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The Washington times., 1911-08-28
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The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Missing People.

One of the most curious things in
our modern civilization is the ease with
which people disappear. Take, for in
stance, Washington's latest mystery, the
case of DR.. Gray. An old gentleman,
lifelong resident here, known to
large numbers of people, left local hos
pital and then sank completely out
of sight From the moment that
he walked out into the street to the
present time, with the single exception
of a few minutes conversation on a
corner, his history is a sealed book.
Nobody seems to have seen him, no
trace OF him has been found anywhere,
and whether he is dead or alive is a
question which nobody, apparently, can
answer
In New York, the disappearance Of
Dorothy Arnold is another pulling
problem. 1t would seem that in a large
city, where people are to be found in
every locality, there would be some OBJ
server whose testimony would be of
value in searching for the lost. In
the face of these mysterious disappear
anccs, the vaunted skill of the detective
goes for naught. The clew ends when
the person was last seen. There seems
to be no counterpart in the human or
ganism for the keen sense which enables
an animal to follow trail unerringly.
The Washington detectives do good
work. but a case like that of DR.. Gray
demonstrates that there is limitation to
their cunning. 1t has bafled them
from the beginning. and the solution Of
the mystery seems still far distant. One
cannot help wondering, however, how
such a disappearance could be effected
without leaving some trace upon which
successful effort could be based.
Isn't this a rapid age, though? Just
a couple of weeks ago all eyes were
turned toward our northern frontier, and
now they are upon the southern border.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
The Bank Guaranty Law.

The successful operation of the bank
guaranty law in Oklahoma is not as
Sured, despite the decision of our high
est tribunal validating the law guaran-
teeing bank deposits The action Of the
State banking board in that new Com
monwealth lcvying an assessment of I
per cent on the deposits of State banks
is meeting with universal disapproval,
although it was deemed essential to get
the necessary cash to replenish the State
guaranty fund. An auditing company is
preparing a report on the administra-
ton of this fund under the Haskell
regime, and il is stated that matters are
in an unsatisfactory condition. The
failure of the Columbia Bank complicat-
ed matters, and partisan banking board,
fearing to arouse protest, guaranteed
the paper of weak banks.
After Gov Cruce assumed Office, a
new banking board was appointed, and
this assessment is one of its first acts.
The per cent will about square ac-
counts, but any further trouble viii
necessitate additional demands. The
first result has been the action of a
number of State banks in applying for
national charters and fhi:s withdrawing
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14

and divorce. It is also said that IN Colo
rado the statistics show that illiteracy
has increased since women were gwen
the ballot, and the statement IS quoted
as coming from an expert who made
thorough examination into the question.
This is the other side of the woman
suffrage question. 1t is coupled with the
plea of the Illinois women that they do
not want the ballot to make them equal
with men. "If we faithfully perform the
duties which nature lays upon US, and
upon us alone" they say, I'VE are not
only mans equal, but more than his
equal" AS a proof that the ballot is
not needed they instance the progress
which has been made during the last
decade in the pursuits of the domestic
arts and sciences, in the care and proper
upbringing of children, in the regulation
of the hygienic and moral conditions in
our schools, and in combating vicious
and evil social theories. In all these
lines of progress women have been either
the originators of public benehcence or
its faithful and untiring helpers.
All of which shows that the anti
suffragists are not without eloquent
pleaders on their side Of the ballot ques-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
EXPORTS BREAK ALL RECORDS.
Figures for February Reach Total
of xIT5.996, 96,467-Imports Large.


According to the government figures.
February exports were larger than in any
earlier February in the history of the
United States.
The imports were larger than in any
earlier February except those of 1910
and 1907. Exports, as shown by the fig
ures just completed by the Bureau of
Statistics. Department of Commerce and
Labor, were valued at $175,996, 467 in Feb
ruary, against s124.55S.O5O in February n
year ago. and S167. .757.O32 in February,
1908, the former high record February.
The imports were valued at $l2. 1856 2S4
in February, 1911, against $3.50, $50 in
February a year ago, and S123. .OO5. .6S3 in
February, 1907. or the Sl2l, ,766. .2S4 of i'm
ports. So, AZ, 93S entered free of duty, and
$50, ,312 346 were dutiable. the share enter
ing free of duty for the month being 51.3
per cent
The total value of exports for the eight
months ended with February was 81, 49,
S79.5l7, against ST. .2O9. "a. $40 in the corre-
spending months of last year, and 1885,
S47.5S3 in the eight months ended with
February. 1908. the former high record
for the period. Imports for the eight
months in question were valued al 81, l,O15,-
734. 562. against $1.O2l .311 $50 in the cOrre-
spending months of the preceding year
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
TWO LARGE BANKS
PLANNING MERGER
New York Institutions Have
Deposits of S324,OO0.OOO.

New York. March 1S.-The first actual
indication that Wall street has had of
the likelihood of a merger of the Ma
tional City Bank and the National Bank
Of Commerce was given to-day
Frank A. VanderIip. president OF the
National City Bank, and Francis l. Hne.
the head OF the First National, were
elected TO the board of directors OF the
National Bank OF Commerce
The selection of J. S. Alexander, one of
the vice presidents of the National Bank
Of Commerce. TO succeed Valentine p.
Snyder as president was also decided
upon.
Rumors of combination Of the National
City and the Bank OF Commerce have
been circulating in wall street for sew
eral years.
The National City and the Bank of
Commerce have each a capital of So, 600, =,
900. The former has deposits of S1S2, 49,
zoo and cash amounting to $7O,O45, 200.
with 20 per cent in reserves, and the lat
ter deposits of $1n, I'll. 700, and cash of
$50, 81, 800
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
The Other Side of Woman Suffrage.

Against the growing demand for
woman suffrage voice is raised in pro-
test 1t comes from an association in
Illinois which is opposed to giving the
ballot to women. The literature of this
organization fairly bristles with facts
and arguments to prove that when wom-
en- vote they retard rather than help
their own condition.
In support of their contention, these
opponents of woman suffrage assert that
when the privilege of the ballot was of
fered to the women of Massachusetts,
and New York they declined to accept
it. We are also told that school suf-
frage, now granted in about thirty
States, has been lamentable failure, the
woman vote averaging scarcely per
cent in any State In Ohio, it is claimed,
the number of women responding to the
privilege has been so small, and the ex-
pense of registering and counting the
vote has been so relatively large, that
it has been seriously proposed to aban-
don it altogether. Still more remarkable
is the statement that in Chicago last No
vember, when women were allowed to
vote for university trustees, and when
the earnest efforts of the suffragists to
bring out a full vote were exerted to
the maximum, only 400 females regis
tered and only 243 voted. As further
showing the general absence of feminine
interest in the movement it is asserted
that the effort to secure a million sigma
lures to a petition to Congress for
woman suffrage resulted in a very small
percentage of that number.
Having thus shown that the great
majority of women do not want suffrage,
the Illinois association goes further and
asserts that in States where women vote,
including Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and
Colorado, there has been a steady de-
cline in morals m regard to marriage
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Our Responsibility.

1t did not require the assertion Of
Secretary Dickinson to assure the pub
lie that there would he no invasion of
Mexico until the inability of the Mexican
government to protect fully the persons
and property of foreign residents had
been proven beyond peradventure. No
one in the United States with a single
atom of common sense credits the ad-
ministration with aoquisitive or belliger-
ent purpose This being the case, we
may dismiss as interesting but unimpor-
tant the statement that Senator La Fol-
lcttc proposes to make public inquiry as
to the meaning of the mobilization of
troops The country has learned that
the army can be moved at an instant'S
notice. and it also knows that American
interests should be safeguarded when
peril threatens. With these facts it will
be content.
The situation can be briefly but in
structively reviewed, Mexico has a
stable government, but President Diaz
has not been able to suppress an in
surrection which has gone on for nearly
four months 1t has been persistently
declared by Mexican authorities that the
revolutionary movement received its
main support from this side of the bor-
der. The Mexican consul in New York
has said that half the men following
Madero are American citizens and that
every gun. all ammunition, almost every
horse, and much of the provisions for
the support OF the insurgents have been
carried across the border. This may be
exaggerated. but it has been practically
acknowledged that the revolutionary
movement depended upon assistance
from Texas and Arizona Small bodies
Of troops have been dispatched to hinder
this, but with little effect The boundary
OF a thousand miles. with no obstruction
for more than half the distance but the
Rio Grandc, which is easily crossed at
lonely places. could not effectually be
guarded by few soldiers against fill
busters, 1t was easy, also, for hard
pressed gucrrillas on the other side to
take refuge WITHIN the United States.
The suppression OF alleged lawless aid
from thi, side OF the border by our
troops will materially assist the Mexican
government. IN coping with the insur-
gents. If the government fails, Ameri-
can interests in Mexico will need and
demand projection, There are said to be
10000 American residents in Mexico,
and more than SI.OOo,OoOOOo OF Ameri-
can money Is invested there in railroads,
mining, and industrial enterprises. Cap
ital has been encouraged by government
concessions and the promise OF protcc-
tion. So long a, adequate protection is
afforded VIC arc bound to rely upon the
Mexican government and refrain from
interference. but it IS well to be pre-
pared Tor any emergency that may get
beyond the control of that government
Not only American but foreign in
terests IN Mexico must be guarded.
These concern us because foreigners will
look to their own national governments
for protection ard will call for inter
vention from Europe if that protection
is not afforded otherwise The respon-
sibiIity OF preserving peace and order is
upon the United States, and that re-
sponsibility Will be fully borne
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Corporal Punishment Not Necessary

Editor Inc washington hera1d:
My suggestion to the District Commits
sioners to find some strong motherly
woman" to take charge of a band of
boys upon the street in the vicinity of
my residence has been misunderstood. /
did not propose. as seems to be surmiseo
by Maj Sylvester, any one to administer
punishment i distinctly said in my letter
to the Commissioners that ''the case calls
not for suppression but for supervision.
Let this motherly, practical woman ac-
quaint herself with the father and mother
of each of the units in this band or ag-
gregation and win the confidence of both
parents and children, as she very soon
Will Her services we win find to be a
balm for many woes: they will have q
most salutary influence IN every home,
and of far-reaching effect.
The suggestion to engage "a strong.
motherly woman is made in good faith
1t requires strength and staying qualities
to keep up with such procession as we
have under consideration. Corporal pun
ishment has no place in my plan.
Sw. RUSSELL
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT wELL-KNowN PERSONS

infancy Charles Mckay the
writer Her Italian blood
a
Mandic
SENATOR California
Minnesota in Norway He
Fourth Wisconsin wounded and
aptured al
to
abor-sa ving dcvc
one
soldiers homes.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14

from participation in the State fund.
Even should they receive their charters,
it is too late to escape the present assess
ment Gov. Haskell, it is said, used the
law as a campaign asset, when it should
have been employed for business pur-
poses. Whether or not this is true, law
that invites such manipulation is weak
law
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
CORPORATION Tax Sustained.

The Supreme Court of the United
States evidently had no difficulty in
reaching a decision to sustain the cor
poration tax law. because the opinion
was rendered with the sanction OF all
the justices. 1t is a decision which
means much to the government, because
the revenues which it will bring into
the Treasury will aggregate at least
$25.oooooo a year This. however, is
a minor matter compared with the
broad principles laid down by the court
in dealing with the question of taxa
ton.
According to the decision, it is right
and proper to tax a corporation for
doing business. This is the kernel OF
the Judgment A corporation enjoys Ger
tain advantages over private individuals,
such as continuity of business without
interruption by death or dissolution, the
transfer OF property interests by the dis
position OF shares Of stock, the control
of business by corporate directors, and
the absence of individual liability.
1T is this distinctive privilege" says
the court, which is the subject of tax
alton" The value of corporate organ
ization is thus placed at its maximum
by the highest tribunal in the land 1t
is not the articles which are handled
that are taxed. 1t is the fact that they
are bought and sold by a corporation
which gives the government the right
to levy toll.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
TRUCKMAN HEIR TO 100000.
Money Left by Brother and Search
Lasts Eight Years.

Utica, March 13-John Van Patten, If
ty-five year old. a truckman residing at
Oneida, has just been informed that he
is heir to $4,000. From Colorado yes
terday came word that Van Patten's
brother. Marshall Van Patten. had long
since been dead and that executors of
his estate had been covering the East
with a dragnet looking for John. The
latter had been lost track OF for eight
years. Johns share in the estate was
10000.
Then. right upon the heels Of this good
news came a later announcement that an
additional $1,000, half of a sum of life
insurance, had been awaiting claim by
John Van Patten. at Corning, N Y.
This money was left by another brother.
Duane, whose death followed after some
time that of Marshall in Colorado.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Safety DeraiIinr Device Works.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, March ia safety
derailing device at Penn Haven juno
ton, where the Central Railroad of New
Jersey tracks cross those of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, This morning prevented
a fast Central Railroad freight of fve
cars from plowing into a Lehigh Valley
passenger train which was standing at
the station, but threw the freight into
the Lehigh River. The fireman. James
DUnlevy, of Mauch Chunk. was killed.
while Engineer John R Knapp. of this
city, had a remarkable escape, being un-
n iIIrpd
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Mai. Gen. Hodges Retires-

The retirement of Maj. Gen. Charles
l.. Hodges, commanding the Department
of the Lakes was yesterday announced
by the War Department in compliance
with the age limit. The vacancy will be
filled by Brig Gen. Arthur Murray, at
present chief of the Coast Artillery, who
will be detailed for duty with the Chief
of Staff.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
FISHER Is SWORN IN.
Secretary Will Be Temporarily As
sisted by His Predecessor.

Walter II. Fisher, Of Chicago, was
sworn in yesterday as Secretary of the
Interior. to succeed r. a. Ballinger, who
resigned recently. Mr.. Fisher at once
took up the work of the office. Mr.. Bal
Iiuscr will stay here for a week or ten
days to assist the new Secretary in get
ting familiar with matters pending in
the department Mr.. Ballinger will then
go to his home in Seattle.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
UP TO SCHOOL BOARD.
Successor to Hughes May BE Named
Tomorrow Afternoon

Successor to Hughes May Be Named
Tomorrow Afternoon.
A. T. Stuart, superintendent of public
schools, said yesterday that in all pro-
liability a man to fill the office OF assist
ant superintendent, made vacant March
1, by the resignation of Percy NJ Hughes,
will be named at the meeting of the
board of education tomorrow.
Mr.. Stuart declined to give out any init
nation of who Mr.. Hughes successor will
be. but states the new assistant Superin-
tendent will be a Washington man.
Announcement of the date. June y for
the closing of the Washington public
schools for the summer vacation was
made at the office of the board of edu-
cation yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
The Dinner to Senator GaIIinger.

Invitations were issued yesterday for
the dinner in honor of Senator Gallinger,
to be held at the New Willard on March
g. The committee in charge expects a
large attendance, composed principally
of Washington citizens desiring to show
their appreciation OF the work done by
Senator Gallinger as chairman of the
Senate District Committee
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Macyeaeh and Loeb to Confer.

Franklin MacVeagh. Secretary OF the
Treasury, left last night for New York
He will confer to-day with Collector
Loeb relative to customs matters. Mr.
MacVeagh will then proceed to his coun-
try place at Dublin, n. H, where he will
remain for a week or more
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Lecture on Western Reclamation.

F. H. Newell. director OF the Reclama-
ton Service, will give an illustrated lee
ture before the Society Of the Sons of
the American Revolution at the Airing
ton tomorrow evening. The lecture will
show particularly the reclamation work
accomplished in the western part OF the
United States and the preparations made
for the DEVELOPMENT Of homes.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Duty of the Republican Party.

From the Albany Journal.
Whether successful or not. IT is the duty
Of the Republican party as the conserva-
tor Of the Constitution and the spirit Of
orderly government to contest the short
sighted political method which would ad-
vocate anything as long as it would be
carried with a rush"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
WRITING A SPRING POEM.

Now ripples stir the stream
Beneath the breeze,
And daffodils a-gleam,
Adorn the leaS
(Mary, turn on that steam.
Before l freezeD
The golden jonquils wave,
The lambkins bleat
And all the fields are brave
With blossoms sweet
(Say wife, why can't we have
a little heatD
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Fnror Direct Elections.

Dover, Del, March 12-The house this
afternoon adopted a joint resolution, in
troduced by Representative Evans, ad-
vocating an amendment to the Federal
Constitution providing for the election OF
United States Senators by a direct vote.
There was no opposition
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Increasing Confederate Pensions.

From the Springfield Republican
In the South the States make provision
for pensioning those who fought on the
Confederate side in the civil war. Just
now there is demand for an increase of
such pensions in Texas, and leading news
papers are giving 1t their support
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Long Time to Wait.

From the Los Angeles Times.
1t is predicted in some quarters that
Senator Dick. Of Ohio. will be President
before he dies" In that case Methuselah
win be compelled to surrender the old
age record
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
AIhrich tn Make Tour.

Nelson W. Aldrich, chairman Of the
national monetary commission, has plan
ned to make a tour Of the country and
to exchange views on monetary reform
with leading bankers.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14

A New York woman has been mar
ried since 1886, and yet none OF her neigh
bors knew it The lady next door is to
be expelled from the Mrs. Grundy Society
for incompetence.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14

The woman who has been charged with
helping herself to some $4,000 of her en-
ployers money ought to furnish ample
proof for the argument that woman can
do all that man can.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
The kindly Rnrd-

I think I'll sing a song of spring,
ExtoI the blooms that blow,
Applaud the breeze, approve the trees,
And overlooked the snow.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14

Would you like to be one of the diners
at a table where one of the ladies wears
a live snake as an ornament? Fads
ought to be made to stop somewhere.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Idle Conjecture.

Il was just wondering if the record
ing angel also keeps a record Of the
lies We intend to tell if certain condi-
tiOns arose
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Italian Emigration.

Emigration from Italy is thoroughly or
ganized, according to DR.. C. A. Dorsey,
Of New York. who has just returned from
tour Of the peninsula and is at the
New Willard
The Italian government not only knows
how many leave, but where they go.
when they return, and how much money
they bring back. The emigrant appar-
emily pays the freight. From each one
the Italian government collects Sl.6O, to-
falling on an average nearly 10000 year.
This sum, perhaps, explains the complete
ness OF the plant of the commission Of
emigration.
THE subject OF italian emigration is
a serious one-serious for the United
States: serious for Italy. It is a subject
which has often been investigated from
both sides. Italy realizes that there is
a certain amount Of hostile feeling in
the United States against the Italian i'm
migrant. Apparently they desire to cor
rect and smooth over this opinion.
The Italian emigrant" continued Dr..
Dorsey, has been one OF the most
fertile sources OF income in Italy for the
last two decades. The Italians in the
United States. the Argentine, and
elsewhere send home or bring home prob
ably from $6o,OOO,OOO to s1OO,OOO. 900 a year.
When we add to this the money left in
Italy each year by American tourists,
the part the United States plays in Italy's
prosperity can be realized Stop the out
ward flow of emigration across the At
lantic and the inflow Of American tour
lists for five years, and the change in the
economic situation in Italy, I believe.
would be profound"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
How 1t Happened.

How did you get that spring over
coat -
Had a sure tip on a race horse"
Il never knew one of those sure tips TO
pan out"
Neither did I. So I didn't play it
Put the money into an overcoat instead -
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Compensation for worhnsmen.

John Mitchells plea for automatic
industrial compensation should receive
the widest publicity. Either compensa-
tior for injury to a workingnan is wrong
or right. If wrong, it should not be
awarded at all. II right. It should not
get it.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Not Very.

-Is your husband engaged in any gain
full pursuit?'
He writes poetry for a living. Is that
considered a gainful pursuit?''
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
OF Secondary Importance

This Mexican war doesn't seem to
amount to much"
no war can amount to much with
the ball season just opening"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-14
Cleaning House,

'~Why nag your husband so about rugs?
He has agreed TO beat them
IF he's thoroughly irritated hen make
a much better job