The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
AT THE HOTELS.

Il concur with the administration in
the belief that the usefulness Of Speaker
Cannon is over" said ]. J. Harvey. OF
Toledo. Ohio, last night at the Raleigh
But the methods adopted at Beverly
TO give out the news that he Is to be
dumped were undoubtedly bad politics.
The same applies TO the case Of Mr..
Ballinger
How the administration wheel horses
could have allowed such a story TO get
4 before the public before they sounded the
sentiments OF both Cannon and Baninger
is beyond my comprehension and the
comprehension CT any one who is inter-
ested IN the G. o. p
But there are going 20 be some devel->
opments before the people go 10 the polls.
At such a time the leaders will undoubt-
edly put differences behind them and all
pull FOR harmony. Then the party will
have a lighting chance"
You just ought TO see that corn
crop In Kansas" remarked Richard P.
Larned. Of Topeka, last night at the
Metropolitan.
I believe Kansas alone this year could
supply the United States with corn and
still have plenty 70 keep at home. It IL
growing eight feet to the stalk. and
where II has been harvested an average
OF FIVE big ears TO the stalk was found.
And it's good corn, too.
Farmers out in my State are riding
In automobiles. have telephones in their
houses. and live better than most city
folks do. They are going to make an
other good killing this fan, too. I tell
you II pays to be a farmer these DAYS"
Did you ever witness a suicideg., asked
/ Holt NJ. Galloway. Of New York. a com
mercial man, stopping at the Arlington.
He sank deep into big plush chair.
crossed his legs. and pulled away AZ a.
cigar. We'll, had the misfortune "a
see girl shoot herself a few DAYS ago
and the influence on my nerves has bean
/ very trying i am just getting over il.
They say Servia leads all Other. countries
1 10 the number Of suicides pro rata, but
90 not see how she can lead the United
/ States. Il seems that one suicide starts
a dozen. like hrecrackers becoming ig-
nited from each other. I know OF no one
/ directly accountable FOR the tragedy
witnessed IN HObOken a few DAYS ago.
/ but l know I felt Ike committing sui
eide when saw that poor girl stretched
/ upon the floor In death, a victim OF her
own wrecked life.
her name was Minnie Kautz. and she
was German girl, about twenty-three
years DID, continued Mr.. Galloway. "She
mad been frustrated IN an ATTEMPT to XIII
her recreant lover, and was arrested. As
passed the Hoboken police headquar-
ters saw the crowd following the ofhcers
and their prisoner to the building and
went too. The officer who made the ar
rest said that, shortly before. Ernest
I hnobloch, proprietor Of a boarding house
IN bloomfield street, had summoned him,
| declaring young woman boarding at
his place intended TO XIII a man who was
employed as a porter In another hotel.
| The officer said he went TO the Knobloch
\ boarding house and found the girl nae
/ ing up and down the stairs in great ex-
/ citement. She refused TO answer any
questions, and was taken 10 police head
quarters and booked as a disorderIy per-
son.
While the girl was being led 10 the
detention room the proprietor Of the
boarding house, who had gone along win
the patrol wagon, whispered TO the officer
TO beware Of a pistol which the girl had
concealed on her person. The young wo-
man overheard the warning. and before
I any one could prevent il, whipped a re-
volver from her dress and shot herself.
! was looking straight al her. and from
the way I jumped and staggered one
might have thought It was I who had
been shot.
she fell 20 the floor with crash and
the pistol struck the wall and rolled down
the steps The officer and hotel man. as
soon as they could recover their self
possession, bent and lifted the girl from
! the floor. Her head fell back. her arms
dropped to her side, and a groan escaped
her lips from which blood was beginning
10 gush. turned away. The girl was
taken 10 hospital. where she expired an
hour later. She had been working as a
hotel waitress. and it seems from what
the officers subsequently learned that she
had been Tilted and was having a hard
time IN this hard old world It's the same