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The Washington herald., 1909-01-18
HOME IS PLANNED
FOR TURNYEREIN
Germans Expect to Turn Out
for Inauguration.
SOCIETIES ELECT OFFICERS

Washington SaenEerbund Opens Its
Theatrical season with Interesting
ProEramme-OffIeer Elected for
Coming Year by PIattdeutsche
Verein-vOee of Thanks rendered.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-18

Piles Cured In d to II Days.
Pazo Ointment IS guaranteed 10 cure
any case Of Itching, Blind. Bleeding. or
Protruding Piles in to Il days or money
refunded Soc
The Washington herald., 1909-01-18
CARDINAL GIBBONS
CELEBRATES MASS

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-18

From your surplus money! Such
funds viii earn interest for you If
deposited IN banking department Of
UNION TRUST CO. Fifteenth and
II streets.
Interest paid on all accourts-de-
posits subject to check. Government
supervision.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-18

It became known yesterday that the
proceedings before the grand jury Of the
District Of Columbia against the Press
Publishing Company CNew York World,
in which criminal libel is charged IN con-
nection with the publication Of the World
stories that individual Americans had
profited by the sale Of the Panama Canal
10 the United States government. are in
stltuted on the basis Of the allegation
that the United States had been libeled.
The subpoeaas served on prospective
witnesses described the case as that OF
the United States against the Press Pub
fishing Company. but this did not clear
I'D the point whether II was alleged that
an individual citizen or the Federal gov
ernment itself claimed 90 be the injured
party and had made complaint. as all
subpoenas in criminal cases name the
United States as the prosecutor.
It seems TO be certain. however, that
President Roosevelt's contention that the
publications about the reported Panama
Canal deal ARE, in fact. wholly and in
form partly libel upon the United States
government Is 10 be applied by the Fed
ers1 district attorney here. and that the
government viii be complainant as well
as prosecutor
The Washington herald., 1909-01-18

Regardless OF any evidence the Presi-
dent may or may not have, Senators ano
Members OF the lower House Insist that
this is another case without precedent into
which the President IS plunging. Senator
Rayner, Of Maryland. is leader among
the members Of Congress Who term the ac-
ion Of the President prepostercus, w1tnou'
consideration Of what Mr. Pulitzer may cI
may rot have done.
Representative Sheriey, Of Kentucky
strongly re-enforces the Senator from
Maryland in ridiculing the outcome Of thc
suit. which. he says, should be qGasheo
before Il is begun
The Washington herald., 1909-01-18

tKeine Pause zEis-hen doa Biidcrnl
tai TosiEh Gay Lew
(o PofpCgrTi-'S0ceS O. Germany"
Donch s flTChesteT.
An die Loft Tescszt.
Pose n einem Akt
Nach dem Esgischen von Hugo Mueller.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-08
The Great American Play
!" p AID IN FULL"

. 'Paid in Full, = the accurate and cxousi,.
dramatic portrait of modern, every dav
American life, by Eugene Walter, has beer
rightly termed "the great American play !
For practically year past it has been the
season amusement sensation, not alone ~
New York City, but of Chicago A.
Wagenhals & kemper'S Astor Theatre
New York, it is now in its second wear. and
1t the Grand Opera House, Chicago, |, nm
six solid months to crowded houses. Tho
New York aud Chicago critics, withop, .,
ception, accorded it unlimited praise
Success Is what the New York Herald
said, Triumph said the Telegraph. Alan
Dale IN the American called il THE bes,
find of the season, and the New York
World stated that sit held the audience
bfeathless = In Chicago the verdict was
the same. The Tribune called it ''absorb.
ing, the Record Herald 'tvital and signi.
1scant-" Amy Leslie in the News said i,
was stlauEhing wfthrich comedy, " and The
Inter- Ocean wrote, 1t is one OF the strong.
est dramas Of American life that has been
given 10 the contemporary stage" "Paid
Is Full win be given here with a brillian,
east OF specially selected players, and with
fhe Astof Theatre production, which is a
triumph Of stage realism. The play itself
s one compelling attention through every
moment 81 rs action. Briefly, the story
concerns the proposition Of a newly-maTTied
pair trying TO- live in great city on a
weekly income al eighteen dollars. The
tShahd tandles thousands Of dollars year,
q 4 collector for Lis firm. Everybody
about him prospeTS, but 4his salary Is not
Increased. He sees bis vile suffering tOf
ordinary eonifgtts. aud finally be steals.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-08

The natural working out Of the plot from
this start is most consistently done, and
from it play is evolved that holds the in
tcreSt undeviatingly and is undoubtedly the
most powerful, interesting and human
drama of the day
Cast Is Excellent.
There are so few parts in the piece that
the management could not, for reputation's
sake, afford TO have any one of them in in
terror hands, which IS the reason of the
very evenly balanced casts which are the
subject of commGndable comment where
ever the Offering has been given.
Thomas Coffin Cooke, the . Joe Brooks
OF the piece, is not nearly as "dead one
as his name may sound. For a number Of
years ne has been. leading man for Blanche
walsh, having worked almost exclusively
unaef the present management during most
Of his career.
Mis- katherine Proctor, the emma
Bfocks OF the piece, has been with Maude
ADAMS the past three seasons, and Il vas
neF excellent work with that star which re-
cosIlIn l..i her TO the management for her
sPienalu part in this production.
Albert Aneras, who plays ttJimsy,
created the role Of 'Silas Lynch, the
Lieutenant governor in 1.-THE Clansman, =
Tor which Interpretation, strong and vifiie,
he wla tong be remembered BY theatre
goefs throughout the country,
agnes Herndon, who plays the mother,
was s. sts z Tor years ia La Belle Marie,
while Frank Burton, the sea captain, ms
been with Erohman for several seasons Iiast.
Tins BRET summary viii serve 10 give an
idea OF the quality Of the east which Is 10
BE seen here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. I

IFrom the Atchison G1obe.I
The trouble is not that times have
changed, but that you haven't.
If a man gets to work at o'clock it is
after before he is fully oiled up
Discipline forms the excuse for a lot of
nagging and other unpleaSantneSs.
Hope is all right in its way, but if you
haven't anything else. you are about at
, the end of your rope.
Take good care of your own business.
and let others alone; if your advice is
worth anything, sell it.
When a man starts out by saying, eff
do say it myself" you can depend on it
When a girl writes a letter to another
girl, she thinks she is bound by courtesy
to extend an invitation to make her a
visit.
1t is hard to convince another by argu-
ment. and convincing him isn't usually as
important as the time you waste In the
Whenever we hear a school girl getting
up in front of her teacher, and reciting
a piece making fun of old maids, we won
der how she dares.
1t is not matter of wealth, but more
OF environment that determines which
! in Missouri we blubber."
When You shake hands with little
man, he nearly always gives you a very
hard grip, to show you that while he is
small, he has great physical strength
When a mans fool streak is in control
and he makes up his mind to write let
ter. the ink pot is never empty, and the
pen is always in perfect repair.
We don't suppose it makes any differ
ence to any one else. but every time we
see a man on the streets carrying a gui-
tar, we want to kick hole through it.
The sooner you get through the notion
that you are smart. the better YOU will
/ be off. There never was a man who had
| good sense, let alone being smart.
| If a chicken is served with dumplings,
! that settles it: it is at least a year old.
No chicken can lay claim to having died
| young if it is served on the table with
dumplings.. Youth in a chicken is suffi-
| cient garnishment, as it is with girl.
My wife works SO hard writes man
to this office, that 1 am ashamed.
I try my best to reduce her work, but the
/ more help I hire for her the harder she
works. And 1 coming to believe that
she enjoys it, because it distresses me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
JAYHAWKER JOTS

Times have changed, remarks the
Emporia Journal. 1t is the farmer
boy now who comes into town with
roll of bills big enough 20 choke
calf
Of course it is necessary that you
should attend to your business. but
did it ever occur to you that it was
possible to over do it? The man who
doesn't take day off once in a while
is liable to take longer vacation than
he ever anticipated.-Mack Gretchen. .
A real dilemma is presented by the
Marquette Tribune in the following
observation: There are two sides to
every story. And in every commune
ity every citizen represents story.
Is it better to take sides and be hated
other, or is it best to be neutral and
be hated by both sides?
The town of Solomon is talking of
municipal street lighting. Six or eight
agents for various lighting appliances
are on the spot to demonstrate their
systems. and each has. a lamp as 81
shining example on some street cor
ner. The town council is loath to de-
eide, under the circumstances, which
system to adopt, and pending the de-
cision, the agents are lighting the
streets for grateful community
Minneapolis Messenger.
In the early days of Dodge City,
when life was free and easy and fights
and gayety We're the rule and not the
exception, there was one town charac-
ter who lived through it ALL habituaI-
ly drunk, stealing his liquor, and was
never subjected 10 any police or sher-
III S regulation says the Kansas City
Journal. For ten years he kept UP his
Wild riot of inebriation. At last it was
too much for mis- powerful constitu-
ton and he burned out and up" Ben
weighed about $50 pounds. His hair
was a Titan red the kind artists rave
over. His eyes were sunken deep in
thick, puffy lids, indicative of de-
bauchery. Early each morning Ben
would make the rounds of all the sa-
looms. He never went near the bar.
His place of refreshing himself was
at the swili barrel, where the porters
were wont to empty the "leavings'' of
bottles and glasses. II. those days
of the stale beer and dead whisky was
carried back 10 slop barrels. These
were usually OLD beer kegs. Ben went
to every one and drank his fiil.s Soon
the stuff got The better of him and
his steps wigglCd and awdd1er. But he
pegged away laboriously down the
middle of the street, waving back and
forth like a rudderless ship. The
town always gave him the right of way
No cowboy, deep in his cups, with
ever ready revolver ever molested Old
Drunken Ben. No vigilant sheriff in
tercepted his unsteady progress. But
one day they found him dead. Wheth-
err or not delirium tremens painted
pink crocodiles and amethyst turtles
before his terrified eyes is not known.
Whether the singing and biting ad-
ders made his last moments a hysteria
of pain and tragedy is not known.
Whether the passion of his life lulled
him away into pleasant dreams to
wake in Elysian fields is not known.
But they found Old Drunken Ben dead
that was all. Poor Old Ben was a
big red hog. He had lived ten years
and he was always drunk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23


you, too, oniy-only I must go home
and arrange things Then will come
back Will you be true?''
Forever. II necessary" replied the
jubilant T. Bogart. He attempted to
kiss her. but she repulsed him, bidding
him wait.
And he waited.
The next day the widow left for her
home nor did the infatuated lover re-
celve word from her. Months went by
He remembered that he did not know
where she lived. He asked Mrs. Hard
ing. but she refused the information,
bidding him wait.
Mort did he notice, in his perturbed
state, the absence of Albert Kahn. Fin
ally this letter came to him:
You need wait no longer. Have de-
cided that you won't do. Go back to
the girl you left in Hubbletown. May
be she wants you. 1 don't
MRS. ALBERT KAHN"
What fiends some women are,'
whimpered Thomas Bogart, land 1 won
der how she heard of Angelina-er-
what's her name ?'-(Copyrighted, 1909,
by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
LYNCHINGS AND THE LAW.

AS the year 1909 draws to a close
there are a few things for the people
of this country to be heartily ashamed
of just as we'll as there are numerous
things for which they should be CRATE
fully thankful. In the former category
come the lynchings that were INDUCED
in during the year. They aggregated
20. the highest number recorded in any
one year since 1904. The victims in
Guided IL whites and 80 negroes. 1t
matters not that most of them hap
pened in states that are part of what
is referred to as tho SOUTH The dis
grace belongs on the entire nation and
every one in it should lend what aid he
can to eradicate this terrible evil, so
that the United States can make good
it's claim to being the most civilized
and enlightened nation on the earth. 1t
never can as long as mob rule is per-
mitted in any one of its sections. as
long as Judge Lynch holds any sway
whatever, usurps law and order, and
administers the death penalty whether
or not the victim actually deserves no
better fate.
Such a high authority on the admin
istration of law as President Taft be-
lieves that much of the .lynching of the
land is due to the laws delay and the
machinery of law which is often re-
sponsible for the thwarting Of justice
He said SO in his recent annual mes
sage to congress, where he remarked:
ct do not doubt for one moment that
much of the lawless violence and
cruelty exhibited in lynehings is direct
" due to the uncertainty and injustice
growing out of the delays in trials,
judgments and the executions thereof
by our courts" He was specific to
make these remarks apply to state as
we'll as federal courts, but he thinks
that the defects are less in the federal
courts than in the state courts and
with good reason. although, as he said
"they are very great in the federal
COURTS And he stated further that
"the expedition with which business is
disposed of both on the civil and GRIM
| inal side of English courts under mod
ern rules of procedure makes the de-
| lays in our courts seem archaic and
barbarouS."
Here then is crying need for reforms.
| The president suggests the bringing OF
them about through legislation by con-
gress which will permit him to name a
commission with authority to examine
| the law and equity procedure of the
| federal courts of the first instance, the
| law of appeals from these courts to the
courts of appeals and to the supreme
court. and the costs imposed in such
procedure upon private litigants and
upon the public treasury and make
recommendation with view Of simpli-
| flying and expediting the procedure as
| far as possible and making it as in
expensive as may be to the litigant Of
| little means And he rightly suggests
| that the same procedure be followed ir
the state courts as may be established
for the supreme courts.
Congress should not be slow to take
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
DIR. COOKS CASE.

Even the adverse report of the au-
thorities of the University of Copen-
hagen that The records and ''proofs"
submitted Ly DR.. Cook are not suffi-
cient to establish his claim of having
reached the North pole, is not conclu-
sive evidence, by any means, that this
explorer did not make the wonderful
journey he insists he did. AS mat
ter of fact there is nothing in the de-
cision of the Danish sayants which
states that DIR. Cook did not reach the
northern apex of the earth. They
merely set forth that he has not proved
his case.
This action has been sufficient,
though, to discrcdit DR.. Cooks claims
in many quarters and among many ex-
plorers of note who had placed i'm
plicit confidence in his story. 1t must
be admitted that the doctors recent
actions in running away from his
friends, in hiding out as it were, have
made the situation look dark for him.
But it is quite possible that his phys
zeal or mental condition is such that
this move is justifable. It is also pos
sib1e that he mas some explanations
to make which will be satisfactory in
the premises. At tiny rate it would be
we'll to suspend final judgment in the
case until it is possible for DR.. Cook
! to procure the instruments he used in
making the observations on his polar
trip and his original records which he
was compelled to leave in the frozen
north. Nor will the people be likely to
forget that these records and instru-
| ments would be on hand today if Com
mander Peary had accorded a courtesy
| to Cook that was not an unreasonable
one to expect. 1t will be remembered
that DR.. Cook left these instruments
and records with big-game hunter,
Mr.. Whitney, but that Commander
Peary would not allow Whitney to
| bring any of Cooks possessions back
home on the Re osevelt, the Peary ship,
and the last possible ship out of that
wilderness of Ice for many months. If
Peary had done the right thing then it
| would have been possible to settle by
this time every possible contingency
in the Cook case.
It is almost inconceivable that a
man with such an excellent reputation
as DR.. Cook enjoyed would have the
brazenness to fabrieate the story of
his trip to the North pole. If he has
done so it is the most monumental
piece of effrontery that has ever been
practiced by man since civilization be-
gan. Perhaps he is the victim of an
honest mistake. He may have thought
he was in the regions of the pole when
as a matter of fact he was many
miles away from that spot At any
rate, until DR.. Cook has made an ex-
PLANTATION or until he has had an OPP
portunity 70 recover his records and
instruments which are now cached in
the frozen l.orth, it is no more than
right that he should be given the bene-
fit of a doubt before he is branded the
greatest liar the world has ever
known
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
From the Philadelphia Record.

lHIOiii Lite TUildQeipHia RECORD
Time is money. especially with the
plumber.
If you want to find out all about q
mans virtues marry his widow
We prefer our friends to be close
mouthed rather than close listed
1t is quite possible for a man to ga
broke without the aid of broker
The man who has a nagging VITA
doesn't feel like saying This is horse
on me-
No. Maude. dear, there is no similarity
between having water on the brain and
a crick in your back.
Hoax-'"The suffragettes believe in the
equality of woman, don't tfley?'' Siobbs-
Not at all; they believe in the superiori-
ty of woman
The Poet-'Poetry should be written on
one side Of the paper, shouldn't .it?'' The
Editor-"That depends on the poetry: lots
of 1t shouldn't be written on either side y
Wfgg-"Guzzler talks about what a
great singer he used to be; did he ever.
have his voice cultivated?' Wagg-"WelI
he has spent a great deal of money irris
eating it."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

AS Christmas day draws nearer and
nearer the more polite folks appear
to be with each other
.
That theory about there being equal
opportunities for all is pretty much of a
delusion and a snare.
X X x
A man who has greatness thrust
upon him generally has difficult time
in living up to his reputation.
= x X
It's safe to say that the man who
hasn't spoken an unkind word to his
wife has yet to make his appearance
on earth.
X
The people riding around in automo-
biles who look so terribly naughty are
likely to be the poor relations OF the
owner of the machine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
LITERARY DIsAPrEARANcEs.

Where are the scribblers, the tfreless
Scribblers,
Who dealt In historical lore
And ended things right
With hair-raising fight
In which villainy settled its scorer
Where are the takers, the dear nature
takers,
Who turned out the animal dope?
We miss their weird tales
OF wolves, badgers and whales
And Will keep right on missing we hone
Where are the plotters, the old-fashioned
plotters,
Who cooked up a highly spiced mess.
With pirates galore
On lone island shore
After manner Of one r. L. s.
Where are the farmers, the book-writ,ng
farmers, As
Who Harumized early and late?
The b'gosh tale is dead
With its royalties fled,
And there's Grape on the old far-,bo,,
gate. A'''uss
licaD A'epoe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
HUAOR or THE DAY

horse meat. Slobbs-Yes, but they gen
orally begin the meal with a pony.-Phil-
wn Does sc your a;. wife put you on the carpet
land Plain Dealer.
I've just had my life insured. haven't II I?
Hoe Mar 70 ess DGt # would be Just like you
into oblivion MeyerNWhen did he Sie9
Gfyerwoh: he isn't dead; He married a
News.
I'm sure" sobbed the bride, that
so?" He brought company home for din
dishes for me.''-Detroit Free Press.
What did your European trip cost
tips and a few Incidental travelling ex-
penses. Chicago Tribune.
How do you, overcome insomnia?''
Say the multiplication table up to Il
to learn it.''-Cleveiand Leader Tue oaoy
The Stranger in Town-Do YOU have
ResdentWs have none that hef is fa The
the president of the trolley road is also
head Of life insurance company.-Chi-
-cago News.
We have now been married fifteen
years, Archibald, and have never omit
ted to bake a cake fer you on your BIRTH
day That's true. my dear. and every
one Of them was. so to speak, mile
stone on the path of my life.''-Iife.
There is one thing like about classical
concerts" remarked the gentle cynic.
What's that?" queried the dense party
One never hears the tunes whistled on
the streets the next day." answered the
How much do owe you?" growled
t tin man as he arose from the barber chair.
Only quarter for the shave, sir re-
i you anything for plastering up the place
1 cut you.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One Comfort-Tit- Bits says: "Halioa,
Rlversi You seem to have a bad cold.''
= for you, old fellow. Wish I knew Of
d something e,t that would l cure You but
with tears in his eyes You're the only
man I've met for three days that hadn't
certain cure.
His Timely Observation-Disclosures darlin',"
said Pat. who was well versed in the ways
OF women, when 1t comes Christmas,
what would ye loike to take down to the
Her Father (crustily)-You ask for my
daughter. Why, sir. at your present sal
gloves. Suitor-Well, wouldn't that be
enough? Her Father-Do you mean to in
sinuate, young man. that my daughter
me, sir. I asked only for her hand
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.

ltrOn1 the CnlcagO News
The man who talks only about himself
and to himself never has occasion to
swallow his words.
Troubles may come to boy in the form
of curly hair, and to a girl in the guise
Of freckles.
How a gossip does enjoy meeting a wo-
man who hates her neighbors and tells
all she knows about them.
The woman who makes her own clothes
is always harping on what she saves her
husband in dressmakers' bills
About the poorest excuse of a mother
dren to annoy the neighbors while she
gives a street parade.
A woman manages to derive a lot OF
pleasure from bargain sales by purchasing
something she doesn't need.
Occasionally good woman lifts a man
Tor the gutter, but more often the Job
Is turned over to a policeman.
When a girl attends a wedding or a
funeral she always wonders if people will
look as solemn when her turn comes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23

ought to be able to make neat sums
Of money by hauling around loads of
sand and selling it to householders for
use on their icy pavements. Assured
~ most of the sidewalks in the residen-
tial sections of the city are a menace
to pedestrians and as the present cold
weather is evidently here to stay these
walks should be sanded or treated in
some other way to make them reason
ably safe to walk on.