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The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
South American Trade.

While Europe is suffering from dis
turbed conditions, an era of peace and
prosperity extends over North and
South America. This fact, emphasized
by Secretary Knox at the recent meet
ing of the Bureau of American Repub-
lies. naturally leads to favorable COM
ment upon the fraternity of our rela-
tions with our sister republics in South
America and the great growth in trade
which has been witnessed in the last
five years.
In that period our exports have ad-
vanced $7ooooooo, while our imports
have increased $77oooooo While this
shows a balance of trade against us,
the fact is that the excess of imports is
largely made up of coffee and rubber,
used respectively for food and in fac
tories, and in no way interfering with
our own productions. There is no
doubt that if American manufacturers
would give closer attention. to the
South American trade they could soon
turn the balance to our favor. To do
this, however, it is necessary to meet
the conditions which prevail in South
American commerce and to which the
English and Germans have adapted
themselves for some time past When
goods are improperly boxed, or Grated,
when short credits are insisted upon,
and when the likes and disIikes of the
people in the matter of wearing ap-
parel, machinery, &c, are ignored, we
cannot expect to extend commerce.
This situation, however, is being
greatly improved. and the Bureau of
American Republics is dominant fac
tor in the improvement. 1t is provid-
ing our manufacturers with practical
information and, above all, it is estab-
fishing a valuable bond of friendship
with the Southern republics. 1t oc-
cupies unique but extremely irnpor-
tant place in our governmental system.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
GERMANY BLOCKS
AMERICAN PROJECT
Big Corporation Compelled
to Withdraw from Turkey.

Information was received In Washing
ton yesterday that the Ottoman Amert-
can Development Company, New Jer-
sey corporation, which plans to build a
500 000, 900 railroad in Asia Minor, ID
about to withdraw from the proposed
project because of the inability to obtain
an approval of its concession from the
Turkish government. Secretary Of State
Knox has backed the proposed project
with his diplomatic influence. The failure
Of the plan is generally attributed to the
influence Of Germany in Turkish affairs.
officers OF the State Department admit
that the project Is practically dead, with
no hope OF reviving ii.
Several years ago the Ottoman Ameri-
can Development Company applied to
the Turkish government for a conces-
sion to construct and operate a railway
system in Asia Minor having a total
length OF about 2,0O0 kilometers and in
volvtng an estimated expenditure OF
about 500. co., The main line of the
road was to run from Suede. port on
the Mediterranean, to Diarbekir, and
thence to Bitlas and Van. The project
was approved by the minister of public
works and the council of state of the
Ottoman government.
The German Ambassador at Constanti-
nople interposed an objection to the con-
cession on the ground that 1t would
conflict with the rights and privileges
granted to the German syndicate holding
the concession for the Bagdad Railroad,
and also that it would be in conflict with
the Turkish mining law OF 1907. This
law was enacted at the time when the
powers consented to an increase of from
to II per cent in the Turkish customs
duties. The legal advisers Of the Otto
man government and the American con-
cern reported that the position OF the
German government was untenable, and
that the proposed concession would not
violate either the terms Of the Bagdad
Railroad concession or the Turkish min
ing law. The opposition of Germany was
a surprise to officers OF the State De-
partment, in view of Germany's advocacy
OF the "open-door' policy in other parts
of the world.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
The Future.

Whittier are we drifting? The ques-
ton is old and trite. The answer has
an important bearing upon our future.
Here is John Wanamaker openly ad-
vocating government ownership of the
telegraph, telephone, and express COM
panies, on the ground that we would
get lower rates and better service; and
Judge Knapp, of the Court of Com
merce, telling the railroads that if rate
regulation is found impractical, govern
ment ownership will follow; and Theo-
dore Roosevelt declaring that the idea
of socialism in connection with govern
ment control of great corporations does
not frighten him; and socialist mayors
and assemblymen and other officials
being elected by the dozen in Penn
sylvania, New York, Ohio, and through
out the West.
Where are we going to land in the
next ten years? Is there a prophet
among lis wise enough to tell?
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
NAGEL GOES TO NEW YORK.
VIII Inspect Immigration Omces
on Ellis Island To-day.

Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
NagN and Assistant Secretary Cable
left Washington last night for New York
City. This morning they will inspect
the immigration stations on Ellis Island
and will later attend the conference be-
tween the New York State luncy board
and Commissioner Williams, of the New
York immigration station. Tonight they
will attend banquet given in honor
Of George B. Cortelyou. by the American
Association OF Foreign Language News
papers, at the Knickerbocker Hotel.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
Necessity for Uniform Divorce Law.

Nothing could better illustrate the
necessity for a uniform divorce law
than the situation which now confronts
5000 married couples in Illinois. The
Southern appellate court of that State has
decided that the remarriage of divorced
persons within year, even though the
ceremony is performed in another State,
is illegal.
The decision has occasioned wide
spread embarrassment. Children born
of such marriages will occupy the same
position as those born out of wedIock
They will not be permitted to inherit
property and will have no standing in
law. All persons coming within the
scope of the decision must remarry at
once.
When a uniform marriage and divorce
law is enacted, the status of society
will be greatly improved.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
ONE VIEW OF ROOSEVELT.
1t Is Said that President Taft Has
Kicked Him on the shins.

Kicked Him on the shins.
From the New York Herald
This is not the 1st of April, gentlemen.
Therefore, be all the more on your
guard. II you notice in any OF our es-
teemed contemporaries the suggestion
that the editorial in the Outlook from
the pen of Mr.. Roosevelt is a declara-
ton that he Is a candidate for anything
except the Afibi Club, accept 1t not.
The difficulty in which Mr.. Roosevelt
is involved-and. believe us, 1t is a diff
culty-is that he has been named as a
correspondent in the governments suit
to divorce the steel corporation and
Tennessee Iron. He cannot be indicted
and fined; he cannot be enjoined and
dissolved. But all the same he Is on
the defensive and on trial, and he is
smarting as he has seldom smarted be-
fore. If Mr.. Taft had only regarded the
old maxim. What is the Constitution be-
chune friends" all might have been we'll
But now all the heart Of Oyster Bay is
on fire and 'silken dalliance in the
wardrobe lies"
A little more than a year ago Mr.
Roosevelt was walking around. club in
hand. inviting Mr.. Taft to knock a chip
of his shoulder. Instead, Mr.. Taft has
kicked b m on the shins and hustled him
into the witness box for cross-examina-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
WILL APPEAL FROM DECISION.
Government to Fight Rate InJunc-
tion of Commerce Court.


tion of Commerce Court.
Announcement was made at the Depart
ment of Justice yesterday that the gov
eminent would appeal from the decision
of the Commerce Court, granting an in
junction to transcontinental carriers
against the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, the injunction restraining the
commission from making effective its or
ders in the so-called intermountain
freight rate cases. 1t was a foregone
conclusion when the court handed down
its decision that the government would
appeal, and statements to this effect were
at once made by government attorneys
who had appeared in the case. 1t is ex-
pected that government will note its ap-
peal in the Supreme Court of the United
States within a few days.
While the Injunction granted was
temporary one pending final determine
ton of the issue by the Commerce Court,
the opinion handed down clearly indicat-
ed, according to the judgment of the gov
eminent attorneys that the court would
make the injunction permanent. and so
II has been decided to save time and
thrash out the matter on the temporary
Injunction.
The Commerce Court decided that the
commission was without authority to es-
tablish blanket freight rates through the
mediumship of zone system
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
Cheer Up.
THE BEATTIE CASE.
Virginia Editor Confesses to
Some MisgiYings.


From the Petersburg Inde1-AppeaI
Gov Mann believes Beattie killed his
wife. The jury believed It. The evidence
went to show 1t. But 1t did not show it
to the complete satisfaction Of many of
us who did not hear it, but
who followed the case through the
newspapers. The great majority Of people
believe Beattie guilty. There are very
many who believe the crime was not
proven. The removal OF such character
as Beattie will not leave a gap. He will
not be missed outside the immediate cir
Gle of his family. His life in the COM
munity in which he lived was not helpful
to anybody. The chances are that he is
a murderer.
But there are chances that he il not.
1t is to be regretted that his guilt was
not proven with the clearness that is
necessary to remove every reasonable
doubt. The chances are that a guilty
man will be executed one week from to-
morrow. There are chances that he is
innocent. 1t is a most serious thing to
take chances when taking the life of
man convicted. of crime.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
BIG SCOOP!
Big Sticks Exclusive News of
Harries Special Dinner.

Through an oversight. our usually
enterprising contemporaries COM
pletely missed the magnificent ban
q1et, to which The Big Sticks
representative was invited, which
was rendered Gen. George II. Har-
ries BY Washington citizens aso=
ciations in appreciation Of his ear
nest and persistent efforts to obtain
4 universal transfer law.
The dinner was called Jointly BY
Judge Charles s. Bundy and
Charles w. Darr. Mai. George A.
Arres was chosen POSTMASTER for
the occasion Albert Woods the
Tell-m0wn attorney, who was re-
sponsible for the drafting of the
measure for universal transferable
one which Gen. Harries so ferYidly
adTocated-wS- named speaker Of
the evening.
The topics Of the evening were
"Harries. the friend Of the strap
hangers, "Harr.es. reformer Of re-
formers" why Harris supported
universal Transfers" and what
Harries has done.
Charles Darr spoke feelingly Of the
grneral's work.
I'VE have not always known what
Cen HaTrie9 was doing" he said,
"but we have always known that
he wanted universal transfers, espc-
cially when Il vas most difficult to
get them What he wants to see IL
all Washington riding from place to
place, carefree and birdlike-"
Here Mr.. Darr's feelings got the
better Of him, and he wept like a
little child.
II responding to the toast, uni
versal tranfsrs,' Gen. Harricc,
amid a thunder of applause, de-
liFered the following address:
''Mcdesty prevents me from claim
ing any gerat share In this splendid
work Of refcrni. I can only say
that have done my little part.
And can honestly say that the
matter Of universal transfers has
always been on my mind.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
DULL DAYS.

Oh, what is so drear
AS a day in November
Outside scenes appear
That we all well remember.
'Tis a prospect of gloom
Running over with sorrow,
With no sort of room
For a change on the morrow.
With trees almost bare,
Just q leaf or two falling,
'Tis a scene Of despair,
'Tis an outlook appalling.
The roof sadly drips,
And the overcharged gutter
From green-tinted lips
Keeps an unceasing sputter.
We are weary of slime
And of water-soaked heather.
jog along, Father TimeI
Let us have some new weather.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
SCIENTISTS PROTEST ORDER.
Ask Modification of Panama Canal
Health Regulations.

Christian Scientists will probably make
an appeal to President Taft to obtain a
modification of an Executive order sign
ed by him several weeks ago which will
have the effect Of preventing members
OF their sect from engaging in curative
work on the isthmus. The Executive or
der requires all persons, except govern
ment physicians, who wish to practice
medicine on the isthmus to obtain a
license from the board of health OF the
Canal Zone.
AS II is the general rule of members OF
Christian Science churches to decline to
apply for licenses from medical boards,
Christian Science healers will be prevent
ed from practicing on the isthmus. II
they attempt to practice there they may
be liable to a fine and imprisonment for
violation of the Executive order.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
REPORTS SCARCITY OF COPS.
Delegation from Capitol Heights to
Call Upon Sylvester.

Indignant over the lack of police pro-
lection at Sixtytfrst and c streets north
east. where the electric railway waiting
station is located, committee Of citi-
zens of Capitol Heights will call upon
Maj Sylvester either to-day or early next
week to ask that better service be given.
The plan OF sending a committee to
see Maj Sylvester was decided upon at
q meeting of the Capitol Heights Citizens
Association at the residence of Judge
John weast Thursday night 1t Is said
that a crowd of loungers Is continually
lettering around the station, and that
many of them carry revolvers. Citizens
saw that the sight OF a policeman in the
vicinity Is a most unusual thing.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
DR.. A. A. Ames.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 17.-Dr. A. A.
Ames, mayor of Minneapolis, and for
merly Democratic candidate for governor
and Congress, was found dead in his bed
to-day, having died in his sleep. He was
a native of Garden City. Ill, civil war
veteran, and was sixty-nine years olo.
Once he was indicted in a graft investi-
CATION, but later freed.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
CAPITAL ADS.

TheS must Be- clean,
They must Be neat.
Tho must not boast too much.
Tbey must not fage,
Nor tr1Ith fcrsake
Describing sales and such.
They must b. truthful al the time.
AND THEY MUST NEVER,
NEVER RHYME.
GRANVILLE HUNT.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
SIXTY YEARS OLD TO-DAY.
"Bob" Wynne, Formerly Consul
General, Celebrates Natal Day.

DO ShhcS rOrmerIy Consul
General, Celebrates Natal Day.
'Bo6' Wynne, as he is called by his
Intimate friends, formerly consul general
at London and Postmaster General, will
receive the felicitations of his friends
to-day, the occasion being his birthday.
Mr. Wynne is sixty years young to-day.
Before Mr.. Wynne went actively into ma
tional politics he was the washington
correspondent Of the New York Press.
AS Assistant Postmaster General Mr.
Wynne was in charge of the sweeping in
vestlgaton that resulted in uncovering
the gross Irregularities that had arisen
In the department. PowerfuI political in
huence was brought to bear in the hope
OF suppressing the inquiry, but Mr..
Wynne stuck to his task. and cleaned the
Post-ofdce Department of its spots-He
Is native Of New York, and before he
took up newspaper work was a telegraph
operator. He is a member of the Grid
iron Club. the Loyal Legion, and the
Army and Navy Club.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
DR.. Eugene Wasdin.

Philadelphia, Nov. 17.-Dr. Eugene
Wasdin, widely known surgeon in the
United States Marine Hospital Service
who operated on President Mckinley
after he was shot at Buffalo in 1901 and
was a recognized authority on yellow
fever, died to-day at Gladewynne. Pa,
where he had been in a sanatorium for
some time.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

round and rosy face would not i'm.
sSine that he does not take time tr
eat ordinary food. He gets fat and
hearty upon the meat which was
fed TO Blackstone. Coke, and
Chitty.
II Is noble and inspiring spec
tacls to all young men te see
Chaplin Brown thus sWamped By
WORK. The Big Stick. which ex.
lists for the sole purpose of unfit
ing this town. finds in Brother
Chaplin fnd his devotion to duty an
inspiration and a. example for sey-
.ral people.
=. S.-Look out next week for
the names of the several people.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
HI. THERE. SHERLOCK,

n this notice comes to the at
tentiou Of Sherlock Holmes ESQ.,.
win he plesr cummunlcate with me
at orceS I have a mystery on my
hands, and l need his expert ad-
RICHARD sYLyEsTER.
P. s.-Brng Dr. Watson.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
wnI Rename Submarines.

The present system OF naming subma-
rines after different species Of fish has
been abandoned by the Navy Depart
ment. In the future. submarines wifi
be designated by a letter and number
combination. similar 10 the system used
in foreign navies. The navy has about
forty submarines.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
PUPILS IN FIRE DANGER.

Maj. Judson's Statement.
Regardless of the statement Of Engi-
neer Commissioner Judson that there is
absolutely no fire risk at the public
school buildings Of the District, Capt.
James F. Oyster, president Of the board
Of education, yesterday reiterated his
belief that the pupils are IN imminent
danger.
Capt Oyster said that every effort will
be made by the board to obtain changes
In the construction of a number Of the
school buildings in order to protect the
pupils. Capt Oyster said he still be-
lieved the Mckinley Manual Training
School is unsafe. He said that on many
a dangerous kind.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

When q little bog Chaplin Brown
used to sing in Sunday school.
"Work, for the night is coming"
When he grew up. he stopped
singing. but he did not stop work
ing.
Our artist has caught him strug-
Cling through his work. Chaplin
spells work with a capital w.
Most men play sometimes. Chaplin
Brown never. does. He sleeps with
legal documents for q pillow and
reads law reports for breakfast. At
lunch de devours books, and at
dinner he Toraciousiy attacks the
latest decisions Of the Supreme
c01rt Anybody who looked at his
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
SPEAKING OF OYSTERS

OF pcacocks' tongues and sparrows
eyes
Let old Lucullus boast;
The thing that most appeals to nj
Is real good oyster roast.
D. s. PORTER.
Ne. too.
q. DANA LINCOLN.
Likewise. me.
HUGH REILLY.
Them's my sentiments.
r. GOLDEN DONALDSON
And several hundred other members
Of the Commercial Club.
I desire to file a minority report.
I only bad five platefulA When ]
give an oyster roast I am going to
have q barrel for every man.
GEORGE WEAVER.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
NoTIcEI

Do you want an expert coon
hunteri Also a 'posssnn hunteri
n 80. / am your man I know the
mountain fastnesSes a Virginia. I
am acquainted with the widest and
most Inaccessible 'possums IN the
State. furthermore. I can speak the
native dialect with ease and fu-
enC. Don't 30 trusting yourself 20
noEicea HIRE NE.
CHARLES 81. wILLoUGHBY.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
FEELING SAD.

While baseball fans. impatient
wait
The happy season when
The games begin, I sigh because
Congress Is near again.
wish they'd kass a lay whereby
Adjournmenta would 3 long
And sessions short. for then ia
sing
A EerTy, nerry song.
/ then could draE my salary
And live . life Of case;
No speeches to report each day,
No Consresunen 10 please.
GEORGE c, LAFFERTY.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
MARRIED TwENTY.oNE YEARS.
GEN. and Mrs. Wood Celebrate
wedding Anniversary.

CONCENTRATIONS will be due the Chief
OF Stan-of the Army and Mrs. Leonard
Wood to-day on the twenty-first ami
.yersary Of their marriage.
That congratulations on this event Will
not be a mere matter of words all the
world knows, for rarely have any two
young people travelled the road to fame
and fortune in the expeditions manner as
the head of the army and his popular
wife. whose marriage took place in this
city November Is. 1880. Mrs. Woods
maiden name was Miss Louise Condit
smith
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

1t is a good omen that so many public
men are realizing that those who risk
their lives in defense of life and prop
erty in times of peace are as much en-
titled to pensions as those who performed
a like service on the battlefield.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
OBITUARY.
W, Il, Love,

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. Nv. H. Love.
president of the New York State Steel
Company, died to-day from the effects OF
an operation for appendicitis.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

The members of the city council Of
Alexandria are reported to be divided
upon the feasibility of the city ex-
tending its boundaries. 1t is possible
that some of them may feel more secure
with the boundaries as they are.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
Serious Sugar Feature.

From the Charlotte Observer.
The most serious feature about the
excessive price of sugar is that $4,000, 900
Of people in this country have a habit
of using the thing somewhat regularly.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

Col. Robert Montague barred at
the District Supreme Court last
mIdweek. His speech was enjoyed
by everybody. including the court
stenogrspher, who nearly laughed
himse,t to death.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
Naval rug Gets on Mud.

The naval tug Mohawk. with a barge
in tow, grounded in the Potomac River
about ffty miles below Washington
while en- route to Norfolk. She was
floated at noon yesterday ana proceeded
to the Norfolk Navy Yard.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
Would Be Appropriate.

From the Baltimore Star
Whether murderer or not, the Rev. Mr.
Richeson is the sort of creature that
makes one regret the general abolition
OF the whipping post.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

Health Of1cer Woodward recon-
mends that all the lepers go to New
York; but just think of the other ter
rible things the poor lepers might
catch thereI
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
Rites for William b. Dodge, sr.

Funeral services for William B. Dodge.
sr.. for years prominent in washington
business circles. who died at his home
IN Cherrydale. Va, Thursday. win be
held at the Presbyterian Church. In Lew
insvflle, tomorrow afternoon at go
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

When the new governor of Kentucky
returns. to the executive mansion after
an absence of thirty-five years he will
probably feel somewhat Rip Van Wink
lish.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

II rest always meant recuperatIon.
the Congressional Record ought to be
the sprightiiest periodical on the mar
.ket.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt has introduced
new dance, which she calls a chicken
reel; but many person will go on dane
ing like a real chicken.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

The fact that csnvasback ducks are
plentiful will not be much consolation to
those whose money is not plentiful
enough to buy one. ,
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

The governor of Arkansas was elected
from a street car in Little Rock for ten
dering a IS bill for fare. He was put
out for fair.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

DR.. HOoe has offered to 60 into
partnership with A. n. Leapley, our
eminent p&perhanger. They will do
interior decorating.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

An old Indian fighter In Oklahoma.
while dreaming, seized his revolver and
shot himself In the jaw. Then he awoke.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18
DIR. woodward to speak,

Health Officer William c. Woodward
will address the Howard Park Citizens
Association, at its monthly meeting next
Monday night, at the Church Of Our Re-
deemer.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

Howard Reside. our baseball fan,
says that il he could be manager Of
the Nationals. he would take the
whole team around the world after
he won the championship.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

Baker has sold his bat at auction for
s25e but it win cost more than that for
the purchaser to learn to use 1t as Baker
did.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

A man in Chicago was killed by two
automobiles. In most cases one is sufi-
cient.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-18

The Baltimore grand jury seems to
think It is little late in the fall to do
this years spring cleaning.