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The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

reforming the imperial administration
generally. The Union of South Africa
proposes that all matters relating to
self-governing dominions as well as a
permanent secretariat of the imperial
conference be placed directly under the
prime minister of the United Kingdom.
The substitution of the word i'm
perial" for Colonial" means that, in
accordance with recent developments and
the modern spirit of progress, the do
minions feel that no longer they are
colonies subject to the rulings of de-
partment, but they have grown into
states entitled to confer through their
prime ministers with the premier of the
United Kingdom The principle which
the New Zealand and the South African
proposals embody corresponds with
facts and tendencies of far-reaching
import. The national sentiment in the
British dominions is as strong as that
of loyalty; but that loyalty. it must not
be forgotten, is not so much toward
the United Kingdom as toward the
common empire
This sentiment of colonial national
ism" has found expression in political
facts. Canada makes her own treaties
She is to have her own navy. So is
Australia All this means. il anything
a new era in the history of the British
empire 4 colonial office adjusting a
dispute or conducting negotiations with
Canada and at the same time settling
a tribal row at the Gold Coast. as if the
two matters were OF a like kind, is out
of date.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
PASSING OF THE TIP.
Banner of Insusrection Beginning to
be Raised in Europe Even.
From the New York Evening Post.

Banner of Insurrection Beginning to
De Raised in Europe Even.
From the New York Evening Post.
Eastward the revolt against the tipping
system takes its way. Even in Budapest
the banner of insurrection has been
raised. and among the last people whom
we should ever have expected to attack
the tipping evil-the walters. On a recent
Monday evening most Of the cafes were
deserted because Of three great meetings
Of walters called to discuss the question
OF taking tips. Naturally. they want
something to take the place Of the his
toric system by which the public helps
the proprietor to defray his wages bill,
and so they propose. instead, their re-
ceiving fixed percentage Of the receipts
Of hotels. coffee rooms, and restaurants.
That they mean business appears from
the fact that a committee Of 100 has been
appointed to deal with the employers
Here in New York we note the increas-
ing number of no tip barber shops, but
in other ways the practice seems to
spread. An inexperienced visitor to this
city went into one of our Fifth avenue
restaurants the other night, and in his
ignorance, gave a waiter a 50-cent tip
for serving a modest supper for himself
and a couple of friends. only to have the
modification of seeing the waiter throw
the money upon the floor and cali his
assistant, boy. to pick it up and throw
it away" OF course, complaints in
case like this are of no avail. The fault
finder simply exposes himself as one ig-
norant of New York customs and man.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
The Standard Oil Decision.

The Supreme Court OF the United
States has decided unanimously that the
Standard Oil Company is a conspiracy
in restraint OF trade and must dissolve
The decision. while not unexpected. Is
nevertheless most important and some
time must elapse before its full SigIufl-
cance can be appreciated The evolve
rnent OF a plan of dissolution IS a Sc
rious one for the company. and the
action OF the court in extending from
thirty davs 10 six months the period
in which 10 meet the new conditions IS
erninertly proper Under these cir
cunstances. It is probable that there
will be no immediate or revolutionary
effect in business circles. In addition
10 this. the company has undoubtedly
anticipated that the Supreme Court
would affirm the decree OF the lower
tribunal and thus has saved itself from
the shock Of surprise
II is in its effect upon other cor
poratf6ns. however. that the decision
will be far-reaching There are hun-
dreds and even thousands of corlDina-
tons which core within the purview Of
the courts judgment. Some of these
ought undoubtedly to be dissolved. tct
there a-c not few which have belIe~
fitted their investors as we'll as the pub
lie by lowering the prices of com-
modities through concentrated and eco
nomical management These may or
may not be in the same category with
the rest 1t is impossible to foretell
how the rearrangement of these corpo-
rations, how their division into their
previous component parts, is to be ef-
fected The country will now confront
a period of readjustment with some un-
certainty existing as to which corpora
tions are 'unreasonably and unduly' in
restraint of trade This qualifying
phrase introduces a doubtful factor into
the situation. They are not in the law
"a fact which Justice Harlan empha-
sizes in his dissenting opinion-but they
are, in the declaration Of the court, and
they will be the bone of contention in
the multitudinous litigation which is
sure to follow
Upon the whole. however, the coun-
try will be relieved to know that the
Supreme Court has spoken We have
learned, at least, that the greatest COM
bination in the United States exists il
legally and that it must bow to the law.
This means that the day of the mo-
nopoliStic combinations, which throttle
competition and ride rough-shod over
the less powerful and compel the pub
lie to pay any toll which they may see
fit to exact, has past.
The benefit which the public may re-
ceive as result of this decision is,
however, problem hidden in the
future
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Mobiles Bfcentenary.

From the Mobile Register.
May rs and q will be great days in Mo-
bile. for on that occasion the historic
Gulf city will be 20 years old. Not only
all Alabama, but other States as we'll
are interested in this occasion. and there
is no doubt that the city will be well
crowded with visitors from many parts
Of the country. AS far as tentatively de-
cided upon, the exercises Of the celebra-
ton will take place in the forenoon and
at night of May 26. the main features
being the unveiling of a memorial tablet,
civic and military parade along the
boundary line of the original city, 'and
an historic GRAFTON in the Mobile Theater
at night. followed by banquet to the
distinguished visitors" The next day,
May q. will be devoted to the entertain
ment of the officers of the war vessel
and also the entertainment of the crews.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Save the Forests.

From the Baltimore Star.
Directly upon the carelessness of some
individual or individuals lies the blame
for every forest fire at this season of the
year. Probably 100000 worth of timber
has been destroyed this spring in Mary
land alone. This in day when conserva-
ton is on the lips of every one. The
principal cause is the man who builds
brush fire in the vicinity Of massed cut
tings of tops and branches where timber
has been cut, and then goes away and
leaves IL to burn out. Every Maryland
forest fire should be investigated this
year. If conservation is to stand as
principle and not a byword, and wherever
gross carelessness Is found to have occa-
stoned 1t the law should be invoked to
punish the offender. Only by this means
can there be any proper preventive, and
only thus can any mans timber land
be safe.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
SURGERY OF THE HEART.
Amasing Advance, Of Modern su

Amasfng Advances Of Modern Sur
gerry to Fight Almost Sure Death.
From the PHILADELPHIA press
Five. stitches In the heart OF a wound
ed man lying at the Pennsylvania Hos
pital Illustrated the amazing advances
Of modern surgery. The treatment faii-
ed to save the patients life. but the
fact Of the experiment 10 none the less
extremely significant. Here was a man
who had been stabbed in the heart on
thought 1t worth while making the effort
to save his life.
As late as a generation ago, the
slightest injury to the central organ OF
human vitality was regarded as entail
ing certain death. Twenty years earlier,
during and long after the civil war.
the slightest puncture Of the intestines
was held to be inevitably fatal. When
a poor fellow happened to get shot
through the body in battle his case was
pronounced hopeless. All that medical
or surgical science could do was to ad-
minister anodynes to the end that life
might pass away with as little pain as
possible.
ANo"dddyS HtestiHdl SuTseTy mas
reached point Of development where
the operation for appendicitis can
scarcely be considered a capital opera
ton. Portions Of the larger and active
intestines. even the stomach itself. can
be removed without entailing the pa
TENTS death or invalidism. In the sur
gerry OF the heart there has been a
similar progress. Hearts have been sue
cessfully "massaged" by direct manipu-
lation to restore their action.
In the face of so serious an injury as
a knife wound in the heart. the skillful
surgeons at the Pennsylvania Hospital
did not hesitate to meet the desperate
case with a desperate remedy. The man
lived more than two days with five
stitches in the delicate organ which is
above all -others the seat of life In
cised wounds Of the heart are no longer
beyond the reach of surgical science
1t seems almost a cry back to medieval
ism to recall the time. hardly more than
twenty years ago. when the suggestion
of heart surgery would have been re-
garded as chimerical.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Homicide by Acropsene.

From Popular Mecharich
Homicide by aeroplane is new type
Of crime made possible by the extended
use of the heavier-than-air machine The
technical definition Of the crime is "homi-
eide by imprudence," and two persons
have already been convicted of it in
France. One OF them. NJ. van den
HeuVel. was sentenced to pay a fine of
SO to the state and to pay the widower
Of woman killed by his machine 81. .OOO
The accident occurred at Issy-les- Mouli-
neaux. The woman was walking along
the public footpath and was knocked
down by one Of the wings of the air
mans machine. NJ Bailod. another air.
man. who ran his machine into a crowd
Of people. killing a young girl and in
juring three other persons, was sentenced
to pay a. $40 fine and spend one month In
iail.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
President Taft and the Doctors.

From the American Medical Journal.
No other President has been so honored
by the medical profession, and no other
President has so honored the physicians
of the United States. But 1t must be
said also that no other President has been
brought into contact with physicians and
their work in so many ways-has had
such practical knowledge of what med
ical science has done and is doing-for
no other President has had the oppor-
tunities for personal observation of the
results of scientific sanitation that Presi-
dent Taft had in the Philippines, in
Cuba, in Porto Rico. in the Canal Zone,
and as Secretary of War. His address to
the thousand physicians at the Philadel-
phia reception-and TO the medical pro-
fession of the country, for he took pains
to emphasize the fact that he had a mes
sage for the medical profession of the
United States-was a gratifying apprecia-
ton of the economic and humanitarian
benefits that have resulted from. modern
medicine. 1t was also an evidence that.
for a layman. the speaker had an unusu-
ally wide knowledge of medical affairs
and grasp of medical science and what
IL has accomplished.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
THE COUNTRY BAND.
Memory LinEers Over Rehearsals of
Blacksmith, Clerks, and Doctor.

From the New YORK Mail
Hail to the brass band Of our boyhood,
How the memory fingers No wonder
Mayor Gaynor. not to mention some al
dermen, acclaimed II as ..All right; the
best ever" and quite the proper figure
cost nothing-if reproduced by home
talent for our city Fairgrounds That
band was as We remember IN eternal
fame. made up of one milkman, three
clerks in the country store-over which
it met for monthly rehearsal all winter
the blacksmith, who played the drum.
the doctor, If sickness was dull so that
he could bring his piccolo. Indeed. scat
tered all over town were men who had
served and could be called on like a
veteran corps. All communities have
these veterans, with souls to music set,
men who can whistle. or play the ac-
Gordon, or jam the twanging cymbals.
With such recollections Of the home
town crowding the mind 1t is no wonder
that there seemed no need of a great
city paying $1,000 for professionals. Any
street can readily scrape up a band, be-
ginning with the German grocer at the
corner The advantages of such a Wig
orous band are known. In the village
it lowered rents over a wide area about
the general store over which the men,
bers met for practice. 1t would make a
curfew bell needless.
lie CROSSROADS comes to Its own. 1t
is standard on bands, by authority of its
bucolic sons now in places of metropoli-
tan censorship. The proud name of the
village in red letters was on the drum
head. The big horn that wound its glis-
tening brass all round our Jim, while
he faced the post office, and yet his in
strument doomed back the other way.
Harmony that could saw wood. Time to
suit all tastes. Expression and feeling
depicted on the players faces. Even
pair of oxen paused impressed, turning
their great, fine eyes.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Taxing Death.

From the New York Evening Mail.
They have queer ways of doing things
down in Mexico, as most observers are
aware by this time. but the fact that
they virtually impose a tax on death is
perhaps not generally known. To illus
trate: A young American was drowned
in the Rio Grande the other day and his
body drifted down the river. lodging final
ly on the Mexican side. When his rela-
tives came to claim the body. they were
received with the utmost courtesy. but
were somewhat amazed when informed
that the remains could not be sent out
Of the country except upon the payment
of a tax of $12o, that being the law III
such cases made and provided. The NOR
al, If there be any. is: Don't die in
Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Got His Flowing Done.

FrOnl The View 1Ofk Man.
Shortly before departing on a three
week visit to a distant city. Benjamin
Rawn, who lives near Colfax. in the
State of Washington, intimated to sew
eral neighbors that he believed that
somewhere in a ten-acre lot on his farm
there was an immense amount Of gold
dust which had been buried there by
miserly ancestor. When he returned
from his visit he found that lot plowed
and replowed more thoroughly than 1t
ever had been before. Mr.. Rawn has
planted that lot in potatoes. and so far
as can be ascertained. he has never ask
ed whether the plowman found any
buried treasure. 1t seems that Mr..
Rawn has some exceedingly friendly and
helpful neighbors. Also, he has read his
Aesop
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Federal Employees and Labor Unions.

President Taft, in his speech at Har-
risburg before the convention of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
stated very plainly and accurately the
relation of the Federal employees to
labor organizations. He pointed out
that these employees, by the very nature
of their positions, must be deprived of
certain activities which men engaged in
private pursuits may enjoy. He does
not oppose organization of the employees,
but insists it should not be affiliated
with trades union oreapizations made
up Of the employees of private concerns
nor should they fuse the same methods
in securing hetaer terms of employment
that are recognized as lawful and JUS
6hable in the ordinary trade union"
Mr.. Taft says that TO allow govern
meut erployee she sioit 70 sfrilte ard
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Uniuue Checkerboard.

From the PhtladelphlA Hecofu
Harry Flickinger. Of Palmyra, Lebanon
County. has just completed unique
parchesi and checker board combined
It is made Of separate blocks Of wood
and consists of 4.1s4 pieces. The checker
board consists Of 7N pieces. and the
parchesi board a.sss pieces, including the
top of the table Five different kinds
of wood were used. consisting Of yellow
pine. maple. walnut. cherry. and ash.
Eleven weeks Of spare time were put In
to complete this curious piece OF work.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
A New Fuel.

From the New York Mail.
Street rubbish is put to a variety of
uses, part made into manure. the rest
assorted, and the paper, rags, metals.
and glass sold to dealers. Amsterdam
has a new idea 1t proposes to convert
the waste into fuel briquets, which can
be sold at $40 a ton. These briQuets
can be produced at H.15 ton. making
a profit of over $4,000 a year on the S.
900 tons Of briquets which the street re-
fuse will yield At present the refuse Is
disposed OF at a loss of $4,000. The new
plan should reduce the danger OF cpl
demic.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
NEW CIRCUS MAXIMUS.
Polo Grounds and Manhattan Field
to he Central Field of Sports.

to he Central Field OF sports.
From the New York World.
The project to transform the Polo
Grounds and Manhattan Field. together
with the adjacent territory. into a great
central home for sports OF all descriptions
contains alluring possibilities. Included
in the scheme are a vast amphitheater.
baseball and football stadium, fields for
polo and track athletics, and arenas for
horse and automobile shows. &c. with
clubhouses and stables of permanent con-
struction. Boat houses and landing stages
on the Harlem to provide access for mo-
torboats and facilities for water sports
are contemplated.
The passing of Madison Square Garden
and the burning OF the grand stands at
the Polo Grounds have emphasized the
need Of both A more adequate and a safer
home for sports and spectacles. New
York has the Olympian games. but no
satisfactory amphitheater for them.
While sport has been made a fetish and
holidays are consecrated to it, no care
has been spent on its temples Though
even colleges have their stadia, the Amer
ican metropolis. with a population of
nearly 5000, COO and an old Roman zest for
contests of skill and strength. is forced
to put up with makeshft facilities which
would not have contented a third-rate
city under the Caesars.
Certainly the dignity of the national
game demands something better than
tinder-box grand stands. What the city
requires is a Circus Maximus, and the
project in question promises an eventual
realization of the ideal. 1t needs a COM
modious central amusement point with
accommodations for all forms of sport
and with steel and concrete construction
replacing wood. There is a great oppor-
tunity for some Haussmann of athletics
to effect the transformation.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

A Baltimore newspaper says II is in
favor of a commission form of govern
ment for that city. not because it is
a cure-all for all municipal diseases or
because it is a fad of modernism, but
because it means a business government"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
ABOUT WASHINGTON PEOPLE

From the New York Evening Telegram
President Taft says he is willing to wait
on the Senate all summer for the reci-
procity bill. This is the utterance of a
great soldier in the language of a great
diplomat.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY
By A. w. MACY.
NAPoLEoNs FEEBLE SON.

NAfoLLoN rEEbLE SoN-
One would suppose that the
son of man like Napoleon Bon
aparte would inherit at least
some of the strong qualities of
his father, yet such was not the
case with the Duke of Reich
stadt. the only child of Napoleon
and Marie Louisa. He was born
at Paris. March 20. 1911, and
was given the proud title.
king of Rome" That Ma
poleon expected great things of
him is evidenced by his exul-
tant exclamation, Now begins
the proudest epoch Of my reign!'
Four years later the emperor
left France forever. Marie
Louisa took the boy and re-
turned to Austria, and the IA
ther never saw him again. He
grew up into a feeble manhood
physically, and gave no evil
dence of possessing the genius
of his illustrious parent. He
was made Duke Of Reichstadt.
and entered the Austrian army
in early youth. He reached the
rank Of lieutenant colonel, but
this was probably by reason of
birth rather than Of merit. In
1882 he was seized with quick
consumption" and died July %
Of that year. Thus the boy In
whose birth such great hopes
were centered failed utterly to
fulfll them. To his credit be II
said. however, that 30 far as
known he was a youth Of good
character. studious and amiable.
1t ID said that the deprivation
Of the society Of his boy was
the heaviest cross the emperor
had to bear in his exile
COPYRIGHT isii. b. Joseph B. BowieAl
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The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY

To keep IN teueh With hons
news Washingts.ians Isaving the
city sAeuld net nan to have TIE
Wsshingtea HERALD nailed to
tAen. II WIN - seat prsaDtly.
and a6aroeses Day - eAangel -
sften - eea1reA w1theot snfaE.
EuptSon - oorv1eo.
Kan seass - bheAs lEaaa -
gavtSe ~ - - ~ e1es,ssse.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

good figure is worth something in
New York A jury has awarded TO a
model in a cloak house S3,4S9 because,
owing to her prepossessing figure. she was
instrumental in selling sl32,0oO worth OF
goods in one year. When the firm tried
to settle with her for a few hundred
dollars she brought suit.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

A drop Of printers ink
May make a thousand think.
A single drop
May keep your shop
From getting on the blink.
A drop, when hardly dry,
Makes many people buy.
1t helps your biz
And therefore is
A goodly thing to try.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

4 French economist writes TO Paris
journal that America has no real money.
Perhaps so. but nevertheless possession
is a very pleasing dsluSion.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Next Campaign Textbook.

From the Indianapolis Star.
1t is just barely possible that in letting
the Republicans have their say about the
Canadian reciprocity agreement the
Democrats have not entirely lost sight
of their next campaign textbook.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Slurring 1t Over.

I'm a poor conversationalist at these
high-brow dinner parties. I'm always
afraid of mispronouncing some word
Take a mouthful of spinach before at
tempting a word that you are uncertain
about"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
II q Woman Buys.

From the AItany JoUrnA.
The price put on Madison Square Gar
den in New York is ss.50o.OOO. prelim-
mary, no doubt, to marking 1t down to
g. 40. .999.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

Massachusetts Agricultural College is
making an effort to breed bees without
stings. Why not go a step farther and
make a trial with mosquitoes.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

If the japanese are so terribly vexed
over the S0.OOO.oO0 American loan to
China, why didn't they ask first?
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

Abdul Hamid probably acquired his
lifelong crouch because he was obliged
to contemplate the harem skirts.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
Turn About,

Can / get of to go to the ball game?'
You cannot" answered the boss. Fur
thermore, you will have to work to-
night The Office Is scheduled for a double
header"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
YN Indeed!

From the New York World
II you were an American Ambassador
to Germany. gentle reader. and you had
to deal with the social ambitions OF
American exchange professors IN Berlin,
wouldn't you want to resign. too!
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

The parcels post is bound to come. The
best that the express companies may
hope for is that it will be very slow in
coming.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
How II. This for q ReasonP

From the Atlanta Journal
We suggest that people wishing to
make engagements with US set the time
before o'clock during the rest Of the
baseball season.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16
OverIooked BY politicians.

From the Cleveland Leader.
The municipality Of Cleveland has
surplus OF q, 10000 lying idle. The poll
ticians there have evidently overlooked
q bit.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

For all Mr.. Taft cares. the grangers
can go ahead and boycott him with i'm
punity
The Washington herald., 1911-05-16

The Harmon Presidential boom is liable
to strike shoals when it attempts to
navigate the waters of the Platte