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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29

Few things illustrate better the diff
cUlues 20 be overcome before any uni-
versal agreement toward peace can be
arrived az than the action taken by the
conference at The Hague in regard to
the Red Cross. When the matter came
up for discussion in seeking TO have q
universal agreement that the Red Cross
work should be safegusrded during war,
the Chinese objected TO the cross as the
Red Cross emblem. because IL stands for
a religion with which the prevailing be-
liefs of the Chinese empire arc wholly
out Of sympathy. The Western delegates
then sought 10 assure their Chinese con
freres that the Red Cross device has
nothing 60 do with the Christian re-
ligion-that is, IN fact, merely the coat
oI-arms of the Swiss Republic The
Chinese ENJOYS half accepted this explain
alton. though they could not have been
ignorant Of the fact that since the days
Of Constantine the cross has been ac-
ceptcd by the Helvetiaus as an emblem
on their Coat-Of-arms peculiarly sacred 70
their religion. The Turks at The Hague
Conference were not 20 be blinded by any
such sophistry. They frankly declared
that. as FOR themselves. they held to the
teachings Of the Prophet. and that the
red crescent, not the red cross. should
float over their hospitals in time Of war.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29

No attention t0iH be paid TO anonymous
contributions, aud no Communications to
The editor tDiH be printed except oUeT the
name Of the tCriteT.
Manuscripts offered for publication toiH
be returned If unavoidable, but stamps
should be sent t0ith the manuscript for
that purpose.
All communications intended for this
hetoSDdper, t0hetHer for the daily or the
Sunday issue, should be addressed TO
THE WASHINGTON HERALD.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29

Japan has taken in hand the Crown
iPrlnce of Korea in order to instruct him
in the somewhat moIlycoddlish art of
Eeigning but not ruling.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29

Statisticians have figured out that there
are 63y7 different kinds Of intoxicating
drinks made and used throughout the
world, and g.743 drinks Of all kinds. in
GLIDING both the hard and the soft varle-
ties OF this vast number, beer takes the
lead, as being most widely used. In the
figures presented the United States ranks
high as a consumer. yet leads the list for
temperance and for low percentage OF
drunkenness. II has also been discovered
that practically every kind Of food con-
sumed contains a certain percentage Of
alcohol, and that many Of the so-caIled
soft drinks contain poison in greater
quantities than is ever found in alcoholic
drinks. In order 20 present 20 the pub
lie in the most easily understood way the
precautions taken by the government TO
protect its people from injury from bev-
erages, an extensive exposition viii take
place ia the Coliseum at Chicago from
December 10 % 2l Here will be gathered
together as many Of the varieties % drink
used by the people as IL Is possible TO pro-
cure, and in addition 10 exposing all the
harmful kinds. the government Will con-
duct a testing station. and viii give
analyses OF everything that is presented.
one purpose Of this show viii De 20 teach
the American public the folly OF intern
perance. and 70 show by example and
actual test the harm that is worked by
imbibing too freely Of dangerous concoc-
tions on ghe market today IN addition
90 the drinks, there viii be an exhibit Of
the various appliances and machinery
used in their manufacture.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29

Nevertheless and notwithstanding. no.
body ever accused Mr.. Hartman of hay
ing water on the brain.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29
FACTS AND FANCIES.
From the PhlladlipbA Public Ledger.
THE MARKETS.

THE MARKETS.
The price Of everything IS high,
And likely to 90 higher;
It's tough on one who has 10 buy:
Oh, pity the poor buyer,
His diamonds are costing more.
His coal "a swollen sum.
His milk. his meat. and things galore.
At greater figures come.
This year his turkeys out 81 sight,
His goose viii not be cooked,
His drink VIII cost an added mite,
Each time his elbows crooked.
He fears that he viii be n tramp.
Unless hard fate releuts.
And maTVels that q tWO-cent stamp
SIN costs a mere two cents.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29
ID Common Tendency.

i notice a woman has just paid $500
for balloon"
That sou Balloons must be going
up
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29
Making Ont n Case.

What is his plea?"
Insanity"
Who are his IawyeTs?'
Hes acting as his own lawyer"
"Ah, he's foxy. That strengthens tn,
plea"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29

The Tsar has ordered that while IN
Russia Taft shall be treated as native
nobieman. Il is hoped that bomb enthu-
Siasts win not take the mandate literally
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29

An orator introduced Mr.. Taft at a
banquet in Manila as the father Of
the Philippines" That must have made
the Secretary feel very much Ike the Old
woman who lived in a shoe.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29
EXpIa HntOry.

why are you raising the price Of milk
two cents?' asked the housewife, grimly.
We'll. you know" returned the milk
man, winter is coming on and"
"Oh. 7 see" resumed the woman, not
softening In manner, the water will be
needed FOR making ice"
Eggs supplied 20 Panama are charac-
terized as "too mature" The laborcrs to
whom they are furnished are believed 10
use stronger terms.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29
Mail on the LuSitania.


Without any agreement as % subsidies.
and in spite OF the heavy subsidies the
Lusitania and her sister ship viii re-
ceive from the British government they
VIII also receive from S4Gg 20 $500 from
the United States government every time
they leave New York for carrying first
class mail 20 Europe An order TO this
effect has been issued by Second Assis-
tant Postmaster General NcCleary. and
the Lusitania took her first consignment
or mail on her last voyage. No con
tract between the government and these
vessels IS necessary, as the rate TO be
paid, % cents a pound. Is fixed by in
ternational agreement between the postal
authorities Of Europe and the United
states The only contract the United
states government has for carrying the
malls 20 Europe is with the American
Line, to which IS paid a subsidy amount
inS 90 81 q mile on the outgoing voyage.
no matter what amount of mail is car
ried. The steamers Of the American Line
sail or Saturdays from New York. and
IL has long been the custom Of the postal
authorities to send mail on any steamer
which might be sailing on other days Of
the week. when such shipment would
expedite its delivery on the other side.
For such shipments the rate according
20 international agreement has been paid.
Notwithstanding the Lusitania and the
Mauretania viii carry tirst-class mail.
the subsidy 10 the American Line will
continue under her contract. and these
boats will receive their mileage pay as
heretofore
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-29

Gov. Duncan Cameron Fraser. Of Nova
Scotia, with Mrs. Fraser and their daugh-
ter, Miss Sara Duncan Fraser, is at the
New Willard.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

Turkeys sultan is far more accom-
plished in administering taffy than in
bringing about reforms. He COM
menced recent letter to President
Roosevelt as follows: "To the be-
loved, the most cherished, the exalted,
the most gracious friend, most hon
ored and excellent president of the re-
public of the United States of Amer
lea, who is the pillar of it's great in
huence and the director of it's most i'm
portant affairs, the most celebrated
preserve of the ties of true friendship,
the faithful friend, Theodore Roose-
velt,'' -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

Hon. Joel P. Heatwole is not favor
ably impressed with the governors
message. Here is the concluding par
agraph of an extensive review of the
message in the Mortified News:
1.-The more one thinks about the
governors message, it's inconsistencies
with his previous utterances and the
deplorable weakness of character and
absence of stable convictions it re-
veals, and the more one knows of the
organization of both the house and
senate, the clearer it becomes that if
any reform is evolved from the present
session of the legislature it must come
as a result of pressure from the out
side. The legislative machine can no
more be relied upon than the execu-
tive. The latter is tossed about by
every wave of public opinion; the
former must be made to yield, if it
yields at all, to the steady pressure of
an organized and well-defned public
sentiment. In order to secure legis-
lation the people must persist in their
demand for it through every medium
by which they can reach their repre-
sentatives.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17
ALAS! POOR HUTCHINSON,

One sensible move at Hutchinson
was the consolidation of the Leader
and the Observation-Disclosures. For
merly three papers, and for several
years two, occupied the field. Now
there is one. We believe it will save
money to the business men, make
money for the newspaper and give the
readers a better and more newsy Wis
itor.-Le Sueur News. - -
We are surprised that the veteran
publisher of the News should advance
such preposterous ideas! Every we'll
regulated town should have at least
three newspapers-six would be BETTER
The business men do not care for ex-
pense-they have money to burn! The
crying need of the hour is for more
Thought moulders'' and disseminate
ors of news! A town with only one
newspaper is on the downhill grade
is away behind the times
People will soon forget that such a
village ever had place on the map
of Minnesota!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

w. E. Mckenzie has disposed of the
Crookston Times plant and good will
to Mr.. J.P. Dotson of Marshalltown,
Iowa. The Times is one of the best,
if not the best, newspaper properties in
the state outside the large cities, and
Mr.. Mckenzie made it what it is. It
required pluck, perseverance and hard
work on his part to accomplish this.
Mr.. Mckenzie and his newspaper have
been important factors in the upbuild-
ing of Crookston, which is by all odds
the iveliest and most progressive
town in northern Mime =. Per-
sonally, Mr. Mckenzie il . keen,
clean-cut business man e. has al
ways been noted for his intense 10y
atty to his friends. The ccess he
has achieved in business has been
richly merited.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

The recent death of DR.. George II.
Davis, rector of Seabury Divinity
school at Faribault, calls to mind an
unpleasant incident of the campaign
of 1904, which the reverend gentleman
afterwards sincerely regretted. Mr..
Davis was a native of Maine. He
taught school at Elk River in 1869;
studied for the Episcopal ministry at
Faribault; was pastor of an Episcopal
church at Brainerd and later at Man.
kato. He was a genial, kind-hearted
man, and made friends wherever his
lot was cast. There are many who
deeply regret his demise and will
cherish his memory.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

When iron ore is taken from the
bowels of the earth it becomes per-
sonal property and can be taxed as
such. What is i! =, there to prevent the
Legislature from enacting a law that
will provide for the taxation *of CHS
class of property? The fairest method
of taxing iron ore is on a tonnage
basis. Five cents per ton would be a
reasonable tax. The present legisla-
ture will be remiss in its duty if it
does not provide for the taxation OF
the output of the iron mines. The
proceeds of such a tax should be used
for tho reclamation. of the states
swamp lands and the Improvement OF
the public highways of the state.
There is nothing wrong with this prop.
osition. 1t is up to the Legislature
to act.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17
y. j. HILLS PLAIN TALK.

James J. Hills letter to Governor
johnson is worthy of careful peru
sal not only by that dignitary but by
every member of the,legislature as
we'll. Mr.. Hill quotes figures to prove
that more trackage and terminals are
imperatively demanded. The per-
centage of increase in railroad track
age for the year 1906 was the smallest
in two decades-only 2.9 per cent
The reason for this state of affairs
Mr.. Hill alleges is:
The investor declines to put his
money into enterprises under ban of
unpopularity, and even threatened by
individuals and political parties with
confiscation or transfer to the state.
The withdrawal of capital from this
field is one of the bottom causes of the
great decline in railroad building at
the very time when the growth of the
country in other respects has been
most marked. There has been no time
since 1898 when there was more diff
Guilty in raising money for railroad
purposes than at present.
In speech delivered before the
Northwestern Lumbermen's associa-
tion in Minneapolis on Tuesday Mr..
Hill said:
The railroads today are blamed for
everything, practically, that is wrong.
The Great Northern road is blamed.
I am blamed, because it is intimated
that I own the Great Northern rail-
road. The truth of the matter is that
I own less than seven per cent of the
stock of the Great Northern road.
There are 5000 shareholders in the
company, LOO of whom are women.
You never knew that before but that
is the situation, and when we ask our
| shareholders to subscribe $50, 900, 900
more stock to our already large cap
ital in order that we may build more
trackage to carry the business of the
west to the east, we are made defend
ant in a suit brought by the state of
Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

Anent railroads Jas. J. Hill-and
ne knows whereof he speaks-is quoted
as saying: II wish the government
had the railroads for about thirty
days. There is not a government de-
partment which has yet been operated
without fraud. Where would the GOV
eminent get the money to carry out the
work which confronts the railroads?
Five billion and half dollars would
only bring them to the comparative
efficiency for handling the present vol
ume of traffic that prevailed in 1870.
There are not rolling mills enough
to produce the rails; not men enough
to build the roads. And you must
remember it requires more work and
more money to build the character of
trackage now required, that is in
widening roadbeds, cutting down
grades, Strengthening curves and all
that goes with the building of termi-
nails and increasing of track ca
pacitv''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

\ Section IL of the Minnesota Revised
Statutes of 1905, under the head of the
legislative branch, provides that "no
member, officer or employe shall re-
ceive pay for any unexcused absence. "
This is a little "woodchuck" which bv
some unaccountable means crept into
the statutes, and the members of the
legislature have but recently dis
covered it. They will enter protest of
course and probably succeed in wip-
ing out the section, but at the same
time the provision is good one. A
representative or senator is of no SER
vice whatsoever to his constituents
unless he attends the sessions of the
legislature, and if he fails so to do
his salary should be deducted for the
time which he is absent. None but
the lazy or good-for-nothing members
OF the state legislature will seek to
have this clause eliminated from the
code.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17
First Publication Jan. II, 1907.
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Probate of Foreign Will.
ESTATE

ESTATE OF LYDIA EICHER.
State of Minnesota, County of Mile LacS.-In
Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Lydia Eicher,
decdent.
The State of Minnesota to all persons inter-
ested in the allowance and probate of the will
of said decedent: The petition of Henry NJ.
Eicher. representing that Lydia Elcher, then a
resident Of the county OF Henry state of Iowa,
died on the 18th day of November. 1905 tes-
tate and that her will has been allowed and
admitted to probate in district court in and for
the county of Henry, state of Iowa, being filed
in this court, together with authenticated
copies Of said will and Of the probate thereof
in the court above named. and praying that
said will be admitted to probate in this state.
and that letters OF administration with the
will annexed be thereon granted to- E. }.
Eicher;
Now therefore, you. and each OF you. are
hereby cited aud required to show cause II any
you have, before this court, at the probate
court rooms in the court house. in Princeton,
county OF Mile Laos. state OF Minnesota. on
the 9th day OF February 1907: at o'clock P. NJ.
why the prayer of said petition should not be
granted. -.
Witness the signature OF the judge of said
court. and the seal of said court. this 18th day
Of January, 1907. .,.:..--.g
B. M VANALSTEIN.
probate SeaL1 Judge of Probate Court.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

If the present legislature cans edo
something practical for the good
roads movement it will earn the, ap-
probation of the people and inciden-
tally may thereby cover a multitude
of sins.-Minneota Mascot. 4 u s$y
What more practical and what more
just than to impose tax of five cents
per ton on the output of the iron mines
and turn the proceeds into the road
and bridge fund for the improvement
of the highways of the state? ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

1t has been discovered by the New
York Sun that President Roosevelt
used the personal pronoun ''I' six
teen times in one of his messages to
congress. If the Sun is looking for
records along that line it should count
the CPS" in Governor Johns message
to the Minnesota legislature. There
it would find at least coal scuttle
full, mostly wrong fonts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17


Unless Uncle Sam pays his soldiers
better wages and re-establishes the
canteen the United States army prom
Uses to dwindle down to meager pro-
portions. Soldiers whose terms OF
enlistment are daily expiring refuse
to re-enter the service, and it is found
impossible to secure recruits to sup
plant them. No alarm, however,
should be entertained over this deci-
nation of the army, for in case OF
emergency every able-bodieds man in
the country would shoulder gun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

1t has taken French photographers
forty years to reach the letter D in the
compilation of a new dictionary.
This means the elapse of something
like three hundred and fifty years be-
fore the work is completed-that is,
provided the simplifed spelling fad
does not in the meantime find it's way
into France. But we believe that the
French possess too much common
sense to permit of the despoliation of
their pleasing language by mono
manical faddists.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

The chief Of police of Alton, ILL.,,
has instructed his men to fire at all
Washers who insult women upon the
street and attempt to escape arrest.
While this measure is seemingly a
the hoodlums and lOafers who stand
around on the street corners and make
derogatory remarks about ladies who
pass,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

Perhaps it did not occur to the gov
ernor when he was advocating the
taxation of income from mortgages
that mortgages are quite frequently
foreclosed on account of non-payment
of interest, and sometimes there is
not enough realized to liquidate the
principal and costs to say nothing OF
the interest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

A. r. Olsen of the Pine County
Pioneer has vacated the editorial
stool and gone forth to evangelize.
We trust that Mr.. Olsen will have
greater success than one De Lacey, a
newspaper rounder who a few months
ago, set out to perform mission work
but unfortunately fell by the wayside.
De Lacey s: hearers objected to his too
realistic portrayal Of horrible ex-
amples and policemanran him in.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

A spirit of unrest is abroad in the
land and demagogism is rampant in
our legislative halls. There is need
of some remedial legislation along
practical common sense lines, but the
best interests of the county will suffer
if the patriotic level-headed legislators
do not assert themselves and relegate
the senseless demagogues to the rear.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

Roseau county has several vigorous
well-edited newspapers and one of
the best in the bunch is the Greenbush
Journal which has just completed it's
sixth year. It is only few years
since Roseau county was bowling
wilderness, now it has a number of
thriving villages, hundreds of pros
porous farmers, Rod Bell, Charley
Moody and Albert Berg.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

A Chicago audience addressed by
the chief of the Russian terrorists last
week contributed 1000 for the pur-
pose of aiding the reds in their at
tempt to assassinate the car. Even
though the car be despot and prob
ably deserves summary death, such
meetings as that held in Chicago is a
disgrace to America.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

Governor johnson was a member
of the state senate in 1902 when the
then state auditor made clear to that
body the injustice of a purely tonnage
tax on iron ore to the range towns.
The governor simply reiterates in his
message the exact ideas advanced by
the state auditor in 1902.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

1t has not yet been proven to the
satisfaction of the senate that Smoot
is a polygamist and his expulsion will
consequently not take place. The SEN
ators probably agree with Shake
speare that "best men are moulded
out of FAULTS" or maybe the solons
consider that the maintenance of half
a dozen families is punishment
enough.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

Legislators in the dear old state of
Maine are entitled to bit $3.50 per ses-
sion, whether that session extend over
a month or year. But then the
habits of the downeast legislator are
vastly different from those of the Min
nesotan. The latter often spends
more than $15Q+a month for unneces-
sary evils.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

It wouldn't be bad idea, perhaps,
for congress to make an appropria-
ton for the maintenance of a sawdust
ring to which the fre-eaters could re-
pair and decide their contentious with
ung]oved fists. President Roosevelt
could likely be induced to referee the
ScraDS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

A movement is on foot in Minneap-
oils to secure the passage of bill by
the legislature providing for the pen
sioning of fremen who have grown old
in the service. By all means let these
brave men be pensioned. They are a
thousand times more entitled to this
consideration than the police.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

-Four German officers will serve two
years in the Japanese army for the
purpose of studying military tactics.
Russian officers also need a little
training at the hands of the Japs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-17

A prominent railroad official says
that $50 long as the precautions used
to prevent railroad wrecks depend en-
tirely upon human intelligence and
watchfulness disasters will continue
to occur" From this declaration the
travelling public can gather but little
consolation.