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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
REICHSRATH OPENS
Emperor Francis Joseph Asks for Re.
organization Of the Army.

Vienna, July 19.-Emperor Francis
Joseph opened the reichsrath with the
customary ceremonial The speech
from the throne. which the emepror
read in a strong, clear voice, showing
no trace of his recent illness. empha-
sized the necessity for immediate re-
organization of the army to keep pace
with the development of military
forces which is progressing rapidly
everywhere"
Necessity for the creation of new
financial resources was mentioned.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
Cat Turns on Gas.

New York, July 19.-Margaret Hen
ry, seventy eight, is dead and Helen
Henry, eighty-six, is dying from gas
poisoning. The family cat jumped on
the gas range after a piece of meat.
The meat caught in the jet and turned
on the gas.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
INDICT STOKES CASE GIRLS
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad He,d
by New York Grand Jury.

New York, July 19.-Lillian Graham
and Ethel Conrad were indicted on
three counts growing out of the shoot
ing of w. e. ID. Stokes at their apart
ment June 6.
The grand jury held them for NJ.
tempted murder in the first degree. AS.
sault In the first degree, and assauIt
10 the second degree.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-21
CHAPTER VII.

Ut was while they were standing,
still somewhat confused. that Lii
liam appeared in the doorway and
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It well. After months ef patient en-
duranee Of badinage, much of which
was in doubtful taste, he turned upon
his prosecutors and gave then tongue
lashing, from his place on the floor Of
the House, which they never forgot.
Nor has the general public forgotten It.
The truth of the matter is that the
rainbow tints ascribed to his sartorial
metif really belonged to his vocabu-
larry. He plays with adjectiyes and
SMILES like Hindoo juggler. He Is
master of what he himself perhaps
would call suaviter in modo, fortitur
In re. In other words, he can denounce
scallswags and octopi in terms which
sound positively caressing. He has a
handclasp as warm ~ his heart and
mind as brilliant as his own beaming
smile. From Seattle to the China sta.
tion he has devoted personal friends,
and those out in Illinois will rally to
him. Washington will be glad to greet
him when he comes.
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TRUST LEGISLATION
FORMIDABLE TASK

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The enactment Of legislation to con-
troll trusts is q task SO formidable
that Is doubtful whether it can be sue
cessfully accomplished at this time.
when the public mind has yet to regard
them In more friendly light than
necessary evils" and the trusts them
selves have still to work outItheir own
commercial destiny. The effort, of
course, should be made, and undoubted-
ly will be made, in Congress this win
ter, for there are many features Of the
trust problem that concededly need
the restraint of law. but 1t should be
kept in mind that trusts" are after
fore, not to be Unfortunately set
down and attacked as a menace to the
country's welfare.
They have proved strength rather
restraint of trade" they have been a
potential factor in a period Of unpre-
cedented Industrial development and
prosperity. Obviously they cannot be
industrial interests, and for that rea-
son conservatism should prevail on the
part Of our national LEGISLATORS.
II VIII be quite difficnlt task to
test of constitutionality and at the
same time prove responsive to the just
demand for proper supervision of these
great corporations Most of them would
welcome legislation not framed In ths
hostile spirit Of PoDulist octopus hunt
ers.
Congress can do much, and should do
something, to make unlawful some OF
but individual American enterprise and
capital will after all prove to be the
real and vital force against them.
EVERETT SPRING.
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CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
TO PEOPLE OF IRELAND
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In your issrf Of Sunday, November
1a. appears a somewhat lengthy COIN
munication under caption or headlines
w. d. N: Mislrotes Continental Con-
sressm Now, Mr. Editor; this SaptiSa n
the belief that The Times gives sane
tion to the 'mjschievous" aad fabri-
Gated assertions of the writer Of that
communication-hence I ask sufficient
This seif-constituted censor and
would-be historic critic writes:
Taking from a shelf Of my library a
hook. Journal of the Proceedings Of
rh!a, May 10. I775, published by order
Of the Congress, Philadelphia; printed,
London; reprinted for J. Alrnon. 177d,
! find from page - to page 1S2, both in
Ireland, and turning to page Isl, l find
that the last paragraph thereon begins
with Accept our r'ost graceful &C &C.
culture of that day. which w. B. NJ,
NJ. D.. corrupts into Accept our most
grateful acknowledgements - as II
the Congress were expressing gratitude
to Ireland for something or other when
1t was not"
Now, Congress, in fact, did this very
thing, for no such word as graceful
appears, but the word grateful does.
and Is printed In this very sentence. in
the only two official editions that
can find in the Library If Congress
one the original, volume l. page 1s4. 1773,
the other an official reprint, Volume 2.
rage 217, 1905, both published by orders
Of the Continental and the United
States Congresses. rsspeeSveiy,,orhcial NV y
printed and edited from the original
records in the Library of Congress, and
both containing. the proceedings for
r. i wherein y ar,nc anPealhsa hSr tSs
the Twelve United Colonies OF North
America, by the Representatives in
Congress. To the People Of Ireland"
srap ns 5s pase m m ne Of
volume /. 1775. reads: Accept our most
grateful acknowledgements for. the
friendly disposition you have always
shown toward us" Also. the hrst sen, !, ,
reprinted by order of Congress, volume
2, reads Accept our most grateful
Acknowledgements for the friendly dispo-
siuon you have always shown toward
u.s."
Further In tire last paragraph on
page 1S1, volume /, l775, appears: "Your
parliament had done US no wrong. You
had ever been friendly to the rights Of
pleasure and gratitude, that your
na,icn has produced patriots. who have
nobly distinguished themselves In the
rause OF humanity and America.
lnese JOuffldis VI SohSiesS, PupIShe
by order OF Congress, are to be found
upon the shelves Of the Congressional
Library, and, therefore, are available
to the reading purnc-so that the reader
may readily decide the question of
authentic quotations, as hetween the
cwner Of that VERY remarkable book,
the one "taken from shelf Of my
library" and the official records
of the proceedings Of the Contlpental
Congress from which w. b. NJ, VI. D..
accurately quoted In a brief communi-
cation appearing in The Times OF Mo-
vember s, l911-Under (my OWN caption,
Continental Congress to the People OF
Ireland. Permit me, Mr.. Editor, u
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death. The majority Of people do not
think for themselves; they are swept
along by waves of popular feeling. often
regardless Of the dictates Of common
sense, and in this tendency OF the aver
age human mind lies the danger of
rash and hasty Judgment. So in the
interests of public safety word OF
warning should be spoken. 1t might
well be shouted from the housetops that
no one Is safe while people can be con-
demned and executed on such absurd
circumstantial evidence as that which
convicted young Beattie. He was con-
vtcted almost entirely on the testimony
OF a rather weak-minded relative, who
appeared to be actuated chiefly by fear
Of his own personal safety. together
with petty jealousy of his rich rela-
tions. It is now stated that his recent
affidavits made in denial of his former
testimony are not worthy of considera-
ton; II his testimony is not worthy Of
consideration now, why was 1t accepted
during the trial?
AS for Governor Mann. he may be sin
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COLONEL LEWIS HAS SHE'D
HIS CASTOR.

These are glad days for the great
State of Illinois. Even before the COM
ing of Christmas, before the advent of
Thanksgiving, feeling of good cheer
pervades the Lake Shore and the
prairies Col. James Hamilton Lewis
has definitely SHE'D his castor and will
come to Washington as a Democratic
Senator, or he will have taken a very
accurate measurement of the gentle
man who beats him to it.
The county seat of La Sale was
chosen as the scene of his first speech,
and the night was memorable one.
He will make many others between
now and next April, when the primaries
are held, which will be equally mem
orable. Only last week he was in
Washington, looking as dapper and
as debonnaire as in those early days
when he was the Brummel, the AL
cibiades, the Crichton of the House.
Time, which has left few traces on
his. brow and none on his whiskers,
seems to rest upon him as lightly as
flower. The gorgeous spats were not
in evidence, for the simple reason that
they have always been a pure inven.
tion of the pseudo -humorists.
The one thing that was distinctly
evident was the exuberant good humor,
the irrepressible optimism which have
always characterized him, and will con-
tinue to do so to the end.
Those who underestimated his abil-
ity, In those Congressional days when
the State of Washington was still his
home, learned their lesson and learned
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ant rank rarely attained by little men
SO young. There's ar example, II one
were needed. to the girls who have
stage aspirations.
would anyone pretend to say that
little Master Colt world be any the
less tenderly cared for because Ills
mother has to spend a certain amount
OF her days and evenings In the thea
ter? Certainly notr'
Right here, the delicious Russian ac-
cent became more perceptible. as Mad
anne NaZimova became more and more
enthusiastic over the subject she was
discussing.
Il wish could talk to every girl who
has considered taking up the stage as a
career, but who has been discouraged
by some meddlesome Matties who tell
her she cannot possibly be an actress
and still retain her womanly qualities.
No girl need fear that when she takes
up the stage she will be robbed Of the
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ARMY.

The following transfers and changes in
the stations and duties of officers of
the Corps OF Engineers are ordered:
Company NJ TO Company l., Third
Battalion of Engineers.
Captain ERNEST d. PEEK from Com
pany to Company M. Third Bat
Captain WARREN r. HANNUM to
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for duty
with Company I, Third Battalion of
Engineers, believing Captain w.
Second Lieutenant STUART c. GOD
FREY to Company M. Third Bat
talon of Engineers.
Captain DOUGLAS MACARTHUR from
Third Battalion of Engineers and
assigned to duty with the Second
Battalion Of Engineers.
Captains GUSTAyE R: LUKEsH and
Lieutenants JAMES j: LOVING.
n. SCHULZ will proceed from Fort
Philippine Islands, with headquarters
and Companies X. and l., Third
Battalion OF Engineers.
Captain saI, MICHAEL s,;,t J; r,sE6oHt ,MsEe6PooHNtogGH.
DILLON. CLARENCE s. RIDLEY,
and HENRY A. FINCH, and Second
Lieutenant ROBERT S. A. DOUGH-
ERTY are relieved from duty in the
hhPPiiS iSiohuS, anu win Pocteu
with Companies e and H. Second
Battalion of Engineers, to Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas
First TRi6K fptePaG5s RicHARh RARPtR g. He
L. HALL, CLARENCT l.. STURDE-
Want, and RICHARD T. COINER
are relieved from duty with the
Secohd Battalion of Engineers and
assigned to duty with the Third
Battalion of Engineers upon the ar
rival at Manila, Philippine Islands,
of headquarters and Companies X
and l. of the latter battlion.
Captain PAUL 8. BOND from duty
with Company III. Second Battalion
OF Engineers. to Washington, Dis
trict of Columbia.
Captain WARREN T. HANNUM and
Second Lieutenants CLEVELAND C.
GEE and FRANK 8. BESSON from
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. to
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Many Other Artists Also
Happy Through Marriage,
Beautiful Russian Ayers. !
THEATER DOES NOT
LESSEN WOMANLINESS
Silly to Suppose So, 1t Is Declared.
Actresses Urged to Minglc
With Others.

And now before you go, want to
tell you somthing else about Miss Bar
rymore," Madame Nazimova went on.
the National next week, but what you
do not know is this: That little Master
Samuel Colt Is to be here. too. And I
have left note for Miss Barrymore
1t is stuck up In the corner OF the mir
ror In my dressing room. which will bs
her dressing room next week, and In
1t ] have wished her all sorts Of good
luck: and & a greeting for the -, baby: s ,,:, and
The information that Miss Barrymore
IL travelling with her small son and .
retings Of maids and id,rs nurses, win bs
charming actress. Little Master Colt
now is two years old, and the happtest
and healthiest of babies. Six weeks
6eoHsh! o on his
mother. who then was playing In Gin
cincinnati. Inquiry has developed the
fact that Miss Barrymore's illness early
cancel three days engagement. was
largely due to the fatigue caused by
hard travelling. In addition to the daily
rehearsals incident to the production OF
voted every Sunday to trip to Mama
noneck-trfps which meant, as In the
case Of Erie, Pa, a 40O-mile Journey. or
total of 800 miles in twenty-four
HOuTS, JuBt LOT TIC PiCuouC u sCC1h8
her young son for a few hours.
When Miss Barrymore, now Mrs. Rus
sell @. Colt, decided to marry, woman
friend with little knowledge of real
life or dramatic art, exclaimed: Don't
you think. Miss Barrymore, that 1t
spoils an actress to marry and become
the mother of children?"
WELL" was Miss Barrymore's re-
ply. ''you see, my mother was born.
and my grandmother. My mother and
grandmother both married and had lots
of children. They acted until they died,
and steadily improved as actresses"
And IL history Is to repeat itself. we
may expect little Master Colt to be
the seventh wonder Of the seventh gen.
Grafton of a family of actors and act
resses who have made history. Among
those to whom the highest laurels fall
have been his mother, Ethel Barry
more; his great uncle. John Drew; his
grandfather, Maurice Barrymore; his
grandmother, George Drew Barrymore,
and his great-grandmother Mrs. John
Drew. With Ethel Barrymore, now IN
the full bloom of happy wifehood and
/ motherhood. it is MY boy first; after
JULIA MURDOCH.
Tomorrow Miss Murdock will give a
review of Puccini's Girl of the Golden
West" the grand opera that Is to be
presented this evening in the Belasco
Theater. 81.
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things q woman loves-home life and
motherhood. She can be an actress and
still have both.
But there must be an even balance.
In her talk OF art and temperament
the girl must not become abnormally
normal womanhood let her pursue the
amusements that the women not on
the stage take up. Let there be an
intermingling with people in other
OF healthy pleasure, combined with ex-
ercise. A long walk brings better
sleep than a brofled live lobster. The
girl who is immersed In the theater to
abnormal, and not a pleasant compan-
ion. With right reading, and an even
degree Of work and play. no girl need
fear that a stage career Is going to
come a good wife and a good mother.
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CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE A MENACE

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
For people who are opposed on general
principles to the execution of accused
persons on the strength of circum-
stantial evidence, the case of young
Henry Beattie furnishes a text This
young man may, or may not, be guilty
of the crime charged; no human being.
except himself tor the possible MUIR
derer). actually knows; the rest OF us
have opinions on the subject: In his
case public opinion was against him,
and 1t is this, more than the facts in
the case, that has condemned him to
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CALIFORNIA; IMPROVED
CRIMINAL CODE.

The well-nigh endless delays, the
technicalities, and the exorbitant ex-
Pense Of criminal trials in this country,
resulting all too often in miscarriages
OF justice, have long constituted one
OF the standing reproaches to the
American governmental system. It has
been charged by men In the highest
places that these impediments amount
to an obstruction so serious as prac-
tically to make one law for the rich
and another for the poor. The man
with unlimited resources, able to avail
himself of every technicality, to press
for every possible delay, to insist upon
new trials, appeals, and all the other
means of postponing decision, has an
advantage that the poor man cannot
enjoy.
Years ago demand was set up for a
rigorous reform of criminal proceed
ings, and the most important feature
Of proposed betterment was the strict
limitation of appeals in such cases.
Mr.. Justice Brewer several years ago,
in a great address ON this subject, de-
clared that appeals in criminal cases
We're commonly q means to defeating,
not to insuring justice. He declared
that there should be none such, save
In cases in which prejudice to the ex-
tent of actually affecting the result and
defeating substantial justice was
shown.
This attitude, in effect, has been
taken by leaders of the bar all over
the country, but little progress has
been made toward enforcing such a
rule. Therefore especial interest must
attach to the fact that California has
just amended it's constitution 30 as TO
write this very restriction into its basic
law. Though the amendment received
little attention outside the State, it
was adopted at the recent election, and
is now in force. It reads thus: o
No judgment shall be set aside or a
new trial granted in any criminal case
on the ground Of misdirection of the
jury, the improper admission or rejec-
ton of evidence, or for error as to any
matter OF pleading or procedure unless,
after an examination of the entire
cause. including the evidence, the court
shall be of the opinion that the error
complained Of has resulted in a mis-
carriage Of Justice.
Not long ago the case was reported
of a defendant being dismissed be.
cause of the misspelling of a word in
the indictment. The Indictment, it ap-
pears, was good enough to get the
prisoner into jeopardy, but not good
enough to become the basis of con.
viction, and SO he went free. The lay
mind finds difficulty in quite grasping
that sort of reasoning.
The California amendment means
that an error is not to provide pretext
for retrial, unless, as a matter of fact,
in view of all the facts, that error il
shown to have been responsible for the
substantial defeat of real justice.
This is long step toward improve.
ment of our court procedure. It is a
step that ought to be taken in every
other State. California has taken the
lead in most important reform, and
ought to get credit for a real accom-
plishment
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cere: on the other hand, he occupies an
electoral office dependent upon the votes
been afraid to perform an unpopular
act. But some of us are willing to give
him the benefit OF the doubt, which he
has withheld from Beattie.
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MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived--Stringham at Annapolis. Wilkes
and Bailey at Norfolk, Qulros and
Pompey at Shanghai, and Arethusa
at Port Arthur Tex.
Sailed-Bagley from Norfolk for An
napolis, Vulcan from Norfolk for
Boston ano Oregon from Santa Bar
bara Tor Monterey.
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Concert Today
BY the U. S. Soldiers Home Band,
Stanley Hall at $3.50 O'clock.
JOHN 9. M. ZIMMERMAN.
Director.

PROGRAM.
Marck-"rhe Winning Fight
Holtzmann
overtu'e-'Miner's Dream" .Suppe
Morceau-"Swing Song 80. Barnes
5election-"Avld Scotia. Reeves
Harry Lauder.
oddity-"A Cyclone in Darktown"
Losey
Excerpts from katy Did" .Hoschna
Finale-''steamhost Bnr. Shields
'Tbe star-Spangied Banner"
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state that I hold no brief from any
church or sect. nor am I connected,
directly or indirectly with any society
organizations whatsoever.
w. r.. M, M. d.
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mt
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Observing the latest fashion craze,
Major Sylvester must fear q lurid tale
is connected with the mystery Of that
polo coat found in the Potomac.
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The Districts marrying parson"
seems to be in danger Of getting d.
vorced from his job. with no provision
for alimony.
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In point of fact, there were six hun
dred Yelled Prophets at the banquet
and fnitiatoSy exercises last night and
1t looked like veritable Enchanted
Realm. .
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1ota fof m onth. ........,......-.. t28, 006
sunday average Tor the month. H.620
Tho net total circulation Of The WASHINGTON
Times Sunday during the month Of October
waU lN.839, all A,opies left over and returned
By agents being eliminated. This number,
when divided by s, the number OF Sundays
during October, Ahows the net Sunday aver
age for October I'd have bees $685.
Entered At the ,Postofnce at wastdngton,
ID. c., az second class matter.
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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER "A, 1a1.

A suspect in the Micixle case these
days is lucky II he doesn't have his rec
ord traceds back to the Dorsey Foutz
murder.
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procedure, II is getting tired Of the
kind Of work that prevents, any work
being done.
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Ethel Barrymore Cited As
Great Success AS Head
of Household.
HER ART BROADENED
BY MOTHER LOVE
Star Acknowledges Change
Wrought BY influence OF
Son, Sammy Colt.

For all that she Is slight In stature,
Madame ALA Nazimova, who is
washington visitor this week, has the
hghting spirit in her. There is one way
70 discover this: Just ask Madame
Nazimova what she thinks of the critics
who take to task the women of the
stage. 30 far as they qualify as wives
and mothers.
During the storm that IL sure to fol-
low this question. one will learn that the
tiny little Russian woman has very
clearly defined IDEAS upon this subject.
How silly It is to suppose"--this with
e. emphatic shrug of a pair Of very
expressive shoulders--''that the woman
OF the stage Is any less a normal and
real woman than she who lives in other
walks of life! The life OF an actress
does not rob her Of all the Instincts for
home-making or the instincts Of mother
hood. Why. just look about you and
see how many of our. successful ac-
mothers Of splendid. weil-trained chill
dren. Laura Nelson Halls boy, for In
stances There's perfect little prince,
and credit to his mother. Then there
over to visit his mother not so long ago.
Hes splendid. manly chap. a Young
gentleman Of the theater. Then there is
henrietta Crosman, who Is the mother
OF boy in whose conduct one can al
ways trace the splendid, womanly train
ing OF his mother. Amelia SummerviIle's
boy ana girl are as well trained a pair
OF youngsters as one would wish to see
inside theater or out. Aren't Henry
Miller's boys excellent specimens of tho
younger, sturdy element? Even Billie
Burke has developed the mother in
stinct to SUCH an extent that she has
become the legal guardian OF a sweet
little girl, who is receiving from her
foster mother the most careful teaching
and care.
Influence of Child
Upon Ethel Barrymore.
"T might 20 on forever giving such
instances" continued this enthusiastic
little Russion, land before you go,
want to tell You about the little baby
I have In mind, Ethel Barrymore's boy.
and how his coming has tended to
broaden and deepen his mothers art
In that little son lies a convincing proof
to the question we have been discussing.
EVERYBODY acknowledges that Ethel
Barrymore's greatest work, her best
maturity as an artist, has been attain
Ell since his arrival Just two years ago. In
deed, Miss Barrymore attributes to her
precious baby her notable achievements
In serious drama. Little Samuel Colt
has won In dramatic history an import-