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The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
CALVARY CEVkGH THRoNGED.
Bishop Wilson, LII. D., breaches
Anniversay Sermon.

Calvary NJ. E. Church South, in George
town, celebrated its fourth anniversary
yesterday morning, in the presence of a
large congregation.
Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson, Ii. D., of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
preached the sermon. taking his text
from the Gospel OF st. John. vi:Ss, Lord,
to whom shall we go? Thou hast the
words Il eternal life
The bishop was entertained at the
home of the pastor, Rev. J. I. KIbler.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
CELL INSTEAD OF ALTAR.
Wedding Postponed Because q
"Other Girls" Charge.

'Uther G1rI-N' IharEe.
Philadelphia, Sept. 2+-Everything save
the bridegroom was in readiness for the
wedding Of Miss Rosanna McCabe, ar
ranged for last night at her home, JOG
North Twenty-fourth sTeet. Camdon. The
young man who failed to appear was go
ing to Jail about the time fixed for the
wedding. He is Walter Hoffman, of 81
Marlton avenue and he is accused of a
grave offense by Miss Annie Banford, of
n North Twenty-first.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-25

In the churchyard at Plymtree, Devon,
is a yew tree whose age is calculated at
loco years, and which is doubtless the
Oldest in the country.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

sibility of the State, which in brief ex-
perienee of few years has been proved
to be insufficient.
Various other guarantees through
government Intervention, such as the
supposed safeguards in the matter of
building construction and factory equip
ment, or in the matter of food supplies,
are failures for the same reason that the
Oklahoma bank guarantee failed. In
dividual responsibility is transferred to
the government, where, except for oc-
casional periods of agitation, the public
enforces less accountability than it does
in its dealing with individuals.
The Oklahoma experience is only one
of many demonstrations that law and
the government are not the last words
in the righting of wrongs and the pre-
vention of abuses or injustice.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
Your Face Is Your Own.

The declination of the Supreme Court
of the United States to pass upon the
question makes it appear as if the public
might succeed after all in protecting its
face The case involved is of interest
to everybody who possesses face and
desires to avert proprietary right in it
A Brooklyn woman brought suit
against a firm for the unauthorized use
of her photograph. The case involved
the constitutionality of the statute of the
State of New York giving action for
damages against individuals, firms, or
corporations for the unauthorized en-
ployment of peoples portraits for ad-
vertising purposes. The validity of the
law had been upheld by the Supreme
Court of New York and by the Court
of Appeals. The highest tribunal found
no Federal question involved and de-
clined to hear further arguments.
In such negative fashion a further
safeguard has been placed between ones
private physiognomy and the depreda-
tions of undue publicity.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
Protect the Clerks.

The members of the House who have
energeticslly and industriously under
taken to secure protection from fire for
the government clerks are doing a work
in which there should be no halting un-
til the safety of every human being is
assured.
Very fortunately, Washington has
been spared a great tragedy. Investi-
CATION shows that this is due more to
good luck than good management. The
possibility of the sacrifice of human life
has been imminent, and the danger will
not be removed until the present con-
ditions are remedied.
The city owes a debt of gratitude to
those Representatives who are taking a
personal interest in the housing of gov
ernment employees. The debt will be all
the greater when, as the result of the
inquiry now being made, absolute safety
will be guaranteed. This is a consum-
nation devoutly to be wished, and it
cannot come too soon.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
vIRG1NIA's PRIMARY ELECTION

Unusual Vigilance Will BE Necessary
When Votes Are Cast.
From the Norfolk Landmark.
The action Of Gov. Glasscock, Of West
Virginia, in calling a special session of
the legislature Of his State for the pur-
pose OF effecting a primary election law
has prompted several State newspapers
to suggest that Gov. Mann direct the as
sembling of the legislature of Virginia
for a similar purpose. Those papers seem
to forget that our governor refused to
entertain such a motion several months
ago. when the desirability Of an extra
session was urged upon him by not a few
papers and a good many citizens.
In urging that. there should be unani-
nous acceptance Of the suggestion" The
Washington Herald makes clear that 1t.
too. has lost sight Of that fact, although
that paper is quite right when 1t states
that the decision of the courts as to
the punishment of offenses connected
with primary elections are at variance.
and 1t Is believed that a comprehensive
statute ought to be enacted"
The most important primary election
ever held in this State is scheduled for
this year. but there is no escaping hold
ing 1t under the present law OF ques-
tionable efficacy. To insure honest bal
loting and an honest count in the primary
unusual vigilance will be demanded.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

lean makers jumped from $4,000 to
$Io47ooooo, or a gain of 4-ooI per cent
There are already between I7syooo and
10000 motor-driven vehicles in the
country, and at the present rate Of in
crease the 100000 mark will be passed
before the end of the present year.
incidentally, every improvement made
to the motive power of the automobile
adds to the possibilities of the flying
machine, for the same power is en-
ployed in both. With such an example
as the auto industry before them, and
with hundreds of able and active minds
throughout the world at work daily per-
fecting the motive power and carrying
qualities of the aeroplane, it is not toe
much to assert that another ten years
will witness the practical development OF
aerial navigation.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
Admiral Mahan on Arbitration

Rear Admiral Mahan, in his article on
Disarmament and Arbitration" in the
North American Review, refuses to
grow excited over the plan OF universal
arbitration between this country and
Great Britain. Such a treaty he would
regard as only ratifying an accomplished
fact, since there is no intelligent man
to-day who finds it conceivable that the
United States and Great Britain will
ever 60 to war again. Yet who is so
wise as to foresee the future? War be-
tween the two nations IS not probable.
but everything under the sun is possible.
In declaring that war between the two
nations is impossible, what becomes Of
those vital national interests and that
national honor which every country
hitherto has found it necessary to ex-
cept from the terms of its treaties of
arbitration? Can there be a guarantee
that at some future time Americas vital
interests may not come into conflict with
the vital interests of Great Britain, any
more than there could be similar guar
antee for France and Germany? 1t is
all a question of time. If, silently rec
ognizing the possibility of trouble in the
future, the two nations decide to put
on record their inviolable friendship in
the present, it is good craftsmanship and
common sense The future will take
care of itself, treaties or no treaties. His
tory has demonstrated that In that re-
spect, as Admiral Mahan has pointed
out irrefutably, no statesman can be ex-
pected to do more than to safeguard the
present
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
TOM J0HNs0N's QUICK WIT.
His Little Jam to Opposing Voter on
Tradition and Principle.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Here Is a little story that illustrates
the late Citizen Tom Johnson's quick
wit. When he was running for Congress
the first time he met Clevelander in
front of the Society for Savings and
limited in his smiling way that he hoped
to get his vote.
The citizen demurred.
Il like you Mr.. Johnson he said. but
I was born a Republican. My father was
a Republican. and my grandfather helped
form the party"
Johnson laughed.
You remind me Of the story Of the
Kentucky mountaineer," he said. "A be-
lated stranger seeking shelter at night en-
tered a mountaineer's cabin and found an
old man toasting his bare feet by the
open fire. I reckon I'm goin' to hev chill
blains,' the aged one explained after he
had said howdy to the wayfarer. L amt
got 'em yet, but Pap Tolliver had 'em. an
Granpap Tolliver had 'em, an o. course
got to hev EN- The stranger looked
doubtful. 'Mebbe ef you was careful he
said. you wouldn't git EN- The old man
Strengthened up. I tell ye I got to hev
EN-. he cried. Chilblains goes with Toll
livers'"
Citizen Tom laughed.
Some people seem to think that tradi-
tions are more valuable than principles,
he said as he turned away.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
Wide Divergence as to Facts.

At 3 o'clock last Saturday afternoon
a railroad accident occurred near Easton,
Pa. The scene of the disaster was con-
tiguous to New York and Philadelphia,
and the hour at which it occurred en-
abled all the newspapers Of those cities
to dispatch special representatives inn
mediately to the scene. In addition to
this the press associations had their
correspondents on the spot The fact
that the locality was not remote and
that there was plenty of time to secure
all the details before the hour of going
to press seemed to assure the publ
cation of an accurate account.
On the contrary. the reports which ap-
peared yesterday morning showed a
wide divergence as to the number killed.
In New York the American stated that
there were no fatalities. The Times and
Sun each mentioned one, the Tribune
nine, and the World seven. In Phila-
delphia the North American placed the
death list at ten, the Ledger at nine, the
Record at six, and the Press at three.
In Washington The Herald stated that
eight were dead, the Post eleven, and
the Star three, while the Times yester-
day afternoon, twenty-four hours after
the occurrence, fixed the number as
seven. In other words, in three cities
there was hardly one paper which agreed
with another as to the extent of the dis
aster.
The case was one in which there was
no desire to misrepresent the facts. On
the other hand, each newspaper repre-
sentative undoubtedly endeavored to
lcarn accurately the number of deaths.
The result is interesting. not only to
those who are intimately connected with
newspaper publishing. but also to the
readers of newspapers. 1t indicates the
difficulties which are in the way OF
printing a newspaper which shall be in
all respects an epitome of facts. De-
spite all that may be said to the con-
tsary, it is the aim of every reporter
or correspondent to be accurate. and
vet mistakes will be made. No human
organization is infallible, and the news
paper reporter labors under the disad-
vantage of having his errors blazoned
before the world. The mistake of the
minister, the lawyer, or the doctor is
known only to few. The inaccuracy
OF the newspaper is self-evident to all
the world.
This railroad tragedy, therefore, is
an object lesson to which those who are
prompt to criticise journalistic errors.
1t shows that the accuracy which the
public has right to expect cannot al
ways be guaranteed, no matter how able
and conscientious may be the chronicler
of an event, nor how much money is
expended in the effort to get the truth.
As matter Of fact, it is a wonder that
there is so little inaccuracy in the
printed sheet and not that occasionally
an error occurs.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
The Moral of Populistic Oklahoma

The wisest of laws are not self-en-
forcing. Many objects sought to be
gained by transferring a responsibility
from individuals to the government
might be attained far more readily II
such an Artificial responsibility were not
created, leaving the natural law of the
business world and society to work
out the problems. States in which the
elamor for 7adical legislation is most
insistent should keep their eyes upon
Oklahoma, where the people in their too
strenuous desire for all kinds of reform
to show the effete East how to run
State have overreached themselves by
embodying in their constitution old Pop
ulist theories. And with what result !?
The State guarantee to bank depos-
itors in Oklahoma has proved a pro-
nounced failure The formal report on
the workings of the Oklahoma bank
deposit guarantee fund indicates that
the vital defect in the plan was that the
guarantee was as unreliable as the pri-
vate banking enterprises which it was
expected to protect. Looseness in ac-
counting and in the actual handling of
the funds could scarcely have been
greater in any of the private banks than
in this official institution, and eonsid-
cradle part of the assessments which
have been paid in by banks is unaeeount-
ed for. The net result of the act was
not only to relieve the individual banks
Of that direct responsibility to depositors
which Is the basis for confidence neces-
sary for continued existence, but it sub
stituted for that the nominal fespon-
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

hunting down Of q victim for the pur-
poses OF blackmail he will display q pru-
dence and tact that would do honor to
the head Of an old-established house,
engaged in honest commerce. When he
kills. 1t IL almost invariably the knife.
and rarely the revolver. that he employs.
According to the ethics Of Camorrist
chivalry. to stand OF twenty PAGES and
shoot a man verges on cowardice. The
deed. to be honorable" must be per-
petrated at close quarters with cold
steel. presumably in order that the vic
tim may have a chance of defending
himself and Of striking blow for his
life FLANEUR.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
TABLOID THOUGHTS.

From the Boston Herald.
Fortnightly elections seem a bit fire.
quent even for a town like Tacoma with
the paraphernalia Of the recall.
From the Boston Globe.
We can't help wondering shyly every
now and then IL the contributing editor OF
the Outlook calls Jr. Abbott .'Ly.''
From the Baltimore News.
Woodrow Wilson's determination to &c
through the West is probably founded on
an Intense opposition to any monopoly IN
its winning.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Another man who was in the charge OF
the Light Brigade at Balaklava has just
died. Onward. the 100000.
From the Flint Journal
Don't overlook the coincidence that i'm
mediately after the officers of the Michi-
gan National Guard were ordered to re.
port at San Antonio for duty, the Mexi-
cans began to talk of an armistice.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The announcement that the Democr attic
majority in the House will revise Schedule
K, putting raw wool on the free list and
cutting down the duties on manufac-
lures of wool, is good news.
From the Albany Journal
Gov. Foss sent special message to the
Massachusetts legislature urging the pas
sage of an act TO regulate the operation
Of aeroplanes. There's progressiveness for
you!
From the Philadelphia North American.
The Pennsy says II has to maintain a
smoke nuisance in Philadelphia so tina,
other towns won't be jealous. Besides, OF
course, 1t must keep up its historic policy
Of throwing dust in the eyes of this city
From the indianapolis Star.
A 12-cent breakfast may be all righ,
enough for Prof. Woods, OF Cambridge
but there are a good many people who
would not regard it as worth getting ur
for.
From the Omaha World Herald
Just at this time the judicial tempera-
ment'' Of the President may prove to be
| especially useful.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
Rise of the Motor Industry.

Had any one predicted twelve years
ago that the motor industry, which was
then beginning to loom as possibility
in this country, would to-day occupy its
commanding position, he would have
been ridiculed, much as were Morse
and Edison when the one first projected
the telegraph and the other the phono-
graph.
The figures of the Census Bureau in
relation to the growth of automobile
manufacture in the United States are
50 startling IS to compel attention. In
the ten-year period from 1889 to Iooe
the value Of motor ears built by Amer
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY
BY A. w. MACY.
THE BELATED FUNERAL OF
JOHN BROWNS SON.
By A. w. MACY.

Old John Brown had two sons
killed at Harpers Ferry. Owen
and Watson. The body of owen
was buried with others in a
trench near the scene of the
conflict. That of Watson was
secured by some physicians from
a medical college at Winchester,
twenty miles away. Three years
afterward. in 1862, Winchester
was captured by Gen. Banks. Of
the Union army, and DR.. ]. ].
Johnson, surgeon Of the Twen-
ty-seventh Indiana Volunteers.
was placed in charge of the med
ical college. which had been
turned into a hospital for South
ern soldiers. DR.. Johnson found
the body Of Watson Brown, so la
beled, which had been anatomic-
ally preserved as q fine specimen
Of the human body. He sent the
body to his home In Indiana. and
preserved 1t there for many years.
In 1882 word reached the Brown
family that DR.. Johnson had Wat
sons body. The oldest son, John
Brown, jr., who was living at
Bay, went to Martinsville,
Ind, where DR.. Johnson lived,
Identified the body, and took 1t
away with him. It was buried
with impressive ceremonies by
the side Of the father, John
Brown, Of osawatomie." in the
Adirondack Mountains. This ac->
count il authentic. for the writer
Of Curious Bits Of History" Is
the one who discovered" the
body at Martinsville. A full ac-
count Of the matter will be found
in the New York Independent of
June IS, 1895.
Copyright lsli. b Jossph .. Bo~ieA,
Ts-nerrsw-~AB Bishep Of Iron
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
White Horse and Red-haired Girl.

What has become of the red-haired
girl? She seems to have departed from
the haunts of men. When one sees a
white horse and hurriedy glances about
for a red-haired girl, there is none to
be seen. What is the meaning of this
mysterious disappearance: There may
be two explanations.
In the twentieth century woman's hair
is what she wants it to be. Most women
do not like red hair and therefore change
the color. There is another reason
Even if there were a few red-haired
girls still at large, they could only be
recognized in the house. The present
mode of hats hides the hair as we'll as
the ears and face, and the rich red coif-
fure is buried under the prevalent femi-
nine headgear
This seems to dispose of the mystery.
The twentieth century hair-dresser has
solved the problem of extracting the
fiery pigment from red hair, and popu-
lar prejudice is making wide use of his
discovery. Hence there is an actual
dearth of red-haired maidens, and those
that remain of an unsophisticated and
natural hue are so disguised by the 1911
hats as TO be unrecognizable
Eventually the white horse may be re-
placed by the automobile, and the red
hair white-horse sign of luck may be
obsolete. Perhaps a white motor car
will be considered the equivalent of a
white horse when the red-haired girl
appears.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

Talking Of ex-Mayor Mcclellan. of
New York. being amply qualified for
professor Of politics at Princeton through
service Of six years in Congress. it
would appear that the lectures by the
Princeton ex-president now enlivening
New Jersey politics would give more
political instruction.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE MAY QUEEN.

You must wake and call me early"
The prospective May Queen said.
But when called. the lazy grille
Stayed in bed.
With her pretty hair disheveled,
Kept on snoozing, did the Queen,
While the other young folks reveled
On the green.
But methinks that she was foxy,
For in May cold breezes nip.
And 1t seems her hapless proxy
Caught the grip.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
Big Loss of Sheep.

From the Pittsburg Post
1t is estimated that in the province Of
Buenos Ayres and in the territory of the
Pampas. Central Argentina. the loss Of
sheep from the effect of the drought will
exceed 5000 head. or about 20 per cent
OF the hocks
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
virsi.ia want. woodrow Wilson

virginia Wants woodrow Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson does row the ship OF
state In great shape. He has towed
through the legislature q good election
BILL Q corrupt practices bill. an en-
pioyers' liability bill. and-a public 'serv-
Ice commission for the regulation Of cor.
porations. Hes from Virginia, ana hs
may come home - soon ~ he pleases
View Got ssms work for him - q
down here.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
Not Called an "Auto.n -

From the Cleveland Leader.
Americans who are going over for the
coronation might as we'll learn right now
that an automobile is not a gasoline
wagon. but a petrol cart" in dear ole
Lunnun.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

When It is considered that the Pullman
Company in the ten years from 1899 to
1908 paid 81. .6e5.S4S in dividends on a cap
ital of s5o,0oo.oOo. it is obvious that there
is no wolf anywhere in sight Of its door
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

A youth OF the name of Paul Revere.
a descendant OF the famous Lexington
family. Is trying to enter West Point.
If heredty counts for anything. he ought
to be taken gladly. for he would make
a splendid cavalryman.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

Three guinea pigs have been killed from
germs contained in a drinking cup.
Moral: Keep your drinking cup away
from guinea pigs.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

The Camorrists may go free. after all,
owing to the collapse of the states case
against them: but the trial has served its
purpose. 1t has furnished full-page SEN
sations and has given novelists a chance
to revive grewsome medieval romances.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
Reverius the Dead.

From the New York Evening Posf.
How absurd Is is to charge US with he
ing an irreverent people appears from
that fact that in Philadelphia the dead
are allowed to vote, and In the Carnegie
Trust Company they indorsed promissory
notes.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01
THE ANNAPOLIS INCIDENT.
the Louisville Cmrier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-Jcurnal.
The whole business of ancestor-worship
is a fetch. The whole lot of royal and
noble families of Europe. with all the
advantages Of wealth. have not produced
as many men OF unusual abilities. or
women Of exceptional beauty. as an
equal number Of families of no particular
lineage. Fourteen generations back and
every one has 14.000 ancestors. and, If
qualities are transmitted, it becomes a
puzzling job to pick out the particular
one of the 1900 We are to parade as the
originator of our own glories. Go back
a thousand years or so-and many noble
and royal families beat that-and every
body in the world is cousin to everybody
else.
Science has conclusively proved that the
best types come suddenly, and not from
generations of human beings bred on the
aristocratic theory. Democracy is scien-
tific. Aristocracy is a theoretical and
actual delusion.
From ths DanviIle Register.
Snobbery is all too manifest in our So
cial system and is a reflection upon US as
a people. The Annapolis incident is sig
nificant only because it shows that the
government itself is undertaking to draw
snobbish social distinctions.
From the Pittsbug Dispatch
1t seems appropriate punishment that
the Annapolis Naval Academy has had to
apologize TO a young woman socially
snubbed because she earns her living.
The Academy is supported by a nation of
workers for their living, including the
taxes
From the Rochester Democrat.
The young men at Annapolis and West
Point should not be encouraged in the
slightest degree in such artificial social
sentiments. They are themselves the
servants OF and are supported by the
peoples government, and should be the
last to manifest snobbish tendencies
From the Columbia Stata
Perhaps this Is not the first time that
a pretty girl has stood Annapolis on its
head
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

The month Of May. beautiful May. is
here, and all mankind Is yearning
for revision, reform, lots Of holidays, and
a raise in wages
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

The professor who has gone on record
that slang never will force its way into
society evidently knows nothing at al
of society
The Washington herald., 1911-05-01

And now, as the weather is getting
warmer. Congress may be expected to
do something to escape the well-known
Washington summer.