will speak at 1890 o'clock,
These meetings are being conducted
each night BY the Fourth Presbyter-
ian Church. OF which the Rev. Joseph
7. Kelly is pastor.
The Rev. John Compton Ball. In the
Metropolitan BAPTIST Church, will
discuss President Wilson's new book
when q Man Comes to Himself" al
I:45 o'clock.
The subject at the First and Second
Churches OF Christ. Scientist. this
evening will be Sacrament"
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
Holt's Widow, His Babies,
And Father-in-Law Only
Mourners at Rites Today

DALLAS, July u.-Frank Holt will be
buried as he lIved-in an air of mystery.
His kin here refused today TO say even
when the funeral Sill be, though IT Is
The frail widow. Holt's two handsome
babies and his father-in-law. the Rev.
O. F. Sensabaugh, will be the only
mourneIs. The familys only announce
ment Is that the funeral Will De
strictly private"
Holts relatives said today they knew
nothing of his being in Texas City last
month, as authorities there Gained.
Reports from that place said Holt acted
suspiciously concerning cotton ship
ment satlings, and had papers with IN
formation concerning these when ar
rested and held temporarily.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
SAFETY FIRST PROGRESSING

The Safety First Society Of Wash
ington already has done excellent
service in its campaign Of education
for greater care in traversing public
thoroughfares. II does we'll to carry
its work to the young children of
the kindergartens and lower grades
of the public schools.
1t is hard to believe that $4,000
persons are killed or seriously in
jured in the streets of this country
every year. Beside this record the
railroad casualties which attract
such wide attention fade into insig-
nificance. In Washington alone ia
persons were killed or injured last
year. The majority Of such accidents
are easily preventable. But the best
traffic regulations, and the best po-
lice care, will not accomplish their
avoidance. Eternal vigilance on the
part Of the users Of the streets Is
necessary.
The program Of ordinary precau-
tion the Safety First body is trying
to inculcate into the minds of young
children will be more fruitful than
the same message to grown-ups.
Adults fail to realize, sometimes,
that changed conditions, especially
the invasion Of streets by the auto
mobile, bring about new rules Of the
road. The pedestrian, once favored
above all others, because he was in
such majority, no longer holds a
fee simple to the use Of public high
ways. Every precaution is made for
his safety, but city streets now are
widely used by others who have an
equal right to them, and the street
car, jitney, and taxicab users, as
we'll as the ordinary motorist, must
be considered. Therefore, many
cities have restricted the crossing
Of pedestrians to street corners
Such a regulation has not been found
necessary here yet. But it is a rea-
sonable practice for the individual to
follow on his own account, and It
would make for greater safety and
more eXpeditious travel.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
BETTER HEALTH...BETTER
WORK

Had the welfare work going on in
Washington departments for i'm
proved hygienic conditions among
Government clerks been blazoned
forth all at once, and accomplished
in whirlwind fashion, it would have
been widely heralded. Instead it has
been quietly and persistently prose
cuted, as money became available,
for a period of more than three
years, until the contrast between
conditions now and before it was be-
gun is striking.
In many cases cubic air space was
half of the normal requirement
dust menaced the health of en-
ployes, the lighting put strain up
on their eyes, and the combination
of conditions caused remarkably
high ratio Of colds, grip, and other
ailments that kept employees away
from work for an undue number OF
days. Recent reports Of the health
service indicate that sick leaves
have been materially reduced
throughout the service, and the saw,
ing thus effected probably more thar
covers the cost of alterations and
improvements.
Methods at two Of the buildings
which most closely approach condi,
tions in private and industrial
plants, the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing and the Government Print.
ing Office, are now held UP as models
for similar establishments, and they
are studied by visiting business mer
and efficiency experts.
OF course, there are many i'm
provements yet to be made. These
chiefly depend upon appropriations
for buildings which now are over
crowded, or so old, like the Paten
Office, that they are a menace t.
health and have the additional dis
advantages of being fire traps. Othel
rented buildings could not be so ma
terially altered. But the genera
level has been raised so far tina
Government clerks have every rea
son to be deeply thankful for i'm
proved conditions.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
Holt Planned to Wreck
Capitol in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa, July u.-Frank
Holt, or Erich Muenter. the assailant
of ]. Pierpont Morgan. was here three
weeks ago, according to c. H. Wolfe.
who runs the barber shop at the Com
monwealth Hotel. Muenter wore a
beard when he entered Wolfe's shop,
and Wolfe's says he himself shaved II
off
There can be no mistake, Wolfe
said today. Il have seen hnlf a dozen
pictures OF Muenter and am sure he was
the man l shaved"
It was while Muenter was here, 1t Is
believed that he marked drawing OF
the State Capitol, which he had selected
as one OF the buildings for dynamitlnS.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
CARRANz|STAS TAKE
MEXICO CITY AGAIN
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
on the part Of the Carranztsta factions
have been exerted IN this direction in
recent weeks
refuse to accept the recapture OF Mex
leo City as being of any particular sig
nifcance.
Carranza will find the holding of
Mexico City as untena bic now as he did
before, they insist. They will not admit
tat the occupation OF Mexico City car
ries with II any strategic advantage,
ewing to the necessity Of keeping a large
force To garrison the city.
Denials of Villa reverse in the north
are made by his agency here. Particu-
lar denial Is made OF Carranzista
claim OF sweeping victory over villa
at Aguas Calientas and that Villa is in
retreat on Zacatecas.
The conflict between the Red Cross
end the Carranzista faction took a new
turn in the receipt OF a dispatch from
Charles A: Douglas, declaring the gov
ernor Of Vera Cruz at a mass meeting
Yesterday snid there was no need Of
Red Cross aid in that city.
Mr.. Douglas made emphatic denial
or statements by Red Cross agents that
Mexican governmental forces had en-
ported foodstuffs while the population
was starving. The DEGREES prohibiting
the expectation OF foodstufs. he said,
had been rigidly enforced
For Relief of Poor.
To meet the situation reported by
Consul General Shanklin and Red Cross
Agent O'Connor, who told the State
Department that conditions In Mexico
City were exceedingly pitiful." Mr..
Douglas said the constitutionalist gov
crrment has purchased for the relief
OF the poor. particularly in Mexico
City, 5000 tons OF corn. ZOO sacks Of
-four and 5000 bushels Of wheat. which
are now en- route to Vera Cruz. and
that a monthly order for 5000 sacks Of
-four Is being placed. Seven thousand
to ms OF corn and 100 tons OF wheat
were purchased in the State OF Michi-
gan. hc said
The Government now has on hand.
Mr.. Douglas declared. 800 600 Kilograms
of oats. en.oo0 Kilograms OF sugar.
10000 Kilograms of coftee 2CS.ooo kilo-
grams Of beans 7o,ooo Kilograms OF
Hour. 10000 Kilograms OF salt-drIed
beef and that thousand head OF
cattle are en- route from the isthmus.
The state Department. on the other
hand. continues to receive reports
that the food situation will be acute
everywhere within the next six weeks.
| Cross officials take exception 10 the
statements that there is food enough
for all
What action the United States Will
| take in the Mexican situation, in yne
| light OF CarranZa's new success and
| his accompanying claims for recog-
| milton, Will not be decided, II was an
nounced today until the German sit
| uation clears up.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
Tomorrow.

Program, Mundelles sextet Orchestra. La-
Prohibition mass meeting, Metropolitan NJ. 70.
Church. John Marshall place and g stree,
northwest, 0 p. m. -.
Concert, Marine Band. Marine Barracks. +:ss
p. m.
Patriotic meeting Columbia Chapter. d. A.
r., at District OF Columbia milestone, near
Chain Bridge, 5:4b p. m.
Concert, United States Soldiers Home Band.
at home go p. m.
Address, Henry B. r. Macfariand, in tent
OF the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Thir-
teenth and Fairn1ont streets northwest 1880
p. m.
Masonic-Dawson. No l6 stansbury. No. "a.
Mount Vernon, No. g.
Odd Fellows-Beacon, No. l5; Union, No. Il: /:
Langdon, No. 20; Esther, No s, Rebexa his.
Knights of Pythiss-Calanthe, No. IL: Deca-
tur, No. Q.
National rnion-Pressmens Council. East
| Capitol Council.
| American Federation OF Patriotic Societies.
regular meeting
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
Baggage of St. Louis
Passengers Examined

NEW YORK, July 1l.-Every passen-
gers baggage was minutely examined
and identified. and all cargo subjected
to careful scrutiny before the Ameri-
can liner 81. Louis sailed yesterday for
Liverpool with GAS passengers.
The finding OF nine bombs in the car
go Of the Kirkoswald moved the line a
officials TO take no chances.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11
Tuesday.

Mssonio.Federal, No. l. Acacia No; II Ia;
Arch Masons; Friendship. No. II. Eastern
Odd Fellows-washington, No. 9: Golden
Rule. No al Amity, No. q; Fred D.
Stuart, No. 7, encampment.
Knights OF Pythias--Capital, No. 20; Webster,
No. I; Excelsior No. II; Myrtle. No. Is.
National Cnion-Joint Excursion committee
in headquarters.
Da lighters OF Liberty--IIops Council, No 1.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11

A true test Of suffragist loyalty
will be made in 1915. Can the sweet
things become interested enough in
the equal ballot propaganda to for
get that it is leap year?
The Washington times., 1915-07-11

Dispatch states that among the
Minnehaha's death dealing cargo
were 176 automobiles and 500 hogs.
The combination is almost as deadly
as street sprinkler, and a new pair
of white flannel trousers.
The Washington times., 1915-07-11

Since relinquishing their beloved
vodka for water, the Slavs have
been doing better on that beverage
than on land.