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The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
Roof Schoolrooms.

The North Washington Citizens As
sociation has suggested to the District
Commissioners that four rooms be add
ed to the L. N. Gage School, to be
located upon the roof and to be open
to the air. This is not a plan for a
roof garden, but for open-air school,
rooms for children showing tendencies
toward tuberculosis.
If an ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure, then one roof school
room is worth sixteen open-air rooms
in a tuberculosis hospital. The whole
theory of consumption cure is one of
prevention, and every means should be
taken to prevent development of the dis
ease in the public schools, not only for
the sake of the young people, but for
the safety of the community
Open7air treatment of the disease to
arrest its ravages is now universal.
Moreover, the open-air schoolroom has
been found to be beneficial. One or
more open-air rooms on the roof
of every school building in the city
might prove a valuable preventive of
disease. The board of education and
the Commissioners will do we'll to con-
slider carefully the suggestion made by
this citizens association.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
What Do the Treaties Meant

We are indebted to the New York
Sun for the information that Secretary
Knox in his statements to the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations de-
clared that the proposed arbitration
treaties did not threaten the Monroe
doctrine nor involve it in the classihca-
tion of arbitrable controversies in any
way"
And in the House last Monday, in the
course of a speech by Representative
Bartholdt, of Missouri, an earnest advo-
cate of peace, the following colloquy oc-
Cured:
Mr.. Jackson-Let me trouble the gen.
tleman with concrete illustration along
the line of what he has been arguing.
Suppose that Japan should accept the
Presidents invitation and become a
member, and the labor question should
become an international question. Would
not il be within the power of this COM
mission to take out of the hands of
Congress the jurisdiction and power to
settle that labor question?
Mr.. Bartholdt-No. Under we'll
established rule of international law no
policy-and what the gentleman refers
to is a policy-of any government or
any people can ever be subject to- arbi-
tration, because il is a nations internal
affair. A policy can never be arbitrated.
Now here we have two high author
tiles distinctly declaring that the Mon
roe doctrine and the importzsioa q
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
ATWOOD EASILY COMPLETES
SECOND LEG OF HIS JOURNEY
Aviator Reaches Ekhart Two Hours After Leaving
Chicago-FIight Is Made Without Incident or Stop

hart about or o'clock in the morn
ing and will go to Toledo tomorrow.
The following day I will go to Cleve-
land"
Atwood's first question was concerning
the events of to-day at the Chicago in
ternational aviation meet
When Informed that Aviator Badger
had been fatally injured, Atwood ex-
claimed:
why. he was the last person to shake
hands with me when I left Chicago. 1t
seems incredible that this news should
follow SO quickly"
While Atwood declined to discuss his
acceptance of the William Randolph
Hearst $4,000 offer for a coast to coast
flight, It was indicated by his manager
that the offer was being favorably con-
sidered.
Dispute with officials.
Atwood ascended from Grant Park
Chicago. at 3:2s, after n dispute with the
officials Of the Chicago meet. The young
aviator did not want to start from in
front of the judges stand, contending
that the going at that point was too
rough. At SIS o'clock he was approached
by Frank X. Mudd, chairman of the con-
test committee, who informed Atwood
that he must start at the appointed time
in front OF the judges stands or forfeit
a check for $1,000 which was to be his
reward for his exhibition. Atwood finally
consented. and as he was about to ascend
he was handed certified check for 81, ,0O0
Shortly before he started for Elkhart
a friend Of the aviator attempted TO in
duce him to take a pretty blonde young
lady, who is employed as a stenographer
by the aviation committee, along as a
passenger. The stenographer desired to
gain the distinction of being the first
young lady kissed while in the clouds.
Atwood would have none OF It, however.
Before leaving Chicago Atwood stated
that he was more confident than ever
that he would gain the $4,000 purse Of
fered for flight from st. Louis to Bos-
ton he said the worst air currents he
had ever experienced were those he en-
countered over Chicago Monday after
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
A Vital Census Problem.

The United States is at last face tc
face with the problem how to adjust
the difference caused by the change OF
its population from an agricultural to
an industrial body. The solution of this
difficult problem will tax the ingenuity
of the wisest men.
The latest census bulletin shows that
almost on-half of our population now
makes its abode in incorporated civic
communities, the trend being toward
the larger cities. The distribution is
463 per cent in urban and 53.7 in rural
districts. The balance still leans toward
the country, but the cities steadily are
gaining, and the two divisions are ap-
preaching equilibrium, The relative
standing ten years ago credited the
cities with only 20 per cent of the whole
number, and in 1890 with little more
than one-third. Now they have almost
an even half of the whole population,
and the next census must find the mar
gin on their side.
This stage in development in. a ma
tons history has always been criti-
cal one. It brings with it change from
agricultural to industrial life, and the
introduction of new problems that mus,
be met and solved In the past the dis
satisfied in the older parts Of this coun-
try sought the great West There Is
however. no more open West unrss1
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16

Elkhart Ind, Aug. 15.-An American
flag Haunted in the breeze from the dizzy
heights of a windmill tower. caused
Aviator Harry N. Atwood to make a
landing here this evening which was not
on the programme. The enthusiasm of
ex-Policeman John Defrees, who has de-
veloped into fame as an aeroplane fan,
and who has taken possession of the
windmill tower, was mistaken by the
aviator for a signal to come on down" :"
This he did, and the waiting crowds at
the driving park, the scheduled landing
place. two miles distant. were grievously
disappointed for a few minutes.
Atwood circled high above the wind
mill from which the flag display was
made and then gracefully landed in an
ideal field. c. c. Mayer. his manager,
who was with the crowds at the driving
park, hastened in an automobile to the
scene of the landing. The situation was
explained, and in fifteen minutes Atwood
was again soaring over the city and land
ed, as scheduled, at the driving park in
a few minutes.
Makes Fast Time.
Chicago was two hours and sixteen min
utes. At his first landing place Atwood
was quickly surrounded by a crowd Of
perhaps 1900. who rushed to the field
in the outskirts of the town in auto
mobiles and all manner Of contrivances.
The machine was pushed to one end
Of the field and the motors started.
Through a lane of humanity. which
stood at a respectful distance on either
side. the aeroplane SKINNED through the
hay field for about 1000 feet and then
rose like a bird. A great shout went
I'm Pv Of
circled over this impromptu crowd and
dashed on to the driving park, where he
was greeted by an enthusiastic throng.
Il was unable to see the driving park
grounds" said Atwood, .'and could
hardly see the town, all nestled down
among the trees. I was running low on
gasoline and decided to land, having Sc
lected this broad open field. My motors
worked splendidly. / shall leave Elk
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
Japanese labor are not, and cannot be,

Japanese labor are not, and cannot be,
subjects for arbitration.
What, then, is meant by treaty
which proposes universal arbitration?
In the text of the treaties the questions
at issue between the signatory nations
are divided into two classes First,
those which are justihable in their ma
ture by reason of being susceptible of
decision by the aplication of the princi-
Piles of law or equity, and, second, "any
other controversy hereafter arising be-
tween them" This was supposed to
cover all differences which might arise,
even those affecting vital interests and
national honor.
If the Monroe doctrine and Japanese
labor and few other of our settled pol
icies are not arbitrable subjects, as Mr.
Knox and Mr.. Bartholdt declare, let
that fact be written across the face of
the treaties, and they will be ratified
promptly enough.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
APPROVES HERALD's STAND:
Red-blooded Americans Resent So
Ifcftor McCabe's Methods.

Iicitor McCabe's Methods.
Editor The Washington Herald.
In all my reading, I have never come
across a paragraph which. to my mind.
presented the entire case more concise
ly. compactly. and convincingly than the
editorial which I quote from to-day's
Washington Herald.
when in department Of the govern
ment, an official can distort and change
a judicial decision without rebuke; when
official papers can be revised to suit per-
sonal ends; when employees, including
young women, can be locked UP with
Secret Service men and subjected to the
third degree, and when the machinery of
the department can be used to nullify a
law intended to protect the public
against impure food, II would seem as II
an opportunity for reform Is presented
And yet the evidence adduced during
the investigation of the Department of
Agriculture has shown these things to
exist"
The millions Of red-blooded Americans
will stand by such an opinion as is here
expressed, and will not tolerate such
conduct as Is here shown by officials In
the Department Of Agriculture. There
must be a. thorough housecleaning and
DR.. Wiley Is not the one whose place
will he vacant unless the administra-
tion 10 willing to suffer such a defeat
as has rarely been recorded In American
political history. @. r PARRISH.
washington. August IS
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
The Asquith Ministry's Test.

The most serious test which the As
quith ministry may be called upon to
face is the spread of the present London
strike into a nationwide movement. A
general strike of railroad employees is
likely to result throughout the United
Kingdom as supplementary to the walk
out of the dock workers, which has al
most enforced an embargo on commerce
and has created nearly famine conditions
through prohibitive prices. According
to the cable dispatches meetings of
railroaders were held Sunday in almost
every large city. In fact, the extension
of the strike is imminent.
The position of the government is
most embarrassing, because public opin-
ion is with the laborers, and the use of
the military by the government to aid
the police in maintaining order has
caused the Socialist party to threaten
retribution. 1t is evident that every
move antagonistic to the strikers will
be unpopular. Nevertheless. when the
means of transportation are threatened,
commerce stopped, supplies and neces-
saries of life shut off, it is incumbent
upon the government to re-establish or
der That is what BRAND did in France
during the railroad mems strike, and
though it finally cost him his official
head, his firm stand and fearless action
at the time made him famous and in
cidentally saved France from a terrible
fate
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
The Presidents Veto.

1t is a unique chapter IN our history
when the executive is at issue with
the legislative branch of the government
concerning the manner in which the
third branch, the judiciary, shall be
treated. Yet this is exactly what hap
pened when President Taft yesterday
vetoed a resolution enacted by Congress
granting Statehood to Arizona and New
Mexico, the Presidents objection being
due to the fact that the recall of judges
in Arizona is involved.
Any question which may arise as to
the propriety of the President placing
his individual judgment against the al
most Overwhelming vote of the House
and Senate is foreseen and answered by
the assertion that a mere difference OF
opinion ought not to have weight, I'm
less. and this is the vital point, "a con-
stitution contains something so de-
structive of free government as the ju-
dicial recall" 1t is because he believes
that this new phase of popular govern
ment is most dangerous that the Presi-
dent interposes his veto. He states his
views in emphatic, logical, and convinc-
ing fashion. If the time should ever
come, he says, when judges can be hur-
riedly swept from their high positions
because they have had the courage to
decide against majority, we will in
wife a condition absolutely inimical to
our institutions. 1t will not be the
meek. the humble, the poor, and the op-
pressed, he points out, who will profit
by the system. Unscrupulous combina-
tons will seek to control politics in or
der to control the judges. They would
employ the frebrands and the slanderers
and the stirrers-up of social hate Self
respecting men would not accept office
with this sword of Damocles hanging
over them
No one can read the straightforward
and positive expressions of the Presi-
dent without feeling that they are in
spired by. sincere patriotism. They
must make those who voted for the
resolution pause and consider They
bring the calm logic and experience of
a man who has himself been on the
bench, and who added luster to the ju-
dietary by his service, to the consider
alton of a grave question, and they
plainly demonstrate the danger which
turks in the proposed system of recall
1t is no exaggeration to say that the
country will support the President in his
position The solution of the problem
is to admit Arizona and New Mexico
without the Objectionable provision
Then, in course of time if Altoona de-
sires to engraft the recall proposition
upon its statutes, it can do So In that
case, the responsibility is upon its own
head. The President very properly de-
clines to lend the weight of his high Of
fee to lndorsing a system fraught, as
he so plainly demonstrates, with many
dangers and so destructive to the foun
dations upon which our government
rests.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
LOVING CUP FOR TOGO
Banquet for Admiral by His Ad.
miring Countrymen.

New York, Aug. 15.-Admiral Count Togo
was the guest Of his fellow-countrymen
tonight at a banquet given in the Plaza.
There were forty-flve persons present,
and the hotel gold service, worth $4,000,
was used. A silver loving cup two feet
high was presented to him. On the table
was a miniature of his flagship. the
Mikasa, made of sugar and lighted by
electricity.
The flagship will be incased in glass
and presented to the Nippon Club of this
city. The dinner was private.
The admiral started the day with a
visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. After
being entertained by the officers he left
to attend a reception given in his honor
by the New York Press Club, where he
was greatly interested in a series Of pho
tographs OF the Spanish vessels destroyed
in the battle Of Santiago.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
BY A. w. MACY.
LINcoLNs FIRST VISIT TO
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO.
AT the great river and harbor
convention, held at Chicago in
1s47. Hon. A. Lincoln" was en-
rolled as one of the three dele
gates from Sangamon County, Ill.
In the Official proceedings Of the
convention, published shortly aft
erward. 1t is stated in one place
that Abraham Lincoln, Of ILL
nois, being called upon, addressed
the convention briefly" The Sec
retary did not think his speech
important enough to quote, but
there was one man among the
delegates who appreciated 1t.
Horace Greeley wrote to his pa
per, the New York Tribune: Tn
the afternoon Hon. Abraham Lin
coin. a tall specimen Of an Illi-
noisan, just elected to Congress
from the only Whig district In
the State, was called on and
spoke briefly and happily" And
the next day the Chicago Jour
nal gave the young politician this
send-off: Abraham Lincoln, the
only whig Representative to
Congress from this State, we are
happy to see Is in attendance
upon the convention. This is his
first visit to the commercial en-
porium OF the State. and we have
no doubt his visit will impress
him more deeply. If possible. with
it's Importance, and inspire a
higher zeal for the great interest
Of river and harbor improve
ments. We expect much of him
as a Representative in Congress-.
and we have no doubt our expec-
tations will be more than real
lied, for never was reliance
placed in a nobler heart and a
sounder Judgment. We know the
banner he bears will never be
soiled."
Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bowiea)
To-morrow-'Patr Henry and
slavery"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16

must needs compress itself in the cities.
How to deal with it there, how to ap-
ply alternatives and transform threat
ening crisis into a beneficial influence
will call for all the wisdom that states
men can bring to bear upon the situa-
tion.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
"HoLDING UP" TREATIES.
The Senate Has More Than Once
Rendered Valuable Service.

Rendered Valuable Service.
From the New York Sun.
We find wtat we regard as an imper-
fectly considered observation in an edi-
torial article in the New York Times:
THE disposition Of the United States
Senate to hold up treaties has become
historic. In the cases Of the arbitration
treaties Of 1s94-95 and the canal treaty of
1901, much needless confusion and mis-
understanding We're caused"
We should say that no greater or
further reaching service was ever rem
dered to the nation than the holding
up" Of the first canal treaty Of 1900 by
the Senate Of the United States in the
exercise of its constitutional duty.
When we contemplate the confusion
and misunderstanding that would have
been caused by an attempt to construct
and operate an American canal across
the isthmus under the terms Of the origi-
nal Hay-Pauncefote agreement we are
filled with thankfulness for that parti-
cular hold up
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
AN AUGUST OUTBURsI

AN AUGUST oUTBURsT.
The locust sounds its rasping lay
Upon some log.
And hot and humid is the day
In Aug.
Beneath a friendly lily-pad
Abides the frog;
Expects the gay, marauding lad
In Aug.
The cows are sleepy as they browse
Besides the bog,
And even nature seems to browse
In Aug.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16

That Congressman from Oregon who
described himself as a bachelor with
out any family of my own" is good
second to our Baltimore friend who ''is
married and lives with his wife"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
May Remove steamer wreck.

Gen. Bixby, chief Of engineers of the
army, is now considering the proposition
Of removing the old schooner derelict
lying near the wharf at Matthias Point,
Va, which is menace to steamers on
the Potomac landing at the pier The
vessel sank about fifteen years ago Col
Langfitt, engineer officer, in charge of
the improvement of the Potomac, says
it will cost about $500 to accomplish the
work.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16

Seeing that Lord Camoys is so poor
that he has to exc out an existence at
the Dieppe gaming tables, and that his
fiancee is very rich, the affair. as usual
is a pure love match.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16

The Kaiser. according to a cable dis
patch, is so taken with Mile. Distinn,
the new prima donna, that he has volun-
teered to compose the music for the
grand opera which she has written.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16

weight-carrying contests were reserved
until a late hour.
Following the death of Badger in the
Baldwin biplane, Capt. ]. S. Baldwin
withdrew all four Of the Baldwin en-
tries from further participation in the
meet until after Badgers funeral. 1t is
probable that the Moisant machines will
also be withdrawn.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
Rescued from British Channel.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, Aug. 30. c. Morrison, a
well-known aviator. had a narrow es-
cape from death to-day while attempt
ing to cross the English Channel in a
monoplane. He was only two miles or
the English shore when an accident Of
some kind to his machine precipitated
the aviator and aeroplane into the sea.
Morrison was rescued by boat just as
the machine was sinking.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
she Was . wa.hinsten Girl.

From the Chsrisstou News and Courier.
So beautiful q woman appeared on the
Boardwalk at Atlantic City the other
day that the police were called out to
push back the excited crowds strug-
Cling TO get . view Of her. That's why
she hates TO leave home. The people
here are not that impolite.
From ths Sorsssk visSuian-Piiot.
Our contemporary Il iaborins under .
The lady came from
Norfolk Women o. hG typs are 20
pient1fol ~ - q oxc1te . comment
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16

Even with the prophesied bad crop,
let it be understood that the United
States always has enough to feed itself,
and then some
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
Uncle Walt Says To-day:

When your full of take your bale OF grief to
Laura spread before that gentle dame all the ckenng details
she will take your heart and glue it. run
LAUkA JEAN copper through it. fix while you
LIBBEY are waiting, till it is as sound as nails
was weary and disgusted; all my dreams of
love were busted proposed to Lillian RUSSELL and she hadn't
time to wed 81 worked down frazze telling how
to dazzle and have no time for bdal the genial Lillian
said This rebuff my soul afighted wounded hurt and
sighted why should thus be rejected where SO many others
won? WHY did naughty Col Russell tell skdoo and hustle?
WHY this rank discrimination why this of honest fun?
took my load of the feet Of gentle Laura she
plugged my with putty and she cheered and soothed
them again Pm brave and CHEEKY and my days more
deary and as make it I'll propose Lii again
ecosrsAs uli b csrs. WALT MASON
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
After Marriage.

DO you still keep up the policies. OF
your courtship days? For instance, are
you careful to wear the colors your
husband likes"
We'll. I pay more attention now to
the things he likes to eat"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16

What could be more humorous than
the presentation by the New York Jap
anese of a talking machine to Togo the
silent
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
Acting the Part.

Sure that duke who is calling on your
daughter isn't bogus?"
He has all the earmarks Of being the
genuine article. He has touched me for
car fare two or three times, and he stole
the milk the other morning as he went
OUT
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Montreal, Aug. 15.-Three men were
killed and thirteen cars destroyed with
their contents, in a head-on collision at
st. Cuthberts. Quebec, on the Canadian
Pacific Railway to-day.
Cashier Is Arrested.
Chicago, Aug. 15.-Charged with EN-,
bezzling s9,97s Rollin west, cashier of
the Golden State Bank, was arrested to-
day. The alleged peculations cover
period of more than a year.
Acquitted of Mutiny.
Montreal, Quebec, Aug 15.-Fifty-sever
men of the Allen liner Victorian
were to-day acquitted or mutiny. They
had refused to carry the mails at Ri
mouski. The court ruled that there was
no right to arrest the men here without
a warrant.
Slain by His Son.
Elkins W. Va. Aug. i5.-when he went
home intoxicated last night and abused
his family and small children, Joseph
B. Harris, living six miles from Pickens,
was slain by his fourteen-year-old son.
Presidents Son in Duel.
Havana, Aug. 15-Miguel Gomez, a son
of President Gomez, Of Cuba, was ar
| rested to-day as a result of pistol
duel, which he fought with Armada An
dres, editor of an anti-administratio
newspaper at the Cafe Cosmopolita last
night. Gomez Is charged with assault.
Chauffeur Is Killed.
Lowell, Mass, Aug. 15.-Alfred W.
Hague, twenty-four, a chauffeur. is dead
and Russell Danal, son Of an automo-
bile agent. Is reported dying to-day as
the result of their machine skdding and
turning turtle.
Cholera In Turkey.
Constantinople, Aug. IA military
quarantine was to-day established
around the suburb of Hasskeny, as the
result of the advent of cholera. Fifty
six cases have developed in twenty-four
hours.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-16
Uncle Pennywise Says,

II your wife listens to your baseball
CAB. you ought to pay some attention
to her fashion news.