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The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
CROWDED STREET CARS.
Another View of the Notice Posted
on Boston Lines.

ifitAtt4 AAs NdsLtliktua AiEt@tus
In an editorial published last Monday
you quote Notice to Passengers" re-
Gently posted by the Boston Elevated
Railway Company and make some inter
esting comments thereon. But am un-
able TO determine whether your comments
are intended ~ satire or whether you
missed the point or the notice entirely.
The notice is directed to the male patrons
OF the road. and requests thea TO give
women precedence at stations. and as a
reason for this request states that men
and boys Jump on the cars before they
stop 10 receive passengers, thus depriyins
other passengers, particularly women, of
the opportunity 20 secure seats.
Commenting upon this notice you say:
at Is so usual IN the Washington cars
for men 10 give up, promptly and cheer
fully such places 10 women that the
process has become almost automatic. and
the exception to the rule is a good deal
like reliable mechanism gone wrong" Is
this satire, or is It intended to be a sober
and truthful representation Of q condi-
ton?
Further on the editorial says: This
notice with which the Boston Elevated
Railway Company confronts its male
10 whom it is addressed, and the man
who is compelled TO observe the ordinary
courtesies Of life by any such means
ought 10 feel the sting of the rebuke."
II you mean that the male patrons
ought 20 feel ashamed OF themselves, and
IL IL is necessary for the sentlemanIy
railroad officials 10 compel them 10 be
de-ent they (tne male patrOns) ought 10
feel the sting Of the rebuke, think you
have missed the point Of the notice en-
tirely If. on the other hand. you mean
that the male patrons have reason 10
feel insulted because they are asked TO
yield the seats for which they have paid,
and that the railroad officials who have
failed 10 furnish a sufficient number OF
seats to accommodate all the passengers
who have paid for seats are the persons
who ought to feel the sting OF the re-
bul1e, you are entirely right,
The posting Of such a notice as is re-
ferred to was pure insolence. Sensible
women do not demand that men shall
yield their seats 10 them. and IL is not
uncommon for woman to refuse to take
the seat proffered by man. That il is
disgraceful TO see women compelled to
stand up In a car and hang on 10 a strap
is conceded. But to whom should the
women look for the remedy? Certainly
not to the men who are legally and
morally entitled 10 the seats they have
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
SENTENCE srIRs SOCIALISTS.
French Leaders Declare They viii
Defend Themselves.

Paris. Nov. 27-The sentence OF death
passed yesterday at Rouen on Durand
secretary Of the Coal Heavers' Union. in
that city. for being responsible for the
assassination Of a laborer named Donge,
who had returned to work after going
out on a Goa, ',c% -ers' strike, and the
sentences of imprisonment imposed on
three others convicted OF completely IN
the crime have met with the reception
that was expected
Juares, the Socialist leader, writes fu-
riously against the courts action. The
secretary of the labor exchange says the
death sentence on Durand is a crime and
is bourgeoisie revenge on the working
class
The secretary Of the Central Labor Fed
Grafton Is equally indignant He says
eourt-matial could not have shown
more partialIty The jury, he declares,
was inspired by Prime Minister Brands
words on the illegality OF strikes, which
the Chamber or Deputies has approved,
He adds: I'VE are attacked. We shall
defend ourselves"
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
SOLDIER HAS NO CARE.
Civil Employees Must Provide Own
Clothing and Food.

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Editor The Washington Herald
The editorial entitled THE Soldier and
the Clerk IN The Washington Herald
of November q deserves careful scrutiny
by those In authority. especially those
members of Congress who make up the
pay list for the army and civil employees.
Congress provides purchasing agents Of
superior ability. who buy the food the
enlisted man receives. which amounts TO
S22.50 per month while in barracks and
s45 per month While travelling. Agents
also buy his clothing and sell II to him
at cost. approximately $45S per month
being thessum allowed. The soldier has
no care as compared with the troubles
Of a civil employee.
Your statement that therR are govern
inent clerks who fought more Indians
than the present enlisted personnel viii
ever see is true. ] know one who served
in the field for three years, 1871 20 1850,
with Gen, George Crook, Col. Mckenzie,
and with Capt. Charles Rockefeller, in
Company F, Ninth Infantry: up the yell
lowstone. the Powder River, over the Lit
tie Big Horn. Crazy Woman's Fork. in
South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Ne
braska, and North Dakota, and other
parts Of the West; chased Indians killed
a few, and made his bed on ict nearly
all the winter.
Your editorial also deserves the grati-
tude OF every United States employe.
for no matter how right and proper your
action, IL is rare that influential papers
do for the people what your paper has
already done. JOSEPH W. BUCK
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
REDMOND PROMISES AUTONOMY
Hot fractional Fights Follow Lead
er'S First Visit 10 Cork.

London, Nov. 1.-THE Irish political
leaders do not mean to let the Liberals
forget that the Irish are the predom-
lnant partners in the present alliance
Following the speech made by John Dill
lon at Bermondsey last Wednesday IN
which he said the Irish had pinned the
Liberals TO home rule. John Redmond
at wexford to-day, insisted upon an cleo
ton, above everything an Irish election
He declared that whatever happened Ire
land stood TO win. He cited the plat
form pledges of Premier Asquith and
Others ministers 10 give full autonomy
70 IrfRlnd, and said;
"Buk / do not attach too much i'm
portance to the public declaration Of any
English minister. l do not want Ireland
at this moment to put her trust in Mr..
Asquith. | ask her 10 put her trust in me.
I tell you on my own responsibility and
with fun knowledge that all goes well
with home rule"
There were hot factional nights In Cork
City yesterday on the occasion of Mr..
Redmond's first visit to address the sec
tons In his anti-O' Brien campaign for
Parliament The police in trying TO pre-
vent clashes came to blows with both
sections, so there was plenty OF fun all
around. About eighty wounded persons
We're treated at the hospitals.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
Private smith FavOrs Contributory
Plan Of Retirement.

Editor The Washington Herald
Referring to your editorial on '~The
Soldier and the Clerk" OF November q,
would say that It Is believed that
the motive OF my communication was
somewhat misconstTued. Many Of my old
comrades may now be found among tho
government clerks.
My sole object In forwarding the letter
is stated in the last few lines of the
same: IT is sincerely hoped that some
thing may be done to relieve the old
government clerks who are now being
separated from the service. To accom-
plish this some man Of influence should
induce these gentlemen 70 submit 10 a
cOntributory plan OF retirement His
brother soldier for n great many years
contributed to the support OF the Soldiers
Home"
Many OF the greatest industrial corpo-
rations of America and all leading Euro
pean countries have worked out plan
OF retirement whereby the employees con-
tribute from one-fourth 10 One-half Of
the necessary funds while the corpora
lions or the governments make up the
balance. This system has proved emil
nently satisfactory and beneficial. IL is
understood that Congress IS willing TO
pass a similar retirement measure IN be-
half of the government clerk; also that
these men are to be reclassified and their
pay substantially increased.
1t was my object 10 arouse some
healthy interest in this subject Many
OF my friends in the War, Treasury. and
other departments have been interviewed
and they viii tell you that they are
heartily In favor of the contributory plan.
but that there are still others that are
bitterly opposed TO II. Sincerely believing
that the only retirement possible at this
time. being one by which the employees
will have to contribute something. the
problem. from my point Of view. re-
solved itself into this II the govern
ment clerks are TO realize the benefit
OF such legislation, which certainly is in
accordance with business principles and
progress, they viii have TO be brought
into line. To accomplish this the facts
viii have 10 be presented to them in the
true light by one whom they know TO
be their friend A few words from The
Washington Herald would have the de-
sired effect. MARION SMITH
Private, Forty Company G, A. c.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
MANNERS IN STREET CARS.
should Tired Man Give I'D His seats
Writer Asks.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Your editorial Friday morning on the
manners OF the Boston man is very good
as an introduction for far greater edi-
torial on street-car manners.
Manners are among the finer qualities
that are often crowded out or man by
the pressure OF the sterner things OF life.
After tired man has given his seat.
night after night. 10 a woman. he is
inclined to think that he can keep his
seat and charge the lack of manners
where 1t more properly belongs; that is.
TO the street car company, that never
falls to collect the fare, but refuses to
put on cars enough 20 accommodate IFS
patrons.
Several times lately I have stood at
the Fifteenth street and Ninth street
functions between $40 and s ?. m watch
ms the people struggle, not TO get
seat, but 10 get even a toe hold on
car going north.
is tired and hungry man 10 be very
severely censurod for his lack of man
ners under such circumstances? In fact,
is il any wonder If he even forgets ordi-
nary civility?
Having roasted the manners OF the
mere man, give us an editorial on the
manners OF our street car companies
WILLIAM HART.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
ECONOMIC EQUALITY OR CHAOS.
High Protection for Special In
ferests Has Received Death Blow.

High Protection for Special In
terests Has Received Death Blow.
EdltoF The Washington Hs-ald:
The Grover Cleveland type Of Demo
Gratis largely believe in tariff for reve-
nue. only" while the majority Of the
members OF the Republican party. spurTed
on by progressive insurgency. are to-day
advocates OF moderate. rational protec-
tive tariff for the protection Of infant in
dusuies and the wage scale. as against
the pauper labor OF Europe.
VIII the Democratic party, as repre-
scented by the progressiveness of Wood
row Wilson. become sufficiently broad
ened to embrace the progressive element
OF the country. not party bound. who are
rapidly approaching. in the cycle of
events, this standard OF progressive de-
mocracy IN their advocacy OF lower
tarIn7
Or will progressive Republicans suffi-
GENTLY modify their fundamental law of
protection so as 10 afford logical shelter
for advanced and progressive Democracy?
These are basic propositions in view OF
divided Republicanism, upon which. re-
gardless of advance into the merits OF the
question OF economic advisability Of either
school,. e., protection or free trade
the President OF the United States may
be elected liz 1912. and upon which the
economic prosperity of the next decade.
perhaps, largely depends
Political economists, who may not be
classed as theorists, because they deal in
statistical results, have. nine-tenths &C
Ra.ov-aa hefgarrar1 in, fr@a- rT-aHa
against high protection as means for
the common prosperity Of the nation. AL
men can well heed and listen to such
expert diagnosis of the ailments of the
body polite
Waving, for the moment, the specific
effect OF protection. per Sc upon infant
industries. wages of labor, higher cost of
living, &c, let us observe the material
national prosperity and the purchasing
power OF the dollar for the masses and
the paramount commercial progress OF
the freer trade countries Of Europe.
Is there in very fact a condition OF
labor more nearly approaching actual
slavery, and nearer actual hardship, and
under worse economic conditions than We
find upon the average in the United
States2
Here we far surpass all others IN natu-
raj resources. agriculture and manufac-
tuTe. as well as population Yet here we
find great riches for privileged class
and great poverty for the vast majority
of the common people.
The handwriting upon the wall which
even he who runs may read, warning:
Economic equality for all citizens or
chaos.
High protection for special interests
has received its death blow. Honest dis
eriminatory protection for the common
prosperity of all citizens-to all OF whom
equal opportunity shall be given-is the
tocsin of the battle to be waged for
righteous government of the people of
this free land. LINCOLN c. CUMMINGS.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
ROOSEVELT A SOCIALIST.
New NationaIism Only "A Thin Dis
guise, Declares MaryIander.

New NatiOnaltsm Only "a Thin Dis
guise, Declares MaryIander.
Editor The Washington Herald:
Every friend of Roosevelt has been
calling himself some kind Of Republic
can. but he must henceforth call himself
a straight-out Socialist.
Victor L, Berger. OF Milwaukee. the
brains OF American Socialism" acknowl-
edged 10 ROOsevelt's Socialism, and now
comes August Bebel. the father Of Ger
man Socialism," doing the same. He was
recently interviewed by Countess n. L.
Tolstoi, relative Of the count. and here
is his declaration
Roosevelt is the real man 10 inspire
Socialism in America. because he is the
shadow Of our Kaiser, and the Gar
Nicholas OF Russia. He will bring the
social conditions OF the United States 10
the brink Of collapse IL the people give
him a chance"
Democratic Representatiye-elect Mar
tin w. Littleton. OF Port Washington,
Long Island, was one OF the candidates
who especially emphasized Roosevelt 5
Socialism. IN part, he sale: New Ma
ticnalism is the thin disguise OF new
national Socialism"
Now. II remains for every American
citizen with spark OF remaining patri-
otism, 10 see the Roosevelt menace and
spurn him on all occasions accordingly.
FRANCIS B. LIVESEY.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
GERMANY FEARS MEAT TRUST.
American Packers Can Operate
without Legal Interference.

Berlin, Nov. H.-Germany Is much
alarmed lest the American meat trust
establish headquarters in tho Kaiser's
capital. Says tho Yossiche zeitung ap-
prehensively:
We have no laws 10 prevent the trust
setting itself up here All our duties
and frontier regulations will not protect
US, because a German meat trust with
American money behind it can be de-
veIoped rapidly within our boundaries
Already we have native German trusts.
such as the monopoly of spirit and the
coal syndicate. What does the govern
ment propose to do to prevent the for
nation OF more trusts in Germany"
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
BLOOD CIRCULATION THEORY.
j. Fraise Richard Again Takes up
the Heart Theory.

the Heart Theory.
Editor The Washington Herald;
A number OF intelligent gentlemen have
commented favorably upon my brief ar
ticle published IN your issue of Nevem-
Der Il touching the nature and functions
of the worlds most wonderful machine
the human heart-and the necessity OF
the individual himself taking proper care
OF 1t.
a personal friend raised the objection
that Or. Haryey's theory of circulation
Is not tenahle. He objects to attributlng
so much power TO an insignificant organ
such as the heart is claimed TO be.
l simply called attention TO the Holly
system OF supplying cities with water
power. The water comes from some avail
able spring. river. or other source. and
IS then distributed by constant pressure.
The engine does not furnish the water
Il simply propels and distributes. So with
the heart; it does not provide. but simply
distributes and utiliZes the blood
Another estimable gentleman objects TO
regarding the Bible inspired because It
sanctioned the Staying OF women and
children in olden time. My answer was
that as an authentic volume II simply
recorded WITHOUT SancuOnlbS. II 10 a
faithful mirror of human nature in its
worst and highest forms.
If a person with wart on his nose
stands in front OF a lookingglass, his
image viii present the wart. The ugli-
ness OF the wart on the nose as shown
in the picture IS not chargeabio to the
mirror.
The Washington Herald of yesterday
gave an account Of the burning OF forty
girls in a New Jersey factory. II would
be wrong to say the paper sanctioned the
destruction of human life. Far from t..
II simply recorded facts.
Richard Baxter once said: Few men
are able 20 believe that which they would
not have 10 be true; and fewer yet would
have that to be true which they appre-
bend TO be against them" More than
half a centurys careful observation has
convinced me fully that whenever man
has ceased 10 have any use for the Bible
il is because he feels a conscious imper-
lection IN HIS own life. There's a screw
loose somewhere" The Bibe Will survive
whatever he may do. He simply exposes
his own weakness. Let God be true
though il make every man a liar"
J. FRAISE RICHARD.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
MISTOOK PET DEER FOR GAME.
City Sportsman Unused 10 Ways of
"A Maine Hotel.

Bangor. Ne. Nov. 27.-Mary Corners.
a waitress in a local hotel. is mourning
the loss OF a pet deer. which was ruth
lessly shot by a New York sportsman.
The animal was ordinarily confined in a
pen in the rear OF the hosiery, but Sun
day its mistress permitted II 10 roam
about the grounds. When about twenty
five yards away it was shot by the I'M
initiated New Yorker, who. congratulate
ing himself that game was to ,be found
so near at hand, slew the pet and then
rushed back TO the hotel 20 tell of his
PROV
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
Dies from HydronhohIn-

New York. Nov. 27.-August Miller.
forty-six- years old. of IA South Sixth
street. Newark. who was admitted to the
city hospital last Thursday suffering
from hydrophobia, died to-day. He
showed signs of rabies when he went to
the hospital. and told the doctors that
he was bitten by two different dogs May
> and August q He is the second vic
tim of rabies in his family. Nine years
ago his brother Charles died from the
same disease.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
SHOW NEwLY-wEDS IN CAGE.
Friends Drive Couple About City
Streets for an Hour.

Reading. Pa. Nov. 27.-As they de-
seconded the steps of the parsonage of
Rev. Lee NJ. Erdman. Mr.. and Mrs John
H. Romig. who had been married fif-
teen minutes before. were seized by
crowd of serenaders and placed in an
iron cage on a transfer wagon and
driven through the principal streets of
the city for more than an hour.
They had journeyed 10 the parsonage
in taxicab. which awaited them after
the ceremony was performed. but after
they were in the cage the driver was
discharged. They took the scheme good
naturedly and were the happiest among
the whole crowd at a reception which
followed at their home.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
BONE OF TURKEY KILLS GIRL.
Part of Thanksgiving Remains
ChOked Child TO Death.

New York. Nov e7-Gertrude Gold
stein, thirteen years old, was killed by a
bone from the Thanksgiving turkey The
Goldsteins did not finish the bird at din
ner Thursday, and its remains appeared
on the table again. The little girl was
suddenly taken with violent coughing
nj. Mer mother. Mrs. Sarah Goldstein.
violently slapped her on the back, but
that only made things worse and brought
on a retching spell.
The mother telephoned the Jewish Hos
pitaL, and an ambulance responded. When
II got there Gertrude was dead The
doctor diagnosed the case as possible
poisoning. Coroner's Physician Wuest
showed that death was due 10 suffoea
tion from the turkey bone
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
building Wrecked by Gas.

Dunkirk. n. Y, Nov. IA twe-story
building occupied by the Brighton Hard
ware and Lumber Company was wrecked
by an explosion OF natural gas, which
found its way into the cellar by way OF
sewers from leakage in pipes last night.
The entire front, including walls and
plate glass windows. were blown ont, and
several men who were in the store were
blown through the windows. None was
fatally hurt
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
WARNED SON; DIED SAME WAY.
Farmer Told Lad Not to Blow Out
Gas. Then Did Ii Himself.

New York, Nov. 27.-After warning his
nineteen year-old son Archie 10 be sure
aud turn off the gas in hts room before
he went to bed last night in the North
River Hotel Wesley SchOonmaker, of
Heines Falls. Greene County, n. Y,
himself went TO bed and only half clos
ed the gas Jet. He was found dead this
morning by his son, who had gone to his
room TO call him. It was their first trip
10 New York, and they had taken in
most OF the sights.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE ON LIVE TOPICS

secured. They should look TO the rail-
road company, whose duty II is to fur
nish them seats. If the women Of Wash
ington should, with any unanimity, re-
fuse to take the seats proffered by men
and unite in a demand that the railway
companies furnish a sufficient number OF
seats to accommodate them as well as
the men, then we might see whether the
gentlemanly railway officials are willing
TO fulfill their legal and moral obligation
by extending to the women OF Washing
ton the ordinary courtesies due to them.
+. r. Magic.
Nnrevnfay ~
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
Found Dead b. VIC.

Harrisonburg. Va, Nov. A.-Weiand
Ruhl. eighty-seven years old, living east
of Newmarket, was found dead yester-
day by his wife. lie went for a walk.
and fifteen minutes later was found in
the yard. He was a native of Germany.
and came TO Shenandoah County from
Baltimore before the war
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
MEET AFTER FIFTY YEARS.


ConsIns, One from WashinEtOn,
Meet at Spokane Apple show.
Spokane. Wash. Nov. 9Th. E. Van
Deman. of Washington. d. c., chief
judge at the third national apple show
IN Spokane. November Il to 10, met his
cousin. d. f. Mclean. of this city, after
fifty years separation.
Half a century ago the two men played
together in Washington Court House.
Ohio, and it was by remembering the
name that enabled Mr.. Mclean to re-
establish cousinly relations A dinner
was given by Mr.. and Mrs. Mclean at
Oaks cafe for the visitor.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
Circuit Court No. :.
JTSTICE BARNARD


Assignments for Monday November q;
No. l0l. Wines, administrator. rs. Baltimore ard
Ohio Railroad Company. Attorneys Hamilton
Leckie, Fulton & Cox.
No. Is. Clements rs Model Laundry Company.
Attorneys Darlington & Johnson-perry & Son
No. $. Kohen Washington Railway and Flee
trio Company. Attorneys. Hill. Rogers Msttingiy
and ". q. GsriineF-I. J. Darlington.
Nc. l46 Gardiner vs. Chesapeake Beach Railway
Company. Attorneys. Msther & HopeSeil-Aicken-
ney & FlsnneTy.
No. g. LeYitos vs. Terminal Taxioab Company.
Attorneys, Lambert & YeaI7an-Douglas & Baker.
No. 49, Rankin vs.. AsbuTy. Attorneys. Award
Montague & Moriarity.
No lS, Axman vs. Washington Gaslight Com
psny. Attorneys, Neubec-PeTTy & Son.
No. 1888 Hensiey. administrator vs.. Metropolitan
Coach Company Attorneys, Robson q ColEin--Ham-
iltOn Colbert. Yerkes & Hamilton.
No. ls1. Payne vs.. Capital Traction Company.
Attorneys, ShreTe & Richardson-PerTy & Son and
Dunlop.
No. l92 blackburn Same. Attorneys. suIIi-
yan-Perry & Son and Dunlop.
No. 81 Jolly, Administrative, IS Adams Attoe-
neys Observation-Disclosures.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
France Keeps Wheat Bars In.

Paris, Nov. 1.-THE cabinet yesterday
decided against a temporary abolition OF
the import duties on foreign wheat
and other cereals which had been pro-
posed because OF the shortage of the
French crops
The Washington herald., 1910-11-28
Criminal Court no. ;.
OHIEF JusTICE CLARAu0

Assignment for November q;
United States vs.. Thomas Smith.
United States vs. John Grant.
United States vs.. William johnson.