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The Washington herald., 1909-10-10
FREoN CLUB MEETS.
BiweekIy Social Held at Home of
III. c. Anderson.


The Freon Club held its regular hi
weekly business meeting on Thursday
evening at the home of Freon Harry 1.
Anderson, GA L street northwest with
a large attendance.
Final arrangements were made for the
"up-to-date game party" to be held at
the home of Freon ]. B. Edmunds on
Thursday next. Freon c. L. Gable chair
man of the social committee, presented
an outline Of the social plans for the
coming season, which were unanimously
adopted. AT the suggestion of the presi-
dent, Freon w. c. Herbert, plans were
also made whereby talks on pertinent
questions will be given by each member
of the club after the close Of the bust
ness sessions throughout the remainder
Of the present term. After the transact
ton of the routine business Freons An
dresen and Curtis won first prize at
progressive fraud.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-10
DIES IN STATION CELL.
John McCrystaI Found Dead mt !
o'clock This Morning.

John McCrystal. forty-six years old.
who gave his address as Twenty-hrst and
II streets northwest, died IN a cell at the
First precinct station shortly after l
o'clock this morning
When the body was discovered the
Emergency Hospital staff was notified.
and when n physician responded with
an ambulance lie was extinct, The body
was removed TO the morgue.
McCrystal was arrested by Policeman
Hlxson at Eighth and z streets north
west last night on a charge OF drunken
ness and disorderly conduct. The police
say he has been in their custody a score
OF times before on minor charges.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-10
True Reformern Report.

Annual reports of division chiefs. Order
of True Reformers. were submitted at a
meeting OF the Washington branch, at
True Reformers' Hall w. r. Griffin. dis
trict chief. presided. The reports showed
that the Washington division had during
the last year collected the sum Of $5s,
$3.50, and had paid out $1,000 in insurance
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The Washington herald., 1909-10-10
ANNOUNCES DECISION TODAY.
Rev. J. HenninE helms to Make
Statement I'm Pulpit.

DR.. J. Henning helms. rector Of the
Church of the Ascension. Massachusetts
avenue and Twelfth street northwest, will
announce in the pulpit this morning his
acceptance or rejection Of a call to an
Episcopal church in Lynchburg, Va.
DR.. Nelms returned from the Virginia
city yesterday. but declined to make any
statement as to the nature OF his an
nouncemenL He has spent some days
there investigating the field. He is one
Of the most popular ciergymen in the
city, and his congregation will spare no
effort to retain him.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-10
NnrnI Mon Sentenced

Gunner Henry Hachtman and Boats
vain Mayron Dale, L. s. N. convicted
of selling gun castings from the United
States ship Chattanooga as junk. have
been sentenced to imprisonment and dis
missal from the navy. Hachtman will
serve three years and Dale one year.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-10

The District Woman Suffrage Assocla-
ton will hold fits first regular meeting Of
the season Thursday evening next at s
o'clock at 1923 II street northwest. Mrs
Georgia r. Ferguson. pastor OF the Peo-
pies Church. will talk on why women
ought TO vote
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When you have lost or found anything.
telephone an advertisement to The Wash
ington Herald. and bill viii be sent you
at cent q word
The Washington herald., 1909-10-10
HEARST ENLIVENS
RACE IN NEW YORK
New Element Enters Into
the MayOralty Contest.
JEROME WILL NOT RUN
Senator McCarren KidnapsCivic
Alliance Infant.
JEROME WILL NOT RUN

Manager for Hearst Forces Says He
Has Filed Name and Emblem of
New Party-CRndidRte Barnard Is
Embarrassed by Questions of suf-
fraEettes, but Attempts TO Answer
Decentralization Thus Far Low.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-10
PEERS ARE WARNED
Lloyd George Defends Bud
get and ForeSees Strife.
SUFFRAGETTES CAUSE TROUBLE

women storm Hall, Several Hurt,
and One Hundred Arrested at New
cnstIe-ChnnceIIOr of ExcheGuer De-
cIares BIu Is Vow Completed and
It's Passage VIII Aid England.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-10

HaverhIll.
J. C. GoLDwAITHE. NJ. D..
Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14

growing wheat on December 1 was
95.S, according to the crop reporting
board of the bureau of statistics of the
United States department of agricult-
ure. Rarely has the average condition
of winter wheat stood higher on De-
cember 1. The exceptions were the
years 1900 and 1902
In the great surplus states of ILL
nois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Ne
braska, Kansas, Kentucky, Texas, Ok
lahoma and California the condition of
the crop is well-nigh perfect; and a
winter wheat crop up toward half bill
lion bushels is promised at present.
But there are many slips between the
crop and the palate, and a record
breaking crop may not be harvested.
The rye crop is also large and prom
Using, the indicated total area being
{. 155,000 acres. All in all the outlook
for plenty of bread next year is excel
lent at winters beginning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
Democratic Leadership In the Senate

Senator Culberson's Ill health has
compelled him to resign the leader
ship of the minority in the Senate, and
Senator Money, the vice chairman, has
been promoted to leadership. But Mr.
Moneys term will expire on March A.
1911, when he will be succeeded by
John Sharp Williams, already elected
The democrats of the Senate took
long look ahead by electing Senator
Shively vice chairman. Long before
the campaign of 1912 comes on Mr..
Shively will have become the minority
leader, and he is a man who has had a
long political experience. He was
member of the House over 20 years
ago, and he has ever since been lead
er among Indiana democrats.
Some think this action will put Ben
jamin F. Shively in the national lime
light in 1912 alongside Governor Har-
mon and OOVeTuOF MdrSudu anu mayor
Gaynor. The four will, In fact, make
pretty good field from which a nomi-
nee may be selected. Governor
Harmon has a difficult race to run
next year. He must secure reelection
to the office of governor in order to be
able to say that in 1912 he could carry
Ohio.
If Ohio should go republican next
year, then the democrats will, in &C
cordance with old-time custom, look to
Indiana and New York; and Shively
and Gaynor or Marshall and Gaynor
may be the ticket. The south and In
diana can easily elect president, for
the small reinforcement needed can
be readily procured in more than one
quarter in these days of insurgency
and discomfort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
NEW PLAY FOR MISS ADAMS.
Will Be Written BY Barrie and Put On
In London Next Autumn.

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
Charles Frohman has just completed ar
rangements to present Miss Adams in
London in a new Barrie play. 1t is fact
that, although Mr.. Barrie considers Miss
Adams his official interpreter, London
has never seen her play. 1t Is announced
that Miss Adams will open at the Duke
Of York theatre early next autumn. The
play which Mr.. Barrie is now working on
IL said to be constructed around a novel
and extremely interesting plot, but those
in the secret Of the scenario have been
pledged to give no hint as to its nature.
Mr.. Barrie IL very much opposed to
any discussion Of his work before he
has completed 1t. After he has finished
a play or newell he is apt to be it's Sc
verest critic and to care little what is
said or written about it, but until then
1t annoys him intensely to have 1t talked
about. 1t Is known. however, that he is
writing his novelty with reference to
Miss Adams as the star, who will present
1t first to the English public, although
Mr.. Barrie never writes plays ito meas
ure." Besides presenting the new Barrie
play Miss Adams will appear in Ros-
lands "LAiglon," which has never had
a London production.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
0'Neal'S Announcement

Emmett O'Neal's announcement is
dignified and straightforward and
democratic. Il DESIRE" he says, "to
state that l am a candidate for the
nomination for the office of governor
of Alabama, subject to the action OF
the democratic party. I will make
public at an early date my views upon
pending issues" That is all, and it Is
an excellent preliminary. 1t is just
what all other candidates should do.
When all candidates have announced
and made plain their views on pending
issues, including good roads, local tax
ton for school purposes, amendment
of the polltax qualification for voting,
and the Ubiquitous fee system, then in
deed there will be no further occa-
sion for unrest and agitation over the
gubernatorial succession. The politi-
clans should cease "politicating", and
the factions to scheme and quarrel.
Give the people season of quiet and
peace. The people will do the rest
when the primary day comes round,
say, in August or September-the
later the better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
NEED OF ARMY OFFICERS.

From the Washington Post.
Secretary Dickinson's recommendation
that Congress revive and pass the bill for
an increase of 612 officers in the army will
have stony road to hoe. Representative
Hull of Iowa, chairman of the committee
on military affairs, indicates that the bill,
which passed the Senate in the course of
the sixtieth session, but was not report
ed to the House. will have his oppose
ton again.
This time the objection will be upon
the substantial ground of economy. 1t
would undoubtedly cost a considerable
sum of money to provide for the extra
officers. And yet, according to Secretary
Dickinson, something must be done. and
speedily, If the army is to be kept up
to standard form.
1t is an undoubted fact that the army
is underofficered. This results in extra
work and very little spare time for the
present force of officers. The officers may
be willing to do the extra work for a
while; but will they keep it up? VIII
they continue in the service of the gov
oihAuoAl IL tiie NOrk becomes Qnattrac-
tive?
Various suggestions have been offered
as to the way of recruiting the ranks Of
the active officers without expanding
money on new ones. One suggestion is
that many of the officers on special duty.
numbering about 100. might be recalled.
It is argued that as President Taft does
not want the army increased just now, the
number of recruiting officers might be
reduced, some of the 81 military attaches
might be spared, and a cut might be
made in the number of officers who are
now acting as instructors in military
schools
| This would be very well if it were abso-
lutely certain that the United States
would never be called upon to engage in
war. If there were any such certainty
1t would be well, incidentally, to do away
with the army altogether. But SO long as
there is need of a standing army at all.
the preparations for possible war should
continue. 1t Is only in times of peace that
officers can be spared to give instruc-
tons in the use of arms and in military
tactics.
1t is seldom that an officer Is given a
detail that Is vacation. The army has
not spared many of its officers need
lessly. And 1t does seem that IL, as Sec
rotary Dickinson points out, the army is
underofficered, another way out of the
woods will have to be found.
There should be economy; but it is to be
hoped that in practicing this virtue the
army will not be deprived of the proper
number of officers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
Senator FFagier'S Successor

There is not in these days any re-
vamping of war issues, but when we
are asked to believe that the demo-
Gratis of Tennessee will elect to the
United States Senate a member of a
cabinet pledged to the support of the
Aldrich-Payne tariff. mental hesitation
Just naturally arises. How can a man
be faithful to democracy and to Mr..
Taft's Winona speech at one and the
same time? A man may ride two
horses, but no one can ride two horses
going in opposite directions.
The term of James B. Frazier of
Chattanooga expires on March 4, 1911,
and 1t is his seat that Jacob M. Dick
inson proposes to take. Governor Pat
terson also proposes to fill that seat,
and Ex-Governor McMillin has a SINH
lar ambition. 1t Is idle to say that
Mr.. Dickinson of Illinois and Tennes-
see will have a walk-oyer for that seat
Gen. Luke e. Wright may manage and
the administration may look on ap-
provingly, but it is plain the man who
gets Senator Frazier's seat will know
he has been through scrimmage Of
large proportions.
Party lines are not tense nowadays,
but they are certainly tense enough to
forbid a man to step from Winona
cabinet to seat representing state
that is truly and consistently demo
cratic. Tennessees democracy should
not be doubted in that manner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
RAGPIckERs OF PARIS.
pular Mechanics.

L AOhi 1OPuidi hCCttttuiCS.
The ragpickers of Paris are born to
their work, the occupation being passed
from father to son for generations Each
ragpicker family has its own district,
which is inherited by the children and
grandchildren.
In spite of all the progress made In
modern and elegant paris, barrels of
waste are piled up on the streets in front
of many buildings in beautiful boule-
wards in the early morning hours. and it
is the privilege and. in fact, the mission
of the ragpickers to examine this refuse.
They have use for everything, and but
little is left after they have passed. their
thoroughness being one reason why the
system is still allowed. Every scrap of
paper has its market, rags are gathered
for paper manufacturers, shoes go back
to leather dealers.
Old sardine and preserved meat tins are
used for making playthings. old bones
produce gelatine and glue. lemon and
orange peels are greatly sought after and
sold at the rate Of 1 cent a pound to
perfume and strip manufacturers, old
metals are highly priced. cigar stubs go
to tobacco factories, and even stale vege-
tables are carried away.
The quarters Of the ragpickers of Paris
are just outside Of the confines Of the
city-sections carefully avoided by most
people who do not belong to the guild.
Every member Of the family, from the
Oldest to the three-year-old, takes part
In the sorting of the spoils, and 1t often
happens that members Of family uie
either from poisoning from stale food or
from a cut from one Of the tins.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
HER EPITAPH.

BY Thomas William Parsons.
The handful here, that once was Mary's
earth.
Held. while it breathed. SO beautiful
a soul,
That, when she died, all recognized her
birth,
And had their sorrow in serene control
Not here! not herel to every mourners
heart
The wintry wind seemed whispering
round her bier;
And when the tomb-door opened, with
start
We heard it echoed from within-''Not
here!''
Should'st thou, sad pilgrim. who mayst
hither pass.
Note in these flowers a delicater hue.
Should spring come earlier to this hal
lowed grass.
Or the bee later Iinger on the dew
Know that her spirit to her body lent
Such sweetness. grace. as only good
ness can;
That even her dust, and this her monu-
Have yet a spell to stay one lonely
man
Lonely through life, but looking for the
day
When what Is mortal Of himsslf shall
e1eeps
when human passion shall have passed
Ana Love no longer bs thing Ia wsaA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
That Income Tax Pr0n0Sitl0n

Alabama alone has ratified the in
come tax proposition that Cannon and
Aldrich permitted to be put before the
people because they did not want to
see an income tax adopted by Con-
gress on the spot.
Now that the proposition is before
the state legislatures, the active pro-
tectionists of the republican party are
gumshoeing to secure its defeat in II
states. The Home Market Club of Bos-
ton is issuing one set of circulars for
republican consumption and another
set for democratic persuasion. They
want bare adverse vote in the SEN
ates of IL states, and the other states
would not then be contested. They
propose to secure IL state senates by
the gumshoe route. The legislatures
OF Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary
land, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Vir-
ginia meet next year, and efforts are
being made to secure the defeat of the
amendment In Massachusetts, New
Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and
Vermont. The chances are good that
the effort will miscarry in New York
and Vermont, and when members have
to line up in yea-and-nay vote it may
miscarry in the other contested states.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
SLAVERY IN MEXICO

and children start over the road to the
valley, but never see them come back.
OF every hundred who go over the road
not more than one ever sees this town
again. This assertion was made to me
by a station agent of the Veracruz al
Pacifico railroad
There are no survivors of Vale Ma
cional-no real ones a government engi-
neer who has charge of the Improve
ment of certain harbors told me. Now
and then one gets out of the valley and
gets beyond Ell Hule. He staggers and
begs his way along the weary road to-
ward Cordoba, but he never gets back
where he came from. Those people come
out of the valley walking corpses; they
travel on little way and then they fall
This mans work has carried him
much into Vale Nacional and he knows
more of the country, probably, than
does any Mexican not directly interested
in the slave trade.
They die; they all die. The bosses
never let them 20 until they're dying
THUS declared one of the police Off
GERS of the town of Vale Nacional,
which is situated in the center of the
valley and is supported by it.
"And everywhere over and over again
was told the same thing. Even Man
uel Lagunas, presidente (mayor) of
Vale Nacional, said it. Miguel Vidal,
secretary Of the municipality, said it.
The bosses themselves said it. The In
dian jewellers of the noun ain sides said
1t. The slaves said 1t. And when had
seen, as well as heard, I could not but
believe"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
BABIES.
From Judge.


Babies want the moon, but after they
grow up they are content with wishing
for the earth with fence around it.
Babies can grow in almost anything, but
thrive best in hot and dusty railroad
coach five minutes past the time that you
had seriously considered little nap. This
fact that there is crying need of more
babies will never be brought homo In a
passenger coach.
The baby has often been called the
Prince of Walls.
A baby is subject to many diseases One
of the most serious Of these is called boo.
hoorooitis which ID the result of the I'M
fortunate combination Of misplaced pin
and fool nurse.
Babies are very cunning. particularly
at the age when they bite on tho wood
work and lick OF the wall paper.
In nautical TERMS the bahy's squau
might be called sDantiug bresaA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
MARIE ANToINETTE's LAST HOUR,

From Hilaire Belloc's New Biography.
The cart went numbering on, past the
quay, over the bridge, under the murky
drizzle. The windows beyond the river
were full of heads and faces; the edges
of the quays were black with the crowd.
The River Seine ran swollen with the
rains; its tide and rolling made in such
weather no mark upon the water walls of
stone. The cart went numbering on over
the rough wet paving of the northern
bank. 1t turned into the Rue ST. Honore.
where the narrow depth was full of noise.
The long line of troops stood erect and
close upon either side. The dense crowd
still roared behind them; their prey sat
upon the plank. diminished, as erect as
the constraint Of her bonds and her fall
ing strength would allow. Her lips, for
all their droop of agony, were still proud;
her vesture was new, her delicate high
shoes had been chosen with care for that
journey; but her face might have salts
fed them all. The painted red upon her
cheeks was dreadful against her utter
paleness; from beneath the linen of her
cap a few whitened wisps of hair hung
dank upon her followed temples, a victim.
Her eyes were sunken, and Of these one
DULY watched her foes. one had lost Its
function In the damp half darkness Of the
cell; 1t turned blank and blind upon the
rabble that still followed the walking Jolt
of the two-cart horses and the broad
wheels. At the head of those so following
an actor fellow pranced upon a horse,
thrusting at her by way of index sword.
| and shouting to the people that they held
the tigress here, the Austrian.
She went up the steps of the scaffold at
liberty and stood for a bare moment seen
by the great gathering in the square, q
! figure against the trees of what had been
her gardens and place where her child
| had played 1t was but moment, she
was bound and thrown. and the steel
fell.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
Another New Record

The Age-Herald published in its 10
cal columns yesterday statement OF
the amount of advertising carried last
Sunnday-7O, $50 agate lines, the
largest amount of advertising ever
carried in a single regular edition of
this newspaper.
The Age-Herald represents the up
building interests of this city and state
in singu1arly telling manner. 1t is
read daily by the people who are max
ing Alabama what she is. and it is glad
to acknowledge the cordial and CO.
operating spirit shown by the business
men of Birmingham and to see their
appreciation of the constantly growing
value of this newspaper as an adver-
Using medium.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
OLD-TIME RURAL FEASTS.
ron, thu Maui vork Praaa

ITOm Tie NOW IOIk EIcSSs
Ages ago at Audubon's mill town, on
the Ohio, it was customary on court day
for lawyers and leading farmers to have
big barbecue stag dinner. Sometimes
there would be burgoo, boiled in big
camp kettle, in which were chickens, tur-
key pork. bacon. squirrel, rabbit, fish,
beef mutton, turtle. a pot hotchpotch of
every kind Of meat and vegetables avail
able that day. All this mess was boiled,
souped and simmered for several hours
until 1t became thick and shabby, like an
old-time gravy soup. This burgoo was
delicious and quart was about all a
man could hold.
Again, whole shoat and sheep would
be barbecued. A pit was dug. about three
feet wide. two feet deep and ten or twelve
feet long, and into 1t were thrown brush
and chunks Of wood to be burned down
to live emberA Across this ember trench
were laid small green hickory limbs. about
an inch or two thick and stripped Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-14
John Kenneth Turner in the Decembe
American Magazine.


ffN ALLIE NACIoNAL is undoubt-
wv edly the worst slave hole in
Mexico. Probably it is the
worst tn the world. When visited Vale
Nacional expected to find it milder than
Yucatan- I found it more pitiless In
Yucatan the Maya slaves die off faster
than they are born, and two-thirds Of
the Yaqui slaves are killed during the
first year after their importation into
the country. In Vale Naeional all but
very few of the slaves pass back to earth
within a space Of seven or eight months.
There are no statistics. but 1t is posi-
lively known that the death rate is APP
palling. This statement is almost unbe-
lievable- I would not have believed it;
possibly not even after I had seen the
whole process of working them to death,
were it not the fact that the masters
themselves told me that it was true And
there are 1900 of these Vale Nacional
slaves-15,00o new ones every yeari
"'By the sixth or seventh month they
winter frost. and after that even the rest
are not worth keeping. The cheapest
thing to do is to let them die; there are
plenty more where they came from
Word by word, this is a statement
made to me by the general manager of
group of tobacco plantations in Vale
Nacional.
''T have been here for more than Ave
years and every month I see hundreds
and sometimes thousands OF men, women