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AUGUST CIRCULATION.
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The number of complete and perfect copies
W The Washington Times printed dally dur
ing; the month of August was as follows:
1 K.S66IH W.S99 23 S5.0G3
13 Sunday 24 M.4S0
14 C3.444 S3 73.672
15 C3.324 26 5.222
It 2.426 27 Sunday
17 2,442 2S. 3.717
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T. 4,408
,8 3,298
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II 2.549122 4.161
Total for month f..., .1,475,075
Dally average for month 4,(32
The net total circulation of The Washington
Times (dally) during the month of August
was 1,310,225, all copies left over and returned
being eliminated. This number, when dl-
Ivlded by 27, the numbcV of days of publica
tion, shows the net dally average fur Aug-
juit to have bee 48,527.
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N. T. wreck extras printed on Aueuit 25.
eductine these fifrurra the Averam rfal I v nM
ureumuun jor August i snown to nave
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Sunday.
The number of complete and perfect copies
of The Washington Times printed Sundays
- Curing the month of August was as follows:
'August 6 48, KJ I August 20 0,497
'August 13 48.448 I August 27 48.162
Total for month 195,574
Sunday average for month ... .48,894
The net total circulation of The Washington
Times (Sunday) during the month of August
was 180,110, all copies left over and returned
Tr agents being eliminated. This number,
when divided by 4, the number of Sundays
during August, shows the net Sunday aver
age for August to have been 45,028
Entered at the Postofllce at Washington,
X. C, al second class matter.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
12. As:
ai.
Apparently It will require a great deal
of science to get the scientific manage
ment idea adopted without serious op
position.
"We can still take a selfish pleasure In
. reading that out In dear Kansas City
we tnermometer went almost to a hun
dred In the shade where there was any.
Now that "Bob," the big dapple-gray.
Is safely out of the quagmire of the
Potomac flats, perhaps he will be ready
to pull for local Improvements down
that way.
If Ross Andrews makes as great a
. success of the Retail Merchants' As-
i eoclatlon banquet as he did of 'be paper
"" .men's convention, the occasion will be
a notable one.
The Eagles, who played a successful
rame of baseball against tho Knights of
Columbus, have been presented with a
loving cup. It's almost big enough to
'catch a baseball In.
It Isn't cool weather so much as the
opening of the theatrical season which
officially marks the coming of fall.
"With oysters added, there Is no reason
why we shouldn't be happy.
There will be 60,000 downcast hearts In
Washington next Monday. On that day
the new school year begins. As usual,
there will not be rqom enough for all
the children, and 6,000 will have to at
tend as "part-time pupils."
The Washington Gaslight Company
has grown so accustomed to thinking
Itjwns Washington that no one should
te surprised at Its appropriation of a
few streets and city squares to Its
own use.
Joy riding on the deadly motorcycle
lias reaped its logical and Inevitable
harvest of death. There seems to be no
division of opinion that in careless hands
this particular form of Juggernaut is
more dangerous than 'the fiercest man-
eating automobile.
Few men in Washington had a wider
circle of acquaintances than Capt. John
, H. Mills, whose death Is mourned by
many. A lifelong resident of the Dis
trict and a Mason, Captain Mills was
, widely and favorably known through
out a long business career here.
"Drowsiness," said Solomon, "clothes
a man in rags." One man lost jil
while asleep and another saved 335 by
waking up Just in time to frighten the
burglar. Of course. It might be possible
to enforce the vagrancy laws and clean
. out the burglars entirely, but that Is
another story.
Takoma Park Is up against the same
eld trouble which agitates the aver
age suburb: namely, the - neighbor's
chickens. If the new regulations are
enforced, prohibiting the keeping of
live poultry closer than seventy-five
feet to the dwelling of other people, the
price of hens will be high.
The suggestion that "express" or
"through" suburban cars be tried In
Washington, .which comes from the
District Electric Rallwaf Commission,
Is a good one. but there is little hope
of any real transportation reforms un
til some of the legislation now pending
before Congress is enacted Into effec
tive law.
Of course, the children are interested
In the site of the nw playground to
take the place of the one which
Is to be closed at Fourteenth street and
Columbia road, "but It Is safe to say that
Just at present they are much more
enthusiastic about that new automobile
which has Just -arrived, dedicated to
' their special use.
That the piano dealers of this city
stand high In the estimation of the Na
tional Piano Merchants' Association is
indicated by the fact that E. H. Droop
has been made chairman of the legis
lative committee and named on the' ad
visory -committee, while Percy S. Fos
ter Is chairman of the resolution com
mittee. Mr. Droop Is- also State com
missioner for the District of Columbia.
President William S. Duvall .and the
members of the Automobile Club of
Washington will hold out the glad hand
to the good roads advocates of the
American Automobile Association, who
will hold .their annual good roads cbn-.
Wtion in this city when Congress con
venes in .December. President Durall
A few days ago two men were dis
charged from their positions in the
clerical force, of the New York--post-office.
There were no charges against
them. One had been fifty-nine years
in that office; "the other, a few months
under sixty years. v
They were discharged because they
vere too old.
Andrew Hyde was a postoffico clerk
so long ago that he tells of the "good
old days when he used to take a row
boat and pull out to the sido of an
incoming ship, receive her mail bag,
and return to shore. He remembered
when JIadison Square was an ancient
cemetery, "and once-delivered letters to
a farmhouse on the approximate site
of the present Metropolitan building,
with its forty-two-story tower.
These two old men had together
served the Government for a period
approximately as long as its existence.
let when hey. became incapacitated
for service there was nothing to do but
dismiss them.
No provision had been made whereby
their superior could consider their fu
ture, their worldly circumstances, their
needs, their chance of keeping body and
soul together during the years yet re
maining to them. ''
The reward of their long. lives of
faithful service was to bs turned out
in the street, dependent on the care of
relatives or the charity of the com
munity. Whether they would, in fact, be safe
from want; whether they had homes
and sufficient means to maintain themf
in decency, the Government had no of
ficial means of knowing, and was un
der no obligation to inquire. For
Uncle Sam's policy in dealing with his
civil service employes contemplates no
concern for them, once they are in
capacitated. The farmer who turns out
to pasture a superannuated horsp, re
fusing to kill the bmte or let him
starve, is more humane than this great
Government.
All because, in blindness and ignor
ance, the people responsible for laws
governing the. civil service have per
sisted in the medieval attitude of re
fusing to permit a pension system to
be created. What matters it that en
lightened governments and intelligently
selfish corporations have long ago ac
cepted the pension system as absolutely
the best business policy? Our Govern
ment is big and powerful and rich
enough to defy all the laws of either!
good business or common humanity..
Multiply the case of these two dis
missed clerks by the hundreds of
thousands of people in the Federal
civil service, and you have a suggestion
of the immensity and gravity of the
superannuation problem in connection
with Government.
Itr is not merely a question of super
annuation and old-age pensions. Un
derlying that, and far more serioust is
the question of getting the Government
to pay decent, living wages to its civil
service people.
Not long ago President Taft sug
gested that there is need for yet fur
ther increase 'of the salaries of judges.
That these have been generously ad
vanced in very recent time is not to
the point with our President; they are
not getting pay enough, to suit him,
and he wants them to be given more.
Replying to this proposal of the
President; an economist of, national
note observed that "the real question
for this nation to consider was not in
creasing the salaries of judges, but of
effecting such an economic distribution
of wealth as would remove the basis
for the charge that five million workers
in this country, are trying to maintain
families on incomes so small that it
is not possible for them to buy food
and clothes sufficient to maintain them
at the point of full economic effici
ency." That is the charge which has lately
been brought against this nation, as a
result of careful investigation: that five
million wage-earners, representing ap
proximately 20,000,000 people, do not
earn enough to give them sufficient of
the right kind of food and clothes.
And among the people who are so
underpaid ,that -they cannot live de
cently and provide anything for old
age, is an army of theL employes of
, .,, ...
Heaven knows there are enough people
fwho could not do it without perjuring
themselves. j ,
We are' told that Senator Cummins,
head of the Committee on Civil Service
Reform, after a long study of con
ditions in theGovernment departments,
is determined to force consideration of
a measure, drafted with utmost care,
which' looks' to- relieving the conditions
of this army of underpaidWorkers. He
wants a civil pension system adopted,
and is prepared to make the fight for a
proper education of public opinion on
this subject of pensions
The session of Congress is less than
three months away. The time is at
hand for the civil service people in
Washington to prepare for the great
struggle. Tlje coming winter will pre
sent the best opportunity that can be
hoped for in the next four years, for.
forcing legislation. The times and
the circumstances are peculiarly pro
pitious. A long pull, a strong pull, and a
pull all "together, and the fight will
be won within the next eight months.
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LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG I BAIIIY MOVE SEEN'
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Headers of The Time are Invited to use this department as their own tp write freely- and frankly with
the assuranee'that no letter not objectionable In language -will be denied publication. .Letters mast not,
however, exceed 200 words" In length, and must be, written only on one side of the paper. Letters musj bear
the najnes and addresses of the writers, ass evidence of good faith, but the nameB will not be made public
' without tha consented the contributors. Address HAIL BAG EDITOR; OF THE TIMES.
SHpULD NOT CRITICISE -
THE BEATTIE,JURY
IS THE AMERICAN WOMAN
GROWING FAT?
"this
ayer-
The Dane expressed a wish that
too solid flesh would melt;" The a
age woman of today has great and
growing reason to voice the same desire,
according to the view of .one of those
observant persons who stand on the
street corners and watch the passing
throng.
His observations were taken for the
latitude of New York, tiut already they
are becoming the subject of general- dis
cussion throughout the country. He
found that for every fat man whtLpass-
ed there were at least four women
whoso embonpoint was overgenerous
Of course nobody would ever describe
them as such in print, but as a matter
of fact they, too, were fat.
Not content with these casual im
pressions, the man who writes pieces
to the newspapers went around to one
of the large department stores where
he had a lady friend who worked in
the ready-made suit department. She
confirmed his views by telling him that
most of the women, these days, who
were well out of their 'teens, wore a
38, whatever that "may mean, and
weighed,, on an average, 165 pounds.
And as time went on she kept on fat.
tening. ,
The disturber of the peace then falls
into a few reflections as to why it is
the American woman, particularly in
the neighborhood of New York, is in
creasing in weight no looked about
him at tho well-filled fashionable res
taurants, noted tho gusto with which
the feminine patrons ale and drank of
the best that skilled cooks could pro
vide, and reached the conclusion that
therein he had found tho answer. With
out dwelling on the moral aspect of
the drinking proposition, he laid
special emphasis upon it as an active
agent in the fattening process, and left
just a ghost of a sermon to sink into
the mind.
David Graham Philips wrote an in
cisive novel in which he had a great
deal to say about tho indolence anil
appetite which rob a woman of her
Bvelt figure when she "lets herself
down'' after marriage, and pointed to
it as a cause of the death of marital
affection. His frankness became the
subject of considerable discussion at
the time, but there are those who still
insist tha, he to'd no more than the
truth of the case. No woman, whether
maid, wife, or widow, can afford to
neglect her personal appearance and
indulge in the fattening foods which
destroy the last traces of a once
girlish figure. At the same time the
struggle between vanity and the joys
of the table must bo acute when the
alternative is to pass up, the dainty
dishes which culinary genius has de
vised for the delcctati6n of the men
and women of the twentieth century.
It is hard if they must choose be
tween rare vintages and a belt like the
equator. Perhaps a little larger ad
mixture of exercise might reconcile
good living with a more willowy figure.
And what is more to tiro point, gal
lantry would suggest that Bince all of
Eve's daughters are adorable more or
less, the larger they are the moro
there is about them to adore.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
It; would be amusing. If it were not
harmful, to" hear lawyers, some of
whom haye never tried a criminal case;
preachers, wb should be looking after
the bodily comfort and spiritual welfare
of the .poor of their congregation or
studying church Jaw or school divinity,
and the sentimentalist, criticising and
finding fault with the verdict of "guilty"
In the case of Henry Clay Seattle, Jr.
The accused has had .the - benefit of
able counsel for his defense. He had the
moral support and financial aid of a
loving and devoted rattier. It is uni
versally agreed that the charge of the
learned Judge was fair, and that an
Intelligent Jury of God-fearing American
'farmers knelt down upon a dusty floor
and asked their Creator to give them
light and to aid them in doing justice
to the accused and the State of Vir
ginia. Twelve honest men have agreed to a
verdict of guilty. JWs, therefore, out of
place and supremely egotistical for any
man, or set of'nien, ne they lawyers,
preachers, doctors, or what not, tq criti
cise the action of the Jury in this case.
They were right on the ground, heard
every word of the testimony, and they
had opportunity to study the witnesses,
to Judge of their Intelligence, and their
disposition to speak tne trutn. iney
heard the examination' and cross-examination
of the defendant, with every
chance to consider- his testimony and
his behavior whllo testifying. He has
undoubtedly been given tho benefit of
every reasonable douat, and, on the
whole, he has had a fair ind impartial
trial br a lurv of his Deera. He Is
young, intelligent, and capable of tak
ing care of himself. This Is generally
admitted.
It is time to can a nait en tnese rei
lows who nretend to sneak, not only
upon thiB case, but ex cathedra upon
all questions whether It be law, medi
cine, or morals.
It is my humble opinion that the Jury
has done its duty. An appeal has been
noted. Wo should all wait until the
court of appeals has finally passed upon
the case, but there Is no way to silence
the man who is forever looking around
for large pegs on whlcjrto "hang small
P. J. RYAN.
O'CONNELL'S DEFEAT DUE
TO CIVIC FEDERATION
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Permit me. through tho "Mall Bag" of
The Times, to correct your correspond
ent, per his article appearing In Tho
Times Sep'ember 6. in regard to the de
feat of James O'Connell. president of
the Machinists' Union.
First, it is only fair to say that Mr.
Johnson, who defeated Mr. O'Connell,
Is a Kentlcman, and used no dishonor
able means to win. What really defeat
ed Mr. O'Connell was his connection, or
past connection with the American Civic
Federation, or some such name. This
body consists of many men who have
been and are now bitter townrd labnr,
and one of the objects of this civic body
is to undo organized labor.
Mr. O'Connell. with mnnv other labor
oftlcinls. lolned said civic hod : he re
signed about two years ago, but this
fact he did not make known until too
Into to save him. Now, the rank and
file of the Macnlnlsts' Union voted: ev
ery man in good standing had a vote
Mr. Johnson In round figures received
15.000 votes and Mr. O'Connell 18,000
votes.
Mr. Johnson admits that he Is a So
cialist, but It was not the votes of men
bt-lnnclnjr to that political partv that
elected him Mr. Johnson and Mr.
O'Connell are both members of the same
lodcc In Washington, and said lodge
went strongly for Mr. Johnson.
It mlcht be well to -av that John
Mitchell was not long aco given his
choice of leaving the Miners' Union or
the aforesaid civic body. He left the
latter. The president of the Switch
men's Union recently was defeated be
cause of hlg connection with said civic
body, and many others will follow.
Muih could be told about this matter,
tut the chief thing I wish to bring out
Is that no labor official can expect tc
remain in office long if he belongs to
the civic body mentioned.
B. THROCKMORTON.
tauon almost Impossible. "She was old
cmugn to Know right, from wrong,"
tney ono and all cry, and. yet the age
of consent in few States Is less than
sixteen years. - Every man and woman
who Joins In the herd of human beings
engaged in hoofing the soul out of this
fellow-creature shames the mother who
brought hlnv into the world.- How.read
lly would these same good folk condone
like follies in a youth of twenty!
If membership in the Hall of Fame
were mine to bestow, your name should
be place-i there for your kind word
for the fallen today.
The other article referred to was an
editorial aDDearimr tfi fiimikv'o imiin
and again commented on today regard
ing the nomination of Martin and Swan
son in the Virginia Democratic primary.
lYjiiio x nave no acquaintance witn
the gentlemen mentioned. I have with
a certain district, which Is "a part of
their fruits." ivine within th Rhnilnw
of Washington's first home. Here graft
flourishes and embezzlement of cltv
funds appears an honorable calling. It-
is tne exception -to find a town official
not cursed with the drink habit. Yet
it all goes for they belong to first
families and as such are invulnerable
Small Wonder that under an Influence
such as this the Richmond murder
could take place. If Henry Beattle
had not previously committed various
offenses which were excused on tho
ground of his being, an F. F. V. ha
would not have attempted the last aw
ful deed. It Is time Virginia's common
people waked up. B. Y.
TOOvMUCH HYSTERIA
ABOUT BINFORD GIRL
Each individual citizen, -then, kills. Beat
tie by proxy. If he Is killed by the
state each citizen of the state must
bear the brand of a. murdererthrough
the rest of his life. Such Is a relic' of
those times when the whole community
attended to witness the banging or be
heading, Including the dignitaries of
the church, who sometimes assisted In
the persecution. But the morals of ev
ery sound thinker in these latter days
should be shocked at any such thing as
capital punishment.
How simple Is the remedy. Imprison
Beattle for a term of years, or for life.
Let him earn by work sufficient money
to 'pay his, expenses in prison. If he
should earn more than enough, pay
such a remainder to the girl whom he
wronged, so that she can live a respect
able life, to encourage her ln any ef
fort In 'that direction which she might
be making. As the case now Is. she will
nave '& nara road to travel, for wner-
cver she goes somebody is sure to rec
ognize her and teir of her former life.
Such ought not be the case, but unfor
tunately It Is so.
So let that Idea of blood for blood
be relegated to 'the savage age from
whence It originated, and let us bojge
that the. truth of these remarks will
be shortly realized.
WILLIAM H. DECK.
HELP TO WILSON
BOOM
IN THE SOOTH
Texas Senator's Withdrawal
Takes Strong Support
From Harmon.
PAYS A TRIBUTE
TO OLD GLORY
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
It Is gratifying to read In your mall
bag of the 9th instant, the letter from
'L. M. H.," who pleads for sympathy
for the Blnfofd girl.
From what Is read In the dally press,
there Is widespread hysteria on the
subject of this girl. She is to be re
pulsed at every point, to be thrust Into
outer darkness. Divine precepts as to
man's duty toward the erring are ig
nored, as are the promptings of com
mon humanity. No helping hand, no
suggestions of a kindly spirit, but on
all sides opprobrium and condemnation,
which will, in a great measure, be
morally responsible for what seems to
be the Inevitable fate of this girl. So
ciety is not consistent. It palliates, or
at least tolerates. In the case of the
man (usually the prime moving cause
of trouble), while the woman bears the
brunt of shame and disgrace, with lit
tle, if any, chance of social rehabilita
tion. As to the posing for moving pictures
by the Binford girl, I am sure that no
good could come from a contemplation
of scenes In which she might be a
figure, and It is very meet and proper
to put the ban on such exhibitions.
But why be virtuous all of a Budden.i
and in one direction only? Every day
in the week one can find, according to
his taste, in the moving picture thea
ters films representing many of the
cardinal vices murder, sulcfde, robbery,
embezzlement, alienation of affections.
and breaking up of homes. Beulah Bin-1
d.;8."PPr.anf' ,U,d add 1UUe- lf To the Editor of THE TIMES:
It is to be hoped that some good Sa
maritan may come to the rescue, and do
for this unfortunate at least what we
would do for a homeless, starving dumb
animal. HUMANITY.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
I have enjoyed the letters printed in
your Mall Bag.
With regard to the aged veteran's
love for "Old dlory' I will say that
nearly every building (residence) In De
troit, Mich., whence I come, has a flag
pole, and were It not displayed ther to
theV rippling breeze the very pavement
and trees would cry aloud in reproof.
George C. Tanner simply publishes to
your readers that he is not patriotic to
the soil whereon he walks and to the
air he breathes.
"I love thy rocks and rills, thy woods
and templed hills.
Thy name I love."
Being born in Alabama. I was not as
true to the flag as I have been elnce I
spent seven months In the Canadian
Rockies. In British Columbia.
"Cheers for the flag with its old stars
.. spangled.
Shake out Its folds to the wind's
caress
Over the hearts by the par hounds
mangled,
Down In the tangled Wilderness."
How its swish does remind one of
the soft frou-frou of the dress of a fel
low's best girl when he Is In the parlor
waiting for her to come downstairs.
"And many an eye has danced to see
that banner in the sky;
Beneath It rang the battle shout and
burst the cannon's roar,"
which resulted In giving us the coun
try we now have. ,
CRAMPTON D EOIS-
NATIONS MAY
-BECOME MOLLYCODDLES
PEOPLE SHOULD DO
THEIR OWN THINKING
FAVOR THE .SLOGAN
"SWAT THE BACK YARD''
Whit's on the Program in
Washington Today
the Government itself!
The President, Federal judges, mem
bers of Congress, and Cabinet min.
isters, have all been given increases of
50 per cent in their salaries. And what
do we observe as the next ,move to
ward justice to the underpaid legions
of Government workers? The Presi
dent asking stLJl further increases for
Federal judges'!
An "economy etfmmission" is diligent
ly at work spending $1,000,000 in the
effort-to devise means forgetting more
worK out oi tne ?G00, $720, $900, and
$1,Q00 employes. The Taylor system
of promoting efficiency in, shop'work
is being .installed. Uncle Sam. is-showing
signsof reaHhrift; thrift ui the
matter of getting more work out of
his underpaid thousands. If he takes
the saving thus effected and turns it
over to the few who don't nei -it,
shouldwe not all rejoice in the good
fortune of the few who are thus
handsomely treated! Is it nol tvell
that somebody should be able to speak
amiably jf the generosity and ?tgood
nature' of Uncle Sam as a paymajtcrTJrt
The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges Federal,
"No. L M. M.; Acacia, No. 18, M. M.;
Tacoma. No. 29, E. A. Royal Arch
Chapters Mount Horeb, No. 7, mark.
Eastern Star Electa, No. 2; Bethle
hem, No. 7
The following I. O. O. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges Amity,
No. 27, degree work; Golden Rule, Np.
21; Washington, No. 26, and Phoenix,
No. 28, business. Encampment Fred
D. Stuart, Mo. 7, degree work.
The following Knights of Pythias lodges
will meet tonight: Germanla, No. 15,
Installation of officers; Webster, No.
7;! Excelsior, No. 14; Capitol, No. Zi.
and Jklyrtle. No. 25, business.
Meeting of the Wholesale" Liquor Deal
ers' .Association. National Hotel, 2
p. nu- , '
. Amusements.
Belasco Al H. Wilson, In "A German
Prince," 8 SO p. m.
Columbla-Closod for the week.
tJha&e's-McIntvre. and' Heath and other
'pollte.'Vaudeville, 2:15 and 8:15 p. m.
Academy "Another Man's Wife." 2-K
and T-lS p. m. '
Casino Vaudeville, afternoon and even
ing. Cosmos Continuous vaudeville.
Lyceum Merry Burlesquers, 2:15 and
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Appropoa of the suggestion made in
the article by -your good citizen, A.
Wade Wells, of 1513 Vermont avenue.
In your paper that "Swat the Back
Yard" be the slogan for householders
In the District, I say "good." As owner
of premises 2848 Twenty-seventh street
northwest, I Invite our good friend to
Inspect the back yards on our block.
Our fences are of the kind known as
the "sanitary," and on that account
we have the benefit of more than the
ordinary quantity of sunshine in our
yards more than would be the case
with the old high-board fence shutting
out everything good and inclosing much
that is bod. Our front lawns are beau
tiful, and our back yards are Just as
fine, with their abundance of fine grass
and beautiful flowers.
A man in reply to a question as to
tne style of architecture oi nis nouse
replied that It was "Queen Antra" In
front," and, he guessed, "Mary Ann" in
the rear. Our places are "Queen Anne"
In front and back.
Wa are Justly proud of our lawns and
yards, and have commiseration for any
poor fellow that has to live In the neigh
borhood of Vermont avenue and P
street, I think that all good citizens
of our beautiful city Fhould lend a hand
and make their yards beautiful with
grass and flowers and sightly fences
that will not sarve as barracks for
trash. Junk, and vermin. Surely we
can have the "city beautiful" if each
will do his share.
Jn reply to the question in the closing
paragraph of our friend's letter would
say, I am prud of my front lawn and
I am proud of my back yard.
R. E. LQGAN.
APPRECIATES SYMPATHY
EXPRESSED FOR BINFORD
8:15 p. to."
Ga$
yety. Sam Howe'S'Show, 2:15 and 8:15
p. m. a -
Malestle "Monte Crlsto.1 evpnftn-.
Chevy Chase Ivike Dancinsr and music
bv section of Marino Band, kvptii no-
Great Falls Band concert and other at
tractions.
To the Editor of.THE TIMES: . '
. In two recent Issues of The Washing
ton Times there tjave appeared two edi
torials which for discovering the heart
of the situation and having the courage
to speak from the heart have not been
equaled in. any papers of the country.
The one Just noted Is the summary of
the Beattle tragedy, which appeared In
Friday's Issue (September .9) of your
Ipaper. In all' the discussions, both oral
ana written, yours is tne nrst voice
which I have heard to apeak a word
for that unforjunate glrl, Beulah Bin
ford. It has made ma turn away from
men and women with a feeling of nau
sea to hear their denunciations of the
"woman In the case," I have Heard'a
number of men who have bulltnip repu
tations for Justice through lives of in
tegrity say that Beulah Binford was
more guilty than the 'man. It does not
seem to occur to them that a man first
started her on her downward career at
thA fTott1.A at-A nt thlvtAAM mh.T that
hsr heritage made-, resistance tonemp-1
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Tho truthful and sensible article by
A. L. Clcmanf., In the Mall Bag of
September 5, is eagerly, read. If the in
telligent people would only Jo a little
thinking and reasoning they would bet
ter understand tho political question
and be mora ablo to cast their voto for
honest men for offlce, Instead of for
those who make laws to suit only the
grafters. Many aro Influenced by that
rmisnomer, "urana uia .rarty. ' howl.
and imagine they are working for
honor and glory, when. In fact, they
are playing right Into the hands of
the notorious grafters, who already
own two-iniros ot our nation, and the
water power thereof. Looking hack,
you will sec Just how it was done. You
were not able to understand that most
of those papers that urged you to vote
for the O. O. P. were owned and con
trolled by the grafters. It enthused
ycu, "and you were satisfied. It is al
most too late now to undo the dread
ful mistake.
But thanks are due to the few papers,
like The Times, which enlighten the
people, and open their eyes to the truth.
My advice is, agitate; keep on, until
yoa get results.
Vote for honest men, without regard
to. party, which Is a thing of the past.
L..WVW.
TIME TO ABOLISH
. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Now that the verdict of the Jury which
heard the trial of Henry Clay Beattle,
Jr., has been given out and he has beelo'
sentenceq to aeatn. it seems that a few
remarks aboubtho abolishment of capi
tal punishment are not Inopportune.
Most persons do not -stop to consider
the matter. The citizens of the State
of Virginia will do that for which the.H
have just sentenced H. C. Beattle, Jr.
Let us briefly review the circumstances.
Beattle Is sentenced to die for the
murder of his. wife. The state Is going
to kill htm. The. state Is a collection
of Individuals, each of whom does hs
part in the killing of Beattle by saving
In taxes the salaries of those officers j
ui iiic tuuu iu c&euuio me aeuicuvu.
A resident of California now In town
repeats the well-known words: "To
give the Filipinos their Independence
would result in interminable conflict
among the people of the Islands."
Well, what of It? Haven't we been
taught that flchtlntr is a glorious thing?
We have It on the high authority of
the chief opponent of Philippine inde
pendencethe colonel himself that war
develops tne nooest qualities oi man.
He tells us that without war men be
come mollycoddles. But let me tell him
and his like that nations, too. become
mollycoddles and mendicants when they
acknowledge that theyare beggars for
civilization and that every nut ana res
idence within their boundaries Is a
house of correction.
To be sure, the Filipinos might begin
by insistence on tne ngnts or man in a
declaration of independence and guar
antees of the rights of slave-holders In
a constitution. Trey might wage civil
war for five years, xner mignt assas
sinuate three presidents and send cor
ruptlonlsts to their senate. They might
deliver the chief cities of their land
Into the hands of gangs and political
healers, but even then. according to
the standards oi their tyrants, they
would not necessarily be unworthy of
Independence. 1776.
SOCIALISM DESTROYS
THE MARRIAGE TIE
By JUDSON c. WELLIVER.
With the wlthdrwal of Joseph W.
Bailey from the Senatorlar race in
Texas, stock in the Woodrow WUson
Presidential boom has gone up at a
rate that has startled even the most
'enthusiastic supporters of the Jersey
governor.
Mr. "Bailey was regarded as the man
who would provide the biggest single
increment of brains and management
at the back of the Harmon movemert
In the South. But his colleague and
dearest enemy,. Senator Culberson, turn
ed a trick on Bailey Just after the ses
sion of Congress ended that left the
Gainesville orator In most difficult pos
ition, and not Impossibly aided In de
ciding Bailey not to be a candidate
again for the Senate.
Senator Culberson went home and Is
sued a statement favoring a Presi
dential primary, In which all Democrats
should have opportunity to declare di
rectly their choice for President, and
instruct their delegates. This was ex
actly the thing the Wilson people fav
ored, and the Harmon people did not
want.
Liked Idea.
Apparently, the Texas Democrats liked
it, for expresfions have been given by
the dominating elements in the Demo
cratic State committee favoring tha
Culberson plan. A meeting of the Stata
committee !s ehortly to be held, at
which the details will be arranged, and
the primary ordered.
Net Texas alone, but several other
States In the South, are already feeling
the effect of this move. The Presidential
primary idea la very popular save with
the organization politicians, and most of
these dislike to oppose It lest they of
fend their constituents. Oklahoma la
going to try out the same plan. Sena
tor Owen, who is jiaking a hard cam
paign for Senatorial re-election against
former Gov. CharUs N. Haskell, ha
come out squarely against Harmot'.
Haskell was running strong until h
allowed the story to get abroad that
he liked Harmon better than anybody
else In the field. This brought matters
up with a round turn. The Owen force
are for the Presidential primary, and
the Haskell force has been melting
away because of the suspicion that Has
ksll a former Ohloan, incidentally
represents the Harmon plan for cap
turing the State. .
Arkansas and Tennessee have caught
the same fever. The masses of Demo
crats In both States are represented to
be against Harmon. Arkansas con
tains many 'Mlssourians, and neighbor
hood sentiment Inclines It toward
Champ Clark. Much the same Is true
of Oklahoma, but neither Arkansas nor
Oklahoma looks with any favor at all
on Harmon. The Wilson people Insist
that all they ask is a fair expression of
the popular voice, through the Presi
dential primary.
Favored In Georgia.
In Georgia there has been serious
proposal to have Hoke Smith put a
Presidential primary law through his
Legislature, which Is now In session.
Whether this shall prove feasible. It Is
promised that the Smith forces will
favor some sort of primary expression
that will give the maas3 of voters a, ,
chance to express their opinion as a '
guide to the Georgia delegates In the
national convention.
From Oregon comes the report, also,
that the Wilson movement Is lately
gaining ground there. Oregon has been
the habitation of a stronger sentiment
for Joseph W. Folk than could be dis
covered in any other State, not even ex
cepting Missouri. Folk long ago and,
vigorously committed himself to tho
radical Oregon reform measures, in
itiative, referendum, and recall.
He has been a good deal in the State,
is widely acquainted, his reform work;
in Missouri was widely advertised there,
and he has been giving the Wilson
people" real worry.
Recently, however, the Oregon people
have been brought to understand that
Folk is hopelessly out of It; that he
cannot get his home State away from,
Clark, and that It would be merely a
sorry bit of humor for Oregon to at
tach Itself to the tall of his kite. Con
vinced of this, the Oregon Democracy;
Ir rpnortpd tn hft llnnl nn hphtnfl Wtl
son.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
A few weeks-ago a gentleman wrote
an article In your paper condemning So
cialism. Immediately a lot of letters
came pouring in with the Ideas of a few
cranks on Socialism. Most of them
know as rau;h about this subject as
5-lentIsts know about radium. To read
their letters one would Imagine Social
ism was a sort of ''philosophers' stone,'
which would turn, the baser metals, the
evils In this country to pure cold, mak
Inc everything perfect. I do not pretend
to understand this subject tnorougmy,
but I do know thair-it Is a great eviL
The best way to Filcnce these fanatics,
I suppose, would be to Ignore them ut
terly, but I cannot bear to see state
ments and fuels utterly distorted and
exaggerated. Ono says that Socialism
does not destroy the marriage bond.
Now it Is a well-known fact that two
great European Socialists were, married
fiv mutual consent. Now. mv dear So
cialists. I dare you to deny this. Maybe
you bclonc to another set of Socialists
who do not believe that way. Well,
then, there must be fifty different kinds
of Socialism. The above statement
shous'thut tho gentleman who said that
Socialism does not destroy marriaee
either does not know what he is talking
atou t or else ho has misrepresented
facts. H. S. L..
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
"Western Dames N. G.,"
Eastern Wives Wanted
PITTSBUBG. Pa., Sept. 12.-John R,
Deal and John Harmond, of Cheyenne,
Wyo., have written to a Pittsburg news
paper, asking to bo put In communica
tion with girls who will make "loving
and true wives and are good cooks."
The Westerners say:
"We are distrusted with these West
ern dames. We hape this' letter will
reach women who are not spoiled by
Wyoming: powder and paint. It Is lit
tle wonder that our Western divorce
courts are crowded when so many mar
riages are. after all, only poor business
contracts. A woman looking over her
list of acquaintances finds a man who
Is good looking and has lots of cash.
He is the one she grabs."
Concerts Today
By the Fifteenth Cavalry Band, at
Fort Myer, Va., at 7:30 p. m.
ARMYrs
First Lieutenant ALBERT S. BOWEN,
"Medlcap Corps, will proceed to Fort
Snelling, Minnesota, for temporary
duty, and after the completion
thereof will proceed to the Philip
pine Islands.
The' retirement Sf Major JOHN. R.
LYNCH, paymaster, from active
service, on September 10, 1911, is
announced.
First Lieutenant JOHN W. WARD,
30th Infantry, naving Deen ex
amined for promotion by a board
of officers and found physically
disqualified for the duties of -a
captain of Infantry, "by reasorr of
disability incident to the service,
his retirement, by the President,
from active service as a captain,
Is announced, to date 'from April
13, 1911, the, date upon which he
would have been promoted to that
grade by reason., of , seniority lf
found qualified. .
Second Lieutenant ROBERT MORRIS
SON, Jr., 30th Infantry, having
been, examined for promotion by a
board ''of officers and found physi
cally disqualified for the duties of
a first lieutenant of infantry, 'by
reason of disability Incident tcr the
service, his retirement, by the
President, from active service aa
a first lieutenant, is announced, to
date from March 11, 1911, the date
upon which he would have been
promoted to that grade by reason
of seniority, lf found qualified.
NAVY.
Lieutenant C. A. RICHARDS, to Naval
Academy, Md.
Passed Assistant Surgeon F. E. POR
TER, to Nayy Yard and additional
-duty Naval Hospital, Portsmouth".
N. H. ,
Assistant Surgeon G. B. CROW, to
'Naval Hospital. Philadelphia. Pa.
Chief Machinist F. O. SPRENGLE, to
Navy Yard, New York, N. Y.
Chief Carpenter C. P. HAND, detached
Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal; to
Maryland.
MOVEMENTS' OFVESSELS.
Arrived Chester at Boston, New Orleans.-Saratoga,
and Helena at Sla
kwan; Sterling at Key West, Utah
at navy, yard. New York; Salem at
Tompkinsville, Brutus at Ports
mouth, N. H.; Albany at Makung,
Dixie, Reid, Preston, and Terry at
Newport: Flusser at Gardlners Bay,
and Connecticut, North Dakota,
"Vermont, Solace, Celtic, and Culgoa
at Hampton Roads.
Sailed Trippe from Newport for final
trials.
G. F. TYRRELL. Director.
PROGRAM.
"Coronation March," from
"The Prophet" Meyerbeer
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1... .Liszt
Cornet Solo, "Une Eerie De
L'Ocean" Otterer
(Corporal Geo. Blttrlch)
Danza Mexlcana, "Hechlceros
OJos" Jt,. McCoy
Selection, "Lucia Dl Lammermoor"
(By request) Donizetti
Waltz, "Wiener Blut" Strauss
Excerpts from "The Girl In the
Train" (By request) Leo Fall
March, "Tannhauser" Wagner
By the U. S. Engineer Band, at
Dupont Circle, at 7:30 pvm.
JULTU3 HAMPER, Leader.
PROGRAM.
March, "Georgetown University,"
Overture, "Pique Dame" Snppe
Intermezzo, "La Danseuse'Vvon Blon
SelectlonJ'Faust" Gounod
Filipino Waltz. "Fepa y Chat-
ing'' Araullo
Excerpts from the "Honeymoon
A la . HoWflrd
Serenade, "Harlequins Millions.'
Grand Fantasle, '"Tone Pictures S
from the North and South,"
Bendlx
"The Star-Spangled. Banner."
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