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The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
The Des Moines Strike Idea.

The higher courts are to have no
opportunity TO pass on the law of the
mandatory order which recently so very
abruptly terminated the serious dispute
between the traction company of Des
Moines and its employees This is to
be regretted, for it would have created
a very desirable and important prece-
dent There will be no appeal, because
a new agreement, containing provisions
for arbitration and other safeguards,
has been signed, satisfying both parties
But the injunction thus made useless
raised a momentous legal issue. 1t
meant compulsory arbitration by order
of court at the instance of a third
party, the city. The application for the
restraining order was based on the fran
chise obligations of the company, as well
as on contract between it and its EN-
ployes. Similar conditions exist in hun
dreds of other cities.
Will the Des Moines idea spread
Will courts in other cities issue similar
injunctions? That they will be urged
to do so under similar conditions is
hardly matter of doubt
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09

and he, as we'll as the Queen, finds in the
simplicity CT his surroundings at Balmo-
raj a great relief from the pomp, cere-
mony, and etiquette at Buckingham Pal
ace or at Windsor Castle.
The BalmoraI estate comprises a HttlG
more than 1000 acres and extends along
the Dee for twelve miles. At one moment
the seclusion OF Balmoral seemed to be
threatened by a railroad which began
creeping up the valley, but Queen Vic
toria was able to secure the passage Of
an act Of Parliament which stopped the
line at Ballater. eight miles distant from
the castle. Ballater is the railroad sta
ton for Balmoral, and the trip between
the station and the castle used to be
made by the late Queen Victoria in a
carriage with four horses, while King
George contents himself with an auto
mobile.
Most Of the country seats in the dis
trict belong to great mobiles and Scottish
magnates personally known to the royal
family, who refrain from renting their
estates either to strangers or to people
who are not congenial TO the members
Of the reSning house When any one
does succeed in renting a place in the
neighborhood OF Balmoral, 1t may be
taken for granted that his name has been
passed upon by the sovereign and ap-
proved.
These fortunate individuals when tact
full, have managed In this way to es-
tablish themselves on a footing OF neigh
borly intimacy with the sovereign that
would be quite impossible south of the
Tweed. Thus, the late Algernon Borth-
wick, proprietor of The London Morn
ing Post" became a personal friend of
Queen Victoria through leasing Inver-
cauld, and entertaining there Nine. AL
bani and other great artistes whom her
majesty loved to hear. Algernon Borth-
wick was created a peer as Lord Glenesk,
honors which IT is doubtful he would
ever have attained had IL not been for
the fact that Queen Victoria had found
him to be a particularly agreeable neigh
Dor in the Highlands. Another one who
has profited in this manner is David
Beatty, married to Ethel the daughter OF
the late Marshall Field, Of Chicago, and
who enjoys the distinction Of being the
Youngest admiral of the British navy
his promotion having been extraordi-
narily rapid.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
The Eastern High School.

In simple justice to large and rapidly
growing section of the city, the esti-
mates of the board of education for an
appropriation for a site for the pro-
posed Eastern High School should not
be eliminated, either by the Commits
sioners or by Congress. 1t is time that
the eastern section should enjoy equal
privileges with other portions of the Dis
trict in respect to high school facilities.
The eastern section of the city of
recent years has seen very large in
crease in the number of its homes.
More than million dollars worth of
new buildings were constructed there
in the last fiscal year, large proper
ton OF the expenditure being for small
homes. The Eastern High School build
ing is an ancient and inconvenient struc7
ture, while the Western High School
is domiciled in modern fashion, with
a large annex recently added, and the
plans for the new Central High School
building are well under way.
The Washington Herald has repeat
edly expressed Its conviction that all
sections of the city should be treated
alike in the matter of public improve
ments. 1t does not look as though the
eastern section of the city has received
quite its just share, so far as high school
facilities are concerned Il is hoped,
therefore that Al this late day the peo-
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
OPPOSES RECIPROCITY.
Rudyard Kipling Says Canada
Risks Her own Soul.

Rudyard KipIinE Says Canada
Risks Her own Soul.
To the Editor the Montreal Star:
l do not understand how 5000 900 peo-
pie can enter into such arrangements as
are proposed with so,OOOOOO strangers on
an open frontier of 1900 miles and at the
same time preserve their national in
tegrity. Ten to one is too heavy odds.
No single Canadian would accept such
odds in any private matter. that was as
vital to him personally as this issue is
to the nation
1t is her own soul that Canada risks
to-day. Once that soul is pawned for
any consideration Canada must inevita-
bly, conform to the commercial, legal,
financial, social. and ethical standards
which will be imposed upon her by the
sheer admitted weight Of the United
States. She might, for example, be COM
PEELED later on to admit reciprocity in
the murder rate OF the United States,
which at present believe is something
over Do a million per annum.
II these proposals had been made a
generation ago. or II the Dominion were
to-day poor, depressed. and without hope,
one would perhaps understand their be-
ing discussed. but Canada is none OF
these things She is a nation, and as
the lives Of nations are reckoned. will
ere long be among the great nations.
Why then, when she has made herself
what she is, should she throw the
enormous gifts Of her inheritance and her
future into the hands Of aspeople who
by their haste and waste have 50 dis
sipated their own resources that even
before national middle age they are
driven to seek virgin fields for cheaper
food and IivingP
Whatever the United States may gain.
and I presume that the United States
proposals>are not wholly altruistic. / see
nothing for Canada in reciprocity except
. little ready money which she does not
need and . very long repentance.
RUDYARD KILLING.
BurwuaA. sunsz, EuIsasd. srst.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
Hard to Understand.
GRADE CROSSINGS.
Dangerous Conditions Between
Washington and Baltimore.

dangerous Conditions between
Washington and Baltimore.
Editor The Washington Herald:
have just read your editorial in to-
days issue in regard to grade crossings,
and with reference to the example you
use. the main highway between Wash
ington and Baltimore, permit me to call
your attention to the fact that there are
five grade crossings of the main linz
tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, as follows: One at Hyattsville. one
at Beltsville. one at Contee. one at Elk
ridge. and one at Relay, if the principal
automobile route to Baltimore is followed
by going in over wilkins avenue. The
crossing at Relay is one OF the most
dangerous I have ever seen; there are
six tracks. four Of which are main line
tracks, and the highway crosses them at
very sharp angle instead Of straight
across.
The road between Washington and Bal
tImore is Travelled a great deal by auto
mobiles at this time, and the State Of
Maryland and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad should. in the interest OF public
welfare. be petitioned TO take prompt
steps to eliminate these five crossings on
this great thoroughfare.
c. s. HILLYER.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
The Beattie Verdict.

Henry Clay Beattie has been found
guilty and condemned to die for the
murder of his wife This is the con-
clusion of one of the most remarkable
tragedies in recent years.
The promptness and the unanimlY
which characterized the finding of the
verdict came as a surprise. The actual
commission of the crime not having been
proven, and many clements of doubt
having been injected into the case, it
would not have been illogical for one
or more jurymen to have hesitated be-
fore condemning the accused to the
electric chair 1t is apparent, however,
that the jury we're impressed by the
thoroughness with which the chain of
evidence was wound around the young
man, and that they accepted as true
the assertion that through his cousin
Beattie had secured the gun with which
the crime was committed. They dis
carded entirely the story which Beattie
related with calm detail-a narrative in
which a highwayr11an was said TO have
obstructed the road and then to have
fired the fatal shot 1t was not a cred
Eble story at best, but Beattie main
tanned its truthfulness when on the stand
and was mistaken by cross-examination.
When. however, it was shown by sub
" sequent witnesses that many of his state
ments we're absolute falsehoods. it was
not difficult to believe that his entire
relation was myth.
1t did not take the jury any length
OF time to sift out the wheat from the
chaff. They were men accustomed to
the plain. straightforward facts of life
and rehnements of expression and tech
nicalities of law did not cloud their
vision or create psychological uncer-
tainty of mind. With their verdict the
public will agree, There never was a
more brutal or more inexcusable mur-
der. With sad laxity of morals after
his marriage, Young Beattie continued
HIS dlilOulS Will q NOllldll Will WHO'LL
he had been associated in the past
and who was deeply immersed in the
mire of degradation. To have COM
mitted murder for her sake only in
creased the enormity and the unforgiv-
able character of his crime. When, in
addition, one remembers that he lured
his wife to her death while he left their
little baby at home, the circumstances
stagger all belief, and one wonders how
human being could be so base
The lesson of it all was told long.
long ago in a single sentence-the
wages OF sin is death Beattie's whole
career burns this overwhelming fact into
every understanding with indelible eff
feet The tragic chapter will soon be
ended, but the moral will remain. 1t
has been written so vividly that none
can Withstand it. Moral weakness and
illicit love, deceit and unhappiness,
cruelty and crime, all these things were
involved with innumerable details; and
yet, after all, everything may be COM
pressed into the warning uttered nine
teen hundred years ago
The wages of sin is death.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
Patronize Home Merchants.

The fall season is about to open. The
Washington merchants are expecting,
and will undoubtedly experience, good
business They have filled their stores
with attractive articles, selected with es-
pecial reference to the needs and tastes
of the Washington people. 1t is not
encouraging to them, therefore, to find
merchants in other cities given oppor-
tunity to offer catalogues and samples
for the purpose of diverting the legiti-
mate home trade into outside channels.
If Washington were a village or a
township, lacking in complete COM
mercial equipment, the case might be
different AS it is, the National Capital
contains establishments equal to-, and in
many respects superior 10, those in other
cities. The latest fashions, the most
attractive styles and goods, the novel
ties from abroad, are all to be secured
here, and at reasonable cost. When
these facts are taken into consideration,
together with the knowledge that the
Washington merchants give employment
to hundreds of people, are generous
toward local charities, and are always
progressive and enterprising in matters
relating to the development of the city,
it would seem as if their patronage
should be universal
Anything which tends to divert trade
away from Washington also tends to
injure the city. The Washington
Herald believes in keeping business here
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
The Wedge of insurgency.

Senator Crawford, of North Dakota,
added his name few days ago to the
list of Senators who are opposed to
President Taft, and at a dinner last
Thursday night in Minneapolis, where
800 insurgent Republicans gathered to-
gether to eulogize Senator La Toilette,
Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin,
denounced the President for his alleged
unfaithfulness to the people.
Surely the wedge of insurgency is
playing havoc with the solidity of the
Republican party.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: Hyou see it in The Big
Stiek. il ism Z necessarily 30.
THE SIMPLE LIFE.

being a time schedule prepared by
Mai. Sylvester Of a day at quiet,
restful resort.
6 a. m.-Awakened by the cooks 5
argument with the ice man over the
sire Of a l5-cent piece Of ice.
6D-Sleep forever banished when
the opera singer in the next room
begins practice.
f0o-Morning scramble for places
at breakfast table.
7:l0-Waiter pours hot cofee into
your lap instead Of into your cup.
thereby adding to the pleasure Of q
day well begun.
-Conrteously refuse an invita-
tion to row a boat around the bay
under the guise Of fishing" pre-
ferring the restful solitude Of the
Feranda.
s:lS-Joined on the Veranda BY
elderly woman who Is known as
the human phonograph.
s:l5:IT-She begins to talk.
lO0o-She's still talking.
l20o-She's at II yet.
D. m.-Dfnner bell saves you
from being talked to death.
l:l5-Leave the dinner table to 90
down street to get something 10 eat.
SOo-Return to hotel and prepare
for a sFim-
3:so-Ready for 4 swim. you find
that some one has pulled the tide
out a mile while you were douning
your bathing suit.
50o-Rsturn to your room, after
waiting in vain for the tide to come
back, and read the week-old pink
sheetA
s9o-supper bell interrupts the
spleasantest time you've had yet.
F0o-Attacked again by the hu-
man photograph on the veranda, you
fee and hide back Of the bath
houses for four hours.
Em-Every one having retired.
you sneak back 70 the hotel from
your hiding place. Stnb your toe IN
making your room IN The dark.
Finally, get into bed. Between
slaps at mosquitoes, you resolve.
Never again"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09

show an admiring world what It is pos
sible for paragons of perfection to be.
Il think 1 have always possessed some
OF the strong masculine will of Maria
Theresa, and Marie Antoinette certain
ly bequeathed me her courage in trou-
BILE. Like her, ! have experienced cal
umny. gross indignities. misrepresenta-
tions. bitter partings, and like her (until
now) I have always disdained to ex-
plain"
The princess accuses Baron Won
Metzsch. comptroller of the royal
household, as being the active instiga-
tor OF the intrigues that led to her
leaving Dresden.
Won MetZsch was hand in glove
with King Albert and my father-in-
law, who took him unreservedly into
their confidence. Won Metzsch laid his
plans with diabolIcal cunning; his spies
were everywhere, and he was so skill
full that was at that time never able
positively to identify him as the in
stigator OF the Internal machinery
which was slowly but surely to under
mine my reputation.
81 was practically friendless, and
how I longed for some one in whom I
could conhde! My husband was invaria-
bly, kind, but when endeavored to tell
him my troubles and explain how
things really were, he would not realize
that such .wickedness existed. To all
my entreaties that he would test the
truth of py statements he only an
swered: What reason can there be for
such state of things? I don't notice
anything different; why do you wor-
ryT"
1t was not until she discovered that
It was the scheme Of her enemies to put
her in an insane asylum that the Prin-
cess Louisa made up her mind to fee
from her husband, children, and home
Things went from bad to worse and
the Princess Louisa asked permission to
visit her father at Salzburg. This was
granted, but she did not find the SYM
pathy from her heretofore kind parent
that she had expected She became
desperate and arranged with a good
natured brother to aid her in escaping
to Switzerland. This he did, and there
she arrived penniless and alone, for he
deserted her on the way.
The reason the princess gives for send
ing for NJ. Giron, with whom her name
lad been associated to her discredit
was to compromise herself that her hus-
band might easily divorce her, which he
cid at once. Now she is married to a
plain but rich italian, and is trying to
live the simple life. which always ap-
realed to her. FLANEUR.
Copyright. 1911, by Court Gossip syndicate.)
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
FOR THE BUSY MAN
WHO JUST GOT HOME

While you were away, some Of the
important things that happened.
briefly summarized. are:
Capt. Oysters resignation r1mor
came around on time as usual.
Waldo Hibbs has returned from
tramping through Virginia. Waldo
says Willis Moore had a jinx on
hint rained all the time.
Glen Echo'S got q new mayor
Bob Garrett, brother Of the renowned
John. To date. he hasn't resigned.
Municipal Architect Ashford has
shaved the new Central High School
50 it'll fit the lot IT'S to be erected
upon.
Congress has developed q hope. >"
Rep. Carter beat up . young man
the other day and now the young
man wants to fight for five or twelve
millions a side.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer MusSey has
returned from the West. where she
saw Jim Jeffries Mrs. Mussey,
however, came back"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
By A. w. MACY.
A NAPoLEoNIC COLONY IN
AIARAMA


ALABAMA.
The overthrow of Napoleon
and the establishment of q new
regime in France was followed
by the banishment OF many OF
his prominent followers and sup
porters. Among them were gen.
erals and other oficers of high
rank, and ladies who had figured
prominently in court circles.
One group of them came to
America, with the idea of es-
tablishing a little community Of
their own, but subject to the
jurisdiction OF the United States.
Congress granted them, by act
OF March 3, 1917. four townships
OF land, to be. selected by them,
IN the State of Alabama; the
conditions being that they should
cultivate the vine on one acre
in each quarter section and the
olive on another, and at the end
of fourteen years pay the gov
ernment 81 an acre for the land.
About 400 men and women came
over. under the leadership OF
Marshal Grouchy and Gen. Le-
febre. Most Of them settled in
two villages. Demopolis and
Eaglesville, IN what is now Ma
rengo County Here they lived
for several years in quietness
and simplicity. But the vine and
the olive did not prosper. and the
leaders became discouraged. The
colony gradually melted away,
though IT IS said the descendants
OF some OF these aristocratic
French settlers are still TO be
found in that region.
Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. BowleSl
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
Pistol Law Not Unconstitutional.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Quibblers have found in New York's
law regulating the "toting' and sale OF
revolvers an infringement Of the clause
in the Constitution which declares that
the right OF the people to bear arms
shall not be impaired. The purpose of
this provision, as frequently Interpreted
by the courts. is merely TO prevent Con-
gress from disarming the militia OF the
States, which includes the whole body
Of citizens. whether organized or unor-
ganized. so that the people might be
prepared at all times to defend them
selves and their liberties. The Consti.
tuition does not forbid the States. in
the exercise OF their police powers. 20
disarm criminals. lunatics. and other ir-
responsibles. Every State ought to have
a dangerous weapons law.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
WITH THE HoMEcoMERs

Ny. but + street looks good to mel
G. d. LIEBERMANN.
The man who originated vaca-
tons must have had q fortune. -
well as lots Of time.
W, ". BRIDE.
Nszt year I Win take my va
cation at bone.
ARTHUR @. PLANT.
A man with an auto doesn't have
10 % s~Ay. That's the reason !
went W. ". JUDS0N.
II ever I get chance 10 make
this world over, I am going 70
put the mountnins and the "a side
by side. Then III ouit wur-yips
4 QUINCY SMITH.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
The Handicapped Golfer.

From the New York Press.
market that a young broker in a pink
hat unloaded this one:
II was up on the public golf links at
Van Cortlandt Park Yesterday after
noon,'' he said. and when my friend
and were about half way around I
heard somebody of to my left hollering
Three ninety-eight! Three ninety-eight!'
Il thought II was a little early for
football practice. and I asked my friend
what the sort of a yell meant
oh he said. that fellow has work.
ed in a department store so long he
can't yell fore" to save his Hfe'"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
A Terrible Dream.

From Life.
Her face is drawn. her eyes are hag-
gard and sunken. and her expression is
that OF a woman on the verge Of nervous
prostration-
What in the world is wrong?" asks
the astonished friend. Il never saw any
one look so terribly"
TT is all because Of an awful night
mare I had last night" explains the
sufferer. ut simply shattered my
nerves, and although I know it was
merely a dream, still cannot rid my
self of its effects. 4 dreamed I was
called upon Unexpectedly to plan a din
ner for Dr. Wiley, DR.. Woods Hutchison,
and Upton Sinclair"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
Salary Philosophy.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Speaking of President Taft's suggestion
favoring the raising Of salaries Of the
Supreme Court Justices, the Springfield
Republican says:
THE American nation for its own sal
walton will need to give less attention to
higher judicial salaries after they have
been raised TO such figure as $4,000, and
r,ora attention to the fact that 100000 or
more workmen, representing population
of above 10000, 900. are getting $500 and less
a year, or not enough to maintain fam
iIy of five In a reasonable degree OF ply
sical and moral efficiency"
That is the doctrine to apply to the
increase Of salaries. not only for judges,
hut for all public officers.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
Sun Francisco an Art Center.

From the Springfield Republican.
San Francisco is the latest city to es-
tablish a permanent orchestra, and the
composer, Henry X. Hadley. who lately
has been in charge of the Seattle or
chestra, has been chosen conductor. He
is to have a salary of $lO,OOO which is
good deal more than he could make
by writing symphonies. It is also planned
for him to be appointed TO a chair of
music in the University of California.
The orchestra is financed by a commit
tee of millionaires, and under Mr.. Had
ley's leadership II ought to succeed.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
Rack IN TOWN.


He's back in town; the leaves turn brown
Upon the bough.
The country bellies in shady oells
Seem distant now.
He told some sprite that he could write;
He knows he did.
He liked her much, but he is such
A busy kid.
Now quite a pack of girls are back;
'Tis his excuse.
He said he'd write and meant to- quite
But what's the use?
Uncle Pennywise says'
1 notice these defendants that make
the lawyer play second fiddle generally
gifts convicted.
Collecting an Outfit.
why does your daughter always wait
until September to go away?"
Better chance to borrow dresses, para
soils, wraps, ribbons, and so on"
What 1t Embraced.
The last census embraced 100000
women
''II remember those figures and spring
EN- when these young Dlades OeBm u
boast about their feats at the seashore.' y
Hunting Help.
One more unfortunate
Out on the look,
Rashly importunate
After a cook.
Link Between Seasons.
Then you like September"
II do. Then you can start dinner with
oysters and finish it with watermelon.
Yes; it's our best month"
A Mean Slap.
DO you keep hens?' asked the lady
with the acidulous face.
NO." replied the mistress OF the farm
house. I'm not taking any summer
boarders this year
Hard to Understand.
Women are a mystery TO me-" de-
clared the divorce lawyer.
How now?"
That woman made me beg the Judge
TO let her have back her maiden name.
and then only kept It half an hour"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-09
HOW TO ENJOY
A VACATION

/. Read all the summer resort
literature and then select = place
not mentioued IN any Of the
pamphlets.
2 Study up the time tables. ticket
rates. baggage transfer costa. board.
new clothes for the mi8us; then beg
o. barrow everything you can; and
then-
5 spsnd your vacation IN wash
ingtoo1 W '. cox